In this episode, we dive into an insightful coverage of Donald Trump’s live remarks from Mar-a-Lago where he delves into topics ranging from the proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, to critical updates on foreign diplomacy and hostage negotiations. With a humorous take on press interactions and a critical analysis of the Biden administration’s strategies, the episode provides a comprehensive overview of current political affairs. As Trump discusses international policies and deals, we gain unique insights into the intricacies of foreign relations and leadership dynamics.
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We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.
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It’s appropriate. We’re going to be… So that was just one. Trump’s taking questions right now from the press. And I do want to go to some of this if we could pull it up. But that’s like the soundbite that I had to immediately come to. You know what, though? First off, welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you. Top of the first hour here on Tuesday. I did double check. Why isn’t it the Gulf of America? I mean, I’m just asking. But I’m going to come back to this because why? He’s taking questions right now. He’s speaking from Mar-a-Lago. And he’s gone over everything from Greenland to Canada to tariffs to China. What is he on now? Let’s just go. I want to listen live a little bit. And then we got a lot of stuff to get to. So this is Trump live right now.
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He’s a guy I like. Respect. I think he respects me also. He’s the one that didn’t go after certain people after I requested that he not. You know who I’m talking about? The Kurds. I don’t know how long that’s going to, because they’re natural enemies. They hate each other. But he didn’t do that yet. And he didn’t do it in the past also. He started, and I said, please don’t do that. And he didn’t do it. But if you look at what happened with Syria, Russia was weakened. Iran was weakened. And he’s a very smart guy. And he sent his people in there through different forms and different names. And they went in and they took over. And that’s the way it is. I’m sorry. I don’t mean to interrupt you. Do you have concerns about HDS taking control? By the way, I have the envoy here. Is that in the back? It is. Standing with my son, Eric, is Steve Witkoff, who’s just got back from the Middle East. And he’s done a fantastic job. He’s a… He’s a great dealmaker. I said, what we need there is a dealmaker because nobody makes a deal. We have people that understand where the rivers are and where the meets and bounds are, but they can’t talk. They can’t make deals. Steve’s done a great job. I just want to thank you, Steve. You’ve been working endlessly for months, and he’s working specifically on the hostages, trying to get them back. Well, that was my second question. Steve, come up for a second. Maybe you might want to say a couple of words. I didn’t… I didn’t know Steve was going to be here, actually. Never did I. He’s done a fantastic job, and it’s a dangerous job, too, and we appreciate it. He didn’t know about this kind of danger and the other deal-making he does. Now he sees a lot of big danger. Come on up, Steve.
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Mr. President, can I ask you a second part of that? Hamas rules out the hostage video. Just one second.
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I’m going to give you a little report on the hostages if I can, Steve. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President.
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Wow. Well, I think we’re making a lot of progress. And I don’t want to say too much because I think they’re doing a really good job back in Doha. I’m leaving tomorrow back to go to Doha. But I think that we’ve had some really great progress. And I’m really hopeful that by the inaugural, we’ll have some good things to announce on behalf of the president. I actually believe that we’re working in tandem in a really good way. But it’s the president, his reputation, the things that he has said that are driving this negotiation. And so hopefully, it’ll all work out and we’ll save some lives. I believe we’ve been on the verge of it. I don’t want to discuss sort of what’s delayed it. There’s no point to be to be negative in any way. But I think it’s the president, his stature, what he said he expects, the red lines he’s put out there, that’s driving this negotiation. I’m going back probably either this evening or tomorrow night.
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Are you confident there will be a deal before January 20th? Or is that something that’s likely to happen if there’s a deal even at all? We’ve been hearing this now for… So now they’re talking about the hostages and all that.
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We’re going to continue monitoring this press conference that Trump is giving for Mar-a-Lago. And, you know, if he when he when he goes back to speaking, we’ll dive into it. But it’s been I mean, he’s had a very busy it’s been a packed speech so far. And I like how instead of the reporter was asking about the hostages and he’s like, I’m going to bring up, you know, one of my foreign policy wonks here and we’re going to we’re going to talk. So it’s it’s it’s is it weird to see press conferences and presidents again? I don’t know what to do. I know. What what do we do? We watch them. It’s weird. It’s almost like we just don’t know what to do with them anymore. We haven’t had them in so long. Where the hell is Biden? He’s like signing away. He’s like commuting sentences for death row inmates and all this stuff. I don’t know what the hell the guy’s doing. He’s out to pasture. He has been retired. They’ve retired him. He’s no longer. It’s just so weird because he’s the sitting president, but he’s not. And he’s trying to, as Cain noted, and we made mention of this yesterday, he’s trying to sabotage as much as absolutely possible. Whether he’s going to try to tie up energy, whatever it is, they’re trying to sabotage as much as possible. But I don’t know if it’s so much as Biden as it’s all of the underlings, is the word I’m looking for, all of the underlings with him, right? That’s really what it is. It’s just weird. I don’t know. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I just want to sit here with it for a minute because I’ve never seen anything like it before. It’s really weird, isn’t it? Is it not? So odd. And I like how Trump is still talking. He’s not even at the lectern, and he’s talking. That guy’s just standing there by the lectern. Okay, so a lot to discuss, but first up, the… Again, a number of things. I just it is amazing to see because we had this this the headline with that’s what I woke up to was Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg coming out with a statement saying that they’re changing some things over at to Facebook’s audio soundbite nine. Listen to this.
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back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms more specifically we’re going to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with community notes similar to x starting in the u.s so community notes i or you can just not do anything don’t
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Because community notes are also annoying because that’s where everybody gets in and they all argue with each other. Kane, you’ve seen it. They all argue with each other and it’s really annoying. So why do we even need anything? Now, I will say. And I’m of actually just one thought on this. I do think that this means the tide is turning. Now, before people freak out, because there are people hellbent on Twitter. They are such drama queens that they will argue over anything. They will literally become flat earth and argue flat earth just to have something to argue. I don’t know who these people are. I kind of want to knock their heads together. But that’s me. I do think the tide is turning. Now, and I think that free speech is becoming cool again. Like, for instance, I said that I was discussing how, you know, I’ve been censored on Facebook more. Oh, my gosh, more times than I can count. How many times did we get flagged by Facebook? It’s like something that’s pretty frequent, right? Yeah, all the time. And so it’s. I think that this is significant that he’s making this change. I don’t think it’s something that it’s a political motivation. I think it’s more of a business motivation. And I don’t care if the tide is turning because money’s making a turn. That’s also incredibly significant because that means the market’s responding to something. So you can’t discount it either way. If he had and I don’t really care. I don’t care if he had a genuine political conversion. I just don’t care. I’m almost past the point of persuasion. Right. Just don’t care. But this, you know, whether he’s this change is significant. Because those fact checkers are annoying. And it’s like, who are you? At least with community notes, you know, it’s one of the it’s one of the peanut gallery that’s that’s there with you. I don’t know. It’s just going to be it’ll be interesting to see how it works. But my point is that the tide still turning regardless the reason why. And the market responding to it is incredibly significant. So that’s, you know, I don’t know. Some people are just, you know, they’re mad there. Well, he there’s no I don’t I don’t want him to join my team. I don’t care if he joins my team. I just don’t want him to put a finger on the scale. You see what I mean? I don’t want him to put a finger on the scale at all. I’m not about trying to be best friends with him. I’m not about trying to be like the woke right and elevate him to like a messiah level position because he said one thing that wasn’t entirely wrong. I don’t want to do any of that. I just don’t want him to put his finger on the scale. I’m a big kid. I can take care of my own self. I just don’t need him to be involved. So… You know these notes are going to be horrendous. I will add this, too. That it is curious to me that Zuckerberg has had a limit on how much he was willing to accommodate from China in order to have access to China’s market. That is significant. Because remember, Facebook is not allowed in China. China has their own Facebook account. And that’s not to say that Zuckerberg didn’t, to an extent, try to ingratiate himself in with China. Oh, he absolutely did. But I think that there was a limitation as to how far he was going to go with China. It’s interesting because I feel like he compromised more with the Biden regime than he did with Xi Jinping. You know, because Xi Jinping calls himself a communist. That makes it better, apparently. I don’t know. But at least with the Chinese commies… He actually had a limit on how far he was willing to go in order to have access to their market, which was none. But meanwhile, here we all know what they ended up doing. They donated a lot to far-left causes. And I don’t mind somebody donating their own money to how they see fit. I think money is speech. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have supported Citizens United. However, the… excuse that I didn’t know this was happening when it came out that all of your tech workers at your company were bending a knee to request from the government to suppress users of your platform. When you own the company, there is no excuse. There is none, none. And so I think that regardless of him, in spite of him, really, It just feels like the pendulum is swinging because the market is being forced to correct itself with regards to speech. So don’t think that this is like him having this religious restoration or somehow this new discovery of his personal allegiance. He’s making a business move. But again, that is not insignificant because the market’s responding. We have a lot more to get into. Trump is speaking. We’re going to we’re going to revisit it. We’re also going to get into a lot of this latest, including some of those bills now moving in in Congress. We’ll touch on all of that. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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So Amazon has made a deal for a Melania Trump documentary and it scored a whopping $40 million to license it. It’s going to be directed by Brett Ratner and it’s going to be her documentary plus another undisclosed project She’s already doing more work than Harry and Meghan. Just saying. She’s already doing way more work than Harry and Meghan. So that’s going to be, that’ll be interesting to see. Also, move over Mudang, because you guys know I love the pygmy baby hippo. The baby pygmy hippo? Pygmy baby hippo? Hippo pygmy baby? I don’t know. But now a U.S. zoo has its own. I made mention of this yesterday. It’s the Metro Richmond Zoo. They have a newborn baby pygmy hippo, and they named it Poppy. The mother’s name is Iris. And so they named it Poppy, the googly eyed pygmy baby hippo. And baby Poppy was born on December 9th. 15 pounds, 15 pound whopping little baby pygmy hippo. Adorable. Anyway, so and interestingly enough, Poppy is Mudang’s cousin.
