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<v Speaker 2>Hey, everybody, welcome to the Buck Brief. On this episode,

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Tierman is with us investigative journalist, a man who

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<v Speaker 2>knows many things about many people in places all over

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<v Speaker 2>the world. He was just in Ramala, place I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been to in a while, but I have been, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure it is every bit as lovely as what

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<v Speaker 2>I was there. Tell me about your trip into the

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<v Speaker 2>West Bank, mister Tierman, and what you learned, what you saw,

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, Ramala is just the money laundering capital

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<v Speaker 1>of the world. I know how long ago you were there,

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<v Speaker 1>but you got to say it's kind of nice. Maserati's

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<v Speaker 1>not Rickshaw's range Rovers, Mercedes, BMW's jeeps with American flags

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<v Speaker 1>on him, believe it or not. I mean lots of

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<v Speaker 1>Western goods and accoutreman. I mean that place is loaded.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a little bit shocking to the degree that

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<v Speaker 1>it was.

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<v Speaker 2>I could tell you I was there almost twenty years

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<v Speaker 2>ago and it was not like that. So yeah, yeah, so.

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<v Speaker 1>That tells you a lot. I mean I know that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I was there during these hostilities. I went

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<v Speaker 1>in on a Polish passport, since you know, American relations

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<v Speaker 1>are not so good. I did not, you know, telegraph

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm an American Jew from New York, even though

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know look at me, they might have figured

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<v Speaker 1>that out. I ended up talking to some guys from

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago and New York. But I mean that place is

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<v Speaker 1>loaded now twenty years of money laundering since you were

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<v Speaker 1>last there, between US taxpayers, EU taxpayers, the United Nations

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<v Speaker 1>being the the vehicle through which those laundered funds enter Ramala,

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<v Speaker 1>American school uners, schools. The place was over the top.

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<v Speaker 1>People were pretty friendly. It's not Gaza. The hostilities were not,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, of the of the same sort. They certainly

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<v Speaker 1>referred to Israel as an occupying force and they do

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<v Speaker 1>hate Israel and even going to Yasir Arafats too. They

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<v Speaker 1>said that it's removable so that when they take back Jerusalem,

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<v Speaker 1>they can remove Arafats too from Mamala and put it

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<v Speaker 1>in Jerusalem, as per his dying wish. Uh So, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the place is very very odd. It's a it's a

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<v Speaker 1>study in contrast the contrast of what the mainstream media

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<v Speaker 1>conception of the West Bank is versus what it's like

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<v Speaker 1>on the ground, gleaming new malls, Palestinian development bank with

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<v Speaker 1>top quality building materials for its you know, fifteen story skyscrapers.

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<v Speaker 1>Food was quite good, it was It was interesting. I

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<v Speaker 1>was there with Visagrad twenty four group I do work

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<v Speaker 1>with based in Europe, who's been covering the ongoing conflict

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<v Speaker 1>in the Middle East quite tightly on social media. So

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<v Speaker 1>we were interviewing people over there and it was interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>What do they think the Ramalin's, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>you call Ramalins and the people of the West Bank.

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<v Speaker 2>Are they basically of the mind that Israel's going to

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<v Speaker 2>do what it does in Gaza and business is going

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<v Speaker 2>to continue over here. What are they saying?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, pretty much. I don't think they think that Israel's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be coming in anytime soon and leveling it

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<v Speaker 1>the way they are with Gaza. And even though they

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<v Speaker 1>are supportive of these terrorist cells, whether it's in the

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<v Speaker 1>North that has Blah or Hamas and Gaza, they don't

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<v Speaker 1>seem as proactively involved. They like their gravy train of

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<v Speaker 1>un money laundering and under schools, and you know, it

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<v Speaker 1>was funny. We're walking, We're going to the main mosque,

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<v Speaker 1>the abdel Nasser Mosque, and we're at this, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the equivment of what you have in New York, a bodega,

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<v Speaker 1>a little shop with you know, low level food and Sundrys.

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<v Speaker 1>And you had Logan or Jake Paul's new drink Prime

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<v Speaker 1>selling there, which you can't even get in some cities

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<v Speaker 1>in the US because it's so sold out. And so

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<v Speaker 1>there's a weird level of westernization there, the brand and

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<v Speaker 1>licensed logoing copying that goes on. There are American food

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<v Speaker 1>operators there like Pizza Hut KFC, one of our guides

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<v Speaker 1>suggesting KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Camel, but that was

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<v Speaker 1>a licensed, actual American enterprise there. Popeye's Louisiana Kid was

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<v Speaker 1>there a lot and I was there.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a Starbucks ripoff that wasn't spelled Starbucks.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that Stars and Bucks?

