Democrats in Alaska have organized protesters to voice disapproval of Trump’s meeting with Russian President Putin. You have to hear how nuts these people sound! Plus, President Trump pulls out some classic jokes as he hilariously roasts Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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Our president is off to Alaska to sit down with Vladimir Putin. for the widely anticipated summit as President Trump is pushing to end Russia’s years-long invasion of Ukraine. Riddle me this, Batman. What are all the progressives with their Ukrainian flags in their windows and on their front yards and on their bumper stickers and on their social media avatars, what are they going to do if Trump manages to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine? Do you realize the catastrophe this is going to be for all the Ukrainian-loving progressives in our country? What are they going to do? Honestly, I’m not asking this kind of rhetorically. What’s Adam Kinzinger going to say? Adam Kinzinger, a former United States congressman, actually has the words Slava Ukraine on his Twitter bio. As if he’s like an elected representative of Ukraine. Or a former representative of Ukraine. Hates Trump with the heat of a thousand suns. Hates, frankly, conservatives at this point. Poor guy’s a lost cause. What’s he going to say if Trump brokers a peace deal? Do you realize what a dilemma this is going to pose for them? It’s going to be a nightmare. It’s going to be an absolute nightmare. They’re going to have to twist themselves into 19 different contortions to figure out how to avoid giving the guy who may very well broker a peace deal credit for brokering a peace deal. I guess it’s like claiming that redistricting is the end of democracy as we know it, so then they turn around and do it too. It’s unbelievable how far the Democrat Party has fallen. Here’s Sean Hannity last night on Fox News listing the Trump peace deals seven months into his second term. Seven months, seven deals.
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I’ll put up on the screen, you know, seven months, seven peace deals. If he gets this done, that’ll be eight months, eight peace deals. And they’re all big. I mean, Israel, Iran, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia. I can go on and on. We’ll put it up on the screen. But the point is, most politicians and this makes, I think, Trump unique. And you spent a lot of time with them, as I have. What makes him unique is he will expend the political capital. He will take the risk. The United States has probably the least to gain from all of this, except for being, you know, the leader of the free world and ending the killing. And he’s putting it all on the line. And other leaders would be huddled with their advisors. Should we? Shouldn’t we? What if it doesn’t work out? That’s not him. Very big difference.
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So I really do want to ask you, especially if you’ve had a Ukrainian flag in your yard, something I’ve never quite understood, or if you had a Ukrainian flag on your social media bio or your avatar, as they say, I really want to ask you if you believe with all of your heart that we must support Ukraine and we must fund Ukraine and we must devote our taxes and our energy to help Ukraine defeat Russia, something that, incidentally, was never going to happen. Never, ever, ever was that going to happen. But I want to ask of you, respectfully, are you going to give Trump credit if he achieves peace between Russia and Ukraine? Are you going to dare to say out loud what the world will acknowledge, that Donald Trump is a peacemaker? If you’re so upset about what Russia has done to Ukraine, and we should be, I’m not going to dispute that. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been atrocious. It shouldn’t have happened. It has happened. We got involved in this. Certainly the Biden family was involved in it in a big way, particularly with Ukraine. But that’s a story for another day. I want to ask you, what are the progressives who hate Trump going to do if Trump brokers peace between Russia and Ukraine? What are the lefties who are all enamored with Ukraine going to say about Trump hypothetically Achieving peace between these two warring countries. PhD weight loss has changed my life. And I’ve got a little secret for you. You know Big Pharma and semaglutide and the shots in the belly. You’ve seen the story recently about the study that shows that a lot of people that are getting this are going blind. You don’t want to do this. You want a program to lose weight that’s centered around science and nutrition. A proven roadmap that has helped over 8,000 clients lose weight and keep it off. Like me. I lost 53 pounds a few years ago and I’ve kept it off. I know what to eat and when. I know how to quiet any of the cravings I might get and finally release that unhealthy belly fat that I carried along for so long. Make the phone call that can change your life in the way it changed mine. It’s called PhD Weight Loss. PhD Weight Loss, Dr. Ashley Lucas’ program is brilliant. And how do I know? Well, 53 pounds later, here I am. 864-644-1900 is their number. Call and schedule your consultation. You can do this program from anywhere in America. Call 864-644-1900, 864-644-1900, or visit MyPhDWeightLoss.com.
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Apparently Jessica Tarloff from The Five had Hillary Clinton on her podcast. I’m being told that Hillary said that she would nominate or recommend that Trump be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize if peace is achieved between Ukraine and Russia. Wow. So there we go. Maybe that gives you an idea. What are the lefties going to do with their love of Ukraine, if Trump is the one, who brokers peace. Mike, I’m intrigued by the topic on Mike’s call screen line here in Cortland, New York. Mike, thanks a lot for joining us. Alex put on the description that you owe it to Ukraine to fly a Ukrainian flag on your front yard. Is that correct? That’s a little bit off.
