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Speaker 1: Voice Live. First, I want to start here. President Trump

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Speaker 1: recently announced that the United States carried out decisive airstrikes

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Speaker 1: in northwest Nigeria on Christmas night, targeting ISIS militant he

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Speaker 1: strikes would not be a one time action, saying further

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Speaker 1: precision hits on terrorist targets. The operation followed a blunt

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Speaker 1: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the Christmas Night strikes

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Speaker 1: month later, the Trump administration escalated pressure again, rolling out

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Speaker 1: or carried out violations of religious freedom. The move comes

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Speaker 1: Just days later, attackers rated a Catholic school in Niger State,

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Speaker 1: remain in captivity. Trump has now designated Nigeria a quote

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Speaker 1: great to be with you today on this day after Christmas.

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Speaker 1: You know, Nigeria has been a particular country of concern

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Speaker 1: Well, let me ask you this, because we are targeting

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Speaker 1: Well, Colonel, as I was reading some of the email

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Speaker 2: You know, I haven't really seen any reporting that would

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Speaker 1: Colonel. You know, let's focus on the Nigerian government as well,

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Speaker 2: Well, I think it's up to this point they probably

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Speaker 2: And so you know, like I said, I used the

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Speaker 2: and my understanding is that we had partnered, you know,

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Speaker 1: So if that's the case, and they realize it's a problem,

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Speaker 1: why does the Nigerian government still claim it's really not

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Speaker 2: I think there's probably some some different competing voices inside

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Speaker 1: Well, Colonel, with strategic attacks against ISIS like this one.

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Speaker 1: Does this send the intended message? I'm just curious how

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Speaker 2: It that you know, that certainly has been the trend

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Speaker 2: and so a lot of times you will see retaliatory attacks,

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Speaker 2: but at the same time, you know, we are employing

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Speaker 2: which is to you know, destroy their capabilities, but then

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Speaker 1: Well, is there any particular reason, for instance, that the

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Speaker 1: administration is striking Isis in this country, Nigeria, for any

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Speaker 1: other reason than the killing of Christians, Because obviously, any

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Speaker 1: especially with the group as prolific ass isis. But is

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Speaker 2: Do you think, Well, they are actually rich in natural resources.

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Speaker 2: along with countries like Senegal, Guyana, Ghana, Ivory Coast Cameroon.

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Speaker 2: But Nigeria in my experience, has always been the leader.

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Speaker 2: And then of course it's a it's a you know,

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Speaker 2: an oil nation.

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Speaker 7: They export oil.

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Speaker 2: And and I think that you know, this is really

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Speaker 2: a multi front effort to you know, partner with them,

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Speaker 2: make sure that we continue to conduct counter terrorism operations

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Speaker 1: People's Colonel just in terms of this, this notion of

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Speaker 2: So it's actually a very real threat. And this is

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Speaker 1: You're a hundred percent right, Well, thank you, so much

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Speaker 1: and Happy New Year, Happy ne Year both, thank you well.

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Speaker 1: Coming up after the break, President Trump has recalled thirty

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Speaker 1: Some career diplomats are calling this move unprecedented. Why is

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure why they're calling it unprecedented. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Well, you mentioned that they are Biden era appointed positions,

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Speaker 4: I'm sure. Look, they've a point of great ambassadors all

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Speaker 1: How are ambassadors selected, Maybe you could give us a

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Speaker 4: Sure, you usually are looking at someone who has close

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Speaker 1: That's certainly true. Well spoken, Well, Mike, you know we

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to America's Voice Live. I'm Bo Davidson in

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Speaker 1: for Steve Today. Here are some stories to keep you

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Speaker 1: percent drop in murders. FBI data will not be released

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Speaker 1: until next year. Although Johnston County, North Carolina and Gilbert,

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Speaker 1: a twenty eight percent decrease in murder rates. FBI data

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Speaker 1: will be released in twenty twenty six. Meanwhile, gold is

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Speaker 1: expected to serge nearly seventy percent in twenty twenty six,

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Speaker 1: following a twenty six percent gain in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: This compressed upward move signals imminent danger. As global debt

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Speaker 1: dynamics threatened nearly every single country, capitalists fleeing to physical gold,

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Speaker 1: which remains scarce relative to fiat money. Global M two

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Speaker 1: money supplies growing seven to nine percent, while world gold

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Speaker 1: stock stands at two hundred and sixteen thousand tons. Central

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Speaker 1: anticipating a potential crisis. High interest rates drive investors to

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Speaker 1: demand risk premiums on sovereign debt. The US is at

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Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty percent, France one hundred and seventeen percent,

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Speaker 1: Italy one hundred and thirty six percent, and Germany sixty

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Speaker 1: five percent. Gold remains the safest haven with bitcoin, as

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Speaker 1: digital gold is operating independently of state control. The demand

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Speaker 1: for gold is expected to continue through twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: The Supreme Court refused to stay a lower court order

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Speaker 1: blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago.

