On this hard-hitting episode of Rush to Reason, John Rush welcomes author Richard Battle for a Memorial Week conversation on the enduring lessons of D-Day and Midway, the collapse of financial discipline since the gold standard, and what it means to build a strong America today. They tackle AI warfare, the coming battle for space, and Trump’s proposed redirection of funding from elite institutions like Harvard to trade schools. Later, John and guest Sunny Kutcher from Young Americans Against Socialism dive into the Boulder firebomb incident, activist judges, and the dangerous rise of radical Islam in America—calling out cowardice, failed leadership, and leftist hypocrisy in no uncertain terms. Plus, John dismantles Denver’s laughable attempt to curb metal theft with new scrap laws. It’s unapologetic, relentless truth-telling in defense of freedom, faith, and reason.
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All right. Hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Appreciate y'all joining us today. Richard Battle joining us now. Richard, welcome. How are you today, sir?
SPEAKER 08 :
Good afternoon, John. We're doing great. Thanks for having us. And Bill Federer just stole a little of our thunder here a minute ago.
SPEAKER 17 :
He has a tendency to do that, too, on occasion, I should say, from time to time, Richard.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, well, that's all right. We've got plenty of things left. That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
A strong America and strong Americans make America and the world safer. That is our topic for today.
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely, and there's two big events that we're, I shouldn't say celebrating, commemorating this week that our parents, grandparents, and Americans before us sacrifice to help preserve our freedom. And Bill Federer mentioned Midway, and there's one other point I want to make, and then we want to hit D-Day as well. But if you'll remember, World War II was the last mortal threat to our country, and it forced everybody to come together because no one wanted to speak Japanese or German, and we wanted to retain the freedom that our founders had given us.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, and you know, I've talked about that in the past, that had we not done some of the things that we did throughout the world wars, quote unquote, more than one, by the way, where would we be today?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, and there are several things that are just amazing when you think back how different the country was then. Bond drives. Everybody contributed out of their paychecks. Every time there was a movie at the movie theater, the last image was buy war bonds, and you wonder why they pushed it so hard. But we have to remember that back then we had real money that was gold-backed. And the country almost went bankrupt fighting the war. So they needed individuals to sacrifice their personal money to buy bonds because we couldn't just print money. And, of course, we went off the gold standard with Richard Nixon in the 71. And from that point forward, it's been a different calculation on things like that.
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Well, and as you know, and I don't want to get off track, get into the big, beautiful bill and all of that. But the reality is, do I care the direction that we're headed in the increased spending and so on? No, I do not. Although I will say this. I've talked about this earlier in the week that I also don't feel like some of the calculations, the The budget office does at times is always correct either because they don't take into account, you know, solid growth that would come from lower taxes and so on. So they always kind of take the worst case scenario, Richard, on the same token. We have got to quit spending so much money because you're right. We are in a time now to where it isn't backed by gold. We have come off that standard. We can go into debt. And probably one of the worst things we ever did as a country as far as that goes.
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Yes, and at that time in World War II, we were able to manufacture things for us as well as the other countries as the arsenal of democracy. And Franklin Roosevelt had his dollar-a-year men, which were the CEOs of the major corporations who sacrificed and helped the country manufacture what we need and keep costs down, much similar to this Doge effort, but we've not seen anything like that in many, many years. And that was because, again, everyone knew the mortal threat to the country in each individual.
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Yeah, and here's the question, too. Are we better off being indebted to certain individuals? Are we better off being indebted to many, including, you know, even foreign countries and so on, Richard? And that really is the ultimate question. And honestly, I don't know which is better at the end of the day. Neither is good.
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Neither is good, and I hope some of the efforts that President Trump is doing can get us back where we can control our manufacturing. If we can get our financial house in order, then we can be prepared to defend ourselves against any threat much better than we can today. And I don't think most people will recognize that right now because nobody talks about that portion of the benefits that he's trying to deliver to us. And we look at another piece was the Battle of Midway, which Bill Federer mentioned. That changed war from mostly naval operations from ship to ship. That was the first time there had been a naval engagement where the ships never saw each other. And from that point forward, air superiority has ruled warfare. And I believe that the next phase of that will be dominating the space situation. And people need to recognize whoever dominates space will dominate the world because they can look down on everybody from there. And that's not mentioned very often when we talk about our space program.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah. And then the other thing I was going to add on to what you just talked about as well is AI will also play a part in all of this. And then you got to start asking on top of what you just said in regards to space, will the AI drone, quote unquote, warfare, by the way, like we just saw between Russia and Ukraine, have a big impact? And I believe it will.
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You're correct, and that is why we have to maintain technological superiority in every field, and we have to be ahead of everyone to protect ourselves. And if we look back, Midway, obviously, we won that battle. Several, I mean, many, many people sacrificed to help bring that victory, which kind of turned the tide in Pacific warfare. But if we look Coming Friday is the anniversary of D-Day, the 81st anniversary. And again, one of the things people don't recognize very much is that Germany's technology, they were on the cusp. They had rockets, they had jet airplanes, and they were oh so close to nuclear weapons, which they would have used, and any of those could have turned the tide of the war. And that's why they were so fiercely trying to get into Europe before Germany could get those weapons out.
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Yeah, and one thing, too, and you know this, and this is, again, part of the blessings that the United States of America has. I guess that would be the best way to say it, Richard, because one of the things that, as you know, Germany was also struggling with was how to fuel, quote-unquote, a lot of their equipment, airplanes, and so on. And the reality is they started running out while we had plenty.
SPEAKER 08 :
That is true, and the same thing with Japan. Fuel is a big difference. One of the things from our standpoint at being a free country that was different than Germany, and we've mentioned it before, one of the reasons D-Day was lost for the Germans were Hitler was sleeping and none of the generals, even the top generals, dared to wake him up to get his okay to bring reinforcements from the north down toward Normandy. And so they waited and waited and waited. And then on the other side, the Americans, the individual initiative of individual American soldiers, the technical sergeant, when they had the problem with the hedgerows in Normandy and there were so many Americans getting killed going hedgerow to hedgerow. came up with the idea to put a plow-like device on the front of a tank. They call it a rhino tank. And once they started plowing through those hedgerows, they reduced casualties and gained more ground and turned the tide of that campaign.
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Amazing.
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Individual initiative.
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So many things, Richard. I, again, not trying to be negative because I hate being negative. I want to think positive when it comes to us as a country and so on. But I wonder in today's world, because of the way we've educated our several generations now, would they, could they think of the same thing today if we had the same set of circumstances?
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Well, I think some could. I'm afraid we don't have the large numbers that we had before, and I'm hoping that some of this change in how we're going to pursue education and going back to meritocracy versus entitlement will help turn that tide because entitlement breeds weakness. Meritocracy breeds strength. And while entitlement's easier on the front end, it's harder on the back end. And meritocracy's harder on the front end and easier on the back end. And it's the same thing with our kids. Do you want them to have it hard early and easy later, or do you want to make it easy for them early and they have to suffer hard early?
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That's always been my mantra. Richard is hard early, makes it easier on the backside. And really quick, going back to you're talking about this administration, Trump and so on, and don't know if this is going to be completed, but there's rumors and I'm sure you've seen it whereby. Donald Trump was talking about taking $3 billion away from a school like Harvard and applying that same money back into trade colleges and the like. Richard, I look at that and applaud it, thinking, why aren't we doing that anyways? Reality is Harvard doesn't need it. They've got enough endowment money. They've got like $55 billion in endowment. Do they need another $3 billion? No. What could we do with $3 billion in the trades, Richard?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, that's exactly right. And a point I made out talking about the war for independence, it took everyone contributing to win then. It took everyone contributing to win in World War II. It takes all of us today to make the country better. Everyone doing what we do individually contributes to the betterment of the country in the future.
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Absolutely. All right. Talk to us about you've got a new book coming out. It's going to launch here soon. People can preorder now. How do they do all of that?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, thank you, and you've got to check the mailbox Monday, and we'll be talking more specifically next week. But the second book in the Americans Who Made America series will come out next week. It has 40 profiles from the 19th century, including Sam Houston's mother and the first black woman millionaire and so many other great stories that are inspirational. It and all my books can be found at richardbattle.com, signed. If you want them inscribed, email me, richard at richardbattle.com. After the order, we're happy to do that. Everything's at Amazon, including audio and Kindle versions as well. And it's great gift ideas for Father's Day, graduation, birthdays, et cetera.
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Richard, always a joy having you. I appreciate it greatly. We look forward to it.
SPEAKER 08 :
My pleasure. Look forward to speaking next week, and God bless America.
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God bless you, Richard. Have a great rest of your day. Gold and Eagle Financial coming up next. Al Smith did an interview of late. Hang tight, listen in. We'll be right back right after this interview.
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Al Smith from Golden Eagle Financial and the show you love, Retirement Unpacked, is here with me. How are you today, Al? I'm doing great. How are you, TJ? I'm doing great as well. I have a couple questions for you.
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As a financial advisor, do you also do taxes? No, I don't prepare my clients' taxes. I do, however, spend a lot of time talking to them about taxes. To use a sports analogy, tax preparation is like doing a recap of the game. What I do is more like creating a game plan and then following up over time to see how it's working.
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And how much are taxes a part of that game plan that you create?
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Well, with so many different taxes we're faced with, it becomes an important thing to take into consideration. It's not how much income you have, but how much you get to keep. In addition to federal and state income taxes, there's property taxes, state and local sales tax, and fees. And they all play a part in shrinking our income.
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What about people who already have really healthy balances in 401ks, IRAs? Won't they be facing significant taxes as they draw income from those accounts?
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Well, it depends. Everybody's situation's a little bit different. There's no one size that fits all when it comes to tax planning. But often when I work with people, we'll create a strategy where we will convert traditional IRAs to Roth over time. And that not only reduces taxes in the future, but it will also lower the tax they'll be paying on their Social Security.
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Is that kind of strategy really only for the wealthy?
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Not at all. Many of my clients who have modest IRAs have chosen to convert to Roth over time. They enjoy the freedom of having a tax-free nest egg that they can access on their own timeline rather than an RMD schedule.
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Well, that is excellent. And how can people reach you if they want to learn about their own taxation in retirement?
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You can reach me through KLZ or contact my office at 303-744-1128. And when you call, I'll provide you with a summary of all the tax changes for 2025.
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Putting reason into your afternoon drive. This is John Rush.
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All right, we are back. Sonny Cutcher should be joining us here at 4.30. I've got a couple things to talk about in the meantime, though. This one is interesting because I've talked about this as a car person. We do this on Drive Radio from time to time. I've talked about it here on Rush to Reason as well. And that is... The reselling of, in this case, it's going to be called scrap metal, but we all know it's catalytic converters and things along those lines because all of your scrap metal places are typically who's taking those items. And I probably should explain, because I haven't done this in a while, you know, why, oh, and copper too. Yeah, copper metal, precious metals, things like that. and a lot of these scrap places will take those. It's their business. I'm not faulting them, by the way. It's what they do, and they're needed. You need somebody that will take these items, recycle them, put them back into the marketplace, and so on. I'm not against them at all. But what's happening is you can take a theft ring. It could be just an individual, but they'll go around cutting off backflow devices for irrigation, for example. That's full of copper. It's expensive. They can turn that in, get cash out of that. The Tesla cords. Thank you, Charlie. EV cords. That's probably what I should say. Not just Tesla, but EV cords. Again, high value. They'll steal copper out of buildings that are getting built or things along those lines. And it happens a lot. And it happens, again, with the catalytic converter and things. Lots of precious metals. The reason why they steal your catalytic converter is because what's inside – it's not the casing – of the catalytic converter that's so valuable. It's what's inside of it and what it's doing to reduce emissions on the vehicle coming out the tailpipe that makes it so valuable. So what's happened here in Denver, this is not metropolitan-wide, although it could expand. We'll see how this goes. But Denver City Council has passed restrictions on scrap metal transactions to combat rising metal theft. Now, What they're now requiring, and this is almost laughable, this just shows you, and I say this a lot, but politicians really aren't very smart. And at times, I believe, don't even bring the smart people into the room to determine how should we curb some of these things. Because all they're going to do now is require individuals that are selling scrap metal to give a driver's license and license plate. Now, I laugh at that because... Unless it's maybe real ID. Do you know how easy it is to go fake a driver's license and, by the way, just go steal a license plate off some other car that probably you just stole the catalytic converter off of at the same time and stick that on your car and then go turn the scrap metal in? This does nothing. I'm sorry. This is laughable. Sorry, Denver City Council. This is laughable. This isn't going to do anything. And again, I'm not blaming the scrap metal guys because, you know, somebody brings something in, they pay whatever they need to pay for that based upon the poundage of and or the size of the catalytic converter, and off they go. So they voted on Monday night 11 to 2 in favor of this ordinance, which makes it more difficult, it claims, to make these quickly offload stolen metals such as copper, brass, and aluminum. And I'm saying, no, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. Folks, some of these theft rings, which, by the way, are very sophisticated. We've seen some of the reports back on these individuals and what they do and how extensive they can get. If you think or if you don't think, I should say for one second, that they don't have the means to fake an I.D., what planet are you from? They have every bit of means to fake an ID, and I just explained how you would handle the license plate end of things. Now, unless the council is giving the scrap metal places the ability to check registration on the license plate with the driver's license and doing some sort of cross-check, which I could then see it having some teeth, but that's not in here, and I highly doubt that's the case because that type of software doesn't exist today. to most businesses. You've got to be in some sort of law enforcement capacity to even have that ability to cross-check. Even your average repair shop doesn't have the ability to cross-check those things. They can look at the license number and see if it's registered to that particular car owner that comes in to get the vehicle fixed. But beyond that, there's no checks and balances on any of that. And I highly doubt that even these scrap metal places will even do what I just said. They don't have that kind of software. They won't have that ability to do that. And last but not least... Again, I'm not trying to point fingers. I'm not saying this is what scrap metal places do, but do you really feel like if somebody brought in $1,000 worth of scrap and the scrap metal guy gives out the $1,000 in cash, there's not even any record of that? So how is this ordinance going to curtail what I'm talking about? That's my question. Again, this is where... seemingly smart people that are in politics, which they're not, come up with rules to curb something that, frankly, they have no business being involved in and aren't even setting the right ordinance in place to stop this. Again, this isn't going to stop this at the end of the day. Now, it might keep an honest guy honest, but a true thief that understands their way around this, and again, this is for scrap metal places that are in Denver. Folks, there's others out there. There's other places to go besides Denver to offload what you stole. Will this populate out into other areas of the state? I have no idea. And, again, I'm not against it. I want to make sure I'm very clear on this. I'm not against the scrap metal folks, not by any stretch of the imagination. And I do believe that a lion's share of them are above board. And I think they do things correctly, and they try to find out where does this stuff come from and so on. But I will also tell you that you take a business even, an automotive repair shop. I'll just use that as an example. Whereby they're collecting all sorts of scrap iron because in that business you do. I know I was in that business for 30-some years and to a large extent still have a business similar to that where you end up with scrap metal. It comes from all sorts of things. You do a brake job, there's brake rotors that come off that scrap metal. The brake pads themselves can be scrap metal. I mean, I can go down the list of the different things you come up with as an automotive repair shop that are scrap. And in a lot of cases, you've either got a metal bin or some people use trailers, dump trailers, things like that. They just start piling things in. And once they get a full load, they run it down to the scrapyard. They get paid by the ton. They take the cash. And in a lot of cases, by the way, for that shop, that's the pizza money they feed the guy's pizza with on a regular basis. I mean, typically, that's how that's done. And I'm not exaggerating at all in what I'm saying. That's usually how this works. They're not getting rich off of it, is my point. But if you think for one second that that particular shop, and yes, typically that's a shop and they're legitimate and so on, they're taking that in. But you could put all sorts of things inside of that metal bin. And do you think for one second the scrap iron guy is asking you where every single one of those items came from? No, and they don't care and nor do I. They don't care, nor should they. It's scrap. It's junk to them. Now, to the thieves that are out stealing all sorts of things that they shouldn't be stealing, cutting things off and so on, you know, I think if it were me and I were a scrap metal yard and I was running things and I was looking at some of these things and how they were cut off and where are they coming from and are you a repair shop? I mean, if you're just Joe Schmo bringing in a boatload of catalytic converters, yeah, I'd have a few questions. Where'd these come from? I can tell that you've sawzalled all these off and highly doubt you're a repair shop, so where are these coming from? Now, in defense of some of those guys, the way that works as well, this is another layer that even the council's not thinking about. In a lot of cases, guys can acquire catalytic converters from going around to shops and buying them. Because a lot of shops don't have time to go down and sell their scrap and so on. So they'll get a guy that'll come around and say, you know what, you got a few Cadillac converters there. I'll give you $500 for the whole stack. Okay, great, see ya. There's the beer money for the shop or the pizza money for the shop or whatever. So now that guy has to go and figure out a way to offload those. And again, he's legit. He's not doing anything wrong. He's not stealing anything. He's legitimately acquiring them. And he's most likely going to go in and turn those things into the scrap metal place and so on. But at the end of the day, he's legit. There's going to be a lot of guys that are not. You know, what is the correct way of tracking this? I could give lots of ideas and it's not this. And it's not this. And I'm not for over-regulation. I'm not for regulating things and so on. But at some point, when it comes to the scrap metal end of things, and even if you're a shop selling to them, I think there needs to be other forms of not only ID, but forms you're even filling out, more traceable things. Shops would have no problem filling this out, by the way, because they know exactly where things are coming from, so it wouldn't be hard for them to do. But I think you need other forms of, hey, not only a license plate number and an ID, but we need to know more about what's going on here. And by the way, there's ways to do this in a non-obtrusive way that still gets to the bottom of what's going on and protecting individuals from theft. And there's ways to do this, and this isn't it. And had City Council of Denver reached out to me, I could have sat down with them and probably within an hour figured out a better way to do this than what they did. So, again, I read through this, and I just thought to myself, okay, you guys are, as usual, you're politicians, and you're going to take a stab at something, but that's really it, and this isn't going to change anything. At the end of the day, not going to change anything. a single item. Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning, and by the way, another area where scrap comes out if you replace a furnace and things like that. There's another area where you get scrap from. So scrap metal accumulates on an ongoing basis, and what I'm telling you is Cub Creek is there to help you, whether it's replacement of an AC unit, your furnace, whatever it happens to be. Give them a call today. They specialize in giving second opinions as well. Find them at klzradio.com.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
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And we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Sonny Kutcher joining us now. Young Americans Against Socialism. Sonny, welcome.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you so much. Pleasure.
SPEAKER 17 :
Always a pleasure. I appreciate you being with us. And not to get off topic, but is your weather in California better than ours here now? Because we've had like this California June gloom nonsense going on. It's cold, it's rainy, and we're not used to this.
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Really? I've never been on Colorado at this time of year, I suppose. But typically, we will get our June gloom during the day and then Right around 3 o'clock, just now, it starts to get nice and beautiful and sunny, and it's pretty beautiful, actually.
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Well, we're supposed to be that way as we head to the weekend, so we can't wait for that. Okay, as you know, we had a lot going on here in Colorado over the weekend. Boulder, Colorado, which is actually my hometown where I... actually grew up. I had my family had business there. So I still own some property there. So very, very familiar with that entire area spent a lot of time there still do from time to time, even though I moved a little bit south of there, Sonny. So you heard some of that news almost immediately as it was coming out on x because it's so close to what we have going on as far as you know, where we all live and all that I still have a business in Boulder County, not Boulder itself, but in the county. And as we were watching some of that unfold, just thinking to myself, what in the world? And the first thought I had, Sonny, is those news organizations and the left itself, they are as much to blame, in my opinion, as to what went on there as anyone, because they, whether they realize it or not, they are condoning what happened on Sunday.
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They condone it. They encourage it. They are bolstering these causes. I mean, in all sincerity, a lot of people still follow blindly, at least listen and kind of consume the mainstream media. And I'm of the belief that there is really maybe 10% of what we see on legacy media is what we can believe. I don't even know how much of it is really accurate or truthful. And so I think it's a major problem because they are, as we know, taking, you know, their marching orders from higher up, and we just simply don't know who really is funding these companies and these organizations and the media and all of these different publications that have been pushing this narrative. And, of course, you know, from an objective standpoint on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it's, you know, no violence, no war, none of this is really a... a means to a peaceful end. However, there is just so much propaganda. And so it's really hard to know exactly what's going on, to be honest.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, the propaganda thing, you're 100% correct. I mean, I watch, even listen to, at times, people talk about what's happening in Israel with Hamas and all of that, and I go back to one of my original statements, and I talked about this very early on in all of what had happened. The minute that Hamas did what they did, I immediately, on this program, came out and said, I, if I were in charge, This would be a really simple fix. I would drop leaflets saying if you are one of the innocents, quote unquote, and I even question that, Sonny. That's a whole conversation in and of itself because you voted for these knuckleheads. I get it sometimes that you can be a casualty of an election and so on. But at the end of the day, you voted for these knuckleheads to run your strip, quote unquote. You're as much to blame as anyone. You're not innocent in this. Yes, I get it. There's children that don't vote and all of that. That's another conversation, Sonny. But I would drop leaflets if I'd have been Israel, if I was in charge. I would have dropped leaflets that said, listen, you've got 72 hours to get out. If you don't want to see the wrath of Israel. You need to get out because guess what? We are going to carpet bomb the crap out of the Gaza Strip to the point where we're going to dose it once we're done. We're going to turn it into something else, and it will no longer be the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas from that day forward. So get yourself ready. That's what's coming. That would have been my answer. So you know how sympathetic I am to Hamas, Sonny. I'm not.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. Right. And I've seen so much going, you know, going on Twitter and mostly Twitter and, you know, independent journalists who will talk about just the horrors of what we're seeing. And, of course, it's awful to see, you know, innocent people be killed. And it's awful to see children be killed.
SPEAKER 17 :
And don't start it is my you know, and I'm not saying this to you. I'm starting. I'm saying this to them. My comeback to them is then don't start what you can't finish.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, and it's that, and it's also that the people who are involved in Hamas are, you know, a part of the population because they are taught from such a young age to have these core beliefs, number one. That's right. They utilize the facade or, you know, they use the children, hospitals, schools, all these things to conduct their beliefs.
SPEAKER 17 :
Their war.
SPEAKER 16 :
You know, their operations. Yeah, that's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
You're right, Sonny. They use all of those things. I'm glad you said that, because they use all of those things as a tool. Let's just say as it is. They're using it as a tool so they can further their terrorist agenda, and they don't care. I mean, they want us. It's so funny. They want us, you know, these journalists and the rest of the world want us to care about the innocents, but Hamas doesn't care, Sonny.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. And I mean, even when you go to other countries like Lebanon, for example, the Hezbollah have a seat in the parliament. So their own population. either A, accept, tolerate, condone is okay with it, or B, even goes further to show that they have zero control over what happens because these people are terrorists. So they're not going to kill anybody who doesn't agree with them anyways.
SPEAKER 17 :
And I want to make sure that we're clear on this as well, Sunny, because it drives me crazy. when I see even conservatives, especially Christian conservatives, that somehow want to give Hamas a pass, and, oh, what the U.S. and Israel are doing, it's just wrong, and the blockades, and this, that, and the other. And I'm thinking to myself, you people, number one, are as dumb as a rock. You have no idea what's actually been going on over there. You're not listening to the likes of you and I, Sunny, when we talk about the things that we talk about, because everything you just said is true. And it just drives me absolutely crazy when I hear Christians especially talk about how we and Israel are not doing right by Gaza and by Hamas. I'm thinking to myself, you people are absolute nutjobs.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, and also, I mean, and I don't say this in any way to be insensitive or to say that I don't care. But it's also like, why is it our responsibility to make sure that these people are safe when nobody has cared about their safety for decades and decades?
SPEAKER 17 :
And Sonny, I don't want to sound coy either, but it's not. That is the brass tacks. It's not. It's not our job. To your point, no one cared up to this point. And it's not that I don't care about women and children. I do. But on the same token, and I've said this openly on air numerous times. Not my problem. You could have left. If you had something in your heart that said, listen, I don't like what's going on here, I don't like this regime that somebody else voted in that I didn't, and I need to do something else in my life, then do so.
SPEAKER 16 :
It's a devastating situation all around. And it just doesn't seem to get any better because, you know, Israel doesn't it doesn't seem like they are stopping their agenda anytime soon. And I do believe that President Trump is committed to keeping us out of foreign wars, which I agree.
SPEAKER 17 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 16 :
very awful situation um but i agree and and to kind of before october 7th you know there are many arabs palestinians etc who travel to and from between borders of israel for jobs for us for all kinds of purposes and so Like you said, if you know, if you're a person who's like, OK, well, I don't really like this reality that I'm living in. I don't really like the fact that I can't control my own destiny. I can't control my own fate. And I have no idea like these terrorists are running are where we live. And, you know, by the grace of God, we don't get to choose where we are born and raised. You know, so I understand that there is a plight there, that there is a. that there is a total, that there is compassion that we can have for these people. But at the same time, they do go around chanting death to America. That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
We just saw that Sunday, by the way, Sonny. We just experienced that this Sunday in my hometown, Boulder, Colorado, what you just said. That exact thing was said Sunday.
SPEAKER 16 :
And because they believe it, because this is what they're taught from a very young age. They have children in Gaza and other Arab countries that are taught from a very young age to when you see a Jew or Israeli or an American, you have hate in your heart and want them to die. That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
That's where – and you're nicer than – Sonny, you're nicer and kinder than I am because I'm one where at the end of the day, it's like, you know what? I'm sympathetic. I don't want to see any lives taken that don't need to be, but on the same token – You know, this is sort of like the bully on the playground in the way I was taught. And I think some of our kids need to get back this way. My dad taught me, Sonny, was you're never allowed to throw the first punch. I don't care what goes on. You suck it up. You need to do what you need to do. You're not going to throw the first punch no matter what. Now, on the same token, if you get punched, you are more than welcome to punch back and finish what somebody else started. That's how I was raised. And that's what Israel needs to do. They didn't start it, but they sure need to finish it.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, and I mean, self-defense and, you know, the old adage of, you know, if they put down their arms, there would be no Israel. But if the other put down their arms, there would be peace, because I think ultimately it's about that core value of like what, you know, what a society, what each society truly wants. Is it peace or is it conflict? Is it death? You know, and unfortunately, the the culture of Islam, they do worship Islam. death. They do. They worship. They glorify it. They romanticize and glorify death for their religion, for their faith, for their culture. And, you know, it's It's not even based on opinion alone of what my opinion about that is. That's what they believe. And there are they I mean, when we see the radicalization and the progress of the Islamification that we're seeing in this country, in Texas, I'm sure you've talked about that or we have. I don't know. I don't recall. But in Texas and all these other places in Florida as well, it's very scary. It's very scary. And I think that people are really afraid to call it out what it is. There are very peaceful Muslims, and I'm sure there are peaceful Arabs. I mean, of course, I know them myself. But I do believe that a lot of these extreme Muslims, they do glorify their religion, and then they will go to any and all means to fulfill their agenda. And it's really devastating. And that's why, you know, I sent you the link I just broke a couple hours ago of that a radical, another radical judge, shocker, blocked the deportation of said terrorist from Boulder, Colorado, who just completed his, you know, that horrific incident. So wrong.
SPEAKER 17 :
So wrong, Sonny. I mean, these are individuals that are here.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
They're illegally here. Send them out. And yet we've now got activist judges. That's what this is. It's a Colorado activist federal judge that is now saying you can't do that. It's absolutely a crime in and of itself, Sonny.
SPEAKER 16 :
It's insane. I mean, we don't have an executive branch. We don't have a country anymore. There's no autonomy. We are living in a free-for-all situation. And people like Soleimani, people like, you know, Luigi Mangioli, people who are criminals will just, they go around and they will continue to do this. And that's why we've seen our society crumble into one that doesn't really follow these laws anymore. Because let me tell you, when you go to other countries, they don't have these laws. I was just in Mexico and you can just feel, you just feel like a target. You just feel the lack of safety. You feel the lack of orderliness because because it is so easy to sense the corruption because the laws are not followed. There is no country like America, and the fact that we are now suffering from these same banana republic-type issues where judges have no respect for their seat, the bench, the Constitution, or anything of the nature to follow the law goes to show that we really have fallen so far, and it is actually very scary.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yep, you are correct. Sunny, how do folks find you?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, you can follow me on Twitter, SunnyRoseK.1, I believe it is. You can also, yes, of course, our organization, YasAmerica, Yas.org is our website. Definitely support us if you can, and we're grateful to be part of this movement and to spread the message of freedom, reject socialism, reject authoritarianism, ideologies and embrace the values of freedom, because if we don't, we are definitely are threatened to lose our country. So thank you for having us. And I always love it every week.
SPEAKER 17 :
I appreciate it very much. Thanks for all your insights, Sonny. We appreciate you as well.
SPEAKER 16 :
Have a great one.
