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Join Scott Watley and Melanie Merlin in an exciting exploration of Alaska's Wild Alaskan Lodge. Discover the unique experience of self-guided fishing where you become the captain of your own boat. Learn how this one-of-a-kind adventure allows for freedom and personal exploration, offering unmatched scenic beauty and unforgettable catches. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a newcomer, this lodge provides everything you need to succeed with all-inclusive amenities and expert guidance. Dive into this captivating world and find out why it's a must-visit destination.
SPEAKER 02 :
Welcome to Sportsman of Colorado, Colorado's premier outdoor radio show heard every Saturday afternoon on KLZ 560 with insights on hunting, fishing, archery, guns, and ammo from Colorado's top outfitters featuring the industry's leading experts on how to enhance your experience in the great outdoors. Now, here's your host, Scott Watley.
SPEAKER 05 :
welcome to sportsman of colorado thank you so much for joining us today we are glad you're with us we've got a great show in store for you as we've mentioned the international sportsman's expo is starting it is january the 9th at the colorado convention center uh through the weekend so thursday through sunday and uh we will be there i do not have our booth number yet but uh we are not hard to find and uh we will put that on social media as soon as we get it but uh It will be a great four days, and it's always great to see past friends that we have met there. And one of those, we are very glad, joins us today, and that is Melanie Merlin. She is with the Wild Alaskan Lodge. So, Melanie, thanks for being with us today on Sportsman of Colorado. How are you?
SPEAKER 13 :
I'm great. Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 05 :
You know, we were just talking before we came on air, but, you know, we met last year. And then I actually came up to the Portland show. I'd never even been there before. I had no idea you guys were going to be there and was shocked to turn a corner. And there you and Jason were there in Portland. So I got to see you a couple of times. But, wow, the year has flown by. It's just I can't believe it's been a year.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, me neither. It's just like it's around the corner. It's just, yeah, it's been a crazy year.
SPEAKER 05 :
It sure has. So this is your first year that you guys did this, the Wild Alaskan Lodge. And so, as I was telling you, again, before we came on air here, boy, just seeing all the great pictures. And, boy, the beauty of this place is unmatched. And it sure looks like the fishing is unmatched. I mean, every picture I saw was just amazing. You know, great fish, great numbers, you know, size of fish, everything. So definitely we can't wait to get there this summer and spend some time with you guys. But kind of do some reflection back on your first year here and some of the folks that came to see you.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yes. So, you know, it was our first year open. A lot of it was guests with word of mouth from other people. Or we did pick up some from shows. year to do shows but i think for a first year open i think we had a really great turnout we had great great uh clients and that are now friends and we stay in connection with and so i think yeah of course along the way but i mean who doesn't in your first year you know we know how to fish but to have a lodge in alaska It is a whole another level.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, right. Hey, you know, I tell you, I've never known of anybody that is doing what you guys are doing. And because at all the shows that we go to and different things, yeah, there's a lot of places from Alaska, but they're all guided places. And I've certainly done some of those and enjoyed those. But man, when you look at the freedom, so to speak, that what you guys are doing on a self-guided thing, and I'll let you explain everything that everyone can expect there, but it's really you want to talk about your fishing trip it's your fishing trip because you know you're not waiting on a boat for other people to catch maybe a certain species they're fishing for at that time and maybe you caught yours early on in the morning or something like that and you've got to wait three or four more hours for everybody else to catch their halibut or whatever or their rockfish so this is a great concept you guys have of being self-guided so kind of tell us what folks can expect.
SPEAKER 13 :
So what you can expect with self guided. You are captain of your own boat, so we provide everything for you. The minute you get into Juno, You worry about nothing else. We'll do the water transfer to and from Juneau out to Pelican. We'll go over an orientation the first night and have dinner. We'll go over the boat, make sure you know how to use all the different equipment, your tackles included. You can go out as early as you want, typically sunrise. This past season, it's like most people went out at 5.30 a.m. We provide your breakfast. It's the grab-and-go breakfast. We have your lunch prepared and on your boat. And then so you'll have your meal on your lunch on your boat. And then we have guests come in around 5.30 to get cleaned up and have dinner. And that allows our dock staff to get your fish immediately filleted. you to take home at the end of the week or whatever. Ours are six nights and five full days of fishing. But you don't need to bring anything. We have rain gear. We have your fishing gear. We have all your bait, tackle. Each room can hold up to four people. We have a double bed in each room and then three twin XLs. You have your own bathroom. And whoever you come with is who you're on the boat with. You don't have to worry about somebody else blending with you if you don't have four people. Four people is the max that we like to have on the boat. You don't want to put more than that on there. But say you come with two, we're not going to put you with two other people. And that's the duty of self-guided. You can go... Wherever you want to go, you can fish where you want to fish, and you can fish how long you want to. I personally have done guided, and there's limits on your catch, how much fish you can keep, the sizes. And so we have more leeway in that area as self-guided. You can keep two halibuts per person per day, any size. Depending on the time of the season, you can always buy a king stamp, and you can keep those. If you come early enough in the season, it's usually three per person annually. The later you come in the season, the Alaska fishing game, they'll start leaning it back so that they'll have plenty full of more fish for fishing. the area, you got your rockfish or, I mean, you can catch, I mean, all kinds of things. So we do provide a little cheat sheet for you to look and go, okay, this is a rockfish. Can we keep this one? Is it non-pelagic? Is it pelagic? But we will help you with everything that you need to be successful in your fishing trip. And then one thing I was going to say, but yeah, we do the boats are cleaned every day. We refresh your tackle. We fuel your boats. That's all included in your package. So once you get to Juneau, there is no need for you to purchase anything else unless you want to buy apparel. But that's really the only thing you need. If you have something special that you like to fish with, you're more than welcome to bring it. But we have it all. And another beautiful thing about our lodge is we are directly waterfront. And so if you don't want to venture out too far, you are more than welcome to fish right in front of the lodge. And you're going to catch just as much fish as if you went into the open ocean.
SPEAKER 05 :
That is what's great. Because, I mean, I've seen people on a dock before. You know, boats are coming in and a guy on a dock or a gal on a dock sitting there catching fish. So, hey, it's Alaska.
SPEAKER 13 :
It is. And so on those days that maybe you are just still not ready to go out into the open ocean, you can also go into the inside passage. It's a little bit more protected. And then you, I mean, it's both ways. The mouth is about 20 minute boat ride, depending on, you know, kind of your, your wind, your, your water conditions, which we will always give you that every night before. So you can kind of plan that out, plan your route. And the glory of it is, every evening when you come in we do a everybody has dinner together so you get to hear what this boat did where they were at what they caught you can just you know bounce ideas off each other and just kind of we have maps where you can see where you know some some are really great about looking at their you know if they want to focus on halibut you're going to be looking for an area that immediately drops off because their bottom feeders that's kind of where they set and so that is the one of the coolest things is me running down there to see what you have in your boat when you come in and then also getting to hear all the stories Everybody else about how their day went and where they went. And so, yeah, we are literally closest to the fish. So you have about 100 miles of coastline untouched. Either direction coming into our inlet or the inside passage. So it is for people in Sitka. It's going to be too far for them to go. Juno too far for them to go. So you just have your fishing and a lot more. The fishing. The population of fish is greater than if you go to those more popular areas. Everybody wants to go to the Kenai and Sitka. And there's great fishing everywhere you go, but those are so overfished. Your fish population is less. And so there's no way you can come in and not have a fish. If you do, I might laugh at you because... I mean, there's so many. It's just whatever you want, it's just right there for you to get.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right. Melanie Merlin is our guest. Once again, it's the Wild Alaskan Lodge, and they will be here January the 9th. That's the first day of the International Sportsman's Expo. It's Thursday through Sunday, and we'll be there as well with our Sportsman of Colorado radio booth, and so we hope to see you there. And, you know, Melanie, one thing I noticed in just looking through all the pictures and following you guys on social media this year was, you know, you could tell there were some couples, there were some families, there was guys. You know, I mean, this is great for ever how you want to set it up, family, whatever.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yes. I mean, looking back over the season, this past season we had just as many women and couples And we did just guys hanging out and going on a fishing trip or what have you. And I think another big passion for us is young anglers, like for them to come out. And so we had some youngsters come out last year and they had, it was the time of their life. And then we have quite a few young ones again this year, but we have just as many women and couples coming. And, you know, a diverse group of people come. And so I thought that was great because everything's fishing. Oh, that's going to be a guy's trip. Nope, I'm coming with you because I'm going to outfish you. It's a competition.
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely. All right. Now, as far as getting your fishing license, do they do that at the lodge with you or should they get that before they come?
SPEAKER 13 :
So you're going to get that online prior to your coming there. If you don't have a chance to do that, there's a sportsman warehouse in Juneau that's very close to the airport that you can go. Some people will come the night before. It is hard to get into Juneau and out into where we are within the same day. I mean, you can do it. It's hard. So typically people will come in, you know, a day before or stay after, but they also like to extend their vacation and then kind of season stuff in Juneau. But you're going to want to be at the airport and have your bags ready on the day that you're, say you're coming the 5th through the 11th. You will need to be in Juneau by 1230, 1245. We will have shuttles coming to bring you and take you down to Auk Bay where the catamaran is. It's a high-speed catamaran. And then from there, the catamaran is about a four-hour ride. Wildlife, you're going to be... It's mind-blowing just the wildlife and the beauty of what you're going to see on that. And then... Yeah, and the reason we do a catamaran is because there are float planes, and you're more than welcome to always do a float plane. It's just the weather is unpredictable, so you could be stuck one or two days still in Juneau before they fly out. So we do catamaran, the high-speed catamaran, because you're going to get out that same day and then be back in. And so whatever fish you catch, you keep. And so we use that. We'll package it up. And then you will take that back as your checked baggage with you. So we always say pack light, a few base layers, you know, stuff that you can take off if it gets hot or whatever. Sure. Because we have the rain gear. We have the rain boots. But, yeah. So did I answer your question or did I get sidetracked?
SPEAKER 05 :
No, no, no. You did very, very well.
SPEAKER 1 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah. So get your license before and all and you'll be all set. And as far as what you're going to be doing at the show for a trip or whatever. So what are we looking at for it for the. And again, this is much different. A lot of people are four nights and three days of fishing, different things. So this is six nights and five days of fishing. So this is a lot of fishing.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, you can, you know, like I said, a lot of people left at 5.30 a.m. We asked that you be in at 5.30 just because, you know, again, all the boats and then getting the fish and then all that kind of stuff. So people will fish 12 hours a day. And I will tell you, prior to us building our lodge, when we went on our – we did self-guided for 17 years or 18 years. And so, yeah, so it's one of those – I just lost my train of thought. That's okay. But yeah, so say it again.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, the six nights and five days of fishing. So just plenty of fishing.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, yeah. There is plenty of fishing and most people take full advantage of it and will fish for 12 hours a day. Wow.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. So what are we looking at for the package?
SPEAKER 13 :
So our package is $4,300 per person, and that gives you six nights, five full days of fishing. That's all your meals, your water transfer from Juneau to Pelican, and then Pelican back to Juneau. We have laundry service, so we do your laundry every day. That's your boat, your fuel, your tackle. You're going to have how many ever people are on your boat. If you have three, you're going to get three halibut rods and three salmon rods. And then, yeah, so but for the show, if anybody is listening on your show and they book and mention your name, then we will give $100 off per person. Okay, well, we appreciate that.
SPEAKER 05 :
And you and I were talking about, you know, I mean, first of all, this is a great deal, all right, I mean, for $4,300. So, hey, $100, hey, probably cover your non-resident fishing license. It does.
SPEAKER 13 :
A non-residential fishing license for the week, you want to do the seven-day one because I think five wouldn't cover you or whatever, is $45. Yep, okay. And then if you wanted to get a king stamp, you do have to have an additional stamp for that. It's $45. And you know what?
SPEAKER 05 :
I tell everybody. I don't care when you're there. I tell everybody to get that because you know what? You never know.
SPEAKER 13 :
You don't. And if you don't have that stamp, you have to let it go. And nothing hurts me worse than having to let a fish go that I have worked so hard for. So I used to, in the beginning, I was like, I don't know. And then I would catch one and it's like, you got to put it back. I'm like, ah. So yeah, so you can do that. You want to get your license, not the day that you're, so that August, say it's August 5th to the 11th. You want to make sure your start date for your fishing is August 6th. through the 11th and then that covers you uh because that first day you're not going to fish because you're going to probably get to the lodge around 6 6 30. and so that night well you know you have dinner we're going to go over the boat stuff orientation and then you can go first thing that next morning and you're going to fish for five days gotcha wow
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I tell you, we're super excited about having you guys here, and we're going to be doing a lot with you this year and coming. I've got my thing. And I want to mention this, too. You've got some partners there at the hotel because you mentioned coming to Juneau early, and that's what we're going to do because I think I'm coming that Sunday, June 29th. uh something like that um and you hooked me up with a hotel a guy gave me your discount so um you know if you need help with any of that they will be able to help you but i hope you'll come see us at the international sportsman's expo again it starts the 9th of january and we'll go through sunday and uh we will be there every hour it's open and i know melanie and jason will as well and Hey, if you come over and see us, we'll take you over and introduce you to them. And we would love to get a bunch of people there. And we're going to work on something this year where maybe in 2026 we can even work on a Sportsman of Colorado group for folks that may want to go with us, Kevin Flesch and myself. We're going to be working on some good things to really be a great partner for them. And, hey, this is a great chance to see Alaska your way, all right? Again, the guided trips can do what they do, but this is something where you can really make this your trip. And these are great folks, and we are super excited to partner with you guys, Melanie. So we'll look forward to seeing you at the ISE show, and we'll have a great time. And, man, thanks so much for being with us. We appreciate it.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yes, thank you. Thank you for having us.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. We'll see you soon. That's Melanie Merlin once again, the Wild Alaskan Lodge. Follow them on social media. You'll see all the great pigs. It is a beautiful spot, and we'll be doing some more interviews with them, as again, all throughout here in 2025 and some of the guests as well. You're listening to Sportsman of Colorado. We've got to take a quick break, and we'll be back with more right after this.
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SPEAKER 05 :
Welcome back to Sportsman of Colorado. Again, thank you so much for joining us. Always good to have Dr. Melissa Fling with us. She is our audiologist for Sportsman of Colorado Custom Ear Solutions. Her number is 720-839-7705. Melissa, good to see you.
SPEAKER 10 :
Good to see you, too. I love being the resident audiologist here.
SPEAKER 05 :
You are. Hey, you are the official audiologist for Sportsman of Colorado, for sure. And, wow, I'm so glad, you know, I came in to see you and our paths crossed to get my hearing tested, you know, a month or so ago. And then, you know, we decided what custom... Things I needed and one was we designed for me was just when I'm at the range and just doing some shooting and don't really need to talk with anybody just protect my ears. And before I move that on one thing you're suggesting to is not only the custom. Moles that you made me, but then also using the muffs around. That's just going to be extra protection, right?
SPEAKER 10 :
Right, for indoor shooting.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, for indoor shooting.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, because with indoor shooting, the sound, you know, you'd have to tell me, but from what I know, there's a lot of hard surfaces in there, and it's an enclosed room, so the sound is bouncing, you know, it's ricocheting all over the walls, which amplifies it a little bit more. So it makes an already loud sound louder.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right. Yeah, and most of the ones that I'll go to, they're kind of individual cubicles, so to speak. So there's maybe some wood or sometimes there's glass, whatever, paneling kind of between you and the next shooter there. And you may be shooting a lower caliber gun, but the... Person next to you on either side can be shooting a large caliber. And so all of a sudden you're sitting there. I mean, man, you know, a big gun goes off and you just weren't ready for that, you know. And so, you know, so those actually just got today from her. And but then once I got back a couple weeks ago from you. uh these are the ones with the filters so i can use when i'm hunting and i do need to maybe converse with some guys i'm hunting with and i do you know they need to tell me something i need to tell them something i could hear them perfectly and yet when the guns went off it shut down that protection and uh it you know and it was weird wearing them because i haven't done it you know as much as i should have through the years but i'm telling you one they were super comfortable okay two super easy to put in you know it's got the little um Removal string. Removal string, yeah. Boy, so you know you've got them in right and then just easy to pull out and put back in when you're taking a break or whatever. But, yeah, I mean, super, super nice. As I told you, I just wish I would have done this. I wish you would have crossed my path many years ago. I know. So I wouldn't be hearing this ringing that we constantly hear because – When you look at damaging your ears, I mean, it's not just like one time. But that progression of time. Well, one time can do it. I shouldn't say that. Because one time, a loud sound can do that. But we've said this. It's never too late. So, hey. Right. I'll be 67 in May. Okay? So, it's never too late. And I'm going to do my best to never be without these. Yeah. With anything I do now. Because... it you know it's just going to get worse you know yeah with hearing right and tinnitus flaring up more and all of that so yeah and the custom thing and we talked about this when you're on our haystack show but you know the custom ear solutions great name because three things hey it's custom okay you're focusing on our ears and you're providing solutions and so And we talked about this too. I mean, with your hearing test, I mean, this is all you're really trying to, Hey, let's check your hearing and let's find out, you know, what you need.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Right. Pretty simply. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
And we said this, and I want to bring this up because I think a lot of people do expect if they come into an audiologist and then they figure, okay, boy, they're going to have all kinds of hearing aids and maybe be pushed to buy something there and all that. Sure. And again, there's nothing wrong with that. Both of us have friends in that business, and that's what they do, and they're really good at it.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, it's important and necessary.
SPEAKER 05 :
But your business model is a little different of where you just want to work with the hearing, figure out – Are there some custom mold solutions you can do to help them protect what they've got?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Yeah. My focus is on prevention, really. And then the custom part of it comes into play, which I think is fun because not all non-custom options are a good option for everybody, depending on... One, what they're using hearing protection for. But two, some people have the shape and size of their ear canals don't jive well with foam earplugs or silicone earplugs or muffs get uncomfortable after a long time. So it's fun to kind of figure out who is a good candidate for custom based on what they need and the shape and size of their ear canal. Right. You know, a lot of people have like with Apple AirPods, for example, a lot of people come to me curious about the molds for those because they're exercising with them on. And so their ears get sweaty or they're running or whatever. And the pods either feel loose or they fall out. So they want something that's just going to secure it. So that kind of stuff comes up, too. So it's not just about protection, but also customization of a product, of a mold or of your ear to make another product work better so you can use it and not have to worry about it falling out.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, right.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
And $125 is a hearing test. Correct. Tell us what they'll get for that.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. So it'd be consultation one. So we'd go over, you know, your health history comprehensively. Examination of the ear canals and the eardrums. a test to make sure that your eardrums are functioning properly, a pressure test, and then the in-booth testing, which will measure your hearing sensitivity, how well you can discriminate speech in quiet, and also how well you can discriminate speech in noise. And then another thing I wanted to highlight that not a lot of are doing right now is testing the extended high frequency range of hearing, which we did with you. So it's standard to test hearing from low pitch, a low pitch, like 250 Hertz up to a higher pitch, like 8,000 Hertz. And that's usually the cutoff. But we could hear up to 20,000 hertz. And that whole area from 8,000 to 20,000 is often not getting tested. It's just completely ignored. But that's an important part of hearing. So that's something that I offer as well. I can test up to 18,000 hertz. That's kind of where it stops for my equipment. But that's a useful area because I've seen a lot of people that come in, young, healthy people that come in that feel like they're not... something's just a little off about their hearing. Mostly this happens with veterans that I see. And they have normal, beautiful hearing between 250 and 8,000 hertz. And then we go beyond that and they've got this huge drop off at 14,000 hertz or something. So that's something that wouldn't be found unless we tested that area. So that's something I want to highlight is that I offer that, which is important for people that are noise exposed, doesn't matter what you're doing if it's firearms if it's industrial if it's music that area of your hearing is likely to get damaged more and we wouldn't know about it until later because we don't test beyond 8 000 hertz so i do test beyond 8 000 hertz and um we can find damage sooner and then try to you know make a plan to prevent it from getting worse yeah
SPEAKER 05 :
Here's what we're going to do. We're going to do a little special here. Shoot indoors, Buckley. Tim Christopherson, you just heard on our Sportsman of Colorado show recently. Tim and I have worked out something where we want to get you to the range, but we want to get your ears protected first. All right, so here's what we're going to do. If you call Melissa, make an appointment, get a hearing test, 720-839-7705, and you get some custom ear molds done, whether that just be one set or you get several, whatever she suggests for you, I would highly recommend you do because she knows what she's doing. She's really helped me. But we're going to get you a $50 gift card to Shoot Indoors Buckley. All right. So just know that she knows that. And we'll have the gift card for you at the store. So she won't have it with her, but she will just let me know when you come in and we will get you a $50 gift card. Again, there's several Shoot Indoors locations, but it's only good at the Buckley location, which is off of 225 in Mississippi area. So close to our station here, hopefully convenient for you. We'll get you a $50 gift card to shoot indoors Buckley. Let's walk through a couple of your most popular models that you're doing for people. Or you can talk about what you did for me, too. The range type, the ones with the filters, and let's kind of walk through those for a minute.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, so I would say for shooting, there's kind of three levels. The most basic would be the solid ear molds, which we got for you for indoor target shooting, which you would pair with ear muffs, just so double protection when you're doing indoor shooting. And those are when you don't really need to be aware. You don't need to communicate or really be aware of your surroundings as much. You just need the most hearing protection that you can get. pricing, you want me to go over pricing with that? Sure, sure. Those would be $1.55 for the pair. Now, there is a little caveat to that that I didn't mention before, that I charge a service fee for the ear mold impressions, and that's $50, so $25 per ear for impressions. And something unique also that I can do is I can convert the physical impressions into digital files. So I'll have those digital files indefinitely, and we can order... more molds off of those same impressions without having to do them each time you need a new pair of molds. Oh, okay. Yeah. Now, people's ears will change a little bit over time, so I would say if it's been five years or more, we probably need to do new impressions. Okay. So, yeah, so 50 for impressions, 155 for the solid ear molds. The next level up would be filtered, which is a little higher cost because they have those filters in them. Those are... Great for hunting when you need to be aware of your surroundings, but you also need protection at the same time. So molds with impulse filters in them will allow that communication and then protection when there's any kind of impulse noise, like a gunshot. Those are 205 for the pair. Okay. And then the third level up, which would be the highest level, is electronic. Those would be useful in the same situation as the impulse filters, hunting, if you need to be aware of your surroundings. But they have microphones on them, and they amplify, just like hearing aids. They're very, very basic technology hearing aids, pretty much. And you have volume control on those. Those are beneficial for people that... might have a little bit of hearing loss too, but they also want to be able to hear well and protect. So it allows you to turn the volume up. The microphones will shut off immediately with any impulse noise above 90 dB input. And they're Bluetooth capable, so you can stream from your phone, so you can use them like AirPods, but they're custom fitted. They're rechargeable batteries in them, so you don't have to change the batteries. Those are $1,350 for the pair. Okay. So that's more of an investment. Sure. Because they're electronic. They last forever. They'll last a long time. Right. Yeah, yeah. Okay.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Once again, our office is right here in Greenwood Village. Tell us about that real quick.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, so Greenwood Village, kind of in the Denver Tech Center area, I-25, and Bellevue, basically, is where the office is located.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, all right. Enter number 720-839-7705. So once again, if you're just joining us, give her a call, get a hearing test. If you purchase any of those, all of those, whatever, all right? Hey, if you purchase two, I might give you another gift card. All right, but hey, we will get you a $50 gift card to shoot indoors Buckley. And get you out on the range, but certainly get your ears protected first. Now, another service you offer, because some people may know they already have this condition, I guess we'll call it, is a problem with wax in the ears.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, yeah. So you can... Yep, I can remove wax. And I just... We may have talked about this before, but I got this exciting new... piece of equipment called the Irrigator, and it just makes flushing wax out of the ear so safe, so easy, so comfortable. You know, I've used other tools in the past that just, it's like, man, we really need something better than this. So somebody came out with a really great piece of equipment, and it's just safe and comfortable and easy and quick to flush wax out of the ears, if that's the best way to get it out. But yeah, so I can offer that service to ear wax removal. Right. Yeah. All right. And a lot of people have that? Well, yeah, actually they do. You know, I would say most people's ears that I look in, their ear canal is either clear or they have just a little bit, a normal amount of wax. But some people, just like some people sweat more than others, some people produce more wax than others and it can get impacted and it has to be taken out regularly. So those are the people that I can help.
SPEAKER 05 :
And I would bet there have been people that... thought they really had a hearing loss and maybe got a wax removed.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh yeah, just had a huge chunk of wax in their ear. And then it's like, oh my God, I can hear. And then your air is flowing into your ear. It just feels better when you get it out. So yeah, that's another important service that I can offer.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right. And, you know, I always tell people, too, with kids, I mean, a lot of guys or ladies may take kids hunting and their things. Man, this is something really important for them, too. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they have got to have their ears protected. So what a way to start out when they're young like that. is to have some custom ear protection. So, you know, hey, you spend a couple hundred bucks, 150 bucks, whatever the case is, man, to protect your children's ears, I promise you they're going to be very grateful to you for doing that.
SPEAKER 10 :
So important. You know, and I will say custom is not as good of an option for kids under a certain age. Because it's changing. Their ears are growing quickly, yeah. But I have done that. Actually, I had a family come to me at the... Mile High Hunt and Fish Expo. We did custom for the kids, and they love them. But probably under the year of maybe under eight years, even that's pretty young, the growth of those starts to slow down a little bit there versus birth to eight.
SPEAKER 05 :
But if they get that 13, 14, 15, good choice.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Teenage ears. Definitely. It's pretty stable then. But yeah. And they can they can still do custom if they want. We just might have to replace them more often or we would have to replace them more often than with an adult because their ears are growing. Sure. But yeah. Or muffs. Ear muffs are fine for them, too. Right.
SPEAKER 05 :
Just make sure you're wearing something.
SPEAKER 10 :
Make sure you're protecting. Yeah. Bystanders, anybody, whether they're shooting or not, if they're near it, they need to be wearing hearing protection.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, for sure. Hey, it's Custom Air Solutions, customairsolutions.com. Give her a call, 720-839-7705. Once again, I've got a couple sets of these and I've really enjoyed them. And I hope that you will give Melissa a call. Hey, get a $50 gift card to shoot indoors buckly when you get a hearing test. And buy now. Any of those, okay, from her will get you a $50 gift card. And her office address, I'll give you that, is 7350 East Progress Place in Greenwood Village. Again, just right off of Bellevue there in the Denver Tech Center. So, Melissa, our time goes too quickly, but thank you for yours. Thank you. You're listening to Sportsman of Colorado. We'll be right back.
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Colorado's largest Sportsman's Expo is back January 9th through 12th at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Bring the family and discover your next adventure. Don't miss more than 100 free fishing, hunting, camping, casting, and dog training seminars. And visit the Outdoors Colorado Pavilion of experts and youth activities. Your life outdoors at the International Sportsman's Expo, January 9th through 12th at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. More info at sportsexpos.com.
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This is KLZ 560, your home station.
SPEAKER 05 :
Welcome back to Sports North Colorado again. Thank you so much for being with us. We are excited about 2025 and a lot of good things in store for you. So we appreciate all of our listeners throughout the, wow, the years since we started. Hey, January 2013 was our first show, and we are thrilled to still be here and very thankful once again you are listening and all of our sponsors that have helped us and One of those guys that has really helped us a lot and been a great friend of our show and supporter is Wynn Eubank. And Wynn is the owner of Colorado Outdoor Sports. And Wynn, first of all, welcome to the show. How are you?
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you, Scott. Welcome. Appreciate being on the show.
SPEAKER 05 :
Man, I'm sure when you started your business and you look back now and you see all the years that have passed, sometimes it's like, wow, how did that even happen?
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, that's a funny story all within itself because – I've been telling people for the last, I don't know, five years that it's 12 or 13 years, and then Quentin pointed out to me that I knew him before, what is his little boy's name?
SPEAKER 05 :
Tegan?
SPEAKER 06 :
I knew him before Tegan was born.
SPEAKER 05 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 06 :
Tegan's 15, so I've been at this over 15 years.
SPEAKER 05 :
Wow. Well, good for you. Well, hey, we are here because Wynn is going to join us at the International Sportsman's Expo. Now, our show does replay on Thursdays at 9 a.m., also on Sundays at 8 in the morning, 8 at night. You will hear this on Thursday, which will be the opening day. It is January the 9th through the 12th at the Colorado Convention Center. And once again, we are glad to be there. And Wynn will be there as well with Colorado Outdoor Sports. So, Wynn, for those that haven't heard you, the one or two that haven't heard you on the show through the years, give us in a nutshell kind of what Colorado Outdoor Sports is all about.
SPEAKER 06 :
Colorado Outdoor Sports is a do-it-yourself hunt and fish club We have 40 plus reservable properties that once you reserve a piece of property for yourself, either for the morning or the afternoon or all day. It is your piece of private property, and no one else is allowed on it. We use an online reservation system, and it's extremely easy to use.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right. Now, I tell you, you look back in just what the last five, ten years has done, I can't imagine what the next five years, ten years are going to look like for trying to find a place to hunt. That's the number one thing people are so frustrated with. And, dude, you've got some properties that are relatively close, and even the ones that are a little bit of a drive aren't that far. So kind of give us some range of what we're talking about drive time to some of your properties.
SPEAKER 06 :
Almost all our properties, except for a couple, can be accessed from downtown Denver in an hour and a half to an hour and 45 minutes drive. We do have properties right in Fort Lupton that are as close as 20 minutes. Some of the best catch-and-release fishing and or Platte River – duck and waterfowl. Colorado Outdoor Sports is extremely proud to be able to say that we have more water than any other club in Colorado.
SPEAKER 05 :
Wow. Okay. Now, everybody's going, well, what's this, $10,000 a year, $5,000 a year? You're going to have a show special, and I asked you if we could creep in on that a little bit. So what are we going to be doing at the ISE show, the International Sportsman's Expo?
SPEAKER 06 :
So our standard family membership, which includes you, your spouse, and your dependents, is normally $495 initiation and $1480 a year in dues. So special would be if you pay your dues in two payments, one at ISE and another committed by June 1st, you will not have to pay the 495 initiation. Wow. That's a one-quarter savings on your initiation.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I'm not real good at math, but that's about 25% savings. Yep. All right. Wow. And you know what? Folks have to realize, too, these properties don't come cheap. I mean, a lot of these ranchers, farmers or folks that have these properties, they could do some other things with this property. But, you know, they've chosen to let you work with them because I know, number one, you're going to take care of the property. But, you know, it costs a lot of money to keep these up and do the things maybe with pits, different things that you've got to do. So this is a tremendous deal, man. And you're the only one that's going to be there. And it works on an online reservation, right? So explain that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, we use an online reservation. You can go see the properties. You can see maps of the properties. You get GPS locations. You can go out and scout the property ahead of time. We also have a massive diversity. So we've got goose fields. We've got goose pits. We've got open river. We've got duck blinds on the river. We've got other ponds that you can either, you know, A-frame or hide on. And then we've got other ponds that have duck blinds on them. It's a super, super different variety. That way, every different guy that wants to hunt in a different fashion can. I have guys that won't hunt out of a pit. And I have guys that reserve a pitted property and then hunt out of the layout anyway.
SPEAKER 05 :
it's crazy it's a little bit of everything right right and here's another really good thing about this is you can get to learn some of these properties and um you know you can you can check with other members maybe that have hunted there or guys gals pretty good about sharing information um you know some of them are you know when it's
SPEAKER 06 :
When a spot is hot, nobody's sharing it. It's just, you know, once the hot is gone, then they'll share it a little bit, you know. But we do have a private Facebook page that if you don't want to be on Facebook even, this is 1,000% private. Nobody on there. on there except members and or friends of the club. You know, and mentioning that, there's even a couple landowners on there. And, you know, mentioning that a lot of our landowners are with us because they know that we're family oriented. And they've actually turned away
SPEAKER 05 :
other guys that approach them that are not family oriented yeah and and like you say this is a great place completely do it yourself now we want to make very clear there's no guiding here um you take care of you got decoys whatever everything's up to you and um and when you're you're When I say you're picky, I mean, you go through a lot to get these properties and you want to take care of these properties. So kind of talk about some of the speeches and rules that you, you know, everyone's just going to have to abide by to be a member.
SPEAKER 06 :
So one of the things that we don't do because it is a do it yourself club and because of what you just said in the interest of keeping things, we don't believe in like, like we have two six man pits out in Fort Morgan for geese. If you and, Let's say you and Kevin wanted to go out there and hunt that by yourself. Those other four spots, they're not mandated to be filled. I don't believe in that you have to hunt with somebody else. You know, you reserve yours. And, you know, that's kind of how that works.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah. You know, you got to have people that are going to maintain the property and be of help to you. And so it's just crucial that people do that.
SPEAKER 06 :
We have rules that you are supposed to clean up behind yourself, you know, and also police other members. So, you know, if you show up at a property and the property is littered with shotgun shells, A, I'm going to ask you to pick them up. B, I'm going to ask you to, you know, text me and say, hey, so-and-so, I looked on view calendar, had this before me, and he left quite a bit of mess. And then I get on the phone and I have a conversation with them. And if this happens three times, I tell them, you know what, you may not be a good fit for us.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, folks, unfortunately, I have had to tell some guys that they have to go.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, absolutely. Hey, it's the International Sportsman's Expo, January the 9th through the 12th. Wynn will be there. And Wynn, your booth, I think you told me, is 909C.com. That is correct. Yep. And so you can come see Wynn there. Our booth is 428. Now, here's something I'm going to do. I bought some gift cards from one of our sponsors, Shoot Indoors Buckley. If you see Wynn at the show and you sign up with him, Wynn can get you over to my booth and we're going to give you a $50 gift. a gift card to shoot indoors buckley and it's a great shooting range uh now there's several shooting doors but this your gift card is only good at the buckley location i'm going to be very clear about that so not only are you going to save the 500 bucks the initiation fee so to speak um but hey to join a private club for 1488 you can make two payments on that and save that $500, then you're going to get a $50 gift card to shoot indoors Buckley by Sportsman of Colorado. So we are happy to do that, and that'll be cool.
SPEAKER 06 :
I was listening to his show as you were talking to him the other day, and he said he just got his new sign-up that you can see for my 25, and I just saw it last night.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, okay. Good deal. Yeah, Tim does a great job, and it's a great range. But, hey, come see us. We'll be there every hour. It's open, I promise you. So come see us. It's going to be a lot of fun. Again, it's the Denver International Sportsman's Expo at the Convention Center. Thursday the 9th through Sunday the 12th. The hours, just real quick, are noon to 7, Thursday, Friday, 10 to 7 Saturday, 10 to 4 Sunday. So I hope you'll come see us, and be sure you get by Colorado Outdoor Sports and sign up with Wynn and get your $50 gift card to shoot indoors Buckley. So, Wynn, thank you, sir. We'll look forward to seeing you down there.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thanks for doing that, Scott. Appreciate it.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right, bud. Thanks so much. Bye. Thanks for being with us today for Sportsman of Colorado. I want to thank all of our guests. And really, folks, hey, thank you so much for all of our listeners. And we are looking forward to 2025. And it's going to be a great year. And we hope you will stay with us and be a part of it. So Happy New Year to everyone. And we will talk to you next week.