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Speaker 1: Justice Samuel Alito dissented, calling the six to three decision

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Speaker 1: quote unwise and imprudent. Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker celebrated

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Speaker 1: the ruling, saying he is quote glad Scotis ruled the

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Speaker 1: President does not have the authority to deploy the federalized

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Speaker 1: Guard in Illinois, calling it an important step in curbing

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Speaker 1: Trump's quote consistent abuse of power. UC Berkeley law professor

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Speaker 1: John You told Fox News Scotus did not issue a

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Speaker 1: final ruling.

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Speaker 3: Here's you, what does regular forces mean?

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Speaker 1: We don't know.

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Speaker 3: The Supreme Court has never decided that question before yesterday.

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Speaker 3: The Supreme Court now says regular forces means you have

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Speaker 3: to try with the regular armed forces first before you

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Speaker 3: can bring out the National Guard. So the unintended consequence

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Speaker 3: here might be that the President is going to have

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Speaker 3: to call the eighty second Airborne or the Marines or

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Speaker 3: the one hundred and first Airboard Division, as for example,

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Speaker 3: President Eisenhower did after Brown versus Board of Education in

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Speaker 3: the South to enforce desegregation. President Trump might have to

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Speaker 3: do that first in order to protect those federal buildings,

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Speaker 3: those ice agents, and then if they fail, he can

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Speaker 3: then call out the National Guard.

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Speaker 1: Now you did add this is only prelimin decision, and

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Speaker 1: Trump may still challenge it for a final ruling on

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Speaker 1: the merits of the case. We will certainly keep you updated. Well,

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Speaker 1: let me be blunt, folks. Gold is up around forty

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Speaker 1: percent this year. That's not speculation, that is reality. And

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Speaker 1: if a portion of your savings isn't diversified into gold,

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Speaker 1: well you're missing the boat. Because here are the facts.

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Speaker 1: Inflation is still too high, the US dollar is still

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Speaker 1: too weak, and the government debt is insurmountable. This is

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Speaker 1: why central banks are flocking to gold. They're the ones

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Speaker 1: driving prices up to record highs. But it is not

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Speaker 1: single dime out of pocket. All you got to do

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Speaker 1: coming up right after the break, A new form of

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Speaker 1: the flu is sweeping the nation this season, but is

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Speaker 1: there any real reason to worry about it? We'll talk

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Speaker 1: about it more after the break, so be sure you

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Speaker 1: stay tuned for this next segment. Neither view there of Seattle. Well,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to AVL. This season, there seems to be

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Speaker 1: an increase in a new form of the flu. Experts

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Speaker 1: are saying that it is a mutation of the influenza

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Speaker 1: virus and the main culprit is rising in global cases.

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Speaker 1: Of course, with the rise of these cases, the CDC

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Speaker 1: is already recommending to the public that they need their

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Speaker 1: flu vaccines. Extremely typical, of course, ever since COVID and

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Speaker 1: the reliance on vaccines being a cure for pretty much

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Speaker 1: every illness. But you have to question how necessary it

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Speaker 1: is when even fake news media makes their audience aware

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Speaker 1: that they got their flu shots. Take a look at this.

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Speaker 5: You know, it's interesting, Jacqueline. I got my flu shot,

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Speaker 5: as they do every year, weeks ago, and as my

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Speaker 5: doctor recommended get the flu shot. Is it too late

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Speaker 5: now for folks to go out there and get the

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Speaker 5: flu shot to avoid coming down with a flu?

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Speaker 6: It's not too late, woof.

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Speaker 1: And I'm so happy to hear you got your flu shot.

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Speaker 6: I did too.

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Speaker 3: But for those of us who may see this news

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Speaker 3: and they're worried about did I miss a certain window,

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Speaker 3: it's not too late.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: A little bit of virtue signaling there, I would say.

