1 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Forty five degrees in sunshine right now on our way 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: up to fifty five Dare I say that's a sign 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: that spring is on the way. 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: I'm sure that this is. We'll never see any more 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 2: snow this winter. It'll never dip back below freezing. Is 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 2: it winter's over? 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 3: Casey? 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 2: This is that winter's over. It's nothing but warm weather 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 2: and spring headed our way. 10 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 3: Ah. 11 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: Sure, it'll probably be a blizzard tomorrow. That's what it's 12 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: like here. Okay, so you've got Dan my name is Casey. 13 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: That's Jim by the way. You've got Dan Bongino, who 14 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: is going to be returning to Fox News as a 15 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: contributor this after his stint as the deputy director of 16 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: the FBI under Donald Trump. It was a notable appointment 17 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: because he was well, he was a media personality, former 18 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: Secret Service commentator, He had never been in the FBI. 19 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 3: Yeah. 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 2: Look, Bongino is in a really difficult position here because 21 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: as a you know, on a his radio show, in 22 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: his podcast, he was what a lot of radio shows 23 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: in podcasts are very certain. It's not I think, or 24 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: maybe it was there lying trust me. Over these institutions. 25 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: It needs to get fixed, and is what I talked 26 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: about before a little bit with Pam Bondi and Cash 27 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: Pateel Bongino did the same thing. And this is the 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 2: classic mistake in any situation. He over promised and under delivered. 29 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 2: He talked about how he and Patel would go in 30 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 2: there and they would clean up the FBI, and they 31 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: would release all the Epstein files and the client list, 32 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 2: and they would bring transparency and justice to this situation. 33 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: And he got in there and he found out real 34 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: quick he didn't have the power to do those sorts 35 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 2: of things. Left the Trump administration. Now he's going back 36 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: to his radio show in his podcast, going back to 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 2: being an analyst. 38 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: But his credibility has been trashed. 39 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: Well, right, Plus, he had a lot of pretty public 40 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: disagreements and internal tensions, right and many of them stemmed 41 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: from the handling of the Epstein files, which drew a 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: lot of attention and criticism. And it was a very 43 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: high profile, non traditional pick. And he left the position 44 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: a lot earlier than many expected he would. So what's 45 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: left for him, well, media, back to back to Fox 46 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: News in his podcast. 47 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's it's just going to take 48 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: some time for him to rebuild his credibility if he 49 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: can do it at all. There's a huge chunk of 50 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: Dan Bongino's fan base that is absolutely fed up and 51 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: disgusted with him again because he over promised and underdelivered, 52 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: And now he's trying to. 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 3: Rebuild that credibility, rebuild his career. 54 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: And now he's going to official, you know, officially quote 55 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: unquote back at being an analyst for Fox News, right, So. 56 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 1: He wants to keep shaping the debate and the narrative, 57 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: which is where he was very strong. 58 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 4: Will he retain that audience? 59 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: It's the bureau did need fresh leadership and they needed 60 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: to challenge the status quo of what was going on, 61 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: not the same old insiders. It's unfortunate he had high hopes. 62 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: He was unable to do what he wanted to do 63 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: well and the. 64 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 2: Way that he went about it too. I mean, his 65 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: whole thing was, look, the FBI is lying to you. 66 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: These institutions are corrupt. We need to fix it. My 67 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: evidence on this, trust me bro. That was his evidence 68 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 2: on this. Then he gets in there, he can't fix it, 69 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: he can't do anything, leaves the administration and now is 70 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: coming back looking at, you know, doing his mea culpa 71 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: to the American public and saying no, no, no, trust 72 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 2: me Bro again again, trust me Bro. It's okay, what 73 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 2: I'm saying is valid here. This is going to be 74 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 2: a long road for Dan Bongino, that's for sure. 75 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: He still will be able to offer a lot of 76 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: good insight though, based on his previous position in the 77 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: Secret Service and the short stint that he did have 78 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: in the FBI and inside peak that most people don't have. 79 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: Sure, but your credibility is pretty darn important, and people 80 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: spend years in decades trying to build up their credibility 81 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: and it can be shot down and completely destroyed in 82 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: the blink of an eye. And that's exactly what happened 83 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: to him. So he is going to take it's probably 84 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: going to take years and years for him to rebuild 85 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: that credibility. 86 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 4: Okay, we need to. 87 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: Talk about the Chicago Bears, and now it looks like 88 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: the Illinois lawmakers are reportedly close to a deal that 89 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: would keep the team in Illinois and help move forward 90 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: the new stadium in Arlington Heights. 91 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 2: This is kind of going I mean, we got some 92 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: sense over the last week, and this was based out 93 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 2: of reports that were coming out of Chicago that, Okay, 94 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 2: maybe Indiana isn't just being used for leverage, Maybe Indiana 95 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 2: isn't a bluff, and Bears fans and politicians and people 96 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 2: in the state of Illinois Chicago started bracing themselves for 97 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: the potential possibility that the Bears might actually move to Indiana. 98 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 2: And I think that lit a fire under the lawmakers 99 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: in the state of Illinois. Now we're not there yet, 100 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 2: and the legislative session in Illinois ends in March, so 101 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: there's a short window here for the Bears and the 102 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 2: lawmakers to get a deal done. But it seems like 103 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 2: the lawmakers are at least a little more interested in this. 104 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 3: I don't know. 105 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: At some point in time, I think the McCaskey family, 106 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 2: let's say they end up going and getting deal with 107 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 2: the Illinois lawmakers and they build their stadium in Arlington Heights. 