In this episode, Rick Hughes continues his exploration of spiritual maturity and growth. Drawing lessons from the life of Apostle Paul, Hughes emphasizes the need to move beyond failures and pursue a relationship with God that leads to fulfillment and purpose. As he walks you through the critical directive, permissive, and overruling aspects of God's will, Hughes offers listeners a roadmap to understanding the broader spiritual journey.
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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 would like to ask you to stay with me. It'll be a short time, just about 27, 28 minutes of motivation, some inspiration, a whole lot of education. And we're going to do this with no manipulation, no solicitation, no asking you for anything, just giving you some accurate information, information that's designed to help you verify and identify God's plan for your life. If you can understand it, evaluate what I say, listen to it, and apply it in your life, then you will be on your way to enjoying one of the greatest assets you've ever known, and that's the Christian life, the wonderful, powerful, invisible life that God gives all of us through Christ Jesus our Lord. Remember the Flotline, the program you're listening to. We're here to remind you of biblical truths and hopefully to introduce you to an in-depth way of studying and learning the Word of God. As I said, no manipulation, just verifying God's plan. And it all starts with the good news that Jesus Christ, the anointed Son of God, has redeemed us out of the slave market of sin. Our debt to God's been paid. We are now free of the penalty of death and free of the power of sin. So if you would receive Christ as your savior, you in effect are accepting the offering that he made on your behalf, the free gift from God, compliments of God, As the Bible says in Ephesians 2, 8 and 9, for by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves is a gift of God and not of works, lest any man should brag about it. God loves you and has provided a wonderful gift for you, the gift of eternal life through Christ Jesus. You can't earn it, you can't buy it, you can't pay for it. The Bible says in Titus 3, 5, not by works of righteousness which we've done, but according to his mercy he saved us. By the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Lord, that being justified by his grace, we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. That's all compliments of grace of God. So remember, as we go through our lesson today, we are in the middle of a series called Life's Toughest Choices. And this should be the last lesson in this. This is a series that I taught recently in a school, talking to students. Life's Toughest Choices. And I want to remind you, as I reminded them, that God gave each of us two ends. One end is to sit with and the other end is to think with. And success in our life depends on which end we use. It's heads we win and tails we lose. And so if you want to have that wonderful life, you've got to learn to think. And concluding with life's toughest years, the big search. What do I do when I leave the house? Where do I go? What do I do? Now I'm 18, now I'm graduating, I'm off to college, or now I'm out of college. What is my life all about? Figuring it all out, the big search, and let me give you some principles. Here's the first principle. Every problem in life has a solution stated in the Word of God. Nothing catches God off guard. So point two, therefore, there is no such thing as a problem in life that does not have a solution in the Word of God. And point three, there are two areas of failure in your personal life and mine that can cause us to miss God's best plan for us. And they are, one, unbelief, when we reject the Word of God in unbelief. The second area of failure is indifference. When we have apathy to the word, we don't pay attention to it. So rejection and apathy are the two enemies of anyone. The unbeliever who rejects the good news, the gospel of his salvation, leaves the justice of God no choice but to condemn him to the lake of fire. He didn't create the lake of fire for the unbeliever. He created it for the devil and the fallen angels that will be there with him. But when you reject the free gift of eternal life, you force the justice of God to send you there as well. And if you are a Christian, a believer in Jesus Christ, but you're indifferent to God's word, you're too busy, you're too strung out, too many distractions, and you have no intention of learning anything out of the Bible that might help you, then you are indifferent and you're going to go down the my way highway with your life until eventually you hit a dead end. So point four, if you're ever going to discover God's plan for your life, you must learn not to emphasize people over God. People relationships are wonderful and fine, but they're not the key to happiness. Your relationship with God is your key to happiness and is the key to you finding your personal sense of destiny. Don't ever fall for the line that people or circumstances can provide happiness for you. It doesn't. In the Bible, the apostle Paul, whose name was Saul, Saul of Tarsus, He got a wake-up call. Maybe you need a wake-up call this morning. In Acts 9, 1 and 2, then Saul, who became Paul, wrote the book of Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and on and on. Saul, or Paul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He killed them. Yeah, he went after them with vengeance. He went to the high priest and he asked for letters from him to the synagogue in Damascus so that if he found anyone there who was of the way, men or women, that he might arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem for trial. This is Saul, the antagonist, going after Christians called the way. and arresting them, men and women, bringing them back to Jerusalem to the synagogue to be tried and to be put to death. You know, here's the concept. Saul was a terror to the early church, arresting and killing those who claimed to be Christians. So Acts 9 tells us in verse 3, as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. And then he fell to the ground and he heard a voice say to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? In Acts 9, 5, and Saul said, who are you, sir? And the voice said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. And so, verse six, he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what would you have me to do? You know the old Hank Williams song, I saw the light, I saw the light. No more darkness, no more shame, I saw the light. Saul saw the light. He recognized immediately that this was God. And he responded positively by saying, Lord, what do you want me to do? Now, this was not some spaceship hovering over him, shining a light on him. Hollywood has a way of making up all this goofy stuff so that you'll buy into it. This is the grace of God calling Saul out of a life of sin and death. And Saul eventually said, as he wrote the book of Philippians 3, verses 13 and 14, I do not count myself as apprehended. In other words, I'm not a complete person yet. But one thing I do, I forget those things that are behind me and I reach forward to those things that are before me. I am pressing towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. This is what you must do. If you're ever going to learn your destiny, if you're ever going to go through that door called a personal sense of destiny and discover God's plan for your life, You must forget your failures. You know, when we rebound our sin, when we go to God and admit our sin, 1 John 1, 9, that's how we're filled with the Spirit. But one of the things that Satan's good at is throwing it back up at us and making us think, well, maybe I need to confess it again because I've only confessed this sin 25 times. Maybe I should do it again. That's not what the Bible says. If we confess our sin, 1 John 1, 9, he is faithful and he is just to forgive us so you don't have to keep on keep on keep on you forget your failures don't focus on the past look at the solution not the problem and press forward towards the goal what is your goal to be a mature believer to represent the life of Christ, to represent Christ through your community, in your church, in your home, to let people that know you see Christ in you, and for you to become a mature believer so you can be the light of the world. so you can be the salt that preserves the nation. That's what Paul said. I'm not there, but I'm not looking back. I'm looking ahead, looking forward, and I'm pressing. That's his own positive volition. I am pursuing the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Now, Paul writes to us about having a relaxed mental attitude. It's critical if you're ever going to discover God's plan that you have this. It says, be anxious for nothing in Philippians 4.2. But in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and then the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your heart and your mind through Christ Jesus. Look at two words there, heart and mind. Remember this, when you hear information from the Bible, it comes to your mind. It's called gnosis, G-N-O-S-I-S, in the Greek New Testament. That's knowledge. But knowledge of the Word of God is not the same thing as application of the Word of God. What God wants you to do is to hear it and apply it into your life. In the book of Jeremiah, he said, if you want to brag about something, brag about this, that you know me and understand me. You understand me. And this verse says, understanding will guard your hearts and mind through Christ Jesus. What do you need to understand? Well, what the devil's directive is, how he will try to snooker you, how he will try to misdirect you, how he will try to get you to go down the my way highway and pursue your own dreams and your own desires. And never walk through the personal sense of destiny door. So don't be anxious. By prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. Just go to the Lord. Let him know. And he will give you a peace. And guard your heart. Your wisdom department in your soul. Through Christ Jesus your Lord. Now, every one of us has a personal sense of destiny. Every Christian has a sense of destiny. The very fact that we believed in Christ at the beginning of that destiny means we're going to heaven. as well as in eternity and in time, we have a destiny. So the more we learn, the more we understand the plan of God, the more we develop this sense of destiny, where we now know why God saved us. We now know why we're here. We now know what our spiritual gift is. We now know what God wants us to do. This is not an easy thing to determine. I went through it in my life, and my friends have gone through it. I knew I had a spiritual gift. I knew eventually that I had the gift of evangelism. It was a gift given to me by God. I didn't earn it. I didn't deserve it, but it's a gift that he gave to me to be able to talk and people listen because I never talked to anybody in my life before I got saved. But he's given you a gift. You may have the gift of evangelism. You may have the gift of pastor-teacher. You may have the gift of giving. You may have the gift of helps. You may have the gift of mercy. You may have the gift of administration. Whatever your gift is, when you learn and understand the plan of God, you will develop a sense of destiny about how to use that gift to its fullest. Only will it become full when you reach spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity is your goal. That's what God wants for you, to grow up out of the baby stage, not be a breathos, a baby, and not to be a student, but to be an adult believer, an adult believer having gone through spiritual self-esteem, going through spiritual autonomy, and reaching spiritual adulthood. That's where God wants you to be. Your destiny in Christ is so great that it will outweigh any problem you face, any disaster you may go through, any heartaches that you may have. Anything that comes your way, your destiny will override that. God has a plan for your life, and you will never be happy. You will never be fulfilled. You will never understand why you're here until you discover that plan. And there's only one way to discover it. You've got to grow up spiritually. You know, there are three occasions when everybody has to grow up. I mean, when we're born, we have to grow up as human beings. And that means we eventually take responsibility for our decisions, both the bad ones and the good ones. You know, if a kid gets in trouble, somebody's got to call their parents. And I told the students where I taught this at their school, if you get in trouble, the principal is going to call your mom and daddy. But not in the future. In the future, if you get in trouble, you're going to have to take responsibility for it yourself. So you have to grow up when you're born as a human. And secondly, when you're born again, you must grow up as a Christian by learning and applying God's Word into your life. And thirdly, when you get married, you must grow up in the marriage. So you understand your role as a husband. You understand your role as a wife. You understand your role as a mother and a father. You have to grow up. Now, growing up as a Christian includes understanding the will of God for your life. And there are three things you have to understand. The directive will of God. the permissive will of God, and the overruling will of God. The directive will of God is for you to be in fellowship with Him every day. He tells you, for example, be filled with the Spirit, Ephesians 5.18. That's the direct will of God. And you can't be in fellowship with God if you're not filled with the Spirit. And we know sin quenches the Spirit and grieves the Spirit, and we know we have to confess that sin. We know the direct will of God is for us to grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We know that. We've seen that verse. We've seen study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. This is the directive will of God. You in fellowship and you growing and you reflecting Jesus Christ. But then on top of the directive will of God and the permissive will of God, there's the overruling will of God. And this is God's wall of fire. Whether you are in fellowship with him or whether you're out of fellowship with him, God can put a wall of fire around you to protect you and deliver you from yourself or from the sources of the enemy. He keeps you alive. He keeps you here. If you are breathing this morning, listening to me talk, you are taking every breath compliments of the grace of God. He's making that possible for you. He's kept you here. And maybe it's to hear this message or other messages that we give. Our objective is to take you to spiritual maturity, to point you to a real, good, qualified pastor where you can study daily and grow and learn God's word and reflect Christ in your life. That's my objective. not to con you out of any money or get you to join anything, but to get you to grow up so you can become part of the invisible impact in history, so that you can have a historical impact as a believer. That's your job, to deliver this nation from what's coming as a member of the pivot, the core group of key, strong, mature believers, that God will deliver the nation because of your life, because of your testimony. That's what we're looking for. And I pray that you would be part of that pivot. Now, in the will of God, you have to check out three things. Now, first of all, we have to decide what's the geographical will of God. Where does God want me to be? This is critical. Where does God want me to be? Does he want me to stay in Houston? Does he want me to stay in San Antonio? Does he want me to stay in Jackson, Mississippi? Does he want me to stay in Grass Valley, California? Does he want me to stay in Tucson, Arizona? Where does God want me to be? The geographical will of God is important. This is what I believe. I believe God wants you to be where you can grow spiritually, where you can have a qualified pastor. Sometimes people have to relocate and I know many people that upped and moved so they could be in a church where there was a great pastor teaching the Word of God. Much more in the past than recently, but I know people that actually moved to get face-to-face teaching. That's a great thing. Sometimes it's not possible. But it is possible for you to take in the word of God every day. It is possible for you to listen to the teaching of the word of God every day. So where does God want me to be? There's a geographical will of God for your life. There's a city he wants you in. There's a place he wants you in. There's a slot he wants you to fill. And discovering that is awesome. So the geographical will of God, where does he want me to be? The viewpoint will of God, what does God want me to think? He wants you to think divine viewpoint. The Bible says, let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus. That's divine viewpoint. The viewpoint will of God is what does he want me to think? He wants me to think the word of God, Bible doctrine. He wants me to learn it and apply it into my life so I can reflect Christ. And then there's the operational will of God, the geographical will of God, the viewpoint will of God, the operational will of God. What does he want me to do? Does he have a destiny for me? Yes. Is there a plan for me? Yes. Is there a slot where I fit in, something he wants me to do? Yes. He may have given you a talent, but that's not your spiritual gift. Your spiritual gift can be best used in a local church where the spiritual gifts come together and represent the body of Christ to the community. That's critical you remember that. So in the doctrine of knowing the will of God, For your life, there are specific things and general things. The specific thing is, what does God want me to do today? And, you know, some people get goofy with that. God willing, I'll take the garbage out this morning. Well, obviously, he wants you to take the garbage out. But every day is a gift from God. This is the day the Lord has made. I'll rejoice and have a superabundance of happiness in it because of his unfailing love and mercy every day. So every day that you are alive, God has a destiny for that day. And the long-term will of God means what does he want me to do with the rest of my life for my life? Am I to be a missionary? Am I to be a pastor? Am I to be a wife? Am I to be a husband? Am I to be a whatever? He has a plan. When you learn God's word and the word of God unfolds before you like a book and you begin to see yourself in it, it blows you away. I was praying with a group of people after I got saved. I was a young Christian, maybe two, three weeks old in Christ. And the verses that they gave me to read shocked me. And we were reading Bible verses around a circle. And this was my verse. Pray for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel by which I'm an ambassador in bonds. When I read that, people just looked at me and people said, do you know what you just read? And it took a while to figure it out, but I was commissioned an evangelist. I have a destiny in Christ. That destiny was to learn God's word and to replicate the life of Christ and share that word with you. And the reason that I'm on this radio today talking to you is fulfilling the long-term will of God for my life. I never thought about having a radio show. I never wanted to have a radio show. That was not in my goal, but it happened about 12 years ago. Out of nowhere, it happened. And here now, 12 years later, we're still broadcasting on the radio compliments of the grace of God. And hopefully you're learning. It's going to happen to you as well. You know, when the Lord called his disciples in Mark 116, they were all blown away. He was walking by the Sea of Galilee and saw Simon and Andrew, his brother. That's Peter. And they were casting nets into the sea and they were fishermen. And Jesus said, if you'll follow me, I will make you become fishers of men. And they immediately left their nets and followed him. They didn't dilly-dally around. Their destiny became apparent quite quickly when they met Christ. Your destiny is to grow in grace. Your destiny is to show yourself approved unto God, 2 Timothy 2.15, 2 Peter 3.18. Your destiny is to take the yoke of Christ and learn his plan for you, Matthew 11.28. He said, my yoke is easy, my burden is light. It's a plan God has for your life. You must learn it. When you learn it, when you sit under the ministry of a really good, qualified pastor, and he teaches you the Word of God, then you will see what God's plan for your life is. How does it happen? Study, grow, learn. Study 2 Timothy 2.15. Again, I'm going to say it one more time. Study to show thyself approved unto God. This is not a 10-minute devotion in the morning. That's fine. I'm glad you do it. This is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about an hour a day under your pastor listening to a DVD, listening to an MP3, or face-to-face in your local church as he teaches the Word of God. And no one can grow listening 30 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes in the evening, 30 minutes on Wednesday. 30 minutes Sunday morning, 30 minutes Sunday night, 30 minutes Wednesday. That's an hour and a half a week of Bible instruction. Excuse me. You're not gonna grow with that. It's gonna take a little bit more. And I just suggest that you find someone that can teach you. If you don't know someone, let me know. I'll tell you where I get mine because I study every day. My pastor teaches daily, consistently. And we are in a study of the life of Christ now that's up to 1,160 hours just in the life of Christ alone. So there's a lot of studying for you. As you study and grow and apply and learn and see the door open and begin to understand, it's an amazing thing. Studying causes growth. What am I growing in? Two things. I'm growing in grace and growing in the knowledge of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I'm learning to utilize the grace of God, to explore the grace of God, to enjoy the grace of God. And I'm learning everything possible about Jesus Christ, my Savior. Therefore, when he said, take my yoke upon you and learn from me in Matthew 11, 29, that's our job. Learn from him. Learn from his life, from his example, from his testimony. And how do we do that? Somebody teaches it to us. We don't pick the Bible up and read it for ourselves. I mean, you can do that, but that's not how you're going to learn it. The plan is for you to sit under a well-qualified pastor and let him teach you. He's the shepherd. We're the sheep. We grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, by consistently taking in God's word. I hope this is making sense because there is a path for you. There's a life for you. There's a destiny for you. And it all starts with you understanding as it unfolds through the Bible and becomes alive to you. I hope you're listening and I hope you're paying attention. I'm your host, Rick Hughes, and next week we'll be back same time, same place. Until then, thank you for listening.
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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.
John and Andy unpack the flood-the-zone strategy of Trump and Doge, explain why it’s working at the national level—and why mimicking it blindly in Colorado could burn the GOP to the ground. From Zuckerberg's awakening to the Davites’ obsession with purging “RINOs,” this hour exposes the difference between smart leadership and self-sabotage.
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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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My advice to you is to do what your parents did! Get a job, turd! You haven't made everybody equal. You've made them the same and there's a big difference.
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Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. It is this feeling that has brought you to me.
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Are you crazy? Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind? It's Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush. Presented by High Five Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, and Electric, where every call ends with a high five.
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All right, we are back. Hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Andy Pate, Charlie Grimes, and we appreciate you all listening at a great first hour. We've got a great second and third hour in store for you as well, as we always try to do.
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Hour one was so fun because we are watching what I keep calling the bulldozer. Yeah. It's glorious.
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Somebody also texted in and said, you know, in addition to all that conversation we had with Bob, that, yes, one of the ways we also raised money during those times was the selling of land and things along those lines. At one point, you know, the feds owned the majority of land in the country and so on. And so a lot of that being sold off were ways for us to add money to the Treasury, which, by the way, I will say that I've said this many times. And I'm not sure this is on the table. I don't know if Doge and them are looking at it. But frankly, that should happen once again.
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That's what I was about to ask you. Is there any way we could sell back a lot of land? Because right now the federal government owns way too much land.
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Between the state and the feds, about 40% of the country is still owned by government. Too much. That's ridiculous. Too much. You have to maintain that, take care of it. There's no taxes coming in off of that. It's absolutely ludicrous that we... as a nation, have to own that much federally and or state. And I know a lot of folks say, well, yeah, but then that just gives all the billionaires an opportunity to come in and actually buy all that land. Well, you know, at least they're maintaining it, taking care of it. And I'm all for making sure that this is all done with U.S. citizenry, that you cannot be an outsider buying this land. I'm all for having some laws passed along those lines, not allowing... the Chinese or whoever to come in and buy land up. But honestly, I don't care who owns it at the end of the day. As long as it's getting maintained, it's getting taken care of, and they're paying their fair share of taxes on it, I'm okay with that.
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Okay, well, John, let me ask you this. Let's go full leftist wacko here for a moment, all right? Mark Zuckerberg. Okay. Because he is. I know he is not going to be as leftist because of what Biden did to him.
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He's moved a little bit more to the middle, kind of like Elon. He's had some Elon moments.
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Yeah, I laugh when people say, you guys are trusting Zuckerberg. No, gosh, no, are you kidding me? Come on. But just for a moment, think about this. What if Mark Zuckerberg bought a large bunch of land that the federal government owned? Who would run it better? He.
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Yes. He would. Sorry. Is it even close? I don't even like the guy, but he still would.
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And I don't even like him.
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And by the way, it doesn't mean that only leftists like him can buy the land. A lot of good people. No, but going back to your comment a moment ago about him, and again, I'm no fan, although I will tell you, and I used to be this way on this program. You can go back 10 years and listen to me. I was no fan of Elon Musk either. No, I used to talk all about Elon and the things that he did and some of the things that he did in regards to the subsidies he was getting for some of the businesses that he owned and so on. And I was as hard on him as anyone. So I wasn't any different on him. But you know what? Through the course of time and the fact that his own party turned on him, by the way, which is happening over and over and over again. So you've got to start thinking, OK, wait a minute. If you guys were really smart, Zuckerberg included, you'd have a wake-up call and realize that these aren't your friends. These are actually your enemies. We're your friends. They're not.
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You know, John, you have counseled a lot of businesses, right? And one of the things you really know is that in the internal workings of a business... where you just have down the hallways and this department dealing with that department and so forth, and you're the boss. And this department really is insulting toward that department, and they do it repeatedly. That can bear huge consequences down the road. And now when you look at Zuckerberg internally, zuckerberg was helping the biden administration censor tons of information on facebook okay and so what did the biden administration do though they went overboard they said you're not censoring enough turn it from an 8 out of 10 up to an 11 we want you to censor even more and they were swearing at his people over the phone yelling at them demanding that they did even more you know guys And I'd like to say this to the Colorado Republican Party because they are partnered with like Rhino Watch. When you unleash the hounds of wrath and rage like that on people who are really aligned with you, that comes back to haunt you, John. It comes back to haunt you. You're going to cause problems. And the problem that Biden caused is now Mark Zuckerberg is not going to be the same mega donor to all the Democrats across the board like he was before.
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No, I think because when these guys get burned— Not to that degree. And this is true for a lot of individuals, Andy. Some are a little more hard-headed than others. But when you get burned once, what's that old saying? You know, shame on me. Right. You know, burn—or shame on you, but burn twice, shame on me. Right. And I think in some cases, some of these individuals are looking at that thinking, hmm, you know what? I keep getting burned over and over and over again. In fact, when's this burning going to stop? Well— When you finally stop it. Exactly. Like Elon did, by the way.
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Like Elon did. How many times have you seen in business people who are pushy and they won't stop pushing on people? How damaging are they?
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Oh, well, they'll end up with no business.
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Right. Biden had people who did that with Zuckerberg. Now look what happened. Zuckerberg gives a million to Trump's library and he's sitting down front while Trump is giving a speech. It's like, no, no, he's not a Trump ally. But guys, for crying out loud, he was all in. on helping you destroy this man.
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You want to know another guy that could easily, and granted, he's a true blue Democrat. Will he ever have an R next to his name? Probably not, but could he have an I next to his name? Yeah, John Fetterman could easily be one of those as well, because look what they do to him.
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Yeah, they're infuriating him. They are infuriating him. It's not working.
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No, it's backfiring on them constantly.
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You know, basically they're telling him, you should never meet with somebody like Donald Trump. And he's thinking, wait a minute, is he not a president for all? And he affects all folks here in Pennsylvania, which I represent. So why would I not go and have a, and I'm paraphrasing, but why would I not go and have a sit-down meeting face-to-face with the guy that's affecting all my constituents?
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Exactly. Why wouldn't he? Yeah, duh. And he did. And it worked. Yeah, good for him. Yeah. You know, I mean, did Fetterman come out of that as a Republican?
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No, but at the end of it, he did say, you know, that wasn't as bad as everybody said it was going to be.
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Yeah, one real problem the Democrats have is Donald Trump is much better in person than he is on stage in terms of how he affects the left.
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Personality-wise and all of that. Right. Yes.
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They expect he's going to be this bull in a china shop in private. And in private, he's warm, gentle, easygoing.
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It's absolutely the opposite of what they see in public.
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Yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
We've heard that, Andy, you and I, from people that have known him and so on. And it's absolutely the opposite of what people see on the front.
SPEAKER 09 :
Can I say one more thing about his strategy? This Doge strategy of this lightning fast, you know, hit this, hit this, hit this, hit this. Why is he doing it so fast? Well, first of all, because he wants to.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, you have to.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. Because he wants to do it while he has both sides of Congress.
SPEAKER 03 :
Really quick, too. Let me interject. You give too much time in that, half this crap is gone. Right. Andy, they will do everything possible to cover this stuff up. So you don't have any choice but to go fast. Right.
SPEAKER 09 :
right also another these are crooks you're dealing with another thing is he's doing it and we in football we call it flooding the zone when you you shoot three or four receivers into one zone you overwhelm the defense they don't know what to do or the defense floods the zone with three or four pass rushers coming from one side you can't block them all what he's doing is flooding the zone to where they cannot respond adequately to all these things and
SPEAKER 03 :
Nor do you want them to.
SPEAKER 09 :
Nor do you want them to. But let me put out another reason. And this is huge. By doing all this, by taking away so much spending at so many levels and getting rid of so many federal employees... Right. And departments. What he is doing is he's going to make it so Americans have at least a full year to see what it's like living without all this stuff before they vote in 26. And Americans are going to be shocked, John. They're going to be shocked at just how little this affects virtually all of their lives.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 09 :
Which begs the question, why didn't a Republican do this before?
SPEAKER 03 :
For PR, it's great. That's a great question. And I guess, you know, and we were talking a little bit about this at the top of the hour. I guess, Andy, in some cases, why didn't they do it? Timing, the yearning to, the ability to, and frankly, having, and I didn't mention this on air, but I will now, having a very high-cued audience. Our high IQed individual that understands business and money and where money goes and what it looks like and how to track it and trace it, having the team around you that even know all of those things. The reality, Andy, it's not that we haven't had those individuals in the past at our disposal, but we really haven't had those individuals in the past at our disposal like you have with an Elon Musk right now. No, I agree. We really just haven't had that, quote unquote, ability to do so in this manner.
SPEAKER 09 :
My only concern is this, John, and not as much with the Trump administration, but with the Trumpers all over the country. OK, this gets them thinking because they see this winning, winning, winning, winning, winning. And it's working on PR. I've got some polls here that would just knock your socks off with where the Democrats and Republicans and Trump are currently. But they see that and they think fight, fight, fight in everything all the time. It's always going to be a great idea. It's always going to work great. OK, and they plow themselves into things like locally. Let's opt out of the primary no matter what. Right. And they don't look at any of the consequences and they think it's OK. Trump does it. And if you won't fight, fight.
SPEAKER 03 :
If you don't stand for getting rid of this, you're not a real Republican. Two different levels, Ian.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, but what I mean is I see them actually do it. I totally agree. It's obviously two different levels. But what they do is they look at this success by the Trump blitzkrieg, and they believe use that strategy in everything. And it's like, no, no, no, guys, you're missing the point here. Trump is using that strategy where that strategy works.
SPEAKER 03 :
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Putting reason into your afternoon drive.
SPEAKER 09 :
This is John Rush. And welcome back to Rush Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Okay, John, let me sum it up like this. A lot of Trumpers, and I'm a Trumper, you're a Trumper, but what I mean is there are a lot of the Trumpers who believe that because Trump is succeeding so much being a hammer, that therefore everything is a nail. And so just bang away at everything, no matter what. Don't worry about consequences. Everything is just like the border. Hammer, hammer, hammer. Everything is just like going after the deep state. Hammer, hammer, hammer. And... It really is. It's not good. OK, let me give a quick example. Kerry Lake. Kerry Lake's biggest issue was easily election integrity. Now, do I care about election? Yes, I do. Very much. But is that something that sells anywhere near as well as shutting down the border and clearing up the deep state? Is it?
SPEAKER 03 :
No.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, not at all. In fact, Carrie Lake was one of the worst choices nationally for a candidate. In the year when Trump won Arizona rather handily, she lost it for us.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, sad thing is, is had she, I'll use this example, Andy, had she done what Trump did, where she had kind of an about face on some of the things that she was constantly driving the nail, like you were just saying, if she would have just changed a little bit like Trump did, she might have been elected. She might have been elected. But she wouldn't.
SPEAKER 09 :
How much has Trump, you know, he'll make a mention now and then, especially if he's asked about it, but that's it. How much has Trump mentioned election integrity versus how much he's mentioned going after the deep state with Doge and the border?
SPEAKER 03 :
It's not even close. Hundreds to one. It's not even close.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hundreds to one. It's not even close. What are the two biggest issues for the Colorado Republican Party? Election integrity and opting out of the primary.
SPEAKER 03 :
You mean for those two? You mean for them? Yes. What are their two biggest? Theirs. Not ours, but theirs.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean all Colorado Republicans.
SPEAKER 03 :
Just them.
SPEAKER 09 :
I'm talking about the leadership of the Colorado Republican Party. Their number one and number two issues are election integrity, which, by the way, once again, I care about, but you've got to be careful how you handle that, okay? Election integrity and opting out of the primary. I'm going to disagree. And they hit those with a hammer.
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm going to disagree.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, go ahead.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think there's three, and I think election integrity is third because I think the first one is everybody's a rhino. Get rid of them.
SPEAKER 09 :
They've even hired somebody. So you would say in the top two would be the purge.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. I agree. Yeah, that's their first. That's fair. Their number one thing is we've even hired an attorney that's going to get rid of these individuals.
SPEAKER 09 :
They equate. And by the way, you bring up a great point, John, because they equate. any republicans who disagree with them not even in principle but just on strategy if a republican says and by the way here here in a minute i'm going to go through some of the consequences once again of opting out of the open primaries but first they won't even listen they won't even entertain that discussion and they believe anyone who will not opt out of the primaries rhino watch said this is a rhino that's your witness test needs to be purged so
SPEAKER 03 :
So that is number one for them, Andy.
SPEAKER 09 :
They look at how Elon and Donald are purging the deep state. They literally believe that has to be done to any Republicans in Colorado who do not agree with them.
SPEAKER 03 :
Here's the difference for all of you listening that are on that side and in that camp, because I know you listen. I know you listen because I see some of the comments that you make online and things that you do in some of your podcasts and things like that. And you can tell they heard us. So I know you're listening. So here's, by the way, where you're wrong and why it's not the same as what Donald Trump is doing. You haven't won yet. That's the biggest difference. You don't have a Republican governor. You don't have a Republican Senate. You don't have a Republican House. You haven't won yet, meaning you don't have that right to do the things that Donald Trump is doing right now. You haven't earned it yet. You've got to win first, govern second. Correct. You haven't earned it, folks. Yeah. So until you earn that, you don't get that right, period. Now, here's what I would say. If you've earned that, you've accomplished the governorship, you've got a Republican there, you've got our Golden Dome down here in downtown Denver, you've got that now handled, you've got the majority of people in Colorado voting in that particular direction because you've swung things back around. If that's what you've done and you've accomplished that and you now want to purge those dissenters that you call dissenters, by the way, out of the party... Have fun.
SPEAKER 09 :
And you can purge them while still winning.
SPEAKER 03 :
But really quick, here's the reality, though. Here's the reality. You won't need to do any of that because if you start winning and you have that strategy to where you're bringing everybody in on the same page and you've got everybody working for the collective moving forward, guess what? No purge is needed. Unlike what Donald Trump is working on. Keep in mind, what Donald Trump is working on, which is way different than what's going on in the state of Colorado, is he's purging not just the deep state, but old Democrats that, by the way, don't like the checkbook register being verified by Elon. and so on and so forth. It's apples to oranges, Colorado versus D.C.
SPEAKER 09 :
He's purging woke leaders out of the military, folks. It's totally different from what you're talking about.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's not the same here, folks.
SPEAKER 09 :
And here's the thing. What they're doing at the state level or with Rhino Watch, got to keep in mind, Rhino Watch is the state party.
SPEAKER 03 :
They are their voice. It's the militant arm of the state party.
SPEAKER 09 :
They are the militant online arm of the state party. Here's what they do. They equate anybody who disagrees with them a little with Liz Cheney. Correct. You are Liz Cheney if your name is Heidi Ganahl. Right. Now, is Heidi Ganahl politically in the same place as Liz Cheney?
SPEAKER 03 :
By the way, as of last week, Lauren Boebert.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, Lauren Boebert is now. She's now in that list. Lauren Boebert is now Liz Cheney. Right. Heidi Ganahl is now Liz Cheney. Anybody who disagrees with them in any way, shape, or form is Liz Cheney. Right. Why? Because they are a hammer and everything is a nail.
SPEAKER 03 :
And they're wrong. They're dead wrong.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, they're dead wrong.
SPEAKER 03 :
They're dead wrong. They're not going to win until they start changing that strategy around. I'll keep saying it. I don't know what else I can do. That's my part and what I can do to try to help defeat these knuckleheads that are in charge. And literally, they are absolute knuckleheads. They're morons. They have no idea what's going on. I'll say it. I'm going to keep saying it over and over again. These are very low IQ individuals that don't understand how to win.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. Now, really quick.
SPEAKER 03 :
And by the way, you can repeat me on that, Ryan. I'll watch if you'd like. In fact, you can put me on the wall of shame if you'd like. In fact, I'd enjoy that if you did.
SPEAKER 09 :
We have been campaigning for so long to get on that wall.
SPEAKER 03 :
I don't know why.
SPEAKER 09 :
I don't know why I can't get on that wall.
SPEAKER 03 :
Because you knuckleheads have no idea what you're doing. Absolute zero strategy. You have no clue what's going on. Right. Period.
SPEAKER 09 :
It just blows my mind. Okay, really quick before we go to break, because after break I want to talk about the open primaries once again and walk through the reasons we can't opt out, even though my heart would love to opt out of the open primaries. I voted against open primaries. I prefer closed primaries. Yeah, so did I. Okay, but here's what... You know, and I don't want to talk a lot about the, you know, Saturday and the election. You know, I lost, as you know, because we talked off air, I expected to lose that election. And I also didn't want the job. I didn't lose anything personally. I don't care personally about not being the chair. Okay. Doesn't worry me at all. I was shocked it was that close.
SPEAKER 03 :
The Arapahoe County chair.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 09 :
I was really shocked by that. But. Here is what depressed me the most, and it absolutely stunned me. I didn't know. I had not been to one of these meetings in six years. The changeover in the party because of the Davites, the cult, that has been putting people out there in counties all across the state. When it came time to vote on bonus members, and everybody had their 20, 30 seconds to talk, You would not believe the big majority had one issue as their number one issue. Now, the second issue was election integrity. The first issue was closing the primary. Not one of them defended against the consequences of doing that. Not one of them looked into what happens if we actually do it. What does it actually take? We're going to look at that after the break. Because, Andy, they have no strategy. None of them, absolutely none of them could defend it. But all of them wanted it. And, John, these are the people who are running our party.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. Right. Well, running is a loose term.
SPEAKER 09 :
It's a loose turn.
SPEAKER 03 :
Ruining the party is more like it, Andy.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Look, I'm just going to say it, and I'll explain why after the break. If we opt out of the primary, we are going to burn down the party. Okay?
SPEAKER 03 :
Andy, if Dave and his Dave-ites get elected one more time, you've burned down the party.
SPEAKER 09 :
And I, yes, we will. And I say that as somebody who likes close primaries and thinks only Republicans should choose Republican candidates. I believe that in principle. But after the break, we're going to talk why everything is not a nail.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, and again, I keep hammering it, but the reality, folks, is Colorado is near and dear to me. It's my native state. It is for a lot of you that are listening as well. I do believe we have the ability to capture some of it back. Can we capture all of it back? You never want to say never. You never say never. Could we potentially swing things around enough to get things back on our side? I believe that there are still enough good people in Colorado that – If you approached it correctly and gave them the reasons why, much like Trump winning this last election, if you give people enough reasons as to why they should go one direction versus the other, yes, I believe they will. But you can't bully pulpit them into doing it.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, you can't. And if they do that, they're going to squander the incredible opportunity that Trump is bringing us right now with all these PR wins.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thanks for tuning in today. We appreciate it very much. And, Andy, let's go through. And I know we've done this a lot in the past, but for those of you maybe that have tuned in for the first time and or just give you a quick recap. And, yes, Andy and I both, you know, all of us, all of KLZ, by the way. I don't think there's anybody in this building that would be for open primaries. But, but, but we all understand that it is what it is. And I have always said, and this is where I want to add this before Andy gets into the points, but I've always said that, and maybe it's because of my business background or just what I've had to do over the years being self-employed, you don't always have the ability to control the things that are in front of you.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 03 :
I.e. open primaries. But what you can do is make the best of them and use them to your advantage when they come your way. And that's how I view open primaries.
SPEAKER 09 :
You view it as a businessman, and the current leadership does not.
SPEAKER 03 :
I actually view it as, and I'm sorry.
SPEAKER 09 :
That's your market. Your market wants them, and you work with the market.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I will, this is where I will argue with a lot of individuals out there. I look at them as an opportunity to gain more people to our side, where the others would look at it as a get off my lawn, I don't want you around.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. Ironically, the open primary has, in this last time around, was probably the best advertising for the Republican Party. It got the most independents to look into our candidates. Okay, but... I rest my case. Three quick things. Number one, let's define it. For those who don't know, the open primary in Colorado means that independents can vote in one of, not both, but in either the Republican or the Democrat primary.
SPEAKER 03 :
Correct. They get to choose. Unaffiliated. They get both primary ballots. They can only vote one of the two.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's how it works.
SPEAKER 09 :
Just want to let people know. As a result, most of the voters in the Republican primaries are unaffiliated voters. Right. Okay. Now, the Davites, I guess we would call them, you know, the Davidians. Good one. The Davidians. The branch Davidians. Yeah, yeah, but that comes from Charlie.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, Charlie's the one that came up with that one.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, the Davidians, they say they blame open primaries for the downfall of the Republican Party. In Colorado. They say, look at how our registration tanked as a result. Okay. Number one, that's incorrect. The downfall of the Republican Party trended along the exact line of all the influx of blue state voters over the last two decades. And some of what was happening nationally as well.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right.
SPEAKER 09 :
And some of what was happening nationally. Case in point, 2018 was one of the biggest blue waves along with 2008 in a whole generation. Correct. Okay. So first of all, no, it did not cause it. OK, secondly, they don't seem to understand that even if you had closed primaries, Democrats or people who wanted to infiltrate our primary could simply register Republican vote in our primary and then and then leave. OK, they don't seem to understand even with a closed primary, they can do that. And finally, they don't seem to understand that the the open primary itself. has, okay, here's what I mean. They feel that all these people coming in are going to vote for those bad, moderate candidates. Totally untrue. The people who are going to come into our primary, if they want to hurt us, are going to vote for the Ron Hanks ones. How do we know that for sure?
SPEAKER 03 :
Because it happened.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, yeah, I'm not just alleging this. We know that because of how Democrats have spent their money. Always follow the money. Every time the Democrats spend money on our primaries, who do they help? Those people. The Ron Hanks people. That's right. So that proves that the ones who would intrude upon our primary to hurt us are going to vote for the very candidates that are basically the whole list of the endorsements from the Colorado Republican Party. Yep. They're people. So, folks, if you think that the people infiltrating are coming in and helping all the moderates to squash your candidates, on the contrary, if they want to infiltrate, they're helping your candidates. Yep. Okay? The ones who are helping the moderates are the ones who are actually interested in the Republican Party, and they just happen to be right-leaning independents. Correct. Okay. Now... Those are the myths about the open primary. It is not the cause of all our ills at all. Now, let's get to really quick. What happens if we do opt out of the open primaries? People think, oh, we'll just have a closed primary. It'll be great. Okay, here are the problems. Number one. If we opt out of the open primary, we will be telling half the state's voters, what, John? Get off my lawn. Get off my lawn. Go away. While the Democrats are saying welcome. Come on over. These are the easiest 30-second ads that have ever been made in political history. All the Democrats have to do is put out ads and say, this is their message to you. Get off my lawn. Here's our message to you. Welcome. We want you in our primary.
SPEAKER 03 :
We're throwing the welcome ad out for you.
SPEAKER 09 :
We want you in our primary... Just come across the street.
SPEAKER 03 :
We'll welcome you.
SPEAKER 09 :
They're blaming you for their failures.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right. Exactly.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. Number two. If we opt out of the primary, those primary ballots will still go out to all the unaffiliated voters, but they will all, and that's millions.
SPEAKER 03 :
It'll all be Democrats.
SPEAKER 09 :
It'll be only Democrat names going to all the unaffiliated voters.
SPEAKER 03 :
This means your tax... Meaning all those candidates get more face time with those individuals.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. Your candidates, I mean, I'm sorry, your tax dollars, Republican, are paying for free advertising for the Democrat Party. Correct. Number three... The primary is the number one way that arouses independent interest in a party. We will now be pulling ourselves completely out of that game and only giving independents a reason to look at Democrats for the entire primary season.
SPEAKER 1 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 09 :
It's not just the ballot. It's the whole primary season.
SPEAKER 03 :
We're off the board. Go ahead. One other thing I want to add into this, too, as well, which is going to ruffle some feathers. I really don't care because I'm at a point where I don't care anymore. Right. I don't care what these people think of me. Not that I ever have, but I've been pretty restrictive in some of the things that I've mentioned on air just because I didn't want to be that guy anymore. Anymore Andy, after reading all of them online and how rude and crude and And just downright mean they all are, I really don't care. So I'm going to say a few things. Go ahead. So on top of everything Andy just said, the other problem with not having an open primary any longer is you're going to end up with a bunch of wackadoodle candidates that can't get elected. And how do I know that? So bear with me here for a moment.