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No, I fly a Ukrainian flag. Not a Ukrainian flag. I support Ukraine. Okay. That’s what it says. Sure. And it’s not a flag. But at any rate, you know, the United States strongly leaned on Ukraine way back when to give up their nuclear weapons. And when they gave up their nuclear weapons, we said we would make sure that Russia did not invade.
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You mean Russia?
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I think we need to support them. Now, what are we going to say? Am I going to say if there’s a peace deal? Wait, wait, wait.
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Before we get to that, hang on. Before we get back to that, rewind for a little bit. So what’s your sign say in the front yard if it’s not a Ukrainian flag?
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s not a Ukrainian flag. You’ve said that. It says, I support Ukraine. I support Ukraine. It’s a blue and yellow sign. Blue, yellow, white sign says, I support Ukraine.
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So you’ve got the Ukrainian colors on a sign that says, I support Ukraine, which is very noble. Look, I think we all support Ukraine. The question just becomes, why, if I can get personal with you, if you don’t mind, you sound like a nice guy. Are you Ukrainian?
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No, I am not Ukrainian. I am in the Air Force. Well, I was in the Air Force. God bless you.
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God bless you. Thank you for your service. Why would the conflict between Russia and Ukraine motivate you of all the issues that face us, all the problems in the world, all the problems in our own country? Why would that motivate you to put a sign in your front yard about Ukraine?
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Because of the strategic aspect of Ukraine. That’s not an answer. What does that even mean, the strategic aspect? That is. That motivates me. That motivates me.
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What’s strategic aspect?
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The strategic aspect is that Ukraine is a buffer zone between the rest of Europe And Russia.
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So because Ukraine is a buffer zone, you think you should put a sign. I don’t mean to pick on you. I’m just fascinated by this. Why don’t you have an American sign in your front yard? I do have. I fly an American flag. Okay, good. That’s wonderful. But why Ukraine? Is the sign still in your yard?
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It is not right at the minute, but it has been most of the last several years.
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For several years, you’ve got a blue and yellow Ukrainian sign in your yard because Ukraine is an important buffer zone between Russia and Europe. And we promised…
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To support that.
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Right, so because we promised to support them, you’ve had a sign in your yard for years with the Ukrainian colors on it. Mike, again, I say this respectfully, do you know how weird this sounds? This is weird.
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No, you know, I think it’s weird that you are so… prone to giving up our promises to other countries.
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Well, I mean, I don’t mind having a debate about what promises we made or didn’t make. I’m just intrigued by, and I do want to get to, if you’re going to give credit to President Trump, if he brokers peace between Ukraine and Russia. But I am absolutely fascinated that a guy in Cortland, New York, I mean, do you identify as a Democrat or a Republican?
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In New York State, I’m a conservative.
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Well, in New York State, you qualify that.
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New York State, I’m a conservative.
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Are you left of center or are you right of center? Very right of center. You’re very right, so you’re very conservative. Yes. And as a conservative, you feel it’s necessary to have a sign with the Ukrainian colors in your front yard for years. Mike, I’m MAGA, okay? You’re MAGA? Oh, yeah, well, I always love that. I am MAGA. When people, you voted for Trump three times, right? Yes. Uh-huh, yeah, I hear that a lot from people like you. And you’ve got a Ukrainian sign in your yard because we didn’t fulfill a promise to Ukraine, and you think Ukraine is an important buffer zone between Europe and Russia.
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Yes.
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I see.
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In addition, no, no idea.
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No, I know. No inclination to have a sign. No inclination to have a sign up for the police in America. No inclination to have a sign up for the unborn. No inclination to have a sign up supporting Border Patrol or ICE. You believe you ought to have a sign. You believe you ought to sign have a sign up with Ukraine in your yard for years. I was at the Right to Life March. I didn’t ask you that. I’m asking you why are you obsessed with Ukraine, Mike?
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It’s not being obsessed with Ukraine to have one small 18×24 sign. You’ve got a sign in your yard.
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For years, you’ve got an obsession. Why the obsession? Why is it so important to you?
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As I said, because Russia… has invaded the southern country.
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Yes, you stand with Ukraine, we get it. All right, so what are you going to do with Trump broker’s peace? What are you going to say about Trump? What are you going to say about Trump? Mike, what are you going to say? Mike, what are you going to say? Mike, stop talking over me. What are you going to do with Trump if he broker’s peace?
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What are you going to do? If he brokers peace, it will depend on what that peace looks like.
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Ah, here we go. Here we go. This is going to get good. All right, what does that mean, Mike? It’s going to depend on what that peace looks like. How about a ceasefire, Mike? How about a ceasefire?
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A ceasefire might be peace, but it might not.
