1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz and our weekend review. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, and we've got a lot of 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: major stories that broke this week and we're going to 4 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: cover them all for you. First up, the politics of water. Well, 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: it made the California wildfires worse. We'll explain exactly how 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: that happened. And now it seems like everybody in office 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: out there is pointing the finger at one another. Also, 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of talk this past week about 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: another issue, and that is the US acquiring Greenland and 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: the Panama Canal. How would this work? Is it a crazy, 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: brilliant idea. We'll explain that. And finally, the demise of 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: the corporate media. Is it fair to say now that 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: the media has lost the war, especially after the last 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 1: election outcome? We just had. It's the weekend review and 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: it starts right now, all right, And I also think 16 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: it's important for us to talk about the other aspect 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: of this, and that is about the water. A Gavin 18 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: News he made this an issue. He was obsessed with 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: water and fish and all of this kumbayism, and he 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: had press conferences about it. And now that's coming back 21 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: to haunt him as well. 22 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: There's no doubt the water policies have have greatly exacerbated 23 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: the problems with with wildfires and the ability to fight 24 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: the wildfires. And listen, LA right now is facing a 25 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: drought and at the same time, California is dumping massive 26 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 2: quantities of fresh water into the ocean. They're wasting it. 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: Here's here's what Donald Trump said yesterday when he came. 28 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: He was, he was, he was in the Senate. He 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: met with with me and all the Republican senators. We 30 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: spent about two hours with him. And what he said 31 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: is he said, he said that Gavin Newssen wanted to 32 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: protect it essentially worthless fish, called a smelt, but didn't 33 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price 34 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor 35 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: allowed beautiful, clean fresh to flow into California. He is 36 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: to blame for this. Now, let's lay out the facts 37 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: that go behind this. So, California's main water hub is 38 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 2: the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta, and among other things, 39 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 2: the state of California has been refusing to provide sufficient 40 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: water to California farmers. And as I said, they're dumping 41 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: it in the Pacific Ocean instead. And the reason they're 42 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: doing so is because of because of a fish, a 43 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: fish called the delta smelt. And so Trump, when he 44 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 2: was president, wanted to divert supply to the farmers, and 45 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: in response, environmental groups argue that it would hurt the 46 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 2: population of delta smelt, small fish that were once crucial 47 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 2: to California's ecosystem but has since been rendered effectively extinct. 48 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: Ump first promise, and this is from the New York Post. 49 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: Trump first promised to redeffect redirect California's northern runoffs south 50 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: to benefit farmers when he was running for president in 51 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 2: twenty sixteen, and he made good on the promise in 52 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: twenty twenty with a federal memorandum that redirected millions of 53 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 2: gallons of water he said was otherwise needlessly flushed into 54 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 2: the ocean. So that's what Trump did in twenty twenty. Well, 55 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: what did Gavin Newsom do? He sued the federal government 56 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: to stop that water from going to California farmers. Days later, 57 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: Newsom's administration sued to block Trump's move, and he succeeded 58 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: in limiting the amount of water that can be pumped 59 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta. This is and now 60 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: we're facing the enormous frustration of people in Los Angeles 61 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: when they don't have the sufficient water to fight these 62 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: whys fires. And yet Gavin Newsom continues to fight for 63 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: not directing water anywhere other than fixing these problems. 64 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: You listen to Governor Newsom and bragging about not only 65 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: what you describe, but bragging about tearing down dams to 66 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: save fish because woke activists said you got to do it. 67 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: This is again the consequences of actions. Here is Gavin 68 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: Newsom cheering on how brilliant his idea was when he 69 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: did it. 70 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 3: Largest damn the global projects in US history and one 71 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: of the most significant, if not the most significant water 72 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 3: restoration projects, bringing back salmon and steelhead into this space. 