WEBVTT - The Rita Panahi Show | 11 February

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<v Speaker 1>On sky Lives Ostrodia.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Wider Panalty Show.

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<v Speaker 3>Good evening and welcome to the Reader Panety Show. Coming

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<v Speaker 3>up tonight. The shockwaves from the Victorian by elections continue,

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<v Speaker 3>with Federal Labor warning their big counterparts to stop the

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<v Speaker 3>mad spending on the suburban rail loob Well Prime Minister

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<v Speaker 3>and the Albanez is lobbing securate tariff back down from

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<v Speaker 3>President Trump. Will discuss that with Kosher Gata transactivists intensify

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<v Speaker 3>their campaign against the Queensland government. Stephney Bastian will be

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<v Speaker 3>with you shortly discuss, and President Trump gives mass a

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<v Speaker 3>new deadline to release all the hostages or to cease

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<v Speaker 3>fires off. Josh Hammer will join me with the latest

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<v Speaker 3>from the US later in the hour, and Lefty's Losing

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<v Speaker 3>It features this deranged Karen with a rather unique bit

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<v Speaker 3>of Super Bowl analysis.

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<v Speaker 4>The reason why we get it went because the Trump

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<v Speaker 4>was at the guys.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, yeah, goddamnit.

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<v Speaker 3>Trump should. But first joining me now is News Corps

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<v Speaker 3>senior writer Patrick Carl and Patrick, let's start with Federal Labor.

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<v Speaker 3>The MPs in Victoria are not happy. They've had a

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<v Speaker 3>serious wake up call following the seventeen percent swing against

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<v Speaker 3>the state labor government in Werribee, a traditional labor heartland seat.

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<v Speaker 3>That's caused them to demand that Premierson too Alan stopped

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<v Speaker 3>blackmailing the federal government into providing extra funding for the

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<v Speaker 3>suburban rail loop project. They say that the Allen government

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<v Speaker 3>should instead focus on other projects that voters actually want.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a novel idea Patrick the Victorian by election on

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<v Speaker 3>the weekend, Well, there were two. There was one in Paran,

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<v Speaker 3>one in werribe It certainly sent shock waves through the

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<v Speaker 3>federal ranks, Labor and the Greeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I don't think those results were surprising at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the Allen Government's been on the nose for

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<v Speaker 2>a long time. We've got to wait until twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's a lot of people metaphorically toiling their

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<v Speaker 2>baseball bat's just waiting for November twenty twenty six to

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<v Speaker 2>try and change the government. Here at a state level,

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<v Speaker 2>and Victoria at a federal level is a battleground state

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<v Speaker 2>for the first time probably since about going back to

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<v Speaker 2>Bob Hawk a long time ago. There's six or seven

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<v Speaker 2>seats that are really going to matter. The suburban rail

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<v Speaker 2>loop is very unpopular with Victorians. It's deepening our debt.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody really understands why we're getting it, and federal later

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<v Speaker 2>understandably they want to push projects that people actually want

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<v Speaker 2>and need, such as the airport rail link.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, they don't want to keep paying for something that

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<v Speaker 3>is just seems to be a bottomless pit. Is what

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<v Speaker 3>is the point of this suburban rail loop project, because

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<v Speaker 3>like you said, it's not particularly popular yet the Dan

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<v Speaker 3>Andrews government and now they're just into Alan government and

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<v Speaker 3>are inflexible about it, and they have taken some shots

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<v Speaker 3>and refused to abandon it.

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<v Speaker 2>Look after. I shouldn't say half, but many members of

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<v Speaker 2>the cabinet, the state cabinet, the Deputy Premier doesn't seem

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<v Speaker 2>very keen on the suburban rail loop. It's going to

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<v Speaker 2>push the debt much further. We are the most bankrupt

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<v Speaker 2>state in the country by mine. We are holding back

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the country at the moment. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>make sense, and it's a bit like the Commonwealth Games

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<v Speaker 2>where we sort of spent more than half a billion

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<v Speaker 2>dollars on something that didn't happen. It seemed like a

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<v Speaker 2>good idea when it was announced, but we don't finish

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<v Speaker 2>things in Victoria.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the thing with a suburban rail loop. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not sure it was even a good idea yet when

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<v Speaker 3>it was announced, it's never seemed to have had a

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<v Speaker 3>solid business case. It's always seemed to be something that

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<v Speaker 3>has been a bit of a mystery. We're wondering why

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<v Speaker 3>are we doing this? Why are we're sending the state

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<v Speaker 3>into further debt. Now let's move on to Federal Sports

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<v Speaker 3>Minister Anika Wells, who's joined Senatility a flaw in siding

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<v Speaker 3>with Sam Kerr as she faces court in London. Here's

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<v Speaker 3>what Anika Wells had to say yesterday.

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<v Speaker 6>I think it has been a rocky road for Sam

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<v Speaker 6>and her partner. The more we find out about that incident,

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<v Speaker 6>I think the more you can understand why they've acted

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<v Speaker 6>the way that they have. But being an explayer myself,

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<v Speaker 6>I would never seek to interfere or comment on a

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<v Speaker 6>court trial process whilst it's in action. But I think

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<v Speaker 6>Australia certainly has Sam certainly has Australia.

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<v Speaker 3>Behind her Patrick. I don't think this is a great look,

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<v Speaker 3>particularly when you watch the footage of Sam Kerr unleashing.

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<v Speaker 2>They wouldn't do that. You should have spoken to.

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<v Speaker 1>Thee Honestly, we are stupid and white.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, some commentary there that was colorful, to say the least.

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<v Speaker 3>Why do we have politicians? Olivia Thoughte we can understand.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, she's just rogue, but what would Annaka well

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<v Speaker 3>take this position?

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I find that strange this has when playing out

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<v Speaker 2>for more than a week. We keep seeing that footage

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<v Speaker 2>you just played. Look it's not a Rosa Parks Montgomery

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<v Speaker 2>bus moment. This is not going to change the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever the judgment in this case, it's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>the world is not going to think that Sam Kerr

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<v Speaker 2>is racist on some fundamental level. If she doesn't. If

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<v Speaker 2>the police win, then you know, I'm sure that police

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<v Speaker 2>officer will get over what she said that night in

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<v Speaker 2>a way. And you get this grand standing, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>what frustrates me. You get the lydia thorpes and you

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<v Speaker 2>get federal ministers actually talking to these I think Sam

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<v Speaker 2>kerk for what it's worth, I don't think most people

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<v Speaker 2>think she's racist, but that attitude did come from a

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<v Speaker 2>place that a lot of Australians would object to. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think she's an unquestioned sporting superstar that she was.

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<v Speaker 3>And a lot of people would also object to the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that a lot of these sporting stars are very

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<v Speaker 3>quick to play the victim, very quick to push the

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<v Speaker 3>racial card. And if this was happening with any sporting star,

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<v Speaker 3>and it was a matter of saying substituting the word

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<v Speaker 3>black for white, then it would be very different. There

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<v Speaker 3>would be no more endorsements, there would be no more

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<v Speaker 3>Australian captaincy, there would probably be no more place on

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<v Speaker 3>the Australian team. The consequences would be dramatically worse. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think again a lot of Australians can see the

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<v Speaker 3>hypocrisy there. Now let's talk about Minister for Housing and

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<v Speaker 3>Homelessness Clara O'Neill. She's unleashed more content on Instagram. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know whether she wants to become some sort of

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<v Speaker 3>an insta influencer.

