Join your host, John Rush, as he dives into a discussion on language, respect, and public decorum. Reflecting on past experiences, John shares memorable confrontations with foul language and emphasizes the importance of maintaining respect in public spaces, especially around young children. Touching on his personal values of good conduct and societal norms, this episode is sure to get you thinking about your own public interactions.
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All right, hour number three, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Several of you texting in after our last segment, which I didn't, I mean, I guess I didn't really think about it striking a nerve, but several of you, I reminded you now what soap tastes like. Because I guess I wasn't the only one, nor was Charlie, that got his or her mouth washed out with soap when we were younger. So several of you reminding me that, yes, I know what dial soap or lava soap or whatever soap tastes like because, yeah, we had the same experience as young men and women as, I guess, Charlie and I did. So we're not the only ones. Now, I do think that's probably a dying thing. I don't know if parents still do that, or is that now considered child abuse to wash your kid's mouth out with soap if they... Charlie said it's probably attempted murder. I don't know. I... I have some stories along these lines. Charlie said, yeah, it's because you're trying to poison them with soap. I've got some stories along these lines. And I may have told this one on air, but I'll tell it again. And I, okay, I get it that, you know, people use colorful language, okay? And I am not one of those prude types that runs around if somebody's saying something in a tongue that they shouldn't be. No, I'm not one to correct. Now, I will say this. All the businesses I've run and so on, I've never allowed my people, when speaking to customers and things along those lines, to use foul language. Just not allowed in my companies, period. I think there's better ways to communicate than using all of the colorful language that's now out in the world. So that's just a policy that I've had for years and years and years. And you guys all know me, and Charlie knows this. He can attest to this. You never have to worry about the dump button with me on air by myself. Now, sometimes callers and so on, those things can happen. And, yes, we're always careful to make sure that something doesn't slip out and we don't want a fine or anything from the FCC for having colorful language go out over the air. But for me personally, it's never an issue. I mean, I don't swear. It's just not in my vocabulary. It's the way I was raised and we weren't allowed to. And even if we got close to even swearing as kids, we got our mouths washed out with soap. That's probably why to this day, I don't swear because that's what happened to us. So I was at one time in a mall, and I don't go to the mall very often. This has been a long time ago. This has been decades ago. And it was around Christmas time. And I don't know exactly what I was there for. I guess shopping for the wife or whatever for Christmas. And I wasn't really thinking much about things. And so I'm walking around. And as I'm walking, and there wasn't a lot of people around. This must have been one evening because it wasn't a super busy evening. And there wasn't a ton of people around. I mean, there were a few, but not a lot. And there was a young man, and this is, you know, I'm 60 now, so I was probably in my, I don't know, 40s. I don't consider myself to be an old guy at that point, but, you know, younger than I am now, but still old, I guess, in the eyes of a lot of people. Anyways, there was a young man that was having a, I guess you could call a disagreement with his, I'm guessing, girlfriend. I didn't see any rings on, so I'm guessing it was the girlfriend. And he's using all sorts of colorful language, including the F word. And he's calling her basically everything under the book. And I was one of those individuals at the time where and I still am where, you know, I can listen to a little bit of that. But after a point, I'm not going to listen any longer. And in this particular situation, I actually walked up to the young man and I said, do you kiss your mouth with that? Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? He kind of looks at me kind of strange. I'm like, I'm being serious. I'm like, do you kiss your mother with that mouth and all of that garbage that's spewing out of her right now against your girlfriend? And by the way, she needs treated better than that. And he looked at me like he was totally shocked somebody would even call him out on it. And so what I got back, though, in return was mind your own business, old man. And I'm like, well, I am minding my business. I don't like the way you're treating your girlfriend. I don't like the language that you're using. And by the way, it's offensive to everybody else that's here now. So I would kindly ask you to shut your mouth, shut your trap. And he kind of looks at me like, what are you going to do about it? And I stood my ground and basically said, well, probably a lot more than you will. So bottom line, move along. Shut your trap. I don't want to hear it any longer because to me it was being very offensive at that point in time. So that's probably one of the few times I've ever said anything along those lines. There was one other time I can remember where I was at a ball game and I had my boys with me. And I think we were at a CU game and had my boys with me. And there were some guys behind us that were just every other word was the F word. And it was getting to the point where, you know, one every now and again, you know, you can put up with. And yes, I know my boys are still going to get some experience around that. And they're still going to hear some of that. And my one son went to the military. So absolutely, he's heard those words and so on. So I wasn't trying to, you know, keep them sheltered from the world in regards to that. But, you know, that just becomes a point in time where it's like, you know, I've heard enough of this. I get it. You don't like what's going on or you don't like what the coach is doing or you don't like what that player is doing. But, you know, I don't need to hear the F word every single time something is said. So, yes, I'm one of those guys is one of my downfalls where I had to turn around and say, you know, there are kids present. Could you kindly use a different word? And again, you get the immediate, you know, shocked look. But then you usually get some smart aleck response of, you know, well, why? And no, I can say whatever I want and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And yes, you know, I understand there's free speech and so on. But, you know, when you're being offensive. To all of those that are around you, and there are young kids present, I do think you need to be – you have some couth, I guess you could say. Be better than that. And, yes, I am one of those persons that if I hear that and it goes on long enough, yes, I will say something. I don't know. Again, I guess, guys, it's just the way I was raised. I go back to the bar of soap conversation we were having in the last hour before we ended that particular hour. And again, just the way I was raised. And I think you can do better. And no, you don't need to talk like that. And there's better ways to communicate. And that's my take on those things. Now, will I run around and be a goody two shoes and tell anybody that ever swears they shouldn't? No, I'm not that person. But if I'm in public and there are others around, especially young people and women especially around, and there are people being so foul-mouthed that even I get tired of it, yes, I'm going to say something and I'm going to call that person out on it. And so far, I've never been in a fistfight over it. You know, I will still say what needs to be said when that time comes. And my feeling is not enough of us do that. Thereby, these people feel like they have an open ticket to act like that all of the time. And it's not a problem ever. And the reality is it is. 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This is Rush to Reason on KLZ 560. All right, another interesting story that I read today, which some of you could probably care less about, but I found it interesting. And this was a, is, not was, is a couple that had a dispute over a timeshare that they had bought from Palace Resorts in Mexico. And evidently, there were some things that weren't the way they were supposed to be. And I don't know all the details of that. But evidently, they had a dispute over the amount owed to Palace Resorts. And they took it up with Amex. They must have put it on their credit card or the payments of or something. And in turn, American Express sided with them, gave them their money back. And I guess at that point in time, they felt like, OK, this is a done deal. You know, the dispute is settled. We don't owe them any more money. Enough said. Well, they went to Mexico a couple of different times. No problems. Until about a week or so ago. Might even be longer than that. Might be two weeks now. They were arrested upon coming through customs at the airport for fraud. for essentially defrauding palace resorts, and are now in a Mexican prison. awaiting a trial that might take up to six months to actually happen because that's how long the government has given Palace Resorts to come up with their side of the story as to why this couple owes them the money, which now Palace Resorts and the Mexican government is asking for $250,000 and a formal public apology because they feel like they were also defamed. online and elsewhere by what this couple had put out there about palace resorts here in america and it's a mess uh i guess the uh these are this is an older couple i think they're both in their early 60s she's down like 20 pounds so they've been there for a couple of weeks i want to say she's down about 20 pounds she won't eat any of the food that they are giving her because she's allergic to what they're trying to feed her she's got a major rash all sorts of other things going on and they have now gotten their local representative i think they're from michigan so they've got a representative from michigan trying to discuss things with the white house to then try to discuss things with the mexican government and here's my moral of that story if you're going to buy any kind of a timeshare which anymore i wouldn't but if you're going to buy a timeshare don't buy one out of the country They don't have the same laws and so forth that we do here in America, no matter what the paperwork says. It's not the same. And no, you're not being bound by U.S. law. You're going to be bound by whatever that country's law is, in this case, Mexican law. And at the end of the day, this could happen. So for those of you that are out there and you go to any of those presentations or things like that, and I have been to a lot of those over the years because you get all sorts of goodies when you go. That's a whole other conversation or show topic I could probably cover is what kind of timeshare goodies can you get and what's the fastest you've ever been in and out of one. My record is 15 minutes, by the way. That's my wife and I's record. I've been in and out of a timeshare presentation in 15 minutes. Most take 90. I've been in and out in 15 minutes, yes. And I'm not lying. My wife can verify that. 15 minutes. So, point being, there are ways to go through those things, still get the free stuff, still say no, still not get roped into doing anything, and still get out of it what you need, which... in some cases you can get up to 500 bucks depending upon the presentation. That's a whole nother, you know, that's a whole nother segment in and of itself that maybe I'll do at some point in time on, you know, how to, how to do those, how to not do them. And you get offered those things all over the place. Every time you travel, you get offered one in most hotels, you know, anymore, a lot of them, Marriott's, et cetera, Hilton, they're all timeshare owned. And even if you're just going and staying at a regular hotel, you may be offered one. So any, anyways, long story, uh, Don't buy one out of country. If you do, you better make sure you got all your I's dotted and T's crossed. In this particular couple's situation, they've been gone. This is also, I believe he's a veteran. He's an ex, I think it's, I can't remember the armed service he was in, but he's a vet, served his country. And so now the kids are asking, hey, what kind of help do we get to get my folks out of this Mexican prison they're in over something that's just over a, They didn't kill anybody. They weren't running drugs. They weren't running contraband into Mexico. They didn't have a luggage full of whatever that they got caught for. I mean, that would be a whole different situation. No, no, no, that's not the issue. The issue is Palace Resorts feels like they have been defrauded. They have pressed charges. This couple then was arrested at the airport. There's video of them being taken away at the airport. And the family's only talked to the husband, I think, once or twice since all of this happened. So you'll read about it. It's all over the news. If you haven't seen it, you will. If you don't know, just go look up what I just said. Just go Google what I just said, and you'll find the articles out there. It's a very interesting read. For some of you that travel and do things along those lines, it's probably in your best interest to actually read this particular article and not make the same mistakes these folks made. Now, how would you have avoided that? I mean, in their defense, they went to Mexico a couple of times, no problems, went back the third time, and then got arrested. So, again, I don't know all the details. I'm sure more of it will come out as time goes by. But very interesting story. And one that, let's just say, I wouldn't want to be in their shoes. I would not want to be in their shoes. You know, I have had this. I think I've said this many times on air. You know, I was raised by never go to jail. Always have a roof over your head. Those two things always stick in the front of my mind at all times. Keep a roof over your head. Don't go to jail. Keep a roof over your head. Don't go to jail. Keep a roof over your head. Don't go to jail. You get the drift in the front of my mind. It's always there. So at any rate, I would not want to be in jail outside of the U.S. especially. I have another story where I almost went to prison. Yes, me. I almost went to jail, went to prison. Was at an was at a Ethiopian police station or jail, if you would, for about 14 hours one day. And I started the night before. That's a whole story in and of itself. that I could tell on air at some point in time. Not a good position to be in. Let's just say that. At that time, and make a long story short, and I can tell the story more later, but I was accused of running into somebody with the car and killing them. That's what I was being accused of in Ethiopia. Not a good place to be, by the way. Not a fun place to be, because the last thing you want to be is in some foreign jail and not get out. And yes, that was going through my mind the entire time. Am I going to get out of this? Am I going to get out of this? And by the way, no, I hadn't done any of that, but that's what I was being accused of. So at any rate, that's another story for another day. Delaware, they just passed a billionaire's bill. Keep in mind, this is Joe's home state, Joe Biden's home state. A billionaire's bill to keep Zuckerberg and others from following Musk out the door. In other words, Delaware lawmakers Tuesday night passed a bill restructuring its corporate code as the state tries to prevent companies like Meta from exiting the state. The bill was designed with hopes of preventing a so-called Dexit. where companies hypothetically rushed to incorporate somewhere else out of Delaware into another state, such as Texas, Nevada. Some 2.2 million entities are incorporated in Delaware, and the state was home to 81% of all U.S. initial public offerings. Delaware is the best place in the world to incorporate your business, and Senate Bill 21 will help keep it that way, ensuring clarity and predictability, balancing the interests of stockholders and corporate boards, says Governor Matt Meyer in a statement after signing. So evidently they understand the importance of keeping companies there. I'm not sure the whole Democrat Party understands that. In fact, what I would tell you is the Democrat Party doesn't understand that end of things because what they keep trying to do when it comes to corporations and taxes and so on, the whole tax the rich scheme, which is exactly what it is, directly targets these sorts of companies. So while Delaware has figured this out, they need to send a message to the rest of the Democrat Party that, hey, we should do the same thing in the rest of the party. Otherwise, we're going to have people exiting the country because of your bad policies. If we continue after this whole mantra of tax the rich, tax the rich, tax the rich, which, by the way, is what Bernie and AOC were talking about even when they were here in Denver last Friday, they continue down that mantra, it's not going to bode well for them as a party. And I mean that with all sincerity. So somebody in the party should further that message along and let them know that that's not waning very well when it comes to those that have resources, because what they'll do is just move them other places when it's all said and done. Roof Savers of Colorado coming up next. And yes. Take care of your roof. It will take care of you. Like I was talking earlier, I always want a roof over my head. And I don't just want a roof over my head. I want a good roof over my head that, by the way, at the end of the day, is saving me money and not costing me money in all sorts of forms of maintenance and repairs and so on. 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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Charlie's getting Scott Garlis rounded up here. We'll have him in just a moment. Several of you texting in, by the way, especially on the whole Mexico thing with that couple of you messaging in that, yeah, I wouldn't have gone back there. I would have picked other places to vacation to just to double, you know, just to make sure that I didn't end up in that same place. And again, I'm not them. I don't know what their rationale was. I don't know what was going on in their mind. I don't know all of the details that went into this particular situation. All I know is, and those of you texting know the exact same thing that I'm talking about, you're not in America. You're not under the same laws. You don't have the same freedoms there that you have here. While you're an American citizen, that's great. but you still got to find somebody that's going to come and help you out when it's all said and done. Scott Garlis joining us now. Scott, welcome.
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Hey, John, how are you today?
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I am good. Good to hear you. Glad to be back together again. Lots and always lots happening, whether we talk or not. Bottom line, there's been a lot of things that have happened since you and I talked last.
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Yes, there have been. It's never a dull moment.
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No, it never is. And, you know, even with tariffs and all the different things that are happening along those lines and reality is that while people and I think the globalists especially get all bent out of shape and nervous over the tariffs so far and correct me if I'm wrong. But so far, we haven't seen huge inflationary increases out of them. In fact, they've been used as a negotiating tool on the Trump side to get other countries to do what's necessary. In fact, I think they've worked very well up to this point. I guess time will tell how much better they continue to work. But there hasn't been these huge inflationary things that the Fed and others are worried about, or am I wrong?
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Yeah, I mean, no, we haven't seen it show up in the numbers yet. As a matter of fact... if you look at the headline numbers on PCE and CPI the last couple of months, they've actually started coming back down. So it's the old, well, just wait until a couple of months down the road, just wait until a couple of months down the road. Maybe, we'll see. I mean, we heard that last time around, and inflation never really materialized. So I'm kind of right now in the camp of, You know, bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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Well, you know, and you know my feelings on all this, of course. You know, I'm a lot like you in regards to these things, and I am not a globalist, and I have to remind folk at different times, whether they're listeners or even family members at times, you know, be careful of what you read, be careful of all of the naysayers, because globalists hate... not only tariffs, but frankly, Scott, I don't think they even like us being super competitive, because at the end of the day, that affects the whole global end of things, because the better we do, sometimes the worse other countries do. We'll get into China here in a moment, but at the end of the day, the globalists hate what we're doing right now, and they hate Donald Trump, because they ruin, or he ruins what they want.
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Yeah, I mean, you know, these countries are happy to take money from the U.S. and sort of kick... kick us in the back and walk all over us. I mean, I just feel like a lot of the stuff going on right now is people are being called out for what they've been doing for years. And it's, you know, I'm sorry, but if you've been doing something wrong and you get called out for it, you're getting called out for it.
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Right.
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And it's probably you hate it because you're getting shown out to everybody what you've been doing, but it's just sort of the way it is. Don't do it, and we won't have this problem.
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That's right. That's exactly right. And, you know, again, we'll get into China in a moment, but let's talk about some of those, you know, I guess you could call them the fear gauges and maybe what's going on behind them. Are they really as bad as some think? Are some of those easing? What are your thoughts?
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Yeah, so, excuse me, sorry. We saw a couple of the fear gauges really accelerate to the extreme fear category, and that sort of happened recently. I think last week was when we saw peak levels. We saw the Chicago Board of Option Exchanges Volatility Index. It got north of 27.5, got up to 30. Usually, during this bull market run, whenever it has gone above that level, it's been a great buying opportunity. Since that time, the stock market has bounced back like 5%. We saw the CNN Fear and Greed Index. it dropped to levels we haven't seen since the COVID pandemic and when everything was shut down. And again, that's seen a big bounce back. And then something else, the put-call ratio, which is it measures the amount of puts being bought versus calls, and puts are downside protection versus calls, or what you might call upside protection. And that got over one, and meaning... it's just the ratio of puts was way higher than the ratio of calls. And that's also a sign of extreme fear. And that's backed off, too. So some of the things we've seen from the White House that have also helped this is Trump has made commentary along the lines of, you know, these tariffs, reciprocal tariffs aren't going to be as punitive or the stories have leaked out that they're not going to be as punitive as, as maybe people have thought. And then this afternoon he actually made that statement. He said, there'll be far less than what people expect. So I think wall street has felt a little bit better and investors have felt a little bit better because we've gone from, Hey, all this uncertainty about what may or may not happen to you're starting to get some concrete detail that is removing that. And once they understand that better, They can start to money managers can start to invest more.
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Let's talk China for just a moment, because that's the biggest thing people talk about and investors even talk about. And there's some reports coming out. I was reading an article today from Bloomberg talking about the China shock to or now China, China, China shock 300. meaning China's struggling across the board. Their manufacturing side of things is really dropping. They lost, I want to say, let me read this here. They lost from 99 to 2011, they lost 2.4 million U.S. jobs at that point. And the reality is there's more to come this time around. So bottom line, Scott, they are not in great shape. And the point of this article is they make all of these goods. If they're going to keep their economy up, those goods have to go somewhere. And if we're not going to be the country buying them, who is?
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Yeah, that's a great question. I would think Europe's going to buy some, but Europe's economy is struggling right now.
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Yeah, and GDP-wise, I don't think most people really realize this, you can take all of Europe combined, they still don't scratch the surface to what we do, GDP.
SPEAKER 15 :
No, I mean, I believe it's like 20% of the global economy, maybe 25%.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, because between us and China, we're half.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes, yes, and the U.S. being the bulk of that.
SPEAKER 13 :
That's right. We're almost $30 trillion a year GDP. The next closest is China, and they're way below that.
SPEAKER 15 :
If you take the Eurozone and aggregate, they're actually bigger than China.
SPEAKER 13 :
Right. That's right.
SPEAKER 15 :
But they're still second to the U.S.
SPEAKER 13 :
That's right. That's right. Yeah. And that's where, I mean, I think, just to put things in perspective, when folks start talking about tariffs and they get mad at this and they get mad at that, and this might go up and that might go up, yeah, it may. You know, the cost of a TV, yeah, you know, it may go up. Your flat screen, you know, that you can buy right now, that 85-inch flat screen that's, you know, $9.99, you know what, Scott, at the end of the day, it might go to $14.99. And the way I look at, you know, Sorry, maybe I'm wrong in saying this, but the way I look at that is, yeah, oh well, so what? No offense, but that flat screen TV is not putting food on the table for me. So at the end of the day, does it really matter? No, it doesn't. If that's some of the little bit of sacrifice that I as a consumer have to make to get things back on track, I'm fine with that.
SPEAKER 15 :
You know, I have a flat screen up in my bedroom to Sony TV. And I don't know, it's 15 years old. It still works great. I mean, I just gave it the kiss of death. But you sound like you're running out to buy things like flat screens every day either, right?
SPEAKER 13 :
No, you're not. I mean, that's my point. But, yeah, that's when we start talking tariffs and things, that's one of the first things that you'll see some of the media especially talk about is, well, you know, that electronic device or that flat screen TV or that whatever, you know, yeah, it's going to go up in price. Well, okay, yeah. It will. But at the end of the day, the reality is there's a lot of other things that we're getting killed on, you know, cars, for example. You know, we've allowed cars to come into this country for very, very, very little tariffs. And yet when we try to export one to Germany, they nail us. So why aren't we doing the same thing with German cars?
SPEAKER 15 :
And exactly. And so that's that's been one of Trump's big, big fights or big points. He's like, hey, look, if you want free trade, that's great. Tear down the tariffs you're putting on our exports that go to your country. And like one of his beats with Europe is. You're happy to sell agricultural goods here, but you won't buy any of our stuff because you're saying it doesn't meet your standards. It's got to be a two-way relationship. It can't be all one-sided.
SPEAKER 13 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 15 :
You know, last time I checked, when you date somebody and you find you're in a one-way relationship, you usually get out.
SPEAKER 13 :
Hmm. That's true. That's true. Yeah. No, by the way, that's a great point. And that's kind of what we're doing right now as a country. That's what Trump is doing. And the reality is some of these countries will either figure out how to play ball correctly, get things back in line, which, by the way, then helps us as Americans, or they can keep those tariffs high. We'll keep ours high. And you just won't see as many German cars running around. If you do, they're going to cost more.
SPEAKER 15 :
So what you hit on another point that it really frustrates me as Americans, So an investor and then talking to friends that are retail investors and just the anxiety that's being created by a lot of the misrepresentation in the media. Like tonight, Trump announced 25 percent auto tariffs this afternoon. I'm sure you saw that. But he said we're going to start at 2.5 percent and they're going to be incremental moving forward. And they could get to 25 percent. But, I mean, I don't know the exact detail, and you probably know more than me on this, but I'm assuming he's saying, because he's talked about this before, and Scott Besson has talked about this before, we want to start at 2.5% and give everybody the chance to opt out. treat us fairly, and we won't go down that road. But if they're not, then we will dial it up. But the media isn't reporting that.
SPEAKER 13 :
No, they don't say that. Again, the media is not going to tell you that when we export a car to Germany, there's X tariff on it, and there always has been, and yet we've only tariffed, I think, German cars at like 2% or something is where, in fact, he might be raising it from that, but I think they've been 2% for quite some time.
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And then the other thing, too, like you're asking, well, where are Chinese goods going to be bought? You know, Europe's having a problem with China trying to dump goods into their country. And they're pushing Chinese goods back. They don't want them anymore because they're fed up with it. So I was reading an interesting article the other day that China is actually debating doing something Japan did in the 80s when there was a trade fight going on with Reagan. Japan said, well, what if we start shipping less goods to your country to sort of to nullify everything that's going on? And But that goes back to China dumping, and it's the exact thing that Trump has been fighting to stop because it hurts American workers and companies.
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Yeah, and then you've got announcements, and I'm sure you've seen some of these as well. You've got Hyundai that's agreeing to spend $25 billion over here putting a plant in. And by the way, that won't just be a one-term president plant. That thing will be here for decades. You've got the UAE agreeing to put in $1.4 trillion worth of investment. You've got... chip company down in Arizona agreeing to build another huge plant down there, TSMC. I mean, the reality, Scott, is all of these things happening, this is exactly what we want as a country because these are not, you know, things that are just going to affect us over the next year or even four. These are things that will affect us for decades.
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For decades. And it's, yes, there's going to be some stuff up front that might feel a little discomforting to get there. But once we get there, it's, yeah, I mean, it's going to be great for the U.S. economy for a long time to come. And then if you put all the technology efficiencies we've been talking about for some time now on top of that, just think about what that can do from a profitability and maybe even a GDP standpoint. Like I've read some people that are saying you could see what the AI capabilities we're seeing right now, what that could do for business, and if business really booms in the U.S., you could see GDP pick up 2X, maybe even 3X.
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Right. You know, the other thing, too, that we could go off for a long time on, even the textile industry and so on, and, you know, you're a guy like me to where I understand, and I think most of my listeners understand, the value of a product. And what I mean by that is, you know, Scott, I can spend, you know, $20 on a, you know, button-down, you know, collared shirt, or I can spend $100 on a button-down collared shirt. And for some of you listening, you're thinking, geez, that's a big difference in price. Hear me out. Scott, if I spend $100 or even $120 on a really good quality button-down shirt, I can literally, and I'm not exaggerating, I can wear that thing for the next five-plus years and most likely donate it when I'm done because it's still in decent shape, whereby I buy that $20 shirt, I might get a year or two out of it. So at the end of the day, which one am I better off buying? My point is... Yes, absolutely.
SPEAKER 15 :
I agree. I mean, the biggest problem China ran into is that China got all this business over there and tried to use it and lever it against all the countries all over the world and try to steal all their technology. and now people are fed up with it.
SPEAKER 13 :
And, Scott, at the end of the day, and this is one thing that, again, the press doesn't tell you, you can buy whatever. I mean, I can go down the list. Pick your poison. Whatever widget you can think of. I'm talking to a microphone right now that is a very high-quality microphone, and I'm looking at it. This is probably a $450 to $500 microphone if it's a nickel. Yes, we as a station could go to China. Probably find a substitute, a clone, if you would, Scott, that is probably a tenth of that price. But at the end of the day, it won't sound the same, it won't last as long, and it's not the same microphone at the end of the day. And yet that cheap Chinese crap is all over the world.
SPEAKER 15 :
It is all over the world. That's right.
SPEAKER 13 :
And I'm for one, I'm said, you know what, as an American and maybe again, maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way. And I get that some people need cheap goods. But some of the things I've just described to you, you're not better off buying the cheap crap. You're actually hurting yourself by buying it. And yet Americans are addicted to it. Well said. So I'm one that says, let's clean that stuff up. Maybe that's what Trump's trying to do as well. And some of what I just got done talking about is what's in the back of his mind. I don't know.
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Completely. Along the lines of some of the other stuff he's doing, too, he's trying to get rid of ridiculous expenses. There was an interview I saw the other day that Besant and one of the guys from Doge was talking to a reporter, and this guy from Doge said the IRS should have The same IT department about the size of a mid-sized bank, which is about 1 to 200 people, and they should have an IT budget annually of a mid-sized bank, which is about $20 million. He said they had 8,000 people working in the IT department at the IRS. Wow. In a budget of $3.2 billion.
SPEAKER 13 :
Again, Scott, that could be done, and I'm not exaggerating, folks. That could be done on probably 1% of that number if everything was updated, done correctly, AI being initiated into some of that. And I'm not joking. You literally could do that with 1% of that amount of people.
SPEAKER 15 :
He said they are finding $20, $30, $50 million contracts and going back to people that work there and saying, why do we have these contracts? And they're saying, I don't know. And so they're cutting off these contracts, and they're finding nothing's changing.
SPEAKER 13 :
Surprise! I mean, I'm not shocked. I'm not surprised. Scott, I mean, this is stuff that the problem, and I say this a lot, and I mean this. Government is a lot like church. Let me explain. When you get something going on in church, a committee, a picture hanging on the wall, the color of the carpet, you name it, Scott. It takes literally an act of God himself to change some of those things in a church because once it's there, it's always going to be there because some person is attached to it. the same darn thing happens in government.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's right. That's a great analogy.
SPEAKER 13 :
And somehow, someway, that needs shaken up, and that's what they're doing right now. And what really kills me, Scott, is yet we've got an entire party that is upset over the shakeup that's getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, I think if you go back to what we were talking about before, about other countries being caught out for the money they're taking from the U.S. and the way they're treating us... I think people, there are some people in D.C. that are getting called out for exactly what you just said, waste, fraud, and abuse, and it's being exposed, and they don't like being exposed when they've done the wrong things.
SPEAKER 13 :
Nope, they do not. They do not. All right, Scott, how do folks find you and get updates and follow along?
SPEAKER 15 :
Sure, yeah, follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Substack, C. Scott Garlis.
SPEAKER 13 :
Scott, as always, I appreciate you, sir.
SPEAKER 15 :
Hey, John, thanks for your time.
SPEAKER 13 :
You bet, man. Have a great night. And yeah, follow Scott. He's always got great tips and tricks and things, especially if you guys do some trading on your own. Follow Scott. He's always got some great advice on things. Affordable interest mortgages next. Speaking of rates and mortgages and so on, talk to Kurt Rogers today. Find out exactly what he can do for you on a mortgage. 720-895-0500.
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All right. Lots of you texted in. I read as many of those through the break and responded as quickly as I could. If I didn't get to you, I still read your text message. And a lot of you talking about that segment with Scott and talking about the cheap products, the addiction to what you get in quality. Some of you even asking what type of things do I buy and how often do I replace a television set, for example, or a flat screen. I'll be honest until it dies. Yeah. I mean, I guess if there's something that I really want to update or remodel or there's something along those lines that I'm doing, I may go ahead and change something out at that time, and then you pass one off to the kids or the friends or you relocate it or put it out in the shop or whatever the case might be. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I'm not somebody that's out buying a new TV every time a new model comes out. That's not that important to me. It's not that big of a deal. Clothing, yeah, I mean, I buy high-quality shoes. I buy high-quality shirts. I gave you the reason why a few minutes ago. I feel like at the end of the day, you actually spend less when it's all said and done because I can get a longer wear. out of those particular items than I would otherwise. And I'm a guy that my kids make fun of me, but I wear a collared shirt, either short or long sleeve, pretty much all year long because it's cold in the studio. Even in the summertime, we'll wear a long sleeve shirt, might change into a short sleeve shirt at night when I get home. But I'm a collared shirt kind of guy, I guess. I don't know. I just kind of always have been. I rarely ever wear a T-shirt. I mean, if I'm doing an oil change or something like that, I might stick a T-shirt or something on. But even then, typically I've got some older collared shirts I keep around just for that one reason. And I'm just as comfortable in a collared shirt as I am a T-shirt. And, again, I buy high-quality shirts and shoes and things along those lines, and I get good longevity out of those in doing so. It's just – I don't know. I just kind of have – well – And this is going to probably not shock some of you. Charlie, it won't shock. I've been buying my own clothes since I was 13 years of age. I had income, I had a paper route, I had other money, and when it came time to go to school, I didn't want the same clothing that everybody else had to wear or that my mom and dad even wanted to choose for me to wear because they were on a much tighter budget than what I could even afford at the time. So I literally have been buying, washing, and caring for my own clothes since I was 13 years of age. I know I'm a weirdo. I get that all the time. Most kids are not buying their own clothes at that age. Their parents are. But that was just me. And it's because I felt like, A, I could help my folks out. B, I wanted to buy what I wanted to buy and wear. C, I learned to take care of them that way. And so I learned how to do laundry and iron and all of that at a very young age because I wanted to make sure my stuff was well cared for. at the end of the day I've done that since and I learned at an early age if I spend a little more money on something I got longer wearability out of it and at the end of the day actually saved money over what some others were doing the way they were doing it so just my own personal experiences along those lines and no folks I was asked do I shop at Kohl's no I do not shop at Kohl's I do not buy their dress shirts or anything along those lines sorry Kohl's just not my vibe All right, that's it for today. Guys, have a great night. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
Dana Lash takes a hard look at politician Jasmine Crockett, scrutinizing her controversial rhetoric and debunking perceptions tied to her past. We also discuss the perils that come with dinner outings as we hear a story of vehicular vandalism outside an Olive Garden. Dive into intense discussions mingled with lighthearted gripes about everyday life!
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
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Sorry. I'm not laughing, but this guy, his photos. It's a Florida man. He had a Florida man with meth in underwear. Tells deputy, there's nothing wrong with drugs. The guy, Thomas Carpenter, was arrested during a traffic stop. He had already served a three-year prison sentence. He was charged with trafficking meth, possession of enough drugs to sell or deliver. They got two counts, possession of blah, blah, blah, prescription, all kinds of stuff. Anyway, so he was pulled over. He had drugs and kids in a car. And he got pulled over and told police, oh, I just smoked some pot. He had a lot more than pot. Lots more than pot. According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, the 41-year-old, oh my gosh, he is not 41. They said they tried to talk to him, but he kept falling in and out of sleep mid conversation. They pull him over for a traffic violation and he kept falling asleep. He told deputies that he and his female passenger accidentally smoked too much pot before they were pulled over. His guy's 41. Juan showing you his. Is it the tattoos maybe that make him look older? I don't know. I can't believe he's 41. That dude looks like he's 60. Look how gaunt he is. Well, that's the meth will do it. Little meth will do it. So they said that neither he nor his passenger had a medical marijuana card. Sure. Two kids in the car at the time. And they found all kinds of stuff, meth, stuff to like distribute meth, things like that. So they're all in jail. That's all you need to know. But I can't believe that guy's 41 years old. I'm sorry. I'm calling shenanigans on that. I love how we have Tentman Florida Man. Tentman. Okay. Yeah, Tentman. His camping supplies include... Oh, is that meth? What it looks like in crystal form? I've actually never seen it. Look at that. It looks like somebody went in a spelunking in a cave and took out some stones. They look like moon rocks. I have no idea why that fascinates me. Tentman's camping supplies include over $2,000 in cash meth and THC gummies. Oh, okay. And he apparently has not a shirt amongst him. He was selling meth from a tent behind a discount store in Fort Pierce.
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As one does.
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As one would do. His last name is Hedy. Daniel Hedy with two Ds, of course it is. He was found by his tent shirtless sitting on a Home Depot bucket behind the DQ in a tent selling meth. That works. Yeah, I believe that. Also with no shoes. I love how they just keep adding onto it. They got a search warrant for his tent. I did not know that you had to get him for a tent. I mean, I knew for like a glove compartment. You know, my glove compartment's locked, so there's a trunk in the back. I know my rights, so you're going to need a warrant for that. Okay, so they had to get a warrant for his tent. And that's where they found all this stuff. They found meth, and they found... Is it illegal to have the gummies? Oh, wait, those are the acid gummies. No, that's not right. All the pot people are going to die. The THC thingies.
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I don't even know the terms. I think it's only legal medicinally in Florida, right?
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Like as a human, you're horrible and I never want to be around you. If you think that that kind of stuff counts as a joke, then you're too dumb to talk to. And I hope that someone out there is offended and turns me off because my gosh, I don't want any association with any brain matter that practices such stupid logic. I mean, seriously, there did you see some of them yesterday, Kane? Some people supposedly on our side like, oh, well, there would be one thing if she had said this like one time and was making not a joke that like to purposely jab at him. But if it was just you guys understand the context, I don't. It's very difficult to explain the abstract to stupid people like the ones who defend this as humor. It's not humor because it's not funny. That's like saying SNL is funny. People who say this is humorous, those people are murdered comedy. They've murdered humor. They've murdered intellect. They've murdered smart discourse. She has repeatedly done this. She has tweet after tweet after tweet. She has reposted numerous tweets. She has liked numerous tweets. I mean, multiple years ago. Of making fun of Greg Abbott for not able for him not, you know, heaven forbid, it's all his fault. Right. A tree fell on him and broke his back when he was 26 years old. He was not able to walk anymore. He had to rely upon a wheelchair. And that's where that's why he's in a wheelchair today. She has been making fun of him for this for a long time. So I think people I get really mad when I see people say, well, isn't that it's not actually the same thing because she's doing it on purpose designed to make a jab at him specifically because of his inability to walk. Now, again, and I'm going to say this one last time because these people have enraged me. I get that these people are stupid and they have to be baby walked into this explanation. And I know don't waste your time. Let me do it for you because you have busier things and more important things to attend to. But it's not a joke. And again, she's done this repeatedly, as we were the first people to tell you yesterday afternoon. She's done this quite a lot. Not only that, but can she stop pretending that she's ghetto? She's not ghetto. That's like Trump going out pretending that he's a redneck. She's not ghetto. OK. If you send me hate mail, I will print it out and run it over with my Segway. And then I'm going to take it to the range and blow holes in it with some birdshot. Promise you. She acts like she's like a street queen. Again, I made mention of this last night. If you sign up to the newsletter of her chapter and verse, you have the full story. I grew up in St. Louis. Missouri is my home state. And... She and I are about the same age, which shocks me because she seems way more immature. She went to school and is from an area that is very affluent. Jasmine Crockett grew up way the hell richer than I or Kane or most of you could imagine. She attended the most elite, exclusive expensive school that you could go to in the whole state of Missouri. It's Mary Institute in St. Louis, Country Day School in St. Louis, just colloquially, M-I-C-D-S. And it is a school where, I mean, every politician's kids went there. Politicians' kids went there. Business owners, CEOs, all their kids went to MICDS. Famous people, their kids went to MICDS. The athletes, they went to MICDS. My very first job as a lowly reporter was to do a profile piece on an up-and-coming performer in St. Louis for a magazine, and this performer had attended MICDS. And they were doing an event at their school, their alma mater. And they had it was like, you know, they not a field trip. What am I thinking of, Kane? Like they had an expo or something at the school where this performer was answering questions and all of this. Thank you. Assembly. Yeah. When everybody gets into the gym. Dude, have you ever been in my CDS? Now, Kane's from St. Louis, too. You know, in my CDS very well. Have you ever been into that school? Dude, dude. Everything is top notch. It is less like a school and it honestly seemed like a resort when I went in. I'm not even going to talk about like the food court cafeteria thing. I'm not even going to touch on that. The. area where we had this assembly I have never been in like a theater like they had their own theater then they had their own state-of-the-art gym they had all of this stuff they had like super plush cushy bougie seats and their theater was just a really it smelled like money when you walked in and I drove up in my beat-up car and I'm doing you know this profile it was what 22 years old doing this profile on this performer and And, oh my gosh, this school was so bougie. This school is pretty much the equivalent for tuition. I think it's... I mean, it's like a college, you know, just give me let me see. You had all the John Danforth went there. So John Danforth was an M.I.C.D.S. grad. Right. Everybody knows John Danforth. He was a senator. Pete Wilson, who was the senator, governor of California. Pete Wilson went to M.I.C.D.S. Do you guys remember the McCluskey dude who was out in his front yard with his gun? He was an MICDS grad. And he lived in that big old fancy house there in downtown. Joe Buck went to MICDS. The famed broadcaster went to MICDS. Vincent Price. Everyone knows Vincent Price, right? One of the greatest ever. He went to MICDS. Yeah. This is their who's who. All of these people. T.S. Eliot went to MICDS. You also had, I'm trying to think of some of the other people. I mean, everybody who was everybody went to MICDS. Republicans, Democrats, Communists, Socialists. It didn't matter. Everybody went to MICDS. Betty Grable. She didn't graduate, though. But she went to MICDS. Everybody went there. All these, like the CEO of Sotheby's went to MICDS. So you kind of get an idea. MICDS also, and I'm not running down the school. I'm just letting you know perspective here. Because I think if you're going to cosplay ghetto, then let's like look at the full story. Because that's part of her identity, right? Like Poop Booty Juice being gay and having a baby is all his identity. He can't do anything without reminding you that he's gay. Just do the damn job. But, you know, we don't live in that world anymore. But this school also in St. Louis, they had... Do they still call it the Veiled Prophet Ball?
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Yeah, the VP Fair.
