1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Did you just say that a company is going to 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: support a nuclear power plant and that will keep another 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: power plant alive for a whole other generation. 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: Oh? I love that pun. 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 3: Good job, buddy, apparently made a pun and didn't even 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 3: know it, but he caught onto it, So. 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 4: You're clever because of it. 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 5: Did you catch the punt? I don't get to hun, 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 5: Sure didn't. You don't get it either. I don't get 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 5: it either. 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,959 Speaker 3: It is and he thought it was funny, so great. 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, fantastic. It was all planned. I had a. 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 5: Script of that right here, right, scripted that right on 14 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 5: my laptop. I I'm really kind of amazed at the 15 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 5: negativity towards this story. So maybe, although I'm really convinced 16 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 5: that you if you've listened to this program for any 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 5: length of time, you know how I feel about Google 18 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 5: and Meta, about companies that come in and lie about 19 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 5: what they're going to do and not going to do. 20 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 5: But you've also heard me complain about ignorant people that 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 5: go out and bitch a moan about things that they 22 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 5: don't truly understand, and because they just don't understand it, 23 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 5: then they're opposed to it. And you know how I 24 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 5: feel about our national security. I want the American world 25 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 5: order to remain in place. I want us to be 26 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 5: the world's superpower. I don't give a crap about uh. 27 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 5: I mean I do give a crap about China and 28 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: Russia and for that matter, of the European Union or India, 29 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 5: and I want us to be ahead of them because 30 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 5: the world is changing. To Kathleen's point about creative destruction, 31 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 5: we are moving into a new phased economy where it's 32 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 5: going to have an effect on our everyday lives, and 33 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 5: it's going to have an effect on our national security. 34 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 5: Let's address the national security idea first. Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, 35 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 5: advanced analytics, quantum computing, all of that all rely on 36 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 5: data center infrastructure. 37 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 4: Every bit of it does. 38 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 5: And in my opinion, those facilities are the digital equivalent 39 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 5: of a naval shipyard. It's the equivalent of the interstate 40 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 5: highway system. Because without those, Without all of those, the shipyards, 41 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 5: the interstate highway system, and AI, cloud computing, advanced analytics, 42 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 5: quantum computing, without any of those, we cannot maintain our 43 00:02:55,320 --> 00:03:00,399 Speaker 5: technological edge against China, nor can we safeguard our our 44 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 5: own critical information systems. Go back to the Biden administration 45 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: from it. The Biden administration purposely delayed permitting, and then 46 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 5: you couple their delay in permitting with local ignorant obstruction 47 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 5: that slowed our domestic capacity expansion for the last four 48 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 5: and a half years. And if that pattern were to 49 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 5: continue cloud workloads, well, you know, I can't. 50 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 4: I can't. 51 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 5: I cannot empirically tie what happened over night before last 52 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 5: with the collapse of the Internet through Amazon Web Services 53 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 5: and others. But the more we become I mean, what 54 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 5: do you want to do. Do you want to start 55 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 5: going backwards? Or do you want to move forwar forward? 56 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 5: Because I guarante NT the rest of the world is 57 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 5: moving forward and Biden's already put us behind the eight ball, 58 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 5: so to speak, and now we've got a leap frog ahead. 59 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 5: So whether you like it or not, we've got to 60 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 5: do this. When when he delays expansion for the last 61 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 5: four and a half years, and if that pattern we're 62 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 5: to continue, that means that all of the cloud workloads, 63 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 5: all of the data center, all all of the analytics 64 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 5: that takes place now will migrate overseas to countries that 65 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 5: are actually willing to host them. I don't want my 66 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 5: stuff hosted in India. I don't want hosted in in 67 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 5: a country controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. I want 68 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 5: to hear. That means that sensitive data, everything from defense 69 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 5: logistics to AI research, would be running on foreign servers, 70 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 5: and that would mean that this country's security would be compromised. 