SPEAKER 17 :
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SPEAKER 17 :
All right, to dovetail into what Sonny was talking about, there was a statement put out, I believe, today or maybe it was last night from the Boulder County Commissioners. Now, this doesn't surprise me. Again, those of you, you pretty much know my background. Maybe you're new to listening to us. That's where I was born and raised, Boulder, Colorado. Grandfather started a business in Boulder in about 19, I want to say 47. Don't quote me on that. I may be off a couple of years, but in the 40s, he started a business and had a family business there. And I did business in that town until I sold the business I had in 2012. I still have a business in Boulder County. It's not in Boulder itself, but it's in the county. So, yes, I'm very familiar with that entire area. That's where I was born and raised and grew up and so on and know it very, very well. Also know how nutty it actually is, because as time went by, it got nuttier and nuttier and nuttier. So there's a statement from the Boulder County commissioners after what happened on Sunday. Which you would think the statement they put out would be far different from this, but here it is. The Department of Homeland Security website makes baseless claims without providing details. I'd like to know what baseless claims they're referring to because I haven't seen anything that's baseless. Everything they've said is spot on. It uses inflammatory language likely designed to scare people and turn community members against one another. Again, I don't see it that way at all. They basically have said exactly where this particular gentleman has been from. The fact that he came here on a tourist visa. He then had a work visa that has expired, meaning most of his family, I'm guessing, is probably in the same boat. I highly doubt they're any different status-wise than he is. He's the father, and I know enough about how those cultures work that most likely what he does, the rest of the family did. And I don't think, Charlie, I don't think I'm wrong in that, knowing that particular culture. So it uses inflammatory language likely designed to scare people and turn communities against one another. It describes human beings as illegal or criminal aliens, which robs people of their humanity. Well, you know, it is what it is. You're either legal or you're illegal. There's nothing about that that's robbing anyone of their humanity. This is just your nuttiness coming through. The Trump administration will not be successful in robbing the Boulder County commissioners or Boulder County residents of our empathy. And by the way, I don't think anybody is less empathetic to those victims, especially because of what happened, regardless of who president is. So I'll say that straight up. It doesn't make any difference who the president is. Nobody wants to see what happened on Sunday happen, especially us as conservatives. In fact, we are the ones that are championing Jewish rights and the things that they need to be respected for and so on. We don't want this to happen to them because they're a people group any more than we want it to happen to anybody else. They go on. If being a sanctuary jurisdiction means that we support due process of law and human rights, then we are proud of that moniker. So I guess it's OK for you to house and give sanctuary to individuals that go around trying to murder Jews like what happened on Sunday. I'm asking this to the county commissioners of Boulder. This is three of them that put this out. Are you really that much of a knucklehead? These three? It's in fine print, so let me see if I can zoom in here and see their exact names. Claire Levy, Marta Lockman, and Ashley Stoltzman. Those are the three county commissioners that are attached to this particular statement. And it's kind of all over social media. Now, I... Yeah, there's more than three, so I don't believe this is all of them. And keep in mind, these are county commissioners, not Boulder City Council. And there may only be three, Charlie. I may be off on that. I'd have to go back and look and see how many commissioners there are. And I apologize. That's something I used to have off the top of my head when I lived there, but don't pay much attention to it now because it's not where I live. And they may only have three. I'll have to double-check that, Charlie, and see exactly how many they have. But, again, this isn't coming from the city of Boulder. This is coming from the Boulder County commissioners, these three ladies. And, again... A, let me just say this. This statement didn't need to be put out. Period. In fact, I would have used the rule that Charlie always uses for me that when some of these tragedies happen, even if this is something you want to say, you let the dust settle before you say anything at all. And I would have at least used that had I been one of them. Even if they want to say this, too soon. Too soon. It's the Tuesday after the Sunday this happened. Two days later. Too soon. Period. But, again, these are true Marxist liberals. Again, I know Boulder very well, as well as anybody does. And these are true Marxists that have a Marxist agenda. And they're the type that, you know, they feel like they live in this utopia called Boulder, Colorado. It's not. It has as many problems as any other city has. They try to mask those problems, by the way. And the reality is too little or too much too soon is what I should say. Too much too soon. If they wanted to say something along these lines, fine. Wait until the dust settles. But the dust hasn't settled yet. 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SPEAKER 17 :
All right. And yes, there is only three commissioners in Boulder County. It happens to be these three ladies that I mentioned. There is District 1, District 2, District 3. So they're in charge. Each one is in charge of their represent their particular district, I should say. And as Charlie said, it's really unusual for somebody to come out with an quote-unquote official statement like this, given the situation. But, yeah, the way I'm seeing this is this is an official statement from the Boulder County commissioners because that's exactly what they said. Shame on them, by the way, for doing so, but not surprised this is Boulder County after all. We'll be back. Hour number three is next. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 1 :
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Welcome to today's episode of the Best Stocks Now show, where we analyze the day in markets while Bill Gundersen takes a quick break. Our host today, Barry Kite, offers a deep dive into economic trends on this midweek market lull. Explore notable movements in the Nasdaq, S&P 500, and Dow Jones amid a relative path of stabilization. We'll also discuss how diverse factors like U.S.-China relations and nuclear energy stocks contribute to this relative stillness.
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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 02 :
Good morning and welcome to the Wednesday, June 4th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I am Barry Kite, planner and analyst here at Gunderson Capital Management, sitting in for Bill today as he's taking an early flight back from the West Coast to land here so he can get some work done in today. But from a market perspective, we've got a bit of a quiet day in terms of market movement. We've got the Nasdaqs down seven points. That's barely 0.03%. And we've got the S&P 500 up 1.5%. That would be 0.026%. We've got the Dow Jones up nine points today at 42,529. That's barely moving. We've got crude oil up 0.4%. That's 27 cents a barrel. Gold barely moving up $5 at 0.15% in the green. And then Bitcoin also down 1%, which is basically a non-move for that as well. And if we can get some, let's see, we'll get the treasury, see if we get some movement. Not much down seven basis points to the good, 4.4% on the 10-year treasury. So And good morning and welcome to the Wednesday, June 4th edition of the Best Stocks Now show. I'm your host, Barry Kite, planner and analyst here at Gundersen Capital Management, sitting in for Bill today. And it looks like Bill picked a good time to do some traveling. Pretty quiet out there, Jeff. What's your take?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, yeah. It seems like everything is kind of like a midweek lull here to see... You know, kind of a rest from the earnings season that's winding down, and we'll see what happens.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, it feels like it's funny. There's a lot of news, a lot of cross-currents, and, you know, basically it seems like it's all netting out to close to zero, at least for today. So, you know, it's kind of when you look at the – I was looking at the stories – Putting the show together this morning, it looked kind of almost like a Wheel of Fortune kind of day. Just spin the wheel and we'll, you know, whatever topic we land on, whether it's economics, trade, earnings, even had some... some some ceo uh pay news in the in the in the mix so uh just uh good news is in this business if you don't if you don't like one day just wait uh wait another because it could be uh you know likely going to be completely different so i mean we've got what u.s we get u.s china relations We've got, of course, Ukraine and Russian relations. We've got Elon Musk and President Trump relations in the news. We've got some economic data in the form of some employment figures. We've got some PMI manufacturing and service information from around the globe. We've got a few earnings to cover, and I know Jeff's got some work on that. We'll hit... in the second part of the show and so you know today we've got a little bit of a smorgasbord of everything out there so before we get kind of too far ahead of ourselves you know yesterday ended with you know gains across the major all the major indices I think we were kind of market kind of started out slow today but finished well primarily fueled by the move you know really AI An increased demand for power kind of drove the narrative yesterday with Meta and that Constellation Energy deal, which is interesting as diving a bit deeper into that. It's really the first deal of its kind involving a, quote-unquote, producing nuclear power plant. Microsoft, as we mentioned yesterday, too, of course, had to deal with. constellation, the kind of restarting reactor at Three Mile Island, of course, that one isn't currently producing power. So, you know, just be interesting to see how, you know, obviously power is highly regulated industry, very, you know, price sensitive, particularly when you come to uh, individual customers, not commercial customers. So it'll be interesting to see how, um, you know, what comes online, how much of that power, new power ends up, right. Uh, say powering AI versus, uh, you know, powering our, uh, AC, uh, air conditions down here in the South.
SPEAKER 03 :
So, um, interesting Barry, those, uh, all those nuclear energy stocks started off really strong yesterday morning with, uh, you know, kind of riding that momentum of the, uh, constellation energy meta deal. And then, you know, I was noticing some of the ones that are favorite talk low and any SMR, a new scale, they all kind of tailed off towards the, uh, the end of the day. Um, not exactly certain what happened there, but, um, I'm like, okay, I thought it was going to be a pretty strong overall day for those guys, but they all ended up falling off a bit.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, it's kind of interesting to me in terms of we used to think, especially if you go back to some of your old finance books or just probably even in a Series 7 reading, going through some of that stuff. You know, utilities in the past have always been kind of the sleepy, you know, safe companies, defensive companies to own, right? You're literally, you know, a lot of times we're just clipping a dividend versus, you know, much capital appreciation. And, you know, you kind of flip that. uh over the last you know say three or two to three years and it's just been amazing in terms of you know i think some of that in embedded volatility particularly in the nuclear names because they are going to be more uh longer duration right so anything you know kind of a background anything longer duration is obviously going to have more risk because those earning streams are coming further and further and you know into the future and so interest rates play a big part of uh of that equation. So they have more risk, usually a higher P.E., but I think it's something that's been adopted by traders. It seemed one of those things in any of those assets or asset classes, sectors that have a good bit of volatility in them. Of course, traders will kind of flock to that because you want you know, something with some activity. And, yeah, I don't know if it's some of those intraday gains, right, some of those short-term traders, you know, kind of bailed out and took some profits and, you know, went home and took the family out to eat or what. Overall.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, any investor in that, you know, when you look at the Oculus, the Internees, and the SMRs, it's almost like you're a venture capitalist because, again, they don't have, products and revenues that they're actively shipping for the most part. And so you're kind of betting on where things are going to be with those guys, you know, three to five years out.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, I equate some of it and throw the quantum computing in the mix, too. It's kind of like the new biotechs, right? Those, you know, to me, those certainly the SMRs and the OCLOs, you know, the kind of portable or smaller reactors and, you know, throw in some quantum computing. Those are kind of that new biotech realm where, you know, either they're going to nail it or fall by the wayside, right? So a lot of execution risk there. And, you know, the market yesterday finished pretty strong. I mean, you had the S&P was up 0.6%, pushing towards 6,000. We'll see. 5,900 has been a bit of a – that range has been a bit of a hard for it to punch through, but we'll see. I mean, we're sitting at 5,978 at the moment, so about 22 points away from that kind of good round number of 6,000. We had the NASDAQ ended yesterday up 0.8%, and then we had Dow up 0.5%. Most of that driven, like we said, by the news with Meta and Constellation Energy deal. And then also we had a good jolts number, job openings number. Of course, we'll get into what the ADP report looked like today. But as of looking back at yesterday, of course, we keep hearing economists are waiting for the data to soften up, right, or for the data to begin showing some kind of downturn. And, of course, yesterday, Job openings actually, you know, surprise to the upside, grew 7.39 million versus I think it was 7.1 was kind of that consensus number. So it's good. I mean, in terms of, you know, wages remained pretty strong. I think I saw where wage growth for folks at jobs was in that, you know, above the 4% range. So you're getting some, quote-unquote, real wage growth still, right, in terms of where inflation is, or at least where they say inflation is. Maybe not our own personal inflation rates, but if you've been eating eggs all the time for the last three months, your inflation rate might be higher than some of the other categories there. I know.
SPEAKER 03 :
My favorite breakfast spot, Waffle House, is still charging me – a 50-cent parade premium, you know, to have the hash brown scramble out there.
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Well, can't get away from them nickel and dime. The prices, they go up, they rarely go down. So we're just getting started here on the first part of today's Best Docs Now show. We'll be right back and look forward to what's going on today. Good morning and welcome back to the Wednesday, June 4th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I am Barry Kite, planer analyst here at Gunderson Capital, taking the wheel for Bill today as he's traveling back from the West Coast. And we also have Jeff Webster, as usual, helping me along. Jeff's the advisor here at Gunderson Capital Management and If you ever want to give Edie a call, and certainly you'll end up chatting with one of us. Always happy to help any way we can. You can always reach her at 1-855-611-BEST. It's 855-611-BEST, or you can always reach us through the website at GundersenCapital.com. But it looks like the markets have kind of gotten their wings to the upside a bit with at least a little bit more movement than when we started the show. Jeff is pretty stagnant, but we've got the Dow up. 37 points, just up about 0.1%. S&P is up almost 10 points today. NASDAQ is leading the way up 0.18%. We've got gold bouncing back a little bit from yesterday. We've got that 3,365. In terms of the market, a little quiet, but we'll take the green on the screen for sure. As Bill mentioned yesterday a lot in the live trading notes, You know, really anything affiliated with data centers, you know, led the markets, whether it was semiconductors, AI infrastructure, energy. And, of course, one note is NVIDIA took back the most valuable company tag. I haven't looked and see if it still has it at the moment. But, you know, yesterday... NVIDIA ended with a market cap of $3.446 trillion. And Microsoft ended the day at worth just $3.441 trillion. So I can't move my decimal place that much, but, you know, .005 of a trillion. Jeff, I'm guessing maybe that's $5 billion. I don't know. We'll have to look it up. But who knows? Depending on it's a neck and neck race right now at the moment between Microsoft and NVIDIA. And, you know, NVIDIA is kind of a newcomer to this whole group. Obviously, you had what Microsoft and. Apple, and then you had LVMH, which is the Louis Vuitton brand and a number of other brands. Over in Europe, that were kind of the three largest. You had Aramco one time, too, I think before they did some kind of split or what have you. But, you know, pretty interesting in terms of just, you know, when you look at these numbers, I guess what, NVIDIA took over Apple in November of 2024. Then the first time I think it topped both of them was in June 2024 where it topped both Microsoft and Apple. So, yeah. We've got a quick number here. The shares are up 1,500% over the last five years, Joe. So not a bad five-year holding period there on that one. Last 12 months, up just a measly 22% over the last 12 months. Yeah. Yeah, right. I will say it is kind of interesting. Now that we're wrapped up, pretty much wrapped up the first quarter of earnings season mostly, really coming across one of the best examples, as Bill always says, NVIDIA, number one, being one of the best examples of all time that stock prices follow earnings. specifically earnings expectations right and um you know kind of as we kind of wind down this earning season and kind of see where where things land and of course you know bill's tracking that in the newsletter every week in terms of s&p earnings and earnings growth expectations but um you know no surprise really that a lot of the earnings are coming from the the magnificent seven so As a reminder, still listed as the seven. You could probably take one out and maybe add another one here and there if you'd like. It's Tesla, Apple, NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet, a.k.a. Google. And through Q1, year-over-year earnings growth compared to the other 493 out there, they had year-over-year earnings growth of 27.7% from the Magnificent Seven. which was three times higher than the combined growth of the other 493. So I think the other 493, if you average them together, was about a 9.4% earnings growth rate. And then of these seven companies, they had a 27.7%. uh, average growth rates. So, uh, just interestingly enough, obviously those are the ones that have been, you know, driving the market over, uh, you know, over the, the, the longterm. Um, but when you, you know, you can look at, see how, uh, you know, tough markets have had it, you know, say this year, you know, just in terms of whether it's volatility or just where they started and where they ended, um, Tesla's actually down 12%, I think year to date, Apple is down over 18% year-to-date. Other laggards, Google down 11% year-to-date. Amazon down 5%. Um, the ones in the positive are going to be meta, which is just, you know, had a great year, uh, almost 15%. Microsoft's up almost 10% on the year. And then Nvidia with the up and down, uh, you know, tariffs and, uh, and, and, and, you know, export restrictions to China up five and a half percent. So, um, you know, been a, uh, been an interesting, when you look at the, you know, magnificent seven, I haven't looked at them all together in a while since, uh, what since the the craze of a year and a half or so ago some of the lusters came off of it but still a uh still a huge driver those seven companies in terms of you know driving future earnings growth for uh for the s&p 500 so pretty amazing when you look at those numbers
SPEAKER 03 :
I think Bill's feedback was, in California, he was looking at all the vehicles that are out there driving around, and he said that a good percentage of those are electric vehicles powered by Tesla.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, no matter what the headlines say, what folks in various sides of the aisle think of Elon.
SPEAKER 03 :
I was listening to the Joe Rogan podcast. He had Aaron Rogers, you know, the, uh, the great quarterback on there with them saying that, you know, a lot of those people, um, they, you know, they're, they're not in favor of what Elon's doing and stuff like that, but they, so they're taking the badges off of their Teslas because they don't want, uh, some crazy folks to come and set their vehicle on fire. But, uh, I thought that was kind of funny. It's like, yeah, I like the product.
SPEAKER 02 :
But product-wise, it's still kind of the best in class, at least most of all in that space, and was certainly an early entrant into the space as well.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep, yep. And we, of course, here in Charleston, we see a lot of those Tesla – missile trucks driving around.
SPEAKER 02 :
I'm surprised at the number of cyber trucks I see here and in all different various color patterns. I've seen a few different ones here that I haven't seen anywhere else. I'm sure Elon appreciates that. We'll get into a few more of those stories and we'll highlight some earnings coming up here on the second half of the Best Docs Now show. We'll be right back.
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Hello and welcome back to the second half of the Wednesday, June 4th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I'm Barry Kite, Planner Analyst here at Gundersen Capital, serving as Relief Captain for Bill this morning. I also have Jeff Webster joining me on the show today. Jeff, as you all know, is an advisor here at Gundersen Capital Management. Of course, if you want to stay up to date with our thoughts, Bill's thoughts on the market, you can get Bill's newsletter at GundersenCapital.com or If you'd like to have a discussion with Jeff or myself about your portfolio allocation, any planning issues you may have out there, feel free to give us a call, 855-611-BEST. That's 855-611-2378. Always here to be a resource and help any way we can. Looks like, you know, market-wise, looks like the market's helping out a little bit here. We've got NASDAQ, all the major indices up over 0.2% at the moment. So we've got a little momentum out there. But, you know, as we kind of... Look at the market on a daily basis. We've got a number of balls in the air when it comes to market moving news. Sometimes it feels like there's more balls out there, and some are more important than others, certainly. But, of course, none of them are really bigger than really the U.S.-China trade, ongoing negotiations or trade. at least i hope negotiations maybe uh you know jeff maybe it's ongoing ongoing disagreements would be a better way to phrase uh uh describe the the current state of uh you know kind of the u.s uh china uh back and forth but uh looks like uh you know this kind of i remember the words i think some of the chinese used uh you know what maybe a month or two ago and talk talk talk in terms of using rhetoric in a respectful manner or something. Do you remember when that was kind of part of what China wanted? And maybe this is it. I mean, I think at 2 a.m., around 2 a.m., President Trump put out a truth social meeting or message, and it said, this is a quote, I like President Xi of China, always have and always will, But he is very tough, and this last part's all in caps, very tough and extremely hard to make a deal with.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think I saw a Chinese press release with the same verbiage about President Trump. They just switched it out? Yeah, two tough business guys that, you know, they like each other, but they both push a hard bargain, right? But I don't know. I like I'll put my chip on on Trump, I think, on this one.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah. When I look at it. Yeah, when I look at it, you know, I think, you know, the good news is, right, when I read the message, right, it kind of, I don't know, it seemed kind of in the back of my head that part about, you know, respectful message, whatever, right? And this, you know, I think this is, you know, I think this is really more of a respectful message than anything else. And it looks like, you know, you've gotten some senior White House officials have kind of on Monday were talking about that they expect, say, Trump and Xi to talk this week. So we'll see where that goes. But of course, the bottom line, as we've said, it really comes down to for the Chinese, access to semiconductors. And for the U.S., it's kind of coming around to really access to some of the rare earth minerals. Um, of course, uh, you know, I guess what we started yesterday signed in the, uh, um, you know, the, the, the tariffs of 50% increase on, uh, increased tariffs on steel and aluminum. And of course, on the other side of that, that, uh, you know, we've been, been hearing that, uh, for whatever reason or however, you know, whether it's intentional or just, uh, how long it takes them to go through their approval process, um, Those rare earths are trickling, if anything, out of China at the moment. Don't forget, I think they hold roughly 70% to 75% of the total rare earth minerals, quote-unquote rare earth minerals. But the real key to me is 90% of the world's refining of these minerals are done in China. are done actually done in china so um it's not only not only mining the stuff it's also refining it and uh you know they've cornered the market on it and really kind of kind of closed that market cornered it and i believe they kind of started around the mid 90s but um so that's where we are yeah i was going to say you think about you think about what's going on with china so
SPEAKER 03 :
As it relates to earnings announcements, you look at the dollar companies, Dollar General and Dollar Tree. Both posted good results. However, they're getting hurt in the markets because their outlooks were not good, because they're concerned about how the tariffs are going to impact their ability to import the goods that they have on their shelves. And so, you know, again, that's another implication of, you know, how we're interacting with the folks and companies in China. It's impacting, you know, kind of bread and butter companies here in the U.S. as it relates to, you know, their outlooks.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, right, and that's what I think we talked about on Monday, some of the interesting earnings reports. And, yeah, it was the dollar, what, dollar general and what, dollar tree. I think dollar tree came out this morning. This morning, yeah. And I think theirs is a little, I think theirs is a bigger miss maybe on one side.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, they had a surprise. They said it was a little bit of a surprise, but I think, again, they're getting hurt on Outlook from what I'm seeing. Yeah.
SPEAKER 02 :
And one of the benefits of trade, right, and not just trade with China, but just when you look at it from an economics perspective over the years, kind of from an educational perspective, I mean, you know, trade is, you know, you always weigh the benefits to trade, right? And there was, you know, the thing is, as consumers, we have been able to, You know, one of the benefits of trade, particularly with China, is we've imported, you know, deflation, if you will, right? In terms of, you know, that plastic table that you might have, you know, grown up with that was out on the patio, right? Now, what it would have cost, you know, years ago, nowadays, right? You can go pick up a patio, you know, patio set for, you know. Fifty bucks sometimes, a plastic, right? So the point being is you've imported a bunch of deflation. Like I said, I happened to be in a dollar tree. I think it was a dollar tree. Um, you know, a few, a couple of weeks ago and, you know, I was amazed, right. At, you know, kind of the prices of stuff, you know, inside the, uh, inside the place. Right. Um, you know, and so then I'm thinking, okay, you know, those prices would, you know, certainly significantly, um, you know, change potentially if, you know, some of this doesn't get worked out. So I was interested in seeing, you know, some of their, of course, you know, the CrowdStrike, you know, CrowdStrike's going to get a lot more headlines. Yeah. And a lot more activity, obviously a name we own. um at the firm but uh you know i was really interested particularly on the dollar tree side because like i said that's the one place i went into and it's been a while since i've been inside one of those things but there is i mean everything you want didn't matter what aisle it was we were grabbing you know grab some uh you know graduation balloons right we're you know some streamers i mean if i would have bought what we bought at party city right we would have you know it
SPEAKER 03 :
As it relates to CrowdStrike, Barry, let's take a minute and talk about that. I mean, again, they posted a beat. However, they're getting hurt by Outlook. And everyone's stating that they're now beginning to maybe pay the price for what happened almost a year ago with the big outage that impacted all the airlines and things like that. But what's ironic is more than 20 analysts out there, Barry, have actually... Increased their price target? Right. Their price target. Now, I would value your perspective as our CFA here. Some of them... Upgraded the price target, however, or moved it up, but they downgraded their rating. It seems a little contrarian there. Help us understand why they would increase their target price, but they downgraded it from a ratings perspective. Yeah.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, I'm saying it makes me think that, you know, one of them, you know, they rounded up and the other one rounded down, right? You know, maybe they're right in the middle. I don't know. But, yeah, so the key, you know, kind of the key here is, you know, to me it's the earnings game, right? We mentioned it yesterday on the show with, you know, Bill was like, who knows what, you know, how the market's going to react, right, to CrowdStrike's earnings. And the reason being is, I mean, you look at it, okay, beat on the top line and then on earnings, right? They beat by 11 cents. They were supposed to get 66 cents a share. They got 73. But their revenue, they missed by $0.01 billion, which now equates into whatever drop we have in the stock today. And a lot of that's on that forward guidance, as you mentioned, Jeff. We'll finish up some CrowdStrike comments when we get back, and we'll look at some more under the hood and see what's going on.
SPEAKER 09 :
You got to go where you want to go, do what you want to do with it, do whatever you want to do.
SPEAKER 02 :
And welcome back to the June 4th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I am Barry Kite, planer analyst here at Gunderson Capital, finishing up things for Bill today. And we've got Jeff Webster on the show, advisor here at the firm. And it looks like we're going to get out of here with a bit of a, you know, gave back a little bit of the gains, but we're still in the green. Pretty much all the major industries are up there. slightly up 0.1%, but all are in the green, so we'll take that. Talk about, get back to the earnings game for a minute. It's such a crapshoot in terms of what the market wants. The market at certain times is certainly a fashion show, and I had a finance professor years ago that made the point that stock prices are driven by supply and demand. And so some days in the market, especially when you've got a... He also said it's a zero-sum game. For every winner, there's a loser, which I was trying to figure out that meaning. On one side of the trade, you may have a loser. When someone's doing good, someone's doing bad. But I still haven't pieced that one fully together yet, but that was years ago. I'm still working through that one. But, you know, the other piece in terms of, you know, supply and demand, I mean, you look at CrowdStrike, I look at their numbers, right? You know, they beat, what, 11 cents, you know, more than expected. They were expected .66, and they came in 11 cents higher. So what is that a beat of? 17%. Yeah, yeah. And then, of course, on the other end, right, the revenue numbers. So, you know, ideally you want to be on top and bottom line. They missed the bottom line. And they missed it, like I said, by they were supposed to get, I think it came in at $1.1 billion, which, by the way, is a 20% year-over-year increase from last year. but it came short of the $1.11 billion estimate. So I'm like, okay, $0.01 billion. And then obviously there was some revenue, the revenue range going forward, but it wasn't that far off. And then you looked at the stock, it was down 7%, 8% in the pre-market today, right? And of course now... I think it's kind of buoyed itself a little bit, but down 4.4%. But it just goes to show you sometimes how some of these companies can never be good enough. But I've continued to hear stuff on the software end. Obviously, the software end in terms of AI is the one that's kind of most under potentially change of getting disrupted. particularly writing code. And so, you know, that's, you know, some of that, I think some of that, discounting some of those names has to do with some of that execution risk that may not be here now, but it may be here, you know, two years from now.
SPEAKER 03 :
A couple of other mentions on the tech side, Guidewire, which makes a vertical software-as-a-service SaaS product for property casualty insurance companies. They've put out some good earnings. They're up today. I mean, they spent most of May, from a stock perspective, kind of testing their resistance level, and it has broken out. It's up almost 20% today. In the financial space, health equity, which a lot of companies use them to manage their – Flexible Spending and High Yield Saving, or what do you call the HSA accounts?
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, yeah, your HSAs.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, HSAs and then the Flexible Spending. Yep, they came out with some good results as well. They're up 9.4% today. And then who doesn't like a fire engine? This is a company that I wasn't real familiar with, but Rev Group. which makes a variety of fire engines, but they also have a line of recreational vehicles for folks that get out there. I mean, Fleetwood, American Coach, Lance. they put together a great earnings report as well.
SPEAKER 02 :
And, gosh, Gary, they're up over 16%. Wow, yeah. When you said the fire engines, I was thinking, got me thinking, talk about, you know, in kind of the we'll weave on, Uncertainty, right? I think uncertainty in the market, and we had some Fed speakers yesterday speaking of the key word was uncertainty. And I think if I asked you, Jeff, what the kind of word of the year has been from a market standpoint, and you can't say tariff, then uncertainty right would be would be pretty far up there but um i had there's a company i can't remember the symbol but they were in a uh in time this was it was kind of an analyst uh um test if you will and it was it had to do was a uh ambulance helicopter company right so company um you know they do life flights things of that nature yeah it's probably amr Yeah, well, when it was publicly traded, well, it literally had one of the widest array of earnings numbers. And it was simply because it was so unpredictable in terms of trying to determine how many, say, vehicle accidents there were going to be. Obviously, they have to be ones that are going to be worse enough to include, you know, potentially need a life flight. And, you know, when you did all the math, right, to determine what an earnings estimate would be, right, I mean, they were, you know, the range was, you know, hugely wide, right? And so the company always traded at a lower multiple simply because it was almost impossible to determine how their earnings path was going to be from year to year or from quarter to quarter. Right.
SPEAKER 03 :
Some of these... Well, what's crazy, those ambulance rides, I mean, what's really ironic is this morning, just before the show, I paid two ambulance bills for my elderly father. They're in Denver, Colorado, and both of those bills were close to $2,000 to transport him five miles from his living facility to... you know, to the hospital, he fortunately was fine. Um, and it was, it's just ironic that, that you mentioned that because I like, well,
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, 90 minutes ago, I was paying two bills. Well, and then work reimbursements. Yeah, work reimbursements to those life flights into the mix, right? And then you get a whole different array of uncertainty. So it's, you know, I think, you know, in the markets and what we've seen kind of this year, certainly, you know, kind of has been uncertainty. And I think, you know, as time goes, usually with markets, right, as time goes by, I think we're going to get, you know, continue to get a bit of uncertainty. More and more certainty as we go along. Hopefully, I think that's what we're all shooting for. To stay up to date with our thoughts on the markets, get Bill's newsletter, Live Trading Trial at GundersenCapital.com. Or if you'd like to have a discussion with Jeff or myself about your portfolio allocation, give us a call, 855-611-BEST. 855-611-2378. Ask for Edie and we'll be happy to chat. Hope you have a great day, everyone. Bye now.
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All right, welcome. Happy Tuesday, everybody. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Andy Pate, Charlie Grimes, and it's a little rainy today. A little bit. A little bit. We'll take it. It was beautiful last night. Is your lawn, like, green like Ireland? Mine is. Yeah, almost to the point where, not to get off track here right off the bat, but almost to the point where, for those of you listening, if you notice it's not the deep, dark shade of green, that typically means you're starting to run out of fertilizer, which, given all the rain we've had, if you fertilized earlier in the year, say middle to end of March, that could very well be the case. It's getting about time. Yeah, it's about time for another dose.
SPEAKER 07 :
Now, what kind would you recommend? Just good old-fashioned lawn fertilizer.
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm one of those for those. I probably should talk about this on Fix-It Radio at some point. I like just the regular old organic stuff here locally. You can get that at co-ops. You can get Rich Lawn Turf food at a lot of lawn and garden centers. Don't go out and spend a bunch of money on the Scott stuff. That's great, and they've got some of it with the weed killer and stuff in it, but you spend a lot of money for that when you frankly don't need to. Okay. In fact, most of the other organics, I call them organics, but the fertilizers that aren't the Scots brand that typically are more organic in nature, you'll find them more formulated for what we have here in Colorado versus other parts anyways.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, what about the fact that we're coming into rising heat? Because we're going to be coming into the 90s here very shortly. Is there any problem between being in the 90s and fertilizers?
SPEAKER 03 :
No, because the healthier the lawn is, the less water it typically needs. I kind of figured. I just wasn't sure. What you have to be careful of is not putting down too much and not being able to water it because it's super hot. That is a factor. But if you've got some cushion, which we do right now, putting it down, getting it watered in really well, and then letting it take hold, no, you're fine.
SPEAKER 07 :
Do you raise your mower up a little?
SPEAKER 03 :
Right now, highest it can go.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
This time of the year, hottest it can go. Now, you don't have to with the rain we've had, but to your point, the heat's coming. Yeah, you don't want to cut it low. No, I just keep it as tall as possible.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
As high as that mower will go, I raise it all the way to the top and keep it long. Does it look nice or short? Yes, it does.