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Join Bruce Simmons on Reverse Mortgage Radio as he welcomes the New Year with a vital discussion on utilizing reverse mortgages in 2025. The episode provides valuable insights into how senior homeowners can strategically transform their home equity into a powerful financial resource. Discover the various ways, beyond just debt relief, where a reverse mortgage can be part of your financial planning—such as covering healthcare costs, funding home modifications for age-in-place living, or even supporting your grandchildren’s education. Bruce emphasizes flexibility while also guiding you on regulatory aspects and maximizing the benefits of this tool. Bruce shares his 22 years of expertise in reverse mortgages to illuminate this often misunderstood product, covering how to access funds either as lump sums, monthly payments, or as a line of credit. Equipped with stories from real-life scenarios, Bruce makes the case for reverse mortgages being a prudent choice for securing a stable financial future for seniors. Whether you’re curious about reducing your monthly expenses or simply exploring options for better financial management, this episode serves as an essential guide to navigating reverse mortgage opportunities.
SPEAKER 01 :
Welcome to Reverse Mortgage Radio, hosted by Legends' very own reverse mortgage professor, Bruce Simmons. You have so many options with a reverse mortgage, everyone has a different opinion, and the government keeps changing the rules. You need to hear from the first certified reverse mortgage professional in Colorado to specialize exclusively in reverse mortgages, one of few in the state with the letter CRMP after his name. Bruce has the specific training and education you need to understand what you're buying. Now, here's your host, Bruce Simmons.
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Hello, and a belated Happy New Year's to you. Hopefully you enjoyed the New Year's celebration, didn't get too wild. I partied all night long with my wife and a puzzle. That was our excitement for the evening. That's what happens as you get older and older, I guess, right? Well, today, what I want to talk about really harkens back to a 2013 article that was in Reverse Mortgage Magazine, which is a magazine that's put out for industry professionals by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association. And they talked about 25 ways to use your home equity. And I'm talking about today, 25 ways to use a reverse mortgage in 2025. So let's have at it. Oh, by the way, Before we have at it, I do want to let you know you are listening to Reverse Mortgage Radio. My name is Bruce Simmons, and you can reach me directly at 303-467-7821. 303-467-7821 is my direct line. My website is reversemortgageradio.net, reversemortgageradio.net. And you can get on there and download my free consumer guide, totally free. You can get a free quote as well. And it's not one of these things where you plug in all your information, no social security or anything like that. But you plug in basic information about your home, your zip code, I think, your ages, and that's about it. And then the value of your home, obviously. But then it'll tell you how much money you can get from a reverse mortgage. Now, it's a very conservative estimate. Odds are we can end up loaning you more than what that program says. but I have to be very cautious because it is putting it out there for everybody to see. And I don't want people to accuse me of a bait and switch type situation. So I always do better than what you get on the website. That's just for your knowledge. You can't apply for a reverse mortgage. You can send me your information and then I'll call you and we can go from there. But That's the best way to reach me, reversemortgageradio.net, or just pick up the phone and call me at 303-467-7821. If any of these ideas we're going to be talking about strike a chord with you. If you think that, hey, that's interesting. I didn't know we could do that. That may work for me. Give me a call and we can go over the details. But before we get into all the different ways a reverse mortgage can be used, I do need to kind of explain some basics about it. A reverse mortgage most often is an FHA insured loan that's specifically designed for people that are 62 and over. And that's the program we're going to be talking about today. There are non-FHA loans available, but they're not quite as flexible as the FHA insured one. And the FHA insured Reverse mortgage is called the home equity conversion mortgage or a HECM, H-E-C-M. That's how I refer to it as a HECM. And so that's the one we're going to be talking about today mostly. Although some of these options, a lot of the ways to use it can be used with a proprietary loan as well. So if you're in a condominium, let's say you're in a condo that is not FHA approved, it's very possible we could still do a reverse mortgage for you. It just would not be a HECM. It would be a non-FHA-insured reverse mortgage, which doesn't make it better or worse. It's just different. It's just a different reverse mortgage program. But the way most reverse mortgage programs, or let's focus on the HECM. The way the HECM works is it is an FHA-insured loan that's specifically designed for people that are 62 and over. It allows you to convert a portion of the value of your home into money that you can use. You never have to repay it as long as you live in the home. There's no mortgage payment, no principal and interest payment required. However, however, however, you do have to continue to pay your own property taxes and insurance because the home stays in your name. You're not giving up title. You have to maintain the home. You have to keep your name on title and live there as your primary residence. As long as you do those five things, you can never, ever, ever be kicked out of the home. Nobody can ever call the loan due, anything like that. You could be upside down even on the house. You could end up owing more on the house than it's worth. Now, wait a minute. I didn't explain. How does that work, right? Well, let me explain. Because you're not making a payment, and most people don't make payments, you can make a payment on this loan if you want, but most people choose not to. And for those who choose not to make a payment, you're still charged interest every month, interest and mortgage insurance. This is an FHA-insured loan. Because it's FHA-insured, all... FHA-insured loans, forward and reverse, have mortgage insurance on it. And that protects the lender so that if the lender were ever to lose any money, they're not going to lose any money. They're going to get it from the mortgage insurance pool. So they're not going to come after you, your estate, or your heirs should you end up owing more on the home than it's actually worth. Now, how can that happen? Like I said, you're charged interest every month, but most people don't pay it. what happens to that money? That money that you're charged in interest and mortgage insurance gets added to the loan balance every single month. Every month you get a statement in the mail and you're going to see that loan balance getting bigger and bigger and bigger. If you borrow $100,000 today, next month you might owe $100,500. The month after that you might owe $101,001. After that you might owe $101,502. So that money gets added to your loan balance. The interest that you're not paying gets added to your loan balance every month, and it compounds. So over time, let's say 10 years from now, that $100,000 has turned to $200,000. Now, odds are the value of your home has probably gone up by $100,000 or more in that 10-year period as well. Your home might have gone from a $400,000 value to $450,000, but your loan balance grew from $100,000 to $200,000. So you've got to keep all these things in mind. You're still gaining equity most of the time, even when you have a reverse mortgage and you're not making a payment, because the normal appreciation here in Colorado, at least, is the it's a pretty good amount, even in this market. This market's holding kind of steady, but still, we're gaining 2% to 4%. Most places are. Now, they had a little dip, but it's coming back. So over time, you're going to gain more than you lose. Odds are. Now, there's no guarantee. That's why that mortgage insurance is in place to protect your estate. You, your estate, and your heirs. Should you ever end up upside down? Because who knows? Another 2008 where property values drop in half could happen. Not likely. Not likely at all. But it could happen. All right. So that is, in a nutshell, how a reverse mortgage works. There's different ways you can take the money out from a reverse mortgage. Basically, FHA dictates to us, the lender, how much money we can loan. It's based on three factors. the age of the borrower and the spouse, the value of the home, and the interest rate. Unfortunately, as interest rates go up, the amount we can loan as a percentage of the value of your home goes down. Now, this is one thing I want to explain real quick too. A lot of people will call me and they'll say they think that they could borrow 30% or 40% or 50% of their equity. And that's not true. It's 30 or 40 or 50% of the value. The equity in your home is just the difference between the property value and the loan balance. If you have a $700,000 home and you only owe $200,000 on the house, you've got $500,000 in equity. So you might call me and say, hey, I want to borrow 30% of that $500,000, which is $150,000. Well, the problem is that's not how we calculate the loan amount. We calculate it based on the value of the home. For example, let's say we could loan you 35% of the value of $700,000. That's roughly $250,000, $245,000. That's the maximum we can loan. And from that, we have to pay off the existing $200,000. So in that scenario, we can loan you $250,000. Let's just round it off. I think it's $245,000, but let's say $250,000. We have to pay off $200,000 that you owe on your current mortgage because a reverse mortgage can be the only loan available. That leaves $50,000 left over that you have access to with a reverse mortgage. We can't loan a percentage of the equity. We loan a percentage of the value. And that's important to remember when you're considering whether or not a reverse mortgage makes sense for you. Okay, that's enough of that stuff. Let's jump into the different ways that a reverse mortgage can be used because this is the most incredibly flexible program that I've ever seen. I can't think of another program anywhere close to it that has the flexibility of the ways that you can receive money on a reverse mortgage. you can receive it as a lump sum. Now, there's restrictions on that. If you call me up and you say you own your home free and clear and you want to take out $250,000, we can't give you all $250,000 in one lump sum. Now, with a proprietary loan, you could get that, but not with a HECM. The HECM only allows you to take out 60% of that $250,000 that might be available to you, even if you own your home free and clear. The other... 40% of the money that's available to you will be available a year later. So there's some restrictions on the lump sum. But then you can also take it as a monthly payment. Let's say you want to take it guaranteed as long as you live in your home. So we take that $250,000 and we set it aside into like an annuity, but it's only payable as long as you live in your home. It's not payable for life like a lot of annuities are. It's payable for as long as you live in the home. But you might be guaranteed $1,000 a month, guaranteed as long as you live in your home. If you live to be 110, you can still get that money, no matter what happens to the value of the house, no matter if you use way more than $250,000, okay? Another way you could take it on a monthly payment is on a term payment. Let's say a 10-year, the monthly payment guaranteed as long as you live in the home is called a 10-year, T-E-N-U-R-E plan. Let's say that plan only pays you $1,000, but you need $3,000 a month. Well, maybe we could do $3,000 a month, but it might only last you for, say, 12 1⁄2 years. And at the end of that 12 and a half year term, it's called a term payment, the payment would stop. The loan does not come due. And there's a possibility you might even be able to refinance, but no guarantees. But then at the end of that 12 and a half year term, the payment stops. The loan doesn't come due. You continue to stay in the home. You just no longer have access to that money. Another way, one of the most popular ways is a line of credit where you take out the money in a line of credit and it's available to you. You've got $250,000 and you just draw it out as you need it. You need $20,000 for paying off debts right now. You need another $10,000, say, six months from now for a new furnace. And then you need some home improvements, so you take out some more money. And you could pay it back and reuse it, just like a HELOC, only it's guaranteed as long as you live in the home. That line of credit can never be closed out as long as you're paying your taxes correctly. You're paying your insurance. You're maintaining the home. Living there is your primary residence. That's requirement. And you keep your name on title. So there's also a combination. That's what most people do, is some form of combination. Let's say you owe $100,000 on your first mortgage. and you want $20,000 out in cash. So that's the lump sum, $120,000. But then you say, well, I want $1,000 a month for the next five years. So that's another $60,000 that we set aside for you and pay you $5,000 a month for the next five years. And then the rest of the money, let's say, is left in a line of credit for emergencies that you could tap into when you need it. That's the incredible flexibility of this program. And it can be changed. That's also one of the wondrous things of this. You can change the way you receive the money. In fact, this week I had a meeting with a customer who was receiving $1,500 a month. She was going to get it for like 15 years. Well, it turns out she only needed it for like four years. I think it's been four years since she took it out. So I went to her house. And I helped her fill out the paperwork to change the payment plan to cancel that payment. She no longer needs it. And that's one of the beauties of it. There's a one-time $20 fee anytime you make a change to the plan. Keep that in mind. It can be stopped. It can be turned on. It can be turned off. It could be accessed. It could be paid back and reused, all these things. So let's get into the 25 ways you can use a reverse mortgage. Remember, if you have any questions about reverse mortgages, any of these ideas on how to use it trigger something in you, give me a call, 303-467-7800. That's my direct line. Bruce Simmons is my name, and I'm the reverse mortgage manager for American Liberty Mortgage. I've been specializing exclusively in reverse mortgages now for 22 years, since 2003. 22 years ago, I started in reverse mortgages. And I've seen a lot of different things and a lot of changes in this program. But you can visit me online as well at reversemortgageradio.net. All right. First of all, obviously, like we talked about already, pay off your forward mortgage to reduce your monthly expenses. Remember, you still have to pay your taxes and insurance, but you eliminate the principal and interest payment. I spoke to somebody earlier this week, $1,200 a month. on their mortgage insurance. He got laid off, can't find a job, and he was in his job for like 40 years or some crazy long time period. Same job, and new management came in, got rid of him. Isn't that terrible? And now he wants to pay off his mortgage so that they could afford to just retire. And if something part-time comes along, he could do it. A reverse mortgage allows you to do that as long as we can loan you enough to pay off your existing mortgage. In that guy's case, he was short, and he's debating on... If he can come up with enough money to pay his mortgage down to where we can loan him the difference to pay off the mortgage. All right. People can use it to remodel your home and use it to accommodate aging in place. That's one thing, too. You can widen hallways or doorways so you can get a wheelchair through or just paint different color paint and carpet so your walls are white, your carpet is more of a a darker brownish color or something like that, whatever. Just so that they're not all the same color because your eyes can be tricked, especially in darkness. It can be really tricky and it's easy to stumble or what have you. Maybe you want to get a chairlift so you could go up and down the stairs easier. A lot of different things that a reverse mortgage can help you with. The other thing too, people love, love, love the reverse mortgage line of credit for emergencies. So you set aside this line of credit and you've got all this money available to you if you ever need it. If you never use it, you're not charged interest on it. And the line of credit has a very unique feature that is only available with a HECM. And it's not available on the proprietary program either. But the line of credit grows. It grows at a half a percent greater than the interest rate you're charged. If you're being charged 6.5%, that line of credit's growing at 7%. If you have $100,000 in there today, a year from now, you'll have a little over $107,000. That's a pretty sweet deal. And it's not interest. You're not being charged interest. If you use it, you don't have to pay taxes on the money you use. You can pay it back, too, and get additional money in the line of credit. So it's a very, very flexible thing. cover monthly expenses and hold on to other assets while their value continues to grow. This is something that is so underused, using it as financial planning, uh, like use it. Maybe you want to take a special trip and you don't want to pay taxes on the assets that you pull out of an IRA. So you use the reverse mortgage assets or the reverse mortgage to pay for it instead of taking these assets out all at once and, and having to pay a bunch of taxes on it, or, or you're allowing it to continue to grow as well too. Um, let's see, cover monthly expenses with a reverse mortgage to avoid selling assets at depreciated rates. We've been very blessed with this stock market, but if you've got money in the stock market and it drops and you're like, okay, I've got $200,000 in there and it drops and now it's only 150, you don't want to access that money, any of that money because you're a locking in the losses in that case. And whereas you know it's gonna come back, it always does, right? Well, hopefully it does, in time it will eventually, but that's one of the great ways to do it. So that's the first five things, using it as a financial planning tool. in conjunction with other assets is a fantastic way to use the reverse mortgage. And that's the line of credit. So number six, you could pay for health insurance during early retirement years until Medicare kicks in at 65. A lot of people get laid off at 62 or 63, or they want to retire, and now they've got all this $1,000, $1,500 in medical insurance payments, and you can use a reverse mortgage to cover that cost. You can use it to pay your Medicare Part B and Part D costs as well, especially if there's a donut or something. You fall into that donut, if that's still around. I think it is. And now you're stuck paying all those prescription costs. Use the reverse mortgage for that. You can combine the 10-year payment, remember that's that guaranteed payment as long as you live, with Social Security and other income generated from your assets to replace your salary and maintain your monthly routine of paying bills from new income. So you don't have to worry about, you can retire basically and keep the same income level. That's an awesome way to do it. pay for children's or grandchildren's college or professional education. Just imagine the gift that you could give to a grandchild or multiple grandchildren, even if it's not the full ride. You say, okay, I'm going to give you $2,500 a year towards your college or towards your auto tech school or your welding school, whatever it may be, beauty school, whatever. That way, they're not going to be saddled with as much debt. Just imagine how nice that would be for them to start life without a ton of debt from school. Number 10, maintain a standby cash reserve to get you through the ups and downs of investment markets and give you more flexibility. This is kind of related back to, I think, number five, where you have this line of credit available. The stock market drops. You don't want to tap into assets at a depreciated rate. It's a way for you to keep that money in there to where it can grow back. And then sometimes, too, people will take it out when they hit their required minimum distribution. So you take out money. You don't need it. You're required to take it out, but you don't need it. You can pay down your reverse mortgage at that time. Use that asset for that and still have that money available. tax-free. Talk to your financial advisor about this. If your financial advisor thinks they're a rip-off or they're a bad idea, please, please, please have them call me. I'd love talking to financial advisors and other professionals about reverse mortgages and all the applications that are available and how it can provide so much more flexibility for people. The other thing, number 12, pay for long-term care needs or Long-term care insurance premiums. You know those insurance premiums get larger and larger as you get older and older. And you may never need it. Hopefully you never do. But if you do, you've got to keep paying it, right? But you can pay for those long-term care insurance premiums with a reverse mortgage or use a reverse mortgage if you didn't get long-term care. Keep it in reserve for those emergency needs. Number 13, fill the gap in a retirement plan caused by lower than expected returns on your assets. So let's say you didn't earn as much as you wanted to in your first few years of retirement, and now your financial advisor says, oh, you're going to have to cut back, especially with this inflation. You've been taking out more than you should. A reverse mortgage might be a great option for you to supplement that income for you. Number 14, pay for short-term in-home care or physical therapy following an accident or medical episode. If you had some issue and you've got medical expenses that are not covered, a reverse mortgage, again, this is where the line of credit is so flexible. And you can convert it. Let's say you might only need an extra $2,000 for a year to help cover some medical costs while you're going through physical therapy. You could set that up and just get that money deposited in your bank account every month. The other thing too, a lot of people do not have any kind of a retirement plan or will or an estate plan. You need to pay somebody, a real professional. Don't talk to your brother-in-law that's studying prepaid legal or something like that. Not that that's a bad thing, but you want to get somebody that really knows what they're talking about. And these people are not cheap and they're worth it. They're worth every penny. Use a reverse mortgage to pay for that. Number 16, convert a room or basement into a living facility for an aging parent or a relative or a caregiver for you. That would be nice to have available. So you've got some place for an in-home care person to stay to help take care of you so you can stay in your home. Number 17, you can pay for an Uber or Lyft account so you can have mobility and access to appointments and social activities. Now, I know there's those buses that will come around and carry you around to the senior center and things, but you don't always want to just go to a senior center or you don't want to just... have that minimum thing. You might want to have some more flexibility, have them take you to your volunteer meeting with Rotary or Kiwanis, like we talked about a couple of weeks ago, or to a volunteer event. That would be a great way to do it. And you can't always rely on friends. A lot of times you can, but having an Uber or Lyft account or some other kind of transportation that you can pay for is a fantastic way. create a set-aside to pay for real estate taxes and property insurance. Remember, that's still your responsibility. So you've got to keep doing that, and it's nice to know that you've got that money set aside to do that. Delay collecting Social Security benefit until it maxes out at age 70. This is something I've had some customers do, but with professional help. Talk to your financial planner about it. You retire at 65. You could take Social Security, but you don't really want to that early. You want to put it off because you know you're going to get 8% per year more if you can wait till you're 70. And so you set up a term payment plan for five years where you get $3,000 a month or whatever it might be for five years. And at the end of the five years, that payment stops, but Social Security kicks in. No change in lifestyle. Number 20, eliminate debt, especially, especially, especially credit card debt. That will kill a financial plan, having too much credit card debt. Consolidate your debts, eliminate that debt. Now, granted, you still have debt with reverse mortgage, but you don't have a payment. That's a huge difference. And also, the interest rate's a lot lower than it is on a credit card or an existing home equity loan. Pay that thing off and get a reverse mortgage. You can also use it to cover expenses between jobs or during the career transition or even for training for yourself for a new job. If you get laid off from a certain job and you need to have a one-year training process, so you're 63 years old and you know you've got a long time you can still work and you want to be productive, use it for that. Cover expenses to avoid capital gains consequences of selling other assets. That's huge. When you sell assets and you've got capital gains, you sell a rental property. Now you've got to pay all these capital gains, and maybe you didn't make as much on that rental property as you thought you would. purchase health-related technology that allows you to stay in your home, like smart watches, a Lyft, like we said, a Lifeline, a life alert thing where if you fall or what have you, hearing aids even. Help your adult children through family emergencies. That is such a peace of mind to be able to offer that kind of help to your family when tragedy strikes. convert a standard IRA to a Roth and use reverse mortgage proceeds to pay the taxes. That can be super beneficial. You can make so much more and not have to worry about paying taxes on it if you're going to keep it invested for the next 5, 10, 15 plus years. Then you don't have to worry about that paying taxes on the whole amount. You're only paying taxes on the amount that you converted over and you're using reverse mortgage proceeds to do it. Okay, that was a very quick rundown of 25 different ways you can use a reverse mortgage in 2025. If any of those things struck a chord, remember, we just scratched the surface of all of these. I should make a plan and dig into each one of these throughout the year. That might be a good idea, or certain ones anyway. But give me a call with any questions at 303-467-7821. My name is Bruce Simmons. I'm the reverse mortgage manager with American Liberty Mortgage, 303-467-7821. Or visit me online at reversemortgageradio.net. Remember, you can go there and download my free consumer guide that has a lot of great information. Actually, most questions you have can be answered from that guide. I look forward to talking to you sometime throughout the year. Please call me at 303-467-7821. Hope you had a great New Year's and I'm looking forward to talking to you at some point.
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Kick off the new year with Rush to Reason as we explore what it means to break New Year's resolutions and why it's perfectly okay. Hosts Andy Pate and team discuss the excitement of veering off course with humor and candor. Additionally, learn about the good deeds spearheaded by celebrities Kristen Bell and Cam Jordan, extending a message of hope and positivity. This episode also touches on current events, shedding light on recent terror incidents and introducing a preview of an essential conversation about national security planned for the next show.
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It's finally Friday on Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush. So I tell him I'm a pro jack. And who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama himself. So we finish 18, and he's going to sniff me. And I say, hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know? And he says, oh, it won't be any money. And when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So I got that going. And movie reviews with Andy Payne.
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I think you got the wrong impression about me. I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do.
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What I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
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What do you want to do tonight?
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The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. Stick a fork in me, Jerry. I'm done.
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Now, here is your host of Rush to Reason, John Rush. Filling in is Andy Pate, party of choice. And I'm your host, Andy Pate, filling in for John Rush for just a couple more times. He'll be back on, I believe, Wednesday, isn't it right? Yep, Wednesday. John will be rejoining us. Until then, I'm joined right now by Tanner Cole.
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Man.
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That's right. And Ashley Kurt. Her. Her. That's right. And we are also joined by my blushing bride, Corey. Corey, how are you today? I am doing great. Thanks. Corey's going to help us with our first film review, and then she's going to take off because I can't have her dominating me any more than a couple segments. Any more than that, all my manhood just goes right out the door.
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You poor little soul.
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I know. It feels bad. Okay, really quick here. I want to ask everybody a question. Which New Year's resolutions are you most excited about breaking?
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Breaking? Yes.
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Let's face it. We're going to break them all, right? I mean, do you even make these, Tanner?
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No, I just try to be a better person each year.
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Oh, that's so gray area. I try to be a worse person every year.
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I like that.
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I try to be worse every year. Well, that's good. That's good. So sort of a downhill slope.
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Yeah. I'm going to try not to talk about Trump so much in front of my liberal friends, but we'll see. I'll probably break that this weekend.
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Well, I'm excited about breaking several. Here we go. First of all, I resolve to be vegan. I figured I'd get rid of that one really quick. I resolve to think well of those annoying drivers around me. I'm going to pray for their well-being. I will wave with all fingers rather than gesturing with one. What do you think? I resolve to give my wife the remote. Okay. No batteries, just give you the remote.
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I'm looking forward to this.
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Yeah, well, you know, I thought I'd empower you. And by the way, this is for John and Cheyenne. John, if you're out there, I've heard John and Cheyenne have resolved never to watch the New York Giants lose again. That's right, John has given up football entirely.
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Hopefully they get a quarterback.
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Yeah, hopefully they get a quarterback. John, we love you. I just had to have a little fun. Okay, really quick, I've got to ask, am I the only one who feels like New Year's doesn't come until the 20th? I hear you. Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's happy Trump year. Okay, it's happy Trump year. I am so excited about getting out of this nightmare of the last four years, and the 20th for me is New Year's.
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Yeah, I'm still depressed, but... It's coming to a quick end.
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Two weeks. It's coming to a quick end. My gosh. And Biden's doing all he can, man, in the last few. Here's a little bit of good news. You know, we talk about Hollywood and there's so many Hollywood lefties and they can be so mean. Well, the lefties can be nice, too. I just want to give a little good news. Singer-actress Kristen Bell. You know her. Yeah. Right? Beautiful voice. I like this. She donated $100,000 to help people with medical bills. including almost $50,000 to help two people who were fighting leukemia. One of them was a third grader.
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Oh, that's really sweet.
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That's pretty awesome, isn't it?
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Yeah. Kristen Bell and her husband, Dax Shepard, have always been really big on good services and good works.
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Well, good for them. We salute you, Kristen Bell. Way to go. Here's another one, and this is actually from the NFL defensive end, Cam Jordan. You know him of the New Orleans Saints.
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Mm-hmm.
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Yeah, he has donated $25,000 to help the families of the victims of the terror attack. And I think a lot more people are going to be doing it. And for those who want to help those families, I'm sure you can just Google Cam Jordan and go to the GoFundMe that he set up. And you know it's not a scam. They're actually helping the families. And he is very committed to this. Cam Jordan, by the way, does a lot of good stuff.
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All the time, especially for that city. Every year he's doing something.
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You know, which is almost it's kind of important because, you know, Drew Brees, he retired and he's still very active, too. Drew Brees was huge with helping the poor, helping the needy, helping a lot of people. And it's kind of neat to see people like Cam Jordan step up. So I just thought it'd be nice to. You know, open the new year, right? This is our first show of the new year with a little bit of good news from some of the beautiful people out there and some of the good things that they're doing. It's not all bad, folks. It's not all, gee, Hollywood hates you, America. There are people in Hollywood and in the NFL and elsewhere who love you and want to help when they can. One real quick thing about the terror attacks. I don't really want to go into it today. We don't have time. I'm going to go into a lot on Tuesday. Obviously, our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. They didn't deserve this. They deserve to ring in the new year in peace, fun and safety. And folks, I can't even imagine the horror. This was also done, basically the same thing was done up in Wisconsin. I forget where. A guy ran a car into a crowd of people. It's so horrible when that happens. And all we can say is, New Orleans, we're with you, and we hope you come around soon. It's just going to be so hard.
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I might have been there. Really? Yeah, because, I mean, Boise State, I went to their Fiesta Bowl game. It could have been the Sugar Bowl, and then my buddy's birthday was yesterday, and we were going to go.
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party in new orleans so i'm glad glad we weren't there yeah but i did see i did see a video that uh i guess music is returning to bourbon street oh yeah they're starting to play music again and the the next day almost yeah i think it was maybe two days later but they they had the music back out there and it's not like they want to make light of it it's like they want to say look you know you will not crush our spirit
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That's when terror wins is when you're terrified to go out and do things and live your life. So this is basically saying you don't get to win.
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Exactly. That's the entire point. One thing I'm going to be going into on Tuesday, and I'll just give you a little preview of it, is we've got to be honest about Islam. All right. And you know me, I'm not a hater. You believe what you want to believe. You live your life. I'll live mine. I'm cool with that. But folks, more people are being killed in the name of one religion than all others combined. OK, we've got to get serious about that. And I think what I want to talk about on Tuesday, and just a little preview, is I'm very excited about Kash Patel and the new direction our FBI is going to be taking by using all our resources to go after people like this in advance as much as possible and not go after parents at school board meetings. Okay? Not go after political opponents of whatever party is in power. Go ahead.
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Or people even just posting on Facebook that they... voted for Trump or support Trump. There was FBI officers, operators, whatever you want to call them, showing up at people's homes.
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What about Mar-a-Lago? Right. Really? Using actual, you know, using federal enforcement to go at Mar-a-Lago to search through Melania's underwear drawer when you need every single minute of man hours. that you can use to go after and find these terrible people wherever they may lay. And I'm just very excited. I think we're going to see a lot more of that with Cash to Tell. We'll talk about it on Tuesday. Okay, after the break, the reason my blushing bride, Corey, is here is because you went to a movie with me.
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I did go to a movie.
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It was Homestead. We are going to review that after the break. And then for the rest of the hour, I'm going to give my best and worst lists of 2024. Why is that so important? Here's why. All those movies are online now. You can rent them for cheap. You can see them on Netflix, on Disney, on Prime. And I'm going to give you a real heads up on which ones to avoid and which ones that you really want to see because there were a good number of very, very good movies last year and some surprisingly good performances. We'll talk about that. Best actor, best actress, the whole thing. Sound good?
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Sounds good.
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Suck it up, buttercup. Back to Rush to Reason.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush, and Tanner, I got a question for you.
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Oh, yeah? Are you ready? For what?
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Are you ready for a movie?
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I'm ready for a movie!
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Okay, Tanner, Faith-based, Angel Studios, you've seen some of their stuff, right? Okay, well, they bring us an apocalyptic tale in Homestead.
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Everyone wondered how the world ended. We got hit.
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That's the sun. America's just been attacked.
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But this, this is the story of how it began.
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Los Angeles has been struck by a bomb.
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Put your weapon. Put your weapon. It might be nuclear. I saw this. So what? We never come back.
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After today, our lives will never be the same. We have looting and Weisberg panic.
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Hey! Daddy has a place for us to go. We'll be together.
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The city's on fire.
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There's a guy. Been planning for the big one. Called a few months back. Needs security people.
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What is this place?
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Welcome to Homestead. Your guys have to learn how to farm.
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We grow our food. We raise our animals. Can you handle yourself with a gun?
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This might be the most prepared location in the Rockies. Everyone's got one end. And I mean everyone. My family's out here, and we're starving to death. I wish we could help, but we can't. You can or you won't. Our kids need us to be strong. Please. Yes! People are gonna die at this gate. They're trespassers. From the hills. They're stealing your grain. They've cut off your solar power.
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We need a world where people help strangers, not shoot at them! Sometimes we think we're doing the right thing and then it all goes wrong.
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all right Tanner what do you think
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I kind of remember us talking about this and watching a preview or something and thinking it might be pretty good, but now I don't think so.
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Well, this is very much a prepper movie. I mean, by about midway through, Corey and I were rationing our popcorn. Two kernels, make it last, make it last. Okay, we begin with a couple of young Filipino brothers on a fishing boat off the coast of California. They're chummy. They're happy. Things are good. Everything looks totally relaxed. But then they realize they're within 15 miles of the coast. That was their goal. One of the brothers is hesitant, but they must detonate their bombs. They have a bomb on their boat. They're terrorists. And moments later, life changes in America. People flee California even more than they normally do. That's what I found really hard to believe, that people could actually flee California even more. The grid is shut down across the East Coast. We are under nuclear attack. But this film isn't about our military response, but rather a group of families who have prepared for just such an emergency. In the hills of Utah, a home becomes a compound, and it's a very rich home, right? Well, Jeff Erickson, he stars as Bailey Chase, an ex-Marine who is struggling to adjust to the normal world, right? His wife, Tara, loves him, but their son, Abe, resents dad. He doesn't like dad. Maybe dad's just too military. The kid's not into it. It's kind of hard to say why. Abe just doesn't like paranoid, militant dad, which I guess makes sense. If your dad was paranoid, militant, it might drive you a little bit nuts. But when the bomb hits, Bailey rounds up the family immediately and they head for rich man's home in Utah. That man is Ian Ross, and he's a prepper with months of supplies. Now, Ian's wife, Jenna, homeschools her teen daughter, Claire. They're all well-schooled in preparedness, but not in protecting what they prepared. Okay, so they know how to prepare and keep everything running, but they don't know how to protect it. Protect, prepared, protect, protect. That's hard to say. Yeah, say it five times fast. Yeah, it gets a little tough. But that's where Bailey comes in. You see, Ian has hired Bailey to bring retired soldiers to secure the homestead in case of emergency. This is crucial. As outsiders are going to want to get in to get food and to get supplies. Ian has had to figure in advance who would be let in and who must stay out. Think about that, because your friends and neighbors who live around you and you've had to pick among them. Yikes. Well, a third family, the McNulty's, they come from California, and the mother, Evie, is Jenna's sister. So they, of course, are going to be coming in. It takes them a while to get there. Well, what transpires is a battle of forces within the compound while repelling forces outside. If you let in a few friends, what's going to happen? You're going to get mobbed, right? You're going to get hundreds of people. And so you really have to hold the line. Otherwise, you're going to be in real world of hurt because you don't have the supplies to take care of hundreds and hundreds of people. It's like Noah. All right. But can violence be used on neighbors? Heck yeah, why not? Jeez, I don't know. It's an apocalyptic movie.
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Depends on the neighbor.
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Yeah, it's kind of weird. Can friends starve? And what are the leadership structure that quickly evolves when threats are encountered? What will happen in Homestead? That's the story. What do you think, Ashley?
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I'm still stuck on the fact that two Filipino brothers could just waltz up to the coast of California and detonate a bomb.
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Well, they're about 15 miles off, and they're just coming into range, and so the Coast Guard is just coming toward them. So they've got this all timed and prepared well in advance.
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When did we have such issues with the Philippines all of a sudden?
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Actually, the Philippines are very Muslim.
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Really?
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Yeah. But I guess they wanted to just do something a little bit different. And they did. Okay. What works in Homestead? Well, first of all, it did one thing I love. It beat up electric cars. Oh, good. Okay. And that right there, that part of the film was five stars.
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That was the only part of the film that was actually realistic.
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Oh, you're so mean.
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Oh, don't. You are going to get me started, actually. Yes, we are.
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My wife is homeschooled, just so you know. Neil McDonough is measured and complex as Ian, the billionaire who runs the place. I thought Neil McDonough did a fine job.
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Yeah.
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In the role. He did. Yeah. There's a fascinating look at the dynamics of watching neighbors become threats, which I thought was very fascinating. And it's a good look at a lot of what preppers do and also some things that they might overlook that might not go well. So it was kind of fascinating that it did all of that. Okay. What doesn't work in Homestead? This is a longer list. I'm just going to tell you. There are too many implausibilities to list. And Corey might want to get into this. Their teen daughter, Claire. She complains because, you know, she's homeschooled, right? She complains that no one asks her to prom because she's homeschooled. She looks like a supermodel. She looks like she's going to be in the next swimsuit magazine.
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Okay, this is where I have to jump in. You were so mad. I was so mad. I was watching this thing, and I'm like, look, unless you are steeped in courtship culture, which we will not get into because we do not have time, that girl would have had so many guys asking her to go to prom. Yes, she would.
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She looked like she would be doing a music video the next week.
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Oh, it just, I was like, oh my gosh.
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Corey was mad. She wanted to throw things at the screen.
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I did. It's that idea of, oh, homeschoolers are so outsided and alone.
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Unsocialized.
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Unsociable. And it's like, bro, we are the same exact as every other kid in the planet. I know.
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Leave us alone. Do you remember Tiffany Amber Thiessen from Save the Bell?
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Saved by the Bell, yes. Yeah.
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This girl looks similar to that.
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Yeah, she was gorgeous. She would have been popular.
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Yeah, it's just so it's just right away. And I'm serious right away. I'm just sitting there going looking around. No one's buying this right looking around the audience. But then I was holding clutching to my popcorn because none of them were going to get my supplies. Neighbors were starving after just a few days. What, does nobody have food?
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Does nobody have a granola bar in their house or cereal? I mean, it was so unrealistic.
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Everybody I know has tons of granola bars at home.
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Yeah.
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Okay, it's just we're Americans. It's just the way we are. The McNulty's, oh, here's a good one. They had this emergency pack. that was ready just in case anything like this ever happened. And then they would jet away from their home in California.
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And they had it pretty normal.
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Yeah, but they had it in an EV.
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Well, but that's the other thing, right? If you're informed enough to have a go bag. Why would you have a Tesla as your fleeing vehicle? You have to go from Southern California to somewhere in Utah in a Tesla?
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You're not making it, yeah.
