1 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: The University of Minnesota announce its it's no longer going 2 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: to host high school graduations. 3 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 2: Working off an article here from Carol Levin. 4 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: The change effects about twenty four schools and will take 5 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: effect in the spring of twenty twenty six. You've got 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: State Senator Michael Kruan pushing back on this, saying the 7 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: timing is unfortunate, not working with the districts. 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 2: Many both left and right online. 9 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: Are actually agreeing with each other, saying that the university 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: serves the public and not the other way around. I'm 11 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: curious though, and a lot of you have commented already. 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: We'll get to these here in just a moment. You know, 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: the tradition of graduation and the event as it takes 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: place inside of Mariucci Arena. We went to one with 15 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: my son Kyle, and it was interesting. Again, it was 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: our first major graduation since our oldest didn't want to 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: go through the ceremony. And many of you are reflecting 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: on a similar experience that my wife and I had, 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: and we'll get to that coming up in just a moment. Again, 20 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: twenty four schools being impacted by this. Now, what's funny 21 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: is the article goes on to point out something else 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: as well. There are public safety concerns, especially from the 23 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: shooting and the arrest that took place at Mariucci. But 24 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: this was during the Whyseetta graduation ceremony. I still get 25 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: that tripped up in my head from former producer Sam 26 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: on the show when or I would ask her when 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: I got here and she says pronounced Weizada every single time. 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: And a man accused of taking dozens of upskirt videos 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: and several ceremonies there last year. Now, none of that 30 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: was acknowledged by the University of Minnesota in the announcement 31 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: or the questions posed by the news outlets. Senator crew 32 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: and went on to say, my hope is that they 33 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: would at least be receptive to delaying the decision for 34 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: a year. 35 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: All right, let's get see your thoughts. 36 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: A lot of you guys are commenting on the iHeartRadio 37 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: app brought to you by Lindahl on a realty. 38 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 3: What I see happening. I think government is crumbling. You 39 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 3: have the FEDS not funding all of their federal programs 40 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 3: that people rely on, plus not paying air traffic controllers. 41 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 3: That's going to cause eventually chaos in the skies. 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 4: I would think. 43 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 5: We had the teachers going on. 44 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 3: Strike, and so the private sector's got to step in 45 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 3: and try and take care of those kids. We've got 46 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: a private restaurant feeding people the government was feeding. It's chaos. 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: It's all chaos, and it's all chaos created by the 48 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: Democrats right now, intentionally, let's just double back to that 49 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: for just a second. First Off, it was always going 50 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: to be difficult in this first year of Trump's nonconsecutive 51 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: second term to turn the ship around, to really see 52 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: the progress that needs to be made. 53 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: These things do not happen quickly. 54 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: The government moves slowly regardless of who's in charge. Trump 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: is doing everything he can and moving faster than most presidents. 56 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 1: But the economic situation created by the Biden years was 57 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: always going to be difficult to undo. And Trump has 58 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: already proven the naysayers wrong. But the Democrats, because they've 59 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: gone all in in their opposition to Trump, they have 60 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: nothing to run on. They're completely out of touch with 61 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: the American public. The polling shows that, and they have 62 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: admitted over and over again during this shutdown that yeah, 63 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: this is the only move that they have, which again 64 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: points back to this theory that I have that if 65 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: they were smart tomorrow, they would vote to end the 66 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: shutdown and come to the rescue of all those individuals 67 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: who are going to lose their snap benefits. I don't 68 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: think they are that smart. I don't think that they 69 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: can remove their heels that they've dug in so deeply. 70 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: But getting back to the issue what we're talking about 71 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: right here in terms of funding, in terms of the 72 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: broader thirty thousand foot view, no, I absolutely think that 73 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: you have a point taking it all in total, Michelle, 74 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: You're right, the Democrats continue to try to drag the 75 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: country down, and we're still seeing the ramifications of that. 76 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: All right, Getting back to the school University of Minnesota 77 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: not hosting graduations in the future. 78 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 6: Coamore John Graechell. 79 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 4: As always, these high schools, if I heard. 80 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 7: Is correctly and not being able to afford the University 81 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 7: in Minnesota or even vice versa is completely vs. 82 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 8: These school districts have more money than ever due to 83 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 8: Tim Walls. 84 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 4: It's a lack of security completely. I don't know how 85 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 4: delusional these people are on the. 86 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 9: Lat saying, oh, it's all about money. 87 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: That's insane. 88 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 10: I just don't get this. 89 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 4: How do are you that stupid. 