1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Let's look at the current government shut down in some 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: past Democrat actions. The state of Minnesota opened their twenty 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: five legislative session and the late Melissa Hortman speaker didn't 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: have the majority in the House, so she told her 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: side of the aisle to not show up for work. 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: She kept herds from showing up for three weeks because 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: she didn't have the majority. The ours showed up every 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: day to do the work the voters asked them to 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: do so, so juvenile acting. Remember several months ago, Texas 10 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 1: lawmakers were set to meet for redistricting and the governor 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: called a session. 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: Yep, you guessed it. 13 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: The d's decided to flee the state to not show 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: up to conduct a business. Now the federal government is 15 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: shut down, and you guessed that the Democrats aren't having 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: their way. 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 2: They sit and they pout about it. 18 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: The Democrats in Washington, who are supposed to represent their voters, 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: they just represent their party. The men are like kids. 20 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to pick up in my Tanka trucks from 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: the sandbox and just to go home. The women pick 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: up their barbie dolls and power to as they walk home. 23 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: As a baby boomer, of which I could have guessed 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: with the Tanka truck in sandbox reference. That's not a negative, 25 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: by the way, I just kind of kind of assume that. 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: As a baby boomer, I have wondered what at the 27 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: lawmakers on the state and federal level didn't have an 28 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: R ORD after their name, would they be able to 29 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: engage in common sense and get things accomplished for the people? 30 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: Just think being a Democrat politician on the state and 31 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: federal side, or the local national newsroom waking up every 32 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: day having to be ticked off about somebody or something. 33 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: What a life To answer the question, however, of that 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: they didn't have RS and d's next to their name, 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: would they be able to engage in common sense and 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: get things accomplished? 37 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: No. 38 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: And we have the perfect example of that when it 39 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: comes to our school board elections that are supposed to 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: be non partisan, and they're absolutely not. I was having 41 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: this discussion with Melinda about this very thing, wherein it 42 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: was just a few years ago. 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: We were. 44 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: Looking at actions campaign moves that might have been in 45 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: violation or may have been contrary to the nonpartisan aspect 46 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: of school board elections, and we would argue about those 47 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 1: about those particular things and whether or not they were 48 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: or were not sort of in violation in spirit of 49 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 1: these being nonpartisan elections, And now we've arrived at a 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: place where we're not. 51 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: Even debating it anymore. 52 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: On the school board level, they're absolutely partisan, ridiculously. So 53 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: it's very much in line with the same sort of 54 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: analogy when it comes to indoctrination in schools. We used 55 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: to argue, what is or isn't in particular lesson plans 56 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: in doctrination? Is this lesson plan? Is this inclusion in 57 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: the classroom akin to indoctrination? But we still ultimately looked 58 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: at it at indoctrination being bad. Now we don't anymore, 59 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: to the point where even school board leaders in Minnesota 60 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: just over the course of the past week have said that, 61 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: you know, if you are neutral in the classroom, that 62 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: is a bad thing. Let me add something else to 63 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: this as I open up the show this morning, So 64 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: the friend of the show who wrote this, thank you 65 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: very much for doing so. By the way, I know 66 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: you were anonymous, or else I would have given you credit, 67 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: but I assume that you wanted to stay anonymous. As 68 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, I'm going to put this up 69 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: in studio. I have places where I can pin things 70 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: to the sound blockers. 71 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 2: On the walls. I'm going to pin this up because 72 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: I enjoyed it that much. 73 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: But it was an n little recap of the course 74 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: of the past year here in Minnesota. There's another recap 75 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: that I found overnight that's going to weigh in heavily 76 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: with what we'll talk about this hour. Matt Walsh at 77 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: the Daily Wire just to recap the last few months. 