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Ah, you’re already hedging your bets. Goodbye, Mike. Look, there are liberals like Mike who just, frankly, you just can’t figure out. They’re obsessed with another country that may or may not be in our own best interests, but it fascinates me because they can’t really, and again, I’m telling you right now, And I’m glad and thank you, Mike, for calling because you helped us understand you guys are going to qualify and hold back and restrict your praise for Trump if and when he achieves a ceasefire and gets peace between these two countries. Oh, it depends on what it looks like. Oh, it’s going to matter on what the terms are going to be. Oh, is there a financial outcome that Trump is going to benefit from? This is what’s going to happen. They’re not going to give him credit. The people that, I’ve got to be blunt here, have stupidly had Ukrainian signs on their yards for years. are going to never, ever be able to praise Donald Trump for achieving peace, because that’s who they are. They can’t do it. Trump derangement syndrome is very real. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Every single day, it’s a joy to remind you that portions of our show are sponsored by MyPillow. As you know, our friend Mike Lindell, big legal victory last week. He’s been in a ton of hot water, as you know, because he believes in election integrity. Of course, due to his friendship with President Trump. Well, last week, there was a $5 million judgment against Mike that was overturned by the courts. Good news for MyPillow. So you keep praying for MyPillow, and you keep supporting this great American company. The premium MyPillow, limited time, great price, $18.98. If you go to MyPillow.com, this pillow is a godsend. Look, I bring the MyPillow products with me when I’m on the road. Here at the hotel in Washington State, I’ve got the MySlippers with me, those unbelievable slippers, because I pat around in the hotel room. I don’t know what’s on that rug. I bring the MyPillow with me. I roll it up into the suitcase. I’ve even got my MyPillow loungewear. Tons of great products. If you haven’t been to the site in a while, go check it out. Go to MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher specials. Click on that box. And with anything you order, enter the promo code MikeG. And you’re going to save big. The slippers, the doggy beds. And the Giza Dream Sheets? MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. Or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. Like we love to sing.
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Okay, now this is really fascinating. You know, I get these texts. I really appreciate text messages on the MyPillow text line. Kind of an instant focus group for me. And you can always give us your feedback. If you’re a jerk, you’ll probably get blocked. But that’s okay. I mean, some people, you know, curse me out. Some people agree with me. Some people disagree. But this is really interesting. After that exchange with the guy from New York State, from Cortland, New York, I got six different texts from six different numbers in Columbus, Ohio, complaining about my being bewildered at somebody who’s got a Ukrainian flag in their yard for years. This fascinates me. And why Columbus, Ohio? And it’s six different people. It’s not the same person. Sometimes when people get all fired up, they write me over and over again, and they get blocked, too, because you don’t want to, you know, blow up our text line. So, you know, keystroke and bye-bye. But, you know, look, I don’t block you if you disagree with me. I’m interested in people who disagree with me. But obviously Columbus, Ohio, is some kind of a hotbed of… Support for Ukraine. Which, again, it’s fine. You want to put flags in your yard for Ukraine? Knock yourself out? I’m just so fascinated by why you do it. Why you seem consumed with defending and protecting and, yes, financially supporting Ukraine. That’s the rub. How long are we supposed to write checks to Ukraine? How long does Zelensky keep the gravy train running from the United States taxpayer? And I believe that most Americans are kind of done with it. We’re kind of fed up. But isn’t that interesting? Six different… Here’s one from Columbus. Why do you wear an American flag pin conjoined with Israel on your lapel? Because I support Israel. Now, would I have an Israeli flag in my yard? No. Wouldn’t even think of it. Or an Israeli sticker in my window? No. I support Israel. I stand with Israel. I defend Israel. To me, Israel… represents a battle of good versus evil, and evil wants to eradicate Israel. And I believe we are demographically and spiritually aligned with Israel like no other alliance in the world. So yeah, I’ve got a flag pin that I like that’s got America and Israel on my lapel. Is that the same as a flag in my yard? No, of course not. You know, you wear a suit coat every day at work, and you can have a flag lapel pin. But look, there were people that were wearing Ukrainian flag lapel pins, too. I get it. Here’s another one. Mike, you were way over the top with the guy from New York. Another one. You sound like an ass right now. All Columbus, Ohio. Isn’t that interesting? So is there a big Ukrainian or pro-Ukraine? Hey, if you’re listening to us on 98.9 The Answer there in Columbus, give me a call. Because Columbus evidently is very pro-Ukraine, and I’d like to know why. I am truly fascinated by it. I started out, to all of you from Columbus yelling at me on the text line, agreeing that what Russia did to Ukraine has been awful. I started out by making sure you understand that I do support Ukraine and defend Ukraine. Do I think we ought to have endless taxpayer funding going to Ukraine? I do not. But it is so… Let me give you an example of protesters right now in Anchorage, Alaska. This is what I have in mind as I was talking to the guy that defended having a Ukrainian sign in his yard for years, claimed to be MAGA, and claimed to be a big Trump supporter. The troll alert is sort of up on that one. But check out… People who have taken to the streets in anticipation of President Trump’s arrival in Anchorage. Listen to what these pro-Ukrainian people sound like.
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We need to stand with Ukraine!
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Trump thinks he can negotiate anything. He can’t negotiate himself out of a paper bag.
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They are our allies. Russia is our enemy. Let’s not get it twisted. This is just grandstanding for Donald Trump. He likes to look good and think he’s doing something, but he’s not doing anything. And meeting with Putin is, I mean, actually, I don’t know who’s worse in terms of making a deal and not actually adhering to it. So there’s two guys in a room, neither of whom can be trusted or can trust each other.
