In this episode, Bill Gunderson, a seasoned money manager and the president of Gunderson Capital Management, dives into the latest market trends and developments. We explore the dips in gold and silver prices, analyzing the factors contributing to these changes and what they mean for investors. The discussion also covers the strategic movements in oil and the risks associated with the Bitcoin market. With keen insights provided on the resistance levels seen in major indices, this episode is essential for understanding current market dynamics.
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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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And welcome to the Wednesday. It is Wednesday, October 22nd. It is the live edition of the Best Stocks Now show with professional money manager Bill Gunderson, president of Gunderson Capital Management. I'm here with Barry Kite, our chartered financial analyst and certified financial planner. We have a down open to the market so far, but not a whole lot. I mean, we're up against those all-time highs again. That's providing a little bit of technical resistance here. The Dow is down 90 points right now. It's at 46,834. It did hit its old high or very close to it yesterday and couldn't punch its way through that resistance yet. Ditto with the NASDAQ. It's down 14 today, but it's at 22,939, just slightly below its all-time high. It did hit resistance yesterday. The S&P 500 is down a whopping one point. Now it's up one point. as it vacillates between red and green here today. The 10-year is pretty quiet today, 3.96. I like to see it staying under that four mark. That's nice, 3.96. Gold, which was the big story yesterday, and we'll get to that here pretty soon. Gold is down 1.5% today, and Bitcoin is down again today, down 1,000 to 107.591. So welcome to today's Best Stocks Now show with professional money manager Bill Gunderson, president of Gunderson Capital Management, a nationwide fee-based only money management firm. And I'm here with Barry Kite, chartered financial analyst. And for me, well, let's just take a look at where we left off yesterday. Gold was obviously the big story, but the Dow was up 218, and it should be noted that as I looked at all the indexes this morning, they're all bumping their head, ouch, that hurts, against the resistance levels of the new highs that they set here recently. It remains to be seen if that's the top for now or whether we can punch our way through there. We take it a day at a time here in the markets. The NASDAQ was down yesterday about 37 points. There was pretty heavy selling profit-taking. I'm going to call it profit-taking in the nuclear stocks. the rare earth stocks, the AI stocks, the outer edges of the market, I guess you could say. But the big story yesterday, gold and silver suffer a historic one-day drop. Well, they've also had a historic year-to-date run, so it's not unusual to see some corrections here from time to time. But it was pretty significant. I mean, a lot of the gold stocks... probably were hurt the most, even more than just owning the precious metals. You had Cordia Lane down 16.1%. Silver got hit even harder because it's up even more this year so far. Endeavor Silver was down 13%. Goldfields down 12%. Anglo Gold down 11%. Eldorado down 10%. Agnico Eagle down 8.5% yesterday. It was a pretty sharp drop. I heard one analyst calling it panic selling. Well, I don't know about that. Maybe it was yesterday. But I agree with, I guess, the consensus opinion out there that the long-term uptrend remains intact and whatever's been driving gold here, all of those factors remain intact for now. but you are going to get sharp sell-offs and things that go way up. You get a hyperbolic move to the upside, Barry, and from time to time you'll get a pretty steep sell-off and drop, which will kind of feed on itself, right?
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Leverage certainly can play a part as well because leverage is a big player in the commodities markets and futures markets in general. When you get into a market like that, you've talked about a lot of these single stock ETFs with leverage. Obviously, there's plenty of gold ETFs with leverage. Three times gold. I want to find it out there. And on days like that, it cuts both ways.
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You know, there's also the opposite of a short squeeze. There's those that are getting squeezed big time. I mean, if you bet against gold like two months ago, you thought, wow, it's hit $4,000. That's it. There was a lot of short interest in gold. And they've been looking for an out, right? They've been looking for a chance to just get the heck out and lick their wounds. And sometimes a little bit of selling like that, a lot of guys will come in there and use that opportunity, right, as an exit. So that was all in play, I think, yesterday. Trump-Putin summit in Budapest is shelved. You know, we do have some peace in the Middle East, but Putin's a tough guy, man. He's not really willing to back down anytime soon. No. Until he conquers all of Europe and puts the USSR. I remember when I was a kid.
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It was a hard bargain.
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Yes, when I was a kid, Barry, I knew all of the satellite states, countries of the USSR, the United Soviet Socialist Republic, which included Hungary and Czechoslovakia and Poland and all the rest that are now independent countries.
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But we have field day and you would do you know, you'd have a different Olympic, you know, everybody would be different classes would be different Olympic countries. And, you know, you'd had West Germany. Yeah. Yeah.
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You know, as they had East Germany as a as a team. Yes. And they would do very well in the Olympics, the Eastern Bloc countries. especially in Latvia and Romania with Nadia Komanić and all that. U.S. government shutdown is now the second longest in history. Why don't they just take a year off and let's see what happens?
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But it is the second longest in history.
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Let's see if anybody even notices. Hopefully they're hoping for a resolution this week. Now, Barry, we have an answer to our question. Trump administration to buy one million barrels in first move to refill the U.S. oil reserves.
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I've been waiting for some kind of news around that to hit at some point.
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Yes. You want to sell high and buy low. Oil just hit $56 a barrel. I don't know that I would have announced it. I think I would have done it quietly. But you've got oil up a little bit here today as Trump buying a million barrels or is going to buy. I'm sure he'll have some traders work the market. Maybe he'll bring in Besant. You know, Besant seems to be involved in everything. But I think refilling that is important. It's a strategic reserve. It's called that for a reason, okay?
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Well, some of the oil industry can't be super thrilled with what's going on simply because prices have been somewhat subdued. Yeah. You know, you've got to get away to buy some soybeans and refill up.
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And they were all a big backer of the administration, the farmers and the oil producers. Yeah. Yet that will help put in a bottom to these oil prices, which are down to 58. Got gas under $3 nationwide now. Earnings, wow, look at what's going to happen after the close today. TSLA, Tesla. The venerable Elon Musk will report earnings after the close today. The big one last night we'll talk about here coming up was Netflix. And to some extent, GE Vernova, which, you know, I'm still so impressed by GE's earnings yesterday. and what Larry Culp has accomplished by, number one, isolating the aerospace part of GE and having just absolutely blowout earnings there. And then today, GE Vernova, we've also heard from AT&T so far today. You hear those soggy sneakers coming down the hallway, Barry? That is the press report with the question and answer period. We're going to get IBM. There's a few others. Tomorrow we're going to get Intel. It'll be interesting to hear an update from Intel. I wouldn't expect much progress has been made. And then on Friday we'll get Procter & Gamble. Now, short squeeze. How about this one? Here's your stock of the day. You'll never guess which one it is. Let me pull it up on the charts here and see if it's hanging on to those gains. It was up 97% this morning. And the company is BYND, Beyond Meat, up 86% today. Why? Walmart is going to expand its relationship with Beyond Meat so you can be buying those Beyond Burgers. And hot dogs and Italian sausage made out of pea protein. Yes, that's what it's made out of, pea sprout protein. And Beyond Meat, what a short squeeze. If you were short Beyond Meat, which has just been tanking recently, it's up 77% right now. We'll be right back. And welcome back here to the second quarter of today's Best Stocks Now show. Let's take a gander at crypto, at Bitcoin today, which is challenging the nerves a little bit of Bitcoin investors. And like I said, I think two days ago, we've learned a couple things about Bitcoin this year. When the market sold off in early, late March, early April on the tariff concerns, Bitcoin was not exactly a safe haven. There was no flight to safety to Bitcoin. And it's just my observation that Bitcoin is considered a risk asset. Barry, it's not considered, and we've seen the opposite in gold here. It just seems to me that in times of duress and extreme unknowns that people rush to gold and not to Bitcoin. We learned that about Bitcoin here so far this year, and we just don't know where that pain point is where you could see some heavy selling in Bitcoin. Now, it did recover some yesterday. It came down to its 200-day moving average on Friday. That's long-term support, and a break of that long-term support could lead to, I mean, how many program traders have their program set at, if this thing breaks the 200-day moving average barrier, we're going to lower our exposure. And that could set off a cascade of selling.
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Well, early in the week I saw, you know, last week I saw that you had a lot of short selling in Bitcoin. And what you have is you've got some of these folks who have held Bitcoin forever. And they're still holding Bitcoin. And, you know, now... They actually have a market where they can actually hedge, obviously, their current Bitcoin holdings via short positions. A long time ago, obviously, it was hard to build a short position in Bitcoin because you just didn't have as many people and the market didn't have as much breadth.
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Yep. Okay, I always like to see macro outlook opinions. Some I agree with wholeheartedly, and some I can see the logic behind it. Others I disagree with. I think we had one recently coming from one of the big firms out there that were in the early innings of this bull market. I disagree completely. Very much so with that because the bull market began in 2009 if you look at a chart. And how can you say we're in the early innings of that? That makes no sense whatsoever. Yesterday we had Lauren Taylor Wolfe. I haven't heard of her before with impactive capital saying that this AI bubble is absolutely going to burst. And she compared it. with the dot com era of the late nineties and i've written uh... several articles about this and commented commented on it a lot and uh... while there are a lot of comparisons and there's a fervor of going on in the sector the quality of growth the quality of earnings is much different than what we saw in the dot com era uh... i do agree the valuations are stretched very very high But I think that the comparisons with the 90s, the late 90s, I was there. The NASDAQ went down 79%. That's how overvalued the NASDAQ was. But again, there wasn't a lot of quality of earnings growth there.
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There's actual earnings backing and earnings growth backing a lot of this AI boom.
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Yes, and a lot of the business models back in the late 90s that I witnessed were, let's just get the company public. Let's just get it public. And beyond that, beyond meat, there wasn't a whole lot of real growth there to sink your teeth into. Now, there were some survivors, obviously. Cisco survived, and Amazon survived, and Apple survived. But a lot of those companies back then, dot-com companies, are gone because they really did not have a real solid business plan beyond the IPO. Okay, the biggest private debt. deal has just gone down uh... black rock invest big in the matter data center now yesterday we we found a company that was uh... involved in the big data center boom taking place in pennsylvania It was Talon Energy and Eos Energy. And now this one happens to be in Louisiana where Meta is building a massive, giant data center. And BlackRock has invested big in this Meta data center. And they're funding it with private debt. Now here, this is the largest private debt offering ever. And we've talked about private debt. For me, there's enough public debt to drown the whole world, right? We don't need to be investing in private debt, but yet it remains one of the hottest issues out there. Now, here's the red flag for me. Now, this is reminiscent of 08 and 09, okay, when the mortgage market, and I can't remember which rating agency it was. Maybe it was all of them. Fitch and all of them were rating those subprime mortgages at A+. Well, Barry, check this out. The rating on this private debt offering received an investment grade of A+. by S&P global ratings. Now, something doesn't add up here, yet the debt yields 6.58% at issue, a rate more characteristic of junk bonds. How do you justify an A-plus S&P global rating on a pool of debt that averages... That is yielding 6.58% when it's issued.
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Yeah, it's either one or the other, right? Yeah, one or the other.
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You tell the listeners what one or the other is, okay?
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Well, I mean, in the debt world, it's either... A high-yield bond, right, that is going to yield more than the market and has more credit risk, or it's going to trade something like a AAA-rated, very high-rated bond, and the yield is certainly not going to be as attractive.
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It's going to be in the high 4s, low 5s, right?
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At best. At best. in this environment at best and so like i said it's either one or the other and if they're telling you that it's they're telling you that it's triple a rated but the yield that it is still getting is a six percent yield then 6.6 Something doesn't add up there. There's a huge discrepancy here. I'll tell you what it is. It's a high-yield bond because that's how it's trading. Yes. I'll go with the market on that one.
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When we buy individual bonds for people that want safety and a fairly determinable outcome, we look at maybe the low fives. And when you get up into the 6.6 realm, you're looking at like not quite rare earth stocks, but you're looking at stocks out there on the far end of the risk scale.
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There's things that could go wrong.
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There's a lot. And the market is telling you that by pricing this thing at 6.6%. We'll be right back. This is Bill Gunderson. Thank you for tuning in to today's Best Stocks Now, Best Inverse Funds Now show. I put several hours of research in during the wee hours of the morning each day to bring you the very best cutting edge stories that I can. To get two free weeks of my newsletter, go to GundersonCapital.com. To talk to us about our fee-based only money management services, call us at 855-611-BEST. Now, back to the second half of the show. And welcome back here to the second half of today's Best Stocks Now. Shall I just go back to that private debt story one more time? Why would you not be all over a 6.6% yield that's rated AAA? You have to question the AAA rating. That's what you have to question. And that's exactly what happened in 08 and 09. Somebody, I don't know how, but they were getting AAA ratings on subprime mortgages. And something doesn't add up here.
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And that's why you've got to remember, when it comes to bonds, it's a much more opaque market than it is buying an individual stock. Yes, very opaque. You can have 10 different, just call it 10 different bonds. You know, JP Morgan bonds and they could have, you know, 10 different sets of loan covenants and could have, you know, 10 different sets of collateral.
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Right.
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And which is all perfectly fine. But the difference is they all could have a different rating based on different collateral charges.
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And the market is almost always right, right? It's telling you where the debt level is or the risk level is on this thing.
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I mean, and that's the thing about bonds, right? I mean, it's, you know, it's very mathematical. And so, you know, a lot of times, you know, price doesn't lie very much in the bond world. And so when, you know, like you said, when you see a... AAA-rated whatever instrument, and then, of course, you see that it's paying a 7% interest rate, in my head I'd be like, okay, well, that must be a 50-year bond. Okay, well, it's not a 50-year bond. It's for a five-year bond. It's like, okay, well, something doesn't seem right there. It's like that's where you – That tells you right there, hey, let's dive in and learn a little more. Yes.
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Okay. Yesterday, for me, the stock of the day was GE with that aerospace, the 400 engine order from Cutter and all this and that. But there was another one that I noticed during the course of the day was Embraer. the Brazilian manufacturer of all the little commuter jets. Do you know that Embraer reported a record $31.3 billion order backlog as deliveries increase? And where it showed up for me was in the chart. You know, as I went through, I don't know, 700, 800 charts yesterday, I saw Embraer breaking out with a vengeance. ERJ, it's an $11.5 billion company. Apparently, you know it seems like the airline industry and air travel is pretty robust right now i mean i've been to many airports this year i have not been on a flight yet i don't remember the last time i wasn't on a full flight and you had to check baggage we're going to run out of room to put your overhead stuff and everything like this and there weren't delays and uh and all kinds of issues with making your connections and whatnot so it's pretty robust uh industry right now and it plays into embraer's hands obviously because the commuter the smaller planes there's plenty of those american eagle has them delta connection you know and all this and that but the stock broke out again yesterday we bought it when it was a relatively decent value And it went into our value portfolio. And I think it's up 30% or 35% since we bought it. I did add to that for new clients yesterday that didn't have any exposure to it. But, boy, I'll tell you what, that was a solid move in Embraer yesterday. Okay, now we've got to talk about Netflix. Netflix has got a little bit of a controversy going on right now. And I think maybe that it's showing up here in this earnings report because their subscriptions were down. You know, and you can kind of compare this with the issues at Budweiser, if you remember, where they had, you know, a transgender as a spokesperson for the brand. And you can kind of look at Target with what they did and how it hurt the stock. And it had a hard time recovering from those problems. Well, Netflix, you know, Elon Musk basically organized kind of a boycott and whatnot. He feels that there's a transgender agenda at Netflix. Whether you're for it or against it, it's not good for a company to have that tag. Of course, Disney was caught up in that also, that same kind of controversy. And not good for an investor. No, Netflix is down 9.5% today. Yeah. But Netflix, I mean, has been a major disruptor over the years. Over the last 10 years, an investment in Netflix has delivered 29% per year, which is way better than the S&P 500. And you look over the last three years, an investment in Netflix has given you 67% per year return. For me, it's in a different stratosphere than Disney, Target, and Budweiser. They're all very slow growth companies. Netflix has been a fantastic performer. Over the last 12 months, Netflix is up 62%. Now, we're going to have to see whether or not that they've got this tag on them now, and there's going to be continued selling in the stock. But their earnings came in. They missed by quite a wide margin. Their EPS was $5.87. It missed by $1.10. That's a pretty significant miss. But their revenue was in line. So that's pretty good there, $11.5 billion for the quarter. Now, if I look at the valuation based on what we know now on Netflix, this could be a buying opportunity in Netflix. I can't tell you right now what it is. I have to give it a few days and see where the dust settles, see where the numbers settle, see where the forward guidance comes in at. But as of yesterday, it had 84% upside potential. I like 80% or more. So Netflix meets all my criteria. It doesn't quite meet the momentum criteria right now, which is an issue. It's lost momentum due to this controversy that it's going through. The valuation, however, is there. It wasn't there for Budweiser. It wasn't there for Target. It wasn't there for Disney. But it is for Netflix. So take all of that into account as you look at this stock, which is down 9.6% today. It's been a nice diversifier, right?
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I mean, it's been, you know, the fact is, you know, it doesn't have as much exposure from a tariff standpoint. So that's another reason why.
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It held up well during COVID, right? Because people were going to Netflix. We own the bond in Netflix. And we own stock in Netflix. I would just say this right now. It's sitting on its 200-day moving average. It's come right down to that today, which cryptocurrency Bitcoin did last week. Bitcoin came down to its 200-day moving average last Friday. It held that, which is at about $106,000 for Bitcoin, and it's been rallying off of that. If Netflix can't hold its 200-day moving average and rally off of it, And if you start to see more selling and a breakdown below that 200-day moving average, then, you know, that's a very big red flag warning. Today's a red flag warning. We'll call it a yellow flag warning here. Is this really hurting Netflix and their subscribers? They still had, I mean, their sales were up 17% year over year yesterday. which is pretty good for a $476 billion company. And like I say, I mean, it was 85% upside potential yesterday. Well, with this sell-off today... you could be looking at 90% to 95% upside potential, depending on where those numbers land. As I sit here right now, their earnings estimates for next year, which is what the stock is trading on right now, $32.41. And I'm going to watch that number. I'm going to write that number down. $32.41 is their earnings estimates for next year. Are we going to see a significant downgrade to those earnings estimates? Because everything is baked into the earnings estimates at the end of the day. If there's a significant downgrade, like a couple of bucks or something, I don't expect that. Or will those earnings estimates stay the same? then you may have a very, very good buying opportunity. Only time will tell here over the next several days where we're at with Netflix right now. NFLX. is the symbol there. And when we come back, boy, I'll tell you, one of the biggest owned stocks in the world that's in almost everybody's portfolio, if you've got a wire house account. And also, we're going to report on that. And also, GE Vernova, which obviously is the spinoff of GE, and it holds that nuclear division. We'll be right back. And welcome back here to the final segment of today's Best Stocks Now show where we're seeing another sell-off again in tech land. The nuclear, the AI stocks, which, look, they are all hitting new highs here just like three days ago. So you're seeing some risk being taken off the table right now as the market, the NASDAQ, the S&P, the Dow, all hit technical resistance. They bump their head on that and sometimes, you know, that'll stagger them for a few days and it's a question of whether or not they can pick themselves up and break through those old highs or if, you know, you're beginning of some kind of correction here. in the market which is overdue we've been going up since april the 8th of this year well the venerable at&t probably the most owned stock that i've ever seen it's almost in every single portfolio that has ever come to me from any of the big wire house firms or any of the big names out there And that's all they've had is they've been disrupted by just about everybody over the years. They're on the disrupted side. They're not on the disruptor side of the equation. And, you know, if you look at the returns on AT&T over the last, well, I'm going to do the valuation first. That's really where I have tremendous heartburn. if I owned AT&T. The analyst five-year annual growth projection is 3%. Low single digits. And let's just test it. Okay, this quarter that they just reported here, their sales were up 2%, Barry, versus the same quarter last year, 2%. That's about as anemic as it gets. But it gets worse than that. You know how much their earnings were up versus this same quarter last year? Zero. They've made no progress whatsoever over the last 12 months in increasing their earnings or their sales other than about 2%, 3%. And that's what the analysts have projected, which might be a little bit on the optimistic side. Now, when you take their earnings estimates for AT&T, which are $2.21 next year, and by the way, you go back eight years ago, they were making $3.50 last Over the last five years, their earnings growth has been minus 9% per year. I kind of use this as the poster child whenever I speak in front of an audience and showing them what a soggy stock looks like. I mean, all things being equal, a 2% or 3% grower in earnings is going to deliver 2% or 3%. capital appreciation plus the dividend. The dividend yield on AT&T right now is 4.4%. And if you add those two together, at best, you're going to make about 6% per year off of AT&T. Heck, I can get that in a AAA-rated private bond offering, Barry. I can get 6.6%. I think there's a lot more risk to owning private debt versus AT&T, but... Just don't expect double-digit returns from AT&T. What has it returned over the last 10 years? Well, let's just test the numbers I just threw out. Over the last 10 years, the stock has delivered 6.3% per year to investors, 6.3%. So what makes you think that all of a sudden it's going to give you 12, 13, 14, and even beat the S&P 500? It can't even keep up with the S&P 500. It has had a pretty good year this year. I think people looked at it and said it's immune from Trump's tariffs. It pays a good dividend. So it has had one of its best years. It's up 24% over the last 12 months. That's an anomaly. That is an anomaly. Take the money and run. You had a gift in getting a 24% return out of a 3% grower. over the last 12 months. The stock is selling off today. It's part of this downdraft here in the market today. AT&T is down 2% today. But I guarantee if you go to one of the big wire house firms and they go shopping, you give them money to go shopping with. They go down the aisles of Wall Street in their shopping cart. The first one they're going to, it's right there in the A aisle, right? It's one of the first stocks they come to Let's put AT&T in this person's portfolio. That's just the way it is. But they had strong subscriber ads. That's their internet. And their ongoing wireless momentum. I'm not seeing any momentum whatsoever. Not with 0% growth in earnings. and 2% growth in sales. Okay, we've got time for one more. We're going to go to Vertiv, V-R-T. It was way up. Now it's way down. Something's reversed here in the NASDAQ. I don't know what it is. There may have been an analyst... Something's happened in the world or in the markets that has pretty much turned the AI stocks, the nuclear stocks, the data center stocks, et cetera, probably the rarer, all down the line, the quantum stocks, to the south right now. Vertiv was up solidly. Now it's down 5.5%. But let's just compare their earnings report with AT&T. Their sales were up 29% year over year. That's pretty solid for a $63 billion company. And their earnings were up 63%.
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But they're heavily involved in data center, digital infrastructure, communication networks. They're right smack dab in the middle of the AI boom. and that is seeing some profit taking here today vert is now down 5.5 but definitely has the numbers this may be a buying opportunity on vert we'll have to watch it see where the dust settles see where those earnings estimates go etc okay well to get four weeks to stay on top of what's going on in the market it is getting a little bit more volatile which sometimes happens towards the end or at the end of huge runs. We've had a huge run since April 8th of this year. And you're going to see some profit taking. You're going to see some sector rotation, etc., which is pretty typical. That's why you have to stay on top of things, which I do on a daily basis. I send out all my alerts during the day. You can get four free weeks of that at GundersenCapital.com. to set up an appointment with us for money management. If you look at your portfolio and you see AT&T right in the middle there, probably right at the top of your statement, give us a call at 855-611-BEST. 855-611-BEST. Thanks for joining us today and have a great day, everybody.
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So, again, Hooters Restaurants really appreciate their sponsorship of both the Kim Monson Show and America's Veterans Stories. And they do have great lunch specials Monday through Friday as well. So be sure and check that out. As you know, on the show, we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it's never compassionate nor altruistic to take other people's stuff, whether or not it's their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, their childhoods, or lives via force. And force can obviously be a weapon, but it can also be policy and unpredictable and excessive taxation, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, which is a silent thief when your money buys less because of government printing money. This agenda of the World Economic Forum and globalist elites, we've seen it play out at the United Nations, but we see it at the Colorado State Legislature with this governor, but also on the local level as well. And they do that via land use codes and zoning regulations, forced fees, easements, all kinds of things like that, and things that really take away our property. And so we've got to we've got to get this ship turned around here where government gets smaller and gets back into the box. It's supposed to be and the individual and individual liberty, which is the responsible exercise of freedom grows. And so we're at a time in our country. I really think we're at a time. of our third founding, and this next year is going to be very critical in the history of America. So that's why we do this show, is to help you get your brain around these issues. Remember, if something's a good idea, you should not have to use force to implement it. On the show, we focus on the issues, not the personalities. We'll talk about the people regarding those issues, but we really want to stay out of all of that personality fighting and all that stuff that can occur in politics and in eighth grade. And eighth grade was not the most fun year for me. So I don't really like to do that in politics at this age now as well. So let's stay focused on the issues. And those that want to control the narrative want to get us all emotional about the issues instead of really delving deep into what they are. That's why I did the Voter's Guide. And you can get my Voter's Guide. It's an analysis of the two statewide issues as well as the five big bond questions on the Denver ballot. And you can go to my website, Kim Monson, that's monson.com. And there's a red ribbon at the top, just click on that. And we put in your name, your email, we'll send you a link to download that. I give you the bond language, the actual language on the The ballot, the background on it, my recommendation, and how I came to that recommendation. I hope that you will use that as a tool and that you will use your own critical thinking as you make your decisions on this. Additionally, transformcolorado.org is an excellent resource for school board candidates. There's a lot of school board races out there. These are super, super important, as well as a lot of city council and mayor races. And if you want to find out about your city council or mayor races, I did include the numbers for all of the county clerks. But you could also just call the clerk of your city as well. And they will have the contact information for those candidates. And you can reach out to them. And I gave you some different questions that you could ask so that you could do your analysis on that. So be sure and check out the voter's guide. And again, that is at kimmonson.com. Next thing I wanted to mention, the Governor's Forum. I had told you yesterday that it should be at BNTN on YouTube. And it is there, but I had a difficult time finding it. So I'm going to talk with the organizers on this and try to get more information for you on that tomorrow. As far as one other thing, I did not have the analysis on my voter's guide, but there is a lot of tax increases as well on your ballot. For example, anybody in the South Metro Fire Rescue Protection District is voting on a $50 million per year increase in taxes. And I'm not even getting to... the merit or non-merits of that, what I would recommend as a no vote on it is that at the very last paragraph of the ballot question, they want to de-TABR or de-bruce the excess revenue. And under TABR, Colorado's Taxpayers Bill of Rights, which was passed by the people of Colorado as an amendment to the Constitution in 1992, and it basically says that PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties, if you want to raise our taxes, incur debt or keep excess revenue each year above a very generous formula of population plus inflation, you just have to ask us. And I think it's disingenuous when they stick this on the bottom of a question to raise taxes or for bonds to just kind of sneak it in there that they want to keep all the excess revenue if, in fact, they collect that. I think that's really greedy. And so because of that, I would say no. to that particular measure. I would like to get to a point where these entities that are asking to raise taxes, that they stay within what they are really asking for the $50 million, not all the excess revenue. And I think that we need to send a message at the ballot box on that. So that is that. Our word of the day is adieu. And it's A-D-I-E-U. I was talking with Colonel Rutledge yesterday. You know him. He's a regular guest on the show, 97 years young. And at the end of our conversation, he said, and I will bid you adieu. And I thought, I said, I'm going to use that as a word of the day. It's used to express farewell or goodbye, an expression of kind wishes at parting. and said to wish a fond farewell or a goodbye. And so use adieu, A-D-I-E-U, today in a sentence. You will probably put a smile on someone's face. Our quote of the day, I went to Will Rogers, and he was born in 1879. He died in 1935. He was an American vaudeville performer, actor, humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation in the Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. And he's known as Oklahoma's favorite son. And as an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films, and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was one of the higher-paid Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in northern Alaska. And back in 1935, flying in airplanes was probably pretty dangerous things to be doing back then. We were still getting our wings regarding planes. uh... air air travel but this is what he said he said the taxpayers are sending congressman on expensive trips abroad it might be worth it except they keep coming back and that is will rogers and first headline that i wanted to hit here is this is from the daily signal and it says chicago sues trump refusing to drop d e i as a condition for federal money I think this is going to be really interesting because we are realizing that these cities are receiving all kinds of money from all of the taxpayers throughout the country. This is not the way federalism is supposed to be. They have to be responsible for their decisions. And it says, hands off Chicago, is what the mayor has of Chicago at his press conference. They want hands off Colorado, but they want to have their hands in all of our pockets in Chicago to have money to fund their terrible choices. And so anyway, Denver's in on this. Several blue cities led by Chicago want federal money to keep flowing, but aren't willing to abide by the Trump administration's condition of dropping diversity, equity and inclusion policies to get it. Joining Chicago in the lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are Boston, New York, Baltimore, Denver, Minneapolis, St. Paul and New Haven, Connecticut. The cities filed the case of Chicago versus Nome in federal court in the northern district of Illinois on Monday. And Homeland Security is named in her official capacity as a defendant. And I don't know about New Haven, Connecticut, but I do know that all of those other cities are in decline. And I also know that they need to be responsible for the choices that they are making instead of expecting a bailout from the federal government. And really across the board, I would like us to start to have all of these jurisdictions be weaned of government grants and government handouts from the federal government. So that's the first headline. The next headline that I will hit, this is from Axios Denver. And Michael Bloomberg is investing a small fortune in Colorado campaigns. He's put he put over a half million dollars to a super PAC supporting U.S. Senator Michael Bennett's campaign. And he also put money into he donated one point one five million in October and one point five million in September to support Denver's flavored tobacco ban. I'm going to have to think about that. I don't know why he's doing that for sure. But he's playing big in Colorado. 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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMonson.com as well. I wanted to say thank you to Laramie Energy for their gold sponsorship of the show. It is reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant power from naturally occurring hydrocarbons. such as oil, natural gas, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, empowers our own personal climate to be warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It is Wednesday, so we have Mike Rolick on the line. Mike is a citizen activist watching what's going on in a lot of different municipalities and different things right here in Colorado. So welcome to the show, Mike Rolick.
SPEAKER 10 :
Good morning, Mike. Sorry, good morning, Kim. How's it going?
SPEAKER 18 :
It's going well. So let's jump in here. First, we've talked a bit about this bat lab up at CSU in Fort Collins. It's of great concern that they're bringing in bats with viruses and maybe transporting them around. What could go wrong with that? What's the latest on this, Mike Rolick?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, last week we had talked about the fact that there is a new grant that was awarded in September of this year by the current administration's NIH, but it's not funded yet. Joni Ernst has made mention that definitely wants to get more attention on this topic and hopefully not actually fund the grant. So that's something that, you know, if folks could get out there and call senators and what have you, that would be great because the grant is not funded yet. So the money is not actually there. But what had happened was is originally CSU Fort Collins was working with EcoHealth Alliance to bring in bats to study Nipah and Hendra virus. And this new grant has a former grant number that relates back to that. So I don't know the disposition on that, but the new grant wants to bring in Egyptian rosette bats, I think, uh, yeah, Egyptian bats, the fruit bats, and then work with the established Jamaican breeding colony of bats to work on, um, so, so Zuka virus, and then also, uh, so Zuka virus, sorry, and Marburg and actually do infection studies. And then we read out the grant last week on the radio, but, um, Like I said, right now, the action item would be trying to make sure this grant is actually funded. One of the things that I want to look at today also is kind of the leaky boat that seems to be CSU Fort Collins. And every quarter or month, the biosafety officer actually puts together a report of different things that have happened at the lab. And I've got some... FOIA examples, and they're kind of alarming. And I just want to read a few of these out. So back in 2020, there was a laboratory infection of Zika virus from someone who's working with mosquitoes. And it looks like they didn't. realized they had it because it says, well, research is being ramped down to stop for change for critical operations in March in an individual who had cold symptoms and a rash. The individual believed the cold was passed from their partner and the rash was not uncommon during stressful times. Sometime later, the individual realized this could have been Zika because the individual did manipulations with infected mosquitoes before the symptoms occurred. Individual contacted the biosafety occupational health for diagnostic testing. Um, initial PCR tests was negative, but further testing confirmed the Zika infection. So we've got an example of someone working at the lab, getting Zika, going out perceivably into the public and thinking it was from something different. And then later realizing, yes, they were walking around with Zika. Um, another interesting one was incident report, uh, Man, I'm with feces, but this is a big one. Back in 2018, personnel did not follow BSL-3 visitor policy and escorted a visitor without documentation, training, or testing into the BSL space. So who's getting into these labs? We're always told that everything is done at the highest safety level, but it's very interesting when you start looking at some of these. And then you've got another one, accident exposure. They're working with – chikungunya virus in the BSL-3. There was a needle stick. There's no specific treatment for this virus, but the person never actually got sick. But it is interesting to see, once again, that these lab leaks and these accidents can happen. I would ask that they be more public. And when we start bringing in new viruses, like Sosuga, literally has only one known human infection. It was discovered in 2012. So when you start dealing with viruses like that...
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, my question, this is happening at CSU. Is CSU kind of the only ones that's doing this kind of research? Is this happening at colleges and universities across the country? Or is CSU, and I'll put that in air quotes, special on this?
SPEAKER 10 :
I don't know that. But I do know the other places where I've researched that look at Nipah viruses are Usually, BSL-4 labs that seem to be run by the government, like NBAC out in Manhattan, Kansas, is set up for Hope and Mouth, but also things like NEPA. Hamilton, Montana has the NIAID labs, Rocky Mountain labs. That's a BSL-4. They were looking at doing the NEPA. Needle up in Boston, they're a BSL-4. they're a whole different level than what they were looking at doing here. Remember, the bat vivarium for the Indian flying fox bats was only going to be a BSL-2, and they're going to be free flying, and it'd be a breeding colony. And they do have some BSL-level-3 work as well at CSU-Fort Collins. So I don't know. Other universities, I'm sure, are doing this kind of work, but You know, when looking into the NBAP, basically they had like a concrete shovel, then a concrete shovel, then a concrete shell. The guy who designed it lived a half mile downwind, kind of putting his money where his mouth is. You know, like I read some interviews from him and he was saying, look, you know, I need to prove it safe. So, you know, I'm going to, I'm going to move right close to the lab myself. And they had a lot of different facility protections, extra power generation, tertiary power generation, what have you, a lot of protocols. So, It is a question like if research like this should get done at all, and then if it gets done, how safely can it be done? And what can we look at? I remember growing up on Long Island, we had Plum Island, and Plum Island was literally an island off of Long Island. And that's where the research was done. So you actually had to take a boat over to do your research. That's kind of isolating.
SPEAKER 18 :
So what do you think, what is the why? You just said we question whether or not this research should be done. What is the why on this, Mike Rollick?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, everything that you read about bat research would say that bats are a great reservoir for virus, right? They can hold multiple viruses. They don't get the cytokine storm. They don't show any outward infections or sicknesses. So they're great reservoirs to study, but then you have these zoonotic viruses that can jump to different species, like Zika, sorry, Zika, Nipah, can jump from bats to humans, bats to pigs, bats to dogs and cats. They have equestrian issues in Australia with Nipah virus. And then there is one example that I saw that it might have infected a cow. So I guess the idea is to study these things to understand how to deal with them when and if they do jump. But I guess the worry from all the folks I've talked to that would be with all this research and all this breeding and all this changing of the virus, if you will. are we inadvertently doing the wrong thing? You know, and then bringing these risks from out of the country of origin to a country here where there's no background immunity. John Messstein from EcoHealth Alliance had been studying Nipah since about 2002 in Southeast Asia. And one of his papers suggested some background immunity in the general environment for a Nipah virus. So, you know, if you're studying it in the country of origin and if there is a lab leak, Is there a better chance for it to be quelled there by this background national immunity that's starting to develop? Whereas if you bring it to a brand new country, you know. There's no immunity at all. It's a completely foreign entity.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, those are really, really good questions. Anything else on that? We've got just a few minutes left. You mentioned we might want to talk about the 11th Amendment. Anything else on Fort Collins?
SPEAKER 10 :
We'll just keep updated as we go. But like I was saying, reaching out to... your representatives, you know, about this kind of work. The Board of Governors also is ultimately responsible, as far as I understand, for what goes on at the CSU university system. That is also an elected position. So it's just yet another race to kind of pay attention to. And I believe that they're in the even years. I don't think they're in the odd years, but I could be wrong on that. But again, you know, we look at school board votes, We look at city votes, county votes, and then you've got to look at the other entity votes that aren't like the normal governor vote or president vote. But they do have far-reaching implications.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, they really do, and that's why I did the voter's guide, was to help people on the issues and then recommend that people do research regarding the – for school board candidates, transformcolorado.org is a really good resource. And then regarding your city council and your mayors, give them a call. I did list the numbers for the county clerks, but for your municipal elections, just call your municipal clerk and get the contact information for the – candidate and then just reach out to them ask them I think some of the key questions would be density and do you you know what do you think about road diets I think all those things could be good questions any other questions that you jump out at you Mike Rolick that people should ask City Council and mayor candidates yes the
SPEAKER 10 :
The thing that we've been dealing with here, too, is the growth of the staff's authority and then also the transparency issues, right? We have been working hard to keep public comment period for new business in front of the meeting, the main bulk of the meeting agenda. I think that's really important. But we did lose the online option. in Arvada, but Jeffco has still kept it. And it's interesting to have a technological wonder, like a Zoom meeting or a Zoom-like meeting, right, you know, WebEx or what have you, and then have it taken away after people get used to the fact that they can participate, you know, from far reaches of their city or county. Arvada's 35 square miles. Jeffco is probably hundreds of square miles and 550,000 people. And to get down to a county meeting could take an hour from certain parts. And to have that online option is great. So try to preserve maximum participation so people realize that they can show up either virtually or in person and try to make a difference is absolutely huge. But what we're seeing it go away under the guise of it costs a lot. But the First Amendment is priceless to me.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, I totally agree. So Mike Rolick, we will talk with you next Wednesday. I thank you for keeping us apprised of things that are happening in Colorado and in our local jurisdictions. And again, this is very, very important. So Mike Rolick, thanks so much.
SPEAKER 10 :
Thanks. Have a great day.
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SPEAKER 11 :
Well, exactly. And this has been a problem for a long time. But I did want to, I was listening to your show just a few minutes ago, but I did want to add something on. Tucker Carlson did a podcast with a Dr. Andrew Huff, H-U-F-F, Dr. Andrew Huff. who is a highly qualified kind of basic researcher and engineer who was involved with EcoHealth Alliance while this whole COVID thing was being developed. So now years later, he's talking about, I mean, he talked about it before, that the whole COVID story didn't add up. And the bioweapons labs and all that. And he does a long podcast with Tucker Carlson. The last 25 minutes are absolutely frightening about where technology has gone. And all of these labs with the gain of function and stuff, they're not going away at all. And that just kind of dovetails off of your prior guests. And, yeah, this is not stopping, and they're still developing, doing gain-of-function research on these viruses all over the world.
SPEAKER 18 :
And explain gain-of-function for people that don't understand what that is exactly, Dr. Jill.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, yeah, what they tell us gain of function. Oh, well, this is good because, you know, other countries or there may be some like a bat who carries all these viruses and maybe this virus will mutate and then it's going to cross over to people and then it's going to cause the next pandemic. So, therefore, we need to anticipate what genetic mutations may occur so we can have a vaccine ready just in case. Well, you know, and that whole premise is such a joke. It is scientifically garbage because it takes... Not just one or two mutations. It takes a whole series. It's got to be like this perfect storm of mutations that have to occur in order for any virus to transmit. even within the animal species, then across animal species, or jump over to humans, cause a disease in humans, then be transmissible human to human, and then another, you know, to cause a pandemic. I mean, the trajectory is godlike, right? I mean, this is not something that just happens all the time. that a bat gets a virus and it jumps all of a sudden and becomes a pandemic. No. So they call this gain of function. Oh, like, we really need to have this research, folks. We're trying to keep you guys safe. Baloney. They're doing this research to develop bioweapons that can be used against people and animals, either for warfare. That's how it all started was warfare. So they've been manipulating these viruses since World War I. And Spanish flu, you really kind of wonder, wow, that was a big one. Where exactly, you know, what exactly was the structure then? Who knows? I don't know. But haven't had anything since then. Even COVID wasn't as bad as Spanish flu. So anyway, nobody stopped doing their biowarfare thing. So research, once you get started with that stuff, it's like you're never going to get rid of nuclear weapons because we already have them.
