1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: We are in a race. We'll see if we win 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: or not. I'll tell you about that. Michael Moles is 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: coming up, Bryan Dean, right, all that's coming on. I'm right. 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: Vladimir's Lensky is in town and Washington, DC today to 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: sit down with Joe Biden and beg for more of 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: your money. I don't care. I'm way past the point 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: of caring. I've cared for about fifteen minutes about this conflict. 8 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: I still do care about the innocent Ukrainians, the men, 9 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: women and children who've been displaced and murdered. But there's 10 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: nobody who's caused me to care less about the conflict 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: overall than Vladimir's Lenski himself. I'm tired of the endless 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: please for money. I'm tired of the ungrateful act. I'm 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: tired that the reporting we were getting from Ukraine continues 14 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: to reinforce the act that our money is not going 15 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: where it's supposed to go. Why are we finding missiles 16 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: that were destined for Ukraine in Venezuela. I just don't care. 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: It's not my fault, it's his fault. I don't care. 18 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: I don't care about Russia. I don't care about Ukraine anymore. 19 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: I'm tired of all the endless lies. And I'm most 20 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: definitely tired that we are on the cusp of sending 21 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: one hundred billion in total to Ukraine. You've already sent 22 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: sixty six. There's an additional forty five in this new 23 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: horrific Omnibus bill. And I don't care. But I do 24 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: care about this. I do care about my country a 25 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: great deal as I know you do. We care. That's 26 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: why we why we do this. It's why you watch 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: a show every night. It's why I do it every night. 28 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: So I do radio. It's why you get up in 29 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: the morning, and I do the exact same thing you do. 30 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: I get up, say hi to the wife, say hi 31 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: to kids, make some breakfast, and then I'm looking at 32 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: the news of the day. Oh my gosh, I know 33 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: the same thing. I know, And because of that, I 34 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: try to figure out, Okay, what is the challenge we face? 35 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: But what are we up against? And this is how 36 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: I see it right now. We know, obviously about the communists. 37 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: We talk about them every single day, every single night 38 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: when you sit down on them, right we talk about 39 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: the communists, what they're doing, why they're doing, it, we 40 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: go over everything. We know what their agenda is. They're 41 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: in a mission to end the United States of America. 42 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: They're going to try to burn it to ash so 43 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 1: they can rule over the ashes. Okay, so that's that's 44 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: not good. So they've got they're in the car, they're 45 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: driving the car, got the foot slam with the gas. 46 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: We need to oppose them. We need to fight back. 47 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: And we haven't begun yet. But why haven't we Remember, 48 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: we haven't begun yet. It's not even that we're not 49 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: slowing them down. We're increasing the pace of all this. 50 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: And I saw Mitch McConnell get up yesterday and speak 51 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: about money to Ukraine or this is yesterday or the 52 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,399 Speaker 1: day before, money to Ukraine, and how it's the number 53 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: one priority for Republican voters, which is ridiculous. It pulls 54 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: it like one percent. Republican voters just don't care anyway, 55 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: this is what he said, making sure the Defense Department 56 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: can deal with the major threats coming from Russia and China, 57 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: providing assistance for the Ukrainians to defeat the Russians. That's 58 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: the number one priority for the United States right now. 59 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: According to most Republicans. That's sort of how we see 60 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: the challenges confronting the country at the moment. Okay, I 61 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: know you're probably annoyed with that, probably rolling your eyes, probably, 62 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, this guy sucks. But we're in a race. 63 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: That is our challenge right now. We are in a race. 64 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: We are in a race to get rid of the 65 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: old low tgop before the Communists, who are behind thee 66 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: can jet the car off the end of the cliff. 67 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: That is our race. Can we do it? Yes, we 68 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: can get rid of the low tgop. We've had a 69 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: lot of success actually in recent years, these various losers 70 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: senators and congressmen retiring and losing primaries, So we've had 71 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: a lot of success. Can we get rid of enough 72 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: of them in time? Because they are the wall, they 73 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: are what stands between us and fighting back against the communists. Many, 74 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: probably myself included, would tell you that's actually their purpose. 75 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: They view it as their purpose being the controlled opposition. 76 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: We can't ever hit the brakes on the car, put 77 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: it in reverse and start heading the other direction while 78 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: Mitch McConnell and the low tgopers remain in the Senate 79 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: and the House of Representatives. So our great challenge isn't 80 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: necessarily to stop the communists, because we can't even attempt 81 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: to stop the while the low T GOP remains in 82 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: control of the GOP. Our big challenge is getting rid 83 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: of these guys. That is our challenge. I'm about to 84 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: read for you, courtesy of our friend of the show, 85 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: Dan Bishop, I'm about to read for you a bunch 86 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: of the things that are in this horrific one point 87 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: seven trillion dollars omnibus bill. I'm going to read that 88 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: for you in a second. And while i read you 89 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: the list of things that are in this bill, i 90 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 1: want you to watch this little clip of Mitch McConnell, 91 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: and I want you to burn this into your mind. 92 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: This is the leader of the GOP in the Senate. 93 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: What chance do you and I have to fight back 94 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: against the communists when he looks at a bill like 95 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: this and he stands with it. So admittedly, I'm pretty 96 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: proud of the fact that with a democratic president, of 97 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: democratic House and Democratic Senate, we were able to achieve 98 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: through this omni a spending bill, essentially all of our heritage, 99 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: all of our priorities. Let's let's check in on those 100 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: priorities again. Thank you. Dan Bishop, four hundred and ten 101 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: million dollars for the border. That's good, right, except if 102 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: you look into it, that's the border in the Middle East. 103 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: Oh no, No, they allocated money for the border here 104 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: in the United States of America, but they actually specified, 105 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: I swear on my life, I'm not making this up. 106 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: This is Mitch McConnell's priorities. They specified that the money 107 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: they give to border patrol here in America cannot be 108 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: used to secure the border. On my life, that's real. 109 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: I'm not making that up. Oh salmon, The word salmon appears, 110 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: according to Dan Bishop, forty eight times in the bill, 111 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: sixty eight million dollars for salmon, three million dollars for 112 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: be friendly Highways, sixty five million dollars in two programs 113 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: for Senator loulayhe and wait, wait, this is super important. 