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Speaker 1: From the mighty nine ninety Broadcast Center.

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Speaker 2: You're waking up in Starns Country with Todd Starns.

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Speaker 3: And good morning everybody. I'm Todd Starns. Welcome to Starns Country.

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Speaker 3: Hope you're starting off your day a lot better than

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Speaker 3: I am right now. Great to have you with us, everybody.

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Speaker 3: We have got a lot, a lot going on across

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Speaker 3: the Mid South today and also in Phoenix where we

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Speaker 3: ought to be simulcasting the show because I think a

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Speaker 3: good portion of the Mid South actually right now in

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Speaker 3: Phoenix getting ready for the Fiesta Bowl Ole, miss fans,

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Speaker 3: What a great day for you, And we're going to

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Speaker 3: be checking in seeing what's happening down in Phoenix later

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Speaker 3: on in the show. Also, we're going to be checking

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Speaker 3: in with our good friend Randy Hutchinson from the Better

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Speaker 3: Business Bureau. He drops by in just a little while.

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Speaker 3: So yesterday we told you about a big story have

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Speaker 3: been developing involving a restaurant over an Orange mound known

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Speaker 3: as does Samwich Shop. That is the that's the way

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Speaker 3: they spell it s A M M I C H.

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Speaker 3: A little remedial English there, uh do Samwich Shop accusing

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Speaker 3: the National Guard and the Memphis Save Task Force of

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Speaker 3: all sorts of debauchery. That is just unacceptable of the

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Speaker 3: way they've been going after a National Guard troops, Ice,

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Speaker 3: all the federal agencies and so anyway, the as the

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Speaker 3: story goes, the owner of the establishment, which is an

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Speaker 3: orange mound in this little strip mall, said that Ice

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Speaker 3: and he simply refused to serve them food. And just

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Speaker 3: to be honest with you, based on the photographs I've

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Speaker 3: seen of the restaurant, that's actually not a bad thing.

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Speaker 3: I'm just saying it's not all that all that bad

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Speaker 3: at all. So it caused all sorts of controversy within

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Speaker 3: the Memphis media, and as a matter of fact, there

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Speaker 3: is now an update I want you to hear how

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Speaker 3: Channel five actually described the situation.

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Speaker 4: The Memphis Police Department was at the scene Sunday night,

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Speaker 4: along with dozens of Memphis Safe Task Force members outside

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Speaker 4: this restaurant with a no Ice Agent policy. This video

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Speaker 4: was shared by activists protesting the National Guard's presence outside

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Speaker 4: the sandwich shop on Pork Avenue, saying the owner asked

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Speaker 4: the troops to leave Tyler Foster with Memphis Interfaith Council

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Speaker 4: of Action and Hope says the restaurant owner has been

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Speaker 4: outspoken against the Memphis Safe Task Force and argues the

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Speaker 4: owner had the right to ask them to leave.

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Speaker 2: He did not feel comfortable with them directly in front

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Speaker 2: passing by potential customers, and so he just politely asked

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Speaker 2: that they brought in dozens of additional federal agents and

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Speaker 2: MPD stood idly by and even facilitated the federal agent's

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Speaker 4: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement responded Wednesday, posting on x

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Speaker 4: that the National Guard troops were staging at the location

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Speaker 4: and MPD was called as a protective measure as crowds gathered.

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Speaker 4: The owner of the sandwich shop says their restaurant has

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Speaker 3: All right, so now we know, ladies and gentlemen, it's

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Speaker 3: not true, and none of it is true as a

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Speaker 3: the only thing that happened here. The owner of the

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Speaker 3: The reality is there's always another side to the story,

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Speaker 3: and that's why it's important to get all that information

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Speaker 3: And according to the numbers released by Senator Marshall Blackburn,

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Speaker 3: The Democrats running for sheriff have to promise that they

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Speaker 3: They want they want these activists to get out there

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Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but I want to be

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Speaker 3: So again, we all have choices, and you're going to

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Speaker 3: be hearing a lot of rhetoric as we get closer

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Speaker 3: our telephone number this morning nine oh one two six

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Speaker 3: the very latest one. What's happening in Minneapolis. Also some

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Speaker 3: exciting news for you folks in Millington with the race

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Speaker 3: way groundbreaking yesterday. It's just really a great, great thing

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Speaker 3: that's happening. Hang tight, let's check out with Commander Chalk.

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Speaker 3: All right, welcome back, everybody, It is Staring Country. I

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Speaker 3: hope you're having a great start to your day. Our

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Speaker 3: what's really shocking about all of this is that the

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Speaker 5: Since Governor Walls has been in charge of Minnesota, we

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Speaker 5: He has another six hundred and eighty of them still

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Speaker 3: That's why we are here.

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Speaker 5: And we didn't just show up yesterday, We've always been here.