78 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: He posted on X Charlie Kirk shot in the throne 79 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: on stage. We'll hear from Erica Kirk. We have some 80 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,239 Speaker 1: audio of her time speaking with Jesse Waters on Fox 81 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: News this hour. 82 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, Charlie Kirk shot. 83 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: Thousands of leftists spend weeks celebrating openly, and now those 84 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 1: same individuals are trying to discredit Erica Kirk. Leftist militants 85 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: take to the streets committing and calling for more violence. 86 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: Attorney General candidate in Virginia expresses his desire to murder 87 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: conservatives and watch their children die. Democrat voters turn out 88 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 1: in mass to vote for him. He wraps up saying, 89 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 1: do you understand your enemies yet? These are both interesting 90 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: snapshots of where we are and part of the narrative 91 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: that we'll talk about on the show this morning, because 92 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: I feel this push. 93 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 2: And pull. 94 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: Or a ven diagram, if you will, where the circles crossover, 95 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: sort of the future of the country, and then on 96 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: one side there is a ridiculousness to all of it 97 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: that is less distressing and concerning when you look at 98 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: these issues both locally and nationally, and with the ridiculous 99 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: aspect of it, you also have the genuine concern about 100 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: the future of the country, and those two things again 101 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: in the ven diagram both form together in our response 102 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: and where is the country heading? I'm going to work 103 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,119 Speaker 1: through both of these, both on a distressing, concerning level 104 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: and also on a level of ridiculousness, because there is 105 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: Zofron Mamdani is probably one of the best examples of 106 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: sort of the duality, if you will, of the situation. 107 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: He's a nake oil salesman. He's a caricature. Can he 108 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: implement some dangerous policies? 109 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: Yeah? 110 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: Not as much as most people I think understand and 111 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: I'll explain. 112 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: But he's also again just an actor. 113 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: People bought into it, and they're going to quickly realize 114 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: what a mistake that was because a few things that 115 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: Zohron Mamdani can do are things that will immediately show 116 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: negative results because what he believes in is simply not sustainable. 117 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 2: We'll also dive into the shutdown. 118 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: As the letter said, FAA is reducing air traffic, which 119 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: is going to cause disruptions right here at MSP, So 120 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: if you're flying anytime soon, we'll give you details on that. 121 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: We'll also discuss the latest with regard to the filibuster 122 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: exercising the nuclear option, and there's a narrative that has 123 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: formed around this that's really had me thinking a lot 124 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: about whether or not we should get rid of the filibuster. 125 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: I'll share with you my view hasn't changed necessarily, but 126 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: I want to lay out the particular scenario that has 127 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: emerged surrounding that. We do have a lot of ground 128 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: to cover today. We'll talk about our local elections. Jacob 129 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: Fry did go and win the mayoral race in Minneapolis yesterday, 130 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: so we won't have to see these socialist policies as 131 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: upfront and in our face as people in New York will. 132 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that coming up just after seven o'clock, 133 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: and of course throughout the show today, I want to 134 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: hear from you email me Justice at iHeartRadio dot com. 135 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: And if you're listening on the iHeartRadio App, and obviously 136 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: some of you already are, you can leave us a 137 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: talk back. 138 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: We'll get to those coming up. 139 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: Brought to you by Lyndal Realty here on Twin Cindy's 140 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 1: News Talk Am eleven thirty and one on three five FM. 141 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 3: The what's called a Trump derangement? Have you heard about 142 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 3: that problem? 143 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 2: So I had every intention of. 144 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: Playing some of your comments talkbacks on the iHeartRadio app, 145 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: and right as I went to go queue everything up, 146 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: it decided to log me out. So what you're listening 147 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: to right now is my filling time while I wait 148 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: for the program to go back and load on my 149 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: laptop here on Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty 150 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: and one oh three five. 151 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 2: If I'm glad you're with the show this morning. 152 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: As we continue the broadcast here from the iHeart Radio App, 153 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: and now that I actually have things back up and running, 154 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: we can get to a few of your talkbacks from 155 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app. 156 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 4: There's no problem too big or too small for the 157 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 4: government to fix. 158 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 2: Or I'm from the government and I'm here to help. 159 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 2: Which one is a scarier quote. Why not both they 160 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 2: both suck. 161 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: Probably there's no problem too big or too small for 162 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: the government to fix. And as I mentioned, there's gonna 163 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: be this push and pull this morning, the genuine concern 164 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: which will always sort of be the baseline of the 165 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: commentary here on the show, but also the level of 166 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: ridiculous that is ridiculousness that is attached to that genuine concern. 