WEBVTT - A Chat with Mark Halperin 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.400 Right News Round Up and Information Overload Hour. Here's our 0:00:02.480 --> 0:00:05.040 toll free telephone number if you want to be a 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:07.200 part of the program. In a minute, will be joined 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:09.680 by our friend Mark halprin Well. I think it's one 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:14.760 of the few honest brokers in the media today. If 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.400 you remember, in the lead up to the twenty four 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:21.680 presidential election, we had him on fairly regularly, and he 0:00:21.800 --> 0:00:23.599 was one of the few people that was like out 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:26.200 there saying what I was saying. He was reading the 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:30.440 same numbers I was reading, and he knew that Donald 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.159 Trump was going to win that election as I knew it. 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:36.680 And I although I never want to communicate that to 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:41.559 anybody ever, because you always have day of turnout and 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.400 that means that if people don't show up that day, 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:49.680 all the models are modeling in terms of elections and 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:53.320 predictions go right out the window. But we were both 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:55.440 had a high degree of confidence that in fact, that 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:59.560 would happen. But also he's been honest in as much 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:02.560 as he been willing to point out things that we 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:07.840 have discussed on this program. Russia collusion was a complete 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:12.640 manufactured hoax by all the information that we were reporting 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.720 at the time and what we have learned through declassification. 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.679 We know that the FBI verify the authenticity of Hunter 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:23.600 Biden's laptop in March at twenty twenty, then pre bunking 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.440 on a weekly basis all these big social media companies. 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:29.880 I think we're in agreement on the issue of weaponization 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.240 of the DOJ and we can talk about that with him. 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.720 But you know, for now about a week, all we've 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.600 been hearing is this double tap strike on these against 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.240 these narco terrorists that are bringing drugs into the country, 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:46.639 killing our children and other Americans that that Pete Heggs 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:49.320 that sent out in order to kill kill them all. 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.440 That's what they said. Well, now all of a sudden, 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:56.400 even fake news ABC Martha Radits of all people, is reporting, oh, 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.760 we have new information tonight, according to a source familiar 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:01.120 with the incident, listen. 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:05.320 Tonight, new information. According to a source familiar with the incident, 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:09.080 the two survivors climbed back onto the boat after the 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:13.000 initial strike. They were believed to be potentially in communication 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:14.120 with others. 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.840 And salvaging some of the drugs. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.799 Because of that, it was determined they were still in 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:22.280 the fight and valid targets. A JAG officer was also 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:26.040 giving legal advice. So again, David, that video will be key. 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:29.600 Oh. They were believed to be potentially in communication with 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.840 others and salvaging the drugs. Because of that, it was 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.040 determined that they were still in the fight and valid targets. 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:41.440 A JAG officer was also giving legal advice, and even 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:45.040 the top Democrat Jim Hines on the House Intel Committee 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:48.760 said Thursday that the Navy Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley, you know, 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:53.240 is absolutely denying the Washington Post report that Pete Hegseth 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.799 ever gave a kill them all order, which has been 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.120 reported as gospel truth. This is why I keep saying 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:03.840 we have an information crisis in America. Anyway, Mark Halpern 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.360 is back with us. I don't know what your titles 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:08.960 are anymore. Editor in chief A two way. I know that. 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.720 And you know you're like everywhere these days. 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:13.520 How are you very good to talk to you, San, 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.680 Happy holidays? And we're about ninety percent in agreement on everything? 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:18.000 Is that ninety all? 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:18.160 Right? 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:19.840 Go to the ten percent you disagree with? 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:22.960 Huh? Well, I prefer to go to the Ronald Reagan view. 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:27.440 My ninety percent friend is my ninety percent friend. I 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.160 think all Americans should just want to full robust debate 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:35.280 about the constitutionality legality of the overall operation in the Caribbean. 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.000 I totally agree with you about rush to judgment without 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:45.040 ample facts on this operation, But in this implicit area 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.240 of disagreement, I would have preferred the Pentagon to brief 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:50.760 members of Congress and to some extent, the non classified 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.840 way of the public on what actually happened, rather than 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.680 letting the vacuum be filled by half truths and things 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:58.560 that don't longer appear to be true at all. 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:00.920 Well, we if you go back in history, and I 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.240 won't repeat that which I've told this audience many times. