This episode launches an in-depth discussion of what lies behind the contentious budgetary discussions gripping Washington. As Speaker Johnson steps into the fray, his attempts to reconcile differing fiscal priorities have sparked significant discussions. We’ll dissect his approach and the reactions from those like Elon and Vivek involved in shaping political narratives. Unravel these complexities and gain insights into the fine balance of governance and strategy.
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, just tweeted, this bill should not pass. The only way you’re going to be able to pass it now, Mr. Speaker, is with Democrats. If you could, what’s your message to Elon Musk?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I was communicating with Elon last night. Elon and Vivek and I are on a text chain together. And I was explaining to them the background of this. And Vivek and I talked last night about almost midnight. And he said, look, I get it. He said, we understand you’re in an impossible position. Everybody knows that. Remember, guys, we still have just a razor-thin margin of Republicans. So any bill has to have Democrat votes. They understand the situation. They said, it’s not directed to you, Mr. Speaker, but we don’t like the spending. I said, guess what, fellas? I don’t either. We’ve got to get this done because here’s the key. By doing this, we are clearing the decks and we are setting up for Trump to come in roaring back with the America First agenda. That’s what we’re going to run with gusto beginning January 3rd when we start the new Congress, when Republicans, again, are in control. And all of our fiscal conservative friends, I’m one of them, will be able to finally do the things that we’ve been wanting to do for the last couple of years.
SPEAKER 28 :
Oh, boy. Oh, we got a lot to talk about here. That’s Speaker Mike Johnson, who was on Fox & Friends trying to sell this budget. I don’t know what the hell they’re doing, this omnibus. That’s not what we voted for on Election Day. We did not vote for this. We absolutely did not vote for this. And when I heard him talking about it, You know, like I said, he’s he’s he’s I’ve said this before. He’s you know, he is a rhino. I mean, I don’t want to just say like a moderate. I mean, he’s he’s a rhino, but he I don’t think that he is as malicious maybe as some of the others or he just he doesn’t have a lot of seniority. But I mean, just to say that you have to pass this bill. because you’ve got to set the decks as it were. That’s what he was saying. Like you have to pass this bill so that you can get ready for Trump and you can get ready for a Republican Congress. That doesn’t make sense to me because people voted for fiscal responsibility. And what I’m hearing here is that’s not, none of that is fiscal responsibility at all. And it’s more of the same. Did you vote for more of the same? I did not vote for more of the same. I absolutely did not. So we’re kind of at a crossroads here. And we’re going to talk about this here throughout the program. We’re kind of at a crossroads here. Because this is the dangerous part of victory, is when you think that victory is all it was. And that there’s nothing else that needs to be accomplished. When in fact, the whole point of the victory on that election Tuesday… was to get in a position where you can actually have some victories. That’s the big thing. So when I heard him talk about this stuff, when I heard Speaker Johnson say this on Fox and Friends, I thought, huh, passing a bill so that we can get things. It kind of sounds like you got to pass it to find out what’s in it, Cain. Where have we heard that before? Oh, that’s right. Nancy Pelosi. Good old Nancy Pelosi, right? Good old Nancy Pelosi. Don’t tell, don’t say good old Nancy Pelosi. So welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you here. We’re at the top of this first hour. We’ve got a lot of stuff to hit with you today. And we’re going to go over this whole… we’re going to look at this omnibus because the omnibus has a lot of no, no things in it. We’re calling them no, no things. They’ve got like salary increases and all kinds of stuff. I just think too, when you’re a congressional member, when you’re a member of government and you’re making, and you’re telling people that you can’t live on $174,000 policy because inflation is too bad. That’s a problem, right? What about the rest of us? Hmm. What about the rest of us? So welcome. Dana Lash here with you. Again, top of this first hour. You can listen coast to coast, all that good stuff. We got more on this because this is a big fight. This is the big fight. So we had Johnson saying there’s not going to be a… And six is when he said there’s not going to be a Christmas omnibus cane. Can we go to flashback audio cut six, please?
SPEAKER 18 :
I also predicted this would fall right before Christmas.
SPEAKER 28 :
Well, this is not six. No, stop, stop, stop, stop. I need audio soundbite six, please. Flashback Speaker Johnson. We can get that. Well, it says, he says that there’s not going to be a Christmas omnibus. He said this a while ago. He said there’s not going to be a Christmas omnibus. Well, I mean, if there’s no, hold on, hold on, hold on. Let’s get it up on screen. Let’s get it all done proper. Okay, go ahead and hit it. Go ahead and hit it. Okay, so let’s move.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let’s move on past this. We have broken the Christmas Omni. And I have no intention of going back to that terrible tradition. So there won’t be a Christmas Omni bus. Somebody asked me in the hallway a little while ago, will there be mini buses? We don’t want any buses. We’re not going to do any buses.
SPEAKER 28 :
No Omni buses. He said that. It was this past fall. It was like right around my birthday he said that. I remember and I thought, oh, that’s a nice present. No Christmas. Because how many times have we been in this position where it’s a Christmas omnibus? I honestly think we’ve been. I’m sorry, I’m going through my mental Rolodex. It’s 2012. That’s when, no, no, no. It was 2011, remember? Leading up into midterms. Actually, no, go back further. 2009, leading up to midterms, remember? Ooh, before the shellacking. And actually, it worked in Republicans’ favor to have a government shutdown because Republicans didn’t want to pass the omnibus. And so the messaging was that there was going to be a government shutdown and that it was going to be horrible for Republicans and it was going to cost them in the midterms, and it didn’t. It totally didn’t. So I just when I hear people say that they have to pass this, they have to pass a bill about big spending in order to pave the way for less spending. That’s like screwing for chastity. That’s what Speaker Johnson just told us. Speaker Johnson just told us, guys, we got to screw for chastity. It’s what we got to do. We got to do it. You know, we got to get more chastity by being, you know, sluttier. That’s what we got to do. That’s what I heard him say. That’s what he said just there. I’m aggravated over this for a number of reasons. And I talked a little bit about this today because let’s let’s let’s again, let’s think about this for a minute. I blame one person for this right now. I mean, I’ll probably be a little bit more reasonable later, but this was all kicked off by Matt Gaetz. I’m not the person who will not say I told you so. I will totally say it. I did warn you. This was kicked off because Matt Gaetz had an ego-accutane-rage tantrum, an ego-driven-accutane-rage tantrum. That’s why we’re in this position. Matt Gaetz couldn’t get along with Kevin McCarthy, and they had the most inopportune speaker fight. So Republicans had to rush around. Instead of being smart and cultivating good strategy and trying to recruit, over a period of time, really strong Republicans, constitutionalist, conservative potential speakers, they had to race and cover their ass and get another rhino with even less seniority. That’s why you got Speaker Johnson. Speaker Johnson didn’t get that because he was super popular and he didn’t get it because he’s a big conservative. He got it because he’s pliable. He might be a nice guy. I’ll separate the nice guy from the politician. But at the end of the day, they’re employees and I didn’t vote for this. I didn’t vote for all. You know, I mentioned, oh my gosh, I did not vote for this. I pay an ungodly amount in tax and I have Republicans telling me right now they’re going to waste more of my money. That’s going to necessitate them having to come hat in hand, begging to have the federal government steal more of my hard earned dollars so that they can call it a tax and pretend that it’s charitable. Hell no. No, the reason that we’re in this position, it was super smart for Gates to trigger the most inopportune fight of all time where there was no plan B. They had to race and get a bad sub, a bad substitute. And then he resigned anyway to avoid the House Oversight Committee report that’s going to come out anyway. And now we’ve got this ridiculous bill and we have too few people willing to fight it. Now, I got aggravated at a couple of people because they were like, you know, we would have probably had the same bill regardless. Or, you know, why are you? That’s not the point. Are you saying that we got to suck it up and take it because it would have happened either way? You can look in your crystal ball and you can determine for sure what happened either way. So the presupposition to make that argument is that Kevin McCarthy was always going to be speaker and or Kevin McCarthy was also going to do this. Now, I’ll tell you something. Kevin McCarthy is every bit as moderate as Mike Johnson. I told you this, too. Kevin McCarthy is a moderate. A rhino, if you will. I mean, I’ve been talking about Kevin McCarthy since a lot of these people, a lot of these peach fuzz on X were again the day they were born. They think politics started with them. We’ve all been talking about Kevin McCarthy since the young guns. OK, so we know. And I get aggravated at it because people are like, well, you know how bad he is? Why don’t you go read the stuff that you formulated your view to get to that point and then come and tell us what we think? Because there were people who defended him back in the day, and I thought, this is crazy. And then there were people who were pushing Johnson, and I’m like, what? You’re switching out one rhino with another rhino, a rhino that has been around the legislative block fewer times and has even less seniority. You see what I’m saying here? That was the only advantage that McCarthy gave. But Matt Gaetz, he absolutely lost his mind. He wanted to flex. Matt Gaetz, I know a lot of people like him. I’ve met him. I don’t know too much about him personally, but I can say this is ego-driven. And we ended up having the dumbest timing speaker fight ever. All to protect his ass. He got into this fight over the Sethics report. That’s what all of this was about. That’s the only reason that there was a change in speaker. It wasn’t because the people leading the charge wanted actually something more conservative. And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. That is a lie that’s on scale with Nancy Pelosi telling you you got to pass it to find out what’s in it. This wasn’t about them wanting something more conservative. They blamed McCarthy for not – Gates, namely, was blaming McCarthy for not stopping this ethics report, this ethics investigation. And because he didn’t stop it, he had a grudge against him. And then he was able to convince people with this narrative that it was about somehow protecting Trump or whatever. Trump endorsed McCarthy, and he liked Gates, too. I don’t even know why he would put POTUS-elect in that position, but he did. I thought that was dumb. But it was a big old ego fight and he wanted to stop this ethics investigation. McCarthy wouldn’t stop it. And so they led the charge. My whole criticism wasn’t ever that there needed to be that there didn’t need to be a speaker race. It was that this is the stupidest time to do it. Remember, they were on deadline to get a number of things done. And and they ended up. having to split their resources, they had no time to find and cultivate a really good speaker. They didn’t give themselves any… If you’re going to be a rebel, have a damn strategy. If you’re going to be a rebel, have a plan. Otherwise, what is the point? It’s a flex for ego, and it hurts the nation while you pretend that it’s some MAGA-driven agenda, and it’s not. So now we got Johnson, who’s just like McCarthy, but has less seniority. And now we’re in this position where we have this omnibus. And if you think that I’m mad about it, you haven’t even scratched the surface. I’m enraged. It’s more of the same. More of the same with these people. You are busting your ass to make ends meet. I know people who are buying fewer Christmas gifts for their kids this year. And we got Republicans that are including things like pay raises in an omnibus when he could just pass the CR and be done with it right now. We got a lot to talk about. I’m going to tell you some of the other stuff that’s in this nightmare. Our partners over at Preborn. This is such a great organization. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 28 :
So the Dow tumbles more than 260 points for a nine-day losing streak. It’s longest since I was born. What do you mean, wow? You should be like, wow, you’re like 10? Wow, you’re such a baby. Because I know how long ago that was. They said longest ever. This is crazy. They entered the history books. First nine-day losing streak. The 30-stock average slid over 267 points, 61%. Ooh, I don’t like any of that. Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some stores.
