Join us on The Kim Monson Show as we dive deep into the most pressing issues of our time, from the halls of the Statehouse to the implications of local and international policies on our freedom. In this episode, we analyze the fine line between force and freedom and why understanding the root of legislative changes is crucial for maintaining individual rights. Explore how historical figures have faced adversity and, in doing so, helped shape the future.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let's have a conversation.
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Indeed. Let's have a conversation. And welcome to the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You're each treasured, you're valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. And thank you to Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Thursday, Producer Joe. Happy Thursday, Kim. And are you having fun with this new software system?
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I was down at the state capitol, and we'll talk about that a little bit more, but I was down there yesterday, and we have people that are taking away children's childhoods, and it breaks my heart. But force can be a weapon, a policy, unpredictable in excess of taxation, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, the World Economic Forum's agenda, the globalist elite's agenda. These are all now connected, moving into the United Nations, this Colorado state legislature agenda. This Colorado governor, land use code, zoning regulations, forest fees, conservation easements, national monument designations. All these things are an assault upon people's property, their rights, their freedom. And Donald Trump, I think, is really working with the... These executive orders to get this all walked back, but we've got to get government back into its proper role. And these executive orders, we really don't want to be ruled by executive orders, but I think he's opening the door. We, the people, then need to go and reclaim our state, our counties, our municipalities, our country. and get government back into this proper role of a constitutional republic. But he doesn't have a lot of time. The 2026 elections are right around the corner. He's shedding light on so many things that's going on. And so it's a very exciting time, but it means that we the people have to step forward and we have to do our part as well. And so we'll talk a lot more about that. And remember, if something's a good idea, you should not have to use force. to implement it. Thank you to the Harris family for their gold sponsorship of the show. As I mentioned a little bit ago, we are an independent voice. And with the headlines that are out there, we'll talk a little bit more about that independent voice. But let's get into our words of the day. Our word of the day is equivocate, and it's E-Q-U-I-V-O-C-A-T-E. Number two, it could be to use words or doubtful signification to express one's opinion in terms which admit of different senses with intent to deceive, to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead. So it could be equivocal or ambiguous. And I think that maybe we might say this particular headline is USAID employees say staffers hid pride flags incriminating books when Doge arrived. And quite frankly, if you and this is from Fox News, if you are taking a stand on something, you need to make sure that you have the courage to take that stand in the light of day. And this this radical activist. The extremist agenda is embedded throughout government, throughout education. We've seen this throughout big tech. All these things are changing right now. But this article said a USAID worker said Monday that office employees scrambled to hide anything incriminating when the Department of Government Efficiency came knocking. Says Doge is not a government agency, but it's been tasked by the White House's executive office with dismantling wasteful spending initiatives. Great. And special government employee. This article didn't finish that sentence. Long must most recent target in the U.S. agency for the international development agency. And the billionaires argued that the agency is beyond repair and said President Donald Trump agreed that USAID should be closed down. And so Musk moved rapidly to seize control of USAID and shut it down and move that into the State Department. Now, apparently USAID was created by an act of Congress, so we really need an act of Congress to shut it down. But it is so interesting to see so much that they have been spending money on that is anti-American. working to take down our country. And last night was so interested to see this headline come across that Politico faces payroll issues amid revelations of U.S. government funding. So Politico has been this is from Shore News. Politico has been a voice of the left, and apparently they've been getting government money to do so. And this article says Politico, a left-leaning political journalism outlet, has encountered a significant financial hiccup as it failed to pay its employees for the most recent pay period, leading to widespread confusion and concern among the staff. This payroll disruption comes in the wake of revelations that Politico has been receiving substantial funding from the U.S. government, raising questions about the financial interdependence of media and state. This is not the way it's supposed to be. This is the way, my friends, this is in communist countries. And went on to say employees of Politico received several communications from the company indicating that there was a technical error responsible for the delay in salary disbursement. Despite these assurances, the exact cause of the payroll issue remains unclear with no direct connections established to the recent pause in the USAID funding or broader government spending freezes. And there have been reports that this went on to say that Under the Biden administration, Politicos received approximately $9.6 million in funding over just the last year. Now, my friends, when I talk about an independent voice, what that means is I purchased my airtime. And so I have total freedom in guest selection and subject selection. But that also means that we're truly an entrepreneur. And I so appreciate all of our sponsors, such as the Harris family for their goal sponsorship. And I'm so pleased to have Teresa come on board. She is our partnership liaison. And so if you're interested in sponsoring the show or becoming a presenting sponsor, let me know. Text me 720-605-0647, and I will get you connected with Teresa. Because we're not getting any government money like Politico was. And I think that that's an... Important to understand. So it sounds like though at USAID, these employees that were trying to equivocate their involvement in this whole DEI diversity, equity and inclusion agenda that Donald Trump is really rolling back. Our quote for the show is from Herodotus, and he was born in 484 BC. Actually, I don't have that down here exactly right, so we'll just continue on. But it was before Christ, and he was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city. of Halicarnassus, now Bodrum, Turkey, under Persian control in the 5th century BC. He was a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects. And he said this, he said, adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence. Donald Trump has had so much adversity, and the way he and his family continue to walk through this, and I think it's because he really loves our country, has been interesting to watch, and it has certainly brought out strength and qualities of him that we might not have known when he was just a billionaire real estate developer from New York. Our bill of the day, we'll be talking about a bunch of different bills, but the first bill of the day that I wanted to mention is the Senate Bill 25017, and this is measures to support early childhood health. And it says integrating early childhood health care systems into communities after being down at the Capitol yesterday to testify in favor of 1068, which is Representative Scott Bottoms and Senator Mark Baisley's bill to prevent the force in the insurance industry of forcing insurance. And also to not use tax dollars to pay premiums for malpractice insurance for transgender surgeries or pharmaceuticals on children. And I realized in talking with people how embedded this transgender, this extreme transgender agenda has been embedded in our society. We've not really realized the attack upon our children. And so I look at these things, such as this Senate Bill 25017, And these folks on the extreme left say they care about children. However, that's if if they make it out of the womb because they're all most all of them are very pro abortion. But once they get out of the womb, then these radical activists want to get their hands on these kids as fast as possible, boxing the parents out. so i find this senate bill 25017 of extreme concern and i wanted to get into the colorado union taxpayers way to end on this and we're recommending a no vote on it the prime sponsor on this is senator lisa cutter And we said this government should not be interfering with private daycare and certainly not be tracking the mental health of our individual children. The relevance of health care to education is doubtful. This bill is expensive, intrusive and unclear about its purpose. Use of the safety clause is totally inappropriate and suspicious when this program involves collecting personal data about children. And so that is our bill of the day. But regarding this Senate Bill 1068, forcing insurance companies to provide malpractice insurance for transgender, they call it gender affirming care on children, did pass out a committee eight to four. And let's see, let me get to the prime sponsors. Hold on this, there's too many papers here that I got going on. Okay, here we go. The prime sponsors on 1068, oh, I mentioned that was Mark Baisley and Representative Scott Bottoms. And I thought I'd just share my comments on this that I made. And we had two minutes and there had been a number of, this was very troubling, a number of female doctors representing the Colorado Pediatric Association all in favor of transgender surgery, so against this bill. And actually, I think I'll read that maybe in the second hour, because we have Pam Long that's going to be on here in just a minute, and I don't want to take more of her time, because she's got something very important to share with us. So let's see. Hit all that. Okay. All this happens because of our sponsors. And one of those great sponsors is the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance team. And they want you to feel safe and well served. They've got a 24-hour line that you can call them or text them. And just it's important to have them on your side of the table regarding any of these things that might happen in your life. So give them a call at 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan team is there.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. So pleased to have on the line with me Pam Long, and you know her. She's a regular guest on the show. She writes such important essays for the Kim Monson Show as well. She's the director of Children's Health Defense Military Chapter. She's a graduate of West Point and is an Army veteran, was a... I'm tripping over my words here. She was an Army veteran with the Medical Service Corps. She served as a medical intelligence officer for NATO Stabilization Forces. Pam Long, welcome to the show. Thank you, Kim, and good morning, Colorado. And I did it yesterday, Pam. I went down to the Capitol and I testified. It is a commitment to do it, but I'm glad that I did it in favor of this House Bill 1068, which Representative Scott Bottoms and Senator Mark Baisley had sponsored to get force out of the insurance industry business, forcing insurance companies to have to provide malpractice insurance for these transgender gender-affirming care. And so I did it, and I thought about you as I was sitting down there, Pam Long. Well, that's what we need.
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We need people getting down there, and if you can't get down there, I'm in and out of there almost on a daily basis by remote testimony. That is an option to our citizens to call in and testify.
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And Gammy, who calls in pretty regularly to the show and keeps us very informed on things, she did do remote testimony. And there were a number of people that did. And the organizers of the In Favor... of this said that things are changing regarding this whole agenda because this was the first time they could remember that they had more people testifying in favor of something pushing back on this transgender agenda instead of all of the activists there. So they were really positive, even though it failed the committee. 8 to 4, and they thought that was very positive. But you've got something that you're very concerned about, and I think rightfully so. So tell me about this. And this was at the same committee, the Health and Human Services Committee. But this was, what, earlier in the week?
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Yes, this was HB 25-1027, Update Disease Control Statutes. This is a Trojan horse where it's being portrayed as we're just updating some language. No big deal. I will give you three reasons to oppose this bill. It attempted to take state control of student vaccine records. This portion of the bill was amended out because of citizen activists showed that it would violate FERPA, which is a privacy, a federal law where schools cannot share student records with an outside agency without prior written parental consent. Good job, citizens, because our lawmakers need to know these things. They are not experts on every area of the law. Second, I would say this bill redefines crisis standards of care. This bill aims to expand CDPG's control over any crisis as they define not just epidemics, with situation-specific control. So expect climate lockdown policies or anything is in the reach of CDPHE would fall under crisis standards of care that they would define, they would invent, they would control. We're talking, this is COVID all over again. No lessons have been learned and the legislature is not holding them accountable. A third reason is Our emergency response committee will be replaced by the governor and CDPHE. What does that sound like? That's COVID all over again. This bill removes the governor's expert emergency epidemic response committee known as the GERC. It aims to give sole authority to CDPHE and the governor. to decide when an emergency starts and ends, and then the unelected director of CDPEG, this is an appointed person by the governor, would rule without input from parents, school administrators, or businesses, and CDPEG's requirements for the public would be completely shielded from liability.
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Wow. So this made this out of committee. And you were very concerned about Republicans not understanding what this really was, correct?
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Oh, they understand, Kim. Let me tell you, two Republicans, and I will name them, betrayed their constituents in the HHS committee. Rep. Lori Garcia Sander and Rep. Dusty Johnson voted for in favor of this bill. And let me tell you why. Rep. Lori Garcia-Sander, you can go to her website, and she says she's pro-local control, allegedly. And this bill is state control, state control, state control. But then you look and you see, oh, this makes sense now. She's been endorsed by six medical lobby associations. Medical lobby associations, they love forcing medical testing, drugs, and vaccines on the public. They love all those mandates and all those coercion tactics you saw during COVID-19. They profit from it. They're in favor of this. Rep. Dusty Johnson, her website says she will protect small businesses, and yet she's endorsed by three medical associations. You know what happened during COVID? 38% of businesses were deemed nonessential, enclosed permanently, never to open again. These two people, we need people contacting the House Minority Leader, Rose Pugliese, and saying we need these two people who are conflicted about what their priorities are to their constituents removed from this committee. Yes, I'm asking you, the public, to ask House Minority Leader to remove these two representatives from this committee.
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And we do want to name some other names as well, because one of our listeners, I think Mark said, let us know who these sponsors are. So the prime sponsors on this House Bill 25-1027 is Representative Lindsey Gilchrist, Representative Kyle Brown, and he was the chair of that committee, and Senator Lindsey Doherty. And those are those that have pushed this forward. Now, it's double-spaced, granted, but it's about 17 pages long. And, Pam, what I've realized is that the radical activists, extremists, and those that really are pushing this agenda, they're playing long ball. This is a long ball, Bill, and thank you for— You know, watching this, understanding this, because right now, while people are excited about what's happening in Washington, D.C. with Donald Trump, you can see that the radical activists are, again, playing long ball. And Colorado is the place that they like to start all this. So we are right on them. on the front lines on this. And I think your frustration with these two Republican representatives is, yes, they are outnumbered on this committee nine to four. But we've got to take a stand. We've got to stand in the gap. We've got to shed light on this to the public so that they understand what's going on, which is what you're doing is really, really important. And we need to reach out to these. These are both new representatives. And so we do need to reach out to them and explain why this is such a problem. And, and because this, again, this is a long ball bill and underneath, under the camel's nose, you know, under the tent, people aren't paying attention except Pam Long. And we need to make sure that people know what's going on.
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Right. And hold these people accountable. There is no excuse for amnesia of what happened during COVID. And if I could add one more bombshell that was just revealed last night is that legal services reviewed by analysis of how this bill would violate FERPA. And that part was amended out with the help of Brandy Bradley. I want to give a shout out to Brandy Bradley and Mary Bradfield, who did speak out, who did have the courage to speak out against this bill. Legal services not only said that this would violate FERPA, But that CDPHE, which has for years directed schools to upload student records to their database, their tracking system, their registry, which will include all people from birth to death and be linked to their ID for vaccine compliance, tracking, and coercion, that this is unlawful, illegal. Like, we need people engaged, so stand by. There will be directives in the near future of how you can – File a FERPA violation if your student's records were uploaded illegally without your knowledge or consent to a state tracking database.
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So this bill, something's going to happen with that today, yes? It goes to the House floor today for a vote. Okay, so is there anything, well, people should, okay, what action would you recommend for people to take today? Because it looks like it's going to be 9 a.m. when things start on that.
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People can listen online to the House floor. They can be contacting their state representatives, and they can be expressing their concerns so that when your representative has a chance to go to the well and speak out in opposition to this bill, they will be informed.
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Okay, so Pam, regarding what to say exactly, I know you've put out some information to your team. Is that something that other people can have access to, or how would you recommend that they get their brain around these issues so they can make some intelligent comments on this?
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The main point is local control, not CDPHE control of the standards of care, not CDPHE replacing this epidemic committee, which would represent we the people. Those are the main talking points.
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Okay. Pam Long, thank you so much. And again, this is, is it 1027? Let me get to the top here. Yes. Okay. House Bill 25, 1027. And it's very easy to find your legislator. You can put in a search for Colorado legislators and it will bring everything up, phone numbers and emails. So it's very easy to do that. My friends, they're playing long ball. We've got to step into the gap here and realize what's happening and be active in this. It won't take long to just send them a quick little email. Pam Long, I so appreciate you keeping us informed on all of these things that are happening because, again... They're thinking into the future. We're pretty excited about a lot of things that's happening, and we need to understand what's going on. And one other question, Pam. When I say that Colorado is at the tip of the spear on all this, because you do a lot of work with Children's Health Defense, would you agree are we at the tip of the spear on all this craziness? Is there somebody that's outdoing us on this, or what do you see as you see this nationally?
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Absolutely. We are the tip of the spear. We have bills that are tested here, and if they pass or fail, those are the blueprints for other states, other mostly liberal states, who then begin the process of introducing the bills in other states. Most of them, for all of these agendas, are tested right here in Colorado.
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Okay, Pam Long, thank you for all that you do. I so appreciate it. And that's House Bill 25-1027. Send out at least one email to one of the legislators. And if you can send out a few more, that would be great. That's going to be on the House floor today, and they would certainly hear from you. Brandy Bradley was really excellent yesterday regarding this 1068 and as well as Mary Bradfield. She had some very interesting perspective on that as well. So a shout out to them and thank you because they're standing in the gap. Thank you, Pam Long. And boy, all this happens because of all of our sponsors. And for everything residential real estate, reach out to Karen Levine.
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Back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. And you can email me at Kim at KimMonson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And I have to... And let you know, I was a little cranky about knowing that I was going to be taking at least a good half of the day to go down to the statehouse to testify. And I'm thinking to myself, why on earth are we at a spot where we... have to have legislation such as this House Bill 1068 that did not pass out a committee, but a very good bill saying that getting force out of this whole insurance equation, the force that insurers would have to provide malpractice insurance for people that are doing this, I have this in air quotes, gender affirming care, which is basically mutilation of our children. And so it was a very good bill, but there'd been a request to go down and support the bill. And I thought, I really need to do this. And so I've been a little cranky about going down. It was a good half day and time is so valuable, but I'm really glad that I did. And I really thought about it a lot today as well as our children. There is a generation that has been under attack. We haven't realized it yet. regarding this whole transgender extremist agenda. And we must step up and protect our children. And if you need to understand the issue better, check out artclubmovie.com. It is the story of Aaron Lee and John Lee and their daughter. And it's very important to understand what happened in a little town here in Colorado. It's happening everywhere. And so we need to understand what's going on. And I do thank all of those that showed up to testify yesterday. Pleased to have on the line with me the president of American Commitment, and that is Phil Kirpin. And that website is americacommitment.org. And Phil Kirpin, welcome to the show.
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Hey, Kim, my pleasure.
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And, boy, things have changed since the last time you were on the show. Donald Trump has been elected.
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It's been quite a couple of weeks, huh?
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Yes. So what do you think about this Trump agenda? The headlines still keep coming. I'm just looking at my phone. Israel orders army to prepare for volunteer departure of Gazans after Trump unveils plan. Then I just saw another. headline that he's getting us out of the G20 because of their focus on climate change and DEI. I can hardly keep up with the headlines.
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Yeah, well, he quit three really bad international agreements on the very first day. His day one pile included quitting the Paris Climate Agreement, quitting the World Health Organization. and quitting the OECD minimum tax cartel. So we got out of three disastrous international agreements on day one. I mean, the day one pile also had, you know, the regulatory freeze, the hiring freeze, the return to office order, the reversal of the electric vehicle mandates and all the appliance regulations. And then, you know, day two, I think it was, he got rid of 60 years of racial preferences. And it's just one thing after another. I heard you in your intro there saying, uh, talking about the, uh, the transgender issue. He banned men from women's sports yesterday. And, you know, a lot of people tell me that's, you know, he has no power to actually do anything. It's just a piece of paper within an hour. The NCAA said, we're going to comply with this. We're going to kick men out of college, collegiate women's sports in compliance with the president's executive order. So it really has been, uh, one thing after another. And, uh, he's not just issuing press releases. He's actually getting results. Things are happening. So it's been a pretty remarkable couple of weeks.
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It has been really remarkable. And there are people that talk about their concerns of governing by executive order. And I understand that. I'm concerned as well. I agree with it.
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I agree with it, actually. But Kim, the thing is, that the only way you ever bring Democrats to the table on actually restoring power to Congress and reducing the amount of power that's been delegated to the presidency, the only way you ever bring Democrats to the table on that is you make them feel the pain of what they've been doing to us by pushing back in the opposite direction using all the same powers and authorities that they've been using. And so I have no problem with Trump doing it, even though I would prefer – that the major laws and policy decisions get made by Congress. If they're going to govern this way, the only way to get them to stop is to do the same thing right back.
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So, but don't you think, and I love that these things are happening, and they have to happen quickly. If we waited for Congress, you know, last time they did a waiting game, we had Republicans in that first two years of his administration, they dragged their feet, they didn't do immigration reform things, And so I think he learned that, hey, we need to take action. The 2026 elections are right around the corner. So there's no time to waste. And I do get that. But this whole USAID thing has been crazy as I've looked at it. And I was down at the Capitol yesterday and then we went out and had a bite to eat with some of the people that were there and looked at my phone and said Politico was not making payroll. And then the reports are that Politico got anywhere from $8 to $9 million last year. Now, Phil, I'm an independent broadcaster, which means I purchased my own airtime. So that means we're entrepreneurs. We're out there hitting the pavement to make sure that we have this independent voice there. And then you've got Politico over there that's acting like that they're an independent voice, and they're getting government money. NPR also. NPR. All of these public radio, all of those are getting government money to push their stories. And that's not the proper way this is supposed to work, Phil.
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Including, by the way, the BBC, which gets U.S. taxpayer dollars for USAID. And that's run by the British government. They have their own taxpayer money. They get our taxpayer money over there. That one was pretty crazy. I mean, this Politico thing – They've put out this indignant statement. We've never taken one dime of subsidy. Those are all subscription payments. And apparently they've got a version of Politico, Politico Pro, that they charge $10,000 per person per year for, and the government had 800 people getting it for $8 million, whatever it is. I'm sorry. That's just a way to funnel money. There's no way their product is worth that much and that we need that many people. in the federal government that are using it. It's pretty shocking. And, of course, it helps explain why, you know, the political coverage has been so favorable towards USAID. And I think that President Trump has picked a very good target in USAID to have a debate about spending because there's really no way to defend U.S. taxpayer dollars going to all of the crazy left-wing ideological stuff that they're funding all over the world. and domestically as well with left-wing media outlets. And I think I saw they gave something like, I don't know, $8 million to San Francisco for AIDS prevention. It's like, how is that foreign aid? Like, why is that even in their purview? So I think they picked a very, very smart fight. Now, the legal question of whether the president can really shut them down or merge them into the State Department without going to Congress is complicated. It was created by executive order by President Kennedy in 1961, and the original Foreign Assistance Act under which he created it is very, very broad in its language. It basically gives all the powers to the president. He can designate anyone he wants. So if that were still the controlling statute, the president probably could shut it down and merge everything into the State Department. But ironically, Congress passed an anti-foreign aid law that Jesse Helms wrote in 1998 that actually – told Bill Clinton that he could shut down USAID if he wanted to and required him to issue a report and all this kind of stuff. Of course, Clinton vetoed it. It later passed as part of a bigger bill. But Clinton wasn't going to shut down USAID, even though that's what Jesse Helms wanted with that bill. But ironically, there's a paragraph in that bill that says Congress recognizes that USAID exists, which it had not done for the previous 37 years. And now, A lot of the lawyers are saying, well, once Congress recognizes it exists, the president can't get rid of it. And so I don't know. I guess that would have to be litigated. But really, if Congress – it's controlled by Republicans right now. And they should be on board with getting rid of this spending so that there's no legal question about it.
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So they could do it, obviously. It would just take a simple majority for them to do that, correct? Yes.
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Yeah, they could definitely put it in the budget process and cut the funding to zero, I think. Whether they could actually officially dissolve it, maybe not. But it would be an agency with no money. It's not a real agency. They could absolutely do that with a simple majority.
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So next question. What's going to happen to all these people that have these jobs, these DEI jobs? What do you think is going to happen to all of them?
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Well... I hope that they'll get new jobs that are actually productive and contribute something to the economy. And it's going to be very interesting, particularly in the private sector, to see what happens because we've already got some major, major companies saying they're going to comply with the president's executive orders and they're getting rid of their DEI and diversity programs. Google was the latest one that announced this yesterday. There have been similar announcements from Target, Walmart, McDonald's. And if corporate America continues to have policies that explicitly discriminate on the basis of characteristics that are prohibited under the Civil Rights Act, race and sex and national origin, the whole list of things you're not supposed to discriminate on, it's been made very clear by the Trump administration that You know, there's no more exception if the discrimination is against white people or the discrimination is against men that now you're not allowed to discriminate at all. They can actually enforce the law as written. And, you know, companies that try to go against that, they're potentially going to have lawsuits against them. And the new attorney general has already said that they're looking at litigation against those companies. So it'll be interesting to see the extent to which corporate America tries to resist that versus sort of saying, OK, we're going to get with the program and stop discriminating.
SPEAKER 07 :
So, yes, Pam Bondi was just recently confirmed by the Senate, and she's going to take action on a lot of things, it looks like. Correct? Is that what you see?
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Yeah, I mean, she's got a long agenda because the last Department of Justice was so bad on so many things, and that is one of the memos that reportedly was circulated, that they're going to enforce discrimination laws against private companies that don't comply with the DEI orders. But yeah, I mean, she's got a lot of other things to do as well. And, you know, we've still got the president still has to name all the U.S. attorneys. And, you know, they've got to, I mean, that place is, it's a very, very large bureaucracy and reorienting it is going to be a big challenge. But they've already done a significant amount. I can tell you here in the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office, they've already laid off, I think, 30 of the lawyers who did the January 6th prosecutions, and they're going to try to reorient that office towards actually prosecuting violent criminals in D.C. The last U.S. attorney here under Biden non-prosecuted 67 percent of D.C. criminal arrests. They spent all their time on January 6th and the city crime rates skyrocketed. We've got a carjacking epidemic and so forth. And so I think, you know, I know the local situation because I live here, but I think that kind of thing is happening everywhere, that just the federal law enforcement priorities were wildly out of whack with anything that makes sense. And they tasked for the DOJ now is to reorient things backwards, what they should have been doing all along.
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Well, we have been so far off the rails, and I think we all felt it. But now that the veil is coming off on all of this stuff, and I think you're right on this USAID, when we look at the list that Caroline Levitt had talked about things that we had been funding, people were like, this is crazy. And so we're going to continue the discussion with the president of American Commitment, Phil Kirpin. We have these important discussions because of our sponsors for Everything Mortgages. Reach out to Lauren Levy.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMonson.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMonson.com as well. I did want to mention the two nonprofits that I really support on the show, the USMC Memorial Foundation. is just a great nonprofit to support. They're raising money for the remodel of the Marine Memorial, and you can get all the plans and everything by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org, and then the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo, Colorado. on the beautiful Riverwalk, and it's such a special place, and they're going to have a great event. I can't make it. I have a previous engagement, but next Wednesday, February 12th, Drew Dix, co-founder of the center, along with Brad Padula, Drew will be presenting on the real Cold War, and Drew's a Medal of Honor recipient for actions he took during the Vietnam War, but he was stationed in Greenland, for a while, and we'd actually had him on the show to talk about it. I know it's going to be super interesting. So more information, reach out to them at AmericanValuesCenter.org. And then one of our listeners had a text question, and that was that bill that Pam Long and I were talking about that will be on the House floor today here in Colorado is House Bill 25-1027, and the title is Update Disease Control Statutes. And so, again, that's House Bill 25-1027. So Phil Kirpin, first thing, these U.S. attorneys, and Phil is the president of American Commitment, and that website is AmericanCommitment.org. And actually, before we get into all that, give us a little bit more information and what all the people can find at your website.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, we're a national free market advocacy group. We work mostly on the fiscal, economic, and regulatory issues, and we try to Zero in on the fights where a little bit more citizen education and engagement might make the difference. So we do a lot of emails out where there's a big vote coming up in Congress that could go either way or when we think there's a regulatory docket where people can make a difference. And we just try to make it easy for people to get engaged on these federal policy issues. And all our stuff is on the website you mentioned, AmericanCommitment.org.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, great. So next question, you mentioned these U.S. attorneys. So these serve at the pleasure of the president, so Donald Trump can get rid of these and put other people in, or what does that look like exactly, Phil?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, traditionally, when a new president comes in, all the U.S. attorneys from the previous president will send their resignation letters, and the president usually accepts most of them. He might, you know, keep a few of the old ones on here and there, but generally will accept most of them and put his own people in. And that's because, you know, these are the prosecutors all over the country that are implementing the policies of the administration by bringing, you know, all the various lawsuits and prosecutions. And so he really, you know, they're kind of the implementers of everything at the Department of Justice, kind of at the local court level, district court level. And so, They typically are appointed by the president. He's got acting people in most of them now. I think the only nomination he's made so far was the Southern District of New York. He nominated Jay Clayton, but I've not seen any others. And, of course, wherever you are, that U.S. attorney is a very important job in that area, and there's one everywhere. So at some point we'll start getting lists of them, but I haven't seen them yet.
SPEAKER 07 :
And then do they have to be approved by Congress?
SPEAKER 12 :
Every one of them needs to be confirmed by the Senate, yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, interesting. Okay, Phil Kirpin, what about tariffs? And in fact, Eric, one of our listeners had said that Trump is the tariff sheriff, but that certainly has gotten a lot of attention, and he's getting results. And it seems like it's an important tool in his toolbox, but a lot of free market people are saying that they really don't like tariffs. So what do you say to that?
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Yeah, I mean, it's... I mean, I really do not like tariffs as a policy. I think they're a very destructive tax, and they invite retaliation, and there's a reason we've been so hesitant to use them. That said, I mean, one of the things this president did quite a lot in his first term and has now done sort of spectacularly already in his second term is put a tariff on to extract concessions on other foreign policy issues, and then pull it back. I mean, a tariff is really only very useful twice, when you're putting it on and when you're taking it off, when you can use it to get concessions either on the front end by threatening it or in exchange for removing it. You don't really want to keep them in place for a long period of time, though, because they're very disruptive to international trade. They divert resources. They raise prices. And so they're not a great tax. There are other taxes that are less destructive. But if you're not willing to use them at all, then you give up a very important diplomatic weapon. And it's very hard to coerce other countries into doing the things you want. And, you know, one of the things we've already seen with President Trump is Colombia said, we're not going to take our worst hardened criminals back. And he said, yes, you are. I'm going to tariff you. And then they said, OK, we'll take them, send them back on. And then he said, I'm going to put big tariffs starting tomorrow on Canada and Mexico. And both those presidents, the president of Mexico and the prime minister of Canada called him and said, we're going to spend a lot of money on border. We're going to cooperate with you. And he said, all right, I'll delay it 30 days. We'll talk again then. And so, and in the first term, of course, he got European countries to spend more on defense to meet their NATO obligations by threatening tariffs. He got Mexico to adopt the remaining Mexico policy by threatening tariffs. And so, yeah, It's hard to argue with the results, Kim. He's been using them not as a tax that's disrupting trade and commerce, but as a diplomatic threat that he uses to get key foreign policy concessions. And so I think it's hard to argue with the results. He certainly has used the tariff weapon very effectively to advance American interests. But, you know, I'm a free market guy. I still don't like tariffs if they're actually kind of in place as a way to raise revenue. But certainly as a threat and as a tool, the way he's been using them, they've been very effective.
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Well, and Chuck Schumer decided to do a photo op holding an avocado and a Corona beer, saying that your Super Bowl party is going to be more expensive because of these tariffs. But what he has not said is because of their terrible policies, all of this debt that they've incurred, printing money, All of that is created this inflation that everything is a lot more expensive. There's I would say there has been a tariff on the American people because of terrible policy by the Biden-Harris administration.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I mean, look, the inflationary policies of the last administration are far, far worse than any price effect that we would get from tariffs. And of course, you know, the. The other Trump policies all push in the direction of lower prices, right? Because he wants to cut all these other taxes. He wants to boost economic growth through deregulation. There's a very long list. Energy policies, increasing production. There's a very long list of things this administration is doing that will tend to lower prices. And then potentially, if the tariffs are used as more than a threat or actually put in place, they'll counteract that a little bit. But on net, This is going to be a much, much better administration for affordability than the last one was because they've got a laundry list of 15 things they're doing that will tend to result in lower prices. And the tariffs, at least so far, have mostly been a threat, not even something that's been implemented. So this idea that Trump is going to make things more expensive is a little bit ridiculous considering we had four years of Trump and prices really didn't rise much at all. And then we had four years of Biden where they went like crazy through the roof. And so I don't think that's a very strong argument. I don't buy that argument. The one thing I really worried about with these tariffs, particularly on Canada, was that they would raise the price of crude, which would raise the price of gasoline at the pump. And, you know, if he had put the full 25 percent tariff on Canadian crude, it probably would have resulted in about a 30 or 40 cent increase at the pump pretty quickly. Interestingly, he did not do that, actually. The tariff which he delayed, the 30-day tariff, it had a carve-out for Canadian crude oil. Canadian crude was taxed at a 10% tariff rather than the 25% that he put on everything else. So he still wanted that threat to be part of the mix because of what a big part of the trade relationship crude is. But I think he understood that you don't really want to whack crude oil with a huge tax because people really feel the impact of that. So that's the one thing that I really worry about in terms of the price impact would be if it did apply to crude oil. But, you know, the president was sort of sensitive to that by having to lower rate on that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Goodness. We've got just about 15 seconds left, Phil Kirpin. This has been so interesting. And that website is American Commitment dot org. Your final thought.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I just also mentioned the other website that I work on with Steve Moore is UnleashProsperity.com if people want to get a free daily newsletter we do through there. And my X name, I'm on there. I'm a little bit of an addict. It's my last name, Kerpen, K-E-R-P-E-N, if people want to follow me on there.
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Okay, Phil Kirpin, thank you so much. And it is a new day for sure. And our quote for the end of the show is from Herodotus. He said this, great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. So today be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals. And like Superman, stand for truth, justice and the American way. And I guess I just have a little bit longer here to mention that we've got a lot planned for you in the next hour as well. I will just tell you that. So be sure and stay tuned for our number two as we look at these issues through this lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. So we're going to have some more conversations. Stay tuned for our number two.
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And I would really say that some of the arguments yesterday when I was down at the state house regarding this House Bill 1068, which is a good bill sponsored by Representative Scott Bottoms and Senator Mark Baisley to remove force from forcing insurance companies or using taxpayer dollars to pay premiums for malpractice insurance. on these transgender gender affirming care. I have that in air quotes on our children. And I would say that we had doctors that came in. In fact, there were a number of female doctors said that they were with the Colorado Pediatric Association that were in favor of this and they were equivocating their argument. They were saying that these surgeries are evidence-based. But yet, if they're so evidence-based, then why on earth would they be so concerned about having malpractice insurance on that? So I really felt that they were equivocating the argument on that. So your challenge is to use the word equivocate in a sentence today and impress your friends and family. Our quote of the day is from Herodotus. He was a Greek philosopher. He lived about 400 years before Christ, living in Turkey, Italy. He said this, and it's Herodotus. Gosh, I thought I had that. He said this, adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence. And these truths are... are true throughout history and our founders realize that they realize man man's nature doesn't change and so that they'd studied all all kinds of things to come up with this constitutional republic that we have and so again that quote is adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence And then this House Bill 25-1027 that Pam Long was on earlier in the first hour. Update disease control statutes. The prime sponsors on this are Representative Lindsey Gilchrist, Representative Kyle Brown, Senator Lindsey Doherty. It had passed out of the Health and Human Services Committee, and it is now going to be on the House floor today. So Ginny had texted and wondered what the status was on that, and that is where that is. A couple of other things from first hour. This is from Mark. We talked with Phil Kirpin about tariffs. He said, we need Alberta's oil because the Biden-Harris administration have made U.S. oil uninvestable. And so not able to invest in it in the near term. And many of our wildcatters are gone here in Colorado. We are seeing legislation, regulations that are trying to keep our natural gas, our oil in the ground. And and so we've got this fight right here in Colorado on the national level. Obviously, Trump is back. taking action regarding our energy independence. And the fact that Chris Wright, who is the CEO or was of Liberty Energy, he's now the new secretary of energy, and he's right here from Colorado. So he understands all of these issues. So he's going to be working obviously at the federal level, but we've got much work to do here in Colorado. And, of course, property rights are so important, and a great right is to own property. And, of course, owning your own home is a pretty big deal if you want to. And Karen Levine is on the line, and she can help you if you're looking for a new home or if you're going to sell your home or looking at a new build. Karen Levine, welcome. Good morning, Kim. Good morning. And lots happening down at the Statehouse. We continue to talk about housing, affordability, opportunity. What's the latest that you can tell us about owning a home in the metro area?
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Well, as far as what's happening at the Statehouse, I have very little to update you on because I've been quite busy taking care of my buyers and sellers. And so I can tell you that as we start typically see this time of year, homes are coming on the market. And it looks like in the last seven days, about 1,200 homes, new opportunities have come on the market. But also, the market is really sensitive to pricing. And so we've seen close to 1,100 price reductions. So there's, again, opportunity out there. I currently have two great for first-time homebuyers or investors that are priced under $500,000 and would love to get those sold for my sellers and working with some buyers that are finding more options than they have found in the past and trying to make good housing decisions. I do have my government affairs meeting this afternoon, so it will be interesting to see what the temperament is of local government and, you know, what's happening in our cities and our counties. But it's a busy time of year.
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Well, that's good. And so price reductions, we saw these significant price increases which played out in higher property taxes. If we have price reductions and comparables go down, the next time we do these evaluations, do you think that we'll see our property taxes go down?
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I don't know if we'll see our property taxes go down because that is determined by two factors, your assessed value and the mill levy. So government is known for not liking their budgets to get shrunk. And so they figure out ways to raise our mill levies. But with that said, the next round of tax assessments, in many cases, we should see values come down significantly. Not dramatically, very little, but they should go down.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. And so if you're buying a home, hearing a price reduction is exciting. If you're selling a home, people probably don't like to hear price reductions. So what do you say to that, Karen Levine?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, in most cases, sellers have experienced a lot of appreciation because of how quickly our values went up over the sort of COVID era. and when interest rates doubled then we had pressure on pricing pressure on values and we're seeing a stabilization because interest rates are staying around that six and a half to seven and a quarter kind of place and so that's the new market and sellers are having then to be realistic if they're motivated to sell to find where's the sweet spot for the market and um We're finding it's very, very local. So you need a realtor who knows your community, knows the market. I believe I'm that person, of course. But we see some communities that they have very little downward pressure on values than we see other communities. Maybe there's not as much competition for those homes. And so that does create more opportunity for a buyer to negotiate or a seller to have to make more significant price reductions.
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Fascinating. It's such a fascinating market. You've been in the business for a long time and seen all kinds of things. From watching from afar and just how you take care of your clients, there are a lot of different things to consider when buying or selling a home. And I had a listener that has said that he successfully did his own buying of a home or selling of his home. And that is possible if you know what you're doing and you take the time. A lot of people don't know what's going on, and you need an expert in that case. And I've watched from afar just what you've done, and you've got a whole group of experts to help with inspections and all kinds of things. And so I was really impressed with that, Karen Levine.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, thank you, Kim, and yes, you can certainly go out and buy a home or sell a home on your own. The thing is, is that the typical homeowner, home buyer doesn't do that, but every decade or so. And with that said, we've seen a lot of changes contractually, a lot of expectations, a lot of changes in code. And those changes is hard to keep up on. And like when you are ill, you typically can, on the Internet, diagnose your symptoms and figure out maybe what's wrong with you, but ultimately you're going to get your best care by seeking a professional in the medical field. So the same is true in real estate.
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And how can people reach you, Karen Levine?
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They can reach me by either texting or giving me a call at 303-877-7516.
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And that's Karen Levine. If you're going to buy a home, sell a home, a new build, 303-877-7516. Karen, we will talk to you next week.
SPEAKER 08 :
That sounds great. Thanks, Kim.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You'll get first look at our upcoming guests and our most recent essays. You can email me at Kim at KimMonson.com. And our text line is 720-605-0647. And do check out the website for the Center for American Values. It's AmericanValueCenter.org. and you'll get more information about their On Values presentation next Wednesday, February 12th. Drew Dix, who is a co-founder of the center, along with Brad Padula. Drew is a Medal of Honor recipient, and he's going to present on the real Cold War when he was stationed in Greenland. Of course, Greenland's been in the the news. And I think that they're getting to capacity, but reach out to them and let them know that you'd like to attend. And that website is AmericanValueCenter.org. That's AmericanValueCenter.org. Pleased to have on the line with me, Chris Harris. He's a retired Border Patrol agent from the San Diego sector. And we've had him on regarding immigration, the border. A lot has happened since we talked last time. Chris Harris, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 14 :
Thank you, Kim. Always a pleasure to be on and always appreciate you having me on, letting me talk to your audience and letting them know what's really going on out there and now what they might be hearing from certain other media sources.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, yes. So let's jump into it. Donald Trump is president and day one, he's taking action. So what should people know?