108 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: I feel like they owe us at Indiana a little 109 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,119 Speaker 2: something something like we were used. I feel a little 110 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 2: dirty as part of this process, like at least we 111 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: need something back from you, maybe a nice gift basket 112 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 2: or a gift card or something to Portillo's. 113 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 3: Maybe tickets to a game, something. 114 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 2: Like that, because it feels like we were used in 115 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 2: this entire process, and the Bears just kind of dangled 116 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 2: that carrot in front of us and then went back 117 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 2: to their sugar daddy. 118 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 3: In the stay. 119 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: For everybody who said that Indiana's just being used as leverage, 120 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: they were correct. 121 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, and and not much of a surprise. Look, the 122 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 2: Bears are a private corporation. They want to make as 123 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 2: much money as possible and make things as good as 124 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 2: possible for them personally. They're going to use every tool 125 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 2: at their disposal to get that. And they used Mike 126 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: Braun and the Indiana lawmakers and the laws that were 127 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: passed and the authorities that were given to build this 128 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: stadium used them as guinea pigs or leverage, whatever you 129 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: want to call it. Because it looks like the Bears 130 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: are probably going to end up building a stadium in 131 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 2: our Lincoln Heights. 132 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: The Bear's president said that the team can't proceed without 133 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: the property tax certainty, and the Governor of Illinois, J. D. 134 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 4: Pritsker, says the talks. 135 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: Are ongoing, but any agreement must protect tax payers, and 136 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: lawmakers also want to address ticket affordability. But at the 137 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: end of the day, it's the competition that is making 138 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: this happen when states actually compete for jobs and economic activity. 139 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: It forces the lawmakers to produce results, and for the 140 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: people of Illinois, it's forcing their lawmakers. 141 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, use results. By the way, citizens of Illinois, you're welcome. 142 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 2: We just were part of a scheme where your tax 143 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,679 Speaker 2: dollars are going to pay for the infrastructure and massive 144 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 2: property tax breaks for the Chicago Bears. 145 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 3: So enjoy that. You're welcome. 146 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: I hope you enjoy, you know, giving these massive tax 147 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: breaks to a billionaire corporation like the Chicago Bears. 148 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: There are some Illinois legislators who say they oppose the 149 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: public funding or any special tax deals for the team, 150 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: and they continue to argue that taxpayers shouldn't subsidize the franchise, 151 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: even though there is some strong public support overall for 152 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: keeping the Bears in that state. So it sounds like 153 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: the lawmakers of Illinois don't want the taxpayers to subsidize it. 154 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: That's what the taxpayers in Indiana were saying to our lawmakers. 155 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think if your governor Brawn or the 156 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: Indiana lawmakers, I think the one silver lining that probably 157 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: comes out of this, because you do kind of look 158 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 2: a little bit like you were played a fool, But 159 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: what you've done is shown other businesses in Illinois and 160 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,679 Speaker 2: around the country that hey, look, Indiana is an extraordinarily 161 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: business friendly state, and we're willing to make accommodations for 162 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 2: you if you want to move your business here. Didn't 163 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: work out for the Bears, but this was such a 164 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: public instance that happened in this covered nationally and certainly 165 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 2: locally in the state of Illinois and here in Indiana, 166 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: that it does now give other business owners probably pause 167 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: and thinking, Okay, you know what, I really wasn't maybe 168 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 2: thinking about moving my business to Indiana before. 169 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 4: But make amern it. 170 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, it looks like they're a pretty business friendly state. 171 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 2: They were willing to do all these great things to 172 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: lure the Bears. I wonder if they'll give me some 173 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: sweet tax breaks to move my business to the state 174 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 2: of India. 175 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 4: So Pritzker put. 176 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: Out a message and he said that he didn't take 177 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: that the Bears possibly moving to Indiana was a bluff, 178 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: but he did say there's a real possibility that many 179 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: of the things we've put on the table for the 180 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: Bears to work on are things that they would do 181 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: to stay in the state of Illinois. 182 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 4: So he didn't think it was leverage. 183 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: He thought that they were really serious and he's taking 184 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: it as that they got to do some work for 185 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: the Bears to stay in Illinois. 186 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, and as a Bears fan, we've got this love 187 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 2: hate relationship with Soldier Field. I mean, Soldier Field is 188 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 2: despite the renovations fifteen twenty years ago that made it 189 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 2: look a little bit goofy, it is this iconic stadium. 190 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 2: It is right there on the lake in the heart 191 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 2: of Chicago. It's a beautiful location. Looks gorgeous on TV 192 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 2: twenty years ago when they did the remodel and it 193 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: looks like a spaceship landed in in the middle of 194 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: the Roman Colisseum. It was really just a band aid. 195 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: But even with the updates that they did twenty years ago, 196 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 2: Soldier Field is still a dump. If you've ever been 197 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 2: to an event there pre renovation or post renovation, it 198 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 2: is not a good experience for the fan. The stadium 199 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 2: is a dump. It still has flooding issues years ago 200 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 2: before they did the remodel. I mean, anytime you've got 201 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 2: a sprinkle, the whole stadium flooded, so you were if 202 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: you were standing in the men's room at the Bear 203 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 2: Stadium and it was raining outside, you were standing in 204 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 2: two to three inches of water. Water would be water 205 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: would be your best case scenario. It's like the famous 206 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 2: scene from the Office with Michael Scott when they're in 207 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 2: the hotel room and they're like, oh, this is either blood, 208 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,599 Speaker 2: seaman or urine. And they turned to Michael Scott and 209 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: he's like, oh God, I hope it's urine. Yeah, that 210 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: was your best case scenario? Is is that you were 211 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: standing in urine at the old Soldier Field. But this 212 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 2: is going to be a beautiful new stadium in Arlington Heights. 