SPEAKER 20 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 28 :
That is smart. Yeah. I mean, they have to. That’s sad. They said that it’s technology that’s being used a lot in law enforcement, but it’s now being expanded into retail to help deter conflict and prevent theft. So does this mean we’re going to see fewer of those entertaining fighting videos in Walmart? Because I felt like Walmart was coming for Waffle House’s belt. You know what I’m saying?
SPEAKER 16 :
Fewer or more?
SPEAKER 28 :
Are we going to see more or fewer fights?
SPEAKER 16 :
If there are more body cameras, I imagine we’re going to see more. Dude, epic.
SPEAKER 28 :
Just saying. All right. It’s the little things that make me happy. Come on. Oh, my gosh. Okay, so you guys know I’ve been following the story of these astronauts that were stuck, right? They were stuck at the International Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, they were supposed to only be in space for eight days. They left back in June. It was supposed to be an eight-day trip. And now it looks like it was they were supposed to come back in February with the help of SpaceX. But now SpaceX needs more time to prepare the capsule. So they got some bad news yesterday because they need more time to prepare this capsule for liftoff. Now it got pushed back again. It’s scheduled no earlier than late March. So they said they considered using a different capsule to fly up the replacement crew to keep up flights, you know, on schedule. But. They decided they were going to wait for the new capsule. So they got to stay there until March. That’s crazy. Can you imagine being stuck in that for that that long? I can’t. I mean, that’s something else. Also, a couple other things here. I think froze. I’m so done with Google and Google Docs. We’re out of time. But coming up, we got this omnibus. We got a lot of stuff to hit. And we also we got to talk about the woke wokery again. Woke scolds. Stick with us. Our partners over at Black Rifle Coffee. The Freedom Roast, a new roast for Black Rifle Coffee, just in time for Christmas as well. And you can check it out over at BlackRifleCoffee.com, where you can also sign up for the coffee club and get free shipping, automated orders, the whole nine yards. Now, with this company, I mean, they make great coffees. They have Just Black, Silence, or Smooth, all kinds of stuff. The Freedom Roast available on ground, whole bean, 12-count rounds as well. And you can save 20%, not just on Freedom Roast, but all the roasts that they have. It’s so smooth, full of flavor, the best roast out there, veteran-owned, veteran-operated coffee. And they hire active duty and retired military as well. And they celebrate America and our military history with everything that they do. Get your freedom on with the Freedom Roast from BlackRifleCoffee.com. And check out the other top shelf roasts like the Just Black and Silence or Smooth. Whatever it is you decide, you get 20% off using code Dana. 20% off with code Dana at BlackRifleCoffee.com.
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not able to catch all three hours of the dana show subscribe to the full podcast and get news and laughs delivered in short easy to digest episodes ideal for your busy lifestyle on youtube apple or wherever you get your podcast i didn’t didn’t mean to do all of this to you now go ahead keep it keep him george michael going because he he really was a gem it’s whamageddon
SPEAKER 28 :
So the contest was, and this has been going around on social media, and apparently all my friends were playing it and I didn’t know. I just whammed again to myself. Didn’t even know that. We got whammed, dude. What the hell is whammed again? You’re supposed to see how long in the Christmas season you can go without hearing this song. Oh. And I just whammed all of you. You just got, yeah, sorry.
SPEAKER 17 :
I made this decision like 30 seconds ago.
SPEAKER 28 :
No, it’s okay. Nobody knew. I didn’t tell you because it wasn’t on the front burner of my mind.
SPEAKER 16 :
So it’s okay. A whamageddon? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 28 :
All right. You know our mutual friend Jason Church back in St. Louis? Okay, so I saw him do it and then a million other people were doing this. And I’m like, oh, and I was sitting here thinking, man, I haven’t heard this song once this year. Oh, I’m doing so good. I just like winning things. You know, I just even if it’s not a contest that matters. Right. Like if I’m in a grocery store aisle and someone’s in the aisle with me and I’m so competitive, I’m like, I’m going to get to the end of the aisle for you. It’s nuts. I have so many hang ups. But I’m so sorry. I did not mean to wham again, you guys. I’m going to get mail. I’m positive because I’ve seen too many of you. Like somebody even mentioned it in one of my comments on Facebook. I’m like, how far reaching was this?
SPEAKER 16 :
Am I supposed to be upset that you went and get me?
SPEAKER 28 :
Well, you’re like out of the car. You don’t win anything. I don’t know if anybody in the chat was playing this. I just never thought to talk. Cause I just, it’s one of those weird social media things. Cause I, and then I saw a cousin playing it last night. I’m like, can you play it? Or you just, I don’t know.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’m having a hard time being upset here in the song though.
SPEAKER 28 :
Well, yeah. I mean, it’s a good song, you know, but if I’m, but also I wanted to beat everyone and not hearing it. So it’s OK. It’s all right. Welcome back. Another just a note from management. So my Hobby Lobby shotgun lights, Kane moved them so we could record a commercial yesterday. Now they won’t come back on.
SPEAKER 16 :
That is not an accurate description of the timeline. Look at him. He’s stuttering.
SPEAKER 28 :
He feels so bad. He’s so sorry, guys. Why are you doing this? It’s okay.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yesterday we had to record something that’s going to air in January, so we can’t be having Christmas lights on your microphone like that.
SPEAKER 28 :
These aren’t Christmas lights. They’re shotgun shells that illuminate.
SPEAKER 16 :
Say it Christmas-y and color it.
SPEAKER 28 :
It’s kind of Christmassy. Are you keeping my Christmas lights up all year long?
SPEAKER 16 :
Those are Christmassy.
SPEAKER 28 :
They’re Christmassy in the way that they shine light like our Lord and Savior.
SPEAKER 16 :
You’re trying to make the listeners believe that I actually somehow broke them when they were working this morning before you came in and sat down. And then we noticed that they weren’t working after you sat down.
SPEAKER 28 :
You never had that problem before.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s why it was weird for you to blame me.
SPEAKER 28 :
No, it’s all right. It’s all right that you broke them and you hate old people. It’s okay. You know, Stephen is still going to bring you presents.
SPEAKER 16 :
It’s so unfair to me. Can we get a 2025 commitment? Jesus is born for you too. A commitment in 2025 where you’re not so… You’re not going to tease me so much?