SPEAKER 14 :
There's several things that people should know. Things are looking better. What would disappoint me a lot, you know, I do public speaking, speaking engagements. For the last few years, it's been really difficult doing these speaking engagements because I had to go from positive several years ago to really negative what was going on at the borders, the worst it's ever been, probably since the beginning of the Border Patrol in 1924 by our numbers. Certainly, I worked under five administrations. It's getting tremendously better very quickly. I don't want us to sit back and rest on our laurels. but things are getting better. The numbers are plummeting on the border. And it's funny because the previous administration, and I hate being really political, but the previous administration said we can't do anything, the president can't do anything, Congress. Well, remarkably, in two weeks, this president has accomplished what would almost be considered miracles on the border. What I really want to talk about, though, Kim, besides before I get into your local area, Aurora and Denver, which is very interesting, is that I want the people listening to know what's really happening in And unfortunately, people on the left – and I differentiate between liberals and leftists, but people on the left, all they have left is fear-mongering, and that's what they're doing. There's no good argument to say what he's doing is wrong or it's not good or it's not helpful for the United States. It's fear-mongering. The other thing I'd like you to know, Kim, and your listeners to know is back when I was a union official for National Border Patrol Council and I was doing legislative and political affairs, I met with a lot of activist groups to try to build some bridges, to have some connectivity with them. And I found out from them off the record two things. They need money. They want people to donate money. That's how they operate. And two things get people to crack their checkbooks, fear and anger. And that's what they're still trying to do. We had a protest out here in San Diego the other day, albeit much smaller than they used to be, and also in L.A., and again, much smaller than they had been in years previous. But that's – they're rattling the tree. They want money. So what I want to get across to you and your listeners is that there's no reason for fear-mongering. And I'll get right into that. People are like, oh, they're going to come into our neighborhoods and start doing raids and knocking on everybody's doors and checking if you've got brown skin. It's not going to happen, and it's not happening. I mean, my wife's from Mexico. It's not happening. So if you have any questions on that, please jump in, or I can just keep rolling right along. As you know, I'm Irish, and I don't shut up.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, you talk about money, but what we're learning is that there's a bunch of NGOs, non-governmental organizations that have been receiving our money, taxpayer money or borrowing from our kids in the form of debt that have been down like Darien Gap that have been down there. almost recruiting people to come across the border illegally under the Biden-Harris administration. And so when we talk about money, there's been this money tree. And of course, have you watched this whole thing with USAID? That's been remarkable, Chris Harris.
SPEAKER 14 :
So I won't get into USAID too much because that's not really my purview, and I like to – and I've talked about this before. I stay in my wheelhouse where I'm a subject matter expert on border security and how it relates to crime and national security. I was a cop in New York and in 20-some years with the federal government. But I will talk about the NGOs because I've dealt with them directly. My wife actually even volunteered for one of them, and I won't say their name, and she was so disgusted by what she saw. But, yeah, there's several of them. Catholic Charities is one of the biggest. Jewish Family Services. The Episcopalian Church has a huge thing. The more liberal branch of Lutheranism, ELCA, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, which I used to be part of, they have it. They basically get paid by the U.S. government, and a lot of it gets paid by how many people they bring across the border, how many people they're serving. So it's in their self-interest to bring more people across. And these NGOs have been out of control, and they're getting hundreds of millions of dollars. They're paying for hotels. If you see a hotel with a chain-link fence and with tarps on the fence to keep it private, that's probably been paid for by an NGO to house people that have come here illegally. So the amount of money the taxpayers have been putting that they're not aware of is insane. And what these groups are doing is not really – I'm sure some of the boots-on-the-ground volunteers are doing it for good reasons – But higher up, this is money. They're getting money from this. And my wife said, again, from Mexico, she's a very Catholic girl. She goes to mass three, four times a week. But she's told her good father she's not donating any money if she thinks she's going to Catholic charities because it is sham. And what they're doing is not good. And so, yeah, American people should start paying attention where their money – they have a right to know where their money is going. And it's been going to these NGOs who, like you said, are down the Darien Gap. They're in Mexico. They're on the border. They're helping fly these people around the country. My wife did escorts where she brought them to the airport. They had no ID, but they were able to go through and get on planes without – you try doing that. Try getting on a plane without ID.
SPEAKER 07 :
Last time I flew, I thought, hmm, this is so interesting. And I always just politely declined to have my photo taken. But here everybody's dutifully going through security, giving their information. ID, having everything scanned. And I thought, this is really a little bit of a scam because we have heard the reports of people that are here illegally, clearly, probably don't have ID. And they're just putting them on planes and they're not having to pay for it. I have to pay for my plane ticket. And they're flying them all over the country. I'm thinking, Chris, what's wrong with this picture?
SPEAKER 14 :
It's true. My wife was one of the escorts that brought them to the airport. She saw it firsthand, and I've seen it when we were working at the airport. So this is something that's been going on. Another little thing to digress, but back from New York, there was a motel that was housing homeless veterans, and this made the local news. It won't make the national media, but it made the local news big time that they were all kicked out to house illegal aliens. Because the NGOs and or the government were paying a lot more money to the motel to house them than the homeless veterans. That happened out in San Diego. The homeless veterans were staying in certain places, and I proved it. They were kicked out to house family units. God bless, but you're kicking out homeless veterans. to do that. But that's going to stop. That's starting to stop. And you're going to see this administration is playing a pretty smart chess game, I think. They've had years to think this through. They have Tom Holman, who I've met. We did back-to-back radio shows together in D.C. Putting him as border service was very smart. The man that's now the commissioner of CBP, Customs and Border Protection, He was the chief in the Border Patrol, two stars out here in the San Diego sector. I had a great rapport with him as a union official. And, you know, there's usually a tension between union management. We got along great. We worked together. We had the same goals, trying to do the best for the Border Patrol. He did so well that he ended up being a four-star, the chief of the whole U.S. Border Patrol. He was forced out under Biden. He's back now as the commissioner of CBP at a much higher level. So we got these pieces in place, these people in place, unlike the first term. And they're working in a concerted effort, which is the synergistic effort, which is really paying dividends already. And so they're working together. They have a game plan, and they're hitting it at different levels. So they're cutting off the money to the NGOs. That's one spigot of money that's stopping. And by naming some of these groups terrorist organizations, that's other ways to go after the money. And then there's going to be the physical security aspect of making arrests, and going after bad guys and bad women. And we're doing that. So they're being hit at a lot of levels. Now I expect the left to fight back. I mean, this is their money. This is their rice bowl. So people are getting very upset. You see them going after USAID. And again, I don't want to get into too much, but they're protesting because, well, that money was going to places. It's almost like bribery. And, you know, for shame that you don't want us to be able to audit where our money's going. You're good with spending our money, but we don't know where it went. But specifically, I do want to talk about, Kim, is about what ICE and these task forces are doing. And they're very smart. They've finally gotten these other three-letter agencies to work with border security. Because that was the thing, immigration, border security, none of these agencies through my career really wanted to get involved with that. It was like the third rail. They didn't want to touch immigrations. And now they're jumping in. Like Aurora right now, they just did another raid. It's like the second in one week. And the task force is made up of ICE, CBP, DEA, ATF, FBI, U.S. Marshals. They all bring something to the table. They all have different authorities and powers and investigatory tools. And so they went after 100 trender Aragua the other day in Aurora. Now, whether they got all 100, I don't know, but they targeted them. So this is the synergistic effect of having all this government working together to in a good way, to go after bad guys. And that's what they're doing. And this is what I want to say, Kim, and I'm going to hammer it home as long as you let me talk about it throughout this interview, is that they are targeting bad people. We're talking about criminal elements. We're talking about gangbangers. We're talking about cartel. We're talking about potential terrorists. We're talking about intelligence operators from foreign nation states that hate us, that are against us, China and all that. And I dealt with some of these people when I was still working. So that's who we're going after. And there's millions of them. So, you know, to think that they're going to start doing raids in your neighborhood and it's just not happening. That's not that, you know, they say, oh, we're going to deport everybody. They're not. It's not just physically not possible, but they're not going to. If somebody has been here for 30 years and he's here illegally, but he's worked, he's kept his nose clean, he's raised his family. He's got nothing to worry about with one caveat. And Tom Holman spoke about this and they call it collateral arrests. We used to call it collateral damage. And in the past, we were forbidden to do so. And I'll give you an example. When we targeted somebody in the city in San Diego or whatever, when we went to get them, everybody in the room is going to sit on the floor, sit down, and we're going to check all their immigration stats. But we're only allowed to take the target. The other people, even if they were illegal, they got a free ride. That's changing. And Tom Holman explained why. If you want to be a sanctuary city or a sanctuary state, and prevent us from going to the courthouses, to the jails, to the prisons, which are the easiest and safest places for us to get these guys because they're unarmed. If you're not going to let us do that, we're going to go into the neighborhoods or the workplaces to target these bad guys. And if you're with them and you're illegal, you're going to go too. And that's already happened a little bit. They popped an MS-13, a Marisalva Trucha 13 gangbanger, and a guy was with him who was illegal. He wasn't a target. They took him too. So the only way you need to worry about is if you're illegally and you keep your nose clean is if you're hanging out with the wrong people or living with the wrong people.
SPEAKER 07 :
Interesting. And I'm talking with Chris Harris. He is a retired Border Patrol agent. Is that right?
SPEAKER 14 :
Retired, yeah. I did 21 years in patrol and 26 years in federal law enforcement, 36 years in total law enforcement.
SPEAKER 07 :
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMonson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. So pleased to be talking with Chris Harris. He's a retired Border Patrol agent from the San Diego sector, and he'd been a union official. And Chris, before we get into some of my other questions regarding your wife and figuring this out, first of all, I know probably exactly where she was. She was wanting to do her faithful duty in helping these immigrants. And so many people have the heart for others because of our Christian faith or because just concern for others. But the minute you figure out that they've used your charity and they've not been honest with you, That is really frustrating. And I had a similar experience. I'd served on the board of Lutheran Family Services. And once you have that trust that has kind of that implicit trust that's been kind of stomped all over, it changes the relationship a bit.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I actually switched churches from one Lutheran branch to another because it had to do with COVID-19 more or less because they shut down when Governor Newsom told them to. And I try to remind them that I'm law enforcement. I believe in obeying the laws, but render unto God what belongs to God. Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar. Render unto God what belongs to God. And closing the church was not rendering unto God what belongs to God. But that's a side note. But I get what you're saying, and she was very disillusioned for a number of cases. And I really can't talk about it because I think she did an NDA. I know what happened, but she was disillusioned more than once to the point where she left. And she did. She wanted to help out and see what was going on. And, you know, these are poor people coming here, claiming asylum. And that wasn't always the case. And what they were doing with some of these young girls was reprehensible, who they were releasing them to. You know, we're missing a lot of kids in this country. Far, far more under this administration, Biden's administration, than they claimed under Trump. You know, 300,000 kids are missing. It's reprehensible and it's disgusting. And hopefully under this administration, they'll do a deep dive into what HHS and others were doing and the NGOs were doing with these kids. Because I truly believe some of them are very much involved with – in the government and in these NGOs with smuggling young men and women, mostly women, young girls. But that's a whole different story. Right, right. She was disillusioned from volunteering.
SPEAKER 07 :
And, yeah, I understand that. So next thing, are we seeing people self-deport because of these new policies of the Trump administration? Yes.
SPEAKER 14 :
I can't speak on that directly. I've heard some anecdotal stories that they are. I mean, there's even pictures of people getting on flights. Look, the president of Mexico, she's super socialist, and she caved very quick with Trump. Everybody's like, oh, he's raising tariffs. She caved very quickly. She's telling people in the U.S. that are Mexican citizens, come on back to Mexico. Okay, let's see what it takes her up on. She says, we're going to give you, you know, we're going to hook you up with housing. You can take care of the people you've got now, but God bless if you can, if people want to go back to their homeland. And again— If you take pride in your heritage, that's great. I get a little annoyed. Even my wife gets a little annoyed. She doesn't have a Mexican flag. She's naturalized. She's a U.S. citizen. You see people running around with Mexican flags. There's a country just south of us that you can actually be proud of flying that flag and go back. I'm not saying you have to, but if that's your big thing, go ahead. So Columbia, their socialist president is telling the Colombians in the U.S., come on back. She's saying, okay, let's see if people start taking them up on it, if it's worthwhile to them. If you're so proud of your country that you came from, by all means, they're inviting you back. I think a lot of them aren't going to because you get free stuff here. That might be cut back somewhat, but a lot of that's in the hands of the state. So New York and California is not going to cut that back. But if you get free stuff, why leave? And some do. But as far as the self-deportation, I've heard some stories that some people are – maybe they think it's better for me to go back voluntarily than be deported. But we'll have to wait and see how that plays out. But I have heard some stories that, yes, some people are saying, you know what? I'm going to go back. You saw people that come here from Mexico to work the fields, and they're not the only ones. It's not only Mexicans who work in the fields. I mean, they did a day of No Mexicans Monday again, and nothing happened. The country didn't come to a situation. Anybody from a third world nation generally will work hard in the field because it's better than from where they came. But there's still people that will come here for like six months, work the fields, and go back to their homes in Mexico. God bless. They're not on welfare. They're not on getting EBT or this or that or any kind of programs. So I have my hats off to them. They work hard. They make their money. They go back to Mexico. Again, God bless.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and we need to have a legal way to do that. Yes. A legal way to do that. Yeah, exactly. So let's go back to you had sent over this New York Post article, ICE raids target 100 trend Aragua gangbangers in Aurora months after the Colorado governor stated that they didn't exist. So that's pretty interesting.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, the council member out there in Aurora, and again, I mentioned before that one of our families is stationed out there. So, you know, we worry about his safety. He's actually in Aurora. So, you know, you have a council member out there, Danielle Jarenski. She must be feeling pretty darn vindicated because polls had basically said it's all in her imagination several months ago. I noticed the Denver mayor, Mike Johnson, is pretty quiet about this. And amazingly, most of the national media did not cover this story because they covered it earlier and like, oh, it doesn't exist. There's no real trend. There are people going crazy. It's right-wing conspiracy. Well, they did a raid last week where they hit like a homemade nightclub and they arrested dozens of them, including that pink cocaine and weapons and this stuff. And this time – I mean it was hardcore. They were using – DEA was using flashbangs to get some people in custody. So they exist. There's a lot of them in Aurora and Denver because they felt welcomed there by the elected officials. They go where they feel welcomed and where they feel they're going to be left alone to do their criminal activity. Now, understand this. All these groups – and I'm going back to the mafia and other groups. They generally start preying on their own people first. So the Italians didn't start going into WASP neighborhoods. They preyed on other Italians, the mafia. And most gangs do that. When the Russians came over in the late 70s and early 80s a lot, and then later on, little Odessa and Queens and New York City, they preyed on other Russians at first. So it's that local community that gets hurt the hardest at first. New York City, they did raids on Trendy Aragua and MS-13 and others because they've both been named terrorist organizations. There is video. You won't see it on mainstream media, but you'll see it on smaller sources. Locals were taking videos on their phone, and this was in a minority of people of color neighborhood. People were clapping and saying, you know, get these a-holes out of our neighborhood. They're raising their families there. They don't want pedophiles. They don't want drug dealers. They don't want gangbangers. They don't want people like that in their neighborhood. And it makes everybody safer. So the people that are defending these people, you have to wonder why. What's in it for you? Why are you actually defending criminals? Why do you not want them removed? And so you just have to ask yourself that question. If you see a politician absolutely going crazy because they're – or people like Selena Gomez that are going crazy, and all they're removing basically right now are criminals, why? What is the endgame for you? What are you getting out of it that you want to protect criminals and keep them in this country? And I think just decent-minded people, moderates, independents should be asking that question. Because up to several years ago when I was doing the union stuff, legislative political affairs, I meet with Democratic elected senators and congresspeople, and they all up to 2016 were like, we're good with deporting criminals, Chris. And somehow that flipped. And I don't get that, Kim. Why do you not want us to remove convicted criminals that are here already illegals? And I suggest people ask themselves that and ask why others are defending them. What is their game plan? Why do they want – California, my county, San Diego County, it went from a moderate to conservative board of supervisors to a very progressive one. They voted – I think it's like $6 million every few months. to provide money to illegals that are facing deportation that are criminals to defend them. Why are you doing that? Why would you defend? We're not talking about, oh, my gosh, they picked up Jose or maybe some Roma, some gypsy, and they're deporting them, and they've got a family. Oh, my gosh, they did nothing wrong. We're talking about hardening criminals. Why are we spending taxpayer money, and why are people so adamant to defend them and keep them from being removed? I don't get it. So you have to ask yourself those critical thinking. Use your critical thinking skills. Ask yourself these hard questions. Who and what and why are they trying to prevent bad guys, criminals, cartel, gangbangers, terrorists from being removed from our country?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and the Denver mayor, Mike Johnston, you mentioned him and you said he's been quiet. Initially, he had quite a bit of bravado regarding saying that he was going to stand against Trump and that he was going to get all of these well-educated liberal women at the border of Denver to prevent the Trump administration from deporting hardened criminals. And I've got to think the hardened criminals, probably one of the first targets that they'd like is those wealthy suburban women that were standing up for them. That'd probably be some of their first targets because there'd probably be some pretty good stuff to steal.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, that's true. I mean, we've seen a huge rise, including out here in San Diego and rich areas, La Jolla and other areas, of these either home invasions or burglaries. And a lot of these teams are from South America, and they rotate through. So by the time that the police and law enforcement get a bead on them, they've rotated back to South America. And some of it involves violence. They just popped to New York City. They were involved in breaking into a famous NFL player's mansion and stealing a bunch of stuff. So – and he had a term for the women out there in Denver that were from a certain area that were – it's kind of like the main line in Philadelphia. And I don't remember what the term is. And I wonder if they really – if all those women were on board with that. But at first he had to walk it back because he was basically saying they were going to stand up – like he was going to use the police and everything to stand up against federal agents. He had to walk that back. But now you've got the New Jersey governor saying crazy things. Now, he's terming it out. But first he said he was housing an illegal woman in a garage over, you know, at the governor's mansion. And his people had to walk that one back because Tom Holman said, well, I'm looking into it. And if he is, he'll be arrested. So they walked that back. Then he came out with another crazy thing the other day that he took his protective detail, which is New Jersey state troopers. He heard they were going to hit a raid – do a raid in some area. ISIS was going to do a raid, and they went there and parked and got out and stood there. Well, they never – the defense never showed up, so he goes, I don't know. We scared them off. So people are getting a little annoyed with that, going like, you're willing to put the Jersey State Police in a possible armed confrontation with federal agents? What is wrong with you? And again, Tom Holman said if he wants to do that and he actually does it, we'll arrest him. And so I believe Tom Holman means it when he says between the secretary at DHS and the attorney general at DOJ and the new U.S. attorneys that are being appointed, we will go after you, and we will arrest you, and we'll proffer charges for if you're impeding 8 U.S.C. 1324, which has to do with smuggling, harboring, and all that. So maybe Mike Johnson has been – maybe he has some advisors that have said, hey, dude, you've got to cool your jets because they actually mean business. And just because you're a mayor does not give you, you know, carbons to break federal law. And so maybe they're realizing, again, the new sheriff's in town and you can't do the normal old Biden will run top cover for us. That's not happening.
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Boy, this is fascinating. Hey, Chris, I've got more questions. I need to go to break. But I've got a few more things that I'd like to ask you. And all of this happens, again, because of our sponsors. And if you've been injured, you need to take prompt action. And one of the things you need to do is to call Bowes and Law.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens. Freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. I have on the line with me retired Border Patrol agent from the San Diego sector, and that's Chris Harris. And a lot of things coming in on the text line 720-605-0647. Chris, you mentioned this New Jersey governor. Phil Murphy. And I had seen this headline that he said that he was going to step up to the plate, walk his, you know, walk his talk and would house an illegal immigrant in the apparently apartment above the garage. And I did not realize that he had walked that back. And I thought, well, at least good for him. He's walking his talk, but maybe not so much, huh?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, so he didn't actually do it. His people did. You know, his handlers, his people walked it back. Oh, that's not what he said. She's just – she's like a green card. But, you know, nobody stayed here. So it was just – they realized, like, oh, you overstepped. And Tom Holman said you're on his radar, and he's going to have people look into it. And if you did that, they're going to come for you. So his people walked it back. And then on another – left this talk show he he said oh yeah we we went down to this this neighborhood and we parked and we got out and stood on the corner and my protective detail and i because we heard ice was going to do a raid and i watched the video clip i'm not just saying it secondhand And so he can get away with that because, one, people can tell stories, you know, corn pop. So, you know, my uncle was eaten by cannibals. So, you know, you could be a storyteller, especially as a politician. So there's nothing really criminal about that. And he actually didn't do it. He goes, well, they didn't show up, so we don't know if we scared them off or whatever. Or it was just a figment of your imagination. Or you heard a rumor, you went there, and ICE was never even going to go to that neighborhood. So there's nothing really criminal about that. So that one he gets a pass on. But if he wants to sit there and say, again, these housing illegals in the governor's mansion, yeah, they'll pay him a visit. So you get these politicians, these elected officials. They're used to saying what they want. This administration, Tom Holman has made it very clear. And, again, the good thing is he's working well with the new attorney general, the secretary of DHS, DOD. All of them are working on the same page. So there's a lot of synergistic energy going on there where when Tom says we'll look into you, that means they'll look into you. And if you're breaking the law, you're not going to get a pass this time. You're not going to get top cover as under the previous administration. We will enforce the law and don't care if you're a mayor or governor, we will arrest you. If you're impeding us – so there's one thing, Kim. I just want to clear that. Nobody can force local law enforcement, state law enforcement to enforce immigration law. That's the purview of the U.S. government. There are some programs we can cross-designate you, but what you can't do – you don't have to help. You can be neutral. We're just not going to help you, but you can't impede. So if you're going to impede or obstruct federal agents in the performance of duty, there's a thing called supremacy in federal law. And I'm a big state rights fan, but on certain things – uh federal law has supremacy so so i mean like california can't say we're kicking all border patrol agents out of california because we passed the state law uh or we're disarming them the border patrol agents be on the board but they can't carry weapons the federal government comes and you can't do that too bad so sad so you can't impede or obstruct or violate federal law uh and if they want to cross that that rubicon cross that bridge then then This administration is going to come down on you, and I'm waiting for somebody to go too far, and I think now he's backed off a little bit, but the Denver mayor or the mayor of Chicago or a few other places. I think this administration will gladly – Tom Holmes said, you want to get arrested? We'll oblige you. We have a cell for you. So I think a lot of them are going to try to go to the edge, to the line, and run their mouth for their constituency or what they perceive as a constituency, which is funny because polls have said even Democrats agree with deporting certain people. But so they have to run their mouth. But if they cross that line and actually start doing things, I truly believe people are going to get arrested no matter who they are. I will point out that ICE, I just want to throw this in, ICE under Biden was doing a little bit over 300 arrests a day. They're now over 1,000. So that's a triple-fold increase. So, yay.
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Okay. We have a listener that asks if they know of somebody that's here illegally. Is there a hotline to report anything?
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, there is. Let me see if I can find that right quick. Sure. Do you want me to give you the number?
SPEAKER 19 :
Sure.
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So it's 1-866-347-2423. That's 866-347-2423. And that's for ICE HSI. That's Homeland Security Investigations tip line. So you can report an immigration violation. Now, here's what I would like to say to your listeners and all that. Please don't misuse this. Don't because I don't like my neighbor and his name is Jose or he's from, you know, an Eastern European country or whatever. And I don't like him. You know, if you really believe that there's like there's a load house next to you, they're smuggling, there's human trafficking. They're criminals that are illegal. Please, by all means, call. Please, by all means, call. You know, people do. I was a police officer. People give us tips, and we very much appreciate it. Neighborhood watches, things like that. You just don't want to be misused. You know, the COVID-19 drop a dime on your neighbor hotline was great. I think, you know, disgustingly misused by people that didn't like their neighbors or had their own political agenda. Let's be righteous. Let's be decent people because we can enforce our laws in this country, be they immigration laws, be they national security laws, be they just criminal laws. We're a good country. We can do it humanely and justly. So use this number if you truly believe there's some nefarious activity that has to do with immigration violations going on around you. Please, please call. Let's be above what maybe the left did and not misuse it. Not saying we would, but let's do it righteously.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. 866-347-2423. Chris Harris, there have been reports that George Soros has purchased a whole bunch of radio stations and that there was a Spanish station that had alerted regarding a raid. Have you heard of that?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I do know that that's happened before. I mean that's been going on for years where these activist groups or certain media outlets, if they find out through their own tips that ICE or CBP or whatever is going to do a raid, they're going to let everybody know. I mean I can remember us doing a targeted raid in San Diego. I was part of it. I was in a MARC unit. I was supposed to – I had certain weapons with me in case things went bad, plainclothes agents were doing a raid. And, yeah, they have a network, and it involves media and activists where if they suspect that there's going to be a raid, they're making phone calls. They're letting people know. They're broadcasting it. It happens. There's a fine line between First Amendment and other things. Look, they were going to hit Chicago right after the president was elected with raids. and I hate calling them raids, but you know, targeted enforcement, they canceled it because somebody ran their mouth. I don't know what an ice or somebody overheard something. Um, so they canceled it because they, you just don't, when I was doing narcotics as a detective in New York, you don't want the bad guys to know you're coming. That's how people cops get killed. So it happens. Uh, allowed for George Soros to buy a substantial amount of, allegedly a substantial amount of radio stations. I have a feeling they'll be looking into that, the legality of it, or if it violated rules and regulations of the FCC. But yeah, no doubt that – look, Chicago, they sent a bunch of teams out the other day, and they ended up only with two people because Chicago, from the elected officials at the city level, the state level, to the media, to the schools, they are schooling these people. Don't answer your doors. Don't talk to them. It's just – You have your constitutional rights. I get that. I'm a big supporter of that. But they're really walking the line, too, of telling people how to get away with breaking the law. And that's what it's about.
SPEAKER 07 :
Chris Harris, this has been absolutely fascinating. The text line people are asking for that number, 866-347-2423. And to your point, be judicious on this. If you know there's nefarious activities going on, certainly give a call on that. Chris Harris, fascinating. I so greatly appreciate the conversation.
SPEAKER 14 :
Kim, thank you, as always, for having me on, and I look forward to talking to you and your listeners again. God bless.
SPEAKER 07 :
God bless you as well. And our quote for the end of the show is from Herodotus, and he said this, Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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Listen as Mike unpacks the Democrats' reaction to Elon Musk's efforts to streamline government spending and their concerns over transparency. We'll explore the complexities of customer service outsourcing, with advice on navigating thick accents that often frustrate American callers. Plus, learn about the exciting Patriots Alaska cruise and other intriguing topics in a show filled with humor and critical analysis.
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The Mike Gallagher Show.
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Are you supportive of these onesies? I'm supportive of vaccines. Are you supportive of this clothing, which is militantly anti-vaccine?
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I am supportive of vaccines. I want good science, and I want to protect vaccines.
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But you will not tell the organization you founded not to continue selling that product.
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In the relieffactor.com studios, here's Mike Gallagher.
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Are you supportive of the onesies? We want to know about the onesies. Those are today's Democrat leaders. Those are the shining stars of the Democrat Party. Did you hear them yesterday outside the Treasury Department? They're freaking out because Trump is demanding accountability for government spending. What a crazy idea. What a wild, wacky, bonkers thing that is. We want to know where taxpayer money is going. And if USAID is a giant slush fund for far-left activist progressive initiatives, well, the president has a right to know and determine whether we continue to spend billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars. So the president... has Elon Musk and his team of young whiz kids getting to the bottom of it. And the Democrats are melting down in a way that, frankly, I don't know that I've ever seen ever. It's just... I mean, I don't even know where to, it's like, look, I'm pretty good at this. I don't even know where to start. I've got stacks of papers here in front of me and computers and stories. I mean, how about the exchange he had with a reporter at the White House yesterday with a heavy accent? You've got to hear this exchange. I think she's from Afghanistan, if I'm not mistaken, and she's got a very thick accent. Now, I can relate to this. I swear, I think I'm Trump's doppelganger. He loves Diet Cokes. I love Diet Cokes. He loves Big Macs and McDonald's. I love Big Macs and McDonald's. He has trouble with people who have heavy accents. I have trouble with people who have heavy accents. When I call a customer service number and they answer the phone with a thick accent, I know I'm in big trouble, big trouble, because I'm not going to understand them. I have a hard time understanding British accents. If the British accent, I tried to suffer through Downton Abbey. I didn't understand what anybody was saying. I mean, I don't even understand any of it. Game of Thrones, if they've got a thick British accent, I don't have a clue. I'm out. I have no idea. I can't. I just have a glitch. Well, I think Trump has the same challenge. So a reporter stands up yesterday and asks him a question, and President Trump couldn't understand her. This is how that went.
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Go ahead. I have a little hard time understanding you. Where are you from?
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No. Actually, it's a beautiful voice and a beautiful accent. The only problem is I can't understand a word you're saying. But I just say this. Good luck. Live in peace.
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I can't understand a word you're saying, but I say this. Good luck and live in peace. Now, you know we've got to get T-shirts made that say good luck and live in peace. That's going to be the mantra for the rest of my life. Good luck and live in peace. I can't understand. I'm going to say that. When I call Verizon tomorrow and I get a, hello, welcome to Verizon, may I help you? I can't understand a word you're saying, but good luck and live in peace. I had a conversation the other day with a woman at American Express. I picked out about every fifth word she said. No idea. Which always makes me wonder, if you're in the customer service business, and you're in America, and you have to deal with English-speaking Americans, why do you have somebody whose job it is to take their phone call and their accent is so thick that you can't understand them anyway? It makes no sense. Good luck and live in peace. You understand? Do you understand? that we will never see the likes of this guy again in our lifetime. We are never going to see another Donald Trump. Tracy just pointed out that Melania has a very thick accent. She does indeed. And I admit, as beautiful as she is, I have a hard time understanding Melania. Now, Melania probably shouldn't be in a customer service position. I doubt that she ever will. I don't think she's ever going to have to go out and work for, you know, the phone company or the cable company answering phones. I think Melania is pretty well set for life. But heaven forbid if she was the Verizon representative or the Pure Talk. And Pure Talk, look, we don't have that problem with Pure Talk. Pure Talk is astounding. U.S.-based customer service team, all the times I've dealt with Pure Talk and called Pure Talk, never had a problem, ever, once, understanding any of them. Because they are rock-ribbed Americans. They're Americans. Grab your phone, dial pound 250, and when prompted, say the keyword Mike Gallagher, and you'll get that great Pure Talk offer. $45 a month, unlimited talk, unlimited text, plenty of data, and a mobile hotspot, $45 a month. And when you push pound 250, and you're prompted by the voice to say, what's the keyword, and you say the keyword Mike Gallagher, you will reach an American at Pure Talk. They are based in the U.S. They are not in Mumbai. They are not over in Portugal. And I know it's got to be me. Part of my problem is, like, I can't do accents either. I can't imitate. I can't do accents. I've got a previous life. I don't know if I'll ever act again. Maybe someday I'll get to. But I love theater and I love performing. And I've played a lot of roles over the years. And once in a while I was required to have an accent. When I was Mr. Bumble in Oliver, which was this great role. You know, Mr. Bumble, the mean taskmaster of the orphanage. And I had to have an English accent. Well, I can't do it. And Cheryl Denson, bless her heart, the director, she'd say, Mike, can you please give me a better accent? And I don't know how to do it. I mean, I remember when I was a little kid, I was in Oliver. Please, sir, I want some more. You know, I just know you say more, more. Oliver, Oliver, never before has a boy wanted more. I mean, isn't that awful? I can't do it. I don't know how to do an English accent. Joe's in Pittsburgh. Joe, do you have trouble with accents, too?
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, Mike, yes, I do. I call my insurance company, and I get somebody that doesn't speak a word of English. Well, they do, but... But you can't understand them. What you got to do... What you got to do is always yell out, I want somebody on shore, and then they'll put me on hold, and then I get somebody in the United States. But if I'm calling from the United States, why don't I get somebody in the United States? I know.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, we know why.
SPEAKER 18 :
There ought to be a law.
SPEAKER 04 :
There's a big problem. It's all the outsourcing of jobs. It's cheaper to hire somebody, a phone center, a call center in Mumbai than it is in Pittsburgh. That's the problem. But then... But then you've got to ask for somebody on shore, and then you get somebody. So do you say... Because you've got to take the next step. So you say that? You say, I want to talk to somebody on shore?
SPEAKER 18 :
On shore, yeah. Especially like with Aetna Insurance. Right. I've called them because I'm recently retired.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right.
SPEAKER 18 :
And I just tell the lady or whoever answers, I want somebody on shore, and the next thing I know, I'm connected with some lady in Kentucky.
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So they will transfer you to somebody in the United States? They... They have to. Look, my luck, I'll say I want somebody on shore, and they're going to send me to the shore of Paris or France or something. They're going to send me to Uruguay. I'll get somebody worse. I mean, it's the craziest thing, Joe. I'm with you. I just don't get it. And when Trump said that yesterday, I thought that was perfection. Now, look, you don't need to worry about a foreign language when you go to Alaska. And the Patriots Alaska cruise is selling out fast. Larry Elder and I, along with Joe Piscopo and Jennifer Horn, will be your hosts for the Seven Days of Majesty aboard the Eurodam, which is one of Holland America's finest ships. There is just nothing like it. You've got to see Alaska. And even if you've been, you've got to go back. Whale watching, the bald eagles, the majesty of the fjords and the glaciers. And then we're going to have a bunch of events on the ship. That's what's so fun. In addition to all the sightseeing of Alaska, when you're on the ship, We're going to get together at the Beautiful World stage. We're going to have town hall style events. We'll have performances. I think Joe Piscopo and I are going to sing a little bit duet. We're going to have a ball. So, look, again, when they're gone, they're gone. There's a limited amount of staterooms available, and I think it's about $300 to plop down a deposit to hold your stateroom. It's going to take place August 16th through the 23rd. We set sail out of Seattle, and then seven days. Ketchikan, all the great Great spots for one of the most beautiful summer vacations you'll ever take. Go to TravelWithSalem.com to get all the information online. TravelWithSalem.com. That's TravelWithSalem.com. Or just text the keyword Alaska to 800-655-MIKE. Text Alaska to our MyPillow text line, 800-655-6453. And we'll send you back the link where you can learn all about the second annual Patriots Alaska cruise. Coming up... If you miss the Democrat mass psychotic breakdown outside the Treasury Department, all simply because Trump wants some accountability over the spending for agencies like USAID, well, get ready for the Democrats' hysterical reaction coming up next.
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He's the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor Studios, here's Mike Gellinan.
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Pay attention to the people complaining about Elon Musk because anyone complaining about Elon Musk is the problem. Make no mistake about it. You better be aware of the Democrats' meltdown over this brilliant guy who has been just viciously attacked by Democrats. They hate what this guy is achieving. And he's achieving transparency and accountability, and the Democrats loathe that. They want to operate in the shadows. They want to spend your money any way they see fit. My gosh, two and a half weeks in, and the rocket ship continues to soar. Trump is shaking things up domestically. I mean, I don't know where to start. Gaza? He wants us to take over Gaza? Now, I'm sure it's a strategy that he's got that's part of a bigger picture. One theory a friend of mine advanced is that Trump wants everybody to be distracted by the shiny object. Oh, look at Gaza over here. Look at Gaza over here. And then he's going to actually take over the Panama Canal, and we're actually going to take over Greenland. But look at this meltdown yesterday. I was absolutely flabbergasted, and then I had to get great joy in watching Schumer and Maxine and Jasmine Crockett and these no-name, some of them were no-name radical leftist Democrat congresspeople just freaking out over Elon Musk. What are you freaking? And I also appreciate what somebody put on social media last night. The big Democrat mantra is, nobody voted for Elon Musk. Oh, yeah, we did. Yeah, we did. We voted for President Trump, who's smart enough to put brilliant people like Elon Musk and his team of whiz kids on the case of saving the American taxpayer tons of money. a more efficiently run government, a government that is not sending taxpayer dollars overseas to fund Sesame Street for Iraq. And the Democrats are melting down because they are knee-deep in the corruption of it all. Last night, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared with Jesse Watters on Fox News Channel. And it was a really important exchange because Kevin McCarthy perfectly describes Elon Musk. And Jesse and Kevin McCarthy talked about why the Democrats are in hysterics over Elon Musk.
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Check this out. So they're saying Musk is unelected. He has all these powers that were not given to him by the American people. We're going to hear that a lot. What's Trump going to say about that?
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You've got to ask AOC, what does she drive? She bought a Tesla. She drives a Tesla. I'm sorry, Elon Musk is the Thomas Edison, Michelangelo of today. The man is brilliant. And you may not have elected him, but this is what Kennedy actually told us. Don't ask what you get from your country, ask what you could do for your country. These young individuals, volunteering, sleeping on the cot because they could be making millions of dollars, but they're willing to use their brainpower, the technology to who? To represent the hardworking taxpayer and speak for your money for once where you actually have a say in this.
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What a crazy idea. that there's accountability so that do you realize this meltdown, this mass hysteria, it was as if the bus from the mental institution was on a field trip and patients got off the bus and went over to a podium and started screaming into a microphone. Led by people like Chuck Schumer. Is there anybody more cringeworthy than this nerdy, Awkward, goofy guy. This is one of the heads of the Democrat Party. This is their leadership today. Listen to what he sounded like yesterday. I'm going to stand with you in this fight and we will win.
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We will win. We will win. We will win. We will win. We will win. We won't rest. We won't rest. We won't rest. We won't rest. Thank you, everybody.
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If you're watching on Salem News Channel, there was Schumer awkwardly grabbing Auntie Maxine's hand. They're flailing their arms about. Then the guy next to her is the guy with the cane. Who is that guy? He always wields that cane around like it's a weapon. Like it's got a big gold handle on the cane. It looks like he's getting ready to attack Schumer. I was afraid for a minute he was going to start hitting Schumer over the head with the cane. But he's really just waving the cane. It really is like a gathering of mental patients. And all over what? Over what? Accountability? Maybe we shouldn't send taxpayer money over to a gender studies diversity program in Portugal. That's our money. How about taking care of North Carolina? Think about all that anger. And it was off the charts. I sat there on the couch yesterday watching this thinking, seriously? Seriously? From Jamie Raskin to AOC to Pocahontas to anti-Maxine, they're like a bunch of nuts and screwballs screaming because they've got nothing left. What are they going to do? We won't rest? Okay, well then stay up night, Schumer, and stare at the ceiling. Because Trump is your president and Republicans are in control. And all you can do is scream. That's all you've got left. What else are they going to do? What else are they going to scream? And honestly, I asked you this yesterday. I'll ask you again. Don't Democrats want fiscal responsibility? Don't Democrats expect government efficiency? Don't they think government is too big and bloated? Well, of course they don't think that. They want a big, bloated, corrupt system where you and I are forced to pay for abortions, are forced to pay for... are forced to pay for Sesame Street in foreign countries. You saw the list. We talked about it yesterday. It's a bunch of garbage. And they're freaking out. Because Trump is getting to the bottom of all of it. And they don't know what to do. And I'm here for it. I'm telling you, we'll never experience a time like this. Two and a half weeks of a breathtaking whirlwind experience thanks to the will of the American people. We beat them. Never forget that. They lost. And just like they were awful winners, they're really sore losers. Our number is 800-655-MIKE, 14 past the hour, in the Relief Factor studios for a Wednesday. Feel free to join us. One phone number does it all. Call or text 800-655-6453. We've got to unpack business. gaza we got to unpack what the fbi is freaking out about because heaven forbid anybody knows what they were up to in their attempt to destroy your ability to vote for donald trump we're on we're in a ride here we're on a ride and i couldn't be happier how about you let's find out 800-655-6453 hope you join us
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The Mike Gallagher Show. If Doge attacks USAID today, then you can be sure they'll move on to another target tomorrow. Who knows? Maybe it'll be the Postal Service or the IRS. They could be next.