90 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 11: Have a good one, hey, John. 91 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 10: Three kids graduated from Minetok High School to them about 92 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 10: a decade ago and they used Grace Church in Eden 93 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 10: Prairie and it is a great facility for that two 94 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 10: thousand people can be there, easy to get it out, 95 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,239 Speaker 10: geographically desirable for families that want to do something maybe 96 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 10: after the graduation ceremony. But they had to move out 97 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 10: of there because it's a church. Even though it was 98 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 10: not a religious ceremony, it was a facility that was very. 99 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 11: Very good. 100 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 10: But it have offended so many people that they had 101 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 10: to move in. 102 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 5: It's a shame. 103 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 12: And for what reason. 104 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 13: I think the idea of graduation has been diminished because 105 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 13: we graduate kids out of preschool and out of kindergarten, 106 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 13: out of elementary school, and out of junior high and 107 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 13: then when you get to your senior graduation, it's been 108 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 13: done so many times. 109 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 3: It's lost all of its meaning and significance. 110 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 13: It's just another one of those you know, we'll give 111 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 13: a trophy to everybody situations. 112 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 14: John, I think graduation ceremonies are super important. I think 113 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 14: we should be able to celebrate our kids. However, after 114 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 14: attending for my daughter last year, it's embarrassing. 115 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: People act like idiots, and it. 116 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 14: Makes it very frustrating for those around them to enjoy 117 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 14: the ceremony itself. 118 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: We had a similar experience and we talked about this 119 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: a bit after my son graduated. There was multiple attempts, 120 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: including I believe a specific video that they put on 121 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,119 Speaker 1: the big screens available inside of Mariucci, wherein they said, 122 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: do not applaud, do not make noise when your student 123 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: and their name is called, because we need to move 124 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: through the ceremony. 125 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 2: As quickly as possible. 126 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: Once everybody has received their diplomas, we can then do 127 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: one big round of applause. And of course that didn't happen. 128 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: And what was most annoying about it was it wasn't 129 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: like individuals is simply not being able to control their in. 130 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: The moment impulses. You could tell the difference. 131 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: There were those that be like yeah, oh, and they 132 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: would immediately sort of stop clapping really quick because they 133 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: realized im was supposed to be quiet, right, But then 134 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: there were other like huge groups of individuals that had 135 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: no intention whatsoever of abiding to the suggestion more like 136 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: guidelines and disrupted multiple times the ceremonies. I mean they brought. 137 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: I mean, the the what do they call the the 138 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: the the zula's what do they call the zuzu Vela's 139 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: always get it wrong. Those horns they blow at the 140 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: soccer games. I'm guessing someone's going to go and correct 141 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: me on it. And they all they had instruments they 142 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: were blowing. It was incredible, really really frustrating. 143 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 2: So I'm with you. I'm with you on that. 144 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: All right, let's get back to some more of your 145 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: thoughts than many of you are in on security aspect 146 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: of all of this, John. 147 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 4: This is Terry from Lacrescent. 148 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 15: Guys putting on a good show today. I believe potentially 149 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 15: the university doesn't have the resources, as in the police 150 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 15: to cover these events, and they don't want anything going 151 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 15: on like the stuff that's been happening recently, and it 152 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 15: sheds the university in a bad light. I do like 153 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 15: your point about the graduation rates. If somebody else were 154 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 15: you to take office, it would look pretty bad. But 155 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 15: thanks to the show, guys, have a good one. 156 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 7: You good morning, John Don from Carver. You hit the 157 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 7: nail on the head. They're going to say graduations are 158 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 7: not inclusive. No more graduations. I can see the writing 159 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 7: on the wall. You are exactly right. Also, is the 160 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 7: university going to say no, you cannot have your high 161 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 7: school sports championships in our facilities either. 162 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 2: Just key interesting, Have a good day, John. 163 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: I'm reminded too of the students not any to the rules. 164 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: There was a woman student's female whatever, but she ended 165 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: up unfurling a Palestinian flag as she went up to 166 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: get her diploma. You had others that had overly decorated 167 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: their graduation caps and gowns when they were specifically told 168 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: that they were not allowed to go to go and 169 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: do that. In the grand scheme of things, they're not 170 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: big deals, but they are very indicative of society as 171 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: a whole right now, and people just not wanting to 172 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: follow the rules, having no respect for authority, but also 173 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: no respect for the people around them either. 174 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 6: Regarding graduation, I can personally say that for my son 175 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 6: a couple of years ago, it was a very important 176 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 6: thing to be up on the stage receiving his diploma, 177 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 6: celebrating with his classmates all their years together, how far 178 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 6: they've come, was the culmination of a lot of growing 179 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 6: and learning. And his school was smaller, and so maybe 180 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 6: that was more intimate, But getting rid of graduation isn't 181 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 6: the answer. 