73 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 3: That this project could not have happened without extraordinary partnerships 74 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 3: with tribal nations and of course all partners and the 75 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 3: North and or he just finished the celebration, or the 76 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 3: Secretary of the Interior and our tribal council and tribal leaders, 77 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: and I could be more proud as a Californian, and 78 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 3: I could be more proud as a product because my kids. 79 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: And their great great grand kids. 80 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 3: Will have the opportunity to see something that well has 81 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 3: been here since time in memorial and it's about damn 82 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 3: time thout this time. 83 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: That's not you and me characterizing what he did. That's 84 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: in his own words saying how incredibly proud he is 85 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 2: of quote the largest damn removal project in US history. 86 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 2: That's a policy decision he made. Now, what are the 87 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: consequences of this? Give a listen to Gavin Newsom being 88 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 2: asked about LA not having water in its fire hydrancy. 89 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 2: Here was his answer during this crisis. 90 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: What is the situation with water? Obviously in the palisage 91 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: ran out last night in the hydrants. 92 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 4: I fearned the firefighter on this block they left because 93 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 4: there was no water in the hydrant here. 94 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 3: The local folks are to figure that out. I mean, 95 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 3: just when you have a system. But it's not dissimilar 96 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 3: to what we've seen in other extraordinarily large scale fires, 97 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: whether it be pipe of electricity or whether it just 98 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 3: be the complete overwhelm of the system. I mean, those 99 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 3: hydrants are typical for two or three fires, maybe one fire. 100 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 3: You have something at this scale. But again, that's going 101 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 3: to be determined by the local. 102 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: Not my problem. It to local people. And he literally 103 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: as he's saying this, threw his hands up in the 104 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: air on national TV, like this is this is this 105 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: is I guess below my pay grade. You ask the 106 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: local officials, not my problem as the governor. 107 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: So local folks are going to figure that out, not 108 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 2: my job. Without taking any responsibility for his decisions, He's 109 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: literally sued the federal government to block money going to 110 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: Californians and bragged about how proud he is of the 111 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: largest damn removal in US history. And by the way, 112 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 2: you know, he's also trying to put all the blame 113 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 2: on local officials. And I agree the local officials had 114 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 2: policies in place that had a significant consequence. But I'll 115 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 2: tell you also, so did Gavin Newsom. You know, we 116 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: talked a minute ago about firefighters and Karen Bass slashing 117 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: slashing the budget for the fire department. Well, last year, 118 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 2: Gavin Newsom veto to bill that would have let cal Fire, 119 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 2: the statewide fire agency, retain seasonal firefighters to help with 120 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: staffing shortages, and his veto forced the layoff of thousands 121 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 2: of seasonal firefighters. This is from Kate Sanchez, who is 122 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 2: a California assembly woman, and who goes on to say 123 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 2: his veto forced the layoff of thousands of seasonal firefighters 124 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: who he never replaced display despite his promises. This is 125 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: negligence of the highest orders. And I want to read 126 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: to you. So this is September twenty second, twenty twenty four, 127 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 2: so not very long, just a few months ago. Office 128 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: of the Governor quote to the members of the California 129 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 2: State Assembly, I am returning Assembly Bill two five three 130 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: eight without my signature. The bill would, among other things, 131 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 2: require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection CalFire to 132 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 2: employ seasonal firefighters through the use of an employment list. 133 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 2: This bill would also require the Department of Human Resources 134 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 2: to coordinate with the State Personnel Board and any other 135 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 2: relevant state agency to take the necessary actions to allow 136 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 2: CalFire to employ seasonal firefighters for longer than nine months 137 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 2: in a consecutive twelve month period. Increasing calfire's capacity is 138 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 2: an important objective, and with the introduction of the sixty 139 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 2: six hour workweek for firefighters, my administration will need to 140 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: hire more than two thousand new year round firefighters. Note 141 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 2: that California assembly Woman said he didn't do that significantly 142 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 2: increasing the department's capacity in the off season. This bill 143 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: is therefore unnecessary, so he veto's hiring more firefighters, just 144 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 2: like the mayor of Los Angeles did. And I want 145 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 2: you to to listen to this exchange. Uh, this exchange 146 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 2: when when when Gavin Newsom is confronted by a woman, uh, 147 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: asking for for for answers about his his disastrous policies. 148 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,599 Speaker 2: Give a listen to this exchange. 149 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: Governor, you got a second governor, Governor, I live here. 150 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 3: Governor, that was my daughter's school. 151 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 2: Governor. 152 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 4: Please tell me what you're gonna do. 153 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna hurt of my promise. 