167 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: I mean, and take the case. Once again, we're gonna 168 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: talk a lot about Mom Donnie this morning, but this 169 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: would have been applying to omar Fat had he won 170 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: the Minneapolis election. Like he cannot single handedly move forward 171 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: on policy to implement all of these free things that 172 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: he said he was going to do. He doesn't have 173 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: the ability to go and raise taxes that way on 174 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: the citizens of New York City to bring that money 175 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: in to the point, and I have the audio evidence 176 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: of it where again he's asking for money from voters. 177 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: A part of this is a big grift. There's some 178 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: policy he can enact, and we will talk about that. 179 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: Let's get to a few more of your thoughts though, 180 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: before we talk about where we're at with the shutdown currently. 181 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 5: Hey, John omar Fa, Tay I get he wanted to 182 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 5: win the mayor oyal election so he could grease the 183 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 5: skids for more fraud for broad stars, increasing his net worth. 184 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 5: What motivates a guy like Montdami to be there is 185 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 5: the same sort of thing? Is that other stuff? 186 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 2: Is it idealism, have a great day. I think it's 187 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 2: a bit of a combination. 188 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: I think power is probably the easiest answer I can 189 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: give you if you go back and look at the 190 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: history of this clown. 191 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 2: He's been a bit of a grifter. 192 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: He's done a lot of different things attempting to go 193 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: and make a name for himself. I've seen this a lot. 194 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: Typically you don't see success out of it. There's an 195 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: individual that I'm actually thinking of from Arizona that was 196 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: very much like this. He would shift with the political wins, 197 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: his party affiliation. A lot of it for him, I 198 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: believe just came down to a level of insecurity and 199 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: his desire to be accepted by the public. But Mam 200 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 1: Donnie's been involved in all kinds of different endeavors that 201 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: haven't brought about success, and he's finally landed on one. 202 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: It doesn't make him any less dangerous. But I also 203 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: don't think he's very genuine or authentic. 204 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 2: Either. 205 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: He's found a pathway and I believe he believes in 206 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: the things that he is saying. But mostly I think 207 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: it's power money. I was gonna save this for later on, 208 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 1: but like Mam, Donnie is kind of like if Zenz 209 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: Dala Roacha from Rage against the Machine ran for office 210 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: in one and he ran for office under this idea 211 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: that he was oppressed. For those of you of a 212 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: certain age and know what I'm talking about, you're welcome 213 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: for those that don't. So Rage against the Machine the 214 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 1: popular rock band going back to the late nineties into 215 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: the Actually I guess they would have just been in 216 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: the early two thousands, mid two thousands, and they had 217 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: this very sort of down with the man, down with government. 218 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: There's T shirts or always adorned with Shay Guavara. They 219 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: were big proponents of socialism. They all came from incredibly 220 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: wealthy neighborhoods in a beach community. 221 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 2: In southern California. 222 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: They were suburban, wealthy kids raging against the machine, acting 223 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: as if they were oppressed, but they were just doing 224 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 1: it through their music. It's nothing new, but that's all Mom, 225 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: Donnie is. He's very much the equivalent of as if 226 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: rage against the machine had run for office on this 227 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: idea that they're oppressed and you're oppressed, and they're going 228 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: to go and fix all of your problems. 229 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 2: All right, let's get to where we are with the 230 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 2: shutdown in the filibuster. 231 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: First off, MSP is on this list, as the FAA 232 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: said yesterday that it was taking the extraordinary step of 233 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: reducing air traffic by ten percent across forty high volume 234 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: markets beginning this Friday to maintain travel safety, as traffic 235 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: controllers exhibit signs of strain during the ongoing government shutdown, 236 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: and we were already strained for air traffic controllers, FAA 237 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: Administrator Brian Bedford said in a news conference. I'm not 238 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: aware of my thirty five year history in the aviation 239 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: market where we've had a situation where we're talking about 240 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: these kinds of measures. 