In this week's episode of Rush to Reason, host John Rush dives into the critical connection between financial health and overall well-being. With tax day just behind us, financial expert Al Smith joins the show to dissect how managing your finances effectively can alleviate unnecessary stress and contribute to a healthier lifestyle. Whether it's understanding different IRA contributions or planning for retirement, Al offers insightful advice on steering clear of financial pitfalls and ensuring a stress-free future.
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Welcome to Health and Wellness Wednesdays on Rush to Reason.
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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through lifestyle.
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I have what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem. I used to grab bear claws as a kid, two at a time, and I'd get them lodged right in this region here.
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Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands.
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Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
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I'm sorry that I'm fat. All right, welcome Health and Wellness Wednesday edition, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. And I appreciate you joining us today. Myself, Charlie Grimes, Al Smith, who hung around from his show about a half an hour ago, is joining us now, Golden Eagle Financial, because financial health, Al, has a lot to do with either too much stress, less stress. There's all sorts of things, financially speaking, that really do contribute to your overall well-being, and it's partially why we have you here on a monthly basis.
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Well, I'm happy to be here, John, and I think having a comfortable financial picture for your own growth toward retirement and so forth makes it easier to remain healthy also. someone is stressed for financial reasons, it's also difficult to maintain good health. That financial anxiety is not a good thing.
SPEAKER 09 :
You are 100% correct. One thing that I wanted to touch on today because yesterday was... tax day and a reminder of, you know, deductions and different things and so on. And some of you may have even filed, you know, extensions that, you know, you can then run through. I think it's October 15th now, although if you owed, and I said this yesterday, if you owed, you still needed to get your tax payment in within 10% of what your actual dollar amount is, and then anything else that you were going to do for deductions, of course, had to have been done in 2024 for 2025, with the exception, by the way, of IRA contributions. You can always make those all the way up to the 15th of April, and Al, that was a reminder today with you being here that folks... sometimes can make a lump sum. Some people have that ability to where they've saved up all year long. They can make a one lump sum contribution to their IRA. A lot of others, though, will contribute on a monthly basis throughout the year. Maybe they do a quarterly payment or however. My point is, depending upon you and your tax situation and so on, you may be missing out. Some of the folks listening may be missing out on some of that because This is where you come into play and really sit down with them and determine tax-wise what works best for them. But point being is there is some tax savings, if you would, on certain types of IRAs and how you contribute, correct?
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Well, you're absolutely right. And not a lot of people who have kids in college or they're paying for braces or one thing or another can write a check for $7,000 or $8,000. But with some budgeting, they can set aside $600 or $700, whatever the amount amounts to, so that Someone and his or her spouse can each set aside $7,000 toward their IRA. And like anything else, it needs some planning and some budgeting.
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That's right.
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And I know when I sit down with people in retirement who have a very healthy nest egg, many of them did not earn enormous amounts during their lifetimes, but they lived frugally and they were disciplined.
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So they lived below their means, meaning they were very disciplined in a lot of areas. And now, given that they've done all of that, it gives them the ability to, I don't want to say be less disciplined now, Al, because those people typically are very disciplined even on through their quote-unquote retirement or elder years. But point being, they did things that got them to where they are today, which... For even a lot of folks that earn a lot of money but spend every dime they make, those folks might actually – it's kind of like that tortoise and hare story. You know, that old tortoise does pretty well when it's all said and done, and this is kind of an example of that, right?
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Well, it really is. A financial firm that I used to work with, they even had two investment portfolios. They had a tortoise and a hare.
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Okay.
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And I thought that was very interesting. Okay. Something else that's interesting is some of the people I've met who have a significant nest egg but have always lived frugally, they have sons and daughters that say, Mom, Dad, go on a cruise.
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Go spend that money.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, exactly. You know, we're doing good. We don't need it. We'd like to see you enjoy your retirement a little bit more.
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Right. Which, kudos to those kids, by the way, for saying so, because there's a lot of kids out there that would be just the opposite, and they would be a little angry if mom and dad are spending some of what they think could be their money on down the road. So kudos to those kids for doing that. And I have had similar situations throughout the years, Al, along those lines, where it's like, guys... You know, both both, you know, both sides of the equation, mine and the wife's, you know, you go do what you need to do. We're going to be fine no matter what on our end. So you go enjoy what you've built and what you've earned and what you've done through life. And, you know, don't worry about leaving it behind. You go you go do what you need to do and enjoy life, because at the end of the day, you earned it.
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Well, exactly. Mom, Dad, you got $2 million in your nest egg. Buy a new truck.
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Exactly. Enjoy that before you're not here any longer because you're not taking it with you, right? What's that old saying, Al? There's no big wagons behind the hearse?
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No, there are no hearses pulling into the pearly gates, so to speak. And when they lower people in there, and I couldn't help, I can't remember all the details of where I heard it, but there was a burial taking place on some really, really loose ground, and the pallbearers fell in.
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Oh, I saw that this last week. Oh, yeah, not good, not good. That was a true story. It just happened not that long ago. But back to those of you that are listening and you're thinking, okay, what ways do I have of preparing for those latter years of life? And, again, retirement, that can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. It's kind of a – I'm looking at a box of tissue here. We call tissue Kleenex. It's really a brand name, Kleenex is. There's all sorts of quote unquote tissues out there, Al. So when I say retirement, it's sort of like calling a box of tissues Kleenex. Retirement means something different For everybody out there, some may actually retire and not do anything. Some may want to just go and play golf every day. Some may want to volunteer at their church or other organizations. Some may want to go ahead and keep working, but maybe not work as hard as they once were. Point being, it's a little bit different for everybody, meaning, and you and I talk about this a lot, there's not a one-size-fits-all when it comes to getting there financially.
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Well, that is so true, and some of the people I meet are doing fine financially, but they haven't sat down and thought, well, how do I want to spend my time? I've been working 50 hours a week, and I have this healthy nest egg, and now I'm not sure how I want to spend my time. Is my wife going to be able to put up with me being homeless? All week long. And so creating a plan for what you want to do, if you want to give back, if you want to volunteer, if you want to spend time with your grandkids, that deserves as much planning as your wealth accumulation.
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Agreed. If you don't have that plan, I encourage you, get with Al. He'll sit down with you. You guys can devise a plan, and this isn't something that's done in one sitting. There's different questions and things that need to go back and forth, and you need to probably even take some of that back home and have discussions among your own family as to what you want to do, answer some of the questions even Al just asked a moment ago, and then make some determinations as to, okay, this is the direction we want to head. Sit down with Al again, get that plan devised, and then, Al, I know the one thing that you do is help them stick to the plan.
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Yeah, that's most important. If we establish a plan but don't have a follow-up plan to see if the plan's working, then that's not too good. That's sort of like a checklist for the maintenance on your vehicle.
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But you never do.
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You don't refer to the checklist.
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You never do. You never read that owner's manual in the glove box, those sorts of things. Yeah. Folks, again, Al Smith, you can find him at klzradio.com. You can also find him at rushtoreason.com, drive-radio.com. Pretty much anywhere you find me, you're going to find Al as well. And, Al, give him your phone number in case we want to call you directly.
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303-744-1128. You will either reach me or my office manager or sometimes voicemail, but I return those voicemail calls very promptly.
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Okay. Al, as always, I appreciate you very much. Happy Easter as well.
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Well, God bless you. John, you have a very happy Easter also.
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And we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Health and Wellness Wednesday, Shanisty Ireland joining us now. Shanisty, welcome back. How are you?
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Hey, John. I'm doing well. How are you doing today?
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I'm good. It's really good to hear from you. I appreciate you joining us. It's been far too long since you've been with us. We've got several things coming up, though, that will involve snacking and so on. And by the way, there's always something going on. I get it. We've got NFL draft. We've got, of course, NBA playoffs or MLB baseball and all sorts of things going on. Hockey. I mean, reality is there's still a lot of get-togethers that people will do. And then, of course, we then start to get into... the spring and summer months and Memorial Day and so on. We'll have to get you back as we get closer to some of that. But talk to us about some of those things and some great snacks and things that people can do. And we're always, as you know, health conscious and making sure that folks are doing the best they can. But I'm not naive enough to know, Shanice, that there's going to be times where people kind of go off the deep end, if you would, for certain events.
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I love these are the deep end. Absolutely. Because you know what? Honestly, John, winter's been a long season. Yes, it has. People are ready to get outside. They're ready to get together. As you mentioned, we've got a variety of sports events coming up. But, you know, if you're going to be hosting anything, I always advise everyone to first and foremost figure out what kind of gathering you're going to have. Is this going to be just a small little watch party where you're going to have a few appetizers? Are you going to be serving a meal? And ask your guests when they're going to be coming, ask them to bring something. You know, have them bring chips and salsa. It could be really simple. Have them bring little appetizers. John, my favorite way to entertain nowadays is just with bite-sized appetizers. I think it's just so much easier that way. And it gives people a variety of options when it comes to eating and drinking. That's for sure.
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Makes total sense. And I like what you said, too, a moment ago of, you know, Sit down and really figure out what's this party, quote unquote, going to look like and entail. You know, you're going to have five people there or 25 or 50. I mean, some of these get pretty big. So, again, I'm with you. Figure out exactly what you're going to be doing. Is it just for the family? You're going to be having some other family folk over. And I think the other thing, too, Shanisty, which is something you and I have never really chatted about, and that is a lot of times people will have other people bring things or people say, hey, what can I bring? Well, we can. We're going to give some ideas on that today where even if somebody says, hey, what can I bring? You know, we'll throw some things at them today.
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Yeah, absolutely. And when people ask that, I think as a host, I always feel this way. Oh, nothing. Just bring yourselves. Well, in these times with this economy and some of these rising food costs, it's not terrible to say, that's wonderful. Why don't you bring an appetizer? Or, hey, can you just bring a six-pack of seltzers or whatever it may be? There's nothing wrong with that because if people are asking, honestly, they want to bring something.
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That's right.
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You are generous enough to open up your home and your space to them, so they want to be included in the process of bringing something, for sure.
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You know, and I think the other thing about that, not to get off on a rabbit trail, Shanna, Steve, but I think when you tell people no, you're in some ways giving them or doing a disservice, if you would, to them. Because to your point a moment ago, they really do want to be involved. They want to help. They want to be a part of what's going on. And in most cases, to your point, if they're asking, then go ahead and let them know what they can bring. And, you know, again, no, you don't have to give them a laundry list of, you know, bring this, this, this, this, and this. No, I mean, to your point, you know, pick a couple small things out that you know they might feel comfortable bringing and let them do it.
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Yeah, and because when somebody tells me no, my immediate thought is, oh, is my food not good enough? Yeah, yeah. Is what I'm going to bring not going to be good enough for you? Because honestly, I like to show off some of my recipes. I like to show off, and I think people like to bring something. Maybe it's a family recipe or it's something unique. Or as you mentioned, keeping the health conscious in mind, it's something that may be keto-friendly or packed with protein or has a little bit of collagen added to it. And people may think, hey, this is really great. What is it? And they might be surprised to know it's a secret ingredient or something like that.
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Great point. So, all right. So along those lines, give us some ideas. And we've had some great people that we've been involved with literally now, Shanisty, over the past several years that we'll talk about today. But give us some ideas on what folks can make.
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Yeah, the first one I want to talk about is Rayburn Sandwiches. John, I know I've talked about this brand on your show before. I'm still a firm believer in it because they're bakery soft buns. They're really simple. They've got this beef and cheddar melt that I'm obsessed with. They have a chicken ranch melt as well. And then they have, of course, the Philly cheesesteak. And what I love about it is you pop it into the microwave for 90 seconds, and it does not taste like a frozen sandwich.
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It does not. I'll attest to that for all of you listening. They do not taste like that at all.
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Absolutely. And they're very affordable, too. And what I love to do is, John, I love to just cut them in half or cut them into thirds and serve them on a platter with other things such as dip and chips and that kind of thing. So that's really something quick and easy. And that's something somebody could bring. And another brand that I love talking about on your show is Southern Recipe Small Batch Pork Rinds. I love these pork rinds. They have a variety of different flavors. They've got the spicy dill and the hot honey and they have the pineapple and all sorts of different flavors and you can do a lot with these pork rinds. You can quite literally crush them up, put them on a salad or perhaps you can have a baked potato bar. There can be a topping on that. You can go as far as to use them in place of breadcrumbs and coat your chicken with them and
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You can even have a fish fry, and you can coat those and use those instead of... Actually, if you want a little flavor on your Rayburns, just open that up and crush them up and put a little bit on your Rayburn sandwich as well. It doesn't work too bad either.
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Absolutely. Just crush it up. And then also you can just serve it with your dips as well because it's crunchy. It's a little bit on the healthier side because it is packed with the protein and the collagen and they're oven baked and they're not fried. And they taste really splendid and really delicious. That's for sure.
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You know what? You are 100% correct. The other thing, too, for a lot of you listening that you may think there's a lot of, and I'm not a cook by any means, Shanice, I'm not you. You're not my wife. I'm not as talented as you guys are. But what I do know is there's a lot of recipes, salads and so on, where it will require like some of the shoestring potatoes and things like that. These pork rinds can take the place of those things in those recipes very easily.
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For sure. And the beauty of it is, is it can just be a side item. I'm all about these DIY bars, such as a baked potato bar, or even if you're going to be having drinks out there, do it yourself because people will add their own topping. Some people may absolutely hate bacon bits or they may hate sour cream. And so if you're going to have a baked potato bar, you can have all of those items on there and then you can absolutely... absolutely have the pork rinds there too. And if somebody asks, yeah, crush them up, stick them on there. It gives a really delicious crunch and really adds to the profile of the flavor as well.
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For those of you listening, we're going to stick some of these recipes that we've also got, which we always have in our show notes. I'll put those up a little later so you guys have the ability to see those. And again, for all of you that are listening, there may be some things coming up with the draft next week, which we'll do our special draft day show next Wednesday. For all of you listening, we will not have health and wellness that day. My boys and Andy, they all do a draft day special. Shanna, Steve, actually do a great job. They're not... How should I say this? They're not sports talk show hosts on a regular basis, but I will tell you they do as well as any of the guys out there on a local or national level, and we get comments every year. These guys are spot on. They do really well with their picks, and it's always a fun time. So those of you that are listening, you can look forward to that next Wednesday. But some of you might even have some big draft parties and things like that. These are things that we're talking about that can help you with those things.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, absolutely. And I mean, as we talked about to start this off, there's so much going on. I love springtime. It just gives us a really good excuse to get together with folks. Come out of hibernation. Enjoy life again.
SPEAKER 09 :
That's right. That's right. Shanice, how do folks find you?
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, head over to Instagram. It's just at Shanisty Ireland. I've got a lot of even Easter holidays, Easter recipes up there, a lot of things for the springtime, just a lot of fun parenting tips, too, because, you know, I've got five kids, and it's just crazy here.
SPEAKER 09 :
You have a crazy—I don't know how you do what you do and even have the time to spend with us with everything you've got going on, but I appreciate you taking time and joining us, Shanisty.
SPEAKER 20 :
Thank you so much for having me on, and hopefully we'll chat again soon.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right, well, I would love that. Appreciate you very much.
SPEAKER 20 :
Okay, bye-bye.
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All right, have a great night. Again, Shanice D'Ireland, she's with us on a pretty routine basis. It's been a little bit since we've had her on, but great lady. Does a lot of great things with, again, as she said, parenting and recipes and things like that. So some of you where you feel like you're on the run all the time and you need some help with some things, go check out the things that she does, and she'd be happy to help you out. Golden Eagle Financial, Al Smith was with us here just a few minutes ago. If you need any help at all when it comes to your retirement, the planning of, give Al a call today, 303-744-1128.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Our next guest joining us now, Nick Reed. Nick, welcome. How are you? Hey, John, I'm doing fantastic. How are you doing today? I am great. I'm happy to have you on. And for those of you listening, Nick and I met each other through some other mutual family and friends that we have had together and glad to get to know Nick on a more personal basis. And Nick, you have got several things we're going to talk about today. But to start with, you're big into the health, fitness end of things, and you have got an app called that you are almost ready to, well, and correct me if I'm wrong, almost ready to fully launch. It's in beta now, or is it fully ready?
SPEAKER 05 :
It is in beta. The app store on Apple is really difficult to get into. They've come back with some restrictions. It's actually launched on Google, but we're in the last phase of getting it onto the Apple.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. So for those of you listening, this will be available on all platforms in the not-too-distant future. Nick, tell us about Rise Up, and it's R-Y-Z-E, Rise Up. Talk to us about that and how it works and what makes it different than some of the other, you know, and I'm sorry, Nick, I hate to say it this way, but, you know, some of the other dog and pony shows that are out there in the healthcare world, this is why you did this is to get away from the dog and pony show.
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Exactly. I've been a coach. I've been a personal trainer for about eight years, nutritionist for about six. And as I went down this journey, I found that there was so much misinformation out there. There's a lot of people peddling quick fixes, fad diets, things that promise the world and just severely underdelivered. I built Rise Up to really break through the noise and bring the science-backed strategies that deliver results that don't just help people get fit for right now, but fit for life.
SPEAKER 09 :
And for all of you listening, I will be using Nick's program in the not-too-distant future. I was actually planning on doing that by the time we came on air today, Nick, but everybody else knows and I told you today that I ended up last week and had been developing for about the, I don't know, previous probably seven days or so. the worst stinking sinus infection that actually was in my chest it was in my head it was one of the worst things i think i've had in about a decade and this is the first day honestly that i have felt a hundred percent you don't hear it my voice or anything so i'm now ready to get going and i'll be using some things here in the near future but i'll be real honest with you and this is something we could chat about for a moment as well when you don't feel good you don't feel like doing anything
SPEAKER 05 :
Exactly. And that's why health is literally the foundation for anything in life, for your relationships, your ability to show up for work or your business that you're on. It's literally the foundation for everything because when you're tired, lethargic, you just don't feel good, the only thing that you're worried about is feeling better, right?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and or just what's that next task and how can I get through that? And then what's the next task and how do I get through that one? And literally, when you're not feeling well, that's what your mind's doing, and the idea is to break free from that. Now, I get it. Sometimes, Nick, people have other ailments and things going on like I had, and that's not what we're really talking about here. What we're talking about is How do you get fit? How do you stay in shape? How do you be more healthy, which we talk about in this hour all the time? How do you do that so that life in general is just much easier?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, a lot of people think that they get fit by just going to the gym, eating healthier. But there's a deeper layer here. And a lot of the programs out there, they peddle eight 12-week programs that are going to help you lose 20 to 30 pounds. You'll overhaul everything. And then you get done and you start to question, was that worth it?
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 05 :
Did I sacrifice everything?
SPEAKER 09 :
And really quick, Nick, I want to jump in, too, because I know this firsthand. The other thing that happens with a lot of those programs is there's no mental shift in what you should be doing correctly. It is a, hey, I'm going to get to the goal. It's like climbing a mountain or running a race. Okay, I'm going to run the race. I'm going to climb the mountain. But then when I'm done, I'm going to slide back down the other side and go back to my old habits. And the reality is if that's your mentality, it's never going to change.
SPEAKER 05 :
You literally transitioned into exactly what I was about to say. The real key to success is focusing on habit transformation. So one foot in front of each in front of the other. doing one thing well and then adding on to it, and then the main thing is focusing on your identity. A lot of times people fall down to the stories that they tell themselves. I was sitting next to a guy in the sauna the other day, and you could tell that he struggled with his health. And I was talking to him a little bit, and he's like, I just don't like to eat healthy food. And so the stories that he's telling himself are what keeps him in this cycle of trying to lose weight, putting it back on. And it's our identity and the people who truly see success long term. They don't just try to work out or eat healthy. It's who they are. They embrace that new identity as a healthy person.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. So RiseUpFitness.com, for all of you listening, is the website. And it's R-Y-Z-E, RiseUpFitness.com. And as you guys can all hear, Nick's got a totally different approach to not only – you know losing weight but staying healthy and again it can just be general health it can be weight loss it can be how you sleep it can be how do i get more lean muscle i mean nick i can go down the list the reality is and we'll get into some of the supplements and stuff and such here in a moment as well but the program itself is designed to be tailored to that person and it's not a one-size-fits-all correct exactly and that's the biggest problem with a lot of things that happen in the health industry is that
SPEAKER 05 :
A lot of people will find programs on social media. They'll give them a try. But it's like trying to fit a square peg into a circle hole. Each person is different. Their lifestyle is different. Their time commitment is different. So when you're trying to do these programs that you see online, how is that actually going to... And really quick, and I don't normally do this, Nick, but I'm going to...
SPEAKER 09 :
Maybe not pick on is not the right word, but for some of you that are listening, you may have, because there's lots of ads. These guys have done really well at pushing their particular product, and it's kind of a virtual assistant. It's an app. It's app-based. And some of you are going to say, well, what's the difference between that and what Nick's doing? And I'm going to have Nick explain. But some of you have seen the product Noom. N-O-O-M. And, Nick, it's one of the things you and I talked about because I've seen their product before, even kind of tested it at one point in time. And I will tell you that this is me talking, and I know Noom would probably argue with me, but I feel like Noom is also one of those. It's more of a one-size-fits-all, and it's not as tailored as what they might let you think it is.
SPEAKER 05 :
Exactly. And so each person, they go in, and I've done my research on Noom as well, and you do a little questionnaire up front, and they try to tailor your journey, but they don't really talk to you at the beginning to say, hey, where are you currently at? What are you struggling with, and what can we do that's realistic for you?
SPEAKER 09 :
So talk to us about what you do that make your product and what you guys are doing with your app different than them.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, that's one thing that I really love that. That was a great question. The biggest thing that I see in the health and fitness space is that so many different programs focus on just one thing, whether it's fitness or nutrition, behavior change. But we focus on health as a whole. So we bring together mindset, nutrition, fitness, and culinary under one roof. And we focus on that identity shifting and habit transformation. So it's a very seamless process. And when you begin working with us, we jump on a call. We figure out where you're at, what you're looking to accomplish, and then we curate a personalized experience for your individual needs.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. So in other words, you're doing, you're taking that concept of what maybe they and some others started with, but adding a much, much more personal touch to it. Am I saying that correctly? Correct. Correct. Okay. So for For those of you listening, first of all, I would encourage you to go check out the website, RISE, and it's R-Y-Z-E, riseupfitness.com. Now, let's move into, Nick, sort of the supplement end of things. I shouldn't say sort of. Let's move into the supplement end of things because it coincides, and this is a big topic that we talk about here on RISE. Rush to Reason during health and wellness on a routine basis because supplements are a big deal. I've gone over this. My listeners know full well that the nutritional value in food is not what it once was. I'm a firm believer in you've got to have the ability to supplement certain things. And this is, again, going to be unique to certain individuals and another area that you can help with. But talk about your supplements and what makes them different.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, my supplement line is very comprehensive. I brought together a lot of the different supplements that people are deficient in. Like you said, the food now is just not as nutrient dense as it once was. And so we're struggling with lack of energy, just health problems nonstop. And it's because we have deficiencies on major minerals, vitamins, everything that we need for our body to actually thrive. And so I am a big advocate that food should be your main source of nutrition, whole food ingredients. But there are times where that just doesn't do the job. And so you have to figure out how do I fill in those gaps, right?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Now, one thing, too, and I apologize. I should have said this rolling in. I know I talked about this in our promo for today, but for those of you listening, the other plus to Nick and what we have going on here is, Nick, you're local. I'm not talking to you from Atlanta, Georgia. You are right here local in our Denver market, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, sir. I live in Reunion right out near the airport, and I am very mobile. We run different events across the Denver metro area, so keep an eye out for those over the summer. We're definitely going to be focusing on bringing more community events because the goal is to help everybody rise up together, to become more.
SPEAKER 09 :
a community of people who are literally trying to become the best versions of themselves that's where the whole rise up uh name comes from which by the way cool i agree with that you know how do we get people to you know collectively and or into and i get it some people it's like listen i don't want anybody else you know knowing what's going on i'm going to do this on my own you know what that's fine too to each his own but nick i get where you're coming from there is power in partnerships Exactly.
SPEAKER 05 :
Community is a secret weapon. Unfortunately, especially in the health space, a lot of people, when they get healthy, they get put into this, I guess... bubble where people are like oh he's being healthy like i don't know if we really want to hang out it almost ostracizes you from some friend groups because they've seen that you have tried it before and you fell off and you keep trying going down like doing this dance and so the biggest thing is having that community around you that supports you and they want to see you win because when you go down a health journey a lot of times it kind of exposes people's insecurities they're like oh man he's doing something i know i should probably be doing and You know, I haven't been doing it, and so it exposes insecurities. But when you're involved with a community of people who truly want to see you succeed, it really is the cheat code to long-term success.
SPEAKER 09 :
One thing, and this is something that you and I didn't talk about prior to you coming on air, and if I would have known, I would have asked more questions, but you're here now. You can answer this now. You've got an entire lineup of supplements when it comes to helping people sleep and get their brains reengaged and so on, which, again, another area where on this program during this hour we talk a lot about just sleep, brain health. how healthy it is for your brain to rejuvenate and so on. The reality is we need sleep, some sleep better than others. I think as we age, Nick, that can become a little bit more of a problem for certain individuals. So your line of supplements, what are they doing in that area?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, that's a great question. We have medical-grade melatonin that literally will make you sleep better than you've slept in years. It's an incredible supplement because melatonin is what your brain releases when it's like, hey, time to go to sleep, that natural circadian rhythm. And so when you get that melatonin at first, you're going to see that it's going to take a little bit, but then your body comes back to an equilibrium. And then there's a couple other things. When you take the supplements, there are some regimens that you need to follow as well. Having a bedtime routine, making sure that you're staying off of the phone and not letting in blue light into your eyes, which is artificial sunlight before you go to bed. And then just making sure that your environment is ready to allow yourself. It's going to essentially trigger your brain to go to sleep. And so there's a lot of deep psychological things with sleep. But the supplements are to kind of kickstart that journey while you're still getting into that habit of getting quality sleep.
SPEAKER 09 :
Talk to me about brain boost as well. I was reading some of that even over the past several days on one of those areas where, again, I have a lot of different folks that we bring on to talk about brain health and boosting your brain. We're learning more and more now, Nick, that the more we can keep our brains involved, the more you fend off things like dementia and Alzheimer's as well. Talk about that particular supplement also.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, the Neuro Plus Brain Booster is one of my favorite supplements. When I am busy and I just feel like I have to be on point, I take this supplement because it makes my focus crystal clear. And I even find that it helps me when I even don't get quality sleep the night before. Sometimes I always tell people it can kind of feel like a crutch because you're like, oh, cool. I don't need to sleep that well. I can just go take this supplement and I'm going to be great. Right. And it works that well. Good point. But at the end of the day, it's something that is a crutch. And so you have to install these habits. So the neuro plus brain supplement is something that is broke down. And it's a nootropic. And these have come on storm over the past. I would say 10 years. And the studies, the science behind them now about waking up different hemispheres of your brain by giving your body certain supplements, it really is game changing. And so it's something that I really love. I could go deep into the science, but I think by staying surface level right now and getting people to recognize and understand that supplements are just that. They're supplements, and they're there to help enhance your experience, but they shouldn't be a crutch.
SPEAKER 09 :
I agree. I agree. I did get a question on the text line, which I should have said. My bad. I'm sorry, everybody. I got ahead of myself. I really didn't even think about it. Nick, when the app becomes available on Google and the Apple App Store as well, what's the cost going to be? How does that side of it work?
SPEAKER 05 :
That's a great question. So the membership is $97 per month. And what that is, is it's way cheaper than what I've done in the past. Anytime I used to work with people in person, they were paying me anywhere from $600 to $1,000 per month, whether that was online or in person. I wanted to take a step back and say, how can I help more people? And with the craziness happening in the world right now, I wanted to figure out how to Make it more accessible to everyone. And the $97 a month price point is to that point where when you pay that, it's just a little outside of your comfort zone. And I didn't price it lower than this because when people pay for like $29, $47 things, they don't use them. But when you pay for a $90,000 program, you're like, hey, I'm invested, and I want to make sure that I'm actually taking action to get results.
SPEAKER 09 :
And I just did the math for all of you listening. Based on a 30-day month, which is what bankers use and so on, yes, I know some months have 28, some months have 31, some have 30. I understand that. But an average of 30 days a month, Nick, it basically ends up being three and a quarter a day, which is pretty cheap for your health.
SPEAKER 05 :
Exactly. It's an investment for, there's nothing else.
SPEAKER 09 :
Skip the Starbucks line and you'll be okay anyways. How's that sound? What's that? If they just skip the Starbucks line and do your membership instead, A, they'll be healthier and they'll pay for that. Because, by the way, Starbucks is more than $3.25.
SPEAKER 05 :
like double the price now. And it actually is getting up to close to triple that price anymore.
SPEAKER 09 :
It's crazy. Yeah. So bottom line is, you know, you look at this and someone would say, yeah, it's $100 a month. How am I going to afford that? I just gave you a way to do it. And I get it. Not everybody goes to Starbucks. But Nick, every time I, you know, roll past one, there is a line and a drive up and so on. So somebody is...
SPEAKER 05 :
100%. And one thing that I always like to get people to see is $97 per month isn't a cost that you're incurring. It's an investment in your future. This is the only investment that you can make that will actually buy back quality time at the end of your life.
SPEAKER 09 :
Good point. No, you are so right on that. And again, it's why we talk about these things on Wednesdays like we do. We're going to be having Nick back on a more routine basis, too, for all of you listening. Great products. Now, I would also tell you, go check out all the supplements. Now, one of the questions I had on the supplements, Nick, before I get going, does the membership give you any other discounts or any availability to things that you wouldn't have outside of the membership?
SPEAKER 05 :
Great question. And that's one of the things that I wanted to do is provide members with a discounted rate. So anybody who joins our Rise Up membership, they get 20% discount on their supplements. And so I wanted to bring everything together under one roof. You'll never have to go anywhere else to learn everything you need to know to take your health to the next level.
SPEAKER 09 :
So for a lot of you, and I know some of you use supplements on a routine basis, and depending upon where you're buying them and what you're paying, you may actually, and Nick, I don't think I'm too far off on this, depending upon how many supplements you're buying, you take your 97 a month, you get the 20% off, though, for buying the other supplements. In some cases, these people, folks out there listening, are spending well over that in dollars on supplements. Bottom line is you may not be paying a whole lot for this when it's all said and done, depending upon how many supplements you use.
SPEAKER 05 :
Exactly. It essentially offsets probably half to three quarters of the cost. I was going to say half.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, that took the words out of my mouth. I was going to say half of that membership cost you could easily get back in your supplement savings.
SPEAKER 05 :
Exactly. Things like if you came in and bought a bundle. I've got my neuro and sleep bundle. And it's sitting right now at about $3.29, and it comes with eight different supplements. And so you get 20% off that. You almost save money. yourself an entire month right there alone.
SPEAKER 09 :
There you go. There you go. Again, folks, it's riseupfitness.com, R-Y-Z-E, riseupfitness.com. I have got one good friend of mine texted that said, you know what, if you hire a personal trainer, it's about $700, $800 a month. So, Nick, it's a pretty good bargain at $97 a month is what they were saying.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, exactly. My sessions when I used to be in person were $80 per one hour. And when you pay $97, you get a nutrition plan tailored to you. You get an entire workout plan, not just one session with me in person. You get an entire program curated to your specific needs.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, you and I will be getting together in the not-too-distant future. Now that I feel 1,000% better than I did just a week ago, we'll get together, Nick. Again, appreciate not only the outside sources that got us together. I think it's great. I'm going to enjoy this. We're going to have a lot of fun together down the road here. And I appreciate what you're doing. And for all of you listening, it's riseupfitness.com, R-Y-Z-E, riseupfitness.com. What else do you want to add, Nick?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, at the end of the day, I want everyone here to recognize that they owe it to themselves to live their best life. And in order to do that, they need to make sure that they're prioritizing their health. The only thing that you ever have in life at the end of your life is your health. Yeah, good point. So taking time for yourself is not selfish. It's actually selfless because the more you invest in yourself right now, the more you can give back to everyone around you.
SPEAKER 09 :
Love it, Nick. Thank you very much, and we'll send folks your way. All right, John. I appreciate your time.
SPEAKER 05 :
You betcha, man.
SPEAKER 09 :
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The Average Guy's Ordinary Average Guy.
In this engaging episode, Rick Hughes unpacks the story of Cain, examining the themes of jealousy, arrogance, and divine justice. Explore how biblical figures encountered and overcame their own flaws, and discover practical ways to apply these lessons to modern life. With a focus on love, forgiveness, and humility, this conversation is sure to inspire and motivate anyone seeking to live a life aligned with God's will.