182 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 8: Morn of John say, our son just graduated this last 183 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 8: spring from Centennial, and you know, one of the announcements 184 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 8: they make right in the beginning is keyes are not 185 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 8: clap for your student individually for the end, clap altogether. 186 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, but what. 187 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 8: We are seeing getting worse and worse is the Somali 188 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 8: families are bringing them airhorns and noisemakers and screaming for 189 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 8: ten seconds so you can't hear. 190 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 2: The student after them. So something's got to be done 191 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 2: in that regard. 192 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 9: Hey, John, good topic, Should the university let high schools 193 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 9: use their facility? I guess it's really up to them. 194 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 9: I don't know the details of that particular discussion. But 195 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 9: should high schools still have graduation ceremonies? 196 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:52,479 Speaker 2: Yes they should. 197 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 9: You know, our culture and every culture has a strong 198 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 9: tradition of ceremonies. They are important. They're important as a culture, 199 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 9: there important as a people, as individuals. Changing of the guard, 200 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 9: there's a ceremony swearing another president sir. 201 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: Yeah again, I don't have a Like I said, I 202 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: don't have a dog in this fight anymore. My boys 203 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: would thankfully graduated and survive the public education system here 204 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: in Minnesota before the disastrous ethnic studies and critical rates 205 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: theory fully poison what remains of what used to be 206 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: a quality public education system here in Minnesota. I did 207 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: like the one talkbacks comment though, that it has diminished 208 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: greatly as we started to celebrate these graduations younger and 209 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: younger and younger. 210 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 2: We'll go back to more of your thoughts. 211 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: Got a lot of talkbacks that have rolled into the 212 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: iHeart radio app and listen. Everybody, regardless of your background, 213 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: who attends these ceremonies should end up being respectful. And 214 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: I saw people from all walks of life at the 215 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: graduation ceremony for my youngest who were being disruptive and 216 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: brought in their party and their noisemakers. So everybody should 217 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: be more respectful. We'll also get into men's restrooms. A 218 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: pair of Minnesota state colleges have stocked their men's restrooms 219 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: with menstrual products. I don't know if Governor Tim Walls 220 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: has visited to make sure that they are fully stalked 221 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: or not. If he hasn't yet, I'm sure he will 222 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: be doing it soon as part of a re election 223 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: campaign tour. 224 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 2: Stop prety Minneapolis at Saint Paul. 225 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 5: Good morning, John Andy from East Bethel. 226 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 16: I thought I had heard on one of the other 227 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 16: talk shows yesterday morning that the Dems were putting together 228 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 16: a package that's basically mirroring the last one that was 229 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 16: presented to them to be able to still provide Snap benefits. 230 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 16: They're just going to put their name on it and 231 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 16: then pass it so they can look like they saved it. 232 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 6: Is there any truth to that? 233 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 5: Thanks? 234 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: Well, I think what you heard it was from me. 235 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: I had made that gestion yesterday. Now I could be wrong. 236 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: They may actually be working on a package. I have 237 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: not seen the news of yet, a news of that 238 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: yet after going through the prep this morning, I haven't 239 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: seen that. But I did mention yesterday that it would 240 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 1: be the smartest move that Democrats could make right now 241 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: to begin to slowly pull their heels out that they've 242 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: dug so deeply in on all of these issues, go 243 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: and get on board with any of the shutdown to 244 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: provide that relief to those who receive Snap benefits and 245 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: other welfare benefits too. We'll see if it transpires between 246 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: now and tomorrow. I don't think it's going to I 247 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: think Democrats are waiting to see whether or not they 248 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: can spark enough outrage and if that has any sort 249 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: of impact on these elections that are coming up. A 250 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: few more talk packs from the iHeartRadio app here on 251 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: Twin City's news Talk Am eleven thirty one oh three 252 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,719 Speaker 1: five FM, broadcasting from the five to one car but 253 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: next day install studios. 254 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,359 Speaker 2: We've been talking about. 255 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: The University of Minnesota no longer hosting high school graduations. 256 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 12: John graduation ceremonies used to mean something. Things have been 257 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 12: watered though and diluted so much that they're just a 258 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 12: empty ritual. 259 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 4: Okay, if it's a high school graduation, it can save 260 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 4: taxpayers money. If you hold a high school graduation at 261 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 4: the high school football field, that's good enough. That was 262 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 4: fine when I was going to high school. I don't 263 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 4: see what the difference is now. You also have an 264 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 4: auditorium that you can hold it in if it's bad 265 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 4: weather in the high school, at the basketball courts. I 266 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 4: don't know why you have to hold it at a 267 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 4: university where you'd have to pay that university tax payer 268 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 4: money in the high school. 269 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: I don't know all the specifics of why the different 270 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: districts need to have it at an event like Marucci. 271 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: Apart from what I think is the most obvious is 272 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: just the number of people that end up attending these events. 