1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: Twin Cities News Talk. Hey, I'm eleven thirty one three 2 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: five FM. Good morning, my name is John Justice. Thanks 3 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: for joining me this morning. Also thank you to Devin 4 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: and the master control booth. Got a lot to talk 5 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: about today. We're going to dive into deeply or what 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,959 Speaker 1: some of the industry call a deep dive eat that term. 7 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: There was a program director that, uh, probably the worst 8 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: program director I ever had to work for. He ended 9 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: up taking over in the radio station that I worked 10 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: at prior to here, and it was the like every 11 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: stereotypical story I had been told about horrible program directors 12 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: but never had experience, was encapsulated with this guy. I 13 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: had friends of the show that referred to him as Galactus. 14 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: Wherever he went, he was the destroyer of radio stations. 15 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 1: So he ended up basically taking the morning show away 16 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: from me an attempt in an attempted to salvage his 17 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: own job there at the radio station. He moved me 18 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: to this bizarro eight thirty to noon slot. And all this, 19 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: I say all that because he did this really incredibly vapid, 20 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: boring newswheel show. He was trying to do middle of 21 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: the road news. And then I would come in with 22 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: the you know, with a hardcore conservative talk later. But 23 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: he used to always use that term deep dive. We'll 24 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: do a deep dive coming up. Of course, now I've 25 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: ruined it if I ever just used that randomly and appropriately, 26 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: But that term just always drives me nuts. We're gonna 27 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: do a deep dive into the vehicle license tabs. I 28 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: would encourage you the fees for your registration, Okay, I 29 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: would encourage you not to leave a talk back yet, 30 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: because I know because I've already. Every time I bring 31 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: up the fees relating to the tabs on your vehicle, 32 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: which are debating in the legislature, I get slammed with talkback. 33 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: So I would appreciate it if you get a hold 34 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: off on them until we get into this next hour, 35 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: because I certainly want to get to get your thoughts. 36 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: I also did a little bit of research because the 37 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: price that we pay for the tabs here in Minnesota, 38 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: it's just it's ridiculous. It doesn't have to be this way. 39 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: But I did a little research, and I'll share this 40 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: with you on the history of why we have registration 41 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: for vehicles, how much you used to have to pay. 42 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: It's all just so arbitrary. They're just making stuff up. Well, 43 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,119 Speaker 1: the car is newer, you should have to pay more. 44 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: It's it's the Democrat way. Along those same lines, we'll 45 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: talk about later on how the DFL during the legislative 46 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: session looking to punish those online corporations by taxing them 47 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: for their ads online. And of course they're not seeing 48 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: the bigger picture that it's not just big corporations that 49 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: run these ads online. There's also you know, oh I 50 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: don't know self published authors that run ads on Facebook 51 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: and whatnot. Okay, so we'll get into that. Plus I 52 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: had many of you reaching out regarding the attempts to 53 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: limit your ability to drive your classic car to weekends. 54 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about this a little bit later on. 55 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: I'm still trying to get the information on whether or 56 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: not that bill made it out of committee. I know 57 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: that the debate on it took place on Monday's show. 58 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: So we got a lot of ground to cover, and 59 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: we will get to those items coming up in the 60 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: seven o'clock hour this morning. A lot of movement regarding 61 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: Operation Metro Surge. The Democrats continued desire to exploit that 62 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Walls has put together a new clouncil for 63 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: individuals that want yet another way to go and log 64 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: their complaints over their victimization perceived at the hands of Ice. 65 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: And so we'll get into this a little bit later 66 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: on in the hour. A study finds analysis politicians who 67 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: hurl insults, they get nine times the media coverage. But 68 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: there's a catch on on this because it's not without 69 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: unintended consequences. Okay, So researchers analyze more than two point 70 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: two million public statements from the one hundred and eighteen 71 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: Congress and found that lawmakers who frequently hurl personal insults 72 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: attract far more media attention than colleagues who focus simply 73 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: on debate. 74 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 2: Think of how easy it would be to be a 75 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 2: damn Republican. Oh what should I wear today? This stupid 76 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 2: freaking red hat. What should I say today? I don't know, 77 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 2: Just make sure it's cruel. Who do we listen to 78 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: that guy? Oh, the felon in the White House? Yeah, 79 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: listen to him and that will be fine. Now he's 80 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 2: talking about burning flags, You're gonna have flag burning or whatever, 81 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 2: because he knows there's a hell of a lot of 82 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 2: flags with his picture. 