1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: To night. Michael Brown joins me here, the former FEMA 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: director of talk show host Michael Brown. Brownie, no, Brownie, 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: You're doing a heck of a job the Weekend with 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: Michael Brown broadcasting Life in Denver, Colorado. You've tuned into 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: the Weekend with Michael Brown. Glad to have you with me. 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: Rules of engagement. If you want to send me a 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: text message, tell me anything, ask me anything, the text 8 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: line number is three three one zero three three three 9 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: one zero three, keyword Mike or Michael. Follow me on 10 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: social media, whether it's Facebook, Instagram, or when I leave 11 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: X formerly Twitter, it's all at Michael D. Brown, at 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: Michael D. Brown. So go do that right now, let's 13 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: get started. The other thing that occurred this week, which 14 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: I found freaking hilarious was Congresswoman Elon Omar. She was 15 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: she was giving a political speech. I can't you know, 16 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: she was doing whatever her little constituent stops. And I 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 1: don't know whether you've ever been attacked but or even 18 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: thought you were going to be attacked, but generally you 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: have a reaction. You know, you might you might see 20 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: something out of your peripheral vision and you kind of 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: jerk around, or your you know, your head turns suddenly, 22 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: you kind of look, you might flinch a little bit. 23 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: And so she's speaking and someone comes up from the 24 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: CV from her left, jumps up, shout something, takes a 25 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: syringe like you might give yourself an injection with and 26 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: squirtch her in the face with something. She sees him 27 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: coming and just watches like, okay, I would think that 28 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: any politician, Unfortunately, any politician today, where someone starts to 29 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: rush the stage, you at least tense up, you at least, 30 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: you know, grab the podium, or at least step away, 31 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: you back off, you do something. But she just stood there. 32 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: So that's the context in which I want to talk 33 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: about what occurred. Because political violence, and we're seeing a 34 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: lot of political violence in this country, is really corrosive 35 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: to our way of government, to republican small art form 36 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 1: of government. Why because violence poisonous trust, and then it 37 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: causes that fear in us to really grow, and it 38 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: invites retaliation. If if you attack me, my instant response, 39 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: depending on all the circumstances, is usually to retaliate, to 40 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: fight back. It's just human nature to want to fight back. 41 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: And I think that's why this air quote here attack 42 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: on Congressman Omar demands some seriousness, some restraint, and actually 43 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: we have to try to analyze and find the truth. 44 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: So fifty seven Zearo Anthony Kizmerskak, I have no idea 45 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: how to pronounce this name. Kaz m I e er Czak, 46 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: cosmer Zak, Cosmarak, I don't know Anthony. We'll just call 47 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: him Anthony. Tony sprayed a brown acid colored fluid from 48 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: a syringe toward Omar during this event. Now, he appeared 49 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: to be under the influence of some sort of prescription 50 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: meds and perhaps alcohol. He got arrested by the Minneapolis 51 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: Police Department, booked into the Hennepin County Jail on third 52 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: degree assault charges. And as I say, political violence of 53 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: any kind. Look, I can't stand ill on Omar can't 54 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: stand her. I actually think she should be if if 55 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: they can prove it that she lied about her immigration 56 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: on her immigration forms, if she really did fraudulently marry 57 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: her brother, if indeed she has gained infraudulent activities involving 58 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: all this Somali fraud going on in Minneapolis, I think 59 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: she ought to be She got to be ejected from Congress. 60 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: They ought to kick her out and she ought to 61 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: be deported. But that depends on what they're able to prove. 62 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: But again I want to emphasize I don't condone any 63 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: political violence toward her, but condemnation is not an analysis. 64 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: The responsibility is for us to give a think journalists 65 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: would do this, but they don't, but so talk radio does. 66 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: The responsibility of a serious society doesn't end with the denunciation. 67 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: It begins with the investigation. Let's find the truth before 68 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: we jump to any conclusions. Now, it may have been 69 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: an authentic attack that was carried out by this individual. 