154 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 5: I'm literally talking to the President right now to specifically 155 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 5: answer the question of what we can do. 156 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 3: For you and your daughter. 157 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 6: Can I hear it? 158 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: Can I hear your call? 159 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 2: Because I don't believe it. 160 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, there's literally I've tried five times. That's why 161 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 5: I'm walking around to make. 162 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: That is the president of taking your call because it's. 163 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 3: Not going through. 164 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 5: Why I have to get cell service. 165 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 4: Let's get it, let's get it. I want to be 166 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 4: here when you call the President. 167 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 5: I appreciate I'm doing that. Right now, and it's to 168 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 5: immediately get reimbursements, individual assistance, and to help you'd with 169 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 5: the devis looking fore yar. I'm so sorry, especially for 170 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 5: your daughter. I have four kids. 171 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 4: Everyone who went to school there, they lost their homes. 172 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: They lost two homes because they were living in one 173 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: and building another. 174 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 7: Ever, please tell me, tell me what are you going 175 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 7: to do with the president. 176 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 5: Right now, we're getting we're getting the resources to help rebuild. 177 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: Why is there no water in the hydrants? Governor? 178 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 3: That's all? 179 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 5: Literally? 180 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 3: Is it going to be different next time? 181 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 5: It has to be has to be of course, what. 182 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: Are you going to do to fill the hydrants? 183 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,559 Speaker 2: I would fill them up personally. 184 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: You know that. 185 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 2: I literally I. 186 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 6: Would fill up the hydrants myself. 187 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: But would you do that? 188 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 5: I would do whatever I can, But you're not. 189 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 8: I see the Do you know there's water dripping over there? 190 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 6: Governor? There's water coming out there? 191 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 2: You can use it. 192 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 3: I appreciate it. 193 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 5: I'm going to make the call to address everything I 194 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 5: can right now, including making sure you. 195 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 8: Make sure you can I have an opportunity to at 196 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 8: least tell people what you're. 197 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 1: Doing, what you're saying you're doing. 198 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 3: Can somebody have a contact. 199 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 4: Can I have your contact right now? 200 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: Nothing like ducking into your suv and then saying, oh, 201 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: I got to take a phone call with the president. 202 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: You move on, lady. I hear what you're saying, but 203 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: you move on. One of the most shocking parts that 204 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,119 Speaker 1: exchange this center was the fact that both people involved, 205 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 1: the lady who lived there, her child's school has burned 206 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: to the ground, and Gavin Newsom are both admitting there 207 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 1: will be a next time. And if you know that 208 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: this is the next time, and you know that you 209 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 1: deal with these fires, why did you make all these decisions? 210 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: And it's over and over again, repeated decisions, and he's 211 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: accepting no responsibility. He was warned about the consequences of 212 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 2: those decisions, and yet he doesn't change them. The mayor 213 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 2: was warned, and she doesn't change them. And and look, 214 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: his first reaction when the woman comes up is to 215 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: lie to her, Oh, I'm on the phone with the 216 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: president right now. And I gotta give the woman credit. 217 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 2: It's you know, it's it's you know, the old trick, 218 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 2: pretending to be on a phone call. And she's like, great, 219 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 2: can I listen. He's like, oh, well, I'm not actually 220 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 2: on the phone. But but but I'm trying like it 221 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 2: is a horrific natural disaster, a horrific crisis. Although I 222 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 2: say natural disaster. We're getting also multiple reports of summer 223 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 2: all of these fires having having originated from arson. We 224 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 2: don't know the full details of that. And and so 225 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 2: it may turn out that that that that that that 226 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 2: these fires are not entirely natural in their origin. That 227 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 2: we will find out more, hopefully in the days ahead. 