213 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 2: They are going to be leaving the city of Chicago, 214 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: but they're going to be staying, likely staying inside the 215 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 2: state of Illinois. 216 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: The Indiana BMV says has sold more than one hundred 217 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: thousand of the new blackout license plates since they became 218 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 1: available last year. So these plates, they're all black background, 219 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: white letters and numbers. It's a more minimalist, modern design 220 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: than the standard plates. And because of the popularity, now 221 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: the BMV is saying they're going to be offering a 222 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: disability blackout version of the plate designed for drivers with disabilities. 223 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 3: So my initial reaction on this. 224 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 2: When I saw the blackout plates that Indiana released, I 225 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 2: was like, oh. 226 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 3: Those are pretty cool. 227 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:44,599 Speaker 4: Yeah, actually I like that. 228 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 2: When I'm when I it was time for me to 229 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: get new plates, I think I may go to the 230 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 2: blackout plates plates. 231 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 3: But now this. 232 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 2: Isn't quite conspiracy level because I don't think it's been 233 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 2: vetted fully yet. But now we're starting to hear reports, 234 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: they're unconfirmed, that these blackout plates are much easier to 235 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 2: be read by license plate readers, which the cameras. So 236 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 2: these license plate readers that a lot of municipalities have 237 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 2: installed all over communities are starting to become more and 238 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: more controversial. 239 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 3: This isn't firmed, This isn't confirmed. 240 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 2: There's not a lot of reporting on it yet, but 241 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: a lot of rumors so far that these blackout plates 242 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 2: much easier to read with those license plate readers, and 243 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 2: that sort of overstepping of governments surveillance does give me 244 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 2: pause about moving to the potential blackout plate. 245 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: Forty five dollars. That's what they cost, forty five dollars. 246 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: If you want them, you're going to pay more for them. 247 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: It's a way for the BMV too make some more money. 248 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 2: They're already selling my information and making money off of 249 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 2: me there. 250 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 3: I already have to pay fees. 251 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 2: To get my license plate and my registration, hundreds of 252 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 2: dollars for that. What's another forty five bucks for a 253 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 2: cooler looking license plate, I. 254 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 3: Guess, and most people are doing. 255 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 2: It's been very popular, very very popular some of them, 256 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 2: and so no surprise that they're now rolling it out 257 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 2: for the handicapped version of that. And my guess is 258 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 2: it'll get to be more and more popular because it's 259 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 2: different and fun and kind of makes you stand out. 260 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: A little bit. 261 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 4: You're listening to ninety three WIBC. There was some new 262 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 4: research that came out. It was done by. 263 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 1: The Tax Foundation, and they said that the tariffs have 264 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: cost the average American household about one thousand dollars last year, 265 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: and that figure could rise up to thirteen hundred dollars 266 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: this year if the tariffs stay in place. The study 267 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: calls the tariff policies the largest US tax increase as 268 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: a percent of GDP since nineteen ninety three. Yikes tariffs 269 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: especially high on electronics and toys, cars and car parts, 270 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: and also some different food items like coffee and beef 271 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: and lettuce and juice. 272 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 2: Now I'm always skeptical about these things because, of course, 273 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 2: this came out from a think tank called the Tax Foundation, 274 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 2: and every think tank in the world has an agenda. 275 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: They've got an agenda they want to push, usually a 276 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 2: political agenda, and usually either from the left or from 277 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 2: the right. And so I always like to research this 278 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 2: because of anything critical of Donald Trump. 279 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: Trump. 280 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 2: If it comes out from a think tank that's left leaning, 281 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 2: well they've got that left wing agenda to push. But 282 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 2: here's the interesting thing about all this. The Tax Foundation 283 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 2: is generally considered a center right and right leaning nonpartisan 284 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 2: think tank. 285 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 4: Right they call themselves nonpartisan. 286 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 2: Well, but even though they do that, the analysis on 287 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 2: this group is that it is a right leaning think tank. 288 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 2: So it's interesting to see that. 289 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 3: Now. 290 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 2: I will say this that in general, most people that 291 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: are conservatives, especially conservative economists, have been against tariffs this 292 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 2: entire time, So that fits with that narrative. 293 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 3: But the other big part of this too. 294 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 2: And what makes me question all of this, these economists 295 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 2: and experts that have talked about how tariffs are going 296 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 2: to be the worst thing in the world, and they're 297 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 2: awful and terrible, and they're going to raise prices for everybody, 298 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 2: and it's going to be the worst thing you've ever seen. Yeah, 299 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 2: there's no proof that has happened, really, and we've got 300 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 2: a little bit of anecdotal evidence here. But the reason 301 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 2: why I'm skeptical of that sort of position is nobody 302 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 2: has really tried to do much with tariffs in over 303 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 2: one hundred years, and the global economy has changed much 304 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 2: different dramatically in that point of time. So you can't 305 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 2: sit here and go back to this. You know, early 306 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 2: nineteen hundred's economic thinking of tariffs are mad, They're terrible, 307 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 2: and they're gonna cost everybody Monday money and it's going 308 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: to be this awful thing that happens. Well, the things 309 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 2: are different, don't We can't assume that we don't know. 310 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 2: So again, this is me giving Donald Trump some grace 311 