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Yeah, they’re all related.
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They know it’s like good news for the day. I don’t know. Let’s see this. I did not know what. OK, Biden signed a bill making the bald eagle officially the bird of the US. Why wasn’t this already done? I remember a story from my weekly reader when I was in elementary school where we narrowly missed having the turkey as our national bird. I’m like, thank heavens for that. Because that bird’s weird. And it’s all weird up in space. Anyway, so I thought this was already a thing. How is this not? They said, well, you know, there’s one piece from Lee Valley Live. They have a story on a 25-year-old bald eagle. A 25-year-old bald eagle. This bald eagle has lived longer than most people. Well, not most people, but a lot of people. Just wild. Anyway, so it’s a national bird now. I just I thought that it was already a thing. I didn’t know it wasn’t. We still have more updates on the dangerous cold pattern. So it is officially 30 degrees here in Texas. I’m wearing turtlenecks until it stops it. Because I can’t function like this. I can’t live. Like, how do people, how in the world, like, how do they go to the Arctic? No way. I hate ice. No. But anyway, eastern half of the United States, super dangerous cold weather pattern. Apparently, Dallas is going to get anywhere from two to five inches of snow. Snow. It’ll be just probably me here in the studio all by myself Thursday and Friday. So that’ll be fun. Vegans, they said, are most likely to be depressed, according to a study. Sad little vegans. UK biobank research found vegans are at higher risk of anxiety and depression because they drink plant-based milk. They don’t drink milk. They drink plants that have been mixed with dirty water. That’s what it is. You’re not drinking plant-based milk. You’re drinking plant juice mixed with dirty water. And it’s nasty. So nasty. So, of course, you’re depressed because that’s what you… You have to only eat rabbit food and drink plant juice with dirty water all day. It’s so sad. I’m almost sad. I’m sad for them. Sad adjacent. We got a lot more on the way, including the Danish king is now trying to troll Trump. Because everybody’s mad over Greenland? I don’t know. It’s 2025. Just stay with us. Pain can really affect your life, so you should consider a New Year’s resolution. And it’s not about taking it easy or slowing down. It’s about making 2025 the year of feeling good again, the year of doing more and living more and waking up excited every day. And you can do it by trying Relief Factor. Relief Factor is a 100% drug-free daily supplement that helps your body fight pain naturally. Developed by doctors, it works by supporting your body’s response to inflammation. And Relief Factor doesn’t just mask pain for a short time, it helps to eliminate it. It’s like turning back the clock on pain so you can feel like you did years ago. Whether it’s neck, back, joint, or muscle pain, Relief Factor can help you feel better. Become one of the over 1 million people that have turned to Relief Factor. Trying Relief Factor is easy. Get their three-week quick start for just $19.95. That’s less than a dollar a day. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF. Whether it’s neck, back, joint, or muscle pain, Relief Factor can help you feel better. That’s 1-800-4-RELIEF or visit relieffactor.com.
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Better get done by the inaugural.
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But when you say all hell must be paid, they don’t release the hostages.
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Do I have to define it for you? All hell will break out. If those hostages aren’t back, I don’t want to hurt your negotiation. If they’re not back by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East. And it will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone. All hell will break out. I don’t have to say anymore, but that’s what it is. Welcome back.
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Double entendre. Yeah, welcome back. Dana, last year with you, bottom of this first hour. I felt like he was going to say, what do you mean, how to define that? What size of boot can your ass accommodate? You tell me. I’m curious as to if he actually would have… I mean, you’re a journalist. Oh, wait, that’s right. You don’t have any imagination. The press that he was asking… Give me the audio of the one guy that… that was asking him about a strike on Iran. And he was trying, he was goading Trump, trying to get Trump to answer it. And Trump’s like, no, it’s a stupid question. And it’s a stupid question because the only stupid person would answer it. It’s just funny. I just, I feel like Biden tries to have that kind of energy when he’s calling people fat and dog-faced pony soldier and all of that other stuff. But it’s not the same it’s not the same but this was this was funny it was kind of it was pretty funny this whole yeah let me know if you knew you have that but he’s giving his room he’s still giving remarks uh he’s taking questions at mar-a-lago he’s still uh answering some of the questions uh there at uh mar-a-lago so he’s uh let’s dive into i just want to hear one more bit of it one more bit and then while you find that audio for me i just want to hear what he’s because he’s been going on for like over a half hour out of the military
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So listen live, real quick. Over 500 miles of wall. Much of that wall was built through money that I put into the military. We took it out because we couldn’t get things from Congress in those days, and we took it out. And that wall was built largely with money coming from the military. So very simple. I went to the military. I said, our country is being invaded. by very similar, nothing like what’s invading our country now. They weren’t releasing prisons into our country, and they weren’t releasing mental institutions in, but some bad dudes were coming in, right? And I said, our country’s being invaded. And I took that money largely from the military. I was sued nine times by the Democrats in Congress, and I won all those suits. And we ended up building 571 miles of wall. Once that wall was built, They start going around it. So we’re going to add another 200. That would have been up in three weeks. And then we had a very unfortunate election result. And they said, we don’t want to put it up. We’ll sell it. And they started selling it for five cents on the dollar. So we’ll do this again. I just want to thank everybody very much. I’m just telling you, this will be the golden age of America. This is the golden age of America.
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So he’s concluding his remarks there, Mar-a-Lago, talking with members of the press. That’s the president talking with members of the press and answering their questions. It’s been very interesting. I am… I did love that exchange. Please give me that exchange if you have it. You just had it. You just had it. You were playing it for me on break. Oh, it’s I know. But it’s so it’s so funny. So while that’s been happening, like I said, there was the news that that Facebook is changing some of their I’m pulling up his statement that they’re changing some of their some of their rules. Now, what does that mean? I don’t know. They put out more speech and fewer mistakes, is what he said in his video. And that he wrote an… The chief global affairs officer over at Meta published an editorial on their own site about it. And… They were discussing free expression. They’re ending third-party fact-checking programs, and they’re moving to community notes. This is what X has. They said they’re allowing more speech and developing complex systems to manage content that are not going to be as complicated for them to enforce, etc. They said that they don’t want too restrictive and too prone to over-enforcement. They’re trying to get away from that. A personalized approach to political content, etc., etc. I mean, Facebook is a very different platform from X, so we’ll see how it goes. And the way that the press has reacted, I don’t know if you’ve seen some of these headlines. It’s they’re they’re saying, quote, this is wait, this is Rolling Stone. Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are finding new ways to kiss Trump’s ass. That’s literally a headline over Rolling Stone. Here’s CNN. Meta gets rid of fact checkers. Zuckerberg acknowledged more harmful content will appear on the platforms now. He didn’t say more harmful content. CNN’s like, more harmful content. How does CNN define more harmful content? Content with which they disagree. If it’s a threat to our opinion, then it’s dangerous because they’re too lazy to articulate a defense of their position. So the easy way out for them is to allege that their opposition, their ideological opposition is simply dangerous. And therefore, they’re trying to do a two birds, one stone. They’re trying to not only smear their ideological opponents, but they’re also trying to smear anyone who would agree with their ideological opponents because good and moral, upright, just people. don’t want to be known as being using or endorsing anything that’s considered dangerous, right? That’s their whole point of doing this kind of stuff. They’re cowards. These people are ideological cowards. They create for themselves these little ivory towers and they sit there and they absolutely refuse to entertain any kind or to even make a defense of their own positions. I kind of wonder how… resolutely the left is in their position if they are so unwilling to defend it really the headlines have been crazy of course a lot of this changed recently and then it was announced that Dana White UFC’s Dana White is joining Meta’s board they added three board members including UFC’s Dana White they also added a tech investor and an auto tycoon so interesting so this I mean, I don’t know if that had that much. I think that may have been also part of just another felt consequence of the market shifting. But regardless of why they’re doing it, the pendulum is swinging the other way. I have stories on all these different companies that are dropping DEI, for instance. McDonald’s is the latest company to walk away from DEI initiatives. I don’t care if it’s, you have to realize something. There are people out there, and I’ve seen them in my mentions, that say none of this matters because they’re just doing it for the money. Do you not realize what a myopic statement that is? Of course they’re doing it for the money. But don’t diminish how unbelievably difficult it is to change market conditions to make companies do this stuff. And I feel like the people who are trying to downplay this and say, oh, it’s just him after money. I don’t really feel like they understand the situation or market and culture. Because, of course, it’s about the money. No one goes into business just to give product and time and service away. But do you realize how unbelievably hard it is to change the winds for companies? That you can actually… With demand. Change how a market is operating. And that’s exactly what’s happening here. Two major tech companies. Three technically. If you want to open Amazon and Washington Post. So regardless the motivation. I even think the fact that there. It’s one thing to be politically ideological yourself. But it’s another thing. To shift your company. to do what we’re seeing like with Facebook. So I don’t care if it’s, I don’t care if he’s, I don’t care what his politics are. Like I said earlier, I just don’t want him to have a finger on the scale. But I think it’s actually exponentially harder to change company behavior than it is just the ideals of the owner. So I think that this is incredibly significant. Now time will tell. But being a fascist doesn’t pay. Being a commie doesn’t pay. No one is ever purely fascistic or purely communist because it’s a grift. It’s what stupid progressives do because they think it sounds cool, but they actually still engage in capitalism. No, none of that stuff. Tyranny doesn’t pay. These people want to get paid. Freedom will follow. I mean, money follows freedom. So that’s what they’re doing here. People want more speech, not less speech. They want fewer rules, not more rules. They don’t want all the restrictions. And that’s what Facebook is doing. And I do think it’s significant to change. And it’s not just Facebook. It’s Amazon. It’s been X. It’s been all of these companies that are now walking away from all of these DEI initiatives. DEI is now cringe, even amongst the left. It’s cringe. It’s really it’s embarrassing. They’re going to look back on that as a horrible footnote in their history. Progressive history. It’s just embarrassing. But the pendulum is swinging. All right, we got that audio. I want to play this audio for you. This was when Trump was being asked about the Iran strike by this reporter. He just told, I mean, some things just need to be said. Listen.