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<v Speaker 5>I have a look at this output.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, why, just why, who's advising them to do this.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure they've probably got some social media experts or

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<v Speaker 3>somebody who thinks this is a way to communicate to

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<v Speaker 3>younger voters. But I just can't see that as been

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<v Speaker 3>convincing to anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>No, look, when you get to a certain age you

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<v Speaker 2>sort of you learn things and you learn not to

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<v Speaker 2>sort of post things on social media unless genuinely funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm of that age, so I don't post any things

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<v Speaker 2>on social media that's sort of faintly trivializing of a

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<v Speaker 2>very important issue.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly. That's the thing. Also, it's actually cheapening something that

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<v Speaker 3>your government's supposed to be proud of, and I just

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<v Speaker 3>don't know, I cannot understand. I'm sure they're rusted on

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<v Speaker 3>feminists who never think of voting anything other than greens

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<v Speaker 3>or labor or perhaps tills may enjoy that, but it

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<v Speaker 3>certainly doesn't have broad appeal.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I think it's polarizing potentially. We've been talking about

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<v Speaker 2>women's health for decades, as we should have been. We

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<v Speaker 2>should be proud of what we've done. It's not this

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<v Speaker 2>sort of breakthrough moment. It's not down watching a Grand

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<v Speaker 2>final quarter or something.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a breakthrough popular meme that's kind of doing the

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<v Speaker 3>rounds at the moment, and that's what they seem to

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<v Speaker 3>be doing. They're taking it and trying to apply it

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<v Speaker 3>to federal politics, and more often than not, it misses

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<v Speaker 3>the mark. Now, let's talk quickly about the cease fire

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<v Speaker 3>between Israel and her Mass. I'm going to be talking

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<v Speaker 3>to Josh Hammer later in the program, but it is

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<v Speaker 3>increasingly on shaky grand as her Maas says. It is

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<v Speaker 3>delaying the release of captives held in Gaza, the hostages

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<v Speaker 3>they've held for more than a year. The Israeli government

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<v Speaker 3>is raising the alert level of its military and ordering

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<v Speaker 3>it to be ready for any possible scenario. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 3>is also hit out at her Mass.

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<v Speaker 7>I suppose I'm concerned if all of the hostages are

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<v Speaker 7>return by Saturday at twelve o'clock, I think it's an

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<v Speaker 7>appropriate time. I would say, cancel it, and all bets

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<v Speaker 7>are off and let hell break out, all of them,

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<v Speaker 7>not in drips and drabs, not two and one and

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<v Speaker 7>three and four and two. All hell is going to

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<v Speaker 7>break out. And I don't think they're going to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think a lot of them are dead.

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<v Speaker 3>All hell is going to break loose. I think the

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<v Speaker 3>Israeli government Benjamin Nettina, who knows that Trump isn't going

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<v Speaker 3>to stand in his way if he wants to eliminate

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<v Speaker 3>a mass. The Biden administration had a very different attitude.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you see this progressing? We're in a perilous

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<v Speaker 3>state right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, it's been a fragile process, this whole ceasefire, hasn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>And Donald Trump has come in over the top and

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<v Speaker 2>sort of said a lot of common sense things, I

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<v Speaker 2>would argue. I mean, the hostage has just got lost

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<v Speaker 2>in the rhetoric in Australia, in all the pro Palestine

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<v Speaker 2>activism for so long, and now we're hearing their stories.

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<v Speaker 2>They are dreadful stories about sort of hung upside down

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<v Speaker 2>in chains, in cages. Yeah, finding out that their loved

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<v Speaker 2>ones are dead. These are terrible stories. And this was

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<v Speaker 2>a deal. It was always going to be a fragile

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<v Speaker 2>deal made by a terrorist organization. So I think the

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<v Speaker 2>larks of Donald Trump sort of coming in over the

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<v Speaker 2>top may actually not be a bad thing. And then

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<v Speaker 2>it actually progresses things, actually pushes things forward.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's speaking to them in terms they understand. He's

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<v Speaker 3>not trying to group up, hug them into submission. He's

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<v Speaker 3>saying he's going to unleash hell. And I think these

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<v Speaker 3>terrorists that they respond to language like that. We'll see

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<v Speaker 3>what happens next. But he also made the point that

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<v Speaker 3>the last lot of hostages released, the three men who

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<v Speaker 3>were starved. Obviously he likened it two Holocaust survivors that

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<v Speaker 3>the seeds there, and I think they were powerful statements

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<v Speaker 3>as well, Patrick Carl and thank you so much for

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<v Speaker 3>your time tonight. Thanks very Joining me now is Women's

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<v Speaker 3>Forum Australia's head of advocacy, Stephanie Bastian. Stephanie Insland government's

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<v Speaker 3>decision to pause so called gender firming hormone treatments for

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<v Speaker 3>children and launch a review into gender treatments has sparked

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<v Speaker 3>a fresh offensive from the Australian Professional Association for trans Health,

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<v Speaker 3>called Project four nine to one. OSPATH claims that the

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<v Speaker 3>Queensland ban is contrary to the current best evidence based

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<v Speaker 3>guidelines and represents political interference in healthcare. Can I please

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<v Speaker 3>get your reaction there, Stephanie.

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<v Speaker 1>Log What we're seeing is activist organizations ignoring the evidence,

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<v Speaker 1>not even wanting a review into the evidence, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>now trying to fundraise and do their own thing. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean this week we saw the doctor who was running

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<v Speaker 1>the Canned Gender Clinic has now moved to Melbourne and.

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<v Speaker 4>Is prescribing puberty blockers via telehealth.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the Guardian, a forty minute consultation is all

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<v Speaker 1>it's taking. So these organizations actually need to be investigated

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<v Speaker 1>and the government funding needs to be pulled if they're

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<v Speaker 1>received them.

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<v Speaker 3>Now we've had Health Minister Mark Butler come under fire

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<v Speaker 3>for his response to Peter Dutton's comments about protecting women's sport.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's remind ourselves what the opposition leader had to say

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<v Speaker 3>last week in his interview with Peter Kredlin.

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<v Speaker 8>I just don't believe in discriminating against anyone, not on

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<v Speaker 8>the basis of anything. And for young girls not to

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<v Speaker 8>be able to achieve their Olympic dream, their pathway to

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<v Speaker 8>a World Cup, or to be displaced from a team

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<v Speaker 8>because you know somebody has a physiological advantage over them,

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<v Speaker 8>I just don't think that is that's not in the

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<v Speaker 8>spirit of sport.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, this was Mark Butler's response on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 6>What is Slavery's position on trans participation in professions?

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<v Speaker 9>Well, I'll have a go. Katie might want to add

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<v Speaker 9>to this, but this is not an issue in Australia.

