WEBVTT - Episode 4649: Tony Katz Today Hour 1 - 08/05/26 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:10.400 Why from the heart blind and the Crossroads of America. 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:23.680 It's Tony Katz today. So it's l SA ed winning 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:30.360 the Michigan primary. The news just coming across, and good 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:31.720 on the Michigan Democrats. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:32.800 Huh. 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.080 Why make it easier for yourself when you can make 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:37.720 it more difficult for yourself? Why make it easy on 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:40.560 yourself when you can expose that half the Democratic Party 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:45.120 isn't interested in this communist Islamist nonsense. But hey, too 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:51.920 late now, fourteen eighty eight votes, that's what he won by. 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:57.720 It's a percentage point. That was the margin difference. 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:01.640 In that race. 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:06.000 Katz, Tony Katz today. Good to be here, Good to 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:13.600 be with you. The numbers, man, it tells a story. 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.080 All the numbers have changed, Nahn either. I think I've 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.959 got it right. He's got forty eight point four eight 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:27.400 percent of the vote. Does the Islamist versus Stevens forty 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:32.560 seven point five? Now, I admit to you, I think 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:35.120 it was gonna be kind of hard for Stevens to 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:38.400 win when this is her. 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.160 A little bit of enthusiasm, a little bit of energy, 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:43.880 and a little bit of sicket to them, right. 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:48.560 Right, I think it's gonna be so good. 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.480 I think it's gonna be a little bit rough, and 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:53.680 maybe I'm being rough and calling. 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.640 Uh I do. I'll say it, uh An is lomist. 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:59.960 I will say this when you say to me, hey, 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.720 let's not bring up the death of the Iyatola because 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:07.480 some of my voters will be sad. You have different 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:11.760 priorities than I do. Also, don't tell me that you're 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:16.880 a capitalist who opposes monopolies like Adam Smith, the Scottish economist, 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:20.560 when you believe in Medicare for all, which is government 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.440 monopoly of your health, which is of course about control 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:28.119 and turning doctors and nurses and health officials into slaves. 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:32.519 But let's put all that aside. You cannot unring the bell. 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:33.520 A lot happened in. 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:34.720 The primaries yesterday. 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:39.560 Fascinating stuff from the primaries yesterday, Things that nobody is 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:47.119 talking about. How about the fact that Corey Bush got schalacked, 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:56.520 Corey Bush got wrecked. Connor McGregor's knee looks better than 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.760 Corey Bush. 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.200 That's not a bad it's not a bad reference. By 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:02.480 the way. I'll take that. 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:09.799 Corey Bush is the former congresswoman of Missouri first District, 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:16.120 and she, of course is one of the more original. 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.560 Kind of weirdos. 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.520 I remember she made her career by doing hands up, 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:29.200 don't shoot after the shooting death of Michael Brown Ferguson. 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.560 That's how she made her bones. Lied about the whole thing. 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:37.800 She lied about the entire thing is what she did, 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.080 because there was no hands up, don't shoot. Michael Brown 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.400 attacked a cop, broke his orbital socket, walked away, and 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.480 then ran back after the cop, and that's when he 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:52.440 got shot. According to the Arik Holder Justice Department, she's 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:56.440 a fraud and everything about her was awoke. This and 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.400 a critical race theory that and an intersectionality that and 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.040 of course moving into the communism was super easy for 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.120 her because she thought it would have meant victory. She 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.440 got the crap kicked out of her by someone named 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.800 by the name of Wesley Bell. Wesley Bell got fifty 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.520 nine point two percent of the vote. She got thirty 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:17.960 six point nine percent of the vote, twenty three points. Bravo, bravo. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.160 Now put your hands up, say I give and go. 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:28.080 Sit down. Nobody wants to see you anymore. Great to see. 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:32.560 Then there's some of the more crazy stuff to see. 