228 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 2: Uh And and but but regardless, better forest management and 229 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: mitigation could reduce the risks of these fires, and yet 230 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 2: the politicians and California refuse to do it. Investing in firefighters, 231 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 2: putting the priority of doing their job, and putting sufficient 232 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 2: resources there could make a real difference, And yet the 233 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 2: politicians actively refuse to do so. Both the mayor and 234 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: the governor and ensuring their sufficient water could make a 235 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 2: real difference in fighting these forest fires. And yet the 236 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 2: elected politicians repeatedly refused to do so and brag about 237 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 2: how proud they are of these policies. I hope, I 238 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 2: hope on the federal government that this prompts a serious 239 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: reconsideration of the policies of what are allowed on federal 240 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: forest lands. I know President Trump wants to see that happen, 241 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 2: and we will see whether our Democrat colleagues in Congress 242 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: are willing to work to get that done or if 243 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 2: they will continue to double down on the same failed 244 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: policies that are endangering people's lives and costing people's lives. 245 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 2: And I just want to close where we started. Listen, 246 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 2: we are praying for the people of California who are 247 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 2: living through hell right now. We are praying for the 248 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 2: firefighters and police officers and first responders, and by the way, 249 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 2: just ordinary citizens and churches and charities who are coming 250 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 2: together and helping each other. And I will say, you know, 251 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 2: in the wake of any disaster, you see people come 252 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 2: together and help each other. And that's an amazing, powerful thing. 253 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: But at the same time, we need to ask, are 254 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 2: there policies that caused this disaster or made it worse? 255 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 2: And are their policy changes that can reduce the risk 256 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 2: of another tragedy like this in the future. And sadly, 257 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 2: the answer to those questions is unquestionably yes. And I 258 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 2: think for that reason, a whole lot of people in 259 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 2: California are understandably andjustifiably furious right now now. 260 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,239 Speaker 1: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 261 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 262 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two. Is 263 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: this one of those things that would come down to 264 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: a vote and they would vote on it. How does 265 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: this actually work? I mean, is there a purchase price? 266 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 7: Is that? 267 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: I mean, we explain to people the reality of this 268 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: moves forward, what it. 269 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 2: Looks, so all in all likelihood, there would be a 270 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 2: purchase price paid to Denmark, because Denmark has controlled Denmark 271 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 2: governs Greenland right now, and so it would be a 272 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 2: purchase price like the Louisiana purchase, like buying Alaska. And 273 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: there's a long history of countries buying territories one from 274 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 2: the other, and so that you'd have to go and 275 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 2: negotiate it. We saw this week Donald Trump Junior flew 276 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 2: to Greenland and and went there and and reported back, 277 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 2: reported back that he had a tremendous reception, that people 278 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: were cheering him on, that they were wearing Maga hats. 279 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 2: You know, I've heard multiple reports that the locals can't 280 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 2: stand Denmark, that they're treated as second class citizens by 281 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 2: the Danes, and and that you know, if you're a 282 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 2: young Greenlander the opportunity to become an American. That's a 283 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 2: big deal in terms of your future. If Greenland becomes 284 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: an American territory, the investment from the United States that 285 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: goes into Greenland is suddenly very significant, and so that 286 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 2: could well be appealing. Now, now, I would think there 287 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 2: would be a real likelihood that you'd probably have a 288 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: referendum of Greenlanders if they want to do it. It's 289 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 2: not clear that you would, but I think there's a 290 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 2: reasonable chance of that, and so you'd have both Denmark 291 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: and Greenland to contend with. But I will say from 292 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 2: America's perspective, there would be enormous advantages to Greenland becoming 293 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: an American territory. And I will say just this week, 294 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 2: interestingly enough, On Fetterman, Democrat senator from Pennsylvania, he was 295 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 2: on Fox News and and he was he brought up Greenland. 296 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 2: It was very interesting. I want you want you to 297 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 2: listen to what John Fetterman had to say on this topic. 298 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 4: Like, there's a lot of talk about Greenland, for example, now, 299 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 4: and I know a lot of there's a lot of 300 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: freak outs, you know, and of course I would never 301 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 4: support taking it by force, but I do think it's 302 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 4: I do think it's a responsible conversation if they were 303 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 4: open to acquiring it, and you know, whether they're just 304 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 4: buying it out right, I mean, if anyone think that's bonkers, 305 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 4: it's like, well, well remember the Louisiana purchase. I think 306 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 4: Alaska is pretty pretty a great deal too, fifty million dollars. 