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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Katty.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Jackie and he arms wrong drum studio scene

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<v Speaker 2>see signor.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's Friday, and we're in a dimly lit room

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<v Speaker 3>deeper than the bowels the Armstrong and Getting communications compound.

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<v Speaker 3>And hey today we're under the tuteled of our general manager.

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<v Speaker 1>California Firefighters once again and Joe Biden, deliverer of the

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<v Speaker 1>world's most ironic eulogy.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, look forward to that character character.

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<v Speaker 1>Jack.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm all about wild Card weekend in the NFL. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the best playoff weekend. The first couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 2>we got all the games going on. Fantastic, fantastic, Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Big college football game last night too, the Golden Domers

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<v Speaker 1>last second victory over the League ger can't win the

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<v Speaker 1>Big One Penn Staters.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and all those low seeds making it so far

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<v Speaker 2>shows that the whole picking smart people picking teams who's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna win didn't work very well. Yeah, well, way, wrong, way,

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<v Speaker 2>way a lot. Eight year's an. It's just entertainment. It's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>How about the uh the Rams play who do the

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<v Speaker 2>Rams play Michael the hated They were supposed to, They

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<v Speaker 2>were supposed to get to play at home, and the

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<v Speaker 2>game has been moved to Arizona because of the fires.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the Chargers Rams Chargers?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Correct, oh nomtsorry they no, no, no, the Chargers San

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<v Speaker 2>Diegrig Chargers are playing in Houston, Texans.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, Los Angeles Chargers. Sorry, it does not roll

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<v Speaker 1>off the tongue.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I've never been able to say that, even after

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<v Speaker 2>all these The Chargers are at the Texans. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the Rams game. So you get the home field of

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<v Speaker 2>gen advantage. You do everything you need to do when

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<v Speaker 2>your division, and you got to play in Arizona because

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<v Speaker 2>of the fires. The minor problem fire wise with all

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<v Speaker 2>the loss of life and property and uh what did

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<v Speaker 2>I hear? One of the fires is now thirty square

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<v Speaker 2>miles and the other one is twenty square miles, for

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<v Speaker 2>a total of fifty square miles of completely burnt to

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<v Speaker 2>the ground for the two biggest fires, which is an

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<v Speaker 2>imaginably large area of space. Absolutely incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Katie informs us that the Mighty Rams are playing the

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<v Speaker 1>Marauding Vikings of Minnesota, featuring coach Tim Walls on the sidelines.

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<v Speaker 2>Does can you have a microphone in this for a

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<v Speaker 2>segment to be awesome? If she could just jump on

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<v Speaker 2>and say the words, yeah, idea, they're playing the Vikings awesome. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>good confirming the previous report was I gonna say I

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<v Speaker 2>had something to say about the footballame, I'll pop back

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<v Speaker 2>into my head. The welcome distraction from the horrible news

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<v Speaker 2>that has been going for the last several days. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the tremendous amount of fire coverage coast to coast.

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<v Speaker 2>Even your East coast news shows, which often ignore things

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<v Speaker 2>happening on the West coast, are leading and going heavy

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<v Speaker 2>with the fire. It's just so freaking big. Plus it's

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles Media Center, Hollywood people losing their homes in

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<v Speaker 2>addition to regular people and all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But the coverage has been quite high, and it seems

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<v Speaker 2>like it is really turned toward MM. What were the

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<v Speaker 2>policies that caused this? I mean that is that at

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<v Speaker 2>least that was the focus of every news show I

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<v Speaker 2>saw last night. Yeah? Good, Yeah, what are the policies

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<v Speaker 2>that caused this? We're the failures and the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor bass of LA and the Governor Gavin Newsom

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<v Speaker 2>had no answers ready to go. I'm surprised that their

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<v Speaker 2>people didn't prepare them better to have something to say

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<v Speaker 2>to reporters and not look so completely incompetent, flat footed,

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<v Speaker 2>like they don't know what's going on. Not a good look.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, a lot of what they've done is indefensible, So

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that they had no defense is not that

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<v Speaker 1>shocking to me. Although usually Gavy is smart enough to

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<v Speaker 1>have some sort of bull crap ready right, right, and

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<v Speaker 1>he did not, like, well, although you know what they're

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<v Speaker 1>going with, that was not the time to politicize this, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like, hey, you know what, those of us

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<v Speaker 1>who study political policy and his outcomes, we're not currently

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<v Speaker 1>trying to put out the fire. We have time. I

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<v Speaker 1>have time. I would not be welcome on the front lines.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm old and fat.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's sentencing day for Donald Trump in the Stormy

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<v Speaker 2>Daniels hush money trial, as they called it inaccurately. The

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<v Speaker 2>Supreme Court ruled in favor of Now you gotta go

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<v Speaker 2>ahead and be sentenced today. The out of control maga extreme.