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<v Speaker 9>We're very clear legal provisions in the Sex Discrimination Act,

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<v Speaker 9>Section forty two says that sporting codes are able to

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<v Speaker 9>put in place measures to ensure that particular sporting competitions

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<v Speaker 9>are reserved for in this case, the case you're referring

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<v Speaker 9>to biological.

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<v Speaker 3>Women, Stephanie says, it's not an issue in Australian sport.

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<v Speaker 3>You mentioned section forty two of the Sex Discrimination Act,

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<v Speaker 3>but as Senator Claire Chandler pointed out just last year

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty twenty four, male players won a women's football competition,

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<v Speaker 3>and when the organizers ask for the government to help

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<v Speaker 3>protect the safety of their players by reviewing the legislation

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<v Speaker 3>that is failing to protect women's sport, the Albanezer government

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<v Speaker 3>ignored them. Stephanie, what do you make of all of this?

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<v Speaker 3>Is he just ignorant about what's happening in this country

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<v Speaker 3>or are they so ideologically captured by the transactivists that

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<v Speaker 3>they don't want to tackle this issue.

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<v Speaker 1>Alog I think it's very clear Mark Butler has his

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<v Speaker 1>head in the sand. The Sex Discrimination Act actually removed

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<v Speaker 1>the definition of woman when Julia Gillard inserted gender identity

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<v Speaker 1>in the twenty thirteen amendments.

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<v Speaker 4>That's why we have all these problems.

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<v Speaker 1>It should be protecting women in sport, but it's not

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<v Speaker 1>because it doesn't define.

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<v Speaker 5>What they are.

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<v Speaker 1>And we have a problem in this country where, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>at a community and state level sporting bodies have been

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<v Speaker 1>ideologically captured, prioritizing inclusion and diversity.

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<v Speaker 4>Over fairness and safety.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've got a lot of women, particularly in say

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<v Speaker 1>football and soccer, who are being injured. There is a

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<v Speaker 1>blackout on the media. They don't report the players that are.

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<v Speaker 4>Causing these injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>And the e Safety Commissioner has actually intervened on international

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<v Speaker 1>outfits like Redducks who have reported these identities. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you're someone like Kuriri Lee Smith who has called this out,

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<v Speaker 1>you slept with the Navy o and vilification claims. So

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<v Speaker 1>we do have a problem. Our laws are not only

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<v Speaker 1>coming to protect women, they are actually being weaponized to

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<v Speaker 1>silence anyone who speaks out.

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<v Speaker 3>Now before you go. Pauline Hanson yesterday moved a motion

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<v Speaker 3>in the Senate to establish a real inquiry into the

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<v Speaker 3>human cost of experimental child gender treatments in Australia in

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<v Speaker 3>order to give victims and their families a voice, and

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<v Speaker 3>of course Labor the Greens, but also a number of

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<v Speaker 3>Liberals and independent senators like David Pocock, Tammy Terrell and

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<v Speaker 3>Lydia Thorpe. They all voted this motion down. It's the

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<v Speaker 3>usual suspects striking against Stephanie.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, I was encouraged by the number of Liberals who

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<v Speaker 1>did vote in favor, but I think Pauline Hanson's motion,

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<v Speaker 1>the details in that just show how weak and pathetic

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<v Speaker 1>the current fid Or government's review is.

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<v Speaker 4>It outlines a number of issues it calls to review.

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<v Speaker 1>The harm done to people like detransitioners, and the whole

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<v Speaker 1>basis of this crisis. So I think what we need, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is we need strong leadership from perhaps the Liberal letter

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<v Speaker 1>Peter Dutton.

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<v Speaker 4>This is not going to go away. This is going

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<v Speaker 4>to be an election issue.

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<v Speaker 1>So unless Alban Easy and Peter Dutton both come up

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<v Speaker 1>with a policy, they're going to be in trouble because

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<v Speaker 1>the Australian public won't change.

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<v Speaker 3>Well. This is just the biggest slam dunk imaginable politically,

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<v Speaker 3>because it's an issue where right and wrong is pretty

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<v Speaker 3>clear and the overwhelming majority of the population, the mainstream

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<v Speaker 3>opinion is very much on the side of fairness, on

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<v Speaker 3>the side of respecting biological reality. And yet we've got

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<v Speaker 3>the activists who have seemed to have spooked both Labor

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<v Speaker 3>and the Coalition and to backing these radical positions or

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<v Speaker 3>in the case of the coalition kind of been too

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<v Speaker 3>scared to even talk about it and to come up

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<v Speaker 3>with a articulate argument about why what we've got in

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<v Speaker 3>place at the moment it isn't good enough. Now before

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<v Speaker 3>we go, we expect the likes of Lydia Thorpe, the

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<v Speaker 3>Greens labor to vote down an inquiry like this, But

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<v Speaker 3>tell me about the liberals who voted against this motion.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, I think there are a key group of activists

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<v Speaker 1>that have taken the wrong position on this, perhaps out

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<v Speaker 1>of fear, perhaps out of ignorance of the.

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<v Speaker 4>Political fallout, but it's just not good enough. The evidence

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<v Speaker 4>is there.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirteen countries have now wound back puberty blockers, cross sex womans,

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<v Speaker 1>and limited gender affirming care because of the lack of evidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty six US states have done the same, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course we've got the new executive order that's limiting the funding.

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<v Speaker 1>The tide has turned globally on this. There are doctors

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<v Speaker 1>here speaking out and it's just not good enough. They

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<v Speaker 1>need to come to the table on this as a

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<v Speaker 1>party and to make some changes.

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<v Speaker 3>Stephanie Bastian, thanks for your time tonight to come Lefty's

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<v Speaker 3>losing it Plus will Prime ministaff In Albanizi managed to

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<v Speaker 3>convince Donald Trump to drop tariffs against Australian still and aluminum,

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<v Speaker 3>and patient Gator joins me next welcome back. Now it's

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<v Speaker 3>time for Lefti's losing it and we can't go a

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<v Speaker 3>week on this program without including the lunatic ratings of

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<v Speaker 3>the ladies of the view. Today it's Anna Navarro's turn,

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<v Speaker 3>and she was talking about the super Bowl of all things,

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<v Speaker 3>but as usual, she was obsessed with two things, Donald

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<v Speaker 3>Trump and her race illusions. Take it away, Anna, You

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<v Speaker 3>know I don't do sports.

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<v Speaker 10>You know, I don't do football, so I wasn't watching

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<v Speaker 10>the game.

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<v Speaker 3>But listen, I.

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<v Speaker 10>Think today Donald Trump is going to sign an executive

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<v Speaker 10>order banning black people from halftime.

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<v Speaker 3>And what is she based this delusional fantasy on. She

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<v Speaker 3>thinks racists were upset by the halftime show, when really

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<v Speaker 3>it was just people with ears.

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<v Speaker 11>Bring the highest to pet.

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<v Speaker 3>I was telling maybe in an executive order to ban

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<v Speaker 3>artists most of the audience has never heard of from

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<v Speaker 3>halftime shows. That that may be an idea. But let's

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<v Speaker 3>get back to Ana Navarro's genius analysis.

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<v Speaker 10>Talking about whether the NFL was capitulating to Trump by

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<v Speaker 10>removing the term and.