273 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: They do go and ask that parents limit the number 274 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: of people that are supposed to come to the event. 275 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: That's not adhered to either. But when you consider the 276 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: sheer volume of graduates and particular schools, depending on the hours, 277 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: depending on the year, being able to accommodate, I just 278 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: don't think they have the resources that they've had in 279 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: the past to go and hold these big ceremonies. 280 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: I think that's part of the reason why. 281 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: But I'm sure we'll receive some talkbacks of individuals that 282 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: can help clarify that as to why these events need 283 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: to be held out a place like Mariucci as opposed 284 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: to their own campus grounds. 285 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 2: You raise an. 286 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: Interesting question though, regarding taxpayer expenditures, because while the University 287 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: of Minnesota is saying that it's cost to too much money, 288 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: how much money are the Minnesota State College just spending 289 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: to stock the men's restrooms with menstrual products. The products 290 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: are now required by law to be placed in state 291 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: college men's rooms. Two years ago, the Minnesota legislature passed 292 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: the law that requires state colleges and university systems to 293 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: doing that thing with my fingers provides students with access 294 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: to menstrual products at no charge. The products must be 295 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: available in restrooms used by students. A spokesperson for the 296 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: Saint Cloud University said the school has hygiene products in 297 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: all bathrooms accessible to students in compliance with the Minnesota 298 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: statute passed during the twenty three legislative session and was 299 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: a student led initiative. 300 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 11: Sure. 301 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: Similarly, a spokesperson for Minnesota State University, Man Cato, referenced 302 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: the same statute and said the school is required to 303 00:16:55,400 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: provide menstrual products and restrooms used by students, So that 304 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: would mean all the restrooms. So are they buying from 305 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: one particular company who's reaping the financial benefits of all 306 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: these menstrul products being purchased? The law mandating that menstral 307 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: products in state college restrooms closely mirrors and other law 308 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: signed by Governor Tim Walls that requires public schools to 309 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: stock the mestru of products in bathrooms that serve students 310 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: from fourth to twelfth grade. 311 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 2: Campaigning. 312 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: The Alpha News article goes on to say this just 313 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: made me laugh. Campaigning with Vice President Kamala Harris. Last year, 314 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: then presidential vice presidential candidate Tim Walls was dubbed tampon 315 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,959 Speaker 1: Tim by conservatives, who said the law in question required 316 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: tampons and other mestrul products to be put in boys restrooms, 317 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: with no specific references to boys restrooms made in the law. 318 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: It does say that menstrual products must be available to 319 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: all menstruating students in restrooms regularly used by students in 320 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: grades four through twelve, according to a plan developed by 321 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: the school district Now. When the law was initially being 322 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: debated by the legislature in twenty twenty three, Democrats rejected 323 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: the Republican amendment that would have required menstrual products to 324 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: only be stocked in female bathrooms. The lead Democrat pushing 325 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: the mandate urged lawmakers to reject the amendment because not 326 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: all students who menstruate are female. But remember, when it 327 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: comes to Democrats, if you can change the truth, if 328 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: you can change facts, you can basically twist anything in 329 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: your favor with disastrous consequences, as we've seen when it 330 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: comes to biological boys competing in girls sports. I'll share 331 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: with you a little bit of this veteran female hockey 332 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: player quitting the women's league over the inclusion of biological 333 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: males and the dangers that have occurred by allowing that 334 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: to happen. Speaking of Governor Tim Walls, he announced the 335 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: audit of fourteen high risk medicaid services, pausing payments due 336 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: new suspected fraud. He only cares because people are talking 337 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: about it now. But we'll give you further details on 338 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: this and your talkback of the day brought to you 339 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: by Mini Leaf on the way here on twinsday's news 340 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: talk Am eleven thirty and one oh three five FM 341 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: for the talkback of the Day this morning, brought to 342 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: you by Mini leafminileaf dot com. Free shipping available at 343 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: the website. Get your night gummies for better sleep. Trust me, 344 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: I had one chosen a late addition you haven't heard 345 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: yet for Talkback of the Day, but then another one 346 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: came in. It's almost just as good. So I'm going 347 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: to do something I typically don't do. I'm going to 348 00:19:51,080 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: award two talkbacks for talk baser Bee Talkbacks of the Day. 349 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: I but it's my show and I get to make 350 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: up the rules just like the government. So Matt and Laurie, 351 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: you guys are both my talkbackers of the day. We'll 352 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: first start off with Laurie, who dropped this gym. 353 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 5: Good morning, John. I am so excited that there's women's 354 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 5: products in the men's bathroom. Now, the next time there's 355 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 5: a ridiculously long line for the lady's room, I'm going 356 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 5: to declare myself a man for about ten minutes and 357 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 5: go in and use the men's room and be super 358 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 5: happy that there's women's products if I need them. Thanks lot, 359 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 5: and have a good day. 360 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 1: That is your talkback of the day number one, brought 361 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 1: to you my Mini Leaf in yours Matt with your 362 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: second talk pack of the day. 363 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 11: Great show, John. They can't hold the high school graduations 364 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 11: at the school because the parents don't know where the 365 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 11: school is. They've never been in the classroom, they've never 366 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 11: spoken to their teachers. They'll get lost just heading to 367 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 11: the school. 