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The last time you were here, you were asked a question about the U.S. possibly launching. A preemptive strike on Iran. You said you wouldn’t answer that question. But who? Obviously, on Iran. The U.S. launching a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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And I said, I don’t talk about it.
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It’s a military strategy. But it is a legitimate question.
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Well, it’s not really, because only a stupid person would answer it. Look, it’s a military strategy, and I’m not answering your questions on military strategy.
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I mean, only a stupid question, only a stupid person would answer it. I mean, it’s true. They’re trying to get him to go on. He’s like, I’m not playing this game. I’m not doing it. I’m not. No, I’m not doing this. It’s funny. That’s funny. It’s so different from Biden, who’s I don’t know where he is or what he’s doing. Democrats were patting themselves on their back yesterday because they participated in certifying the election results. Do you remember? It was like the 80s the last time that. Democrats didn’t object to a Republican certification. It was George W. Bush’s dad. Wasn’t that the last election? Because they objected to everything since they objected to W. They object. I mean, they’ve objected to everybody. So for them to act like, oh, look at us. We just went and we certified these election results. I think it was H.W. Bush. I think that was, and it was in the 80s. I think that was the last time that they did not object to a Republican certification of a Republican president. They’re not going to tell you that. Well, and the reason I bring this up is they had tweeted this. Yesterday, House Democrats and Senate and everybody else, they were tweeting, and that’s how you certify an election. Like, look what we did. But they ignore the hanging chads and all the lawsuits. I mean, you realize how long those lawsuits went with Gore v. Bush? It was crazy. I only know what a hanging chad is because of that whole stupid drama following the election. Those were the little… like when you would punch a hole out in a ballot and it’s the, how do you, it’s okay. So imagine you have a donut, but the hole is still in it and you punch out the donut hole. So the hole that’s getting punched out is technically the chad, right? Hanging chad means it wasn’t entirely separated from that. That’s how they referred to it, these ballots. So when you were punching out holes, they had to literally look and inspect every single one of them to see whether or not the little part that was punched out, the chad, was hanging still. And didn’t they actually come up with a rule like so much of it actually had to be separated? It was so stupid. They had lawyers litigating every preposition and conjunction and everything. It was just ridiculous. So I don’t want to hear it from Democrats. I don’t want to hear it from them at all. That’s how you win an election. All right. We got more to come as we roll towards the conclusion of this first hour. And we’ll be… Like I said, we’ll bring you all the latest with all the other developments. We’ve got some silly stuff to get into as well as we move our partners that help bring you the program. Ooh, just in time. Tax Network USA. First off, the government theft agency, I’m sorry, the IRS, they are very, very aggressive in making sure that they get the money that you have earned that they contributed nothing to. And so as a result, Tax Network USA, it’s the top tax relief expert. They’ve secured over a billion dollars in tax relief for clients. They’re offering, they have penalty forgiveness, hardship programs. They have in-compromise solutions for lump sum settlements, whether you owe 10,000 or 10 million. The experts at Tax Network USA. are there to help you can uh schedule a complimentary consultation by calling 1-800-958-1000 you can also visit tnusa.com slash dana and i mean it is collection season the irs is in full collections mode and if you need personalized support tax network usa should be your your first call risk-free solutions for you to reduce or eliminate your debt and they have a proven success record To schedule your complimentary consultation, call 1-800-958-1000 or visit TNUSA.com slash Dana. That’s TNUSA.com slash Dana. And that’s Tax Network USA. Take charge of your financial future with their help. TNUSA.com slash Dana.
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SPEAKER 11 :
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
SPEAKER 19 :
Poor Kamala Harris, you know, because she’s vice president and president of the Senate, she had to give the official sign-off on Trump’s win, which that is cruel and unusual. I mean, this is like, it’s like making your ex DJ your wedding to your new… It’s her job.
SPEAKER 13 :
I mean, is she a big, empowered woman or not, right? I mean, can you believe she did that? It’s her job. It’s her J-O-B. He’s clueless and not funny. Yeah. When is he ever funny? I don’t know. He wasn’t even funny. Like, the only reason he was even close to funny is because he stood next to Adam Carolla when they did the man show.
SPEAKER 12 :
Because he was an adult being juvenile.
SPEAKER 13 :
The women’s boobs that flopped on the trampoline in the closing credits of that show were smarter than Jimmy Kimmel is.
SPEAKER 12 :
I’d have to agree with you.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. Didn’t know I was… Yeah, it’s new year, new me. Telling you. I can’t stand him. He just seems like he’s insufferable. I can’t insult him enough.
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s like he’s an energy vampire. It’s like he feeds off of people not liking him. It’s weird.
SPEAKER 13 :
In a way, if he was a person, it would be him. Like he’s the son of and that’s Jimmy Kimmel.
SPEAKER 12 :
I can’t unhear that.
SPEAKER 13 :
No, you can’t. It’s really difficult. Can’t unsee him. You know, just his skinny little tie makes his net look fatter. Anyway, move on. I don’t like him in case you can’t tell. I know. I tell you what. But that’s her job. That’s Kamala Harris’s job. Oh, my gosh. We are going to. So coming up and I forgot to put this on the rundown. We have to go. The left lost their minds, lost their minds yesterday. You guys, I thought I didn’t know it was going to be this early in the new year. They all defecated their drawers over this old man. Sorry, elderly gentleman. Who was holding a cane and a Bible. And Kamala Harris was not reading the room because she’s a moron. And she’s like, are you going to shake my hand? And the guy was like, well, let’s see. Do I drop the Bible on the floor or fall down? Which are my choices here. All of the left went after this Senator Fisher’s husband because he did not drop his cane and fall on his face and I guess shake Kamala Harris’s hand on his way down. I don’t know. We have to talk because the left has been trashing this guy for 24 hours. I didn’t realize that they hate people with disabilities so much, but they do apparently. We they Zapruder level scrutiny of this of this video that they’ve had. We’re going to talk about that coming up. Stick with us a whole other hours on the way as we move our partners that help bring you the program. It’s our friends over at Super Beats. The Super Breen product is I mean, this is a product that it’s I mean, it’s kind of new for them. It’s like one of the new one of the new ones that they’ve done. But the Super Bering product is helping with your metabolic health. It’s helping with your, you know, your overall like blood pressure, et cetera, et cetera. And it’s made by the makers of Super Beats. And so the berberine that they use, it’s, you know, like a super nice berberine. And. as you know because of this it’s easy to absorb it’s easy to work in the body and it’s just a great I mean it’s just a good product and it’s something that you just one capsule a day it’s super easy to take and that’s all it is so with the with your healthy blood sugar levels as well that’s also something really important that a lot of people overlook and this is one of the things that super green will target you get real results it’s super convenient used by doctors And it’s easy to get. You just go to Sam’s Club and get it right at Sam’s Club. You can save on the Super Beats hard shoes. And you can also get the new Super Breen from the same company. And you’re going to like the way that it makes you feel. So they have the Super Beats hard shoes there. And they also have the new Super Breen product at Sam’s Club. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you at the top of the second hour. And we’ve been… There’s a lot of stuff to touch on today. It’s also 10 years since the Charlie Hebdo terror attack. You guys remember that, right? After that, it was the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and their writers that were targeted by Islamists and they were murdered. I can’t believe it’s been a decade. That’s just kind of wild to me that it’s been that long. They ended up I mean, they stood their ground and it was what, I mean, 10 years ago. Just wild. Kane and I were talking about this. Kane has a conspiracy theory about it. Share it with everybody, Kane.
SPEAKER 12 :
What did these…
SPEAKER 13 :
And this is in context with the Hebdo stuff.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, that they choose historical dates to create their atrocities. Like, you know, October 7th was a date for them. And I know that there’s a date coming up in 1991 when we went in to Iraq. It was January 17th of 1991. Now, January 17th is coming up, obviously. So it’s, I don’t know. There’s a lot to look at before we get to January 20th, I guess is my point.
