1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: There is a major story that needs to be on 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: your radar, and it's one that concerns now China yet 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: again and the CDC issuing a travel warning over a 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: viral outbreak in China that is spread by mosquito bites. 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issuing a 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: Level two travel notice. This is much like what we 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: witness with the coronavirus for a province in China due 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: to a quote major outbreak, the agency is recommending travelers 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: practice enhance precautions. As of August six, if you believe 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: the numbers coming out of China, over seven thousand confirmed 11 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: cases of chikungunya have been reported, with the outbreak spreading 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: to Hong Kong and other provinces. Now, what is this disease? Well, 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: Symptoms to typically appear, they say three to seven days 14 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 1: after a mosquito bite, and while most recover within a week, 15 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: there are major problems that can happen because of this 16 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: mosquito born viral disease characterize as being major issues with fever, 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: severe joint pain, severe headaches, muscle aches, joint swelling, and 18 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: a rash. There is also a concern over death even 19 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: though it's being categorized as rare infants. They're very concerned 20 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: about older adults and people with certain health conditions will 21 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: also face high risk of severe symptoms and possibly death. 22 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 1: Yet again, another concern of the similarities we're talking about 23 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: here because of what happened last time when it came 24 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 1: out of China. 25 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 2: Now in twenty twenty five, this. 26 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: Strand has affected approximately two hundred and forty thousand people 27 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: across sixteen countries, resulting, they say, in around nine the deaths. 28 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: Chinese authorities have mobilized intense containment strategies, including drones to 29 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: locate standing water, insecticide spraying, even targeting individuals before entering buildings, 30 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: deployment of mosquito eating fish, fines or penalties for stagnant 31 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: water accumulation in hospital isolation under mosquito netting. Here is 32 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: more from Fox News Channel about the CDC putting out 33 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: the warning for Americans tonight. 34 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 3: A viral outbreak in China prompts the Centers for Disease 35 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 3: Control and Prevention the CDC to issue a travel warning. 36 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 3: More than seven thousand cases of this disease have been 37 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 3: reported so far. State Department correspondent Jillian Turner has details 38 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: Tonight Live from the State Department and even Jillian. 39 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 4: Good Evening Breath. The CDC, as you mentioned, is warning 40 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 4: Americans traveling to China about chikungunya. It is a virus 41 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: that spreads to humans through infective mosquito bites. It can 42 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 4: cause severe illness, with symptoms that mimic pretty closely dangay 43 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 4: fever and zecavirus, mostly found in Africa. Here's what the 44 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 4: CDC says about it. They say most people, in fact, 45 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 4: you get better within a week. However, some can have 46 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 4: severe joint pain for months two years. Other symptoms include 47 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 4: severe fever and fatigue. The outbreak now is in the 48 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 4: Chinese province goang Dong. It's near Hong Kong, with more 49 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 4: than seven thousand cases reported so far, prompting some pretty 50 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 4: dramatic measures to contain the spread, like mandatory insect repellent 51 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 4: blasts for people entering the area, mandatory property checks for 52 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 4: stagnant water, which attracts mosquitoes and when found is now 53 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 4: punishable by fines or even arrest. 54 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 5: If you happen to get this, they're quarantining you in 55 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 5: hospitals with mosquito netting and not letting you out for 56 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 5: a week. These are the kind of draconian responses we 57 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 5: saw with COVID. We're seeing it again. 58 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 4: The CDC says Americans traveling to eight other countries are 59 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 4: also at elevated risk of exposure to the virus, even 60 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 4: if there is no current outbreak there. People at risk 61 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 4: for more severe cases of chicunngunya include newborns, senior sixty 62 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 4: five years and up, as well as people with diabetes 63 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 4: or heart disease. Now, the good news is that, unlike COVID, 64 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 4: deaths from this disease are exceedingly rare. You can also 65 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 4: protect yourself by getting vaccinated against it, or by preventing 66 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 4: mosquito bites in the first place through all the usual 67 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 4: mechanisms insect repellent netting, wearing long sleeves, and staying in 68 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 4: air conditioning. 