70 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: This individual might be really kind of troubled. You might 71 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: be a lack of doodle. It may also have been staged, 72 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: It might have been facilitated. It might be what we 73 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: would call in almost any other situation, a hate hoax. 74 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: And I think all of those possibilities could be true. Well, Michael, 75 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: if all those possibilities are true, then why are you 76 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: talking about this? Because if it could be true, if 77 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 1: it was staged, if it was facilitated, if it was 78 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: a hate hoax, any one of those requires a federal investigation. 79 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: Start with a hate hoax, let's work our way backwards. 80 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: A hate hoax, properly defined, is not just some stupid 81 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: misunderstanding or a mistaken report. A hate hoax is a 82 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: false or staged claim of a hate crime or bias 83 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: motivated incident in which the alleged victim fabricates or exaggerates, or, 84 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: for that matter, materially misrepresents events to suggest a I 85 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: was the target because of my race or my religion, 86 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: my ethnicity, my sexual preferences, or my political identity. So 87 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: unlike misreporting caused by confusion, a hate hoax involves intentional deception, 88 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: and you can determine whether there was intentional deception by 89 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: looking at evidence, surveillance footage, all the digital records, a 90 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: forensics analysis, maybe even a confession, at least interview the witnesses. 91 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: The concept matters because it names a distinct phenomenon, one 92 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: that has predictable features and predictable effects. So one defining 93 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: feature of a hate hoax is that the media will 94 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: immediately amplify it. Allegations of hate crimes fit very powerful 95 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: moral and political narratives, so the cabal often reports them 96 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: very rapidly uncritically. They will frame the claim as an 97 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: established fact before an investigation to even star let alone concludes, 98 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: and that amplification serves a very useful purpose for the 99 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: cabal because it creates instant reputational harm to the accused 100 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: individuals or the groups, Somli's or her as a congressman, 101 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: and that embeds the story in our collective minds. Now 102 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: closely tied to this is the political utility of the allegation. 103 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: Hate claims are used to validate the broader arguments that 104 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: there is. Come on, you can name these with me, oppression, 105 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:44,679 Speaker 1: political movements, societal decay, racism, sexism, whatever, all the isms 106 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: that you want to apply. And so that gives all 107 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: of the activists, all the commentators and incentity to promote 108 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: the story very quickly and rapidly without any sort of 109 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: critical thought. And then if the evidence later contradicts that narrative, 110 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: well then you just start delaying beauty, or you just 111 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: bury the story. Because our new cycle moves so quickly, 112 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: so rapidly, that if nobody ever talks about this, if 113 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: there's never an investigation, it will be left into mind. 114 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: The narrative has been established, right, Oh, she was subject 115 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: to a hate hoax. Well, I'm sorry, I hate attack. 116 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: We don't know whether it was a hoax or not. 117 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: So elon Omar, this poor immigrant from Somali, who, between 118 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: her and her husband are now worth you know, tens 119 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: of millions of dollars, may or may not be involved 120 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: in the fraud, may or may not be involved in 121 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: immigration fraud. The narrative gets established that all the crap 122 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: going on in Minnesota, that she got caught up in 123 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: it and somebody attacked her. So that establishes the narrative. 124 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: So if it turns out that that narrative is not true, 125 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: what happens, boom, you drop it, you drop the story, 126 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: and you move on to something else. So there's a 127 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: political utility to the allegation because that validates the broader 128 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: claims about racism and political you know, discrimination and everything else. 129 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: And that encourages the activists to then what fundraise. They 130 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: can fundraise, they can organize, and they can claim, see, 131 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: we told you, this is why you're gott to help us, 132 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: because it's so bad out there, and those horrible Maggo 133 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: people are doing all these things. And but you know 134 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: that lie travels, you know, a thousand miles before the 135 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: truth puts its shoe on, and there's no accountability, and 136 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: the original target of the accusation suffers permanent damage and 137 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: it never gets repaired. That's actually how it works out. 138 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 1: I'll give you some examples. I'll be right back. Hey, 139 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: So the weekend with Michael Brown. I have you with me? 140 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: Text lines always open three three one zero three, keyword 141 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: micro Michael, great text messages. If yes, Steve, I'd like 142 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: to tell you the FBI really did come to my house. 