SPEAKER 09 :
You're right, by the way.
SPEAKER 03 :
Going back in time, because I've also said that a lot of the people that are running the party right now are the same people that tried to oust Steve House in a coup over a decade ago. And I was involved with some of that back at that time. Some of you may remember that. Some of you may not. It may have been too long ago to even know. But regardless, a lot of the people that are in charge of the party today are the same ones that, ironically enough— ran a coup against Steve House back in the day and wanted him to be gone and accused him of all sorts of things that never turned out to be true. In a lot of ways, you know, damaged his reputation and so on. He and I, as you guys all know, are still great friends. We were all the way through that time. Anyways, long story short, this is the same individuals that are pretty much in charge of the party today. On top of that, let me go one step further. As I read through a lot of the comments on social media and hear from different people and so on, I've interviewed a lot of these people over the years. These are people that, by the way, at one time or another, ran for an office.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
And in some cases, ran for an office more than once. And I would interview them and I would have them on and do everything I possibly could to try to bump them up and help them get elected because they were our Republican candidate. Now, I will say this. I've never said this on air before. I'm going to say this. These are the same individuals that while they were leaving, I'm thinking to myself, you don't have a snowball's chance of winning that election. Right. You are not smart enough to win that election. You can't even answer my questions that I'm asking you. Nonetheless, going out on the campaign trail and actually answering questions. So these are the very same people. that I literally tried to help get elected that didn't have a snowball's chance of because of what I just said a moment ago, that are now the Davites that are in charge of the party, meaning that if they get us out of the open primaries and they stick to the closed system that they so desperately want right now, we're screwed. We're done.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, because not only will they incur all the consequences I just listed, they're going to put forth worse candidates.
SPEAKER 03 :
They're going to put forth the most loony-tuned candidates you could ever imagine.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and if you want proof of that, the Davidians, they endorsed 18 candidates in contested races, 14 lost big, and the three biggest were in the House races for the U.S. House, let's not forget.
SPEAKER 03 :
Had they gotten their way... We wouldn't be where we're at today as far as the House goes in D.C. right now.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right now, if we had not had the primary in Colorado in 2024, Donald Trump right now would have a Democrat House. And for those thinking, oh, you're just saying that we don't think so. Guys, I could run through the numbers. I won't do it. We don't have time. But we've done it before already. But in CD3 and CD8, I have done it on air. It's an absolute guarantee we would have lost those. And there's a good chance we would have lost CD5 had the Davidians gotten their way. We would not have the House right now for Donald Trump. The open primary saved us from their bad decisions.
SPEAKER 03 :
I can tell you right now, you wouldn't have won CD5 because that's the one Dave Williams was running in. And you would have had enough Republicans even come out and say, that guy is an absolute creep crook. I don't like him. I'm not voting for him.
SPEAKER 09 :
How many independents would have voted for a guy who told Republicans to burn other people's property?
SPEAKER 03 :
He wouldn't have won, Andy. Wouldn't have happened. Wouldn't have happened. He wouldn't have won.
SPEAKER 09 :
And he would have had the best chance of the three, okay?
SPEAKER 03 :
And it wouldn't have happened. Sorry, folks. You guys can all run around out there on social media and say that I'm wrong and I don't know what I'm talking about, and yes, he would have won. You're a Looney Tune. You have no way. At all of factually backing that up. And I actually can back up what I'm saying. I can prove it.
SPEAKER 09 :
They say that because the candidate we had, Jeff Crank, who, by the way, was an awesome candidate, he won by 14. So they figure, well, anybody will win there. No, Jeff Crank didn't tell Republicans to burn other people's property. Look, once again, it's real simple.
SPEAKER 03 :
In other words, he didn't chase people away.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, he didn't. Once again, it's real simple, folks. And all these people who went up there as bonus members, who were over and over and over, and this is why I came. I didn't come out of this depressed because I lost. I expected that. I came out depressed after listening to the bonus members. And it's not that I hate these people. I love these people. They have been... They've been bamboozled. That's your favorite word. They have been bamboozled. They bought into this.
SPEAKER 03 :
They've been brainwashed.
SPEAKER 09 :
None of them could listen to what you and I just said and defend themselves against any of it. The bottom line is, if you opt out of that primary, your taxes are going to pay for free advertising for the other party. There's going to be about a six- to eight-week period, the primaries, where all the unaffiliateds are only involved with the other party. Yep. You're going to get rid of the system that saved the house for Trump, and you're going to tell half the state's voters, get the hell off our lawn.
SPEAKER 03 :
One more segment left, folks. So here's what I'm going to do. Those of you that are on that side that want to defend that, think you can come on air and do so. Lines are open, 303-477-5600. I'll be happy to talk to you. We'll be right back. Geno's Auto Service is next. If you're looking to get something done on your vehicle, we have got the place to go in Littleton, genosautoservice.com. And Geno starts with a J.
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SPEAKER 09 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. John Rush together with Andy Pate. Nobody called. No. And they are listening.
SPEAKER 03 :
I guarantee you they are listening. I knew they wouldn't. And they're not calling because, and I'm not trying to be mean or rude, but these are very, unfortunately, as you said earlier, great people in a lot of cases. Not all. They are, for the most part. Some of them are scumbags, but some are really great people. Yeah. And they're being misled by the scumbags.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, when I listened to all, and I got, I already knew I was going to lose. I conceded to the guy two hours before it was called, okay, because I knew. And then it came in way closer, but whatever. Look, my depression came from listening to those speeches. And I loved these people. I didn't sit there. I wasn't burning with anger against them. Oh, gosh, you're so wrong about the open primary. I knew, John. Look, I grew up in a leftist family that was in academia. I knew what indoctrination does. And all you got to do is make sure that these people, your followers, never hear the other side.
SPEAKER 03 :
Ever. I was raised the opposite of you, but so far on the right that it wasn't much different. It wasn't much different. It's pretty much the same, only just all the way to the right. Right.
SPEAKER 09 :
And so I was listening to these mostly just wonderful people, John. Wonderful people, but one after the other about how we have to have a closed primary. Got to close primary. Got to opt out of the primary. Got to do this. And I'm listening to them, and I'm just like... God love you. I love you, man, but you have no idea what you're going to bring us.
SPEAKER 03 :
And unfortunately, Andy, as you know, that's just because they've been so misled.
SPEAKER 09 :
None of them could come on your defense.
SPEAKER 03 :
So brainwashed, if you would. And so they've been trained that that's what they need to do. I mean, these are the soldiers, and we need them, and I get it. And those of you that are in that... world, I appreciate you, I appreciate all you do, the door knocking and so on. Unfortunately, you've been extremely, extremely misled by what they call themselves leaders. They're not, by the way. The majority of them, in fact, I will say this. There's not a single person in charge at the Colorado GOP right now that's a true leader. Because they don't even understand the basics of leadership. And if you don't believe me, go read John Maxwell's 21 Laws of Leadership and tell me how many of them understand that book and the 21 principles that are in there. And I will tell you that none of them do. None of them do. Because if they did, they wouldn't be doing what they're doing right now.
SPEAKER 09 :
You know, what really gets me, John, is that a lot of them, when they talk about what they want to do to get out of the primary or to attack, you know, to do the purge, the purge of everybody who disagrees with them, it all ends justify the means. It doesn't, though. Because I'll say to them, yeah, but this is not true. You're lying here. This is a power play. You shouldn't do these things. And they're like, whatever it takes.
SPEAKER 03 :
Dan, what's up, sir? It's warm where you are.
SPEAKER 18 :
It's warm. The snow is kind of melting, but I got a lot of ice.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. All right.
SPEAKER 18 :
Hey, you guys are talking DEI, okay? And what that is is that's division, exclusion, indoctrination.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, you're right. You're correct, Dan. You're right. You're correct. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 18 :
I just tuned in, but I'm assuming you're talking about what they're trying to do with the Republican Party in the state of Colorado.
SPEAKER 03 :
In Colorado, yeah, and you're right, Dan. And as I said a moment ago, and Andy did as well, you know, the individual soldiers that are out there that are you working for the party doing the best they can and so on any and nothing against them love them dearly they're just very misguided to your point a moment ago that they're just extremely brainwashed and unfortunately haven't had any solid leadership teaching them how things really should work yet and i've talked to people that were registered republicans and if if you said the people who are listening you guys need to take a note of this i have talked to i don't countless people
SPEAKER 18 :
that have left the Republican Party because of what is happening right now, and they are now independents. So whatever they're doing, they're going to have more people that are going to leave the Colorado GOP because of the shenanigans that are going on and the infighting that's going on. So if they are listening, you guys are, what does it say in Proverbs? They dig a pit and they fall into it themselves.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. Yeah. And along those lines, Dan, and this is something I continually watch because they'll run around right now and tout how the registered Republican voters through this last election came up, which, by the way, yes, because nationally they did. So there were more registered Republican voters because of that. The real test, Dan, is going to be over the next six months. Do they retain them or do some of those people go back to independence? In other words, did they just register that last time around because of what happened with Donald Trump in that particular election? And given everything you've just said, will they go back to being an independent afterwards?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, and also we have to keep in mind, they only got a little bump. It's a teeny bump. Nationally, Republican registration soared over the last two years.
SPEAKER 03 :
Correct. Correct.
SPEAKER 09 :
We're way behind the wave.
SPEAKER 03 :
Correct, absolutely. But my point is, really quick, Dan, and you're a numbers guy, I want to look at the Secretary of State's report month after month and see if it continues to retain or does it drop back off. Because my prediction, Dan, is to what you're saying exactly, it's going to dip off.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, so the problem is they're happy that there was a little uptick, but the problem is why don't we have – It would be nice to know the demographics of the Republican GOP in Colorado. What are the young people? What are the Generation Z? Break it down.
SPEAKER 03 :
And by the way, Dan, the party has that info. You and I will never see that, but the party has that info.
SPEAKER 18 :
Because they don't want to share it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Correct. Correct. You're right. 100%, Dan. 100%. I'll let you go. Appreciate you very much, Dan. We'll go to break, come back with just a few seconds left is all. Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning is up next. Again, second opinions, they're big on that. If you've got a question when it comes to something that's going on, you've already had a person come out, look at it, a tech come out, look at it, but you're not sure if that's exactly right, call Cub Creek instead. klzradio.com is where you find them.
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SPEAKER 03 :
All right, Jeff, I got a minute. Go for it, sir.
SPEAKER 19 :
Hey, how you doing?
SPEAKER 03 :
Good, sir.
SPEAKER 19 :
I just thought I'd let you know I actually went to my first, I went to the Jeffco Town Hall in Evergreen.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Last week, and I brought up, I'm trying to figure out how much that bike path is costing. Yeah. And so I wanted to know how much fire mitigation, what their budget for fire mitigation is here compared to this bike path budget.
SPEAKER 03 :
Beautiful.
SPEAKER 19 :
Boy, that was a question they did not want to hear. I'm guessing so, yeah. Still can't find out how much it is. I did some research. I saw somewhere it's getting, I don't know, 270 million. The guy, I even got to him, one of our commissioners, there's three commissioners. Got to his face-to-face, and he still couldn't tell me. I was like, it's unreal.
SPEAKER 09 :
Jeff, really quick here. Just for that alone, I wish they would erect a statue in your name.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, there you go. Jeff, thank you, by the way. Appreciate you very much. We'll come back. Another full hour coming your way. We've got Larry Behrens joining us, by the way, at the top of the hour. Then we can get back into some of this once we're done with Larry. If some of you want to call back in and recap some of that, you're welcome to. We'll be right back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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All right, welcome. Hour number three, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush. Myself, by the way, Andy Pate, and Charlie Grimes, of course, our engineer, Larry Barron, is joining us now from Power of the Future Communications Director. Larry, welcome back. How are you?
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, great to talk with you, John. I'm doing all right.
SPEAKER 14 :
Always a joy. Haven't talked to you since the big inauguration day and the things that have happened since. And we've been, you know, gloating a little. We won't deny that. And lots of things going on. We have, as you know, all sorts of talk this week with tariffs and different things. And what's that going to do to, you know, the energy end of things? If we do something with Canada, what does that do to us here? And so on and so forth. So I thought, hey, who better to have on to talk about some of this than you?
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, well, thank you so much. Yeah, it's been faster than even I thought. I was expecting pretty fast.
SPEAKER 14 :
It has been lightning fast, which we were talking in the first hour, Larry, it needed to be. There's a lot of things that needed to happen quickly, including the review of the check register at the Treasury, which, of course, is a big deal right now among the left. But the reality is, Larry, we need an audit of not just the check registry, but what we're doing when it comes to energy and, by the way, a lot of the payola that happens inside of that industry.
SPEAKER 15 :
You're absolutely right. You know, if folks are really worked up about USAID, which they should be, and I am, wait till they find out what money's been flowing out to the green agenda, particularly in the last six weeks of Joe Biden's terms. I mean, it is in the billions upon billions of dollars. And so absolutely, those records need to be audited. But when we see these executive actions. We start in tariffs and everything. We start to see someone who is putting America first. And I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty blown away by the reaction to Washington, because I think they are genuinely shocked that President Trump is doing exactly what he said when he got elected. They're so used to just saying things and then the people don't follow through.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 15 :
What actually does, they're starting to freak out.
SPEAKER 06 :
Larry, I got a question for you because my favorite thing out of everything, no, no, the board was my favorite, but one of my favorite things out of everything he's done is pull us out of the Paris Climate Accord. And here's my question. Without the United States to rob, is there a Paris Climate Accord? I mean, seriously, if they don't have us paying for so much of it, if they don't have us to rob and to have our money and redistribute it, is there even an agreement?
SPEAKER 15 :
No, there's really not. And folks will say, oh, yeah, but there's still Europe and there's still China. You know what? There were loopholes in the agreement for China. So China was able to ignore that from the get-go. And so, no, it's kind of like the United Nations where we are, what, 25% of their entire budget comes to the United States? If the United States pulls out a Paris climate agreement, there is no climate agreement. And let's be clear, the Paris climate agreement is designed to fail because it's an absolute disaster. If Joe Biden really loved it, like he said he did, he would have put it through Congress when his party controlled both chambers. But it is that unpopular and that detrimental to the United States that even Joe Biden said no. And so to see people cry crocodile tears over pulling out of it now is is really just disingenuous. But as you all know, Colorado apparently is going to stay in.
SPEAKER 14 :
Unbelievable. Talk to us, Larry, about the U.S. Climate Alliance that's financed by Michael Bloomberg. He is one of those groups, by the way, that are denying the election results and the fact that Donald Trump is, in fact, president. And really, not only is he president by the Electoral College end of things, he won the popular vote. And frankly, Larry, I think he probably won in a larger way. percentage than what it really shows because i know the other side does cheat to a certain extent so i don't know exactly how much bigger that would have been but i can tell you i think it's even bigger because when you talk to the majority of people that are out there even people in the past that didn't support trump they like his policies they want to see what he can do moving forward they like what's going on right now when it comes to doge and by the way they're tired of paying high prices at the pump and to heat their homes
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, they absolutely are. So much good information there. You know, it is when we look at the election, Donald Trump was very clear about what he stood for and what he didn't. And he did not stand for Paris Climate Accord and the Green Agenda. And you're absolutely right. America elected him because of that position and, of course, many others. And so America has rejected the Paris Climate Accord. But when you look at the U.S. Climate Alliance, this was a group started by Michael Bloomberg. when Trump first came into office, because they said, we know Trump is going to pull us out of the Paris Climate Accords, and we want to continue being in them, we as these states. And they are, by and large, a Democratic organization. They do have one token Republican governor. It's usually from the Northeast, Maryland or Vermont or something like that. So they can call themselves weak, bipartisan. But the day that President Trump was inaugurated, they put out a press release saying, nope, our state's which includes Colorado, is still going to abide by the Paris Climate Accord. They can't. Yeah, they can't. But they're still going to hand down rules. I mean, your neighbor to the south, New Mexico, still handing down those EV rules, even though President Trump has pulled them back on the federal level. And so there are things that they can still do to keep, you know, I call it putting behind a green wall. They've tried to continue this failed agenda. And unfortunately, citizens in those states are going to continue to pay for it unless they're they stand up and say no more.
SPEAKER 06 :
Larry, isn't that just going to create an even greater imbalance, though, between red and blue states? And here's what I mean. We already saw over the last several years people fleeing from blue states that engage in these things heavily and going to places like Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama, so forth. Aren't they just going to do it more? Isn't it going to look even worse for these states that keep pursuing things like the Paris Climate Agreement?
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes, it absolutely is. And there's two tiers to that. And we witnessed it, right? The people who can't afford to move to better pastures will absolutely do that. But what about the working families, folks who are having to work three jobs to just try to keep paying their bills? I mean, if you look at the top five states for gas prices and the top five states for electricity prices, Guess what? They're all members of the U.S. Climate Alliance. And so residents of these states are paying more. And there's even five states that voted for Donald Trump that are part of the U.S. Climate Alliance. So these governors are willingly saying, I don't care what my citizens said. This Bloomberg-funded group and the Paris Climate Accord is more important.
SPEAKER 14 :
Which you look at the last election, you look at even some of these states, as you just said, where by and large their state even said, we want Donald Trump as our president. We want to see these things change. We want to see things be different moving forward. We want prices to be lower. We want more money in our pocket. You know, we want a better future for our families when it's all said and done. And energy is a big part of that, Larry. And yet these knucklehead governors. And heads of states, if you would, not the state, but states are basically just snubbing their nose. And sorry to say it this way, but they're just throwing their middle finger up at their own citizens.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, absolutely. After how many years of lecturing us about democracy? Right. Let's be clear. They have decided that their citizens don't matter and that they are going to continue going down this agenda. And you have to ask yourself, what would force them to do this? Well, it's lucrative. You know, the Bloomberg Group allows them to travel to these U.N. climate conferences internationally. So they get to jet set and talk about how wonderful they are and hobnob with the Bill Gates of the world and the John Kerry's of the world. But the fact of the matter is, their citizens are the ones that continually have to pick up the bill. And so it never ceases to amaze me when there is a Republican in the White House, how quickly those on the left learn about states' rights.
SPEAKER 14 :
You are correct. Larry, Power of the Future, how do folks find you and just stay up on the things you guys are fighting for?
SPEAKER 15 :
They can head on over to PoweroftheFuture.com. We'll talk about all those EPA layoffs and all the other good news coming out of Doge and a whole lot of places. I appreciate you guys so much.
SPEAKER 14 :
Appreciate you, Larry. Keep up the great work, and it's an exciting future for us here, at least in the near future. Let's hope it stays that way.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. Have a great night, guys.
SPEAKER 14 :
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SPEAKER 14 :
All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. We were talking to Larry a moment ago, by the way. Yeah, there is a lot of things going on right now, so much so that I will be honest, folks. There's times where I'll have somebody say, hey, did you see such and such? And I'll be like, yeah, no, fill me in. Yeah. Because literally, Andy, there's like, no, I didn't. So fill me in because, no, I can't keep up with everything right now. And I'm reading and looking and doing all sorts of things, Andy. But there's times where, yeah, something might slip through the cracks.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. And by the way, earlier we were saying, don't always be a hammer, right? Sometimes it's a nail. But on the issues where he has been hammering, it's been great. Can I give you some polls?
SPEAKER 14 :
Go for it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Just going to go to two different polls. And for those who are wondering, does Trump really have a mandate? Oh, get ready for mandate. Here we go. On national security, this is from Interactive Polls. Interactive, and they're not a bastion of right-wing thought, okay? They're a polling company. Okay. 55 to 34, he is plus 21 on national security for approval. On immigration, plus 20. That's massive.
SPEAKER 14 :
Wow, that's huge.
SPEAKER 06 :
On the economy, plus 17. And these decline, but they're still huge numbers. On foreign policy, plus 16. On energy, plus 15. Taxes, plus 13. Trade, plus 13. Healthcare, plus 9. Medicare and Social Security, plus 7. He finally goes underwater on abortion, minus 2. And LGBTQ rights minus six. Okay. That's called a smashing mandate, folks. That's an incredible mandate. And also they were looking at his approval rating right now. Approval versus disapproval in another poll. I forget which one. I think it was Gallup. But he's plus nine. Overall versus disapproval, 48 to 39. And then, of course, you got the ones who aren't sure. Biden is leaving office at something like negative 17, negative 18. It's just incredible. But here is the brutal one, because, you know, that's just talking about Trump, Biden. Let's talk about the whole parties. OK. Quinnipiac poll. Once again, not a bastion of right-wing thought. The Republican Party right now is 43% favorable, 45% unfavorable. That's a negative two. The Democrats, 31% favorable, 57% unfavorable, negative 26%. Yes, right now is the time for the blitzkrieg. Yes, right now is the time to take that hammer to those issues and do it as fast as you can. Push them through so that voters have an entire year to see, hey, you know what? None of this hurt my life at all. In fact, I'm really glad he did it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, none of this really. In fact, at the end of the day, here's what I think they'll be saying, Andy. At the end of the day, I didn't get hurt. In fact, I've got a little more money in my pocket now than I used to because certain things I used to buy cost more than they do now. And, oh, by the way, you know, that deadbeat cousin of mine that was always living off the dole, guess what? He's not anymore. He's actually having to go out and contribute like I've always been doing. So you know what? Thank you, Trump. Yeah, his name's Buster. Buster had to get a job. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that, because there's a lot of those as well that'll eventually have to say, you know what, you've already seen some of this. I guess I'm going to have to go get a job. Yeah, you think?
SPEAKER 06 :
John, we are in the golden age right now for the Republican Party. The opportunities right now for the Republican Party to expand are absolutely enormous because people are liking more and more and more and more and more. Every time Tom Holman says, hey, I got a few more, and this one's a killer, that one's a rapist, people are just going, yes, we are so popular. It's incredible.
SPEAKER 14 :
So maximize that. Maximize. And by the way, I've talked about the 21 laws of leadership earlier from John Maxwell. He calls that the big mo, the big momentum. Right. You keep that going.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, the big mo is going.
SPEAKER 14 :
When you have it, keep it going. That's one of the laws of leadership.
SPEAKER 06 :
John, negative 2 versus negative 26. That's huge. Between the two parties. I mean, maybe that's a bit of an outlier. I have no idea. But that is, I don't remember in my lifetime seeing it like that.
SPEAKER 14 :
Huge. Del, you're next. Go ahead, Del.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hi, John. How you doing?
SPEAKER 14 :
I'm good, sir. How are you?
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, not too bad. I read an article yesterday, and I haven't been able to verify it, but maybe you can. There was supposedly a bust in California this first of the week or end of the week, over the weekend or something. But anyway, they said there was a bust on a smuggling ring out of China. And what they were doing was they were putting their contraband into the shipping containers that come over. They busted them in L.A. and the other portals in the West Coast. And then the truckers that they had, when you would pick them up, they would take them to a warehouse. break the seals and take their contraband out, and they had been making identical seals to seal them back up.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yep, I'm reading about it. It was actually published in the Fox 11, L.A., January 27th. L.A. port smuggling bust, Fed's arrest, eight suspected of smuggling, $200 million in Chinese goods, and, and, and, to your point, Dale. So you're correct.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Yep, you're correct. I wasn't able to verify it.
SPEAKER 14 :
It says here just what you were saying. They manipulated shipping containers with counterfeit seals to bypass customs inspections. They brought in over $200 million worth of counterfeit goods.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
So you're right.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, they're risky. Yeah, they arrested a bus, so that's another deal that's got busted up.
SPEAKER 14 :
And there'll probably be more to come because this involved logistics companies, warehouse owners, corrupt truck drivers, on and on we go. This is a big deal, Dale.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
And by the way, I had heard a little bit about that last week. I just didn't get the opportunity to. I think it's in one of my show notes for one day. I just didn't get a chance to get to it. But, yes, you are correct.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yep, spot on.
SPEAKER 08 :
Kind of ironic that China wants to raise their turf when they've been smuggling all this time anyway.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, you know my feelings on China. I don't trust those guys as far as I can throw them.
SPEAKER 08 :
That makes coolness.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yep. Thank you, Del. Appreciate you very much for bringing that to our attention. Yeah, that was something I was going to talk about last week, just never got a chance to get around to it. And by the way, this is a – we could spend, Andy, probably a segment or two on this because of how big that deal actually was, because of how far out the fingers spread. Sure. $200 million worth of goods being brought in illegally into the country. And yet we want to play nice with China? Why?
SPEAKER 06 :
Let me ask you this, John. What do you see happening with fentanyl now that Canada and Mexico are going to help stop the inflow?
SPEAKER 14 :
It's still going to, as always, Andy.
SPEAKER 06 :
I mean, there's a ton of it already here. Don't get me wrong.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, thank you. You're still going to have some of it around. They're still going to do everything possible that they can to get it brought in. They'll do everything through the mules and different things that they've done in the past.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, it's going to be hard now, John.
SPEAKER 14 :
But it's going to be much harder to get it done now than it has been in the past.
SPEAKER 06 :
Trump is militarizing the border from both sides. Correct. Okay. And if that is not coming through, and here's my big question. It's not going to be right away, but let's because, you know, there's a lot of store storages of it in the country already. But let's say six months out, you know, midsummer, a little later, you start to see the fentanyl deaths dropping and they keep dropping and they drop to a much lower point. How do the Democrats fight back against that narrative at that point? What is that going to do to them in the midterms? You know, everybody's assuming Trump's going to get everything before the midterms, everything before the midterms. John, is that actually true? We don't know that. I know he should do poorly in the midterms. Every president does.
SPEAKER 14 :
If he does some of the things that we're doing now and he keeps that rolling and you keep the momentum, as we talked about a few months ago, going, Andy, you could easily do very well in 2026. And I hate to keep hounding this. But our own state of Colorado in 2026, we've got the ability to do some things along those lines. And we have a Senate seat and a governorship, you know, governor race. Right. That we, you know, we. We have some opportunities in front of us, Andy, if we can get our ducks in a row.
SPEAKER 06 :
John, I just listed off all those issues on which Trump is polling between plus 13 and plus 21. OK, how many of those were election integrity?
SPEAKER 14 :
Zero.
SPEAKER 06 :
Nobody cares. Look, and I love election integrity. I think we need to keep pushing for better laws.
SPEAKER 14 :
I've interviewed a lot of those folks that are out there doing their best to help promote those things and really doing things inside of states to make that happen. We absolutely are on that side.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, here's what sells, voter ID. Trump is pushing voter ID. Why? Because he knows that's the aspect of election integrity that's going to sell. Telling everybody you've got to go to paper ballots and you can no longer fill it out at home. That's not a sale, guys. Look, America's not going to go. When's the last time America has gone backward technologically?
SPEAKER 14 :
We don't, Andy.
SPEAKER 06 :
I'm serious. We've been around.
SPEAKER 14 :
And I love all of you out there that say those things, and I've said it before, and I've even had these conversations with some of you listening. It's impractical. It's not going to happen. Don't go there. Don't ask.
SPEAKER 06 :
And would you and I love it? Same day, paperback? Yeah, I'd be all down for it. I would love it.
SPEAKER 14 :
It's not going to happen.
SPEAKER 06 :
But I'm not the whole state of Colorado. They will not go back. So the top two issues nonstop put out by our state party are election integrity and opting out of the primary.
SPEAKER 14 :
And kill off rhinos.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right.
SPEAKER 14 :
And by the way, the word I just used. Rhino hunt. Yes, thank you. The word I'm using aren't my words. Those are their words. The Davidians say flat out. Kill off the rhinos.
SPEAKER 06 :
Purge. They use words purge, kill off the rhinos, hunt the rhinos.
SPEAKER 14 :
Folks, I'm not exaggerating when I say that. Those are not my words. Those are theirs.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. So their rhino hunt and opting out of the primaries and election integrity, those are the top three things that, by the way, they're spending all their money on legally and in many other ways while we could be pushing all those other issues.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Thank you. So when we come back.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
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SPEAKER 06 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. John, you know, we whine and moan quite a bit because we have to because the state party is run by lunatics. Correct. Okay. I want to spend the rest of the show, unless somebody calls in talking about positives, what are the good things we could do? Okay.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, first of all, to your point, First of all, you've got to figure out how to unite not only the Republican Party itself, but those unaffiliated voters that would come over to our side. Because some of them are unaffiliated because they don't like what's been going on in the party. They're actually probably more conservative than most people would attribute them to being conservative. But they are. They just got fed up with whatever and went ahead and became unaffiliated. Because as I got a text message a moment ago, there's no such thing as a registered independent. They're unaffiliated. You're either a Democrat or Republican or unaffiliated. One of those is where you're at.
SPEAKER 06 :
I call them U voters.
SPEAKER 14 :
Correct. You're a U voter. So really quick, you've got to figure out how to unite them. And then on top of that, Andy, one of the things that we should be focused on, instead of hunting rhinos, we should be figuring out, okay, when it comes to folks across the state of Colorado, Both sides of the aisle. Right. What are the important issues that are really going to bring them together and help them? If we can fix what they're looking for, which, by the way, the other party's most likely not doing, if we can just let them know that we'll help you fix these things, we're here to help you and make your life better at the end of the day, isn't that, Andy, as a party, what we should be trying to focus on and figure out what moves Colorado ahead?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, we should blare at them about election integrity and opting out.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, and hunting rhinos.
SPEAKER 06 :
And hunting rhinos. We should do that. Just making sure.
SPEAKER 14 :
Because that's very unifying.
SPEAKER 06 :
And you know what? It really gets unaffiliated voters excited about our party. Okay, here are some positive things. Now, for those who don't know, first of all, the Colorado Republican Party right now has very low participation going on. And what I mean is this. We have tons of precinct leaders positions all across the state that are empty. We have nobody in them. We have district captain positions that are empty across counties and states. And we also have a very divided party. We have a lot of people who have checked out.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Now, here's a big problem. When you're in a blue state like this, a lot of Republicans feel scattered and helpless, right? Everywhere they walk, they see blue, blue, blue, and they feel, my gosh, I'm alone. So here's the very first thing I would do. I would launch a thing called You've Got Friends. And here's how You've Got Friends works. Every single Republican in the state should get a letter from the Republican Party telling them how many Republicans are in the precinct right where they live. And let them know, hey, just so you know, there are this many Republicans in your precinct. Would you like to meet them? Would you like to meet them? Just say hi. And what you do is you get together a few precincts in every area. And this summer, I would have parties and picnics all across the state that are about you've got friends just to show them you're not alone. You've got friends. You've got people right around you who feel the exact same as you do. It doesn't matter if you're pro-Dave, anti-Dave, don't care about Dave. It doesn't matter. You're on the same team. OK, secondly, then we need to go to unaffiliates just so you know, we can track which ones vote much more right leaning. So we can send a letter out to them and say, you've got friends. You know, we know that you we know that you feel this way on these issues. Guess what? The Republican Party does, too. Would you like you know, you don't have to change your registration. Stay stay as unaffiliated. But would you like to come to a party and just tell us what you think? have some parties, have some get-togethers. And from these, we can recruit and fill in a lot of those positions, but also get people more involved. And also, you're talking about, even with Democrats, they agree with us on a lot of things. I think we should have a statewide, you've got friends push that says, you're not alone, Republicans. And by the way, you're not alone, unaffiliated. We're going to do the opposite of telling you to get the hell off our lawn. We're going to say, get on our lawn. And look at them and say, look, you want to vote in a primary? Come to ours, man, because if you believe in liberty, look, if you believe in individual liberty and you believe in getting to live your life the way you choose to live it, we believe in you. We agree with you. Welcome. Right. And that is what I would do. That's one positive thing. Now, the other positive thing I would do is kind of what you were talking about. Stress all those areas where Trump, he's up plus 15, plus 18, plus 20. Guys. We can go to the – drop the big three issues that you keep doing, the purge, the opt-out, and the election integrity, because nobody cares. They're not – the market doesn't want them. Right. Even if I agree – at times I agree with them, election integrity. But the market doesn't want them. Drop that and look at these polls and say, oh, that's what they want to hear about. And go to them and say, guess what? We just had 50 gang members taken off the streets by Trump. Aren't you happy?
SPEAKER 05 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, Tom Holman just, you know, got rid of this many rapists and thieves out of your community. Aren't you happy? We just did this with your taxes, which is coming. Aren't you happy? We just did this with energy. Aren't you happy? Wouldn't you like to have more of this in Colorado rather than walling out that red wave that's going all across the country and making people happy? Wouldn't you like that here? We do too.
SPEAKER 14 :
What do you think? No, I agree. I agree. Yeah. And that those are the things that we need to be focused on versus the things that we are right now.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Right now, I mean, my goodness. If Dave Williams becomes chair again, which is very possible, because they're mobilizing troops. Once again, we've said this before with these assemblies and reorg meetings. What you can do is you can mobilize a very small group, but mobilize them everywhere and take them over. And that's what happened in Arapahoe. It's happened everywhere else. because they have a lot of power. Okay, if Dave gets elected again, if they manage to opt out, they're going to burn our party to the ground in Colorado. At that point, our only hope is to rebuild out of the ashes. We've got to become a phoenix. I mean, that's the only hope at that point. And the question is, yeah, but can you get them out then? Because if they take over again, here's what they're going to do. They're going to spend the next two years seeding all those positions around the state, those voting positions, precinct leaders in every single county around the state with Davidians. They did a lot of that in my county. They've done it in several other counties. You've got Davidians, and I don't even mean bad people. I love a lot of these people. I mean people who have bought into the spin because David doesn't want them to hear the other side. So you've got Davidians in these positions. They will make sure that they can centralize their power. I don't know if we can get them out after this. What do you think?
SPEAKER 14 :
I wish I had the answer to that. My feeling, and I've said this online, posted some different things on social media, and even said things on this program. They win again, it will be minimum, minimum, a decade. to get things back on track and that's if you can actually get things back after it's burned down so you're really talking probably 12 years when it's all said and done and even if you could somehow in this next cycle figure out a way to win let's say dave and dave ites don't win somebody else does depending upon who that person is their leadership qualities and so on you're still half a decade away from cleaning things up in other words While 2026 should be in play, it's going to be very hard to make enough. Not saying it can't be dunks. I never want to say never, Andy. With the right leadership, do I feel like if Dave were to leave, somebody else comes in and really gets in gear moving forward for 2026, do I feel like we have potential to have some gains in 2026? Yes, but that's a big if.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's a big if. Once again, I've done the numbers. I won't do them again. But we missed out on almost 60% of Trump's red wave here in Colorado. We dramatically underperformed the national norm. Now, right now, nationally, Republicans are ahead of the Democrats minus 2 to minus 26. That's a 24-point gap in plus-minus favorability. I've never seen that. If we can't advance right now, John, if we can't take advantage, if we can't ride this wave, there's no wave we can ride.
SPEAKER 14 :
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I mean, we're in the golden age. Which this won't be posted anywhere because you won't hear from them. But you'll hear it here first because I'm a data guy. I like numbers. I look at numbers and do things like that all the time.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes, you do.
SPEAKER 14 :
I just looked up the latest January statistics from the Secretary of State. And I didn't look up December's, but I had November's already. So back in November, and you're going to hear them tout this, we had about 1,016,000 and some change registered Republican voters, active and inactive. There's two different categories when you look at the Secretary of State's website. You have active and inactive. I added them together to come up with that number. So in November, you had roughly 1,016,074. As of January... You have 1,005,855, meaning we've dropped by about 11,000.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's incredible.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yes, and you heard those numbers here first. And by the way, you can all go look at those yourself because they're public. It's right on the Secretary of State's website. Just go look in at your party designations, and you can find those particular numbers. You download it into a spreadsheet, and all the numbers are right in front of you, and all you have to do is add. Sure.
SPEAKER 06 :
And once again, it's amazing how they were bragging that there was a bump up at all, even temporarily, when you look at what's going on nationwide. We took the lead in Nevada, John.
SPEAKER 14 :
So we're just now just a shy above a million. And I would predict that by the time we get to springtime, we'll be below that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, and we're nowhere near the Democrats, and unaffiliateds are voting blue. It's not good right now in Colorado, even during an incredible red wave. And once again, you've got to remember, look at Pennsylvania. Republicans closed the gap in Pennsylvanian registration by about a half a million, John.
SPEAKER 14 :
So Chuck, Julie, Ryan, I'll watch. Please, because you will. You'll answer in a podcast because that's what you do. You answer a lot of what I cover.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, but they take everything out of context and they lie.
SPEAKER 14 :
But please, please, please. Tell me why we dropped by 11,000. What's your excuse?
SPEAKER 06 :
It's because of you and me, John. We drove them away. You know why? Because we are too depressing. We are causing all the division. No, it's not our state party that literally campaigned against its own candidates with state party resources. No, it's us on the radio. What do you think?
SPEAKER 14 :
They probably say something along those lines, Andy. That wouldn't shock me. Honestly, it would not shock me. But again, folks, data doesn't lie. It's why we bring it up here quite often. And you've already heard the Colorado GOP and the leadership there really come back and rebut some of the things that I have stated in regards to the FEC report. some of the things that are on there and what money they actually started with as far as a party goes and what they were left with and on and on we go. And they'll say all sorts of things. By the way, I've never seen any actual. They say, well, we've got the receipts. You guys talk about those things, but I have yet to see any of you produce anything, any audited paper trail that proves me wrong.
SPEAKER 06 :
Do they ever admit the windfall that they got from presidential candidates?
SPEAKER 14 :
No.
SPEAKER 06 :
Which was not in any other year but this one.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, they don't.
SPEAKER 06 :
Did they ever mention the windfall they got from Kevin McCarthy?
SPEAKER 14 :
No, they do not. Really? No, they do not.
SPEAKER 06 :
So they leave those out?
SPEAKER 14 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, my gosh.
SPEAKER 14 :
They don't talk about any of that. They don't talk about any of it. Incredible.
SPEAKER 06 :
Lying by omission.
SPEAKER 14 :
They come back and say, you'll hear Hope say, we've got the receipts. Okay, show me. It's a lot of rhetoric. It's a lot of talk, a lot of jibber-jabber. But I've never seen a single audit trail of anything you guys talk about in regards to your financial woes that you took over the party with.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I guarantee you, once again, I think they're going to win and retain power because they have flooded so many counties at the county level. But... If they don't, the number one thing that they fear is an audit.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, just like the Democrats fear Doge going through the checkbook of the Treasury. Oh, yeah. They don't like that either. Nobody likes to be held accountable, Andy. That's the problem.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, because Doge isn't just saying, this $78 million here was being wasted. They're saying it was being wasted because this senator wanted it.
SPEAKER 14 :
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It's time to leave your safe space. This is Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. And as we close out today's program, and we didn't really answer the question, you know, what do we feel? We've got a few minutes here. We can do this. What do we feel are some of the most important things for Coloradans when it comes to, you know, moving things forward? And I get it. Everybody comes from a little different perspective, and you'd have to do some fact-finding to really figure out what really are important, you know, what are the important things to people. But we already know property taxes is a huge issue. Big. Has been, going to be. They haven't done anything to really lower them. That's a huge issue for both sides of the aisle.
SPEAKER 06 :
And by the way, it's a big winning issue for Republicans.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. Right now, believe it or not, and this might change, but probably won't anytime soon, believe it or not, eggs and just grocery prices... In general. Huge issue.
SPEAKER 06 :
And one other thing. Plastic bags.
SPEAKER 14 :
Right. Plastic bags. I mean, all those things kind of combine together. Those are big issues for people because it's affecting their daily lives. So I just rattled off two things that are huge. And I'm sure I could come up with another half a dozen. But really, all we need as conservatives, as Republicans in this particular case, is about the top three or four issues that you really get your candidates to start really running on. And I get it. There's differences in each category. area you know rule versus city and so on and i get that and that's where you can kind of add some of those little different nuances in that you have to add in for the different areas that they happen to be running in but get the same message out across the world because by the way that's what the democrats do john what if you told people okay imagine a republican grocery store you can use all the bags you want you your eggs are going to be much cheaper and
SPEAKER 06 :
OK, those those two things are guaranteed. And then maybe you can list one or two other things. OK, describe what it's like to go to a Republican grocery store. And that would hit people right up front.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, give them what they need.