SPEAKER 28 :
It’s okay. It’s all right. Welcome back to the show. So, Dana Lash with you. We’ve got the chat over at Rumble, Channel 347, DirecTV, unless you’re listening to the station, terrestrially. We have Thomas Massey coming on the show today, Congressman Sassy Massey. He’s going to be joining us later on. Perfect timing. I’m sure he’s like, oh, my gosh, because we’re going to have to get some tea. It’s tea time with Sassy Massey. We should do a regular… reoccurring segment on this all right so we were talking about this omnibus because and i know we’ve got a lot of other stuff to talk about but forgive me if i’m mad for a moment because we pay a lot in tax right we pay a lot in tax and we put up with a lot from the government do we not so when we vote and we vote with the energy of we want lower taxes and no more bad government spending and then the government’s like here’s our omnibus We’re going to spend all your money. That’s exactly what it is. It’s the spend all your money omnibus. That’s all it is. And we have weak leadership in the House. I mean, and it’s true. I mean… I’m not here to like back pat. I had someone tell me I was mean by criticizing Johnson. I’m not here to like be best friends with these people. I’m a taxpayer. Damn it. I want a return on the investment of the money that was stolen from me and sanctioned by calling a tax. Okay. I want to see what, what I’m purchasing. I purchased not having, well, I didn’t purchase it. It was a forced purchase, like a buyback, right? This is not what we voted for. And I’m not here to make these people feel easy in their betrayal of the American people and the principles for which we voted. If people think that that’s how this system works in the United States, then they’re not Americans. Because this is how it works in the United States of America. We’re not serfs. We’re not subjects. So, this omnibus, and a lot of people were going off on this, and I know Chip Roy’s been very upset with it. He’s been sputtering mad over it. And He’s, you know, even Rand Paul had said Rand Paul tweeted, I had hoped to see Speaker Johnson grow a spine. But this bill full of pork shows he is a weak, weak man. The debt will continue to grow. Ultimately, the dollar will fail. Democrats are clueless and big government Republicans are complicit. A sad day for America. It is unusual for Rand Paul to be that. forthcoming, right? I mean, not that he’s not a straight shooter, but he’s mad. And to see him be that mad and then actually write it out and tweet it, that’s something. They need to let the whole thing shut down. This is ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And I mean, ultimately, you… I mean, that’s really what a lot of this was. A lot of this was… Just going along to get along. And I feel like there are too many Republicans that think like that, you know? Just going along to get along. I saw some of the other things that were in this omnibus. We got the pay raise, right? I mean, and this was in the CR. There’s a cost of living pay raise. This is over at Punchbowl. A cost of living pay raise for the first time since 2009. But you do have an opt-out from being required to use. Oh, but this is, oh, wait a minute. No, this is just for lawmakers. Sorry. What? Oh, yeah, that’s right. So the CR for members, a pay raise and an Obamacare opt-out. They directly impact lawmakers. It was very quietly added to the CR. Congress and this again, a punch bowl had this had this story. They noted that Congress was proactively blocking lawmakers from getting basically pay raises. They call them cost of living adjustments. I don’t think that lawmakers should get a cost of living adjustment because the legislation that they pass or do not fight directly impacts the cost of living. So the cost of living has gone up. It’s the problem of the lawmakers and the voters who keep empowering them. So they had like previously in these spending bills, they would include language to block this kind of stuff. Other federal employees get pay adjustments, but lawmakers specifically did not. And so now on page 15 of the continuing resolution, there is a provision that modifies the language and actually allows for. I mean, essentially a pay raise. That’s it. They remove any previous language in the draft of the omnibus to block those cost of living adjustments. And this was also, there’s a couple of other places that also discussed this. They’ve blocked these automatic pay raises since 2009. They’re trying to pass this bill, by the way, the stopgap, they’re trying to pass this by Friday night. And so this is gonna be a bare knuckle brawl right now until Friday night, maybe Saturday, but Friday night. But they have, they’re supposed to receive, there was a law that went into effect in 1989 where members of Congress were supposed to get like cost of living adjustments. Again, I reject that. I think that that’s an incentive for them to not do stupid stuff that increases government spending and affects the cost of living for the rest of us. So that should be an incentive. They don’t get cost of living adjustments. They don’t get to do that for themselves and fix that for themselves. And then the rest of us suffer the consequences of their stupid legislative actions. But they say, well, it’s less appealing for many to run for office. I don’t care. That’s kind of the problem. Everybody wants to run for office. Everybody wants to run for office. People go to school. Then they leave school. They never work in the private sector. And then their whole career is to be an elected official. I think that you have failed as a parent if you’ve raised a child like that. If you’ve raised a child who goes to college, graduates college, and then decides that their whole career is going to be an elected office and they just skip the private sector, you’re a garbage parent. And if this were medieval times, you’d be dragged through the streets and tarred and feathered along with your, you know, basically glorified welfare politico wannabe. I hate this stuff. It’s like monarchy adjacent. I have very strong feelings about this. Clearly. But this is, that’s the problem. They’re like, oh, well, you’re de-incentivizing it. It shouldn’t be an incentive. It used to kind of be, it was a burden. When government, when all of this was first established during the times of our founders, this was treated like we look at jury duty today, right? Nobody wants to do jury duty except for you true crime aficionados out there. And I have a couple of you in my family. Nobody wants to, they’re very excited about jury duty. They wish they could do jury duty for everybody. They love it. I have a cousin who adores jury duty. That’s the exception, not the rule. It’s supposed to be a burden. And that’s why you didn’t have people who would just be ensconced in these seats and then treat them as though they were heirlooms that they could pass down to their next familial generation. They didn’t do any of that. But then people decided to sweeten the pot for themselves. And now that’s why you have these people who are like, I’m going to be a lawmaker. That’s my goal in life. That’s supposed to be a consequence of being successful in the private sector is maybe you’ll go and you’ll you’ll serve in a public capacity for a couple or a few years, depending on what seat you’re going for, Senate or House, you’ll go and you’ll serve for a couple of years and then you go back to your occupation. You go back to your regular life. That’s how it used to be. But then it all changed. It all changed. This bill is 1,547 pages long. That’s how, and they just got it. What was it, last night? Night before last, they got it. So they have to read it Understand it. Draft amendments. Have those gone over and then try to change all in the span of just a few days. Wasn’t there a promise with that that lawmakers would have X amount of time to read and actually process proposals like this? Yeah, Congress, I will say they’ve been inserting provisions into these bills to block races from going into effect because they feared that there was going to be a lot of political blowback from voters. Somehow Johnson allowed that to happen here or he allowed it to not happen this time. They took it out and he allowed that to happen. I mean, I. This is wild. And then the people who force the rest of us into Obamacare, they get to opt out, but we don’t. They get to opt out, but we don’t. Anyone who thinks that Obamacare is a good thing, let me tell you, I got forced into Obamacare. I had great insurance. Now I have some of the, I have horrible insurance. I mean, I we because they don’t they don’t cover like they didn’t cover one of my kids allergist. They didn’t cover a specialist. There were all kinds of stuff. And I don’t know anybody. I know people who have actual I have a dear friend who’s dealing with a serious health issue. And it’s been going on for quite a long time. It’s like a lifelong ailment that she has. And I remember they discovered it right about the time that Obamacare was going into effect back in 2010. And she was terrified. And she had every right to be because she lost access to her specialist. Lived in St. Louis. Lost access to her specialist. Had to go find another subpar doctor. And then when things would change, she would lose this or have to do that. And it was… It’s been a nightmare for people who had actual legitimate, decent insurance. It’s a nightmare. Anyone who tells you otherwise either lives in their parents’ basement or they just… They’re a Martian. I don’t know how the hell else, because there’s no way to defend it. People who are responsible with their finances and themselves, nobody defends it. And lawmakers in this omnibus are opting, are allowing themselves to opt out. So they’ll pass legislation that the rest of us have to follow and the rest of us have to abide by, else we get a fine. And We have to live with it. Lorraine notes this. This is going to really churn your butter. Congress is about to give themselves, again, it’s a 3.8% increase in the cost of living in this adjustment. And that’s a number also that Bloomberg Business has reported, Punchbowl News. Military retirees, people who served our country, who put their lives on the line, they get 2.5%. Yeah. They get less income. They get less. And Mike Johnson allowed this to happen. Allowed it to happen. And there are people who give him cover. Astounding to me. 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Members are giving themselves a pay raise. Do you guys deserve a pay raise?
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Well, that’s news to me. It’s good news. You know, what has it been, 10 years or 14 years and no COA, no change at all? I think it’s about time something’s done. You support giving yourselves a pay raise?
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How would I not know about a pay raise? But I mean, people look at the performance of Congress and say, why should we give them more money? What about the media? Think about that for a second. And we’re not paid by public money.
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I know you’re not, but I mean, half of your listeners are not there anymore. You’re still getting the same paycheck? What’s going on?
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Welcome back to the program. Dana Lashley, the top of the second hour. Chats at Rumble. You can also find us at X Channel 347 Direct TV. We’ve been talking about this insane omnibus bill and the reason it’s a big deal is because, well, now we’ve got to get back to business because they want to get it. They got to pass it. The deadline’s Friday. They got to get it done right before Christmas. And Instead of just passing a simple CR for some reason, Mike Johnson’s like, okay, let’s go ahead and do the omnibus. And I’m mad over it, and you should be too, because they include pay raises for themselves greater than what veterans receive. They opt out. They allow for themselves, not you, just them. They opt out of Obamacare. There’s all kinds of stuff in here. All kinds of stuff. And I’m telling you, it’s… This is going to hurt them. You don’t need something like this right when you’re starting off, you know, a new administration. And then you and then you’re going to have about what I can maybe a year and a half, because don’t think for a second that Democrats aren’t trying to figure out how to claw their way back into power. And then you got to deal with midterms elections all over again. This is the last thing that you want to have. You know, you don’t want more big spending. A lot of these lawmakers are looking, they’re going to add this to their record. Lawmakers get $174,000 annually. If you’re in leadership, you get more. I don’t think that they should get a pay, a cost of living adjustment. Absolutely not. Because that should be an incentive for them to stop passing garbage that we spend money on. Government spending is out of control. If you spent money like the government did, you’d be broke. Well, the government is. And they think it’s your responsibility to pay more because they can’t control themselves. Oh, and now because they made the economy such a fecal storm, they need to be able to pass for themselves a cost of living adjustment. They need to be able to do that. By the way, Juan just noted that our shotgun lights are on. Look at that. I don’t know how it worked. Cain broke them when he moved them. So we had to record something yesterday and he removed them, broke them, broke them. They never came back on again. And I’m like, I know you hate old people, but like, why break my shotgun lights? Why? I’m being as fair as I can be. Maybe. Or it’s just, it’s istist, because I hate everybody. Not you, though, obviously. All right, so, yeah, so they’re back on. The little lights aren’t twinkling, Clark. No, they are. It’s because they got mad. They saw how upset I was getting over the budget, and they were like, well, we better work again. She’s having a bad time. That’s what they thought. They think. I don’t know if you know that.