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You're not even making it out of California.
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Yeah, so you're looking at these people who are hyper-prepared, right? And they're stupid.
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Well, but also, keep in mind, the sky is turning orange. It is literally boiling over your head. Your teenage daughter walks in, looks outside, and says, okay, mom, I'm going to go hang out with so-and-so.
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Like hell you are. Right.
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I was like, I don't care. I mean, we've all been self-centered teenagers, right? Out of touch with reality. But even the most self-centered teenager is going to look at that and say, what is going on?
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Now, honey, just so you know, the sky always looks like that over L.A., It's always burning. Just so you know. Okay, let's keep going here. Now, I can't stand liberal bureaucrats, as you know. What? Yeah, I know it's a shocker, but I can't. But a city official using this excuse, there are too many people on your property. He uses this as an excuse to bring a SWAT team. Get them so he can go in and supposedly, you know, look at, you know, count up how many supplies they have. Obviously, he wants to get their food. But go ahead.
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You have to wait because you missed the most important part.
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What did I miss?
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So this bureaucrat comes up because they don't have a permit because there's over 30 people on the premises of this compound.
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And this, by the way, this place is huge.
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The assistant to Ian goes out, lets him in and takes him on a tour of the whole entire compound, including the weapons vault. Where they've got AR-15s and other types of guns strapped on the walls with God knows how much ammunition.
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Oh, come on. They would totally do that.
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That's totally believable. Totally. If you're an idiot.
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I would show the government all my guns. There you go.
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Who wrote this thing?
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Yeah. Okay. Can you see where the implausibilities are crazy?
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Yeah.
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Folks, this is just what we're getting at is this is hard to believe any of it. Okay.
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And I like cheesy disaster movies, okay? Yes, you do. I'm going to have to go home and watch The Day After Tomorrow to recover from this thing.
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That's hard. Okay, the script. It generally bounces between wooden and preachy. It's bad. This is poorly written. I mean, this is one of the worst scripts I've seen in a movie in a long time. People just don't talk like real people throughout the movie. Other times, they talk like they're teaching a class, like they're lecturing people on elements of prepping.
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I think they had teleprompters.
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It seemed like they did. It was really bad. By far the worst moments. Oh, my gosh. This is the worst. Are the incredibly predictable and clumsy moments between young Claire and Abe. OK, so they have a teenage romance, right? They see each other. And I mean, they almost run to each other from across a meadow right away. Oh, it's awful. It's the worst teenage love story ever written or acted. I mean, it's clumsy. It is awful. It is just I don't know. I don't know what it is. It was almost like they both admitted we were stuck into this movie to like each other. Do so. OK, just so you know, you were put in this movie for me. Be mine. I mean, it was terrible. Finally, it's not a full story at all, since this entire movie is just setting up a TV streaming series. which hopefully will be more interesting than the movie yeah okay uh finally one last thing there's very little humor there was a little bit at one point but at one point they let a group in okay what happens next there's nothing going on so at one point they let in a group of people from the outside what did i say earlier what happens if you let in a few
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Well, there's got to be some drama or something's got to happen.
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There's drama. There is. But it's kind of forced. Don't get me wrong. Some of the performances, at least of the adults, not the teens, some of the performances are pretty decent. Right. They're fine. But toward the end, they actually let in a fair number of people who are at the gate. Yes, I'm giving it away.
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Great. You've just limited all of your resources. You're all going to die.
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And, well, no, it's a wonderful, beautiful thing. What do you think is going to happen next? You're going to have hundreds, hundreds and hundreds of people pouring in once they hear that these people got in, right? Do they explain that? Nope. They just act like none of that badness ever happens.
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But they also don't explain why there's only a couple dozen people at the gate. I mean, this compound is out there. It's not like it's hidden in some ravine or something. No, it's not far from town. It was just so, so implausible.
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Yeah, none of this made sense. And by the way, I guess the biggest thing is just this whole idea that nobody else in the area... This is Utah. Utah people are prepped.
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Well, the neighbors were preppers, too.
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Yeah, well, you had some neighbors that were preppers, but really... I can't believe that you would have so many people in Utah that aren't prepared for any kind of an emergency that within just a few days, they're all starving and dying and having to come to your. It's just crazy. Folks, this movie is not good. Rotten Tomatoes did not like this movie. They gave it 35 percent. And I read some of these reviews. That includes a few faith based reviewers who are pumping it up. And you know me. I'm faith-based. They didn't like it. They said it was bad. I'm saying it's worse. I'm going to give this quality one star. For you, it was zero stars. Corey hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated it. Did you hate this movie?
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Bad words, bad words, bad words. It was horrible. Exactly.
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Corey hated this movie.
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That's why she's in here. The emoji that's got the curse word bar over its mouth.
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I was told that I had to be careful what I said.
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You have to be careful. And this is a homeschooled good girl. But she was so mad. Guys, some of these Christian movies are really made well and are really good. This is not one of them. And, Corey, you had a number of people at work who went to see this movie.
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Oh, yeah. People at work didn't like it either.
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They all hated it. And so I'm just going to say, do I recommend going to this movie? No, I don't. Political, four. Yeah, of course, it's conservative. More religious, four. Yes, it's Christian. But folks, this is not a good movie. I'm sorry. I wish it was. I was hoping it would be. I was actually kind of excited about it. I am not now. Don't go to Homestead. Save your money. It's not worth it.
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I really agree.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole. Man. And Ashley Cart. Her. That's right. Okay, now. You got boy and girl. You got boy and girl. Let's do some of the best and worst of 2024. I'll get to the best movies last. So I'm going to kind of work from the back up here. I'm going to start with my first area is the most needlessly woke films. There are three of them. Mm-hmm. The third worst was Monkey Man. You saw Monkey Man, didn't you?
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I didn't mind it, but it wasn't that great. I thought it would be a lot better.
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No, I gave it an average review. I thought the action was great, but it had a bunch of woke stuff it didn't need.
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Yeah, the action was great.
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Okay, number two, Wicked, or as I call it, Woked. It had a number of woke things in it that were totally unnecessary, did nothing for the story whatsoever. No, just not good. But number one, drumroll, please. Mean Girls! Oh, yeah. Mean Girls was the most woke movie of the year. It should have just been gay girls or gay something. Gay everything. Just gay.
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Yeah, just call it The Gays.
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The Gays. You know what? That actually works. The Gays. The Gays. Okay, that's pretty good. Hey, Charlie, give me another drumroll. Here we go. And the gays.
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Yeah, okay. That actually works.
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Okay, next up is best actor and then best actress. Best actor. Honorable mention. Number six. I'm going to go with Mark Wahlberg of Arthur the King. He was very good. He was very good. And Russell Crowe of Land of Bad, which was a surprisingly good movie.
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I liked that movie, yeah.
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Number five, Dennis Quaid, Reagan. He played Ronald Reagan. Number four, Anthony Hopkins from One Life. He played Nicholas Winston. Number three, Gabriel LaBelle, and he played Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night. Folks, that's a terrific performance. The movie was good. He was great. Number two, Matthew Modine from Hard Miles, who played local legend here in Colorado, Greg Townsend. And we're going to get to that movie here again later. And number one is... Johnny Flynn from One Life. He played the younger Nicholas Winston. So he played a young Anthony Hopkins. Johnny Flynn was fantastic in One Life. He was fantastic. And I would watch the movie again just for him. Now, best actress. I'm rather excited about this one. Honorable mentions, first of all. Kaylee Spaney from Alien Romulus. She really picked up the ball from Scorny Weaver. Way to go, Kaylee Spaney. Good job.
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Those are hard shoes to fill.
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They were. And then a little girl named Alicia Weir in Abigail as the bad little vampire.
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Okay.
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Who's toying with people. Abigail is a surprisingly good movie. Number five. Lupita Nyong'o from A Quiet Place, day one. She was wonderful and she is a wonderful actress. Number four. Christiana Del Ana from Cabrini as Mother Cabrini. Wonderful. Number three. daisy ridley from young woman in the sea she played gertrude edderly who swam across the english channel right she was wonderful uh number two hillary swank from ordinary angels just a wonderful and that's a true story also about sharon stevens i'll get into it later and number one charlie Carolyn Bracken, you don't even know who she is. Irish actress, and it's from the movie Oddity. It's a horror movie, and she plays two characters in it. And one is blind, and they are twin sisters.
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Okay.
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One is a murder victim, and one is blind and psychic. And I know that's weird, but folks, she put in one of the best performances I have seen probably in the last five years. And Oddity is actually a pretty good movie to watch just because of her. Okay, next. We're going to do my biggest letdowns and most pleasant surprises. Then we'll go to break, come back, and do worst and best movies of the year. You ready?
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Yeah.
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Okay, my biggest letdown movies of the year. Now, these are movies, not just that they're bad, okay, but that you thought they would be good. So you really expected that. Have you ever had this happen? Don't you hate it? All the time. When you've been looking forward to a movie, a sequel, or something like this, and then it bombs.
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All the time. It seems like the last five years it happens every time.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's been happening a lot. Okay, dishonorable mention. Ghostbusters, Frozen Empire.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, no.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes. You have a bunch of pretty good actors, young actors, but they're not comedians. And the brilliance of the original Ghostbusters was you had several comedians in comedic roles, and it was just hilarious. These kids just aren't very funny. And the story was slow because of them. Okay, number five. Moana 2.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, saw that one coming.
SPEAKER 07 :
Big letdown. Big letdown. It should have been much better. It looked almost like a movie that was just made to be run on Disney.
SPEAKER 04 :
It was supposed to be three episodes of a TV show, so yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. Number four, Joker 2. Oh, this was bad. And it's hard because Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga are wonderful actors. Doesn't matter. This was a dog, folks. Do not see Joker 2. Number three. Monkey Man. And why do I say that? Because the previews made it look awesome.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
It looks like one of the great action films that you're ever going to want to see. And then you watch it and you're like, okay, it's not terrible, but this is a big drop off. It dragged. Okay. Number two. If. You know, imaginary friends with Ryan Reynolds. What a letdown. And boy, did that bomb.
SPEAKER 04 :
That one looked like it was going to be so cute.
SPEAKER 07 :
It looked like it was going to be awesome, right? And it had Ryan Reynolds at the peak of his powers. You're thinking, oh my gosh, this is going to be so funny. Ryan Reynolds, they made him depressing. Unbelievable. Ryan Reynolds was boring. And the movie was boring. The movie bombed after the first week. Word of mouth killed this thing faster than it could kill anything else. And finally, the biggest letdown of the year, Charlie. The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, two of my favorite actors.
SPEAKER 16 :
She is my favorite actress. I was so born. I was just like, when is something going to happen?
SPEAKER 07 :
Was it awful or what?
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, I would think Joker should be number two, but it's a good list.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, Joker 2 was awfully bad.
SPEAKER 04 :
That was kind of hard to pick. It takes skill to make some of the best actors and actresses look boring.
SPEAKER 07 :
And they did. I mean, a romance between two gorgeous people and you don't care. It was that bad. Okay. And now my most pleasant surprises of the year. Honorable mention. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. You would think that that wouldn't be that good. This was actually a very good movie with good characters, good character development, a good storyline that moved along. Terrific, you know, visions throughout the entire thing. Just really good visuals, really good CGI. I was actually impressed by this movie. Number five, Arthur the King. That was a pleasant surprise. Came out of nowhere. Didn't even know about the movie. And I thought Mark Wahlberg did a really good job. The story of the dog and a race that they were doing, it was very touching. Number four, Abigail. Once again, the little vampire girl who has a group of... Really shallow people trapped in a building and she's hunting them. It was surprisingly funny. Number three, Oddity. As I said before, the Irish horror film that's a little slow, but boy, it is well directed and very creepy. Very well done. Number two, Land of Bad. It's about drone pilots. It stars Russell Crowe, and this was surprisingly good, wasn't it?
SPEAKER 16 :
I thought it was a great war film. One of the better ones in a while.
SPEAKER 07 :
And it came out of nowhere, and I enjoyed Land of Bad. It's one of my top ten. And finally, a movie that you won't expect at all. Go ahead, Charlie. Most pleasant surprise of the year, Flo. Really? You don't even know what that is. I guarantee it. It's a story I saw just about a month ago, month and a half ago. It's a cartoon of a cat surviving basically a watery apocalypse along with a bunch of other animals.
SPEAKER 16 :
It got really good reviews.
SPEAKER 07 :
It got great reviews, and I was surprised. It was almost entrancing. Yeah. Watching this cat and these other animals survive in this flooded landscape in the future. I know it's hard to believe, but Flo was a four-star movie, and it was shocking. That sounds adorable. It was the biggest surprise of the year for me. And up after the break, we're going to do our worst movies of the year, the ones to avoid, because you're going to be renting over the next year. Don't rent these. And then our best. But up next is Geno's Auto Service. They have the best NAPA warranty because they have the best mechanics. They really do. Don't take chances with your car. Get it fixed at Geno's. Call 303-794-6700.
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SPEAKER 11 :
Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 07 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole. Man. And Ashley Cart. That's right. Okay. You're going to rent a lot of movies. All the movies that I'm about to say, these are already out on video. You can rent these or maybe even see them for free. And I think you're going to be surprised at which ones to avoid and which ones to watch. But I will say this, folks. When I say avoid a movie, almost always after week one, it bombs once word of mouth kills it. Even if it gets good reviews.
SPEAKER 16 :
It's free in about a month after it comes out.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. All right. Worst movies of the year. First of all, two dishonorable mentions. All right. I got to start with Trap, which was by M. Night Shyamalan. John would put this as his worst of the year, but he doesn't see as many movies as I do. He hated this movie. Okay. And yes, it was bad. Oh, actually, did he see this? Yeah, he did. Okay. Next one is Tarot. Tarot, it's a horror movie, and it looks really cool, you know, kids with tarot cards and all this. Folks, it's bad. It's boring. It's really painful. Do not watch it. Number 10, Lisa Frankenstein. Oh, yeah. It looked charming. It looked cute, didn't it? It looked cool. Bad. Awful. Slow. Number 9, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which reminds me of Lisa Frankenstein. It is goth and stupid and boy, oh boy, does it drag. It was painful. Number eight. And here's one they got 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. But I called it The Substance. Awful. Some great performances, but an awful movie. And boy, it was two hours and 21 minutes long. Disgusting. And it bombed after week one. Word of mouth killed it. It only made $16 million. Wow. Number seven, The Crow. The remake of The Crow. Folks, watch the original. Okay? Do not watch the remake of The Crow. Number six, The Watchers. That actually looks very cool. You know, these people watching you while you're out. Oh, did it drag? I mean, it was painful.
SPEAKER 16 :
I hate that actress. I don't know why.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, well, it's easy. You'll hate her more in this. Number five, Imaginary with the little bear, the little killer bear, teddy bear. Oh, gosh. Boring. Awful. Awful. Number four, Dragon Keeper. This was a half-star movie. Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Ouch.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, it's a cartoon. And, you know, it's with a little boy. He can keep the dragon. No, it's terrible. Do not watch it. Number three, you'll feel good about this one, sir. Joker 2. There we go. Is the third worst movie of the year. Unbelievable how bad that movie was on every level. Agreed?
SPEAKER 16 :
I think everyone who likes DC had so much hope.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, terrible. Number two, skin care. This actually got 67% because of a terrific performance from the star. On Rotten Tomatoes, awful. Absolutely dreadful. I mean, I couldn't watch the ending. I couldn't take any more. It was so awful. I was clawing at the door to get out of the auditorium, okay? But number one, the worst movie of the year is Charlie. Y2K. Yes, Charlie. And who's the young actress who everybody hates now? She's going to be in Snow White.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, oh. Yeah, Rachel Zegler.
SPEAKER 07 :
Rachel Zegler. Well, you know, to get a head start on being hated for Snow White, she made Y2K. Y2K is awful in every conceivable way. It looks like it was made with about $20, $30 of budget. $15 million, so you're not far. No budget. No acting, no writing, no story, no pace. Awful. Just total pain. Okay, now let's go to the best movies of the year. This is kind of hard because I did not give a single review over four stars the entire year. This has happened only twice with me. So there were a lot of good movies, no great ones. Here we go. Honorable mention, Saturday Night was surprisingly good. A very entertaining little film. And One Life with Anthony Hopkins, also a very good movie, not great. Number 10, Gladiator 2. The sequel was not as good as the original, but it was actually a very good, solid movie. Number 9, Reagan. Reagan was a good movie, a great look at a great president, my favorite president, but it did drag at times. It wasn't above a four star. Number eight, A Quiet Place Day One with Lupita Nyong'o. I love her and she did a great job. No, it was not on the level of the original Quiet Place, but it was a very good movie. Number seven, Transformers 1.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, my husband loved that movie.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, it was a cartoon. It was surprisingly good. Four out of five stars. It was one of my top two or three cartoons of the entire year. I think it was my third. Number six, Cabrini, also made by Angel Studios. And this was a good Christian movie about Mother Cabrini. Very interesting. Number five, this will shock you, Alien Romulus. If you like being scared by those aliens, folks, Alien Romulus is going to do it for you. Number four, Hard Miles. The story about Greg Townsend here in Colorado who took a bunch of kids who were basically young convicts, took them on a bike ride to the Grand Canyon. Very well-made movie. Number three, Ordinary Angel starring Hilary Swank. Very, very touching movie. Very well made. I don't know anybody who did not enjoy Ordinary Angels. Number two, my second best movie of the year is a cartoon. Also with Lupita Nyong'o, The Wild Robot. The Wild Robot is the best cartoon made in several years. And there haven't been many good ones. Number one, drumroll please. Young Woman and the Sea, Daisy Ridley, starring as Gertrude Ederle. I've been telling people you can watch it for free on Disney+. Watch Young Woman and the Sea. It is very, very good. My wife loves it. Some people will give it five stars. A lot of people will. I think it drags a little too much for that, but I thought it was very good. What do you think?
SPEAKER 16 :
Sounds good.
SPEAKER 07 :
Sounds good. Folks, those are movies to watch, and they will be on our website as well. Okay, that's it for hour number one. In hour number two, we're going to be talking best female recording artists. If you have any suggestions, give us a call at 303-477-5600. Until then, keep it right here on Rush to Reason, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 06 :
The Rich Guy.
In this lively installment, Andy Pate and his co-hosts debate the greatest female artists in music history. Tune in to hear about unforgettable voices, from Whitney Houston to contemporary artists like Rosé. Listeners are encouraged to participate, making it a fun interactive session. As always, the episode is peppered with humor, opinions, and memorable quotes that bring the joy of music to life.
SPEAKER 07 :
This is Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 06 :
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SPEAKER 08 :
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SPEAKER 06 :
My advice to you is to do what your parents did. Get a job, sir. You haven't made everybody equal. You've made them the same, and there's a big difference.
SPEAKER 01 :
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SPEAKER 16 :
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SPEAKER 07 :
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SPEAKER 10 :
Actually, it's Andy Pate, party of choice. And welcome to our number two here on Rush to Reason. I am Andy Pate filling in for John Rush for just a couple more days. John will be back on Wednesday. Tanner, you're going to be here on Tuesday, correct?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay. Tanner, Cole. Man. And Ashley Cart. Her. Okay, guys, we're going to do best female... Vocalists. Best female recording artists. And I want to do the solo artists. I don't want to do the bands.
SPEAKER 15 :
Right. We go on forever.
SPEAKER 10 :
Right. We'll do bands another time. Now, what we're going to do, and if anybody wants to call in with any of their favorites, 303-477-5600. Give us a call. We'll see if we can put yours on. We will put yours on. I am going to play five songs, and we're going to see how quickly you can guess who the singer is.
SPEAKER 15 :
I'm ready.
SPEAKER 10 :
Are you ready?
SPEAKER 15 :
This is going to end well.
SPEAKER 10 :
This is going to end well. I'm going to start with an easy one. Here we go. You ready? Here we go.
SPEAKER 15 :
Katy Perry.
SPEAKER 10 :
Boy, he killed you on this.
SPEAKER 12 :
I started singing along to the song. I forgot the game. The sun keeps getting so hot.
SPEAKER 1 :
Well, now you're popsicle.
SPEAKER 15 :
That was a great music video.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, it was cute. And Katy Perry has a great voice, by the way.
SPEAKER 12 :
That was one of the first CDs that had a parental advisory notice on it that I ever bought for myself. I got it at a hot, not a hot topic, a Hollister.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, really?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, let's go back in time. Let's go to something much older and see which one of you knows something a little older. Here we go. Okay, listen to this. Can you hear that? cheryl crow cheryl crow if it makes you happy wow wow you are on a roll i like soak up the sun a little more that's me my best friend's song but yeah i wasn't sure which one of those to do okay you know what i'm gonna challenge you i'm gonna go back further okay okay are you ready are you ready i'm ready i was trying to very subtly cheat but i can't so we're gonna go back a little older here we go one of my favorite singers
SPEAKER 17 :
Come on, you're singing it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Who is it? This is the problem. I know the songs. I don't know who sings them.
SPEAKER 15 :
I always thought this was a dude.
SPEAKER 10 :
It's not a dude.
SPEAKER 1 :
Charlie?
SPEAKER 12 :
Charlie?
SPEAKER 10 :
Tina Turner.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, you know, I was staring at her name on my list and I was going, I don't think that's Tina Turner.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, she was wonderful. She was wonderful.
SPEAKER 15 :
I should have got that.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, we got to go to one that's super easy for Ashley. Oh, thanks. You're struggling. You're struggling, Ashley. Here we go.
SPEAKER 12 :
This is Taylor Swift.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes. Can we... What? Can we cross her off the list so we don't have to talk about her again?
SPEAKER 12 :
You know, Taylor Swift... Careful, she'll sue you for just playing that small little clip.
SPEAKER 10 :
I will say this. Taylor Swift is a very striking young lady. She's very tall, very pretty. Oh, yeah. You know, quite talented. I don't think she writes any of her stuff.
SPEAKER 12 :
She has writing credits on most of her things, but I don't think she fully writes them.
SPEAKER 15 :
I mean, I could write the songs. It's not too difficult.
SPEAKER 03 :
Boy, you hate Taylor Swift.
SPEAKER 12 :
I have to give a disclaimer. I don't actually hate Taylor Swift. I don't like her fans.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, they're Trump supporters now.
SPEAKER 12 :
Some of them are, yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
They are now. Okay, I'm going to go way back in time. I'm going to do one more, and then you guys are going to list a couple of yours. Ready? This is going way back in time.
SPEAKER 05 :
We started walking and learned to run.
SPEAKER 15 :
It's not Diana Ross. No.
SPEAKER 04 :
I feel like you're cheating.
SPEAKER 12 :
There's a male voice in here.
SPEAKER 04 :
Come on. Celine? No. No. I...
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, you're drawing a blank. That is Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters. Oh, I had that written down, too. I wouldn't have gotten that. Karen Carpenter had the best alto tone, the best alto singing voice of a generation.
SPEAKER 15 :
She's so talented, too.
SPEAKER 10 :
I mean, she, and it was really a tragic story as well. Unfortunately, she had an eating disorder. Right. But my gosh, people could not get enough of her voice.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, great drummer. I was about to say that. Yeah, she was also a drummer. Yeah, she was very talented.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, I mean, she was so talented.
SPEAKER 15 :
She was more talented than her older brothers. When she was like 17, she was already live on some of those late night shows.
SPEAKER 10 :
Right, and that singing voice... People could not get enough. She could have sung anything. They put out some Christmas tunes, and people were buying it off the shelves. It was clearing the shelves. People couldn't get enough of the Carpenters doing the Christmas music just because of her voice. That's how popular Karen Carpenter was. Okay, Tanner, you're up.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, maybe my favorite female voice of all time, Diana Ross.
SPEAKER 10 :
Diana Ross.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
She was so good. Now, I think... Nope, that's not her. I'm trying to find her.
SPEAKER 15 :
The Supremes, if you got any of that.
SPEAKER 10 :
I don't have the Supremes. I don't have the Supremes. I did have a Diana Ross. Here's the thing. I'm scrolling literally through like 30 or 40. Well, I got her somewhere and I can't find it. Sorry about that. Diana Ross had a beautiful voice. And she was a beautiful lady, too. I really liked her. Okay. Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
She's not dead.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, Charlie's saying she's not dead. I didn't say she was dead. I was talking about when she was performing. Oh, and here we go. Diana Ross.
SPEAKER 21 :
Instinctively you give to me the love that I need. I cherish the moments with you. Respectfully I say to thee, I'm aware that you're cheating. But no one makes me feel like you do.
SPEAKER 10 :
Do you remember that song?
SPEAKER 15 :
Me?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, I was born then.
SPEAKER 10 :
You were literally born during that song. I did not know that, Tanner.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's the song I was conceived to.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's some TMI, Tanner.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay. Ashley, you are up.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. I am going to go with someone that I'm pretty sure neither of you know. Her name is Casey Lee Williams.
SPEAKER 10 :
I do not know her.
SPEAKER 12 :
So she is a vocalist for a band, but she also does her own stuff. Her fame came out of the company called Rooster Teeth, where she did all of the singing for the music for their show, RWBY. Really? Yep. At 13 years old, she had this beautiful, full soprano voice. Wow. And it just got better and better. Oh, my goodness. Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, that's very impressive. Okay, I'm going to do something. I'm going to get way back in the Wayback Machine. One of the greatest voices ever. Are you ready? Ready. Okay, here we go.
SPEAKER 12 :
Is this Aretha Franklin? Yes! Yeah! She did it! I got it. I know Aretha Franklin.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, she's great. Aretha Franklin, what a voice. What a voice. Okay. Let's do something a little more modern, not super modern. Here we go.
SPEAKER 04 :
Beyonce. Whoa.
SPEAKER 12 :
Every middle school dance had this song. Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Hey, it's a pro-marriage song. Yeah. If you like it, put a ring on it. I think that's pretty cool. Okay, let's do something a little bit different.
SPEAKER 1 :
Megan Trainor. You're on fire!
SPEAKER 12 :
These are the songs I've heard and never will listen to again. Yeah. I thought it was cute. This song was really, really cute, and then everyone did a parody of it.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes, they did. They did do a parody. Okay, let's do one that's obvious. So it's going to be a race on this one. Here we go.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, we're racing. Madonna.
SPEAKER 10 :
There you go. Yep. He beat you. I know. Well, he had lost three or four in a row.
SPEAKER 15 :
I didn't realize we were still doing that.
SPEAKER 12 :
I always forget that this is Madonna. When I think of Madonna, I think of like a virgin.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. This was a great song, though. Material Girl. That was very, very popular. Alrighty, let's do one that's a little tougher. Here we go. One more.
SPEAKER 12 :
Avril Lavigne. Are you kidding me? Look at me. I grew up listening to Avril Lavigne.
SPEAKER 15 :
She was good. I liked her.
SPEAKER 12 :
There was one note. I know this song. This skater boy, Avril Lavigne, was my girl when I was younger and just entering my goth punk scene phase.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, she has a great voice, by the way, but one note. You do it in one... That's not possible. Is there a mirror behind me? Are you looking at the music?
SPEAKER 12 :
No, I just... Complicated by Avril Lavigne was one of my anthems.
SPEAKER 15 :
That whole album was pretty good. I remember my mom playing the CD every time we'd go home. from uh elementary school or it was james blunt and that's who i like more okay well next time it comes around to me i'm gonna play some harder ones i gotta make you guys work a little bit more here okay tanner you're up oh okay um maybe the best voice of all time whitney houston gone too soon yes oh whitney houston what a voice and i do yeah it was that kevin costner movie the bodyguard was that what it was called oh yeah she was great in that too here we go
SPEAKER 10 :
The power of her voice was just almost unimaginable.
SPEAKER 12 :
I know. There are only two artists, I think, that can... No one can beat Whitney Houston, but I think there's two female artists that can match her. And it could be controversial, but it's Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande.
SPEAKER 10 :
Controversial. Well, Ariana Grande does a killer impersonation of her.
SPEAKER 12 :
She does. And Kelly Clarkson just has the range. I don't know if you've ever heard her sing that song, but Kelly Clarkson singing that song is amazing.
SPEAKER 15 :
Kelly Clarkson's the chubby one, right? I just think about that.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, so now we've got Kelly Clarkson figured out she's the chubby one, says Tanner.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, I was thinking of Carrie Underwood, I think.
SPEAKER 10 :
Not very politically correct.
SPEAKER 12 :
You could have just said the first winner of American Idol.
SPEAKER 10 :
The chubby one.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, you are up, Ashley.
SPEAKER 12 :
I am up. All right. We'll go for another probably unknown for you guys. Her name is Rosé.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
I talked about her a little bit when we did the male artist. She did a song with Bruno Mars, APT. She is one of the members of the K-pop group Blackpink, but has ventured out on her own and has released her own music, and she's really, really good, really talented. Grew up in Australia. Is she Asian?
SPEAKER 10 :
Even though she's Korean.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, she's Korean, but she grew up in Australia.
SPEAKER 10 :
Very cool. Very cool. Okay, let's take a break. We're going to come back. I think I'm going to stump you guys a little bit more when we come back, all right? Up next is American National Insurance. Paul Leuenberger is the insurance agent for intelligent customers who want to keep rates low by using coverage only when it's needed. Call Paul at 303-662-0789.
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Music that moves you. Legends of the 60s and 70s on our sister station, 95.3 FM and 810 AM.
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I feel the earth move under my feet. I feel the sky tumbling down. I feel my heart start to tremble and
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putting Reason into your afternoon drive. This is John Rush.
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And welcome back to Rush Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. That was Carole King, correct? Because you whispered it in my ear. But I thought I knew that one anyway. Okay, we got Andy. We got Tanner.
SPEAKER 17 :
We got Ashley.
SPEAKER 10 :
I'm just trying to throw you guys off. Okay. I'm going to do one now that is more from my time. One of my favorites, so you probably won't know her.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don't speak ancient Egyptian.
SPEAKER 10 :
I know you don't. This is definitely hieroglyphics. Here we go. No idea, right?
SPEAKER 12 :
I feel like I should know, but I don't.
SPEAKER 10 :
She actually played God in the movie Dogma.
SPEAKER 12 :
What?
SPEAKER 10 :
I know, Alanis Morissette. Who? Alanis Morissette.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right, I did not know that at all.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes. Okay, let's do another one. Let's see if you're up for this one. Here's another hard one. Here we go.
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Michelle Branch. You did it! I looked it up. I was going to say, there's no way you got that. I don't think either of us would have.
SPEAKER 10 :
Michelle Branch. What era are you from? I'm a... Well, as you know, I am 161 years old.
SPEAKER 15 :
I thought you meant your era would be like 60s, 70s.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, it kind of jumps around. But yeah, I do have some 60s, 70s here, but I didn't want to go back quite that far. Okay, you want to go back that far? You want to go there? You want to go there? Okay, here we go. Here we go.
SPEAKER 04 :
All right, Tanner, you asked for it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Who is it? Come on, Tanner.
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Probably not on my list. That's the problem. Carly Simon. I have her on my list, too. The problem is I have so many names, and I can't remember all their songs just because I like the dudes a lot more from that era.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, we're going to do an easy one because you guys are hurting with the old ones. I've put you through it. This one's semi-old, but it's going to be easy.
SPEAKER 12 :
Britney Spears.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yep. I'm never going to get that. She's not even on my list.
SPEAKER 10 :
You know, I hear she's turned her life around. That's good.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, she's gone through some struggles, but I think after the conservatorship ended, things got better.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, good for her. She was actually a terrific dancer.
SPEAKER 15 :
All right. Hips don't lie. Tanner, you're up. Let's go with another one of my favorites, Stevie Nicks.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, yes.
SPEAKER 15 :
She was solo, and then she also had the great band Fleetwood Mac, of course.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, here we go. Gypsy. Not bad for a witch.
SPEAKER 11 :
Nope.
SPEAKER 10 :
How much was she a practicing witch? I guess she was.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don't know.
SPEAKER 10 :
Maybe it was more just her gimmick. Go ahead. You're up, Ashley.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. Well, Tanner said hips don't lie, and then you said gypsy. I'm going to be in physical pain if I don't mention Shakira.
SPEAKER 15 :
Shakira, Shakira.
SPEAKER 10 :
You know, I did not get a song for Shakira. But yes, I mean, nobody works the hips.
SPEAKER 12 :
Nobody works the hips like Shakira. And Tanner, a fellow football fan, you have to admit that Shakira had one of the best World Cup songs. This time for Africa.
SPEAKER 15 :
Sure, but she screwed up her marriage, so that's not my fault.
SPEAKER 10 :
Because she didn't ask you?
SPEAKER 12 :
No, she was married to one of the best... No, because she was married to someone from Barcelona.
SPEAKER 15 :
Piqué. Gerard Piqué. One of the best center backs ever.
SPEAKER 10 :
And she dared mess that up. Yep. That's terrible. Just for that, I don't like Shakira. He's fine.
SPEAKER 15 :
He's a good player. And I don't even know what you're talking about. Yeah, he trolled her pretty hard.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, up next, let's talk to Soren from Fort Collins. Soren, do you got any great women vocalists, recording artists?
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Well, the problem is I don't usually listen to... female singers. So I'm very sexy. Go ahead. Julie Andrews is pretty good.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, what a voice.
SPEAKER 09 :
Beautiful. What a carpenter. I know you already had her but that was probably the best female singer ever.
SPEAKER 10 :
Karen Carpenter.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, my gosh. What a voice. Well, I don't know, though. What about Julie Andrews that you just said? I mean, Julie Andrews had a voice and a half. It was unbelievable what she could do.
SPEAKER 09 :
That's true for a fact. But I don't know. Karen Carpenter was pretty good. Julie Andrews is pretty good. And then Guy Lapivi for I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. Yes.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well done. Well done. Soren, good job, sir.
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And then, Andy, you were saying that that movie that you reviewed earlier doesn't make any sense. Well, it actually does. You have a Tesla as your getaway car, because then you also have to pack a back generator with you, and they're very fast.
SPEAKER 12 :
I was thinking as soon as it bursts into flames, at least it'll keep you warm.
SPEAKER 10 :
Hey, don't be knocking the Cybertruck. That'll keep you warm, but Soren, they didn't pack a generator. These are dumb preppers. Okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, but, you know, that Cybertruck that exploded, it had to have an explosive in there, because otherwise that stainless steel shell would have been melted if it was a battery fire.
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You know, I wouldn't know. I only know this, Soren, that if you were in that movie, you would have survived longer than most of these people. Just so you know. Soren, thanks for joining us, man. Okay. Take care. Okay, guys, I'm going to make these next few a little easier. I think you can get this one. Here we go. Tanner, get ready. Tanner said there haven't been enough pretty girls. This one's pretty.
SPEAKER 12 :
Come on, Tanner.
SPEAKER 15 :
I know the song. Is it Shania Twain? Don't say it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes! Thank you.
SPEAKER 15 :
I'm surprised I got that. That was a shot in the dark. She's still kind of hot.
SPEAKER 10 :
You've got to say Shania was good looking. Come on now. This is Shania Twain. And her voice.
SPEAKER 15 :
I don't follow females at all, so it's hard for me to disassociate one voice from the other.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, here's one that she did not have many big songs, but this was very big. Here we go.
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Oh. It's a fight song. No. I don't listen to this type of music. Stop. Stop.
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I genuinely can't remember. Hilary Duff. Best guess would be Alicia Keys, but I don't think it's Alicia Keys. Okay, here.
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Rochelle.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, Rachel Clayton.
SPEAKER 15 :
One Hit Wonder?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, she had a few others, but that's a song from now on that I want you to use, Tanner, when you're working out.