143 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: They were taking it seriously. That that's been decades ago. 144 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: So we're talking about elon Omar and this nutjob or 145 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: maybe this actor or maybe a friend who knows rushes 146 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: the stage, takes us syringe and squirts apple cider vinegar 147 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: her face. And as somebody else pointed out on the 148 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: text line, her acting really was bad. She's not going 149 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: to get an oscar An Emmy for this acting. But 150 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: let's go back and think about hoaxes for a moment. 151 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: Remember Jesse Smilette. He was the victim of a racist 152 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: and HOMOPHOBICUS sult in downtown Chicago. He was colder than 153 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: a well digger's butt. Yeah, he decided to go get 154 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: a subway sandwich in the middle of the night and 155 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: two magga guys, I don't know how you knew they 156 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: were Maga. Turns out they were actually black guys from 157 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: my forget tranid down ors in place, and they put 158 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,719 Speaker 1: a noose around his neck, and he left the noose 159 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: around his neck and then went to his apartment called 160 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: the cops. Did I never remember. Did he did heat 161 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: subway sandmuch or not? I don't know. He lleges the 162 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: attackers yell that this is Mago country, and they beat 163 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: him up, put that noose around his neck, and that 164 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: dominated the headlines for a long time. And what was that? 165 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: That was proof of an increase in hate crimes, particularly 166 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: racist hate crimes. And then just a couple of weeks later, oh, 167 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: the Chicago PD figured out that he staged that attack 168 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: himself and he actually paid those two idiots to carry 169 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: it out. So prosecutors argued the motive involved trying to 170 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: leverage his career, trying to get back on some sick 171 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: car or whatever show it was he was on, and 172 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: he wanted the publicity to try to increase his income. 173 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: That case, I think became a modern hate hoax. But 174 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: what did did was it permanently altered public trust in 175 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: those high profile hate claims. Remember Bubba Wallace, his garage 176 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: at Talladega Superspeedway. Oh, there was a noose. The media outlets, 177 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: the political leaders treated as a modern lynching. Oh. The 178 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 1: FBI lader determined it was a garage door pull that 179 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: had been there since twenty nineteen, been there for over 180 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: a year before Wallace was assigned to the stall. No 181 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: criminal intent ever existed, but the narrative went around the 182 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: world instantaneously, and the episode demonstrates how institutional panic and 183 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: the momentum of a narrative can outpace the evidence. Do 184 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: you remember the uh, this goes back a while. Yes. Minceweed, 185 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: the student from Barnard College, claimed that she was assaulted 186 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: on the Manhattan subway by Trump supporters and his They 187 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: sexually assaulted her, they hurled racial slurs. Well, that was 188 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: reported as evidence of a post election racial violence, but 189 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: then the NYPD surveillance footage contradicted that account, and then 190 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:18,599 Speaker 1: she later admitted I made it up. In twenty seventeen, 191 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: to show you how absurd this gets, the staff at 192 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: the National Museum of African American History and Culture reported 193 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: that nooses were placed inside the museum. Of course, that 194 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: made all the headlines, and an investigation later concluded oh, 195 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: they were actually part of an interactive historical display that 196 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: had been moved and misinterpreted. And then we had the 197 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: US Air Force Academy Preparatory school, prompted public condemnations from 198 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: senior leadership, only for investigators to later determine that one 199 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: of the targets cadets had written the racist graffiti himself. 