368 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: Thank you both for your talkbacks from the iHeartRadio app. 369 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 2: Again, your talk back of the day is brought to 370 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 2: you by Mini Leaf Ami n n e l eaf 371 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 2: dot com. 372 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: Mini Leaf means quality Taste Happy at minileaf dot com. 373 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 17: Egan High School has always had their graduation at their 374 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 17: football field. They decided to start construction early on that 375 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 17: so that is why Egan High School had to move 376 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 17: to Mariuchi. We all got the email as a mother 377 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 17: of a graduate this year that it's pretty much just 378 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 17: in limbo. Nobody knows where we can do it, and 379 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 17: it is because of the numbers. Every student usually has 380 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 17: at least two people that want to come along, so 381 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 17: Egan's basketball gym would not hold that many people. 382 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: We were talking just a moment ago here on Twin 383 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: Cities News Talk, but the menstrual products being available in 384 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: all the bathrooms state colleges, regardless if it's boy or girl. 385 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: From Alpha News. 386 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: In the State of Hockey, one veteran player is hanging 387 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 1: up her states for good. Rachel Stoneberg, forty two, former 388 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: University of Saint Thomas player, a twenty year staple in 389 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: the Women's Hockey Association of Minnesota or WHAM, shared her 390 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: Dear Hockey Goodbye letter to social media. In her letter, 391 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: Stoneberg laments the end of her three decade long relationship 392 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: with the sport over the league's decision to allow biological 393 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: males to compete in women's team for the first time 394 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: in thirty years. I won't be lacing up the skates 395 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 1: this October. It's the end of an era, Stonberg wrote, 396 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: reflecting on her journey from a seventh grade novice in 397 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: Hastings to college stardom and adult league play. 398 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 2: She said she unknowingly shared her locker room. 399 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: All season with a biological male, that when teammates voice concerns, 400 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: WHAM leaders dismissed them, deferring to the US Hockey in 401 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: Minnesota Hockey neither, she said, responded, I'm left to believe 402 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: that they do not care about my safety or the 403 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: sanctity of the sport. I can no longer participate in 404 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: the league that does not care about me. She emphasizes 405 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: that she's not anti trans affirming personal freedoms, but drawing 406 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: a firm line. If you want to say you're a girl, 407 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: go ahead, but you can't force me to say it 408 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 1: or believe it. And you can't ask me to share 409 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 1: my restroom, my locker rooms, or my sheet of ice. 410 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: That would be infringing on my rights, said rachel Stenberg, 411 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: citing the physical differences. She touched upon the potential dangers 412 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: of biological males playing against females on the ice. Men's 413 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 1: hockey is a different sport than women's hockey. Male bodies 414 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: are built differently than female bodies. These are factual truths 415 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: that I would hope we can all agree on. If 416 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: someone has played men's hockey their whole life, are we 417 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: confident that they can turn off that switch? Or are 418 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: they going to check someone in a corner or lay 419 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: someone out mid ice causing a concussion or worse. There 420 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: are documented instances of this occurring in WHAM, and the 421 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: association has yet to take action. As a mother of 422 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: two daughters, she said, her exit is bittersweet but necessary. 423 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: Feel bad for my two daughters who are growing up 424 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: in a state that refuses to take a stand, she wrote. 425 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: Feel bad for today's high school students who have decided 426 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: between competing in the sports they love and standing up 427 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: for what's right. Feel bad for future generations of girls 428 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: and women. This is not political, This is common sense. 429 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 1: Men do not belong in women's sports, She concluded, How 430 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: has it come to this? I'll but remember KEITHA. Ellison, 431 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: Attorney General, sued the Trump administration over their policies regarding this. 432 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: Continues to fight for biological males competing in female sports. 433 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 1: You think at this point in time, with the information 434 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: that we have, the studies that are coming out, and 435 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: much like global warming and climate change, and we talked 436 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: about in the first hour of the show. If you 437 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: missed to be sure to check out the podcast available 438 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: in the eye Heart Radio app. The trends are fading 439 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: and the tide is turning on these issues, and yet 440 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: you see those here in Minnesota that continue to go 441 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: and push back on the rights of women like Rachel. 