SPEAKER 18 :
So what do we do about it? It makes us feel a little helpless here as regular people.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, you know, it depends on good people doing the right thing or getting the wrong people to do the right thing. Once it's there, it's going to be there. You're not going to stop this bio research. The problem is people need to know about it. People need to understand that this is happening. They are making these viruses. They are messing with the genetic sequences and genetic structures of viruses in order to make them lethal to animals and humans. So many of these outbreaks in the poultry production areas, right? Or just like the bird flu. Where did that come from? The swine flu. How did that get to be so bad? You know, they've been working with anthrax to make it more. That's been going on for decades, apparently. But I encourage people, watch this Tucker Carlson, Dr. Andrew Huff. You can get it free on YouTube. It's this extended, you know, this long format podcast interviews. This guy is like way up there in credibility. He actually worked with EcoHealth Alliance and then realized, oh my gosh, what are these guys doing? Then he left them and... You know, everything that we've been talking about, Kim, over the years about COVID, he verifies it, every single thing. So I'm going through this podcast going, yeah, we talked about that. Yeah, we talked about that. He's verifying that. Yep, we were right about that. We were right about that. We were right about that. All our conspiracy theory stuff, right, we were all correct. And he was on the inside during that whole process of EcoHealth Alliance developing COVID, the virus, for decades before it was released, probably, you know, November 1st. To 2019, October, November, 2019. So, yeah. So he verifies all that. So I'm like, blah, blah. Yeah. Yeah. I heard that. I heard that the last 25 minutes, folks. God smacked. You are going to, you are going to be so alarmed and astounded at what he reveals with between the, these, the, the development of these viruses and cloning and of the viruses and nanotechnology with AI. Yikes. And the technology exists. It's already here.
SPEAKER 18 :
What do we do about it? That's the thing. What do we do about it?
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. You know, it's like any technology can be used for good or bad. They're going to tell us, well, if we do nanotechnology and put viruses in tiny little microscopic particles and you swallow it because, you know, here instead of taking chemotherapy, we have developed based on your DNA, the structure of your DNA and all this, we have developed a single treatment method. Through this virus with a certain genetic structure that it's going to it's tailor made to you. So all you have to do is swallow this little pill that contains this little nano virus or this virus attached to some nano, a tiny little device. You swallow that. It's going to go right to the cancer. It'll kill the cancer, but it's not going to kill you otherwise. Right. You know, that's what they're going to say. That's going to be the justification. It's like the neural link, you know, justification. So any technology can be used for good or bad. But once it's here, it's here and there's nothing we can do about it. And there are going to be people that are going to use it for good. There are going to be people that are going to use it for bad. And the people that are going to use it for bad are going to be the hard ones to find, right? because they know that they're doing it with nefarious purposes. They're going to be behind the scenes. They're going to be in the intelligence communities. They're going to be the DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency, the Department of the Military that's really behind so much of this stuff, including COVID. So the people that are doing it for nefarious reasons, the World Economic Forum, all that stuff, EcoHealth Alliance. They were all doing it behind the scenes, under the radar, lying to the public, right? You cannot stop people from behaving badly but we can say but we can say no we can say no as much as you know that if you know that it's going on or if you're given an option yes say no say no okay right well but they're but they have the technology to do a lot of stuff to us without us even knowing it
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, that's why we have to continue to search for truth on these particular issues. And that's why we do the show. We're going to go to break. I'm talking with Dr. Jill Vecchio, and she's concerned about electronic records. And I know that we finished up some of the things that the concerns regarding what Mike Rollick was talking about in segment two. These are very important discussions. and it's important to kick the tires on these ideas. They happen because of our sponsors. For everything mortgages, reach out to Lorne Levy. He can help you in 49 of the 50 states, just not New York.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out the website for the USMC Memorial Foundation. While you're there, support them. We're coming up on Veterans Day, and it is important to support these different organizations that... shed light on our veterans, our military, and the sacrifices that they make for our liberty. And so a great way to show appreciation is to make sure that we support the USMC Memorial Foundation. And then also the Center for American Values located down in Pueblo, co-founded by Drew Dix, Medal of Honor recipient, and Brad Padula. Pueblo is known as the home of heroes because there's four Medal of Honor recipients that grew up there. And so... Be sure and support the Center for American Values as well. And that website is AmericanValuesCenter.org, AmericanValuesCenter.org. They're nonpolitical, they are nonpartisan, and they focus on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. So Dr. Jill Vecchio is on the line. And Dr. Jill, why are you concerned about electronic medical records? That was a big thing in Obamacare.
SPEAKER 11 :
It was, and it really kind of became mandatory in Obamacare. So doctors had to pay between $30,000 and $70,000 per physician or per small practice. The large practice was practically per physician to make the transfer from paper records over to electronic health records online. All the data from paper charts had to be transferred over into an electronic health records, some software version. And there are a few software versions. You had to have all of these boxes checked in this electronic health records. Whenever a patient came in, you had to ask this question, this question, this question. It had to be entered into their electronic health records. And then if you checked, if you missed checking a box, you wouldn't get paid by the insurance company or the government. Right. So it was tied intimately, not just a mandate, but it was also tied to reimbursement. So any time there's force versus freedom, right? If electronic health records was such a good thing, people would be doing it already, and some people did. But then they didn't have the right software, one of the approved softwares. So some of them had to buy a whole new software system. So it was ridiculous cost to physicians. Just off the bat, if you're transferring patients, paper records for 3,000 patients and you're scrambling to get it done in what, like a year or two's time? How accurate do you think whoever is entering that data, do you think maybe they made some mistakes in people's records?
SPEAKER 1 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right? Then the records go into this long-term storage, iron mountain kind of stuff. So it's practically impossible to actually go back and check some things after a while. Now, whenever I've been to the doctor since electronic health records started... They say, oh, well, you know, I did a concierge doc for a while. Oh, you're going to spend, you're going to have a two-hour visit with a doc or a one-hour visit, and they're going to go through everything with you. You're going to get so much attention. It's just going to be amazing. So I go in, and it's not the doctor that's taking the history. It is the nurse or a medical assistant or a physician's assistant, not the physician, okay? So they are sitting at a computer. i could i could have a purple head and balloons coming out of my ears and they would not have noticed because they are embedded in their computer asking questions paging through going oh dang it i went to the wrong page oh shoot oh shoot this messed this up i gotta you know i'm sorry we have to start over because they're entering data into a computer now I was livid by the end of that hour. I was just like, you know what? Put the damn computer away. Excuse me. Put the computer away. Look at me. Why don't you ask me questions? Take written notes. And then on your own time, you go enter that into the computer. You do this stuff on your own time, not my time. this appointment could have taken 10 minutes and you could actually had time to do a physical exam on me. How about that? You know? So it's like all the, all the time and attention is being put into laptop computers, entering electronic health records through this cumbersome software. And we know what happens when you go through, right? If you're filling out some form, how many times do you end up, Oh geez, the whole thing just froze up on me. Or it just like, you hit submit and it doesn't give you any confirmation number or something, right? And you're like, do it or not, you know? Am I being charged this amount of money or not, you know? So I've filled out stuff online. um for electronic health records right over here your appointment you're going to be a new patient here get on our patient portal and fill out your history and everything else i go on there i spend an hour filling out accurate history is accurate all this information submit it i show up for the appointment you're like we never got your that didn't go through We have to start over and do it again. I mean, have you ever had that? How many times have you had that?
SPEAKER 18 :
You know, I don't go to the doctor very often.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I don't anymore, not unless I absolutely have to. But I have a couple of prescriptions I have to get regularly. So I'm forced to go to a doctor just to get the prescriptions refilled. But it's infuriating. And so that's number one. It has put a computer and data collection. It's all about data collection. This isn't about better patient care. I can tell you, how much time do we have here? A couple minutes?
SPEAKER 18 :
We've got about four minutes.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, okay. So here's a good story. My husband fell skiing and broke his wrist. Waited three weeks to finally get an x-ray. It was just, it was busted good. I mean, several fractures. So we finally go to the orthopedic surgeon. And yeah, so he ends up not, you know, didn't have to have surgery because by that time enough healing had occurred that they really couldn't do surgery. And, you know, not anyway, it wouldn't do any good. And he was healing quite well. Anyway, so we did a follow-up visit a few weeks later. So naturally, we're not with a doctor. We are with a physician's assistant, very nice guy, and he's going through the electronic health records sitting at the laptop, and he's talking about, so, Mr. Vecchio, so did you, did the surgery go okay? Are you happy with the results? Are you having any pain since the surgery? How's the scarring? Let me see how the scar looks. And we're like going, what are you talking about? Well, He didn't have surgery. And it's like I go in with my husband on these visits now because it's insane. Some of the information. Well, didn't you? You had this, right? And you had surgery on this day. I mean, they had the day and everything. Oh, my gosh. That he had had surgery. What kind of surgery he had had. All listed in his electronic health records. He had never had surgery. We said he hasn't had surgery on his wrist. Well, yes, he has. It's right here. Wow. That was the response. Yes, he has. You're wrong. He has had surgery because it's here on the computer in his electronic health records.
SPEAKER 18 :
Goodness gracious.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right? So what you're saying is that... But these lower level, these paraprofessionals, the PAs, the MAs, it's like they have their little algorithms and everything has to fit into an algorithm sometimes.
SPEAKER 18 :
But that's awesome.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right.
SPEAKER 18 :
But that's they've been trained that way. And we have talked about it before. But you and I are both concerned about many of the young people that are going through the education for health care. Because there is this agenda that you and I have both been concerned about. Instead of concerned about the patient, many of them have an agenda. And some of it's World Economic Forum stuff that's been pushed on them. So throwing that out there with a minute left, what's your comments on that, Dr. Giovecchio?
SPEAKER 11 :
So the first thing I would say to everybody, recommendation, next time you go to a doctor, review your entire history, your medications. All it takes is one wrong keystroke. You know, when you're taking notes, very seldom are you going to make a mistake writing things down. You're going to make a mistake all the time on a computer, especially if you're just checking boxes. And if you're typing in, maybe a couple of numbers get transposed or there's an extra zero.
SPEAKER 18 :
So can we turn this around, Dr. Jill?
SPEAKER 11 :
We can't get rid of electronic health records. This is data collection. They're on the trajectory to use this for a whole lot of things. So I think this is not the only, you know, I think we need to continue with this going into what this data is being used for and the AI. And then this discussion actually ties into the whole Tucker Carlson, nanotechnology stuff. I mean, it starts with data collection through electronic health records. Wow. So one thing just on the, you know, there are only some things we can control for right now, but the first thing you can do is make sure that your electronic health patient record is accurate. Right.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. On that note, Dr. Jill, we'll talk with you next month and also want to say thank you for guest hosting the show recently. I really appreciate that as well.
SPEAKER 11 :
I appreciate how well you time all of your breaks.
SPEAKER 18 :
You do very well on one of them. I know the clock management is tricky, but thank you so much, Dr. Jill. Have a great day. We'll talk next month. And Will Rogers said this, some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me. He says, I want people to know why I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you're not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for our number two.
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SPEAKER 06 :
Good morning, Kim.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, what's the 10-year treasury doing?
SPEAKER 06 :
It's actually gone down a bit. It's grossed through four. It's like $3.98 this morning, which is nice to see. It hasn't had a huge reflection yet on mortgage rates, to be honest. The mortgage market, like I always tell you, is what the term we use is loosely tied to the 10-year note, meaning it doesn't exactly follow it, but it follows it pretty close. So the mortgage market trades on its own. It's its own set of bonds. But rates have been decent for a little bit now. at what I would call the lower half of the 6% range for most folks. And people with really good credit with a good down payment or a good amount of equity are getting in the low 6s, which is nice.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. So is this the first time in a while that the 10-year Treasury has been below 4?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. It's at least been... I would think, I'm trying to remember what I saw, but, you know, it's not as long as you think because it'll blip down sometimes and then bounce back up. So I think it's only been a couple months, Kim. I don't think it's been like two years since it's been below four. Yeah, it's nice to see, and it's helpful. And, you know, it helps. Anytime rates can come down a bit, it helps people with home equity loans. But, you know, we're in reverse mortgages, so it's just nice to see. Although I did read something the other day, an article just from some industry person, an economist that was saying that they thought rates would be where they are now between six and, like, six and a half all the way through to 2028. So we'll see. You know, that's just an economic opinion, but... Well, we should find out.
SPEAKER 18 :
It seems like economists and weather people are the only two professions where you can be wrong a lot of the time and still keep your job.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I think economists are, as a group, just overly conservative in their math, not in their politics, but in their projections, because they don't want to get people hyped up for something that doesn't happen. So hopefully they're a little high. That'd be great.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. So you're probably seeing some real opportunity. What are you recommending to people that might have a mortgage above what X rate to give you a call?
SPEAKER 06 :
I would think that anybody who has a mortgage above 675 to 6875 should be taking a look and making a phone call. Like you and I always talk about, it's free to call and have a talk. um just to see what options are out there as a company we're never going to suggest someone do a loan just so we can do the loan if it's not in their best interest so it's always fair to have a conversation and see if it makes sense see what the how long it takes to recoup whatever cost there may be and see how much you can save on a monthly basis and likewise what i do know for a fact and this is uh facts is that our credit card debt in this country is the highest it's ever been and there's a lot of people hurting and sometimes people think well i have a really low mortgage rate But then they have all these credit cards that they're paying 25% on. And sometimes, you know, a cash out refi to pay off that debt can really help when you think about the overall monthly payments being spent and the blended rates and things. So if there's people that have a lot of debt, I would take a look and make a phone call as well.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and Lauren, people are being squeezed because of public policy. High taxes, high fees, this idea with vibrant Denver, which is the five bond questions, the debt questions, which I'm highly recommending a no on that. And so instead of government having that money, if you had that money in your own pocket, instead of having it forcibly be taken from you for government, that would really help people a lot as well. And, Lauren, I saw this, not sure if you saw this headline, but Michael... Mayor Mike Johnston, this is from Axios Denver. He said he has a message for Denver voters. If his 950 million vibrant Denver bond doesn't pass, and that's actually it's five bonds in there, there'll be no new park and maybe no Beyonce. He says that this ambitious bond proposal would help develop the Denver Broncos Stadium, which I thought that they said there was no public money in that, and Park Hill Golf Course. But he said apparently Beyonce only likes to perform in covered venues, and so we need to spend $950 million so that she could come to Denver in a covered venue. I think the answer should be no on that, Lorne Levy.
SPEAKER 06 :
Talk about appealing to the uneducated. Oh, my gosh. And with the Broncos thing, I believe that they're building the stadium with their own money. I believe that's right, but I believe that they're looking for infrastructure help, you know.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, that's right.
SPEAKER 06 :
To make it more accessible.
SPEAKER 18 :
Road and bridge upgrades around Burnham Yard, it says. Yeah, that's what it is. Okay, so there you have it. I think the answer should be no on that.
SPEAKER 06 :
But that would make sense just by simply reading it.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, definitely. So, hey, Lorne Levy, if people want to take a look at their own personal amount of money in their pocket regarding their mortgages, what's the best way to reach you?
SPEAKER 06 :
Just call 303-880-8881.
SPEAKER 18 :
Again, that's Lorne Levy, 303-880-8881. And we will talk with you next week, Lorne Levy.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right. And next week, no, I'm sorry. Yeah, next week's the Fed. So we'll have someone to talk about that.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, so we want to move you to Thursday, don't we?
SPEAKER 06 :
Most likely, yeah, because they're going to announce on Wednesday.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, we'll make that happen. So Lorne will be on next Thursday. And have a great week, and we'll talk then.
SPEAKER 06 :
You as well. Thank you.
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SPEAKER 07 :
We can't all be heroes. Some of us have to sit on the curb and clap while they go by.
SPEAKER 18 :
Where did that come from?
SPEAKER 07 :
I thought it was Will Rogers Day on the Kim Monson show.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, it is Will Rogers. Yeah. It is, and I chose Will Rogers because you were going to be on. I was looking for cowboy quotes, and I ended up with Will Rogers. And, yeah, it is Will Rogers. He was so funny because everything that he kind of shed light on was true, but we hadn't really thought about it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, 100%. I mean, you cannot... ever stopped getting enough out of the will rogers insight that wisdom and wit i mean it's just incredible and you hear believe all that came from oklahoma before oklahoma was a state by the way he was born in 1879 and uh born in the cherokee nation did you hear my quote for the beginning of the show i did yes i did it's too bad they keep coming back
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, I know. I know.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's like Kristi Noem's got two brand-new jets to fly her around. Just bought two for reportedly up to $200 million. Not one, two new jets paid for by the Coast Guard.
SPEAKER 18 :
Really?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, man. Oh, man. I don't like that.
SPEAKER 07 :
The old one wasn't working anymore. I guess they didn't get the oil change often enough or something. I don't know. But, yeah, they didn't buy her one. They bought her two at a reported somewhere between $150 and $200 million.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, my gosh. I had not heard that. Just a little story on oil change. My father, you know, farmer, he always made sure that the engines had their oil changed. And so when I went out on my own, I had the old family Buick. And I had learned how to change the oil, but I don't really like it. I don't really like to crawl underneath a car. But I did it a couple of times, and I thought, you know what, I don't really like this. But my dad always said, make sure that you have enough oil. But when I would go home, he would check the oil in my car. He'd sneak out and check it just to see what was going on. And he came in and he said, Kim, the oil in your car, you're a quart high. And he said, you can't put too much oil in the car because then that will be bad for the engine as well. So instead of being a quart low, I was a quart high.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's clear why I like you so much because every time you start talking about your father, it's like, oh, man, this guy is incredible. And I absolutely love changing oil in my own vehicles. Well, let me restate that. I used to. Now they have made it so that it's very difficult for you to crawl under there because they put that oil filter in a place that you have to break an arm in order that you can actually get up in there and get that thing off and get it back. It's all about maintaining the service at the dealership.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, I know. I know. Well, before we get into what I think we might talk about, tell us about your week. What was important? What happened?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, pretty much this week. I had a great trip to North Dakota last week, by the way. We'll just start with that. I got to see some people I had not seen for a while, got into some areas that are dealing with wind and solar development, continued to be wind and solar development that we're keeping at bay, and the weather has been pretty good. It's beautiful today, and we've got to get a lot of ranch work done because winter's coming.
SPEAKER 18 :
Winter is coming, and I was not aware. I just did a quick search on this Kristi Noem thing. Kristi Noem defends. This is from The Hill two days ago. Kristi Noem defends $170 million purchase of Gulfstream jets for DHS leaders. It's not a good look. It's just not a good look at all. So let's jump over here, though. You said that one of the things that you are concerned about is this Trump and Argentine beef. So walk us through that, Trent Luce.
SPEAKER 07 :
That has absolutely dominated my world since Thursday afternoon at 430 when I received the first text from somebody to say, what did Trump just say? Thursday, he made a statement about he has worked some magic and he's going to fix high beef prices. That led to Friday a total wreck in the futures of feeder cattle and live cattle markets. In fact, some record lows, not record lows, record drops in terms of $9 is what they dropped. And then on Sunday, he actually laid out the details, how he and Prime Minister Malay in Argentina had worked out this plan, to bring in beef from Argentina to alleviate the high prices of beef in the store. Now, I've got a serious issue with that because if you look at what everything else costs, if you even go look at what processed food costs in the store today compared to what it cost 10 years ago, beef is the value buy in the store. And you're getting nutrition density like you can't get anywhere else. And we're at a point where... The cattlemen of the U.S. have finally been getting a price that they were able to pay the bills. And people think, well, my goodness, it's $5. These feeder calves are bringing $5 a pound. And, you know, it used to be that if we got $2 a pound, we thought we really did something. Well, Kim, I went and looked at the 1990 data. on what feeder calves were worth in 1990. And it says about $1.67, and that's on a 600-pound calf. And that's per pound, right? That's per pound. But when you factor, so a 600-pound calf in 1990 would bring, what, just $750? No, it would be more than that. It would be just short of $2 pounds, $1.67, so you're talking $1,100 today. And so then I looked at the adjusted for inflation. And in 1990, adjusted for inflation, a calf was worth $4 a pound. So for a calf to be $5 a pound, equating to what all prices were, where have we had any limitation on what we buy today? At any level, look at insurance, look at taxes, look at your car, look at electricity, 35% increase in electricity, 2025. At every turn, there's an increase. But for some reason, we have this desire to keep beef down at a low price. Why? I don't understand that. So we are the number one beef producer in the world. The United States produces 28 billion tons of beef a year. And we are the number one beef importer in the world. 2024 and all years previous, our number one importer was Australia. And the reason we typically import Australian beef is because they have a lean product, a lean cow product that we bring in, that we blend with what we call our trim, and we produce ground beef. Everything has changed in 2025. Brazil is now the largest beef importer into the United States, and they've maxed out their quota. This is where the story gets really interesting. For years, for 20 years, we looked to Argentina as the beef-consuming nation of the world. Their per capita beef consumption was double what it is in the United States. They have just been pure beef consumers. But if you watch, and I started watching this a year ago about right now, last fall, Because of, if you're ready for this, because of drought conditions and challenges to the market... The beef inventory in Argentina is at a record low. That's exactly the same story that we have in the United States. We have a beef inventory value numbers that are at a record low. We're still producing the same amount of total beef, which is ironic, but it's happening because we used to feed our cattle to 1,350 pounds. I saw a set of 89 steers at market weight at 1,800 pounds this week in Yankton, South Dakota. Those cattle brought $4,300 per head, just to give you an idea of what's going on. Back to Argentina. Argentina in 2025, they are no longer a beef-consuming nation. They're eating more chicken and more pork, and it's 100% because it costs too much. So what they've been doing in Argentina is importing Brazilian beef into Argentina to compensate for the high beef prices in Argentina. And now we have Donald Trump ushering in a path to bring Argentina beef into the United States because the beef prices are too high. My real concern, I have no verification, this is just some speculation, that Brazil has found a way to bring more beef into the United States, sending it into Argentina, doing something process-wise, bringing it to the United States as Argentina beef. There's so much happening in this particular realm. And then on top of all of that, lo and behold, I find out, and this may seem like a distraction, but it's not, Kim. Malay, the prime minister of Argentina, his grandfather moved from Poland to Argentina, and his name was Malakowski. Do you know who else had a name of Malakowski before he changed it to Netanyahu? Turns out that Benjamin Netanyahu and Malay in Argentina come from the same family. And Malay has said repeatedly, once I'm done with this prime minister thing, I'm going to be done being a Catholic. I'm going to become a Jew. That's what he's been saying.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. And ironically, we learned that the number one supplier of kosher beef in Israel is Argentinian.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. Well, interesting dots that you're connecting.
SPEAKER 07 :
So many things have come to light.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, interesting dots that you're connecting. I'm not quite sure what to do with that. I'm talking with sixth-generation farmer and rancher Trent Luce, and it's time for break. So I wanted to mention the Second Syndicate. In fact, I went on and made up my contribution to their program for the FASTER program so that I will be, my name will be put into the drawing for one of the firearms that they will have as the prize on that. And so you can do that by going to the secondsyndicate.com. That's the 2ndsyndicate.com. And really appreciate the great work they're doing to protect our Second Amendment rights, because the Second Amendment is in the Constitution to protect all of the other rights.
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SPEAKER 07 :
Before we go to that, I want to make sure my point is heard because I didn't finalize my point on this Argentina beef import scenario. We have seen horrible economic times across all of agriculture in 2025. In fact, we have had Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, constantly in the last 30 days to six weeks talk about how economic times are horrible in agriculture. We're going to have to help them. The one shining spot in all of agriculture in 2025 has been the beef business. The only producers who are truly holding their own in 2025 is the very producers who are going to be impacted by a decrease in beef prices. Beef demand was not suffering. Beef demand is flying off the shelf in 2025, even though it's at an elevated price. That's because people now understand how helpful, how important it is from the nutrient density standpoint. And these actions by the USDA and Donald Trump are going to cause financial hardship for cattlemen in the U.S., which we're in good shape. We want the government to stay out of the mix. But that was the moral of that story. And these beef imports are not going to do anything to solve the problem. The real problem is consolidation in the packer ownership. Nobody argues that. And this just facilitates that to an even bigger degree because who distributes that product in the United States? Those conglomerates like JBS Swift who control the world when it comes to meat production. I just want to make sure we had that point clear.
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Okay. Thank you for buttoning that up on that. Okay, are you ready to go over to the Constitution and states' rights? Okay. So you'd made the case last week. You said if California wants to be stupid on something, then let them be stupid on that. But they have to be responsible for those decisions. And let's see, what was the thing that we were – what was the other issue that –
SPEAKER 07 :
It all started with Proposition 12 and what's taking place in the pork business. And there is a new proposal as an act. save our bacon act as part of the farm bill which is what facilitated this but historically what we've seen happen is that when California and I have a friend who has moved to France and is just back in California and I had her on across the pond this morning she just is reeling in what has happened to California since she left four years ago in terms of food prices in terms of urbanization and in terms of electric and what's taking place in the shortage of water But what happens is California, I'll just take back to what started all of this, was Proposition 2 requesting that chickens have more space laying eggs in a cage. Well, because you may have been in Iowa, and I use Iowa because Iowa's the number one egg-producing state in the nation, you may be an Iowa farmer, you couldn't comply with what they had of 72 inches instead of 68 inches. It was really that ridiculous. But California had no ability to put the same standards in place for eggs that came in from Mexico. So what happened was by creating a law, which is their own choice, but they facilitated importing food from another country instead of bringing it from Iowa. And that is what morphed into this whole evolution that got to where Proposition 12 is. You have to meet these California standards. So my real question is, what are they doing in Mexico? Are they meeting those standards? Are we bringing pork in from Mexico? How does that apply to what we just talked about with Argentina beef? Is Argentina beef meeting the standards of California?
SPEAKER 18 :
So is California not checking the standards if it comes from out of the country, but they're forcing those standards? Oh, man.
SPEAKER 07 :
So that is, once again, making it tougher, creating this artificial higher input cost to do business in the United States and sell products in the United States. But again, I'm coming back to California. The people have got to fix this in California. We're not going to fix it in Washington, D.C. By putting in place a Save Your Bacon Act... again, it's trying to find a bandaid to the real problem. We need a cure. The cure is people are too complacent and sitting back. For example, in California, this is not related directly, but ties into the solution. In 2015, there was a ballot initiative in California to spend money to increase the water holding ability of California. Because California, despite living in a desert, gets enough rainfall to generate the water that they need. But what they do is that they allow the water to leave and go to the ocean where they even passed a measure to dedicate, I don't remember off the top of my head, the amount of money to increase the water storage capacity so that the water is available when they need it for growing food. But in order to protect the delta smelt, which is a little minnow, They have X amount of water that they cannot capture, despite the fact that people voted to put in these water storage units. They haven't built one single one with that money because they want to protect this little endangered minnow that is causing this really causing a lack of food to be produced. And I don't know who's going to continue to remain in food production in California or how you can be that resilient to combat the stupidity. But the answer to those questions, both of those scenarios, in my mind, is that until the California eaters, people who either pay more or don't have access to food, rise up and say, look, you've got to get your act together, they're going to continue to do it. And I'm not talking about 12 people. I'm talking about 2 million.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah. Well, so I think... That may be raising another question that we may talk about when we come back from break. I'm talking with sixth generation farmer and rancher Trent Luce about the people that feed and fuel us and the issues that they are facing. And those issues are really huge. Right now. And so we have to continue the discussion. But did want to mention Little Richie's, which is located in Parker and in Golden. And they really have authentic New York flavor, but Colorado roots. I dropped by yesterday and got the most delicious calzone at the Little Richie's in Parker. And so it's a great place for daily specials and weekday lunch deals. They have a great happy hour worth planning around. They are your neighborhood favorite, and they're always serving up something worth stopping for. And again, that is Little Richie's in Parker and in Golden. And we talked with him yesterday, and that's John Bozen with Bozen Law. If you've been injured, reach out to them for a complimentary appointment.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And I wanted to mention the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo. And really beautiful portraits of valor of over 160 of our Medal of Honor recipients and their quotes. So be sure and check that out. Also, Pueblo is known as the home of heroes, and for the four Medal of Honor recipients, Right in front of the convention center, there's four really beautiful bronze statues. And it's important to learn these stories. It gives us heart and inspiration to continue in this battle of ideas that we're in right now in our country. And so be sure to check out that website. That is AmericanValueCenter.org. And then also the... website for the USMC Memorial Foundation. Check that out as well and support the memorial because it's so important to remember and honor those that have given their lives or been willing to give their lives for our liberty. And of course, a great way to honor them as we're coming in on Veterans Day is to support the USMCMemorialFoundation.org. Trent Luce, in our number one, we had citizen watchdog on, Mike Rolick. We were talking about the importation of bats from other countries to the bat lab up at CSU. And on that, Jenny, one of our listeners, said that CSU has a horrible track record for ugly things escaping their lab. She says that they are the ones that are responsible for the release of the chronic wasting disease on our deer and elk. She says they are so concerned about wildlife that they destroyed or incinerated all of the elk and several elk farms. Now that's spread around the country. They're not to be trusted on this, says Jenny. And I guess I also need to get an update on the ostriches in Canada. That's all kind of related. So what do you think about this chronic wasting disease? After you tell us what's going on with the ostriches.
SPEAKER 07 :
So the ostriches are pretty much still in the holding pattern. The government's still there threatening to kill them. Katie and her family are still keeping them at bay. There are so many things that are taking place. But at this point in the last week, there's been no change. I suggest anybody that's curious about prions and chronic wasting disease is supposedly a prion. the same exact prion that led to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the cow that stole Christmas in 2003. I'm going to put together a calculation this week on how much money the beef industry has spent on protecting fellow cattlemen and consumers from prion disease. And my guest on Friday's Rural Route, Dusty Backer, who's been studying this for four years, has documented there is no such thing as a prion. No prion has ever been discovered. We now believe, I believe, he convinced me, I've done a tremendous amount of research since Friday, the whole chronic wasting disease is not factual. It does not exist. That this deer issue, EHD... which is killing deer, is a real disease, can be tracked. Chronic wasting disease as a result of a prion is not a real thing. But Jenny's right. In the 1960s, Colorado State led the work, and they were the ones that were going to prove or disprove that cervids, deer and elk in the wild, posed a threat to the domestic cattle population. So if you were grazing cattle in the Rockies and they interacted with deer or elk, was there a threat to the cattle population? Well, what we know is is that CWD is not transferable from one person to, from one cervid to another species. It is not contagious is what I'm trying to say. And then what Jenny's referring to is that After a period of time, they decided that, no, there was no issue here. So they loaded up some deer and hauled them. I even found the health records when this happened, when I dug into this about 20 years ago, from Fort Collins to Wisconsin. And then they had this whole blowing up issue of deer in Wisconsin with supposed CWD issues. And here's all you have to ask. This is the research. Anybody wants to verify this? You want to talk to a scientist at Colorado State? Ask them to show you a prion. No prion, which supposedly was discovered in 1986, no prion has ever been identified or found under microscopic activity. If that whole thing is a lie, which I believe it is. And I believe that the deer develop holes in their brain as a result of mineral deficiencies, and this is very well documented. The amount of money that has been put at play in this particular regard and the deer and elk people who continue to jump through hoops unnecessarily for a prion disease, the prion does not exist today. There's a lot of explanations that need to take place here because we're talking in the beef industry. Maybe for certain, billions of dollars have been spent to protect people from prions.
SPEAKER 18 :
Hmm. So your opinion, CSU, this sounds like this stuff's been going on for a long, long time.
SPEAKER 07 :
Since the 60s. And the story that they gave us was that they conducted this research at Colorado State for up to five years, and they decided, oh, there's nothing here, nothing to see here, no problem. And then after the fact, they came up with, oh, wait, we misinterpreted this. The incubation period for this disease is seven years, so we didn't give it enough time. Well, first of all, most cows don't live to be seven years old. Our market animals are less than 26 months, for the most part, for sure less than 30 months. And yet, on December 28, 2003, Ann Veneman in a press conference, and I keep quoting Ann Veneman, and I know somebody wrote it for her, but she was the Secretary of Agriculture at the time. She started, I still hear her, Kim, in my head saying this statement. In an abundance of caution, we are going to identify specified risk material and remove that from the carcass. And what that means is, and they're trying to convince us, that prions only exist in the brain and spinal tissue. So we are going to remove brain and spinal tissue from the human food population. And we're going to solve this problem. And at that time, I remember that it cost $150 extra per animal to do this. And we're still doing it. We've done it every year to every beef animal, every sheep. By the way, sheep get scrapey. supposedly a prion disease which does not exist. Cattle get BSE, supposedly a prion disease which prions don't exist. And deer and elk get chronic wasting disease from a prion. A prion doesn't exist. We've been lied to.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. Speaking of that, we have about three minutes left. I read a story recently of a family where the daughter is in her 20s, been vegan for many years. I think so many of our young women that are highly educated are vegans. But what they have found is this young woman in her 20s is having some significant health challenges. And it's because she doesn't have enough iron. And I think it's probably because she didn't eat protein for so many years. You've got two minutes. What's your comments on that?
SPEAKER 07 :
It's been a while. I'm glad you reminded me of this. I used to interview people on a pretty regular basis that had been vegan at one point in time. And it's a cult. It's an absolute cult what happens. And the lady that I interviewed from California who you can find her. She goes on her handle on most social media is recovering vegan. She told me just straight up what happens is you get in this cult and you start developing sickness. You start developing some symptoms that make you not feel good. And they tell you, well, you're not vegan enough. the data shows that 80% of the people who are vegan at one point in time come back. And most of them don't even come back to just eating milk, meat, and eggs. They come back to a carnivore type diet because they got so sick from the depletion of the nutrients. They don't avoid eating protein. They simply don't eat protein that has the nutrient density that milk, meat, and eggs has. This is a And Dr. Georgia Ede was the best interview that I did. She's a psychiatrist who looked at the mental health of people who do not consume animal products, and it's a struggle. Dr. Lindsay Allen from University of California, Davis went to Kenya and studied kids in Kenya for two years and came home and said, and she's an employee. She was on a contract with USDA, but an employee of University of California, Davis. She point blank said, after my studies in Kenya, if parents do not force their kids to eat animal products for the protein and fat, because your brain is fat and cholesterol, and you've got to feed that thing. And what have we been told not to have? Cholesterol and fat. Consequently, Lindsay Allen said, I think parents should be charged with child neglect if they do not make their kids eat animal proteins and fats.
SPEAKER 18 :
Wow. Goodness gracious. Always learn something, Trent Luce. We'll do this again next Wednesday. I certainly appreciate it. And how can people find you, Trent Luce?
SPEAKER 07 :
LuceTalesMedia.com. Luce, L-O-U-S-T-A-L-E-S, Media.com. And we have the 2025 Man March coming up in Tennessee and North Carolina. All of the details are right there on the homepage of LuceTalesMedia.com.
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All right. We'll talk next week. Have a great week. And our quote for the end of the show is Will Rogers. He said this. Some people try to turn back their odometers. He says, not me. I want people to know why I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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Join us on a riveting episode of Rush to Reason as host John Rush delves into life's unpredictable nature and how to tackle it head-on. Discover insights on Health and Wellness Wednesday with Michael Bailey, where the importance of planning for unforeseen health events is discussed. Michael shares a poignant story about an unexpected accident that emphasizes the need for proper arrangements regardless of our health status. Throughout the conversation, John and Michael explore how these elements impact not only personal well-being but also practical life decisions, such as preparing your children for college life.
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I'm sorry that I'm fat. All right. Welcome. Health and Wellness Wednesday, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Michael Bailey joining me during this first segment of today's show. Michael, how are you? I'm good. How are you, John? Michael has his festive Halloween gear on. That's true. Tie, shirt, the whole bit.
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You know, I have a couple of Halloween ties and some orange dress shirts, and it's hard to wear them the rest of the year.
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All right, and the reason why we said Michael on is, A, he's always on before I am every Wednesday from 2.30 to 3, so you can always tune in and listen to Michael with his own music. program. But Michael has a lot to do with, you know, not necessarily the health of individuals, but what happens when you don't necessarily have great health or something happens. I mean, Michael, there's times where, you know, we could be in the best of health and we do everything we're supposed to, but something happens. There's surgeries, there's car accidents, there's things that are, you know, way beyond our control that really it doesn't have anything to do with how healthy we've been. Stuff just happens sometimes. That's correct.
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I mean, we got an interesting education in that this week. Okay. On Monday, I came home from work and I'm like, oh, I'm going to go out running. And so I was like, hey, babe. So my wife, you know, she walked beside me and I went. So I would run and she would walk beside me. I hadn't seen her all day, so I could talk to her. And we were out and there was apparently a, A little bit of the sidewalk where it was uneven. Yep. So I hear a couple of steps as my wife is trying to catch herself as she's falling and she goes down. And now she has a broken bone in her elbow.
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Oh, no.
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And you're like, that's just, you go out on a walk, you don't expect to come home with a broken elbow. And, you know, she hasn't, you know, hurt herself or broken anything in 15 years. But, you know, whether your health or wellness is there or not, You know, I mean, we're all one, you know, one stupid driver away from things.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, good point. One, you know, and they call them accidents for a reason, but, you know, one accident away from something happening. I had a conversation with one of our listeners the other day on one of the other shows, not this show, but one of my weekend shows. Sure. brought up the whole, you know, I hear Michael, and I never really thought about this whole when your kids go to college end of things, making sure things are dialed in along those lines. So we had a little bit of a conversation, and granted, it wasn't necessarily in this show, in this setting, but spent a little bit of time, and I said, you know, that's something that next time Michael's on, which you are right now on The Daily Show, you know, I thought I would mention that to everybody, and you could even talk about that for a moment, how important that is. And I will tell you that when all of my kids went off I didn't know. You didn't think about those things at that time. Fortunately, never had any issues. But now looking back on it, probably one of the things we should have had dialed in.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, it's also, it was a different time when your kids went to college. That's true. There were different rules. Yeah. The youngest is 33 now. So that was quite a while ago. I mean, you know, so when I went to college, you know, and I'm a little over 33, but I had a roommate who spilled hot water on his feet at a, at his job in the cafeteria, burned the top of his feet. So he had to go to the hospital and his parents could call in and talk to the doctors and everything was fine. Well, now, go off to college and you're 18, there are HIPAA laws that say your doctors and your nurses cannot discuss an adult's private health information with you, even if you are the parents.
SPEAKER 03 :
And, you know, there's – I've had – Which most parents would look at that and say, what are you talking about? I've been with them their entire life. I'm probably now supporting them still financially in this particular scenario.
SPEAKER 01 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 03 :
And you're going to now tell me that I can't know what's going on when something happens health-wise?
SPEAKER 19 :
You hit the magic age of 18, that's what happens. I mean, for us, you know, my daughter, she was on a – Just for like skin, clearer skin and, you know, some little bit of a mood stabilizer. It's like in a very low dose of what was a birth control drug. And so, you know, we ordered it for her and picked it up from the time she was 15, 16, 17. And then the day she turned 18, they wouldn't talk to us anymore. Oh, wow. And, you know, is that, you know, we could have a whole conversation about that good, bad, or otherwise. It just is what it is. It is. That's what you're dealing with. And so you do that. And then, you know, let's say you go off to college and you have somebody who gets really sick or injured at college and they need to withdraw from, you know, let's get somebody who gets... You know, we'll jump back a few years to get a college kid who gets COVID and ends up on a COVID floor and, you know, is, you know, on a ventilator for two months and, you know, makes a recovery. Great. But that two months, you got to withdraw the kid from school. You have to deal with the financial aid folks. You have to deal with the tuition folks and all that. So you've got medical, you've got financial, and if your kid's 18, they're not talking to you. So when your kids go off to college, it's one of those, again, you don't want to be like, oh, hey, we're leaving for college next week. We probably ought to get powers of attorney done. I'm like, well, you might want to plan ahead a little bit on that. And it's just not something you think about because you're excited about going off to college and you're going to you know, what are we going to major in and how are we going to decorate the dorm room and all those cool, fun, exciting things. And Oh, Hey, guess what? They're going to be 18. So we have to worry about this.
SPEAKER 03 :
Good point. No. And that was part of the, the conversation I had, you know, on air that day was right along those lines that, you know, these are things that, you know, you don't really think about and I'll, unless things have changed, Michael, and you would know this more than I do the schools and the institutions even tell you that you need to have these things done? Or is it more of, Yeah, they're 18, and they're on their own, and we don't really care about mom and dad. In other words, is it a part of the checklist when you're going through enrollment and all that sort of stuff? Probably not. Okay. So in other words, most people wouldn't think about this because nobody's telling them.