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<v Speaker 3>Racism from the and so on.

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<v Speaker 10>Boy did they not capitulate to Trump? When I saw

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<v Speaker 10>Samuel L. Jackson, Yeah, rested does a black uncles town

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<v Speaker 10>who then had like an entire formation of all black

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<v Speaker 10>people making a US flag.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, let's be honest. Kendrick Lamar's performance was pretty mid.

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<v Speaker 12>As the kids say, Ernest Dowe, don't you care what

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<v Speaker 12>they would be fashion out right now?

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<v Speaker 13>We're hitting for me hit It wouldn't check with these

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<v Speaker 13>boys trying to hangle me.

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<v Speaker 7>Just wait and seem to.

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<v Speaker 3>Be Yep, it was pretty mediocre, particularly when we are

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<v Speaker 3>used to the cream of the crop performing at the

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<v Speaker 3>Super Bowl halftime shows. But Ken Trick Lamar actually didn't

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<v Speaker 3>politicize the fourteen minute performance other than to take at Drake.

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<v Speaker 3>There were no anti Trump, anti Maga, anti America messages.

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<v Speaker 3>Once Anna and the ladies of the view figure that out,

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<v Speaker 3>they're going to be pretty miserable. But the NFL did

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<v Speaker 3>try to politicize the event by running this ridiculous commercial

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<v Speaker 3>where a young woman, a young black woman, beats a

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<v Speaker 3>team of men, a team of brads.

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<v Speaker 13>Let's settle this once and for all.

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<v Speaker 12>Your best guy, girl, whatever versus our best guy, the Brad.

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<v Speaker 13>Right, Brad, I'm brown. I can read all of them.

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<v Speaker 13>That's what I've thought about.

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<v Speaker 3>These are the simpletons who pretend to be pro women,

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<v Speaker 3>but they throw women under the bus by supporting men

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<v Speaker 3>identifying as trans women, invading women's sport, and talking about

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<v Speaker 3>pretending to be pro women while simultaneously throwing women under

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<v Speaker 3>the bus. Here is a Nike, painfully woke, a Nike

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<v Speaker 3>running an ad suggesting the real threat to women's sport

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<v Speaker 3>is sexism. Reminder, this is the same Nike that used

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<v Speaker 3>Dylan Mulvainy as an ambassador. But please tell me how

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<v Speaker 3>much you support girls and women's sport. You can't be emotional.

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<v Speaker 3>So be emotional. You can't take credit, you can't speak up,

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<v Speaker 3>can't be so ambition fun, I can't stand out. Whatever

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<v Speaker 3>you do, you can't win. Now, let's hear from this

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<v Speaker 3>totally rational woman, probably a fan of the view, who

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<v Speaker 3>blames President Donald Trump for her team losing yesterday.

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<v Speaker 14>And the reason why we did it win because the

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<v Speaker 14>Trump was at the guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yay, goddamnit, and we'll have plenty more lefties losing it.

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<v Speaker 3>Content with my next guest, Guy News contributor Kosher Gata Kosher.

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<v Speaker 3>We will get to that phone call between Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 3>and Anthony Albanezi shortly, but let's start with the USAID scandal.

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<v Speaker 3>If you want to know why the left is so

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<v Speaker 3>committed to this cause, it's not that they care about

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<v Speaker 3>feeding the IMPOVERI store giving medicines to the Sikh. Those

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<v Speaker 3>programs will continue. It's because they found a way to

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<v Speaker 3>use taxpayers money to push their insane, far left agenda.

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<v Speaker 3>Here is Trump advisor Steven Miller explaining.

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<v Speaker 15>The USAID was a slush fund, first of all, for

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<v Speaker 15>left wing projects around the globe, like gender surgeries around

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<v Speaker 15>the world, diversity equin inclusion policies, crazy Green New Deal

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<v Speaker 15>climate scams. It was funding an army of left wing activists.

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<v Speaker 15>These NGOs, non governmental organizations, They get billions and billions

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<v Speaker 15>of dollars and they use that money to that infiltrate

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<v Speaker 15>Corporate America Free Sattle for example, at taxpayer expends millions

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<v Speaker 15>of illegal aliens into this country. This mammoth left wing

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<v Speaker 15>power structure plus left wing media. It wasn't organic, it

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<v Speaker 15>wasn't created naturally. It was funded by taxpayer dollars. And

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<v Speaker 15>that is why they are screaming and screeching so loud. Now,

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<v Speaker 15>it's because President Trump is cutting off the slush fund

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<v Speaker 15>to the organizations that hate and hurt America.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the biggest point there, Kosher. These movements were

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<v Speaker 3>not organic. It was funded by taxpayers and witting tax payers.

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<v Speaker 14>Yes, it has been an illuminating couple of weeks, to

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<v Speaker 14>say the least. We've always known that the US is

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<v Speaker 14>running thirty three trillion dollar deficits. They have this ridiculous

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<v Speaker 14>seven billion dollar and a trillion dollar annual budget that

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<v Speaker 14>they can never seem to cut or shrink government spending.

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<v Speaker 14>Now we know that beyond the spending, it is also

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<v Speaker 14>these sort of insidious, nefarious actions that have created this

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<v Speaker 14>whole infrastructure, as Stephen Miller's out of NGOs, who, by

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<v Speaker 14>the way, the proprietors of these NGOs enrich themselves along

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<v Speaker 14>the way, they take massive salaries. You can look all

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<v Speaker 14>of this up when you combine ten ninety nine's with

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<v Speaker 14>USAAD and then on top of that the sort of AstroTurf,

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<v Speaker 14>which is effectively what he was seeing these issues domestically

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<v Speaker 14>and internationally, and it's really illuminating that the groundswell of

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<v Speaker 14>support that maybe people thought we were battling with left

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<v Speaker 14>wing ideology, climate anddi and all the rest of it

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<v Speaker 14>is actually not really there. There's no grassroots support for it,

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<v Speaker 14>but it is topped down by definition, funded by USAAD

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<v Speaker 14>and even other organizations that now Trump is beginning to look.

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<v Speaker 3>Into incredible amounts of hoodspa here, using taxpayers money to

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<v Speaker 3>come up with policies and laws agendas that most people

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<v Speaker 3>actually do not support, and doing it in this underhanded manner.

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<v Speaker 3>There's been very little transparency up until now. Now Politico

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<v Speaker 3>there's supposed to be an independent news organization, but they

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<v Speaker 3>pump out a constant stream of anti Trump propaganda. I

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<v Speaker 3>received eight point two million in US dollars eight point

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<v Speaker 3>two million US in government funding, and that increased significantly

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty twenty when Joe Biden became president. How they

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<v Speaker 3>justifying this kosher because they're not a public broadcaster, They're

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<v Speaker 3>not PABs or NPR, and this talk that their funding

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<v Speaker 3>should be cut as well.

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<v Speaker 14>Yes, the public broadcasters. That's been a long standing debate

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<v Speaker 14>around the world. Why do taxpyers fund media for political news?