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 2: on this topic to sit here and say, what we've 312 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: been doing up until this point not really working all 313 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 2: that well. 314 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 3: So we want to just keep doing what we've been doing, 315 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 3: knowing it's not going to work all that well. 316 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 2: Or do we want to give Donald Trump a chance 317 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 2: to try something different and see what happens. And there 318 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 2: was all this wailing and gnashing of teeth in March 319 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 2: and April when Donald Trump announced these tariffs and experts 320 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 2: standing on their high horse and their elitist institutions, this 321 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: is going to crush the American economy and we're going 322 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: to see inflation that goes through the roof. Yeah, none 323 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 2: of that bloom and doom has really happened so far. 324 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 2: So I'm willing to give Donald Trump a little bit 325 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 2: more leeway on this and see if he can't use 326 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 2: these tariffs to actually change the way things are operating 327 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 2: right now. 328 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: He was sitting down with Larry Kudlow from Fox Business 329 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: and they were talking about the high stakes midterm elections 330 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: coming up and Donald Trump, of course saying that. 331 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 4: We are the hottest country anywhere in the world. 332 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 5: Can you beat history on these midterm elections? Carry the 333 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 5: House and the Senate for the GOP? Can you do it? 334 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 5: On the economy? Do you need more communication? Do you 335 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 5: need more marketing? Do you need more help? I mean, 336 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 5: the numbers are on your side. The question is does 337 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 5: the public know this? Well? 338 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 6: You know, we have a fake news that doesn't get 339 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 6: the word out. That's why I love doing an interview 340 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 6: with We get the word up. But so you ask 341 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 6: a question in fifty years a president that won, even 342 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 6: a popular president, somebody has said, well, I'm popular and 343 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 6: I've done well, and I think we have the greatest 344 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 6: economy actually ever in history. Now we have the hottest 345 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 6: country anywhere in the world. That's said by everybody. We 346 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 6: have the hottest country. 347 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: In the world. 348 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 6: I guess I have to sell that because we should 349 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 6: win in a landslide and we'll do everything we can 350 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 6: to do. 351 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: He does have to sell that, because when you're talking 352 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: about articles coming out saying that tariffs have cost the 353 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: average American one thousand dollars, and he's sitting there saying 354 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: we're the hottest country in the world, the message doesn't 355 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: match well. 356 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 2: And I hate comparing ourselves to the rest of the 357 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: world because nobody compares to the United States. Let's be honest, 358 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: we're the best and that's right. And I can sit 359 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 2: here at you, yes, hey, you, but it's true. I mean, 360 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: look at the economic conditions around the rest of the world. 361 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 2: Europe's a dumpster fire on every major metric that you 362 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 2: can look at when it relates to the economy and 363 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 2: on a lot of other things, but specifically the economy. 364 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 2: Europe's not growing. Their manufacturing base. They're not growing their 365 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 2: industrial capacity. They have, you know, massive regulations that restrict innovation. 366 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 2: You know, all the major innovation in the world is 367 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: really coming out of the United States, and then to 368 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 2: a lesser degree in Asia. So Europe's not doing anything economically. 369 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 2: Asia is not really doing a whole lot economically. Japan 370 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 2: has finally started to see a little bit, but they've 371 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 2: been stagnated for thirty years. China has never recovered from COVID, 372 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 2: and they've always put out, for the most part, some 373 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 2: pretty phony economic numbers, and so those numbers are have 374 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 2: gone down even though they're phony, they're being reported is lower. 375 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 2: So China is really struggling. So in a lot of ways, 376 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 2: Donald Trump is right. I mean, as far as the 377 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 2: economy goes, when you compare to the rest of the world, 378 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 2: the United States is in much better shape than everybody else. 379 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: So you've got Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana. He always 380 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: gives us good soundbites, but he actually says something that 381 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: I can agree with here that's not just words. 382 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 7: When moms and dads lie down to sleep at night 383 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 7: and can't. 384 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 3: They're not lying. 385 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:03,640 Speaker 7: There were about our thinking about whether a man can breastfeed. 386 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 7: They're worried about the cost of living. They're worried about 387 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 7: having to sell blood plasma to go to the grocery store. 388 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 7: And they're worried about the cost of housing and the 389 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 7: cost of insurance. And I could go on and on. Now, 390 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 7: President Trump and the Republicans in Congress, I think have 391 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 7: done a pretty good job of getting inflation down from 392 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 7: nine to percent to three percent. 393 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 3: But we've got to do more. 394 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 7: And just telling the American people everything swell, don't believe 395 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 7: your own lying checkbooks is not going to get it. 396 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 7: And what I would do, if I were keen for 397 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 7: a day, I would in running the Senate I'm not. 398 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 7: I would bring through reconciliation if we have to, every 399 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 7: single bill I could think of. 400 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 4: To lower the cost of living in America. 401 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 7: There are things we could do on housing, there are 402 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 7: things we can do on regulation. I know of over 403 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 7: two hundred tax changes we could make to stimulate the 404 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 7: economy and increase people's wages, and we're not doing that. 405 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 4: He said. The keyword there, increased wages. He did say that, 406 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 4: and he also wants to overregulate. 407 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 3: Well, the other. 408 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: Keyword he said there. The other key phrase he said 409 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 2: there immediately after that is we're. 410 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 3: Not doing that. 411 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 2: And that's the big problem the Republicans as a national organization. 412 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 3: The Republicans is part of their charter. 