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<v Speaker 2>Stars and Bucks?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, literally the main landmark of Ramala that everybody in

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<v Speaker 1>the Middle East knows. Hey, you go to Vermala, have

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<v Speaker 1>you been to Stars and Bucks? So the story there

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<v Speaker 1>is the guy lifted Starbucks' logo just straight off about

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five thirty years ago, and Starbucks came after him

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<v Speaker 1>for license and trademark infringement, and so he just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of tweaked it a little, so it still looks like

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<v Speaker 1>the Green Circle, but it's now entitled Stars and Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a coffee shop and a shisha lounge. So

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<v Speaker 1>he smoked some shisha and Stars and Bucks and that's

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<v Speaker 1>overlooking the main square. There are two little squares that

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<v Speaker 1>are connected by one of the main thoroughfares that looks

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<v Speaker 1>like the old prototypical, stereotypical Middle East, very thin road

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<v Speaker 1>congested small shops, and there's you know, the main square

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<v Speaker 1>that Stars and Bucks is over, and then the square

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<v Speaker 1>block away which where there's the monument to the martyrs.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, old habits do die hard. They love

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<v Speaker 1>the money laundering. But the rhetoric can invect is still

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<v Speaker 1>quite aligned with the Jihattist mentality that West Bank and

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<v Speaker 1>Palestinian affairs were built on.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have any sense as to what the belief

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<v Speaker 2>over there is not so much in the West Bank,

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<v Speaker 2>more on the Israel side of things, but the future

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<v Speaker 2>of net Yahoo in all of this, people have been

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<v Speaker 2>asking me, and I always tell them like, if you

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<v Speaker 2>think you if you think American politics are opaque and

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<v Speaker 2>overly complicated, go check out what's going on over in

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<v Speaker 2>Israel with the Kanesset and all the rest of it.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you do you have any take on that?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, absolutely, Well, as you know, parliamentary systems are

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<v Speaker 1>by their nature much sloppier because you need coalitions. You're

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<v Speaker 1>very fragmented, many many parties across the entire spectrum of

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<v Speaker 1>far right to far left with everything in between. And

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<v Speaker 1>so net Yahoo I think it was like four or

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<v Speaker 1>five elections they had to hold with fractured coalitions to

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<v Speaker 1>rebuild a government that had some level stability. After October seventh,

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<v Speaker 1>his popularity is way down. That being said, as long

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<v Speaker 1>as they're at war, there will not be a snap election.

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<v Speaker 1>They are unified behind essentially the military force and the

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<v Speaker 1>military management as it stands, which has many political appointees,

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<v Speaker 1>so they will not be you know, the political strife

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<v Speaker 1>we saw last year with judicial reform rearing its head

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<v Speaker 1>again and creating catalyzing snap elections. Netanyahu has probably done.

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<v Speaker 1>His career is probably done, and we've said that many

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<v Speaker 1>times in the past, but here there is a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of antipathy after what happened October seventh, and certainly there

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<v Speaker 1>are a lot of people who feel that he had

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<v Speaker 1>some blame in terms of being asleep at the wheel

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<v Speaker 1>because they were so distracted with domestic politics they forgot

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<v Speaker 1>that their number one predicate, as you know, leaders of

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<v Speaker 1>this country more than any other, is security and stabilizing

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<v Speaker 1>the security, the defensive capabilities, and there was a failure

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<v Speaker 1>that being said, as long as they're at war and

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<v Speaker 1>it's hot and kinetic and in the north and in

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<v Speaker 1>the south with Gaza, probably open any snap elections. So

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<v Speaker 1>some are arguing and rumor mongering that he has an

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<v Speaker 1>incentive to keep the war going because as a result,

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<v Speaker 1>he will stay in power. I think that's a little

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<v Speaker 1>overly cynical, and I'm quite cynical, but I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>a little overly cynical. Well, everyone in Israel is shaken

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<v Speaker 1>up by what happened and wants to end Hamas and

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<v Speaker 1>restabilize the north where Husbala is continuing to be a

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<v Speaker 1>kinetic threat.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about what just happened with the election in

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<v Speaker 2>Al Salvador, a country that people in the West really

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<v Speaker 2>know about because it used to be the murder capital

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<v Speaker 2>of the world per capital, at least close to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one numbers, well, it was Al Salvador was right there.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was number two. Yeah, but number two yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>As I said number one, number two was one of

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<v Speaker 2>the highest murder places in the entire.