SPEAKER 19 :
Right. And, you know, your college is more trying to get you enrolled in classes. Right. I mean, that's, you know, for big universities and trying to figure out how to navigate the Maybe my dad talks about when he was registering for classes in college and you'd be at the field house and you'd like run between the different things and try to pick up a card so that you could get into class. And now it's all electronic online. But everybody's system is slightly different. And oh, by the way, the college has to figure out how to get you into housing and how do you bookstore and all of the stuff that goes into the education portion of it. I mean, schools, both elementary, junior high, high schools, and colleges, They don't – like the practical aspect of things isn't really their focus.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. Nope. Makes total sense. So for those of you listening, you may not be – you may have all of your stuff in order. You might have your estate all dialed in. Michael may have even done all of that. You might have everything all divvied up as to how things are going to happen, the living will, all of the different things, the power of attorneys, financial and medical and all of that. But you forgot – oh, wait a minute. We've got a 16-year-old that's now 17 that's not far from 18. Mm-hmm. that we not necessarily forgot about but there's another added piece now we need to take care of right so let's go sit down we'll take an hour get it the reason i'm mentioning this is for some of you that are listening you may actually have kids because i know what your schedule is like you may have kids turning 18 next spring you may want to very well get that taken care of and get on the books now because it'll be here sooner than you think
SPEAKER 19 :
Sure. And if you, you know, I mean, I'm booking January-ish, you know, like the last, almost last week of January right now.
SPEAKER 03 :
So you might have kids that turn 18 this spring. I would suggest you get in there and get going now is my point. So, you know, we can give you a call. We'll get something set up. Okay. All right. All right, Michael Bailey, again, you can find him at our website, RushToReason.com. You can go to KLZRadio.com. Pretty much anywhere that I am at, .com, you can find Michael there. And worst comes to worst, Michael, what is your direct phone number they can call you at? 720-394-6887. Perfect. All right, for Veteran Windows and Doors coming up next, if you want to save a lot of money on Windows and Doors, go direct to the source. They cut out the middleman. Talk to Dave today. Just go to KLZRadio.com.
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private and we guarantee that you will enjoy the experience listen online klz radio.com back to rush to reason all right we are back and it is again health and wellness wednesday appreciate y'all joining us nancy mccurney joining us now nancy welcome how are you today
SPEAKER 17 :
I'm great. How are you?
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm doing great. You are from the Bakehouse Bread Company. Thank you for joining us. And I apologize. I had this in my notes earlier, but I didn't put down the actual day. What day is National Pumpkin Day?
SPEAKER 17 :
It is the 26th.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, so coming right up. It is around the corner. Yeah, literally just around the corner, given it's National Pumpkin. The last guest I had on, by the way, had an orange shirt on, looked just like a pumpkin. So, yeah, we're all in that theme right now. So it's very fitting that you are here today. It worked out perfect. First of all, tell us a little bit about Bakehouse Bread Company, if you would.
SPEAKER 17 :
So we've been in business since 1996, and we're located in Tucson, Arizona. And we sell products nationwide and also from our website. Okay. And our two best sellers are zucchini bread and pumpkin bread.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 17 :
So it's fitting.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I've had somebody on that has talked about your company before. I've never had anybody directly from the company. And from what I understand, your products are made fresh, scratch, high ingredients. In other words, what you get is going to be top quality, very much like if you made it at home. Am I correct in saying it that way?
SPEAKER 1 :
100%.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay. Yeah, yes. Actually, our zucchini bread is – Basically, it was from my 92-year-old mother's recipe way back in the day. Awesome. Yes, yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm at your website right now. It looks delicious, by the way. I will have to go pick some up and try it. I like those sorts of bread. Well, I'm a bread guy, period. It's one of my problems, actually. I could sit down and have that at every meal, which I'm not supposed to, but I could very easily. And I should mention this. You guys have—it's not just pumpkin. You guys have a wide variety of breads that you guys have.
SPEAKER 17 :
We do. We do. We have— cranberry orange. We're going to be shipping a product called gingerbread for the holidays. In your local King Soopers, you can find the pumpkin, zucchini, cinnamon swirl,
SPEAKER 03 :
okay uh cranberry orange yes okay yeah and do are they going to carry and this is because i don't know i i don't go my wife normally does the grocery shop and i don't i spend a lot of time working so i don't spend a lot of time in the grocery store i'll be the first to admit that so i'll have to ask her on this end uh do they sell the three packs that you have on the website at king supers or is it all individual it's all individual okay yes um because it's got it so it has a basically a
SPEAKER 17 :
like up to a 14-day shelf life once it's thawed. Okay. We ship in three packs just because we're shipping expedited because it's, you know, we want it to be the freshest when it arrives at your door.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Makes sense. Okay, so given that National Pumpkin Day is coming around, you know, just around the corner, I'm assuming you guys probably have a pumpkin-type bread to fit with that.
SPEAKER 17 :
You know, so what I like to do, I like to, and I've seen... People do all kinds of things, but I love it just sliced, but you can slice it and sandwich a little cream cheese between it. You can cut it into cubes and maybe make a little parfait. Throw it on a shark. Everyone does charcuterie boards now. Put it on a charcuterie board. Right now I'm seeing in the grocery store tubs of already made caramel sauce. You could get a squirty whipped cream. Kids love that, even adults. some sliced apples, maybe some raisins on the side. You could also slice it, scoop a vanilla ice cream and hot fudge, chocolate. Chocolate and pumpkin go really, really well together. Yeah, so those are kind of some things that we like to do at our house, and I've seen a lot of friends do too.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and from looking at your products and, again, looking at what I can see online, again, and I've interviewed folks that know your product very well, it's the kind of product where, for a lot of you listening, where if you've got an event coming up and, you know, we've got holidays just around the corner, Nancy, and some people, you know, they're really good at baking. They've got all kind of time, and they can do all those things and so on. On the same token, some people feel already overwhelmed with everything happening around the holidays, and I'm guessing – probably a pretty good guess, that your product for those particular individuals where they want to add a few things to the tables, maybe is the best way to say that, your product fits right into that because they don't have to spend a ton of time slaving over making it work.
SPEAKER 17 :
Exactly. And it looks like, you know, you could pick one up and you could – Rip the label off and pretend you made it yourself. Nobody would know the difference, right? You know what?
SPEAKER 03 :
And the reason I say that, for those of you that can't see the pictures, it's literally made the same way a regular loaf would be made if you were making it at home. In other words, and I know it's hard to describe that, but a regular small bread pan like you would make banana bread or something like that in, that's how you guys are doing it. So to your point, you could lay that out on a board and no one would know the difference.
SPEAKER 17 :
No one would know the difference. And, you know, we keep the package simple so you can see it really well. It's just a simple shrink wrap and a simple label. And so the customer, you know, you can see the quality in it. And we do a lot of grand openings for our customers, and it's just always fun to get feedback from customers like, wow, wow. This is really good. This is really good.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, so I'm an entrepreneur myself, so I always have to ask, what got you going? I know it's been decades since you started all of this, but what got you going in the first place, Nancy?
SPEAKER 17 :
You know, to be honest with you, I was working in Silicon Valley, big company. My husband was working. We wanted to do something different. At the time, kind of boutique bakeries were a big thing. And so we... We packed our stuff and moved to Tucson and opened a bakery, and Tucson welcomed us. And then, you know, kind of one thing led to another, and now we're nationwide in Tucson. all the local grocery stores. In fact, we were recently in Denver visiting with a potential new customer. So it's a beautiful area.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, thank you for saying that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Every time I'm there, I'm like, I love it there.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, thank you for saying that. And it's funny, you're talking about all this. My son and I, on my way down to the station today, we were talking about some other companies and how they had started and what they have done and how big they have gotten and so on. And I love those types of stories because to me, you know, we still live in the land of opportunity. If you've got an idea and you can work hard enough to see that idea to fruition, then you know what? So be it. And I'm always behind individuals like yourself.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thank you. Thank you. We appreciate that a lot.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and I want to promote that because I'm a small business owner, medium-sized, I guess, in today's world, but a medium-sized business owner, and I like to see others accomplish their dreams, do the things that they set out to do. Again, we still, I believe, we still live in the land of opportunity, and you're living proof of that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, 100%. And you can go to bakehousebreadcompany.com, go to your local King's Super, or go to bakehousebreadcompany.com if you want to ship some to a friend.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, you know what? Great idea. So those of you listening that are thinking, okay, you know, there's always that person in your life where you always wonder, what should I get? Or somebody's had, you know, something that's just, you know, happened recently and you want to get something for them and you're trying to figure out, you know, what is that? And for some people, maybe even when they have different events, you know, flowers and things like that. Personally, Nancy and I love flowers and all of that. But, you know, I like feeding my stomach, to be honest with you. So at the end of the day, this works fine for me over flowers, just to be honest with you.
SPEAKER 17 :
And what we tell everybody is it freezes really well. So you get three loaves in the pack, but you can share some with a friend or a neighbor or put a couple in the freezer for a later day.
SPEAKER 03 :
Awesome. Well, it's been a joy having you. I appreciate it very much. And again, October 26th is National Pumpkin Day. So, Nancy, thank you. And again, you guys are welcome anytime. You want to come back on, just reach out, let us know, and we'll get you back on, especially as we get around the holidays. It would be a great time to do this again. So just let me know, and we'll have you back.
SPEAKER 17 :
Wonderful. Thank you so much.
SPEAKER 03 :
You're very welcome, Nancy. Have a great rest of your day. I appreciate it. And for all of you listening, you know my heart. You know where I come from when it comes to small business. And anybody that starts off and they're not small any longer, as you heard them talk about being nationwide, but they started small just like a lot of other companies do. And I'm always here to help promote those particular individuals. And again, I hope you will as well. And I will say this. I will go and get their product, try it out. That's the way we do things around here. So I will go try that out. And next time we have them on, I can actually talk about it that way. All right, let's take a quick break. We're going to have Troy Duhl join us here in just a few minutes. Somebody else, by the way, that we have on a routine basis. And I got a message from somebody the other day looking to reach out to Troy directly. So we'll talk more about that with Troy when he gets here in a moment. But we're going to talk about ADHD because October is ADHD month. Awareness Month. Ridgeline Auto Brokers coming up next. If you're looking for a new used car, they've got great inventory. If there's something they don't have, they'll be sure to look for that for you as well. Just let them know. Give them a call today. RidgelineAutoBrokers.com.
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SPEAKER 03 :
All right, I got a text message a moment ago to re-say, because I just got the tail end of that interview I just had with Nancy, and she is the owner of Bake House Bread Company, and it's bakehousebreadcompany.com. Just spell it all out. Now, you can buy from them online. They've got all of the assortments there you can buy online, or they are in King Soopers in all of our local areas, I believe all the way up into Wyoming and so on. uh those of you that would like to just go ahead and buy maybe buy a loaf try it before you actually go online and maybe buy some things that they may not have at the store again they ship these in three packs every single bread they have comes in a three pack because as she was saying it's frozen they send it out to you You get it home, you can keep a couple of them frozen, keep one frozen, share one, however you want to do it, or you can just unthaw them all and eat them that way. It's really up to you as to how you want to do that. But for those of you, again, somebody that may have caught the tail end of that, Nancy was the owner, Nancy McCurney. It's Bakehouse Bread Company, and it's bakehousebreadcompany.com. So that's how you find them, and you can, again, you can order online or online. All of our local King Super stores has them, and they were just out here recently talking to potentially, sounds like maybe somebody else, that they might be able to get in their, you know, be stocked on their shelves is maybe the best way for me to say that. So you might actually see that expand here in our local Colorado area. And as that does happen, I'm sure we'll get them back and have them on. And she's actually a company that Shanisty Ireland, who joins me on a pretty routine basis, has talked about in the past. So it was nice to actually talk to somebody from the actual company and have them on. I've not interviewed Nancy in the past, so I appreciate that very much. Troy Duell joining us now, as I said he would earlier. Troy, welcome. How are you?
SPEAKER 09 :
Good, John. How are you doing, man?
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm doing great. Always a joy to have you. I had somebody the other day asking, you know, in between having you on, you know, how to get a hold of you and all of that. And I let them know, you know, very quickly, Centurion Labs, for all of you listening, that's who Troy is with. And what's the website, Troy, real fast before we get going?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, centurion.health. So centurion.h-e-a-l-t-h.
SPEAKER 03 :
All right, so those of you listening, and I always get people that maybe go back and listen to an episode, Troy, or they remember something, and, hey, how do I get a hold of so-and-so? And you guys listening, you can always reach out, send me an email or a text message, and I'll get you in touch with the right people that we have here. on a routine basis. Troy, October is ADHD Awareness Month, and it's not just kids that are affected. Sometimes we think that's just a kid's sort of symptom, or I don't want to call it a disease, but just something that kids only go through, but that's not the case at all, is it?
SPEAKER 09 :
It is not, and it's continuing to grow, and I think a lot of it has to do with, obviously, awareness, but some of it has to do with the fact that we're a very, very distracted society, culture. And if any of us have ever gone to a sports bar and there are 40 TVs, at any point, one of us could say, maybe we're ADHD as well. So it's definitely growing.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. And for those of you listening, some of you know me, and some of you know me very well. This is one of those things where I don't know what I could say, Troy, when I was growing up, because we didn't diagnose things back then like we do now. Did I have you know, ADD? Did I have ADHD? You know, I'm one of those people that I don't want to say that I'm easily distracted, but I can be doing a lot of things at one time. And I probably have some of this. And over the years, and I'll share some of this throughout our interview today, over the years, I've learned how to deal with some of those things and still be able to function and get a lot of things done, you know, at the end of the day. But I will tell you that as a child, especially, not an easy thing to control.
SPEAKER 09 :
It's not. And I think one thing that is an issue is The way our education system is built, people who have ADHD, it is not really built for those type kids, and especially boys. And I think there are a lot of boys who get labeled as ADHD when really they're not. They're just boys with extra energy, a little bit more easily distracted, as most boys are. But it's interesting. if you can put a boy in something that they like doing, they typically don't have an issue at all with staying focused or on task. But if it's something they don't like, it is a much more difficult thing. And I think it's one of those things that really as a culture, we probably need to shift our thinking on it because you said it yourself, you've learned how to cope with it. And really having ADHD can be a superpower in many ways. So they found that a lot of high performing entrepreneurs and military leaders have had ADHD because they can take on many things at once and continue to maneuver those things. So it really is kind of a superpower that we need to look at it that way instead of putting a stigma on a lot of these kids.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, man, thank you for saying that because I appreciate that because I think there's a lot of folks out there listening, even some younger people that may have had somebody tell them or they knew, hey, you know, you've got ADD or ADHD. And it's sort of this negative label. And I'm with you. I look at that and say, well, wait, time out. I'm not so sure about that. In fact, typically speaking, folks that have ADD or ADHD typically will have a little bit higher IQ when it's all said and done. Some of the studies I know say that. And not saying mine is. By any means, Troy, I'm not. not saying that at all i'm usually the dumbest person in the room whenever we're meeting with somebody but at the end of the day you know i figured out how to manage these things and one of the things not to get completely off track but i think our education system this one size fits all especially for folks that have you know one of these conditions i'll just say it straight up troy it doesn't work for them it doesn't and it's very difficult because there are a lot of people who like to learn with their hands they want to experience things and if you're an experiential learner
SPEAKER 09 :
It just doesn't work to sit in a seat all day and listen to somebody talk. And somebody who has ADHD, they're going to be much more apt to learn by touching things, by experiencing things. instead of sitting there and listening and taking it in. So totally agree with you.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, so let's talk about if there's folks listening and they know they've got this or they've got a child that maybe has this right as we speak, child, teenager, whatever the case may be, give us some tips on, number one, health-wise, because I know for me there's certain things that work and don't work, but give us some health recommendations along those lines.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and I'm sure it sounds somewhat like a broken record when we start talking about these things, but really, truly, diet is probably the number one thing. So we know that if you are fueling your brain with the right foods and you're taking in omega-3s, lean proteins, fresh vegetables, you're minimizing the intake of processed foods, then you are going to be much better off and your brain is going to be able to perform at a much higher level. You know, cut out the sugars. So we know that those things certainly have an impact on ADHD. And then if you dive in a little bit deeper with some of those processed foods, when you're talking about dyes and preservatives, there are certain dyes and preservatives we know we need to avoid. So blue number one and two, interestingly enough – Blue number one is an ingredient in marshmallows.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, it's not blue.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, not blue.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's white.
SPEAKER 09 :
Exactly. I don't understand why it's in there, but I was looking at ingredients the other day and saw it in there and it kind of blew my mind. But green number three, red three and number 40, yellow five and number six, and then sodium benzoate, if that's a preservative that you see in your foods, all of those dyes and preservatives have been linked to increased inability to focus or have attention for long periods of time. So those are things you definitely want to get right. The second thing that we'll talk about is exercise. So we know that exercise is huge because it helps with oxygen, blood flow, everything else. But there was one study in 2022 that showed it helped improve attention, motor skills, and executive function significantly. in particular. So it's going to help you stay sharp, help you keep focused, and I think that's why even with men, boys in particular, at school, if you run them and they have PE, they perform much better the rest of the day. So that's why I think it's an important feature to have in school.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think, and I really want to dovetail something into that that for me personally I know is a factor, and this is for a lot of you listening, you know, Exercise doesn't always mean, you know, you've got to go and lift weights or you have to run on a treadmill or you have to do this or you have to do that. For those of you that maybe it's not for everybody because not everybody has the space to do this, but there are even certain, Troy, mechanical things that people can do that keep them busy. They're still bending, lifting, doing things along those lines. In other words, some of these kids that work on the farm, for example, those sorts of things, even though it's not, quote, unquote, exercise, it's still it's physical and they're engaging their brain at the same time.
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Absolutely. And I think even simple things like if you work in a building that has three flights of stairs, take the stairs instead of taking the elevator. Great point. Do those little things that can help increase blood flow, give your body some time to really push things out and keep the oxygen flow into your brain. So big piece of it. Another thing, certainly look at some natural supplements. There are certain supplements like saffron. and probiotics that have helped with ADHD. Safran, they actually did a head-to-head with methylphenidate, which is the number one ADHD-prescribed medication out there. And head-to-head, it performed just as well in just about every area that they tested against an ADHD kid, with the one exception of hyperactivity. So if you talk about focus, if you talk about executive function, all those things worked. kids performed better or just as well on saffron, which is an ingredient that is used in a lot of foods, but that performed just as well as methylphenidate, the number one prescribed ADHD medication out there.
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Okay. How does, just a question that I have, because I know there's people listening that are probably thinking to themselves, okay, this guy, you know, this sounds great. Troy, you're on the right track. John, I understand. But at the end of the day, you know, I am somebody that either has that or I've got a child that does, and sleep, we talk about that a lot. Sleep is very, very important. But how do these individuals shut the brain off long enough to get a good night's sleep?
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Yeah, I think a lot of that comes with having the right diet and the right exercise. So if you're exercising and you're getting yourself and your body exhausted, your body will shut down and it will help shut the brain down. And then I think it also helps to make sure that you've got different areas that you can focus on. If you want to take in prayer and really pray through things or meditation, those things have shown to have a huge benefit when you start to get caught on that loop and you can't shut things down. So definitely start to refocus as you're trying to go to bed. Push away any electronics at least an hour before bed to try to shut off the brain, which is going to be a difficult task, especially for kids. Right.
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In today's world, absolutely it is.
SPEAKER 09 :
That's right. So those are things that you can do to help shut your brain down so then you can sleep and get the rest that you need and probably the best thing to have happen. If you create structure, which we know... Yeah, thank you.
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My next question I was going to ask you, so go for it. Absolutely. That's perfect.
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Yeah, and the structure piece is interesting because after COVID, everybody was used to going into an office, used to going to school. Well, after the COVID lockdowns, there was actually a 26.5% increase in diagnosis in both adults and kids for ADHD. Okay. And it's no wonder because we got out of our routine. We were in a distractible environment. So if you had kids and you were trying to work at home, it doesn't work or you have a TV or you have other things to do. So it really kind of brought home the point that we need to have structure in our lives. And that can be as easy or as simple as put out your clothes the night before so you don't have to make a decision for your kids.
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I was just going to say that, you know, for mom and dads where you might have kids that suffer from some of this, and I cannot – this part, Troy, I cannot stress enough. And I know that it's hard because not everybody is super organized. I mean, some people just are. Some people are not. i am but part of that's because of my weird conditions and so on and people that know me know this and i'm a little ocd some of that goes along with what we're talking about so in turn if you have kids that are that way and try i cannot stress this enough try to keep things at least for them maybe you're not organized but they need to be keep them as organized as possible and i know this is going to sound really weird but in other words when you're folding clothes. Keep colors together and have the clothes folded. Don't just have them all thrown into the drawer. I mean, the more organized you can be for those kids, and I'm not a therapist by all means, Troy, or by any means, but having been through a lot of this myself, those are things that help.
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Absolutely, and I think studies back up exactly what you're saying. So if you do that for your kids and you go ahead and plan out their lunch and have the lunch fixed and you have the breakfast ready the night before, and they're not having to make those decisions.
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Right.
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They're not straining their brain, and they can focus on the things that really matter throughout their day.
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Yeah, thank you. You said it better than I'm trying to get folks to understand that, you know, get them to where they focus on the things that matter and not the things that don't. And if they get really frustrated on certain levels, having everything all bunched up and not organized just makes that morning for them especially even that much worse.
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Absolutely. And we all know how important it is, especially for our kids, to get a good start to their day. If the day doesn't start good, it typically doesn't end good. So make sure that you can take those things off the table, as many of them as you possibly can. And then from the structure standpoint, if you're sitting down to study or you're sitting down to work or even if you're trying to sleep, sometimes playing brown noise, which is just a little bit different than white noise. It's a little deeper and richer than white noise. It seems to have some anecdotal evidence. There aren't a lot of studies that show this, but some anecdotal evidence that it tends to help people focus and just kind of put away those distractions. Some of it may be because you can't hear anything other than the brown noise, so you're not getting distracted by the side noises, but there's some belief that that
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deeper sound is actually triggering a part in our brain that helps us focus a little bit more yep no and again for everybody that's listening and i will also say troy does not a one-size-fits-all those of you that have kids maybe that are along this line or you yourself maybe a little bit along this line you'll find what works for you don't you know don't don't It's not a one-size-fits-all, I guess, Troy, is what I'm trying to say. This is where, again, I by no means am a therapist, so don't take my word for it. But at the end of the day, find what works, and once you do, stick with it. Don't be varying things, I guess, is what I'm trying to say.
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Absolutely, and you're right. We shouldn't think that there should be a one-size-fits-all for that because there's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all with medications. There's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all with our clothes. And if it is, they usually don't fit very well. So make sure that whatever you're doing works for you or your child or your family member.
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Right. And one other tip I'll give all you that have kids that maybe are along these lines. And again, as you're starting to go through some of these routines and I know for me, it helps. And I still do this today. There's just certain things that. For me, are like have to. And I know I'm weird, and all of you listening, you know this. Charlie knows this. My wife knows this. I just am. I'm one of those. Troy, for example, my wife was making fun of me the other day because my sister had gotten there. We'd gone through some things with my dad. My dad just passed away recently, so my sister was over at the house, and I noticed the trash was full. And I'm just this guy. It's like, OK, it's full. It's going out. I can't look at it. It has to get taken care of. Go out to the dumpster. Be done with it. Come back in. Then I can focus on the other things that are at hand here as a family. But for me personally, I can't do that when I know the trash is full.
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Yeah. And I think there are little things like that that each of us have there. We have those little idiosyncrasies that we know that we've got to do this in order to clear our mind. That's right.
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So my point, Troy, is when you've got kids that are that way, find out what those things are. And instead of sort of negating those, figure out what they are and build that into their normal routines, whatever that may be. They're the type of kids where the books have to be all done, stacked neatly, ready to go. And it's the same place every single day. If that's the case, then make that happen is my point.
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Absolutely. I think that is some very, very wise advice for anybody who's listening and make sure that that happens. And then I think the final thing is we've already kind of talked about it, which is reducing stimulation and distraction. So there is so much stimulation and distraction out there. Limit the video games. Limit the time on your phone if you're an adult, especially before you go to bed. Limit the TV watching. and really, really focus on trying to not have that be a big part of your day and maybe finish the day with reading a book, which is a novel idea that a lot of us don't do much.
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Yep. No, very well said. And again, everybody's different. And Troy, I'm not trying to make this a one-size-fits-all, nor would I. Each one of you, this is where a little bit of the learning has to come in, and you're going to have to really pay attention to those that are around you, including yourself. What are the things that you know at the end of the day really matter? you know, systematically, maybe that's the way I should say this, really work for you. And by the way, warn those around you, your spouses and so on, that, hey, you know what? I know these are things that I struggle with. You've seen me struggle with these things. So this is what I need to do on a daily basis, or I need you to do for me on a daily basis that at the end of the day makes life a lot less stressful for all of us, myself included.
SPEAKER 09 :
Absolutely. And it is very, very dependent on your personality your nature and if you've got kids you can see it so put together a plan and and stick to it and then if things change then be flexible with it as well and just look for a new opportunity to to make it work for them
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Okay, lastly, how do folks get a hold of you? You have really, and I know we say this a lot, probably not enough, though, you have really high-quality supplements where there's people that are looking for certain things that they want in their life, and you've got a laundry list of, and I also should say this, and I told this to the listener the other day, you guys are always there. If somebody's got a specific question of, hey, I am looking for X solution, what do you have? You guys are there to help with that.
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Absolutely. And you can always call us. You can reach out to us via email, anything you need to do. But you can find us at centurion.health. So it's C-E-N-T-U-R-I-O-N dot H-E-A-L-T-H. And you can go there and find us. We have a podcast called Frontline Health that talks about different health issues and different fads that may be going on, whether that's diets or really anything health-related we kind of dive into. So you can find that wherever podcasts are as well.
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Okay, and one more time, let folks know how to do that, Troy.
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Yeah, so centurion.health, C-E-N-T-U-R-I-O-N dot H-E-A-L-T-H, centurion.health.
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Troy, I always learn something when you're on with us. I enjoy it greatly. Anytime I see your name come up as a suggestion for a guest, you're here, and I appreciate it greatly, and you're very gracious to us.
SPEAKER 09 :
Thanks, John. I appreciate it. Always appreciate the time.
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All right, man. Appreciate you. Have a great evening. And again, centurion.health. And they do. They have some of the best lines of supplements that are out there, and I mean it sincerely. Speaking of health, if you're looking for a doctor that really a lot of the things that even Troy and I just went through, if you're looking for somebody that's thinking that same way and not big healthcare, big pharma, where they just want to give you another drug, Scott is not that way. Call Scott today, 303-663-6990.
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All right, closing things out with Troy and ADHD month. It's Awareness Month. And those of you listening, you know yourselves. You know your kids typically. And when we were kids, a lot of these acronyms, by the way, they didn't exist. It was called hyperactivity or they were just a busy kid or whatever the case may be. And we really didn't have the knowledge on some of these levels like we have today. And I also will admit that, you know, there are some individuals that may have a certain level of that, that as time goes by, either they themselves learn how to deal with it or in some cases they may grow out of it, you know, quote unquote. I don't know if you really ever grow out of it. I will say that I think it's more of. As adults, and maybe even as we get older into our teen years, we just learn how to cope with some of those things. People like us, and I'm throwing myself into that because, yes, I am one of those. I think we learn how to deal with those things a little bit better as we age, although it's never easy. And I'll be the first to admit that. Those of you listening that either have what I'm talking about or you've got a child that has it, it's never easy because a lot of folks don't understand us. They don't understand even us. how we think and what we do and how we can get all these things done at one time. And how can we switch gears so quickly from one thing to another, to another. And for a lot of people, it can really frustrate them. I've had people around me, by the way, where I know for a fact, I have really frustrated them because of the way I do things and look at things and so on. And it's completely different from what they do. And not everybody gets us. I, maybe I don't know how else to say it other than that. So in turn, If you're somebody that's in that world and you either want a piece of advice or you want to bounce an idea off or you're thinking, boy, you know, it sure seems like my child might be somebody that you're talking about. You know what? Send me an email. Send me a text message. I'm always here to help. I'm not a doctor. I play one on the radio quite a bit here with Dr. Scott and others, but I am not a doctor. But I do have a heart, I guess you could say, or a soft spot for individuals like that because I'm one of those. So anytime I see a child that way, my heart goes out to them, especially when you can see that the parents don't quite get that child and they don't quite understand what to do with them. Yes, my heart goes out to them because I was that child at one point in time. So if any of you ever need some help along those lines, be sure to reach out. I'm no expert by any means, but I've been through it, and I think that sometimes I can help with some of those things. That's it for today for health and wellness. We have two more hours coming your way. This is Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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And we are back. Hour number three, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Okay, continuing on. In hour three. And this caught my eye today. I read the Colorado Sun periodically, and there's a lot of articles in there that are definitely from the left. This is a leftist website. Publication maybe is not the right word because they don't necessarily print out articles. To my knowledge, anyways, I don't think they do any printed materials. It's all on the website. They publish it, I guess, in a way where they've got different writers that write in and some of their own on staff, and they've got opinion pieces and so on. At any rate, Colorado Sun today, Manny Rutanel, I think I'm saying that right, Rutanel, Rutanel, it's R-U-T-I-N-E-L, has said a lot about the meat and dairy industries. Now he wants to represent Colorado's ag capital in Congress. So the Democratic state representative's advocacy in the animal agricultural arena dates back to at least his time as a undergraduate student, and he has pushed for a transition to plant-based foods. So he's a Democrat state representative running in Colorado's highly competitive 8th Congressional District, which is Gabe Evans. which is one of the state's ranching and agricultural centers. It has a long history of raising questions about the production and consumption of meat and dairy products. Not in my book, it doesn't raise any questions. And frankly, I don't think in most people's books, it doesn't raise any questions. Maybe all of you lefties at the Colorado Sun, it raises questions. But I don't think to the average Coloradan, it raises any questions. People like to eat and they like to eat meat and other things that are farmed, by the way, not just cattle and sheep and pigs and so on, but other things that come out of the ag industry. So his activism dates back to at least his days as an undergraduate student in Florida. where he posed shirtless on campus, draped in a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals banner to illustrate the amount of water used in beef production measured in showers. As a student at Yale Law School, he was quoted in a campus publication saying, animal agriculture is horrific, exploitive industry. It is a horrific, exploitive industry. I'm fixing their grammar. They didn't have that in there, but... Farmers are polluting a lot in animal agriculture, and if they switch to plant agriculture, they would emit much less while still producing great products, he said, explaining a proposal he supported to use carbon offset credits to pay farmers to transition from animal agriculture to plant agriculture. In other words, Manny is a Marxist. Let's get this straight out there right off the bat. Manny is a Marxist. Now, I looked up a little bit of Manny's history here. So he was born December 20th, 1994, as an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives for the 32nd District. He assumed office in 2023. So he announced his candidacy for the Colorado 8th District just for next year. So he's announced his candidacy. He was born... in the United States and raised by a single mother in the Dominican Republic until he was six years old. They immigrated to the United States and lived in California and Florida. He attended schools in Florida. He worked at McDonald's while attending high school and regularly gave blood at a plasma center, blah, blah, blah. He earned an associate's degree from Pasco Hermando State College, a Bachelor of Arts in Economic and Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Florida, a Master's of Science in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. I'm getting to the part where does he have any agricultural experience? Okay, that's where I'm going with this, so bear with me here. From 2016 to 2018, he served as an economist for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in upstate New York. After graduating from law school, he worked as an associate attorney for Earth Justice since 2021, which, by the way, is only a few years ago. He has worked as CEO of Climate ReFarm, a nonprofit organization. So let me make sure you're all hearing me correctly here. He has not won... ounce, not one day of experience working a farm, knowing exactly what farmers and ranchers do. He hasn't had zero experience in that area. Unless he did something as a youngster where he was out in the fields picking and doing things and running a tractor and helping out on the farm and so on. I don't see that anywhere. And believe you me. If he did, it would be in this Wikipedia page. That I can guarantee you. Somebody on that side of the aisle would have put all of that in there because it looks much better for his bio if he actually spent time out in the field. Right, Charlie? Somebody would put that in Wikipedia. Believe me. Because they know that gives him more credibility if he actually did. He didn't. So he's claiming to be an expert in agriculture, and I'm guessing probably never has had mud on his shoes. He's probably had mud, but not that kind. You guys that are farmers and ranchers, you know what I'm talking about. This guy's never been in slop in his whole life. He's probably never even stepped in a cow pie. Highly doubt he's ever been around that. So active in the Democrat Party in 2023, was selected to fill the former seat of Daphna Michelson-Jeanet in the Colorado House of Representatives. She has been selected for a vacant state Senate seat. So he didn't even get elected. He was appointed. And now, of course, he's running. Now, given the fact that the left is a machine, And they do extremely well at propping their people up. I don't think I'm wrong in saying this. He'd probably do fairly well in that 8th District. Because they'll prop him up. And the one that was running there, who was a complete disaster, is it Yarovara? Am I saying that right, Charlie Yarovara? She's no longer running. So they have basically found somebody else, the Democrat Party has. And trust me when I say this. He didn't do this on his own. He didn't figure out to run on his own. He has been selected by the Democrats to run. Trust me when I say that. This isn't something that he just decided all on his own to go do. He's young. He's vibrant. Keep in mind his age. At 94, what is he, 32 years of age? So he's young, vibrant. I don't know. He's a nice-looking young man, by the way. I'm guessing he probably speaks fairly well. I won't know until I hear some things along those lines. 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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Appreciate you all joining us. And again, going back to our last article that I was reading to you in the candidacy of, I'll be talking more about that, believe me, as we get into more of CD8 and what's going to be happening there and Gave's rerun. We're going to have to make sure that he gets reelected and all of that. And yes, we're going to have to be behind him in all ways because, believe me, the other side will be behind. a machine. And they will do every single thing they possibly can to talk about, you know, all of what I just mentioned in that article, how bad this is, how bad that is. He wants to clean this up. He wants to clean that up. And they're going to go down that list. Trust me when I say that. And it will be a well-oiled machine when it's all said and done. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that. And I could read a lot of that, even out of that article that I just read coming out of the Colorado Sun, they're in a way already propping him up to get that part of it going. And believe me, they will make him a contender in CD8. And as I said, they are a machine. They convinced the old candidate that was there, which she was a disaster. I guarantee you, she didn't, again, she didn't leave that campaign on her own. She left that campaign because she was instructed to do to make way for a person like this, because that is one situation where Gabe probably would have had an easy time winning like he did once. Didn't have an easy time the last time around, but it would have been easier this time around. This is a different game now. This particular person, this particular candidate that they're going to run, even though that's a huge ag area, they're going to present him as, quote-unquote, the savior of that area. Trust me when I say that. Meaning... Again, we on our side are going to have to do everything we possibly can to make sure that we keep Gabe out front and even talking about him now and the things that he's doing and so on. And those of you that are able to even help with, you know, campaign funds and so on, we're going to make sure that we do that because there are certain members of our party here. that quite honestly, I'll just say it this way, they're not fans of Gabe. They just aren't. So at any rate, we've got a guest joining us now. Justin Keener joining us. Justin, welcome. How are you?
SPEAKER 06 :
I'm doing wonderful. Thanks for having me on.
SPEAKER 14 :
I appreciate it. Americans for Public Safety. And I appreciate you joining us today. So talk to us. You just wrote an opinion piece in Fox News. Talk to us about that opinion piece. And, you know, the National Guard isn't the only way to shut down violent crime in our cities. Talk to us about that.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, you're hearing a lot of grumbling from certain liberal mayors and governors. Correct. Don't bring the National Guard. Well, it's real simple. If you want to solve violent crime, well, then stop defunding the police. Stop disrespecting police. And if you don't want the National Guard there, do your job. We have examples all over this country of mayors and governors doing the hard work, working with law enforcement, supporting them, and driving their violent crime down. So you don't want the National Guard? Fine. Do your job. We provide several examples.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. So give us those examples, by the way.
SPEAKER 06 :
Sure. Well, let's take a look at Nebraska. Passed a law which allowed law enforcement officers to obtain credit for full tuition at in-state colleges.
SPEAKER 14 :
Nice.
SPEAKER 06 :
The State Patrol had its largest recruiting class in five years. Alabama allocated an extra $16 million for recruitment and retention. They've hired 202 officers and expect to be fully staffed. Now, the reason this is so important is because if you go back to around 2000, we had some of the highest crime in our nation's history. And you saw law enforcement morale just drop. And the numbers in terms of police officers became very low. And that's when crime started going up. And so now you have efforts to improve recruitment, improve retention. And that's what's needed right now. You know, it's shown that when you focus law enforcement in high crime areas, crime will drop. It's really not that complicated. It's just rocket science, is it? It's not. But when you have people like New York's leading candidate for mayor leading the defund the police effort, what results do you expect to have? It's like, imagine you have a sports team and they have low morale, and then you have Have a team with high morale. Which one is going to perform better?
SPEAKER 14 :
No, you're exactly right. It's funny you're talking about Mondami. I was just talking about that in one of our previous segments. And, again, everything you're saying is spot on. And, again, not that we are against getting crime down, having the National Guard come in and do what's needed. But I agree with you. That's not the only way. In fact, that should be the last resort. We have many other ways to handle this besides that.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, you're absolutely right. And, you know, I do have to give Donald Trump, you know, our president credit for bringing a very hyper focus on the need to address violent crime. And the National Guard is obviously just a very short-term type of thing to come in and help support.
SPEAKER 14 :
It's a wake-up call is what that is, right?
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. But you have – let's look in my home state of Texas. Governor Abbott just announced a task force of state and local law enforcement to address violent crime in the city of Houston. Now, this is an area of Texas where we have rogue judges releasing very dangerous offenders on bail who then go on to commit further murders and rapes. And so this is an area where I'm sure they'll coordinate at some point with federal authorities. But this is a great example. It's a state leader and local leaders working together to address violent crime.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. And I already know my answer to my question, which is, you know, why can't we get some of these cities and leaders to actually do this? And, of course, Justin, I know, and I've talked about this throughout even today's program, when you've got – and I'm sorry, I'm going to say it just like this because I mean this – when you've got Marxists at the helm – And they know that by creating chaos, letting law enforcement not do what it needs to do, in fact, pulling back law enforcement, or in the case of Antifa in Portland, having the police actually help them out at the end of the day, that's all part of their master plan. So they know that. They'll mask it as, oh, no, it's not that bad. Oh, crime isn't that bad. Oh, no, the president can't do this. We're going to fight him in court. The reality is they know exactly what they're doing, Justin.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and even if they're trying to help, sometimes they'll do these social justice experiments and say, well, this is how we'll reduce crime. We'll do these experiments with violent offenders. And what we say at Americans for Public Safety is that public safety is a moral obligation. It's not a political experiment. We have every single day law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and others fighting to keep our community safe, a great personal risk. And then when you have politicians who want to say, oh, let's try and – coddle these incredibly violent offenders well the results are real and the victims are very real and it's time to just respect law enforcement let them do their job pay them what they are worth the respect not that not that they should just receive but that they've earned and that's what we're here to provide we're going to support the candidates and policies that support law enforcement by the way can't uh can't argue with any of that very well said uh before we go any further how do folks get a hold of you justin Well, our website is A4PublicSafety.com. A, the number four, PublicSafety.com.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, so given all of that, now, I'm a solutions kind of a guy, and your opinion piece, of course, is one way to generate some solutions, get people talking about things that maybe they wouldn't even talk about, even our side talking about things. And again, I'm not saying that there's, not to burst the bubble of the article, nothing here that you're saying, there's other folks out there like myself that have thought about this, but we need people like you that actually bring this to the forefront, write opinion pieces, do some things that other people might think, Oh, wait a minute. Yeah, you know what? That's not a bad solution. We could be doing this instead of X. And you know what? We'd have to be spending tax dollars on the National Guard if we did these other things instead.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, that's so true. And let's look at 2025 crime data. We have some limited data available already for this year. And without passing a single new national law, crime started to drop just a little bit at the beginning of the year. Now, why do you think that is? That's probably, we suppose, it's because the president came into office and he made it clear he is going to support law enforcement. And not only do we think that helped increase morale, but what do you think it does to would-be offenders who may know that now there's a higher likelihood they're going to be held accountable? And so a lot of politicians will come in and they'll want to get really – come up with these oddball ideas. Let's go do these crazy new programs. It's like, you know what? It really is basic. More cops, less crime. Yeah, and focus and area.