442 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: In the meantime, Governor Tim Walls suddenly seems very concerned 443 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: about fraud, only because he has to be. He's running 444 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: for reelection. He knows that he can't hide from this 445 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: any longer. So because of that, he's talking tough relating 446 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: to fraud, announcing yesterday that he has ordered a third 447 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: party audit of all of excuse me, a third party 448 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: audit of billing for fourteen high risk medicaid services amid 449 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: the widespread fraud in the state government. The governor's office 450 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 1: said the Minnesota Department of Human Services DHS has contracted 451 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: with optum, which will analyze Medicaid fee for service claims 452 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: flag potential issues for DHS review. Optims analytics will identify 453 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: irregularities such as missing documentation, unusually high building patterns, or inconsistencies, 454 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: suggesting that a claim may not meet the program requirements. 455 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: DHS has designated these fourteen to medicaid services as high 456 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: risk based on problematic or programmatic excuse me vulnerabilities, evidence 457 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: of fraud activity, or data analytics that revealed potentially suspicious patterns, 458 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: claim anomalies, or outliers. We went through the entire list 459 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: earlier in the show in the first hour, but I'm 460 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: convinced that one, a lot of these different services they're 461 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: completely and totally redundant. And two, I'm going to venture 462 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: a guess that if you can pause these services and 463 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: we don't hear or an outpouring of concern coming from 464 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: individuals who were receiving these services and now aren't going 465 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: to any longer than maybe again, these services didn't need 466 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: to exist and shouldn't have existed in the first place. 467 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: Wall says, we can effectively deliver programs and services, and 468 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: we cannot do so though if they don't have the 469 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: backing of the public's trust. In order to restore that trust, 470 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 1: we are pumping the brake on breaks on fourteen programs 471 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: that were created to help the most disadvantaged among us 472 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: shud have become a target of criminal activity. His office 473 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: said that claims flagged by Optum will be verified by 474 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: DHS to confirm whether the services were that were provided 475 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: were built appropriately, claims are suspected. Claims suspected to be 476 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: improper will be referred to the agency's Office of Inspector 477 00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: General for review and possible investigation. They know these programs 478 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: are already fraudulent, that's my guess on this whole thing, 479 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: and that's why he's taking the proactive move because they've 480 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: already identified it, which really, in my mind raises the 481 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: question of we're spending two point three million dollars to 482 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 1: opt them to go and investigate this. 483 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 2: Is that even necessary. 484 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: There's nobody inside the Walls administration or DHS or within 485 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: the government that can do it. And again, I'm guessing 486 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 1: that these fourteen different programs, if they're willing to go 487 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: and halt the services, they're already fully aware that there's 488 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: fraud inside of them. Let's get to some of your 489 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: thoughts from the iHeartRadio app. 490 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 18: Good Marry John Devin as somebody that's been in the 491 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 18: financial sector subject to audits every year for what I 492 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 18: do by the federal government. I find it very hilarious 493 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 18: that Tim is searching out an audit firm that not 494 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 18: that came independently from somebody else to do the audit. 495 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 18: So they'll be old wink and a nod and don't 496 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 18: look over there, but look our audit's clean. 497 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: And again remember he issued he being Walls issued that 498 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: executive order for the Inspector General. Wherein this was shot 499 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: down during the legislative session by Democrats and the one 500 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: that the Republicans were proposing was independent and actually would 501 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: have had some teeth behind it. Wherein this Inspector General 502 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: is going to be holding only to Governor Tim Walls. 503 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: Miss Jamie Lynn on X was commenting on this and 504 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: raised some really interesting points regarding the Minnesota Medicaid audit. 505 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: So Governor Tim Walls hired Optima to audit Medicaid. Their 506 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: parent company, though, is United Health already in the system, 507 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: spends big money on lobbying, and is receiving Medicaid dollars. 508 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 2: United Health optims. 509 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: Parent already contracts again with Minnesota Medicaid. 510 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 2: Can they really be impartial? 511 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: Optim is a massive health services company involved in care delivery, 512 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: data analytics, and insurance. Their size and reach means potential 513 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: conflicts of interest political ties. United Health and optims spend 514 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: millions lobbying both parties, including major contributions to Democrats. Could 515 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: the political connections affect the objectivity? The audit contract hasn't 516 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: been fully disclosed. Who will review Optum's findings, how will 517 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: fairness be ensured for providers and taxpayers? And though those 518 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: are all again, missus Jamie Lynn, those are all fantastic questions. 519 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 2: I echoed those concerns. 520 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 19: I'm wondering if the Walls administration has audited all these 521 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 19: Medicare funds for uh? Do they have email hygiene products 522 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 19: in their men's rooms? 523 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 10: I do? 524 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 2: I do not know, Morning John. Isn't United Health under investigation? 525 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 7: And didn't United Health recently last year subcontract out a 526 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 7: lot of their jobs to opt them. 527 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 2: The continuity directors are out in force this morning. 528 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 20: By the way, Morning John, it's Regan, not Reagan. This 529 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 20: is a message for Tim Walls. You're a little bit 530 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 20: too late for the dance when it comes to this fraud. 