241 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 2: On a side note, by the way, have you guys. 242 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: Seen the footage of that UPS flight that crashed in Louisville, 243 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: Kentucky a few days ago? Mike man An engine caught 244 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: fire right on takeoff, dropped off the plane. They were 245 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: already traveling at a speed where it was too late 246 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,239 Speaker 1: for them to stop the plane. They had to proceed 247 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: with the takeoff procedures, but they were doomed and the 248 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: footage that has been released from several different dash cam 249 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: videos just absolutely horrendous. A side note on this, you know, 250 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: my son Logan is the aviator that he is, spends 251 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: a lot of time with MSP Live working with that 252 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: group as they filmed the air traffic coming in and 253 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: out of MSP. Loves going down and filming the planes 254 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: and documenting them. He actually has footage of that very 255 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: flight of that very ups airliner here at MSP when 256 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: it had traveled here a few times before. He was 257 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: showing this yesterday up on his YouTube channel. Just absolutely tragic. 258 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: So with this FAA move, whether or not this puts 259 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: pressure on Democrats come to the table and actually end 260 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: the shutdown remains to be seen. Yesterday, Senate Majority of 261 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: Leader John Thune said that Republicans still lack the votes 262 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: to end the filibuster, despite President Donald Trump's renewed push 263 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: to eliminate the procedural hurdle to break the record setting 264 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: government shutdown, and we'll talk about this. Trump continues to 265 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: speak about wanting to scrap the filibuster and there's an 266 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: interesting narrative that has emerged, and I can very much 267 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: see both sides of the argument. In order to eliminate 268 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: it or to keep it, I'll share with you my 269 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: thoughts because I've spent some more time sort of breaking 270 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: down in my mind what this would actually mean and 271 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: whether or not Trump is right in wanting to end 272 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: the filibuster. So I'll share again my commentary on that, 273 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: and we'll get to your thoughts as well from the 274 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app coming up on Twinsday's news Talk AM eleven 275 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: thirty and one oh three five FM. 276 00:15:54,080 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 2: Good morning, and I love your show. Good morning, Jack, 277 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 2: this is Maple Valley. 278 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 6: You're talking about the NASCAR twenty five game. 279 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 7: My son in law, Ryan let races and he is 280 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 7: in the NASCAR game the ARC Car sixty seven. 281 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 5: So Piers check him out. 282 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 2: I will, thanks, Joss. 283 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: I was actually I was actually looking for a driver 284 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: to where I was looking for a driver to drive 285 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: when I do the ARKA Series in the in the game, 286 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: Alex Bowman in the Cup Series would be the driver 287 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: that I would drive in the Cup Series, and then 288 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: the Ketinity Series it would be Connor Zillich. And at 289 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: this point in time on a Thursday morning. 290 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 2: You're fascinating to talk to, So thank you for the 291 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 2: heads up on that. 292 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: Let's get to a few more of your talkbacks before 293 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: we get into filibuster discussions. 294 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 8: Wow, thanks to Omar Fete, Jacob Fry won a third 295 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 8: four year term. 296 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 2: I never thought that would be possible. 297 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: A lot of people were saying that they expected that 298 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: Jacob Fry was going to win, and even early on 299 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: I had mentioned and this isn't you know, I'm not 300 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: trying to do a humble brag here, but I ended 301 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: up being correct on this. I had thought that Omar 302 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: fates rise to prominence in that race was largely because 303 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: of the commentary around Thohran Mom Donni and how both 304 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: of those individuals align in terms of their beliefs. I mean, 305 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: he was getting attention and Omar Fat was going to 306 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: get attention. 307 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 2: But when Mom Donnie. 308 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Ended up getting so much of the attention and the 309 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: concerns began to grow that he could win, and of 310 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: course he did, because voters are stupid. Omar Fat's profile 311 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: increased dramatically, and it increased dramatically on the national stage. 312 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: Don't think for a second the dollars weren't also rolling 313 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: in from outside of Minnesota for his campaign. Thankfully, at 314 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: least the voters had the wherewithal to know that that 315 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: would have been even more disastrous than already the disastrous 316 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 1: of Minneapolis mambyb may Or Mom Jean's Jacob Fry. With that, 317 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: let's go to our foes of the show this morning, 318 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: John and Justice. 