SPEAKER 14 :
Huge still have, by the way, huge. We were number one in the country for car thefts in this Denver metro area, Justin. And the reality is because these guys were stealing cars, they would go to jail maybe overnight, maybe, and most likely be out the next day. And the reality is there was no punishment for the crime. So they just kept doing it. Some of these guys had been three, four time offenders. And it's why cars kept getting stolen. The reality is there was no punishment for the crime.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, we're seeing that across the country. I mean, everyone remembers in North Carolina that poor Ukrainian refugee murdered on a subway tram by an individual who had been arrested for multiple violent offenses, yet was allowed to wander the streets rather than being kept behind bars. My own home state of Texas, there was a woman named Rosalie Cook. She was murdered by an individual who had been arrested 67 times for multiple violent offenses. and had been released on two PR bonds rather than being locked up before trial. We're seeing this across the country, and the president's right to put a focus on it. You know, bail is very important because it ensures that public safety is addressed. And, you know, if someone is a threat to public safety or not showing up for trial, they need to be held. Now, there are other individuals who will show up for trial, and so, you know, we need to make sure and accommodate that as the Constitution outlines, correct? But that's the job of courts is delivering justice. It's not to play favorites. It's to deliver justice, not politics. And we have three areas. You have three areas if we're looking at public safety. Cops get the bad guys off the streets. Courts deliver justice. And then we have our prisons. You said punishment fitting the crime. We need to make sure when those individuals go in that they are less of a threat when they come out because nearly 95 percent of people will be released from prison. Our President Trump during his first term passed a thing called the First Step Act, and it helped provide programming to people within federal prisons. And individuals who went through President Trump's program, when they came out of prison, they're less likely to reoffend. So we have tools at our disposal that we can do for all three areas, but it just takes common sense in removing politics from the game.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. Justin, again, I appreciate it. One more time, how do folks find you?
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you. It's americansforpublicsafety at a4publicsafety.com. A, the number four, publicsafety.com.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. Next time you want to come on, let me know. You know how to get a hold of me now. We'll just do it on an ongoing basis. This has been fun. I appreciate it, Justin.
SPEAKER 06 :
I appreciate you. Thank you very much.
SPEAKER 14 :
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The best export we have is common sense. You're listening to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 14 :
And we are back, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Again, appreciate you all joining us today. Scott Garlis joining us now. Scott, welcome. How are you today? Hey, John, I'm okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
How are you doing, man?
SPEAKER 14 :
I'm doing good. I appreciate you joining us. Thanks for being kind last week on what I had going on, and I appreciate your generosity, believe me.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, man, any time. I've been there.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. Well, that I did know, so thank you very much. I appreciate that. All right. What's going on on Wall Street, and what can we expect moving forward with the Fed next week?
SPEAKER 07 :
Just earnings are sort of kicking into high gear, so we're going to chop around a lot over the next week or two. Just one day it's going to be great, the next day it's going to be bad. But ultimately, I think the bigger thing people should be focusing on From an investing standpoint, I think earnings numbers are going to be good. We're going to see more of that from the big tech companies when they report next week. And once they're over, tech companies are the biggest, they're serial buyers of their own stock. They spend the most money on that. The other group that spends a lot is the financial companies, the big banks. They've all reported. So, once you get next week's earnings numbers out of the way, you've probably had about two-thirds of the S&P 500 report. And so all those guys can start buying back their stock, and that's likely going to push stocks higher into the end of the year.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. All right. So you might see some ups and downs for people, and this is me. It's like, okay, yeah, so it's down one day, it's up next. I mean, at the end of the day, that's just the swing that you're going to have, and that's pretty normal. And as we know, Scott, in the past, and, you know, there's been some dark, cloudy days in October. I don't see any of those coming, frankly, unless some major thing is on the horizon I don't know about. But I don't see that. In other words, I don't see some, you know – dark October day like we've had in the past. Yeah, it's that time of the year where you can see some ups and downs. I think personally, maybe I'm wrong in this, but I think what could be the light at the end of the tunnel is what does the Fed do next week?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I mean, there's actually a confluence of events that's interesting. The Fed next week, plus you have the APEC summit that takes place at the end of October, so that's the end of next week as well. And the way things from what I've been seeing, reading, There's a report out late yesterday overnight that India looks like they're coming back to the table. They're going to get beyond this GMO holdup they've had, and they're probably going to announce a deal next week that's going to drop the tariff rate from 50% down to 15%. You've also got South Korea. They were over here again today. They were in talks with the U.S. They met with Ludnick again. It sounds like they're getting down to the nitty-gritty and You could have an announcement with South Korea coming out of the APEC summit as well. And then Canada. Canada's been going back and forth. Maybe not a broader trade deal, but something on steel and aluminum, certainly. That's the scuttlebutt I've been reading. And again, that could come on the sidelines of the APEC summit. And then the big one that Wall Street's really watching and waiting to see if it happens or not is if Trump and Xi really wind up meeting there. And if they do, you know, the reason they would meet is because they're going to announce some sort of a deal. So it could be interesting because, like you said, you're going to get the Fed, which is a big deal. But, I mean, you could wind up with four important trade deals that potentially happen, bam, bam, bam. And a lot of people are going to look at that as positive for global economic growth, certainly in the U.S. The bigger thing would be If you get a China deal, that's going to back down inflation concerns moving forward. The other thing I would pay attention to, though, is if there is a deal with India. The U.S. originally, coming into this in the beginning of the year and looking to work things out with India, India was looked at as a lot of businesses as sort of a replacement hub for what they've been doing with China. You know, Apple being one in particular. So that could be a really big deal, too, because that could be less dependence on China. Look, there's still the rare earth stuff going on, but, you know, something that has not gotten a lot of press. I don't know if you saw the deal that the U.S. just announced with Australia the other night.
SPEAKER 14 :
I did not. No, what is that?
SPEAKER 07 :
We just announced a rare earth deal. Oh, OK.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, I did. I missed that. I did not see that, Scott.
SPEAKER 07 :
So the media has kind of pushed that aside.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, that is one. Granted, I've had a few things going on, so I haven't really been able to dedicate some of the news finding, because that's really what you have to do. What you're talking about, you're not going to find that on the front page of things. But no, in all of the, even some of the things that filter into my inbox, I missed that one. I did not see that at all.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes. So it's really interesting because the Export-Import Bank is going to invest or they have lines of interest, I believe it is open, worth $2.2 billion for these Australian companies. And I went and looked up the 17 rare earths that are out there, and basically every single one of them is in the U.S. and Australia. Also, almost all of them are in China, too. But one of the big hang-ups is processing. Well, these Australian companies already have processing capabilities. So it's not just getting the rare earths. The big thing is, so what China's game has been is, you know, China took it over from, the U.S. used to be the main producer. I believe China bought the technology from GE back in the 90s. And then they had to sign a five-year agreement, I believe it was. And once that five, it said you can't take this technology out of the U.S. until the agreement's up. So in like 1995, the deal was done. Guess what happened? China took everything back to China.
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, since then, what we've seen is when another country starts to build out new earth processing and mining, China starts flooding the world with rare earths.
SPEAKER 14 :
I did see a big article on that the other day. I can't remember where I watched it. It was a New York – Wall Street Journal. I can't remember. New York Times, whatever. I don't remember where I saw that, but I did read a big article on the very thing. that you're talking about. And I didn't know a lot of that. I mean, it makes sense now that I read through the article and figured out exactly what you're saying is essentially, you know, they would put deals together. They would move some of those plants from here to there. Because at one point in time, we did do rare earth mining in the United States. In fact, we had a pretty good foothold on things until we let them get involved. We let them buy some of our companies out. They moved all that technology, you know, back over to China. And then what they did is anytime somebody tried to get things started back up again, they'd flood the market with rare earth minerals, making it where it wasn't cost effective to even get into it. And that's how they've controlled the market.
SPEAKER 07 :
Correct. And just so I just was building some charts on this stuff earlier. And so in terms of rare earth processing in 1990, the U.S. was 57 percent of global rare earth processing and 55 percent of production. China was 40 and 34, 40 percent of production, 34 percent of processing. So now, yes. And then in 95, like I said, they were allowed to take that technology to China. It's gone the other way. But what they do is they flood the world. And this is what the U.S. is griped about for a bunch of years now. They flooded the world with these rare earth minerals. And then what they do is these companies that they drive into bankruptcy, they go buy them. That's right.
SPEAKER 14 :
That's exactly right. Yeah, that article said exactly the same thing as well. They go buy them for pennies on the dollar. And then they control and hoard more of it at the end of the day.
SPEAKER 07 :
So now because of – so I went through some USGS survey data and some IEA survey data. And so what it looks like now is like just global reserves. China is currently around – I don't know, 45%, and that's going to start dropping because the rest of the world is going to pick up processing and production. But looking by 2030, the U.S. and Australia alone, they're going to be about 15% of global processing versus right now they're around 5%. So that's a big deal.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, that's significant. I mean, the more we – the farther we take that, the higher that number gets, the more leverage we have against folks like China. That's the one thing that – I think Trump understands this, Scott, but we've got to get this – we've got to get the average person on the street to understand this, meaning that sometimes this mining stuff doesn't look so great. Sometimes the environmentalists and so on, they hate these things. But if you're going to have what you need to keep things moving forward – You're going to have to have them here on U.S. soil, period.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's correct. And so this has been whipsawing the market around, too. But so if Trump can get – I mean, Trump and Xi sit down and they talk, and this is one of the big problems that will go away for a little bit, but it's not something the U.S. can just brush aside and be like, it's taken care of. And that's why they signed this deal with Australia. They're going to put a lot of money into these – companies to pump up processing and mining. And look, the estimates for 2030, when I was talking about 15% production, that was before this deal got signed. So those numbers could jump a lot.
SPEAKER 14 :
And they need to. And by the way, they need to. And I think, too, Scott, and you know this, as we get more and more, there's a lot more out there. I guess that's maybe the thing I was trying to say. There's a lot more rare earth minerals out there than most people think. China's just been able to corner the market on it because of the simple fact of everything you just stated. And again, I think that's something that... Frankly, these are campaign trail things that some of the candidates right now need to be using as their ammo, if you would, because these things we have allowed to have happen and we never should have in the first place.
SPEAKER 07 :
And the other really big thing here that happened, I think we talked about this in the summer, it happened in July, and people have forgotten about this, but the Department of Defense took, I believe it's MP Minerals, the ticker symbol might be MP Minerals, They took a stake in this company, and they said they're going to start guaranteeing prices on rare earth minerals moving forward. And when the price, MP makes sales over that guaranteed price, the U.S. is going to share in the profits. Okay, perfect. But that stops China from being able to flood the world with cheaper rare earths. And there are a bunch of European companies that have said, hey, if you guys are going to do this, we'd love to get in this. We'll ramp up production, too. So the game is about to change. But I think that Australia deal is really important because that just really changed it a lot.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, that's awesome. That's huge. Okay, one other thing I want to talk about, which is the whole beef end of things. So that's one thing I want to cover. The other thing I wanted to cover, maybe we go backwards here, is what is Trump and what's the U.S. right now trying to do when it comes to Argentina? Because the way I read it is they're trying to basically supplant China. China has got a habit of going to countries that are struggling. They invest heavily into their infrastructure and so on. And, of course, it's the golden rule, the guy with the gold rules, meaning at that point China rules that particular country. They're indebted to them. They have no choice. And at the end of the day, we, I believe at times, we should be doing some of those same things and be able to be more capitalistic in the approach. And it looks like in Argentina that's what we're doing, and China's not happy. Am I right in my thought process?
SPEAKER 07 :
From what I've seen and read, yes. Look, I don't know China's exact strategy, but I mean, you can see it with Africa. I mean, a lot of what China has done there is they've made loans to these countries in Africa because they see there's an opportunity to get a lot of natural resources. And China, you know, the same thing they did with rare earths in the 1990s. They wanted to corner that market. And now, finally, we've been waking up to it. These are important things. So, yeah, I think what's going on is that the U.S. is doing exactly that. I mean, if China controls all the commodities in these different countries, say, where we resource stuff – They can be like, well, you can't ship them to the U.S. That's right.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, no, like I said, it's a golden rule. They decide what's going to happen. At the end of the day, those countries are pretty hamstrung because they're indebted so much to the Chinese that they don't have any choice but to say, yes, okay, I get it. We'll do what you want us to.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's correct. And so if you think about it this way, too, if you do these things and – You know, China's definitely using financial warfare. I mean, look at what's going on with gold. The People's Bank of China has been buying up gold, and they've been selling off their holdings in U.S. bonds. And what they're doing is they're trying to convince...
SPEAKER 14 :
other countries to come store their gold in shanghai because they want gold to be priced and quoted in one terms right and that way people start doing more more transactions and you're answering my next question which is china has to have something besides what it's had in the past to prop up its currency meaning you just answered my question part of what i think they've struggled with and even some of the world has struggled with is okay they're going to come in and do x y and z but their currency is always propped up by them, not necessarily by hard assets behind it. If they can do what you're just saying, they eliminate that problem, don't they?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and look, China forever has been pushing for, man, they want the yuan to become a more important currency in the globe, but the U.S. dollar still dominates, and if you go look at the transactions in dollars, they've actually been rising contrary to some of the stories about how they're falling. Right. Yeah, I mean, so what China is, If you look at it and step back and look at some of these things, you could argue, you know, this is a long-term plan for financial warfare. And think about it. If you controlled... all of the commodities or the resources, you know, you choked off the U.S.' 's supply and they only had to rely on what they had internally, you could potentially drive prices up on them and, you know, create inflation.
SPEAKER 14 :
Which, now we're going to talk about the beef sides of things because this is also where, you know, Trump is trying to put some deals together with some of our other countries, Argentina being one of those, bring some Argentinian beef in, maybe reduce some of the pressure that we've got on the beef industry here. in the U.S. Now, the one thing that and I'm sure Trump understands this, but I'm not sure exactly how he fixes this part of the beef problem we have in our country today and the prices of for all of you listening and those of you that are ranchers know exactly what I'm going to say next. But we've got, what, four or five packing plants across the country. that literally, Scott, control probably 85%, 90% of the market, meaning if you're a small operator and you're trying to do some things on your own, good luck, because those big guys literally control the market. And I'm not for government interfering and getting in the middle of things and so on, but this is one area where I think we've let too much consolidation over the years happen, and we've shut out a lot of the little guys, and now people are paying three times as much for a hamburger as they should be.
SPEAKER 07 :
A good friend of ours... The guy who works in our yard, his dad, said he's hunting a whole lot more these days, taking down more deer because he's tired of paying $10 a pound for hamburger meat. Great point.
SPEAKER 14 :
Great point. And by the way, it doesn't have to be that high. And for all of you listening, it's not the ranchers that are making this money, by the way. It's the meatpacking places. It's the JCBs and such of the world that are actually making all the money. The ranchers themselves, Scott, at the end of the day, they're not making a whole lot more money. It's the packers that are making the money right now.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and if the ranchers have less outlets in which to sell their beef. That's exactly right.
SPEAKER 14 :
There's less competition, basically. When there's consolidation, there's less competition, and that's what's happened in the beef industry.
SPEAKER 07 :
And the ranchers get squeezed.
SPEAKER 14 :
That's right. And so this is another one that I don't think the left ever wants to mention when it comes to numbers. The beef and the inflation of has nothing to do with the rest of inflation in the country. It's its own animal. Pardon the pun, but it is.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, yes, yes. No, totally.
SPEAKER 14 :
That didn't come from the rest of what we've, you know, tariffs and some of the other things which everybody wants to blame on and so on. Last but not least, that's the other thing I wanted to end with. Despite all of the tariffs and so on and the fact that all the naysayers said things would just go crazy and inflation would just be sky high, Scott, it hasn't happened. It's not there.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's not. There's another thing I was reading about recently. The White House is actually dialing back some of their tariff policies in industries where they realize, look, there's not a competitive edge here in the U.S., and there's nothing to really protect. they've been walking back some of the onerous tariffs with other countries. So they're basically saying, hey, look, if it's an industry we care about, we want here, we're going to do things to keep it that way and not let it walk out of here. So, you know, it sounds like this strategy continues to evolve and is getting hopefully a bit smarter. You know, we'll see where it goes. But yeah, there's just we're not seeing inflation skyrocket.
SPEAKER 14 :
Gotcha. Gotcha. All right. As always, Scott, I appreciate it. Ben Pine, how do folks find you?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, sure. LinkedIn, Twitter, Substack, C. Scott Garlis.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. Appreciate you, Scott, as always, and thanks for your graciousness last week.
SPEAKER 07 :
Anytime, John. Thanks so much for your time.
SPEAKER 14 :
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Back to Rush to Reason. All right. A few months or sorry, a few months, a few minutes left of today's program. And thanks for all the text messages and so on. And somebody was talking, you know, again, a lot of ranchers and folks that listen to me. And, yeah, I realize there's a lot of things that coincide with the whole beef end of things. But I do know this. And most of you would agree. And I've even got some good friends in the industry that would agree with me. the whole packer end of things and that consolidation and what it did to really change the whole industry. Again, I'm not a big one for government interference. I think things should just let it run until it gets to the point that you squeeze out everyone else and now only a few people control the market. That's exactly what's happened recently. in the beef industry and there's been a lot of small ranches that can't make it any longer because of what i just said all right this is sent to me from joe might talk about this a little bit more tomorrow by the way when he comes on with his jersey joe from the common sense institute rtd My wife calls RTD Reason to Drive, by the way. Not Regional Tax District, which is its real name, but Reason to Drive. It's currently $2.7 billion, with a B, in debt. Fair revenues have fallen to just 4.4% of operating costs, and they want to borrow another $539 million. To buy more diesel-powered buses after the vendor they were going to purchase electric hybrid buses from advised that they would no longer be building them. Surprise. Shocker. Yeah, RTD has a problem. Just like CDOT has a problem. Utter mismanagement. No idea what they're doing. And case in point with CDOT, I wasn't necessarily going to talk about this today, but this is a good reminder of this. Whoever, and I don't know if it's CDOT, if they've put it out to a contractor, I haven't paid attention. The controlling of the traffic and what they're doing with construction on I-225 is definitely by a third party, not by CDOT. But I don't know who's actually doing the work. But let me just say this. If you're with the company that's doing the work, you suck, right? Whoever's doing that work and what they're doing along 225 is they're trying to change the roadway where the bridges are because the asphalt and or the concrete and the bridge, things have gotten uneven and there's some dips and people have to slow way down. It's a problem with traffic and so on. But I'm going to tell you straight up, whoever's fixing that right now hasn't the foggiest idea. what they're doing. And if you're working for one of those companies and you can prove the company and you can prove to me that what you're doing is effective, please tell me. I do know a little bit about road construction and how this stuff works because I'm sort of in that to an extent. You have no idea what you're doing. You suck. I mean that sincerely. I drove past there. I mean, I do it every single day, but I don't know what you guys all did last night, but whatever you did, it ain't working. It's awful. Any of you that have driven along 225 northbound, southbound, across some of the areas that I'm talking about will know exactly what I mean. It's awful. And I'm not saying a little awful. It's almost, it's worse than it was before. You'd have been better off leaving it alone. And that I mean sincerely. It's terrible. Now, who am I blaming this on? There's an old saying, John Maxwell always says, everything rises and falls on leadership. So who's leading CDOT? An appointee from Governor Polis, who, by the way, has no idea how to run a state the size of Colorado. We're the eighth largest state in the country, and she doesn't have any idea what she's doing, i.e., I-225 and what they're trying to do there to fix things. So you can look at CDOT, you can look at RTD, which their budgets, by the way, are fairly similar. Believe it or not, RTD has a higher annual budget by about a half a billion dollars. I'm not exaggerating when I say that. I think CDOT's, it used to be about 2.3, 2.4 billion a year. It might be a little higher than that by now, but RTD's is about 2.8. So literally, they're about a half a billion dollars, 500 million apart from one another. And I'll just tell you straight up, neither one of them had leaders. This whole idea of putting any kind of electric buses on the road in Colorado, given the winters and things that we have here, that's a moronic decision. Whoever thought that was a good idea, it wasn't. And you guys all know me. I like EVs. I drive one. So I'm not against EVs by any way, shape, or form. But on large-scale vehicles, they're awful. They're worthless. Don't even go down that path. It's not worth writing that check. And evidently I'm correct because as we're talking, the particular company they're actually going to buy these buses from is basically saying, yeah, that's nice, but we can't produce them. There's been school buses, by the way, around the country where certain school districts have gotten severely burned, not physically, but burned financially speaking because of the same thing other than they've actually given large sums of money to these companies that then go broke and can't deliver product and then they're out all that money for the buses that they have bought. stupidest idea that ever came across is trying to build any kind of an electric bus. I saw an electric trash truck running around the other day with the city of Denver's name on the side of it. That's another whole dumb idea. Stupid. That's a feel-good measure, by the way, by the city of Denver, who, by the way, is also way behind when it comes to their budgetary needs, and yet they're doing stupid things like that. So bottom line, not good leadership when it comes to these things. That's why those decisions get made in the first place. All right, that's it for today. We'll be back tomorrow. Dr. Kelly Victory will join us at 3 o'clock. Have a great evening. Be safe out there. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 1 :
Thank you.
In this fiery episode of Rush to Reason, John Rush and author Richard Battle dig into the theme of “Principles Over Power, Honor Over Ambition.” Together they unpack how moral integrity and servant leadership have faded in today’s politics, business, and culture — replaced by situational ethics and self-interest. They talk truth, humility, and why a man’s word used to mean something.
John then pivots to current events, using Russell Wilson’s post-game meltdown as a perfect example of ego over integrity, before joining Sonny Kutcher from Young Americans Against Socialism to expose the dangerous rise of Marxist ideology in America — from radical policies in New York to Antifa’s lawless activity in Portland.
From character lessons rooted in George Washington and Truman to the spiritual rot driving modern Marxism, John pulls no punches in this hard-hitting, truth-centered broadcast.
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SPEAKER 11 :
All right, hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Richard Battle joining us now. Richard, welcome. How are you today, sir?
SPEAKER 06 :
Good afternoon, John. We're doing great. Thanks for having us back with you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Always a joy. Principles over power, honor over ambition. That is our topic for today.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, yes, and to me that's a principle that I try to live by, and I think one that we all should attempt to live by. And between the Congress having the government shut down and the Ukrainian-Russian war and the Israel-Hamas disagreements, I think that there's plenty of examples of people on one side and the other side.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay. All right. So, and by the way, I agree with everything you just said. Absolutely. And we've got examples that we'll get into today for some of you listening where we can actually show where some do really well at this, Richard, and others not so well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, that's exactly correct. And some try to do well and may fall short, and others never try to do well.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's right. All right. Where do you want to start?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, the first thing is we talk about truth. And we used to have in the court swearing-in ceremony where you'd say, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God. And now that's morphed in today into people swearing. who go for power only, trying to define their own truth. And if everybody defines their own truth, then there is no truth, and people can do what they want, which means we have total chaos.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. And, as in my notes, too, these aren't limited, these principles, I should say. They're not limited to race, religion, political party. They are things that, frankly, are just, I guess... Can I go as far as to say, Richard, they're laws of life?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, absolutely, because as... believers, we believe Jesus is the truth, but also it's so important it happens in families, business, any kind of relationships. The truth and trust is, in my opinion, the coin of the realm.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right. So we are talking about what I consider to be, you know, laws of life. And in some of these, you know, there's a lot more, by the way, than what we've even got here. Richard, this is a topic that I'm not exaggerating. You and I could cover for several segments in a row and probably still not uncover everything. But let's talk about the principled side for a moment. Give us some examples of what the principled things that we should be doing are.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, honorable behaviors. And example, when I first went into the business world out of college, I was able to contract with companies to buy my offerings by word of mouth. They would tell me, I want to buy this. I'd handwrite an order, ship to them, bill them. They'd pay it. There was never any questions. By the time I left the corporate world. Every transaction had a contract that was gone over by attorneys. There was no trust on either side of transactions like there was before. And, of course, we go back to the 19th century, and a person's word was their bond, and handshake agreements were how business was conducted.
SPEAKER 11 :
And by the way, I grew up in that same time and even doing business that same way, and I can remember my grandfather especially, my dad as well, but my grandfather especially talking about how, you know what, a man's handshake means everything. If you shake on it, it's a done deal. You don't need anything else.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, absolutely, and I think we've all learned over that time that sometimes we gave trust out, and then people, because of that truth, self-defining truth, thought that they could change transactions, if you will, and not have to stand on their word. And so that was one of the ways that society degraded from people defining their own truth.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, and you've got it in my notes, and this is one's word, and that's what we're really talking about when it comes to a handshake. Your word is your bond. In other words, if you say you're going to do it, that's really all that was needed, and you don't need all this other stuff in paper. Those days, unfortunately, especially in the business world, well, really all across the board, it's why, Richard, you go look at a contract for most anything, buying a car, real estate, and so on, that just every time you go to buy something, You know, every time you do it, there's more and more things, more and more pages that have been added because of the simple fact the word doesn't mean anything anymore.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, that's a great example. And one, when I was younger and rented apartments, there might be a one or two page lease. And I know today when people go rent apartments, there's 40 or 50 pages of documentations that cover all kinds of items within renting an apartment.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's exactly right. Okay. What about the, you know, talking about honorable behavior, word is your bond. Let's talk about the ethics for a moment. What do you mean by ethics based on social standard? Or societal standard?
SPEAKER 06 :
Social or societal, same thing. Telling the truth, being honest, your word, some of the things that we've already talked about, certain standards that you live up to ethically versus situational ethics. There are some people that believe, based on the situation, they may go one side or the other. And we see this, especially in politics. And it's amazing. If someone's on the majority side, they may believe one way on an issue. And then when they're on the minority side, they take the exact opposite view because it will hurt their party, if you will, versus having a consistent viewpoint regardless of. where they're at in the power structure.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay. And as we move through a few more of these on the principled side, humility, to me, that's a big one, Richard. And you can still be strong and yet have humility at the same time. In other words, you can know what you believe in. You can know that you believe in your product. You can know, by the way, that you've got the best product on the planet, but yet still have some humbleness about you and all of that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, yes, and I think sports are one of the most obvious places today that have changed for the worse over several years, and it all started with Billy White Shoes Johnson and his touchdown dance. But as Daryl Royal, who coached the Texas Longhorns back in the 60s and 70s, said, act like you've been there before. Be humble and appreciative of when you do well versus – We have people now they're on the losing side of a game and they may make a sack and they jump up and down like they just got elected to the Hall of Fame. Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. Yeah. As a side note, those are the ones where it's like, OK, I get it. You're excited. You're trying to get the team pumped up and all of that. And it's a great accomplishment. And they're not hard to come by or they're hard to come by. I should say they're not easy to come by. So I understand all of that on the same token, Richard. It's your job. It's what you're getting paid for.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, that's exactly true. And I've seen and been involved in sports games where one team would jump up and down and do all of that physical display, and then they would get trounced. And so sometimes that quiet confidence that you show being quiet and less demonstrative is can be more intimidating than all the physical displays.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay. And again, I think humbleness is a big deal across the board, especially. But, you know, it's not even in the sports world, Richard. It is in the business world. It's in the church world. It's in the nonprofit world. I think it goes across the—it's one of those—it's a principled thing we're talking about. It goes across, you know, breaks all barriers, I guess you could say. It goes across all lines, and it's got to be there.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, absolutely. I just thought the sports was the most obvious one for an illustration.
SPEAKER 11 :
It is. No, it absolutely is. And you see it in certain players and how they are even after the game and who are they thanking and what are they doing and so on. And I've got an example for all of you listening. It'll come up here maybe a little bit later in the program. Okay, let's finish up the principled side. Talk to us about the servant leadership and the steward management sides of things as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, servant leadership basically is leading to make sure that all of the constituents and all the parties are served, if you will, versus yourself. And Zig Ziglar, the late Zig Ziglar, said it so well. He said, you can get anything you want out of life if you help enough other people get what they want. And when you're taking care of customers and stockholders and employees and helping them attain their goals, you will be rewarded in your goals as well.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's right. You know, that old saying, I've always told my people this, you make me money, I'll make you money. It's that simple.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes, and the steward side, for example, I've got a small piece of property that I inherited, and I'm the sixth generation from my family owner in that, and I feel a responsibility to my ancestors with that piece of property because of that, and that's being a steward. It's not something I did or something that's only mine. It's my ancestors as well as I have to think about descendants.
SPEAKER 11 :
Great point. Great point. Okay. Let's talk about the power side. This one we can run through a few of these because even though that list is long as well, talk to us about the power side.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, generally it's self-interest. It's serving self first. And if you help somebody else, it's incidental. But you always look out for yourself and you always look out for short-term success. And they are the most ambitious. Back especially in the 70s, you had corporate executives who were scolded, if you will, for running over people and climbing over people to achieve the corporate ladder and get to the top. We don't hear about that as much anymore, but you know it goes on. And so they don't think about anybody else or think about beyond their term of office anymore. or the people that came before them.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's right. And some of these things, by the way, really quick for some of you listening, it's everyone defines their own truth, all's fair in love and war. By the way, they believe in the golden rule, only it's the golden rule as in the guy with the gold rules, not the actual golden rule, Richard. Every decision is based on self-advancement, every man for himself. I mean, all of us have heard some of these sayings from different individuals.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, that's exactly right, and their golden rule, the other way to say that is do unto others before they do unto you. And so they're always looking for that angle and edge, and they'll take any little crack in something to use to their advantage. And I even had people in business – I won't name the industry, who would negotiate after a contract to try to renegotiate terms after a contract was fulfilled. They had so little ethical standards.
SPEAKER 11 :
Give us some examples of – let's go backwards this time. Let's talk about some of these power folk. Give us some examples of some folks that are on that side, and then we'll end up on the principled side.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, if you look at Saul Alinsky, who basically was a disciple of Marxism, that was pure power politics and trying to empower people who had not had power and use the establishment's power against them But the ethics in that situation were basically do whatever it takes to win at any time, and we see a lot of that going on across the country right now.
SPEAKER 11 :
And it's not on this list, but one that I would add to that because I think they're very close because one followed the other. George Soros is right along those same lines. If you look at the things that he has done to even make the money that he's made, he didn't do it the principled way. Let's just say it that way.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, you're absolutely correct. And another one that I think is very dangerous, and I may not should say it, but in the Muslim faith, they believe that they can lie and tell people falsehoods if they're non-Muslims to further the cause of Islam.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, you're in good company saying that. You're 100% correct. That's exactly the way the belief system is, and they will take advantage of that any time they can.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's absolutely correct. And on the other side, we look at people like Harry S. Truman, who drove himself home from the White House with no security, who the buck stops here, who took responsibility because he had lived in the private sector before. and worked, and he understood the everyday American much better than career politicians did, and he took those responsibilities and dealt with people honestly, and the evidence was that people in his own party didn't like him because he wouldn't just toe the party line.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. George Washington, that's on the list as well, and there's a guy that could have been king but chose not to be.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, he was the GOAT because he didn't want to be president. He served the people. He couldn't wait to get back to Mount Vernon. He did things to set the country up for long-term growth. It wasn't about him. It was about setting his descendants up for growth. Leaving office after two terms, which that precedent lasted 150 years before that. And the people loved him, which is why they always had those signs, George Washington slept here. They revered him because they knew he was humble and principled. And they talk about the issue about him chopping down the cherry tree and how it may not have been true, but his character was so good, it makes that story plausible.
SPEAKER 11 :
Very good point. Okay. All right. And as we close things out, richardbattle.com is the website, of course. Talk about, Richard, the things that you'll do for folks if they go there, if they're looking for presents as we get into this Christmas season, which I know that sounds a long way off, but, Richard, it's not that far off. I know that sounds odd to a lot of you listening, but we're not that far off. Talk about that, Richard.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, thank you. Holiday season starts next week, if you want to count Halloween. There you go. At richardbattle.com, all books are signed, all 12 of them. If you'd like one inscribed for a gift, which we're happy to do, email me, richard at richardbattle.com. We're happy to do that. We have all 12 at Amazon, including 11 in Kindle version and 8 in audio. as well.
SPEAKER 11 :
Awesome. Richard, as always, I appreciate it. Thank you for all that you do for us. And the website, again, richardbattle.com, folks go there. And I know it sounds like it's a long way off, but I've already started buying a few things for Christmas, Richard. So you know what? It's not too soon.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, it's never too soon, and we appreciate you, and God bless America.
SPEAKER 11 :
God bless you, Richard. Appreciate you very much. Have a great evening. Al Smith up next did a great interview of late. Don't forget his own program here on Wednesdays from 2 to 2.30, but find Al by going to klzradio.com.
SPEAKER 12 :
This is TJ with KLZ Radio. Once again, we're back with Golden Eagle Financial and the wonderful Al Smith. Al, how are you today? I'm doing great, TJ. How are you? I'm doing well. Hey, we work a lot with estate plans and things like that, and that's a natural part of retirement plans. I know you're not an attorney, but what do you do where it's related to estate plans?
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Well, a large part of estate planning is the simple end of it, which is beneficiary designations on various financial products, such as IRAs or life insurance or investment accounts, because as people name those beneficiaries, There's a feature called per stirpus for like contingent beneficiaries. And essentially what that means, let's say if there's a married couple and one of their children dies before the primary spouse and then the spouse passes on. then when the primary person passes, rather than having it be divided equally between the children, it would go only to the one who didn't pass on, and then the grandchildren would be disinherited. I hope that's not too confusing, but essentially the word per stirpus in a beneficiary designation would mean if that person beneficiary died, his or her share would pass down the bloodline to the grandchildren.
SPEAKER 12 :
Sounds like a serious word. So I would also guess that you have a pretty vast network so you can direct folks to the right people to complete those, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, that I can do myself. That's not a document for an attorney or anything like that. That is just a little box to check on a beneficiary designation for an IRA, an annuity, a life insurance contract, an investment account. Those beneficiary forms, they just have a person's name, and then they have a box to check either per stirpus or per capita. Per capita means the proceeds would go to the other party who hasn't passed on. Per stirpus means the proceeds, if the primary person who is named is deceased, then his or her share would go down the bloodline to their own children. Not to an ex surviving spouse, but down the bloodline.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's great. So folks can get in touch with you and really get kind of a total form of all their retirement stuff. Al, how do folks do that? How do they get in touch with you?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you can reach me at 303-744-1128. If you're driving when you hear this, get in touch with KLZ. They'll put you in touch with me so we can arrange either a healthy conversation on the phone or for you to come into the office. We'll have a cup of coffee and talk about whatever's on your mind.
SPEAKER 12 :
And as always, klzradio.com slash money will get you there. Al, thanks so much today.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hey, you're welcome. Thanks for having me, TJ.
SPEAKER 10 :
Putting reason into your afternoon drive, this is John Rush.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right, and we are back. Got a little bit of time here before we have Sonny Kutcher on. And Richard and I were just talking about, you know, the whole... attitude, maybe the best way to look at it, principled versus power and all of that, and how all situations, especially in sports, should be handled in certain ways with humbleness. And you guys all know that while Russell Wilson is supposedly a Christian, and I'm not saying he is or isn't, I don't know, never met the man, But I'm not his biggest fan either. Wasn't when he was here as a quarterback and nothing against him personally. But there's just things about Russell when I look at him and even watch him on the field sidelines and so on. I just don't feel like he's a great leader. That's just me talking. Some of you might be huge Russell Wilson fans. You might want to debate me on that. But I don't see Russell as a great leader. And I'll give you an example along these lines. So there's an Article 9 news today. Russell Wilson calls Sean Payton classless for a post-game swipe at him. Now, I'm going to read to you what actual Sean Payton said, which I don't see it as a classless swipe. I think Russell has a chip on his shoulder and he's reading too much into things and, frankly, shouldn't be firing back at anybody, especially on social media. That's just my take. But this goes back to the whole conversation, especially on the sports sides of things that Richard Battle and I were just talking about. And I didn't put this in the notes prior because I get notes from Richard several days in advance. So I just happened to read this story this morning and thought, you know, that's a good follow-up to what Richard and I are going to talk about. So I did put it here purposely for that. But I didn't know that Richard was going to bring the whole sports aspect of things into the conversation. So Russell Wilson. fired back at Sean Payton on social media Tuesday, a little under 48 hours since the Denver Broncos coach took a swipe at the New York Giants backup quarterback who lost his starting job to rookie Jackson Dart following a 0-3 start. Classless but not surprised is what Wilson said on ex-formerly Twitter. Didn't realize you're still bounty hunting 15-plus years later through the media. Again, by the way, that whole comment, Shouldn't have been made. And Russell really needs a heart check in tweeting that out or posting that out because he is being classless, if you ask me. Wilson took his own jab at Peyton, for whom he played one ill-fated season in 2023 by referencing the Bounty Gate scandal from 2009 to 2011 with the New Orleans Saints. The NFL in 2012 found the team was rewarding players for hits on opponents with intent to injure. Peyton was suspended for a year. So here's what Peyton said. Peyton said after Denver's historic 33-32 comeback win on Sunday that the Giants, quote, found a little spark with Dart, unquote, who became the smarter and hinted that part of the conversation he had with the New York owner, John Mara, included wanting to face Wilson instead. Okay, timeout. How is that a jab at Wilson? Any coach is always going to say that we would rather face the loser. In this case, Wilson did not have a good start to the season. So, of course, we would rather face your quarterback that didn't lead you to victories than to that quarterback that has led you to victories. How is that taking a jab at anyone? That's just the facts. Those are the facts. That's not a jab, Russell. You have a huge chip on your shoulder if you think that's a jab. I mean, if you think that's a jab, then don't be 0-3, Russell. I don't know what else to tell you. If you don't like having things thrown at you, quote-unquote, then play better. But to me, this is part of Russell's problem all along. He's got an entitlement mentality where he feels like he's owed certain things just because of who he is, whether he performs or not. And unfortunately, the Denver Broncos didn't help him with that because they paid him a huge boatload of money, millions upon millions upon millions of dollars, to not perform well. Saying it like it is, folks. You can like the guy, not like the guy. I don't really care one way or the other, but I can tell you that his response... to that particular quote and what Sean Payton said was wrong. Sean went on to say, I was talking to John Murrow not too long ago, and I said, we're hoping that that change, in other words, changing over to Dart, would have happened long after our game. Okay, again, that's not a jab. That's strategy. That's basically saying that as a team, we would rather face this opponent than that opponent. There's nothing that Sean Payton said. I'm not defending the guy, but in a way, I guess I am because he didn't say anything wrong. This is simply a matter of a NFL player, in this case, Russell Wilson, have a chip on his shoulder and getting his panties all in a wad for no reason. And to me, going back to what Richard Battle and I just talked about, this just shows you the caliber of person, by the way, that Russell Wilson is. In my opinion, I don't have a high favor on him. And this is one of the reasons why. And yeah, that five-year extension that the Broncos awarded him was $245 million. By the way, it was stupid money, far too much money. And we got burned big time. Huge. So, again, at the end of the day, I don't look at any of that as a jab at anyone. I think Sean Payton was just being very honest about what was going on and just spoke his mind, and it is what it is. 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That's Geno's with a J. Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560. All right, we are back. Sonny Kutcher joining us now. Young Americans Against Socialism. Sonny, how is your week so far?
SPEAKER 13 :
It's been great, Busy, as always.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right. Yeah, Busy fighting these Marxists. How else can I say it? That's exactly what you're doing.
SPEAKER 13 :
It's a never-ending slew of the left constantly trying to... infiltrate and intercede in every single way possible in order to make life as difficult as possible for us.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's funny, you say that. I was talking on the podcast this morning, we record on Wednesday mornings, and for those of you, maybe they don't know about that, National Harvard Roundtable, we record that, myself, Neil Boron, and Bob Duco, and we do that on Wednesday mornings, and this morning, I made mention, Sonny, right along those lines, that, you know, there are times where, you know, I think we, we on our side, really have to remember who we're fighting, and And I say it a lot, and I mean this sincerely. This isn't just a leftist liberal movement. This is a Marxist movement. They want to take over any way they possibly can. They want all of their ideals to be set in stone. They would throw the Constitution out in a heartbeat and replace it with something that they feel suits them. And at the end of the day, the only buddy in that scenario that wins is the upper echelon of the Marxist movement, because everybody else becomes a peon in a pond. And the sad thing about all that, Sunny, is the people that are pushing for it don't even realize what I just said.
SPEAKER 13 :
Absolutely. I mean, I could not have said it better myself. It is really disheartening when you start to put together all the pieces and when you realize that the left is, you know, in name only, they are the left and, you know, do what you will with their policies. But at its core, there is an agenda that's so much more sinister and nefarious. And it really, you know, when you put into context of all the different ways that, you know, we are constantly bombarded by their ability to just degrade us to these leftist policies, you know, the trans and the climate and the wokes wokeness and all of these things that we've just been plagued with for so long, you realize just how sinister it really is. And you see someone like Zoran Mamdani, who is, you know, just so good at deception. And that is, you know, that is what it always was.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, no, I sent you an article. I've got an article you sent me that we'll go over as well, but, or a post basically, but there's an article in Wall Street Journal today talking about how Mondani is promising a cheaper New York, the caption here is, but can he afford to pay for it? Of course, we already know the answer to that, but to your point, he's going to make this seem like oh, yeah, we've got plenty of billionaires around and millionaires around that'll make sure that we get these things paid for because we're just going to take from the rich to give to the poor, which, by the way, that's Marxist in and of itself.