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In the relieffactor.com studios, here's Mike.
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This is our country. This is not Elon Musk's country. This is not Trump's country. This is our country. We deserve to have decent jobs. We deserve to have the respect. We deserve to be treated in a way that all Americans should be treated. And so let me just tell you now. I have Elon Musk's major office in my district. He won't even meet with the local elected officials. He said he was going to tunnel under from his office all the way to the airport so he didn't have to be among the measly people on the ground to get to the airport. He is a low-down president. 30, no good person along with Trump that cannot be trusted, and we must not be afraid of them. Again, when the people fight, we win. When the people fight, we win.
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And the guy with the golden cane, he keeps waving it. I'm telling you, it's all fun and games until you poke Auntie Maxine's eye out with that cane. You're going to hit her in the head. Her wig's going to pop off. Be careful with that cane. You can't swing that thing around. Who is that guy? He's from Houston, right? I forget the guy's name. He's another character. He's always got that cane with the big gold handle. It looks like a character from Scarface. Here's a text from Illinois. If she doesn't sound like Aunt Esther from Sanford and Son, nobody does. I swear I thought she was going to start calling Elon Fred. Fred! Fred Sanford! I mean, the reference, the comedy writes itself. You know, hey, you want to know why he's in a tunnel? Because you told people to get in his face before. Remember that? Crazy Auntie Maxine? Remember when you were screeching before, you've got to get in their faces! You've got to go to the gas stations! And you've got to go to the grocery store! Get in Trump supporters' faces! You know, you were inciting violence against Trump supporters? Because that's how you roll, Auntie Maxine? Well, so no wonder Musk doesn't want to be among the people, because he's afraid the people... I'm going to get in his face. Then again, he has an army of bodyguards and security because of people like you. Look, I'm not kidding you. Watching these scenes is hilarious. One of my favorite movies of all time is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. And it impacted me greatly when I first saw it years ago. I haven't watched it in a long time, but it's a wonderful movie. And it instills a degree of empathy and respect and compassion for the mentally ill. It's got great good guys and bad guys. Nurse Ratched, of course, was the villain brilliantly played by the late Louise Fletcher. Nicholson, of course, was the protagonist and the hero and the star. This is what this is like. Remember when they had the scene? If you remember One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest where they all, like, the Jack Nicholson character got them all to kind of revolt and stand up on the chairs and, like, revolt against Nurse Ratched. That's what this is like. The Democrats are mental pain. They've been broken. We won. It's the golden era. And Trump, whether he's talking about taking over Gaza, you know, I don't know what this is about exactly. I'm not thrilled at the idea of troops in Gaza. On the other hand, look at how Trump got Canada and Mexico to cave just this week. Canada and Mexico, they're giving Trump exactly what he wanted from them. A beefed up presence, thousands of more troops on their side of the border. Trudeau's going to install a fentanyl czar to try to stop fentanyl from pouring across our northern border. And again, we're seeing a whirlwind of spectacular, epic moves from the 47th president of the United States. And my gosh, there is going to be Such a benefit to the American people. The Democrats complaining about Elon Musk and they're doxing the young kids who are volunteering their time and sleeping on cots in the office to try to root out. wasteful spending because Trump wants to be a steward of our money. He doesn't believe in funding for Sesame Street in Iraq. He doesn't believe in funding terrorists. USAID is a mess. It's an absolute mess. And the Democrats are protecting it. The Democrats want to protect it. They want the corruption. They want the big bloated government. So if you're in doubt about what side you're on and you agree with me, you're on the right side. When Democrats are marching around supporting Hamas and you recognize what despicable anti-Semites many of them are, you're on the right side when you push back against that kind of evil. You know what's evil as it applies to the Democrats' opposition to Elon Musk and whittling away all the wasteful spending? If the Democrats had been that angry about the way North Carolinians were abandoned after the hurricane, if they'd have been that enraged that people in North Carolina are still sleeping in tents, they lost everything and they can't get any... They can't get any relief. This is our country. This happened in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia. Horrible storms and catastrophes that left people without anything. But the Democrats aren't mad about that. They're mad about withdrawing funding from Sesame Street in Iraq. That's what they're mad about. That's what they're angry about. Wow. 800-655-MIKE. Let me take some phone calls. Because this is what a time to be alive. And every single day, it feels like waking up to Christmas morning. And as a talk show host, it's hard to keep up with it all. It really is. You've got to be feeling the same way. And look, I'm a realist. Not all of it's going to be great. I don't know about a lot of these ideas. I mean, here was Trump's announcement about Gaza. The thought of our troops in Gaza kind of makes my teeth ache. But then again, Trump knows what he's doing, and there could be an awful lot behind this. For example, I got an email from Steve who said the real reason for the Gaza takeover A new canal through Gaza creates massive wealth for us and Israel. It competes with the Suez Canal. You can be sure there's a lot more to this than what he announced, but here's what he said yesterday with Bibi Netanyahu.
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The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative. It's right now a demolition site. This is just a demolition site. Virtually every building is down. They're living under fallen concrete that's very dangerous and very precarious. They instead can occupy all of a beautiful area with homes and safety, and they can live out their lives in peace and harmony instead of having to go back and do it again. The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area. Do a real job. Do something different. Just can't go back. If you go back, it's going to end up the same way it has for 100 years.
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Mike Allen over at Axios writes that this is a collision of three private Trump views that he holds. Number one, he believes that a big peace deal with the Saudis at the center of it is doable, is possible. Number two, he is genuinely moved by the scope of the destruction of Gaza and the loss of life. We all acknowledge there's been terrible destruction and devastation in Gaza. And incidentally, it's going to take many, many decades to even begin to rebuild Gaza. And finally, along with his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Trump sees this as authentic prime real estate. Waterfront property. that could draft off all the power and the money that flows through the Middle East. So again, the Daily Beast this morning, oh, Trump advances a bonkers plan. They think everything he's doing is bonkers. Getting rid of the Department of Education. Pulling out of USAID and letting them have that independent autonomy, and they're funneling all kinds of money to radical left-wing causes. Again, the example you hear over and over is Sesame Street in Iraq. But it's a perfect example of how the preposterousness of how USAID has been functioning. Open Secrets, they did a deep dive of political contributions. 97% of political contributions from USAID workers and employees went to Biden and the Democrats.
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97%.
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It's a leftist organization. And they do some good. There's no question. They get food to people. They also help line the pockets of billionaire terrorist supporters. And don't even get started on Wuhan and gain-of-function research. And Trump is going to ferret that out. He's going to weed it out. And speaking of, when Trump dropped this bombshell about taking over Gaza, even Bibi looked surprised. Netanyahu is looking at him like, wow, well, this is I didn't expect this. Didn't have this on my bingo card today when I came to the White House to be the first foreign leader hosted by Donald Trump in his second presidency. A fact that did not go unnoticed by the prime minister of Israel.
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This is a testament to your friendship and support for the Jewish state and the Jewish people. I've said this before. I'll say it again. You are the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House. That's why the people of Israel have such enormous respect for you.
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Wow. Wow. Incidentally, we're putting together the finishing touches on a potential trip to the Holy Land, to Israel, this fall. So you keep it right here on the Mike Gallagher Show for details about your opportunity. It's going to be a very limited opportunity, just about 100 people. But it looks like we're planning to go in October. And that will be following our big Patriots Alaska cruise in August. We've got two very different trips planned for you. But be thinking about that. Keep that on your radar. Thanks, Tracy, that Democrat with the cane, with the gold, big gold handle, Al Green, the 9th District of Texas. Yeah, he's a piece of work. 800-655-MIKE. More coming up.
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He's the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor studios, here's Mike Deller.
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I hope you've got the popcorn out because we've witnessed two and a half weeks of the most epic half a month that this country has ever seen. The beginning of the 47th. President of the United States Administration. And yesterday was epic. Yesterday was off the charts. All these Democrats are freaking out about Trump expecting accountability and government efficiency. Now, you thought you were in a good mood, but there's a guy named Al Green from Texas. who's about to ruin your day. I'm about to share an announcement. We've got a big breaking news story. You know, when crazy Auntie Maxine was screeching from the podium yesterday outside the Treasury Department because the Democrats are furious that Elon Musk and his team are successfully identifying government waste and taxpayer-supported fraud, and monies that are being diverted to crazy leftist radical causes. And the Democrats are melting down. If you're watching on Salem News Channel, you'll see a guy with a big cane. He's got a big gold handle on the cane. He's like a character right out of a movie. And he's waving that cane around as crazy Auntie Maxine and goofy Chuck Schumer are giving their speeches. And I was worried about the cane because I was afraid he was going to hit Maxine Waters in the head with the cane. Then we've got a problem. The wig's going to come off. She's going to go down. We don't need that. We already had Nancy Pelosi fall down some steps and break her hip. You've got to see this guy with the cane. And the guy with the cane is making news today. So brace yourself because you're about to hear a story about Congressman Al Green. First, let's check out... how well the Democrats, led by the likes of Congresswoman Maxine Waters, are coping with the Trump administration. This is our country.
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This is not Elon Musk's country. This is not Trump's country. This is our country. We deserve to have decent jobs. We deserve to have the respect. We deserve to be treated in a way that all Americans should be treated. And so let me just tell you now. I have Elon Musk's major office in my district. He won't even meet with the local elected officials. He said he was going to tunnel under from his office all the way to the airport so he didn't have to be among the measly people on the ground to get to the airport. He is a low-down businessman. dirty no good person along with trump that cannot be trusted and we must not be afraid of them again when the people fight we win when the people fight he's a no good dirty nothing for nothing rusher rusher rusher
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I mean, this is common. You know, I bounce around with my opinion of these Democrats. On the one hand, you just think they're just dumb as dirt, right? AOC claiming that Elon Musk isn't very intelligent. I mean, from her. So you go from, all right, they're dumber than a bag of hair. Then you think, no, no, they're diabolical. Some of them are almost demonic. I mean, that Ayanna Pressley. She was inciting violence yesterday along with Jasmine Crockett and Jamie Raskin. Then you think they're really diabolical. They're demonic. But then you just realize they're funny. It's comedy gold. Chuck Schumer. is the most awkward politician, I think, in the history of the country. Remember when he posed for a picture? He was trying to pretend that he was grilling cheeseburgers out on the back patio, and he had a piece of cheese on top of a frozen patty of beef. Everybody knows that's not how you do it, so he was obviously posing for pictures. That's comedy. Pete Buttigieg gets driven in a limousine to his office as Department of Transportation secretary, and a couple blocks away from his office, he gets out of the car, takes a bike out of the trunk, gets on the bike and pedals the last block or two so that people can see him on a bike. These are comedy. These are comic geniuses. Here's some more comedy. Let's check in with Chuck Schumer.
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I'm going to stand with you in this fight and we will win.
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We will win.
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We will win. We will win. We will win. We will win. We will win. We won't rest. We won't rest. We won't rest. We won't rest.
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Thank you, everybody. That's funny. That's just comedy, right? Now, again, the guy with the cane, he's waving that cane around like nobody's business. And I truly was, I thought, please do not hit Schumer in the face. Glasses are going to pop off. Maxine Waters' head's going to bleed. You can't hit them with that cane. But he wields that cane everywhere he goes. His name is Congressman Al Green. Moments ago, in the well of the House of Representatives, he made a major announcement with cane in hand. Now, if you're just listening on the radio, you've got to visualize this. He's got the cane in his right hand. with the big, huge gold, you know, handle. And he has an announcement to make. He wants the world to know this time when it comes to Donald Trump, Texas's pride and joy, Congressman Al Green, well, he means business.
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And still I rise, Mr. Speaker. And I rise today, Mr. Speaker, with a to whom it may concern message. To whom it may concern, ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not a joke, especially when it emanates from the President of the United States, the most powerful person in the world. when he has the ability to perfect what he says. Ethnic cleansing in Gaza is no joke, and the Prime Minister of Israel should be ashamed, knowing the history of his people, to stand there and allow such things to be said. Ethnic cleansing has been a crime against humanity. And I stand here today in the well to denounce what was said, to denounce what the President said, to denounce the complicity of the Prime Minister of Israel, and to remind people that Dr. King was right. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. And injustice in Gaza is a threat to justice in the United States of America. I rise to announce that the movement to impeach the president has begun. I rise to announce that I will bring articles of impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done. I also rise to say that the impeachment movement is going to be a grass-up movement, not a top-down. The people have got to move forward. The people have to demand it. And when the people demand it, it will be done. I did it before. I laid the foundation for impeachment. And it was done. Nobody knows more about it than I. And I know that it's time for us to lay the foundation again. On some issues, it is better to stand alone than not stand at all. On this issue, I stand alone, but I stand for justice. I yield back the balance of my time. The gentleman yields back.
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The pride of Houston, Texas, Congressman Al Green, cane in hand. He rose. He rose. I rise with my cane alone. I stand alone. Now, look, you've got to give him credit. Got to give the Democrats credit. Last time Trump was inaugurated, I mean, they were ready to impeach him the day he was inaugurated. Remember the famous Washington Post headline? On inauguration day, the impeachment of Trump begins. So at least they waited a couple weeks this time. Only two and a half weeks. And that man, who so brilliantly... brilliantly expressed how this will be a grass-up movement, okay? Because he knows everything there is to know about impeachment. Because it went so well the first two times, right, Al? My gosh. See what I mean? You can't get mad at that. Why get aggravated? This is comedy gold. Welcome into the Mike Gallagher Show Wednesday. I rise up. I rise up. I rise up. I want this to be a grass up movement. I rise in the grass and I'm up. And we're ready to go with you at 800-655-MIKE. I got a caller, poor Peggy, in Chicago, who agrees with crazy Auntie Maxine and goofy Al Green. Should we take her? I can't get in a better mood. I don't know if I can stand it. Well, I'll have to think about it. Stick around. Also, we'll tell you about the big trip to Alaska with Joel James, who's got answers to any of your questions about our big Patriots Alaska cruise. Welcome aboard. We're having some fun now.
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mike gallagher every day mike visits with mark davis morning host on 6 60 a.m the answer in dallas here's today's eminem experience 13 year old mike gallagher bopping around doing some shambhala by three dog night many huh love me some three dog sounds like an adam sandler word chalamet shambhala cory wells of three dog night would have been 84 today passed away back in 15 i saw them a couple of times back i think Underappreciated. Eli's coming. Mama told me not to come. Shambhala. Black and white.
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Joy to the world, right? Hello. Jeremiah was a bull, bro. Hello. Here's what amazes me about you. Can I tell the world what I find amazing about Mark Davis? This is not going to go well for me, but okay. You come into work like everything's normal. Like you do a talk show. I am sitting on my couch in my bathrobe on a Tuesday night with my mouth hanging open watching Trump and Netanyahu and hearing about Gaza and watching the Democrats implode outside the Treasury Department. We're not getting packages from China anymore. I mean, it's like everything. I am stunned at the last two and a half weeks. And you come in and you say, oh, it's Three Dog Night's birthday. Hi, everybody. I am no less so.
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I am, A, I am no less so. I am Mike, and Mike is me. I completely share just your level of eye-popping amazement. Overwhelmed. It might be a coping device. It might be a coping device for me where the world is spinning out of its orbit with amazing things happening. But, hey, how about that Luca trade? I need some things just to get focused on.
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Oh, it's great. I know. Because you really, you talk about the fire hose of trying to drink from the fire hose. I mean, where do you want to start today? First of all, did you see these lunatic Democrats having a complete mental breakdown outside the Treasury Department? Over Doge.
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Over just the notion of controlling government spending. And they're going insane.
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They're going nuts over what? Oh, we want answers about where the money went? This is what they're going crazy over? If we'd have seen that kind of meltdown over why people in North Carolina were abandoned after a hurricane, those people wouldn't be living in tents today. I mean, they've gone out of... How about the FBI? This fascinates me, Mark. How about how about FBI agents now suing to prevent their identity from being revealed over trying to destroy Trump? Do you know how many FBI agents, how many thousands were were tasked with destroying Trump's chance to be president again?
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They're finding them and they're reaching a conclusion that says, you know, maybe moving forward, these are not our best agents.
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Well, not only that, maybe moving forward, somebody's got to go to jail. Maybe some of these guys need to wind up either in the rubber room. I want to get Matt Vespa, because I was reading about this today over at Town Hall where he's saying, he writes, look, the panic is proof positive that they know they were wrong. Of course. You know, I mean, what they say, 5,000 agents were assigned to rounding up people from January 6th. Yeah. They've only got like 30,000 agents total. Priority check. Hello. I mean, here's what Matt Vesper writes. Some FBI agents are suing the Justice Department to try to block DOJ from compiling a list of agents who worked on the anti-Trump cases that have engulfed the Bureau for years. Now, such as Matt Vespa says, such a deep state move proves the FBI is in total panic mode. There's nothing they can do to stop this action. They can delay, but it's going to happen. Agents who worked on these witch hunts better realize they're either going to be fired or reassigned to the rubber room. These agents are desperately hoping to keep their names from being disclosed. Sorry. I mean, this is what happens. when you win the unthinkable election. This is unthinkable. And what we've seen for two and a half weeks is what happens when the unthinkable occurs. And Trump, as the kids say, he doesn't have two craps to give. He does not care, Mark. And he's going to sling stuff to the wall. Hey, let's take over. Let's run Gaza. Let's see how this works. Yeah, I want to see Trump Tower in Gaza, in the Gaza Strip. And I've been there. Let me tell you something. I'd rather see Trump Tower.
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Go ahead, because you have been there. It ain't exactly a garden spot right now. No, it's not. It has been a wholesale disaster. The idea arose as the Palestinians bring their... land-based grievance to that regional conflict. I totally understand. I understand their side. The West Bank and Gaza are in Israel. They want their own country. The impediment to having their own country is blood-soaked terrorist leadership. There are peace-loving Palestinians who want to coexist with Israel, but they don't run the place. As such, the idea to let the Horrible idea. So the question arises, what do we do now? It's weird. Is an American ownership stake in Gaza easier to swallow for the Palestinians than having Israel simply say we're reclaiming it?
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I don't know. Well, that's a good question. See, I like the way Mike Allen frames this at Axios, because the truth is this is a fascinating combination of Trump's empathy. And he is genuinely moved by the by the massive destruction of Gaza. And the realization, look, this guy's a this guy's a real estate magnate. He's a he's a he's a builder. He knows how to improve property. But he knows what it would take to try to rebuild Gaza. And he's saying, look, good luck. It ain't going to happen. So here's the way Axios frames this, which I think makes a lot of sense. And again, I've been there. I got to see it. One of the things about Gaza, even though now it's just a hellscape, It is on pristine waterfront property. I mean, it's actually... You could turn it into Abu Dhabi. You really could. And so here's what Axios writes that I want to bounce off you because I do think this is compelling. He believes in Trump... The Gaza idea that he wants to, you know, have us, the U.S., take over Gaza. It's a collision of three private Donald Trump views. Number one, he believes... A big peace deal with the Saudis in the center of it all is achievable, okay? So he believes peace is achievable.
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Abraham Accords made clear that those kinds of allegiances are plausible.
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Exactly. Number two, he was genuinely moved by the scope of the destruction and the realization that it would take decades and decades to even try to rebuild. And finally... Again, he's a builder. He and his son-in-law, Jared, see this as authentic prime real estate. It's waterfront property that could draft all the power and money flowing through the Middle East. So it is a – they watched Joy Reid's reaction last night because people on the left don't know what to make of this. Well, they're bewildered. Because on the one hand, it's Trump and he's orange man bad and he's Hitler and he's – on the other hand, you know, he said in the comments with Bibi yesterday, let's give these people a big, beautiful place to live. Let's create something for them right now. They want peace.
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They want stability. They want schools. They want to be able to walk to work without getting shelled. Right.
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Now, the only problem is they want all of us dead. So there's that. There's that. They want Jews dead. They want Christians dead. They're not really fond of us. But Trump has this humanitarian streak. He's not a monster. And look, we all can put our even though we know the Palestinians aren't exactly, you know, bosom buddies of ours. Of course we mourn for all those lost lives and the women and the men and the children who have been obliterated in this war that Hamas began. Hamas, their governing entity, started this with Israel, not Israel. But anyhow, it is so Trumpian to see all of this being thrown together right now. We can't keep up. The media can't keep up. And I'm back to the Democrats. Mark, Did you see it? Did you hear Maxine? I did. Did you hear Pocahontas? Yes, I did. The shrillness, the panic.
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Did you hear all of these folks? All of them and that goofy Jasmine Crockett? I know. South Dallas, what are you doing? I know Texas Congressional District 30 is going to cough up a liberal, I know, but she's insane. Trump is a white supremacist. 80% of the violent crime in America committed by... White supremacists, excuse me?
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Did you hear what you said about the voices of mediocre white men? Oh, great. Imagine what would happen if a white guy said, we got to shut down the voices of mediocre black men. Great. That'd be it for them. But Jasmine Crockett, who's a stone-cold bigot, she is a disgusting, ghetto, trash figure. thug i mean there's i'm sorry that's all that and that's the way she's been described a lot on social media she's like something right out of a cardi b movie or or a song i mean what's wrong with that she's a congresswoman she's a what tell me about south dallas well that's all you need to know i mean and she she makes a good first impression and seems to but but second and third impression even has must have some of her voters going whoa what's going on here eddie bernice johnson is rolling in her grave a woman of substance and dignity we don't we don't make democrats like her anymore and in the crazy democrat world did you catch aoc saying that elon musk is not particularly smart while while giggling like the bartender that she came from i mean she's she's the bartender who's good the man that that is sending rocket ships to mars and invented a car that drives itself from tampa to orlando he's not all that smart but she's smart the bartender And Ben Shapiro had a great text. He had the best line of all. And let me find this for you because it was perfect. I'm glad you brought it up. AOC, who's... And I'm thinking about what you just said about Eddie Bernice Johnson. The Eddie Bernice Johnsons of the Democrat Party are gone. The AOCs and the Jasmine Crocketts are today. That's today's Democrat Party, and they're not learning, Mark.
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And it's not even generational because it's not just, well, that's just the young folks. I mean, how old is Schumer? How old is Elizabeth Warren? These people are— Maxine Waters.
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She's older than dirt. Thank you. She's older than Methuselah, and she's up there ranting and raving and carrying on.
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The right people are triggered. The right people are upset.
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The right people. I've got to find this Ben Shapiro.
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Take 15 seconds to look for that while I fill 15 seconds back in Gaza, which Ben Shapiro cares about a lot as well. The other long game thing about Gaza that makes an enormous amount of sense, even though the first notion of America taking an ownership stake, wait a minute, what are we talking about? If it is turned into something peaceful, if it is turned into something prosperous, if we are able to weed out the leadership that is soaked with the blood of terror, leaving only Palestinians who would actually like to peacefully coexist with Israel, Palestinians of the type that I'm sure you met when you went, certainly of the type that I met when I went to Jerusalem in Babylon. Back in 03, they absolutely exist, but they just don't run the place. And if in some future day, Gaza is peaceful and prosperous and stable, a two state solution might actually make sense, which it surely does not right now.
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It doesn't. But here's what makes sense. I want to share a thought from our buddy Tom Trattip, who sent me a text a minute ago. And Tom's one of the executives here at Salem and writes for Town Hall and one of the smartest guys and funniest guys I know. He says, Trump threw the shiny object down the hall. We are taking Gaza. So all the cats in the press and the Democratic Party frenetically chase that like mad while he actually takes the Panama Canal and Greenland. I mean, it's like, look over here. I'm going to take Gaza. But he winds up getting the Panama Canal and maybe Greenland. And as Tom said, we will never see the likes of this guy again in our lifetime. J.D.
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Vance may take the baton and serve his own eight years and carry the MAGA revolution on. But it won't be exactly. It'll be his own type of awesomeness. But it'll never be like embrace and cherish every day, Mike. Not just doing what we do for a living, not just as a broadcaster, not just as a conservative, as an American, as a human being. Cherish every day.
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Cherish this. Just treasure every moment that we have. We are having the time of our lives. I found the Ben Shapiro post. He retweeted Giggling AOC, and he wrote, Giggling idiot says richest man on earth who started a successful electric car company and a successful space company is unintelligent. This is the Democrats thought leader. And Ben is so smart and he's right. AOC is the Democrats thought leader. This is why they lost. And this is why they're going to continue to lose. Let me ask you in closing a broadcast question. How do I sound today?
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You sound fine.
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Does it sound good? Does the mic sound good? I've decided to take the plunge. I've changed microphones. And you can relate to this because you're a creature of habit worse than me. You like the way you like things in the studio, right? We went to these... Have you seen these retro microphones that Gorka was using and Chris DeGaulle? Can you go wide, Chris?
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Is it a table-mounted thing like it used to be on Larry King Live? Look, that's a Larry King Live microphone.
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Or like 1930s... Yeah, it's kind of retro, but it actually, Eric says, and our team say, it sounds better. It sounds superb. And it's funny. Really?
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Because to sound that crisp and that present, it usually has to be like a wraparound or one of these, like the electro voice thing.
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Or you've got to really put your mouth right on top of the mic. Yeah, you've got to talk the no, no, no, no. And this is called a Shure. This is a Shure Super 55 mic. And I like it. I like how retro it looks. Like the throwback. I feel like, you know, coming to you. Fire in the hole. Tokyo. Hello, Tokyo.
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It's the Mike Gallagher show.
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That's right.
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From the blue of the night. All right. If it's you, it sounds great. But the mic makes it extra great. Love you. I love you. All right. See you tomorrow. We love him. That's Mike Gallagher ready to roll. New microphone and all. And no extra charge. On the Wednesday Mike Gallagher show as soon as we're done at 10 on 660 AM The Answer.
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Listen as Al explores the importance of mental acuity in retirement and the surprising benefits of maintaining a diverse exercise routine. From memory improvement techniques to the role of aerobic and weight-bearing exercises, find out how to keep your mind sharp and your body fit. Learn about innovative programs for engaging with communities and how exercise can help combat depression and bolster brain health.
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Welcome to Retirement Unpacked with Al Smith, owner of Golden Eagle Financial. You want a retirement plan that alleviates your fears about the future so you know your money will last. As a chartered financial consultant, Al Smith will help you find a balance between the risk and reward of the market and the safety of your retirement income. And now, here's your host, Al Smith.
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Welcome to another program of Retirement Unpacked. I'll have some good information for you today, as I hope to every week. And if you have any questions, contact my office and we can sit down and have a conversation. Or if you have any questions right now, you can call the show and ask them to me right here while we're talking about it. And the first part of the show, I will be talking about the components of having a retirement plan, because I've often mentioned how incredibly important it is to have a retirement plan, and I've compared it to a a vacation you wouldn't go on vacation thursday evening and say to your spouse hey let's go on take off next week and let's see if we can't get some reservations and some flights where do you think you'd like to go that's not the way most people plan vacations I know I've been speaking with a lot of people. I've traveled a little bit recently, and I know some people plan vacations like a year ahead, and some of them you need to. Cruises and big things like that require long-term planning. And certainly, retirement is no different. So the longer ahead you plan, the better off you will be. And I'm going to talk about some of those components of a retirement plan, of a good retirement plan, not the least of which is a start date. And depending on where you work and so forth, people work in places where you can qualify for a pension after a certain period of time or people work in places where they have a 401k where the company matches and you can do a few projections and one thing or another to come up with some ideas of when you might want to retire selecting date and I think that's extremely important because depending on your age right now then you can do a little planning with the help of an advisor or if you have enormous ambition and you want to dive into it yourself you can determine what level of income am I going to need on that date or when I choose to retire and you can use the income level that you have now. And I hate to use rule of thumb, but they say you're going to need to live on about 80% of your pre-retirement income after retirement. And you want to also factor inflation in there. If you're living comfortably right now on $6,000 a month, 80% of that is $4,800 a month. But if you're not going to retire for 15 years, you need to apply an inflation factor to that. And then by working backwards, you can take a look at how much you presently have in savings. what your Social Security is likely to be and see if you are on track. Now, one of the most important components of your retirement plan and one of the most important components of nearly everyone's retirement with the exception of the extremely wealthy, is Social Security. Because if you have a reasonably good compensating job, and if your spouse has one also, your Social Security benefits can be quite substantial. So making, if you have not already gone on to socialsecurity.gov to take a look at what your benefits are, I would highly encourage that because that can become an extremely important component of your own retirement plan. So again, working backwards, looking at that start date that you want, go on to the Social Security website and assuming you'll be collecting Social Security at that point, see what your benefits will be. and then do some calculations sit down with an advisor and figure out what do I need to do in order to make that happen so that start date becomes extremely important so you can work backwards how much will I need to save in order to generate this level of income that I'm going to need when I turn 65 or 68 or whatever start date that you choose. So a lot of things to think about. Not only that date, but when that date comes around, are you going to completely sever employment or do you plan to work part-time somewhere? or maybe be a consultant in the same field where you work now. I know a lot of people who work in engineering and IT and high-level business, they often work as a consultant far fewer hours than they were working before, but generating more income than they could make working part-time at Home Depot or something like that. Not taking any of that away from people and so forth, but Some of the people in higher income categories can make significant income after retirement as a consultant. Another big thing in your retirement plan is where do you want to live? And I've talked about this. A lot of people that I know with whom I have worked have family members in other parts of the country. And what I suggest is if you have family maybe in the Chicago area, if you've already lived there, you probably have some idea what part of that large metropolitan area you might want to live. On the other hand, if you're thinking of moving to an area where you have not yet lived in order to be closer to children or grandchildren, then I would highly suggest that you rent first for two reasons. You can learn what part of that community would be the best choice to live, and you can also learn if you actually want to live there. at all. Some clients of mine that I worked with after they sold a very nice home they had in Arvada, they moved to one of those retirement communities in Nevada. It's one of those where everyone drives the golf cart to the grocery store and the bank and everything like that. It was a very nice community. They stayed there less than six months because they had family in another part of the country, in Tennessee, as a matter of fact. And they were fortunate in their timing because they actually made a profit on the sale of their home in Nevada and were able to relocate in Tennessee where they were within 30 minutes of family. A lot of things to think about if you're thinking about relocating. And so my guidance there is to rent first if you've not already lived in that community. Otherwise, you may be faced with buying and selling at a time when the market maybe isn't all that great. Big question also is what do you plan to do when you retire? Obviously, what not to do is work. You'll be leaving the workforce, but if you haven't made specific plans of how you'll spend your time, then the time will sort of consume you rather than you planning how you want to spend your time. Think in terms of what both you and your spouse, assuming you're married, may like to do. What kind of things do you enjoy doing now? Would you like to continue those? to a greater degree in retirement. It might involve hiking, skiing, biking, traveling, any of those kinds of things. And if you're also very much in favor of giving back, think in terms of what are your skills? How can you help those who are less fortunate? For engineers and people like that, they can often be helpful. for younger people who are struggling in school with math. Ways to become a tutor can be extremely helpful for younger people. Hospitals and nursing homes and places like that especially nursing homes, they often don't get any visitors. About 70% of the people who live in nursing homes get zero visitors. A couple that I know who's heavily involved in music in our church, they perform concerts in various nursing homes, which is tremendously appreciated among the folks who live there. Because this couple I'm thinking of, they're only a few years younger than most of the people who live in the nursing homes. So a lot of different ways to give back and to help. If you truly enjoy skiing, Winter Park has a disabled ski program, which would enable you to get discount benefits. tickets yourself in exchange for helping those who are less fortunate and need assistance in order to ski. So a lot of things you can do. There's another program where adults and children with pretty serious disabilities get the opportunity to ride horses. Obviously, they don't gallop across the range, but they do get to sit on horses. And they enjoy this tremendously, adults and children with various developmental disabilities. I don't recall the name of this program, but they do a great job. So there's an enormous number of places where you can volunteer to be helpful. And what I have found is that the people who do that, they get a great deal of fulfillment and joy even more so often than the people whom they're helping. Now, as far as the retirement plan, some other components, if you have a pretty long window, if it's going to be 10 or 15 years or even longer before you retire, make certain that you create some time frames with checks to see if you're on track. Because if you're in your 50s and you know you want to retire at 65, Keep reviewing those Social Security benefits. Keep putting into your 401k to the very least to the level that the company matches. And if you're investing in real estate, I suggest that you take a look at what that's going to look like once you retire, whether you want to maintain that real estate or or possibly sell it and use the proceeds for some other purpose. So a lot of things to be concerned about, a lot of components to that retirement plan, not the least of which are unplanned but likely events needing long-term care. There's When you reach 65, there's about a 50% chance that you will need care longer than 60 days. So knowing how to plan for that, knowing where the money would come from to take care of that, a lot of components to that. Also, some people I know who are retired are caring for parents. There's also what's called a sandwich generation where there may be children and parents in your own home, both needing assistance. I know this is not how most people plan their retirement, but that's why we call those unplanned events. Whole different topic after the break, and we'll dive into that in just a few moments.
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Welcome back to the second half of Retirement Unpacked. The next topic, I've talked about it before and I will continue to talk about it because I believe it's extremely important as we move into retirement, as we age. A lot of us have found go out to the parking lot and go to the and you have your keys and you can't remember where you parked the car. Okay, that is not unusual. That happens to people of all different ages, but as we age a little bit, mental acuity can certainly become a concern. And there's a lot of things that we can do to make the decline of our mental abilities less significant. And I'll give first an example, not an example about mental acuity, but an example of the kinds of things that we need to do. um i bicycle i don't bicycle the lengths that i used to when i was younger but i noticed when i would do some of these longer bicycle rides there were some men like that were in their 40s and some of these events there would be beer afterwards and some of these men in their 40s they would They'll consume a reasonable amount, but when it came time to ride, they were pretty fit and they could ride long distances. Some of them had a little extra around the middle, but the example I'm making is that's where the exercise is very much isolated to the legs and the lungs. And the way we exercise our brains is very similar if we do the same thing. But the point I was making about the bicyclists is if one of those who was very fit in, let's say, riding 60, 80, 100 miles, If he were asked to do 100 sit-ups, that would become very difficult because that's not part of his exercise regimen. And my analogy here with mental acuity is if you do some things that challenge your mind, but if you do the same things over and over, let's say you drive somewhere often, Well, what's highly recommended is that you take a different route each time because it keeps your mind sharp. Just like the exercise analogy, in addition to aerobic exercise like the cyclist, there should be some weight training because that has different benefits. Or there should be some aerobic training that involves different parts of your body. and so forth. And with respect to mental acuity, the more diversity that you can use in exercising your brain, the better off you will be. And I used to give brief classes on memory improvement to service clubs. And one of the things I would often talk about There's a tremendous book that I read years ago. The name of the book, the title of the book is called Moonwalking with Einstein. Well, that's kind of a ridiculous title, I would agree. The author is a man named Josh Fior. He's a journalist. And he spent about a year hanging out with what are called memory athletes. Now, these memory athletes, they have contests where they will do things like memorize an entire deck of cards. And they can do that amazingly quickly. They can also memorize very, very long numbers. And they can also match faces to names. They even have a name for this. It's called mnemonics. And they also have some terminology. They talk about a memory palace. A great deal of our memory is involved, is spatial. We think in terms of where things are. And one of the authors of a book I've read recently, and that's because many, many years ago, our ancestors didn't have to worry about memorizing numbers or anything like that, but we had to be careful in our environment. So our memories had a great deal to do with things that are around us. How often have you ever gone to get something and instead of going to the cupboard, you went to the cupboard right next door? Or instead of going to that particular cabinet, you went to the refrigerator, which is right next door to that cabinet? Also something that's very spatial I found interesting, and there is even research on this, if you go from one room to another in your home to go get something, let's say you need to go to another room to get a pen and paper. When you walk into that other room, what often happens? You forget what you went in there for. But once you go back to where you were originally, then you remember. And there was some research done that when people pass through a corridor, like going into a different room, somehow that has a tendency to cause us to forget. And this has nothing to do with aging. This was some research they did for people in their 35, 45 years old, all different ages. What they also found is if they went the same distance, but if they did not cross through a corridor, go into a different room, then whatever it is, the memory, the thing they wanted to go after was remembered. I found this fascinating. So what things do we need to do to keep our memory sharp? Well, one of the really, really big things, and there's a whole book that's about the benefits of exercise. There's a book called Spark. The author is named John Rady. He is a physician, and he talks about the research that was done in a school district in suburban Chicago. I believe it's the Naperville School District. And all of the high school students were required to do vigorous aerobic exercise. I believe they were required to run a pretty good distance every morning before school started. And this was a requirement. And what they found is obviously the obesity rate went down to an incredibly low level. But not long after this program began, the students in this district, this Naperville School District, were tested globally. And globally, that school ranked number seven on the whole planet in terms of science scores. And I'm sorry, number seven on math scores. And they were number one on science scores. And it was largely due to the only thing that was done differently was this enormous level of exercise. And this is found to be extremely helpful for older people to maintain their mental acuity also. And not only aerobic exercise, but they even felt that another article having to do with weight-bearing exercise is extremely important. And the results are incredibly enormous. Weight training, for example, can have benefits for brain health. Some of the research done has been done on rats and so forth, and they find that they go through mazes much more quickly if they're required to go through some of these exercises. And some of the exercises they get the rats to do, they'll continue to do those even without a reward so that the exercise itself is providing its own reward. John Rady, the author of this book, Spark, only a small section of it is devoted to maintaining mental acuity. The whole book has talked about how exercise can make it much better to fight depression because of the release of endorphins and things like that. But they talk about the toxins that destroy the brain and some of these toxins. are reduced when people exercise physically. For example, running lowers the blood pressure. That increases blood flow to the brain. Lifting weights helps prevent osteoporosis. And people think in terms of As we get older, our brain doesn't create any new brain cells. Well, that's not totally accurate. People who exercise vigorously into older ages, they can actually grow new brain cells. And if that kind of activity is combined with exercising our brain through word games, reading books, socializing, participating, challenging our brains, that in combination with vigorous exercise can keep us very alert well into older ages. Have any of you seen Alan Dershowitz? He's 85 years old and he's incredibly sharp. Wow, this 30 minutes went by really quickly. Thank you for listening. God bless you. And let's continue to pray. For the folks in Israel and our political leaders, let's hope there'll be a really safe solution for whatever's going on there. And again, thank you for listening. Hopefully you'll be here next week and I'll hope to have some great information. If you like to have a conversation about your own circumstances as you're trying to accumulate wealth, safer retirement, call my office at 303-744-1128. Bye now.
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Dana Lash takes a critical approach in dissecting the tangled relationship between media outlets and government funding, shedding light on the contentious financial links between USAID and Politico. Listeners are taken on a journey through the misinformation maze with figures and receipts that challenge conventional media narratives. Amidst this serious discourse, Dana sprinkles in the Florida flavor with stories of outlandish behaviors that only seem possible in the Sunshine State.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
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I've seen everything. A Florida man in a Dalmatian onesie outruns troopers, tasers, and canines. Damn. Get him to the Olympics. Pasco County. This Florida man literally in a Dalmatian onesie escaped Florida highway troopers. They caught up with him the next day, though. They tried to pull over reckless driver Dylan Devereaux just after midnight on January 27th. Vehicle took off high rate of speed. They dropped off a passenger, sped up again. crashed into a tree eventually. They chased him, put him to the ground. He was fighting the troopers in the road. Outran a canine. I don't even know how. Well, he was in a Dalmatian onesie. And guess what? Resisting with violence. Oh, and he had a ton of meth. There it is right there. That's messed up, man. He had a ton of meth. Let's see. A Florida man kidnapped a woman who struck him on his bicycle. The 67-year-old Danny Phelps, he kidnapped, got charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tons of other things, Lake City Police Department said. He was trying to cross the street. Apparently, he said this woman made contact with him. She was trying to move forward. She said he abruptly stopped in front of her and got himself hit. He held her hostage with a knife. So he sounds like a bicyclist. Totally. With everything going on in the world right now, the economy, conflicts, the open border, spiraling national debt, the devastating inflation, it's critical that you have a plan for diversifying and protecting your savings. And that's why so many, including myself, have turned to precious metals like gold and silver to help protect our savings. And I've partnered with the top rated precious metals company Gold Co. to make that happen. It's a great company with a great reputation, and they could not have made the process any easier. And right now, Gold Co. is offering a free gold and silver kit that will show you how precious metals can help protect and diversify your savings. And for my audience, they're offering up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver on qualified orders. All you have to do is visit danalikesgold.com to get started today. Gold Co. has helped thousands of Americans place over $3 billion in gold and silver, and they can help you as well. Join thousands who trust Gold Co. Visit danalikesgold.com. All the USAID stuff that we've been talking about, what did I tell you guys yesterday? Remember what we were on here? Cain, I put it in Slack. You remember what it was? About Politico. All of a sudden, they couldn't pay nobody. What did you tell me yesterday? Yeah, I mean... What did you say yesterday about that? Tell everybody.