83 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: On it that are gonna get burned. I almost feel 84 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: bad playing walls this early in the morning. Now, despite 85 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: the outsized media attention, personal attacks showed no meaningful association 86 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: with fundraising totals, election margins, legislative output, or changes in 87 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: personal wealth. The most combative lawmakers we're not representing the 88 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: most politically hostile districts, suggesting they are playing to national 89 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: media audiences rather than responding to constituent demand. Now, this 90 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: was an assumption that I've made on the show. It 91 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: seems logical now we actually have some tangible data to 92 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: look at, substantiating what a lot of us already believed 93 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: about this phenomenon. Researchers warn that the media's appetite for 94 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: conflict may be sustaining norm breaking rhetoric in Congress, even 95 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: without any electoral or financial reward. To go and back 96 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: it up. Now, the study shows that a member of 97 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: Congress who devotes roughly five percent of their communications to 98 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: personal attacks gets about the same amount of cable news 99 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: coverage as colleagues who spend forty five percent of their 100 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: time on critical policy focused debate. For further context on 101 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: how lopsided that is, the twenty five members of Congress 102 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: with the highest rates of personal attacks receive more Cable 103 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: TV mentions than the seventy five members with the lowest 104 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: rates combined. Now, what's interesting about this to me is 105 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: that it speaks to that common complaint that I hear 106 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: on the show when individuals talk about Republicans need to 107 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: do more. Why aren't they speaking out against this more? 108 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: Why you know, why aren't they doing this, this, and that? 109 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: I always see the Democrats out there saying these things. Well, 110 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: here's the part of your answer. You know, her call 111 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: insults is obviously not exclusive to any party. Look at 112 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump. I don't want to Okay, let's make 113 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: sure we're honest here, but by and large, apart from 114 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: Trump and a handful of other Republicans, the majority of 115 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: that rhetoric is coming from the left. And that's why 116 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: you hear more and seemore commentary coming from Democrats and 117 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: you do Republicans, even before you get to the embedded 118 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: bias within the media as well. Of course, in the 119 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: piece from Study Fines, they cite Representative Marjorie Taylor Green 120 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: telling Representative Jasmine Crockett, I think your fake eyelashes are 121 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: messing up what you're reading as one example of the 122 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: kind of personal attack the study captors. Of course, they 123 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: had to go that route, starting with a Republican or 124 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: a supposed Republican. I don't know where Marjorie Taylor Green 125 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: is at this point in time. She's kind of she's 126 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: kind of out there, but unsurprisingly they would focus on 127 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: somebody who was labeled the Republican over a Democrat. First. 128 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: Criticizing policy is treated differently from attacking a person's character, 129 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: and that distinction is central to the studies approach. There's 130 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: a few more points that I want to share with 131 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: you as we open the show this morning here on 132 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: Twin City's News Talk. Also somewhat of a case in 133 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: point a couple of prominent state Democrats ended up failing 134 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: to win endorsements at the recent local conventions here in Minnesota, 135 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: a story courtesy of ALFA News. One individual in particular, 136 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: who certainly falls in line with a Democrat who hurls 137 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: insults often and in this case didn't end up being 138 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: able to benefit off of that. So more details on 139 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 1: this coming up. In just a moment. Trump is moving 140 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: to address the rising gas prices. This will fit in 141 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: nicely with the numerous stories that we have relating to 142 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: your automobile if you want to reach out at any 143 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: point during the show today. 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We'll 151 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: get to them next right here on Twinsday's News Talk 152 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: AM eleven thirty and one oh three five FM. 153 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 3: Good morning, and I love your show, Hey John. 154 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: Curling insults is one thing, but what. 155 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 4: About hurling spiders, charles, spiders, translos. 156 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: Who gets more coverage? 157 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 3: Sorry, couldn't resist. 158 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: That's a good question. Who gets more coverage those who 159 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: hurl insults or those who hurl spiders like Simonetti did. 160 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: Probably insults. I mean she got the smattering of coverage 161 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: for her antics. Thank you Hans for the talk back 162 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: this morning here on twin Cities News Talk at AM 163 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: eleven thirty and one oh three five FM. Collad you're 164 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: with the show today when we talk in vehicle tabs 165 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: next hour wherein I will do a deep dive Good 166 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: morning John, deep dive rock band or race story. Oh, 167 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to go rock band for deep dive. Sounds 168 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: like a sounds like a seventies progressive rock band. Deep 169 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: dictis on the issue here on Twin Cities News. Talk 170 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: of politicians who often hurl insults get nine times the 171 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: media coverage, but zero extra votes or donations. So to 172 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: sort through more than two million chunks of text, the 173 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: research team behind this study used GPT four, the large 174 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: language model made by open ai, to classify each statement. 