1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: It was Minnesota who said not. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 2: On our Watch, Life, Liberty and the Marthod Obsessed. 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 3: Happy April first, six, twenty the City's news talk Am 4 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 3: eleven thirty one on three five FM. My name is 5 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 3: John Justice. I'm glad you're with the show this morning. 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 3: Devin is in the master control booth next door. Good 7 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 3: to see him. 8 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 4: So it's April Fool's Day. 9 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 3: There will be no April Fool's Day jokes on this show. 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 3: I never liked April Fool's Day. I don't think I've 11 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 3: ever done I've been doing this a long time, but 12 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: I don't think I've ever done anything April, especially radio 13 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 3: April Fool's Day. E. 14 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 4: I just I don't. I'm not big on the practical jokes. 15 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 3: So everything you hear on the show today, despite my 16 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 3: commentary about Democrats, will all be on the up and 17 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 3: up this morning. So on the show today, we've got 18 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: the Supreme Court ruling on conversion therapy, banning the ban 19 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 3: on the practice. We'll talk about that hopefully a little 20 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 3: later on this our time permitting. 21 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 4: Don't worry. 22 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 3: The DFL, though, of course, has plans to ignore that 23 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 3: particular ruling. They're already moving forward this happened in Colorado, 24 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 3: but it's going to have repercussions across the country, including 25 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: here where we have a ban on conversion of therapy. 26 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 4: A representative of Leefinkey, he is very upset over this. 27 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 4: Not a huge surprise. 28 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 3: Trump signed an executive order on election integrity. He did 29 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: that yesterday in the apps of the Senate, being able 30 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 3: to go and pass the Save Act. We'll bring you 31 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 3: details on that. In the second hour of the show, 32 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: a judge did block Trump's ballroom. I finally went through 33 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 3: this already. I thought that the ballroom had been blocked, 34 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 3: and then the block had been lifted, and now we 35 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 3: have another judge that's doing another block here. Also, Donald 36 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 3: Trump is going to address the nation tonight regarding Iran, 37 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 3: So I'll have details on that a little bit later on. 38 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 4: This will happen. 39 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 3: The address to the nation on Iran will happen after 40 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 3: the Artemis two launch. So Artemis is taking off. And 41 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 3: it's so weird to me saying that because my dog's 42 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 3: name is Artemis. So when I said Artemis is taking off, 43 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: I just did envision my dog, Oh I love Dearly, 44 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 3: just skyrocketing up into the air in the backyard. 45 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: Of our home. 46 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 3: Miss two will be launching around five twenty five our time. 47 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 3: Later on today, Trump will be addressing the nation at 48 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 3: eight o'clock, so I will have to find out what 49 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 3: he has to say regarding RAN when I wake up 50 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 3: in the morning, because I will be asleep bye by then. 51 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 3: Although typically we usually know what he's going to say 52 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 3: ahead of time. I remember the last time we actually 53 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 3: had like a presidential address where we were not aware 54 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: of what was going to be said the announcement before 55 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 3: the announcement, Ice arrest data is out. This is all 56 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 3: regarding the arrests of Operation Metro Surge. I'll share those 57 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 3: with you later on in the In the show, Democrats 58 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 3: are trying to raise a stink about this. I know 59 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 3: it's not surprising, but Democrats are trying to raise a 60 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 3: stink about this because the number of illegal aliens deported 61 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: those who had further criminal backgrounds wasn't the majority. I'll 62 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 3: just say this upfront, I don't care you're here illegally, 63 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 3: going to risk being deported. Also, we'll talk with Liz 64 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 3: Collin from alphanows at A thirty this morning. 65 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 4: Got a number of stories we'll discuss. 66 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: So with Liz, the apologies from me need to continue, 67 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: and they will continue until the storm moves passed. And 68 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 3: I don't think putting the weather tech floor mats back 69 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: in the car is going to send the storm away, 70 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 3: So I'm not changing them. 71 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 4: I've left him in. 72 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 3: But the National Weather Service says that snow and sleet 73 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:36,679 Speaker 3: accumulations in a watch area that includes a broad area 74 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 3: of north central and northeast Minnesota. Snow and sleet could 75 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 3: reach four to nine inches. 76 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 4: I've always been told size doesn't matter. 77 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 3: While higher terrain on the north shore could see seven 78 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 3: to ten inches of snow. They're really going to get 79 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 3: it up there, the icy accumulations with the ice accumulations 80 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 3: of just one tenth of an. 81 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 4: Inch, oh hell yeah. 82 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 3: So further south, a winter weather advisory warns of a 83 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 3: doing nothing with my fingers, a messy spring system. 