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So way back when, yeah, they used to have the VP Fair. And that was the big 4th of July thing that they had in downtown St. Louis. And it was called the VP for Veiled Prophet. Well, Cain, the prophet... I don't know. I... I'd make a joke about it, but people will get upset because, you know, the people who say that conservatives take things too literally. If I made a joke about somebody being in a hood, the left would lose their minds like they've done before. But I'm just going to say the veiled prophet. And I've written stories on this kind of looked a little clansy. I'm not saying it was on purpose or that they I'm just saying it was, you know, this that all of this. I'm going to bring this tugboat to shore. All of this got started back when they had strikes in the day, the railroads in the east side, all that stuff. And they had this big thing, bread and circus. Right. That's how this whole thing came to be. Anyway, they would have all these debutantes. There was one chick who was on the office or was on the office or somebody, an actress who was a debutante in the VP ball. And they found out and she got in a lot of trouble because of the history of the VP thing. So that's where all the debutantes, the socialites of St. Louis get together. If you actually look at where all those people go to school, like everybody goes to either John Burroughs or MICDS. Those are the, you know, John Burroughs is like number two. MICDS is one. So this is where Jasmine Crockett grew up. She grew up in the lap of privilege. She went to and graduated from MICDS. She was at Rosati Kane for a while, but she graduated from MICDS. So she never, she wasn't in public education. She lived in the nicest parts of town. She went to the nicest schools. I couldn't even afford to even look around except as a job at MICDS. So Jasmine Crockett, the only piece she knows is privilege, not poverty. The only streets Jasmine Crockett knows are the streets that she drove through to get to her country day school. That's it. So stop acting, stop cosplaying like you're street. That's such a racist and bigoted view of your voting bloc. And I'm not the only person saying this. There are a lot of black moderates and black conservatives and everyone is like, why is she why is she like cussing and acting like she's going to fight everybody now? Is that what she thinks her voting bloc wants and her voting bloc? By the way, I hope if you are a black politician, you think that you're representing more than just black Americans. You're representing black and white Americans, you know, not your your your district of the elected seat in which you hold is more than just that. But this idea that she's, I think if you're going to represent yourself like that, you need to be authentic. Stop transing up your identity. Now, she has no excuse for this behavior. But she is trying to throw elbows because she wants a seat at the table of this attention economy. This is what politics have devolved to. And the right is no stranger to it. Just the left invented it. They're throwing elbows trying to get some of this attention economy. I don't know what all this is going to look like in four years because I just don't know how much lower you can go. We are already ridiculous. Where's the bottom? Is there a bottom with us? I don't know. But this idea that Democrats have, I don't want to dissuade them because I think it works in our favor. Their voting base believes that they're still the same voting base that they were 10 years ago, where most moderate Democrats would turn their heads and look the other way when their base. Well, it wasn't even their base at that time. They were just like on the outside. They were on the periphery. Now they are the base because Democrats never had the brass to stand up to them. But I think that they still believe that they have the numbers. They don't. They are more unpopular than at any point in American history. I don't know how far back they measure this. I would think being that they were the ones who backed slavery, that would probably be where they're most unpopular. I'm not sure. It's our friends over at Caltech, a great Florida-based company, and they have some new things out, including the new, very popular, very excited to shoot it. It's their new... chambered in 5.7. It's the PR57 rotary barrel pistol, and it's the lightest one on the market, 40% lighter than the next lightest 5.7. The innovative rotary barrel makes it the lightest, and they also... achieve this with a very unique top loading design. So you can, the left always says, oh, clips, they got a clip. Well, you can say that with this because they replaced the traditional mags with stripper clips. Slimmer carry profile, 20 plus one capacity. Great. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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Captain declares an emergency after a passenger keeps flicking a lighter. This was from Kansas City to Phoenix. How did they get it on board? How do you get a lighter on board? Excuse me. You can't take a lighter on board.
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Actually, the last time we went to Vegas, I saw the person in front of me had it in their carry-on. Really? You can take a lighter on carry-on. BS. No, it was in plain view of TSA.
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Okay, hang on, hang on, hang on. We're stopping right here. Can you take a lighter on carry-on?
SPEAKER 06 :
That was when I was in Texas heading to Vegas.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, yes, you can. You're allowed one lighter in your carry-on bag. It has to be a disposable or a Zippo-style lighter without fuel. Oh. Without fuel.
SPEAKER 06 :
Who brings a lighter without fuel? All right.
SPEAKER 02 :
The lighter has... So, yeah, they said that you can refuel it after security.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, not everybody's doing that.
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Not before. Okay, so I'm just, because I can't have anything over 3 point whatever, 4 ounces for hand lotion, but somebody can bring a stupid lighter on board. Anyway, so this guy, he's flicking his lighter on and off, and the pilot's like, this is your last chance. I'm going to divert this aircraft if you don't stop. And people are wondering, you know, you just can't make fire when you're on the plane.
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He's totally smoking on the damn plane.
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Yeah, I mean, I just feel and there's a woman who tried in a separate one. She tried one showing you right now. She literally was trying to smoke on the plane and she burned the seat cover with a lighter. How do these people again? They literally confiscated my mic stand because they said it was a weapon. My microphone stand and they tried to once confiscate my son's protractor because they said it looked sharp. But these people can take lighters on? Jiminy Christmas. I can't even with these people. That's so stupid. All right, we got more. Let's see. Homeowners are demanding $10,000 from HOA as the dues are spent accidentally paying someone else's bills, and it went on for years and years. I think HOAs are insane. And I think some of them out-extend their purpose. It's in Charlotte, North Carolina. They took a look at their HOA's finances and found that they were actually paying for people's bills, like water bills, utilities, things like that. And the whole neighborhood suffered. So they filed suit. Always check this stuff. Always check this stuff. We have a lot more on the way as we roll towards the bottom of this hour and a lot still to discuss. Stick with us.
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Now she says she feels targeted. Damaging a personal vehicle does not affect Elon. If anything, it's giving him more money to fix the vehicle that you damaged. It's not damaging who you're thinking it is.
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Just before 6 p.m. on Thursday, Abigail Gill and her family were seated for dinner at Olive Garden. Over an hour later, they left, and what they found waiting for them was shocking. Quite a lot of damage.
SPEAKER 04 :
He keyed this side as well, which as you can see this side, it even looks like it affected above the tire. This is a lot more damage.
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So a disabled woman had her car. I'm surprised Jasmine Crockett didn't pop up to make fun of her. A disabled woman had her car vandalized because her car is a Tesla. That's what's happening now. She's eating, having a nice meal at Olive Garden. comes out and her car is busted up, scratched up, all of that because someone didn't like the fact that she had a Tesla. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Do you realize, too, that when this story first posted, do you know what some of the comments were from the left? They were making fun of her for eating at Olive Garden. Hold up. Aren't y'all bitching about the cost of eggs? Yep. And they're making fun of her because she's eating an Olive Garden. Is Olive Garden not good for you Marxists? I thought you guys, I thought you all were part of the proles, right? You're the proletariat. You're all down with the little people. She's eating at Olive Garden. What the hell's wrong with Olive Garden? I want one of you Marxist snobs to tell me what's wrong with Olive Garden. They got good salads. I mean, not everybody lives, you know, like by the hill in St. Louis. Sorry. Not everybody lives near Trastevere. I mean, you know, sometimes that might be the only Italian they can get. What's wrong with an Olive Garden? Nothing. You go and you get a nice meal and it's reasonably priced. These Marxist snobs are like, can you believe it? That was the first hands to sky. Those were some of the first responses that I saw when people were reacting to this story. The people on the left were mocking her because she was eating an Olive Garden. Oh, Juan's going off about that fettuccine Alfredo that they got at Olive Garden. It's the real deal, man. That's a creamy sauce. It's delicious. It's been a minute since I've eaten there, but I always like Olive Garden. We had them. I feel like there's fewer ones down here in Texas than there are in Missouri, Cain.
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I think that's accurate.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah. Because I felt like there was an Olive Garden in every city, in every sub-city in St. Louis, right?
SPEAKER 06 :
The salad... Along with the bread is unlimited.
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Unlimited stick. Unlimited. It's good. So I don't know why people are getting mad. So she's eating an Olive Garden, these snots. I just got really mad about that. They've got some good stuff. They've got some decent wines, too. You know, I mean, have you a red sauce? Get you a cab? You know, have an infinite stick and some salad?
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I don't know about you, but when I'm there, I feel like family.
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Do you feel like family?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, when I'm there.
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So weird. I do as well. Isn't that something? Amazing. Hmm. Yeah, it's... I don't know why people get all upset about that. Like, oh, you're... But that was the first... I mean, I'm not... I mean, like, the first handful of comments when I first saw that posted. So right off the bat, there's your glaring difference between the right and the left. The left, which is trying so hard to make a play for the blue-collar voter... But then they're going to make fun of a disabled woman because she's eating at an Olive Garden and came out and found her Tesla vandalized because she has a Tesla. And they're making fun of her, not just because her Tesla got there. I mean, I mean, again, Jasmine Crockett's going to pop up any second, laugh at her. But then they're like, oh, you're eating. So they immediately discounted the transgression done to her. Because, and Cain, correct me if I'm wrong, nowhere in the full story does she say, oh, I'm a Republican or I'm a conservative.
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No.
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She didn't even talk about it. Nobody knows what she is.
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Nope. No stickers on the car.
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No. Yeah, nothing. They're just like, Tesla, you must be a Nazi. And they immediately, and then they scratch her car up before ironically getting into their Volkswagen and driving off to their eagle's nest. I mean, I've got questions.
SPEAKER 06 :
No one's accused them of being deep thinkers.
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No, but they want that blue-collar voter, though. Yeah. But not that one, apparently. You know how many blue-collar people got Teslas? A lot of blue-collar people got Teslas. I mean, everybody that I know who's blue collar, including a couple of family members, and they're on the left. I mean, I know people on the left, on the right, and in the middle that own Teslas. The people that bought them initially, they're like big time. I think they were the most enthusiastic members of that base. Does that make sense? They love EVs and they really do think that that's where cars are going, right? then those were the early adopters then i think you had the people that loved gadgets and they love the idea of something going that fast that you know that fast that quickly and then you got the people i think there's sure there are people out there the bottom because they you know they thought you know they liked elon musk and they wanted to support i'm considering buying one literally so i can get into a fight not for any of the other reasons so i don't know i i just um I think that they're going to have a lot of problems if this stuff keeps happening.
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You know, I was really thinking about this when I was watching day two of talking about the same thing that we talked about yesterday. And tomorrow is probably going to be us talking about the same thing that we talked about the day before. And the next day and the next day is that Jeffrey Goldberg. And I know I've got colleagues that are remarking upon his professionalism and the way that he laid this out, et cetera, et cetera. Gag me. It was dropped. If he was such a professional about it. he would have released it when he got it. He wouldn't have sat on it and timed it to be perfectly released at the moment, like the evening, like right before we were doing these hearings. So when I have people... And I've had people, you know, in email and I've talked to some of my, you know, some of my friends that work in the press that are like-minded. They're saying, oh, well, you know, I mean, that was a big story for him to have and, you know, et cetera, et cetera. But it really... No, it's it's not because there was nothing there that there was nothing there. The war plans, the war plans that he said that he claimed were leaked. I mean, I'm looking at he said he was going to leak more and we're going to talk more about this. But I was really thinking about this today as I watched all of this, that this was really timed to coincide. Exactly with this hearing today. And it's all they're talking about. It's the only thing that's the only question that they're being asked about. Although I will say the other, I think, topic that they discussed and that the press kind of ran away from. is how Signal was pretty much added. That's something that they had. It's something that they added. It's not this big... They didn't do what Hillary did and use this unsanctioned service or facilitator to have these conversations. I mean, the software, the app was directly loaded onto their stuff. And that was done, apparently. And that's what Ratcliffe said. He was like, yeah, this was all I had all this. I had all this stuff. All of this stuff here. CIA was was added to my computer. He said that that was in yesterday's hearing. So, you know, I've got a lot of questions, and I'm sure the American people do as well, about all this, because I feel like they're really trying so hard, the left, to get a scalp. And like I said, the timing of this is just all so questionable. Welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. Day 11,000. It's almost as bad as, like, how 1923 is lately. The show where Spencer's coming home, episode 5,000. Spencer, the whole thing is just Spencer coming home. You haven't seen it, so you don't understand this reference. But it's very much like that. It's very much that whole dragged out everything. So this is one of the top stories that we're discussing today. And like I said, we're going to get into all of this. It's just so mind-numbingly idiotic because instead of talking about serious issues, Nat Sec issues. We've got to sit here and fart around with this stuff. I mean, honestly, I do think that some of the defense from certain, I don't want to say surrogates because not all of them are surrogates, but certain people within the Trump camp, I think they got to get better at messaging this stuff because pretty much all you have to do is go out and say, okay, yeah, it was an error. It was an error. That's all it was. And move on. So we're going to get into this. We're going to get into a bunch of other stuff as well. I also have some cultural things. We've got to get into some of the what we can expect with Congress. And then, of course, the whole Jasmine Crockett thing, because she clapped back. I hate the phrase clapped back. I hate the phrase clap back. So I don't know why. How did that get to be a thing? I don't know. I don't know how it got to be, but it is. She had responded on X. She responded on X. First off, let's play Audio Somebody 12. This is Greg Abbott, who we can't get on the show anymore for some reason. I don't know. Maybe if we just, you know, can't get on the show. I mean, Governor, come on. We got a lot of people here that are interested in hearing from you. This is what he had to say on Fox 12.
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Well, Sean, this is another day in another disaster by the Democrats. The reality is they have no vision, no policy. They have nothing to sell but hate. And Americans are not buying it. It's one reason why Texas is going to remain red and why Republicans are going to continue to win elections across the country.
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That's true. I mean, Dave, I mean, it's true. We're going to talk about this, too. We're going to dive into it. But the hearings, that's the thing, the top thing ongoing. What are we not hearing in this, though? I feel like there's a lot of issues that we could be discussing here. in these intelligence hearings. And they're instead using them as a way to rage. And it's like two minutes later, I'm watching it. They were questioning Gabbard earlier today. Are they just trying to get them with their stories not straight? Because it's the same damn questions. I watched like an hour of them asking the same stuff. An hour after this. This was, audio is done by 25, John Ratcliffe. Oh, we came in with that, yeah. Ratcliffe has been doing a great job, I think, in answering some of this stuff.
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Cut 26 is what he was referring to. Yes, yes, yes. He called Jeffrey Goldberg a liar because Jeffrey Goldberg said this.
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There's a covert CIA operative named on the thread, right? Well, yes, and I withheld her name from this. They named somebody who's an active CIA officer in this thread, which is on Signal, again, a commercial app in which I'm watching. And I withheld it. I didn't put it in the story because she's undercover. But, I mean, the CIA director put it into the chat.
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That you weren't supposed to be part of. What? That he thought. So Goldberg's like, well, you know, but then he did. Did you see everything that he released that he put out this morning? He still released everything this morning. Look. He sat on this to make it a story and timed it purposely to come out with the hearings today. So that was one. Two, he released everything else today. This transcript of all of this stuff, all this transcript. He released this. And I... The Valerie Plame, the reason I said he's trying to Valerie Plame this, because the person that they're referencing is someone who works... on John Ratcliffe's staff at the CIA. Now, yes, if you work at the CIA and you're a staff member of the director of the CIA, I'm sure that at points you are going to have access to information that might be privileged or classified, which is a very different thing from intimating as Goldberg was doing here in the audio that we just played. It's a very different thing Than what he's intimating, which is to be an active, an active agent in the field. Like you are in the middle of operations. You have assumed a different cover and you are. What's the movie? Oh, my gosh. What's the movie? The Mission Impossible. Your mission impossible in it. That's not what's happening here. This is like what they did with Valerie Plame. How many of you guys remember that story? I remember it well because it's when I started radio. It was the first big story that I did. The first big story when I started radio on October 28th of 2008, right before the elections. Do you remember that, Kane, that big story? They were acting like Republicans murdered Valerie Plame. She was alive and living and she was a pencil pusher. Valerie Plain was not like an active agent that was undercover. She was a pencil pusher and she was name checked in this column. It was a big deal. Long story short, Democrats lied and said that her cover was blown by the previous administration, which was not true. I mean, you can have your criticisms of the Bush admin, but, you know, breaking Valerie claims cover is not one of them. And she kept saying in subsequent interviews how she wished that she could go, you know, still do her job and go back and et cetera. But then she and her husband, who I think has passed since then, Joe Wilson, she and her husband had they did this huge photo shoot together. And I'm trying to remember the photographer, but not any leave of it. It was a very famous photographer. Maybe it was. They did this huge cover, this photo shoot for Vanity Fair. And it was the two of them in a convertible. And she had a straw hat. It was like this carefree life. Like, look, all these Republicans threw this at us and we're living our best life. Is that something that you would do if you were hoping to return to duty? know as like a literal undercover agent would you would you be doing photo shoots like that kane is that is that something typical that people who work in intel and you know go on these operations and embed is they do big fancy shoots with vanity fair right no they don't oh unless they're super confident in their plastic surgeon or their masks Oh, interesting. I'm just fascinated by all of this. So I remember all that. Her husband, if you remember, was the guy, one of the guys, he wrote this thing. It was all about the enriched uranium. I'm not litigating all of this because I will literally gnaw my own hands off if I do. I covered it for weeks because Democrats made it such a big deal. They wanted heads to roll. They're trying to Valerie Plame this whole thing. So Ratcliffe, and this is what we came in with, he's he's. in his own way, is correcting the intimation by Goldberg because Goldberg has absolutely stretched the truth before and just made up things out of the ether. That's not really up for debate, particularly if you are at all whatsoever familiar with any of the reporting that he's done. I think the biggest lie that he made was the Trump Cemetery thing where he said that Trump didn't want to go visit World War II veterans at the French Cemetery. It was raining and he just didn't think it was... And it was completely false. It was totally false. So they're doing all of this theater for what purpose? I am past... being outraged at them for feigning outrage at something. I want to know what they're trying to hide. Or is it just something as simple as they think in their misguided opinion that they have something and they're just going to aggravate the hell out of Americans with it and hope that does the trick? 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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All right. So it's apparently fiscal growth is on course for I don't know how. I don't know nothing because they don't they don't have anything else passed in the Senate.
SPEAKER 05 :
They want you to panic.
SPEAKER 14 :
I'm deleting this headline. I'm going to share it with you. You know why? Because it's all about getting you to freak out over stuff that hasn't even been solidified yet. That's all it is. America's confidence in the economy hits a multi-year low. The press has constantly been telling you to freak out is mystified as to why this is happening. Wow, it's amazing. A massive study of 40 countries shows that America is an outlier. Who the hell are these headlines?
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That's our press.
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The gentlewoman's time has expired. Hmm.
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Vulgarity isn't a substitute for wit. That's, I think, first and foremost. And I love that this is where... democrats are they they think that they don't need to have better policies they because their base they their base is like you guys aren't being violent and ridiculous enough so you need to do it more and so democrats are like okay i know what we'll do instead of like coming up with policy that shows how much we're listening to our base and how much we're doing what we're actually going to do is cuss meanwhile everybody's going what Sorry, excuse me, what? You're going to what? Yes, we're going to cuss. That's what we're going to do instead of doing anything else that's like good with regards to policy. They're trying to be edgy and stupid people think edgy is dropping like the BS and F-bomb. Now, look, my vice in life is having a colorful vocabulary. It is not my fault that there were so many members of our naval services, our Navy in our family. I blame our sailors. And the daughters, my mother that they raised. So I'm just saying that, you know, I come I come by it honest, but that's my only vice in life. But I'm not to that extent. Democrats, though, they think that it is actually not just a substitute for wit, but policy as well. So they came up with yesterday I shared with you. And if you actually pull this up, because I had a whole separate thing on our newsletter right about this. That gets into the amount of money. Well, how worried Democrats are and the amount of money that they're looking at dumping into these upcoming races, which we're going to talk about, because, you know, Democrats only need to flip three House seats in midterms in order to take control of House. You guys know this, right? All Democrats have to do coming up in midterms is to flip three House seats, and they got the House. And they're targeting 14 different districts. One of the things that the DNC has done is they've created a PAC called Win Them Back, and they've dumped $50 million into it already. And there's way more to come. But this PAC, what they're doing is they're sending people – it's like more of the Bernie Sanders AOC summer concert series – And they are also paying influencers. So if you thought the influencer thing was insufferable the first time around, just wait, because there's more of it. They're going to get they're going to have more. They are going to be paying influencers, content creators, all of this stuff. They're going to try to convince people that Democrats have done something differently to win people back when the reality is that they haven't. They're trying to make a play to get that blue collar worker back, the middle class voter, because they can't win another election without them. And I think that they've given up on Hispanic Americans and because, you know, Hispanics, Hispanic Americans won't stop loving Jesus. So they got to give up on them. So they've been I mean, that's why I'm saying natural allies. So they are targeting the blue collar middle class voter. And that's what they are. They think that this is all of this is going to work together to convince people to vote for Democrats. So they've got this win them backpack. And they're just kind of funny. They think that the way to go about this is quite literally to go out and just start cussing at everybody. Now, I first told you before everybody else yesterday that Jasmine Crockett, when she was making all of, you know, because she's she's clapped back. I hate this phrase. I'm saying it because that's how the headlines are. Oh, she's clapping back. Democrat Princess Jasmine Crockett. We first we were the first ones to tell you yesterday that she has a history of this. She has a history. So I've had someone ask me, well, you know, she's just making a joke. So don't you think that, you know, aren't conservatives getting a little sensitive? I think that you need to redefine what you think a joke is. These people who use this excuse, if that's your measure of humor, you suck. Like as a human, you're horrible and I never want to be around you. If you think that that kind of stuff counts as a joke, then you're too dumb to talk to. And I hope that someone out there is offended and turns me off because my gosh, I don't want any association with any brain matter that practices such stupid logic. I mean, seriously, there did you see some of them yesterday, Kane? Some people supposedly on our side like, oh, well, there would be one thing if she had said this like one time and was making not a joke that like to purposely jab at him. But if it was just you guys understand the context, I don't. It's very difficult to explain the abstract to stupid people like the ones who defend this as humor. It's not humor because it's not funny. That's like saying SNL is funny. People who say this is humorous, those people are murdered comedy. They've murdered humor. They've murdered intellect. They've murdered smart discourse. She has repeatedly done this. She has tweet after tweet after tweet. She has reposted numerous tweets. She has liked numerous tweets. I mean, multiple years of making fun of Greg Abbott for him not, you know, heaven forbid, it's all his fault, right? A tree fell on him and broke his back when he was 26 years old. He was not able to walk anymore. He had to rely up on a wheelchair. And that's where that's why he's in a wheelchair today. She has been making fun of him for this for a long time. So I think people I get really mad when I see people say, well, isn't that it's not actually the same thing because she's doing it on purpose designed to make a jab at him specifically because of his inability to walk. Now, again, and I'm going to say this one last time because these people have enraged me. I get that these people are stupid and they have to be baby walked into this explanation. And I know don't waste your time. Let me do it for you because you have busier things and more important things to attend to. But it's not a joke. And again, she's done this repeatedly as we were the first people to tell you yesterday afternoon. She's done this quite a lot. Not only that, but can she stop pretending that she's ghetto? She's not ghetto. That's like Trump going out and pretending that he's a redneck. She's not ghetto. Okay? If you send me hate mail, I will print it out and run it over with my Segway. And then I'm going to take it to the range and blow holes in it with some birdshot. Promise you. She acts like she's like a street queen. Again, I made mention of this last night. If you sign up to the newsletter of her chapter and verse, you have the full story. I grew up in St. Louis. Missouri's my home state. And she and I are about the same age, which shocks me because she seems way more immature. She went to school and is from an area that is very affluent. Jasmine Crockett grew up way the hell richer than I or Kane or most of you could imagine. She attended the most... elite, exclusive, expensive school that you could go to in the whole state of Missouri. It's Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis, just colloquially, M-I-C-D-S. And it is a school where, I mean, every politician's kids went there. Politicians' kids went there. Business owners, CEOs, all their kids went to MICDS. Famous people, their kids went to MICDS. The athletes, they went to MICDS. My very first job as a lowly reporter was to do a profile piece on an up-and-coming performer in St. Louis for a magazine, and this performer had attended MICDS. And they were doing an event at their school, their alma mater. And they had, it was like, you know, not a field trip. What am I thinking of, Cain? Like they had an expo or something at the school where this performer was answering questions and all of this. Assembly? Thank you. Assembly. Yeah, when everybody gets into the gym. Dude, have you ever been into MICDS? Now, Cain's from St. Louis, too. You know MICDS very well. Have you ever been into that school? Dude. Dude. Everything is top notch. It is less like a school and it honestly seemed like a resort when I went in. I'm not even going to talk about like the food court cafeteria thing. I'm not even going to touch on that. The... Area where we had this assembly. I have never been in like a theater. Like they had their own theater. Then they had their own state-of-the-art gym. They had all of this stuff. They had like super plush, cushy, bougie seats. And it was just a really, it smelled like money when you walked in. And I drove up in my beat-up car. And I'm doing, you know, this profile. I was, what, 22 years old. Doing this profile on this performer. And oh, my gosh, the school was so bougie. This school for is is pretty much the equivalent for tuition. I think it's. I mean, it's like a college, you know, just give me let me see. You had all the John Danforth went there. So John Danforth was an M.I.C.D.S. grad. Right. Everybody knows John Danforth. He was a senator. Pete Wilson, who was the senator, governor of California. Pete Wilson went to M.I.C.D.S. Do you guys remember the McCluskey dude who was out in his front yard with his gun? He was an MICDS grad. And he lived in that big old fancy house there in downtown. Joe Buck went to MICDS. The famed broadcaster went to MICDS. Vincent Price. Everyone knows Vincent Price, right? One of the greatest ever. He went to MICDS. This is like this is their who's who. All of these people. T.S. Eliot went to M.I.C.D.S. You also had I'm trying to think of some of the other people. I mean, everybody who was everybody went to M.I.C.D.S. Republicans, Democrats, communists, socialists. It didn't matter. Everybody went to M.I.C.D.S. Betty Grable. She didn't graduate, though, because I was around like but she went to M.I.C.D.S. Everybody went there. All these, like the CEO of Sotheby's went to MICDS. So you kind of get an idea. MICDS also, and I'm not running down the school. I'm just letting you know perspective here. Because I think if you're going to cosplay ghetto, then let's like look at the full story. Because that's part of her identity, right? Like Poop Booty Juice being gay and having a baby is all his identity. He can't do anything without reminding you that he's gay. Just do the damn job. But, you know, we don't live in that world anymore. But this school also in St. Louis, they had... Do they still call it the Veiled Prophet Ball?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, the VP Fair.
SPEAKER 14 :
So way back when, yeah, they used to have the VP Fair. And that was the big 4th of July thing that they had in downtown St. Louis. And it was called the VP for Veiled Prophet. Well, Cain, the prophet... I don't know. I... I'd make a joke about it, but people will get upset because, you know, the people who say that conservatives take things too literally. If I made a joke about somebody being in a hood, the left would lose their minds like they've done before. But I'm just going to say the veiled prophet. And I've written stories on this kind of looked a little clansy. I'm not saying it was on purpose or that they I'm just saying it was, you know, this that all of this. I'm going to bring this tugboat to shore. All of this got started back when they had strikes in the day, the railroads and the east side, all that stuff. And they had this big thing, bread and circus. Right. That's how this whole thing came to be. Anyway, they would have all these debutantes. There was one chick who was on the office or was on the office or somebody, an actress who was a debutante in the VP ball. And they found out and she got in a lot of trouble because of the history of the VP thing. So that's where all the debutantes, the socialites of St. Louis get together. If you actually look at where all those people go to school, like everybody goes to either John Burroughs or MICDS. Those are the, you know, John Burroughs is like number two. MICDS is one. So this is where Jasmine Crockett grew up. She grew up in the lap of privilege. She went to and graduated from MICDS. She was at Rosati Cain for a while, but she graduated from MICDS. So she never, she wasn't in public education. She lived in the nicest parts of town. She went to the nicest schools. I couldn't even afford to even look around except as a job at MICDS. So Jasmine Crockett, the only piece she knows is privilege, not poverty. The only streets Jasmine Crockett knows are the streets that she drove through to get to her country day school. That's it. So stop acting, stop cosplaying like you're street. That's such a racist and bigoted view of your voting bloc. And I'm not the only person saying this. There are a lot of black moderates and black conservatives and everyone is like, why is she why is she like cussing and acting like she's going to fight everybody now? Is that what she thinks her voting bloc wants and her voting bloc? By the way, I hope if you are a black politician, you think that you're representing more than just black Americans. You're representing black and white Americans, you know, not your your your district of the elected seat in which you hold is more than just that. But this idea that she's, I think if you're going to represent yourself like that, you need to be authentic. Stop transing up your identity. Now, she has no excuse for this behavior. But she is trying to throw elbows because she wants a seat at the table of this attention economy. This is what politics have devolved to. And the right is no stranger to it. Just the left invented it. They're throwing elbows trying to get some of this attention economy. I don't know what all this is going to look like in four years because I just don't know how much lower you can go. We are already ridiculous. Where's the bottom? Is there a bottom with us? I don't know. But this idea that Democrats have, I don't want to dissuade them because I think it works in our favor. Their voting base believes that they're still the same voting base that they were 10 years ago, where most moderate Democrats would turn their heads and look the other way when their base. Well, it wasn't even their base at that time. They were just like on the outside. They were on the periphery. Now they are the base because Democrats never had the brass to stand up to them. 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SPEAKER 05 :
You know what it's like? It's like whoever's handling comms for the Dems are just making these blanket suggestions like, you know, you need to be out there. Be a little more meaner.
SPEAKER 14 :
I really want to play this so bad, but I can't look it fine. Apparently she said it repeatedly. Oh, she did. She said it's Democrat Rep Stansberry during a sanctuary hearing. She goes, it's total BS. Absolute BS. They're not making America safer. What they're doing is terrorizing immigrant families. That's what they're doing. And I'm Well, these are illegal entrants. These are people who entered illegally. And... No. Why do you... Again, it's not... Vulgarity is not a substitute for wit. And it's not a substitute for policy. And it's not a substitute for truth. Nor is it a substitute for answers or anything of the sort. This is... It's just quite really just silly. This is... I don't understand what they're doing here. No clue what they're doing. So I... You know, I just feel like... I don't know. It's clearly some kind of memo went out. And they're all they are all saying the same thing. You know, we we need to be more aggressive. Democrats think that they need to be more aggressive. On April 5th. Did you guys hear this? So pull this up. April 5th. Oh, gosh. It's the National Day of Action where liberal activists are gearing up to unleash chaos. They're protesting. And it's called Hands Off National Day of Action, Saturday, April 5th. So like, hands off what? Like what? Hands off our big government. Let it get bigger. Like what is it? It sounds like it's a day of just them having a tantrum. They don't even actually get into what they do. They're just like, yeah, we're going to go out and we're going to raise our voices. Yes, we are going to state our truth. On April 5th? For what? It just sounds like it's just an excuse for them to go and act like fools in the streets. That's what it is. Have you heard anything about this, Cain? What is the... I'm trying to find particulars on it, but they all have different... Nobody has the... No, nobody. It's supposed to be global protests. It's a hands-off protest. Signature event. They love not doing anything but yelling in the streets. They like to be seen as protesting but not actually doing anything. Like this is literally what, this is what it says. Tell me if you, I don't know. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets to fight back with a clear message. Hands off. Hands off what? So you're going to fight people? Don't make some people's wish come true. You're going to fight people? What in the world? Bring a sign in your voice. Yes, because you normally would leave your voice at home. Understood. I mean, I am shocked at this. And then it just says schools, libraries, energy, stuff like that, hands off. I just don't understand what this means. And then the other people putting in honor of that Soros group. And they're trying to make that one indivisible group that's funded by a Soros entity. And they're trying to make it a big thing. I seriously don't even know what they're protesting, Cain. I don't know. I'm not giving Juan the link or the imagery because I don't want to promote it. I think it's the same people who do... I swear to you, it's like the same people. It seems like the same people who did the Tesla doxing site. Same network. What? Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
Same network.
SPEAKER 14 :
So what are they... Cain, any idea? Yeah. What are they protesting?
SPEAKER 05 :
I mean, truly, do you want the psychologist-style answer? I'm no psychologist.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, here's one sentence buried.
SPEAKER 05 :
By the way.
SPEAKER 14 :
Here, wait a minute. Add this to your analysis.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right.
SPEAKER 14 :
Quote, Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on, daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message. Hands off. That's real clear.
SPEAKER 05 :
So clear.
SPEAKER 14 :
Your thoughts, sir?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, my nonprofessional psychologist analysis would say that these people, there's a level of self-loathing that they have not even recognized themselves. So they live the lives projecting that hate onto others because they have yet to internally look at themselves for their own hate of themselves.
SPEAKER 14 :
I just... Am I close?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, like listen to this. Trump, Musk, and Republicans in Congress are raising prices.
SPEAKER 05 :
On what?
SPEAKER 14 :
Things, Cain, and stuff. Did Moira Rose write this whole website? Trump, Musk, and Republicans in Congress are raising prices.
SPEAKER 05 :
So they were out in the streets then since 2021.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I mean, prices have been up. It's so weird, Cain, how prices went up when Joe Biden got in office. That is just a mystery.
SPEAKER 05 :
They didn't just go up. They went up historically.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
Historically.
SPEAKER 14 :
We were number one in raised prices. Number one.
SPEAKER 05 :
That was about the only thing we were number one in.
SPEAKER 14 :
So I don't, I'm at their website and I know you guys want to see it. I'm not giving it to Juan though, because I don't want to promote it. Juan's over here like, why are you doing this to me? And then I noticed at the bottom, you can share all their stuff, but only on blue sky. Blue sky is the thing that all the progressives go on, right? Yeah. That's what all the progressives go on. So what is the point of a protest? I mean, a protest, if you're protesting, people would see and go, oh, wow, you make a good point. I'm going to reconsider. But have you seen what they do? They just scare people. It's like a haunted house, but not in October. Have you ever been to a progressive protest? It's so weird. Even, again, when I was a dumb college Democrat, and remember, I did not meet a Republican until my freshman year of college. It's the first time I ever met a Republican in my life. Grew up in a hardcore Democrat family. And when I went up to the city and I was in school, And I went to a progressive protest the first time. It was all manner of weirdness and smelly. So there were dirty hippies and they would play hacky sack. The grossest thing I've ever seen in my life is hippies with dirty feet playing hacky sack. And I died. I died and had to be resuscitated and died again. It was so bad. I just all of the things I hate. Tom's of Maine before Tom's of Maine existed. You know, white people with dreadlocks, dirty feet, hacky sack, you know, like dumb people. And I don't even actually know what the protest was. It just kind of looked like a mellow rager. And that's before they started getting violent. And then as the day went on, then later on is the sunset. That's when all that's when the troublemakers came out and then they decided to get violent. And it was real weird. And I didn't stay because I would have my mother to beat me. But. I never understood that like they I crashed one protest after I started my conversion and someone had a like a not it wasn't a pinata like a traditional pinata, but they basically had an effigy of Bush that they were hitting with bats and stuff like that. And then after they knocked it down, then they set it on fire in the street. I'm like, well, just in case, you know, he wasn't dead. He isn't. It's just so stupid. But that's. I don't know if you were a person that didn't know what to think about an issue and you were to walk into that. What out of the demonstrations would persuade you to go, oh, that's a fair point. I'm going to rethink my decision. Nothing. Nobody wants to be like these people. Part of a protest, too, is you're persuading and you're hoping to make your position attractive so that other people join you. And none of this does this. I have no idea. We're mobilizing to show the strength of our movement. Democrats are adrift. They have no party leader. There's a power vacuum. But yet still, I mean, if you've seen some of these races, though, like, for instance, only Republicans could mess this up. Like Randy Fine in the 6th Congressional District in Florida. I'll give him kudos, or at least credit, not kudos. I'll give him credit for coming on the show because his other colleagues are too scared. But that race is a toss-up in a solid red district that Trump took by 30 points because he's such a bad candidate. That race is now classified as a toss-up. That is the craziest thing I've ever seen. Only Republicans can mess things up for themselves like they're doing in that district. And remember, all you need for midterms is to flip three seats in order to retake the House, for Democrats to take the House. Can you believe that? I mean, this is so stupid. This is like people that are willing to sink the ship because they can't be the captain. It's exactly what this is. So now we've got Democrats doing this. And excuse me. In addition, we've got the full I've been looking at the full chat and I'm done talking about the story after today because I think it's I think it's all they got to do is say, yeah, you know what? We messed up. We're going to we're going to rectify it and move on. I have half of my friends think Mike Waltz is an idiot and half don't. There is nobody in the middle. It is a very polarizing issue. And I do disagree, and I like Mike Waltz, and I don't want to disagree with him. I do, however, I don't know if we had this when he was on. Fox last night. And I don't think it was a good hit for him because he was he was acting like audio somebody three. This is particularly it. This was not a good this was not good.