SPEAKER 13 :
Absolutely. That is literally socialist. And then, you know, of course, it's so interesting because. they don't actually ever end up giving to the poor, right? Like that part never actually takes place. Because otherwise you'd see all of the people, you know, some of the poorest in the world live in Cuba, for example. How are they so poor if they are supposed to be given, you know, benefits and help from the government? That's not, the math isn't mapping for me there, you know? And so I think it's just so interesting because people see that and they're like, oh, $30 minimum wage, which was another topic that this article covered. And, I mean, they just graze over it. I mean, of course, I think the Wall Street Journal was the article that you sent me. But, I mean, they just simply just completely glaze over what, oh, yeah, they want to raise it by 2030. And then in Los Angeles, I think they're raising it up to $30 by 2028 for tourism workers. And so, like, how can you see that and not even ask in your brain, you know, where are they getting the money for this? And do they not understand that The policies like making regulations and making buildings so hard and permitting and all of these things that force landlords or force property managers or property owners to raise their rents, for example, which is what makes housing and living so unaffordable. We wouldn't need to be raising our minimum wage to $30. There is a problem here where the baseline has literally skyrocketed. The baseline is now at the ceiling.
SPEAKER 11 :
And what he'll do in all of that is raise prices across the board so at the end of the day, even those that he thinks he's going to help, at the end of the day, they won't be helped, which, by the way, is proven. One thing that – don't talk about it a lot, and I probably should be talking about it more, all of the different inflation we've had after COVID and all of that. Yes, a lot of that was from the printing of money and all the different things that happened along those lines. But let's not forget, too, Sonny, that there was a lot of minimum wage increases across the country recently. After all of that, and it's very well known, and I don't understand why it's so hard for some on the left, not the mandamis because he understands, but regular people on the left that vote for this, how they don't understand that by raising these costs, their costs, in fact, also go up. So at the end of the day, it's a net nothing. You're not gaining anything. In fact, depending upon what you're consuming versus what you're making, you may find yourself not making enough to outrun the consumption side, which is exactly what's happened over the course of the past four years or so with inflation. So one thing that nobody really talks about, the Fed included, is the fact that inflation is where it's at today because of the very thing you're talking about with minimum wage.
SPEAKER 13 :
Absolutely. And then you have businesses who, you know, are forced to either... Their profit margin continues to get smaller and smaller. And sometimes they have to either let go of people because they can only have... That's why you also don't have workers doing the jobs that they used to.
SPEAKER 01 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 13 :
Like when you go to the airport or when you go somewhere. And you have a computer where you type in what you want. And I literally... go there and i go up to the counter and i'm waiting to order and then the person who's making the food says oh you have to order at the computer or the you know the kiosk or what whatnot and it's like really like we can't even afford to have someone like i have to go to work now to to order my lunch you know and it's just like that and i think that's part of the other hand of this entire, you know, grand issue is the cultural aspect of how they've brainwashed, you know, my generation and younger, but also there are a lot of older people who support this type of policy, but really the younger generation, because they're the ones that are carrying this torch forward of not caring that, you know, we don't have the bodegas anymore, that we don't have the small business anymore, businesses anymore. We don't have, you know, all the cutesy little restaurants and the different small businesses that people, the hardware shops and All of these things that simply just go out of business because they get outregulated by the government.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's right. No, you're exactly right.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 11 :
The other article that you sent me, which I found this one. I hadn't seen this one before. So when you sent me this, I haven't been able to watch the video yet because I've been on air since you sent me this. But this particular situation, Nick Sorder, he's the one that's got this particular account posted. I took the first known video of the inside of the Antifa safe house located just feet away from ICE Portland, catching leftist militants unmasked. And I didn't get a chance to watch this video. What all is in this video?
SPEAKER 13 :
So they actually get a video of the inside of the safe house. I'm not sure what type of building it is, but it's actually like the ground floor. There's like a stove in there, a fridge. And this is where the Antifa building, militants, that's where they stay when they're, you know, taking turns going out on the outskirts and fighting, fighting the ICE agents. I mean, this is like actually crazy. Portland has turned into a complete war zone. And I just think this is, I mean, this footage is just unbelievable. So this is, the safe house is actually located just one block from where the anti-ICE riots are. And the police, don't care at all. Not only do they not care about this in this particular video, it's clear they just allow it to take place, and these people are basically just squatting. I don't know if it's squatting. I don't know. I'd have to do more research on the actual details of the safe house. I don't think it's very widely known, however, at this point. But the other interesting thing that I saw was another video of somebody talking to the police, and they're helping Antifa, the Portland police. Wow. They have completely turned on the citizens, and they are actually...
SPEAKER 11 :
like aiding and abetting the Antifa right I mean one side of me says I'm surprised by this the other side of me says it's Portland Oregon I'm not totally shocked by that I think it's why Portland was so anti having Trump and any kind of troops come in and actually get things cleaned up because the reality is they know what that would uncover i.e. some of what we're even finding right now with some of these videos Sonny at the end of the day yeah they don't want to be uncovered with the dastardly deeds that they're doing let me put it that way
SPEAKER 13 :
And they know they're completely funded by these organizations. It's unbelievable. It says there's also a storage unit that they use, which is down the street as well, which houses thousands of dollars in goods paid for by unknown sources. And that people just get assaulted. These reporters, Katie Davis Court, she was attacked. And a lot of these people are trying to get investigative journalists. journalism coverage of this, you know, reporting of what's going on there, they literally get attacked and the police stand by and do nothing. It's unbelievable.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, and some of the comments, and I can't disagree with some of the comments on here, Sonny. No, really quick, some of the comments that are on this particular post, I can't disagree with. Not sure that Portland police are even salvageable at this point. You know, when is the FBI going to investigate all of this? On and on it goes. I mean, I don't know that I can disagree with any, I can't disagree with any of these comments. particular post at the end of the day uh and i get it you know cities states they have their own rights i'm all for that that's part of the way our republic has been set up until you get to the point where the police agencies themselves are lawless now they need to be held accountable and be in check there's absolutely not there's zero accountability there's
SPEAKER 13 :
Just absolutely zero accountability across the board when it comes to leftist leaders who are just sabotaging this country. And that's what makes this work so important. It really is. We can't give up in this fight. Just teaching people when possible, sharing information, sharing stories like this where it's really exposing the deep, dark, radical underbelly of humanity in a lot of ways because this ideology is really... the foundation of it is truly just atheism, it's truly nihilism, hedonism, feeling like, you know, that man is greater, that we can play God, that we can decide what is authoritarian, what is, you know, oh, we don't want a king, but we'll go and, you know, burn down and fight people for what, for illegal immigrants? Like, nothing is making sense, and, you know, we just always have to remember that with this comes the spiritual warfare, and it is good versus evil. So that's why we have to protect our values, our children, and everything that has made this country great again. Just like the people in Michigan, I saw another video of them, you know, fighting back against the Islamic takeover that's going on over there. So we have a lot going on, but I really feel people are stepping up to that plate. And hopefully in New York this this can be the thing that will help people step up to the plate because New York desperately needs that.
SPEAKER 11 :
I really hope you're right. The fascinating thing to me, and I was reading something about this the other day, where not that long ago 9-11 happened. And most of New York came together and started the process of cleanup, rebuilding, all the different things that went on there. And yet they've got really short memories on who actually attacked us because Mondami is – I'm not going to say he's a terrorist, but he sure hangs out with them.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yep. Yes, he does.
SPEAKER 11 :
Bottom line, he does. I mean, there's pictures of him hanging out with these individuals. So those citizens there, I don't know how else to say it, Sonny. It drives me crazy because these same citizens that were, in some cases, around for 9-11, it's almost like, did you guys forget? I mean, do you not understand what happened then? And you've just forgotten, and now you're going to go down this whole Marxist route? It makes no sense to me.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, I mean, the voter base is all geared to, you know—
SPEAKER 11 :
were babies when 9-11 happened. You bring up a great point. For me, it seems like yesterday, but you're right. It was 20-plus years ago now, 25 years ago now.
SPEAKER 13 :
I could never imagine it. This is my home state. I have spent so much time in New York City. I am just heartbroken, truly, to see that this could potentially happen. The only silver lining I could see is that Well, A, obviously it activates people to, you know, say, hey, how did we let this happen? Number one. Number two, I think it might be somewhat challenging, which sounds odd to say, but I feel that some of the people in the Democrat Party don't want him to be like, I feel like there are odds with him between him and, you know, let's say Kathy Hochul. She was, you know, she's also up for reelection in 2026. And so I think that presents kind of this opposition where she still wants to hold on to the people who are like left of center, but aren't quite as radical as who support Donnie. And so she hasn't, you know, all despite, I guess I think she endorsed him. I'm not actually a hundred percent sure on that one, but I do know that she was like kind of saying some comments about some of his plans because she was like, well, you know, and I, I think people forget that like the state is a business too. The city is a business too, and they have to make money and how, what are the ways that we can actually make money? Like president Trump is doing with tariffs. Like, Different ideas where you could actually bring money into the state and have a surplus. Anyways, I know I'm eating up your time here.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, you're fine. You're all good. Take your time. We're good. Not a problem at all.
SPEAKER 13 :
I think it's just really interesting that it's kind of presenting... different lines within the Democratic Party. So we'll have to see how that all shakes out and whether they just, you know, full force support what he does, whether there will be some challenges along the way. I really hope that he gets met with some pushback because that could really damage New York City. And, you know, again, just to, you know, wrap it up here, I think that that's why people need to check out resources like the ones that we have, but there are so many organizations that create amazing resources where you can teach kids about socialism and the way that it actually works when it comes to the economic aspects of a socialist society, which is what Mamdani, those are the aspects of of what he wants to implement in New York City. Free buses, free child care, all these things. It's like free, free, free. How does that actually function? And where do they get that money? And what is the cycle of life for that type of economy? And so that's why we created Intro to Socialism, which you can get on our website, yes.org. And you can help kids understand what that is and why, you know, capitalism, free market values, really, the free market is so, so important in this country. And we have to continue to fight back to bring that engine back, regardless of, you know, places like California, where it's become basically totally socialist.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yep, absolutely. Okay, Young Americans Against Socialism. Go there, check it out. The materials are awesome, and I mean that sincerely. You don't have to be old. You don't have to be young. They're material, really, that can fit with anybody. They are designed for young people, but, Sonny, I know enough about them that anybody can read and benefit from having them in hand.
SPEAKER 13 :
Absolutely. Of course, I couldn't agree more. We are proud of the resources. There's more on American history, American values and all of those things. So definitely go check it out. Check out our interviews. Yes. Or, you know, also check it out on Twitter and Instagram, of course. So we post content stories and just meaningful stories from survivors and rhetoric in the current news world that shows you how they are.
SPEAKER 11 :
implementing these socialist ideas into uh the mainstream awesome as always sunny appreciate it very much we'll talk to you next week have a great rest of your day
SPEAKER 13 :
Talk to you soon.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right. Appreciate it very much. Again, Sonny Kutcher, Young Americans Against Socialism. Mile High Coin coming up next. And again, if you've got a collection of things you've been hanging on to for whatever reason, thinking, yeah, someday I'll turn it into cash. I'll do something with it. Well, that day might be now. Find out what its value is first. Free appraisals. Go to Mile High Coin, 720-370-3400.
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All right, and we are back. Somebody asked me in texting after talking to Sonny about, you know, New York City and Mondami and minimum wage. Yeah, this was a tongue-in-cheek text. This person wasn't serious, although makes a great point. What's wrong with $1,000? an hour minimum wage. I mean, if $30 is enough, what's wrong with $1,000 an hour? And I get the point, by the way, and you're correct in what you're saying, being facetious, but in a way, if $25 or $30 or $35 or $50 is good, then why not $1,000? And here's the answer, by the way. If they could do that, without having the huge shock value that that would bring instantly overnight, believe me, they would. You're not wrong in what you're saying. They would do that if they thought for one second they could get by with that. So what they do is they just slowly inch it up. You know, I think I read something that the last time Cuomo was mayor, it was around $7.50 an hour, something along those lines. And it's now around $20, I want to say, is what it is in New York City. Again, I don't have the article in front of me. I already closed it, but something along those lines. And Again, as time goes by, they'll take it from 7 to 9 to 12 to 18 to then 20, then 20. And the reason they do that in increments is because they know that the shock value – I'm surprised he's even saying 30 because that's a $10 an hour jump. I'm surprised he's even going that big because – Typically, they won't go that big because, again, they understand that there's a huge shock value there. So they just keep inching away at it, inching away at it, inching away at it. But to the point of this texter, why not $1,000 an hour minimum wage? Believe me. If they could, they would. In their mind, they know because they know exactly what that does to inflation and so on. And trust me when I say this, they know minimum wage raises inflation. They know the ill effects of inflation. They know the ill effects upon the rest of the economy. They know that in a lot of ways, that's one more way they get their nose under the tent, if you would, how they promote Marxism. And they do that by doing those very things. Trust me when I say that. Any of you out there that think minimum wage is a good thing, the increase of, it's not. It's a Marxist ploy, period. It is not a way to get more money in people's pockets at the end of the day. The way you do that is making the economy better, make it boom, and it is not by raising minimum wage at the end of the day. Every Marxist out there, by the way, knows exactly what I'm talking about. All right, that's it for hour number two. We'll be right back. Hour three is next. This is Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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Join Angie Austin and special guest Jim Stovall as they delve into the powerful world of habits. Discover how a simple decision, repeated consistently, can change the course of your life. Learn the science behind habits, and why they are pivotal in breaking the cycle of bad decision-making. Dive deep into real-life stories and experiences that illustrate the profound impact habits can have, not only on personal success but also on the well-being of those around you. This episode promises to equip you with practical tips on how to establish and maintain habits that propel you towards your goals.
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Welcome to The Good News with Angie Austin. Now, with The Good News, here's Angie.
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This call is being recorded.
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Three, two, one. Hello there, Angie Austin and Jim Stovall with The Good News, and today we're talking about his column, Genesis of Habit. Hello, Jim.
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Hello, Angie. I'm excited to talk to you about this because I think it's among the most significant things we've ever discussed.
SPEAKER 03 :
Really? Oh, then I'm very excited about doing that. Let's just dive right into it then. We won't even chit-chat first.
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Well, you know, we succeed in our life by making a handful of good decisions, or we fail by making a handful of bad decisions. And, you know, if you wanted a recipe for failure, I would give you four or five bad habits today, and if you'll follow those, you're getting ready to have a bad life. Well, the converse is true, that if you will follow good habits and create them, you get on autopilot. And it's, you know, so many of the decisions... exercising, investing in your retirement, spending time with your family and your spouse. These are things that should become normal to you, habits to you, very much like brushing your teeth. You just don't even think about it. It just automatically happens. The advantage of a habit is you only have to make the decision one time, and then it becomes a habit, and then you're on autopilot. The other way to go is you have to make the right decision every day or multiple times a day. Now, if you're currently involved in a bad habit, it's hard to quit doing something because... The universe does not like a void. It fills in. So, you know, I remember when I was a little kid, my grandfather quit smoking. He was of that unfortunate generation when they didn't know smoking was bad for you. And then all of a sudden the Surgeon General came out with the warning, and these people had to quit smoking. And it was not easy. Well, I remember he always had a shirt pocket where he kept his cigarettes. And, boy, after he quit smoking, he would reach up there. Every two or three minutes, he's reaching up there for his cigarettes. And they weren't there, of course. So what he did is he put gum and mints and various other things in there, and he just changed habits for a while. And that's so much better thing to do. And so if you will think about the behaviors – that are going to get you from where you are to where you want to be, and then you will turn that into a habit, you're on autopilot, and then your future is assured, and you just wait to see what happens.
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So how do we initially, and I know you just explained that, but this deserves repeating, initially establish the habit? Yes.
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Well, you have to get a little bit of a crutch, a little bit of an assist here. Let's say you're going to start working out three times a week.
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Okay.
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And it's not a habit. That's not going to be easy to do. Now, two or three months from now, it will seem weird if you don't go work out. So in the interim, I highly suggest you either get a trainer. or a workout partner. And they become kind of your accountability until the habit kicks in and does it. And I have found from people that really get serious about it, if you are going to get a trainer, if you will prepay the trainer, Wow, you show up because, hey, I paid for this. I'm going. Or you have a friend or a workout partner that you know is going to be there or they're waiting on you, and you'll do it. And then before long, it just becomes a habit. I mean, my friend Zig Ziglar, I remember when he started working out.
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It's just so funny to hear you say that. My friend Zig Ziglar that everyone in the world knows. That's wonderful.
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One of the great things in my life, we met at speaking at an event, and I owe him so much, but he said, you know, we used to tell people with this strained, pained voice that you have to pay the price of success. And he said, in reality, you pay the price for failure. And over a period of time, you will enjoy the price of success. And he talked about when I first started jogging, he said, I went one block and functionally passed out on my lawn. I'm laying on my lawn trying to get some air. And the next day, I went one block and a mailbox, then one block and two mailboxes. And I just struggled through this. But then there was a day, several months down the line, I was on the road. I was up in the northwest walking. beautiful beachfront hotel. I'm jogging along the cliff there, and the sun's out. And all of a sudden, I realized, man, I am not paying the price for success anymore. I am enjoying the price of success. And that's the way it works. You just get to the point, you realize, this is just a great way to live. But I... I just cannot stress enough the importance of reducing those good decisions to a habit. Otherwise, you've got to make that decision every day. And I used to smoke cigars, and then I realized that was not good for me, and I made the commitment to stop. But I got the cigars out of my house, and I don't allow them in there. Because when they were sitting over there in the humidor across my office... I had to make a decision every five minutes, am I going to do that or not? If they're not over there anymore, now you don't have to make that decision. They're not here. So then I had to replace that with another habit, and it didn't take long until it just seemed normal. But it was not easy in the beginning. And, you know, anybody that tells you getting rid of tobacco is easy has never done it, I can assure you, and I have great respect for people that do that. But, you know, get the accountability, get the guardrails around you so that, you know, you're on autopilot, and then before you know it, You don't need it anymore. It just doesn't matter. It's like when we learned how to ride the bicycle and my dad was running along behind me holding on to the bike and all of a sudden I realized he's not there anymore and I'm actually doing this. And that's the way good habits work.
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You know, it's so funny you bring up bike. We were just in Santa Barbara. We went up and down the coast with Faith and I wanted to show my husband on the west coast in California some of the cities that I'd worked in that I liked for retirement and Like, I like San Diego, Coronado Island, Orange County, California, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, I like, but not, you know, to live in. But anyways, we're going through all these cities, right? Well, in Santa Barbara, they've taken State Street now that used to be able to drive up and down. And during COVID, apparently, they closed it down and they have electric assist bikes all along. So call me cheap, Jim, but I have a hard time. Like, if you have a family of five or six, because we travel sometimes with Gran Gran, and an excursion on a cruise ship is... you know, $200 each, we're talking 1200 bucks. Well, I got the cruise last minute. So you're almost paying for an excursion what you paid for the whole cruise, right? And I just can't bring myself to do it. So I try to figure out something else to do. So we see these electric bikes. And I'm like, Oh, how fun because I want to see the Santa Barbara courthouse and I want to, you know, go look at some of the old buildings. You know, they've got a lot of, you know, homes that were built there in the 1800s. And so anyway, just grab the bike, right? And then Faith, my 16-year-old, says, oh, my gosh, I can't believe you can ride a bike. And I'm like, I don't think you forget unless you completely lose your balance. You know, granted, Jim, I did go up some hills because I had to get – I wanted to drive to the university, a ride. I mean, I did use the electric assist, which, by the way, have you ever – well – Have you driven with someone on a tandem bike with electric assist? Because if you don't know Jim, Jim is blind. So have you done it?
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Yeah, I actually own a bicycle for two, but it's side-by-side. Oh, I love it. And it's got an electric assist. And I found the bike when I was out in San Diego, and they had them on the island where I was speaking. And I said to find out where they buy these, and I'm buying one. And I got one, and for many years I rode that bike.
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um three times a week and would go and the assist was really amazing and um it is isn't it i mean because then because people were stopping on the hill that had a regular bike and of course you know i could i still stood up to give myself a little bit of extra power but um yeah it is really cool because you can still you know put some effort in but it kind of just assists you yeah yeah and it and it doesn't do a lot it just does enough to get you over the hill Yes, it's perfect. Yeah. And boy, when you're biking in Santa Barbara, I mean, it's really paradise. They really call it the California Riviera. I mean, it really is quite a beautiful spot. But anyway, so we rode bikes while we were there. And that was really neat. But my daughter was just astounded that I could ride a bike. Not so much my husband, because he's younger than I am. And, you know, six, six and thin and goes to the gym all the time. But when you mention habit, we do family gym night and they usually lift and I walk and use resistance bands. And when Hope left for college, she was like one of our big motivators to get to the gym every night. It used to be all of us. And then Riley left for college. And when Hope left for school, it really changed our habit because she knew that we, quote unquote, had to go. And so she knew that her dad wouldn't let her out of it because she was getting ready to go play her college sport. And so she'd be the one prompting us because she'd want to do something else. Faith, not so much. So we've had to get my husband and I into our own habit. independent of the kids now to go on our own but it has become such a habit that we do still want to go even you know if they aren't um there with us oh by the way just an aside i don't know if i sent anything to you but um hope was in the paper in her little town in tennessee she had um 20 kills in one game which is pretty astounding and then she was named like i don't know like player of some tournament or something like that they put her in the paper so that was the first time for her that she'd ever been put in the paper but it was just really sweet because they they make a big deal out of their college athletes in this tennessee town and it was very sweet for her to see some of the payoff oh and then um for kills on her team uh the seniors play the most but um she's a freshman that does is in the rotation all the time and so she's number two on the team for kills and not far behind one of the 22 year old seniors and she just turned 18 so Who knows what she'll be like when she's a senior. So I guess my point to that is all of these habits of working out and the lifting and everything, the power that she's been able to generate from these years of habits of going to the gym together, it's paying off.
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Yeah, it does. And she would be happy to know, as would you, on my satellite radio every day, they have the schedule of all the football, basketball, baseball, and everything I listen to. And they now have a radio broadcast that I can get across the country of women's college volleyball. And it's really, really fun. And it is so much fun that, you know, they have the announcer and they call, you know. And it is really good. It's fast-paced. It's fun. And, you know, I've tuned into several of those.
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It's interesting because in high school, I don't know, basketball takes quite a bit of skill and you can't just run out there in high school and pick up basketball when you've never done it before because there's the dribbling and there's the shooting and there's the defense and then there's the different plays. But volleyball, my daughter picked it up at 15 and is playing in college, which is relatively late for someone that's playing in college. And they have some semi-professional teams now, I guess, and they're building some stadiums. I don't know. It's getting popular enough that they're starting to make this a thing where you can go and watch and you can play semi-professionally here or maybe even professionally. I know overseas it's a little bit bigger. And I'm a little bit torn on what they're doing with the NAIA, which my daughter is in. A lot of the Christian schools aren't like a Division I, II, or III. They're an NAIA school. And she you can be, I think, up to around 30. So these girls overseas that are, you know, 26, 27, 28 that have played volleyball professionally or semi-professionally come over and they played a couple of teams that really were international teams from all over the world that were significantly older than my daughter. And I'm not saying I don't believe everybody should have an opportunity to play college sports. But when you've got the U.S. kids that are 18, 19, 18 to 22, basically coming out of high school, and then you have the girls coming over from Poland and Serbia and Italy and South America, and they're women that are really strong players. I mean, let's just say with a couple of these teams, they didn't stand a chance.
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You know, I experienced the same thing when I was on the Olympic team. You know, here in America, it was all amateur, and, you know, you were on your own with a coach and struggling, and then you'd get these European and Asian teams where – Frankly, they're professional athletes. They may have called it they're a major in the Army or something, but let's not kid ourselves. They were there to compete. They were older. They had a lot more experience. It gave us an awful lot to shoot for. And but then, you know, when they opened it up to our professionals, you get the dream team and you got Magic Johnson and Larry.
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And then then the world changes.
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Yes. Well, Jim Stovall, it is always a pleasure. And we are out of time. Jim Stovall dot com. Thank you, friend. Thank you.
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Well, if you are just joining us, this is Angie Austin with the good news. Did you know that eight teens in the U.S. are killed in car crashes each day? I was surprised to learn that car crashes are the number one cause of death for teenagers. And so that's the leading cause here in the U.S. I've got three teens. So that makes me a little nervous. There's a safe driving program that aims to change the statistics and give new drivers the tools they need to stay safe. And this is National Team Driver Safety Week. And joining us is James Bell, head of corporate communications for Kia America. Welcome, James.
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Oh, thank you so much for having me on. This is, as you just well said, very important topic. So important that we get this out there.
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You know, we had just recently a motorcycle accident right down the street from us at the high school where my kids go, and it was one of my daughter's friends. I've got three teens, as I mentioned. And anyway, the boy who just graduated with my daughter and then the girl who was still in high school, they both died. died immediately. And we were just so distraught. It was like, you know, like, Oh, kids, the, the, you know, the streets closed down by the school. And then we're hearing motorcycle accident. And I'm thinking, you know, you know, 20 something young man or something. And I was just devastated. And then my son, someone pulled in front of him just one year ago, actually today. Um, and, uh, it was, uh, they, they turned right in front of him. And anyway, he got, he totaled his car and the adult and the other car said, Oh, you know, it was the kid's fault. Well, Thank goodness for those cameras, right? Because it was actually 100% her fault. And so that really, of course, helped us to have the camera because, you know, of course, then my son wasn't at fault. But I do put them in safe driving classes. But I think the one that we're going to talk about today comes about for a rather interesting reason. So let's just start there in general, you know, what you're doing for us during National Teen Driver Safety Week. Yeah. So, yeah, you made a great point.
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Yeah. not only is this a daily or an hourly calamity, but most importantly, it's things that can be probably avoided. A vast majority of the teen deaths or inactions that happen are completely unavoidable. because they're connected to bad driving habits. They're not paying attention to, you know, the level or they don't have the level of maturity, I should say, for making the good decision, the underexposed decision all the time. And so it's a very difficult thing. And because these can be avoided, that's where the BRAKES program that Kia is proud to partner with came about. And it's why we're i mean let's put it this way my own daughter's been through the program and knock on wood she's had a good couple years of driving since then so i feel like it's uh it's personally and professionally gratifying that kia is deeply involved in this now i read that um a drag racing star uh actually was involved in getting this going can you tell us a Doug Herbert, I'm happy to say I've spent a lot of time with Doug. He's a tremendous man. He and his family are great people. He made his fame and fortune as an NHRA drag strip driver, strapping himself into a car and teasing death, if you will, every time he did 300 miles an hour at full throttle down these racetracks. The sad irony in this is while he had that background... He had two teenage boys, sorry, sons, that about a mile from their house had a single car accident and were both killed. And for Doug, you know, again, for him making his living driving at the full extreme to then have his sons die, again, less than a mile from home, it was just too much to take. So he and his wife Mimi dedicated themselves from that point forward to providing some degree of assistance, some extra education, things that he wishes his sons had gone through. And, you know, it's really about finding that line between, oh, driving is fun and driving is real and driving is serious. And the Brakes program, I think, does a fantastic job.
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Tell us a little about the Brake Safe Driving Program. I know now why it was created, part of the reason, but I know from driving with my teenagers, they don't slow down for red lights. It drives me nuts. I'm like, why are you still on the accelerator? And there are like stopped cars in front of us. Why are you still on the accelerator? And I have to be honest with you. And some people may think I'm too much of a micromanager. I track them on an app. So I see all their hard brakes. I see all the fast stars. I see every route they take. And I also see when they speed and for how long they speed. And the funniest thing. Well, this isn't funny, but I saw a bunch of donuts in the local park last winter. And there were circles and circles and circles. And I was like, oh, my gosh, my son was doing donuts in the park in the snow on the grass, like in the park. And so I showed him all these circles. Right. And I go, what is this? And he looks at it. He sees circle after circle after circle. I mean, how can you deny that? Right. It's so great. We can track them now. But tell us a little bit more about the program.
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Yeah, well, you know, you talk about slowing down before red lights. I wish my wife would listen to you on that. She seems to keep going and wearing out those brakes much more than necessary. Yeah, so the program is multi-level. It teaches kids, again, to have responsibility and discipline. get them a head start on the maturity of the many decisions that we face as drivers, facing not only changing weather and traffic conditions, but other drivers as well. There's two particular parts of the curriculum which I think really resonate. One of them is that we put plastic tires on the rears of the car to help teach teen drivers how to steer themselves out of a spin. Now, your son, he was doing it on purpose. But the point of the story is sometimes we end up in a car that's sliding, and so there are ways to mitigate that. But when you have a car with plastic tires, I don't care if you're Mario Andretti, you're not able to mitigate that. The car will continue to slide around. And so that, I think that is a really important lesson. Not only is it kind of thrilling and fun, but it also reinforces for a teen driver that there are some circumstances that cannot be beat. So the point of the story is let's not put ourselves in that circumstance. That's the real learning there. And then the other one I think is really fascinating is they'll have the drivers out on the, on the closed course going around cones. And if one of the if the instructor notices that the driver seems to be relaxed and confident, he or she will reach into their pocket, take out their phone and say, Oh, look, I just got this funny picture on my phone. And if the driver looks at it, they failed that part of the class. And not only are team's, feeling a little bit, you know, uh, uh, death defying and pushing boundaries, but then they also have the impact of social media and the constant connectivity. And so, uh, you know, distracted driving is just as much of a killer, if not more than traffic, you know, weather patterns and things of that nature. So it's, it's a really great course. And again, it's just, it's just built to kind of put it a team driver in their place and recognize that, Driving is a dangerous thing. You know, today's cars are so quiet and safe and comfortable. I mean, cars today have, you know, ventilated seats with massagers built into them. They're wonderful. But things can happen quickly. And that's the point of the brakes program.
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I love the idea of the, you know, knowing how to get out of a spin. I don't know if I would know that. And when my kid was doing these donuts, it was obviously in snow. You know, he was in snow. And when I get into a situation like that, I don't know that I would really be that great at getting out of that. So what a great thing for the kids to learn. What are, James, the main causes of crashes in the U.S.? ?
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Well, amongst teen drivers, it's just, you know, lack of confidence in the tough situation or lack of skill set to recover. But more importantly, or more often, it's just things that are necessary. You know, teens are often in cars with other teens. Maybe one is the lucky one that has a car or one is the lucky one whose parents will let them borrow the family car. So they're taking them to the movies. They're taking them to the high school football game. They're the kind of driver, if you will. And so not only are they immature drivers for themselves, but now they also have the additional responsibility of taking care of the others in the car. So it always boils down to, in teen driving situations, just bad decisions. That is the primary problem we have here. In some cases, that's part of the human experience. Teams, you know, we as young adults are made in some ways to push boundaries and find new ways to do things. But when it comes to driving, there's only one way to do it, and that's safely.
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You're talking about bad decisions. Every time I have to drive in that parking lot across the street at the high school, I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands. It's like the way they back out, the way they run through the stop sign, the speed at which they're going to lunch, like it's mind-blowing to me. And it's funny because the SUV my son was in is a really heavy, like an old Lexus SUV. In fact, we brought him home from the hospital in it. And so it's like, I don't know, it was like a 2003 or something. Yeah. So my other daughter has a 2006, and she's like, oh, I got the dumpy car in the parking lot. I'm like, dumpy? I'm like, I was driving that until two years ago. Like, give me a break. I'm like, those things are like tanks, you know? But all these kids have cars, you know? And a lot of them have really nice cars, which is mind-blowing to me. My son actually, James, went through – I've never in my life – gone through brakes while they were still under warranty. So we take his car in and they're like, Oh yeah, it's no brakes, but don't worry. They're still under warranty. And I'm like, who goes through brakes while they're still under warranty?
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That's a fair point. That that's, that's the driver that needs to go through the brakes program.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes, yes. Well, how do kids get involved in the Brakes program? And maybe even mention how Kia, how you all got involved.
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Sure. Well, you know, we raise our families in the same places that everybody lives. I mean, while we think our cars are wonderful and very safe and have, you know, the latest in technology at a very fair and affordable price, which is so important, driving habits, you know, they impact us too. We live where you live. Our kids go to school where your kids go to school. So we just thought it would be a responsible thing to not only have the latest in safety technology in our cars, but then also take that next step of helping teen drivers know how to manage themselves better. We think that just makes communities safer and the communities in which we all live. So we felt a responsibility there.
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You know, don't judge me for this, James, OK? But I found that when I have a Tesla, so it goes pretty fast. I don't like them to drive it too much. And I had one of those kids stickers on the back that says, you know, team driver. I have to tell you, I've left it on to their embarrassment because people are so nice to me that when I'm driving, I feel like I'm treated like a queen when I have the team driver thing on. So I've left it on my car because people are so courteous.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. No, I mean, it is a – that's good to know because, you know, other people report that there's a lot of crazy road rage out there. And I think it's just because we all keep very tight schedules. We're always moving and grooving. But driving is not a place to let your emotions get the better of you, not only for yourself but also for those sharing the road.
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And I do highly recommend attracting your kids the way we have. We even had a deal where if you got a certain number of hard brakes or a certain number of this or that, you'd be financially penalized and lose the car for a week. So they really had an incentive to not be doing the hard braking, fast acceleration, and speeding. All right, I just want to, again, review how people can get involved and get their kids involved in the classes. Where's the best place to go?
SPEAKER 04 :
That'd be to a website called putonthebrakes.org. Again, put on the brakes. There you have a full schedule of all the different events going on around the country. If one isn't in your neighborhood in the near future, it might be worth a pretty valuable road trip. It gives you good time to practice safe habits with your teen in the car, and the experience they'll have is, you know, you can't put a price tag on it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, I just want to say thank you for all you're doing to help these kids and the lives that you're saving by getting involved with the program and by doing these interviews as well. Thank you so much. Pleasure's all mine. Thank you.
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Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM670 KLTT.
In this episode, we dive into the controversy surrounding an AI-generated video featuring former President Trump depicted as a fighter pilot. Discussing both defensive and critical reactions, we explore the satire's role and impact on modern political discourse. The conversation covers the outrage and amusement stirred by the video and how it reflects on the current political climate.
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It's so bizarre to watch the left melt down over Trump trolling them. Like all of a sudden he just began... Trolling. He is trolled forever. They're very upset about the fighter jet. Do we have that spot? Do we have that clip? I forgot to pull it today when we were going through our show prep. But it's obviously AI. My buddy Mark Davis is totally freaking out about AI technology. now being used to make pictures move around. Like people still photographs and they can bring it to life. In fact, we've actually got a promo going on right now on Salem News Channel, which is really interesting. It shows us all kind of moving and we're mobile. And those are all headshots, but they brought them to life with AI. So there's an AI version of Trump in a fighter jet with a crown dumping feces on prominent Democrats and people out there protesting the No Kings campaign. protests now conventional wisdom says it's not your favorite thing for a president to troll do we have the video i mean it's done with um i guess there's some i forget the uh the rocks it's um oh who's the uh the artist kenny loggins is very upset angel what's it called angel what Danger Zone. Danger Zone is the song. And so you know the song Danger Zone, and Kenny Loggins is just livid. that his music is being used for such an offensive post. Hakeem Jeffries is livid. This is beneath the presidency. He is just mortified at this AI fighter pilot video. Now, again, picture this. Trump in a fighter jet with a crown dumping gas. waste, fecal matter on top of the heads of people like Harry Sisson. He's the young kid who's the paid Democrat social media influencer and the No Kings protesters. Here's Hakeem Jeffries. I don't mean to laugh because I get that people can be offended by this kind of stuff, but you've got to understand Trump doesn't care. You being outraged isn't going to matter. You being all indignant isn't going to stop him. Here's Hakeem Jeffries on CNN.
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Which showed him with a crown, flying in a plane, bombing the No Kings protesters with piles of waste. It's a family program. I'll use that word. House Speaker Mike Johnson says that it's just Trump using social media and satire. Satire is the word that he used to make a point. How do you see it?
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Well, that video is deeply unserious, deeply unpresidential, and deeply un-American. But unfortunately, it's the type of erratic, extreme behavior that the American people have continued to see from this president and from this administration from the very beginning. And of course, it's no surprise to us that House Republicans continue to behave as nothing more than reckless rubber stamps for Donald Trump's extreme agenda that's hurting the American people
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Here's what's amazing. CNN forced Hakeem Jeffries to look at the video of Trump with the crown on in the fighter jet dumping the feces on people. So they played it for him, which is cruel. It's almost like CNN is in on the trolling. They didn't have to play it, but they played it. And then Hakeem Jeffries, well, this is very unserious. It's beneath the office. It's an outrage. I mean, everybody's flipping out. And all Trump's doing is having fun and trolling people. He's just making fun of the other side. And they hate this. This is like throwing holy water on a vampire to laugh at these people. Because they take themselves so seriously. They take themselves so... You know, they're the only ones that matter. And it just kind of... Am I wrong to laugh at this? I mean, I don't know. They think they can call all of us fascists and Hitlers and Nazis all day long? They can get violent? They can do whatever they want to do. Trump has some fun with an AI video And they melt down like the Wicked Witch of the West getting a bucket of water dumped on her. Here's the actual video in its entirety. Now, if you're watching on Salem News Channel, you'll see it. We'll get a... We'll send you out the video clip on our MyPillow text line at 800-655-MIKE. We're going to come up with a good keyword. We've got to keep the keyword secret here for just a moment to give Tracy time to turn it around. But for Salem News Channel viewers, here's the video. So basically, the video clip is Trump. He's even got the oxygen mask on his face because he's like a fighter pilot. That's President Trump in the cockpit with the crown dumping fecal matter on the No Kings protesters. So I got to get your reaction to it. 800-655-MIKE. 13 past the hour. Welcome aboard. I can't believe we're talking about this, but they are. They were lining up on CNN. I saw poor Harry Sisson. He's the young kid. I got nothing against these folks. I mean, it's kind of like the No Kings protesters themselves. You want to go march around on a Saturday? Knock yourself out. Okay? You're unhappy with the election. You don't like illegals being deported. You don't like a secure border. You don't like cities being made safe by the National Guard. Okay, walk around on a Saturday. Instead of being with your family and your friends or instead of staying home watching college football, go march around. Knock yourself out. Nothing we can do about that. Go ahead. And I don't know why we get upset about it. No reason to get upset. No reason to be frustrated. But are you upset about the fighter jet meme? Are you upset about the fighter jet meme? Are you upset about what's going on with this particular exercise? I just got to get your take on it. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. I feel a little guilty at being amused by the whole thing. Maybe I'm supposed to be upset by it. I mean, if Joe Biden or Kamala Harris or Barack Obama or Bill Clinton or any prominent Democrat were playfully trolling people, I can't believe I'd be upset about it. I don't think I would. I think I have a pretty decent sense of humor. But the Hakeem Jeffries of the world are utterly humorless. Can't even his critics sort of be amused by it? Or are you really offended and bent out of shape? Are you really upset about it? 800-655-6453. Call or text. I hope you join us here in the Relief Factor studios. Welcome aboard. We've got a lot to tackle today. I've got breaking news out of New York City with the Mamdani-Sliwa-Cuomo race. I'm going to get your input on that. We've got developments out of Atlanta. A guy threatening to shoot up the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport. We'll tell you about that. First, I want to tell you about a deal right now, just in time for the fall. Fall is here. Tritail's Premium Beef is offering a deal that you're going to love. 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Andrew Cuomo, grow a pair. Why don't you look over at him and say, I don't have to go visit a mosque, all right? I live in America. It's a Christian nation. I'm fine with Muslims, but I certainly don't need to go and listen to Allahu Akbar while people are on their knees five times a day in order to run this city. Zoran.
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In the Relief Factor studios, here's Mike on Salem News Channel and Salem Radio Network.