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America can help, but Trump has failed again and again. Are we really going to make any progress with Putin, who hasn’t even bothered to show up for so many other instances?
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Now, isn’t that fascinating? Those leftists who hate Trump are angry that Trump is coming to their state to try to broker a peace deal between Putin and Zelensky. They’re mad at Trump’s efforts to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine. How about the woman with the British accent standing up on American soil, claiming that Putin and Trump in a room are two people who can’t be trusted. Isn’t that rich? Isn’t this rich? They’re mad. Look, this is part of the other game. This is the other scheme. This is part of the other sham. I think that the pro-Ukraine folks, the lefties and the progressives and the lunatics on the left who are obsessed with Ukraine are going to be angry if peace is achieved. They’re not going to like it. What sign are they going to put in your yard now if there’s a ceasefire and Russia and Ukraine stop fighting? Wow. Here’s Chicago, Illinois on the text line. Mike, I’m so done with supporting Ukraine. Jamie from Columbus, Ohio. Mike, there is a large Ukrainian refugee community in Columbus. Paul from Philly. President Clinton promised security guarantees to Ukraine that all ended the day he left office. What an absolute fascinating situation. Rays in Columbus, Ohio. 19 before the hour. Boy, it looks like from my text line, Ray, I have aggravated some of your fellow Columbus residents.
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Yes, that’s true. I listen every day. I’ve been here 52 years. It’s been invaded. Columbus was a great city. I blame it on the colleges, Westerville College, Otterbein College.
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Don’t forget the Ohio State University.
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Yeah, yeah, that’s true. Everywhere you see the suburbs, it’s all Ukraine flags, rainbow flags. It’s in the school systems. It’s all over the place.
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Fascinating. Thanks, Ray. Appreciate it. One open line, 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Larry’s in South Carolina. Hi, Larry. How you doing?
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Hi, I’m Mike. Mike, the first caller aggravated me. He didn’t say anything about Obama giving them helmets and meals ready to eat and no other support. Biden said it was okay for a small incursion. That was an invite, a direct invite to come in. It’s okay. I think Ukraine’s only hope is that President Trump can get his job done.
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Amen, and God bless him, and let’s hope he does. Let’s hope he achieves peace. He also, I noticed the caller from New York didn’t mention the Biden family’s ties, deep ties to Ukraine. The left never wants to talk about that, do they? Justin in Horsehead, New York. Hey, Justin, how you doing?
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Hey, Mike, I’ll tell you what, delusions abound. People forget real quick. about what kind of relationship that the states had with Ukraine. And it was completely inconsequential to us whatsoever. Like you just finished saying, you know, Biden brokered all these deals for hundreds of millions of dollars and over a fist. And even if Trump does broker a deal, which I’m pretty convinced he can. All the left and all the libs are just going to lose their mind and say, well, that just proves that he’s got Putin in his back pocket.
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I mean, Justin, that’s what those protesters I just played are saying. They’re mad. They’re in the streets of Anchorage right now protesting Trump’s efforts to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine. I don’t think they want peace, Justin.
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No, they don’t. They want more to complain about. And even if he did broker a peace deal and there was a ceasefire and they were behaving themselves, because frankly, it’s up to them after that.
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Amen. Thanks, Justin. Good hearing from you. 800-655-MIKE. Kip in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. Hello, Kip. Thanks for your patience. How are you doing? Kip, you there? Good morning. Hi. Yes. Go right ahead. Do you know anyone? Mike, 16 before the hour. More coming up at a busy, busy Friday. Great having you along for the ride. It’s also great getting to tell you about my CPA. You know, this is kind of a simple message. And this is kind of neat. Dean’s going to be on the cruise with us. the Patriots Alaska cruise. Dean Owen, CPA, has been ranked one of the top accountants and financial advisors by accounting today in the whole country. And that’s no surprise to me because if I’d have met Dean a long time, I’m just mad I didn’t meet him years ago. Would have saved me a whole lot of money. Dean and his team specialize in helping families and businesses reduce their tax burden and build financial and tax plans aligned with your goals and values. These are trusted experts who understand the importance of protecting what you’ve earned. Don’t wait. Take control of your financial future. Reach out to my CPA. He’s one of us. Good guy. Second Amendment believer. A veteran. Just cherishes the life movement. Dean Owens CPA. And he’s good at what he does. Dean Owen, call 270-554-0720, 270-554-0720, or just visit owencpa.com, owencpa.com. Tell them Mike Gallagher sent you. Here’s a great text from Arkansas. These people don’t want peace. They don’t want safe cities. They don’t want sanity. They don’t want America. They want a third world communist country. Arkansas, well put. Hard to disagree with that. Because of the motion when you
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I’m chasing President Trump to Alaska. He’s en route. I’ll be en route this weekend. We’re headed to Seattle to set sail aboard the Eurodam, Holland America’s beautiful cruise ship, as part of the Patriots Alaska cruise. I’ll be off on the cruise next week. Carl Jackson will be guest hosting. I hope you can keep him company. I’ll miss you, but I’ll check in. I think I’m going to check in this time. We’re going to do some reports, I think, from the ship on X. Follow us at mikeonline.com. Maybe some podcasting. Because I’m working. You know, we’ve got several hundred people joining us. We’re going to have a great time. A lot of fellowship. Talking about the high-stakes Putin summit. Of course, that’s where Trump is headed to try to achieve a ceasefire. And it’s a difficult situation. And one of my challenges as your big mouth talk show host is to try to make sense of everything and to try to prioritize things and try to understand. It all comes at us at once. Let’s face it, it’s a lot, right? It’s a lot. And the FBI director, Kash Patel, has opened up about his work that has uncovered, reportedly, a massive plot to smear President Trump with the now debunked Russian collusion story that was everywhere in the mainstream media. And this is a huge, huge news story that the mainstream media doesn’t want to touch with a 10-foot pole. Here was Kash Patel last night with Sean Hannity on Fox News sharing how his investigations are uncovering documentation, which is pretty wild.