69 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,119 Speaker 3: Right, Jillian turn A live at the State Department, Julian, 70 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 3: thank you. 71 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: You listen to this warning. And there's a couple of 72 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: points here that need to be made clear. Number one, 73 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: there's no specific treatment for this, so management focuses on 74 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: symptom relief, rest, hydration, over the counterpane relief, and vaccines 75 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: as they mentioned, are available in the US and recommended 76 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: for travelers that are going to the outbreak regions. But 77 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: then the question also comes up, and this is why 78 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: I want it on your radar screen. Why are they 79 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: treating this in China very much the same way they 80 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:14,239 Speaker 1: treated COVID And are they telling us the truth? 81 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: Now? 82 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: They're saying to minimize the risk of exposure, the CDC 83 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: advises the use of insect repellent, wearing long sleeved shirts 84 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: and long pants, staying in screened or air conditioned accommodation. 85 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: They also have a warning for pregnant travelers, especially near delivery. 86 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: They're encouraged now to quote reconsidered travel as infection neer 87 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: childbirth can pass to newborns. Vaccinations should be discussed with 88 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: the healthcare provider. 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I want to move on to 138 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: another major story, and it deals with what's happening in Texas. 139 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has now filed a 140 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: lawsuit to start the removal for dereliction of duty derelict 141 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: Democrats and saying you're not showing up for work. You 142 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: fled the state to block redistricting bill, and now we're 143 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 1: going to hold you accountable for exactly that. Governor Abbott 144 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: filing the lawsuit Tuesday night with the Texas Supreme Court 145 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: seeking to begin the process for the removal of House 146 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: Democratic Caucus Chairman Wu and others. The chairman, along with 147 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: most of his Democrat House colleagues, fled the state to 148 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: block acorum in protests of the GOP's efforts to carry 149 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 1: out their duty of congressional seat redistricting. Today, I took 150 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: emergency action, the governor said, to begin the removal from 151 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: office of derelic Democrat Texas House members he refused to 152 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: show up for special session. Governor Abbot writing this, saying quote, 153 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: I filed the suit directly with the Texas Supreme Court 154 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: too quickly make clear the authority I have to bring 155 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: the lawsuit for removal of legislators from their office now. 156 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: On Sunday, Abbot ordered the House Democrats who fled the 157 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: state to break quorum to return to work or he 158 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: would take action to vacate their legislative seats and appoint replacements. 159 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 2: This truancy ends now. 160 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: Governor Abbot said in a Sunday night statement, the derelict 161 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: Democratic House members must return to Texas and be in 162 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 1: attendance when the House reconvenes at three pm on Monday, 163 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: August fourth. The governor said he will invoke the Texas 164 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: Attorney General opinion to remove the absent Democrats from their 165 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: elected office. The governor stated, quote in that opinion, the 166 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:05,479 Speaker 1: Attorney General considered whether Texas law allows for a determination 167 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: that a legislator has vacated office if they intentionally break quorum. 168 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: The Attorney General concluded that whether a specific legislator abandoned 169 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: his or her office such that a vacancy occurred will 170 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: be a fact question for a court quote unquote. Sunday afternoon, 171 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: Texas House Democrats fled the state to Illinois to stop 172 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: the state legislature from moving forward on plans to redistrict 173 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: Texas congressional districts. Democratic Caucus Chairman wo a Democrat from Houston, 174 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: said the governor is using an intentionally racist map to 175 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,359 Speaker 1: steal the voices of millions of black and Latino Texans, 176 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: all to execute a corrupt political deal. The derelict Texas 177 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: House members ignored the Governor's order and did not return 178 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: to the capitol insert. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed 179 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: a notice with the Texas Supreme Court in support of 180 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 1: the Governor's lawsuit, saying this Texas is taking every available 181 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: avenue to force runaway Democrats to return to Texas and 182 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: hold them accountable for breaking quorum. That's what the Attorney 183 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: General Ken Paxton said in the statement, saying, quote, under 184 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: the Texas Constitution, in Texas law, the Office of the 185 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: Attorney General has the legal authority to bring these cases 186 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: against the renegade House members. I have alerted the Texas 187 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: Supreme Court that I will be making additional filings on 188 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: Friday if the Democrats continued to abandon their legislative duties. 189 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: Abbott also wrote a letter to the Texas Supreme Court 190 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: about his action of filing directly with the state's top 191 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: course bypassing the district and appellate court system. The governor 192 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: side Section twenty two of the Texas Constitution and court 193 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: precedent for those actions, and that's where we go to. 194 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: Late Tuesday night, the Supreme Court requests a response from 195 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: the respondent chairman wu the Democrat no later than Friday, 196 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: August eighth, at five pm. The case number for the 197 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: emergency petition is twenty five dash zero six seven to four. Translation. 198 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: It's getting very real now for Democrats that there is 199 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: a chance if they do not come back. 200 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 2: To Texas, they can lose their jobs. 201 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: Texas Tribune reporter by the way, posting comments from Chairman 202 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: Wu in response to the governor's latest action to remove 203 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: him and fellow Democratic legislators, saying, quote, I took an 204 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: oath to the Constitution, not a politician's agenda. Denying the 205 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: governor at quorum was not an abandonment in my office. 206 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: It was a fulfillment of my oath. That is the 207 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: latest from the Democrats. He said, I took that oath 208 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: to the constitution, not the political agenda. And he's hoping 209 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: the American people will go along along with him. One person, 210 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: by the way, that definitely is going along with him, 211 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 1: is the governor of Illinois, trying to turn this into 212 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: his own political moment. 213 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 2: JB. 214 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: Pritzker firing back at Trump's threat to arrest run away 215 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: Texas Democrats, saying, bring it on. He's more than happy 216 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: to fight Donald Trump. And here's the governor in his 217 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: own words. 218 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 6: Is that, you know, our local law enforcement protect everybody 219 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 6: in Illinois. Our state troopers protect everybody in Illinois and 220 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 6: anybody who's here in Illinois. And so whether it's federal 221 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 6: agents coming to Illinois or state rangers from Texas, if 222 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 6: you haven't broken federal law, you're you know, you're basically unwelcome. 223 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 6: And there's no way that they can be that. Our 224 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 6: state legislators here, the Texas state legislators can be arrested. 225 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: So there's the governor of Illinois saying, Hey, I stand 226 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: up for I legal immigrant consider in my state and 227 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: protect them all the time. Why not go ahead and 228 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: protect some hardcore liberal Democrats from Texas as well. Now, 229 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: Governor of Texas, Craig Abbott, he has a very simple 230 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: response to JD. Pritzker and anybody else that's criticizing him. 231 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: He says, it's all about doing your job, and that's 232 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: what the Democrats have abandoned. 233 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 7: So the Democrats when they return, they're going to be 234 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 7: accountable for certain legal violations, but also for violations of 235 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 7: Texas House rules. And so it's going to be a 236 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 7: bad day for them. And the sooner they get back, 237 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 7: maybe the lesser the consequences. But the longer they stay, 238 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 7: the greater the consequences. 239 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: The greater the consequences. So now here we are at 240 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: the Texas Supreme Court, and there's a very good chance 241 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: that the governors got this one right and Democrats may 242 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: lose their jobs over all of this, refusing to come 243 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: back to the state that they said they were representing 244 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: and instead hanging. 245 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 2: Out in Chicago. 246 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: All right, Coming up, by the way, in just a moment, 247 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to play for you a really cool conversation 248 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: I have with a dear friend of my Mark Levin, 249 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: the great One. He has got a new book out 250 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: called On Power, and I want you to hear what 251 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: he has to say about how Democrats have abused power 252 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: and just gone rogue in this country, trying to destroy 253 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: this country. Why this book is so important. We're going 254 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: to have that conversation for you coming up in just 255 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: a moment. 