319 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 9: So from eaton Prairie. You know the guy you're describing 320 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 9: when you try to describe Mundannie, you discard describing Donald Trump. Huh, 321 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 9: griffs everything right in your face. His family's made five 322 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 9: billion dollars. Why he's for his two presidencies so far? 323 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 9: You're talking crap about Bundani. You gotta beat at your 324 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 9: own game, man. And you guys love communists. You guys 325 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 9: love China, don't you Trump loved China? He loves communists? 326 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 2: By boys, it's not even like worth the response. 327 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: That's what Republicans have to be, which is why these 328 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: elections are absolutely winnable, because people like Foe with the 329 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: Show Phil represent not all of the Democrat voters, but 330 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: a lot of them ignorant, uneducated on the issues, blindly 331 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: following along with whatever is spewed out of the mouths 332 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: of commentators on MSNBC. Well, I'll give Phil credit where 333 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: credits due. At least he's brave enough to go and 334 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: leave a talk back. There are plenty of individuals, especially 335 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: up on X that want to go and spout all 336 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: kinds of nonsense and yet are too cowardly to go 337 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: and comment on the iHeart Radio app. 338 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 7: Hey, good morning, John. Yeah, I agree with President Trump 339 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 7: on the filibuster. It's time to get her it. The 340 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 7: Democrats would do it to us, and we know they 341 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,719 Speaker 7: would do it to us. They started at first when 342 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 7: it came to nominations. So yeah, let's get rid of it. 343 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 7: Let's pass voter ID, Let's pass all the good stuff 344 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 7: we know that works, that's common sense, before the Democrats 345 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 7: ever get power back and destroy the country. 346 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: I want to play these comments that rolled in first 347 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: before I get into my commentary. It's often on the 348 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: show wherein I have top acts that roll in before 349 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: I end up sort of laying out my view upon 350 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: something and then unfortunately, like the contradictions don't align. So 351 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: I want to make sure that these comments that I'm 352 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: going to play for you, these all came in prior 353 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: to Mike diving into the latest regarding this issue and 354 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 1: whether or not we should get rid of the filibuster. 355 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 10: Morning John. 356 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 8: What if they had to earn the right to not 357 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 8: have the filibuster in place for a particular vote. So, 358 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 8: in other words, if they had a balanced budget perhaps, 359 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 8: or if they were to you know, maybe limit themselves 360 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 8: to once a year, or there was some benchmark. 361 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 5: That they had to achieve in those to be able 362 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 5: to use it. 363 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 8: Eos this as a sprinting baby here, Okay, I. 364 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 1: Think that's the first. I don't think we've had a 365 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: screaming baby on the well. I mean, apart from the 366 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: you know, foes of the show, we haven't had apart 367 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: from Phil, we haven't had screaming. 368 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 2: Babies on the podcast before. Canny sense. 369 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: We're almost to freedom Friday, Like, we're just about there, 370 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: by the way. Tomorrow in studio we have Salt and 371 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,199 Speaker 1: Pepper with us. Ak Kamara will be joining us, but 372 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: Grace Keating and Catherine will both be on the show tomorrow. 373 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 2: From Center of the American Experiments. Looking forward to that. 374 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 11: Good Morning John. In my opinion, these individuals who are 375 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 11: standing in the way of opening the government should be 376 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 11: relieved of their duties as a Senator or congress person. 377 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 11: And if you're anybody who's going to be traveling through 378 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 11: the airports over the Thanksgiving holiday, should the government not open, 379 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 11: I would be very nervous because you have a lot 380 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 11: of disgruntled people at a very busy time and things 381 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 11: could go sideways and I would not want to be 382 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 11: part of that. 383 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 10: Absolutely, do not get rid of the filibuster. It's there 384 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 10: as a major speed bump. If we didn't have it 385 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 10: under Biden, we'd have been screwed, bood and tattooed. So yeah, 386 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 10: it needs to stay there. Don't capitulate to the extortion 387 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 10: and make them do what's right. 388 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 2: Okay, so let's get into this. 389 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: Trump yesterday argued again that by getting rid of the philibuster, 390 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: Republicans would win so much that Democrats would be hard 391 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: pressed to take over the Senate. And this is where 392 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: the gamble comes into play. And I can see both 393 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: sides of the issue. There's one lynchpin in this that 394 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: has me lean one direction over another. 