114 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: We get a bill federal building name for Nancy Pelosi's 115 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: three point six million dollars for Michelle Obama Trail, five 116 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: hundred twenty four million dollars for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 117 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: and structural racism focused NIH Subdivision. I just want to 118 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: make sure I'm want to pause on that for a 119 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: brief moment. NIH that's the National Institute of Health. This 120 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: bill allocates half a billion dollars to take an organization 121 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: that is supposed to be focused on disease. Yeah, they've 122 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: done a great job at that, and create a brand 123 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: new division at the NIH that focuses on diversity, equity 124 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: and inclusion, communism, cultural Marxism five hundred plus half a 125 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: billion dollars supported by Mitch McConnell and twenty one Republicans. 126 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: Half a billion to focus on cultural Marxism. To pay 127 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: for you paying for cultural Marxism, I'm not done. Four 128 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy seven grand for anti racist training from 129 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: the Equity Institute, Good Grief, three million dollars for an 130 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: LGBTQ museum in New York City, gender programs in Pakistan, 131 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: two hundred million for a gender equity fund. Seven and 132 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: a half million to better understand domestic radicalization phenomenon. Guess 133 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: who they're focusing on there. With an added one million 134 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: dollars for gun violence research. This is again, this is 135 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: a bipartisan bill. I want you to remember that and 136 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: the truest sense of the word as I go through this. 137 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: This is not one of those ones where they break 138 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: off Mitt Romney and get them to vote for it 139 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: and then say, hey, bipartisan, we got one Republican. This 140 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: is a bipartisan bill in the truest sense of the word. Well, 141 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: let's continue, shan we let's take a walk through this. 142 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: Five hundred thirty five million dollars in funding for a 143 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: liberal media, including NPR, twenty five million for the House 144 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: of Represents Natives to have diversity and inclusion. Two hundred 145 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: and sixty eight million to help fund Planned Parenthood. That's 146 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: the Republican Party's priorities. Two hundred and sixty eight million 147 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: dollars for Planned Parenthood to continue to murder babies. Eleven 148 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: point three three billion dollars for the FBI. That's an increase. 149 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 1: One point seven five billion for the at F, two 150 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: point sixty three billion for US attorneys. And by the way, 151 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: there's a specific thing in there that this will be 152 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: focused on January sixth. That is right. The low TGP, 153 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: the GOP establishment is trying to not decrease, not trying 154 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: to disband the FBI. They're trying to increase their funding 155 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: so they can continue the political witch hunt against their 156 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: own base. So I'm gonna play this for you Mitch 157 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: McConnell and his priorities. I'm gonna play this for you 158 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: really quickly. Let me ask you, are these your priorities? 159 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: So admittedly, I'm pretty proud of the fact that with 160 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: a democratic president democra, we were able to achieve through 161 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: this I'm too, a spending deal essentially all of our priorities, okay, 162 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: And so obviously he's being pressed on okay, what do 163 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: you mean your priorities? And he's going to do he's doing. 164 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: They're all going to do, all of them, every one 165 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: of these GOP losers who votes for this, they're all 166 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: going to do the thing they do so often, just 167 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: like the communists. They're going to use your values against 168 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: you because you are probably you probably have steam coming 169 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: out of your ears and there's like a blood vein 170 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: pulsing in your forehead right now as I read through 171 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: this entire list, and they know that they know about 172 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: all the corruption in here, they know about what a 173 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: disaster this is. That they understand that, so what are 174 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: they going to do. They're gonna look around and they're 175 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: gonna know, well, I'm dealing with patriots here. We'll tell 176 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: them it's about the troops of course, it's about the truth. 177 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: Generors have two options this week just too they give 178 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: our armed portions the resources and the certainty that they need, 179 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: or will deny it to them. Are you going to 180 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: deny the troops? It's about the troops. I mean, yeah, 181 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: we're building gay houses in New York City, but it's 182 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: about the troops, don't Don't you love the troops. These 183 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: people are the worst people on the planet. They're just as, 184 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: if not more, evil than the communists. And we will 185 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 1: never we are in a race. We will never ever 186 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: ever win the fight against the communists. While these people 187 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: continue to be a blocking force. They are blocking us 188 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: from even beginning the fight. The fight doesn't begin until 189 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: all these people have been primaried. So, like I've said before, 190 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: allow me to say it again. If you're looking for 191 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: somebody to blame, go ahead and blame Republican primary voters, 192 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: because time after time after time after time after time 193 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: after time, these supposed most patriotic, most informed voters out there, 194 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: We'll run out to the polls and they'll vote for 195 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: John Cornan. Again, we just did it right here in Texas, 196 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: seventy percent of the vote plus Mitch McConnell same thing 197 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: over and over and over and over again. These losers 198 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: get challenged in primaries, and there it's not even close. 199 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: It's not even close. As long as these guys continue 200 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: to sail through GOP primaries, the fight against communism never 201 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: even begins. All of that may have made you uncomfortable, 202 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 1: but I am right. Michael Noles is going to join 203 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: us next. We're gonna have a fun conversation, talk a 204 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: bit about the low TGOP and other things. You know 205 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: what I'm gonna ask Michael. Look, I've been ask him 206 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: some hard questions. One of those questions is probably gonna 207 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 1: have to be kind of wallet do you have? 