307 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 4: I think it was. It was recorded, it was it 308 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 4: was referred to as as Seward's folly, and now that 309 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 4: was Alaska. Now, so I mean, you know, open having 310 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 4: all kinds of conversations as well. And now I don't 311 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 4: think we it's not helpful to freak out. But some 312 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 4: things might work out, some may not. But that's part 313 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 4: of ongoing dialogue. But he hasn't even taken office in 314 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 4: two weeks, and you know, we really need to pace 315 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 4: ourselves if we're going to freak out over every less 316 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 4: tweet or every less conversation or press conference. 317 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: I love this demeanor there. It's like, well, should be 318 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: having this conversation. There's nothing wrong with it. Now the conversation. 319 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: A lot of people listening are going to say, a center, 320 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: what are we thirty five trillion in debt? How can 321 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: we afford to buy Greenland. So how does the economics 322 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: of that work. 323 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 2: Well, look, I don't know what a purchase price would be. 324 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 2: We'd have to see, But I do think the mineral 325 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 2: reserves there are significant, and the national security and geopolitical 326 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 2: advantages are significant, and so we invest in policies that 327 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 2: make a difference, that make America safer and make America 328 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 2: more prosperous. And it is certainly possible and in fact 329 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 2: even likely, that Greenland would do that. Now, again, I 330 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 2: don't know what the price would be. It's something that 331 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: would have to be pursued. But it's interesting since Trump 332 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 2: starts to talking about this. You've seen Greenlanders talking about 333 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: wanting independence, wanting to be their own country, And from 334 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 2: Denmark's perspective, they may be sitting there going, well, wait 335 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 2: a second, America could buy Greenland from US and we 336 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 2: could get a crap ton of money, or Greenland could 337 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 2: just declare their independence and they leave US and we 338 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 2: get nothing. And so the incentives for Denmark may have 339 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 2: changed because Trump is bringing this up and bringing it 340 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 2: up in a context that it's driving real conversation. But 341 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 2: I think we should lean in and pursue this, pursue 342 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 2: this with Denmark and Greenland, because I think there are 343 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 2: major advantages to the United States if we were to 344 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 2: succeed in this, and I think this is a this 345 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 2: is a serious possibility. 346 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: It's a serious possibility, all right. So with that serious possibility, 347 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 1: let's move to the third. You know, Panama, big story, Panama, 348 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: the Panama Canal. Donald Trump making it very clear we're 349 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: being taken advantage of. 350 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 2: Well, that's right, and look you look at Panama and 351 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 2: the Panama Canal. Jimmy Carter. Number one, America built the 352 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 2: Panama Canal. We lost many American lives building it. We 353 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 2: invested major money building the Panama Canal. Teddy Roosevelt is 354 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 2: one of the most significant things he did as president. 355 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 2: Jimmy Carter gave it away, gave it to Panama, and 356 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 2: it was egregious of you know, this week is Jimmy 357 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 2: Carter's funeral, and when we did did our remembrance of 358 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: Jimmy Carter, I tried to find positive things to say 359 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 2: about him, not to speak ill of someone who had 360 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 2: just passed, but I will say Jimmy Carter is giving 361 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 2: away the Panama Canal was one of the most egregious 362 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 2: foreign policy mistakes in the history of our country. It 363 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 2: was horrific. It undermined the safety and security and economic 364 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: vitality of America. It made no sense. Now, can it 365 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 2: be undone? I don't know. I think I think the 366 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 2: likelihood of us getting the Panama Canal back is significantly 367 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: lower than the likelihood of US acquiring Greenland. It's not 368 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 2: nearly as low as the likelihood of Canada joining America. 369 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 2: As I said, I don't think that is at all possible. 370 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 2: I think that was purely a troll. I think Greenland 371 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 2: is quite possible, And I put Panama somewhere in the middle. 372 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 2: And Trump's argument is important on this, which is which 373 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 2: is that when when Jimmy Carter gave it away, Panama 374 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 2: entered into an agreement with the United States, a legal agreement. 375 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 2: And and I could tell you I and my team 376 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 2: right now are examining the contours of that agreement to 377 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: see exactly what Panama committed to. But Trump's argument is 378 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 2: that Panama has broken the terms of that agreement, that 379 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 2: they are not living up to, they are violating that agreement, 380 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 2: and in particular that they have have have essentially sold 381 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 2: significant parts of the Panama Canal to China, that Chinese 382 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 2: companies now control both ends of the Panama Canal and 383 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 2: they've seeded control to China. That's incredibly harmful. And Trump 384 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 2: is also arguing that Panama charges American ships egregious prices, 385 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 2: and and look, we need to dig in more to 386 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 2: the facts behind that, but that is a legal argument. 