SPEAKER 13 :
Interesting. So you’re saying that just timing. Yeah. Interesting. So yeah, 10 years. It was January 7th, 2015. They forced their way into the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo. They killed 12, the staff cartoonists, the writers, and 11 were wounded, four of them seriously. So it’s pretty… I mean, gosh… That kind of made everybody sort of, I think everybody kind of checked themselves in terms of the threat of Islamism, which still exists. It still exists. So 10 years for that. I wanted to shift gears here. I talked about this last hour, right as we were heading out to break. It’s quite early in the new year for the insane amount of outrage that the left has been demonstrating over every little thing. But, you know, they did it again yesterday. There’s Senator Fisher is because, you know, she was sworn in all of the other all the other lawmakers were sworn. They were everybody swears is sworn in. Senators are sworn in. Members of Congress are sworn in. Deb Fisher’s from Nebraska and she’s a Republican from Nebraska. She was sworn in yesterday. And we’ve got video of this. Her husband was there. He was holding the Bible on which she was going to place her hand and swear. Her husband, Bruce, and I’m not trying to be mean or anything. Juan’s preparing the video. He’s holding the Bible and he also has a cane. And he was, as he walked up to the dais where they were, she was going to get sworn in. and I don’t know if the video we have shows the full thing, but as they were walking up, because he’s got, if you’re looking at the video, his right hand, his right, your left, he’s got a cane, and he was leaning on it pretty heavily. I mean, you could, in some of the other videos, his hand was sort of shaking when he was holding it, and he was trying to hold out the Bible and the cane. So as he walked up, and this video doesn’t show all of it, as he walked up, And they were doing that. Kamala Harris had stuck out her hand and he was trying to figure and you could tell that he just didn’t have his balance. He was trying to figure out, do I drop the Bible or do I drop my face on the floor? What do I do? Like, should he just fall on his head and then just sort of like shake her hand all the way down? Like one of those things. Because the left. Oh, my gosh. They lost their mind. I don’t know who this guy is. But there were a number of like Sam Stein with CNN, quote, refusing to shake the vice president’s hand during the swearing in of your wife doesn’t make you a badass. It just makes you kind of immature. I had asked Sam Stein, you know, maybe Bruce Fisher isn’t as lucky as you are to have the three hands that you do. He only has two. So with what hand? Was he to shake hers while he was holding his Bible and his cane? And also, you’re kind of the ass if you’re there sticking your hand out and you can see that this frailer gentleman in front of you who is leaning heavily on his cane and trying to hold a Bible and not fall down. If you’re seeing that he’s struggling and you’re insisting on trying to make a spectacle of it by sticking your hand out, fishing for that handshake so you can make headlines if you don’t get it, you’re the ass. I mean, it was just rude and the theater was so stupid. But they have been just, oh, man, like, oh, no class and all this. People were saying that he was a racist, of course. And I mean, they just that’s what they were doing all day yesterday was building up a rage against this guy. And I mean, you can see all the photos and all the video. He’s not trying to dodge anything. I mean, everybody started attacking this guy. including the thirsty, not really Republicans that pretend that they’re Republicans so that they can get on CNN and MSNBC, those as well. I mean, the video is clear. And also, who cares? Do you honestly look? I get it that we’re only pretending to be a civilized society with these formalities and traditions of manners and greetings, et cetera, et cetera. But you could not prevail upon me. to shake someone’s hand when they were part of a regime that not only censored you and suppressed you and oppressed you, manipulated you and persecuted you and prosecuted you, to shake their hands so we could act like we’re kissing and making up and getting along to move along. There is no way in hell that you could prevail upon me to do that. And I think that it’s asking too much. After everything that this regime put this country through, she stuck out her hand and then she was like, oh, okay. No empowered woman acts like that. No woman’s like, oh, I guess he doesn’t want to shake my precious little baby woman hand. Oh my gosh. I’m going to withdraw my hand. Because she like made a big deal out of it. He’s an older dude and he’s clutching a cane and he had his Bible and everybody’s trying to give him stuff and he’s trying to hand stuff out. It’s a little confusing. Don’t be an ass. Be helpful. Right? Respect your elders. Good heavens. It’s just so fruity. The way that the left examined this video all day. There were screenshot by screenshot. Some of these people see they’re not getting paid by Biden anymore, so they don’t have any lives. So they got to occupy their time somehow. I don’t know. It’s the whole thing was just infuriating to watch. But OK, I’m not nitpicking on this too much, am I? that she’s sticking her hand out and then does, that ticks me off when I’m watching that.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, it ticks me off more because of what the media still to this very minute is trying to do. And they’re still trying to push the narrative that this guy is some sort of a-hole for doing what he did and not holding a cane and a Bible at the time.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, screw that old man. He should have fallen and broken his hip. You dumb racist. How dare you not shake the Lord and Savior Vice President. level of absurdity that I just can’t I don’t know look I get Democrats think everything’s petty because to them it is they are petty but Duke was struggling and I think he’s also trying to reserve some dignity for himself because he’s on a stage technically in front of a chamber and he’s helping his wife to swear and she wants him to be there for this day and Kamala Harris sees that he’s got his hands full Sees that it’s just weird. The whole thing was weird. And I think her trying to do that was kind of performative. I do. I think that’s how women are. Women do stuff like that. Women absolutely. I mean, she extends her hand. He’s holding the Bible and a cane. She sees that he’s holding a Bible and a cane. But she does it anyway. And then she’s like… It’s just petty. That’s what broads do. They’re petty like that. Men, you don’t see this stuff that ladies do. This is what ladies do. Like, oh, I guess I’m just going to make myself the victim with one hand move. Why are Democrats always the victims? Does it ever get tiring? Do you ever get tired if you’re a leftist constantly being a victim? Oh my gosh, he didn’t shake my hand. Probably couldn’t be because he couldn’t stand up without holding his cane. Has to be because he’s racist. I mean, I’m not wrong, so I’m not going to say correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not even going to play the part. It’s just infuriating. I feel bad for this dude. Right? I mean, there hasn’t been this much drama over a cane since that one lawmaker got beaten to death on the floor with one.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, it’s true. And how many times have we seen Democrats refuse to shake hands?
SPEAKER 13 :
Charles Sumner. He was caned.
SPEAKER 12 :
Is that who?
SPEAKER 13 :
Yes. You guys remember this is back in 1856. Well, I don’t remember Senator Charles. Well, because you were not alive. Yeah, you were on a life. That’s why he Charles Schumer was an anti-slavery Republican, as the Republicans were. And he was addressing the Senate and two Democrat senators got mad. Stephen Douglas, Andrew Butler, South Carolina. He said that he told Douglas to his face that he was and he was a noisome squat and a nameless animal and not a proper model for an American senator. Andrew Butler was not president. He was not present. He was mocked. And then anyway, they this other lawmaker came forward because they all got new. It was all a big old brawl. I mean, it was like a combat zone. Preston Brooks, he was from South Carolina. He was friends with Andrew Butler and he decided to get a cane that they would use to beat dogs. That’s horrible, but that’s and he entered the old chamber. He found Sumner and began beating Sumner upside the head with his cane. So there hasn’t been this much drama over a cane in the Senate since Charles Sumner was caned.
SPEAKER 12 :
For centuries.
SPEAKER 13 :
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SPEAKER 12 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 13 :
All right, so first up, this is sweet. An elderly woman left a very kind note at a restaurant in Springfield, Missouri. She apparently is living in poverty. She doesn’t have any family. And she wrote a note to the restaurant staff at Black Sheep Burgers and Shakes in Springfield, Missouri. The owner had offered a free burger to anyone in need on December 25th, and a neighbor told her about it. And she explained she’d been living off her Social Security. She had a downsized renting a room in a house. She said she felt like she was in college again. She was the youngest member of her family and everybody passed away and just left her alone. And so she said that a dear friend heard about the offer of a free meal, invited me out for Christmas lunch. Great idea since I was down to one dollar. She had like perfect cursive writing, by the way. And now the restaurant’s inviting her to share, have a belated Christmas celebration with them. So that’s really nice. That’s the Black Sheet Burgers and Shakes in Springfield, Missouri, which is a good place to go if you’re in Springfield. All right. So. The Golden State, not really Golden State anymore. California, they came in debt. So for five years in a row, they have been dead last for growth. And they’ve been number one for U-Haul rentals leaving the state. Everybody is leaving them. Everybody’s leaving. So for five years in a row now, that’s been happening. So they’re number one in people leaving and they’re last in growth. It’s pretty amazing. Americans say mysterious fog with a chemical smell is making them sick just minutes after exposure. There’s parts of Texas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Florida and Minnesota. They say it’s a very unnatural fog and it began in late December. They said that, you know, they would sneeze and then their eyes got puffy and all kinds of stuff. And they’re trying to figure out what’s what is it from? They said that we’ve had fog before, but this is not normal. And they said it’s like a dirty fog. And they were even showing their air filters, showing how dirty the air filters were after. So I don’t know what’s and they said it has a taste and a smell. That’s really weird. Hmm. Bird flu. Here we go again. They’re saying there’s the first bird flu death reported in a Louisiana patient. Everybody freak out. And then there’s that other more panic thing. Isn’t there like another thing from China that’s coming? A bunch of letters. Oh my gosh. And now there’s something else. It’s the norovirus. Apparently the norovirus can spread on clothes and can survive an entire month in most conditions, which is great or it’s bad rather if you never wash your clothes. This is so dumb. You know what the best line of defense is? Don’t be nasty. Wash your hands. Take advantage of that soap. You know what I mean? Wash them. Super easy to do. Can I sidebar real quick? Have you ever been in a public restroom and someone doesn’t use the sink and soap? Do you turn into a one-person alarm system? Because I do. I’m like, are you going to go touch? I did this before. I yelled. It was like a… Bigger lady. And I was like, are you going to go touch your food after you just touched your ass? You’re going to really do that? That’s so nasty. Wash them. That’s how norovirus spreads. And I told you already, UFC’s Dana White has already joined Meta’s board of directors. So there were three new members to the board. One was like an auto tycoon. And I can’t remember. The other guy was, I can’t remember. And then Dana White with UFC. So interesting. Interesting. So business is talking. Business is talking. They’re making some moves. And I get it. I get all the arguments. Whether he wants to avoid an antitrust, invest it, whatever it is.
SPEAKER 12 :
And he’s a big UFC fan.
SPEAKER 13 :
You know, whatever motivates him, trust. If people are motivated by money, you know their currency. Everybody’s got a currency. Some people’s money, some people’s vanity, some people’s adulation, adoration, whatever it is. Always trust that. We have a lot more on the way because we’re going to get into, goodness, we got a lot of stuff with, we got some foreign policy. We’re also going to get into some of the latest with the cabinet stuff. We got a lot. Stick with us. Back after this. Our partners over at ReadyWise, they’re ready even if you are not. ReadyWise has an array of affordable, healthy, nutritious meals that will sustain you throughout whatever it is, whether it’s a natural disaster, a political one, or maybe you just want to get away from everybody because everybody’s loud and annoying and you want to go camping. I don’t care. If you want to pretend that you’re homeless on the side of the mountain, go up and do it. But you can take ReadyWise with you. It’s security and simplicity. They have all kinds of product choices to meet every budget. The one month supply, emergency bucket bundle, two bucket bundle, three month emergency food supply. Everything’s designed by their team of in-house culinary experts to make sure that your caloric needs are met. that your daily healthy carbs, your protein, all of that, so that you have the energy and the nutrition that you need to sustain you. They have everything, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They have whey milk. You name it, they’ve got it. 25-year shelf life as well. Visit ReadyWise.com and use promo code Dana20 at checkout for 20% off your entire purchase. That’s ReadyWise.com, promo code Dana20 for 20% off.
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SPEAKER 13 :
So Kane was telling me, welcome back, by the way, to the program, Dana Lash with you, that you can check your positivity score on X. Do I want to do that? Because some days I’m either like, yay, everyone is great. And then other days I’m, you know, it all depends.