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Speaker 3: Well, there you go. By the way, this has become

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Speaker 3: And my apologies are a little discombobulated. We've had some

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Speaker 3: It's far from over. Last night, lots of protest people

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Speaker 3: the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. Welcome a brand new friend

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Speaker 3: to the program. Gabriel Delaney is a history teacher in

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Speaker 3: All right, well, let's just jump right into this because

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Speaker 3: you're literally a history teacher and you're talking to us.

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Speaker 3: Why did you decide history and why is history important

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Speaker 6: And one of my first questions was who was the

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Speaker 6: In that moment that I realized how badly our modern

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Speaker 6: I'm honestly surprised. This is I've taught history for going

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Speaker 3: When you see these kinds of studies, you understand, well,

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Speaker 6: Yes, sir, I have noticed that a lot of students

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Speaker 6: that's not praise to me, but that's praise to how

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Speaker 3: I'm curious about about faith and you're teaching at a

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Speaker 6: I start my government class and US history class by

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Speaker 3: And I think that's.

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Speaker 6: One thing that the left wants to move away from,

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Speaker 3: All Right, that was our interview with Gabe Delaney, who

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Speaker 3: All that to say, I know that we panic a

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Speaker 7: Good.

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Speaker 3: Gotta love that. Let's talk mail theft chech fraud from

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Speaker 7: People put mail in their own mailbox that may be

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Speaker 7: Some of the crooks are able to steal from the

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Speaker 3: You would think they would not be able to actually

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Speaker 7: In many cases, they use a process called check washing.

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Speaker 7: Some stolen checks are simply fraudulently signed and deposited.

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Speaker 7: Take it if it's if it's mail, it has a

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Speaker 3: the last time I'm sitting here trying to think back

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Speaker 7: Well, the first advice from the post office is use

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Speaker 7: the name. Really, as you said, do you use mobile

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Speaker 7: Consider using again ach automatic payments, E check, other electronic

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Speaker 7: you're using checks that have security features to limit the

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Speaker 3: I love it, and again we appreciate you guys with

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Speaker 3: All right, Randy Hutches and everybody with a Better Business

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Speaker 3: Randy Hunches and good to see you, sir. All Right, folks,

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Speaker 3: hang tight, We've got to take a quick break. But

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Speaker 3: first eight impettit standing by with your entertainment report. All right,

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Speaker 3: welcome back, everybody. This is Starts Country in the principal

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Speaker 3: Toyo to Memphis Studio. It is fifty nine degrees, a

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Speaker 3: little foggy out there in places. The high today seventy

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Speaker 3: heavy thunderstorms coming in later tonight and tomorrow. But the

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Speaker 3: severe threat not all that major in the events. You know,

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Speaker 3: in the event we do have some bad weather, we'll

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Speaker 3: break in and let you know about it. The emergency

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Speaker 3: alert system will immediately sound, giving you and your family

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Speaker 3: plenty of time to take shelter. But again, it seems

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Speaker 3: as though the major threat is going to be well

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Speaker 3: to the south of US and then over into the

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Speaker 3: zone tomorrow. But anyway it is, it's just going to

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Speaker 3: be mighty mighty warm until later this weekend. And get this, folks,

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Speaker 3: Sunday night, the low is going to be twenty two degrees,

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Speaker 3: go back to Minneapolis and give you a little bit

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Speaker 3: of the backstory of what happened that led to yesterday's

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Speaker 3: shooting where this domestic terrorist, a thirty seven year old lesbian,

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Speaker 3: tried to kill an ICE agent and instead she herself

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Speaker 3: lost her life. And look, it's a tragedy, no doubt

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Speaker 3: about that, and you certainly hate it. You don't want

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Speaker 3: anybody to lose their life. But when you decide to

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Speaker 3: use your automobile as a weapon, and you aimed that

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Speaker 3: weapon at a law enforcement officer, there's a pretty good

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Speaker 3: And that's exactly what happened to this thirty seven year

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Speaker 3: old in Minneapolis. So Homeland Security Secretary Christine Ome hed

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Speaker 3: a press conference last night, and it turns out that

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Speaker 3: this woman had been stalking and interfering with ICE agents

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Speaker 3: throughout the entire day, so this was not some sort

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Speaker 3: of a random thing. She had been targeting them earlier

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Speaker 3: in the day and throughout the day. So according to

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Speaker 3: according to Christy Nome, the agents told her they came,

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Speaker 3: she was actually using her vehicle to block the roadway,

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Speaker 3: which is why the agents got out of their vehicle,

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Speaker 3: went over and you can see this on the video,

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Speaker 3: told her to get out of her car. She refused

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Speaker 3: to do that. As soon as the agent reached in,

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Speaker 3: one of the agents reached in, she put the car

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Speaker 3: in reverse, slammed on the brakes, and then put it

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Speaker 3: in drive and hit the gas and that's when the agent.