395 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 9: Though. 396 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 1: Now, just getting everybody up to speed for those in 397 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: the back and the foes of the show, ending the 398 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: Senate filibuster sets the threshold to pass most legislation through 399 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: the Upper Chamber at sixty votes and reduces the bar 400 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: to pass bills to a simple majority. 401 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 2: This is why, again for. 402 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: The foes and those who don't listen well enough, this 403 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: is why this is the Democrats shutdown, because it's the 404 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: Democrats that continue to not provide the necessary votes to 405 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: pass it. You get rid of the philibuster, and then 406 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: the Republicans can move forward and do it with the 407 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: simple majority. Okay, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how 408 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: slowly I go and explain it. I will still get 409 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: foes of the show leaving talkbacks going. 410 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 2: It's the Republicans they run. 411 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: Ever, you still have members of Congress saying you have 412 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: all the power, this is your shut down, and just 413 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: ignore the facts anyway. The President reiterated on Fox News 414 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: last night, downplaying concerns about ending the long standing Senate rule. 415 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: With Fox host Brett Berry says, I think if we 416 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: got rid of the filibuster, we would approve so many 417 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,199 Speaker 1: approve so many things, common sense things, wonderful things that 418 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: it would be hard to beat us. If we don't, 419 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: it's going it's always going to be a slog I 420 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: have no doubt in my mind get rid of it, 421 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 1: said the President. The President admitted the choice to push 422 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 1: for ending the filibuster is tough, not just for the 423 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: consequences of potentially a Democrat takeover, but because of the 424 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: feelings of his allies in the Senate who disagree with 425 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: the need to end the filibuster. 426 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 2: Okay. So with that, here's the scenario. 427 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: It goes like this, if you end the filibuster, okay, 428 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,719 Speaker 1: and you assume if and win, you have to assume 429 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: that if and when Democrats regain congressional major pities, they 430 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 1: would go and end it anyhow. That's the argument. That's 431 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: the argument that Trump is laying out, like if we 432 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: don't end it now, and I've heard other people make similarly, 433 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: you know, well known and respected conservative commentators saying it 434 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: doesn't matter when you're siding with the president, saying if 435 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: he doesn't end it now, win and if the Democrats 436 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: get into power, they are going to end the filibuster. 437 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:22,479 Speaker 2: Okay. 438 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: So you end the filibuster past Trump's agenda, then that 439 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: would mean shoring up, in my opinion, shoring up election integrity, 440 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: reinforcing the inability of those that are here in the 441 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: country illegally to vote mandate, voter IDs, just to name 442 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: a few things. Just just go full throttle on Trump's agenda, 443 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: making it harder, as Trump. 444 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 2: Said, for Democrats to win. 445 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: Okay, now, if the GOP does that, if and when 446 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: Democrats get into pay, because this is what Trump's argument is. 447 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: Trump is of the opinion that if we do this, 448 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: and we do all these wonderful things, then the Democrats 449 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 1: won't be able to go and recapture power. History would 450 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: say otherwise. And if you get rid of it, it 451 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: does all but guarantee that Dems will attempt to undo 452 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: everything that Trump did or worse, or don't end the filibuster, 453 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: and we continue this partisan blame game. 454 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 2: So it really comes down to do you believe. 455 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: That in ending the filibuster, the Republicans will put forward 456 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: an agenda and pass it that will keep Democrats from 457 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: being able to capture future majorities. Here's the one thing 458 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: about this that sticks out the most to me. I'm 459 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: actually going to default to Representative Max Rymer. He said 460 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: this on the past few Freedom Fridays. But I continuing, 461 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: I continue to lean towards not going with the nuclear 462 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: option because I believe the Democrats are hoping that the 463 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: GOP does it for them so they can do that 464 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: very thing in the future, so that they can go 465 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: and undo everything that Trump did without having to be 466 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: burdened with the filibuster question, because then the Democrats will 467 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: be faced with the same dilemma. 468 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 2: Right suddenly. 