387 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what I think Trump is really doing 388 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 2: is negotiating on price. And I think the outcome of 389 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 2: this is going to be that America gets much more 390 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 2: favorable prices. And it may also be a significant diminution 391 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 2: of China's involvement in the Panama Canal. Both of those 392 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 2: are very likely. But I want you to listen to 393 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 2: what Trump had to say about Panama and mar Lago 394 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 2: earlier day. 395 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 9: The deal was that, you know, they have to treat 396 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 9: us fairly. They don't treat us fairly. They charge more 397 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,360 Speaker 9: for our ships than they charge for ships of other countries. 398 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 9: They charge more for our navy than they charge for 399 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 9: navies of other countries. They laugh at us because they 400 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 9: think we're stupid. But we're not stupid anymore. So the 401 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 9: Panama Canal is under discussion with them right now. They 402 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 9: violated every aspect of the agreement, and it's they morally 403 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 9: violated it also, and they want our help because it's 404 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 9: leaking and not in good repair, and they want us 405 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 9: to give three billion dollars to help fix it. I said, well, 406 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 9: why don't you get the money from China, because China's 407 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 9: basically taking it over. China's at both ends of the 408 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 9: Panama Canal. China's running the Panama Canal. 409 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: China's running the Panama Canal. And he says, they laugh 410 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: at us because they think we're stupid. We're not stupid 411 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: anymore when you hear the basics. They're charging us more 412 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 1: in our navy more than others. Now they want us 413 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: to give them a bunch of money to fix the thing. 414 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: He's got points that aren't political. 415 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 2: They're just no, those are serious, and I think we're 416 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 2: going to see a significant change. I believe in the 417 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 2: conduct of Panama concerning the Panama Canal. Will it result 418 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 2: in the canal coming back to America. I don't know, 419 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 2: uh that that that is a difficult hurdle to clear, 420 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 2: but I am very glad President Trump is leading in 421 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 2: on this issue. It's incredibly important and China's growing influence 422 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 2: over the Panama Canal is just stupid. It is unacceptable. 423 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 2: And and and and that's that's leadership that, frankly, can 424 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 2: you imagine in a billion years Joe Biden or Kamala 425 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 2: Harris making these points you can at all because they 426 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 2: don't defend America. They're they're celebrating. Uh and I'm sure 427 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: they cheered on when it happened. Jimmy Carter is giving 428 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 2: it away to begin with, and and and and it's 429 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,479 Speaker 2: it's the opposite of America first. Where where where Biden 430 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 2: and Harris are? It's America last. And I'm very glad 431 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 2: we're going to have a president that again puts our 432 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 2: country first. As before. 433 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation 434 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: on this topic, you can go back and dow the 435 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 436 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: I want to get back to the big story number three. 437 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: The week you may have missed, we really saw the 438 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: demise of the corporate media. I call it the state 439 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: sponsored media. And for decades we have seen the media, 440 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: especially the big ABC, NBC, CBS's, the CNN's, MSNBC's be 441 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: able and so much of print to control the narrative 442 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: and the mindset of so many voters and sway elections 443 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: towards the left into Democrats. I hope that we have 444 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: just witnessed the true demise of the media and their 445 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: influence and their corruption, because so many times we've just 446 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: seen how biased they are, whether it was COVID and 447 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: that issue, whether it was the issue with Hunter Biden 448 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,959 Speaker 1: in the laptop. We have now seen where there's a 449 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: lot of Americans that aren't getting their news from not 450 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: just not trust them, they're not even watching anymore, they're 451 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: not even reading these newspapers anymore, and they're turning to 452 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,959 Speaker 1: podcasts just like this show and podcast center had a 453 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: massive impact on the twenty twenty four election at the local, state, 454 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: and national level, and that is good for everyone. 455 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 2: Well, and that's the final that's prediction number ten, that 456 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 2: there's no doubt that we are seeing across the media 457 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 2: landscape a disintermediation, that the mediators, those who had a 458 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 2: monopoly on communicating with the public, are losing that monopoly. 