SPEAKER 07 :
Do you get big wheels like Monster Truck and really have it high?
SPEAKER 03 :
Mine, I have to do a ride on, so it's a little different. Oh, okay. But any of them will go high enough to where, and I'm just one where you just use less water and so on, the higher it is. And now, depending upon whether you bag it or you mulch it or whatever, depends on how often you mow and all that. That's a whole other conversation.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, I'm going to divert from lawns for just a moment here. Cars. In extreme heat, do you change your oil more?
SPEAKER 03 :
No. Makes no difference. Keep it on the same schedule the way the oil is formulated, not a problem.
SPEAKER 07 :
I mean, internal combustion, you're already at max heat.
SPEAKER 03 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 07 :
But I just wasn't sure.
SPEAKER 03 :
Nope. You do exactly your same intervals you would do all year long.
SPEAKER 07 :
And there's nothing different you do with your car at all.
SPEAKER 03 :
Anymore with modern cars used to be you did a lot of things different in the summertime. Not anymore.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
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No, those days are pretty much gone. The average age of the fleet's 13 years of age or so. So if you think about what age of vehicle that is, we're into the, you know, 2010 or so, even 15 years old. So if you think about how new, you know, theoretically cars are in comparison to looking at what cars were in 2010 versus today. Yeah, they're pretty modern at that point.
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What's the big difference that they've done in cars now that makes them able to handle the different seasons so equally?
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Over the years, things like, of course, fuel injection, and now we have direct injection, and then automatic overdrive transmissions, and, and, and. They've just got a lot of things more in sync with how things operate and work than what it was when I started in the industry back in the 70s, where most every car overheated in the summertime and went up the hill. Yeah, constantly. Huge difference from then to today. Learned a lot in those amount of years. Let's just say that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, I mean, last year, remember when we had that big string of 90s and even crossing over 100? I did see a lot of cars pulled off the side of the road.
SPEAKER 03 :
People that still don't do proper maintenance, changing the cooling out like they should and so on. Oh, yeah, Andy, those extreme heats are hard on cooling systems, air conditioning systems, of course, and batteries.
SPEAKER 07 :
And it's especially worse if you have to go up the mountain.
SPEAKER 03 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 07 :
Why? Because you're revving it harder.
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And there's less air to move through the radiator itself. Keep in mind, as you go up. Right. Thinner air. Thinner air. So there's not as much to move through.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
Exactly. Good to know. You're on target. Absolutely. All right. Yesterday's impossible question of the day. What were the names or what are the names of Kim Kardashian and Yay West kids? Charlie got one right. North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm. Those are the names of his kids.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, honestly, I hate it when these stars give their kids stupid names.
SPEAKER 03 :
Chicago. Hey, Chicago, get over here.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's idiotic. Really, it is. You're naming your kid Chicago or North or Saint or Psalm. Come on, man. Give them normal names.
SPEAKER 03 :
The last name is West, so Northwest, Saint West, Chicago West, and Psalm West.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. But you see, here's the thing. you're giving your kid almost no chance at a normal life.
SPEAKER 03 :
I mean, seriously. Those two, is there any normalcy anyways?
SPEAKER 07 :
I know there's no normalcy to begin with. I get it. But you just took them another step.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, you did. You're right.
SPEAKER 07 :
Look, they're already starting out with this as their parents.
SPEAKER 03 :
Name the kid Joe or John or Andy or something like that, right? Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Something normal. Not Charlie.
SPEAKER 03 :
I mean, that's crazy. Charlie might know this. I'm assuming... I can't tell what genders those names are. Is North a boy or a girl, Charlie? Charlie's not sure. Yeah, I think they do, too. I think there's both boys and girls, but I don't know which name goes with which, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, yeah, it's a boy. Northwest is a boy. Northeast would be a girl. Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
gotcha okay okay good it's all very political good to know okay what's the question today over the long term too much of this hormone can create stress in your body leading to more inflammation more inflammation and increasing your blood pressure name the hormone i'll give you that tomorrow on health and wellness wednesday would it be sexist for me to say estrogen I know that's not the answer, but would it be sexist for me to say estrogen? No, men and women both have that. I know we do. So there you go. Okay. Yeah, I'll answer that tomorrow, by the way, as we come back for Health and Wellness Wednesday. Just a preview for tomorrow, by the way, which I don't think I've ever done a show on this. I've got an expert coming on tomorrow that's actually going to talk about summer and peer pressure and too much drinking and, and, and, which I don't think I've ever done that before, Andy. And I've got a former athlete, star athlete, that's going to come on and talk about all of that tomorrow. For those of you listening, you may want others that you know, not you, but maybe you've got others you'd like to have join in tomorrow and listen in at 3.30.
SPEAKER 07 :
What do you mean? The peer pressure of drinking at the beach?
SPEAKER 03 :
Or parties or whatever. The spring break phenomenon? Or just getting together during the summer months and so on. That peer pressure can be huge. It's not for me, but... I never got into that. Well, a lot of us didn't. I was quite the introvert. I was too busy working and doing other things, so that was never a real issue for me. But I'm an oddball.
SPEAKER 07 :
I just picture you at the beach in a full suit.
SPEAKER 03 :
I love the beach. No, and I'm not wearing a suit either.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm not wearing a full suit. No. I don't like being hot.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, okay. Your favorite drink by the pool. What is it? Oh, man.
SPEAKER 03 :
What's your wife's? Probably an Arnold Palmer. Arnold Palmer.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
For me. My wife's? I don't know. That's a great question. It's got to be something frou-frou. It varies. For her, it really varies a lot on what's going on.
SPEAKER 07 :
How many women will just drink a beer? A normal beer? That's a great question. I mean, almost none. It's got to be some kind of a fruity kind of thing.
SPEAKER 03 :
I am guessing that, yeah, I would say that you're correct on that statement right there. All right. I would hardly guess that your average lady is going to be by the... I'll shut up. I'll get in trouble if I say something.
SPEAKER 07 :
You don't see many women by the pool and a keg.
SPEAKER 03 :
Usually not, although I would say that's probably one of those things that has changed over time, Andy. All right, we're going to come back. We've got lots to talk about today. We're going to recap a little bit of even what happened. Andy didn't get a chance yesterday because I was on by myself, of course, to chime in to the things that happened in Boulder on Sunday. And then we've got some other fun discussions as well. So hang tight. We'll come right back. Dr. Scott Faulkner coming up next. And he is my doctor. He could be yours as well. And again, he's one of those guys where if you just have a question of, hey, Scott, I'm thinking about X, Y, Z. All you have to do is send a text message or phone him and he will answer that question. That's what it's like having him as a doctor versus probably the doctor you have now. 303-663-6990.
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God. Country. Reason. Now back to John Rush.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Andy Pate. And, Andy, the situation happened on Sunday, which, again, I continue to read to see if anybody has passed away from that. Thankfully, no one has. There's some folks that will definitely have. A different life moving forward because of their injuries and so on, which I talked about some of that yesterday. Right. And this particular gentleman will be charged with attempted murder and things along those lines, as he should be, by the way. And the reality is I said this yesterday. I know you agree with me. The reality is every lefty. Every news organization outside of those that are on the conservative side like us. But the majority of individuals that are on the other side of the aisle have blood on their hands in regards to this because they have created this. They have. Literally.
SPEAKER 07 :
Because they have to understand this, John. Their audience, the left, is full of dangerous people. The left is dangerous. It is incredibly violent. The left is not like the right. I did a long post. I won't read it. But I broke down, you know, look, all of the violence that happens on the left is so extreme. There is so much of it. Forget about the political violence. Just look at Chicago and Baltimore every weekend. They're shot up every weekend. That's right. John, there are quite a few young Republicans in America, as you know. Trump did very well with young people. How many of them are shooting up Chicago and Baltimore?
SPEAKER 03 :
Zero.
SPEAKER 07 :
Zero. Okay. This is all the left shooting up downtown Denver, shooting up downtown Phoenix, shooting up everywhere. It is all the left that sides with the jihadists who preach world jihad, worldwide jihad. It is all the left that is preaching virtually all the killing that's going on out there. And meanwhile, we spent four years with Joe Biden telling us white supremacy was the big concern and MAGA. How many people does MAGA kill?
SPEAKER 03 :
Last I checked, none.
SPEAKER 07 :
None. You know, that we know of. I mean, the one supposedly violent event for MAGA was January 6th. The only person who was shot on January 6th was an unarmed Trump supporter. Right. And she was executed by a cop. And yes, I put it that way. Because, I'm sorry, you know, look, until she presents a mortal threat, you're not supposed to put her down. Okay, and she wasn't. But anyway, setting all that aside. Right, you're right. But here's the thing. Both sides rile up their base. We both do it. We rile up our base. They rile up their base. We get people angry on our side. They get people angry on their side. Here's the big difference. People on their side do not put life and liberty at the top of their list of priorities.
SPEAKER 03 :
Very true.
SPEAKER 07 :
They put their agendas over life and liberty. People on our side have life and liberty as their top agenda. And so when we get angry, the odds that we are going to violate other people's life and liberty are dramatically lower. But when they get angry, they'll put any agenda over it. They will burn your Tesla. They will burn your business. They will shoot you. They will kill you. They will attempt to assassinate your president or your presidential candidate. They will shoot Republicans on a baseball field. They will assault Rand Paul. You see what I'm saying here? They will shoot up every city. You'll have to board up whole cities every time they don't like a verdict. It is not the same. You people on the left, when you rile up your side, you are riling up a dangerous group of people. You cannot rile up your side. You can't do it. Your people are too dangerous. Sorry, your audience is too dangerous. What do you think, John?
SPEAKER 03 :
You're exactly right. In this particular case, the ironic thing about it is guarantee. And I don't know everybody that was in the crowd, but I guarantee you, given the crowd, where it was located and so on, that all of those individuals, if not the majority of them, Andy, were probably not Trump supporters. That would be my number one guess on that particular crowd that was marching on Sunday in Boulder. Most likely they were supporters of Israel, not necessarily MAGA Trump supporters.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right, they were a blend.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. They were just a blend. That's what I would guess.
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, here's another thing.
SPEAKER 03 :
Meaning you attacked some of your own, is my point.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, you attacked some of your own. You know, another thing, the whole race thing, white supremacy. Let me tell you something. White supremacists, and I said this in my post, there are a few people, you know, KKK white supremacists, there are a few people in a barn somewhere meeting late at night, a few crazies in a barn. A few wackos. Yeah. BLM and Antifa number in the millions.
SPEAKER 03 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 07 :
OK, the left. I mean, look, you've seen the polling and how many Democrats, what percentage of Democrats are OK with violence toward Tesla, Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Right. Yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's a point.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's majorities in many cases. John, these people are dangerous. So when I look at these Democrat newscasters, when I look at their leaders, AOC and all these people, I look at them and I say, you don't seem to understand. Yes, you have free speech, but your free speech has great consequences because your audience is much, much, much and 20 more muches prone to violence, more prone to violence than the other side. Absolutely. We have violence on ours, too, but it's incredibly rare. When some Christian bombs an abortion clinic, it is so unbelievably rare that Christians do any violence to an abortion clinic that the media has to multiply it a hundredfold in their coverage.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's so rare. on our side, or maybe he's even loosely affiliated with our side, does something that's just out there that isn't correct, that's wrong, guess who calls it out? Us. Yeah, we do. How often, Andy, does the other side call their folk out?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, next to never.
SPEAKER 03 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 07 :
By the way, can I jump into that?
SPEAKER 03 :
Absolutely. Go for it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. One of the things that I do, as you know, is messaging. And in doing messaging, I also study messaging of the left, and they're very good at some things. And so what I was listening for were how all these people on the left were going to respond to the Boulder terror attack. And some did call it a terror attack. We'll get to that in a moment. Right. But I'm going to list off several of these. I'm going to read their statements. And, John, I want you to tell me if you can find these words, Muslim, illegal alien.
SPEAKER 05 :
No.
SPEAKER 07 :
Or illegal immigrant.
SPEAKER 05 :
No.
SPEAKER 07 :
Because the person, the perpetrator was a Muslim illegal alien. Okay, listen closely. Ilhan Omar. Violence against anyone is never acceptable. We must reject hatred and harm in all its forms. Notice how she broadens it to everyone. Okay. No mention of who did it. AOC. I am horrified by last night's horrific attack in Boulder. My heart is with the victims and our Jewish communities across the country. Anti-Semitism is on the rise here at home, and we have a moral responsibility to confront and stop it everywhere it exists. Now, for dumb people, that sounds even-handed, right? But I'm going to show you she isn't even-handed at all. Notice she left out, once again, the identities of the person who did it. No mention of Muslim, no mention of illegal alien. Okay, let me rip through these others. Rashida Tlaib, the violent attack in Boulder is horrific. My heart goes out to all the victims and their families. Violence has no place in our communities. Jared Polis. Okay, it's a long one. I'm going to cut to the end. Several individuals were brutally attacked while peacefully drawing attention to the plight of hostages who have been held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza for 604 days. Hate is unacceptable in our Colorado for all, and I condemn this act of terror. The suspect should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Okay, last one. Phil Weiser, who may well be our next governor. Uh-huh. Okay, did you hear Muslim or illegal alien in any of those statements? No. Okay, now... Now, Democrats generalize the problem with hate, violence, anti-Semitic terror, but they won't name the attacker's group. All right. Meanwhile, Democrats have no problem directly labeling one group. Right. White supremacists. Right. Okay. Absolutely. Joe Biden, white supremacy is the single most dangerous terrorist threat in our homeland. So if this person who committed this was a white supremacist doing it to black people, would they be saying we must be against hatred and harm in all its forms? Or would they be saying this is the blight of white supremacy?
SPEAKER 05 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
They would say, this is white supremacy doing this. AOC, while criticizing Chuck Schumer. Your weakness will help build a monument to white supremacy. Phil Weiser, we just talked about him, talking about Charlottesville. Today we must call out all evil when it emerges, condemning white supremacy and hate before they have a chance to take root. Oh, so one group, white supremacists, which by the way, there are virtually none of them. They're in a barn somewhere, a few crazies in a barn. That group, if that group were to be the perpetrator in this, it would be all they would talk about. Remember Oklahoma City?
SPEAKER 05 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
And by the way, the guys who did Oklahoma City, actually their political leanings were very mixed. Right. Okay. But all we heard is that this is what we must stop. It's these militia groups, these white racists and so forth. Right. Everything we heard for five years, BLM came from one white cop, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
And all we heard was we must stop the white people from doing this, white doing that, white doing this, white doing that. In all these statements that I just read, and there are dozens more, and I'll end with this. You never hear Muslim illegal alien. You never hear them label the groups of the man who actually did this. Do you see the difference?
SPEAKER 03 :
And really quick, too, some of you may not have seen this today. The other family members of this particular gentleman, and I won't use names because I don't want to give them any glory whatsoever, Andy, but they've been deported. Yeah. Good. I think there's five family members that the wife and kids have been deported.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, what are the chances that happens with Joe Biden in office?
SPEAKER 03 :
Zero. Kamala Harris. Zilch. Zilch. Zilcho. None. Zero. Jared Polis. Zero.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hey, by the way, keep in mind, we just passed a law here in Colorado to make sure that guy would be harder to get out of here. Because our law enforcement here is not to work and coordinate with...
SPEAKER 03 :
ice good point way to go polis yeah good point andy yet yet he said today i believe polis came out today and said that he's got people that he knows personally that were affected by that tragedy on uh-huh so how do you answer to them governor polis well he doesn't care i know he's an activist i know
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, the reason I say this, John, is I'm really sick of all these people thinking people like Polis are somewhere, somewhat in the middle or centrist.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, no, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
These aren't centrist at all. Jared Polis is the reason people like this, we are pulling teeth to get these people out of our country. Because all you've got to do is work with ICE. All you've got to say is, we are not a sanctuary state. ICE can simply come and get them right out of the courts. It only takes two officers. You don't have to get eight to ten and surround a home.
SPEAKER 03 :
Correct. Correct. Yeah, no, anybody that thinks Jared Polis is in the middle is in for a rude awakening. Jared Polis, I've said this numerous times, I'll keep saying it, he is an absolute out-and-out Marxist, cares nothing about the United States of America, cares nothing about the state of Colorado, cares nothing about the citizenry of Colorado. He has his own agenda, and that agenda is, I dislike America. Right. Period. Period. Period.
SPEAKER 07 :
Am I right, Andy? Are you right? You are absolutely right. And let me close with this, though. For all Democrats out there, For all you Democrats out there, if this was a white supremacist or a white nationalist or a Christian nationalist or anything where you could put that label, you guys would be coming out against the evils of that group. That's right. And you would be saying the evils of that group must be stopped. You would all be saying it. But this was a Muslim, illegal alien, and all of your leaders are silent. They're saying we must stop violence in all its forms.
SPEAKER 03 :
You're right, Andy.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Andy Pate, Charlie Grimes. Okay, yesterday, Andy, I was talking about – I had a particular guest we interviewed talking about Elon Musk and his most likely disappointment, discouragement even, and how slow the wheels of change, progress in Washington, D.C., and all of that, which – I can fully understand his disappointment. I get that. And do I always agree with Elon on everything? No. Those of you that listen to me for any length of time would know that there's a lot of things that Elon and I would disagree upon. And in some cases – by the way, I think what Elon did in Washington is fabulous. A lot of that work is going to continue on. I think he should be very admired, A, for what he did, the time he took to do it, the sacrifices he made, the money sacrifices even that he made in doing so. And if I were to have a conversation one-on-one with Elon, I would say, Elon, hey, guess what? You started a movement and you started some things that will most likely carry on for some time forward. So don't be so discouraged. You have started some things that will get some traction and move forward. And no, unfortunately, the corruption in Washington, D.C. is so deep that that no, we can't go in and do everything that you and I both would love to see done. I would love to see everything he wants done, done. The reality is I know that, Andy, that's just not feasibly possible right now until other changes are made in Washington, D.C.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely. And let me say two quick things. First of all, I almost wish the Republican Party were the Catholic Church because he needs to be made a saint. for what he has done.
SPEAKER 03 :
I agree. He's done very well.
SPEAKER 07 :
It is absolutely spectacular what he's done. But number two, like you said, the corruption in Washington, let me extend that further. The reason we have that corruption in Washington is because of the corruption in America. Those people were put there by voters and Elon is wonderful at running his company, running his area. In his world, he is God. He is king. And he can always make everything move instantly and so forth. Why? He doesn't have to worry about a Republican who is in a purple district, a Republican congressman in a purple district who barely won in New York and needs to hold that seat or Trump will lose his entire agenda. And here's my message.
SPEAKER 03 :
There's no worries there for him on that level because he doesn't play in the same world.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. Here's my message, not only to Elon, but to Rand Paul, who's also not being realistic at all, to who's that idiot in the House who always votes against us? Massey. Thomas Massey. Please, someone, get him out. Please vote him out of there. Because they don't seem to understand. And let me lay it out for people who don't get this. Why can't we get it the way we want? OK, folks, I guarantee you there are 12 to 15 Republicans in the House and it's probably more like 20 to 30. OK, it could be as high as 30 who are in very competitive districts.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I'd say that's probably right. OK, 25, maybe more even. But yeah, you're right. But certainly 20 to 30 at least. Yeah. And let's just go on the low side and say it's 20.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, we'll go on the low side and say 20.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, let's say all 20 of those vote in a way that don't get them reelected, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Now where are we at? Let's say they vote in a way that Elon would like. And you and I would like, by the way. And that you and I would like.
SPEAKER 03 :
We would love that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Because you and I agree with Elon on everything he put through.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I think the big beautiful bill is bloated as well. I'd like to see all sorts of cuts. I'd like to see Social Security revamped. There's all sorts of things, Andy, I'd like to see done. It's not going to happen.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes. I would like to see Obamacare gone tomorrow.
SPEAKER 03 :
Me too. There's a lot of things that we do in D.C. I'd like to see changed.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. And the thing is that, bottom line, folks, if they voted the way we wanted, if they put through a package the way we wanted, and all these New York congressmen, and not just New York.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, there's other places.
SPEAKER 07 :
We have people in purple districts. We've got one in the 8th here.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. I was going to say, we have our own in Colorado. Yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
And the third. The third and the eighth are very competitive. If all these congressmen who are in these very tough districts had to go back, here's what the Democrats would do. They would run a good, well-funded moderate in each one of those and beat us in every single one of them in 2026. What does that mean? Starting in 2026, Trump has no Congress. He has no agenda. He's done. The only way we can move forward is to first take the wins that we can get in a way that helps preserve those seats.
SPEAKER 03 :
I agree. And that's the way the machine works, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Rand Paul, love you, man. Love you. Financially, I am Rand Paul. I am him. I might even get the hair, okay? I am Rand Paul all the way.
SPEAKER 03 :
I agree with him 100%. I'll go even one step further, Andy. You and I are probably more... fiscally conservative, and people would say, is that even possible? Yes, it is. You and I are probably more fiscally responsible because we've never been in Washington to even hear some of the things that he's listening to. You and I, because we're fresh, are probably more to the right fiscally than even he is. It's possible. But we can't have what we want.
SPEAKER 07 :
No. We understand, look, we have to take what we can get. And people say, why do we have to settle? The Democrats never settle. Yeah, they do, actually. The Democrats have had to settle a lot. And when they overreach and do things like defund the cops, they get killed. Okay? They get slaughtered in the next election. It really hurts them. The Democrats understand, too, that they can't run people who do everything they want in every district.
SPEAKER 05 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, the Democrats are all upset about John Fetterman. I guarantee you he's going to be their candidate next time around, and he's going to win, even though he leans right on a lot of things.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right, and they don't like him at all.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, this is why the Democrats kept Joe Manchin in West Virginia all those years. The Republicans would have thrown out their equivalent of him.
SPEAKER 03 :
And the thing about Fetterman, for example, is, yes, you're right, he will get reelected, and here's why.
SPEAKER 07 :
Easily.
SPEAKER 03 :
He knows his constituents well. That's the difference, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
He knows his constituents.
SPEAKER 07 :
He knows that Donald Trump is bringing a ton of steel jobs and other jobs into Pennsylvania. And you know what he's doing? He's applauding it.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think he also, just side note, I think he's one of the few on the left that looks at his own party and says, you guys have gone too far. What a bunch of wackadoodles you guys are now.
SPEAKER 07 :
If Bill Maher were in Congress, his name would be John Fetterman.
SPEAKER 03 :
There you go. Good example. Really quick, I want to go back to some of you that think, well, we ought to be able to get it our way. I always want to ask those people, Andy, because a lot of those people typically are either married or in their relationship or they've raised kids or something of that nature. And the first question I would like to ask them is, so you get everything you want in your marriage? I mean, you never have to compromise anything with your girlfriend, your spouse, your husband. You never have to sit down and compromise and not get everything you want. So you're one of those that you are a total dictator narcissist in your home, and you always get what you want.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, guys, you never have to watch a chick flick? Really? Yeah. You never had to watch while you were sleeping when you wanted to watch Con Air.
SPEAKER 03 :
Andy, if you've got kids, you never have to give up something you want to purchase because the needs of the family go before your own needs. In other words, you might buy something for Mother's Day, meaning you don't get what you wanted to put in your golf bag because you had to buy your wife, your mother of your children, something for Mother's Day. Guys, I keep going down the list. All of you demand all of these people go to Washington and get exactly what you want, but yet you're not doing it in your own life.
SPEAKER 07 :
No. And here in your own life, you are together with somebody who you chose for life. I got news for you. The majority of voters are not that person. That's right. And the voters... Look, my biggest thing right now is obviously the write-off for state and local taxes.
SPEAKER 03 :
Salt. The salt.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
Because we in Colorado are funding somebody who lives in New York or New Jersey. Right.
SPEAKER 07 :
And I don't believe it'll stay at 40%. I think the Senate will chop it down to $30,000 or $20,000 instead of $40,000. Okay, but it was at $10,000, the salt write-off. And there are some people who don't know what this means. I won't go into it. Here's the bottom line. I'm just talking about compromise here. In New York... The majority, if you are a Republican congressman who just barely made it in, okay, in 2022 or whatever, in New York.
SPEAKER 03 :
And you vote against that, you're done, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
And you vote against that, you're done. But here's why, John. It's not because you're bad. It's not because Washington's corrupt. It's because a majority, a solid majority of the voters in your district want to rob Americans. They want to rob Americans. They look at Americans and they say, I want to be able to write. I know that we have much higher taxes here in New York. I want to be able to write those off my federal taxes all the way up to $40,000.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's all the state and local taxes, meaning they get the ability to take those deductions on their tax returns when most everybody else still can, but they don't have as high of deductions as what these folks would have.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, Alabama's taxes are nothing compared to New York's. Right, which means that people in both states can write off their state taxes on their federal.
SPEAKER 03 :
But the people in New York and New Jersey get a much bigger bang for their buck.
SPEAKER 07 :
In California, those places can run, they can tax their people into the ground, and they're having the rest of America help pay for it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, the rest of the world, the rest of the country is subsidizing it. Okay. Yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
Guys, I got news for you. You're Elon Musk, or you're Rand Paul, or you're me or you. You're a Davidian here in Colorado who thinks that we should be able to get everything right now at once. Okay. Newsflash. If only. That congresswoman or congressman in New York is gone. If they do not help, their people rob you. And I know you don't like the way that sounds.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's the truth. It's truth. It's the truth, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Their voters, and I'm telling you, I'll bet it is 70 to 80 percent of the voters in their district, want to rob you.
SPEAKER 03 :
And they're happy about it. It's a great way of saying it. Okay. It's exactly what it is.
SPEAKER 07 :
And here you want them to be a purist. You want them to be Rand Paul there in Brooklyn. Okay. Their voters want to rob you. Or in Southern California. We're hoping to gain a couple seats. We'll go to break here in a moment. We're hoping to gain a couple seats in Southern California because of the fires coming up, right? There's a good chance we're going to gain a couple House seats in 26 because of the Democrats handling of the fires in Southern California. Forget that. if we don't get a good deal like the big beautiful bill.
SPEAKER 03 :
My whole point with a lot of you that are listening that are on the far right, and I always hate to use that term, Andy, because you and I are as well, but you and I are on the far right, but strategically in that world, knowing that there are certain things that we have to do if we're going to try to win. We have strategy when the reality is a lot of folks on the far right have no strategy. It's all or nothing. They're never willing to give in on anything, and if they do... It's on things that won't matter at the end of the day. And as I said a moment ago, yet these are the same very people that will tell you that, oh, well, when you're married, sure, you have to have compromise or you won't stay married. Right. They're willing to compromise in those areas, and they'll compromise even, Andy, if they're somebody that's a boss at work and their employees and jobs and so on. I mean, there's all sorts of things they're compromising on, and yet they don't allow their own local politician to do that.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, if you weren't married, would you ever watch while you were sleeping The Wedding Planner? Probably not. Pretty Woman.
SPEAKER 03 :
That one, maybe. That's a good one. That's a good movie, but... Maybe. That's a maybe. That's a different one.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. But you are married, so you're going to watch them all. Probably tonight. All at once.
SPEAKER 03 :
When you're married, you do all sorts of things that are... When you have families, when you're a dad, especially in Father's Day is coming up, and dads don't get enough credit for this, but there's a lot of things. Not all dads. I know there's some very... mean-spirited, narcissistic jerk of men, and these are not the guys I'm talking about. Good dads and good husbands understand that, you know what, I'm going to have to give some things up if I'm going to meet all the needs of my family. I'm not going to be able to have that sports car that I always wanted. I might have to wait until all the kids are grown and out of college and everything else before I can actually have that car I've always wanted. Get where I'm going with that, Andy? Oh, absolutely. And there's a lot of men that do that, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
I have to have a car that works for the family.
SPEAKER 03 :
The family, not for me personally.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. I want a sports car or I want a big truck.
SPEAKER 03 :
There's a lot of men out there. I don't want a van. There's a lot of men and women that are on that far, that Davidian side of the aisle, if you would, Andy, that are listening to me right now that have done those very things. And I commend them for doing the very things I'm talking about. Yet when it comes to politics, they won't.
SPEAKER 07 :
Can we talk about him in Colorado after the break?
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. John, I want to talk a little bit about the big schism in Republican politics here in Colorado and how this goes back into getting everything you want. Really quick, you know there are two sides, right? You've got the mushy moderates.
SPEAKER 03 :
Which I don't like either.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, I don't either. And you've got the Davidians, really. That's what they are nowadays in Colorado.
SPEAKER 03 :
The best way to call it, yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, the ones who... Everything we want right now, and if we don't get that, these are the ones who want to run Ron Hanks in purple districts. Okay? When there's absolutely no chance... I have the same problem with both sides. You know what it is? What? They ignore the market.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, that's true.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. And so every two years, here's what happens. You know, an election cycle is two years. And for every two years, for the first 20 months, neither of those two groups win voters. True. To conservatism. True. And then in the last four to six months, four months, those groups attack each other about how to reach the market they have not influenced. They attack each other about how to reach the market. They have not won. Right. Okay. And so one side says, oh, my gosh, the market is so blue. It's so blue. We must compromise, compromise, compromise, compromise. And the other side says, well, now that's all pale pastels. And if you are not clear about your conservative virtues, why would they vote for you over the left? And then they get into this big thing. And both of them have a little bit of a point, but both of them are wrong because you just spent 20 months not winning anyone. You're not winning anyone. They're putting the cart ahead of the horse. They want the wins, but they don't want to earn them. It's like political welfare. They spend 20 months not winning anybody over to their side. And what do I mean? Well, where do you meet people? You know, most of it's online right now. Okay, are you convincing people online? Are you doing like Jersey Joe? Are you convincing people online to move our way? I've done it. You've done it. Joe has done it. You've got to win people over to our side. You've got to win more voters. Why? You've got to affect that market. Otherwise, you can't go into that market and say, we're going to run Ron Hanks in CD3. Ron Hanks would have gotten clobbered. He was so bad, the Democrat was running ads to help Ron Hanks in our primary. He was so awful. That's who the Davidians wanted, okay? I know. I just don't understand, John, how these people can think that we can basically ask for it all. We ask for the moon. They put out the Liberty scorecard. If you don't score high in the Liberty scorecard, you are a bad Republican. You're a rhino. Really? Anyone who would score high in that scorecard would lose in every purple district in the state. And a number of those Republicans who are left are in purple districts. What do they do? Am I making any sense here? You're making total sense. I've had it. I've had it with both sides.