84 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 4: So I might even say at thirty what's going on? 85 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 3: That is set to be followed by another rain and 86 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 3: snow system that will hit Friday and Saturday. In this 87 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 3: piece from bringing me the news, this really threw me off. 88 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 4: In its latest. 89 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: Probablistic forecast, probablistic, Devin. 90 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 4: Had you heard the word probablistic before? I have not. 91 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, I hadn't either. Why are we using new words? 92 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 3: We do probabilistic forecast? Do we need new additions to 93 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 3: our vocabulary? I mean, somebody who bring me the news 94 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 3: clearly has a word of the day calendar. This is 95 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 3: the definition I did. I did the work for you. 96 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's right there. Probabilistic, right, probability. 97 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 3: It's based on or adapted to, a theory of probability 98 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: involving chance or variation. You could just stay forecast probabilistic. Okay, 99 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 3: potential hour one podcast title. We had like fifty podcast 100 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 3: titles in the show yesterday. It estimates that snow totals 101 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 3: in the Twin Cities Wednesday and Thursday will barely reach 102 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 3: an inch, but higher accumulations could hit the central Minnesota, 103 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 3: including Saint Cloud and a Brainerd. So Eric I'm sure 104 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 3: is happy with that. So again, my apologies, guys. You know, 105 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 3: I think I take partial responsibility. I know those other 106 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: friends of the show that have said they did their 107 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 3: own part and putting away their snow, their snow shovels 108 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 3: and there, and they're snowblowers. So it's partly my fault. 109 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 3: Although if you listen to some of the show. I 110 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 3: still continue to control the state and the country. I 111 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 3: apparently have the ear of the President and the Secretary 112 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 3: of War pte Hexseeth, and everything that's taking place, from 113 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 3: executive orders to the war in Iran is all my doing. 114 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 3: I had no idea I had this much power, all right. 115 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 3: Coming up, Democrats block legislation that would keep SNAP benefits 116 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 3: from being used on candy and soda. 117 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 4: There's also a loophole exposed by a. 118 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 3: Minnesota millionaire regarding Snap that's drawing federal scrutiny. And something 119 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 3: that happened at Costco Friday is now become national news now. 120 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: Not me, but my wife and I were walking through 121 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 3: Costco on Friday and I happened to notice a new 122 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 3: item that was available, and it stopped me in my tracks. 123 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 3: And I had many questions as we stared at this 124 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: new product available to Costco. And unsurprisingly, this morning multiple 125 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 3: stories over this very item that I found that has 126 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: now stirred up controversy. So's it wasn't just me. I 127 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 3: wasn't the freakazoid when I saw this. I'll share with 128 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 3: you what it is coming up a little bit later 129 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 3: on in the hour, and of course I want to 130 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: hear from you throughout the show this morning. If you 131 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: want to email me, that address is Justice at iHeartRadio 132 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 3: dot com. Justice at iHeartRadio dot com. The new phone 133 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 3: number is eight four four nine four six five eight 134 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 3: five five eight four four nine four six fifty eight 135 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 3: fifty five and we're streaming worldwide on the iHeartRadio app, 136 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: where you can hit that microphone and leave us a 137 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 3: thirty second message. We'll get to your talkbacks coming up next 138 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 3: here on Twin City's News Talk at AM eleven thirty 139 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 3: and one oh three five FM. 140 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 4: Good morning, and I love your show. Hey, good morning, John, 141 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 4: This is Debro. 142 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 5: You know I've been a friend of this show since 143 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 5: you started on this station, but I think it's time 144 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 5: to make a change. 145 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: I'm going to switch. 146 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 4: Over and start listening Patriot Station from six to night. 147 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 4: April Fools. 148 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 5: There is no way I would ever stop listening to 149 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 5: you from six to night. 150 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, you're the way to start my day. 151 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 6: Make it a great show, my friend. 152 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 4: Thank you, Deborah. But you scared me. 153 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 3: And this is why I don't like April Fool's Day jokes, 154 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 3: because if you had decided to start listening to another station, 155 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 3: especially after yesterday's show, I wouldn't have been that surprised. 156 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 3: Oh as you know, you know, thank you Debrah very 157 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: much appreciate that. Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty 158 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 3: one oh three five FM. 159 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 4: My name is John Justice. Devin is next door Democrats. 