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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 am your host, Rick Hughes, and I would like to ask you to stick around for a few minutes. It won't be long, just about 27, 28 minutes of motivation, inspiration, some education, and all without manipulation. No con jobs here. We're not trying to get money from you. We're not going to ask you to join up. We're not going to ask you to give up anything. But we will ask you to listen up. Listen as I try to verify and identify the plan of God for your life. And if I'm successful in doing that, then you can orient and adjust to the plan. That's simply up to you. But my job is to get it right, present it to you in a non-emotional way, no whooping and hollering, jumping up and down, no singing, no commercials, nothing to sell, like I said, just some information for you. And I want you to remember that God gave you two ends. One of those ends you're sitting on and the other one that you're supposed to be thinking with it. And success in life will depend on which one of those ends you use. It's heads you win, tails you lose. Success in life is all about what you think. And there are two different things you can think. You can think human viewpoint, or you can think divine viewpoint. Human viewpoint is what does the world say about anything? And divine viewpoint is what does the mind of Christ say, which is the Bible, the mind of Christ. What does the Bible say about anything? And so as you come across passages in the Bible that you don't agree with, then you have to justify why you don't like that passage or why you don't agree with that passage. And there are a lot of passages in the Bible that comment on social things that are going on today. And people say, well, God didn't really mean it that way, or that's not intended to be that way, or it's okay, just forget it, don't pay any attention to it. But anytime you reject the Word of God, there are consequences. Not only are there individual consequences, but there are national consequences as well. And so as we go through the Word of God, as we talk about the Bible and what the Bible has to say, individually and collectively as a nation, listen up carefully. We've been talking about criminal arrogance in this show, and this is why you need a flotline. If this happens to be the first time you've listened, the Flatline is simply 10 problem-solving devices taught in the Bible. And if you will learn these 10 problem-solving devices and use them in your life every day, they will stop you from getting into stress. They cannot prevent adversity because adversity is inevitable, but they can prevent stress. The first problem-solving device you should be aware of is Rebound or how to confess your sin when you fail. The Bible says if we confess our sin, he's faithful and just to forgive us and to purify us from all of our wrongdoing. That's rebound, 1 John 1.9. Rebound means that we've let our sin nature take control of us. We have a war with the flesh. It's always been there. The flesh wars against the spirit. Paul wrote that in Galatians. The spirit wars against the flesh. It's an unending battle until we get out of this body and get a different body, a resurrection body that will be minus any identification with Adam or Adam's sin nature trend. So you will sin, you will fail, and you can recover by using Rebound, a wonderful problem-solving device. And then there is problem-solving device number two, the filling of the Holy Spirit. This lets you operate in God's plan successfully, not under the energy of the flesh, but under the power of the Holy Spirit. And then there's the faith rest drill, standing on the promises of God. Faith perception is one of the most incredible things that we have in our life. We haven't seen Jesus Christ personally, but we believe in him with faith perception, not empirical data, not empirical evidence. He hasn't appeared to me or you. If he has appeared to you, you may need to see a doctor because he said he wasn't going to come back until he took us with him. So if he came back and appeared to you but left the rest of us here, we're in trouble, right? So the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe in him with faith perception. We haven't seen him, but we believe what the Bible says about him. And then there's biblical orientation, learning the word of God, orienting to the word of God, staying off of the my way highway, but going God's way. And then there is you developing a personal sense of destiny, another problem-solving device. And as you do that, you begin to see why God left you here, what the plan of God for your life is, It's amazing, there's also grace orientation where you orient to the grace of God, His saving grace, living grace, dying grace, even surpassing grace in heaven. All of these things are there for you if you learn them. Personal love for God is a wonderful problem-solving device because it's the virtue that we need to obey Him. Because the Bible says, if you love me, you will obey me, and my mandates are not hard, 1 John 5, 3. And then there's impersonal love for others, people that we don't even like. We are mandated to love those people. And this is exactly what God did for you. He loved you while you were a sinner. Before you knew Christ as your Savior, he loved you. How do I know that? Well, for God so loved the world. What does that say? God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. What motivated him to provide our eternal salvation? His love for his creatures. And then there is sharing the happiness of God. It's a wonderful problem-solving device. It's where you can have plus H, God's happiness, day by day, moment by moment. And eventually problem solving device number 10, occupation with the Lord Jesus Christ. Occupation with Christ is critical because now we're letting the mind of Christ flow through us and we're living as a replicate of his life. We're replicating his life. So these are the 10 unique problem solving devices. I blew through them quickly. I do have a book called Christian Problem Solving that lists all of these again and in detail and it is free. All you have to do is go to our website, rickhughesministries.org, and fill out the form, and we'll mail it to you the next day, rickhughesministries.org. Christian Problem Solving, that's what you're looking for. Okay, now we're going back to what we're talking about. We're talking about criminal arrogance. We got into this dealing with criminal activity and how does a believer deal with the crimes that are committed against him. I told you about some of the crimes I've had committed against me. I have no doubt that you've had crimes committed against you as well. We use as our illustration Cain who murdered his brother Abel. And we got to the point where Cain began to complain that God's punishment was too harsh on him, and that he was faced to wander the earth for the rest of his life, and he complained that somebody would kill him if they found him. So the criminal often becomes a coward. That's the thing I want you to remember. The criminal often becomes a coward under God's justice and complaints. He complains about God's harsh treatment or any criminal complains about the harsh treatment of the sheriff or the FBI or the Secret Service. It's too tough, too mean. I gave you an illustration last week of the tractor driver in the Alabama prison who thought he was tough, and he went down to the prison and he wanted to drive that tractor, but he couldn't get the guy off the tractor. The guy on the tractor was tougher than him. The guard had said, if you want to drive the tractor, just take that fellow off and it's yours, and he just couldn't do it. So there are some mean tractor drivers around. The analogy is that there are people much meaner than you. So here's the principle we want to pick up with now. God knows all of our desires, all of our intentions, and the things that motivate us. This is his omniscience. He knows all these things. Listen to 1 John 3, 11. For this is the message that you, that's believers, you and I, that you heard from the beginning that we should love one another. Now there's a mandate from God. You and I are to love each other. Not as Cain, verse 12, 1 John 3, not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother Cain. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brothers were righteous. Remember Cain brought to God a gift of the fruit of the land that he grew. That was human good. That was him trying to approbate God. And Abel did exactly what his parents had taught him to do. He made a blood sacrifice representing the sacrifice of the lamb. Jesus Christ, the anointed son of God, is the lamb of God. This caused great jealousy in the life of Cain because God accepted Abel's sacrifice but rejected Cain's sacrifice. So principle, it is hatred among believers That's abnormal. And that's what John's trying to warn us about in this passage. We should love one another. 1 John 3, 15. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, the Bible says. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you should know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. So hates is the word miso, M-I-S-E-O. And his brother or his fellow Christian, we're talking about another believer, this is a mental attitude sin of hatred and vindictiveness and implacability. And the Bible says he's a murderer and there is no eternal life abiding, minnow, abiding. And this doesn't mean that a murderer cannot be saved. Let me explain this. The word hate is missio. It's an inward and unjustified feeling. Missio in the Greek New Testament, M-I-S-S-I-O. It's an inward and an unjustifiable feeling towards another person, Whether that person is innocent or whether he's guilty, you have hatred. Now, let's stop. Is there someone in your life that you absolutely hate right now? If so, you need to listen very carefully. Listen carefully. No murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Murderer is a compound word from anthropos, man, and katino, to slay. Hatred of some other believer is the spiritual equivalent of murder, Jesus said. Just as a lustful eye is the spiritual equivalent of adultery. You understand that? Jesus said if you look upon a woman and lust after her, you've committed adultery already in your heart. And if you hate someone, even though you haven't killed them, you have committed mental murder. And the desire is to commit malice. It's to hurt that person. You see, the real you is what you think. Your spiritual life is lived in your thoughts, in your desires, in your intentions. And if you have a desire to commit malice, it is strictly forbidden in Ephesians 4.31. We'll look at it a little later on. So the Bible says in 1 Peter, let none of you suffer as a murderer. Talking to Christians. or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. This is not telling you that a murderer cannot be saved. This is telling you that mental attitude bitterness and vindictiveness and implacability is equivalent to murder. And as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, under the filling of the Holy Spirit, you can overcome those desires. You don't have to be led by that. You do not have to let your sin nature fire up your emotions to the extent that you want to harm somebody. Road rage, pull them over, whack them in the head. No, you do not have to do that. There is a better way to live. You live like Christ lived. And it starts off with a humility profile. Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus, Philippians 2.5, verse six, who humbled himself and made himself of no reputation, took upon himself the form of a servant. The real you needs to be the servant, not the hatred person, not committing malice, Peter makes it clear, don't suffer as a murderer or as a thief or as an evildoer or as a busybody in other men's matters. That's interesting that it's all put together right there. Peter says you have no right to stick your nose into other people's business. It may be someone that you know personally. It may be a neighbor. Stay out of their business. There's a monkey in Africa that has a nose about two feet long. He's called the proboscis monkey. And the worst problem you can get into in your life is sticking your nose in someone else's business. God says, do not do it. Matthew 7, 1 through 7, if you judge, you will be judged. But whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you again. You want to get yourself under divine discipline? You want to get yourself into some misery? Judge your neighbor. Judge your friend. Judge your coworker. Go ahead and judge him. Stick your nose. This is God's business. He's in business before you got here. He's the Supreme Court judge in heaven. He doesn't need you to pronounce sentence on anybody. So don't be a busybody. Don't think like murderers think. You see, Cain was motivated by Satan. And you know why he did it? To try to neutralize him in the angelic conflict. And eventually, Interfere with the line of Jesus Christ who was going to come through Abel I'm sure Satan aka the devil thought I get rid of Abel we get rid of the line of Christ because in Genesis 315 it was predicted and prophesied by God and that a redeemer would come. And that's Satan's thinking, I'll get rid of Abel and there won't be any redeemer. John 8, 44, you are of your father the devil and the desires of your father you will do. Now this is an unbeliever or even a believer out of fellowship in carnality, perpetual carnality, It goes on to say in John 8, 44, he was a murderer from the beginning. That's Satan that motivated Cain to murder Abel. He does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources. He's a liar and the father of it. That's pretty indicative of what Satan is. So when you neglect the Bible, when you throw it aside and you satisfy your appetite with some human viewpoint thinking, my friend said it's okay. The professor said it's okay. Other people are doing it. Surely God didn't mean that. Surely God must be wrong. Surely the Bible's not really true. Well, you're listening to the liar. Satan is laughing at you right now. What a dummy you are. You have in front of you the living word of God. The word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder the soul and the spirit and the joints and the marrow, and is a critic of thoughts and intent of the heart. You have that in front of you, and you are ignoring it. You're not even tapping into the resources. You're not even using it. Because it doesn't fit into your agenda. And so if Satan was able to neutralize Cain, he'll neutralize you if you allow his influences in your sin nature. By conning Cain into killing Abel, he figured it would be over. And there was no way a redeemer could come with the line of the redeemer out, gone. And Satan will neutralize you if you let him. He'll influence your sin nature trends. If you let your emotions get out of the way and get into this vindictive revenge motivation thinking like what happened to Cain, then you will neutralize your own self. Let me ask you a question. What is the clear evidence that you are indeed a Christian? Is there any real clear evidence that you are indeed a Christian? Well, I believe there is. Is there clear evidence you're a believer and becoming eventually a mature believer? Listen to John 13, 34. And this comes straight out of the King James Version. A new mandate I give to you that you love one another as I loved you, that you also love one another. That's problem-solving device number seven, virtue love, impersonal love. It's critical that you understand that. Seven and eight, personal love for God, impersonal love for others. And then listen to John 13, 35. By this. By what? By our love for each other. By this, all will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another. When you have love for one another, when there's no bitterness, no malice, no hatred, no criminal activity of any sort, it's indicative to the world that you are a child of God. I want to tell you, a lot of those disciples were fishermen. And they had to wrap their minds around this, or Satan would divide and conquer them. Because if there's anything I can tell you, since I am a fisherman, is fishermen don't naturally love each other. Especially in competitive bass fishing. It's all about making money. I don't do competitive bass fishing, but it's all about making money, being profitable, so... If another boater, man or woman, infringes on your territory, they get angry and they get protective and they get bitter. And I have done that in my past life. I can remember some things I'm not too proud about, getting mad at people. But fishermen don't naturally love each other when they're competing against each other. So what motivates us to be negative like that? When we are negative to God's word, when we don't reflect that love one for another that is proof positive that we're disciples, well, rest assured that what motivates your negative volition, you're not gonna hide anything from God. Even though you may think you're getting away with this deed, you won't hide it from God. You know, Cain buried Abel, tried to hide it from God. He thought God wouldn't know it. That was dumb. Principle, sin is rejection and rebellion against God. Two, the sinner seeks to destroy the godly and vindicate himself and denies responsibility for his own sin. That's exactly what Cain did. He denied responsibility. God nailed him. Where's your brother? What am I, my brother's keeper? He mouthed off to God. Can you believe that? Am I my brother's keeper? No, God said, I'll tell you what you did. You murdered him and buried him in the ground and his blood cries out from the ground. The sinner seeks to destroy the godly and vindicate himself, does not denies any responsibility for his sin. And point three, Cain ignored. the concepts of the offering for appreciation of God's blessing. He ignored that. His parents taught him what to do, but he didn't do it. And he performed another deed. Oh, he did a right thing. He brought an offering to God, but he did it in the wrong way, and the justice of God rejected it because it did not reflect the Redeemer. Abel tried to please God in faith, but Cain had no faith, only self-centered arrogance, and he could not be persuaded to be obedient. Even the Lord warned him about this. Can you imagine the Lord speaking to you face to face? The Lord said to Cain, why are you angry? This is chapter four, verse six and seven. Why are you angry? And why is your expression downcast? Is it not true that if you do what is right, you'll be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door, and its desire is to dominate you, but you must overrule it. Cain's negative volition was an indication of who he really belonged to. He had a chance. There's a direct warning from the Lord himself. Cain, sin is knocking at the door. You must overcome it. You must overrule it. In 1 John 3, 12, is not Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother? And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brothers were righteous. Anyone who has arrogant envy like Cain had is subject to the desires of the sin, jealousy and bitterness. And Satan will always use the unrighteous to persecute the righteous. So your rebellion to God and his laws, that'll make you a subject of Satan's plan and a desire to vindicate himself by using you as a sucker. He may have already done that. You may have dipped your toe into sin and let your sin nature dominate you. And Satan is getting a nice round of applause from the demons. See, he's already corralled you. You already bought into human viewpoint thinking. You already rejected the word of God and the faith perception of what is actually true. And you might have mouthed off to God as well. Cain did not care what God thought. He justified his murderous deed. But once he got exposed, and once the discipline was administered, he complained. Oh, it's too harsh. Oh, this is too much. The criminal wants a lighter sentence every time. Regardless of what he's done, he doesn't want the sentence to be that harsh. 20 years, why not 10 years? Death? No, why not life? You see, once exposed, and the discipline comes from the government or the police or whatever authority, then the criminal always wants a lighter sentence. He didn't treat anybody lightly, but he wants lighted treatment, be treated lightly. But God graciously protected Cain. I don't understand all of this, but he gave him a sign saying, He did sentence him to wander the earth. Whenever you till the ground, it will not yield any strength. Your farming days are over, buddy. A fugitive and a wanderer, you shall be on the earth. And God put a sign on him that no one could kill him. No one really knows what that was, and I'm not going to get into it. But I will tell you, this was a lifelong sentence of wandering and wandering and wandering and never feeling at home. Murder lies in the heart of every man in the form of hatred and in the form of bitterness. Note this, there were no prisons. There was no police force at this time. Thus, this sentence that the Lord placed upon Cain was basically a life sentence with no chance of parole. Basically a life sentence with no chance of parole. There's a lot more to this narrative that I can teach in this short time, but we've laid the groundwork for you so that you can see right here criminal thinking in the mind of the arrogant, jealous, bitter, vindictive brother Cain. And this should be a warning to you. You are not allowed as a Christian to hate anyone. You're not allowed to have that desire for malice in your heart to want to murder someone. In Ephesians 4, it says, do not let bitterness rule your life or hatred or implacability or even malice. Malice is a desire to hurt someone. and you can't do it. If you have that sort of hatred in your heart, you must confess that sin to God. There may be someone that really shafted you in some way. You must confess your hatred to God, and you must not let Satan use it to manipulate you to doing something stupid. Get control of your emotions. Turn it over to the Supreme Court of Heaven that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and God the Father will handle the details. No one gets away with anything, but God didn't send you to be the one who decides what they get away with and what they don't. He can handle it. Let him handle it. In other words, keep your nose out of God's business. You stay in fellowship. You learn his word. You advance in the plan of God. You grow till you can replicate the thinking of Christ and live his life through you, through occupation with Christ. And then you can be a winner believer in the plan of God. Then you can glorify God to the maximum. And then you can hear your father say, well done, my good and my faithful servant. That's what he's looking for. Our Father is looking for a good and a faithful servant. Is it you? I hope so. Next week, same time, same place. Until then, this is your host, Rick Hughes, saying thank you for listening to The Flock Lines.
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This week's episode of The Good News with Angie Austin features fascinating discussions on wealth creation and health preservation. Millionaire mentor Jim Stovall reveals the secrets to building wealth through disciplined habits and shares unexpected truths about becoming a millionaire. Featuring insights from his column read by millions worldwide, it's a discussion that challenges the norm and inspires change. Later in the show, Angie explores another vital aspect of life: health. She speaks to Susan Scarborough, who manages life with a primary immunodeficiency, and Laurel Cherwin, an immunology expert. They educate listeners on the significance of proper immune system functionality and the essential support plasma donations provide. Whether you're interested in securing your financial future or maintaining your health, this episode provides valuable knowledge and inspiration.
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welcome to the good news with angie austin now with the good news here's angie hey there friend angie austin and jim stovall and we are talking about millionaire answers today and who doesn't want to be a millionaire you know jim it used to be the big thing to be a millionaire and now billionaires like that's the thing jim but you know being a millionaire isn't too shabby either i must say
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Yeah, it's a great thing. When the term millionaire was first coined, it was a lot of money. Now, it's still a lot of money, but it is very accessible for most people. Millionaire Answers is the title of my new book. For 25 years, I've written this column, and they tell me 3 million people a week read it in North America, Europe, and Asia. I have my contact info in every one of those, and all of the 10 million books we've sold is. So I get a lot of questions from people. I try to answer them all, but some of them are so common questions that I write a column about it. So a lot of the columns I write are answers to people's questions. And, you know, now being a millionaire is simply a matter of being disciplined and diligent. I mean, the fastest growing group of millionaires today in America are our school teachers. And everybody knows we don't overpay our school teachers, to say the least. But these people participate in their 401k, or in their case, it's a 403b for a nonprofit, but it's the same thing. And they just do it with discipline and diligence, and it's just a matter of time until you're a millionaire. So You know, anyone can do this. Anybody can be a multimillionaire. Now, you mentioned the B word, becoming a billionaire. Yeah, that takes... A lot. That's another thing. That takes... You've got to be an entrepreneur and create... You know, you've got to be a Bill Gates. You've got to be in the right place at the right time and do something because that's $1,000 million. And that's a serious, serious thing. But... Anybody listening to us now, if you have time on your side, you can be a millionaire and retire, and your money will work for you like you worked for it. It is really cool. I still work every day. I enjoy what I do, but for the last, I would say, 15 years, my money makes more money than I do.
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Isn't that interesting? My real estate has made more money than I do in the last few years. Just in appreciation, I guess I should say.
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Yeah, to have something out there working for you. I really recommend it, but to have a goal to be a millionaire is not enough. When people say, I want a million dollars, I say, why? It's a lot of piles of dirty paper with dead presidents on it why do you want this million because the the the money's not an end it's a means to an end that that's like saying you know i want a full tank of gas well why well i want to go somewhere well tell me where you want to go that's what will motivate you so you know a million dollars may be a new home it may be sending your kids to college it may be taking care of your parents in their later years it may be all kinds of things and uh But you have to decide what it is. And, you know, in Millionaire Answers, we talk about all of those things. And we talk about the things that candidly disrupt things. You know, people either get distracted or derailed, and they don't become a millionaire because they allowed bad advice or something to get in their way. And it's just... Becoming a millionaire is very, very simple, Angie, but it's not easy. I mean, climbing Mount Everest is very, very simple. It's not easy, but it's simple. You stand at the bottom of the mountain and you say, look up there. All you got to do is go up there. And that is a simple concept. Everybody understands the concept. Now, getting there is not easy. Becoming a millionaire is far easier than that. But it does involve setting up a plan. and being diligent, and now you can put it on autopilot. You can set it up, forget it, and just wait, and you will be a millionaire.
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Well, I that's interesting to me that you talk about teachers, you know, being the largest group of, you know, millionaires, people becoming millionaires because of those great retirement plans. And what are some of the simple like when people say, you know, like, how did you do it besides, you know, hard work? And you always say to me, making money is easy, which I don't necessarily agree with you. But, you know, once you've got some of your like your systems in place, let's say, and there's so many people have side hustles now. I mean, for goodness sakes my son i mean gosh what did he buy the other day oh i know a 10 hat and it was from like university of hawaii or some some hawaii hat 10 bucks and he knew he could probably get 80 for it but when he posted it so many people wanted it he ended up getting 350 for it so he has found a way that with his expertise in vintage wear, which is so big now. We were at a party last night, and all these adults were saying, like, well, who buys this vintage stuff? He's like, kids my age. Like, it's the in thing. When you see on his campus, like, they'll say, what are you wearing? They do this thing, like, what are you wearing today? Your outfit's so cool. And then they just ask a bunch of kids. Almost every kid says something like, oh, I thrifted this sweatshirt, and I thrifted the shoes, and then, you know, eagle whatever, American Eagle jeans, or blah, blah, blah. But you know, one or two items that they're wearing that they've thrifted. And they go to the places like the bins that my son goes to where they weigh the whole cart and they subtract the weight of the cart. And then you pay by the pound for the clothes. So this is the end thing. So like, well, who's paying all this money for these things? There is like this sect of society that is fascinated and totally into like the old Muhammad Ali fight shirts or uh tyson you know um boxing match shirts for like a famous match or a big you know football game that somebody got you know a certain t-shirt from and that there's only a few of them or like nirvana i think i told you he paid 60 for a nirvana shirt and he sold it for 1100 i think he said 1.1 grand less and i'm like you mean 1100 and he goes yeah yeah yeah 1.1 grand and so um so you But I don't necessarily think for everyone making money is easy. I think a lot of people get caught in that trap of like a minimum wage job like my mom did in a factory and she couldn't get ahead per se. Like she never had savings until she started living with me. And so I'd say like the last, you know, 15 to 20 years, she actually started saving money, but she was done working. She was saving off of the money that she was getting from her social security and then able to live with me. So I think the mindset, I love your mindset if it's easy to make money, but I don't know that it is for everyone. But then it is easy to save money if you can make sacrifices. So when people ask you, what are your simple tips for growing money on a regular income? I know I've heard you say take money out of each check. What are the tips you give?
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Well, simple and easy on making money goes back to Benjamin Franklin's thing. A penny saved is a penny earned. And it doesn't matter how much you earn, it matters how much you keep. And so the first step, I don't care who you are, how much money you make, or how little you make, you can become a millionaire, but you're going to have to live on less than you earn. And there's only two ways to impact that equation. You either earn more or spend less. And and you've got to get out of debt. I mean, that is the number one thing. I mean, we all start at zero to climb the millionaire mountain. But some people got to get out of a little bit of a hole just to get to zero. And so you because it's hard enough to climb the mountain on your own. With that kind of debt on your back, you can't do it. You've got to pay off your debt. You've got to live on less than you earn. And there's nothing fun or sexy about any of that.
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There's nothing fun or sexy.
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Because they say, you know, hey, I don't want to do that. That sounds like hard work or that sounds like sacrifice. You know, they're looking for the get rich quick, something easy. You know, no, that doesn't exist. Those things do not exist. You've got to get the equation working for you. But it doesn't take that much. My sister-in-law, several years ago, and she's had some mental problems, physical problems, a lot of different things. And she had to retire early. But for the last 10 years of her life, she was basically working at a call center for minimum wage. And they gave them a little bit of a bonus, a $1.10 an hour bonus if you were on time every day that week. And I said, okay, I'm now going to manage your money. Because people tell me all the time, Jim, you have no idea how hard it is to live on it. Yeah, I do, because I did it for 10 years with Amy. And so, you know, you're now going to get like $13 an hour if you do this. And she had a nice condo she rented. And she had a decent car she drove. It wasn't a brand new car, to say the least, but whatever. And she had all the things she needed. She didn't have everything she wanted, but she had all the things she needed. And we paid off all her debt. And then a couple years later, I'll never forget, she had $10,000. I love it. That was unallocated, just sitting there. And she said, where did that money come from? I said, from you. It's all these things you've done. And then, you know, it's just a matter of taking that money and keeping it going. I mean, as soon as you can pay off your debt and make that first dollar and save it and set it aside, you now have done everything you need to do. It's called rinse and repeat. Do it again. Do it again and again and again. But it's tough. I get that. Like I said, it's simple. The concept is not that complicated, but it is not easy to do. It's like losing weight, getting in shape, all the other things. Man, that's simple. Not easy. You know, I mean, I was talking to a guy the other day. He said, man, quitting smoking is complicated. I said, no, it's not. Just quit lighting those things. But it's not easy. I will tell you, it is not easy to give up tobacco. But it is quite simple. I mean, there's nothing terribly complicated about that process. It's just a matter of do you want to do it. And so I always encourage people, you know, we've got to have the why. We've got to know why you want to do this. Otherwise, the sacrifice is too great. You know, I always tell people, I give them the example. If I put a, you know, a six inch wide plank on the floor of an arena and I ask people to come walk across it, virtually everybody could. If you have reasonable health, you can walk 10 feet across this board. Not that big a deal. Now, if we move it up, 50 feet in the air, how many people can do it? Not very many. Most people can't do that. It's the same board and the same thing. But now I'm going to change one thing. Your kid is on the other side of the board and they're going to die if you don't go save them right now. Everybody scrambles across that board. And I didn't change the height. I didn't change the difficulty. I didn't make the board wider. The only thing I did was I changed the why. Why are you doing this? So We gave out my scholarships the other day. My committee met. We decided. And then we got all the way to the end, and we ran out of the money for this year. And I always do the same thing at the end of every year. Okay, give me the next application. Here is the young lady that did not get a scholarship because we ran out of money. And I don't care how many scholarships we give. There's always somebody we ran out of money. And she's the young lady that will motivate me for the next year.
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I love it.
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That is my why.
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That is so cool.
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Yeah, I am no longer motivated by a bigger house or a newer car. I mean, the travel, we've been everywhere we want to go. And if there's somewhere else we decide to go, we'll go. But there's always some more people to help make a difference in that. And that's one of the big things you can do with your money.
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I love that. I love it. What a cool motivation. I've never heard you say that. That's pretty cool. I mean, I knew you liked giving, but what a cool thing that you just grabbed that next kid and you're like, all right, you know, I'm going to do this for Susie next year. Maybe she'll get one next year. Maybe she'll still be applying next year. I... I just think that your plan, you know, like you said, it's simple, and I've never thought of it like that. You say exercise. You come up with a plan first, like your roadmap. You know, you don't get to Florida from New Jersey without a map. So, you know, come up with your plan, your map. Exercise patience and remain persistent. Just keep doing it every week. I love that. And you can also, on Jim's column this week, you can click here. to get a copy of Millionaire Answers. And my mom's been reading your newest book, and so she thinks you guys are good friends now, too. JimStoval.com. Thank you, friend. Always a pleasure.
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Thanks to you and your mom.
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Hey there, friends. Angie Austin here with the good news. You know, we like to talk a lot about health and longevity on the show. And, you know, sometimes you've got something and you keep getting a little ill, but you can't quite figure out why you keep getting sick. And maybe why you keep getting more bouts of it or it's lasting a longer time. So overall general health is so important. But as World Primary Immunodeficiency Week approaches, we're going to learn more about primary immunodeficiencies. Joining us is Susan Scarborough. She is currently living with a PI. And Laurel Cherwin. Laurel is a senior immunology clinical nurse educator with OctoPharma. And they are here to help us be healthier and to learn more about primary immunodeficiencies. There are over 400, maybe even over 500. Welcome, ladies. We mentioned that it's World Primary Immunodeficiency Week in the intro. So, Laurel, I'm going to start with you. Just explain to us, I hear there are over 400 PIs. What is a PI?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, so there's actually over 550 PIs that have been identified there. So a primary immunodeficiency is one that is part of either your genetic structure or something that you've evolved into. It means that some of your antibodies are not enough in volume or they're not functioning properly. So as a result of which, then you become susceptible to infection because you don't have the protective antibody coverage.
SPEAKER 03 :
Now, Susan, you've been navigating this and I understand, you know, something like a COVID quarantine could even complicate it more. Can you tell us, Susan, about your journey? Because I understand you've lived a really healthy lifestyle.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I was extremely healthy for quite some time as far as not getting sick. And then I started getting sicker and sicker where I would catch something and I would have several rounds and bouts of it as well as medication to fight it. And it just wasn't happening. It wasn't helping. And as far as COVID is concerned, it was kind of scary for me because I moved to a new state about five days before the whole world stopped. And I knew that I needed to have my immunoglobulin. And the ideology was, well, we're going to switch from one state to the other state as far as doctors are concerned. But everything was closed and no doctors were going to see me at that time until a lot of the restrictions were lifted. So it was a huge panic mode for me. But I was able to, my old doctor actually had off-licensing in another state. So I had to go four hours to get my immunoglobulin every two weeks, but it was worth it for me during that time because of course we had no idea about what COVID was or how it affected us. And so for me to be able to at least have my normal coverage made me feel like I would be okay. But honestly, I didn't go anywhere for probably six to eight months, because at that time we were supposed to be very susceptible. So it was very lonely because we moved into a new house and a new state. And I knew no one. In fact, when I finally went out and started meeting people, they're like, Oh, did she just move here?
SPEAKER 03 :
You're like almost a year ago. That reminds me of, yeah, right. That reminds me of grand grand. My mom, I kind of sequestered her and she has a basement apartment at my house. And She's 83, so I just kept her down there and fed her. She actually lost a lot of weight because I'm not pretty healthy either. But, yeah, she was pretty lonely because I was keeping her away from all of my teenagers as well. All right, so, Laurel, can you talk about that treatment that Susan was just talking about? I mean, I want to know because I understand that we might be able to help people with immunodeficiencies.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, sure. So IVIG, or immunoglobulin therapy, is a plasma-derived therapy, one of many. And essentially what it is is that the antibodies are gathered from the donor, and there's a manufacturing process that... It goes through multiple viral inactivation stages and then adjustments as well for pH control, et cetera. It is thousands of donors. Antibodies are then pulled into a batch, let's just say, and it's in a vial. And it's provided to a patient that receives it either via IV or you can also do it subcutaneous, which would be small needles under your skin. It's a smaller, more frequent dose with that. So as a result of which, you know, like Susan had talked about, it's like filling your tank with gas. And then you are able to then have a very broad spectrum of antibodies available to protect you.
SPEAKER 03 :
Now, in terms of us helping out, I was actually talking to my son, who's a college student, about blood donation, plasma donation. Is that something that we can do that would help people with primary immunodeficiencies?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, donating plasma because each batch takes well over 1,000 donors. Wow. Yeah, so it does require a lot. And it's not like you can just turn on the tap and get more antibodies out. It fully relies on the donation of the plasma from the patients. And it's all sourced within the United States as well.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, wow. Okay. We rely on the generosity of donors for sure. Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, no, no. It's interesting because I just looked up yesterday, oddly enough, before I even confirmed your interview, I looked up what's the age limit because my mom said, well, I always used to donate. I'd like to see if I could. And some, I know blood banks, I don't know about a plasma. I haven't looked into that yet, but I know that some blood banks will take um you know blood from uh older people and then my son's 19 so i knew he'd be fine but the three of us were going to do it like and then go out to lunch you know kind of like a little mommy daddy or you know mommy son grandma day kind of thing but uh it's just so coincidental that now we're talking about this the next day so i already put it on my to-do list to look into for us to help out today because i would love to help someone now in terms of this this is obviously um you know a thousand donors you said and a lot of people have to help out with this but we What can you do, Susan, like on your own? What do you do health wise in general to make this situation better for you?