71 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 5: Not by espionage, although they would engage in espionage, well 72 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 5: not even they wouldn't even have to technically engage in 73 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 5: espionage because they would control the servers, so they could 74 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 5: just well, let's just make sure that we got one 75 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 5: little wire coming out, so we can just pull out 76 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 5: all the data that the US is using to do 77 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 5: all of their analytics and all their research. It would 78 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 5: be compromised by that kind of espionage and also by 79 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 5: local zoning boards that are afraid of all of the 80 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 5: people that show up because they're being ignorant about what's 81 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 5: really going to happen. So, as I said, there is 82 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 5: a way forward, and that is we need we need 83 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 5: clear education about what drives energy prices and how the 84 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 5: modern data centers operate. And as I said in the 85 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 5: last hour, the hyperscalers, the utility companies ought to engage 86 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 5: early explain the plans offer the transparency I said, but 87 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 5: then go further and voluntarily insulate yourself from the local 88 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 5: tax paying base. Now I gave what I thought was 89 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 5: a stupid example, a stupid example of Okay, we're going 90 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 5: to build a data center, and one way to offset 91 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 5: the increase and in the power costs is we're going 92 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 5: to put solar panels in every home in the community. 93 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 5: I think that's a stupid idea. I think the more 94 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 5: logical idea is because even even without the data centers, 95 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 5: all of us need more electricity and we need to 96 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 5: stabilize rates. We need to stabilize rates by increasing by 97 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 5: one improving. Do you know how much power I don't 98 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 5: have the stats in front of me. Do you know 99 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 5: how much power is generated, say, at a local power plant, 100 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 5: and then is lost as it goes from that baseline 101 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 5: creation through the grid, finally gets to a substation, gets 102 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 5: distributed into your local neighborhood. Probably half of it, I mean, 103 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 5: I'm just guessing right now, but probably half of it 104 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 5: is lost. 105 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 4: And a lot of that loss is. 106 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 5: Because of a crappy grid system, because of a crappy 107 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 5: transmission system. So regardless of whether these data centers come 108 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 5: along or not, your power, your power costs are going 109 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 5: to increase because we have not maintained this infrastructure. Now 110 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: we have an opportunity with these data centers to put 111 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 5: the pressure on them to not only upgrade the system, 112 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 5: but insulate ratepayers from the increased costs by bearing those 113 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 5: costs yourselves. Now, quite truthfully, economically, we know that even 114 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 5: if the data centers themselves absorbed those additional costs, those 115 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 5: costs are going to be eventually spread out based on 116 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 5: whatever that data center does. But if it's for national security, 117 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 5: we be paying for that anyway. As I said, Google 118 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 5: worked with Nevada's in the energy they created a special 119 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 5: tariff that if under renewable generation without raising rates for 120 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 5: anybody else. I said earlier. Meta did the same thing 121 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 5: in Oregon by contracting for geo thermal power under structure 122 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 5: that shielded customers from those costs. Amazon's deal in Pennsylvania 123 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 5: will keep an existing power plant alive for another generation, 124 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 5: that sustains the local jobs, that stabilizes the rates. That 125 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 5: demonstrates that they're willing to do this. Why because they're 126 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 5: the builders of the next generation of American energy infrastructure, 127 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 5: and they know it, and because they need it, and 128 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 5: quite frankly, we need it. But here's where I think 129 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 5: that everybody just expects this to happen on its own. 130 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 5: Policymakers have a role in this too. Regulators ought to 131 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 5: in every state, the regulators ought to update outdated rate 132 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,719 Speaker 5: models that treat high capacity users as burdens rather than partners. 133 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 5: In other words, if you got a high capacity user, 134 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 5: then that high capacity user ought to absorb some of 135 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 5: those costs. 136 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 4: Now, I know. 137 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 5: Those costs will eventually get passed on, you know. Let 138 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 5: me take it down to a very simple example. When 139 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 5: when when I was on a city council in Oklahoma, 140 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 5: when I was the city council and in Edmund it 141 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 5: was it was one of the fastest growing cities in 142 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 5: the country. And we said to the developers, if you 143 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 5: want to take this raw land over here and you 144 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 5: want to develop, then you're gonna pay for the infrastructure. 