413 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 2: They said, we want less government, we want reduced spending, 414 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: we want lower taxes. So that was their platform. They 415 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 2: ran on it in twenty twenty four. They won the 416 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 2: Senate and the House and the presidency. And what did 417 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 2: they do. They spent all of their political capital on 418 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 2: the Big Beautiful Bill, which does nothing but put trillions 419 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 2: more dollars as part of the national debt. This is 420 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 2: the problem. Donald Trump's been in office for a year now, 421 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: and what Senator Kennedy just laid out is exactly right. 422 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 2: And then the last part was the most damning part 423 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 2: of all of it. We're not doing that. Republicans can't 424 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 2: do something, even if it's really not the most effective 425 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 2: thing in the world. They're not even doing things where 426 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 2: they can go out and tell the story about how 427 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 2: they're making life more affordable for everyday Americans. Right now, 428 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 2: that is going to be a massive problem. We're sitting 429 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 2: here ten months away from the midterm elections in November 430 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. They've got ten months to do something, anything, 431 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 2: to show us that they care about affordability for average, 432 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: everyday Americans in this country right now. And it's those 433 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 2: people that are stuck in the middle that are really 434 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 2: suffering the most. Look, if you're poor, and I mean truly, 435 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 2: truly poor, there are so many government programs out there 436 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 2: for you. 437 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 3: You can get. 438 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 2: Housing subsidized and your food subsidized. Through Snap, you can 439 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 2: get you subsidies to pay your electric bills and your 440 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 2: childcare and your health insurance and all of that. 441 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 3: No, it's those people out there. 442 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 2: It's that family of four with a household income of 443 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 2: forty to fifty thousand dollars maybe a little bit more, 444 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 2: that make too much money to qualify for any of 445 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 2: those subsidies. 446 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 4: But not enough to make it, but not enough to live. 447 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 3: Their everyday lives. 448 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 2: And they're getting crushed by property taxes, they're getting crushed 449 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 2: by rent and housing affordabilings. 450 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 3: They're getting crushed by utility bills. 451 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 2: And that's the one that's more probably one of the 452 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 2: most frustrating about this is the utility bills. Because we 453 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 2: saw this coming, We saw an increase in utility bills coming, 454 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 2: and you've been talking about it on the show for years. 455 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 2: This is coming. These data centers are drawing too much power. 456 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 2: We're not building enough capacity to create more power. It 457 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 2: is simple supply and demand, which has been the bedrock 458 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 2: of capitalism for centuries. Supply and demand. All of a sudden, 459 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: the demand for utilities is going dramatically higher and the 460 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 2: supply is not increasing at all. These utility bill prices 461 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 2: that are coming, we saw the stories about them in 462 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 2: northern Indiana. They're coming for the rest of us in 463 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 2: pretty darn quick. 464 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: You're listening to ninety three WIBC. I am expecting great things. 465 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 4: I mean, if we look at the trend and the 466 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 4: track record of these people, I mean, that's where it's headed. Right. 467 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 3: Who are we talking about? 468 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 4: Oh, maybe we have a new Indiana State Senator. 469 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 2: That's weird. There was no election, that's true. What so 470 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 2: what did somebody pass away or something. 471 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: No. Nick McKinley is Republican, sworn into office yesterday. He 472 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: took the oath at the Indiana State House and then 473 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: it resumed its session and we now have fifty members 474 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: and we're full capacity once again. Now here's what happened. 475 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: The seat opened up when former Senator andy Z resigned 476 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: on January eighth after he was appointed chairman of the 477 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission by Governor Mike Brown. 478 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. 479 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 2: And then so you know, they have to backfill his 480 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 2: Senate seat with somebody else. And this is another great example. 481 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 2: Andy Za sat there and ran for election, went in 482 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 2: his community and told his constituents, I am the best 483 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 2: person to represent you in the Indiana State Senate. 484 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 3: Please vote for me. 485 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 2: And then before his term expired, he voluntarily asked to 486 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 2: be placed on the IURC Commission. Yeah, sought that out intentionally, 487 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 2: knowing full well that if he was selected, he was 488 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 2: going to have to leave his state Senate seat, basically 489 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 2: just giving the finger to everyone in his community that 490 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 2: voted for him in the last election. Hey guys, vote 491 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 2: for me. Hey, by the way, thanks, I appreciate you 492 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 2: voted for me. I got this brand new shiny thing 493 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 2: over here I'm gonna do and so I'm gonna leave 494 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,719 Speaker 2: that seat early and you guys figure it out, we'll 495 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 2: see you. 496 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's exactly what happened. 497 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 4: The IURC. 498 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: That position is a six figure position, a little bit 499 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: more than a state senator position. 500 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 4: Oh wait a minute, I see an opportunity. 501 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 2: But hey, but I will say there, but if you 502 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 2: had to break it out hourly, because again, by including 503 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 2: his per diem for working a part time state senate 504 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 2: job three maybe four months a year, he was making 505 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 2: close to seventy thousand. 506 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 3: Dollars if you include per deem. So if you, if 507 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 3: you do, I'm gonna have to do that. 508 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,199 Speaker 2: During the next break, I'm gonna doing some math calculations 509 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 2: figure out what his hourly rate is still maybe better off. 510 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 2: I'm not quite sure what the head of the IURC 511 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 2: gets paid. I know it's sick figures, but how high 512 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 2: are we talking like right at one hundred grand? Are 513 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 2: we talking like two hundred grand? Three hundred grand? 