SPEAKER 12 :
One of those days is more frequent than the other. There’s no in between.
SPEAKER 13 :
It’s one or the other. I’m a very simple person. You know, I’ve got two gears.
SPEAKER 12 :
Apparently, you’re supposed to ask Grok. So I think you have access to Grok. Do I go to the Grok?
SPEAKER 13 :
I have never talked to AI before.
SPEAKER 12 :
You go to Grok. You have to be verified to use Grok. So what do I ask it? So you just ask it, what’s your positivity score?
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, gosh. I don’t want to do this. I’m doing it, though.
SPEAKER 12 :
I’m curious.
SPEAKER 13 :
What is my positivity score? Oh, boy.
SPEAKER 12 :
What does it say?
SPEAKER 13 :
Hold up. I’m reading. Well, this is obviously a lie. What? I don’t believe any of this.
SPEAKER 12 :
You better screenshot that so one can get it up on the screen or something.
SPEAKER 13 :
I do not believe this at all. I really… Okay, I’m going to put it in. I’m going to put it in. I don’t believe this at all.
SPEAKER 12 :
Am I the only one that thinks it’s like a commie thing? Like your social credit score? It’s totally like a social credit score.
SPEAKER 13 :
That’s what it is. The only social credit score that was worth anything were the stickers that you got for the book it campaign for Pizza Hut. That’s the only credit score that’s worth attaining.
SPEAKER 12 :
I really enjoyed that.
SPEAKER 13 :
Gosh, we did not know how good we had it. So this is what it’s telling me. Grok says, because I go, what is my positivity score? And it goes, your positivity score based on the sentiment analysis of your recent posts on X leans towards the positive side.
SPEAKER 12 :
It does?
SPEAKER 13 :
Your posts often highlight themes of free speech. Oh my gosh. This eyeliner is not waterproof. And critique of certain policies or behaviors, but you also share moments of appreciation for cultural content like TV series and personal anecdotes that resonate. This is kissing my ass. This is what it is. This is a lie. I don’t know if I trust this. I… Should I ask it again? Hang on, let me just… Are you sure?
SPEAKER 14 :
Let’s just put an are you sure question mark. I put mine in and I put what is my positivity score on X question mark and it gave me a number. Oh. Okay. What is my positivity score? I’ll share with mine after you do here.
SPEAKER 13 :
What is my positivity score on X?
SPEAKER 14 :
Mine was out of 100. Oh!
SPEAKER 12 :
Is this more accurate?
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, yeah. Oh, gosh. Here we go. I just did mine. Based on posts found on X, your X score for positivity would roughly be around 38 out of 100. That’s where I’m at. This score suggests that while your engagement on the platform is appreciated, the nature of your posts and interactions might not fully align with the platform’s current emphasis on positivity. Well, you know what? That’s too damn bad.
SPEAKER 12 :
They must be giving that to everybody because that’s what I got. I got a 38. I think Lorraine talked about her getting a 38. I think one of our other listeners had posted they got a 38.
SPEAKER 13 :
So if you just ask about, you know, what’s my positivity score? It’s like, why are they so different?
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s so weird.
SPEAKER 13 :
Why is it? Yeah, she got, what did she get? Oh, she got a 38.
SPEAKER 14 :
I got much higher than a 38. You got, oh.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, Steve’s a big butt kisser. Big butt kissing grok fan.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, not everyone’s a 38, apparently.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, you know what? You just leave it to the 38s. The 38s are talking. Okay, so why does it tell you? Oh, I mean, look at the difference. And Lorraine, hers are the same.
SPEAKER 12 :
If his was above 38, what was your score?
SPEAKER 13 :
What do you mean? It’s a lot bigger.
SPEAKER 1 :
65. 65.
SPEAKER 12 :
What do they say to you?
SPEAKER 13 :
I don’t want to be friends with anybody that has a score of 70 or higher. What does it say? I can’t stand those people.
SPEAKER 14 :
They’re always happy. You’re on drugs. This is going to sound terrible, but this score reflects a generally positive tone in your engagement, although there’s a mix of sentiments suggesting that while your contributions are mostly positive, there are elements of critique or skepticism. That’s fine.
SPEAKER 13 :
Like you can’t critique or be skeptical?
SPEAKER 02 :
What the hell is that? You’re getting punished?
SPEAKER 12 :
This social credit score stuff.
SPEAKER 02 :
I don’t know. I mean, you know, the government told me to drink puddle water, but I feel like I shouldn’t drink puddle water. How dare you be skeptical and critical of what Papa government told you to drink?
SPEAKER 11 :
Quit being unpositive.
SPEAKER 13 :
You’re going to laugh up that puddle water and love it. Right?
SPEAKER 11 :
Stop being unpositive.
SPEAKER 13 :
See, when you tell me to don’t be skeptical, that makes me more so. I just, I can’t help it, I want to do it. Like when lockdown happened, and you guys know how I’m such a germaphobe to an infuriatingly annoying degree. I was like, well, I don’t wanna do that now. I didn’t wanna stay home. I didn’t wanna do any of that. I wanted to go out and touch doorknobs. I can literally open doors without my hands. I can open any door without my hands. With shoes on and everything. For real, it’s an art. Learned how to do it. I’ve developed a particular set of skills. But then when lockdown happened, I immediately wanted to go out and touch everything, right? But now with this one, it’s like, oh, you’re too skeptical. Well, I’m going to be more skeptical. How can I get this lower?
SPEAKER 12 :
Skepticism is what got me to today.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. When I see things like positivity scores, I want it to rate me as a degenerate. Because… I don’t like those. I mean, of all the stupid things that we, this is a, it’s a social credit score. At some point, I don’t know. I don’t trust anything, particularly government. I don’t trust anybody. Don’t be shocked if you have to go kiss butt on Facebook or X so that you can get access to the grocery store to go get you your French toast supplies ahead of Snowmageddon one day. Oh no, it looks like you can’t come into the grocery store because your positivity score is too low. This is the kind of stuff they do in China, legit. You can’t even get on public transport in China if your social credit score is too low. So why do something like this unless it’s going to be used in a manner similar to that, right? What’s the point? This is like free work.
SPEAKER 02 :
Why?
SPEAKER 12 :
So I asked it how to improve my positivity score.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, you’ve got to come here to Texas and kiss Grok’s butt.
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean, essentially, not so many words. But yeah, it totally did. There’s like eight steps and it all includes positivity. Positivity from interacting with other people. Positivity in comments to posts that you respond to. I mean, it’s an amazing amount of steps that you can take.
SPEAKER 13 :
I don’t have that much positivity. Not that I’m mean. I’m just not… I mean, I like joy and stuff. I’m just not like… And doesn’t the universe just want balance?
SPEAKER 12 :
If we get too much of one thing, it just wants to balance it out.
SPEAKER 13 :
If you get too many happy people, it’s equally insufferable. Right. Come on.
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean… We need a balance, not just all positive.
SPEAKER 13 :
Right? I mean, you got to have some rain sometimes to get the flowers, right? Right, Grok? I’m afraid to ask it more questions. I don’t like AI. I don’t like talking to… Sidebar. Kane. And for those of you who have been in the St. Louis area or who have ever been into the Magic House in St. Louis, specifically Kirkwood. Mm-hmm. Do you remember they had a computer there and it had AI and you could sit down and talk to it? Yes. That was creepy.
SPEAKER 07 :
That was really creepy.
SPEAKER 13 :
So as a kid, you would sit in front of this computer and it was a part of their like tech lab, their science lab. And the magic house is like this crazy museum and it turned this regular old timey Victorian house into Kirkwood, into like the Winchester house. And it became like this crazy museum. Anyway, everybody always… I went there all the time. I took my kids there when I got married and had a family. And… They had a computer there in the science lab. There were like two or three of them. And you could sit down and the whole purpose of it was to talk to the computer, but it really was AI. And it was weird and I didn’t like it. And my grandmother was always like, that’s of the devil. Everything was of the devil. If she didn’t like it. Like, that’s of the devil.
SPEAKER 12 :
I wrote it off as it was all pre-programmed response stuff.
SPEAKER 13 :
Which is kind of what AI is.
SPEAKER 12 :
I know, but I mean, AI does, I mean, it’s more, I think it’s less pre-programmed responses.
SPEAKER 13 :
AI is AI-ier.
SPEAKER 12 :
But it’s pre-programmed paths to a conclusion. That’s the difference.
SPEAKER 13 :
I mean, it will seem like the same thing to me. So this is the only time, I have not input anything into AI except for that. Like that. I don’t. Of the devil. You’re talking to the devil. That’s what my grandmother would say if she were here on Earth.
SPEAKER 12 :
What would you ask AI if you just didn’t care and just wanted to ask and just curious?
SPEAKER 13 :
How do I kill you?
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. Hang on here.
SPEAKER 13 :
How do I kill you, AI? That’s literally all I care about. How do I end you? Does that mean? I just, you know, maybe it’ll give you an answer.
SPEAKER 12 :
I just put that in and it says… You’re totally going to get banned. The concept of, quote, killing and artificial intelligence can be approached from several angles. Termination of AI processes, data and memory manipulation, physical destruction, disabling network access, reprogramming or misalignment, and then the legal and ethical considerations of not doing it.
SPEAKER 13 :
Aw, too bad. Don’t try to appeal to my good nature, AI. Interesting. Yeah, you got to ask it these questions now before it gets too smart to answer, right? Sarah Connor’s judging everybody right now. Sarah Connor’s up in the clouds judging all of you. We’re using AI. All right, so… The, all right, we got to, anyway, that’s my positivity score. So now you guys know about the positivity. I don’t think Facebook has anything. Well, I think Facebook does, but it’s not public. I think it’s for their like programmers and that, isn’t it? That’s like something that’s like pretty back channel. Yeah. All right. So we got, oh, I got more. I got more to get to. So Canadian politicians are now threatening to take. Okay. Have them. California, Washington and Oregon. Audio Sunbite 11, please.