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The Russiagate guys like Johnny Ratcliffe and myself who investigated this and exposed this are trying to expose documentation that we’ve known existed for years. At the same time, we’re finding new material. So the best approach is to release this information with them And also go to our colleagues in Congress who have an oversight function on the judiciary committees and oversight committees and demand from us information and documentation that we can publicize things like the Durham Annex, which we’ve known have existed this entire time, but were classified for political reasons. We are educating the American public as we build through this transparency initiative. And where the investigation goes, I can assure you of this. We will max accountability for the American public. We delivered before when we ran the Russiagate investigation. I now happen to be President Trump’s choice for FBI director. And I’m honored to lead that charge with our great partners and Johnny Ratcliffe and our great attorney general and the prosecutors they have over there who are just as committed to justice as everyone should be, blindly so. We are going to de-weaponize the FBI and get its credibility back to the American people by delivering the accountability they need, by showing them what we’re doing every step of the way. That has never been done before.
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This is arguably the biggest scandal in the history of the country. where Democrat operatives and indeed maybe actual candidates were engaged in a smear campaign that they knew to be false in order to delegitimize a presidency. This could be defined or explained as one of the biggest election interference cases in the history of the country. I’m old enough to remember when people would complain about trying to interfere with the outcome of an election. If you didn’t pull a lever for Donald Trump because you thought that Russia colluded to rig something, that’s a big deal. Roger P. Shulman, our veteran newsman, has been covering big deals for many, many years. And Russia, you know, Roger, you’ve sort of looked under the hood a little bit at this sort of the FBI investigation. We hear the term Russiagate, Russiagate, Russiagate. I wonder how many people’s eyes glaze over. What are we finding out so far? And what is Kash Patel and Pam Bondi and the DOJ revealing to the American people?
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Well, this goes back all the way to 2016, when the president was running, first running against then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. This goes back a while, and it’s a complicated web. I’ve boiled down about 30 pieces of paper to about two now to try and make it somewhat digestible. Main characters, FBI Director James Comey. Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State, candidate for president and former first lady. And then you’ve got General James Clapper, head of the DNI, National Intelligence. All of them were colluding, Adam Schiff is in here too, to try and sabotage the president’s campaign and trying to sabotage his term once he was in office. Kash Patel, head of the FBI, has found seven burn bags and a bunch of hard drives in a secret locked room in the FBI headquarters, the Hoover Building in Washington. It’s amazing that they were still there. They may be finding more things. They’ve been going through that. When Donald Trump was running against then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president, she apparently was engaging in a pay-for-play thing. The Clinton Foundation was apparently accepting money so she would do things for them. It was a money-making Secretary of State operation. We’ve got Adam Schiff wanting to leak classified information to try and sabotage Donald Trump’s presidency. And we’ve got ex… FBI Director James Comey using a special conduit to a friendly reporter at the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times to release all kinds of things to take the president down. So you’ve got all of these things going on. It’s a 10-year situation. We have Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, working on a number of things, and she’s trying to get a handle on this. It looks like there’s going to be a strike team and a grand jury, and it looks like people are going to be going to jail on this situation.
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Well, that’s the big question, Roger. You know, you always wonder, as we’ve heard about this now for years… I get a pushback a lot from the audience saying, look, Republicans talk a good game on this, but is there really going to be any accountability? I don’t know about you, Roger, but it does feel like with this bunch, with this new breed, with this new hierarchy in law enforcement and the Justice Department, somehow it feels different this time.
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It feels a lot different. It’s a lot more transparent. We know what’s going on. A lot of things are coming out. I learned at the event we had at the convention center in Tampa from a local representative, Anna Polina Luna. She is on a declassification commission in the House of Representatives that the Kennedy assassination was done by a rogue group of central intelligence officers who set it up and there was more than one shooter and the Warren Commission was a complete whitewash and didn’t do their job. We’re learning all kinds of things that have been hidden for 50 to 80 years. So I think the things are finally going to come out and I think the things are finally going to actually have a result. I believe we’re going to see people go to jail this time.