SPEAKER 04 :
Aside from plasma donation, or aside from getting plasma from other people, I definitely have to make sure that I live healthier than I ever have. So the normal things, eating well, staying away from anti-inflammatory foods, making sure that if I go anywhere, it's outdoor and I constantly check the flu or the COVID. or the RSV map that's out there in my area to see if there's been any recent outbreaks. I have to isolate myself definitely in January and February, which is the height of cold flu season, which is very, very lonely. And I also, if I'm in an area where it's indoor, like a concert, I either have to say no or, Or I have to just reside myself to the fact that I'm going to be having to wear an N99 or N95 mask, which, you know, we all hate masking. But, you know, it's kind of that risk ratio of, well, do I really want to go and be part of this or do I want to be miserable? What's worth it?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, you know, I I've been in news for 30 years and I do. I've interviewed thousands of people on I worked in Los Angeles for, you know, 20 years. I've worked all over the country in TV and radio. I've never, I had no idea that there was a mapping system to find out where they had outbreaks of RSV and other things. Cause I think I just had it. I was sick for a month. And so all of this is very interesting to me. Like I've never been sick for a month with something that felt kind of like a cold and a cough. So I didn't know there were maps like that. And very important. You mentioned the type of mass that it's not just like a cloth mask. This is the real deal.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, yes, yes, you definitely have to. Because obviously, we found out through COVID that some masks don't work. But you know, there are so many other viral diseases out there that also have those very fine droplets, you know, we always talk about the flu yes to be um but there's so many out there that scientists don't even know they just call it a mystery virus but it can get you just as sick if not sicker so yeah you have to and it's hard because i live in a warm climate and it really stinks sometimes when you have to have that very heavy face covering on there so you know again it's the risk benefit um but i yes And I definitely want to participate in my life and live my life as much as I can while I feel well. Days that I don't feel well, I already miss out. So I don't mind masking just because that allows me to participate.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, to live your life. All right, either of you can answer this, but Laurel, I'm assuming this might be something I should ask you. We only have a couple minutes left here. How would we know that we might be dealing with an issue like this? How would we figure it out?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, so you have to wait 10 years of misdiagnosis. No, I'm just kidding. So essentially what you would look at would be frequent or chronic repetitive infections. And I'm not talking like a sniffle. Some of them are really complex where they require multiple doses of antibiotics or IV antibiotics as well or hospitalization. Pneumonia, more than having pneumonia one time, it can also present with other factors with an autoimmune presentation, meaning a dysregulated immune system. That would primarily be... You know, I would say to give a heads up. And the initial diagnosis, even just to look at, you would look at a comprehensive IgG panel. So to see where's your IgG. IgG is your number of, that's your antibody that we're actually receiving through the donation. You can kind of see where that is at. And that's a simple blood test. simple blood test yeah i mean it can go into further further go deeper into um you know much deeper into the into the the lab work and then ultimately what they do is then they do they give what we have called the pneumovac challenge where they give you a vaccine and then they challenge your immune system to go and check to see your titers did you indeed make titers to the the um the the pneumovac vaccine that you received. And that could be you could maybe did not make any titers, or you could have made titers, but then they fell off, meaning that you have some problems with your memory B cells, like 10-second Tom. You know, they forgot what they were exposed to, so they're not going to hold the memory of either the infection or the vaccine or something along those lines. It would show that there was an inherent issue with the immune system.
SPEAKER 04 :
And the organization that I volunteer for, it's a nonprofit organization called the Immune Deficiency Foundation. They actually have on their website, primaryimmune.org, an online assessment tool that talks about, you can answer different questions, and it talks about your specific condition. immune system so that is something that if you're like you know i'm sick all the time you know we keep on trying to see what's going on i'm being misdiagnosed or even just dismissed this is something that you can take and you have those answers then in front of you where you can have a conversation with your doctor to be able to look into it more and to take that simple blood test first yeah
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, Susan and Laurel, I have to tell you, you've taught me a lot today, and I want to make sure we have any website or websites that you'd like to refer us to before we end the interview. Thank you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Sure. So if you're interested in the plasma donation information, octopharmaplasma.com will give you more information about the process, also help you identify locations where you can go to be that plasma hero and donate the plasma.
SPEAKER 04 :
And then there's the idea. And then, yes. So again, the Immune Deficiency Foundation, for anybody who has PI and they would like to have some support, because there's nothing better than people there that get it. It is a rare disease, but there's also... tons of education. And I always believe that knowledge is power. And if you can feel powerful in a powerless situation, it's everything. And that website again is primaryimmune.org.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, Susan and Laurel, thank you so much for all you're doing to help others. I know today you certainly educated me, so I'm sure everyone's listening on education as well. Thanks to both of you.
SPEAKER 04 :
Thank you for allowing us to talk with you.
SPEAKER 02 :
Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM670 KLTT.
SPEAKER 03 :
welcome to the good news with angie austin now with the good news here's angie hey there friend angie austin and jim stovall and we are talking about millionaire answers today and who doesn't want to be a millionaire you know jim it used to be the big thing to be a millionaire and now billionaires like that's the thing jim but you know being a millionaire isn't too shabby either i must say
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it's a great thing. When the term millionaire was first coined, it was a lot of money. Now, it's still a lot of money, but it is very accessible for most people. Millionaire Answers is the title of my new book. For 25 years, I've written this column, and they tell me 3 million people a week read it in North America, Europe, and Asia. I have my contact info in every one of those, and all of the 10 million books we've sold is. So I get a lot of questions from people. I try to answer them all, but some of them are so common questions that I write a column about it. So a lot of the columns I write are answers to people's questions. And, you know, now being a millionaire is simply a matter of being disciplined and diligent. I mean, the fastest growing group of millionaires today in America are our school teachers. And everybody knows we don't overpay our school teachers, to say the least. But these people participate in their 401k, or in their case, it's a 403b for a nonprofit, but it's the same thing. And they just do it with discipline and diligence, and it's just a matter of time until you're a millionaire. So You know, anyone can do this. Anybody can be a multimillionaire. Now, you mentioned the B word, becoming a billionaire. Yeah, that takes... A lot. That's another thing. That takes... You've got to be an entrepreneur and create... You know, you've got to be a Bill Gates. You've got to be in the right place at the right time and do something because that's $1,000 million. And that's a serious, serious thing. But... Anybody listening to us now, if you have time on your side, you can be a millionaire and retire, and your money will work for you like you worked for it. It is really cool. I still work every day. I enjoy what I do, but for the last, I would say, 15 years, my money makes more money than I do.
SPEAKER 03 :
Isn't that interesting? My real estate has made more money than I do in the last few years. Just in appreciation, I guess I should say.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, to have something out there working for you. I really recommend it, but to have a goal to be a millionaire is not enough. When people say, I want a million dollars, I say, why? It's a lot of piles of dirty paper with dead presidents on it why do you want this million because the the the money's not an end it's a means to an end that that's like saying you know i want a full tank of gas well why well i want to go somewhere well tell me where you want to go that's what will motivate you so you know a million dollars may be a new home it may be sending your kids to college it may be taking care of your parents in their later years it may be all kinds of things and uh But you have to decide what it is. And, you know, in Millionaire Answers, we talk about all of those things. And we talk about the things that candidly disrupt things. You know, people either get distracted or derailed, and they don't become a millionaire because they allowed bad advice or something to get in their way. And it's just... Becoming a millionaire is very, very simple, Angie, but it's not easy. I mean, climbing Mount Everest is very, very simple. It's not easy, but it's simple. You stand at the bottom of the mountain and you say, look up there. All you got to do is go up there. And that is a simple concept. Everybody understands the concept. Now, getting there is not easy. Becoming a millionaire is far easier than that. But it does involve setting up a plan. and being diligent, and now you can put it on autopilot. You can set it up, forget it, and just wait, and you will be a millionaire.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, I that's interesting to me that you talk about teachers, you know, being the largest group of, you know, millionaires, people becoming millionaires because of those great retirement plans. And what are some of the simple like when people say, you know, like, how did you do it besides, you know, hard work? And you always say to me, making money is easy, which I don't necessarily agree with you. But, you know, once you've got some of your like your systems in place, let's say, and there's so many people have side hustles now. I mean, for goodness sakes my son i mean gosh what did he buy the other day oh i know a 10 hat and it was from like university of hawaii or some some hawaii hat 10 bucks and he knew he could probably get 80 for it but when he posted it so many people wanted it he ended up getting 350 for it so he has found a way that with his expertise in vintage wear, which is so big now. We were at a party last night, and all these adults were saying, like, well, who buys this vintage stuff? He's like, kids my age. Like, it's the in thing. When you see on his campus, like, they'll say, what are you wearing? They do this thing, like, what are you wearing today? Your outfit's so cool. And then they just ask a bunch of kids. Almost every kid says something like, oh, I thrifted this sweatshirt, and I thrifted the shoes, and then, you know, eagle whatever, American Eagle jeans, or blah, blah, blah. But you know, one or two items that they're wearing that they've thrifted. And they go to the places like the bins that my son goes to where they weigh the whole cart and they subtract the weight of the cart. And then you pay by the pound for the clothes. So this is the end thing. So like, well, who's paying all this money for these things? There is like this sect of society that is fascinated and totally into like the old Muhammad Ali fight shirts or uh tyson you know um boxing match shirts for like a famous match or a big you know football game that somebody got you know a certain t-shirt from and that there's only a few of them or like nirvana i think i told you he paid 60 for a nirvana shirt and he sold it for 1100 i think he said 1.1 grand less and i'm like you mean 1100 and he goes yeah yeah yeah 1.1 grand and so um so you But I don't necessarily think for everyone making money is easy. I think a lot of people get caught in that trap of like a minimum wage job like my mom did in a factory and she couldn't get ahead per se. Like she never had savings until she started living with me. And so I'd say like the last, you know, 15 to 20 years, she actually started saving money, but she was done working. She was saving off of the money that she was getting from her social security and then able to live with me. So I think the mindset, I love your mindset if it's easy to make money, but I don't know that it is for everyone. But then it is easy to save money if you can make sacrifices. So when people ask you, what are your simple tips for growing money on a regular income? I know I've heard you say take money out of each check. What are the tips you give?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, simple and easy on making money goes back to Benjamin Franklin's thing. A penny saved is a penny earned. And it doesn't matter how much you earn, it matters how much you keep. And so the first step, I don't care who you are, how much money you make, or how little you make, you can become a millionaire, but you're going to have to live on less than you earn. And there's only two ways to impact that equation. You either earn more or spend less. And and you've got to get out of debt. I mean, that is the number one thing. I mean, we all start at zero to climb the millionaire mountain. But some people got to get out of a little bit of a hole just to get to zero. And so you because it's hard enough to climb the mountain on your own. With that kind of debt on your back, you can't do it. You've got to pay off your debt. You've got to live on less than you earn. And there's nothing fun or sexy about any of that.
SPEAKER 05 :
There's nothing fun or sexy.
SPEAKER 06 :
Because they say, you know, hey, I don't want to do that. That sounds like hard work or that sounds like sacrifice. You know, they're looking for the get rich quick, something easy. You know, no, that doesn't exist. Those things do not exist. You've got to get the equation working for you. But it doesn't take that much. My sister-in-law, several years ago, and she's had some mental problems, physical problems, a lot of different things. And she had to retire early. But for the last 10 years of her life, she was basically working at a call center for minimum wage. And they gave them a little bit of a bonus, a $1.10 an hour bonus if you were on time every day that week. And I said, okay, I'm now going to manage your money. Because people tell me all the time, Jim, you have no idea how hard it is to live on it. Yeah, I do, because I did it for 10 years with Amy. And so, you know, you're now going to get like $13 an hour if you do this. And she had a nice condo she rented. And she had a decent car she drove. It wasn't a brand new car, to say the least, but whatever. And she had all the things she needed. She didn't have everything she wanted, but she had all the things she needed. And we paid off all her debt. And then a couple years later, I'll never forget, she had $10,000. I love it. That was unallocated, just sitting there. And she said, where did that money come from? I said, from you. It's all these things you've done. And then, you know, it's just a matter of taking that money and keeping it going. I mean, as soon as you can pay off your debt and make that first dollar and save it and set it aside, you now have done everything you need to do. It's called rinse and repeat. Do it again. Do it again and again and again. But it's tough. I get that. Like I said, it's simple. The concept is not that complicated, but it is not easy to do. It's like losing weight, getting in shape, all the other things. Man, that's simple. Not easy. You know, I mean, I was talking to a guy the other day. He said, man, quitting smoking is complicated. I said, no, it's not. Just quit lighting those things. But it's not easy. I will tell you, it is not easy to give up tobacco. But it is quite simple. I mean, there's nothing terribly complicated about that process. It's just a matter of do you want to do it. And so I always encourage people, you know, we've got to have the why. We've got to know why you want to do this. Otherwise, the sacrifice is too great. You know, I always tell people, I give them the example. If I put a, you know, a six inch wide plank on the floor of an arena and I ask people to come walk across it, virtually everybody could. If you have reasonable health, you can walk 10 feet across this board. Not that big a deal. Now, if we move it up, 50 feet in the air, how many people can do it? Not very many. Most people can't do that. It's the same board and the same thing. But now I'm going to change one thing. Your kid is on the other side of the board and they're going to die if you don't go save them right now. Everybody scrambles across that board. And I didn't change the height. I didn't change the difficulty. I didn't make the board wider. The only thing I did was I changed the why. Why are you doing this? So We gave out my scholarships the other day. My committee met. We decided. And then we got all the way to the end, and we ran out of the money for this year. And I always do the same thing at the end of every year. Okay, give me the next application. Here is the young lady that did not get a scholarship because we ran out of money. And I don't care how many scholarships we give. There's always somebody we ran out of money. And she's the young lady that will motivate me for the next year.
SPEAKER 05 :
I love it.
SPEAKER 06 :
That is my why.
SPEAKER 05 :
That is so cool.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I am no longer motivated by a bigger house or a newer car. I mean, the travel, we've been everywhere we want to go. And if there's somewhere else we decide to go, we'll go. But there's always some more people to help make a difference in that. And that's one of the big things you can do with your money.
SPEAKER 03 :
I love that. I love it. What a cool motivation. I've never heard you say that. That's pretty cool. I mean, I knew you liked giving, but what a cool thing that you just grabbed that next kid and you're like, all right, you know, I'm going to do this for Susie next year. Maybe she'll get one next year. Maybe she'll still be applying next year. I... I just think that your plan, you know, like you said, it's simple, and I've never thought of it like that. You say exercise. You come up with a plan first, like your roadmap. You know, you don't get to Florida from New Jersey without a map. So, you know, come up with your plan, your map. Exercise patience and remain persistent. Just keep doing it every week. I love that. And you can also, on Jim's column this week, you can click here. to get a copy of Millionaire Answers. And my mom's been reading your newest book, and so she thinks you guys are good friends now, too. JimStoval.com. Thank you, friend. Always a pleasure.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thanks to you and your mom.
SPEAKER 01 :
It's that time of year to start cleaning out your closets, basement, and garage by donating to Arc Thrift. With 34 thrift stores and 15 donation centers across the Front Range, you have almost 50 different locations to donate your gently used clothing and items you don't need anymore or are taking up space in your home. ARC will also take large furniture off your hands by scheduling a pickup through the ARC website. Any soft goods you choose to donate, you can just put in bags, while hard goods need to go into boxes. This helps ARC turn their 5,000 weekly donations per store into resellable items immediately. With spring around the corner, donate the spring and Easter clothing that is too small or just sitting in a closet to help out another family. And while you're there, get your Easter decorations and clothing. To schedule your large furniture pickup or to find the nearest Arc Thrift Donation Center or store location near you, go to arcthrift.com.
SPEAKER 03 :
Hey there, friends. Angie Austin here with the good news. You know, we like to talk a lot about health and longevity on the show. And, you know, sometimes you've got something and you keep getting a little ill, but you can't quite figure out why you keep getting sick. And maybe why you keep getting more bouts of it or it's lasting a longer time. So overall general health is so important. But as World Primary Immunodeficiency Week approaches, we're going to learn more about primary immunodeficiencies. Joining us is Susan Scarborough. She is currently living with a PI. And Laurel Cherwin. Laurel is a senior immunology clinical nurse educator with OctoPharma. And they are here to help us be healthier and to learn more about primary immunodeficiencies. There are over 400, maybe even over 500. Welcome, ladies. We mentioned that it's World Primary Immunodeficiency Week in the intro. So, Laurel, I'm going to start with you. Just explain to us, I hear there are over 400 PIs. What is a PI?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, so there's actually over 550 PIs that have been identified there. So a primary immunodeficiency is one that is part of either your genetic structure or something that you've evolved into. It means that some of your antibodies are not enough in volume or they're not functioning properly. So as a result of which, then you become susceptible to infection because you don't have the protective antibody coverage.
SPEAKER 03 :
Now, Susan, you've been navigating this and I understand, you know, something like a COVID quarantine could even complicate it more. Can you tell us, Susan, about your journey? Because I understand you've lived a really healthy lifestyle.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I was extremely healthy for quite some time as far as not getting sick. And then I started getting sicker and sicker where I would catch something and I would have several rounds and bouts of it as well as medication to fight it. And it just wasn't happening. It wasn't helping. And as far as COVID is concerned, it was kind of scary for me because I moved to a new state about five days before the whole world stopped. And I knew that I needed to have my immunoglobulin. And the ideology was, well, we're going to switch from one state to the other state as far as doctors are concerned. But everything was closed and no doctors were going to see me at that time until a lot of the restrictions were lifted. So it was a huge panic mode for me. But I was able to, my old doctor actually had off-licensing in another state. So I had to go four hours to get my immunoglobulin every two weeks, but it was worth it for me during that time because of course we had no idea about what COVID was or how it affected us. And so for me to be able to at least have my normal coverage made me feel like I would be okay. But honestly, I didn't go anywhere for probably six to eight months, because at that time we were supposed to be very susceptible. So it was very lonely because we moved into a new house and a new state. And I knew no one. In fact, when I finally went out and started meeting people, they're like, Oh, did she just move here?
SPEAKER 03 :
You're like almost a year ago. That reminds me of, yeah, right. That reminds me of grand grand. My mom, I kind of sequestered her and she has a basement apartment at my house. And She's 83, so I just kept her down there and fed her. She actually lost a lot of weight because I'm not pretty healthy either. But, yeah, she was pretty lonely because I was keeping her away from all of my teenagers as well. All right, so, Laurel, can you talk about that treatment that Susan was just talking about? I mean, I want to know because I understand that we might be able to help people with immunodeficiencies.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, sure. So IVIG, or immunoglobulin therapy, is a plasma-derived therapy, one of many. And essentially what it is is that the antibodies are gathered from the donor, and there's a manufacturing process that... It goes through multiple viral inactivation stages and then adjustments as well for pH control, et cetera. It is thousands of donors. Antibodies are then pulled into a batch, let's just say, and it's in a vial. And it's provided to a patient that receives it either via IV or you can also do it subcutaneous, which would be small needles under your skin. It's a smaller, more frequent dose with that. So as a result of which, you know, like Susan had talked about, it's like filling your tank with gas. And then you are able to then have a very broad spectrum of antibodies available to protect you.
SPEAKER 03 :
Now, in terms of us helping out, I was actually talking to my son, who's a college student, about blood donation, plasma donation. Is that something that we can do that would help people with primary immunodeficiencies?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, donating plasma because each batch takes well over 1,000 donors. Wow. Yeah, so it does require a lot. And it's not like you can just turn on the tap and get more antibodies out. It fully relies on the donation of the plasma from the patients. And it's all sourced within the United States as well.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, wow. Okay. We rely on the generosity of donors for sure. Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, no, no. It's interesting because I just looked up yesterday, oddly enough, before I even confirmed your interview, I looked up what's the age limit because my mom said, well, I always used to donate. I'd like to see if I could. And some, I know blood banks, I don't know about a plasma. I haven't looked into that yet, but I know that some blood banks will take um you know blood from uh older people and then my son's 19 so i knew he'd be fine but the three of us were going to do it like and then go out to lunch you know kind of like a little mommy daddy or you know mommy son grandma day kind of thing but uh it's just so coincidental that now we're talking about this the next day so i already put it on my to-do list to look into for us to help out today because i would love to help someone now in terms of this this is obviously um you know a thousand donors you said and a lot of people have to help out with this but we What can you do, Susan, like on your own? What do you do health wise in general to make this situation better for you?
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Aside from plasma donation, or aside from getting plasma from other people, I definitely have to make sure that I live healthier than I ever have. So the normal things, eating well, staying away from anti-inflammatory foods, making sure that if I go anywhere, it's outdoor and I constantly check the flu or the COVID. or the RSV map that's out there in my area to see if there's been any recent outbreaks. I have to isolate myself definitely in January and February, which is the height of cold flu season, which is very, very lonely. And I also, if I'm in an area where it's indoor, like a concert, I either have to say no or, Or I have to just reside myself to the fact that I'm going to be having to wear an N99 or N95 mask, which, you know, we all hate masking. But, you know, it's kind of that risk ratio of, well, do I really want to go and be part of this or do I want to be miserable? What's worth it?
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Well, you know, I I've been in news for 30 years and I do. I've interviewed thousands of people on I worked in Los Angeles for, you know, 20 years. I've worked all over the country in TV and radio. I've never, I had no idea that there was a mapping system to find out where they had outbreaks of RSV and other things. Cause I think I just had it. I was sick for a month. And so all of this is very interesting to me. Like I've never been sick for a month with something that felt kind of like a cold and a cough. So I didn't know there were maps like that. And very important. You mentioned the type of mass that it's not just like a cloth mask. This is the real deal.
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Yes, yes, yes, you definitely have to. Because obviously, we found out through COVID that some masks don't work. But you know, there are so many other viral diseases out there that also have those very fine droplets, you know, we always talk about the flu yes to be um but there's so many out there that scientists don't even know they just call it a mystery virus but it can get you just as sick if not sicker so yeah you have to and it's hard because i live in a warm climate and it really stinks sometimes when you have to have that very heavy face covering on there so you know again it's the risk benefit um but i yes And I definitely want to participate in my life and live my life as much as I can while I feel well. Days that I don't feel well, I already miss out. So I don't mind masking just because that allows me to participate.
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Yeah, to live your life. All right, either of you can answer this, but Laurel, I'm assuming this might be something I should ask you. We only have a couple minutes left here. How would we know that we might be dealing with an issue like this? How would we figure it out?
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Yeah, so you have to wait 10 years of misdiagnosis. No, I'm just kidding. So essentially what you would look at would be frequent or chronic repetitive infections. And I'm not talking like a sniffle. Some of them are really complex where they require multiple doses of antibiotics or IV antibiotics as well or hospitalization. Pneumonia, more than having pneumonia one time, it can also present with other factors with an autoimmune presentation, meaning a dysregulated immune system. That would primarily be... You know, I would say to give a heads up. And the initial diagnosis, even just to look at, you would look at a comprehensive IgG panel. So to see where's your IgG. IgG is your number of, that's your antibody that we're actually receiving through the donation. You can kind of see where that is at. And that's a simple blood test. simple blood test yeah i mean it can go into further further go deeper into um you know much deeper into the into the the lab work and then ultimately what they do is then they do they give what we have called the pneumovac challenge where they give you a vaccine and then they challenge your immune system to go and check to see your titers did you indeed make titers to the the um the the pneumovac vaccine that you received. And that could be you could maybe did not make any titers, or you could have made titers, but then they fell off, meaning that you have some problems with your memory B cells, like 10-second Tom. You know, they forgot what they were exposed to, so they're not going to hold the memory of either the infection or the vaccine or something along those lines. It would show that there was an inherent issue with the immune system.
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And the organization that I volunteer for, it's a nonprofit organization called the Immune Deficiency Foundation. They actually have on their website, primaryimmune.org, an online assessment tool that talks about, you can answer different questions, and it talks about your specific condition. immune system so that is something that if you're like you know i'm sick all the time you know we keep on trying to see what's going on i'm being misdiagnosed or even just dismissed this is something that you can take and you have those answers then in front of you where you can have a conversation with your doctor to be able to look into it more and to take that simple blood test first yeah
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, Susan and Laurel, I have to tell you, you've taught me a lot today, and I want to make sure we have any website or websites that you'd like to refer us to before we end the interview. Thank you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Sure. So if you're interested in the plasma donation information, octopharmaplasma.com will give you more information about the process, also help you identify locations where you can go to be that plasma hero and donate the plasma.
SPEAKER 04 :
And then there's the idea. And then, yes. So again, the Immune Deficiency Foundation, for anybody who has PI and they would like to have some support, because there's nothing better than people there that get it. It is a rare disease, but there's also... tons of education. And I always believe that knowledge is power. And if you can feel powerful in a powerless situation, it's everything. And that website again is primaryimmune.org.
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Well, Susan and Laurel, thank you so much for all you're doing to help others. I know today you certainly educated me, so I'm sure everyone's listening on education as well. Thanks to both of you.
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Thank you for allowing us to talk with you.
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So a Florida man set a rental van on fire outside of a Florida motel, says the Department of Justice. The man was charged with violation of the Federal Anti-Arson Act after setting the van on fire. Bradenton, Florida. this guy's name. Hang on. Can Darius Devonta Stitton was charged with a violation. He faces between five and 20 years in prison. Who's just sets a van on fire. I don't know. Maybe he's, you know, I made, I'm not gonna, I've got jokes. A Florida man was attacked by a shark in an area known for alligator encounters. Oh, oh, how nice. The, uh, Area where he was bitten was a particular portion of the Everglades that's pretty known for being infested by alligators. He got airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center. He was in good spirits. It was a surprise attack, obviously. And he had his hand covered in bandages. But the shark, there was a bull. There's bull sharks in the freshwater as well. So they think it was maybe not so much a gator, but a bull shark. In 2023, same area, shark bit a fisherman when he was washing his hands in the water. I'm telling you, every puddle, there's a gator or a shark now. Welcome back to the program. Little cracker. That's such a great group from the late 90s, early aughts. Such a great group. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you talking about our bumper music for those listening terrestrially all around the country. Of course, Channel 347, DirecTV as well. You can also find us on X, on Rumble where the chat is, and Substack, Chapter and Verse. Lots of good stuff coming out there on the reg. So bottom of this first hour, and I don't know if you guys saw this. So Joe Biden is still around. I forgot about him. Did you guys forget about him too? Because I did. Who? Joe Biden. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's out there looking paler and crispier than ever. What one was it? It was one of the poltergeist movies. One of the poltergeist movies. I think it was two where that old, like the poltergeist turned into the form of that old dead preacher with the giant Quaker hat on. Okay, that's what Biden looks like now. He does. I actually think he's aged more since he left office. Is that – it's wild, right? You think he would be relieved. Anyway, I also think that his ego, no matter how addled he may be, his ego just is not going to allow him to walk – go on into that good night it's not going to happen so he went to speak last night and usually when you go up let me set this up when you go up to the stage to speak you know they have your intro music sometimes they play music sometimes they'll they'll play music and they'll have like something going on the screen behind you so that when you know to distract the audience basically and set up you getting out on stage while you do the mic and all that stuff So he gets out there, and they played intro music, and he just started talking. He wasn't even going to, like, wait for any stage cues. Listen, Audio Summit 1.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. No one can hear him. We deserve help and pay for most of it.
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Was anybody waving their arms at him going, stop talking, stop for a second, stop talking for a second? It makes me kind of wonder. So then, but there, wait, there's more. He went into this banger. I think you've heard this one before. Audio soundbite two.
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I remember pulling in, pulling into the parking lot. And I had never seen, I'd never seen hardly any black people in Scranton at the time. And I was only going in fourth grade. And I remember seeing the kids going by at the time called colored kids on a bus going by. They never turned right to go to Claymont High School. I wondered why. Asked my mom. Why? So in Delaware, they're not allowed to go to school, in public school.
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Okay, so why is it that every single time he starts telling stories, he immediately gets into... it talks about black students, black kids. Remember the pool? They animated that when he talked about being a lifeguard and Scranton. And he said, yeah, the kids would come and pet his leg hair. I still trying to understand what that even was, but okay. But there's, wait, there was more. He, he, he sounded confused. Audio sound by four. There was yelling, you know, it's about dignity, simple dignity.
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Everyone, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, regardless of their standing, regardless of their economic position, regardless of who they are. Making sure that more than 60 million Americans who are living with disabilities are treated with dignity is who we are as Americans.
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What does this mean? What does any of that mean? He's just up there screaming about dignity. What does any of that mean? What are you talking about? Dignity. Dignity of your office? I mean, you had cocaine in the White House cubby for crying out loud. I mean, your son Hunter was probably doing blow off of the Lincoln bedroom dresser. What are you talking about? Dignity. Dignity. Remember when you had the White House picnic thing near Easter? No, it was the gay pride thing or whatever. And they had a bunch of trainees on the lawn. And one of them who had breast implants decided to go topless on the White House lawn. Yeah, dignity. Spare me. Oh, and then he tried to figure out what a Ponzi scheme was. Audio soundbite three. Heaven help us.
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So they should desperately need you. Folks, it's not just the Secretary of Commerce. We heard how others, empowered and emboldened by this administration, talk about Social Security. One of them called it a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme? What the hell are they talking about? People earn these benefits. And you stole them.
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That's why it's insolvent. So here's a question for you. Let's just pretend that Social Security isn't a big... Giant scheme. Anyway, let's just pretend that Social Security isn't just a big it's a joke that Democrats pulled on everyone and completely, you know, let's pretend it's not unconstitutional. First and foremost, why did Social Security even five years ago say they were actually before then they were going to be insolvent? What, by 2030? They're insolvent now, let's be honest. There's not money now. The government stole money from people, and then they told everyone, we're going to keep it in a bank account that you're going to earn less interest on than if it was like you invested it yourself or you saved it yourself. We're going to take it from you. And then when you reach a certain age that we determine is acceptable, then we're going to give you little payments of the money that we stole from you because we, the government, that – can't find billions of dollars. And, you know, I mean, we're just a mess. We're going to control your finances and your old age. That's what they're talking about. And people like me have been saying we need to privatize this for forever and allow people – if they want to give their money to the government, that's fine. But if they don't want to, then they should be allowed to take their money and use it elsewhere. Social Security was set up for widows after World War II. This was not supposed to be something that was a forever thing. It was established by government in the wake of World War. So – It's it's it's a slush fund now. They've been taking from it for forever. Go back to what was it, the 2000 election with Al Gore and George Bush and this the lockbox thing that he said, I'm going to have a lockbox and I'm going to put your Social Security in a lockbox. There's nothing to put in there. It's been it's been a mess and been running deficits since even that long ago, since even the early aughts. So Democrats, it's all about fear mongering. It's another slush fund that they want to be able to keep control of. And it is a Ponzi scheme. I said this on CNN a decade ago and people lost their minds. It's a Ponzi scheme. You have younger generations subsidizing the older generations because politicians took all the money that was stolen from the older generations and frittered it away on everything. So that's that's now the younger generations have to pay for it. And the older generations, it is their money. And they shouldn't have their money taken from them in the first place. So it's a nice little trick that they're trying to pull on the American people. I remember talking to a Republican at one point. This was back in... In 2010. So it was like right at the height of the Tea Party. And I remember talking to it was a Republican hopeful. He was running for an office in the state of Missouri. That's all I'll say. He wasn't successful. And I asked him, I said, and this was also at the time that Social Security was another hot topic again. I said, why don't you come out in favor of privatizing Social Security? Other Republicans have done so, although they were very few at the time, said, why don't you come out in favor of social privatizing Social Security? And he told me that he was not interested in battling the headlines that the media would create about him pushed by Democrats and that, oh, he's going to steal everybody's, you know, the elderly's money and all this stuff. And I said, well, you know, obviously, simple fact just dictate just requires a simple response to that. It's very easy to refute. I mean, in under 10 seconds. He's like, I just don't even want to mess with it because then you have to deal with that. He did not want the inconvenience of having to deal with media attack, the media's attack on this. He did not want the inconvenience and thus would not commit himself to supporting either publicly or privately an issue like that. And it was one of the reasons why I just decided against him because he had been looking for my support. And I said, I can't support you just because of that, because you're a female copulatory organ. And I just I can't support. Such a pansy running for office, Republican or not, you're a pansy. So that was that. They've been Republicans about a problem with this for a long time. Now they're in they they're they're doing a little bit better, but too many of them are not speaking enough. What younger generations need to hear in that, you know, they've taken our money for forever. Where is it? Where's it gone? There should be no issues with with Social Security. And the left lying to people, like at the Tesla thing that was on Saturday. Was it one of those other stupid Tesla protests that they had? All of the communist boomers that were out, they were saying, hands off our Social Security, Elon. Like Elon Musk is going in there with Doge. If Elon Musk were to go in there and open up the lockbox that everybody's Social Security is supposed to be in anyway, guess what? There wouldn't be anything in there. So Joe Biden, he's backing out. Look at that. Isn't that something? He's backing out because they don't really have a leader of the party. It's aimless. I know everyone says that Pelosi is the leader of the party. If that were true, she might be de facto, but her influence has waned. because they know she's on her way out. The moment that you think that a lawmaker might be on their way out, that clock starts ticking and they start losing influence. And so what you're seeing is a lot of jockeying to take that spot. It's our friends at All Family Pharmacy. All Family Pharmacy is a great business that is going to make sure that you are topped up with whatever it is that you need. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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Hmm. So genetically engineered super horses with alter DNA are being created in a lab. Why? Because. Just because, man. Super horse. Your horse is regular. This is a super horse. It's a bioengineering lab in Argentina. If they can do that, can we like... artificially manipulate people or manipulate people somehow in a lab. And make them have, like, better taste in, like, music or fashion. You know, can we get rid of high-waist pants? Like, can we modify genetically people to be predisposed against high-waist pants?
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Probably already doing it.
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And platform shoes?
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Yeah.
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Like, if it's a wedge, I'm okay. But if it's just not, if it's a flat platform, why? Unless you're wearing long pants. I don't get it. I'm like, I know it has nothing to do overall with the story, but I just feel like those issues are much more important to me than a super horse.
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You definitely went off in the gutter on that one.