200 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: These matter because if you understand what I've just described, 201 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: you we have a pattern. Now, Hey, hoaxes are very real, 202 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: and when they occur, there's a reflexive moral reaction, and 203 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: that reaction bypasses skepticism, it helps shape public opinion and 204 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: there are no facts established. Well, now you understand. That's 205 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: the background in which this Omar incident has to be evaluated, 206 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: and several aspects of that attack I think raise very 207 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: serious questions. Start with the reaction, is this is this dude? 208 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: She didn't recoil, she didn't attempt to flee, She rushed 209 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: toward him a parry, appearing at least wanting to confront him. 210 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: Now that's pretty striking to me. Because she grew up 211 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: in Somalia. Why is that important to note? Because acid 212 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: attacks against women are very well known and very well 213 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: documented it's horrific what some of these terrorists do. And 214 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: Samali to women. So you would think that growing up 215 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: in that kind of environment, somebody comes up with syringe 216 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: getting ready to squirt something on your face, you're going 217 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: to you're going to duct, flee, run, turn, do something. No, 218 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: she didn't do any of that yet. This is a 219 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: woman who's understood that acid is a weapon of hatred. 220 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: You look at every single video you can find. She 221 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: appeared absolutely unconcerned about whatever was dripping down her face, neck, 222 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: and hands. She even went on to speak afterwards despite 223 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: her aids, saying listen, let's get a doctor here. I 224 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: would have wanted a doctor even if it was even 225 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: if I realized suddenly, oh it's not acid, it's not bleach, 226 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: I'd still want a doctor. What if it's you know, 227 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: well some it's infused with HIV, it's infused with malaria, 228 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: any you know, small boxing, you name, it's infused with anything. 229 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: I would want medical attention. I would want to see 230 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: a doctor. But no, she declared, I'm a survivor and 231 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: you're not going to intimidate me. Well that I that 232 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: did improve anything to me other than are you just 233 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: is this performative politics. She did not react naturally. She 234 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: reacted unnaturally. But then consider the next circumstances. So you 235 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: have all of the events, security, all these none of 236 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: these congressmen go anywhere anymore without security, and you have 237 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: the management of the stage. This guy, the dirt bag 238 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: was seated in the front row directly in front of 239 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: the congresswoman. Now, congressional staffers, I just know this from experience. 240 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: Who do they usually usually put on the front row. 241 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: If you go to any political event, you have either 242 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: paid dearly to sit on that front row because you 243 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: are a contributor, you're a supporter, or you're a member 244 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: of some preferred organization that you're trying to get the 245 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: you know, you're trying to get the support of. So 246 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 1: directly in front of the congresswoman, they put this unknown 247 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: individual as opposed to a donor or a supporter. And 248 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: remember she had dedicated security. So if he was intoxicated, 249 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: where was this the security people that would allow a 250 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: drunk man to be so close to her As she's 251 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: speaking now, just moments before he stood up, she looked 252 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: directly at him and gave what appears to me to 253 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: be a small nod, just before that knot, a staff 254 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: camera was already trained on him, framing him neatly in 255 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: a single shot. Hmmm, inquiring minds wonder I'll tell you next. 256 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: I'll be right back to night. Michael Brown joins me here, 257 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: the former FEMA director of talk show host Michael Brown. Brownie, No, Brownie, 258 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: You're doing a heck of a job the weekend with 259 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 1: Michael Brown. Hey, so wee came with Michael Brown. Glad 260 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: to have you joining me today. I always appreciate all 261 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: of you tuning in on the weekend. We're talking about 262 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: elon Omar and this incident occurred this past week in 263 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: which a dumbass rushes the stage, squirts her with a 264 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: liquid from a syringe, and it becomes, you know, an 265 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: international story. One of the reasons why this story is 266 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: important to understand is maybe you're not this way, but 267 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 1: I'm certainly becoming this way. Whenever I'm on it doesn't 268 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: make any difference whether it's social media. I've even gotten 269 00:18:55,480 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: to the point now where I am skeptical, if not 270 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: at times cynical, about virtually everything that I read. As 271 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: I've said a lot, I read a wide variety of 272 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: online newspapers, wall Street Journal, LA Times, New York Times, 273 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: Washington Post, all of the regulars. I flip through the 274 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: cable channels. I want to see what the networks are saying. 