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<v Speaker 2>We need to add people, it's so out of control,

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<v Speaker 2>Supreme Court voted five to four that Trump is going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to be sentenced today.

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<v Speaker 1>So all that rhetoric was always a shameless lie, a

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<v Speaker 1>complete divorce from the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Even the whack job Mersham, the judge who should have

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<v Speaker 2>never taken any of this as far as he did,

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<v Speaker 2>said though, no jail time, no penalties, he's recommending whatever

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<v Speaker 2>the legal term is, some legal term that you go through.

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<v Speaker 2>So I guess he just wants it on the books.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants the cable news spectacle of the about to

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<v Speaker 2>become president of the United States having to be in

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<v Speaker 2>a courtroom and all that sort of stuff flexes his muscles,

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<v Speaker 2>even though there's no result that comes out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And again, the Appeals Court will be treating this case

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<v Speaker 1>like aaron judge treats a high fastball as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>they get it, which will be delicious.

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<v Speaker 2>How long do you think that'll take? No idea? Were

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<v Speaker 2>you surprised the Supreme Court went five to four toward

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<v Speaker 2>we ain't doing anything about this.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually no, no, I'm not, And it was a five

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<v Speaker 1>to four ruling and unsigned, but I kind of agree

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<v Speaker 1>with the majority. He doesn't have to be there. There's

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<v Speaker 1>no penalty, there's no sanction, it's a virtual hearing. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really impact him as president.

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<v Speaker 2>Get it done. Let's get onto the appeals. We should

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<v Speaker 2>start the show officially on this Friday. I'm Jack Armstrong,

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<v Speaker 2>He's Joe Getty on this How did it already get

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<v Speaker 2>to be the tenth of January? Ain't putting up with

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<v Speaker 2>any jive. No cut the jive, cut the jive. In

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five we are armstrong in getting we approve of

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<v Speaker 2>this program.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's begin the show officially. Then, according to FCC rules

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<v Speaker 1>or eggs, here we go at Mark.

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<v Speaker 5>Would that seventeen million dollars that had been cut from

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<v Speaker 5>your budget have made a difference in this fight?

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<v Speaker 6>I would say with the lean forward posture that we

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<v Speaker 6>took knowing that a seventeen million dollar cut we had

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<v Speaker 6>to take from somewhere, and that was from the non

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<v Speaker 6>essential duties and responsibilities that is the fire department we

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<v Speaker 6>have taken on over the past many, many years.

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<v Speaker 5>But with all due respect, in December you had worn

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<v Speaker 5>that the budget cuts would severely limit your ability to

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<v Speaker 5>respond to large scale emergencies.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that true or not?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes?

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<v Speaker 6>So I would say, yes, we were limited to a

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<v Speaker 6>certain factor.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, O boy moron who is Karen Bass and it

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<v Speaker 2>will shock you a little bit later on in the show,

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<v Speaker 2>how you know, I'll go ahead and hit you with

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<v Speaker 2>a punchline. Then we'll get to the meat of it

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<v Speaker 2>later on.

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<v Speaker 1>But if a guy like Pete Hegzeth has a tattoo

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<v Speaker 1>that arguably, according to somebody, might be reminiscent of like

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<v Speaker 1>a Crusades's tattoo, which has once been used by a

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<v Speaker 1>white organization that claimed at one point.

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<v Speaker 2>To be associated with blah blah blah blah blah. It's

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<v Speaker 2>in the headlines.

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<v Speaker 1>This woman's an avowed communist and a friend of Fidel Castro.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't really come up. I mentioned the other day I

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<v Speaker 2>am cynical about government. I'm definitely past skeptl in the

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I assume the worst and et cetera, et

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<v Speaker 2>cetera with all these people. And one of the reasons

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<v Speaker 2>is this has always bothered me politicians when there's a

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<v Speaker 2>crisis going on, so often when they're asking a question,

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<v Speaker 2>you can see the gears grinding. Their number one goal

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<v Speaker 2>is not to inform you the voter. That's their job.

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<v Speaker 2>They work for us. They should be letting us know

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on, what went wrong, what they're gonna do,

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<v Speaker 2>et cetera. That's their wheels are always spinning on how

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<v Speaker 2>do I stay out of trouble, what helps me the most,

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<v Speaker 2>what gets me more funding, et cetera, et cetera, And

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<v Speaker 2>it drives me nuts. And including any of these press conferences,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about all of them. I've only seen

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<v Speaker 2>a couple. And this is always the case. You find

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<v Speaker 2>a body in a murder, you got a fire, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it is. I'd just like to say that I'd stand

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<v Speaker 2>up here and everybody's waiting for this news conference, like

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<v Speaker 2>for a day or longer to get the information. I

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<v Speaker 2>would like to thank the blah blah blah letter agency

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<v Speaker 2>and the good job they did, and Jim Jones over