256 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 2: One of my. 257 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: Favorite personalities in the history of radio a man that 258 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: I describe is a mentor. He may not describe me 259 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: as someone he mentors, but I'm just going to throw 260 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: it out there anyway. 261 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 2: He has had an incredible impact on my career. 262 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: A sincere and genuine someone I look up to and 263 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm so thankful to have people like this in the 264 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: radio community. 265 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 2: But also in this world is Mark Levin. 266 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: I've had the honor of filling in for him for 267 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: several years now, and he is a man that writes 268 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: books that when he writes them, you need to pause, 269 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: you need to buy him, and you need to read. 270 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: There's a reason why they're always a bestseller. And he's 271 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: got a new book out called On Power. It explores 272 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: the nature of power, its historical uses, good and bad, 273 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: the impact on liberty. Mark, thank you for coming on 274 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: and I'm excited about this book. I got an advanced 275 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: copy Reddit cover to cover, and I don't think the 276 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,479 Speaker 1: timing of this book could have been any better, especially 277 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: coming after what we just saw with the Biden regime 278 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: and the auto pen and the abuse of power. It 279 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: can be used for good and bad, There's no doubt 280 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: about it. 281 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 8: First of all, thank you for that intro. You are 282 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 8: a terrific person and a great radio talent as well, 283 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 8: and I really appreciate it, brother, And it's always a 284 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 8: thrill to be back in your community, Memphis. Yeah. So 285 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 8: I wrote this book On Power, and I'll tell you 286 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 8: why ben because in addition to the point you raise, 287 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 8: which I definitely want to get into, I just started 288 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:58,239 Speaker 8: the thinking, started thinking that I'm not sure we're addressing 289 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 8: this issue of tyranny in our liberty properly, because when 290 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 8: you really think about it, the Revolutionary War wasn't photover liberty. 291 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 8: This footover power in order to acquire or preserve liberty. 292 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 8: And I got to thinking, you know, liberty without rights 293 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 8: is non existent. Rights without powers non existent. So power 294 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 8: is the bottom line. And you bring up what they've 295 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 8: done to Trump, but they're trying to do to Trump, 296 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 8: the Obama Hillary scandal and others. It's all about power. 297 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 8: In fact, this whole battle over budgets, that's about power. 298 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 8: Open borders so they can swamp us with new congressional 299 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 8: districts for Democrats, same thing, trying to control the Supreme 300 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 8: Court and potentially pack it. It's the same thing you 301 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 8: see the Democrats, the Marxists, the islam As, they get it. 302 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 8: They're for power and they try to do everything they 303 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 8: can to acquire it. We are on defense. We're trying 304 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 8: to defend power versus power, that is divided power, separation 305 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 8: of power. We're trying to defend the art rigins of 306 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 8: our founding, which is really not about power. It's about God, 307 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,239 Speaker 8: the sovereign, We the children of the sovereign, and on 308 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 8: earth where the sovereign, where the people as individuals and 309 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 8: as a society. And then we fuse that with the 310 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 8: enlightenment which we embrace, to apply that kind of sovereignty, 311 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 8: which is is Mondesquez said in others power versus power. 312 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 8: So we we don't explain this, we don't think it's 313 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 8: through in my humble opinion, and doing this all these 314 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 8: years to just throw out, you know, shibboleths or something 315 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 8: at a surface level, it isn't going to do it anymore. 316 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 8: So this is why I argue that we have got 317 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 8: to really understand we are for positive power, their negative power. 318 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 8: What does that mean? Their abuse and use of language? 319 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 8: What's the purpose thought control? And so for coercion, obedience, manipulation. 