275 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: I want to see what the cable channels are doing. 276 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: I go to different websites. I'll read the Daily Beast, 277 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: I'll read Slate, and I'll look at the conservative websites too, 278 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: And of course I go to social media X, Instagram, Facebook, 279 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: all of them. And I find myself increasingly skeptical about everything, 280 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: even from organizations that I would normally think, oh, I 281 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: you know, I subscribe, I pay money for this particular website. 282 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: But to me, it's become so invasive, whether it's and 283 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: don't think it's just artificial intelligence, because it's more than 284 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: just people trying to upload or post fake videos or 285 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: photos or anything else. It's actually I'm now questioning even 286 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: what would be considered legitimate news sources. I'm constantly asking 287 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 1: what's their point of view? Most importantly, I'm asking, what 288 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: are you leaving out of this story? Or why is 289 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: this story top of the news now. A congressman being 290 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: attacked is news. I want to know about that. But 291 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: the initial reports were nothing more than oh, poor little 292 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: elon Omar. She was attacked with a syringe, and you know, 293 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 1: it could have been so dangerous. And this is you know, 294 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: this is the because because it's Minnesota, this is what 295 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: the country's coming to. Nobody ever tells you the details 296 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: like I'm telling you about. You know, she grew up 297 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: in Somalia, where women are attacked all the time, and 298 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: they have bleach and acid thrown in their face all 299 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: the time. And yet she doesn't flinch or move or anything. 300 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: I think that would have been an important context of 301 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: the story. We don't know what happened here, but you know, 302 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: this is something that occurs in her home country, and 303 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 1: isn't it interesting the way she reacts? Or even leave 304 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: that out, but at least give me some context about 305 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: why this is an important story other than an individual 306 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: being attacked while they're giving a political speech. Anybody who 307 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: is speaking political or not a minister, a you know, 308 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: a lawyer in a courtroom, or I'm giving a speech 309 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: somewhere and somebody rushes the stage. Yeah, I kind of fact. 310 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: That's going to be a news story. Whether it's national 311 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: or local, doesn't make any difference. It's going to make 312 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: the news. But the basic facts were somebody rushed the 313 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: stage while she was giving a speech, and we don't 314 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: know anything else about it yet. That's why so much 315 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: detail here for you to consider about everything that you 316 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: were not told about the story. It's another lesson in 317 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: learning to be and I don't want you to become 318 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: cynical like I am in some places, but I certainly 319 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: want you to become skeptical. So we now know that 320 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: there's a lot of background, a lot of his history 321 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: regarding her, all of the allegations about fraudulent behavior, all 322 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: of her demonizing of this country, her sudden wealth, all 323 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: of that raises red flags to me, and it causes 324 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: me to question the legitimacy of this story and whether 325 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: or not this was an act of political violence, because 326 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: all of those circumstances lead me to believe that this 327 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: really could be a hate hoax. But as I said earlier, 328 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: as we started this entire dissertation, motive matters also, and 329 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 1: in this case, motive is a complicating factor because the 330 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: guy that rushed the stage is indeed a deeply troubled individual, 331 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:35,479 Speaker 1: multiple failed marriages, unemployed, disability, spinal injuries, has Parkinson's, and 332 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: is suffering from alcoholism. Wow, I'd say that's a pretty 333 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: troubled life. The neighbors that media have spoken to describe 334 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: him as heavily medicated and unstable two prior to UI convictions. 