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Where are they getting their money?
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Yeah, where are they getting their money? And then you said you were joking. What did you say?
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You said, oh, I bet... I bet they're getting some of that USAID money. And we were all like, oh, wow, that would be something. I will be damned. Wake up this morning and what do you see? Receipts.
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The truth is stranger than fiction.
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Receipts. Millions and millions and millions of dollars have been given, your dollars, my dollars, to Politico. Politico. Through USAID. And if you remember, Politico, ladies and gentlemen, was the biggest purveyor of the laptop is Russian disinformation. You remember that? Where was that first story denying it? Where did that run at? You guys remember? Oh, Politico. That's right. It ran at Politico. So I'm a little bit ticked off today. And... I'm done. People should be not protesting. I said protesting. I really meant writing outside of political offices. Writing because this is such a betrayal of the American taxpayer. Not only did this media entity take millions upon millions upon every year, every year, guys, millions of your dollars, our dollars every year. They were publishing propaganda and attacking us using our dollars. I've had it. I have had it. And these people, these legacy media freaks, you know it's more than just Politico. You know for a fact that it's more than just Politico that has been taking money. So that's one of the things that I'm hoping – the investigation extends to let's look at the washington post let's look at the new york times because folks i'm telling you it wasn't just one of them i would bet the family farm on it being a huge significant number of them i mean how we were paying for the bbc for crying out loud the bbc the that that's already subsidized by the british government Because that's why it's called the BBC, British Broadcasting Company. And I wouldn't doubt for a second, wouldn't doubt for a second that there's a lot more out there than just Politico. So this is what we all get to start our day with, is this nonsense. this this all of this and and the left i don't even think i i honestly guys i don't think i got enough time today to get through i didn't even send you guys all the sound bites i i didn't even send you all the sound bites i had of all the left freaking out i ended up i got so mad last night because i it was like 7 30 i'm still working i'm at my desk and i'm going through the audio that i know because you guys were were putting audio in that's how we go and we come for audio And I was like, oh, my gosh, I've got so much of these people freaking out. You know, I bet, you know, not only Cain and Steve had it, but then there's like 15 other cuts of different Republicans freaking out because you know that they were they had their little protest yesterday to all these people totally freaking out about all of this about Elon Musk. They wanted to launch an investigation into Elon Musk. I could sit here for the next three hours and I could play cut after cut for you of not like random people on TikTok or something. I mean actual elected lawmakers losing their minds because the nerd squad is going through and breaking kneecaps. We're going to get into all of this. So welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. We're at the top of this – first hour and it's just I mean every day is like drinking from a fire hose and half of it is the left freaking out absolutely freaking out so where do we start with first I want to start with the Politico story then we're going to get into the Gaza thing because the Gaza thing I have to say if you get sub stack you know you kind of know what I think about it but the issue with this whole issue with Politico So if you are not paying – because you work. If you didn't see, Politico has been getting – oh, man, how much? They've gotten, I think, over a period of several years and from more than just USAID, they've – have been getting, I think, what, $40 million, I think it ended up being? Something like $40 million. And I'm looking at all of this. Oh, man. I mean, year after year, millions and millions and millions of dollars. Do you want an example of the kind of stories you were paying for at Politico? One example, because I think you're going to get too mad if I give you many, and you're at work, and I don't want you guys throwing your keyboards, or if you're truck driving, I don't want you to drive off into a ditch because you're just so ticked off. I'm thinking of you. Here's one example. Enhance the sky. I can give you the screenshot if you don't believe me. This is an actual story. We paid for this. The headline. We watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker. Cain. I need a stress ball.
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How much did that story cost us if we were to break it down? A couple hundred thousand?
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Oh, my gosh. Do you ever just sit here and go, is it worth an assault charge, really? That's the kind of headlines they've been writing. Oh, my gosh. I mean, I could sit here and we could go off forever on this. I mean, how the laptop... Well, at first they had radical – they called the Musk people lunatics, blah, blah, blah, Trump's tariff. I mean racist, xenophobic. I'm like scrolling through just looking for choice adjectives. I mean this is the type of stuff that they – this is the stuff that they were promoting. This is what you paid for over at Politico. That's what we paid for, our tax dollars. Our tax dollars. This whole thing, like I said, not even protests. There should be riots. Juan's showing you that. That's just one example of one headline. That's what you paid for. We watched 20 Trump rallies. He's showing you if you're watching the simulcast on Channel 347, DirecTV or YouTube or Rumble where the chat is, you're seeing it. That's just one example. I have like a million where they called him a racist in Politico headlines. I'm not kidding you guys. It's like an average of three times a week. I think I'm underserving it, though. I think it's probably more than that. They called him a racist like three times a week. They went after voters, Trump voters. They called Trump voters. They called us racist and xenophobic. Oh, anti-immigrant was my favorite one. That's one that popped up a lot. That's what we paid for with Politico. This is one of the things that USAID was paying for. Why? We are overtaxed. I'm going to tell you something. Taxation is sanctioned theft. It is extortion. At least the mafia is honest about it when they extort you. The government tries to act like it's part of some grand social contract, but they don't fulfill their end of said social contract. Instead, this is what they spend their money on, condoms for a bunch of terrorists in Afghanistan. And then this kind of stuff. This is what they spend their money on. It's our friends over at Kel-Tec. If you have not checked out the new 5.7 that they came out with, you got to. It's the latest and greatest from Kel-Tec. And they've changed concealed carry in 95. Now they got the PR-57 rotary barrel pistol. It's chambered in 5.7. They're just redefining the game. It's the lightest, literally the lightest 5.7 I've ever held in my ever-loving life. It's 40% lighter than the next lightest 5.7. It has a top-loading design, so it replaces traditional magazines with literal stripper clips. That gives it a slimmer carry profile. And you also got a 20 plus 1 capacity. It's kind of insane and awesome all at the same time. It's built to perform when it matters. And it's engineered for simplicity and reliability. Quickest and easiest field strip that you can get. And MSRP is legit $399. It's only $399. That's insane. I mean, yeah, you can get it. Go get it. It's the PR57, the new one from Kel-Tec. Kel-Tecweapons.com. That's where you can go to learn more. K-E-L-T-E-C-weapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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And now all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's quick five.
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So the U.S. has sent its first flights with illegal immigrant criminals to Guantanamo Bay after Trump's crackdown. Yeah, I absolutely think so. Absolutely. I mean, it's not just that they you have people who are entering illegally and you have people who are also entering illegally and committing additional crimes at every step of that way. It's a crime. entering illegally it's a crime and if you don't agree then i'm gonna bust up in your house at 2 a.m and you can't do a damn thing about it bully you back how do you like it i'm done i'm done i'm so mad today i'm so mad about all this i don't know if you can tell so this is good that they're sending them out uh they're accusing don jr of illegally hunting rare ducks in italy after a footage of him uh coming out of a foxhole and camo emerged because people are are morons um Rare ducks. Do they even know what they're talking about? So Italian progressives are some of the stupidest people. They were in the Petri dish of life. The progressives in Italy are all the remnants after all the good stuff's been scraped up. That's what the progressives in Italy are. And so some of their idiotic MPs have demanded an inquiry because they think, even though you can't see anything... They're like, oh, well, it looks like he's shooting at rare birds in a protected area. He's on a hunting trip close to Venice. You don't know how many people go and they bird hunt in that area constantly because they have an overabundance. And it's a great way to cull wildlife as well and keep everything operating at happy and healthy conditions. You know, percentages. And no, they're not. There's someone says that they think it might be an unidentified one of the unidentified dogs might be a rare bird. I don't even believe that the people making this claim know enough about wildlife to even say that. That's so stupid. Airport airport workers are being accused in DCA of sharing that plane crash video. They were arrested. People were sharing it. I mean, how ghoulish is that? People died. They died. And these other people are like, did you see what I recorded? Did you see? So they've arrested two employees after this leaked video showed it because they were posting it online. Interesting. A perfect catastrophic collisions. This is a perfect storm between planes and thousands of rockets dumped in space. Experts are warning of this growing risk. This comes from a British paper. They're saying that, you know, just be warned. that there's tons of rockets that are left in space. And we are, they've been saying this for a while, that there would be like some kind of catastrophic collision between aircraft and any kind of, you know, basically space junk that's left in orbit. It hasn't happened though. But there is, I think there is reason to be genuinely concerned about, you know, the size and, you know, some of the stuff that I've left behind. That said, the Musk buyout, remember we were, we talked about this. The administration offered a buyout for people who don't want to get their lazy butts back to work. Well, 20,000 so far have taken it.
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Shut down the Senate. We are at war. There is an economic coup happening right here in the Treasury and right there in Trump's White House. But there's a revolution happening right here on these streets.
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And right now, all across America, people are knocked down, but they are getting up and they are going to fight the dictator of Donald Trump and his henchmen, Elon Musk. We will see you in the courts, in Congress, in the streets.
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Elon Musk is a Nazi netball baby.
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Oh, and you're a racist bald man. Shut up. I'm so tired of this. And it's I'm not. Where's the lie? Welcome. Welcome back to the program. Dana last year with you. I'm just you know, we're just talking truth. Right. That's it. Top of the third hour. These people are nuts. Golly, they're nuts. I mean, it's a joke. They are mad because they don't get unfettered access to our taxpayer dollars anymore to waste on all this nonsense. And they're and that apparently makes one a Nazi. That's not how that works, but it's embarrassing. That party is jacked. The Democrat Party is dead. Where else do they go? Where else do they go from here? Think about it. Compare the Democrat Party of today with the Democrat Party in the 90s. Shockingly different. They are now the cringe freaks. They're the ones that it's just, oh, they're so weird and obnoxious. It is just trying on the nerves and it's just cringe. I talked about this with Jesse Waters last night. They are not able to uncrazy themselves. They can't. I don't know. How much further left can you go? What are they going to do next? Like literally nominate the devil? Like as a candidate for the next time they have a presidential primary? Like where else do they go? Where do they go from here? Baby sacrifice? Like where? Well, they already do that. Where else did they go? You got talking?
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Don't challenge them on that because I think they'll find a way to go lower.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, I mean, creatively, at some point, your options get slim, you know? Dana last year with you, top of this third hour. I don't know where these people go. I mean, after this, they were all up there. They all were saying the same thing. Elon Musk is a Nazi. He's a Nazi.
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He's a Nazi. We don't like it. Why don't you like him? Because we don't like what he does. What does he do? He doesn't let us take your money. We want to cut off the kids' genitals. Turn them into Frankengenders. It's what we want to do.
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They're clowns. It's embarrassing. I don't know anybody. I have friends who are Democrats. Well, friends. Associates who are Democrats. They don't even want to actually be affiliated with them anymore. Now they've taken us in. Oh, we're independent. They're like, oh my gosh, we're not like those people. Democrats are tainting themselves. I don't know. I mean, the implication is that... What is it? Who was it? Was it the bald one? Which one was saying that it was an economic coup? Oh, LaMonica. LaKaren was saying that it was an economic coup. Two words, I'm positive she cannot define. And a phrase, I'm equally positive she can't define. Out there saying it's an... How is it an economic coup? They are livid that you, the taxpayer, voted to take your money back. That to them is a coup. That tells you everything you need to know about these people. I want to switch it up real quick before my head explodes. Have you guys heard about the, I know you guys don't watch the Oscars, but I do love watching Hollywood turn on itself. I could watch the left fight with the left all day. It's one of my favorite. It's like watching a dog chew its leg. It's just, you know, not that I've ever seen that, but I can imagine.
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As political complexities spiral, this episode explores the intricate dynamics between government funding, media narratives, and international policy enactments. With revelations about USAID's funding to media outlets and their impact on public opinion, we scrutinize the responsibilities tied to taxpayer money. Moreover, voices clamor for change amidst the turmoil, urging action against perceived betrayals of the American people. Also explored are the multifaceted implications regarding Gaza and strategic alignments in the pursuit of global justice and equity.
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The cleansing has been a crime against humanity. And I stand here today in the well to denounce what was said, to denounce what the President said, to denounce the complicity of the Prime Minister of Israel, and to remind people that Dr. King was right. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. And injustice in Gaza is a threat to justice in the United States of America. I rise to announce that the movement to impeach the President has begun. I rise to announce that I will bring articles of impeachment against the President for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done.
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One of the things I want to investigate rapidly, because I've never seen anything to this extent, the train that's being built between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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He was very busy yesterday with the press conference and then, of course, the meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu and then dropping a couple of plans, which we're going to dive into. It kept us all working late last night because there was a lot of stuff happening. And he met with Netanyahu and then was talking about... Gaza redevelopment, which we absolutely have to have a conversation about this. Then also later, or actually earlier today, just a little bit ago, they had Pam Bondi swearing in for Attorney General. And it's been a very busy, very busy day. Actually, very busy 24 hours for POTUS. And one of the things that Vice President J.D. Vance had said is that it's going to be like this at this breakneck speed. For now until like the next six months, which is exactly what we have been saying needs to happen with all of this, because you've seen Democrats already. Already, they're trying to figure out how they can maneuver. to get around not just these policies that POTUS is implementing, but him himself. Because we already have, they're already trying that damn impeachment again. I'm going to tell you guys right now, I'm going to lose my ever-loving redacted. If we have to go through another damn impeachment scam again because of these rat bastards, I am done with it. What they have put the American people through and the waste of taxpayer dollars, I'm done. Oh my gosh. And then, because there's just a ton we got to hit today. And then, all the USAD stuff that we've been talking about, what did I tell you guys yesterday? Remember what? We were on here. Kane, I put it in Slack. You remember what it was? About Politico. All of a sudden, they couldn't pay nobody. What did you tell me yesterday? Yeah, I mean... What did you say yesterday about that? Tell everybody.
SPEAKER 06 :
Where they're getting their money.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, where they're getting their money. And then you said you were joking. What did you say?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
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You said, oh, I bet. I bet they're getting some of that USAID money. And we were all like, oh, wow, that would be something. I will be damned. Wake up this morning and what do you see? Receipts.
SPEAKER 06 :
The truth is stranger than fiction.
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Receipts. Millions and millions and millions of dollars have been given, your dollars, my dollars, to Politico. Politico. Through USAID. And if you remember, Politico, ladies and gentlemen, was the biggest purveyor of the laptop is Russian disinformation. You remember that? Where was that first story denying it? Where did that run at? You guys remember? Oh, Politico. That's right. It ran at Politico. So I'm a little bit ticked off today. And... I'm done. People should be not protesting. I said protesting. I really meant rioting outside of Politico's offices. Rioting. Because this is such a betrayal of the American taxpayer. Not only did this media entity take millions upon millions upon every year, every year, guys, millions of your dollars, our dollars every year. They were publishing propaganda and attacking us using our dollars. I've had it. I have had it. And these people, these legacy media freaks, you know it's more than just Politico. You know for a fact that it's more than just Politico that has been taking money. So that's one of the things that I'm hoping... the investigation extends to, let's look at the Washington Post. Let's look at the New York Times. Because, folks, I'm telling you, it wasn't just one of them. I would bet the family farm on it being a huge, significant number of them. I mean, we were paying for the BBC, for crying out loud. The BBC. That's already subsidized by the British government. Because that's why it's called the BBC, British Broadcasting Company. And I wouldn't doubt for a second, wouldn't doubt for a second that there's a lot more out there than just Politico. So this is what we all get to start our day with, is this nonsense. this this all of this and and the left I don't even think I I honestly guys I don't think I got enough time today to get through I didn't even send you guys all the sound bites I I didn't even send you all the sound bites I had of all the left freaking out I ended up I got so mad last night because I it was like 7 30 I'm still working I'm at my desk and I'm going through the audio that I know because you guys were were putting audio in that's how we we go and we come for audio And I was like, oh, my gosh, I've got so much of these people freaking out. You know, I bet, you know, not only Cain and Steve had it, but then there's like 15 other cuts of different Republicans freaking out because you know that they were they had their little protest yesterday to all these people totally freaking out about all of this about Elon Musk. They wanted to launch an investigation into Elon Musk. I could sit here for the next three hours and I could play cut after cut for you of not like random people on TikTok or something. I mean actual elected lawmakers losing their minds because, you know, the nerd squad is going through and, you know, breaking kneecaps. We're going to get into all of this. So welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. We're at the top of this – first hour and it's just I mean every day is like drinking from a fire hose and half of it is the left freaking out absolutely freaking out so where do we start with first I want to start with the Politico story then we're going to get into the Gaza thing because the Gaza thing I have to say if you get sub stack you know you kind of know what I think about it but the issue with this whole issue with Politico So if you are not paying, because you know you work, if you didn't see, Politico has been getting, oh man, how much? They've gotten, I think, over a period of several years, and from more than just USAID, they've... have been getting, I think, what, $40 million, I think it ended up being? Something like $40 million. And I'm looking at all of this. Oh, man. I mean, year after year, millions and millions and millions of dollars. Do you want an example of the kind of stories you were paying for at Politico? One example, because I think you're going to get too mad if I give you many. And you're at work and I don't want you guys throwing your keyboards or if you're truck driving, I don't want you to like drive off into a ditch because you're just so ticked off. I'm thinking of you. Here's one example. Enhance the sky. I can give you the screenshot if you don't believe me. This is an actual story. We paid for this. The headline. We watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker. I need a stress ball.
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How much did that story cost us if we were to break it down? A couple hundred thousand?
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Oh, my gosh. Do you ever just sit here and go, is it worth an assault charge, really? That's the kind of headlines they've been writing. Oh, my gosh. I mean, I could sit here and we could go off forever on this. I mean, how the laptop... Well, first they had radical, they called the Musk people lunatics, blah, blah, blah, Trump's tariff. I mean, racist, xenophobic. I'm like scrolling through just looking for choice adjectives. I mean, this is the type of stuff that they, this is the stuff that they were promoting. This is what you paid for over at Politico. That's what we paid for, our tax dollars. Our tax dollars. This whole thing, like I said, not even protests. There should be riots. Juan's showing you that. That's just one example of one headline. That's what you paid for. We watched 20 Trump rallies. He's showing you if you're watching the simulcast on Channel 347, DirecTV or YouTube or Rumble where the chat is, you're seeing it. That's just one example. I have like a million where they called him a racist in political headlines. I'm not kidding you guys. It's like an average of three times a week. I think I'm underserving it, though. I think it's probably more than that. They called him a racist like three times a week. They went after voters, Trump voters. They called, you know, Trump voters. They called us racist and xenophobic. Oh, anti-immigrant was my favorite one. That's one that popped up a lot. That's what we paid for with Politico. This is one of the things that USAID was paying for. Why? We are overtaxed. I'm going to tell you something. Taxation is sanctioned theft. It is extortion. At least the mafia is honest about it when they extort you. The government tries to act like it's part of some grand social contract, but they don't fulfill their end of said social contract. Instead, this is what they spend their money on. Condoms for a bunch of terrorists in Afghanistan. And then this kind of stuff. This is what they spend their money on. And rage is not enough for this. I cannot tell you how infuriated I am. We pay an ungodly amount in tax. All of us do. We're overtaxed. I pay so much in taxes. I could actually hire two full-time additional staff members and pay their health insurance, but I can't do it because that money I have to give to the federal government in taxes because I am apparently a welfare madam. I have to pay for everyone else who's too damn lazy to pay, like you do. Is that not something? I could create two jobs, full-time jobs, great pay. It benefits everything, but I can't because I can't afford it with taxes. I have to give six figures to the government. And this is what my money is spent on. By God, I don't have enough middle fingers on my hands. We went to war for less than this. And I'm not saying that just to say it. I would literally take up arms over this. I'm done. This is such a betrayal of the American people. This is what Russia does. This is what China does. And then they have the audacity. to bitch and moan about a bunch of nerds. These rap bastards that hired 88,000 IRS agents to audit you are mad because there's like 10 nerds going through and doing an audit of these government barnacles? Bite me. We got a lot more on the way today, including we got to talk about Gaza here coming up. I know, you're not mad enough. It's one of them days. If you can't get mad about this, what are you reserving your energy for? With everything going on in the world right now, the economy, conflicts, the open border, spiraling national debt, the devastating inflation, it's critical that you have a plan for diversifying and protecting your savings. And that's why so many, including myself, have turned to precious metals like gold and silver to help protect our savings. And I partnered with the top-rated precious metals company, GoldCo, to make that happen. It's a great company with a great reputation, and they could not have made the process any easier. And right now, Gold Co. is offering a free gold and silver kit that will show you how precious metals can help protect and diversify your savings. And for my audience, they're offering up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver on qualified orders. All you have to do is visit danalikesgold.com to get started today. GoldCo has helped thousands of Americans place over $3 billion in gold and silver, and they can help you as well. Join thousands who trust GoldCo. Visit danalikesgold.com.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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So the U.S. has sent its first flights with illegal immigrant criminals to Guantanamo Bay after Trump's crackdown. Yeah, I absolutely think so. Absolutely. I mean, it's not just that they you have people who are entering illegally and you have people who are also entering illegally and committing additional crimes at every step of that way. It's a crime. entering illegally it's a crime and if you don't agree then i'm gonna bust up in your house at 2 a.m and you can't do a damn thing about it bully you back how do you like it i'm done i'm done i'm so mad today i'm so mad about all this i don't know if you can tell so this is good that they're sending them out uh they're accusing don jr of illegally hunting rare ducks in italy after a footage of him uh coming out of a foxhole and camo emerged because people are are morons um Rare ducks. Do they even know what they're talking about? So Italian progressives are some of the stupidest people. They were in the Petri dish of life. The progressives in Italy are all the remnants after all the good stuff's been scraped up. That's what the progressives in Italy are. And so some of their idiotic MPs have demanded an inquiry because they think, even though you can't see anything... They're like, oh, well, it looks like he's shooting at rare birds in a protected area. He's on a hunting trip close to Venice. You don't know how many people go and they bird hunt in that area constantly because they have an overabundance. And it's a great way to cull wildlife as well and keep everything operating at happy and healthy conditions. You know, percentages. And no, they're not. There's someone says that they think it might be an unidentified. One of the unidentified dogs might be a rare bird. I don't even believe that the people making this claim know enough about wildlife to even say that. That's so stupid. Airport airport workers are being accused in DCA of sharing that plane crash video. They were arrested. People were sharing it. I mean, how ghoulish is that? People died. They died and these other people are like, did you see what I recorded? Did you see? So they've arrested two employees after this leaked video showed it because they were posting it online. Interesting. A perfect catastrophic collisions. This is a perfect storm between planes and thousands of rockets dumped in space. Experts are warning of this growing risk. This comes from a British paper. They're saying that, you know, just be warned. that there there's tons of rockets that are left in space and we are they've been saying this for a while that there would be like some kind of catastrophic collision between aircraft and any kind of you know basically space junk that's left in orbit it hasn't happened though but there is I think there is reason to be genuinely concerned about you know the size and you know some of the stuff that I've left behind That said, the Musk buyout, remember we talked about this. The administration offered a buyout for people who don't want to get their lazy butts back to work. Well, 20,000 so far have taken it. We got a lot more on the way, including... Gaza. Stick with us. Achieving vibrant, youthful skin doesn't have to be complicated. With the power of Native Path Collagen, you can nourish your body from within and enhance not just your skin, but also your hair, your nails. By incorporating Native Path Collagen into your daily routine, you can promote a plump, radiant complexion, reduce signs of aging, and boost your overall vitality. all without any unnecessary fillers or additives. Native Path Collagen has only type 1 and 3 collagen, the most important types, making up 90% of your body's collagen. No artificial sweeteners, just pure third-party tested goodness. It's completely flavorless, so you can just add it to about anything, your coffee, your smoothies, oatmeal, or whatever you want. And the best part is that Native Path's peptides formula makes it more bioavailable, so it means your body will absorb it easily. Start your journey to healthier skin today. Get native path.com slash Dana and stock up on native path collagen and save up to an incredible 45% off plus free shipping. Every order includes a 365 day money back guarantee. Don't miss out. Head to get native path.com slash Dana.
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The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply Unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area. Do a real job. Do something different. Just can't go back. If you go back, it's going to end up the same way it has for 100 years.
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So this was the other big thing yesterday. That came in. We're going to get back to the USAID stuff. I got to take a break or my head's going to spin off into the atmosphere. Dana Lash here with you. Good to be with you. And this was from yesterday evening. When POTUS was talking about, he was asked, well, what is going to happen with Gaza during this press conference that he was having with Benjamin Netanyahu? And that was his answer. Now, one thing that I can't stand, and I'm so sorry if you're one of these people, but it's just a pet peeve of mine. I don't like it when a politician says something, any politician, and then someone tries to explain it in different words and maybe even altering the intent of from the original statement, from the original speaker. Stop it. We're not toddlers and we're not infants. We don't need, some of us have been doing this for a while. We don't need none explained to us. Politicians, when they say things, that's what we all, that's what we have to analyze until there's like written policy or law, etc. I want to get that out of the way because I can't stand this stuff. I was kind of going around and around a little bit with a friend yesterday. And they were saying, well, you know, this is part of it. I'm like, you don't know this. Stop acting like you've climbed in his ass and you completely understand everything that he's doing. Quit. Now, I mentioned this on Waters last night. I think Trump is a robot because I've never seen anyone who has done as much as he has done in a week. Ever. Ever. There is no politician who has ever lived on this earth. No president who has done as much as what he has done. Love him or hate him, I don't care. That's unarguable. I like a lot of what he said yesterday. I don't like the Gaza thing. And it's not for lack of understanding all of the different possibilities. I just think we have no, I just think that there's no interest served. I wrote about this over at Substack. This was the piece that I have at Substack actually came out before that press conference that he had. And I talked about how the U.S. doesn't owe Gaza anything. And this was kind of in response to some people. And I knew this question was going to get asked. At this press avail with Netanyahu, because the press had you and you heard it yesterday. We kind of addressed it yesterday. They were acting as though somehow the United States has some kind of duty to Gaza and we owe them something. You guys got that. They were so many people on the left were basically stating that yesterday. And that's the context of the question that was asked of him at this press conference with Netanyahu. Right. And I mean, obviously, I completely disagree with the, you know, that entire premise. But he had said, you know, the Gaza thing hasn't worked. He's like, we're going to make it a nice place. That's how we're going to do it. He said this. I do have somebody to listen.
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Yeah, I would like to see Jordan. I'd like to see Egypt take some look. The Gaza thing has not worked. It's never worked. And I feel very differently about Gaza than a lot of people. I think they should get a good, fresh, beautiful piece of land. And we get some people to put up the money to build it and make it nice and make it habitable and enjoyable and make it a whole.
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This is where I disagree with them. I do. And you know what? It's OK to not agree with a politician a thousand percent on everything. I think it's too much like the progressive left when everyone's hive mind. So let's get that out of the way. It's not a betrayal of anything. And I literally believe that people who argue that should be kicked in the neck. That said, let me just touch on the history of Gaza. First off, I don't say Palestinian because just like I don't pretend that men who cut off their schlongs and create a frankengina are women. And I don't say things like, quote unquote, assault weapon. I don't use that kind of stupid language. I also don't say the word Palestine or Palestinian because that's a made up fairy tale. It is a creation of the modern era. We've talked about this before. If you want to go back into antiquity, and by the way, that as its own entity and as its own demographic of people is unsupported by literally thousands of years of antiquity. It is entirely unsupported in all of Islamic history. It is entirely unsupported in all of Western history. It is entirely unsupported in every aspect of human history that has ever been recorded since the inception of man's ability to write. It is a fabrication. There is no such thing as Palestine. There's no such thing as Palestinian. It was land that was given to them like welfare recipients by Israel back in 2005. And this is after decades of them being terrorists. That's inarguable. So this strip of land has never been like Palestine or Palestinian. It has always been Jewish land. And I don't care if you hate the Jews or not. Don't be an anti-Semite and an uneducated product of incest. OK, pick one, but don't do a disservice and screw yourself with both. That being said, it was a name that was given spitefully by Hadrian to Syria, Philistina, which actually they were coming from Crete. They were a seafaring people and they were spitefully named for the second Judean uprising as a way to stick a finger in the eye of the Jewish people to name this land after their enemies that had already left the area 200 years earlier. So it's not our fault that some of these people out there talking about this issue are illiterate. They're progressive. So that's why they're dumb. Now, that being said, fast forward to when Israel unilaterally gave that strip of land to Gaza and made it Gaza. When I say they gave everything, I mean, it was a fully furnished nation state. They left everything full greenhouses empty. Full greenhouses, fruit still on the vine. Full greenhouses, full infrastructure. Hell, some of the properties were fully furnished. They just left it, gave it to them like welfare recipients. Jordan didn't do it. Egypt didn't do it. Syria did not do it. The Saudis didn't do it. United Arab Emirates didn't do it. Qatar didn't do it. Israel did it, gave them a piece of land and said, here you go. And immediately, Gazans held elections and they were choosing between two sides, two different sides of the same turd. So they were choosing between Hamas and Fatah. Fatah is the less turdy of the two terrorist entities that are over there. Fatah has all its power. And that's the that's God's honest truth. Fatah has all the power in West Bank, although that's basically optic only because Hamas is so popular in West Bank. They were going to win and the next elections and they had to suspend it. Hamas was overwhelmingly elected. And it wasn't just, you know, the Hamas information ministry that was talking about Hamas's popularity there. There were numerous independent European news agencies that went in and some from the United States, some Western entities as well. And they were measuring public perception of Hamas. And they've always been incredibly well regarded. They're super popular. They're still super popular today, even after October 7th. If you held an election in Gaza right now, they'd win overwhelmingly. Everybody loves Hamas. It is a generational problem of terrorism. You've had generations of people in Gaza raised with this mindset now. Egypt didn't want them so bad, they literally built a wall. Go back into the 70s and look what happened when you had refugees from Gaza spilling into Lebanon. Go and see how well that worked for those people then. Go and see how well it worked for Jordan before. Or Egypt. Now you're going to get a sense of why all these other brave, brave Arab League nations talk a great game about supporting Gaza, but by God, they keep everybody at arm's length. Not in our country. I mean, hell, Egypt filled tunnels. So there's a reason why. Because of the terrorist predilections of its people. And yes, it's people. We all saw the videos of October 7th. You don't get tens of thousands of people in the street to the point where you can't even tell where the buildings begin and the people end. Cheering as hostages are paraded like trophy kills through the city centers. So they were given this strip of land. And this entire time, they have decided to turn it into a hellscape. Israel did not make them do that. The United States did not make them do that. Hamas chose to do it with the support of the people that kept them in power. The people could have voted for Fatah and they didn't. And you know why they didn't vote for Fatah? Because Fatah entertained the idea of Israel existing as its own entity, whereas Hamas doesn't. And that was the deal breaker. I mean, my gosh, we can't have Israel exist as its own entity. Better turn our strip of land that we were given like welfare coins into a hellscape. So that's the story of that area. Cliff note version. There is nothing anyone is going to be able to do to fix that area. It is not a political issue and it's not an issue of development. Some of these people look at it like it's a holy war. When you've got that kind of mindset, you're not going to be able to solve that with development and politics. And resettling people, I don't know why the United States, or even Israel for that matter, why it is demanded of all of us that we have to care more for Gazans than the damn elected government of Gaza. Try that one on for size. It makes zero sense. We don't owe them anything. So the brave Arab League, there's a reason, like I said, that the Jordanians aren't welcoming their kinsmen. Yes, kinsmen into their country or the Qataris who sheltered these fat, slovenly Hamas leaders who don't even live in Gaza. They live in penthouses in Qatar. And they've spent billions of dollars propping up Hamas to keep them in power. I mean, we we don't know. We've already done. You could if you wanted to demand that the United States do something, we already did our bit because we paid to support FATA. And here's what a lot of people who are absolutely almost to the point that they're special. They don't understand geopolitics or this region. One of the points here. that people try to bring up as it pertains to Israel is that, oh, well, Israel was funding. They were propping up, you know, Fatah and all this. Well, they were trying to keep Fatah and Hamas divided. I mean, whether or not I agree with that is irrelevant. I understand the tactic. The United States paid millions to prop up Fatah. And we spent millions in weapons training for the very terrorists, some of the very terrorists that carried out the October 7th attacks because they were a part of a security force that was supposed to be under the thumb of Fatah. But there's a lot of Hamas in it. So this destruction of this area is because of generational terrorist worship and the price of worshiping terrorists and giving them full control of your day to day operations is exactly what you see now in Gaza. And we think we keep wanting to revert to the same mistakes of giving them everything that they want because we foolishly believe that showering them with cash is going to create this. That's going to do anything other than create an indulgence of degeneracy that plagues this area. So you have, you know, these other Arab nations, they are not at all interested in taking these refugees out. To the point where Jordan is blaming Israel and rattling war drums if refugees are sent to them. I mean, all of these people, for all the talk about Israel, they treat Israel like the welfare pimp. So Egypt doesn't want these Hamas militants and their supporters driving conflict within their borders. Hell, make Iran take them because Iran's funded Hamas and Hezbollah. Iran's responsible for a lot, if not all, of this division that's happening right there. We don't owe them anything. So that's the history in the area. Now, some people have said, and we're going to explore this more, because the other part of this is some people are saying, well, this is an Overton window. Someone was trying to tell me, oh, this is the art of the deal. No, please learn proper things. It's called the Overton window. And it starts with there. You talk about something big and insane, and then you pull it back to your original request. That's literally what the Overton window is. So some are saying that that's the strategy that he is employing. Maybe so, but you do have to be incredibly careful when you're talking about this stuff. Now, if that is his way of doing this and he is able to successfully attain the objective of making the Arab League handle all of this stuff without a dime from us, that's fine. But I'll be damned. I have military age sons. I have grown up. Our country has been in wars my whole life. I have had members of my family go off to Iraq and Afghanistan and everywhere else all across the world, whether we were nation building under Bush or we were nation building under Clinton or we were nation building under Barack Obama. I'm tired of the damn nation building. And that's exactly what this is. If that is on its face, the intention. Now, if his goal is to try to bully Jordan and Egypt. And some of these other Arab nations into picking up the slack. Time will tell on that. But that wasn't telegraphed yesterday. And you can't blame people for being questioned for questioning this stuff. Like I said, we have been abused for so long. By our government. And you guys know this. We're going to talk more about this. Conversation's not done as we move. Burn a gun is a good way to diversify your self-defense options. Now, what does that mean? Well, I have friends who live in areas where they are very heavily gun-free zones, right? 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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
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I have a little hard time understanding you. Where are you from?
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Actually, it's a beautiful voice and a beautiful accent. The only problem is I can't understand a word you're saying. But I just say this. Good luck. Live in peace. Go ahead, please.
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My favorite is Netanyahu's face as this is happening. Because he's just sitting there like, I got a front row seat. I mean, I like that. I mean, he's and to be clear, I don't know what she said either. And he was very nice about it. And that's that's when Trump is at his best is when he does this kind of stuff. But it was funny, like nobody got their feelings hurt. Everybody was complimented. But also no one knew what the hell she was saying. It was very lovely. We got more on the way. Second hour coming up. Don't go anywhere because we'll know. All Family Pharmacy puts your health in your hands with customizable orders and emergency kits tailored to your needs. No doctor required. Get the prescriptions that you need for convenient, hassle-free health care on your terms. So when I was sick and in urgent need over Thanksgiving, All Family Pharmacy stepped in. like a lifeline, and they overnighted exactly what I needed to get back on my feet. And their fast, reliable service turned a super stressful situation because I was hosting for Thanksgiving. They turned it totally around. They specialize in medications like ivermectin and mabendazole. I don't even know what that is, but they have it. and it's designed to meet a wide range of health needs. And they also provide a range of treatments, including hydroxychloroquine, antibiotics, and over 200 essential medications. Be prepared with bulk orders of essential medications for any emergency. So don't wait until you're sick. It's fast. It's affordable. No insurance is required. Skip the lines. Order online with All Family Pharmacy. It's fast, reliable medication. Made in the USA, not China, with overnight options when you're in a pinch. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Only way to get 10% off using promo code Dana10. So don't wait for Big Pharma's next excuse. Protect yourself and your family today. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Code Dana10 gets you 10% off.
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You have to learn from history. History has, you know, just can't let it keep repeating itself. We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal. And I don't want to be cute, I don't want to be a wise guy, but the Riviera of the Middle East, this could be something that could be so bad.
SPEAKER 08 :
But where do those people go in the meantime, Mr. President?
SPEAKER 13 :
But more importantly than that is the people that have been... Absolutely destroyed that live there now can live in peace in a much better situation because they're living in hell.