320 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 8: What do we really mean by liberty in the sense 321 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 8: of power, What do we really mean by rights? And 322 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 8: I feel with all these things going on the rise 323 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 8: of Marxism and Islamism, including in our own country a 324 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 8: far more aggressive Democrat party that is unmoored completely really 325 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 8: from our founding and our requirement as citizens now to 326 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 8: teach our children and grantchun than other people what it 327 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 8: is that we should stand for because we don't get 328 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 8: it in the schools. That's the point of the book. 329 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: You mentioned the schools there, and look, I'm getting older 330 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 1: now I say that, and I'm not joking. 331 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: I'm going to hit gosh, who is it forty four 332 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 2: in a couple of weeks. 333 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: I've got three sons, I know, right, I got twins 334 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: or six and a nine year old turned nine couple 335 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: days ago. And what terrifies me the most now is 336 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: the education that they're going to get from someone that 337 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: wants them to have the power over them, to make 338 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: them hate this country. You look at the report that 339 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: came out even last week, Mark, and it talked about 340 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: how the Chinese Communist Party has in essence completely infiltrated 341 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: our education system at the highest levels, including the ivy LEA, 342 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: buying access to the minds of our young people. That 343 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: is something that concerns me. I know, you don't have 344 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: to do this anymore. You can retire if you wanted to. 345 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: I know why you do it. You love this country. 346 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,719 Speaker 1: It's why you write these books. But how concerned are 347 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: you about the abuse of power coming from other influencers 348 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: who are grabbing our kids' minds in the public schools 349 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: and also at our universities. 350 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 8: Very very And when you read the chapter on language, 351 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 8: the nature of the language that's used, what's allowed to 352 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 8: be said, not allowed to be said, new words, new 353 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 8: definition of words. This whole idea, wokeism and DEI and CRT, 354 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 8: it's all intended to destroy our connection with our founders 355 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 8: and the belief system that brought us to where we 356 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 8: are today. And that's why I write these books so 357 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 8: people have relatively easy access to the information, the tools, 358 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 8: the arguments, because we have to go around the teachers' unions, 359 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 8: we've got to go around the college faculty, we've got 360 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 8: to go around the media. We've got to inform ourselves 361 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 8: and educate ourselves. And we as parents and grandparents, we 362 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 8: have an obligation. And sometimes you'll succeed and sometimes you'll fail. 363 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 8: To try and pass this on to our kids and 364 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 8: our grandkids because they're not getting it from these institutions. Now, 365 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 8: I'm all for school choice. I think what the President 366 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 8: Trump's doing with these colleges and universities is absolutely fantastic. 367 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 8: And those that's a battle that's fought say over here, 368 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 8: but the battle that's fought in our private lives needs 369 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 8: to be a different kind of battle. And I mean, 370 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 8: I hear young people going on about this, Montdamie, why 371 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 8: don't we try socialism? What's the problem? What's the you know, 372 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 8: what's the Because they haven't been told anything, they haven't 373 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 8: experienced anything, they haven't lived in a certain circumstances that 374 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 8: tell them what's wrong with it. So we have to 375 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 8: do that. And that's what I'm trying to adjust here, 376 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 8: not just for young people, but for all people among ourselves, 377 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 8: and in terms of projecting it to other people, we've 378 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 8: got to get down to the crux of the matter. 379 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 8: If somebody says I can't afford food, and we respond 380 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 8: with liberty, it goes in one ear and out the 381 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 8: other ear. If somebody says, look this guy Mandami's we're 382 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 8: gonna have public grocery stores, and I said, well, that's great. 383 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 8: So now he'll have the power to decide whether you 384 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 8: eat or you don't eat. 