531 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 20: But if you wait long enough, I guess there's a 532 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 20: ballroom being built in Washington, you see, you might be 533 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 20: able to attend that one. 534 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 12: Thanks John. 535 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: Maybe that's where all of our high school graduations should 536 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: go and take place. We'll send them all out to DC. 537 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: They can go into the to the ballroom. That's a 538 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 1: fantastic idea, full of all kinds of solutions. On the 539 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: show this morning, we'll talk more about this fraud issue 540 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: with our guest tomorrow, Representative Max Rymer ak Kamara Catherine 541 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: Johnson from American Experiment. All in frey Halloween edition of 542 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: Freedom Friday doesn't really mean anything's going to be all 543 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: that different apart from the fact that it'll be Halloween 544 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: when we're. 545 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 2: Doing the show. So I just wanted to point that out. 546 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: All right, let's go here, we have some time left. 547 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: The Department of Justice has indicted kat Abu Gozela. If 548 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: you're not familiar with kat to Abu Gazela, she's a 549 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: progressive congressional candidate previously worked for Media Matters of America. 550 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: She has been indicted on forcibly impending, impeding, intimidating, and 551 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: interfering with a federal agent during a chaotic protest in Broadview, Illinois. 552 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: Five other people involved in the indictment were also indicted. 553 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: Blaize was present at one of the protests where Abu Gazela, 554 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: I'm saying that correctly. 555 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 2: I think that Abu I think so. 556 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: Filmed herself appearing to be part of a mob that 557 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: impeded a federal vehicle with a federal agent inside. Abu 558 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: Gazela is a candidate for congress in Illinois's ninth congressional district, 559 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: but has been consistently protesting the ice processing facility outside 560 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: of Chicago. Kate has been seen in multiple videos, including 561 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: a video that she posted herself appearing to attempt to 562 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: stop the federal vehicles from leaving or entering the facility. 563 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: She posted on x her response to the charges. Listen, 564 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: She's doing this for clicks. Everything that she says in 565 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 1: this clip right here is absolutely bogus. 566 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 2: Listen to this. 567 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 21: My name is Katabagazale. I'm running for Congress in the 568 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 21: ninth district of Illinois. 569 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 2: Abu Gazale wrong and emphosis on the salable. 570 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 21: And the Department of Justice is charging six people, including myself, 571 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 21: with crimes for exercising our First Amendment rights near I's 572 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,360 Speaker 21: broad View Processing Center. This is a political prosecution and 573 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,399 Speaker 21: a gross attempt to silence dissent. A right protected under 574 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 21: the First Amendment. This case is a major push by 575 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 21: the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish anyone who 576 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 21: speaks out against them. 577 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 2: It's not doing any of those things. 578 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: This falls under the same category that we have been 579 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: talking about in numerous instances on the show, and that 580 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: is you have your right to free speech, but you 581 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: cannot impede with law enforcement. 582 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,319 Speaker 2: You can't go and break the law. 583 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: Just because you have free speech doesn't mean that you 584 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: get a free pass on what the law says that 585 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: you can and cannot do in public. 586 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 2: These are points that are lost on Cat. 587 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: She does end up bringing in this ridiculous massed ICE 588 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 1: agents terrorizing neighborhoods argument rather quickly during her comments online. 589 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 21: That's why I'm going to fight these unjust charges, but 590 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,399 Speaker 21: I need your help to do it. As I others 591 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 21: have exercised our First Amendment rights. Ice has hit, dragged, 592 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 21: thrown shot with pepperballs, and tear guest hundreds of protesters 593 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 21: simply because we had the gall to say that masked 594 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 21: men coming into our communities, abducting our neighbors and terrorizing 595 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 21: us cannot be our new normal. 596 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 2: No, you got indicted because you broke the law. This 597 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 2: isn't hard. 598 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 21: And because Chicago doesn't back down from bullies and masks 599 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 21: who tear gas our neighborhoods, this administration has resorted to 600 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:35,320 Speaker 21: weaponizing the federal justice system to scare us into silence. 601 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 21: But we're not going to be silent. The Trump administration 602 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 21: wants you to be afraid of speaking out against it 603 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 21: and its anti democratic powergraphs, and there are plenty of 604 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,800 Speaker 21: reasons to be afraid right now, but we have to 605 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 21: overcome that fear. This case targets our rights to protest, 606 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:56,400 Speaker 21: speak freely, and associate with anyone who disagrees with the government. 607 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,720 Speaker 21: And while we have seen the unhinged and unlawful tactics 608 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 21: this administration has used against the American public, it's important 609 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 21: to remember they're doing this because they are scared. 610 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 2: Let me just just I'm not going to subject you 611 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 2: to the rest of her rambling. 612 00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: It immediately reminded me of the bit in Monty Python 613 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: and the Holy Grail, and it's a clip that we 614 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,480 Speaker 1: already had at the ready on the button bar here 615 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: on Twin Cities News Talk. 616 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 17: Will you shut up? 617 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 22: Oh? 618 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 17: Now we see the bottles and head. 619 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:29,320 Speaker 13: In the system. 620 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 14: Cut up. 621 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 2: Oh, come and see the bonnets and out in the system. 