SPEAKER 15 :
Wouldn't that come out like 2010s?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Okay, I'm going to make it even easier on you guys, because you're struggling a little. You're struggling a little. You're making me feel old.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's another song that it's like, I know that song. That's a very popular song in fan fiction.
SPEAKER 10 :
But you're making me feel old, so I'm going to make it real easy. Here we go. Miley Cyrus. Thank you. Okay, we're going to play a little.
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This is Donald Trump coming into office, baby.
SPEAKER 10 :
Actually, he's going to build walls.
SPEAKER 17 :
See, now I got to wonder, are you going to trick us by playing Hannah Montana next?
SPEAKER 10 :
I'm not going to play Hannah Montana. You guys are really struggling, but you got that one. Okay. One more fairly easy one. I think you're going to lose on this one, Tanner. Probably. No? Nothing?
SPEAKER 12 :
I'm waiting for Tanner to see if he can get this one.
SPEAKER 14 :
I know the songs. Chubby Girl. There's a lot of them.
SPEAKER 10 :
She's not chubby anymore. I know that, but Tanner was saying she was chubby.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's how Tanner described her. He described her as chubby. Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 15 :
I heard all these songs when I was like eight, and then I cleared them out of my memory bank.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, that hurts my feelings. Okay, Tanner, you're up. I'm going to have a good cry. I'm going to go next door and have a good cry.
SPEAKER 15 :
I'm only going to do the older females I have on this list. Let's go with Little Eva.
SPEAKER 10 :
Little Eva. I have actually heard that name. Oh!
SPEAKER 15 :
Everybody do it.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah! That's classic. That is classic. Way to go, man.
SPEAKER 15 :
Mine are all classics.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay. Oh, good. Ashley, you're up.
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Olivia Newton-John.
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Olivia Newton-John. You know, I don't have anything of her. I can't believe it.
SPEAKER 12 :
I cannot believe you don't have anything for Olivia Newton-John.
SPEAKER 10 :
I know. No, let's get physical. Oh, she had a beautiful voice. I really liked her. Okay. Should we go to break?
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Yes.
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Music that moves you. Legends of the 60s and 70s on our sister station, 95.3 FM and 810 AM.
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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. I'm begging of you, please don't take my man.
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Welcome back to Rush Reason. Denver's Afternoon Rush. KLC 560. Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole and Ashley Cart. Okay. Charlie, you just played one I was about to play. Jolene, bye. Can anybody guess it?
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Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Dolly. Dolly, pardon. Okay. Here's one that's pretty easy because you guys need something easy. I've got to get you going quick. Here we go.
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Mary J. Blige.
SPEAKER 10 :
No.
SPEAKER 15 :
Alicia Keys.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, Gwen Stefani. There you go.
SPEAKER 15 :
Gwen Stefani. I should have known that. I love her. She's so hot, too.
SPEAKER 12 :
I'm going to be honest. The only Gwen Stefani song I've heard is Rich Girl.
SPEAKER 15 :
Sweet Escape was really good.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, let's do a Christian song. I'll see if you know this one.
SPEAKER 11 :
Adele.
SPEAKER 10 :
Nope.
SPEAKER 11 :
No way.
SPEAKER 10 :
A Christian song. Adele's not Christian.
SPEAKER 15 :
Alicia Keys.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don't think Alicia Keys is Christian either.
SPEAKER 10 :
It is Lauren Daigle with You Say. That was actually a really huge song. Here we go.
SPEAKER 12 :
Adele. That's Adele.
SPEAKER 15 :
The best artist female in the last 20 years.
SPEAKER 12 :
Honestly, yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
What a powerful voice, huh?
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. Could you imagine if she didn't smoke cigarettes as well?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, you know, she had the same throat surgery that Julie Andrews had that destroyed her vocal cords. It's lucky she can still sing.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, let's go way back in time, see if you can get this.
SPEAKER 16 :
Patsy Cline?
SPEAKER 11 :
Nope. That was a good guess.
SPEAKER 10 :
Here's a lady who actually went from rock to country instead of the other way around. Linda Ronstadt.
SPEAKER 15 :
Never heard of her.
SPEAKER 10 :
You haven't heard of Linda Ronstadt? Okay.
SPEAKER 15 :
I hardly know her.
SPEAKER 10 :
Here's a little easier one.
SPEAKER 15 :
Mary?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Just complete it.
SPEAKER 15 :
Jay Blige.
SPEAKER 10 :
Mariah Carey.
SPEAKER 12 :
Mariah.
SPEAKER 10 :
I'm helping him out.
SPEAKER 12 :
Wait, you mean Mariah Carey sings something other than All I Want for Christmas?
SPEAKER 10 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 15 :
I thought she only had one song.
SPEAKER 10 :
She can do other than Christmas stuff. Yes, it can happen. One more. Here we go. Christina Aguilera. Boy, you got that quick. You had no chance at that, did you?
SPEAKER 15 :
I have no chance at any of the new females. It's got to be super old.
SPEAKER 10 :
Christina Aguilera is another one of those singers who weighs like eight pounds. Yep. And has this booming voice. Just a booming talented voice. Tanner, you're up.
SPEAKER 15 :
Let's go. I don't like that lady. Let's go with. Well, then don't do her. Let's go with Maxie Nightingale.
SPEAKER 10 :
That one I don't know.
SPEAKER 15 :
Right Back Where We Started. Oh, really? I told you I got these old ones.
SPEAKER 10 :
Wow, you're doing the classics.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, that's all I listen to other than country.
SPEAKER 10 :
Ashley, you're up.
SPEAKER 12 :
I'm going to do someone who did a cover of Genie in a Bottle, Dove Cameron.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, I've actually heard that name.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, she was on the Disney Channel and now she's a recording artist of her own right.
SPEAKER 10 :
Let's do a few more. Here we go. This one's easy.
SPEAKER 12 :
Selene. Selene Dion. Yes! I'm the king of the world! Another great James Cameron movie.
SPEAKER 10 :
What a voice, huh?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
And she's tinier as well. It's amazing the voice that she has for that. Okay, let's go back in time. Let's do an old one. Here we go.
SPEAKER 12 :
Got me with this one.
SPEAKER 10 :
Never heard this? This is before your time. Pat Benatar? Close.
SPEAKER 12 :
Good guess. That's what I was thinking, too.
SPEAKER 10 :
Belinda Carlyle? Close, but it's Jewel. Who? Jewel. Oh. Jewel was actually very big. She was. She was very big. Okay. Go ahead, Tanner. You're up.
SPEAKER 15 :
um let's go with uh kid rock just kidding uh etta james that one i don't know stormy weather a sunday kind of love okay yeah she was huge woohoo ashley go reba mcintyre oh yeah i don't have a reba i almost did but i've got so many okay here's another old one going way back
SPEAKER 10 :
She was actually the villain in Ghostbusters.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 12 :
That helps me none.
SPEAKER 15 :
Hillary Swank.
SPEAKER 10 :
Sheena Easton.
SPEAKER 15 :
Don't know her.
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Yeah. Sheena Easton, I believe, was a Scottish opera singer, actually. Really? Yeah. I mean, she had just this incredible voice. She had like an easy four octave range. Just scary. Really scary what she could do. Okay. let's see here i'm okay i gotta go way back before your time you won't get this most of these are before my time i know i know but that's the fun of it because you were getting some too easily and it was hurting tanner's feelings and he was crying okay here we go going way back do you keep saying it when you ought to be a champion now peggy lee close brenda lee yes
SPEAKER 04 :
Famous daughter. Nancy Sinatra. Whoa!
SPEAKER 12 :
I love this song.
SPEAKER 10 :
Nancy Sinatra, you got that. Oh, my gosh. I am really impressed.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's my time.
SPEAKER 12 :
Good job, Tanner.
SPEAKER 10 :
Tanner, you're up. Go.
SPEAKER 15 :
Um... Let's go with, I think we said Janet Jackson. Did we? I'll go with Janet Jackson.
SPEAKER 10 :
Let's go with Janet Jackson.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, we play there. Then I'll go with Janice Joplin. How about that?
SPEAKER 10 :
Very good. I don't have a Janice Joplin.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's totally fine.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, gosh. We'll do Amy Winehouse.
SPEAKER 10 :
She's good. I almost had one of hers, and I didn't because I had like 35 of these.
SPEAKER 12 :
You know, Andy, I'm just starting to think that you don't like my suggestions.
SPEAKER 10 :
No, actually, I do. It's just that I really wish I had gotten an Amy Winehouse. I'm actually rather disappointed in myself on that one. Okay, here's one that I doubt you've heard of, but this song was actually used in a number of movies. Here we go.
SPEAKER 15 :
Jar of hearts. Christy something. Getting there.
SPEAKER 16 :
I have no clue. Christina. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
SPEAKER 10 :
Perry? Yes! You did it! I was going to go Aguilera. You did it! Christina Perry! I am so impressed by you. That's amazing.
SPEAKER 15 :
That came out of the old memory bank from 2006.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, let's go way, way, way back. Here we go.
SPEAKER 15 :
Belinda Carlyle.
SPEAKER 10 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 15 :
Crops that off the list.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, my gosh. Okay, I'm going to go back even further.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's not Shelley Fabre, is it? No. Anybody? Janice Ian at 17. Okay.
SPEAKER 15 :
Tanner, you are up. Go. Let's make it interesting.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 15 :
I'm going to go with Martha Reeves from Martha and the Vandellas. She had a solo career.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right.
SPEAKER 10 :
These are so obscure. I love it. You see, I would totally fail. I would totally fail with that. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. I'll do another iconic one that you probably don't have a song for. Selena Quintanilla.
SPEAKER 15 :
I don't. Selena Gomez, maybe.
SPEAKER 10 :
I don't have her either. But Selena Quintanilla, what'd she do?
SPEAKER 12 :
She was like a huge Mexican-American singer-songwriter, very famously killed by the president of her fan club.
SPEAKER 10 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 12 :
Are you serious? That's terrible. Yeah. Her name's Yolanda. I think she's set to get out of prison on parole in a couple of years, and people are already ready to meet her outside with bats and kill her.
SPEAKER 10 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. That's kind of like John Lennon.
SPEAKER 10 :
Very violent. Okay. Let's take one more break. When we come back, we'll go on the stretch run. You ready?
SPEAKER 15 :
Ready.
SPEAKER 10 :
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They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.
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With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot. Don't it always seem to go that you don't know why?
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Live and local, back to Rush to Reason. And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush. KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole. Man. And Ashley Cart. Her. All right. We've had too many happy people. Let's do one who was perpetually sad and depressed all the time. Oh, no. Here we go.
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Kamala Harris.
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No. Close. Close. If you shaved Kamala Harris's head.
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It's not pink.
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No.
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I have no clue.
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Ditto? This song was written by Prince.
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Oh. Joan Jett?
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No, Sinead O'Connor.
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Oh.
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Always depressed. I'm going to keep going back. I'm going to do some old ones. Here we go.
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Oh, I hate that I know this song and don't know who it's from.
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Must have been Love. Cher? Roxette.
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Oh, I'm not going to know that either.
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Here's an easier one. Here we go.
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Cyndi Lauper. Wow.
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All right. This one, much tougher. No? Nothing?
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I just know this from the Deadpool movie. Mm-hmm.
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Yes. Juice Newton. Angel in the Morning. Okay, here we go.
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Alicia Keys.
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Yes! We finally got Alicia Keys.
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Well done, sir. Okay, I'm going to go way, way, way, way, way back before my time. Okay, here we go.
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Judy Garland.
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Wow.
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Wow. Let her sing for us. What a voice she had.
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What a voice. Is she the girl from Wizard of Oz?
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Yes. Yes. She was also very short and incredibly talented. Tanner, go!
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Let's, I'll try to do it quickly. Let's go with Donna Summer.
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Donna Summer. She was awesome.
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Go. By my mother's request, Winona Judd.
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Oh, she was terrific. Here's one last one. Here we go.
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I grew up and fell in love. Way back. I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead. Will we have rainbows day after day?
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Doris Day, Que Sera Sera. Tanner, go.
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Let's go with Brenda Lee.
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Oh, yes. I got nothing for her, but go. Liza Minnelli. Very good. Joan Baez. Tanner, go. Joan Jett.
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Go. Jennifer Lopez.
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Okay, Sarah Buriles.
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Tracy Chapman. I thought that was a dude this whole time.
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Go. Billie Eilish.
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Billie Eilish. Very well done. Ariana Grande. I didn't play any of those. Cheryl Lynn. Okay, go.
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Sabrina Carpenter.
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I'm going to end it with Debbie Lovato, Faith Hill, Tiffany.
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Oh, you've got to mention Carrie Underwood at least.
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Carrie Underwood and Fiona Apple. We've got to throw her in. One last one. Ashanti. Ashanti. Okay, what do you think, guys? That was good. That was good.
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I thought we had a good list.
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I thought we had a very good list. Folks, that's it for today. Hour number one replaced next. Hour two is at six. Next Tuesday, we're going to be coming back to talk all things politics and start ramping up for the celebration of a new president coming in, President Trump. You bet. Until then, drive safe. God bless, and thanks for joining us at Rush to Reason, KLZ 560.
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I'm a rich guy.
In this episode, Mike Deller explores the unexpected drama during the Allstate Sugar Bowl following the tragedy on Bourbon Street. Delving into the CEO's misguided public statement, he raises the question of whether seemingly powerful figures are truly as insightful as we assume. As the nation grapples with this jarring incident, Mike shifts focus to another pressing subject: the growing discord within the Republican Party as they approach Trump's inauguration. Join the discussion as he examines the challenges of maintaining unity in a party known for its stark divisions.
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He's the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor Studios, here's Mike Deller.
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I never, ever lose sight of the fact that I'm so lucky to get to do this for a living. There's a lot of neat things about my job. And when you become a talk show host with a national presence, you learn some things. And one of the things I've learned over the years is that people you would expect to would be smart aren't all that smart. In other words, people that are in big positions of prominence and responsibility are often, pardon me, jackasses. They're just dummies. You wouldn't really even want to work with them. Allstate is a huge insurance company. Big, big, big conglomerate. They sponsored The Sugar Bowl, which was delayed nearly 24 hours because of the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Now, I'd like to believe that the CEO of Allstate, a guy by the name of Tom Wilson, is a smart guy. You'd think that, right? And yet, they aired a commercial saying, that was so pathetic and so out of touch and tone deaf that my theory is correct that a lot of people you would think should be smart aren't smart at all. Welcome in. We've got a lot to cover today. We've got a day of reckoning for Mike Johnson. I want to cover that. I'm real worried about it. Look, Thomas Massey is going on TV saying he doesn't care if they cut all his fingers off one by one. He's never going to vote for Mike Johnson. He gets a couple more. We have another Kevin McCarthy coup. We have another revolt. if there's not a speaker by Inauguration Day, Trump can't get certified as President of the United States, which would be just a delicious dish to serve to the Democrats. And that's about the last thing we want. Look, I'm not going to shut down the pushback against Mike Johnson. I understand it. I really do. These sharp-elbowed conservatives in the House need to be listened to. I don't want to ignore them. However, can we be unified for a couple of weeks? Can we get through Trump's inauguration, please? So we'll get to that in a little bit. Feel free to join me if you want to weigh in on that. Maybe you've got some strong opinions and you think, you know, Mike Johnson ought to be ousted after they ousted Kevin McCarthy. Because Republicans are nothing if not dysfunctional. How about being unified the way the Democrats typically are? And let's get some stuff done. Together. Just a thought. But before we get to that, let's go back to the Sugar Bowl. Here's the CEO. of Allstate, Tom Wilson. You got a guy in New Orleans who mowed down and killed, I guess the number now is back to 14. I thought it was 15, now it's down to 14. But a number of people were killed by this terrorist, no other way to describe him, on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. So they delayed the game. They played it yesterday at 4 p.m. Eastern. Here's the spot that ran the from the Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO, Tom Wilson.
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Welcome to the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Wednesday, tragedy struck the New Orleans community. Our prayers are with the victims and their families. We also need to be stronger together by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity. Join Allstate working in local communities all across America to amplify the positive, increase trust, and accept people's imperfections and differences. Together, we win.
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breath away. That's what he thought would be a good message. Imagine a bunch of executives at Allstate. They've got, I'm sure, an ad agency. They've got teams of people. Hey, Tom, why don't you get on TV and say, we have to be stronger by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity. As if to say... Let's not be too rough on the guy that mowed everybody down and got killed by the cops. Let's not be addicted to the negativity of, oh, I don't know, a guy slaughtering a bunch of people on Bourbon Street. We've got to look at both sides of this. Because some of us normal people, who I think are fairly smart, would say there's a lot of negativity over a terrorist destroying lives. by going 100 miles an hour down Bourbon Street. Oh, yeah, there's a lot of negativity there, Tom. Oh, yeah, there's some divisiveness going on here. That guy wants to destroy, wanted to kill as many people as he could. I'd say he's pretty divisive. And this dummy thought it was a good idea to go on TV and do a whataboutism regarding the terrorist attack in New Orleans. Unbelievable. I mean, again, it's incomprehensible. And I guess it confirms what my friend Mark Davis told me was the reason that FBI nose ring lady came out and said this isn't a terrorist attack, because I didn't understand it. And Mark said people like her, and I guess people like Allstate CEO Tom Wilson, are worried, are afraid of offending our enemies. They don't want to make people too angry at the guy who killed all the people on Bourbon Street. And we don't want to call a terrorist a terrorist because it might result in Islamophobia. And that's divisive. And that's negativity. And we can't afford that. So that's what the all-state CEO thought was going to be a good idea. Look, I'm not an all-state policyholder. I wouldn't be if I were. And I'll bet you they'll lose a lot of business over it. Let's get your take on it. It's Friday, January the 3rd. I think it's still okay to say Happy New Year. We're in the Relief Factor studios. This is what DEI does to people. This is the brainwashing of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This is why ABC anchors stopped wearing American flag pins on their lapels after 9-11. They don't want to offend the bad guys. They don't want to upset the enemies of the United States of America. And it's beyond disgusting. Let's see if you agree or not. Let's find out. Let's put your voice front and center here in the Relief Factor Studios. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Call or text. However you get here, get here because we're waiting for you.
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He's the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor Studios, here's Mike Geller.
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I'm a simple guy. I just want unity for a few more weeks until we can get President Trump inaugurated and back in the Oval Office. Never underestimate unity. the Republicans' ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. We had a triumphant victory just a couple of short months ago. November 5th was a game changer in a big way. And now a few Republicans threaten to upend the actual certification of Donald Trump. Bottom line is Donald Trump wants Mike Johnson in place as Speaker of the House. And from where I sit, that should be good enough for us. Trump's the guy who won. Trump's the guy who defied all the odds. He got shot. He got arrested. He got convicted. They raided his home. And what did he do? Hopped up on a garbage truck. He served fries for McDonald's. And against all odds, managed to defeat the machine, the beast. Because the beast was all in for Kamala Harris. Think about what this country would be like right now. What you and I would be feeling. if after these terror attacks and open borders and people getting burned alive on subways, if we were about to inaugurate Kamala Harris. Let that sink in. And while he had a convincing, epic victory, they put all they could into her. And we have perhaps the opportunity to be unified in victory. Instead, we got some... Sharp-elbowed, red-meat conservatives like Thomas Massey, the congressman from Kentucky, saying, I don't care what you do to me, I'm never voting today for Mike Johnson. Here he was last night with Matt Gaetz on Matt's new show on One America News.
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If Chip Roy were asked to serve as chairman of the Rules Committee, would that be enough to get your vote for Mike Johnson?
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Oh, no. You can pull all my fingernails out. You can shove bamboo up in them. You can start cutting off my fingers. I am not voting for Mike Johnson tomorrow. And you can take that to the bank.
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Well, I hope he's the only one. I really do. Mike Johnson thinks he might be the only one. Here's what Speaker Johnson said last night on Fox Business Network.
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We'll have maybe one no vote, I think. I think we get it done on the first round. I'm certainly hopeful for that because, as we noted, we've got to stick together. We'll be operating with the smallest margin in U.S. history for much of the first hundred days of the Congress and perhaps longer into the year. So it necessitates that every single Republican, as diverse as our caucus is, can put aside their personal preferences every day and work together for the team. And I think everybody understands clearly the mandate that we have, the importance of the moment, And I think they're going to come and get along.
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You know, I'm a big believer in making sure we let every voice be heard. I like a lot of things that Rand Paul represents. I appreciate Massey's renegade spirit. I love the warrior instincts of Marjorie Taylor Greene. I love the leadership of Jim Jordan. I mean, I like these guys. But we have an opportunity here to blow this. and hand the speakership over to Hakeem Jeffries. You understand, procedurally, that's what could happen. We might just hand the speakership over to Hakeem Jeffries because we can't get our act together, and the Democrats are, you know, circling the wagons. Now, Democrats, according to Axios today, are pushing back against a proposed change to House rules that would allow only Republicans to force a vote on removing the Speaker. Because the Democrats, they want to do Mike Johnson in every bit as much as Thomas Massey does. The Democrats want this turmoil. And again, for the record, Donald Trump wants Mike Johnson to stay put. Give me your take on all of it. 800-655-MIKE. Welcome aboard. It's Friday, January 3rd. I think we can have one more day worth of Happy New Year's to each other, right? got into a big kerfluffle with my pal Mark Davis, because he goes around apparently posting Xmas on social media, and somebody called him out for it, and Mark said, well, now technically that's correct. That's not really, that's not sacrilegious. I was like stunned. I think we ought to keep Christ in Christmas every chance we get. We should never miss an opportunity to say Christmas, not Xmas. But evidently, there's some historical significance to Xmas. From the Roman gladiators, I have no idea. Beats the heck out of me. For me, Xmas is rather offensive. But apparently not to my pal, Mark. But in the meantime, Mark and I are in agreement that we ought to have at least three more weeks of unity. Can we just have a few more weeks of unity? Can we act like we won on November the 5th? And can we do what the Democrats would surely do, and that is be unified? I mean, you've got to have Mike Johnson in place to certify Trump's presidency. You want to take up a battle over Mike Johnson after Trump is inaugurated? Okay, let's have that conversation. Just not now. Not in the days leading up to the inauguration. I get that a lot of you like chaos. I kind of do, too. The status quo needs to be interrupted. I get it. But how about we be unified just a few short weeks away? 800-655-MIKE. Call or text. Join us here on a Friday, January 3rd episode of The Mike Gallagher Show.
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Text message from Nebraska. Mike, the voters from Kentucky need to straighten out that sharp elbowed, quote, you can cut off my fingers, congressman. Chuck in Michigan. I authorize Trump to use a cattle prod to get Thomas. It's not just Thomas Massey. Chip Roy. Victoria Sparce. From Indiana, I love her. Andy Harris, MD. Andy Biggs. I like Congressman Biggs from Arizona. He hosted me once at the border on one of the many border visits we made. You still got some that are on the fence. Ralph Norman, South Carolina. Eli Crane. Hey, guys, how about we play nice for three more weeks? Can you just give us three weeks? That's it. Let's get Trump inaugurated, okay? We don't need this kind of nightmare on our hands. And it would be a nightmare. You know, I've got a theory about people who think it's a good idea for Thomas Massey and maybe Chip Roy and others to hold out. And we can only afford to lose two. You like the chaos. And there's nothing wrong with a little chaos. It's been business as usual for too long. Well, you delivered the chaos candidate, Donald Trump. He's going to knock heads. He's going to be large and in charge. And he wants, incidentally, Mike Johnson, which, again, I don't know about you, good enough for me. Here's Chicago. Kevin, Happy New Year, Mike. Welcome back. Thomas Massey is 2025's Liz Cheney. This is the worst time ever. for him to pull something like this. There should not be any division in the Republican Party right now. Massey needs to set his priorities and settle his differences with Mike Johnson and the Republican Party after the certification of our next president of the United States. Kevin, you're spot on. You want to challenge Mike Johnson because he's cozying up to the Democrats and authorizing too much spending and you don't like his agenda? Now's not the time. Now's not the time. Jay's in Colorado. Hey, Jay, Happy New Year. How are you?
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I'm good. Hey, Mike, I think maybe some of these might be holdover never Trumpers who don't want them in.
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I don't know. I had a guy who called me and challenged me on it, and then in the middle of the conversation he said, you guys electing your dear leader. And I thought, well, that's a sign. I think that maybe he's a never-Trumper. Maybe these are people that just don't like Trump, and they don't want Trump to be successful. And a lot of these folks are clever. Many of these folks, you're right, they kind of appear to be something they're not. Nate's in Chicago. Nate, welcome aboard.
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Hey, my point is this. Every time we try to do anything, the Democrats fall in line and vote 100 percent against us. We have to figure out a way that we've got to make a plan to figure out what to do when they do that. And I got an idea. OK, sure. Give these guys give these guys, you know, 13. 13 congressmen that agree that they'll revisit this whole thing in 90 days. And then if Chip Roy or whoever it is feel uncomfortable, then they can revote. But it's going to take nine, not two this time.
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Well, I mean, I just keep thinking of the Ronald Reagan line about letting, what is it, Eric, I always get the phrase messed up. Don't let. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We're not going to get everything we want. A lot of people don't want any compromise. A lot of people despise compromise. They absolutely do. They don't want to play ball. They view the other side as the mortal enemy of the Republican Party. And they absolutely will not play ball with them. And look, I also understand that because they don't like to play ball with us either. But it feels like there's a new era. Have you noticed how different things feel this time with Trump about to take office? You know, all these big inauguration donations that he's getting from unlikely places like Facebook and Meta, CEOs of companies. I've even seen a number of Democrats who have been vicious to Trump over the years. act like they're going to give him a chance. It's different this time. We don't need to present this kind of chaos on the eve of the inauguration. Susan, Sacramento, California. Hi, Sue. Welcome back. Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year, Mike. I just called Thomas Massey's office and the young man picked up and I told him, I want you to take this message. We need to unite together. Otherwise, a house which is on desert, it is not going to win. Therefore, please, please, I plea prayerfully. for him to vote, and I pray God to sway his vote.
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Amen. Look, I agree. I hope maybe Thomas Massey... Look, Thomas Massey is often the lone no vote on everything. He's a renegade. He's a rebel. It's who he is. And there's a... And incidentally, There should be a place for him. He should not be ignored or shot down all the time or avoided. Listen to his arguments. It's like Rand Paul. Rand Paul has a strong libertarian streak, probably more so than I do or many of you. But you know what? Some of these folks that are playing games, they're doing it at the expense of the Trump mandate. Trump has a mandate. There's no question about it. Now, I'm really intrigued by how Brian Glenn will receive all of this. And I've gotten to know Brian over the years. Really good guy. He has spent several years in the Dallas area working with us at Salem. He covered the 2020 campaign, 2024. He's got a great relationship with Marjorie Taylor Greene. And Brian's a smart guy. He's now with Real America's Voice. He covers the White House and Capitol Hill. And he actually asked me to be on his show. He was filling in for somebody yesterday afternoon, and he said, could you come on my show? And I said, I would, but I've got a dentist appointment. However, why don't you come on my show? And let's chat. I saw him at the RNC, and we've hung out a little bit together, and I want to get him on the show. And Brian is real plugged in to that warrior world. And I love what I call the warrior world, the warrior spirit, the fighters like Marjorie Taylor Greene, like Jim Jordan. like Massey, like Randall. That's okay. So we'll see what Brian has to, what his take on it all is, and we'll see what he thinks about some of the disastrous responses we've seen to the terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Welcome in. Great to have you here on a Friday. Nice short week for us here. Back to real normal on Monday, but in the meantime, join us. 800-655-MIKE. Christmas means giving, and for my money, Christmas means MyPillow. Make it a MyPillow Christmas for somebody on your list because the Christmas extravaganza is well underway. Because a big box retailer canceled an order, Mike Lindell has thousands of MyPillows to move. Well, he wants to pass the savings on to you, so check out this offer. You can order a standard classic MyPillow, and it's normally $49.98 for just $45. $14.88 with promo code MikeG. Limit of 10. This is the pillow that started it all, the pillow that never goes flat, stays nice and cool all through the night. You can throw it in the washer and the dryer as often as you want. You can get a classic standard MyPillow for $14.88 with promo code MikeG. A queen size, normally $69.98. You'll get it for just $18.88 with promo code MikeG. Or a king size. Normally $79.98. You can order it for $19.88 apiece. Limit $10, please, during Mike's incredible Christmas extravaganza from MyPillow.com. Look, if you haven't been to the site in a while, you can get all your Christmas shopping done by going to MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher Specials Square. Click on that box, and then with any order you place, enter the promo code MikeG, and you'll save big. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. or call 800-928-6034, 800-928-6034. It's the Christmas extravaganza sale going on right now at MyPillow.
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So you can start to feel the green shoots of optimism. And so when I look ahead to what he's going to do at the inaugural and what he could do in the first hundred days of his administration, I hope he senses that from the American people, hits the ground running, and strikes the optimistic notes because I think people are tired of having weak leadership that has taken us off in the wrong direction. He has a real opportunity here to do something amazing, and I hope he does it.
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In the ReliefFactor.com studios, here's Mike.
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A lot of great TV voices in unlikely places like CNN. That's Scott Jennings, of course. Another terrific voice over at Real America's Voice is Brian Glenn, Washington, D.C. correspondent, who joins us after I rudely had to go to the dentist rather than be a guest with him yesterday afternoon. I hope you forgive me, Brian.
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I do, and that is probably the single worst place I'd ever want to visit as well, so I know you're a good man for going.
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It was rough. I mean, it was a cleaning, and I'm surprised I'm not in an intensive care unit right now. I mean, I would do anything, but the dentist, ugh, one of my least favorite places to go. So I would have much rather been with you on Real America's Voice. Hey, Brian, let's dive in. I mean, I'm looking at the headline here over it. For what it's worth, Newsweek, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson faces an uphill battle as Republican divisions threaten to derail his bid for the speakership. Look, for me, it's pretty black and white for me. Let's get through the inauguration. Let's get the president in office. And then we can have a battle like this. Now's not the time. But what's the Brian Glenn takeaway on this turmoil on Capitol Hill?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, you and I went to the same school of thought here on this. I don't want any drama as we go into this inauguration. I'm just checking for my sources, and I've been trying to stay on top of what is the tone there on Capitol Hill as we sit right now. Massey, as we know, he's a hard no. He's a hard no on this. He's definitely not going to sway. But here are some other people that we can keep an eye on because they do vote, Mike, as you know, alphabetically. So here's some other potential no's on this, even though I think most of these guys are a yes. You have Biggs, Boebert, Burleson, Burchett, Cloud, Hyde, Crane, and Harris on this list. Now, what's interesting is is that the Masseys of the world and the Chip Roy of the world, they were DeSantis advocates from day one. So they've never really been on Team Trump. Now, Mike, as you know, when President Trump put out his cabinet nominations and said, hey, these are my selected ones, please, to the Senate, please confirm these and move forward, I thought to myself, if this is the team that president trump wants who is it anybody else to decide that they have a better uh idea in that well i'm still using that same train of thought on the speaker of the house if president trump has been a very outspoken on on speaker johnson he says hey this is my guy i want congress to put in charge of the house then so that it needs to happen but unfortunately mike we do have an internal fight within our party. And I'm with you on this opening statement. Now is not the time for this. We've got the Senate. We've got the presidency. We have majority in the House. Need be, it's not as large as we want. But let's get things done, Mike. And let's pick these battles a little bit later down the road.
SPEAKER 11 :
Amen. I mean, you want to wake up in a cold sweat, just visualize the words, Speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries. I mean, what a nightmare that would be. Look, I think it was summed up best as I look at these, what I call sharp-elbowed Republicans, and there's a bunch of them, many of whom I like. I think it's summed up best by a lady named Marjorie Taylor Greene. You've probably heard of her. I like what she said. Let me quote. She said, quote, You've seen me fight against him at times, but you want to know something else? Here's what I recognize. For the past four years, all of you, and myself included, have put blood, sweat, and tears into electing President Trump. Let's put aside our pride. Let's put aside our egos. And let's put aside the infighting. It's time to come together as Republicans, and it's time to do whatever it takes to make sure that we deliver the mandate that the American people told us to do. That's why I'm excited today. She said this was yesterday. I'm excited tomorrow. I cannot wait to get started. I'll be voting for Mike Johnson. I will be looking ahead in complete hopefulness and working as hard as possible. MTG is absolutely right, as usual. Let me get your take. You've got the connections and the sources. Is it only going to be one no vote? Is he going to is Mike Johnson going to survive today? What do you think is going to happen?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, just I think he does survive. And I do think he survives on the first ballot. Tom Emmer, the majority left Speaker Johnson's office just moments ago and said, hey, he feels very confident that Johnson will be elected on first ballot because there's no one else has really been that outspoken about voting against Johnson other than Massey. Now look to your opening statement as well. I love brands out there that are really, that are always fighting. I love fighters in Congress. That's what we like about some of the names you just mentioned. But it comes a time when we got to pretty much lay down the gloves and say, look, I will put any petty grievances aside and I will do what's best for the party. And I do think that's what the majority of those that initially were going to vote for Speaker Johnson before President Trump formally endorsed him for Speaker. That's important. I think as soon as Trump formally endorsed Mike Johnson, that pretty much protected him to winning this one more time, Mike.
SPEAKER 11 :
We're visiting with Brian Glenn from Real America's Voice. I want to go back to something you said about people who were DeSantis supporters. You know, as a talk show host, and I take a lot of calls, I've gotten pretty good at fleshing out the trolls. When I get somebody who says, now I voted for Donald Trump, but... Or I'm a Trump voter, but, and I'm like, uh-oh, the alarm starts going off in my head, and eventually they expose themselves as a never-Trumper. They don't like Trump. They don't like his agenda. They don't like his personality. They don't like his tweets and all of that. I have a hunch, when you go through the list, you're so right. A lot of these folks in Congress aren't exactly, you know, MAGA Trump Republicans. That could be the problem.
SPEAKER 12 :
yeah the the vote they had a couple weeks ago and i can't remember exactly what the issue was it escapes me right now but 38 of them were never trumpers from the very beginning so it is very lopsided but i think they need to understand that on november 5th you and i witnessed the biggest mandate this country has ever handed uh to the american people and it was a victory for conservatism it was a victory for the trump agenda. We want the popular vote. We want the electoral vote. We want it all. So if anyone had any hesitation from getting behind what would be considered a Trump mandate or the Trump plan, the Make America Great Again plan, they need to rethink that strategy, Mike, because you and I both know a guy named Elon Musk. And he's already said he would love to primary anyone who is not in lockstep with the America First agenda. And let's see if the speaker race today reveals someone who might be included on that primary list two years from now.
SPEAKER 11 :
Let's pivot for just a moment. I can't think of a more unpopular political figure to our side, at least, than Liz Cheney. Yesterday, Biden rewarded this disgraced ex-Wyoming congresswoman with one of the nation's highest civilian honors. He also gave... this award, this top award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, to Representative Bennie Thompson, her cohort on this January 6th Select Committee. He's the guy, incidentally, who wanted to strip Trump of his Secret Service protection in order to get him killed. This is a guy who actually said, well, if you're a convicted felon, you don't get Secret Service protection. Brian, What do you make of Biden's ceremony yesterday? Is this Biden making the decision, or do you think he's getting his marching orders from elsewhere? There's a lot of theories about this. In fact, the body language between Biden and Cheney on stage, a lot of people said, look, this was not even Biden's idea. What's your takeaway on it?