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<v Speaker 1>Honduras was like I remember friends from Honduras, from San

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<v Speaker 1>Pedro Sula, which is the second city in Honduras, and

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<v Speaker 1>that place like laps everywhere else. It's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in Detroit, it's like, what like four out of one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred thousand get murdered, and San Pedro Sue it's like

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred out of one hundred thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>The numbers are staggering. But in Al Salvador that has

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<v Speaker 2>completely turned around and there's probably a lesson for it.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're going to we're gonna talk about that election

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<v Speaker 2>Investigative journalist bou Keley wins bigly in El Salvador. What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>Why does it matter?

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently? You know, much like we'll talk about Argentina with inflation,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, when you have a massive crime problem,

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<v Speaker 1>the guy who actually says and then does deliver on

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<v Speaker 1>cleaning up crime gets a big mandate. I think this's

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<v Speaker 1>got to be the biggest mandate in any democratic systemic

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<v Speaker 1>election ever. Eighty five percent or something of the popular vote,

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<v Speaker 1>fifty eight out of sixty seats in the National Assembly,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what that's what like ninety eight ninety six,

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<v Speaker 1>ninety six percent or so of the seats in Parliament

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<v Speaker 1>are now you know Buukelly's party, which has been built

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<v Speaker 1>around him. Of course, you have to worry about cultive personality,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to worry about dictatorial power creeping in. But

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<v Speaker 1>so far all of the Western media sphere lies or

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<v Speaker 1>smears that, you know, he's a dictator, the cool dictator

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<v Speaker 1>they call him. Well is he Are you a dictator

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<v Speaker 1>if the people vote for you overwhelmingly. We've had the

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<v Speaker 1>debate about Victor orbon as well. You know, he keeps

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<v Speaker 1>winning these mandates and the West says, oh, he's a dictator,

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<v Speaker 1>or he's an autocrat or a fascist. Weill, Bukelly has

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<v Speaker 1>done something really pretty revolutionary in this hemisphere, especially south

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<v Speaker 1>of that border and looking southwards, these are very dangerous

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<v Speaker 1>areas as we're talking about massive massive cartel activity, kidnapping

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<v Speaker 1>and ransoming, mass murder over the slightest trifling things. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>the drug trade is the main reason human migration as

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<v Speaker 1>well human trafficking, and he has cleaned up that area.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, we have this gangs in New

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<v Speaker 1>York like MS thirteen that hearken from these regions in

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<v Speaker 1>Central America, and we can't clean up Long Island from

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<v Speaker 1>these drug gangs. But he's cleaned up his country very

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<v Speaker 1>quickly within one term, and so he's gotten a second term,

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<v Speaker 1>and so they'll, you know, say he's a dictator. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>largest mandate popular mandate maybe in history by percentage of

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<v Speaker 1>any country in the world. What he's doing, you're right,

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<v Speaker 1>is instructive. Apparently when you have high crime, tough on

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<v Speaker 1>crime does pay. Just like Malay getting elected Argentina over

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<v Speaker 1>economic issues.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I want to ask you about you were down

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<v Speaker 2>there right in Argentina. We'll get into that.

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<v Speaker 1>And was there for the inaugeration? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what is Latin America? Why can't they figure this out?

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly on crime and on economics, specifically inflation. What do

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<v Speaker 2>they not get? I mean, the regimes that run these

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<v Speaker 2>countries and just across the board. Almost a few exceptions.

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<v Speaker 2>El salvad we're talking about one and the new leadership

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<v Speaker 2>in Argentina. But Latin America is poorly, poorly led right now,

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<v Speaker 2>right whether you're talking about Mexico or Venezuela or Brazil

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<v Speaker 2>or what's going on. What do they have to figure

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<v Speaker 2>out Communists?