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<v Speaker 2>there and the other agency, and they all need to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure they get their credit. Just give us the

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<v Speaker 2>freaking answer. You want to put out a press release

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<v Speaker 2>thanking each other and slapping each other in the back

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<v Speaker 2>and making sure everybody knows your alphabet thing is working

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<v Speaker 2>so hard and deserves more budget. Fine, but tell the

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<v Speaker 2>people right off the bat, how many acres, what kind

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<v Speaker 2>of containment, what's going on? The people on the ground

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<v Speaker 2>are fighting their asses off to do all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But man, when the politicians get asked questions, they never

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<v Speaker 2>lean toward informing people. Drives me nuts. There should be

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<v Speaker 2>more pressure on them to do that. More people should

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<v Speaker 2>yell them, hey, shut up about the agencies. Don't care

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<v Speaker 2>answer the question how many trucks you have? While do

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<v Speaker 2>you run out of the water? That sort of thing, right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>very madding we don't demand enough out of our politicians.

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<v Speaker 2>We werely god.

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<v Speaker 1>Politicians have three jobs gaining power, holding power, and if

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the day they've got a little

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<v Speaker 1>spare time, they might do something for their constituents.

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<v Speaker 2>They need to be kept on a.

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<v Speaker 1>Leash like a disobedient pit or even they're nos, pack

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<v Speaker 1>up a marriage.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of these people aren't politicians. They work for

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<v Speaker 2>various agencies that got appointed by politicians, are created by politicians,

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<v Speaker 2>but just their bureaucrats. Bureaucrats, Right, you got to answer

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<v Speaker 2>the questions people want to know. They don't care about

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<v Speaker 2>the laundry list of all the people you want to think. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>drives me nuts, Especially in the middle of a crisis,

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<v Speaker 2>why the hell did you run out of water? Have

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<v Speaker 2>an answer? And if it's a bad look for you,

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<v Speaker 2>the answer doesn't matter. Just give us the truth, right right.

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<v Speaker 1>We need an Office of the Grim Reaper who will

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<v Speaker 1>go to those press conferences.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need to wear the outfit, but.

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<v Speaker 1>You go to that press conference, some bureaucrat to unleashes

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<v Speaker 1>some crap answer like Karen Bass just did say, he

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<v Speaker 1>says you're fired.

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<v Speaker 2>No, there's no appeals process.

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<v Speaker 1>You're fired, right, No, deputy, step up the department, the

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<v Speaker 1>Office of the Grim Reaper of government officials?

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<v Speaker 2>Got did you see if we can get that passed?

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<v Speaker 2>See any of those videos? Are those planes dropping water,

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<v Speaker 2>flying in that high wind and then buffeting back and forth?

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<v Speaker 2>Those must be some amazing pilots. Yeah, and courageous too,

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<v Speaker 2>God bless them. Yeah. How does mailbag look? It's good

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<v Speaker 2>it's a Friday. We need to get to the first

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<v Speaker 2>clips of the week of the year. Of course we're

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<v Speaker 2>all kind of hoping you'd forget the first one in

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<v Speaker 2>the year. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, unlike Karen d Ass, I am competent to get

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<v Speaker 1>my duties.

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<v Speaker 2>I got so some regular person posed a question about

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<v Speaker 2>the fire hydrants running out of water yesterday and I

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<v Speaker 2>got seven million retweets because it was like an obvious question,

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<v Speaker 2>like the most obvious question there is I'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>that coming up. Stay tuned.

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<v Speaker 7>So on Friday mornings, I drive to work listening to

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<v Speaker 7>music instead of news, and today I was Gim and

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<v Speaker 7>Hoodi and I was thinking, we did that list the

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<v Speaker 7>other day of all the bands that are touring twenty five,

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<v Speaker 7>because the only way you can make money in music

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<v Speaker 7>now is touring. It doesn't matter how many people buy

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<v Speaker 7>a Hoody and the Bold Blowfish album.

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<v Speaker 2>Who just discovered it. It's funny when we were a

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<v Speaker 2>young rock fans, it was exactly the opposite. Yeah, right,

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<v Speaker 2>but lost money touring to sell elbows. There's a group

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<v Speaker 2>that I ought to get back together. I know Hoody

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<v Speaker 2>makes money as a country artist, but that's the It's

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<v Speaker 2>like twenty years exactly, so that that high school era,

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<v Speaker 2>college era twenty year anniversary they go out on tour,

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<v Speaker 2>they would kill it right, right.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have mail bag freedom, love You, Quote of

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<v Speaker 1>the day, and much more to come. First, though, let's

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<v Speaker 1>take fond look back. It's a first week that was

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty twenty five. It's clips of the week.

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<v Speaker 8>The whips of the week, the pal Estates fire burning

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<v Speaker 8>homes and forcing thousands to run for their lives.