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<v Speaker 14>By definition should be objective and now this is again

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<v Speaker 14>insidious where these are for profit corporations. It's a little

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<v Speaker 14>bit from Usaaid, but a lot of it is just

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<v Speaker 14>straight up subscriptions to their enterprise plan. Political Pose pro

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<v Speaker 14>is the name of the plan, and it's something like

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<v Speaker 14>eight to eleven thousand dollars a subscription, and it's just

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<v Speaker 14>running rampant where there's multiple subscriptions across different agencies like

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<v Speaker 14>the Department of Interior or HHS or others that are

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<v Speaker 14>subscribing to this data. And I would add those same

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<v Speaker 14>people in their private lives. I would not be surprised

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<v Speaker 14>if they share Netflix passwords with each other.

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<v Speaker 4>But here they're.

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<v Speaker 14>Subscribing to multiple five figure subscription deals, which adds up

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<v Speaker 14>to the tune of eight billion dollars for again, an

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<v Speaker 14>organization that has a very clear political agenda. Trump shut

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<v Speaker 14>that off and many others like Political which is fascinating

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<v Speaker 14>to see amount of impact he's having in just a

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<v Speaker 14>couple of short weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, it's hard to keep up with the pace. This

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<v Speaker 3>is one of the consequences of just implementing a raft

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<v Speaker 3>of election promises is that it can be quite difficult

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<v Speaker 3>to keep up with everything that's happening. Let's turn our

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<v Speaker 3>attention to tariffs on Australian still and Aliminium. The Prime

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<v Speaker 3>Minister has had a conversation with President Trump. This is

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<v Speaker 3>what Anthony Albaneasi had to say earlier today.

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<v Speaker 12>So it was a very constructive and warm discussion again

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<v Speaker 12>with President Trump.

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<v Speaker 7>The US President agreed that an exemption was under consideration.

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<v Speaker 3>And when President Trump was asked about the conversation in

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<v Speaker 3>the overall offers, this is what he had to say.

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<v Speaker 7>I just spoke to him, very fine man, and he

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<v Speaker 7>has a surplus. I mean, we have a surplus with Australia.

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<v Speaker 7>What are the few and the reason is they buy

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<v Speaker 7>a lot of aeroplanes. They are rather far away and

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<v Speaker 7>they need lots of aeroplanes, and we actually have a surplus.

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<v Speaker 7>It's one of the only countries which we do. And

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<v Speaker 7>I told him that that's something that we will give

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<v Speaker 7>great consideration to.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the most conciliatory the President has been when

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<v Speaker 3>it comes to these executive orders. Do you see President

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<v Speaker 3>Trump bending on this given the unique set of circumstances,

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<v Speaker 3>the close relationship with Australia and the fact that the

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<v Speaker 3>US enjoys a trade surplus with US.

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<v Speaker 14>Yes, I wouldn't dare profess to know what President Trump

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<v Speaker 14>would do on any given day. But those three points

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<v Speaker 14>that you mentioned Rita are very unique to Australia. As

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<v Speaker 14>he mentioned, Australia is one of the only countries that

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<v Speaker 14>the US runs a trade surplus with and has the

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<v Speaker 14>mid twentieth century. So that definitely is music to Trump's

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<v Speaker 14>ears because the whole premise or philosophy which we do

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<v Speaker 14>understand about Trump, he's been very clear about it, is

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<v Speaker 14>leveling the playing field and having reciprocal trade deals where

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<v Speaker 14>we're not running deficits with every single country. So the

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<v Speaker 14>Australia definitely takes that box. There is also the defense

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<v Speaker 14>relationship where there are big buyers of US aircraft and

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<v Speaker 14>military equipment and the things in the OFCICE deal, and

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<v Speaker 14>also the geographic positioning of Australia as a long standing

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<v Speaker 14>one hundred year ally in this region, proximity to China.

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<v Speaker 4>All of that just really.

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<v Speaker 14>Positions Australia very uniquely. So I would take Trump at

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<v Speaker 14>his word that he's going to take all of that

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<v Speaker 14>under consideration and look at the big picture.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, some interesting comments for Opposition later paid to Dutton.

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<v Speaker 3>He actually took a very strong line against President Trump

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<v Speaker 3>saying that if he goes through with these tariffs, it's

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<v Speaker 3>going to put a strain on the relationship between the

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<v Speaker 3>two countries. Did that take you by surprise that he

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<v Speaker 3>would interject in such a strong manner in this debate.

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<v Speaker 14>It is interesting the specifics of that, but I sort

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<v Speaker 14>of have see echoes of it with mister Pierre and

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<v Speaker 14>Canada as well. Who's in Canada is in an election

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<v Speaker 14>year and same thing where they're sort of maybe trying

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<v Speaker 14>to create some daylight between the other side and themselves

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<v Speaker 14>or show that they're sort of strong and they will

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<v Speaker 14>stand up to anybody, even the leader of the free world.

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<v Speaker 14>So maybe that's the extent if I had to wager

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<v Speaker 14>a guess of where mister Dutton was going. But I

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<v Speaker 14>think everybody understands whether it's Australia or Canada, the leverage

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<v Speaker 14>is very clear who holds more leverage in that situation,

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<v Speaker 14>and so it's better off for smaller countries that are

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<v Speaker 14>allied with the US to work within this framework and

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<v Speaker 14>this America first world view that Trump has as opposed

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<v Speaker 14>to straight up posturing against it, because I just don't

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<v Speaker 14>think that other countries are going to get very far

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<v Speaker 14>with Trump's agenda the way it.

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<v Speaker 3>Is, absolutely, and I do wonder whether Pido Datin is

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<v Speaker 3>worried about the left's attacks against him in this country

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<v Speaker 3>where so much of the media coverage is vehemently anti Trump,

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<v Speaker 3>and they're likening him to Trump on a fairly regular basis,

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<v Speaker 3>saying his Australia is Trump, he wants to implement the

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<v Speaker 3>Trump agenda, and I wonder whether that's something that is

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<v Speaker 3>causing some worries within the liberals. It shouldn't. They should

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<v Speaker 3>be able to counter it fairly effectively. But as we know,

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes they get spooked Kosher.

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<v Speaker 14>Yes they do. And that's a playbook from the left

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<v Speaker 14>now to try and liken everybody to Trump. But I

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<v Speaker 14>really hope that they don't fall in that trap. Don't

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<v Speaker 14>fall into the frame that the other side sets. Just

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<v Speaker 14>lead on your own merits and maybe agree and amplify.

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<v Speaker 14>There's much actually about Trump that they could harness and

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<v Speaker 14>use that to their advantage. About Yes, you know, we

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<v Speaker 14>are pro Australia. We believe in Australia first. That might

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<v Speaker 14>be a better strategy if I were advising people on

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<v Speaker 14>the right side of the island other countries.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, we've seen it happen with Halve Mila in Argentina,

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<v Speaker 3>he was called the Argentinian Trump. They've done it with Georgia.