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.200 I don't care if it's Biden, you know, killing innocent 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:09.880 people in a home and in Afghanistan. I don't care 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:13.160 if it's you know, mistakes that Barack Obama made or 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.480 George Bush had made, and past presidents and Bill Clinton 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:21.440 had made. What we know is is that Trende Arragua 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.120 was identified as the people that have been running these 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:29.279 drug boats, these narco terrorists, and they confirmed the doubts 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:31.680 what that boat was. You know, I kind of tend 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.560 to doubt if you have four three hundred horsepower outdoor 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.880 motors on your boat that you're out there to get 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.680 out really to get out there faster to catch a 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:45.600 shark or catch a fish moving at high rates of speed. 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.080 So to me, it's kind of a no brainer. And 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:50.679 we do have all these drugs that have been flown 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.560 into the country and killing Americans. I'm not exactly sympathetic 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:58.480 towards those people that are poisoning our fellow Americans. 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:02.240 Agree percent, And I think not only what you're saying 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.200 is morally right and kind of a matter of policy right, 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.360 but I think it's be politically popular. But I do think, 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.920 you know, again, it's not about, you know, being permissive 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.200 on the war on drugs. It's not about whether these 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.200 are good guys or not. It's about whether it's consistent 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.320 with American law and American tradition to conduct the operation 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.280 based on the authority they've asserted it might be. I 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.880 just think we need a fuller debate because there are 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:30.520 slippery slopes here, and there's not been an operation quite 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.280 like this. There's no doubt. For the last fifty years 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.839 or so, every American president has basically said to Congress, 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.159 go suck lemons when it comes to the war powers. 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:41.640 The executive branch is going to handle it. But if 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.560 you love liberty, checks and balances and don't want a 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:48.039 unitary executive to just on its own, regardless of party, 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.239 say we're going to go use the American military this way, 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.520 then again there should be a robust debate about what's 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.800 the authority being used here, why is in Congress involved, 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.640 and is it being done consistent with our values and 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:03.080 our law. I'm not saying it's not saying it hasn't 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:06.240 been debated in Congress, including Chairman of the Army. 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.039 But the whole War Powers Act has been debated pretty 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:10.400 much under every presidency. 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.839 Is it not, well, hasn't been debated. It's just Congress 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:16.120 is tackless and not standing up to the president, so 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.080 there's no debate. It's been implicitly decided. 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.760 But it's not uniquely Trump, is what I'm saying. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:25.520 It's definitely not uniquely Trump. This mission has some unusual elements, 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:27.960 but one hundred percent, and Barack Obama killed an American 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:33.839 citizens using American military, so it's not uniquely Trump at all. 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:37.320 And I was just as insistent that there'd be a debate. Again, 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.599 I'm not saying where the debate should come down. But 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:41.840 there should be a debate when the American presidents use 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.040 the military to kill people. Whatever the mission, whatever the 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.960 morality of the mission, there should be some authority that's 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.800 debated and discussed so that we don't have one branch 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.960 of government deciding that it controls the power to declear 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.680 war when the Constitution is pretty clear that it's not 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:57.839 the branch that has the power. 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.760 I'll necessarily see this as a declaration of war as 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:04.880 much as it is. The presidency is, you know, a 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:10.120 designated terrorist organization and a threat, imminent threat and danger 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.840 to the American people, and under his constitutional authority as 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.480 commander in chief, would have the ability to do so. 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.840 Let me let me move on. Let me ask you. 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.000 Just say I'm not against that, which I just think 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:21.880 it should be discussed. 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:24.600 Yeah, we have you know, we lost a twenty year 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.320 old National guardswoman. We have a twenty four year old 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.520 National guardsman, both from West Virginia. He's clinging to his 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.840 life and now we're learning a lot about the people 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.560 that have been resettled here from Afghanistan. We saw the 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.840 hasty pull out. It was a disaster. Lindsey Grammar at 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:43.560 the time was asking mayorcus about whether any of the 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.120 people that were jumping on those planes were being vetted 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.040 before they got on, and all he kept saying was, 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:53.320 we're so proud of our resettlement policies. But now we 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:56.200 have learned quite a few things. You know, nearly seven 0:07:56.240 --> 0:08:00.400 thousand people flagged for derogatory information, over five thousand flag 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:05.720 for national security of concerns. We had the arrest of 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:10.559 another Afghan national, this one in Texas over a threat 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:14.480 to our national security. And now we have two dead 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.440 guardsmen that have been saving lives in Washington, d c. 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.040 And it's frustrating to me when you couple that with 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.560 wide open borders and the big lie, the lie in 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.840 this case is they were all vetted. They were not. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.320 The lie about open borders was the borders closed and 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.920 the border secure. It was never closed, It was never secure, 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:36.319 and they lied to us for four years and now 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.880 we have untold millions of people in this country that 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:40.840 we know nothing about. 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.760 I agree with everything you said, and the only edition 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:47.240 I'd had is there's every real possibility that it's going 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.559 to be worse that people who are not just what 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.200 this appears to be a lone actor, but there's every 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.880 possibility that there's conspirators in this country who came in 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:01.800 through the Afghan resettlement program, the poorest border, and so 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:05.079 I hope that the current administration is doing everything possible 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:07.360 to determine who's come to this country with it. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.360 Well, they're trying, Mark, I mean you turn you watch 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:14.319 news as absorbed news as much as I do. They're trying. 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:16.400 And what do we see every day? What do we 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.960 hear every day? We have ICE agents compared to the 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:25.760 Gestapo and Nazis, and they're called fascists. Uh, the incidents 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.000 of threats against ICE agents are up a whopping one 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:34.080 thousand and fifty percent. Now we have some of these agents, 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.640 in this case, guardsmen being killed. You have people like 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:41.520 Gavin Newsom, you know, number one sanctuary state in the country. 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:43.800 You know, he wanted to pass a lall although he 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:48.040 has no constitutional jurisdiction to prevent ICE agents from putting 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.839 a mask on. But it's perfectly okay for the people 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.440 that protect him to wear a mask. And it seemed 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.800 we've had these people, these agents docked and threatened and 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:01.000 you know, for doing their job, and it's very frustrating 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:01.240 to me. 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.360 Yeah, my tone may have been misleading. I always saying 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.000 I hope they're doing it like it's their fault. I'm 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:09.400 saying I hope they have the success that is necessary 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:11.920 to go back and rescrutinize all the things that we're 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.600 done under the previous administration. And I agree with everything 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:16.560 you said about ice. This is a this is a 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:20.520 weird situation that one party is just decided to side 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:25.400 with lawlessness and tried to decide decided to side against 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:30.040 law enforcement. They've predicted a bunch of abuses. We just 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.560 haven't seen them. And as we're wearing the masks, I 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:35.199 just don't understand their fetish about this. We know why 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:38.720 they're wearing masks. It's not it's not because they don't 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.280 want to be do it, do it anonymously for some 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.439 nefarious reason. They don't want to be docked. And there's 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.040 and there's other health and other related issues, and this 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.000 is not this is not understandable to me. Why they've 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.920 just decided the law enforcement wearing masks is some sort 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:54.960 of some sort of sinister plot. 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:58.240 Let's say, if we're on the same page looking towards 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:02.240 twenty six, the midterms, and and twenty eight, I'll start 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.440 with twenty eight, it appears Gavin Newsom would be the 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.000 front runner as of today. In my mind, I want 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.439 to hear your idea on that number two. I think 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.360 a lot of people have tried to read too much 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.800 into the Tennessee seventh District and the election that took 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:24.080 place on Tuesday. However, if the party in power in 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:29.480 this case, President Trump and Republicans want to maintain control 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:32.199 of the House and Senate. To do so, they have 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.480 to defy history. It's only happened three times in the 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.240 last one hundred years that the party in power in 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:42.000 the White House maintains control in the next midterm election. 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:43.640 So it's not an easy task. 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:44.120 Yeah. 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.040 It's made easier, however, by the fact that there's a 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:50.240 relatively small number of seats here and so Democrats are 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.040 unlikely to get a big wave. Of course, it's made 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.760 harder because the current majority is so narrow that you know, 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.280 it's not going to take a lot to lose it. 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:02.800 I'll start at twenty six. You know, there's so many 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.719 interpretations of what happened in Tennessee. I'm not sure. I 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:10.400 don't think everybody's overinterpreted. I think that there's one rational interpretation, 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:14.520 which is if if the president's level of popularity and 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:18.360 people's feelings about the economy are on election day next 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:22.320 year what they were in that National Area district on Tuesday, 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.560 the Democrats will win control of the House. So just 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.400 a question of whether that's going to change, whether the 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.360 president becomes slightly more popular, which is all really the 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.679 party needs, and if people feel better about the economy. 