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<v Speaker 5>You were to describe what we're seeing is just apocalyptic.

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<v Speaker 5>An emergency personnel had to take a bulldozer to just

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<v Speaker 5>bulldoze them out of the way.

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<v Speaker 2>They've put up the hoses. The water ran dry. The

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<v Speaker 2>local folks are trying to figure that out. Weather mayor

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<v Speaker 2>have you Absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today

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<v Speaker 2>if you're dealing with this disaster.

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<v Speaker 4>The country is on edge.

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<v Speaker 3>They discovered a steel galvanized pipe with two end caps

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<v Speaker 3>surrounded by two dozen rolls of nails.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a terrorist event.

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<v Speaker 8>We also need to be stronger together by overcoming an

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<v Speaker 8>addiction to divisiveness and negativity.

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<v Speaker 9>What either wore world leaders than any one of you

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<v Speaker 9>ever met in your home. Goddamn wife, I intend to

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<v Speaker 9>resign as party leader, as prime minister.

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<v Speaker 7>It's one of the most awkward moments in American politics.

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<v Speaker 2>Donald J.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump of the state of Florida has received three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twelve votes.

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<v Speaker 2>Kamala D. Harris. Everyone loved Wicked.

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<v Speaker 3>I loved Wicked, My boyfriend loved Wicked. My boyfriend's boyfriend

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<v Speaker 3>really loved Wicked.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna get back to our roots. We're eliminating the

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<v Speaker 2>third party. Fact checking system. I'm a little concerned. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>this is like Chipotle announcing that it's any health inspections.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm saying, somebody got shot?

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<v Speaker 8>Everybody, everybody good.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh imagine.

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<v Speaker 9>Jimmy Carter's enduring attribute character character character. We need Greenland

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<v Speaker 9>for national security purposes.

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<v Speaker 2>We were talking to him yesterday, so he says hello

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<v Speaker 2>to everyone in Greenland.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf

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<v Speaker 1>of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, we really need to paste ourselves.

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<v Speaker 9>If we're going to freak out over every last tweet.

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<v Speaker 2>We will fight hard, fight hard for the freedom to vote.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, that was that was a disgusting end note there.

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<v Speaker 1>This is just in horned up Hooters waitress trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of a ticket.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Jack, this is just In. Garth Brooks is a

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<v Speaker 2>good singer. I don't know if anybody knows.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, who do you like in the super heavyweight

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<v Speaker 1>country singer battle Garth and Tricia or Vince Gill and

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<v Speaker 1>Amy Grant?

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<v Speaker 2>Are they having a tug of war or singing a

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<v Speaker 2>sing off? A sing and play off? That'd be a

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<v Speaker 2>good one and be an epic battle, wouldn't it, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's your freedom loving quote of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>It's from author and motivational speaker Aga Mandino, who's a

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<v Speaker 1>big deal, I guess in the twentieth centur I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know his work, but I came across this quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, who is he to have? Sit down? If

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<v Speaker 2>you're not sitting down? Sit down?

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<v Speaker 1>Beginning today, treat every it's our series about beginnings.

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<v Speaker 2>Beginning today.

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<v Speaker 1>Treat everyone you meet as if they were going to

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<v Speaker 1>be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care,

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<v Speaker 1>kindness and understanding that you can muster and do it

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<v Speaker 1>with no thought of any reward.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life will never be the same again. You'd have

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<v Speaker 2>to ease into that lifestyle. I don't think you could

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<v Speaker 2>just do it all of a sudden. That's an we

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<v Speaker 2>got to talk about that later. Bring that up again later.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a great font starter. I will keep it around. Mailbag.

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<v Speaker 2>There wil very little time.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see drop a note mailbag at Armstrong and.

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<v Speaker 2>Getty dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Antonio Wrights for those who want the government to take

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<v Speaker 1>care of them from cradle to grave.

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<v Speaker 2>Take a look at LA Way to Go, Gavin.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see some succinct Thomas Sol from Joe and Weymouth, Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 1>with respect to the mismanagement of California for decades which

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<v Speaker 1>enabled fires to morph into a disastrous summed up quite

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<v Speaker 1>nicely in the Thomas Sol quote. There are no solutions.

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<v Speaker 1>There are only trade offs. For instance, smelt over water retention.

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<v Speaker 1>Leaving forests in their natural state is preferred by enviros

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<v Speaker 1>over forrest underbrush management because they're in populated areas. Homelessness

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<v Speaker 1>boondoggles and bullet trains over fire department staffing in support,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera, et cetera. The decades long one party rule

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<v Speaker 1>has chosen the wrong trade Now sadly everyone gets to

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<v Speaker 1>see it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they act like there aren't trade offs that

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<v Speaker 2>you can do all that peunicorn stuff and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>there's no cost to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think you're exactly right. They would deny you

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<v Speaker 1>talk about trade offs. You're trying to balance the back

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<v Speaker 1>of the budget, off the backs of the Oh please,

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<v Speaker 1>you act like children. We're gonna either have water or

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<v Speaker 1>homeless encampments. Which do you want to have?