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If only Congress acted like those lights.
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I think the drones may be, you know, go back to the drones for a minute. We all need drones. Why don’t we just have like a citizen’s drone brigade and then just, you know, when lawmakers aren’t doing the stuff they need to be doing, you got your little friendly neighborhood drone there. Watch over your lawmakers. Make sure they’re doing what they need to be doing, right? Dana, that sounds threatening. Hi, have you like at all familiarized yourself with the inception of this republic? I mean, it literally hinges on a threat from the populace to the elected class. I love the people who think it’s all kittens and sunshine. You’re supposed to be subjects. No, we’re not. So, and I’m mad that we’re in this position because it’s just, we… Could have had, if we had been smart about it, I think we probably could have had a better speaker. The issue, and one of the big problems with this, is that when they decided to kick off the dumbest time speaker fight I’ve ever seen in my life, they’re like, we’re going to get rid of this rhino and replace him with another rhino. What? What? And he’s going to have even less seniority. And he’s going to even know less about the procedures to get stuff done. What? So it was made worse. You at least could have had just like the maintenance of the status quo. But they didn’t even do that. They made it worse. And I love the people who are big time fans of the folks that kickstarted this. They’re like, well, no, are you saying that this bill would not have happened if it was Kevin McCarthy that was there? That’s not what I said. I love people who make up stuff that I didn’t say and then they get into a fight with themselves on X about it. Two different points. Who knows? But the promise was we were going to get a better speaker and we were going to get all the little things that our limited government heart desires. That’s what we were sold, Kane. I’m not wrong. That’s what we were sold. And we didn’t get it. In fact, it was just an exercise in the vulgarity of ego because it was all done to avoid a House Ethics Committee investigation. And then now that report’s coming out and Gates resigned his seat. So it was all for nothing. That’s the other weird thing. Let me touch on this. The House Ethics Committee, they’re releasing this report. They decided they were going to release it. And I got thoughts on those. They voted along party lines back in November to not release it. Now they took another vote and now they’re going to release it. They’re going to put this report out there. Huh. So… Okay. All right. Why did that, why did that change? I’m just curious as to what changed, what, what made that change? I mean, I’m like release every ethics investigation. I don’t have a problem with that. So they got this ethics committee report that’s going to come out and the New York Times reported it. They, but they voted to release it. I mean, it could be this week. It could be before Friday. It might be before. Who knows? Could be before Friday. And all of this came to light when he was selected as the nominee for for AG and he had to he had to drop out because of this investigation in this report. There was a lot of discussion that he wasn’t going to make it their confirmation, you know. And so the he’s joining, I guess, like a network. I don’t know. And he’s that the investigation into him had to do with drugs and sexual misconduct. And we’ve talked about some of this stuff. The investigation that was brought against him, the reason that they didn’t bring charges hinged upon one thing that I was reading. It said that they were they could not apparently they could not prove that any of the women that were involved in the in all of the accusations and the investigation. They couldn’t prove that Gates and company knew that they were underage because it had to do with like trafficking and sexual propriety, things like that. So I don’t know. But all I know is this apparently was serious enough that he dropped out of the race and resigned his seat from Congress to avoid having this happen because he didn’t fall under the purview of the House Ethics Committee. And that was all done. I mean, you can’t tell me it wasn’t done to avoid that. And I’m not saying that to question it means that you have to accept whatever premise is is acceptable. by the investigation or the report itself. But it is incredibly telling that someone who is very ambitious and definitely wanted to ascend higher in elected office had to resign his seat super fast and it had nothing to do with A.G. and then had to drop out of running for A.G., And I think, you know, a lot of people talk about 4-D chess. And I make so much fun of that. Because I’m like, stop trying to explain conspiracy theories with 4-D chess. I actually think this was Trump doing a 4-D chess move. Because I think that he knew that Gates might be a liability by dragging down all of the other nominees in the confirmation process. And so he kind of just sort of allowed the field to… To be as it was so that Gates kind of would take himself out of the running. That’s what I think. That’s what I would have done if I had that issue. So I think that was that was a Trump maneuver. And I think he was like, well, I don’t want to spend political capital, you know, jettisoning this guy out of out of this orbit. But this got to go. I I bet on it. I’m telling you, that’s to me, that seems like it’s most likely. And so he drops out of this. And now they’re releasing this report. I got a theory about why they’re releasing this report now. I think it’s payback. I think it’s payback. I’m not defending Gates at all. I’m not a fan. I think this is payback, though. Do you think that? Why release it now? He’s not under purview of the Ethics Committee. What purpose would they have in releasing it? Although now here’s where my taxpayer citizen part comes in. Hell, yes, release it. And I want to know all of the other reports. Remember when Marjorie Taylor Greene was out there going, well, if you if you are going to do an investigation into our pervert, we’re going to talk about now release all of it. I want to know all of it. especially if there had to be payoffs for some of these other lawmakers. I want to know everything. But here’s what I don’t get. I see some people on social media go, well, we’re going to find out who we’re going to primary any Republican on that ethics committee that that is releasing this report. How about you be smart and primary every lawmaker that had to settle because of an ethics investigation? How about you primary the lawmakers that had to use our taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment cases that were kept secret from taxpayers? Instead of, you know, filleting your favorite candidate, how about you maybe prioritize the will and the action? sanctity of the voter and the american public and protect the american public and i’m going to primary any republican that decided to do this to the candidate i love go fluff somebody else this is not what the relationship between the taxpayer and a government official is supposed to be like they’re not a god they’re not a monarch you should be going after every single republican and democrat that ever had to use our tax dollars to settle any kind of harassment Remember, Green said that she was going to get all that information and release it. I’m like, do it. Why didn’t you do it? It’s all a game to these people. Release all of it. But I do think specifically with him, I think that people were like, you know what? You wanted to F.A. Now you’re going to F.O. I’m fine with releasing it, but I think it’s payback when it’s not equally applicable to every other one. If that makes sense. So I don’t know. The whole thing is I just not much is going to change. I want you to know that. I know everybody’s like super hopeful and we’re all like told, oh, everything is going to change. Not everything is going to change. It’s one election. And people then they get their hopes up. And this is where Republicans are stupid about messaging. They’re like, oh, everything’s going to change, guys. In one election. No, it’s not. It can be made better by an administration. But if you think that it’s going to do a 180 after one election, no, no, no. This is a generational battle. I’ve been telling people this since the beginning of the Tea Party 2.0 days. This is this is not a fight for everybody because you got to have you to see the long game and you have to have you have to persevere. You have to be resilient. You have to be relentless. You can never stop. It’s never going to happen in just one election cycle or even two. It’s a generational battle. And when Republicans get everybody’s hopes up, like you’re going to change everything in one cycle. Then when people see that things aren’t changing the way that they were promised to change, they feel disillusioned and demotivated. And they don’t want to get as energetic the next time around. People need to be realistic when they’re messaging this stuff to voters. It’s an incremental battle is what it is. We got a lot more on the way as we move towards headlines. And our partners, the non-firearm firearm, the folks over at Burn a Gun. This is an interesting product because it’s a self-defense tool, right? And I always tell people, You know, I carry always, and there’s very rare exceptions when I don’t, and I have zero issue with using lethal force to protect myself and my loved ones. 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A Virginia hunter was killed by a falling bear that was treed by fellow hunters. This is a wild, wild story. In Virginia, this guy was struck by a bear. It killed him. Lester Harvey, 58. He was about 10 feet from the base of the tree when the incident occurred. The bear had been treed. And the hunters retreated from the area, one shot the animal causing it to fall. And he was in a seriously stable condition, but later succumbed to his injuries. And wildlife officials, they’re not pursuing charges related to the incident. For the people who get upset by the bear, I love bears too. But you’ve got to realize that people who’ve never been hunting don’t realize that you get tags to go hunt, meaning that you can only get like X amount of animals. You can only get this type of animal. It is very strictly regulated because it’s all about culling the herd and protecting the balance of the ecosystem. And so the people who go off on this, they’re horrible conservationists. In fact, their ignorance hurts the land. They have no idea how culling herds or how to manage wildlife. They have no idea how any of that works. And that’s why certain bears at certain times of the year can be hunted. So there you go. Moving on. Doctor’s warning is people are catching chlamydia from gym equipment. Okay, so… This is a big thing I have about public gyms. I just feel like they’re nasty. And when I see people getting all sweaty and disgusting and then not wiping their stuff off, I cannot deal. If the gym is not clean, I am not there. It’s disgusting. But yeah, there were people who said that they got like this one guy, he wiped his eye with a towel that he placed on a bench and they thought it was pink eye, but it was actually that in his eye. Oh my gosh. Be not gross at the gym. That’s it. Stick with us.
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What’s behind all this? Nothing nefarious, apparently. But they’re checking it all out. I think it’s just one… There’s a lot of drones authorized. I think one started and they all got everybody’s want to get in the deal.