622 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 2: Help help, I'm being represhed, not the prison. Oh to 623 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 2: give away you have that? You have that I step 624 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 2: I'm on about. Do you see him repressing me? 625 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: No, she needs as many clicks as she can get 626 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,720 Speaker 1: because she's gonna need that in those influencer dollars flowing 627 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 1: to bail herself out of prison when she's convicted. The 628 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:57,800 Speaker 1: Minnesota Department of Safety will promote a sworn a trooper 629 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 1: later this year to work with Capitol Security as a 630 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 1: specialized threat to investigator. As threats against the state officials 631 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,759 Speaker 1: continue to rise exponentially, I share this with you from 632 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 1: Caro Levin in light of the story of this woman 633 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,040 Speaker 1: claiming to be the victim after breaking the law and 634 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: pushing back against ice. Threats against state officials have more 635 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:26,000 Speaker 1: than doubled in twenty twenty five. At an Advisory Committee 636 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: on Capital Area Security that met on Monday, State Patrol 637 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Geiger told lawmakers the threats against the 638 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,919 Speaker 1: state officials and commissioners have more than double, jumping from 639 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: nineteen threat investigations in twenty twenty four. 640 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 2: To fifty investigations so far. 641 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: Now in twenty twenty five, the revelation about the rise 642 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: in threats against elected officials is yet to another cause 643 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 1: for concern at Minnesota's capital complex, which has been on 644 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 1: high alert, of course, since the lawmakers shootings that occurred 645 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: at legislators' homes in June and a separate breach of 646 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: the Senate chambers in July. Now they look to other 647 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:12,799 Speaker 1: states that are dealing with similar issues as well, saying 648 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: that other states employ a similar mix of sworn and 649 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: non sworn personnel guard at the capital. DPS has hired 650 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 1: a third party consultant led by the former Saint pomp 651 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,320 Speaker 1: police chief Taught Axel, to promote the overall security assessment 652 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,840 Speaker 1: of the four buildings at the capital complex. Acxul testified 653 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 1: also on Monday that his group is nearly finished with 654 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,920 Speaker 1: a report on the Capitol building itself and will then 655 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,759 Speaker 1: produce three more reports on the Senate Building and the 656 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: Centennial building at the Judicial Center. Our role is to 657 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: provide clear, evidence based recommendations that allows leadership to make informed. 658 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 2: And balanced decisions. 659 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: About how much risk is acceptable and what level of 660 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: protection is appropriate for the people in Minnesota's people's house. Listen, 661 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,239 Speaker 1: you want to get a grip on these threats that 662 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: are taking place, and think the first thing to make 663 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,040 Speaker 1: sure that we do is in ending these threats, is 664 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: make sure that Walls doesn't go and get a third 665 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:15,560 Speaker 1: term as governor. 666 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 22: I'm getting called out on this because I called Donald 667 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:20,800 Speaker 22: Trump a wanna be dictator. 668 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 2: It's because he is. It's because he is. 669 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 22: Oh, the governor's being mean, and the governor's speaking out 670 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:31,320 Speaker 22: on that. 671 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,759 Speaker 2: Well, maybe it's time for us to be a little meaner. 672 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,280 Speaker 2: Maybe it's time for us to be a little more fierce. 673 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 22: Think of how easy it would be to be a 674 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,160 Speaker 22: damn Republican. Oh what should I wear today? This stupid 675 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 22: freaking red hat? What should I say today? 676 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 12: I don't know. 677 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,240 Speaker 2: Just make sure it's cruel. 678 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,439 Speaker 19: Who do we listen to that guy? 679 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,359 Speaker 2: Oh, the fella in the White House. 680 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 12: Yeah, listen to. 681 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 9: Him and that will be fine. 682 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 22: Now he's talking about burning flags, You're gonna have flag 683 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 22: burning or whatever because he knows there's a hell of 684 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 22: a lot of flags with his picture on it. 685 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,759 Speaker 1: That are going to get burned. Yeah, you want to 686 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,240 Speaker 1: do something about the threats, Yeah, make sure that Wallace 687 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,720 Speaker 1: doesn't have a platform to spread his rhetoric anymore. 688 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 2: Coming up this weekend. 689 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: In case you didn't know, Daylight Saving Time comes for 690 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:17,960 Speaker 1: an end two am Local time on Sunday, November two. 691 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 1: Senator Conton says do not pass the Sunshine Protection Acts. 692 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:29,280 Speaker 2: Took to the Senate floor on Tuesday. 693 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,240 Speaker 1: Tuesday oppose the measure that would make daylight saving Time permanent, 694 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,360 Speaker 1: enforce millions of Americans to start their winter days in 695 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: the dark. This is one of the issues we're going 696 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,040 Speaker 1: to be talking about tomorrow on the show. On your 697 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 1: Halloween edition of Freedom Friday Again, Catherine Johnson, American Experiments, 698 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: RNC Committeeman ak Kamara, Max Rymer in Studio. 699 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,839 Speaker 2: I got a lot of fun stuff planned for tomorrow's show. 700 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,520 Speaker 2: It gets underway just after six o'clock. 701 00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,839 Speaker 1: Enjoy the rest of your Thursday, everybody, and I'll talk 702 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,120 Speaker 1: to you guys tomorrow. If you miss any portion of 703 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,840 Speaker 1: today's show, be sure to check out the podcast available 704 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,239 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app. 705 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:06,320 Speaker 2: I'll talk to you guys tomorrow. 706 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:06,560 Speaker 15: Bye.