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It's delivered by 237 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: America's spies and analysts. Well now you can hear your 238 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: very own PDB in the form of a podcast hosted 239 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: by me Brian Dean Wright, a former CIA operations officer. 240 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: Each morning at six am Eastern, I'll bring you fifteen 241 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: to twenty minutes of the most important issues facing the country, 242 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: giving you the critical intelligence and analysis you need to 243 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: start your morning. The learners go to Washington and make laws, 244 00:14:53,520 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: and the losers go home. Shay, Hello, oh Tom Little Front. 245 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: Joining me now my friend Michael Knowles of the Michael 246 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: Knowles Show on Daily wire dot Com. All right, Michael, 247 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: I've been rant and raven as I'm sure you have 248 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: about all the crap that's in this disastrous bill, and 249 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: the way I see it I was thinking about it 250 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: this morning, is that we are in a race that 251 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: McConnell and these old loser types they're blocking any kind 252 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: of actual resistance against the scumbags that are in Washington, DC. 253 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: And until we get rid of the McConnell types, we 254 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: haven't even begun fighting. Jesse, I just want to thank 255 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: you for playing my audition reel for the Mitch McConnell biopics. Someday. 256 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: I just hope that he would takes that audition very seriously. 257 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: I think cocaine. Mitch summed it all up when he 258 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: was asked yesterday what the Republican's top priorities are, and 259 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: he said, the top priority, the number one priority for 260 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: Republicans is the war in Ukraine. I'm not saying anything. 261 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: I like the Ukrainians. I hope they do great. But 262 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: when I think of my list of priorities and the 263 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: priorities of Republicans around the country, Ukraine comes in around 264 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: number five thousand. Okay, Inflation, the economy, energy, immigration, family, 265 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: the list goes on and on and on. But the 266 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: Republicans in Washington just don't seem to get it. Okay, 267 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: why don't they seem to get it? Michael I realized 268 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: Minter McConnell lives a life of mansions and private planes 269 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: and private security. I understand all that, but I also 270 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: understand he's a politician. These nerds read polls every single 271 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: morning about what words they should use and shouldn't use, 272 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: and what does this person care about. He doesn't have 273 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: a single pole showing someone gives a crap about Ukraine. 274 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: Why the disconnect? Well, I think that the American government, 275 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: the federal government, is focused on Ukraine. Because despite protestations 276 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: about the importance of national sovereignty for Ukraine, really what 277 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: they view Ukraine as is an asset of the American Empire. 278 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: Russia views Ukraine as a part of the Russian Empire, 279 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: and the West, NATO, the European Union in America leading 280 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: the whole thing of view Ukraine as an important part 281 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: of the American Empire. So the national policy, which is 282 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: largely set by the State Department and the bureaucracy in 283 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: the administrative state, that was always going to be to 284 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: continue to fund the war in Ukraine. And the two 285 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: political parties aren't going to say very much about that anyway. 286 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: So they've decided to cram this Ukraine funding, and it's 287 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: forty five billion dollars of military spending into the Omnibus bill. 288 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: But there's way more egregious things in the Omnibus buil 289 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: than military spending for Ukraine. I mean, you've got this 290 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: Electoral Count Reform Act, which effectively changes the Electoral Count 291 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: Act of the eighteen eighties to make it such that 292 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: the vice president as even less of a say in 293 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: the proceedings when one certifies the vote, and that people 294 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: who are worried about fraud and elections don't have as 295 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: much recourse to object. It's ironic because during the twenty 296 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: twenty election, the Democrats kept telling us that the Vice 297 00:17:56,080 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: President has absolutely no ability whatsoever to reject light electors. Well, 298 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: if he had no ability to do that, then why 299 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: are they changing the law in this omnibus bill. And 300 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: if they thought that the new electoral account law would 301 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: be popular, why don't they debate it on its own. 302 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: They're just going to cram it into the omnibus. They're 303 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 1: going to cram all sorts of insane spending into the omnibus. 304 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: They're just going to add as much into it as 305 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: they possibly can because they know that this is the 306 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: only piece of legislation that they're going to get through 307 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 1: for the next two years. And so none of these politicians, 308 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: Mitch McConnell or any of the other ones are going 309 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: to be held to account for it. They're all going 310 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: to say, well, we had to vote for it to 311 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 1: find the government right before Christmas, and then they can 312 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: get on with going on their TV news hits and 313 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: not actually legislating for the next two years. At least, 314 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 1: what does he gain? Okay, so Mitch McConnell doesn't wake 315 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: up and care about the country like you do. I 316 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: get that. Mitch McConnell isn't as far right as you 317 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: are I am. I get that, But what does he gain? 318 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: And it's not just Mitch McConnell. I mean, they're twenty 319 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: one Republicans who voted to bring this thing to the floor. 320 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 1: What do they gain. I don't understand what the win 321 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: is in it for them. Well, whatever one thinks about 322 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: Mitch McConnell, you got to see that this guy is 323 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: more a depth at wielding the instrument of government, at 324 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: maintaining using political power than pretty much any politician in 325 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: the country. And sometimes this actually has worked for the 326 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: benefit of conservatives. I want to give Cocaine Mitch's due. 327 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: The fact that he was able to keep Scaliah's Supreme 328 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: Court seat vacant until Trump got elected did help us 329 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: to overrule Roev Wade. So sometimes it benefits the conservatives. 330 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: More often than not, it just kind of benefits the 331 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: establishment and the more liberal wing of the Republican Party. 332 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: But what do they gain. They get to remain in power, 333 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: because as irritated as you and I and conservatives are 334 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: going to be about this insane one point seven trillion 335 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: dollar spending bill that just gives a bunch of goodies 336 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 1: to Democrats. As angry as we're going to be about it, 337 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: people are going to forget about it. They're going to 338 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: move on. This isn't going to be a major campaign issue. 