SPEAKER 03 :
I have.
SPEAKER 07 :
And I'm not just going at the Davidians here. I'm also going at the moderates here, too.
SPEAKER 03 :
It goes both ways.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. You guys come at us every two years and say, oh, we've got to take it easy. We've got to go easy on this, go easy on that. We've got to accommodate, accommodate, compromise, compromise. You know what? I get it because we're in the last four months, and that's where the market is. But my question is, what were you doing the previous 20 months to win any one?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, I told Andy this during the break. I would really love some way, somehow, I know this is a pipe dream on my part, but I would love to get 10, 15 of the core of the Davidians together, sit in a room, agree that nobody's going to yell, nobody's going to get their feelings hurt, nobody's going to scream. We're just going to have a nice, friendly conversation about how do we move the needle forward in Colorado together. And how do we win and lay things out on the table? Because I really would like to know what the mentality is as to your strategy to winning. And by the way, you can't come to the meeting and just say, we've got to stand on our principles and that'll get us to win. No, folks, it won't.
SPEAKER 07 :
Let me ask you a question, Mr. Business Consultant. Why is our party so blind to the market? They really believe. Look, Trump sells in some places great. He sells in the Midwest. Awesome. Trump doesn't sell here in Colorado. He sells with me. Okay. And there are elements of what he's doing that will help us in Colorado. I think his trade deals are going to help us. I think actually his work on immigration is going to help us. But other things don't.
SPEAKER 03 :
To answer your question, why do they not see it?
SPEAKER 07 :
They think that if we just preach MAGA, MAGA, MAGA, Colorado will turn around and run to us.
SPEAKER 03 :
Andy, I'm convinced. I don't know this for a fact. But I would be. I would be led to believe that the majority of these individuals run in the same circles, don't get out of that circle very much. In other words, they hang around the same people, they go to the same meetings, they go to the same churches, they go to the same areas, they hang out at the same whatever. In other words, they don't get out of their little square box very that often to really see what is the real makeup of Colorado. They're not as in tune, not saying you and I are totally in tune, but I think we pretty much are because of what we do at times, and I think we have a lot better understanding of who's out there, what are the thought processes among a lot of Coloradans, not just our side of the aisle, and then how do you strategize around that to where you can bring some of those folks onto our side onto our platform or into our platform, I should say. And I just think in a lot of cases, Andy, these are individuals that are very either A, blinded, or they just wear such rose-colored glasses. They have no idea what's really going on around them.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think you're right. I mean, these are the people who, after Roe v. Wade was overturned, what did I say when that happened? I said, this is going to be a boon for the Democrats. And it was. They slaughtered us in election after election or initiative after initiative that was dealing with abortion. It was phenomenal for them. Why? Because our side doesn't understand the market. We wanted to push through what we wanted, and I totally agree with it.
SPEAKER 03 :
I don't want the unborn killed.
SPEAKER 07 :
I'm not disagreeing with that. But we didn't want to do the hard work of first winning the market. We just want to impose our will.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, and that doesn't work out very well typically.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, you tell me, does that work out in sales? If you want to impose your will on the customer rather than win the customer, how does that work?
SPEAKER 03 :
It doesn't, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. Well, that's the Republican Party in Colorado.
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And we are back, finishing up this first hour. Two more hours coming your way, by the way. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Tony Delgado, by the way, will be joining us at 4 o'clock. And we're going to talk about a lot of what we and Andy are talking about right now, which is the Hispanics in U.S. Why are they so on fire for Donald Trump? What is he doing that resonates with them? And this is an expert in that particular area, and he will give us some insight into that. The approval rating among Hispanics for Donald Trump is just soaring, and that's a good thing, by the way. Yeah. So, again, ties into a lot of what we just got done talking about in regards to the market, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
There are aspects of the Hispanic culture that are perfect for Donald Trump.
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Yep. And we're going to talk about that in a moment. Andy and I, of course, will continue on with – we've got a lot of things. We've got some quotes and some things that were talked about in regards to Ted Cruz and some other things we'll play as well. So we've got a lot still to talk about. Don't worry. Two more hours coming your way. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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All right, Hour 3, myself, Andy Pate, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Should have mentioned this a little bit earlier, but we had all sorts of other things going on. So something that's in the news, something I talked about a couple of years when this particular accident— it wasn't an accident, by the way, this murder that happened April 19, 2023— Uh, where the three men, young men were, they were up in Jefferson County, up in kind of my neck of the woods. They were on Indiana. They had done this in other areas around the Northwest part of town as well, but they were taking landscape size boulders that they were picking up from like Walmart parking lots where you see those things out in the islands and such and, And they were throwing them at oncoming vehicles. And in this particular case, they threw one. It went through the windshield of Alexa Bartell's moving vehicle. She subsequently died because of that. I passed, not daily, but I passed this spot at least weekly, if not sometimes more than once a week. And a lot of folks are still putting out What a horrifying thing to do. Oh, it's absolutely awful. Well, these three young men, two of the three have been convicted. I don't know exactly, and it's not in front of me. I think one of them was 60 years. Another one was like 47 or so years. And the ringleader, his name is Joseph Koenig. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment. in prison without the possibility of parole. So he was convicted of first-degree murder. And, again, what a tragedy, Andy. Not only a tragedy because of the loss of life of the young lady. That in and of itself is huge. Right. But now, because these were young men. The families of these young men, you now have ruined four families' lives because of the acts of what these young men did. And this guy being basically the ringleader, he essentially, and I know that takes more than one, he wasn't the only one, although he's the only one that's been convicted or that's been sentenced to life without parole, meaning he was the ringleader or that wouldn't have happened. So reality, Andy, is he's ruined four families' lives, not just one. I mean, think about his parents. Think about the other young man's parents and so on.
SPEAKER 07 :
I can't even conceive of where this guy would get in his mind. And I don't care. Well, he's a teenager. Teenagers do dumb things. No, not like that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Like this. They don't.
SPEAKER 07 :
You're throwing. I mean, how big were these rocks? You shouldn't. Oh, wow. So bigger than like two softball sizes.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, yeah. I think these were like 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Well, my gosh. Heavy enough that you're picking up something that's substantial. Keep in mind, they had practiced enough. This is the other thing about this. Again, I wasn't there. I wasn't at the jury trial or any of that kind of thing. But I guarantee you that the DA and those that were bringing charges against these individuals probably proved that to do this, you had to have practiced enough. prior to doing this in other words and they had they had hit other cars windshields and so on sometimes they missed sometimes they caught the corner of the glass but they had been practicing this so this wasn't something that they were just willy-nilly let's grab one rock throw it out and see what happens no they had been doing this for other nights besides this night just so happened that this night they finally hit their quote-unquote target and she died Because remember, Andy, you're throwing this at a moving car coming at you. I know. You're not even on the side of the road doing this. You're in a moving car. That's a moving car. And you're throwing this rock out the side of the truck at the oncoming car.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, bottom line, these are monsters. They belong in prison. That's where they are.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's where they're at. And that's where they're going to stay. And my whole point is, and this is where I do feel bad, because no parent wants to hear their child died. No parent wants to hear that their child was the one that caused the death, and now your child is going to be in prison for life. And I don't know if they're siblings or anything else along those lines, but you now have affected all the lives of these other people, these other families that are now involved.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and you never know. On the one hand, there's a part of me that thinks, how did you parent these kids that they would actually endanger life in this way? I mean, what kind of parenting leads to this? But on the other hand, in the modern society, John, there are so many other impacts on kids. Parents don't do all the raising of kids anymore. Society raises kids to such a degree, which is horrible. You know, I don't know all the impacts on these kids' lives. I don't know, but all I know is this. What they did was monstrous. What they did was horrifying.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, absolutely. Sorry, one was sentenced to 27 years, one was sentenced to 45 years, and the other is life.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
Either way, these young men, they will be old men. Even the ones that are getting out will be old men when they come out, and one never will. Think about that, Andy. You're now going to spend the rest of your life in prison. What a grave thing to actually have to now face.
SPEAKER 07 :
I know.
SPEAKER 04 :
Especially as the parents and as the family.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, but let me ask you, does he deserve it?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, absolutely. I think so, too. And sorry, this is and I know this is hard. And if you're the parents of this young man, I mean, I'm sorry, I feel bad. But does this particular young man deserve the death penalty? I believe he does. Yes. I believe he does. He's the one that threw the rock. He's the one that caused the death of another human being. He did it maliciously. It wasn't on accident.
SPEAKER 07 :
That was an attack.
SPEAKER 04 :
It was an attack, absolutely.
SPEAKER 07 :
I don't... Oh, I did it for fun. Then you did for fun. You didn't attack. Okay? I don't care what your motive was. I don't care why you did it. You took a large rock... and hurled it down at a car and attacked an innocent person and killed them.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. And on top of that, keep in mind, and I talked about this when this all happened, They not only did that, Andy, but they turned around after they knew they hit her to go back to see exactly what damage they had done. So it wasn't even like they threw it and kept driving. They threw it, knew they hit her, probably saw the brake lights and stuff go off the side of the road because where they were at, she went off into a field. They probably saw that, turned around, and even went back to look to see what happened. Sick. It wasn't even that they just kept on driving. They went back. Yeah, and I think they took... Thank you, Charlie, for saying that. Yes, I remember now. They actually also took pictures on their cell phone, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, good. Get a trophy. You know, John, let me tell you something. The guys they're going to meet in prison are a lot tougher than them. Oh, man. These are guys who do the worst kind of crimes. These are guys who don't cowardly whip rocks off bridges and run.
SPEAKER 04 :
And thank you, Charlie. It's in this article that I'm reading right now. They went back to get a better look. They took photos, whooped, and drove away. They never called for help. They never made any effort to save her. Instead, they formed a pack to be blood brothers, as if taking my daughter's life was something to be proud of. That's what the mom, Kelly Bartell, said.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, these monsters are about to be surrounded by real monsters. And by the way, don't get me wrong. Anybody who commits these atrocities of any kind are cowards deep down. But I'm telling you, John, the men they're going to be around right now are terrifying.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and again, my point with all of this is, and maybe I look at this a little bit differently, but yes, these young men's lives will be changed. Oh, yeah. The life of the family of the young lady whose life was took, their lives are changed forever. But now also the other families, even siblings and so on, whose, you know, their brother now is going to be in prison for quite some time, and in one case forever, until they die.
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, I do hope somewhere, somehow, some young people know of this story and learn something. Yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
You sure hope so, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
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SPEAKER 04 :
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Okay, something else I wanted to talk about yesterday I didn't get a chance to. I figure while Andy's here today, I'll do so. American doctors are looking to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration. It's why, and again, I talk about Dr. Scott a ton. This is why we talk about Dr. Scott as much as we do, because he's not one of these sniveling, you know, cowardly snowflake doctors that are out there, by the way.
SPEAKER 07 :
Totally agree. But what would they be fleeing from? I mean, what is Donald Trump doing that would make life harder for an American doctor? I mean, I would think that he's doing things that would make life easier for an American doctor.
SPEAKER 04 :
Some of them are saying that they feel some guilt that they did not stay to resist the Trump agenda, which, again, how this has anything to do with the medical community is beyond me. Part of being a physician is being kind to people who are in their weakest state. I feel that our country is devolving to really step on people who are weak and vulnerable, Andy. What? What? What are they talking about? This is an NPR article. I'm just reading you what NPR says.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I know NPR. By the way, no tax funding. Thank you. Yeah, exactly. But, John, this is ridiculous. What on earth is America doing to stomp on weak people?
SPEAKER 04 :
Beats the heck out of me, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
I mean, this reminds me of all the newscasts, and I just saw another one, who talk about immigrants and not illegal immigrants when it talks about, you know, the Trump administration's actions. You know, we think it threatens immigrants. No, it threatens illegal immigrants, and they always leave illegal out. Maybe these doctors are, I mean, weak Americans. What do they mean, weak Americans?
SPEAKER 04 :
I don't know. In fact, as I read through this trying to figure out what exactly are these guys, quote unquote, guys and gals, what are they upset about, protesting, leaving for? And I can't – there's no answer, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, what I mean is this. Look, you're going to have liberals in general, be it a doctor or a Hollywood star or whatever. Right. Who wants to leave America just because they don't want to be in Donald Trump's America. I get that. OK, the political landscape has become something that you can't handle and you think the other side is really mean. Hey, I thought the other side was really mean during Obama and Biden. It was hell for me. OK, I get that. I understand. But why is it a bunch of doctors? Because, I mean, let me throw this by you. Are they worried that because of their actions during COVID-19, Good question. Because, look, a lot of doctors, what they did is they prescribed very poorly, in my opinion, to benefit pharmaceutical companies during COVID.
SPEAKER 04 :
Andy, that's not your opinion. That's a fact. That's exactly what they did. That's a fact. I'm just saying. Absolutely. It's what I believe. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 07 :
And, I mean, it is also my opinion that gravity exists. Okay, so just so you know.
SPEAKER 04 :
No debating either one of those.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, but, John, what I'm saying is this. are they worried maybe that justice is turning? And maybe they're leaving not because of... Because, look, Donald Trump is not doing anything to make the medical community a worse place to be in.
SPEAKER 04 :
They're wary of the escalating right-wing political rhetoric, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Once again, what has that got to do with the medical community? Nothing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Nothing, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
There has been escalated left-wing rhetoric before, escalated right-wing rhetoric before. There's escalated all-wings rhetoric going on. What does this have to do with the medical community? And all I can think about is this. Donald Trump is a threat to them in one way and one way only, and that is Kennedy. He is a threat because now the light is being shown upon what they did during COVID.
SPEAKER 04 :
And big pharma and, and, and. Right. I mean, does that make sense? You're 100% correct.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. And so maybe the medical community could be worried about how that they could flat out be getting exposed before long.
SPEAKER 04 :
That could be.
SPEAKER 07 :
And I'm not talking all of them. I'm talking some of them.
SPEAKER 04 :
Could be.
SPEAKER 07 :
The extreme examples, the ones who... You know, let's face it. We're treating... Look, I believe that there were people who... I know one who was unvaxxed who unfortunately went to the hospital and was treated horribly because he was unvaxxed and they basically... You know, it was an escort into death. Okay. And I just don't... I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. They were pushing a vaccine that didn't work. But keep in mind, that vaccine was developed under Trump. So it's not like he's going to be going after the vaccine. I don't know what they're thinking.
SPEAKER 04 :
Again, I think it's a lot to do over nothing. I feel like, as usual, these are snowflakes. They're worried about something, frankly, they don't need to be worried about at all. And rather than do what's best for their own patients and their own practice, if they even have one. It sounds like a lot of these folks are coming out of hospitals and things like that, so not necessarily practices per se, Andy. But they're going up to work in now socialized medicine in Canada. Let's see how that works out for them. Have fun. Best of luck. Have fun.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, maybe they do gender reassignment.
SPEAKER 04 :
Beats me.
SPEAKER 07 :
I mean, look, I will say this. There has been huge, huge, huge money in medicine doing bad things to bodies. I'm sure there has. Both with big pharma, with the vaccine, with mutilating kids' bodies, with abortion. Okay, a lot of things have been directing huge money into the medical field.
SPEAKER 04 :
community to do bad things to bodies and trump doesn't want us doing bad things to bodies true i'm look i'm trying to draw a line here i don't know i mean andy i'm trying to find a connection this is one of these where i i read through this and i'm reading okay so predatory doctors so you well as far as these guys moving i'm like In other words, you may, you haven't yet, but you may get your feelings hurt by somebody, patients, somebody along those lines, which, by the way, most people coming in to have you look at them and examine them. They're not talking politics. Exactly. They just want to be fixed up. Yeah, fix my foot. They're not caring about any of that stuff. So at the end of the day, I see it as just a bunch of snowflake doctors that are upset their feelings might get hurt at the end of the day, Andy. I'm sorry. That's how I see it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, yeah, but that's across all professions. Why are we talking about doctors? I wonder if the jig is up. I don't know. Would you agree with this, John, that in those areas that I looked at, okay, you're talking COVID, you're talking the vaccine, you're talking transgenderism, and you're talking some other things, that there have been a good number of doctors in our country that have been flat-out predatory.
SPEAKER 04 :
You're right.
SPEAKER 07 :
Now, I'm not saying every doctor who's not Dr. Scott is predatory. I'm not saying that, okay? But you know what I mean. Maybe the predators are running.
SPEAKER 04 :
You could be right. It could be one or the other, or both, a combination of the two. Could be that. Could also be that these are just, literally, these are a bunch of snowflakes that decided to get into the medical profession that now are afraid that they might get their feelings hurt by who knows what, and so let's just go to Canada instead.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, one last question. Do you want a doctor who's afraid that politics that don't go his way will hurt his feelings.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I do not.
SPEAKER 07 :
So is this any loss?
SPEAKER 04 :
No, other than it does probably make it a little bit tougher in the medical community because you're losing doctors at a time where we probably need more. On the same token, Andy, because of the way that the health care industry itself, we talk about this a lot even with Dr. Scott, because of the way that in big pharma works, you're going to see a lot of doctors like Dr. Scott just frankly leave that altogether And say, you know what? I'm going off on my own. I'm not going to be a part of this. I'm going to do things the way that I want to do it. And, yeah, patients are going to pay me directly instead of going through the insurance company. But at the end of the day, they're going to get better care. Okay. And that's exactly what's happening.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, John Rush, together with Andy Payton. John, I want to talk about something else that actually relates to Canada. Yes. In a weird way. Okay, the U.S. has confirmed, and this is from the Epoch Times, who I love, the expiration of the Chevron license that allowed it to export oil from Venezuela.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. And I don't want to go into the whole story here, but basically, we are no longer... Because the oil that is exported out of Venezuela, it's like three to one, the money just goes to Maduro, from what I hear. And we don't want to benefit Maduro. He's a bad guy. Okay? So... Here's the question. I don't know if you've heard about this, but there is a heck of a separatist movement rising up in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, I've seen that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. Do you realize that this actually grants a lot more leverage to them up there? Do you know why? Why is that? The kind of oil. Alberta puts out a certain kind of crude that is actually very similar to what you get out of Venezuela. And if we don't get it from Venezuela, we're going to need more of it from Alberta. In fact, the lady who is the... What is it? Prime Minister or whatever it is of Alberta. She's the leader of Alberta. She was talking about the very fact that she wants to deal with Trump and the Americans because she said, look, you get... millions of barrels from a place that you don't want to support, we have that kind of oil that is ideal for your refineries, for certain refineries, you know, different refineries. Yeah, different refineries are for a different kind of oil.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, that's their tar sands oil they have.
SPEAKER 07 :
Exactly. And she said, we have that kind of oil. We want to sell it to America. We love America here in Alberta. And so right now, this changes. I believe this changes the entire trade negotiation because I do believe that Trump wants to basically burn Canada to the ground. Basically allow them to experience great economic pain so that they will come to the table and give real negotiations. All right? Because let's face it, Canada's entire election was about rejecting Trump. And you know Trump. He doesn't like that. All right? And now, though... Canada is dealing with, they are dealing with the very real problem of the separatist movement rising up in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Now, because of Chevron not dealing with Venezuela anymore, Alberta just became, and Saskatchewan too as well, just became incredibly important to the United States in trade negotiations. What do you see happening? Well...
SPEAKER 04 :
It'll be interesting because I just looked up. We buy, last year, 2024, we bought about 222,000 barrels a day from Venezuela. So it's not like we're buying millions upon millions of barrels.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, that's a day, though.
SPEAKER 04 :
That adds up. Yeah, but it's just a per-day basis. Keep in mind, we as a country use 20 million barrels a day. So 222,000 is not that much in that respect. How much does that... raise what we're already buying from Canada I think we buy and don't quote me I'd have to double check this but we buy what 3 million or so a day from Canada is that about right I don't know exactly again I got to look this up do you know I think yeah I think it's in that range am I am I pretty close on that so you know 300 or 3 million becomes 3.2 million or so I don't know at the end of the day how much more you know what does that do to affect the relationship between us and Canada I guess is the question
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, what she was saying is that actually, she said, the daily difference between what America produces and what we consume is over 3 million barrels.
SPEAKER 04 :
I was close. It's 3.9. So this would put them up to about 4.9.
SPEAKER 07 :
But she would like to take it higher, not just replace Venezuela. Right. But she's saying, she simply used Venezuela as an example where you get that kind of crude.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
But she said, why buy from them when you can buy from us? We like you. And she said, we want to work with you. And so what Canada has right now is a real problem. They've got two provinces right there that want to deal with America, that like Trump. Okay. And the others don't. The coastal ones hate Trump. Right, right, right. Okay. And so now the coastal ones, the problem that they have, and they just elected this rabid communist. Right. Okay. Correct. But the problem he has is that they are actually coming close now. They're rising up in the numbers. They could secede. And he could have a full separation on his hands if he doesn't accommodate them. And so what he has to do in dealing with Trump, Trump's going to go to him and say, look, these two want to deal with us. And they got what we want. And we want to deal with them. We like them. We want pipelines. We want them now. We want to get this moving. Do you want to get this moving? Do you want a deal? And if you don't deal, I'm going to tell you, you're going to have a lot of very upset people in those two provinces.
SPEAKER 04 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hmm. Okay. I'm saying there's one word, leverage. And I think it just went up.
SPEAKER 04 :
I'm not going to deny that. It would be interesting to see, and I've watched some different videos and things on her in Canada talking about just America and that part of the country has always been— Pro-America. Yeah, well, pro-America, and I would even say pro-Canada when the rest of the country isn't because they're pro-everything but Canada.
SPEAKER 07 :
They're capitalists. They're conservative.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and the knucklehead's running it or not.
SPEAKER 07 :
And she's not a big separatist, but she's fine with the separatists. She'll go with them, you know, but she's not their leader. So how would that work? For those two provinces to separate. They just become part of the U.S. or what? No, they would become their own nation. However, it would be like Israel, a nation with incredibly favorable relations with the United States.
SPEAKER 04 :
Dumb question on my part, and I'm not saying this will happen, but dumb question. If they separate instead of becoming their own country, why not just become the 51st, 52nd state?
SPEAKER 07 :
If they did that, of course, you know, the Democrats would be furious.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right.
SPEAKER 07 :
Because you'd be adding conservative states.
SPEAKER 04 :
True. And this is why— Although the population's low, so it's not a huge, huge thing.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, but they'd still be their own states.
SPEAKER 04 :
And they'd have two senators and so on, I guess, right?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, but three electoral votes, baby.
SPEAKER 04 :
They each get three. And there would be four senators, right, if they were two states?
SPEAKER 07 :
There'd be four senators and six— And representatives and so on. Four senators, six electoral votes. The Democrats would be devastated.
SPEAKER 04 :
Can—I mean, I'll get a dumb question again to them. What are they waiting for? It sounds like a good deal for them.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, it'd be a phenomenal deal. Okay. Look, anybody who lives in Alberta and Saskatchewan who is not for secession is out of their minds economically.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, I think most are. That's the whole point, right?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. They're being taxed into the ground. Alberta, for instance, I believe it's Alberta. Okay. gets taxed like $17 billion, and they only get about $10 billion in benefits from the taxes. They are huge net payers into the coffers. Why? Because of oil and gas. But here's the thing, John. They aren't even producing oil and gas at nearly the levels that they can. They're being held back by the wacko environmentalists who are running the Canadian government. If they were allowed to produce on the levels they want to produce, oh, they'd be, I mean, they are jam-packed with oil and gas.
SPEAKER 04 :
And not just oil and gas, but also mining.
SPEAKER 07 :
Mining rights are huge. They would be rare earth minerals. They would be, here's the big thing. If they were to secede, they would be overnight wealthy. And I mean the citizens of Alberta and Saskatchewan would be so loaded with money It'd be like walking into Kuwait.
SPEAKER 04 :
Why can't we just, while we're at it, get the Northwest Territories, the Yukon Territory, that connects to Alaska, and then we're like all the way up to Alaska. That would be awesome. It's not even the lower 48 anymore.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, this is why, but if you look at the other side, the east, and obviously the west coast, British Columbia.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, yeah, right, right, right.
SPEAKER 07 :
If you look at them, very liberal, right?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, yeah, Quebec and all that, absolutely.
SPEAKER 07 :
This is why I don't understand Trump talking about 51st state of all of Canada. You're talking about just the east.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, no, no.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, we don't want Canada.
SPEAKER 04 :
Talk about the 51st and 52nd state.
SPEAKER 07 :
Why would we want to add a left-wing state? That's ridiculous.
SPEAKER 04 :
I would approach it by giving each one of them still their own independence, and you each just stay. You'll stay Alberta. You'll stay Saskatchewan. You'll just be states of the United States of America. We'll just even let you keep your own name.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 04 :
You guys don't have to do anything different. Two new states. Other than your taxes will change.
SPEAKER 07 :
You'll have lower taxes.
SPEAKER 04 :
You'll have lower taxes. well this is what in fact by the way really quick Andy yeah go ahead on top of that we'll do the same thing we've done with Alaska for every barrel you send down we'll give you guys as citizens or you know as not citizens but as basically a kickback yeah we'll give you like we do for Alaska yeah Alaskan what name why am I why is that slipping my mind okay what are we in Colorado we're not citizens of Colorado we are what of Colorado why can't I think right now what's wrong with my brain
SPEAKER 07 :
What do you mean?
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, we're taxpayers. We're Coloradans. Yeah, but what do we – you don't call us citizens of Colorado. You call us what of Colorado? What name am I looking for, Charlie? Why am I not thinking straight on this?
SPEAKER 07 :
Native? I don't know.
SPEAKER 04 :
I don't really think about it. At any rate, you could tell them that both of them, whatever amount of oil – And by the way, other natural resources that you send down to the lower 48, we will give you a kickback of X that you guys. So not only will we lower your overall taxes, you guys can be like Alaska. You can even get a little more money in your coffers.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, it's interesting you say this, John, because the separatists, when they talk to the other people in Saskatchewan and Alberta, what they're telling them is this. Your taxes are going to drop off the map because right now you are paying way higher taxes because of the leftists running our country.
SPEAKER 04 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 07 :
We don't need nearly those kinds of government policies. facility here's another thing we are about to have the golden dome residence is the name i was looking for andy we're residents of colorado so we would give the residents of saskatchewan and alberta a kickback according to the oh yeah yeah yeah you would do it along those lines yeah first of all your taxes would be lower you would be getting a kickback oh and by the way we're about to have the golden dome we will have that over you it will help you that you will be protected for free
SPEAKER 04 :
By the American military. Who's negotiating this?
SPEAKER 07 :
The American military.
SPEAKER 04 :
Who's negotiating this? I don't know. Somebody ought to get after this quickly, by the way. John, go ahead.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, you're thinking Coloradans like Wyoming.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, you're talking to Charlie. Residents. Resident was the name I was looking for, John. Residents of.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, okay, okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Or in California, Resident Evil. Go ahead. There you go, yes. It's a movie.
SPEAKER 09 :
Let's then become independent a la what happened with Texas in 1836. They became an independent nation, but then they petitioned to join the United States as an independent nation. Let Alberta, Saskatchewan do that, and then this way nobody can accuse the Trump administration of stealing from Canada. No, they became free, and then they chose to join us.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, in Alberta, I believe a majority of those who want to secede want to join the U.S.,
SPEAKER 09 :
Right, but let it go in the two steps and it's easier. And by the way, have either of you ever been to Calgary and the Canadian Rockies?
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I never have.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, if you get a chance, whether they join us or not, Banff National Park makes Rocky Mountain National Park look like a hole. It is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. So, yeah, I didn't mean to call back a second time, but I think... No, you're fine. No, it's great.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, again, these are all, John, these are just spitball, pipe dream. Those of you that are Canadians may be listening. We're not trying to step on anybody's toes. We're just throwing things around, which, although I will say this, John, and Andy both, I don't think we're talking about anything that anybody up there hasn't already thought through as well. Am I right?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Yeah. Well, I can apply for Canadian citizenship right now and get it, Because I'm only second generation on my father's side, born here. Both my grandparents were Newfies.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, gotcha. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
And so because I'm less than three generations, I could go say I want to apply and move back to Canada, but why would I?
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Especially, yeah, I wouldn't.
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You know, maybe we could rename Alberta New Wisconsin. What do you think? It rolls off the tongue.
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Wisconsin's just a bunch of liberal lunatics.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, that's true. Good point, John.
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Alberta's fine. Alberta's Alberta. Saskatchewan, that's fine.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, really quick. Do you know, John, off the top of your head, what's the population of those two providences?
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Not much.
SPEAKER 04 :
There's 33 million in Canada total. Most of that's on the coast. So what's in the middle?
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I'm thinking... I don't know for sure. I would say probably maybe a million and a million and a half per province.
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Hang on, I'm looking right now. Let me see if I can figure it out. Really quick, while you're looking. Alberta has 4.2 million, so less than Colorado, by the way. And Saskatchewan, 1.2 million. So altogether, you're only Colorado's population. Can we at least agree on this? We don't want Quebec. No, not at all, Andy. Why would we want Quebec? No, absolutely not.
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We don't want that. How about we give Quebec back to France?
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That's fine. Works for me.
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They're all French speakers anyway.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, France can have them. I'm good with just taking these two, and we're good. I'm fine with that.
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Yeah, me too. Yeah.
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I'd love it.
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And we don't want Ontario, because during the Revolutionary War, they were a bunch of Tories, and they supported the English.
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Right.
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We don't want them anyway.
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You have not gotten over that, have you? I'm all good with this.
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No.
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And really quick, I'll bet you out of the roughly, I don't know, there's not quite five, a little over five million, five and a half million or so between those two provinces, I guarantee you the majority of them would be fine with what we're talking about.
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What about doing it like in the NFL? Do a trade. We get those two provinces. They can have Minnesota.
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Or California.
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And California.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, that's a coast. We need it.
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Okay, we'll keep the coast. But they can have Minnesota because who cares?
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But, John, do we really need that coast now that we have control of the Panama Canal again?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Yes. Yeah, militarily speaking, strategically, you know, the border to Mexico, all of that, yes, we need that.
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And one day California will destroy itself so much.
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Yeah, we need it.
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We can get it back.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, the best plan ever for California was what?
SPEAKER 04 :
We lost you. Best plan was what?
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The original Lex Luthor in the original Superman movie, Christopher Reeves. You don't remember? No.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's been too long.