SPEAKER 06 :
You'd be free.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, give them what they need in their daily lives. And on top of that, and I know this one's more divisive, and of course, keep in mind, the hardcore lefties, that 30%, you're never going to reach anyway. So we're talking about reaching the unaffiliated and Republican voters that may kind of be in the middle or wherever they happen to be. And I know some would say, well, they're not really Republican if they're in the middle. Bear with me, okay? I'm just talking about getting voters united so we can actually win elections moving forward. Transportation in Colorado, rural areas, local, doesn't matter. The reality is transportation is a big deal. Rural areas are complaining because money doesn't get spent on roads like it should be. The metro area, they complain because we have all sorts of programs that don't help out when it comes to traffic and congestion and things along those lines. We build bike paths, as Dan was talking about earlier, from bike paths. We do all sorts of stupid things with the money except what we should be. which is actually fixing the things that we already have and adding lane miles and so on. Last but not least, a big deal to Coloradans for most of them, if it's explained correctly, is Tabor. And there's a lot of talk right now in regards to the left does nothing but try to eliminate Tabor over and over and over again. So talk to them how important that is, how we can balance our budget, how we can cut spending in areas like Doge is doing, where we shouldn't be spending money anyways, and let's get Colorado back on track and make it great again. Yep. Don, there's your campaign speech.
SPEAKER 06 :
John, you can put out a questionnaire to people in every area and find any road that is well known in the area as being a bottleneck. Out my way, it's Gun Club. And you can say, what would you rather have along there? new bike lanes or extra lanes, extra car lanes, and just take the numbers in. The numbers are going to come back way in favor of car lanes, and then just use that and say, okay, here's what Colorado voters say. Why won't the governor listen? Right.
SPEAKER 14 :
Exactly. Colorado voters want more lanes. And by the way, folks, when I'm saying this, I'm talking about you've got a Senate race coming up. You've got a governor race coming up. You'll have other local races at that point that will be coming up in 2026. You've got all sorts of things that will be happening at that point in time. And I'm here to tell you that, unfortunately, because of where we are right now, I had somebody text me that, oh, wow, you know, look at what's happening with the big gun bill that's going through. And we really need to do our best and go down to the Capitol and so on and so forth. And while all that's important and I admire all the people that do and I love the fact that you're doing it and maybe that'll make a difference. Although I hate to say this, it probably won't. Right. Because the reality is you've got so many Democrats dead set on moving that forward, even though it's unconstitutional when it's all said and done. And, yes, it will be fought all the way to the Supreme Court, and our tax dollars will go to defend that, which is, in my mind, absolutely ludicrous. Right. There needs to be a bill passed that basically says, if you know darn good and well this is an unconstitutional bill or unconstitutional law when it's all said and done, you're not allowed to run it. We should have that as a state. Right. And, by the way, that would be one of the things I would run on if I were running. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, I totally agree. Once again, as you said earlier in the show, we have to focus on we got to win elections. You don't win elections. You don't govern. We the Republican leadership right now in Colorado is content to be one big activist. Right. We're activists. We protest elections. We protest this at the Capitol. We protest that at the Capitol. Doesn't matter. They won the elections. They have the numbers at the Capitol. And guess what? They don't care how many speeches you make about guns, even though I totally agree with you.
SPEAKER 14 :
I agree as well. But unfortunately, when the numbers are the way they are, I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude here. It doesn't matter.
SPEAKER 06 :
It doesn't matter. Sorry.
SPEAKER 14 :
No.
SPEAKER 06 :
You see, you've got a whole state of people who want more lanes, right? Who want so many things that we talk about. They want more lanes, they want cheaper eggs. And by the way, they also love what Trump's doing on immigration and several other things. And what are they talking about? The big three, right? Hunting rhinos, closing primaries.
SPEAKER 14 :
And one of the last things I think is important to most people in Colorado, whether you're rural or in the city, is really quick, is also the homeless situation we have going on here. That needs a huge cleanup. Yes. People would buy into that. Doesn't matter what side of the aisle that you're on. Homelessness is a big deal. And if you can figure out a way to, you know, have a solution for that, it's a win. Yes. And here's why I can tell you that, folks. In Arvada, which, by the way, is pretty liberal. I know because I live over in that area. Pretty liberal. Well, the residents there spoke loud and clear because the city was trying to take over an old building and turn it into basically a homeless get-together place where they could transition people and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Bottom line, residents came out and said, we don't want that in our backyard. In fact, we want these people gone. We don't want them here at all. City Council basically said, hmm, I guess we're going to have to sell that building now. My point is, Andy, even in liberal areas, that's an issue, and people will get behind that if you have a solution. Right. So our Colorado GOP leadership needs to listen to some of those things and get off their high horse and figure out how to win. But I know I'm talking to deaf ears.
SPEAKER 06 :
Bottom line, their priorities are the opposite of the market.
SPEAKER 14 :
I know. I know. Andy, thanks. Have a great evening, by the way, everybody. Be safe out there. I'll be back tomorrow, Health and Wellness Wednesday. Enjoy your night. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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Breaking now on the Mike Gallagher Show.
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The Department of Homeland Security just told Fox News moments ago that four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City. This is after Elon Musk posted the other day that the Doge team discovered that FEMA sent $59 million last week to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Well, that's not news to New Yorkers. Anybody that could walk down 8th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan has seen what the Rowe NYC Hotel has been turned into, a giant migrant shelter that taxpayers are paying for. I talked to a friend of mine last night who's got a father in a real bad situation up in Canada. and he's got health problems, and it's a catch-22 because the health insurance is free in Canada, but he can't afford to live where he's living. He's in a terrible place. He's living in squalor. And these are good people. And I think about my friend's father agonizing over in a terrible living situation while we, the taxpayer, have been on the hook for funding luxury hotel rooms in New York City. And it's not just New York. It's all over the country. I mean, these people are out of their minds. Can you tell me why in the world we would reward illegals? With free health care, free education for the children, free housing, in luxury hotels. And so, looks like Homeland Security, under the leadership of Kristi Noem, is going to do something about it. And they fired four employees who continued the payments to the luxury hotels in defiance of of Homeland Security leadership. 800-655-MIKE, 24 before the hour. The tweet, the post that J.D. Vance put up the other day is what has sent shockwaves through the beast. The beast is roaring its disapproval over these words. Let me read it to you. J.D. Vance wrote, If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power. Now, that's, again, sending shockwaves throughout the Beltway. Oh, Washington, D.C., they're losing their mind. They're flipping their lids. Big debate about this last night on CNN. Here was Scott Jennings with Abby Phillips and Gretchen Carlson, of all people. I don't know, Gretchen was evidently, you know, she's the former Fox News host. who sued successfully Fox News for what she claimed was sexual harassment. And got a lot of money. I forget how many millions of dollars she got. But she used to host a daytime show. I think she was also on Fox and Friends first. Then she got a daytime show. Anyhow, now she pops up once in a while on CNN or MSNBC as the loyal opposition to MAGA and Trump and Trump supporters. So Gretchen has gone from center-right to hard-left. And she found herself in the unenviable position of debating the great Scott Jennings over this issue last night on CNN.
SPEAKER 08 :
It is the executive branch's job to figure out how to spend money once it is appropriated by Congress. And sometimes they spend money that's not been appropriated. But the correct political control is between the executive and the Congress, not some random federal judge.
SPEAKER 11 :
I want to return to that because that is also a major legal question. Do you really think that J.D. Vance's tweet is only about these district judges? I think this is about no, this is a slippery slope because they're going to move on to what the next ruling is. They're setting the stage so that they can say that executive branch has control now over the judicial branch. They're setting the stage. And for people who think for people who think that president trump has not planned all of this he pushes the envelope constantly there was january 6th he has a myriad of people out there that would support the executive branch being able to rule over the judicial branch because there have been no repercussions and when there are not consequences and when there are not repercussions you get away i get it you want you want
SPEAKER 14 :
individual federal judges who hate donald trump no i don't to tie him up for four years no i don't if you want a big policy questions decided let the supreme court do it but in the interim the executive has to be allowed to go the point is the delay is everything scott jennings argument is the point is the delay that's all they're trying to do they're trying to handcuff trump for as long as they can that's all it is that's all it is And ultimately, the Supreme Court will prevail, but it might take a year or two or three. They're trying to run out the clock. And I am really intrigued by Gretchen's question, do you really think that's what J.D. Vance meant? Again, I'll read the post from J.D. Vance. If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that's illegal. If a judge tried to tell an attorney general how to use their discretion, that's illegal. Judges are not allowed to control the executive's legitimate power. There are now judges like the one in Rhode Island, like the one in California. There are judges who are insanely overstepping the lower federal courts. Yesterday, a judge in Rhode Island. Rhode Island! I think this radio station or TV studio I'm sitting in is bigger than Rhode Island. Ruled that the Trump administration... violated a temporary restraining order and is now ordering the end of all the spending freezes initiated by the White House. A judge in Rhode Island is telling the executive branch what it can and cannot do with regards to the federal budget. All these crazy grants that were given out by USAID, to organizations promoting DEI and inclusion initiatives in foreign countries? A left-wing judge in a left-wing state just told American taxpayers they have to keep paying them and that the executive branch has no discretion in how federal bureaucracies operate. As Banshee puts it over at Red State... It's hard to see this as anything other than a soft coup. This is a soft coup. This is an attempt, again, at lawfare. Get some wacko judge to try to thwart the president that they hate. Amazing. Amazing. Ed's in Louisville, Kentucky, 18 minutes before the hour. Our number is 800-655-MIKE. How are you doing today, Ed?
SPEAKER 12 :
I'm doing good. Good. Thank you. My topic is all these people that are so upset that Elon Musk has their Social Security number. When you look at every single year, the IRS with unelected officials audits probably close to a million citizens. And obviously they've got everybody's Social Security number, as does your bank. When you get a credit check, I'm sure you have to put your Social Security number in there. The point being, your Social Security number is really not that big a secret.
SPEAKER 14 :
Your Social Security number originates with the federal government. Donald Trump is the president. Elon Musk is the head of a giant arm of the Trump administration attempting to curb government waste. Why don't Democrats want to curb Democrat waste? Well, it's easy because it comes out of their pockets. I saw a video yesterday of Pocahontas being confronted by some social media warrior. I forget who it was. She actually elbowed him. He said, oh, you just assaulted me. But Pocahontas gave him a good sharp elbow to the ribs as she was trying to get to the car. But he was saying to her, why are you worth $20 million? You've been a public servant all your life. How are you worth all this money? And, of course, she wouldn't answer. That's what they're upset about. The gravy train is about to leave the station. The gravy train is drying up. And the Democrats are the beneficiaries. And, look, let's be fair. Guarantee there's plenty of Republicans who've been benefiting, too. This doesn't necessarily mean right versus left. John's in Pittsburgh. Hey, John, how's it going?
SPEAKER 17 :
I'm doing well, sir. Hey, I'll tell you why the Democrats are so upset about the waste, fraud and abuse being exposed is because it's going to hurt them financially.
SPEAKER 01 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
Hey, Mike, do you really think do you really think that USAID is giving five hundred thousand dollars to I don't know, asexual antelopes in Angola? Or do you think $450,000 of that is getting laundered and sent right back to the DNC?
SPEAKER 14 :
Of course it is. You follow the money. You know it as well as I do. Although I would say that asexual antelopes in Angola is a top priority. Please don't mock that. Look, providing Sesame Street, Iraq is important. Did you hear Chris Coons defend that the other day? Do you have that still in the archives, Christian, from yesterday? I was waiting for what village idiot was going to come along and defend the American taxpayer funding Sesame Street for Iraqis. And he did it. It was Chris Coons. He gets the brownie. He gets the gold star. Because I was waiting. I thought, nobody can do this. It's a little bit like my experiment yesterday. If you hate Trump, how are you reacting to watching a whole Super Bowl stadium full of people cheering the guy? It's got to be hard on you. And I couldn't get anybody to call. I mean, they called, but they were all kooks and wackos, whack jobs. So I was waiting for somebody to come along because the Sesame Street in Iraq example is the perfect example of government waste. USAID has evidently taken millions of taxpayer dollars to fund Sesame Street in Iraq. Who could possibly defend that? Well, the pride and joy of Delaware can. I give you Democrat Senator Chris Coons.
SPEAKER 10 :
Is funding Sesame Street a judicious use of soft power? Well, Michael, the way you put it is the way I hope folks considering your poll today will think about it. This isn't just funding a kid show for children, millions of children in countries like Iraq. It's a show that helps teach values, helps teach public health, helps prevent kids from dying from dysentery and disease, and helps push values like collaboration, peacefulness, cooperation in a society where the alternative is ISIS extremism.
SPEAKER 14 :
extremism and terrorism and to your point turn it off turn it off turn it off i can't i can't breathe i can't that's a u.s senator looks that guy in the eye michael smirconish over at cnn and says well now michael you have to understand sesame street teaches values uh it keeps kids from getting dysentery Elmo is going to teach kids how to stay healthy and survive ISIS. So that's why we've got to devote millions of American taxpayer dollars to producing Sesame Street in Iraq. The Democrat Party is broken. That's the kind of crap show they've become. The phrase useful idiots comes to mind. Thank you, Senator Chris Coons. Keep it up. You guys keep banging that drum because you're not winning. You may think you are, but you're not. 800-655-6453. We have a line open for you on this caller-driven episode of the Mike Gallagher Show.
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Joe Piscopo is truly an original, a legend, and nobody does Frank Sinatra better than this class act. He's the morning host on AM 970, The Answer, but of course he has had a decades-long career, and this is a big day. In the world of Joe Piscopo, let's welcome my dear friend and colleague from the Salem Media Group, the one and only Joe Piscopo. Joe, that was you on Huckabee, and I remember it. I watched it. I loved it. I get chills every time you do, as you call him, the old man, Frank Sinatra, singing New York, New York. How are you, Joe?
SPEAKER 06 :
Mike, I love you, man. Thank you so much. Thanks for jumping on our show this morning. You know, you've been a beacon for me on the radio, the way you are just so kind to everybody. You have a heart and a soul, yet your beliefs are right along my beliefs of believing in God and country. So thanks for leading the way. You're a great influence. So I don't want to go by without saying that first and foremost. You're so kind.
SPEAKER 14 :
You're always so kind and gracious and humble. And And yet you are truly, truly a beacon. And morning radio has been upended in New York with your great show. And this is a big day today because today is the day that Average Joe, the memoirs of a blue-collar entertainer, gets released to the public. You're holding it right there in your hand. Incidentally, love that head shot. That head shot, that captures you, Joe. That's perfect.
SPEAKER 06 :
Can I tell you what happened? So you go – a shout-out to Becky and to the whole team over at the Forefront Books and Simon & Schuster, Mike. So this headshot has got to be behind the Count Basie Theater in Jersey. And I think a guy, his name was, and I didn't know, I said, who took that headshot? They said, we love that headshot. I got a thousand others. They said, we want that headshot. So I had to track down Danny Rodriguez. He took the headshot. And I remembered, and they used it from behind an alleyway in Red Bank, New Jersey. Well, it captures, it captures.
SPEAKER 14 :
It really captures your story. I mean, here you are, and obviously everybody knows you from TV and movies and Johnny Dangerously and all this great work you've done over the years, and now you're waking up millions in the morning, and you are, as you've described yourself, you're part of the blue collar of show business. Look, I would make a political comparison to the 45th and 47th president. You're a populist entertainer.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. You know what? Thank you. It's so weird because I just went into the business to work, just to work. And the book is like the book is like a survival story of how to hang in there, you know, because there's ups and downs, ins and outs, goods and bads. But you got to stay with it. And you have to. The trick is to reinvent yourself, to just keep going. And you're right. And Donald Donald Trump has done that every step of the way, especially the last two years. And if you don't reinvent also another hero of mine, you know, Frank Sinatra. When in 1951, after he had a great run on Columbia Records, on all the radio, on all the international stardom that he got with what I call the Columbia years from 1939 right to 50, then all of a sudden he hit a big bump, Frank Sinatra did. And everything stopped. Mike, everything stopped. His voice kind of glitched a little bit. And they were so unforgiving, to be kind, to Frank Sinatra. And he went, I'm staying with it. I'm going to go with it. I want to do this film. He does From Here to Eternity and the rest is history. But you got it. It's a survival story, you know, because in the entertainment business, Mike. I'm telling you, they'll throw you by the wayside, brother. And they don't care, and they'll move right on, you know?
SPEAKER 14 :
And your story, even with Saturday Night Live, is so riveting. A lot of people don't realize that you really helped save the show from cancellation. You were one of the actors hired to replace one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live. And you were on there for, I think, four or five years. But the behind-the-scenes that I happen to know about is what I think people find so fascinating because really thanks to your – that show was on the verge – SNL was about to be canceled, right, Joe?
SPEAKER 06 :
yeah man uh lee said all right again thank you for bringing that up mike what i wrote about first is the comedy club first i talk about heritage i talk about my italian american heritage and how great it is to be an american and how proud i am and you can see me on the wide shot that you have those that's my grandfather behind me my great uncle behind me that be below here is the manifest that is from the the freighter the multi the german freighter that my grandfather came to america on you know So so I appreciate I wrote that and I went to the comedy clubs. But making the transition to Saturday Night Live, don't they were for some reason, Lorne and company, Lorne Michaels and company left and they had to bring in a whole new staff. So they hired a great gal by the name of Jean Domanian, who was Lorne's right hand at the time. And she had to rebuild the show. And then we had the task of replacing Gilda Radner and John Belushi and Danny Aykroyd. Oh, it's heavy. Oh, wow. Mike, it was impossible. No, it was a no-win situation. Didn't work out great for the first 10 shows, but you're absolutely right. Talk about reinventing yourself, hanging in, staying with it, you know? And by the grace of God, it worked out. When Eddie came on and Dick Ebersole came in, and no disrespect to anybody else, but it's just work. But we glitched for a bit there. You're absolutely right. That was not easy, I tell you.
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And you produced some memorable moments. I mean, I still see you and... and Eddie Murphy, Ebony, and Ivory together. I mean, just some great, great, great moments. The great Joe Piscopo is with us. His book is on sale today, Average Joe, and I cannot wait to get my hands on it. This is a book that really has been years and years in the making, and I'm so honored to get to announce it to the world today that it's on sale today wherever books are sold, Average Joe by Joe Piscopo. And Joe, you and I both will remember to our dying days The moment in the hallway at AM 970, The Answer, when Donald Trump came down the escalator and we sort of whispered almost like we were in a secret club together, hey, this guy's the real deal. The American people are going to go for this guy. And you and I were one of the only two – people were mocking us. I never forget being up on a panel with – Hey, I don't mind name-dropping Eric Metaxas, and he browbeat me in front of the crowd. Oh, there's Donald Trump. Are you kidding me? He's a clown. And now Eric, of course, like so many others, is a huge Trump supporter because Trump won people like Eric and Ted Cruz and others over. Joe, you saw it coming.
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Yeah, well, we did it. Thank you. And just we talked about this on my morning show. And thank you for gracing the airwaves with us this morning, Mike Gallagher. You know, I love you. My mother always loved you, you know, but Mike, I went to Mike and I were talking about to your audience kind enough to watch and listen is that we talked when you were at the Empire State Building as we chatted this morning and I met Mike Gallagher. I said, I know the Democrat blue dog, but a Democrat, a diehard Democrat. And I talked to Mike Gallagher, walked out of that studio at the Empire State Building with the great Gallagher. And I said, this is a nice guy. I mean he's got all the outlook. He believes in God and country. He's got a conservative view. And I tell you, it started to turn my political outlook. So I thank you for that. And then me meeting Ronald – it was Mike Gallagher and Ronald Reagan that really kind of changed my whole political outset. I'm telling you something. So I – but I appreciate it more than anything else, and I appreciate you always – Of being there. But I wanted to say, too, and I got not to not to lose track of what we're talking about. We chose the Mike Gallagher show to make the national break of the of the book.
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So thank you. Well, that means that means more to you, more to me than you'll ever know. And I'm so honored. And I hope I know our audience will. We'll love the book. Go to Amazon. Get it. Go to Barnes and wherever you've got to go to get the book. Average Joe. And in the minute or so we have left, Joe, this summer, we've managed to talk you into joining us for the second annual Patriots Alaska Cruise. Now, obviously, you sing. I can hit a few notes. There's a rumor that maybe we're – and Larry Elder and I, along with you, Joe, and Jennifer Horn from L.A., who we love, is there any truth to the rumor that we might be able to do a buddy song together on the ship? For our passengers?
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You know, worth the price of admission alone. It's just you and I singing on stage. Mike Gallagher is Broadway caliber. This guy on stage is everything. Oh, yeah.
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I'm community theater caliber. I'm dinner theater caliber. I'm the La Comedia Dinner Club in Ohio. That's what I am.
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When you looked at me in the hallway, you said he would win. And I look back and said, we were right. And I'm telling you, we're right about you and I doing a duet on the Patriots cruise. It's called TravelWithSalem.com. Come on with us. And Larry and Jen, it's going to be a pleasure.
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We're going to have a blast. And to whale watch. And you want to be on a dog sled. So that will be worth the price of admission. TravelWithSalem.com. Or you can just text the keyword Alaska. August 16th through the 23rd. Joe, congratulations on the book. Continued success, my friend. I love you. You keep fighting the good fight, Joe.
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Thank you, Mike. Proud to be with you. Proud to be your friend. God bless you, my brother.
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My producer just came across a clip of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggesting that the Biden administration should ignore court rulings protecting the unborn. that that should be the strategy of the Biden administration. I'm telling you what, everything is sort of upside down, and it is a golden age. It's a golden age for U.S. steel, aluminum, according to Peter Navarro. We ought to get him back on the show one of these days. Tracy got the second New York Post cover framed for me. Now I have in my studio two historic history-making covers. From one of my favorite newspapers, the New York Post. The first one, from the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump shot, it says in big, bold, white letters. Bloodied but unbowed, ex-president survives assassination bid. And the picture of Trump with his fist in the air against that blue background with the American flag behind him. And then the second New York Post cover that we had framed. Golden Age of America, the inauguration special, and what an honor it was to be in Washington, D.C., for the 47th president of the United States and his inauguration. And the Democrats are left sort of flailing. I read with great amusement at an article by Mara Gay of the New York Times saying, And she sat down with Chuck Schumer. Chuck Schumer has now introduced a snitch line, a portal. He wants whistleblowers to come forward to try to go after Elon and Doge. There's one nickname for one of the young whiz kids of the Elon Musk team. And I don't know if I can say the nickname on air. It's big something, and it's pretty crude, and I'm always mindful of trying to be a G-rated show, or at least PG, maybe PG-13. Does the team think I can say it? I mean, Christian naturally says yes, because Christian always wants to get me in trouble. Eric's a little more cautious. Can I say it, Eric? Eric? Tracy says, I can. Tracy likes it. Thumbs up from Tracy. Eric is a no. Teresa, do you know who we're talking about? What's a metaphor? Yeah, maybe. Big cojones? I guess I'll say that. Big cojones is a little bit less... blunt than his nickname and i saw over the daily beast this morning oh the 19 year old big cojones is getting a big government position well they all have a big government position they're sleeping on the floor they're working 24 7 uncovering unbelievable layers of waste and fraud and taxpayer money abuse why wouldn't democrats want that why wouldn't they expect that Greg Gutfeld, who I've, you know, Greg's an acquired taste over at Fox News. I like him a lot now. He's really hit his stride. One of the hosts of The Five. He's got his own show that gets, apparently, record ratings. I don't, that show's not exactly my cup of tea. But it works. Good for them. He's always got Tyrus on and that... Cat Timf, those are his two go-tos. And then he has like a rotating cast of third and fourth guests. But Greg is often so spot on, so on point. And yesterday on The Five, with Jessica Tarloff scowling, Greg just eviscerated the wasteful spending in the federal government, and the way the Democrats are outraged at trying to curb it. Why would Democrats mind or object or hate on Elon and Doge and Trump for saving the taxpayers a lot of money? Here was a great, great analysis from Greg Gutfeld on Fox News.
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There is so much fraud. And you bring in Medicare and Medicaid. There are hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud. Imagine you had an icon on your computer screen and it was of the White House and you never double clicked on it. And it was just there. Musk finally double clicked on it. And we are seeing the files and we're read. It's read only. Nothing's happening. We're reading the files. And that is enough to scare the poop out of these Democrats. And it's not about constitutionality. It's about the fact that it's a gravy train for them. The Treasury rubber-stamped these things. They went right through. There was no control. There was no stopgap. And this is becoming a revelation for people. When you're a victim of fraud, there are three parties. There's the victim, the perp, and the person you call to stop the fraud. So the Democrats, they aren't the victim. They aren't the people trying to stop it. Who are they? Just by simple logic, they are the perp. And they are embracing the character, saying, oh, my God, you're going to have the Social Security numbers. You idiot. These guys run PayPal. Yeah. They have the Social Security numbers, you nutbag. They don't even know. OK, either they're so stupid that they don't know how a business works, that everyone else gets this, that every business does an audit. It's called zero-paced budgeting. That's what you do. Every year you start at zero and try and figure out how to cut costs. But they act like it's an act of terror because they've never run a damn business before. Coupled to that, it's a gravy train. They've been incentivized to exaggerate certain kinds of programs. Why do victims of disaster not get funds but there is a trans opera in a foreign country? It's because that incentivized and exaggerated funds that trickle down to people. So you're looking at corruption. You're looking at ignorance. And I'm there for it. And you know what? This isn't going to go away. We double-clicked on the icon.
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Yeah.
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I love that. We double-clicked on the icon. We've opened a Pandora's box. We've discovered ways to save the taxpayers tons of money. And everybody ought to be in favor of that. How ridiculous that they're screeching about the federal government having access to Social Security accounts. Where do you think the Social Security number came from in the first place? What are you talking about? Trump doesn't have access to his Treasury Department? Are you out of your minds? Are you crazy? And, you know, Greg makes a terrific point about standard business practice is you cut costs. Look at the outrage over the penny. The Democrats are flipping out about Trump saying, I'm going to stop. I'm instructing the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. It costs 3.69 cents for every penny produced. And so, you know, unlike the real world where you would want to cut costs, the Democrats want to spend more. They've truly, truly, they've got no plan, they've got no strategy, they've got no approach other than flailing about and shrieking and threatening Musk with violence and threatening more violence against Trump, threatening more Trump supporters. Because that's what they're left with. Whether it's the pastor in Tennessee threatening violence against Elon Musk and Trump and Trump supporters. Maxine Waters talking like some crazed character from some B-movie. And I can't wait to share with you this article by Mara Gay, who is a leftist opinion writer at the New York Times. Articles entitled, I'm Getting More and More Furious. Chuck Schumer is Changing Directions. And Mara Gay salutes Chuck Schumer's welcome sign of life. Wait till you hear the way she characterizes her conversation today. With Chuck Schumer. She's a member of the New York Times editorial board. And I want you to hear how the Democrats think they've got Trump now. They've got a new approach. It's a whole new way of doing things. And a new welcome sign of life to them. I've got to share the contents of this article. In the meantime, I also want to talk to you. Welcome into the Mike Gallagher Show for a Tuesday afternoon. In the Relief Factor Studios, one phone call does it all. You can call or text 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Hope you join us.
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We will win. We will win. We won't rest. We won't rest. We won't rest. We won't rest. Thank you, everybody.
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In the ReliefFactor.com studios, here's Mike.
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It's like characters in a horror movie. Chuck Schumer and crazed Maxine Waters And lunatic Al Green with the gold cane. The gold cane just does it for me. I'm obsessed with that cane. He waves that thing around. Does he need the cane? Or is it just for effect? Hey, Houston, you've got to call me and tell me why Al Green, your real brilliant congressman, the guy that has already introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump, why he's got that cane. Maybe he was injured. I think I need a nifty cane. I want to walk around with a cane with a big gold handle like he has. And I'll just bring it into the show with me. Hey, you're watching on the Salem News Channel. I'll start waving it at you. When I get fired up, I'll just wave that cane around. Look, it's all fun and games until you hit Maxine in the head and knock her wig off. Then you're going to have a real mess on your hands. You've got to be very careful with that gold cane. And it does. They're like characters in a satirical, crazy, Wes Anderson, Fellini movie. We won't stop. We won't stop. He's the one. Mara Gay says, Chuck's getting mad. He's getting mad. He's getting angry. Hey, we've got big, big news. First of all, we've got two very distinct trips coming up later this year. We're going to take you to Alaska, and I hope you can set sail with us. The Patriots Alaska Cruise 2.0. Larry Elder and I will be your co-hosts. The great Jersey Joe Piscopo and Jennifer Horn will be our special guests. We'll entertain you on the ship, off the ship. We'll sightsee. We'll go whale watching. Joe wants to go dog sledding. I might have to join him for that. I might be up for a good old dog sled. I'll dress up like Yukon Cornelius and scream mush, mush, mush, mush. Make it a point today to consider joining us for the summer vacation that you'll never forget. August 16th through the 23rd, cabins are being booked fast. Staterooms are going quickly. When they're gone, they're gone. It costs, I think, $300 to secure your stateroom for the Patriots Alaska cruise. Again, August 16th through the 23rd. For all the details, visit TravelWithSalem.com. TravelWithSalem.com. That's TravelWithSalem.com. It'll be a summer vacation unlike anything you've ever seen. And then a very special trip in October. We're going back to the Holy Land. We'll be taking a group of listeners to Israel. We're going to be commemorating the anniversary of... October 7th, we'll be broadcasting from Jerusalem, and we're going to have about 100 slots available. Those details aren't yet quite out. Completed, but we're close. We're very close. We'll be telling you all about it. So keep an eye. The great site to look at our trips, travelwithsalem.com. That's travelwithsalem.com. You can see the itinerary. You can see the pricing. And again, $300 reserves your stateroom. And when they're gone, they're gone. They're going fast. Travelwithsalem.com. Mike's in Connecticut. Hey, Mike, thanks for your patience. Welcome to the Mike Gallagher Show. Hello. Hello.
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Thanks, Mike. You know, I tell you, for the last four years, I thought our founding fathers messed something up when they wrote the Constitution. It's like, how can these people that think they own the world, these long-term people in our government... just get away with what they've been doing and enriching themselves and destroying our fishing grounds with windmills and our forests with the solar panels. Like, how could they get away with that? And I was just so relieved when Trump won. You know, I had a dream the night before that he won, and I was so disappointed. It was just a dream in the morning, you know, and then he actually won, and I was so happy. But, um...
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It's a new goal. It's a golden age. There's no question. There's something very different right now about the spirit and the attitude of the American people. I played the clip for you yesterday from CBS, and they're just astounded at the polling. I mean, things big and small. Even Jon Stewart agrees with Trump's ban on paper straws. that we're bringing back plastic straws again. Here was the president signing the executive order in the Oval Office.
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We're going back to plastic straws. These things don't work. I've had them many times, and on occasion they break, they explode. If something's hot, they don't last very long, like a matter of minutes, sometimes a matter of seconds. It's a ridiculous situation. So we're going back to plastic straws. I think it's okay.
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And he gets out the famous pen and writes the famous signature on executive order, banning paper straws. My gosh. I mean, that's why he's got this level of approval. Here was a segment that I just could not believe my eyes or ears. CNN. Harry Enten. This is the numbers guy, the polling guy, the data guru over at CNN.
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And holy smokes, I mean, look at what the difference is between now versus eight years ago during the first Trump term, right? This is Trump's net approval rating on February 10th. You go back to 2017, Trump was already underwater at minus five points on the net approval rating. That's approval minus disapproval. What a difference eight years makes. He's on the positive side of the ledger. plus four points. And again, it's not just the CBS News poll. We're talking about the Gallup poll. We're talking about the Ipsos poll. We are talking about the Pew poll. All of these respective pollsters have Trump in a better position now than they did eight years ago. The bottom line is Americans are far more likely to say they like what they're seeing now versus what they felt during Trump's first term.
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OK, so how rare is this? Are you going to show us sort of where we're at now and how rare it is that this? Yeah.
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So I want you to take a look at this plus size, this plus sign. Right. Compare that to the negative sign being on the plus size of the ledger. Right. And positive net approval territory, a positive net approval rating for Donald Trump. Again, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Entire first term, just 11 days, just 11 days, Donald Trump had a net positive approval rating. Compare that to the second term just so far, just so far. Every single day of Trump's second term so far, he has been on the positive side of the ledger. 21 days, all three weeks, that's already 10 more days than he was in his entire term. first term. So again, this is just another sign that Americans are far more likely to like what they're seeing in his second term than they were during his first term.
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He also won the popular vote in his second term. So it stands to reason that there would be more people that would approve of some of what he's doing. Is there something that Americans say about why it is that they that they like him now more than they did back in the first term?
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You know, I think one of the things that's so important for politicians is for folks to believe what they're saying and that they're keeping their campaign promises. So I think this gives you a pretty gosh darn good idea of what may be going on. Trump's doing what he promised to do. You go back to April of 2017. It was just 46 percent. of all Americans who said that Trump was doing what he promised to do. Compare that now to February of 2025. You know, there was a good show that was on during the 1990s called A Different World. That is what's going on right now. We're living in a different world. 70% of Americans say Trump is doing what he promised to do. Again, compare that to April of 2017, when it's just 46%. When Americans are 24 points more likely to say that you're doing what you promised to do, it's no wonder that your net approval rating is much more likely to be on the positive side of the ledger than on the negative side. And so far, what we're seeing again is Americans 21 days so far versus just 11 days during his entire first term that Trump has a positive net approval rating.
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Soak it up. Enjoy it. The golden age is here.
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Mike Gallagher. Every day, Mike visits with Mark Davis, morning host on 660 AM, The Answer in Dallas. Here's today's Eminem experience.
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And the rest. And the rest.
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What happened to Professor and Marianne? Professor and Marianne. Don Wells and Russell Johnson got screwed in season number one. Why? They weren't characters? No, they were totally there. I guess they were. Sherwood Schwartz, the genius who gave us Gilligan's Island and Brady Bunch, by the way. Um, I guess they thought it scanned better than the professor. There was like a lot of syllables or something. So in season one, it was a movie star and the rest like, whoa, right? What? So out of all those, one of the best casts, one of the best concepts, one of the goofiest and most wonderful, wonderful shows that stands the test of time. One cast member alive birthday today. Who is it? Tina Louise. Bingo. How old? 109. Nope. She's 93. Is she really? I wasn't that far off. I saw a recent interview with her and got her marbles, still kind of with it, kind of feisty. It was very cool. It's funny. When you say 109, there is a member of that cast who right now would be 125. Who? The Skipper. Nope. Alan Hale. Nope.
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Gilligan? Nope. I don't know. Lovey.
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Oh, Jim Backus. No, Lovey. Jim Backus, born 1913. Lovey, the great Natalie... What was Natalie's last name? Born 1900. Natalie Hayward, or was it? Natalie...
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See, listen, you wouldn't get this information anywhere else except for the M&M experience.
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That is exactly right.
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You want to know how old Lovey and Honeydubby or whatever his name was, the hubby was. Natalie Schaefer.
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Natalie Schaefer. I should be flawed. Yeah, of course. Of course. We all know Natalie Schaefer. By the way, and it's funny, I'm sorry, with all these Twitter accounts and stuff, with regard to Gilligan's Island, somebody put up a wonderful, beautiful picture of Lovey. Who was a beautiful woman in her own right. And the point of the tweet was, you know, because everybody talks about Ginger Marian, Ginger Marian. And the point of the tweet was, you know, you did have a third option on that island. Exactly right. All right. So happy Tuesday. Happy Tuesday.
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Well, let's talk about options. I've been exploring my options, career options after yesterday's show.
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No, no, no. What happened? No.
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Let me tell you what happened. And incidentally, I got an email this morning right before I walked into the studio. Hi, Mike. We found your profile. We think you might be interested in the following job opportunity. Creative Director, location Chicago. You might also like these positions. Associate Director, Public Sector Growth Campaigns, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. After what happened yesterday on the air, I absolutely am ready to take it to... What did you do? What did listeners do? What happened? I wanted to talk to somebody who doesn't like Trump. Okay. I wanted to ask somebody who doesn't like his agenda, doesn't like him, a Kamala supporter, how does it feel to see a stadium full of people cheering him wildly? What does that do to you? Psychologically. Psychologically, your heart. And I thought this is going to be easy, right, Mark? It was like the bus pulled up from the asylum and the people got off the bus and they all started to call the Mike Gallagher show. You couldn't understand half of them. They were talking in gibberish. One guy, you could not understand. And a lot of them weren't even talking into the mouthpiece of the phone. I could not find a single rational Trump opponent who would call the show, and I tried for 45 minutes. Look, by the end of the hour, I was staring into the abyss. I thought, my dream job of driving the monorail at Disney World awaits me. I'm going to leave. I'm going to apply. I would be so good at that. I put the little cap on in the front of the train. Hi, everybody. I used to be Mike Gallagher. Welcome to the world's happiest place.
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I used to be Mike Gallagher.
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i mean yeah i mean i don't i'm out i'm out how hard can this be as you ask this question it turns out there were two bad things that could happen one nobody responded or two people responded boy did they did oh they responded the phones blew up and it was like caller after call and i and people were like bagging on theresa my poor call screener saying do you vet any of these calls i said yes i said the criteria is i mean i dare you to do it with your audience i think i just i dare
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I think it just got one unsolicited, which is, you know, fine. But but but you were asking. What did they say? What did they say? It was it was a lady who thought it was just awesome that judges are interrupting some of the Trump agenda items. And we want to talk about that.
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We want to talk about that. I want to get to that. But what I would love for you to do. And incidentally, do you realize in the history of the Eminem experience, we've never taken a call? Oh, nor will we. You don't want to? What's your show?
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Why not?
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More and more you and me, dude. Wouldn't it be fun to hear from somebody who can say, well, this is what I was feeling.
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I love the public, but no. You don't love them that much. And I'm half kidding, but only half.
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I know you are. But it would be kind of, I would love to find somebody. I want to talk to one of the, I mean, what did they say? You know, I mean, the first thing they did was they lied about it. Oh, you got booed. They just, that was gaslighting 101.
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I heard that too. And I also, there was an adjunct to that, that when the famous footage of when they showed Trump saluting for the national anthem and the cheers went up, that that was an applause track played from the stadium sound system.
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And you know why? No, no, not even the stadium sound system. You know why that conspiracy theory came about? Because it was a Fox broadcast. Did you notice how they were promoting Fox News Channel all throughout the Super Bowl? Did you catch that? Sure. And they never normally do that much. They really wanted to go all out and promote the Fox News Channel brand with that massive audience. So people, conspiracy kooks, the nuts, said, oh, Fox News? Okay, Fox. They were piping in the cheers. I mean, and I just wondered, I think I got a couple of emails about it from Trump haters who said, everybody's been brainwashed. We're the smart ones. And all of you people are dummies. That's their mindset.
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They think every lady on the phone is it wasn't a thoughtful and God bless her. And I love her and I love all people. But it was like that all the people I said, 77 million people, ma'am, 77, because it was all Trump is the devil. Trump is gaslighting everybody. Trump is deceiving everybody. So 77 million people are stupider than you. It's not a difference of opinion. It's just that we're not smart enough to be you. Oh, I didn't say that. Don't put words in my mouth.
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It's the way they have to cope. And here's the problem that Democrats have, which leads us to what they're doing now with these activist judges trying to thwart Trump's agenda. Democrats suffer from a complete lack of imagination. They can never pivot. They always go back to the same well over and over and over again. For example, the progressives have destroyed their party. They've just obliterated it. The lefties, the AOCs, the Ilhan Omars, all this radical crazy, these activist district attorneys, all of that comes from that playbook, and they're not pivoting away from that. They're not changing. Look, we better hold on to our hats and worry if they ever realize that they could pivot to the middle. No, absolutely not. If they pivoted to the center, more like John Fetterman. But they won't do that, and that's good for our side. They may never win another election. But here's the other thing they keep going back to. Lawfare. Lawfare, lawfare, lawfare. It's all they got, Mark. They tried it for four years with Trump. They did everything they could in their power to weaponize the court system. Well, they're doing it again. Now they find activist judges, all Democrat appointees, who hate Trump.
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I think there's a Republican in the woodpile in there somewhere, I believe.
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There's one or two, but for the most part, these are Democrats. And look, we've learned by now, lots of Republicans in name only that hate Trump, right? And what they're doing is they're trying to subvert his agenda. I love what J.D. Vance put on social media. Imagine if some lone district judge somewhere tried to tell the military how to fight a war and subverted a military action. That's the same thing. They're just... And last night, for example, on CNN, the great Scott Jennings mixed it up with Gretchen Carlson, of all people. What happened to her? She's... I know. I used to be on her show all the time.
SPEAKER 03 :
Former Miss America, former Channel 5, locally.
SPEAKER 14 :
I love her. I used to be on her show regularly. I was one of her regulars back in the day when she was a daytime Fox News host. And, you know, she famously, you know, she ran, you know what she did to Roger Ailes, right? What? Do you know the whole, do you remember that backstory? She felt the late Roger Ailes was sexually harassing her. So she went into his office with her iPhone running. She taped him and she secretly, covertly recorded him saying apparently inappropriate things. And when she plopped the iPhone down in front of the Fox News News Corp lawyers, they said, let's get out the checkbook. She got a lot of money.