339 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: Mitch McConnell knows it, and I think he's right, And 340 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: that is so true, and that's so dagon sad. All right. 341 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: You know what else is sad? Approach choice activists challenging 342 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: Michael Knowles in public. That's very, very sad. Here's a video, Michael, 343 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 1: do you know what the leading cause of death for 344 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: pregnant people is? Pregnant people? Mothers women? If you'd like 345 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: to call them mothers. Not all of them are mothers. 346 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: But if you'd like to call them that, what are 347 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: they If they're not mothers? They're pregnant people. What people 348 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: other than mothers are pregnant? Does it bother you to 349 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: use inclusive language? It's just interesting. I prefer to use 350 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: precise language. You're telling me that in order to be 351 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: a moral person, I need to accept the idea that 352 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: a man, someone who is born a man looks like 353 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: a man, can really become a woman. That's that's a 354 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: prerequisite of mine being a moral person. I mean, yes, 355 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: I would like to identify. I do identify actually as 356 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,719 Speaker 1: the correct person on this issue of abortion. I identify 357 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 1: as being correct and more correct than you on this issue. 358 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: And I would just ask that you accept and affirm 359 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: my identity. Do you Well, you are not a medical professional, 360 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: and abortion and pregnancy is concern. That's not your identity. 361 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: That is, I promise you. That's my identity. So good, 362 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,719 Speaker 1: that's how you identify Michael, I identify you that way too, 363 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. You know, the liberals got very 364 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: upset about this clip, which ended up going viral, and 365 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: I think it went viral because it actually shows the 366 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: weakness of the self identity argument. But they got very 367 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: angry and they say, you right wingers, you only have 368 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,959 Speaker 1: one joke. You're always joking about how you identify as 369 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: a toaster or you identify as this, and you're you're 370 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 1: just kind of making fun of the transgender thing. And 371 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: that's true. But the reason why this actually is the 372 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 1: answer I identify as a correct person actually is the 373 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: answer to the transgender self identity madness, is that when 374 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: they throw this stuff at us. I could say, well, 375 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: I identify as a medical professional, but I don't. Everybody 376 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: knows that I don't. Or I could say, identify as 377 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: a woman, or identify as a wall risk it. I don't, right, 378 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: we all know, but I very much do identify as 379 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: being correct, and in this case, I happen to be right. 380 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: And if we are really supposed to just affirm and 381 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 1: accept however people view themselves, then that's it. Okay, I affirm. 382 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,479 Speaker 1: I tell you right now, I am correct, and I 383 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: hope that every liberal out there watching will will affirm 384 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: me because because that's how to be respectful and inclusive 385 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: and right. I affirm you. Michael. By the way, I 386 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually agree with 387 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: someone who went on CNN and said something I do. Well, 388 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: I want to see what you think about this. This 389 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: is what all prosecute on CNN said there. What do 390 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: you think happens? That's what everyone wants to know. Well, 391 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: I charge Donald Trump is going to be indicted. He's 392 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: going to be indicted in Georgia, and I think he's 393 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: going to be indicted by the fedge. I think they've 394 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: got the evidence. We don't know exactly what a lot 395 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 1: of these cooperating witness sus are saying. And I think 396 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: that you've got someone like Mark Meadows who's probably the 397 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: weak link. And if you're looking for the one witness 398 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: the most likely to turn, I would vote him the 399 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: most likely to turn. Michael, I don't. I find it 400 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: painfully naive the people on the right who think Donald 401 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 1: Trump won't be indicted. I have said, I don't know. 402 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: I not only think he's going to be indicted. I 403 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: think he's going to be arrested, and I think he's 404 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: going to be convicted and probably sent to prison. What 405 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: say you, I think you're totally right, Jesse. At the 406 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 1: very least, I think you're right that he will be indicted. 407 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: We'll see if Wiley Coyote is able to finally drop 408 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,719 Speaker 1: the Anville onto the Roadrunner, but they're certainly going to 409 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: continue to try to do this. The Democrats in Congress 410 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: are trying to introduce a bill to prevent Donald Trump 411 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: from even running for president again, which, by the way, 412 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: is an important data point where the Republicans now who 413 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: say that Donald Trump could never be reelected. He's totally unpopular, 414 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: everyone hates his guts, well, if he's so unpopular, then 415 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: why are the Democrats so fanatically focused on keeping this 416 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,959 Speaker 1: man off the ballot and potentially locked away in twenty 417 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: twenty four. By the way, he could run for president 418 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: even if he is sitting in a prison in twenty 419 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: twenty four. It has happened before in American history, so 420 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: they're obviously going after him. I don't think that the 421 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: Democrats have the goods or anything like that, but that's 422 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: never stopped them before. They'll they'll prosecute even if they've 423 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: got no pace whatsoever. And Trump is just going, I think, 424 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: to continue to outfox them because the man just and 425 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: not be deterred. It's just a force of nature. But 426 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: I think that the roadrunner gets away yet again. I 427 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: don't think the walls are actually closing in. I don't 428 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: think he's actually totally cooked, but the Democrats certainly think 429 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: that he is, and they're going to try to keep 430 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: turning up the heat. Michael Knowles of The Michael Knowles Show, 431 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: Thank you, my man, congrats on art your success, yas 432 00:24:55,359 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: he great to be with you. Thanks man. All right Lensky, Ukraine. 433 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: What's going on at the Pentagon? Brian Dean Wright is 434 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: going to join us next and break all that stuff down. 435 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: Let's break something down for you really quickly. You are 436 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: not stuck in your time share. You are not stuck 437 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: in your time share. I feel like I'm talking to you. 438 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: I am Jesse, I am. I've already emailed them, I've called. 