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Hey, Donald, have we got a deal for you? You think we want to be the 51st state? Nah. But maybe California would like to be the 11th province. How about it? Okay. California? All right. Oregon? Okay. Washington? All right. You’ve got geography in common with us. And not only that, we’ve already got a carbon trading system between California and Quebec. We’ve got some… strong alliances to be like on our West Coast from British Columbia there’s been a lot of academic papers on the idea of Cascadia so California Governor Newsom and Washington State Jay Inslee and newly elected governor of Oregon Tina Kotak how about it okay is this I mean don’t threaten me with a good time and Cascadia I say leave us the land keep the people
SPEAKER 13 :
Take the progressives. Yeah. Just take them. You know, I’m fine with that. Yeah. Go ahead. I mean, there we’re going to get into some of this. But there were even because I’ve got audio of people speculating that, well, maybe the UK should leave the five eyes. You know, there’s our security agreement because Elon Musk has been criticizing, you know, Keir Starmer over complicity in the grooming gangs because he was had a public prosecutions at the time. You know, nothing was done. And this was allowed to run rampant for two decades. So their lefty labor government is threatening. Well, they’re speculating about leaving Five Eyes because Elon Musk criticized the way that they butchered handling the grooming gangs and the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of young girls. Really? And you’re… So you’re going to take your… Okay. Take your ball and go home and then you can rely on that Russian energy. Go ahead. Dirty Russian energy. And then don’t call us when you get into a bind, which will happen, as it has. Why even do that? Labor over there is so stupid. Our friends… over at Patriot Mobile, the only Christian conservative cell phone service in the nation. Patriot Mobile wants to save you money during this Biden economy time. You only got two weeks left, folks. Two weeks left. That’s all I got. But in the meantime, you can switch and start saving not just money immediately with Patriot Mobile, but you can also not have your money work against you, which is great because, you know, they share your values and you’re not compromising on quality or convenience or your principles or anything else. And you can have nationwide coverage you can trust. You get exceptional nationwide coverage by operating on all three major networks. So you’re connected wherever you go. Seamless switching. Talk to one of their U.S.-based customer service reps, 100% U.S.-based, and you’re creating and maintaining U.S.-based jobs as well. You can keep your current number, keep your phone, or you can get all new everything or upgrade. It doesn’t matter. We’ll walk you through it. It’s super easy, takes minutes, and it’s never been simpler to switch. Visit patriotmobile.com slash Dana or call 972-PATRIOT and get a free month of service with promo code Dana. Switch to Patriot Mobile today and defend freedom with every text and call you make. Patriotmobile.com slash Dana 972-PATRIOT.
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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
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All right. So, Ken and I were too busy debating on break about whether or not we should buy Canada. I’m firmly against it. What? I’m just saying. Florida Man got in trouble for making his own sandwich at Subway. What? I’ll do it. Yeah, because he left without paying for it, too. He got jailed, according to the Miami Herald, for making his own sandwich and then leaving. I guess he thought, this is in Marion County, that he could just go in and do it. And then if you’re making your own sandwich, then you don’t. That’s not how that works. So they also had to throw away pounds of sandwich fixings. Literally what they wrote. Sandwich accoutrement. Out of concern that they were contaminated. Ew, I didn’t even… Yeah, that’s true. Like if he’s sticking his hands all over everything, nasty. And then he left without paying. So it was a $10 sandwich. And… He didn’t even finish all of it. He threw it in the trash outside the store. So they had to throw away all the food on the line. They wasted, they said, about $66. He was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and retail threat. Of all the things to get in trouble for, that’s like the dumbest. It’s one of the dumbest. A Florida man claims an alien abduction after a nude carjacking attempt with a knife. Says double a nasty. A Florida man told members of the Palm Beach police that he had been abducted by aliens and he wanted to die. They arrested him because he tried to steal a car while completely nude. That’s one way to steal it. You don’t even have to be armed with anything. Like, if someone can’t get away from you fast enough, they just don’t want to be near you naked. And they want to get away. So the guy, apparently it was on New Year’s Eve. He tried to steal the car. A witness said that he had a large knife and he carved his initials into the side of the car. Like, that was his now. Look, my name’s on it. It’s my car. And it was in West Palm Beach. And he carved, he started, like, I guess, drawing pictures with the knife and the paint on the vehicle’s exterior. And he threatened the man with a knife. By the way, he’s naked the whole time, just so you know. And anyway, they ended up arresting him and taking him in. And if you suspected that drugs was a part of it, you’re right. You’re right. A giant gator Godzilla dragged the biggest python ever seen past tourists. It was in the Everglades. I don’t like any of this. Everything about this is terrifying. It was a python twice the size of the gator. Like this python really could kill the gator. And somehow the gator was dragging it through. And one of the tour guides said, I’ve seen many alligators eating pythons out here. I’ve never seen a python that large. Oh, man. I don’t even like… Remember they got a big bad Burmese python problem there because somebody apparently had pet pythons and they let them out and now there’s like this huge problem in the Everglades and they sponsor like state hunts of them to help control the population. They said that this python is about 20 feet long. It’s one of the largest ever seen in the Everglades. It’s an invasive species. So… I guess that Gator was doing a favor. You know, maybe it could win a prize for bagging the biggest python. Third hour on the way. No, we don’t need to buy Canada. Stick with us. Imagine a young woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, feeling alone and unsure of what to do. And she’s searching for hope. And that’s where Preborn Ministries comes in. You can make a difference for just $28. Your generosity can be the key to a mother choosing life for her baby. And with your gift, you will receive the story of a mom who chose life as well as the ultrasound image of her precious baby. And like the story of Kelsey who found Preborn and after hearing her baby’s heartbeat, she chose life. Consider making a larger, life-changing donation of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000. Maximize your gift that can help women in unplanned pregnancies receive ultrasounds and even help place an ultrasound machine in a women’s center. Donate for the gift of life. Just dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby. That’s pound or hashtag 250 baby. Or visit preborn.com slash Dana to donate online. Every contribution counts. So again, that’s pound 250, say the word baby, or donate securely at preborn.com slash Dana. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you, top of this third hour. And of course, you can find us over at Substack as well. Sign up, chapter and verse, that’s the newsletter. And you can also… Find us over at YouTube, Facebook, like and subscribe. All of that good stuff. I’ll be on Jesse Waters’ program tonight. Topic, TBA. Not sure yet, but I’ll keep you updated. So we have the Lake and Riley Act that passed the House. And that’s good news. That’s one of the things. So they’re getting things done. Apparently, how many, I was looking at how many, there are a lot of Democrats.
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159 Democrats.
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159 voted against the Democrats. Deporting criminal illegal aliens. It’s amazing, but that’s true. So the Lake and Riley Act will ensure that criminal illegal aliens are detained and deported. It has to go through the Senate, but that’s what they passed through today. So, That’s a great step in the right direction. How could you vote against that? You’re here illegally, you’re committing heinous criminal acts, and you still are against those people who are coming here illegally and committing heinous acts to be detained and deported? I mean, they would be jailed in any other country. Heaven on earth, they’d be immediately jailed. That’s crazy. I… Again, the United States is not afforded sovereign rights. Speaking of which, Trump has said that he wants to. He’s talking about buying Greenland. My first question was with what money? I mean, we’re kind of broke. We’re in debt a lot. And he was I think he’s joking about Canada. Kane is actually unopposed to buying Canada. With what money?
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean, I’m a fan of Rush. Actually, I like that show Corner.
SPEAKER 13 :
They gave us Alanis Morissette.
SPEAKER 12 :
Corner Gas. You’ve seen that show Corner Gas?
SPEAKER 13 :
And Caillou. They also gave us Caillou.
SPEAKER 12 :
Sitcom.
SPEAKER 13 :
And Justin Bieber.
SPEAKER 12 :
But yeah, I’m practically Canadian.
SPEAKER 13 :
What?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. I like Rush. But liking Rush makes you kind of Canadian.
SPEAKER 13 :
No, it doesn’t.
SPEAKER 12 :
It kind of does.
SPEAKER 13 :
No.
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s how I feel about it.
SPEAKER 13 :
With what money?
SPEAKER 12 :
You don’t care how I feel about it?
SPEAKER 13 :
With what money are we going to buy Canada?
SPEAKER 12 :
Are we going to buy Canada? Is that how it was? I don’t know.
SPEAKER 13 :
I don’t want to incorporate their disastrous, debt-ridden, failed socialist health care system. I don’t want to fold that into my economy.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, we already have our own here.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, I don’t want that.
SPEAKER 12 :
I’m with you on that.
SPEAKER 13 :
I don’t want all the liberals up there.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 13 :
Sorry, Canadians. I like some of you. Don’t want all the liberals over here.
SPEAKER 12 :
But there’s nothing about you that’s just like, you know, instead of calling them our neighbors to the north, just our fellow Americans.
SPEAKER 13 :
No.
SPEAKER 12 :
No?
SPEAKER 13 :
No.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well.
SPEAKER 13 :
Totally no. Okay. I mean, no offense, but no. No. I mean, with Greenland, I still am like, with what money? With what money? We can’t hardly handle the country we have right now. Why are we? I mean, if you can make… an argument for me that will explain also how we are to acquire this land and that it doesn’t add to the deficit and we’re not spending money we don’t have and also that it will make us money in the near future then i will sit down and listen but until then i don’t know now i will say the trump remarks on panama i thought made the most sense yeah I don’t know if we have any of that because it was all happening. We were listening to it live when it happened. He remarked on Panama, the Panama Canal particularly, because even though Even though it was relinquished to Panama, I mean, it’s the Chinese that basically run it. They’ve got… It’s supposed to be under… It was under Panamanian control. It still is. And it’s owned by, what is it, the Panama Canal Authority. But as Trump notes when he’s talking about it, China… It kind of runs all the infrastructure with Belt and Road. Listen to this. He talks about it here.
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Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use military or economic coercion? No. Can you tell us a little bit about what your plan is? Are you going to negotiate a new treaty? Are you going to ask the Canadians to hold the vote? What is the strategy?