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We shall see. Thanks, Roger, for checking in in the newsroom. 800-655-MIKE, 15 past the hour. It’s great having you here. Look, it’s time that there be a reckoning. Did you see the story about John Brennan, the former director of the CIA, allegedly moving to Austria? But he doesn’t want to stop denouncing and attacking Trump and the current administration on MSNBC, where I believe he works as a contributor. So they built him a TV studio. This is all on social media. Who knows if it’s true or not, but this is what has been reported, that they built him a studio in Austria because he’s fearful that the Trump administration is going to arrest him and charge him And so he’s sitting over in Austria, but he’s still doing reports for MSNBC on a set that they built in Austria, giving the appearance that he’s here in the United States. I wonder how many of these sort of shady sounding Democrat operations that perhaps were enacted by the likes of Brennan and Comey and Clapper, even Hillary. I wonder how many of these folks are believing that they’re about to be arrested, that they’re going to be indicted. You’ve got grand juries convening, according to Pam Bondi. Do you think anything’s going to come out of any of this? Do you believe there’s going to be a reckoning? Do you believe there will be accountability once and for all? Or is that a pipe dream? 800-655-6453. Let me know what you think. I’m completely… I mean, I’m always fascinated by the Brennans of the world. You’d think that once they served in their capacity in the Justice Department, and then a new administration takes over, they would just… fade off into the sunset, but they can’t let it go. In other words, even Comey, all of them, they continually bang the drum, exposing their contempt for the 47th president of the United States. They’re supposed to be objective. Law enforcement is supposed, and they are the ultimate law enforcement officials, right? Head of the FBI? CIA? Supposed to be neutral. You’re not supposed to take political sides. And they all have. Which tells you everything you need to know about where they’re coming from. About who they are. And I find that riveting. Absolutely riveting.
SPEAKER 05 :
Obviously some Elvis there, Mike. Yes, sir. So why did I pick this? Why did I pick Elvis? Why did I pick this? You know we do a lot of birthdays. Now the Elvis fans will go, no, no, no, January is his birthday.
SPEAKER 04 :
I was listening to your half-hour riveting commentary about the Doobie Brothers this morning. It was really, really good stuff.
SPEAKER 05 :
It was like three minutes at the top of the show, back down.
SPEAKER 04 :
It had to be 30. It just seemed that way to you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Three longest minutes of my life. Well, here’s 60 seconds on Elvis. It’s the other end of the story. It is 48 years ago tomorrow that Elvis passed away. Oh, gosh. A Lonely Life Ends on Elvis Presley Boulevard was the headline in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. So I said, okay, got to find some Elvis. So I got to thinking. My buddy Mike Gallagher, that’s this segment. You’re born April 1960, right? Yes, sir. Two Elvis songs hit number one the month you were born. That was one of them. And the other one was a stick on you. Wow. Elvis dies when you are 17. How on the radar, what did it mean?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, it was a big deal. I remember going to Memphis and touring Graceland and being amazed at how tiny all the rooms are. It’s this weirdest thing. Not huge. No, it’s not a big, he lived, and I don’t want to say modestly, I mean, it’s a big, beautiful house, but buried in the backyard with his name misspelled. Like a goldfish.
SPEAKER 05 :
Strangest thing ever. They misspelled Aaron. And I, when I went to Memphis in 1985, it was due, the WHBQ had become a talk station after being a music station for years. Right. In 1954, a disc jockey named Dewey Phillips played a little record called That’s All Right, Mama and changed the history of the world. And on the 10th anniversary of Elvis’s death, August of 1987, I’m in Memphis on WHBQ, did a show from Graceland on the 10th anniversary of his death. I’ll never forget that. There were people because you got to understand this was almost 40 years ago. There were people in their 30s. 30s, 35, 35, 40 years old, who were there for all the big hits of the 50s, because that’s how recent it was.
SPEAKER 04 :
I did a remote once outside Graceland. I set up on a little booth. It was in the early days of my syndication life. Was it authorized?
SPEAKER 05 :
Did you work for the Graceland people?
SPEAKER 04 :
We were on a tiny little station in Memphis, and I sat there for three hours, and nobody came. You talk about a lonely life. That could have been the headline in the Memphis commercial. A lonely talk show host on Elvis Presley Boulevard. I sat there doing a show like a moron, and nobody showed up.
SPEAKER 05 :
But obviously it wasn’t on a birthday or a death day, or it was just another random day.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, it was something. No, no, no, there was some reason, but it looked good on paper. They sure looked good in advance, but it did not turn out to be.
SPEAKER 05 :
Speaking of things on paper, somebody sent me something. It’s Friday where we just sort of take care of loose ends. There’s a couple of things going on in the news.
SPEAKER 04 :
And we’re all gone next week.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, you’re on the happy cruise.
SPEAKER 04 :
You’re covering for Stegall, who’s on the cruise.
SPEAKER 05 :
This is the last 735 until a week from Monday. A week from Monday. But you, however, did commit to call us from the ship at 430 in the morning. No, I did not. We have it on tape. We have it on tape.
SPEAKER 04 :
I may put it on tape.