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you know laura i'm not a conspiracy theorist but of all the people out there uh... somehow this guy who has lied about the president who has lied to ghost our families lied to their attorneys uh... and gone to russia hopes gone that just all kinds of links lie and smear the president united states and he's the one that somehow gets on somebody's contact and it's up to date first off
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Signal tells you who added who. And when you are the party host, you can see there are always receipts that show who added. So I like Mike Waltz. Mike Waltz added this guy. Or he gave his phone to a staffer and said, use my phone to add him. Because nobody can just get into his account and do it. I have Signal. I use Signal. That's not how Signal works. So that just wasn't... I don't know. I just... I think that... Because he said, well, he somehow got into it. He got sucked into it. Well, just say it was, you know, messed up and added. No, I get and I have some of my friends. I feel like I need more time to talk about this aspect of it. Let me just set this up. I talked about this in my book, Grace Canceled. about admitting or acknowledging a wrong and rectifying it and why it's not popular to do so anymore, particularly in politics, because it is viewed as surrender. And also, what is the whole purpose of acknowledging a wrong? The whole purpose of acknowledging a wrong is for, at some point, reconciliation. But that's not what the left has ever wanted. The left, it's not about reconciliation. It's about total sheer destruction. They're not looking for any kind of redemptive arc for you. They just want to destroy you. You can say you're sorry that you messed up all day long, but that's irrelevant. That just means you get an extra layer of severity added to your penalty because you admitted it. So nobody why would anybody be incentivized to admit a wrong when reconciliation has never been in the cards here? It's all about destruction. Then you can see how very strategic this becomes. So I understand my friends who are giving that take. But I also think that they need to balance their view with the reality that our system and Republicans used to not be like this, by the way. This is a new thing for the right. The left made it, but now the right is adopting it to some effect. But even if, even if somebody went out and admitted a wrong, What does that get them as we move our partners that help bring you the program? It's our friends over at Patriot Mobile, the only Christian conservative cell phone service provider in the country. And not only do they not only do they bring you great service, but they're also making sure that your money is not working against you. They have nationwide coverage you can trust. operating on all three major networks. You can support what you believe in. They have seamless switching with a 100% based, US-based customer service team. So you can keep your phone, keep your number, upgrade. The choice is entirely yours. And when you visit, go to patriotmobile.com slash Dana or call 972-PATRIOT. Use promo code Dana and you get a free month of service. So that's patriotmobile.com slash Dana, 972-PATRIOT. Code Dana for that free month of service.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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Stupid headline. Could salty foods be fueling depression rates? Because, see, we have to throw out of the window the idea that moderation, when ignored, can be bad. But everything in moderation is okay. So you just have to take, you know, miles wide, inches deep. It's bad. We're all going to die. Everybody who wears shoes dies at some point. Shoes kill. That's the conclusion. Great study. San Diego has the first in the nation policy to ban digital-only coupons at grocery stores. That's a very specific thing to get mad about. And to want to immediately do away with. So they said that if you're in a San Diego grocery store, they passed the first in the nation policy. So digital only coupons are banned. I hate everything. I can't believe this is a thing. Grocery pricing, transparency. I don't care. I really don't care. You're in San Diego. You're in one of the prettiest parts of the world. Shut up. I don't care. I just don't care. I'm jealous of your weather. I'm not jealous of your government, so I'm not talking to you right now. They said that everybody's doing everything they can to stretch their dollars, but grocery chains are turning basic shopping into a rigged game. Oh, here we go. Big grocery. It's big grocery. California has more EV chargers than gas nozzles. They also have more feces and needles on the ground than anywhere else. Interesting, isn't it? A man requires medical... No. He got his girlfriend's hand stuck in his mouth and he had to go to the hospital. This guy. He got his girlfriend's hand actually stuck in his mouth and he had to go to the hospital. If you guessed, did this happen in China? Yeah. Yeah, it did. I don't even think we can show that. Juan's like, oh no, I'm going to throw it out there. Stick with us. You've heard me talk about Berna before. I always think it's good to have a diversified society. implements for self-defense and I'm always going to carry a firearm and I have zero issues using lethal force at all whatsoever to protect myself or my loved ones. So that being said, I'm not able to carry everywhere. I have friends that live in New York and D.C. They're not able to carry everywhere. They have big kids. They got big kid jobs. They got to go to work and municipal restrictions. You guys know the drill. The Burna gun shoots chemical irritant projectiles that can disable threats from up to 50 feet away. It's a good deterrent. And the best selling model is the Burna SD, right? There's no recoil. There's no background check. It's illegal in all 50 states. It doesn't care about gun free zone signs. And there's no permits, nothing. It ships right to your door. You can choose your model, the color. There's different projectiles and accessories there. So for my friends who are barred from their constitutional rights by, you know, working, living and working in D.C. or Manhattan, they do carry burner guns because you guys seen the crime rate for those cities. They don't want to be left a statistic. You carry blades. You have rifles and pistols. You have all different calibers. It's good to have diversity. So reevaluate your self-defense plans and options. Visit Byrna.com slash Dana. That's B-Y-R-N-A.com slash Dana. That's where you get 10% off your purchase.
SPEAKER 06 :
Damaging a personal vehicle does not affect Elon. If anything, it's giving him more money to fix the vehicle that you damaged. It's not damaging who you're thinking it is.
SPEAKER 07 :
Just before 6 p.m. on Thursday, Abigail Gill and her family were seated for dinner at Olive Garden. Over an hour later, they left, and what they found waiting for them was shocking. Quite a lot of damage.
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he keyed this side as well which as you can see this side it even looks like it affected above the tire this is a lot more damage so a disabled woman had her car i'm surprised jasmine crocker didn't pop up to make fun of her a disabled woman had her car vandalized because her car is a tesla that's that's that's what's happening now she's eating having a nice meal at olive garden comes out and her car is busted up, scratched up, all of that because someone didn't like the fact that she had a Tesla. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Do you realize, too, that when this story first posted, do you know what some of the comments were from the left? They were making fun of her for eating at Olive Garden. Hold up. Aren't y'all bitching about the cost of eggs?
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Yeah.
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And they're making fun of her because she's eating an Olive Garden. Is Olive Garden not good for you Marxists? I thought you guys, I thought you all were part of the proles, right? You're the proletariat. You're all down with the little people. She's eating at Olive Garden. What the hell's wrong with Olive Garden? I want one of you Marxist snobs to tell me what's wrong with Olive Garden. They got good salads. I mean, not everybody lives, you know, like by the hill in St. Louis. Sorry. Not everybody lives near Trastevere. I mean, you know, sometimes that might be the only Italian they can get. What's wrong with an Olive Garden? Nothing. You go and you get a nice meal and it's reasonably priced. These Marxist snobs are like, can you believe it? That was the first hints to sky. Those were some of the first responses that I saw when people were reacting to this story. The people on the left were mocking her because she was eating an Olive Garden. Oh, Juan's going off about that fettuccine Alfredo that they got at Olive Garden. It's the real deal, man. That's a creamy sauce. It's delicious. It's been a minute since I've eaten there, but I always like Olive Garden. We had them... I feel like there's fewer ones down here in Texas than there are in Missouri, Cain.
SPEAKER 05 :
I think that's accurate. Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Because I felt like there was an Olive Garden in every city, in every sub-city in St. Louis, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
The salad... Along with the bread is unlimited.
SPEAKER 14 :
Unlimited stick. Unlimited. It's good. So I don't know why people are getting mad. So she's eating an Olive Garden, these snots. I just got really mad about that. They've got some good stuff. They've got some decent wines, too. You know, I mean, have you a red sauce? Get you a cab? You know, have an infinite stick and some salad?
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I don't know about you, but when I'm there, I feel like family.
SPEAKER 14 :
Do you feel like family?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, when I'm there.
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So weird. I do as well. Isn't that something? Amazing. Hmm. Yeah, it's... I don't know why people get all upset about that. Like, oh, you're... But that was the first... I mean, I'm not... I mean, like, the first handful of comments when I first saw that posted. So right off the bat, there's your glaring difference between the right and the left. The left, which is trying so hard to make a play for the blue-collar voter... But then they're going to make fun of a disabled woman because she's eating at an Olive Garden and came out and found her Tesla vandalized because she has a Tesla. And they're making fun of her, not just because her Tesla got there. I mean, I mean, again, Jasmine Crockett's going to pop up any second, laugh at her. But then they're like, oh, you're eating. So they immediately discounted the transgression done to her. Because, and Cain, correct me if I'm wrong, nowhere in the full story does she say, oh, I'm a Republican or I'm a conservative.
SPEAKER 05 :
No.
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She didn't even talk about it. Nobody knows what she is.
SPEAKER 05 :
Nope. No stickers on the car. No.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, nothing. They are just like, Tesla, you must be a Nazi. And they immediately, and then they scratch her car up before ironically getting into their Volkswagen and driving off to their eagle's nest. I mean, I've got questions.
SPEAKER 05 :
No one's accused them of being deep thinkers.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, but they want that blue-collar voter, though.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah.
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But not that one, apparently. You know how many blue-collar people got Teslas? A lot of blue-collar people got Teslas. I mean, everybody that I know who's blue collar, including a couple of family members, and they're on the left. I mean, I know people on the left, on the right, and in the middle that own Teslas. The people that bought them initially, they're like big time. I think they were the most enthusiastic members of that base. Does that make sense? They love EVs and they really do think that that's where cars are going, right? then those were the early adopters then i think you had the people that loved gadgets and they love the idea of something going that fast that you know that fast that quickly and then you got the people i think there's sure there are people out there the bottom because they you know they thought you know they liked elon musk and they wanted to support i'm considering buying one literally so i can get into a fight not for any of the other reasons so i don't know i i just um I think that they're going to have a lot of problems if this stuff keeps happening. And I do wonder what Republicans are planning in terms of countering this. And I just want to come back for a moment and point out that the biggest threat to Republicans is Republicans. It's specifically Republicans. inaction on any permanence with regard to economic policy whether it's tax cut permanency whether it is actually accepting and then putting into action the cuts that doge recommends all of that stuff and if that isn't done a lot of these people that said you know what this trump is better than biden Trump is better than Harris and they're going on with it. I feel like they those would be the people that would be convinced to go back the other way. And you got to think of this, too, coming up in midterms. Now, here's something to take and take into consideration with midterms. So you'll have, a lot of states have split ticket voting. You'll have instances where, you know, the guy at the top gets the votes and then people will maybe, you know, they'll vote Republican top ticket and then Democrat down. And we had that in a number of instances. We've had that where actually back in 2020, it was people that would vote blue top ticket and then they would vote like Libertarian or Republican down ticket. So you have to keep that in mind as well. Three seats is all it takes to flip everything from midterms. And If Republicans do not get permanency and you don't see any actual savings in bank accounts of voters and you it's one thing to flex it and brag about it on social media, but they need to actually be able to see they need to be able to to actually see this in their bank accounts. If that's not going to happen. There's going to be a lot of problems for Republicans and Democrats. Some of them are trying to get in a position to take advantage of that. But the rest of them are just getting in their own way. They're getting they're getting in their own way. So it's I don't know. But I wanted to because like I said, I'm not going to talk unless something dramatic happens. I don't want to talk about the signal thing anymore after today because I think people need to move on. I don't think Mike Waltz needs to do another damn interview. I don't think anybody needs to say nothing, nothing at all. But I do want to play this because Caroline Leavitt. announced that Musk and his team are going to investigate how Goldberg was added to the group. Now, I know how he was added to the group, but I want to hear what Levitt says, if we can pull this up, because they're having their White House press briefing right now, actually. And this was one of the things that Walt had said last night in his interview about perhaps getting Musk to investigate how Goldberg was added. Again, he added him. I get that He doesn't want to say that. And I like Mike Waltz, but I also have Signal and I know how it works. No one is just no one operates into the chat. So that's I don't think that helps him by saying this. I think people would be a lot more forgiving on our side if they're if it was just I think it would blow over easier with our side of moderates. If he was like, you know what? Sometimes this happens. But this is a CIA approved app. This is a messaging because it's hard. You're not going to get everybody in the same room. I get that. You've got to double check to see who you're adding. This was Levitt just a little bit ago talking to this. Listen.
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Previous question from Jennifer. As for your original question about who's leading, looking into the messaging thread, the National Security Council, the White House Counsel's Office, and also, yes, Elon Musk's team. Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this to figure out how this number was inadvertently added to the chat. Again, to take responsibility and ensure this can never happen again.
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I have two questions one previous question, so it's I Think I don't think it will I don't think that this was a setup and I am of The mindset that, you know, it was, I just think it was a mistake. I don't think, you know, kind of Occam's razor. It just seems to me that, you know, the most basic explanation is the correct one. And that's what it seems like to me. It just seems as though it was an accident. He was accidentally added. Big deal. I mean, they weren't talking about anything classified. And at one point, Hegseth even said that we'd have to take that to a different platform for discussion. They just want a scalp. That's all they want. Coming up, one of the things that we're going to get into is this Supreme Court on ghost gun restrictions, 7 to 2. And I was reading some of this this morning because there was a lawsuit trying to block the implementation of the ATF's rule on ghost guns. And it was very successful when they went through district court. It was very successful when it was appealed. And now it's 7-2, led by Gorsuch, who reinstated the federal restrictions curtailing access to kits to that people can assemble into hobbyist firearms. I reject the language that I see used in a lot of these reports, like particularly the New York Times. They said, quote, easily assembled into homemade, nearly untraceable firearms. Well, that's stupid. And hobbyism, hobbyist builds have been around since before this country. In fact, firearms began as homemade. I mean, it's just all there is to it. So I do want to add some context onto this before we jump into it. A lot of people have been asking me, well, why didn't they, why didn't the second amendment come into this? Why didn't this, why wasn't this mentioned? You have to realize that this is about the administrative procedures act with regards to the purview of the gun control act. So it's not an adjudication of whether or not this particular rule is is legit as it is measured by the Second Amendment. The decision was whether or not it is acceptable under the Gun Control Act. Does the Gun Control Act make allowances for this sort of overreach? And yes, this is why I think the Gun Control Act needs to be repealed, because in order to come to this decision, it comes through the scope of that Gun Control Act. So that is why it was adjudicated the way that it was. It's not just a simple, well, is it Second Amendment or not? I understand what you're saying on this. I'm just explaining to you. why it was this decision. It's very much a procedural thing. We're going to come back to this. We have Florida man as well on the way as we move. All family pharmacy, speaking of big pharma and the government, I am never going to get over the fact that they tried to actually restrict medications and therapeutics like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to you while they were pushing. Like, I don't know. No, I don't. Was it cleaner in a syringe? I don't know. But All Family Pharmacy, one of the reasons why I love them is because not only is everything that they make, all the precursors for everything is all USA made, from start to finish, made in the USA. All your medications are manufactured right here. But they got the ivermectin. They got the hydroxychloroquine. They got the antibiotics. They got over 200 medications. Tons of stuff also this system tried to keep from you. It's simple. It's fast. It's affordable. No insurance. No problem. They got straightforward pricing. They have online ordering. They can ship in just a couple of days. They can do overnight in a pinch. Your health is always within reach. So play by your own rules, not big pharmas, and make sure that you visit All Family Pharmacy. It's super affordable. They've saved me in a pinch many a time. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana for 10% off using promo code Dana10. Make sure you're prepared. Protect yourself and your family today at allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Use coupon code Dana10 if you want to save 10%.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 14 :
Sorry. I'm not laughing, but this guy, his photos. It's a Florida man. He had a Florida man with meth in underwear tells deputy, there's nothing wrong with drugs. The guy, Thomas Carpenter, was arrested during a traffic stop. He had already served a three-year prison sentence. He was charged with trafficking meth, possession of enough drugs to sell or deliver. They got two counts, possession of blah, blah, blah, prescription, all kinds of stuff. Anyway, so he was pulled over. He had drugs and kids in a car. And he got pulled over and told police, oh, I just smoked some pot. He had a lot more than pot. Lots more than pot. According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, the 41-year-old, oh my gosh, he is not 41. They said they tried to talk to him, but he kept falling in and out of sleep mid conversation. They pull him over for a traffic violation and he kept falling asleep. He told deputies that he and his female passenger accidentally smoked too much pot before they were pulled over. His guy's 41. Juan showing you his. Is it the tattoos maybe that make him look older? I don't know. I can't believe he's 41. That dude looks like he's 60. Look how gaunt he is. Well, that's the meth will do it. Little meth will do it. So they said that neither he nor his passenger had a medical marijuana card. Sure. Two kids in the car at the time. And they found all kinds of stuff, meth, stuff to like distribute meth, things like that. So they're all in jail. That's all you need to know. But I can't believe that guy's 41 years old. I'm sorry. I'm calling shenanigans on that. I love how we have Tent Man, Florida Man. Tent Man. Okay. Yeah, Tent Man. His camping supplies include... Oh, is that meth? What it looks like in crystal form? I've actually never seen it. Look at that. It looks like somebody went in a spelunking in a cave and took out some stones. They look like moon rocks. I have no idea why that fascinates me. Tent Man's camping supplies include over $2,000 in cash meth and THC gummies. Oh, okay. And he apparently has not a shirt amongst him. He was selling meth from a tent behind a discount store in Fort Pierce.
SPEAKER 05 :
As one does.
SPEAKER 14 :
As one would do. His last name is Hedy. Daniel Hedy with two Ds, of course it is. He was found by his tent shirtless sitting on a Home Depot bucket behind the DQ in a tent selling meth. That works. Yeah, I believe that. Also with no shoes. I love how they just keep adding onto it. They got a search warrant for his tent. I did not know that you had to get him for a tent. I mean, I knew for like a glove compartment. You know, my glove compartment's locked, so there's a trunk in the back. I know my rights, so you're going to need a warrant for that. Okay, so they had to get a warrant for his tent. And that's where they found all this stuff. They found meth, and they found... Is it illegal to have the gummies? Oh, wait, those are the acid gummies. No, that's not right. All the pot people are going to die. The THC thingies.
SPEAKER 05 :
I don't even know the terms. I think it's only legal medicinally in Florida, right?
SPEAKER 14 :
I don't know. I don't. I thought it was just like the CBD thing. OK, so this is the stuff that gets you high. And so and then he had drug paraphernalia. I don't know. So he's in jail and his bond is set at a whole fifty one thousand dollars. I love that he was in a tent behind a DQ, shirtless, shoeless, sitting on a Home Depot bucket selling meth. There you go, folks. Third hour on the way. It's our friends over at Kel-Tec, a great Florida-based company, and they have some new things out, including the new, very popular, very excited to shoot it. It's their new... Five, chambered in 5.7. It's the PR57 rotary barrel pistol. And it's the lightest one on the market. 40% lighter than the next lightest 5.7. The innovative rotary barrel makes it the lightest. And they also... achieve this with a very unique top loading design so you can the left always says oh clips they gotta it's well you can say that with this because they replace the traditional mags with stripper clips slimmer carry profile 20 plus one capacity it's great i mean super low recoil for ease of use accuracy quickest field strip available uh super easy field strip msrp is 399 so it's affordable and accessible for everybody It's the first of its kind, Kel-Tec PR-57 rotary barrel pistol chambered in 5.7. Visit Kel-TecWeapons.com to learn more. Innovation Performance Kel-Tec, K-E-L-T-E-C-Weapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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It was a mistake that a reporter was inadvertently added to a signal chat with high-level national security principals having a policy discussion about imminent strikes against the Houthis and the effects of the strike. National Security Advisor has taken full responsibility for this, and the National Security Council is conducting an in-depth review along with technical experts working to determine how this reporter was inadvertently added to this chat. The conversation was candid and sensitive. But as the President National Security Advisor stated, no classified information was shared. There were no sources, methods, locations, or war plans that were shared.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, they said, oh, now that you hear that they're trying to call them attack plans. It's the tech plans now. We're going to change the language and make it true. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Oh, that rhymed. Ooh, look at that. So this is like day two of all these hearings. And I'm over this story as of today. And tomorrow I'm done talking about it because I'm not going to extend it. And I don't think that Mike Waltz needs to do another interview about it. I don't think he needs to ever say that he doesn't know how someone was added. I know how Signal works. But I think it was a mistake. You move on and you do an inventory. You go through security protocol again and then go forward. Because as Ratcliffe testified, this is something that they onboarded the signal application to use. They all used it. And I had the thought, too. I have less of a problem with Signal than I do another, like a government program that they would devise to use and say that was secure and encrypted. And the reason I believe this is because you've seen everything, right, that's happened with just since Trump has taken office, actually even before then. You've had a really good look at how corrupt and big and unaccountable government is. Do you trust them to make an app that they promise is going to be secure with encrypted discussion for the highest levels of government to have these discussions about foreign policy? I don't. Do you? Because I don't. I mean, it's like, what's worse, that or Signal? I mean... It didn't leak out because of a gap in security and signal. It leaked because somebody accidentally added. I think they were trying to add that Jameson Greer guy, and they ended up adding Jeffrey Kohlberg. Man, what a mistake to make. Golly. The memes, though, have been very interesting. They've been very entertaining. All right, so... A few other things, too, I want to make sure that we are touching on as well, because we were talking at one of the things I want to touch on this. And I'll have a piece about this a little later. And I think we're going to try. We're going to deep dive with one of our attorney friends on it later this week, too. That has to do with this SCOTUS ruling as it pertains to I hate this phrase, but this is ghost guns. Right. So it's the ghost gun rule. ruling and the Supreme Court upheld these restrictions about the kits that you would take to make a firearm at your leisure, a hobbyist. It was a 7-2 decision written by Gorsuch and they uphold the frame and the receiver rule, the ATF's rule on that. And they want to treat the unfinished frames and the unfinished receivers as fully functional firearms so like an unmilled block of polymer they want to they want to treat it as an actual firearm which is so dumb and this overturned the fifth circuit court of appeals they had a regulation their their holding was that the regulation was inconsistent with the gun control act of 64 so you had only two justices that dissented, Alito and Thomas. You knew Thomas would. And the majority opinion was authored by Gorsuch. And he was saying that in his, and I'm looking at his opinion, he was saying that this is why the rule is fine and not looking at this from a Second Amendment standpoint. And I want to caution people. I agree with you. I'm not, you know, you're talking to someone who may be more of a purist than you. But that's not what the court was tasked with determining. They weren't looking at this. They were looking at it from like the administrative perspective. Right. It was I mean, quite literally, it was something that has to do with the Administrative Procedures Act. as it pertains to, does this fit under the gun control act? So it's not, you're not adjudicating it from the position of, is this acceptable with the second amendment? They're adjudicating it from the position of, is this, does this work with the gun control act? Doesn't the gun control act allow for this infringement? So I know it because in order to come to this decision, and this is what they do, you know, they're justices and they literally are interpreting and applying the law. They are not there. They can only consider what is before them. And they are considering. Is this work with and I don't agree with it, but that's how they're looking at it. Does this work with the Gun Control Act? And that's that's what they are. That was the that was the focus of the whole of all of the arguments. And so they got it. They and I'll have the the Gorsuch's opinion linked. But. To have a challenge, there has to be a particular statute violation. And I mean, this is where we're going to bring on if maybe we can get Stephen Hallbrook, because I think that they I think that the Trump administration, I think they could you could repeal this rule. There's some there's things you could do just within the ATF, because this doesn't undermine the ATF's authority at all. And if anything, it kind of reinforced, oh, yeah, this is a legitimate rule. I think it also highlights how weak Congress is. Because when Congress doesn't do its job, then you have agencies like the ATF that are allowed to fill in the gaps with whatever stupid bureaucratic interpretation they want to implement and enforce on you. And that's maybe the biggest issue. But they are... There's there's ways to deal with this. And like I said, I'm still reading all of this, which is why I'm going to write more about it later. I'm still reading every the opinion Gorsuch's opinion. But looking at it, I think that there's there's there's ways to, I think, try to go with this. But it's not going to be with Supreme Court. You're going to have to have congressional action. You're going to have to have it because you can have Trump have an EO. uh to kneecap the atf but that's meaningless without congress coming in and even then there's stipulations on that congress is going to have to come in and make this stuff permanent i don't have a lot of faith in congress doing that right now i'm really frustrated with them very frustrated with them so we'll see we'll see we'll see how it goes but i'm not i can't say i'm surprised with it i don't think i was surprised with this decision and i um I think that they've been pretty friendly to a compared to previous, although I think there's some cases that they probably wouldn't take just yet. So I don't know if this goes. I think that the plaintiffs can challenge this themselves in other ways. But it's there. The rule was always about whether or not the ATF has the ability to enforce it. And do they have the ability to enforce it? Because the Gun Control Act stipulates that this is allowable. And that's literally why I just this is so stupid. I think this is also dumb. The creation, the hobbyist building of firearms predates the republic. When you think every single firearm began as a hobbyist's invention, the machine gun began as a hobbyist's invention, the boring in a rifle began as a hobbyist's invention, right? All of this. This was the evolution of firearm progression technology in the world. I mean, going back to the War of Independence, one of the ways that we were able to get an edge is because we incorporated the French boring into our rifles. And we had the Kentucky gun and they were also including that in. And we were able to get like a technological advantage over the Brits. That in our incorporation of asymmetric warfare. But that being said, I mean, all of this began, this is, it predates all of this. And so it's really dumb, I think, to argue. And I know, again, I know that's not what SCOTUS was arguing, but it's silly to have this, to argue that, oh, well, I treat it like it's a newfound thing. Gun control activists always look at this with the perspective that it's like somehow new or that technology or that the affordability now of certain tools and machinery make it to where this is like a brand new thing for gun owners. And now we're going to see like a proliferation of guns. Homemade firearms, which we're actually not still. I mean, gangbangers just want something fast and easy, right? They're not into doing what they're doing because they're fascinated by the technological progression of firearms and the inner workings of it. That's not what they're into it for. But we're going to talk more about this. I'm going to digest the opinion a little bit more. But like I said, I think there's still some avenues of pushing back on this. Also, a few other things to make sure that we are hitting on. I wanted to touch on this from the Wall Street Journal article. The administration is looking at potentially implementing tariffs that buy energy from Venezuela. This is one of the things that came out. Just over the past day or so. Pulling the story up right now. Some nations could be exempt from reciprocal tariffs, but foreign goods, including lumber and pharmaceuticals, that could you you could see you could see tariffs on that after April 2nd per the president. And some nations, too, that are, you know, perhaps, you know, buying energy from Venezuela, et cetera. That's something that they could. I'm trying to pull the story up from The Wall Street Journal and their Web site. Can someone please, dear God, tell The Wall Street Journal to stop having so many stupid pop up ads on their site? It's so frustrating. But they, because this is the place that had the scoop, they're levying these tariffs on this as a way to kind of, I think, you know, I mean, it does control what some of your alliances are. 25% on anybody that buys oil or gas from Venezuela, that would augment, so that's augmenting existing duties. And that includes the 20%, all that, those proposals include the 20% tariff levied on China. So it's like, what, 45% tariffs on China? The third largest trading partner would take effect on or after April 2nd. Remember, he said he didn't want to do anything on April 1st because it's April Fool's Day. And he extended Chevron's license to operate well through the Treasury in Venezuela through late May. They said they would give Chevron 30 days to wind down operations. They want their operations ending there in early April. Chevron's lobbying for an extension of the license. They had a meeting last week with POTUS and other U.S. officials and some other oil executives. So they the Biden administration had granted Chevron license to continue drilling and continue operating and resuming operations in like 2022. And so they all of this was was done to put pressure on Maduro. So I actually I'm not I'm not against that. I don't know. I don't I don't have a position on being again. I think it's I mean, if you're looking at it from a NatSec issue, I think it's. I it's smart if you're wanting to kind of, you know, protect allies from having to ingratiate themselves with Venezuela and do business with Venezuela. But if we're not following up by putting more energy out on the market, how does that help us? Right. That's the big thing. Are we and I know that's one of the things that the administration is focusing on unleashing our ability to generate energy. energy domestically. If we're not filling in that gap, is this off or not? 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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Captain declares an emergency after a passenger keeps flicking a lighter. This was from Kansas City to Phoenix. How did they get it on board? How do you get a lighter on board? Excuse me. You can't take a lighter on board.
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Actually, the last time we went to Vegas, I saw the person in front of me had it in their carry-on. Really? You can take a lighter on carry-on.
SPEAKER 14 :
BS.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, it was in plain view of TSA.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, hang on, hang on, hang on. We're stopping right here. Can you take a lighter on carry-on?
SPEAKER 05 :
That was when I was in Texas heading to Vegas.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yes, you can. So there you go. You're allowed one lighter in your carry-on bag. It has to be a disposable or a Zippo-style lighter without fuel. Oh. Without fuel.
SPEAKER 05 :
Who brings a lighter without fuel? All right.
SPEAKER 14 :
The lighter has... So, yeah, they said that you can refuel it after security.
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Yeah, not everybody's stupid.
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Not before. Okay, so I'm just, because I can't have anything over 3 point whatever, 4 ounces for hand lotion, but somebody can bring a stupid lighter on board. Anyway, so this guy, he's flicking his lighter on and off, and the pilot's like, this is your last chance. I'm going to divert this aircraft if you don't stop. And people are wondering, you know, you just can't make fire when you're on the plane.
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He's totally smoking on the damn plane.
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Yeah, I mean, I just feel and there's a woman who tried in a separate one. She tried one showing you right now. She literally was trying to smoke on the plane and she burned the seat cover with a lighter. How do these people again? They literally confiscated my mic stand because they said it was a weapon. My microphone stand and they tried to once confiscate my son's protractor because they said it looked sharp. But these people can take lighters on? Jiminy Christmas. I can't even with these people. That's so stupid. All right, we got more. Let's see. Homeowners are demanding $10,000 from HOA as the dues are spent accidentally paying someone else's bills, and it went on for years and years. I think HOAs are insane. And I think some of them out-extend their purpose. Yep. It's in Charlotte, North Carolina. They took a look at their HOA's finances and found that they were actually paying for people's bills, like water bills, utilities, things like that. And the whole neighborhood suffered. So they filed suit. Always check this stuff. Always check this stuff. We have a lot more on the way as we roll towards the bottom of this hour and a lot still to discuss. Stick with us. Gold prices have surged over 40% since January 2024, consistently reaching new highs. According to Goldman Sachs research, the upward trend is expected to persist due to strong demand from central banks. It's stuff like this that's made me take action and why I've bought precious metals like gold and silver. I've partnered with a great company that makes it super easy to buy. Easy, transparent, and simple. And that company is Goldco. They're a huge supporter of this show, and they're the best at what they do. And right now, you can get a free 2025 gold and silver kit jam-packed with critical information about buying precious metals. It was a huge help, not just for me, but to all of you if you do this. And for my audience, you could also qualify for up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver. It's a really great deal, so don't miss out. Visit danalikesgold.com to learn more. That's danalikesgold.com.
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We don't care how much money you have, Elon. We don't give a damn about Doja. We are going to defend the Constitution because we believe in democracy. So many people have sacrificed and fought and died for democracy. And Trump comes along with his ignorant and he don't even know the Constitution. If he wants to start looking so closely to find those who were born here and their parents were undocumented, maybe I ought to first look at Melania.
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Wow, she sounds like an old, ignorant octogenarian. That's Maxine Waters. Welcome back. That's Jasmine Crockett in the future. That's who she's trying to be. She's trying to take over from Maxine Waters. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. First off, that's kind of embarrassing for a lawmaker to say something like that, particularly when that shows a grotesque understanding of what birthright citizenship even is. Because birthright citizenship is if you're born here on U.S. soil, right? If you're born on U.S. soil, regardless of what the citizenship status of your parents is, you know, is, then you're a citizen. Melania Trump was not born here. She came here legally and became a naturalized citizen. And her parents came here legally. And that's not even the same thing as birthright citizenship. Cain, please say aloud what you just put in Slack. Share with the class.
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I asked who put cocaine in her Metamucil.
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I mean, I think that's a legit question. I feel like we deserve to know that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Some evidence of that right there.
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I mean, it seems, yeah. I don't know. But that's not even, so she's saying, well, he needs to look at, like she's suggesting that, I mean, right? Did I interpret that incorrectly? She's saying that Melania Trump somehow is here because of birthright citizenship. And that's not, What that was. And in fact, all of that was never established to be applicable to people who are running across the border illegally. That was after it was established after the Civil War for certain reasons as it pertained to people who were in enslavement. So that's a whole other discussion. I I'm just amazed that that's a I don't know why I'm amazed, but that's just really ignorant. That's just really dumb. It's just a bad soundbite for her. This is why, by the way, there are popularities at the lowest ever measured. I saw this. Let me share this headline with you. So I've been getting these, or rather seeing these headlines that are sounding the alarm for how bad it is for Democrats. Let me pull this because I did LOL at this. Time for a progressive rethink. Guys, don't you think that the problem with the Democrat Party is that they're not aggressive enough? They're not in your face enough. They're not offering more free things. What other free things must they offer? That's literally what they're thinking right now. Every think piece is preaching to Democrats that they need to be more aggressive, more in your face is a phrase I keep seeing over and over again, and that they need to stop the steal. That's their thing now. They need to stop the steal. That's what Elon Musk is doing. He's stealing all our dollars. He's stealing all of our monies, Cain.
SPEAKER 05 :
How's he doing that?
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He's just taking them up, gobbling them up in the doge.
SPEAKER 05 :
So there would be a paper trail then, right, of him doing that?
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Well, the government hides it, you know, because of Trump. They're hiding all of it. They're hiding all of it, and that's what, they need to get it all, they need to take it back, our dollars. It's all of our monies. I'm not kidding. This is literally what they're arguing. I'm actually quoting a family member's Facebook comment. The whole, well, wouldn't there be a paper trail? No, the whole Trump government's hiding it.
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So all this transparency and Musk is just going to take the money.
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I feel like I need to stop right there because I know you all understand this. I... Because I was writing and I was in the middle of writing a piece about this last night. I'm just going to I was in the middle. I was like three paragraphs. And I'm like, wait a minute. I am not. And I stopped the draft because I'm like this. I'm not getting to the crux of this piece because I was getting into the recommended cuts. And if you add this up, the rate of growth, et cetera, like how much money could we ultimately save? Right. And how quickly could it be implemented? And I was looking at, can you do this in one big package? Or as Massey said, is it feasible to do that? Or do you have to actually split it up into a bunch of separate things? And as I was writing this, I thought, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm realizing now that Democrats, it's so stupid. The messaging is that your money is being taken out of your account your bank account magically somehow because a third party that was contracted by the government, so an NGO essentially, is recommending the bad spending to stop. I cannot pretend to be stupid enough to write something that addresses the perspective of this, Cain.
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Yeah, I don't know. I mean, it's like finding a landfill in your backyard and you're discovering who put that landfill there. And you're like, my God, that's terrible. But everyone there is just pointing to the person who told them about the landfill.
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And I saw this headline and I got I first saw it over at memorandum and then it disappeared. And I got really hopeful for a moment. I'm like, oh, do they understand something? Because at some point they're so dumb, I start feeling bad for them. Not really. And it said, Democrats need a reality check. They must do better. And I'm like, oh, wow. Wow, that sounds like a promising headline, right? And then I look at the, oh, no, no. They need a reality check. Their base wants more aggressive. They don't want aggressive posturing. They want aggressive action. And they want the party to stop the Trump administration's overreach and the theft of taxpayer resources. What? What? What? I was so hopeful for that headline. Maybe they're getting it, but they're not. They're not. And they... I don't know. They accused them of being in bed with big corporate, with big business, big corporations. In fact, let me pull this up. I got another story. Let me get this pulled up for you. So they had, they were accused, there was one article where it said Republicans shouldn't be considered the party of blue collar workers because look at all the big business they've got with them. And they were talking about all of the tech people that they had at the inauguration, etc. And it's... No, it's just so bad. It's just really... This is so stupid. They didn't say anything about... George Soros or the even the Gavin Newsom's or the Pelosi's or the Turner's or the Buffett's or they haven't said anything about any of those big money people that have for so long shaped not just Democrat policies, but their messaging down to their fundraising, down to their their street teams that they pretend to be grassroots. This whole, you know, all of it. They've they've not they haven't they haven't none of it. And they keep acting as though it's the, you know, Republicans are the ones that are now cozying up to big business and taking money from big business. I mean, did you not, I mean, Democrats literally were part, were like intertwined with them to the nth degree. And working with the unions, that's big business by itself, particularly public sector unions. I'm looking for this story. I saved it, and I somehow – I apologize. I somehow – I saved this story, and then I ended up trashing it, but somehow, and I'm coming back to it. But I talked about this last night. And this is the angle that Bernie Sanders and AOC particularly are – keep hitting at. And I think of all of the loudmouths that are in the Democrat Party right now, I think the ones that are being the most successful, I can't believe I'm saying this, for their base are actually Bernie Sanders and AOC because they're very, very focused on this economic message. And they're trying to portray the Republican Party as being the Republican Party of big business and not for the little guy. They're trying to redefine what that looks like. And they keep using the imagery of the inauguration when you had, who all do you have up there? You had everybody, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Altman, you had all of the folks up there. And they had all of them under Biden. I mean, how are you saying that when the previous administration was working with the same tech CEOs to suppress dissent? I mean, that's kind of a big deal. Here's my story. Finally, heaven help us. So they had this from The Guardian, the courage to brawl for the working class, right? They're trying to get people to the courage to fight back. Sanders, this is an actual line that he said, quote, I've talked about the concept of the oligarchy as an abstraction. Sometimes I think people just get the sources and just want to use all the words in them. Well, I mean, you are literally that in the form of your position in the Democrat Party. This is a guy who never worked in the private sector and he's basically a political oligarch. He's a multimillionaire with multiple homes and he doesn't want those opportunities existent for anybody else. So they're they're encouraging people to brawl on behalf of the little guy. So that's what their whole summer concert series. This one. This also a couple of different places. Forbes, Wall Street Journal, GOP cements gains as the working class party across racial lines. They talk about how Trump won more minority and non-college voters. The reason I'm hammering this so hard is because this is going to start coming into play in about four months. As we are rolling into midterms, this is going to be the big fight for midterms. You're not going to be able to do anything bigger because Trump isn't on the ballot. You don't have a party leader on the ballot. This is all about shifting the House. And like I said, all they got to do is flip three seats and that's it. So there's Democrats are now they've they've come up with us and pulling this up. Forgive me. They have come up with the pack that I told you about. They win them back that they've dumped 50 million dollars in. They said they're some of them are trying to examine how they lost working class voters, even in very, very blue districts, how they did it. And so one of the things that they're doing right now is they're watching two different seats. They're watching what's going on in Wisconsin because there's an election in Wisconsin that could reshape things. And they're also now watching what's happening in the sixth congressional district in Florida, where you had a district that Trump took by 31 or 32 points. it's a solid red district that now the Republican is it's now classified as a toss up. He is within margin of error of the Democrat challenger. And Randy Fine was on the show. I don't we don't get along, but, you know, he at least came on the show. And that's what happens when you put up a really bad Republican, a weak rhino. And here's what Republicans have got to remember. You're dealing with a big tent now. And because you're dealing with a big tent, these people do not have an appetite for BS. They're not going to follow the party lines that the base does. They're not just going to blindly defend this or that policy because it's the thing to do by the party. They're not going to defend stupid actions and they're not going to tolerate or stomach them either. That's one of the reasons why they're trying to make this signal thing such a big deal. When you have a big tent, you have a lot of people that are cynical and they're not afraid to to ask the questions that need to be asked. They don't give a rat's ass about party fealty. Republicans need to learn this now before they learn it the hard way later. They don't care about party fealty. They don't care about MAGA everything or MAHA everything. If you want to keep a big tent, you need to recognize this from this voting block that is on the right part of your big tent because the coalition depends on it. So I say this because They're watching this messaging and they're hearing, you know, what have you done for me lately? What have you done for me lately that that some Democrats are smart enough to kind of seize on? And if they don't see this delivered for them, if they see stupid things being done. And they're not going to make excuses for it. They'll go somewhere else. If they see bad candidates put on the ballot like this Randy Fine, you're not going to you're not going to push these people into doing it for the party because they didn't do it for the party. They stood up against the party that they have voted for historically, election after election, and they decided to make a switch. Don't make them regret their decision. Don't make them regret it, particularly by doing a cell phone and putting up a really bad candidate. So this is something that Republicans have got to get a handle on, because as you can see right now with that sixth congressional district and in Wisconsin, you know, the coalition, they're going to ask questions. And if they find your answers insufficient, they're not going to go for you. Republicans are their own worst enemies. They really are. And so that's one of the things they're looking at. There's actually a really smart piece that ran in USA Today. I was reading it this morning that talked about the rightward bent of voters that are in historically left leaning districts. And the moderates that are in these historically left leaning districts and they they made the state purple. They didn't really or they made the district purple. They didn't really flip it red because the split ticket voting, they will vote for certain Democrat candidates on some things and then they'll vote Republicans on some of the bigger issues. And that's really what ultimately made up a lot of the victory in the blue wall states, the Wisconsin, the Michigan, the Pennsylvania for Trump back in 2016 and also Michigan. not just in 2020, but in 2024. And Republicans need to not mess this up. By the way, where is the RNC right now? Where are the heads of the RNC? Where the hell are they in these two battle races? There are 14 seats that Democrats are dumping tons, millions of dollars in. And we're going to talk more about this as we get closer to it. 14 seats that they're looking to flip, not just to keep blue, but to flip from red. And in some of them, they're very primed to do so because it was a little closer than it was in some of these other areas. But it doesn't help when you have solid red districts that are going to toss up because Republicans are putting forward bad candidates. This is an alarm. Consider it a canary in a coal mine. If Republicans don't deliver, you're going to see this repeat in race after race after race after race. Three seats is all it takes to flip. Three. I went really long last segment and I was getting right. So one of the things we're going to talk about tomorrow are the 14 seats that are being targeted by Democrats because you only have to flip three seats in the House and you need to be aware of that. And I will make up the stolen today and stupidity to you tomorrow. I absolutely promise. So we're going to dive into all of it because we're out of time. I think I'm going to be Robin Kane of this. In the meantime, though, make sure you sign up over at Substack Chapter and Verse. I'll have something out about the SCOTUS ruling, the ghost gun. I'll explain that. We'll have a piece out there for you subscribers as well. YouTube, Facebook, like and subscribe. In the meantime, I will be back behind the mic with you tomorrow. Have a great rest of your night.