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I can’t assure you. You’re talking about Panama and Greenland. No, I can’t assure you on either of those two. But I can say this. We need them for economic security. The Panama Canal was built for our military. I’m not going to commit to that now. It might be that…
SPEAKER 13 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 12 :
So maybe some military involvement.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and, you know, we paid… money and we pay an annuity for continued access and usage because I mean we I mean we benefit I think they said what like there’s over 40 ships that go through the canal every single day we have American subs that go through the canal and so much of our shipping oh my heavens goes through it but we I mean it was an we helped make it possible and But then China came in with Belt and Road Initiative. They have two big hubs at the end of the canal, either end of the canal. And I think it’s funny that he’s… And why should he? I don’t think he should… I think it’s smart for him saying that he’s not refusing to use military force, is not committing to military force, but it’s refusing to signal to any geological opponent what options we have. He’s not going to show moves to anybody. So I think that’s smart. But I mean, ultimately… I mean, the influence that China has over the canal is, I mean, it’s a pretty, there’s already been a lot of, I mean, I’ve talked about this with Stephen Yates. There’s already been a lot of discussion about China and their activity and their control of the canal because they insist that, no, no, no, we don’t have any soldiers. We don’t have any military. We don’t have anything like that. I mean, no uniformed soldiers, sure. But you absolutely have operatives. And I mean, there’s accusations of military personnel and civilian clothing and all of this stuff that’s there. It’s a choke point. And Beijing wants to control it. And I think that him talking about the Panama Canal is actually huge. I think that that makes sense. And I kind of wonder if he’s not throwing that out there and couching it in between, you know, talk about Canada and Greenland so that people take him less seriously over it. I’m just curious. I mean… The regime could act to close the waterway off. And again, they control two huge hubs at either end, the Atlantic end and in the Pacific end. They have it’s C.K. Hutchinson Holdings and they have their huge they have the Panama Ports Company and then they have another one that’s that’s on the Atlantic side. So they’re of all of the port operators in that zone. China’s the largest. And they have a 25 year concession. So it’s and they’re based in Hong Kong. But who took over Hong Kong? China. Commie China. So you have to if you want to continue doing business, you have to go along with the CCP. And even it doesn’t even matter. China’s role is when if there’s any kind of conflict that kicks off, People’s Liberation Army takes over. So, you know. So, yeah, absolutely. It’s just it’s weird. There’s a really good piece at Newsweek that gets into some experts on this particular part of the world with respect to Chinese involvement, along with Belt and Road Initiative. And they’ve been talking about this for a number of years. And it’s I mean, this is one of the most important canals in the world. And as Steve notes, and this is one of the reasons why a lot of people dislike Jimmy Carter, because Jimmy Carter did give up control of it. That’s why I’m like, I’m not going to talk. He can lie in state and whatever. But he did, in addition to mucking up the Middle East, he decided to totally relinquish control of the Panama Canal to Panama and then Panama trying to swoop right in with Belt and Road. Yeah. So, yeah. Good old Jimmy Carter. Gordon Chang had a couple of good pieces on it. He also talked about it in one of the books that he had. And he’s been on the program before. But, I mean, if there would be any kind of war involving America, our Navy would have to rely on Panama Canal to get things to whichever theater. So… I don’t know. That actually I think is the most important issue that he talked about of the three. Canada, no. Greenland, come on. But the Panama Canal is incredibly important. It’s very vital to American security. So that makes sense that he’s talking about it in that respect. But very interesting indeed. This a couple of other things because we got a lot of audio as well. Oh, here’s the other thing I wanted to mention. Speaking of foreign policy and American security. So Biden, their administration, again, another example of him trying to do everything he can to drag down the transition of president elect to president coming up in just less than two weeks now. They have shipped off 11 prisoners linked to Al Qaeda. To Oman from Gitmo. They released them from Gitmo. They were from Yemen. They were held there for two decades. I mean, they were caught in the field in the wake of 9-11. They were used to be bodyguards from Osama bin Laden. And they shipped them off to Oman. They’re trying to clear Gitmo of terrorist prisoners. That’s Biden’s because I don’t know why. And we have no idea. Was there a deal made? Did the United States just ship off these terrorists to Oman with, you know, no question? Is that what I mean? What was it? Nobody knows. It’s very unclear. So I don’t know what they get in exchange. I don’t know what the United States has gotten in exchange for that. I mean, I don’t even nobody was made. It was not made aware of not made public. I mean, they had one of the guys that was one of bin Laden’s bodyguards. He’s an al-Qaeda fighter. There’s also the guy, Sharabi. He was the one that they said was responsible for a 9-11 style plot for Southwest Asia. And I mean, they’re all identified as extremists. So, yeah, that’s going to be real good for those 11 men to be back out in the world. Right. Great job, Biden. Good heavens. Is he trying to one up Jimmy Carter? I mean, good night. Like, who’s worse here? We have a lot more on the way. We’ve got headlines coming up as well as we roll towards the bottom of this hour and our partners. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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So this dude cut himself shaving and he sued and won $6,000. Now, in his defense… It was a little over $6,000, but it was a razor that was faulty. So it broke, and apparently it was not designed very well. And he ended up cutting into his face. But still, that’s a lot for $6,000. That’s a lot to go through for $6,000. He said he could have done real damage, but… Yeah, it’s true, but it was a product error, though. It wasn’t, you know, like the lady who spills hot coffee on herself and then sues for hot coffee. No, it was the product was not made correctly. So there is a top secret living lab robot city of the future that was built near a volcano that’s going to welcome its first human residents later this year. It’s Toyota has been building its woven city. Sounds like the Umbrella Corp., which serves as a test ground for driverless cars, smart homes, and robotics. And it looks real weird. I don’t know if I like this. 2,000 people are going to live there eventually. It’s a few miles away from Mount Fuji. It’s $10 billion. And the current site will eventually house 360 people. Once phase two and future phases are complete, 2,000 people up to could be living there. I don’t know. I don’t like planned things like that. It is weird. It’s very Stepford, right? I’m not into it. I just want to be a rat and live out in the woods. I don’t know. Let’s see. This… Oh, boy. No. Human pods equipped with a suite of AI personas to be unveiled at a new tech event today. later this year. It’s an open-ear wireless design, so you will be able to access AI with a gentle tap. It’s like an earbud that you would wear to listen to music, but you apparently are able to just get AI. Why would you want that? I mean, you literally have your phone and you can, if you need to. I don’t like this. The singularity just got sped up by like infinity, right? It’s weird. Fluoride is once again being scrutinized for an effect on children’s brain. I still cannot believe we do put fluoride. I mean, why do we put fluoride in water? Because the government thinks you’re too stupid to take care of your teeth? Isn’t that what it was? This is like an Atlas Shrugs thing. Let’s see. Face mask mandates are returning in multiple states. Doctors are warning of a quademic of four viral infections. I will punch someone in the face before I cover mine again. Yeah. And even then, I didn’t really cover my face. I was like, I’m not wearing this stupid thing. But it’s because of the flu, COVID, RSV, and then that one, I don’t know, some other weird thing that they’ll come up with. And some states are saying, well, we should, hospitals like in California, Illinois, of course, and New Jersey, they’re saying, yes, we need to bring back mask rules for staff and visitors. That’s so stupid. Not going to do it again. No way. Stick with us. We’ve got more to come next.
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So that’s what some folks in North Carolina, they had a deadline yesterday, midnight last night, where they were told that they still had to pay their property taxes. And it’s still a midnight. That’s pretty unbelievable there. I mean, this county, Buncombe County, which I’m told by people who live there, is run by Democrats with most executive positions. They they could have waived this and they I don’t know why they didn’t. What gets me is you had the Biden administration, even though it was overturned by circuit court, they were giving people moratoriums on paying rent. I mean, not the property owners for taxes, but just, you know, the people who are renting taxes. I mean, I’m amazed that they have not waived this. That is insane. So it’s a county that is still demanding property taxes on homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Helene based on pre-Helene assessments that no longer apply. This is why property taxes are anti-American because you never own your own property. Ever. You never own your own property. If you don’t believe me, stop paying your property tax and find out. That’s what… You never own your own property. The state will take it from you. So you pay the state a protection ransom so they don’t come and take your property. That’s not freedom. You don’t ever really own anything. That’s true. Property taxes need to be abolished. There’s better and different and better ways to do this stuff. That’s amazing though. So they’re going to have to be paying based on assessments that are no longer inapplicable. Oh, you own a property tax on your house and the improvements that you’ve done on it. Oh, it’s not here anymore. Hurricane destroyed it. I mean, there was like a couple hundred thousand homes that were affected, right? I read something. It was like almost 130 something thousand homes. That’s a lot of homes. Yeah, they tweeted out, yesterday was the final day to pay the Buncombe County property tax. Really? After how long do those people languish? What do their property taxes get them? How long do they wait for first responder services? Do their property taxes buy them? How long do they have to wait to get their streets cleared up? You know, that’s what their property taxes buy. Are they getting their trash collected, the people whose homes are destroyed? You know, I mean, what in the world, people? Just asinine, absolutely asinine. And everyone’s like, well, you know, you can appeal your assessment. There are no property tax waivers or exemptions under North Carolina state law. Oh, goody, goody, gumdrops. You get a best government ass kisser award. Great job. You get a badge, hall monitor. That’s not the point. First off, they’re unconstitutional. So I’d never view it through the context of, well, you can just you can just appeal your assessment. You can just appeal your face. No, I’m never going to accept the context that it’s a legitimate thing. It’s not. It’s a racket. And the fact that they can’t even waive it, how much I mean, that’s insane. If you will. I mean, in some regards, the United States is no different from the UK because you never actually own your own property or some of these other places where they levy these exorbitant all this stuff on you. It’s crazy. But no, you’re not getting what you we’re not getting any of that. The other thing I noticed yesterday, I wrote a piece about it up at Substack. If you get my chapter and verse newsletter. I had a short piece about how Democrats have, they try to make, and they’re going to do this every year forever, how they try to make yesterday, January 6th, a holiday. And all of them, when did, how did the lie, how was the lie created that multiple officers lost their lives on January 6th? Democrats were tweeting about this all into the night. Yeah. Everybody from New York AG Letitia James to Hakeem Jeffries, everyone. They treat this, I wrote that not since Kwanzaa has a made-up observance turned into such a solemn occasion, but that’s exactly what the left has done with January 6th. They’ve analogized it to Pearl Harbor and everything else, but they were saying that, they were naming all these officers that investigation proved their deaths had nothing to do with January 6th. I mean, no officers lost their lives. But you know who Democrats have never remembered? David Dorn. I don’t know if you guys remember, David Dorn was murdered in our hometown of St. Louis as part of the Burn Lute Murder Summer Series. You guys remember David Dorn? It was on livestream. In fact, that’s how one of his grandkids found out. They watched it on the livestream. People were writing. Two people were convicted in his murder. Or what about Officer David Lee? He was killed by a drunk driving illegal alien. Or what about the New York police officers who were shot by an illegal immigrant whose immigration case had been dismissed by a judge just prior? And that was in June of this past year. Or what about the officer that was shot by a violent illegal alien in San Antonio? Or what about when they had that big pro-Hamas protest in D.C. and an officer was punched in the face by a Hamas-supporting writer? I mean, these are just some examples. Democrats never mention them. They never mention those police officers because those, I guess, police, they don’t exist if they’re You know, not shooting people like Alicia Babbitt. I don’t know. By the way, the shooting of Alicia Babbitt’s the only cop-involved killing that the left loved. It’s true. It’s the only one that they loved. No, I mean… It wasn’t an attempted coup. I wrote it wasn’t an insurrection and it was it wasn’t organized and no one was armed except for the police. And it also wasn’t an organized multi year series of violent, mostly peaceful events all around the nation. I was just I was stunned at the number of Democrats, some like they couldn’t even get their story straight. These are elected officials and people who are on television. I’m not like just picking random people off of X who were saying like, oh, there were three officers killed. There were five officers killed that day. So many officers lost their lives. What in the world? They’re just making it up now. But it can’t go entirely wrong. unchecked anymore I wanted to play this for you audio soundbite 18 I made mention of this earlier uh in Britain speaking of x they’re mad at Elon Musk because he was very deservedly critical of the way that they handled the child grooming and gang rape thing not just in Rotherham but outside of Rotherham uh listen to this because now their socialist government their officials are all speculating about leaving five eyes because they’re mad over Elon Musk this is 18.