SPEAKER 12 :
I think you may agree with that. I think this is what someone's forcing him to do. They want to create as much chaos and controversy as they walk their way out of this administration. That is the same J6 committee, and it was a sham of a trial. It was a Hollywood-produced trial that they deleted so much evidence that came out online. in support of what conservatives were saying about January 6th. They didn't want to hear any of that. Matter of fact, they left it out. They deleted that evidence as well. This was just another mark on the Biden administration. Look, they're trying to burn down the House of Cards on the way out. I mean, all the pardons that he has done, the money transfers to Iran to fund terrorist organizations on his way out, that if they could turn around and obviously use that money, weapons against us, This is the most radical regime we've ever seen in the White House, and I just pray to God the next 17 days or so that we can have some peace and some civility as we make our way to a Trump administration on January 20th.
SPEAKER 11 :
Brian Glenn, great to catch up with you. Keep fighting the good fight. We appreciate and enjoy your work very, very much, and we'll see you, I'm sure, in Washington, D.C., where we're headed for the inauguration in a couple of weeks.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes, sir. Look forward to seeing you, Mike. Thanks for having me on.
SPEAKER 11 :
Thanks, Brian. Appreciate it. Brian Glenn joining us from Real America's Voice 17 before the hour. More coming. Yeah, this headline over at The Federalist sums it up perfectly. Liz Cheney should be criminally investigated for her corruption, not rewarded. This is a parting gift from Joe Biden. But I hope it stops at the award. I just hope he doesn't give her a preemptive pardon because I think she's going to be facing a reckoning. We'll see what you think about that and a whole lot more coming up. I want to welcome some brand new partners to the Mike Gallagher show like Equity Protect. And this is a big, big deal. Your home's title is often the most valuable thing you own. Next generation criminal technology is more advanced than ever. I've been an identity theft victim. It is no fun. You got to have Equity Protect in your corner. If you own your home mortgage free or you got a lot of equity, you got to have Equity Protect so that scammers do not steal your equity or title. For a limited time, Equity Protect is offering you a tremendous deal, 30% off your first year, giving you one year of protection for less than $12 a month. Just go to equityprotect.com. Use the discount code Mike30. That's equityprotect.com. Use the promo code Mike30. Once you have Equity Protect, you don't need to check. Trust the team at Equity Protect. Go to equityprotect.com and use the promo code Mike30.
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SPEAKER 11 :
You do this thing where you get into the weeds and people are going to immediately rush to your defense. Oh, it's true. It comes from the 16th century, the Catholic Church. Can't have that accuracy. Can't have that. I get it. It's not accuracy. What's accurate? I don't know that we ever anticipated watching Christ get stripped out of Christmas.
SPEAKER 13 :
Or going to Home Depot and seeing holiday trees.
SPEAKER 11 :
What?
SPEAKER 13 :
Listen, you and I were warriors locked in arms.
SPEAKER 11 :
I know. And we always will be. And stay in the fight.
SPEAKER 13 :
I would ask you this. What is an example? Find me. Here's homework. Find me an example of anybody who you think in their use of that abbreviation is being dismissive toward Christmas. I mean, just find it.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's a total straw man. Find it.
SPEAKER 13 :
You won't find it.
SPEAKER 11 :
You won't find it. It's a tempest in a teapot. Let me speak, Chatty Cathy. I don't think you're intentionally being dismissive of Christmas. You're as fine a Christian man as I know. You're you're inadvertently stripping out what Christmas means. Xmas may have some historical significance, but in the culture we're in today that that and look, it's getting better. I mean, this I think I think Trump has brought Merry Christmas back.
SPEAKER 13 :
You know, 27 things to talk about. I'm going to make a buddy out of you again. If your point is and it's a good point. even as historically accurate as I always am, if your point is don't ever miss an opportunity, even if it's very easy, don't ever miss an opportunity to type C-H-R-I-S-T. Don't ever miss an opportunity.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's right. And look, and I'll stipulate, you're probably right, you know, historically or whatever, but that's so, you know, kind of, I don't know. Arcane. Arcane. I don't know. Let's just agree that Merry Christmas is back. It's great to celebrate the season. And we forget. And like you said, any chance you get. Now, let's get down to business. First of all, with Granny Clampett there in New Orleans. And you know that her big thing when she's not... standing there not even acknowledging that she knew they had sidewalk barriers available in new orleans this is how incompetent she is but her big thing she teaches dei to fellow officers that's her big thing i mean that this is what happened these this is a product of diversity equity and inclusion you know you mentioned that the fbi's assistant guy that they brought in he's right out of central casting they took one look at nose ring and they said get her out of there I mean, and put in the guy, the big, burly, bald guy that can talk like an FBI agent. Period. Oh, yeah, yeah. We found multiple devices. Yeah, I mean, my goodness. And the nose ring. I mean, and the nose ring gets to me only because somebody sent me. I had an FBI agent, an active FBI agent send me their policy. They prohibit it. So what do they do? Wave it for her because they don't want to make the young woman mad? It would be racist. Don't be racist. Don't be racist. So it just frustrates the heck out of me. Every time something like this happens, you know what cities do? They start putting up, like, barricades everywhere. They start putting up. And, you know, you can't prevent evildoers from committing acts of evil, I think.
SPEAKER 13 :
Bush 43 used this about terrorism. He said, we have to be successful in stopping it 100% of the time. All they have to do is be successful once.
SPEAKER 11 :
And the one time they get through, then we say, oh, it's a massive failure on our part. Except I think this one kind of was. Well, especially because there's reporting that there were already briefings a year or two ago that Bourbon Street was particularly vulnerable.
SPEAKER 13 :
And you know what the thing was on the calendar, the glowing thing on the calendar they were looking at at the Superdome coming up in a couple of months? Super Bowl. Next month, Super Bowl. It's like, but somehow the same number of people in the same stadium yesterday did not warrant a beefing up of security in time for that, which is also attached to what's that little holiday? Oh, yeah. New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, yeah. And look, there's also reporting now that Axios is reporting on concerns about the inauguration. There's a part of me that wishes Trump did the inauguration inside somewhere, safe.
SPEAKER 13 :
Don't the terrorists win?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, we already changed the date of the Sugar Bowl. I mean, you know, like you said. And by the way, the timing, I know you were frustrated by why they played it yesterday at 4 Eastern, 3 Central. I think it wasn't because of the second game. There was another game last night.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, yeah, which is stupid because you had to have Duke and Ole Miss. How about you make everybody in Jacksonville move their schedules rather than people who are coming to a game with a national impact? Okay, so the inauguration will be on the west front of the Capitol. I'd say that's a deeply, deeply secure area. Every rooftop, unlike Butler, PA, I don't think anybody's going to take Trump out as his hand is on the Bible. Funny, funny. And you know what? Can Monday, can you and I talk about Jimmy Carter? Because I'm going to spend some time, which we did not get a chance to do. He passed away while we were both away. A legacy of a man of much personal virtue, wrong virtually every policy, and both can be true at the same time. Anyway, though, Carter, I believe, was the first to get out of the limo and walk Pennsylvania Avenue. And everybody went, what? wow, man of the people, that's awesome. I said that, and I just finished voting against him in my first election ever. I think Trump did it in 2017, right? He did it. Okay, so I'm here to tell you, Pennsylvania Avenue locked down hard. I would love to think there is no way anybody can squeeze off a shot at Trump or Melania walking that mile and a half of Pennsylvania Avenue, but are we confident enough to... We are not. So, no, let's not move the inauguration indoors. No, but don't be walking down Pennsylvania. See, I want him. I want it to be the most Trumpian thing in the world to walk it again. Walk it again.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I don't want to put anything bad out of the universe. I know. Let me end with a cool story about the intimacy of what we do. So I'm in L.A., and I'm flying back after visiting with Dennis in the hospital, and I'm in the lounge at LAX. And a guy comes up to me. I'm sitting there minding my own business. I talk to the people working in the lounge a little bit. And a guy comes up to me and says, pardon me, I don't mean to bother you, but are you Mike Gallagher? I said, yeah, hi, how are you? And he goes, I knew it was you. And it was the coolest thing. He said, I had no idea what you looked like. I've never seen you before. I recognized your voice. Mm-hmm. And I thought, that's like the third or fourth time. Has that ever happened to you before? All the time. You bet. That's the strangest thing to me. I don't think I'd recognize anybody by their voice. Just their voice? Sure, unless it's somebody you listen to on the radio every day. Well, and he did. Well, anyhow, so we talked for 15 minutes. Great guy. Nice guy. He's off to Cabo, you know, with his fiance. And I asked him in the course of the conversation, what do you do? He goes, I work in the film business. I thought, well, sure, it's Hollywood, Los Angeles, whatever he works at. So then I get back to that five minutes into the conversation. Mark, he is the co-chairman and co-founder of one of the biggest movie studios in the world. Wow. I almost – and like a schoolboy, I'm like Googling him after the – That's wonderful. It was the coolest thing, and I was telling Hewitt about it a couple weeks ago. He says, yeah, you forget that, like, famous people do listen to us. Absolutely. He told the story of Clint Eastwood being a fan of Hugh's, you know, and so it's the way. Kelsey Grammer I met once said, oh, Mike, I listen to you. It's neat to neat, but this guy is like a big deal. So anyway, it's kind of neat. It's a sidebar that he's famous in the movie industry, but what I think is really special is that somebody can recognize you by your voice. Absolutely. We just forget how intimate our medium is and how people relate. And of course, now with Salem News Channel, our faces are plastered everywhere.
SPEAKER 13 :
I was going to say, how does somebody not know what you look like? He didn't.
SPEAKER 11 :
He said I've never everywhere. He was in L.A. And, you know, it's though it was the funniest story because he said, I've never I've never seen you before. OK, well, great. And but that was just the coolest thing. I just wanted to share a little bit of that with you.
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As America stands at a crossroad of politics and faith, Washington Watch brings to the fore pressing issues that test the nation's values and security. With the backdrop of leadership struggles in Congress and troubling national security incidents, the episode addresses the critical need for unity and strategic legislative actions. Join us for an informed dialogue featuring expert analyses, historical context, and a call to action to maintain and restore a moral and secure nation.
SPEAKER 02 :
from the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, D.C., bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
SPEAKER 12 :
Our nation is counting on us to band together and solve these problems and get this done. I've said before that I believe God has elevated each one of you, this is my belief, to your positions of leadership. And it's an act of providence that you've all been placed in your specific roles in this specific moment at this historic time, at the 250-year inflection point of the greatest nation in the history of the world. It is no small thing.
SPEAKER 06 :
That was Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson speaking to members of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this afternoon after he was reelected as Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress. We'll get an update from Capitol Hill from Alex Miller, Capitol Hill reporter for The Washington Times. While not the multi-day 15-round affair that kicked off the 118th Congress, there was some wrangling and message sending. We'll talk with Missouri Congressman Mark Alford a little bit later, one of Mike Johnson's supporters. Today starts the 119th Congress, and as it begins, it does so with the backdrop of the terrorist attack in New Orleans. We'll probe deeper into the domestic threat of terrorism with Tim Miller, former Secret Service Special Agent and President of Lionheart International Services Group. And speaking of the tragic events in New Orleans, on Sunday evening, I'll be joined by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry for a special prayer event. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Eastern time. To join us, text PRAY, P-R-A-Y, to 67742. That's 67742. Or download the Stand Firm app. That's this Sunday night with Governor Jeff Landry of Louisiana as we pray for our nation. Well, there was some drama this afternoon during the election of the House Speaker for the 119th Congress, but not as much as many anticipated. In the end, it took only one round. It took a while, but just one round of voting to re-elect Congressman Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. Still, it was a journey, or perhaps more of like an obstacle course. Joining us now is Alex Miller, Capitol Hill reporter for The Washington Times. Alex, welcome to Washington Watch.
SPEAKER 15 :
Hey, Tony, thank you for having me. I think that's very apt to say it was an obstacle course, kind of describing the events of today. It certainly could have been a lot more rough, you know, thinking of McCarthy's four-day bout, but a couple hours in the chambers, a lot better than a multi-day affair.
SPEAKER 06 :
There was a lot of external pressure for the members to kind of come in line. I mean, I mentioned the terrorist attack in New Orleans that had a sobering effect. The president weighed in. We had two members, Keith Self and Ralph Norman, who were pulled aside with the speaker, and the president had a conversation with them. What was the sense there on the Hill as this was all unfolding?
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, I think a lot of us believe that this could go beyond one round, right? There was plenty of holdouts that were making a series of demands, whether it was getting confirmation or some kind of deal set in place to have spending cuts, to have bigger changes in the upcoming reconciliation packages. And there was a feeling that these guys would stay entrenched in that. Right. You know, just ahead of the vote, there was almost a dozen Republicans that were kind of on the fence with this thing. Ultimately, we saw three vote against Johnson on the floor that whittled down to just Thomas Massey out of Kentucky. But. There was a lingering feeling that we were going to be here for a while and that Johnson was going to have to hash it out with these folks. But to your point, President Trump did come in for a while. He seemed to be kind of keeping things at an arm's length. Right. You know, we got an endorsement of Johnson just before. The vote actually happened. And then he took two of those members, Ralph Norman and Keith South aside. And in that side door conversation, Trump called and they discussed primarily getting more people involved in the reconciliation process. And that seemed to warm them over. And I don't think Johnson's quite out of the woods yet, but it does get things rolling for the Republicans and kind of their fresh start on this trifecta.
SPEAKER 06 :
There were a number of members who did not vote as their name was called, so alphabetical roll call. They didn't vote, even though they were in the chamber. Were they sending messages?
SPEAKER 15 :
I believe so, yeah. So many of those were members of the House Freedom Caucus, including Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, Andy Biggs, Ralph Norman included, Chip Roy, who's been a pretty vocal critic of Speaker Johnson's. And, you know, ultimately, those guys did come around in the end. Right. But shortly after the vote, they did put out a letter and statement saying, hey, we did this now so that we can get the certification process for Trump done. Right. Like everybody is trying to coalesce and unify around moving ahead with Trump's agenda. But they're going to keep an eye on how Johnson handles things. And, you know, part of that is including them in more negotiations, particularly when it comes to spending. I mean, that is their their main thing. Let's cut the deficit. Let's cut spending.
SPEAKER 06 :
So, Alex, let's I mean, from your perspective, what's the alternative for those members?
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, in terms of a different speaker.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. I mean, if they're you know, we're going to keep an eye on things. You know, we want to keep you on a short leash. So what's the alternative? I mean, we went through that exercise, you know, two years ago and it was a pretty painful exercise. And then, of course, halfway through the process, they pulled the rug out from Kevin McCarthy. And there was a lot of public discontent with the kind of that circus atmosphere that took place on the Hill.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. Well, so I think there's a lot of folks that are very hesitant to try and touch that hot iron again. So for today example, in a couple hours, they're going to be voting on a new rules package to raise the threshold for that motion to vacate, which was used to get rid of McCarthy. Would they opt to go for a different speaker in that letter they sent? They kind of they all but say that. Right. They basically said, we're going to be keeping tabs and you've got to meet these demands so that we can make good on Trump's promises and Trump's agenda. And if Johnson's the guy, they'll back him. If not. He's on pretty thin ice with them. But as far as an alternative, you know, we had House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan's name thrown out today. Representative Byron Donalds, along with minority or majority whip Tom Emmer. He was considered today. Now, all those guys did run for speaker during that month long process. And Jordan was close, but as we saw, it didn't quite work out. There were folks that were upset with what happened to McCarthy. But as to if we'll see that happen again, I personally hope not because it was a struggle up here.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think, of course, there's a different environment because now it is a Republican president in the White House. It is a Republican Senate, although, you know, marginal control over there. And so there's work to be done. I don't know that the country can tolerate another circus atmosphere like that when there is so much work that the American people want to see accomplished.
SPEAKER 15 :
I think, too, that today was really a true test of the power of Trump's endorsement. Right. So Trump comes out and he says Johnson's the guy. He's almost got 100 percent support. Let's get him a speaker. And as we saw with some of the holdouts, they decided eventually to agree with the president. How long that agreement will last is questionable. We've already seen it be put to its limit when we were getting ready to leave for Christmas, right? Trump had requested that there be an extension to the nation's debt limit, and a lot of fiscal conservatives and debt hawks didn't like that idea. They voted against it. So they gave him a victory today, and as long as Trump likes Johnson, Johnson's probably gonna stick around.
SPEAKER 06 :
Alex, let's talk a little bit about that rules package that you talked about. That's a pretty significant change, upping the threshold to eight from simply having one. That was something that was negotiated back before they left before Christmas. What else is in that rules package?
SPEAKER 15 :
So they actually added some last minute tweaks today. I'm glad you asked. So on the motion to vacate, it now changes it to where only a member of the majority party. So right now, only Republicans could decide to boot the speaker. So if if. eight Republicans are upset with Mike Johnson. They could bring it to the floor and try to oust him. Democrats probably will not be keen to try to help him out this time. They did earlier last year, especially because he backed them on Ukraine funding. But this time around, most likely not. Some other changes include extending subpoena powers from the last Congress, particularly to get a hold of the her tapes, which were of The interview conducted by Special Counsel Robert Herb, President Biden, when he ultimately decided to not follow through with criminal charges. I believe after that interview, he called him a well-meaning old man, something to that effect. But Republicans have been hounding the Justice Department to get a hold of those tapes, and this rules package would extend that. It also changes how suspension bills will operate. Getting into the weeds a little bit here, but... Effectively, say there was a major funding bill that was brought up under suspension, they could only do it Monday through Wednesday. They can't do that Thursday or Friday anymore. And that's got Democrats pretty upset so far.
SPEAKER 06 :
So that's a concession to conservatives.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes. Yes, absolutely. I mean, there's a lot of stuff that's included into this new package that that is really has conservatives fingerprints all over it. And Democrats are pretty upset about it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, this was negotiations with the Freedom Caucus to bring them along in the process, which was still interesting today. Many of them came supporting Mike Johnson, but kind of dragging their feet, kicking and screaming, even though so many concessions have been made for them.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. And I think... One big thing about how things worked out for Speaker Johnson in the last session of Congress is they had such a thin majority that for a lot of must-pass bills, he did have to deal with Democrats. And that really riled up a lot of conservatives, and they took that out on him in numerous different ways. It's not going to be a whole heck of a lot different. For at least the first couple of months of this session of Congress, Johnson will effectively have a zero-vote majority.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. And this is when the president is going to be advancing his 100-day agenda. So you can't lose a single Republican based upon, you got Mike Waltz, who's going to be resigning to become the national security advisor to the president, Elise Stefanik, who is going to be is has been nominated once she's confirmed to be U.N. ambassador. That's another vacancy. That's not going to be filled until I don't know, until she resigns. Then they'll set. I think it's 90 days, 70 or 90 days. So he's going to have a very he's going to be walking a tightrope.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. Yeah. It's I mean, it is, I think. The battle for the recent government funding extension that we saw right before Christmas gives us a really good taste of what these next couple months are going to look like. You're going to have the same issues cropping up. You're going to have the same voices getting mad. And I think you put it very well right there. Johnson will be walking a tightrope to get virtually anything passed. Now, of course, it does help that you have Republicans controlling the White House and the Senate, right? Right. But ultimately, whether they can coalesce and work together to pass a lot of Trump's big ticket items, especially in the first of two reconciliation packages, it's going to be a heavy lift and people are going to have to compromise.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, the good thing is, is Mike has good balance. So I think he can walk that tightrope. Alex Miller, great to see you. Thanks so much for joining us and giving us an update.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely, Tony. Thank you for having me.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right. Alex Miller with The Washington Times. After the break, we're going to be joined by Congressman Mark Alford for his for his perspective.
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Back to Washington. Watch this Friday edition. Glad that you are with us. The website tonyperkins.com. Better yet, download the Stand Firm app. And if you do, you can join us for a special prayer event with the governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, this Sunday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 p.m. Central. If you do not have the app, just text the word PRAY, P-R-A-Y, to 67742. All right, we've been discussing today's re-election of Mike Johnson as House Speaker, and we're now going to go to Capitol Hill to talk with Congressman Mark Alford, who will be serving on the House Appropriations Committee, the Small Business Committee, in the 119th Congress. He represents the 4th Congressional District of Missouri. And he may have to run to the House floor here in just a moment as they'll be voting on that rules package that we were just talking about. Congressman Alford, welcome back to the program and Happy New Year.
SPEAKER 08 :
Happy New Year to you, Tony. Good to be with you. And I'm so glad this is behind us now. We can move on with America's agenda.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I agree. I was watching the vote. I actually talked to the speaker last night. He didn't know what the outcome would be, but he was very confident that whatever the outcome would be, it would be fine. And one thing he did say is that he was not going to be making deals. And I think that held fast that he did not make deals. He simply told the entire conference where he stood. Give me your perspective on how things unfolded today.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, some of us were thinking this may go to two or three votes, but Mike Johnson said from the beginning, he told people, hey, we're going to stay here until this gets done today. We're not going to have a vote, a failed vote for his leadership in the House, and then break and then go to conference like we did with McCarthy. We're staying here until we get this done or I'm not speaker. And it was very clear from the beginning with a couple of holdouts, I think we had three that voted against him, that those minds were going to have to be changed. So we thought, I thought we were just going to have another vote and keep doing this. Well, he got these three people in a room apparently with Marjorie Taylor Greene, there was Tom Massey, Ralph Norman, and one other person. And I guess President Trump was on the phone and he convinced these others that they needed to vote for Mike Johnson to get this ball moving forward so that we can carry out the president's agenda. That's what the American people wanted, and that's what we now have to deliver.
SPEAKER 06 :
So give me a little sense of the chatter that was going on among your colleagues as this was all unfolding. Sure. I mean, you were, I mean, the conversations were taking place. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't, I thought you were going to play a soundbite. No, no, no. No, I want you to do the sound for me. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Here's the chatter that I hear. There are people who are frustrated with the process, and there are people who are frustrated with the individuals. And there's a third part that's frustrated with both of them. And I kind of fit that mold being in the third part there. Look, I know that this is not a perfect process, and we have work to do. There is no bill that is going to be perfect. And we're going to have to be voting, now that I'm on appropriations, we're going to be voting on some very tough things to move the ball forward to make sure that all 12 appropriation bills get out of committee like we did this last 118th, this last year, but even more so to make sure that we get those on the House floor and that they are passed and sent over to the Senate. We passed five of those out of the House this year. That wasn't good enough. We did not fund the government. That's why we had a continuing resolution. And if you're gonna stand against little things in a bill that hold you up for voting on that, maybe it's time to start looking at the bigger picture that we can be more effective for President Trump and the America First agenda in getting our funding done. Now, we've got to get our spending under control. We've been over this before. We're $36.5 trillion in debt. I think it's the biggest existential threat to the United States of America. But the president's going to come out with his budget at the end of February. He is going to negotiate with Mike Johnson and with the new president. the new leader over in the Senate, Mr. Thune, and then the Democrats as well, to come up with a number that we have to work under on the Appropriations Committee to make sure that we fund our government and put an end to this intransigence in the U.S. House of Representatives where we don't get our job done, then we go back to work in our district in August, and then we come back and we get stuck with the CR, and then it's Christmas time again, and we're stuck with what we had this last go around. That's got to end. Do you think it will? yes i do uh i think we here's a couple of reasons why mike johnson listens to people he understands their differences but we're he's also trying to move people along and you you in order to move people along you have to listen mike you know mike he is a conservative to the heart and so he gets i mean he used to be in the freedom caucus i believe he gets uh that side of it and he understands where they're coming from But we also have the leadership of Tom Cole, who's done a masterful job. He knows this place. He knows the people. He knows the process. And he knows how to get these bills out of committee, ready for Steve Scalise to tee up so that we can finally pass these things. The American people are tired of what's going on here on Capitol Hill. They want action. And it's our job to fulfill this destiny that we're on right now to truly, and I know it sounds trite, President Trump said, make America great again, but we are on a path to do that and we are ready to take off. Number one, we've got to get this reconciliation done where we are able to renew the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is gonna be a tremendous boon to our economy. If we don't do that, the average family in America is going to end up paying about $3,000 extra in taxes. This economy is going to start cooking, but we've got to get out of the way and help really kindle the wood under this fire that's going to do that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Congressman Mark Alford. What's the sense in terms of the, I mean, you've returned now to Congress. You're a veteran. Compare this to the 118th Congress. Is there an anticipation, kind of an excitement of what's ahead?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think so and look, it was so frustrating two years ago and my wife is here and my kids were in the gallery and they didn't get to see me get sworn in. Now I have a bunch of friends that got to see me actually sworn in today. I think there's a buzz and excitement uh from the new members this new energy new blood and and this is the people's house all different backgrounds come together and bring the best of america here to do the job for the american people and there's an excitement for that the newness but there's also an excitement that that we have a leader who is under the direction of god almighty who who wants to put god first and in our country and our families and get, as he said in the speech today, not just to make America great again, but to really make families great again. Lisa McClain talked about that. To get back to the true American values. I've said this in my speech before. You know, I want to get back to a Norman Rockwell America. I feel like we've been living in a Rocky Horror Picture Show under President Biden. And it's time to get back to sanity and the common sense that President Trump stands for.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, we're going to have that opportunity. Congressman Mark Alford, always great to see you. Thanks so much for joining us today. Thank you, Tony. All right, folks, stick with us. We're back with more on today's events right after this.
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SPEAKER 09 :
Thank you, Tony. Glad to be here. Happy New Year to you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you for stepping off the House floor there in the cloakroom to give us a call. So we've been discussing today's re-election of the House Speaker Mike Johnson, and there was a little drama, not much, but some. Give us your sense of how things unfolded today.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, of course, there was a handful of people who had made the statements that they wouldn't necessarily support Mike Johnson, which I never personally understood. Mike, as you know him quite well, Tony, he's a man of character. He's a Christian, loves the Lord Jesus. He's a legal scholar. I think he's worked on bills that have been, I mean, on filings that have been laid out before the Supreme Court. He's just a real deal. Of course, he's from Louisiana next to Texas. strong energy state, Texas strong energy state family man. I've been here a while. I've watched him up close and comfortable the last whatever it is, eight or so years. He's been here maybe a little more. And why they wouldn't support him is beyond me, other than maybe to get attention or maybe to call attention to some things that really, quite frankly, Speaker Johnson has already agreed to change. So I didn't quite understand it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. I want to talk a little bit about the peer pressure. Now, I know each member of Congress is elected by their constituents, and so they're all leaders. Each one of you are leaders. But you obviously come together, you elect a leader, and you've got to kind of walk together in this process. Does peer pressure come to play in a vote like this?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, I think if you're smart, you listen to your constituency, obviously. I'm from a very conservative district in the Texas House. When I was in the Texas House in 2009, I had the most conservative voting record. And so you listen to your constituents. Mike Johnson listens not just to his constituents in Louisiana, but the members up here who, of course, are listening to their constituents.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 09 :
But you do have to balance that just a little bit and say, okay... I get this, and you need to explain that to your constituents back home, that we're trying to do the best that we can for the most that we can, so we have to have a little give or take, which, as you know, Tony, I'm a Christian conservative Republican in that order.
SPEAKER 06 :
You are.
SPEAKER 09 :
And so we have to say, look, we want to do what we think is best for the most. We're willing to talk. We're willing to negotiate. No name-calling, no back-door deals, that kind of stuff. And I think Mike Johnson has exhibited, he's exactly that kind of person you can count on, that kind of leader you can count on. So I was a little disappointed by the reluctancy of some to play ball early on.
SPEAKER 06 :
Now, Congressman Weber, you understand this, and I would think most of the members understand this, that, of course, Mike is a very conservative man, as you described him, a Christian, conservative Republican. I've known Mike since law school, prayed with him last night over this vote today. But the reality is when you're speaker and you've got to move things forward, the 219 members that are currently in the House that are Republican are very diverse. And trying to bring all them together takes a lot of give and take, does it not?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes, it does. And of course, one thing that we love, we so appreciate Washington Watch and all the attention you draw to the process up here, and we really appreciate that, Tony. But the thing about it is you've got to be willing to give and take. And remember, you've got to be able to explain that. And if you're going to have some situations that you don't necessarily like or don't necessarily agree with, how about we get behind closed doors? And how about we hammer that out and have that discussion about giving and taking? Let's not do it in social media. And I think that's one of the things that we need to learn up here. Let's have the family get back behind closed doors, have a family discussion. I can tell you, Mike, you already know because you know him from the past, Mike's the real deal. He's got America's best. First of all, he's a Christian, as I said. He's got God's plan on his mind. He's got America's best interest in his heart. And he's going to do the right thing. We just need to learn to have this discussion. don't malign one another in the media, and actually work together.
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, Congressman Weber, that's a great analogy as a family. I mean, if you've got a dispute with your family, if you want to resolve it, you don't go tweeting about it. You actually get into a room, you sit down and have a conversation about it and even pray about it. That's why I appreciate you. Randy Weber, thanks so much for joining us. I know you got to run down to the House floor and vote. Thanks for joining us. And again, Happy New Year to you.
SPEAKER 09 :
Thanks, Tony. Happy New Year. The Lord's blessings to you.
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SPEAKER 07 :
Semper Fi, Tony. It's great to be with you. Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 06 :
First, before we jump into some of the particulars I want to talk about, can you share with us the latest that's come out over the last 24 hours on these two incidents?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, Tony, the concern that you have in any major incident is that there's a free flow of information initially, but then more substantive information begins to come out, and not everybody's so focused on it anymore. In the case of the New Orleans attack, it couldn't be a worst-case scenario because it was a double whammy. It was a U.S. military member causing traumatic loss of life and when you look at the radicalization process and that's what's been coming out within the last 24 hours it is very evident that he was radicalized everything about his value system changed uh even post uh you know saying that he was going to kill his own family um and decided not to because he didn't want to take away from the greater cause So I think, you know, it's shocking. The thing you touched on, Tony, I think it's so critical. In the Secret Service, when we had an attack, we had to assume that there were lots of other folks out there just waiting to do the same thing. And because of that, I think we need to be as vigilant as we can. In L.A., you know, the attack in Las Vegas – I'm sorry – More information is coming out that is truly shocking. Perhaps it wasn't what was represented, a disgruntled person. There's information coming out that indicates he was a very reliable member of the 10th Special Forces Group, which you know that unit. And so there's a lot of information flowing. all of which suggests, Tony, that I think we have a rough road ahead in 2025.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, the Las Vegas leaves me more puzzled than New Orleans. The radicalization of the attacker in New Orleans makes sense. I don't, I'm waiting for more information on, I mean, this guy was five bronze stars in Las Vegas.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Currently on active duty.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and to the that point, Tony, there is more information. There's a lot more information. The initial story doesn't add up. All of us have said that. And as early or as late as a few hours ago, I saw some information that suggested he had tried to notify a lot of folks about some things going on. And I think you're going to see breaking news soon that maybe it wasn't what was portrayed by the media. And to that end, it's a tragedy because That man lost his life. We all know, Tony, you and I know, If he'd applied his professional capabilities to do mass damage, he could have done a horribly more impacting attack. And that didn't happen. The question which you raise, why?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, because, I mean, just basic improvised devices that he could have put together. I mean, what was in the back of that vehicle was, I mean, no one that has any kind of professional skills would have put that together. I mean, very rudimentary. But I want to go a little deeper on this, Tim, because, by the way, headlines this afternoon, the AP, New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans. And so here we go. We're going to start pinpointing veterans and military personnel as a threat to our nation. We've seen this before. I mean, obviously, those are individuals who are trained. And as you said, this man in Las Vegas could have done a lot more had he really wanted to because of his training. But I want to go to the issue. of the radicalization and how this is happening. I mean, it's one thing to have an external threat. And I know people saying, we've got to close down the border. And I'd agree. We've got to close the border. But the border closure wouldn't have affected these two cases. These are Americans. And these are individuals who, native to this country, radicalized somehow. The only thing I'm left with, Tim, and I don't have as an extensive background as you do, but I did work in anti-terrorism. I worked as a police officer. I was in the Marine Corps. There are some things you just can't protect against. We have to rely upon divine protection at some point as a nation. And we've created this spiritual vacuum that's being filled by a hateful ideology. My take.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, I think you're spot on, Tony. And it does beg the question, what changed from when we were in to now? And I think there are some very important things that we're not calling out because of political correctness. We've allowed... Every kind of ideology to be celebrated and, you know, even in the U.S. military drag shows. And there is an absolute moral vacuum that used to not be because everybody that came into the military understood we were all united under the banner of the red, white and blue. And when you compromise those values, you constantly tell people, well, I know your conscience says this, but you must believe this. It does create a freefall, which I think we're seeing. I talk to a lot of military members who are incredibly frustrated because the values that they believe in, Christian values, are being scorned, mocked, and sometimes suppressed. And so I'm hopeful under this new administration that we can let the U.S. military get back to being what the U.S. military is because it is a call up. Tony, you and I entered the military because it was something bigger than ourselves. And as believers, you were serving the nation. We got to get back to that.
SPEAKER 06 :
And here is part of my concern, Tim. We all want security. I mean, that was a big issue in this election, the crime. And people want security. They want their families to be secure. I do, but not at the cost of my freedom. And if we're going to have a government that's big enough to protect us, absent a moral foundation that we govern ourselves by, It's a government that's big enough to take all the freedoms that we cherish.
SPEAKER 07 :
Amen, Tony. And I'll tell you, brother, I really believe that it starts with holding the government accountable, with remembering they're the primary enforcers of our rights. You know, we the people have established rights that they have to enforce. And when you see things being done, unfortunately, by government entities like opening the borders, letting jails be emptied of violent criminals in other countries, who are here now, it puts us in an awkward position. But everybody, we train organizations all over the world. Everybody I talk to, I encourage that you now are your own security director. You have to be in a position where you learn the skills, have the mindset to protect yourself. That doesn't mean we're crazy, you know, weapons wielding people, but it does mean we understand we must protect ourselves. But back to your point, Tony, it all starts with a very solid document called the Constitution. Right. Where we were guaranteed rights and we have to hold the government accountable. We need to stand if there ever is a time. That's why I love being on with you. You are standing strong. Every believer in this nation needs to stand strong for Christ. Because I'll tell you, we're at risk of losing this great nation if we don't begin to put things back in place like values and morals and Christian ethics that made us great to begin with.
SPEAKER 06 :
And that's right. The path to greatness begins with moral goodness. And as you make reference to the Constitution, which is the agreement by which we as citizens agree to be governed. But John Adams, second president of the United States, he said our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. And so there was a presupposition that there was going to be a foundation of morality, but we've had the government in the last, I would say going all the way back to the 1960s, pushing consistently that morality connected to Christianity out of the public space. It's left this huge vacuum. People then become radicalized by these other ideologies, Because evil hates a vacuum, a void. It's going to fill it. And here we are. And this is what we have today.
SPEAKER 07 :
That is so true, Tony. And I'll tell you, I can remember faces and names of Christians in the U.S. Marine Corps that showed what it looked like to walk with God, that weren't shy in sharing their faith, that stood on the moral high ground, that reached out and helped Marines that were struggling. Now, if you do that, you can get court-martialed. So to your point, we've got to get back to being men and women of courage, of faith. And because, you know, if not, we've seen what happens, Tony, when we kick God out of the schools. Schools now are the most violent places that you can be. Why? Because we kick God out and now we're shocked that Satan walked right on in the door.
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And this is not about government imposing religion. It's allowing people, it's allowing believers to live out their faith, as you just described a moment ago, that when that faith is on display, it's attractive. People that are having challenges want to know, hey, how can I have that peace? You seem to have it all together. Can you tell me the secret behind that? And when we're able to be open about our faith and we are courageous about sharing our faith, which not every Christian is, but we should be, that has a contagious effect.