160 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 3: In the Minnesota House of Representatives because of course they 161 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 3: of course they did blocked legislation last week that would 162 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 3: aband people from you using SNAP, that is your Supplemental 163 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 3: Nutrition Assistance program to buy candy and soft drinks, which 164 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 3: I find interesting because the word nutrition and nutriti us 165 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 3: are not necessarily aligned with both candy and soft drinks 166 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 3: unless you're talking about like flavored water. Love Me some Bubbly. 167 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 3: One of the most widely used welfare programs in the country, SNAP, 168 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 3: low income individuals are provided in families with monthly funds 169 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 3: to purchase food, administered by Minnesota counties, fully funded. 170 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: By the federal government. 171 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 3: On last week Tuesday, lawmakers in the House and Children 172 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: Families Committee discussed a slate of bills that would change 173 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 3: the SNAP program in Minnesota. 174 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 4: One of those. 175 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 3: Would require Minnesota state government to request a waiver from 176 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 3: the federal government which grants Minnesota the already to ban 177 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 3: candy and soda from being eligible for snaps, So right 178 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 3: now in Minnesota, Minnesota can not on its own ban 179 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 3: soda and candy. This waiver would allow them to essentially 180 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 3: do that. The federal government has approved excuse me similar 181 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 3: waivers in twenty two states. Authored by Geo Representative Biorna Olsen, 182 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 3: this bill would require Minnesota to request a waiver by 183 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 3: January first of next year. The concept of this is 184 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 3: that we have a benefit program that is to help 185 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 3: individuals with their nutrition, help them with their substance, their sustenance. 186 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 3: We're hoping to ensure that people have a safety net 187 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 3: with this, and we're not hoping for them to have 188 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 3: a sweet treat. Former Republican Representative Pat Garoffalo, now a 189 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 3: lobbyist with the Minnesota Grocers Association, testified against the bill, 190 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 3: saying grocery stores can potentially be penalized for violating SNAP 191 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 3: guidelines and this bill would subject stores to potentially more 192 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 3: SNAP violations. Explaining this, Garofalo said a kit cat is 193 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 3: not considered candy under current law because it contains wheat, 194 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 3: while a similar snack like a Milky Way bar is 195 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 3: considered candy and sure. Garofalo said a store could get 196 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 3: penalized for accidentally mixing up snap eligible items. 197 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 4: Oh no, I'll get back to that in a moment. 198 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 4: By the way, just a quick note taking a kit Cats. 199 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 3: More than four hundred thousand kit Cat products were stolen 200 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 3: from a transportation truck. Neslie says it has no supply concerns, 201 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 3: which raises the question of if they have no supply 202 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 3: concerns over four hundred thousand kit Cat products being stolen, 203 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 3: just how many Kitcat products are they pumping out. I 204 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 3: did love me at KitKat bar, though, especially when I 205 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 3: break me off the piece of that kit cab. The 206 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 3: food giant said the twelve tons of chocolate were stolen 207 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 3: while in transit between a factory in Italy and their 208 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 3: destination in Poland. An official statement from KitKat said they 209 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 3: were working closely with local authorities and supply chain partners 210 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 3: to investigate. The good news is again there's no concerns 211 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 3: of consumer safety and the supply was not effective affected. 212 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 4: The location of the bars in the vehicle remained unknown. 213 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 3: Following the theft, a KitKat spokesman said, we've always encouraged 214 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 3: people to have a break with KitKat, But it seems 215 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 3: these thieves have taken the message too literally. I made 216 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: a break with more than twelve tons of our chocolate. 217 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 3: While so we appreciate the criminal's exceptional taste, the fact 218 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 3: remains that the cargo theft is an escalating issue for 219 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 3: businesses of all sides, all sizes, with more sophisticated schemes 220 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 3: being deployed on a regular basis. We have chosen to 221 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 3: go public with our own experience in the hope that 222 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 3: it raises awareness of this increasingly common criminal trend. All right, 223 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 3: back to the story at hand, I won't wipe out anymore. 224 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 3: On kit cats, we are going to wipe out in 225 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 3: a moment, though. 226 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 4: On costco. 