175 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: I just find it interesting how AIS being utilized that now, 176 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: although the bubble on ai might have burch a burst 177 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 1: a sorrow who had created the app where you can 178 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: make all of the various, you know, videos that had 179 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: been used a lot, they're already shutting down. Yeah, it 180 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: kind of came came and went quick. I mean, my 181 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: guess is it's just not it wasn't cost effective. They 182 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: couldn't afford to keep it open because there was not 183 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: a lot of monetary exchanges going on and making those 184 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 1: those videos. As they were going through these these texts. 185 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: They asked the questions, was it a personal attack? Policy decision? 186 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: A blend of critical policy focused debate. Researchers ensured the 187 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: classification was neutral about whether an accusation happened to be true. 188 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: A lawmaker calling a colleague corrupt was coded as a 189 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: personal attack, regardless of whether the evidence supported the claim. 190 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: The study was measuring rhetorical style, not fact checking content. 191 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: Abroad grew based labels counted to sweeping statements like Democrats 192 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: are communists or Republicans are fascists were treated as personal 193 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: attacks against group members. I like how in the piece itself, 194 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: Like what I'm reading it. It's all just so nonchalant, 195 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: you know, statements like Democrats are communists and Republicans are 196 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: fascists also a matter of factly, to measure the media visibility, 197 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: the team counted how often each lawmaker's name appeared in 198 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: transcripts from CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, a simple proxy 199 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: for who breaks through the news cycle, regardless of whether 200 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: the mention was flattering or hostile. Personal insults are actually 201 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: fairly rare. Overall, about sixty five percent of legislators used 202 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: them in less than one percent of their communications roughly 203 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: six percent of members never used them at all during 204 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: the period studied. The research's caution, however, that these figures 205 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: should be read as a lower bound. The AI was 206 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: catching only the most explicit name the target. Insults in text, 207 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: subtler subtler, digs in nuendo memes. Visual content were not 208 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: captured by the text based approach, so the actual prevalence 209 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: of personal attacks may be higher than what the written 210 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: record can alone detect. 211 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 4: You get up in the morning and you doom scroll 212 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: through things. And although I will say this, the last 213 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 4: few days. 214 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: You woke up thinking there might be news. 215 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 4: Just saying just saying there will be news sometimes just 216 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 4: so you know there. 217 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: So there was a Republican doing nothing with my fingers, 218 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: a Republican organization. I don't talk about that much on 219 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: the air, and I'm not going to name them now, 220 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:53,359 Speaker 1: but they've been catching heat because they posted an AI 221 00:13:53,520 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: image of a statue of Melissa Hortman. But the status 222 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: you was positioned as if it were reaching out to 223 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: grab an individual's wallet in their back pocket as they 224 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: were walking by. This meme was shared in response to 225 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: Democrats in Minnesota wanting to create a statue to remember 226 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: Melissa Hortman. Okay, and this Conservative doing that thing with 227 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: my fingers organization has been getting lambasted online over all 228 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: this for sharing this image. It's insensitive and all this nonsense. 229 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: It just makes me laugh because there's such a double standard. 230 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: I understand, like I wouldn't share that image, right, I 231 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't have created that image. It's not something that I 232 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: would endorse or repost. I just think it's unnecessary. Okay, 233 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: it's a tragedy what happened to Melissa Hortman, and there's 234 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: no reason to go and pile on regarding that. I 235 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: also don't think we need a statue to honor Melissa 236 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: Hortman either, So I want to say that upfront. But 237 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: it makes me laugh because you got the DFL and 238 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: media outlets like Bring Me the News that are all 239 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: up in arms about all of this, and yet nobody 240 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: ever says anything to get up. 241 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 4: In the morning, Doom scrolled through things and although I 242 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 4: will say this, for the last few days. 243 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: You woke up thinking there might be news, and of 244 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,479 Speaker 1: course he's