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I just saw a video clip of Scott Jennings. defending the so-called poop video on CNN last night. I just forwarded that to Christian. Christian, if you can turn that around for us, because according to Vigilant Fox, somebody I follow on X, Scott left two CNN Democrats visibly flustered after defending Trump's AI poop video. Caitlin Collins wanted to know what the point was Trump was trying to make. Can you imagine? Can you imagine an anchor woman sitting there? What's the point of an amusing video showing Trump flying around with a crown on in a fighter jet, dumping poop on no Kings protesters? What's the point? What is the, now that's somebody who is utterly humorless. There's no other way to say it. And I don't like making fun of people who don't have a sense of humor. You know, I just don't. You want to see the video, incidentally. You haven't seen it yet. I mean, frankly, if you don't get it, you don't get it. If you don't have a sense of humor, you don't have a sense of humor. And I don't want to be mean about it. But it really does boil down to whether or not you have a sense of humor or not. You're able to laugh. It's funny. How do you not see that funny? Just Trump with the gas mask on his face. I keep saying gas mask. The oxygen mask. He's got the oxygen mask over his face. Can we play it one more time, Christian, for people watching right now on Salem News Channel? Replete with Kenny Loggins' music, Danger Zone. Hit it. He's taking off. He's got the oxygen mask on. He's looking around the crowd. There goes the poop out of the jet. Oh, Harry Sisson's getting it right in the noggin. There's all the protesters getting all the fecal matter dumped on them. Now, again, it's not exactly presidential, but he's not presidential. It's who he is. It's gross. I mean, it's absolutely gross. It's kind of, but it's who he is. And either you have a sense of humor about things or you don't. Let me give you an example. And again, I don't want to make fun of people who don't have a sense of humor. But let me share with you an example. I got an email yesterday from Alan in Georgia. He actually wrote a couple of times. He's so upset about me making the use of the word Karen. You know what a Karen is, right? Karen is... Typically a white woman who's upset and is screaming that she wants to talk to the manager. Karen is somebody, Karen has become well-known in the lexicon and kind of the vernacular as somebody who is a kind of a shrew, you know? Somebody who's complaining that she didn't get the right sauce with her french fries and she's going to write a letter to the manager. Or jumps out of the car and yells at you because you've driven too fast or you've driven too slow. It's, you know, Karen. It's an expression that people use now. Here's an example of some. And I would think if your name is Karen, you'd have a sense of humor about it. I would think that if you're married to somebody named Karen, you'd have a sense of humor about it. Because it's kind of funny. Karen. Oh, there goes Karen. You're being a Karen. Karen. Here's Alan from Georgia. My wife and I are conservatives, been Republicans for decades. I managed a congressional campaign. A few minutes ago, Mike was talking about that awful teacher who went bang-bang to the kids with the Charlie Kirk sign. My sweet Christian wife is named Karen. Mike called this awful woman a Karen. This is uncalled for. And ridiculous. He owes an apology to every nice woman named Karen. Pejoratives have no place on the show. Now, I don't want to make fun of Alan. I just don't. I would just, with love and with affection, because Dean, Alan, I appreciate you and Karen listening to the show, and I know your wife is a lovely woman. You've got to lighten up a little bit. You just have to have a little bit of ability to laugh. Have a little humor. Everything is so serious. Everything is so devastating. And everybody's so angry. And it seems to me that if... And maybe, in fairness to Alan, it sounds like they've been married for a long time, so maybe Alan is a senior. Maybe Alan doesn't know that Karen has become a very widely accepted, popular way to describe... Some, you know, woman who's a typical white liberal shrew. Some hen. Some crow. I'm going to write to the manager. It's a Karen. But here's poor Alan defending the honor of his sweet Christian wife of 45 years. And he's mad at me. So, look, by the way, I'll apologize. I don't mind apologizing. Mrs. Alan, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry that Alan was offended that I called a Karen a Karen. Oh, my goodness. 20 minutes before the hour, 800-655-MIKE. Portions of our show sponsored by M. Dean Owens CPA, a real leader in tax and financial strategy. Dean's a combat vet. He's got a sense of humor. I've been with him. I've been with him and his lovely wife on the Patriots Alaska cruise. 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Breaking news out of New York City, Curtis Lewa will not repeat, he will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race. More on that in just a moment. We'll get to that breaking story and find out what you think about it. Incidentally, the caller from Minneapolis, I think her name was Linda, talked about Trump's accomplishments. One of the most successful popular texts we've ever sent out, courtesy of the MyPillow text line, is the list of Trump's accomplishments. You know what the only problem with it is? It's updated as of July. Do you know how many accomplishments we've had since July in this administration? So, Tracy, we've got to update the list. This is dated. This is absolutely dated. So we're going to find an updated list. But for now, if you'd like to see the list of Trump's accomplishments through July of this year, just text the keyword TRUMP to the MyPillow text line, 800-655-6453, and we'll send you the list of accomplishments. Just be prepared. It's a long list. And see, that's the thing. I mean, do you want to compromise or sacrifice the accomplishments that Trump has achieved and wish he was a little bit more statesman-like, a little bit less edgy, a little less trolling? Or do you just take the whole package?
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Ralph's in Atlanta. Hey, Ralph, welcome to the show. How are you? Hey, Mike. Thank you. Nailed it. He's equally crude and sort of, well, unrefined, but just hilarious. I'll take it. Yeah, I mean, he's the whole package.
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Look, when he's making fun of Rosie O'Donnell and he's calling people ugly and stuff, it's crude, it's crass.
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It's who he is. I mean, it's a bit much. It took me a little while to come to support him. But once I got that, OK, I'll take it.
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I got it. If that's the thing, if you could take the accomplishments, if you could say, look, look at what he's achieved. This is a guy who sealed the border in about five minutes. This is a guy who's got Democrats defending crime because he wants to send the guard in. And incidentally, big victory out of Portland. Have you seen the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals? one of the most liberal courts, a court of appeals in America, giving him a big victory over sending the guard in? Let me find this story here so I get it exactly right for you. Got a big pile of stuff today. I feel like Trump's fighter. Here it is. A big, big boost, a big, huge win from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Yes, the Ninth Circuit. It's one of the most liberal courts in America. And the court, in a two-to-one decision, granted the Trump administration's motion for a stay-pending appeal, which means that Trump gets to send in the National Guard to Portland. That's huge. That's such a big deal. That's an amazing deal. So guess what? You got to take a little bit of the good with the bad. 800-655-MIKE. Hope you join us. You ready to drop up to 20 pounds or more by the new year? Have you been struggling with belly fat forever? You know, the older you get, the harder it is to say goodbye to those unwanted pounds. PHD Weight Loss cracked the code. They have a metabolic reset system that's a science-backed way to get your body to burn fat first. Look, I've tried everything my whole life. I counted points. I counted calories. I did crazy starvation diets. Then I met Dr. Ashley Lucas, and I learned all about her brilliant program called PhD Weight Loss, the only program that guarantees your success and your results. If I can lose over 50 pounds and keep it off over a couple of years, you can too. Everybody can. When you call right now, they'll waive your consultation fee, you'll get two extra weeks free, and they'll cover the cost of your food during the program. Just for booking, you'll get Dr. Ashley's book, Five Steps to Reset the Scale. Hurry, call today, 864-644-1900, Ph.D. Weight Loss, 864-644-1900, or visit their website at myphdweightloss.com. Well, the MyPillow text line has pretty much blown up on this subject of the New York City mayor's race as we see a live shot of Los Angeles. Looks like the beautiful Pacific Ocean there. Of course, we heard on AM 870 the answer there in Los Angeles. La La Land. Montana writes, this is Andy, Mike, phase one invasion complete. Phase two takeover has begun. New York City, Minneapolis, Michigan, this is going to continue. Here's from Columbia, South Carolina. Mike, all that needs to happen is for the media to show the truth about all the candidates. That would be problem solved. There's nobody that doubts who Zoran Mamdani is. The media has told the truth about Zoran Mamdani. Zoran Mamdani has told the truth about who he is. Zoran Mamdani is so emboldened, he's posing with an unindicted co-conspirator of the World Trade Center bombing from 1993. A guy who declared there should be jihad against New Yorkers. That's who Zoran Mamdani has no problem posing with, with that big, you know, crap-eating grin he always has. There's no secret about who he is. They know what they're getting. That's what makes it crazy. They know that he can't afford the fast, free buses. They know there's no way all they're going to do is tax people into oblivion and people are going to have a mass exodus and the billionaires are going to leave and the millionaires are going to leave and it's going to be a hellscape. It's going to look like a scene from the Mel Gibson movie, Mad Max. You wait and see. And maybe, just maybe, people are saying, well, I guess it won't be as bad as they think it's going to be. Okay, you want to roll the dice and live there? You want to roll the dice? Look, I've got somebody very close to me, married couple. They're out. They're already making plans. And this person very close to me who I'm not going to name, you might be able to figure it out. like the whole Gallagher family, grew up loving New York, wanted to live there. The vibrant nerve center of the world, the cultural and financial epicenter of the universe. He's out. He and his wife are out. They're going to live as far away as they can. Here's Curtis Lewa earlier today saying, making some headlines and posted this video online. He isn't going anywhere.
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Dear Lee, you see they're trying to push me out. And they're trying to silence you. You, the hardworking people that make this city work. They haven't recognized you or come to your aid at all. The old ways have been the worst ways. But now they suddenly come to you and they want your vote. No, no, no. We mobilize. We hit the streets. You are the volunteers who are going to help me take back this city. That's why you've got to join me on this Saturday, the first day of early voting, when I cast my vote, and we get all the Sleeward supporters out there in force to cast their vote, because the billionaires are not going to determine who the next mayor is. You, the people, will.
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There you go. You got to love the fight. You got to love the passion. Do you love the strategy? Don's in Illinois. Hello, Don.
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Hi, Mike. How you doing?
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I'm good. How are you, sir?
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Not bad. Good. I know it's your scenario that you proposed. You only had two scenarios, and that was if... Well, he didn't mention Sliwa. He didn't say what happens if Cuomo were to shift his votes to Sliwa. Correct. That's right. It's hard to do because he's a Republican.
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Right.
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But has anyone done the numbers on that and seen what it would be?
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Yeah, that's a good point. And, of course, I think the reason they're not really focused on that is because they know how low a percentage of registered Republicans live in New York City. This is what he's up against, they say. Do you know...
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The tact has got to be for Steve Wood to say, this is not about New York City, this is about the United States of America. I know. He's proven himself over the last, God, how long has he been a Red Beret wearer?
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Of course he has. But New Yorkers don't, believe me, they don't care about anything beyond the Hudson or the East Rivers. New Yorkers care about New Yorkers. Do you know what percentage of New Yorkers are Republicans?
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Probably less than 10.
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No, 22. But still. That's promising. Well, it's better than 10, but it ain't enough, they say, to win an election. You're going to have to have a whole bunch of lifelong Democrats say, yeah, I'll vote for a Republican. Now, they could. They have. You had a very successful mayoralty with Rudy Giuliani, without a doubt the most successful mayor in the history of the city. I mean, you want to talk about a guy that turned the city around? That's what Rudy Giuliani did. And Curtis would be a 2026 Rudy Giuliani. Greg's in Ringwood, New Jersey. Hey, Greg, how are you? Hey, good morning, Mike. Hi.
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Yeah, I'm just outside New York. It's a little upstate New Jersey near the, I guess you would call it, But yeah, I was born 9-11, so I was going across a big hill here and I got to see, unfortunately, the planes hit the tower. when it happened.
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Look, it's going to be a tough call. It's going to be very difficult. But I do want to hear from New Yorkers. I want to hear a New Yorker tell me, maybe you're a Democrat listening to the Mike Gallagher show on AM 970, The Answer. Or maybe you're watching on the Salem News Channel. I want to give you front and center. I want to give you VIP preference here when you call the show. Especially if you're a New York Democrat. What are you going to do?
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Social breaking news out of New York. Curtis Lewa has announced he's not dropping out of the race under any circumstances. We'll see what happens there. We got dodged a bullet literally in Atlanta. We're going to get a report from Roger P. Shulman, our newsman, about an arrest that was made at the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport where a guy was evidently planning to shoot the place up. A couple of IDF soldiers were killed in an attack in Rafa. that is continually leading to a potentially unraveling of the peace process in the Middle East. We're going to be there in a few days. We're headed over. And incidentally, thanks to everybody who's been writing emails, praying for our safety and security. And look, we take all the necessary precautions, and we're not going to be walking around without protection, and we do have security with us 24-7. It's sad to say that we have to be there, and that's where we are, unfortunately, but it is a volatile place right now. But we're very, very excited about heading over to the Holy Land next week, thanks to our friends at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. They're going to make it possible for us to go back, just like they did weeks after the October 7th attacks. And I am just profoundly grateful for the opportunity to return to the Holy Land. I'm also grateful for your support of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. The IFCJ is a beautiful, beautiful ministry. They're rushing all kinds of supplies. Israel still needs help. And as this fragile ceasefire is underway, Boy, the fellowship is needed more than ever. So we hope you'll go to MikeOnline.com and make a donation. You can go online, MikeOnline.com. and make that donation to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. For a limited time, the impact of your gift doubles. You can call 800-613-5511, 800-613-5511, or go to mikeonline.com. And I hope you'll be able to join us during our special broadcast from Jerusalem next week. Let's have a little bit of fun. Can we lighten the mood a little bit? The Democrats are very angry at Donald Trump again. What are they angry about? They're angry at an AI video. My buddy Mark Davis is obsessed with AI. And Mark discovered that Grok and other different forms of artificial intelligence can take headshots... Like pictures, family pictures, and make them move around. In fact, we've got a Salem News Channel promo running right now. You guys don't have your hands on that, do you? That shows me and Hewitt and Larry Elder and Chris DeGaulle, Dinesh D'Souza. We're all moving around, but we're not moving around. Those are from pictures. Those are from still photos. And Mark is just – he spent the whole day today practically – I'm trying to talk about the New York City mayor's race. I'm trying to talk about the ceasefire. And he wants to talk about AI. It was really – it was actually hysterical because he got – All these pictures. He took a picture of the Eminem experience, a headshot of me and Mark. And there we are laughing and slapping each other on the back. And, of course, we didn't do that. It's all done by artificial intelligence. So Trump reposted a video. Now, he didn't create it. Somebody must have made it. And it's Trump flying around in a fighter jet. For me, the hysterical part is he's got the oxygen mask over his face, and he's wearing a crown. This was during the No Kings protest, supposedly. And he's dumping feces out of the jet. on New Yorkers marching around at the No Kings protest, including the very famous young influencer, the paid Democrat influencer, Harry Sisson. He's the kid that pops up all over the place on social media. He gets a big load of feces dumped on him. If you're watching right now on the Salem News Channel, and I hope you are, we appreciate that, let's play it for you. Here's Trump in the fighter jet. with the crown and with the mask, dropping feces all over the New York protesters. Now, you either have a sense of humor or you don't. Speaking of my buddy Mark, the Mark Davis doctrine is thus. Trump derangement syndrome takes smart people, makes them dumb, takes nice people, makes them mean, And it takes funny people and makes them unfunny. Does anybody think Stephen Colbert is funny anymore? Anybody find out you think Jimmy Kimmel is humorous? I know that a sense of humor is subjective. I get it. But for crying out loud, you've got to lighten up a little bit. It's a little video poking fun. Now, here was my favorite moment of this entire controversy. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, is invited to appear on CNN, and they subjected him to have to sit through watching the video of Trump, the king, in the fighter jet, dropping feces on the No Kings protesters. They actually played the video for Hakeem Jeffries to get his reaction.
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Which showed him with a crown flying in a plane, bombing the No Kings protesters with piles of waste. It's a family program. I'll use that word. House Speaker Mike Johnson says that it's just Trump using social media and satire. Satire is the word that he used to make a point. How do you see it?
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Well, that video is deeply unserious, deeply unpresidential and deeply un-American. But unfortunately, it's the type of erratic, extreme behavior that the American people have continued to see from this president and from this administration from the very beginning. And of course, it's deeply unserious.
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Well, you don't think Trump know you think Trump's being serious? Hakeem, he doesn't think he's a fighter pilot. with a crown on, dumping feces. He knows it's unserious. But look, the people that were on the other side of this are very unhappy. Here's Harry Sisson. He's the young Democrat influencer who is depicted as having the waste, the poop, the dung, whatever you want to call it, dumped on his head. Harry sure didn't find it funny.
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Folks, in the past week, Donald Trump has attacked me on social media, posting an AI video on Truth Social of him flying a jet, dropping feces on me specifically and millions of other Americans protesting. J.D. Vance then got involved and joined with the president to attack me as well on social media. And earlier in the week, MAGA Republicans got deport Harry Sisson trending on On Twitter. It was the number one thing on the platform.
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Now, here's the thing. Now, he's a kid. I don't know how old Harry Sisson is. You see him pop up on social media. You know he's loving this. You can almost hear the excitement in his voice. You know having the President of the United States single him out makes Harry feel very important. And look, I feel the same way about Harry Sisson that I feel about the No Kings protesters. You have every right to object to this presidency. Knock yourself out. And apparently Harry's making a nice little living because they pay him. He's reportedly a paid influencer on social media. The DNC pays him, evidently, to post all his stuff. Here was Scott Jennings last night. This was a big subject on the CNN roundtable discussion on Abby Phillips' show.
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Do you think it's making a point, Scott?
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well yeah he was making a point i mean why shouldn't the president why shouldn't the president use a made-up video to respond to a rally that has a made-up reason i mean it's a non-existent reason we don't have a monarchy in this country we have a presidency won by donald trump who won the popular vote who won the electoral college who won all the swing states we have a democracy people voted and they elected the president and the only thing they're mad about is that he is lawfully executing the office of the presidency and enforcing laws that have been on the books for a long time. So he made up a video. They made up a reason to have a rally. And I think it was kind of funny, to be honest with you.
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Now, the lady, you see the other lady, the Democrat, shaking her head, scolding. She did almost everything but wag her finger at Scott. Oh, yeah, he had a point all right. The point was the No Kings rally didn't really have a point. So I don't have a point in making up a video that shows me dumping poop on the protesters. I don't like making fun of people who don't have a sense of humor. I just don't. But the truth is, you either kind of have the ability to laugh, even at yourself, or you don't. And the people who are upset with the video just don't even have a... I would love to hear from a Trump hater who said, man, I can't stand the guy, but that was funny as can be. That was hysterical. Him flying around with the oxygen mask and the crown on his head. flying over New York City in a fighter jet, dumping poop on his adversaries. That's pretty funny. That would be like a normal reaction. I hate the guy. I don't like the mass deportation. I don't like the secure border. I don't like crime going down. I don't like a good economy. I don't like all the achievements of the Trump presidency. But that was pretty funny. Now, that's a normal reaction. Instead, they take the bait every time. So my advice to anybody who is offended, lighten up. Get a sense of humor. Learn to laugh a little bit. We need to laugh. Laughing makes people happy. Laughing, I'm convinced you'll add years to your life if you're not walking around miserable and stressed and unhappy and just generally depressed. Just lighten up. If you don't get Trump by now, you never will. Because Lord knows he loves to laugh. And right now he's laughing at a whole lot of his critics.
Join Dana as she delves into the wacky world of Florida Man where wild headlines reveal a state with its own unique set of challenges. From late-night burnouts to a man's near brush with a flesh-eating bacteria, the stories are as captivating as they are head-scratching. Dana skillfully navigates these bizarre tales with her signature wit and insight, painting a portrait of life in the Sunshine State that you won't soon forget.
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Hmm, Florida Man almost hit police officers doing a burnout to impress the ladies. Man, save some grills for the rest of them, won't you? The late-night crowd in downtown Bradenton got smoked when police said a driver turned Main Street into his own burnout pit. It was about 2 in the morning. Their crime reduction team heard a truck hammer its throttle, saw a silver pickup fly down the street. The driver identified as 28-year-old Juan Leon. swerved past pedestrians and officers standing nearby after running a stop sign. He corrected just before he reached the next avenue where a red light forced him to stop. But instead of cooling off, he spun the tires in the crosswalk, filling the intersection with smoke, then lurched forward, forcing officers to step back. When he was detained, he got, oh boy, DUI also. And he was booked on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon because he also performed field sobriety tests, declined a breathalyzer. He told them that he was trying to impress girls. The officers were not impressed with his answer. You can imagine. Also, this. What a headline. OK, let's. Cape Coral man accused of causing mother significant number of stab wounds.
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Who worded that?
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So these siblings got their brother arrested because he stabbed their mother. So what does that mean? You're accused of causing significant. That's like I caused you to get punched in the face by my fist. You know what I mean? Like what in the world is that? That's like newspeak. The guy was arrested. But what stands out and what I can't get past is this insane headline. What is it? It's from News Press, which is like an actual news site. They cover Florida. But too many Christmas. That's pretty heavy lifting there with that whole sentence. A Florida man believes that he was infected with flesh eating bacteria while cutting grass. What? This was in Jacksonville. He was hospitalized. He was in there for weeks. He battled flesh-eating bacteria. He said that he was cutting weeds and grass in a ditch that runs alongside of his house. And he said that he thinks that that's what happened because it hit his legs the most. And he said that... I mean, they thought they were going to have to... I mean, this is how bad it was. They thought they were going to have to amputate this guy's leg. They don't have to, but they said that they're trying to... They're still looking at... I mean... Yeah, we had the guy who got killed by a bear yesterday for mowing his grass. I've never heard of a guy getting the flesh-eating bacteria thing from mowing grass, though. But I guess that makes sense if you're near a ditch and there's water. I don't know. man that's like really this guy runs an irrigation company he said he's trying he's recovering uh but um yeah that's awful his injuries look bad that's a weird one definitely a weird one uh let's see uh in florida let's see what do we got another florida woman she attacked her mother and brother during an argument over the playstation playstation 4. Yeah. Marion County. Now, this was like a year ago, but it occurred in April 24. But they're in trial now. She was found guilty just this week of choking her mother and then hitting her brother during an argument over a video game console. So it was over the PlayStation. That's insane. She apparently grabbed his her brother's groin to the point of pain because I guess they were fighting over the plane. She's actually a grown person. Can I just say like these are all grown people like this woman's literally she's in her late 20s. And or sorry, she looks like she's in early 20s. She's 21 years old, but she choked her mother. She battered the brother and police had to come. And they said that it was over a PlayStation 4 console and they were fighting over it, et cetera, et cetera. So that's ended. That's that's what happened. That's wow. I can't imagine being so ridiculous that that's your pretty wild. I also have this this guy. I think we've had this before. Did we ever, did we talk about the guy who's dressed as Chuck E. Cheese in Arrested? Oh, wait, yeah, we did. Okay. We did, yeah. I have a lot of Florida people that still send me, sometimes people will send me stuff that I've already talked about. But for whatever reason, I got this like three, this like sent like three or four times over the past couple of days. I'm like, I'm pretty sure we covered the Chuck E. Cheese arrest. Like literally the guy in the costume. Kel-Tec, the KS7 Gen 2 shotgun, one of the somewhat new ones that Kel-Tec has come out with based in Florida. Family-owned company. The KS7 Gen 2 pack with upgrades. You got a five-slot Picatinny-style rail. Underneath, you can add vertical grips, lights, keep it flush and sleek with a cap, however you want to do it. It's a smooth pump-action shotgun, smoother and for faster, cleaner cycling, plus enhanced durability. Ultra-lightweight at just under 7 pounds unloaded. Compact bullpup design, so you have maneuverability in tight spaces, ambidextrous downward shell ejection, and a 7 plus 1 capacity as well. And you can also get the KS7 Gen 2 Defender Package. See more of those details on keltecweapons.com for all of those specs. And its MSRP is only $639, so it's affordable, bringing advanced performance well within reach. It's from Keltec, K-E-L-T-E-C weapons.com. It's the KS7... Gen 2 from Kel-Tec Weapons and based in Florida. Keltecweapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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But we went and visited a church. And I'm going to warn you. I'm very old school about certain things. Certain things in church. I get very to the letter of Paul on a lot of things. And some of you know where I'm going on this. And I don't really care if somebody gets offended or not because your problem's not with me. It's with the word. It's with God. So, you know, take it up with him. That's between y'all. But I'll say this. We have been visiting some churches recently. To find a church home. And I don't mean like shopping. I want a Bible-believing church. I want a church that is full of the Spirit, preaching from the Bible. We are Church of Christ. We're non-denominational. So that's where we'd like to stay. Well, we went and visited a church this weekend. And it was a church. I'm not going to say any. I'm not going to name-check anybody. But we went and visited this church. And it was someone that we used to go to church with that had recommended it. We get there. It's a beautiful campus. I mean, it's it's very new. It's a beautiful campus. They you know, they had a water fountain. They had all kinds of stuff. Can it was fancy inside. It smelled like a retail store. Like, I think. they maybe had some kind of like scent that they were pumping through the HVAC. It smelled amazing and they're clean like soap. It was so nice. I don't know why that struck me. It was a little loud. The sound was loud. We come from a faith that or a practice. I don't want to say a faith where, you know, church or Christ. So we come from a place where we don't have a lot of the instrumentation because it's, you know, lift your voices up and you're active in the worship. I do get weird when there's like a wall of instrumentation. That's so loud. You can't even talk to the person next to you and you feel like you're at a concert. I just got, I have some issues with that, but anyway, it's a minor thing. We're in there and they had a great worship and pray service and they were singing some old school songs that I remember when I was a kid. And we're getting ready to settle in and a woman comes up and she's talking about stuff. And I was assuming that this was going to be a female who is coming up and is talking to us about maybe, I don't know, VBS or maybe some of the women's groups or something. And she kept going. And then she started in scripture and I realized, oh my gosh, she's giving the sermon. Cain's eyebrows just shot up over his Robert Evans glasses. She starts, she was giving the sermon and I sat there because I, I think that you either take some of the word or none of the word or all of the word or none of the word. You can't just like parse it out and take, I'll just have a little bit of this word. I'll have a little bit of this. You either take all of it or none of it. And I don't support women pastors. I am very – again, if you take issue with me on this, then argue about it with God in Paul's letters. Argue about it in the New Testament. I'm not going to – there is Deborah, there is Ruth, and I think that Christianity has done more than any other faith. Jesus was the first feminist. I use that word like almost kind of jokingly. the true equalizer and Christianity has done more to lift up women than any other faith and has, has done so much for women. This women are called to certain things. Men are called to certain things. And I'm not going to argue about it because it's just a, just it, it is the word is what the word is. And I'm sitting there and there's a woman pastor. You and I were raised very similarly. And I'm, It just shocked me. And then she was giving a sermon on gossip and biblical law. And she kind of was participating in gossip while also giving the sermon about gossip. And I'm thinking, this is wow. This is all of we got up and walked out of the service. Now we had some family visiting with us. We were very quiet, but unfortunately I did not know that they were going to, you know, you're visiting a church. I didn't advance and make sure, Hey, you don't gotta want, you know, I just didn't think that was something I necessarily needed to do if it was a Bible believing church. And I was very shocked. We left in the middle of the sermon because I'm just not going to, I'm not going to sit there and listen to it. And it was so sad because there were so many young people there and they look like they had a great youth program and And I just was just, that's a big thing to get incorrect, I think. And there's always going to be something incorrect or something off. I'm not looking for the perfect church. I'm looking for a church that is in the word. And I'm looking for a church that is of the spirit and that has a heart for God and is not about trying to be of the world and meet the world in the world. You know what I mean? Be of the word, not the world. And I felt... Like this was just more of that. Church is where you are. That's where you go and you fellowship with believers and you are stepping out of all of the insanity of this world and you're getting back to the purpose. I don't want to see it portrayed on stage as part of a sermon. It's not social experimentation. It's if the Bible I just I was so frustrated because I thought, you know, I was really kind of excited. Like when we walked in and I'm like, wow, this is great. And I was livid that it was a female. She was and she wasn't the regular pastor. And that's irrelevant. She was still up there and she was delivering a sermon. And I just had a major problem with that. I mean, the Bible's pretty clear on things, and again, if people want to take issue with it, they can take issue with God. Your beef is not with me. I don't know. Was that the right thing to do, Cain, to get up and leave?
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I would say so. I mean, everyone has their own convictions, but the reality is there are leaders that lead from a position that everyone would respect, and then there are female pastors. So that's where I'm at.
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yeah it it was it just i i was shocked because normally you know you have someone who gets up and they're like oh yeah on our announcements and the kids you know you know going to kids church or whatever she just stayed up there and then she was at the the podium and then she was getting into scripture and she started talking about gossip and i'm just sitting here processing all of this stuff and i just couldn't sit there. You know, we, our nephew was with us and he was like, well, I know that, you know, God knows that I know that this is, you know, incompatible with what, you know, his word in, in the gospels. So do I get up and leave? And we were all of the same mind because I was like, nope, this is not, not what I'm, I'm not, I'm not going to exercise patience and wait for you to get some of the most basic things right because our lives are too short. The end. That's just kind of how I look at it. And I know it's... There is a problem in the... There's a problem in the Christian church. And a lot of people are really... They're trying to water everything down and in the bid to make it seem like, oh, yes, come one, come all. You're like throwing away some of the word to be of the world. And this is a problem. Our partners that bring you the program, it's our friends over at All Family Pharmacy. All Family Pharmacy is a great website. This is like your... All medication, everything repository. It really is. Anything that you need, they have at All Family Pharmacy. And All Family Pharmacy not only has your everyday medications, they also have a lot like antibiotics. They have Tamiflu. You can get things in two to four days. You can get them overnighted if you're in a pinch, which I have done. Not only did I do that when I was getting sick before Thanksgiving and And I was able to get a Z-Pak. But my son, who is at school, was getting strep throat. And before he could get in to see the doctor, I was able to get some all-family pharmacy overnighted to him, some amoxicillin. And then it's funny because when he went in to the doctor, they prescribed him the same thing that we'd ordered from all-family pharmacy. So you fill it out, the doctor reviews it, and then they send you your medications. They have ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine and membendazole and NAD+, everything that you need. You don't need any gatekeepers. All Family Pharmacy makes it accessible just to you. And it's so easy. You can get 10% off right now when you go through allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and use code Dana10. So don't wait. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Code Dana10 for 10% off.
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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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Mitch McConnell fell down. He fell down inside of the Senate. He was helped to his feet by an aide and a Capitol Police officer, and he waved briefly at the camera before walking away without any assistance. He's 83 years old. He was asked a question by a reporter at the time when he lost his footing inside of the basement of the Russell Senate office building just a little earlier. He needs to just retire and relax and enjoy his life. because I can't imagine people living out the latter part of their lives in elected office. That just sounds like a hell on earth that no one wants to be a part of, you know? Just awful. A Marshall's shopper stabbed a customer in front of her family over a checkout line dispute, according to New Jersey cops. This is crazy. People are nuts. I'm telling you, the violence is real. A woman was upset at a customer because apparently they were taking too long, I guess, at the checkout. And she was just apparently getting very testy over it. And the victim, she stabbed the victim multiple times in front of her family. She apparently was buying kitchen knives from the store and used one of the kitchen knives to stab the shopper. It was like 6 o'clock on a Saturday. And it was Amber Thompson, 25, in Newark, got into an argument with another customer over the speed of the checkout lane. As the victim and her family left the store and headed towards the car, Thompson allegedly purchased a set of kitchen knives, removed one from the box, took one out of the box, and then followed the victim in the parking lot and stabbed her multiple times. She was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that thankfully were not life-sustaining. Thompson was located in the Marshall's bathroom with a kitchen knife laying atop the baby changing station. She is charged with second degree aggravated assault, third and fourth degree weapons offenses, fourth degree endangerment. Wow. Yeah, how is that not attempted murder? I agree with you. A Disney World guest apparently committed suicide at a resort hotel. Ooh, haunted Disney? I'm just saying, this is horrible. Wednesday, someone was found dead due to apparent suicide at their contemporary resort hotel. They said the manner of death was ruled a suicide, and it was apparently near the resort hotel, just outside of the... magic kingdom park and they said it was an apparent suicide so that's super sad and a volvo a woman sees volvo after her dog triggers the trunk to close causing her brain injury it's not volvo's fault it's your fault like sands through the hourglass so are the days of the united states
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saw your voicing Professor Umbridge in the new Harry Potter audiobooks. I was wondering, are you aware that some fans are calling for a boycott, giving J.K.
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Rowling's ongoing campaign against trans people? I was not aware of that, no. I'm very sorry. You know, I think we're all living in a period of time right now where we're all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren't we? And we've all got very different opinions. So I hope that we can all... find respect.
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What's the problem with what she said? People are getting upset with Keira Knightley for some reason. I think she's lovely. And that's a stupid question to ask. But she was being very nice about it. She's doing the voice of Dolores Umbridge in the audiobook of Rowling's book series. So James McAvoy, Kit Harington, Simon Pegg, Matt Berry, who's very good. And I think people are trying to get there again these people wake up they're so miserable these people live such miserable lives they take joy and being miserable to everybody and they're just trying to find someone that they can get upset with and they're picking now they're trying to pick her And so she was doing this interview with this. I'm not just cider, this lame publication. And they are asking her this question. And, you know, she kind of laughs about it. And they're saying, oh, she laughed. Can you believe she laughed? And can you believe she said she didn't know? Because she's not a loser like you people. She doesn't sit around here and do burn book mean girl style and figure out who's fighting with who. And quite honestly, these people are getting upset over J.K. Rowling. Shut the hell up. No one cares about your stupid opinions. OK, you have not even contributed one artistic anything remotely offensive. close to the level of artistry that she has given to the arts and entertainment community. These people are mad. They're trying to force compliance with their cosplay. If they were truly happy, they would just live their lives content with how they view themselves. But that's not enough because their problem is inward, not outward. They want to force all of you, everyone else to affirm their cosplay. And if you don't, you, not they insanely in their view are the bigot. It's insane. These are actions of insane people. Make mental institutions great again. And to go after her for it, I thought she handled that idiotic question wonderfully. I would not have been as nice. She handled it very nicely, I thought. She was very calm and chill, and she was very respectful with her opinions. How can you get mad over saying, well, we all have different opinions, so I hope that we can all find respect? Well, I'm mad. That's what these people are saying. They're mad at her for saying that everyone has opinions and that we should all be respectful of people's opinions, which I don't think you should be, but I even think she's too nice there. If your opinion's stupid, I have no respect for it. No one is owed respect for an opinion. You aren't owed respect. At most, you are owed indifference. That is it. You're not owed anything else but indifference. So she's even very nice there. But as Juan correctly notes, they want her to pick a side. What team are you on? They want her to put the jersey on what team they're trying to determine. See, they're sniffing you out like some jackbooted thugs. They're sniffing you out. That's what she's not. She's removing herself from that. She's not playing that. I always find it interesting. You have some lowly reporter who probably eats cat food and can't make ends meet because they decided they wanted to major and get a job in a completely unrealistic dying industry. And so they ask someone who is infinitely more talented and more successful a stupid question like this. And that is a way to elevate their own profile and maybe gain wider acceptance and larger and more ascended professional circles. They decide to stoke a witch hunt like this. It's stupid. So good on her for giving not really, but rhetorically kind of a middle finger to this.
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Before you think that maybe you hit the DABA accident and you went over to a Spanish speaking station. Well, I speak Spanish fluently, but no, that is a brazen comment that unless you speak Spanish you won't understand. That is the president of Colombia saying that, check this out. If President Trump will not change, the solution is to get rid of Trump. Oh. What do you mean by that, muchacho, huh? What are we talking about? Hey, welcome to the Dana Show. Dusting off the equipment around here is the Dana Show Southern Command. Appreciate the call from the gang over at HQ. From the home of Starbase, Texas, the studio of KURV Radio and the RGV, this is the Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana. Man. I know why this guy's so upset. He's got drug boats being blown out of the water by the U.S. military. Which, I mean, I look at the video of some of these boats being blown out of the water. And, by the way, let me just say. I do hope that as there was some commentary a few days back on maybe sending in some more spooks, more CIA behind the lines in not only Colombia, Venezuela, you know, I just hope that the Trump administration and our competent folks in our naval forces and the Air Force and anybody else participating, maybe the Space Force, maybe looking at this by satellite. Boys, I sure hope that you crossed all the T's, dotted all the I's, and you know beyond any doubt whatsoever that those boats, those speedboats are carrying a bunch of bundles of cocaine and whatever other illicit drugs are out there. And they're blowing up to smithereens. I hope it's not just, you know, a video opportunity or publicity opportunity. Let's make sure we get this right. This is one thing we don't want it to boomerang on us. Man, you talk about, you guys remember, if you're a kid from the 80s like I am, I'm from the late 80s, early 90s. If you guys remember the war on drugs, you know, just say no to the war on drugs. That was, you know, just, you know, it was a euphemism. Oh, we never really are going to take the U.S. military. Well, we now are. We got the U.S. military. going after drug boats and blowing them out of the water. My goodness. You know, the war on drugs that I knew of and still know of and mercifully just read about, publications like Breitbart and Poncho Ortiz, one of the great reporters, and all the folks from Mexico that are feeding information on what's happening in the real drug war, fiery drug war just south of the border. From here in deep south Texas, we're, thank you, Jesus, we're north of the Rio Grande River. We're safe. This is the land of 911. We've got DPS and Border Patrol all over the place and a great place to grow a family. We're safe because we're in the USA, USA. But south of us, man, they're killing each other. Guns and grenades and landmines. It's crazy. It's crazy. You know, I haven't been, we used to, my wife and I used to visit the town immediately south of where the studio here, the KURV studio is. Our studio is now in Mission, Texas. Our towers are in Edinburgh next door. And, of course, McAllen is the McAllen area. South of us is Reynosa. And that's where I was a kid. I grew up. And the... The war south of us is still real. It's unfortunate. You've got a lot of good people down there, but Mexico's a narco state. And I'm thinking if the Trump administration is lobbing bombs and missiles at drug boats off the Colombian coast, off the Venezuelan coast, and has already, those cartels I made mention of just south of the border, some of those cartels have been deemed terrorist organizations. Look, I'm not surprised why they have been real quiet when it comes to engaging Border Patrol. If you did not know this one, we have Border Patrol here on the Rio Grande River. Every now and then, they used to get a shot, a rifle shot, gunshot from across the border. These cartels wanting them to disperse, to move out of the way. They've been real quiet of late. They've been killing themselves, unfortunately killing citizens in Mexico. But it's only going to take like one incident for it to get real. As real as it is for Colombian drug boats... or any other drug boats coming in from Central America or from South America, as real as it is, man, it's going to take one wrong step, tripwire, to get the American military to either buy a drone or buy a missile or buy, I don't know. send some bombs into Mexico and take some cartels out. I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. That'd get real nasty real quick. But anyway, I can declare at this moment, as much as the Trump administration has been able to declare peace in the Middle East, at least the temporary cessation of violence, and they're trying to... pin that down as quickly as possible. Yeah, it's been real quiet when it comes to any engagements from Mexico shooting at Border Patrol of late. Our folks are still getting hurt, especially ICE, Immigration Customs Enforcement, getting hurt by Americans. individuals who have American citizenship and don't realize how grateful they should be. They're in Chicago and Portland and other major cities attacking ICE agents, immigration customs enforcement agents, as they're trying to do their job, trying to clean up the Biden border immigration mess. Latest on the government shutdown. Yeah, another vote going down in flames. So we got some road markers on the way. And by the way, I had a chance to speak with our senior senator of Texas, John Cornyn, about this. Got a status report. Because as the Democrats and the media that carry the water for them continue to spread all this propaganda, Republicans are not working and not coming to the table to... It's just... The irony, the hypocrisy, you name it. Shut down Schumer, as I've been calling him for years. Shut down Schumer. His same advocacy for continuing to spend at the same government levels under Joe Biden. I wish they would play more of those cuts, more often. Even for the channels. that are friendly to conservatism and liberty-minded ideas. Thank God we've got plenty of them out there. We need to play more of those kinds. Shut down Schumer not too many months back. Advocating for it. Just continue to spend. We don't want anything else. We want a clean CR, as he used to say. A clean CR for Republicans. Well, this one is. And embarrassingly, this continuing spending... The formula that we're in is from the Biden administration. We're just kind of waiting for the Democrats to get off their butts. But there's more at play here. There's more at play. It is the political future or the guillotine that waits them from the radical leftists that are controlling the modern incarnation of the Democrat Party. Speaker Mike Johnson commented on this. It's cut one, Steve, if you want to play Mike Johnson real quick.
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non-partisan CR, they're going to get hammered. Another insider said in that same story, quote, we would have enough votes to reopen the government if people were not terrified of getting the guillotine, okay? They mean it metaphorically, but in a political sense, that's exactly what they're concerned about. Think about the fact that we're just laying out here. These are simple facts. We come out here every morning and remind the American people of what's going on. Do not let them distract you from the facts.