227 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 3: Now, the author of the bill, Olsen answered the criticism 228 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 3: of Garoffalo, explaining that the grocery stores themselves would not 229 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 3: need to determine which food items are eligible or ineligible 230 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 3: for SNAP because the computers at check out would already 231 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: be imprinted with that data. Yeah, exactly, the Republican lawmaker emphasized, 232 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 3: and he's fine with tax dollars being used to help 233 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 3: people buy food such as ground beef, bread, lettuce, and 234 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 3: other foods. However, he told the committee that he's not 235 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 3: okay with tax dollars being used for chocolates and posticles. Listen, 236 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 3: I'm not surprised that all the Democrats blocked this. I mean, ultimately, 237 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 3: this motion failed to advance on a seven to seven vote. 238 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 3: Democrats voted against it, while Republicans support it. It was 239 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 3: laid over for a possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill. 240 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 3: But you know, of course Democrats are going to want 241 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 3: SNAP recipients to be able to buy garbage, non food food. 242 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 4: But Olsen's absolutely correct. It should be it shouldn't be a. 243 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 3: Benefit to be on SNAP, even though it is a benefit. 244 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 3: That's the way the Democrats treat it. 245 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 4: It should be. 246 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 3: You can get the essentials for sustenance to feed your 247 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: family ground, beef, bread, lettuce, and other foods, but if 248 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 3: you want the fun stuff, soft drinks, candy, then you 249 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 3: need to get off of welfare. It's just that simple. 250 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 3: The Minnesota Retailers Association also opposed the bill, saying the 251 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 3: bill puts employees in the position of telling customers what 252 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 3: they can. 253 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 4: And cannot buy. You know that already happens, right. 254 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 3: If my son Kyle goes to buy alcohol, they're going 255 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 3: to tell him you can't. You can't purchase this. Why 256 00:15:55,680 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 3: because you're nineteen you can't, You're not allowed. They say 257 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 3: it creates friction at checkout, at checkout, increases the likelihood 258 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: of conflict, and places an unfair burden on store staff. 259 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 4: That's just whatever. Those are non argument arguments. I just 260 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 4: this could cause a problem along these same lines. 261 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 3: I'll share with you details on this and I'll get 262 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 3: to some of your thoughts from the iHeartRadio app. For 263 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 3: the first time in more than a year, participation in 264 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 3: Snap has actually dipped below forty million people. 265 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 4: Forty million people, it's a lot of kitcat. 266 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 3: Get frauday concerns and eligibility loopholes remain widespread, particularly in Minnesota, 267 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 3: as one retired millionaire's story demonstrates. I will share with 268 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 3: you the story of this millionaire coming up next here 269 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 3: on Twin Cities News Talk from AM eleven thirty and 270 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 3: one oh three five FM Twin Cities News Talk. 271 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 4: Glad you're with the show this morning. 272 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 3: We'll get to some of your talkbacks, brought to you 273 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 3: by Lyndahl Realty from the iHeartRadio app in just a moment. 274 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 4: A little bit later on in the hour. 275 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 3: An observation I made Friday at the Costco and Coon Rapids. 276 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 3: It was an observation not just being made by me, 277 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 3: but many others. As multiple stories have popped up over 278 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 3: this on sale anomaly. We'll give you details on that 279 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: here in a bit as well. Going back to the 280 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 3: forecast of the next few days from bringing me the 281 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 3: news and the inclusion of the word probabilistic, which I 282 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 3: had never seen before, we may have a further answer 283 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 3: as to why that terminology was used. 284 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 5: So the reason they change it to probabilistic is because 285 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 5: there's no guarantees it is going to happen, and they 286 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 5: can't be held accountable if you use the word forecasts. 287 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 5: People think that's really going to happen, and what doesn't. 288 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 5: Then they lose confidence in weather forecasters. So they use 289 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 5: probabilistic because they go, oh, well, they only said it 290 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 5: probably would it probably didn't they. 291 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I mean that's kind of kind of where 292 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 4: my head was that. 293 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 3: I'm glad that you sort of laid that out in 294 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 3: more specificity. 295 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 4: Don't does anybody really trust forecasts anymore? Does anybody really care? 296 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 3: I know there are circumstances where people do, especially if 297 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 3: you're making plans, making outdoor plans, and the weather doesn't 298 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 3: go the way that they said it was going to go. 299 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 3: But I think for the most part, I mean, people 300 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 3: understand a forecast just forecast is a not a guarantee. 301 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 3: On the issue of a snap benefits fraud and candy. 302 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 3: Before I get to this millionaire's story that exposed a 303 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 3: nation wide loophole in the welfare program, let's get to 304 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 3: a few more of your thoughts. 305 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 7: So when my son was still a toddler, I took 306 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 7: him on his first road trip. We stopped at a 307 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 7: gas station and I thought, oh, this is a great 308 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 7: opportunity for him to have the joy of picking out 309 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 7: a candy bar. He'd had some candy, but not you know, 310 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 7: to pick it out himself. And I said, what do 311 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 7: you want? And he said, I want the one that goes, 312 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 7: And I thought what and he goes. 313 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 4: I was like, oh, he wants a KitKat. Yeah, okay. 314 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 3: I don't think I would have picked up that it 315 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 3: was a kit Cat based off. 316 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 4: Of that alone. 