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That’s Biden talking about drones. He’s not even like the president right now. Trump is basically the president. He’s he’s already I’ve never seen a president elect be already treated like the president in my entire life like this. Not in my entire life. And he’s just like going along with it. You know, he just rolling with it. He’s going, he’s talking to everybody. So I got to tell you, I got, so I got to get an, I’ve been fascinated by this guy. When he went to… When he was in Paris at the reopening of the Notre Dame, after they had the big fire and it just ravaged the building and it took five years. I can’t believe they did all that they did in only five years, if I’m being honest. If you saw pictures of before and after, like the destruction from the fire and then after, it’s pretty unbelievable. And when he was there, he was meeting with all the world leaders and they were just… Am I reading too much into it because it felt like they were relieved, right? It felt like there was, oh, we know that this is a sentient president and, you know, we can talk to him and, you know, it went well. There was also a very much, a really highly analyzed clip. And they were in Paris. I don’t know what building they were in. And the door opens and he walks in. And the British Prince William, the Prince of Wales, is there. And I don’t really get into the whole monarchy thing. You know, there’s a lot of British culture that I like, like the hunting and the tweed and all that stuff. But I don’t get into the monarchy part. However, I have to say that I thought the Prince of Wales meeting with Trump and the rapport that they had between them, it was really refreshing to see. And I thought because, you know, Charles is the king and that’s that that’s that’s the Prince of Wales’s dad. And he’s like kind of a fruity environmentalist. Right. He’s sort of like, yes, you know, could the climate change? And he goes on and on and on about it. Well, his son had given a quote recently where he’s like, I’m not going to lecture people about climate. I thought, oh, what? And he was so when he met Trump, like if you look at. Other British leaders, when they would meet Trump, they’re all like very it’s previously was almost kind of like they were a little snotty. I thought the the late queen was real nice when she met him. She’s very, you know, she’s a very proper person, was a very proper person. But I thought it was it was really it was very refreshing and very different to see the rapport between them. The body language and the Prince of Wales putting him at ease and Trump putting the Prince of Wales at ease. And they got along very well. And the Prince of Wales was. He they were complimenting him so many people for how well he handled it because they have seen how previous, you know, British officials and even other Europeans, other European lawmakers, when they would, you know, that when you meet Trump, you can read the body language and you can kind of tell like they’re not really smiling or they’re only smiling with their mouth and not their eyes. And it’s just, you know, it looks forced. It did not look forced at all. Like they looked completely at ease with one another. And a lot of people were saying it really set the tone for the evening and that it was, I read, I think I have it here. I think it was either at the Guardian or Globe and Mail, maybe Daily Mail. But they were saying that it kind of, it sort of broke the tension for everybody there the rest of the night. That’s pretty big, right? But that’s kind of like his that that event was sort of his reintroduction back to European leaders, British leaders after, you know, hit the election. So it was nice to see that. Now, I bring this up because I feel like this is kind of another representation of right and left. So the Prince of Wales was being complimented by many people in the UK for how he how statesman like he was and how he got along so well with Trump and he put him at ease and they got along really well. And it was evident in the video and the photos. Well, all the leftists decided to start attacking him. Like how dare the Prince of Wales meet with Trump? Like who else was going to? Why would he not? Right. I mean, if they view him as being like a figurehead of leadership, why would they not? Like, shut up. Why would you not meet with Trump? But then wait, there’s more. So, you know, his ginger brother. Right. And I love redheads, by the way, but I do mean it in a mean way with him. I’ve always wanted red hair. So his ginger spare brother, right? And his game show Z-list wife. Did you see the headline that came out? My jaw hit the floor. So apparently, I guess because they live in the United States, they think that they’re a Duke and Duchess of the United States. We don’t have a monarchy, right? Can you just check in? Nope. We fought a war over there, right? We sure did. Okay. So here’s from one British paper said, Prince Harry and Meghan are shocked after Prince William’s latest move. They were left hurt and angry after Prince William’s appalling behavior because he met with Donald Trump. And they were mad that Trump, quote, gushed, end quote, over William. They were livid. angry and betrayed. Their source, which is them, said it was appalling. Oh, wait, there’s more. They also said that they’re shocked and terrified. Because remember, Trump was like, how did he get in here? He’s got a he’s been on drugs. There have been people of lesser statute stature who have been denied entry to the U.S. who are famous, who cannot get entry to the United States because of previous publicly known drug use and or drug convictions. That’s the thing that will actually not that’ll get you blocked from coming into the U.S. And there are examples. There are a ton of publications out there that have had all these examples of people who were like way less than this hairy dude. And they were barred from entry. So then it came out. Do you remember that those two made a donation to Ashley Biden’s this thing that Ashley Biden was doing? They made a hefty donation through their charitable foundation to Ashley Biden. And it’s very interesting. Like right when that donation to Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter, happened. the details of Harry’s visa were locked down. Interesting. Isn’t that interesting, Cain? I’m sure that the two had nothing to do with each other. And so Trump has, you know, he said, like, why is he here? How did he get in here? He’s talked about it before. So now they said they’re shocked and terrified. And they were they said it was in a, quote, appalling betrayal that William met with Trump. Those two grifters. And I’m not I’m just quoting the Spotify president who said that they were blanking grifters. Or was it Netflix president? I can’t remember. Everybody’s gone at them. Yeah. They said that they were blanking grifters. Then they had a hundred million dollar deal with Netflix to make this stupid show called Polo. It was a documentary looking at Polo and they said it was boring and tedious. And it’s like, so I’m sorry, but that’s like some bougie stuff because them horses is expensive. Okay. And then she she apparently did a cooking show that no one’s ever going to see the light of day. She had this super big deal with Spotify where she did like, what, seven or eight crap episodes. And that was it. And then she misused like a couple like one of the word archetyped as a way to title her. I don’t know. And then you got him. All he does is bitch and moan that he’s not the Prince of Wales. And they’re super commie. They’re communists. They’re not leftists. These two are communists. They’re the ones who want to lecture you about gun laws. He was the one who came over here and said that we have two free speech. Our speech is two free. And they sign everything to Duke and Duchess. Like we recognize that here in the U.S. So they’re livid because they see and Juan’s getting some of this video ready. I mean, they got along. And I don’t think he’s like a super conservative, but I think he’s a professional. He was doing his job. But I read so many pieces where they were like, oh, that like broke the tension for the night. Everyone was put at ease. It was a lovely event. That’s a win-win, right? And of course, you got the two communist grifters that try to be the Duke and Duchess of America. I think at least Wallace Simpson had a little bit more self-awareness that are freaking out because he got along with Trump and Trump is looking at Harry’s history of drug use. Like, why did how did he get a visa to come in the United States? Oh, maybe because they donated to Ashley Biden. I don’t know. I came. What is wrong with us? He’s what is so bad about the Prince of Wales meeting the president elect of the United States? It was nice. I like to see people get along. I like to see people smiling and I like to see them get along, especially at Christmas, especially something like this. I mean, they’re there. It’s a restoration of a church for crying out loud. Right. This how fitting that you have the reconciliation of the president elect of the United States and European leaders and British leaders in a church here right before Christmas reconciliation. Isn’t that nice? And then you got the grifter, the spare and the zealous girlfriend out there or wife out there in California were betrayed. Didn’t they betray their family by like calling them racist and making up all the stuff about them and nonstop poo talking them every chance they get? Good heavens. Enough. Can they go back to Canada? Can Canada take them, you know, as like an apology for Trudeau? on us can you take we guys take them back because we don’t want them here we’re done but I just thought that like the pictures they were nice pictures this is like one of the and I know I’m talking maybe a little bit too much about it but I I actually felt like I was in a good mood when I watched this everybody was getting along in a church right and I almost sound, Cain, I almost sound optimistic. Hold up. I got to be cynical again. This is too much like happy. This is like too much positivity. Can’t have that. Golly. Merry Christmas. No, we got to get away from this happy stuff. What in the world is happening here? All right. So they, I mean… I don’t know. I thought it was a nice event. All right, we’ve got Florida Man on the way. We’ve got Nostra Thomas Massey coming up in our third hour. Oh, yeah, because we got this omnibus. I feel, Cain, like he doesn’t like the omnibus. Yes, I feel the same. We’re going to talk to Nostra Thomas about that as we get moving towards Florida Man and see what Florida Man’s been up to. Please, nothing perverted. All right, as we move…
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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 28 :
Okay, we’re back asking this question again. How many people in Florida have a machete?
SPEAKER 03 :
Everybody.
SPEAKER 28 :
I think everybody does. Is it required? Make a note, the next time we have the governor on, Governor of Florida, that’s a question I need to ask. Because every, guys, this is a completely different story involving yet another machete wielder. Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Florida man accused of road rage. He threatened to assault a woman with a machete. Deputies arrested Mark. That’s right. Yeah, a lot of a lot of consonants in this one. On Monday, following a disturbance call at the interest at an intersection, deputies spoke with a woman who described being involved in a road rage incident with who allegedly ran away from the scene. He closely tailgated her and then flashed his lights toward her for several blocks. And then at the intersection, he got out of his vehicle and approached her waving a machete trying to intimidate her. So he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. They found him at his residence and they got his machete. I’m just like how many people this has been in the past two months. I’ve had six stories of dudes with machetes, all different, all different. Is that a thing? And then, relatedly, where is mine? I read about people having machetes, and I’m like, for me? Like, I want one. I don’t know. Let’s see. This… Hmm. Well, you… F.A. and F.O. Stupid games get stupid prizes. A Florida man kills a prowler during an attempted break in. This guy was trying to break into cars in the early hour of the morning. And then the vehicle’s owner actually was sitting behind the wheel of his car. And I guess the guy came and tried to break in his car with him in it. I don’t know if you saw him in it. And there was a man lying in front of the home with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity wasn’t released. They said that they’re not pressing charges because the evidence clearly shows that the guy was trying to break in the car. Apparently did not notice that this dude was behind the wheel and was going from car to car and was like trying to break into him. And I mean, yeah, you I mean, if someone if you’re sitting in your car and someone’s trying to break into it. Yeah, that’s like a terrifying thing, right? You’re like, oh my gosh. So yeah, that’s lethal force is used. A Florida man avoids arrest by towing his own car to evade police. He tried to avoid getting arrested. Of course, he’s on TikTok. And of course, he made a video about it because everything is horrible. He tried to evade by having his car towed. It’s kind of funny. He, but I don’t think it worked. He’s like, he said they were waiting to arrest me. And yeah, he’s, I don’t know why that like went viral. I don’t know.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, his car was super loud with the exhaust. So, and it sounded like gunfire. So the neighbors had called the police. And so the police were looking for his car was parked out front there.