In this episode of Washington Watch, host Tony Perkins delves into President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at ensuring election integrity across the United States. Join Tony as he welcomes former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to discuss the ramifications of this order and the potential obstacles to its implementation. The episode also features a riveting exchange on Capitol Hill where CEOs of NPR and PBS are grilled about their use of taxpayer dollars in a politically charged environment. Moreover, Congressman Tim Burchett sheds light on the apparent media bias and the fight to defund public broadcasters. With a focus on pivotal issues such as the SAVE Act and election integrity, the episode provides a thorough analysis of ongoing legislative activities. Tune in for a compelling examination of how these developments affect both national politics and individual liberties.
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From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, D.C., bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and soundbites into conversations with our nation's leaders and newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview, Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
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Perhaps some people think I shouldn't be complaining because we won in a landslide, We got to straighten out our election. This country is so sick because of the election, the fake elections and the bad elections. And we're going to straighten it out one way or the other.
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That was President Donald Trump yesterday as he signed an executive order to ensure integrity in America's election system. Welcome to this Wednesday edition of Washington Watch. Thanks so much for tuning in. Well, coming up on today's program, Ken Blackwell will join me in studio to discuss the particulars of the president's latest executive order addressing election integrity. And we'll talk about what might be the obstacles to its implementation. And there were political fireworks on Capitol Hill earlier today as the CEOs of National Public Radio and PBS appeared before the House's Doge subcommittee.
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A few years ago, NPR educated America about, quote, the whole community of genderqueer dinosaur enthusiasts. Do you think that that's an appropriate use of tax dollars?
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I was not at NPR at the time, sir.
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That's not the question, though. Do you think that that's an appropriate use of our tax dollars?
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I think our tax dollars that we use are to be able to provide a wide range of... I'll take... Well, hopefully that will become extinct.
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Well, that was Texas Congressman Brandon Gill questioning NPR CEO Catherine Maher. We'll get a firsthand update from Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett, who sits on the subcommittee. Also yesterday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee had his confirmation hearing for U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
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If I'm confirmed, I will be... absolutely clear to carry the president's policies. They have been clear that Hamas will have no future in Gaza. It can't. This was not simply a cold-blooded murder in which people came across the borders and shot innocent people. They massacred them. And they did it in the way that was most physically painful
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We'll discuss why this appointment is so significant. And Troy Miller, president and CEO of National Religious Broadcasters, joins me in studio to discuss the fight to keep AM radio in cars and why that matters to Christian Talk Radio. All of that and more coming up on this Wednesday edition of Washington Watch. Before we dive in, here's a quick reminder. Session six of our God and Government course is out now. The series combines biblical principles with historical insights to offer a practical approach to government. The latest session covers the legislative and judicial branches and the power of the jury. You can find it exclusively on the StandFirm app. If you don't have the app, text the word course. That's course to 67742, course to 67742, and I'll send you a link. All right, before we go to our first guest, there is a lot going on this week on Capitol Hill. In fact, I was up on Capitol Hill earlier today in a meeting with the House Speaker. Some very positive policy developments are underway, and I want to bring in FRC Senior Director of Government Affairs, to highlight some of what FRC is working on and tracking on Capitol Hill. Kena, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
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Oh, it's good to be here, Tony.
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All right, there are a couple of bills that you and your team are working on and tracking as it pertains to abortion, abortion funding, Planned Parenthood, and gender transition procedures on minors. Tell us about it.
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Tony, if Capitol Hill gets any more busy, we're going to have to hire more people to track all of it. It's exciting. We are working on defunding Planned Parenthood, as Sarah highlighted at the beginning of the program. Chris Smith has introduced the no taxpayer funding bill again this year. That bill keeps getting stronger and better. And of course, under this president, we are very hopeful that there will be action to defund Planned Parenthood. We're also, as the president's executive order indicated on gender identity and minors, we are hoping to see minors protected on Capitol Hill through law and gender procedure providers to be defunded completely so that taxpayers are not complicit in the decisions of adults. I brought a whole list of other things. We're working on election integrity, bills that are on the Hill, and we're working with offices as they prepare bills to roll out to codify the president's executive orders.
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Yeah, let's talk about that for just a moment. Election integrity later in the program. Former Ohio Secretary of State Kim Blackwell will be here to react to the president's executive order on election integrity. But these executive orders are just that. They're executive orders. They can be changed by a different administration. And so on Capitol Hill, Republicans are working to pass the SAVE Act, which is an election integrity bill. That, I believe, is up next week. Give our viewers and listeners a heads up on that and how they can lean in on it.
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Yeah, the SAVE Act is a great bill or a horrible bill, depending on who you listen to. But all the SAVE Act does, really, it's a bill that Chip Roy is bringing with Senator Mike Lee in the Senate. And it simply says two things. You have to have an ID to vote. You have to have an ID to do anything these days. So you have to have an ID to vote to prove that you're a citizen and eligible to vote as an American in an American election. The second thing that it does is it requires states to remove non-citizens from their voter rolls. That's it. So when you hear all the shouting about how this disenfranchises people, that's what they're talking about.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. It sounds pretty common sense to me. You've got to be an American to vote in an American election. Kena Gonzalez, thanks for joining us. Thanks for the heads up.
SPEAKER 04 :
Great to be here.
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And folks, you can track all of this if you have the Stand Firm app. In fact, you can get notifications when you need to weigh in on these issues, as I often say. Our republic was not made for spectators. It was made for participants. And so you need to know what to do. We make that easy for you. We give you all the tools. So get the Stand Firm app. Go to the App Store. Download the Stand Firm app. All right. As I mentioned, the House's Doge subcommittee created some worthwhile taxpayer funded content today, unlike NPR and PBS, because they had the CEOs of PBS and NPR in the spotlight over their leftist political views. Joining us now is a member of the committee, Congressman Tim Burchett, who represents the second congressional district of Tennessee. Congressman, welcome back to the program. Great to see you. Great seeing you, Tony. Thank you so much for having me on, brother. All right. You put a spotlight on the CEOs of NPR and PBS today. You asked some very pointed questions. What were your takeaways?
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They got their hands caught in the cookie jar. I hope America has some guts to follow through with this. I mean, I hope Congress does. America does. You know, Congress, we are elected about three votes. We're one flu season away from being out of the majority. But dadgum President Trump was elected overwhelmingly, and I think we need to remember that, and we need to honor his the wishes of this country. I almost said this congregation, but this country. But the truth is, is that the Doe stuff is written in pencil and it can be erased under the next president. And this is a perfect example. These people at NPR and PBS, they literally hate this country. They hate everything it's about. They hate our patriotism. They hate our Lord. And they don't hide it. Now they got caught. I asked her about these horrible things she said about President Trump, and she says, well, sorry she said those. She wished she hadn't said them or something. It's like you catch a robber in the parking lot of a bank, and they hand you the money back, and you say, oh, I'm sorry. You go, oh, okay, that's okay. This is your tax dollars that are paying for this. They have drag shows. And I asked them, I said, my first question literally was about – I was listening to their miserable radio show one time not long ago, and they asked a lady what their definition of propaganda was. And she said, God bless the USA by Lee Greenwood. And I asked her about that, and she said, well, that was one of the guests or one of the hosts' opinion. Can you imagine if somebody had gone in there and said something overtly racist or just something just gross, they would immediately have come on and cut that out. And they would have said, hey, we are so sorry. That is not our intention, blah, blah, blah. But because they attacked something of traditional values that we hold near and dear to our heart. They are allowed to say that garbage, and our tax dollars are paying for it. Now, they can say all the garbage they want as long as I don't have a dollar – as American taxpayer doesn't have a dollar invested. I think that's the issue. Currently, we're helping them.
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That's the issue. You put the question to the CEO of – MPR. NPR, Marr, you asked her about her statements, her tweets in 2020, calling Trump a racist, a psychopath or whatever it was she called him. And she said, well, I shouldn't have put that out. Well, no, not now that he's president and that he has influence over your budget.
SPEAKER 18 :
Do you think she would have said if Joe Biden was in office, Joe Biden is one step away from a president? hospital room for folks that are mentally infirm. I mean, you know, that's, what if she just said that? I guarantee she wouldn't have said that. And so it's the same deal. Look, this place is so left and they are so out of control and Congress better get some guts, dadgummit, and start codifying this stuff and getting it into, because all they're doing is tying it up in the courts. And we have no mechanism in the House or the Senate that's honoring this country's wishes, and we need it, and we need it immediately.
SPEAKER 08 :
Congressman Burchard, I thought it was very interesting. You asked the panel, including Marr, if they felt like Newsmax, American Voices, now I was a little disappointed you didn't put Washington Watch on that list, should receive federal funds. And none of them said, oh yeah, they should be right up there next to us competing.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, they said no. No. Can you imagine if you all got a dog? Well, you wouldn't want it.
SPEAKER 08 :
I wouldn't want it.
SPEAKER 18 :
You don't want those idiots telling you what up here, what telling you what to do. I mean, if it was our idiots, it'd be OK. But when they're idiots, you're back in control. And if we're not careful, we're fixing to hand it right back to them. Look, Tony, we got our work cut out. These post offices are not going to name themselves. I realize we've got valiant work to do in that department. But dadgummit, let's start moving this stuff through committees. Let's quit. The sewer up here is the committees. You've got these staffers. You've got 40 or 50 staffers that staff big committees on one side of the aisle, and then you have 40 or 50 on the other. I mean, you don't think there's corruption there? You don't think there's unethical— behavior. How many times have I heard a chairman say, oh, I can't do that because my staff would kill me. Who cares what your staff thinks?
SPEAKER 08 :
They're not elected. Exactly. Exactly. So we just have two minutes left, Congressman. Can and will Congress defund NPR and PBS?
SPEAKER 18 :
I doubt it. I doubt it. I hope they prove me wrong. But somebody is going to come up with some way. We'll have two or three defectors or they'll purposefully be absent and the Democrats will stick together because this is their taxpayer paid.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's their honeypot. I mean, this is where they get their message out. Let me give this real quick. Folks, what do you think? Should tax dollars be used to fund NPR or PBS? I'd like to know what you think. think, and in fact, I'll send this to Tim and he can use it with his colleagues. Text poll, P-O-L-L, to 67742. That's poll to 67742. I'll send you a link. Take the poll. Let us know what you think. Should NPR and PBS receive funds? I mean, there's no question, Tim. You asked, I think it was you, you asked the question of whether or not they had evaluated their content to see if it was balanced.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, and of course, they said, sure, it has. And then Jim Jordan, so eloquently, as he always does, he gutted them. He said, you know, you have 83 members on your staff, and every one of them are registered Democrats. 83. There's not, there wasn't three Republicans and the guy who called it out, he got fired. So, you know, if you want to talk first amendment, let's talk first amendment. Yeah. But, but this thing is, it's out of control, Tony. Call your elected, call your Congressman, call your senators, say, I don't need any more hearings. I want that bill on the floor. I want it. I want president Trump signing it. I don't want to see it in the courts anymore. Let's take it out of the court's hand. We have God gave us an incredible gift in this country. And look, I don't want Donald Trump teaching my daughter Sunday school class. But dadgum, I love him. I want him as my president. He is right. Let's defund this stuff right now.
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely. Absolutely. Congressman, thanks for joining us. We'll see you later. All right, folks, stick with us. We're back with more Washington Watch on the other side of the break.
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At Family Research Council, we believe religious freedom is a fundamental human right that all governments must protect. That's why FRC President Tony Perkins went to Capitol Hill to testify on behalf of persecuted Christians in Nigeria. Islamist terror groups target Christians and other religious minorities in Nigeria with brutal violence. Representative Chris Smith, who chaired the hearing, said 55,000 people have been killed and 21,000 abducted in the last five years alone. The congressman also stressed that 89% of Christians in the world who are martyred are from Nigeria.
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Yet the government of Nigeria has failed to make progress against religiously motivated persecution of Christians despite religious freedom being enshrined as an essential human right in their constitution.
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Tony Perkins called for the United States to send an unmistakable message.
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This is systematic religious violence. Nigeria must be redesignated a country of particular concern. The Biden administration's removal of this designation was a reckless mistake that emboldened the very terrorists who are slaughtering Christians.
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Redesignating Nigeria will enable the U.S. government to pressure Nigerian leaders to protect vulnerable Christians.
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These are not just numbers. These are fathers, their mothers, their children, their families.
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Bishop Wilfred Anagabe risked his life to speak out, sharing firsthand accounts of the danger faced in his church district in central Nigeria.
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We live in fear because at any point it can be our turn to be killed. But to remain silent is to die twice. So I have chosen to speak.
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FRC is calling on President Trump to act now to promote religious freedom around the globe and speak up on behalf of Christians in Nigeria.
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Welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for joining us. I want to make sure you have a chance to let your voice be heard so you can take the poll. Should tax dollars be used to fund NPR and PBS? Simply text the word poll, P-O-L-L, to 67742. That's 67742, the word poll. I'll send you a link, and let me know what you think. All right, if you are hearing this program right now, there's a good chance you're listening via one of the many AM radio stations that airs this program and other programs like this. Many Bible-believing Christians rely on AM radio for spiritual growth as well as news and information that they can trust. Well, right now, Congress is considering the AM radio for every vehicle act. Why should you care? Well, here to answer that question is Troy Miller, president and CEO of National Religious Broadcasters and International Association of Christian Communicators, who together reach millions of viewers, listeners, and readers. And Washington Watch is a part of that. And National Religious Broadcasters receives no federal money. Troy, welcome to Washington Watch. Tony, it's great to be with you.
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Thanks for having me.
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Yeah, so I want to make a clear distinction.
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Nothing to do with PBS or NPR. That's right. Nothing to do with PBS or NPR. I saw your last segment. That was great. They should level the playing field there.
SPEAKER 08 :
They really should. I mean, today, where things stand, with Internet access to create podcasts, I mean, there's so many platforms which we can communicate. PBS and NPR have kind of outlived their purpose.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, they really have, and they've really become very based, very biased in their, you know, programming. I think it was about 11, 12 years ago, they came out with what they called a non-sectarian policy, which says, you know, we're not going to do any religious programming. But what that really meant was we're not going to do any conservative Christian programming, but we'll do all kinds of other religious programming. And we'll do all kinds of programming that will debunk, you know, Christianity, but we're not going to do anything. One-sided.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. One-sided. Well, the fight to have the platforms continue because we see an effort to eliminate AM radios out of vehicles, which is what percentage of Christian broadcasting is found on the AM dial?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, I'd say right now probably a full 30 to 40 percent of Christian broadcasting is on the AM dial. But it's the number two genre on AM across the board. So the number one is conservative talk and number two is Christian talk and teach. So it's a number two genre. Number three behind it is Spanish programming. So if you look at the nation, a lot of the rural communities, they depend on these AM stations, these AM broadcasters, to get them the information and to get the localization for their communities. Lots of local pastors are carried on AM radio.
SPEAKER 08 :
Because the bigger ones, the FM stations, have kind of become part of conglomerates.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 08 :
And so you don't get, and I know I've watched this. I started on FM radio 35 years ago and those have now been gobbled up. And so local broadcasting is really becoming a thing of the past on FM.
SPEAKER 07 :
On FM it is. A lot of national groups now, you know, program those. And so you get a lot of the great national programming, national pastors, but that local programming, what's going on in those local communities is provided by AM.
SPEAKER 08 :
I'm not complaining because Washington watches on those FM stations as well. But FAM has a place and it has a very key role. It's also a platform that's used during natural disasters and stuff. I know in Louisiana going through hurricanes when power is out, we still have the battery operated AM radios.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, you know, most people have still a lot of people, again, in these key areas. If you're in Tornado Alley, if you're in the Hurricane Pass, if you're if you're in where there's a lot of fires, you have these AM weather radios in your house or, you know. That if you tune AM radio in, you're going to get a signal during these storms and you're going to know what to do. The largest outlay of the infrastructure of the emergency broadcast system is all based in AM radio. And so there's not really a plan right now to say how that's going to move and where it's going to move to. Because, Tony, as you know, one of the first things that goes down are all the cell towers and the Internet's gone.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. They're going to use, try to say, well, we use the cell tower emergency notification, which you get those pushes all the time. But that's only when it's working.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
And it doesn't work during those storms. I can attest to that. So, Troy, tell us why. Why are AM radios coming out of cars?
SPEAKER 07 :
So, look, this first started to say as a, quote, technical issue that there was in the EVs and the electric vehicles, that there was an issue with the electric vehicles, the battery causing interference with the AM radio. And so they're saying, look, AM radio is outdated. It's not used anymore, even though. Some 40 million Americans still depend on AM radio as their primary source of information. So that was the first issue. That was really debunked even by the government accounting office that looked into it and said, look, the shielding either around the battery of the radio, we're talking a few dollars. to every car to do this. The real issue, Tony, is around what's called the connected dashboard. So all these cars today that are being developed, they all have these nice big screens in them, right? And what are on those screens? They're all internet connected. They're connected to these cell towers and they come with subscriptions. So if you buy a new General Motors car or a Ford car today, you can't even get the navigation system to work without buying a subscription. And Ford right now is in the battle with Apple over whether Apple CarPlay should be on there or not because that limits or that opens up the option for them to have. So it's about who controls that connected dash. There's a lot of money to be made by the car manufacturers if they can sell these annual ongoing subscriptions to people who are riding in the cars. But that puts them then in the driver's seat of all of the programming. So it's the same thing we have on the internet and the same thing with these big social media companies or the Apple store or the Google Play store. They can decide what apps get in, what apps don't get in. And we're saying, look, there's several issues here. First of all, the defranchise of free over-the-air information, okay, that a lot of people, especially people, as you know, in poor communities depend on this. And then there's just the access to that information in general. Who's going to decide?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I mean, there's been a lot of concern over the years for the fairness doctrine. This is a backdoor to basically silencing conservative and Christian voices.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely, because you have to ask yourself, well, if it's a car manufacturer, why just AM? Why are they starting? Why is it AM and not AM FM? I think AM is just their dip into their toe into the pond here, stepping in. Radio in general is going to be in the car.
SPEAKER 08 :
Because they can't make it. They can't make money off of it.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's right. Can't make it.
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So now's the time to take the stand. What do people need to do to weigh in on this?
SPEAKER 07 :
Call your congressman. There's a bill in both the House and the Senate, the AM in Every Vehicle Act. Call your congressman and tell him you want AM radio to stay on the air and they need to sponsor and support this bill.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. Very good. Troy Miller, always great to see you. Thanks so much for stopping by. Thanks, Tony, for having me. All right. All right, folks, on the other side of the break, we're going to be joined by Chris Mitchell from Jerusalem. He has the latest news on what's happening there. We're going to talk about Mike Huckabee and his hearing yesterday in his confirmation hearing for U.S. ambassador to Israel. We're also going to talk about protests in Gaza, some positive things. Don't go away.
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Welcome back to Washington Watch. Good to have you with us on this Wednesday. Hundreds of Palestinians staged protests in northern Gaza on Tuesday. Now, this is a major development as the citizens now are demanding that Hamas go away. They want peace. They don't want war. They've had enough of this. This, to me, is quite amazing. And here with more from Jerusalem is Chris Mitchell, the Middle East Bureau Chief for CBN. Chris, welcome back to Washington Watch. And again, thanks for staying up late to join us this evening.
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Great to be with you, Tony. All right.
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So tell me if I'm overreading this, but this looks quite significant that the citizens of Gaza under the repressive hand of Hamas are finally saying enough is enough. We want peace.
SPEAKER 10 :
I don't think you're misreading it, Tony. If this continues and increases, it could mark a turning point within the war since October 7th. You have to realize that Hamas brutally cracks down on any opposition. And what does that mean? That means beatings in public. It could be torture, could be imprisonment and even death. So this is for any opposition. group of hundreds and maybe even more of people to come against Samas could be a big deal. Could this help release some of the hostages? We don't know. But but it's a very, very major, significant change in events inside Gaza and There was a report a few months ago, Tony, by a Channel 12 reporter interviewing some of the people moving from one area to another. They were cursing Yahya Sinwar and cursing Hamas. That was more isolated, but this seems like a growing group, and we'll see what happens. It's a hopeful sign that maybe people inside Gaza will come against Hamas itself.
SPEAKER 08 :
Is this in part because of the presence once again of IDF as they've moved in divided north and south in terms of the Gaza Strip that Gazans now feel a little more comfortable that they can come out given the presence of the IDF?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, definitely. I think, Tony, their presence in both the north and the south, and maybe they feel a sense of security in case the IDF actually continues its offensive against Hamas. And it's making, it seems, significant inroads against Hamas, and it's increasing its presence. Another division just went in the other day. So this could be one of the factors why many of these people seem to be speaking out against Hamas right now.
SPEAKER 08 :
Is this similar to what we've seen in the past in Iran, where Iranians have stood up against the regime from time to time? Of course, they've found the heavy hand of suppression, the brutalization that has taken place at the hands of the regime. But as you said, with the presence of the IDF, maybe that fear is not as strong.
SPEAKER 10 :
It could be. The idea may be a factor. We know so many times, tragically, that Iranians have protested against the government, and they have a history of a brutal crackdown, whether that means hitting people on the street, arresting people, even death, imprisonment. But the idea of maybe making a difference inside Gaza, we hope that this can continue. And maybe this is the answer to many people praying for what's happening in Gaza, for the release of the hostages, and for finally many of these people in Gaza to be free as well from the oppression of Hamas, which is just brutal in the way that it can come against people that oppose it.
SPEAKER 08 :
That's a great reminder, Chris. I know as I pray almost every day for the peace of Israel, I include the Palestinians, the Arabs that live there, because there are many people there that don't want what Hamas has been dishing out. And I think this is a reflection of that and why we need to pray into that situation. Prime Minister Netanyahu says that this is evidence that their plan in Gaza is actually working.
SPEAKER 10 :
I think it does. I mean, I would probably agree with the prime minister right now. It's the military pressure that seems to create these kind of conditions certainly puts pressure on Hamas. And really, in the last week or so, they've eliminated maybe 10 Hamas leaders inside Gaza right now. So Hamas right now may be reeling in terms of a lack of leadership. And maybe this is another factor where many of these people in Gaza feel uncomfortable. safer and more free to go ahead and oppose this oppressive terrorist regime that really has committed atrocities on October 7th and really indoctrinated as we speak about these these Gazans that really a generation has been indoctrinated with his Hamas ideology. And they hopefully would be free of this as well. Chris, any plans to go down to Gaza to cover those protests? Not inside right now, Tony. I don't think that would be very safe.
SPEAKER 08 :
Just checking, because I'd have to alert the prayer warriors to be praying for you. Hey, final question for you. Just got about a minute and a half left. Yesterday, Mike Huckabee, who has been selected as the ambassador to Israel, had his hearing before the United States Senate, his confirmation hearing. What's the sense in Israel to Mike Huckabee, first evangelical that was to be tapped to be ambassador to Israel?
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Overall, I think it's a very receptive reception for the possibility that he'll be confirmed and become the first Christian U.S. ambassador to Israel. Certainly, he's a great friend of Prime Minister Netanyahu. He's supportive of the current coalition government. So I think he'll be very well received if confirmed. There's a lot of people in Judea and Samaria because he doesn't believe in a two-state solution. He believes that's the biblical heartland. So a lot of support there. Predictably, some groups that believe in a two-state solution are not very interested in him being the next president. U.S. ambassador, but I think overall a very, very receptive audience for here. And he's been here more than about 100 times. He came here after October 7th, and he gets, I think, what Israel is going through right now. And also, you know, with the prospect of a looming attack on Iran by both Israel and the U.S., I think it's a very strategic time that he would be here. And apparently he would like to be here by Passover, which is on April 12th next month.
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Yeah, I hope he's there by then. He's going to be great for Israel. It's thrilling to see this development. And Chris, always great to have you on the program as well. So thanks for joining us. Great to be with you, Tony. All right, folks, stick around. Ken Blackwell joins me on the other side of the break.
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I think it's a major overhaul of our election system from a security standpoint. I think one of the things in terms of the backstory that President Trump said, And signing the executive order was that he was going to establish the election system as part of our national security apparatus.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I mean, but it really is what you had. You've had these foreign actors trying to infiltrate our election system.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. And so I think what's so important about this is that President Trump has bought into our slogan, make it easy to vote but hard to cheat. The left has always made it easy to vote and easy to cheat. And that means that there are some legitimate ballots that have been negated by illegitimate ballots. What Trump said yesterday is that this is going to come to an end on his watch. I think it's important that we take a look at two tracks. One is the chain of custody of ballots. And in that regard, Trump is saying when you expand election day to election month, you create internal difficulties and challenges in terms of the chain of custody. And so... Squeezing it back down to as close to a day is smart from a security standpoint.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let me stop on that for just a minute because that's one of the elements of this executive order is basically election day is election day. No more ballots after election day are supposed to be counted. This is something you've been talking about for a number of years now is that this election month needs to come back to where it was historically as election day.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. And before anybody starts wringing their hands, stumping their feet, we will make an exception for the ballots of our military personnel that are all protecting us in foreign lands. But that, too, can be greatly reduced by making sure that the U.S. Postal Service and others get those ballots back to us in a secure and quick manner. But the other track that is the voter verification track, that we need to make sure that voters are who they claim to be. And in that regard, one of the smart moves of President Trump's executive order is to basically say that we're going to use all of our databases to make sure that only citizens can vote. And so that verification dimension of his executive order is so very, very smart. And as someone who's administered elections, one of the things that I know is that we have databases that can help us to make sure that we stop this runaway notion that we are a nation without borders and that we allow voters without borders.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, in voter rights groups are jumping up and down, expressing concern about this requirement that you prove your citizenship because it's an estimated nine percent of U.S. citizens of voting age. Twenty one million people do not have proof of citizenship readily available. But if it's a priority, you'll have it available. I mean, how is it you can become a citizen and not have documentation proving that you're a citizen?
SPEAKER 14 :
You have all kinds of documentation, and that's why it's going to just be very smart that we use not only our Social Security system, but we use our Homeland Security database, as well as the Department of State's databases. We can establish proof of citizenship very easily and without any overly burdensome apparatus on voters.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, the private sector does it all the time. If you're buying a car, you're getting a loan, you go through all kinds of stuff. And if you think about it, buying a car or getting a loan, obviously, it's a big deal for you. doesn't necessarily directly impact the nation. But if you're voting fraudulently, you're impacting the entire nation.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. And that's what I'm saying. We cannot tolerate a system that allows a bad and illegitimate vote to negate that of a legitimate voter, that vote of a legitimate voter.
SPEAKER 08 :
OK, so this is I made kind of alluded to this. The states by the Constitution are given the authority to to determine certain aspects of elections, the times, the places in the manner according to the Constitution. So there's the bulk of the responsibility lies with the states.
SPEAKER 14 :
how how is the federal government going to bring how's this executive order going to bring the states along well i think one is going to be important that we use this opportunity presented to us where republicans have the trifecta they have the presidency the house and the senate they in fact can say within the scope of our responsibilities, this is what we're going to do in terms of saying citizenship should be required. I then think when you push that back to the states, that is where we come into play. Grassroot organizations, individual citizens will start to demand that they have that proof of citizenship at the state level.
SPEAKER 08 :
So it'll be up to each state to determine how that is proven.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Now, the federal government can require that for federal elections. And the question will be, will the state decide that they're going to have two systems?
SPEAKER 08 :
So it's kind of like, is it like the real ID? The state doesn't have to do it? But if you live in a state and you don't have a real ID, one that is approved for federal use, you have to have another ID. Absolutely. So either they can have a two-track election system, which is going to cost them more money, or they can have one that meets the federal standard. And I think the federal government also, according to this executive order, the federal financing for election systems will flow to those states that are actually in compliance.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, absolutely. And, Tony, you and I both know that it is a bogus argument to say that there is a burden to require people some sort of photo ID. It's just crazy. I mean, whether it's somebody— You have to do it to fly.
SPEAKER 08 :
You have to have a picture ID to fly. I mean, is it a hassle? Yeah, I do it every week. But voting is so much, again, flying affects me. You know, if I'm a terrorist, obviously it would affect other people. But if you're voting fraudulently and it is a, and there's an open door for that and it's being manipulated, as evidence suggests it has in the past, that affects the entire country.
SPEAKER 14 :
It does, Tony. And it is so important that we begin to rebuild intense confidence in our election system. It is one of the major pillars, foundational pillars of a free society. And so when you start to eat away at that confidence in election outcomes, you start to weaken the legitimacy of the system.
SPEAKER 08 :
And you suppress legitimate turnout because people feel—and we heard this— We heard this in 2020 and we heard it in 2022 in the midterm election. My vote doesn't count. You know, we were countering that to make sure people turned out in 2024. But it has a suppressing effect when people feel like their vote is going to be erased by a fraudulently cast vote. I came back back. Well, let me ask you this question as you you know, I know you've been you've been working on this issue nonstop for the last five years. What would you have added to the executive order?
SPEAKER 14 :
You know, that's a good question. I think he got just about my my major concerns. One of the things let me just use this opportunity to say that I've said to the president's team when it comes to contracting. the voting period from 30 days to as close to one day as we can, and requiring that the ballots be counted on Election Day, we need to start working with the U.S. Postal Service to make sure that those military ballots that are coming to us from across the ocean are counted. And that will be the one exception. Other than that, I tell you, that is the main thing. Contract the voting period so that we have a tighter election.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, like what you see in California two months after Election Day before some of these seats have been called.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. And so I think I just think it's so you track.
SPEAKER 08 :
I didn't I didn't mention this, but you literally have traveled the globe and have supervised elections, monitored elections in many different countries, third world countries. That's right. that are actually quicker in reporting their results than the United States of America.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. Our neighbor to the north, Canada, does it just like that. We can do it. We're so litigious. One of the things that we experienced this election is that The vote spread was too big to rig. But what about elections where you're within the margin of litigation? You know that it's going to be litigated. And so we want to make sure that we're litigating over legitimate ballots, not false ballots.
SPEAKER 08 :
Ken Blackwell, we're almost out of time, but this is an executive order. Now, we're talking about – we've been talking a lot about executive orders because a lot has been done by executive orders, but this could be overturned in the next – You know, if there's a Democratic administration at some point in time that could overturn this. So what has to happen? We've talked about the SAVE Act, which is a congressional action to protect elections. That type of congressional codification, this has to take place.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. We have to codify those principles and practices and policies in the executive order to make sure that they're long-lasting and not flimsy and overturnable by a change in the White House. And I'm so proud of the job that Speaker Johnson is doing, and I'm sure that his counterparts in the Senate will understand the brilliant opportunity that we have in front of us.
SPEAKER 08 :
Now, Ken, just in a couple minutes left, I want you to put on, I want you to be the devil's advocate here for a moment, because having been an election officer in the state of Ohio, you know what some of the folks on the other side of the aisle are going to be doing. There's going to be lawsuits against this. Where is this vulnerable? Where do you think the line of attack will be?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I think clawing back the period by which elections take place. I'm not sure we can get it back to a day, but I think we can get it back from 30 days to a week. And then when people begin to build confidence and they see what people are doing around the world, both close and afar, they, in fact, will demand that we have that sort of efficiency, that sort of transparency, where you have enough confidence in the results of a system that it doesn't take you two weeks, two months.
SPEAKER 08 :
Do you think the litigation will keep this from being in place in the midterm election, or do you think this executive order will have been enacted for the midterm election?
SPEAKER 14 :
I think it's going to happen for the midterm election because I'm pressing that we get some of these changes to affect New Jersey and... Virginia this year. All right.
SPEAKER 08 :
Very good. Ken Blackwell, always great to see you. Appreciate the great work that you've been on this. You've been on this issue of election integrity, like we say down in Louisiana, like white on rice. You've been on it. So appreciate the great work you've done on behalf of all the groups, but in particular, your role with FRC Action. Thank you, Tony. And folks, this I've told you, you know, we're working on these issues to make sure that your vote counts. And so you need to cast that vote every opportunity you have. That's your again, as I've said before, our republic was not made for spectators. It's made for participants. And that is one of the ways we participate by voting. Out of time for today. Thanks for joining me. Again, let me remind you of the encouraging words of the Apostle Paul found in Ephesians 6, where he says, you've done everything you can do when you've prayed, when you've prepared, and when you've taken your stand. By all means, keep standing.
SPEAKER 15 :
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In this episode, we're diving deep into the controversial Bindergate. Our host, Mike Gallagher, shares his thoughts on why he believes it's time to move on from this story and let go of minor scandals that the opposing side seems eager to magnify. Through interactive discussions with callers from across the country, we see a resounding consensus emerging: it's time to let bygones be bygones and focus on more significant matters. Mike shares a personal anecdote about working alongside the legendary Rush Limbaugh, reinforcing the importance of trusting one's instincts in the radio business.
SPEAKER 15 :
He's the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor Studios, here's Mike Geller.
SPEAKER 16 :
Bindergate. Bindergate, huh? You know, the team does such a great job, and we have one of the best teams in America preparing everything behind the scenes. Eric and... Tracy and Christian and Alec is filling in today in New York and Joey and Robert. And, of course, we've got the Mike Waltz appearance on Laura Ingraham last night trying to explain how a hostile to the Trump administration editor wound up on a group chat about bombing in Yemen. And, of course, it's kind of juicy because he doesn't come across great. Mike Waltz did not do himself a lot of favors with his appearance on Laura Ingraham last night. But then I'm thinking, well, this is exactly what the other side wants. They want us sort of nitpicking with each other and fighting about it and making it a big deal. And in my gut, we should move on. In my gut, in my heart, it's stupid to continue to bang this Atlantic Magazine Yemen attack story. Now, that kind of runs contrary to what I'm supposed to do because it is breaking news. I get it. It's what everybody seems to be talking about. But on the other hand, I'm loathe to give the other side what they want. And this is exactly what they want, a big DEFCON 1 scandal. And it's not a DEFCON 1 scandal. It was dumb. It was a mistake. I still don't quite understand Mike Waltz's explanation last night. And I can play the clips for you over what he said, but I don't want to. I want to move on. But I'm not sure if that's what you want. So I thought, well, let's do what we always do. Let's open up the phone lines and find out if you want to continue this and you want to hear Mike Waltz's rather clumsy appearance last night on Laura Ingraham with Fox News. Or do you want me not to pile on? I want to find out. You know, years ago, I got a job at a radio station in New York City. And there was a guy named Rush Limbaugh who worked down the hall from me. Now, you've got to appreciate, for a student of talk radio, to work in the same building with Rush Limbaugh was epic. It was just absolutely one of the most extraordinary chapters of my life. And they put me out in a cubby in the hallway, which, you know, for a big-time morning show host at the nation's biggest talk station. But that's kind of what they did there for a while. There was a guy, the general manager, who kind of played games and stuff. And Rush said to me, ah, they got you in the same cubby they put me in. And then he told the story about how the then general manager just didn't want him there. Rush was kind of a cram down in New York City. It was a corporate decision, and the local management didn't want Rush. And so they stuck him out in the hallway next to Lynn Samuels. Anybody who knows New York radio knows who I'm talking about. And Rush said, hang in there. You'll do fine. Go with your gut every time, he said. Go with your gut and you'll survive and you'll thrive. Go with your own instincts. Don't listen to a consultant. Don't listen to a general manager. Don't listen to a program director. Go with your own gut. You're here for a reason. Now, those were the words of Rush Limbaugh to me personally that have stuck with me ever since. And so my gut tells me to move on. I don't want to let my audience down, though, so I want to find out. So you call me right now, 800-655-MIKE. I'm tired of hearing about it already. It's aggravating to me. Again, I don't want to burn Mike Waltz. He's a fantastic administration official. He's doing a great job. This was an error. This was a mistake. This was a bit of a blunder. Okay, I trust the White House. We'll learn from it. They'll never let it happen again. And we're going to turn the page. I believe it's time to move on. Let MSNBC hyperventilate about it. Let CNN jump up and down. On the Mike Gallagher show, I believe it's time to move on. But again, I don't want to do that in contradiction to what you want. I want to find out what you think. All right, I want to just do, Teresa, don't even bother to scream. Just get their name. I just want to know whether you want me to move on or you want to hear Mike Waltz last night on Laura Ingraham, which admittedly from a broadcasting standpoint was pretty remarkable. Rick's in Orlando. What do you think? Should we stay or should we go?
SPEAKER 08 :
Hey, Mike, we need to move on. And we need to disclaim this as a big deal. This is a small deal. You don't mean disclaim it as a big deal.
SPEAKER 16 :
You mean distance it or denounce it as a big deal. Yes. I got you. Okay, move on. I just want to get a bunch of voices here. Let's do a little bit of a lightning round of callers. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. If you were programming our show, and again, I never want to let the audience down. I think we've got to move on from it. David's in Louisville. David, how are you doing? What do you think? Move on or stay? Move on. Move on. All right, thank you. Nancy, Naples, Florida, 800-655-MIKE. Move on. Move on. Got it, got it, got it. Frank, a lot of Orlando, a lot of Florida callers. Frank in Orlando. Frank, move on or stay? Frank. Move on. Got it. Got a speaker. Forever hold your peace. Quickly, David in San Antonio. David, move on or should we stay or should we go? Let's see. Can't get the button pushed. David, you there? Oh, here we go. David, move on or stay? Stay. Stay. For a reason.
SPEAKER 07 :
Tell me why. Well, I wouldn't say you necessarily stay, but I hope the White House looks further into it because with the background of the deceit that's happened to Trump, How did this guy get on that frequency?