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Speaker 3: There was another agent in front of the car telling

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Speaker 3: her to stop and get out of the car. And

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Speaker 3: Christy Nohams says, this is a case of domestic terrorism,

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Speaker 3: that this woman weaponized her vehicle and tried to run

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Speaker 3: over the law enforcement office. Now, I know many of

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Speaker 3: you have seen the videos, and we had them over

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Speaker 3: on my website, Todd Sterns dot com. You can see

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Speaker 3: them for yourself. We have it from several viewpoints, several vantages.

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Speaker 3: And I'm wondering who was that fault here? Was it

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Speaker 3: the ICE agent or was it the domestic terrorist? Nine

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Speaker 3: oh one two six zero five nine two six. That's

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Speaker 3: nine oh one two six zero five nine two six.

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Speaker 3: The mayor says that he saw the same videos, and

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Speaker 3: he says that the ICE agents are in the wrong.

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Speaker 3: So did the governor Tim Waltz tampon Tim, He says, hey,

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Speaker 3: look that he's at war right now with the federal government.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what that's all about. But Governor Waltz

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Speaker 3: yesterday said that he was thinking about even calling in

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Speaker 3: the National Guard to protect citizens against ICE agents. And

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Speaker 3: I'm telling you, this is it is. It is a

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Speaker 3: very dangerous thing what these elected leaders are doing. And

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Speaker 3: we were talking about this last night on Newsmax. If

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Speaker 3: you're an elected official, you know these two are talking

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Speaker 3: like there. I don't know, justin Pearson or Jasmine Crockett.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they are really trying to just pour gasoline

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Speaker 3: onto the fire, and if you're gonna life to leader,

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Speaker 3: you can't do that. At least a good elected leader

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Speaker 3: would not would not do something like that. So anyway,

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Speaker 3: I'm just curious, if you've had a chance to see

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Speaker 3: the video, did anybody do anything wrong in those videos?

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Speaker 3: Our telephone number this morning nine oh one two six

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Speaker 3: zero five nine two six. That's nine oh one two

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Speaker 3: six zero five, nine two six. Had a good conversation

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Speaker 3: yesterday with a Congressman, Derek Van Orden, from from Wisconsin,

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Speaker 3: neighboring state. Here's what the congressman had to say about

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Speaker 3: what happened. A very disturbing situation that is unfolding right

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Speaker 3: now in Minneapolis. First, I want to get your reaction

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Speaker 3: the mayor.

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Speaker 8: Well, listen, it's a tragic event that could have been

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Speaker 8: avoided if.

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Speaker 1: The radical left had not been demonizing our law enforcement officers.

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Speaker 8: There's been a thirteen hundred percent increase of attacks on

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Speaker 8: DJs officers for six.

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Speaker 1: Following and enforcing federal law.

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Speaker 9: So it is completely it's irrational and it's irresponsible what

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Speaker 9: the governor of Minnesota and the mayor of Minneapolis have

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Speaker 3: And I think it's important for people kyerssmen to actually

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Speaker 3: here from Mayor Frye himself responding to this shooting. Let's

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Speaker 3: take a listen to what he actually said.

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Speaker 2: I do have a message for our community, for a city,

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Speaker 2: and I have a message.

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Speaker 3: For Ice.

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Speaker 6: Two.

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Speaker 1: Ice, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.

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Speaker 3: We do not want you here.

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Speaker 2: Your state's some kind of safety and you are doing

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Speaker 2: exactly the opposite.

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Speaker 3: You know, Congressman, what do you make of what he's saying.

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Speaker 3: It seems like he's just pouring gasoline on the fire.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly what he is doing.

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Speaker 8: Now, listen that mayor, you know, more to follow on

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Speaker 8: his involvement and these incredible scandals that are taking place

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Speaker 8: in Minnesota right now with the Somali community in defrauding

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Speaker 8: the federal government of eighteen or more billion dollars. So

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Speaker 8: that man has zero credibility to discuss anything. He should

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Speaker 8: resign in Shane, as should Governor Tim Wallas. And I'm

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Speaker 8: telling you the things that these people are saying, there

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Speaker 8: is power in rhetoric, and they are weaponizing people, in

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Speaker 8: radicalizing people against the folks that are there to actually

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Speaker 8: protect them.

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Speaker 3: And it is shameful, you know, Congressman. Just moments ago,

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Speaker 3: a New York City mayor Zonorn ma'm dommi issued a

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Speaker 3: statement on x and he accused ICE of murdering that woman,

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Speaker 3: that member of the mob. At what point, I mean,

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Speaker 3: what is the end game here? Do they want Minneapolis

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Speaker 3: to burn down? Are they hoping for more of these

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Speaker 3: violent interactions between these mobs and the ICE agents.