469 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: You know, there's a reason why they call it the 470 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: nuclear option. But I don't think it's just because you'd 471 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: be nuking the filibuster. I think it's also because what 472 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: do nuclear weapons do. 473 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 2: Ultimately? Right now? They're deterrence. 474 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: Obamas because we have these weapons, but I know you 475 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: have those weapons and neither of us want to use them. 476 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: Maybe that was the original intent of the nuclear option. 477 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: I just always thought nuclear option was because we were 478 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: blowing up the filibuster. And I think that's what Democrats 479 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: want because they don't want to be the ones to 480 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:07,439 Speaker 1: have to decide that. 481 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: I get. I understand the arguments. 482 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: And based off of even what I laid out at 483 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 1: the start of the show, with what's just happened in 484 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: Trump's first year in office, it would lead one to 485 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: believe that regardless of what Trump does, if we keep 486 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: it in place, if the Democrats get back into power, 487 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: they're going to get rid of it themselves. However, I 488 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: also think that right now they're holding out, and they 489 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: will probably hold out longer with the shutdown while this 490 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: debate between Trump and congressional Republicans continues. Let's get to 491 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: some of your thoughts from the iHeartRadio app. 492 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: Now that I've. 493 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: Set the table, let's go and have a feast of talkbacks. 494 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:51,959 Speaker 2: That was awful. 495 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: That was a horrible analogy. That was really I'm sorry. 496 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: I apologize that was a talk host failure. 497 00:28:58,680 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 11: John. 498 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 12: We have to do a temper end of the filibuster. 499 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 12: As AOC stated after the election, Mom, Donnie, we're in 500 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 12: a war. The social compact that existed between the two 501 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 12: political ideologies in this country has gone. 502 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 6: We have to. 503 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 12: Temporarily end the filibuster to help win this war and 504 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 12: win this battle so we can move forward and gain 505 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 12: the moment and then the twenty twenty six and then 506 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 12: the subsequent election and eight years of President J. D. Vance. 507 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 13: Yeah, that last call, it brings up a good point. 508 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 13: I think President Trump should start talking about expanding the court. 509 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 13: I think you should continue, but make more of an 510 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 13: effort to make it, to put it out there and say. 511 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: Well, we're thinking about it. We're thinking about expanding the 512 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 2: court to twenty six. 513 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 5: Make it. 514 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 13: Start doing it. You should start talking about it. Watch 515 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 13: their heads explode. 516 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 14: Good morning, Bob from Lake Elmo. Hey, we don't need 517 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 14: to get rid of the filibuster rule. Let's just put 518 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 14: one new rule in place. If they cannot pass a 519 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 14: budget and they be in Congress by September thirty, every year, 520 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 14: they are prohibited from running for reelection, all of them. 521 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 14: They need to get their job done. They have one job, 522 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 14: pass a budget, get it done. If they don't get 523 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 14: it done. 524 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 10: Fired, well, there may be good things getting rid of 525 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 10: the filibuster, at least for Republicans. My litmus test, as 526 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 10: always is the Second Amendment, because that's a civil right issue. 527 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 10: It's a constitutional issue, and the Republicans are bad on it. 528 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 10: Look at the big beautiful bill. They went out of 529 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 10: their way to suck out pro Second Amendment things and 530 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 10: it took massive backlash to put it back in. I 531 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 10: have no faith in the Republican Party that they will 532 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 10: not institute more gun control like they did. 533 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 6: Hey, John, great show. As always, historically, the Democrats have 534 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 6: always been better at the long game politically than the Republicans. 535 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 6: If the Republicans end the show. The Democrats are just 536 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 6: going to use it against them and claim to have 537 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 6: the moral high ground like they always do. Don't be stupid, Republicans. 538 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 15: Moral high ground arguments are no longer valid. John. It's 539 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 15: sad to say, but the Democrats won't just do it 540 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 15: when they get powered back. They will stack the courts 541 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 15: and they will do everything in their power to prevent 542 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 15: Republicans from getting power back. They will be corrupt when 543 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 15: they do it. Republicans will be better at it. 544 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: You're right, and the difficulty about this debate is that 545 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: none of us really know for sure. But it's important 546 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: to note that often my commentary generalizes. I'm a talk 547 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: show host. When we look at the issues, we generalize, 548 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: what are we ultimately talking about. 