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Yeah, I did. But I'm you know, it's like it's why? Unless it's like can it open doors? Can the horse like cook a meal? I'm all for that. I mean, I don't dislike horses. Aren't they like big dogs? I've I've I've sat on one. before and i threw a carrot at one and ran away one time i don't know why they scare me a little bit i don't know what it is only that's the only only other animal it kind of scares a whole other issue wait i gotta get back to i don't scare me i'm just they're large uh let's see someone says that the body of christ is in a hidden chamber under the great pyramid of egypt I don't believe it. A man was arrested after. Oh, this really should be a Florida man story. But we're going to have it here because this guy was naked. Any KKID in Disneyland's New Orleans Square. Well, at least it was in the New Orleans Square in Disneyland. That makes more sense there. Workers were trying to steer visitors away. He climbed on one of the buildings and exposed his hang low to everybody below. And then he was arrested for trespassing, public nudity. And apparently he was high as a kite. They deferred him to police. Sorry, it was a Florida man in Disneyland in California. They deferred him to Anaheim police. Yeah, let's maybe not. Why would you want to go to an amusement park naked? No. A man was arrested after seven emotional support tigers were found in his house. I'm jealous. Nye County, Carl Mitchell's home in Pahrump, west of Vegas. He did not have the proper permits to be the new Lion King. So they took his kiddies. Partners that help bring you this program. Ooh, a Florida company. Kel-Tec, which is one of the best companies out there. I love Kel-Tec. The PR57 company. It's a rotary barrel pistol chambered in 5.7. It's brand new. I've got mine. It is amazing. This thing is so lightweight. I love 5.7s, and I've always wanted to carry a 5.7, but I have a more diminutive frame, being that I am a female. And I have some girlfriends that say the same thing. This is a 5.7 we can actually conceal carry, and I'm not even joking. I don't need to wear tons of baggy stuff. How did they make this happen? What did George Kellgren do to do this? Well, first off, it's a rotary barrel. It's incredibly innovative, and it makes it the lightest 5.7 on the market, 40% lighter than the next lightest 5.7, in fact. Unique top-loading design replaces traditional magazines with stripper clips for a slimmer carry profile in a 20-plus-1 capacity. MSRP, folks, is only $399, so this is just ridiculously affordable. Low recoil for ease of use and accuracy, and just the easiest, quickest field strip out there. It's first of its kind from Kel-Tec, the PR-57 rotary barrel pistol chambered in 5.7. Visit Kel-TecWeapons.com to learn more. Innovation Performance Kel-Tec, K-E-L-T-E-C-Weapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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What we have to always do, regardless of who you voted for, you still got to pay your rent. You still got to take care of your kids. You still got to take care of your business. And maybe some of what's happening, like, you know, they're trying to take apart the Department of Education.
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Yes.
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Maybe that is a good thing because maybe it will force us to make sure that our kids actually get what they need. Maybe it'll force us to go to our state and say, listen, I want to make sure since you're taking all this money from my taxes, I want to make sure that my kids get exactly what they need. I don't have to wait for the government to do it. We can do it. This is now in our hands. This is in our hands and it's going to be tough and nobody wants to do it because it's a bitch. But you know what? If it comes down to your survival, this is what you got to do. You got to take care of what you got to take care of. And they're telling me that we're going to be right back.
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Wow. They cut her off like she's in the middle of a rant and they just come in and they immediately cut her off just like that because she I can't believe I'm saying this. I'm trying really hard here. She was not wrong in her remarks there.
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That seems a little painful.
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It's very difficult to make my mouth form the words. So I'm trying really hard. Her remarks there were they were the opposite of wrong. That's as close as I'm going to get. Give me that much. OK, welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Top of the second hour now on this Wednesday here and on the program. Listen, coast to coast, Channel 347, DirecTV, the chats at the chats at Rumble. Yes, Steve's like whoopies got right. She just got red pilled real time. You know, and that's because they made her shut up and they went away. They didn't go back to it either, from what I understand. I don't watch The View because I have a pulse, but they didn't go back to it, from what I understand. That was like the end of the whole discussion with that
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Because she was making way too much sense. You can't have the truth like that.
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No! You can't have Whoopi Goldberg on The View. Did you see those other broads sitting there at that table? They were like, what is happening? This isn't on the script. It's not. That show is very tightly controlled. I've guest hosted it before. I've been on it several times. And I remember when I guest hosted the production. And the production staff were very nice. But it was really... Just very different because I'm used to – I do all my own research and I read everything. And if I don't know it well enough, I either bring on an expert or I wait until I do and then I bring it up to you. And I just – it was weird because they – we had to do an interview and I don't remember who it was with. And they hand you a stack of index cards and they have questions on them and then a number in the corner of it. So if you're going to ask a question during the interview – you know that you go second or third, depending on the number that was written on the card, and then you have to read the question. You get like three questions on it, and you have to read them in order. And that's how they do it. And maybe it's so they can do elements and all that. I don't know. But it was really wild to me that it was so... that was so over choreographed. You were even told these are the questions that you needed to ask. And you were told to not, not stray from asking questions like that. So whenever you have, you know, we'll be kind of went rogue there a little bit. And I can imagine they're like, okay, wrap it up, wrap it up, shut up now. It's very odd, but she's right. And that's a huge issue. I mean, in Texas, they passed, we did, we passed some school choice out of, out of the house. And we're going to see whether or not our state legislature, they're voting on school vouchers and all of that. And they're expected to vote on this. They got it out of committee. It's the bill that creates education savings accounts. And people are mad. They're saying you're using public money to pay for private school funding. You're using these people's own tax dollars. Instead of giving it to the government to waste, these people are going to be able to keep their money and send their children where they want to send them. And the only people that I see raging against this are teachers unions like Rainy Weingarten kind and people who want to disempower parents. That's the only people that I see. They have all of that in common. And I mean, we're going to watch this. It goes to the it's returns to the House floor and it would be the largest like school choice program. in the country if they pass it. I think this would be, it's not the first, but this would be the biggest. We're going to talk more about this here coming up because they're thinking, I mean, this is kind of like the blueprint going forward. The left calls it, according to my notes, here's one thing, the school voucher racket is how they're referring to it. What? Yeah. That makes no sense. Yeah. The school voucher racket.
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School vouchers were put in place because of the racket that exists. What are they talking about?
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I'm saying, but parents should be able to have this choice. I homeschooled when my kids were really young. I homeschooled my kids. And back even, I think homeschooling only now in the past 10 years has gone more mainstream. And I think in part, that's due to COVID. So much of that is because of COVID. It's really gone mainstream. And I remember I just, you know, with homeschooling, we had a co-op, we, you know, the private schools, I lived in St. Louis City at the time, private schools were either one denomination or they were all of them were super expensive and I wanted my kids to get a certain type of hands-on practical education and you know they did great they went to college they all got Scott they got scholarships and I just I what we when they transitioned to high school they started going to a Christian private school after we moved to Texas because we left our co-op moved to Texas for work left our co-op and that and And I was stunned when I saw that the tuition for private school is less than what most states pay per student for public schools. I'm not even kidding. I think in Pennsylvania, it was something like 18,000 per student. And in other states, it's even higher. Can you believe that was insane to me? That's like well over the average cost for like a Christian private school, well over that cost. But are you getting the same type of education when you go and you measure test scores and competency? Do you get the same results? I mean, I think that's kind of, you know, rhetorical question. It's an obvious answer. So, I mean, we'll see this. The Texas Monthly said that it was a campaign to sabotage Texas public schools. I don't know. That's what they're very, very, very, very, very against this. Very against this. But really, parents are for it. And that's a threat to this, you know, this control over the minds of the youth. When you have Whoopi Goldberg on the view talking about this, you've already lost. You've lost. When Whoopi Goldberg is who is, I would say, a yardstick for Democrat sentiment when she is. Talking about how, yes, we need to have all of this relegated back to the states. It's not having everything concentrated in D.C. is unconstitutional in the first place. It's just that doesn't it. There's nothing in Article 1, Section 8 that this arrangement fulfills. If it's not stated specifically, it goes back to it reverts back to the states. That's the way it works. And I states I it's so much easier for parents have to have an impact on their child's education in the states than it is federally. But I don't know what it is that they just they don't want competition. Kids are taxpayers are consumers. right? They should be able to send their kids wherever the hell they want to. It is a racket to tie everything to property taxes and all this stuff. People should be able to educate their kids however they want to and send their kids to wherever they want to. You should not be stuck in a zip code for education. The way that we have things structured is so stupid. So good for this. I'm excited for this. This is a great thing.
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I can't believe that we've got lawmakers that are actually... I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. They're actually going to El Salvador. I don't know what they think they're going to accomplish. Because they're so sad. They're still... I mean, they're dedicated to the story. They're so sad because this illegal alien who was a verified gang member. It's not something that's... up for question or up for debate. I mean, you've had two separate judges now in two different court hearings that have made this determination. This guy was considered, and we read all of this yesterday to you from the actual bond documentation for the bond for this guy. And he Is he's he couldn't be they couldn't assure the public that he wasn't a danger to anybody, you know, because that's kind of what happens when you're a gang member. You're an MS-13. And this guy, you know, I he didn't get what he got because they're like, oh, he's this Maryland dad. And he's, you know, I mean, my gosh, we're so far beyond this. It's ridiculous at this point. But I've never seen people go to bat. They have been far more interested in this guy than Jocelyn Hungry. They have been far more interested in this guy than they've been interested in Rachel Morin or any member, anybody who's been negatively affected. The families of those who have been killed by illegal immigrants. These people, it's just unbelievable. They are so absolutely in this guy's corner. For what? Out of all the people to make your... to make your claim on, it's stunning that this is it. That this is the hill that they're going to plant their flag. That this is the guy that they want to say is, you know, he is the innocent guy. We're going to go down to El Salvador and do what? What are they going to do down there? They've already said, by the way, they've already said that And by they, I mean Bucalay, who is the El Salvadoran president. He has already said that he's not letting this guy go because he's an El Salvadoran national. And he's wanted for crimes in their country, apparently. So why then is Chris Van Hollen going down and pulling this stunt when you've already had the head... Of El Salvador, the president of El Salvador say, no, we're not going to let the guy go because he's a dangerous criminal. Million dollar question. Welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. We're at the top of this first hour. And I'm just... I mean, it's kind of amazing. It's really amazing to watch Democrats expend so much energy to save this dude. I've read three editorials this morning, well, earlier this morning, where the left has been defending this guy and saying that he's just this innocent person and Trump is so mean. I mean, for real, if this is the hill they want to go on, that's fine. That's fine. But Democrats, this is not they're not paying attention to the public. They're not paying it. Clearly, they're ignoring everything that happened last November. I mean, immigration was a top issue that drove people to the polls. And they're also assuming that this racial tactic and it is a racial tactic of acting like, oh, well, this guy's look, this guy's an illegal immigrant. Look, he's brown. He's a. We got to go. Look how much we care about Hispanic Americans. And that's what they're pulling this stunt. They think it's a way that they can try to ingratiate themselves back with the Hispanic community. That's what they're doing. Except the Hispanic community is like, we don't want him here because he's a gang member. Democrats think that all subgroups think alike, that all demographic subgroups think alike. They think that all lesbians think the exact same, that all gay dudes think the exact same. They think that all men think the exact same, that women think the exact same, that every black man and woman thinks the exact same, that every Hispanic man and woman thinks the exact same, every Latino. I mean, it is... One of the most racist things I've ever seen, this presumption that, oh, well, they're Hispanic, thus they are immediately going to default to the side of this gangbanger in El Salvador. This is how they've always operated. And Chris Van Hollen, I mean, that's a white Dutch name if ever I heard one. I know that the left really likes to... Yeah, that's Dutch. I know that the left really loves to center on this kind of stuff. Chris Van Hollen leading the – is it officially a delegation? Is it an actual delegation or is it just like a vanity trip? Because there's – I mean to classify something as like, well, this is an official Senate or congressional delegation, et cetera. Yeah. The fact that they're spending this time – so this is taxpayer money that they're spending going down there. That's why I'm asking because depending on how they have this set up, this is taxpayer dollars that they're using to go down there to do this, this stunt. That's all this is. So this is one of the things we're going to be talking about today. We've got a lot of stuff to hit today. So all of the latest as it pertains to the – pull this up – immigration. We also have the SAVE Act. We've got school choice. We've got a whole bunch of stuff. And we're going to talk about – I'm going to start today and I'm just going to continue this on in perpetuity because it's pissed me off enough where now you've got my attention and that's the last thing that you want to do. is get my attention on stuff. I have been in broadcasting. I've been in activism for a long time. I've been in activism since I was in my early 20s. And I have been in the streets. I have helped get people elected. I have helped yank people out of office. I have broken numerous stories for those who are familiar. I know a lot of people think that just because they started in politics a year ago that that's when history began. But it actually predates that by quite a bit. I broke the Anthony Weiner story with Andrew Breitbart working over at Breitbart. There's like a ton of stuff. I've seen everything. I've. I have seen absolutely everything. And the stuff that I'm seeing in Florida actually doesn't surprise me. We're seeing it in Texas as well. I've been hearing from a lot of people around the country after talking about this at some length where people are seeing lawmakers that probably would have run as Democrats, but they can't get elected as Democrats. So they run as Republicans and then they end up. You know, they play the game. They play the Game of Thrones. And then they end up getting some pretty swanky positions within the state legislature. And then they start a takeover. That's how Colorado it's sort of like the Colorado blueprint. But from within, if any of these red states, particularly Texas or Florida fall, it's not going to be because of Democrats. It's going to be because of Republicans and Democrats. These cosplaying Republicans in Colorado, the blueprint was they just came in full force and they were able to persuade independents and libertarians that they were going to legalize all the pot. And everyone voted away their gun rights as a result of that. I was up there on the ground. I was very involved in all of that in Colorado. I was involved in all the Wisconsin recall stuff. So laying out the ground for this. I'm seeing this happen in Florida and Texas, but it's the same ends, but it's a different means. So it's a different formula. So you have some Republicans who are really Democrats that couldn't get elected as Republicans. They're working together with moderate, weak Republicans who are absolutely livid Republicans. Like in Florida, for instance, they are livid that an actual constitutionally conservative governor who has been able to unite a coalition in that state, unlike anything that's ever been seen electorally before, register Republicans over Democrats three to one, flip Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County, save taxpayers tons of money while also reducing the size and scope of government. They are livid because their kickbacks or pay them to stand against everything that he's promoting. It's very similar to like Texas. You have a number of conservative lawmakers. We have Brian Harrison on quite a bit to talk about this. In Texas, you have a lot of these conservative lawmakers in the state legislature, and they're going up against Republicans who would have been Democrats but could not get elected as Democrats and weak Republicans who live in kind of purpley sort of districts. They work together hand in hand to try to undermine Republicans That's the reason we have so many gun control bills we've had to fight off in committee and Republican legislature. It is wild. So this is the kind of stuff that everybody needs to pay a little bit more attention to. And I get it because everything at the federal level is super attractive. It's super sexy. But I'm telling you what. There is stuff brewing underfoot in your own state capital. And so a lot of these these people, like, for instance, in Florida that are pushing it. I know at one point I'm going to write a tell all book. Oh, I'm going to and I will name names and I'm going to drag everybody's dirty laundry out there. I promise you one day that's going to happen. No one is going to be untouched. Everyone will be violated. Promise. So it's coming at some point. I didn't say when because I've seen too much. I've heard too much. And not everyone was smart enough to get me to sign an NDA. So and then some people I have more money than you. So I can litigate that. So anyway, long story short. In Florida, there are a lot of these washed up operatives that ended up finding themselves in the state of Florida, right? And so these washed up operatives, they're still trying to grind out a living at their advanced ages or their midlife ages. And so they've been working with a lot of these rhinos and these cosplaying Republican, these fake Democrats in order to do a lot of this stuff. And I've been really cool and I've remarked on it and I've reported because we have a lot of listeners in Florida. But when you start making it personal, I swear to you, I will rip your throat out, rhetorically speaking. I have a long history of, politically speaking, bodies in my wake, and I don't care who you are or who you are associated with. I if you come at me, I will rip your throat out and I will make your family weep. So do not. OK, I talk about these issues because my audience is interested in it. I'm the type of person that you do not want to get involved. And I've been playing this really cool and talking about these issues because it's stuff we all care about. Nobody wants to see red states turn blue. No one wants to see states that have been held up as a blueprint of conservatism be undermined by people who who seek your vote and then turn around and betray you. And I and I've seen all of them. There's a lot of lawfare going on in Florida. There are a lot of entities trying to shut a lot of people up in Florida. If you guys knew some of the stuff that I knew that's been happening back channel, you would be rioting. And I'm telling you this without telling all of the details because some things are still being resolved and some things, there's a certain strategy. 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Steve sent this under the title of, did a cat write this? The headline is, bad news for man's best friend. Dogs are environmental villains. I object. I object to that. Dogs are not only our best friend, but the people who write these sorts of articles are the real villains. They take up space on our precious rock. They breathe our air, our air. They pollute our water because they exist. I mean, but the story is that they just hate dogs. Clearly, a cat did write this. They say dogs have extensive and multifarious environmental impacts, says the disgusting human that wrote this story. So, yeah, why the hate on dogs? Why? I agree. I think the cat did write this. I'm saying. Open AI is building a social network and lefties are desperate, still trying to look for their ex because blue sky is a joke. Why do they want to silo themselves off? I cannot imagine anything more horrific. I mean, I am completely confident in my views that I don't need to sanction or shut myself off from the general public. I have zero problem in defending my viewpoints. I feel like it's the people that don't have the self-confidence... in themselves and they're not smart enough to really state why it is they believe what they believe. Those are the ones that always want to silo themselves off and not engage. And the left is famous for that. So they're hoping they're hoping that open AI makes its own little X like network per the verge so that they can they can have their own little safe space to talk about all their stupidity. I don't know what what would you talk? What would an all lefty platform? I can't even imagine. What that would look like. That sounds like hell.
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Just call it segregation. They're the segregation party.
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Welcome back to the program. Little cracker. That's such a great group from the late 90s, early aughts. Such a great group. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you talking about our bumper music for those listening terrestrially all around the country. Of course, Channel 347, DirecTV as well. You can also find us on X, on Rumble, where the chat is, and Substack, chapter and verse. Lots of good stuff coming out there on the reg. So, bottom of this first hour, and I don't know if you guys saw this, so Joe Biden is still around. I forgot about him. Did you guys forget about him, too? Because I did. Who? Joe Biden. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's out there looking paler and crispier than ever. He... I... I what what one was it? It was one of the poltergeist movies that one of the poltergeist movies. I think it was two where that old like like the poltergeist like turned into the form of that old dead preacher with a giant Quaker hat on. OK, that's what Biden looks like now. I actually think he's aged more since he left office. Is that – it's wild, right? You think he would be relieved. Anyway, I also think that his ego, no matter how addled he may be, his ego just is not going to allow him to walk – go on into that good night it's not going to happen so he went to speak last night and usually when you go up let me set this up when you go up to the stage to speak you know they have your intro music sometimes they play music sometimes they'll they'll play music and they'll have like something going on the screen behind you so that when you know to distract the audience basically and set up you getting out on stage while you do the mic and all that stuff So he gets out there, and they played intro music, and he just started talking. He wasn't even going to wait for any stage cues. Listen, Audio Summit 1.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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No one can hear him.
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We deserve help and pay for most of it.
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Was anybody waving their arms at him going, stop talking, stop for a second, stop talking for a second? It makes me kind of wonder. But wait, there's more. He went into this banger. I think you've heard this one before. Audio soundbite two.
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I remember pulling in. Pulling into the parking lot. And I had never seen hardly any black people in Scranton at the time. And I was only going in fourth grade. And I remember seeing the kids going by at the time, colored kids on a bus going by. They never turned right to go to Claymont High School. I wondered why. Asked my mom. Why? So in Delaware, they're not allowed to go to school, in public school.
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Okay, so why is it that every single time he starts telling stories, he immediately gets into... It talks about black students, black kids. Remember the pool? They animated that when he talked about being a lifeguard in Scranton. And he said, yeah, the kids would come and pet his leg hair. I'm still trying to understand what that even was, but okay. But there's, wait, there was more. He sounded confused. Audio sound by four. There was yelling, you know.
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It's about dignity. Simple dignity. Everyone, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, regardless of their standing, regardless of their economic position, regardless of who they are. Making sure that more than 60 million Americans who are living with disabilities are treated with dignity is who we are as Americans.
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What does this mean? What does any of that mean? He's just up there screaming about dignity. What does any of that mean? What are you talking about? Dignity. Dignity of your office? I mean, you had cocaine in the White House cubby, for crying out loud. I mean, your son Hunter was probably doing blow off of the Lincoln bedroom dresser. What are you talking about? Dignity. Dignity. Remember when you had the White House picnic thing near Easter? No, it was the gay pride thing or whatever. And they had a bunch of trainees on the lawn. And one of them who had breast implants decided to go topless on the White House lawn. Yeah, dignity. Spare me. Oh, and then he tried to figure out what a Ponzi scheme was. Audio soundbite three. Heaven help us.
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So they should desperately need you. Folks, it's not just the Secretary of Commerce. We heard how others, empowered and emboldened by this administration, talk about Social Security. What I'm calling a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme? What the hell are they talking about? People earn these benefits. And you stole them.
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That's why it's insolvent. So here's a question for you. Let's just pretend that Social Security isn't a big... Giant scheme. Anyway, let's just pretend that Social Security isn't just a big it's a joke that Democrats pulled on everyone and completely, you know, let's pretend it's not unconstitutional. First and foremost, why did Social Security even five years ago say they were actually before then they were going to be insolvent? What, by 2030? They're insolvent now, let's be honest. There's not money now. The government stole money from people, and then they told everyone, we're going to keep it in a bank account that you're going to earn less interest on than if it was like you invested it yourself or you saved it yourself. We're going to take it from you. And then when you reach a certain age that we determine is acceptable... then we're going to give you little payments of the money that we stole from you because we, the government, that can't find billions of dollars and we're just a mess, we're going to control your finances into your old age. That's what they're talking about. And people like me have been saying we need to privatize this for forever and allow people – if they want to give their money to the government, that's fine. But if they don't want to, then they should be allowed to take their money and use it elsewhere. Social Security was set up for widows after World War II. This was not supposed to be something that was a forever thing. It was established by government in the wake of World War. So – It's it's it's a slush fund now. They've been taking from it for forever. Go back to what was it, the 2000 election with Al Gore and George Bush and this the lockbox thing that he said, I'm going to have a lockbox and I'm going to put your Social Security in a lockbox. There's nothing to put in there. It's been it's been a mess and been running deficits since even that long ago, since even the early aughts. So Democrats, it's all about fear mongering. It's another slush fund that they want to be able to keep control of. And it is a Ponzi scheme. I said this on CNN a decade ago and people lost their minds. It's a Ponzi scheme. You have younger generations subsidizing the older generations because politicians took all the money that was stolen from the older generations and frittered it away on everything. So that's now the younger generations have to pay for it. And the older generations, it is their money. And they shouldn't have their money taken from them in the first place. So it's a nice little trick that they're trying to pull on the American people. I remember talking to a Republican at one point. This was back in... In 2010. So it was like right at the height of the Tea Party. And I remember talking to it was a Republican hopeful. He was running for an office in the state of Missouri. That's all I'll say. He wasn't successful. And I asked him, I said, and this was also at the time that Social Security was another hot topic again. I said, why don't you come out in favor of privatizing Social Security? Other Republicans have done so, although they were very few at the time, said, why don't you come out in favor of social privatizing Social Security? And he told me that he was not interested in battling the headlines that the media would create about him pushed by Democrats and that, oh, he's going to steal everybody's, you know, the elderly's money and all this stuff. And I said, well, you know, obviously, simple fact just dictate just requires a simple response to that. It's very easy to refute. I mean, in under 10 seconds. He's like, I just don't even want to mess with it because then you have to deal with that. He did not want the inconvenience of having to deal with media attack, the media's attack on this. He did not want the inconvenience and thus would not commit himself to supporting either publicly or privately an issue like that. And it was one of the reasons why I just decided against him because he had been looking for my support. And I said, I can't support you just because of that, because you're a female copulatory organ. And I just I can't support that. Such a pansy running for office, Republican or not, you're a pansy. So that was that. They've been Republicans about a problem with this for a long time. Now they're in they they're they're doing a little bit better, but too many of them are not speaking enough. What younger generations need to hear in that, you know, they've taken our money for forever. Where is it? Where's it gone? There should be no issues with with Social Security. And the left lying to people, like at the Tesla thing that was on Saturday. Was it one of those other stupid Tesla protests that they had? All of the communist boomers that were out, they were saying, hands off our Social Security, Elon. Like Elon Musk is going in there with Doge. If Elon Musk were to go in there and open up the lockbox that everybody's Social Security is supposed to be in anyway, guess what? There wouldn't be anything in there. So Joe Biden, he's backing out. Look at that. Isn't that something? He's backing out because they don't really have a leader of the party. It's aimless. I know everyone says that Pelosi is the leader of the party. If that were true, she might be de facto, but her influence has waned. because they know she's on her way out. The moment that you think that a lawmaker might be on their way out, that clock starts ticking and they start losing influence. And so what you're seeing is a lot of jockeying to take that spot. Also on deck today, and like I said, later on, we're going to be talking about some of these red state rhinos, also on deck. I wanted to put this up here. So We have Democrats that are sending a delegation. It is a delegation, I found out, to El Salvador. I guess they're going to try to spring out these gang members themselves. Robert Garcia out of California, Maxwell Frost out of Florida, in-house oversight chair, James Comer. They sent a letter authorizing this CODEL to El Salvador. And I don't think that Comer was in... They asked Comer... To authorize it. And if Comer authorizes it, I don't know. I don't I'm not going to pretend that I know what the rules are for authorizing, you know, a delegation like this to go there. But because it's a CODEL, that does mean it's taxpayer. This said taxpayers would be sending these lawmakers to El Salvador for this. MS-13 member. Van Hollen left this morning. He said that he hopes to meet with him, I guess, in the prison and check on his well-being. They care more about an illegal alien MS-13 member than they did Jocelyn Nongre, Rachel Morin, and all of the people that have been murdered by criminal illegal aliens. Wow. Just wow. So all of this, this is such theater. The and I none of them are meeting with Bukele. None of them are meeting with the president of El Salvador. Cory Booker is looking to lead a trip also into the country. They're all going to knock each other over, trying to lead trips, trying to lead delegations into El Salvador. Nobody knows who's going to join him yet. But so far, the first one with Van Hollen leaving today, they've already they've started that. They've started it just wild. The majority of Americans in the last polling... I'm going to put this up. The last polls that came out... I'm looking at all of my bookmarks. I mean... Americans view Trump's actions on immigration positively. Even Gallup noted that over 60 percent of people are in support of harsher immigration policies, more strict, more restricted immigration policies like from this administration. I've got polls even from NPR. They had they buried those. They had to begrudgingly admit that. that immigration was a top-tier issue and played a major role in the election. Because remember, they were trying to act like immigration was a huge issue because Trump was so mean and there wasn't enough kindness or consideration for these illegal aliens. And then it turns out they were sideways with the American public on this. Now they're trying to downplay it and act like immigration wasn't really that big of a huge issue going into the election, which it was. 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SPEAKER 17 :
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
SPEAKER 12 :
This is what bothers me, because I've certainly read some of the things online coming from people that I know, that I like, that I consider friends. And this is what I would say to that. Space is not an either or. It's a both and. And because you do something in space doesn't mean you're taking anything away from Earth. And what you're doing in space is trying to make things better here on Earth. What Blue Origin wants to do.
SPEAKER 11 :
What in the hell am I listening to? I love the big old rooster behind her. That's my favorite, the big giant rooster that's right behind her. So what is she talking about here? What is the whole... I'm trying to understand. Diagram that sentence for me.
SPEAKER 03 :
She said she went to space, right?
SPEAKER 11 :
No, she went to the stratosphere. She's in the stratosphere. It was a suborbital trip.
SPEAKER 03 :
She sounds like she's talking about space, though.
SPEAKER 11 :
Look, it was a stupid vanity yeet. That's all it was. I'm not going to spend another damn day talking about this, but... Vanity yeet? Yeah, it was a... Like to jettison oneself into the air. And you were in the air. I've gone into space before then. I've been on the Highland Fling, Cain. Hell, I've ridden roller coaster. I've been in jets. Might as well be in... I'm a pilot. I rode in a jet. You know that, right? I'm an astronaut. I went up on a giant space dog right into the stratosphere.
SPEAKER 03 :
You know, right after that, she's talking about putting trash in space.
SPEAKER 11 :
No.
SPEAKER 03 :
She said that that's the big ideas that Blue Origin has. I don't know if Juan wants to continue the video.
SPEAKER 11 :
Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa. Cleaning it up or putting it out there?
SPEAKER 03 :
No, cleaning up by putting it out there in space. That's like landfill, but space fill. What? Listen.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. Better here on Earth. What Blue Origin wants to do is take the waste here and figure out a way to put it in space to make our planet cleaner. I mean, Jeff Bezos has so many ideas and the people that are working there.
SPEAKER 11 :
So, guys, you see how we clean things up came. We take the trash here and we put it there.
SPEAKER 03 :
My God, it's clean now.
SPEAKER 11 :
So clean over here. Not so much there. This is all clean.
SPEAKER 03 :
What are we going to do about the stuff over there?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, it doesn't exist because I feel like they're like babies. They don't have object permanence. If it's not in front of you, it doesn't exist. Right? This is the same belief that if the United States just has to get greener, then China will stop their pollution.
SPEAKER 03 :
Wait, when I cover my eyes, I'm not invisible?
SPEAKER 11 :
No. I know, right? That's probably why you're so bad at hide-and-seek. I know it's a tough thing. But, yeah, that's not really that's not how objects and permanency work. Doesn't really work that way. All right. Coming up. Second hour. We got a lot to hit because we've got voting. We've got the congressman going down to El Salvador. It's going to be funny. And the red state rhinos and really bad washed up anti. conservative operatives. We're going to get into all of that and more. Such fun. Stick with us. If you work long hours and struggle to wind down at night, you're not alone. Tossing and turning and waking up exhausted doesn't have to be the norm. Beam Dream Powder helps you fall asleep faster, sleep soundly through the night, and wake up feeling refreshed. Beam Dream Powder is a clean, healthy nighttime blend made with ingredients backed by science. Reishi, magnesium, L-theanine, apigenin, and melatonin. Apigenin helps calm your body and your mind for rest. L-theanine supports a smooth transition into deep sleep. And Reishi and melatonin work to improve REM sleep quality. Beam is proudly American-made and run by people who value hard work, integrity, and results. Supporting companies like this matters because they're doing things the right way. You'll love how Dream tastes, and it's easy to make and actually effective. Over 17.5 million nights of sleep have been improved with Beam, and yours could be next. Try it for yourself. Visit shopbeam.com slash danashow and use code danashow for 40% off of your first order. That's shopbeam.com slash danashow. Code danashow for better sleep.
SPEAKER 01 :
What we have to always do, regardless of who you voted for, you still got to pay your rent. You still got to take care of your kids. You still got to take care of your business. And maybe some of what's happening, like, you know, they're trying to take apart the Department of Education. Yes. Maybe that is a good thing because maybe it will force us to make sure that our kids actually get what they need. Maybe it'll force us to go to our state and say, listen, I want to make sure since you're taking all this money from my taxes, I want to make sure that my kids get exactly what they need. I don't have to wait for the government to do it. We can do it. This is now in our hands. This is in our hands and it's going to be tough and nobody wants to do it because it's a bitch. But you know what? If it comes down to your survival, this is what you got to do. You got to take care of what you got to take care of. And they're telling me that we're going to be right back.
SPEAKER 11 :
Wow. They cut her off like she's in the middle of a rant and they just come in and they immediately cut her off just like that because she I can't believe I'm saying this. I'm trying really hard here. She was not wrong in her remarks there.
SPEAKER 03 :
That seems a little painful.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's very difficult to make my mouth form the words. So I'm trying really hard. Her remarks there, they were the opposite of wrong. That's as close as I'm going to get. Give me that much. Okay. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Top of the second hour now on this Wednesday here and on the program. Listen, coast to coast, Channel 347, DirecTV. The chat's at Rumble. Yes, Steve's like, Whoopi's got red. She just got red-pilled real time. You know, and that's because is that, yeah, they made her shut up and they went away and then they didn't go back to it either, from what I understand. I don't watch The View because I have a pulse, but they didn't go back to it, from what I understand. Isn't that like that was like the end of the whole discussion with that person?
SPEAKER 03 :
Because she was making way too much sense. You can't have the truth like that.
SPEAKER 11 :
No! You can't have Whoopi Goldberg on The View. Did you see those other broads sitting there at that table? They were like, what is happening? This isn't on the script. It's not. That show is very tightly controlled. I've guest hosted it before. I've been on it several times. And I remember when I guest hosted the production. And the production staff were very nice. But it was really... Just very different because I'm used to, I do all my own research and I read everything. And if I don't know it well enough, I either bring on an expert or I wait until I do and then I bring it up to you. And I just, it was weird because they, when I, we had to do an interview and I don't remember who it was with and they hand you a stack of index cards and they have questions on them and then a number in the corner of it. So if you're going to ask a question during the interview, you know that you go second or third, depending on the number that was written on the card, and then you have to read the question. You get like three questions on it, and you have to read them in order. And that's how they do it. And maybe it's so they can do elements and all that. I don't know. But it was really wild to me that it was so... that was so over choreographed. You were even told these are the questions that you needed to ask. And you were told to not, not stray from asking questions like that. So whenever you have, you know, we'll be kind of went rogue there a little bit. And I can imagine they're like, okay, wrap it up, wrap it up, shut up now. It's very odd, but she's right. And that's a huge issue. I mean, in Texas, they passed, we did, we passed some school choice out of, out of the house. And we're going to see whether or not our state legislature, they're voting on school vouchers and all of that. And they're they're expected to they're expected to vote on this. They got it out of committee. It's the bill that creates education savings accounts. And people are mad. They're saying you're using public money to pay for private school funding. You're using these people's own tax dollars. Instead of giving it to the government to waste, these people are going to be able to keep their money and send their children where they want to send them. And the only people that I see raging against this are teachers unions like Rainey Weingarten kind and people who want to disempower parents. That's the only people that I see. They have all of that in common. And I mean, we're going to watch this. It goes to the it's returns to the House floor and it would be the largest like school choice program. in the country if they pass it. I think this would be, it's not the first, but this would be the biggest. We're going to talk more about this here coming up because they're thinking, I mean, this is kind of like the blueprint going forward. The left calls it, according to my notes, here's one thing, the school voucher racket is how they're referring to it. What? Yeah. That makes no sense. Yeah. The school voucher racket.