439 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: They told me, no, I have to keep paying the 440 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: annual fees. I didn't read the fine print. No, I 441 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: know all the stories. I've heard them all before. Lone 442 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: Star Transfer has heard them all before. And yet they 443 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: continue to overcome and get people legally and permanently out 444 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: of their time shares. They are ninety nine percent successful 445 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: at it. They guarantee they'll get you out. They put 446 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: it in writing, and they give you a time frame. 447 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: In writing. You are one phone call from freedom. Don't 448 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: give up. Make one more phone call for me. Do 449 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: that one more? You make one more eight four four 450 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: three one zero two six four six. All right, A 451 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: four four three one zero two six four six We'll 452 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: be back. And so, no, I'm not willing to pretend 453 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: that everything is fine at the Pentagon. Everything is not 454 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: fine at the Pentagon. I am not willing to say 455 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: that business as usual should go on and no, I 456 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: am not willing to waive the rules of regular order. 457 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: Why isn't it fine at the Pentagon? What's got Josh 458 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: Holly All Ruffle joining me? Now? Bryan Dean Ryan, you 459 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: know he hosts the President's Daily Brief podcast, unsurprisingly taken 460 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: off like a rocket ship, all the news of the 461 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: day in less than twenty minutes. You want to be 462 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: smarter than all your friends, there's your one stop shop. 463 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: It's free, Brian. What's he talking about? What's going on 464 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: at the Pentagon? What's this online influenced campaign? What? All right? 465 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 1: So here's what's going on. We know that the US military, 466 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: the Pentagon has been coordinating with folks at Twitter for 467 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: years now to create fake profiles to spread propaganda. The 468 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: idea was that these profiles would share information about, say 469 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: the Russians or the Chinese or the Uranians. We would 470 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: say denigrating things about them. Okay, now, maybe even think 471 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: that could be a good thing. Hey, who doesn't like 472 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: to smear the Chinese? The problem is that stuff then 473 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: leaks back into the United States as domestic news. So 474 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: these foreign propaganda operations actually influence domestic audiences. That's unlawful, 475 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: and that's a problem. So that I think is why 476 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: this editor is rightfully saying, Hey, we need to be 477 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: really careful about this because we're talking about right now 478 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 1: at least four news or talking about Iran and China. 479 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: But could the Pentagon actually be saying other stuff with 480 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: their fank accounts about domestic issues. Yeah, we need to 481 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: be exploring this one. Okay, why do we do this 482 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: kind of thing? Bryan, you're the CIA ops guy. Is 483 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: this stuff effective? If you're blasting China the Chinese Communist Party? 484 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: I realize propaganda can be effective, but online propaganda is 485 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 1: it moving the needle in our direction? Oh? Man, this 486 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 1: is such a huge conversation within the intelligence community. I 487 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: will tell you that most people will say, no, this 488 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: stuff doesn't work. It did maybe fifty sixty plus years ago, 489 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: but anymore it's extremely hard to prove that. Okay, maybe 490 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: you send out tweets that will tell you about performance. Yeah, 491 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 1: we're sitting and out all these great tweets. What is 492 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: it effective? Is it actually changing hearts and minds at all? 493 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 1: And that is almost universally No, it is not so 494 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: that these propaganda campaigns aren't very effective. All right. That 495 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: brings us to the FBI. This is obviously my area 496 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: of concern. Big Tech is coordinating with the Federal Bureau 497 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: of Investigation. In fact, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is 498 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: paying Big Tech apparently for the privilege of attacking opponents 499 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: of the Democratic Party. Do I have that right? Yeah, 500 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: more or less, my friend, three plus million dollars the 501 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: FBI is giving to Twitter saying, hey, we appreciate all 502 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: the time that you're giving us to answer all of 503 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: our requests or listen to us tell you what to do. 504 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: So we're gonna give you a few million bucks for 505 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: the privilege of that. But I think that we're seeing 506 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: two different things. One we are seeing now through very 507 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: very clear data or these internal documents, that the FBI 508 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: is policing speech. In fact, they're policing jokes. They're deciding 509 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: what jokes are funny or not. We now have very 510 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: clear evidence that the FBI has instructed Twitter, a private company, 511 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: a media company, to takedown accounts because they were joking 512 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: about the election. Or you know, there was one Republican 513 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: Fellows saying, hey, Republicans vote on election day. Democrats, you 514 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: guys vote the day after, all, Right, silly joke, whatever, 515 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: But the FBI actually took that down. So we have 516 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: that kind of targeting by these eighty plus people in 517 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: this task force about the propaganda misinformation. But these guys 518 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: are unelected. There's no oversight here to decide if they're 519 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: propaganda campaigns blasting everybody who says a joke should be 520 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: taken down. Yeah, that's a problem. That is absolutely an issue. 521 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: And then of course unter Biden's issue that that laptop story, 522 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: that's another big, big one. Yeah. Actually we'll get to 523 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: that one in just a moment. I'm going to nail 524 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: down on something you just brought up, oversight because a 525 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 1: lot of people who aren't former ops guys, they don't 526 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: understand what this means. Who is supposed to watch the watchers, 527 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,959 Speaker 1: who's supposed to watch the FBI to make sure they 528 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: don't turn into, well, exactly what they've turned into. Whose 529 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: job is this? Yeah, you know guys like former director 530 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: James coming Oops. Yeah, guys like that who have very 531 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: inside the FBI, people who are supposed to be upholding 532 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: laws and rules. The very same people then that go 533 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: out in leadings to the New York Times all to target, 534 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: in this case, former President Donald Trump by James coming. 