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<v Speaker 2>We got a lot more on the ways, stay here,

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<v Speaker 2>arm Strong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 10>ABC's David Murror is being mocked for using clothespins to

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<v Speaker 10>cinch his jacket more tightly around his chest. While reporting

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<v Speaker 10>from the scene, He was also overheard asking a crew member,

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<v Speaker 10>does this burning city make me look fat?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's only hope that.

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<v Speaker 10>The sock he puts in his crotch his flame retardant.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, God for the wind. Those are good jokes.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, I just take the need to take a

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<v Speaker 1>moment and enjoy that. That's really good way to go, Greg,

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<v Speaker 1>that's terrific.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up?

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<v Speaker 1>Who is Karen Bass, the longtime powerful union hugging politico

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<v Speaker 1>from California who's now the failed mayor of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>Her background, if you are a sane human being in

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<v Speaker 1>a loyal American will shock you.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay tuned.

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<v Speaker 1>A little bonus mail bag to lead us on to

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<v Speaker 1>the next step in the discussion. Let's see this is

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<v Speaker 1>a note from old friend Turlock Holmes. I believe that

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<v Speaker 1>is a numb diplome dear.

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<v Speaker 2>Rubes, which is his usual dreading.

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<v Speaker 1>Elon Musk says he thinks about Rome and the Roman

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<v Speaker 1>Empire daily. Gavin is Nero. California is burning, and Gavin

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<v Speaker 1>is fiddling and deflecting blame, as Nero did Gavin must

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<v Speaker 1>think we're gay, I mean gay, I mean blind.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, thank you for that.

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<v Speaker 1>On a somewhat different topic, Steve from Everett, Washington, Guys,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a bit more sanguine than you on the doge.

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<v Speaker 1>Elon and Viveck are not going to approach government sluggards

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<v Speaker 1>in the same way as previous conventional politicians. Yes, they

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<v Speaker 1>will meet with opposition, but Elon has the largest megaphone

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. They can bring shame and focus in

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<v Speaker 1>ways no previous reformer could hope to muster.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree with you completely, that's all true.

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<v Speaker 1>But I've been reading a great deal well some about

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<v Speaker 1>what it takes to overturn regulations, for instance, to cancel them,

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<v Speaker 1>and there is a legally congressionally mandated process that you

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<v Speaker 1>have to go through to add or subtract regulations, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be a time consuming drag. In spite

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<v Speaker 1>of what you say, and I'm not in any way

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<v Speaker 1>like anti, It's just I think it's helpful to be

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<v Speaker 1>realistic so that people don't expect like immediate miracles and

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<v Speaker 1>then when it doesn't happen, get discouraged and give up.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know. I've heard so much negativity from

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<v Speaker 2>people on the right about this because of the things

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<v Speaker 2>you just said. I just I don't like to be

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<v Speaker 2>in that negative about an effort at least we're trying

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<v Speaker 2>so compared to not doing anything year after year after year.

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<v Speaker 2>What what? Okay? What's the perfect world? There isn't one.

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<v Speaker 2>What what's better than this? What's better than the richest

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<v Speaker 2>man in the world, who's got the one of the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest mouthpieces in the world, trying tell me what's better

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<v Speaker 2>than that? Before this is before you go endlessly into

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<v Speaker 2>the negativity. Oh, this is great, It's fantastic. Just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>take a little while, So hang it. My point is

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<v Speaker 2>a positive one. Hang in there. I know yours is.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've heard a lot of commentators, like some of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite commentators, just like so negative on the thing

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<v Speaker 2>and say, as opposed to, what can you come up

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<v Speaker 2>with a better?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there is a certain smugness to the Beltway, including

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<v Speaker 1>people who I agree with and am fairly fond of,

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<v Speaker 1>whether they're in the media or in government. But there

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<v Speaker 1>is definitely a snootiness about we live on Mount Olympus,

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<v Speaker 1>we know how it works, and you silly business people

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<v Speaker 1>and fly over state people your.

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<v Speaker 2>Efforts are cute, so don't try ever anything ever. I

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<v Speaker 2>suppose the perfect world would be the populace is so

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<v Speaker 2>worried about our spending that they vote for people that's

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<v Speaker 2>their highest issue. But that ain't happening. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I would say Smugness's fraternal twin is complacency, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's a hell of a lot of that going on

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Let's see, Ryan from Houston says, all I

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<v Speaker 1>need to know about federal politics is that the group

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<v Speaker 1>will referred to Trump as Hitler had no problem sitting

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<v Speaker 1>and talking and laughing with him.