SPEAKER 05 :
ChatGPT, please send a report tomorrow. This is exactly where I’m going. Yesterday you revealed that you, was this a bit or was it for real? Did you have ChatGPT kind of write some remarks for you and then you added them somewhat and then delivered them to a crowd? Did that happen? I did. Sure. And again, we’re having a little fun here, and it’s half of a bit. I lament that this will cause our brains to atrophy because we’re no longer writing our own stuff. It’s not like you are a totally absent partner, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But along comes a – who’s Tyler Durden? That name rings a bell. Isn’t that the dude in – Fight Club? It’s a pseudonym. Anyway, somebody writing something at a website who says the most insidious trick of all the AI language models is the problem is that AI absorbs and spits back conventional wisdom gleaned from every source, which makes its judgments no better than somebody wholly uninformed on particulars, but gains opinions from the mood of the moment. It has no capacity to judge good quality over bad, so it just puts it all into a melange of blather, distinguished only because it looks and feels like English.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, I think there’s merit to that because it takes the speech that I got some help with from ChatGPT relied on Wikipedia. Now, if you’re relying on Wikipedia, you’re going to get maybe a point of view that isn’t particularly your own or objective, but it sort of culls all the Internet, takes all these different sources, and then puts it together in one delivery. You did tell it to make it sound like you, and it did. Oh, yeah, and it did. I said at the end, fight the good fight. Here’s an AI horror story. You ever heard of the name James Dolan, the guy that runs Madison Square Garden? So he’s a guy, very controversial figure, kind of bombastic. He runs MSG and he runs Radio City Music Hall. I think he owns the Knicks. He’s a real powerful mogul. Well, he doesn’t like his enemies very much. So you know what he’s done? He uses facial recognition technology at the entrances of Madison Square Garden. And if you’re a critic of him or Madison Square Garden, you get kicked out without a refund. You know the big law firm Morgan & Morgan? I was just reading an article in the New York Post. They’re involved in ongoing litigation with Dolan and Madison Square Garden. This guy shows up to see a Knicks game or something at the Garden with his seven-year-old son. He’s going through security. All of a sudden, he’s swarmed by security guards. They get him from facial recognition technology. He’s identified as a lawyer with Morgan & Morgan. Now, he had nothing to do with any of the ongoing litigation, but just by guilt by association, being a part of Morgan & Morgan, he gets kicked out.
SPEAKER 05 :
That is weird. I’m half tempted to call BS on this whole story, although it seems kind of real. right first of all it is a real story facial recognition at all the portals at madison square garden there’s it is a real story i mean number two can you load i guess you can load i mean that’s how they find criminals through facial recognition which i obviously support i guess if it’s you or it’s me who’s an enemy of this dude they can load a picture of mike or picture mark and it’ll go you know and we’re trying to go in for a for a next game well i mean and for no for no reason it is and how far does it go i mean what if there’s a contract if i have a ticket to to a thing i I feel like I’ve got a right to be at that thing. Nick’s game, whatever. Unless I’m drunk or beat somebody up.
SPEAKER 04 :
According to the ticket, they have a right to kick anybody out for any reason. I guess they do. That’s the contract of carriage or whatever it is. But, I mean, this is kind of where we’re headed. It’s what makes people worried about Big Brother and technology. Hey, we’ve got to quickly trump his wheels up, as you said earlier, for Alaska. Mark. What are all the Ukraine lovers going to do if he brokers peace between Russia and Ukraine? All the people with the flags and the lapel pins and the flag in their bios and their pronouns and Slava Ukraine?
SPEAKER 05 :
So it depends. If it’s Adam Kinzinger, he’ll have to go find other things to do. If it’s real Ukrainians, they should be happy. I was listening to what’s left of NPR on the way in this morning, just doing up and down the dial, now funded by real human beings, as it should be instead of government. And they talked to you. This was kind of cool. Ukrainians living in Alaska. So they’re right there in the belly of the beast for the news. And they all said things with lovely, lilting, remaining Ukrainian accents. They said, we are hoping for peace. We hope that Mr. Trump is successful. And of course they would be because that means that their fellow Ukrainians aren’t going to get killed by Russians anymore. But none of the people here with the Ukrainian flags are Ukrainian. They’re just leftists. They’re progressives. None of the people in D.C. protesting the National Guard live in high crime areas. That’s right. It’s protesting by proxy.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, you heard Chuck Schumer declare, look, it’s safe for me. I walk around. He left out his 20-person security guard. He’s got a big security detail that takes him everywhere he goes. I’m so excited that the Democrats have taken the bait on this crime issue. This is one of the issues that is so, so clear, crystal clear. They go to the wrong side of every 80-20 issue in the world. I’m reading Axios this morning. And they’re trying to do a hit job on the fact that I heard Jessica Tarloff spew this garbage the other day on The Five. Well, these are red states with all the violent crime. So Axios does a deep dive into where the homicide rates are the highest. Okay? To hear President Trump tell it, they write, they tsk-tsk. The nation’s murder problem is particularly bad in New York City, Chicago, Baltimore, D.C. Well, new FBI crime figures from 2024 tell a different story. Big picture. Now, check this out, Mark. 13 of the 20 U.S. cities with the highest murder rates were in Republican-run states. Then it says, wait a minute, many of those cities, many, remember this line, many of those cities were run by Democrats. who are often at odds with state officials. Well, then they show the map. Mark, all of the cities with the highest murder rates are run by Democrats except one. So there’s this city, and the city, by the way, you’ll find interesting considering your location, Shreveport, Louisiana. That happens to be run by a Republican mayor. And only for a couple of years, by the way. But every other city in the supposedly red states are Democrat-run cities.