549 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 2: We're talking about people. 550 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: We're talking about the individual elected officials who still have 551 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: to go and face their own constituents in their respective districts, 552 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: in their respective states. I say all of that because 553 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: it's easy to step back and take a thirty thousand 554 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: foot view, look at the lay of the land, and 555 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: make an assumption like that which was just made. Moral 556 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: arguments are no longer valid. The Democrats will go and 557 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: do this if they were to get power again. So 558 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: the Republicans should go, as an argument, would go and 559 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: get rid of the filibuster, now move forward with their agenda, 560 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: and then hope the Democrats don't get into power again. 561 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 2: But I still contend. 562 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: That the way in which politics work is not completely 563 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: destroyed yet. Individuals still have to get elected, they still 564 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: have to run for office, They're still going to end 565 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: up having challengers, and because of that, things like getting 566 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: rid of the filibuster are still potentially toxic for a 567 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: lot of Democrats serving in Congress that don't live in 568 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: incredibly far left districts, are more moderate by Democrat standard districts. 569 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 2: Let's go here, born John I. 570 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 4: Where as of now I'm against new king the fillerbuster, 571 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 4: but I also want to back to the old filibuster 572 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 4: where you actually have to stay on tota for how 573 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 4: many hours? Now that'd be, It's aid. Do you know 574 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 4: of any way that is there a way that they'd 575 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 4: use it and then reinstate the filibuster at all? 576 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: Or I don't know the rules as far as if 577 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: it goes away, if there's you know, the ability to 578 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: go and reinstate it later on. I do not I 579 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: do not know I can look into that though, And 580 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: I want to make a quick point to reinforce what 581 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: I was saying a moment ago, and we'll talk about 582 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: this and coming up later on in the show when 583 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 1: we look at some of the local issues, and specifically 584 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,760 Speaker 1: Carol Levin has a pretty entertaining piece talking with local 585 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: political analysts regarding breaking down the results of the election. 586 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 1: But the point I wanted to bring up that's not 587 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: being discussed right now is that when you look at say, 588 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:34,919 Speaker 1: the Abigail Winsome Sears race Abigail Spamburger, and most people 589 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:35,880 Speaker 1: aren't talking about this. 590 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:37,760 Speaker 2: She actually ran. 591 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: A relatively moderate Democrat Democrat campaign, and this speaks to 592 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: my point over Democrats still have to go and play 593 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: to their constituents, their base voters. She pushed back on 594 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: many of the liberal stances, whether it was on. 595 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,760 Speaker 2: You know, racial lines, on trans issues. 596 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: She was incredibly vocal about how those issues were not 597 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: helping Democrats win elections now and wouldn't in the future. 598 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,439 Speaker 1: And it was her that really ended up dragging Jay 599 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:16,719 Speaker 1: Jones over the finish line to victory in spite of 600 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: his fascination with death via those texts for people. 601 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:23,760 Speaker 2: That didn't want to go and split their vote. 602 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: So I just use this as an example of the 603 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: continued commentary around Obviously the post election analysis, these were 604 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: mostly blue states. This is not some major harbinger for Republicans. 605 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,440 Speaker 1: The sky isn't falling, But also on issues like we're 606 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,839 Speaker 1: talking about right now, Democrats are not going to want 607 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,799 Speaker 1: to be the ones to go in nuke the filibuster 608 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 1: for the same reason that Republicans aren't going to be 609 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 1: the ones to want to go in nuke the filibuster. 610 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: All right, we had several comments that rolled in regarding 611 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: foe of the show, Phil. I'll sprinkle a few of 612 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: those in. We'll get some more of your talkbacks as well. 613 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: We'll also talk a bit about Erica Kirk recalling the 614 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 1: last moments with Charlie before he was assassinated. And we 615 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,839 Speaker 1: have an immigration update to dive into before we turn 616 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:13,840 Speaker 1: our attention into over to local politics. Some commentary regarding 617 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 1: what exactly the newly elected Saint Paul Mayor is going 618 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 1: to do differently than Melvin Carter. It's all coming up 619 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,759 Speaker 1: on Twin City's News Talk Am eleven thirty and one 620 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:22,920 Speaker 1: h three five FM.