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Well, it's a hell they wanted. Welcome back to the program. Top of the second hour. Dana Lash with you. You can follow along maybe if Rumble works. Go there where the chat is. You can stream on channel 347 directly. I'm mad because of the Politico, Reuters, AP stuff. I am livid today because of that USAID stuff, which we're going to come back to. We've been talking about the situation with Gaza and what the president said. Our friend Jason Buttrell, I always think he has really keen insight. But again, you got to remember, we are also very weary from years of Bush and Clinton and Obama's exploits. I mean, you guys remember... Bush with Iraq. You remember Clinton, Clinton State Department. I mean, there's two damn Clintons that try this. Remember, Hillary Clinton tried this in Egypt when she endorsed the Muslim Brotherhood. This is when they had the Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood had been banned in Egypt for a number of years prior to her doing this. And she literally endorsed the Muslim Brotherhood during for their elections. They came back briefly. All hell broke loose. And then she had what was basically run out of Egypt, her head hanging. And now the Muslim Brotherhood is banned again. They don't they didn't want anything to do with that. The when you look at what she did in Libya, Libya was a nation building exercise for the Clintons. They had said Blumenthal and others that were there. They thought, according to all of the emails, you remember the emails that were released? Was that WikiLeaks that did that? Because wasn't that the email tranche that came out and it showed them talking smack about Chelsea Clinton? If memory serves, that's what it was. And in... And in with all of the emails where they were talking smack about Chelsea Clinton and all of this, that's when you were learning that they were looking at this. They were looking at Libya going in, removing Gaddafi, and installing their own rulers and basically developing it. That's what they wanted to do in Libya. That all came out in all of those emails. And I think it was WikiLeaks that did it. And that's one of the reasons why Clintons were like, we're going after them. So it is... It's and then the Obamas, my gosh, you know, the Obamas were backing dictators and, you know, in Honduras and everywhere else. They were trying to get in and throw their weight around and all of these other elections. So we are so weary of this. And it may very well be an Overton window, but it would be irresponsible of us, I think, as taxpayers. And because you can like a politician and you can still say, no, no, this is actually incorrect. I don't agree with a single politician on 100 percent of everything, not even Ron DeSantis. I do not even agree with him 100% on everything. I don't even agree with my husband 100% on everything. Because then we'd both be wrong. So it's just the way of it. So I'm hoping, and as one of my friends was saying that... You know, maybe this is just a way to force these Arab nations to, it's one of two things, force the Arab nations to take responsibility of their kinsmen here. And number two, really underscore who actually owns the land. And that's the other thing. I mean, I don't see any other option than repatriate this land back to Israel. There's no other option. And if the people want to partner with Israel and develop it and maybe put a base there for the United States so we don't have to worry about having anything with Qatar and we can keep Turkey in check, I'd be open to that. That actually serves our interest and it doesn't make us responsible for the cleanup of a mess that we did not do. And it doesn't make us responsible for putting boots on the ground because I'll be damned if we send troops in to do something like this. Now, if we approach it that way, no, that... All right, then I could talk about that. You know what I mean? Like, oh, partner with them. Maybe we could have like a, you know, again, have us a base there. Listen to that. OK, because it puts us right there, right in the in the important area. We don't have to worry about Cutter because Cutter has been providing. I mean, we've had to depend on them to have some presence in that area. I know Cutter. This would be it would be a better alternative. OK, then I could be open to that. That's not what the president went out and said. I understand he doesn't want to show his cards. But at the same time, again, I go back to we are all very wary or very weary after Bush, Clinton and Obama. So when we hear stuff like this, we immediately. You can't blame people. We've been abused. Americans have been so abused by the left and the fake right for so long. So you can it's understandable. No jury would convict us. Now, one of the things about where they go, and that was a question that Caitlin Collins asked, not there. Yeah, that's your answer, not there. I got the sense when I was watching that he was, There was for a brief second. And I always, whenever he answers these questions, I like to watch people very closely because everybody's got to tell. Although I think he has a pretty good poker face. But every now and then you can just see a gleam of something. And Netanyahu was watching him when he was answering this question. And I got the sense that that's what he wanted to say. He didn't say it, but I got the sense that that's what he wanted to say. But yeah, send him to Jordan or have Iran take them. The problem is, and this is the truth of the situation. In Gaza, you have a people that have been generationally reared to revere terrorism. It is taught in the schools. They have I mean, their whole Palestinian, which is a fake word. We talked about that last hour. Authority has a whole program that pays the benefits. It gives a it awards a lump sum and then it pays the benefits of families whose loved ones martyr themselves for Hamas. That is like a multimillion dollar program. Some USAID money got in there. It is a huge program. It is an official program of that ruling entity, not just Hamas, but the party that rules Hamas and Fatah, which is still all the same people. So you have people who are generationally reared to support terrorism, and you have a half a billion dollar fund that pays the martyrs' families, right? When you go and look back at what has all happened in the past 60, 70 years, whenever Gazans have been have fled into like Jordan, like Jordan had a civil war that was caused by Gazans. Lebanon had conflict that was caused by Gazans. Egypt sees this and they're like, hell no, which is why they built a wall that is policed. This is why you have none of these other Arab nations that want them. There's a reason why. Because where they go, that's where war is. That's how, when you have that drummed in your head, generation after generation after generation after generation, that's all you know. It is a poisonous, poisonous belief system. And it is encouraged and it is rewarded. Now, it's a friend of mine, when I was talking to them about this, because they had served a Actually, they were in Iraq, they were in Afghanistan, and they were involved in some of the training. And then they were saying, well, it's a grievance culture, which I thought was perfectly encapsulated it. The Gazan culture is a grievance culture. Think about it. You hurt and rescue yourself. You elect a terrorist government that hates you, but you love them. And they pay you to go and kill yourself and murder innocent people. And they destroy the area in which you live for resources to keep killing. And the entire time they blame it on everyone else but themselves. And then Gazans absolve themselves of responsibility even though they are on record by every other international agency as loving Hamas and supporting them overwhelmingly. So it is a grievance culture. And they want revenge. They want revenge because they just hate Jews. That's it. So they can't stay there. I don't know what that looks like for, you know, the the planning going forward. But they don't they don't want to exist as a two nation. They don't want the two nation option. They don't want that. They don't want to coexist. They don't believe that. That's the difference between Hamas and FATA. And that's why Hamas is so popular. So I don't know. I mean, it also one of the things, too, that. This could do if this is an Overton window approach is again underscore who actually does own that land. That's why you can't really. For me, it was weird to hear. Well, we're going to go in and just take over. It's not their land, though. I think that for me, when I first heard that, to me, it presupposed that these people owned this strip of land in the first place, which they don't. It was given to them. It's Israel's land. Historically, thousands of years of antiquity, it's Israel's land. It's the end of it. So we would be taking over from them. Again, fine with a partnership to develop it and put a base there. I want some kind of military benefit to us. Then I could be persuaded. But otherwise, we don't owe a damn thing to Gazans. We do not owe a damn thing to FATA, the PLO, Hamas. We don't owe a damn thing to any of these people. But it is going to be interesting because how do you think... Arab nations are responding to this. I was thinking about this this morning. Maybe you're having an approach where you're forcing these other Arab nations to act and clean up the area while also underscoring that it's Israel's land. That immediately reshapes that part of the world instantaneously. So that could be an approach. There's been so much that's happened. I do think that they could be prevailed upon to do that because you have to also consider a number of these nations or signatories under the Abraham Accords. The Saudis have said that they can't do it unless there's a two-state solution. I think that Saudi Arabia has made some good strides in terms of not just becoming... I don't want to say westernizing because I think that... Western concepts are something that you cannot apply that to every nation. I think that that's a myopic, shallow view that a lot of people that don't have familiarity with geopolitics believe, the left, that you can just, you know, transpose democracy on every other nation, which you can't. I mean, there's just it's incompatible with some cultures. That said, I feel like the Saudis have with the new monarch, I feel like they've they've incorporated a lot of a lot more reason. I mean, they had a swimsuit, not like a slutty swimsuit fashion show, but like to show like bathing, actual bathing suits. And they had fashion shows, which they used to not have before. Women are driving over there. They're there. going and getting higher education if they want it in greater numbers. They can kind of establish their own timelines and work as a true partner with their spouses. I mean, it's changing. That said... I also think that it's silly to demand a two-state solution because one of the other participants will never and has never accepted that. That has been their defining characteristic. It's literally in their mission statement. Hamas's mission statement is to literally oppose a two-state solution. So how can you demand that? I mean, you're at an impasse. So you see there's the rub. We'll see. Now, coming up, we've got more on this USAID insanity. Reuters, Associated Press, Politico. I'm just waiting for WAPO. 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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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We may not make it through today without throwing something. I'm done. Telling you guys I'm trying real hard. Soaring egg prices. Now everyone's getting into backyard chickens. I have to say, I selfishly want chickens. Not because I care about the eggs, but because... My favorite? No, no, no. I love watching videos of them running around in pants. I'm not even lying. I watched them running around. Have you ever seen a chicken with pants on running around? It's the funniest thing. I will laugh until I cry every time. I could crochet them some little pants. They could run around my yard. That's the only reason I'm interested. I have a whole story about... I'll save it. I have a whole other story. 100,000 eggs stolen from a central Pennsylvania supplier. Kane, I'm not saying that we should get involved in black market egg deals, but I'm saying we should get involved in black market egg deals.
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I'm kind of with you.
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Yeah, I'm kind of with you on that. Like, I'll stand at the side of the, I'll get in an alley somewhere. Like, hey, how many eggs you want? How many? You want a full dozen? What do you want? Let's see. A massage parlor set a client on fire in a bizarre video. The Times of India. Like on purpose. Apparently, I guess that's a thing where you can be set. Your back is set on fire. And yeah, one of them sets a massage client on fire with a lighter. They cover them with a thick towel. And then that's it. They extinguish the flames. No, thanks. I really don't think that does anything. Let's see this. American Airlines announced no working bathrooms before boarding. Flight attendants claimed that bottled water could fix it. Boy, air travel sounds lovely. This actually happened on a flight. It was from Tampa to Philly. They went without working water. And they said that everybody use the bathrooms before you get on to your two hour, 41 minute trip. Goodness. Stick with us. More in store. Our partners are bringing you the program. It's our friends over at Kel-Tec. If you have not checked out the new 5.7 that they came out with, you got to. It's the latest and greatest from Kel-Tec. And they've changed concealed carry in 95. Now they got the PR-57 rotary barrel pistol. It's chambered in 5.7. It's just redefining the game. It's the lightest, literally the lightest five seven I've ever held in my ever loving life. It's 40% lighter than the next lightest five seven. It has a top loading design. So it replaces traditional magazines with literal stripper clips that gives it a slimmer carry profile. And you also got a 20 plus one capacity. It's kind of insane and awesome. all at the same time. It's built to perform when it matters. And it's engineered for simplicity and reliability. Quickest and easiest field strip that you can get. And MSRP is legit $399. It's only $399. That's insane. I mean, yeah, you can get it. Go get it. It's the PR57, the new one from Kel-Tec. Kel-Tecweapons.com. That's where you can go to learn more. K-E-L-T-E-C-weapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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And to remind people that Dr. King was right. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Shut up. And injustice in Gaza is a threat to justice in the United States of America. I rise to announce that the movement to impeach the president has begun. I rise to announce that I will bring articles of impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done.
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Al Green is an absolute walking mental abortion. He is a clown. He is a wart on the A-double snakes of America. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. And we're at the bottom of the second hour. So now already they're just mad. So they're calling impeachment is not supposed to be a tool for I don't like you. So I'm not like totally impeach you. It's not supposed to be that way. There's no crime. They impeached in the last time without any crime. There's no crime. They literally didn't bring a charge. Dear God, you don't even understand what you people are doing. One day you're going to get somebody like me in office and I will ruthlessly abuse every bit of my authority to make the lives of my enemies a living hell and not just my enemies, but all of their families and all of their families, friends and their friends, friends and their damn dogs, even everybody like you are. These people do not understand the fire with which they mess. You will open that Pandora's box one day, and there will be someone like me, Gladriel with the One Ring, who will just Dracarys burn everything down. I know we combined two different, like, lores there, but it works. So, again, welcome back. They want to impeach him already. Kane, has it been two weeks?
SPEAKER 04 :
Just over.
SPEAKER 10 :
Barely.
SPEAKER 04 :
Just over.
SPEAKER 10 :
I throw something. Maybe. Oh, I don't know. Maybe Democrats could do the job for the people instead of constantly trying to litigate and settle scores. We're not doing this again. We are not doing that. I will actually riot. I don't even know. I've never rioted in my life. Don't know what that looks like. I will go and kick and break things. I don't even care. Done with it. Done. I feel like, sidebar, we should be able to do that because they robbed us of our taxpayer dollars and they paid everyone from Associated Press Politico. Remember how we were joking a second ago about New York Times and the New York Times? They were paying the New York Times. We were paying through USAID, the New York Times, to write hit pieces on us. To write hit pieces on us. You okay over there, Cain? Do you have a mild stroke? What do you want to throw?
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I hope it's a Fetterman style stroke.
SPEAKER 10 :
You know what? Hold up. I need to order stress balls because this is like week two. I'm doing this live on air. This is week two. Everybody gets a stress ball. I don't know how, with the left freaking out about the stress balls for adults. With the left freaking out about, oh man, this one, triple density? Do I want a triple density stress ball? Why are there so many options? Stop! A lot of stress out there. I want the thing where its face comes out. I like a little bit of a payoff. There's a Kamalama. We're getting that. Yeah, it's a llama that you squeeze and its butt and head go like that. Totally. There's a stress hog also purchasing. You said calma llama? Calm llama. Oh, calm llama. Yeah, I know. It's a little... There's a hell no button. I like that. I'm done. I just literally did it. I literally did that. So already, like I said, they're pushing impeachment because they're angry that... He's doing too much stuff. I got to tell you again, there's so many things happening right now. You have Pam Bondi, who just got sworn in. Now, Pam Bondi, I've had my issues with her. If she stays away from 2A, doesn't dilute due process, I'll be happy. I'll be happy with it. Because she seems like she likes kicking the backsides of the restorative justice, lawlessness and disorder people. So I'm I'm OK with that. But, you know, these people like Al Green and all. Where's this audio at? I wanted to play this for you, too. They're so livid. They're demanding now already. They're trying to do this, this scam of itchment. And they're also mad. Audio Summit 16. They're livid over Elon Musk. They want to jail him just like because. Listen.
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He has broken the law time and time again. This cannot stand. He must be held accountable. He must be made to pay. We must enforce the law.
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Can we stop it for a minute? Just keep him up on screen. Can I just break in here and interrupt myself? And I know I'm a lot for you guys today because I'm wound up. When the first off, I'm going to get to what how dumb he is for saying that we should jail a private citizen for doing what the president asked. Number one. Number two, it's not spring. It is February 5th. And he is wearing a mint green tie, a pastel shirt with a pastel day, a little decor pin. And he's wearing in the suits like gray. That's a spring suit that you barely fit in. You chubby moron. What the hell are you doing wearing it on February 5th? What are you doing? It's not Easter yet. Lunchbox? Okay, I'm sorry. Go ahead. I'm sorry, Juan. I'm really sorry, guys.
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We must enforce the law.
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These guys are... For what? Because we don't like him. Lock you up. Put you in jail. Come on, slick. Let's go. They're that mad. Everything. The veil has been torn. It's all being exposed and they are losing their minds because they're losing their power. They're losing all of the little avenues that they had to influence people. Check this out with this because I got more. So you had Biden's IG. He's inspector general for USAID. He said that USAID was a threat to national security before Trump. began firing everybody and locking everything down at USAID before Elon Musk put together his blessed nerd army. I want to buy those guys a kegger, by the way, so bad. They had a memo. You didn't hear about this, did you? I didn't hear about this either. I came across this last night. They had a memo. This inspector general sent out a memo warning that people that USAID was a threat to national security. It was undermining the security of the United States by the way it doled out foreign aid and the vulnerabilities from that made it, I mean, it was working directly against the interests of the United States. It was the inspector general for USAID. It came out late January. And it detailed a lot of these longstanding concerns that a lot of people had about how safeguards against the misuse of these funds and the proper authorities to hold violators accountable, how it was all missing from their toolbox. Interesting. Huh. They did the inspector general for the reconstruction of Afghanistan has been combing through it because that's where you guys were finding out about the prophylactics and all that stuff. They were also showcasing how that was. They're just laundering money through it. USAID, according to this report, they had a responsibility to maintain oversight and they refused to do it. Which then, remember what we told you yesterday, that dovetails into what Joni Ernst was saying about how she and other lawmakers had repeatedly for like ever been demanding to see the books for USAID and they outright refused. Which, sidebar for a moment, how are you a government entity that is supposed to be working for the people and You are demanded, it is demanded of you to turn over the book so everybody can see what you're spending our money on. And you refuse. You refuse the request when it comes from senior lawmakers. How is that allowable? What would happen to you all in your jobs if your bosses said, hey, Can I see those TP reports? Like with office space. Can I get them TPS reports? And you were like, one finger salute, no? What would happen? What would happen to you? They'd escort you out. But hey, USAID, have you seen the photos that were floating around of actual terrorists that were holding up guns in USAID tents? How... Think about this. The Pentagon was airdropping weaponry to Al-Qaeda, ISIS in Syria. And then they... Remember, they were saying, oh, it was an error. But that actually went through USAID. This has been ongoing. We've literally been supporting terror through USAID. That's insane. This... Jerry Dunleavy noted that back in November, the Justice Department indicted a Syrian national that had taken more than nine million U.S. dollars, taxpayer dollars, that were supposed to be for a USAID humanitarian aid, and it was supposedly going towards Syrian civilians. But they diverted it illegally, Dunleavy notes, to armed combatant groups, including the al-Nusra, the al-Nusra Front, and al-Qaeda. So Juan is showing you on the simulcast, that's one of, actually there's several photos out there of them in tents and in front of boxes that say USAID on them. These are terrorists. This is, this is crazy. And the left is having a meltdown. I want to make this point again because Elon Musk and Doge are going through and gutting all of this with a, how many was it? Like 10? Nerds. Going through, gutting everything. The left is apoplectic. The same people who had no problem hiring 88,000 IRS agents to go after us, to go after you. They had no issue. Unbelievable. The spokesperson for the Trump administration was saying that Doge is working on canceling all of those payments. Good. So far, I like the press secretary sidebar. I know there's a lot. I haven't addressed it on the show yet. But there's like this TikTok whatever ditz who has an account where she only goes after Republican women's appearances. And she was savaging Caroline Leavitt. Oh my gosh, she was making fun of her marriage, making fun of her appearance. Guys, I really, really try hard to be a person of faith. But sometimes I am tempted to the point where I cannot resist. Because she's like, well, I'm a mean girl. This chick, I don't want to give her name. I was reading some of the stuff she was saying about Caroline Leavitt. It was just beyond the pale. I don't get nasty with people until you get nasty with me. I play really well with others. And then even then, it takes a lot. But when I do, go. It's bare knuckle. And this chick was like, oh, I'm a mean girl. And she was bragging about herself, saying the meanest things. I mean, she's talking about all these Republican ladies. She was going after J.D. Vance's wife. Like, why her? She's lovely. Why would you do that? Going after Melania Trump's fashion sense, which I will cut you because I like tailored fashion and I also like her style. I'll cut you. But the stuff she was saying about Caroline Leavitt, because Caroline Leavitt's a young woman. She's in her late 20s. You know, it's like she's a new mom. You're already dealing with a lot. And then you're the White House spokesperson. And to have this ditz go off on your appearance and act like a mean girl. I was like, you want to see a mean girl? I'll show you a mean girl. I haven't done it yet. I'm just biding my time. But I had to say that because that really bothered me. Because, you know, she sees, you know, whether you want to or not, you see all that stuff. Anyway, Levitt said that because they were trying to hide the fact that they were getting all these millions of dollars by saying, oh, these are subscriptions going through the federal government. Did you guys subscribe? I didn't. Did you subscribe? Nope. Yeah. What did you say? Say it out loud.
SPEAKER 06 :
$10,000 per subscription? Yeah. 37 subscriptions is what that came out to.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 10 :
I've seen everything. A Florida man in a Dalmatian onesie outruns troopers, tasers, and canines. Damn. Get him to the Olympics. Pasco County. This Florida man, literally in a Dalmatian onesie, escaped Florida highway troopers. They caught up with him the next day, though. They tried to pull over reckless driver Dylan Devereaux just after midnight on January 27th. Vehicle took off high rate of speed. They dropped off a passenger, sped up again. crashed into a tree eventually. They chased him, put him to the ground. He was fighting the troopers in the road. Outran a canine. I don't even know how. Well, he was in a Dalmatian onesie. And guess what? Resisting with violence. Oh, and he had a ton of meth. There it is right there. That's methed up, man. He had a ton of meth. Let's see. A Florida man kidnapped a woman who struck him on his bicycle. The 67-year-old Danny Phelps, he kidnapped, got charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tons of other things. Lake City Police Department said he was trying to cross the street. Apparently, he said this woman made contact with him. She was trying to move forward. She said he abruptly stopped in front of her and got himself hit. He held her hostage with a knife. So he sounds like a bicyclist. Totally. Stay with us. Third hour on the way. Achieving vibrant, youthful skin doesn't have to be complicated. With the power of Native Path Collagen, you can nourish your body from within and enhance not just your skin, but also your hair, your nails. By incorporating Native Path Collagen into your daily routine, you can promote a plump, radiant complexion, reduce signs of aging, and boost your overall vitality, all without any unnecessary fillers or additives. Native Path collagen has only type 1 and 3 collagen, the most important types, making up 90% of your body's collagen. No artificial sweeteners, just pure third-party tested goodness. It's completely flavorless, so you can just add it to about anything, your coffee, your smoothies, oatmeal, or whatever you want. And the best part is that Native Path's peptides formula makes it more bioavailable, so it means your body will absorb it easily. Start your journey to healthier skin today. Get native path.com slash Dana and stock up on native path collagen and save up to an incredible 45% off plus free shipping. Every order includes a 365 day money back guarantee. Don't miss out. Head to get native path.com slash Dana.
SPEAKER 03 :
Shut down the city. We are at war. There is an economic coup happening right here in the Treasury and right there in Trump's White House. But there's a revolution happening right here on these streets.
SPEAKER 16 :
And right now, all across America, people are knocked down, but they are getting up and they are going to fight the dictator of Donald Trump and his henchmen, Elon Musk.
SPEAKER 03 :
We will see you in the courts, in Congress, in the streets. Elon Musk is a Nazi nutball baby.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, and you're a racist bald man. Shut up. I'm so tired of this. And it's I'm not. Where's the lie? Welcome. Welcome back to the program. Dana last year with you. I'm just you know, we're just talking truth. Right. That's it. Top of this third hour. These people are nuts. Golly, they're nuts. I mean, it's a joke. They are mad because they don't get unfettered access to our taxpayer dollars anymore to waste on all this nonsense. And they're and that apparently makes one a Nazi. That's not how that works, but it's embarrassing. That party is jacked. The Democrat Party is dead. Where else do they go? Where else do they go from here? Think about it. Compare the Democrat Party of today with the Democrat Party in the 90s. Shockingly different. They are now the cringe freaks. They're the ones that it's just, oh, they're so weird and obnoxious. It is just trying on the nerves and it's just cringe. I talked about this with Jesse Waters last night. They are not able to uncrazy themselves. They can't. I don't know. How much further left can you go? What are they going to do next? Like literally nominate the devil? Like as a candidate for next time they have a presidential primary? Like where else do they go? Where do they go from here? Baby sacrifice? Like where? Well, they already do that. Where else did they go? You got thought, King?
SPEAKER 06 :
Don't challenge them on that because I think they'll find a way to go lower.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, I mean, creatively, at some point, your options get slim, you know? Dana last year with you, top of this third hour. I don't know where these people go. I mean, after this, they were all up there. They all were saying the same thing. Elon Musk is a Nazi. He's a Nazi.
SPEAKER 09 :
He's a Nazi. We don't like it. Why don't you like him? Because we don't like what he does. What does he do? He doesn't let us take your money. We want to cut off the kids' genitals. Turn them into Frankengenders. It's what we want to do.
SPEAKER 10 :
They're clowns. It's embarrassing. I don't know anybody. I have friends who are Democrats. Well, friends. Associates who are Democrats. They don't even want to actually be affiliated with them anymore. Now they've taken us in. Oh, we're independent. They're like, oh my gosh, we're not like those people. Democrats are tainting themselves. I don't know. I mean, the implication is that... What is it? Who was it? Was it the bald one? Which one was saying that it was an economic coup? Oh, LaMonica. LaKaren was saying that it was an economic coup. Two words, I'm positive she cannot define. And a phrase, I'm equally positive she can't define. Out there saying it's an... How is it an economic coup? They are livid that you, the taxpayer, voted to take your money back. That to them is a coup. That tells you everything you need to know about these people. I want to switch it up real quick before my head explodes. Have you guys heard about the, I know you guys don't watch the Oscars, but I do love watching Hollywood turn on itself. I could watch the left fight with the left all day. It's one of my favorite. It's like watching a dog chew its leg. It's just, you know, not that I've ever seen that, but I can imagine. So the Oscars, they're in a bit of a pickle as it were. Cain, have you heard? I don't know why I have to use that accent, but it makes it better. So there's a Spanish language film I haven't watched called Amelia Perez. And the actor who stars in it is a dude. Carla Sofia Gascon. It's ma'am. And Gascon, the movie has gotten 13 nominations. And this guy got nominated for an Oscar. Oh, he did? He did. Mr. Carla got nominated for an Oscar. Oh, but there's a catch. Mr. Carla got nominated for Best Actress Oscar. She sounds hideous.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, she's a guy, so.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Best Actress Oscar. Yeah. And that was after the 2020 change in policy when the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, they wanted inclusion and all this stuff. And you have to have Academy inclusion standards and things like that. So, Amelia Perez has 13 nominations and one of those is a dude who's up for Best Actress. And GLAAD was not happy. They said that it is a step backwards for trans representation. They're mad because they said that the representations in Emilio Perez, I'm reading their statement, are considered tropes in the portrayal of the trans community. But if you're trans, you're already playing to a trope. You're a living trope. I mean, I'm not... If you want to do what you want to do on your own time, that's fine. But don't gaslight me. You're a trope. You are patterning your identity after stereotypical characteristics. And in most cases, they are greatly exaggerated to a caricature effect. That's a trope. You embody trope in order to be trans. And so... So GLAAD was saying that they were upset with it. The alphabet, so one of the memes that's going around And I was at the Simpsons. I can't remember if there's a Simpsons. So they they have there's this gif where everybody puts their hands in a circle, you know, and then somebody has a peg in the center and somebody else's hand scoots the stick away. So it's all that. That's the LGB hands. And then the tea comes in there and all the LGBs brush the tea away. That's the that's the there's a reason for that because they're livid. So the Academy is like patting itself on the back for this. And now you got a dude who is up for best actress. I kind of hope he wins just because they all deserve it. I hope the women deserve to be robbed for even going along with us. So that's fine. Now, here's the other thing. And Kane noted this. That Mr. Carla milkshake ducked himself, didn't he? Because Mr. Carla, I'm pulling this up, got really mad at the people in the gay and trans community that were criticizing his either performance in the film or his nomination for best actress. And the man known as Mr. Carla went off and I can't even read the statement. uh yeah it was basically go do something unflattering to yourself you unflattering unflatterer that's yeah that's that's the extent of it and apparently used they got mad because he used slurs what can you if you're trans can you get in trouble for using a trans slur like if you're trans can you say tranny If you're a mechanic, can you say tranny? You know, talking about the same. So this, I want to see this just, I hope this explodes. I would watch the Oscars for that. Just to watch them all fight over that little gold statue, the golden calf, as it were. I'd watch the Oscars for that. Would you? Just to watch them melt down over clearly a dude. That dude looks like that chick on TikTok who runs down Republican women's appearances. Looks just like her. face frozen baboon ass lips I mean it just boom right there anyway you're right I hate everything so just saying I want to see them completely devolve into a slap fight at that now USAID you guys remember Jamie Raskin right here's some more USAID stuff He represents the second largest USAID contractor. He took in, just in 2021 alone, over $161 million in USAID awards. Yeah. Yeah. He took in that much. Wow. He's not the only one. Who's the other guy was telling you about? What was it? There was a another who's the Goldman the New York congressman who apparently his family Levi Strauss. They run that business. They got millions in USAID money. So we're like going be at New York Times. Associated Press as you know Politico Associated Press Reuters all bringing in millions upon millions upon millions annually from USAID. You also have this. Oh, Reuters. This is the interesting thing. So Reuters got over about 10 million for, quote, active social engineering defense, large scale social deception. That's literally written in the description. I mean, that's one way to say it. I mean, that's how I would define it that way. That's wild. Wild. That's just one. It goes on and on and on. The New York Times over the past five years got tens... and tens and tens of millions of dollars. They got five million in, sorry, under five million in August of 2024 from USAID. And that was pushed through HHS. They had, oh, you had a couple of others. I think they got 20 million here. I mean, there's, people are gonna be going through this forever. Because think how long, I mean, this has been around since the 60s. Think how long this has been happening. How much, I mean, you know, how much do you think total has been siphoned away from taxpayers? Would you say a trillion? Oh, yeah. Over the span of USAID's lifetime, its lifespan?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, their budget, wasn't it like somewhere around 600 billy?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, it was half a billion dollars.
SPEAKER 06 :
It was like 490 something million. It would only take a couple years, I guess, for a Trillie to be rolling through the books.
SPEAKER 10 :
We have more on the way and all of the latest. We're also going to talk about what they've been doing in Texas because, you know, I've been super mad at Florida Rhinos and Texas Rhinos, Florida Rhinos. They're trying to kneecap the governor in lame ducking because they want amnesty and they're trying to play to MAGA and act like they're all MAGA. But when you look at their record, higher taxes, they hate your gun rights. All of these people have voted for like tons of gun control. I've had the receipts up on Substack. They have enriched themselves through contracts and all this stuff. They've taken millions from Trulieve, the foreign Canadian pot company that's trying to purchase a monopoly and drive out all competition. And Trulieve is trying to do that in Texas too. You know that, Kane? Trulieve is already starting, trying to lay the groundwork to do the same thing in Texas. Now you see why I've been talking about this so much. So in Texas, instead of leading with property tax relief and all of this, What did they do with Beyonce? They made it to where they gave her a day or some stupid... I don't know what they did. They didn't talk about gun rights. They didn't talk about property tax relief. They didn't do any of that. We're going to talk to a Texas lawmaker here coming up. All Family Pharmacy puts your health in your hands with customizable orders and emergency kits tailored to your needs. No doctor required. Get the prescriptions that you need for convenient, hassle-free health care on your terms. So when I was sick and in urgent need over Thanksgiving, All Family Pharmacy stepped in. like a lifeline. And they overnighted exactly what I needed to get back on my feet. And their fast, reliable service turned a super stressful situation because I was hosting for Thanksgiving. They turned it totally around. They specialize in medications like ivermectin and mabendazole. I don't even know what that is, but they have it. And it's designed to meet a wide range of health needs. And they also provide a range of treatments, including hydroxychloroquine, antibiotics, and over 200 essential medications. Be prepared with bulk orders of essential medications for any emergency. So don't wait until you're sick. It's fast. It's affordable. No insurance is required. Skip the lines. Order online with All Family Pharmacy. It's fast, reliable medication. Made in the USA, not China, with overnight options when you're in a pinch. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Only way to get 10% off using promo code Dana10. So don't wait for Big Pharma's next excuse. Protect yourself and your family today. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Code Dana10 gets you 10% off.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, let's see here. All right. First up, this intoxicated patron. who is outside of an adult gentleman's place, really gentleman, bit a police officer's thumb, got super in trouble. He doesn't look sad about it. He's from Pennsylvania. Intoxicated man charged with felony assault. He like bit the whole thumb off. How do you, what kind of jaws and teeth do you have that you can just chomp like that? That's actually kind of terrifying. Think about it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Did it happen when he got tased? No. That would make sense.
SPEAKER 10 :
I mean, they were trying to get him in a cruiser. He placed his head through the sliding plexiglass partition and began shouting. And then he bit the officer's thumb, leaned all his body weight into the back rear seat, causing more pain. Yeah, they had to taser him a ton, apparently, to get him to release. And then he had to go to the hospital and get part of it reattached. That's terrifying. Hey, let's see. This, ooh, the ultimate selfie has claimed 480 lives. I don't know why people do it. Let them do it. It's like self-cleaning ovens. I'm not kidding. The small Japanese city of Otaru, they're hiring security guards to manage tourists because tourists are like falling off bridges and being stupid. But there's also the Grand Canyon. Apparently that's the world's deadliest selfie spot. People literally fall off the rocks into the canyon all the damn time. I did not know it was so prevalent. They said that apparently between 2008 and 2021 alone, almost 400 people And selfie accidents have fallen like to their deaths. Really? It's coming up. The rhinos in Austin, Texas. They're going for the rhino crown from Florida lawmakers. We're going to talk to one lawmaker next to discuss. What does living better mean to you? Is it more money? A bigger house? Now think about this. What about how you feel physically every day? Life is so much better when you feel good. When you wake up feeling great, you can do more of the things that you love and you're ready to take on the day. If pain is affecting your life, see how Relief Factor can help change that. Relief Factor is a 100% drug-free daily supplement that helps your body fight pain naturally. Developed by doctors, Relief Factor supports your body's response to inflammation and it doesn't just mask pain for a short time. It helps to reduce or even eliminate it, and it's safe to take daily. In fact, the longer you take Relief Factor, the more effective it is. Over 1 million people have turned to Relief Factor. Feel better every day, and you'll live better every day. Trying Relief Factor is easy. Get their three-week quick start for only $19.95. That's less than a dollar a day. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF. That's 1-800-4-RELIEF. Or visit relieffactor.com.
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SPEAKER 10 :
Today is not a good day for people who are all about fiscal responsibility and government. We're finding out a lot of bad things. And this is sort of, you know, the the cap on a couple of weeks of looking at what was happening with rhinos in Austin, Texas and rhinos in Tallahassee, Florida. And the reason I'm focusing on those two states is because, well, Florida was my backup state if Texas fell. And Texas, all my friends in Florida, my family in Florida, Texas was their backup state if Florida fell. The two biggest red states in the nation. Republicans will never win the White House if we lose them. And we have this traitorous rhino cabal where they're pushing amnesty. They're pushing Democrat empowerment. Why? Why? Rhinos, I don't know. They want popularity. All of that, betraying voters, they're trying to wreck the states that are providing the blueprint to all of the other states in the nation. One of the loudest voices on this is Brian Harrison, who has really been sounding the alarm. He is a Texas representative. He represents the 10th District, and he joins us now via Skype. And, Representative, it's good to talk with you. Thank you so much for joining us.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's great to be with you, Dana.
SPEAKER 10 :
I saw this last night and I was so mad. And I just want to for all of our viewing audience, you know, Representative Harrison is a stalwart conservative, like an actual conservative. He noted after how many weeks of doing nothing.
SPEAKER 01 :
Three.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Lawmakers in Austin. And we were all waiting for lower property taxes to kind of see what lawmakers were going to do on that. They didn't focus on that. They decided right before they gave themselves some vacation time to check notes, pass a house resolution to honor Beyonce.
SPEAKER 1 :
What happened?
SPEAKER 01 :
is absolutely as crazy and as unbelievable as you described it. Look, I'm a native Texan, I love this state, and we have a reputation, as does Florida, by the way, for leading in freedom and liberty and limited government and fiscal responsibility and individual liberty. But I have to be honest, In large part because of the, you use the term treasonous, I think, behavior of many elected so-called Republicans who collude with Democrats to put Democrats in charge of the Texas House. The state of Texas, sadly, has been just coasting on that reputation for far too long. And so we've got a situation where Texans are being taxed out of their homes with confiscatory levels of property taxes. We don't have school choice. We're one of the very few Republican states that has still It insists on keeping poor kids trapped in failing schools. We did nothing on election integrity in the last multiple years. We've got medical freedom issues and we still haven't banned COVID vaccine mandates for students, for example. There are big issues that my voters, 30 million Texans, are counting on their government to do, the government that's supposed to be there to protect their liberty. But what's happened in the state of Texas, we had 30 Republicans less than a month ago team up with 50 Democrats to elect our speaker. So even though we have a 25 seat majority in the Republican dominated Republican state of Texas, Democrats control the Texas House of Representatives. And so in exchange for the Democrats' support, what the RINO sellouts have done is basically given Democrats almost complete control of every committee in the Texas House and cut deals with them to run out the clock to make sure that real, necessary, needed, vital, conservative Republican priority legislation never sees the light of day. And that's what we saw last night. I was the only member of the Texas House. I stood up. and yelled an objection to try and stop this once i realized that they had suspended all of the house rules that are supposed to govern our body they've made a motion to suspend all the rules so that we could take up and consider property tax relief no no no so we could honor beyonce that's what the texas house has done so now i tweeted out again this morning it is officially the case that the texas house of representatives for the entire session has spent more time on birthday speeches uh resolutions for intramural house football games and honoring beyonce Then we'd have done on border security, property taxes or school choice. You either have to laugh or cry. I'm going to continue exposing this and trying to bring an unprecedented level of transparency to the American people, because best I can tell, Dana, transparency is like kryptonite down here in the Austin swamp.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, it is. We're talking to Texas Representative Brian Harrison, who I'm. I'm almost speechless, which is rare for someone who loves to talk. Do they hate Texas voters? Like what? I don't understand it. They have a super majority and they're empowering Democrats. They're giving them leadership positions. They're capitulating on all of the major issues. Why? Are they secret Democrats?
SPEAKER 01 :
I say this as somebody who, the years right before I got elected to the Texas House in 2021, I had spent years in Washington, D.C. battling that swamp with President Trump. I was President Trump's Chief of Staff at the US Department of Health and Human Services. And it was the coalition that fought us tooth and nail on everything was the Democrat Party, their mouthpieces in the mainstream media, and perhaps worse, weak liberal establishment rhino Republicans. And to my shock, when I got elected in Texas, I found out that that exact same coalition governs the Texas House, but they don't even try to make a secret about it. Literally 30 Republicans explicitly teamed up with 50 Democrats to take over the Texas House. Imagine if Kevin McCarthy had cut a deal with Hakeem Jeffries to get 10 votes to save his speakership. Imagine if AOC and Nancy Pelosi were made chairman of Ways and Means or Energy and Commerce. That literally has been the case in the Texas House for many years, and it continues the Democrat control of our chamber continues to this day. So we have an absolute explosion of government, basic Republican priorities like border security, election integrity, school choice, die. They never even see the light of day last session. I'll make it one further. The most powerful person in our chamber is the House parliamentarian. Well, who's that guy? He's a Barack Obama White House lawyer. So a Barack Obama White House lawyer is the most powerful staffer in the Republican-dominated Texas House, which is actually controlled by a coalition of 50 Democrats and 30 so-called Republicans. And I agree with your question. There's a long way to answer your question, Dana. absolute betrayal and a stabbing in the back of the voters of Texas who voted for Republican leadership, who deserve bold Republican leadership, and is effectively undoing an election by giving the Democrats the Kamala Harris caucus. Trump won Texas, but thanks to the fake Republicans in the Texas House, some of Kamala's biggest supporters are controlling the Texas House of Representatives. It's insane.
SPEAKER 10 :
This is... I mean, I'm watching... A lot of these policies from President Trump that he's expecting as he's litigating and fighting Democrats. We've talked a little bit about that the previous hours, just the pushback that he's getting federally. So he's really having to rely on these Republican strongholds in these red states in order to establish precedent and affect his policy. And this is now this is getting threatened because of these treasonous rhinos, not just in Tallahassee, but in Austin as well. How is that going to work for his deportation operation? I mean, where do these where do these weak rhinos stand on that?
SPEAKER 01 :
I'll tell you, it's so bad. They gave Democrats they created a new position, this this this. them, I would argue, more power than the chairmen. So what I think they're going to do, so the vice, the Democrat vice chairs who Republicans are banned. This is a new thing. People don't even know this. You might be the first national outlet to hear about this or cover it. Republicans are now banned under the House rules that I call the Democrat Empowerment Act of 2025. Republicans are banned from being vice chairs of any committee. So all vice chairs of every committee in the Texas House must be chaired by a Democrat. And these new Democrats Democrat vice chairs are being given complete power to control the entirety of the hearing schedule. So what they're gonna do, as President Trump is working 20 plus hour days to deliver bold conservative victories for the American people, as he promised, the state of Texas, the so-called Republicans, have handed the power to the Democrats to control the floor, to control our hearings. And I think everything Trump is gonna do in DC, Now the Texas House Capitol TV channel is basically gonna be the Texas DNC channel to counter program everything Trump does. And I've fought the swamp in DC, like I mentioned, but Dana, I gotta tell you and your viewers and listeners, I have never in my life witnessed anything as swampy as so-called Republicans running in primaries, running in general, saying, vote for me. I will stand up to the radical left who want to indoctrinate the next generation. Vote for me. I will fight the Marxist Democrats who want to bankrupt our country and destroy your liberty. And then the second they get elected in office, and this happened three weeks ago, They go to the floor of their chamber and they collude with Democrats to put them in charge and put the liberty and the prosperity of my kids, your kids and grandkids at risk. Because I believe as goes Texas, so goes the nation. And that the Democrats have no bigger crown jewel in what they're trying to seek than the state of Texas. And so they're making a lot more headway down here than anybody knows about. And I'm making it my mission in life to expose the corruption and bring not just to Texas, All 30 million Texans. But I think people across America need to know that the brightest red state, I think we are the line in the stand for the future of our country, the state of Texas. And Democrats have control of half of our legislature.