SPEAKER 28 :
But why would you arrest a guy? Cause he’s got a lot of muffler.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, I guess there’s a law or an ordinance or something. I have no idea. But anyway, when the cops arrived, he just towed the car out while they were sleeping.
SPEAKER 28 :
I would just get a car with a louder muffler. And then when I know he was sleeping, I would like completely go. I mean, I believe in being good to your neighbors, right? And you don’t be a nuisance. I think that’s just part of being, you know, a nice person and being a grown up. But also at the same time, if you’re going to be dumb, I can match that energy. You know what I mean? Like I can match it and exceed that energy. I would put, oh man, everything. Can I tell you a secret? So I can make my car real loud. And whenever I would drive by Harris signs in residential, I’m just saying. I got loud car. I got a car that puts hair on your chest. So I’m just saying, maybe it got a little loud. Maybe there was a little kick. I’m just saying. So I don’t know. I can’t really get too mad over this one. Third hour coming up. Nostra Thomas Massey will be joining us. Stick with us.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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SPEAKER 28 :
Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you. And coming up, we’re going to have Nostra Thomas Massey on the program and all good things. He’s going to be joining us on the program and we’re going to get into the CR and all that good stuff. And boy, because he’s already said Thomas Massey’s already tweeted out. that he’s not going to vote for Mike Johnson on January 3rd. He says, there are ours who are noncommittal on Johnson, but Massey appears to be the first who publicly says he won’t vote for him. He said, quote, he doesn’t have my vote, end quote. We’re going to be talking to him coming up. So again, welcome back. Chats at Rumble. You can also watch the simulcast of the radio program on Channel 347, DirecTV as well. And I, you know, I think that this, this idea that I don’t know why they don’t just pass the CR. Why? Is there something I’m not getting? Why do this omnibus now?
SPEAKER 16 :
Even some media outlets are trying to call it a CR, but technically you can’t do that because this includes a 40% increase in Congress’s pay. So there is no continuing just the same budget. This is clearly an omnibus.
SPEAKER 28 :
And again, just to recap, Lawmakers, not for you. Lawmakers get to exempt themselves from Obamacare. And they want a cost of living increase. You don’t get a cost of living increase. They make the policies that increase your cost of living. But they want to have an adjustment. They want adjustments. So I got a couple of other things to touch on as well. We’re going to talk to him more about that coming up. Can I talk really quickly? Will you indulge me for like five seconds, maybe a minute longer? Where is this at? OK, so this is. The information that’s been coming out now about that dude, the Mangione, the Luigi guy. He there’s more information coming out about this Mangione, who was the guy who killed the health care executive. And it’s from the clueless Teen Vogue people who are trying to go all Tipper Gore. about video games. And I feel like they’re trying to use something as a way to diminish his own actual depravity. And they’re trying to excuse it by putting the culpability on something else, right? That’s what it feels like. They said he was an avid gamer and he had dozens of game titles listed on his Xbox Live account. And they go through this whole piece about how, well, you know, because he’s a gamer. And he probably, and he played like first person shooter games. I am done with this. I am so done with this. You should be suspicious of anyone who tells you that video games lead to violence. I thought Cain, I mean, I think Cain put it best when he was on break. Only insane people are triggered by video games. We’ve always had video games. And even before video games, there were just like regular game games. Cops and robbers, all kinds of stuff. You had WWE. You know, we’ve always, I’ve played video games my entire life. Casually. You know, I’m not like, well, I don’t know. My setup’s pretty sweet. I showed Brendan Herrera my setup and he was like, oh my gosh. But I will say casually, like I’m not, you know, I know what my talent level is, my skill level. Okay, come on. I’m not like a professional gamer or anything. I just enjoy it. You know, everybody has their own little hobbies. I like to crochet. I like to bake. And I like to like, you know, shoot monsters in the face. It’s great. But I played games my entire life. I mean, from like the old Nintendo. Do you remember, Kane, what is the name? And I was trying to Google it and it wasn’t. Was it Qbert? Was that the little thing that would hop on the little lighted?
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 28 :
Qbert.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. It looked like a pyramid of cubes that you would jump on. What game system was that?
SPEAKER 27 :
Was that Atari?
SPEAKER 16 :
Qbert. Was that ColecoVision? What was it first on?
SPEAKER 27 :
I think Qbert was Atari.
SPEAKER 16 :
It might have been. I’d have to look. I think it was like the first time I ever saw it at home, I thought it was like a ColecoVision type setup. I didn’t know that one.
SPEAKER 28 :
I got interested in video games when I was a kid because my older cousin would play video games. And we would sit in the den, and I would just sit there and watch him. I watched. I enjoyed watching him. And I learned a lot about it, and he was really good. And it was Qbert. It was the E.T. game. And I’m trying to think of something. Zelda, Legend of Zelda. And the first… Yeah, Zelda’s Nintendo. Well, yeah, he started with the Atari. And then he got a Nintendo. And then I remember when I got a Nintendo for Christmas and I lost my mind. I was one of those kids in one of the videos, like losing my mind. And, you know, I had a pretty sweet setup. I had a little bitty dinky TV. And then, like, on a little old coffee, like a little old end table in the corner of an unused room in our house. And I had my little game system up there. And I had a pillow that I would sit on on the floor. And that was a sweet setup for back in the day, Kane, right? Like, we didn’t have none of those, like, you know, lighted towers. We didn’t do that. That was my super sweet setup, man. And I had a coaster for putting my soda on. If I got if I had a soda or I had juice or something, you know. Oh, my gosh. I mean, I got in trouble for playing when I shouldn’t have been. Oh, man. I’ll never forget the one time I was right at the very end. I can’t remember what level because see, you had to go all the way back to the beginning. There was no we’re going to restart you at a certain point. You got to start over. And I was almost there. My mom got mad at me because I was playing and I should have been doing chores or something. And she pulled It’s like mom Why did you do this? But i’ve always played when I was pregnant with my first born I had to go to the hospital to be induced and at midnight at 1201 And I was you know, we didn’t live that far from the hospital and I was like 10 o’clock playing mortal combat So I did and after he was born the nights that he wouldn’t sleep and I had to constantly hold him and rock him I would hold him and rock him and I would literally play video games So my husband could sleep and go into work. That’s what I did. So I’ve always played. And I taught my kids how to play video games and introduced them to that. And now they have surpassed. The Padawans are now the masters. And I have to ask them questions. This is full circle. But I say this because I’ve known people throughout my life who’ve played games and no one’s ever done anything like this. None of them ever do anything like this because people who say, well, it desensitizes you. No, it doesn’t. There is, and I’ve played some pretty, pretty graphic, you know, violent stuff. And it does not desensitize you because it’s a video game. Oh my gosh. I have gone hunting. That is nothing like playing a video game. When you are harvesting an animal and taking its life, it is entirely different from playing video games. And the people who argue otherwise, God love you. You have no idea. You’ve either never hunted or you’ve never fired a gun or you have never played a more like a first person shooter. Now I do have one rule. My mom never had a rule with anything I played. She didn’t care. I could listen to whatever. I could do whatever. I never had any limitations on anything I could read, watch, or listen to. If I wanted to sneak into an R-rated movie, she wouldn’t care. She just didn’t care. She knew what battles to pick, and she was like, eh. When they came out with GTA, I never played GTA. I never wanted to, and I never allowed it in my house. Because I was like, I’m not going to glorify crime. If you’re going to play and you’re going to do this, you got to be a good guy fighting the baddies. Well, unless it’s like, you know, two against two and you got your taking turns like cops and robbers. You know what I mean? But we’re not going to sit here and pretend to be like, you know, carjackers and, you know, get with hookers and stuff. We’re not doing that. That’s the only thing because I just thought that’s and I don’t like that. So, and I always liked, like, fantasy game. I always liked to have zombies or monsters or something. Although I did really enjoy, before they got real stupid with Tencent and Blizzard, Cold War. Because, you know, you literally got to go into the Kremlin and just, like, pop some commies. And it was wild. It was so great. You know, you got to fight the Viet Cong. It was crazy. That was a great game. And but I like, you know, like Elden Ring, which is one of the most frustrating things I’ve ever played in my entire life is fantastical and beautiful. So frustrating. And I have to take breaks from it. My son introduced me to Lords of the Fallen. Another one. It’s really it’s a beautiful game. It’s great to play. Space Marine 2. Great game to play. But you’re fighting, you know, you’re fighting monsters. You’re fighting. There’s good and evil. None of this is maybe you want to go out and shoot anything up. And again, I’ve been doing this since I was a kid. I played Doom as a kid. I played Doom on my PC. As a teen. None of that ever made me want. I played. Castlevania. All the stuff that I played. There were like doom rip offs that I played. So. This idea that this leads to this. No. Someone who is predisposed to evil. Is going to be evil. No matter. What they have. As a hobby. No matter what it is, if they’re evil, they’re predisposed to it. If they are predisposed to committing murder, nothing else is going to influence that. It is something in them already broken. This is the same argument that anti-gun people use. They argue that the introduction of an inanimate object makes you violent, makes you evil. Oh my gosh, if only we got rid of the guns, all the evil would stop. If only we had more laws or more this. It’s the same formula, but it’s tipper gourd for video games. They’re not even remotely desensitizing. I am stunned when I hear smart people say that, like my