145 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 5: You're gonna pay for the roads, you're gonna pay for 146 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 5: the curves, you're gonna pay for the water extension, you're 147 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 5: gonna pay for the power extension. You're going to be 148 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 5: owned our own power distribution systems. You're gonna pay for 149 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 5: all of that. Now we know we're not ignorant. We 150 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 5: know that those costs go into all of their costs 151 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 5: for developing that section of land, so that when they 152 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 5: start developing that land, those costs will be recouped. I 153 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 5: understand that. But that kept all that front end costs 154 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 5: off those ratepayers all throughout the area, which meant that 155 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 5: the people that built a house in that development, they 156 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 5: absorbed those costs. In other words, the users absorbed the cost. 157 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 5: But I want you to think about the alternative. Let's 158 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 5: go negative for a minute. Microsoft has already canceled the 159 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 5: Wisconsin project because of the local protests. Google abandoned a 160 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 5: campus in Indiana because residents there were misled about water 161 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 5: and power demands. And all these small but vocal movements 162 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 5: are now targeting similar projects in Virginia, North Carolina, Arizona. 163 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 5: And if that trend continues, it's going to choke off 164 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 5: the computing backbone of this America's AI revolution. The irony 165 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 5: is that these same communities are they going to start 166 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 5: bitching about losing manufacturing or service jobs to regions that 167 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 5: embraced digital infrastructure. So what they and I think some 168 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 5: of you perceive as corporate intrusion is in truth, the 169 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 5: modern equivalent of the railroad or the interstate highway system. 170 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 5: It is the creative destruction that Kathleen was talking about. 171 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 5: We're just happen to be in the midst of it. 172 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 5: So don't be the Neanderthals that say, oh, I'm gonna 173 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 5: pose it because my rate's gonna go up a little bit. Well, 174 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 5: if you don't want your rate to go up a 175 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 5: little bit, then get off your fat ass and go 176 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 5: down to the Public Utilities Commission and demand that instead 177 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 5: that the people that are going to cause the rate increase, that. 178 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: They absorb that rate increase. 179 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 5: Those who block what's going on right now are not 180 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 5: protecting our way of life. They are ensuring that we 181 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 5: become a second rate country. They're ensuring that we become 182 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 5: the United Kingdom. They're ensuring that China will lead in 183 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 5: this process. I don't want China to become the world's superpower. 184 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 5: Do you really want? Look, Russia is, of course Russia 185 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 5: is a threat, but Russia is not the threat that 186 00:12:53,679 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 5: China is. With billions of people run by a horrific comony. 187 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 5: This party, a communist party that the current chairman of 188 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 5: assuming survives this week, is as bad or worse than now, 189 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 5: I don't want them leading the world and dictating the 190 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 5: world order. I want the freedom and liberty and the 191 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 5: constitutional order that we show the rest of the world 192 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 5: can work. I want us to be that power. So 193 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 5: all of these stakes are a lot higher than the 194 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 5: local zoning disputes going on. The lesson is really clear here, 195 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 5: misinformation short term politics is not a substitute for informed 196 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 5: planning and a national vision. I'm telling you, communities that 197 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 5: welcome data centers are going to eventually find themselves to 198 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 5: be the wealthier, more resilient, and the better connected communities 199 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 5: than those that just reflexively say oh no, no, no, right, 200 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 5: you're going to go up and I don't want this. 201 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 5: Get a choice before us. The choice before us is 202 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 5: whether we're going to leave the digital age or we're 203 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 5: gonna fear the digital age. If we can continue to 204 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 5: let fear and rumor dictate infrastructure policy, we're going to 205 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 5: surrender the very advantage that made this nation a technological 206 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: superpower in the first place. It is indeed creating destruction. 