SPEAKER 10 :
We're talking with Texas Representative Brian Harrison on this. And, you know, one of the things I always talked about and would warn red states about is what happened in Colorado, the blueprint. And this was, you know, maybe like 10, 12 years ago, where after 63 years of solid red Republican administration, two election cycles, they flipped their whole state legislature, supermajority blue. And then, well, now we see what's happening with Colorado. they were warning about this happening in Texas. And I know that some Texas, not all, but some Texas conservatives, they're like, oh, well, you know, that's never going to happen here. And they also thought that it was something that would happen federally first. I think everybody got distracted with, you know, the Beto O'Rourke and the, you know, the Wendy Davis and all of that, but it's not really federally. While they're using these people as avatars, you know, to seed voters and register voters, really the work is, is at the state level with all these state lawmakers. And so they're already taking over the state of Texas. Why would anybody vote Republican when they see them legislating like Democrats?
SPEAKER 01 :
I ask this question all the time. What's the point of voting for Texas Republicans if they're just going to turn around and put the Democrats in charge after the Democrats have been beaten at the ballot box? And I can't highlight your point about California enough. People say Texas could never be California. I would argue in many ways we're already... There, we actually have more occupational licensing regulations in Texas than California does. And it wasn't that long ago, Dana, that California voted four times for President Ronald Reagan. And then to your final point about federally, we're in a situation now under President Trump where D.C. is making more bold, conservative progress. than the bright red state of Texas. Texas should be not just as bold as Trump is being in D.C. We control all the levers of power down here, Republicans, supposedly. We should be more bold than D.C. We should be leading the nation here in Texas, and we're not. We're failing.
SPEAKER 10 :
That's a great point. You should be more bold. So is it like special interests? Is it just secret Democrats running as Republicans? I mean, what ultimately, I mean, so what can voters target as a way to destabilize this rotten apple cart?
SPEAKER 01 :
Yeah, so it's a great question how this happens. I think there's a lot of parts of the state where you just have to be a Republican to get elected. So I think there are a lot of people that would be Democrats tomorrow, but they have to be Republicans to get elected. But then I think what we have too, I hate to say this, but there is a large percentage of elected Republicans in Texas that somewhere, maybe they started out with good intentions, but every politician, everybody who gets elected to officer holds power. They have to make a choice. There's only two options. You can't avoid the choice. You have to make it. You can choose number one, be popular in the swamp. Or number two, you can fight for the liberty and the freedoms of the next generation. There is no middle ground between those two choices. And too many Republicans down here that have decided they're going to become the party, they're going to become the politicians of the acquisition of power as an ends in and of itself, as opposed to acquiring power so that we can do what our founding fathers knew we needed to. And many of them that came before us laid down their lives and paid the ultimate price so that our kids can enjoy the blessing. We're going to enrich ourselves. We're going to make ourselves popular in the press. And the cost of that will be the liberty of the next generation. And it's too bad. We need people to be more informed, to call their elected representatives and to demand bold actions on the issues that matter to them. That's what we have to have is more people get informed. And as we see more people get informed, we are slowly making some progress. But I think if 30 million Texans understood the complete level of corruption and the betrayal of their rhino so-called Republican elected officials. I think there'd be riots in the streets, Dana, because this is not what 30 million Texans voted for. Texas is a Republican state. They deserve Republican leadership. But Democrats and so-called Republicans have taken over and co-opted the government down here in the Texas House.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, this is something that we're going to be watching. And I would love to have you back to continue to follow up on this, especially as we're watching. I mean, we're just watching a lot of these federal policies that President Trump has promised now be endangered by these backstabbing traitors, these rhinos and all of that. I'm watching companies like Trulieve. They're buying Republicans rhinos, traitorous rhinos, pushing amnesty in Florida. And I'm watching them now trying to get their tentacles in Austin and trying to, they want to buy the same kind of, same kind of monopoly in texas and of course they're they're anti-deportation they're all for amnesty and watching some of these lawmakers give some very interesting statements so i i would love to have you back like regularly uh because you do such a great job at blowing the whistle on all of this and people need to understand you can't have the white house and lose texas you can't and florida was just a swing state until very recently if texas goes that way it's done
SPEAKER 01 :
And look what happened. Florida got more red, not by capitulating and not by compromising with the Marxist left, but by Governor DeSantis standing up and governing as a bold conservative, which I'm trying to do here in the state of Texas. But too many Republicans made the wrong choice. They chose comfort and power and popularity in the swamp. And they're paying the price with my kids' liberty and prosperity. And we cannot allow that to happen. So happy to come on as often as you want, Dana. And I really appreciate... You helping shine a spotlight on the just rank corruption that is just metastasized all through the Texas.
SPEAKER 10 :
Happy to do my civic duty and appreciate everything that you're doing, fighting for us down in Austin. Representative Brian Harrison, God bless you. Appreciate your fight. And we'll be talking with you again real soon. Thank you, sir.
SPEAKER 01 :
Great. God bless you. God bless Texas.
SPEAKER 10 :
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Welcome back to the program. Already, A.G. Pambani is putting a freeze on all federal aid to sanctuary states. Good, because if you don't follow the law, why should you get any money? Seethe. Cry harder. And gosh, like she did. I bet she didn't even get like her office decorated. She didn't even get her office decorated yet. And she's already like, yeah. All right. I know we got to move. I'm sorry. Do I got to go? Do I have enough time today in stupidity? I don't. I'm sorry. I totally stole Kane's time. I'll make it up to you tomorrow. I'll give you a full minute of that. Folks, make sure to follow us on Substack, Facebook, YouTube, like and subscribe. I'll be back behind the mic with you tomorrow.
Join Michael as he addresses popular myths in estate planning that can put loved ones at risk. Through an engaging discussion with a young listener, he emphasizes the necessity of planning beyond trust and marriage. With personal anecdotes and a listener call-in session, Michael shares how vital it is to equip family members with the information and legal tools they need. The episode closes with a reflection on his journey from personal life experiences to becoming an estate planner, underscoring the importance of preparedness in unpredictable circumstances.
SPEAKER 01 :
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.
SPEAKER 04 :
Good afternoon and welcome to Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey. So we can do something besides just leave you alone. You are listening to KLZ 560 AM, 100.7 FM, possibly on the KLZ 560 radio app. Or if you're Luke, you're lucky enough to be listening in the booth and sending it out to everybody else so that they can hear too, which is always an exciting time. Now, about 10 minutes ago, I got a text from Mr. Luke who was wondering if I was coming in today or if I was going to be out today. Perhaps on one of your calendars, you thought that I was going to be out, Mr. Luke. Is that correct?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I had it written down that you were gone one of these Wednesdays and I don't remember which Wednesday I put it on.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. I get calls from clients all the time or emails from clients. I got one last night about 9.45 p.m. Hey, Michael, I put down that we had our appointment on Wednesday and on Friday. Can you tell me which one it is? And I said, well, I have it for Friday. And they're like, okay, well, we can do that. But sometimes it's a danger of you know, scheduling and everybody not remembering everything all the time. And, you know, I've, I've been, you know, my, my schedule I'm booked out through like, I think my next available appointment is like May 5th or something like that. So I'm booked about three months out. And, you know, some people will call and they'll say, oh, well, you know, I'm like, well, you know, I'm booking the week of May 5th through the 9th. Does that work for your time frame? People are like, well, no, I really need to do it before then. I'm like, okay, well, unfortunately, I don't have more availability than that. So, you know, sometimes I end up turning down people and sending them on to others who might have sooner availability than I do. And it's never been a thing where I'm not trying to skip out on people. I'm not trying to not help people. But it's a simple matter of when a schedule is busy. And my client this morning said to me, he's like, oh, well, So when you write this, then you're done and we can never talk to you again. I'm like, no, it just means I'm not committing to represent you for everything from now until the end of time. I'm not committing that when we get your trust written and we get your trust done, that if you ever have a question or you call me, that I'm going to be like, oh, right, because you're still my client. So I need to hurry and answer that question. I'm like, I will answer questions. I'm happy to. I will return, you know, I'll get to, I will call you back. It just may not be the moment that you call. And sometimes, I mean, on Monday, I had about eight people who called me between 3.30 and 5 p.m. Well, I was in client openings from 2 to 5 p.m., so I didn't have the chance to call anybody back. So I called them back on Tuesday morning or, you know, this morning I spent some time calling a couple of people back who had called me between 445 and five o'clock last night. It's just, you know, it's how it is. And because I am a solo estate planning attorney, I and I do return my own phone calls, which other attorneys tell me is crazy. I'm like, yeah, but I kind of like being able to talk to people, kind of like being able to ask them what their questions are or figure out what their concerns are and then respond directly. It makes me feel like I'm connected to people, which is good because I'd like to be connected to people. And I do estate planning because I can be connected to people and I can help people. and but what it means is the longer that i am in business the more people i've helped and the more people there are who are vying for attention that's that's kind of how it goes now you know some of the bigger law firms they have or even some people who i know who you know started their practice at a similar time that i did or after i did they have other people who work for them And then they have more paralegals or more legal secretaries, just more people who answer the phones than what I have. And that's how they've done their business, and I'm super excited and super happy for them. But where I have, for whatever reason, whether I, somebody asked me the other day if I don't play well with others, meaning coworkers. I'm like I think I play well with I think I play pretty well with co-workers I mean you know Luke is over there getting things out there he's not technically a co-worker but I think I get along okay with Luke unless I'm completely wrong and Luke is just like oh my gosh let's get through this you know just kind of you know grits his teeth together he's like let's get through this half an hour and then we get rid of Michael and he won't be here but I do think I play decently well with others I just uh I do have a paralegal who works for me, I have a notary who works for me, and I think I get along with them pretty well, and they seem to get along okay with me. So it's not necessarily that I don't play well with others, it's just the way that I've structured my practice of mobile estate planning, where I go visit people where they are. So I'm not always in the office. This morning I was in my office to meet with somebody in Broomfield. And then now I'm down here and then I'll be in Aurora to meet with somebody after this, after we're done here. And so, you know, I'm out of the office a fair amount. And so if I were to take on somebody new to work for me, I haven't figured out how I would train that person. If I'm not around, you know, if they're like, oh, well, you know, we need to be here. We need to see what you're doing when you see how you. So I'm like, OK, well, we'll figure out how we can interact with clients. And I'm like, do you want to come in all my meetings with me? And we'll drive there in separate cars because, you know, you may not want to. just drive with me in my car especially if they don't live you know i live in thornton main office is in broomfield um you know if somebody if i hire somebody who lives in um say wheat ridge i'm like well yeah what are we gonna do hey we'll meet up somewhere wheat ridge area and then we'll drive around all day together and then i'll drop you off at your back where your car is and we'll go home like that may not i just i haven't figured out how that would work particularly well yet And my particular mobile estate planning isn't what everybody does. You know, I mean, whenever I'm not available, people are like, oh, well, can you recommend somebody else who can come visit us where we are? And I'm like, really? I don't know a whole lot of attorneys that do that. It's a somewhat unique thing that I do. And when I was first starting out, I could both come visit people where they are. And when I didn't have a two or three month waiting list, I could go see them within a couple of days. And it was incredibly convenient for absolutely everybody all the time. Well, as I've grown and as I've helped more people, there are more demands upon the time and I still want to help everybody and I don't want anybody to get shortchanged. So sometimes there's a little bit of a delay in what we're doing. But it doesn't necessarily mean that just because there's delay doesn't mean that I'm not trying to help you. As a matter of fact, I'm trying to help a whole lot of people. And therefore, there might be delays from time to time. I had a potential client the other day asked me, he's like, well, I'm sure that you set aside five to 10 hours a week to make sure that you can, you know, if any current client calls that you can get them taken care of. And I'm like, well, Actually, I don't. And it's not that I'm trying to avoid anybody. It's not that I'm trying to do anything that wouldn't be good for people. It's simply that the time is there or maybe not available. And so because of that, we do the best I can to take care of people. And, you know, most, you know, when a client does call me and says, oh, you know, I need to get back to you. You know, I need to get back to you to, you know, talk to you about something or I'm like, OK, well, you know, I do have a full slate of things that I'm doing, but I'm in Broomfield from two to three. And then from three to four, I need to go over to Thornton and then I'm in Thornton at four. Well, that drive is only about 20 minutes. So that gives me an extra half an hour in there. Where I can call people and get their questions answered or respond to them. So, you know, I may not have dedicated time set up to being like, oh, you know, I hope somebody calls so that I'm, you know, I'm busy this time. I'm like, no, there's, there's always something else to do. But I do my best to make the time to help people when they need it. So you are listening to Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey here on 560 KLZ AM or 100.7 FM or the KLZ 560 radio app. 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 once again that's 720-394-6887 So I did have a guy who called me a few weeks ago, and he's like, oh, you know, I want to set up a will. I'm like, okay, cool. And so we talked about what he needed. I'm like, all right, well, we can schedule an appointment to talk about it. He's like, well, when are you available? I'm like, well, at that point I said, you know, the end of April. And he's like, oh, my gosh, you're busy. I'm like, I am. I said, I'm happy to help you. It's just, you know, it may not be in the next week or two. He says, well, you know, you don't need a piddly little, you know, $500. You don't need a piddly little simple will like I'm doing. And I said, well, you know, see, here's the thing is, that you are every bit as important as the person who needs a more expensive, more complex trust. So the person who calls and says, oh, well, I have 10 different real estate properties in 10 different states, and I'm on my third marriage, and I have kids from all three marriages, and I want to do all of these things. I'm like, okay, that might be a more complex, more expensive, more profitable trust. trust for me, I'm not going to put that person in front of all the other people who've called me. You know, if my day is filled with people who I know I'm going to go visit and they'll need a simple, hesitate to call it basic, type of will where I say, okay, we're going to leave everything to your spouse and then everything to your kids and that's all you need? Okay, cool, good, we can do that. And I'm like, well, that's going to be a lot less expensive than 10 real estate properties in 10 different states and third marriage and kids from all of them and things like that. You know, it's just how it goes. Well, I'm not going... I mean, everybody is... Everybody is as important as the other person. So we're not going to... I'm not going to just say, oh, hey, we need to, yeah, I need to put someone who's going to make me more money in front of somebody else. I'm like, no, I prefer to, so we wanted it to, we wanted it to go to different places. We want to make sure that they're taken care of and so that everybody's okay and the way that it's supposed to be. So as we go through, and I have people who call me, I'm like, somebody who calls me is every bit as important as somebody else. And I help as many people as I can, but I also understand that sometimes my timeframe and my availability or lack thereof doesn't always match up with what other people need. A person who calls me and says, oh, well, you know, I'm going on vacation in three weeks. I need to get this done. I'm like, okay. I may not be the attorney for you. And it's not that I don't want to help them. I really do. But I also understand that if they're trying to get something done within three weeks, that my schedule doesn't necessarily allow them to do that. So that person is every bit as important as somebody else, and they need what they need, and they need it within the time that they need. But they can't always, but I can't always be the one to provide it. I help as many people as I can as quickly as I can. When you, when you come to me and you say, Hey, I need to do an estate plan. I'm like, cool. Let's let's work on getting that done. But it doesn't always work out just because of timing things. I don't think I'm the only industry that that happens in. I mean, sometimes if we're talking about, I took my, on Saturday, this past Saturday, I took all of my Christmas decorations down. It's the first warm Saturday we've had in several weeks, and without snow and ice, so I could get all of them down. And then I took my wife and we went out to dinner on Saturday night because we'd been I'd been on the roof working on the roof for a couple of hours and then out in the was out in the yard for four or five hours and my wife joined me for a couple of those as we were disassembling Christmas decorations and putting them away and everything like that and so as we did that we had As we did that, we kind of got hungry, so took her out to dinner. And the first place that we called, they're like, well, there's a 25 to 35 minute wait. And I said, okay, we'll see if we can stop by and if that works. And then we called somewhere else and they had a five to 10 minute wait. And we were hungry enough that we went to the five to 10 minute wait. nothing against the people with the 25 to 35 minute wait, but we didn't particularly and they were similar types of food and, you know, similar area. It wasn't like we were driving across the We weren't driving across the city to go to a different place to eat. But it meant that we were able to, you know, we picked where we wanted to eat based on what our priorities were. And I did have a client this morning who's like, well, you know, we set up an appointment with her for May 2nd. And she's like, oh, you know, it's just one of those things when you get going, you really want to get it done and get it done as quickly as you can. I'm like, and I'm totally on board with you with that. we just want to get it just, you know, got to do what we need to do there to get it taken care of. And so, you know, we set things up with her. She says, well, you know, if you have a cancellation, please let me know. And I said, I absolutely will. And, you know, if I do have somebody who cancels in a time that I could help her out, then we would do that. But as I try to help people, you know, this is why I always talk about estate planning and how we need to plan ahead. It looks like we have a caller here. Mr. Mike, is it?
SPEAKER 02 :
yeah hi michael this is mike the millennial i i might be your youngest caller i'm 20 years old and i actually was just telling your screener that i heard your show for the first time this past weekend on uh klc and i was like really impressed like you were talking about harry potter and you know not yeah that's not what you typically hear on conservative talk radio and i was like wow this guy's different he's interesting he's um it's like yes you know well thanks i try to be interesting you know sometimes i guess it's in the eye of the beholder but i appreciate the compliment absolutely no i just wanted to tell you i really enjoy you and i enjoy your show and i i guess i did have a question prepared about estate planning it doesn't really apply to me since i'm so young but um Yeah, so no, I just read this article. It was called for estate planning myths that put your loved ones at risk and You know, one of the main ones they were talking about, when my spouse and I trust each other completely. Ameriprise did a survey. It revealed 95% of couples trust each other with their finances completely. But when couples don't plan because they trust each other to carry out their financial wishes after they die, That could run into some problems. For instance, if a spouse dies and they get remarried, those assets could be transferred to the new spouse, and the kids and the essential family members wouldn't even get the assets that they're entitled to, essentially. And I thought that was kind of an interesting thing to bring up. Obviously, it doesn't apply to me, but I was wanting to get your take on that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, yeah, I mean, when you have, um, so if you have a plan and you, when you die and everything just goes to your spouse, then your spouse is in control of everything. And if that spouse were to remarry, then they could, um, then. give money to the new spouse or to the new spouse's kids and things like that. So for people who are in that situation where they've had, or they're concerned about that, I talk about millennial. Sometimes I quote people, the great philosopher, Mr. Kanye West, and his brilliant treatise on relationships, Gold Digger, where we ain't saying she's a gold digger, but she ain't messing with no broke. I cannot say the next word. It rhymes with digger, but I'm not going to say it out loud. And people are concerned, oh, well, if somebody dies, and then, oh, we remarry. When I'm talking to clients, I'm like, well, if she marries her second trophy husband, you, of course, being the first, or... you marry your second trophy wife, you of course being the first with the person I'm sitting there, so I'm complimenting the spouses I'm sitting there, then we don't necessarily want the money to be going there. So if that's a concern and that's something we're trying to be worried about, we can plan ahead and say, okay, well, we're gonna leave this money, we're going to leave it maybe not outright to a spouse because we think that that might not be the best idea, but instead we leave it in trust and then it's available for us, the surviving spouse, to use. But that money would then go on to their kids and be prevented from going to somebody else. And so we do that and we can set that up if that's a concern that somebody has and we just plan ahead. And, you know, I find that sometimes for even, you know, not necessarily divorce or remarriage, But when somebody passes away and leaves everything to their spouse and then the surviving spouse ends up with mental capacity issues like Alzheimer's or dementia. And now suddenly we're like, OK, are we you trust the person completely? But then that person, when they're not fully of sound mind, they may or may not be giving. The money to the other proper places. I mean, I've had I've had many people call me and be like, oh, you know, my mom is, you know, she's sending five thousand dollars a month to some televangelist that she sees on TV. And I'm like, well, maybe we need to see if we can get a little bit of. you know, guardrails and protections in place there. And, you know, you can't prevent anything and everything. I mean, we all spend money unwisely from time to time, you know, whether it's, you know, it's unwisely because we're and we believe the FanDuel commercials that You know, we'll get our money back if the person scores a second touchdown instead of the first touchdown. And suddenly we're, you know, you're $3,000 into gambling. You're like, oh, I lost $3,000 gambling. That wasn't great. Or it's, hey, I'm hungry. I need something nutritious. Maybe I'll stop at Taco Bell and get a taco. I'm like, well, if you're thinking that Taco Bell and nutritious are in the same sentence, you're wrong. and you're not saying they're not, then we're wrong. You eat Taco Bell for taste, not necessarily for nutrition. That's just how it goes. And I understand that. So we can't prevent anything and everything, but we put some guardrails in place so that hopefully we make the money last for a surviving spouse. And it's not just, oh, hey, if they get remarried, it's, well, what happens if life happens around that? So those are certainly important things to think about and consider for marriage. Even for someone like you. Not that I think you're going to get Alzheimer's or dementia anytime soon. Hopefully not. Right. But, you know, my personal history where I was severely injured and spent four days in a coma, I couldn't make my own decisions for that time. So, hey, we've got to do something about it. What happened, if you don't mind me asking? What? Oh, so I got hit by a light rail train when I was 21 years old.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, my God.
SPEAKER 04 :
It struck me in my right thigh, so it compound fractured my right femur, threw me about 20 feet through the air, fractured my left scapula, hit my head, fractured my skull. And I spent four days in a coma. And I was age 21 when this happened. So as a 21-year-old, I got taught, hey, you're not immortal. You might need to do something else. And so I find it somewhat ironic that I ended up as a estate planning attorney because that's not what I went to law school to do.
SPEAKER 02 :
But still. You know, it's so funny you mentioned that, Michael. Could I share a quick story before I hop off the air here? Sure. When I was 16, I was like 15 or 16, I was on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. And there was one of the light rail trains actually coming pretty much full speed. And I was just walking. I wasn't paying attention. I had no idea it was coming until almost the last minute because it had no horn. It didn't make any noise. Right. And telling you, if I didn't move within four or five seconds, I would have been hit on by that train. And another story, real quick, this is when I was in middle school. I was just leaving middle school. I was looking for my mom in the parking lot, and I walked off the curb. And, you know, I was looking around, looking for her car. I was walking about 10. Five seconds later, a car was speeding through the school parking lot, almost hit me head on. If I did not stop to look for, you know, to find my mom, that car would have hit me head on. So I've had a couple of really close calls myself, Michael, but I got to tell you, you know, I'm serious. You have talent. I, you know, I've loved radio from a young age. I was telling your screener I've called into Coast to Coast AM many times, and that's on 850 KOA. And I used to call into the Jim Bohannon show before he passed. And then I've called into John Rush two times, I think. And then I also call into a show on 670 KLTT called The Narrow Path and at your sister station, and that's syndicated. But, you know, you... How did you first get into radio, if you don't mind me asking?
SPEAKER 04 :
So I have a friend who is a civil litigation attorney. And he did a show with two separate attorneys. And then they split and did their own shows. So he had to go look for his own advertising. And he called me up and asked me if I would be an advertiser on his show and a sponsor of it. And I said, sure. And then they had a, one of their stations had a slot for a show. And so I'm like, well, sure, I'll try that. And then this radio station, KLZ here, I mean, years ago, they had a whole panel of kind of ask the experts type of thing where we could, you know, I mean, I was here, there was a financial planner, there was a real estate person. And, you know, they've, some of those people have come and gone, but I've stuck around and I enjoy doing this and I enjoy, you know, listening to people like you and you talk about your stories and like, it's amazing how many people have a story like mine or like yours where you're like, Oh, Hey, this is kind of prompted us to do something different, but I've always enjoyed just interacting with people and, you know, being on the, being on the radio, I at least get to talk out to people and, you know, some people like my sense of humor. Some people don't. That's cool. I'm good with that, but it's, it's kind of a fun time.
SPEAKER 02 :
Did you used to have a show on KDMT, Denver's Money Talk?
SPEAKER 04 :
I think I did, yes.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, because that station used to be Radio Disney, 1690 KDDZ, and then Salem bought that station, and then they flipped it to Money Talk, Business Talk, and I could have swore. I used to listen to Larry Elder on there, and I could have swore I heard you. I don't know. I could be completely wrong. Yep, that was years ago. Yeah. And Jimmy Sangenberger used to be on there, too. He had a show on there. But I don't want to take any more of your time because I don't know if you're paying for this time or not. But thank you so much for just taking my call and having a conversation with me. It means a lot. Thank you so much, really.
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Well, no, I appreciate you listening and I appreciate you calling in. Thank you so much. All right. So now that we've gone six minutes past, you're listening to 560 KLZ AM or 100.7 FM or the KLZ 560 radio app. This is Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey. 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. And again, that's 720-394-6887. Now, I did appreciate the caller being happy that I referenced Harry Potter. I'm like, well, I have lots of things that I can reference. I referenced Harry Potter. What was it? Six months ago, I referenced The Far Side and Gary Larson, and poor Luke didn't know what I was talking about. So he had to go Google it and look up who Gary Larson and The Far Side was. In college, I double majored in American Studies and Economics. So I've studied lots of American history, so I have lots of references that I can give to people. I like to think that I can connect with people based on stuff. My grandfathers were World War II vets, so when I talk to older folks, I can have conversations about what was important to them. But realistically, everything I've done and everything I try to do is just so that I can help people get their estate plan done and be prepared. Music tells me my time is up. So thanks so much for listening to Mobile Estate Planning with Michael Bailey. I'll be back next week. But I guess for right now, you can stay tuned because John Rush and Russia Reason are coming up next. And I'll talk to you next week. Thanks and bye.
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Engage with Logan Sekulow and a panel of experts as they dissect the surprising turns of recent global events. With President Trump's bold declaration of Gaza's prospective makeover, the episode evaluates strategic alliances, security concerns, and the ethical dimensions of foreign policy. Discussions include insights into the potential shifts in U.S.-Israel relations under the current administration, exploration into the legal impediments surrounding Middle Eastern affairs, and broader international reactions. Tune in to uncover how historical narratives and present-day diplomacy could reshape a long-standing conflict into an opportunity for peace and prosperity.
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President Trump's Israel announcement causes chaos and waves throughout the media.
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Keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Sekulow. We want to hear from you. Share and post your comments or call 1-800-684-3110. And now your host, Logan Sekula.
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Welcome to Sekula. Will Haines is joining me in studio. We're going to be joined later on by CeCe Heil, as well as Kalev Myers, who is the founder and chairman of ARISE, Alliance to Reinforce Israel's Security and Economy. And that comes on the heels of some of the big news that happened last night. My phone really, I was going to say exploded. That's the wrong term. My phone really lit up with a lot of text messages last night with people going, what is happening? Because President Trump obviously is meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu and he makes this statement that we are going to take over Gaza and we meaning the United States of America. And we're going to turn it into the Riviera of the Middle East, make it a beautiful resort town that America controls. And I think this is a pretty interesting proposal. We also have to remember who President Trump is and the art of the deal concept, which we've now seen over and over again in just the first two weeks of the Trump presidency. We have seen the deals going on in Canada, in Mexico, all over the world. There's just a lot of movement happening. So sometimes you can throw these kind of statements out there. do does i think do i think they actually are talking about this and having consideration absolutely but do i also think this is just another bit of a warning shot to say hey you're not going to want to mess with us let's get those hostages free let's do what we need to do because we will just take over this land whether that's israel taking over land that's already theirs, or whether that's the U.S. coming in because he said, hey, there's a lot of issues. There's a lot of hidden bombs. We're going to come in. We're going to clear it out. We're going to do a lot of work here, and then we'll rebuild it, and we'll make it something great. Let's take a listen to President Trump, and I can't wait to hear your feedback.
SPEAKER 01 :
The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for The people of the area do a real job, do something different, just can't go back. If you go back, it's going to end up the same way it has for 100 years.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, so the same way it's been for 100 years, I think that's a concern that people have as well, which is now you have a situation where a lot of Gaza is in rubble. Look, I had a conversation with a friend today who we were going back and forth about this situation. And this has been an ongoing battle. It did not start... on October 7th of 2023. That was not the beginning of all of this. That was the final escalation point to get to a war which we've never seen before, where Israel actually went a bit, well, it was on the defensive because they had to after that. After a thousand plus people were slaughtered, what do you expect them to do? And part of war, which I'm sure we'll discuss, is always, historically, Maybe not in America, not in recent history, because the way we've handled the war on terror, a lot of times it's land that you're talking about. And there are discussions on where, obviously, the Palestinian citizens would go. Could they get moved to another new plot of land? Could they get moved to other places? And look, as we know, there are a lot of innocent civilians there, by the way, even living in Israel, that are Arab and Palestinian backgrounds. These people don't necessarily agree with what's going on in Hamas. So, Will, it's interesting today when we knew we were going to have on a guest from Israel that this all came out.
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That's right. And we will get more into it as we go throughout the broadcast, as well as a new Supreme Court filing by the ACLJ that ties into this as well. You're not going to want to miss it. When we get back from this break, we're going to talk about the media's reaction and how they're handling all of this news coming at them at once. But it has been a doozy, to say the least, over these last few weeks.
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Absolutely. And we are thrilled now to have someone in the White House who's willing to work with the state of Israel the way they're working right now in a lot of these countries, having actual diplomacy. And we need your support. As Will said, we are going to file that critical brief. But also, we need your support to fight and defend Israel because you have been an ACLJ supporter. You know that that is near and dear to our heart. So scan that QR code that's on the screen right now or go to aclj.org slash stand with us. Get the facts, share that link, and give if you can. the secular give us a call 1-800-684-3110 i'd love to hear from you if you're watching on youtube uh hit that thumbs up that really helps us out and send in a comment let me know where you're watching from or if you have a question feel free to do it that way as well but it's easier if you call in because i like to hear your voice 1-800-684-3110 we are obviously talking about the big news that happened overnight where president trump essentially announced that he sees a pathway for america to get involved and that would be to take over the gaza strip and turn it into the Riviera of the Middle East. That's his words, not mine. Of course it is on the coast. It's a beautiful, can be a beautiful area, but has been obviously riddled with a lot of issues and a lot of really bad politics and bad leadership that has kept it at bay. So maybe you're looking for fresh ideas. Maybe President Trump has a fresh idea for that. Or like I said, maybe this is just another one of his negotiation tactics that shows we mean business. You better hand over the rest of the hostages. You better move fast. If not, we will legitimately come in and take over. And we have support of the Israeli government in that. And you had even Benjamin Netanyahu saying no one has been more supportive of Israel than President Trump. making it very declarative statement. Now, look, Israel itself is a diverse area. You go there, there's people of all religions, all faiths, all backgrounds. There are people of all political backgrounds. Some people love Benjamin Netanyahu. Some people want him imprisoned. It is not unlike America, maybe even sometimes more hostile to politics. A lot more upheaval happens, I feel like, there than does here. People get turned around all the time. But if you're looking for what's necessary for, again, as Trump said, even for stability in the region, you're going to have to get a little creative. I have to say Pat Boone, singer Pat Boone, suggested something very similar to this. And I want to make sure Pat Boone, if he's listening, because he's supportive of ours, knows that I watched that video and I was like, that's a very interesting idea. And now all of a sudden, President Trump is saying something fairly similar. So you know what? Maybe we need to get a Pat Boone resort. You know, something like that. He has a residency in Gaza, potentially. Well, I mean, yeah, true. He's in his 90s, but he's doing well, lifting a lot of weight. So, you know, obviously, I'm just having fun here. But people are thinking this way. And maybe you need creative thinkers who are going to say, OK, we're not going to be able to solve this because as soon as we install any kind of government back into this region. The rockets will start firing again because you are dealing with radicalized people. That's right. Really, the government radicalized people.
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But you also have to remember that Hamas didn't just do a hostile takeover. They were elected by the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza selected Hamas to be their leadership. Now, they haven't had elections since. But they did install them as opposed to the falsely described more moderate faction of the Palestinians, the PLO. But they did make that choice. And unfortunately, because of UNRWA propping up Gaza, we know how corrupt and insidious their funding there is through the school system, that there's a lot of brainwashed people in Gaza that believe their only hope is Hamas through armed struggle. But you have to also look at this. You talk about the negotiating tactic. One, it's textbook art of the deal. Say something out of the box, outlandish, and then that draws the lines for how to negotiate. But the media cannot handle this. And I don't understand how, now that he has been a presidential figure since he announced in 2015 that he was running for president, they still haven't figured him out. Right. And so you see New York Times headline, Trump's Gaza takeover talk draws widespread opposition. Wall Street Journal, Trump campaigned on ending foreign entanglements. Now he wants Gaza. They cannot handle it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Look how quickly the tariff situations ended. Because again, I think he has said something like the fact that, you know, they can 95% think you're sane and 5% think you're crazy, something like that. But it's at 5%, if they think you're crazy, you may actually go ahead with some of these things. And look, I understand you may be shocked by this statement from President Trump. You may not want America to get involved in this kind of thing. And we have some calls that reflect that. And we'll take those in just a minute. I did want to address one thing because I see in the comments people are asking about Tulsi Gabbard. Because last time you heard from us, her vote was about to happen. We knew that it was coming. We were pretty confident. We were pretty excited.
SPEAKER 05 :
And Will, just to give a quick update, it was successful. That's right. All of the Republican senators on that Senate Intelligence Committee panel voted in favor of moving Tulsi Gabbard's nomination forward. They say that she will have a full Senate vote sometime next week. They'll get that scheduled. But as of right now... She passed the biggest hurdle, and even if there are one or two in the full Senate, I know that there's a lot of eyes on Mitch McConnell, who may not be as friendly to just giving President Trump carte blanche, especially now that he's not leadership and doesn't seem to really care much about the party, that he may vote against some of these nominees. At the end of the day, you can lose three and still have them get through, The main ones that we were concerned about have already voted in favor of advancing her nomination. They will have to vote again in the Senate, but I don't see them changing their mind after putting her forward when they could have ended it right then and there. Great news. Congratulations, Tulsi. She's going to be a great Director of National Intelligence for us.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I think we can feel pretty good about the fact that she is the Director of National Intelligence, been a friend here now for many years and a part of our broadcast team. I guess the good and the bad is... She probably will no longer be on this broadcast as a weekly commentator, but now can come on as the director of national intelligence. Who doesn't do as many interviews.
SPEAKER 05 :
Not as many. That's one position that they kind of don't put out there as much.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think occasionally we'll be able to hear from her. Maybe she'll be able to come on, but it's very cool. We're very proud of her and excited to see that move forward. We all saw Pam Bondi has been sworn in. this morning uh so now president trump's cabinet is starting to get full of the people and it looks like really very little opposition to the rest we know rfk made it through committee tulsi gabbard made it through committee pam body's already done she is confirmed she is your attorney general right uh so things are moving that's right and as you mentioned many of the other positions besides rfk jr tulsi gabbard and cash patel are less uh
SPEAKER 05 :
I wouldn't even say controversial, but don't make as much waves in the media. Less leadership, I guess you'd say. And they're not going to have as much opposition. So we should see, it looks like no candidate that made it to even the vetting stage of becoming a cabinet member has been rejected. And that's a big win for this administration. But I think it also shows that the headwinds that President Trump was facing to even get into the presidency are falling apart. You saw the Democrats yesterday holding absurd press conferences. There's already a congressman from Texas, Al Green, who is pushing for impeachment, forward-looking at ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Because of that statement, he is now trying to already impeach President Trump for what he is calling ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
SPEAKER 07 :
some people are also asking about tulsi gabbard and they're asking about rfk but why does it they're like why a week why schedule this is uh typical government politics well and uh you want the long or the short answer because you know i can do it i want to let's uh you know we gotta we gotta
SPEAKER 05 :
to get out of here the senate has a calendar and they have other nominations that once they get through committee and they gotta like catch a flight make it home right i mean their weekends are very precious to those in the senate like you know the lunch room's only open for a certain amount of hours but they have other votes that they're voting on their vote they're trying to pass bills there's debate in the senate so they have to schedule it they have to make sure that everyone's going to be there uh that's also a a hurdle sometimes as if there's other events and the senator's not in town they have to schedule it they have to put it on the calendar and then the democrats can try to block it through filibuster they have to hold a pre-vote to get cloture so there are a lot of steps to before you get there pam bondy for instance was passed out of committee on the prior wednesday so a week ago a week and it took a week they didn't vote on her until last night and she was sworn into office today so i'll
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take a week. A full week if we can have Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. Whatever it needs to be. More than that, I'll start pressing. But, you know, for a week, we'll give it a week. Let's go ahead and take a quick call. Let's go to Justin California, who I know has a question that a lot of people have.
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Hey, thanks for taking my call. So, I'm kind of on the fence about this Gaza plan, but hopefully it works out. But I'm concerned either that it's a negotiation tactic or Or, which would make sense, or have we drifted so far left from center line in the past four years that anything Trump says that is seemingly outrageous is really just moving us more towards realignment to the center, so to speak?
SPEAKER 07 :
Justin, I understand what you're saying. And I've said that it feels like chaos the last few weeks. Then you actually look at what's gotten done and it's phenomenal. There's something to be said about that. And some of it is the fact that we have been trained for four years to not hear from a president, to not hear from a vice president, to not actually see any movement, to see Washington, D.C. be Washington, D.C. And now you see a president coming in who's not going to have to worry about reelection, who can go and actually start getting things done immediately. Now, again, do I think a lot of presidents would have pitched, let's take over Gaza and turn it into a resort where we all can go have apartments in Gaza? No, I don't think that's a very normal presidential thing to do. That is not typical diplomacy. We are not dealing with typical times. You are dealing with what the American people voted for, which was a president that has come in and is going to shake stuff up once again. And do I believe these are negotiation tactics? I believe at least that that's part of it. Could we get to the point where we have the Riviera of the Middle East? Maybe so, if they don't come to the table in the right way. I think it's pretty fascinating. Be a part of that, though. Help us and join the fight to support Israel. You can do it right now. Go to aclj.org. In the next segment, we're going to talk about how we're getting more involved with the ACLJ and what we're doing very specifically. So you're not going to want to miss that. aclj.org. Stand with us. Share that link on all your social media platforms. Helps us out a lot. If you're watching on YouTube, hit that subscribe button. Hit the like. Really helps us out. Phone lines are jammed, but we'll get to you. Coming up, again, CeCe Hiles joining us in the next segment. And we got another guest coming in you're not going to want to miss a bit later. Welcome back. to Sekulow. We're going to be taking your calls a little bit later at 1-800-684-3110. If you are on hold right now, stay on hold. We will get to you. But we want to also talk about some of the work the ACLJ is doing right now, some brand new work that we're getting involved in. Well, and of course, today, Israel is front and center. As you probably saw, if you are just joining us, President Trump made a pretty declarative statement that he wants the United States to take over Gaza, to go in, clean it out, Get rid of all of the bombs that are hidden. Make sure that everyone is safe. And then he wants to turn it into a resort community because, as you know, it's a waterfront. It could be a beautiful area. Sadly, it's been under bad control for many years. Look, you could say the same even in Haiti. It's kind of not necessarily similar, but where you're dealing with what could be a thriving vacation destination because just on the other side of Haiti it is. But because of the gangs that control it, because of the leadership that control it, the people are oppressed. And it really has been rough for them, especially the last few years. So it's not dissimilar in that when you kind of start thinking about it. But you have a situation where President Trump makes this, but the ACLJ, as we have been for decades, even as we have the ACLJ Jerusalem, is engaged directly.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right. And today we have a new amicus brief that we're filing at the Supreme Court. And this goes back to the Taylor Force Act. So briefly, the Taylor Force Act was passed during the first Trump administration. And what it did was it said, we will not send American taxpayer dollars to organizations that fund or pay for terrorism. The Palestinian Authority has a pay-for-slay program where if you were a Palestinian and you killed an Israeli or an American, you received a pension. If you were in prison, they continued to pay. If you died as what they would see as a martyr, they would continue to pay your family. So they are paying for the slaying of Israelis. And that was fortunately put forward. But what now we're seeing, CeCe, and what we're now having to fight at the Supreme Court, is that some courts are blocking implementation of aspects of the Taylor Force Act because they're concerned it could violate the due process rights of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO.