SPEAKER 09 :
He wanted to drop the coast of California, nuke and drop the coast of California into the ocean.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh. Well, you know, when we were kids, the fault line was always going to make that happen, but never did.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. So he was going to nuke the fault line to make it happen. Interesting. That would be a good way to get rid of California, though.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah? Really quick, if you think about it, as large as those provinces are, the territory it covers and doesn't have the population Colorado does.
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No. It's a huge area with small people. A couple of nights. Calgary is beautiful. And then from there, you go into Rocky Mountain or Banff National Park. If you get a chance and you're looking for a mountain vacation... Throw that on the bucket list because I will tell you, you won't be disappointed.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, that's true. No, it's very pretty. You're right. Yeah.
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So you guys have a great rest of the night.
SPEAKER 04 :
You too, John. Appreciate you very much. And yeah, for all of you listening that maybe even are listening in Canada, we're just throwing ideas around. We're not in charge, Andy. We have no say in this whatsoever, by the way.
SPEAKER 07 :
No. I mean, look, I've never liked Trump talking 51st state.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, because I think that's a bad way of doing it.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think it's a bad way, and I think it alienated a lot of people, and it really helped the left win in Canada. But if those two wanted to become United States, I would be honored to have them.
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That's a different conversation. And saying it that way, by the way, that's a whole different way. What's that old saying, Andy? It's not what you say, it's how you say it. You just said it completely different where it's not offensive now. Hey, if you guys would love to join us, we'd have you in a heartbeat. Yeah. They don't like you in Quebec. You guys aren't like, we'll take you. We do like you. We'd love to have you be a part of what we're doing here. And oh, by the way, we'll give you a little more, you know, we'll give you a little more back than what you're getting right now. How's that sound?
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Oh, you get a lot more back. I mean, if you want to be your own country, that's good too. But just, you know, if you want to be a state.
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All right, wrapping up things today on this fine Tuesday. Myself, Andy Pate, Charlie Grimes, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Okay, Alaska. Which we were just talking about Canada and the potential for, you know, what are they going to do? Are they going to secede or so on? Now, we have a great state, the largest state. Most people forget that because it's tucked way up. And even when you look at it on a map, you think, oh, that thing's not that big. It's like half the U.S.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's absolutely huge.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's enormous. And beautiful. It's beautiful, and there's oil there, Andy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, there's a ton of oil. They're very excited right now. I don't know how to say this. I think it's Utkivik, Alaska. Interior Secretary... Doug Burgum, he delivered very welcome news to them by to a bunch of Alaska natives. OK, Alaska natives. He said we are unleashing oil up there. He they what they did is the Trump administration. They took action to rescind a Biden era climate rule that locked up millions of acres from future oil and gas development. And, you know, we're always told, oh, you know, the Indians, well, they absolutely don't care about this stuff. They care a lot. They stood up and plotted. They said, we want these jobs. Yeah, it's money for them.
SPEAKER 04 :
Absolutely. Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
And it's not just money. It's big money. Right. And so, yeah, Joe Biden unveiled on Earth Day in 2024 blocking jobs. This thing blocking development across 13 million acres of federal lands in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. Okay, well, Trump's going to open it up. And they are so excited. So I just wanted to throw that out. Folks, people love Drill Baby Drill. In fact, they were up there. They were saying, Drill Baby Drill. Drill Baby Drill. It's so cool. So I thought that was pretty cool. What do you think?
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I think it's fabulous. And I know enough about... Alaska, I've known some folks that have lived up there and so on where they need some of this as well, Andy. Some of what went on on the North Shore, they called it the North Shore for years and years, has sort of diminished, if you would, and they need another kickstart, if you would. So, yeah, I guarantee you this is welcome news to those individuals up there. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, they're about to get it, and that's fantastic. Okay. Do we have a minute? We do. We've got a minute. Go for it. Okay, really quick here, just so you know. Dan Bongino says the FBI is closing in on the January 6th pipe bomb suspect. Now, in case you're wondering, why is this a big deal? I don't have time to go into what this means except this. The Biden administration dropped this entirely and did not want to bring out who the J6 pipe bomb suspect is. The reason this is important, long story short, is that the J6 pipe bomb drew attention away from January 6th. It drew officers, law enforcement away. Remember, Pelosi also didn't want the 10,000 troops that Trump wanted. They wanted the area unsecured so it could be as bad as possible. Here's the thing. Why would they drop the investigation to find out who the J6 bomber is? The J6 bomber is wearing a hoodie right now. And this is the most surveilled area in the country. You can simply go back, go back, go back, find where this guy got out of a car and trace them. They didn't. And in only being in his job for a little over a month, Bongino is already closing in on who it is. That means that Biden covered it up. Why do you think they covered it up? If that person is a DNC contact, they are in trouble.
SPEAKER 04 :
Sort of blows up their whole J6 narrative, if you would, right? No pun intended, but yeah. It literally blows it up.
SPEAKER 07 :
This could be huge. I'm telling you something. I know this sounds small right now. If that J6 bomber is connected to the DNC, the Democrats could get wiped out in 2026. They could lose more seats. It is that big of a story.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, it is. And it's one of those stories that, you know, to your point, Andy, have really kind of, you know, run under the radar, I guess you could say. Right. Even you and I haven't talked much about it just because there hasn't been much information on it because of what you said the last administration did.
SPEAKER 07 :
There is every, yeah, I did a show on it when you were out. You were out of town and I did an entire segment, a couple segments, and broke it down and said, look, there are a lot of reasons to believe that this could be a DNC contact. Somebody working with the DNC doing this. The way these bombs were put, and I don't have time to go into it right now. No, you're fine. But I'll tell you what, it could be really bad for them. It could be really horrible for them because what it does is it shows that they wanted all of J6 to happen.
SPEAKER 04 :
So one thing that we didn't get a chance to talk to, I think I'll table this until next Tuesday, was an article I was going to get into talking about what is the Democrat Party going to do? In other words, what's going to be their MAGA movement? They are, in a lot of ways, Andy, disoriented. They're trying to figure out who's going to be their leader. Is it Bernie? Is it AOC? Is it this one? Is it that one? It won't be those two, by the way, because they won't allow it. But who's it going to be moving forward, and how do they somehow, someway get a MAGA movement started inside of the Democrat Party?
SPEAKER 07 :
They can't have a MAGA movement because MAGA movement is very masculine, and they have treated men as the problem for decades.
SPEAKER 04 :
Very true.
SPEAKER 07 :
You can't turn that around, but... the people who should be leading them right now are Shapiro and Fetterman.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, we'll talk about that next Tuesday because there's a lot surrounding that. That's not a two-minute conversation. There's a lot of things around that that we can get into next week. In the meantime, you guys have a fabulous evening. Thank you so much for listening. We do appreciate it greatly. Myself, Andy, and Charlie signing off. Have a great night. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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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 each are 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 the team, that's Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Wednesday, Producer Joe. Happy Wednesday, Kim. And Wednesdays are Wings Day at Hooters Restaurants. You buy 20 wings, you get an additional 10 for free. And their locations are Loveland, Aurora, Lone Tree, Westminster, and Colorado Springs. And that's for to-go or to dine-in. And how I got to know them, it's a really important story about freedom and free markets and capitalism and PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties trying to control our lives. So a very important freedom story. How I Got to Know Them. You can find that at my website, which is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. While you're there, make sure that you are signed up for our weekly email newsletter that goes out on Sundays. And it highlights our upcoming guests as well as our most recent essays. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot com. Thank you to all of you who support us. We are an independent voice on an independent station. And we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it's not compassionate nor altruistic to take other people's stuff, whether or not it's their rights, their property, their freedom, their livelihood, their opportunity, their childhoods. Their lives via force and force can be a weapon, but it can be policy and unpredictable in excess of taxation, fear, coercion, government induced inflation. The agenda by the World Economic Forum, the globalist elites played out through the United Nations, the Colorado, this Colorado state legislature, this Colorado governor. And then all of these land use codes and zoning regulations and all of those things that control our property really is taking away our property. And remember, if something is a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. On the show, we focus on the issues, not personalities. I certainly will mention people that are involved in these issues because that's the way it works. But we want to stay focused on the issues and not get into the personality fighting because that doesn't accomplish anything whatsoever. Our word of the day is injustice, and it's spelled I-N-J-U-S-T-I-C-E, and it could be wrongdoing or malpractice, an offense, crime, villainy, injury. infringement, violation, abuse, criminal negligence, transgression, grievance, breaches, damage, infractions. I love this last one. And this was, it said, a crying shame. I've not heard that term in a long time. So injustice, there is a lot of injustice that is going on these days in the name of equality. And We are all to be treated equally under the law, no winners and losers with government and PBIs. And whenever we have tax incentives, treating people differently, I've been thinking a lot about Trump and this big, beautiful bill. And I'm a bit concerned with the spending on it, number one. There looks like there's some good things in it. And I like the fact that lowering taxes is a good idea, but I wish you would just do it across the board. There's no tax on tips, no tax on overtime. I like that idea, but we need to, instead of picking winners and losers, We need to be reducing taxes across the board. So he's doing good work on that. Let's just keep on keeping on. Our quote for the show is from Victor Hugo. He was born in 1802, died in 1885. He was a poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most important of the French Romantic writers. Though regarded in France as one of the country's greatest poets, He's better known abroad for such novels as Notre Dame de Paris and Les Miserables. And he said this, between the government, which does evil, and the people who accept it, there is a certain shameful solidarity. And so, again, we have got to make sure that we are working to get government involved. all levels back into their proper role and it is a Herculean task to use our word of the day from earlier in the week several the headlines that I wanted to go through this first one was written by gosh okay here we go this is from uh creators and this is by from by betsy mccaughey and uh she was a former i think uh let's see she lieutenant governor in new york and is founder of save our city and i think i need to get her on this is probably one of the best pieces that i've seen on the attack on um on on our american way of life And yesterday when we had Mike Rollick on, he talked about House Bill 24-13-13, which several jurisdictions are suing the state of Colorado on it because it is legislation that was passed regarding housing and transit-orientated communities. And I think that I had given the wrong – I think I was looking at House Bill 25 yesterday instead of House Bill 24-13-13. And so Betsy goes on to say this. She said across the U.S., Democrats are waging war to crush a lifestyle they abhor and call it small town America, single family neighborhoods, quiet streets, town centers stamped with their own historic character and almost no signs of the vagrancy and homeless encampments that plague cities. Democrats want you to have none of this. If you've worked for years to save up for a home in one of these havens, forget about it. The Democrat Party is using brute legal force to remake towns using a cookie cutter formula that forces each of us to have the same proportion of houses and apartments, the same mix of low, middle, and upper income residents, and the same reliance on public transit, all controlled by state politicians. Any town that resists gets shamed as segregated, though this isn't about race, and they also are called snobby. On Saturday, the Connecticut legislature passed a bill, House Bill 5002, which should be called the Destroy Connecticut Towns Act. It's headed to Governor Ned Lamont's desk for signature. The new law dictates how many low-income and moderate-income apartments each Connecticut town must provide, and mandates that towns also foot the bill for the schools, parks, public transportation, and other services low-income residents will need, and local taxes will soar. And she goes on to really explain that this bill explicitly says its purpose is to ensure economic diversity in each town, but this is about social engineering, not remedying housing shortages. And the Obama administration was pushing this through on something called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing through these community development block grants. Whenever you see the word grant there, that means that there's money and it also means that there's control. And there was a big pushback on that. And so what happens is Democrats and the radicals that are controlling the Democrat Party, they just retreat a little bit and then change the names, but don't change the policies. And we saw this playing out last year in this House Bill 1313. Next headline that I wanted to mention, and I'm questioning this, and this is from CNN. It says, family of Colorado anti-Semitic attack suspect was taken into ICE custody and has had their visas revoked. Now, reports are this guy was here illegally. He had overstayed a visa. He was here illegally. And then he has a family of, I think, five children and a wife. And they're all here. How on earth did this happen? And so it looks like those visas are going to be revoked and they will all be expelled from the United States. But how are they living? If he wasn't working, how are they paying their rent? How is this? How did this happen in America? And so there's a lot more questions regarding this guy that did this fire, this Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder on Sunday. Next thing, Mike Lindell, his trial is going on in Denver right now. And this is from the Denver Post. It says attorneys for a former Dominion voting systems official said in court Tuesday that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's false claims about him were fueled in part by Lindell blaming the official for his management from conservative television. And it says opening statements kicked off yesterday in this trial in federal court, and it will decide whether or not Lindell defamed Eric Coomer. And Lindell's attorneys are arguing that Lindell believed what he was saying regarding Eric Coomer. And so, again, this is a big, big trial that's occurring right now here in Denver. So stay tuned on that. Next thing, the spending, not only at the federal level, really is of a lot of concern. And again, I hope the Trump administration will claw this stuff back. In fact, I saw a headline that Trump plans to tap Biden's Green Bank to make billions in loans. I don't think that's really what we want to do. We want to quit spending. all of this money, and I'm concerned that those spending and loans might be for some of these CO2 pipelines, which it makes no sense to be bearing CO2, which is plant food, underground. And so anyway, Denver says, despite budget shortfalls, Denver is moving forward with major construction projects using money from capital funds. And... This spending is unsustainable, and we have got to get this under control. And then the last thing, Rami Johnson and I were up in Cheyenne yesterday for a luncheon. Thank you to Sandy Shaner for inviting us to the Federated Republican Women's Luncheon. There were a lot of guys there as well. And it is crazy, but right here in our backyard, there are two things that have occurred regarding boys or men in girl spaces. One is Jefferson County, where on a field trip, unbeknownst to parents, they... Jefferson County had an 11-year-old girl. They had a boy as her roommate in an overnight trip. And so the Trump administration is going to target that. It says the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is taking actions throughout June to honor the 53rd anniversary of Title IX being signed into law. And one of the first actions announced Monday was was directed at Jefferson County Public Schools. And then the other is up at the University of Wyoming, where in one of the sororities, there is a guy that said that he thought he was a girl and was living in the sorority, really had not made much effort to even look like a girl. And apparently in the sorority, the showers, was watching the girls shower and undress and reacting like a male. And some of the girls have sued on that. And that is going to court as well. So those are two things right here in our backyard. 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Yes, it was very nice to meet everyone. They are very happy to be part of hearing about that movie. But, you know, Kim, in all honesty, something that was extremely disappointing to me was was across the board their viewpoint and concern for Colorado. Yes. You're hearing this everywhere. Yeah, it's heartbreaking the way that we are viewed nationally now.
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It really is. People ask me what's going on in Colorado. And California and Colorado are putting in policies that are really detrimental to human flourishing and prosperity. And so that's why we're doing the work that we're doing at CUTT. at the Colorado Union taxpayers. And I do want to give a shout out to our fellow board members, Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, you, Rami Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onozori, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. And we are rolling up our sleeves. We're going to be working on our ratings report that will be coming out. It's a monumental task. And so we're going to be working on that. But Ramey, you are watching not only things at the legislature with what we're doing at CUT, and we at CUT are going to be watching things at the local level as well. And there's a lot going on in Jefferson County across the board. But in particular, you've got your eye on the federal center. So what's some of the new things that people need to know about that?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes, I'd like to give you an update on this. The Federal Center, that land, it's 59 acres. After it was sold to the developer, he very quickly changed the name of it to The Bend. It's always been known as the Horseshoe Property. Well, the entire community is concerned at this point about what's happening out there. For those who are aware and are getting more and more aware, Unfortunately, Kim, our city council had a unanimous vote to go ahead with the build-out on that property. And Karen Gorday, a lady that you know, did a very in-depth expose of the federal center. And the Lakewood Reinvestment Authority, which actually came into – was voted in in 1997 – which is basically a public-private partnership, and it's supposed to give the city the authority, the ability to revitalize certain areas of the city to keep our community thriving. Well, they weighed in on this one, and so the city went ahead and went with what they recommended, which was a build-out. The city council had a split vote on a metro district for 8-3 to allow that to happen, which I'm having a little bit of problems with that. But basically, the builder can do whatever they want now. The LRA, or the Lakewood Reinvestment Authority, blighted the land issue. It's unbelievable to me, for one thing, Kim, that you can blight vacant land. The big problem is not it blighting. The big problem is that there's contamination and nobody is addressing it of what's exactly out there and to what level it's out there. There's terrible concerns about that. A gap analysis was never done. A gap analysis tells you Basically, how much it's going to cost a developer, and in this case, the taxpayers, because we are involved because of a tax increment financing that was put in place. We're on the hook as well to help with this. It's going to have 2,100 apartments. It will have 1.5 parking places. It also has retail space. I don't know what to say. Our state representative, Rebecca Stewart, was very involved in legislation that actually makes it so that water boards can only charge a certain amount on tap fees And this was really a slap in the face to the citizens of Lakewood. She went along with what the administration wanted. But in speaking with other folks regarding the Green Mountain Water Board, there's concern if they have to provide water to a contaminated site. There are some people that view this as a love canal type of situation. And so it's to be determined, I guess, what's going to happen with that. But if you don't mind, I'd like to kind of switch over to Belmar as well. Okay. There's an area in Lakewood that's just called Belmar, and its land is just south of our library. Okay. It's basically, it was open space. It was land that I never knew that the city could have purchased. When Adam Paul was mayor, apparently he was aware that the city had the opportunity to buy this. And he opted, I think, single-handedly not to purchase it. Well, a developer did get a hold of this. And it's been a very contentious issue here in Lakewood. They immediately, when they got control of it, took down 59 or 60 well-grown trees. They just cut them down immediately kind of just to slap the face of the people that are having so much trouble with this. It's basically its own ecosystem with all the beautiful trees that are out there and all the animals and birds that are there. So the people that have been fighting this, the amount that's going in over there, they gathered money quickly to have an injunction. And at the hearing, someone from the city, and I intend to find out who that was, was sitting with the builder saying, during the hearing, and the builder, of course, won. So they are going to be putting up 400 high-end apartment houses, Kim, luxury apartments. The problem with that is that they're taking out all of these beautiful trees, but there's a beautiful development across the street and east of townhomes the value of their property has immediately gone down. And once again, our state representative, Rebecca, was involved in legislation that is what people refer to as fee-in-lieu. Basically, that means that a developer can give money to the city instead of putting some land aside for... Oh, for open space, if you will. She betrayed the people of this city, in my opinion. Council, I did not realize this until just recently. They changed the policies and procedures three years ago, and they basically have just given our staff all the authority. We have a toothless city council at this point, Kim. And bureaucrats are basically running our city. They work for the developers, in my opinion. But something that I think everybody needs to really be aware of real quick is that our city manager makes $400,000, Kim. She is the highest paid in the state. And it's time for her to step down with cause.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and, Rami, I love property rights. I love development. I love people being able to develop land and create homes. But what we have happening here is this coercion through apartment buildings. We just see more and more and more of these incidents. And we've got to remember that there are property rights of the people also that lived there before. So the water rights, we need to make sure that all those things are in place as well. So when you've got, as you mentioned, the city staff and the developers sitting on the same side of the table, I think that's where it can be a real problem. And I see that not only just in Lakewood, but I've seen that across the board as well. So And it's changing the fabric of our neighborhoods, which goes back to this piece that I highlighted at the beginning of the show by Betsy McKay, who was a lieutenant governor of New York, how all of these policies are changing the fabric of. of the American dream. And I think that that is the underlying thing that people are concerned about is the coercion and the coziness with what is going on with some of these different developments, correct?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes, you're very polite. I would call it collusion. I think it's egregious. We don't have a democracy here in Lakewood. We are run by bureaucrats They are totally aligned with the developers. And it's just not the city that I grew up in. It's not the state I grew up in. But we need a whole change of administration, to be frank with you, Kim.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and that's why elections matter so much. So we're going to be talking with Mark Cook about that in the next segment. Ramey Johnson, first of all, thank you for your service by when you were in the state legislature. You've served on Lakewood City Council. You actually did run for House District 30, which was against Rebecca Stewart. She is sitting in this seat at this time. And not only did she have these bills that you mentioned earlier, One of them was a favorable water tap fee for specific developed areas, which that's not fair to be picking winners and losers. But she also was a prime sponsor of House Bill 1312, which is the egregious trans activist bill. And so elections do have consequences. So we're going to keep working on that, shedding light. And we're not going to give up on Colorado, Ramey Johnson, but we've got a lot of work to do.
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You're awesome, Kim. Take care.
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Oh, thanks, Rami. And yes, we can't give up. We must continue to shed light on what's going on. A little bit of light, a little bit of transparency goes a long, long way. And Karen Levine has been a sponsor of the show for many, many years. And for anything residential real estate, you want to make sure she is on your side of the table.
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Welcome back. It is a Wednesday. Thank you for joining us. Wanted to say thank you to the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show, because we truly are an independent voice on an independent station looking at these issues. Wanted to mention the USMC Memorial Foundation. I got to know through Paula Sarles and the whole group at the Cooper's Troopers, a number of our Marine veterans from World War II. And one of those guys was Don Whipple. And he was a young guy at Iwo Jima, Battle of Iwo Jima, and he just recently passed on. And I will be honored to attend his services. He will be buried out at Fort Logan. But this Sunday for America's Veterans Stories, we will rebroadcast one of our interviews with Don Whipple. In his honor, an amazing man. I am so blessed that our paths have crossed and really grateful for that and also grateful for the USMC Memorial Foundation and all the work that they do to honor our military and our veterans and working on the remodel of the Marine Memorial out at 6th and Colfax. More information about all that, go to USMCMemorialFoundation.org. That is USMCMemorialFoundation.org. And there's something crazy, I would say, that has happened in Arapahoe County regarding elections. And I know it kind of seems like it can be eyes glossing over kind of stuff. It's the cast vote records. Very important. And we want to dig deep into this. Apparently, they were changed. And so we have on the line with us Mark Cook. He is a cybersecurity expert here. and has really been watching a lot of the things regarding our elections and very knowledgeable. So, Mark Cook, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, thank you. Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 14 :
And your credentials are pretty significant regarding cybersecurity, Mark Cook.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I've been doing this for quite a while, especially with elections. That's all I've done for the past About four years is dive into all of these election, we'll say irregularities, but it's actually just been a multitude of nothing adding up across the board going through as a county to county, state to state. There's so many instances where things do not match up, even in reports directly coming from a lot of clerks. And I don't think the clerks even know that things aren't matching up because I think the clerks are just depending on the systems to do all the work for them and not realizing that things aren't aligning. And this Tasso record with Arapahoe County is the most obvious in our face that problem that has shown up.
SPEAKER 14 :
So Mark Cook, again, this is pretty detailed for people, but in the big picture, we have to have honest and transparent and fair elections if we are going to continue with our constitutional republic. And if we don't have honest, fair, and transparent elections, then we are headed towards tyranny. And we are seeing tyranny in a lot of different states. So let's dig into the weeds on this cast vote record. What is that exactly?
SPEAKER 09 :
All right. So a cast vote record is pretty simple. Imagine like an Excel file and a list of all the ballots from start to finish, all the way down, and then the columns going over from left to right are the choices on the ballots. So essentially, it's a list of all ballots and how every choice on the ballot was voted. So it'd be a one for a yes, a zero for a no, or a cell would be blank if that contest was not listed on the ballot. So essentially, you could see how every single ballot was voted all the way down from the very first one that showed up and was tabulated to the last one that was tabulated. You can't see who voted because there's no name on it. There's no way to identify the voter. It's just the ballots.
SPEAKER 14 :
And are these the actual ballots or are these images?
SPEAKER 09 :
It's just a list of the choices on the ballots.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Okay. So it's just a record of that. Now, there are ballots. So can we get access to the ballots or the images of the ballots to reconcile that with a cast vote record?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, I believe they've probably already destroyed the ballots themselves. And there is part of the problem. The citizens go test their ballots, and we have, as citizens, pretty much no way to know if our ballots are actually being tabulated properly into the machines and the data that comes out of the machines, the results, if they even align with what we have put on the ballots. So they kind of hide those ballots away. They seal them up. They make it so you even have to go to a judge to get access to look at our own ballots. It's the most ridiculous thing ever. And how these tabulation systems work is they take those paper ballots, they feed them through the machine. The machine supposedly, allegedly makes an image of each one of those paper ballots, just like a scanner would. And then the software inside the machine is supposed to go through that image of and count where the dots are and how many dots there are in those areas. But there's so many things that can go wrong in that process, and mistakes, let's say programming mistakes. And we know that there have been programming mistakes because elections have actually been overturned after elections. citizens demanded a hand count. They've taken the ballots after a fight, got the ballots recounted and realized the computer count was wrong. And then they're told, well, it was just a programming error, but don't worry. It didn't happen anywhere else. That's usually what we hear. But of course they don't know that it didn't happen anywhere else because we only know that it happened if we actually hand count all the ballots. So then those ballot images are on the computers. And then we've got to fight to get access to the ballot images. Now, I have not seen them yet for Arapahoe County, but the ballot images that are on the computer, there is no way to know that the image on the computer hasn't been modified and is the same as what is on the paper. Because if, let's say I was a bad actor and I wrote the software to tabulate these ballots, I could... Pretend I'm reading the ballot in, and I could put whatever I want into the ballot image as it's stored on the computer. I could move the votes around. I could change the image, and no one would know the difference. And if nobody looks at the paper to compare the paper with the digital images, there would be no way to know that that happened.
SPEAKER 14 :
OK, so and then those records of those images of those ballots can be destroyed after a couple of years. Yes or no?
SPEAKER 09 :
After 25 months in the state of Colorado, the counties are allowed to get rid of them. Yes, which is ridiculous. I mean, hard drive spaces are cheap now.
SPEAKER 14 :
I've always wondered why, because it doesn't take that much space, really, to keep all those records for a long, long time. I've always wondered why those images could be destroyed after just two years, or just a little over two years. So there's all that over there. But now getting over here to Arapahoe County, you said that this is kind of like an Excel spreadsheet. You've got all of the different ballots and all of the different columns. And something happened where that was changed. And that's... that's a real concern. So tell us, you know what, Mark, let's do this. Let's go to break because this is a big question. And we really want to let you have all the time to give us the answer on that. And this is such important things to be looking at. And we have these discussions because of our sponsors. And for anything mortgages, you want to make sure that you are talking with Lorne Levy.
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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. We are talking with cybersecurity expert Mark Cook regarding discrepancies in the cast vote records in Arapahoe County. So set this up for us. What happened? Once this cast vote record is set and certified, it should not be changed, correct?
SPEAKER 09 :
That's correct. It should not be changed. It is a record of all the votes cast. There should be absolutely no need to change it after the fact.
SPEAKER 14 :
But it appears that maybe that happened?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, it's actually – it did absolutely happen. It's not that it appears it happened. It happened, and the county admitted that it happened. So let me start with a little bit of background on this. There is a case in Nevada right now that a pastor is actually suing the Secretary of State of Nevada because their cash flow record has problems. And there is a brilliant mathematician that has looked at a lot of cash flow records around the country. And he's seen a pattern. There's a particular way to look at them to compare the types of votes against other types of votes. Correlated votes is what I call it. And he's looked at them and found that there's a peculiar thing about the data that is completely inorganic, meaning unnatural pattern. And what he was doing is. looking at correlated elections, like people that vote for, we'll say people that vote for Trump, how do they vote on other issues and people that vote for Biden? How do they vote on other issues? And typically they would, they should in a real world vote according to their party alignment. That's typically how that works. But what he's found is in many States, many counties, that the voting based on the cast vote record shows that the people that vote for the Republican candidate and the people that vote for the Democrat candidate on particular issues, they vote in unison. Their change of vote is in unison with each other, which is very bizarre. And let me bring this to a real world example for people. Let's say two people are running from one point to another, and they're in a race. And the two people aren't necessarily next to each other. One person's ahead of the other one. But as one person speeds up, the other person speeds up. And then that person slows down, and the other person slows down. So they always match the rate of change of their speed. Wouldn't that be weird if you have two runners and they keep speeding up and slowing down, but they do it in unison? You would think they would be connected somehow. And that's what he's seeing in the data. Actually, anyone that uses Excel can actually look at it. It's a pretty simple calculation. And you can graph it and you can see the rate of change of the votes tracked by between those voters. And so he's found that. And that doesn't happen in normal cast vote records. In a normal election, that would not be there. And so that indicates that there's manipulation in the data. It's unnatural data. Maybe fake and made up, very possibly. Probably it is. So the Arapahoe County cast vote record, when he came across that, he did that same test on that. But he found something even more peculiar in the Arapahoe County record. And that was not only were they speeding up and slowing down at the same rate, the two people were standing right next to each other at the same time. So as they were running from one point to another, they were literally directly next to each other. And the translation for that is, well, the Democrats and the Republicans, people that voted for the Democrat candidate and people that voted for the Republican candidate, Both voted exactly the same way on this particular issue regarding property taxes. Identical. When one went up, the other one went up. Then one went down, the other one went down. And they also match if they're right next to each other as one sped up, the other one sped up and slowed down and slowed down. So they would track completely side by side all the way through as well. And I'm talking within like a percentage point or less. And that was very peculiar. Now, some people may say, well, yes, that could be normal because, you know, it's possible it's a tax issue. So, you know, Democrats and Republicans are going to vote the same on the tax issue. And that would hold true possibly, except for the other counties in Colorado that he analyzed did not show that. The other counties showed a much more natural pattern of Democrats voting in one way on that issue and Republicans voting in a different way on that issue. And so that was the peculiar thing. It was so obviously fake. There's just no way that it would have happened normally. And so they've been battling this in this court case in Nevada. They've been trying to get this data admitted into court, especially Arapahoe County data. Then what happened is a couple, about a month ago now, I happened to be talking to this mathematician and we're looking at the data and we go pull up the data again from the county website. The data at the county website suddenly was a whole new file. The cast vote record, which is the records of votes cast for the 2020 election that had been there for years unchanged, suddenly was a new file and totally different. We opened it up and we compared the two, and there's actually 15.8 million changes to the votes. The votes were shuffled around completely inside this file. And even the totals at the bottom, the results of the election, the results of the contests, some of them changed a little bit. Not much. I think the most I saw was 11 votes difference on it. But they changed. And so how does four years later the votes change dramatically? in an election and how do all the votes get moved from one ballot to another ballot across the board? I mean, out of all the 350 something thousand ballots, only five of them were not touched. All the rest were changed. And I totaled up, calculated all those changes, and it was 15.8 million votes, meaning the way that people, according to the data, the way that people cast their ballots, the choices they marked on the ballots were now completely different It was the most bizarre thing. And as we've looked into it, there's a lot of other changes they made. But when you look and rerun that data through Ed's test to see if it's tracking side by side as these two runners run down, suddenly it looks just like all the other counties now. The data was quote unquote fixed. So that artifact that was unnatural is now gone and now it looks natural. However, They induced, they got rid of that problem, but they induced other problems in the file. And so what happens is if you have a cash flow record, let's say it's a natural, normal cash flow record that accurately reflects the will of the people that was on the balance. If you want to control the data in that cash flow record, if you force data to change inside the record, mathematically, programmatically, you're going to induce a type of signature in the data that shows it's fake. If you try to control something, you're going to induce a pattern in the file that someone could look at and say, hey, this pattern shouldn't be here. It's unnatural. So what they did is what it looks like is they tried to get rid of that pattern, but in doing so, they created other obvious patterns in the file, probably in haste. And so we start talking about this and talking about all these changes. And then all of a sudden, Arapahoe County, within a day or so, comes out with a statement on their website. And they say it says on or about, I think, October 29th, 2024, that they were notified by this assistant Yale professor that said there was a problem with the cast vote record and that they looked into it and had their experts look at it and they realized it was wrong. So they went and fixed it, quote, unquote, and put out a new one. So essentially what they've done is they've admitted that the record of the votes that were passed that everyone depended on as a record of that election in Arapahoe County was wrong. And we're told everything's always perfect out of these voting systems. Here they are, the counties admitting four years later, after telling everyone everything was accurate, four years later, now they've changed 15.8 million votes on an election that happened years ago. Why would they do that? Why would they wait all this time? And the other very interesting thing is, why didn't they say anything on October 29th? a week before the 24 election. If this professor came in and told them there's a problem with the data, why wouldn't they have mentioned it to anyone? Well, that's when Jenna Griswold was going through that massive embarrassment for getting caught having posted the BIOS passwords for most of the county's election systems in the state of Colorado on the Secretary of State website For, I think, at least four months, they were out there in the open. And remember, the BIOS password getting leaked out for one county is the reason why they persecuted that clerk, Tina Peters. And here we have the Secretary of State of Colorado put out all the BIOS passwords for the entire state. And, of course, no investigation, nothing ever happened to her. Yet they persecute a single clerk that didn't even release the password. Someone else released an old password that had already been changed in the county, but yet they lied and claimed it was a new password and persecuted this clerk. So the whole thing is just completely dirty. We know now that Arapahoe County's original record of how all the votes were cast in the county was absolutely wrong. And that amendment that it was passed, obviously manufactured votes on is an amendment that costs a lot of people, a lot of money as their property taxes have increased. And that was a statewide issue. So we, they got some answers that they need to come forward with and they better hold some water. So after they put out this notice, they claimed that they made the change in, um, April, early April is when they changed it. However, when I analyzed the file, I can see they made the file in February. So they waited another two months before they even put it out there, and then they still didn't tell anyone. I mean, they didn't let the voters in Arapahoe County know either.