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:35.400 If you take a look by the way, all my 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.520 results are from the New York Times. 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:39.480 You're like Tony, you're using the New York Times. 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.240 When it comes to their election coverage, like how they 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:51.680 do the data, they're outstandingly good. The data part is spectacular, 0:04:53.080 --> 0:05:00.440 really and truly. Kansas put an amendment out. They had 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:04.360 a couple of things put out. One of those things 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:12.520 put out was whether or not they should require elections 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:18.280 for Supreme State Supreme Court justices Kansas Supreme Court. Should 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:26.800 they require elections to do it? And what did they determine? Nope, No, 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:31.560 thanks don't need it. We don't need these elections. Sixty 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:41.520 one point said, Nah, that's that's amazing. Why wouldn't you 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:46.400 vote for Supreme Court justices? And you'll note where the 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:50.520 vote totals come in is to peak in Wichita. So 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.760 the more left cleaning areas believe that they're the population 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:58.320 centers and they could just keep hand selecting their Supreme 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:02.120 Court justices and therefore or never have any question regarding 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.200 what the rest of the state may actually be interested in. 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:11.200 They wanted by one hundred and fifty thousand votes. But 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:15.080 this is the one that's the knockout. This is Missouri, 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:20.080 and Missouri asked the question, do you want to eliminate 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:25.480 the income tax? So individual income tax makes up more 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.480 than sixty percent of the state's general revenue. The question 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:30.560 is do you want to change that around and eliminate 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:31.680 the income tax? 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:39.800 And they voted no eighty three point three percent. You 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:41.240 look at the whole map. 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.120 If you take a look at it, the whole map Missouri, 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:45.440 the no votes were. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.279 In an orange and the yes votes were in this 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.880 like teal green. The whole thing is orange. 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:56.920 It's unbelievable, it's incredible. 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.279 You look at it, you like, that's crazy town. 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:10.800 Every single county was a Only one county was ah no, 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:15.080 but close, Nope, all of them, all the rest solid, 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:21.760 solid nose. I'm blown away by that one. So there 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:23.800 was a lot that happened, and we should be clear 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:30.200 that the socialists didn't win everywhere. They lost, as I said, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.560 in the Missouri first, they lost in the Virginia second. 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.120 Now remember they lost to Democrats. 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:38.240 We're still talking about people who you may not agree 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:42.200 with politically, but they're not communists. And so one could 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:46.440 argue that this is a pushback against what the DSSAY 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.720 is doing. The problem with that argument is that one 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:53.240 thinks that pushback means that the other side feels it 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:56.640 or changes DSA isn't going to change anything. 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.040 They're not going to change a thing. 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.840 Even if they had lost to Haley Stevens in Michigan, 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:05.160 they would not have changed the thing. 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:06.840 But they didn't. 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:15.880 They got their prize, and their prize was Abdullah El Sayed. 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:18.280 Into this race. 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:20.360 It is time for the group chat, and there is 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.920 so much to talk about today. It seems we do 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.320 have a winner in the Democratic Party's biggest and most 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.880 expensive primary of this summer. We can now officially report 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.400 that Abdul al Sayed has won the Democratic primary for 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.120 the US Senate in Michigan. We just heard from El 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:41.440 Sayed's campaign that Stevens called him to officially concede. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:44.320 Now she was down by a percent. She could have, 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:50.160 I guess challenged it, but Selavi. Nothing changes. Where these 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:55.520 communists are. Nothing's going to change their presentation, absolutely nothing. 0:08:57.080 --> 0:09:02.000 They believe that this is their moment and they are 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:08.000 not going to not take their moment. If they should lose, 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:13.640 they keep going. If they win, they keep going. And 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.959 where do they keep going, Well, they keep moving further 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.440 and further and further. Left to they get their goals. 