SPEAKER 03 :
I was going to say, when you said she went in and had a phone recorder going, the first thing I said is, did she catch him? What did he do? I mean, that might not be my favorite thing, but guess what? You can look it up. No, I don't doubt. No, I'm just saying. If somebody...
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, anyway, she got a big settlement and now apparently she's an occasional panelist on CNN and MSNBC. She's gone far left. She wasn't like that when I was back in the day. I remember working with her and I was a guest regularly and she was kind of a fairly right of center, you know, kind of Fox News talking head. Anyway, they mixed it up and Scott Jennings was saying, look, They're using lawfare all over again. And here's the thing. And Abby Phillips pushed back and said, well, that's what the Supreme Court is for. And as Scott so rightly pointed out, yeah, but it's the delay that matters. It'll take a long time. That's what they're trying to do, Mark. They just want to delay it. The delay is the point. hobble him again for two three four years i don't think it's going to work this time i believe there's as scott mentioned emergency injunctions that the court can step in because thankfully we have a majority constitutionalist court yes we do so they're going to they're going to adhere to the constitution what else we have judges what else we have is the court of public opinion did you watch the latest clip of harry enton
SPEAKER 03 :
On CNN, again, Scott Jennings, Harry Enten, both employed by CNN. All Scott Jennings does is get out there and say magnificent conservative things. All Harry Enten, their data guy, does is show more polls that show that America loves what's going on. He said he's had a positive rating every day. We got 70 percent who say that he is keeping his campaign promises compared to 46 in the opening days of the 2017 administration. And it's like we have the approval for the moment. Cross your fingers. We have the strong approval of the public for him doing what he is doing.
SPEAKER 14 :
Did you notice the anchor that was on set with Harry Enten when he went on that whole spiel? Did you see her? She looks so constipated. She is so angry. She looks like she's getting ready to break out into tears. And remember the big takeaway? He said 21 days of positivity numbers for him. He only had 14 total positive days in the first four-year term.
SPEAKER 03 :
We're in uncharted territory.
SPEAKER 14 :
I mean, cope and seethe. Seethe and cope. So I'm loving it. Tracy went out and framed a New York Post for me. I got a New York Post cover framed in my studio, Trump shot, and the big iconic picture with the blue background and the American flag and the bloodstream. Fight, fight, fight. And now... We've got a second edition to it. I'm so proud of this. The Golden Age of America, the cover of the New York Post showing him being sworn in. And we're going to put them side by side. It's extraordinary. I hope we all are appreciating and relishing what a time it is to be alive. These times will never come again.
SPEAKER 03 :
Not just like this. I hope we can have 12 straight years of MAGA and more with two terms of J.D. Vance or whoever. But just like this. Just enjoy every day. I know I do, especially when we get to chat.
SPEAKER 14 :
I do, too, especially when we do the M&M Experience. I love you, too. See you tomorrow.
SPEAKER 04 :
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We are an independent voice on an independent station searching 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. My friends, it's never compassionate to take other people's rights, property, freedom, livelihood, opportunities, childhoods or their lives via force. Force could be a weapon policy, unpredictable in excess of taxation. Let's see, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, the agenda of the World Economic Forum played out by the globalist elites, the United Nations. This Colorado State Legislature is pushing forward that agenda as well with the approval of this Colorado governor. And then we see it in land use code, zoning regulations, forest fees, conservation easements, national monument designations. All these things are to take away property. And that is why we need to shed light on it. Property rights are inherent in the American idea. I think the founders didn't realize what could happen if everyday people could go after their hopes and dreams and keep most of the fruits of their labor. Well, America happened where everyday people could create wealth for themselves and their family and pursue their dreams. That has been under attack really since after the Civil War with the progressive agenda. And we are now in the third founding of our country with the Trump administration, Trump two, as I'm calling it. And we each are going to have to step forward as well. Trump is basically just opening a crack here in the door to reclaim our country. Colorado is at the tip of the spear of all the radical activists, Marxist stuff that's going on. We have work to do here. And we have some great, exciting news that's going on in our country as well. So we'll talk about some of that. here in just a moment. But remember, if something's a good idea, you should not have to use force to implement it. And on the show, we focus on the issues and we'll talk about the people pushing issues, but we're working to stay out of this whole personality stuff. Because when you get over there and talk about personalities, name calling, all of that, then you lose sight of the issues, which that's what a lot of people want us to do is get unfocused on the issues. And so that's why we work really hard on the show. to stay focused on these issues. The show comes to you 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. The first hour is rebroadcast 1 to 2 in the afternoon. Second hour is rebroadcast 10 to 11 at night. And this is on all KLZ platforms. That's KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM, the klz website the klz app within 24 hours the show's posted on my website kimmonson.com with a written summary as well as the podcast and once that happens the podcast can all be heard on the streaming services such as spotify and itunes as well so let's go ahead and get into uh some of the things that we do on a regular basis our word of the day is prodigal and it is an adjective and of course we know from the bible the prodigal son but it could be characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure lavish number two recklessly a spin thrift or three yielding abundantly luxuriant often used with a for an example nature has been so prodigal of her bounty and that is a quote by h.t buckle that was their example so i thought now so who's h.t buckle and he was born in 1821 he was died in 1862 so he's pretty young he was an english historian he was the author of the unfinished history of civilization and a strong amateur chess player and he's sometimes called the father of scientific history and he said this he said sir the slowness of genius is hard to bear but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable And I thought that was super interesting with the Biden-Harris administration with really this, you saw it in the 90s, well, coming out of the 70s, where there was this question, what is truth? You have your truth. I have my truth. Well, we realized that that is very shaky ground. That is not a firm foundation. And firm foundation is real truth. And that's why we seek that truth here. But it was this movement towards mediocrity, which was you saw that played out in CRT, critical race theory, instead of people being the best that they could be and being hired and recognized for that. There were excuses that were made. And then the excuses were that instead of the best being hired for jobs or awarded scholarships, remember back in the old days when people either paid for their college or they got scholarships because they worked hard? And then this whole idea of government loans from for college made college so expensive because it was this influx of money. And then kids took out these loans. Now they have these huge debts and they're looking to others to pay that off. And there may be those that decided not to go to college, started working, paying taxes. Is it fair that they would pay for somebody else's choices? I don't think so. But that all comes out of this whole mediocrity. And again, this H.T. Buckle said, Sir, the slowness of genius is hard, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable. And so I see this new awakening of people being really gonna be required to start to really perform again. And what that does to the soul is so important. It brings value. So this is all very exciting of what is happening in our country. It's scary in some ways, but it's very exciting. And here in Colorado, we are at the tip of the spear, shedding light on all of these issues. And the show comes to you because of great sponsors. And thank you to the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. It is because of all of these sponsors and all of you that we are this independent voice. And you see these independent voices are being gobbled up by either national media on talk radio, which that's great, but we need to have all these different voices, or as well as we saw that Soros had purchased a bunch of radio stations. And so we're a little bit of a unique animal here, and I'm pleased that we do that and pleased to partner with Crawford Broadcasting to make all that happen. Let's see. Let's get into some of these headlines. And the first one that I had pulled up here, let me get to this, is this is regarding the Super Bowl and this performer. And I don't really know that much about her. I did see a headline. I think she was at the Grammys and had a very extravagant outfit on. I don't know that much about her, although people have told me that she's kind of nasty. And this is Cardi B, and she blames Trump for ruining her shoes at the Super Bowl and demands that he bring back her deported uncle. And apparently she went to the Super Bowl, but because of all of the security, you couldn't get a cart to get really close to the Super Bowl. So she had to walk in her shoes. And because she had to walk in her shoes further than she had anticipated, apparently her very expensive shoes were damaged. And so she went into this – let's see, the article was posted by – It looks like it was Fox News. And she went into this rant with all of this nasty language. And really, she said, basically, she was blaming Trump because he was at the Super Bowl. What an Americana thing for Trump to do, to go to the All-American game. And you saw what a Several years ago at the Super Bowl, you had players that were kneeling at the national anthem, not realizing that the national anthem represents all of these people that have put their lives on the line for this American idea and many people that have died for that. And the disrespect was astonishing. And so the fact that Trump would go to the Super Bowl and the I think the real patriotism that you saw was great. And so this is what the left is doing, though. They are bringing out all of these voices now to try to discredit what is happening with Trump, too. And so I thought that was super interesting. Then another one. This is just unbelievable. And that is apparently last week, FEMA dispersed or was going to disperse $56 million to New York just last week for migrant housing in four star hotels. And the Trump administration said, you know what, we're not gonna do that. And this is pretty unbelievable. But but I think that that Trump and Musk, I was watching Musk was in the Oval Office yesterday talking about Doge and he said that we're going to look for competency and caring. in these federal agencies and caring for the American people and that they were going to be totally transparent. And so you have 56 million here, 56 million there. Pretty soon you have a billion. Pretty soon you have a trillion. And I think that they're going to get this out-of-control spending under control. And what this does for us as Americans, what this does for our next generations is is so important. So this is very exciting. They're being very transparent. And of course, the left is really showing their their cards as Maxine Waters was having a little press conference regarding that they want to make sure that they basically the bottom line is they want to keep all this grift and graft and fraud and abuse of the American taxpayer going. And I think the American people are waking up. So we'll continue to have these discussions and it happens because of our sponsors. And one of those great sponsors is the Roger Mangat State Farm Insurance team. I know each and every one of my sponsors personally and highly recommend each and every one of them. Roger's been in business for 48 years. You're not in business for 48 years unless you're doing a really great job. 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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot 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. Something's a good idea. You should not have to force people to do it. And this came in on the text line regarding this entertainer, Cardi B, blaming Trump for being at the Super Bowl and ruining her very expensive shoes because she couldn't get as close to the Super Bowl because I guess they were, the Secret Service was really limiting the carts there at the time. Of course, this is what one of our listeners said, said, take walking shoes, then change into your show shoes. Duh, that's what regular people do. Huh, of course, that makes a lot of sense. And somebody that makes a lot of sense, particularly when we're at our Colorado Union of Taxpayer Board meetings, is my fellow board member, Steve Dorman, and he is here for our Wednesday Cut Update. Steve, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
Good morning, Kim. Always great to be with you and the smartest listening audience in all of Denver.
Kim Monson (Host) :
You're absolutely right. And see, before we get into this, I just want to say thank you to this team that we work with. These all volunteers. regarding the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. They've been, since 1976, looking at legislation and taking positions on legislation. Of course, we're out of control down there at the Statehouse with the number of bills that are being proposed as of yesterday. I think it was, let me just check, Steve, and see how many bills as of this morning. 428 bills have been proposed down there, Steve. That is out of control. It is a bill mill down there, Steve Dorman.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
They just have an insatiable appetite for control and power. Their guiding principle is control and power. Let me say something about CUT itself. From time to time, people ask me about CUT and do we play favorites? And the answer is we play favorites to principals. We are a nonpartisan organization, and we have voted for and against issues from sponsors on both sides of the aisle. And our devotion is to the principals. So I wanted to get that out there.
Kim Monson (Host) :
It really is, and we really stay true to that. But yet we have important conversations on this. And our fellow board members are you, Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Rami Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, and Corey Onizorg. And very pleased to welcome Paula Beard and Ray Beard to the board as well. So it is a stellar group of people. It's just amazing. And it only costs $25 to join CUT. You can go to coloradotaxpayer.org to join. That works out to $2.08 a month. And the amount of analysis that you get for $2.08 a month when you get our weekly email that also goes to legislators and the governor is remarkable. So please join us, coloradotaxpayer.org, and support us. Before we jump in, anything else you want to say about any of that, Steve?
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Yes, voting is a good thing, but it's not quite enough. It's important that citizens do something, and one of the things they can do is join CUT. Every special interest in the state has a lobbyist down there, and we are yours. So please join Colorado Union of Taxpayers.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay, absolutely. So we've got some bills that you and I selected yesterday from this week that's being heard down at the State House that we want to talk about. The first one is House Bill 25-1027, Update Disease Control Statutes. The prime sponsors on this are all Democrats, Representative Lindsey Gilchrist, Representative Kyle Brown, Senator Lindsey Doherty. And this is a big danger, danger bill, I think, Steve Dorman.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
You know, one of the biggest disappointments when you see the title of it, you kind of get your attention thinking, okay, they're going to fix something. And the biggest issue regarding disease control, they didn't touch at all, and that was the overreach of authority that we saw during the last pandemic. The local officials and the governor, they way overstepped their boundaries and just trampled on individual liberty. So they didn't touch that part of it at all. The other thing that we did not like about the bill, it's Colorado has a rule that bills must be single subject. That makes sense. Well, this bill covers multiple subjects, including, you know, vaccinations and reporting, et cetera. It removes gendered language. Fine. Okay. They've got to cater to that crowd. Okay. But it just didn't do anything about the abuse of authority, and it has the laughable use of a safety clause. So those were our reasons at cut for voting no on this particular bill.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Yeah, and one other thing, that it gave more power to the CDPHE, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. And that's a bureaucracy. It's not accountable to the people. So we are a no on that. And, again, that's House Bill 25-1027. So the next one that you and I selected was House Bill 25-1062, Penalty for Theft of Firearms. The primary sponsors are Republican Representative Ryan Arbogast and then Democrats Representative Monica Duran and Senator Nick Hendrickson. And this is – we're seeing a number of firearm bills there. Of course, the big one that people have been talking about is the Senate Bill 003. which is regarding the magazines on firearms. And that looks like that's running into trouble, even though the Democrats are pushing that. But there's also some of these sneaky ones. And we were mixed on this one. We were a yes on it, but we had a really interesting conversation at the cut board meeting the other night, Steve.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
Yeah, and just giving your listeners a bit of insight into CUT itself. We don't always agree among ourselves on principles, and we sometimes see competing principles. And we'll make a decision, but it's a narrow decision. And this was one of those, and here are the arguments. If you favor stiffer penalties for stealing a firearm, we understand that, public safety. But at the same time, why are we treating firearms different than stealing a stereo or a TV? It's an inanimate object, and should there be tougher penalties for stealing a firearm? So we came down on the side of, yes, there should be, but perhaps an asterisk by it. That is to say that not all of the board members on CUT agree with our decision.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Yes. And as and it is important to be able to think about these things and converse about them. And so, yeah, I think you great gave a great synopsis on that. Let's jump over here to the next one. And this is House Bill 25, 1133. Another firearm bill says requirements for sale of firearms ammunition. And the prime sponsors on this are all Democrats. That's Representative Monica Duran, Representative Lindsey Gilchrist, and Senator Kyle Mullica. And I think it's important, Steve, that people understand that really these many times these legislators are not – writing this legislation. They actually have staff that does that. But what happens is, is you see interested parties, such as trying to prevent law abiding citizens from keeping and bearing firearms, our Second Amendment rights, they'll come in and they'll kind of shop this legislation with different legislators. And then the the the specific party, they'll say, okay, who wants to carry this? Or they'll ask people to carry this. So you're seeing a lot of that with these firearms bills, Steve Dorman.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
Yeah, we are. And Kim, pardon me, I'm slightly confused. What is the bill number we're discussing?
Kim Monson (Host) :
It was 1133. I think I had that on our list. Did I throw you a loop on that? Yeah, it says House Bill 1133. Requirements for sale of firearms ammunition.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
Okay. You know, if the bill sponsors think that 18 to 20-year-olds are not responsible enough to use a firearm, then repeal their ability to purchase one or own one or possess one. They didn't do that. They said you can buy the gun. You just can't have any ammunition to go in it. Now, that's just stupid.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, it is. And 18 to 20-year-olds, they serve us. They can join the military. They can put their lives on the line for us. But the fact that they, as you say, you can buy a firearm, but you can't have ammunition. This is just another little teeny tiny thousand cut to try to prevent people from keeping and bearing firearms. And think about all these young people that want to do competition or sports competition. Just think about that or want to hunt. So, again, this is House Bill 25-11-33, and we're a strong no on that particular bill, Steve Dorman.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
It's just another grab at control, and it's virtue signaling to their constituency that believes if you can keep firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens, that somehow enhances public safety. And we would strongly disagree with that.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Yeah, only the bad guys will have firearms. So this next one, oh, go ahead. No, I was done. Okay. House Bill 25-1137, adopt a shelter pet account community cats. This is prime sponsors, Democrats Representative Mandy Lindsey, Representative Elizabeth Velasco, and Senator Faith Winter. You had fun with this one, Steve.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
Don't you know that our founding fathers had it in mind when they sacrificed their honor and their fortunes, et cetera, to protect feral cats? Now, again, their ability to manufacture issues is just off the charts. The bill says that we will have grant money that comes from – I forgot where – No expenditure to the state, it says, but they spend money for animal welfare organizations to trap feral cats and neuter them and tag them and release them back. And the stated purpose, it was ridiculous, to help expand the population of what they call community cats. We're spending state time on this for cats, feral cats.
Kim Monson (Host) :
And that is something that interested parties, they can put their own money into that and take care of that problem. Next one, let's get to House Bill 251140. We are a yes on this. The sponsors on this, this is bipartisan. It's disclosing information to immigration authorities. And the sponsors are Representative Jarvis Caldwell and Senator Rod Pelton. and it's concerning authorizing probation employees to disclose information to immigration authorities for certain individuals. We agreed with this one, Steve.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
We did. We had one small quibble. First of all, the bill allows a probation officer to notify... immigration authorities when one of their parolees has committed a significant violent offense, and that's the key, significant violent offense, first and second degree murder, assault, a couple of other violent felonies, that the probation officer is authorized to notify immigration of this person and their whereabouts, et cetera, their contact information. It does have some safeguards for illegal immigrants in that it is reserved only for those violent offenders. They can't just pick up the phone and call ICE for anybody they have in their portfolio of offenders to call ICE. It has to be one of those violent type of offenders. Our only quibble with the bill was kind of small, but it allows that probation officer to make that call. We would have preferred to see the probation officer required to make that call.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay, and then one other thing, because I normally will take your comment, all of our board comments, and then I'll create that email, and I used a word. Words are so important, and I love the fact that, again, we have conversations about this, and I'd use the word infer, and I think that was in our 1062. No, 1133. No, it was 1133 regarding 18-year-olds. I said that, let's see. see here, bill sponsors infer that 18 to 20 year olds are not responsible enough to keep and bear firearms. And you said, Kim, I don't think you used the right word there. And I think you're right.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
I had a high school English teacher, Paige Chamberlain in Tennessee, and he was big on these two words, not being interchangeable, infer and imply. And so infer, you can only do that when reading or listening. It is your understanding of what is being presented to you You can only imply when you are writing or speaking, and it is a point that you are trying to make.
Kim Monson (Host) :
So I had used the word infer. The correct word would have been imply on that. And Steve Dorman, I appreciate you. I've learned something every day. So thank you. So Steve Dorman, most informative. And again, we work with an amazing board at the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. And then also you do work with Liberty Scorecard as well, which is another group, Sue Moore and your whole group there. And I really appreciate all the time that you give because you care about the people of Colorado.
SPEAKER 05 (Guest) :
Well, Kim, you set the pace for the rest of us to keep up with the issues before the public and the pursuit of liberty and individual rights, et cetera. Keep up your good work, Kim. Thank you for all you do.
Kim Monson (Host) :
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot 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 not something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. I know that we've got that global warming going on right now. It's one degree here in the metro area. And if you want to have more conversations about this whole climate thing, check out our website for aclimateconversation.com. The documentary is The Project of Walt Johnson. And it's a great documentary just talking about these narratives out there. And we also have a great podcast series there as well. But I know it's chilly out there, but something very special is happening down at the Center for American Values. And that is located in Pueblo. And tonight, Drew Dix, co-founder of the center, will be presenting on the Cold War. I guess that's appropriate when the temperature is so cold here today. But he was stationed in Greenland for several years, and he's going to talk about that. Greenland's been in the news because Trump. has realized the strategic importance of Greenland. So if you want to attend tonight, be sure and let them know that you're coming. I think they're at close to capacity, but that website is AmericanValueCenter.org, AmericanValueCenter.org. And for a climate conversation, that is at ClimateConversation.com. And pleased to have on the line with me, Susan Kochevar. She's an entrepreneur. She is the owner of of the 88 Drive-In Theater, which springs around the corner. She will open soon, but not today. Susan Kochevar, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
Yes, I don't think we'd have too many people arrive this evening in freezing temperatures.
Kim Monson (Host) :
And isn't it interesting how global warming became climate change when we had this influx of different temperatures because of weather? And, again, that's why the climate conversation is so important. But, Susan, I wanted to get your read on – I'm calling it Trump 2 – and the speed of what things are happening. And you really have your ear to the ground on so many things that's going on. So what's your perspective? What do you think?
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
I'm sure like a lot of people, it's been exhausting trying to keep up with all the news, although it's been great. But I think we have in the first few days, first few weeks of the new administration been launched, like launched into a completely new era. You know, Trump has picked his people and they're getting confirmed. And as each one hits the ground, they're already ready to go. They are in front of the public. They are doing, you know, all sorts of videos, talking to people. I don't think I've ever seen a vice president so active. J.D. Vance is all over the place doing press conferences and so are all the other nominees and being really effective.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, I don't know quite where Kash Patel is right now, but I watched what PM Bondi did as Attorney General almost immediately, and I think the deep state on both sides of the aisle is terrified to confirm Kash Patel as the head of the FBI. Is that right? I can't remember now.
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Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. I think they're terrified to do that.
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
I think we'll get two more nominees today. I hear JFK and Tulsi Gabbard, and they're trying to wait until the end of the month for Kash Patel. What you notice is when these people, even before they were confirmed, of course, so Elon Musk and Doge, Department of Economic Efficiency, got busy. And the first thing they did was go right after USAID. which shook the deep state to its core. And when we say deep state, we're talking about this massive bureaucracy, departments like the CIA, the FBI, all of these departments. It's beginning to look like the CIA are the people who were running the USAID. And through all of those grants, they could hide that they were busy trying to overthrow the United States. That seems like that's more information that's going to be coming out today, especially if you follow a fellow called Mike Benz, B-E-N-Z, on X or some other platforms. Some of these people are, he's been putting out all night, you know, I'm not suicidal, so we're going to see some more things. But all these nominees have been firing on all cylinders, all at once, and they're everywhere, and that has just shook the deep state to its core, and that has to be done. For their protection, it has to go quick. And, of course, now we're seeing the judges try to step in and slow things down, and it only looks, I think, like Trump is not doing too much to interfere with those judges. I think that's coming, possibly waiting for some more of his nominees to to be confirmed. And he also could be waiting for some more evidence to come out. I mean, the stuff we're finding that Elon and Doge are discovering is staggering. Yesterday it came out that they can only retire 10,000 government employees a week because they were keeping the documents in a mine, like an actual salt mine, And they would have to go down to the bottom of the mine to work on the documents for the retirement with paper and pencil and bring them back up out of the mine when they're finished. And that was really slowing things down. You know, yesterday when that came out, I was shocked. No, they're kidding. It's not a real mine. Yes, yes, that's what they have been doing since about 1955. The things our government has been doing is just unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, and it is unbelievable. And I was just going through some headlines here. And, of course, FEMA is in the news now. And this is from the Western Journal. It says media blackout. Trump's new FEMA has handled 80 percent of the cases in western North Carolina in just five days. Biden had had 116 116 days. But when we see all of the money. that has been going to not Americans, but to this agenda of those that want to tear down America. It's pretty remarkable. And then even some of the media that was in the pockets of USAID. I think we're going to have a look back. Susan, I was looking at this thing regarding FEMA and $56 million to New York last week for illegal immigrants in luxury hotels. Don't I remember that there was a news story in New York that they kicked out homeless vets out of some of these places that they were housing them? So I did a quick search this morning, and yes, there was that news story. But then you saw news stories like from Newsweek saying, oh, no, that wasn't true. I think we're going to now have a look back and see how some of these different news outlets were pushing news stories to discredit some of the things that we had learned out there. And I think the look back is going to be really important, Susan.
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
Yes, it looks like that USAID was funding all the media outlets. And if that is indeed true, that was all a CIA front. There are government documents that Mike Benz has been putting out there that show this and talk about it, how to – how to take it over and what to do. And if it turns out that CIA has been funding all of the media outlets, pretty much all of the left, all of this crazy stuff going on in other countries, and just absolutely raiding our treasury, I think things are going to change pretty quick. One of the things I'm always interested in is how all of this is going to affect Colorado. And I know when I ran all three times, my opponents always had gobs of money in their war chest. And I know we can, you know, you just look at Colorado and all of the Democrat candidates. They are so well funded. Of course, they have things like Act Blue and a whole bunch of other things where they were funneling money to their candidates. But I think if USAID is the head and that gets cut off, they may not be able to fund their candidates very well, even for this next election. And that will certainly help Colorado elections. We also have got to get control of the election system before the next set of elections in Colorado. And I think if we can do that, I think we will see Colorado flip red. I do not think Colorado is blue or even purple. It looks like all of our opposition was completely funded by the funneling of money through USAID and all of those NGOs, non-governmental organizations.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, Colorado is at the tip of the spear of this. And so let's talk about Colorado elections. And when you mentioned you that you had run, you had actually stepped forward three times to run for state house. And one of the times that you ran, there were ballots that disappeared for a week in a truck and then they magically appeared. These inflection, I don't know if the right word, Steve Dorman will make sure that I use the right words. These vulnerabilities, I'll use that word. We have got to get a handle on that here in Colorado because I think that we are the petri dish for all of this stuff that's going on. So we're going to continue the discussion with Susan Kochavar. And we have all these discussions because of our sponsors. And for anything mortgages, new mortgage, reverse mortgage, and... Second Mortgage, reach out to Loren Levy. He can help you in 49 of the 50 states, just not New York.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That's Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice and 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. Do check out the website for the U.S. MC Memorial Foundation. that they are raising the money for the remodel of the Marine Memorial. And so make sure that you have in your giving for this year to give to the USMC Memorial Foundation. We will be recording part two with Bob Chica, who is a Marine who was... a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War by the North Koreans. He was on the USS Pueblo. And they were held for 11 months. And we recorded his first interview and broadcast that last Sunday on America's Veteran Stories. Joe and I looked at each other. We said, there's so much information here. And so we will be recording the second part today. That'll broadcast this Sunday, 3 to 4 p.m., But he will be the keynote speaker for the Memorial Day event in May at the USMC Memorial Foundation. So that website's usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And how I got to know him is he did an On Values presentation at the Center for American Values recently. That's online at americanvaluecenter.org. On the line with me is Susan Kochevar. She is the entrepreneur, owner of 88 Drive-In Theater. And Susan, you and I both are very concerned about these elections here in Colorado. And my ear to the ground says Trump is going to do some things regarding trying to clean up these elections. But we have to step forward in each of our states to do something. And this just this was under the radar. But United Sovereign Americans sent this over yesterday. It's a press release. And it says New York election deniers move a mountain, says in a stunning victory for New York citizens audits 2000 volunteers. The New York State Board of Elections is quietly auditing the election and state voter rolls. After four contentious years of hiding the truth revealed by NYCA's extensive analysis, the Board of Elections has admitted that there is a massive problem. so susan this is and that was the first things that marley hornick co-founder of united sovereign americans had started to work on and then it morphed into something national and so the people of colorado that's one of our lawsuits is with united sovereign americans saying that our elections in colorado are not meeting minimum standards and we're one of nine states that those lawsuits were filed and it happened because people all here in colorado stepped forward to make that happen. So we've got those two lawsuits out there that are in the legal wrangling. I didn't realize how long all that takes, but it's good that we have those there. And then I'm working on new things for, I'm calling it Reclaim Colorado 2025 for our election, Susan.
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
Yeah, that's a very good thing. I see also, you know, they're not alone. There are a lot of people who are also working on the elections. Mike Lindell has not sat down either. And you also have Scott Pressler out there. And I see he's been working in Pennsylvania to clean up the voter rolls too. And they're finding people registered in more than one state and where they receive letters that said it's okay to vote in more than one state. So he's been registering people in Pennsylvania and going through those voter rolls. And the next state he's moving to is New Jersey. So every state that gets through United Sovereign Americans or through Scott Pressler or any other organization, every state that gets cleaned up will help a lot. I know Scott Pressler is also working to get people to vote no on some of the judges in Pennsylvania. Every state's important. And every state actually, in this regard, affects every other state in our ability to free ourselves because we've got to get, you know, our elections sorted out and we've got to get our judges sorted out. Um, Colorado is in a really big mess there because of our judges and especially our state Supreme court. And, um, it's going to take getting our elections sorted out to, I think, um, vote no on judges and replace them, uh, including our governor and, and on down. But, um, It's such critical work.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, it really is. And this is from one of our listeners. She said, I do think that the American taxpayer has been paying for our own demise, unfortunately. My guess is that there are other organizations similar to USAID that are also funneling money to Democrat political operatives to support their campaigns. It's very exciting to see what's being uncovered. And have you did you see some of these press conferences? There was one yesterday with the Democrats, Maxine Waters and company. And of course, they're having to use expletives because when they can't really engage in the battle of ideas, that's one of the things that they do. And so they're trying to be really loud. and take the attention off of what Elon Musk with the Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, what they're finding. So they're trying to be really loud to tear all this down. What do you think about that, Susan Kochvar?
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
At this point, it almost seems like that's all they have. And I really agree with the person who sent that message because they are trying to keep those out of every department. The Department of Education, you saw them march to the doors there and demand entry, you know, and with saying, do you know who we are? And, you know, you're acting like we're a bunch of terrorists. Well, one branch of government cannot march into the other branch of government. The president cannot march into Congress directly. to make a speech, he's got to be invited in the same thing with Congress into any of the executive branch offices, which the Department of Education is one of them. And I find it just hilarious that Maxine Waters was saying, you think we're a bunch of terrorists. Yes, ma'am. For the last few years, you've been demanding that people get in other people's faces and fight in the streets. Yes, ma'am. I do think you behave like a terrorist. So outrageous behavior out of these people. They don't seem, outside of the judges, they don't really seem to know what to do, which is why I think we have been launched, why I say we've been launched into a completely different paradigm, and we're not going back. I don't think they're going to win. I think it's going to be, there's going to be a lot more to come out, but you know, Trump is on a mission. They try to kill him. They try to bankrupt him. They try to put him in prison. He knows the stakes. They will come after him and the American people again if he lets up. So I think that he's giving them enough of the proverbial rope. And I think at the appropriate time, they'll step in and either push this stuff, these rogue judges that are trying to stop him to the Supreme Court or just ignore what they're doing because they are definitely out of their lane. They don't have the jurisdiction in some of these areas that they're trying to push forward. And the other thing in watching all this stuff, if you look at TikTok, you will see Americans and India X and other places, but Americans are really getting angry. And we see all this stuff. It's been a great relief and a lot of fun to watch all these people be put on their back foot. But the American people still have not had any tax relief, have we? We are still, you know, struggling day to day. And I think they better stop fooling around because the anger is building.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, and I really do think getting a handle, clawing back this money that has been going to these, I call them PBIs, those politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties. They're not creating anything. They are just taking things. And the fact that it's coming out that it's not just been the graft and the fraud and the abuse, but then that this money is also being used to try to take down America. So, Susan Kochavar, time goes so quickly. We've got a minute left. How would you like to wrap this up?
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
Well, it's going to be interesting to watch to see what happens. And I think Elon Musk is going to press forward. I see he's looking into how some of these members of Congress got so wealthy. So stay tuned. It's going to get better, but I think it's going to take just a little bit longer.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Yes. And so we are in a third founding of our country. It is an exciting and historic time. And the historic 88 Drive-In Theater will open when, do you think?
SPEAKER 13 (Guest) :
Spring, April or May, I will say the pictures this year look fantastic. It's going to be a great summer.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Ah, that's so awesome. And again, that's Susan Kochevar, entrepreneur, owner of 88 Drive-In Theater and a great sponsor of the show. So Susan, great. We will talk to you very soon. In fact, you and I are going to get to spend some time together here very soon. So looking forward to it. Me too. Okay. And our quote for the end of the show is from H.T. Buckle. And I thought this was amazing. He said, in 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. 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, God bless America, and stay tuned for hour number two.
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Indeed, let's have a conversation and welcome to our number two of the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for listening. 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. Happy Wednesday, Producer Joe. Happy Wednesday, Kim. And we're down another degree. It was one degree in our number one. It's zero now in our number two. And how's that global warming working out for you, Producer Joe? Not so well. It's a little cold out there. Maybe it is cold outside. And so that's why it's important to understand how this whole narrative of climate has been used to weaponize. It's used to weaponize us to try to change our lives. And so check out the documentary at climateconversation.com. It's a project of Walt Johnson. Documentary is there. You can watch it for free. It has been broadcasting on Newsmax periodically, but we also have a great podcast series there. So be sure and check that out. climateconversation.com because when it realized that it does get cold outside they changed the narrative from global warming to climate change and then been using that narrative to really push a lot of green going into the pockets of PBIs those politicians bureaucrats and interested parties Let's see. Check out the website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And I think I said that. And let's see here. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. And the show comes to you 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. The first hour is rebroadcast 1 to 2 in the afternoon. Second hour, 10 to 11 at night on all KLZ platforms. That's KLZ 560 AM, 100.7 FM, the KLZ website and the KLZ app. And we search for truth and clarity online. on these issues, looking at them 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. Our word of the day is prodigal. It's spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-A-L. It's an adjective. It could be number one, characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure, which is what the prodigal son did in the Bible, asked for his inheritance and then just went out and spent it on recklessly, which is that's the number two definition, recklessly spendthrift. Or number three, it could be yielding abundantly and luxuriant. So this was a sentence they had. Nature has been so prodigal of her bounty. And that was from H.T. Buckle. And I thought, well, who is H.T. Buckle? Because I thought that was an interesting quote. And so he is our quote of the day. And he was born in 1821 and he died in 1862. He was an English historian. the author of an unfinished history of civilization he was a strong amateur chess-player and he is sometimes called the father of scientific history and he said sir the slowness of genius is hard to bear but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable And my we have been in this mediocrity for a number of years and it is insufferable. And all of a sudden with Trump, too, when he's talking about making America great again, I'm seeing people get excited again about going after their hopes and dreams. And so that is the quote of the day. A couple of things I wanted to mention. Steve Dorman, a fellow CUT board member, we had gone over some of the different pieces of legislation that are down at the Statehouse this week in hearing. This House Bill 25-1133, Requirements for Sale of Firearms. And it says the sponsors on this, all Democrats, Representative Monica Duran, Representative Lindsey Gilchrist, and Senator Kyle Mullica. It says the bill requires that ammunition sold at retail must be accessible to a purchaser or transferee only with the assistance of the vendor. And the bill prohibits the retail sale of ammunition to a person who is younger than 21 years of age. What about all these young kids that want to learn how to do competitive shooting sports? What about all that? But one of our listeners said, if 18-year-olds or if people less than 21 years of age can't by ammunition, then they shouldn't be able to vote either. And I thought, wow, that is a very excellent point. And so, yeah, just ruminate on that today. It is Wednesday. And normally, unless the Federal Reserve meets regarding interest rates, we get to talk with Loren Levy. And he is a mortgage specialist. He can help you in 49 of the 50 states, just not New York. And so the Fed is not meeting. So we've got Lauren Levy on the line. Lauren, welcome to the show.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Hey, good morning, Kim.
Kim Monson (Host) :
I thought I just saw something come across regarding inflation. Let's see. OK, so it says it jumped up just a little bit. So what what's your ear to the ground say about that, Lauren Levy?
Kim Monson (Host) :
Um, I say that as far as mortgage rates go, it's a, uh, not a great morning. Um, you know, we, we get these monthly readings on, uh, all these price indexes. And today's one of the ones that it causes the most action. It's the consumer price index. It's the one that gives you, uh, the broadest read of inflation. Um, it's really two components. One is what they call, uh, the CPI. And then they have core, which takes away food and energy. And they both went up, uh, on an annual basis now, it looks like they're higher by 3.3%. In just a month, it went up almost 0.5%, which is higher than what was expected. We've been talking about for the longest time that the Fed's trying to get inflation to an annual rate of 2.0. So this was a reading annualized of 3.3, and the Fed was expecting around a 3. So anytime it's higher, that causes that that read of the 10-year note that we talked about that affects mortgage rates to jump. So the 10-year note jumped about 10 basis points just in the last half hour, which that'll, you know, at least temporarily for today, that'll cause mortgage rates to creep up again just a little bit.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. So with everything with Trump too, his second administration, with everything that's going on, in fact, I saw that some of the Democrats were blaming President Trump that he has not brought down inflation, although he's only been in office for a little over three weeks. What's your comments on that, Lorne?
Kim Monson (Host) :
My comments are that there's some things that People want to see happen, but just can't happen by just words. For example, President Trump, no matter what he's trying to do, does not control the Fed. So if he says, I demand that they lower rates, well, they don't have to do that. They're supposed to be independent. You and I have talked about that for years. And so they're supposed to be using data and news. But there's a little bit of a tug in a pole between tariffs and prices. And I totally understand what Trump's trying to do with tariffs. But there's a fear that if you put tariffs out there, that those prices won't just be absorbed by the countries that were putting tariffs on it. It'll come through in prices to the consumer, which that's inflation of itself. Um, so it's a balancing act between monetary policy and then you have Congress, what they do as far as, you know, printing money and putting money out there and, um, in tariffs. And it's, it's been interesting. It hasn't been long enough for Trump to do anything about getting prices down. They don't move overnight, you know?
Kim Monson (Host) :
Right. And so this is going to be probably a little messy, I think, right now. What's your thoughts about Doge and this USAID, all of this tax money that's been used for things that really I think are not appropriate? What's your thoughts on that, Lorne Levy?
Kim Monson (Host) :
I've been saying even just at home with my family and some people I know that we all know there's tons of waste in the government. I'm surprised they haven't looked at Medicare and just fraud in that area. You know, there's so much waste that anything you can do to tighten that up and put it back at the treasury and not blow money will help. It'll help with wasteful spending, which as we print more and more money, that creates inflation in and of itself. So that will help. It just takes time. You don't just take a bunch of money out of the out of the economy and you know overnight and it doesn't have a reaction overnight everything takes time so um you know the fed raised rates over a couple years and rates dropped after covet over a couple years so it's not an instantaneous move and i think we'll see things hopefully inflation will calm down once these things take effect but we need time
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. Well, and so some patience would be a good thing. Patience, they say, is a virtue. So Lauren Levy, thank you. I always learn so much in these weekly updates and when you're on the show as well. What's the best way for people to reach you if they have any questions regarding, well, a reverse mortgage? I'm sure that seniors are getting a little squeezed right now. So what's the best number to reach you?
Kim Monson (Host) :
The best way is just give us a call at 303-880-8881. We'll always see if we can help people. We'll help them however we can, and we'll be honest if we can or cannot help people. So that's a promise we'll always have.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, and again, that number is 303-880-8881. Lorne, we'll talk to you next week.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay, thank you so much.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot 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 do thank the Harris family for their gold sponsorship of the show. We are 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. This evening at the Center for American Values, they are going to have an On Values presentation by Drew Dix. He is the co-sponsor of the Center with Brad Padula, and Drew is a Medal of Honor recipient for actions that he took during the Vietnam War, but he also was stationed in Greenland for a number of years. And so the presentation tonight is the real Cold War, and of course you'll be able to attend on a real cool night because we've got that global warming going on in Colorado right now. It's zero degrees outside and I wonder what the temperature is wherever sixth generation farmer and rancher Trent Luce is. Trent, welcome to the show.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
It is zero, about the same as you have and I'm guessing we're close to half a foot, six inches of snow since yesterday and I'm fantastic, Kim. Thanks for having me.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, that's awesome. And farmers and ranchers do like to have moisture. And the snow in this high plains desert is so important. So snow is always a good thing to have. So first of all, what have you been doing the last week? What's going on in your life?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Actually, when I got home last week from Rapid City, I haven't gone on any trips. I was supposed to go to Ransom, Kansas today for a meeting that I do annually, but I'm going to guess that's about a 50-50 whether I'll get down into your old stomping grounds. I did Monday go to Lincoln, Nebraska, walked through our state capitol, paid attention to some of the committee discussions that occurred yesterday and Some of those are troubling. And there are other awakening things that have come to fruition. And I did acquire a lot of new information on avian influenza. So I just continue to look at those challenges that we have in front of us as it involves food and fuel.