535 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: So that's the first problem is you have a rot 536 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: issue inside the FBI. The leadership there is pluticized, it's 537 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: incredibly partisan. That's the first issue. The other oversight is 538 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: supposed to be done by Congress. But how confident are 539 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: we that members of Congress, who are busy running for reelection, 540 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: usually in raising money, that they or their staffs are 541 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: really doing the kind of oversight here, especially on a 542 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: day to day basis, when these agents are shutting things down. 543 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: How any of those is not going to be able 544 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: to do that on a day in, a day out basis, 545 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: or a day you know. So I think that that 546 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: whole issue is something about oversight. You gotta have different 547 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: leadership at the FBI, or you just get rid of 548 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: the whole thing you start over. I like that idea. Okay, 549 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: now let's go to Ukraine and Zelenski, because of course 550 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: Zolensky in town to day NDC lecturing us that we 551 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: haven't given him enough money. What is the status on 552 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: the money we've given him? Where is that money going? 553 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: Are we saving women and children? Are we paying for 554 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: somebody's retirement fund? What are we doing? Oh, we're doing 555 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: all the above, my friend, all right. So this latest 556 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: tranche of money that Congress is moving forward forty four 557 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: forty five billion dollars. Okay, the biggest of that, over 558 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: thirteen billion, is actually going to pay for the salaries 559 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: of Ukrainian government workers, their pensions, welfare funds. These are 560 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: designed basically to help the Ukrainian people and the government 561 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: keep itself afloat because they've got a deficit of about 562 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: five billion dollars every month because of the war. So 563 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: you and I as taxpayers were paying for that. Another 564 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: four billion dollars for other humanitarian needs, to include two 565 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: point four billion to resettle Ukrainians here in the United States. Finally, 566 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: there's about nine billion dollars that's going to the Ukrainians 567 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: in terms of weaponry and intelligence training and so forth. 568 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: But here's the kicker, my friend, of the billions that 569 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: we're sending over, especially at those artillery systems, it turns 570 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: out that we forgot to ask if the Ukrainians could 571 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: actually maintain those things right, bring them into an advanced 572 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: facility where they could fix them right. The problem is 573 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: that there are no Ukrainians that can do that. So 574 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: you have to have those artillery systems, especially the Germans, 575 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: the Brits and others. Their systems. You have to shift 576 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: that hundreds of miles outside of Ukraine to get it fixed. 577 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: So at any one time, for instance, the German artillery 578 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: systems are not there. Fifty percent of them are not 579 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 1: in the battlefield because the Ukrainian guys can't actually fix 580 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: the stuff. So we're sending a lot of money in 581 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: weaponry over there, not necessarily all that he is even 582 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,479 Speaker 1: there to do the good work. And by the way, 583 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: we're only tracking about ten percent is actually got into Ukraine. 584 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: The other ninety percent, I don't know. We hope it's there, 585 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: we're just not sure. Hold on, hold on. We know 586 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: that ten percent of the military equipment has gotten to 587 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 1: Ukraine and we don't know where ninety percent of it is. 588 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: Is that what you just said? That is true, sir? 589 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: That is according to the Pentagon, they've done a little 590 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: bit of research with their own boots on the ground 591 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: figuring out where all that weaponry has gone. Ten percent 592 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: can be confirmed to be in Ukraine. The other ninety percent, 593 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: fingers crossed, it's hopefully there. So I don't want to 594 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 1: get sidetracked on something like this, Brian, but I'm just 595 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: just thinking back to my head about Afghanistan, watching the 596 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: Taliban fly black Hawk helicopters with m flours hanging around 597 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: their neck, American mvgs, and now Ukraine we don't know 598 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: where ninety percent of the weapons are. So I mean, 599 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 1: I hate to hate to just spitball here, but that 600 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 1: tells me in future conflicts, American troops are going to 601 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: be gunned down by American weapons. Correct, Yep, that's correct. 602 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: And remember Ukraine's history for decades eight is a was 603 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: a black market or weaponry. So you have all these 604 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: weapons dealers who were already in Ukraine. Now the that 605 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: police is floating with this stuff. So if you talk 606 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 1: to the guys who've been over there recently, they'll tell you, yeah, 607 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: this is a problem, and we're going to see these 608 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: weapons face either US or Europeans or actually we're even 609 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: hearing reports of the stuff getting into Africa already fueling 610 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: some of those conflicts. So yeah, this is going to 611 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:54,400 Speaker 1: be a nightmare we're gonna live with for decades. Wonderful, wonderfuls. 612 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: All right. Finally, Corn Diversity hires up there talking about 613 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: Title forty two. We know smugglers will try to spread 614 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 1: misinformation to take advantage of these vulnerable migrants. But I 615 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 1: want to be very clear here. The fact is that 616 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: the removal of Title forty two does not mean the 617 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,359 Speaker 1: border is open. Anyone who suggests otherwise is simply doing 618 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,360 Speaker 1: the work of these smugglers, who again are spreading misinformation 619 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: and which is very dangerous. What's the removal of Title 620 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,719 Speaker 1: forty two? All right? So this is a Trump era 621 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: rule that they implemented that basically, if you come to 622 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: the border, we don't have to hear your asylum claimed 623 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: no small part because of the COVID pandemic, right, So 624 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,800 Speaker 1: it was used, some people say, as a pretext to 625 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 1: dump people out of the border, refuse them from getting 626 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 1: in because most applications, sixty to eighty percent of asylum 627 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: applications are rejected. So it's a system that's abused. So 628 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,439 Speaker 1: Title forty two kind of helps in that sending those 629 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: people back that would never actually be able to get 630 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: here in the first place in terms of an asylum application. 631 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: So her suggestion though, that if you say that the 632 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: border is open, that somehow you are complicit with the 633 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,279 Speaker 1: human smugglers. Come on, New York City. The mayor is 634 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,919 Speaker 1: saying it is an existential crisis for his town there 635 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: they are being overrun by illegals. El Paso state of 636 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: emergency there Denver saying when is this going to end? 637 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 1: The Governor of Illinois in California again all Democrats so 638 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 1: far as saying that we've got a border problem. So 639 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: her suggestion that by acknowledging truth, acknowledging that we do 640 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: have an open border, that somehow that's your complicit with 641 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: the bad guys. Get out of here with that. It's absurd. 