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:23.200 And when they get their goals, just like Alynsky taught, right, 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.000 once you have a tactic that works and you get 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:27.600 the thing you want, you actually have to go do 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:31.400 the thing. Well, then they'll move further and further to 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:34.280 the left. And since these are people who believe in 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.079 the permanent revolution, there will be another group that says 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:44.040 you're not left enough. That's how this goes. That's how 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:48.040 this works. That's where they are at. So win or lose. 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:53.559 They were not about to change a thing. They weren't 0:09:53.600 --> 0:10:00.120 going to change anything. They are not interested what happens 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:05.400 in the election in Michigan. Worthy question. Let's start with 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.760 the basics. What we know to be true. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:14.520 We know that the party is split. 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.679 We know that when we take a look at the 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.880 Michigan results, we see forty eight point four to eight 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.680 percent for Elsa ed and forty seven point five to 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:29.600 one percent for Stevens, a difference, as I said of oh, actually, 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.679 actually I think it's thirteen thousand, nine hundred and eighty 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.080 eight votes, not fourteen thousand. 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:36.800 Let's called fourteen thousand votes. 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:46.160 That means that the Democrat Party, the likely voter, is split. 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.440 One could argue that that is not the totality of 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:53.520 voters in a general election. General election will bring out 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:58.959 more people. One could argue such a thing. But amongst 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:02.680 the Democrats who are voting right now, they are split. 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.800 Ask yourself about the Stephens voter for what reason did 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.760 they vote for Stevens. Some of them voted for Haley 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:17.079 Stevens because Haley Stephens is a woman. Of course, I 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:24.600 don't think anybody questions this, would you what a foolhardy 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:30.160 thing to question? Of course people vote that way. They 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:30.960 voted for her. 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:31.760 Because she's a woman. 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.319 There are people who voted for her because they didn't 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:42.160 like abdua Al say It's policies. Some of those people 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.679 would be Jewish voters who didn't want a guy who 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.839 was screaming and yelling about APAC like somehow it makes sense. 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:52.040 The anti APAX stuff is amongst the stupidest stuff out there. 0:11:52.800 --> 0:12:02.040 It's just ridiculous. It is regurgitated Pavlovian nonsense. So everybody 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.920 knows that they're all in the same group. Nobody wants 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:10.679 to be seen not saying something bad about APAK. There 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:12.560 are people who are like, no, this is just dumb 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:16.160 and for religious reasons and other reasons. I'm not voting 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:22.679 for Abdulsi ed right, not doing that. Some people didn't 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:26.920 want to vote for a guy who's clearly uh An Islamist. 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:31.719 They didn't want to be around that. By the way, 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:36.200 quick thing back to APAK. I guess if lsied wins. 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:40.800 APAC doesn't determine elections, right, They don't determine the outcome 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:46.040 of elections. They already lost and Representative Ocossia Cortes caimana convection, 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:47.160 bitch all she wants. 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:48.120 They lost. 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:50.880 They put the money into Haley Stevens and they lost. 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:55.280 They don't control elections. You have improven or wrong? Please 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:57.640 sit down, would you? 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:02.440 Hey? At least that argument sit down? Could you do that? 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.079 So there could be a serious number of reasons or 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:10.880 multiplicity of reasons the people don't vote for el say it, 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:12.840 that's in a primary. 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:17.160 What happens in a general when you're going up against 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.320 the Republican rogers? 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:28.880 What happens in this moment? I don't know. 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:35.679 Do those people hold their nose and say, yeah, sure 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.840 he's a communist, and yeah sure he has a thing 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:43.440 for the Islamists, and yeah sure he's supported by the DSA, 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:47.880 but Trump bad, so I have to vote for him. 