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<v Speaker 2>A month later. Yeah, yeah, so true. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>take in some lefty media. How did the left feel

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<v Speaker 2>about their hero Barack Obama just yuckined up with Trump

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<v Speaker 2>for like fifteen minutes before the funeral yesterday. What did

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<v Speaker 2>that feel like if you're a progressive and Barack Obama

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<v Speaker 2>is the greatest thing that ever happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yeah, yeah, Well, I hope they appreciate how phony

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<v Speaker 1>it all is and how the four alarm fire a

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<v Speaker 1>terrible metaphor given these circumstances. Tone of the politics that

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<v Speaker 1>they were sold by their leaders was just completely performative.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope they noticed maybe they grow up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>So Kim Strassel of the Journal, who's just a terrific writer,

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<v Speaker 2>was talking about old old job. Give us clip number seventy.

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<v Speaker 2>What you Michael.

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<v Speaker 1>At the eulogy yesterday, she was writing about I.

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<v Speaker 9>Was the first senator outside of Georgia, maybe the first

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<v Speaker 9>senator to endorse his ken for president was an endorsement

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<v Speaker 9>fais on I believe is Jimmy Carter's enduring attribute.

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<v Speaker 2>Character, character. Character. Because of that.

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<v Speaker 9>Character, I believe is destiny, destiny in our lives and

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<v Speaker 9>quite frankly, destiny in the life of the nation.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, as Kim points out, it's not uncommon for sitting

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<v Speaker 1>presidents to speak at a state funeral. Although what a

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<v Speaker 1>bummer for Jimmy Carter. Biden's eulogy was mainly a reminder

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<v Speaker 1>of how different the two men were, particularly when it

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<v Speaker 1>came to honesty and character.

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<v Speaker 2>Character, character, And.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to jump in the middle, but it's the

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<v Speaker 1>contrasting characters of the two men, one devoted to country

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<v Speaker 1>and faith, one to party and self that revealed the

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<v Speaker 1>starkest divide. Carter was elected on a promise never to

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<v Speaker 1>lie to the American people and he honored it. He

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<v Speaker 1>was unequal to his governing task, sometimes misguided, but he

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<v Speaker 1>genuinely wanted to make things better for the country. He

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<v Speaker 1>was humble and money many forget. He once fired half

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<v Speaker 1>his cabinet in recognition that his administration wasn't getting the

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<v Speaker 1>job done. Mister Biden leaves the Oval Office much as

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<v Speaker 1>he burst into presidential politics indulgently, self servingly, pettily. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>was drummed out for plagiarism and dishonesty, displays of arrogance,

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<v Speaker 1>and then she certainly could and does go into his

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<v Speaker 1>clemency to multiple child murderers, his money laundering for years

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<v Speaker 1>and years, his lying about Hunter Biden's pardon and covering

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<v Speaker 1>up for him, and just to please It was dishonoring

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Carter to have that old fart give the eulogy.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh and did Jimmy Carter actually ask him.

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<v Speaker 2>To do the eulogy. That's kind of amusing too, but

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<v Speaker 2>he gets that eventually. Yeah, And we talked quite a

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<v Speaker 2>bit about whoever it was that chose having John Lennon's

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<v Speaker 2>imagine be sung by Garth Brooks and his wife at

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<v Speaker 2>the cathedral. When it's got the line imagine there's no

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<v Speaker 2>heaven at the funeral of a guy who was as

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<v Speaker 2>Christian as Christian can get and no religion.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, yeah, yeah, so I'll just I'll hit this part.

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<v Speaker 1>But Biden claimed Carter asked me to do his eulogy.

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<v Speaker 1>These are highlights from his big interview with USA Today

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<v Speaker 1>the other day, which has been shockingly soft pedaled by

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<v Speaker 1>the mainstream media. I've got a bunch for you. Holy cow,

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<v Speaker 1>is this guy gone? I mean, he is barely hanging on.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, Biden claimed, Carter asks me to do his

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<v Speaker 1>eulogy during their last meeting in twenty one, as Biden

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<v Speaker 1>was bending down to kiss him goodbye. Page The journalist

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<v Speaker 1>followed up to find out what Carter actually said, and

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<v Speaker 1>Biden's response did not inspire much confidence.

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<v Speaker 4>Quote.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that's what he said. Well, he implied.

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<v Speaker 1>If he didn't specifically ask, and what I he was

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<v Speaker 1>just such a decent guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Really really, I hadn't heard this. Yeah oh yeah, yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so he didn't ask.

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<v Speaker 1>You, no, no, well he implied it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, even if you didn't, he's such a decent guy. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>he's so full of crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>Try it's worth staying tuned. Yeah, that's what the three

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<v Speaker 1>things you lack. It's worth staying tuned for the other

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<v Speaker 1>highlights later on. So you wanted that quote again?