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You mentioned power and one of the things 427 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: that I think is very scary about where we are 428 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five. 429 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 2: Is going back to the point you made a second ago. 430 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 1: How easily people are willing to just give up their 431 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: own power and say, here, government make all the decisions 432 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: for me. Did we get to this point because we 433 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: become lazy as society or is it because of indoctrination 434 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: in society or a little bit of both. And also 435 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: there's now a new culture. Let's be clear, that is 436 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: hate America. America is evil, America is bad. So therefore 437 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: communism or socialism or Marxism must be tried. 438 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 8: I think these are two points and they're very good. 439 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,239 Speaker 8: I think that first point, you know, De Togfa kind 440 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 8: of talked about it, when government gets involved in all 441 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 8: things small and large, you're creating a different kind of people, 442 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 8: a different kind of mentality, and you are kind of 443 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 8: reverse engineering human nature. Whereas you know you want free will, 444 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 8: certain things motivate you and so forth. It wears you down, 445 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 8: It gets you used to subsidies, it gets you used 446 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 8: to being pounded on about what's wrong with you, what's 447 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 8: wrong with your ancestry, what's wrong with your race, that 448 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 8: sort of thing. I think the second point you raise 449 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 8: is it's a very nefarious problem, which is the poisonous 450 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 8: leakage into our system of these ideologies that have as 451 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 8: their purpose not to compete, but to destroy not even 452 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 8: the government, the society and to destroy the culture. And 453 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 8: this is what people need to understand. We are trying 454 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 8: to defend limited government, which is very important. They're destroying 455 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 8: everything that undergirds it, the civil society which comes before government, 456 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 8: and they're trying to grab control of it. So they're 457 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 8: about centralization of power, the imposition of their ideology. They're 458 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 8: about brainwashing, fear mongering, while they promise redistribution, while they 459 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 8: promise more liberty, while they you know, it's like the 460 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 8: People's Republic of China. I think they're about the people 461 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 8: or a republic. They'll take the word democracy, democratic socialism. 462 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 8: Those two words are oxymorony. They don't work together. Socialism 463 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 8: about the government controlling the means of production and the 464 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 8: distribution of resources and material and wealth. That has nothing 465 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 8: to do with democracy in any way. We've got to 466 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 8: challenge this, We've got to break it down and say, 467 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 8: excuse me, we're the ones who believe in participatory democracy, republicanism. 468 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 8: We're the ones who believe in the free voluntary commercial 469 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 8: activity among people. And then we need to explain what 470 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 8: that creates. What that creates is a massive middle class 471 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 8: like no other society ever on the planet has experienced, 472 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 8: where we live better than any king or queen one 473 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 8: hundred and fifty years ago. We have more access to 474 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 8: more kinds of food. We switch a we hit a switch, 475 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 8: the lights come on, we turn a foscet on. We 476 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 8: get clean cold water, clean hot water. You have bathrooms 477 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 8: in your home, You have mobility in cars. You go 478 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 8: on a plane forty thousand feet in the air. You 479 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 8: may not like the peanuts you're getting, but think about 480 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 8: what's actually happening. You compare this. This is a result 481 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 8: of America. This is the result of a society where 482 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 8: power is distributed properly and where the individual, the individual 483 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 8: is the sovereign and the people are the sovereign. Conversely, 484 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 8: seventy percent of the world lives in tyranny and poverty. 485 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 8: And what do they have. Are they flourishing republics or democracies. 486 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 8: Do they believe in consensual government or participatory Of course not. 487 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 8: And so you have to compare something with something, not 488 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 8: something with their ideology. 