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Right. And jurisdictional issues again, you know, can we reach over and reach somebody that's over with the PLO or the Palestinian Authority? And of course, that's what the Taylor Force Act actually says, is if you are a Palestinian and you decide to kill an American citizen, you're actually saying, I now agree to jurisdiction. When you make that decision that you're going to take an American's life, you are agreeing to the jurisdiction of American courts. And that's what we've argued in this brief. And we will consistently support and stand up against not just the PA, not just Hamas, You know, we talk about Hamas a lot, but the Palestinian Authority and Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, they're just as bad actors as Hamas. And so we have to stand up and say, if you're going to take an American's life, you're going to be held accountable.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and I think this goes back to the discussion we were having earlier about the press conference between Bibi Netanyahu and President Trump is that there was a lot of great things done during the first Trump administration for Israel. But because of everything and every roadblock that the Biden administration tried to put forward to hinder that progress that was made in the region, it set so many things back that we know on day one that Joe Biden was willfully ignoring the Taylor Force Act, a law passed by Congress, signed by a president, by reinitiating aid to the Palestinians. even though they were still paying for this program. But now that we have this opportunity, we see that the presidency, the executive branch is much more focused right from the start at getting American policies back in line with what is best for America, what is best for peace in the region. And so while President Trump continues to fight out these new battles and restoring the proper posture of the United States in the region, we also have to have the ACLJ fighting these battles in court, trying to remind the courts that now it's in their hands.
SPEAKER 02 :
what the law says what the constitution says and continue to seek justice for both americans and israelis that are slaughtered by palestinians well and it's just common sense you think about these are taxpayer dollars so these are u.s taxpayer dollars that are being sent to these terrorist organizations for those terrorist organizations then to pay people to murder united states citizens americans that is ridiculous and should never happen and like i said as we argue in this amicus brief that the taylor force act should stand it's not unconstitutional because once a terrorist decides that he is going to take an american's life he is setting himself up for the jurisdiction of american courts and he has conceded to that
SPEAKER 05 :
And when you also look at even the statements of President Trump about Gaza being the United States, when you look at the entire situation that has gone on for a generation now between Hamas, the PLO attacking Israel, the surrounding neighbors back in the early wars, the one thing that hasn't worked is status quo policy from the United States. And so you see the media freaking out. Can you believe he said this? Oh my goodness, this is going to be a disaster. But one, we know his master negotiation skills, but two, sometimes you have to take that bold statement, that outlandish statement on the face to many, especially in the DC elite class and say, what hasn't worked. Yes. To get Palestinians to stop murdering Israelis, stop killing their neighbors, stop every time they get an aid shipment using the concrete from UNRWA to build another tunnel to go kill more Israelis. Right. Maybe it is time to do something a little different.
SPEAKER 02 :
Right. I mean, that was, you know, clear what he said yesterday. You can't we can't keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results. It's just not going to happen. We you can't just keep throwing money, you know, like we did at UNRWA and in the Palestinian area of a Gaza Strip. You can't keep doing that and think that there's going to be a different outcome. There's not. Hamas is going to continue, continue, continue to attack Israel. We've seen that over and over again. There's nothing you can do to appease them. So they have to be taken out of the equation.
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When we get back, I want you to hear from Benjamin Netanyahu as well. We're going to play some sound from that press conference that happened with President Trump. You're going to hear some of that because it's very interesting. So make sure you stay tuned for that. We do have a second half hour coming up on the broadcast. We've got great guests lined up. So make sure, again, you're not going anywhere. If you don't get us on your local station, we are broadcasting live right now as we do each and every day. on aclj.org from 12 to 1 p.m eastern time you can work your way back from there it's also on youtube on rumble facebook x you can find us on all those platforms broadcasting live and of course those are archived later on on youtube and on the aclj podcast and earth secular podcast as well as on rumble so make sure you're following whatever it is if you're watching right now on on youtube or on rumble make sure you hit that subscribe button That really does a lot for us. It does a lot for you as well. You'll be notified if you click that bell of how often we are going live or new content that's put up. Because we do the show live, and then there's a lot of great content that gets put up throughout the day there and on ACLJ.org. Over 463,000 of you have subscribed to our YouTube channel alone, so it's pretty amazing. But again, you heard what CeCe had to say. You heard what our team has had to say. You can stand with Israel right now because we don't just represent the ACLJ. We represent you. directly so i encourage you right now go to aclj.org stand with us and share that link with your friends do it right now you can join in the fight to defend israel you can also become an aclj champion that's someone that gives on a monthly basis and we really would appreciate that at aclj.org do it right now we'll be back with second half hour less than a minute break stay tuned
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Keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Seculo.
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And now your host, Logan Seculo. Welcome to Seculo. Again, we're going to take your calls and comments coming up as well as great guests who could be joining us in the next segment. But I wanted to start this one off. For you to hear from Benjamin Netanyahu himself, this comes from a moment where President Trump made a pretty interesting, maybe controversial statement. Look, I see some of your comments and some people think this is great. Some people think, I don't know. But again, we know a lot of this is his negotiation tactics. That would be whether the United States will actually take over the Gaza Strip and turn it into, and quote, the Riviera of the Middle East. But to talk about the seriousness of what's going on in Gaza, you also had Netanyahu speaking. And I think it's important to hear this, especially as we head into the next segment. You're going to want to stay tuned for that. Because, look, things are changing. We're actually able to see some movement now, positive movement happening in Israel. We saw hostages finally starting to get released. We've seen maybe the return to something like the Abraham Accords being respected. So let's take a listen to Benjamin Netanyahu.
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In Gaza, Israel has three goals. Destroy Hamas's military and governing capabilities, secure the release of all of our hostages, and ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel. I believe, Mr. President, that your willingness to puncture conventional thinking thinking that has failed time and time and time again. Your willingness to think outside the box with fresh ideas will help us achieve all these goals. And I've seen you do this many times. You cut to the chase. You see things others refuse to see. You say things others refuse to say. And after the jaws drop, people scratch their heads and they say, you know, He's right. And this is the kind of thinking that enabled us to bring the Abraham Accords. This is the kind of thinking that will reshape the Middle East and bring peace.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think he's right, truthfully, when I hear that. And look, when the Abraham Accords happened, I was on this broadcast when they were finally signed in and got very emotional about it because it's not something I thought I would ever see. I never thought I'd see this connection between the Middle Eastern countries and that people could live in peace, that you could go to the UAE or to Dubai and celebrate Hanukkah with your family. And this is what started to happen. And it still is happening. And I've seen it. And it's amazing. But when this war broke out, all bets were off. But now you're seeing a new idea. And I do think he's right. Your jaw hits the floor and you go, I can't believe this. And then your mind starts to think about it and you go, well, it's not a terrible idea. We want to make sure we're protecting the people that are there. And how can we humanely make sure that they are taken care of and put in the right places or being able to give proper land? But maybe the solution to dealing with this chaos that has riddled the Middle East for years is to just take a wildly different approach.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and I think another thing that is so important to take a look at is the speed at which all of these initiatives, whether it be domestic, foreign policy, dealing with the border, sending Marco Rubio down to South and Central America, making deals, sending Rick Grinnell to Venezuela, the speed at which these things are taking place. One, we're not possible because of the organization of the administration and the Russia hoax that was put on him right at the beginning of the first term. But the speed and organization at which he's able to do this now, the media can't catch up. They only have time to express shock before that breaking news headline is moved down the page, replaced by another thing that this administration has done. They have no time to craft their narrative. The only thing they can do is express shock. And it gives the American people the ability to reason for themselves without being fed a narrative by the mainstream media. And that itself is a beautiful thing because you see people on social You see people in conversation being able to ration this out on their own instead of being force-fed a DNC, deep state media narrative.
SPEAKER 07 :
We've got a great guest joining us in the next segment, Don't Go Anywhere, keeping the conversation going about Israel. Phone lines, we've got two open right now, 1-800-684-3110. Again, support Israel by standing with us at aclj.org slash standwithus. But again... 1-800-684-3110 to call in. We'll have our guests coming up. Stay tuned for that. It's going to be exciting. In studio. And then later on, the last segment, we're going to take as many calls as we can. So stay on hold. We'll be right back. Welcome back to Secular. We will be taking your calls in the next segment. We've got two lines open. Great time to call in. 1-800-684-3110. 1-800-684-3110. And as I said before, you can support the work of the ACLJ and stand with us in our fight to support Israel at aclj.org slash stand with us. Now, we've got a great guest in studio today. We don't have a lot of in-studio guests. That's always fun. We have a lot of times it's just members of our team. So, Caleb Myers, welcome. who has been an ACLJ, someone we've worked with over the years. Kalev, you've worked with us on the hostage situation. You've worked on so many different things as you are the founder and chairman of Arise. I want our audience, before we get into what's new and what's happening now, to kind of understand that background of you, where you came from, and also your work with us here at the ACLJ.
SPEAKER 06 :
Sure. So I'm an Israeli. I founded Arise, which is the alliance to reinforce Israel's security and economy. And we basically look at the biggest strategic challenges facing Israel and reach out to our friends around the world, most of whom are Christians who believe in the Bible, see Israel as a miraculous fulfillment of biblical prophecy. And we find great organizations and friends like the American Center for Law and Justice who can work with us to help Israel on various issues. And I just often From the beginning, I want to say thank you so much to ACLJ for everything you did, particularly with regards to the hostages. And there were several, I think, out of the first seven girls who were just released in the last two weeks, four of them had family members that were on our delegations that we actually represented together. So, yeah, thank you for that.
SPEAKER 07 :
So it's wonderful work that you all are doing. And it's a very intense time. We all know that. But Cece, you can even speak to this. This is something that has been an ongoing thing. And when we were able to get those alerts that, yes, members that were being released, the hostages were being released, were connected, and our families were being represented by both Arise and by the ACLJ, it's pretty remarkable.
SPEAKER 02 :
It is remarkable, and I'll just have to say, you know, Kalev is a brilliant attorney, and he's just a brilliant, good friend of the ACLJ. I think we have very much kindred spirits, and we have the same goals in mind of supporting Israel. And so with the hostages, it was just... It was a great time for us to come together and to be able to bring them to the families to Washington, D.C. and have great high level meetings. And it's one thing. And I say this a lot of times, even the United Nations. It's one thing to say something and to fight for something that's right. But when you put a personal touch like the mother or the father or the brother of these hostages talking to these senators and talking to these leaders. in DC, it brings it to a whole nother level. And then we did it in France, we did it in Brussels. And I think that had a good aspect again, like you always said, we don't wanna forget them. It's so many months, 400 and however many days it is now, we don't wanna forget that those innocent Israelis are still being held hostage. And we celebrate the ones that have been released, but there's still more work to be done. But I want to ask you, because we talked about this earlier, you know, why is it what the work that the ACLJ does and the work that Arise does and the work that you do, why is it so important for America to support Israel or why should America support Israel?
SPEAKER 06 :
That's a great question. So I think one way to answer that is to look at what's happened over the last year. So Israel has just come through its longest war in our history. And the worst massacre of Jews Since the Holocaust, which was a great security failing from our perspective. Obviously, one of the reasons Israel was created was so that stuff like that won't happen again to our people. And so it was a very traumatic situation. Now, a lot of our enemies talk about this war as an Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But is it really just an Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Because everyone who's been firing rockets at us or coming across our borders and carrying out terrorist attacks have been funded by, inspired by, weaponized by Iran. So maybe this is actually an Israeli-Iranian conflict. But is it just an Israeli-Iranian conflict? Because you have, on one side, you have Russia, China, Turkey, Qatar supporting Hamas. It's a much bigger war. It's a much bigger war. You have the United States and its allies supporting Israel. So maybe this is an East-West proxy war that Israel's on the front lines. But is it just an East-West proxy war that Israel's on the front lines? Because there's definitely a spiritual... aspect to this, right? You have forces of darkness against forces of light, whatever you want to say, hordes of evil against armies of God or whatever. But you look at the nations that are aligned on one side that really care about human life. And even in the midst of our conflict, we try to protect Palestinian life, right? And then the other side that glorifies death. And for that reason, It's important for the United States to support Israel. Israel is like a canary in a mine shaft in the sense that we're on the front line. It doesn't matter what lens you view any of this from. We're on the front line in a battle. which the goal of our enemies is to completely undermine and destroy the very Judeo-Christian foundations of Western society. And it's very important. And when those hordes come across our border and kidnap people from their homes and burn families alive and murder them in such a grotesque way, for the United States not to do anything, I think it would be problematic. Let's say with much power comes much responsibility. And right now, being the greatest superpower in the world, just to sit back and let something like that happen to one of its allies, wherever they are in the world, I think should cause some soul searching. For sure.
SPEAKER 07 :
And that conversation that happens, I had one of those conversations this morning. with one of my friends. And you always push it to a point where they can't answer the last question, which is, you know, we talk about humanitarian issues. No one wants innocent life. No one on the side of Israel, no one's going for innocent life to be destroyed or for people's homes to be destroyed. But I did ask that sort of question of, okay, well, when is war justifiable? And if you believe that war is justifiable at any time, like if you're, if you want to take like a Quaker way and be like, I don't believe in war ever. Okay. I can kind of respect that. But if you're like, well, it's only not justifiable because it's Israel now fighting back after a thousand people were slaughtered. And by the way, that's just the, I was telling this to Will, that a lot of people, that's when they start paying attention. They didn't know that. They're not following the last 70 years of strife and issues that have been going on in that region.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, right. And I also think it's important to state that beyond the fact that we share the same values and that Israel really is an ally when it comes to preservation of life and all the Western values, et cetera, it's not just an altruistic support. The United States gets a lot out of its relationship with Israel. The best military technology today in the world is developed in Israel. And we give that IP to the United States. And the weapons that we have to buy in the United States, the IP to create them actually came from Israel. So it's a win-win-win, right? And so the United States has a lot to gain from the situation also.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. I mean, it's a humanitarian issue, as you said, because there is also that question too. Well, this is what's happening. You know, this is how they're treating people of different religions, of different orientations or whatever it may be. And they're pushing them, you know, legitimately are killing people. but for some reason Israel has been portrayed as this bad guy. And I always say, I wish you could come. I wish you could see it because you're going to see a very different world view when you see what's actually going on there. And I mean, pre-war, uh, you know, when things were, let's say a little more peaceful, um, It's very clear when you're there. You can become very clear-eyed once you see it, and you're not just seeing it through this media lens.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and you said earlier the world's greatest superpower just can't sit back. Unfortunately, it wasn't just an apathetic view of the American government over the last four years. It was an antagonistic one. It was stopping offensive weapons shipments so that Israel could end the war quicker, which what did that lead to? More death. More suffering. Anytime the U.S. is giving aid, it's always to UNRWA or through USAID to organizations on the ground which are not supportive of freedom. They're supportive of the oppressive government that has been installed in Gaza. So it wasn't even just that America was sitting on its hands. It was that they were actively engaging on the wrong side of a conflict. Right. And they were helping prop up the aggressor. And now, hopefully, we see better days ahead and potentially a better future ahead. Yeah, I think the...
SPEAKER 06 :
The attitude of the current administration is very refreshing when it comes to that. It's, you know, the way I saw it as an Israeli is that the Biden administration supported Israel's defense, but not Israel's offense. So they tried to manage the war instead of us. You know, you should go into Rafale. You shouldn't go into Rafale. If you do, we're not going to give you these weapons and so on and so forth. As if they could, they would do a better job than our military on the ground at managing the war that we're carrying out, right? Whereas Trump is saying, look, you guys know how to fight a war. We'll give you everything you need. Get the war over. Bring things back to a peaceful situation. That's a much more helpful position. But I also want to respond to Logan and say, just as you'd like to bring all of your friends over to Israel to actually experience that, I'd love my Israeli friends to experience this. Because we have this feeling in Israel a lot of times that we're alone, that everybody in the world is against us, right? But you think of the tens or hundreds of millions of Christians out there who really love Israel and see it as a miraculous fulfillment of biblical prophecy, for them to really understand that in that sense, greater those who are with us and those who are against us, that to me is something that is on my agenda to share with our people.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely, that there is that kindred spirit there that is real. And look, even beyond spiritually, biblically, even, like I said, technology, and you get to see what really Israel has developed, and it's phenomenal. It's part of the whole story of the Jewish people, story of the Israeli people. Well, thank you so much for stopping in today with us. I want to make sure people also check out Arise. What's the best way for them to do that?
SPEAKER 06 :
AriseForIsrael.com. The words AriseForIsrael.com.
SPEAKER 07 :
AriseForIsrael.com. We'll make sure we put that in the comments, pin that comment, so... people can go take a look at what you're up to because it's really uh great stuff and of course working with our team all the time here at the aclj and hopefully more we do have a few phone lines open right now 1-800-684-3110 obviously our conversations have been mainly middle east focused today but if you have a question or comment really about the confirmation process is there anything that's happening tulsi gabbard or any of our other friends give us a call 1-800-684-3110 great time uh yeah we actually lost a few calls i'll be honest so right now is a good time to call for some open lines. 1-800-684-3110. We'll be right back with your voice. All right, welcome back to Sekulow. View lines are open 1-800-684-3110. We have seen some comments come in about obviously our friend Tulsi Gabbard, who was passed through committee yesterday. So we were very excited for her again. The good and the bad of it. The good is she's become likely going to now be director of national intelligence, which is amazing as someone who we fully trust and respect and have been friends with now for multiple years. Guess the negative is not going to hear her as much on this broadcast. But you know what? We're very proud of her, very excited, and I'm sure she'll be on at a later date. Phone lines, again, are open at 1-800-684-3110. Another question that keeps coming in is updates on the other candidates. We know RFK Jr. passed through committee as well. That's the big vote. That's not the big vote in terms of the amount of people, but it's the harder one to get through. So you can at least have a pretty good feeling going through that then they will be confirmed. Now people are asking about Kash Patel. And look, I've been concerned that someone in this group was going to be the one they sacrificed, that the Republicans decide to turn down as well as the Democrats. I thought that may have been Tulsi. I thought that may have been RFK. It may be Kash Patel. We are hopefully it will not be. The odds were still very high. Will was telling me those betting odds. They were very high, but the Democrats are pushing back more on on cash than they did on the others.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right. So what we've seen now is that the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee, which is the committee responsible for the hearings and passing a vote, out to advance the nomination. It's led by Chuck Grassley. The Democrats on that committee are requesting a second formal hearing for the nominee. He already did a five-hour hearing, did a great job. I actually think the Republican sentiment surrounding Kash Patel is even more favorable than both RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, but they were able to get through, so I still have a good feeling about this. But Senator Grassley, the chairman of the committee, has said, Further hearings on Kash Patel's nomination are unnecessary. And he is pushing forward with what he expects to be a vote early next week out of the judiciary committee to push that forward to the full Senate. So we should see that hopefully early next week. And then once again, probably about another week after that for it to get reported to the Senate, the Senate to have debate over it and cloture vote final vote. So, uh, About a week and a half. Hopefully we'll have a new FBI director.
SPEAKER 07 :
All right, look, we got a few phone calls that might hold for a long time, and I appreciate you guys waiting. It's been a packed show. J.D. is calling from Virginia. J.D., you're on the air. And, hey, Robert, you're up next. So, J.D., you're on.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hey, I've got a question for you. You know, when the last administration was in, they had John Kerry out doing all kinds of stuff without being appointed or elected in. But now they're complaining about Elon Musk. doing the same thing, doing the same kind of a job. Secondly, where's Pelosi in all of this? Does she just take her pardon and zip her lips? Just curious.
SPEAKER 07 :
All right, let's start with the Elon situation. I know a lot of people have had that concern, like you said, of, oh, he was unelected, he was doing this. I have said this, actually, from the beginning. You elected President Trump, you knew you were getting Elon Musk. You knew you were getting, hopefully, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. You're getting that Avengers group that was coming together, the coalition that was going to come together. Even UFC, even Dana White, you knew these people were going to have influence within... The White House. So that should not be that shocking that Elon Musk was going to do that. They had already started talking about the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and what's also interesting is that prior to the inauguration, they said that Doge would be kind of an advisory outside group. But when you look at the actual executive order, They found a group within Obamacare, so I think the liberals can now say, thanks Obama for Obamacare, that was the Department of United States Digital Services. And it was a created statutory department that was supposed to create efficiency within software and IT systems among government. And the executive order actually refocused that statutorily created committee to start the work of Doge. So it's even more powerful than originally thought, but once again, it's done through a legal mechanism. And that's why the left is freaking out because they have actual power. How many times have you heard words like unelected when they're referring to the attorney general? Can I also tell you one of the most amazing things to happen on X to date? Yesterday, Chuck Schumer tweeted, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. You know who retweeted it? Alex Soros, the son of billionaire, the Soros family, the famed Soros, George Soros' son. We know, we know. He's the one retweeting it when we know all the billions of dollars that they have been funneling through the DNC and through electing DAs. That's where it's politics.
SPEAKER 07 :
It all just turns around and it's the same thing. Brilliant. But you'll hear, unelected Supreme Court justices. unelected attorney general or president president trump's picked secretary of state handpicked no kidding that's how it works it's how it's always worked what are we doing here all right continuing on let's get some more calls robert maryland line five you're on the air
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes. Wanted to ask you the question, why is the media, you know, just twisting themselves up in knots over the fact of the statement that Donald Trump made about wanting to the United States to take over Gaza? I mean, they know they being the media, they know that. that Gaza was taken over first by the PA, then by Hamas, and Hamas is a terrorist group that is dedicated to the destruction of Israel, the Jewish people, and the United States. They want to implement Islamic Sharia law, which is a strict code, a political and religious ideology of people that are non-Islamic under them, and you will be treated as a second-class citizen. You will have to pay a tax. And if you don't pay a tax and you don't convert, they'll kill you. Knowing those facts that the media knows about it. Why are they going off about this?
SPEAKER 07 :
Why are they going off on it? Because it's an idea from President Trump. It's an idea from the other side of the aisle. And of course, they don't like that. And look, it's jaw dropping. I think that's what even Benjamin Netanyahu said, because it wasn't on their bingo card as an option. I saw a joke someone put, like, who knew the two-state solution would have been Israel and America? And it does feel that way a bit, where you go, wow, this is a brand new concept of how this could happen. Thanks, Pat Boone. I think there's that, I think there's the shock side of it. There's also the speed and the rapidness that the Trump administration has been able to do all of these things has sent people spiraling. And look, even us, we do this show each and every day, we gotta be on top of it, because sometimes it can get overwhelming.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right. And I think also to answer your question, Robert, the media actually is in favor of a one-state solution, but that's a Palestinian state. So that's why they get so upset about statements like that. Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
All right. Let's go ahead. Got a good thought. Well, let's go to George, who's calling in New York. George, you'll probably be the last call of the day. Corinne in New York, call us tomorrow. We'll do our best to get to you. I'm sorry we didn't get to you today. George, you're on the air.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right, so I'm the last batter in the World Series. I'll knock it out of the park, guys. First of all, the hard left wants to normalize stupidity in America. Last year, a cargo freighter knocks out a bridge. Last week, a helicopter flies directly into a jet airline, a commercial airspace. They want to legitimize why helicopters are there. They shouldn't be there. It's more of the normalization of stupidity. Now, affirmative action and race quotas, I think white American men should get reparations because of that.
SPEAKER 07 :
George, I appreciate you calling in. We're running out of time. Unfortunately, that's not what you said you were going to talk about, which I hate because I'd like to beginning when you're going to be the World Series knocking out of the park. But you said you're going to talk about Tulsi Gabbard. And that's who we are there to support, our friend Tulsi Gabbard, who made it through. And I want to thank everyone at the ACLJ who did that, who helped push that forward. Again, we want you to stand with Israel today at ACLJ.org slash stand with us. Do that right now. And of course, hey, look, I like hearing from you, and sometimes it can go different ways. ACLJ.org. It was more of a foul ball than a home run. It was a home run, but it's okay. Try again next time. We also just ran out of time. ACLJ.org slash stand with us, and we will talk to you tomorrow on Sekulo. Always support the work of the ACLJ if you can financially. And if you're brand new, hit that subscribe button. It helps us out a lot if you're watching on YouTube or Rumble. And we'll talk to you tomorrow.
Join us in dissecting the policy shifts under the Trump administration, focusing on their implications for the Middle East and beyond. Hear from influential political figures as they discuss the potential outcomes of Trump's executive orders. The show also pivots to spiritual reflections with contributions from House Speaker Mike Johnson on the power of prayer in governance, underscoring the resurgence of faith among young people and policymakers in the nation's capital.
SPEAKER 06 :
From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, D.C., bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview, Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
SPEAKER 07 :
The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, do a real job, do something different. Just can't go back. If you go back, it's going to end up the same way it has for 100 years. I'm hopeful that this ceasefire could be the beginning of a larger and more enduring peace that will end the bloodshed and killing once and for all.
SPEAKER 11 :
That was President Trump yesterday during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Welcome to this Wednesday edition of Washington Watch. Thanks for tuning in. President Trump's suggestion that the United States take over Gaza and develop it has a few heads spinning, if not exploding.
SPEAKER 13 :
He's not seeing any realistic solution. The fact that nobody has a realistic solution and he puts some very bold, fresh, new ideas out on the table, I don't think should be criticized in any way. I think it's going to bring the entire region to come with their own solutions if they don't like Mr. Trump's solution.
SPEAKER 11 :
That was National Security Advisor Mike Waltz defending the president's suggestion earlier today on CBS. We'll explore this possibility with Dr. Eric Bordenkircher, a research fellow at the UCLA Center for Middle East Development. And today was our national gathering for prayer and repentance at the Museum of the Bible.
SPEAKER 08 :
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
SPEAKER 11 :
That was House Speaker Mike Johnson early this morning. He took part in the gathering once again this year. Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson was also there. He'll join us in just a moment to discuss the event and to weigh in on President Trump's proposed plans for Gaza. Also, following President Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, Argentina announced today that it would also withdraw from the U.N.-based health organization. Former Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, now dean at the Regent School of Government and a noted WHO expert, will be here to discuss these developments. And finally, today is National Girls and Women's in Sports Day. Today, to mark the occasion, President Trump signed an executive order banning biological men from participating in women's sports.
SPEAKER 07 :
Under the Trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes and we will not allow men to beat up, injure and cheat our women and our girls. From now on, women's sports will be only for women.
SPEAKER 11 :
What a novel idea. Well, Stephanie Bice was at the signing, Congresswoman from Oklahoma. She'll join us to talk about it. If you've not yet gotten your 100 days toolkit, your first 100 days toolkit, you can get that by texting the word toolkit, that's one word, toolkit, to 67742. In the toolkit are all the tools that you'll need to stay up with legislation as we move through this first 100 days of the Trump administration. Contact information keeps you abreast of the movement of particular legislation and just helps you be a participant in your government. So text the word toolkit to 67742. As I mentioned yesterday, President Trump made several executive moves that will not only have implications for the Middle East, but also globally. Most talked about, of course, about his out-of-the-box proposals is for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip in order to do something different with it and what will possibly produce a different result than what we've seen in the past. So how significant are the latest moves that the president has made? And is it possible? Will Congress be with him? Joining me now to talk about this and more, Congressman Warren Davidson, who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Financial Services Committee. He represents the 8th Congressional District of Ohio. Congressman Davidson, welcome back to Washington Watch. Good to see you. Always good to see you, Tony. Thank you for talking with me tonight. Well, before we get into the president's latest announcements, I want to get your reflections. You were there early this morning for the national gathering for prayer and repentance. You were among about 30 members of Congress who were there and praying.
SPEAKER 09 :
Give us your thoughts on that. Well, it was just so encouraging. What a refreshing way to start the morning with a bunch of Christian brothers and sisters, worship and praise, and just a time to reflect on the state of our nation. And, you know, just like as individuals, we're in need of prayer, we're in need of repentance. And thankfully, the Lord Jesus Christ provides the only remedy for that. And it was a great place to recognize that in an unflinching way. And just thank you and others for getting it started. And it was really encouraging to see my colleagues there. The way it went was delightful.
SPEAKER 11 :
In my observation, and you've been here for a while, Congressman Davis, but there appears to be a stronger presence of Christian faith and members willing to express it and talk about it.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, look, I mean, when we said for years, send reinforcements, the American people have. And, you know, when people say they're praying for you, you can really feel that they're praying for you. And there's a lot of energy and encouragement. And just look at like Vice President Vance talking about an order of love. Yes, of course, we should pray. love our neighbor as ourself. But, you know, the explaining that, you know, first and foremost, we love God and the pushback against that and just the idea that you're openly talking about our faith today and being encouraged by it. And I tell you the other thing, young people embracing their faith is really maybe the most hopeful sign I've seen in a long time that maybe there's a spirit of a revival in our country.
SPEAKER 11 :
And that's definitely what we need. And that was the theme this morning. While we embrace the reforms that we see coming from the president, from this administration, we know to sustain it, the country must have revival, a spiritual revival that will change the very core of our nation. Let's turn to some of those policy ideas. The latest one by the president, the United States taking over Gaza.
SPEAKER 09 :
Were you surprised by that? I was very surprised by it. And, you know, I came into the house with a mutual friend of ours, Steve, and he's telling me what's going across the news. And I said, you know, I didn't have that on my bingo card. And, you know, how's that jive with America first? But you start looking at what President Trump has done and you read the body language of Benjamin Netanyahu as he's there. And President Trump, I think, is changing the negotiation. He's really framing it differently to say, well, you guys can't get along. That's nothing new. People like Saudi Arabia and your Arab neighbors don't want the Palestinians. They insist on a two-state solution, but they don't want any refugees from this people group either. So how are we gonna create peace? Israel says we can't allow Hamas to stay in charge of Gaza in the wake of 10-7. And certainly that's how we felt about Al-Qaeda after 9-11. And I think that's a just outcome. So it was kind of cut short with the negotiations and yet you've unresolved what happens to Hamas. So I think President Trump framed it and said, well, what if we just control this land? How do you think about it now? And I'm hopeful that it really produces a peaceful outcome. and a unified nation of Israel.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, it certainly has people talking, and I do think it's going to, as your former colleague Mike Waltz now, National Security Advisor to the President, said, it's going to force some of these other surrounding countries that have been hands-off, not really being involved, it's somebody else's problem, are now going to have to come to the table, or at least to the White Board, and start working through some potential solutions.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I mean, I think they'll say, well, OK, we all agree we don't want America there, right? And that might be the starting point for where they pick up. And maybe that'll force some sort of dialogue. I don't know how it'll turn out. I'm not sure President Trump knows exactly how it'll turn out. But I think his sense was you have to change the paradigm so that you can have a different kind of negotiation than we're having right now.
SPEAKER 11 :
And that is very characteristic of how President Trump has approached issues. He did it in the last administration. But let's talk a little bit, if we were to walk this thing through, you're both on the Foreign Affairs Committee and on the Finance Committee. One of the issues, I was with the speaker last night, and I know the Republicans are still trying to wrestle through a reconciliation bill, how that is done. There's a lot that want to see spending cut. I'm among them. I think we've got to cut spending. This would have a huge price tag.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, aside from a huge price tag, I mean, America is not in a state of war with Israel or Hamas. We're not under imminent threat of attack. So it's not clear that the president would have a legal authority to deploy troops into what would inherently become a combat situation. And then you deal with all kinds of other complications from it. So You know, I don't think it's something that people say, I really want that to happen or see that as a likely outcome. I think most people are viewing it as a negotiating tactic at this point. But it would be problematic if the United States wanted to do that. And I think that's a fair assessment.
SPEAKER 11 :
Now, I want to also ask you about another one of the executive orders, kind of hard to keep up with them. We've seen a flurry of these almost every day. But one of the more recent was the president removing, withdrawing the United States from the UN Human Rights Council and banning funding for the UN relief agency in Gaza, UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees. Your reaction to both of those?
SPEAKER 09 :
I mean, all very positive developments. I mean, you have the Human Rights Council dominated by successive leader after leader that are some of the worst human rights abusers on the planet. And so it's a non-serious organization. And UNRWA was essentially funneling aid to Hamas and working against peace, not just working against Israel. They're working against peace. They're working to facilitate the very attacks. We need to change the paradigm of the UN. And look, I've got a bill that a colleague of mine, Louie Gohmert, used to carry. And I picked it up when he stopped serving in Congress, which is for countries that don't vote with us at least 50% of the time at the UN, there's no foreign aid. Now, a lot of people would support no foreign aid, period. But even to get to the idea that we don't give it to people that won't even vote with us half the time, is a massive change in the status quo. And as he would always say, we don't have to pay them to hate us. They'll probably do it for free. And they're certainly doing it now. What you're finding out with Doge and USAID, though, is they might have not been doing it for free. They might have been part of the government funding groups that were working against other parts of our government. And when you're funding both sides of a war, that's a bad idea.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. The time has come to move us out of the United Nations. The maximum pressure campaign that was on Iran before the president, again, another executive order, putting that the twist really to Iran, again, to try to prevent them from having a pathway to nuclear weapon. Is it too late or can that still be done?
SPEAKER 09 :
I think it can be done, and part of it can be done by the Iranian people. And the president's always been careful to say, look, we love the people from Iran. Nothing against you. You have a terrible government. We just insist that you don't have nuclear weapons. So he's providing a golden bridge where they can exit. and save face and maybe even save their country and turn back towards a sane place. But clearly, the destabilizing force in the Middle East for decades has been Iran. I mean, they're funding the proxies of Hezbollah in Hamas, the Houthis, and so many other things that create chaos in the Middle East. It all goes back to Iran.
SPEAKER 11 :
This is a paradigm shift when we look at foreign policy, a sea change, if you will, from the Biden administration. We've got about 45 seconds left, but this really kind of back and forth from one administration to another really kind of throws off our allies abroad.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, it does. And look, there clearly are divisions in the United States. Maybe one of my my classmates from from West Point said, you know, maybe the President Trump saw all those free Palestine signs and said, OK, my people, I can unite the unite the country. And that's a little bit of tongue in cheek. But the idea that Iran are somehow the good guys. You know, even when we were helping Israel, the funding package gave money to Hamas. And they said, no, it's to the refugees. But everywhere we've tried it, we know the people with the guns wind up with the aid. And that's exactly what happened in Gaza with Hamas.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, hopefully we can get this on a pad and get it locked in and we won't see a reversal four years from now. Congressman Warren Davidson, always great to see you. And it was great to see you this morning. Thanks for joining us.
SPEAKER 09 :
Likewise, Tony.
SPEAKER 11 :
God bless you and all your viewers. All right. Thank you. All right, folks, stick with us. We're back with more after this.
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SPEAKER 02 :
Thank you. Great to be with you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Before we get to this good news about the World Health Organization, an organization you've been tracking their activities very, very closely, even going to Geneva to their meetings. Today, the National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance, you were there, you were part of the event. Why is that important that we, as a public policy organization, you're the chair of FRC, that we focus on prayer and repentance here in our nation's capital?
SPEAKER 02 :
Because the Bible calls us to do that because we're sinners as individuals, but also as nations. And so the Bible clearly, historically, through the Old Testament, New Testament, he calls on people and nations to repent before him and return to him. So we can't do anything we want. When we sin, we've got to turn away from that sin. That's what today was about, Tony. It was reestablishing before the Lord our covenant, our commitment that we're going to pray for our nation, pray for our government, but we're also personally going to turn away from our sin and we're repenting as proxies on behalf of the sins that our nation has committed and continues to commit.
SPEAKER 11 :
Is that important coming from our nation's capital with our nation's leaders actually being up there praying and repenting themselves?
SPEAKER 02 :
Yes, because it's more than symbolic. We saw the action. Today, nothing was more authentic in the room this morning than seeing the legislators themselves repenting. prostrate themselves before the Lord. In fact, one of the legislators said, I'd like to put my face on the floor right now to prostrate before the Lord. You could tell their hearts were rendered. They meant what they were saying. And so it was an overwhelming number of legislators, including the Speaker of the House, including a member from the U.S. Senate, saying, I repent. I want to repent for my nation. I want to repent for my sins. I want to legislate biblically. Do you realize how huge that is, how many decades we have asked the Lord for this, and now we're seeing it happen?
SPEAKER 11 :
I think it's changing the environment.
SPEAKER 02 :
Amen. Oh, it does. Well, because God answers. When we cry out to Him, would we be so faithless to think He won't answer? God is answering prayers. What we're seeing happening today in D.C. is because God's people prayed. All of the listeners from Washington Watch, they've been faithfully praying for months and for years. This is the fruit of those prayers. So why would we stop? We continue and we double down now because we want to remain in blessing. We don't want to deviate into cursing. That's why we pray.
SPEAKER 11 :
A good example of that is we prayed, and it was a prayer point for months, was the World Health Organization. Yes, that's right. A year ago, they were in the midst of a massive global power grab to try to force upon the entire world their ability, when they declared a health crisis,
SPEAKER 02 :
Public health emergency of international concern. To be able to take over. That's right. Because I'm so thankful that you're explaining this because the World Health Organization created a perch for global governance. The Bible talks about in the last days there will be global governance. And it was shocking for the first time since the Tower of Babel. Right. This was the first instance of global governance. It was created under Joe Biden. He introduced the first 29 amendments to make this happen, and it effectively happened on his watch. Now the United States is pulled out, and I assume that will mean defunding as well. We want to make sure the United States stays out of the World Health Organization. In fact, I hope that it goes away because there's so much more that we could do that's better. to help people across the world with our own financing so that we want people to live. We want people to have better health. And I think we'll be able to do that directly from the United States to help the poor and the suffering.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, we saw just with a national approach to COVID here yesterday, in America where the federal government and then you had states, they were all over the place. It was better left at the local level. In fact, it was better left to individuals to make the decision what was best for them, not some bureaucrat working out of Geneva.
SPEAKER 02 :
And yes, it was that bad that our Centers for Disease Control, we took our orders from the World Health Organization. So a guy who was actually working on behalf of the communist Chinese was giving the world orders through the World Health Organization website. And our Centers for Disease Control published whatever the World Health Organization said. And guess who followed them? All the social media companies, Facebook, Twitter, all of them followed that. Corporations followed and the U.S. government and health insurance industries. So this was a global travesty now over. I attribute that to the prayer of the saints and God hearing our prayers when we cried out to him.
SPEAKER 11 :
And then with President Trump coming in, it's both, it's prayers and it's action.
SPEAKER 02 :
Amen.
SPEAKER 11 :
We've got to vote. We've got to be involved. We've got to pray.
SPEAKER 02 :
We've got to vote. We've got to stand.
SPEAKER 11 :
Pray, vote, stand. It makes a difference. I mean, this is, I mean, this was, and you talked about, like I said, you went to Geneva multiple times to pray and to go to the meetings. This was one of the most significant attacks on national sovereignty that we have seen. Yes.
SPEAKER 02 :
If this is the only thing that President Trump did as president, it would have been worth getting him elected for this to pull us out of the World Health Organization. I spent the afternoon with one of President Trump's senior advisors today. We talked about the World Health Organization and how imperative it is that the United States doesn't give them money or go in and that we get out completely.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's important, and I appreciate all that you've done to bring attention to it. Because it was one of those backdoor approaches. No one would have seen it coming. Michelle Bachman, always great to see you. Thank you. All right, folks, coming up, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order, another one, this time protecting women's sports from gender-confused men. Congresswoman Stephanie Bice from Oklahoma will join me to discuss that after the break. So don't go anywhere. There's a lot more Washington Watch straight ahead.
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This is Washington Watch. I'm Tony Perkins, and it's good to have you with us on this Wednesday. If you've not yet downloaded the Stand Firm app, where you can have access to Washington Watch no matter where you're at, plus the Washington Stand and our daily Bible reading, Stand on the Word, download the Stand Firm app. All right, just about an hour ago, President Donald Trump signed an executive order protecting women's sports from gender-confused men and preserving the original meaning of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as biological sex, not gender identity. The order will establish sweeping mandates on sex and sports policies and will direct federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, to interpret federal Title IX rules as prohibiting the participation of biological males in female sports. I mean, whoever thought that would be required? I mean, it's just common sense. I will tell you, that's the refreshing thing about the Trump administration thus far is that common sense has returned to town. Congresswoman Stephanie Bice is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Committee on House Administration. She represents the 5th Congressional District of Oklahoma, and she was there today. Congresswoman Bice, welcome back to Washington Watch. Good to see you.