514 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 4: We'll hire under two hundred oh. 515 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 3: Higher than one hundred grad. 516 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm gonna have to look into this, and I'm 517 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 2: gonna I'm gonna do some math calculation to see if 518 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 2: his hourly rate actually did get better. But this is 519 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 2: the same thing that happened with Aaron Houchin in early 520 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two. Aaron Houchin was an Indiana state senator 521 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 2: and then she abandoned that job so that she could 522 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 2: run for Congress in Indiana's ninth district, again another perfect 523 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 2: example of a politician asking their constituents please vote for me. 524 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 2: I'm going to go do a good job for you, 525 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 2: and as soon as they get that job, they're like, nope, 526 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: I got a better job. I'm gonna got to see you, guys. 527 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: I know I'm leaving this place early. I know I'm 528 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 2: abandoning you. I know I asked you to vote for me. 529 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 2: I know I begged you, begged you to put me 530 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 2: in this role. 531 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 4: I said, I'm the best person for the job. 532 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 3: I'm better than anybody else. And you did that. So 533 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 3: thank you for doing that. And now thank you too. 534 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 2: Bad for you, guys, I'm leaving and taking this other 535 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 2: role exactly what adies A did. 536 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: And now you've got McKinley, who will be the incumbent 537 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: for the next election. 538 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 3: Well, of course, and that's why. 539 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 4: So that sets him up for a longer future. 540 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 3: And look, the Democrats and other states like to do 541 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 3: this too. 542 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 2: They like to have somebody that they know isn't going 543 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 2: to run for reelection again resign before the term is 544 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 2: over so that they can backfill the position with somebody 545 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 2: else from their party. And now that person instantly becomes 546 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 2: the incumbent and gives them a leg up when the next. 547 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 3: Election comes around. 548 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: You've got a long running battle over billboard rules in 549 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: Marion County and it is now being taken up by 550 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: the Indiana State legislature. 551 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 4: So this is Senate Bill one sixty. 552 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: Five, aiming to override an Indianapolis ordinance that prohibits new 553 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: billboards inside for sixty five inside the loop around the city. 554 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: The bill would still let billboard companies move existing signs 555 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: within the same property, and this is something that opponents 556 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: say weakens the city's limits billboards. 557 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 2: Billboards, that's what the General Assembly is spending their time, 558 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 2: and they're fighting with the City of Indianapolis because the 559 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 2: City of Indianapolis is like, hey, no more billboards, And 560 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 2: now the state lawmakers are like, no, no, no, We're going 561 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 2: to pass a law here that says you can put 562 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 2: billboards in there. So they're spending a lot of time, 563 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 2: both the Indianapolis City government and the state government spending 564 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 2: a lot of time discussing billboards. 565 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: Correct, you've got state lawmakers who are stepping into undo 566 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: city ordinances because developers complained about this. 567 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 2: Sure and our utility bills are still skyrocketing, and housing 568 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 2: is still out of control, and property taxes keep going 569 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 2: up and up and up, and life is unaffordable for 570 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 2: many many Hoosiers. Yet our city lawmakers in Indianapolis and 571 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 2: state lawmakers and the General Assembly are spending their time 572 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 2: discussing and arguing and fighting about billboards. 573 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, so the bill passed the Indiana Senate twenty eight 574 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: to seventeen. Now headed to the House Roads and Transportation 575 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: Committee for a hearing. There was a recent study confirming 576 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: that women often report feeling colder than men in the 577 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 1: same environment. 578 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 4: Do you have this argument at your house, it's still 579 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 4: cold in here, turn up the heat. 580 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 2: I think it's an argument that takes place in the 581 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:15,239 Speaker 2: workplace quite a lot too, because I mean, you've got 582 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 2: men and women in an office setting, and generally the 583 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 2: men run hotter than the women. And I would always 584 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 2: see this in every office I work at, you know, 585 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 2: you know you the women are wearing sweaters and bringing 586 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 2: in space heaters, sometimes multiple space heaters because they're freezing. 587 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 2: And meanwhile the guys are trying to open the windows 588 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 2: and take their jacket off because they can't stop sweating 589 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 2: in the same environment. 590 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: Apparently there's a reason for that lower metabolic heat production. 591 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: Women generally have lower resting metabolic rate than men because 592 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: they tend to have less muscle mass and muscle burns 593 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: calories and generates more heat, so men often produce more 594 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: internal warmth than women. 595 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 2: So now we have the science behind what we all 596 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 2: knew is that seventy degrees is freezing to a woman 597 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 2: and absolutely scorching hot to a man. Thank god, we 598 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 2: got some science behind this. It sounds like this was 599 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 2: sounds like this study was probably initiated by a group 600 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: of women in an office who are freezing all day long. 601 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 2: They're like, I need some sort of data to show 602 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 2: the owners of this company prove this. I need to 603 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 2: prove this as to why we are freezing here all 604 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 2: day long. That's fun to study to show that it's 605 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 2: not our fault, it's biology and science. 606 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: His study also says that it has to do with 607 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: blood flow and circulation. Women's bodies may restrict butt blood 608 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: flow to their hands and feet more quickly. 609 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 4: In cold conditions, and that's. 610 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: To protect their core temperature, which makes their extremities feel colder. Now, 611 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: let's be honest, we have the opposite problem, don't we. 612 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 2: Well, Okay, So through our history that we've known each other, traditionally, 613 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 2: I have generally been warm and you've been cold. 614 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 3: Hence the fight over this thermostat for decades. I know 615 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 3: when we. 616 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 4: Got married, you said you wanted the church so cold 617 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 4: that you could hang meet there. 