459 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 2: They're losing that control. And listen, the part of the 460 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 2: reason they're losing that monopoly is because they've been so dishonest, 461 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 2: they've been such partisan propagandists that they don't report on news, 462 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 2: they simply advocate for the left wing of the Democrat Party. 463 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 2: That they have utterly destroyed the trust they had with 464 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 2: the American people, and the corporate media has been exposed 465 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 2: as liars. We have seen the rise the democratization of media. 466 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 2: We've seen the rise of podcasts. I think this podcast 467 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 2: has had a significant impact on the public discourse. I 468 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 2: think other podcasts. We saw Donald Trump go on multiple 469 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 2: podcasts in the election and go right around the corporate media, 470 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,959 Speaker 2: goes straight to the American people. We see the impact 471 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 2: of people like Joe Rogan, which is enormously impactful going 472 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 2: straight to the American people. And the prediction that we 473 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 2: made is that we were going to see more and 474 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: more democratization, both from podcasts and also from Twitter and 475 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 2: x and just speaking the truth right around the so 476 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 2: called gatekeepers. So I want you to listen to this prediction. 477 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 2: This prediction was in August of twenty twenty four. Give 478 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 2: a listen. Why do you and I do the podcast 479 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 2: often at eleven o'clock at night or midnight or even 480 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 2: one or two in the morning. Why do we do 481 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 2: it three days a week? We do it because if 482 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 2: your only source of news is the corporate media, if 483 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 2: you only watch CNN or MSNBC or ABCNBCCBS, you do 484 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 2: not know what is happening. They are lying to you. 485 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 2: And the reason this podcast we've got roughly a million 486 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 2: unique listeners is because people thind it valuable. We give 487 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 2: you facts that CNN will never air. We play the 488 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: full segment of what Elon and Trump said about here 489 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 2: Shima and Nagasaki instead of their dishonestly edited snippet that 490 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 2: was designed to mislead you and lie to you. And 491 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 2: this podcast goes right around the corporate media, and in fact, 492 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 2: just about every podcast we put out drives stories in 493 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 2: the corporate media. That is going to accelerate. People are 494 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 2: going to podcast, people are going to social media, people 495 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 2: are going to x. Elon's buying Twitter remains I think 496 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 2: the single most important step for free speech in decades, 497 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 2: and I think that's only going to accelerate. And you're 498 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 2: going to see a panic as the corporate media they 499 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 2: want a monopoly on what we know, what we hear, 500 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 2: what we understand, and they're losing their monopoly. So I 501 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:03,479 Speaker 2: predict more and more frantic panic, but also more and 502 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 2: more power to the people, which is a very good thing. Center. 503 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it's this is a I really do believe 504 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: a major turning point, and I think there is proof 505 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: and the outcome of the election that we just saw. 506 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: And it's not that I want to have a conservative 507 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: media just have a monopoly. I just want honest journalism 508 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: and those that are telling the truth to have a 509 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: real platform with a real audience. And we're gaining that 510 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: now through podcasts and other venues. 511 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 2: As we mentioned, Yeah, that's exactly right, and we're seeing that. 512 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 2: Look these ten predictions that we've gone through on this 513 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 2: podcast and Wednesday's podcast. If you got all your news 514 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 2: from CNN, you would have heard zero of these ten predictions. 515 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 2: If you got all your news from the New York Times, 516 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 2: you would have heard zero of these predictions. And so 517 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 2: it's why people tune into Verdict, because you learn things 518 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 2: and you know things that you cannot get through the 519 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 2: corporate media that this is one of the very few 520 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 2: avenues that is putting out the facts. And that prediction. 521 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 2: We saw the massive impact of podcasts and an X 522 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 2: on the twenty twenty four election, but also the prediction 523 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 2: that I made about about the panic from the media. 524 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 2: I want you to listen. This is in November twenty 525 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 2: twenty five, after the election to Axio CEO Jim Vanda 526 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 2: Hide just completely losing his mind over Elon Musk saying 527 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 2: to everyone on X you are the media. Give a 528 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 2: listen to to to Jim Vanda high losing it. Thing 529 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 2: we do is under fire. 530 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 8: Elon Musk s it's on Twitter every day or X Today, 531 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 8: saying like we are the media, you are the media. 532 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 8: My message to Elon Musk is both, you're. 533 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 2: Not the media. 