SPEAKER 16 :
It's a good question, and I know the White House is all over it. In fact, I know that for a fact. So if you're telling me that from a standpoint of a broadcaster move on, then I'm going to take that as a move on. Quickly, Pittsburgh. Hey there. Should we move on or should we stay? You're talking to me, Mike? Yes, sir. That's you. Hey, I'm from Butler, PA. You ever heard of it? I sure have. That's where our president, the miracle of the saving of the president's life, because God was with him that day. Yeah, we're in history now. It's something else. You got it. I think we ought to move on. Got it. Appreciate it. Sharon, Scottsdale, Arizona. Quickly, Sharon, move on or stay? Please move on. Got it. Appreciate it. Tom, Florida. Hey, Tom, move on or stay? Move on. Got it. Man, we're not even getting one. Even the guy that sort of said stay was just talking about the White House. Jim in Kansas. What do you think, Jim? Move on or stay? I say move on. All right. Appreciate it. And we're going to take one more on this. One more. 800-655-MIKE. Mike, you've got the final say. Move on or stay? Move on. All right. I think it sounds pretty unanimous. But we're not going to move on from a powerful... popular, influential Democrat congresswoman thinking it's normal to mock somebody's physical disabilities. We're not going to move on from the latest updates in Israel with the battle between Hamas and Israel. We've got a lot of breaking news today. Welcome into a Wednesday. But the people have spoken and the people reflect my gut and in deference to the late, great Rush Limbaugh, I'm going with it, and we're moving on. 15 past the hour, we're in the Relief Factor Studios. Welcome aboard. It's a Wednesday, March 26th episode of the Mike Gallagher Show. I just got the daily report for our Food for the Poor campaign. Look, if the new kid on the block, Chris DeGaulle, beats us in the campaign, I'm in big trouble. I'm giving up. You can't let that happen. If you like what we do, because we're all doing this together, this Food for the Poor campaign, I'm going to give you the phone number that I didn't give you a moment ago. I just need 400 people to pop in 100 bucks. Let's get 100 people today to donate $100. Food for the Poor. This is what we do. We do this a few times a year. And here's the phone number that I left out before. If you want to make a phone call, have your credit card standing by and call Food for the Poor. 844-860-HOPE. That's 844-860-4673. Or you can go to mikeonline.com, click on that banner at the top of the page, or just text the keyword food to 800-655-MIKE, and we'll send you back the link. And thank you, thank you, thank you for supporting our Food for the Poor campaign. Come on, let's get there. Come on, 400 people. Wouldn't it be amazing? How astounding would it be if I could touch the hearts of 400 people, maybe even you, Ed, in Naples? Instead of being grumpy at me, feed starving children. Clothe the naked. Feed the hungry. Partner with the Christian ministry. All I need is 400 people to donate 100 bucks, and we're there. We've got our goal. Maybe we could do it today. Go to MikeOnline.com. Click on the banner or call 844-860-HOPE. Call 844-860-4673. However you reach out, I do hope you'll join me as folks just like you all over America step up to help our friends at the Christian nonprofit international relief organization, Food for the Poor. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER 14 :
The Mike Gallagher Show. You can't have a judge who's controlling troop deployments. You can't have a judge who's controlling how we enforce our immigration laws. You know, the American people actually invested the president of the United States with some of these core law enforcement authorities. And the president has to be able to do the job the American people elected him to do.
SPEAKER 15 :
In the ReliefFactor.com studios, here's Mike.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's Vice President J.D. Vance giving an interview recently, and he's being described by many as the heir apparent to Donald Trump. And I wonder if you agree with that. I want to find out. Text message from Columbus, Ohio. I didn't support J.D. as Trump's VP pick. However, every time I hear him interviewed and hear him speak, I know Trump got it right. South Carolina, upstate, definitely J.D. Vance. However, here's Oregon. I think Marco Rubio is much more popular. What I like is we got a whole bunch of great options. We got a lot of people to choose from. Do you think J.D. Vance is, in your mind, the heir apparent in 2028? Can't believe we're already talking about 2028, but let's face it, it's going to be here before we know it. Debbie in Warner, Georgia. Hi, Debbie. Hi. Hi, what do you think about J.D. in 2028?
SPEAKER 09 :
I love it. I love it. I think he'd be a good president. I wasn't at first. I love President Trump, but what I've seen of him, I think he's doing a great job.
SPEAKER 16 :
All right. Let's see what others say, Debbie. I appreciate it very much. One open line, 800-655-MIKE. John in Stony Heights, Michigan. Hello, John.
SPEAKER 03 :
Good morning. Hello, Mike. Hi. I agree 100% with Vice President Vance, but I'm not sold on Tulsi Gabbard. I'm thinking maybe more Ron DeSantis as a running mate.
SPEAKER 16 :
So J.D. Vance, Ron DeSantis.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes, sir. I think that both of them can carry on the agenda. And I agree with you. We have to think of 2028 because we need another term to cement what we're doing now. If all this is just for four years, then we're just going to keep going backwards.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, I mean, the only problem with your theory or your hypothetical is I'm not sure Ron DeSantis would agree to be anybody's vice presidential running mate. Would it be hard for him to, after running for president and then, of course, kind of shutting that down rather quickly, would it be hard for him to return as vice president?
SPEAKER 03 :
You know what? That's a good point. You know, it's just a tough call. You hit the nail on the head. We have a lot of good people. But I'm looking at somebody that wants to carry on what President Trump is doing now.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's right, the Trump legacy. You and I are on the same page, John. I appreciate it. I want to make sure that whoever is the nominee in 2028 understands how important it is to continue the Trump ideology. Because the fact is, Americans want the Trump worldview. Look, they can scream all they want. They can cry. They can beat their heads against the wall. What Trump is doing is winning. Don't believe me? All right, let's take a listen to CNN. Here's Harry Enten, who does... And I want to play this whole thing. It's a couple minutes long, but it's remarkable when you consider that it's from CNN. Here's Harry Enten, who is... absolutely in wonderment and almost bewilderment at the Americans who believe that Trump is taking this country in the right direction.
SPEAKER 13 :
I think sometimes it's important to do a little bit of reality check and take a little different spin at the numbers. I'm going to do that right here because all we talk about is how unpopular Donald Trump is. But in reality, he's basically more popular than he was at any point in term number one and more popular than he was when he won election back in November of 2024. What are we talking about? His net favorable rating right now comes in at minus four points. Compare that to where he was when he won in November of 2024 when he was at minus 7 points or March of 2017 when he was at minus 10 points. So when you compare Trump against himself, he's actually closer to the apex than he is to the bottom of the trough. And, of course, that's so important because Donald Trump, historically speaking, has had his numbers underestimated. So I think it's very important to compare him to himself to understand he's actually more popular now than he was when he won. Or certainly where he was at this point back in his first term, the bottom line is Trump is more towards the ceiling than he is towards the floor.
SPEAKER 10 :
So when when you do that, it makes my knees hurt. So when you look at this compared to sort of historically, what does it tell you about the percentage of folks that think the country itself with him at the helm is on the right track?
SPEAKER 13 :
This, I think, is rather important because, again, if the polls have historically underestimated Donald Trump, what is a metric that might get at understanding at how popular he may actually be? So let's take a look at the percentage of the country who say that we're on the right track. It's actually a very high percentage when you compare it to some historical numbers. What are we talking about? According to Marist, 45 percent say that we're on the right track. That's the second highest that Marist has measured since 2009. How about NBC News?
SPEAKER 1 :
44%.
SPEAKER 13 :
That's the highest since 2004. The bottom line is the percentage of Americans who say we're on the right track is through the roof. And if you were to compare it to when presidents have historically been reelected, of course, Trump is. not constitutionally eligible to run for re-election, but I think it sort of puts it in perspective. 42% of the country says the country is on the right track when the incumbent party is re-elected. And also keep in mind, back when Kamala Harris lost and the Democrats were turned out of power, only about 27 to 28% of the country said the country was on the right track. The bottom line is right now, a much higher percentage of the country says we're on the right track. And finally, Sarah Seidner, I want to put it all in the congressional generic ballot. What about Congress? What about Congress? Because those are the folks who are up in 2026. And take a look here. The Dems versus the Republicans on the generic congressional ballot. Back in November of 2020, when Democrats won, it was plus five Democrats. Tied in November of 2022, plus one in November of 2024, when Republicans. maintain control. And then you look at March of 2025. This number looks a lot more like 2022 or 2024 when Republicans won't control of Congress. The bottom line is, yes, Donald Trump's approval rating is lower than compared to a lot of his predecessors, but it's higher than compared to himself. A lot of folks say the country is on the right track and the generic congressional ballot looks a heck of a lot more like when Republicans win than when Democrats win.
SPEAKER 16 :
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He's the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor Studios, here's Mike Deller.
SPEAKER 16 :
Every day I come to work thinking, what new adventure are we going to embark upon together today? And here's my big adventure. My decision is to move on from so-called adventure. Signal gate. The reason I'm moving on is because they want to turn all of us into sharks and circling the water. They want everybody to be in a feeding frenzy over this group text chat thing that shouldn't have happened. in including an editor from the Trump-hating Atlantic magazine. But it happened. President Trump acknowledged it. And President Trump is basically saying, look, I'm standing by Mike Waltz. I'm standing by my people. I'm not firing people because the left wants me to. And we can't let it happen again. And that's about the right response. Now, there's some news today. The Atlantic finally decided, apparently, to release all of it. Okay, well, let's find out if it's got any classified information in there or not. That shouldn't take long. But I'm not going to wallow in this story. I think it's fair to call it the first... bumping the road in the still young Trump term. But while everybody else is fixating on this, I know what the game is. If you think the Atlantic releasing a week's old story on the eve of a scheduled Senate Intelligence Committee hearing featuring our top intelligence officials, you think that was a coincidence? You're as naive as the day is long. It was intentional. The Atlantic and this Trump-hating editor wants to inflict as much damage and chaos and distraction that they can. What's the distraction? Things are going really good for the Trump administration. And they know it. And they know it. There is a refreshing attitude from normal Americans. CNN, I've got a Harry Enten clip that I'll play for you at some point, who says that polling suggests that the number of voters who think the U.S. is on the right track is through the roof. I'll repeat that. CNN says... that the polling shows that the number of Americans who believe the country is headed in the right direction is through the roof. So, what do the Trump haters have to do? Come up with something, anything. You can't pay attention to Jasmine Crockett, right? Because if we pay attention to Jasmine Crockett, we're going to realize that one of the beloved figures of today's Democrats... makes fun of a person in a wheelchair, and then pretends that she didn't do it. Her denial over her attack on Greg Abbott's condition, the governor of Texas, is worse than what she said in the first place. In case you didn't pay attention, and incidentally, how... How... Prophetic am I? I don't like making predictions. But when I do, you better listen up. In fact, Christian, play the clip of what I said to Mark Davis yesterday morning on his show at 745 Central, 845 Eastern. This is exactly what I said yesterday morning. Can I make a prediction right here, right now? Let me make a prediction. Here we go. 7.45 Central Standard Time, Tuesday, March 25th. Yes, sir. She's going to go too far. She's going to say something. No, well, she already has, but I mean even farther than she's gone. Now, that was my prediction yesterday morning, okay? Over a day ago, I said, mark my words, Jasmine Crockett's going to go too far. The question becomes, is anything too far for today's Democrat Party? I'm not sure it is. But one would think mocking a man's disability is a bridge too far. One would think. Here's what she said, incidentally. This went viral. And in a way, Mark and I were both right. Mark said, well, she's already done it. I said she's going to go too far. Going forward, the video went viral yesterday after our show. So, in other words, this came out after my broadcast, but it was actually from a speech she gave. At a political event this past Saturday, here's what she said about Governor Greg Abbott, who has been confined to a wheelchair for the last 40 years after a tree fell on him in a freak accident as a young man. It's got a real powerful story. His wife stayed by him, was by his side every step of the way. He's been a successful politician. He's a very popular governor in one of America's most impressive states, the state of Texas. And this vicious, awful, vile person thought it would be cute to make fun of his confinement to a wheelchair.
SPEAKER 12 :
We're in these hot-ass Texas streets, honey. Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot ass mess, honey.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's Jasmine Crockett, a U.S. congresswoman. Now, her denial, which is, again, even worse, and I kid you not, here's where you know that she knows she went too far. You'll know that she went too far with her positively idiotic denial that she was mocking his condition. She responded by bizarrely claiming, I'm quoting the New York Post here, she bizarrely claimed her remarks had nothing to do with Governor Abbott's disability. Quote, I wasn't thinking about the governor's condition. I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by black mayors. That's what she posted on X. I called him Governor Hot Wheels because I was thinking about planes, trains, and automobiles. Nice try. There's nobody that believes that. Even her most ardent supporters aren't buying that. But they'll probably stand by her because they like the fact that she's a fighter. She's mean. She takes on the Republicans. She comes after evil conservatives and Republicans. Well, keep it coming, Democrats, because you may never win another election. Welcome into the Mike Gallagher Show. It's Wednesday. We've got a lot to cover, a lot of breaking news. And again, the chat details have been revealed. Here's a dilemma for me. I'm moving on from so-called Signalgate, but I also don't want to deprive you of any breaking news. So we'll let you know. I mean, the only question remaining is, was there any truly classified information in that chat or not? And if there was... That's obviously a problem, but it isn't the end of the world. But there's going to have to be accountability, and I think there will be. In the meantime, the Democrats want the distraction of Signalgate, and we're not going to give it to them. So we're kind of threading the needle here a little bit on the Mike Gallagher show. I want to get your reaction to Jasmine Crockett, what she said and her denial. And if you agree with me that if they keep it up, if they stay with the Jasmine Crocketts and the AOCs and the Bernies of the world, hey, keep going, because they may never win again. 800-655-MIKE. One call does it all. Call or text. I hope you join us here in the Relief Factor Studios. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Remember all the things you said and you're not sure that you want to know. I give you one hit, honey, you sure did put on a show.
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He's the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor studios, here's Mike Deller.
SPEAKER 16 :
What has been happening in the Middle East is heartbreaking. There has been a catastrophic loss of life. Hamas committed horrific atrocities. Israel has a right to defend itself. And yesterday, this whole drama about the Signal Group text, which we are not going to spend a lot of time on, we're moving on because we're not going to give the left and the Trump-hating Democrats the Christmas present that they think that this story is. I will, however, play for you a two-minute clip from the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who quite effectively slams the lid on claims that any classified material was leaked to the editor of The Atlantic. It didn't happen. And there's a lot of truth in how she describes it. I'm going to play a two and a half minute clip for you, and that's it. Because, look, the Democrats desperately need a distraction right now. They are praying that Americans aren't noticing the condition of their own party. I'm sure they hope that we don't notice the anti-Semitic Democrats marching through the halls of Congress and in the streets of the United States. Anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head in a really, really profound way. The last time we went to Israel, we broadcast from the studios. of the Jewish News Syndicate. Thanks to the efforts of our friend who happens to be the CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate. He's also host of the Jerusalem Minute. It's our friend Alex Trayman. Let's bring him in from Jerusalem. Alex, it's been too long. How have you been, my friend? Doing well, Mike. Great to catch up with you. It sure is. And just tell us how things are going right now. What is it like living in Jerusalem during a time of war? As you probably know, we were hoping to come back in October with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. We wanted to take a group of listeners. At this point, we can't pull off the trip. There have just been decisions made above my pay grade that it's just too... The time is not an opportune time to go. Tell us what it's like living and working in Jerusalem when Israel is at war.
SPEAKER 02 :
Mike, as you know, when you were here, I'm sure you felt pretty safe on the streets, and it had been really quiet in Jerusalem for the past many months, really until the past week or so when the Houthis have resumed firing at Israeli population centers. They've been almost daily shooting ballistic missiles at Israel, and Israel does successfully intercept, thank goodness, all of these missiles. However, they're using weapons defense systems to take these things down. And so the possibility for shrapnel over an extremely large area is very present. And it forces basically all of Israelis into bomb shelters. So we've been running into bomb shelters, I would say, on a daily basis over the last couple of weeks.
SPEAKER 16 :
You know, one of the things that was revealed over this bombing in Yemen and the taking out of terrorists is President Trump, unlike Joe Biden, who declassified the Houthis as a terrorist organization, as you know. Trump intensified that, reignited that, and is protecting America, protecting Israel and our interests. I think it's safe to say that most Israelis are not displeased. with wiping out terrorists the way we did with this mission in Yemen.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, absolutely. And the mission in Yemen is ongoing. Over the last couple of days have been some of the heaviest strikes, and they're really hitting hard. at the Houthis infrastructure. And the Houthis have basically gotten away with about 16 months worth of firing ballistic missiles at Israel, hijacking commercial vessels, traveling through the Bab al-Mandeb Straits that lead to the Suez Canal, which is one of the world's busiest commercial waterways, and also attacking U.S. naval vessels And so what we're seeing now is the United States attacking the Houthis almost in the same manner in which Israel had been striking at Hezbollah in Lebanon just a few months back.
SPEAKER 16 :
Alex Treyman is our guest. He's the CEO, Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate. You can follow such great organization. Your ex is at Treyman, right, Alex?
SPEAKER 02 :
Right, at Trayman, and you can check us out at JNS.org.
SPEAKER 16 :
JNS.org, JNS.org, or follow Alex on X at T-R-A-I-M-A-N. Alex, I hate to drag you into the political battles that we face in America every day, but can you give us an overview of what the typical Israeli thinks of Trump and the Trump administration?
SPEAKER 02 :
You know, if Trump was running for prime minister of Israel, I think he would win with I think that there's I think that there's more Israelis that are happy that Trump is the president on a per capita basis. And there are Americans that are happy that Trump is is president on a per capita basis. Israelis understand that Trump is president. is Israel's best friend in the White House, the best friend that Israel's ever had in the White House, for that matter. But what we're watching, what's going on politically in Israel and in the United States actually mirrors what's going on politically in Israel. The deep state is attacking Donald Trump in the United States, and Donald Trump is fighting back. I would say that the deep state in Israel is even more deeply embedded politically. here than in America. And they are going after Netanyahu and his very strong majority right-wing coalition from every possible angle. They're protesting in the streets. They're threatening to shut down the country. And so we're experiencing some of the same effects that you're experiencing in the United States.
SPEAKER 16 :
It really is fascinating to me the parallels between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald J. Trump. And there's not enough written about this. I mean, look, Netanyahu, for the benefit of people who don't know, has essentially been persecuted in sort of the same way that Trump has been, right?
SPEAKER 02 :
Exactly. I mean, Netanyahu is currently under trial. He's forced by the Supreme Court and the court system to be testifying in his own trial now at least two times a week as he's trying to fight a war, as he has to fight domestic political issues for cases that would have been thrown out of an American court years ago. I mean, you had the court already told the prosecution that they have no case against In the most strict of the charges against him, which is a bribery charge, they told him that after they presented their case that they should drop it. But here the prosecution doesn't have to drop the case. So the trial just continues to go on and on and on. So they're persecuting him like that. But in Israel, you have the upper echelons of the military, the upper echelons of the security establishment, the media, the universities, the labor unions, the banks, the hospitals. All of these are really controlled by the left, even though Israel has a very strong right-wing voting majority.
SPEAKER 16 :
You know, people are always looking for a credible source of news and information coming out of the Holy Land. And I urge everybody to go to JNS.org. I go there all the time. I mean, right now when I open it up, you're covering the protests that are erupting in Gaza as even Palestinians are demanding that Hamas step down. That's a remarkable achievement because, Alex, one of the tough— Issues that we face as we're trying to cover this is do all the Palestinians in Gaza support Hamas or not? Hamas created this war. Hamas started this war with October 7th and the massacre of innocent men, women and children. So now we're seeing headlines again, JNS.org and reading all about the fact that there are Palestinians who are brave and bold enough to speak out against Hamas. That's a welcome development, isn't it?
SPEAKER 02 :
It certainly is. And that doesn't mean, by the way, that those that are protesting Hamas today weren't cheering Hamas on October 7th. They just see after Israel has inflicted so much damage on Hamas and on Gaza. And the reason why Israel did that is because nearly every single house. And school and mosque and hospital was used either as a weapons storage facility or an entrance into the intricate tunnel system. And Israel had no choice but to go through building by building and destroy it. And I think that these Arabs can just read the tea leaves. And they understand now that Israel is about to reenter into war because Hamas refuses to release the remaining hostages. And they know that they're just going to be inviting another round of destruction in Gaza. And so they're protesting against Hamas, which it's clear that Hamas can no longer deliver anything for the Palestinian people, least of which is a victory over Israel.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, I want to, on a personal note, thank you again because you opened up your state-of-the-art facility to us. We were there last time. I'm sad that we won't be going in October like we were planning to, but I know we'll be back maybe next year, Jerusalem, and next year, the JNS Studios. JNS.org for Jewish News Syndicate. Follow Alex and keep fighting the good fight, Alex. We appreciate your work so very much, and we appreciate you checking in with us from Jerusalem.
SPEAKER 02 :
Likewise. Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 16 :
16 past the hour, more coming up here in the Relief Factor studios. Again, we're not going to belabor the so-called Signalgate controversy, but I am going to play for you what Tulsi Gabbard forcefully and definitively said. sort of putting this whole thing to rest. The Democrats aren't going to want to let it lie, but that's okay. They're not going to go away. Welcome in to a Wednesday episode of the Mike Gallagher Show. Our number is 800-655-MIKE. Call, text, follow all things Team Gallagher at mikeonline.com. Please follow us on X at Gallagher Show, where we're streaming the show every single day. You know, Just check in with us any way you can. MikeOnline.com, that's a good site for you to go to learn everything you can about the Mike Gallagher Show.
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Mike Gallagher. Every day, Mike visits with Mark Davis, morning host on 660 AM, The Answer in Dallas. Here's today's M&M experience.
SPEAKER 04 :
Because I know something's going on here, Mike, and I want to know what you think. But you know what we got to do first, because if we don't, we won't do it. Okay, so are you ready?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, we'll get to it. Let's do it. Let me get you, because I'm so hepped on your, I loved your whole monologue. I mean, I was over the Howard Franklin Bridge listening to what you were saying. I thought, man, we are like two brains or two bodies with one brain. I mean, and by the way, can I say something quickly about the Howard Franklin Bridge?
SPEAKER 04 :
Anybody knows Tampa Bay? Please give us more Tampa Bay traffic info.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, this is so cool. No, you know what? It ties into North Texas. Let me tell you why. When I moved here, there was like one span, one Howard Franklin Bridge. They decided they needed to build another one. And they did it in the last couple of years. Now, Tampa Bay, the area that I cross spans, it's got to be two and a half, three miles. It's huge. It's huge. It's gigantic. And Mark, every morning when I drive into work, I go over the bridge and I keep watching the progress. And you'd see the... Now, you understand they have to have boats out there. And they're driving piles under the seabed and all that. It's ready. It opened yesterday. I mean, it reminds me of when I came back to visit you guys, and I drove around South Lake and Grapevine, and all of that magnificent infrastructure. Yeah, that's one way to put it. Well, it is, though, Mark.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's remarkable. And, of course, around here, as soon as they expand something from four to six lanes, you immediately know you need eight, and so they start tearing it up again.
SPEAKER 16 :
But I don't know what you're talking about. they're worried about that. They're worried about that happening with this in it. But it's just, I just want to just, we complain and we whine about traffic and we, but still, it can be done. Things can be done. And I remember being gone for a while and then going back to Texas because I lived in Keller and South Lake and I thought, this is like a whole new ballgame now. So kudos to all these engineers and these construction workers and these people all over America who can build bridges and put in overpasses and
SPEAKER 04 :
This does take me somewhere, because even in 2025, of course, I'm amazed that a plane can fly. I'm like the unfrozen caveman. Me too. Big silver bird in the sky. How does this happen? I know. How they even do a bridge, I just don't even know. I'm amazed. One of the great things Ken Burns did, everybody talks about Civil War and baseball and the Vietnam thing. I think it's only a two-parter, the Brooklyn Bridge. So take the ability, the whole bridge building thing, now do it in like 150 years ago. It's one of the most amazing things he's ever done.
SPEAKER 16 :
It's incredible. It's incredible.
SPEAKER 04 :
All right.
SPEAKER 16 :
So we're going to get to Bucky. I want to react. I want to react to Signalgate. Oh, brother. Signalgate. It's not a gate. I mean, hey, how did the mission go? Oh, perfectly. We killed bad guys. You know, part of the pushback is I'm not sure a lot of the Democrats want to kill bad guys. I mean, you see Rashida Tlaib? She's complaining about terrorist attacks. Well, and speaking of bad guys, we'll get to Jasmine Crockett, our favorite congresswoman here in just a moment. But I'm with you. Mike Waltz didn't do himself any favors by appearing with Laura Ingraham last night. And there's no diplomatic way out of this. It wasn't great. I mean, like you said, and I thought you used the exact phrase I would use. Now... Look, here's what I'm not worried about. First of all, it's not the end of the world. And Trump himself characterized it. This was their first glitch. In two months in, this was a hiccup. This was a mistake. And it was a mistake. And they're acknowledging it's a mistake.
SPEAKER 04 :
Careful, careful, careful. They did. Mistake or skullduggery. And I'm not sitting here going all tinfoil hat like Mike Walz sort of is.
SPEAKER 16 :
but i don't think it could be dismissed the possibility of a mole the possibility of sabotage first of all you can't ever convince me that it was a coincidence that the day before most of these intelligence officials were at an already scheduled uh hearing before the senate intelligence committee goldberg from the atlantic drops this bombshell and that was a mistake was accidental so So you know the timing of that.
SPEAKER 04 :
But on that timing, because I heard Chris make that point and I talked about it and here you are, so we're all talking about it. For those that don't know, this was apparently on the calendar that March 25th would have been the appearance by all these people anyway. And I guess the... The sinister notion of timing is Goldberg finds a way to make this happen or some confederate of his finds a way to make this happen so that the very next day all of these people can get grilled by all of these Democrats. Okay, but to my mind, you know what it looked like? Instant accountability. Instant responsiveness. I think they all came across very well. And it's like literally first thing I thought was, okay, this happened. And turn your head and there they all are answering questions about it. No, but that's not what you think. I found it rather refreshing.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, so you think Jeffrey Goldberg from the Atlantic said, let's tee it up for full accountability.
SPEAKER 04 :
I think that if the idea was, let's set up what would be an embarrassment for these people, it wound up backfiring. It was not an embarrassment at all. Tulsi and John Radcliffe and Kash Patel came off very, very well.
SPEAKER 16 :
Maybe, maybe. I'm not sure I'd go there. What I would say is they better figure it out, and they better, and Waltz did promise that Elon Musk's technologically whiz, their whizzes, will get to the bottom. If anybody can figure it out, it's Elon Musk's team. Figure it out. And because the trouble is, based on Mike Waltz's explanation last night, He kind of did it. He wouldn't even give any credence to the theory that a staffer did it.
SPEAKER 04 :
He took responsibility for it. But then you're right. He did say, and Laura, to her credit, pressed him like three times. Do you have a mole? Is there a rogue staffer or a sloppy staffer? And he kind of said it wasn't a staffer. One of two things is true. Either Waltz actually by his own hand did do it, in which case that's a major screw-up. Or he didn't and he's protecting somebody. Or he just doesn't know.
SPEAKER 16 :
He literally said it wasn't a staffer, Mark. I know. He said it was not a staffer. So that suggests that he did it himself, which is a major screw-up. And incidentally, don't worry, Trump's going to stand by him. It's okay.
SPEAKER 04 :
He's not going to lose his job over it. He should stand by him. But it was a screw-up. Here's what makes me crazy. So you're Mike Waltz. Let's step into Mike Waltz's brain. How can he know he did it? And not know he did it. Then if he knew he did it. Well, he said he did it. Then why does it need to be looked into? It's like, well, guess what? I can save you a bunch of time. Elon, go launch a rocket because I did it. You know, on me. Sorry. My bad.
SPEAKER 16 :
He said he's the one that had the guy on the phone that added to the group chat. He said that. And what he's saying is he doesn't know how he got there. He doesn't know. And like you said, there's some debate about initials and all that. Look, it's not the end of the world. We need to turn the page. But I'm confident that Trump and the White House won't ever let something like this happen again. I'm very confident about that.
SPEAKER 04 :
And also to the larger, far more important point, a boo-boo happened, a mistake happened, a flub happened. In a human system, it will happen. In no way does this... attract deleteriously to their superior reputation of keeping the world safe, keeping our borders safe, being on their game around the world compared to what we could have had if Kamala had won.
SPEAKER 16 :
Not even a little bit. Spare me all the righteous indignation and turn the page and then let's make sure it doesn't happen again. Now, I want... You may now call me Nostradamus again. Yep. Yesterday morning, I said, and I'm so sorry, we were going to play the clip for you, but the team can't find it. So I made a promise to you. I said, you circle this date. Well, the clip of you saying it. The clip of me saying, you know what? You mark my words, Mark. I said, here's the date, here's the time. March 25th, 745 Central Time. Jasmine Crockett's going to go too far.
SPEAKER 04 :
And I said... Well, implying that she kind of already had. But then you double down and said, oh, no, Mark, she's going to do something else that will attract even more negative attention to Texas to the 30th century. She's going to say something else even more wheels off, so to speak.
SPEAKER 16 :
So you and it turned out you were right because this wasn't exactly yesterday, but it came out yesterday. It went viral yesterday. What did she say, Mr. Davis?
SPEAKER 04 :
At a human rights campaign, which is supposedly about sensitivity, inclusiveness, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Human rights. There's a little PG-13 warning in this, and I decided, you know, let's let Jasmine be Jasmine as she weighs in a little bit on our governor.
SPEAKER 12 :
Because we in these hot-ass Texas streets, honey. Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot-ass mess, honey.
SPEAKER 04 :
And before we even get to the fact that if you talk to Jasmine Crockett a few years ago, she's talking like I'm talking to you. that it's a total affectation that she has turned into Florence from the Jeffersons in order to have more street authenticity. I don't know. So anyway, Governor Hot Wheels, she then said, I wasn't talking about his condition or the wheelchair. I was talking about the degree to which he was transporting all those illegals willy-nilly.
SPEAKER 16 :
Nobody believes that. Nobody. He's been in a wheelchair since 1984 when a tree fell on his back in a freak accident. His wife stood by him and was with him every step of the way. This man should never, no one, and incidentally, nobody with a disability should be mocked. And her denial, did you see what she claimed? I wasn't making fun of him being in a wheelchair. I was talking about his illegal immigration tactics. I didn't say that. Are you serious? I know.
SPEAKER 04 :
And the other thing about Abbott, Abbott is not humorless on this. And he was on Hannity last night. He couldn't care less about this. But it's still bad. It's still wrong. Abbott himself, because again, tree falls on him, back injury, in a wheelchair forever. And in his last campaign, he said in an ad... Some politicians talk about having a spine of steel. I actually have one. I mean, Abbott will have fun with this himself, but it's very different for others to do so.
SPEAKER 16 :
What he said last night on Sean Hannity is the Democrats have nothing to sell but hate. Jasmine Crockett is hateful. Jasmine Crockett is awful. And Jasmine Crockett is, I think, facing some kind of a reckoning. Well,
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, here's the funny thing. There's a guy named Sheldon Daniels who will be the Republican and probably going to get steamrolled by 70, but we'll have him on the show on Monday anyway. Is there a Democrat who's not crazy and not an embarrassment who would like to primary her? Okay, timing boy, if we do it right now, we can do it. You got buggies?
SPEAKER 16 :
We got it.
SPEAKER 04 :
You ready? Yesterday, Mike said, have you seen the video of this lady talking about Buc-ee's? I saw a meme yesterday. It was one of my favorites. Buc-ee's, we're just filling up for gas, can cost you $85 in shopping. So let's go. Check it out.
SPEAKER 11 :
Buc-ee's. It's less a gas station and more a theme park for people who think beef jerky is a food group. You don't stop at Buc-ee's. You disembark. The parking lot is larger than most airports with rows of pumps all full, like it's Black Friday for unleaded. It's where you'll find lifted trucks, RVs the size of starter homes, and at least one guy filling up a five-gallon gas can who absolutely should not be operating machinery. Upon stepping inside, it appears as though Walmart had a baby with Bass Pro Shop and then raised it in a Texas roadhouse. And Buc-ee's doesn't sell snacks. They sell impulse control issues. You walk in for water and leave with a brisket sandwich, two pounds of fudge and a bag of beaver nuggets, which are basically diabetes and nugget form. I don't know what's in beaver nuggets, but I'm positive it's illegal in seven states. They taste like caramel, childhood, and a root canal waiting to happen. They're what you eat when you've completely given up on life, but still want to enjoy it. And then there's the bathrooms. These aren't just bathrooms. They're cleaner than most hospitals and twice as private. You walk in expecting gas station horror. A broken lock and a crackhead washing their socks in the sink. And instead, you're in a day spa for your own sake. The stalls have floor-to-ceiling doors. You could file your taxes in there. You could take a Zoom meeting. Hell, you could die in one of those stalls and the janitor would bless your body before they mopped around it. It's the first bathroom in history where you can shit yourself and still feel respected. And just when you think you're done, you walk out and realize Buc-ee's has merch. Not just a t-shirt or a hat. Buc-ee's has turned their beaver logo into a family crest. They sell pajamas, blankets, pet beds, and onesies for babies. Because nothing says we make bold choices in this family like dressing your infant as a gas station mascot. It's not a pit stop. It's rehab for people addicted to barbecue. You don't just leave Buc-ee's. You emerge slightly fatter, noticeably happier, and absolutely ready to do it all again.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's a salute with love, but also the beaver nuggets as a comment. It tastes like childhood and a root canal waiting. I'll roll into one.
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I don't know. She's a beautiful woman. I mean, she's sitting in her car and she's very funny and very good. And I wanted to share that because she's every word of that is correct.
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I love me some Bucky's Bucky.
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All right, and I love me some M&M. Have a great Wednesday, my friend.
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From Israel's frontlines of defense to the heart of Washington, this episode provides a panoramic view of critical global affairs. CeCe Heil reports from the ground in Israel amid rising tensions, while we explore the waves caused by the recent Signal chat leak. Engage with our in-depth analysis on the potential of an uprising in Gaza against Hamas, and the significant strides being made in the pro-life movement as funding for controversial services faces potential cuts. Dive into the strategic discussions and on-the-ground reporting that bring pivotal issues to the forefront of public attention.
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We got breaking news. The congressional hearing gets heated over the signal chat.
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Keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Sekulow. We want to hear from you. Share and post your comments or call 1-800-684-3110.
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And now your host, Logan Sekula. Welcome to Sekula. We've got a packed show today. Will Haynes is joining us as well as Jeff Ballabot from ACLJ Jerusalem live from Israel. He's going to be with us a little bit later in the broadcast. Our team is over in Israel right now. CeCe Heil will discuss that as well. We'll have some clips from her travels as we go through the rest. But of course, we are talking about that breaking news item that happened again this morning where the Atlantic decided, hey, you know that information that we had that we said we weren't going to share? The war plans, quote unquote war plans. Well, here they are. And they put out all the text thread. I believe most of the text thread that they had from the Signal chat, which goes into detail of what was put in this. Now, again, you may have an issue with the fact that it happened. And I think you should have an issue with the fact that it happened. The fact that this Signal chat was able to then reach people. the editor in chief of the Atlantic. That is a blunder. That's an issue. Now you have people like Walt's like, we're not sure we're looking into it. We're not a conspiracy theorist, but who knows what happened here. Uh, but we do have the details that came upon it at the same time. Right now, there's a house Intel hearing happening right now. Uh, Intel committee hearing happening right now, specifically about that leaks, uh, Or it's covering the leaks.
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It's the same version of what the Senate had, which is the annual global terror threat assessment.
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But the leaks are what's on everyone's mind. Of course, it's the questions come up. Tulsi Gabbard answered a question about this because I do think the quicker we can move on from this, the better. Because it's just going to be on repeat. And honestly, it's going to probably... create too many sound bites, too many things that can be taken out of context. You're giving too much fodder to the other side to continue to edit and change or use clips out of context. As I said, if you keep talking about it, I'm glad they are, but let's put it into that context Now I think today's probably should be the end unless something else comes out from it. Cause now everything is out in the open. Everything is public. And that's where we are. What do you think? 1-800-684-3110. We can go through also what those posts said. I think that's important too. You can read what those quote unquote war plans were, and you can make that decision for yourself, whether you think this is a gigantic issue or maybe it was overblown as, uh, JD Vance and Waltz are kind of putting in Hexeth are all kind of putting out that maybe that Mr. Goldberg, uh, over blew what he said he had. It's up for you to decide. 1-800-684-3110. But Will, you want to play this clip from Tulsi before we head to break?
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Yeah, I think we should. Because as you said, this I think was the best answer I've heard so far, other than from the president who was saying, you know, he's learned his lesson, we're moving on. But I think she addresses it appropriately at the start to get ahead of it, knowing that it's coming in this hearing. But let's play bite one from Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence.
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I want to address briefly the signal chat issue that I know many of you are concerned about. The President and National Security Advisor Walz held a press conference yesterday with a clear message. It was a mistake that a reporter was inadvertently added to a signal chat with high-level national security principals having a policy discussion about imminent strikes against the Houthis and the effects of the strike. National Security Advisor has taken full responsibility for this. And the National Security Council is conducting an in-depth review along with technical experts working to determine how this reporter was inadvertently added to this chat. The conversation was candid and sensitive, but as the President and National Security Adviser stated, no classified information was shared. There were no sources, methods, locations, or war plans that were shared. This was a standard update to the National Security Cabinet that was provided alongside updates that were given to foreign partners in the region.
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I think that's a great response. I think that should hopefully put this all to bed. Do I think it will? Of course not. This is going to become a leading story. It's a leading story right now. We have to cover it. We have to talk about it. Phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. We'll go over what's in those signal chat conversation, whether you think that it was too sensitive and that this was a massive blunder. If this is something we need to just move on from. Give us a call. Also, I see some of you in the chat are talking about the defunding of Planned Parenthood. We are going to get to that in the third segment. So stay tuned. We're definitely going to cover that as well. As I said, head to Israel with our team at the ACLJ Jerusalem a little bit later. Look, this is we got a major update, though, in that Planned Parenthood situation. This is a perfect time to donate to our life and liberty drive at ACLJ.org. Welcome back to Sekulo. Again, I told you we were going to break down what was released as The Atlantic this morning decided to drop all of the chat. They said it was too sensitive. It had a lot of details. But that didn't necessarily turn out to be the case. Now, again, whether you feel like these details are enough to be alarming, I think they should be alarming that this went to The Atlantic and something we should be very careful with and someone else needs to do, like Tulsi said, do an investigation of how this could possibly happen. How of all the random people, that this happened. I am going to read to you a bit of what it said, so you can have an update on what these war plans were, and I want you to tell me what you think. At 11.44 a.m. Eastern Time, Pete Hegson posted in the chat, in all caps, TEAM UPDATE. The text beneath began, TIME NOW, 11.44 Eastern Time. weather is favorable just confirmed with sitcom we are go for mission launch sitcom or central command uh and then 12 15 eastern time f-18s launch first strike package then he said then 13 45 trigger-based f-18 first strike window starts target terrorist is at his known location so should be on time also strike drone launch And then continues on and goes through some more of the details there. So, again, going through, including the final one, saying F-18 second strike starts. Also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched. Again, giving a timeline of what is to come. Now, again, as they said, no locations were shared. The target's name wasn't shared. All of that was kept classified. And as Tulsi said, this is a standard update when these kind of events are happening. I mean, I think it depends on how you read it. I think we'll read it. We'll read it as like, OK, this is was way overblown. And I read it whenever I see all caps. Maybe I start reading and yelling and I go, well, this feels pretty intense to me.
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Well, I think there's a couple different things we have to point out here. Obviously, the left is going to make this a semantics battle about classified information and things of that nature. But here's why I think it was less shocking to me. Because the way that it was reported was that it was so classified and so detailed of war plans, which the Atlantic is now calling attack plans. They've even backed off of using war plans.
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I think that's more accurate.
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Is that the very existence of it on signal was the violation, was the problem. And so that's why when I read that in the fact that these principles were communicating through something that the Biden administration has used, they referenced there's more information and details in your high side inbox, which is the classified system. The fact that these plans, as Tulsi Gabbard said, had already been laid to foreign partners. None of that, what I read from Pete Hegseth, seemed like it was inappropriately placed within a signal conversation without a journalist. The problem and what remains and what the Trump administration has owned and I think should continue to draw the force and attention back to that error, which is clearly very embarrassing, clearly a big mess up that should have never happened. And that should be the focus. The messaging needs to be that they continue to look at that and say, listen, we are investigating. This is the problem, though. The problem was the journalist being included, not that they were discussing this on Signal. And I think that's the difference that we need to point out here.