Kim Monson (Host) :
So speaking of avian influenza and the killing of millions and millions of chickens, my understanding is there's rationing of eggs at some places here in Colorado. If you can get eggs, they're very expensive. You and I have been on this egg thing. For a number of years, we were concerned about the legislation passed here in Colorado and in California regarding dictating cage-free chickens, what that was going to do to the price of eggs, which that's a contributing factor. And then, of course, killing healthy birds is another contributing factor. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that government... And intervention is really affecting our fuel source, the great protein-providing eggs in our diets. And they're working to really limit our food supply. And it's playing out now. People are starting to pay attention.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
So I got some interesting developments in that arena. We've had four positive cases. chicken flocks, two of those backyard chickens, two of those commercial flocks in the past 30 days in Nebraska. So my best meeting that occurred this week in Lincoln, our state capital, was talking about how this all takes place. You and I have talked about 150 million birds since October of 2022. that have been euthanized, and we should say euthanized or part of the death, the mortality from H5N1. It is apparent now that there is a high percentage of these birds that are dying. It's estimated from the data that I've been able to put together that about 70% die by the time of the chickens or poultry, we should say, that just die from H5N1 from the time that they initially send in the first PCR test until they get the ELISA test back from the USDA lab. But there's still zero emphasis on natural selection on birds that have the ability to withstand this disease. So there's a few things that have kind of developed in that realm. But what is most interesting about this whole scenario, Kim, it plays right into what you just said. If you look at the 150 million birds, now that does include turkeys. It includes a few ducks, but mostly it's chickens. There are still more broiler chickens that have tested positive. And for those that may not know, broiler chicken is what we call a chicken that is produced for The chicken that you consume and the layers are the chickens that are laying eggs. There have been more flocks destroyed that are broiler flocks than there are egg-laying flocks. The price of chicken in the retail outlets and even gas stations has really not moved at all. It's the same as it was six months ago or a year ago. But as you indicated, there is rationing. And I even got a note from a friend of mine at Ray, Colorado this week, $11.50 for a dozen of eggs. So why if there are more, and by the way, it's reported that our chickens are now laying on average 300 eggs per hen per year. It was a 280, but as we continue to improve environments, but is there a law of diminishing returns? as we now have 10 states that have forced farmers to use cage-free facilities, which we know increases mortality. But still now, the question that I'm asking, which I have no idea what the answer is, why has the price of chicken itself not changed when there have been more chickens destroyed for avian influenza than laying hens, and the laying hens are being rationed and prices are through the roof across the board all throughout the nation?
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, I don't know the answer to that, but the first thing to do is to ask the question. But I want to get some clarification on something. So you said 70% of the birds that contracted the H5N1 bird flu influenza, that they end up dying. Did I hear that correctly?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
That's correct. And that death is taking place immediately. Once the farm identifies they have some sick birds, they contact the veterinarian. The veterinarian contacts the State Department of Agriculture or the state vet. And then what happens is that they do a PCR test, which is a 24-hour test. And we know that they're not always reliable. So if you take that PCR test, if there's a positive from the PCR, then you go ahead and you submit a sample to the USDA lab. In this case, it's Ames, Iowa. for an ELISA test, which takes longer, and it can take up to five days to get the result. And the numbers that I acquired this week is that from the time they first positive PCR until they get the numbers back from the USDA lab, and this is going to be variable, Kim, but I'm giving you what the estimates are from the people who are on the ground dealing with this now, that about 70% of the birds have died.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay, so let's say Farmer has his flock, and 70% of the birds that contract the flu or test positive for that, they die. But that's not 70% of the complete flock, is it, or is it?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Yes.
Kim Monson (Host) :
It is. So Farmer, if he gets it into his flock, 70% of his birds are going to die.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
I want to be clear. That is what the mortality is from the time the first positive is diagnosed until they get the confirmation of the second test with the ELISA test from the USDA. And then they come in and kill the rest.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Right. So they kill the other 30% that may have natural immunity.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Correct.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Yes? Correct. Okay. So that is actually more extensive within a flock than I realized. But still, the idea to kill the 30% of healthy birds... It seems like, and Susan Kojavar has said, it seems like you would want to not, and I'm paraphrasing the way I understood what she said, is you wouldn't want to kill the ones with the natural immunity because those are the ones that you would want to continue to be part of this so that we would create natural immunity within these flocks. Your thoughts on that?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
I agree with that 100%. But here's another... complication to this whole scenario. They continue to blame migratory wild birds for spreading H5N1 to domestic birds, and they blame that for spreading to dairy cows, which, by the way, again, the number 70% comes up. 70% of all positive dairy herds have been in the state of California. There have been 970 dairy herds test positive, 780 80 of those are in the state of California. All of the strains of the dairy cows go back to the original dairy cow that tested positive in Texas. In the bird population, there are different variants within H5N1, and we talked about that a little bit last week. But they still say that wild birds and migratory patterns are distributing this H5N1 And if that were the case, and if it was that deadly, as they're telling us that happens from the farm, why aren't the wild bird populations completely destroyed?
Kim Monson (Host) :
That is a real question. It seems like we would have dead birds.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
You answered the question. Because the USDA is not intervening, and in the wild population— They're doing exactly what you just described, where the birds who have the ability to develop immunity and survive this virus are the ones that may be spreading it, but they're still living. So the wild bird population is doing its own sorting because the USDA is not screwing it up.
Kim Monson (Host) :
So two things on this. Again, this is real naive, but it seems like I'm not seeing a reduction in the goose population. Are geese, can they get this H5N1 as well?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Yes. In fact, in last week, there were geese test positive in the state of North Dakota.
Kim Monson (Host) :
But I'm not seeing any dead geese around. In fact, I'm seeing a lot of geese around. Something's not jiving with this whole thing.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
I agree with you 100%.
Kim Monson (Host) :
And if they were so concerned about it, it seems like that they would increase hunting licenses for these birds, right? If you're going to call the domestic population, it seems like you would try to call the wild population as well, right?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Yeah, I can tell you right now that's never going to happen with our government. Beyond anything, there may be a practical solution. Our government's not into practical solutions.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Fascinating. I have some more questions about this, Trent Luce, because this is really affecting people. Eggs has been an affordable protein source for families for so many years, and I'm still struggling with the 70% number, what that means exactly. So we're going to continue the discussion with Trent Luce on this. And we have these important discussions because of our sponsors. And for a great protein source in your diet, it is a premium product, but it really is the steakhouse experience at home. And that is Lavaca Meat Company. They are located on the corner of Main and Nevada in Old Littleton.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot 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. Check out the USMC Memorial Foundation and make sure that they are part of your giving here in 2025. They are raising the money for the remodel of the Marine Memorial. And my friends, we must honor those that have given their lives or been willing to give their lives. For Our Freedom and the official Marine Memorials right here in Golden, Colorado, dedicated in 1977. Time for a facelift. And you can do all that by going to USMCMemorialFoundation.org. USMCMemorialFoundation.org. Trent Luce is on the line, sixth generation farmer and rancher. Trent, the wheels in my brain are really... They're moving around here on this whole egg thing. And this is really, really important. My dad, farmer, had said, if you can control the food source, you can control the people. And that surely seems to me like what's happening with this whole egg thing. Now, one of our listeners said that or implied these PCR tests. Could there be – I'm just asking this question. I know this is kind of doo-doo-doo-doo, but could there be something in those tests that would poison the birds more? Is that out there to ask that question?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
No, I don't believe that in any way, shape, or form.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
But I do want – along those lines, there's more grease that needs to be applied to your wheels spinning.
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Trent Loos (Guest) :
In the 50s, post-World War II, we started confining birds because before World War II, everybody had a backyard flock. I mean, even myself, I'm born in 1966. When I was born, we had 300 chickens. My grandfather and I would go with my grandfather to town. We would peddle eggs. I mean, that was the way. And in the 50s and early 60s, the poultry industry, both layers and broilers, started exploding and they started growing. And the USDA suggested, I can go find the actual USDA pamphlet, that said, in order to protect your investment with your chickens, we suggest you build barns and put them inside to protect them from the wild population of birds. So the USDA actually said, please confine your birds to help protect them. So that should then bring us to 2025, and we ask the question, okay, it kind of makes sense that there is a risk to a backyard flock where they're outside. If there's migratory fowl, they have the ability to come in contact with droppings, whatever the case may be, because it's very clearly designated the transfer of from wild population to domestic birds is through two things, saliva or feces. How does saliva or feces from a goose flying over your place get inside your chicken barn?
SPEAKER 09 (Guest) :
Hmm.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
I can hear the grease being applied to those wheels as we speak. I mean, it just doesn't make sense. You can theoretically, and for the record, two of the positives in Nebraska that I'm talking about that were the backyard flocks were in Kearney County. And people may not know Kearney County. And it's Kearney, Nebraska is not in Kearney County, but it's right next to Kearney County. And Kearney County is the, it's the major flyway for the Sandhills cranes because that's where, for whatever reason, why that migratory bird crosses the Platte River right there. It's very interesting if you look at the hourglass shape where they come and cross the Platte and then fan out again. But that explains at some level how the birds that are exposed, like the chickens that my in-laws have, you know, they're out running around all day. So there is a chance, although it seems to be very rare, but these chickens and turkeys in barns that are getting exposure through migratory fowl, I'm not buying it yet, to be honest.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, it just seems, and I want to go to one other subject, and I know that people are going to be calling in in the last segment, 303-477-5600. That's 303-477-5600. So... First of all, it seems like if you have this big percentage of chickens that are dying because of H5N1, and they're also saying it's in the migratory bird population, it just seems to me like we should be seeing dead birds everywhere. Correct.
SPEAKER 09 (Guest) :
And we're not.
Kim Monson (Host) :
We're not. I'm not. So something's not matching up to me here on this, Trent Luce. It's just not matching up to me. And in killing 150 million chickens, even if the 70%, let's say that they had H5N1, But that means they kill 45 million healthy birds as well. Well, again, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that's going to mess up our food supply, make things more expensive. And as producer Joe has said, because we've got this bill here in Colorado to try to prevent price fixing at grocery stores. Of course, grocery stores are on such small margins anyway. But so so what if they fix the price of bread at X? If you go to the store and there's no bread, it doesn't matter. And so this is this messing around with our food supply is getting serious and people are recognizing it.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
I hope that recognition ramps up very quickly because that's exactly what's taking place and it's getting worse, not better.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. Let's change gears because, and again, love to have you guys weigh in at 303-477-5600. But I received some information from Virginia Maka, who's going to be on the show next week. You know her. And she's all over these transmission corridors. And this, it's NIETC, the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. And they're looking to do a big land grab here in southeast Colorado. And Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has sent a letter to the Secretary of Energy asking him to take a look at all this. So what's your ear to the ground say about all of this, Trent Luce?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Well, the only thing that Congresswoman Boebert said that we need to point out in there that's not quite accurate is she included the panhandle of Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma governor, Kevin Stitt, actually said there will be no transmission lines in Oklahoma, as did Kansas. Colorado, we have not gotten that designation yet, and there are still plans to go up through Nebraska and South Dakota and North Dakota. for this NITC line. And if you read Lauren Boebert's article, or it was her press release, along with the letter that she sent to Chris Wright, you agree with everything that's in there.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. And so that's good that we're getting some light shed on this. And this would affect Baca, Kiowa, and Prowers counties, correct?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Correct.
Kim Monson (Host) :
So what are they trying to do?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
A high number of correspondence from folks in those counties trying to figure out what to do.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay, and any decisions on that, Trent?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Well, the answer is always the same. It is you cannot be the lone wolf fighting these issues. You need to have community meetings. You need to bring people together. I shared with you a couple of weeks ago what success stories had been taking place in Washington County, Colorado. And that's at Akron, and that's because people said we're not going to sit back and just allow these things to happen. We're going to show up in force. That's the only avenue. I know everybody wants a recipe on what to do A, B, C, and D, and then sift it and do whatever you do to bake a cake. It's not like that. You just simply have to show up in force and be loud and make sure that your presence is felt by everyone.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. Well, this is good that she is recognizing this because this was somewhat under the radar, and it's called NHTSA, these power lines. So are they trying to go around Oklahoma and Colorado, or excuse me, Oklahoma and Kansas, come up through Colorado and then into Nebraska and on up into the Dakotas? Is that what they're proposing now, or what does that look like?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
So it's all convoluted. Because if you have not seen the original map, it actually starts in Indiana. And there's a transmission corridor that goes through Indiana, Illinois, through the northern part of Missouri, and then slips down into Kansas. And then there's another one that comes through the center part of Oklahoma and basically goes straight west and comes over into southeast and southern, south-central Colorado. And then there's a proposed bit, and this is just what the map that came out that had all of this proposed from the Department of Energy. It goes halfway up the eastern plains of Colorado, then stops. And then you get up into the center part of western Nebraska, it picks up again. And then it goes through the Black Hills and up into North Dakota. That's the proposed map. Now, The person who I know in Nebraska, who actually is the lobbying entity for Nebraska Public Power, he said he doesn't even understand this because the Department of Energy has zero authority to design and build and construct a powers corridor such as this one. So at some level, there's something else going on here. It's kind of like the same situation as our avian influenza. There's something else going on in that I mean, there are places in this southeast Colorado area where they're talking about conservation easement or an easement for this power line at 18 plus miles wide. That's unheard of. Nobody's ever heard of anything like that. I actually was talking to a guy last week in South Dakota at the Black Hills Stock Show where I was. He had retired from a company that built transmission lines. I told him about this proposal. He said, oh, that's nuts. There's no way. I got the map out on my phone. I said, well, here's the map right here. He said, that is unlike anything I've ever seen put forth. He said, and I just retired from this business of building transmission lines. So what's the real story? What's really going on? And notice that I said Congresswoman Boebert said all of the right things. I don't know that anybody in D.C. will do the right thing anymore.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, the first step is to say the right things. We're going to continue the discussion. Lots coming in on the text line 720-605-0647. Give us a call at 303-477-5600. These discussions happen because of our sponsors. And if you have been injured, be sure and reach out to John Boson and Boson Law.
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Kim Monson (Host) :
and welcome back to the kim monson show check out our website that's kim monson mon son.com sign up for our weekly email newsletter you can email me at kim kimmonson.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. Trent Luce is on the line, 6th Generation Farmer and Rancher. You can text me at 720-605-0647. And, Trent, on these corridors, two of our listeners texted in and said, are these going to be transmission lines to nowhere? What would you say to that?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Yes. My quick answer is yes. The excuse they're giving is that we need to increase our transmission corridor standpoint because of the wind and solar development. The truth of the matter is we had an infrastructure in place to generate electricity from coal, which we have a thousand years worth of coal left. We are not using those infrastructures and then want to build a new land grabbing infrastructure. So it's not too hard for me to do the math.
Kim Monson (Host) :
So the next thing is, explain this on these, there would be easements for these transmission lines, 18 miles wide, which in essence, with those easements, they might use eminent domain, which would mean that the farmers and ranchers that own that land would not be able, they would not really be in control of their land, right?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
100% correct. Okay.
Kim Monson (Host) :
So that's what this is all about, isn't it?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
It is. It's another land grab, which is what Congresswoman Boebert had in the title of her piece that she wrote, which was, again, said the exact right thing.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. So... And so Chris Wright has just recently been confirmed as the Secretary of Energy. It's great that she has sent this letter to him on this. And so anything on your ear to the ground on what's going to happen on this?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
No. I'm just going to say the same thing. Do not sit back and expect the efforts of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert or anybody else or Chris Wright to be the solution. The solution is going to be what are you doing in your county to generate more attention and get more people standing up to say, no, you're not going to steal this land from us in our county.
Kim Monson (Host) :
So there's really two things that I think are occurring here, is really the sealing of the land by taking control of the land. You may still have the deed to the land, but you don't have control of your land. An 18-mile corridor. That is really unbelievable. But who's going to be building these transmission lines? Well, then I think that goes back to the whole green and the Green New Deal, because there will be people that will be paid to build these transmission lines to nowhere. lining their pockets, costing, again, the taxpayer, hardworking Americans and our children because of borrowing money to pay for all this. It's quite a grand scheme if you really look at it, Trent Luce.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
And it appears in Colorado there's a wide variable on how wide the easements are. I've heard of 18 miles. I've heard of others at six. So I don't know what's determining all of that. I don't have a handle on it. But I want to just add one other thing. You mentioned that you still have the title or the deed to this property, but you don't have the decision-making authority. Plus, you still get to pay property tax on land. You can't decide what you're doing with.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Wow. And you and I both are looking at this whole property tax thing. What would happen if we got rid of property tax and income tax? What do you think would happen? Because there's talks that we really need to do that. What do you think about that?
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Well, I'm 100% for that. But at the same time, where do those monies go? Well, property tax goes to fund schools. And so how are we going to fund schools? And at the end of the day, therein lies the problem. If you look at what schools are spending on the education that they're giving to kids, that whole restructure needs to happen right now. We can't wait. We have a group of kids coming through. that are not prepared to go into the workforce, are not prepared to even go on to a secondary education, and they're paying more money than ever directly from the property tax coffers to get this poor education. It needs a restructure from the get-go.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Well, Trump is talking about reducing significantly the money that's going to the Department of Education, the amount of money that's been going to education, as you've said. And our kids don't have the basics. Many of our children do not have the basic skills to read and write and do arithmetic. It is a travesty. It seems like the amount of money that's being taken from everyday hardworking Americans is And there's significant and there's been a lot of fraud and graft and grift and a whole bunch of things. And if we can get that stopped, we're going to get a long way towards getting getting America, I think, back on the right track. Trent Luce.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
OK, but don't don't be confused. No money that goes into the Federal Department of Education plays a role in educating your kid at the local level that is funded by by the taxpayers of the school district and the property taxes. What the money into the Department of Education goes to is to create this curriculum which is adverse to everything that these kids need to be learning. But directly, the money directly into the U.S. Department of Education does not come in and make your school work better or worse. That money does not come there. That is funded by your property tax at the local level.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Okay. So let's ruminate on that. We've got Jim May on the line. You know him, cattleman with Lavaca Meat Company. Jim, what's on your radar?
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Hey, good morning, Kim and Trent. I'm really enjoying your show this morning, Trent. And I wanted to say a couple things about the egg-free deal right quick. I belong to the Alliance, my brothers and I, which is a group of about 20% of the industry, which is very, very large cattle feeders. And we had a meeting, oh, it's been a few years ago now, but we had all the retailers there, all the packers there, like we had Costco and all the fast foods and all the Kroger and everybody. And they started telling us that there were going to be by 28 or 30 of all restaurants and everyone was going to just serve cage-free eggs only. And I got the floor, and I said, you know, I said, because I'm not going to throw rocks at cage-free eggs because we get ours from Uncle Marvin up there at Ray, and they're real good. They're bright yellow, and they're good. But we all have to recognize that the cost to, you know, you've got predators. Instead of the egg falling on a belt and going into the factory, you've got to go Easter egg hunting every morning. And all the things that have to happen makes these eggs cost a lot more. And so my only thing about it as an American is, you know, if you want a H-free egg, God help you, you'll get them. They're good. But we deserve the right to have that choice and for the whole industry to say they're all going to be this, and now we're confronted with these high prices due to the birth flu and all those things. But, you know, if you can buy a, you know, if the egg's going to cost a dollar apiece and you can buy a conventional egg for 50 cents, I think some people should have that option. And so that was my biggest point that I wanted to make this morning. And I really enjoy your show, Trent. You're a wealth of information.
Kim Monson (Host) :
Wow. And Jim May, you are spot on. It comes down to freedom versus force. And the idea that there's this force on these cage free eggs or cage free hens increasing the price of eggs, which then means that it's taking away the option, the choice for people to buy a more affordable egg so that they can feed their family. Jim May is spot on. Trent, we've got a minute left. Your final thought on all this.
Trent Loos (Guest) :
Don't be fooled into thinking this is just about the chicken and the egg. You know, Jim's paying attention to what's going on in the chicken and the egg because this is an attack on animal protein, period. If you look at what Kim's father said and was spot on, when you control food, you control people. And it's not about controlling Twinkies. It's about controlling the most nutrient-dense food substance that we have. and that is animal proteins and fat, and we need to pay attention to all of these issues because before long, our back will be against the wall, and then you're going to say, what do I do now? Don't get to that point.
Kim Monson (Host) :
And that's why our independent voices are so important, Trent Luce. So thank you, and a lot for us to, I like the word, ruminate on today. Have a great week. We'll talk to you next week. And great to hear from Jim May as well. He understands this whole freedom versus force issue. We are in the third founding of our country. It is exciting. People are stepping forward. And I love this quote from H.T. Buckle. He said, In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble declaration. which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king emblazoned on the porch of every royal palace. So today, my friends, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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So a central Florida man was accused of stealing appliances from construction sites. Why do people think that stupid stuff like this is going to go unnoticed? So this dude is Flager County. It was Flager and St. John counties. One Orlando resident filed a police report because she discovered her home had been ransacked. I mean, just stole everything, including the air conditioning unit. And this they are they finally arrested this guy. Apparently he's been just like ransacking homes for quite some time. And they said that they they caught him like red handed. He had all these appliances that he was stealing from these construction sites right in the back of his truck. And so he was in a Chevy Silverado. They caught him on camera doing it. They ran him down and they are looking for more because he wasn't working alone. So they're looking for a flag or kind of they're looking for more tips and people doing that's crazy. So you would have to basically you would have to like hire. You got to have security there at some of these places then to protect the construct and protect the stuff that you're putting in these properties. I mean, how is a guy like that able to get in there so easily? It's kind of crazy. This Sanford man was accused of hitting his girlfriend with a fishing reel and a police dog found him in a tree. Oh, yeah. Canine Red. I love the canines. If that man hurt that canine, I will drug him. The scene for a man who's jailed, $40,000 bond. He hit his girlfriend in the head with a fishing pole. Oh, and then he also pointed a gun at her, which the headline, that seems to me like that's the most important part. Henry Perdue was charged with battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, possession of, because he's a convicted felon, so he's a prohibited possessor, but he was in illegal possession anyway. And he also stole the gun that he was using, so grand theft of a firearm. Lots of felonies here. So she had cuts to her head when police arrived. He wasn't home, but a canine handler and the dog tracked him down. He was found hiding in a tree. So they were able to get him in. A man was arrested on a drug charge after barking like a dog at an auto parts store. A Florida man is accused of, if you guessed meth, you'd be right, possessing it after he was allegedly observed barking like a dog in a Georgia auto parts store for over an hour. Wow, that's dedication. Monroe County Online Booking Records show Jonathan Navis of Palm Coast, he's 29, was arrested, charged with possession of meth and battery. They said that it was an advanced auto parts store that called the police to say that this nutjob's in the store, they think he's on drugs, and he's barking like a dog. He's been in there barking like a dog for over an hour. So the guy told police that he had no idea, literally what he told them, no idea that his barking was causing any issues. So he was arrested. Bond set a 5,000. He also had an active warrant out for his arrest for previous, previous offenses. Just geez. Um, This guy, let's see, beat his neighbor with a golf club and shot him in the ankle. Kings Point, Palm Beach Post. Oh, my goodness. Just to see golf sounds violent. A 77-year-old man shot a dog walker in the ankle and then turned around and beat him with a golf club and their shared senior community. Jurors acquitted Robert Levine of aggravated battery with the firearm and discharging it in public. He was trying to say that it was self-defense. But when you then get the guy on the ground and you're beating him with a golf club, that's not self-defense anymore. At that point, you're the aggressor. So he was convicted only of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and he's going to be sentenced on March 27th. He said that he was fearing for his life, and that's why he ended up having to use this firearm. But then after that, When you're the aggressor and the guy is trying to flee, you can't – when you're pursuing, you're no longer in a defensive position, and that's what prosecutors take into consideration. That's what – Got to be careful with this stuff. Let's see. Apparently, this guy, Florida man riding a lawnmower, has a knack for taking down mailboxes. He keeps running into mailboxes with his riding lawnmower. Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating this because he's destroyed multiple mailboxes along the same road. They say it's egregious, but it's also funny because it's all on video. So this one guy decided to build his mailbox out of brick like the three little pigs. And it's like basically was challenging this guy. He's been cited a million times. Achieving vibrant, youthful skin doesn't have to be complicated. With the power of Native Path Collagen, you can nourish your body from within and enhance not just your skin, but also your hair, your nails. 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Welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you. So we're at the top of this first hour. And can we get the plastic straw audio? Because I want to use this kind of as an example where I had a friend tell me, Dana, this is not a lot. I mean, really, plastic straws. It's not, it's not a big deal. Plastic straw. That's actually a big deal. Why is it not a big deal? I think it's actually a big deal. Yeah. Audio is on by four. Go ahead and play this.
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Next. This is an executive order. I love the guy explaining it, by the way. As you've consistently identified, nobody really likes paper straws.
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Number one trending. Can you believe it? A paper show is number one trending for three days or something.
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The environmental impact of plastic straws versus paper straws is entirely unclear. This has cost both the government and private industry an absolute ton of money and left consumers all over the country wildly dissatisfied with their straws. So we're asking aspects of the federal government, federal departments and agencies to look at their existing procurement processes and and we're asking your domestic policy council to look holistically at this issue, to address it, and it really is something that affects ordinary Americans in their everyday lives.
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We're going back to plastics, because these things don't work. I've had them many times, and on occasion they break, they explode. If something's hot, they don't last very long, like a matter of minutes, sometimes a matter of seconds. It's a ridiculous situation. So we're going back to plastic straws. I think it's okay.
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The thing that you're missing out of this, we don't need it, is how loud his pen is. Oh, my gosh. Did you hear him sign it? It's like ASMR on steroids. Shh, shh, shh. Listen! That's him signing the straw thing. That's how loud it is.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I don't think that plastic's going to affect the shark.
SPEAKER 01 :
Wait, no, no. Can I have the shark part? No, no, no. Juan's dying. I need, this is the most important part of the audio right here. Pay attention.
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And I don't think that plastic's going to affect a shark very much as they're eating, as they're munching their way through the ocean. Munching their way through. Thank you, sir. Next we have...
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Munching their way through the ocean. That's what they do. It is what they do. It's their house. That's their house. They're munching their way through the ocean. POTUS is absolutely correct in that. I love it. I just absolutely, I love everything about it. So I had a friend say, Dana, you know, it's not a big deal. Really, that's the thing that the right is celebrating is like the straws. First off, let's put something in perspective. I actually think it's very good optically to have this, and let me explain why. They're going after the really big waste, fraud, and abuse with USAID, correct? So they're going after the large, the huge amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse. But while this is happening, I think that he understands that the people have to have a – They have to have something. They have to have an immediate effect. They need to have something, a little bit of immediate satisfaction as a way to measure the impact of the election. Does this make sense? Because people are so tired. They've been so beaten down, dealing with inflation, feeling like they are persona non grata. They've been targeted. And having smaller things that have immediate impact that accompany the bigger cost-cutting moves is smart because it gives people that immediate satisfaction while also still accomplishing the big work. So while people are waiting to see results of some of the other cost-cutting moves, they see, oh, wow, I don't have any crappy paper straws anymore, which, by the way, I think that's the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. Whoever decided that we should do paper straws should be hung high. I'm not speaking rhetorically. I mean, these people, we should we should they should go out like Mussolini, Mussolini. That's that's the take them out. Have them find like a square similar to that in Milan and have the people beat them. I'm just saying because it's that bad.
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What's not too harsh?
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No, no. It's actually it's a mercy. It's a mercy. It is. Can I just reiterate? Who was the brain trust behind, let's put a paper thing in some liquid. You can drink your liquid through the paper straw. Who came up with that? That's so stupid. And then you had the government that was doing, I mean, isn't it like, to me, it seems like that's like you're putting toxins in your drink, but whatever. If you insist on having to have biodegradable straws because that's the hill that your insufferable life is going to die on, then you know what? Go get you some corn-based straws. That's what I use and not because I am avoiding plastic. It's just because they're huge, right? And I just – I don't know. Now I like big straws. And they're colorful. So I get a specific type made in the USA. I get a specific type. Probably Big Corn makes them. You know what? Put Big Corn to use. Instead of letting them try to run the hell out of all of our primaries, let them have the straws. You can do that. Or just go to plastic. I'm so tired of it. And have you noticed, even, what's his face? The guy who played Wet Thor. Who is that guy? Yes, I can't think of the name of it. The movie. I feel like Mighty Boosh right now. It's the windy mover. Who's the wet Thor guy? He played wet Thor.
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Sometimes we need a clear vision into your head.
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It's like Thor with water. Wet Thor.
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Is that Arthur Curry?
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No, and he had a trident.
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That fictional character?
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The guy, wet Thor with a trident.
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You're talking about Jason Momoa playing that character?
SPEAKER 01 :
Yes, yes, him. He played wet Thor.
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Yeah, Arthur Curry.
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I don't know who that is. Is that a basketball player? I don't even know.
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It is Jason Momoa.
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I know Jason Momoa, but what was the name of the guy that he played? It was like a big franchise.
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Huh?
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Dear heavens. I'm sitting here with like every generation.
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No, it's Aquaman.
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Oh my gosh. Thank you, Aquaman. Wet Thor.
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The character. Okay.
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Same difference. So, Kane's like, I'm going three pages deeper.
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You're like the fifth ball I'm juggling in the last two minutes.
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So, no, hold on. Listen, listen. Do you remember when he was trolling Chris Pratt over like water bottles and straws on Instagram? It's that kind of stuff that I'm talking about. It's the little things. You got everyday people living their everyday lives. They want to go. They want to take their kids to school or practice or wherever. And they got to go work their job. And then they got to pay the tax, man. They come home. They got dinner to make and all this other stuff. And they just, for the love of all things holy, have one problem. Little bright spot. And that's enjoying an ice cold drink with a straw in it or having a straw. And then they give paper straw and it turns into this like barely soluble mess in your drink that makes it undrinkable. It's just one of the little things that makes people's lives insufferable. This just is a little thing that helps out a lot. That's it. That's all I'm saying. That's it. That's the tweet. It's our friends at Caltech, the PR57. It is a 5.7. It's called the PR57. And it's from Caltech. Brand new. They launched it just like a couple weeks ago at SHOT Show. And they changed concealed carry back in 95. Now the PR57 rotary barreled pistol chambered in 5.7. It's redefining it with this cutting edge design and performance. So it has this innovative rotary barrel, which makes it the lightest 5.7 on the market. And by that, I mean it's 40% lighter than the next lightest 5.7. I mean, it's crazy how light this is. But it's super well balanced. It has a unique top loading design that replaces the traditional magazine with a stripper clip. And it has a 20 plus one capacity. So the left can finally be accurate and saying clips instead of magazines. And it was inspired by real world data and defensive needs. I mean, this is a five seven that a lady could actually conceal carry low recoil for ease of use and accuracy. Super simple and reliable. Perfect for everyday carry for literally everybody. And it's super affordable. The MSRP is only three ninety nine. I mean, you can get this. Visit Kel-TecWeapons.com to learn more. Up at the PR57 Rotary Barrel Pistol 5.7, innovative and actually concealed carry. Innovative performance. Kel-Tec. That's Kel-TecWeapons.com. K-E-L-T-E-C-Weapons.com.
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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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3.6 magnitude earthquake rattled San Bernardino, the third quake of the day. It hit the area since Monday, actually, so in a 24-hour period. The U.S. Geological Survey said the latest struck about 9.58 p.m., three miles from San Bernardino. And then they said that in the morning there was a preliminary magnitude 3.5 earthquake that hit the area, and then a 3.0 just a little bit later. That's kind of... That and Santorini in Greece. They're getting tons of little rumbles and quakes and stuff. That earthquake, by the way, rocked Area 51. And then there was near Vegas. Earthquake rocked Area 51. And then a gigantic tremor sparked tsunami warnings in the Caribbean. This happened, was first reported just the other day. It was a 2.8 quake near the Area 51 base in Nevada. I'm just saying it's kind of weird that that's, right? All that's just saying, all that's happening. I want to move quickly here and get a couple of other things in. Let's see. The inner core may have changed shape, say scientists. So some people are speculating that this might be why there's all these like rumblings and quakes and all this stuff that's happening. They say the inner core of the Earth per BBC, may have changed shape in the past 20 years. They thought it was shaped like a ball, but it actually may have deformed by 100 meters or more in height in certain places, according to one professor. They said that the change in shape could be happening where the edge of the solid inner core touches the hot liquid metal outer core.
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geology science stick with us there it is pursuant to the authority of the secretary of defense title 10 united states code section 113 i direct the army to change the name of fort liberty north carolina to fort bragg north carolina that's right bragg is back bragg is back that's sec def by the way can we get i retweeted this earlier he's in i think he's in germany right now right
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He's in Germany, and he woke up and decided he's going to go work out with some of the dudes over in Germany. There's better pictures of it. I retweeted one. I don't know if you guys saw the dudes that he is working out with. But it is literally a real-life, like, 40K loadout, like, with the squad. He's rolling with Ogren, man. He's rolling with, like, a whole—we've got to get the other dude in there. I'm going to find the other picture while Juan shows you this one. I have never seen a man this large in my ever-loving life, and I've met Brock Lesnar in person. Wow. Brock Lesnar shook my hand and my whole hand disappeared. Look at this guy's shirt. His chest muscles have muscles on them. His neck muscles have their own muscles. His earlobes have muscles. Look at him. He looks so happy. And the pavement is like, why do you hate me? He's so happy. He could like, look at him. He's just like smiling and happy. Like, I love this. He's legit an Ogren, man. Can you imagine? Just send him into Gaza with like one of those, like a bolt gun and a spiked club and everything's going to be set, man. Just send, we got our own team of Ogren. Is he one of ours? Is that a German dude or is he one of ours? I just think that's what all I care about. Is that ours? Is that guy ours? SecDef rolls out with like a whole retinue of Ogren. Who knew? I've never seen a SecDef do that before, have you? Like go out, not with Ogren, I mean. But I mean like go out and run before the sun comes up and do a full workout with all the dudes there. That's what he was doing while he was in Germany. He did a full-on workout. Golly. Now this, they renamed this, they renamed Fort Bragg. when Biden was in office, to Fort Liberty, which was stupid. It was stupid because of the history of it. Let me explain something to people who, I guess, are illiterate. Juan's getting all the workout photos ready. Oh, you did? You got the whole team of Ogren ready? I get so distracted when I see certain things. And Juan's like, will you stop it? Juan's getting ready to show you the whole team of Ogren. Like, it's not just... Look at these guys! It's not just one dude. All of them. And then you've got the guys in the jacket that are like, I don't know who they are in the background. But yeah, rolling out with a whole retinue of Ogren at SecDef. So he changed through this memo, Fort Bragg, back. It was Fort Liberty. Now it's Fort Bragg again, right? And people need to understand something about... They really need to understand the history of why we had forts and monuments and stuff like that as it related to Confederates. Because we had a nation that was at – we were at each other's throats. We were killing each other. It was a major civil war. The whole – purpose of having statues of Confederate soldiers and naming certain places after generals. It had nothing to do – people were saying that it was something about celebrating or creating some monuments or somehow celebrating the losses of whatever. I know there's a million excuses. There's one reason why it was done. And the reason why it was done is because the North, they were not being sore winners. And they understood that the nation needed to be brought back together after being so divided. It was magnanimous in what they did. They were being very generous. And they were being, this was a move of reconciliation, right? To say, look, you did what you did and, you know, we disagree with it. We defeated you in battle. But to that effect, we're not going to shame your war dead. We're not going to do anything like that. And we're going to allow you to have those remembrances as well. That was done as a means of unity, not as a means of division. It was never designed to erase what was done. We had to unify again as a nation after the Civil War. And that's why this move was made under Lincoln's direction, I might add, because it was determined that we need to do something and make sure that people understand this is their country too. And we need to have a national reconciliation. That's what it was about. The reason that the left is targeting all of this stuff, it's not because these people care about the horrors of slavery. Are you kidding me? Democrats promoted slavery. Democrats have been on the wrong side of human rights since the inception of their party. Democrats wanted slavery. They didn't want women to vote, and they sent Native Americans on the trail of genocide so that they could discount a Supreme Court ruling and steal their land in Georgia. And that was under Andrew Jackson, who I don't know why some people on the right revere him, but I think he's a fecal bird. I can't say what I really want to say. I'm not a fan. That said... There was a reason why these moves were made and why these acknowledgements were allowed. And the left targets it now because they think that this is a scab to pick. And if you can inflame tension about something that's 150 plus years old now, then you can use that as a way of division. It's Mao 101. That's the whole purpose. It had nothing to do with them somehow rejecting slavery or think or condemning the horrors of it. Because, again, remember, these people were the ones who fought for it. Republicans then moved in after they were defeated. But Democrats, just like with everything else, they wanted this. They don't care about the value of a human. They don't care about life. Yes, and I'm saying that as a party. Go and look at their mission statements. Go and look at their actual statement of purpose. The stuff that they celebrate at their conventions. Why do you think so many people left that damn party? And they're either independent or they count themselves as moderate Republicans that are looking for just fiscal sense and normalcy. There's a reason why. I also was looking at some of the criticisms that people were giving Hegseth for this because the individual, they named it after somebody that has, you know, because it was named after World War II private first class Roland Bragg. Braxton Bragg was the Confederate general that originally was named after. And then, of course, that's like a whole other can of worms because a lot of people, even those who are wanting these monuments, et cetera, to stand, think that he was like one of the worst ones, like bad in terms of strategy. That's irrelevant to the conversation, but it's interesting. Now, renaming it to a private first class, Roland Bragg, and he apparently saved somebody's life Because he commandeered an enemy ambulance, drove it like 20 miles to transport one of his fellow wounded soldiers to an allied hospital. This was in Belgium. And so they decided they named it. They renamed it after him. Lorraine noted that it's such a low rank that he would have never been considered for such an honor and we would not know about him. really, if Hegseth wasn't there in office. So this guy did a very, very brave thing, something that maybe perhaps would have been overlooked because he was private first class, and now it's been elevated, and what he did was incredibly heroic. And the fact that it just happens to have the name Bragg, I think it was clever. Some people were saying that it's weak and that Hegseth should have just changed it back. I get what they're saying, This is not something that I'm – again, not a hill I'm going to die on because there's so much that has to be done. But at least it says brag again. And it also highlights the heroism of this private first class in World War II. But I do understand people are saying – and it's not because people are trying to be contrarian. For some – And I had a friend that was explaining kind of their disagreement. They were saying that the move to erase these names and tear down these statues is not a move that is born of reconciliation. Because in order to have that mission objective, then you're basically having to go back and pick open the scab and saying that all these same divisions are still there. It has nothing to do with reconciliation. It's because they're communists. And for communists to be communists, there always has to be a boogeyman. There always has to be a grievance. There always has to be a struggle. They have to maintain control under the illusion of constant struggle. And they want complete and total subjugation. There's no repentance. There's no reconciliation. There is no mercy. There is no grace. It has to be completely one and done all. And those critics are saying that by only partially kind of going halfway and changing the name, that he didn't pull it out by the root totally. Now, my understanding is that he's not legally allowed to change it fully all the way back to Braxton Bragg from what somebody was explaining to me. And that's why Roland Bragg is why they went the way that they did. But, I mean, regardless, I just think that what's interesting to note – and this is the irony in the left's cultural revolution – is back during the Civil War, you had the North and South even afterwards that were more gracious towards each other than modern-day progressives are towards each other and even people on the other side of the ideological aisle. Think about that. You had a nation that was at we were at each other's throats and we were destroying ourselves. And afterwards, some very, very magnanimous, gracious moves were made in order to achieve national unity once again. And people then dealt with each other with a heck of a lot more grace, understanding and support for reconciliation. That does not exist today. The people on the left do not have that motive or thought in mind. This has nothing to do with being magnanimous. They want total destruction. They don't care about reconciliation. They don't care about rehabilitation. They don't care about grace. They want total destruction because that to them is the ultimate subjugation. They don't even care about converting people to their cause anymore. That used to be what the left cared about. They wanted to persuade people to think like they do. Now they don't even do that. They don't care about that anymore. It's about just total destruction. That to them is the ultimate subjugation. The right cannot afford to make that mistake. And in fact, I think it's one of the reasons why the tent is so big is that we haven't. But I do think that it is a very interesting irony, and it's a lesson that's lost in all of this. All these people that argue about this issue, they fail to realize that they lack the grace. The reason that you cannot have that kind of national reconciliation today is because you have people who are too self-centered. They lack the grace to extend to others. They believe in the scarcity of greatness, so they gatekeep it. It's very interesting. On the left, they're very bad about this. Very interesting. It's a very interesting psychological deep dive. But that's the whole reason why you had these monuments and you had these forts that were named what they were. It's because it was about that national reconciliation. We had to bring both sides together, and nobody wanted to discount what the families of those Confederate soldiers went through. It was nothing about elevating or somehow enshrining the purpose for which they were fighting into the national hearts and minds. It was about saying, we recognize that you suffered losses and we want to go forward together. That's what it was about. And these people are too stupid to understand that today. They don't get it. And they keep saying, well, too much time has passed. You don't need that anymore. I actually think it's a great, when you see these things, it's a great reminder of this is what our nation went through. You know, not every statue is meant to be some sort of celebration of what someone did. In many instances, it's a reminder of what people went through or what people suffered. And it's an actual physical meat space thing that provokes remembrance of that. but the left doesn't get it.