SPEAKER 03 :
School vouchers were put in place because of the racket that exists. What are they talking about?
SPEAKER 11 :
I'm saying, but parents should be able to have this choice. I homeschooled when my kids were really young. I homeschooled my kids. And back even, I think homeschooling only now in the past 10 years has gone more mainstream. And I think in part, that's due to COVID. So much of that is because of COVID. It's really gone mainstream. And I remember I just, you know, with homeschooling, we had a co-op, we, you know, the private schools, I lived in St. Louis City at the time, private schools were either one denomination or they were, all of them were super expensive. And I wanted my kids to get a certain type of hands-on practical education. And, you know, they did great. They went to college. They all got scholarships. And I just, I, what we, when they transitioned to high school, they started going to a Christian private school after we moved to Texas because we left our co-op, moved to Texas for work, left our co-op and that. And I was stunned when I saw that the tuition for private school is less than what most states pay per student for public schools. I'm not even kidding. I think in Pennsylvania, it was something like 18,000 per student. And in other states, it's even higher. Can you believe that was insane to me? That's like well over the average cost for like a Christian private school, well over that cost. But are you getting the same type of education when you go and you measure test scores and competency? Do you get the same results? I mean, I think that's kind of, you know, rhetorical question. It's an obvious answer. So, I mean, we'll see this. The Texas Monthly said that it was a campaign to sabotage Texas public schools. I don't know. That's what they're very, very, very, very, very against this. Very against this. But really, parents are for it. And that's a threat to this, you know, this control over the minds of the youth. When you have Whoopi Goldberg on the view talking about this, you've already lost. You've lost when Whoopi Goldberg is who is, I would say, a yardstick for Democrat sentiment when she is. talking about how, yes, we need to have all of this relegated back to the states. It's not having everything concentrated in D.C. is unconstitutional in the first place. It's just that doesn't it. There's nothing in Article one, Section eight that this arrangement fulfills. If it's not stated specifically, it goes back to it reverts back to the states. That's the way it works. And I states I it's so much easier for parents have to have an impact on their child's education in the states than it is federally. But I don't know what it is that they just they don't want competition. Kids are taxpayers are consumers. right? They should be able to send their kids wherever the hell they want to. It is a racket to tie everything to property taxes and all this stuff. People should be able to educate their kids however they want to and send their kids to wherever they want to. You should not be stuck in a zip code for education. The way that we have things structured is so stupid. So good for this. I'm excited for this. This is a great thing. But hopefully, we'll see I would love to see this go through in Texas. I would love to see every state pass a similar measure. And that's going to be the sad thing because more states that I think are a little bit more dedicated to academics over activism, states that are more conservative, I mean, you're going to see those students really cater to and families really cater to with school choice and bills like this. And then in states like California and Illinois and New York and all that, You're not. And then I get concerned about those kids because it's going to be such a discrepancy when it comes to comprehension, competency, test scores, etc. So something we moving on. We got a lot to touch on. And the. Democrats are sending a little delegation down to El Salvador. We got some audio on that. I think he's probably already there. Is Chris Van Hollen already there? He boarded his flight on somebody 13. He left this morning and others are going to be going with him. But this is what he had to say as he got on his plane. Listen.
SPEAKER 07 :
I'm here at the airport. I'm about to board my flight for San Salvador. The goal of this mission is to let the Trump administration, to let the government of El Salvador know that we are going to keep fighting to bring Albrego Garcia home until he returns to his family. I hope to meet with representatives of the government. I hope to have the chance to actually see Kilmar and see what his condition is. But we are going to keep fighting because this is a miscarriage of justice.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's not a miscarriage of justice. As we've talked about on the show, I think it's pretty much like it's, you know, everybody kind of well knows this by now. He's not a Marylander. He was born and raised in El Salvador. came to the United States illegally in 2012. He had so many citations, traffic citations. He never showed up to court for anything. Finally, when he was detained, he was... trying to get a reprieve from being deported, and he had these appeals, and it wasn't until after, what, his second appeal that he tried claiming that he was being terrorized in his home country by a gang, and he wanted to seek asylum, and the asylum request was denied. Two separate judges said, yeah, dude is certifiably with MS-13. We cannot guarantee the public's safety if we let this guy loose. Not one, but two different judges in two different court proceedings said this, and It was never an issue of whether or not he was going to ever be deported. It was a guarantee that he was always going to be deported. The question being debated was when. And Joe Biden gave him a reprieve. And if Joe Biden can, with his pen, create a program where we're giving people reprieves for entering the country illegally, then by God, with a stroke of his pen, our current president can do the exact same thing and undo it. But these are where these activist judges are trying to get involved and say, no, no, no. No, you do have the authority to create this, but you don't have the authority to uncreate it. They're they're trying to diminish the authority of the executive. That's what this is. If you want to talk about an unconstitutional grab, these these judges, these activist judges and every single one of them. Lorraine's got a great series that are substack all about this chapter and verse. She looks at every single one of these judges that are all involved, every single one of them. They're all activist judges, really, without exception, without exception. So the idea that judges apparently can tell the executive what they can and can't do is asinine. So, yeah, POTUS is well within his right. And then a judge trying to order POTUS to allow an illegal alien to come back and enter illegally again because of a paperwork error. There wasn't a paperwork error. I don't really care what it said on the paperwork. Send his happy ass back to El Salvador. That's kind of the consequence of entering a country illegally. But it's just such a logical disruption. The left arguing for weaker border control. But then I'm just mesmerized at whose side are they on? I mean, clearly they're not on ours. We have a lot more on the way. We've got headlines coming up as well. And then we're going to get into some of these red state rhinos as we move our partners, bringing you the program. It is the burner gun. Now I always carry, I have zero, zero problem, make my day and using lethal force to neutralize a threat presenting itself to me or my loved ones. But I also realize due to some of my friends living in very weird areas like DC and New York, they're big kids. They got to live there for work. they have the very difficult to obtain license to carry in those states, but they're not able to actually carry everywhere. And you know that these cities have got some high crime rates in New York and D.C. So what they did, because, you know, municipal restrictions and private property restrictions, they didn't want to be left defenseless. So they went out and got a Burna gun. Specifically, they got the Burna SD, B-Y-R-N-A. The Burna gun, the Burna SD, it's like, you know, if you have tariffs, or sorry, tariffs, if you have tasers, Tasers have, what, maybe one or two rounds. The Burna SD is five, five-round capacity. It shoots chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away, giving you a chance. There's no recoil. It's super easy to deploy. It doesn't care about gun-free zone signs. It doesn't care about your municipal restrictions or your private property restrictions. It's legal in all 50 states. No background checks. And you can have it sent right to your front porch. It's a great way to diversify your weapons array. I mean, you have blades, right? You have rifles and pistols. You have different calibers. There's no reason why you shouldn't incorporate something like this and have a diversified array for self-defense, right? You never know what situation you're going to find yourself in. It's a great time to reevaluate your options, and you can do that over at Burna.com slash Dana. B-Y-R-N-A. It's the Burna SD, the most popular model. Burna.com slash Dana. That is where you can get 10% off your purchase.
SPEAKER 03 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five. Oh, my gosh.
SPEAKER 11 :
This is actually so hysterical. So this is from the smoking gun. A driver blamed. Why is it the gas station named this?
SPEAKER 03 :
They're all over the country.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, hold up. Why is it spelled this way and named this way? All right, we're ignoring that. It was a gas station. A driver blamed the crash. He ran his car into this gas station. He blamed his Crocs. Like his shoes. He's a Missouri man. You knew it was Missouri. I was like, wait a minute. This sounds crocs. I feel like Florida Floridians would be in flip flops. A Missouri man fled the scene. He crashed his truck into a gas station's front window and claimed, quote, his crocs got caught in the pedal. causing him to accelerate into the business. They have security footage. They recorded 60-year-old Dale Hammett slamming his Dodge Ram into the convenience store. He immediately backed up and left the scene. $3,700 of damage. It's a half mile from his residence. So he said he, in the immediate aftermath, he returned twice, driving the same truck, entered the business, talked to an employee, never claimed to be the driver. And they said that, you know, the authorities arrived immediately. It's a class E felony if he's convicted. They charged him for leaving the scene of an accident where property damage exceeds $1,000, which is a felony and a class E felony. He could actually go to jail, but he blamed his crocs. I can't drive in flip-flops or anything like that. I'm real weird. I've got to have a more secure shoe. And I don't own a Croc. I don't own them. I don't hate them.
SPEAKER 03 :
Is there an age limit on Crocs? He's 60.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, you're 60. I just feel like if you're a nurse, they're great. If you're gardening, they're great. If you're a toddler, they're okay. But otherwise, there's no excuse. You can hate me all you want. And, oh wait, no, no, no, no, no. We got SecDef Hegseth. He had an aide escorted from the Pentagon as the leak probe widens. Coming up. Red state rhinos. Let's go. If you work long hours and struggle to wind down at night, you're not alone. Tossing and turning and waking up exhausted doesn't have to be the norm. Beam Dream Powder helps you fall asleep faster, sleep soundly through the night, and wake up feeling refreshed. Beam Dream Powder is a clean, healthy nighttime blend made with ingredients backed by science. Reishi, magnesium, L-theanine, apigenin, and melatonin. Apigenin helps calm your body and your mind for rest. L-theanine supports a smooth transition into deep sleep. And reishi and melatonin work to improve REM sleep quality. Beam is proudly American-made and run by people who value hard work, integrity, and results. Supporting companies like this matters because they're doing things the right way. You'll love how Dream tastes, and it's easy to make and actually effective. Over 17.5 million nights of sleep have been improved with Beam, and yours could be next. Try it for yourself. Visit shopbeam.com slash danashow and use code danashow for 40% off of your first order. That's shopbeam.com slash danashow. Code danashow for better sleep.
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Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you at the bottom of the second hour. And you can listen coast to coast. Starting next week, you're also going to be able to listen to KTTH in Seattle. We're going to start there coming up as well. So very excited to add them to our affiliate family. And you can also sign up over at Substack, chapter and verse. I send out stuff there regularly. And I'm going to have something about what we're going to talk about as well here coming up. So... I talk about this because it's really how I got my start in politics. I got my start in oppo research. I mean, I literally dumpster dived looking for stuff on people. So I'm really good at finding stuff out. And I always enjoy putting together the pieces together. of a puzzle and getting information that normally people wouldn't be able to get. So I don't we don't just like aggregate stuff on the show. I know there are a lot of people out there that claim that they break news. They aggregate news that other people that they see on social media and then they act like they break, you know, news. It's very loony. So that being said, there is a big issue here in a number of states. And this is like going back to what I said, how I got started in politics. There's a big issue with rhinos in red states. I think in some respects, they're even more dangerous to conservatives, to constitutional independence than the left. When I got started in politics, I was in Missouri and, as you know, co-founded the whole national modern Tea Party movement. And went round and round with establishment types. Oh, my gosh. I've been screamed at by establishment types. I've told you the story of how Newt Gingrich and I were at each other's throats at one point over. It was the first race I ever got involved in, New York's 23rd Congressional District, where you had a Democrat named Didi Skozafava who changed her registration. Literally, like the almost – it was not quite, but practically the night before she filed to run. It was this open Republican seat. And this one – He was a real nice – but he was a dweeb. I don't say that to be mean. He was a very nice, legitimately consistent conservative and constitutionalist named Doug Hoffman, kind of a dweeb. He did not have a big personality. Neither did she. She was sort of a Hail Mary. Republicans were desperately trying to figure out – that's when the establishment didn't want to let control – didn't want to lose control of it. They were fighting us tooth and nail all over the country. And I was going to different states on my own time in my own dime, trying to help other grassroots activists and raise money for their initiatives and help with like paperwork when they wanted to become, you know, 503s or fours, etc. So that being said, that was my first big battle. And I remember at one point at CPAC, we had a confrontation and all this, and we ended up actually becoming friends. And I gave a ton of credit to Newt, who saw the former speaker. He was there with the conservative revolution in the 90s, and he was there again with it in the aughts with the Tea Party. And at first he fought us and then he realized, you know what, I think there's something to this. And he really extended a hand and met with people and said, what what can I do with my contacts to help grassroots achieve the objectives that they want? You know, you want you you know, you don't want to be bailing out every big company you want, you know, less federal control, et cetera, et cetera. And he became, you know, a real ally in that. And he's probably the only politician I can say that about. He's a real one. That being said, not everybody is. So in Texas, I went from Missouri, moved to Texas in 2013 and was really excited about living in what I thought was a very red state. And oh my gosh, you have Republicans that were trying to fight Second Amendment issues. They were trying to pass gun control bills out of committee. And I was mystified as to how the new state I live in here Moved here in 2013. It was a Republican state. Why do they administrate like Democrats? Well, got a lot of Democrats running as ours. And in Missouri, we didn't really have that problem, Cain, did we? I mean, it was pretty much, oh, you're a Democrat, you're a Republican. You didn't really have that problem. In Texas, it was a whole new bag. And... Trying to figure out which of these Republicans they, you know, getting their voting records. So they voted Democrat their whole life. Why are they Republican now? They're getting money from Democrat groups. I mean, people DCCC is like giving them what is happening. Well, you know, now that explains a lot about how the state of Texas works. Texas isn't alone. It's happening in states like Indiana. I'm hearing from a lot of my friends happening in states in Indiana. It happened in Colorado after 63 years of straight Republican rule. They got flipped over, but in a different way. This new insidious thing where it's Democrats cosplaying as Republicans, it's really infected Texas and Florida. So let me turn my attention to Florida. I'm going to do an ongoing series about this where I talk about this every single day because it's too much to talk about in one segment or even in one hour of a day. Because I want to give you as much information as possible. And it's also... It's a conversation filled with landmines because you have a lot of operatives. You also have a lot of big companies that love to engage in lawfare and try to stifle free speech on public policy. And their ass is going to get chapped at some point. Maybe not now, but it will in the future. That's a promise. So you have a lot of these. You have a lot of lawfare angles out there. There are there's a lot of special interests at play in Florida. There are a lot of people with deep pockets in Florida that are eager to silence people, pay them off, shut them down. Like I said, that tell all book will come one day. Now, in Florida, very similar to Texas, but a little different. Florida was pretty purple for a while. I remember 2012 covering the election. I was the token conservative on CNN, and my heart went into my stomach when I saw the early results coming in from Florida because I knew certain districts what that meant, what that was forecasting. And I thought, my gosh, Florida's lost. That's when Barack Obama and yes, it was a weak Republican. Barack Obama just destroyed Mitt Romney in Florida. You need to know all of this, you know, the current lay of land there. So it's been a little purple. And then you you when you do get Republicans that are elected in some of these districts, they're really soft. These purple districts, they're kind of soft in some in some districts, you know, where it's solid red. You can get fire brains in there and they're there. They are districts that are very easy to keep unless you're Randy Fine and you're in the sixth congressional district in which in which case you barely eke out a victory after your predecessor took it by plus 30. But whatever. So in Florida, you have Democrats who want to run can't run as Democrats in certain districts or they got they're told they got to wait their turn. They want to hopscotch ahead. So they change their affiliation and they run as Republicans. Then you have some moderate Republicans who are only out for self-interest and they are no they are none too happy to. They're eager to partner with these with these cosplaying Democrats and form a little alliance, form a coalition. And then you've got all the political factions on the right. This is creating a perfect storm of failure in the state of Florida. Florida has accomplished so much. Scores of people have moved to that state. because of how it's been administrated in the past six years. Right. Rick Scott didn't see this. Charlie Chris didn't see this. They were weak, soft rhinos. You know, you had a massive gun control under under Rick Scott. He's the one who signed in all the red flag laws. I kind of know because I was down there for Parkland. Maybe you might remember the town hall where people were wanting to burn me alive. They passed all of this legislation and they've been trying to eke back. We're going to talk about this coming up, eke back some of those rights. But you have a lot of Republicans that, you know, again, special interest. They don't want to do that. They tried to get a weird pot thing passed in the state of Florida that didn't serve the interests of the voters. You've got all kinds of different lobbyist organizations and you've got some morally compromised lawmakers. A handful of them morally compromised lawmakers. And what these lawmakers are trying to do is they want you to think that they've been targeting Ron DeSantis and the first lady and everybody who is aligned with them. And what they want you to believe is that their beef with them goes all the way back to the primary. I'm going to tell you guys something right now. If you're still fetishizing the primary, you are a problem and you are what's wrong, not just with this country, but with this party. And you're the type of person who would rather rule over the ashes than work with real patriots for a successful outcome. especially when you target people with a hell of a lot more skin in the game than you. So these cosplayers are trying to make it look like, oh, our beef is because of the primary with DeSantis. But don't be fooled by that. There are some stupid operatives out there who are. They want you to think that because in reality, and their record supports this, they're really Democrats. They're trans GOP. They're trying to appropriate the identity of a Republican, but yet they're all Democrat inside, right? They're a bag of male copulatory organs. They're all Democrat inside. But they want this as a deflection. And they know that if they play that route, they're going to get the stupid operatives on. You know who those are? The loony ones. They're going to get the dumb operatives on, you know, the people who cash and carry. And they're also going to, you know, hopefully they want to trick people who don't pay attention to the petty infighting that you see in Tallahassee. So they want to make it out to be like Trump versus DeSantis when it's really these are Democrats that are infiltrating the legislature, pretending to be Republicans and destroying it from within. It's actually very clever. And there are some people, some operatives who are desperate for paying jobs in the administration. They are desperate to kiss Trump's ass. They want power adjacency. They're willing to go along with this because it serves their purpose in the immediate right now in the interim. It helps them advance. And they don't have to do any real work except attack people who do more than they do for the movement. So that's what's that. Those are some of the dynamics here. Now, they've been talking about Hope, Florida. Are you guys familiar with Hope, Florida? We've talked about it before. I've had on the first lady of Florida to talk about it. They tried going after the governor. They haven't been super successful. Now they're trying to go after Attorney General James Uthmeyer because DeSantis appointed him. And now they're trying to go after Hope Florida. Hope Florida is one of the most genius organizations I have ever seen. We as I hear Republicans and I'm not a Republican because they're too left for me. I'm a constitutionalist. I vote for the most conservative. I see so many positive stories about Hope Florida. It's an organization. Republicans talk a lot about getting big government out of the lives of individuals, not having a welfare state, not having a constant entitlements. Hope Florida is a partnership between the private sector. They're not asking anything of the public sector except to really facilitate these relationships. You have charities, different private charitable organizations that see needs and they meet and fill needs, whether it has to do with homelessness or drug addiction, things that normally you would be spending a lot of taxpayer dollars on in order to cover for, you know, forever into the future. Hope Florida is a great private public partnership that reduces the tax burden on the taxpayer while also allowing these charitable organizations, most of which are faith-based, to witness and steward their fellow man. Isn't that, well, correct me if I'm wrong, which I'm not, that's rhetorical advice, but isn't that the type of partnership that you want to have, that you would want to have with this kind of stuff? Yeah. Well, there are people that are angry about it, particularly the moderate rhinos, who are very upset about this because it reduces the need for them to use taxpayer dollars and claim that they're dealing with this issue when really they're using it on other stuff. It's waste and abuse, fraud, waste and abuse. They don't like this because it makes big government irrelevant. The whole point of being a moderate Republican or Rhino or a Democrat is big government. It makes them irrelevant. It makes what they're doing irrelevant. It is an existential threat to their bank account. That is why they're targeting this organization twofold. They're also targeting it because they're all pissing their pants because they think Casey DeSantis is going to run for governor. I don't know if Casey DeSantis is going to run for governor. I have no clue. All I know is it doesn't seem like a ton of choices are stepping up. I think one Byron Donalds has stepped up so far really early in the primary process. He stepped up so far. I think they're waiting to see what else happens. I haven't seen any inclination that they're that she's going to run. But. They're just they want to target her anyway, just in case the people who said that Casey DeSantis faked her breast cancer are the same people who are saying that she is somehow sideways with Florida voters with Hope Florida. So be very careful who you put your stock in. OK, so. What I want to do with this series beginning today is we're going to focus on this and we're going to name names and we're going to go through all of it and turn over all of the stones because this is ridiculous. For the first time, I don't know of any other state that's done this. You have a private public partnership where private charitable entities are alleviating the burden on the taxpayer. Now, one quick thing before we get going. The only thing that they can say about Hope Florida is because they've been above board with everything, is that they're trying to act like you filed your 990 form too late. You guys know what your 990 form is, right? That's like your tax form, etc. Depending on how you're structured, if you have a 990, that has to be something accessible to the public. And there isn't, I mean, it's not a crime if you don't file it. I mean, obviously you would like to file it as soon as possible. They, from what I understand, are a couple of months late in filing their 990. Okay, well then fix it. Apparently, from what I've been reading on X, you know, I don't have to do any backroom deals here. They're apparently, and I'm looking at one of the tweets from one of the people talking about the meeting that they're having. Their board is apparently getting together and they're resolving it tomorrow. Okay, so problem solved. What do these rhinos... have against private charities relieving the burden on taxpayers that's the question that actually should be asked and we're going to talk about this every single day from now on they you know what they asked and i'm answering every single day from now on until midterms So I wanted to lay it out for you. That's the state of things in Florida. And you have some bad, bad characters that are involved that would rather rule over the ashes than actually help real patriots take their country back. Do you want to know who those are? 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So a Florida man set a rental van on fire outside of a Florida motel, says the Department of Justice. The man was charged with violation of the Federal Anti-Arson Act after setting the van on fire. Bradenton, Florida. This guy's name. Hang on. kandarius devonta stitton was charged with a violation he faces between 5 and 20 years in prison who's just sets a van on fire i don't know for me he's you know i made like i'm not gonna i've got jokes the florida man was attacked by a shark in an area known for alligator encounters oh oh how nice the uh Area where he was bitten was a particular portion of the Everglades that's pretty known for being infested by alligators. He got airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center. He was in good spirits. It was a surprise attack, obviously. And he had his hand covered in bandages. But the shark, there was a bull. There's bull sharks in the freshwater as well. So they think it was maybe not so much a gator, but a bull shark. 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You can go and sign up for the newsletter over at Substack Chapter and Verse because I'm also going to incorporate some of the stuff, a new series that we're debuting within the show, Red State Rhino Hunting, where we're going to go and expose all of these soft Republicans, not just in Texas, but Florida. indiana elsewhere but particularly texas and florida because they're the biggest red states and you lose texas you lose the white house right and florida only recently went red they've been purple i mean i've covered election after election they've been purple and you have this great coalition there and uh there's a lot of stuff happening so we're going to break it down every single day on the show and i'm also going to incorporate it into the newsletter over at substack and so We're not doing any of the loony aggregating or anything. It's actually like work that we find myself and put up. Anybody can do it if you just have enough motivation and you're not lazy and you don't rely on kickbacks. So that being said, I just don't care because I don't have anybody to answer to. So it's really fun for Kane. Super fun for him. All right. A couple of things. I wanted to touch on this. I had this on my list. And I know there's other stuff to get into because we've got, you know, we've got the school choice, which we're going to talk about the school choice battle in Texas, which is coming to a state near you. And, of course, the delegation going to El Salvador. We've got the ongoing fights, you know, everything else. But I... I followed this very close. I wrote about this when I worked under Andrew Breitbart when he was alive and ran big journalism. I covered this story six ways to Sunday. And Sarah Palin's back in the news. Now, I saw Sarah Palin was getting mad at Kristi Noem over Real ID. We're going to talk about that in a minute. I saw her getting mad at Kristi Noem over Real ID. And I think I thought it feels like she's just kind of getting mad at Kristi Noem because I think she wants that job. But that said, she's in the news again because she's getting a second bite at the Big Apple at The New York Times. Let's go back to goodness. When was this whole if the Gifford shooting? I don't want to say the name of the killer. This came back from an editorial over at the New York Times. And this is back in 2011. You guys remember in Arizona in 2011, Gabby Giffords was shot by this guy who had been on the radar forever. I wrote extensively about this. I got, you know, previous filings, records, etc., The just for a background in 2011, Gabby Giffords was shot in a supermarket parking lot. She was having an event. And this guy, I don't want to say his name. He opened fire on her. And everyone was blaming Sarah Palin, which I'll get to in a minute. The attempted murderer, the guy was convicted. He was known to law enforcement. Now, the very left leaning was either sheriff or chief. I'm trying to remember at the time that the very left leaning chief, police chief, sheriff at the time, went out and gave a press conference like a couple hours after the shooting happened and blamed the Tea Party. on camera. He actually blamed the Tea Party. It's wild to me. And was blaming them for the rhetoric. This was near Tucson. He was blaming them for the rhetoric. And it ended up actually making everything worse. And this guy, the sheriff, he was blaming the Tea Party even though there was evidence, a lot of evidence, that The college that this dude went to, he was kicked out of his college for disrupting class and threatening behavior. And it was reported to police. They never actually the very Democrat left leaning chief never followed up with the community college campus that this that this attempted murderer attended. He had numerous complaints on him from other students. They never really followed up on it. The college actually said, we can't welcome you back to campus unless you have medical clearance because something's wrong. And that never happened. So he was already on their radar. He had like a satanic shrine in his yard, everything. He was like a very big time. He was actually not a lefty or not a righty. He was leaning. He was left leaning. And while they were burying these facts and the DCCC, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, they were the first on the attack. There was this old map that they had. the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the DCCC, where they had surveyor's marks, which are different from crosshairs, but whatever. They had a map, their own map, that showed weak Democrat districts that they were worried might flip red. And Gabby Giffords was one of them. They came out with this ad like two months before she was shot. And they had a surveyor's mark over her district. Well, Palin came out Maybe like three weeks before the shooting and just took their map as a kind of like a troll and said, oh, this is where we have to target. Right. We got to go to these areas to flip these districts. Obviously, they accused her of putting crosshairs on Gabby Gifford's district and essentially inciting an attempted assassination of a lawmaker. She took the DCC's map. I mean, I had in my pieces side-by-side comparisons. It's the same map. She just took it and was like, okay, so yeah, thanks for this map. You gave us areas that we have to target now to flip these seats, right? That makes sense. Oh, but then they're like, oh my gosh, Sarah Palin made a map. She had crosshairs over. It was the DCCC map that she just stole. They buried all of the details of this case. The guy was known. There were multiple reports about him. He was super suspicious. What was happening? I mean, it was a time bomb waiting to go off. And instead, they tried to smear the Tea Party and her. Well, they had an editorial that ran. Oh, boy. And that was pretty much it. And this editorial in 2017 and Brad Essex over at Red State recaps it. It was called America's Lethal Politics, and it linked her to the shooting. They suggested that her materials, that graphic that I just described, inspired this dude's attack. Now, they had no evidence that he even looked at the Palin's map or really it was the DCC's map when they first put it out. And they left that up for like a whole day. before they issued a correction. And then when they issued a correction, they omitted her name and they didn't even apologize. So she sued them ostensibly for defamation. And it went into court and they said, oh, well, they they acted by correcting the error promptly. So it's a First Amendment issue rather than an attack, et cetera. Well, long story short, there were some problems with the case and problems with the process. Apparently, you know, they weren't it wasn't the fairest of processes. So she's getting another bite at the apple. So it looks like it's going back to court. That's pretty interesting. Because they did. They absolutely smeared her. And it was a very dangerous editorial. Very dangerous. And everybody else piled onto it when they first reported it. And... It's this is going to be interesting. So now it's going to be a second. There's going to be a second defamation suit now that's happening as a result of this. They had the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that granted her request for a new trial in a defamation. That's what defamation actually is. Citing things that are publicly available and everyone knows are true. That's not defamation. But saying that a woman tried to get Gabby Gifford shot. Because she had a map talking about flipping seats and it was basically stolen from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. That's pretty much that's that's dangerous. That's not protected speech. So there's free speech and then speech that's not free from litigation. And so it was a three-judge panel. The circuit judge, Walker, agreed with Palin that the judge made a bunch of errors that tainted that trial. It didn't go to trial. This all happened like in the wake of 2011. It didn't go to trial until February 2022. The appeals court said correctly that this judge excluded evidence. that showed actual malice and that the judge wrongly instructed the jurors on how much proof was needed in order to find the times liable. And as a result, the jury was tainted. And they were able to have their phones, apparently. And they got alerts on their phones and all this other stuff. And then they dismissed her case because they said, oh, you didn't offer any evidence of malice. Well, no, not when you're running your courtroom like that. So this is going to be very interesting. This was one of the first. This predates the Nick Sandman case. It predates the CNN defamation case that just that was just won recently in January. It predates all of this. This was one of the first big ones. And they said, wow, this could be, you know, there was a 1964 landmark case that set a really high bar. To prove defamation and people think that this case could it was New York, New York Times v. Sullivan. That was in 1964. And many think that this case, you know, possibly potentially could up in that case. And you have to show actual malice, meaning that you're publishing information. With knowing disregard for truth, right? Like you have no interest in the truth. You just want to post this information. And it's wild to me because I had even had my article about this before the New York Times wrote their editorial explaining the maps. And I'm like, here's the DCCC map that came out before Palin's map, like, while before Palin's map. They just reappropriated this map and said, thanks for identifying these districts that are vulnerable to flip. And the New York Times, even after that, and then my story that I wrote went viral, even after all of that, the New York Times still insisted that she originated that map. So I'm not quite sure how they can dodge... That measure of malice. You have to be purposefully, purposefully, wantingly, maliciously unaware in order to continue down that debunked path. I hope she cleans their clocks because it was I remember when that editorial came out. We thought, oh, my gosh, that was so dangerous. And, you know, in the wake of all of that, I knew a lot because we were in Tucson with stuff. I knew a lot of the Tea Party founders and leaders there. In fact, the leader there, Trent Humphreys, he and his wife had just had twins. They had newborns. They were coming back from getting laundry detergent and I think some grocery items. They had no idea what had happened. She had been shot when they were out getting food for their family. They came back to their house and they had the press already in their yard and they had no idea what was going on. And it was Sheriff Dupnik, D-U-P-N-I-K. He was the A-S-S bag that decided to say what he said and intimate that they were responsible for all of this. They had no idea all of this stuff was being said while they were attending to their newborns and getting detergent and some food. And they came back and the press was on their lawn. They had death threats. They were terrified. And then after CNN had a town hall where Trent Humphreys attended and somebody threatened to kill him live on national television. That's the stuff that the left incites. You see how they're still doing it with Tesla, right? They have never changed, ever. They are still the same violent people they always have been. And the press has been their accomplices. So as a result, I hope that she cleans their clocks a second time. 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Hmm. So genetically engineered super horses with alter DNA are being created in a lab. because this because man super horse your horse is regular this is a super horse it's a bioengineering lab in Argentina if they can do that can we like artificially manipulate people or manipulate people somehow in a lab And make them have, like, better taste in, like, music or fashion. You know, can we get rid of high-waist pants? Like, can we modify genetically people to be predisposed against high-waist pants?
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Like, if it's a wedge, I'm okay. But if it's just not, if it's a flat platform, why? Unless you're wearing long pants. I don't get it. I'm like, I know it has nothing to do overall with the story, but I just feel like those issues are much more important to me than a super horse.
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Yeah, I did. But I'm, you know, it's like, why? Unless it's like, can it open doors? Can the horse like cook a meal? I'm all for that. I mean, I don't dislike horses. Aren't they like big dogs? I've sat on one. before and i threw a carrot at one and ran away one time i don't know why they scare me a little bit i don't know what it is only that's the only only other animal it kind of scares a whole other issue wait i gotta get back to i don't scare me i'm just they're large uh let's see someone says that the body of christ is in a hidden chamber under the great pyramid of egypt I don't believe it. A man was arrested after, oh, this really should be a Florida man story. But we're going to have it here because this guy was naked. Any KKID in Disneyland's New Orleans Square. Well, at least it was in the New Orleans Square in Disneyland. That makes more sense there. Workers were trying to steer visitors away. He climbed on one of the buildings and exposed his hang low to everybody below. And then he was arrested for trespassing, public nudity. And apparently he was high as a kite. They deferred him to police. Sorry, it was a Florida man in Disneyland in California. They deferred him to Anaheim police. Yeah, let's maybe not. Why would you want to go to an amusement park naked? No. A man was arrested after seven emotional support tigers were found in his house. I'm jealous. Nye County, Carl Mitchell's home in Pahrump, west of Vegas. He did not have the proper permits to be the new Lion King. So they took his kiddies. We have a lot more on the way. We have Brian Jodas, who is National Press Secretary with School Choice. We'll be right back. It helps reduce or even eliminate it. It's safe to take daily, and in fact, the longer you take Relief Factor, the more effective. Whether it's neck, back, joint, or muscle pain, Relief Factor can help. Over 1 million people have turned to Relief Factor. Give Relief Factor a try. With their pain-free trial, you can get a 3-week quick start for only $19.95, less than $1 a day. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF. That's 1-800-4-RELIEF. With their pain-free trial, you can get a three-week quick start for only $19.95. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF or visit relieffactor.com.