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understand what they want. They want them to never text or use any kind of messaging system. That's just not how it works. Okay. We live in, in 2025. The reality is you're dealing with a bunch of people who have a bunch of jobs going on right now. They need to keep updated. You don't have time to sit there and call everyone and spend that time. Unfortunately, that's not the time we live in right now. Maybe fortunately. You're able to get these messages across quickly, efficiently, and go. Yes, the big blunder, the big mistake was that this was included. I have no problem with Signal. I have no problem with you using some sort of service like this that is protected for texting and for messaging. I think that's important. It's not like they don't have phones. It's not like you can't text them or reach out to any of these people. Again, they don't live in a vacuum. However... Let's not also forget that this is very sensitive information. I think that's a good way that Tulsi said, sensitive information, not necessarily classified information, but information you don't necessarily want to go to the press, information you don't necessarily want to be posted publicly. But I will tell you how the others respond. J.D. Vance put out, it's very clear Goldberg oversold what he had. But one thing in particular really stands out. Remember when he was attacking Ratcliffe for blowing the cover for a CIA agent? Turns out Ratcliffe was simply naming his chief of staff. That was part of it as well. When in the original article, it said that he was protecting the names of CIA operatives. And we found out that that, I mean, it's partially true.
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Right. And once again, that's why this original report was laced with so much innuendo that it made you think that they were so reckless that there was deep cover agents within Yemen whose names were being thrown around on a third party app. When in reality, the chief of staff for John Ratcliffe, which is not... typically you know you know susie wiles you know the chief of staff for the white house you typically don't know the cia chief of staff but that isn't because they are operationally undercover it's because they're the chief of staff for the cia they want to keep a lower profile on that and there are more sensitive things going on to not make them a target however that wasn't someone that wouldn't have been familiar to the group. Most of those individuals, if he had mentioned a CIA operative, they would be like, who? But the fact that they were all designating who their point of contact was, those people knew who he was talking about and that they could contact that person. So even that in and of itself goes more to the fact that Jeffrey Goldberg saw this and held it until the day before the yearly global terror threat assessment hearing before the Senate and dropped it there. And then today dropped the second batch with all of the stuff in it before the House version of that. And here's what also concerns me as we're looking at all this. Almost every senator, or I'm sorry, congressman in the hearing today which they had very targeted lines of questioning about what was released from the Atlantic this morning. So much so that most of them had that kind of tick-tock of what was happening that is kind of the crux of this entire conversation that is causing so much concern printed out on giant posters. yes they do that in-house but when every single one of the democrats on the committee had that poster printed and they weren't all identical they didn't click print 30 times some had other embellishments and things like that on it i don't know that that printer is fast enough to get all of those members of congress that poster based off the timeline of when it was released so i'm pretty sure don't know for a fact but it seems like the democrats had that
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prior to the hearing already and before the release by the Atlantic. It's definitely something to look into. And of course, Signal, like we said, has been protected and really has been something that has been used for many years. And Will Case on our team, he just shared a message from the Atlantic in 2017. And it said... Signal is the gold standard of encrypted messaging and calling. It is used by staffers who work for President Trump, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, and Bill de Blasio. So again, they were putting over Signal at that time, but this is the problem that we're having right now. We've got a lot of phone lines, our phone calls coming in. Also, I'd love to hear from you at 1-800-684-3110. We are going to talk about, in the next segment, the moves from President Trump when it comes to Planned Parenthood, so stay tuned for that. But let's take some of these calls on these related incidents. Let's go. to Brandon, who is calling online to watch it on YouTube. Brandon, you're on the air.
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I think we're missing one fundamental thing. If you remember correctly, Tucker Carlson came out and said that he believed that his signal was hacked. So any type of system that's out there that is supposed to be point-to-point security encryption is It is possible, and I believe it's very likely, that it was hacked by someone within the deep state specifically to try and do this for this exact reason. Change the subject, make it to where they can embarrass the president as much as possible, try to slow him down. I don't believe that any of them were given out by... By anybody in the group.
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Yeah, Brandon, I think even Waltz is saying that they are at least going to do investigation into all theories that could come up. I don't think that's an impossible theory. I think we all know that anything can be hacked, especially if you're dealing with essentially an app, an app on the phone, even if the messages themselves are encrypted, which, by the way, I think even Apple text messaging, they'll say iMessage is encrypted. If you're a blue boxer, if you're not, if you're green, sorry. But if you're blue, I think they say it's effective.
SPEAKER 08 :
They've actually warned Apple device users to not text people with Androids and such. Because it can be intercepted more easily. I just don't like the way it looks, personally.
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It bothers me. It also feels like I can't send you a picture. Phone lines again are open at 1-800-684-3110. But Brandon, I think you're right. I don't think you're right necessarily on your theory, but all theory should be looked at into how this happened. And I think that is going on right now. I guarantee you it's going on right now. And it could be simple as a staffer hit the wrong button and put the wrong person in the group chat. And it just so happened to be the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Or it could be something more nefarious than that. But I think all options are on the table. We'll see where it goes. All right, let's continue on and take some more calls. Let's go to Ronald in South Carolina.
SPEAKER 08 :
We've got 50 seconds left here in this segment, Logan.
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I wanted to keep talking. I wanted to keep talking. I don't want to move on. See, this is where I wish we'd have commercials. But, you know, speaking of commercials, when you see those commercials, you hear those commercials and they're advertising. some big product or whatever. Understand that doesn't go to us here at the ACLJ. That's going to your local station. That's keeping them business. That's good. But we are funded exclusively by your support. So I want you to right now, during the last few days of this March Life and Liberty Drive, Be a part of it right now. We only have five days left and we urgently need your gifts. We are behind right now. We only have a few days to meet our goal. We're also going to talk about that defunding of Planned Parenthood that is happening and how the ACLJ has been involved in that for many, many years. And we'll continue that fight. Go to ACLJ.org right now and have your critical gift doubled today. We'll be right back again. Keep that QR code up there. There you go. Welcome back to Secular. Hey, stay on hold if you're on hold. We're going to get back to the main topic of the day. Of course, we're still talking about that leak and the news that came out this morning as the full transcript of those text messages from Signal were released. We'll discuss that continuing on. We got a lot of calls on that, but I did want to shift gears for a moment because there was some big movements out of the pro-life movement center, which is great. Look, whenever there can be a pro-life win and we're happy about it, you have heard about the defunding of Planned Parenthood for many, many, many years. You've heard about the overturning of Roe versus Wade for many, many, many years. And what we learned is that you needed someone, as strange as it may seem, Like President Trump and the Trump administration that does not seem to care about what those lobbyists think. They don't seem to care about what their cronies in Washington, D.C. think. They make campaign promises even if people think they're not going to be serious. I told you I had some friends that were going. You know, I had friends who voted for President Trump and they thought he was just bluffing with all these campaign promises. Well, those people are not smart because President Trump made a big move and started the process of defunding not just Planned Parenthood, but other organizations like it that were receiving tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars.
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That's right. And what we're seeing here now is that the president is delivering on that promise. If you remember that Doge op-ed that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy co-authored in the Wall Street Journal saying, here's what we will be doing. One of the main things that was in that that was specifically mentioned was defunding Planned Parenthood. Now what we're seeing is that They expect very soon the president to move forward with an order that will stop HHS family planning funds, as they're called, grants that go to Planned Parenthood and other, at the end of the day, abortion providers. And what we're going to see is initially about $27 million grant will be paused. Initially, they get those about several times a year, those funds come up. And so it's over $100 million a year just from that. But then you also take into account things like the Mexico City policy that he already reinstated, which froze funds for abortion providers overseas. That's another $100 million or so. So we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money that is going to abortion providers that will be frozen. And what Planned Parenthood always says, and they play this accounting shell game where they say, none of those dollars directly pay for abortions. They pay for other services we provide. So therefore, they are saying that the money that comes from outside nonprofits or foundations or whomever is giving money to Planned Parenthood, those dollars are paying for the abortions. The government money is not. When in reality, money is fungible.
SPEAKER 07 :
We know how this works. everyone knows how businesses work okay and this is how this business works which is you may say that but you know by funding something you are also then freeing up money to fund other things you're doing and again it's just a shell game I saw some celebrity who's more conservative leaning now saying fine you know what if you love abortion and you want that Go ahead, fund it. Why do you want to force not just your government to pay for it, but people who really are against it? Do you want to fund things that you're against? This has been so common sense to get rid of this. And now in a world where Roe versus Wade does not exist, where it is back to the states and where states like Tennessee, states like Alabama, some of these others that are more conservatively, you're saying like they have very strict abortion laws right now. You know, life of the mother, it's about it. And, you know, maybe the exceptions. Those people do not want to be funding this. And they made it clear. They made it clear with their vote. So how hard is it to wrap your head around the fact that we should not be paying for this? And I think you have a moment now where President Trump, even Elon Musk, back when they were doing the Doge Days, that that is a top topic. And I think that you should be excited about that in some ways, that these campaign promises are being kept.
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Well, and here's the two things I want our audience to be prepared for. One, because they continue this lie that it pays for everything else, not abortion, all the headlines and the things that are posted on social media is going to be President Trump cuts healthcare access for women. President Trump and Elon Musk cut contraceptive services for women they're going to make it seem like but once again as though that that should be oh the only you know of course you can't cut that from government funding i mean there's a lot of issues with taxpayer funding of that as well but they're going to make it seem one-sided but the second and it is that we know every single one of these funding cuts immediately is sued in a friendly court to the left And trying to get a freeze on it, saying you are not allowed to cut money to Planned Parenthood. Our attorneys already are preparing our filings for when this comes down and hits courts so that we can fight this in court.
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That's right. We got our pro-life team together. They are already working on this, as Will said. And the way they can do that is because, look, we have the best of the best. I truly believe that. We have an incredible legal team, incredible media team. We're able to pay for that because of people like you who support the work of the ACLJ on a regular ongoing basis or even during things like our life and Liberty Drive. So, of course, we encourage you to do that right now as we are preparing to have to battle this out in court. We know this is one of the top topics for us. You know we're doing it in Massachusetts. You know what we've been doing with our Choice Begins Here campaign. You've seen all of this, whether that is going for the hearts and minds or whether that's going for the law. We're a part of it right now, and you need to be a part of it as well. Because listen, they may say, Planned Parenthood may say, oh, well, it doesn't go directly to abortions. Okay, how's a Planned Parenthood location doing in your area if you're in one of those areas that went pro-life with their votes? Most of ours here in the state of Tennessee are closed up shop. They don't exist anymore. Why? Because their number one business was no longer legal in the state. So that should say it all. But you are right that the ACLJ team is in action. We are already preparing to file. Look, that's definitely going to go to the Supreme Court, I would say. I can't say definitely, but it was very likely that is going to happen. We're already working on that. So right now, you see the QR code on your screen. This is the Life and Liberty Drive. And for this month of March, we really focus on that life part because we think that that's the most important part. The most important part, sure, we got liberty. But before you can have liberty, you got to have life. You got to be able to have an opportunity. And right now, there's an incredible amount of ACLJ donors ready to match your gift. Your donations are doubled. Because we know when President Trump puts in this funding freeze, it's going to block taxpayer funding of abortions, as we see it happening right now, that we are going to have to respond and respond aggressively. So do it right now. Go to aclj.org. Have your gifts doubled. Don't wait until the last day. If you right now are on hold, I want to encourage you to stay on hold. We are going to get to you. I'll be trying to get to some in the next segment. So stay on hold. I know some of you have been on hold for a half an hour or so. We will be taking your calls and your comments coming up. And then in the second half hour of the show, we're actually going to go live to Jerusalem. That's a pre-record. Live to Israel. And we will play a lot of great content coming up because our team is there in Israel right now, which is pretty amazing. They were there right now doing incredible work. And the ACLJ Jerusalem is very important. If you've been on social media recently, you may have even seen from the right, not just the left. The right is now, especially sort of the fringe right, the alt-right, if you will, online has decided to take up these anti-Semitic messages. I've decided to take up an anti-Israel message. And it's really concerning. And as someone who shares a lot of my Christian and Jewish ancestry, someone who is planning my children's future bar mitzvahs and plans, it's one of the most concerning things happening to see. And I expected it from the left because they've been doing this for years. But now it's starting to creep. It's starting to creep more and more into the mainstream. Right. We got to make sure we are standing up against it. I mean, biblically, spiritually and always. We're going to discuss that a bit later on. Of course, we're going to continue this conversation about the signal leak. But we got 15 seconds here till we end this first half hour. If you don't get second half hour on your local station, find us at ACLJ.org broadcasting live or YouTube, Rumble, whatever it is. You can find us later on archived. Let's get that QR code right now and make your donation today.
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Keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Sekulow. And now your host, Logan Sekulow.
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Welcome back to Sekulow. We are going to take your calls about that signal leak and all the details that came in. A lot of you are on hold for that. We're also going to show you some footage, some amazing footage with CeCe Heil today in Israel coming up in the next segment. Of course, we're going to take all your calls and comments and continue on this conversation. So keep calling. Let's kick things off, though. Well, we should probably kick it off with a bit of a reset so people understand what we're talking about here. Of course, you all have heard about the leak that came out where somehow some of our top leaders were then also added to a group chat, if you will, with the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. And in that, they were discussing now what they call attack plans that was happening in real time. And he was on that. Today, they dropped all of it. Because originally they said some of it was too sensitive to release. And of course, today, for some reason, it's not too sensitive to release. And they did release it. We went over it the first half hour. You can go back and hear the details of that. But we also have Tulsi Gabbard and others. Currently, they were in an Intel meeting this morning and were questioned about this. And we're really kind of trying to say, hey, look, we all can admit this was a big blunder. Person was not supposed to be added, but none of the information was confidential. You could see none of the names, none of the locations, none of it was shared. Is it intense to read? Is it certainly sensitive? Absolutely. Should have ever happened? Absolutely not. Let's not pretend like it is. Now, how did it happen? That's a big question a lot of people have. I'm going to go ahead and take a phone call because a lot of you have called in about this. Let's go to Debbie, who is calling, who's a veteran. Thank you, number one, Debbie, for your service, and you're on the air.
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Good morning. Thanks for taking my call. First of all, yes, I am a veteran. I believe that the cabinet should be held to a higher standard of expectations and leaking something sensitive is, you know, it's military operations. You know, enemies can piece together all the unsaid and unspoken things. Right now, we've got government workers that are being fired without cause. This is cause for them to be fired for the cabinet, you know?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, Debbie, I think it's okay for you to have that opinion. I do not share that opinion that this is some sort of fireable offense. I get your frustration. I get that you should be concerned. I'm concerned. I've asked a lot of questions. I've ruffled some feathers even in our own meetings about this. I don't think this should be treated lightly. However, if you're going to have some sort of gold standard here, if you're going to have some sort of standard of when people make mistakes, and I've said this before and I said this yesterday, to me there's a lot difference, a big difference between a mistake and a leak, an intentional leak. James Comey intentionally leaking, giving out sensitive private information to his friends in the press to get the word out. That is wrong. Was he held accountable for that? Absolutely not. But that was intentional. There are intentional leaks happening in Washington, D.C. every single day. This was a mistake. A bad mistake? Sure, I'll give you that. But you know what? It was a mistake. And it happens. Happens to everyone. Should we hold them to a higher standard? Absolutely. I'm not saying we shouldn't, but it feels like an investigation will take place. Consequences will be given out. But no, I do not believe they should be fired for this.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and I think there are also you talk about the mistake versus the leak. There was people on social media trying to point and draw the comparison between Jack Teixeira, who was a airman for the National Guard in Massachusetts that was stealing documents. and posting them on a Discord channel specifically for the purpose of getting those documents to nefarious actors, people who should not have them. And I think that is not a comparable situation. He was arrested and charged with that. The difference was that he was stealing things that had classifications on them, that were classified, and was purposely trying to get them out to people like the Russians. That is a different situation than what happened here. And I also think that...
SPEAKER 07 :
at the end of the day it is the president's prerogative to decide what happens to his cabinet and when he said he still has trust look and he also made them publicly take the fall yeah and then said but they're gonna stay in the job they learn their lesson hey only five days left in our life and liberty drive for the month of march this is your opportunity have your donations doubled know that's very important right now we really could use your support we are a bit behind and we need your help right now these are take a lot of money you're gonna see we're going to israel coming up next Welcome back to Seculo. I did tell you we were going to go to Israel live. And fortunately, our ACLJ team, the ACLJ Jerusalem team, has been called into some pretty high-level meetings with some pretty high-level people in Israel. Can't talk about the details of that, but know it's happening. So, again, as we were preparing to go live, we were given this information. And you know what? That real work that gets done... That's better than coming on a broadcast and giving us a little bit of an update because I can give you an update of what's happening right now because CeCe Heil is there as well as Jeff Balaban. Our team at ACLJ Jerusalem are in action right now. As we saw, and we'll have some pictures a little bit later. For maybe one of the first times, the largest, though, anti-Hamas demonstration that happened inside of Gaza. There's some pictures of it right now. A protest of Palestinians who said enough is enough. They had signs that even translated said things like in the war, release the hostages. This is happening now within Gaza. So there is hope that the people understand what's happening even in their own area. There has been a lot of debate over that, whether the people of Gaza, the Palestinian people, the Muslim world, whether they were in fact supporters of what was happening, the way that Hamas was acting. the destruction that they've caused, the hostages being kept. And this is a bit of a breath of fresh air. We see young people out there. You see kids out there. You see adults. This is a good moment. This is a good moment. Hopefully this sticks and we can protect these people because this is going to be a tough road ahead. CeCe Heil, though, just today was visiting some of those sites, including the site of the Kibbutz attack and of the music festival. Our team is there on the ground. It's happening right now. Again, like I said, we were going to go live to them. They were already pulled up earlier. We could see them. They were up on our Zoom. We could see where they were coming from, and we were ready to talk to them. But stuff happens. And when you have a team like the ACLJ team, you got to be able to jump into action immediately. And that's what's happening right now as we speak, as we're live. That makes me happy. That makes me so thrilled that our team is doing this and they are spending time with leaders that really can help shape the future. But we do have some footage, though. I still think we should see.
SPEAKER 08 :
That's right. So this clip that we're going to show you was formed earlier today in Israel. I haven't even seen it yet. Right. This was from Cece Heil. This was at the Kibbutz site where one of the massacres of October 7th took place. This was from her phone. These are the legal team over there. It wasn't with a camera crew. But we wanted to show you this brief clip of one of the sites that she visited today as a reminder of... not only the meetings and work that they're doing, but also going to the places that we talk about so they can see the reality of it and understand what we're fighting for. And I think it's important for you all to see this as well. Let's go ahead and show this clip.
SPEAKER 11 :
standing in one of the cahoots that was attacked on October 7th. And again, you just can't even imagine the evil that was poured out in this, what would be just a subdivision in the United States, just a nice, pretty subdivision, and it's just demolished. And there are bullet holes everywhere, and everything's burnt. It's just... Again, I can't put into words the evil that happened here. And so once again, if you want to know why we defend Israel, it's because of this right here. Israel has the right to exist. It has the right to a peaceful existence. It has a right to defend itself. And it has a right to defend its borders and its legal borders, which include the Gaza Strip. and Judea and Samaria, which is known as the West Bank, that is all Israel. And they have the right to defend themselves. And what they lived through on October 7th, no other nation in the world would be expected not to respond. And so Israel has the right to respond. They have the right to eliminate this evil that attacked them. And the ACLJ will support them every step of the way.
SPEAKER 07 :
And of course, that senior attorney here at the ACLJ, Cece Heil, on the ground in Israel right now. Like I said, they were going to come on and join us live, but important meetings are happening right now as we speak. And look, it's no coincidence, I feel like, that our team is there right now. And you have the biggest uprising in Gaza right now of citizens. Palestinian citizens who said, enough with Hamas. We're not going to take this anymore. You have. We need a regime change. You need to release the hostages. We need to end this war. It's a beautiful sight, to be honest. You know, it can get heated. It can get pretty rough. It can get pretty scary out there. But I pray for this next generation. I pray for the next generation of those in the Palestinian areas who For the Palestinian people, God can touch anybody. He can touch the hearts and minds of all of us. And I believe that also for the Muslim world. I believe that also for the Palestinians and for those in Gaza. And maybe, how ruthless Hamas is, they will see that their own people are turning against them. and you'll have some change of hearts there, even if it's out of their own safety. Or maybe you'll have a pretty good uprising. We'll see what happens. Again, I'm not putting too much hope in that, but I do at least have a glimmer. And our team at the ACLJ Jerusalem is there because if that glimmer didn't exist, we would be frustrated and upset and we wouldn't know what to do. But thankfully we have a team.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and as you would expect, the terrorists of Hamas are already blaming Israel. This is a staged uprising or a staged protest. But it is remarkable to see the people of Gaza, which is obviously a lie and propaganda, but to see the people of Gaza chanting out Hamas, out. hamas wanting to expel them and remember the people of gaza elected hamas yes they now they've held on to power they haven't held more elections but to see the change of people that have elected hamas and even through all the battles and all the struggles and all the terror that hamas has waged against israel this is one of those rare times that you see some people maybe waking up to a degree of Maybe this is the terrorists' fault. Maybe this is this fake leadership that says they're fighting, that they're resistance against occupiers and Zionists. But in reality, the terrorists are the ones that have the hold over them.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, we have Jeff Balaban joining us live. No one even told me that, but it looks like we have him live. Jeff, live from Israel, I wanted to just get an update on what's happening. I know that some plans changed, some important meetings are happening, but the ACLJ team is there and on the ground.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, actually, the timing of this segment, we have to jump in a car. We're on the way to the president's residence where President Herzog is hosting international delegation, including, obviously, our friends from the ACLJ in America and me here at ACLJ Jerusalem, and a number of folks from around the world who fight anti-Semitism abroad. And so there were tours all day today, as you've seen, and now there's a meeting at the president's residence.
SPEAKER 07 :
It shows you the work the ACLJ Jerusalem is doing. I mean, like I said, when we started this segment, I said, hey, we were going to have you guys on, but some important meetings happened. I didn't know what we could share, what couldn't share. But to see you now live in a car down the streets, I think this should tell everyone that we're not just talking here at the ACLJ. You can physically see it in action, what's happening right now, because it's amazing. I mean, this is obviously evening currently in Jerusalem and in Israel, and work still continues.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, look, this is unfortunately the front line of a war for our whole civilization, but it is actually encouraging. We're here all the time, but it's encouraging to see people gathering, to see how many friends we have. Obviously the work that ACLJ is doing, not just here, not just in America, in Geneva, for hostages, for others, for fighting for Israel against the demonization at the UN and elsewhere. So yeah, this is important, and it's good to also be able to collaborate with others
SPEAKER 07 :
and join forces around the world because we've been things unique to the table and it's good to see what's happening around the world to be more effective yeah jeff we're running out of time and also you need to get out of there quickly and get to where you're going but i did want to address also the fact that you did see that sort of uprising protest that happened in gaza uh where palestinians uh are protesting against hamas we're saying that maybe the biggest demonstration that's happened i just want to get your quick thoughts before we have to let you go
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, look, Hamas is everybody's enemy. They're the Jews' enemies. They're the Muslims' enemies. They're the Arabs' enemies. But the truth is, you know, it's not as though the people uprising are really friends of Israel. It's not like they really supported Israel or helped the hostages. So this is a case of a lot of anger and hostility because finally Israel's able to unleash after being held back by the Biden administration. But I'm not sure what it's going to mean in terms of Israel's own activities here. This is a problem that needs to be resolved and needs to be resolved militarily.
SPEAKER 07 :
Jeff Balaban in Jerusalem at the ACLJ Jerusalem on the road to the president of Israel. Really cool. I'm glad we were able to get you on here live. And again, you can see the ACLJ work in action. So we can let you go and get back to what you're doing. Again, we're going to take some calls coming up in the next segment at 1-800-684-3110. But you can't see what just happened here live on air and not understand the impact of the work of the ACLJ and how really we are in action. That was not some stage set up. I didn't even know he was popping on. I just saw him on the screen. Okay, right now, this is the last week of our life in Liberty Drive for the month of March. You got to get involved. We are a little bit away. I'll be honest, we're a ways away from our goal. We need your support right now. If you haven't given, this is the time to do it. If you can give again, why not? Don't wait until the last day. Go to ACLJ.org. Have your gifts doubled right now because someone else, an ACLJ member, an ACLJ champion, an ACLJ donor is ready to unlock Their donation, whatever you give yours, whether that's $5 or $5,000 or $50,000, whatever you can do, do it today at ACLJ.org. Taking your calls coming up. Back to Secular. Time to take your calls and comments. So we're going to go ahead and kick that off right from the top. A lot of you on hold for over 45 minutes, and we appreciate that. I know that sometimes it takes time for us to get to you, but we had an important show to cover. Let's go to Robert in Maryland on Line 1. Robert, welcome back. You're on the air.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah. Hi, Logan. I wanted to ask you the question, is Israel going to be allowed to absolutely eradicate and destroy Hamas in Gaza and also Hezbollah in Lebanon without another ceasefire being foisted upon them?
SPEAKER 07 :
I think that that's not necessarily the case. Do they want to do that? Yeah. When I say they, I mean the current Israeli administration. And remember, though, I think we have to do this. And look, we have to see it in Gaza as well today. Israel is not unlike America. There are conservatives. There are liberals. There are pro-war. There are anti-war. There are a lot of people over there who don't like the current administration. So they also have to play a bit of politics here within their own people. Of course, they got to deal with that with the American people. President Trump has kind of gone from, hey, we need to end the war to, yeah, they need to end the war. There's only one way to do that, and that is to level the whole area. And he's kind of gone back and forth on that. So do I think that there should be a ceasefire? There will be a ceasefire. I think it could happen again. I think you could see it happen. There's been ceasefire so many times throughout the years. And when I mean the years, I mean the 50 plus years, the 40 years I've been alive. I've heard ceasefire between Israel and different Palestinian governments over the years so many times.
SPEAKER 08 :
That's right. And yes, I think operationally, Israel has the capacity to do that. I want them to be able to do that. But I think also this goes back to the signal chat that we talked about earlier. Some of the negotiations and things that were going on between the principals there was things about, you know, if we don't act now, It could make it worse in the region because Israel is going to. And so the tensions with Iran and things like that, I don't think that the United States, it puts Iran on notice by doing that attack. But if Israel did it, then that would almost welcome more fire incoming from Iran and make tensions worse. Whereas we have the capacity to open up the shipping lanes and shut down the Houthis, which remember, the Biden administration took off the foreign terrorist organization list and the President Trump and his administration put them back on. But I think all that ties in really to what we even were talking about there, that the Left is trying to focus on specifically the lapse in the chat by having the journalist in there, but not focusing on really the strategy and the precision of which this administration is operating.
SPEAKER 07 :
All right, let's continue on with calls. Ann's calling in Pennsylvania on line three. Ann's watching on Facebook and you're on the air.
SPEAKER 12 :
Hey guys, thank you so much for taking my phone call. Just love you guys, always. I just wanna say something really quickly. I have a lot to say, but as far as defunding Planned Parenthood, this should have been done years ago. There is no excuse to the continuation of the funding. These death centers is really what they are. Okay, there's pro-life centers and there's death centers. I'm sick and tired of our tax dollars having to pay for this. And my point is that Republicans need to get tough. Because really, a lot of this stuff that happens is because Republicans allow it to happen. And I'm upset. And you know what? I am so going to cry right now for the first time because I've been complaining about Congress. Their approval rating below what? 17 percent. You know, there are good members. There are good guys, obviously conservatives that we love and adore. But I'm sorry, guys. This should have been done long ago.
SPEAKER 07 :
We have an update for you. And I also agree with you. I say that the swamp and the deep state, if you will, when you hear those words, I know they could ring a little bit conspiratorial. They could get a bit fringy. But really, when you talk about what I'd say the swamp, when you hear that, those are the people. Those are the reasons nothing gets done. Because it's political shell games, as Will said.
SPEAKER 08 :
And, Ann, I'm so glad you called and brought this up, specifically talking about Congress. Because we couldn't really talk about this before because it wasn't public yet until during this show while we were talking about this. Another live moment. And that's that our sister organization, ACLJ Action, is on a letter that just got released, just sent to Congress. It was led by Susan B. Anthony, Pro-Life for America, as well as 150 organizations. But ACLJ Action is a part of this letter that is going to members of Congress that is. putting the ball in their court and saying, hey, by the way, we're watching right now because there's kind of a trifecta in Washington for conservatives right now. President Trump is doing his part by slashing this funding. But you have an opportunity now with budget reconciliation, which doesn't require the 60 vote threshold in the Senate. So Republicans can do this alone. You need to stop providing tax dollars to big abortion. And they specifically point out this figure. Planned Parenthood took in $699 million, almost $2 million a day from U.S. taxpayers in 2023 alone. And they also boasted they do $393 million. 100,000 abortions a year. That's 40% of the abortions in this country, almost 400,000, and they're taking $2 million a day from taxpayers. I agree with you, Ann. Congress has to step up now. President Trump and his administration have done it. It's now time to see conservatives do the right thing in Congress.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, they got to get it done fast because you never know where things change in just a couple years where things can be. And of course, in Washington, D.C., sometimes things do not move fast and therefore they're able to kick it down the road and nothing gets done. So, Ann, 100% agree. Let's go to Ronald in South Carolina. Ronald, go ahead.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, thanks for taking my call. Yeah, I was talking about the Atlantic editor. He could have used discretion to When he received the emails and responded back and replied back and says, hey, guys, I really shouldn't be in this conversation. Remove me and destroyed the email instead of putting it on blast.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's a tough thing to do as a journalist to have this kind of moment where something like that happens. I don't necessarily agree. I maybe agree with you from a moral standpoint, but from a journalistic integrity standpoint, I also don't know if him leaving that chat is a good idea.
SPEAKER 08 :
I got in trouble with our other producers because I didn't blame Jeffrey Goldberg for this. I I think he's not a great person. I think that he has a lot of hyperbole in his reporting. However, if you look at traditional journalism, the fourth estate being a check on power, they should be doing this to every administration in reality, calling it out. He waited till after. Obviously, he maximized the time with the Senate hearing. But I don't live. I don't blame him for doing it, but I do think the hypocrisy of them only doing it towards Republicans and only making everything a national security crisis when it's Republicans or conservatives is a problem within journalism.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's toxic. Quickly, I know we got a minute. I just want to take Jack really quick. Jack, we're running out of time, so you got like 20 seconds. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 01 :
A real quick recommendation to the Trump administration. Ignore... the three what I call triumvirate of dishonesty and corruption, Democrats, news media, and Goldberg, keep up the good work and go ahead and do what you know is right.
SPEAKER 07 :
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Delve into the complexities of recent political events with a discussion on Signalgate. Mike and Mark dissect the situation, examining possible motives and implications of this administrative hiccup. Meanwhile, they tackle the political landscape by addressing Jasmine Crockett's controversial remarks, illustrating the impact of rhetoric in modern governance. Closing with humor, explore the whimsical world of Buc-ee’s, a Texas staple that's much more than just a gas stop.
SPEAKER 04 :
Mike Gallagher. Every day, Mike visits with Mark Davis, morning host on 660 AM, The Answer in Dallas. Here's today's Eminem experience.
SPEAKER 06 :
I know something's going on here, Mike, and I want to know what you think, but you know what we got to do first, because if we don't, we won't do it. Okay, so are you ready?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, we'll we get to it. Let's do it. Let me get me because I'm so I'm so hepped on your I loved your whole monologue. I mean, I was over the Howard Franklin Bridge listening to what you were saying. I thought, man, we are like two two brains or one great two bodies with one brain. I mean, and by the way, can I say something quickly about the Howard Franklin Bridge?
SPEAKER 06 :
Anybody knows how Tampa Bay give us more Tampa Bay traffic info.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, this is so cool. No, you know what? It ties into North Texas. Let me tell you why. When I moved here, there was like one span, one Howard Franklin Bridge. They decided they needed to build another one. And they did it in the last couple of years. Now, Tampa Bay, the area that I cross spans, it's got to be two and a half, three miles. It's huge. It's huge. It's gigantic. And Mark, every morning when I drive into work, I go over the bridge and I keep watching the progress. And you'd see the night. You understand they have to have boats out there and they're driving piles into the into the under the seabed and all that. It's ready. It opened yesterday. I mean, it reminds me of when I came back to visit you guys, and I drove around Southlake and Grapevine, and all of that magnificent infrastructure. Yeah, that's one way to put it. Well, it is, though, Mark. It's remarkable.
SPEAKER 06 :
And, of course, around here, as soon as they expand something from four to six lanes, you immediately know you need eight, and so they start tearing it up again.
SPEAKER 05 :
But I don't know what you're talking about. They're worried about that. They're worried about that happening with this. But it's just, I just want to just, we complain and we whine about traffic. But still, it can be done. Things can be done. And I remember being gone for a while and then going back to Texas. Because I lived in Keller and South Lake. And I thought, this is like a whole new ballgame now. So kudos to all these engineers and these construction workers and these people all over America who can build bridges and put in overpasses. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
This does take me somewhere, because even in 2025, of course, I'm amazed that a plane can fly. I'm like the unfrozen caveman.
SPEAKER 05 :
Me too.
SPEAKER 06 :
Big silver bird in the sky. How does this happen?
SPEAKER 05 :
I know.
SPEAKER 06 :
How they even do a bridge, I just don't even know. I'm amazed. One of the great things Ken Burns did, everybody talks about Civil War and baseball and the Vietnam thing. I think it's only a two-parter, the Brooklyn Bridge. So take the ability, the whole bridge building thing, now do it in like 150 years ago. It's one of the most amazing things he's ever done.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's incredible. It's incredible. All right. So we're going to get to Bucky. I want to react. I want to react to Signalgate. Oh, brother. Signalgate. It's not a gate. I mean, hey, how did the mission go? Oh, perfectly. We killed bad guys. You know, part of the pushback is I'm not sure a lot of the Democrats want to kill bad guys. I mean, you see Rashida Tlaib? She's complaining about terrorist attacks. Well, and speaking of bad guys, we'll get to Jasmine Crockett, our favorite congresswoman here in just a moment. But I'm with you. Mike Waltz didn't do himself any favors by appearing with Laura Ingraham last night. And there's no diplomatic way out of this. It wasn't great. I mean, like you said, and I thought you used the exact phrase I would use. Look, here's what I'm not worried about. First of all, it's not the end of the world. And Trump himself characterized it. This was their first glitch. In two months in, this was a hiccup. This was a mistake. And it was a mistake. And they're acknowledging it's a mistake.
SPEAKER 06 :
Careful, careful, careful. They did. Mistake or skullduggery. And I'm not sitting here going all tinfoil hat like Mike Walz sort of is. But I don't think it could be dismissed, the possibility of a mole, the possibility of sabotage.
SPEAKER 05 :
First of all, you can't ever convince me that it was a coincidence that the day before most of these intelligence officials were at an already scheduled hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Goldberg from the Atlantic drops this bombshell, and that was accidental. So you know the timing of that.
SPEAKER 06 :
But on that timing. Because I heard Chris make that point, and I talked about it, and here you are, so we're all talking about it. For those that don't know, this was apparently on the calendar that March 25th would have been the appearance by all these people anyway. And I guess the sinister notion of timing is Goldberg finds a way to make this happen, or some confederate of his finds a way to make this happen, so that the very next day, all of these people can get grilled by all of these Democrats. Okay, but to my mind, you know what it looked like? instant accountability instant responsiveness i think they all came across very well and it's like literally first thing i thought was okay this happened and turn your head and there they all are answering questions about no but that's not what you think oh so you think jeffrey goldberg from the atlanta atlantic said let me let's tee it up for full accountability i I think that if the idea was, let's set up what would be an embarrassment for these people, it wound up backfiring. It was not an embarrassment at all. Tulsi and John Radcliffe and Kash Patel came off very, very well.
SPEAKER 05 :
Maybe, maybe. I'm not sure I'd go there. What I would say is they better figure it out, and they better, and Waltz did promise that Elon Musk's technologically whiz, their whizzes, will get to the bottom. If anybody can figure it out, it's Elon Musk's team. Figure it out. And because the trouble is, based on Mike Waltz's explanation last night, He kind of did it. He wouldn't even give any credence to the theory that a staffer did it.
SPEAKER 06 :
He took responsibility for it. But then you're right. He did say, and Laura, to her credit, pressed him like three times. You know, do you have a mole? Is there a rogue staffer or a sloppy staffer? And he kind of said it wasn't a staffer. One of two things is true. Either Waltz actually by his own hand did do it, in which case that's a major screw up. Or he didn't and he's protecting somebody. Or he just doesn't know.
SPEAKER 05 :
He literally said it wasn't a staffer, Mark. He said it was not a staffer. So that suggests that he did it himself, which is a major screw-up. And incidentally, don't worry, Trump's going to stand by him. It's okay. He's not going to lose his job over it.
SPEAKER 06 :
And he should stand by him.
SPEAKER 05 :
But it was a screw-up.
SPEAKER 06 :
Here's what makes me crazy. So you're Mike Waltz. Let's step into Mike Waltz's brain. How can he know he did it? and not know he did it. Then if he knew he did it... Well, he said he did it. Then why does it need to be looked into?
SPEAKER 02 :
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SPEAKER 06 :
Guess what? I can save you a bunch of time. Elon, go launch a rocket, because I did it. You know, on me.
SPEAKER 05 :
Sorry. My bad. He said he's the one that had the guy on the phone that added to the group chat. He said that. And what he's saying is he doesn't know how he got there. He doesn't know. And like you said, there's some debate about initials and all that. Look, it's not the end of the world. We need to turn the page. But I'm confident that Trump and the White House will never let something like this happen again. I'm very confident about that.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I'm also to the larger... Far more important point. So a boo-boo happened, a mistake happened, a flub happened. In a human system, it will happen. In no way does this... attract deleteriously to their superior reputation of keeping the world safe, keeping our borders safe, being on their game around the world compared to what we could have had if Kamala had won.
SPEAKER 05 :
Not even a little bit. Spare me all the righteous indignation and turn the page and then let's make sure it doesn't happen again. Now, I want – you may now call me Nostradamus again. Yep. Yesterday morning, I said – and I'm so sorry. We were going to play the clip for you, but the team can't find it. So I made a promise to you. I said, you circle this date. Well, the clip of you saying it. The clip of me saying, you know what? You mark my words, Mark. I said, here's the date. Here's the time. March 25th, 745 Central Time. Jasmine Crockett's going to go too far.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I said – gonna implying that she kind of already had but then you double down and said oh no mark she's going to do something else that will attract even more negative attention to texas to the 30th century she's going to say something else even more wheels off so to speak so you and it turned out you were right because this wasn't exactly yesterday but it came out yesterday it went viral yesterday what did she say mr davis at a human rights campaign which is supposedly about sensitivity inclusiveness blah blah blah blah blah Human rights. And there's a little PG-13 warning in this, and I decided, you know, let's let Jasmine be Jasmine as she weighs in a little bit on our governor.
SPEAKER 03 :
Because we in these hot-ass Texas streets, honey. Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot-ass mess, honey.