317 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 3: If he had said, you know, I want the one 318 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 3: that goes. Give me a break, give me a break, 319 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 3: then I would have known it was. 320 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 4: A kit Cat. 321 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 8: Another reason they probably don't want to have the snap 322 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 8: go away is because the other thing is they don't 323 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 8: like to tell people when they don't have the money, 324 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 8: and what happens is they just steal it. 325 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 4: Yeah. 326 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 8: I know there's grocery stores down in the cities, and 327 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 8: one for sure that loses millions of dollars every month, 328 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 8: and the only reason they still stay there is because 329 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 8: they have a lease and they're just buying their time 330 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 8: before they close up. 331 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 4: I'll use this moment to preview. 332 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 3: That, which I'll talk about much later in the show. 333 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 4: I found a video. It's from Caro Levin. 334 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 3: Carol Levin's doing this benefit drive for the businesses in 335 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,239 Speaker 3: downtown Minneapolis because of what they've been dealing with in 336 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 3: terms of the fiscal damage. Doing that thing with my 337 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 3: fingers of the ice operations in Minnesota. I don't begrudge 338 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 3: Caro Levin for what they're doing. They're trying to do 339 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 3: something nice. It's a promotion. People do promotions to help 340 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 3: out local businesses. 341 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 4: All the time. 342 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 3: I'll share the audio with you because it's really it's 343 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 3: very indicative of the problems that we're faced with here 344 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 3: in Minnesota. The way that the media thinks even if 345 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 3: they're not being blatantly biased, and I don't think they 346 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 3: meant any harm in this, but the way they think 347 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 3: they're not being biased, and how it's almost impossible because 348 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 3: how everything's been. 349 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 4: Politicized, because in the. 350 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 3: Post that I found, they were basically saying, we're not 351 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 3: going to be political, We're not going to take sides 352 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 3: on any of this. However, businesses ever since ICE came 353 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 3: in have been struggling because a bunch of people didn't show. 354 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 4: Up for work. There's no way to avoid. 355 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 3: This being political, and the benefit that they are trying 356 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 3: to bring about this charity effort, it perpetuates those progressive 357 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 3: policies and the propaganda surrounding this. Again, we'll talk about 358 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 3: this much later in the seven maybe the top of 359 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 3: the eight of cl hour. Thank you to the top 360 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 3: Backer for giving me the opportunity to promote, because I'm 361 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 3: looking forward to talking about this because it's one of 362 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 3: these very subtle, unintentional ways in which you have local 363 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 3: media thinking they're doing a good thing, but they don't 364 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 3: even realize they're stepping in to the blatant bias and 365 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 3: almost haphazardly. 366 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 4: Carrying the water for Democrats. 367 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 6: I'd like to see an enterprising GOP legislator propose, Okay, 368 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 6: we'll keep junk food on the list to SNAP eligible foods, 369 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 6: but you're going to sign a waiver whereby you agree 370 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 6: to pay for every dime of healthcare that results from 371 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 6: your poor dietary decisions. You don't get to ask me 372 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 6: the taxpayer, to pay for your food and your healthcare. 373 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 6: In other words, you're going to make the same decisions 374 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 6: I make. Welcome to adulthood. 375 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 3: At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if suddenly the 376 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 3: legislature ended up coming together in a bipartisan fashion to 377 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 3: go and extend SNAP benefits so you can buy alcohol. 378 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 3: I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. That's a little throwback 379 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 3: to yesterday's show. So, as I mentioned before the break, 380 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 3: for the first time in more than a year, SNAP 381 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 3: participation dip below forty million. 382 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 4: Yay. 383 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 3: However, fraud concerns eligibility loopholes still remained widespread, particularly here 384 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 3: in Minnesota. Unsurprising, Minnesota's income only eligibility rules have created 385 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 3: room for a millionaire Rob Undersander to become eligible for 386 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 3: SNAP benefits because his retirement income falls below the threshold. 387 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 3: He told Fox News Digital the system is fraud by 388 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 3: design with my fingers because he qualified based solely on 389 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 3: income rather than assets. Undersander, a fantastic. 390 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 9: Name, by the way, ended up donating all of the 391 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 9: money and benefits He received the charity Good Good On, Listen, 392 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 9: Good On, Rob, Wait to go, Rob Understander, you get 393 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 9: the John Justice Wednesday Upstanding Citizen Award. 