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<v Speaker 2>Huh? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, beginning today, treat everyone you meet as

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<v Speaker 1>if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend

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<v Speaker 1>to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster,

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<v Speaker 1>and do it with no thought of any reward.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life will never be the same again. So everyone

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<v Speaker 2>I run into, can I have your watch? Wow? Wow?

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, folks, some beautiful message and Jack has taken it cynical. No,

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<v Speaker 1>And you probably don't need to weep as you're checking

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<v Speaker 1>out at the Walmart either, because the checker it's just

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a mental exercise.

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<v Speaker 2>She's not going to pass. Probably, I'm going to apply

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<v Speaker 2>for your job tomorrow as soon as you're gone. That

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<v Speaker 2>is what now, Well, in my mind, you're dying at midnight.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the way I go through my day. It helps

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<v Speaker 2>me put me in a proper frame of reference. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>you would be honest to God, saint like material obviously

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<v Speaker 2>if you could do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's an incredibly appealing thought. And I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to say a single cynical thing about it, because if

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<v Speaker 1>we all moved an inch or a foot or a

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<v Speaker 1>yard or a mile in that direction, it would be

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<v Speaker 1>a better world. Here's a here's a junior version of

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<v Speaker 1>this that I brought to the show maybe a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>That made a huge, huge impression on me.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone you meet today is suffering or will be very soon,

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<v Speaker 1>or someone they love very much is.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep that in mind as you deal with people. I

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<v Speaker 2>know people that are a lot closer to that ideal

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<v Speaker 2>you were just talking about that I am and h

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<v Speaker 2>m hmm, I'm amazing. Sure. So here's here's a question

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<v Speaker 2>for you.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm going to keep this very vague, because Lord knows,

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<v Speaker 1>I've said plenty of things in my life for which

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<v Speaker 1>I should apologize. Somebody said something to me the other day.

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<v Speaker 1>It was specifically about the LA fires that was awful,

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<v Speaker 1>and they seem to mean it. And I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out because I've said more than once I'm incapable

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<v Speaker 1>of holding a grudge because I can't remember who I'm

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be mad at.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a weird deficiency that becomes a strength.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, seriously, we'll be like, you know, talking to somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>or somebody's name will come up and Jack or somebody

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<v Speaker 1>will say, yeah, that's the guy who screwed us. I'm like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's right. So yeah, So I'm trying to decide do

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<v Speaker 1>I I've got to it was not good and I've

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<v Speaker 1>got to file it away. So what's the same time

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<v Speaker 1>I have said unwise, unfeeling things and later regretted, though,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, I can think of a couple off the

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<v Speaker 1>top of my head meat that I've said that I like,

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<v Speaker 1>what was I thinking?

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<v Speaker 2>Usually I was trying to be funny and it just,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, real fast fired one off and it was

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<v Speaker 2>really really wrong and out of line.

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<v Speaker 1>Or was in a mood or thought it would land

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<v Speaker 1>with a particular crowd, even though I didn't mean it,

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<v Speaker 1>like in a Ricky gervasish way, Right, the reason people

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<v Speaker 1>laughed is not because they agree, but because it was

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<v Speaker 1>outrageous to say it and they disagree.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would say, because I can think of a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of examples from the last couple of weeks in

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<v Speaker 2>my life. Oftentimes, if somebody says or does something that

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<v Speaker 2>upsets me, if I put a little time into it,

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<v Speaker 2>the reason it upsets me has more to do with

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<v Speaker 2>me than them. There's either a nugget of truth to it,

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<v Speaker 2>or it's something I've done, or there's some version of

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<v Speaker 2>I should look inwardly about why this is bothering me

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<v Speaker 2>so much?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, even if you don't come up with anything, even

0:30:16.080 --> 0:30:17.800
<v Speaker 1>if you don't come up with anything, because that's still

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<v Speaker 1>a good exercise.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, who said that quote? But treating everybody like

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to die at midnight, man, that's a that's

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<v Speaker 2>of a way to live your life.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a writer and kind of motivational speaker and

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<v Speaker 1>all Augmndino of the twentieth century cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I get your parking spot. I think that as I

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<v Speaker 2>walk around.

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<v Speaker 1>You know who was it? It doesn't matter. Once pointed out,

0:30:43.360 --> 0:30:47.360
<v Speaker 1>all humor has a victim. A punchline is at somebody

0:30:47.480 --> 0:30:52.640
<v Speaker 1>or something's expense, every single joke, and somebody said to

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<v Speaker 1>us at one point, make sure that the victim isn't

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who doesn't have it coming. And so I'm thinking about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I will show no Christian mercy and aug

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<v Speaker 1>Mandino style a saintliness toward our dishonest, failing, money grubbing

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<v Speaker 1>scumbag politicians.

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<v Speaker 2>Quite quite the opposite.