642 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: Even her own party knows that. Brian Dean, right, the 643 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: President's Daily Brief podcast, thank you, my friend, as always, 644 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: you bet you all right? That was some ugliness. Let's 645 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: focus on something beautiful. Me and Mike Slater is going 646 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:51,880 Speaker 1: to join us and make us feel better about some 647 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 1: things next. You know what else is beautiful? Not having allergies. 648 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,359 Speaker 1: I love it. I've suffered for years. Maybe you do too. 649 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,240 Speaker 1: When I was ten years old, we moved from Ohio 650 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,719 Speaker 1: to Montana, and the second my feet hit the ground 651 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,040 Speaker 1: in Montana, my eyes got red and they're red for 652 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 1: the like the rest of my life. Just allergies, allergies, allergies, 653 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:18,439 Speaker 1: over the counter medication, air purifiers all over the place, 654 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,839 Speaker 1: just any day, Just give me some relief. The only 655 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,720 Speaker 1: thing that ever works was eating pure thunderstorm. That's great. 656 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: Just this little black box doesn't how they make any 657 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 1: noise goes right in the outlet in the wall. My 658 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,720 Speaker 1: allergies are gone. I don't even own allergy medication anymore. 659 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: I'll never forget the day I took the bottle of 660 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: it and threw it away. It felt good, It felt 661 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,240 Speaker 1: like a drug. Addex being free. Go to Eden pure 662 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 1: deals dot com because they have an unbelievable deal on 663 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: a three pack right now two hundred dollars off. You 664 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,560 Speaker 1: can get a three pack for under two hundred dollars 665 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 1: Eden pure deals dot com. Code Jesse is how you 666 00:37:55,200 --> 00:38:06,759 Speaker 1: do it. All right, we'll be bad. All right, Enough 667 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: for the spending bill. Let's talk about spending at home. 668 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,839 Speaker 1: Because it's Christmas time. US home sales fell seven point 669 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: seven percent in November, making it a record tenth straight 670 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:22,799 Speaker 1: month of declines. Household income down, inflation up, plus all 671 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:27,400 Speaker 1: the death and sickness and everything else. Remember Christmas time. 672 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 1: While it is a wonderful, joyful time for many, myself included, 673 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: it can be a very, very sad time for others. 674 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,279 Speaker 1: Joining me now, my friend Mike Slater of the Amazing 675 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: Politics by Faith podcast, giving people some perspective. Mike, Christmas 676 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: time isn't all joy and happy for everyone. No, not 677 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,000 Speaker 1: for everyone. And it fits in actually into the spending 678 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: that you were just talking about. It fits into this 679 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,120 Speaker 1: like hopelessness right, like we vote for your Republicans, you 680 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: betray us right from the jump, Like what are we 681 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: doing here? Just the state of our country read the 682 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: other day, there's seven million unemployed twenty five to fifty 683 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,319 Speaker 1: four year old men who aren't even looking for a job, 684 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,320 Speaker 1: and they spend two thousand hours a year on a screen, 685 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,840 Speaker 1: so it's six hours a day. Half of them aren't 686 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 1: pain meds. So the men of our country are playing 687 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 1: call of duty stoned all day long. So there're like 688 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: this general hopelessness in our country. And then as you 689 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,759 Speaker 1: were mentioning, like people losing their jobs all right, there's 690 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,960 Speaker 1: like Christmas can be hard for people. There's this expectation 691 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: of happiness and fun and cookies and carols and smiles 692 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 1: and all. But if you're watching this right now, this 693 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: may be a terrible Christmas for you. Maybe a loved 694 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,400 Speaker 1: one just passed away. An old friend of mine passed 695 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 1: away just a couple of days ago. His family their 696 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,439 Speaker 1: Christmas is gonna suck the worst Christmas ever. So if 697 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: that's you, I just want to acknowledge that this is 698 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: going to be a hard year for you. My son 699 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:46,920 Speaker 1: was in the nick for two weeks. They let them go. 700 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: It is just a couple of days before Thanksgiving, but 701 00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:49,960 Speaker 1: there were a bunch of other kids in the nick 702 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: that did not go home for Thanksgiving. There's a bunch 703 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:53,760 Speaker 1: of kids in the nikku at your local children's hospital 704 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 1: right now. It's tough. And I want to bring this 705 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,359 Speaker 1: up because if you want to commiserate with people who 706 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: have experienced deep loss, it's all in the Bible. Job Moses, Jonah, Elijah, 707 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:14,200 Speaker 1: and Paul all prayed to God to kill me. They 708 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: weren't asking for relief so that they could enjoy the 709 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 1: rest of their life. They were asking to die. So 710 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: they were in quite a pit of despair and they 711 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,319 Speaker 1: got out of it. And one of the ways they 712 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:27,400 Speaker 1: got out of it. This is one of the things 713 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 1: that they all had in common, and I think we 714 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:30,480 Speaker 1: need to get back to in our country, is they 715 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,600 Speaker 1: dealt with their soul. No one today ever talks about 716 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,719 Speaker 1: the soul. They're in California. They're debating a bill right 717 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,799 Speaker 1: now that would legalize psychedelic drugs, and the idea is like, oh, 718 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,960 Speaker 1: there's people with anxiety and depression, so let's just have 719 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,440 Speaker 1: them trip out on magic mushrooms and will fix their 720 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,560 Speaker 1: brains like cheese. Guys, that's what we need in our 721 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,759 Speaker 1: country right now, psychedelic mushrooms. But it's all on the head, 722 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,399 Speaker 1: right We all deal with the head, we never deal 723 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: with the soul. A couple of weeks ago, a friend 724 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,399 Speaker 1: of mine, his dad passed away. He was sixty four, 725 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,560 Speaker 1: He had four kids, and went to their funeral and 726 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,520 Speaker 1: they opened with a stunningly beautiful version of it is 727 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,160 Speaker 1: Well with my soul. And it was just my goal 728 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: in life now is to live in a way that 729 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,839 Speaker 1: when I die, my entire family and friends can gather 730 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: in a place and sing with a full heart and 731 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 1: with complete assurance that it is well with my soul. 732 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: But I was thinking, in super famous song you've never 733 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,799 Speaker 1: heard before, It's fantastic, give it a google, but it 734 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: got me thinking, and the story of the song is unbelievable. 735 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,640 Speaker 1: So the guy who wrote at Horatio Stafford, you'd think 736 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,640 Speaker 1: it is well with my soul. You'd think life was great. 737 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,160 Speaker 1: Life was awesome for him, and every Christmas was amazing. 