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Speaker 1: And when you see smiling faces like that, how can

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Speaker 1: you continue, you know, how can you not assume that

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Speaker 1: they are continuing to line the pockets of big pharma potentially,

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Speaker 1: which leads to the question, are these vaccines actually necessary. Well,

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Speaker 1: joining me discussed this topic is primary care physician and

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Speaker 1: author of Unavoidably Unsafe, doctor Jeff Barkie. Doctor Barkie, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for being with me today. We appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: You have an awesome patriotic red, white and blue chair

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Speaker 1: behind you, which I love. On this topic, doctor, are

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Speaker 1: flu vaccines really necessary? It's my first question? And how

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Speaker 1: effective are they this year?

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Speaker 8: Bo?

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Speaker 9: First of all, thank you for having me on Real

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Speaker 9: America's Voice. It's always an honor to be here. No,

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Speaker 9: absolutely not. First of all, we don't have a flu season.

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Speaker 9: We have a drink too much, eat like crap, stay indoors,

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Speaker 9: go to big parties, expose ourself, don't get any exercise,

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Speaker 9: and not enough sleep season. And as a result of

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Speaker 9: not people not taking care of themselves, of course they're

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Speaker 9: more susceptible to getting sick. Are the flu shots safe

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Speaker 9: and effective? Absolutely not. First of all, the multi dose

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Speaker 9: vials still have thimerosol in it. That's a mercury derived preservative.

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Speaker 9: We don't know if they're effective until after the flu season.

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Speaker 9: They have not been tested this season's version or any

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Speaker 9: season's version, so it's only after the flu seaton and

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Speaker 9: do we look back and even know if they work.

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Speaker 9: So I'm not a huge fan of getting the flu shot.

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Speaker 9: What I am a huge fan of is taking care

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Speaker 9: of yourself, not drinking too much, eating clean, getting outdoors,

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Speaker 9: getting some exercise, getting plenty of rest. And if you

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Speaker 9: do get the flu, for the vast majority of people,

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Speaker 9: you take care of yourself. You have a god given

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Speaker 9: immune system that will fight off influenza and you will

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Speaker 9: be fine with some basic holistic parameters of getting better,

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Speaker 9: like hydrate and rest and high dose vitamin C for

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Speaker 9: a while, manage your vitamin D level, get some zinc

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Speaker 9: and elderberry. Some anti virals can be effective, like ivermectin, echinaesia,

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Speaker 9: licorice root and others, and by all means, get outside

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Speaker 9: and get some sunshine. This is nothing we should fear,

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Speaker 9: but the media wants us to fear it and wants

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Speaker 9: the line to parkt pockets of big pharma.

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Speaker 1: Of course, as they always do.

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Speaker 9: Stop listening to the media, start listening to your own

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Speaker 9: body and hopefully your holistic physician that can.

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Speaker 1: Guide you well. Is there a correlation, doctor, because I

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Speaker 1: know with COVID and obviously that vaccine it was untested.

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Speaker 1: You know, we know this now as an mRNA vaccine,

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Speaker 1: which is different my understanding, from an actual flu vaccine.

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Speaker 1: But is there a correlation between the push for covid

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Speaker 1: vaccines and now this push for flu vaccines? Is that

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Speaker 1: just I mean, I hate to say it, Is that

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Speaker 1: just a financial push for big pharma to have you

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Speaker 1: get the shot?

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Speaker 9: Well, one hundred percent bough. First of all, the covid

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Speaker 9: vaccine should be removed from the market. It is neither

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Speaker 9: safe nor effective. It causes more harm than good. We're

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Speaker 9: now seeing turbo cancers and immune dysregulation. It is not

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Speaker 9: a safe product and nobody should be getting it. I

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Speaker 9: just had a patient the other day call me. Four

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Speaker 9: days of horrible illness. He went to a pharmacy, got

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Speaker 9: convinced to take a flu shot, and while he was

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Speaker 9: there he got his fifth booster for the covid vaccine.

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Speaker 9: No wonder why he's sick. We're seeing this all over

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Speaker 9: the place. Stop listening to the media, stop going to pharmacies,

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Speaker 9: Start taking care of your own body. Learn how to

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Speaker 9: do that, master your own health. Follow me on Instagram.

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Speaker 9: I will teach you how to do that. At RX

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Speaker 9: for Liberty All.

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Speaker 1: Right, doctor, I've got to know this because is there

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Speaker 1: a difference between the illness that someone acquires from the

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Speaker 1: flu if they've had the vaccine versus not. Because I've

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Speaker 1: always been told I think conventional wisdom and maybe bad wisdom,

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Speaker 1: is that you get a less intense version of it,

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Speaker 1: that maybe it cuts it out, cuts it down thirty

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Speaker 1: to thirty five percent. What's the truth in terms of

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Speaker 1: the actual effects of the illness on vaccinated people versus

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Speaker 1: unvaccinated people.