jaw hits the floor because it is nothing like, you know, the only life I’ve ever taken has been that of a deer. It’s nothing like that. Nothing. And Penn and Teller did a really great deep dive on this like over 10 years ago. And it was on their show called BS. And I think you can still find it on YouTube. I would really encourage you to go watch it because they took, you know, these kids that were that the parents were hearing these arguments about violent video games and that and they took them to a range. And these kids, I mean, it was very different. And they were talking to therapists and psychologists. And I think this is like a new thing that really started cropping up. And I don’t know why some people on the right buy into it. I mean, if first-person shooter games aren’t your thing, that’s fine. But this argument that they lead to this is a progressive argument. And it excuses the innate evil that somebody else has. You’re blaming innocent people for the choices of an evil person. Do not allow evil to lessen the penalty or culpability on itself by trying to cling to something else as an excuse. Evil is evil regardless. It’s like saying, well, all these killers wore shoes, so shoes must. It’s an anti-gun argument. And it’s fun. Games are fun. And people who say that they’re antisocial, they’re not. I mean, you can choose if you, but most people don’t. You meet up with your friends and you couch co-op and you do. And a lot of times, like when my family, when we’re not all together, sometimes the only family time that we can get is that because we’re all in different places. And I think that that’s a great thing. It was great for kids during lockdown because they still got to like, you know, chill and hang out. And, you know, it’s just, it’s fun. I think people don’t understand it and they shouldn’t use their lack of understanding about it as an argument against it.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 28 :
All right, so… We’ve got New Jersey residents who say that they have alarming symptoms after encounters with drones. I know. They said that it’s in the whole tri-state area. They said that they become seriously ill after seeing drones in the sky. Blocked sinuses, coughing up lungs. Well, not like literally, but it felt like it, they said. They said that they all, it sounds like they all have sinus infections. But some people are like, well, it is the start of the flu season. I’m going to blame aliens. So you can take all that nonsense excuse. It’s aliens that are infecting us. Everybody with sinus infections. There it is. There’s the, that’s it. That’s the tweet. That’s the tweet. So that’s I mean, when I first read this headline sidebar real quick, I thought they were going to say that they had like exposure, like nuclear exposure, like symptoms is what I thought. But that’s not ultimately what it was. OK, I’m going to try to get this open. But why is it that my browser, everything decides to crash, like literally when we do quick five? Every single time it does this. All right. So we’re back. So this drone hunters FBI is telling drone hunters to stop pointing lasers in the sky as plane pilots are getting hit in the eyes. Let’s not do that. And then they said that there are orbs are at impossible altitudes. I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m just saying. I mean, is it a government? A new study. I believe this a new study. I don’t think it’s just Americans. I think everybody, our society is fighting an intelligence deficit. Like there, I think that there’s a virus of stupidity that’s spreading. I think it started with communists and it’s spreading everywhere. And they said that there’s a new study showing that there’s an alarming IQ decline across four out of five key areas. And they said that, uh, it’s called the reverse Flynn effect. The steady rise in IQ scores throughout the 20th century may have reversed. That’s what they think. Um, I don’t know. Have you seen some of the stuff that’s happening in society? People can’t even define what a woman is. So are you surprised that IQ would be declining? Coming up, Nostra Thomas Massey on the budget fight. And he says he’s no for Mike Johnson for speaker in January. Stay with us. He’s next.
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SPEAKER 12 :
Wow, it’s beginning to feel more seasonal in here already.
SPEAKER 22 :
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SPEAKER 28 :
We’ve got Congressman Nostra Thomas Massey’s new theme song. Because you know how everybody, every superhero needs a theme song. So we have his. We’ve got it. It came from Kill Bill because this bill needs to die. Yeah. Kill this bill. So we’re just going to go right to him. The great congressman from the beautiful state of Kentucky. We’re calling him Nostra Thomas now. Representative Nostra Thomas Massey, one of the smart. I think he actually is the smartest person in D.C. I think he’s the smartest guy in Congress, at least smartest guy in D.C. He joins us now because he has been. Well, kind of where we all are with this omnibus bill and government spending and speaker leadership. We could get into all of it, but it’s so good to see you. Merry Christmas, my friend.
SPEAKER 19 :
Merry Christmas, Dana. You know, I’d like to say I’m predicting the future, but I’m just observing the past 12 years. And it doesn’t matter if it’s Nancy Pelosi or John Boehner, or in this case, Mike Johnson, we get the same lump of coal right before Christmas every single year. And they use the pressure of, I know this is hard to believe, we are human, like politicians are human. And all of my colleagues, including myself, want to go home for Christmas so they know the optimal time to put this load of crap in front of us. is when we wanna go home and they’ll tell us, they will literally tell you, if you don’t vote for the steaming pile of poo, you’re gonna be here over Christmas break. And that’s what I predicted in September, and that’s what we have here in December.
SPEAKER 28 :
I just, it’s so frustrating that this always goes down to the line right before Christmas. I mean, why can’t, why can’t the speaker just say, we’re doing a CR, you know, we’re good. We’re just going to do that. Or even like demand a standalone spending bill. Why does it have to be this giant omnibus?
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, look, given the results of the election, it should just be a clean CR, right? If you IS three more months until, you know, Trump gets here and gets all of his cabinet, confirmed, okay, that’s fine. That’s a 30-page bill. It takes 30 pages to do what’s called a continuing resolution, or CR for short. They’ve got 1,500 pages. They’ve got patent legislation here. They’ve got everything.
SPEAKER 28 :
They got their pay increases.
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s it’s in there.
SPEAKER 28 :
Let me let me interject. Do you think that members of Congress should be giving themselves lawmakers should be giving themselves adjusted cost of living pay increases when it’s their policies that make inflation so bad? And we all don’t get to do that in our day to day lives, but they can. Shouldn’t that be an incentive for them to spend less money?
SPEAKER 19 :
You know, it would be better if it was just called a raise, but they call it cost of living, right? Cost of living adjustment. Well, who increased the cost of living? Congress did by spending all of this money, trillions of dollars during COVID in the money cannon. We monetized our debt. We loaned ourselves the money after we printed it. And that cost of living that has increased, it’s because of us. So I might be willing to go to bat for a pay raise if we had done our jobs, if we hadn’t actually increased the cost of living. It should almost be like a negative cost of living adjustment. Whatever the cost of living goes up while you’re in office, your pay should go down. So you’re incentivized not to have a cost of living increase for the American people.
SPEAKER 28 :
I just want to marinate that for a little bit. First off, we’re cutting that and putting that on social media because that’s a brilliant proposal from Representative Nostra Thomas Massey, who’s joining us here our last week as we go into Christmas. And I think that’s a great point. It also included in this and correct me if I’m wrong, but did I read that lawmakers are now also exempting themselves from Obamacare, too? We can’t, but they can.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah. And you know what? I don’t know exactly about that provision. I’ve heard that’s in there. I believe it’s in there. Staff members in Congress have figured out a loophole to get out of Obamacare. So there’s some staff members, not my own staff, who’ve gotten out of Obamacare already. Now, and there are members of Congress who, you know, are supposed to be in Obamacare. Now, I will take this opportunity to tell you I’ve been here 12 years and I’ve never taken the taxpayer funded health care. So I’m not even sure what the plan is that congressmen get right now because I’ve never taken it. Because I lived on a farm before I came here and I didn’t have a full time job, I had to buy my own health care, paid all my own premiums. And I’ve kept doing that since I came to Congress, even though I could have had the taxpayers pay for it. So whether it’s Obamacare or whether it’s Mike Johnson care, You are getting care if you’re in Congress. Most are. So, I mean, maybe that’s what you should be upset about.
SPEAKER 28 :
Yeah, we’re talking with Congressman Thomas, a.k.a. Nostra Thomas Massey from the beautiful state of Kentucky. And I want to get into the speakers. You’ve said you’re not going to you’re not voting for Johnson come up in January. You do not support him for speaker.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, I had all the grievances that are still with me. And I’ve told Mike Johnson this, the particular among them, he was the deciding vote in the FISA reauthorization for an intelligence surveillance act. They have turned that on American people. They are spying on us without warrants. My goodness, we’ve exposed so many things in the judiciary committee. Jim Jordan has led the effort to make sure that the government gets a warrant before it spies on Americans, before it surveils Americans. But Mike and Mike Johnson used to be on our committee on our judiciary committee supported that position. When he became speaker, he took the opposite position. Now he says he spent time in a skiff. That’s our, secure area where we get classified briefings. And something he learned in there changed his mind. Well, I remember Mike Johnson, I was in that same skiff with him for three and a half hours when the CIA, the DNI, and the FBI briefed us. And we didn’t hear, I didn’t hear one thing in that briefing where they said that would have saved Americans to not get a warrant. That’s my first grievance. I’ve got other grievances, like the day all the Democrats were waving the Ukrainian flag on the floor of the House because Mike Johnson completely capitulated, gave another $100 billion to Ukraine. And then that’s all before we get to today, which is this. One reporter said, what’s your reason? I said, Mike Johnson just gave me another 1,557 reasons not to vote for it. It’s this omnibus bill.