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.760 Do they say, I'm not gonna tell a soul what 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.080 I'm doing. I'm gonna walk into the voting booth and 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.559 I'm voting for that Republican and then I'm gonna take 0:13:57.600 --> 0:13:58.760 a shower with Brillow. 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:00.720 But that's the way it happen to be because that 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:01.840 guy can't be in office. 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.080 Or do they say, you know what. 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.640 Election Day, No, I'm not gonna have any part of this. 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:12.880 I'm just gonna Netflix and Show. Now, I know what 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.680 Netflix and Chill means, and maybe they'll do that, or 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.840 maybe they're just gonna sit on the couch and watch Netflix. 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:18.480 I don't know. 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.720 You understand, Producer Landing, and Netflix and Show means more 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:22.920 than Netflix and Show. 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:27.320 Yes, correct, you understand that, right, Producer Landing? Yes, correct, Yeah, Okay, 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:28.440 that's correct. That's accurate. 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:30.440 When the kids say they're going to Netflix and Shill, 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:32.400 they're not alone. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.160 I'm just you gotta know. 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.280 They're just gonna sit there and they're gonna binge, watch 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:44.960 the Bear for the seventh time, and forget that election 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:45.920 day ever happens. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:48.200 They're gonna hold their nose. 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.760 They're gonna secretly vote for the Republican or they're going 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:57.920 to do nothing. Two out of the three of those 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:02.680 responses are re bad for Abdul Sayet and the Democrats, 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:09.440 really bad because there are also other elections going on 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:10.120 in Michigan. 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.720 You've got congressional stuff, You've got a governor's or, you 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:18.280 have a governor's race going on. You've got other things. 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.920 And now you've got a guy on the ticket that 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:31.640 can depress Democrat turnout. Okay, now we got ourselves a story. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.400 Now we've got something to watch. I don't know about you. 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.240 I got a lot of bourbon, I got I there's 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:40.440 you want to go, I'll grab any bottle. We are 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.920 gonna election day, We're gonna pour ourselves a drink, and 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:50.280 we're gonna watch this. I could be wrong, absolutely, but 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:55.480 if I'm looking at the data right now, which I am, 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:59.360 two of the three possibilities are not only very bad 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:05.560 for Abduel's very bad for Democrats in Michigan. And trust 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:11.360 me when I say Republicans have all the power to 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:16.480 screw this up in ways you cannot possibly comprehend. I'm 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.680 Tony Katz, and this is Tony Katz. 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:24.840 Today we've got an I ran update coming up. It's well, 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.760 whatever it is you want it to be, I guess. 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.400 But I have spoken a lot about USAID and I 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:33.240 want to say it again. I'm glad the organization is gone. 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:36.320 I want to continue with the DOGE cuts. I want 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:40.880 to continue seeking out the fraudsters. I want these people 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:48.720 to go to jail. I want them to suffer. Tony Katz, 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:51.320 Tony Katz today, a pleasure to be with you guys. 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.880 And yes, I will discuss the assassination attempt. 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.520 Against President Trump and that whole story. There. 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:04.920 There was a story in the Washington Times about USAID cuts, 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:08.280 Ebola crisis in Africa, open door to Beijing's bid for 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:14.680 influence in the Congo. Now never forget that foreign aid 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:17.880 is also about soft power. 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.680 And the idea that hey, we'll give you these. 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:25.639 Dollars, you don't connect with them, and everything's cool. I 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:29.320 don't know if the Tucker set agrees with this philosophy 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:29.560 or not. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.720 It seems to me that they don't, and it seems 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:32.040 to me. 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:36.840 That that is a serious, serious issue. I do not 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:39.440 believe that it is our job to give money everywhere, 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:41.800 and I don't mind if people say let's end far 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:42.200 an aid. 