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Welcome back to the program. You can listen coast to coast terrestrially on a station near you or in hundreds of markets all across the nation. You can also stream it, X, Rumble, Facebook, Channel 347, DirecTV. Good to be with you. Real quick, before we get into some of the school choice stuff. So Chris Van Hollen has landed in San Salvador. He is there, as you know, to go and meet with poor kids. kill Mar Abrego Garcia and make sure that this guy who came into the country illegally and was a verified member of MS-13, according to two different judges and two different court proceedings to make sure, I guess, that he's OK. Right. Make sure that the prison in El Salvador is more like the Ritz instead of a prison. I don't know. But this guy, Andy Ngo and others, as Keynes pointed out to this guy, apparently has got tons of experience. He had a ton of emergency restraining orders for domestic violence against him for that wife that he only married after his asylum bid failed. Interesting, right? So we're going to keep following this story because why Democrats want to try to incorrectly repatriate someone who is not even a citizen is beyond me. But they're not on the right side of that issue or really any, including the issue of school choice and vouchers. And there are some big government Republicans that are not on the page. Excuse me. They're not on the right page with us either. In Texas, this has been a huge fight. I moved to Texas in 2013. And I have got to tell you, I feel like it was easier going in Missouri with school choice than it has been in Texas. And that floors me. Yes. When I moved here in 2013, I thought, oh, my gosh, Texas, so Republican, all these Republicans that are in the state legislature. No, no. Just because they have an R after their name doesn't mean that they're all conservative, as you know. So they're dealing with this right now in Texas. The House is ready to pass HB2 and SB2. They're looking at creating the largest, largest in the nation school choice program and program. The arguments that I keep hearing from the left and some of these rhinos that are on the right is stunning to me. So we wanted to bring in actual experts on this. Brian Jodas is the national press secretary for school choice now. And you can find him on X. I'm also Twitter at AFC press. He joins us now via Skype or Zoom or whatever it is we're using. Brian, it's so good to see you. Thank you for joining us. This is huge. And I don't mean to sound naive. But, you know, Texas, big red state, right? And everyone thinks, oh, there's lots of Republicans in the state legislature. Obviously, school choice is going to be an easy thing. It hasn't been. Why?
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Yeah, Dan, it's great to be with you. And you're right. I mean, it's been a fight, but the momentum continues to build. It continues to build across the country. And it's time to get it done here in Texas. And we've seen leadership step up and make it happen. Look, the president has sat in the Oval Office and talked about strongly believing in school choice, wanting to send education back to the states, and singling out Texas. And then you've got Governor Abbott, Speaker Burroughs, Senator Creighton, it just takes the right leadership at the right time. We are one massive step closer with what's going to happen today in Texas and getting Senate Bill 2 across the finish line. And let's get this thing to the governor's desk and let's get more families and parents empowered in the great state of Texas with school choice. We're very, very close. We can't wait for it to
SPEAKER 11 :
I'm so excited about that. One of the big arguments that I keep seeing pushed forward by the left and some some moderate I think the moderate Republicans are like maybe teachers union adjacent. I can't figure out what the relationship there is. But they're saying, oh, well, this is this is going to just force taxpayers to pay for everyone else's private school education. Talk to that, if you will, because that's loony.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, it's wild. But listen, I mean, the teachers union has had a stranglehold on education for far too long. And what's happened? Test results are stagnant, if not falling, right? We're not getting the academic outcomes that kids deserve across the country and across the state of Texas. And so what we're seeing is families are raising up against us and they're saying enough is enough. We want our dollars to follow our kids. And what's happening in legislatures across the country and what's gonna happen in Texas today is marquee. What legislatures are saying is it's time to invest in students regardless of where they wanna go to school, homeschool, traditional public school, public charter, private school. Parents, you guys find what's the best fit for you. I've got two kids, they learn very differently. We've got to decide what's the best fit for them. So let's put the dollars in those backpacks. Let's get Texas parents empowered with that while investing in traditional public schools and investing in students depending on wherever they want to go to school. That's the beauty of this, right? You talked about it earlier. Let the families decide. Let them be empowered. Let those dollars go with them to the school of their choice. And this whole idea of, you know, I don't want my tax dollars going to fund these private schools. Good news, they're not. They're going with students. This is student-centered approach to education.
SPEAKER 11 :
But those people had no problem spending all of our tax dollars on their kids' public school education. And then they were getting subpar results, especially if you compared it to homeschoolers and that they were coming out of private institutions. So suddenly now they're going to act like they're concerned stewards of tax dollars?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, listen, when the teachers union run around the country to the tune of three billion dollars a year in their coffers, I mean, anything that is sort of an alternate to what they're promoting is some sort of threat to their ecosystem because they stand to stand up for systems, for buildings and rarely buildings. does the focus ever shift to the kids, right? Who's the end user in all this data, right? So individual student, right? Let's find the best fit for them. Texas stands on the verge of introducing what will be the largest day one school choice program in the entire country, right? There are other states that have larger programs, but no one ever has passed a program this big on day one. Texas goes big. Everything's bigger than the Lone Star State. So let's get this thing done. Excited to see it get to the governor's desk and make this thing a reality.
SPEAKER 11 :
For those listening and not watching the simulcast, we're talking with Brian Jodas, who is with School Choice now. I spoke at a School Choice event some years ago in Pennsylvania, and I was stunned, Brian, when I was told that they spend, I think it was over $18,000 per pupil in public schools. That is more than I paid because we homeschooled up until going into high school. And when that that was cheap, we sent our kids to a private Christian school after that. That was that was more expensive than what we were paying for our private school education. And the results were incomparable. I do people do parents realize I think, you know, most do, especially if they're in this fight. But I think the public in general, I don't think they realize that that how much is spent per student for what they're getting in public schools versus what's being spent, you know, either homeschool or private.
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Well, Dan, it's a great point, right? And it becomes so divisive. You know, the opponents of school choice will talk about these threats to public education. We're going to tear down our traditional public schools. And everybody starts to get really worried, right? Because nobody wants their community, public schools or those schools in their neighborhood, right, to be hurt. But that's not really the case. I mean, look, take Chicago, for example. They're spending like $30,000 a year on kids. but they've got 30 plus schools in Chicago alone where 0% efficiency in math, like that's ridiculous. In Texas, they're spending about, I think, $16,000 per kid. This ESA program will give families on average about 11,000 to take to the private school of their choice. So it seems like a cost saver to me with better outcomes that potentially can happen. And so that's where this thing, you got to get into the nuance of it. We've got to have conversations like this where we can let it breathe a little bit and talk about it and get that thing student-centered. Because if you ask parents, University of Houston poll, polling across the country, hey, do you think parents should be empowered to send their kids to the school that's the best fit for them? Do you think they could have the tax dollars to be able to do that? Like wildly popular, right? So when you have those conversations and when you're able to actually really talk about this with the breadth It deserves people like it. Everybody wants it. And it makes a ton of sense because it puts a student at the center of it, empowers parents. But that's why the teachers union don't like it so much, because it takes away right from them. The more you empower parents, any why garden, right? They start to freak out a little bit. You know what? Let's get them to freak out a little bit more.
SPEAKER 11 :
I think after COVID, parents realized how much control they lost over their child's education. I don't think this would have happened as quickly as it did or as successfully as it did without COVID. I hate to say it.
SPEAKER 09 :
It was an accelerant. Dana, it was an accelerant. There's no doubt, right? And because families had a few things happen. My family went through this. Our kids were sent home. We saw the way in which education was being delivered to them. We saw the way, maybe for the first time for many parents who haven't been in a classroom with their student, how they consumed it and sent it back out. And then a lot of families looked around like, what? What are we getting here? What's the return on the investment here? And oh, at the same time, could never get an answer as to when our kids were going to go back to school. And so it definitely wasn't accelerating. We've seen more activity since then. We're excited to see what's going to happen in Texas today and in more states across the country. That's why, look, we've taken a phrase that's a golden age in American education with what the president wants to do, his priorities on getting back to the states. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, which she stand poised to do. Congress has got a great opportunity with the Educational Choice for Children Act to get even more school choice across America. So that's why we're really excited. The American Federation for Children to see just more of this in Texas is a bellwether this year for what's to come.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's that's great. I mean, it's if Texas can pass it the largest on day one. How quickly does this change things for parents? I mean, I mean, I would imagine this kicks into effect for the next school season.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, this is huge, right? So they'll be able to get access to it and it'll make all families in the state eligible. So, right, there'll be next steps to come. But look, there's still more work to be done today. So if you've got watchers and listeners across the great state of Texas, which I know you do, it's never too late, right? Get on the horn, get on email, call your legislators in Texas and tell them, let's get Senate Bill 2 done. Let's get this thing to the governor as soon as possible because we got to get this thing over the finish line. There are thousands of families in Texas that are waiting for this and across the country and put the marker down. Right. Let's make 2025 a great year in educational reform and school choice. Texas can get that done.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's that. I hope so. I hope. And then all of these other all all these other states in the nation can follow suit. We're going to watch this very closely. Brian Jodas at AFC Press. So appreciate what you do on behalf of students and parents. Thank you for keeping us up to date on this. We're watching in Austin to see what these lawmakers do. We've got our eyes on them. Thank you so much. Appreciate your fight. Thanks, Dan. Of course. We'll have you back. It's good to see you. We've got I wanted to update you guys to really quickly before we conclude this hour. They pull the story up. So this is in the arson case in Pennsylvania. The Josh Shapiro, the arson suspect that targeted him, that tried to burn down his residence. Apparently, according to reports, he did so because he was, quote, angry at the. perceived injustices to the people of Palestine, end quote. And he was not happy about the governor's Jewish faith. Huh? Well, Cain, I did not see that coming. I did not see that coming either. Did not see that coming. We have more to come as we wrap up this third hour of our program and our partners. It's our friends at All Family Pharmacy. All Family Pharmacy is a great business that is going to make sure that you are topped up with whatever it is that you need. They've saved me. They come and clutch a number of times and they have the treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, you know, therapeutics and the things that the government was trying to prevent you from actually accessing. When the government was out there crushing alternatives, All Family Pharmacy has you covered. They also have your everyday medications, your maintenance medications that you need. Fast shipping, no hassle, no gatekeepers, no insurance, no problem. It's simple and fast and affordable to order from All Family Pharmacy. They have straightforward pricing. Shipping is just in like two to four days or overnight in a pinch if you need it. And everything that they have is made in the USA. So you don't have to worry about outsourced stuff coming in from India or China. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and get 10% off with promo code Dana10. Be prepared. Protect yourself and your family today. That's allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Coupon code Dana10 to save 10%.
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SPEAKER 11 :
So, you know what I did not know until recently is that if you wear a Bulls merchandise like Chicago Bulls, that's like an MS-13 insignia. Yeah, like that's apparently something that denotes that. you're in that gang. I didn't know that either. I don't, I'm not up on my gang lore. You know, I need to know more about gangs and drugs. Can you imagine? I'm going to walk into a library. Yes. Where can you point me to learn more about gangs and drugs?
SPEAKER 03 :
And not necessarily in that order. Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
This went, one of the things that, uh, apparently a lot of people, and I keep seeing this being reported and I was, I was looking into it actually on break here and there. Um, The there were rumors that he had when he was arrested that he had the bulls, some of that bulls merchandise on. He definitely had other photos where he was wearing the hats, but that he also had like one of the reports said that he had cash and drugs on him and that he was with another MS-13 dude when he was apprehended. I'm just saying it might be interesting. You know what's crazy is if we had, Cain, if there were people who investigated this type of stuff and then wrote about their findings.
SPEAKER 03 :
That would be nice if we had some system like that. Maybe a fourth branch even.
SPEAKER 11 :
I mean, if they just looked at the stuff, looked it up.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Fact-checked.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, super easy. I wonder if we should create that. That sounds like a really good profession.
SPEAKER 03 :
Hopefully one day we'll get it.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, we might have that one day. But yeah, it was like realizing stuff. It would be great if we had those. So yeah, I'm really happy about that. Also, ABC just reported that California is now the first state to sue the Trump administration over the tariffs. Remember when they enacted eminent domain and seized your ability, economic eminent domain and seized your ability to generate an income and live? None of the states filed suit really over that. Some of the AGs did, but California didn't file suit over that. You know, if you want to talk about making things more expensive and things of that nature. I'm just... You know, he can do that. This is... It's the power of the executive. So in the meantime, we're going to watch Chris Van Hollen go down. I mean, I hope they stay safe, but I don't really have the greatest expectations. I just hope they stay. I like that boucle, but caution. Just because they're an ally in something doesn't mean they're your best friend. The guy's pretty authoritarian. I don't know if you're familiar with. We're going to talk a little bit about this tomorrow. I just think that you need to have your eyes open to new ones. It's very important. You can be allies with somebody for certain issues, but realize that maybe necessarily the way that they crack down on stuff in their country isn't something that would fly here constitutionally. Just saying. So I'm glad that he's but, you know, he's he's doing the right thing and he's being a good ally with us right now.
SPEAKER 03 :
So he had a specific job to do in El Salvador and he definitely did it. I mean, you can call it authoritarian.
SPEAKER 11 :
That is the that's the reality, though, of politics, particularly geopolitics, because you you have to. Welcome or not welcome. You have to tolerate some uncomfortable truths for the purpose of securing your nation's prosperity.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I like that line that Trump said he wanted to steal, which was, you know, people say I jailed thousands, but in reality I liberated millions. And that's exactly what it is. When you are tough on crime and the law of the land is followed, that's how it works.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's true how it works. So we're going to dive into that a little bit tomorrow and tomorrow, the daily series now that we're going to do looking at red state rhino hunting. Texas and Florida. We're going to look at the Hope Florida issue. I say issue because it's actually a nothing burger. You've heard a lot of mudslinging about the First Lady of Florida's charitable organization, Hope Florida, which partners these charitable organizations. with a facilitator, the federal government. So if there's something that might be a burden to the taxpayer, the federal government can actually partner that need up with private charities and reduce the burden on the taxpayer. That's what it's all about. And she's being attacked by the rhinos who see
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their gravy trains threatened because of what they're doing so we're going to dive into that more tomorrow in the meantime today in stupidity cane yes it would be gail king talking about you know let's just throw our waste into space because now you know she's an expert on space now when she almost got there Listen to this.
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What Blue Origin wants to do is take the waste here and figure out a way to put it in space to make our planet cleaner. Jeff Bezos has so many ideas.
SPEAKER 03 :
Will that really do it, though? I'm wondering if we throw waste into space, is that cleaning things up?
SPEAKER 11 :
yeah that's so because what goes up trash from here i'm putting it there what goes up and then object permanence you know it's not in front of me so it doesn't exist like what do they think when they go inside the house that the world disappears i feel like it must come down at some point i don't know folks that does it for us today go sign up for the newsletter over at substack chapter and verse otherwise have a great evening i will be back with you behind the mic tomorrow
This episode features a candid conversation with Mike Lindell, who shares his ongoing struggles with legal battles and business challenges. We explore the personal costs of political persecution and delve into the controversial topic of Real ID, discussing its implications for privacy and national security with perspectives both for and against it.
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Tracy, my producer, just pointed something out that was so hysterical. Senator Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, the dope who's flying over to El Salvador. Remember, the Democrats couldn't even stand for Lake and Riley during Trump's speech. They couldn't even honor Lake and Riley, who was murdered by an illegal. But now a bunch of them want to fly over to El Salvador. to get a suspected gang member and an illegal immigrant from El Salvador into the United States. That's today's Democrat Party. Tracy pointed out that Chris Van Hollen keeps referring to Kilmar Garcia as his constituent. He's not his constituent. He's a constituent of El Salvador. All they're left with is gaslighting. That's all they got. All they can do is lie. It's astounding to me. They're nuts. They're absolutely nuts. Speaking of nuts, Grandpa Joe came back. He decided to shuffle back into the limelight. He gave a speech yesterday ostensibly about Social Security, but this is what he said.
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I remember pulling into the parking lot, and I had never seen hardly any black people in Scranton at the time, and I was only going in fourth grade. And I remember seeing kids going by at the time, colored kids on a bus going by. They never turned right to go to Claymont High School. I wondered why. I asked my mom, why? So in Delaware, they're not allowed to go to school.
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Yeah, why didn't the colored kids go turn right instead of left? Can you imagine Trump calling black people colored kids? Colored people? I mean, I'm surprised later in the speech, Biden didn't refer to the Negroes. And yet, he was the guy. He was the man. 75 million people voted for him. How's that feel, huh? Colored people. Colored people. All right. I'm going to dive into this. I shouldn't. I feel like I should just say real ID. Go. We had a big drama before the show because Christian doesn't have real ID. Eric has real ID. I have real ID. Robert has real ID. I don't know about Tracy. Real ID. It's a big deal. I have been kind of avoiding this like the bubonic plague because I'm afraid of what's going to happen. Because I think all the conspiracy theorists are going to get mad at me when I say it's not that big a deal. If you don't think the government knows everything about you already, you are hopelessly naive. Maybe you're able to live off the grid. Maybe you're with Ted Kaczynski in a cabin in the woods somewhere. But if you're not, the government knows just about everything about you. They got everything. They got your social security number already. They've got everything. What are you worried about? Real ID is the... I don't know. It's not enhanced, right? I want to get the terms right. All I know is you've got to have a little gold star in the upper right corner of your driver's license to get on a plane beginning May the 5th. And I think it only has to do with air travel. So I guess if you don't want to fly ever, don't get it. If you're worried about the government spying on you, let me read... What somebody on social media posted about real ID, and then I'm going to throw open the phone lines. I'm like a Christian being fed to the lions because I'm saying publicly, relax. It's not that big a deal. Stop being paranoid. It's nothing. Get your real ID. So here's what just a thought posted on X. I'm seeing a lot of people confused about real ID and whether or not we should be concerned about it. Firstly, you should know that if you have a passport, you do not need to get a real ID. But the problem with real ID is that it will inevitably lead to digital ID, which many of us have been warning about for years now. It's not harmless. It doesn't protect against terrorism. What it does is gather all of your information and hand it to the government, something we used to actually be concerned with. It's forcing you to, quote, carry papers. And once carrying those papers, records, are accepted by the public as normal and become digitalized, They will be affected by your behaviors, social credit, and dictate your accessibility to resources. What was one of the first things that happened to Canadian truckers protesting vaccination? Their bank accounts were frozen. This is not some dystopian tale. This has happened and will happen more frequently. Just a thought. O'Pines. Your blind faith in government on both sides is what makes it more powerful and allows it to continue to overreach in these ways. Stop supporting it. Stop rationalizing it. Stop believing its purpose is to protect you. Otherwise, you have given up your liberty for some notion of safety and, well, you know how that goes. All right, let's chat. 800-655-MIKE. Tell me what you think about what this person posted. Thomas Massey is the same way. Now, Thomas Massey is Congressman No. He votes No on everything. You know, love the guy. He's feisty. He's fired up. But let's be real. He goes rogue. He's a malcontent. He's a guy that wants to, you know, he's never met any kind of conspiracy theory he didn't love. And I don't want to dismiss it as just some wild-eyed conspiracy theory, because I understand that people have concerns about security and privacy and liberty. I get it. I really do. But when this person says... This gathers your information and hands it to the government. I don't think there's any information about any of us that the government doesn't already have. Cows out of the barn. You can't unring that bell, just a thought. So give me your reaction to Real ID. I promised we'd talk about it. I've been putting it off, but I can put it off no longer. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Pray for me, because here we go.
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We're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country. We just turned the murder capital of the world into the safest country in the Western Hemisphere, and you want us to go back into releasing criminals so we can go back to being the murder capital of the world? That's not going to happen. Well, they'd love to have a criminal released into our country. I mean, there's a fascination. They would love it. Yeah. Sick. These are sick people.
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In the ReliefFactor.com studios, here's Mike.
SPEAKER 02 :
I want to clarify something I said about Jessica Tarloff, and clearly I'm no fan. I mean, I see all these posts on social media. I'm sure she's a very nice lady. Every time she's on The Five, I'm like, ugh, do I want to suffer through this? I find Harold Ford a lot easier to take than either Jessica or that Richard guy. They're just both insufferable. But I'm a big believer in... Truth and accuracy and facts. And I want to make sure that I'm factual about what she posted. So she posted on social media, you legally cannot, you cannot legally send Americans to an El Salvadorian prison no matter what they've done, plain and simple. She was not apparently referring in that post to this suspected MS-13 gang member who is not an American. He's not a Maryland man. She was referring to the comment that Trump made when he was talking to the El Salvadoran president about what they called homegrown terrorists and people who are Americans who become terrorists. And that was what she was referencing because she posted the clip, and I wanted to make sure that we set the record straight. Now, look, to millions of people who are on social media and they know that the whole story is about the MS-13 gang member, they see Jessica Tarloff say you can't send Americans to El Salvador, and they absolutely assume she's talking about him. And that, I think, is probably intent. But to set the record straight, in that clip that she posted, she was not referring to this guy. She was referring to the concept of Trump sort of hypothetically talking about whether we could deport people who are homegrown terrorists. And I want to make sure that the record is set straight. Incidentally, there's nothing you can say about Chris Van Hollen in calling this guy Maryland man. There's nothing you can say about ABC News last night when I was watching David Muir, the man, the husband, the father, the Maryland man. He's from El Salvador. He was ordered to be deported. Years ago, he has no business being here. And yet Democrats are flying over to El Salvador to kidnap him from an El Salvadorian prison? Good luck with that. Good luck with that. Incidentally, have you heard about the legal problems for Letitia James? Oh, boy. I can't wait to get into that. In fact, we ought to get into it with our buddy Mike Lindell from MyPillow. We love checking in with Mike on a fairly regular basis. And nobody knows about the weaponization of the justice system better than Donald Trump or Mike Lindell, who joins us here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Mike, it's great to see you again. Welcome back. Did you see the story about Letitia James, the attorney general in New York?
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No, I haven't seen that yet. I heard that they really don't like her there.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, let me quickly fill you in. This will be the first time you're hearing this. This is amazing. The Justice Department is now reviewing for criminal prosecution the accusation that Letitia James committed mortgage fraud by claiming that a residence in Virginia, Virginia was her primary residence, also claiming that she was married to her father on two different occasions in order to get preferential loans and a better mortgage rate and everything. So this is exactly what she went after Trump over. She kept saying no one is above the law and falsifying business records. And now she's whining about the weaponization of the federal government against her. Is that ironic or what?
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It is. And Mike, isn't it something that it's all coming out now? All the criminals, it's the lab that they accused everyone else of, that they're doing it themselves. And it's just great that people are getting vindicated out there, and then the real criminals are going to end up in prison. It's really good news.
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I love the fact that you're a guy who has been most of your life apolitical. You and I have talked about your story, your journey. You learned a lot about what it means to be a conservative and a liberal from Kevin McCullough, our mutual friend in New York. You went on a mission trip with him. And before you know it, here you are in the Rose Garden giving a speech and becoming friends with President Trump and then being targeted by The FBI circling your vehicle outside a Hardee's drive-thru to confiscate your cell phone. All kinds of terrible lawsuits and things that you've had to experience. All because of your beliefs in election integrity, because of your friendship with President Trump, and I believe because of your faith. I think you're targeted because of your belief in God and the power of redemption. But it always your story is so fascinating to me because you're up to a number of years ago. You weren't even a guy that I'll bet you didn't vote. I'll bet you didn't know much about Democrats and Republicans. Am I wrong?
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Mike, I was an ex-crack cocaine addict. I had never voted in my life. Up until the first time I voted was 2016. You're right. I didn't know anything about politics and politics. When you say, you know, my attack started, you're right, you know, wearing my cross on TV, it started even way back then. Right now, I'm getting attacked by the Attorney General of the state of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, and he's attacking my LyndaleRecoveryNetwork.org for addicts and stuff to get people to Jesus. So you're exactly right. They've attacked me for elections. They've attacked me for my faith. They've attacked me... They want me not to talk, Mike. They want to just, let's just destroy Mike Lindell, destroy Mike Lindell, so he quits talking and he quits speaking out. And it's very sad. We all want great lives here while we're here. And... You know, when I went around speaking at churches and stuff to get people out of addiction and get them to the Lord, I was attacked then, and now it's worse than ever. You think it would go away that Donald Trump got elected, but no, it's worse than ever. They turned it up on me. They don't want secure elections here, and they don't want anybody out there preaching the word. I've got. And it's really tough. It's my employee-owned company. Those guys, every day, this is what we want made in the USA. And it's very sad that they've been attacked, too, you know, with this lawfare that's going on. It's just disgusting, Mike. It really is.
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And I, for a while, early on when this first started happening to you, I felt helpless. I thought, boy, how can anybody help this poor guy? I've been to MyPillow in Minnesota. I've met your employees. These are a lot of folks who you gave a second chance to, like you've had in life. And then I realized, wait a minute, we can do something. And every single day that I get to say the Mike Gallagher Show is sponsored in part by MyPillow, and here's the latest sale, here's the latest offer, here's the latest way for you to get the best night's sleep of your life, here's the latest energy drink, which is pretty cool. I want to talk to you about that. That's how we can help a company like MyPillow. And for me, I want you to know personally, Mike, it's like this – I feel like I'm on kind of a mission. Every time I get to do a MyPillow commercial, I feel like I'm doing some good and fighting back against this evil lawfare that you've experienced. The personal price you've had to pay, I mean, look, I don't think it's any secret. You have paid a heavy price for what they've done to you, right? I don't think that's a mystery.
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No, it's not. It's out there. I put every dime I had into helping save the country over the last four years and to fight lawfare. And I borrowed millions of dollars to keep my employees going. It's an employee-owned company. I want to thank you. Your audience has helped get us through. We just have right now, for an example, we had all these line of sheets and pillows that we had some box stores that were going to come back this spring finally. Well, Mike, one of them canceled right when we were ready to ship. So what do we do for that? We've got this whole line of percale sheets. I want to tell everybody about that right now. Probably a good time. We have a whole line of percale sheets, everybody, that we're going to liquidate them. We're going to shut down the whole line because instead of sitting around hoping the retail comes back, we're going to close them out, that line. We have four lines of sheets. So the percale line, you can get... The split king, the kings, the California kings, the queens, all for $25 a set. That's what the box stores would have paid, and they would have doubled it and tripled the price to you all. So, you guys, this is a thank you to your audience, Mike, but it also helps us because we've got to – these were earmarked for the stores, and we're our own bank now. We don't have big lines of credit. We have nothing. We do everything ourselves day by day. So this really helps if everybody would use that promo code MikeG, the best promo code ever that's helped us the most. Mike, you've helped us more than anyone out there, and I thank you so much. But you guys use that promo code MikeG and get into it. There's 11 colors left, too. There was 14 colors earmarked for the event. for the box stores. We have 11 of them in. You guys take your pick. Any size, any color, when they're gone, they're gone. $25 a set. I mean, that's... That's a great...
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That's a crazy price. I mean, $25 for a set of percale sheets for kings or split kings if you've got one of those beds that both sides go up and down, queens. And I'm going to tell you something. On a personal note, one of my perks, one of the joys I get and one of the fringe benefits of my job is I get to stay in really nice hotels. I've stayed in some of the finest hotels in America. There's not a hotel in America whose sheets on the bed can compete with the percale and the Giza Dream sheets that you guys have at my table. They're smooth. They're soft. They're silky. They're luxurious. And they're durable because you throw them in the washer and the dryer as much as you want. They still feel like a million bucks. So this is crazy. This is $25. And real quickly, Mike, can you tell us about this new energy drink? Because I tried it last week. You guys sent me a sample. This tastes great. No sugar, no caffeine, but it's good for you, right?
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That's right. These guys approached me last August with this new energy drink that didn't have sugar or caffeine. It had ketones in it. Ketones BHB, which is a patent they have. Your body needs ketones. It's a It's your body's fuel or glucose, one of the two. Well, with ketones, that's your brain fuel. So you take these energy drinks like I've been taking. Mike, I was on a bike yesterday, riding around on a bike. I haven't done that in years. But it's a different kind of energy drink where you don't have the jitters and the calm down because there's no caffeine, no sugar, and you don't – you it's like a clarity i don't know how to describe it you just stay clear and uh it's built it's that it's actually made for it helps you it's the healthiest energy drink ever made and you guys if you go to my pillow right now and use promo code mike g go down and click on it i'll send you three a three pack of every flavor absolutely free And you guys can try it out. Try it out today. Use that promo code MikeG. I want to send all your listeners and watchers a three-pack to try it. Once you guys try it, there's nothing like it. There's really nothing like it.
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You know what I want to do? I want to always put my money where my mouth is. And our audience loves you so much. And my text line, the MyPillow text line, incidentally, is now being flooded with people saying, we love Mike Lindell, we love MyPillow, we want to stand with him. One lady said, I'm buying a set of sheets right now in honor of MyPillow. You know what I need? I've got to get back out there. Can I come back out to your headquarters and do a show from MyPillow?
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We would absolutely love that, Mike. We've withstood. My employees, they work so hard every day. And by the way, to everybody, we'd love to have you out there again, Mike. By the way, to everybody, do you know my home reps, when you guys call the number, when you guys call them, you get USA moms and dads working from home. The IRS tried to tell them that they couldn't work from home, and we beat that in court. So that was a big win for us last year. And But you guys supporting them, it's a win-win-win. Mike, I want to tell you one more thing about my Christianity, how they're attacking for that. One of my most requested products ever is the cross I wear. Right. And right now, you can also, that we just had that. If you guys have been waiting, all the women's just came in now. We got a full line in there again. The men's and women's crosses, they're 30% off with promo code MikeG. Wow. Okay, that's the biggest discount that we have. You guys get those. And you know what? And all our products are guaranteed 10 years.
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And I want to pull the curtain back a little bit. I know that that was a little unusual to sell those crosses online. But the point is, people have been asking you for years, Mike, I want to wear the same, because it's a beautiful cross. I mean, I've seen, I've been with you in person. I've ordered one as well. They're beautiful crosses. And I know it was a little bit, you know, you were like, I don't know. And then you finally dove in and said, let's sell these crosses and give everybody a big price break. to get them so everybody can have them. Mike, what I want to do, with your blessing, I want to come back out there. I want to talk to MyPillow employees. I want to interview MyPillow employees. I want to do a MyPillow day on the Mike Gallagher Show from Chaska, Minnesota. Is that doable?
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That would be awesome, Mike. Would that be fun? Thank you and thank your audience. That would be a blast.
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I would love it. We'll stay in format.
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Get the band back together. Let's get the band back together.
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Let's get the band back together. We'll talk about breaking news and what to make of it all, but we'll be in your headquarters in beautiful Minnesota because, you know, there's some normalcy in Minnesota, thank goodness, and you're part of it. Mike, thanks for spending some time with us. Keep fighting the good fight, and let's put this trip together. I'll see you soon. How about that?
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All right. Thank you. God bless you all. Thank you all.