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In this episode, we dive deep into the ongoing conversation about government accountability and spending. Join us as we explore the impacts of long-standing bureaucratic structures on national policy and everyday life. Our discussion also covers the intriguing dynamics between government control and tech companies, shedding light on recent revelations. Switching gears, we tackle the infamous debate of paper versus plastic straws. Often seen as a minor issue, we unpack the symbolism and impact behind this everyday choice, drawing connections to larger policy discussions. Join us to understand how these seemingly small issues reflect broader national debates.
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exposing in the federal government exactly what he exposed at Twitter when he purchased Twitter. What do we find out there? Big government was pressuring big tech to censor Americans. You'd have to take my word for it. We had the Twitter files. And we also had someone else in big tech send a letter to this committee and tell us exactly what they were doing. Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration was pressuring us to censor. We did it. We're sorry. We won't do it again. Told the whole world that in a letter to this committee. So Elon Musk is now doing that for the federal government. We think that's a good thing. And I understand the fundamental difference the left has with us conservatives. Democrats believe it is the career elected bureaucrats who are supposed to run the country. We don't think that's the way it's supposed to work.
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Well, it's not supposed to work that way. But unfortunately, that's how it's been operating for with USAID since what, 60s? Yeah. And I can't even imagine Not to completely freak you out and make you think that... Because it probably is a lot worse than it seems. I hate saying that, but it's probably true. But think about it. You have decades of this happening. You know that this is just literally... This is just some of what we know. There's going to be stuff that we've never even thought of and that we'll never find. There are people who have made fat bank off of the taxpayer for our lifetimes. And we're never, I hate saying it, but we'll probably never find all that out. I mean, I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but that's why it's so important to run down every little bit. Every single little bit. I mean, the stuff that we're still finding out. as the left screams and acts like that it's somehow unconstitutional to watch a people hold its government accountable for all of the waste and fraud and abuse and the horrific amounts of spending. I mean, I could go on and on. We've talked about how infuriating this is and, and how, I mean, I just, I don't, so where do you even go after this? That thing has got to go. The whole department, which it is, and thankfully, POTUS is really getting on it, taking it, I mean, just cutting out everything. And I want to point out, too, because we're going to play this audio. Some people, I feel like they're saying, and I had a friend who was making this comment to me. And they were saying that, oh, well, you know, as it pertains to some of this other stuff, some of this stuff looks like it's like little cutting. It's like, you know, he's not really cutting a whole heck of a lot. I actually disagree. I think that you've got to go after absolutely everything big and small because the little things add up. I mean, again, only in D.C. does it. Does it can you say that 10 billion or, you know, 15 billion? There was one study I read where it was like 20 billion that was being used for for some asinine project. Only only in D.C. is it not considered a whole hell of a lot to us. It's a lot. And when you add that up with all of the other little things. The little bitty things that, you know, 10 billion here, 20 billion here. Well, then guess what? That starts adding up really quick. And then the next thing you know, you're at half a trillion. I mean, it's insane. The amount of money that we're talking about. So, yes, every little bit counts for this. And that's our taxpayer dollars. We're never, I don't know, are we ever going to get them back? What's going to happen with this? And that's one of the things, by the way, that I hope. I hope that POTUS follows up on is some of the relief for this. So welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you. So we're at the top of this first hour and we've, can we get the plastic straw audio? Cause this is, I want to use this kind of as an example. where I had a friend tell me, Dana, this is not a lot. I mean, really, plastic straws. It's not a big deal, plastic straws. I'm like, that's actually a big deal. Why is it not a big deal? I think it's actually a big deal. Yeah, audio is on by four. Go ahead and play this.
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Next, this is an executive order related to the use of paper straws. As you've consistently identified, nobody really likes paper straws.
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Number one trending. Can you believe it? A paper show is number one trending for three days or something.
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The environmental impact of plastic straws versus paper straws is entirely unclear. This has cost both the government and private industry an absolute ton of money and left consumers all over the country wildly dissatisfied with their straws. So we're asking aspects of the federal government, federal departments and agencies to look at their existing procurement processes and we're asking your domestic policy council to look holistically at this issue, to address it, and it really is something that affects ordinary Americans in their everyday lives.
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We're going back to plastics, because these things don't work. I've had them many times. And on occasion, they break. They explode. If something's hot, they don't last very long, like a matter of minutes, sometimes a matter of seconds. It's a ridiculous situation. So we're going back to plastic straws. I think it's okay.
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The thing that you're missing out of this, we don't need it, is how loud his pen is. Oh, my gosh. Did you hear him sign it? It's like ASMR on steroids. Shush, shush, shush. Listen! That's him signing the straw thing. That's how loud it is.
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And I don't think that plastic's going to affect the shark.
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Wait, no, no. Can I have the shark part? No, no, no. Juan's dying. I need, this is the most important part of the audio right here. Pay attention.
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And I don't think that plastic's going to affect a shark very much as they're eating, as they're munching their way through the ocean. Munching their way through. Thank you, sir. Next we have...
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Munching their way through the ocean. That's what they do. It is what they do. It's their house. That's their house. They're munching their way through the ocean. POTUS is absolutely correct in that. I love it. I just absolutely, I love everything about it. So I had a friend say, Dana, you know, it's not a big deal, really. That's the thing that the right is celebrating is like the straws. First off, let's put something in perspective. I actually think it's very good optically to have this, and let me explain why. They're going after the really big waste, fraud, and abuse with USAID, correct? So they're going after the large, the huge amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse. But while this is happening, I think that he understands that the people have to have a... They have to have something. They have to have an immediate effect. They need to have something, a little bit of immediate satisfaction as a way to measure the impact of the election. Does this make sense? Because people are so tired. They've been so beaten down dealing with inflation, feeling like, you know, they are persona non grata. They've been targeted. And having smaller things that have immediate impact that accompany the bigger cost-cutting moves is smart because it gives people that immediate satisfaction while also still accomplishing the big work. So while people are waiting to see results of some of the other cost-cutting moves, They see, oh, wow, I don't have any crappy paper straws anymore, which, by the way, I think that's the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. Whoever decided that we should do paper straws should be hung high. I'm not speaking rhetorically. I mean, these people, they should go out like Mussolini. Mussolinium. Take them out. Find a square similar to that in Milan and have the people beat them. I'm just saying, because it's that bad.
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It's not too harsh?
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No, no. It's actually, it's a mercy. It's a mercy. Can I just reiterate? Who was the brain trust behind, let's put a paper thing in some liquid. You can drink your liquid through the paper straw. Who came up with that? That's so stupid. And then you had the government that was doing, I mean, isn't it like, to me, it seems like that's like you're putting toxins in your drink, but whatever. If you insist on having to have biodegradable straws because that's the hill that your insufferable life is going to die on, then you know what? Go get you some corn based straws. That's what I use. And not because I am avoiding plastic. It's just because they're huge. Right. And I just I don't know. Now I like big straws. And they're colorful. So I get a specific type made in the USA. I get a specific type. Probably Big Corn makes them. You know what? Put Big Corn to use. Instead of letting them try to run the hell out of all of our primaries, let them have the straws. You can do that. Or just go to plastic. I'm so tired of it. And have you noticed, even, what's his face? The guy who played Wet Thor. Who is that guy? Yes, I can't think of the name of it. The movie. I feel like Mighty Boosh right now. the long the windy mover who's the the wet thor guy he played wet thor sometimes we need a clear vision into your head it's like thor with water wet thor arthur curry no and he had a trident that fictional character the guy wet thor with the trident you're talking about jason momoa playing that character yes yes okay what is he played wet thor yeah arthur curry I don't know who that is. Is that a basketball player? I don't even know.
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It is Jason Momoa.
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I know Jason Momoa, but what was the name of the guy that he played? It was like a big franchise.
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Huh?
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Dear heavens. I'm sitting here with like every generation.
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No, it's Aquaman. Oh my gosh.
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Thank you, Aquaman. Wet Thor.
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The character. Okay.
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Same difference. So, Kane's like, I'm going three pages deeper.
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You're like the fifth ball I'm juggling in the last two minutes.
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So, no, hold on. Listen, listen. Do you remember when he was trolling Chris Pratt over like water bottles and straws on Instagram? It's that kind of stuff that I'm talking about. It's the little things. You got everyday people living their everyday lives. They want to go. They want to take their kids to school or practice or wherever. And they got to go work their job. And then they got to pay the tax, man. They come home. They got dinner to make and all this other stuff. And they just, for the love of all things holy, have one problem. Little bright spot. And that's enjoying an ice cold drink with a straw in it or having a straw. And then they give paper straw and it turns into this like barely soluble mess in your drink that makes it undrinkable. It's just one of the little things that makes people's lives insufferable. This just is a little thing that helps out a lot. That's it. That's all I'm saying. That's it. That's the tweet. That's it. So I was telling my friend this because my friend could not understand why it was such a big deal. And I'm like, first off, you're a Martian because I don't know anyone who loves these paper straws. And I really feel like we need to take you to like some secret government building and make sure that you're actually who you say you are, because this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life. Number one. Number two, you can come and take it. My plastic straw. Come and do that. So I'm happy about it. Can we please do... I'm going to try not to go off on a rant. Can we please deal with the light bulbs? Because LED light bulbs are stupid. They're stupid. And the light that they emit is dumb. And I went down this rabbit hole about different light hues and how it affects human emotions and human temperaments. And I really think that there's something to it. That's the worst thing that you do. LED lights are horrible. That whole bright... I like the soft, warm glow. Next, he needs to do that. And then I think I want another EO just for the phosphates in the dish detergent. Stop that. Make make make phosphates great again. So these are little things that he's doing now. We got some bigger stuff, too, because he's he's entertaining the leader of Jordan. Leaders of Jordan are visiting today. Now, he issued this ultimatum to Hamas in a Saturday at noon. That sounds pretty good. Or all hell's going to break loose. And Hamas has decided they want to play a delightful game of F.A.F.O. I'm tired of indulging these terrorists. And I think the whole strip should be turned to glass. But that's me. Don't stop with the weeping and gnashing of the teeth. I'm so tired of these geopolitically illiterate people. I'm done with it. But he's hosting the King of Jordan. The pressure that he's applying, he suggested that, well, maybe we won't give no more aid to them if they're not going to accept any of these guys and refugees. We're going to talk about this because this is all happening today. Also, U.S. aid packages were found amongst Hezbollah weapons caches in Lebanon. You knew that was coming. Also coming up, Tom Homan, border czar. He knows where the ice leaks were coming. Tom Holman's coming to get them. I don't think I'd want to be on the receiving end of that. So we're going to dive into all of that and more. We got a lot today as we, it's a lot every day now. I mean, every day we hit the ground running. You know that Ivermectin, they talk about it in terms of prevention, et cetera. It's simple, fast, and affordable to get it on all family pharmacy. These are doctors that you work with, like actual doctors, not like big pharma type doctors. And when you visit allfamilypharmacy.com, you can use code Dana and get 10% off your whole order. So I was taking my ivermectin that I got from them. They've also helped me out like over Thanksgiving when I couldn't get into my doctor and I know I'm getting strut throat. I know it's a thing. and I was able to get the antibiotics I need because I've been to this gut rodeo before, and their doctor was able to sign off. They sent it like in a day and a half, and that's not even expedited. That's just like how fast they sent it. You can skip the hassle, and here's what I really like about the medicines that they offer at All Family Pharmacy. It's not made in China. They're not made in China. These are all elements from the U.S. of A. So that's huge, I think, when you're looking at medicines and antibiotics and things like that. You can get comprehensive treatment options in addition to the ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. You got antibiotics and over 200 other essential medicines. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana for 10% off using promo code Dana. That's allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Coupon code Dana10 gets you 10% off today.
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So two private planes collided in a deadly crash on the tarmac at Scottsdale, Arizona airport, killing one person. Now, this is the one where it's Vince Neil, because it's a private jet that Vince Neil, yes, that Vince Neil of Motley Crue, one that he owns. And it was landing at the airport. It veered off the runway, collided with another parked plane. They said that there were two pilots and two passengers on Neil's plane. He wasn't amongst them. But it collided with this Gulfstream. There's one fatality. It had four passengers. They come from Austin, Texas. One person was in the parked plane. So that's just awful. I mean, how does something like that even happen? Why all of a sudden are we having all of this stuff? Why are we having all this stuff? Because we had, you know, Mayor Gay himself who was there, who was Department of Transportation, you know, Secretary of Booty Juice. I mean, what the hell was he doing all those years? Costco and Trader Joe's are limiting how many eggs people come by because everything is stupid. I'm going to steal some chickens. They literally said it's due to the supply of eggs limit to one dozen of any kind. This is why you send multiple family members in. China is imposing retaliatory tariffs that are not going to do anything because it's only 14 billion dollars worth of U.S. goods. Meanwhile, what they get from us is like, wait, I mean, it's. It's not even going to make a dent. It's just dumb. Let's see. Oh, people that are apparently going on Ozempic, now one of the side effects is that they could go blind. It affects, I think they said, a small fraction of people, but it is, I can't even pronounce these words, lots of words with consonants in them. The active ingredients in it, they said it's actually having negative impacts on their optic nerves and blood vessels in the retina, all of that stuff. Stick with us. Achieving vibrant, youthful skin doesn't have to be complicated. With the power of Native Path Collagen, you can nourish your body from within and enhance not just your skin, but also your hair, your nails. By incorporating Native Path Collagen into your daily routine, you can promote a plump, radiant complexion, reduce signs of aging, and boost your overall vitality, all without any unnecessary fillers or additives. Native path collagen has only type one and three collagen, the most important types making up 90% of your body's collagen, no artificial sweeteners, just pure third party tested goodness. It's completely flavorless. So you can just add it to about anything, your coffee or smoothies, oatmeal or whatever you want. And the best part is that native paths. peptides formula makes it more bioavailable. So it means your body will absorb it easily. Start your journey to healthier skin today. Get native path.com slash Dana and stock up on native path collagen and save up to an incredible 45% off plus free shipping. Every order includes a 365 day money back guarantee. Don't miss out. Head to get native path.com slash Dana.
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There it is. Pursuant to the authority of the Secretary of Defense, Title 10, United States Code Section 113, I direct the Army to change the name of Fort Liberty, North Carolina to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. That's right. Bragg is back.
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Bragg is back. That's SecDef. By the way, can we get, I retweeted this earlier. He's in, I think he's in Germany right now, right? He's in Germany, and he woke up and decided he's going to go work out with some of the dudes over in Germany. There's better pictures of it. I retweeted one. I don't know if you guys saw the dudes that he is working out with. but it is literally a real-life 40K loadout with the squad. He's rolling with Ogren, man. He's rolling with a whole... We've got to get the other dude in there. I'm going to find the other picture while Juan shows you this one. I have never seen a man this large in my ever-loving life, and I've met Brock Lesnar in person. Brock Lesnar shook my hand and my whole hand disappeared. Look at this guy's shirt. His chest muscles have muscles on them. His neck muscles have their own muscles. His earlobes have muscles. Look at him. He looks so happy. And the pavement is like, why do you hate me? He's so happy. He could like, look at him. He's just like smiling and happy. Like, I love this. He's legit an Ogren, man. Can you imagine? Just send him into Gaza with like one of those, like a bolt gun and a spiked club and everything's going to be set, man. Just send, we got our own team of Ogren. Is he one of ours? Is that a German dude or is he one of ours? I just think that's what all I care about. Is that ours? Is that guy ours? SecDef rolls out with like a whole retinue of Ogren. Who knew? I've never seen a SecDef do that before, have you? Like go out, not with Ogren, I mean. But I mean like go out and run before the sun comes up. And do a full workout with all the dudes there. That's what he was doing while he was in Germany. He did a full-on workout. Golly. Now this, they renamed this, they renamed Fort Bragg. when Biden was in office, to Fort Liberty, which was stupid. It was stupid because of the history of it. Let me explain something to people who, I guess, are illiterate. Juan's getting all the workout photos ready. Oh, you did? You got the whole team of Ogren ready? I get so distracted when I see certain things. And Juan's like, will you stop it? Juan's getting ready to show you the whole team of Ogren. Like, it's not just... Look at these guys! It's not just one dude. All of them. And then you got the guys in the jacket that are like, I don't know who they are. Then the background. But yeah, rolling out with a whole retinue of Ogren at SecDef. So he changed through this memo, Fort Bragg, back. It was Fort Liberty. Now it's Fort Bragg again, right? And people need to understand something about... They really need to understand the history of why we had, you know, forts and monuments and stuff like that as it related to Confederates. Because we had a nation that was at it at we were at each other's throats. We were killing each other. Major civil war. The whole. Purpose of having statues of Confederate soldiers and naming certain places after generals. It had nothing to do. People were saying that it was something about celebrating or creating some monuments or somehow celebrating the losses of whatever. I know there's a million excuses. There's one reason why it was done. And the reason why it was done is because the North, they were not being sore winners and they understood that the nation needed to be brought back together after being so divided. It was magnanimous in what they did. They were being very generous and they were being, this was a move of reconciliation, right? To say, look, you did what you did and, you know, we disagree with it. We defeated you in battle. But to that effect, we're not going to shame your war dead. We're not going to do anything like that. And we're going to allow you to have those remembrances as well. That was done as a means of unity, not as a means of division. It was never designed to erase what was done. We had to unify again as a nation after the Civil War. And that's why this move was made under Lincoln's direction, I might add, because it was determined that we need to do something and make sure that people understand this is their country too. And we need to have a national reconciliation. That's what it was about. The reason that the left is targeting all of this stuff, it's not because these people care about the horrors of slavery. Are you kidding me? Democrats promoted slavery. Democrats have been on the wrong side of human rights since the inception of their party. Democrats wanted slavery. They didn't want women to vote, and they sent Native Americans on the trail of genocide so that they could discount a Supreme Court ruling and steal their land in Georgia. And that was under Andrew Jackson, who I don't know why some people on the right revere him, but I think he's a fecal bird. I can't say what I really want to say. I'm not a fan. That said. There was a reason why these moves were made and why these these acknowledgements were allowed. And the left targets it now because they think that this is a scab to pick. And if you can inflame tension about something that's, you know, 150 plus years old now, then you can use that as a way of division. It's it's Mao 101. That's the whole purpose. It had nothing to do with them somehow rejecting slavery or think or condemning the horrors of it. Because, again, remember, these people were the ones who fought for it. Republicans then moved in after they were defeated. But Democrats, just like with everything else, they wanted this. They don't care about the value of a human. They don't care about life. Yes, and I'm saying that as a party. Go and look at their mission statements. Go and look at their actual statement of purpose. The stuff that they celebrate at their conventions. Why do you think so many people left that damn party? And they're either independent or they count themselves as moderate Republicans that are looking for just fiscal sense and normalcy. There's a reason why. I also was was looking at some of the the criticisms that people were giving Hegseth for this because the individual they they named it after somebody that has, you know, because it was named after World War Two private first class Roland Bragg. Braxton Bragg was the Confederate general that originally was named after. And then, of course, that's like a whole other can of worms because a lot of people, even those who are wanting these monuments, et cetera, to stand, think that he was like one of the worst ones, like bad in terms of strategy. That's irrelevant to the conversation, but it's interesting. Now, renaming it to a private first class, Roland Bragg, and he apparently saved somebody's life Because he commandeered an enemy ambulance, drove it like 20 miles to transport one of his fellow wounded soldiers to an allied hospital. This was in Belgium. And so they decided they named it. They renamed it after him. Lorraine noted that it's such a low rank that he would have never been considered for such an honor and we would not know about him. really, if Hegseth wasn't there in office. So this guy did a very, very brave thing, something that maybe perhaps would have been overlooked because he was private first class, and now it's been elevated, and what he did was incredibly heroic. And the fact that it just happens to have the name Bragg, I think it was clever. Some people were saying that it's weak and that Hegseth should have just changed it back. I get what they're saying, This is not something that I'm, again, not a hill I'm going to die on. Because there's so much that has to be done. But at least it says brag again, you know. And it also highlights the heroism of this private first class in World War II. But I do understand people are saying, and it's not because people are trying to be contrarian. For some... And I had a friend that was explaining, you know, kind of their disagreement. They were saying that the move to erase these names and tear down these statues is not a move that is born of reconciliation. Because in order to have that mission objective, then you're basically having to go back and pick open the scab and saying that all these same divisions are still there. It has nothing to do with reconciliation. It's because they're communists. And for communists to be communists, there always has to be a boogeyman. There always has to be a grievance. There always has to be a struggle. They have to maintain control under the illusion of constant struggle. And they want complete and total subjugation. There's no repentance. There's no reconciliation. There is no mercy. There is no grace. It has to be completely one and done all. And those critics are saying that by only partially kind of going halfway and changing the name, that he didn't pull it out by the root totally. Now, think. My understanding is that he's not legally allowed to change it fully all the way back to Braxton Bragg, from what somebody was explaining to me. And that's why Roland Bragg is why they went the way that they did. But, I mean, regardless, I just think that what's interesting to note, and this is the irony in the left's cultural revolution, right? is back during the Civil War, you had the North and South, even afterwards, that were more gracious towards each other than modern-day progressives are towards each other and even people on the other side of the ideological aisle. Think about that. You had a nation that was at we were at each other's throats and we were destroying ourselves. And afterwards, some very, very magnanimous, gracious moves were made in order to achieve national unity once again. And people then dealt with each other with a heck of a lot more grace, understanding and support for reconciliation. That does not exist today. The people on the left do not have that motive or thought in mind. This has nothing to do with being magnanimous. They want total destruction. They don't care about reconciliation. They don't care about rehabilitation. They don't care about grace. They want total destruction because that to them is the ultimate subjugation. They don't even care about converting people to their cause anymore. That used to be what the left cared about. They wanted to persuade people to think like they do. Now they don't even do that. They don't care about that anymore. It's about just total destruction. That to them is the ultimate subjugation. The right cannot afford to make that mistake. And in fact, I think it's one of the reasons why the tent is so big. Is that we haven't. But. I do think that it is a very interesting irony, and it's a lesson that's lost in all of this. All these people that argue about this issue, they fail to realize that they lack the grace. The reason that you cannot have that kind of national reconciliation today is because you have people who are too self-centered. They lack the grace to extend to others. They believe in the scarcity of greatness, so they gatekeep it. It's very interesting. On the left, they're very bad about this. Very interesting. It's a very interesting psychological deep dive. But that's the whole reason why they you had these monuments and you had these these forts that were named what they were. It's because it was about that national reconciliation and we had to bring both sides together and nobody wanted to discount. you know, what the families of those Confederate soldiers went through. It had nothing about it was nothing about elevating or somehow enshrining the purpose for which they were fighting into, you know, the national hearts and minds. It was about saying we recognize that you suffered losses and we want to go forward together. That's what it was about. And these people are too stupid to understand that today. They don't get it. And they keep saying, well, too much time has passed. You don't need that anymore. I actually think it's a great, when you see these things, it's a great reminder of this is what our nation went through. You know, not every statue is meant to be some sort of celebration of what someone did. In many instances, it's a reminder of what people went through or what people suffered. And it's an actual physical meat space thing that provokes remembrance of that. But the left doesn't get it. Our partners that help bring you the program. It's our friends over at Super Beats, the Super Boreen. This is a great product. I actually take this. I mean, this is stuff that I do legitimately take. And I tell you about it. You have the Super Beats Arches, which are great. You have the Super Boreen product, which is all about healthy metabolism and healthy blood sugar levels. And it's just in one easy to take capsule. 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But does not like the idea that a guy who would not even be constitutionally eligible to run for president is acting as president. A guy who, if he were president, would be impeached immediately because he's taking billions of dollars in foreign government emoluments from all over the world. And some people have actually been talking about impeaching President Elon Musk. Right now, you know, on the theory that he's usurped the powers of the presidency.
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So I think I'm just getting really tired of these people bitching and moaning about how they're going to impeach someone who didn't go through any process by which impeachment would be a remedy. I mean, he's not elected. He's not in a cabinet post that required any kind of confirmation. He's doing a glorified audit. And they're so mad. They're talking about using taxpayer dollars to target a private citizen who's providing auditing services to the executive at the request of the executive and by the support of the American people over half of the country that voted for him. So this is dumb. You're wasting money. I'm so tired of these. That's the only thing they know how to do. Oh, impeach, impeach. Shut up. Shut up, you absolute rat bastard traitors. So tired of it. Shut up. That's all they have. Impeach, impeach. Impeach you. Impeach your mom. Done with it. So just keep doing. They have no idea how to maneuver around any of this. And that's honestly, this is what we wanted to see. He had to hit this new term. All pedal, no brake. All gas, no brake. Floor, pedal to the floor, that's it. And he's doing it. And they have no, they can't, they can't maneuver to stop it. So they're freaking out. And it's all impeach, you can't impeach him. That's not, that's, he's not impeachable. It's so stupid. So coming up, the King of Jordan is meeting with POTUS. I'm very curious because King of Jordan acts like he's, you know, a badass kind of dude, right? He acts like he's a tough guy. Very, you know, he's, you know, and we're going to see because they've had some words over Gazan refugees. Hamas made some, they're trying to clap back. We're going to cover all of this coming up next. Stick with us. History shows gold and silver thrive under strong leadership. During President Trump's first term, gold surged 53% and silver soared 51%. With him back, could precious metals break new records in 2025 and beyond? In times of economic uncertainty, smart investors turn to assets that have proven their worth. Gold and silver have historically outperformed in volatile markets, making them a crucial part of any strategy for preserving and growing wealth. And that's why I trust the partners at GoldCo. Secure your financial future today and don't wait until the next economic crisis happens. GoldCo is a trusted leader in precious metals and with over $3 billion in gold and silver secured for hardworking Americans, they've been a top-rated company from the start. Take action and partner with a company that puts your security first. Visit danalikesgold.com right now and get a free copy of their 2025 Gold and Silver Kit. On top of that, you could also qualify for up to $15,000 in bonus silver, possibly even more.
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Now, the disruptor in chief, Elon Musk, who apparently has adopted the alias, at least he changed his social media handle to Harry Balls, tweeted this morning, democracy in America is being destroyed by judicial coup. An activist judge is not a real judge. Where's the lie?
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I mean, they're just mad because they have to say these things. Imagine being angrier over having to say those things as opposed to spending $15 million studying the effects of flavored cigarettes on lesbian obesity. And this is like the third lesbian obesity study. It's like, I don't know. Stop it. Why? Or studying transgenderism in mice. Several mil for that. I don't even know. I can I just make up random things that I can just maybe this is some way I can claw some of my taxpayer dollars back that I've paid over the years. I'll come up with just absolutely stupid experiments and say that I need grant money. Wink, winky to fund it. Right. Like is does it would it be beneficial to have a couple extra toes? That's a great study.
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I don't have an answer. We probably need to study it.
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It sounds like I would need $10 million to conduct that study.
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Is that enough, you think?
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I think, yeah. Well, I don't know. You raise a good point because inflation, you know. Maybe $15 million.
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Yeah, I think that's probably a better number.
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That seems like we got a little bit of a buffer there, right? And because you would be an attache, we would probably need another five million, Cain, to help you facilitate your attache work in this very important...
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topic absolutely because i'd be working on my other project which would be figuring out how many seashells were sold by sally that's right the seashore yeah uh we'll get there we'll get that i mean it's going to take some money and a little time but um you know we'll get there i think uh we should also i'm just spitballing here you know for health h-e-l-t-h health
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We should probably also maybe study what Doritos and Mountain Dew together do to the human body while maybe someone is playing a video game.
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Interesting.
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I would volunteer to get paid millions of dollars to lead that study.
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You'd volunteer to get paid? Yes.
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Okay. I volunteer to get paid to lead that study. It's my surface to America.
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Seems like there'd be a lot of free ways to study that. But, yeah, okay.
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I mean, I can come up with a lot of ideas to claw my taxpayer dollars back. Like, wait, hold up. And we're going to talk about this Jordan stuff, but this is important testing and experimentation. What about a study to determine how much ammo makes people happy? Like how much ammo you have could be directly proportional to your level of happiness, right? So, for instance, if you only have like a box of 9mm or some, you know, shells, then you're sad. But if you have lots, like several thousands of rounds, then you're happier, right? That's science. That's science. Yeah. Just saying. These are very important things that I think that we need to study. I mean, the FEMA stuff. I mean, think about this. When you guys go on vacation, you budget, right? Everybody budgets. Hell, I budget. We all budget. And what gets me is that the budgeting is only applicable to apparently all of us, but not for people in FEMA and not for illegal aliens. Red State had reported that there were $59 million sent to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal immigrants in February. How did that happen? It was discovered by Doge. They just discovered that FEMA last week. Okay, is that Kristi Noem's area? No offense, but maybe let's like slow roll on the spirit Halloween cosplay and let's pay a little bit attention to some of these checks that's going out to house these illegal aliens. Let's just do it. The president had released an EO, so that's a complete violation of an executive order. Where are the Democrats screaming about the unconstitutionality of violating executive EOs? The presidential EOs. I'm just wondering. That all of those they were staying in luxury hotels. Fifty nine million last week. For DHS officials working for FEMA are now being terminated because they violated these orders. I mean, this is something else. And these were like some of the swanky hotels, too, that they were staying in. Fifty nine million. I was looking at I mean, these are it was part it was it was I don't know. It was supposed to be the Congress created the shelter and services program they were providing. And I'm reading from this report. reimbursements to state and local governments and nonprofits in 35 different communities around the nation, border states, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, D.C., Florida, Georgia, a bunch of different states. And it was supposed to be for illegal immigrant housing. I don't know how much money is left, but that's already what was what was spent. And the. I mean, FEMA is not happy that they are getting this attention now. In fact, the Washington Post, this is the headline, after this information came to light about FEMA ignoring the EO and last week sending, last week alone, $59 million, then Washington Post has this headline, quote, Elon Musk's agents have gained access to FEMA's sensitive disaster data. Oh, it's sensitive disaster data. You mean about $60 million basically being spent for luxury hotels for illegal aliens? How is that? But you see what they're trying to do here. They're trying to make it seem like what he's doing is bad and he's got to stop it and you have to help him. That's so stupid. These are really swanky hotels. I'm looking at some of the hotels, too, because the four of these people have been fired already. These are like midtown, super swank. The Roosevelt Hotel is one of them. There's several. One of them is by a hotel that I used to stay at when I would have to go down to Manhattan and do Fox. That's like a whole area of really swanky hotels. So it's the media area of Manhattan. So they have got all the fancy hotels for all the people to stay in when they come in. They're doing, you know, it's just the way it is. So in addition to this, Trump is ordering thousands of IRS agents be sent to the southern border. Now, I'm a little torn on this. So Kristi Nolman, a memo, asked Treasury Secretary Scott Besant to make the move to have IRS agents assist with ICE efforts across the country. She says the department needs help in order to implement the EEO to secure the border and enforce these laws. It's a February 7th memo. And they said that it's DHS's understanding that the Department of Treasury has qualified law enforcement personnel available to assist with immigration enforcement, especially in light of recent increases to the IRS's workforce and budget. So they have 100,000 employees and they have over 2,000 trained law enforcement officers who investigate violations of tax law. I think this is unconstitutional and I think that they're brown shirts. Yeah, that's pretty. It is. That's insane. You have people with guns that threaten law abiding citizens and they extort them for money that they then use and go pay for Democrat campaigns and illegal aliens. You tell me that that's not some fascistic BS. Wild. 2000 of them. Why did the IRS need guns and jackboots? Why? Why did they need? Why does the IRS have a force of 2100 jackboot thugs with guns to be able to go and collect money? Again, at least the mafia is honest about extortion. The government acts like, oh, well, it's holy because we're the government and we're doing it. So, Noam says, well, why don't you go audit employers believed to have hired illegal aliens and investigate human trafficking? Fine. I'm fine with that. Make them do it. I would make them do it and I would make it very difficult for them. I don't think people should be rewarded, by the way, for seeking out positions in the IRS. I think they should be punished. I don't care who you are. I don't care if you're low level or not. I don't care. And these jackbooted thugs that make up this 2,100 force. I mean, think about it. You have to pay money. To the government in order to not be imprisoned. And if you don't give them your money, they'll show up with guns to your house and threaten you. How is that a free nation? Our founders would have shot and killed every one of them. This is insane. So murder is illegal. So we have to do a go about it the law abiding way. The IRS, all these employees, Noma's saying, okay, well, let's send these jackbooted thugs down to the border and let's investigate businesses or anybody that's hiring or facilitating the deluge of illegal aliens coming in to the country. Do you trust these people? I mean, they're still jackbooted thugs. They were recruited for the IRS. They're mostly progressives. Do you trust them? Kane, do you trust them? So that's why I'm a little bit like, do I want these people doing it though? Or do you think that they're saying, giving them this assignment with the expectation that they won't do it and they'll leave? Gosh, the way that the media is freaking out over this too is a whole other thing. But, I mean, they found smuggling tunnels between Mexico and Texas. They found all kinds of stuff. Yeah, so, I mean, maybe force the jackbooted thugs to go down there. To go and handle that. Reroute its agents to new responsibilities. That's one of the things that Trump has said before. Now, POTUS is meeting with, they just had a little bit of a press conference with the King of Jordan president. And the expectation was that, you know, POTUS had said, maybe Jordan and Egypt can accept some of these refugees, these Gazan refugees. That's, you know, this has been the hot topic of conversation. And I don't think that they're open to that. POTUS issued an ultimatum to Hamas. You remember this. I think we got the audio for this. Can we play this? This is when he had said, well, you know, maybe they got till Saturday. I think he said Saturday at noon. Audio somebody three. Listen to this.
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Well, I would say this and I'm going to let that because that's Israel's decision. But as far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned by. Saturday at 12 o'clock. I think it's an appropriate time. I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out. I'd say they ought to be returned by 12 o'clock on Saturday. And if they're not returned, all of them, not in drips and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two. Saturday at 12 o'clock. And after that, I would say All hell is going to break out.
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So Hamas, they've decided to respond to this. And they said that it's not helpful. They said that this, because they didn't like Trump's Gaza takeover plan. And they said that Hamas was saying that threats in language like this just complicate matters. They were actually offended. Which is funny. They were offended. They found Trump's language. The terror group that wants to annihilate all Jews because they hate Jewish people and wipe Israel off the map is offended. And they say that Trump's language is unhelpful. So they said that, you know, complicates matters. All bets are off. And then they added this is one of the terrorist officials. He told AFP, quote, Trump must remember there's an agreement that must be respected by both parties. And this is the only way to return to prisoners. The language of threats has no value and further complicates matters. It's not a threat. We'll turn your whole strip to glass. Done with us. And by we have Israel turn the whole strip to glass, although just for fun, I'd like to help. Just for fun. Just for giggles. I'd like to help. Done with this. Bunch of terrorists. Bunch of terrorists. But they're so concerned. This is unhelpful, say the terrorists who killed babies. This is unhelpful, say the terrorists who raped women to death before setting them on fire. Really? I don't think that they get to merit what is helpful or unhelpful at this point. This is just stupid. They had no intention of releasing any more hostages at all. You know this. We have more to come. We also have headlines coming up as we roll. As we move, our partners, people who help bring you the program. It's the non-firearm firearm over at the Burna Gun. Now, Burna... It's just another option in your weapons array. It's always good to diversify. Look, I know people who tell me I only go into places where I can carry. Good for you. I love that for you. Kisses and sunshine and sprinkles and lollipops. Some of us don't have such a luxury. Some of us have to go because we're big kids and we got to work. We got to go and we have to go to gun-free zones sometimes. And I don't like it, but that's the nature of things. I have friends who live in Washington, D.C., New York. Same thing with them. They got jobs to do. And there are good people that you want in those positions and they got to go to places where crime is high and they're not allowed to carry. So what do they do? They go and get a Berna SD, most popular model, five round capacity. It makes stun guns look stupid because stun guns have one or two rounds, right? Five rounds of the Berna SD, it shoots chemical irritant projectiles. That can disable threats from up to 50 feet away. And it doesn't care about stupid gun-free zones. It doesn't think that they're magical like everybody else does. There's no background check. There's no waiting period. There's no permit. They can ship it right to your door so it's accessible for everybody. They have tons of different models. The SD is the most popular one. You can choose your color. You can also check out accessories, other projectiles. This is the perfect time, though, to reevaluate all of your self-defense options. And it's smart to diversify. Visit byrna.com slash Dana and get 10% off your purchase. That's byrna.com slash Dana.
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Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Bottom of the second hour. Here's the headline. You know, after we've had all of these these stories about USAID, USAID money going to. NPR going to media outlets going to I mean, the list is long. This is this is what Daily Beast runs. Quote, Trump's MAGA media enforcer is having the time of his life. Like, how dare he? Right. Subhead FCC chairman Brendan Carr has vowed to target all of Donald Trump's enemies. Oh, wait, there's more. The first just little first sentence. They are just apoplectic. Donald Trump's FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, is boasting to friends that he's having the time of his life after launching an all out attack on the media. They said that Carr is spreading dread through top ranked media executives since taking office at the same time as Trump. He's opened an investigation into CBS for the Harris interview and they go on and on. Now, We read this and we're like, that sounds like accountability. They're acting like Brendan Carr is the Grim Reaper who's coming in with a scythe and he is just helping to like gut all of the waste, fraud and abuse. I gotta say, I'm kind of happy. I'm happy to see it. Like, Joining us now via Skype is the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr himself. Sir, it's good to have you, as always. I have to say, that's like, I guess, one way to just announce the start of your term is this, you know, completely hysterical headline from Daily Beast. I mean, it is fun to save the taxpayers money, really.
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Look, Dana, when you love what you're doing, you never have to work a day in your life. And I guess there's sort of no lie detected in at least the top line of that Daily Beast piece about me having a lot of fun in the job. It's true. And it is finally good to join you with some good news. I mean, you and I have been doing shows together for a number of years, mostly when I've been in the minority. And I was just sort of bringing to you sort of one loss for freedom after another. But it has been a fantastic three weeks here in Washington, D.C. It's sort of the tale of Two cities, I think on the one hand, the deep state feels like it's been weeks of shock and awe. And for so many patriotic Americans, it feels like a breath of fresh air. It feels like we are on a path to this great renewal for the country. And it really starts with President Trump. He's been doing a cavalcade of executive orders, starting with DEI. And I did an announcement right off the bat. We are ending the FCC's promotion of DEI. It would drive people crazy if they knew how much promoting of DEI the FCC was doing, let alone every other agency, and how much of your taxpayer dollars we're wasting on those efforts.
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Yeah, it sickens me. And I tell people, we all work so hard and we pay so much to the government. I mean, I pay six figures in taxes. I pay mid six figures in taxes. And I would love to change all that. That topic aside, I don't pay to run hit pieces on conservatives. I don't pay gun control groups to collude with NPR or some of these other publications and write Hit pieces on law abiding Americans or to say that things that we know that are true, like the laptop, for instance, are false. I mean, the stuff that we have been funding. And I know that this is just the tip of the iceberg because this program has been going for since the 60s at this point. What relief? Do can can people hope to receive after this? Because it's great that we're finding all of this. And I'm I actually I know that there's going to be a lot more. But the next question is going to be from taxpayers. Well, what's going to help us? Like, how can we prevent this from happening in the future, especially with paying the press the way that we've been paying them? This is just the craziest thing. And what relief can they expect?
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There's a couple things going on there. I mean, one, Doge and their efforts have exposed a number of government agencies that have been paying an awful lot of money to subsidize these news organizations. We at the FCC had some of them as well. We've already directed the cutting of Axios Pro and Politico Pro subscriptions at the FCC as simply an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars. In media, one of the biggest things going on right now, I think you alluded to, was NPR and PBS. This was an entity set up in 1966. Maybe it made sense to have some government subsidy of news gathering then when there were so many limited outlets. But when you look at the modern media marketplace, my own view is it doesn't make sense for the government to be subsidizing NPR and PBS. I think it was Jonathan Turley who had a piece out that effectively said something along the lines of, If you're going to force every single American taxpayer to subsidize this, then don't you think NPR and PBS should feel some obligation to put news out there that is broadly appealable to all of the American public? But instead, what the studies have shown is they've increasingly targeted a very, very niche audience. At the FCC, we have started an investigation into NPR and PBS, and it's for this reason. They're licensed by the FCC to operate as what are known as non-commercial stations, which, as the name suggests, they can't run commercials. And, well, it looks like, and we're looking into this, that they may be, in fact, running commercials would be a violation of those local stations obligations. And again, it goes back to the debate in Congress about defunding NPR and PBS. If they can run commercials, which maybe they are, then that's another reason why I'm not sure Congress should be funding those operations.