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Speaker 9: There is a study recently bo that looked at people

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Speaker 9: that have received multiple doses of the flu shot over

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Speaker 9: the years, and they had an increased risk of actually

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Speaker 9: coming down with influenza. We are taught, and we believe

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Speaker 9: falsely that if we get our flu shot, we are

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Speaker 9: going to be safe.

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Speaker 1: Nothing is further from the truth.

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Speaker 9: At the best, a flu shot will reduce the likelihood

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Speaker 9: of you getting the flu by about thirty percent. What

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Speaker 9: will reduce the likelihood of you getting the flu is

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Speaker 9: highing yourself, staying up to date on your vitamin D,

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Speaker 9: making sure you're taking extra vitamin C, getting outdoors, getting

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Speaker 9: a little sunshine. Don't over drink this holiday season, make

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Speaker 9: sure you get plenty of rest and get outside and

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Speaker 9: stop crowding the parties indoors. That's what's going to prevent

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Speaker 9: you from getting the flu and prepare your immune system

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Speaker 9: to fight off whatever might come your way. You won't

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Speaker 9: hear advertised on TV how to actually take care of

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Speaker 9: yourself in a holistic way. You will hear advertised during

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Speaker 9: every football game this time of the year some drug,

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Speaker 9: some vaccination, or some other medication that they are pushing

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Speaker 9: you to get. Turn off the news, turn off the nonsense,

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Speaker 9: and learn how to take care of yourself once again.

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Speaker 1: Doctor Barkie, Before I let you go, I will use

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Speaker 1: myself an example here in terms of my wife and

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Speaker 1: my son. You know, you get packed in a smaller

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Speaker 1: because it's unavoidable. You live together. If one of you

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Speaker 1: contracts the flu, it's very viral, and I know it

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Speaker 1: takes very little viral load for it to replicate in

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Speaker 1: your system. What can a family do when one family

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Speaker 1: member contracts it? What do the other two do? Because

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Speaker 1: it's inevitable, you're going to come in the same contact,

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Speaker 1: be in the same room. What can you do? Wash

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Speaker 1: your hands, nasal sprays me? Is it sounds like you're

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Speaker 1: going to get it either? Way that you can't truly

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Speaker 1: avoid it. But what do you do, well, that's a

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Speaker 1: great question.

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Speaker 9: If a family member comes down with the flu, you've

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Speaker 9: already been exposed. The best thing you can do at

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Speaker 9: Simple sailine with a little provodone iodine beta dine a

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Speaker 9: small amount, Snort it up, spit it out, Rinse out

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Speaker 9: your nose and throat, because that's the mechanism by which

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Speaker 9: reduce the viral load, decrease the likelihood that you'll come

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Speaker 9: down with the illness, and if you do come down

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Speaker 9: with the illness, it will likely be much more milder

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Speaker 9: if you do those simple measures.

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Speaker 1: I hope they replay this last forty five seconds of

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Speaker 1: answer to that, and I think people know we might

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Speaker 1: not be able to prevent it, But what happens when

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Speaker 1: one of the family members gets it? How can we

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Speaker 1: reduce its effects? And how can we prevent other family

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Speaker 1: members from being sick, especially those that are infirmed or elderly.

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Speaker 1: So doctor Barkie, thank you so much for joining us today,

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Speaker 1: and Happy New Year to you, sir.

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Speaker 9: Well, Merry Christmas and happy New Year, thanks for.

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Speaker 1: Having me on. Likewise, well, coming up after the break,

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Speaker 1: we'll talk about the economy and its stability heading into

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. We will be right back. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to AVL. As we near the end of twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 1: many Americans are looking forward to what the economy will

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Speaker 1: look like this upcoming twenty twenty six. One of the

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Speaker 1: biggest prospects has to do with the replacement of Jerome

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Speaker 1: Powell as the Federal Reserve Chairman, with Kevin Hassett slated

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Speaker 1: to take on the mantle. As we all know, Powell

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Speaker 1: has been reluctant to lower interest rates and just recently

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Speaker 1: signaled that a cut of twenty five percentage points for

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Speaker 1: interest rates would be instated until next year, making the

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Speaker 1: nick name Jerome too Late Powell seem even more fitting.