489 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: When you wrote this book and It's a book that 490 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: I would encourage you to grab by the way. If 491 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: you haven't read other books by Mark Levin, you should 492 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: grab them. They're incredible. This new one on power, exploring 493 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: the nature of power. It's historical use is its impact 494 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: on liberty and really democracy and authoritarianism and disguised as representation, 495 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: especially what we're witnessing in New York City with this 496 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: mayor candid there. When you were writing this book, were 497 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: you writing it for a specific person, were you writing 498 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: it for young and all? 499 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 2: What was your mindset when you were writing it? 500 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 8: First of all, I wanted to write it differently, in 501 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 8: a way where I could take some complicated subjects and 502 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 8: make them very digestible, understandable, actually find and enjoyable to read, 503 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 8: and yet challenge people's thinking or somebody might say, oh, yeah, 504 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 8: I thought about that. I never really developed my thoughts 505 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 8: on it though, and that sort of thing, and yeah, 506 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 8: that's a different way of putting this, and it's an 507 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 8: important way of putting it. So my view is this 508 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 8: book is written for anybody, particularly people who are trying 509 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 8: to figure out the swirl of Marxism and Islamism in 510 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,239 Speaker 8: our country. Why it's starting to take hold, how we 511 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 8: confront it, how we address it. But also, as one 512 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 8: fellow told me, he's going to give it to his 513 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 8: kid who's going into college, so they have something to 514 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 8: counter what all these professors are going to tell them. 515 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 8: And you'll also notice, Bend that the book is more 516 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 8: compact than most of my books. It's two hundred and 517 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 8: eight pages long. And again I wanted to make it 518 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 8: accessible to anybody and everybody. And so this book on power, 519 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 8: it cuts to the chase and it explains that in fact, 520 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 8: when you go to the ancients or more modern history 521 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 8: or today, is a constant struggle over who exercises power, 522 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 8: how power is exercised, whether power is going to be 523 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 8: exercised by you or over you. And the term that 524 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 8: I use now to describe the Democrats and these Marxists 525 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 8: and Islamis is authoritarian democrats. In other words, if they'll 526 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 8: go through the voting process as long as they win, 527 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 8: but if they don't win, they'll try sabotage, you know, 528 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 8: a Trump or Republican that will use the unelected bodies, 529 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 8: the bureaucracy. Mostly they created these lower court federal judges 530 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 8: that aren't in the constitution to counter or to usurp 531 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 8: the electorate. They don't really care about the electriate except 532 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 8: if it gives them power. They don't really care about 533 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 8: the well being of the average person unless they can 534 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 8: persuade them to support them. And we know this because 535 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 8: Marxism has only killed one hundred million people. You know 536 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 8: that's pretty bad. And Islamism today hasn't gone through the 537 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 8: Reformation or the Enlightenment. It is stuck in the seventh century. 538 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 8: It's primitive, and our nation was founded on Judeo Christian values. 539 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 8: And the bottom line is is Marxism or what I 540 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 8: call American Marxism, and Islamism are absolutely incompatible with Americanism. 541 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 8: And that's what the other side is peddling, and this 542 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 8: is what we need to confront. 543 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 2: Grab it. 544 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: Mark Levin's new book On Power explores the nature of power, 545 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: its historical uses, and the impact on the libertary liberty. 546 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 2: It's literally entitled on Power. 547 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: Get it wherever you get your books Amazon, Grab it 548 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: for your kids, your grandkids, your family, your It is 549 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: a master read. 550 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 2: I've read it. It's phenomenal. Mark. I appreciate your time. 551 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: I also mean this sincerely, thank you for being such 552 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: a good friend to me over the years, give me 553 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: advice in my career, and just vowing me to fill 554 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: in for you and your show has meant the world 555 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: to me. I appreciate it. You've been such a good 556 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 1: man to me and my family and I mean that sincerely. 557 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being a part of my 558 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: life as well well. 559 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 8: First of all, if you weren't a great person and 560 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 8: didn't do great things, I wouldn't have done it. But 561 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 8: you are a great person and you deserve as much 562 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 8: attention by as many people as possible. So does absolutely 563 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 8: my pleasure and honor you. Take care of yourself. God 564 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 8: bless you, my. 565 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 2: Friend, see you soon. Grab his book on power markle 566 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 2: then it's out now.