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:47.720 Okay, end it, end toto, end it. We'll see what happens. 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.320 I just want them to realize that others will try 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:55.720 and fill the void. But when we got rid of USAID, 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.520 people are like, we're gonna We're gonna get people killed. 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:01.600 Keep our going to die because we're not giving them 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.160 the money. Here's a great example. 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:09.240 Here is the Democratic Republic of Congo dealing with an 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:13.160 ebola outbreak, more than thirty four hundred cases over sixteen 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:17.399 hundred deaths reported since May fifteenth. Should we or should 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:21.280 we not be in the business of supporting them through this? 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.920 I would argue that it's not a bad idea when 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:30.240 dealing with certain issues, to be helpful, because you don't 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.280 want that thing finding its way through through person and 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:36.120 the weirdest game of telephone ever and ending up in 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:38.040 your city, in your state, and your country. 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:39.800 You don't want that disease around. 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:45.199 Would we need to in this situation talking about this 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:50.159 situation with Congo specifically, do you think it's necessary for 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:52.359 us to give that money to be able to be 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:56.040 helpful through USAID or is it possible we could do 0:18:56.119 --> 0:19:00.959 this through some other organization. And this is the point 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:07.640 we can always be helpful when it is needed or when. 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:09.960 We think there is a needed alignment. They could be 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:11.600 two different things. They could be the same thing. 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:17.240 You don't need this USAID organization to do it, you 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:22.360 just go about doing it. Usaid was never necessary and 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.720 not a life was lost because that organization got defunded, 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:26.600 because we could, like. 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.280 We did with AMPHAR, still be helpful in all sorts 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:29.760 of ways. 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.760 It was a slush fund to help like minded ideologues 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:36.240 be able to get paid to move money, like minded 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:37.800 ideologues to do us harm. 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:41.119 It's better that it's gone. I'm Tony Kats. 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:46.400 We're here to kick off what has at this point 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:50.439 been an informal effort, which is working with Congress to 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:53.240 help us combat frauds. So, as you know, when the 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:55.879 President the United States started the Fraud Task Force and 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.639 really set the federal government to taking a whole of 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.520 government approach to the anti f fraud issue, that was 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:04.679 mainly an administrative thing. That was something we were working 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:08.359 with our colleagues at h ANDHS, at DOJ, at all 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:10.320 of the various agencies in the federal government and trying 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:12.440 to root out fraud. And I'd remind all of you 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:15.639 and remind the American people and remind what these Congressmen 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:18.520 and senators don't need reminding, which is that fraud is 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:22.119 really a dual victim crime. The most obvious victim, of course, 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:25.000 is the American taxpayer, who has their hard earned tax 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:28.680 dollars stolen from them to enrich people who are violating 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:31.240 our laws and take advantage of our country. But I think, 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:35.520 more profoundly and more sadly, the second victim of fraud 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:38.160 are the people who benefit from programs that the American 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:40.919 people have set up in their generosity and in their 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:44.200 kindness of spirit, and those programs don't function as well 0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:47.960 or don't even have their resources necessary to work because 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:50.800 they've been stolen from by fraudsters. 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:54.639 He is not wrong, is the Vice President Tony Katz. 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:57.119 Tony Katz today an absolute pleasure to be with you 0:20:57.160 --> 0:20:59.480 live streaming on YouTube and rumble. Just look for Tony 0:20:59.560 --> 0:21:02.680 Katz on the Twitter, which is also known as ex 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:06.640 Tony Katz, Facebook, Tony Kats or radio. It's the Vice 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:09.560 President is there and Steven Miller is right next to him. 