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Speaker 1: The market as a whole also has defied pessimistic outlooks,

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Speaker 1: especially in quarter three, with sources noting that the drive

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Speaker 1: towards this stable outlook is attributed to overall consumer spending

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Speaker 1: for the holidays. Joining me to discuss. This is Miami

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Speaker 1: GOP Committee Woman Angie Wong. Angie, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for being with me today.

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Speaker 6: Hey Bo, Happy holidays.

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Speaker 1: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy new You're all three wrapped

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Speaker 1: up into one. Well, speaking of holidays and looking into

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Speaker 1: twenty six, Angie, as I mentioned in the intro, you know,

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Speaker 1: even if Jerome Powell is replaced in favor of Kevin

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Speaker 1: Hassett or any other candidate for that matter, what are

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Speaker 1: the chances that this replacement will merely follow Powell's strategy

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Speaker 1: and become reluctant to lower interest rates even further?

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Speaker 10: Oh, I think he would take a complete u turn. Look,

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Speaker 10: Jerome Powell has definitely been very, very conservative of upping

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Speaker 10: the interest rates. He's drip drip dripping those interest rates in.

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Speaker 10: I know President Trump wants this thing to go fast.

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Speaker 10: He understands the economy is going to be the key

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Speaker 10: issue for the midterm.

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Speaker 6: Elections come May.

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Speaker 10: When Powell actually retires, it may be too late because

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Speaker 10: you know as well as I do, that the economy

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Speaker 10: relies on these interest rates to being favorable of the consumer.

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Speaker 10: And come May, you know quarter three is going to

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Speaker 10: already kick in. I don't know if that's gonna be

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Speaker 10: enough time for us to see the real effects come

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Speaker 10: November twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 6: So Kevin can't get in there fast enough.

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Speaker 10: I know he is in favor of the president, and

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Speaker 10: you know President Trump chose him for a good reason.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's certainly true. And you know we've got gas

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Speaker 1: prices that they're remaining at a steady two dollars and

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Speaker 1: seventy five cents on average. Do you see this figure

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Speaker 1: sort of remaining static? Do you see it increase and

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Speaker 1: you see it going down? What do you think happens

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Speaker 1: with gas?

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Speaker 10: Well, I think with gas, groceries, insurance, all that stuff

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Speaker 10: is going to hopefully stay very stabilized unless we go

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Speaker 10: into some sort of war, which then you know, jumps

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Speaker 10: up our prices. But I'm very happy to see this

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Speaker 10: Christmas season with gas prices under three dollars.

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Speaker 6: I mean, when was the last time we saw that?

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Speaker 10: And I think President Trump has his finger on that

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Speaker 10: pulse to make sure that remains the same and hopefully

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Speaker 10: definitely until twenty twenty six. But here's the thing, It's like,

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Speaker 10: are you and I feeling our pockets pinch? Are we

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Speaker 10: feeling the savings of the Trump aconomy. I think we're

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Speaker 10: starting to remember everything that was purchased consumable goods from

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Speaker 10: in twenty twenty five was purchased six to twelve months ago, right,

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Speaker 10: So we haven't even seen the effects of the Trump tariffs.

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Speaker 10: We haven't seen the big beautiful bill that kicks in

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Speaker 10: next week. We haven't seen any of those good things

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Speaker 10: that the Trump administration has put through.

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Speaker 6: So we're starting to see them.

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Speaker 10: Hopefully by a quarter one, quarter two, we'll start seeing

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Speaker 10: even prices drop further. And that's going to really wreck

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Speaker 10: the Democrats because, as you mentioned in your earlier when

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Speaker 10: the opening of the segment, the news media is definitely

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Speaker 10: reporting a very naysay thing on Trump. And they need

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Speaker 10: to do that because if Trump wins on the economy,

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Speaker 10: Democrats have nothing to run on.

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Speaker 1: It's over. Yeah, exactly, And I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: them we're shocked by those q Q three numbers, the

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Speaker 1: GDP numbers, are thinking, oh boy, these look good. What

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Speaker 1: do we say now, We've got to actually report this

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Speaker 1: because it is the number. But you're right, they're still

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Speaker 1: na saying because I want it to be negative, and

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Speaker 1: I hope you're right. I hope that we see the

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Speaker 1: dividends of some of these actions come twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: And of course we also have to talk about the

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Speaker 1: Trump accounts. They're also slated to accept enrollment this upcoming year.

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Speaker 1: Why should parents look into this prospect for the future

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Speaker 1: of their children? And also this is just as important

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Speaker 1: for me. What should parents invest each month to ensure

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Speaker 1: the good maturation of these funds?