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<v Speaker 1>And we've talked about this in the past, and I

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<v Speaker 1>did a lot on this. During the Brazilian election, there

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<v Speaker 1>was a group, an entity called the Forum sell Palo

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<v Speaker 1>that was charted around nineteen ninety one by Fidel Castro

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<v Speaker 1>and Lula da Silva, the current again president of Brazil,

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<v Speaker 1>led out of prison to run election was brazenly stolen.

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<v Speaker 1>There's more than enough evidence out there. And the Forum

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<v Speaker 1>sell Palo was created to fill the gap when the

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<v Speaker 1>Soviet Union went bust, because that was all the money

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<v Speaker 1>that was coming into the hemisphere of these third world nations,

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<v Speaker 1>just like in Africa, just like in the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 1>in uh In uh In incubating the p l O

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<v Speaker 1>and other of the Jahada separist movements. Uh in South America,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a Forum South Palo and they filled the

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<v Speaker 1>gap from the Soviet Union with with Castro and Chavez

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<v Speaker 1>running it out of Cuba, and that's how they took

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<v Speaker 1>over Venezuela. That's how they took over in Nicaragua, That's

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<v Speaker 1>how they took over uh, Bolivia, Brazil, more recently Colombia

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<v Speaker 1>and Chile. Colombia and Chile, we we're kind of writy

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<v Speaker 1>conservative nations. Columbia was was run for many years by

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<v Speaker 1>you know what we would call Republicans if you had

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<v Speaker 1>to break it down to that dichotomy that we understand.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you have Petro who was a Marxist Naco

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<v Speaker 1>narco trafficante, a gorilla in the forests. Uh so he's

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<v Speaker 1>an He's a full on communist. Uh uh Borich in

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<v Speaker 1>Chile was the head of the Marxist Students League, student activist,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, not too different than Brandon uh Brandon Marshall

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<v Speaker 1>and uh Branda with brit To Johnson in Chicago the

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<v Speaker 1>teachers Union. Hack. I mean, somebody's never run anything, but

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden ends up as president of a

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<v Speaker 1>nation that again was relatively conservative economically, was very classically liberal.

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<v Speaker 1>You had the Chicago Boys deregulating economy in Chile's great success,

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<v Speaker 1>Argentina's been run by the Parentists, the you know Juan

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<v Speaker 1>prone a Vita, don't cry for me, Argentina, that lady

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<v Speaker 1>played by Madonna in nineteen nineties. They have been run

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<v Speaker 1>by the paranist regime and its predecessors also incubated by

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<v Speaker 1>the Forum. So Palo Christina Kirschner, her husband Nester Kirchner,

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<v Speaker 1>Fernandez and now Argentinians finally said, you know, after this

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<v Speaker 1>crippling hyperinflation over the last ten ten years, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>really thought the highest level of inflation in the country.

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<v Speaker 1>Every day price is doubling sort of thing. The stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that you read about in Zimbabwe, the ymar Republic, and

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<v Speaker 1>this was a country that one hundred years ago was

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<v Speaker 1>third wealthiest in the world after the US and the UK.

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<v Speaker 1>So Malay got an overwhelming mandate. The Marxist got sent packing.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason Argentina was able to do it was quite simple.

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<v Speaker 1>They maintained paper ballots. Paper ballots are an integral part

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<v Speaker 1>of the electoral process. In Brazil they got rid of

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<v Speaker 1>paper ballots. There was no audible ballot scheme was all digital,

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<v Speaker 1>and so they cheat in Brazil.

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<v Speaker 2>Did the Communist cheat in Brazil?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? Yeah, and you know, you know, and I talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it. I covered it in depth a year and

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<v Speaker 1>a half ago. It was brazen what they did. Now

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<v Speaker 1>they stripped Balls and Hour of his right to run again.

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<v Speaker 1>The Supreme Court, this is the Supreme Court that detained

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<v Speaker 1>myself and the traveling party that included Jason Miller when

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<v Speaker 1>we met with Ballsonaro like three years ago. They detained

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<v Speaker 1>this at the airport and wanted to know everyone we

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<v Speaker 1>met with. So it was like full Stazi tactics. And

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<v Speaker 1>the Supreme Court has their own law enforcement wing, and

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<v Speaker 1>they let Lula out of prison. They overturned all his

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<v Speaker 1>multiplicity of convictions and the guy should have been in

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<v Speaker 1>jail for the rest of his life. And then some

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they let out people in Lula's party that