207 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 5: We just happen to be living in the midst of it. 208 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 5: And you know what I think else is going on. 209 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 5: I think we've become so dumb, fat and lazy that 210 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 5: we just assume that it's just going to have to 211 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 5: be this way that a you know, in fact, somebody 212 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 5: mentioned on the text line Sorry, I'm not gonna go 213 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 5: look and give you a number out, but somebody mentioned 214 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 5: that they're in the HVAC system and that you would 215 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 5: be amazed at the number of small local data centers 216 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 5: that exist already around it. You know, in fact, you 217 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 5: ought to go drive around Centennial Airport right now and 218 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 5: look at the buildings that the script buildings, or they're 219 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 5: really nice looking office buildings, but you really can't see them. 220 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, those are data centers. They're already here, and 221 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 5: what we need to do is to recognize that as 222 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 5: they expand, they're transforming our lives, not only individually and 223 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 5: not only where we live, but they're transforming this country. 224 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 5: And they're transforming this country into the digital age, which 225 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 5: is absolutely necessary for us to maintain our superpower status. So, yeah, 226 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 5: some jobs are going to be lost, but in doing so, 227 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 5: going back to Kathleen's example, all the blacksmiths, not all 228 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 5: of them lost their jobs, but what happened new jobs 229 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 5: were created. Oh now you needed tires, you needed wheels 230 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 5: you needed, oh, all the infrastructure that provides all of 231 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 5: the filling stations. 232 00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 4: It was kind of interesting. Just as. 233 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 5: My granddaughter, while we were in midtown Manhattan, you know, 234 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 5: she's a new driver, was like, we're all the gas 235 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 5: stations and I said, well, interestingly enough, there are a 236 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 5: few gas stations in Manhattan, but you have to look 237 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 5: really closely to fine them. They tend to be on 238 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 5: the outer edges, like over on the West Side, on 239 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 5: the West Side Highway, you'll see someone and they're usually 240 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 5: near the bridges of the tunnels because people do need 241 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 5: to fill up with gas before they either come into 242 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 5: or leave Manhattan, so they are there. It's just that 243 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 5: she's used to a place where there's, you know, a 244 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 5: gas station on every corner. The destructive, the creative destruction 245 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 5: that's going to happen because of this is a good 246 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 5: thing and we shouldn't fear it. And what we should 247 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 5: do is we should recognize that if you if you 248 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 5: want to have some influence over what the electrical rates 249 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 5: are going to be, then you got to get off 250 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 5: your ass and go to the Public Utilities Commission. You 251 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 5: got to get involved, but not reflexively oppose it. Because 252 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 5: you hear horror stories about electric prices increasing elsewhere. We've 253 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 5: got so many things going on right now simultaneously that 254 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 5: affect power costs. You've got all the stupid green energy 255 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 5: projects that the Biden deministration, the Democrats are trying to 256 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 5: force down our throats, trying to save the climate. At 257 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 5: the same time, you've got miss spending and miss priorities, 258 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 5: and you're not working and making sure that the infrastructure 259 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 5: for power is maintained. You're spending it on other stupid 260 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 5: stuff like bike lanes. Get our priority. 261 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 2: Here, Michael. Thank you for bringing up SMRs today. People 262 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 2: do not realize the technology that is available to us 263 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 2: out there. It's the only saving grace for cities like 264 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 2: Colorado Springs and that possibly is the entire part of Denver. 265 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 2: Thanks Again's see if we can get it past good day. 266 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 4: Dragging. Yes? Is he in the hospital? Should he be? 267 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 4: Did you hear the christwarned there was a heart monitor 268 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 4: in the background. 269 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 2: Listen to that again or dien Michael, thank you for 270 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 2: bringing up SMRs today. People do not realize the technology 271 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 2: that is available to us out there. It's the only 272 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 2: saving grace for cities like Colorado Springs and possibly the 273 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 2: entire part of Denver. 274 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 4: Here. 275 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 2: Thanks again, Let's see if we can get it past 276 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 2: good day. 277 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 3: I didn't hear it till that very end. 278 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, die on us. 279 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 3: We'll have to take applications for new coopers. 280 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 5: I listen if you're going to die on this. If 281 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 5: you're in the hospital, die, you know you've you've had 282 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 5: a stroke, Crocks, Well, you didn't have a stroke, or 283 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 5: at least it didn't effect a speech, But if you're 284 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 5: dying in the hospital, you need to let us know. 285 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 5: We got to get We've got a pile of applications 286 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 5: we got to go through here. 287 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, but I don't want to do all that extra work, 288 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 3: So just straight up don't die. 289 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 4: Yeah that's better. 