SPEAKER 18 :
For those listening, as opposed to watching the simulcast, On Channel 347 DirecTV, we're talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. I wanted to ask you, sir, also about this. You've launched an investigation into one station, one radio station specifically, a Soros-backed station. And this was in San Francisco. It's KCBS 740 AM that apparently was revealing the live locations of undercover ICE agents that are trying to enact the administration's immigration policy. And they've been tipping off people in these areas. And apparently some of these ICE agents were in some really volatile areas where you got some cartel activity, etc. Tell me about this, because this is now a case of they're actually undermining law and order.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, look, I guess I try to look at the silver lining of stories. And I guess the silver lining here is that President Trump is following through on his campaign promise to secure the border and to deport people that are here illegally. And so President Trump, Secretary Noem, Tom Homan, they're doing a phenomenal job getting that going. But there is some resistance to that. And we saw it again on licensed broadcast radio. As you indicated, there's a station in California. that was in real time giving the make, model, and sort of street intersection of undercover ICE agents. This was in an area of San Jose, East San Jose, that is known for violent gang activity. And it came right around the same time that you had Democrat House Leader Jeffries saying that it was important for Democrats to take the fight to the streets. so it's deeply concerning i wrote a letter to that station they have until i believe sometime this week to file a response with the fcc and just to put this in context for for listeners you know you are differently situated than a radio broadcaster or a tv broadcaster those entities are licensed by the fcc to operate the reason why It's because they use this valuable and scarce public resource, the airwaves, that no one else gets to use. These airwaves are worth billions and billions of dollars. And so they have a public interest obligation that goes above and beyond what you have as just running on these channels. But if there's a radio broadcast or a TV broadcast that doesn't like the fact that i'm reinvigorating the fcc's work on public interest which i'm certainly doing then they should feel free to turn in their license we can find a higher and more valuable use for those airways if they're not willing to do it but that's the bargain you got these for free originally to broadcast and it comes with a public interest obligation the fcc's been absent from the playing field on this for decades. And I don't think the public has benefited from that. I mean, just look at trust in national media is like absolutely cratering. It's not just my view. Jeff Bezos has the same view as well. So I think something has to change and the FCC at a minimum should just do our job.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, I appreciate you saying that, because we have, we have hundreds of affiliates across the country. And it's, you know, you're, you're, you're traversing that weird marriage of terrestrial and digital space. And we do everything above the board, you know, you have to, you know, do your, you know, your annual reviews, you got to have all this stuff, you got to watch, you know, I mean, I remember when I first started in broadcasting, I had to watch a million different videos and do all of this stuff, like training for payola, all of these things. And you're, I mean, you, you follow the law, and you uphold the law. saying that for so long, some of these other broadcast, like these actual broadcast entities have not done so. And as you said, they've been allowed to not do so. So there's definitely been a promotion of one ideology over another before the law, which is definitely not constitutional with any of this. How does this change? Because now we're in a new era and I keep hearing that over and over again, but we really are. How is this changing how the FCC operates and how you're handling some of this going forward? Because now and I say this not as a joke. I mean, it really is true. And I welcome it. You're unleashed at this point. Like you are the exact type of person we want in this role at this. I mean, at all. I mean, you do such a great job, which I think is rare in government to have someone who's, you know, very straightforward as you are and does such a great job. How is this changing how you're approaching FCC duties now in this new era?
SPEAKER 21 :
You know, I try to be very transparent with people. And so, you know, my main vision for media, which, again, is just a component of what we do at the FCC. We do spectrum. We do space economy. We have a lot of interesting stuff going on there. But on this topic of media regulation, I think we've seen too much centralization and consolidation of power at the national level in the hands of ABC, CBS, and NBC. I think what we need to do is re-empower individual local stations. radio and tv because the personalities that work there the news reporters that work there they're actually trusted by their community so i think we'd be better off as a country if we found ways to shrink the power of abc cbs and nbc and re-empower those actual local affiliates that are trusted and that's going to be sort of a north star that you'll see me repeat through a number of initiatives but again we're doing other stuff as well space economy is one that i'm very excited about at the fcc we have a space bureau But for years it operated more like flypaper than rocket fuel when it comes to our space economy. It took longer sometimes for pieces of paper to move from one desk to another than for Elon Musk and others to actually build rocket ships that go to space. So we are reinvigorating the FCC's work on the economic front. And of course free speech we've talked about a lot. President Trump has an executive order on restoring free speech. I've talked a lot about smashing the censorship cartel. There's a role for the FCC to play there because once you silence words, you're silencing ideas and innovation and it hurts our economy. So it all ties back together. I think people feel like this wet blanket is being lifted and we are entering this golden age.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, we are. And I mean, after... Everything with the laptop after everything with, you know, what we're uncovering with USAID, all of this stuff. I mean, it just feels as though we've been in the desert as a free people with our free press and broadcasting and everything else. And so this is it's I feel like we're all stretching. I have no other way to describe it. I'm sure I'll come up with something better later. But it's very, very nice. And you've been a huge part of that. Brendan Carr, commissioner of the FCC. We are glad that you are where you are and that the president was wise and has you in this position. And you guys are working together going forward. So we'll see what else we come up with. And I love the fact that you come on and we got great news to discuss. We knew it was going to happen. We just waited for it. So it's good. Thank you, sir. I appreciate your time.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yes, good to be with you. Thanks, Dana.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 18 :
So a central Florida man was accused of stealing appliances from construction sites. Why do people think that stupid stuff like this is going to go unnoticed? So this dude is Flager County. It was Flager and St. John counties. One Orlando resident filed a police report because she discovered her home had been ransacked. I mean, just stole everything, including the air conditioning unit. And this they are they finally arrested this guy. Apparently he's been just like ransacking homes for quite some time. And they said that they they caught him like red handed. He had all these appliances that he was stealing from these construction sites right in the back of his truck. And so he was in a Chevy Silverado. They caught him on camera doing it. They ran him down. And they are looking for more because he wasn't working alone. So they're looking for Flagler County. They're looking for more tips on people doing. That's crazy. So you would have to basically you would have to like hire. You got to have security there at some of these places then to protect the construct and protect the stuff that you're putting in these properties. I mean, how is a guy like that able to get in there so easily? It's kind of crazy. This Sanford man was accused of hitting his girlfriend with a fishing reel and a police dog found him in a tree. Oh, yeah. Canine Red. I love the canines. If that man hurt that canine, I will drug him. The Sanford man was jailed for a $40,000 bond. He hit his girlfriend in the head with a fishing pole. Oh, and then he also pointed a gun at her, which the headline, that seems to me like that's the most important part. Henry Perdue was charged with battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, possession of, because he's a convicted felon, so he's a prohibited possessor, but he was in illegal possession anyway. And he also stole the gun that he was using, so grand theft of a firearm. Lots of felonies here. So she had cuts to her head when police arrived. He wasn't home, but a canine handler and the dog tracked him down. He was found hiding in a tree. So they were able to get him in. A man was arrested on a drug charge after barking like a dog at an auto parts store. A Florida man is accused of, if you guessed meth, you'd be right, possessing it after he was allegedly observed barking like a dog in a Georgia auto parts store for over an hour. Wow, that's dedication. Monroe County online booking records show Jonathan Navis of Palm Coast, he's 29, was arrested, charged with possession of meth and battery. They said that it was an advanced auto parts store that called the police to say that this nutjob's in the store, they think he's on drugs, and he's barking like a dog. He's been in there barking like a dog for over an hour. So the guy told police that he had no idea, literally what he told them, no idea that his barking was causing any issues. So he was arrested, bond set at $5,000. He also had an active warrant out for his arrest for previous offenses. Just, geez. This guy, let's see, beat his neighbor with a golf club and shot him in the ankle. Kings Point, Palm Beach Post. Oh, my goodness. Does the seat golf sound violent? A 77-year-old man shot a dog walker in the ankle and then turned around and beat him with a golf club and their shared senior community. Jurors acquitted Robert Levine of aggravated battery with the firearm and discharging it in public. He was trying to say that it was self-defense. But when you then get the guy on the ground and you're beating him with a golf club, that's not self-defense anymore. At that point, you're the aggressor. So he was convicted only of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. And he's going to be sentenced on March 27th. He said that he was fearing for his life. And that's why he ended up having to use this firearm. But then, you know, after that, When you're the aggressor and the guy's trying to flee, you can't... 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Mr. President, regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren, have said that by freezing it, it's giving big banks and giant corporations the green light.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, Pocahontas. Pocahontas, the faker. You know, that was set up to destroy people. She used that as her little personal agency to go around and destroy people. And she's a fake. Just like she said she was an Indian and she wasn't an Indian. You have more Indian blood in you than she has. She went to college based on the fact that she was an Indian. She got jobs based on the fact that she was an Indian. She's a fake. That was set up to destroy some very good people. And it worked. I mean, it worked. A lot of great people. I'll tell you, before I ever heard the term, people would come up to me in the Midwest and areas and say, sir, I'm being destroyed by them. They use that to destroy people. She's a nasty woman. She's a really nasty woman.
SPEAKER 18 :
I like all of this. There's not no lies told. No lies told. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. That's POTUS who says, yeah, she's because she's been making these unhinged videos where she is ranting and raving about the ability of Elon Musk to do what he's doing is requested by the executive and Doge. And every video, it's like she gets more and more unhinged. Like the left are getting more and more unhinged. This guy just goes to show you that even the devil can cite scripture. This is a false preacher out of Tennessee. Woke preacher clips actually clip this one. And listen to what they're saying here. Would Jesus say this? I don't think so. Audio somebody 15.
SPEAKER 01 :
And I will say to you, beloved, no one likes violence, but sometimes violence is necessary. When Elon Musk forces his way into the United States Treasury and threatens to steal your personal information and your Social Security check, there is a possibility of violence.
SPEAKER 18 :
This guy. This guy is I don't even know who this preacher is, but he's a I'm going to tell you what he ought to pay very close attention to what the gospel say about people who lead others astray. They're going to have a millstone thrown around their neck and thrown into the deepest part of the sea. This guy is why people like reject organized religion. You might as well have Satan up there doing this because this guy had no better. Shame on him. Shame on this demonic man up there using that as a political, like a cudgel. Ridiculous. He's not stealing anybody's personal information. That's what y'all have been doing this whole time is stealing our information. How many times have we seen people, especially veterans, their social security numbers being exposed and all this stuff? Come on. Steal your social security check? Who said anything about taking somebody's social security check? Again, once again, that's y'all doing that. That's y'all raiding social security all these years so that it's insolvent. There's a reason why Social Security is broke. First off, you shouldn't even have it in the first place. It's a Ponzi scheme. I'll never forget. I think 10 years ago, I first said that on CNN. And the left lost their mind. Hit piece after hit piece after hit piece after hit piece came out. And you know what? I was right then and I'm still right now. It's a giant Ponzi scheme where the government takes your money and they say they're going to keep it for you. And guess what? They use it on everything else but what they said that they were going to do with it. They've been raiding that for forever. Al Gore, when he was running against Bush back in the early aughts, back in 2000, he said he was going to make a lockbox and put your Social Security in there. That never happened. The lockbox is already empty. There's nothing in the lockbox, nothing to put in it. They've been raiding it forever and then robbing the next generation to keep up with what they stole. And in the meantime, you've had people paying in half their lives or their whole lives, They're never going to get that back. It's a joke. But heaven forbid, they've been stealing your Social Security checks already. But to try to restore some power to the taxpayer, trying to restore some of what was stolen from the taxpayer back to them, that's what they consider? Oh, my gosh. It's so backwards. But violence, that man don't want violence from us. I'll tell you that, too. The left decides to get froggy would be the dumbest thing that they ever choose to do. Would be the dumbest thing, because remember how I said last hour, there's no appetite for reconciliation, the types that we saw after the Civil War when you had North and South coming together and the North was being very magnanimous about all of it and saying, you know, we understand you lost stuff, too. We're going to have monuments to your dead. We got monuments to our dead. And we're going to we're going to make these overtures as a way to promote national unity and reconciliation. That's the whole reason it was done. You don't have any kind of grace like that that exists today. So heaven forbid someone decide that they want to pull off some stunts like that in today's era when there is a complete absence of mercy and a complete absence of grace from the people that you want to give it to you the most. Now, Did we ever play 16? No, I don't know if I want to play 16. I mean, just we've got. OK, let's do this.
SPEAKER 09 :
It was yesterday.
SPEAKER 18 :
This is 13 because this is the way I just want to play some of the reactions. Some of these reaction clips from the left for you. Here's another Democrat rep. Audio soundbite 13. This is this is their new. They think they're cute with us. Listen.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, they work hard. Yes, they play by the rules. Yes, they love their country. Yes, they cherish their faith. And yes, they want a fair shot. What we're seeing coming out of Washington is anything but that. Every time you hear Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, you just remember it is the Department of Government evil. What an evil man.
SPEAKER 18 :
Because they want fiscal accountability. That's how you know. The left thinks that wanting fiscal accountability is evil. Oh, but that man wasn't done. Audio Sunbite 19. I was told that this was violent rhetoric, guys. Remember when violent rhetoric was a thing that the left liked to accuse everyone of except when they actually engage in it? Audio Sunbite 19. Listen.
SPEAKER 07 :
This will be a congressional fight, a constitutional fight, a legal fight, and on days like this, a street fight. Yes, we will stand.
SPEAKER 18 :
I'm going to tell you something. I've been accused by the left of incendiary language and my whole entire career. These people have lost their minds, not just at me, but at pretty much any member of the non-left community. But then they send their lawmakers out and they say things like this, like how Chuck Schumer, you remember when he was standing in front of the Supreme Court? calling for a reckoning against Kavanaugh, and then what, not even a week later, a guy tries killing him? The left knows that their language leads to violent ends like that. I want to tell you something. The people who are out there calling for street fights have had clearly the luxury of never having been in one. The people out there that are calling for violence, clearly they romanticize it because they don't know what it is. That's something that they instigate from others. That's something that they incite in other people. They get the masses out there to do their dirty work like burn, loot, murder so that they can pretend that they're better by keeping their hands far removed from the actual doings. So we all see it. But I'll say, too, people are so fed up. Clearly, nobody learned. They didn't learn anything after the last election. Do not pick fights with people who'd want to be left alone, because when you finally incite those people to respond, they will do so with such overwhelming violence. Your promises of it will look like child's play. There will be no rebuilding. There will be no reconciliation. It will be complete and utter wiping off of this mortal coil. So stop with it. I'm just so done with this. That's all the left does. The left has nothing but taxes and ass beatings. That's all they have. That's all they promise. That's all they do. Give us what we want or we're going to get violent. Shut up. That has been their MO since before I was on this planet. Since before a lot of you listening were on this planet. That's all they do. They threaten and they scream violence. This is just basic accountability. Guys, we haven't even gotten deep into it yet. This is just tip of the iceberg stuff. Think about it. If we keep going and we start making and actually this is just this is just the cuts that Doge has suggested. Nothing's actually been cut yet. You got some executive orders stopping some funding, but this is the beginning. If they're talking like this now, what are they going to do if it keeps going? The left doesn't think this stuff through, or do they? They don't. You can't go anywhere but down from there. It's just wild. But this is all they have, all they have. Now, Trump has met with the King of Jordan, I think we got some audio from this, because one of the topics of conversation has been Gaza. And he was seeding the ground before the meeting with Jordan's king by saying that he was, you know, suggesting maybe they wouldn't get any U.S. aid, any aid from the United States, that they weren't open to accepting their kinfolk, Gazan refugees. And we've got some of this. We've got some of this. He talked about Gaza now. And, well, let's play some of this audio that we got. This is from just a little bit ago with this meeting.
SPEAKER 16 :
You said before that the U.S. would buy Gaza. And today you just said we're not going to buy Gaza. We're not going to have to buy.
SPEAKER 14 :
We're going to have Gaza. We don't have to buy. There's nothing to buy. We will have Gaza. What is that? No reason to buy. There is nothing to buy. It's Gaza. It's a war-torn area. We're going to take it. We're going to hold it. We're going to cherish it. We're going to get it going eventually where a lot of jobs are going to be created for the people in the Middle East. It's going to be for the people in the Middle East, but I think it could be a diamond. It could be an absolute tremendous asset for the Middle East. And you're going to have peace. It's going to bring peace in the Middle East. Gaza, the way it is right now, every 10 years, you're going to have the same thing happening. I've watched it so long, all the death and destruction of Gaza. The civilization's been wiped out in Gaza. No, it's going to be a tremendous thing. It's fronting on the sea. It's going to be a great economic development job. It's going to put people to work, a lot of people to work. And those people are all going to be from the Middle East.
SPEAKER 18 :
Now, remember Hamas said they made this demand, they doubled down on it, saying that, well, Israel has to end its assault on Gaza for there to be any kind of further deal to release the hostages. Well, that wasn't the thing that was originally agreed to. Hamas doesn't get to dictate anything. Hamas has broken every ceasefire since the beginning of ceasefires. Their negotiators said that they would accept some intermediate concessions if they want to, you know, for this first phase, but... No, there's not. Trump said, look, he said noon. I don't know what time zone. I guess Eastern time zone. But he said noon on Saturday. And there's hell to pay. And it looks like Netanyahu said, tell them hell's coming. It's getting full on like Wyatt Earp over here. He said, yeah, tell them, go ahead and tell them hell's coming then. Because we're there. Did they? I mean, here's the thing. The diplomatic approaches that have been taken, what did they get? How many American hostages were released from the diplomatic Biden-style approach? Oh, that's right, none. I don't think Hamas is incompatible with diplomacy. They only understand brutality and fear. So telling them that there's going to be hell to pay, they know what hell is. Fine, go ahead and follow it up with that. I love that they were trying to act offended. Like, oh, that doesn't help. That doesn't help. You know, committing genocide on October 7th didn't help either. You know, violating that ceasefire on October 7th, the one that was in existence up until October 7th, that didn't help things either. I don't know what they do beyond genocide. What does Hamas do besides genocide? That's all they do.
SPEAKER 09 :
They steal food and other aid from other countries.
SPEAKER 18 :
So let it happen. And I did notice that as he's saying this, the King of Jordan's sitting right there. Sitting right there. We're going to have more on this because he didn't care that he's sitting there. He's like, yeah, we'll make hell. There'll be hell to pay. Yeah, if they don't do this, blah, blah, blah. He reiterated it. And he's saying all this about the King of Jordan sitting right there. He doesn't GAF. What does living better mean to you? Is it more money, a bigger house? Now think about this. What about how you feel physically every day? Life is so much better when you feel good. When you wake up feeling great, you can do more of the things that you love and you're ready to take on the day. If pain is affecting your life, see how Relief Factor can help change that. Relief Factor is a 100% drug-free daily supplement that helps your body fight pain naturally. Developed by doctors, Relief Factor supports your body's response to inflammation. And it doesn't just mask pain for a short time. It helps to reduce or even eliminate it. and it's safe to take daily. In fact, the longer you take Relief Factor, the more effective it is. Over 1 million people have turned to Relief Factor. Feel better every day, and you'll live better every day. Trying Relief Factor is easy. Get their three-week quick start for only $19.95. That's less than a dollar a day. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF. That's 1-800-4-RELIEF, or visit relieffactor.com.
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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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3.6 magnitude earthquake rattled San Bernardino, the third quake of the day, to hit the area since Monday, actually, so in a 24-hour period. The U.S. Geological Survey said the latest struck about 9.58 p.m., three miles from San Bernardino. And then they said that in the morning there was a preliminary magnitude 3.5 earthquake that hit the area, and then a 3.0 just a little bit later. That's kind of, ooh. That and Santorini in Greece. They're getting tons of little rumbles and quakes and stuff. That earthquake, by the way, rocked Area 51. And then there was near Vegas. Earthquake rocked Area 51. And then a gigantic tremor sparked tsunami warnings in the Caribbean. This happened, was first reported just the other day. It was a 2.8 quake near the Area 51 base in Nevada. I'm just saying it's kind of weird that that's right. But all that's just saying all that's happening. I want to move quickly here and get a couple of other things in. Let's see. The inner core may have changed shape, say scientists. So some people are speculating that this might be why there's all these like rumblings and quakes and all the stuff that's happening. They say the inner core of the Earth. per BBC, may have changed shape in the past 20 years. They thought it was shaped like a ball, but it actually may have deformed by 100 meters or more in height in certain places, according to one professor. They said that the change in shape could be happening where the edge of the solid inner core touches the hot liquid metal outer core. geology, science, stick with us. ReadyWise is always ready so that you can be 25 years shelf life for the best survival food that is out there. Preparedness isn't about fear. It's about peace of mind for you and your family. And this is why ReadyWise stands ready to support your self-reliance and preparedness journey. You prepare for the unknown with emergency essentials and there's security in the simplicity of this. So preparing now, ensures that if something happens tomorrow you can face it with confidence and knowing that your food security is set that is a lot it means a lot when things go sideways free and fast shipping on most orders that ensure your provisions reach you fast and they have an array of product choices to meet every budget the emergency one month supply two bucket bundle the three month supply and all of it is designed by their team of in-house culinary experts to make sure that that you're getting the caloric needs that you need, the healthy carbs, the protein, everything that you need to sustain you. And it is the ultimate in survival food with the best taste. Visit ReadyWise.com and use promo code Dana20 at checkout for 20% off of your entire purchase. That's ReadyWise.com. Promo code Dana20 for 20% off.
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Do you view Vice President J.D. Vance as your successor, the Republican nominee in 2028?
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No, but he's very capable. I mean, I don't think that it... You know, I think you have a lot of very capable people. So far, I think he's doing a fantastic job. It's too early. We're just starting. But by the time you get to the midterms, he's going to be looking for an endorsement. Yeah, a lot of people have said that this has been the greatest opening almost three weeks in the history of the president. That was actually smart for him to do right there.
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Like, so... That was a very interesting soundbite from POTUS, and he was talking with Brett Baer. That aired yesterday. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. So that aired yesterday. I thought that was interesting, but here's one thing that we need to kind of keep in mind with all of this stuff. And I know that everybody is – I know that people just kind of want to simmer in the glow of winning, but because of the nature of this very limited term being four years and then really you kind of have to cut that in half, it has to be like a breakneck pace. It really does. And you can't rest on your laurels for anything. And everything that he's doing now is ultimately going to take a couple of other terms. to finish. Because even if you do it with executive order, you have to remember the other president, you give way to the next president that comes in. So everything has to be followed up with that authority from Congress. So you are going to have like litigation, you have to have legislation. And that's all part of this. And I mean, he really would need a couple of terms. I mean, he's got to set in order for his His agenda to be fully completed and implemented, you have to have a Republican win the next presidential election. All of it will go away. I'm not kidding. All of it will go away. Now, there's a lot with that. I mean... Think about, and yes, I really do mean all of it will go away. Consider how you've had FEMA people refuse to follow the law and obey direct orders from the executive. And that's with him in office right now. The fact that you have so many people still entrenched in these agencies, so many people who just don't want to do the job because they don't agree with the president. That just shows you that our government is not something that voters really control. Think about it. You have radio stations in San Jose tipping off about ICE. You got FEMA employees that don't want to do the job. You got USAID employees that don't want to do the job. Are you really in control of your government? If you have an executive order from the president of the United States and these bureaucrats can say, no, I'm not going to follow that. That is why it is so important that as many things get done as possible. And you got to start thinking already about 2028, not just midterms, because, you know, Democrats are. Democrats are trying to figure out how they can count. They haven't yet. They've got to figure out how they can counter Trump and how they can counter all of this and the voter, really. I mean, this is policy changes. There's a there's a reason why the pathway for that is a congressional one. Presidents can issue executive orders and they can run their office how they see fit. I mean, that's why they were voted. But if you have something that is an executive order, it can be, as you know, undone with an executive order. That's why it's very important that you have Congress to make it permanent. Congress has to make it permanent. And where Congress can't, that's where these states have to make it permanent. Speaking of which, by the way, really quick, the amnesty, the traitorous amnesty rhinos in Florida. finally caved. So now there's an actual immigration agreement that keeps the actual non-amnesty Truly shill governor, you know, an actual conservative constitutionalist in charge of immigration. And they created an immigration board that really, I mean, he got pretty much everything that he wanted. That was a huge win. And that was a win made possible because you all brought the heat. down on the lawmakers in that state. All those amnesty rhinos. Remember we had the one rhino on, Randy Fine, who was on the program. So this is, that was very good news. But this is what I'm talking about. You have to have lawmakers make these things permanent. And that's, I think that with big changes like this too, And it's going to be tough to make a lot of this stuff permanent with Congress. That's why you got to set up for the next. It's where you got to set up the next presidency. I think some people thought I think some people view Vance as like the natural error, but that's not necessarily so. I mean, look back in history also. And it was very interesting soundbite from Trump. I think he's one of the things that he likes to see. He wants to see people work for it. But that was a very interesting soundbite. And it also, to me, underscores the importance, the fact that it is germane to ask about that now. Some people were critical of Brett Baier for even asking that question. You need to ask that question out because of the nature of the way that we are governing right now. You have to make this stuff permanent and you have to make sure that you're setting up the next potential administration. You got to do the groundwork for that. Now, Democrats already are, because in order to fully realize this agenda that we all voted for, We got to have more terms. You're going to have to get you're going to have to have another Republican elected into office. So incredibly important. Now, speaking of some of these people in these particular positions that don't want to do the job, which, by the way, that's your giant red flag for the need of permanence in these situations. You have the issue of ICE and ICE. These different agencies around the country, like, you know, you had a broadcast entity in San Jose that was snitching and telling people where ICE agents were. Someone in the FBI was leaking plans also for ICE enforcement. LA Times had recently reported that there was a leaked document describing large-scale immigration enforcement coming soon to LA. And they had somebody within somebody from the FBI leaked. Now, this is going to be this is where Pam Bondi needs to come in. And all of these people are going to be tested real quick. All of these appointees, all of these cabinet members are going to be tested real quick. Pam Bondi's first challenge. These people need to not just be fired. The people who are in the FBI who are. violating law by leaking these actions to stop criminal elements within the united states that's for your that's also a betrayal of taxpayer trust it's a betrayal of your duty it's a betrayal of your office uh it's a some they need to go to jail they need to go to jail every single one of them make it a huge courtroom showing because this can't keep happening Bill Malujan was first reporting some of this stuff. They had something like this happen in Colorado last week. Interestingly, some stuff leaked out about operations per NBC News. So they had to actually push back some of their operations. This is one of the things Tom Holman is dealing with. Tom Holman is not going to be able to fully do his job unless he's going to have the backing of the DOJ. And the DOJ needs to come into these leakers and the FBI and haul their asses to jail. How interesting is it? You don't even have to be under oath if you lie to an FBI agent. If you lie to an FBI agent, that's a crime. You guys know that? But they can do this. And that's supposed to be okay. Take them to jail. No mercy. No quarter. Drag them all up to jail. Throw the book at them. I mean, you know who leaked this stuff to the papers? I mean, we know who did this. Again, it's these people that are in these departments that are refusing to do their job. And this is after the mandate of November. That's how entrenched this is. That's why you have to make a lot of this stuff permanent with Congress. And it can't just be executive order. Right now, he's just getting started and trying to get as much done as possible. Congress needs to do this. This means no more stupid photo ops for members of Congress. I don't want to see members of Congress going on things like real time instead of doing their damn jobs and showing up to vote. I don't want to see these like personally satisfying appearances. You know, members of Congress, they'll miss votes here and there and they go and do TV here and there. We don't have time for any of that. And that needs to be made very clear to members of Congress. You are here for one purpose only. And if you cannot fulfill your mission, GTFO. And if you won't willingly GTFO, then voters will drag you out at election by your hair. Your choice. This is the time when it can be the most dangerous because however successful Republicans are is going to be used as a measure of how successful they will be in 28. And if Republicans fumble now, get ready for a Newsom in 28. And this is where you all come in. It seems counterintuitive to press even harder on lawmakers after We delivered such a mandate, but this is actually the time that you need to do it. Right when it's in their faces, how powerful voters are. Look at what voters did last November. You need to keep reminding these lawmakers of the power that you have and keep the heat on them to do what needs to be done. Otherwise, all of this stuff comes apart in 28. And we will lose momentum going into midterms. Super important. So Tom Holman, Tom Holman, Audio Sunbite 8. This is what he said in response to some of this stuff. Listen.
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Well, sanctuary cities, no, they're putting up every roadblock possible. No, rather than arresting the bad guy in a county jail, it takes one agent to arrest a bad guy when he gets arrested and put in a county jail. We've got to send a whole team to the neighborhood. So it's going to be very difficult in sanctuary cities, but we're going to keep coming. What are we doing about sanctuary cities? I'm going to double the manpower in those sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities, if we can't get them in their homes, we'll get them to a place of employment. We're going to have a large scale of worksite enforcement operation.
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I mean, think about it. People who, knowing the overwhelming voter response in November, and they're still saying no. Holman's not playing around, but he needs DOJ backing. I want to switch gears here real quick before we get going, just to put some other stuff on the table. So Jordanian King Abdullah told Trump that he'll take 2,000 Gaza kids. And Trump is now saying, I might not have to buy Hamas. Do we have some of that other audio where he's saying he may not have to? He's like, I'm not going to have to buy it. I'm not going to have to. And because he was saying it was totally destroyed, et cetera. But then they were. Caro rejected Trump's plan to empty their population. Remember, Egypt was he was suggesting that if they don't, you know, maybe they'll get denied aid. They'll have aid denied if they're not going to step up. But Jordan's ruler said, yeah, okay, we'll accept 2,000 guys and kids. Now on that, let me switch with this real quick. He had said, too, I wanted to play Audio Sunbite 5. He was talking about maybe taking $500 billion worth of rare earth minerals from Ukraine in exchange for support. This is Audio Sunbite 5. Listen to this.
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cured because we're spending hundreds of billions of dollars. And, you know, they may make a deal. They may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday or they may not be Russian someday. But we're going to have all this money in there. And I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like five hundred billion dollars worth of rare earth. And they've essentially agreed to do that.
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Hmm. Now, some of the other speculation is that Zelensky is reportedly saying that Ukraine might be prepared to offer a territory swap with Russia per Agence France Presse. So interesting because this has gone on for so long. And it's I mean, it's can you imagine everything's just with the territory swap? Seriously. But Trump said he wants money from Ukraine back. He said maybe they can give it to us with these rare earth, you know, these rare earth metals. And then Zelensky says that, well, maybe they'll consider, you know, like a territory swap. Swap, something to that effect. I don't know, it seems like a lot of stuff's getting done. You know that Ivermectin, they talk about it in terms of prevention, et cetera. It's simple, fast and affordable to get it on All Family Pharmacy. These are doctors that you work with, like actual doctors, not like big pharma type doctors. And when you visit allfamilypharmacy.com, you can use code Dana and get 10% off your whole order. So I was taking my Ivermectin that I got from them. They've also helped me out like over Thanksgiving when I couldn't get into my doctor and I know I'm getting strep throat, I know it's a thing. and I was able to get the antibiotics I need because I've been to this gut rodeo before, and their doctor was able to sign off. They sent it like in a day and a half, and that's not even expedited. That's just like how fast they sent it. You can skip the hassle, and here's what I really like about the medicines that they offer at All Family Pharmacy. It's not made in China. They're not made in China. These are all elements from the U.S. of A. So that's huge, I think, when you're looking at medicines and antibiotics and things like that. You can get comprehensive treatment options in addition to the ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. You got antibiotics and over 200 other essential medicines. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana for 10% off using promo code Dana. That's allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Coupon code Dana10 gets you 10% off today.
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So apparently, what, they're going to have some JFK stuff revealed today? And I keep seeing these videos and everyone's like, do you see the guy in the front and he pulls a gun and he shoots JFK? And I'm looking at this video, like Kane is one of their biggest, like he's the valedictorian of that group. And I'm looking at the video and it's just like a black smudge that might do something. It's like so...
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There's a tweet I just put in Slack for you that you can see. And it's that video, the second video. It's more clear. It's the same frame listing as the one I showed you earlier, except this one is more clear. And you can see in that frame 311 to 312. I see a guy look back.
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I don't know. I don't know what I'm seeing.
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So from like 311 to 317, you see the driver sort of reach back there and then pull the trigger.
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So you're saying that the guy who's driving the car shot JFK?
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Well, what I'm saying is this video suggests that. That's what I'm saying.
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I don't know.
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I mean, believe me, there's probably 95% of the JFK stuff already out there.
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It still looks like so... grainy well it's so hard to see the 60s it's on film yeah but like he could be doing anything he could be I don't know so we'll see we'll talk we might have this to talk about tomorrow I don't know the video is I mean the videos are interesting but I don't know I just it's so I mean think about I am open to believing anything about it I mean do I think that he was killed I think he was personally killed I think he was killed I think that it was an inside job. But do I think it was a driver? I can't see from that video. Anyway, we got tomorrow for that because we only got seconds today.
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All right, you're just refusing to see it.
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All right, so here... Shh!
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Oh, what? Just playing. And by the way, what's this rep's name? Is it Mafume? Is that how you say it? Mafume?
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You're asking me a sports ball question?
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Okay, cut 19, Juan.
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This will be a congressional fight, a constitutional fight. A legal fight, and on days like this, a street fight. Oh, there it is.
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Imagine if a Republican said anything like that. It's a street fight. The media for weeks would be all over the divisiveness of Republicans.
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These people are so goofy. Yeah, you know what would be. Incendiary rhetoric. Folks, that does it for us today. Substack, chapter and verse. Go sign up YouTube, Facebook, like and subscribe. I'll be back behind the mic with you tomorrow.
Beyond TV nostalgia, the conversation intensifies as Mike and Mark explore the concept of 'lawfare' in politics, examining the implications of judicial interference in political agendas. Despite the legal battles, they remain optimistic about the current public support for political leaders and encourage listeners to relish the unique political landscape.
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Mike Gallagher. Every day, Mike visits with Mark Davis, morning host on 660 AM, The Answer in Dallas. Here's today's Eminem experience.
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And the rest... And the rest. What happened to Professor and Marianne? Professor and Marianne. Don Wells and Russell Johnson got screwed in season number one. Why? They weren't characters? No, they were totally there. I guess they were. Sherwood Schwartz, the genius who gave us Gilligan's Island and Brady Bunch, by the way. I guess they thought it scanned better. There was like a lot of syllables or something. So in season one, it was a movie star. And the rest, like, whoa, right? What? So out of all those, one of the best casts, one of the best concepts, one of the goofiest and most wonderful, wonderful shows that stands the test of time, one cast member alive, birthday today, who is it? Tina Louise. Bingo. How old? 109. Nope. She's 93. Is she really? I wasn't that far off. I saw a recent interview with her and got her marbles, still kind of with it, kind of feisty. It was very cool. It's funny. When you say 109, there is a member of that cast who right now would be 125. Who? The Skipper. Nope. Alan Hale. Nope.
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Gilligan? Nope. I don't know. Lovey. Oh, Jim Backus.
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No, Lovey. Jim Backus, born 1913. Lovey, the great Natalie... What was Natalie's last name? Born 1900. Natalie Hayward, or was it? Natalie...
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See, listen, you wouldn't get this information anywhere else except for the M&M experience. That is exactly right. You want to know how old Lovey and Honeydubby or whatever his name was, the hubby was. Natalie Schaefer.
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Natalie Schaefer. I should be flawed.
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Yeah, of course.
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Of course. We all know Natalie Schaefer. By the way, and it's funny, I'm sorry, with all these Twitter accounts and stuff, with regard to Gilligan's Island, somebody put up a wonderful, beautiful picture of Lovey. who was a beautiful woman in her own right. And the point of the tweet was, you know, because everybody talks about Ginger Marion, Ginger Marion. And the point of the tweet was, you know, you did have a third option on that island.
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Exactly right. All right, so happy Tuesday. Happy Tuesday, Mike. Well, let's talk about options. I've been exploring my options, career options, after yesterday's show.
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No, no, no, what happened? No.
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Let me tell you what happened. And incidentally, I got an email this morning, right before I walked into the studio. Hi, Mike. We found your profile. We think you might be interested in the following job opportunity. Creative Director, location Chicago. You might also like these positions. Associate Director, Public Sector Growth Campaigns, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. After what happened yesterday on the air, I absolutely am ready to take it to... What did you do? What did listeners do? What happened? I wanted to talk to somebody who doesn't like Trump. Okay. I wanted to ask somebody who doesn't like his agenda, doesn't like him, a Kamala supporter, how does it feel to see a stadium full of people cheering him wildly? What does that do to you? Psychologically. Psychologically, your heart. And I thought this is going to be easy, right, Mark? It was like the bus pulled up from the asylum and the people got off the bus and they all started to call the Mike Gallagher show. You couldn't understand half of them. They were talking in gibberish. One guy, you could not understand. And a lot of them weren't even talking into the mouthpiece of the phone. I could not find a single rational Trump opponent who would call the show, and I tried for 45 minutes. Look, by the end of the hour, I was staring into the abyss. I thought, my dream job of driving the monorail at Disney World awaits me. I'm going to leave. I'm going to apply. I would be so good at that. I put the little cap on in the front of the train. Hi, everybody. I used to be Mike Gallagher. Welcome to the world's happiest place.
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I used to be Mike Gallagher.
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I mean, yeah. I mean, I'm out. I'm out. How hard can this be?
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So as you ask this question, it turns out there were two bad things that could happen. One, nobody responded. Or two, people responded.
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Boy, did they. Oh, they did. Oh, they responded. The phones blew up. And it was like caller after caller. And people were like bagging on Teresa, my poor call screener, saying, do you vet any of these calls? I said, yes. I said, the criteria is, I mean, I dare you to do it with your audience.
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I think I just. I think it just got one unsolicited, which is, you know, fine. But you were asking something.
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All right, what did they say? What did they say?
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It was a lady who thought it was just awesome that judges are interrupting some of the Trump agenda items.
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Well, we want to talk about that. We want to talk about that. I want to get to that. But what I would love for you to do, and incidentally, do you realize in the history of the Eminem experience, we've never taken a call? Oh, nor will we. You don't want to? What's your show? Why not? Why not? More you and me, dude. Wouldn't it be fun to hear from somebody who can say, well, this is what I was feeling. I love the public, but no. You don't love them that much. And I'm half kidding, but only half. I know you are. But it would be kind of, I would love to find somebody. I want to talk to one of the, I mean, what did they say? You know, I mean, the first thing they did was they lied about it. Oh, you got booed. They just, that was gaslighting 101.
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I heard that too. And I also, there was an adjunct to that, that when the famous footage of when they showed Trump saluting for the national anthem and the cheers went up, that that was an applause track played from the stadium sound system.
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And you know why? No, no, not even the stadium sound system. You know why that conspiracy theory came about? Because it was a Fox broadcast. They were promoting... Did you notice how they were promoting Fox News Channel all throughout the Super Bowl? Did you catch that? Sure. And they made a real... They never normally do that much. They really wanted to go all out and promote the Fox News Channel brand with that massive audience. So people, conspiracy kooks, the nuts, said, oh, Fox News? Okay, Fox. They were piping in the cheers. I mean, and I just wondered... I think the... I got a couple of emails about it from Trump haters who said... everybody's been brainwashed. We're the smart ones, and all of you people are dummies. That's their mindset. They think everything.
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That's what I just got from the lady on the phone. It wasn't a thoughtful, and God bless her, and I love her, and I love all people, but it was like that all the people, I said seven.
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to be you. Oh, I didn't say that. Don't put words in my mouth.
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It's exactly what she said. It's the way they have to cope. And here's the problem that Democrats have, which leads us to what they're doing now with these activist judges trying to thwart Trump's agenda. Democrats suffer from a complete lack of imagination. They can never pivot. They always go back to the same well over and over and over again. For example, the progressives have destroyed their party. They've just obliterated it. The lefties, the AOCs, the Ilhan Omars, all this radical crazy, these activist district attorneys, all of that. comes from that playbook, and they're not pivoting away from that. They're not changing. Look, we better hold on to our hats and worry if they ever realize that they could pivot to the middle if they pivoted to the center. Center left, some Harold Ford Jr. John Fetterman. But they won't do that, and that's good for our side. They may never win another election. But here's the other thing they keep going back to. Lawfare. Lawfare, lawfare, lawfare. It's all they got, Mark. They tried it for four years with Trump. They did everything they could in their power to weaponize the court system. Well, they're doing it again. Now they find activist judges, all Democrat appointees who hate Trump.
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I think there's a Republican in the woodpile in there somewhere, I believe.
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There's one or two, but for the most part, these are Democrats. And look, we've learned by now, lots of Republicans in name only that hate Trump, right? And what they're doing is they're trying to subvert his agenda. I love what J.D. Vance put on social media. Imagine if some lone district judge somewhere... tried to tell the military how to fight a war and subverted a military action. That's the same thing. They're just... And last night, for example, on CNN, the great Scott Jennings mixed it up with Gretchen Carlson, of all people. What happened to her? She's... I know. I used to be on her show all the time.
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Former Miss America, former Channel 5, locally.