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I've been at this a long time. I don't know that I could have ever expected the wild roller coaster that America has been put on by people hell-bent on stopping their political opposition by any means possible. And by that I mean witnessing the way... the left and Trump haters were absolutely fine with weaponizing the court system to incarcerate a political figure like Donald Trump is one of the most shocking things I've ever seen. It was one of the most horrifically shocking, disturbing events of my lifetime. I mean, when I saw what Alvin Bragg and Letitia James did in the state of New York to Trump, I could not believe my eyes or my ears. I thought this cannot be happening in the country I love. And it's everybody's worst nightmare. You know, I got to know a guy in Tampa Bay named Will Smith. He's an aviation entrepreneur. He's got his own charter company. In fact, I'm going to fly with him in a couple of weeks. He's got beautiful aircraft, a great business model, and he was a commercial pilot. And he was falsely accused of a crime. The man wound up in jail. And there was a judge who was as corrupt as the day is long. Friends with the prosecutor. And it was a horrible story. And the helplessness that Will experienced has to be the same kind of helplessness that people like Donald Trump or Mike Lindell experienced. or Peter Navarro or anybody who's been targeted for their political beliefs and face real serious consequences. I mean, it's everybody's worst nightmare. If the police came knocking on your door and accused you of doing something that you didn't do, can you imagine the helplessness of that? Can you imagine the horror of being falsely accused and there's an agenda that's attached to why you're being accused of something? Wouldn't that be awful? Well, look at what's happening right now with Letitia James. Now, Letitia James literally campaigned on the promise to ruin Donald Trump. That's who this woman is. I don't know anything about her. I don't care to know about her, everything about her. makes my, just the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I see her fiery speeches about how no one is above the law and we're going to, but she also, of course, was caught on tape saying that they're going to ruin Donald Trump, we're going to get him. She did that when she campaigned for Attorney General. As state, during the state AG campaign, she would give speeches and, you know, we played the clips for you. She was smirking and laughing, and yeah, we're going to get his ass. We're going to tear him in. We're going to lock him up. She was all fired up. And then, of course, as she promised, they went after him. They took a business record mistake, alleging that a payment to Stormy Daniels was... concealed or improperly filed, it would have been a misdemeanor, as legal experts have pointed out a million times, and they twisted it into making it 34 felony counts, and then they got a jury of mind-numb robots from New York, naturally, New York City, to convict him of all 34 counts, leading people like AOC to this day to shriek about what a convicted felon Donald Trump is. That's all it was about. And Letitia James, Letitia James was the ringleader on that weaponization of the court system, along with Alvin Bragg. Well, now... the Justice Department is reviewing a very serious and apparently credible accusation that Tish James committed mortgage fraud. That's right. The administration has referred the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, for potential prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud, claiming that she... tried to claim that a Virginia home was her primary residence and that her father was her husband, all in order to get preferential lending rates and mortgage treatment. Buck Sexton posted on social media, what a shock that the state attorney general who got elected promising to ruin an innocent man is in fact a corrupt imbecile who should be prosecuted herself. This story is off the charts. Off the charts. We've got the Jonathan Turley clip, guys. Did I see that? I forgot to forward that to you. We've got to bring Jonathan Turley. I thought I sent that to you last night. Let me get the Jonathan Turley clip, how he explains to Laura Ingram what is really at stake here. I mean, what a story this is. Roger Stone's been tweeting about this for weeks and weeks and weeks. This is a dramatic turn, as Sarah Arnold writes about it in Town Hall. Letitia James, a Democrat known for her relentless pursuit of President Trump, now finds herself under scrutiny for the very kind of financial misconduct she accused him and others of. And this is a development, according to Town Hall, that many see as long overdue accountability. Is it possible that there's going to be some accountability? Finally, for these reprehensible activities? Do you realize how obscene and disgusting it is that a woman ran for Attorney General promising to ruin Donald Trump? And then she got elected and then she did everything she could to do it? And allegedly... She claimed property in Virginia as her principal residence in 2023 while serving as prosecutor in New York in order to obtain home loans. She reportedly misrepresented a New York property as having four units instead of five, which qualified her, allegedly, for a more favorable loan. Do you understand what this means? Mortgage fraud. She could, I guess, go to prison. Criminal charges could result, including wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and false statements to a financial institution. Wow. I'm almost speechless. I want to bring in Professor Turley's legal analysis of this, but I want to also get your reaction to it. as we welcome you in. Hump Day, it's Wednesday, April the 16th, Holy Week. Of course, Holy Thursday tomorrow, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, where we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior. Happy Easter from all of us here at Team Gallagher. But let's dive into this one, because this is a doozy. I don't know if I didn't have this on my bingo card. How about you? 1-800-655-MIKE. What's ironic about all this is this is the exact same plan of attack that Letitia James mounted against him. Against Trump. Wow. 800-655-MIKE. Call or text. I hope you join us here on the Mike Gallagher Show.
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What crazy times we're living through, huh? I just saw something online. There are a lot of reports circulating online that allege that Carmelo Anthony, this teenager from Texas who apparently admitted plunging a knife into the chest of another teenager in a dispute at a track meet and killing him. Online, it's being suggested that Carmelo Anthony's family has purchased a Cadillac Escalade worth $150,000 and begun renting a $900,000 home after receiving nearly a half a million in donations for his defense. Wow. Hey, how much has Luigi got stored up there, huh? Every day, though, we get to try to sort through it all, and I'm in an eternal state of gratitude. I hope you know that. I'm so appreciative of getting to do this every single day, getting to go with you on a trip to Alaska. This summer, hey, it's a few months away. It's not too late to sign up for the Patriots Alaska Cruise. August 16th through the 23rd, we set sail from Seattle. One of my sons and his wife is coming along. They're excited as can be. We're going to just have a blast on the Eurodam, which is a fantastic cruise ship. I've been on it before from Holland, America. And what's great is on this first-class luxury ship, there's nothing like an Alaska cruise. The sightseeing, the bald eagles, the bears, the sea lions, all the stuff you get to see and the adventures. And then at night, all of us, Larry Elder, Joe Piscopo, Jennifer Horn, Joey Hudson and I, we all get together on the ship's stage and we host events. Like town hall events, talking politics and the culture and videos that are played and maybe even a little entertainment. You're not going to want to miss out. Cabins are going fast. Space is limited. Don't put this off. Text TRAVEL to 94878. Just text the keyword TRAVEL to 94878. You'll have all the information at your fingertips. Text TRAVEL to 94878. Or you can just go to TravelWithSalem.com for the website. You'll get all the details about the Mike Gallagher, Larry Elder, Patriots Alaska Cruise. TravelWithSalem.com. Or if you want to talk to a live person today, here's the number for Inspiration Tours. And these guys are the best. Joel James and that team, they're amazing. 855-565-5519. Call 855-565-5519. That's 855-565-5519. Or just go to TravelWithSalem.com. Here's Professor Jonathan Turley with Laura Ingraham last night talking about this bombshell. Incidentally, have you seen the cover of the New York Post today? Hey, if you're watching on Salem News Channel, I'll hold it up for you in just a moment. It's a classic. just taking Tish James, that's her nickname, Tish. Tish James, Letitia James, the Attorney General of New York, now facing serious criminal prosecution possibilities over alleged mortgage fraud. Here's how Professor Turley broke it all down with Laura Ingram last night on Fox News.
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Obviously, the irony is perfectly crushing. This is a person who prosecuted Trump for everything short of ripping a label off a mattress. And among the charges that were brought in New York in not just a civil but the criminal case was making false or misleading statements to financial institutions. And one of these sections, section 1014 of the federal code, is prosecuted. It took me about 60 seconds of a search to find cases that the Department of Justice brought against people who falsely claimed that property was their principal residence in order to get loans. So this is well-tread areas for the Justice Department. As for James, if we apply the Letitia James standard that she created, there'd be little question here. This seems pretty straightforward, what the administration is saying. is this was not her principal residence. In fact, as a New York elected official, she had to say that her principal residence was in New York. This was an out-of-state residence. But also, they claim that in some of these forms, she actually states that her father is her husband in order to file as a married couple. So there's a lot of those questions. And as you know, the Supreme Court just stated earlier in March in a case called Thompson that they want to see knowing false statements under sections like 1014, not just misleading statements. These are misleading statements. Either it's your principal residence or it's not. Either you're married to your father or he's your father. So this can satisfy the Thompson standard.
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Holy cow. Marty's in Pennsylvania. Well, what a turn of events, huh, Marty?
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Hey, Mike. Hey. Yeah, it's a heck of a turn. You know, I couldn't think of a more, you know, a person who deserves her comment, you know, received comment than Letitia James. She's absolutely corrupt.
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It's just hard to shake her on the campaign trail. All those clips that pay, oh, we're going to get him. We're going to get Trump. And then they came up with the whole stupid bookkeeping thing. And now look what she's facing. It's amazing. You're right. I guess that is karma in a big way.
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It really is. The Lord moves in strange ways, doesn't he?
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That's for sure. That's for sure. Just when you think things calm down, it's a whole different ballgame. Give me your take on all this. 800-655-MIKE. And we'll give you an update on the case of the kid facing murder charges in the $900,000 home with the Cadillac Escalade.
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Welcome to another program of Retirement Unpacked. I want to thank you for tuning in. There's lots of other things you could be doing. And last week, because it was tax time, we talked about taxes and the history of taxes and things like that. If in your own planning for your own retirement, if you haven't taken that into part of your thinking, part of your plan, then set up a time to come visit me in my office because I'm not a CPA, but I do understand taxes, especially how they fit into people's retirement income. Because it's not really how much is your retirement income, but of the income you can generate with your investments, how much do you get to keep? And that comes with planning. And I think planning is the most important thing. This week, we're going to talk about Easter. Easter has been celebrated for literally thousands of years. It's the celebration, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. And it goes back many years. There's a lot of traditions that are associated with that. And the first one that comes to mind, there is a word called eostarum. It's a word in Old German, and they believe that this is where the actual word Easter came from. And there were controversies going way, way back because they couldn't decide between Eastern Orthodox and maybe Catholic, Roman Catholics and so forth, when Easter should actually be celebrated. And they call those the Pascal controversies, fixing a date for Easter. And essentially, what Asia Minor did, they celebrated Easter on the 14th day of the first full moon following the spring solstice. The solstice being when there's equal daylight conditions. 12 hours, night and day, the 14th day following that. But the 14 days following the solstice, Sunday was not included. And that was called 14 Nisan. What is Nisan? Well, that is part of the Jewish calendar. A little further along, the Council of Nicaea. You may have heard of that before. That was a major council that took place in 325 A.D. You may have heard of the Nicene Creed, and that was established at that council. And at that time, it was determined that it was to be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox and the equinox is uh when we if we continue to you know setting our time back it's very near the point at which we set our time back but it's usually around the 20th or 22nd of march and because of that it always falls between the 22nd of march and april 25th Now, Eastern Orthodox, they use what's called the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. And that's a whole other topic. I think I may have even had a show about that in years past, the history of calendars. But in any event, they celebrate it based on the Julian calendar, and it always ends up being later, and it ends up being after Passover. Eastern Orthodox would never have it during the same time as Passover. Now, there were attempts made as late as the 20th century to have Easter fall on the same date each year, Excuse me. But those attempts failed. So there was never any final attempt at having Easter be the 17th of April or anything like that. That was just, there were attempts made to fix a date, but they never really came to pass. Now, what is the celebration of Easter? Well, in Roman Catholicism, there is Lent, which is the beginning of that celebration. It lasts 40 days. Now, those 40 days don't count Sundays. And traditionally, in the Roman Catholic Church, those 40 days involved fasting and penance. And I'm sure you have all heard of Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday is the celebration in New Orleans, which precedes Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday being the beginning of Lent. And the other things that are celebrated during Easter, there's Holy Week. And Holy Week begins with what's called Maundy Thursday. And that is a celebration which was the Last Supper. And we've seen the paintings of the Last Supper. And those of you who are Christians have certainly read about the Last Supper. It's in the Gospels. It talks about how Jesus determined who was to ultimately betray him by saying the one who is going to dip his bread, and so forth. So the Last Supper is talked about in the scriptures, and that is also where the wine and bread is celebrated in communion. That is at the Last Supper. And that's called Maundy Thursday. Now, Good Friday is a solemn Sunday. day. I know in our own church we have services on Good Friday, and they make it very clear that there is not to be a lot of chit-chat and fellowship following the service, and we even have a provision where people can personally nail their sins to the cross on the service that our church has on Good Friday, which I think is very solemn as it should be. It's the date when Jesus was crucified. Now, the Roman Catholic Church also sets up what's called a vigil. And their vigil is a time frame between what they call a Holy Saturday and Sunday. And that vigil begins at 10 p.m., and following that is a Mass at midnight. In the Roman Catholic vigil, there's four components to that. The paschal candle, There are two sacraments, the sacrament of baptism and the sacrament of confirmation. Now, those of you who are Lutheran, you've also probably experienced confirmation in your church, and it's one of the sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. And the fourth component of the Roman Catholic vigil is Mass. And so basically, going back thousands of years, we've celebrated Easter. And there's been a few things that are different, some things that are similar between one religion and another. But I think it's incredibly important for Catholics to celebrate Easter because it is the highest holiday of the year. Christmas, of course, celebrates the birth of Christ and Easter celebrates his resurrection. And there developed a lot of following traditions After the ones that I've already described, Lent and the Roman Catholic Vigil and Good Friday, Lent also consisted of fasting and penance and so forth. Now, a lot of people think about Easter eggs as being something that's recent, right? Well, it's not really recent. It began being celebrated as early as the 13th century. And one of the reasons for that, and this is the coloring of Easter eggs, actually began in the 13th century. And the reason for that is because of fasting and so forth, the church prohibited eating eggs during Holy Week. But if you've ever lived on a farm, the hens, they don't know how to follow that. So they will continue to lay eggs, even though people are not eating eggs during Holy Week. For that reason, what they did, the eggs were painted, the eggs that were not eaten. And as I say, this goes all the way back to the 13th century. The reason they were painted red, which they were, is to signify the blood of Christ, which was celebrated obviously at Easter. and that brings us to the easter bunny that is goes back a number of years also that goes all the way back to the 17th century but it came much more common in the 19th century bunnies were thought of as laying easter eggs now we know this is of course silly but this isn't something in the last 10 or 20 or 50 years this goes back to the 17th century. Now, unless you're in Switzerland, then they celebrate the cuckoo that brought the Easter eggs. And so the traditions of Easter are many. But I think what's more important is that we put it into perspective. If you are Christian, then the celebration of Easter is a major, major event. It's just not a time to have brunch, or it's also a good time to spend time with family. But I think it's also a time to really think about what it means. The resurrection of Christ in order to save us from our sins, I think, is something to be clearly celebrated, especially when it's put in the context of Good Friday. And so it's not just a Sunday celebration, but it's the Holy Week celebration. Puts everything into context. The Last Supper, the actual crucifixion, and the risen Christ, which took place on the third day on Sunday. And we were talking a few moments ago about the coloring of Easter eggs. Well, that is a tradition all in itself. And it goes all the way back to Lucy Hayes. Now, you may not know who Lucy Hayes is. She is, or rather was, the husband of Rutherford Hayes, the president. And what actually took place is there were 10,000 children that wanted to have an egg roll, and they chose to do that on the Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., And it turned out to be such a raucous event that the grass on the Capitol grounds were literally destroyed. So they couldn't have this. And basically, it's not an Easter egg hunt. It's an egg roll. And I'll tell you a lot more about this and about Lucy Hayes and how the egg roll at the White House has evolved since 1878 when it first began. And again, it began on the Capitol grounds. And then with the blessing of Lucy Hayes, Rutherford Hayes' wife, it moved to the South Lawn of the White House. And we'll talk more about that after the break.
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Welcome back to Retirement Unpacked. We're talking about the annual celebration of Easter. And after talking a little bit about the history of the celebration of Easter, that brings us to the egg roll. And I used to think before I researched it that the Easter eggs at the White House were like many people have where they hide the eggs. But that's not the case. This is an egg roll and it's actually kind of a race. And its history began in 1876 when 10,000 children were off from school on a Monday the day after Easter. And they had this egg roll like an egg race using dyed Easter eggs on the Capitol grounds. And the Capitol grounds were so destroyed that Congress actually passed a law called the Turf Protection Law to prevent any portion of the Capitol grounds or terraces from being used as a playground. Well, as you may well imagine, this was quite disappointing for children. And that's where Lucy Hayes, President Rutherford B. Hayes' spouse said they could come to the South Lawn of the White House, which they did two years later. One year in between, it was very adverse weather, so they didn't have any kind of an egg roll in 1877. But in 1878, it began the tradition of the egg roll on the South Lawn of the White House. And it ultimately became... quite a tradition every year. And to give you some idea, there were informal egg rolls staged by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson even before that period. But the one in 1878, the Easter egg roll, that's where it really became popular. Some of the other things that they did, President Grover Cleveland personally shook hands with each of the children in the East Room after which it was littered with crushed eggshells. Two years later, Benjamin Harrison recruited the United States Marching Band, and if ever you played an instrument in high school or grade school, you will know who John Phillips Sousa was. He was the conductor of the United States Marching Band. He is the composer of Stars and Stripes Forever and many, many marches. Crowds swelled at that time until more than 50,000 people met on the South Lawn of the White House in like 1937. And not every, you know, historian or first lady or so forth was very excited about it. First Lady Edith Roosevelt complained that the odor of the broken eggs created needless destruction of lovely grass. Now, once we got into World War I and World War II, the egg rolls were postponed during both of those periods. But then post-war rationing measures and subsequent renovation of the White House under Truman resulted in further cancellations. But in 1953... President Eisenhower revived the tradition after a 12-year hiatus. and something else in 1969 was the first appearance of the Easter Bunny and that was the idea of First Lady's Pat Nixon. She had one of her staffers donned a fleeced white costume and it was quite an event. Five years later organized Organizers raided the White House kitchen for silverware and they staged the first egg rolling done that was done in which children used spoons to push their eggs in marked lanes. So this was a regular egg race. And before I began researching this, I was mentioning that I always thought that the idea was to hide the eggs and then the young children will go look for them and find them. But this was an egg roll, which was like a race of racing with the eggs. And when they used the spoons, that added a new dimension. It became like a big deal with the whole springtime carnival. Jimmy Carter, for example, he added a three-ring circus and a menagerie that included a 1,200-pound steer named Big Red. Four years later, President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, they added Broadway show performances and balloons from the Macy's Day Parade. So quite a few things were being done. This was very, very exciting. Now, As a tradition, this happens every year at the White House, and it normally happens on a Monday. The planning for the current administration, the Trump administration, is to have private sponsors. And some people are thinking, well, that's kind of taking away from what has been done traditionally, but having private sponsors has a lot of pluses. First of all, we don't need to use taxpayer money to pay for the event. And essentially, what's being offered, three levels of sponsorship, where the sponsors will get their name recognition and so forth, levels at $75,000, $125,000, and $200,000. But All of the proceeds from these sponsorships will go toward the White House Historical Association. And I think the tradition of the egg rolls at the White House, I think that's something that we can all look forward to. Now, Easter, on a more serious note... is a celebration of the resurrection of Christ. And as a Christian, I enjoy it every year. I marvel at what Christ has done for us, we who are sinners. who he was died in excruciating death that word excruciating came from the word crucifixion and some people who do not follow christ who are atheists and so forth some of them believe the resurrection did not take place. And there's a lot of evidence that it did. Besides the Bible itself, there's other historians. There's a Jewish historian named Josephus, and much of his writings confirm what took place. There are a lot of proofs of the resurrection, the first being the empty tomb. And people who reject that say that, oh, Jews or other people raided it and took his body out or something like that. But his followers were very fearful at that time, and it's very, very unlikely. And the second proof is that of the women who were eyewitnesses. And if this were drummed up or phony, they wouldn't have used women as eyewitnesses because back then women had a lower place than men when it came to respect, not just respectability, but veracity and things of that nature. His apostles found newfound courage because they had seen him. He was actually witnessed by over 500 people in a crowd. That's specified in the Bible. And people who... are atheists or don't don't believe in jesus that oh they just say that you know the bible is untrue well there is much more veracity in the bible than there is in other things that are taught in schools things like the life of aristotle and plato and socrates there are only A few remaining parchments of their work where there are enormous numbers of representations of the Bible and different ones vary hardly at all in spite of enormous differences, things like the Dead Sea Scrolls have brought tremendous more truth and veracity to the Bible for believers. Those of you who are listening, I want to thank you for tuning in. If you'd like to have a conversation with me to learn if you're on track for your own retirement or if you're in retirement and you want to learn if there's a way your money could possibly be working harder for you, contact my office at 303- 744-1128. Thank you for listening. Have a very happy Easter, and let's keep the folks in the Middle East in our prayers. Bye.
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This is AM560 KLZ, your home station. Welcome to Mobile Estate Planning with your host, Michael Bailey. Over a decade ago, attorney Michael Bailey turned his attention to estate law after he recognized the unacceptable number of adults without proper end of life planning. Michael recognizes that many of his clients have difficulty finding the time for making a proper estate plan. That's why he became the Mobile Estate Planner. He will go to wherever you are to assist you with your estate planning, including writing wills, trusts, and giving you the information you need to avoid probate. Now, ATX, Ask the Experts, presents Mobile Estate Planning with your host, Michael Bailey.
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All right, good afternoon. Welcome to Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey. So we can do something besides just leave your family alone. You're listening to 560 KLZ AM, possibly 100.7 FM, or the KLZ 560 radio app. There's nobody in the studio with me to listen live. So we all have to depend upon Luke to do a good job and send things out. Luke's back there doing all his radio wizardry. Are you a true radio wizard there, Mr. Luke? Is that what I'm hearing? Yeah, yeah, I don't want to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty good. I'm here tooting it for you, so you can just agree with me. I'll be here all week. Okay, sweet. The audience can't see it, but I bowed rather dramatically. Yes, I will not be here all week. I'm only here for the next half an hour. But if you want to talk to me on the phone, the phone number to talk to me on the air is 303-477-5600. And once again, that's 303-477-5600. And my direct line is 720-394-6887. And once again, 720-394-6887. So I give out those two phone numbers and I recall a few years ago I was driving home. I was just turning onto the street that runs by, the main street that I have to turn off to get onto my house. So I was like a half a mile from home. and i got a call from somebody and they called and they said they wanted to discuss whatever it was that john rush was discussing on rush to reason and i said i think you might have the numbers mixed up she's like no no this is the one they gave out on the air i'm like yes probably he did a commercial for me and gave you my number but the studio line is the 303-477-5600 number so she was a little bit disbelieving of me until she called that line and About two minutes later, I heard her talking to John Rush on the phone. So I was trying to get someone to the right place. So the right place to talk to me on the air is the 303-477-5600 number. I tend not to talk to people on the air on the 720-394-6887 number because that's my direct line. And while I'm on the air, it just seems like that isn't the right place to be trying to have a private conversation with somebody about... Just because that's how life works. But I've been thinking a lot this week, and one of the referral sources I have put me, they're changing the way that they compensate me. And so I have been asked to put together a list of all of the things that I've done for this particular referral source for the last several years. And so as I was doing so, I went through, and they're like, okay, the ones from last year, they're still in process. I'm like, okay, I'm still working on those. We'll get those done. But then I kind of kept going backwards, and I went all the way back to somebody that I had worked for them for back in 2001. And my thought was, you know, I don't think this person who hasn't spoken to me since the – like September of 2001, is really going to call me back. I'm getting the feeling that they might have given up on doing the estate plan. And so I put them on the list. I'm like, well, this is one that's outstanding that if they ever got back to me, I would go ahead and finish it off. But it was kind of crazy just to think that this person, you know, almost four years ago, we met and we started the estate planning process. And so I met with them. I started the process. We talked through what they wanted to do and who they wanted to leave stuff to and who they wanted to leave in charge. And then I put together draft copies and I emailed them out draft copies and I called and talked to them on the phone a couple of times, answered some questions, and then they just kind of disappeared. Now, I don't think anything bad has happened to these people. I assume that they're probably living their lives and going about their business and not super concerned about what the estate planning attorney thinks of whether or not they're going to finish their estate plan, but I, it does kind of confuse me a little bit why you'd go that far down the road and then be like, oh, and I'm not, I'm giving up. I'm like, well, maybe it makes you feel better that she started. You're like, yes, I got it. Cool. Look at me. And then, you know, later on you'd be like, oh yes, you know, I started, but we never were able to finish it up. So then you can start with it, either back up with me or with a different attorney, you know, whatever. I'm good. But. I've also had many people tell me or, you know, that they're like, oh, well, you know, but you've got everything, so you can just tell the court about it. So we don't need to do anything else, do we? And I'm like, no, actually he'd kind of need to sign it and get it witnessed and notarized. Those are kind of important things. We can't just, I mean, I do appreciate the confidence that people have in me. I appreciate that they think that I am so powerful that if they tell me what they want to do with their estate plan, that I can then go to the court and say, well, I had a conversation with them. I took some notes, and my notes are here on my trusty legal pad. And yes, I do use the notepads and the legal pads. I don't necessarily use the legal size, the 8 1⁄2 by 13. I'm like, the 8 1⁄2 and 11 by 11 fits better in my bag and things like that. But I'm like, yes, I have notes. So I can tell you with absolute certainty that this is exactly what they wanted. I know with absolute certainty that I understood everything they told me. I had no misunderstandings. It's not possible that I misunderstood anything. I am that powerful. Well, unfortunately, I am not. I actually got an email today, or last night, I got an email that I responded to today saying, from a client who said, oh, well, mom went into the hospital. Okay, that's unfortunate. We gave the doctors and the emergency medical service people a copy of the living will, and they were confused about it because they thought that it meant that they had to do all of these different treatments and everything. And so we're trying to make it easier. Can you do that? And, of course, the last line was, and would you charge for making the change? I said, well, yes, I'm going to charge for making the change. And I'm like, I was kind of questioning, I'm like, so why did you give them the living will? Was mom on life support? We were deciding whether or not we were going to keep her on life support? Or did you give them the wrong document? Because you probably should have just given them the... a medical power of attorney that allows them to make decisions for you. So if somebody is wondering who they're supposed to be dealing with and you hand them a document that says what's supposed to happen at the end for end of life type of things, I can see where that would be somewhat confusing to people. And I can see why they might get it confused. And it's not that the document itself is confusing because she's like, oh, well, you know, they all understood this. I'm like, well, they appear to not be confused by the document, what it says. because they properly read it and interpreted it. They just were wondering, why in the world are we talking about end of life and disconnecting life support when, you know, this is just a hospital visit? You know, I don't think there was really a... I don't think there was really going to be a problem of they would need life support. They just, you know, people go into the hospital and sometimes, you know... Most people go to the hospital, they go to get better and they come out. I mean, I've spent some time in hospitals. I've found that hospitals are wonderful places to get treatment. They're not necessarily the most wonderful place to be restful and all those types of things that I. When I had my most serious injury, I remember being in the hospital, and you go to sleep, and every few hours somebody comes by to check on you, and the phlebotomists, or as I call them, the vampires, are there every morning at 5.30 or 6 so they can draw your blood and do whatever tests they need to so that by the time the doctors get there, they've got the... latest results from the blood draws so the hospitals aren't necessarily the most restful of places to be when you're trying to rest and recover you know they're very good for treatment centers and all that type of thing you know i mean when i've needed surgeries or you know various things like that yeah you go to the hospital that's it's a very good place to do it you know Hospitals for surgery are wonderful places, especially compared to, I don't know, the street corner or the golf course or the rooftop or the KLZ studios. You are listening to 560 KLZ and 100.7 FM. And this is Michael Bailey talking to you for mobile estate planning. You could also be listening to the KLZ 560 radio app. Phone number to talk to me on the air is 303-477-5600. And again, that's 303-477-5600. And my direct line is 720-394-6887. Once again, 720-394-6887. So if you're in a hospital and doing things, I remember that I got discharged from the hospital and I was pretty excited about that because then I could go home and sleep in my own bed and not have to worry about somebody coming to draw my blood at 5.30 or 6 in the morning, except I was asleep in my own bed and the light turns on and my mom is there. She says, oh, yes, this is Michael right here. And there was a traveling phlebotomist. A traveling vampire had come to bite me at 530 in the morning at my own house. I was not thrilled. I'm like, I'm not in the hospital anymore. I don't have to worry about vampires coming to bite me. But apparently I did because there was still a traveling vampire. For all of you out there who are phlebotomists, you do important and necessary work. and i'm okay with that but when i'm trying to sleep at 5 30 in the morning i do feel like it's a vampire coming to bite me so you know that's why i try to you know exercise and eat right and stay happy and healthy as much as i can so that i don't have to be in the hospital for long periods of time so that i can avoid being interacting with phlebotomists more than i need to now i understand that when you're being treated you've got to be treated and that's how that works but still And I have a sister-in-law who's a phlebotomist. And when she's in a good mood, she'll understand that I can call her a vampire and it's not a negative thing. But otherwise, it's kind of how it goes. But anyhow, so when you're in the hospital and you're trying to do these things, I can see how this person got confused. So it is possible... that as powerful as I may be, and I'm really not, and this is also borne out by the number of times I've sent out a draft copy to people, and they say, hey, wait a minute, isn't it supposed to say this? And I'm like, well, yes, yes, it is. I either didn't read that for my notes or it somehow didn't make it in the first draft. That's why we send it out. because we want those drafts to be right by the time we sign them. And I want my clients to have read through them and understand them and be able to know what the estate planning documents say before they sign them. It just seems like a good idea. now sometimes there are people who are you know a little bit concerned about oh well i don't understand everything i'm like yeah i know but i guarantee you the entire three and a half pages of the trust where it's talking about the treasure regulations and citing all of the treasure regulations and all those type of things you probably don't need to go read all the treasure regulations you probably don't need to understand what every single treasure regulation says But you can believe me when I say all of those sections say that this is a grantor-type trust, everything flows through to you, and that your trustee can make whatever tax selections they need to after you've passed away. That's what all those words mean. And they may or may not be the words that sometimes it's not as clear as it would be. But if you go read the Treasury regulations, you'll understand that clarity is not a strong suit of those who write the Treasury regulations. They're not super keen on trying to be super clear on things. They're just trying to implement whatever the laws are. And sometimes clarity is... not their strong suit, and that's okay. That's part of what happens with laws is you have laws that are passed, you have a bill that's passed, and then a bill may or may not be the only thing that's done. A lot of times with taxes, there's tax bills that are passed and then the Treasury The United States Treasury or the Colorado Department of Revenue will publish their regulations and clarifications of things. And then you get revenue rulings that will clarify things. You get court rulings that clarify things or that reinterpret things. So not every single statute or not every single Treasury regulation is going to be crystal clear on what exactly it means. I mean, even sometimes there's a Colorado law that talks about registering a trust, and it says it needs to be registered within 30 days of the trust being created. But the thing is, that means the trust becoming irrevocable. So for most people who write a revocable trust where they can change amend or revoke it during their lifetime, they don't necessarily need to go get a separate tax ID number or need to register the trust because the interpretation is that the trust doesn't need to be registered until such time as within 30 days of the trust becoming irrevocable. And you know, does the statute say that? No, it doesn't. Do those of us who practice in this area know that it's been interpreted by the courts to mean that? Yes. Or if you go into the statute and you go find the legislative history, the legislative history will talk about that. But, you know, things being completely clear and straightforward, just not part of what's written in the statute. So as you're going through all of these things, there can be some things that are unclear. And that's why I want my clients to be able to read things beforehand and ask me questions on what they find unclear so that I can clarify those for them. you know, sometimes they get confused, you know, they're like, oh, well, we want it, if it doesn't go to our kids, we want it to go to our grandkids, if not to our grandkids, then back to the other kids, and I'm like, yes, that's what the language to your issue per stirpes, or if no issue, then to the other surviving beneficiaries per rata means. I'm like, that's just a couple of sentences that mean all those things, so that we can write that, you know, those are the legal words to use to write them. People are like, well, how come you just can't write it in plain English? I'm like, Technically, that is plain English, but I understand it's not the same words that everybody's used to. You know, the phrase persterpes, you know, does the phrase persterpes, you know, is it used in everyday common discussion? No, it's not. But that's, it is a generally recognized phrase. legal phrase and legal concept that we spent time in law school and learning and knowing what it means. And so those who practice in the area that I do and those who understand the area of law where I practice, we're all familiar with the workings of that and how it goes. But when it's written out in somebody's trust, they may not know exactly what those words mean. So I'm like, okay. I want you to be able to read that and I want you to be able to say, hey, I don't know what this means so that I can clarify and explain it. I mean, I usually explain it when we're first meeting, but I don't expect everybody to remember everything I said the first time that I talked to them. You know, as much as I'd love to believe that everybody retains everything that somebody says to them, that's just not true. That's part of why there are different grades in school. You get an A, B, C, D, depending on how much you retain or how much you learned of what was taught to you. But there are certain things that need to be repeated so that we understand them. And that's kind of why I have the whole process if I send out a draft copy. And then you can read through the draft copy and get back to me with questions, concerns, or changes immediately. And then we get that draft copy right. And then once the draft copy is right, and, you know, sometimes the first draft is correct. Woo! Sometimes there's a question or two. Okay, that's easy. Sometimes people are like, hey, this is completely different. I'm like, well, let's talk about that. Okay. And people will have changed their mind from what they wanted the first time, which is perfectly acceptable. You know, not everybody has to believe or think the exact same thing all the time from the time that I first meet them all the way through when they die. I mean, if they thought that, I'd be meeting with a lot of people who are going to die soon. And I don't want people to die soon. I want people to do their estate plan and then kind of sit on it for the next 30, 40, 50 years and be like, oh, I'm glad I did that just in case something happened, but nothing ever did happen. So now... I did my estate plan as a 50-year-old and now as a 90-year-old, I'm heading towards actually dying. So I've had things in place just in case, but it's a good thing I didn't have to use it for a long time. And my response is, yes, I very much appreciate that you didn't have to use it for a long time because I want my clients to live long, happy, healthy lives. But you still want to do it. And once the drafts are right, you want to finish it. And I'm continually baffled why people wouldn't want to finish what they'd started on certain times. I mean, I guess if life circumstances change or something gets in the way, I've had people who I met with and they decided to get divorced in between when we met and we were going to sign things. I'm like, well, we got to switch things up now, don't we? And that's not to say that we shouldn't finish it. It just means we have to do things differently. Because if you're getting divorced, you're probably not super keen on leaving everything to an ex-spouse. That just makes sense. I have actually met ex-spouses who are in very good spots and they're going to leave everything to the ex-spouse and they just haven't gotten back to getting married. That is an unusual case. Most people who are getting divorced don't really want to leave everything to their ex-spouse. That's part of why they're getting divorced is because they don't want to be connected to that person. Hey, makes sense. So, you are listening to Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey on KLZ 560 AM, also heard on 100.7 FM, or the KLZ 560 radio app. Phone number to talk to me in the air is 303-477-5600. And once again, that's 303-477-5600. And my direct line is 720-394-6887. And once again, 720-394-6887. So, with all of that being said, you know, you want to finish it. And, you know, if we started it, we should finish it. Because I'm not powerful enough that I can just say, hey, everything's fine. We need to get everything signed, witnessed, and notarized. And, you know, each document has slightly different rules. You know, they don't, not all of them have the exact same requirements. Because making universal exact same requirements requires would require the legislature to act and to do something, whereas when they did set these up and the requirements, they were done however many years ago, and the state legislature appears to have better things to do than worry about changing signing, witnessing, and notarizing rules. Whether they're passing the new ban on manufacturing or selling or transferring what they call assault rifles, the new assault weapons ban here in Colorado. which I don't know that it's necessarily an assault weapons ban, but there's prohibitions on transferring or manufacturing certain types of firearms. I'm like, okay, well, that's a little bit different. You know, that's something that was important to the state legislature to do. You know, when I was in law school, I worked for the Lakewood Police Department as a legal advisor there. and I would go through all of the bills that were being done and find the ones that had to do with, I specifically worked for on finding traffic, what new traffic things would be out there. So there were new rules on how many passengers a newly licensed 16-year-old driver could have or how many passengers a 16-and-a-half-year-old or 17-year-old newly licensed driver could have or whatever. So that's what I did was I would look at the bills to see what the new rules were. And then I wrote training bulletins for the police, for the police officers who are out enforcing the traffic rules. And it was very interesting because many of the changes were different from when I was a kid. And then I was off just being able to drive. Well, now my newly licensed 16-year-old from about a month ago, she is not allowed to drive with friends until for at least six months. She can take her brother or her sister somewhere or her parents. So she could be in the car with a family member, but she can't just have all of her friends. Now this is not a bad thing. It's nice to have a newly licensed driver who's not going to be distracted by friends or people doing things. She was actually at a volleyball party in the fall and one of the other volleyball players was driving her home and somehow missed the red light. So drove through the red light into the intersection. and ended up freaking out and stopping in the middle of the intersection as people coming the perpendicular direction who had a green light and we're all trying to stop to not crash into them. And we, our response was maybe you shouldn't drive with that particular teammate. She's like, yeah, I agree. But now that she's a driver, we're like, don't be that teammate, be a safe driver. You know, yesterday she was on her way to volleyball practice and there was a, there was a car accident and she, all the lanes were blocked. So she couldn't get through. Well, this is really the only way she's ever known how to get to volleyball practice. So she started driving off through a, um, a neighborhood trying to get around the accident and the GPS kept trying to route her back to where the road was closed because there was an accident. And apparently GPS did not know that there had been an accident there. And so it was trying to route her that way. Well, she worked her way through the neighborhood and found a way to get on a road that she knew would connect to where she needed to go. And she had left about 10, 15 minutes early. So she was even on time to practice. Had she been late, it probably would have been okay. Her coaches would have understood that she was trying to get around a traffic accident and That's how things go. But it was good for her as a newly licensed driver to be able to navigate her way around things. I mean, I don't know that having another person in the car would have made a huge difference in that particular instance, but because that's the way that it was, so she was able to be successful in getting where she needed to go. And so with that, so she's a newly licensed driver. these new rules were important so i could find the new rules and pass them out and you know we could learn them and they're good rules so that's what i did as a legal advisor and so you know there weren't any bills that were changing the rules of signing witnessing notarizing various estate planning documents But they do need to be signed and notarized. I had a client several years ago who he sat on his drafts for like a year and a half. And then he passed away. And his brother called me and said, oh, well, he sent me a text message that said he wanted to execute all of the things that you've written. Is that sufficient? I said, it's really not. I mean, if you can go convince a court that that's enough, go for it. But I don't think that's going to meet the standards. And so that particular person was trying to protect assets for like a new girlfriend and keep assets for the new girlfriend. but when he died and didn't have that in place, it was all going to go to his closest living relatives as per the rules of the Colorado Intest State Statute, which means to die without a will. So if we've gotten together, we've talked about what we want to do, and we've put in the time and the effort to want to find how we can, what you want to do for your estate plan, and how you want things to go and how you want things to look. We've come this far, we might as well finish it. And, you know, we want to finish it because I don't want to get calls from brothers or sisters or other relatives asking if I set up an estate plan or I got a call a couple weeks ago from somebody who said, oh, well, you know, this person had your card in their wallet. Did you prepare an estate plan for them? I'm like, I've never heard of that person. They never did call me. And, you know, it's always sad when you have to deliver that type of news, but it's just kind of how it goes. So we try to avoid that. So when we've started an estate plan, we want to finish it. So thank you so much for listening to Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey here on 560 KLZ. John Rush and Rush Reasoner are up next, so stay tuned. And I will be back next week to talk to you some more. Thanks and have a great day. Bye-bye.