394 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 4: Congratulations, Share it with your friends. 395 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 3: Policy experts say his experience highlights a flaw embedded in 396 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 3: the federal SNAP rules for decades. Rachel Sheffield research a 397 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 3: fellow in welfare and family policy at the Heritage Foundation. 398 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 3: I think I've asked this before in the show. How 399 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 3: does one become a fellow? I like to become a fellow, Devin. 400 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 3: Maybe you could be a fellow with the John Justice 401 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 3: show man. That's a possibility. Rachel told The Daily Signal 402 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 3: that a loophole has been part of SNAP for more 403 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 3: than two decades and allows people applying for SNAP to 404 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 3: bypass the asset limits. While most people on SNAP don't 405 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 3: have the amount of assets mister Understander has, his case 406 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 3: shows this loophole undermines the intent of the program and 407 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 3: fails to ensure benefits are going to those truly in need. 408 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 4: You see this. 409 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 3: Story and it kind of diminishes the Uh yeah, we 410 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 3: rather have them not buying soda and candy. 411 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, that's the problem. 412 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 3: But at the same time, you also have millionaires that 413 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 3: are able to go and apply for SNAPS, So maybe 414 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 3: this is not the biggest issue. Or would you just 415 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,199 Speaker 3: go and take care of all of it. I have 416 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 3: a solution, I got it. H just get rid of 417 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 3: the program. 418 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 4: That's that idea that really INCENTI advise people to go 419 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 4: get a job. 420 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 3: Minnesota SNAP policies at face scrutiny before Channel five investigates 421 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 3: revealed that the Department of Human Services repeatedly reported incorrect 422 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 3: information about SNAP to the federal government. Side note, and 423 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 3: I'm gonna workshop this a bit. 424 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 4: You know, all this anti ice ice out nonsense. 425 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 3: You know what the Republicans could do, Conservatives can do, 426 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 3: or just common sense anybody, regardless of political party, can 427 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 3: we demand that Minnesota's Department of Human Services be abolished 428 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 3: out with DHS. I mean, at this point, they're worthless 429 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 3: in terms of the job that they're supposed to do. 430 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 3: Unless you're looking to commit acts of fraud. One federal 431 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 3: report falsely showed one hundred and seventy four percent spike 432 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 3: in SNAP issuance between twenty twenty and twenty twenty one 433 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 3: after the state double counted the pandemic EBT funds. In 434 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 3: December of last year, the agency said it began discussions 435 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 3: about resubmitted corrected data. So Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rawlins has 436 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 3: said that the Minnesota case is just one of, of 437 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 3: course many examples. She explained, though that SNAP participation recently fell, 438 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 3: fraud still remains widespread, including an estimated half million people 439 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 3: receiving benefits multiple times and about two hundred thousand cases 440 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 3: involving stolen Social Security numbers of deceased individuals, and prior 441 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 3: instances of illegal immigrants accessing the program before. That's just 442 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 3: the benefit here in Minnesota. Courtesy of Democrats. 443 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 6: Morning John say, could one of the reasons SNAP parciitipation 444 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 6: has dropped below forty million is because of all the deportations. 445 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 3: Oh, perhaps that might be the case. Minnesota, California, and 446 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 3: New York are ground zero for massive fraud, according to Rowlins. 447 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 3: But we're working on it, and I think we're going 448 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 3: to make great progress in the years to come. 449 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: Good morning, great show, Thanks for coming in today. I 450 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 4: have a question for the audience. 451 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 6: Can I, as an individual citizen, sue the state of 452 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 6: Minnesota for wasting my tax dollars and brag? 453 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,239 Speaker 3: Well, sure you can. I mean now, whether or not 454 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 3: the lawsuit sticks this is another question altogether. By the way, Rooney, 455 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 3: did I have a choice of coming in today? He 456 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,719 Speaker 3: led a similar talk back yesterday thanking me for coming in? 457 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 3: Or is this a general thanks for I mean, I'm 458 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 3: paid to come in, so I'm going I kind of 459 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 3: have to. I want to support my family. I don't 460 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 3: want to be on SNAP. So the SNAP Fraud Reporting 461 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 3: Act Act, introduced this month by Representative Dave Taylor out 462 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 3: of Ohio, co sponsored by several Republican lawmakers, what require 463 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 3: every state to submit detailed reports on past and ongoing 464 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 3: SNAP fraud cases to the AG Department. As the federal 465 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 3: officials continue reviewing Minnesota data and broader program vulnerabilities, the 466 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 3: SNAP debate is likely to intensify state and local government space, 467 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 3: mounting pressure to ensure the program serves those who originally 468 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 3: it was designed to help. I'll share this with you 469 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 3: after the top of the hour on CNN with Scott Jennings. 