0:32:05.000 --> 0:32:07.600
<v Speaker 3>Maloney called it a female Trump, and they're two of

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<v Speaker 3>the most popular leaders anywhere in the world. So there

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<v Speaker 3>are ways to counter this and it can actually be

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<v Speaker 3>used to your advantage. Now, let's talk about conservative activist

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<v Speaker 3>Robbie Starbuck. He's been incredibly successful in lobbying big corporations

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<v Speaker 3>like walmart Ford, Harley Davidson McDonald's to get rid of

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<v Speaker 3>their DEI policies. This is even before Donald Trump was

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<v Speaker 3>elected to his second term, and he's announced his next

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<v Speaker 3>target is JP Morgan, the largest bank in America, Kosher.

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<v Speaker 3>We are seeing this massive cultural shift in the corporate

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<v Speaker 3>sector and the banking industry. Well, they're not going to

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<v Speaker 3>be immune from it, are they.

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<v Speaker 14>They certainly will not. You know, there's a few things

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<v Speaker 14>happening where the US government is now leading by example,

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<v Speaker 14>in these two weeks, every DEA apartment across the government

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<v Speaker 14>DEI contracts with third parties and all of that have

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<v Speaker 14>been slashed. So that sort of provides political and cultural cover,

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<v Speaker 14>I think to corporate America, where maybe even if they

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<v Speaker 14>believed and that they didn't want to cut it or

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<v Speaker 14>walk away from it before because a mob would come

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<v Speaker 14>after them. The second thing is it actually is illegal.

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<v Speaker 14>The Civil Rights Act specifically and explicitly says that you

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<v Speaker 14>are not to discriminate labor relationships and employment contracts on

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<v Speaker 14>the basis of any of these immutable characteristics. And so

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<v Speaker 14>I think they would expect that the Trump Civil Rights

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<v Speaker 14>Department and the DOJ under Pambondi might even go after

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<v Speaker 14>certain violations of that in the corporate sector. And Jamie Diamon,

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<v Speaker 14>the CEO of JP Morgan, is a very smart guy.

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<v Speaker 14>I'm sure he understands all of that, and I think

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<v Speaker 14>Starbuck might just give him the push that he needs.

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<v Speaker 14>But even without that, the tide certainly seems to be turning.

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<v Speaker 3>Kosher Ga, thank you so much for your time. Tonight

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<v Speaker 3>still to come. President Trump gives a mass an optimatum

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<v Speaker 3>release all the hostages by Saturday. All the cease buy

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<v Speaker 3>is off. Josh Hamma is uploads welcome back. Joining me

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<v Speaker 3>now is Newsweek's senior editor at Large and Article three

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<v Speaker 3>projects Senior Council Josh Hammer. Josh will cover President Trump's

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<v Speaker 3>comments about the Gaza hostages shortly, but Let's start with

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<v Speaker 3>the furious paced administration is setting. In just over three weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>They appear to have achieved more than some administrations do

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<v Speaker 3>over four years. And what has shocked many, including The

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<v Speaker 3>New York Times, is the ease which it's all been done,

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<v Speaker 3>the ease with which so many in the public and

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<v Speaker 3>private sectors have fallen into line in abandoning critical race

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<v Speaker 3>theory and DEI practices. As it surprised you just how

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<v Speaker 3>effective Trump has been in these first three weeks.

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<v Speaker 12>You know, reader, at some point over the past couple

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<v Speaker 12>of years, I think something clipped for Donald Trump. I mean,

0:35:02.120 --> 0:35:04.520
<v Speaker 12>he was always outside the box thinker. He was always

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<v Speaker 12>someone who was in there to drain the swamp there.

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<v Speaker 12>But you know, maybe it was when Joe Biden and

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<v Speaker 12>Maeric Garland jack Smith were trying to incarcerate him and

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<v Speaker 12>bankrupt him and generally ruin his life. Maybe he was

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<v Speaker 12>around the time that Thomas Matthew Cross came within millimeters

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<v Speaker 12>of assassinating him in Butler, Pennsylvania last July. But something

0:35:20.520 --> 0:35:23.120
<v Speaker 12>clicked in this man and he decided to come out

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<v Speaker 12>absolutely blistering here in these opening few weeks. It kind

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<v Speaker 12>of reminds me of something that Steve Bannon said back

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<v Speaker 12>during the first Trump administration, which is that the mentality

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<v Speaker 12>should be to flood the zone, to basically do a

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<v Speaker 12>lot in such rapid succession, to try to put the enemy,

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<v Speaker 12>in this case, that will be the left and the

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<v Speaker 12>media here in America, to put them on their heels

0:35:44.840 --> 0:35:47.080
<v Speaker 12>so that their head is constantly on a swivel. They

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<v Speaker 12>quite literally can't keep up with everything going on right there.

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<v Speaker 12>And that I think basically has been the mentality. Now

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<v Speaker 12>we're starting to see some left wing judges, some lower

0:35:54.800 --> 0:35:57.839
<v Speaker 12>corst judges that are starting to put on some constitutionally

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<v Speaker 12>dubious nationwide injunctions. So they're basically resorting to the one

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<v Speaker 12>tool that they possibly can, which are these forum shop judges,

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<v Speaker 12>to try to put a stop in this agenda. But

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<v Speaker 12>so far you're entirely right, Well, we have seen these

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<v Speaker 12>in these opening three weeks. Is the most impactful start

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<v Speaker 12>to a presidential administration, not just in my lifetime, but

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<v Speaker 12>I suspect in the lifetime probably of anyone who is

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<v Speaker 12>still alive here in the United States State. It has

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<v Speaker 12>been remarkable to see and I hope it keeps up.

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<v Speaker 3>Frankly, now, the US AID us AID fight is one

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<v Speaker 3>that signifies the divide between the activists left, who wielded

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<v Speaker 3>just enormous power, disproportionate power, and pretty much the rest

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<v Speaker 3>of the country. We'll get to how us AID was

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<v Speaker 3>complicit in creating the false narratives behind Trump's impeachment, but first,

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<v Speaker 3>the Vatican just overnight took aim at the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 3>A cardinal closely aligned to Pope Francis urge the administration

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<v Speaker 3>to remember Christian principles about caring for others, while a

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<v Speaker 3>Vatican charity put out a statement claiming that millions of

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<v Speaker 3>people could die as a result of the and I

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<v Speaker 3>quote here ruthless US decision to recklessly stop us AID funding. Josh,

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<v Speaker 3>how is stopping funding for the following And I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to just list some items. Za going to kill millions.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got taxpayers money, forty five million of it going

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<v Speaker 3>to DEI scholarships in Burma, seven point nine million to

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<v Speaker 3>teach Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid binary gendered language,

0:37:37.520 --> 0:37:40.759
<v Speaker 3>four and a half million to combat disinformation in Kazakhstan,

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<v Speaker 3>two million for sex changes and LGBT activism in Guatemala,

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<v Speaker 3>two point one million to help the BBC value the

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<v Speaker 3>diversity of Libyan society. Ten million worth of USAID funded

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<v Speaker 3>meals went to al Qaeda, a terrorist group, or it

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<v Speaker 3>went to a Al Kaeda linked terrorist group. Five million

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<v Speaker 3>to EcoHealth Alliance, one of the key NGOs funding that

0:38:04.960 --> 0:38:09.959
<v Speaker 3>virus research in that Wuhan lab had got. Money going

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<v Speaker 3>to Armenian LGBT groups. Money going to LGBT advocacy in Jamaica.