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I love her. I used to be on her show regularly. I was one of her regulars back in the day when she was a daytime Fox News host. And, you know, she famously... You know, she ran, you know what she did to Roger Ailes, right? What? Do you know the whole, do you remember that backstory? She felt the late Roger Ailes was sexually harassing her. So she went into his office with her iPhone running. She taped him, and she secretly, covertly recorded him saying apparently inappropriate things. And when she plopped the iPhone down in front of the Fox News News Corp. lawyers, they said, let's get out the checkbook. She got a lot of money.
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I was going to say, when you said she went in and had a phone recorder going, the first thing I said is, did she catch him? What did he do? I mean, that might not be my favorite thing, but guess what? You can look it up. No, I don't doubt. No, I'm just saying. Somebody...
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Well, anyway, she got a big settlement, and now apparently she's an occasional panelist on CNN and MSNBC. She's gone far left. She wasn't like that when I was back in the day. I remember working with her, and I was a guest regularly, and she was kind of a fairly right-of-center, kind of Fox News talking head. Anyway, they mixed it up, and Scott Jennings was saying, look, They're using lawfare all over again. And here's the thing. And Abby Phillips pushed back and said, well, that's what the Supreme Court is for. And as Scott so rightly pointed out, yeah, but it's the delay that matters. It'll take a long time. That's what they're trying to do, Mark.
SPEAKER 01 :
They just want to delay it.
SPEAKER 03 :
The delay is the point. hobble him again for two three four years i don't think it's going to work this time i believe there's as scott mentioned emergency injunctions that the court can step in because thankfully we have a majority constitutionalist court yes we do so they're going to they're going to adhere to the constitution what else we have judges what else we have is the court of public opinion did you watch the latest clip of harry enton
SPEAKER 04 :
On CNN, again, Scott Jennings, Harry Enten, both employed by CNN. All Scott Jennings does is get out there and say magnificent conservative things. All Harry Enten, their data guy, does is show more polls that show that America loves what's going on. He said he's had a positive rating every day. We got 70 percent who say that he is keeping his campaign promises compared to 46 in the opening days of the 2017 administration. And it's like we have the approval for the moment. Cross your fingers. We have the strong approval of the public for him doing what he is doing.
SPEAKER 03 :
Did you notice the anchor that was on set with Harry Enten when he went on that whole spiel? Did you see her? She looks so constipated. She is so angry. She looks like she's getting ready to break out into tears. And remember the big takeaway? He said 21 days of positivity numbers for him. He only had 14 total positive days in the first four-year term.
SPEAKER 04 :
We're in uncharted territory.
SPEAKER 03 :
I mean, cope and seethe. Seethe and cope. So I'm loving it. Tracy went out and framed a New York Post for me. I got a New York Post cover framed in my studio, Trump shot, and the big iconic picture with the blue background and the American flag and the bloodstream. Fight, fight, fight. And now... We've got a second edition to it. I'm so proud of this. The Golden Age of America, the cover of the New York Post showing him being sworn in. And we're going to put them side by side. It's extraordinary. I hope we all are appreciating and relishing what a time it is to be alive.
SPEAKER 04 :
These times will never come again. Not just like this. I hope we can have 12 straight years of MAGA and more with two terms of J.D. Vance or whoever. But just like this. Just enjoy every day. I know I do, especially when we get to chat.
SPEAKER 03 :
I do, too, especially when we do the M&M Experience. I love you, too. See you tomorrow.
SPEAKER 02 :
Download the podcast and hear all of Mike and Mark's conversations at MikeOnline.com for the M&M Experience.
In today's episode, we delve into the brewing controversy surrounding Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as Director of National Intelligence. With high-stakes votes and vocal opposition from figures like Adam Schiff, we explore the claims against her and hear responses from her defenders. Our discussion focuses on the political undertones and the strategic importance of Gabbard's potential appointment.
SPEAKER 12 :
On the eve of her confirmation, Adam Schiff takes shot at Tulsi Gabbard.
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Keeping you informed and engaged, now more than ever, this is Seculo. We want to hear from you. Share and post your comments or call 1-800-684-3110. And now your host, Logan Sekulow.
SPEAKER 12 :
Welcome to Sekulow. Will Haines is joining me in studio. Rick Grinnell will be on the show later today. And we are on the eve, it looks like, it could be tonight, the confirmation of our friend, our Sekulow correspondent, if you will, Tulsi Gabbard, to be Director of National Intelligence. But that is not stopping some of your favorite characters from taking some final shots to try to not have her be confirmed. Now we know Will, she got out of committee. We know now the vote happened last night for cloture. So discussion has to start wrapping up. Right. And it could be as early as midnight tonight that we will have, and maybe earlier, but midnight tonight it has to start to have that confirmation vote for Tulsi Gabbard. But of course, that did not stop people from going on. Of course, you're going to hear from, who's your favorite? That's right, Adam Schiff. Still around. Adam Schiff is still around right now. He made his way onto MSNBC. We watch it so you don't have to. Let's hear what he had to say about Tulsi Gabbard just this morning.
SPEAKER 10 :
She has echoed Kremlin talking points about the origin of the war against Ukraine. She's pushed out Russian propaganda about U.S. biolabs in Ukraine, one of the pretexts that Russia wanted to use for its invasion, to the point where RT Russia Today, this propaganda outfit, is praising her to the degree that advisors close to Putin refer to her as our girl, an interesting diminutive for someone who might be leading US intelligence agencies. This is someone who met with Bashar al-Assad, came back, had wonderful things to say about how he wanted to get across the impression that he wouldn't engage in terrible things against his own people when our own intelligence agencies were saying he has gassed his own people. So hard to imagine someone more disqualified from running those agencies. But Republican opposition to all of these controversial, unqualified, disqualified nominees has collapsed, and maybe collapse is too strong a word because that presupposes there was an infrastructure to stand up to these bad choices to begin with, but nevertheless, they all seem headed for confirmation, which is just, Terrible for the country.
SPEAKER 12 :
Look, it's not shocking to hear these kind of things from Adam Schiff. He has been notoriously a troll, saying he has evidence when he doesn't, has been one of these few people who really you can't trust, you can't even listen to. And Will, when you hear this about obviously our friend and our colleague, Tulsi Gabbard, who is on the eve of a big moment, and you hear these worn out talking points that she's answered a million times and the responses have been all stellar whenever they've questioned her about any of her dealings in the past.
SPEAKER 14 :
My favorite part of this is that Adam Schiff accuses her of pushing out Russian propaganda and then in the very next breath starts reading Russian media headlines. Which is it, Adam Schiff? Is state media from Russia propaganda and misinformation? Or... Is it something to be believed? Because you're saying Tulsi does that, but then you read Russian media and say we should take it at face value. It's very confusing.
SPEAKER 12 :
Which one is it? Yeah, what do you think? Phone lines are open 1-800-684-3110. Right now, again, by the time we're broadcasting tomorrow, we may have a director of national intelligence, and that would be our friend, a member of this show's broadcast team, at least until tonight. Until tonight. Tulsi Gabbard, it's really amazing. I know she appreciates. I'm sure your prayers are continuing on. We urgently need you to take action. You still have to push people to do this. There's going to be a few that could waffle. We've got that petition up. Sign it right now. Confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. That's at ACLJ.org slash sign. Your support is crucial. Also, if you could donate, that would be great. When you have someone like an Adam Schiff just pulling out all the stops to try to block her confirmation here at the last second, we've got to fight back. Again, she's been a member of this team for nearly two years and have been a friend for decades. So I'm going to encourage you, go to aclj.org slash sign. Do it right now. If you're watching online, hit that thumbs up, hit that subscribe button. We'll be right back, and I want to hear from you. 1-800-684-3110. Again, 1-800-684-3110. Welcome back to Secular. Phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. That's at 1-800-684-3110. When you hear these kind of comments coming out of Adam Schiff, if you're just joining us, we should probably go ahead and play some of those so you know what he's talking about because tonight... could be the beginning of Tulsi Gabbard's final confirmation vote. Really, the final vote. Hopefully, by the time you hear from us tomorrow, we have a new director of national intelligence. But they are fighting back as hard as they can. Adam Schiff is doing it. Let's hear again from him. This is a different clip on MSNBC as well.
SPEAKER 10 :
Bye, too. Make no mistake, Ms. Gabbard is entitled to her own personal opinions. She can apologize for Assad or Putin or any other murderous dictator to her heart's content. But we're not considering Ms. Gabbard for some position in which her bizarre fondness for foreign despots is beside the point. She is not the nominee for Postmaster General. We're considering her for one of the most important jobs in our intelligence community. And for that, Tulsi Gabbard is a walking five alarm fire and must be rejected. Must be.
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean, if he says she's a walking five alarm fire, I think maybe we go, okay, then she's the right person for the job. Because if you've made Adam Schiff this uncomfortable, I feel like you are going to be actually representing the American people.
SPEAKER 14 :
That's right. And last night, we do need to let people know what happened. Around 530 Eastern Time, they began the vote for the cloture. That would bring an end to debate on a measure, or in this case, a nominee. And when they... vote on that you have to get a simple majority for nominees for legislation it's that 60 vote threshold it's just a simple majority of 51 to advance the nomination and what happened was they opened it up and these votes these votes take a while because they have to have most of the senate vote And it's not like a legislation vote where everyone's in their seat or even a nomination vote like a final. They're wandering in and out. I was trying to watch it. It took more than an hour for them to get through it. However, the final tally was 52 to 46 to invoke cloture. which then sets a 30-hour clock to wrap up debate. That would put final confirmation right around midnight our time that it would be able to move forward with that. That is if the Democrats decide we don't need all 30 hours. We just want this to be over with so we can move on to the next one. They could come to an agreement to end it earlier. I don't see them doing it. But they could do it at midnight, around midnight, and force the Democrats to have to come vote as sort of punishment for how they drug out the process. Or they could wait until Wednesday morning and wake up and go in and vote. But as soon as they vote. for final nomination, for final confirmation, then they will move on to RFK Jr. They will do similar. They'll do a cloture vote and then final confirmation if he makes it through that. That 5246 number, some people may be like, that doesn't add up to 100. There's 100 senators. Two didn't vote, one Republican and one Democrat. Senator John Fetterman was not there for the cloture vote, nor was Senator Tillis. Sometimes, especially if it's a Republican, if they don't need it and they have something scheduled at 530, not everyone shows up necessarily for that. And we know that Senator Fetterman had publicly said he would not move forward on her nomination. So perhaps also the Republicans knew they had a little bit of buffer there if he wasn't going to be there. But in the end, she got over 51 or she got to 51, got to 52. Senator McConnell, which had been a concern for some people, did vote to invoke cloture. That doesn't necessarily mean he is a vote for confirmation. It could just be I'm done with debate. He did the same with Pete Hegseth. Yep. He voted to move it forward, saying there's no reason to continue to debate this or to be the person that stonewalls it, per se, but doesn't necessarily mean they're going to vote for the final. But she had enough, and all the senators that had made public statements about voting for her did vote for cloture last night. No defections. But the big one is tonight, potentially, around midnight, if they hold their feet to the fire, midnight Eastern time.
SPEAKER 12 :
So we'll all be waiting up to watch this happen. And again, that vote, Sometimes a little faster, but sometimes not. Sometimes it takes some time. If you watch the Pete Hex's one, it was not quick. So let's see what happens. I would love to hear from you. What do you think about sort of these issues that have come up where you have people who are incredibly qualified? I'll put Tulsi Gabbard as one of those. you know, they go through these kind of processes, but you still have these cheap shots taken from someone like an Adam Schiff. I want to play the first thing he said. And then I want you to hear, we'll flash back just a week or two ago when Tulsi Gabbard was being questioned and her opening statement really addressed a lot of these claims. And these claims, by the way, have been with her for a number of years since she ran to be the Democratic presidential nominee is when they really started bubbling up. When you had Hillary Clinton sort of plant these seeds. And of course, again, much like Adam Schiff, if you're hearing it from Hillary Clinton, you know how we need to be treating it. So let's first hear from Adam Schiff. This was just yesterday on MSNBC.
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She has echoed Kremlin talking points about the origin of the war against Ukraine. She's pushed out Russian propaganda about U.S. biolabs in Ukraine, one of the pretexts that Russia wanted to use for its invasion to the point where RT Russia Today, this propaganda outfit, is praising her to the degree that advisors close to Putin refer to her as our girl, an interesting diminutive for someone who might be leading U.S. intelligence agencies. This is someone who met with Bashar al-Assad, came back, had wonderful things to say about how he wanted to get across the impression that he wouldn't engage in terrible things against his own people, when our own intelligence agencies were saying he has gassed his own people. So hard to imagine someone more disqualified from running those agencies. But Republican opposition to all of these controversial, unqualified, disqualified nominees has collapsed. And maybe collapse is too strong a word because that presupposes there was an infrastructure to stand up to these bad choices to begin with. But nevertheless, they all seem headed for confirmation, which is just terrible for the country.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. So that's his version of this. And of course, that's coming from Adam Schiff, who we all love here on this broadcast. But how does Tulsi Gabbard respond to these kind of claims? Now we're going to go back to her confirmation hearing on the 30th, so just about, what, 11 days ago. Take a listen to Tulsi Gabbard.
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You may hear lies and smears in this hearing that'll challenge my loyalty to and my love for our country. Those who oppose my nomination imply that I am loyal to something or someone other than God, my own conscience, and the Constitution of the United States, accusing me of being Trump's puppet, Putin's puppet, Assad's puppet, a guru's puppet, Modi's puppet, not recognizing the absurdity of simultaneously being the puppet of five different puppet masters. The same tactic was used against President Trump and failed. The American people elected President Trump with a decisive victory and mandate for change. The fact is what truly unsettles my political opponents is I refuse to be their puppet.
SPEAKER 12 :
So that is some pretty strong words. From Tulsi Gabbard, how do you respond to this? We haven't heard from you. There's a lot of you watching right now. And if you're brand new to this broadcast, by the way, which many of you are, we do this show each and every day, Monday through Friday, from 12 to 1 p.m. Eastern Live. If you're watching us later on, of course, we're archived. Of course, we're podcast. We're available on our YouTube channel, Rumble, on YouTube, as well as on X. But we also have people who watch and listen on the radio, people that watch on the Salem News channel, which is where we also carry it live. So I encourage you, if you're brand new or you haven't done it yet, hit that subscribe button on YouTube. I know a lot of you watching right now. Hit the thumbs up if you already have done that. Put in a comment. But more importantly, I want to hear from you. And I want to hear from you and your support for Tulsi Gabbard. Because today's a big day. She just cleared that major hurdle in the Senate last night. You know, the evoked cloture. And now her vote could be as early or potentially even earlier, but it could happen tonight at midnight Eastern time. So we need a lot of prayers. We need a lot of support and we need your signature. We need you to sign our petition right now to help confirm our friend, our colleague, our broadcast partner, at least until midnight. ACLJ.org slash sign. We want her to be the director of national intelligence. She has been really good to everyone at the ACLJ. You've heard her on this broadcast. You have heard her heart, her spirit. Even if you've disagreed with her, you know she is qualified for this job. Even if you thought she takes a different approach than you would, she qualifies for this job. So it is time to make this happen. So I encourage you right now to do that. This is it. I mean, this is it. It's tonight. We got to make it happen. And of course, then RFK. And then, of course, Kash Patel. We got to make sure that there is a full cabinet ready to support your values. We've already seen so much in the last couple weeks. You know, some people call it chaos. You know, we call it work getting done. Things getting done, finally. that support our values and beliefs. And one of those we'll discuss with Rick Grinnell a little bit later in the broadcast. He's going to be joining us. If you have a question or comment, he has a new position. It's pretty fun. We were texting about it last night. I look forward to hopefully working with him again. Phone lines are open at 1-800-684-3110. We're going to take as many calls as we can throughout this broadcast. If you have thoughts or questions or words of support for the ACLJ or Tulsi Gabbard, it's time to call 1-800-684-3110 and sign that petition right now. This is it. The deadline is happening. Midnight. The vote will begin. Join us. Welcome back to Seculo. Phone lines are jammed, but we'll take as many as we can at 1-800-684-3110. A lot of you calling in, voicing your support for Tulsi Gabbard. Again, if you haven't heard, she got out of or was voted for to evoke cloture. Right. Which essentially means debate is over for Tulsi Gabbard or needs to wrap up. And then, of course, there's this waiting period, Will. There's a 30-hour waiting period. Right. Which would right put us at midnight tonight. eastern time that her vote for confirmation so hopefully by the time we are on air you will have a new director of national intelligence and that will be our friend member of this broadcast team until 11 59 potentially uh tulsi gabbard which has been amazing i want to go ahead and take some phone calls and i want you to hear also from some other people in washington dc showing their support uh for tulsi let's go ahead and take carlos who's watching on salem news channel which is one of our new live broadcast partners carlos you're on the air
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes, I am. Thank you. Go ahead. Well, my question is, first of all, I'm a veteran, a war veteran in the Persian Gulf, and I am for Tulsi. I believe that she's always been on the right track, very conservative, always looking for the best for America. And my question is, why don't we try to to establish a two-term limit for all politicians because the president of the United States has to do that himself.
SPEAKER 12 :
Carlos, I think a lot of people are feeling that right now when they're watching. I think a lot of people are watching these confirmation hearings for the first time. Here's what you can say about it, your comment about Tulsi. I think what's been true is that she has been willing to learn. She's been willing to really get into issues. And honestly, unlike a lot of politicians, actually move. you know, some of her positions if she feels like she is called to. So it's been pretty awesome to watch sort of that transformation. Also, I think you are right. I think there's a lot of people who for the first time in a while have watched these confirmation hearings. And when you start watching the confirmation hearings and you know what President Biden just had to go through, by the way, President Biden, who had to step down from running. And do I think he would have beaten President Trump? I do not. Do I think it would have been closer? Yeah, I actually do. But he had to step down. Why? Because people felt that he essentially was not only too old, but was not mentally ready to continue on as president. You look at some of these people who are in these offices, and I'm not an ageist, but it's hard not to start drawing those feelings that maybe, and maybe it's not two terms, maybe there's something else we can come up with, just some kind of term limit. Typically, I'm not necessarily for that because I like sort of the balance of power being able to move and not be just controlled by who's the president and who's sort of the flavor of the week. But it's a little tough when you see this.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and Carlos, there is one giant hurdle. to get term limits for Congress and that is Congress themselves. What would you say?
SPEAKER 12 :
Mitch McConnell.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, here's the problem. In order to term limit members of Congress, you have to pass a constitutional amendment. That's because of U.S. term limits versus Thornton, which was a case back in 1995. That is where some states were beginning to institute their own term limits on their members of Congress within the states. It made it all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. And it was a 5-4 decision, so a split decision, that said that citizens are not allowed to term limit their own members of Congress using state laws. So 23 states that had that in place were thrown out. Now, a dissenter in that case, the late Justice Scalia, he ruled that term limits as a part, he ruled against that in the minority. But here's the problem. In order to amend the Constitution, which is the way that it would work, that's what happened when they put in term limits for presidents. Because remember, FDR... served much more than two terms and he was in his fourth term but they decided you know what maybe we need to term limit this but it's a constitutional amendment process so the language first has to be passed out of congress and unlike simple legislation two-thirds of both houses have to approve the language so super majorities in both the house and the senate try to get one republicans and democrats to get to two-thirds in both houses is a hard enough lift but on top of that it's about saying hey A lot of you guys are out of here soon.
SPEAKER 12 :
Your jobs are going to be at risk.
SPEAKER 14 :
I think that that is the biggest hurdle to getting it is getting the constitutional amendment on.
SPEAKER 12 :
I understand the feeling. Calls, I want to take some more. 1-800-684-3110. I just saw, we looked up, we have the news on different outlets and Fox and they just showed Rick Grinnell on Fox News. As those flights have begun, And I think we should pull some of those images as well when we have Rick coming on. The flights have been going now with sort of the more criminal, illegal migrants who've come in. And you've seen them. And he was there kind of getting everybody going. I mean, it's pretty crazy to watch. Again, our friend Rick Grinnell. And also, he's got a new position that we look forward to talking to him about. Maybe we could, though, get some of those images pulled. Let's go ahead and take another phone call. Let's go to Stephen, who is military. So I want to say thank you, Stephen. You're from Virginia and you're on the air.
SPEAKER 03 :
Hey, how you doing? I'm voting for Chelsea Gabbard. I just finished reading the book about captive Iran. And we need we need to stop these people like that.
SPEAKER 12 :
iranians um that are that the way they treat their people and everything and yeah we need somebody strong strong in there look i would encourage everyone to go follow tulsi on social just to see i mean she is strong uh her husband also is an awesome cinematographer so you can see some really cool clips done in actual way that looks fun to watch so we always like to give him praise he's done some amazing work i really love working with him But Stephen, I appreciate that call of support. I encourage you if you have that view or if you have a question about it, give me a call at 1-800-684-3110. And of course, your support's crucial right now for Tulsi. So what you can do is sign that petition. This is it, guys. This is it. This is the final day, really, that this is even important. The final day that you can make an impact on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination. Sign our petition to confirm Tulsi right now. as Director of National Intelligence, which could happen as early, or it could happen tonight. We could be on this show tomorrow with a new Director of National Intelligence, our friend, Tulsi Gabbard. So I encourage you to go to aclj.org slash sign or scan the QR code that is on the screen right now if you're watching. If you're not watching, you should watch. It's a fun experience to watch live. I know some of you listen on the radio or you listen to the audio-only podcast. That's fine too. however you want to get your media, but it is fun to watch and get informed. That way you get to see our clips, you get to see great stuff. And if you watch online on ACLJ.org, YouTube, or Rumble, or X, we don't really go to break. During the commercial breaks, you see special videos that our amazing team has put together, or sometimes we continue talking and continue that live coverage. so again it's a little bit different experience than maybe on your terrestrial radio station or even on a salem news channel if you go watch it on our own platform you're going to see a bit of a different experience speaking of different experiences we've also launched our brand new aclj app it is available at aclj.org app or just scan the qr code for this it is a great app i've been using it for the last few days if you're an aclj champion someone that gives on a monthly recurring basis you have an account logged in And you log in, you actually get a ACLJ champions experience, something a little bit different than just people who go and sign in. So it's a cool little perk. And of course, one of those perks of being an ACLJ champion is if you call in and you tell our phone screeners that you're an ACLJ champion, they'd let us know in the little, you know, we have a computer screen that tells us and we take you first. So do that today. Sign that petition. And while you're there, become an ACLJ champion. If you can't do that, if you can't commit to a monthly commitment, I understand that. So maybe just go to ACLJ.org, make a one-time single donation, whatever you can. We'd appreciate that. These months, early months of the year, really help set our tone. Our crew today is working on that incredible campaign that's going to be launching, our Pro-Life for Pregnancy Resource Centers campaign. I've seen them shooting them today, the videos and the content that's going to go up, and it's amazing, but we can't do it without you. So go to ACLJ.org right now. Second half hour coming up. If you lose us on your local station, find us broadcasting live on ACLJ.org.
SPEAKER 13 :
keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Sekulow.
SPEAKER 12 :
And now your host, Logan Sekulow. Welcome back to Sekulow. I'm going to take some of your calls at 1-800-684-3110. If you're just joining us right now, Tulsi Gabbard is up for a vote tonight. So we are pushing as hard as we can to make sure it happens. But of course, on the other side, they're pushing as well. And let's restate it. You're going to hear again. If you've already heard the first half hour, you may have heard this. But we got to hear from Adam Schiff because Adam Schiff, our favorite, he went on MSNBC. That was our favorite. Again, like I said, these guys have to watch it, so we don't. But they get to see what kind of messaging points are being pushed on the other side of the aisle, if you will. And he went on there and he started these baseless claims that have kind of stuck with Tulsi Gabbard over the years, even though she has refuted so many of them. But they don't care. They don't care about lying. All they care about is pushing their agenda. So let's hear from Adam Schiff, and then we're going to take some of your phone calls.
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She has echoed Kremlin talking points about the origin of the war against Ukraine. She's pushed out Russian propaganda about US biolabs in Ukraine, one of the pretexts that Russia wanted to use for its invasion, to the point where RT Russia Today, this propaganda outfit, is praising her to the degree that advisors close to Putin refer to her as our girl, an interesting diminutive for someone who might be leading U.S. intelligence agencies. This is someone who met with Bashar al-Assad, came back, had wonderful things to say about how he wanted to get across the impression that he wouldn't engage in terrible things against his own people, when our own intelligence agencies were saying he has gassed his own people. So hard to imagine someone more disqualified from running those agencies. But Republican opposition to all of these controversial, unqualified, disqualified nominees has collapsed. And maybe collapse is too strong a word because that presupposes there was an infrastructure to stand up to these bad choices to begin with. But nevertheless, they all seem headed for confirmation, which is just terrible for the country.
SPEAKER 12 :
So that was Adam Schiff, and I know how you feel. And look, there are people also like Senator Thune who have responded, and we'll talk about that a little bit later in the last segment. But I want to hear from you. I want to go to Justin, who's calling in California on YouTube. He's got a great comment. Justin, go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hey, thanks for taking my call. Yeah, I think our support for Tulsi speaks to our willingness on the right and for conservatives to embrace different people and ideas. I mean, obviously she's a former Democrat, but she saw an opportunity in her life to put her values and country first and work with Republicans for the greater good. And she was ostracized by the left, by her party, for it. I truly don't understand why that is. I really don't.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, Justin, I think that's true. I think there's, especially with this version of the Republican Party and of conservatives, there is that willingness to work with people who you may have some differences, but you do have a similar core belief structure. And I think what people liked about Tulsi Gabbard, even when she came on this show and when she started coming on this show, she was just leaving the Democratic Party, may have still technically been a Democrat, became an independent, wrote her book. And then obviously later on became a Republican. But during that period of time, people just liked the refreshing feeling that she was at least being honest and she was saying what she believed. She wasn't towing a line. And what we've seen now in this administration is not people who tow a party line. That's right.
SPEAKER 14 :
And when you look at the current Republican Party, it is a true big tent party, meaning there is a lot of different factions within it. Honestly, it's why sometimes in Congress it can be frustrating to get things done because the willingness to accept a little bit different mindsets within what conservatism is, is what has made the party strong in the last few years. But also to that point is that it shows how far left and the Democrat Party had become. And they always like to talk about Trump being an authoritarian, but no one runs their party with more of an iron fist than the DNC. If you step out of line with approved leftist talking points, even just a little, they will send Hillary Clinton out there to call you a Russian asset.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's right. Coming up next on this broadcast, our friend, former acting director of national intelligence, current, got a couple new titles. We'll go through those. Rick Grinnell's joining us. Coming up. Welcome back to Seculo. We are joined now by our friend Rick Grinnell. I was going to say the hardest working man in show business, but it feels like, well, definitely the hardest working man in, it feels like, American politics. Because Rick Grinnell, you've had so many titles over the last few weeks, and then I'm following you on social, obviously, and we're chatting, and we're talking about some fun stuff that's happening right now. And then I look on X, and there you are. escorting criminals in airplanes to fly back to Venezuela. Of course, the deal that you worked out. What is it like right now in the world of Rick Grinnell?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, yesterday I was on the tarmac in El Paso as we were launching our first two flights from the United States to Venezuela. Paid for... by the Venezuelan government. So what's amazing is that the Venezuelan government sent two planes. We loaded them up with the illegals and members of Tren de Agua, the gang. And so I was there in El Paso to watch them and make sure that they were escorted out. Now, this is just the beginning. We are going to have regular flights of Venezuelans illegally in our country and we're going to escort them out. These are going to continue until we are finished. I do want to say that there is a huge difference and we should always message this. There's a huge difference between those people who wait in line and who become American citizens through the legal process. We love legal immigration. It makes our country better and stronger. But what we cannot have are people jumping the lines and coming into the country illegally and expecting to have the same treatment. People who wait in line, who are going through the legal process, they spend money on lawyers, they follow the rules. It's checked by the State Department and the DHS. to make sure that people are following the rules. This is the rule of law. If you undermine the rule of law through sanctuary cities and through jumping the line, then you make our country weaker and unsafe. And so we have to make sure that we enforce our rules, enforce our laws.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. So that happens. You're doing all of this. You're obviously a special envoy right now. And then Rick, You are named, at least interim, to run the Kennedy Center from President Trump. Again, Kennedy Center, obviously, the entertainment, the arts, and really the Kennedy Center honors and the events that happen there. This has to be one of the ones that, I told you, I don't think there could be a more fun one to be assigned because it needs some changes. It needs some updating. And I'm happy to hear that you're the man for the job.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I'm now in Washington, D.C. I just left the Kennedy Center. and uh had about three or four hours worth of meetings this morning uh look it's an amazing place president trump is right that it needs uh fixing uh we we need to make sure that the kennedy center and uh the the public dollars that are spent represent everyone in america not just 50 of the country we need to make sure that we are inclusive you know the left likes to use this word inclusive But the reality is, is they've spent the last four to eight years trying to cancel conservatives, trying to make sure that half the country was debanked or deplatformed or mocked. And, you know, they called it disinformation when we had an opinion about something. And so that's got to change. And I think the American people resoundingly elected Donald Trump because they want common sense back. And so we want to bring common sense back to the Kennedy Center.
SPEAKER 14 :
Rick, I want to play a clip for you. This is from CNN's Caitlin Collins about how CNN is already trying to roll out a new narrative only three weeks into the second Trump presidency. So I want to play this, and then I've got a follow-up question for you. This is Byte 4.
SPEAKER 01 :
We are three weeks into the second Trump presidency, three weeks, and tonight there are warnings that the U.S. is dangerously close to a constitutional crisis. Now, the first shoe on this dropped when a federal judge today said the White House is defying his order to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal aid, marking the first time that we've had a judge expressly accuse the Trump administration of ignoring a court ruling. And in a separate case today, federal employees here in Washington told a judge that the administration was defying another order by not reinstating workers who had been put on leave. Now this all has prominent Democrats and many of the nation's top constitutional scholars declaring that the U.S. is on the brink of a reckoning. The Trump Justice Department says the president should have the authority to decide how to run the government and that these judges are overreaching. And some of the president's allies say the judges should not be judging any of the moves to shrink the federal government.
SPEAKER 14 :
Rick, what you've seen, both with the wonderful moves that Doge has done to uncover the waste, fraud, and abuse, we talked about that last week with you at USAID, but also trying to just do that, make government more efficient, work for the people, and not be wasting the American people's taxpayer dollars. CNN... And all the cronies on the left, Chuck Schumer calling for whistleblowers to come forward because once again, they like them. They're not going to make them lose their jobs like they did in the last four years. But it's just so shocking of how out of touch they are with the American people that they say it's a constitutional crisis when the president of the United States is trying to make sure your taxpayer dollars aren't being wasted.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, well, let's be clear about one thing, Will. Trying to identify waste and fraud in Washington, D.C. is not a constitutional crisis. I will give you that it's a crisis for the people who love the bureaucracy and power of Washington. It's a crisis for the swamp, but it's not a constitutional crisis because like a sanctuary city, You know, the media and Caitlin Collins and all those people told us that Sanctuary Cities was just a nice name. I think it undermines the rule of law. I think when the president of the United States wants to root out waste and fraud, that is a good thing. And let me just say, too, I watched MSNBC this morning. I watched Morning Joe and Mika and Joe were going crazy with this constitutional crisis. And the MSNBC legal analyst, the same person that they pay to give them legal advice, pushed back on Joe and Mika and said, look, this is not a constitutional crisis. The pace that Donald Trump is working is causing the courts to have to work more because the pace is exhausting. And so in Washington, D.C., when you work really hard and you have a high pace of performance, the people here who work from home, who want to cancel half the country and want to control the money for all of taxpayers. They are the ones panicking because they can't keep up. The reality is, is that the media and the courts can't keep up with Donald Trump while he tries to make America great again. So let's be very clear to people. And we say to our friends on the left, we say to the judges who are used to working three days a week, start working more, catch up, because we want to only pay people who are working, not people who are not working.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think, Rick, you're right. I think this is a change of pace for a lot of people, and sometimes it may feel chaotic, but that's because we got used to four years of nothing happening. We got used to politics as usual, federal government as usual, where things are just slow rolled forever and torturously long. But now you have President Trump coming in here and say, we're taking care of business. We're going to get all this done. Look at what's going on right now in the Middle East and Israel and dealing with Hamas, throwing in essentially an ultimatum here, potentially about getting these hostages out. There's a lot of this happening, Rick. And I did want to read you a comment before we leave, because this comment just came in on Rumble. And they said, with all of Rick's new tasks, I love that he still has time to keep us updated, explain what's really going on. I think I wanted to say thank you for doing that, for making your time still available to us. when you have so much happening. Because like I said, we're texting about one thing, Kennedy Center, then I look on there, and there you are, all these flights. You're coming back with American hostages from Venezuela, or you're sending people back. And then again, of course, you're meeting about the Kennedy Center, and of course, your special envoy. It's all of these things that are happening, of course, so you're still making your time available to us here on Seculo and at the ACLJ. And I just wanted you to know, as we're spending a lot of today thanking people like you, or Tulsi, who's been part of our team as well, as she heads into her final vote, uh we just wanted to say thanks because it is a intense time and people may feel that they may feel they may start hearing that word constitutional crisis or chaos uh and you know those buzzwords start sticking but we got to make sure there are people like you who can still help inform us well thank you it's not a constitutional crisis it's we got to just tell the left you got to keep up because we're here to work we have a heavy pace
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm trying to keep up with President Trump because he's the one who is constantly coming up with new ideas on how to fix our government and make us better. It's amazing pace. I love it. But I do think it's incredibly important to keep the public informed. Transparency is key. So I will keep coming on as long as you have me.
SPEAKER 12 :
Rick, thank you so much. Thank you always for joining us. Support the work of the ACLJ because you get to have great people like Rick Grinnell on our team. He can come in, like you said, and inform us on really what's going on because he is involved so deeply. So do that right now. I encourage you. Not only sign that petition for Tulsi Gabbard to be confirmed, I encourage you to go to ACLJ.org and make a donation. There's no way to do it without you. The blood of the ACLJ is our individual donors and ACLJ champions. No big corporate sponsors. No one telling us what we can or can't say. Just you and us. And together we can do this. Help join us in the fight right now. Your support is crucial. Go to ACLJ.org and donate now. Your dollars will have a direct impact. Do it right now. We'll be back with your calls at 1-800-684-3110. Welcome back to Seculo. Hey, a bunch of our lines just opened up. Not sure what happened there. So you can call us right now. This is a great time to call at 1-800-684-3110 because you'll probably make it on the air if you call in the next minute or two. So again, 1-800-684-3110. If you're joining us on Facebook, on YouTube, or Rumble, you can also call in. So why don't you go ahead and do that. If you are new to one of our channels, I encourage you to subscribe. Hit that button right now if you're watching on YouTube. I wanted to play this, Will, and you can kind of set this up because there have been obviously a lot of calls for support also of Tulsi Gabbard. I don't want to only give attention to the Adam Schiff's of the world, the ones who are saying negative things. This came just yesterday, I believe, as well. That's right.
SPEAKER 14 :
So this was as they are debating her nomination, moving forward with the cloture vote, the Majority leader John Thune, who is the new majority leader of the Senate, taking that from Chuck Schumer after this election. And he on the floor was announcing his support and pushing for the confirmation of Tulsi Gabbard. Here's what he had to say in his floor speech just last night by 16.
SPEAKER 07 :
Madam President, Tulsi Gabbard is a patriotic American. She believes strongly in the mission with which she'll be tasked, keeping America safe. And you don't have to take my word for it. Take it from Americans who have served alongside Ms. Gabbard during her 22 years in uniform. From the people who have put their lives in her hands. As one wrote, and I quote, her exceptional qualifications coupled with a proven track record of leadership and a wavering commitment to safeguarding our national interests render her the unequivocal choice for this critical position, end quote. And from another, and I quote again, I know Tulsi will be fully committed to protecting all Americans during this pivotal moment in American history, end quote. Well, Madam President, sounds like what we need in a director of national intelligence. And I look forward to confirming Ms. Gabbard this week.
SPEAKER 12 :
Again, if you're just listening, we'll have Senator Thune making his statement. Again, if you want to know about Madam President, I also see some comments coming in. That is because Katie Britt was actually sitting in the chair.
SPEAKER 14 :
Right, that's right. The actual president of the Senate is the vice president of the United States. However, for most deliberation, the vice president is not there so someone is overseeing the senate proceedings at the time they rotate through at this point it was katie brit last night that was madam president at the time however that is just an acting role at that point she is not permanently yeah i just wanted to clarify for those who are just listening uh let's go to charles who's calling in colorado online one charles welcome
SPEAKER 08 :
Hi, thank you guys. Hey, I just want to call and give you guys thanks for what you're doing. Jay Sekulow as President Trump's lawyer, you guys are just fantastic. You're giving the people hope, letting us know what's going on. I really appreciate President Trump coming in from day one doing exactly what he said. Like I said, being 57 years old and watching the government over these years, and seeing no politician working like this president is working is just tremendous. And I want to thank you guys, thank the president of the United States, and keep doing what you're doing, guys.
SPEAKER 14 :
Thank you, Charles, so much. I appreciate it. Well, and Charles, I think one of the really important things here, it goes back to what Rick was talking about, and even that outrageous clip of Caitlin Collins saying, we're three weeks in and it's a constitutional crisis. Things have been moving so quickly that the media doesn't have time to form their narrative. They're reporting breaking news. Normally after that breaking news, they can do five or six more articles that are shaping the narrative and talking points for the left. Because by the time that they could even start to pretend to get that narrative straight, there's already another breaking news item that they bump that down on their website. So they don't have time to create the narrative like they normally do. And therefore, you're seeing them have to go 30,000 foot view. This is just a constitutional crisis. That's the only thing we can say because they don't even have time to spin it. We've never seen an administration, right or left, that has moved this quickly and done this much in such a short amount of time. It is breathtaking, and that's why some people can say it looks chaotic, but that's just because we're used to Congress, you know, not working on Friday and over the weekend, going home early, not having to, oh my goodness, you may have to vote at midnight on a really important position in the cabinet, the director of national intelligence.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, we're used to the D. DMV of federal government. That's right. Exactly. So let's continue on with some calls. Let's go to Paul, who's calling in Texas, but hold for a while. Paul, welcome.
SPEAKER 04 :
Thank you. I had a question. Rick Grinnell would have been perfect. My understanding of the DNI office is that it's kind of like a super traffic cop for national intelligence on behalf of the president. But my question is, from a practical point of view, how much authority does that office have to actually make the other intelligence directors kind of give an account like, you know, hey, I heard about this thing you've got over there at the CIA, Mr. CIA director, tell me all about it. Do they have that kind of authority?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, to one degree, yes and no. So the director of national intelligence also is advising the president on intelligence matters. So it's not just a routing of information. It's also an analytical role. And that office is performing analysis, much like the other agencies do as well. But then you also look at because they kind of advise the president and National Security Council and Homeland Security Council, they can make decisions. suggestions there that obviously top-down orders from the president could flow from, but they also ensure that national intelligence program activities and programs are structured and executed in a way that allows for budget traceability, which is following the money and ensuring that the activities are in line with maybe the administration's agenda items, their view forward, their policy decisions. So there is a lot of oversight in this role. Now, some would argue, including probably Susan Collins, that the department has grown too large. It's over 2,000 employees in the Director of National Intelligence Office. we could see it shrink in its responsibility some but there is oversight but you also have to remember john ratcliffe's at cia he's already offered a buyout to all his employees that i know that they will work in tandem to make sure that the oversight is there and some of the bad things that we've seen can hopefully be rooted out i want to wrap up the show with this call from pam in pennsylvania pam you are on the air
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes. First of all, I am a champion. I encourage anyone to support ACLJ. You all do a tremendous job. I did want to encourage people to call. The direct number to the Senate, it's 202-224-3121. Just say what state you're from, contact your senators, and let them know you stand behind Telsey Gabbard. She has done so much. She has served our country, continues to serve. Also, support RFK and Kash Patel.
SPEAKER 12 :
Pam, I really appreciate you calling. There's also another way you can do that. Thank you, obviously, for being an ACLJ champion. That's someone that gives on a monthly basis, automatically reoccurring, helps set an incredible baseline for us. I encourage you to do that if you can. Go to ACLJ.org. Do it right now. Here's what I'm going to say. While you're there, you need to sign this petition. Because you got to take action with us before midnight. Because this is it, folks. By the time that we broadcast tomorrow, our hope and our prayers for our friend, our colleague, Tulsi Gabbard, is that she will be the new Director of National Intelligence the next time you hear from us live. But as you heard, there are people who are still opposing her. So right now, go to ACLJ.org, sign that petition. If you can give while you're there, do that as well. This is an important time. Maybe by the next time you hear from us, she'll be a former colleague because of her new position. But you know what? She is a great friend to us and has been now for many years. So I encourage you, go to aclj.org slash sign. Do it right now.
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