290 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, even better yet, miss, If you haven't learned by now, 291 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 5: I really don't listen to your talkbacks. 292 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 4: I listen to all the background noise. 293 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 5: It's like if I were to walk into your house, 294 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 5: you could be talking to me until I'm blue in 295 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 5: the face. I'm looking around. I'm seeing what's on your bookshelves. 296 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 5: I'm seeing what's on your mantle. I'm looking at your couch, 297 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 5: I'm looking at your dog. 298 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 4: I'm looking at everything. Cabinet. 299 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 5: That's right. Can I use your bathroom real quickly? You 300 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 5: might have some drugs in there that I want. Speaking 301 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 5: of clues, so that guy left a clue. I think 302 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 5: sometimes the most important clues get lost in the noise 303 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 5: of everything goes on around us. This time it's a 304 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 5: slip up by the governor of Illinois. I think somebody 305 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 5: told me that Jesse Water calls him Ribs because he's 306 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 5: kind of he looks like dragon used to look like 307 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 5: he's thick. He is thick, but you know, when you 308 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 5: when you're the heir to the Hyatt Hotel, you know, empire, 309 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 5: you can afford to be fat. And then his follow 310 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,719 Speaker 5: on commentary after this slip up really does kind of 311 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 5: indicate that I think the Democrats are really worried about 312 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 5: Trump's Blue city crackdowns for a lot of other reasons 313 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 5: than we initially feared. 314 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 4: They drone on and on and. 315 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 5: On about protecting these immigrant communities and have learned about 316 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 5: states rights since federal overreach no longer favors them. And 317 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 5: while the irony is thick, the rampid corruption, I think 318 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 5: is a lot thicker. It reminds me of you. I've 319 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,719 Speaker 5: got this great photo of me and Bob Dole together, 320 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 5: and Bob Dole was well. My good friend Andy Lester 321 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 5: used to work for Doe, and Doe worked with me 322 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 5: on some stuff, and so I get this great letter, 323 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 5: but it reminds me when he published a farewell letter 324 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 5: to America in twenty twenty one. It had a really 325 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 5: scathing shot at Chicago. He wrote, I also confess that 326 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 5: I am a bit curious to learn if I am 327 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 5: correct in thinking that heaven's going to look a lot 328 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 5: like Kansas, and to see, like others who have gone 329 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 5: before me, if I will be able to vote in 330 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 5: Chicago when I'm dead, will I be able to vote 331 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 5: in Chicago? That would be I think about one hundred 332 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 5: and two years old today. So if he has equipped 333 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 5: like that on his way out, that might be a 334 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 5: sign that cheating and corruption had been generational. Oh, I'm 335 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 5: using the word for the guy that's thinking about the pun. 336 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 5: I'm using the word generation again, except now it's generational 337 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 5: in Chicago. Now, for any lurkers who will try to 338 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 5: troubleshoot this idea, I think we've already documented election fraud 339 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 5: in other stories at other times. On September five, Pritsker 340 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 5: went on the briefing with Jen Sawki and peaked out 341 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 5: the following statement about current federal law and immigration efforts 342 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 5: in Chicago, and he said this, we know what this 343 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 5: is about, and it's got nothing. It has nothing to 344 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 5: do with fighting crime and it has Honestly, sending the 345 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 5: National Guard in has nothing to do with immigration either. 346 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,959 Speaker 5: It what it has to do with is he's trying 347 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,479 Speaker 5: to set the stage for interferre in the elections in 348 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 5: twenty twenty six and twenty twenty eight. Now, I'm kind 349 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 5: of wondering, if you're wondering, why didn't this get more airtime. 350 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 5: I think the story was suppressed by the murder of 351 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 5: Charlie Kirk and the subsequent investigation. 352 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 2: In all the. 353 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 5: Fallout all happened September five, less than two weeks after that, 354 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 5: the Porker Pritzker gave an interview to Dana to Dash 355 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 5: of Burns. Started to say, Dana dash of Burns for Politico, 356 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,479 Speaker 5: and he kind of echoed the same sentiments. He says, 357 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 5: I think it's not very far away from him offering 358 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 5: and providing the military to protect the polling places across America, 359 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 5: but particularly in blue states. And blue cities, with the 360 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 5: idea that they could confiscate the ballot boxes if they 361 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 5: think there is fraud. 