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Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey will return to ATX next Wednesday at 2.30 here on KLZ 560, AM 560, FM 100.7, and online at klzradio.com.
Join Tony Perkins as he unravels the complex web surrounding religious persecution in Nigeria and the state of our cultural battles for children's safety online. Hear from Missouri Attorney General on the latest age verification policies set to shield minors from explicit content, and stay updated on the actions being taken at both local and global levels to combat the weaponization of loneliness against our youth. Plus, get engaged with real-world solutions through personal anecdotes and expert interviews.
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from the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, D.C., bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and soundbites into conversations with our nation's leaders and newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
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Today the Department of Justice is announcing a civil lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education. The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports. This is about sports. This is also about these young women's personal safety.
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I was Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier today announcing a lawsuit against the state of Maine for continuing to allow men and women's sports and spaces. Welcome to this April 16th edition of Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us. Coming up, Florida Congressman Greg Stubbe, author of the Protect Women's Sports Bill that passed the U.S. House in January, joins me for an update and reaction. Meanwhile, the state of Illinois is considering a bill to legalize so-called suicide pills for terminally ill patients.
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I call this assisted suicide. It's offensive to some of those proponents, but I consider the terms medical aid in dying and death with dignity offensive because it's candy-coating what we are doing. We are not alleviating suffering. We are purposely drawing up overdoses intended to kill a person.
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That was Dr. Brian Callister testifying last week before a Senate hearing in Illinois. Ten other states already allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs. Illinois State Representative Bill Halter will bring us the latest from Springfield. And parents, you won't want to miss the second half of the program today. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will discuss his recent efforts to protect children from online pornography. And this isn't just a Missouri issue. Other state leaders need to pay attention to this. And if you're not already convinced of the dangers lurking online, you will be. Terrorism experts are sounding the alarm. Children as young as 12, 13, and 14 are being radicalized through exposure that begins online with pornography and violent content. We're going to talk with Stella Morabito, author of The Weaponization of Loneliness, about this growing threat. And don't forget, Session 9 of our God and Government series is now live on the Stand Firm app. In this episode, we take a biblical look at poverty, its root causes, and who Scripture says is responsible for addressing it. If you don't have the Stand Firm app to access this episode, well, text the word COURSE to 67742. That's COURSE to 67742, and I'll send you a link. As mentioned earlier today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its lawsuit against the state of Maine over its refusal to comply with President Trump's executive order protecting safety and opportunities for female athletes. Maine's governor, Janet Mills, in response accused the Trump administration of being, quote, bent on imposing its will instead of upholding the law, end quote. But who is really upholding the law and who is imposing their will and who has the advantage in this matchup? Joining me now to discuss this, Florida Congressman Greg Stubbe, who has been leading on this issue in the U.S. Congress. Congressman Stubbe, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for joining us.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, anytime. Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. So I want to first get your response on the DOJ's decision to sue the state of Maine.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, I think it's great. There has to be repercussions for states that are ignoring federal law, that are ignoring executive orders. And it's about time, and I'm thankful for Pam Bondi to be putting the full force of the United States against these states that are violating the law and allowing biological men to compete in women's sports. So I think a lot of this is a test from some of these Democratic states and Democratic mayors and Democratic governors. to see if the Trump administration is really willing to step out and sue them and take their funding away and do all these sorts of things. But the Trump administration is absolutely willing to do that. And I applaud them for that.
SPEAKER 14 :
You know, I find some on the left a little duplicitous here where they're arguing, well, this is a state issue. The federal government shouldn't be forcing these states. Well, I mean, is that what the Biden administration did? They were forcing these states to change their laws or their policies as it pertained to women's sports?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, that's absolutely what the Biden administration was doing. They changed the definition of a woman. They pushed it out that they had to states had to comply to allow transgender females or transgender males to compete in women's sports. And they absolutely tried to push that down. It's a state issue, but I think it's also a safety and security issue. And I'm very happy and thankful that the president decided to do an executive order on this. We passed the bill to protect women's sports in the House. But of course, we can't get 60 votes in the Senate because we only have 53 Republicans. So unfortunately, the bill stalled in the Senate at this time.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, let's talk about that for just a moment, Greg, because a lot of what President Trump has done has been through executive order. All of that can be undone. I mean, four years from now, we could be right back where we're seeing men in women's locker rooms and on the playing field competing against women.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, that's why we're doing this big reconciliation package on taxes and energy and border policies, because we only need 50 plus one votes in the Senate to get that done. So you're right, if we can't get and strike some bipartisan support for these things. But the political reality of this, especially this women's and girls in sports bill that I passed, is they put members on the board and every Democrat voted to allow biological men and women's sports And some of those senators are in tough races in 2026, like Ossoff in Georgia. So these are big political issues to put Democrats on the board that will be very helpful politically as we go into the 26 election cycle in the midterms with some of these very important Senate races. So I applaud the Senate for at least having a vote on it and having the different states know how their senators feel on this. You're right. We have to come behind President Trump and do everything we can to try to codify what he's doing. And unfortunately, this bill didn't pass the Senate.
SPEAKER 14 :
You talk about how this could be an issue in the next election, the midterm election. But talk about wasn't this a pretty big issue in the just recent election, the 2024 election?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I think it's one of the reasons, one of the many reasons why Trump won. But if you look at the polling across political parties, this is a 75%, 80% issue. Democratic moms don't want their daughters with men in their locker rooms. I mean, it's a pretty well supported thing across the country, regardless of political affiliation. And I think We made that statement pretty loud as the president supporting this and him getting elected. And I think there was a lot of independent and suburban women who supported the president because they were sick and tired of biological men in their daughter's locker rooms and competing with them on the playing field. So I agree with you. I do think that was an issue this past election. And I think it will definitely be an issue going into 26 for some of these senators that didn't have to vote on that bill the last time. And now they did.
SPEAKER 14 :
You picked this up early. You were leading this when other people didn't really want to touch it, because we've been working on that issue of the transgenderism, trying to protect children. You took up the sports, women's sports. A lot of people, as I said, didn't want to touch it. Things have changed in the last four, five, six years on this issue. From my perspective, I want to get yours. Do you see a groundswell building or a realization settling in that we cannot tolerate this nonsense?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, when I first filed this, I filed it as an amendment to the Equality Act that the Democrats were doing on the House. We were in the minority at the time. And Nancy Pelosi wanted to push through this equality bill that redefined and had no definition of what a woman was. And I said, well, at least we can protect Title IX sports that Congress created for women's sports. And every Democrat voted against it. And back then, the argument was, this never happens. We're making this up. And even though we had instances where this has happened, but fast forward to the day, I mean, just go on YouTube or Facebook or any type of social media and you can find all sorts of instances where women have been denied scholarships, women have been denied medals, women have been denied all sorts of athletic opportunities because biological men competing with them. And you've seen it all across the country. You've seen it in the Olympics. And so suddenly that we got this bill passed, Trump did the executive order. The Olympics have pulled back on what they're doing. The NCAA has pulled back on what they're doing. What a difference true leadership from the White House makes changes in all these different areas.
SPEAKER 14 :
Without question. But I would add to that that it starts small and it builds because we had I mean, as I said, you filed the bill, but we had parents. I remember discussing this with you back then. You had parents reaching out to you that were concerned about what their daughters were being exposed to. We had parents showing up at school board meetings, even some being arrested, being labeled, you know, domestic terrorist victims. We've got to speak up, and if we take those stands, we can see change. Today, the UK Supreme Court unanimously decided that the meaning of the terms women and sex in the UK's Equality Act refer to biological women and biological sex. I don't think they would have gone along with that unless the people—and it started here, but it's been all across, literally around the globe— if we stand up for what we know is true, eventually, you know, others will see it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. And I think what was going on here in the United States and they've seen the transition going into the Trump administration, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't support that and the huge backlash that it's been for Democrats all across the board. And that's great to see. And, and you're, and England is not is more, I view us as a center right country. I don't view them as a center right country. So for them to come out and make this court decision, I think is great for women. It's great for girls. And it's, I'm very happy to see that other countries across the world are protecting women and girls in sports.
SPEAKER 14 :
We're talking about sports. We're talking about women. The fact that as the president in his executive order related this, said there are two genders, male and female. Are we seeing a shift culturally in our country that goes beyond just women's sports?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I think so. I mean, I think after the election, and Trump has taken a very strong stand on this issue, I think you've seen a lot of the universities pull back. The NCAA pulled back. You see a lot of your local schools pulling back significantly, even in Democratic areas. because I think they're seeing this, this is a losing issue nationwide. This isn't something that's widely supported. And the Biden administration pushed this on the American people. They basically said, you're either going to do this or lose your federal funding. And so they pushed this edict that we're going to allow men and women's sports all across the country. And it really backfired, like a lot of their policies really backfired. And you saw that in the last election cycle.
SPEAKER 14 :
Congressman Stupi, I want to shift gears here. We just have a couple minutes left. You also serve on the House Ways and Means Committee. Not only are you addressing many of these issues, you're on the Intelligence Committee as well. But I want to get you to weigh in as Congress, out for a couple weeks, come back, taking up, as you made reference to earlier, a reconciliation bill, which is going to have a lot of policy in it. but also the economy, economic issues. The U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave remarks today saying the economy is in a solid position, but suggests that growth has slowed. What do you see going forward in terms of Congress coming back and tackling some of these fiscal issues, the debt deficit that is, some say, choking our economy?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, after the Holy Week break, we'll go back in earnest because the budget reconciliation bill has passed. So each one of these different committees that handle pieces of the reconciliation bill will start marking up these different pieces of legislation. So for me in the Ways and Means Committee, it means taxes in a tax package, making Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent that we had five years ago. If we don't do that, then anybody that has... 1099 or 199A deductions, any small businesses across the country is going to get a 20% tax increase. So E&C is going to be looking at an energy policy. Anything that we can add that has a budgetary impact, we'll be adding to these different bills and the different committees. We'll put it together on the floor and vote it out. So that's what Congress will be doing when we come back from after the break.
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A lot of work, a lot of work still ahead. Greg Stubbe, I want to thank you for joining us. Always great to see you. Anytime. Thank you. Congressman Greg Stubbe of Florida's 17th Congressional District. All right. Coming up next, assisted suicide is currently legal in 10 states. Could Illinois become the 11th? We're going to talk about that after the break. So don't go away. A lot more Washington Watch straight ahead.
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At Family Research Council, we believe religious freedom is a fundamental human right that all governments must protect. That's why FRC President Tony Perkins went to Capitol Hill to testify on behalf of persecuted Christians in Nigeria. Islamist terror groups target Christians and other religious minorities in Nigeria with brutal violence. Representative Chris Smith, who chaired the hearing, said 55,000 people have been killed and 21,000 abducted in the last five years alone. The congressman also stressed that 89% of Christians in the world who are martyred are from Nigeria.
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Yet the government of Nigeria has failed to make progress against religiously motivated persecution of Christians despite religious freedom being enshrined as an essential human right in their constitution.
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Tony Perkins called for the United States to send an unmistakable message.
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This is systematic religious violence. Nigeria must be redesignated a country of particular concern. The Biden administration's removal of this designation was a reckless mistake that emboldened the very terrorists who are slaughtering Christians.
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Redesignating Nigeria will enable the U.S. government to pressure Nigerian leaders to protect vulnerable Christians.
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These are not just numbers. These are fathers, they're mothers, they're children, they're families.
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Bishop Wilfred Anagabe risked his life to speak out, sharing firsthand accounts of the danger faced in his church district in central Nigeria.
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We live in fear because at any point it can be our turn to be killed. But to remain silent is to die twice. So I have chosen to speak.
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FRC is calling on President Trump to act now to promote religious freedom around the globe and speak up on behalf of Christians in Nigeria.
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Welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for joining us. All right, there are several concerning bills that are being considered in the state of Illinois. We've talked about some of them. Among them is one on medically assisted suicide, Senate Bill 9. Now, Catholic bishops in the state are calling for unified opposition to the bill, and it has drawn national attention. How close is the state to becoming the 11th in the nation to legalize assisted suicide? Well, here to discuss this, Illinois State Representative Dr. Bill Halter. He is a board-certified physician who continues to practice the medicine at the St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He represents the 87th district, state district in Illinois. Dr. Halter, welcome to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for taking time to join us.
SPEAKER 12 :
Good afternoon, Tony.
SPEAKER 14 :
I'd like to get your take on this bill as a physician. I mean, I think the Hippocratic Oath makes very clear what you're supposed to do as a physician. This would turn that on its head.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, what we're seeing in Illinois is, I call it liberal progressive FOMO. They see in other states in Canada more liberal policies and they get a fear of missing out that Illinois doesn't have the most liberal policies. So they have glommed onto this physician-assisted suicide. And I call it, Tony, I call it physician-assisted suicide. I don't call it medical aid in dying. That's what they're trying to call it. They want to control the language. We have medical aid in dying right now in medicine. It's called hospice care. It's called palliative care. So we have that already. And we don't want physician-assisted suicide. As you mentioned, it goes against our very oath, our sacred oath that we took as healers, as physicians who would be advocates for our patients, try to comfort them, try to control their pain. And instead, again, we see this all over medicine. It's just like a culture of death. We see this all over our state, our state policies, whether it be abortion policies. There's just a culture of death. And this is just another example of that.
SPEAKER 14 :
So this would allow physicians to basically prescribe a suicide pill. Patients can take this. Now, there are some parameters. I think they have to be diagnosed with less than six months. They have to be over the age of 18. But the bottom line is still the same. It is ending a life. What's the status of the bill at present?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, they introduced a House bill and a Senate bill, and it's mostly going through the Senate side, and it passed their committee. And again, it's going to be, I think, in my opinion, it's actually going to be harder to pass. There's bipartisan opposition to this, and there's strong opposition from the Christian communities, Catholic Christian communities, And even the disability community is really strongly against it.
SPEAKER 14 :
You've had some really, I'm just going to say bad bills in Illinois this year. What's going on up there?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, like I said, it's a liberal progressive FOMO is some of it. And, um, You know, I call it a tug in cheek, but I call Illinois the Illinois General Assembly. I call it the stupid idea factory. It's just incredible what they will present. I mean, Tony, you don't see even half of what is brought up and then just quickly dies because it's so outrageous. But what we have is we have a state that's very much more liberal than its population. And if you look at Illinois, it is mostly like every other Midwestern state, whether you look at it's very comparable to Indiana, Ohio. You know, Missouri, but then we have Cook County. And so we have a huge population in a very, very liberal, progressive city. And their policies, you can see what their policies do in the city of Chicago, the crime, the schools that are failing, the flight out of Chicago, the high taxes. And so they want to take this total destruction of a city. They want to take this statewide. And so we're in the super minority in Illinois as Republicans, as conservatives, but we are not a super minority in the state of Illinois. We've been put into a super minority status by unfair maps and media and money and the machine of politics of Chicago.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, Doc, let me ask you this question. We've got listeners, viewers in Illinois, and I'm sure you could use some reinforcements. What can they do to help out on this?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, you know, we saw I don't know if you have seen this bill, Tony, the homeschooling bill.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, that's the other crazy bill I've been referring to. We've talked about it before in this program.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes, we saw just an outpouring of opposition. The homeschoolers just, they came out and they were so passionate. I've never seen the Capitol so full of any advocacy group. And so they filled out witness slips. So what you can do is witness slips and it's a typical Illinois bureaucratic way of kind of surveying our constituents. We have this process of filling out witness slips, and I'm sure you can direct them online. We have ways, Facebook, to direct you to fill out witness slips as opponents to this bill. That's really big, but also calling your state rep or emailing them and letting them know your opposition to this bill. That's what you can really do. We saw it so effectively work with the homeschoolers, and so we're hoping that it will work again. with this bad bill.
SPEAKER 14 :
Dr. Howder, we just have about a minute and a half left. People say, well, I'm healthy. It's not going to bother me. I'm not going to use it and kill myself. But this puts the poor, the marginalized, and the disabled at significant risk. And it also creates this culture that you referred to earlier. So we have a responsibility to stand up against this.
SPEAKER 12 :
so true. And, and, um, you know, we, I call it the slippery cliff because it's not a, it's not a slope and everywhere it's been tried, it quickly expands. It quickly gets out of control. And you just look at Canada, you look at, uh, Oregon, it would look at Europe. I mean, it is incredible how quickly it expands. And now it's the, I think it's the fifth leading cause of death in Canada. A suicide is the fifth leading cause of death by physician, you know, And now it's offered in so many people, it will change their relationship with their physician, it will change their relationship if they have any, but the kind of the possibility. contract you have with your insurance company, what's the cheapest care for insurance companies? It's going to be your doc who's going to be the cheapest care.
SPEAKER 14 :
Excellent point. Doc, we got to leave it there. Thanks so much for joining us, folks. Stick around. We're back after this.
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The website, TonyPerkins.com. Better yet, get the Stand Firm app. That way you have access not only to Washington Watch, but the Washington Stand, as well as Stand on the Word. All right, Dr. Howder's making a great point there. Sorry, we ran out of time. But given where insurance companies are, and they are not... All right, I know this might... offend our insurance people out there, but they're not your friend. I mean, the bottom line is the bottom line. And as he pointed to, what's the cheapest way to eliminate people? I'd be very concerned about these laws. So anyway, if you live in the state of Illinois, I encourage you to go to the website, TonyPerkins.com. We've got some follow-up information there. But to weigh in on Senate Bill 9 is the one that's making its way through the Senate. Weigh in. Let your voice be heard. Our form of government was not made for spectators. It's made for participants. All right, let's move on to our next topic. Protecting our children today has unfortunately proven to be a challenge. Industries that promote pornography or transgender mutilation have been taking aim at our children, making it even more important to be vigilant and proactive. Thankfully, we have some in our government at various levels who have been watchmen on the walls and are doing the best to combat these efforts. One of those leaders is my next guest, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who recently instituted a dual age verification policy in his state for porn sites. Attorney General Bailey joins us now by phone. General Bailey, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
SPEAKER 15 :
Hey, thank you, sir. Appreciate you having me on.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right, let's start with this new rule that you've enabled. According to current law, you found a way to put this into place requiring age verification for pornographic websites. Explain that.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, Tony, look, I want Missouri to be the safest state in the nation for children, and we use every tool at my disposal to make that happen. This rule is about protecting kids and reinforcing parental rights to determine what is appropriate for our children to be exposed to. There are smut peddlers across this country who have flooded the Internet with explicit imagery and websites that are dangerous for children, quite frankly, and so... It's important that we have age verification before youth are able to access these sites. This is the strongest age verification rule in the United States of America. It requires verification on both the website and the device. And so I'm proud of the work we're doing using current consumer protection law and laws that criminalize the distribution of pornography to minors to stand in the gap and protect kids from these dangerous images.
SPEAKER 13 :
Has it been challenged yet? And do you anticipate it will be? It is not.
SPEAKER 15 :
I anticipate it will be. Look, there's a lot of money to be made in this industry. And for too long, these people have made it way too easy for children to access these materials. And, you know, there are a lot of people who say, look, freedom on the Internet is important and you shouldn't be passing a rule in one state that interferes with other states' ability or individuals passing through a state to be able to access these websites. But I would challenge them and say, look, if I go onto a website that sells firearms or ammunition... New York and California passed laws that I have to prove I'm 18 before I can access a gun website. And there's a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. And so all we're saying is that there's got to be some kind of safeguard in place. The rule will be promulgated on May 1st. It'll take 90 days to go through the notice and comment period. It'll be effective after that. But we're confident in our legal authority. Our state statute provides broad authority for the Missouri Attorney General's Office to promulgate rules to protect consumers in the marketplace and specifically from activities like these.
SPEAKER 14 :
Can you walk us through the process of how this age verification will work and why it's different?
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. So this is different, again, because it requires age verification at not only the website that is producing the pornographic material, but also the device accessing that website. The rule also requires immediate deletion of any data that's obtained in the accessing of the website in order to prevent data harvesting or online tracking. And so there are robust protections for the consumers and for children and to enforce parental rights, search engines have to block explicit images unless the user can provide that age verification.
SPEAKER 14 :
The Internet is, I mean, it's the Internet. It's everywhere. Years ago when I was in the legislature, I ended up passing some legislation similar to this, but it was on gambling. I tried to keep minors from online gambling, tried to restrict that. But because most of these are offshore, reaching the long arm of the law is sometimes not long enough. How do you plan to enforce it?
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, we have broad authority to subpoena issues, investigatory subpoenas to any entity that we have reason to believe may be violating our state consumer protection law. And we've used that as it's been upheld by the courts. And so we can use that power to conduct broad investigations. And there are both civil and ultimately criminal penalties for violations. And look, what I would say is that foreign actors who do business in the United States of America subject themselves to the laws of the United States of America to include state consumer protection code.
SPEAKER 14 :
Do you expect other states to follow your lead on this?
SPEAKER 15 :
We've seen several other states that have actually charged into the gap and passed similar laws in their states. I think that I might be the first attorney general's office to promulgate a consumer protection rule to this effect. But at the end of the day, this is not a new or novel concept. I mean, age gating to protect children from pornography has been the standard for printed materials for a long time, and we're going to make it the standard for digital images online as well.
SPEAKER 14 :
We only have about 40 seconds left, but quickly want to ask you this question. Pornography is really the tip of the iceberg of what kids are being exposed to online. It is a dangerous world. Isn't that part of what's prompting you to take these actions?
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. Everyone knows, based on the documentation in the public domain, that dangerous health outcomes, mental and physical, inability to reach full maturity, negative outcomes from children being exposed to pornography, and that the age at which children have been exposed to pornography. It's gotten lower and lower in the past years with its increased availability online. We know that the average age of exposure is 11 to 12 years old. Now that's two young 90% of boys, 60% of girls by the time their teens have seen pornography. We've got to do more. We can and will make Missouri the safest state in the nation for children.
SPEAKER 14 :
The effects are long-lasting. General, always great to talk with you. Thanks so much for joining us. Folks, stick with us. We're back after this.
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SPEAKER 10 :
Thank you so much for having me, Tony.
SPEAKER 14 :
So my interest was piqued earlier in this week. I was reading an Associated Press story about a French boy who was radicalized on the internet into becoming an Islamic extremist. And years ago, I worked in the field of anti-terrorism long before the internet was an issue. It was the old kind of terrorism. But we're seeing this used as a very effective tool of jihadists and others. What do we know about how kids are being radicalized through porn, violence that's readily accessible on the Internet?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, what I know basically is that, based on my book and my thesis about the weaponization of loneliness, is that children in particular are highly suggestible, but even more so if they don't have strong bonds of family, religious faith, and good friendships. And so often, the internet and all of these really you know, awful influences are gonna be more, have more of an effect on them. And as you said in your intro, desensitize them to a lot of this gore, violence, pornography, So that they kind of act, they can end up acting out in real life. And a lot of this has to do with the fact that I don't believe they have strong enough real life relationships that are healthy and strong. I think we can go right back to the issue of family breakdown and what's been happening in the schools that don't really allow children to develop the ability to think independently, and especially that fear, that threat of being ostracized has a huge effect on how susceptible they are to other influences. that serve as cheap and harmful substitutes for true companionship.
SPEAKER 14 :
So it's kind of an alternative community that they're seeking online. I mean, and part of this comes through the games that are online, too. They're creating these communities, and some of these games are extremely violent.
SPEAKER 10 :
Very addictive, too. I mean, that's another point. But, yeah, the loneliness epidemic, as you I'm sure know, is off the charts. And this lack of real-life social connection makes them a whole lot more susceptible to these really bad influences. So I think... You know, what needs to be done is to develop stronger relationships and, you know, as your organization, Family Research Council, has worked so hard and so well to do, build more of an awareness of the importance of real life relationships to avoid that threat, you know, that I talk about in my book of the weaponization of loneliness. I mean, their sense of loneliness is being weaponized by these bad influencers.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, it's not just happening. It's intentional. You know, we've seen this before, testimony before Congress with the online, you know, social media platforms that are constructing their algorithms to feed upon these vulnerabilities within these children. But I want to go to what you were talking about here, the preventative aspect of this. I'm concerned. In fact, I was having this conversation just yesterday with an educator about how in our schools today, you know, you don't have textbooks. You have computers. And you're reading everything online. And so kids, it's just natural to be online. And, you know, before you know it, you're someplace where you shouldn't be. What are the symptoms? What are the things that parents should be looking for that should cause concern? And then we'll talk about some preventative steps.
SPEAKER 10 :
Right. Well, I think an obsession with social media, number one, it can be, you know, social media can actually be good in certain circumstances, you know, to connect. Like we use the telephone. I mean, communications technologies keep people connected. But the overuse and obsession with social media, when it becomes so addictive that it takes the place of of real life interactions. That's really dangerous. And parents who are connected and concerned will be able to detect this sort of detachment, I think. putting it in their children and you know it's what's really crazy is that you'll see a bunch of kids together you know where they're physically together but every single one of them on their little smartphone uh and even texting one another uh when they could just talk to them standing right next to them you know i've actually i've seen that in airports i've and i i'm
SPEAKER 14 :
I sometimes get amused at it where you'll have families and they're communicating with each other. They're all on different devices and they'll sometimes be, you'll see them turn and look at the other one after they text them something. It's just, we've become so focused on technology that I think we're almost losing the ability to have this interpersonal relationships, which were created. I mean, that's the way God created us, to have that type of interaction. What are some of the other behavioral changes that take place that parents should be looking for to say, hey, wait a minute, we've crossed a line here?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, detachment, number one. Behaviorally, I think, you know, you would see them maybe hanging out with friends You know, kids who aren't connected, you know, who might draw them into cult-like situation, gang-like situation. It may not be noticeable at first, but, you know, these other influences or also, you know, You know, as you said earlier, it's intentional. If you look at things like certain magazines, for example, that might be hard magazines, but mostly online, like I don't know how familiar your listeners, viewers are with a magazine called Teen Vogue, which is aimed primarily at teenage girls, but it is highly politicized and highly sexualized and If they pick up a copy of that, I mean, your antenna should really go up. I mean, if you see them looking at that kind of content, and they even tell you who to vote for. And if a child gets really obsessed with a particular celebrity who basically will tell them how to act or how to vote or all of those things, to the point that they... can't really think on their own, that they are so, you know, it's easy for a child to become, I don't know, just obsessed, or obsessed maybe is not the right word, but charmed by a celebrity. But all of that relates to, I believe, how they feel they are being viewed by others. That is number one. You know, caring so much about what your peers think is natural to a certain extent. I mean, I think that as human beings, we are all so hardwired for companionship, for connection. I mean, the epigraph from my entire book, The Weaponization of Loneliness, is it is not good for man to be alone. And that's true in every aspect of our being. And we need strong relationships, a relationship with God, a relationship with family, a relationship with friends, companions, in healthy relationships so that we can interact in healthy and strong and effective ways. And if your child is, you know... you know, falling away from that path that gives us inner strength. I mean, that's why tyrants have always targeted traditional religion, family, and even friendship. It is targeted because isolation and creating isolation is absolutely essential for tyranny and controlling what people think and what they do and what they say. So anyway,
SPEAKER 14 :
Let's talk a little bit then about some of the preventative steps that parents can see even before they might see these warning signs. I mean, first off, parents need to be aware that this is out there. And, oh, that's not going to happen to my kid. This AP article just talks about how these kids who ended up in court because they were radicalized and they plotted to engage in, in some cases, mass murder. arrested in court and their parents said, I had no idea. So it's there and it can happen, especially for those that are isolated and really withdrawn. So let's talk a little bit about parents taking preventative steps. First off, something that's been lost in our culture is actually sitting down over a meal and having a meal together and listening to your children. I mean, I know it might not be possible every night, but you ought to focus on at least a couple nights a week where you're sitting around the table listening to what your kids are saying, asking them questions about what they're seeing and experiencing. That'll give you some insight, will it not?
SPEAKER 10 :
Absolutely. I mean, and to talk to them about things that are of true interest to them that are not related to social media or the internet. I mean, a child might have a strong interest in music or sports or something, and to kind of develop a healthy interest in things that, you know, hobbies and things like that that are... you know, healthier and allow a child a better path to strong development. And of course, faith and, you know, to emphasize that, but also to make sure if there's a way to, through church or through other family or friends to kind of stimulate that healthy social environment for a child. If your child is in a public school where they're being propagandized half the day, it's pretty hard to keep track. But if you know who they're talking to and what they're doing, and allow them, give them other outlets that are fun and will build on that strong social connections that are healthy and a strong sense of identity. I think what's happened through the media and academics is, you know, they've gotten away from that very natural development of individuation.
SPEAKER 14 :
And the connectedness that we talked about. Stella, we're out of time. I want to thank you for joining us. Thanks so much. Appreciate your insights on this.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, thank you very much for having me, Tony.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. And folks, another thing you do is take time out from the social media. Maybe one day a week, put the cell phones down. Don't use the computers. See how your kids react to that. But we've got to be engaged. And don't discount the influence you have as a parent. Many kids will say, the greatest influence in my life is actually my parents. They're not going to tell you that. But that's true. Lead. Lead your home. Take care of your children. All right, we're out of time. Thanks so much for joining us.
SPEAKER 11 :
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