SPEAKER 06 :
And before we even get to the fact that if you talk to Jasmine Crockett a few years ago, she's talking like I'm talking to you. that it's a total affectation that she has turned into Florence from the Jeffersons in order to have more street authenticity. I don't know. So anyway, Governor Hot Wheels, she then said, I wasn't talking about his condition or the wheelchair. I was talking about the degree to which he was transporting all those illegals willy-nilly.
SPEAKER 05 :
Nobody believes that. Nobody. He's been in a wheelchair since 1984 when a tree fell on his back in a freak accident. His wife stood by him and was with him every step of the way. This man should never, no one, and incidentally, nobody with a disability should be mocked. And her denial, did you see what she claimed? I wasn't making fun of him being in a wheelchair. I was talking about his illegal immigration tactics. Are you serious? I know.
SPEAKER 06 :
And the other thing about Abbott, Abbott is not humorless on this. And he was on Hannity last night. He couldn't care less about this. But it's still bad. It's still wrong. Abbott himself, because again, tree falls on him, back injury, in a wheelchair forever. And in his last campaign, he said in an ad, some politicians talk about having a spine of steel. I actually have one. I mean, Abbott will have fun with this himself, but it's very different for others to do so.
SPEAKER 05 :
What he said last night on Sean Hannity is the Democrats have nothing to sell but hate. Jasmine Crockett is hateful. Jasmine Crockett is awful. And Jasmine Crockett is, I think, facing some kind of a reckoning. Well,
SPEAKER 06 :
Here's the funny thing. There's a guy named Sheldon Daniels who will be the Republican and probably going to get steamrolled by 70, but we'll have him on the show on Monday anyway. Is there a Democrat who's not crazy and not an embarrassment who would like to primary her? Okay, timing boy, if we do it right now, we can do it. You got buggies?
SPEAKER 05 :
We got it.
SPEAKER 06 :
You ready? Yesterday, Mike said, have you seen the video of this lady talking about Buc-ee's? I saw a meme yesterday. It was one of my favorites. Buc-ee's, we're just filling up for gas, can cost you $85 in shopping. So let's go. Check it out.
SPEAKER 01 :
Buc-ee's. It's less a gas station and more a theme park for people who think beef jerky is a food group. You don't stop at Buc-ee's. You disembark. The parking lot is larger than most airports with rows of pumps all full, like it's Black Friday for unleaded. It's where you'll find lifted trucks, RVs the size of starter homes, and at least one guy filling up a five-gallon gas can who absolutely should not be operating machinery. Upon stepping inside, it appears as though Walmart had a baby with Bass Pro Shop and then raised it in a Texas roadhouse. And Buc-ee's doesn't sell snacks. They sell impulse control issues. You walk in for water and leave with a brisket sandwich, two pounds of fudge and a bag of beaver nuggets, which are basically diabetes and nugget form. I don't know what's in beaver nuggets, but I'm positive it's illegal in seven states. They taste like caramel, childhood, and a root canal waiting to happen. They're what you eat when you've completely given up on life, but still want to enjoy it. And then there's the bathrooms. These aren't just bathrooms. They're cleaner than most hospitals and twice as private. You walk in expecting gas station horror. A broken lock and a crackhead washing their socks in the sink. And instead, you're in a day spa for your own sake. The stalls have floor-to-ceiling doors. You could file your taxes in there. You could take a Zoom meeting. Hell, you could die in one of those stalls and the janitor would bless your body before they mopped around it. It's the first bathroom in history where you can shit yourself and still feel respected. And just when you think you're done, you walk out and realize Buc-ee's has merch. Not just a t-shirt or a hat. Buc-ee's has turned their beaver logo into a family crest. They sell pajamas, blankets, pet beds, and onesies for babies. Because nothing says we make bold choices in this family like dressing your infant as a gas station mascot. It's not a pit stop. It's rehab for people addicted to barbecue. You don't just leave Buc-ee's. You emerge slightly fatter, noticeably happier, and absolutely ready to do it all again.
SPEAKER 06 :
I don't know who she is. It's a salute with love, but also the beaver nuggets. It tastes like childhood and a root canal waiting to come.
SPEAKER 05 :
I'll roll into one. Who was that? I don't know. She's a beautiful woman. I mean, she's sitting in her car, and she's very funny and very good, and I wanted to share that because every word of that is correct. I love me some Buc-ee's.
SPEAKER 06 :
We love us some Buc-ee's.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right, and I love me some M&M. Have a great Wednesday, my friend. Ready to go.
SPEAKER 06 :
Mike's Wednesday show right after we're done at 10, right here on 660 AM, The Answer.
SPEAKER 04 :
Download the podcast and hear all of Mike and Mark's conversations at MikeOnline.com for the M&M experience.
In this episode of the National Crawford Roundtable, the hosts dive deep into the recent headlines surrounding the Signal app and its reported security breaches. As they debate the supposed advantages of using Signal for encrypted communication, they slowly unveil the complexities associated with national security protocols. The conversation touches upon the inadequacies of current systems and the need for more robust safety measures, especially in light of potential political impacts.
SPEAKER 01 :
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SPEAKER 02 :
Welcome, another edition of the National Crawford Roundtable. I'm your host today, John Rush, out of Denver, Colorado, Rush to Reason, Bob Duco from Detroit, Michigan. With the Bob Duco Show and Neil Boron from Buffalo, New York. Neil Boron Live. And there's no secrets. We record this in the morning on Wednesday. So, guys, good morning. Good morning.
SPEAKER 03 :
Hi, John. How is... Hey, I got your signal text earlier, John, so we're good.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, good, good. I'm glad. Make sure we don't have any... Did you add any reporters onto it? That's the question.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, well, no, but I did, Joy Behar was on there from The View, so hopefully that's okay. She's a friend.
SPEAKER 02 :
She's a friendly. Yeah, friend of the show, friend of ours, absolutely. Yeah. So, you know, by the way, that's, as we all know, a big topic in the news, and there's lots to discuss. I wanted to get you guys' opinion on some things. I have some thoughts as well, but let's just, might as well guys just dig into it. So those of you that, unless you're living under a rock, you probably have heard about the quote-unquote security breach with the Signal app. For those of you who don't know what the Signal app is, it's a messaging app. It's been around, by the way, for quite some time, probably over a decade, I want to say. It was one of the first encrypted type apps out there, even before a lot of the companies like Apple came up with iMessage where it was secure. They did Signal to encrypt things end-to-end so people couldn't, you know, hack in and see what the messages were and so on. And there's some debate over how secure the actual app is. But from my recollection and what I studied in the past, Bob, I'll start with you. It's actually a pretty secure app. So for those that are out there saying that, you know, this should never happen, they should never communicate that way. It's actually one of the most secure ways to talk, you know, end to end. We'll get into the, you know, the quote unquote breach and why was there a reporter, you know, added into this, you know, maybe a little bit later. But let's just start with number one. Is this an app, Bob, that they should even be using?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, I don't see why not, first of all, because the way that it does work, and not to get too tech in the weeds, but when messages are sent through Signal, they're encrypted. Well, the only way to open them or un-encrypt them, if you will, is from the recipient. And so that's why it's kind of a closed message from sender to recipient. Now, you can have multiple people on a chat, but once again, the recipient is the one who who is able to unencrypt, if you will, the message that comes through. So it's not floating out there in cyberspace. While it is, it's in encrypted form. And so that's one of the reasons why the Biden administration itself, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, while Biden was in the White House, specifically recommended for government use the Signal app because of this very thing. So when Trump's people got in place, when Hegseth got in place, when all these guys got in their positions, Tulsi Gabbard and the rest of them, their phones that they were given and their government issue phones and computers already had the Signal app loaded into them, downloaded into them already. So this was already an approved thing in the previous administration. I don't think there's any reason for the new administration to think that it shouldn't have been there. So I don't have a problem with using the Signal app itself for this. To me, John, and this is I know we're going to be diving into more of this here. OK, what about how this Jeffrey Goldberg guy got in there? That's a fair discussion to have. In a general sense, I would just say this. Let's not go to one extreme. which is to say this is a 100 percent nothing burger. Who cares? No, it's a security breach. It ought to be taken seriously. It could have been a sabotage from somebody inside who really knows. So that is a security breach. And those kind of conversations shouldn't be made public. But you can't go to the other extreme, either, like the Democrats and the media are doing. which is to treat this like it's a date that will live in infamy, the biggest security breach and national security crisis in the history of America. And no, you had internal deliberations among the Trump team about, hey, should we strike or not strike? How much should Europe be involved and whatever? And OK, well, then here's the plans that we're going to carry out. Well, guess what? Nothing got affected. The plans were still carried out. The strikes still happened. They were still successful.
SPEAKER 02 :
And we're talking about the hooties here. No offense. This isn't like we're talking about Russia and Ukraine. We're killing terrorists. This is like a mosquito on our arm.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, these are Iranian proxy terrorists that have been blocking the Suez Canal and shooting. By the way, there are over 170 attacks on U.S. naval vessels just within Joe Biden's last year, and they did nothing about it. So this is a successful strike. We're taking them out. Nothing got affected. But it turns out that behind-the-scenes discussions— were made privy by the security breach of Goldberg's name being put in there. Okay, fine, learn from our mistakes. Let's weed it out, figure out how that happened. But the Democrats and the media are taking this. They're doing what they did with January 6th. They're taking something that was wrong, but they're exploding it into a date that will live in infamy and the biggest threat on our democracy since the Civil War. It's overblown. So this is serious, needs to be taken seriously, but not as seriously as the Democrats are trying to turn it into.
SPEAKER 02 :
Couldn't agree more. Neil, your thoughts?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, I mean, that's kind of what we do, right? I mean, like in politics, they're going to use this against conservatives because it's going to be to their advantage to do so. But I'm not opposed to them using the Signal app, to be honest. I've never used it, so I don't know exactly how it works. I do know that it is used by journalists. It's used by government officials. It has a pretty high level of confidentiality. national security works or where the nuclear football is when the president's in the bathroom, that kind of stuff. I don't know all the details of that. Those kind of things fascinate me. I love watching movies about it. But the real issue is how did this guy get on that feed? It isn't so much how secure is this app? But then it's sort of, you know, it's the attempt to cover all this without just admitting it. Like on the one hand, on the one hand, they're saying, yeah, you know, Donald Trump said we got to learn from our mistakes. That's right. And we're going to learn from this. But but like. Well, what's what's why throw Jeffrey Goldberg under the bus? I know they don't like him and he's been very critical of Trump. But, you know, the Atlantic is a horrible newspaper. It's probably going to go out of business. And Jeffrey Goldberg is horrible person. And maybe the horrible person is the one that put him on the feed. Like, where did that happen? So I don't know. I think that it looks silly to try to attack Goldberg as opposed to just owning it and saying, yeah, this happened. Thank God it wasn't worse. What if the person added was, back in the day, Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden? What if that was the person that was accidentally added? It is a big deal. Fortunately, it doesn't look like Goldberg did anything with that in advance of the strike. He didn't call some source he had.
SPEAKER 02 :
I don't think he believed it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, true. You're 100% right. Like, how in the world did I get included on this? But he didn't take it so public that anybody could have reacted and actually caused a problem with that whole scenario. So the U.S. was effectively able to carry out that strike. But, yeah, it raises some real questions. Like, how did that happen? I don't know. I want to see the answer. And hopefully it gets dealt with so it doesn't happen again.
SPEAKER 02 :
We've got a lot more to talk about as far as that goes, too, Bob. Let's not forget we have some great sponsors that make this show happen on literally a weekly basis that without them would make it very difficult to do what we do, and we want to make sure we honor them.
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SPEAKER 04 :
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SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, I mean, to me, I think for me personally, Bob, is it something serious? Yes, as you said. I think the bigger question is some of what Neil is talking about right now. It's like, okay, how do we make sure this never happens again? Who is in charge of putting this particular... group together? And was there any ability to communicate, which in a lot of cases, in the defense of all of the participants, they may not have had all of these different numbers in their contacts already. Now, given the fact that these are government-issued phones, somebody screwed up there, by the way, because all of these numbers should have already been in there with names associated to who these particular individuals were. And when you notice that there's a number there that has no one's name associated with it, That should have been somebody's first red flag if you're doing it the way that I'm talking about doing, Bob. And again, these are things that structurally speaking, somebody needs to go back in and review and say, okay, to make sure this doesn't happen again, let's make sure that anybody that we're going to have in a chat is already in your phone in the contacts. And if there's ever anybody that all of a sudden appears, there's a number that appears that's not in your contacts, somebody needs to be asking some questions.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. They do. And so, look, there's no doubt that they need to get to the bottom of who did it. Look, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I can't rule out the possibility that you don't have some anti-Trump deep state or double agent, you know, working in the department somewhere. who, you know, in the CIA or FBI or, you know, wherever, but just decides, you know what, I'm going to cut Trump off at the knees and I'm going to put, because of all people, if there's any, look, all of these people have the names and the contact cell phone numbers. pretty much everybody in the media, the friendlies and the unfriendlies and everybody in between. This guy is about at the top of the list of the unfriendlies. So the coincidental, if some journalist is going to accidentally be put in, of all people, this guy who has, he's got a history of telling lies and printing lies about Trump, the Russia collusion thing, that Trump didn't want to pay for Gold Star family's funeral because they're Mexican or the bloodbath of the suckers and losers hoax. So this guy, it makes me suspicious that somebody did this on purpose on the inside and they need to be weeded out. But John, I do want to say, though, I want to expound on something that Neil was talking about earlier, because I got to agree with Neil on something here, and that is that I don't think it was a smart move for for the administration officials, Hegseth and others, to try to make the story what a sleazeball Jeffrey Goldberg is. He is, and I'm not saying you don't bring that up as part of the branch, okay? But you don't hang your hat on that.
SPEAKER 02 :
The thing that you do is say— No, somebody else screwed up. It's not—I mean, even though the guy's a scumbag, he didn't screw up.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. I said this on my show yesterday. You could take the biggest liar in the world, and if that biggest liar says the grass is green and the sky is blue today, you don't attack him for being a liar. You say a broken clock is right twice a day, and this is one of the few times he actually is right about something. So you completely own it. You say, man, this was a screw-up, but let's put this screw-up into context, all right? We don't have government secrets being put out there like Hillary Clinton did. No, we have an internal discussion that shouldn't be made public as we were debating the logistics and the pros and the cons of these strikes. And then the strikes were carried out. Nothing got hampered. Nothing got hindered. It was successful. And we took out some really bad terrorists at the same time. So good stuff was happening. Unfortunately, somebody messed up and gave somebody a peek into the room of deliberations. And that was wrong, and we're going to get to the bottom of it. And unfortunately, it had to be one of the most dishonest sleazeballs in all of media that received it. But it did happen, and we own it, and we're going to fix it, and it won't happen again.
SPEAKER 02 :
So, John, you and I talked about messaging. I think they stink on messaging. I hate to say it. Thank you. Same thing we always talk about continually is the messaging side of it. I love this administration. I love Trump. I love the people that he's put in place. But we just and by the way, it goes all the way down to even some of the local county level stuff that we get into on our side of the of the equation. We suck at messaging.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, can I add another aspect to the same thing we're talking about here? Not only did they immediately attack Goldberg, like this guy's in some sense sort of, if we understand the story correctly, maybe there's some other part we don't really know right now, but if we understand it the way it's been reported thus far, then Goldberg's like this innocent, he may be a sleazeball, he may be a jerk, he probably hates Donald Trump, He should have never been added. And that's major breach of security in that sense. OK, so just own it. Holy cow, this happened. We're going to make sure it never happens again. Secondarily, though, then you got Pete Hegseth at some point basically saying, look, this wasn't really classified information. Oh, and by the way, people pointing out he's got the ability to say what is classified or isn't classified. Well, I don't know what the exact definition of all that is, but let me just read what Goldberg wrote real quick. He said the information I received on this signal chat included the full name of an active CIA officer, human target, which he didn't reveal, which I give him credit for human targeting information that could affect an adversary's understanding of U.S. intelligence sources and methods. In other words, they were talking about who they were trying to kill in this attack. on the sequencing of upcoming attacks, the weapons used in forthcoming attacks, the exact times the attacks were supposed to start, information Goldberg said he received before the attacks were even launched, and real-time damage assessments that, again, could compromise sources and methods. One other thing, he said any responsible national security expert would consider the information contained in this signal chat to be one of the greatest sensitivity and would argue that this information should never be shared on non-government messaging apps. Okay, maybe you can debate that about whether or not Signal is secure enough, but the point is, But now we're trying to say that this was not, quote, classified information. Would any reasonable person think that this wasn't like really important military info?
SPEAKER 03 :
Neil, that's the messaging thing that I was talking about before. And I think you're absolutely right. This is the self-inflicted wound, which was not necessary. And I like Pete Hegseth. I do. I'm glad he's Secretary of Defense. But this was foolhardy to try to downplay the content of this. Just go ahead and let it say, look, to say there were no military plans and there was nothing classified, what you do is you make the debate now for the left. Can we prove that this really was military plans? Can we prove this really was classified info? And guess what? The Democrats and the media are going to win that debate. So why give that to them? Why not say we screwed up? Uh, we absolutely screwed up, but fortunately it wasn't a screw up that kept the operation from being successful. So these are the mistakes that we learned from. We're going to find out who did this. Somebody's head is going to roll, but I'd love to say we're perfect. We're not perfect, but we do learn from our mistakes and we own them when they happen. And by the way, can I just also say guys, uh, Here's something else you ought to be saying. Look how transparent we're being about this. If this had happened under Joe Biden, and let's talk about security breaches, but if this happened under Joe Biden, the identical thing, you know something? I guarantee you Joe Biden would not be talking to reporters and taking questions directly from them. The cabinet officials wouldn't be given access. The press wouldn't be given access to them at all. And Karine Jean-Pierre, all she would be doing is saying, I'm going to refer your questions to the Department of Defense. And other than that, with an ongoing investigation, I can't comment on this next question. They would be so opaque if this were the Biden administration. And this is being handled absolutely transparently so that the American people can see in real time the investigation of this going on. I think that... Stick with that and don't turn the debate into, let us try to prove that this wasn't really sensitive information. No, it was. Just acknowledge that.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, and the reality of what you just said, Bob, is even the hearing that's happened since I think it was yesterday, there were things actually talked about in the hearing that probably shouldn't be talked about publicly. Now you go back to the Democrat side and say, guys, wait a minute. If you're worried about this stuff being classified, quote unquote, then why are you doing this in, quote unquote, open court where C-SPAN and everybody watching can actually see what you're talking about? The same could be said now on the other side of the aisle. Bottom line, this is how I look at it. Major screw up on our part shouldn't have happened. They need to figure out how to fix that and make sure that it never happens again. And to your point, Bob, the communication piece of this, which I wish we did better, but we don't.
SPEAKER 04 :
you know ironically let me jump in for a second um normally we're having conversations about how donald trump has gone off the rails with some kind of a comment that makes him look deranged or whatever i mean there's a lot of damage control based on things that he said over the years but people have come to know that you know he says one thing but you better pay attention to what he's actually doing And he's been so effective in so many different ways. But while Pete Hegseth is trying to spin this thing, like that maybe this wasn't sensitive information and other people are saying, that this is all normal and whatever. Instead of just owning it, Donald Trump says, certainly we'll look at this. The main thing is nothing happened. That's a good point. Nothing happened. It doesn't make it right. It's got to get fixed. And holy cow, it better never happen again. But thank God, nothing happened. And then he said, generally speaking, I think we probably won't be using this app very much. That all sounds sensible. Trump's message was actually the best one of all of them.
SPEAKER 03 :
It was the best. That's my point. It's absolutely the best. How strange is that? He was the least loose cannon of all of the commenters. When does that happen? Yeah. I know. Which to your point, Rob. Actually, you do wonder, what about Susan Wiles? I mean, wasn't this a chance for her to basically immediately get a hold of this and say, all right, conference call, everybody. We're going to go on the same page as far as the messaging goes. Or maybe she's just not politically savvy enough as far as handling the media. I don't know, but somehow, some way they needed to say, here's how we need to message this. So we make the discussion, the right discussion and not the wrong discussion.
SPEAKER 02 :
I can't disagree with anything you guys are saying along those lines. And it is ironic, Neil, a moment ago that, and I want to make sure I say this correctly. It's not that I don't like Donald Trump or I don't like what he does as president and so on, but typically speaking, and Bob and Neil, both of you on you know, this, he typically isn't the best one when it comes to damage control and things along those lines. Typically he's just off the cuff and spews things out. And he's the last one you want discussing things like that. And yet he had one of the best answers we've heard yet. Speaking of all of that guys, again, he's the one who colored within the lines. He's the one coloring. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. I know. Again, can't speak highly enough about the sponsors that we have pre-born being really our longest running sponsor right now, Bob, and just a great organization saving lives.
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SPEAKER 02 :
All right, and that's it, guys, for this first half of the National Crawford Roundtable. Again, I'm John Rush, host of Rush to Reason, Denver, Colorado, Bob Duco, Detroit, Michigan, The Bob Duco Show, and Neil Boron from Neil Boron Live in Buffalo, New York. Guys, that's the first half. Second half coming up here in just one moment.
SPEAKER 01 :
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SPEAKER 02 :
All right. Second half National Crawford Roundtable. Welcome back. I'm your host, John Rush, Denver, Colorado. Rush to Reason is my show. Bob Duco, Detroit, Michigan, The Bob Duco Show and Neil Boron from Buffalo, New York and Neil Boron Live. And guys, we talked in the first half about the whole security breach, you know, quote unquote, with the signal app and so on. And I know there's gonna be lots of different people that have lots of different opinions on that. I will say this just in closing that out. I do feel like these are rookie mistakes. And yes, we've got some rookies that we have put into place. I'm not giving anybody a pass because these things shouldn't happen anyways. But on the same token, I guess I look at it and I realize that if it was the other side doing it, we may not be looking at it exactly the same way. But in my view, These are rookie mistakes. We need to make sure that they get fixed. Trump said it best. Let's fix it. Move on. Fortunately, nothing bad, quote unquote, happened out of this and life goes on.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. No, I couldn't agree with you more. And by the way, I like the fact that Trump is also standing behind his people like Waltz and others to say, no, you know what? I'm not going to be firing anybody over this.
SPEAKER 02 :
Right.
SPEAKER 03 :
Cabinet officials over this. OK. Somebody messed up. Something slipped through the cracks. It didn't affect the operation. It was carried out successfully. Bad guys were killed. All right. But we need to make sure that we learn from our mistakes. And that's what we're going to do. And we're going to move forward. So it's like, yeah, it really is ironic. We said this last time. Trump is the one who had the best message of everybody, the best communicated message of ever. John, I got to ask you a question. I know you got other things you're going to move on to. I do have to ask. I do have to ask you a question. I'm just kind of curious your take on something. OK, because it's out of Colorado. Jared Polis putting up the the fattened picture of Trump as a portrait. I know people are looking at Trump always being petty and childish because he's complaining about the portrait of him that's put up. But to me, Jared Polis is the one being petty and childish by putting up a clearly unflattering picture of Trump where the artist, who obviously doesn't like Trump, painted him looking like a fat guy way more than he actually really is. It's a bad portrait. It was awful. It was awful. Why would Jared Polis do that, put that up in the Capitol, other than to just troll Trump? Trump, hey, look at this fat picture of Trump that's not really accurate. Let's put that up of him. Come on.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, that's what we live with in Colorado on an ongoing basis. I know you have similar issues with Whitmer, other than I don't know that she's as vindictive in this. Queen Gretchen. Or Gretchen, yeah. She's probably not as vindictive as Jared Polis is. Jared Polis comes across for everybody out there listening who maybe don't know him. He'll come across as this... this guy in the middle, he's more of a libertarian. He'll even quote himself as saying that, I've got libertarian roots and this, that, and the other. No, no, no, no, no. This guy is through and through a gay Marxist man who, by the way, wants to rule and lord over you. We saw that heavily here in Colorado last through covid and even since and the reality is yeah bob he's going to do anything he possibly can to troll trump troll the republican party if you would the reality is this guy is not not at all on the conservative side period no matter what he tells everybody and the sad thing is here in colorado there's a lot of folks in the in the middle which by the way is our biggest voting pool here in colorado they believe this guy is everything that i just said a moment ago and the fact of the matter is he is not he's a is he a 28 contender Oh, man. I don't know. He's made some huge missteps recently, which the rest of the country probably doesn't know about. I would say that he could be, depending upon how things go, although I think this is probably a podcast in and of itself, I think Newsom is going to be their guy. I do, too.
SPEAKER 03 :
I totally think he's the 28 nominee.
SPEAKER 02 :
Now, could they run Jared or Wittmer or somebody like that as the VP? Now, that's probably more of where Polis would fit in.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Actually, I see Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer as his VP. That's what I think the 28 race is going to be if I had to bet money now. I would agree with that.
SPEAKER 02 :
Anyway, I just wanted to throw that. I was just curious. No, no, no. I appreciate that. No, it's a good story. Quick, and this is maybe not a lot here, but there was an intelligence report that was – Interestingly enough, yesterday, based upon different things that they go through on a regular basis, they produce some of this intelligence and security threats and things that are happening around the world and what should we as U.S. citizens be looking at and so on. It was interesting as I was reading through this that China, Russia are also eyeing Greenland, meaning, guys, maybe Trump's not so stupid after all.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, nobody's going to give them credit for that. They're never going to take that spin that you're just describing. And by the way, on the other thing about the unflattering picture of Trump, let me just say before I comment on Greenland, that when I worked in Washington, D.C. for two years, I was a news correspondent. We lived in Burke, Virginia, and I had to ride a bus to the Pentagon and then a subway into the heart of D.C. I worked two blocks from the White House back in the day, and that was around the time Clinton was running and then got elected. But I would stand at the bus stop waiting to catch my ride and there'd be the Washington Post and the Washington Times side by side. And every single time, like the Washington Post would say, you know, the Republicans are idiots. And there'd be a great picture of Clinton. But the Washington Times, which is way more conservative, would have a horrible picture of Clinton saying, you know, Republicans are the greatest thing on the planet. It's just unbelievable how that framing works. And if you think about it, I mean, it's this is nothing new. So taking a pot shot at the president like that is just crazy. But on the issue of. the the russia china thing and greenland you know i don't think donald trump is off his rocker and there's a lot of people that looked at it obviously from military military strategy and shipping channels and what's called uh the northwest passage but i honestly think the whole thing revolves around rare earth battles and i really think that knowing where we're headed technologically and everything right That's why they want Greenland. And we need rare earth metals for the future. Look what happened during COVID when all the chips were being made in China. Nobody could get any cars. We have several dealerships that are advertising partners of ours. And you go to the dealer and say, how's things going? They say, we don't have any cars to sell. Why? Because they couldn't get the chips. They were on super backorder delay. So I think Greenland's very strategic. And yes, for military reasons, and maybe that's the big selling point. But I actually think they want it for the rare earth metals.
SPEAKER 02 :
I agree with you. No, 100 percent. And I want you to comment. But I know this is involving a country that has its own sovereignty and so on. But I think if I were Greenland, I would be looking really, really if I was a citizen of Greenland, I'd be looking really, really closely at what I rather be associated with the Americans. Or do I want to be under China or Russia rule, Bob? And I think it would really behoove those individuals to think through what I just said.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. And we've got to remember something too, okay, that every single piece of land or property that the United States bought over the years, over the last 200 and close to 50 years, was owned by somebody. We bought it from somebody, okay? And so why do we have this mentality that suddenly the idea of buying or acquiring something that we didn't have before is an unseemly thing to do these days?
SPEAKER 02 :
Unethical, off limits, something along those lines.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Were we being terribly rude and insensitive to the native Hawaiians when we were trying to buy Hawaii or to the Eskimos when we were trying to buy Alaska? I mean, come on. Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, we buy everything. territory. And that's a smart thing to do. Greenland is a very, very smart territory for us to try to buy. And yes, for rare earth minerals, absolutely, Neil, you're totally right on that. But also even for just a strategic protection and national security in that we're in the Arctic Circle. And as the space race gets bigger and bigger, if Russia were to ever attack us, it would probably be over the North Pole. Wouldn't it be great for the U.S. to have some kind of, I don't know, ironed-down system set up in northern Greenland? Who knows? So, yeah, we totally should try to get Greenland. And there's nothing wrong with us trying to. We've been doing that for 200-plus years. Hey, you've got land we want. Let us try to acquire it from you in a mutual agreed kind of way. Why should Trump be any different than the past?
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Right.
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SPEAKER 02 :
All right, guys, switching gears just a moment here or in this moment, let's talk about some of this university funding, specifically Columbia University, where because of some of the things that have happened on the campus, administration is basically saying, you know what, we're going to pull any federal funding that you guys have been receiving. Of course, all of these administrators and professors and so on, they're just up in arms. There's been meetings that have been held of late, trying to figure out exactly what they're going to do. And my first thought, number one, and Bob, I'll start with you, is I understand where some federal funding would happen on some universities for some things regarding maybe research and development of certain studies and things along those lines that pertain to us as a country, although I think there's far too much of it that goes out the door to these universities in the first place. But the reality is the Trump administration is not messing around. If you're going to hold protests and you're going to be anti-American, we're not going to send you any money.
SPEAKER 03 :
I got news for you, John, and maybe the libertarian in you is going to love this. I don't know why we're funding colleges in the first place anyway.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, yeah, don't get me started.
SPEAKER 03 :
I know. If we're looking at individual grants, okay, fine. I don't have a problem with that. You have a particular college on a case-by-case basis, and they're doing some research that the Go ahead and offer some grants to individual colleges on a case-by-case basis for research-specific purposes. But just to say, oh, you're a college. Well, therefore, you're entitled to your big chunk of government funding. No, forget that. I think that ought to go away anyway. But absolutely, if a college is turning a blind eye – to anti-American protests, anti-Israel, anti-Semitic protests and things like that, celebrating Hamas, our enemies, designated terrorist organizations. Why in the world they're getting a dime? As a matter of fact, what I think they ought to do is say, not only are we pulling your funding, even the individual grants We're going to look for another college that's doing the same kind of research and give them the grants. You don't get a dime of taxpayer money until you knock off that nonsense. And by the way, if this were the other way around, does anybody think that a college that was hosting KKK rallies, does anybody think that they would be entitled to continue receiving government funding until they knock that nonsense off? Of course not. How's this any different?
SPEAKER 02 :
I agree. And by the way, for those of you that maybe don't know the number, this is a $400 million funding poll. So we're not talking about just a few million dollars, Bob. It's almost half a billion dollars. The reality is this is a large chunk of change. And yeah, as a university, I'm sure they're trying to figure out exactly what do they do next. But Neil, I can't disagree with Bob on any level whatsoever. There's a lot of this funding that goes on that, in my opinion, shouldn't be there in the first place, especially considering what some of these universities do in regards to indoctrination of our students and the anti-American theme that comes out of a lot of these universities. The reality is I'm with Bob. I'm not sure why we fund them at all.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and they were allowing some of the students involved in these protests to conceal their identities, etc. So some of these people are suspected to be involved with terrorist organizations, maybe being indoctrinated by some of these organizations, radicalized, I think is the correct term. But, you know... To allow protests on campus that are clearly anti-Semitic, ultimately you're teaching students or allowing people to hold protests that say, you know, hate the Jews, and wipe them off the face of the map, from the river to the sea, right? That was the phrase that was being used during that. So annihilate an entire people group, and Columbia University's gonna support this. Now you gotta understand, one of my best friends, lifelong best friends, played fullback at Columbia from 1978 to 1982. And, you know, I was all about him and his participation at Columbia University. But more recently, like, what are they thinking? And by the way, they've got a $15 billion endowment. So even taking away $400 million, I guarantee the interest on that exceeds $400 million. I just think the federal government has no reason to feel bad about saying, you want to do this? You're not getting any funding. And I applaud the Trump administration for doing it.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, and some of the stuff that they're talking about too, Bob, is some of the studying on the long-term health of children whose mothers contracted COVID-19 while they were pregnant. My feeling on that is, number one, do we really even need to be studying that? I can almost tell you through other studies that have been done exactly how that turns out. On top of that, shouldn't that be where some of the drug companies that have made millions of dollars off the backs of Americans through these vaccines, shouldn't they be funding that study instead of me as a taxpayer?
SPEAKER 03 :
They absolutely should. I mean, see, part of the problem here, John, I know you know this and Neil knows this too, is that we have altered our philosophy over the last several decades, really since FDRs started. you know, expansion of government. We just have this mentality that the taxpayer is supposed to be paying for every potential good and positive thing that can be done out there. And that's not how it's supposed to be. There's private donors are supposed to be doing these things. Yes, the companies themselves, okay, the pharmaceutical companies, they're the ones that are going to benefit when these discoveries are made. They can sell whatever pills are come up with. So, yeah, they ought to be funding that. Look, you know what? It goes even if I can kind of take a side tangent here, but it's connected to the same philosophical argument, John. Look at the investment of job creation and AI investment and such in this country. Notice the Biden administration and the Democrats, their philosophy is let's have a huge multi-trillion dollar spending program to spur investment. investment in this country, whereas the Trump administration's thing is, let's collect trillions of dollars of collected investment from overseas companies that are saying, we'll come into the United States. We'll go ahead and open up some AI technology centers. We'll do things like that in America. We'll ship our jobs overseas to the United States and hire Americans to do this. And John Q taxpayer doesn't pay a dime for any of this. But the U.S. government gets more tax revenue generated. We get more American jobs created. And it's telling other people, ship your jobs overseas into us. That's how Trump is handling it. And philosophically, that's the way it ought to be done. Yeah, and I'd love to see what the math on that.
SPEAKER 04 :
I'd love to see the math on that because what you're saying, Bob, is really it's the same thing in football. Your team, the Detroit Lions are about to go in and score a touchdown. That'll be seven points for them. But they throw a pick six, and somebody returns it the other way, and the other team scores seven. That's called a 14-point swing, ultimately, right? So somebody do the math on what you just described, like that the federal government's going to spend billions of dollars trying to research what we should do about AI versus bringing these other companies in who are going to invest in the United States. Good Lord. That's an incredible swing financially.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right.
SPEAKER 04 :
It is.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's why this is so forward-thinking. That's right. What it does, it goes against the grain of the groupthink that we've had for decades now. And Trump is... I'll tell you what, I think he is dramatically innovating the way that the United States even does business on a worldwide scale. And this is the kind of business acumen that needs to be brought to the White House. And I think this is a good thing if it can stick long term beyond his administration.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, you know, some of this stuff, guys, will stick long term. I mean, we could go through some of the companies that have agreed to invest in the U.S. I was just looking up, I was talking about this yesterday, Hyundai. They're going to invest $21 billion in the U.S. They plan on building about 1.2 million vehicles now in the U.S. A lot of this is coming out of the tariffs, which I know we've talked about plenty in the past, which we get a lot of heat for talking about. I'm not really sure why, because at the end of the day, this is the type of stuff that comes out of it. And guys, these are, you know, to your point, Bob, these are expansions. These are things that will happen that, you know, Hyundai, just because a new administration comes in, isn't going to pull that all out and then go someplace else when they make that kind of an investment. This is a decade plural type of an investment that they plan on doing for for at least the next 20 years or they wouldn't be doing it at all.
SPEAKER 03 :
And by the way, look at United Arab Emirates. This is the latest one to announce $1.4 trillion investment into the United States over the next 10 years for semiconductors, technology, AI, all that kind of stuff. Taxpayers aren't paying a dime of it. That's money coming to us and our people being hired, by the way, from an Arab Muslim nation that Donald Trump is supposed to be such a danger and a threat creating a Middle East World War III. Really? I'm not seeing it.
SPEAKER 02 :
And again, to Bob, that's another one where it's a 10-year minimum commitment, meaning if it's 10 years on paper, it's more like 20, 30 years when it's all said and done. I mean, these type of investment guys will be around when all three of us are long gone and not even talking about this on air any longer.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, they're not going to pull up stakes and leave unless Democrats get in control and then start saying, well, now we're going to take the corporate tax rate back up to 35 percent again. That's the kind of thing that could cause those jobs to be shipped overseas sometime in the future.
SPEAKER 02 :
No, you are exactly right. So all of you that hear some of this whining and complaining and stuff that's happening on a lot of these universities because of this funding being pulled, first of all, go look and see what this actual funding is funding, and then ask yourself, could that university, to Neil's point a moment ago, use some of its own endowment money to fund some of these things? On top of that, could they go out and raise some private donations to handle some of these things? Again, this expectation of, and Bob, you said it well, This expectation of, oh, we've got the American taxpayer on the hook. They'll pay for these things. We'll use that other money to go further basket weaving, underwater basket weaving and women's studies. We'll put the money into that instead because we all know money is fungible. So keep that in mind as well. All the rest of you that are out there paying taxes. The reality is when these universities get one dollar from you as a taxpayer, that frees up another dollar somewhere else to go spend on whatever other nonsensical thing they want to spend money on, Bob.
SPEAKER 03 :
Absolutely. I could not agree more. And, you know, I this is a bear with me. I'll take about a minute and share with you a quick anecdote. But it's on the side. It's a way that we need to be thinking the way that Trump thinks. Long time ago, way before my radio days, I used to be in the retail business. I owned a chain of sportswear stores throughout southeast Michigan. OK. But when I was launching the company, I had one store and I needed funding to generate the growth of my company, but I didn't have the money for it. So I got a call from the president of this commercial real estate company, big real estate company. And he was doing a training seminar for his salespeople and he had me on speaker and he was calling up old people that they leave space to to see, hey, are they interested in opening up new places? So he calls me, and I could hear him on speaker. I could hear people in the background. It's clear he's given a sales training class to his people. And he says, yeah, one of our people leased your space a couple of years ago. I'd like to know if you're interested in expanding. And he introduced himself as the president of the company. And I said, you know what? I am. I'm interested in opening up a whole chain of stores throughout southeast Michigan, but I want to use your money to do it. And there was just this awkward silence. And I said, you want to take me off speaker now? Yeah. And he took me off speaker, and he said to me, you know what? I've never had somebody talk to me with that kind of cojones before. We got to meet. We met and talked. We ended up forming a partnership, and I used his money to help expand the company.
SPEAKER 02 :
Nice.
SPEAKER 03 :
But it's you use other people's money.
SPEAKER 02 :
That's right. Okay?
SPEAKER 03 :
Why not use foreigners' money to come here and bring us jobs at the same time?
SPEAKER 02 :
Amen.
SPEAKER 03 :
And they're going to profit through it as well. They'll profit as well.
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Well, exactly. Exactly. SunPower LED, speaking of phenomenal things happening, Neil, talk about that for a moment.
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Welcome to The Good News with Angie Austin. Now, with The Good News, here's Angie.
SPEAKER 04 :
Hey there, friend. Angie Austin here with The Good News. Joining us is Rebecca Maciera-Kaufman to talk about her book, Fit CEO. And the full title is Fit CEO, Be the Leader of Your Life, Achieve Holistic Health in Your Busy Life at Work, Home, and Play. And Rebecca, you wrote this book with Lillian So. Welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thank you. It's great to be here, Andy.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, so tell me, great to have you, tell me a little about your CEO background and then Lillian's personal training background and how you put that together for this, you know, these simple habits for a holistic life.