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Tony, it so does. And really, it's not our idea. It's God's idea. We actually live out as a living testimony to the Lord. We say, no, you can make those choices, but we believe God has more for you. But even that spirit now, if you think about it, it's been ideal. Identified as extreme, right? It's been identified as radical Oh, but by the way, we don't care that Isis is blowing up, you know folks in our cities That's not considered radical because that doesn't fit you and I know it's extreme radicalism but the bottom line is that oh that the level of evil is allowed to prosper because we no longer value the righteousness that we once valued and that can only be found in in the living God.
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Tim, we just have about two minutes left. I want to go back to something you said kind of at the beginning of our conversation, and that is we need to be, we need to basically put on the seatbelt, buckle the helmet for 2025 and what's ahead. These challenges, it's going to get a little more turbulent before it gets better, right?
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Well, I certainly think it is, Tony, but we can't ignore that, you know, policies have consequences. You know, elected leaders making bad calls cost people a lot. And in this case, I believe it's going to cost people their blood because we've let so many evil people in. You know, there was a season in our country where we only let people in that wanted to be Americans. They wanted to have our values. But we've let folks in, Tony, that are incredibly evil. We're seeing crime on the streets. We're seeing gang takeovers in certain U.S. cities. Now we're seeing the rise of of terrorism. Quite frankly, Tony, I don't think we've even seen the beginning of the terrorists. There are so many folks angry at the US for a number of reasons, but now they used to be in Tehran screaming death to America. Now, the day after the New Orleans attack, they're screaming it in Manhattan. And you have to ask yourself the question. We've invited evil right into the front door and we need to be prepared for that.
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We've left the door wide open and they have come in and we wonder how they have invaded our home. Tim, I want to thank you for joining us. Always great to talk with you. Thanks so much for giving us your insights today. And again, Happy New Year to you.
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Thank you, brother, for having me. I'm praying for you and for all that you're doing.
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Thank you so much. Tim Miller, founder and president of Lionheart International Services Group. To find out more, go to the website, TonyPerkins.com. Also, as we've been talking about the way forward here, we need to pray. We need to pray that America will return to God. We need to pray for those first responders. Pray for our leaders. Pray for the victims of the attack in New Orleans. And you can join us Sunday. At 7 p.m. Eastern Time, text PRAY to 67742. All right, folks, have a great weekend and hope to see you Sunday.
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In this episode of The Dana Show, Sergio Sanchez dives into the political tensions currently simmering in Congress, focusing on the potential challenges facing Mike Johnson's candidacy for Speaker of the House. We hear various opinions from prominent politicians, including Thomas Massie's outspoken refusal to support Johnson. The stakes are high, and with the Congress convening soon, the outcome remains uncertain.
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Coming at you from Southern Command in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, I'm Sergio Sanchez, and appreciate you being with us today. So it's countdown to chaos, or it's countdown to what else? Countdown to certification. As we start the Dana Show on this Friday edition, Hour One, we got the Congress convening at noon Eastern. And one of the first orders of business would be, well, let's talk about House Speaker. And you got Mike Johnson. And you already had one defection in the very thin, thin ranks majority for the Republicans. We mentioned him yesterday, Thomas Massey, with a real cute cut. It was cut five, Steve-O. Thomas Massey, he says, hell no, I'm not voting for Mike Johnson. In fact, he's willing to put his hand out and you take the scissors. So cut five, Steve-O.
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Oh, no. You can pull all my fingernails out. You can shove bamboo up in them. You can start cutting off my fingers. I am not voting for Mike Johnson tomorrow. And you can take that to the bank.
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Gee, so that leaves just one more Republican. So we only, like, we could only, I'm sorry, we, Mike Johnson could only lose two votes going into the vote that should be taking place right now, maybe before the end of the show, if all the Republican ducks are in order. Well, maybe. And Mike Johnson will stay as speaker. So let's take the temperature. Let's check the room real quick. Cut for Steve was Representative Carlos Jimenez. And he says outside of Thomas Massey sticking his hands out, saying cut his fingers off and cut his fingernails off. There's really nobody else. It seems like everybody is there. So cut for Steve.
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Outside of Massey, I think nobody else is a hard no, and so they have issues that they need to work out with the Speaker. Look, this is bigger than all of us. We have an agenda that we need to move forward, a very aggressive agenda that the Trump administration wants us to pursue. None of that can happen until we have a Speaker.
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Yeah, and none of it, including the certification of Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. House, taking in all the votes coming in nationwide, to the Electoral College, all the work that was done, the certification on which date, kids? January 6th. Next Monday, January 6th. What does Jim Jordan have to say? Let's see. Cut three, Steve.
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I think so. I mean, obviously Thomas Massie's indicated he's not going to support Mike, but Mike's a good man, a man of character, a man of integrity. I said this when I seconded his nomination in front of the conference. I said, you know, hard work doesn't guarantee success, but it sure improves your chances.
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Okay, now Mike Johnson has the support of President Trump. The full support of President Trump. Let's just avoid all the chaos, kids. Now, the question now, as we got a three-hour program here at DeVille, will it happen on vote number one? And will vote number one, the first vote, will business be taken care of? Now, Mike Johnson, he's got a couple of whips out there counting the vote, getting the comments from all the Republicans. And I'm sure that all Republicans... Yeah, they can give Thomas Massey the luxury of sitting on the fence saying, no, I'm not going to vote for Mike Johnson. Hell no. Pull my finger. Oh, no. Cut my finger. Pull my fingernails. Mike Johnson, cut one. He says, first vote, it's going to be a done deal. Cut one, Steve.
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I think it's going to be okay, Larry. We'll have maybe one no vote, I think. I think we get it done on the first round. Certainly hopeful for that because, as we noted, we've got to stick together.
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Well, there's a chance that if it happens, we might be able to tell you here on the Dana Show before it's over today. Let's see. Update on New Orleans. Update on Las Vegas as well. Comments from the sheriff in Vegas. Let's start there. On the Cybertruck that has proven and has been certified as the poorest vehicle you can choose to conduct a terrorist attack, a terrorist bombing. And I don't know if the bomber knew that. Okay, so let me get some comments from the Las Vegas sheriff. Let's see. It was cut number eight on describing and repositioning how you describe what happened at the Trump Hotel. Go ahead, Steve.
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The question is, am I comfortable calling it a suicide mission? I'm comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing that occurred immediately thereafter. I'm not giving it any other labels.
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Okay, and cut nine real quick from the sheriff.
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Now, I would like to acknowledge a couple of things, because I know what's going on in the social media world. And there are a number of things in this case that are similar to the attack in New Orleans. We do know that our subject here served in the military. In fact, he is a current member of the military. Both of the subjects served at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. What we do know about that is it's a very large military base, and we have no record that they served in the same unit.
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Okay, and maybe didn't even know each other. It's just so bizarre. And then when you dig deeper into this suicide bomber, and yesterday I withheld the names of these two. Now, at this moment, I'm sure you're joining me in this as you follow all the information online as the audio comes on. Not much new has come out between yesterday, today, the past 24 hours when it comes to these two. All I know is when it comes to this guy, the suicide bomber, or the... the suicide that eventually came about because he had some toward trigger maybe fused up the blow up whatever he had there in the trunk of the cyber truck this guy who matthew livensberger matthew livensberger he had some personal problems and more that came out uh... over the past twenty four hours this guy had a new baby was elected ten-month-old eight-month-old baby His new wife, if she was a wife, or maybe just the baby of my mom, I'm not sure. She said that he was cheating on her. He had some personal problems, some emotional problems. And his uncle, another report in the news that I picked up, his uncle said that he supported Trump. He was a big fan of Trump, so he found that surprising. This guy, Matthew Livensburger in Vegas, will try to make some sort of statement with a Tesla truck, Elon Musk. They're in front of the Trump Hotel. It's just so bizarre. It just raises a lot of questions. And no reports whatsoever of any Islamic radicalization for Matthew Livensburger, right? You think that'd be more prominent, that would be dominant in the news. In comparison to what took place in New Orleans, Well, that Islamic ISIS sympathizer, he pledged his allegiance to ISIS. Wasn't necessarily trained by ISIS. In fact, there was one of the reports here. His brother, his family, his brother specifically, I got one report here. The brother of the New Orleans ISIS terrorist, because I call him that because he pledged allegiance to ISIS, posted all that, posted for a long time, they say, the investigators say. He posted for the longest time that he wanted to kill people. He put some disturbing stuff online. But the brother of the New Orleans ISIS terrorist, he said that he was surprised. He didn't think that his brother would go and do something like this. He did become distant, isolated from his family in recent years. And somewhere over the past six months, this guy got really radicalized. I spoke with a friend of mine who does law enforcement. His opinion of it is... He's saying this is probably mental disease, like a mental disorder mixed with some radicalization. That's probably what happened with this guy. You guys recall the reports A couple days back of explosives, of people putting IEDs around the French Quarter near Bourbon Street. Well, it seems that those reports of other people that were involved, the reason they said that they were hunting other people, because this guy, this terrorist, this Islamic terrorist, and he's the one, I don't want to say his name. I don't want to give him any credit. He's the one who put the little igloos, the little coolers, with the pipe bombs, with the explosives, around the French Quarter. And people, well, they say, hey, look at that, it's an igloo. Let me open it up and see what's in there. Oh, it's a... Isn't that bizarre, though, that if there were people that opened up and saw a pipe bomb, or maybe he covered it with... I'm thinking he covered it with something else, because if I open up an igloo and see what's in there, and I see wires and pipes and it looks like explosives, I'm calling 911, wouldn't you? I'm thinking maybe this guy covered it up because the other individuals who were taken into custody for questioning because they found these explosives, these pipe bombs, these igloos that had been stuffed with pipe bombs, they just simply looked at it or stopped and picked it up or stopped and opened up the igloos to see what was going on. Why didn't they call 911 if they saw some pipe bombs in there? Anyway, he acted alone. This guy, this 42-year-old guy from Houston, radicalized. He pledged his allegiance to ISIS. FBI's saying, yeah, he acted alone. And, of course, he rammed his truck and killed 14 innocent people. Let's see some audio on this related to all this. Let's see. Oh, yeah. Apparently, the... the nola terrorist the islamic terrorists from new orleans yeah he's a monster he ruined so many lives hurt so many families but he's a monster with a message if you think about right let me cut let me play cut twelve cut twelve uh... from the fbi steel there are five videos posted on to bars face book account which are time stamped beginning at one twenty nine a m and the last at three oh two a m
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In the first video, Jabbar explains he originally planned to harm his family and friends, but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the, quote, war between the believers and the disbelievers.
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My goodness. So he's a monster, and he wants to kill, and kill a lot of people. for his jihad, for his cause. He's a monster with a message. So let's not distract from the main objective here. To what? Convert people to Islam? Is that what it is? How sick must you be? Well, to that point, right? How sick in the head was this guy? What do you think is going to happen? Are people going to love you more? Are they going to fear your Allah, shake in their boots? It's all, yeah, okay, stop killing me. I'll go ahead and do your Allah thing. My goodness. It's coming up on 18 minutes after the hour. This is the Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez broadcasting today from our Dana Show faithful affiliate, 710KURV in South Texas.
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This is the Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana Lash. Appreciate you being with us today. Reporting to you from Southern Command here in the RGV of Texas. So I caught up with Carrie Sheffield yesterday. And she's with the Independent Woman's Forum. She had a write-up. It was in the Daily Signal and other forums probably today. Donald Trump. Because I found the commentary just appropriate. Because Donald Trump has an opportunity. He and his people have an opportunity to shake up the press pool. You know this tradition that they have? They put the big, fat dinosaur networks that are not as fat when it comes to income now as before. And viewership, that's because less eyeballs, less subscriptions, less money. For all the old papers that are not papers anymore, they're online publications, WAPO, ABC, NBC, all these dinosaurs. Why do they get to sit in the front? It's the White House Correspondents Association that does that. The White House, Donald Trump and company. They've got a chance to shake things up. We've got a lot of new media up there. We've got that One American Network. We've got the gang from Newsmax. We have Daily Wire. You name it. Many more independent, liberty-minded. and conservative media. I think they should have a shot to sit close, up to front, and put in their questions that are substantive. So anyway, I had a conversation with Carrie Sheffield about this from Independent Women's Forum, and I'll share that with you later this hour of the program. Steve, I didn't start the clock, so you need to warn me when I hit around two, two and a half minutes. That way we can... Okay, so let's do some headlines, Steve.
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Go ahead. And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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I say let capitalism be capitalism. Look, check this out. President Biden blocking the proposed purchase of U.S. steel. I recall an interview on this issue of how big the steel production industry is in our country. Of course, it's not what it used to be a century ago. But U.S. steel is only one of many players. It's only a small group. compared to the many players and producers that we have in our country and the sources of steel. So President Joe Biden, and this is something that Donald Trump likely would have done as well. This is not to poo-poo Joe Biden, but also Donald Trump, you know, he's a more pro-union guy, very populist in the America First mindset, yet probably would side with Joe Biden on this one. I'm just saying because I get the impression that that's where Donald Trump would be. President Joe Biden blocked the proposed purchase of U.S. Steel. It was a $15 billion deal. Of course, they can do the sign of the crusades, national security issues. I don't know. They need the cash at U.S. Steel. And I'm sure the union's gotten in the way. I suspect that they did get in the way of this. Hey, we need to protect the country. No. Look, in the event of a nasty showdown, a war, Just go Venezuela style. Nationalize everything. Doesn't matter where it comes from. Oh, Japanese own this? Doesn't matter. It's like in Venezuela. Oh, U.S. companies own these car makers? Oh, it doesn't matter. We're going to nationalize it. In the event of an emergency, you know, with the power of the state, centralized state, they nationalize everything. Anyway, so Joe Biden flushed that Nippon Steel deal down the toilet. The U.S. Surgeon General warning about a link between alcohol and cancer wants a label on it. Dr. Vivek Murthy saying put a label on alcohol. The more alcohol you consume, the greater the chance of cancer, he said. And as far as the better diets, according to the U.S. News World Report, the top diets, if you want to lose some weight, live healthy, the Mediterranean diet followed by the DASH diet. I'm Sergio Sanchez. You're listening to The Dana Show from South Texas.
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You all have seen me disagree with Mike Johnson at times. But you want to know something else? Here's what I recognize. For the past four years, all of you, and myself included, have put blood, sweat, and tears into electing President Trump. Here's what I'm asking my colleagues to do. Let's put aside our pride. Let's put aside our egos and let's put aside the infighting. It's time to come together as Republicans. I'll be voting for Mike Johnson. We're going to elect a speaker and then we're going to swear in as members of Congress. And then on Monday, we're going to certify the most historic election in our nation's history.
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Well, I'm glad to hear that Marjorie Taylor Greene, that's her voice. And I hope that Chip, Chip, hooray, Chip Roy and the rest of the gang, a couple from Texas. I hope everybody just gets in line. It's time to take care of business. There's no reason to be, in my opinion, there's no reason to be embarrassing Donald Trump, embarrassing yourselves, going into the weekend. There's no reason for chaos. There's no reason for Matt Gaetz-style chaos. There's no reason for drama in the House. Just get her done, first vote, in and out. Because that's the big job by Congress. Right now they're in session. The vote's not taking place right now for Speaker. And I'm kind of hoping it's done before the end of the show. That way we can report, okay, it's a done deal. January 6th, Monday, boom, there you go. They're going to be able to certify the vote that Donald Trump won the election. Because that's the first order of business on Monday. If Mike Johnson is not Speaker, that ain't happening on Monday. Can you imagine the chaos that ensues from that? So that was Marjorie Taylor Greene. Yesterday I mentioned her as maybe a possible ally of Thomas Massey. Tom Massey is the only one that says he's not going to vote for Mike Johnson as Speaker. I'm Sergio Sanchez. This is the Dana Show coming at you from the Dana Show Southern Command here in South Texas coming up later in the program. I was wondering how long it's going to be before you and I start seeing some savings at the pump. I had a chance to speak with a friend of mine, an oil economist, about this. I'll share that conversation next hour of the Dana Show. It's just coming up here in just a couple of minutes. I want a shakeup of the press pool in D.C. I want... I want the people's choices, and of late, the people's choices have been with online media. You know, all these different services, and you hear them in the news cycles, and I'm sure you're scrolling on your ex feed or maybe any other Facebook. I hate Facebook. It's a necessary evil because it's so darn big. I don't have a TikTok account. The Chi Coms own TikTok. They're not going to own my data, my purchasing habits, my credit card number, my location. Absolutely not. I hate TikTok. It's owned by the Chinese communists. I'm in the camp that says be done with it. Flush it down the toilet. Unless they give it to American service, it's bad enough that you're surrendering your information to a bunch of strangers. You definitely don't want to be surrendering that information, especially if you work for the government, for the state, for the federal government, for any agency. You're on a military base. You don't want to be surrendering that information. People don't think that way. They just like stupid little videos and monetize all that. So that's why I don't have a TikTok account. Facebook, it sucks. I hate Facebook. But it's a necessary evil because it's so darn big. You know, the other day, These ninnies, the Facebook thought police. They have no sense of humor. I'm thinking it's just a bunch of bots that are monitoring. There was somebody posted, and I reposted, a fire at a warehouse at a Timu. You know what Timu is, right? Timu is that... What was the name of it before? There was this Chinese retailer called Wish. A bunch of cheap stuff from China. Well, the new one is Timu. A bunch of familiar stuff. And it was... It was a warehouse, Timu warehouse, on fire. It's a tragedy in China. The Timu warehouse burns up. Total losses in this $100,000, 100,000 square foot facility, $52.16. How cheap everything is from Timu. I reposted that. I got red flagged by the Facebook parents. Oh, this is not true. We're going to limit your participation. That's why Facebook sucks. And so everybody gets their information from online media. Why? Because they don't trust American media. Okay, so let me share that conversation with you I had. Carrie Sheffield, she's with Independent Women's Forum. It was a write-up in Daily Signal from Carrie Sheffield, senior policy analyst with Independent Women's Voice. This new Trump administration has a chance to shake up the White House press pool. I found that fascinating. Let's do it. Carrie, where do we start on this? It's the correspondent press group, that organization up in D.C. that makes decisions on where to sit people from WAPO and ABC and CBS and all that, right? Those are the people that are calling the shots. They don't have a right to do that, do they? I mean, this is federal property. This is a White House press briefing. I mean, can you explain how all that works up in D.C.?
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Yeah, so it's an interesting legal question, and it's something that the Trump administration was very interested in And they took a respectful approach and a hopeful approach. And the media, of course, the liberal media at the white house correspondence association responded very poorly and did everything they could to attack Trump. And the last year of the first term administration, I was a journalist in the white house press briefing room. And I was only invited, uh, because I was a guest of Kaylee McEnany, the press secretary. I was not. a member of the White House Correspondents Association. And I was granted access. I was a reporter for justthenews.com, which is John Solomon's outlet. And Chanel Rione from One American News, we were allowed in as a guest of the press secretary. And just through this dynamic, Chanel had applied to join the White House Correspondents Association and was rejected. And so basically, the history of the White House Correspondents Association, which is every year they have the big dinner and that dinner is now used to attack Trump at all costs. This group is a outside nonprofit and just by courtesy for decades, the white house press office has granted basically control of who's allowed in the press room and who gets to sit where, um, who is granted, uh, basically access to the leader of the free world. And what was so striking to me, my first press conference when I was in there with President Trump, I wasn't allowed a seat. I had to stand in the aisle in the back with Chanel and she had to do the same thing. And it was striking because both of us asked Trump questions that were substantive and Chanel asked a question about Iranian foreign policy. I asked a question about Hong Kong. I had just done one of the last interviews with Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong billionaire before he was imprisoned. And I asked Trump about the protesters in Hong Kong and about Jimmy Lai. And then I believe she was with NBC News and she was seated in a plum location in a seat on the front row, I believe. And she asked a question about QAnon. I thought how ironic is that the quote unquote legitimate establishment legacy media NBC or whoever it was on the front row who has the seat and all of the trappings and the good old boys club, uh, or in her case, good old girls club, whatever the, uh, the stuffy establishment elitist, um, out of touch, not understanding the voice of the people. She's asking about, uh, an internet conspiracy theory. And the reason she's doing it is because she wants to drag the president down and she wants to make him look bad. And I'm here and One American News is here asking substantive questions because we want answers for our people and we want to move forward. And what's interesting is that the people in the room as it currently stands, we see it over and over. It is not proportionate to the voice of the people. And so I find it rich that the Washington Post, for example, their motto is democracy dies in darkness. Well, the root word of democracy is demos and demos means people. And if half of the people are not represented in the press room, then you are failing. You are dying. You are making democracy die in darkness, Washington Post, because you are twisting and you are not representing the voice of the people. And the Washington Post has come after my group and Independent Women's Forum and Independent Women's Voice, which we take as a badge of honor. But it's unfortunate because this causes severe mistrust. and distrust and a decline in our social fabric and social capital because of the way the media is so destructive and so out of touch.
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Carrie Sheffield, senior policy analyst, Independent Woman's Voice.
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The Trump press team has an opportunity here. We've seen some signals that they want to, and Sean Spicer, God bless him, he started that process. He allowed for the first time Skype questions and remote questions into the press room from outlets that were not here, that weren't in the swamp. And so he was getting people in who were bloggers and non-traditional, but getting people in the room who are non-traditional and having more open access to conservative voices to be proportionate. We're roughly in a 50-50 country. But it's not that way in the press room. And so now there's some kind of balance.
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And there is more balance now overall in the market. And the eyeballs and the ears have been moving toward a more independent-minded and conservative-minded and liberty-minded press. We have more outlets now and more sources. And thank God for Elon Musk and X, that they've been able to grow exponentially there and express themselves without being off-boarded and denied revenue sources. Newsmax is growing. One American Network, as you mentioned, who comes to my daily wire blaze. I got your article, your write-up, your opinion piece on Daily Signal. They're all over the place. I would argue that if you add up those numbers, like you're saying, man, you got more than half of the american public that are going on my seat but not number one source for news is online. It's a platform for people going on X and going online to seek news information because they don't trust the low-rated leftist liars, the propaganda peddlers at MSNBC, the clueless news network, and ABC News shooting themselves in the foot, finally proving they're leftist. Marxist bias going after Trump, the attacks on him. They completely crapped on any legitimacy that they have. It's the market is speaking. and people are moving towards the new independent, liberty-minded, and conservative-minded press, those people should be at the front of the line, front row in that pressure. How do we make that happen?
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Well, that's what's going to be interesting, because there were two journalists in the Trump years who sued the White House because the Trump White House had revoked their press access, And the Trump courts lost in court, that was Jim Acosta from CNN, and then a reporter with Playboy. But the thing is, in the piece that you mentioned, the Daily Signal piece, and I looked at this, I interviewed Hans von Sposkovsky, who is a legal expert. He said he believes the cases would have been won on appeal, but he recommended that when it comes to revoking passes or, or you said the problem was more about the initial access or the initial credentials that were given, um, and then being very clear on the standards of how they would be revoked. And so that's really where the, the legal battle is going to be. Um, but ultimately at the end of the day, as you mentioned at the top of our conversation, the white house press briefing room is a government property. And it's no sense that an outside private nonprofit would be dictating who is allowed in that room. And I am all for freedom of the press. I mean, I'm a journalist by training. That was my journalism degree. I've worked in journalism in one way or another for almost 20 years, and I support freedom of the press, but at the same time, not allowing someone onto government property is not the same thing. as stopping or shutting down. Or in the case of big tech, completely stifling through algorithms and bias and things like that. But again, those are private companies. So all of this is up for debate in the courts. But I think that we will see the Trump administration do more. Chanel Rion from One American News, who I mentioned, she has spearheaded and created a separate nonprofit called to be a competitor to the White House Correspondents Association. So there had been some talk that the White House would recognize both credentialing bodies, that there would be more competition. We'll see what happens, but I think there's a lot of exciting news.
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I do hope things get shaken up. Look, there are influencers who have more eyeballs. There's local TV stations and big markets that have more eyeballs than MSNBC at any given hour, or CNN for that matter. They've just lost their audience. Maybe based on ratings, or maybe even some influencers that have big following. Those people need to have staff sitting there. Lord knows they're getting paid... for all the attention that they get online. But this is a time to shake things up. And I do hope it happens under this administration. And whatever you can do to make it happen, we wish you luck, Carrie. And I appreciate your time today. And keep in touch. I appreciate you joining us today on The Dana Show.
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Thank you so much. God bless.
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Senior Policy Analyst, Independent Woman's Voice, Carrie Sheffield. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for our friend Dana Lash from her Southern Command office here in South Texas at KURV Radio. So they're going through the motions in the U.S. House. And, yeah, it's more than just one person being nominated for Speaker of the House. So Mike Johnson, he received his nomination. They're doing their speeches on that. And now Hakeem the Nightmare, not Hakeem the Dream, Hakeem the Nightmare Jeffries, he's been nominated as well. So let the chips fall where they may. We're probably going to see the end of the first vote here before the end of the program. Let's say the speeches aren't that long because they all have to be timed as well. So stay tuned and see what happens as far as Mike Johnson maybe keeping the gavel. Let's get her done. Let's go ahead and vote and approve the election on Monday, on January 6th. I'm Sergio Sanchez. You're listening to The Dana Show from South Texas.
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Well, they're taking the vote up in D.C. Here we go, round number one. Let's see if you're in hour one of the Dana Show. Let's see if Mike Johnson survives and is still the speaker. We should be able to tell you sometime next hour how the vote went down. You're listening to the Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana Lash. Hey, Apple TV Plus is free. For this weekend, I know some of y'all are picking up the show on delay a little later today on Friday. For the weekend, you carry it on the weekend. So Apple TV+, if you've been curious, see what they have on there. I know I have. We don't spend hardly any money on TV. I know some of y'all have like 10 subscriptions to all these different apps and channels. Where do you find the time to take in everything that you want to watch, man? It's like even on Vizio, free television. They have all these different shows and classic shows and movies we haven't seen. We're barely catching up with all this stuff. I've got the Amazon thing, Amazon Prime. I get free shipping on purchases, right? That's good. And I think the boy, my little one, he likes the Disney stuff. But Apple TV Plus, Apple TV is free today, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And yeah, they're throwing the net out there, see if they can capture you. See if you sign up for their subscription. Thank you much for joining us on The Dana Show. Coming at you from South Texas, I'm Sergio Sanchez. Join us online as well.
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Well, that brings another issue. I think the incoming administration needs to look at insider threat. I mean, insider threat analysis has been put in the backseat by this administration. We've got two people who served in the military that committed these terrorist acts. We need to really dig down into insider threat in our military, in our federal service, whether it's the FBI, whether it's other agencies, whether it's the military. Insider threat's a big issue, especially in our industry that has infrastructure responsibilities. We need to drill down and find out about this inspiration and what insider threat is currently in the United States government military and in the United States government service and address them right away. We've got to address insider threat. We have to. We can't. Let this go on.
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That's our incoming border czar. That's Tom Holman. And, yeah, look, the Washington government, it's like an Airbnb after somebody rented it for New Year's and just destroyed the place. There is so much housecleaning. There's so much that needs to be cleaned up by the Trump administration. They can't start doing it until the 20th of the month when they finally take hold of everything. I'm Sergio Sanchez, and you're listening to the Dana Show, reporting to you from South Texas, the Dana Show Southern Command. Always an honor to be with you. Tom Holman on some of the work that needs to be done. Because of the DEI mindset, the... the hiring that emphasized non-qualified individuals based on color, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender confusion, whatever it was, there's so much that needs to be done to restore the American military to its might and to be just one phone call away to take care of business. In the ranks, we have individuals that should not be in the military, should not be leading the military. Now, some of these people that have been radicalized within the ranks of the U.S. military, that's something for them, like internal policing, internal monitoring that needs to take place in the military. The way things are right now, because of these, well, one known thing, truly known ISIS terrorist attack by the terrorist in New Orleans. The other one, we don't know yet. It's an explosion that took place after a suicide. This guy popped one in his head, shot himself in the head, the guy in Vegas, and then ignited the explosives inside that Cybertruck. Islamofascism, Islamic extremism, I don't know, man. I don't know. This guy had personal problems. According to the reports, maybe he was unfaithful to his wife, had a new baby, went back to an old girlfriend. This guy, obviously not stable. You're in a condition like that where you take your life, you're not stable. You're mentally ill. There's something wrong with you. At least we know there's one. One incident inspired by ISIS, inspired by Islamic radicals, and we need to go back in and police the ranks in the military because this, unfortunately, provides ammunition to some of the internal American enemies. People, for example, this fool over at MSNBC, Larry O'Donnell, He was running the numbers saying, yeah, we've suffered more from our military than from individuals coming in illegally from the southern border. It's cut 15, Steve-O.
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The New Orleans terrorists, like Timothy McVeigh, reached the rank of sergeant in the United States Army. The simple fact is this country. has suffered more deadly terrorism at the hands of American-born citizens who are veterans of the United States military than people who have crossed into this country at the southern border.
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Oh, my goodness. Before you say, yeah, he's right. Absolutely, he's right. My friend, only the feeble-minded would follow an idiot like this in this conclusion. If you run the numbers just under the Biden administration, run all the crimes, all the shootings, all the rapes from the Nungaree family, the child in Houston, this college student in Georgia, in Northern California, San Francisco area, all these people have been killed by illegal immigrants through the years, especially by this Biden administration that just opened up the border. All the dead immigrants. In the wilderness, in the desert, all the dead in the wilderness in South Texas that died from exposure to the heat, to the elements, all the dead people as a result of lax border policies. More people have died as a result of lax border policies, especially under the Biden administration, than any harm that has come to this country by some kook, some... some crazy veteran or maybe even active veteran, active service member in this country. It's important to put everything in perspective. And with the Trump administration coming in, perhaps I'm thinking Tom Holman has the right mindset where let's do the internal investigation. Let's do the assumption. You know, they do this at the CIA. I believe they still do it. They do this at the FBI where they have regular reviews of the agents to make sure that they're not being bribed. They move people around, make sure they're not being bribed, they're being influenced, being forced into criminal activity by someone, being blackmailed. They do these interviews. Maybe it's time that in our military, as we need to clean up the military and get rid of the DEI appointments, get rid of these men that are dressing women that are leading the military, try to evaluate the mindset of the military. Do a better job of that in taking care of our veterans, our present military members and our veterans, and finally commit to having a fighting force that's ready to answer the call when necessary. Tom Holman. his comments of course confirming that this islamic terrorist in new orleans he took his truck killed fourteen people that you know it's in the military came from the army but as you heard in that cut it's time to make an assessment of what's going on and i'm reminded of a comment by a friend of mine a friend of the stations here in south texas he's a professor at saint mary's university jeffrey atticott dr jeffrey atticott who has been studying Islamic terrorism since the beginning, since 2001. He set up an institute up in Central Texas, up in San Antonio, to study all these. Under the Trump administration, it is important to again emphasize who the real enemy of our nation is. It's not white supremacists. It's not white racists. That is the boogeyman that the Biden administration tried to create and distract everybody from. The FBI and federal authorities have been going after the wrong people for several years now. They've been going after Christians, after concerned parents that want to attend school board meetings. They've been going after... Lord knows how many hours and how many millions of dollars have been spent in investigations into the January 6th individuals, grandmas and business people and patriots who simply wanted to pause the process on January 6th four years ago because they had legitimate questions, suspicious activity, during the election, the COVID election, the election that, you know, I don't trust that it was anywhere foolproof compared to previous elections. It's not 100% foolproof, but man, with all the... all the rules of relaxant in many states the pages of show up to washington and foolishly they've been even even though they were waved in the walk they were trespassing and the fbi and the justice department they went down hard on all these relates sent them away i think the first thing the president remains to do when he gets into office is to pardon the overwhelming majority of all individuals who were there on January 6th inside the Capitol walking around trespassing for whatever reason they were in there. Either they were waved in or somebody opened the door and maybe a cop said, hey, come on in. They were just walking around. Which, by the way, Liz Cheney receiving a medal from Joe Biden. My goodness, that is rich. Another middle finger to the American people. Liz Cheney, the liar. Liz Cheney, the one who suppressed all this information, all this video, all this testimony from public review and created a narrative to try to convince the American people that Donald Trump, he was involved in an insurrection. The Capitol riots was an insurrection. from the J6 committee, yes, she receiving a medal from Joe Biden for this, just a middle finger from Joe Biden to the American people. The enemy of this country are the Islamic radicals who attacked us in 2001 and attacked us even before that. In 1993, the first World Trade Center attack, the USS Cole embassy attacks, Numerous other attacks. 9-11, we didn't learn anything from that. Who the enemy is, the wet dream that they have to kill Americans, to behead Americans, to throw a nuclear bomb at Americans. That's the real enemy. My friend Jeffrey Atikoff from St. Mary's University. Again, the incident that took place with ISIS. this ISIS attack in New Orleans, it proves once and for all that the radical Islamic extremist, that is the enemy of America. And under Donald Trump, I hope and pray that Tom Holman and company, they're able to help us refocus on this. All right, let me go to other stuff. One of the reforms that we need up in D.C., desperately under Donald Trump, is the clean house reform. at the FBI or give the FBI the marching orders to do its job. There's a write-up in Daily Signal today from a retired special agent for the FBI. You might want to look it up. Richard Stout. Just a little bit of what he shared. As a retired FBI special agent, I work to protect my family, the American people, in a fair and apolitical way. Our family has always embraced the concept of the FBI family, a term that embodies the camaraderie, the shared mission, despite the many years that we cherished being part of the FBI family. I found myself expecting more from HQ and DC and was disappointed. Sadly, I'm not the only agent who feels this way. The trust the FBI took nearly a century to earn has eroded quickly over the past several years as the Bureau has prioritized intelligence gathering of Americans and waiting at the politics over keeping the American people safe, get back to business, protecting the public, fighting crime, upholding the rule of law over at the FBI. When Kash Patel takes over as FBI director, I hope that he fulfills his promise to shut down the J. Edgar Hoover building and the 7,000 agents that are in that building. Just disperse them. Throw them into the country. Shut down that building. Throw them into the country. And do your job. protect the public, fight crime, uphold the rule of law, and stop going after American citizens, stop going after political groups that don't agree with the party that is in power in Washington, D.C. There's a lot of work that needs to be done, especially when it comes to finding sex traffickers. And these children that are missing in this country probably might need to help Immigration Customs Enforcement find these kids that are missing in this country, about 300,000 under the Biden administration. Okay, let me end this little segment with a little positive note. The oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Warren Upton, his name, died on Christmas Day just a few days back at 105. A spokesperson for the sons and daughters of Pearl Harbor survivors said that Mr. Upton was a very humble and gentle individual. Upton requested to be buried side by side with his late wife instead of being interred with the USS Utah record. He belonged to the USS Utah. Instead of being interred with the USS Utah's records, a tradition of many Pearl Harbor survivors. It's a nice little story. As we go pay some bills. It's 19 minutes after the hour. I'm Sergio Sanchez reporting to you from the Dana Show Southern Command in South Texas.
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Well, it looks like maybe Mike Johnson might not be surviving the first vote. So we've got Chip Chip. Hooray! He voted for somebody else. And as expected, another lawmaker voted for somebody else. That said, he's lost two. Mike Johnson has lost two lawmakers. Does that put him at 218 or below 218? I don't know. I kept hearing that If he loses two, that said, he doesn't get the majority. Either way, the vote's still going. Mike Johnson and Hakeem, the nightmare Jeffries. And the way things are going, I don't think Mike is going to survive the vote right now. Let me see here. Breaking news. No, that's not related to that. Let's check some headlines. Go ahead, Steve-O.