470 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 3: They were debating last night President Donald Trump in his ballroom, 471 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 3: and I didn't grab the audio, just time permitting on 472 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 3: the show at the things that I wanted to cover. 473 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 3: But in this lengthy exchange, all of the liberal talking 474 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 3: heads on CNN, they were getting into such minutia in 475 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 3: terms of their arguments against Trump and the ballroom, I mean, 476 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 3: just all kinds of just ridiculous, you know, picky knits 477 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 3: of arguments being made. And I just as I'm watching 478 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 3: and listening to this, I'm just thinking, man, I wish 479 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 3: that Democrats cared that much and got into the details 480 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 3: of the specificity and the little tiny intricacies. 481 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 4: On all the issues that we care about. 482 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 3: Nope, just when it comes to Trump, which is not 483 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 3: surprising in the least. 484 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 8: Bit. 485 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 10: Hey, goom more in dontam Kansas City. You know in 486 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 10: California they already give alcohol away. The city gives it 487 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 10: away along with the drugs that they give away to 488 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 10: the drug addicts. They give alcohol away to the alcoholics 489 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 10: because you know, if you're an alcoholic, you have to 490 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 10: have alcohol. So Cradle to Grave City's giving you alcohol. 491 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 10: Why not give it away with the snap benefits. I mean, 492 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 10: you can't deny anybody anything these days, you know, especially 493 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 10: if it's free. 494 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: Hey, job, you can buy alcohol with Snap benefits. You 495 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: just buy something that other people want at a store 496 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: with your Snap benefits, like a candy bar or a 497 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: soda or some other commodity, and then you resell that 498 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: at a lower price to people who are willing to 499 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: buy it, and all of a sudden you got cash. 500 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 3: Okay, but that's not buying alcohol with Snap and benefits 501 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 3: the hands. I mean, come on, I understand your logic there, 502 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 3: but you know what that type of logic. While I 503 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 3: appreciate the talkback on the iHeartRadio app brought to you 504 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 3: by Lindahl Realty, that type of logic is not going 505 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 3: to make you a fellow of the John Justice Show. 506 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 4: Hey, good morning John. And if you want to become 507 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 4: a fellow, he got to become jolly good. You got 508 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 4: to become a jolly good if you want. 509 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 8: To be a fellow. 510 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, unfortunately, Devin, you're a good dude, but you're 511 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 3: not really the he's pretty reserved in there, you know, 512 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 3: really the jolly type. Although maybe I just haven't seen 513 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 3: that side of you. Perhaps, so Friday, as we do 514 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 3: every Friday. Me, Linda and I are walking through Costco 515 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 3: and over near the butter and cottage, cheese and milk 516 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 3: and all that, there's this huge you know, because they 517 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 3: had the displays outside of. 518 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 4: The aisles, there's this huge portion of the store. 519 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 3: Wherein they were selling ten pound chocolate Easter bunnies. They're 520 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 3: they're huge, and you can ask Melinda. It' stopped me 521 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 3: in my tracks. I'm like, what what one hundred and 522 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 3: twenty nine dollars? 523 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 8: Oh. 524 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 3: I just was just like, Wow, that's insane. That is insane, 525 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 3: an insane amount of chocolate. Okay, So we spent a 526 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 3: couple of just seconds kind of looking at him, and 527 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 3: other people were doing the same thing that we were doing. 528 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 4: They were stopping and looking at it. Well. 529 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 3: Unsurprisingly, this morning, as I'm doing my prep, I came 530 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 3: across this version of the story. It was in multiple 531 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 3: news outlets. This one comes from Fox News. Costco shoppers 532 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 3: are hopping into a debate over and oversized easter treat 533 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 3: that's far too big to fit in a basket. Members 534 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 3: have been buzzing about the wholesale giants chocolate Easter bunny. 535 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 3: No word if you can purchase this Easter bunny on snap. 536 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 3: I mean I would certainly hope not. Oh but if 537 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 3: you could, the Democrats would let. 538 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 4: You do it. It's a scene. 539 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 3: He's an old sweet priced at one hundred and thirteen 540 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 3: dollars online up to one hundred and forty dollars in 541 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 3: some stores depending on the location. And I'm fairly certain 542 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 3: the Coon Rapids one had it for one hundred and 543 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 3: twenty nine bucks. But I know Melinda's listening this morning, 544 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 3: so maybe she remembers differently. 