SPEAKER 07 :
Sure. So over my years as an executive, I always wanted to be CEO someday and let the universe know. And at the time, one of the places I worked at a subsidiary bank that they asked me to be CEO of that required commuting. So I looked for a personal trainer that might be willing to work with me just half an hour a month. And I met Lillian So. And Lillian The two of us had a mind meld. I had already planned to write the book, said CEO. It was an accumulation of all my habits and hacks that people were always asking about with my extensive travel and leadership about how I managed my schedule, my energy, and seeing my family. And so I asked Lillian if someday when I wrote the book she would be willing to be my co-author, and she said yes.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, that's pretty cool. All right, so when you say you wanted to work with her half an hour a month, how did that work?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, at the time, I was commuting to multiple countries and states, and I was trying to figure out how to have a routine that I could do in under 30 minutes in a hotel room or in a gym. And so she and I worked together once a month, sometimes twice a month if I was in town enough, and built routines for me. So I traveled with a jump rope, some stretchy bands, and was able to create a really quick routine, 25 minutes that I could do anywhere. Five minutes of jump roping, some bands that are like using your muscles and building muscles and then some stretching and stay fit while traveling.
SPEAKER 04 :
And do you incorporate those workouts in your book?
SPEAKER 07 :
I do. They're all in the book. In the appendix, we show pictures of how to do them and then The book is written in 30 chapters. Each chapter is two to three pages. It takes a total of two hours to read the book. It's very short and sweet. And each chapter is a leadership lesson from my life as being an executive and a CEO, and then the leader of my life, as well as then Lillian adds her voice that's literally in another font, which says, what to do, immediate and imperfect action or getting in your body or pen to paper. And we give you exercises that you can do in five or ten minutes.
SPEAKER 04 :
You know, I love this idea because I have three kids and I have a home studio and I am, you know, fairly busy. My kids are all in competitive sports. One's going to be a college athlete next year. And we travel, I would say, 10 to 12 times a year just for their sports. And then all my old NBC News friends from L.A., we travel again together now that our kids are older that we can get together and travel. So I travel a lot more probably now, though, for fun than when I was younger. So this is very intriguing to me. I was just part of a study at the University of Colorado Health Center on the Anschutz campus. It's a huge medical campus. It's kind of cool. I do five minutes of exercise like 10 times a day. And that was to prevent diabetes. But I started to realize like, wow, even though it's a hassle to remember to do it 10 times a day, if I set a timer, it's really easy to do five minutes of exercise at a time. And even though yours is 25, like in a piece, I see how you could really fit all of these little bits of exercise into a very busy schedule and stay fit, like no excuses, you know?
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. And in the book, we share exactly what you're talking about. If you want to do five minutes a day to start, 10 minutes a day, four times a day of five minutes, whatever works for your schedule, going for a walk, parking a few blocks away from the grocery store and walking there and back with your bags. Right. Taking the stairs if you're in a place that has a, you know, there's an escalator or there's stairs. Take the stairs. And just adding it throughout the day, which we say get in your body and move.
SPEAKER 04 :
I'm telling you, I don't know how there are overweight sports parents because when we go to, we just got back from two volleyball tournaments and one in Boston and one in Vegas. I was walking like I'd say seven miles a day because you have to walk so far to get into these giant coliseums and all that jive. But I'm really intrigued also besides the fitness aspect, what are some of the key principles to becoming the leader of your own life? Because I know you put some of your CEO aspects into the book.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely. I mean, like with anything in life or business, if you want to get it done, I talk about starting and we talk about starting with intention. What do you want to achieve? Where do you want to go? Setting your intention is the start to achieving the life you want or the result for a business outcome. Then set aside the time in small increments, five to ten minutes, and build the routines and habits to get you there and commit. One of the things I did in business is create a set of routines that we did as a management team consistently that signaled exactly where we were going for the whole team, how we were planning to get there, and how we were doing against that, and then celebrating each time we made a good step towards it. So these are examples in business. And in life, it's the same. It is setting the time to, say, move five minutes a day as you do 10 times a day, and then celebrating the fact that you did it. And if you don't, be nice to yourself. It will happen tomorrow.
SPEAKER 04 :
How about some suggestions to make the most out of each of our days? And what are some of these healthy habits?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, it's really about eating right and moving as well as getting outdoors and smiling. A lot of what one can do is just start your day right with the right kind of food and Make sure you're moving throughout the day. Make sure you get some fresh air and some sunshine. And remember to smile and enjoy the day. There are other things like the fresh air really helps when you get outside, looking at the sky and maybe finding some awe. And then throughout the day in those minutes where you're going to move, maybe get on the floor and get off the floor. It really helps with your leg muscles. And then find gratitude for yourself first and foremost that you did. move and get outside, get on the floor and then gratitude for life and you'll get a lot more out of your day.
SPEAKER 04 :
I'm wondering, you know, for people, I mean, this is really great for people who are busy, but to be honest with you, even if they're not busy, a lot of us just take those extra moments and sit on the phone. You really can't incorporate watching a movie. I watch Netflix while I'm doing my five minutes. I sit on the stairs, my phone on the stairs, and then I do, I have my headphones on. I can still watch my Netflix and then I do my five minutes. So a lot of the things we waste time on, like a Netflix show or TV, Just playing some video game. You can walk around your yard with your dog and still do these goofy games or whatever you like to do on your phone. You can do these things together and still work out. I think stress, though, for someone like you who really truly is busy... And when you talk about your travel schedule, you know, missed planes, sleeping in the airport, trying to find a hotel, they're all taken because there's a storm and all the planes are grounded. How do you manage stress? Do you have tips for managing stress as well?
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely. We share a lot of those in the book. But start with resetting. And what I mean by reset is take a break, step back. So the problem, you're stressed, your planes cancel, meetings are all messed up. So before you allow that. stress to rise through your body. Take a break, step back and put your own oxygen mask on first and gain some perspective. Zoom out. Okay, we're going to get on another flight. Okay, I'm going to get the meetings rescheduled or I'm going to do them by phone and walk to the airport. And think about the stress at arm's length from you, maybe in the middle of the table and not on your chest as a heavy weight. Another key habit is take a breath. Move some more. And if it's a personal stress, something not related to business, you've got bad news at the doctor's office, call a friend. Gain perspective. Get some support. But one of the things I love to tell everyone is think of a metaphor. And the metaphor I love is be a duck and let it roll off your back. You can look at it in a puddle on the floor instead of, again, a weight on your body.
SPEAKER 04 :
You know, I just traveled with a lot of people on these trips. Um, you know, so you've got 10 players and that means usually at least 20 family members, maybe a couple of kids. So that's 30 throwing a couple of extra kids at 35. And then the coaches you're around 40 people that you're interacting with every day, just on your team. And then we actually took a spring break after that with another family and stayed in the house. Okay. So with that, I realized how many people can't let things go. Like they hate this other team because they don't like the coach. They don't like the setter on that team because they used to kid used to play with them and the dad is mean and I can't wait, you know, cheering when they fail, you know, getting irritated about some problem with the rental house or like just fixating on everything. problems and i turn to my husband and i'm like we are so blessed that we can just let things go it takes so much stress out of your life like you cannot change this so how can we make the best of this right like in one case they offered us another backyard of a house two blocks away with a waterfall and slides and a pool and a basketball court and like how is that not making the best of it right but that but my friend was still mad that our pool at our rental wasn't working and I'm like who cares we got a waterfall on a slide you know but not being able to let things go I love your duck analogy because if you can visualize it maybe you can help you let things go because that fixation on those things you can't change is exhausting yeah I have another example I used to
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, walk into the house. I had kids, a husband walk into the house from my job and it would sort of be on my body, all that stress.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
I gave me that feedback, which is great. And so I started a practice of a few blocks from home. I stopped being on the phone with a colleague or employee and I would roll down the window, have the fresh air come in and I would throw all my stress mentally, you know, metaphorically out the window. So by the time I ran home, I was back to being mom and kids would run and grab my legs and my husband and I would hug hello. So not bringing the stress into the household. And another way, roll down the window, throw it out the window. Or when you walk in the door, flush it down the toilet. Whatever you need to do, do symbolic things to take the stress off your body metaphorically. And guess what? It does help.
SPEAKER 04 :
I like that. I like that a lot. I do the filing cabinet in my brain. And so the filing cabinet in my brain, I go, okay, this is like right in the front right now, but I've got to go have fun at this, you know, like we had a banquet last night, let's say for basketball. So I've got to honor my kid. I can't be worried about something. So I file it in the back of my brain. I have this little visual where whatever the problem is, it goes way to the back of the file. It's so stupid, but it works.
SPEAKER 07 :
Love it. It's a great example of using an image, a metaphor to really compartmentalize the stress somewhere else so you can be present for the thing that you need to be present for, which is your kids or the game or the friend.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, they won state. So it was really fun. So I didn't want to ruin that. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they're so excited. They have a big trophy and everything is really cute. Okay, so what we got a minute left. What do you want people? What would be your dream for people to take away from the book after they spend two hours going over all your routines and your tips?
SPEAKER 07 :
My dream would be that at the end of the day, people realize that they really are a collection of all of our own habits and choose the habits that nourish you.
SPEAKER 04 :
I like that.
SPEAKER 07 :
That would be my dream.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I like that a lot. And really easy to find the book Fit CEO. Give us a website if you'd like as well. I found Fit CEO, Be the Leader of Your Life on Amazon, but I'm sure it's all over where books are sold and a website for us as well.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes. So my website is rmkgroupllc.com. That's rmkgroupllc.com. And in there are all my publications. You can go to the publications link and there'll be Fit CEO there and other articles and things I've written. And Fit CEO is at amazon.com, barnesandnobles.com, booktopia.com, and any local bookstore you can order it. Awesome. Thank you, Rebecca. Thank you, Andy. You bet.
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Hey there, friend. Angie Austin here with the good news. Real excited about this interview. National Veterans Day is March 29th, and this April marks the 50th anniversary of the war's conclusion. Joining us again today is Monica Mohindra, director of the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. The Veterans History Project hopes to preserve the stories of all veterans, and at this time is particularly calling upon Vietnam vets and their families also to share their personal stories as part of our national record. Welcome back, Monica.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thanks so much for having me back, Angie.
SPEAKER 04 :
One of my favorite interviews, and you know, I've done thousands because I've been doing news and TV and radio for 30 years, and I love this project.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, wow. How flattering. How kind. It's not me, though. It's all of us. It's the Veterans History Project. That's really what gets to everyone because we're all having the opportunity here to engage in this important national mission together.
SPEAKER 04 :
I love it. All right, so let's just give an overview for those people who don't know. What is the Veterans History Project?
SPEAKER 06 :
It's at least three things at once. It is a national effort, as I just mentioned, created by the United States Congress through unanimous legislation in both the House and Senate in October of 2000. That law had original signatories numbering over 238 members of Congress. And their idea then, as well as what we continue to do today, is to work with people like you and your listeners all across the country to collect information, preserve, and share the firsthand experiences of U.S. military veterans, those who served from World War I through the more recent conflicts. At the Library of Congress, it is also already an archive of over 121,000 individual collections of those veterans, in their own words, absolutely unfiltered. And it's an opportunity for anyone hearing me or learning about the Veterans History Project to participate in gathering these stories and making history themselves by participating in the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.
SPEAKER 04 :
I've gone in and I've read a few of them, and it's really neat to do this. So let's also touch on what we mentioned at the beginning, that this is the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. And so what are you specifically doing to commemorate that?
SPEAKER 06 :
50th anniversary of the conclusion and this opportunity to understand this milestone is something that we've been working towards for many years. We're fortunate to work directly with the National Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Commission. They worked all across the country and gathered 800 interviews just through their singular effort of Vietnam War era veterans. And that was a really great start to us being able to share those stories and use those to gather more stories. So we have also really wonderful special focus Vietnam collections in an online set of exhibits on our website, which is locforlibraryofcongress.gov for government.gov. There you can find absolutely unmediated, raw collections of these Vietnam veterans, but also some curated exhibits. And what I mean by that is we're not messing with what they say or what they contributed. It's what they wanted to share. Put them together in a way that helps you connect to the through lines of their story. So one of them is in-country stories from the Vietnam War. Another is personal snapshots picturing the Vietnam War through their photographs, their eyes literally at the moments that they were there. And Vietnam War looking back, more of a retrospective. So with this and with partners... partnering organizations all across the country. We're doing what we can to really put a focus and a highlight now on these Vietnam veterans' stories and the importance of collecting them.
SPEAKER 04 :
You know what's so neat, I think, about the way you collect it? A lot of people that are a little bit older-ish sometimes, like my mom, for instance, she would be intimidated by, oh, how do I do this? Do I log on? I don't have a computer. What do you mean log on? But you have this VHP field kit that I've looked at that you can fill out as a PDF document. But if you're blind, they have Braille. If you can't hear well, they have options for you to be able to share your story in So that you aren't eliminated from sharing because of some unique ability or I always call it, it's not really a disability, it's differently abled. You know what I mean? Like anyone can do this and you can always get help from a family member as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. I love you calling out. Not only do we have Braille, but we have audio described. For those who would like that help, that's available on the website. You can also call us directly. You can leave a message. Sometimes we're able to actually pick up the phone. We continue to print the field kit. You can call us or have someone email us. We will send it out to you in that amazing thing called postal delivery. You will receive the field kit in your hands. Sometimes it's easier to talk to a family member about contributing their story when you can show them this tangible paper. You can show them the release form that ensures that they keep their copyright. You can show them the other archival forms that we need to fill out to ensure their story is told correctly. There's a biographical data form that gathers the information from a DD-214, so you know that your story as the veteran is being told in this raw, unmediated fashion and you're sharing it the way you intend it to be shared so yeah absolutely please call us please visit the website we want to make this as accessible for participation as possible
SPEAKER 04 :
Now, as I mentioned to you, some interviews stand out to me. I just interviewed a veterinarian that worked for the Rolling Stones when he was young, and Keith Richards told him to do something with his life, and now he's my vet, and he just wrote a book. That stands out to me. Or you talking to me about the Veterans History Project, or my friend who's blind who's written 60 books, and he's done nine movies, and he said, I'd make movies I can't see and I write books I can't read like those stand out now for you you have all these stories I know they're all amazing in their own right because everyone has a story but any that you can give us a little snippet of that really touched you or stand out to you you know it's so hard always to answer that question because
SPEAKER 06 :
We have so many. There's 121,000, and I like to say my favorite story is the one you're about to send in because it's true. But it's also true that while we're commemorating the end of the Vietnam War, there have been some that have been playing on my mind a little bit more recently, including Jack Danner, Jr., who was deployed with the 1st Cavalry Division in 1965. He helped establish Camp Ratcliffe before then serving as an advisor to the South Vietnamese Battalion. His collection really stands out to me because it includes vivid photographs from Operation White Wing Masher. I really, really appreciate the chance to delve in and see photographs from the eyes of the people who were there. Operation White Wing Masher was a large search and destroy mission, and it shaped his view of the war, and you can see that yourself when you get to his collection. Again, you can search that just by putting his name in our database on our website, loc.gov forward slash vets. And then, of course, there's Ray Marie. Ray Mary left. She was a nurse aboard the USS Repose, and she treated soldiers airlifted straight from the battlefield. Her photos document a harrowing and deeply human series of moments aboard the hospital ship. These stories weave together most compellingly because they're about humanity and sacrifice and bonds in this mission of purpose that lasts a lifetime. They help us understand not just what happened in the moment in Vietnam, but how that shaped the men and women who served and then how we are connected to that.
SPEAKER 04 :
And then people can read these, they can listen to some of them, right? Some of these are the actual vets' recordings of them?
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, absolutely. Of our 121,000 and growing collections, over 80% of them, if you go into our database, you're not just reading a snippet or hearing a snippet. You're going in and you're hearing the whole thing, unedited, completely raw, what it was, They wanted to say what it was they wanted the world to witness, whether that's letters, diaries, photographs. or the actual audio and video interviews, if we were able to gather those, if people across the country were able to gather those.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, Monica, I want credit for this idea, okay? I want to do this for you. I want to do a podcast where I would share all of these veterans' stories, and then you'd cut snippets, obviously, of their interviews, just news style, so it would be like, you know, kind of the way Dateline does it, so we'd introduce someone, and then we'd share some of their story, and then I would talk and give some of their background. I think that would be an amazing podcast.
SPEAKER 07 :
Let's do it. I love it. I love Nancy.
SPEAKER 04 :
People would listen because I listen to this history podcast. It's like history made fun or something. It's just like, I can't remember the name of it, but it's like reenactments or like real life stories. And I find that so interesting where it's the real story of someone in the Wild West that... like the lady in the camp that did all the laundry because she didn't want to be that other kind of lady in the gold mine camp, you know what I mean? So I don't know. I just love hearing about history. So thank you so much for what you're doing to preserve these memories. Obviously, the Vietnam vets, not just the anniversary now, but the fact that they're getting older and we want to catch these stories while they're still here is really important. So give us that contact info again one more time.
SPEAKER 06 :
Please visit us at loc.gov. forward slash vets, V-E-T-S. So that's libraryofcongressloc.gov, government, forward slash vets, V-E-T-S, for veterans.
SPEAKER 04 :
I highly recommend checking it out. Thank you so much for joining us again, Monica.
SPEAKER 06 :
I really appreciate it, Angie. Thank you.
SPEAKER 04 :
You betcha. Well, just so fun to talk to Monica again. Okay, so obviously I think this is important to preserve these stories, but not just to preserve these war stories, but family stories as well. I know some people are interested in putting together those family trees or doing their DNA testing and figuring out who they're related to, but I also like getting the stories of family members Um, I've asked grandpa, um, my father-in-law if he would share some, they're not really that interested in it, but maybe if I can get Riley to ask him, he might cause he and Riley talk a lot. And maybe it would be nice if Riley could say, Hey, could we preserve some of your history? And could mom and I interview you, grandpa, my father-in-law, I did do some interviews with my dad and I cherish them. I sent two of them to my, uh, my stepmom not so long ago and she said it was like he was in the room that it was so wonderful to hear him and I've done several with my mom because I've toyed with the idea at times of writing a book and been told many times wow your your story your family history is pretty difficult you should write a book about this you know like overcoming or beating the odds or whatever it may be and so I have done quite a few interviews with my mom and which reminds me I need to start doing that again. And so I've saved the files on my computer. So if I do ever decide to write a book, I can have them. The hard thing with my mom is a lot of her memories are really painful. And oftentimes there's not like a positive lesson out of that. But I guess for my mom would just be survival. For my dad, it was overcoming his alcoholism. He was an abusive alcoholic. And overcoming that to really do something with his life and really make something of his life. It's so impressive what his siblings, six of them, came out of the Depression. And they all were able to, without really parents, some of the siblings had to raise other siblings, that they all went to school. universities and, you know, higher education was something each of them achieved. Teachers, a nurse, head engineer on the Hoover Dam. My dad had his PhD. So really impressive, you know, what they were able to do with their lives. So I wish I would have saved more of their stories. But some of them passed away before I really was, you know, doing this type of thing, radio, where I do a lot of recordings and a lot of interviews. TV was a little bit different. Although now with iPhones, you can record anybody, anywhere, anytime. So think about that. Think about recording, maybe even your own for your own grandkids or your own children. I think that'd be a cool idea. Maybe I should think about doing that myself for my kids. All right. Thanks so much for listening to the good news. It was a lot of fun.
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Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM670 KLTT.
Join Barry Kite as he navigates the turbulent waters of today's market in the absence of Bill Gunderson. The discussion highlights the mixed performance across indexes, with a special focus on the ever-changing landscape due to economic policies and consumer sentiment. We explore GameStop's surprising strategic shift towards investing in Bitcoin amidst declining traditional revenue streams, providing an intriguing look at how companies are adapting in unpredictable times.
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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.
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Good morning and welcome to the Wednesday, March 26th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I am Barry Kite, planner and analyst here at Gunderson Capital Management, handling show duties for Bill today, while he and Jeff are meeting with some folks down in sunny Sarasota. I know they've been... I know they've had a full schedule. And we've got, I know Edie ended up showing up to kind of coordinate things. She's the queen of our schedule usually. So she's down there directing traffic. And I hope, please say hello to all the folks down there. We've got a little bit of a mixed bag this morning in the markets. We've got the Dow up 182 points, 0.43%. to 42,774. And we've got the S&P down 15 points, just over a quarter of a percent down. We've got the NASDAQ down 171, down just almost a percent here, down 0.95. And we've also got a risk-off move in Bitcoin down about a percent to 87,194. And we've got gold still above $3,000 at $3,018, down $2 today. And again, welcome to the Wednesday, March 26th edition of the Best Stocks Now show. And we had a quiet day, kind of a quiet day during the show yesterday. This morning's been pretty quiet. The futures were pretty close to flat. Gotten some action since the market opened here, most of it to the downside, as I mentioned. But, you know, hoping to get really some quietness in terms of I think the market's really kind of waiting for April 2nd, tariff talk kind of remains in the spotlight. Of course, it sounds a bit premature at this point, but in case you missed it, yesterday the S&P notched I think its first three-day win streak. since early February. So that's not the longest streak there, but good to be on one anyway. Yesterday, the S&P was up 0.2%. We also had the NASDAQ was up about 0.5%, and the Dow was barely up. Just a tad bit higher. So all three finished in the green yesterday. It seems stocks continue to try to get back on track after correcting. Looks like from the February high, the S&P down to the March low was around 10.5% at this point. So as Bill's mentioned, markets seem to be continuing to kind of build that bottom here. Certainly not out of the woods yet and probably won't be able to sound any green light on the market, certainly until after April 2nd when we get some of that information in terms of what the tariffs will potentially look like, basically country by country or whatever. Sector by sector or product by product, we'll find out and we'll probably all learn together a good bit when we get some of that clarity. And yesterday we had consumer confidence. Certainly some of the sentiment remains bleak, as I mentioned. A lot of the, you know, cutting, you know, a lot of the, you know, headwinds, at least for economic growth, have been easy to quantify, whether they're, you know, jobs that we're, you know, taking out of, you know, out of the cutting from the federal government or if it's an amount of budget cuts that we're doing from the federal government. Obviously, all of that's going to be a headwind for growth, you know, All of that's very easily quantifiable. The hard part to quantify is what those cuts, benefits, and other things that the administration is doing to promote investment, promote business, where that's harder to quantify. quantify what those benefits will be down the road so we keep you know sentiment as such sentiment certainly been waning here over the last few months you've had I think looking at the consensus yesterday in terms of the sentiment short-term outlook for income business and labor market conditions actually dropped to their lowest level in 12 years That obviously was on the back of the University of Michigan's survey with inflation expectations kind of jumping their highest reading since November of 2022. So sentiment-wise, right, it's another reason why we need some of these daily win streaks to kind of turn some of that sentiment around because a lot of it is based on more feeling than actual figures out there, at least from a market standpoint. If you look at, you know, we had new home sales grew recently. Gained in February, basically came in just under our estimates. So actually from a home sales grew 1.8%. We also had a durable goods order came in this morning. Those actually unexpectedly rose in February. So new orders for manufactured durable goods rose 0.9% month over month. They were actually expected to fall 1% on the month. And new orders, excluding transportation equipment, It was up 0.7% month over month. I think the consensus number was 0.3. So those durable goods numbers came in, you know, better than expected. So, you know, economic-wise, we're still growing. And, you know, whether we don't grow as quickly as we have been or, In terms of some of these sentiment surveys, even though the mood may not be quite as rambunctious as it was, say, four months ago, the economy is still growing pretty significantly. When you look at Asian markets, we had Asian markets have kind of followed the U.S. as of late 2020. A lot of them being worried about reciprocal tariffs, how that's going to play out. One interesting note is Bank of Japan has continued to look like they're going to likely be open to further interest rate hikes. Right. Bill has covered the carry trade. We've covered it a number of times here. As interest rates go up in Japan, that makes that carry trade less attractive, which ends up being less fuel for risk markets here in the U.S. where you could borrow it. in Japan and then invest here in the U.S., and you kind of had a bit of an arbitrage opportunity, at least very low borrowing cost. And so as borrowing costs go up in Japan, eventually, right, some of that will trickle through to our markets in terms of potentially less capital chasing stocks and equities out there. From a market calendar, we had the durable goods order came out at 8.30 this morning. Not a lot of economic news out there today. We do have a couple of Fed speakers again today, as we've had pretty much all week. We've got one of Bill's favorites, Kashikari, speaking at 10 o'clock, or right about now this morning. And then we've got the St. Louis Fed Bank president is going to speak around 1.10 today. Most of that story has been they've kind of all been on the same page in terms of where they think the market's at. You've seen a lot of caution in terms of just not knowing how to necessarily model what we've got ahead until we get some more clarity on the tariff talk. And also, you've seen some where they've reduced some growth forecasts. They think inflation may tick up a tiny bit. And you've had essentially from the dot pot standpoint kind of reduced the number of cuts for the Fed in 2025 from two to one. So not much, doesn't look like we may not have much Fed intervention in 2025. Certainly not as much as may have been envisioned, you know, just a handful of months ago. But we'll keep an eye out there. We will get the weekly jobless claims tomorrow, which is always a big number. And then we'll have the PCE inflation numbers. figures on Friday, which is the Fed's preferred inflation rate. So a little quiet morning, but we'll get into some things here for the show. Stay with us. Best Docs Now. And welcome back here to the Wednesday, March 26th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I am Barry Kite, planner and analyst here at Gunderson Capital. Playing relief captain for Bill this morning as he's down in Sarasota with Jeff, Edie, and the team, meeting with folks. I know they've got a busy day on tap here. Not quite as busy from a market news standpoint. It does seem that the market's kind of taking a little bit of a turn to the negative over the last break. We've got the Dow mixed bag here. We've got the Dow. Up 0.36% today. That's 151 points in the green. We've got the S&P 500 down just almost a half a percent, down 27 points. NASDAQ down 1.4% here, down 252 points. Getting close to that 18,000 range again, 18,019 for the NASDAQ at the moment. And then we've got Bitcoin down about 1,500 bucks a coin, down 1.7%. So it looks like a little bit of a risk-off move in the market today. Like I said, things have been... Yesterday it had been pretty quiet. I think today it's going to be a little quiet. We may have some quiet markets up until the 2nd. I believe on Wednesday we'll have some more news on the tariff front. Part of what Doge and the administration is trying to do is pointed out by Moody's came out with a warning on U.S. fiscal strength, essentially sounding an alarm as they did. I guess they downgraded America's credit rating. I guess that was back in around 2023. You had Fitch and the debt ceiling battle in 2023, and I think you had Fitch and Moody's remove their – AAA rating. Today, you know, they're kind of just warning about the negative, they've had a negative outlook for, Moody's had a negative outlook for the U.S. since November of 2023. And they're just mentioning evolving U.S. government policy agenda on trade, immigration, taxes, federal spending, and regulations could reshape the U.S. economy. And with significant long-term consequences, fiscal strength is on course for a continued multi-year decline. And when you couple that, I guess, with increasing fiscal risks, economic risks, they're just reaffirming, I guess, the negative outlook, which is what, from a government standpoint, and Bill's mentioned this a lot on the show, is the path we're on, you know, is unsustainable long-term. So you've got to Make some decisions. You've got to reduce spending, which any government spending is a form of stimulus for the economy, for the markets, for spending. Those dollars are chasing goods here and abroad. And so as you reduce that spending, as you weigh people off, you're going to have less economic fuel for that to continue. So you're going to have some pain before things get better, and that's one of the impetus of reasoning of why we need to you know in invoke a bit of pain is uh is in this moody story in terms of warning uh warning in the u.s about their fiscal strength so that's uh that's where we're at uh there and that's why i think uh you know from an administration standpoint that's why they're on uh the path that they're on here um you know uk wise we've got uh got an inflation report today inflation uh And it seems kind of the inflation bug has really kind of waned around the globe. It's certainly not back to where it was pre-COVID days, but certainly those inflation rates have continually dropped around the globe. It really seems in each economy. But UK's inflation dropped to 2.8% in February. So under the 3% mark, it was 3% in January. We've also got some consumer confidence in Sweden fell to 89.8%. So I guess from a sentiment standpoint, we're not the only folks out there that have kind of a sentiment issue there. And speaking of sentiment, I think at 11... 11 a.m. today, we get a survey. It's funny, a lot of these surveys, you're kind of seeing more and more now since the sentiment has gone a bit south. But you've got a survey of business uncertainty that comes out at 11. So we'll dive into that after the show and see if there's anything that we can glean from that there. Of course, you know, it really says, you know, all the discussion, you know, continues and will continue to be around. The tariff discussion, of course, you know, which I'm sure like everyone kind of tired of hearing it, really had my – heard plenty on the topic at this point. I mean, it almost gives me flashbacks back to college economics class where, you know, a lot of that – tariff discussion and terms of trade back in those classes. It put you to sleep back then, and now, of course, it's front-page news no matter what TV news you listen to. It's all about the tariff discussion. We went through yesterday a number of different parts, different sectors, different companies that affected in one form or fashion in terms of the tariff talk, some on the good front in terms of opening what I think we were talking about opening a steel mill. uh in louisiana and and you know of course uh the you know talk in terms of you know what is that going to do for prices of of other goods so uh you've had a we've had a lot of discussion on it and uh and you know some of the uh pushback from other countries in terms of uh you know we're raising this or they're raising that so we'll We'll talk about some of those. I've been putting together a number of stories that highlight the tariff talk and how that translates into our investments and how we're positioned in portfolios, how individual investors are navigating this. Because it comes at you news-wise, comes at you a bunch of different ways where, you know, you could have a news story for Lilly and positive news, say, on the GLP-1 front or, you know, something else that they're into. But, you know, on the other side of the equation, you get, you know, we hear talk of potential pharmaceuticals, talk of tariffs involving pharmaceuticals. So how do those two, good news and bad news, how do those net out and how that affects your portfolio? But we'll take a look at those coming back when we come back from break. We're through the first half of the Best Stocks Now show. Be right back.
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And welcome back to the second half of the Wednesday, March 26th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I am Barry Kite, planer and analyst here at Gunderson Capital, sitting in for Bill today while he's down in Sarasota with Jeff and Edie, meeting with the good folks down there. If you want to stay up to date with Bill's thoughts on the markets, get the newsletter, get the four weeks of the live trading alerts, please go to GundersenCapital.com, or you can always give us a ring if you want to have a discussion about portfolio allocation or any financial planning issues you may come across. Feel free to give Edie a call, get a meeting set up with us. You can reach us at 855-611-BEST. That's 855-611-2378. Always here to be a resource. From the market standpoint, we've got NASDAQ still down a little over 1% at the moment, down 205%. S&P looks a lot to be driven by. Maybe the chip sector of silver and NVIDIA is down about 4.5% here at the break. But the S&P down 0.33% here. And Dow actually up, bucking the trend a bit, up 0.41% at the moment. But we've got, like I said, I think some weakness in the chip sector or no weakness. Yesterday I mentioned where Alibaba's chairman had kind of expressed some concerns about possible AI bubble here in the U.S., primarily on the data center side. Just meaning, I guess, in terms of the size of some of these data center builds, also some of these data center builds being built on spec, so building data centers hoping that there's going to be demand. And, you know, you've had a couple big players. Microsoft backed out of a contract recently on a data center. So you've seen those things kind of bring down the overall AI trade. You've seen, you know, Oklo had posted a bigger than expected loss yesterday. Oklo was down pretty significantly from a – and obviously that's a long-duration power play, but – You know, if you've got some questions in terms of data center build, right, well, then, you know, that would lead you potentially to a question in terms of do you need, you know, as much power as we've, you know, seen forecasted. So that's probably what the drag is on primarily the chip sector, but also really anything to do with the AI sector at the moment this morning. We talked about tariffs being, all of us are probably likely tired of hearing about tariffs in some form or fashion. And of course, you've got these ripple effects across all different industries, across companies. Probably the number one company that's under attack at the moment certainly is Tesla. not just because it could be affected by these tariffs, but also certainly backlash, whether it's Doge or just as a proxy for the administration at the moment. But we've continued to talk about that company just really being under attack, literally and figuratively. But I saw where Canada is going to halt Tesla rebate payments and likely block future rebates, at least at this point. It's going to frozen payments to Tesla under the country's electric vehicle program. has directed the department to change the eligibility criteria to ensure that Tesla vehicles will not be eligible for incentive programs so long as the illegitimate and illegal U.S. tariffs are imposed against Canada. So there's backlash against tariffs. We've taken away incentives for Tesla vehicles. Toronto, I believe, had already... kind of ended financial incentives for tesla i think they did that uh i don't know how they did that maybe a few weeks ago or so um but uh you know there's also been as with here been a bunch of vandalism incidents at the dealerships in canada um so that's uh you know that's another piece i know yesterday i highlighted uh The European sales saw some more stats on that in terms of Tesla's market share shrunk to 1.4% in Europe. Companies that beat them in terms of sales in the January to February period include Ford, Volvo, and Chinese state-owned SAIC Motors. Suzuki, all of them sold more automobiles than Tesla in that time period, the last couple of months. And all at the same time, the new battery car sales grew by 28.4%. So just another example of how what's going on in the real world affects our portfolios, affects companies out there, and Tesla certainly being... One on the front lines, in terms of we've got copper out there. We're actually coppers at all time. And this is how these tariffs and talks of tariffs happen. It can affect commodity prices, but you've got copper hitting record. I think it was up over 3% yesterday. There's discussion. Trump's threatened to impose a 25% tariff on all copper imports. So that's affecting the price of copper here and abroad. We've got some steel in terms of steel plants. We had news of one yesterday that we're investing in, and then I saw one from Cleveland Cliffs is going to idle part of their Dearborn steel plant, and that's basically due to some weak auto demand. They've got one furnace that they've had down. that I believe they're going to bring back online, and then they're going to have temporarily shut down one of their other furnaces or blast furnaces. So they're not really necessarily reducing the amount of output. It's really they're kind of reshuffling it at some point, you know, You would think both of those furnaces would be on at some point. But this is kind of what we do and what Bill does. We're attempting to read the tea leaves. and see what's going on out in the market, out in particular sectors, and how that in turn affects companies and affects portfolios as a whole. We've seen other benefits. Saw news where I guess India is going to get rid of a digital ad tax for foreign firms. So this is a win for the administration. India's going to abandon 6% digital ad tax on online advertisements. That helps companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, for example. So that's a 6% tariff that will go away for those companies. So there's, for every... Cost, there's also offsetting benefits where you've got some wins and some losses in one of the More recent winds is obviously it looks like this Panama Canal port deal is moving ahead, regardless of China has some concerns over it. But it looks like that's moving ahead. With C.K. Hutchinson, they're planning to sell some ports to BlackRock. Obviously, two of those ports involve a port on each side of the Panama Canal. The deal is worth $19 billion. It involves 43 ports globally. That looks to be on track, so that certainly was a win for the administration there. In terms of progress towards, we've gotten some concessions in terms of a potential partial. Um, cease fire for, uh, in the Russian Ukrainian war. Um, that's, uh, led to fertilizer, uh, fertilizer, uh, costs going down, uh, uranium, uh, stocks going down. Uh, so all these, uh, these things have a ripple effect through, through the markets and through your portfolios. But, uh, we're, uh, through the three fourths of the best stocks now show, and we'll be right back for the fourth and final segment looking underneath the hood of the market. Good morning and welcome back to the March 26th edition of the Best Docs Now show. I am Barry Kite, planner and analyst here at Gundersen Capital. Sitting in for Bill today as they wrap up meeting with the folks down in Sarasota, but of course Bill's adding to the newsletter every day as a collection of his research, and to keep up with what Bill's doing, what he's got going on in the newsletter, and All the daily emails and live alerts that go out from live trading, you're always welcome to go to GundersenCapital.com. If you want to have a chat about your portfolio, feel free to give us a ring, 855-611-BEST. That's 855-611-2378. Well, you're finishing up in terms of how administration's progress is working towards moving markets in certain forms or fashion. I think uranium actually is a pretty great example. So we've got... There's been some discussion in terms of potential ceasefire, at least involving energy assets in the Russian-Ukraine war. In doing so, you've had fertilizer costs have gone down. Nutrien, for example, CF Industries, Mosaic, all of those companies, We're trading lower yesterday. And just because you may have more Russian fertilizer come on, grain and fertilizer come on to global markets as we work to some form of resolution in that war. Who knows when that will happen. But as we work towards it, markets are being affected. And uranium is probably... You know, a great example just in terms of something in how many different things are affecting, say, uranium prices right now. One being the Russian-Ukraine conflict. As tension goes down there, right, you're going to have uranium costs are likely to decrease. So that's one thing that's leading to... So peace equals less price for uranium in that example. And so also we've had some tariff proposals potentially have caused utilities from signing up for long-term uranium purchases. So that's affecting the price there. And last, you've had, of course, you know, deep-seek in terms of partly, you know, part of what the Alibaba chairman was mentioning yesterday in terms of, you know, AI maybe being overbuilt. Both of those things, right, with deep-seeks, you know, discovery or, you know, the way they're driving their model uses less power, so that reduces all of that, reducing the cost of uranium. So, It's just interesting where you've got something with all these different cross-currents, all of them having to do with something different out there, really, one being tariffs, one being war, one being, I guess, discovery. if you will, or technological advancement and all three of those things affecting uranium in some form or fashion. So that's what, you know, that's really probably in a nutshell kind of what we do here at Gundersen Capital and what Bill is doing is, you know, So looking at the market and looking at those various cross currents, you think of a tug of war sometimes where you have a headwind for a company or earnings or a sector and tailwinds for those sectors or companies as well and kind of netting those out. Okay, well, is it going to be a net positive, a net negative for the company? What's the story there, right? And so that's what we're doing, and that's why, you know, Bill, and while we're immersed in this on a daily basis and most importantly paying attention, So I guess if you don't have anything, you can always do what GameStop did. This is an interesting story. It kind of reminds me of, as Bill mentions, the old kind of dot-com days where you just mentioned dot-com and your name and the company went up. There have been a few. Green Energy at one point was very similar. We had the word green in your name. But GameStop has gotten approval by the board, I guess, announcing that it can start investing in Bitcoin. So GameStop apparently has $5 billion in cash. I did not know that they had $5 billion in cash, given the fact that their revenue fell 28.5% year over year. But In terms of, you know, so I guess now that cash can find Bitcoin potentially. So I haven't seen what GameStop is trading at today. But, you know, I guess soon enough maybe it could be, you know, could be the next up and coming, you know, micro strategy, I guess. GameStop on the news up 15.5%. So they're announcing that their normal business, which, as I mentioned, their revenue fell 28.5% year over year. But the company is up 15% for announcing that they are now able to invest in Bitcoin. So... I guess as a dad with three boys between the age of 18 and 10, they haven't had me purchase anything from GameStop for a while now, surprisingly enough. So I guess that tells you Bitcoin probably is maybe the next thing that they want to go into maybe. on a go-forward basis, may be more profitable than their previous business. GameStop is still alive. Who knows? We'll see how this next line of investment goes for them. As we've seen, a lot of these companies, Bed Bath & Beyond was a great example. We've got Kohl's now. Some of these companies can stick around and last longer than any of us would have ever expected in terms of remaining an entity in some form of fashion. So with a lot of these brick and mortar retail companies, they've been disrupted and that business is certainly changing and GameStop seems to be figuring out that they're going to go in a different direction. So we'll follow them as we keep looking high on the markets. Always, if you have any questions, give us a call, 855-611-BEST. That's 855-611-2378. Or look us up at GundersenCapital.com. But have a great day, everyone. Bye now.
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