618 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 3: Yes, and I'll give that church process. 619 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 4: I don't want to be passing out from anybody over heat. 620 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 3: Exactly. 621 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be wearing a tuxedo, a lot of clothes, 622 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be nervous, I'm gonna be sweating. I don't 623 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 2: want to be doing that. And that church did. Our 624 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 2: wedding was absolutely freezing cold. It was fabulous and wonderful. However, 625 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,479 Speaker 2: I will say as both of us have gotten older, 626 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 2: we have gotten to be more along the same page 627 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 2: as to what is a comfortable temperature. 628 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 3: Around the house really right and. 629 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 2: Right now, So you've come over to my way of 630 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 2: thinking on this. 631 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 3: Our house. Our house is absolutely freeze. 632 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 2: I mean during that in the winter, during the day, 633 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 2: we set the thermostat at about sixty six, maybe sixty seven. 634 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 4: When our daughter comes ome, she is she is miserable. 635 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 2: She's wearing sweatpants and fuzzy socks and boots and three sweatshirts, 636 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 2: and she. 637 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: Knows it's going to be cold there, so she's she's 638 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: prepared for it. 639 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 3: It's been great, it's been one. 640 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 4: I had a way in today. You had the heat 641 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 4: on in the car and he looked at you and 642 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 4: I said, are you cold? So this is the yeah, 643 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 4: and I was like, okay. 644 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 2: This is one of the side of the benefits of 645 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 2: women's bodies physiology changing over time is that as as 646 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 2: you have gotten older, you have gotten warmer. And so yes, 647 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 2: we keep it much colder in our house. And think 648 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 2: of in the winter time, we're saving on gas bills. 649 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 2: We're saving on those natural gas bills for the furnace. 650 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 2: In the summertime, we also like to keep it pretty 651 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 2: cold in the house, so that electric bill. 652 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: Is getting you pay for it at the end of 653 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: the Yeah, the electric bill gets salty in the summertime, 654 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: So you're not imagining it. The thermostat wars are real, 655 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: and there is actual biology behind why women feel colder 656 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: than men. 657 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 4: At least in their younger years. 658 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: So you've got Tom Holman in the Trump administration, the 659 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: official serving as the White House's Borders are responsible for 660 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: overseeing immigration enforcement operations deportations. 661 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 4: He was appointed to the role. 662 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: At the start of Trump's second term January twenty five, 663 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: and it's a position that does not require Senate confirmation. 664 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: He has recently announced about seven hundred his agents are 665 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: going to be withdrawing from Minneapolis as part of the 666 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: ongoing Operation Metro Surge. I had no idea that it 667 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: had a name, Operation Metro surg Is that just. 668 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 2: Is that the name for the operation in Minneapolis, or 669 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 2: is that the name for the operation in nationwide? 670 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 4: It is the name in Minneapolis. 671 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 3: That's just the Minneapolis operation. Gotcha. 672 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: Two thousand agents still going to remain on the ground there, 673 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: and despite the reduction, Homan has emphasized that the Trump 674 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: administration remained serious about aggressive immigration enforcement and deportations. 675 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 676 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 2: I think kind of Trump made a good move by 677 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,720 Speaker 2: putting Christy Nome on the back burner and giving Tom 678 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 2: Holman an opportunity to come in here and fix the 679 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 2: optics and the problems that were taking place in Minneapolis. 680 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 2: I struggle with having a lot of faith and trust 681 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 2: in Christy Nome because it seems like she spends a 682 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 2: lot more time posing in front of private jets for 683 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 2: pictures for her Instagram feed as opposed to actually doing 684 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 2: things that are part of her job as head of 685 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 2: Department of Homeland Security. When you could say the absolute 686 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 2: opposite about Tom Holman, I mean, he just comes across 687 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 2: with just a pile of credibility and seriousness and the 688 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 2: experience under multiple administrations. I mean he's been doing this 689 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 2: since Reagan was president, so multiple administrations, both Democrats and Republicans. 690 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 2: Making Tom Holman more of the face of these ice 691 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 2: raids and these ice enforcements as opposed to Christy Nome 692 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 2: was a very smart move on Trump's part. 693 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: So you have Indiana Senator Jim Banks, and he was 694 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: on the Senate floor and he was speaking about why 695 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: he feels the need to get illegal truckers off the 696 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: roads and out of the country. 697 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 8: Last week on February third, an illegal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan 698 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 8: who was allowed into the United States under Joe Biden 699 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 8: in twenty three, killed four people on State Road sixty 700 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 8: seven in Indiana, not far from where I live. He 701 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 8: drove a semi truck head on into a van. That 702 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 8: van was carrying a fifty year old father and two 703 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 8: boys who were only nineteen and twenty five years old 704 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 8: along with a family friend, and they were all from 705 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 8: a local Amish community and now they're all dead, and 706 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 8: I'm angry about it. I've had enough of it because 707 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 8: it's stories like this that show why mass deportations matter 708 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 8: and why they're needed now more than ever. At least 709 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 8: seven Hoosiers have died on Indiana highways in the past 710 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 8: six months because of illegal immigrants recklessly driving on our roads, 711 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 8: and at least eight more have been seriously injured. And 712 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 8: those are just the cases that I know about. 713 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: It shouldn't be easy to get those CDLs, but you 714 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: also have to hold the shippers and the other trucking 715 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: companies accountable as well. 716 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, you and I lived in northern Indiana for a 717 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,320 Speaker 2: long time, so we're really familiar with that Amish community. 