335 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: Now in the videos, as I said earlier that we're 336 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: taking just before the incident, he does appear to be 337 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: intoxicated to some degree. He has expressed strong support for Ukraine. 338 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,959 Speaker 1: His online history reportedly includes support for Donald Trump and 339 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: Charlie kirk as recently his last year, and he even 340 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: told a neighbor that watching his dog that he might 341 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: get arrested at some point. As ex wife a woman's 342 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 1: name of Patrece. She's a political activist who has worked 343 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: to elect elon Omar and has worked diligently to advance 344 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: her political agenda. So these facts would support the possibility 345 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: of a lone disturbed actor. But you know what else 346 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: they do when I describe as him as a deeply 347 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: troubled individual, what do you think of when you think 348 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 1: of deeply troubled individuals, They're vulnerable to manipulation, recruitment, inducement. 349 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: They're people that are easily manipulated. So that's MODI. But 350 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: there's also motive with Congressman Omar because, as I said, 351 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: she has been linked to multiple Somali fraud investigations. She's 352 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: been linked to earmarks of federal tax dollars steered towards 353 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: Smali connected entities. As I said, her net worth has risen, 354 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: has taken off like a rocket ship in a very 355 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: short period of time. One investment, a five million dollar 356 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: winery is alleged to exist without a license or a footprint. 357 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: Can't find it now none. I'm not trying tojudicate any 358 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: of those claims. I'm not trying to say they are 359 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: true or faults, but they I cite them to note 360 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 1: that here's a public figure under scrutiny, so she has 361 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: an incentive. She has an incentive to present herself as 362 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: a victim, not the subject of an investigation. Now, arguments 363 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: against the hate hoax, you got to take those seriously too. 364 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 1: The attacker does appear to be genuinely sick and unstable. 365 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: He's lost his family, his job, his health, his children. 366 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: Some of his children identify as trans, non binary. His 367 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: life trajectory is one that was maybe at altitude and 368 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: then just started to descend rapidly. Now, I don't think 369 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: that's out of calculation. I think that's out of a 370 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 1: lot of probably serious wrong decisions, maybe circumstances wonever, But 371 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: nonetheless those facts poor point toward this guy is genuinely dysfunctional. 372 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: So what does that mean. Well, if all of that's 373 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: genuinely dysfunctional and he is subject to manipulation, then that 374 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: tells me, oh, so this is something that could be orchestrated. 375 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: So the same features that make him an easy target 376 00:26:55,840 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: for recruitment, also seeing that, oh, he would make a good, 377 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 1: deniable proxy. We could get him to do something because well, 378 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: you know, get a little attention, maybe get a little money, 379 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: maybe get a little help, do something. Maybe your ex wife, 380 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,959 Speaker 1: somebody asks you to do a favor and you get 381 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: to you'll get some attention, A useful idiot. So that 382 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: all that ambiguity is precisely why this being handled at 383 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 1: the local level by a state, a city, the municipality 384 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: that's already embroiled in controversy. That should be the last 385 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: place to look at this. Do you think you're gonna 386 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: do you think you'll get a fair investigation out of 387 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: Minnesota or a fair investigation out of Minneapolis. No, I 388 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: don't think so at all. Soon as Ron Johnson captured 389 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: part of the problem because he noted the double standard 390 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: in the public reaction, observing that, oh, we had a 391 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: Republican member of Congress there was attacked by an illegal 392 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: alien in Minneapolis, the outcome would likely have been immediate release, 393 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: and then pointing out that disparity. Now, that doesn't justify 394 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: the attack, but it underscores the politicization that now surrounds 395 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: these kinds of incidents. An attack on a city member 396 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: of Congress is not an ordinary, run of the mill, 397 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: everyday crime. It implicates the stability of the country, public trust, 398 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: and the legitimacy of our institutions. Now, so then who 399 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: do you turn to? Well, we should turn to the 400 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 1: FBI and the Department of Justice because they are designed 401 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: precisely for these kinds of cases. And a federal investigation 402 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: should also examine the attackers' communications, his finances, his associations, 403 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: all the digital trail that he's left behind. Who was 404 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: he speaking with before the attack? Did somebody encourage him, 405 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: assist him, coach him? Was he acting alone or with others? 