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<v Speaker 3>Two million to promote LGBT equity in Latin America, five

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<v Speaker 3>point five million for LGBT activism in Uganda. There's a

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<v Speaker 3>theme emerging.

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<v Speaker 12>There, Josh, Yeah, Read, I give you a lot of

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<v Speaker 12>credit for reading through that entire list and somehow not

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<v Speaker 12>just bursting down into laughter, because that would have been

0:38:34.400 --> 0:38:37.560
<v Speaker 12>my temptation if I were in your position there. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 12>the one who is not laughing as the American taxpayer

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<v Speaker 12>who has been subsidizing all of this stupid crap for

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<v Speaker 12>the better part of six plus decades.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean.

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<v Speaker 12>John F. Kennedy established USAID via executive order in nineteen

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<v Speaker 12>sixty one as a tool of soft power diplomacy at

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<v Speaker 12>the height of the Cold War. This is the era

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<v Speaker 12>of the Cuban Missile crisis and mutually assured destruction there.

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<v Speaker 12>It was one tool in the American arsenal to try

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<v Speaker 12>to stop the expansion the metastasists of the Soviet Union.

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<v Speaker 12>But the Soviet Union has not existed literally in my

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<v Speaker 12>lifetime here and at this point, USAID has been so

0:39:12.040 --> 0:39:15.960
<v Speaker 12>wildly co opted by far left gender ideologues and racial

0:39:16.000 --> 0:39:20.120
<v Speaker 12>identitarians there. Who does the Vatican think they are, frankly

0:39:20.200 --> 0:39:22.200
<v Speaker 12>to get on their moral high horse and try to

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<v Speaker 12>tell us what we can and cannot shrim out of

0:39:24.280 --> 0:39:27.400
<v Speaker 12>our federal budget. They have no right whatsoever to meddle

0:39:27.440 --> 0:39:29.480
<v Speaker 12>in our own internal affairs when it comes to how

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<v Speaker 12>we manage our budget here and for their purposes, they're

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<v Speaker 12>probably most concerned, if I'm being very charitable, I would

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<v Speaker 12>imagine they're most concerned about some of the actual rare

0:39:37.800 --> 0:39:40.760
<v Speaker 12>good things that USAID does when it comes to, for instance,

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<v Speaker 12>stopping the spread of ebola and HIV and AIDS in Africa.

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<v Speaker 2>There.

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<v Speaker 12>But the point readA that will continue. It will just

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<v Speaker 12>get subsumed into the US State Department. This is really

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<v Speaker 12>just bureaucratic streamlining, and it all redounds to benefit of

0:39:52.840 --> 0:39:55.680
<v Speaker 12>the US taxpayer. The Vatican has no business, What's so

0:39:55.800 --> 0:39:58.720
<v Speaker 12>freaking ever meddling in our affairs. I would kindly suggest,

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<v Speaker 12>actually that they get our own house in order stop

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<v Speaker 12>putting Baby Jesus in a bunch of Palestinian kafeas that

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<v Speaker 12>might give them a little bit more of a moral

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<v Speaker 12>high ground here to tell us whether or not we

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<v Speaker 12>can stop subsidizing al Qaeder militants, as we just signed

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<v Speaker 12>the screen.

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<v Speaker 3>And the hypocrisy there as well. Whenever they're weighing on

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<v Speaker 3>these issues, you look at how the Vatican itself operates

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<v Speaker 3>the security, the walls, the wealth, and perhaps keep those

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<v Speaker 3>lectures to yourself. Now, tell me about the manner in

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<v Speaker 3>which USAID was involved in the impeachment of Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty nineteen. Investigative journalist Michael Schellenberger has done some

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<v Speaker 3>remarkable work uncovering the links. Here, I tell my audience

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<v Speaker 3>what the involvement of USAID and that CIA analyst was

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<v Speaker 3>in the Trump impeachment.

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<v Speaker 12>So the twenty nineteen Trump impeachment, it's hard to keep

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<v Speaker 12>track of all this. I mean, we've had all these

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<v Speaker 12>prosecutions and then the second impeachment was a January sixth

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<v Speaker 12>impeachment that really stole a lot of the headlines, But

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<v Speaker 12>the twenty nineteen impeachment was the one that involved this

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<v Speaker 12>fairly brief phone call with Vladimir's Lensky. Trump famously described

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<v Speaker 12>that as a perfect phone call. It was a fairly

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<v Speaker 12>brief phone call. If you printed out a transcript there was,

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<v Speaker 12>it was roughly five or six pages long. The entire

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<v Speaker 12>country of Ukraine, Rita and the aftermath of the Maidan

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<v Speaker 12>Revolution in twenty fourteen became something of a playground for

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<v Speaker 12>Western NGOs, for Western liberal Hillary Clinton, George Soros adjacent

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<v Speaker 12>non governmental organizations there, and you know, in the aftermath

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<v Speaker 12>of the Cold War, I was kind of just explaining

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<v Speaker 12>how USAID lost its reason for existing after the Cold War.

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<v Speaker 12>It got totally co opted by this constellation of left

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<v Speaker 12>wing NGOs, and a lot of those NGOs were involved

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<v Speaker 12>there on the ground in Ukraine, ultimately leading to the

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<v Speaker 12>bogus impeachment of Donald Trump for this Zelenski phone call

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<v Speaker 12>in twenty nineteen. By the way, it's worth remembering that

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<v Speaker 12>that actual impeachment in response to this Pune call. What

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<v Speaker 12>Donald Trump was doing was he was threatening to withhold

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<v Speaker 12>aid to Ukraine to make sure that they got their

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<v Speaker 12>investigation in order of Hunter Biden em Barrisma. So fast

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<v Speaker 12>forward actually six years later, and we've seen a lot

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<v Speaker 12>more details, by the way, about Hunter Biden Embarisma, thanks

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<v Speaker 12>to the Miranda Divine and Laptop from Hell the New

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<v Speaker 12>York Post that whole story there. It turned out that

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<v Speaker 12>Donald Trump was actually totally correct in twenty nineteen to

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<v Speaker 12>try to limit Foreign Eight's Ukraine in response to their

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<v Speaker 12>shenanigans with respect to Hunter Biden.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, President Trump has made it clear that his patience

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<v Speaker 3>with her mass is running out. After they released three hostages.

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<v Speaker 3>It obviously suffered terrible abuse being starved. Here is what

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<v Speaker 3>the President had to say about that.

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<v Speaker 11>When I see that scene that I saw it today,

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<v Speaker 11>with people.

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<v Speaker 7>Coming out of helicopters and airplanes that are emaciated, that

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<v Speaker 7>look like they haven't had a meal in a month,

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<v Speaker 7>there's no reason for that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know how much longer we can take it.

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<v Speaker 14>Do you mean you want to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Cast I don't know how how long we can take it.

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<v Speaker 11>When I watch people that were healthy people a reasonably

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<v Speaker 11>short number of years ago, and you look at them today,

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<v Speaker 11>they look like they've aged twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 7>They literally look like the old pictures of Holocaust survivor.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same thing. I mean the same thing, And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how long we're going to.