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.560 But there's no doubt that the Democrats around a liberal 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:39.360 candidate and the Republicans spent a lot of money and 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.920 she did quite well under the circumstances. Someone that liberal 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.040 doesn't really have business coming that close. 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.560 And you shouldn't run in a city that you hate 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.520 and a city known for country music and say you 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.480 hate country music well, and say you want to defund 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:58.040 the police, yeah, and then say that rioting against police 0:12:58.200 --> 0:12:59.520 is a good thing. 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.320 Yeah, all those things. I mean, she was a very 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.040 liberal candidate and it wasn't like she had all the money. 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.600 So I think again, it's pretty clear, and there are 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.640 plenty of maga people who will tell you this. It's 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.319 quite simple. Will people say, yeah, the president's got a 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:15.840 theory of the case on the economy. The vice president 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:17.960 and the Secretary of Treasury said at the Cabinet meeting 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.920 on Tuesday. Next year, happy days will be here again. 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:23.960 The economy will be better. If people feel that next year, 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.600 I think the Republicans have a good chance to divie history. 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.520 If they don't, I think it will be close to 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.360 close to impossible. And that's as it should be, not 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:34.080 just because this president promised to do better on the economy, 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.600 but every president their job is to fight for the 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.720 real lives of real people and make their lives better. 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.040 And the polling data is clear. It's not fake news, 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:44.200 it's not jerry picking poles. Every honest pole will tell 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.520 you if people don't feel great about the economic current 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:48.800 conditions or about the future. 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.120 In terms of t I'll lead this because we're running 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:55.280 out of time. You're right. But however, the president has 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:59.600 trillions and trillions of new manufacturing dollars that have yet 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.080 to get into the blood stream of the economy. His 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.679 tax cuts have not tax scots have not gotten into 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.680 the blood stream of the economy. UH, and energy dominant 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.920 policies have not made it into the blood stream of 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:15.319 the economy. It's beginning to UH. And if the economy 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:18.360 turns the way I believe it will second quarter ish 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:22.240 next year, and the second quarter I think that that'll 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:22.760 have a big. 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.960 Impact, the decisive in the question whether they can keep 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:29.040 the past. They have a better chance to divide history 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:34.240 than most president's parties we've seen, you know, at this 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.400 phase of the cycle that you know, eleven months after 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:39.760 Gavin Newsom's the front runner, he may not run and 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.440 this is the weakest field either. 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.120 Oh, he's running, He's running. 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.480 He said as recently as yesterday. What he said to 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.200 me several times, he may not run. He may not. 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.640 But if I can't tell you what he said to 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.360 me in his last text to me, it was not 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:53.120 very nice. 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.360 More. Yeah, you know he's a he's a fickle man, Sean, but. 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.120 He really is. Listen, I got to roll though. We 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.400 do appreciate you, Mark Alprin, thanks so much for being 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:07.760 with us and come back often. Thank you. Ninety four one, Shawn, 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.920 Let's go to Chris and Marilyn. Chris, how are you 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:12.760 glad you called. 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:16.040 Sar yeaes sir? How are you Sean good? 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:16.720 What's going on? 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:18.880 Yeah? Man, I got a comment and then I got 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:23.200 a couple impressions for you of colors from your show. Okay, okay, 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.840 So first my comment, all these people with the narco 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:30.360 terraces and stuff, aren't these the same politicians that have 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:33.400 been pushing the pot lobby forever? And pot is still 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.160 a Schedule one federally illegal drug. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:40.080 I think so. I've been reading recently, I've seen it 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:44.480 that the scheduling of weed, and I will tell you 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:48.480 there's a lot of articles about, you know, the THC 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:52.520 levels that that is what makes you the part of 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:57.640 marijuana that makes you high, is so astronomical. 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.920 Twenty higher, twenty percent higher. 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:04.040 Okay, that a lot of these kids are are literally 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:08.000 suffering all of these you know, psychosis and you know 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.760 breaking down. It's called there's a term that's used now 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:17.000 called scramedy. Yeah, it's caused by habitual marijuana use. Look, 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.240 I I'm I'm I'm torn on the issue. I don't 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:24.040 want people to do drugs. I don't do drugs, and 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.040 and then people would rightly argue with me, well, you 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.320 do have a beer or you have a drink. Occasionally 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.320 I'm like, yeah, I do, Well that's a drug, okay, 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.200 and it's not the same thing. I can have a 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:37.840 drink and not lose my faculties or get high, right. 