talking about President Donald Trump waking up disappointed 245 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: that the rumors that President Donald Trump had passed away 246 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: were false. Okay, further, in this study, they say Republican 247 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: members used personal attacks at higher rates than Democrats in 248 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: both the House and Senate according to the study, and 249 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: more ideologically extreme Republicans were most likely to deploy them. 250 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: Democrats showed a more complicated pattern. Moderately, liberal members were 251 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: somewhat more likely to attack each other to attack than 252 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: either centrist or far left democrats excuse me. In both parties, 253 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: the majority of legislators focused on policy. So I question 254 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: that particular finding on a couple of different levels. One 255 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: when you consider the further bias embedded in the individuals 256 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: who were conducting this research because the story lays out 257 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: I'm avoiding it for the sake of time on the show. 258 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: The story lays out in detail who ended up being 259 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: a part of the study, and they're mostly, you know, 260 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: university academics, so you're already going to have an embedded 261 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: bias in there. But also because of the way that 262 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: the study was done, the AI was avoiding the nuance 263 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: and not counting those items as personal attacks. But as 264 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: I mentioned, what I just played from you know from 265 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Walls may not have shown up in the 266 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: AI's search because it was more subtle this less so Donald. 267 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 4: Trump and his allies in Washington and in Saint Paul 268 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 4: and online want to make our state a colder, meaner place. 269 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: The governor's being mean, and. 270 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 2: The governor's speaking out on that, well, maybe it's time. 271 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: For us to be a little meaner. Maybe it's time 272 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: for us to be a little more fear. 273 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 5: Now. 274 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: In the wake of that study, too, prominent Minnesotada Democrats 275 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: failed to win the DFL endorsement for their legislative campaigns 276 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: this past weekend. And it is kind of a kind 277 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: of a surprise. So the lesser of the two extremes here, 278 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: but still surprising, DFL State Senator Ron Latts failed to 279 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 1: win the endorsement for his Saint Louis Park area seat, 280 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: senior member of the Senate DFL Caucus, current chair of 281 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: the Senate Judiciary Public Safety Committee. These guys aren't radical enough. 282 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: He's facing a primary challenge from a former Saint Louis 283 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: Park City council member, a dfller who represents half of 284 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: Lats's Senate district in the state, endorsed by Representative Larry Kraft. 285 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: The other individual, and this was kind of surprising, was 286 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: a soccer Rinch. Ryan Winkler, who is no stranger to 287 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: inflammatory rhetoric and propaganda, former majority leader in the House 288 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: of Representatives, lost his bid to win the DFL endorsement 289 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: in House District forty three. B Winkler, who previously served 290 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: two stints in the House, lost his endorsement to Jess Lewis, 291 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: a former USA AID employee. So these were pretty significant again, 292 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 1: and my guess is that they're just not radical enough 293 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: for the DFL anymore. And I'll have further examples of 294 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: this later on as we hear from representatives like Athena Hollins, 295 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 1: basically just wanting to get revenge because other people outside 296 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: Minnesota have made a lot of money and they make 297 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: some of that money off of Minnesota and they just 298 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: want a piece of it. That's what it comes down to. 299 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,199 Speaker 1: That'll be attached to the legislation moving forward to further 300 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: tax online ad placement, and again that'll be coming up 301 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: in about one hour from now next Before we get 302 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: into the latest regarding what's been going on in the 303 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: wake of Operation Metro Surgeon, there's a lot of ground 304 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: to cover there. There was a landmark decision by the 305 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: Supreme Court yesterday to allow parents to opt out of 306 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: LGBTQ curriculum in school. I'll provide you an update on that, 307 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: and in the wake of this, a story from Alpha 308 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: News this morning, a Blaine High School English course book 309 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: list full of inappropriate titles bringing about an abundance of 310 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 1: concern from a parent. I'll provide details and we'll get 311 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: to your comments from the iHeartRadio app coming up here 312 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: on Twin City's news Talking I'm eleven thirty and one 313 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: oh three five FM. 314 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 6: Speaking of statistics insults by politicians, The Democrats win hands 315 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 6: dout desiably simply with the fact of the insulting crap 316 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 6: they put on us, the taxpayers, and how they will 317 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 6: not do their job to protect citizens of the Minnesota 318 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 6: state and the stupid stuff they do. 319 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 7: They win for the most insult head of story. 