SPEAKER 05 :
Somebody tried to come after Scott Jennings on CNN and say, in your state of Kentucky, in your town of Louisville, would you be in favor of this kind of response in Louisville? And he said, listen, whatever it takes. Louisville’s run by Democrats. Kentucky has a Democrat governor.
SPEAKER 04 :
But here’s even Axios, who’s supposed to be a credible, objective news source, saying many of these cities. Yeah, how about all of them except one? And they even put the map up. It’s all blue dots. It’s all blue except for one little red dot for Shreveport, Louisiana. Democrats don’t know how to fight crime, and they don’t want to fight crime.
SPEAKER 05 :
I need a report from you from yesterday because I was living in anticipation. Didn’t get to hear it. How did it go when you interviewed the guy who admittedly has a business model of I will create a crowd. You pay me. I’ll make a crowd show up for your protest. How did that go?
SPEAKER 04 :
He’s a charming guy. And he joined us from London. And look, he doesn’t mind interviews in conservative media. He admits. He says, look, people get paid. He goes, this is America.
SPEAKER 05 :
How much is 100 people at the courthouse?
SPEAKER 04 :
He told. I asked him your question. Five figures, he said. At least five figures for 100 people. That’s weird. Well, that’s $10,000 or $90,000.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, that’s how he answered. And he pointed out that every protester gets between $200 and $300.
SPEAKER 04 :
Not a bad gig. And he said, but now – he goes, but now we vet them to make sure they believe what they say they’re going to be protesting. Oh, sure they do. Oh, no. Yep, yep. He did. And then he went on to compare protesters to talk show hosts. He said, well, look, you guys – he said, look at how much money Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow make. These are just people taking to the streets doing the same thing that you guys do. I said, wait a minute. You’re comparing – You know, AstroTurf protesters to talk show hosts.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, because we’re sincere, saying things that we really believe. Now, if he’s vetting the protesters for actually believing the thing they’re sending him to. He says they do. Then at least nobody’s being fooled or defrauded with people who don’t believe that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, you can’t vet the protesters.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s baloney. Somebody wants the $300. There are people who say, for $300, I’ll hold any placard you want for $300. Some people.
SPEAKER 04 :
And I told him, I said, they all look like they’re out of central casting. They’re all white boomers. And he said, well, and then he got into the whole thing about how, well, a lot of them are retired. They don’t work. You know, they got a little extra cash. God bless America. It was quite an interview. And finally, we’re going to end on the hypocrisy of the Texas gerrymandering debate. So good. A woman named Mariana Garcia wrote a column of the Miami Herald. how Newsom, you know, is going to now gerrymander California. Why, yes. After he declared Texas an affront to American democracy. Don’t you love all these tough-talking Californians taking on Texas? Pritzker, oh, Texas thinks they’re tough. We’re going to mess with Texas. Yeah, the only thing you’re going to mess with is the buffet line over at the… Old country buffet. I’m sorry. Newsom vowed. So on the one hand, Texas is an affront to democracy and it risks destabilizing the body politic. Sounds pretty bad, right, Mark?
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s terrible.
SPEAKER 04 :
So then why do they turn around? Are they going to do the exact same thing? What you’ve done is horrible.
SPEAKER 05 :
Now we’re going to do it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Now we’re going to do it. Apparently two wrongs do make a right. Well, when it comes to impeaching Trump, because Newsom was very transparent yesterday at the press conference, he said, look, it’s all about impeachment.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s all they care about. I think his bloom is coming off. He remains a pretty man. He remains fairly well-spoken. But I think that he’s just coming across as a car salesman. I don’t want to insult car salesmen. He’s just kind of a huckster. I just don’t think it’s working right. 60 seconds. What is your week like? When are you? You go to Seattle first.
SPEAKER 04 :
Today, later today, we off to Seattle. We We set sail out of Seattle tomorrow. We go to Juneau and Sitka and Ketchikan, and we will be wining and dining hundreds of our fans on the Patriots Alaska cruise. Can’t wait for stories.
SPEAKER 05 :
We’ll text like schoolgirls. Give me stories I can tell to people because everybody’s going to miss you, and that’ll be great. And I will, too. And we will see you on October 3rd or whenever you’re back.
SPEAKER 04 :
Doing double duty with Stegall and Davis. Have a great weekend. There you go. See you a week from Monday.
SPEAKER 05 :
Safe travels, my friend. That is Mike Gallagher, World Traveler.
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