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<v Speaker 1>were sentenced to four hundred years for criminal corruption. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's gross what's going on there. Brazil is probably lost

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<v Speaker 1>for the foreseeable future, much like I view Pennsylvania was

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<v Speaker 1>constant in Michigan, but Argentina all of a sudden is

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<v Speaker 1>like this bulwark now and the shining light. Malay's going

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<v Speaker 1>to do a lot of big things. He's got the mandate.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me bring it home to because you mentioned that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna make you go a little deeper into it, Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 2>unless you were totally kidding Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin. Okay, let's

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<v Speaker 2>com paid for by Brownstone Research. Okay, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin,

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<v Speaker 2>you say we got big problems there. I have friends

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<v Speaker 2>who are tied into politics in Pennsylvania very intimately, and

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<v Speaker 2>they tell me similar things, and it has to do

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<v Speaker 2>with just the party infrastructure, voter registration advantage, early voting campaigns,

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<v Speaker 2>et cetera. Is that part of your concern there? And

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<v Speaker 2>tell me about the other states.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I think in those three states in particular,

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<v Speaker 1>these were you know, the purple swing states, and then

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty happened and they were very very successful in

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<v Speaker 1>taking control and Democrat like Wisconsin. The last bastion was

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<v Speaker 1>the state Supreme Court that went Democrat with Janet Gaevich.

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<v Speaker 1>Pennsylvania DEM governor, dam Legislature, DEM State Supreme Court. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know the same way that they approved. Whether you

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<v Speaker 1>believe that there was ballot stuffing or is more derivative

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<v Speaker 1>effect of voter fraud, whether it's the media obfuscation uh

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<v Speaker 1>or the you know, ballots during COVID going to every

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<v Speaker 1>household uh. And the the late the late tabulation thereof

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<v Speaker 1>that was allowable because the state legislature said, Okay, we're

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna do it. The Supreme courts and the states

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<v Speaker 1>said we're just going to allow it, and they they

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<v Speaker 1>violated the separation of powers. Well, you know, the Dems

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<v Speaker 1>now control those three states in all of their facets politically,

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<v Speaker 1>and even if the people want to move to the

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<v Speaker 1>populace and conservative right, good luck, good luck. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think you know, Arizona and Georgia, which were hard red states,

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<v Speaker 1>are now purple. And part of it was, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the bankruptcy of the rn C and the candidates that

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<v Speaker 1>Trump endorsed and brought forward. I mean, these were candidates

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<v Speaker 1>that would never ever win. Mastriano ahs Herschel Walker, Carrie Lake.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to pick up independence if you're gonna win

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<v Speaker 1>these purple swing states. And because these states in the

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<v Speaker 1>northern Rust Belt, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan have incredible Union

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<v Speaker 1>union faithful union rank and file. It makes up such

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<v Speaker 1>a percentage they're well organized. The Union states organized their

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<v Speaker 1>union rank and file real well for elections, Michigan being

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest example, with Big Auto there. For one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>years now, there has been a peel off of the

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<v Speaker 1>Union support because of right to work in other states,

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<v Speaker 1>because Trump and Bannon with economic nationalism did drive a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of FDR Union Dems to the right in the

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<v Speaker 1>pro Trump camp. They're not the party of Elizabeth Warren

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<v Speaker 1>and Gavin Newsom and wokeism. But that being said again,

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<v Speaker 1>if the people there, if you have the margin is

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<v Speaker 1>five or ten percent, that swings it to the right.

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<v Speaker 1>The Union organizing the democratic policy making that will go

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<v Speaker 1>on in those states will make them untouchable for the

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<v Speaker 1>next generation. We will not be one of those states.

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<v Speaker 1>And now I'm fearful that Arizona and Georgia are getting

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<v Speaker 1>more like those three swing states than Ohio and Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>which have been made more red.

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<v Speaker 2>Matt, Where can people go to follow your work? Twitter?

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram, social media? It's very ad hoc. Buck sextay was

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<v Speaker 1>the Buck Brief, Yeah, brief your apartment when you're hosting Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's right anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds like I'm doing an underwear line, but actually

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<v Speaker 2>it's a hard hitting interviews. Actually I agree. Check out

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<v Speaker 2>my friend Matt Tyrman. Always insightful, sir, good to see you,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks for being here.

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<v Speaker 1>See as sobu