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<v Speaker 3>Take that half forwards there, And earlier today, President Trump

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<v Speaker 3>gave her Mass a deadline to release all the hostages

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<v Speaker 3>or the ceasefire would end.

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<v Speaker 7>As far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages

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<v Speaker 7>aren't returned by Saturday at twelve o'clock, I think it's

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<v Speaker 7>an appropriate time. I would say cancel it, and all

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<v Speaker 7>bets are off and let hell break out. I'd say

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<v Speaker 7>they ought to be returned by twelve o'clock on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 7>And if they're not returned, all of them, not in

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<v Speaker 7>drips and drabs.

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<v Speaker 3>Josh, how do you see this progressing? Is the Sea

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<v Speaker 3>Spire in danger of coming to an end on Saturday?

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<v Speaker 12>Well, it seems like the answer to that question, Rita,

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<v Speaker 12>is yes, unless Hamas somehow produces all of the remaining hostages,

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<v Speaker 12>which if I know anything about Hamas whatsoever, I am

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<v Speaker 12>quite skeptical that they are going to abide by by

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<v Speaker 12>Donald Trump's demands here there. What is that going to

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<v Speaker 12>meet in concrete terms? I mean, that's kind of million

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<v Speaker 12>dollar question that I have after seeing that clip I'm

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<v Speaker 12>not entirely sure that Donald Trump is threatening direct military

0:44:27.440 --> 0:44:29.319
<v Speaker 12>action in guys, they're Rather I think that he would

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<v Speaker 12>simply be encouraging Israel and the IDF to basically to

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<v Speaker 12>go in and to double down on the refferens. You know,

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<v Speaker 12>it's worth re calling Rita that the IDF, which by

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<v Speaker 12>the way, has achieved the most moral and just civilian

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<v Speaker 12>to combat in death ratio in the history of urban warfare.

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<v Speaker 12>But one of the reasons that they have been hamstringing

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<v Speaker 12>their own soldiers so much when it comes to the

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<v Speaker 12>rules of engagement was back to during the Biden administration,

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<v Speaker 12>which was constantly threatening them and accusing them of possibly

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<v Speaker 12>committing genocide or things like this. There. But if Donald

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<v Speaker 12>Trump saying, you know, all hell is going to break loose,

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<v Speaker 12>do what you have to do. You're going to get

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<v Speaker 12>a more unrestrained, a less restrained Israel defense for US,

0:45:09.560 --> 0:45:11.800
<v Speaker 12>is that really ought to be very bad news for

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<v Speaker 12>hermaster at this point there, it seems like Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 12>has really taken these absolutely appalling auschwitz Asque images of

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<v Speaker 12>these freed hostages to heart there, and good for him. Frankly,

0:45:22.480 --> 0:45:24.719
<v Speaker 12>it seems like Nataniahu's trip to DC last week really

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<v Speaker 12>paid off in speeds.

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<v Speaker 3>And it wasn't just the condition of the hostages, Josh,

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<v Speaker 3>it was the psychological torture they were subjected to. One

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<v Speaker 3>of the hostages, Eli Sharabi, was asked what he was

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<v Speaker 3>looking forward to the shammed crazy scenes that her Mask

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<v Speaker 3>had created where they're interviewing them, making them hold up certificates,

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<v Speaker 3>and he said he was looking forward to seeing his

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<v Speaker 3>family's wife and daughters. He didn't know, Josh that her

0:45:53.840 --> 0:45:58.759
<v Speaker 3>mass had already murdered them. That just shows you the

0:45:59.440 --> 0:46:05.880
<v Speaker 3>depravaty and the cruelty of this terror group. It's just

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<v Speaker 3>beyond human comprehension. It's beyond decency. Let's end on a

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<v Speaker 3>lighter note before I let you go, I saw you

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<v Speaker 3>had some strong thoughts on the Super Bowl halftime show.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been widely panned, labeled the worst halftime show ever.

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<v Speaker 3>Tell me why it left you feeling less than satisfied.

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<v Speaker 12>Well, it was a really lousy game. Unfortunately, the Eagles

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<v Speaker 12>absolutely destroyed the Chiefs. It's a very lousy football game here,

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<v Speaker 12>and it was an even lousier halftime show. So New Orleans,

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<v Speaker 12>Louisiana is a very special place. Reader, So I clerked

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<v Speaker 12>on the US Court Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which

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<v Speaker 12>is the federal appeals court that has Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi.

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<v Speaker 12>The court is actually based in New Orleans. My brother

0:46:47.440 --> 0:46:50.080
<v Speaker 12>actually went to university at Tulane University in New Orleans.

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<v Speaker 12>I've been to Mariti Gras, I've been to Jazz past.

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<v Speaker 12>I spent a lot of time in New Orleans over

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<v Speaker 12>the years. That city, more than arguably any other city

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<v Speaker 12>in America, which is where the super Bowl is held,

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<v Speaker 12>has an extra ordinary musical heritage. It is the birthplace

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<v Speaker 12>of jazz. It has given this country so much when

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<v Speaker 12>it comes to music there and then during the super

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<v Speaker 12>Bowl that is there in New Orleans, we get this.

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<v Speaker 12>I mean, was that music? I mean, not to sound

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<v Speaker 12>like too much an old crotchety country music fan, which

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<v Speaker 12>I basically am there, I mean, if that is music,

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<v Speaker 12>then my definition of music has to meet a whole

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<v Speaker 12>new barometer. By the way, it would also seemed like

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<v Speaker 12>it was something of an implicit middle finger to white America.

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<v Speaker 12>Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL, just doubled down

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<v Speaker 12>hard on DEI this past week, even after Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 12>got back into office. I don't think I saw a

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<v Speaker 12>single white person on stage in the entirety of the

0:47:37.719 --> 0:47:40.480
<v Speaker 12>halftime show. I think that's an unmistakable message that the

0:47:40.600 --> 0:47:43.000
<v Speaker 12>NFL is sending, frankly, to a large part of their

0:47:43.040 --> 0:47:45.960
<v Speaker 12>fan base. It was total garbage, and frankly readA I

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<v Speaker 12>want to see Jason al Dean or Carrie Underwood or

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<v Speaker 12>some MAGA friendly country music start at the super Bowl

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<v Speaker 12>next year.

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<v Speaker 3>If it's not too late, country music at the super

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<v Speaker 3>Bowl halftime shot, that would be amazing. Can you just

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<v Speaker 3>imagine one hundred thousand people singing along? And that was

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<v Speaker 3>what really stood out to me when you look at

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<v Speaker 3>some of those crowd shots. The crowd wasn't into it.

0:48:10.160 --> 0:48:13.280
<v Speaker 3>People were on their phones. It was only fourteen minutes

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<v Speaker 3>I think that performance and if you can't haven't even

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<v Speaker 3>got the crowd there in the stadium having a look

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<v Speaker 3>at what you're doing, then you can just imagine what

0:48:22.320 --> 0:48:24.759
<v Speaker 3>people at home were thinking. Josh Hamma, thanks for your

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<v Speaker 3>time tonight.

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<v Speaker 12>Thank you really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it from me. Don't go anywhere. Newsnight is up next.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll see you tomorrow at eleven