320 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 5: You know, with that this a hartment statue of me. 321 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 5: You say, yeah, it's distasteful. I really wish they wouldn't 322 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 5: have done that. The people that are up in arms 323 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 5: and upset about it are the same people that were 324 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 5: saying that the Tardi Kirk statue should be a fountain 325 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 5: with water coming out of his neck. 326 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: So right now, you're absolutely correct. Make no mistake. Democrats 327 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 1: don't really care. They're not that upset. You'll have the 328 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: double b's, the broken and brainwashed that'll act like they're 329 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: up in arms, and some people might be by seeing 330 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: an AI generated image of a statue of Melissa Hortman 331 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: reaching out to grab somebody's wallet from their back pocket. 332 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: I saw the image. It doesn't even really look like 333 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: Melissa Hortenet's a little bit AI sloppish, unnecessary. But at 334 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: the same time, the talkbacker's right, there's complete and total hypocrisy. 335 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: I would rather be on the side of not being 336 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: a hypocrite on issues, on issues like that. But at 337 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: the same time, no, the Democrats that are complaining about it, 338 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: they're just trying to make an issue. They don't legitimately 339 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: care that there was any sort of insulting to the 340 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: legacy of Melissa Hortman or her or her family. No, 341 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: it's all just a means to score political points. Back 342 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: to what we were talking about before in the previous talkback, 343 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: All right, let's go here a Blaine High School English course. 344 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 1: It's a book list was filled with inappropriate titles according 345 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: to a parent. So here's the short version. I want 346 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: to I want to spike into this the Supreme Court 347 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: ruling yesterday regarding parents being able to opt out of 348 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: LGBTQ material. I have the announcement from Fox News. I'll 349 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: share it with you in just a moment here on 350 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: Twin Cities News Talk. But a Blaine High School course 351 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: English class book list featuring titles like The Last Night 352 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: at the Telegraph Club Club and The Hate You Give 353 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 1: has spart controversy due to its explicit content. A concern 354 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: to parent, who shared her worries on Facebook, argues the 355 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: books are inappropriate for ninth graders and questions the district's 356 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: approval process. The district maintains that the books are optional 357 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: and parents can request alternative materials, but they shouldn't even 358 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: be made available in the first place, and there's no 359 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 1: rationalizing or with the staff in charge of these books. 360 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 1: The individuals that feel that, say that believe that made 361 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: these books available to underage students. Their views are not 362 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: going to change. You need to push back on it, 363 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: need to provide examples of Hawaii. It's inappropriate, especially when 364 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: you compare them to other aspects of life, wherein we 365 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 1: go out of our way to shield miners from sexually 366 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,479 Speaker 1: explicit material. You need to point out how why is 367 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: it that you're not allowed to share this type of 368 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: material with underage kids. In a lot of cases, it's 369 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: child abuse, and you can even go so far as 370 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: to be arrested if you did. And yet here we're 371 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: allowing it. But do not go into any of these 372 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: debates with any sort of belief that you're going to 373 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: change the hearts and minds of the individuals who believe 374 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: that this is appropriate for the students. One they're either 375 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: ignorant of what's actually in them, or two they simply 376 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: don't care. They want the students exposed to this. You 377 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: mess kids up early enough, when their minds are still developing, 378 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: and you got a better opportunity to brainwash them, to 379 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: indoctrinate them into progressive ideologies, to keep them due to 380 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: full Democrat voters when they get Before we get into 381 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: further details of this, here's the Fox News report of 382 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: the news that broke yesterday regarding this Supreme Court decision 383 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: that weighs directly into the story that I'm talking about 384 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: now from Alpha News. 385 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 8: Regarding religious liberty and whether parents should be informed and 386 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 8: be able to opt their children out from reading books 387 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 8: in the classroom that go against their faith. Shannon Braeman 388 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 8: is at the Supreme Court. We were watching for this one. 389 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 8: What's the verdict. 