SPEAKER 14 :
Wow. So, Mark Cook, we've got to have some more conversation about this. This is so important. We're out of time. But I really thank you for your work on that, and we will get you rescheduled on the show here very soon. Thank you.
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You are welcome. Thank you all.
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And I I know that that was very detailed in that conversation with Mark Cook in our number one regarding these Arapahoe County cast vote records. But once my understanding is once an election is certified. those records should not be changed whatsoever. And so the fact that Mark Cook and mathematician Ed Solomon have looked at this and seen that these records have been changed, That's a serious, serious problem. So we're going to stay tuned on all of this. We have these important discussions because of our sponsors, such as the Harris family. I thank them for their goal sponsorship of the show. And our word of the day is injustice. And I think it's an injustice of what has happened with these cast vote records in Arapahoe County. Now, it sounds like perhaps the... And outcomes, as Mark said, it doesn't sound like the outcomes on maybe change that much of the votes. But what it sounds to me like and again, thank you to Mary. She texted this in. is that perhaps there might have been shuffling votes around to hide that particular pattern that they found out about. And so changing those records, that's not okay. Because once an election is certified, that should be locked in. At least that is my understanding on all of that. So anyway, this looks like this could be an injustice. It's an injustice. If we have people that are changing our elections, that is an injustice, which is our word of the day. And it is spelled I-N-J-U-S-T-I-C-E. It could be wrongdoing or malpractice, an offense, crime, villainy. Injury, infringement, a violation, abuse, criminal negligence, transgression, a grievance or a breach, damage, infraction, or a crying shame. And as I mentioned in the first hour, I'd not really heard the term a crying shame in quite some time. But the word is injustice, I-N-J-U-S-T-I-C-E. And if, in fact, this change in this cast vote records, and they really need to be able to take a real look at that, and particularly when the Gallagher Amendment was repealed, And the Gallagher Amendment had been in place to keep guardrails around property taxes, residential property taxes. And once the Gallagher Amendment disappeared and then we saw the increase in assessments, valuations of property taxes. Then we saw property taxes go up significantly. All of these things are connected to these elections. And so it's really important that we make sure that we have free, fair, honest, and transparent elections. Our quote of the day is from Victor Hugo. He was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, one of the most important of the French romantic writers. He is known for his novels, Notre Dame, Paris, and Les Miserables. And he said, between the government, which does evil and the people who accept it, there is a certain shameful solidarity. And of course, he lived 1802 to 1885. And so what we realize is generation and generation, human nature does not change. And our founders understood that. That's why they put in place the Constitution to have people that would govern ourselves and have limited government. And, of course, we're way out of the bounds on that. We need to get that put back in the proper role. And I talked in the first hour about a piece by Betsy McCauley, who is a former lieutenant governor in New York, regarding home ownership and this manipulation by politicians of our neighborhoods. And we're seeing it in many states across the nation. But people here in America, and I loved what she said, that our homes in a way are like little mini estates that European aristocrats used to have where they had gardens and houses. Well, we have our own little mini estates here with our single-family homes, with our yards, and one of the ways to make that happen, of course, is to be talking with Loren Levy regarding mortgages. He does everything regarding mortgages in 49 of the 50 states, just not New York. Loren, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 05 :
Hey, good morning, Kim.
SPEAKER 14 :
And what's happening with interest rates? I haven't really been paying attention this week.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's okay. We've been in this range around... area with rates for quite some time now it's interesting um there was a meeting you know maybe a week or so ago face to face with uh the fed chairman powell and trump and trump basically asked him to lower rates and evidently the word is that it got contentious but then today just this morning as i was getting ready to call in we got the adp employment numbers which are that's the private sector without government hiring and that came in quite a bit lower and so trump we just had uh put out a tweet or whatever saying you're too late to Powell to start lower rates, comparing him to Europe and things. So we'll see what happens at the next meeting. But for right now, we're in this range where the 10-year Treasury I always refer to has been between $430 and $450 for quite some time. So we haven't seen much movement in rates in the last few weeks.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I've seen different things regarding the economy. And of course, there have been those that have been so concerned about tariffs that that would be inflationary. However, I saw a report that we've not seen inflation out of control. What are you seeing, Lorne Levy?
SPEAKER 05 :
I agree. I just see what I read because it's hard to tell because a lot of the tariffs are haven't even technically taken effect yet because they get talked about, but then they get put on hold for a while as a negotiation tactic. And we've talked about that for a long time, that the president we have now is a negotiator, and some of these are just tactics to get people to the table. So they'll say there's going to be tariffs, but then they won't actually implement them. Now, I do know some of them haven't implemented because you see the amount of money that they talk about coming into the Treasury. But some of the bigger ones haven't been implemented yet. And I think that's what's held off with some of the Fed moves is, you know, what if the tariffs do take effect? What happens to inflation then? And so that's been kind of a holdup with them, I think. So we'll have to see what happens with this. But it's creating that uncertainty we always talk about.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and I hear that the businesses, they don't like uncertainty, and I get that. However, there's been such uncertainty, I think, over the big picture of America with the trajectory that we were headed with all of that spending and more and more government control. Does it appear that we're going to... get this spending a bit under control. I've talked with a number of people that have said that this big, beautiful bill that will increase the national debt. And I'm concerned about that, Warren Levy.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, that's a factor. And some of the biggest guys in the banking world have been mentioning that, you know, what happens to our federal government bonds if we just keep creating more debt and people start to maybe even consider weaponizing that against us and not buying it. because a lot of that debt gets bought by other countries. But then on the other side, with the uncertainty, what you have that could potentially be affecting the economy is you have big companies that do what's called CapEx, spending on capital expenditures, large ticket items that they don't know what to do yet, so they're holding off on that spending. And that could cause something for the economy, because if they spend that money, that's really a boom for our economy, creates jobs and everything else. But again, with that unknown of what their numbers are going to look like, they're holding off on some of that spending, which is affecting things as well. So, you know, for right now, the good news is that people who are interested in looking at moving or purchasing homes or doing anything like that, the rates have been kind of stagnant for a bit. And so you have that certainty of, you know, what the rate's going to be roughly. And so if you can afford the payment now, it shouldn't change too much on you while you're in the process of looking for that house. And then if it drops later, like I say, we can always just refinance it down the road.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Okay. And if people want to sit down and talk with you about anything mortgages, what's the best way for them to contact you?
SPEAKER 05 :
The best way is always just call us at 303-880-8881.
SPEAKER 14 :
And again, that's Lorne Levy for Everything Mortgages. He works with a number of different companies, so all kinds of options can help in every state except New York. That number is 303-880-8881. Lorne, thanks so much. We'll talk with you next week. Okay. Thank you so much, Kim. And the show comes to you because of these sponsors. And for everything regarding your insurance, you want to reach out to the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance Team. Roger's been in business for 48 years, taking care of his clients and his family and giving back to the community. And so sit down with them for a complimentary appointment. Go through that. Make sure you have the insurance that you need. You might be able to save some money if you bundle everything together. That number is 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan Team is there.
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SPEAKER 07 :
Hi, Kim. Great to be back. Had a wolf in your backyard lately?
SPEAKER 14 :
Not yet, but it sounds like some people do, yeah?
SPEAKER 07 :
They seem to be scattering pretty good, although I saw a report of the sixth dead one found, so celebrate that.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and I saw a report yesterday that in California, livestock producers are having their cattle killed by wolves. And I hadn't even realized, why am I not surprised that there's wolves in California as well?
SPEAKER 07 :
Interestingly enough, I had Diego Barrison, who's a dear friend of mine, He immigrated from Italy to Northern California. His family raises Piedmontese cattle and grapes. They raise grapes as parent stock for vineyards all throughout California and in Italy as And about three weeks ago, maybe a month ago, I had Diego on talking about what's going on in Italy because there's new information and farmers are not able to allow their animals to be outside overnight because of wolf depredation in Italy, back in the home country where he came from. And the week after we had that broadcast, it came out that in his county, there had been some wolf kills in Northern California where he lives. And this week you can find wolf depredation in new areas of Colorado, new areas of California, and it continues to be a problem in Arizona and New Mexico. And it seems like a little thing, but all of these little things are really starting to add up to be something very significant in our food supply.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and those that are pushing these policies, they know exactly what they're doing. And I did want to correct something. Thank you, Richard, the limo guy, regarding the pronunciation of Betsy's last name. He says it's McCaw. She had written – she's a former lieutenant governor in New York, and we talked about a very important piece about the changing the fabric of – our neighborhoods. It was titled, let me get to it here. It says, The Democrats' War on Small Town Values and Property Values. And it's one of the best pieces I've seen regarding the work that they're trying to do to change the fabric of our communities. And so we are at the We are at the point where we have to really take a stand, as you say, on a regular basis. And what I see happening is the doubling down at the local, county, and state level of these radical activist progressive policies, such as the wolves, which is livestock depredation, which affects our food supply policy. or the doubling down on dictating in the urban areas that you have to have apartments and subsidized housing and all of that together, dictating that. And Colorado's in a big fight on that. It's House Bill 241313. So we've got I think I take in great comfort when Trump was elected. And there's a number of things that I really like that he does. But I am concerned about the spending that is in this big, beautiful bill, Trent Luce.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's one big, ugly package is what it really is. And spending is clearly between two and three trillion dollars somewhere. And people tend to forget, if you look at the amount of growth government had during Trump's first tenure as president, it was unparalleled by anything that had happened, even FDR. And then Biden took it to a new level. And on this pace, Trump's second term will outpace the growth of government that he even did in the first term.
SPEAKER 14 :
And so, and again, I've talked with so many people that they say, I love looking at the news every morning because it's, and there's some things that Trump really has delivered on. And one of those is the border. And of course, since we've last talked, Trent Luce, we had this attack up in Boulder. A guy with an incendiary device threw it into a crowd of people. people that were having a vigil for Israelis that are being held in Gaza.
SPEAKER 07 :
I followed that, Kim.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, and it's crazy to me that we have a guy that's here illegally, and then the Biden administration gave him a work visa, and then come to find out he's got a family of five children and a wife here as well. And my understanding, again, I think Richard said that these people are on a plane out of America. But I do think that Trump's done a good job on this out-of-control immigration. So I'm happy about that.
SPEAKER 07 :
I've got a different take on that now. And I keep track of what Kristi Noem does because she's encroaching upon violating our liberty as individual citizens. or legal entities in this country. And it appears to me, and I always ask the question, Kim, because I went to the border, you know, I got banned on four different social media sites from Eagle pass, Texas. And I had a personal tour with the Texas national guard at Eagle pass and where they're crossing. And I was there and help detail. I didn't help, but I was there standing with the front line, the Texas national guard. When these people were crossing the river, this young couple were crossing the river, and the day before I was there, 1,700 crossed the river. But what I never could figure out is that during that entire time that Biden was welcoming and paying people and just encroaching upon our constitutional authority every single day, the media was bringing it to us every day. Every day they were telling us how unconstitutional Biden really was. And this is a media that was his friend. And I'm like, why are they showing us? Why are they getting people in the United States so outraged and letting us know what he's actually doing? Now I know. And I know because the rally cry and the people who are supporting Trump because he's fixing this Biden problem. We are being played like pawns in a chess game. They wanted these atrocities to be so big that it would appear as though Trump's fixing them when, in fact, we need to keep track of the people who he is violating their rights. We need to maintain the Constitution first and foremost. There is a legal way to come into this country. And if they're here illegally, we need to get rid of them. What does that look like? I don't even know. I'm pretty sure it doesn't include putting them in an El Salvador prison and paying the El Salvadorians Six million dollars a year to house them. How does that benefit our problem other than making it safer here for our citizens?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, that seems like a good idea. Yeah, that seems like a good idea.
SPEAKER 07 :
How many legal people are you willing to sacrifice in the name of fixing these Biden problems?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, but now I know that you've got the example of your friend out in Nevada, and he's had some workers come in on the visa programs. But it sure seems to me like Trump is sending a whole bunch of people back that are not here legally. And that, I think, needs to be done, Trent Luce.
SPEAKER 07 :
I do, but you didn't answer my question. How many legal residents or legal workers are you willing to sacrifice to get rid of Biden's problems? Because there were two raids on two businesses in Madison, South Dakota, three weeks ago, and there were people legally working in those two places. By the way, as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem gives one of these entities a grant to continue to expand and do things in Madison. Three days after she comes back to speak as Secretary of Homeland Security, there's a raid in Madison, South Dakota. They take people into custody, some of them legal to be here working, and now their future is in jeopardy here. How many people are we willing to risk? And I also have employers telling me that we have legal people showing up that are not willing to come to work here. because they're afraid that they're going to be confused for somebody and deported, so they go off the grid. That's happened every single week I get somebody telling me, I've got that happening at my place.
SPEAKER 14 :
So the question is, then, and I see what your question is, and we'll leave that on the table, go to break and come back, is, of course, the answer is, ideally, we don't want to sacrifice anyone that is here legally and or American citizens. But the question is, then, on the table is, how do we... what do we do? Because there are so many people that are here illegally. What do we do? So we'll leave that as the question out there. And I know that we also want to get to executive orders. I did some homework on executive orders as well. And a couple of things. I wanted to mention the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo on the Riverwalk. I would highly recommend that it would be something that you would visit with the children sometime this summer. Because the Portraits of Valor tell the story of these men that took action when a situation presented itself to defend those around them and save lives. And the center is nonpolitical. It's nonpartisan. It's just focused on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. And those things have really been under attack, just like our Second Amendment. And that's why I'm very pleased to have the Second Syndicate as the sponsor of the show.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. 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. And 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 we will be broadcasting a show for America's Veterans Stories this Sunday with World War II Iwo Jima veteran Don Whipple. And Don just recently passed on, very special man. And in his honor, we will be rebroadcasting this interview. His services will be later on in this month, which I will have the honor of attending. He will be buried out at Fort Logan tonight. And so the USMC Memorial Foundation is doing such amazing work to remember and honor those that have given their lives, have been willing to give their lives for our liberty. And it's important to support them. You can do that by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That's usmcmemorialfoundation.org. Trent Luce is on the line. We're talking about the Trump administration had mentioned immigration. And this came in here and from one of our listeners said that I said that the majority of us are willing to have the people here legally, which to me is questionable. Look at the guy here. that did the Criminal Act in Boulder. And actually, this is a really important point, and that is, from an immigration standpoint, bringing people in, these students in to come into our premier universities such as Harvard, It's changed the fabric of our universities. I remember I was out in California and I went over to Stanford because I wanted to go to the library and try to do some research. I think it was on Valerie Jarrett. I was trying to find a yearbook regarding when she was at Stanford. I think that's right. And interestingly enough, in the library, when I got there, that particular yearbook that I was looking for was missing, which I thought was curious at the time. But anyway, the fabric of Stanford was not the cross-section of America. It looked to me like it was primarily students from other countries. And now we're looking at it from a money standpoint. That's what's happened at many of the premier universities. So we've got we've got a lot of work to do on this immigration side. But I do think that Trump's doing a lot of good stuff on this at Trent Luce. And so what would your what would be your response? How many people here illegally are we willing to keep here illegally? in order to protect some people that have come here legally. How many people should we keep here illegally to protect those, Trent Luce?
SPEAKER 07 :
Number one, I believe the whole immigration thing is a distraction from the true cost of Trump, which is local control loss and a screwed-up energy policy and food policy. Number two, all universities, not just the Harvards and Stanfords of the world, have this whole DEI admission thing that's been taking place. Our two daughters are at smaller schools. It's the same thing at every school. That's gravely concerning. And we need to get the illegals out of this country. But let's remind ourselves that before Biden became president, there were 12 million. We knew. We talked about it. 12 million illegals in this country. There needs to be a plan and a slow approach to correcting this wrong. We've been going about it in this haphazard, quick way, and I'm not willing to sacrifice one legal citizen or legal worker in this country to accelerate getting the rest out. Why can't we take our time and do it with investigations like anybody would do? Why is that to be done by July 4th?
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, energy policy. Again, we've seen headlines, drill, baby, drill, shovel, baby, shovel, which I like very much. And we're all very encouraged here in Colorado with Chris Wright as the Secretary of the Department of Energy. And then I've seen two different headlines. One, you had mentioned that in the executive order that Trump had issued that he was in support of the CO2 pipelines. And then I thought I saw another headline that said he was not. But it makes no sense to be bearing CO2, which is plant food, under the ground. And you and I have talked about that many, many times. And Rami Johnson and I were up in Cheyenne yesterday speaking about a Climate Conversation, our documentary. So, you know, where are we at on these CO2 pipelines with Trump?
SPEAKER 07 :
He's 100 percent supportive. I've got that directly from somebody who called. I was standing by a guy called Donald Trump Jr. He's because he takes all of his energy direction from Harold Hamm. Harold Hamm is the guy who created and took to the field fracking. Harold Hamm has invested billions into CO2 pipelines. He is going to he is the reason Trump is the reason that it was in that big, ugly package to begin with. We were told he was very reluctant to pull it out. There's a delegation of South Dakota state elected officials who are in D.C. today to try to get on top of this. I still expect him to federalize it and tell the states that they have no control over CO2 pipelines. I today, later this afternoon, I'm going to where they are currently constructing CO2 pipelines in my home state of Nebraska to go to that area today. that you were in yesterday, to bury it a mile and a half deep under earth. They always throw out there that this is all about enhanced oil recovery. Well, if it was, they'd already be doing it because once they put it in a place of pore space under Cheyenne or in the Denver Formation or in the Bakken in North Dakota, it has to stay there for 12 years. So it's not about enhanced oil recovery. We're being lied to. and we're putting people at risk and the people that I probably care most about in this scenario are the first responders who are not properly educated about how CO2 works, what happens when you encroach upon it. It happened in Mississippi. There was a rupture. All of the first responders show up. Their engines died. There were 70-some people that ended up in the hospital. This thing will kill people. It is what we use. CO2 is what we use to kill pigs, turkeys, and chickens. And I have noticed, and I'll challenge all of our listeners here, Take note of the gas stations that are now moving their CO2 containers outside of the gas station instead of keeping it inside. And that's because 100 people a year die in restaurants and bars and gas stations and places that have CO2 containers. These canisters will kill and so will a CO2 pipeline when the CO2 is compressed to 2200 PSI and expands at 500 times the rate it was in that pipeline.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, so we always make the argument in climate conversation that CO2 is plant food, that CO2 is good for us, that with CO2, plants thrive and prosper. But you just said that CO2 kills people. Doesn't that play into the narrative of those that say that CO2 is bad?
SPEAKER 07 :
No, not at all, because CO2 is in the Earth's atmosphere at 430 parts per million. A greenhouse that uses CO2 as literal plant food, like God put it in the atmosphere, has it 800 parts per million. It doesn't kill anybody in a greenhouse at 800 parts per million. It kills people when it's concentrated in a pipeline and asphyxiates them because it removes oxygen from their lungs. We have it at 7%. In the turkey, chicken, and pork facilities that use it, 7% of the atmosphere is CO2, and at 7%, it kills people. At 0.043%, it's plant food. It's about the concentration. You have no danger if you just allow it in the atmosphere or put it in a greenhouse. When you compress it in a pipeline at 2200 PSI and it expands until it disbands, you're in danger. The kill zone... We've determined the kill zone is at least six miles on a 24-inch pipeline with compressed CO2 at 2200 PSI. Six miles. You have two minutes to get out of that path or you will die.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, now I'm going to change gears going back to something that came in on immigration. And this is something that Helen Creeble, who she's since passed on, but we have her in between the first and second hour with the Linza Liberty. And she's really just very reasonable in things that she, as she looks at government and proper role of government. And she had come up with something called the red card solution. regarding immigration and employers that need to have workers to come in across the border. And the red card solution would be that these people that want to come to America would be vetted on the other side of the border. They would have a red card, which meant that they could come in and they could work here in America and they would be here legally. And that seemed like that was a solution that made a lot of sense. Are you familiar with the red card solution? Have you heard that before?
SPEAKER 07 :
No, I haven't.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Well, and I know that former Congressman Greg Lopez, that is something that he's put forward as well, and he and Helen Kriebel knew each other very well. And, again, that would be to have people vetted on the other side of the border. They would be given a red card where they could come in. And they could work here. And I think the employers would be involved in that as well, probably interviewing people to come in and work as well. So let's change gears. You know what? We're just about to.
SPEAKER 07 :
Let me just make another comment about that. People always say we need immigration reform. We do not. We need immigration enforcement. We have a green card system. We have an H-2A system. We don't need anything else. We simply need to follow the rules and the Constitution that we currently have.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I don't disagree with you on that either. And OK, so we'll continue these discussions. We need to talk about executive orders because I did some homework on that. And I know that that's one of the things that you're very concerned about, Trent Luce. And these discussions happen because of our sponsors. If you've been injured, you want to make sure that you reach out to John Bozen and Bozen Law.
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It's a great day to be here.
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It is a great day to be alive, and we are in this battle for our state and for our country to get government back in its proper constitutional role. I'm talking with Trent Luce, a sixth-generation farmer and rancher, and we have Eric on the line. And Eric is so well-informed on so many issues. Eric, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 10 :
Welcome. Well, thank you, Kim, for welcoming me. Hi, Trent, you great American. Hey, Eric. I got a simple fix. I was talking to Kim's great producer, Joe. I mean, a work release jail program. You know, the short timers that are in jail, Kim, for a year or so that are on minor charges, misdemeanors, you know, driving offenses, simple stuff like that. I would be the first one to raise my hand if Trent Luce was the sheriff of that specific jail. Who wants to go work? I do. Well, we got construction work. We got farmer work. We got all this kind of work to do. Who's willing to do what? I'm willing to do anything. Kim, imagine all the money that I'm going to speak for myself that I'm going to be making today. If I work minimum wage to replace all these illegal aliens jobs that people say that the American people won't do, I'm an American. I would do it. It would solve all the problems because they're all over the America, Trent and Kim, to do that job release jail program. And you would get a lot of qualified people that are in jail that wouldn't know how to do that. As a resource. I don't know. What do you guys think?
SPEAKER 14 :
I think that that's a great idea. And this came in from on the text line. It says, I absolutely respect and love to hear Eric Manning on all of these radio shows. You tell him that we all support him immensely. And thank you. So you're always thinking outside the box. Trench your comments on that. And then we've got Ron on the line as well.
SPEAKER 07 :
Actually, I think this has legs, and mostly because four times I've been to Louisiana State Penitentiary as a visitor, not as a resident, just in case you're wondering. Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is very unique in the country. The Texan prison system and Louisiana prison system still have farms. These inmates... who are trustees, what Eric just said, have earned the right to go and be trusted, go out. And I have personally witnessed 1,000 inmates at Angola hoeing a row, and 100% of the food consumed in the Louisiana State Penitentiary is grown in their prison system at the hands of the people who are occupying those prisons themselves. to take that to the next step and bring them out and work on farms and in industry, I have no problem with that whatsoever. I think it has absolute tremendous merit. The only thing I want to make sure that Eric's clear on that he said, I do not support illegal workers in this country. I support the legal system being enforced so that people feel comfortable legally working in any of the jobs that Americans won't do.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and to Eric's point, though, we need to get to a point where there has to be – I don't ever remember thinking that there are jobs that Americans shouldn't do. I don't think that any work should be beneath us if, in fact, we're working to take care of our families and put food on the table. Ron, what is on your radar?
SPEAKER 08 :
Hey, Kim. Yeah, I have this deal with these Muslims and – jihadists and all this other stuff if if it was you or i or um trent loose or anybody said that we if you don't believe in what we believe we're going to kill you the whole world would come down on us they would call us hitler uh nazis they would go in there but yet these people can go in here and do this and catch people on fire and uh you know through all this hate speech and and cause riots and everything, and it's supposed to be okay. I don't understand. I think we should deport them all and let them fight their wars and everything in their country because their own people won't even take them. They won't even take them in other Muslim countries. So what does that say?
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. I think that's a very interesting point as far as there seems to be no tolerance for the Western worldview, but there seems to be, there's been so much tolerance for other worldviews here in America. So Ron, thank you. Trent, you want to weigh in on that?
SPEAKER 07 :
Only that I believe in the Second Amendment, as I believe in all of the Constitution. And I also believe that you need to be here legally. If you're not here legally, you're subject to leaving.
SPEAKER 14 :
I and that's what we need to have the Trump administration doing. So let's see. Let's go through. This is another comment. This goes going to the CO2 pipelines and we'll have to do executive orders next week. I think it says this is from Sandra. She said regarding the CO2 lines going underground, who will be liable when they would rupture? That's a really good legal question. What what's your thoughts on that, Trent?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, there's actually precedent because the companies where the rupture was in Mississippi and then there was a rupture in Louisiana, which did not have any human impact. The companies that built them claimed immunity and the insurance company was left holding the bag. The insurance company, now you have a growing number of insurance companies who are openly stating, we will not insure your property if you have CO2 pipelines underneath them.
SPEAKER 14 :
So then ultimately where that will probably go back to is to the taxpayer then, right?
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100%.
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The same people that paid for it, the people that don't want it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay.
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And yet the whole reason they're chasing it is for this $85 per metric ton tax credit. Who needs a tax credit? The Bill Gates, the Jeff Bezos, the Warren Buffetts of the world, and George Soros, believe it or not, needs a tax credit apparently. These are the people that chase this.
SPEAKER 14 :
But I thought that these elites are the ones that said that everybody needs to pay their fair share. So you're saying that they actually want to get tax credits so that they don't have to pay some of their taxes, right?
SPEAKER 07 :
I would just say that there's a lot of people seeking to get the headlines that are going to be pleasing to people. But if you follow their actions on the ground, it doesn't match their rhetoric, which is why I have a problem with Trump.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, we certainly – okay, next question, and we only have a few minutes. But would you be more happy with Kamala Harris, Trent Luce?
SPEAKER 07 :
No, absolutely not. And the reason Kamala Harris was there is because people knew that Trump was going to be a problem, but they brought a negative 50 in to compete against a zero. So no way was Kamala Harris better. Absolutely not. The question should be why in the United States of America in 2024 are these the two options we have to pick as the leader of the best free world in the world?
SPEAKER 14 :
But who do you think would have – I think that Trump is a man for this time because America has been on a trajectory that's not sustainable. Of course, then I look at the spending here.
SPEAKER 07 :
Who built that from 2016 to 2020?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, it was before 2016. It was before 2016.
SPEAKER 07 :
Look at the acceleration at 2016 to 2020 and the size of government and the intrusion at every level of local government. It accelerated in 2016 to 2020. And keep in mind, I was on the Trump advisory tag advisory committee during that four year period of time. I had a direct line to the White House. And it was the things that I was getting back, the feedback that I was getting, the people that I was communicating with. And the people who will not be a part of this Trump team because we learned in the first Trump fiasco, this is not the place we need to be going.
SPEAKER 14 :
But who would you say would be the person that could lead us out of this place that we have been heading? And I submit it, certainly there are things that happened with COVID, the big expansion of government. I agree with that. But I also think that the expansion of government was much, much earlier than Trump. And it was Obama and it was Clinton and it was the Bushes.
SPEAKER 07 :
So I think that that's... You haven't looked at the expansion under Trump, have you, Kim? Look at how much it expanded under Trump. Look what he's doing to the farm community. Continues to decimate the farm community by giving payments, by giving payments. And we're as bad as a crack-addicted person now. And the answer to your question was Ryan Binkley.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, I'm sorry. So my question was, who would you recommend? And you've got a name for us?