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.840 And do you know what Schedule one actually means. It 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:44.640 means there's no there's no helpful benefits that we know 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.360 of scientifically, which a lot of people argue medical. But 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.000 Schedule one says there's no benefits to anybody, and it's 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.760 and it's addictive. So those two things make pot schedule one. 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.040 It's federally illegal. But all these same politicians and people 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:01.640 who are worrying about the poor ARCO guys probably has 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:03.720 pushed that pot lobby for decades. 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:08.120 I bet yeah. Look, I have spoken to people that, 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:14.320 for example, have gone through very very dire, difficult chemotherapy 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.480 treatments for example of a cancer, and they swear that 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.680 it takes away their nausea, makes them feel better, but 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:26.760 they're taking doses that are reasonable for example. Yeah, it 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:30.000 does remain a Schedule one controlled substance under federal law. 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.359 My understanding is that's going to change. This proposal to 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:38.040 reschedule it is ongoing. I think a decision will be 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:42.119 made this month, and a Schedule three controlled substances a 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:46.600 drug that has currently accepted medicinal purposes lower potential for 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:50.240 abuse than Schedule one or Schedule two and can lead 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:54.919 to moderate or low dependence or high psychological dependence. You know, 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:58.280 the problem is the people that I know that I mean, 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.160 it's the strangest thing in the world. I mean, I've 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:05.480 met adults, you know, these are people on the periphery, periphery, 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:08.680 periphery of my life. And then you find out later 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:12.879 that you know they love to take gummies. Huh yeah, 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:16.840 I'm like, right, whatever, and not the gummies that Linda takes, 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:20.320 which don't have any THC in them and meaning CBD products. 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:25.919 It just concerns me overall. I want young people. I 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:30.160 don't want them, you know, numbing themselves to life. And yeah, 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.840 life at times can be painful, but that painful Also 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:36.040 that painfulness or any pain that you suffer, can lead 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.439 to an awakening in your life, a spiritual awakening in 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.520 your life. We kind of forget that human beings are mind, body, 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:43.760 and spirit. Right, take care of your body, take care 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.360 of your mind. Uh, and you know, spiritually, I think 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:49.640 you need to nourish yourself there as well well. 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:52.560 And apparently the pot can lead to schizophrenia. But I mean, 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.160 even if you look in the Bible, Jesus his first 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:57.280 miracles turned water into wine. I mean, I think he 0:18:57.359 --> 0:18:58.040 drank wine in the. 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.000 Bible, right, so a little bit alcohol. 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.119 It's pretty good, I think a little bit. But I 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.040 don't know about pot man. So I'm just gonna put 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:05.720 that out there. But can I do my impressions? 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:06.879 Okay, let's hear it. 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:08.280 All right, Sean. 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.159 This is very very dangerous for me to allow you 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:12.359 to do. But go ahead. 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.760 This is mode liberal Sean. How you doing today? Can 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:17.680 you get me my shoes and my glasses? 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:20.119 I have them? 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.320 The most dangerous man in America Sean. 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:28.520 All right, and here's AJ Okay, big time Sean. 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.800 An, all right, you're not You're not cutting it with 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.159 the exit. I'll do mine. I disagree that AJ Woe 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:36.080 is really good. 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:38.040 Oh nice, thanks Linda. 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:40.280 All Right, there you go. You get better grades from Linda. 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:44.720 That's it. I'll say it. Nobody else will say it. There, 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:47.679 I said it. I'm done. That's also very sure. You 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.760 don't know who that is. Get off my phone. You're 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.920 big dope. I got a roll anyway. I appreciate the call. 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.760 Thank you. Eight hundred ninety four to one. Shawn Joe, Pennsylvania. 0:19:57.800 --> 0:19:58.600 What's up? Joe? 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:01.360 All right? Sean? Were it first? 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:05.760 Of all, I'm hearing rumors Fetterman's thinking about running for president. 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:07.680 What do you think of that? Along with Josh Shapiro. 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:10.840 You know, I gotta be honest, I kind of got 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:14.320 a soft spot from Fetterman because I think he's probably 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.920 one of the most sane ones right now on the left. 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:20.720 Oh, I'll take it a step further. I've spoken to 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:24.040 him many times, he's been interviewed on this radio programming 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:28.000 on TV, and I actually like him. Now, he's never 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:30.200 going to become a Republican. I think you're dreaming if 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.760 you think that'll happen. But I think I love the 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:36.800 fact that he doesn't give a flying rip about how 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:38.880 crazy his party is. He's just not going there. 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:40.879 Well, I got a shock for you. I'm also a 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:46.600 former Democrat and presidently mayor emeritus from Pennsylvania. So I 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:49.240 was mayor, and of course that's for life. We can 0:20:49.280 --> 0:20:53.560 still do other things, but I'm not changing my party. 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:57.320 You don't have to be you don't have to be 0:20:57.400 --> 0:21:02.680 a Republican to be conservative or you know, a conscious 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:07.600