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<v Speaker 1>I will get at them like a pit bull gets

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<v Speaker 1>at a lamb shank. But those who don't have it

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<v Speaker 1>coming or compassion.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe feeds his pitbull's lambshanks to get him ready for

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<v Speaker 2>the weekend dogfights.

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<v Speaker 1>That heat is rather the first, so shiny Katie's headlines

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<v Speaker 1>on the way, and a lot more stuff stay here.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Humanity is over. Humanity is over. I just saw

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<v Speaker 2>at the consumer electronics show going on in Vegas right now,

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<v Speaker 2>the unveiling of the first life sized girlfriend AI programmed

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<v Speaker 2>bot Fantastic that did the humanity is over humanities. If

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<v Speaker 2>you can buy that and she's gonna talk to you

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<v Speaker 2>and tell you how great you are and have sex

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<v Speaker 2>with you whatever you want, that's the end of humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a good run the ancient Egypt to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the United States Empires, you know, a.

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<v Speaker 2>Hell of a good run. She asked, like that a

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<v Speaker 2>planet of the apes. What was your reaction, Katie, when

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<v Speaker 2>you saw it. It's a list of things we don't need,

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<v Speaker 2>no kidding.

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<v Speaker 1>More on this topic to come, but first let's figure

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<v Speaker 1>out who's reporting.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch here.

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<v Speaker 1>She is a real human being. It's the lead story

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<v Speaker 1>with Katie Green starting with.

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<v Speaker 4>Yahoo News arson suspect arrested by citizens near Kenneth's fire

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<v Speaker 4>armed with a pro paane tank or a flame thrower.

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<v Speaker 4>Turns out he used to hang people like this, right.

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<v Speaker 4>This guy claims that he was using this flamethrower was

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<v Speaker 4>more of like a I don't know, like a blowtorchs

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<v Speaker 4>looking thing to smoke weed because he couldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Afford a lighter. Oh, couldn't afford a lighter way to

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<v Speaker 2>turn it? Sort of income inequality ISHU. Yeah, A most

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<v Speaker 2>person that start a fire? How many fires have been

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<v Speaker 2>started by homeless people or homeless camps? A lot?

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<v Speaker 1>We swoared off using that term in the New year,

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<v Speaker 1>but many are started by bums and junkies, street transient drug.

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<v Speaker 2>Addicts from KTLA.

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<v Speaker 4>Civilian drone hits and damages firefighting aircraft over the Palisades

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<v Speaker 4>fire m.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's part of that whole. We don't haven't really

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<v Speaker 2>quite figured out all the regulations for drones yet.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess from NBC evacuation alert sent in error to

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<v Speaker 4>phones of nearly ten million LA area.

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<v Speaker 2>Residents, WHOA, I heard it was a mistake, But that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's huge.

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<v Speaker 4>You'd get that and think I got to get out

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<v Speaker 4>of here. From Fox News. Bourbon Street terror victims sue

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<v Speaker 4>New Orleans as Louisiana ag investigates security lapses.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, as we mentioned the other day, both the FEDS

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<v Speaker 1>and the state were telling them for years they had

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<v Speaker 1>to put up ballards in the Those are those poles

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<v Speaker 1>that keep a car from coming up on the sidewalk.

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<v Speaker 1>And they'd started and needed to repair somewhere. Just dragging

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<v Speaker 1>their feet. Just more municipal incompetence, left side.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the aisle. It's you know what it's worth.

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<v Speaker 4>From bright bark dot com. Kremlin warns Donald Trump to

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<v Speaker 4>stay away from Greenland. Russia has quote strategic interests in Arctic.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I don't think that's gonna work on Trump. No,

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<v Speaker 2>and it shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>You shut up outen, you paper tiger, you dictate and bastard.

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<v Speaker 2>From the New York Post.

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<v Speaker 4>Passenger irritates fellow flyers by preparing a dessert from scratch

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<v Speaker 4>in her seat. Quote dumbest s, dumbest s I've seen

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<v Speaker 4>all day.

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<v Speaker 1>H boy, the egos and strawberry shortcake close cheesecake made

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<v Speaker 1>a cheesecake next name.

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<v Speaker 2>From scratch the crush? How does that work?

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<v Speaker 4>And Finally, from the Babylon Bee, awkward mourners at Jimmy

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<v Speaker 4>Carter funeral place flowers on Biden.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, we got this text? Why did Obama laugh so

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<v Speaker 2>hard when talking to Trump? Trump ask him, Hey, do

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<v Speaker 2>you ever find that birth certificate? He did? In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my god. We got a lot more heavy stuff

0:35:29.800 --> 0:35:32.319
<v Speaker 2>and funny stuff and informative stuff and interesting stuff and

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<v Speaker 2>all that. Who is Karen Bass? Really?

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned if you can't, grab a podcast later Armstrong

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<v Speaker 1>and Getty