406 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: Were any of the Congresswomen's staff or third parties involved? 407 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: You cannot answer those questions credibly by local authorities, because 408 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: they're already embedded in this Somali patronage system that rules Minneapolis, 409 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: if not the entire state of Minnesota. Now this was 410 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: a real attack, an authentic attack. She deserves justice and protection. 411 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: The public deserves confirmation of the truth grounded in the evidence. 412 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: If this was a hate hoax, then find out who 413 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: did it. Hold them accountable. We cannot tolerate public violence, 414 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: and we cannot tolerate stage violence that corrodes trust just 415 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: as effectively as the hoax. Truth is the antidote. Where 416 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: do we go to get the truth? Well, in this case, 417 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: it's going to have to be the Department of Justice, 418 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: the FBI. It can't be Minnesota or Minneapolis. I'll be 419 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: right back. Welcome back to the Weekend with Michael Brown. 420 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: Glad to have you with me. As always, I want 421 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: to take time out to thank everybody for tuning in. 422 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: It's great to have you tune in on a Saturday 423 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: and listen to the program. Make sure you tell your affiliates, 424 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 1: send them an email about how much you like the program. 425 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 1: I know you have other things to do and listening 426 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: to me is an honor and I appreciate it. Swerving 427 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: into a different territory for just a moment. This story 428 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: caught my eye because I have often thought that the 429 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: United Nations sitting over on the East River in Manhattan 430 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: is a gigantic waste of space, time, energy, And it's 431 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: kind of like the Star Wars the bar scene now 432 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: of the Star Wars movie. It's got all of these 433 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: ten horned dictators and these Third world countries that engage 434 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: in human rights abuses and do all sorts of horrible 435 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: things around the world, and yet they cheer all these 436 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: committees and commissions and everything else. And you know, whether 437 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: it's in Gaza where they're actually employees of the United 438 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: Nations supporting and facilitating and helping Hamas, or it's accusing 439 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: us of human rights abuses and everything horrible. It's just 440 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: one of those organizations that is outlived its usefulness and 441 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: it's just time to move on. Well, the good news 442 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: is this the UN Secretary General Antonio Gaterra said this 443 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: week that his bloated organization, it's a bureaucracy like any 444 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: other bureaucracy in either in our government or any other government. 445 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: That the UN faces quote imminent financial collapse because of 446 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: the United States and other countries are withholding dues payments 447 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: and are actually starting to withdraw from some of the 448 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: various drifting sub organizations like the International Panel on Climate 449 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: Change the IPC. Now, I don't know, but that sounds 450 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: like a management problem to me. That sounds like a 451 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: mission statement problem. To me. That sounds like you don't understand, 452 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: you don't know who is paying the bills, and you 453 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: don't know what you're supposed to be doing. Now, before 454 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: you get all weepy and excited or whatever your emotional 455 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: reaction is to this, remember the good Teraris is well 456 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: known to resort to absurdist bouts of ransom hyperbole, especially 457 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: when issuing his periodic warnings to the world related to 458 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: the climate emergency. Don't forget his warning from twenty twenty 459 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: two that the world is on a literal highway to 460 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: hell because of climate change, or his twenty twenty three 461 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: edict in which he claimed the world has entered into 462 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 1: a time of global boiling. All of you that are 463 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: kind of east of the Mississippi today freezing your butts off, 464 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: waiting for the next poler of attacks to come and 465 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 1: attack you. Yes, we're entering into a time of global boiling, 466 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: or the pronouncement that he made a couple of years 467 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: ago twenty twenty four. I think that oil companies are 468 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: the godfathers of climate chaos, and that only carbon capture 469 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: projects can enable those same companies. But those amount to 470 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: proposals to become more efficient planet wreckers. That would always 471 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: confuse me because I thought they were all for carbon capture. 