718 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 2: There's so prevalent up there in northern Indiana, and this 719 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 2: was a terrible story that came out. But the one 720 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 2: thing I love about this, and it's to Trump's credit 721 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 2: because he's really been driving all of this, is that 722 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:30,760 Speaker 2: he is tackling the illegal immigrant situation on every angle 723 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 2: and wherever it shows up. We know that we shut 724 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 2: down the border. Great that stops the bleeding and keeps 725 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 2: more illegals from coming into the country, the Ice enforcements 726 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 2: that's taking place all across the country, The Save Act 727 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 2: another big part of it too. Look, we've got a 728 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 2: ton of illegals here in this country. We need to 729 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 2: make sure that we're doing everything that we can to 730 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,840 Speaker 2: make sure that they don't vote, which they are not 731 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 2: allowed to do because they are not American citizens. And 732 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 2: then you've got this aspect of this way too. Many 733 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 2: states around this country have been giving drivers licenses and 734 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,440 Speaker 2: commercial driver's licenses to people that should not be on 735 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 2: the roads and people that are here illegally. 736 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 3: So I like this. 737 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,720 Speaker 2: Concept of Trump multifront, just going after it from every 738 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,279 Speaker 2: single angle. We're not going to sit here and say 739 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,319 Speaker 2: that this is acceptable. Ten twenty million, however, many came 740 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 2: across the border during Biden's you know, rain as president 741 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 2: is unacceptable. And now we've got to do everything, and 742 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 2: we've got to do it on every aspect, in every 743 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 2: angle to try and control the situation and put the 744 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 2: fire out. So a rare w there from Jim Banks. 745 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,320 Speaker 1: So if you're driving around this morning, we beg you 746 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: to pay attention and be safe. 747 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,319 Speaker 4: You're listening to ninety three WYBC. 748 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 3: You were right. 749 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 4: I shouldn't have doubted you. 750 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 8: I don't know we're right after all these years. 751 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 2: I will give you some props that you when I 752 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 2: am right you, you aren't afraid to say it. 753 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 3: And it's it's music to my ears. Say it again. 754 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 4: You were correct. 755 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 3: Thank you. My name is Kathy. That jim feels good. 756 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: And you were right about Indiana head coach Kurt Signetti's 757 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: game warn headset from the College Football Playoff National Championship game. 758 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: You and we could roll back the tape, but I 759 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 1: was just too lazy to get it. You said that 760 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,400 Speaker 1: they were going to sell at auction for over fifty 761 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. 762 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, so this is this is pretty cool. There's this 763 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 3: organization that's. 764 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 2: Selling a lot of game used memorabilia from the Hoosiers 765 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 2: run towels and sport bottles, and those were selling for 766 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 2: you know, several hundred dollars. But I knew as soon 767 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 2: as I saw this that the prize piece you could 768 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 2: buy the headset that Kurt Signetti wore during the National 769 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,919 Speaker 2: Championship Game versus Miami. We talked about this a couple 770 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 2: of weeks ago. I think the bidding was at. 771 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 3: Like sixteen thousand dollars, and I was a bid. 772 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 2: Around there, and I bid a lot less than that, 773 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 2: and I knew that there were what backup you bid 774 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,120 Speaker 2: on those? I did, but because I knew I wouldn't win, 775 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 2: I knew that I wasn't going to win it. But 776 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 2: I just wanted to get a bit in there to 777 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 2: participate in the fund because. 778 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 3: I knew what the value of it was, and I 779 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:56,920 Speaker 3: knew that. 780 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 2: When I was bidding on it, it was only a 781 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 2: couple thousand dollars, and I wasn't a I ever have 782 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 2: to pay that because it was going to go for 783 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 2: a lot. 784 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 3: More than that. And at the time, I did lucky. 785 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 2: At the time, I did say that this headset would 786 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 2: sell for at least fifty thousand dollars, possibly a lot more, 787 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 2: And you looked at me like I had lost my. 788 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 3: Mind, like I was crazy out of my mind. 789 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 1: I can't imagine somebody spending more than fifty thousand dollars 790 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: on these headphones. 791 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:20,280 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm wearing headphones. 792 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 1: These are my nice little Sony cans, and I believe 793 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: they're thirty five dollars. 794 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 3: Yeah. 795 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,400 Speaker 2: Well, Kurt Signetti wasn't wearing them during Indiana's only National 796 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,040 Speaker 2: championship victory for college football. So the final sale, the 797 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,880 Speaker 2: hammer just came down on this auction. 798 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: Last I saw it was one hundred and twelve thousand, 799 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 1: five hundred dollars. 800 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 4: Is it more than that? 801 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:38,879 Speaker 3: Oh yeah. 802 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 2: So the auction ended yesterday and the final auction was 803 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 2: right around one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. This is 804 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 2: what the Kurt Signetti's headset that he wore game warn 805 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 2: headset from the National Championship game sold for about one 806 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 2: hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. 807 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:57,440 Speaker 1: The previous record was set by Bill Belichick and his headset, 808 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:02,280 Speaker 1: which sold for ten two hundred dollars in twenty eighteen. Wow, 809 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: that's quite an increase in just a few years, just 810 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 1: ten x. 811 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,799 Speaker 3: That Bill Belichick record. We just crushed Bill. 812 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,400 Speaker 2: As another victory that we were able to stick it 813 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,759 Speaker 2: to Bill Belichick by our headset selling for more than 814 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:13,920 Speaker 2: it is. 815 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: You're in sixteen thousand dollars for headphones. 816 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:18,160 Speaker 3: It's a good deal. 817 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: By the way, once again, thirty five dollars and then 818 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,320 Speaker 1: get delivered to you from Amazon. 819 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,920 Speaker 4: The headset was part of the Bison Drop auction. By 820 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,000 Speaker 4: the way, they do a lot of the Ius athletic 821 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: Items you're listening to ninety three WIBC