390 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 7: Reward, Dana. So this brought together a coalition of parents 391 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 7: of different religious faiths and backgrounds who said there used 392 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 7: to be a rule in this particular school district that 393 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 7: would let them know when there were books that dealt 394 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 7: with issues that may be in conflict with their religious faith. Well, 395 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 7: so many parents were opting out that the school board 396 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 7: and the school district quit doing it. Well six to 397 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 7: three today in a Justice a decision by Justice Alito, 398 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 7: they said these parents have it earned at least a 399 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 7: preliminary injunction. So while this case plays out, they said, 400 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 7: the board has to notify them about a book that's 401 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 7: in question or anything similar so that their kids can 402 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 7: be excused if it's in conflict with their faith. He says, 403 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 7: as we've explained, Without that, parents are left this choice 404 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 7: either risk their child's exposure to burden some instruction, or 405 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 7: pay substantial sums for alternative educational services. Because at one 406 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 7: point Justice Jackson during the arguments has said, had said, 407 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 7: why don't they just go to a different school, Why 408 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 7: don't you put them in private school or homeschool them. 409 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 7: Justice Alito's and others saying that's not practical for a 410 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 7: lot of people. The descent by Justice Sodomy are joined 411 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 7: by Justices Kagan and Jackson, says today's ruling threatens the 412 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 7: essence of public education. She says it's not about bringing 413 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 7: kids together to learn about a particular faith, but a 414 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 7: range of concepts and views that reflect our entire society. 415 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 7: Exposure to new ideas has always been a vital part 416 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 7: of that project. Until now, she didn't think the dissenters 417 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 7: didn't think that the parents should get the opt out, 418 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 7: Justice Alito, when the majority say they should. 419 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 1: See what's happened here is Democrats have once again done 420 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: a really, really good job of resetting the societal standard. 421 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: They do this all the time. There is a not 422 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: an unsurprisingly timely article relating to Democrats who say that 423 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: they were threatened by ice during Operation Metro surch This 424 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: was the headline story yesterday. I'm going to dive into 425 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: this a little bit a little bit later on. So 426 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: this is your preview this morning on Twin City's newstock. 427 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: What's interesting about it is that on the heels of 428 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: that Governor Tim Walls held the press conference yesterday announcing 429 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: that he was creating a council to look into the 430 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: impact of Operation Metro Surge negatively here in Minnesota. So 431 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: the Star Tribune once again carrying the water for Democrats, 432 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: carrying the water for Governor Tim Walls, whose buddy runs 433 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: the Star Tribune. I bring all this up because in 434 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: that story, the Democrats blatantly try to reset the societal standard. 435 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: They cast ICE as the Gestapo, this authoritarian force. But 436 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: what are they complaining about. They're complaining about their licenses 437 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 1: being pulled after stalking ICE agents while they're off arresting criminals. 438 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: They're complaining about menacing looks that they say they've received 439 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: stories about going to a park to walk their dog 440 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 1: and having ICE agents draw guns on them. I'll take 441 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: nine billion dollars in fraudulent money that that didn't happen, 442 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: but we'll get to it later on. The whole piece 443 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: is resetting the standard of these are all these things 444 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: that ICE did that we feel are violations, but none 445 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: of it rises to the level of criminality. They're just 446 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: trying to set a new baseline standard of If ICE 447 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: does a then we can call ICE all of these 448 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: different criticisms, and that's what's happened here with these books 449 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 1: and schools. A lot of these are shielded by the 450 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: LGBTQ label, but they're filled with sexually explicit pornographic material. 451 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: So the criticism of those that want to have it removed, Oh, 452 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: you're just homophobic, you're ANTILGBTQ. No, Democrats, just reset the standard. 453 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: This never should have been allowed in schools in the 454 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: first place. The book list for ninth grade Honors English 455 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: class at Blaine High School filled with inappropriate titles, The 456 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: parent told Alpha News. The students were given a list 457 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: of eleven books and required to choose one to read 458 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: for a class book discussion. My concern, and the concern 459 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: of many other parents, is that a large number of 460 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: the books on the list have been banned or repeatedly 461 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: challenged in schools across the country, many do to explicit 462 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: sexual content and other mature themes. The parents said that 463 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: several people contacted her after she shared her concerns about 464 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: the book list on Facebook. These should never be made 465 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: available to students. Really easy standard here. If a parent 466 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: wants to go and expose their kids to these books, 467 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: they can absolutely do so it doesn't need to happen 468 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: in the classroom. That's the question. Why does this have 469 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: to happen in the classroom. Why does this need to 470 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: be available to students when all these books are readily 471 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: available at your local library. As a matter of fact, 472 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,719 Speaker 1: it's counter to how much democrats love libraries. I mean, 473 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: libraries aren't bad, and be that as it may, but 474 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: make no mistake, they're run by the government and off 475 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: thembastions of liberalism. That being said, a lot of these 476 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: books are available in libraries. A lot of times they 477 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: put these books inappropriately in children's book sections. And that's 478 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: the point that I was trying to make. There's no 479 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: reason they ever should have been introduced. If this can 480 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: be done at home, and it should be done at home. 481 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: The teaching of sex sid should be straight up about biology. 