472 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: I guess because the oil companies are trying to figure out, well, 473 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: you go to make his capture carbon, we might as 474 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: well get in on that game and figure out a 475 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: way to do it before you force us to do it. 476 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: But that's going to be a planet wrecker, I don't know. 477 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: Pretty soon he's gonna warn us that rising levels of 478 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: plant food in the atmosphere, of which human contribution is 479 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: barely a rounding air COEO two. That's what I'm telling 480 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: Human love plant food Seal two is going to be 481 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 1: ent in some sort of fire and brimstone raining down 482 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: from the sky. Dogs and cats living in together mass hysteria. 483 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: Bill Bill Murray Harold Ramis would probably be proud of that. 484 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: So I got an idea, maybe the United Nations how 485 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: to go through a round of cutting its monstrous travel 486 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: its its events budget, starting with that stupid Cop thirty 487 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 1: one extravaganda. Remember the one they just held down in 488 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: Brazil where they destroyed a bunch of rainforests to build, 489 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: you know, a runway for a private jets. The next 490 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: one is going to be held in Turkey and the 491 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:33,240 Speaker 1: always cost conscious energy business. We're both excell On Mobile 492 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:36,839 Speaker 1: and Chevron reported strong financial results Friday, despite a twenty 493 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 1: five percent drop of oil prices during twenty twenty five. 494 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: That's what I would call a good start. Give it 495 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: a try, Antonio, Come on, Secretary General Kutis. It's good 496 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: for the soul, if you have a soul, that is. 497 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:55,959 Speaker 1: Here's what Reuiters said about this news. The UN chief 498 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: has told member states the organization is at risk of 499 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: imminent financial collapse, cutting unpaid fees and a budget rule 500 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: that forces the global body to return unspent money. What 501 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: you got unspent money. That tells me you're an incompetent bureaucrat, 502 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,399 Speaker 1: because in my sex years in d C, I never 503 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: met a bureaucrat that ever left money on the table. 504 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,399 Speaker 1: You start getting up to the end of the fiscal year, 505 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: they start spending money like crazy because they don't want 506 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 1: to leave any money on the table. Reuter says that 507 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: UN Secretary General Antoniogatis has repeatedly spoken about the organization's 508 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: worsening liquidity crisis, but this is his starkest warning yet 509 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: and it comes as its main contributor in the United 510 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: States is retreating from multilateralism on numerous fronts. He wrote 511 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: in a letter to all the Ambassador's day of January 512 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 1: twenty eighth, just a couple of days ago, that this 513 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: crisis is deepening, threatening program delivery and risking financial collapse, 514 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: and the situation will deteriorate further in the near future. 515 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 1: Maybe you have to sit down with those who pay 516 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: the bills and ask a simple question, what are we 517 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: doing wrong? Are we not meeting what your expectations? You know, 518 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: you would think that anybody that's providing a service, if 519 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: you could call the United Nations a service, where are 520 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: we falling short? Send out a survey? Yeah, like everybody 521 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 1: else does. Had my old change it wasn't. Two hours 522 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: later I get a text message about you know, hey, 523 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: fill out the survey United Nations. Maybe you ought to 524 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: do that too. Now we have slashed voluntary funding to 525 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:39,320 Speaker 1: different UN agencies and now we're refusing to make mandatory 526 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 1: payments to the regular and the peacekeeping budget. At evil 527 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 1: Donald Trump? What is he a warmonger now? Trump has 528 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: described the UN as great potential, but said it's not 529 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:58,439 Speaker 1: fulfilling that Well, mister President, I think you're exactly right. 530 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 1: Cut the money off, let them bleed. Everybody, have a 531 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:10,440 Speaker 1: great weekend. I'll see you next weekend. H