545 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 4: She'll correct me. 546 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 3: Not that my wife ever wants to correct me, or 547 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 3: ever does correct me. 548 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 4: Love you hunt. 549 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 3: It comes with instructions too, on how to smash it 550 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 3: a part using a hammer, mallet or rolling pin. 551 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,240 Speaker 4: H It's being sold. 552 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 3: As an oversized Easter centerpiece and a shareable desert. Well, 553 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 3: I would hope it would be shareable. You're gonna eat 554 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 3: it on your own? I mean, that's a lot, that's 555 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 3: we're talking. That's a lot of calories. You're looking at 556 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 3: nineteen grams of sugar per servings. There's about one hundred 557 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 3: and fifty one servings in this bunny, so that's almost 558 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 3: three thousand grams more than six pounds of sugar. The 559 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 3: semi solid Bunny is made with milk, chocolate, white chocolate, 560 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 3: and dark chocolate, according to the packaging. 561 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 4: So I looked that up. 562 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 3: By the way, simmy solid Bunny, what does that mean? 563 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 3: Because that was the question that I told Melinda when 564 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 3: we saw it. I was like, if that sucker solid? 565 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 3: Because when I was younger and I got the Easter Bunny, 566 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 3: the chocolate Easter money, like, I was always kind of 567 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 3: disappointed when it was hollow, Like, yeah, I see Devon's 568 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 3: you're you're with me, you get the smaller ones, You're like, 569 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 3: oh cool. Then you grab it and it's like totally 570 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 3: lightly all that sucks. You want the you want the 571 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,720 Speaker 3: solid one, right, So what does semi solid mean? Simmy 572 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:41,160 Speaker 3: solid apparently is just slightly thicker walls than a standard 573 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 3: hollow bunny. Which, speaking of lawsuits, I feel like that's 574 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 3: a lawsuit in the making. 575 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 4: It should be semi hollow. It's not fully hollow, it's 576 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 4: just semi hollow. But instead they go with the simmy 577 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:56,280 Speaker 4: solid seems very deceiving to me. I have issues. 578 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 3: Well, it's it evergreat statement. The box details on how 579 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 3: you can actually eat it. Choppers can either smash the 580 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 3: bunny by wrapping it in a towel because you wouldn't 581 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 3: want to be cut by the chocolate shards. I don't, 582 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 3: and giving it one big bowl to whack with a hammer, 583 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 3: mallet or rolling pin. Oh okay, Sam, I was thinking 584 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 3: you would like roll the rolling pin across it. But 585 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 3: they're just going to just beat the bunny with the 586 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 3: rolling pin. There's your podcast one title, beat the Buddy 587 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 3: with a rolling pin. 588 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 4: I'm joking. Devin's moving towards the computer. No, don't do that. 589 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 4: Oh you know, if you want to do that, just 590 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,800 Speaker 4: add chocolates in the mix. Thank you. 591 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 3: Just avoid confusion. The product is nicknamed beat the Bunny. 592 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 3: Oh oh, it's got a wrinkle some democrats right. Costco's 593 00:35:55,120 --> 00:36:00,840 Speaker 3: gone maga. They named the bunny after eggzenth. It quickly 594 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 3: sparked reaction across social media. Commentators have debated everything from 595 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 3: the price and the chocolate quality whether anyone would actually 596 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 3: buy that much candy at once. One Costco reddit thread, 597 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 3: a shopper shared a photo of the bunny. It was 598 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 3: priced about one hundred and forty bucks. A commenter wrote, 599 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 3: I wonder how many people will actually buy it? Of 600 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 3: this question whether such a large amount of chocolate made 601 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 3: sense for most households. So excessive, said one person. I 602 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 3: can't imagine the target audience for this. There actually is 603 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 3: some logic to it. I'll share it with you coming 604 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 3: up in just a moment. If you want to share 605 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 3: your thoughts, you can leave us a talk back on 606 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 3: the iHeart Radio app. And we have one more, actually, 607 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 3: a couple other fun items of note, just along the 608 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 3: same lines. 609 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 4: Apparently there's a movement underway. 610 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 3: Fans are demanding that ten vanished eighties and ninety snacks 611 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 3: be returned to store shelves. I'm actually surprised at the list. 612 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 3: I expected items that were a little bit more broad 613 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 3: appeal than what is on here, and these are rather specific. Well, 614 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,080 Speaker 3: we'll get to your comments coming up again from the 615 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 3: iHeartRadio app. Also, we'll turn our attention back to more 616 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,320 Speaker 3: serious matters. The Supreme Court did hand down a major 617 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:15,560 Speaker 3: conservative win in a year, a near unanimous decision banning 618 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,360 Speaker 3: the ban on conversion therapy. But of course, here in Minnesota, 619 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 3: there's already a workaround that the DFL is attempting to 620 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 3: deploy to keep the ability for you to not have 621 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 3: a choice on whether or not you want to provide 622 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 3: an alternate view to your children regarding LGBTQ issues. It's 623 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 3: all coming up on Twin Cities News Talk AM eleven 624 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,280 Speaker 3: thirty and one oh three five FM