534 00:30:52,520 --> 00:31:00,719 Speaker 8: You having you having a blue check mark, a Twitter 535 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 8: handle in three hundred words of cleverness doesn't make you 536 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 8: a reporter. You don't do that by popping off on Twitter. 537 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 2: You don't do that by having an opinion. You do 538 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 2: it by doing the hard work. 539 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, come on. 540 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 6: So, first of all, I've got to say extraordinary content. 541 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 2: It needed to be said. 542 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 7: It continues to need to be said when all of. 543 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 6: The garbage is flying around on social media, lying about reporters, 544 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 6: lying about the hard work they do, lying about the 545 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 6: hard work editors do, lying about everything up and down 546 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 6: about not only their alternative set of facts, but alternative 547 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 6: set of facts about what people like you do, or 548 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 6: are if social media people lying every day, every hour, every. 549 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 7: Minute about the news. What you do matters, What the 550 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 7: news New York Times does matters, What the Wall Street 551 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 7: Journal does matters, What Jonathan Lemir does matters, What the 552 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 7: Financial Times does matters, What NBC News and MSNBC reporters 553 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 7: do matters. 554 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: It matters, It matters. I love the self righteousness there right. 555 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 2: Well and yes, and then that kicked in at the 556 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 2: end morning Joe to to to Joe Scarborough and Mika 557 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 2: losing their minds, also echoing Jim Vanda high and just yes, yes, yes, 558 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 2: he's exactly right. And listen. The corporate media they hate democracy, 559 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 2: They hate the democratization of communication. They hate the rise 560 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 2: of podcasts. They hate that people can talk directly to 561 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 2: the voters. They hate the ability to get the truth 562 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 2: and and this is destroying their monopoly. 563 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 8: Now. 564 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 2: Big part of the reason so many people turn to 565 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 2: podcasts is the corporate media lies. They lied deliberately, and 566 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 2: when they had a monopoly, their lies were pretty effective. 567 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 2: But people are turning elsewhere. Look mourning Joe, mourning Joe. 568 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 2: During the week that Trump that Joe Scarboro and Mika 569 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 2: went down to meet with Morning Joe. Do you know 570 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 2: how many viewers Morning Joe averaged every day? How many 571 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 2: they averaged six hundred ninety one thousand total viewers during 572 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 2: the week that Joe and Mika went to meet with Trump, 573 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 2: six hundred ninety one thousand. We have about a million. So, Joe, 574 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 2: it ought to concern you that you've got an entire 575 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 2: corporate bureaucracy. You've got millions of dollars that are broadcasting 576 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 2: your show into every television set in America, and yet 577 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 2: Verdict is getting substantially more listeners than you are. And 578 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,479 Speaker 2: the reason is simple. The corporate media. They lie to you. 579 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 2: They are so partisan, they are so brazen, they are 580 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,080 Speaker 2: willing to lie, and they are horrified that they're Our 581 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 2: ability to lie is checked by the ability of you 582 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,959 Speaker 2: and me and others to speak the truth. That's the 583 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 2: power of podcast, and I think that's that's the power 584 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 2: of Verdict. 585 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 1: Finally, let's end with a prediction to watch center. Not 586 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,840 Speaker 1: that long ago, you predicted that the US will sanction 587 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: the ICC for the egregious move to arrest Benjaminett and Yahoo, 588 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:32,280 Speaker 1: and that that prediction I want to play for people. 589 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: Take a listen we're. 590 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 2: Going to predict we will take up the legislation to 591 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,600 Speaker 2: sanction the ICC, and we will do it early next 592 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 2: year when we have a Republican Congress and a Republican president. 593 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 2: I don't even know that we'll need that legislation though, 594 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 2: because I expect the Trump administration to act unilatterally. I 595 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 2: think there's ample authority under the law for them to act. 596 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,919 Speaker 2: Even if the Democrats filibuster legislation to sanction the ICC, 597 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 2: I think the president will have ample authority to act 598 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 2: come January twenty. Let me talk to you. 599 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 1: That was a prediction that you're now saying we should 600 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: watch this very carefully. 601 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's gonna happen in twenty twenty five, 602 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 2: and we'll all see it. And you know what happens 603 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five, Verdict will come back and point 604 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 2: out exactly as we predicted, it came to pass. 605 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Center, 606 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,879 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to down 607 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 608 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 1: every other day. You're not listening to Verdict or each 609 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict afterwards, I'd love to 610 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:35,800 Speaker 1: have you as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson Podcasts, 611 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.