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It's not the guillotine from the voters. Because sadly, the reason that we have these kings, for example, shut down Schumer, Chuck from New York, and Nancy, and so many other leftists, and all these politicians that have been in Washington for, you know, if a generation to you is 40 years, which that's the way I define it, they've been there for longer than some of y'all have been alive. They are the kings. and the guillotine for them would be those who are in control of their party the radical leftist bloodthirsty leftist. Much like that little cut at the beginning from Columbia, the president of Columbia was very upset with, you know, Gustavo Petro was very upset with President Donald Trump. This leftist minded that if you do not accept, forget negotiate, if you do not accept our way of thinking, our demands, you come to the table, you bend the knee to what we say, you know, forget the fact that we demanded many months back that we continue to spend at the president government level. No, you now need to bend the knee to On our demands that you continue the government spending for subsidies for Obamacare. For everyone. For everybody. Including illegals. Anybody. Everybody. The way it was before, just bring it all back. Despite the fact that we were the ones who censored all these measures in Obamacare. You know, the Democrats did. The guillotine is winning for them a lot of AOC times. The squad times. Especially in New York. Let's focus on New York real quick. So many rumors on... AOC, yeah, maybe running for president or running for vice president next go-around. And every time I see these little rhymes or these comments online, I'm going, oh, dear Jesus, please make it so. That would be optimum. That would be the best solution, the best option for the next go-around would be, let's say, The lefties choose Kamala Harris again, and they put AOC as vice president. That's one option. The other is for AOC to go after Chuck. Go after Shutdown Schumer in New York and replace him there. They are so afraid. These so-called leaders, Democrat Party senior leaders, the ones who have been there like kings for more than a generation, they fear the new wave. They fear the Mamdani types that wait to take power in New York. There's... There's concern that maybe these radicals, these leftists, are willing to commit political suicide to the point to take the country with them. So one of the options would be the nuclear option, as they say in the Senate. They need 60 votes to move measures across the goal line. No longer do we have the option we haven't had for centuries now, the option to go 51 votes on all measures. No, it's got to be 60 measures to kill the so-called filibuster. Well, out there somewhere, you got Chip-Chip, hooray, Chip Roy from Texas, commenting that we should consider using the nuclear option. Forget the whole 60 votes to move legislation forward. Hey, this legislation, the CR, it's like a budget item, right? Just move it forward. Just like we need 51 votes to move. It's like reconciliation. Just we need 51 votes. Just move it forward. It's a CR. It's like a budget item. Just move it forward. They're seriously considering that. I also asked about that option from Texas Senator John Cornyn. That conversation with the senator coming up later in the show, so please stick around. Got lots of news to review, lots of other topics, including coming up in just a little bit, I'll share with you some of the demolition that's taking place on the grounds at the White House. If you have not seen pictures of this, I thought it was mind-blowing. What? That's the White House. I know it's the East Wing. But that's the White House. Look, it's being all torn up. It's pretty impressive. So what's going on there? I'll share that with you and also how that's being funded. You're in tune with The Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez broadcasting today from her Southern Command office in the RGV of Texas.
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From South Texas, I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana Lash. So here we go, we got some top five. Man, talk about... Excuse me for my French. Pissing away your pardon. An individual pardoned by President Trump for being involved in J6... has been taken into custody for threatening to assassinate Obama-lite, or Teemu Obama, the Democrat leader, Hakeem Jeffries. Criminal complaint against this 34-year-old guy, Chris Moynihan. This guy was sending text message to some associate that threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries while he was speaking at an event in New York City. He said, let's see, even if I am hated, he must be eliminated. I will kill him for the future. Oh my goodness. This is taking place up in New York. Let's see. A new report showing that millions of Americans canceled their Disney Plus and Hulu subscriptions. following ABC's decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel from air right after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. And this guy lied. Yes, Jimmy Kimmel lied about the political affiliations of the shooter. So there's this independent subscription research firm that said that 3 million people ended their Disney Plus subscription and 4.1 ended Hulu. Those numbers were about twice the average of how many people off board for a subscription like this. The news copy says, Disney faced backlash for the decision to temporarily suspend Kimmel after he made comments related to the killing of Kimmel. No, he didn't. The correct copy would say after he lied, Jimmy Kimmel lied about the political affiliation of the shooter, of the alleged killer. Excuse me, I have to say alleged killer. Let's see what else is in the news. Oh, check this out. If you can, if you don't have city lights around you, this is the only way you can see it. So folks across the country will be able to see a rare green comet streaking across the sky this week. NASA saying that the Comet Lemon, I hope it's not named after, you know, that lemon guy from Sina. Comet Lemon will make its closest approach to Earth like today, tonight, tomorrow morning. You'll be able to see it tomorrow night, tomorrow evening. I think it's in the evening we can see it. Let me check the paragraph real quick. 55 million miles from Earth... And that would be, I think, about half the distance to the sun, because I think it's like 100 million miles from here to the sun. So you will be able to see the green comet shortly after sunset toward the western sky. It's better if you're able to get away from city lights, like far from a range country. So I think in the desert southwest, it'd be beautiful to see.
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Think about the interviews that we were seeing of black people in DC and Memphis and Chicago talking about the crime crackdown. They weren't talking about monarchy. They were talking about safety in their streets. You know, that was important to them. You compare that to the interviews of the people on Saturday. Largely white, older, soft academic bodies who can afford to march for conceptual fears that don't exist. Not real fears like mugging or carjacking or looting of their small businesses. They, however, God, they're so lucky.
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Here, here. Yeah, Greg Gutfeld. Yeah, solid. Conceptual fears versus, I don't know, maybe getting shot or shot at. Or in the case of folks that are working that courthouse out in Portland that President Trump, by the way, got the green light from an appeals court to go ahead and use soldiers if necessary to enforce the law, as stated how he can use that. Having laser pointers pointed right at the eyes of federal officials trying to protect a courthouse. being physically assaulted left and right. Hey, welcome to Hour 2 of The Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana from the home of Starbase, Texas. We're in deep South Texas here at the studios of KURV. Appreciate you joining us today. Coming up just a little bit, I got a tale of two expenditures. One from the private sector, one from the public sector in a time when you know as republicans as conservatives as liberty-minded individuals as taxpayers who should demand a smaller government that is responsible with what our tax dollars and the tax dollars that our kids are going to have to you know fork over because everything is deficit spending right now everything's being borrowed so they're gonna have to pay the interest all that yeah at a time when we should be more austere and our spending. Yeah, a couple of examples of perhaps where we should go. I got a conversation with Texas Senior Senator John Cornyn just around the corner, so you stick around. The government shutdown is a topic. Yes, there's nothing behind the scenes right now. Well, that's what he's saying. And what is plan B to pay? Oh, well, I don't know, like the military, right? I don't want our soldiers going out without pay. They were able to improvise something at the White House. But we need something for our military to be paid. They barely get paid to begin with. And some of them have spouses. They have kids on the military salary. It is embarrassing to be in this situation. I think that point likely should be driven a bit more by the Republicans, the GOP, that our military will not be paid. We've got some markers down the street. And, of course, the nuclear option, which is something I want to talk about. No, not lobbing a bunch of nuclear bombs. You know, that idea didn't even cross my head. I just want to clarify for you guys working for a living. The nuclear option is that 60 votes that are necessary in the Senate to move legislation forward. We can't move forward because we don't have five additional Democrats joining the Republicans to just keep the government open under the previous spending formula. So John Cornyn, his thoughts on the nuclear option. And that's in the news because we have a Central Texas congressman, Chip Roy, who's in the news today. He's, you know, he's mulling it. He's considerate. Maybe, you know, we should look into this nuclear option, remove that barrier. We have 53 Republicans or, you know, Rhino, some of them. We have 53 GOP in the U.S. Senate. We just need 50 to pass something right now. Or, you know, if we could just do the 50 plus 1 option, 50 vote option, 50 plus 1 option, which in essence would be 50 right now. Because the Democrats can't add up to 50. So all we need is 50 to move stuff forward. So... Chip Roy says this is a spending measure. When it comes to reconciliation, when it comes to budget items, that's what Chip Roy was saying, when it comes to these money matters that just require a majority vote, 50 votes, well... The continuing resolution is to continue spending from the previous form. It's a budget item, too. It's a spending measure. We need to go there and just nuke it. Nuke this 60-vote barrier that we have and just plow forward. Yes, I know the concern. is it because sadly we have and i was looking at some of these numbers i put them here somewhere i did a quick write-up research on on the numbers of the last election let's see if i find that sheet right here somewhere it was oh yeah last election Look, on the Electoral College, Donald Trump, it was an even close. Electoral College, because of the way states line up, the electoral votes go in, everything ratified, 312 to 226 against Kamala Harris. Donald Trump also won the majority vote. But of a nation of, what is it, like we're on 350 million people or so? And of all the people that went to vote, Donald Trump, our president, got 77.3 million votes. Kamala Harris, just over 75. So technically speaking, by our political skin on our teeth, 2 million people. In a race that was over 150, it was like 152 million people who voted for president. Over 152 million people voted for president. Only 2 million made a difference as far as the majority vote. Which, and I say this to you, yes, I know it's irrelevant because of the electoral college, but we got too many people voting stupidly in this country. Despite the policies, despite the advocacy for mental illness and lunacy that is taking place on the left, the advocacy for the mutilation of children's genitals through this gender reassignment or affirmation, whatever they call it, surgery on children. injections of hormones, suppression injections. When I was growing up in the 80s and watching the news and following what was taking place in Huntsville, that's where death row is at in Texas, we'd hear about castration injections for lifelong rapists, try to calm them down, try to take away their sex drive. Yeah, that's what they're... We have so-called medical experts and some parents who have brainwashed and think that they can reassign the sex of their children. They're injecting that into their kids. Some people, they've got way too many sheepskins. They're just plain old dumb. They're useless in society. And then, of course, the issue of men and boys in women's sports. That is the modern incarnation of the Democrat Party. That is what they're advocating for. That's what they're pushing, all this craziness, all this mental illness. That is the first foot. That's the foot they put forward first. And despite all of that, we have 75 million, over 75 million people in our country Yes, I know New York's really big and California's really big. Still, almost half the population voted for all of that craziness, despite how crazy, all this mental illness, all this insanity, all this demonic, satanic possession that it is. It's like they're tools of Satan themselves these days, if you believe in that. 75 million people voted that way. So because people voted stupidly, yes, that's why we could easily fall over the cliff again. And given just the right scenario in a midterm election, Republicans lose the House by maybe a few votes. Despite the valiant efforts by, what, Missouri? They got one. North Carolina working on redistricting. Texas, they put up five seats that could be won by Republicans. People still need to show up. They still need to vote. They still need to send those new representatives to Congress. More Republicans. Well, let's say the Democrats win the House. And the Senate, well, I don't know if it can flip. I need to look at those numbers. Usually it's one-third of the Senate that's up for vote. I don't know if it's majority Republicans that go around or majority Democrats that are up for a vote. But let's put a scenario where, oh, my goodness, I shudder to think about this. You got both chambers of Congress. The presidency is all Democrat. And, man, if we... Not that they need us, I'd say conservatives or GOP, to go ahead and use a nuclear option. They could do it anyway. In fact, if you think back, they tried, they failed. They tried to plow forward with Joe Biden and having the majority and everything. They tried to plow forward. You guys remember? They were talking about D.C. statehood. They were talking about Increasing the number of judges at the federal courts because they weren't happy that he went conservative or more Constitution-minded. Puerto Rico statehood. Those are not even the worst. Yes, with D.C. and Puerto Rico statehood, you get potentially two more Democrat senators for Puerto Rico for the District of Columbia as a state now. That's four more potential Democrats. Definitely in D.C., that's two solid Democrats that would go. Puerto Rico, eh. These Latinos are kind of religious and conservative. I don't know, they would have to fight hard, but maybe they could get four more, or three more Democrats. But outside of that, and of course increasing the number of judges, I think that was the big fight. And the reason we don't have an increase in the number of judges at the high court, we don't have... the option back, we didn't get the option back then for the Democrats to use the nuclear option to go just, just go majority votes, 50 plus one, whatever they could do. If it's tied, go 50 plus one, get the vice president to vote. The reason we didn't get that is because Joe Manchin and Christine Sinema, those two stood in the way, said, no, we can't do that because we do that. The Republic isn't going to do that for us. Mind you, the Democrats tried anyway. And had Joe Manchin and Christian Sinema not said no, we would be there right now. Or actually, we'd be in a different America. Because under Joe Biden and all the Democrats having controlled everything, it would have been what? Forget Obamacare. At some point, they would have realized, hey, we got the ball on our court. There's no more goalie. that's blocking it, forget Obamacare. Let's go for a full one-payer system, nationalized. Why not? They had full control, right? How about all these, let's say, 11 million illegals that we had here, plus the 10-plus million that gained the system Under so-called amnesty. Oh, and the other 10 some odd million that crossed under Joe Biden because it was open border under Joe Biden. Pathway to citizenship for everybody. And you get a citizenship. And you get a citizenship. Everybody gets citizenship. They would have done that under just the majority vote, 50 plus 1, right? Just some of the nightmare scenarios. They tried it. They won it. And if and when they do get power, they're going to try it again. So, having said that, now that you have the power, the Republicans, who just barely, will exercise it, use it, and let America vote the way they want. I'm backing the truck up a little bit. I'm conflicted on this one. Oh, my goodness. See, now I'm rethinking this. On my Twitter page, my ex-page, I put this little saying I came up with. You can walk out of heaven. Voluntarily, you can walk out of heaven. But hell will never release you from its grip. So I don't know if we go that. America votes stupidly again, votes majority. All three, the executive, Senate, and also the House, well, they might transform America into something that we could never save again. So I don't know. I'll take it back. I have to think that one over. The nuclear option might be the only one, only option for the Republicans to exercise. If soldiers are not getting paid, if TSA are not getting paid and they're off the job and the flights are grounded, air traffic control is not being paid. There's a plan B that's being considered to pay all these so-called essential employees as well. That also coming up, that comment from Senator John Cornyn. A little later on, on the Dana Show, I'm Sergio Sanchez in for Dana, broadcasting from South Texas.
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I'm Sergio Sanchez, and for my friend Dana Lash, reporting to you from deep South Texas or Southern Command. It's spider season in Florida. I probably should have saved this one for Florida, man, closer to the top of the hour. But, man, you talk about an insect. Well, I... Cockroaches don't bother me. Spiders, oh my goodness. In Florida, some of the state's most prominent spiders will be more visible over the next several weeks, they say. It's partly due to some increased mating behavior during the fall. And of course, because of Halloween, people are noticing spiders more often and creepy crawly bugs. So they're probably calling. The pest control people more often would just bring in the numbers up. Black widows, brown recluse, they're not common in all parts of Florida, but whatever's in Florida, spider season is here just in time for Halloween. The fall classic is set. It's Toronto and LA. I really didn't want to say LA, but I hate the Dodgers. But anyway, coming up just a little bit after we take another commercial break. There's a story here I got in my pal. There's one guy that no matter who wins, whether it's the Dodgers or the Blue Jays, this guy's going to get a World Series ring. And I'll tell you about that just a little bit. And since... Let's see. Chess is a big deal here in Deep South Texas. In fact, they've made movies about how big, how good chess competitions are here in Deep South Texas, right? Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Brownsville is the focal point for that. We have public schools that have these teams. Our university, UTRGV, they have won the national championship several times. Some... Colleges and universities claim they won football championships, and others claim that they've won basketball national tournaments. Well, here at UTRGV, our chess team, they've been national champs several times. And this is why I include this, because I know for some of y'all who are in chess, this means something to chess. Grandmaster Daniel.
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Again, this gets to the democratic solutions have never been to directly provides. It's always been a subsidy to a middleman. But what happens is when the government promises endless funds to insurance companies or private universities without any cost controls. And Trump seems to understand this, prices rise far beyond the rate of inflation. And we've seen it in tuition, and we've seen it in pharmaceutical, and we've seen it in healthcare. So my question is, will Democrats recognize the poison pill that they've often placed into well intentioned policy?
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Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's Jon Stewart. Great point. And, of course, you can hear who that was. He was speaking to Bernie Sanders, Mr. Communist himself. Hey, welcome back to The Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez, and my friend Dana Lash, we're reporting to you from her Southern Command office in Deep South Texas. Yeah, if health care or affordable health care or one-payer system was the best solution... If government-controlled decision-making on who gets health care, who doesn't, in essence, and in the end, who lives and who dies, if it was feasible, if pragmatic and acceptable to everybody, where we would not be in a situation where, for example, I know some folks do complain about how limited, how rationed, the wait times for health care in I guess I should call it universal health care Canada or the UK for that matter if it was doable every single state in our country could put it into their budget and provide that health care but time and common sense and just the forces of the market have proven forever and a day it is not that easy It is not that affordable. And that's why Obamacare in the end was placed as a subsidy to try to provide some insurance to pass the buck down and eventually made insurance more expensive and medical care more expensive for everybody. That's how the government's incompetence and sometimes greedy hands, always greedy hands, but definitely incompetent, put it into the system. That's why it screwed up the whole medical care. The market made things much more expensive for everyone. And look, perhaps this might be a bad example, but I'll tell you, it was the first thing that popped into my head. There's this, the nuclear stockpile for our country At this moment, 1,400 employees that work at the nuclear stockpile protecting our nuclear bombs. You think that's an important job? It's got to be done right all the time? You'd think so, right? But 1,400 individuals, because of this government shutdown, are now on furlough. They'll be let go. Can't pay them, and you guys don't show up to work. Like, bye. So no one's watching the nukes. No, we do have. We have 400 individuals that are protecting the nuclear stockpile in our country. So if something that important, which would be, you know, nuclear weapons. that need to be properly cared for and stored and maintained, all the facilities, if something that important only requires 400 employees to make sure nothing blows up, blows this country to kingdom hum, why did we need the other 1400, may I ask? Yes, I'm sure there's more details and more complicated, but still, I'll leave that question on the table. If only 400 people will be able to protect our nation from a thermonuclear disaster and apocalypse, then why did we need the other 1,400 individuals? Same thing goes for any and all other government agencies and departments from cabinet positions that should not exist anymore, like the education department, for example. Trump administration has been trying to work its way out of that one and try to let go of individuals. We have folks that may not come back after this government shutdown, this shutdown imposed by Chuck Schumer, the shutdown Schumer. We have employees that may not be coming back. But if it was that affordable and feasible, I think every single state in our country would have its own health care option and be able to bring everybody in. But as Jon Stewart correctly said, Once you have a guaranteed gravy train, whether it is a university that has a medical school and different medical programs from nursing and research and biology, guaranteed grants and money, money, money, money coming left and right, all this money for all this research. If folks in pharmaceuticals had the same option, folks in private medical institutions had a guaranteed gravy train, what incentive is there to save money, to be frugal, to be efficient, in the end to try to churn out a profit which is necessary in all businesses. That's why I do believe it should stay in the private sector because profit incentivizes efficiency. Profit incentivizes being frugal and responsible and providing proper oversight and management over the personnel and the assets that you have in order to churn out a profit give it back to your investors or try to stay even steven if you're a non-profit organization make sure you don't go on into the red and they go belly up the market is the best as i said for the longest time i was looking at for example today i know it might seem like i'm jumping all over the place but you know today is is back to the future day and on the movie yeah the trilogy And some of the things that they predicted would come in the future when they jumped from, I would like, 1989 to 2015, like 10 years ago. One of the items was big screen televisions everywhere. What do we have today? Big screen televisions everywhere. Did you know that back in 19... It was like in the late 90s, 97, 98. And I do believe it was Philips, or it could have been... No, Vizio came out later. I think it was, yeah, it was because that brand came out later. It was LG or Philips. A flat screen television cost $15,000. A 42-inch flat television cost $15,000. And within, I think, like within a handful of years, like within five, six years, That same 42 inch screen flat television was around $2,000. It went from $15,000 to $2,000. That is the market. It went from $15,000 to $2,000. That is the market force of demand which eventually stimulated the creation of more production of of more television into the market to flood the market and get everybody a flat-screen television that they wanted versus what they need, which is medical care. Don't you think that if somehow we had an honest conversation about the number of very... Why should we be turning away medical school students, straight-A students, chemistry, biology geniuses. Why should we be turning these kids away from a place at a medical, we need more medical schools is what I'm trying to say. Don't you think? More medical schools, more training institutions to get our kids ready. And who holds that if it's not the industry, if it's not the universities, if it's not the politicians, if it's not the medical society in this country? More medical schools. If our kids qualify, if we have thousands of kids that are rejected from multiple medical schools across the country, they need to be in there to feed the pipeline of demand. We're talking about flat screen televisions, one. The other one is something that they need, we all need, which is medical services, medical care, and pharmaceuticals. We need more medicines, more pharmacies, more medical students, more providers, more schools. meet the demand. Just like in electronics, LG and Philips, I think Philips was the first one to develop it, they saw the call of the market and they met that demand. Here's another item I promised you earlier. An example of two expenditures. One private, one federal. They both involve federal assets. And we don't have a surplus right now. Right? We don't. Or did I miss something? And this is somewhat embarrassing for me to say because being from Texas and broadcasting from South Texas to you, our Senators, both of them, Senator John Cornyn is going to be in the fight of his political life to get the nomination next March. And Senator Ted Cruz, both of them, very much are in fever of a federal tax dollar funded effort to rip a space shuttle that you guys have up northeast in the DC area Space Shuttle Discovery, I think is the one. And transport it to Houston. Johnson Space Center. NASA. Okay, it makes sense. The thing is, here's an example of how elections have consequences. You guys voted Obama into office. Obama did his best, as quickly as possible, to, ironically, privatize the space payload delivery business. spurred the creation the birth the flourishing of something called space x and other private industry that take government contracts to deliver payload and they take contracts from private industry to deliver their satellites and people whatever we have spacex super successful it's it's a brave new amazing new world and i say ironically that obama pushed in that direction because what he did to push nasa to push the payload delivery business into the private sector. He didn't do that, wasn't thinking that when it came to medicine. Those little few ideas I gave you a moment ago, meet the demand, create more product, create more services, service providers, to lower the price where it can be lowered and made accessible. Do not provide a guaranteed gravy train to the pharmaceuticals, to the big hospital institutions, to the universities, to all these places that expect the government to provide them a big fat check to continue research, life-saving research, and medical care. No, it's the market that can't provide it. Just leave it, let it be, and stop putting your influence in there. So Senator Cornyn and Senator Cruz, and what's embarrassing is that money has already been set aside for this. My understanding is that in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, Lord knows how many millions upon millions, tens of millions of dollars have been set aside to move the space shuttle Discovery from, I guess, the D.C. area somewhere in Virginia. I don't know where it is. It's a museum up there. Is it at the Smithsonian? I don't think it is. Move it to Houston, to the Johnson Space Center, because you guys voted Obama in, and Republicans, Texas, Houston got screwed. They didn't get a shuttle. When they shut down the space shuttle fleet, they didn't get a shuttle. They got like a wood mock shuttle that was used for, I guess, for aerodynamic testing or something like that. That's what Houston got. It's embarrassing. The Johnson Space Center, Houston, the first word said on the moon. That's what they got. Well, let it be, man. We don't have 200 or whatever. What was the figure? Let me see if I remember correctly. Oh, it was like $80 million. $80 million at a time when we do not have a surplus. We are in debt of $35 trillion and counting every single year is a trillion dollars more in debt to our grandkids and our children. Yeah, they found $85 million. Set that aside to move the shuttle from the D.C. area down to Houston. And why couldn't they find any private money for that, private donation money? I'm sure somebody would have paid money for that. That's your tax dollars at work where, in my opinion, they shouldn't be. And I love Houston. I grew up in Houston. I was always at the Johnson Space Center. I love that place. I would want to see space. No, not this way. And then comes this word from D.C. You should see the pictures of the White House, the east wing of the White House. They're ripping that sucker apart. Crews are starting to work on creating a new ballroom. They call it the Trump Ballroom. The present facility that's a dining facility is like a 9,000 square foot facility for state dinners and things like that. It only holds like 90 or 100 people, something like that, during state dinners. Well, President Trump... He wants a much bigger facility, 90,000 square foot facility, a 90,000 square foot east wing, like a ballroom, a Trump room they call it. How much federal money went into that? I don't know exactly. I'm sure there might be something, but I can tell you that Donald Trump, President Trump, was touting a few days ago that this 90,000 square foot ballroom, they're ripping the east wing right now. If you took pictures and they're going to visit the White House, cherish those because that place is not going to be the same. I have some of those with my kids. That facility, you guys remember a few days back, you had to sit down with all these high-tech companies, Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, all these people, these bigwigs. 25 some of these people were putting in the kitty putting in the piggy bank 25 million dollars plus each one of them money money millions and millions to create this thing in other words donald trump it seems like president trump was able to finance this 250 million dollar 90 000 square foot facility it seems like either the majority or all of it was paid for donation to create that thing in the east wing well if it's if it's luxury if it's extra Yeah, find somebody to pay for it. Don't be taking tax. We don't have any money to be paying to move the shuttle from D.C. down to Houston. We don't have any money for this 90,000-square-foot facility on the East Wing. Find the money in the market to pay for it, just like Donald Trump did. From South Texas, I'm Sergio Sanchez. This is The Dana Show.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
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And this note from Miami, a man who said that he was an ICE agent. He was customs immigration guy. Taken into custody for driving drunk. He was pulled over, reckless driving. People called in. They called 911. So the sheriff's office found 42-year-old Scott Thomas this week and his past few days. was taken into custody. He failed the sobriety test. So it is NBC affiliate WTVJ in Miami who reported this. This guy who pretended or claimed to be a nice agent and was plastered, was drunk, had two kids in the car, age seven and age nine. Way to go. Stick around. This is the Dana Show from South Texas. Coming up next hour, we've got the Texas senior senator, John Cornyn, on the shutdown, plan B to pay the employees, and what about the nuclear option? I'm Sergio Sanchez. This is the Dana Show from South Texas.
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And the truth is, the Marxists, the radicals, and the Islamists, the Democratic Party promoted this weekend. They cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king, and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it. His administration has been willing to say it. And Charlie Kirk was willing to say it, and he got killed for it.
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Yes, sir. That's Chip Roy. Chip, Chip, hooray, Chip Roy. Congressman from Texas. By the way, he's running to be AG, Attorney General of Texas. I'm Sergio Sanchez, and we're broadcasting The Dana Show. I'm in for my friend Dana Lash today. This is The Dana Show. and broadcasting from deep South Texas, RGV of Texas, at the studios of KURV, home of Starbase, Texas. I proudly say that. I still pinch myself. I can't believe we got Elon Musk, like, down the street. This dude's launching rockets into space. And the update to that, he's put in a request with the FAA, and I think they closed comment on it yesterday. He's trying to go orbital. Like right now he's just launching stuff and it lands in the Indian Ocean. He wants to go like orbitals. Let's do some rounds on planet Earth. So that's the update on SpaceX here. They've got like 3,000 people employed at SpaceX. And he developed a city already. That's when I say Starbase, Texas. It's an actual real-deal city in Cameron County right there next to Brownsville, Texas, a star-based Texas. That's his town. It's got like 3,000, 4,000 people building rockets. It's got its own little city. It's just crazy awesome. Yeah, that's where you're listening to the Dana Show from today. Let's see here. University of Houston, Poli Sci Department. Oh, by the way, I used Chip Roy in his comments, his description. of the, and I'm being polite, mental midgets, the misinformed, low information crowd, as Rush Limbaugh used to say. Folks that are really not paying attention to what is taking place, and it is their TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome, that is just blinding them to reality, blinding them to opportunity, prosperity, peace. I mean, this past weekend, these parades, the parade of clowns that they participated in, I mean, I think the appropriate signs, and I said this on my talk show, I think the appropriate signs would be things like, give Iran some nukes, no fair trade, return the hostages. That would have been an appropriate sign, because in the end, they were marching for the failure of America. despite the fact that we have seen amazing successes in just a few months of the Trump administration. All administrations have their controversies, but let me tell you something. Donald Trump, he is waving the bat, waving the stick of tariffs right now, and watch it coming up in November. They've got a high court decision on these tariffs. He has used the tariff threat to bring in line From Vietnam to the Philippines to the UK, Japan, all these countries bring in line, all these countries to put a proper, more balanced and fair trade agreement with the United States. You charge us this much, we charge you this much, and it won't be that onerous. Because of that carrot, that stick and carrot approach, which right now he's waving the stick with China. I hope he's able to... create some type of fair agreement with China. The president honestly saying these days, 55% tariff on stuff coming in from China, it goes straight into federal coffers. I'm not into the logistics of all this. I do try to talk as often as possible, being on the border with international bridges around here. Believe me, I've got folks that are experts in trade and customs and brokers and all this. They explain to me. The country's making money right now on Chinese goods that are coming in and the extra cost of that, all the tariffs that are coming in. Let's try to lower that to a more sensible price, maybe 25% coming in. How about 25% for American goods to finally get access to the billion-plus Chinese who are a little well off now than compared to, let's say, you know, 100 years ago. They're doing a whole lot better, especially they're doing a lot better now than back in the 70s when Nixon opened up China and brought the power of the market and capitalism to a bunch of chi-coms who own all these companies. And they've been making money hand over fist because that's capitalism. That's the market. It works. Socialism, central decision-making for resources, for production, for distribution. It does not. That is a fact. And these... Mental midgets that are like clowns marching this past week and making all sorts of ridiculous demands. Some of them, they don't like the immigration policies under President Trump. All these silly signs saying, all immigrants are welcome. This is ridiculous. Okay, so how many are you going to house? How many are you going to take into your house? No. things are much better now the border is secure like President Trump said in that speech before Congress people he said it didn't take a comprehensive immigration piece of legislation all it took was a new president to finally enforce the law and shut down the border and with these tariffs that he's putting in place trying to come around to create a more fair distribution of of goods, we send them something, you charge us a fair amount, you send us something, we charge you a fair amount. At light speed, at Trump's speed, he's trying to get there as quickly as possible. These people who do not agree, and yes, I do recognize Describing tariffs and the threats of tariffs, yes, I know that is not a free, truly free market solution. I recognize that. But did we have one to begin with? No! When Vietnam was charging American goods, American companies, a 90% tariff to ship to Vietnam, to the 100 million Vietnamese who are now manufacturing a lot of these super expensive shoes to come back to this country, The Vietnamese did not have an affordable access to American superior goods and products of all types because they were charging American companies 90%. President Trump got on the horn and said, muchachos, we need to do something. Well, I don't know what the Vietnamese word for muchachos would be, but he said, we need to do something about this. And we did. They lowered from 90% down to, I believe it was 15%. And now they're accessing our market at the same level. Philippines, UK, you name it. The UK had to give up a bunch of privileges and abuses that they inflicted on the U.S. market. We did not have a free market. We have closer to a fair market, not free, but fair market now, thanks to Donald Trump. These folks who do not agree with us, who are parading this past weekend, the no kings, no kings march. You know the real kings, as I mentioned earlier? Are the career politicians who have been up in Washington, D.C. for more than a generation. And for me, a generation is 40 years. I know some of y'all say, well, a generation is 20. No, a generation, my definition, is 40 years. That's the biblical one. You got to shut down Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, all these people that are up in Washington for their entire lives creating controls and policies and laws and restrictions to favor them and their friends. Those are the kings. They abuse your liberty, abuse your company, abuse your tax dollars and the debt that they assume on your children. The career politicians in D.C. And whose fault is that? It goes back to you and me, amigo. You and I are the ones responsible for getting rid of these people. New York, California, the voters are responsible to send in some new talent. Get involved in the process. Run for office. Yes, I know it's going to be painful. It's time away from your family. It is expensive. It's embarrassing. Just take your hand out. Ask for a donation to run your campaign. You guys who have the financial well-worth offer this, do it. Run. For state office, for Congress as well. Get your butts in there. We have a country to save. And make sure that the politicians who were there and are there before you show up, that they're not wasting the present budget and the future budget with all the debt that's being assumed by these people. All these Marxists, all these leftists, all these statists. that were marching this past weekend that do not recognize what timing, right? Amazing. What amazing timing. Their parade comes on the very week that Donald Trump is being celebrated by all these Arab nations, by the Israelis, and the Knesset, and going over to Egypt, being celebrated by everybody. Finally got the hostages to come home. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. That war is over. In the evil, demonic hearts of the terror group Hamas, for them the war is not over. They can't fight because they no longer have the amount of weapons and strength and freedom to abuse their position. They have been pummeled. They have been bloodied. Their leadership decimated. They finally cried uncle. Like, stop. In essence, stop killing us. I don't know if they're going to try to recruit more individuals or just, as they did immediately after the peace, they just started killing a bunch of their people who they thought were working with the Israelis. These people who marched this past weekend, you will never be able to reason with them. I am convinced of it. There is no reasoning with them. And I know I might be touching on some of your sensitivities by saying that they are the enemy, the leftists, the Marxists. the Trump derangement syndrome, chronic Trump derangement syndrome sufferers. They will never see anything good in this administration or any Republican or any conservative, and for some folks by extension, any Christian or God-believing or just moral America-loving person. It's a mix of individuals who are left in this country. I told you a couple hours back in the first hour, I was running some of the numbers, 77.3 million people voted for Donald Trump. Seventy-five million individuals in our country, our neighbors, our friends, our brothers, co-workers, 75 million voted for Kamala Harris. We are at the precipice. We are right there, ready to fall. If America votes stupidly one more time to give Democrats the White House, to give Democrats both houses of government, They will be able to change this country into something that we will never be able to recognize. Friends, we must recognize who the enemy is. Chip Roy was right. These Marxists, the radicals, and yes, the Islamists who want to change America to their foreign way of thinking. When I say we are a Christian nation, when you are not allowed to kill someone, without being prosecuted and incarcerated. When you are not allowed to steal your neighbor's stuff, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not bear false witness. You know, perjury, Jim Comey, all these things. That is based on what? The Ten Commandments. That is the basis. These are the underpinnings of Western society. Yes, that's what I mean. But yes, we got a lot of people not going to church, a lot of people who just don't believe, a lot of people who don't want to be bothered with religion. I understand. I get it. That's fine. But Western society, the United States of America, our Constitution, common law, our legal system, all of it is based... On the Bible, on the Ten Commandments. They got all these Islamists wanting to come in and change things. Well, they want Sharia law imposed. They want their own communities to impose Sharia law and punishments on women and infidels and all that crazy stuff. And they will not take no for an answer. They were marching this past weekend just to kind of get it out of the system. Chip Roy was right. And I am right when I say these leftists, these Marxists, these statists, and the Islamists who want to change America, who want to change the underpinnings of America, they are the enemy. And until the day that enough of us understand that to stop voting stupidly, stop voting for the modern incarnation of the Democrat Party, that is the enemy. That is the danger. They have no reservation whatsoever to call you the enemy, to the point that you must be killed. They're the ones who are inflicting pain and violence and throwing our way some gunfire to shut us up, to silence us. When have you seen whites, supremacists, radicals, men, do any of that? Oh, J6, J6. No, that's, no. That's not an example. Not a good example. In the news, too often, too many times, we have the left inflicting, for too many years now, the left inflicting violence. Physical violence. Because your words, your truths, what you represent, what you stand for, those words are violence to them to the point they can use physical violence against you. They are the enemy. Realize that. And stop voting stupidly. I'm Sergio Sanchez. You're listening to The Dana Show. We're broadcasting from South Texas.
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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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Thanks for joining us today. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana Lash reporting to you from South Texas. Some patients with a progressive form of blindness, it's age-related blindness, they're able to see well enough thanks to new technology. It's like a tiny, tiny speck of a chip, even smaller than a grain of rice from what I see. They put it at the center of the eyeball And then with special glasses, with the eye implant and smart glasses, Presto, these folks with macular degeneration are able to read again. Food allergies in kids weighed down about 46% compared to 2017 because they changed... their approach to specifically peanut allergies. They're reporting now that peanut allergies are down 46% because of this new approach. They expose babies to peanut substance. You know, you start at a young age and they develop some resistance. And I need to deliver on this one. It's a baseball story. So, you know, if you follow baseball, it's the Blue Jays and the Dodgers are back. They're an awesome team. I have to admit that. So there's one guy, though, that it doesn't matter Who wins the World Series? This one guy is going to get a World Series ring. His name is Buddy Kennedy. He played for the Phillies for a short stint. I wonder if producer Steve remembers him, or maybe he showed up on the radar for him. Buddy Kennedy is his name. He played for two games this past year for the Blue Jays. He went... One for six with a double. He played for the Dodgers for a few games, one for 18. And because he played for both teams during the regular season, presto. This guy, whoever wins, he's going to wind up qualifying to get the World Series ring. This is the Dana Show, reporting to you from South Texas.
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We know that this has impacted undocumented immigrants who in Los Angeles are Angelenos because we don't make the distinction. They are neighbors and workers contributing to our city and they continue to be swept up in these actions, denied their rights and subjected to fear and uncertainty without legal protection.
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Wow. That's L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. And if there ever was an appropriate that deserved the name Karen, it's this woman, Karen Bass, without any shame, without any reservation, admitting that she doesn't see, there's no light... Night and day, there's no distinction between illegal aliens, illegal immigrants, and folks who are U.S. citizens and do have the constitutional rights and blessings that are afforded by this nation. Individuals who entered illegally, who jumped the line, who broke the rules, who broke the law, and some of them several times. First time, it's a misdemeanor. Second time, it's a felony. Menace. Karen Bass, pretty much defining for everybody the difference, night and day difference, between the leftist, the modern-day Democrats, the open border Democrats, and individuals who want law and order, especially starting at the border. Well, we have it now, thanks to Donald Trump. My goodness. That is a comment, friend, from the enemy of our nation, the enemy of America. So... You know, it really is disgusting. It's pathetic to see Democrats fighting to their potential political death right now up in Washington, shutting down the government, shut down Schumer, keeping the government closed. He has what he wanted, what he fought for many months ago against the Republicans, that so-called clean CR. In other words, no changes, just keep spending the way you were spending before. That's what the Republicans have voted. They're waiting for the Democrats to show up. Just keep spending the way you were spending before, which was Joe Biden levels of ridiculous spending. But you got these Democrats fighting to their potential political death, fighting for subsidies and the health care system with Obamacare. to include everyone, including millions upon millions of illegals in this country receiving the ER care. And for those gaming the system to try to stay in this country because they claim asylum, that claim should never have been accepted. You have access to the market, Obamacare, and get some working documents to stay in this country and game the system, game the courts forever and a day. It's pathetic that Democrats are fighting to their potential political death to get this done, to force that issue before they open the government. They're holding the government hostage. So what about the military? What about the folks at TSA? What about Border Patrol? What about Customs? What about ICE? No, they don't get paid. They just keep doing your job until the Republicans blink. That is their strategy. It's a game of political chicken taking place. We got... our senior senator of texas coming up in just a little bit comment on my what's plan b to pay the essential employees the security base of the military with plan b and what about that nuclear option Just go for a majority vote in the Senate. 50, 50 plus 1, they won't get 50-50. Just 50 votes, let's go. Just get everybody to vote majority to move this clean, so-called clean CR forward. Just keep spending money until the end of November, by the way. That's another thing that John Cornyn brings up. They're going to have to figure things out at the end of November. Let me bring this note real quick. I saw this business note. I found fascinating, which could mean a potential revolution. in the way cities and communities provide public transportation. I mentioned this earlier on my talk show. Look, so you got Waymo in the news. They're developing a partnership with DoorDash. That was one of the headlines. Waymo is now entering central Texas, up in San Antonio, up in central Texas. Waymo doing experimental rides. They're in Dallas, they're in Austin, San Francisco, L.A., Atlanta, other places. They're also in Phoenix. I think that's near Chandler, Arizona. I mention Waymo because in Chandler, Arizona, I think they are applying Waymo the way it should be applied, should be used by public transportation entities. You know, in many areas, for example, here in Texas, public transportation, buses and rail and all that, that is not used regularly. As you would think, there are hundreds of millions, enough billions of dollars in subsidies from the government, money that is paid for these transportation outfits, whether it be light rail in Houston or buses that go half, not even half empty. They barely have any people sometimes. Here in South Texas, we have a bus system. Hardly has any people on them. And that's the case for the Southwest, where people have cars and trucks. They have the freedom to get around town when they want. Well, that's what Waymo provides, rideshare, Chandler, Arizona. I'm guessing that's near Phoenix because they got the Waymo service there. They are now applying these little self-driving cars and like the Uber style and Lyft services. They're applying this on-demand service. People call, they need to go somewhere. Let's say they're handicapped or something like that. They're implementing it into their system. I think this is the way to go. Instead of going more light rail, more train systems, definitely more bus systems in our country. Especially in markets where there's no return, there's no profit. The fares that people are paying, they never make that up. Think about this. Go the service-on-demand car or small bus, Waymo, Uber, Lyft, whatever it is, that's the way to go. On-demand service, probably busy in the morning, busy in the evening, or maybe midday, somebody needs to go to the doctor, grandma needs to go to the doctor, shows up at her house to pick her up. I think that's a better option instead of blowing billions of dollars in public transportation systems that are not used and there's no return from because people don't use them enough, especially in some big markets. I'm Sergio Sanchez. This is The Dana Show. We're reporting to you from the studio of KURV in South Texas for Southern Command. Earlier today, I had a conversation with a senior senator of Texas, John Cornyn. So what is plan B on the shutdown? How do we stop this thing? Go ahead, Steve. Well, that political game of chicken continues up in D.C. It's pretty much Democrats demanding that we play this chicken game. Let's see who blinks first. Republicans, they just want to keep spending. And what's ironic is based on Biden-era levels. Just keep it open. Keep spending. Democrats demanding, no, we need to include something else. Got to go back to get some of these subsidies for Obamacare, all that. Senior Senator for the state of Texas, John Cornyn, joining us. So, Senator, we've got, let's say in November, if this goes well into November, We've got, first up, I think it's the food stamp, the SNAP program, that cliff we're looking at, and then Thanksgiving Day travel and the mess that will be as well. So give me an update. What's the talk up in D.C. as far as opening things up and Democrats coming to their senses?