362 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 4: In the election. 363 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 5: To the mind of this host, who has been involved 364 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 5: in the intel community, Prince Gere's posturing, I think, tells 365 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 5: us three things. First, Democrats are hedging their bets. Odds 366 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 5: makers are continuously downgrading the odds of Democrats flipping the House, 367 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 5: which according to almost ninety years of electoral history. 368 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: Ought to be a near certainty. It's all. It's true 369 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 4: that almost always the party in. 370 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 5: Power, particularly after the very first election, and even more 371 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 5: so after the second election, assuming that president gets two terms, 372 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 5: they tend to lose the majorities in the House and 373 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 5: the Senate more than election more than the year before 374 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 5: election day. Now, Democrats are accusing Trump of trying to 375 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,959 Speaker 5: steal the elections, which they desperately need to win if 376 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 5: they're going to remain relevant as a political entity. Most 377 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 5: of the blame is dished out over the redistricting circus 378 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 5: going on right now, But now that immigration efforts are 379 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 5: being undertaken expulsion of illegal aliens, the Democrats are creating 380 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 5: a seriously confusing stream of messaging leading us to the 381 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 5: next logical question. Remember, the first thing is the Democrats 382 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 5: are actually having their bets because I think the ad 383 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 5: of the Democrats flipping the House, which should be a 384 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 5: near certainty, yeah, I'm not convinced it's going to happen 385 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 5: this time, which leads me to the second point. Are 386 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 5: the illegals voting? 387 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: Now? 388 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 5: Something that's that kind of drives me nuts. Of course, 389 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 5: lots of things drive me nuts. Is this claim that 390 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 5: Democrats do win states like California because of the votes 391 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 5: of illegal aliens. I think it's maddening because there is 392 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 5: so much low hanging fruit related to other types of 393 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 5: election corruption. 394 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 4: It makes no sense to me that illegal aliens. 395 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 5: Would risk being caught voting, or risk being caught by 396 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 5: mobilizing to vote in groups, at least in largers, you know, 397 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 5: in numbers large enough to change the major outcomes, such 398 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 5: as in a you know, a statewide race like for 399 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 5: the governor of California. Now I know, don't get me wrong. 400 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 5: I know there have been isolated cases caught and prosecuted 401 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 5: here and there of the illegal aliens voting. But I 402 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 5: do not believe that a significant chunk of the thirty 403 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 5: million or whatever the number is, that are here, are 404 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 5: actively engaged in casting ballots. What I do believe is 405 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 5: that illegal aliens are voted for. They don't vote that 406 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 5: people vote for illegal aliens, especially in states that have 407 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 5: automatic voter registration. Just think about California moment where home 408 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 5: state Canada, Kamala Harris lagged Joe Biden by more than 409 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 5: one point eight million votes in California and Trump barely 410 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 5: added to his twenty twenty totals. In Illinois. It's pretty similar, 411 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 5: yet smaller, but it's a similar equation. Trump gained just 412 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 5: over two thousand votes there over his twenty twenty totals, 413 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 5: yet closed the margin substantially. Why Because Kamala Harris lagged 414 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 5: behind Biden by more than four hundred thousand votes, the 415 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 5: Chicago ballot harvesting network wasn't nearly as engaged for her 416 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 5: as it was in twenty twenty for Biden. Remember how 417 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 5: stations with alominate voter registration, especially especially when they shotgun 418 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 5: blast mail ballots to either the entire role universal man 419 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 5: in ballot Colorado or in at least massive quantities, giving 420 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 5: ballot harversers weeks in October to get them collected and 421 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 5: turned in illegals get on the rolls thanks to autmatic 422 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 5: voter registration, which leads me to the third point, which 423 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 5: I'll get to next. 424 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 4: Michael, it isn't a heart monitor. 425 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 1: It's probably his smoke detector that's going off. 426 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe maybe not, Maybe he is yikes. 