SPEAKER 07 :
Ryan Binkley. I was supporting Ryan Binkley through the entire Republican primary and had him on the air several times. And the man would have been the best person to begin the process. And we're not going to make it happen overnight. That's the issue. But he was the one in the field that you asked me who it was. That's who I chose and that's who I supported.
SPEAKER 14 :
And I don't know him. So we've got two minutes. Tell me about this guy.
SPEAKER 07 :
He's a businessman and a pastor from Dallas, Texas that just put God first, understood the power of we the people, and because he was the right one, at every turn, he was rejected. He did actually finish higher in most primaries than people give him credit for because anybody who met him, anybody that knew him, knew he was the real deal. And consequently, media didn't want you to know about him.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and coming in on the text line, there are a number of listeners that said that we are Trump supporters and we have these discussions because we have to have these discussions because these discussions are happening in our state and in our country. And we have to have these important discussions so that we can reclaim Colorado and reclaim America. So I appreciate you, Trent Luce. I'll be thinking a lot about this conversation throughout the week. And I think it's important to have them. So have a great week. What's your final thoughts you'd like to leave with our listeners?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, we talked about the tea party that occurred. We talked about it going to happen. We had our modern-day tea party in Bismarck in the Missouri River. It was fantastic. We need to replicate it all throughout this country.
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And I think that we are in the third founding of our country. And I'll try to get to some of these other text messages as well. But our quote for the end of the show is from Victor Hugo. And he said this, perseverance is the secret of all triumphs. So my friends today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you and God bless America.
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And fast on a rough road riding High through the mountains climbing Twisting, turning further from my home Young like a new moon rising Fierce through the rain and lightning Wandering out into this great home And I don't want no one to cry But tell them if I don't say
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In this episode of The Good News, Angie Austin is joined by Kenza Haddock, an inspiring woman who shares her incredible journey from Islam to Christianity. Kenza details the profound spiritual experience that led her to embrace a new faith, defying family expectations and societal norms. She discusses the pressures and anxieties she faced growing up and how a life-changing dream about Jesus transformed her outlook on life forever.
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Welcome to The Good News with Angie Austin. Now, with The Good News, here's Angie.
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Hey there, friend. Angie Austin here with The Good News along with Kenza Haddock. Kenza is joining us for the second time. Her book is The Ex-Muslim's Guide to Christianity. Welcome back, Kenza.
SPEAKER 04 :
Thank you so much, Angie.
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All right. So give everyone kind of a little review of your story and how you left your family and started a new life as a Christian. And you grew up as a Muslim and all of your siblings and your parents are still Muslims. Give us the lowdown.
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Yeah. So I grew up in an Islamic household and my understanding of life was that I was here for a certain amount of time. And during my time in life, I was supposed to satisfy these five pillars of Islam and energy. They were all works-based. And in Islam, there's no assurance of salvation. So talk about anxiety. My anxiety level was through the roof. And, I mean, works-based. I had to pray five times a day, fast 30 days out of the year. And even then... there was no connection with God. I believed in a God who didn't care about having a relationship with me. And I believed that he was the one true God who I referred to as Allah. And Muslims believe that any negative circumstance that happens to you is a direct, there's a direct correlation that it's Allah's punishment on your life. And so, oh yeah, by the age of 23, I was convinced that he hated me and believing that he was God. I mean, believing that the person who has the authority to send you to heaven or hell hates you. I lost the will to live and I became suicidal on top of being anxious. And I remember it was October 19th, 2012. I contemplated suicide. And as I was sitting on the couch and this fear came over me as I contemplated ending my life. And the fear came over me where I knew all of a sudden that I was spiritually bankrupt, that if I went through with ending my life, that I would end up in hell. And I didn't know what to do. I threw out all of the Islamic rituals and I just threw myself on the ground and cried out to God, whoever would hear me, whoever at the time. And I said, God, I know that you hate me. I know that I don't have any favor with you. Just show me the way to you. And I cried myself to sleep. And that was the night I had a dream about Jesus.
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No, I'm curious. Had you ever been introduced to Jesus? Did you know about Christianity? Had you ever, you know, did you have friends who were Christians?
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I had some friends who were Christians. We didn't talk about Christianity much. There was a friend in particular, he was a sergeant in the military. He was a recruiter. And he was just living by example. He wasn't, quote unquote, like trying to shove it down my throat. He was just telling me about it, but he never gave me a Bible. I wasn't allowed to touch a Bible as a Muslim. At least within the context of my family, we weren't allowed to. And what I believed was that Jesus was a prophet and that Christians were misled. Oh. Yes, that's what I believed.
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Well, so this dream was life-changing because you had reached the end of your rope, didn't really want to go on anymore, cried out to a God you thought hated you, and you were answered by a dream about Jesus.
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Oh, yes. Yes. And I felt a peace. Mind you, I had I mean, anxiety was my norm, a state of anxiety. And I felt a peace that I had never felt before when I when I saw Jesus. And so he's the real deal. And so I didn't know where to go from there. It took about 10 months for me to give my life to Jesus since the dream.
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Wow.
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That is, I mean, really, you're like a walking miracle in a way, because it's just crazy how this happened. You wouldn't even believe that this could happen to a person who was surrounded by a family so strong in their beliefs.
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Yeah. Yes. It speaks to the sovereignty of God as well, you know, the way he leads us. And I do, looking back, Angie, I believe that the Holy Spirit was leading, you know. He was leading me little by little. And I tell brothers and sisters in the faith now, I'm like, you know, you never know. Don't ever assume that a coworker knows how to get saved. Don't ever assume that a classmate or your neighbor knows how to walk with Jesus just because, you know, it doesn't matter where we live. Here in South Carolina, it's called the Bible Belt, but it doesn't matter where we live because I didn't know how to get safe. I thought I needed to take tests and pass quizzes, and I had no idea.
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Wow. All right, so you write the book that we've discussed before, The Ex-Muslim's Guide to Christianity. You've got a family now. You're married, you're a mom, and your family still tries to get you back. Your parents and your siblings still believe you should return to them and leave your Christian faith. And so you're constantly living under, I would assume, a little bit of fear or anxiety, even though you do have the peace that comes along with your relationship with Christ. And you write this book. What are some of the questions that you receive the most from people about the book or issues that you really feel you're helping people with?
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A lot of times, especially when I dealt with persecution from family, The questions I dealt with were, why would a family member try to come after you? Are you referring to questions from just anyone?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, just in general. If people said, hey, you wrote this book, what are people saying to you? What are you hearing? What's the feedback you're getting?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. I think a lot of people are surprised that... this sin of apostasy is dealt with here in the United States. I think a lot of, and I understand that. I understand the concern because we think that people only deal with that outside of the United States. We believe in, you know, freedom of religion. We're allowed to be believers if we want to follow Jesus here in the United States. Unfortunately, you know, Leaving Islam is not easy. It's not celebrated by family. And so that is something that has been a surprise to many. And so I explained that the Sharia law is clear that, you know, for apostates, they should be given an invitation to return. But at the end of the day, you know, leaving Islam is basically signing your own death warrants.
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It's so scary. I just admire your courage. You left your family because you believed that Jesus was the way and that you'd found this peace after not wanting to live anymore and now have this beautiful life and feel kind of a calling to talk to other people about Christianity. I'm assuming you get a lot of pushback as well about what you're doing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. A lot of times I think it's more so the question is, are you being politically correct? And it's not my my intention is not so much being politically correct. It's sharing the truth. And the truth is, Jesus is the Lord. I mean, at the end of the day, we are all going to face him as as a judge. And we're either going to go to heaven or go to hell. And, I mean, that's just the truth. It's not my opinion.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wait, I thought Muslims would be coming after you. You're saying people maybe who lean a little more liberal are saying that by you saying the ex-Muslims' guide to Christianity, Ken, said that somehow you're not being politically correct. You're not honoring them and their beliefs by you saying you switched yours and, hey, Christianity is something I want to tell you about.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. Yes, more so that. It's because I'm being more bold in my faith. It's like I'm choosing one side, but really I'm not. I'm just being on the side of truth.
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Yeah.
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Well, and here you are, a woman who really feels as though you have more rights now in your current lifestyle, and then people are telling you that, oh, it's not right the way that you're representing Islam and Christianity, and in a way you might be offending Muslims by doing that. But in reality, what I think people don't understand sometimes is that Your life now that you chose for yourself and that you're trying to open up and tell other people about is one with so much more freedom as a woman. I mean, we're not even talking fake, just as a woman.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, yes, absolutely. Oh, absolutely. I mean, I merely existed before. I mean, to the point where I was clinically looking back, I was clinically depressed and anxious. And now, yes, that's where I got boldness from.
SPEAKER 06 :
I mean, it's him. So tell me what you're teaching people, what you're telling people in the book, what you want them to take away from it.
SPEAKER 04 :
More so, you know, when I gave my life to Jesus... There were so many things that I had to face simultaneously. First, leaving family of origin. And so as a Muslim, my identity was tied to my family. Not only my sense of security, but also my identity. And my misconceptions about God were so... I mean, I had a whole list of them. And so what I... including the book, is we have to get to know Yahweh. That is so important. And thankfully, in Jesus, we have access to God. And so one of the warnings I issue to an ex-Muslim, and honestly, this goes to even someone who was raised in Catholicism. I've found that even friends who are raised in Catholicism or friends who were raised in certain denominations where they viewed their pastor as closer to God or a priest as closer to God, I explained, hey, no, as believers, we didn't receive the Holy Spirit Junior. No, we received the Spirit. We received the Holy Spirit. We have full access to God through Jesus. And so we get to know God get to understand that, yes, while he's sovereign, he's also merciful. And it's through that relationship that we get to know who we are. Because as an ex-Muslim, I had to learn that I was made in the image of God. That's That was not taught to me as a Muslim.
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Well, I want to make sure that people know how to reach you and how to find your book, The Ex-Muslim's Guide to Christianity, Kenza Haddock, H-A-D-D-O-C-K, Kenza, with a K. Give us your website.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, it's Kenza, K-E-N-Z-A, Haddock, H-A-D-D-O-C-K.com.
SPEAKER 06 :
excellent kenza haddock.com the ex-muslims guide to christianity and i just want to say thank you so much for all you're doing for others i just think that there's so many people out there who are going to read your book or who already have who may feel that there is a different way for them and that they may be able to find the freedom and the peace that you have and obviously your faith is so important to you so i can't thank you enough for being bold and being brave enough to write your book thank you so much kenza
SPEAKER 04 :
Thank you, Angie.
SPEAKER 06 :
You bet. I hope to have you back again.
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Hey there, Angie Austin here with the good news, along with two of my favorite good news gals, Michelle, Ron and Beatrice Bruno. Good morning to you, Beatrice. Good morning. God bless you this morning. You too. Well, I guess afternoon now and Michelle, good afternoon to you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, thank you. It's a great day to be here. That's for sure.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right. So every week we have a word of the week from our retired teacher, Michelle A. Ron dot com. What do you have for us this week, Michelle?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, this is, it's a slang. It's slang, and I will explain it, but it is FOMO, and it is spelled F-O-M-O. Oh, we know it. Oh, I'm sure you do, because you're a mom of a teenager. So, I just spent a week with our whole family. There were 10 of us. at the lake of the ozarks and we didn't go out of the area um in other words we did no grocery shopping we did nothing we spent the entire week of swimming and boating and eating and cards and eating and sleeping and playing old game shows and eating again and i just i loved oh and i need to tell you the ages i had Three of my perfect grandchildren in college.
SPEAKER 06 :
Did you leave the other crummy one behind? The crummy one?
SPEAKER 05 :
No, no, no. They're coming. They're coming. My one perfect grandson in high school who will be a senior. And then my one youngest perfect grandchild will be in seventh grade. But I loved listening and conversing. with all of them. And it's just amazing what one generation can learn from another. And so this language that I learned was brand new to me. But yes, dear Angie, I am sure that you are well aware of it. And the phrase or the word or the slang, whatever you call it, is FOMO. And it stands for fear of missing out. And one night, Um, my, my, uh, one granddaughter in who's in college was on the couch and it was late. It was late. We'd had a busy day of being out in the sun and she was all wrapped up in a blanket and. And a couple of the other adults had gone to bed. And so I said, well, Mia, aren't you? Are you tired, honey? Go on to bed. No, no, no, no. No, I don't want to. I have FOMO, Grandma. You what? You what? And she said she didn't want to miss out on anything. She had fear of. of missing out on something. So she gave me sentences to help put this all in text. And it says, I don't want to have FOMO. So I'm going to go to the movies with my friends instead of taking a nap. I didn't want to go to bed because I was having FOMO. So I stayed up later and hung out with everyone. And I just got the biggest hit out of that. And So I've tried to be aware of FOMO. And she said, and Grandma, there's a lot of other ones. There's, oh gosh, how is it? YOLO. You only live once. And so now what I'm suggesting to all of our listeners, that absolutely none of us want to have FOMO. in our relationship with our Jesus Christ. We have to make that choice, that decision, to accept Christ as our Savior, because literally there's no gray area. It's an either-or, and now is the time. And the fear is real if we miss out on Christ. The fear is going to help. Or am I going to be with Jesus and go to heaven? So FOMO is real. And I just want to throw that out there for people like me that didn't know about the slang or whatever you call it. Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
I have one question before I let Beatrice chime in here. Her fear of missing out wasn't with her friends or contacting people back home. It was fear of missing out on the family gathering. Is that right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Correct. Right. Oh. Because the rest of us were all still up, and she didn't want to miss out on anything.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, that makes me so happy that a college kid wanted to be with you, that she didn't want to be in a room holed up with her phone talking to her friends, that she didn't, she had a fear of missing out on the fun with grandma and her siblings and cousins and aunts.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, right. Speaking of the phone, the phone was kind of off limits in a big way. And for Grandma, too, because Grandma is... I'm tied to that phone. So I'm honestly probably worse than the teenagers on that one. But it was a good time. It was a good time to be together. And again, you know, if we just listen to other generations, and they listen to us, I mean, it's important... They need us, and we need them. Oh, my goodness. We need each other.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I'll never forget, Beatrice, I think you were with us. We were in the studio maybe 10 years ago, and I think the show is going on like 12 years now. I just got an anniversary letter from Crawford Broadcasting.
SPEAKER 03 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, the owner. He always writes me every year, and it was very complimentary. Everybody says the show is great and local, and local radio is a rarity these days. A lot of it's just... So it's not local per se. I won't call them out, like exactly call them out. But here's what Michelle said, Beatrice, and then you feed into this. She said, my one regret if I could do something differently is I would have leaned, listened to Jesus more when I was younger, like when I was raising my kids. And I'll never forget her saying that. And so that's kind of what you're talking about here, fear of missing out, that we don't want to miss out that opportunity with Jesus. So your turn, Beatrice.
SPEAKER 07 :
Mm-hmm. You know, this was just really good. Mimi, I love that word that, wow, and that illustration you use with your family. And, you know, in the society that we're in right now, we are so scared of missing out on stuff. You know, we forget all about the Lord and what he wants us to do. And that brings me to Romans 12 and two, where it says, and be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. And I always add at the end of that for you. You know, what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God for me? Because I don't want to miss out on what God has for me. And oftentimes we get so caught up in the world and the things that's going on in the world that we miss out on what's really important. And, you know, I'm glad that your granddaughter, you know, Miss College Girl, I'm glad she grasped that and said, I don't want to miss out on what the family is doing. You know, we should be at a place in our lives where we don't want to miss out what God is doing. Yesterday morning when I was on my walk, I was almost done. I do about five miles a day, five days a week. And I was coming to the end of it. And I always pass by Wendy's out there on Colfax. And when I passed by the sign they had out there, I saw this guy. He was laying on the ground and he was just getting up. And somebody else was laying on the ground next to him. And as I walked past, the Lord said, go into Wendy's and buy them some food. And I said, and at first I was like, I don't know about that, Lord. I'm kind of struggling myself, God. And then it just hit me. I said, let me go into Wendy's. I got them a cup of coffee each and I got them a sausage biscuit each and some potatoes and got the, you know, the creamer and sugar and all that stuff, took it out there to them. And when I gave it to them, these it was a guy and a lady and they looked at me like, thank you so much. And I said, hey, and I gave it to him and they said it on the ground and the guy sat back down. He was going to eat. And I said, hey, let me pray for you guys. And I prayed for him. And I said, Father, please show them who they are. God. Show them what you have got them here on this earth for, Father. And Lord, raise them up like never before. And I put my hands on both their shoulders and stuff. And, you know, most people will say, oh, well, I'm not touching them because they've been living. You better get you better. You miss it out. You're missing out on what God is telling you to do. And when I finished praying for them, the guy, he looked at my face and he was you could tell that he was so grateful. He said, thank you so much. OK, and I got up and I walked on back to the apartment, you know, but see my fear of missing out. OK, I was like, Lord, I don't want to miss out on any of the moves that you have for me to be in this particular season in my life. And so I didn't miss out on that because I was obedient to the call of God to go in and spend eleven dollars and some change for food for these people that's down on their luck. They may be on drugs. I don't care. That's not my problem. That's between them and God. But my thing is to do what God is saying to do. And see, God is looking for people right now that will have that FOMO in them and say, no, I don't want to miss out on what God is doing right now. Lord, help me to be attuned and in alignment with what you're doing. And that's that's what I love. That's what your granddaughter was like. OK, I want to be aligned and in tune with my family because we're having a good time and I don't want to miss nothing. And that's how we should be right now. So that's my take on it, Angie. Hallelujah.
SPEAKER 06 :
I just, I still am just, it makes me so happy that a grandkid in college felt that way. That just really makes me happy. And I love it that the phones were limited. And we did just do a vacation where I would say it was like 10% a little bit stressful for me just because kids argue a lot when they're all three teenagers. And we brought a friend and my daughter wanted to keep the friend to herself. You know, like, this is my friend and no one else can play checkers with her and no one else can be paddleboarding while we're paddleboarding. I'm like, oh... I don't know if I told you guys, I said, oh, that's a great idea, Hope. You and your friend go out there and paddleboard and then I'll get a TikTok video of your sister Faith crying on the shore watching you. Like, what? Right. Like, I'm going to make her stand on the shore and not go because you have a friend that you're paddleboarding with.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Anyway, we played so many games and had so much fun on the boat and things really did turn around after we established that other people could speak to the friend in the family. I'm like, we all like this friend. That's why we invited her. Yeah. I'm like, we're sharing the friend. And so, yeah, but it's funny because if I bring one of you, like you guys are my friend, Jennifer Bishop or Beatrice. You've been around my kids quite a bit. Like if I brought one of you, Hope would glom on to you. And I told her once, I'm like, hey, this time I brought my friend, Jennifer. Like you stop trying to hog her because any friend, Hope's going to claim the friend. You know, she's going to be best friends with them. But I just love... The idea of getting together with family and really setting boundaries so that they say they have FOMO and they don't want to miss out on all the fun with the family. And I think a lot of us need to take a real hard look at our relationship with the Lord. And are we? Are we missing out? And we should have the fear of missing out, as Michelle mentioned, and not get so busy in our lives that we neglect that relationship. And then, you know, like you said, Michelle, and you're one that totally leans on the Lord, you and Beatrice both. When you said that, that I just wish I would have listened to the Lord more. It did really strike me. And then I even thought, well, how? How do you do it? And we've talked about that before and we can again about your different rituals when it comes to your prayer time. And I have to write things down or I feel like I hear nothing per se. But I just appreciate both of you. Beatrice, you're speaking, you're writing. You would love to do more speaking events. So how do people reach you?
SPEAKER 07 :
Beatrice at Drill Sergeant of Life dot com.
SPEAKER 06 :
Anything cool coming up or anything you want to tell us about?
SPEAKER 07 :
I'm going to be speaking at the Optimist National Convention on August the 19th in Fort Morgan.
SPEAKER 06 :
I'm excited about that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I'm excited about that. And, you know, the Optimist Club, that's a really good organization because they're all about the youth. OK, and they are giving back to these youth. And I just I love what they're doing with the youth.
SPEAKER 06 :
I love it, too. All right. How about you, Michelle?
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, Michelle A. Ron dot com and nothing coming up. But, you know, God's in charge, and I'd love to be with anybody that would allow me the privilege. Thanks. Amen. All right.
SPEAKER 06 :
God bless you both, and thanks for joining us on The Good News.
SPEAKER 07 :
God bless you all. Love you all. Bye-bye.
SPEAKER 02 :
Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM670 KLTT.
In this episode of The Flatline, Rick Hughes delves into the core principles that define a believer's spiritual journey. Discover the 10 problem-solving devices designed to enhance your spiritual IQ and navigate the challenges of life. Through the lens of God's Word, Rick educates listeners on how to block adversity from morphing into internal stress, emphasizing that while adversity is unavoidable, stress is a choice. The highlight of this episode is the exploration of God's loving discipline, as Rick guides us through scriptures that remind us of the divine wisdom encapsulated in God's reproof. He intricately explains how God's love administers discipline, offering a roadmap for repentance and spiritual growth. This episode is both a wake-up call and a source of spiritual encouragement, emphasizing the essential role of God's love in the life of a believer. Listeners will gain insights into the spiritual battles waged within every believer, understanding the conflict between the Holy Spirit and the sin nature. Rick offers practical advice on how to recognize the control patterns of sin and how to effectively rebound through confession and restoration, thus maintaining a healthy spiritual life that honors God's love.
SPEAKER 01 :
Welcome to The Flatline with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you'll be inspired, motivated, educated, but never manipulated. Now, your host, Rick Hughes.
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Good morning and welcome to The Flatline. I'm your host, Rick Hughes, and for the next few minutes, you have a cordial invitation to stick around. 30 minutes of motivation, some inspiration, some education, all without any manipulation. The Flatline is about learning God's tremendous problem-solving devices. If you do that, if you can verify and identify those 10 things we talk about, then you can orient and adjust and use them in your life and stop the outside sources of adversity before they ever become the inside source of stress because adversity, as you know, is inevitable, but stress is optional. You've heard me say it before, God gave you two ends, one of them you sit with, one of them you think with. You better learn which one to use because it's heads you win, tails you lose. And this show is going to give you information, no emotion, not playing with your emotions. We're here to give you some information because you got a brain just like me. Now, some people have a higher IQ than I do, maybe lower IQ than me, but some people just middle of the rotors like me. But in God's wonderful plan, human IQ is never an issue. The human IQ that we have can be supplemented by learning God's Word and staying filled with the Holy Spirit, and then we develop a spiritual IQ. Yes, if you use Rebound, problem-solving device number one, to make sure that you deal with your known sin, that guarantees that you can stay filled with the Holy Spirit. And then if you take the Word of God that you learn under a well-qualified pastor in your local church as he teaches you God's Word and you apply it into your life and then use your volition to apply it, you know, you can say positive volition or negative volition. Yes, I will do it. No, I won't do it. But if you apply what you learn from your pastor, then you can have some spiritual IQ in your life, which I call spiritual x-ray vision. You have discernment, you have understanding, you have wisdom, and that's what wisdom does. It gives you spiritual x-ray vision so that you can see what people don't see. You can understand the deceptions and the delusions that Satan throws your way. So please, let's stick with me. Listen up, learn, and apply into your life. As I told you before, these shows are all podcasts on our podcast platforms, and that's Apple Podcasts or Spotify Podcasts or Anchor Podcasts. All are there listed as The Flot Line, F-L-O-T. And we always have transcripts of all of these radio shows, all during the year 2019. We now have completed three volumes of transcripts. Every radio show that I taught, 52 shows in the year of 2019 is in print in three different volumes. If you'd like a copy, it's free. We'll be glad to send it to you. All you have to do is contact us through the website, rickhughesministries.org, rickhughesministries.org. Let us know and we'll send it right on out to you. Today we want to talk about something that's very important to us. All of us need to understand this and learn this. I'm going to give you three verses and listen carefully. You may have to apply these to your life. I hope not. But it deals with how the love of God, because we have been studying how God loves you. We've done six lessons on that. So this is going to deal with how the love of God administers discipline to us. How the love of God administers discipline to us. Beginning in Revelation 3.19, those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent. A lot of people can't handle that word repent because there's several different words, metanoeo, metamelema, metanoia, three different Greek words for repent. But repent basically means to change your mind, change the way you think. Your spiritual life is lived in your soul, and in your soul is your mentality. And the Bible says, let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus. That's dealing with how you think. The Bible also says this. The Bible says, stop thinking of self in terms of arrogance beyond what you should think. But think in terms of sanity as God has assigned to each one of us a standard of thinking from his word. That's Romans 12, 3 in a modified expanded translation. So when we say repent, it means to change the way you think. Those that I love, I reprove. That's the discipline that God puts into our life. I reprove and I discipline. Therefore, hurry up, be zealous, do this quickly, and change what you're thinking. In Psalm 7.9b, part of that verse, Psalm 7, verse 9, the b part of the verse, for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds, parentheses, of each one of us. The righteous God tries the heart and minds of each one of us. So there's nothing you can hide from God. He can see what's in your mind. He can see what's in your heart. Now listen carefully. In the New Testament, the mind is called the nous, the N-O-U-S, and the heart is called the cardia, K-A-R-D-I-A, cardia. So the nous is where the information assimilates when your pastor teaches it to you. And the card is where it needs to go because it's never wisdom till it gets into your heart. Just because you heard it and understood it doesn't mean you've applied it yet. And so God is looking at you to see what's in your heart and what you're listening to, what you're learning, what you can apply. And that's the critical thing. He's always checking us out. The justice of God is always checking us out. In Hebrews 12, five through 11 says, And you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons. My sons, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him. That means that God may have to sometimes take us to the woodshed to get our attention. Sometimes that happens because we get out of fellowship with God. We'll talk about that here as we go through this. Verse 6, Hebrews 12, 6, For those whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and he scourges every son he receives. It is for discipline that you endure because God deals with you as with a son. For what son is there with whom the father does not discipline? Verse 8, but if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not really a son. But furthermore, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them. Shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time, as it seemed best to them. But he disciplines us for our good, so that we may share his holiness. And there's talking about the difference between our earthly father and our heavenly father. Those that God loves, he disciplines. So it is possible. It may be probable that what you're going through right now, what you think is bad luck, what you think is a run of bad luck may actually be discipline. It may be God dropping the hammer on you to get your attention. All discipline, all discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful but sorrowful. That's verse 11. Yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. So it's not fun to go under discipline, but it's imperative that we have it to get our attention. God must get our attention sometimes because we sometimes wander off down the my way highway and he does the discipline to get us back. Proverbs 15, 10 says, grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way, but he who hates reproof will die. So listen carefully. He will discipline us. What son is there whom the father does not discipline? All of us get disciplined as children of God. He scourges every son whom he receives. It's the discipline that we endure. So there's warning discipline when God has to get your attention. It may be from reading a verse in the Bible. It may be from seeing a sign on the side of the road. It may be from hearing a preacher on the TV or radio. But somehow or another, the Holy Spirit reaches out and gets your attention. And then you can respond to that by confessing your sin. Or you can ignore that and keep going merrily down the my way highway using your volition to quench and grieve the Holy Spirit. And if that warning doesn't work, then the intense discipline comes, the scourging. Sometimes he's just going to have to take you out behind the woodshed to get your attention and give you an attitude adjustment. And if that doesn't work, well, this verse goes on to say, grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way, but he who hates the reproof of God shall die. There is something called dying discipline. And this is when God's not able to get your attention. This is when you're so much wrapped up in your own arrogance and your own self-righteousness that you're not listening, not paying attention, and you don't care. So just like your earthly father disciplined us, God disciplines you. And listen again carefully. Furthermore, this is verse 9, Hebrews 12. Furthermore, we had earthly fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Now listen. Shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits and live? Did you hear that? And live. And then I go back to Proverbs 15, 10. Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way, but the one who hates reproof will die. There's the difference, living and dying. It's possible that you can check yourself out way too soon because of your arrogance and not responding to the discipline of God and becoming hardened in your heart. So let's get you some principles down that hopefully will help explain what I'm talking about here today. One, when we believe in Jesus Christ, God's anointed son, we enter into a post-salvation spiritual life. That's after we get saved. And that mandates for us that we are to love God and love our fellow man. That's what the Bible talks about. Love God and love your neighbor. So you have to have virtue love, personal love for God, and impersonal love for your neighbors. That's part of the problem-solving devices. Problem-solving device number six and seven. Personal, well, actually seven and eight. Personal love for God is number seven. Impersonal love for all is number eight. By the way, there's a bookmark with all of these problem-solving devices on it. If you'd like to get it, just write to us. We'll send you... as many as you need, and you can stick it in your Bible to find your place every now and then. But it helps you remember what those 10 problem-solving devices are. And we need to do a review on that for you, probably. But when we believe in Christ, we enter into this post-salvation spiritual life. which mandates that we have love. And all believers, all of us are beneficiaries of God's love, you and me together. And because God's love did not reject us. Remember John 3, 16, God so loved the world, all of us. But what we do, we reject the love of God. His love doesn't reject us. We reject it. When we reject the spiritual life, we're rejecting the love of God. You know, the Bible says, cursed is a man who trusteth in man. That's rejecting the spiritual life. And the Bible talks about you having this artificial wisdom in Proverbs 3, 7. The wisdom, the fool thinks he's smarter than God, rejecting the spiritual life. If we reject the spiritual life, we're rejecting the love of God because this is something he gave you. This is how he prepares you and equips you to live in the devil's world. So if you reject the spiritual life, what's gonna happen? If you're a Christian and you reject the spiritual life, you're going to come under the divine discipline. So here's the principle. One, if you have known sin in your life and you haven't confessed that sin to God, you may be out of fellowship with God. Number two, If you're a Christian and you're not growing consistently in God's word, taking it in and learning it, you may be out of fellowship with God. Remember the Bible says, study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. That's a mandate. That's a requirement. That's not a request. Growing the grace and the knowledge of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a mandate, a requirement, not a request. So if you're not growing, if you're not studying, if you're not advancing in the spiritual life, you're sinning. You're disobeying the mandates. And this discipline that God brings into our life is not because he's mad at us. It's because he's disappointed in us and he loves us and he wants to keep us from self-destructing. So we have to understand the love of God is one of the most important things in our spiritual life. He's equipped me. He preserves me. He protects me. And he disciplines me when I step in the wrong direction to get me back onto the right road. And this may be what's happening in your life. Maybe this is why you're having financial problems. Maybe this is why you're having marriage problems. Maybe this is why you're having social problems. Maybe this is why everything keeps tearing up, breaking down, going crazy, because God is trying to get your attention. Are you listening to him? Look at your life. Look at the sin in your life. Admit your sin. Go to the Father and admit it. David said, when I withheld my sin, I about dried up and died. Psalm 32, 5. But when I went to the Lord and admitted my sin, he cleansed me. In 1 John 1, 9, if we confess our sin, he's faithful and just to forgive us. You can't keep living a lie. As a Christian, you can't keep hiding in the darkness, acting like no one knows what you're doing. The Father knows, and the discipline is there, and that may be what you're going through right now. So number two, yielding to the temptations of this world or the temptations of the flesh or the temptations of the devil is will result in you using your volition to go negative to the mandates of God. And when you do that, then you submit to control of your sin nature. That's what you do. When you yield to the temptations of the world, the flesh or the devil, you use your volition, part of the format of your soul, to go negative to the love of God, the mandates he gave you. Thus you submit yourself to your sin nature controlling yourself. Paul talked about it in Romans 7.15 about the sin nature. Listen to what I read to you, 7.15 through 20. Romans, for what I am doing, I do not understand. For I am not practicing what I would like to practice, but I'm doing the very thing I hate. But if I do the very thing I don't want to do, then I'm agreeing with the law, confessing the law is good. So now no longer am I the one doing it, but it's sin which dwells in me. That's the flesh. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing to do good is present in me, but the doing of good is not present. For the good things that I want to do, I don't do, but I practice the very evil things I don't want to do. But if I'm doing the very things I don't want to do, then it's no longer me doing it, but the sin nature that dwells in me. There's a battle going on inside of you. Every day there's a battle inside of you. Your sin nature may raise its ugly head on the interstate driving to work. Your sin nature may raise its ugly head when your in-laws come around. I don't know. It's about to be tax season and your sin nature may raise its ugly head with that one. Or maybe politics gets you out of fellowship. But you have a sin nature. And if you submit to your sin nature, if you allow your volition to choose that, well, once your sin nature seizes control, it'll turn to the lure of the cosmic system to fulfill its desires. Once your sin nature seizes control, it will turn to the lure of the cosmic system to fulfill its desires. The cosmic system is Satan's world, what Satan offers you. It's the spirit of the times, the zeitgeist. It's out there spinning around, and it's luring you. Come on over here. Do this. Come on over here. Try this. Here's a good time. Here's fun. This is what you need to be doing. And many a Christian has been sucked into this sort of stuff. Like a duck decoy. When a duck hunter's got the decoys out and he's quacking away and the duck flies over and sees the decoys and said, oh my, look, let's go down and join them. And bam, they get wasted. That's what happens to you. You get decoyed. You get diverted. Satan is really good at decoys and diversion in your life. And you can't let the lure of the cosmic system take control of you. In Galatians 5, 17, the flesh sets its desire against the spirit. The spirit sets its desire against the flesh. And these are in opposition to one another so you may not do the things you please. This is the battle you have every day. This is the fight that goes on in your life. If you're like me, if you're a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and you have a sin nature, your sin nature may even be on steroids. I don't know. I mean, that may be hopped up sin nature, but you have a sin nature. Now, some people get rid of the legalist. And I remember meeting a guy one time telling me he didn't sin. And the time we got through talking, he was so mad at me, he was sinning. Yeah, you got to sin, nature. But you may be a legalist. You may think you're a good person because you don't smoke, drink, chew, or run around with those that do. Or you may be a lascivious on the other end of the totem pole. You may be a wild child and when your sin nature gets in control, there's no telling what you're liable to do if you drink too much or you say too much or do too much. Sin natures have different trends and different patterns. And the hardest one to see is the legalistic person. Because the self-righteous legalistic person will judge you and hammer you and control you quicker than anyone if you let him. So here we have the sin nature, the flesh controlling, wanting to control your body, the spirit wanting to control your body. What this is talking about is the way you think, your thoughts, your motives and desires. If you let the sin nature take over, it will lure you into the cosmic system with no returning probably. But if you let the Holy Spirit control you, then he will lead you and guide you as a tutor and a mentor. As Jesus Christ, our Lord said, I'm going away, but I'll send my spirit and he'll be your tutor. And he will guide you into truth. And so you have this Holy Spirit living in you. But if you quench him and you grieve him, he can't do his job. That's why you have to rebound and put him back in control of your life. So again, Galatians 5, 17, the flesh sets its desire against the spirit. And the spirit against the flesh, these are battling. They're battling every day. Who's going to control your thoughts? And then the Bible goes on to say these are in opposition one to another so that you may not do the very things you want to do. The concept is the sin nature never, ever turns back to God. Once you let the sin nature get in control, it only ventures out deeper and deeper and deeper into sin and into evil. So in order to break the control of your sin nature, you must first recognize what's going on. You have to recognize the trends and the patterns of your sin nature. and what you're likely to do when you let your sin nature take control. And the only way you can do that is by the convicting ministry of the Holy Spirit. The only way you can break control, once you submit to the sin nature, once your volition goes negative to God, you're trapped by the lure of the world, the flesh of the devil, and you sin, you fall into the trap. The only way to get out of it is for the convicting ministry of the Holy Spirit to make you aware of what's happened. And if he convicts you, then you have to make a decision to confess your sin and return to the spiritual life. And this is where you allow the Holy Spirit to gain control once again. And listen, you may have to do this seven or eight times a day, maybe more. until you understand what's going on, until you get a hold of your life and your emotions and these desires that you have. This is a battle. This is what the Bible says. It's a battle. It's a war. It is. It's a war for your thoughts. So once you're convicted, you have to make the decision. I'm going to go to God. I'm going to confess my sin. I'm going to walk away from the sin. I'm going to let the Holy Spirit have control. But you know what? The sin may come back tomorrow. What do you do then? You confess it again and confess it again. Anytime you sin, you go to God and confess it. God's not counting sins. He's not got a bean counter out there saying, okay, now you've done this 23 times and I'm not going to forgive you for it anymore. That's not true. If we confess our sin, the Bible says he's faithful. He does it every time. He's just. He doesn't compromise his righteousness. He's faithful and just to forgive us of our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness every time we do it. You may sin 20 times a day and confess your sin 20 times a day, and you'll get in and out of fellowship 20 times a day. But the idea is not to let the sin nature control your life over lengthy periods of time. You have to confess your sin. You have to get back in fellowship because if you fail to rebound, if you fail to recover, then you're opening the door to God's discipline because you quenched and grieved the Holy Spirit. There are some mandates in the Bible about that. In 1 Thessalonians 5, 19, don't quench the Holy Spirit. And in Ephesians 4.30, don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you're sealed until the day of redemption. That's the day you walk away from death into eternity. So you can grieve the Holy Spirit and you can quench him. Quenching him means to shut off his power, like taking a garden hose and crimping it so the water can't come out of it. Once you quench the Holy Spirit, he can't sustain your spiritual life and you grieve him. You grieve him, you understand that? So he doesn't cry, he doesn't get sad, but you grieve the Holy Spirit. He recognizes he's disappointed in you. He disapproves of what you're doing. Every bit of punishment, every bit of discipline that comes to us as believers from the Supreme Court of Heaven is always based on God's personal love for us. He loves you. He's not doing this to hurt you. He's doing this to deliver you, to get you to respond and recover. So it comes under warning discipline, it comes under intense discipline, and it comes under dying discipline. But if you fail to rebound and admit your sin, then it can result in unbearable suffering from the prolonged discipline of God. If you stay in the arrogant system long enough, you're going to be miserable. You're going to be miserable. You may already be miserable. And this may be the reason why. Oh, I pray that you will wake up and realize this. I pray you will take a look at yourself and see what's going on in your life because you have an option to rebound and get restored to fellowship. And you have the option to ignore what I'm telling you and ignore that. And the warning discipline will move into your life from in warning to intense discipline. maybe even dying discipline. But you can still rebound. You can still receive forgiveness. You can still be restored to fellowship if you will admit it to your Father. It always takes God's love to keep us in line. The material believer needs the love of God to discipline him, to keep him in line. We don't want to live and learn. We want to learn and then live. Live and learn means you make mistakes and learn from your mistakes. It's best not to make those mistakes, I promise you. Learn and live begins with rebound, and we are punished by God because we didn't use the divine solution. We quenched and grieved the Holy Spirit. We're not obeying the mandates of the spiritual life, so we're not learning and living. We're living and then learning the hard way. So the divine punishment from the integrity of God is administered with exactly the same divine love as is his divine blessing. God loves you. He will discipline you to correct you, to deliver you, to get you to see what's going on in your life. I pray you'll respond. I pray you'll listen. I pray you see yourself. Take a look in the mirror. See what's going on so you know who you really are. I hope you're listening. I hope you're responding, and I hope you'll stay in touch. Come back next Sunday, same time, same place, and learn some more and apply it into your life. That's my prayer. I hope you'll do that. If we can help, don't hesitate to go to the website and drop us a note. Until then, this is your host, Rick Hughes, saying thank you for listening to The Flatline.