SPEAKER 28 :
So then that leads into, well, then who would you support as speaker? And why wouldn’t you run for it? Because we all want you.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oof. Okay. There’s some things to unpack there. First of all, I have a person in mind, but I’m not going to say that name.
SPEAKER 28 :
Can you give us a hint for Christmas? It is Christmas coming up. Just a gift hint. Just a little hint. We’ll keep it here. Cone of silence.
SPEAKER 19 :
I know in my family, we always had one present you could unwrap on Christmas Eve.
SPEAKER 28 :
Can that be ours?
SPEAKER 19 :
No, this is not that present.
SPEAKER 28 :
I tried, everybody.
SPEAKER 19 :
I tried. But listen, the reason I’m doing that is to protect that person.
SPEAKER 28 :
Okay, that makes sense. That makes sense. That makes sense.
SPEAKER 19 :
So, you know, I do have a person in mind. There are people that can do this job much better than Mike Johnson could do it. The headwind… that I’m facing is, you know, there’s sort of a Kumbaya moment after the election where president Trump is like, Hey, Mike’s not so bad. And, um, if everybody thinks that the presidents for Mike Johnson is hard to go against Mike Johnson for anybody that wants to run against him, but I’m going to go in there. I’m going to try to put a stick in the spokes of this bicycle. And I think, listen, If Mike Johnson fails to get 218 votes, there are people here who will step on each other’s backs to get to be speaker, right? Like there’ll be no shortage of candidates once they see Mike Johnson stumble. So there is kind of a,
SPEAKER 28 :
We didn’t we didn’t see that with the McCarthy, but I felt like people thought it was they were very unsure. It seemed to me that other members, you know, your fellow members of Congress were really unsure at that time because it didn’t seem like a lot of people were stepping up. But now, you know, if Johnson’s out, then I mean, because it is a new Congress, Republican, everything coming in in January. So it seems like it would be more favorable ground.
SPEAKER 19 :
Right. The first election of McCarthy isn’t a good example. But when they vacated McCarthy, OK, in last fall. there was like a dozen or 15 people running for speaker like it did the body wasn’t cold yet right and running for speaker it wasn’t even pronounced there was no toe tag on it and they were right Like, I think you’ll get the same thing here. And here’s the other thing, Dana. I wouldn’t be doing this to go against the mandate that Trump has. I would be doing it because I see that Mike Johnson is on a collision course with the mandate that we were given in November, on November 4th, when they gave us that Senate, the House, and the White House. And I think it’s foolish to think you get to start over with Mike Johnson with this new mandate, particularly in light of the CR that he’s putting on the floor today.
SPEAKER 28 :
you brought up a really good point because you would also, and I saw that Elon Musk was saying that anybody who voted for this needs to be primaried. And that brings in Doge, because if you have a speaker who, And and of the House who is dragging his feet at just some of the most simplest things you could do for austerity, you know, and getting a good budget. How do you expect Doge, which is basically an advocacy outfit? How do you expect how do anybody expect Doge’s recommendations to be taken and adopted by members of Congress if they can’t even do this with the budget?
SPEAKER 19 :
Listen, I’ve said the Doge recommendations are like the U.S. Constitution. They’ll be great if you can get my colleagues to follow them. You can’t even get them to follow the Constitution. How are you going to get them to follow Doge recommendations? Well, I’ve kind of got a plan for that as well. There’s a Doge committee. There’s a Doge caucus. Now, what would be interesting, how many of those Doge caucus vote for this CR?
SPEAKER 28 :
They should have to leave the caucus if they vote for this.
SPEAKER 19 :
They should be. They should be disqualified. But I think we need a Doge voting block. And the only way you’re in the voting block is if you vote consistently with putting Doge in reconciliation. So there, let me… You wanted me to tell you the future because I am Nostra Thomas. You wanted me to tell you about the speaker race. Let me tell you the three votes that are going to matter next year. Okay. The speaker’s vote, that is the most important vote we’re going to take all of next year. And then the next two important votes are the two reconciliation. They say we get two bites at the apple next year because those are the only bills we know can move through the Senate. But it’s hard to understand reconciliation rules. So I’ve told Vivek, you should feed those rules into artificial intelligence. And then use AI against the Senate parliamentarian. Feed in all the crap that the Democrats have got, like the Inflation Reduction Act, using reconciliation. And then tell AI, here’s what I want to do. How do I do it with reconciliation so that the Senate parliamentarian cannot stop me? Okay, that’s the only prompt you need to give AI. Boom, you get your answers. Now, the senators can’t say, oh, that won’t work because we’re using AI. Anyways, now that’s not good enough. You need Doge to have what I’ll call Senate-compliant recommendations so they can’t just miss. And then you need some people in the House who say, I will not vote for reconciliation unless you implement these DOGE recommendations. And it wouldn’t take too many votes because the blessing we have here is the thin majority. Everybody’s wringing their hands over the thin majority. I’m clapping my hands because it means if you had a DOGE voting block of like five people, you could say, nope, this is a swamp reconciliation bill, not a DOGE bill. We demand DOGE.
SPEAKER 28 :
We demand Doge. I love that. That is actually a really brilliant way to use AI. I’m so excited for the plans that you have. And I am. Oh, my gosh. I’m so excited to see who you’re going to be pushing for House Speaker coming up in January because it’s going to be here. I mean, we’re flying through December. It’s going to be here really quickly. Last question for you, because I know we’re running out of time. Congressman Nostra Thomas, we always appreciate your time. The biggest hurdle, because I know when when when everybody when new congresses comes in in january uh trump’s inaugurated he really has to hit the ground running he has to outmaneuver with speed all gas no break the bureaucratic state and get around them to do everything that he needs to do before midterms and then in the four years that he has what is the what is the your the biggest concern that you have and how can people i’m just thinking the pressure campaign on social media might be helpful what do you how can people help speed this up and make this more of a secure strategy?
SPEAKER 19 :
I think you’re absolutely right, Dana. When I spoke to the president about a week after the election, I told him, I think you have about six months to get your mandate. It’s that short. I know it’s a four-year presidential term, but my colleagues, there’s, Congress lasts two years. There’s the first half of the inning where you can score points and And then the second year of a two year Congress, everybody’s afraid of their own shadow and almost get nothing done because they’re all thinking about getting reelected. So it’s that first year of Trump’s term and really six months before the momentum. And you’re going to have some senators over there. They’re going to be the main impediment. I think the senators. I’m not going to say their names.
SPEAKER 28 :
It’s OK if you do. Kona silence. No one will know.
SPEAKER 19 :
Okay. Like Murkowski.
SPEAKER 28 :
Murkowski, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah. I see.
SPEAKER 28 :
I knew that was coming.
SPEAKER 19 :
And anyways, another certain senator from Maine. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 28 :
I know. Yeah. It rhymes with Schmollens. That’s correct. Yes. Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
And then our speaker that rhymes with Johnson. But those are your problems. There you go. Okay. And you just have to, I think Doge, the most powerful thing they have is to shame, just to shame my colleagues who keep wanting to do the same stupid things over and over. And public pressure, it’s, I mean, I have joked when I talk to kids who want to get into politics and they say they’re majoring political science, I said, you need to major in theater, but if your heart’s set on poli sci, do a double major and call it political theater. It’s exactly it. It is exactly it. You can serve on the oversight committee, the judiciary committee. You can be in leadership. But a lot of it is messaging. And so we’ve got, I mean, Trump’s, he’s got a mandate. He can’t let Mike Johnson or whoever becomes speaker do what Paul Ryan did. It’s like, you know, in a boxing match where they just like grab the other boxer.
SPEAKER 28 :
Yeah, they hug each other for a while.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, spore anything. You can’t let somebody here in Congress do that to call them out when they did.
SPEAKER 28 :
There we go. We’re going to be watching it. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas season, Congressman, and a wonderful new year. And we’re so grateful for you being a voice of reason in D.C. I don’t know what we’d do without you. God bless you, my friend. Congressman Nostra Thomas Massey, everybody. Thank you, sir. Merry Christmas.
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SPEAKER 28 :
All right. So we’re going to wind up this hour. Make sure you go catch up all of our interviews with especially with Congressman Nostra Thomas, if you missed it. We’re short. We went long with the congressman. It was worth it. I can’t wait to see what he’s got up his sleeve coming up in January. So make sure you go sign up over at Substack at the newsletter chapter and verse. Find us on Facebook and YouTube. Like and subscribe. I’m going to be back behind the mic with you tomorrow. Guys, have a great night.
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SPEAKER 22 :
All right, we’re all set for the party. I’ve trimmed the tree, hung the mistletoe, and paired all those weird shaped knives and forks with the appropriate cheeses. And I plugged in the Bartesian.
SPEAKER 04 :
Bartesian?
SPEAKER 22 :
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SPEAKER 11 :
I’m thirsty.
SPEAKER 22 :
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SPEAKER 12 :
Wow, it’s beginning to feel more seasonal in here already.
SPEAKER 22 :
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SPEAKER 09 :
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