482 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: Of course, we know even that has been twisted and 483 00:29:53,240 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: distorted under the lefs gender views. This parent connected with 484 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: some individuals at the Enoka Handepen School District who worked 485 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: with her and other concerned parents to add an additional 486 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: two titles to the list of the eleven that parents 487 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: deemed more appropriate. The eleven books on the original list 488 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: will remain as part of the curriculum. I appreciate the 489 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: district's efforts, but it doesn't address the core problem. These 490 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,719 Speaker 1: sexually explicit books are carefully selected and presented to our 491 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:30,239 Speaker 1: kids as part of the curriculum. Oh and just to 492 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 1: the point here this one book, Last Night at the 493 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: Telegraph Club. There's a sexual interaction between two girls, and 494 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: it's graphically depicted. The title has been banned from multiple 495 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: states due to its sexually explicit nature. The Hate You Give. 496 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: Another book on the list has also been frequently removed 497 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: from schools across the nation because of its vulgarity, sexual references, 498 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: and the way the book portrays police brutality. It is 499 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: incredibly twisted, the way the Democrats want to go and 500 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: take advantage of our youth on every single level. There 501 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: was a time, and then not so in the distant past, 502 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: when this was outrightly rejected by society overwhelmingly, and I 503 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: believe it probably would be still if we didn't have 504 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: the echo chambers of social media and these types of 505 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: stories weren't suppressed by the leftist liberal media. The parent 506 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: told Alphaeus that the books on the list were purchased 507 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: by the school in twenty twenty two as part of 508 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: the Into Literature HMH curriculum, and it's only going to 509 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: get worse with the ethnic studies that this gets underway. 510 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: The school district has a process to provide alternative curriculum 511 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: material options upon request of a parent or student. There 512 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: is also a formal complaint process that can be pursued 513 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: regarding instructional materials if that is in the best interest 514 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: of the parents and the guardians. I'd be very curious 515 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: to see what sort of impact this Scotus ruling has 516 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: on issues like this one here that I'm sharing currently 517 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: on Twinsday's News Talk. 518 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 9: John, in regards to the books, you keep saying that 519 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 9: they've been made available to the students. That's kind of incorrect. 520 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 9: They are being forced to read these books to get 521 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 9: a grade in their class. There's a there's a difference there. Yeah, 522 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 9: they have a choice, but pick bad option one or 523 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 9: bad option too. Well. 524 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 1: I did that intentionally because you don't get to the 525 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: second part of it. If you address the first part 526 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: of it, the book shouldn't be made available at all. 527 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: So you're right, they're being forced to read them. But 528 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: let's not jump to that. Let's just start with the 529 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: baseline that they shouldn't be there in the first place, 530 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: because too often we make the mistake of arguing a 531 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: ladder point like that, well, they're being forced to read 532 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: them in the classroom, that's all great and fine in dandy, 533 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: but you're not really dealing with the root cause of 534 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: the issue. And the root cause of the issue is 535 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: the adults that already agreed to allow these books in 536 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: the first place. And again, those that approve of this, 537 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: their minds are not changing. Just got to identify that 538 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: these are the individuals who believe that this is completely 539 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: appropriate for students, that they should be exposed to this. 540 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: And you've got twisted minds within our own legislature that 541 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: want to promote these books. They want the kids to 542 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: be forced to read them. But I'm of the opinion 543 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: again that we need to start with just keeping these 544 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: books out of the classroom in the first place. This 545 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: is a story we're certainly going to be keeping an 546 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: eye on as it moves forward. And again with that 547 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: Supreme Court ruling allowing parents to opt out in a 548 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: lot of them were I'm hopeful that just given that 549 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: opt out, that students are ecuse me, schools, we'll just 550 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: begin to remove this curriculum in the first place. Minnesota's 551 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 1: probably a lost cause. Let's me get a wholesale change 552 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: in leadership, which we need to go and undo all 553 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,240 Speaker 1: the damage that Governor Tim Walls has done through education 554 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: Minnesota and the damage that will be happening because of 555 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: this critical race theory curriculum that's now required within our schools. 