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Thank you for listening to The Floodline with your host, Rick Hughes. If you'd like to contact Rick, please write to him at P.O. Box 100, Cropwell, Alabama, 35054, or online at www.rickhughesministries.org.
Prepare to be impressed by the 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid's unparalleled all-season performance and comfort. Our hosts take you on a journey through its comprehensive features, from charging ports to its hybrid system, making it an ideal choice for families and tech-savvy drivers alike. Discover the benefits of longer drives without frequent fuel stops. This episode showcases how the CR-V Hybrid can effortlessly fit into your lifestyle with its enhanced cargo capacity and the ability to handle Colorado's unpredictable weather. Before you visit your local Honda dealership, tune in to our perspective and let our review guide you in making an informed choice. For more insights and past car reviews, be sure to visit RushToReason.com and Drive-Radio.com.
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All right, one of those opportunities. We have a couple to do. What's your next one on the docket here?
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Yeah, so this is, again, a really competitive class that we're going to get into this next one, which is kind of that small SUV class. This is the 2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid, Dad. And so that market is really, really competitive. And folks, if you want to know all the different ones in there... encourage you to you know kind of go check them out um but this is no significant changes for 2025 folks they kind of redesigned the crv back in 2023 um this is the i guess kind of the middle tier data of the honda suv market right there's a little bit larger vehicles um in in this class for them fuel economy we just mentioned in our previous review 40 and 34 for an average of 37 dad this vehicle as price and we mentioned this is the all-wheel drive sport touring model 42605 so you get the hybrid system on it dad and you get kind of pretty much all the bells and whistles um that you would get on a crv dad essentially within this model and you're just over forty thousand dollars lots of touch i guess kind of soft touch material throughout it's got 39.3 cubic feet of cargo capacity behind its rear seat so again this is a technically a five passenger suv dad but really kind of four full-size adults can fit pretty easily but again almost 40 cubic feet of cargo room in the back which is really really phenomenal and one thing again dad we talked we talked about it with this hybrid technology You and I, when we do quite a bit of driving, we would be able to go a little over a week without fueling up this vehicle.
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That's huge.
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And that's something that can be said, especially for folks that are in the market for this car, Dad, which maybe moms, families, where fueling up is time. And maybe you forget, right? You're going from one kid event to the next.
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Right.
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And it's hard to do. And so being able to go longer without a massive price increase, Dad, it's a really, really great feature that I like. and I encourage folks to check it out. Honestly, we could sit here a lot. They've got lots of charging ports, auto dimming mirror, you know, 12-volt power outlets all throughout this car. I could sit here and kind of tell you all the different features, but we'd be here for forever. So I encourage folks that. Check it out. It's one of my more favorite of the small SUVs, especially with this hybrid dad and especially here in Colorado, with the all-wheel drive that was on this model. It makes it really great for all of the weather that we get here just because you can never tell in Colorado. So we encourage folks, check it out. Hedge your local Honda dealership. And when you do that, let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush to Reason sent you.
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All right, before I let you go, too, for all of you listening, remember, we've got car reviews that go back a long time. So some of you may even be in the market for a new used car, wanting to know one from another. And that's a whole other topic, by the way, because a lot of it has to do with, you know, who owned the vehicle before, how it was maintained and so on. But in general, to find out, hey, what did we think of that car when it was new? We've got all those reviews out there as well. So, Richard, thanks. I appreciate it very much. I'll let you go.
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Sounds great.
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See you guys. All right. This is John Rush from Rush to Reason and Drive Radio. Thank you so much for listening. Check out more of our podcasts at RushToReason.com or Drive-Radio.com.
In this episode of Rush to Reason, John and Richard delve into the details of the newly released 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid. With its impressive fuel economy, spacious interior, and family-friendly features, this SUV stands out in the midsize SUV category. Richard shares his driving experience and insights on the vehicle's performance and practicality. Listeners get to explore the Grand Highlander's new Nightshade package, which adds a darker and more stylish theme to the already popular model. Join us as we discuss why this hybrid is an excellent choice for families looking for an efficient and reliable vehicle. Discover how the Grand Highlander combines traditional Toyota efficiency with modern design elements to create a versatile and comfortable driving experience. Don't miss out on this in-depth review and find out if the Grand Highlander Hybrid is the right fit for your needs.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Time of the week where we do some car reviews, Richard. And what have you driven lately?
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Yeah, I drove a really, well, I guess one of my more enjoyable cars, to be honest with you, of late. And that's for the value and just for a lot of things. And that's the 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid. And this was the nightshade package, which we'll kind of get into. As it sits at $56,818, again, for that hybrid. fuel economy 36 and 32 for an average of 34 and the reason i'm leading off with that is because that to me is one of the best selling features of this car and we've talked about this in the past right with toyota and their hybrid systems and just the hybrid um especially with fuel prices there the hybrid uh system is really second to none and and what we mean by that is just it works really well dad and it gives you an extra i don't know i would say 10 to potentially 20 percent of added range onto the vehicle just to that extra fuel economy it works really well it's simple to obviously simple to operate you don't have to do anything and then on the highlander itself dad so the grand highlander is basically a highlander just bigger right it gives you a little bit more room that third row is a little bit more spacious there's a little bit more room behind the third row. It's not of these large SUV variety data. It's still kind of that midsize SUV, but it's still a great value for the vehicle. And again, you have, it's got a, let me see here, the base hybrid is a 245 horsepower base hybrid engine. And this is second for the model year, Dad. It was introduced in 2024, but it's obviously 2025 now. It really is phenomenal. The interior apportionments are everything that you'd want. There's a bunch of cup holders, great center storage space for purses or for all of the kids' nonsense that you would say. When you have kids running around, it's got enough room in the middle row for Two booster seats or two kind of full-size seats. This model had the captain's chairs, which worked really nice. People could get back to that third row if they needed. And like I said, the fuel economy really is great on this hybrid. And you've driven the Highlanders in the past.
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Great car.
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And it's one of your more favorite kind of midsize SUVs.
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Yeah, great-sized car. It's positioned very well as far as in its class. In fact, I think, to your point, in the Grand Highlander being a little bit larger, I mean, it really is outside of probably the minivan choice or stepping up into a full-bore, you know, body-on-frame SUV. This is going to be one of your top choices for the money.
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It is that, and that nightshade, it sort of just kind of adds a little bit, it adds a darker theme, right? I don't have all of the effects as far as what it does, but it is exactly that. It kind of adds a little bit different and some darker texture to it and different features that way. But it's, again, like you say, that it's a really efficient vehicle. And what we mean by that, folks, is outside of the hybrid, just how it's designed. And it really is family-focused, family-centered. All of the controls are available for you. You've got heated and ventilated seats. I think you have a heated steering on this. You have a 360-degree... camera system. That's a really great feature. You've got a panoramic roof on this, on the vehicle, Dad. You also have the panoramic view monitoring system. Again, really a fun car. I enjoyed driving it. Owned a hybrid, or not a hybrid, owned an original Highlander, I should say, not the Grand Highlander before, Dad. And this extra room was really nice, but it didn't make the car feel that much bigger.
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Gotcha.
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Folks, if you're interested, head to your local Toyota dealer. Test drive, again, 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid. And when you do that, let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush to Reason sent you.
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This is John Rush from Rush to Reason and Drive Radio. Thank you so much for listening. Check out more of our podcasts at RushToReason.com or Drive-Radio.com.
A critical discussion unfolds regarding the content appropriateness of children’s shows, with Dana voicing concerns about overstepping boundaries during Gay Pride Month. On a lighter note, the episode delves into wild wonders like how a meatball the size of the human race would look and Meta's stride towards an emissions-free future via nuclear energy.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
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A Florida man was in he got in trouble because he apparently was scamming elderly people out of money while already behind bars for scamming elderly people out of money. A 92-year-old dude from Sun City Center, Florida, is out $800,000. He got catfished by a 37-year-old dude who's behind bars. People have got to be... O.T. Swinton. He was arrested. He's been charged with multiple accounts of fraud. And this has happened like a million... People have got to be so careful with this stuff. Oh, my gosh. You just... You can't... I get so worried about these scams. A Florida woman deputy resigned after she was arrested for evading and driving a motorcycle with a fake tag that read, Chase them three. Oh, sorry. Chase them. Is that? Yeah, chase me. It looks like chase them three. Chase me. Well, they did. And they arrested her. And she went to the pokey. Just saying.
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It's time to finally unveil Ellen's monster makeover!
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Oh, it's uncanny. Ellen looked just like Jonathan Van Ness.
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Cookie Monster, Cookie, that is Jonathan Van Ness. Elmo, Cookie, are you ready to see my monster piece? Ready, Jonathan! Mama Bear, some runway music, please. Oh, yeah. People and monsters alike, a round of applause for the not-too-late show's newest monster, Alan! Ta-da! Woo! Alan Monster is wearing the latest in high monster fashion with a set of sleek horns, fluffy, fuzzy fur, all topped off with a monster honker. There's that!
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I had to look at who this dude is. I have no idea. Oh, he's a pilot for Kill Me Now. Anyway, it's just some dude. He's like an influencer. Steve, I really want to read what Steve put in Slack. Because there are. He goes, there's two. He caps locked two. T-W-O. There's two. I can't say that word, can I?
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No, not that word.
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Are you sure? Phallic. Thank you. Jokes in this clip. But he said the D word. Two. And then he caps locked it again and repeated it. Why is it even needed to throw in there?
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It's a Sesame Street clip.
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Right.
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Oh, my gosh. Like, yeah. Do you want to see my monster piece? Like, oh, yeah. No. Oh, man. No. When you make Steve weird about it, that says a lot, you know? Not like Steve's a freak or anything, but, you know, when you make Steve... Like, it's a kid's show, you know? Like, would you want your kids watching this? Would you want your nieces and nephews watching? No. Welcome back to the show. Dana Lash, top of the second hour. Well, it's Gay Everything Month. Oh, I know. It was Memorial Day just a couple weeks ago. You get a day. Because apparently it's braver to talk about how much you like to have... intercourse and how you like to do it. That's apparently braver. Our society is. Where's the asteroid? Golly. So that was Sesame Street. What's the point of that? I mean, what do they think the point of it is? I mean, obviously, I'm sorry. That's grooming. Because you're... Here's why. You are... showcasing something that's literally entirely about genitals. It's not a lifestyle of how you have sex. Look, I don't care what adults do. But when you start going to this level, the reason I think that Kane and I have such a major problem with this is so we're Gen X. And yes, I'm on the younger end of the spectrum, but I'm not a millennial. And when we were young, growing up in the 90s, it was always behind closed doors. What someone does behind closed doors is not your business, things like that, right? It was something that I don't remember it being this aggressively pushed like this in society. And I think that... They're conflating activists are conflating people having an issue with it being pushed so aggressively like this, even towards kids and objection to what private individuals do in their own private time. Right. I think there's a there's a major difference and they conflate it so that they can victimize themselves. Nobody loves victimizing themselves more than gay activists. I mean, they want to be the queens of all victims. And that's what I think what's so hard for us to grasp because that's literally all we heard growing up. Oh, behind closed doors, right? What happens to my clothes? It's their business. It's not your business, whatever, whatever. And now it's like, no, no, no. Not only do you have to accept it, but you have to applaud it, cheer it, and all of that. That is way different from how we were raised. You know, like I don't sit here and go out and be like, oh, I shouldn't say this. You know what I mean? Like we don't sit here and talk about the stuff that we do because no manners and also nobody cares, right? Nobody cares. I don't know why these white gay activists think that they have to. And then they get upset like, what do you mean we can't talk about penises with your child? Well, that's not appropriate. Why do you hate gay people? Well, there's, no, that's not what we're talking about. You're conflating everything. It's just weird and it's aggravating and annoying. And you don't need to be doing this for kids. If you do this with kids, you can't get offended if we're being called a groomer because that's what you are. It's messed up. This is messed up. Yeah, take it back in the closet. Go back in the closet. Get the hell back in there. This is... I was telling Cain, a friend of mine, I don't want to out them. Well, I mean, you know, like, you know, publicly. But they consider themselves a gay conservative. And they got, a couple years ago, they got stuck in traffic because gay activists blocked the road. And they recorded themselves leaning out of their car, screaming, why can't you just be normal, F-A... You know, why can't you just be normal and go do normal FA stuff? And they were mad because they were made late to work. It's the whole thing is I just I don't understand what the protest is, what all of this is about. And Nike have to have a whole month of this. And now what the activists are mad because Target was like, the rainbow stuff isn't selling. Let's put the flag stuff in its place. And now they're all mad as though like USA merchandise is somehow is not inclusive of gay people. I don't I don't get it. But it's this is beyond. This is about when you're roping the kids into it. This isn't about acceptance. This is about brainwashing at this point. And these kids don't understand these concepts. I think it's abusive. They don't understand these concepts. Can't have video. Okay, they shut this road down. What is this? It's on our audio list, right? They shut this road down. I can't say what they were chanting, can I? Well, wait. If I can't say what they're chanting, that is so lame.
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But it's news.
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So they said that. Well, no, I can't say that. No, they did say honk if you love strippers, which I have no idea what that has to do with gay activist protests. I don't know. But they had an ambulance in Minneapolis. They had to do a detour because there were a group of people in thongs that blocked the road. And they created a blockade. It's the grain belt bridge. It was blocked for over 25 minutes during rush hour. And they blocked the bridge. And it was activists that were like in thongs. And they were screaming. I can't say something. They said we love this. And we love that. I can't say any of those things on air. And then they said something about strippers. Which I don't even understand what that was about. And... And I don't know. I don't know. I have a question. Yes, Cain.
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What if someone dies as a result of their ambulance being blocked by these thong-wearing protesters? Who do they hold accountable at that point? Who's held accountable?
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I don't know. I mean, I'd like to say the activists, but we all know apparently that that's never going to happen. Blocking traffic. You. OK, so our protest is aren't they supposed to be to attract sympathy and support? Isn't that what protests are for? So how did we go from that to protests are just about making everybody mad? If you I don't care what you're if you are protesting against clubbing baby seals. and you block me and rush our traffic, I will literally come out and club a baby seal to death myself as a protest against your protest. No, you won't. Oh, hell yes, I will. No. To hell with the seals at that point. Done with it. You can't do that. I mean, you can say that I can't, but I physically can. Whatever it is. If you're like, we don't want to shoot kittens out of a cannon and we're going to block traffic. We're protesting against shooting kittens out of a cannon. We're going to block traffic. I'm going to shoot a kitten out of a cannon now to spite you because you blocked me and rushed our traffic. You're not engendering sympathy for your cause. That's the whole point. You know, I mean, you're you're I mean, think about like in the 60s and, you know, the peaceful protests at lunch counters. And when you would see what, you know, what individuals endured, you know, you would you would it was a nonviolent protest. You would you would have sympathy and support that generated for that. And that's that's normally how protests go. You're not you're not supposed to just tick off everybody that you're trying to get support from. But I feel like these are remedial people we're dealing with here. They're not the brightest activists out there. They really aren't. So it's rainbow everything right now. Kel-Tec's Gen 3 Sub 2K, which they rolled out with just a month ago. And it's another game changer from Kel-Tec, which always makes really cool stuff. Incredibly neat stuff. Great quality. I mean, it's American parts, American labor, and everything is made right here in the U.S. of A., And it is the Sub 2K. This is the one that folds in half, which is awesome because it's like gun origami. You can just take it and fold it in half. It's awesome. Folding available in all these different calibers. Now even more versatile with the 10-millimeter chambering. Single twist and fold motion to that rotating forend. That's what folds it in half. And it deploys just as quickly and easily, zeroed and ready to rock. simple and reliable blowback design so you have ease and maintenance and consistent performance internal buffer for softer recoil lighter five pound trigger pull you have an integrated m lock and you got rails up top for accessories ideal for everything and it's made right here in the us of a learn more about caltechweapons.com innovation performance caltech k-e-l-t-e-c weapons.com tell them dana sent you and now all of the news you would probably miss it's time for dana's quick five I saw this last night as I was getting ready to go to bed. And you guys know how I love thinking of, or like love asking my husband insane questions right before I go to bed. And then he's just like, would you just please stop talking? God help me. Headline scientist calculates. I wanted to know this, the size of a meatball made from the entire human race. I was shocked because I thought if you took all the people on the planet and you made us into one giant meatball, that it would be huge meatball. It's not, though. I'm so disappointed. So if you made a meatball from the entire human race, it's absolutely weenie tiny. It's maybe two and a half times as tall as New York's Empire State Building, maybe around three times the size of Paris's Eiffel Tower. It is actually tiny. For 7.8 billion people, Juan, that's what it would look like. That's it. That's all the people on Earth in one meatball.
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So they're grinding this all up and putting this into a ball?
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Well, I'm just saying, if you wanted to know this, you know, maybe trivia night or something. That's interesting. I just, I can't believe this. Some people are like, is this, are you okay? Is this, no, no, no. But think about it. Like, what would it be if we were all in the ball? There you go. There's your answer right there. I'm shook. Shooketh. Let's see here. This is interesting. Meta signed a nuclear power deal with Constellation to fuel AI. Okay. So Meta Platform, they signed this contract with Constellation Energy for emissions-free nuclear energy from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Clinton, Illinois. The parent company announced that it entered into a 20-year purchase agreement with them so they can get emissions-free nuclear energy so they can support their operations. That's wild. We're turning into the Matrix. It's the matrix. You're going to see people in pods and stuff being harvested. I'm saying a giant plume of Saharan dust is headed for. It's not just headed to Florida. It's headed for a significant portion of the United States. And it's going to sweep into Texas as well. Dust is carrying it. Wind's carrying it across the Atlantic. It's a great wonder of the weather world, but it's headed our way in days. And it's going to be weird and bad for allergies. Stick with us as we move. Our partners that help bring you the program. It's our friends over at All Family Pharmacy. They make it so easy to get the medications that you need. No gatekeeping by Big Pharma. No gatekeeping from the government as well. And there was an executive order signed on May 12th to lower prescription costs so we can stop paying more than other countries. and you know you i mean there's you deserve medicines for fair prices without totally egregious markups uh and uh all family pharmacies offering a summer sale right now 20 off of your entire order and that's going to give you a little extra breathing room and their prices are already affordable first off right now through june they're offering 20 off site wide no insurance is required i mean they have licensed doctors in all 50 states you get fast shipping right to your door you can get your stuff in as little as two to three days If you're in a pinch, which I've absolutely done that, and they have come in clutch. And you can get everything that you need. Your day-to-day medications, antibiotics, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, everything. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and enjoy 20% off using promo code Dana20. Do not wait for permission to protect yourself and your family. That's allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Coupon code Dana20 to save 20%. The gay everything. It's the gay everything month. Again, Memorial Day gets a day. Veterans Day gets a day. But, you know. And then they did Air Canada. Can we talk about Air Canada for a minute? Oh, my gosh. It's the Terrence and Phillip airline. Okay. I need to read this tweet that they put up because I don't understand this at all. Okay. So... Actually, we might need Juan to literally show the tweet because I don't even know how to read this. It says, our first all minus 2SLGBTQIA plus flight. Okay, first off, what is that? Oh gosh, do I want to Google this? I don't want my algorithm to show me a bunch of gay stuff now. It doesn't even recognize it. I don't even know what this is. Why is it a minus 2SL?
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What?
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I don't know. It's just what it says. So, minus 2SLGBTQIA plus flight was a heartfelt celebration reflecting our unwavering commitment to inclusivity and equality in the air and on the ground. Can you fly the damn plane? That's all we care about. You know, are you able to fly the plane? See, this is the Air Canada thing. Watch.
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It was a bit of a range of emotions this morning, coming here and getting dressed for this flight. Are they Quebec? Oh, are they Quebec? Blah, blah, blah. Okay, great.
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Blah, blah, blah.
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On purpose. Makes sense. We are doing the first ever, let me get that one straight because a few letters have been added to this one, 2S LGBTQIA plus flight ever in Canada.
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What is 2S?
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There's something in there that represents me as well. So it was a bit of joy having the opportunity to do this flight today. Okay, can you fly the plane?
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You know, I don't care what... I don't care. Can you fly the plane? Can you fly the plane? That's all I care about.
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Did you cover your mouth?
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I did.
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Okay, good.
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No, but I like to go to bed with the men. Okay, but that's... Are you going to be at, like, if we run into a bird, can you fly it out? Yeah, Lorraine says that's two-spirit. I still don't even understand what that... That means you're possessed. That's possession. You've got a devil. What? Yes, you're LGBTQ. That's what that means. Just I'm just curious why there's so much emphasis on that. And. Not, you know, other than that does Brian over the Dallas Cowboys. A lot of people were criticizing him and they just need to shut up their mouths. He slammed the NFL as a gay pride post resurfaced. So it was an older post from 2021. It was a 30 second video. Remember the video where they're like football is gay. Football is lesbian. Football is beautiful. Football is queer. Football is transgender. Football is for everyone. And he had said, these are wild statements to make. And he goes, I'm going to probably tell my boys that football is none of these things. I have nothing against gays, but this is far from right. Go does Bryant. Yes. And he is. I mean, he's right. That was a stupid thing that they put out. And, of course, you know, the activists immediately. They're like, gay people are persecuted. Well, shut up. No, they're not. You know where they're being persecuted? In Gaza. Oh, what? And a lot of these countries that you think are so much better and a lot of these nations that aren't their own countries that you think are so much better than the United States. All of the people out there with the picnic blankets and the Gazan flag that think that they wouldn't be thrown off a roof the second they landed. Come on.
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Thanks for tuning in to today's edition of Dana Lash's Absurd Truth Podcast. If you haven't already, make sure to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.