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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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I'm Sergio Sanchez from the Dana Show Southern Command in the RGV of Texas. Let's see here. Over a third of workers are considering moving jobs in 2025. That according to a manpower group following this internationally, asking more than 12,000 workers across 16 countries. And they find that about 33% will be looking for other work elsewhere. JetBlue, back to the U.S., JetBlue is being fined $2 million for chronically delaying flights. The Department of Transportation announcing the move, calling it the first penalty of its kind. The Department of Transportation cited four JetBlue routes that were delayed at least 145 times between June of 22 and November of 2023. Apple is settling a lawsuit related to accusations that Siri, you know, hello Siri, hey Siri, I hope I didn't engage your phone by saying that. That Siri eavesdrops on users. So the tech giant is going to pay $95 million to settle the class action lawsuit. Man, I want in on that action. I know Siri's been listening to me. I say something about some product, and there it is. I get all these advertisements from social media. Siri's been listening to me. I'm Sergio Sanchez. You're listening to The Dana Show, broadcasting from South Texas.
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Yeah, the audio a bit muffled on that one. That was somebody asking Mike Johnson, I guess, walking the halls there in Congress. Hey, you think you're going to survive the first ballot, first vote? I think so. I think so. You heard Mike Johnson. Well, that didn't age very well. No. Steve-O, he's down three votes, right? I think he lost three Republicans, you were telling me, during the break. Yeah, there it is, three. He lost three. So I think it was he could only lose two, and he still had a chance. But either way, it's done. Among them who voted against him was Thomas Massey, Chip Roy. I don't know who the third one is. I'll have to look into that. Either way, there will need to be another vote. For a Speaker of the House. I don't know if that happens, like, later in the afternoon after recess, or are they going to the weekend and do this? I'm Sergio Sanchez. You're listening to The Dana Show. Coming at you from her Southern Command office, home of Starbase, Texas. Here, the RGV of Texas. The studios of 710 KURV. Stick around for conversations related to the price of the pump. inflation of course one of the major concern one of the reasons many people voted donald trump hoping to get prices back down one of the ways we can get prices down is with cheaper energy cheaper at the pump free up a few dollars so that you can buy some more more expensive stuff and hopefully the price of diesel can come down transporting all the stuff all the goods to the shelves at the local stores is going to take a while though i had a chance to speak with my friend tim snyder he's a a petroleum oil economist, and he watches trends as far as employment and economic trends, especially on the oil patch. So how long is it going to take before we start seeing some cheaper prices at the store? Maybe even at the pump. First it's got to happen at the pump and then at the store. So that's coming up in just a few minutes. And stick around for a conversation that I had with one of... The pros from D.C. that I like calling just to pick his brain on what's taking place up there. Ken Cuccinelli coming up next hour of the Dana Show. Terrorist cells. Because of this attack that took place in New Orleans. First thing that popped into my head, my goodness, is this a terrorist cell? Well, it wasn't. It was a member of the military, an ex-member of the military. radicalized, and probably had some mental health issues, radicalized, and of course killed all these innocent people in New Orleans. And of course it requires an examination, like Tom Holman said at the start of this hour. We need to go back and see who has been radicalized in the ranks of the U.S. military. Just a lot of the heavy lifting that needs to take place, a lot of the cleaning that needs to take place by the incoming Trump administration. So Ken Cuccinelli asked him about the concern over terrorist cells. And I'm thankful for one, that despite the fact that millions of people have come into this country illegally, and among them are hardened criminals, hardened criminals from other countries, people who have been let out of jails and allowed to come here, some, maybe it's a small number, but either way, one murderer, one axe murderer, One serial killer, one rapist is one too many crossing the border illegally into this country. And these countries have sent some of the worst. Many people come here because they're economic migrants. I get it. But you cannot close your eyes. You cannot look away to the fact that we've got a lot of criminals that have come in. We know this because they have a terrorist watch list. Border Patrol has been able to catch some terrorists. of the individuals on the terrorist watch list, like 170, 180 over the past several cycles. Now you tell me, and those were the dumb ones who got caught, how about the ones that were able to evade Border Patrol? They're in the country somewhere. We know we got criminal gangs from Venezuela, Tendaragua, the TDA, terrorizing people in apartment complexes and conducting all sorts of mayhem and criminal activity across the country, the Venezuelan gang. We know they're here. Now, terrorists themselves, individuals who represent the same mindset and ideas, twisted, backward, deadly ideas of ISIS, Islamic State. Isn't that funny how under Trump, ISIS was pretty much eradicated, right? The problem with ISIS, Islamic State, taken care of. The president, President Trump, released the hounds and took care of business. And now, under Joe Biden, we've got ISIS again. And radicalized, ISIS radicalizing Americans now into conducting these terrorist attacks in our country. We know they're out there somewhere. We've been hearing forever that they're terrorists. Is our government, is the Department of Homeland Security, is the FBI, is the CIA? Everybody needs to talk to each other. These three-letter agencies up in D.C. Are they up to the job of finding and protecting the American people from radical Islamists that want to take more trucks and kill people at markets? Or blow up something? That's coming up next hour. Ken Cuccinelli, formerly from DHS, joining us on the program. President-elect Donald Trump... He continues to show his support for TikTok, the social media app, the Chinese, Communist Chinese Party-owned TikTok. If you own a TikTok account, you have surrendered your address, personal information, purchasing habits, location, you name it, your browsing activity. You have surrendered all that to the Chai Coms. Congratulations. And you're not alone. We've got over a hundred and some odd million people in this country that have done the same. President Donald Trump expresses his support for TikTok. He's appreciative that because TikTok has reached a younger audience and that younger audience gave him some votes to win, he wants to come to some type of agreement to keep it open in the U.S. The only way that's going to happen, the only way it should happen, in my opinion, is to make sure that that data does not go to the Chai Coms in any way. No, sir. We cannot be sharing that. There are other social media outfits. There are other online kiosks for people to participate in and express their point of view and monetize as well. TikTok is Communist Party-owned and should not be in this country if the chi-coms do not release that information and send it back to the U.S., in my opinion. Mr. President. All right. How long can Mr. President lower the price of the pump? Here's my conversation with economist Tim Snyder. I need to ask you about this headline on Ukraine shutting down a Russian natural gas pipeline. I'm sure it's going to affect the European markets that are trying to get some of this natural gas from Russia. The world market as well. Tell me how that big headline from Europe and Ukraine and Russia, the big pipeline being shut down, how does that affect the world market?
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Well, first and foremost, it's important to understand that the agreement, the contract that the Ukrainians did not renew was a six-year contract that started way before the war between Russia, that Russia started with Ukraine. And it had been delivering... You know, natural gas, Russia's been delivering natural gas into the Ukraine. And, you know, that's a big market share for them because they have significant amounts of natural gas. I think, if anything, they're a little bit light on crude oil, but they've got significant quantities of natural gas. And by non-renewing that contract, it kind of sent a message. And, you know, the Russian economy is rather shaky right now is the best way to put it. And it did send a message to Eastern Europe that says, OK, you better find better ways than buying Russian crude oil. They're sanctioned or crude oil, natural gas and crude oil. But, you know, they're sanctioned. And, you know, we've got a new sheriff in town. The United States of America has a new president and they're not going to put up with it. So that's got a big, it's got a lot to do with where these markets are right now. And it's all about market share.
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Sure. Does that present American producers, uh, a new market, new clients, you know, they can pick up those on, Hey, we noticed that the pipeline shutting down over there. How about you buy some, uh, liquefied natural gas from us? We'll send the ships out to you.
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Absolutely. Absolutely. Matter of fact, um, I know the plant over in corporate near Corpus Christi is, is, uh, just now, uh, I believe they're underway, and they're shipping. They're going to be shipping LNG to the EU, the European Union. That's important because we have, you know, that opportunity. We've had the United States is still the largest exporter of LNG in the world, and we need to step back and provide the leadership that has been sorely missed for the last four years, Sergio.
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How long do you think? Tim Snyder, MatadorEconomics.com. Energy on the mind right now. How long do you think before we start seeing savings at the pump with the new Trump administration and then, of course, the domino effect with cheaper diesel, sending stuff to market, putting it on store shelves, cheaper diesel, cheaper fuel, all that savings. How long before we start seeing some savings, do you think?
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a minimum six months. It's going to be, you know, remember this, the market momentum, the optimism that we see in the marketplace has already hit the markets. And so there's a, we're seeing demand increase. We're seeing optimism. We're seeing, you know, people say, well, maybe I can expand my business now. So we're going to increase our CapEx money. All those things are starting now, and it's going to push that demand a little bit higher. Demand pulls prices higher. The incoming president won't start until the 20th of January, and it's going to take probably six months before they actually get any sort of trickle-down effect from the policy changes he's going to make from the standpoint of regulations and those kinds of things. So midsummer, really and truthfully, when we should be seeing the highest prices of the year, we probably are going to start seeing prices go lower. And that is going to be very beneficial. But don't expect to see it, you know, right off the bat. I don't think we're going to see it. And with the double polar vortex that's fixing to hit us next week and blow right through you guys as well is what they're telling me. Um, you know, that's that, that sort of situation will help pull prices higher. So expect to see prices a little bit higher now, and then we'll start to recoup, uh, what we had to give up in the early part of the year. just because of the transition to President Trump.
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Well, we're expecting under the Trump administration, and there's so many stories I was reading and sharing some news packages this week on how the Trump administration will be a boon for Texas energy, the oil sector and the natural gas sector, for the nation, for that matter. Regulations, when thrown out the window, these backstops, everything that Joe Biden did to slow the industry should be removed. But there's also a break-even point that producers have to contend with. What is the break-even right now when it comes to energy prices? Because you've got to get into the market and make some money. And right now, the prices seem to be okay.
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It is. It is okay. It's actually high. And I went back and did a study, just looking back from presidents, starting in 2000, starting with President Bush. Every president since that time, Bush, uh, Obama, you know, uh, Trump one Biden now Trump to every single one of those, uh, administrations, if it was a Republican in office, the average price for a barrel of crude oil was about $54 and 31 cents a barrel. The Democrats were about 72, and Joe Biden's about to finish his presidency with almost $80 a barrel in crude oil, which is extremely high. It's what's forced the inflation number so high. But I will tell you that I think we're – Breakeven prices are probably low 50s, and we can survive, you know, $54, $55, $60 a barrel, and that's kind of where I'm expecting to see the bottom of that market.
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Okay. Well, I ask you because hopefully by removing all these regulations and backstops, you can get the whole people off the fence and put some money out there, get some capital out there, and start, you know, the whole drill, baby drill that we've been asking for for a while and hopefully make some money from this. Is it... I was driving. I went home to Houston during the Christmas break for just a few days and just driving around that behemoth city. My goodness, like eight, ten lanes on the freeway and all these towers. There are so many billions of dollars. Energy capital of the world, Houston, Texas. And it's all traditional energy. It's all the refineries and the plastic producers. And I was telling my wife, oh, babe, this is... It's amazing how huge, how much money there is in Metro Houston. And you know what? I told her, this would have been the end of the line for the Keystone XL pipeline. Canada all the way down to Houston for export. Can you imagine how many thousands of jobs and billions of dollars I would have represented for Houston? As if they needed billions more. They already have billions. But there would have been a lot more employment for Texas. Is it too late to save Keystone XL under Trump? Can we make an effort to bring it back?
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Well, I'll tell you that the company that owns the Keystone pipeline, and that would have included Keystone XL, said they're not going to restart the XL because too much of it has already been taken down. They cut up the pipe. They got rid of the leases. They got rid of as much of the infrastructures that there was, and you knew that's just what they were going to do. and he said it cost us too much in contracts and those kinds of things. We're not going to rebuild that now. They may reconsider a new pipeline, a separate pipeline that won't be called the Keystone XL pipeline, and it'll have a different path. But, you know, we need to get that Canadian tar sands crude oil down to our refineries because a mix or a blend of crude oils is what creates the molecules necessary to make plastics that you just mentioned. And, you know, all the different products that come as a byproduct of taking a barrel of crude oil and knocking it into molecules.
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And it takes time. You just mentioned all these contracts and leases and the materials that go into place and the construction. It takes years to ramp up something like that, to hear that it's dead, it's been sold off. Yeah, even if we started on January 20th, it will still take more than four years to get everything up and running from Canada down to Houston, so... Hopefully they get that second pipeline created to bring everything down here. All right, my friend. Happy New Year. Be safe. Look forward to talking to you again. Tim Snyder, MatadorEconomics.com. I'm Sergio Sanchez. You're listening to The Dana Show from South Texas. Mike Johnson has failed on vote number one. They'll have to vote again to keep Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House, Republican Johnson as Speaker of the House. I don't know when that vote takes place. We'll see what we can find out here before the end of The Dana Show, coming to you from South Texas.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions.
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It's time for Florida Man. I'm Sergio Sanchez sitting in front of my friend Dana Lash. You've heard it said, don't cry over spilled milk, but don't stab anyone as well. So there's this guy in Edgewater, 68 years old, who said that he was, I find this funny, self-medicating with beer. I guess what most of y'all do after work. He was self-medicating with beer to help his post-traumatic stress disorder. But he stabbed his sister in the face because she asked him to clean up some spilled milk. He stabbed her in the mouth, in the face, in her body. Serious injuries. She wound up at the hospital. The sister told police that her brother is schizophrenic. Bipolar. Was arguing with her about that spilled milk. The woman said that her brother asked her one of his, took one of his two knives at her, and he said he was going to stab her eyes out. My goodness. Sister, I think it's time. I think it's time that you look for a new apartment. Time to move out. All right, so vote number one for Mike Johnson has failed, and we'll see where we go from here. I'm texting some friends right now to see what happens. I'm texting friends up in D.C. So what happens now? They're going to vote again? So we'll find out next hour. And a conversation with Ken Cuccinelli, he was the chief over at DHS under Donald Trump. I want to know if federal law enforcement is up to the task of protecting Americans from sleeper cells. And we know they're here. Ken Cuccinelli has also been working voter integrity issues. I want to know about that 10 million Biden vote bump in 2020. What happened to that? That's coming up next hour of The Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for Dana.
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So this is really a matter of who can hold out the longest. But considering the fact that Trump went crawling to Chip Roy today in a phone call, I just think that it's funny because, you know, MAGA believes that Trump is this big, mean guy and he's the strong man. But here it is. He has threatened Chip Roy not once, not twice, but he's threatened him a number of times. And Chip Roy always stands up to him. And now it's Trump that's calling Chip Roy begging for a vote.
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There we go. It's hour three of the Dana Show. How are you, friend? I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana Lash. She should be with us, Lord willing, on Monday after the holiday. Yeah, Jasmine Crockett on the leverage. Chip Roy and Thomas Massey and one more. I forgot the name. Three Republicans voted other. than mike johnson and of course the other choice on the ballot was the democrat hakeem the nightmare jeffries so there you go we're going to vote number two i've texted some friends up in dc that normally do this news thing up there i so what next is is there going to be a vote before the end of the day or are we going into the weekend i've heard it before i'm sure you have The first vote sometimes is symbolic. It's meant to send a message. I know Chip Roy, he wants the president to be certified. I know he does. I mean, he's one of the few lawmakers I actually know up in D.C. I have a conversation every now and then with him. I know he wants President Trump to be certified on Monday, January 6th, Monday. That's the first order of business for folks. They need a Speaker of the House in order to do any business. In fact, they need a Speaker of the House. If I heard correctly, it was another interview I was listening to early this morning. They need the Speaker of the House. They need Mike Johnson, which is the only choice right now for the Republicans. Unless you want the drama and the chaos, you know, the Matt Gaetz chaos that was unnecessary many months ago. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is in line, wanting Republicans to, let's take care of business and vote for Donald Trump, historic win. January 6th, Monday, is the date they got to do that. They can't even swear in new members of Congress. Those new people that have gone up to D.C., they can't do any of that unless the Speaker of the House is seated, and then they can finally do that and, of course, certify the vote in the U.S. House. So Mike Johnson goes down in the first vote. Maybe it's symbolic. Maybe there will be another vote here before the end of the day. Hang on. I've got one friend who texted. Yes, I know what you voted for. Okay, so again, let me text my friend again. Oh, no, that was my buddy Steve. There we go. Thank you, Steve-o. He corrected me. Chip Roy actually voted for Mike and Johnson. I thought he voted somewhere else. Well, we had three that defected, voted somewhere else. Oh, Norman, Self, and Massey. I got you. I see you, Steve. Thanks for the correction. All right, federal appeals court striking down the FCC rule. that kept internet service providers from charging more or changing the way they deliver content. An appeals court in Ohio, thankfully, has blocked the Joe Biden administration attempt to try to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules, as they call them, during the Obama administration. The move by the leftists was try to control this media. prevent service providers you know the big phone companies and cable companies and cell phone service providers that dispense the internet let's base it on people paying for premium versus individuals who only pay the minimum and try to get some free service wanted that's the market you willing to pay for it you should be able to receive it all know the lefties can have any of that all that needs to be free for everybody uh... we need to have access to the to the internet Well, I guess you can go to your local public library. Your tax dollars, they normally do that mostly in all communities nationwide, right? Local libraries providing internet service, computer service. They even have computers in their libraries for you to use. So the net neutrality rules from the Obama administration shot down again, hopefully this time, forever. Prevented the internet providers from dispensing the information, dispensing the pipeline, the internet pipeline, based on how much you pay for it. The rules, the net neutrality rules, they were removed by Mr. Trump during his four years. Biden administration comes in, and in an FCC panel that was now now leaning democrat voted to reinstate net neutrality hasn't really kicked in from what i see but premium is still being charged because it's been tied up in the courts in an appeals court in ohio the sixth uh... sixth circuit said nope we can't do net neutrality let the market speak let the market be and sell what they need to sell Here's a sidebar story I failed to mention yesterday dealing with immigration, but I thought important to note because I didn't see, I didn't hear much of this after a top Gulf cartel leader, in fact one of the fathers, of the mexican drug-running people's smuggling sex trafficking golf cartel they'll find the golf cartel the the cartels in mexico and they will find any nefarious any criminal enterprise that they can make money off during the the big flood the tsunami of humanity crossing the border here in this area the arch of the attacks here in mccallan as they were flooding in border patrol doing their best to to manage all the people coming in, they would cross the border with these bracelets, different colored bracelets that represented either the location they originated from, the different gangs that brought them up to the border, the amount of money that they paid. I had a dear friend in media who's told me forever, nothing crosses the U.S.-Mexican border, whether it's the Rio Grande River or the Southwest, nothing crosses the border without the permission, the blessing, the involvement, and, of course, the profiteering by the Mexican cartels. Now, there's different cartels. There's warring cartels. They're all making money from human smuggling, human trafficking, sex trafficking, and, of course, drug running and gun running and everything else that they do into this country. But roll the clock back about 15 years or so. And even further back, as far as the genesis, the birth of the more violent expressions of the Mexican criminal cartels, the Gulf cartel being number one, and then they had these little group, the Cetas, who provided security for them. And in other parts of Mexico, they had other cartels. So we're looking almost, I think, back to a 25th, 24th, 25th anniversary now. of the birth of the violent expression of the cartels in Mexico. Last, here in the RGV of Texas, I need to emphasize this because you need to understand, and I hope you understand as my neighbors and fellow patriots in our country. Texas, thanks to the efforts of Governor Greg Abbott, thanks to the efforts of Department of Public Safety, local border patrol or local border patrol agents that are doing the job, and local police departments, give you an example, Texas-Mexico border, all the cities we have on the border, if you do the per capita numbers as far as crimes and attacks and murders, oh my goodness, we are way, way safer than the big markets. that are the targets of the cartels, and that's where the cartels are sending people to. Even sending up to North Texas, big cities up northeast, Philadelphia, New York, up in Chicago. They're going to the big cities because that's where the big money is. So, you know, if this area of the country was not safe, my wife and I would never have raised the two beautiful boys. And we're still happy we're safe. Never a criminal incident in our neighborhood anywhere near in McAllen, Texas, Brownsville, Texas, the same thing. I'll tell you what, Elon Musk would not have set up his star base. SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas, if it wasn't safe. He's got 3,000 people as a rocket factory there in Brownsville, Texas. The border is safe because it's smaller communities. It's not the big money of Houston, of Boston, of Miami, other big cities. I need to make sure you understand that. And the reason I'm talking about the cartels right now is because this Biden administration that seems to love criminals, Maybe because it's in the family, right? You got Hunter and his criminal enterprise. The entire Biden family seems to be a criminal enterprise. It seems to be, you know, influence peddling, bribe loving. Biden family, all the family, many family members be involved in this. Twenty some odd million dollars, congressional investigators showing, yeah, the Bidens definitely have profited from all these questionable dealings with business groups in Ukraine, China, you name it. filtering all that money back to themselves, enriching themselves by selling America. That's criminal behavior, all that corruption. Man, I can't wait until the 20th of this month to get rid of the Bidens. But Joe Biden just seems to love criminals. How many murderers? hardened criminals that Biden pardoned or commuted the sentences, not pardoned, but commuted the sentences of people on a federal death row. He only left like three individuals, those two or three individuals that definitely would have cost him an uproar in the media. And the media went along with it. I didn't see any... blue ribbon panels, any roundtable discussions, naming of all the individuals on federal death row, naming the crimes. We should have heard that, I believe, from the national media, don't you? I want to review the two dozen individuals that you commuted the sentences for, the people on death row. Biden just commuted all these death row inmates, federal death row. Bye. Okay, you guys, we're not going to give you the needle. You know the father of one of the major cartels just south of the border? The former head of the Gulf Cartel. You know, he was deported from a U.S. federal prison, sent back to Mexico. For some of y'all, it's the first time that you hear this. Josiel Cárdenas Guillén, the former head of the Gulf Cartel, super violent Gulf Cartel. I mean, when they began those, south of this border, in Reynosa, Mexico, that's the town I grew up with, grew up at as a boy. In fact, in my old neighborhood, Las Cumbres, that's like a hornet's nest for cartel activity. Just south of this border, my family and I, my wife and I, we stopped going south of the border to go dine and shop and just enjoy some of that nice events down there because of the nasty firefights. And Reynosa, Mexico, and Matamoros, Mexico, south of Brownsville. South of the river, that's the troubled area. North of the Rio Grande River, this is the land of 9-1-1. The land of the free, the red, white, and blue, where law enforcement is not bought by the cartels. We're safe here in South Texas. South of the border, not so much. 2006, when they had the nasty firefights, we stopped going there. The former head of the Gulf Cartel, Osel Cardenas Guillen, was released by the Biden administration back to Mexico. And if you're not aware of this, there are many examples, several examples, of individuals who are leaders of cartels, leaders of criminal enterprises south of the border, who come up to a judge who has been bought and eventually is, through some legal technicality or some contortion that they go through, some legal contortion, those leaders, those lieutenants, those commanders, they wind up back on the street in Mexico killing people and running their criminal outfit. So Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, he was supposed to stay in jail several more years in a federal prison, in an American federal prison. I think he only served by two-thirds, if I remember correctly, about two-thirds of the sentence. Why was he sent back? There was no need for him to go back. Osilcar de Mesquien, the former head of the Gulf Cartel, released to Mexican authorities, heavy air quotes now, Mexican authorities, remanded to, heavy air quotes, Mexican authorities for further prosecution. More air quotes. Further prosecution. I'm counting the days. for some type of legal contortion, or maybe some raid on a prison, Mexican federal prison, to release the father of the Gulf Cartel, the head of the Gulf Cartel, Osiris Cardenas Guillen, so that he can get back to work, go punch in and participate in the criminal enterprises. And the cartel state, I'm very sad to say the cartel state, that is the country of Mexico. 19 minutes after the hour. This is The Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez reporting to you from The Dana Show Southern Command in McAllen, Texas at the studios of KURV Talk Radio.
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This is The Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez, and from my friend Dana Lash, reporting to you from The Dana Show Southern Command and the RGV of Texas. Dana should be with us early next week after the holiday. Happy New Year to one and all. Thanks for joining us on The Dana Show. So I got a friend up in D.C. working for media there at the House. And, yes, so Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House, he's pressing the flesh. He's negotiating. If he can flip one of the lawmakers... And maybe ask the other two to vote present. If the other two vote present and not vote for somebody else, that lowers the threshold. And there you go. He can be Speaker of the House. So waiting for announcements for vote number two. All depending on what Mike Johnson can do. All right, Steve, let's do some headlines.
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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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Looks like a lot of paper could come of this. 25 to 30 million real Christmas trees were sold across America this past Christmas. And I'm sure you've got municipalities and counties all over the country saying, hey, please recycle, please recycle. There's a pastor in South Carolina offering an artificial intelligence version of himself to his members. Pastor Ron Carpenter from a place called Redemption World Outreach in Greenville. Launching an app called the Ron Carter Ministries Advanced Archive. Carter says the app allows the user to have his own experience, his own personal pastor with a software where it references past conversations with the user. So he can be on a golf course and The person that needs help, I guess, is addressing the AI version. Only sets you back $49 per month, he said. And, of course, Apple TV will be free Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this weekend. From South Texas, you're listening to The Dana Show.
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From South Texas, you're listening to the Dana Show. I'm Sergio Sanchez in for my friend Dana. So vote number one fails for Mike Johnson. And watching the cables, watching some of the live feed from the house, he's doing a lot of... handshaking right now. There was a little group, Mike Johnson did a powwow with a little group of Republicans, and one Democrat who stands out to me, and I recognize the dude, Texas Democrat, one of the so-called moderates, or maybe a little bit right of center on some things, especially border security, Henry Cuellar. Henry Cuellar, all chummy with Mike Johnson, slapping him on his suit, shaking hands, talking with each other, and like, And, of course, with other Republicans there. And I'm wondering, because I texted Henry. I said, hey, vote for Mr. Johnson. Come on. Let's get this done. Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar. Of course, he's not going to do that. I mean, I'd be very surprised, pleasantly surprised, if he does it. He really doesn't have much to lose. Here, Western RGV Democrat Henry Cuellar. He's under federal indictment of some corruption charges. I don't know if that plays out. bad for him, that might be an empty congressional seat in a mostly conservative area of Texas. And the Democrats, conservatives, west of me in Laredo, they're going to have to make the decision. Do we want to go woke, hyper-left? Because Henry barely survived an election against a hyper-leftist, Marxist, woke Canada, young lawyer from his market. So they might have to make a decision on that. Again, so vote number one failed. I asked a friend up in D.C. who was at the House. I said, hey, so might there be another vote tonight? Or are they still haggling? Well, he told me that Johnson has been speaking to two of the holdouts. He needs to flip one. and the other vote present, and then he would be good for that. So let's see what happens. Obviously, though, it's not going to happen before the end of the show, so tune in to your local news to see what happens. I'm sure Dana will be talking plenty about this on Monday. And I hope it's done by Monday, because on Monday, January 6th, the U.S. House needs to vote to certify the vote for Donald Trump as president. bizarre story from overseas, suicide rates rising among North Korean soldiers that have been deployed to fight for Russia and the ongoing war with Ukraine. Spokesperson at the White House, our White House, saying, young North Korean soldiers have turned to taking their own lives over surrendering to Ukrainian troops. One soldier who was captured by Ukraine died from his injuries recently, a spokesperson said that self-inflicted deaths, North Korean soldiers fighting with the Russians who have been captured, self-inflicted deaths are believed to be out of fear of reprisal against the soldier families back in North Korea. You are captured, you're alive, the family's going to get it. My goodness, how sad. And I want to point you to a write-up in the Daily Signal that was looking at pro-lifers in jail. You know, the Biden administration, Joe Biden, since 2021, the Biden administration has used its Justice Department to bring criminal charges, civil charges, civil cases, using the so-called Freedom of Clinic Access, the FACE Act, to prosecute about 50 pro-life advocates The Daily Signal, they had a chance to speak to 10 of these individuals who were behind bars. They were able to communicate somehow and share their stories. You might want to look for that article because you guys remember when Roe v. Wade was shut down, right? Or the rumors that it was going to be shut down, right? Somebody leaked the information way before the decision was announced in that summer of 2022. If y'all remember, there were plenty of attacks on pro-life ministries, pro-life clinics, pro-life resource ministries. A lot of attacks. Any of those people get prosecuted, sent to jail? I don't think so. The Biden Justice Department, they did take that so-called freedom of clinic access, and they went after, prosecuted at least 50 pro-life advocates for simply praying. In front of clinics. One individual, one story that I saw, he and his wife were praying and offering to adopt the children of the women going into the abortion mills. And they got the ire of the Biden Justice Department. The 10 of these pro-lifers in jail, go look for that write-up in the Daily Signal. They were talking to these 10 pro-lifers that were in jail during Christmas. I'm Sergio Sanchez. You're listening to The Dana Show. I spoke with a friend earlier this morning, Ken Cuccinelli, about America's capacity to deal with sleeper cells. And also since he's working voter integrity issues, I kind of want to know, what did this 10 million plus Biden voter bump come from back in 2020? Here's Ken Cuccinelli. I say Happy New Year to an individual I love speaking with from time to time. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, and of late he's been working to try to firm up the rules and the laws when it comes to voter integrity, part of the Election Transparency Initiative. Ken Cuccinelli... I'm sure you working at Homeland Security, knowing all these different departments and all the different roles and responses by Homeland Security, I just want to get your quick thoughts on what we all see right now taking place, a terrorist attack in New Orleans and that bizarre incident that took place in Las Vegas. I want to get your thoughts on where your mind is right now as far as the state of security in our nation.
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Well, I think what we're seeing is first of all is in the new Orleans attack, unfortunately for his purposes, he was very effective. I think you have a per person who is a cross between mentally ill and Islamically radicalized. And he went on this attack. I don't yet. So far, I think that it's just coincidences between him and the other character who really, it's hard to digest the one in Vegas. He, according to his uncle, he was a Trump supporter. So the idea of This Trump-Musk protest doesn't really fit that information. We should be hearing a lot more from the military at some point. Really, not us, but the FBI will hear more from the military about that individual in particular because they had a lot of history with them. And a lot of them, the psychological reviews they do for the Green Beret types who work internationally... will come into play here. So I also should point out to your listeners that the Department of Homeland Security is somewhat misnamed. So in a situation like this, the Department of Homeland Security has no responsibility. The FBI is solely responsible for dealing with these situations. I will say that for the Sugar Bowl, the football game there in New Orleans at the time of the attack, that is an event that the Department of Homeland Security plays a role in helping to manage and oversee the security of. a high probability target. And of course we saw an attack take place around that. Now you wouldn't have needed the football game. It was bourbon street on new year's Eve. But, um, But that's the Department of Homeland Security role, and it isn't providing security all over the city. It's really connecting all the different agencies and departments at all three levels, federal, state, and local, that have to work together to do the best job they can to be prepared and then to respond.
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Ken Cuccinelli, my guest. Ken, you working under the Trump administration briefly, helping to, doing traffic control. They're managing DHS under Trump there for a while. Now, look, sleeper cells. And under Joe Biden, we've had, Lord knows, millions of people came into the country illegally. Lord knows how many more millions came, were not tracked. They weren't caught by Border Patrol. There's And so some individuals were on the terror watch list that they were caught. What about the ones who weren't caught? Okay, sleeper cells. Are you confident that the hardworking people, FBI, CIA, Secret Service, all these agencies, these three-letter agencies, are doing what needs to be done, sharing information with each other, to make sure that if we do have sleeper cells in this country, that they are not a threat to us?
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No. I mean, frankly, we've already blown that by letting them in. with the Biden open borders policy. I mean, look at, look at the Hamas attack, uh, a year ago, October that was prepared for, for 17 years, they sat and gathered materials and information and money and weapons, um, and dug tunnels for 17 years before they launched that attack. Some of the dangerous people, the Biden administration has led in. Yes, they caught some. Those are the dumb ones. It just wasn't hard to be a gotaway in the Biden administration. We're going to be paying for the Biden administration's open borders policy in security, both espionage to foreign countries and terrorism within our own country for decades. And that's a sad fact, but it's true. We are going to have incidents. Um, now neither of the folks involved in the two incidents you and I were talking about came across the border. Uh, so to be clear, I'm not connecting the two, but the fact of the matter is even Chris Ray, who is, you know, in pointing out the dangers, the Biden administration imposes on America has testified under oath. Just how bad the security problem, the open border. has created for the United States. That is going to be with us for many, many years.
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Ken Cuccinelli has experience at DHS, directing traffic over there under the Trump administration. And you mentioned espionage, which is really never talked about, which is true. But I think we do it to ourselves. We've been doing it to ourselves all these years by bringing in the CHICOMs to universities, medical institutions, research facilities, and industry, because they're all beholden. They're all good communists. You don't get the plum jobs and appointments. Right. You don't get those plump jobs and appointments. I keep saying this all the time. You don't get unless you're good with the party. And we know all the intellectual property that's sent over to China. We already bring that upon ourselves.
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Well, you know, speaking of Christopher Wray, I'm not in the habit of quoting him all the time, but I think he testified right next to me. I think it was one of the hearings he and I were both testifying in where he pointed out that the... stolen intellectual property by China represents the largest wealth transfer in the history of the world. Um, and he put the estimate at that time at about $600 billion in worth of stolen intellectual property. They've stolen their way forward.
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And they keep stealing.
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They're still here. And to your point, in many respects, we've let them do it. We have so many Chinese students here, and they don't come study Western Civ.
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There was an effort to look into this and to reform that, but then all these cultural elitist types, they all got all butthurt saying, no, you're being racist, you can't sing about the Chinese, hello.
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Yeah, and what they really, they say that, but what they're really worried about is that they've made themselves so expensive and irrelevant that these Chinese who pay full price are financially supporting these universities, by the way, who hate us, right? So, you know, we can get a double benefit by cutting those Chinese student visas down to nothing.
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Ken Cuccinelli, my guest, these days he's been, for many years now, he's been, for several years now, he's been working this election transparency initiative. I want to ask you, Ken, this is the last conversation you and I had. I mentioned the 81.5 million, you know. Biden voters, which was like 10 million plus more than the average Democrat gets every election cycle. Kamala Obama twice. You name it. Can your organization and friends find the funding to do the time consuming? It's going to be time consuming and expensive, but do the forensics. who were these people that created that bump in 2020? I think we need to find that out before we need to find that out in order to make all elections more secure in the future.
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Yeah. So we have this huge bump of, of millions of people from 2020. If you compare 12, 16, 20 and 24 you know, what's funny here, Sergio is that folks on the left are saying, Hey, Where do those 10 million people go that voted for us last time? So they look at 2024 and they say, what happened? We look at 2020 and say, what happened? So I'll use my home state, Virginia. The voter rolls for the election really aren't available until the spring. And I don't know what the timeline is in every state, but it's going to take months. before we can even start to make the comparisons between the two election cycles. But there is a great deal of interest in making that comparison. It's really a subject for you and I to take back up, you know, come the end of the summer. this year, because then there'll have been enough time for folks to get to work on that.
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Call back and make sure to speak with Dana about this on the national show as often as you can. And I do hope that comparison and those forensics do take place. We do need answers on that big bunk from 2020. That's former DHS chief under Trump. Again, his organization, Election Transparency Initiative. Look for it online. That's Ken Cuccinelli. Well, we've got some breaking news. It actually happened before the end of this version of the Dana Show. Yeah, short play, some political theater, brief grandstanding. So Mike Johnson has been elected House Speaker on the first ballot. What happened? Well, the holdouts, they flipped. Had two of them who flipped and voted. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to change my vote. So there you go. Mike Johnson, 218. And, you know, Hakeem, the Nightmare Jeffries, whatever he got. So there you go. Speaker Johnson wins on the first ballot. And share some audio here before the end of the program. I'm Sergio Sanchez. This is The Dana Show from South Texas.