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Well, Sergio, Democrats are in the thrall of their radical base. You know, the same people that have nominated Democrats london e and uh... in new york the uh... the the democrat so-called democratic socialists and really uh... and then you look at things like the okay no king's rally that was co-sponsored by the communist party of america the democrats are really in the tank with the most radical elements of the of our politics today and that's their political base and they're afraid to do anything that would give that base reason to object, including keeping the government open. And so we're here now on the 21st day of the shutdown. And while most Americans and certainly most members of Congress don't feel the shutdown, as you point out, there are people now who are beginning to experience the negative effects, including federal employees, including recipients of food stamps, the most vulnerable in our society who need a little help now and then when they fall in hard times. And then the seniors who were at home, depending on telehealth, which is one of the innovations that really got to be more broadly used in the COVID era when people couldn't go in person to visit their doctor. So all that's in jeopardy, but it's really just the beginning of the problem, and we continue to give Democrats a chance to reopen the government. And this is, after all, just a short-term stopgap spending bill that takes us to November the 21st.
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That's around the corner.
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Yeah, I mean, every day that goes by, it becomes almost moot. But that's where we are.
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The GOP not suffering much. They seem to be unified on this. And the polling data is not killing President Trump or the Republicans on this. Is it because... More folks, they're just cynical and they just don't believe Democrats for how radical they are and all the lies during the Biden administration. Is there proper messaging on the part of certain leaders in the House, in the Senate, in the White House? Why is it that you guys are able to hold the line so far and the public is not rallying against the GOP, the Republicans at the moment?
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Well, I think because our position is clear and it's simple and it makes sense, which is the House has passed a short-term spending bill taking us to November the 21st. All we need is five more members of the Senate, Democrats, to vote with us to reopen the government. And then we can talk about anything and everything that they want to talk about. They want to talk about the expiring enhanced subsidies under the Obamacare under Obamacare, which with a cap on that was raised during the Biden administration. So people making more than a half a million dollars a year. We're getting free health care, courtesy of you and me, while we continue to march toward more and more national debt. So we're going to have to deal with that, but we're not going to deal with it until the Democrats reopen the government.
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Senator John Cornyn from Texas joining us. So we are a month away from that November 21st deadline that you mentioned on that CR. So how does it play out in your mind? So let's say... Let's say you get five senators who agree with you, and okay, let's go ahead and agree. November 21st is around the corner. You've got another CR that you need to, well, the House needs to pass, and you guys need to pass. So we're looking at maybe a potential second shutdown unless, I don't know, is there some haggling negotiating behind the scenes to keep some of these Dems happy before the November 21st deadline? What's taking place in the halls of the Senate and House?
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Oh, the fiscal year for the Congress is September 31st, which obviously we've already passed. And so that's the need for the short-term spending bill. But I think we are quickly getting to a position where we're going to be looking at a year-long continuing resolution rather than the regular appropriations process, which is important for a lot of reasons, not just to keep the lights on, but to help fund our military, to make sure that the Border Patrol is compensated and all the things the federal government does that are important. But I think that sort of feels like where we're heading. But to me, it just signals the dysfunction of Washington, D.C., Because no matter how much we disagree with each other, there are some things that we should be able to agree on, like keeping the government funded and operating, and then we can fight about all the other things that are important that we do fight about.
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Chip Roy, among the GOP members in the news today, he just offered a quote. He's contemplating the nuclear option, which would go from 60 votes down to 50. He says, look, budget issues is just 51 votes, 50 plus 1. Reconciliation, 50 plus 1. Well, this is a CR. Let's use the nuclear option on CRs from this point on. What do you say to that?
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Well, I think it's tempting. It's tempting to do it because it's sort of the easy way out, because we have 53 Republicans in the Senate. But we won't always be in the majority, and I've been here when we've been in the minority, which means then we turn the keys over to the Democrats when they're in the majority, and they can basically do anything they want without any sort of Republican buy-in. And I think that's not healthy for the country because what that means, if we did that, is basically the law would change every two years depending on who wins the election. And businesses and investors couldn't plan on what the tax laws were going to be and what the policies of the government were going to be to make investments, to grow the economy, to create jobs, and that sort of thing. So I think it's a short-term problem.
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uh... short-term it sounds pretty attractive but long-term i think it would be a mistake well the concern is the democrats as you said democrats they do get control and god forbid all three branches of government and by one vote they could just ram through whatever they want they'll do that anyway senator look we're not talking about you're right kristin cinema And Joe Manchin are the only reason we don't live in that world right now, because they stood in the way.
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I never thought I would say I missed Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, but they were at least people you could talk to and reason with. And, of course, right now Chuck Schumer fears for his political life because he's afraid the radical base of the Democratic Party will throw him overboard. if he agrees to anything reasonable with President Trump. The Democrats are still in full resistance mode, even since the November 5th election, and this is just further evidence of that.
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Yeah. His real name is Shutdown Schumer, though. That's what we've been calling him for for several years now. Shutdown Schumer. Shutdown Schumer. Hey, before I let you go, just one minute real quick. Might there be a plan B to pay workers where you work on legislation for the military, for TSA, something like that? Is there something in the works being talked about?
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Yes, there is. It's just unfair to have the burden fall on the military and on federal workers and others bear no responsibility for this. One out of every six people in America live paycheck to paycheck, and I think we all understand the importance of people getting paid on time. So, yes, I expect that the majority leader will put a bill on the floor that will pay federal employees sometime later this week, and we'll see what the Democrats do.
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Senior Senator of Texas John Cornyn, thanks for your time. Be well.
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Dana should be back with us tomorrow. Thank you, Dana, for the call. Hug to you and Chris, and be sure to catch the Dana Show podcast. I'm Sergio Sanchez coming to you from the Dana Show Southern Command in the RGV of Texas.
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In this episode of Washington Watch, join Tony Perkins as he delves into the ongoing complexities surrounding the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Hear from reporters on the ground about the challenging dynamics faced by those involved and the diplomatic efforts aiming to preserve peace. Beyond the Middle East, Tony also explores Europe's criticism of Russia's diplomatic maneuvers, providing keen insights into the geopolitical tensions that continue to shape the global landscape.
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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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Let me say just a couple of words about the deceased hostages. I mean, one of the stations that I met with, one of the groups that's working on this that I met with earlier, they actually have a photo of the 15 deceased hostages who are still in Gaza. It is a focus of everybody here to get those bodies back home to their families so that they can have a proper burial. Now, that said, this is difficult. This is not going to happen overnight.
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That was Vice President J.D. Vance today at the new Civilian Military Coordination Center in Israel, urging patience as cracks appear in the shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Welcome to this October 21st edition of Washington Watch. I'm Tony Perkins, your host. Thanks for tuning in. Well, coming up on this edition, Israel and Hamas have recommitted to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, but deadly attacks and repeated violations underscore how fragile peace in the Middle East remains. We'll get the latest from CBN's Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell from Israel. Also this evening, as the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week, President Trump hosted Senate Republicans at the White House today, where he said Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are holding the government hostage to appease the extremists in their party. Alabama Congressman Robert Adelholt joins us with the latest on the shutdown. Well, as I mentioned, Israel and Hamas have once again reaffirmed their commitment to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. That comes even after a deadly flare-up in which Hamas terrorists killed two Israeli soldiers. With Hamas still armed and tensions running high, questions remain. Can this fragile truce really hold? Joining me now is Washington Stand reporter Casey Harper, who's been following today's top developments. Casey, Vice President J.D. Vance is in Israel working to reinforce the ceasefire in Gaza. What's the latest from the ground there in Israel?
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Yeah, that's right, Tony. So the vice president visited actually a new civilian military coordination center in Israel today where he called that shaky ceasefire, quote, better than I expected. So Vance said the trip wasn't just a rushed move last minute to save the peace deal, but that it was actually planned months ago.
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This is difficult. This is not gonna happen overnight. Some of these hostages are buried under thousands of pounds of rubble. Some of the hostages, nobody even knows where they are. That doesn't mean we shouldn't work to get them, and that doesn't mean we don't have confidence that we will. It's just a reason to counsel in favor of a little bit of patience. This is gonna take a little bit of time.
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Now on Sunday, Hamas terrorists actually killed two Israeli soldiers and, as Vance noted, have still failed to return the bodies of those deceased hostages, both of which are clear violations of the ceasefire. And that's raised some serious doubts about whether they can actually move into the second phase of that agreement. Now to help monitor the situation, the U.S. has deployed 200 troops to southern Israel as part of the ongoing effort to support and verify the ceasefire terms. Jared Kushner said both sides are shifting to a kind of peacetime posture despite this continued violence, Tony.
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Well, the history of these ceasefires between Israel and Hamas ever since Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007 is that they are short-lived. There have been actually five major wars or conflicts in that time period between Israel and Hamas. So it's clear the only path to a more enduring peace is the removal of Hamas. So, Casey, what are some of the other international stories you're tracking today?
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Yeah, Tony. Well, in Europe, European leaders and Ukrainian President Zelensky are actually accusing Vladimir Putin of using these diplomatic talks to stall and continue the war against Ukraine. Now, these leaders are actually rejecting any plan for Ukraine to give up land for peace, which is an idea that President Trump recently floated. Now, that planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest has actually been put on hold after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a recent conversation. Now Trump's hesitation, this is important, Trump's hesitation to provide Ukraine with those long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles are a major factor here as well and may be lessening the pressure on Putin to come to the table and make a deal.
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Thanks, Casey. Actually, we're going to discuss that a little bit further with Peter Doran, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense and Democracies later in the program. I want to shift gears to the debate over the government shutdown. President Trump hosted Republican lawmakers today in the White House Rose Garden to discuss strategy. What's their plan?
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Well, Tony, we're in the fourth week of the shutdown, and Senate Republicans had that important meeting with Trump at the White House. What we do know is that in a speech delivered before Republican lawmakers, President Trump, he's not blaming Republicans. He's blaming what he called the extreme radical left.
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Unfortunately, in a craven and pointless act of partisan spite, Chuck Schumer, who I've known for a long time, and the radical left Democrats are holding the entire federal government hostage to appease the extremists in their party. And they are extreme. We will not be extorted on this crazy plot of theirs. Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need to vote for the clean bipartisan CR and reopen our government. It's got to be reopened right now.
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Now, this is important because a big part of the Democrat strategy has been to pry a gap between Trump and Republicans, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Republicans say they're committed to ending the shutdown, but not by just giving in to what they call the unreasonable, costly Democrat demands. Actually, here's what Senator Thune had to say about it.
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This is the fourth week of the Democrat shutdown, but we are all here today because your Republican team in the Senate is unified. We are united. This is now the longest full shutdown in history. But everybody here has voted now 11 different times to open up the government. And we are going to keep voting to open up the government. And eventually, the Democrats, hopefully sooner or later, are going to come around.
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Now, as you might expect, Tony, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, he dismissed this meeting. He called it a pep rally. But the fact remains, with Democrats blocking that House pass bill to reopen the government, it's really unclear where we go from here, Tony.
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Yeah, speaking of pimp rallies, that's what the Democrats had this weekend with the No Kings rally. We're hearing reports of intentional arson at two churches in North Carolina. I mean, this is in keeping with what we've been tracking over the last couple of years, this increased hostility toward churches. What do we know about these two incidents?
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Yeah, Tony, so there's two churches in Cleveland County, which is about 40 miles west of Charlotte. And sheriff's deputies say that there was actually fires set late Friday night on purpose. Now, the two churches, Tabernacle Baptist and Calvary Cross Baptist, were damaged in what deputies believe was arson. No arrests have been made, and they actually don't have any suspects just yet. But as you may imagine, these fires have left that community with unanswered questions. But the spiritual leaders there, the pastors, have been clear. They're not just praying for their community, but they're praying for whoever is responsible, Tony.
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All right. Thanks, Casey. Appreciate the update on a number of stories. By the way, this is important for Family Research Council. We've been tracking this trend of attacks on churches over the last several years, and it's a trend. In fact, we have a report, Hostility Against Churches report. We're actually going to be joined later by North Carolina Congressman Mark Harris to talk about it. But now I want to go back to discuss the government shutdown, and we have someone in the inner circle on the House side, one of the appropriation leaders that knows what's happening on Capitol Hill, Alabama Congressman Robert Adderholt. He's a member of the House Appropriations Chair, the Values Action Team. He represents the 4th Congressional District of Alabama. Congressman Adderholt, welcome back to the program.
SPEAKER 16 :
Tony, it's always good to be with you, and thanks for having me on.
SPEAKER 10 :
All right. Are we any closer to seeing the lights turn back on?
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Well, I know your viewers just saw that report. It sounds like it's still in a holding pattern. You know, the House is not in session, as you know. The Senate is in session. They're having every other day or so having a vote on opening up the government. And from the report, you saw there were Senator Thune is saying that they will continue to have the votes in the Senate. We have voted in the House. We voted to open the government. And we've sent it over the Senate, but they cannot get it through that 60-vote threshold. And most of your viewers know that even though the Republicans have a majority in the Senate, if you don't have 60 to overcome the filibuster, then you can't get the legislation through. So Let me just say it's been a little bit misleading from some of my Democrat colleagues when they say that this is all on the Republicans because we have the House, the Senate, and the presidency. But the Senate doesn't operate that way. The Senate operates on the 60-vote rule with the filibuster, and that's why we cannot get movement on that appropriation bill to further the continuing resolution.
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Now, I know the Republicans in the House, while they've been back in their districts, there have been a number of calls as the leadership keeps the rank and file up to date. What's the latest in terms of it? It appears the Republicans are remaining unified.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes, I had a conference call with the speaker, with Leader Scalise, two of your good friends from Louisiana, and with Tom Emmer just this morning. And everything, it was very positive in the respect that we're holding together. We have done our work, as I mentioned. The plan right now is we'll be on a 48-hour notice. If something develops, all of us can get on a plane and be in Washington in 48 hours. And so it's given a lot of us opportunities to talk about some of this in our districts, to actually attend events that normally we would not get to do. So there is a silver lining in all this that a lot of members of Congress have been able to be out in their districts when normally we'd be in Washington and to visit with our constituents and hear what's on their mind. I mean, I can tell you, being in North Alabama, my constituents are very much behind what President Trump and what the Republicans are doing. They do not support the march that you saw across the country this past weekend. They don't support the tactics of the Democrats. And so we're holding strong.
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Congressman Adderhall, I want to shift gears here. We've got about two and a half minutes left. I want to go to another hat that you wear. Not only are you an appropriator, but you're a pro-life, pro-family member of Congress. In fact, you lead the Values Action Team in the House. That's an entity that goes back a number of years, probably about 30, almost 30 years ago. FRC helped set that up. Yep. The issue of the approval of another abortion drug, a generic form of Mifeprestone, you've been leading an effort among your colleagues to speak out about that. Bring us up to date.
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Yeah, that was very disappointing, I'll just be honest with you, coming out of the Trump administration. Of course, this was under the watch of the current Secretary of Health and Human Services. That caught us all by surprise. We were not expecting that. We've been trying to find out the back story, but we're trying to have them to recall that decision because, as you know and your viewers know, The drug is not safe and it is whether it's generic or whether it's a non-generic drug, this performs an abortion. And it is very dangerous for the mother. And it is just something that is very puzzling to us. And we're trying to get in the bottom of it. And members of Congress are coming out right and left in support of us trying to get the Department of Health and Human Services to pull this back. So I don't know what happened over there at the Department of Health and Human Services, but this is not something that I think most people who voted for Donald Trump would have expected.
SPEAKER 10 :
I think you're absolutely right. And speaking of those members coming out to ask questions about this, in fact, 51 senators led by Lindsey Graham have also sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services saying, hey, what's going on here? And to the FDA. Congressman Robert Adderholt, always great to see you. Thank you so much for bringing us up to date. And thank you for your leadership on the values action items on Capitol Hill.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you, Tony, for your leadership with Value Action and your work because you're an integral part of that. And we thank you for your work at Family Research Council. And we look forward to when the government gets back open to try to solve some more issues and try to stand for the family and for pro-life issues. So thanks very much.
SPEAKER 10 :
All right. Have a great day. Folks, we'll talk more about that a little bit later. Hopefully I'll get that in. But we're coming up next. Mark Harris is going to be joining us, so don't go away. For over 4,000 years, the Jewish people have had legal, historical, and biblical ties to the land of Israel, especially the heartland of Israel, Judea and Samaria, which much of the world still calls the West Bank. To Israelis, Judea and Samaria is far more than a name. It's the center of their ancestral homeland where nearly 80 percent of the Bible's events took place. Abraham purchased property in Hebron, Jacob in Shechem. Joshua made an altar on Mount Ebal and led the Israelites into a covenant before God. On Mount Gerizim, overlooking Shechem, Jesus talked to the Samaritan woman at the well about worshiping neither on Mount Gerizim nor in Jerusalem, but in spirit and in truth. Judea and Samaria is nearly a quarter of Israel's current land mass, not a small strip of land on the Jordan River, but a vital and strategic part of the nation's identity. The October 7th massacre, launched from Gaza, shattered the illusion that giving away territory brings peace. Gaza, which was once seen as the cornerstone of a two-state solution, became a launch pad for terror. Today, only 21% of Israelis support a Palestinian state. Trust in a two-state solution has all but collapsed. The Middle East is changing. Iran's grip is weakening. New alliances are forming. But Western countries and some U.S. officials still chase the mirage of a two-state solution. History speaks clearly. The 2005 Gaza withdrawal, backed by the U.S., led not to peace, but to a terrorist regime. Judea and Samaria are 24 times larger than Gaza, deeply woven into Israel's geographic and spiritual fabric. To surrender them would not bring peace. It would invite conflict and existential danger. Family Research Council stands with Israel's rightful claim to sovereignty. It's time for America to do the same for history, for justice, and for lasting security in the Middle East.
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This is Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Thanks for tuning in on this Tuesday. And my thanks for Jody Heiss filling in for me yesterday. I was traveling back from California. By the way, if you did not, if you weren't at the value voters are the pre-vote stand summit and you did not watch online, I encourage you to check out. various segments. They're all broken up. You can see them on the Stand Firm app or on the YouTube channel. But I mention that because there was a really insightful conversation about the issue of mefaprestone, the abortion pill, and really the situation as it pertains to the sanctity of life presently. Most people are shocked to find out the abortion rates have actually gone up in the country. As Congressman Ederholt was just talking about, the Mifeprestone, the abortion drug, that's the main driver. We have a petition that we're going to be delivering to the administration very soon, and you can sign it. Thousands have already signed it. You can add your name to it. Text LIFE to 67742. That's LIFE to 67742. Over the weekend, two churches in North Carolina's Cleveland County were intentionally set on fire within an hour of each other. Now, thankfully, county sheriff's office says the fires were spotted by citizens who quickly put the fires out before they could inflict major damage. But unfortunately, we've seen a spike in attacks like these on churches over the past several years, as documented in FRC's annual report on hostility against churches in the United States. Now that we have an administration that has vowed to take action against such targeted attacks, could we see those figures go down? What's driving this? We're going to find out more about that. Joining me now to talk about this is Congressman Mark Harris, who serves As a pastor at First Baptist Church, he actually served as senior pastor at Charlotte's First Baptist Church for over a decade before coming to Capitol Hill. He continues to pastor in North Carolina. He was a member of the FRC team, actually heading up our community impact effort and then our whole outreach to pastors. He represents the 8th Congressional District of North Carolina. Congressman Harris, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hey, Tony, it's great to be with you today. Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, you serve on the House Judiciary Committee. seen and heard from some of the testimony about the weaponization of government toward citizens. You've seen the reports of the hostility toward pro-lifers and Christians. And then at the same time, we've seen this spike and it continues. What do you know about these particular incidents coming from your home state of not too far, actually, from your area?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, you're right, Tony. And I think that the fact that there are assaults on Christians and on churches across America is real. And I think that we have to come to the place that we accept that very reality. And this particular situation that I've become aware of over the weekend, it was, as you said, in Cleveland County, two different churches. And thank the Lord that there were citizens that saw the flames and were able to stop and were able to help get it put out. It's my understanding that there's investigation going on. There's no motives at this point that have been identified and no arrests that have been made. In fact, I reached out prior to coming on the program to my colleague, who's the congressman in that particular district, which is the 14th congressional district where this occurred. And he indicated that the investigation continued. But at this point, they've not made any any arrests.
SPEAKER 10 :
Now, as I mentioned, you're on the the you have oversight of the Justice Department on the Judiciary Committee. They have been making efforts to bring justice to these attacks on the houses of worship and pro-life facilities, the care pregnancy centers that have been targeted. Now, as I mentioned, that's in sharp contrast from the last administration. What has your committee been hearing from the Department of Justice in terms of this commitment to protecting religious freedom and those institutions associated with it?
SPEAKER 07 :
One of the things that we heard from Kash Patel when we had the opportunity to have him in front of our committee was that he was very much aware of the weaponization of the Justice Department and how the things they had gotten involved in from spying and planting spies within the Catholic Church, putting pastors on watch lists and going after them. And one of the assurances that I asked him in that hearing that day Is, you know, how can I know that this is not going to happen to me as a person, a pastor that's been engaged in this process, has been rather outspoken, was very involved in the marriage amendment fight in North Carolina, have been a pro-life advocate and all throughout my time serving in the Charlotte area. And I got the assurance from the director of the FBI that day himself that while he couldn't assure me of what had happened in the past, they were continuing to investigate that. But I could be assured with this administration was not going to be involved in such activity as that. And I think we're seeing that from the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as well. I think there's a commitment now. We're seeing that in FBI Director Patel. We're seeing it in Attorney General Bondi. And I'm confident that we're going to continue to see folks that are going to enforce the law and are not going to just turn and look the other way when pro-life advocates find themselves being attacked.
SPEAKER 10 :
Mark, let me step back for just a moment. As I mentioned earlier, you were with the Family Research Council for about a decade. You have been involved, as you just laid out, in a number of issues, leading pastors, churches to engage. But, you know, we didn't see this level of hostility where they were attacking and burning and even sometimes having these shootings that are taking place. This is a reflection really of what Paul wrote about in 2 Thessalonians, the lawlessness, the spirit of the lawless one is already at work. What would you say, we got about a minute left, what would you say to pastors and Christians, knowing that right now we have a favorable administration, but the reality is we live in a fallen world where lawlessness is running rampant. What would you say to encourage them not to shrink back, not to be intimidated by this?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, one of the things that we've got to always remember that it was in Paul's letter to Timothy that he reminded them that we are not granted a spirit of fear, but rather of a sound mind. And that we have got to be willing to be bold. One of the greatest things that I've I've seen in recent days that came out of Charlie Kirk's funeral, if you think about it, was when Vice President Vance said that he had been a Christian for a number of years as a believer, but had always been sensitive about speaking and sharing about it. But then he went on to say that in the last two weeks, he had talked more about Jesus than he had in all of the previous years that he had been a believer and follower of Christ. I think it's that kind of boldness that we've got to, as pastors, continue to encourage in our people. And furthermore, I've been saying to pastors over the last month that we've been praying for another great awakening. I think many of us are sensing something is different this time about what's happening in our country. We need to be ready as pastors and churches.
SPEAKER 10 :
We're going to leave it there, Mark. Folks, stick with us.
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FRC is one of those bright lights that helps us focus on true north. And I shudder to think had they not been here that it could have been worse, worse, worse.
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It's just a wonderful parachurch organization that doesn't seek to take the place of the church, but it seeks to assist the family and the church as we try to move forward successfully, not in a defensive mode, but in an offensive mode as we seek to live our lives according to the Holy Scriptures.
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FRC is not going to be whooped. You know, we're going to fight. We're going to take a stand. And again, we don't retreat.
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You will never see in front of this building here in Washington, D.C., a white flag fly. We will never step back. We will never surrender. And we will never be silent. All right. I'm Tony Perkins and this is Washington Watch. Thanks for tuning in. Unfortunately, when the segment ends, it ends. And so we lost the tail end of Congressman Harris's comments. But we'll have him back on again. It is something to be very prayerful about, these attacks on churches and be mindful of. You can actually find out more about the report that we do, the annual report just released about a month or so ago. It's at TonyPerkins.com, Hostility Against Churches Report. All right. The proposed in-person meeting in Budapest between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly no longer on the table. And there are no plans for the two to meet in the immediate future, according to multiple reports. Well, there have been no statements from either side on the reason for the course change. Remarks from Russia's top diplomat just yesterday. hours before the news broke, suggests that there are still substantial differences between Washington and Moscow over how to end the war in Ukraine. Well, joining me now to discuss this is Peter Doran. He's an adjunct senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former president of the Center for European Policy Analysis. Peter, welcome to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 10 :
So it sounded like President Trump was on a roll, that he was going to have a peace kind of negotiated between Russia and Ukraine. A little shaky meeting on Friday with the Ukrainian President Zelensky. Now it looks like nothing's going to happen. It looks like we're status quo.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, let's recall President Trump has a hot hand right now. He's been on a roll. He has been solving some of the hardest wars and conflicts around the world. But the easiest war that he thought would be able to be cinched up very quickly has turned into the hardest piece to make. Here's the problem. We are seeing a clear pattern from Vladimir Putin. President Trump will have a very good call with Putin. It seems like the prospect for peace is on the table. And then once the diplomats get down to the nitty gritty, get down to the details, Putin says, nope, I want my maximalist demands. And right now that demand includes the destruction of Ukraine as a country. Obviously, that's not something President Zelensky cans stomach.
SPEAKER 10 :
So how does this play out then? I mean, this is back and forth. We've had a number of meetings, number of phone calls. And as you've pointed out, it almost looks like Vladimir Putin is kind of like Hamas just buying time.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, that's right. The end to this conflict has a very clear equation. What needs to happen is that President Trump needs to draw a line. He needs to say no more and use the economic power of the United States to squeeze Putin's oil revenue. We have that ability. Let's recall that there are many countries around the world that continue to buy oil from Russia. Think about Europe right now. Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, they are funding this war by buying Russian oil. And at the same time, the European Union is sending Ukraine weapons. So the Europeans are essentially playing both sides here. That's got to stop. President Trump can drop secondary sanctions on countries that buy this oil.
SPEAKER 10 :
And Lindsey Graham, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, actually has been advocating for that for some time. He has a bill that he's introduced in the Senate to do just that. We know that that works. That's what was used a number of years ago to bring Iran to the negotiating table when we squeezed their oil revenue through these secondary sanctions. So why, what are we waiting for?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, I think President Trump has given Vladimir Putin every possible offer and every possible opportunity to accept the easy way out of this conflict, essentially saying both sides can declare victory and stop the fighting now. That would look similar to the North Korean war. But Vladimir Putin doesn't want to stop. He wants to go all the way. And that's why President Trump must make good on his promise of peace through strength. does that strength include tomahawk missiles for ukraine i hope it should but let's also recall those tomahawk missiles yes they can strike deep inside of russian territory yes they can hit military targets like russian oil refineries but they're not a silver bullet no single weapon system is going to produce an end to this war this war ends when vladimir putin no longer has the money to pay for this war to pay for recruiting new soldiers And that's where our secondary sanctions and America's economic might must come into play in order to create peace finally.
SPEAKER 10 :
And Peter, isn't there a economic benefit for the United States by squeezing Russian oil? Doesn't that create a demand for U.S. oil?
SPEAKER 17 :
Absolutely. In fact, President Trump has been very clear on this. In order to demonstrate American economic might, we need to drill more. We need to produce our own oil, our own natural gas, and when we can, sell it to other countries. So what President Trump is setting up here is a win-win-win, a win for the U.S. economy, a win for the Ukrainians, and frankly, a win for Europeans who will live in a safer neighborhood. The main obstacle to peace right now is not Vladimir Zelensky. It's not the Ukrainians. It's Vladimir Putin and his Russian military. That's where the focus should be in order to create an end to this conflict.
SPEAKER 10 :
Peter Doran, just a little less than a minute left. How long does this drag on before President Trump puts the squeeze on Russia in terms of the oil?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, it should have happened weeks ago. President Trump has already said he was prepared to do this. Secretary Besant and the Treasury Department are on the line of scrimmage. They are ready to pull the trigger. It needs a go-ahead from President Trump. And I think what we've seen from the Russians over the last 24 hours is that they're clearly not ready for peace. They're clearly not ready to deal. That's why President Trump must absolutely make good on his threat and pull the trigger on secondary sanctions.
SPEAKER 10 :
All right, Peter Doran, I want to thank you for joining us. Great insight. And thanks so much for sharing it with us today. Thank you very much. Another topic to pray about. The world is on fire. It really is. And be great. A lot of those Ukrainian churches that have been overrun by the Russians as they've occupied that territory, you need to be praying for them as well. All right, don't go away. We're going to go to Israel next.
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Three years ago, the Supreme Court issued its historic Dobbs decision, a ruling that overturned Roe versus Wade, which for nearly 50 years imposed abortion on demand, silencing voters and bypassing the democratic process across the country. The Dobbs decision was a huge step forward against abortion, but it didn't outright ban it. It returned the power to the people. Now, 29 states have laws on the books protecting life. However, there's a catch. Abortion numbers since Dobbs have actually gone up with an increase of 12% since 2020, climbing from 930,000 to over 1 million in each of the most recent years. So how can this be? The answer is simple. The abortion drug. Today, over 60% of U.S. abortions involve abortion drugs, many of these without medical oversight. In 2021, the Biden administration quietly removed bare minimum longstanding safety protocols for the abortion drug that have existed for 20 years to protect women from life-threatening risks and ensuring informed consent. The Biden DOJ then declared that they would not enforce the Comstock Act, which prevents the mailing of anything that causes an abortion. This is not only illegal, but also dangerous. A study shows nearly 11% of women who take the abortion drug end up in the emergency room with serious complications. Unless the Trump administration reverses these reckless Biden-era policies, pro-life laws will remain largely symbolic. Without a full review and repeal of Mifepristone, unborn lives will remain in grave danger and pregnant mothers will remain at risk. Let's stand for life and end this mail-order abortion drug pipeline. Sign the petition urging the Trump administration to take action at frc.org slash stop chemical abortion.
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SPEAKER 05 :
Every time something bad happens and every time that there's an act of violence, there's this inclination to say, oh, this is the end of the ceasefire. This is the end of the peace plan. It's not the end. It is, in fact, exactly how this is going to have to happen when you have people who hate each other, who have been fighting against each other for a very long time. We are doing very well. We are in a very good place. We're going to have to keep working on it. But I think we have the team to do exactly that.
SPEAKER 10 :
So are we in a very good place? Joining me now to discuss this is Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell. He is with CBN News. Chris, thanks so much for joining us. Great to be with you again, Tony. All right, let's start with the basics. What's the situation right now in Israel as it pertains to this ceasefire?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, right now, the main focus is on the visit of J.D. Vance. You know, he spoke at this center, which is where some of the troops will monitor the ceasefire. He's also coming here to Jerusalem, staying at the King David. You know where that is, not too far actually away from our bureau. So the focus right now is his statements about the status of the ceasefire, where we go from here, as well as you saw Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner alongside him as he was speaking. So that's the big news. They'll be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu as well, And just to see where this ceasefire goes, it has been problematic since the very beginning. But as J.D. Vance said, you know, we're going to expect bumps on the road. And we're seeing and experiencing those bumps as we speak.
SPEAKER 10 :
So how would you describe the atmosphere right now? Calm, tense, or just kind of waiting for the next move?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I would say after the release of the living hostages... a great deal of relief after two years of just holding their breath, waiting for the living hostages to be released. Also, anxiousness about the remains of the deceased hostages. I think about 15 have yet to still be returned to their loved ones here in Israel. I think the feeling is that Hamas is actually stalling and using some psychological warfare emotional warfare against the people of Israel. That's another issue. But I would say anxiousness about how this ceasefire is going to go. I think the main thing, Tony, is what happens with Hamas. They filled the vacuum in Gaza immediately. They got on the streets. They started executing people in public. They are doing vigilante justice right now, enforcing their rule and taking over the aid once again. So I think the question is, who and how can Hamas be taken care of and obliterated, as President Trump has said, if they don't disarm voluntarily? I don't think anybody here expects Hamas to disarm voluntarily. And the other thing is that Hamas is seemingly looking at this ceasefire in a much different way than people here maybe in Israel or the United States. They are thinking this is what they call a hodna, that maybe there would be a five-year peace while they regroup, reorganize, rearm, so they can once again rejoin the fight.
SPEAKER 10 :
But that would be consistent with what has happened in the past. I mean, when you go back and you look at the history of Israel since its founding in 1948, there's been probably 20 different wars or conflicts that they've been involved in. And going back the last quarter of a century, most of those have been with Gaza and in Hamas since 2008 when they took over in 2007. And so we've had these periods of ceasefires, peace agreements. And they've maintained for a while, but then they've been broken when hostility broke back out, once again broke out. So that's kind of the history there, is it not?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it is. And in fact, you listed a lot of those battles between Israel and Hamas in your op-ed about managing the peace. What the hope is, and I think this is part of the 20-point plan by President Trump, is that this would be an attempt to finally disarm and de-radicalize and de-militarize the Gaza Strip. That is the plan anyway. Enacting that is very problematic because Israel, you know, militarily had surrounded the Gaza City, the last major stronghold of Hamas, and then the ceasefire came in, the release of the living hostages, which was, as I said, a huge relief and an answer to prayer for many people here in Israel and literally around the world. However, that did leave a vacuum right now that Hamas has filled and how to get that Hamas out of the equation.
SPEAKER 10 :
I mean, that's certainly the most immediate need. And that's a part of the agreement, that they're going to be disarmed, they're going to be removed, they're not going to be a part of the government going forward. But it doesn't look like they got that far down in the peace agreement because they're holding on. And I'm all for this. And as you said, I wrote a commentary about that. Folks, you can see it at Tony Perkins dot com. But the reality is we need to work for peace. And I applaud the Trump administration for working for that peace. But I think we have to go in with eyes wide open. I don't think we're going to achieve permanent peace. And that's what I write. The only one that's going to establish permanent peace is the Prince of Peace. Because if you go back prior to Hamas having control of Gaza, we had the Intifada. We had two of those. And that was coming out of Judea and Samaria. And we've released a lot of these, not we, I should say, part of this agreement, the Israelis have released these murderers and terrorists into Judea and Samaria.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, exactly. That first intifada was the late 80s, the early 90s. The second one started in 2000. We lived through that one for four years. It was a horrific time of terror attacks in and around Jerusalem and throughout Israel. So it's unlikely that this leopard will change its spots. And as you said, many of the Palestinians that were released in some of these hostage deals, the most notoriety one, the infamous one, you could say, was when Gilad Shalit, one soldier, was for, I think, 1,027 Palestinian prisoners. The main one was Yahya As-Sinwar became the head of Hamas and masterminded October 7th. In this particular hostage release were about 2,000 or maybe more Palestinian prisoners released. Historically, they have gone back to terror attacks and gone and tried to— you know, kill and maim Israelis and Jews. And one other thing, Tony, the possibility of even the Palestinian Authority be part of a post-war Gaza really has a lot of Israelis concerned, because supposedly it would be the Palestinian Authority with reforms, but even Prime Minister Netanyahu said in his speech to the UN General Assembly, that seems very, very doubtful.
SPEAKER 10 :
So, Chris Mitchell, what are you hearing from Israeli officials? Do they believe that this truce will hold, or do they view this as more of a tactical pause before a renewed conflict?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I think they're open-eyed, too, as well. When Hamas violated the ceasefire just a day or two ago, Prime Minister Netanyahu said, In the Knesset, they dropped 153 tons of bombs on Hamas infrastructure. I think they believe that the only way this will end is, and it's likely the only force available right there on what's called the yellow line in Gaza would be the idea, and to go in and finally eradicate Hamas. President Trump did say on Social just maybe a few hours ago that there are nations that they say are eager to go in and to disarm or obliterate Hamas. The concern, I think, here is who are those nations and what would their agenda be if they go in? And I would just say... Some people are concerned about Turkey and Qatar, that what are their ambitions in the Gaza Strip? Do they want to get a foothold there in some way, even when Hamas is no longer there?
SPEAKER 10 :
So how will Israelis respond to that? I mean, because I think there's a very high likelihood that Turkey and Qatar will be involved.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I think there's a lot of people here that are concerned. Qatar and Turkey are part of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas is part of the Muslim Brotherhood. Are they trying to enable Hamas to at least survive in some form during this ceasefire and this process of going into a post-war Gaza? I think that concerns a lot of people. Qatar had been funding Hamas for decades. Turkey has been hosting the leaders of Hamas, and they share a similar ideology, and that ideology is certainly anti-Israel. and wants to establish a worldwide caliphate. So that's a big concern, I think, for some people here in Israel and around the world, for that matter.
SPEAKER 10 :
Chris, you mentioned the Prime Minister just announcing to Knesset or telling Knesset how the IDF had responded to these latest attacks by Hamas in Gaza. Are there, excuse me, are there divisions within Israel's leadership between the cabinet and the IDF or intelligence officials on how to move forward or are they pretty much unified?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, they may be a bit disunified. I know just today, Prime Minister Netanyahu fired his national security advisors, last name is Enigbe. And so I think there would be robust discussions, let me put it politely, within the cabinet. And I think those discussions have gone on throughout the war. You know, how do we proceed and what tactics do we use? What strategy do we use? So I think there's probably something that has to be dealt with within the cabinet, within the IDF, and how they proceed. Some people may think, you know, we haven't, Israel hasn't responded forcefully enough to the violations by Hamas. But I'm sure there's robust discussions going on behind the scenes.
SPEAKER 10 :
Now, the president has not set a timeline for his 20-point peace plan. I mean, there's no, it didn't come with a timeline. It actually sounds like phase one could take a while as, you know, Hamas still has to turn over the bodies of these deceased hostages. Does that mean that phase two can't begin until phase one is complete? And how long are we looking at before Hamas is disarmed and there is a different government there in Gaza?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, well, I think phase one and phase two are almost overlapping right now because phase one was the release of the living hostages, the deceased hostages and also the Palestinian prisoners and the return of some Palestinian bodies as well. But with the delay, with the return of the deceased bodies, it seems like this is. The end of phase one, but the beginning of phase two is certainly being discussed now. How do we disarm Hamas? How long that takes, Tony, is a great question. And I don't know if anyone knows the answer to that, how the disarming of Hamas is going to be managed and finally decided. This is probably the main topic right now.
SPEAKER 10 :
How do we eliminate Hamas? Maybe the better question, Chris, is how long will the patience of the Israelis hold?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, that's a great question, too. Sure. How long are they going to allow this? Now, Hamas doesn't pose a threat right now necessarily to Israeli communities in the south. They really have hardly any missiles left or ways to go ahead and attack Israelis. And that's why during phase one, Israel withdrew to the yellow line that they're establishing right now. So they still control 53 percent of the Gaza Strip. And so how long the patience will last is a good question. And where is the political will to go ahead and go back into Gaza City and take over and maybe eventually finally defeat Hamas, which was one of the main goals of the war from the very beginning?
SPEAKER 10 :
Chris Mitchell, just about 45 seconds left. I know we need to be praying for the peace of Jerusalem, the peace of Israel. What else do we need to be praying for?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I would say, Tony, extraordinary wisdom for the leaders and that the Lord would actually move on J.D. Vance and Kushner and Witkoff and Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Trump, just great wisdom to know how to manage this. These are, you know, momentous decisions. And it's not just any country, Tony. It's Israel. And Israel is the apple of God's eye. You don't want to miss it. You don't want to make mistakes here in Israel. So I would just pray for extraordinary wisdom and that the Lord himself would kind of help manage this situation.
SPEAKER 10 :
Wise counsel, Chris Mitchell. We don't want to get it wrong when it comes to Israel. Thanks so much for bringing us this firsthand perspective from Jerusalem. Always great to hear from you, Chris.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thanks, Tony. Great to be with you.
SPEAKER 10 :
And folks, I do want to encourage you to continue to pray because he is absolutely right. We can't afford to get it wrong when it comes to Israel. History makes that abundantly clear. Until next time, I leave you with the encouraging words 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 04 :
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