SPEAKER 01 :
Nice to see you as well, Tony. Thanks for having me on.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right. So tell us more about the executive order. I believe you were there when it was signed today.
SPEAKER 01 :
It was a great day. President Trump invited members of Congress, members of Senate, governors, attorneys general, as well as a slew of young girls and women who have participated in sports to sign an executive order to do exactly what you said, and that is return us to common sense. And that is that men should not be participating in women's and girls' sports. God has made us And we are different for very important reasons. And for people to sort of, you know, confuse that, I think it doesn't make any sense for most Americans. And so it was a great day to celebrate women and girls in the United States today. And I'm so thankful that President Trump is here. acting on his promises that he made when he decided to run for president to get this country back on track. It was a great day. I was so honored to be a part of it and looking forward to, you know, getting back to those common sense policies that should have been in place from the very beginning.
SPEAKER 11 :
Now, according to White House officials, they expect sports bodies like the NCAA to change their rules in accordance with this order now that it's signed. You know, the White House, the administration has a lot of ability to shape what's happening in the country they're doing it in this case the trump administration doing it very overtly they're not backing away from they're just saying hey this is what the policy is it's common sense a male's a male woman's a woman but the previous administration many of the democratic administrations that push this stuff do it very covertly They use their influence, whether it's trying to use social media to censor conservative voices or it's to push this radical gender ideology through our schools and workplaces. They do it covertly and try to say, oh, we have no control over it.
SPEAKER 01 :
I mean, you know, it's really, I think, surprising to me that you saw so many particularly higher ed institutions that were pushing this narrative that, you know, biological men could actually play in women's sports, transgender, if you will. And one of the, I think, biggest voices out there in opposition to this, you know, narrative was Riley Gaines, who is a athlete at the University of Kentucky. And if you've ever heard her talk, she really talks about not only was this an affront to her and her faith, but that it was dangerous. You've had situations where biological men have been competing in women's sports and have actually caused physical harm to them, whether it is volleyball players, a or other sports, they're being impacted. And we just wanna make sure that first of all, that women are competing against women. President Trump in his executive order today, the speech that he gave mentioned that 3,500 awards have been given to men that have won in women's sports. And it's just wholly unacceptable. So I'm glad that the administration is taking this step. I think Congress has a role in this as well, and that is to codify in law some of the things that the president is pushing, and this is one of those. So it wouldn't surprise me if my colleagues or myself try to draft legislation to codify this. So for a future administration, they don't try to reverse course in these very important policies.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I'm glad you brought that up. Very important because there's a lot of that. And when we look at across the spectrum on these executive orders, it could go away in four years. And so it does need to be codified. I know there is a bill dealing with women's sports that has made its way through the House before. It's always gotten stuck in the Senate. I got another question for you, Congresswoman Bice. The executive order, I believe, also has... Instructions for the Olympics. It speaks to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. What is it to speak to in terms of Olympics?
SPEAKER 01 :
You know, I haven't actually read all of the details, but I will tell you the president also mentioned this important piece. And again, he wants fairness in competition. There was a Olympian in the last Olympics, a biological male that competed in, I believe it was a boxing match. and won. And, you know, it's an unfair advantage. Men and women are built differently. God created us in different likenesses. And so, you know, making sure that it's a fair and even playing field for women to be able to compete, you know, that's what really Title IX was all about. And so not only is he looking at this from a education standpoint within our, you know, our school institutions, but he's also looking at it for the Olympics to make sure that these biological men don't have an advantage over female athletes that are participating in the sports in the upcoming Olympics in the future.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, it is encouraging to see. Congresswoman Bice, I want to thank you for joining us again. Always good to see you.
SPEAKER 01 :
Thank you for having me.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. Common Sense. It's been in short supply. But you know what? I hope also this emboldens people to speak up about common sense. I mean, the emperor has no clothes. I mean, you need to be able to say that stuff. All right, don't go away. We're coming back with more. Hello, I'm Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council here in Washington, D.C. Behind me is one of the most recognizable buildings in all the world, the U.S. Capitol. What does it stand for? Well, most people say government. But do you know the Bible talks about four institutions of government? Do you know what they are? And do we have a republic or a democracy? Well, what do you say? Also, what about this thing, separation of church and state? Does that mean Christians shouldn't be involved in government? Guess what? We address those issues and more in our new God and Government course. I invite you to join us to see what the historical record and the Bible has to say about government. Join us for God and Government.
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SPEAKER 04 :
Kircher in German, church. So the person who lives next to the church or the neighbor of the church. Okay, Borden-Kircher. Yes. That's nice. Although my family now lives in France due to the moving of the lines between France and Germany.
SPEAKER 11 :
So the name, you're right next door to the church, huh? Yes, yes.
SPEAKER 04 :
Did they attend? I would assume so, because I do, and my parents brought me up that way. Well, let's talk... But they've been here since in the 1830s, the first boarding culture came, so it's hard to know now.
SPEAKER 11 :
So you're a research fellow at UCLA Center for Middle East Development. You publish extensively on Middle East policies. You've been on the program before. So let's talk about the president's... idea here of, I mean, this is pretty radical, taking over Gaza Strip, the United States, taking it over, developing it, moving the 1.7, 1.6, whatever is left of the Palestinians to a border country, which during this entire 15-month ordeal, they've been in these camps because Egypt wouldn't take them, Jordan, nobody would take them. Is this to start a new conversation, or what is this?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, it's never a dull moment with the Trump administration, and his energy is quite remarkable how he keeps going like this. But this is going to be a tough sale, and it will be difficult to achieve. The reason the Jordanians don't want the Palestinians is because the Palestinians have caused problems for the Jordanians in its history. Black September attempt to overthrow the monarchy there.
SPEAKER 11 :
And to their defense, Jordan's defense, they've taken in a lot of refugees from Syria in recent years.
SPEAKER 04 :
And Iraq as well.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. So, I mean, I've actually been in the refugee camps in Jordan. And they've done, I think, quite frankly, they've done a pretty good job because their population is not huge. And they've absorbed a lot.
SPEAKER 04 :
And a significant amount of the population is Palestinian or has Palestinian roots as well. So this is going to increase that population. So it is understandable that they see this as a concern, as a threat. But there's a lot of space there. It's a lot of space. It's a lot of desert. I guess they'd have to make the desert bloom for the Palestinians in certain areas.
SPEAKER 11 :
What about Egypt? I mean, of course, they seem to always be very fragile on the edge there, just kind of a chaotic place.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, the Egyptians have their own problems. They have issues with the Suez Canal, with the Houthis, and they're losing a lot of money because you don't have a lot of ship maritime traffic going through there. So the situation with the regime there was rather precarious, I would say, and this would just add to that element of precarity. And the Egyptians have not wanted to deal with Gaza. They've kept that wall up and never incorporated it.
SPEAKER 11 :
They've got their own history of the Muslim Brotherhood. That's true as well, yes. And it's not that long ago that the Arab Spring took place. So, I mean, those things are still very fresh in their mind.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. Now, maybe there are other countries as well. I think one of the countries that has to be involved in order for this to get some kind of credibility has to be the Saudis. But it doesn't appear at the moment from what they have expressed.
SPEAKER 11 :
They responded pretty quickly saying that this is off the table as an idea. Yes.
SPEAKER 04 :
But at the same time, obviously, it's a tough sell. But you still have a two-state solution on the board here because you still have the West Bank. And you can still have a Palestinian state in the West Bank.
SPEAKER 11 :
But you go down that path, Judea and Samaria. I mean, you look at the security situation Israel would then have because that's really the heart of Israel. Mm-hmm. I personally think, having been to Israel many, many times, post-October 7th, that the idea of a two-state solution within the current boundaries of Israel is not workable. I mean, I would think that this was a two-state solution, at least in theory, and it didn't seem to work.
SPEAKER 04 :
True. I think the Gaza situation has always been the most problematic because Hamas governs Gaza and Hamas has an absolutist approach to the state of Israel, and that is –
SPEAKER 11 :
the demise of Israel. But the people elected Hamas, Hamas took over in 2007. The Gaza Strip, the withdrawal from Israel was in 2005. And it's steadily been a problem ever since then. But we've also got other issues in Samaria and Judea under the Palestinian Authority. So it would almost seem that you've got to find, if you're going to go a two-state solution, you've got to find that second state someplace else outside of the boundaries of Israel.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, that's going to be a very tough sell, very tough sell with the Arab world. And at the moment, I don't see the Saudis supporting it, and the Saudis seem to be the linchpin of this. One of the reasons I do wonder if the Saudis would warm up to the kind of normalization of Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state is after Israel. the transition in power in Saudi Arabia because you're seeing a process here where the king is still in power, but MBS is, in a lot of ways, a de facto leader. But that transition still hasn't occurred, and that's a significant transition because you're moving from generation. You're no longer moving from brother to brother. So until that happens, I don't think MBS and the Saudis are going to jeopardize that instability that would come from the domestic scene in Saudi.
SPEAKER 11 :
So, Dr. Borden-Kircher, let's talk about it from this way. Let's say the president put the—and he does this. He has a history of doing this, throwing out these out-of-the-box ideas that makes people's heads explode to force them to think. And so this now becomes a real problem for those in the Middle East saying, wait a minute, I mean, he could be serious. He might do this. We've got to get together and figure this out. What could be some of those possible solutions they could come up with?
SPEAKER 04 :
Possible solution in regards to Gaza? Yes. I'm very pessimistic on the situation. I find that the Arab world, particularly with the Arab governments, work very slowly. They have allowed Israel to do a lot of their bidding vis-a-vis Hamas, vis-a-vis Hezbollah, vis-a-vis Iran.
SPEAKER 11 :
And it's kind of like, why do I— Let me clarify that for our viewers and listeners. They see, the Arabs see Hamas, Hezbollah as problematic. And so they've allowed Israel to do the dirty work of having to keep them harnessed.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. And I think, you know, they kind of keep going down this path. Why should we make any concessions? Because they're doing our work for us.
SPEAKER 11 :
As they say, it's time to fish or cut bait. Because now this problem is theirs.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and Trump, by making this announcement, has kind of put the onus on the Arabs and forces them to respond and to kind of follow up, put action behind their words of being kind of brothers of the Palestinians. And now they have to respond and to show that support. And I don't think it is there in quite a significant way as sometimes it appears because we don't see – You know, Saudis, we don't see Jordanians, Lebanese showing up in Gaza fighting for the Palestinian movement anymore. This is a national and increasingly reduced national movement.
SPEAKER 11 :
Saudis have a lot of money. It's going to take a lot of money to clean up the West Bank. I mean, as the president made it very clear, I mean, it's just like a big pile of rubble. Is this part of them funding the bill to come in and provide security and clean it up?
SPEAKER 04 :
I think that's the hope. But as you can see with the Jordanians, you can see with the Egyptians, they don't want to get their fingers messy. They don't want to get involved in this because it becomes a very nasty situation because then it looks like they're behind the Israelis propping up an Israeli agenda and they're going to be targeted.
SPEAKER 11 :
by Palestinians. So could the further development of the Abraham Accords, where you've got the United Arab Emirates was kind of the first one. You've got some others that have joined in that. Saudi Arabia is the next one they're hoping to get. Could that be a joint project of those nations?
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, it's a great idea, but those nations don't generally cooperate too well. We see this with the Arab League, and the Arab League doesn't really function, doesn't really enforce, isn't really taken very seriously. So bringing those kind of members of the Abraham Accord together—
SPEAKER 11 :
If the choice is between that and more Gaza, where Trump building a big, as people are joking, I know that's not what he's proposing, but to develop the Gaza Strip, which is a very nice piece of property there. If they're concerned that America might plant a flag there, maybe that will force them to work together.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's worth an attempt. I mean, nothing ventured, nothing gained. And, you know, Trump has done something here that has kind of woken people up, forced them to respond. And this is his MO. We saw it with North Korea. I mean, it didn't necessarily work out the way that he'd hoped, but he took a path here that no one had considered. And it's worth giving it a try. So yes, it is worth giving it a try. But having spent a lot of time there and seeing how things operate over a long period of time, I'm not overly optimistic.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's a different culture. Yes. But how is the Iranian mullahs looking at this right now? How are they viewing all of these developments?
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, the Iranians are reeling. Their assets in the region have taken a hit. They're down, but I wouldn't say they're out.
SPEAKER 11 :
Are they the type that could make a desperate move to try to regain their footing? I mean, are they a greater threat right now?
SPEAKER 04 :
I don't know if they'd make a desperate move to regain their footing, but they have the potential to disrupt things. disrupt things in the region, disrupt things with the Palestinian, Arab, Israeli dynamic, or even for the Americans as well. So that's not beyond them.
SPEAKER 11 :
So, Eric, how volatile is that region right now, do you think?
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, we're looking at several failed states. Failed states do not operate well. They become bastions for radical extremists, non-state actors. So going forward, this is going to be a very precarious situation.
SPEAKER 11 :
So not like today, it's not at the level, it's not at red, but- If these, like Syria you're making reference to, becomes a haven like Afghanistan was for terrorists, this could be a long-term, could be a problem for the next couple of decades.
SPEAKER 04 :
Long-term problem. I think we're looking here now at a different shade of Islamism. So the Shia Islamism that had dominated, particularly this kind of crescent of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, has dissipated. But we've seen kind of move in here this other shade of Islamism, a Al-Qaeda-ish Muslim Brotherhood element that is not friendly towards American presence, not friendly towards Israel. So the problems haven't gone away, maybe to a certain extent, while they're trying to get their – act in order in Syria, it's going to be rather quiet, but I don't know for how long.
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So what's the best move that the United States can make at this moment?
SPEAKER 04 :
I think even though Trump comes across initially as crazy, I think it's not a bad idea what he's done here. And to put the onus on the Arabs, particularly the Saudis, and make them respond, make them step up and act and put some action behind those words of theirs and see what they can do here.
SPEAKER 11 :
He has a way of doing that. And I think people, again, they obviously are not watching him over the long term because this is how he does his negotiations. He throws something bold on the table, gets people to respond to it, and then it moves from there. Now, I would... I agree that, you know, at some point that type of radical, you know, shock treatment does it. It could be dangerous. It could have a boomerang effect.
SPEAKER 04 :
True, true. And also, too, I think Trump's focus changes quite quickly. So if there isn't an immediate response, he kind of moves on to another issue. So this could take a backseat for a period of time as well.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I think, I mean, something's going to happen at the end of this six-week ceasefire hostage deal. And I think, well, we're halfway through that. So something's going to happen pretty soon when that comes in, because Israel's not going to stand around long allowing Hamas to rearm and regroup. Dr. Borden-Churchill, I want to thank you for joining us.
SPEAKER 04 :
My pleasure, Tony. Thank you for having me.
SPEAKER 11 :
Thanks for coming into the studio. I always appreciate your insight.
SPEAKER 04 :
Anytime.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right. And folks, I want to thank you for joining us as well. And add this to your prayer list. This is one of those things we need to be praying about. We live in volatile times. I'm grateful that as we pray, we see the Lord moving in our midst. And frankly, it's kind of an exciting time because things are happening. All right, until next time, I leave you once again with the encouraging words of the Apostle Paul, found in Ephesians 6, where he says, when you've done everything you can do, when you've prayed, when you've prepared, and when you've taken your stand, by all means, keep standing.
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In this episode of the National Crawford Roundtable podcast the guys review President Trump's second week in office. Is Trump's plans for Gaza feasible? What is the impact of the tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China? Will RFK and Tulsi Gabbard get confirmed? What about closing down USAID and dismantling the Department of Education? And is Trump surrounding himself with Billionaires "good optics?"
In today's episode, the hosts discuss the influence of earnings reports on market behavior and analyze significant stock performances. They unpack the intricate dance between U.S. tariffs, interest rates, and the stock market, exploring how these factors affect economic growth. With discussions on prominent companies like NVIDIA, AMD, and more, this episode offers a comprehensive look at today's market. Don't miss out on the expert analysis of Disney's brand strength and why Novo Nordisk might be a company to watch for future investments.
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He's been seen on CNBC, the Fox News Channel, and the Fox Business Channel. His articles can be found on MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, TheStreet.com, and many other places. He's the author of the weekly Best Stocks Now newsletter and the inventor of the Best Stocks Now app. He's president of Gundersen Capital Management. Here is professional money manager Bill Gundersen.
SPEAKER 04 :
And welcome to the Wednesday, the Wednesday, February 5th live edition of The Best Stocks Now with professional money manager Bill Gunderson, president of Gunderson Capital Management. And I'm here with Barry Kite, our chartered financial analyst. And some earnings reports here have got the market on its back feet here. So far today, we've got the Dow down 183. which puts the Dow at 44,373. just below that resistance level of 45,000 that it's trying to chew its way through. The NASDAQ is down 129. Mostly Google, AMD, the two big losers in the market today. The NASDAQ is at 19,524. The S&P 500, the benchmark that most people watch, down 44 basis points right now. Down 26 points. It's still above 6,000 at 6,011. And the surprising index today, the Russell 2000 small caps, actually up 9 points or 40 basis points today. And that could be because we're seeing a big drop in interest rates today, believe it or not. You've got the 10-year down 7 basis points right now to 4.44%. We'll try to figure out why that is in a bit. And last but not least, Bitcoin is also down today. Bitcoin down a couple thousand points, 1843 to be exact, 97,983. So welcome to today's Best Stocks Now show with professional money manager Bill Gunderson, president of Gunderson Capital Management, a nationwide fee-based only money management firm. And here with Barry Kite, our chartered financial analyst. He's a CFA and a CFP. and many other things. Lends a lot to the show and to our company every day. We have got the markets off on its back feet today. We had a very good day in the market yesterday. Palantir, stock of the year so far, it was up 25% yesterday. It was the stock I named as my highest conviction pick for 2025 when I visited the NASDAQ several weeks ago and it certainly had a big day yesterday as did spotify wow those two stocks have turned into monster stocks uh you know we follow monster trucks and see uh you know all of these uh what are some of the names there i haven't been for a while with my grandchildren but uh
SPEAKER 03 :
You had Bigfoot. Obviously, you had a Bigfoot, the original, right? Yeah, Megasaurus. And they only got bigger from there.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. Now, NVIDIA was the stock of the last couple of years, and now it's turned into Palantir. And Spotify has certainly become a huge player here in the media space. Kind of overcoming all odds. I mean, it's almost like trying to get an electric vehicle company to be profitable. It took Elon Musk to do that. And the subscription model of content.
SPEAKER 03 :
Of music and content. I mean, think about most of the Internet, at least initially, right? Early on was pirating music, right? Using the Internet essentially as basically a tool for free music, and they've figured out a way over the years to monetize it, and they showed up with their first... First annual profit that the company's had in its history. And those are the catalysts that will kind of move stocks to actually have positive earnings for a year or what have you and free cash flow. And then there was a time where Netflix wasn't very profitable either. And then they were.
SPEAKER 04 :
When they crossed that line. It should also be noted that gold hit a new all-time high yesterday. It's closing in on $3,000 right now very quietly. It hit $2,896. And, you know, the tariff story.
SPEAKER 03 :
In doing so, why the U.S. dollar has gone up. So, I mean, that's always the interesting thing about gold. There's so many cross-currents. just to like, you know, if someone was building a gold valuation model, and, you know, usually dollar goes up, it tends to mean, you know, gold usually goes in the opposite direction. In this sense, they've been moving in the same direction, which is pretty interesting.
SPEAKER 04 :
And the tariff thing has moved to the back burner at least for 30 more days, other than China, which obviously is still a problem. China doesn't seem to have a whole lot of leverage over us, though. We can get those rare earth minerals from other places. I guess the companies that are dependent on China are your Home Depots and your Walmarts, etc. And where we're at...
SPEAKER 03 :
Where we're at in the kind of economic cycle, right, I mean, essentially at this point, China's economy, economic growth, right, at least currently, is kind of their weak spot. So they don't have, you know, from an economic leverage standpoint, right, they kind of need... Some of this growth, right? They almost need American companies to help inside and help increase production. They're in a tight spot. Not as tight as Europe, though. It'll be interesting to see how Europe plays out. That's kind of the next shoe to drop, in my mind, when it comes to tariffs. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 04 :
So anyways, you know, the tariff talk, it's turned to earnings now. That's the headlines. 20,000 federal workers accepted the resignation offer. That's 1% of the federal government workforce. That's a good start, I suppose you could say. No, you know, look, hey, everybody, postal workers, law enforcement employees, et cetera. But 2,000 did accept that buyout offer. Okay, the private sector employment rose by 183,000, which is pretty good for January. And I'm surprised that interest rates are down. I don't know if it has any reflection on the – this is a pretty hot report, actually. And, of course, this is probably Trump's first report that you can say, well, he had a little bit to do with this. But that's a pretty strong private payroll. Now, we'll get the big non-farm payroll report on Friday.
SPEAKER 03 :
On Friday, right. And also, I think it has to do, I saw some news came out in terms of Besant was going to, Treasury Secretary was going to keep kind of the long-term debt issuance program in place that was already in place. So in other words, issuance wasn't going to go up, because if long-term issuance would have gone up, that would have sent long-term rates higher. In this sense, I think he's going to stay to a similar schedule. There's other things you can do within there to do other things. Other debt raising, but in this sense, basically not going to be more issuance, which is what the market liked, and I think that's why we've got down eight basis points. I know. That's pretty good. We're pretty far below 4.5% right now.
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It's too bad we have these weak earnings, but it is showing up in the Russell 2000, which is very interest rate sensitive. It'll be interesting as I go through my charts today, about 1,000, I think, on tap. To see the interest rate-sensitive things, the mortgage REITs, et cetera, I'm sure they're having a pretty good day on this big drop in interest rates today. The U.S. trade deficit widens more than expected in December, and it will be interesting to see if Trump can narrow that deficit. We were at $98 billion in December. That's a big number. That's a big trade deficit. And obviously that's one of the things that gets under President Trump's skin and one of the things that he's going after to narrow that deficit. We've had earnings, which we'll get to from Google so far. AMD has reported in. And a few others, Chipotle. Today we're going to get Ford. You know what? I mean, that's not like a big market mover anymore. We've already gotten Disney. I'll be telling you about that one. Qualcomm will come in after the close. Uber has reported. And Toyota has also reported. Tomorrow we'll get Amazon. That will be the big one for tomorrow. And also Lilly. And I did see that Novo Nordisk reported today. So that obviously impacts Lilly. And Novo had some interesting comments. Or people watching Novo Nordisk had some interesting commentary that I want to get to here in a bit. So we've got a lot of earnings to go through today. There's some good news out there on several stocks. And then, of course, the NASDAQ kind of taking it on the chin. AMD, man, that stock has really lost its way for now. And I'm glad I sold it. We sold it quite a while ago, maybe a year ago, something like that. I've been tempted to get back into it, but I'm glad I've resisted that temptation. We'll be right back. And welcome back here to the second quarter of today's Best Docs Now show. I had to laugh. Barry sent me a screenshot of CNBC. Were you watching CNBC, trying to get some hot tips? It was on in the background.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, all right. And I saw it on the screen. I figured you would like it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, it said, picks for your portfolio. And they were interviewing some money manager, and he was touting Johnson & Johnson. and uh that's all i can say you know comcast stock continues to hit new lows and uh anyways i mean that's just we celebrate mediocrity it seems like uh in in our industry from time to time i think the majority celebrates i kind of felt sorry for him because i'm like it's i gotta be hard to tout that one on on tv i don't know but the listening audience you know i the the listening audience of There's a lot of professionals that watch it and everything, but I think there's a lot of just do-it-yourselfers that don't know any better, just like Seeking Alpha with the high-dividend stuff. If they think they're getting a hot tip in Johnson & Johnson, run out and add that to your portfolio. I mean, that's just kind of the way they work. Now, I'm just going to warn you, Barry, you're headed to the NASDAQ to help close the NASDAQ on Monday. And CNBC is housed. They are in that NASDAQ building. Right there, huh? Be careful. I mean, they're looking for us. They're coming after us if they find us.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, the first talk I want to talk about today... I just hope it's not another manic Monday. I just want it to be a quiet Monday. We'll see what happens.
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The first talk I want to talk about today is a small one that doesn't make a lot of news, and it is not headquartered in the USA. It's in Brazil. It's a company that we own in our emerging growth portfolio because it is a very small cap stock. It's only $8.1 billion, which is peanuts in today's $3.7 trillion world stock. But Embraer, ERJ, has its niche, okay? And if I'm not mistaken, was not the plane that got hit that went down in Washington, D.C.? I think that was an Embraer because that's their niche that they have is those regional airplanes, right? And I want to say... It was an Embraer plane. I heard them talking about CRJ.
SPEAKER 03 :
I believe it was, yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, exactly. But the stock, I mean, obviously, Embraer had nothing to do with the issue. If anything, it sounds... At the end of the day, it was the helicopter's fault. But we'll still see.
SPEAKER 03 :
But Embraer gets... Yeah, or just an air traffic, or just too much congestion all at that period. I mean, in terms of, you know, if you think of a pilot to tell me it's just like a road, essentially, right? And the road seemed crowded.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, and the other niche that they have is the Embraer Executive Jets. which includes the Praetor 600, the Praetor 500, the Phenom 3000E models, as well as services and support. They got an order, a pretty good order, a $7 billion order from FlexJet. I think the way FlexJet works is you can own a share of a private jet and share it with other CEOs or company owners or whatever. You know what? I mean, I see a lot of them at the Charleston Airport. I think there's a lot of businessmen flying around the country in their own little private jets or a shared private jet. That's a pretty good little niche to have.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. I've seen that pick up at the Mount Pleasant Airport, right? Really? Right on the other side of you. I did not know.
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That small one there. I thought that was only for like little sesames and whatnot. So when Brayer stock is breaking out today to a new all-time high, it's up 11.5%. So that puts a smile on my face. You know, we own it in our emerging growth portfolio, which is the smaller companies like this. This is not a Boeing. This is not an AirJet. This is Embraer ADR, and they've been a very successful company over the years. This was a $3 stock in 2020 during COVID, and now it's a $44 stock. So congratulations to Embraer for getting a big order. And they're in a nice little space, really, in the aerospace industry. Okay, one going the other way. We've owned it in the past. We don't own it currently. Workday. A lot of people aren't going to have any more workdays with Workday. They're headquartered in Pleasanton, California. And our show is heard every weekday on KDAO out there, which has been around a long time. We have a big following in the Bay Area. And maybe someday we'll get back out to the Bay Area. I used to visit there quite often. And do some kind of a workshop or something. And we're trying to put something on that. We're trying to put together our road trip calendar. Road trip calendar, right? Yes. And a lot of people in our company saying let's go out and see our listeners and clients and followers and live trading subscribers, et cetera, out in the Bay Area. One of my favorite places to go. My second favorite restaurant in America is the Tadditch Grill. I think it's still there. It's been there since the 1890s or something like that, but that's a great place. But Workday is laying off 1,750 people to streamline their business. And what happens when you lay off people? The stock's up 2.9% today. Workday has kind of been stuck for a while in that 270 area. The 300 can't really get out of there. The growth has slowed a bit, but it's still a high teen. You know, 17%, 18% grower on sales, and it's a 20% grower still in earnings. It's a good company. But it hasn't had much momentum lately. In fact, if you look at the momentum grade on IBD or Marketsmith, it's 61 on a scale of 1 to 99. And it's not showing up in any of my screens right now, but they're taking action. That's what good companies do. They've got to take action to keep costs in line. Now, here's the weird story of the day. Europe is worried about Wegovy. and Novo Nordisk because they're not meeting their carbon emissions goals. It takes a little bit of energy to produce the Wagovi compound that the people shoot into their stomach. Are we more worried about the environment or the people that actually have better health, right, by losing weight from a Gobi? Right. I don't know.
SPEAKER 03 :
I mean, you've got to take... It seems like they should get some kind of carbon credit, right, maybe? I don't know. I mean, if they're... Put it this way, I wonder if they get credit for the fact that they're reducing appetites. Well, then they're reducing the amount of cows and chickens. They don't like farming already.
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And the people on Wagofi are releasing less emissions into the atmosphere themselves by losing the weight. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. This is Bill Gunderson. Thank you for tuning in to today's Best Stocks Now, Best Inverse Funds Now show. I put several hours of research in during the wee hours of the morning each day to bring you the very best cutting edge stories that I can. To get two free weeks of my newsletter, go to GundersonCapital.com. To talk to us about our fee-based only money management services, call us at 855-611-BEST. Now, back to the second half of the show.
SPEAKER 08 :
and welcome back here to the second half of today's best stocks now show today's one of those days where despite the indexes you've got the dow down 183 the nasdaq down 103 they really look
SPEAKER 04 :
better underneath the surface when I look at the individual stocks. The NASDAQ is being influenced heavily by Google and AMD. And yeah, those are the two really driving down the NASDAQ. And the Dow is down 182. But underneath the surface, like I say, the small caps are up 30, 40, 56 basis points right now because interest rates are down 8%. So the market really looks a lot better underneath the surface. Now, I want to dig into Novo Nordisk very quickly here. We had a big position in Novo Nordisk because it's the other competitor. Their weight loss drug is Wegovy and it competes with Lily's ZepBound. And we finally, we got rid of half of our Novo Nordisk in September of last year when it was up around 130 or so. And then we sold all the remaining one half when it was around 110 or so. Now it's at 87. So we did the right thing, and we have not got back into the stock. I really don't know why it's struggling. Although, I mean, they had maybe hit peak earnings in 2024 when they made $22 per share. Then they took a big hit. to their earnings for several reasons, but I still think they've got a blockbuster drug with their Wagovi. And this quarter that they reported, their sales were up 22% year over year. They did $11 billion in sales for the quarter. Not all of that was Wagovi. They also are probably the biggest diabetes drug company in the world. And they had a 21% increase in earnings. And I think, like Lily, they were hurt by the knockoffs, the compounders, which they're still out there. I'm surprised that they're still getting away. I've watched him. He's been a very strong stock. Yeah, and Rowe. I think Rowe is selling the real thing, though, Zep Bound or Wegovy. But there are still compounders out there. Novo Nordisk, the valuation still looks good. I have 96% upside potential. But the momentum is terrible. It's been terrible since last fall. I'm glad I sold it, stepped aside. I do think it's one I'd be very interested in getting back into. Maybe this is the turning of the corner today. After reporting earnings, the stock is up 5.1% on two times normal volume. 4.8 million shares have changed hands so far. So, yeah, you know what? And I think it qualifies for our dividend portfolio because it pays a dividend. of 2.2%. So, I mean, it's a monster company, Danish out of Denmark. And I would be looking to get into it possibly at some point in time. But it lacks momentum big time. It hit a new 52-week low just two weeks ago. So we'll see. This could be one that is kind of a bottom fishing candidate at this level. on Novo Nordisk. Now, okay, the big one really influencing the market today, we don't have a big position in Alphabet, but we do own it in our dividend portfolio, which isn't as big as our growth portfolios. But we do have, Google is one of the 18 or 19 stocks in that dividend portfolio. Alphabet is down 8.4% right now, 8.4%. I think it's still one of the magnificent seven. I don't know. Those components change. Maybe Palantir has replaced it. I don't know. But Alphabet came along with earnings of $2.15. They beat by 2%. And their revenue beat by $170 million. And if you look at the percentage, if we put that into percentages, this is pretty good. I mean, for a $2.3 billion company, usually by that time, they're upping their dividend and their earnings growth has slowed to single digits, right? Not with Alphabet. Alphabet's sales were up 12%. Okay, now... Sequentially, Alphabet's been coming in at about 15% growth in sales, and this was 12%. So I can see why there's some deceleration there in sales growth. But their earnings growth was 32%. They made $2.13, which compares to $1.61 last year. And Alphabet will be one of those companies that is contributing to the 13% growth we're expecting for the entire quarter in the S&P 500 versus the same quarter last year. And obviously with Google at 32% growth, comparable quarter over comparable quarter, that's a lot more than the S&P 500. But they obviously, you know, the analysts, they dig into the margins. They dig into YouTube sales, et cetera. It was a strong quarter driven by AI leadership, which I question. I don't think they are. I think Microsoft is the AI leadership these days. And broad momentum, said CEO Sundar Pichai. In search, advances like AI overviews and Circle, adding that to search is increasing their user engagement. Their AI-powered Google Cloud portfolio is seeing stronger customer demand. Together, cloud and YouTube exited 2024 at an annual revenue run rate of $110 billion. But at the end of the day, you know, obviously it was a bit of a disappointment. And that's why you're seeing the stock down 8.5% right now. And it is a big component. I mean, at $2.3 billion, that's a big component. It's not in the Dow. It is in the big component of the NASDAQ and obviously the S&P 500. So, yeah, you know, I'll have to revisit it. Now, let's remember yesterday, Google hit a new all-time high. And it had lots of momentum. It's not the cheapest stock out there. It has about 75% to 80% upside potential as of yesterday. It pays a dividend. But it is down today off of that new all-time high that it set yesterday. So we'll continue to watch Google. And, you know, we're always checking to see if we need to upgrade that position to another stock out there. But it's pretty hard to not... Look at Google and say it's one of the powerhouse stocks in the market today. Now, AMD is another case. What is wrong with AMD, Barry?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, I mean, it's all about the data center. I mean, if you look at the company, right, the one piece that they're still the same AMD they were three years ago is probably the right answer.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's probably it in a nutshell. Well, their data center revenue missed expectations, okay? And, you know, that's not good because that's where the growth is. Citigroup downgraded AMD stock. That's where NVIDIA is destroying the market, right? Absolutely. And so, anyways, I mean, they have really – this is a pretty big downgrade – And a pretty big miss by AMD. That stock is down 10% right now. But even worse than that, we sold it quite a while ago. I'm saying at least a year ago. Or maybe early last year. I'd have to look at the records here. Let's see, I can probably find that pretty easily. But anyways, we walked away from AMD. We had huge gains in the stock when we walked away from it. I didn't like the way it was trading. And, you know, along came NVIDIA and Microsoft with the chat GPT. And all of a sudden, everybody's watching, well, where are you with AI over here at AMD? Where are you with the data center, you know, share? And they really were mostly dependent upon PC sales still. But having said that, this would be one also that I would be interested in getting back into at some point because the valuation has certainly come down. Their sales were up 24%. Their earnings were up 42%. That's a pretty good quarter. But obviously, it did not meet expectations because the stock is down 10%. and hitting a new 52-week low. Let's wait for the momentum to come back and the new products to come back into AMD. We'll be right back.
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And welcome back here to the final segment of today's Best Docs Now show.
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And you know what? Like I say, it looks a lot better underneath the surface of the market. We're actually up 27 basis points today. And I'll tell you who's having a good day. NVIDIA is having a good day. It's up 3.2% right now.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's offsetting that Google number in dividend and growth.
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I'm wondering if NVIDIA is benefiting from the AMD because they're obviously the one that have eaten AMD's lunch. And, of course, AMD ate Intel's lunch over the last 10 years. So now NVIDIA has emerged as the new king of the chips. Arista is having a good day. Oklo is up 7.4% today. That's a little powerhouse, that little Oklo. That's been one. If you've been in with us on the four-week trial, Oklo has come up several times. It started out in the incubator account. I'm the one that, you know, took the chances out there because it was like, you know, this thing doesn't have any sales or earnings yet. It's a smaller nuclear power plant type of stock that wants to be a big player in that, a wannabe. And eventually I added it to the emerging growth portfolio, and then recently we added it to the ultra-growth portfolio just because of this renaissance taking place in the nuclear sector. So Oclo having a very good day today, up 7.4%. So like I say, underneath the surface of the market. Now, unfortunately, from time to time, I've got to go to a soggy stock just to show you what a soggy stock looks like. And I'll bet they spend half the day on CNBC today. Guess what stock they'll be talking about ad nauseum? Disney. Okay, now I would argue, I was thinking about this the other day. We recently went on a Disney cruise out of Port Canaveral, Florida with a bunch of kids and grandkids. Okay, we had a great time. I would argue that Disney's probably the best brand. I was thinking about this. I grew up in the advertising industry. My father got his paycheck in the last days of his career from Leo Burnett Advertising, which came up with some of the greatest brands of all time, including Marlboro. I would argue that that Disney, that Mickey Mouse logo and that Disney name, I don't care what it's on. You're going to pay a lot more if it has the Disney logo on it. But somewhere along the way, obviously, you can have your own opinions as to why Disney lost its way. An investment in Disney over the last 10 years, you think you're buying this great stock for your grandkids, right? 2.7% per year. That's including the dividend, everything. Average annual return, 2.7. Over the last 10 years, the S&P's averaged 19.5. And don't forget, Disney is a big component of the Dow. So it hasn't helped the Dow any, and it's helped the Dow be quite a big laggard compared to the NASDAQ and to the S&P 500. You know, the Dow has tried to get a little more creative in recent years. They kicked CVS out finally and put Amazon in. They kicked Intel out and put NVIDIA in. But I would argue that there's still several very soggy stocks. Disney would be one of them. I would replace Disney with Netflix. There's your leisure company, your leisure streaming killer in today's world. Over the last five years, an investment in Disney has lost 4% per year.
SPEAKER 03 :
Now, Barry, how many of these... Who was it you spoke into the Dow? Was it AMD? No, I know. Amazon, I believe. I remember when they got rid of Walgreens.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, Walgreens. That was it. They kicked Walgreens out, which is now nearing bankruptcy. They replaced it with, finally, Amazon, which I had been talking about for years. Disney, and how many pension funds, IRAs, Roths, mutual funds own Disney? Oh, man, you've got to own Disney. How can you not own Disney with that brand? Well, they've taken a big brand, probably the best brand of all time, and tarnished it. Over the last three years, an investment in Disney down 6.4% per year. That's right. And over the last 12 months, it has done a little better. It's up 17%, but the S&P is up 22%. It gets a D minus performance grade. The valuation is not very compelling at all. In fact, if I look at my current five-year valuation on Disney, now these are the things underneath the surface that the average person doesn't realize. They think when they're buying Disney shares, they're getting a piece of that ticket price and a piece of how much all those souvenirs cost and how much a corn dog cost. And a special place in line at Disney and all the blockbuster movies they come out with. Well, you may be getting a piece of it, but it's not very good because look at how the stock has performed. I have my five-year target price, 162. That gives it 47% upside potential over the next five years. And a value grade of F. F. I require 80% or more upside potential, and we've got about 2,000 listeners running to the phone right now to scream at their broker for owning Disney for the last 10 years. No, I don't know. I'm just giving you the facts. I'm giving you the numbers, and, boy, I used up all my time on Disney, but I'm glad I did because it's a perfect example. You've got to put it in the same category as Johnson & Johnson, Climberley-Clark, Procter & Gamble, Disney is definitely soggy. A stodgy old growth giant of yesteryear. And it's really kind of pathetic when you think about the strength. of their brand, and the kids that love Disney, and the stock is not performing near to the potential that that brand has worldwide, a worldwide brand, and lousy performance as a stock. That's really... Kind of pitiful, really, when you think about it. Okay, well, we're out of time. We call the show Best Stocks Now. Not the ones you might think are the best stocks now. Maybe they were at one time, but time has passed them by. Or management has made a lot of missteps along the way. Get four free weeks of the live trading. Learn a lot about the market in those four weeks. That's intense. In those messages I send out, go to GundersenCapital.com. Talk to us about managing your portfolio. 855-611-BEST. 855-611-BEST. Have a great day, everybody.
SPEAKER 02 :
Good night. Good night. Good night.