427 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 5: If it is a heart monitor or any sort of 428 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 5: monitoring device in the hospital, that's the. 429 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 4: Kind of goober. We like. 430 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 5: You're listening to us in the hospital. That's dedication leaving 431 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 5: a talk back. That's what we call it P one 432 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 5: and that that's why we're very concerned about your health. 433 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 5: We don't want you to die, we don't want you 434 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 5: to be disabled, because we need you. 435 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 4: We need you out there there. 436 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 3: So that sounded like she was at like a breakfast 437 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 3: diner or something, you know, or a village in what's 438 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 3: for breakfast? 439 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 2: Yeah? 440 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 4: What isaft? Yeah? 441 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 5: Oh, I'm sure it's that at the Independence Institute. I'm 442 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 5: sure that John had You know, Caldera has a nice 443 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 5: buffet set up for the workers every. 444 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 3: Month, provides breakfast. 445 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm sure. 446 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 5: You know, he's such a kind hard you know, it's 447 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 5: such a good soul that you know he would be 448 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 5: doing that except you know what he would do for them. 449 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 5: For breakfast, it'd be a bar. 450 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 4: Just drinks, just drinks. It could just be hard. 451 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 3: Liquor, orange juice there somewhere, I'm sure, could there. 452 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 5: Be orange juice somewhere for a right exactly. So here's 453 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 5: the third point, the impenetrable Chicago Fortress. Think about this. 454 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 5: Illinois really was once reliably Republican and presidential elections. They 455 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 5: backed eight of ten Republican presidential candidates between nineteen fifty 456 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 5: two and nineteen eighty nineteen eighty eight. But now, thanks 457 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 5: to the leftward drift and the expansion of urban areas 458 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 5: where you have ballot harvesting, which is apparently what JB. 459 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 5: Pritchzecker's all worried about any things, they're going to lose 460 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 5: the midterm elections, and through the rampant corruption, the states 461 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 5: that are dominated by giant urban centers have become largely 462 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 5: unwinnable for Republicans, even if the rural areas are deep red. 463 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 5: You look at Ohio, you look at Colorado too, but 464 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 5: you look at Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, it's the sea a red. 465 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 4: And where you see the deep blue, it's the urban areas. 466 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 5: Now you take Illinois for example, there are six Illinois 467 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 5: counties that are really part of Chicago Land. You got 468 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 5: Cook which is corese Chicago, to page Will K. McHenry 469 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 5: in Lake Counties. And when you look at those Chicago Land, 470 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 5: even though the margin dropped in twenty sixteen and twenty 471 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 5: twenty four, the blue votes were respectively one point three million, 472 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 5: one point three million, and then one point zero million. 473 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 5: That's the margin in twenty sixteen through twenty twenty four. 474 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 5: The rest of Illinois three hundred and sixty six thousand 475 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 5: and twenty sixteen for Republicans, three hundred and sixty eight 476 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 5: thousands for republicans in twenty twenty, and three hundred ninety 477 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 5: one thousand Republicans in twenty twenty four. So the overwhelmingly 478 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 5: red counties are what I call that they're just maxed out, 479 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 5: meaning they are now depopulating and they're incapable of getting 480 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:44,479 Speaker 5: much redder. 481 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 4: So the work to do. 482 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 5: Is in the Chicago area, and that does include scanning 483 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 5: up for the potential for Republican votes, but most importantly 484 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 5: ending the corruption that Pritzker hints at. When you look 485 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 5: at the twenty fourteen Illinois governor race, a three point 486 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 5: nine percent Republican win. I mean you look at the map. Oh, 487 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 5: there's Cook County. Historical Cook County. It took all one 488 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 5: hundred and one counties in twenty fourteen to squeeze past 489 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 5: Chicago and Cook County to win that Gubernatoil race. So 490 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 5: when the Democrats speak, you really ought to listen because 491 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 5: they kind of give away the playbook that allows them 492 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 5: to entrench themselves in power in some of the most 493 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 5: important states. Pritz Gervil heads spill betray all at once 494 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 5: in his media appearances. You really ought to listen closely 495 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 5: and think about what he says when he's on TV. 496 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 5: I know he's thinking about running for president, but he's 497 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 5: giving you a lot of hints about the corruption going 498 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 5: on in places like Illinois.