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Okay, so Ralph Norman from South Carolina. Keith Self from Texas. They originally voted no, right? Initially voted against Mike Johnson. And they flipped their votes. So there you go. Mike Johnson, as a friend of mine was trying to explain up in D.C., they haven't called the vote, Serge. They have not called the vote. They ran the first vote. He fell short by two votes. Ralph Norman and Keith Self flipped their vote. There you go. Mike Johnson, 218. And Hakeem, the Nightmare Jeffries, 215. There you go. Kentucky and Thomas Massey remain the sole GOP hold down. So now the Speaker of the House stays, has the gavel. Come Monday, January 6th, they can certify the election in the House for Donald Trump. I'm Sergio Sanchez. And for Dana Lash, have a wonderful weekend.
In a climate buzzing with tension and anticipation, security concerns hang heavily in the air as the countdown to the inauguration and the Super Bowl narrows. This episode of Sekulow delves deep into the looming threats posed by ISIS and the evolving security strategies implemented to protect these significant events. Join us as we engage with voices like Jay Johnson, shedding light on anticipated security measures and the critical importance of modernizing our defenses.
SPEAKER 11 :
With only 17 days to go, massive security concerns ahead of the inauguration and the Super Bowl.
SPEAKER 09 :
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SPEAKER 11 :
And now your host, Logan Sekula. Welcome to Sekula. Will Haynes joining me in studio. Jordan Sekula joining me remote. We do want to cover the security concerns heading into the inauguration. I know, Jordan, you are at the Republican National Convention. You've seen some of these sort of massive events that have been happening recently. That was right after... the assassination attempt on president trump and then of course now this is going to be coming just days after a isis style or isis inspired or maybe just isis terrorist attack in new orleans louisiana and this is not just us coming up with these theories and thoughts i wanted to start this kick it off early with a comment it was on fox news yesterday by jay johnson who was president obama's uh homeland security secretary so take a listen to what he had to say
SPEAKER 06 :
We're in the midst of an evolving, heightened threat picture right now. With the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, with the attack two days ago, I'm sure ISIS feels emboldened right now. And we have several major security events coming up. The inauguration for one, the Super Bowl in a couple weeks after that. And I would say what I did say to my people at DHS when I was in office, don't just respond to the last attack. Anticipate the next one, which may be of a very different character. Now, we've known for some time that the possibility of an attack with a vehicle, a vehicle is a weapon. or a mass shooting is something to anticipate and prepare for. We should not believe that we've seen the last of this type of vehicle attack.
SPEAKER 11 :
There are ways, Jordan, to mitigate this. I mean, we even saw it in the sense of how airport security changed post 9-11. We have never really seen another big incident occur, at least that kind of incident occur, and a lot of it is security to go through. Is it a pain? Does it become more of a difficult situation? Sure. I mean, there are times where you get frustrated, but you have to remember where we were at 20 years ago. Now we're at these kind of events. But I know when you were there at the Republican convention, you were almost even in a bubble that was secured.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I think that's what we have to look at for some when we know that there's threats and we see this starting to happen again with. radicalized Americans who are already here and can easily carry out a very deadly attack just by renting a vehicle and even opening fire with a weapon. And with all the attacks and the bloodshed that has occurred really since the election and the campaign and now leading up to the inaugural, and you said like the Super Bowl already in New Orleans again, you have to build security perimeters. In our office in Washington, D.C., were in the security perimeter that was created after 9-11. That means that all the streets, including the one in front of ours, locked down immediately with things that come out of the ground. There is a police station with an underground, a larger station, just catty corner to our office. And so we've seen when people have tried to carry out violent attacks, including using vehicles very close to our office, There were military and Capitol Hill police always ready to respond with high-powered weapons. And it's kept everyone safe. So I think we have to rethink again, putting in larger security perimeters at these events so that we feel safe. It's good for everyone. And then I don't think we have to necessarily do it for 20 years. We've learned that as well in the battle against terrorism. We can modernize and we can change. It doesn't have to be the exact same. And so I just think it's a time for real reform and we've got to get a team in place, Logan.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, absolutely. And speaking of that, phone lines are open at 1-800-684-3110. We're also monitoring right now. the vote for Johnson will.
SPEAKER 10 :
That's right. The House is about to gavel in. They actually just gaveled in the 119th Congress. First order of business will be to elect a speaker. We'll be keeping you updated on that throughout the show. But also, we want you to sign our new petition, aclj.org slash sign. It is imperative that we get President Trump's national security team confirmed as quickly as possible. ACLJ.org slash sign.
SPEAKER 11 :
Welcome back to Sekulow. As I said, phone lines are open and we'd love to hear from you. 1-800-684-3110. If you're watching on YouTube or Rumble, I encourage you to not only hit that thumbs up and the subscribe button, which is a great free way to support the work of the ACLJ, but also continue to spread this message. Also put in a comment. If you don't know what to comment, I always say comment where you're watching from. We like to watch that and see where people are interacting from, usually around the country, sometimes around the world. Do we have people because YouTube and Rumble are international platforms? That happens. We'll also have a new live platform to be announced starting this coming Monday. So stay tuned for that because that will be happening very soon. A new place that you could watch us live. So that would be really great. Again, phone lines are open at 1-800-684-3110. We are covering sort of the security fears that are currently happening. after those terrorist attacks in Las Vegas and, of course, in New Orleans as we head to not only Super Bowl but obviously the inauguration in just 17 days. Now, Will, you also brought up they have said, what, 15 minutes or so?
SPEAKER 10 :
That's right, yeah. So the House is... just opened with a prayer. Now there's a 15-minute quorum call. So that is giving enough time for everyone to get to the floor of the House. They have to have the quorum so that then they can vote on the Speaker. So after this 15-minute period, then they will proceed with the election of the Speaker of the House. And if you right now want to call and make sure your representative's office knows that you support Speaker Johnson, you want them to vote for him to be the next Speaker of the House so that, President Trump's agenda can begin immediately. This also, they have to certify the election in just three days on January 6th. So there is a lot of work the House needs to get done. We don't need chaos at the beginning. President Trump has endorsed Speaker Johnson. And so if you want to call and let them know, call 202- 224-3121 that's 202-224-3121 that's the capital switchboard ask for your representative's office and let them know politely you want your representative your constituent and you want your representative to vote for mike johnson to be the next speaker of the house and jordan i think that's very important for our people to do there are many actions we can take like signing the petition that we will deliver to the senate to get the national security picks through. But this is something you can do directly by calling your representative. And that's one of the beauties of America.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right. And Will and Logan, I think it's so important today. I hope we have a smooth election of the speaker to show the American people that when you elect conservatives, President Trump and then down ballot, we are there to get the job done and not just bicker about amongst ourselves publicly. That should have been happening behind closed doors. As we know, they can do as much of that bickering as they'd like, but it doesn't then look like to the American people that they aren't serious about getting to work. And so that's what I think we'll see in the next few minutes. On the Senate side, the biggest job for every US Senator right now is to get President Trump's cabinet confirmed. But when I say that, and I wanna say it over and over again, It's not just the secretary or the director that needs to be confirmed. For instance, in Tulsi Gabbard's case, you're going to be the director of, again, national intelligence. You cannot do that job on your own without a team. Now, there's a team of bureaucrats there right now in the DNI office, which is large, but That's not your trusted team. In fact, we know, Will, usually those high level bureaucrats are the people you have to worry about the most. And so sending over these cabinet level folks into their new roles without staff, without their politically appointed team to carry out the mission that they've been instructed to by the elected president of the United States, not unelected bureaucrats, you have to get their four or five top deputies confirmed quickly as well. We've learned in the first Trump administration what happens if you don't get that done. And we saw what Jim Comey did. We know what the FBI was up to. We need to get those replacements in. Pam Bondi needs to get in. Kash Patel needs to get in. Tulsi Gabbard needs to get in. We've got to have a secure government that is ready to go on day one with their teams. And that's the big lift in the Senate. Right now, the House, they need to get their leader. Speaker Johnson, we've been very supportive of. One, Because he's been a friend for over 20 years of the American Center for Law and Justice. He's a constitutional lawyer who does the same work that many of our attorneys do every single day before he ran for Congress. So he cares about our issues. But he also has shown, Will, the ability to take the hits. And you have to do that if you're going to be Speaker of the House with even a Republican majority, where you've got Republicans across the spectrum from very conservative to borderline conservatives. even inside the Republican Party, and he was able to do that. So President Trump wants him in there, we want him in there, we've been vocal about it this week. And then we can turn our attention to the Senate and our new petition to get the national security team confirmed. I don't even like how the FBI comes to what it sounds like is a conclusion about the attack in New Orleans, that it was inspired. We don't know yet at this point if it was inspired or if he was directed or if it's online. We know that ISIS was recruiting people a long time ago. Think about the sophistication that's changed and the abilities to do that in the last eight years. So I think when they come to these conclusions very quickly, it's still to play a narrative like Islamic terrorism really isn't, is it a, major threat in the United States. It might be happening in other parts of the world. But what we know is that when they get strongholds again in other parts of the world, that gives them the ability to spend time on recruiting Americans to carry out attacks on our soil who are already here.
SPEAKER 10 :
Jordan, and you bring up that point that they say it was 100% inspired. Well, we know they also collected multiple phones and multiple devices from the individual that carried out the attack in New Orleans. And also, there's videos online of... They went through his house. They obviously went through the scene, but independent journalists gaining access to his trailer outside of Houston, not 36 hours after the attack, doing walkthrough videos in athleisure wear, not even like in a, you know, the gumshoe journalist look, like just normal looking independent journalist walking through this attacker's home. And then you hear this from MSNBC. And this goes into what the DC mind complex has when it comes to these attacks, because they've been telling us for years that really here's the, the don't look away from this shiny object. It's really the MAGA Republicans that are the biggest threat to society right now. And this is what MSNBC has the gall to air just after another, even the FBI is at least going to ISIS inspired. I think that as you point out, they may be jumping to conclusions and need to let that play out before they know whether or not he was directed or in direct contact with an ISIS individual. But listen to how MSNBC is already spinning this to not look at what the reality is. And just remember, it's the conservatives that you need to be afraid of. Bite four.
SPEAKER 02 :
It's very difficult to feel safe when on top of everything that Mayor Landrieu just said, you also have politicians that have a self-interest in lying about everything because it helps them with a political narrative, not concerned about the human narrative that could actually be really helpful.
SPEAKER 07 :
And that is the tragedy of all of this, right? There are real tragedies. There will always be crime. Unfortunately, what we try to do is to keep the crime as low as possible. All different kinds of people will commit crimes. The problem here is that you jump on one sort of crime, one crime committed by one name that sounds exotic, one brown face, rather than looking at all of the domestic terror that we face, including what the FBI says is a really big problem, which is young white men in America. We need to look at all of our domestic terrorism and say this all is a problem.
SPEAKER 02 :
Indeed, exactly. And it is Americans that we need to be talking about.
SPEAKER 10 :
MSNBC, Jordan, is saying that the real problem is Americans. And yes, this ISIS-inspired attacker was an American, but they're still pushing this narrative that we need to be rid of.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, this is insanity. And it's why no one's watching MSNBC anymore, because this is not living in reality. I don't hope, I pray, that this is a one-off, these events, that that ISIS has not been able to be successful in recruiting or inspiring attacks in the United States of America. But we know who the threat typically comes from in these incidents. How many times have we seen Islamic members of the military, former military, who have been radicalized and carried out attacks at their own bases so that they were easy access to get inside and kill other members of the armed forces. I mean, you just have to, again, you build a threat profile. But all they want to go back to is the white man. It's all about the white males. And white males can also be recruited and inspired by radical Islamic terrorism. So this is not about the color of the skin or the name. It's about the ideology of and the organizations who have been allowed to flourish again to recruit people to carry out attacks like this.
SPEAKER 11 :
Phone lines are open for your questions or comments at 1-800-684-3110. And they are open right now, so this is a great time to call in. And we are monitoring the House vote for Speaker, and hopefully for Speaker Johnson. It looks like that is going to happen any moment, so stay tuned. We'll cut to it live when it's happening to make sure you are staying as updated as possible. Make sure you're supporting the work of the ACLJ also and sign our new petition at aclj.org. slash sign you can scan that qr code right now as well to help confirm aclj.org slash sign Welcome back to Secular. Again, phone lines are open at 1-800-684-3110. We've been talking about, obviously, the security threats. We were talking about the House to vote for Speaker, hopefully for Speaker Johnson here any moment. We'll cut to that live when it's happening. But there's also, Will, a scoop that came out of Axios, which discussed a potential strike on Iran that could happen before... before President Trump is inaugurated, and this would be from the Biden administration, almost seeming like they could be setting up a war on the way out.
SPEAKER 10 :
That's right, and Jordan, I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this because what we're hearing out of Axios is that Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor, prepped President Biden with options for a potential US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities if the Iranians move forward with a nuclear weapon before January 20th. We already know that the Biden administration has left two wars for President Trump to deal with, that in Ukraine and that in Gaza, but now it appears that they are giving options if Iran in this sense moves forward with a nuclear weapon, which they've been doing for four years under the Biden administration because they removed the maximum pressure campaign of the Trump administration. So it almost seems like an arbitrary thing that they could just decide to attack Iran with 17 days left in this administration and hand on a silver platter a brand new war to the President Trump administration, of which he wants no new wars. What were your thoughts when you read this report, and what can we do?
SPEAKER 03 :
I was sickened when you realize this is a real report, because we have a president of the United States currently, and we've all seen the reports, and we saw what the Democrat Party did to this president, who those around him don't believe he has the cognitive ability to be president of the United States. And we've learned about all these new advisors who are actually running behind the scenes, the US government, and they weren't elected. And so Washington understands this, but he has the power as commander in chief. This, again, and we want more information, but unless there was some kind of emergency that Iran was about to utilize an actual nuclear weapon, there is no reason to... undermine the incoming president's team to let them do the assessment unless there is a real threat to our allies and the United States of an actual use of a nuclear weapon, not the facilities that might be operating in violation of UN treaties and standards, because remember, most of those deals have not been able to be enforced anyways, but that's nothing new. So unless they have intelligence that Iran is about to utilize some kind of nuclear weapon, starting a war with a couple weeks left in your presidency, not only is it not American, that is so dangerous for our country. our troops and even getting this out there publicly. The idea that one, why now? If you're president of the United States, you know Iran has a nuclear program. You know they would love to be able to launch a weapon like that. So why did you just start paying attention to this in the last two weeks of your presidency? None of this will really smells good. It doesn't feel right. And how many different ways could they try and undermine the presidency with no concern, I guess, for American lives, for Iranian lives, for Israeli lives, unless there is something, a real threat that we have not been informed about as the American people of Iran utilizing, not a proxy to carry out a more conventional attack. They're already doing that. But actually utilizing a nuclear device, that would be the only reason to take action like this when you are running out of time. as the leader of the country. And because the new president and his team have got to be ready to make those decisions. So again, if there's an emergency and that's real, you need to address the American people today before you start attacks on Iran.
SPEAKER 10 :
Jordan, and here's the worst part. And back to what you've been saying ever since the election, since November 5th, this is the most dangerous time. And when you say that, you weren't being hyperbolic and like most dangerous time for bad policies, most dangerous time because literally President Biden could start a war with Iran in this last stretch of time. And here's deeper in the report. It says that their source said the White House meeting was not prompted by new intelligence or intended to end in a yes or no decision from the president in that meeting. respond to iran shouldn't prudent scenario planning be we know there's going to be a new secretary of defense we know there's going to be a new cia director we know there's going to be a new director of national intelligence let's put together a package if we don't think there is an impending threat of a launch of a nuclear weapon before january 20th that we can hand over in a peaceful transfer of power to the next administration. Instead, they're talking about developing a plan and potentially acting on that plan before this new team that is so critical we get confirmed. So go to ACLJ.org slash sign to get those nominees confirmed. They're talking about starting a war with Iran before January 20th in meetings in the White House as recent as a week ago.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, and when you've got Iran, you've got the U.S. involved with Ukraine and Russia, and you've got Iran picking sides there, and of course, North Korea picking sides there, China picking sides there. I mean, the fact is, you want to go into the next world war, you carry out an attack on Iran without any new intelligence force. It says this is the time you need to do it. You've had four years as president. Nothing has changed, I guess, in their intelligence. But they have to be ready. Something isn't clicking here. And they wanted this out to the media. Are they really willing to put American lives at risk? Not just President Trump's, which they did constantly with the rhetoric they used about him, basically comparing him to a Nazi leader. and a fascist constantly. And yet the American people said, no, this is the worst kind of politics. And they were just done with a team that even kind of subverted democracy itself by putting in Harris as the nominee without any Democrats actually voting, no voting for that nominee. And I just say this, listen, thank God that this isn't going to be the team in place for the next four years, but also pray very hard. That, again, unless there is an actual emergency, which of course, that's a different situation, this team should not be launching any new wars. Reason why? They don't know how to bring them to an end. All we have to look at is what happened in Afghanistan at that base. You want to see that happen on a much larger scale to the world? You'd go and attack Iran when they know you're not going to be in office in two weeks. the kind of bloodshed that could occur i just think it's so reckless will to put and logan the next administration in this spot and it's why the american people wanted nothing to do with this team anymore because they can't they have no foreign policy victories like you said they're already leaving two major wars uh to the pre the next president's team they now want to uh uh launch war with iran and now they've suddenly woken up to the nuclear threat from iran give me a break jake sullivan he needs to go become a professor and i hope to god never gets to advise another president again this is dangerous very very dangerous and it's why i always say that will We've got to get our new team in and pray that we have time to get them in as quickly as possible.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, you can be a part of that as well by signing our new petition to join that demand letter to the Senate to get everyone confirmed. Go to ACLJ.org slash sign right now or scan the QR code you see on your screen. We have a second half hour coming up. on seculo so make sure you stay tuned if you don't get us on your local station find us broadcasting live every day from noon eastern on youtube rumble aclj.org and on x so do that right now and some phone lines are still open we'll get to your calls 1-800-684-3110 short break we'll be back in just one minute keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever this is seculo
SPEAKER 09 :
And now your host, Logan Secular.
SPEAKER 11 :
We are monitoring the house right now as they should be voting for speaker any moment. Again, a lot of talking, a lot of chat happening right now, but this could happen while we're on air in the next half hour.
SPEAKER 10 :
That's right. They're now having their quorum call, so they're about to take attendance in the house. That makes sure they have enough members in the house there to actually move forward with the business of the house. And after that, if they do reach a quorum, which I agree, assume they will everyone's there to get sworn in today so unless people have decided just not to leave their office they will be in the chamber and then after that is when they will move on to the first order of business which is voting on a speaker there's normally nomination speeches very short yeah by both sides Speaker Johnson will be nominated as they planned that that during the conference meetings back in November after the election uh he was put forward as the nominee from the Republicans and then obviously Hakeem Jeffries will be the leader put forward for the speaker election by the Democrats and then they will vote and that will be the first round and Jordan we've seen these get messy of late ever since uh some shenanigans in the house I wanted to bring this up to
SPEAKER 11 :
Jordan. Now you've seen president Trump make a definitive stand. Now, before that, it seemed like, uh, the speakership for, for Johnson was maybe up in the air a little bit. Does it feel like that that mood has changed and calm down now that you have a president Trump standing up? Cause we even saw some comments come in. People were a little concerned, but now it feels like it's cooled off a bit. That doesn't mean it's going to be smooth sailing always.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, again, we haven't heard as much about a, a kind of, um, protest vote occurring today or someone trying to make a big stand. That doesn't mean it's not about to happen, by the way, and they were planning that more secretly. But we have not heard about this kind of big buildup to put someone else forward. Again, you can have criticism of the Speaker of the House. If you're going to take that job on, you have to be ready for it. Because ultimately, you're not going to be able to satisfy everybody when you have this many members of Congress. And you've got to just stick to your own principles. Sometimes it is, you do have to say no, you can't just compromise with the Senate. And that means really fighting for what you believe in. But if you're getting 90%, you have to make those calls about whether or not, well, we get 90% of what we want here, do we move forward? And I think that's why, again, there might not be as many House Republicans right now who want to make this stand against Speaker Johnson because he has the backing. of President Trump. President Trump is now the head of the Republican Party. You control the RNC when you're the President of the United States of that party. So you're not just taking on Mike Johnson that if you are standing against him, you're taking on President Trump and his entire team and movement. That's very different kind of calculation, Logan, than what we saw even with Kevin McCarthy, where there wasn't that kind of support. And it was very kind of late towards the end. President Trump did get involved with making some phone calls. But at that point, I think it was kind of off the rails. This is a very different situation we're in. And I think it's a great situation to be in. I don't think we could have anyone better.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, and as Logan said, no Matt Gaetz this time. The list of kind of holdouts is shorter, but here's kind of the names that people should be watching as this vote comes in. We know that Thomas Massey of Kentucky has said very definitively, he said, you could pull my fingernails out and I wouldn't vote for Speaker Johnson. So he's a no. Because you don't have Matt Gaetz and some of these other Republicans that have taken positions in the administration. The narrow majority is much narrower. So after losing Massey, you can only lose one other vote. to him to win this first round. And the ones you should look out for are Chip Roy from Texas because of the fiscal conservatism. He didn't like the Ukraine funding. Victoria Sparks, who is a Ukrainian immigrant, and she's been kind of a wild card of late. and then also Representative Ralph Norman from South Carolina. Those three are kind of the names to look out for as a bellwether of how this first round could go. If you pick up two of them, I think he can still get over the line, but we'll find out here shortly as they begin to vote.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, there was thoughts that Massey may put up Matt Gaetz as his nomination. We'll see what happens. It's going to happen live. It's hopefully going to happen while we're on the air. We're keeping... attention focused on it we'll be right back
SPEAKER 10 :
Welcome back to Sekulow. And Jordan, we are watching the House of Representatives right now as they are preparing to move forward with voting on a speaker. You know, one of the things that the House, as opposed to the Senate, is the House is always the more unruly of the Houses of Congress. The Senate is always more structured and has more decorum. But As we look at this, and you who've worked in politics and your political analysis is above all what I want to hear here, is if we... move in with a new Congress and a few members of the house decide, let's start trouble right up front. Instead of when all of the talk has been, the people have spoken. There is a mandate on president Trump's agenda. Let's move forward. If a few members of, of his own party decide, I want to cause some trouble and, and not move forward with that agenda when he has endorsed Mike Johnson to help move that agenda forward. What do you think that bears on their political future as well, and also the agenda moving forward in these next few months?
SPEAKER 03 :
Listen, I think if you're Congressman Massey, you can take these stands because your voters and your constituents have elected you multiple times, knowing that you're going to take these beliefs and you're not going to a vote necessarily along with the team and kind of sometimes even standing alone or with just maybe one or two others but he's lost a lot of that team like we've gone through in fact some of that team is now you know with president trump and on for big potentially big positions others were being considered and decided to take their name out of that consideration and also resign from Congress, if you're talking about Matt Gaetz. You don't have to be a member of Congress to be Speaker of the House, so they can start those, they could try to nominate, people talk about Elon Musk and others. But the truth is, at the end of the day right now, even when you went through that list, it doesn't seem like there's much enthusiasm from the base. And even our supporters and our listeners, we're not seeing a lot of it anymore. Like Logan said, there was talk about whether or not it should be Speaker Johnson moving forward, you know, in the last, really since the election. But President Trump made it clear, this is who I want to work with. And so if you supported President Trump in this historic kind of four-year election that we went through, four-year campaign with all this court cases and people trying to literally put the former president, now, again, the incoming president behind bars. and some of his team that, listen, we need to be, as conservatives, make this as smooth as possible to show the American people what we know is that we can run a government that is very smooth and it doesn't have to be chaos.
SPEAKER 10 :
Jordan, another question that lingers, and sometimes I wonder if these House members aren't super forward-thinking about what... could potentially happen next. If they're concerned about Speaker Johnson, who was not really the establishment guy, he was the outsider that rose up and took the speakership. It is kind of like the Freedom Caucus MAGA success story of being able to obtain the speakership When you look at the alternatives that are potential that could happen, I don't know that those holdouts would be more pleased with... You kind of look at the names. Steve Scalise, very conservative, has worked very well at the ACLJ. But I don't know if you compare records that he's... Because he's an establishment guy. He's very conservative, but he's an establishment party guy. Tom Emmer. very establishment, not really what MAGA would be looking for in a Speaker of the House. And then there's always the old favorite, Jim Jordan, who Jim Jordan has multiple times, I think, and rightly so, would rather be chairman of the judiciary and those committees than wade into the terrible fight that becomes with the Speaker of the House. What are your thoughts on kind of that angle?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I think that, again, the fact is, it's, I think, really cool that we have a Speaker of the House who wasn't out there positioning to be Speaker of the House. And I think that we have that in Mike Johnson, and it's been kind of refreshing. Remember, this is going to be a different speakership, at least for the next two years. And why do I say that? Well, we have the White House and the Senate, not with huge majorities in either the House or the Senate, but we do have them. So this is a two years where we need to be able to get done as much as we can legislatively before everyone in the House of Representatives and a third of the U.S. Senate has to start campaigning again. And so it's why these first 100 days are so important, and it's why the president getting the team in place that he needs is so key. And I think with the way the Senate is set up now, and if you get Mike Johnson in, you've got a team in place that is ready to go when President Trump takes the oath, and we can start working on these issues that have been plaguing the American people for four years, whether it's the economic issues, securing our border, making sure that these threats of terrorism, again, from Islamic radical terrorism, that this is, we hope and pray, a situation that can be a one-off and not a larger movement here in the United States, but that we've got to be able to focus on those things. And if we're just going to be having these political fights amongst ourselves, that's no good. I don't really see that happening, but you never can predict the House of Representatives. I don't think anybody would have said going into the vote to take out McCarthy that it would have been Mike Johnson who ultimately became Speaker. Most people didn't think he would survive for even a year.
SPEAKER 10 :
Jordan, and if you're watching us live, currently Lisa McClain, she's a Republican from Michigan, and the current House Republican conference chair is giving the nomination speech for Mike Johnson to be Speaker of the House. It is interesting to note, as you look at the makeup of the House, Lisa McClain is now the House GOP conference chair because our friend Elise Stefanik is now nominated to be the ambassador to the UN. That was her former leadership role within the House. And so it's kind of a new face for many people who are used to seeing Elise Stefanik there. This is now a new leadership position, and she is nominating formally Mike Johnson for speaker. Should we cut to it live just for a minute so you can hear? Yeah, let's roll some of this audio.
SPEAKER 05 :
Republican majority. As chairwoman of the Unified House Republican Conference, I can say proudly that we are ready to govern. It is my honor to present our conference's nominee for the Speaker of the People's House, the Honorable Mike Johnson from the state of Louisiana.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right, and there's, I mean, we cut at the right time. We got a really good moment there. Good job, Logan.
SPEAKER 01 :
I know. Proud of you.
SPEAKER 11 :
I could feel it in the air. We're also encouraging people, though, not just with this, to, as you said, call the switchboard. and to get involved when it comes to getting the confirmation done for not just obviously today with this House speaker, but to get the confirmation done for all of President Trump's picks to get this really moving forward faster. Jordan, we know that this sometimes can get kind of hung up, but this is not the time to wait.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, this is, again, this isn't the kind of like leadership in opposition. We have the White House in a couple of weeks. We have the House. We have the Senate. So it's a different moment, I think, too, than when people wanted to replace Kevin McCarthy. I mean, in that situation, because we really have an opportunity now to get things done. We're not just the opposition party with control of one House of Congress, which was the U.S. House of Representatives, and a Senate that was, again, borderline in control by the Democrats for a little bit, but very tough for them to move anything because the House. That's not what we're in. We're now in the offensive. We're not just playing defense anymore. Now, that's what Congressman McClain was talking about there, was that we have to be governing now. We are not the opposition who just goes and puts forward the what would be the alternatives or tries to stop at least the worst parts. of the left's ideas in legislation to carve those out. But that's not the case. That's what we're in right now. We have to be the people that govern, as she said in the speech. And we need to be able to make good on as many promises and campaign ideas that President Trump made and why he got elected the way he did. We have to now turn those into reality. That takes governing, that takes keeping the Republican coalition together, and from the very most conservative members to some who are kind of on the outside. And just realize, we want to be able to govern. And if you want more than just two years, because usually that's all you get, but if you want more than two years of this united republican house senate and white house you've got to show people starting today why they should keep you in place as leadership
SPEAKER 11 :
Phone lines are open. We'd love to take your calls in the next segment. If you're on hold, stay on hold. We'll try to get to as many as possible. 1-800-684-3110. If you're watching on YouTube or Rumble, you can still call in. 1-800-684-3110. And encourage you to become a member of the ACLJ and become what we call an ACLJ champion, which is someone that gives on a regular, monthly, recurring basis. A great way to do is to kick that off here in January. Get a full year as an ACLJ champion. And hey, if you call in, you get bumped up to the front of the line if you're a champion. So nice little perk there for being a monthly recurring member. We'll be right back on Cyclone. Welcome back to Secular. We are still taking your calls. This will probably be one of the last chances to call in. So do it right now, 1-800-684-3110. Hakeem Jeffries right now is being nominated for House Speaker, so we've not gotten to a vote just yet. So let's go ahead and take some phone calls. Melissa's calling from California on line two. You're on the air.
SPEAKER 04 :
Hi, I am calling. I think that the terror, I wanted to comment on the terror situation. We've seen over the last six months potential plots and, you know, the assassination attempt on the president in July. We caught the guy, and I think it was Oklahoma or Texas, who was going to carry out something at the inauguration. I think that these are interconnected. I think this is Iran, Iraq, ISIS, if you will. You know, they've tried to recruit in our colleges over the last year. I anticipate another attempt or two. I'm praying against it, but I do think that they're trying to do something. And now with the current president potentially wanting to strike Iran, this is, you know, there's something going on.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, and I think you have to also think about the timeline of this. Obviously, President Jimmy Carter has been in the news a lot recently because he passed away. He'll be lying in state at the Capitol. But you have to go back in history to 1979. On November 4th of 1979, as Jimmy Carter was about to be defeated by President Reagan in the election, there was the Iran hostage crisis. And so there was an Iranian hostage crisis at the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency. When you start to hear things and you get concerned about history repeating itself, Jordan, with a potential strike on Iran before January 20th when President Trump goes into office and you think of parallels with the economy and the foreign policy of the Biden administration, it makes you concerned that we could see history repeat itself here at the end of Biden's term like it did back in 1979.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I mean, listen, it's like they're baiting it. So now we've seen another Islamic terror attack in the United States. Still getting info on what was going on in Las Vegas. We've seen these attempted assassinations on President Trump. And we know there's problems within the Secret Service. We know there are. And I think this is the bigger overall problem. In the political divide, you have those like we played from MSNBC. who want to make it about the color of people's skin or their name. But we know that ISIS will recruit, they'd love to recruit white American males to carry out attacks in the name of Islam. They don't care if you've got a Islamic, you know, Arabic sounding name from the Middle East or the color of your skin. They care about whether or not they can radicalize you to kill Americans and your fellow citizens. And that maybe You've had special training, like in the United States military, so that when you carry out an attack like that, it will be more lethal. You can't say that's all of this, the attacks that we saw against President Trump, the shooter there in Pennsylvania. But we also never really got answers on who these people are. And like we saw here, like you pointed out, Will, the journalists kind of trampling through within a couple of days. What is going on in the United States? You know what was going on. It's an FBI that was obsessed with getting President Trump and a DOJ obsessed with getting President Trump. And instead of protecting Americans from individuals like the one in New Orleans, that's where their focus should be 100% of the time, not on trying to put their political opponents behind bars, put the bad guys behind bars. I don't, we don't want to hear anymore. Oh, well, yeah, we saw this person at the videos and this or that, but we didn't take any action. Uh, that's why we've elected a Republican, new Republican president, a house and Senate. Let's get to work.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right. Thanks for calling. Let's go to Lewis who is calling online. One who is an ACLJ champion in Colorado Lewis. Welcome.
SPEAKER 01 :
Yeah. Listen, I just finished calling my representative. He's a Democrat. But I said nicely, I want him to vote for Speaker Johnson. So people in Democrat areas don't hesitate to call their representative and ask him nicely to vote with Speaker Johnson.
SPEAKER 10 :
And Jordan, I think that is a good reminder for people. While I don't know that it'll change the vote today, but you have that access to your representative, even if they aren't your party member. And when you call with things like this and you're polite, and you give a reason that you want, as a constituent of this individual, something to be done, you can have an impact. If you are frequently calling about issues that you care about, and especially if you have a moderate member of the Democrat Party, which is hard to believe still exists in some places, But you could have an impact. You could be the squeaky wheel that on some key issues, maybe they vote a little bit differently. That's one of the beauties of having access to our elected members of Congress.
SPEAKER 03 :
And kind of one of the beauties, too, of a Democrat party in chaos, right? I mean, the leadership void there is huge, which means that members who in the past had to worry about dealing with You know, incumbent presidents or Nancy Pelosi types. Hakeem Jeffries, I don't think has anywhere of the kind of political power or clout yet that Nancy Pelosi had because he's been he's been, again, the leader in opposition, even when there was a Democrat president, Democrat Senate. He wasn't in the speaker's position. And so he hasn't been able to kind of gain that political clout. Of course, he would like to and the Democrats would like to. But I think there is a vacuum right now on the left side of the aisle and who the Democrat Party is. So our job as conservatives is not to help them figure that out. But it can be to work with those members who really do want to work with us on issues to bring them in. Again, like you said, Will, on specific issues that we know that they're open to working with us on. The more votes, the better. I don't think on the speaker issue necessarily. But as you said, when you're a constituent calling your member of Congress, that is very impactful. It's not just a person in the United States calling. It's one of their constituents who are actually paying attention to what they're doing.
SPEAKER 11 :
And voting has just begun. We'll let you know for speakers. So we already are getting some of the tally in. Now we go off the air in about two minutes here. So I encourage you to follow Jordan, follow ACLJ, because you will be posting and there'll be a lot of updates on what happens here because the first round could be completed. probably within the next half an hour or so. That's probably what we're looking at here. Sometimes quicker, sometimes slower, but we'll continue to cover it on all of our social media platforms to make sure you follow the ACLJ. Let's have just a very quick call. Chris is calling Washington State. You're on the air. You got like 20 seconds, Chris.
SPEAKER 08 :
I would like to know why in the world Biden gets to make some of these decisions because when I go in for surgeries and I'm taking medication, they tell me not to run any heavy equipment and not to drive. So he's making decisions and they tell you not to make very important decisions.
SPEAKER 11 :
To cut you off, I think we got your point. I think a lot of people feel that way, but unfortunately, he is still the president for the next 17 days.
SPEAKER 10 :
And if his team thought that there was an issue, there is the 25th Amendment. However, that's not been invoked, and so he's the president of the United States, whether you like it or not. A president of the United States who's kind of angry right now.
SPEAKER 03 :
The only reason he should take any kind of action like this is there's an actual emergency. Outside of that, You need to keep the incoming team briefed so they're ready to go. In the case of him, if there's a real emergency and he is the commander in chief right now, you should be able to make those kind of decisions. But you don't do that because, and we know in this report, you have no new intelligence. You don't do that to politically hamper things. you know, the incoming president of the United States and their team. That's just disgusting.
SPEAKER 11 :
All right. Thanks for listening and watching this week. We'll be back on Monday, but we post brand new content all the time on ACLJ.org, on all of our social media platforms. Follow those today, support the work at ACLJ.org and sign that petition.