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:12.359 And somewhere during that little opening, someone told Steven Miller 0:21:12.400 --> 0:21:18.240 to smile, and he did every time we're talking about 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:21.280 the fraud, every time we're talking about finding the fraud, 0:21:21.359 --> 0:21:25.439 rooting out the fraud. Good, good, guys. I was just 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:29.080 talking about Doge earlier. These are the good things. These 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:33.560 are the right and smart things. We need to be 0:21:33.640 --> 0:21:36.520 staying on this and never stop and never quit. 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:38.200 Ever. 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:41.320 This is the thing that we want. And yes, this 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.280 is what I voted for. I'm always voting for this. 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:48.199 Find the fraudsters and put them in jail. But if 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:51.639 I don't get jail, if I don't see these people 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:53.879 behind bars, then. 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:55.879 I'm gonna think, mister Feisce President. 0:21:55.640 --> 0:21:59.280 That you're full of crap, and you, Steven Miller and 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:04.880 everybody else else. People have to go to jail. That's 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:08.480 what has to happen. And if people don't go to jail. 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:13.119 And I'm not just talking about the Somali national in Minneapolis, 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:17.040 or the American in Los Angeles with the hospice fraud, 0:22:17.119 --> 0:22:19.440 or in this state or and that my beloved state 0:22:19.480 --> 0:22:23.880 of Indiana, all fifty states have this fraud. I'm talking 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:27.840 about the elected officials. I'm talking about the unelected bureaucrats 0:22:28.080 --> 0:22:30.960 who all look the other way and allowed this to happen. 0:22:31.840 --> 0:22:35.120 Never question, never did their job well, never actually said, hey, 0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:37.720 wait a second, we have to be a safeguard of 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:42.040 the people's dollars here these receipts. Doesn't make any sense. 0:22:43.760 --> 0:22:46.359 If some of them, I mean, I want all, but 0:22:46.600 --> 0:22:47.920 I know I'm not gonna get all. 0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:50.560 If some of them aren't going to. 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:58.120 Jail, then I don't know what we're doing that simply 0:22:58.800 --> 0:23:07.440 will not do. If they're not going to go to jail, well, 0:23:07.480 --> 0:23:10.480 then there's no reason to vote for you, whatsoever is there, 0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:14.600 mister Vice President. I'm just telling you how this has 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:18.200 to work. Now, this brings us to what's going on 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:24.240 in Iran. From what I'm told, we are just moments 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:24.960 away from. 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:26.680 A deal that's going to make oil. 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:30.320 Free for everybody. You get a barrel of oil, and 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:32.720 you get a barrel of oil. Look under your seat. 0:23:32.760 --> 0:23:35.640 Everybody gets a barrel of oil and a lavender candle. 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:38.359 I think I stole that line from Tina Fay, not 0:23:38.480 --> 0:23:39.520 the barrel of oil line. 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:40.280 That was all me. 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:46.600 US and regional partners see progress toward reopening the horror 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:49.760 moves choke points interesting. 0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:54.760 Interesting, and literally the same day that headline. 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:58.600 Came out, came out emerging horror moves accord could give 0:23:58.600 --> 0:24:05.560 a ran greater sway over Key Waterway. Huh okay, well 0:24:05.560 --> 0:24:09.439 this is going great. So what actually is happening? What 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:12.760 is going on? What will we see out of Iran? Well, 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:16.520 maybe the answer is in oil prices. Seventy five dollars 0:24:16.520 --> 0:24:21.560 and seventy one cents a barrel hasn't really moved since yesterday. 0:24:23.160 --> 0:24:26.520 It's lower than being in the nineties. That's a plus. 0:24:26.800 --> 0:24:28.760 Brent crude, which is coming out of the oceans the 0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:31.119 West Texas comes out of the ground. Brent crude had 0:24:31.160 --> 0:24:34.159 seventy nine dollars and eighty four cents a barrel, still 0:24:34.440 --> 0:24:37.840 both under eighty bucks a barrel. Gotta be making people happy. 0:24:39.760 --> 0:24:47.320 How possibly could there be any situation in which Iran 0:24:47.600 --> 0:24:52.159 has a sway? Well, this is reported by the New 0:24:52.240 --> 0:24:55.760 York Times, So you'll forgive me if I won't, just say, 0:24:56.440 --> 0:24:59.679 let's wait and find out. It's the New York Times 0:25:00.680 --> 0:25:04.240 world class maps showing where the votes are coming from 0:25:04.240 --> 0:25:07.080 in any given state or any different congressional district in 0:25:07.119 --> 0:25:13.280 primary or general elections. Incredible technology reporting will pass, I 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:21.040 will pass. They're saying, the New York Times that Iranian 0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:24.479 US officials said Iran and Oman are moving toward an 0:25:24.480 --> 0:25:27.679 agreement that would allow commercial shipping to resume through the Strait, 0:25:28.640 --> 0:25:31.520 and Iranian officials said inbound vessels would use a shipping 0:25:31.560 --> 0:25:35.840 lane along Iran's coastline, while outbound traffic would move through 0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:41.920 a channel closer to Aman. It would not include formal tolls, 0:25:42.119 --> 0:25:46.080 but would impose a service fee. 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:47.720 Feel the the air. 0:25:47.640 --> 0:25:55.159 Quotes a service fee to cover security, environmental protection, and staffing, 0:25:55.600 --> 0:26:00.800 with the revenues divided equally between Iran and Oman. Service fee. 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:06.320 You guys may not know this about me, but in 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:10.679