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Speaker 8: Well, they certainly fueled the flames during the George Floord

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Speaker 8: rights Minneapolis and Zormont donnias to understanding he's there.

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Speaker 1: At New York. He's not the Secretary of State, he's not.

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Speaker 8: The President of the United States, and he's not the

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Speaker 8: Secretary of Homeland Security. What Montdamie needs to worry about,

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Speaker 8: it's fixing the potholes in New York and getting rid

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Speaker 8: of the crime that is rampant in that city.

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Speaker 1: Due to radical left governance.

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Speaker 8: So that dude needs to stick to New York and

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Speaker 8: pray God not turn that into a socialist nightmare like

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Speaker 8: Venezuela was.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, by the way, you mentioned the Homeland Homeland Security Department,

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Speaker 3: a secretary of Christy Nome speaking on the shooting. She

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Speaker 3: was actually in Texas for another event. Let's take a

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Speaker 3: listen to what she had to say.

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Speaker 5: It was an active domestic terrorism. What happened was our

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Speaker 5: ice officers were out in enforcement action. They got stuck

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Speaker 5: in the snow because of the adverse weather that is

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Speaker 5: in Minneapolis. They were attempting to push out their vehicle

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Speaker 5: and a woman attacked them and those surrounding them and

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Speaker 5: attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle.

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Speaker 5: These vehicle rammings are domestic acts of terrorism. We're working

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Speaker 5: with a Department of Justice to prosecute them as such.

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Speaker 3: You know, the reality here is if in fact, this

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Speaker 3: is a domestic of an act of domestic terrorism. Congressman,

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Speaker 3: at what point does the president have to step in,

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Speaker 3: declare an insurrection and send in the military to put

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Speaker 3: down this rebellion, Because that's it's a pretty dangerous situation

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Speaker 3: right now in Minneapolis. It is very dangerous.

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Speaker 1: And listen, I trust the Secretary known to do your job.

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Speaker 8: I trust the President of the United States to do

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Speaker 8: his job.

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Speaker 1: I am a member of Congress. That's a legislative branch.

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Speaker 1: My job is to direct policy and to fund government.

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Speaker 8: And so what I try to do is focus on

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Speaker 8: what I am supposed to be doing.

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Speaker 1: And just like Mondami and that mayor and Governor Wallas.

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Speaker 8: If they actually focused on what the hell they're supposed

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Speaker 8: to be doing, things like this would not be happening

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Speaker 8: around the country. They just would not. They're viewing the

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Speaker 8: flames and it's grossly irresponsible.

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Speaker 1: So they simply need to do that.

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Speaker 8: They need to fix potholes, they need to fix windows,

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Speaker 8: and they need to make sure that they help enable

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Speaker 8: the federal government to help protect them.

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Speaker 1: If they'd been doing that from the beginning, this would

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Speaker 1: not have happened.

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Speaker 3: All right. There you go. A conversation from with Congressman

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Speaker 3: Van Orden from Wisconsin yesterday. Hey, look, I want to

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Speaker 3: share this info with you. Got this in the email

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Speaker 3: last night. There's going to be a celebration and gratitude

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Speaker 3: rally for the liberation of Venezuela. This is a pretty

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Speaker 3: exciting event. It's going to be a lot of fun,

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Speaker 3: community artists and speakers. This is going to be happening Sunday,

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Speaker 3: This coming Sunday, three o'clock, three o'clock at the Cordova

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Speaker 3: Macon Road, a celebration and gratitude rally for the liberation

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Speaker 3: of Venezuela and in gratitude to the United States of America.

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Speaker 3: I love that, and I'm telling you the only people

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Speaker 3: some exciting news out of Millington groundbreaking for the renovations

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Speaker 3: going to be torn down and there is going to

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Speaker 3: going to be putting in an amphitheater as well, and

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Speaker 3: the amphitheater is expected to see as many as forty

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Speaker 3: some really really big concerts coming up at this new

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Speaker 3: beautiful facility that was acquired by the International hot Rod Association.

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Speaker 3: So a lot of people really excited about the potential

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Speaker 3: I know Chris Thomas and all those folks up there,

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Speaker 3: the drag strip side. There will be new ones built

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Speaker 3: not only drag racing, stock car racing, but also bull riding,

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Speaker 3: of others across the nation. So that's going to be

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Speaker 3: a lot of fun. All right, We've got to scoot

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Speaker 3: out of here, folks are apologize for the tech issues.

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Speaker 3: This morning, eleven o'clock, the Todd Stern Show comes your

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Speaker 3: way going to be a lot of fun. This is

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Speaker 3: Starn's country and the principal Toyotammphis Studio. Have a great day, everybody.

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