738 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,200 Speaker 1: But it wasn't. He had a wife and five kids. 739 00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,560 Speaker 1: His first son died of pneumonia when he was young 740 00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 1: eighteen seventy one. This one. That same year, he lost 741 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 1: his business in the Great Fire in Chicago. Two years later, 742 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 1: his wife and four daughters were on a boat from 743 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,239 Speaker 1: US to France, and he was planning to go with him, 744 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 1: but he had to stay behind for a business thing, 745 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:50,319 Speaker 1: because like you just go ahead, I'll leave a couple 746 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 1: of days later. Four days later, the boat collided with 747 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,239 Speaker 1: another boat in the middle of the ocean. All four 748 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: of his daughters drowned. His wife survived, made it to 749 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,440 Speaker 1: Wales a couple days later sent a wire to her 750 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: husband that's said, saved alone. What shall I do? Well 751 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,560 Speaker 1: that imagine you get that message? Saved alone? What the 752 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: heck am I supposed to do now? So he got 753 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,279 Speaker 1: on a boat as soon as he could, and four 754 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,600 Speaker 1: days out into the ocean, the captain called him into 755 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 1: the cabin and told him, hey, this is where your 756 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,000 Speaker 1: children all died, and that's when he wrote the song 757 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:25,239 Speaker 1: it is well with my soul. So if you're having 758 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,799 Speaker 1: a tough Christmas, I just want you to think about 759 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,799 Speaker 1: these great men and people who have been there with 760 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 1: you and to work on your soul because that's what 761 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,759 Speaker 1: we need to work on most in our country too. Right, 762 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,279 Speaker 1: tell me about the killing of Jesus. You have a 763 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:44,400 Speaker 1: special one the first what's about. Yeah, everyone wanted to 764 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 1: kill Jesus. It's unbelievable. We think we have like this 765 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,840 Speaker 1: very like nursery school Sunday school image of Jesus and 766 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,680 Speaker 1: of the Bible too, where you're like, oh, here's Noah 767 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,880 Speaker 1: and a boat with a cartoon giraffe and elephant, and 768 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,160 Speaker 1: we never really graduate from that idea of the Bible 769 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,279 Speaker 1: and of Jesus. And we have this idea of Jesus 770 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,439 Speaker 1: where he's like why either a baby or he's walking 771 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: around with a lamb under his arm all the time. 772 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 1: But that's not how that was. People wanted to kill him, obviously. 773 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:12,279 Speaker 1: Punch's pilot, the Pharisees. Almost everywhere he went he would 774 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,080 Speaker 1: say things and the people were so angry they would 775 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:15,759 Speaker 1: pick up stones and try to kill him or throw 776 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,640 Speaker 1: him off a Cliff, and then very beginning, King Herod 777 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,239 Speaker 1: wanted to kill, if he killed, all the zero to 778 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,400 Speaker 1: two year old and all of beth Lamb to prevent 779 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: this King of the Jews from being worshiped above him. 780 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,359 Speaker 1: He saw himself as King of the Jews. So from 781 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,600 Speaker 1: the very beginning, the magi wanted to worship him, and 782 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,680 Speaker 1: the king wanted to kill him. And that's a metaphor 783 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 1: for today too. That's our choice today, murder him or 784 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,120 Speaker 1: worship him, And we all have that same choice today. 785 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,319 Speaker 1: So we explore all the people who tried to kill 786 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: and wanted to kill Jesus in our latest queshion Mike's later. 787 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,680 Speaker 1: Have a merry Christmas, buddy, Thanks for the time, brother, 788 00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:51,719 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. All right, we'll be back with like in 789 00:43:51,760 --> 00:44:03,160 Speaker 1: the mood next. So I just want to talk just 790 00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:04,640 Speaker 1: you and me as we light in the mood here. 791 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:10,160 Speaker 1: I don't have a real job anymore, as you well know, 792 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 1: I've lived my life very normally the same way you have, 793 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,920 Speaker 1: from washing dishes to construction for many years, to the 794 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:21,360 Speaker 1: Marine Corps. I've sold RBS, but now I do TV 795 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,879 Speaker 1: and radio for a living. I bring you this show 796 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,399 Speaker 1: for an hour every night radio for three hours every night. 797 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,160 Speaker 1: If that's not a job, you have a job. I 798 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:30,319 Speaker 1: get to sit and do what I love for a living. 799 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:34,680 Speaker 1: Screw off. But there are some negatives, not many, but 800 00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 1: there are some. I don't want to cry, but there 801 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:41,399 Speaker 1: are some, and one of them is this. I love 802 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,440 Speaker 1: to eat. You know, I love to eat. I'm a 803 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,280 Speaker 1: food junkie. The wife says, I have an unhealthy obsession 804 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,160 Speaker 1: with food, which is not very nice, but it probably 805 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:51,799 Speaker 1: is true. I love to eat. Because I now talk 806 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 1: on camera and on radio for a living, I have 807 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:59,160 Speaker 1: to be careful what I eat and more importantly, when 808 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 1: I eat it. If I show up here to do 809 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,440 Speaker 1: the great I'm right every single night. And let's say 810 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,600 Speaker 1: I walk in fifteen minutes before the show, start putting 811 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:08,840 Speaker 1: on my suit jacket, and I look over in the 812 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,879 Speaker 1: fellas here in the studio of Gotten a Big Old 813 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:17,040 Speaker 1: Meat Lover's Pizza, normal Jesse wants to go eat that pizza. 814 00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,319 Speaker 1: But TV host Jesse has learned if I go tear 815 00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,160 Speaker 1: through that pizza, I'm gonna be like five minutes into 816 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,640 Speaker 1: my first interview, and it's gonna be I'm gonna get 817 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:30,959 Speaker 1: the burbs. I get the burbs. Sometimes. So I don't 818 00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:34,760 Speaker 1: like Alabama's Governor k Ivy. She was a ridiculous, horrific 819 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,360 Speaker 1: tyrant during COVID. So I don't care for this person, 820 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:39,440 Speaker 1: and I'm glad something happened and embarrassed her. But I 821 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,640 Speaker 1: just want to say I've been there. They are. We're 822 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,879 Speaker 1: getting us excuse me, a slight increase in the number 823 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 1: of doses that we've been getting. Good the state we're 824 00:45:49,160 --> 00:46:11,640 Speaker 1: getting us gets seeing them. Each morning, the President of 825 00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,600 Speaker 1: the United States receives a highly classified briefing on the 826 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,840 Speaker 1: most important issues facing the country. It's called the President's 827 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: Daily Brief or PDB. It's delivered by America's spies and analysts. Well, 828 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,480 Speaker 1: now you can hear your very own PDB in the 829 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,520 Speaker 1: form of a podcast hosted by me Brian Dean Wright, 830 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:32,680 Speaker 1: a former CIA operations officer. Each morning at six am Eastern, 831 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,879 Speaker 1: I'll bring you fifteen to twenty minutes of the most 832 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,440 Speaker 1: important issues facing the country, giving you the critical intelligence 833 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,360 Speaker 1: and analysis you need to start your morning.