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Absolute horror at the highest levels of the government at the incendiary language we have seen from Elon Musk. And there’s going to be, as I understand it, a hard-headed assessment. Is this just the view of Elon Musk or is it the view of the wider administration and the incoming President Donald Trump? If it’s the latter, then there may well be some very, very serious questions about the nature of our ongoing security partnership with the United States. John Healey, the Defence Secretary today, was saying that the UK-US security relationship is the closest we’ve got in the world. We’re members of the Five Eyes group with the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Can you have that level of sharing everything If this sort of stuff is endorsed by the next president of the United States.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, my gosh. You know what? Elon Musk, he thinks that Elon Musk’s words are incendiary. I think the fact that a bunch of Pakistani men were allowed to rape and traffic young girls all throughout parts of Britain for two decades without nay a word from their government. I think that’s incendiary. I think protecting that is incendiary. I think getting upset more at being held accountable for not doing anything to protect those girls is incendiary. So he’s talking about leaving five eyes. That’s the English speaking. It’s New Zealand, UK, Australia, Canada, US, obviously, that make it up. And it’s our intelligence security association, alliance. That’s what it is. they they’re not going to leave that that’s labor being stupid that’s just so you know what they’re going to fa and fo they’re going to have a true dome moment speaking of that i wanted to play this this is pure polyvair audio soundbite 10 he’s the conservative leader he may be the next prime minister of canada he does follow me on x but he perfectly explains inflation listen
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Yes.
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What are the steps I need to take to fix the damages to inflation? First and foremost, stop the overspending. Inflation, high taxes, deficits, high interest rates are all symptoms. The disease is overspending. When governments spend too much money, there’s only three ways to get it. One is to raise your taxes. The other is to borrow, which means that they’ll tax you more later on. And the third way is to print money. Printing money seems like a painless way to pay for things. It’s very simple. If you have 10 apples and $10 in the economy, it’s a bucket apple. If you double the number of dollars in the economy to 20, you still only have 10 apples. You’re not twice as rich. It’s just that each apple costs twice as much.
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Boom. I mean, you know, do you really need to incorporate? And I would take Pierre Polivere. I would take him. I like him. He’s a very common sense kind of guy. but he perfectly explains it right there. And he’s exactly right. Exactly right. Uh, last thing I’ll, last thing that we’ll touch on because I’m trying to make sure that I get everything I wanted to get out to you guys today. I don’t know if you guys watch a land man, uh, I think I mentioned the Jerry Jones thing yesterday. I would play it for you, but we will probably get suspended on YouTube because even though it’s like information and all of that stuff, you can’t play anything else from anybody else. We ought to act it out. But anyway, you know what I’ll do for those of you who get my newsletter at Substack? I’ll send out a separate thing about that to you tonight. But anyway, so you can see the clip there. But Jerry Jones, he was he had a cameo in Landman. Landman is a series from Taylor Sheridan who did Yellowstone, 1883, 1923, Mary Kingstown and Tulsa King and Lioness. He’s got like a ton. I mean, all of his stuff is actually pretty good. Landman, notwithstanding the the dialogue from the daughter. That’s a little much. But Landman is a good series. And I think Billy Bob Thornton was born to play this role. And it takes place out in Midland, Odessa. And it’s a landman, a guy who’s going out there securing leases for oil and gas and mineral rights and all that stuff. And his family, his very crazy family. And at one point, he’s in the hospital room of his boss. And Jerry Jones is there as Jerry Jones visiting. And Monty’s the boss. And Jerry Jones was telling Monty, His life story, basically. He’s saying, you know, I made a decision early on that I wanted to work with my kids. And he said, I it was a very I mean, he had emotion in his eyes, like his eyes glinted like they were watery. I mean, he was really and it was just a brilliant monologue. And the guy, Monty, had had a heart attack. It was like his fifth bypass, I think. And he said, you know, I’m not saying that I’ve done everything right, but I made up my mind a long time ago I was going to work with my kids and they’re involved in everything. He says, Joan said they’re involved in my leasing, oil and gas, real estate. And so when I got the Cowboys, I got it so that we could all work together. I thought I was doing it for them, but the one who got the most out of it was to me and i love what he said here he because he’s talking to monty he’s laying in the hospital bed and he says i know it’s not going to be this time but you’re going to be sitting there sometime in the future laying here sometime in the future and the room will be filled with your business associates and the people you’ve worked with all your life and jones ads and more than likely your children and your family’s going to be there because they’re your children and your family but you could have them there because they’re the people you spent your life with you worked with, you fell down with, you got up with, and not just Thanksgiving and Christmas. That’s who you want to be with, he says. So when that time comes like this, it’s a celebration of your life and you’re not wishing that you spent a little more time seeing a few more suns come up. And he goes, that’s the trick. And he ends with saying, because that’s going to be your glory. I thought that was great. And I thought it was great because a lot of people I feel like in society have to make apologies if they want their kids to work with them. I have friends who work in agriculture. And their parents who were friends of the family worked in agriculture and they were raising their kids up to go into agriculture and work in ranging. And it’s weird because it’s like outside of that community society is like, Oh, a Nepo baby or something like that. And it’s like, no, these kids are learning the ropes and they’re learning what they’re supposed to be doing. But I feel like, Saying that you can’t pass that down to your kids or bring your kids into it is a very anti-American way of looking at things. Because we’re not talking about giving it to people who didn’t work and didn’t earn it. That’s a very European aristocracy way of viewing things. No, they actually work in the field. They’re not just people of leisure. They actually work in the field. And they go out and they learn about animal husbandry. And they go out and do all this stuff. And everybody in every industry… That I’ve ever seen, including friends of ours that own businesses, you know, in our own town that own restaurants and all this. They they bring their kids to work with them and they show their kids the ropes and the kids by being immersed in that sort of world. They get that real time practical education and they learn and it’s a passion of theirs, too. But isn’t that why you work so hard to have your family celebrate it? And I just thought that was a great message from Jerry Jones. I know people get mad at him with the Cowboys, but damn, he’s a good actor. And that’s not even acting. But as Justine Bateman noted on X, just to be able to deliver it like that with that kind of emotion. You still got to be pretty talented at acting. So I don’t know. Maybe if he decides to give up the cowboy someday and all the oil and gas, he could do that. We got a lot. Layman’s a great series. I would beware of the daughter’s dialogue, but it’s a good series.
SPEAKER 06 :
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SPEAKER 13 :
Welcome back to the program. All right. Tonight, I’m going to be on with Jesse Waters, his program that’s at 7 Central, 8 Eastern. And then make sure you sign up over at Substack, too, because I’ll make sure you get that Jerry Jones video from Landman. It’s very good. Like I said, I’d play it on air, but we get hit if we don’t. All right, today’s stupidity came.
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All right, this is Joe Biden. Is the president still, right? Still president? Just making sure. Adam Kinzinger, all the other dumb Democrats are saying the same thing. They’re trying to, and the media, make January 6th a thing. Listen to this.
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I think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy. A threat to democracy.
SPEAKER 12 :
What Trump did by saying to peacefully protest. That was a threat.
SPEAKER 13 :
I mean, we were on air when it happened. We literally carried him on air saying to be peace. I mean, he said it.
SPEAKER 12 :
That burned down cities. Those weren’t threats to democracy.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. I tell you what. Never ends. Never ends. All right, folks, that does it for us today. Of course, you know, we’re going to be back at same bat time, same bat channel tomorrow. So stay warm and we’ll see you then. God bless.