556 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 10: You know, this book thing, it really reminds me of 557 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 10: a few years ago. 558 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 9: I saw a video of. 559 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: A parent that. 560 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 10: School board meeting that was just reading one of the 561 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 10: books that was assigned to the kids, just reading it 562 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 10: to the school board meeting, and they kicked them out 563 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 10: because he was saying inappropriate stuff. I think more of. 564 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: That has that you know it does. But again, this 565 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: kind of goes back to what I was saying before, 566 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: because that happens all the time. But what's the ramifications 567 00:34:56,160 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: of that. Nothing, It doesn't go anywhere. You should go 568 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: and point the hypocrisy out. Those are fantastic moments to 569 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: get on video to show just how ridiculous it is. 570 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:14,439 Speaker 1: I've made that point on the show many times. We've 571 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: talked about this issue dozens of times on the show, 572 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 1: and there have been many of those times when we've 573 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 1: talked about it where I have the actual text of 574 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: the books in front of me and I can't say 575 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 1: it on the air. I can't talk about it unless 576 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 1: I want to get fired. I want iHeart media to 577 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: get fined, and I don't want either of those things 578 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,279 Speaker 1: to happen. So of course that raises the question of well, 579 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: if I can't say it on the air, if it's 580 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: in violation of SEC rules, and a parent can't say 581 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 1: it in front of the school board members and they 582 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: kick them out, then why is it being allowed to 583 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: our students? You are absolutely correct, but this goes back 584 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 1: to the baseline standards, societal standards that democrats have successfully 585 00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: gone and changed. And my point is typically an instant 586 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: like that happens and it doesn't go anywhere. The school 587 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: board meeting is over, everybody forgets about it, the clip 588 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: gets shared around online, and then everybody moves forward. It's 589 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,479 Speaker 1: only going to be through public pressure that these types 590 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: of changes happen. These school board members either need to 591 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: realize they're going to lose their gigs, or there's enough 592 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: public outrage or potential threats of parents pulling their kids 593 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: out of school to prompt them to act because those 594 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: individuals feel that it's completely appropriate for your children to 595 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 1: have those books. Trying to rationalize and reason with them 596 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: isn't going to work. You have to do whatever legal 597 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,279 Speaker 1: means you can to put that public pressure on them 598 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,800 Speaker 1: to get them to change, or to elect better individuals 599 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 1: at the local level to serve on these school boards 600 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 1: who aren't going to make horrible decisions regarding the material 601 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: that our students can get access to. All right, coming up, 602 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 1: we're going to talk cars, a fees, classic cars, and 603 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,919 Speaker 1: when you can drive them at risk spaken of which 604 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:11,760 Speaker 1: the Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily cut regulations on fuel 605 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: blended with ethanol. This is all in an effort to 606 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 1: address the gas priceage, which have obviously been affected by 607 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 1: the ongoing conflict in Iran. President Donald Trump's EPA said 608 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,279 Speaker 1: yesterday that it is waiving the federal restrictions to allow 609 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,279 Speaker 1: a nationwide sale of gas blended with fifteen percent, to 610 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: commonly refer to as E fifteen. The sale of E 611 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,560 Speaker 1: fifteen has barred much of the US during the summer months. 612 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,319 Speaker 1: To cut back on air pollution, the EPA is also 613 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 1: removing all federal impediments to the sale of E ten gas. 614 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 1: The Trump administrations move to free up the sale of 615 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,920 Speaker 1: both of those types of fuel is set to take 616 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,360 Speaker 1: effect on the first of May and remain in place 617 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 1: until May twentieth, but it could be extended, hopefully in 618 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 1: an attempt to rein in some of the rising gas 619 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 1: prices that we've been dealing with. Speaking of Trump and 620 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:05,239 Speaker 1: Appeals Court, Bax Trump on Minnesota alien detention. I'll give 621 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 1: you details on that. Oh, Bruce Springsteen doubling down on 622 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,359 Speaker 1: his anti Trump rhetoric. Very upset. I have audio to share, 623 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: and then we'll dive into your vehicle tab fees and 624 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,160 Speaker 1: how they're not going down anytime soon. But also Minnesota 625 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,839 Speaker 1: Democrats report being followed and harassed by ICE agents during 626 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: immigration surge. Do not go anywhere. We got a jam 627 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,880 Speaker 1: pack seven o'clock hour and it comes up next hereon 628 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,399 Speaker 1: Twinsdy's News Talk AM eleven thirty and one oh three 629 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 1: five FM. They have what's called a Trump derangement problem. 630 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,480 Speaker 1: Have you heard about that problem?