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Speaker 10: Well, look, I mean, this is an incredible thing to have.

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Speaker 10: I wish I had it from when my kids were younger.

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Speaker 10: I mean, a thousand bucks into an account to start

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Speaker 10: an account, and this account follows the child for his

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Speaker 10: or her lifetime, and it just increases, increases to the

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Speaker 10: point where I believe come college years you could start

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Speaker 10: dipping into it.

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Speaker 6: You may be able to dip into it before.

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Speaker 10: I'm not sure, but yes, And now I think the

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Speaker 10: benefit of all that not only about starting the accounts.

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Speaker 10: You can even ask employers to start putting it in

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Speaker 10: just the same way they've been putting in to iras

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Speaker 10: and other kind of worker type and kind of funds

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Speaker 10: like that. So I think this is a great start.

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Speaker 10: It's really how we take off and how we become

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Speaker 10: creative with it.

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Speaker 1: And as before it lets you go. I was just

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Speaker 1: at a turning point USA's Amfest and the topic of

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Speaker 1: affordability comes up. I think it's certainly something that the

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Speaker 1: midterms are going to focus on, because, as you said,

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Speaker 1: we're looking at these prices, we're looking at gas prices,

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Speaker 1: and things are starting to seem a little bit more favorable.

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Speaker 1: But what should Donald Trump and the Republicans focus on

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Speaker 1: with regard to affordability coming into this new year. How

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Speaker 1: can they position this to show that affordability could be

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Speaker 1: a more of a reality than a possibility.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, well, Donald Trump knows better than anybody whoever wins

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Speaker 10: the messaging on affordability will win the midterms in twenty

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Speaker 10: twenty six.

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Speaker 6: Donald Trump is right now.

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Speaker 10: He named himself the affordability President. He's brought on Scott

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Speaker 10: butssent to be the affordability zar. He needs to so bad.

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Speaker 10: And you know who he needs to really entice is

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Speaker 10: the young voters who cannot buy into the American dream anymore.

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Speaker 6: They're completely priced out of it.

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Speaker 10: They're not going to take a thirty year mortgage and

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Speaker 10: tie their lives to it, or pay ten to twenty

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Speaker 10: years on a college degree. So they need to be

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Speaker 10: able to buy into the American Dream without carrying all

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Speaker 10: that debt. If President Trump could figure out a way

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Speaker 10: to do that, we're going to grab the young voters.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I got to be honest with you, with

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Speaker 1: these Amfest folks that are out there, Look, it's great

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Speaker 1: to just you know, they had all the division that

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Speaker 1: was happening between the Ben Shapiro. But you know, at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, as my colleague Brian Glenn

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Speaker 1: and I were saying that that's just a sideshow, affordability

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Speaker 1: is still I mean, we have to be able to

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Speaker 1: afford things, whether it's a car, a house, and I

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Speaker 1: think you're right that American Dream seems just a little

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Speaker 1: out of our reach right now. So I hope they

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Speaker 1: tackle this issue, and I hope Scott Bessen and the

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Speaker 1: others that you mentioned will We'll take this on head

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Speaker 1: on in twenty twenty six and make things make America

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Speaker 1: affordable again. Well, GOP Committee Woman Angie Wonk, thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for joining me today and that Merry Christmas,

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Speaker 1: Happy Holidays, and of course happy twenty twenty six to you.

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Speaker 6: Merry Christmas everyone.

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Speaker 1: After the break, we will have a story that reminds

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Speaker 1: us of how wonderful America actually is, plus your answers

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Speaker 1: to our America's Voice question of the day was this

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Speaker 1: Christmas better under President Trump than last year under Joe Biden.

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Speaker 1: We will have the answers for you right after the break.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to AVL. What makes America wonderful? We do

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Speaker 1: it every day with the hope of putting a smile

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Speaker 1: on your face. And today's story comes to us from

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Speaker 1: my Kennedy Center TV special where a rock and roll

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Speaker 1: legend expressed his gratitude for having the privilege to reside

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Speaker 1: in the United States of America. During the Kennedy Center

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Speaker 1: Honors ceremony, Kisses bassist Gene Simmons expressed his gratitude for

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Speaker 1: living in America and how those that disagree with that

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to handle living in other countries. Let's

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Speaker 1: take a look.

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Speaker 7: Every every day has been just amazing. And you know

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Speaker 7: we have the Hollywood Star Wall of Fame and this

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Speaker 7: award and that award, and they got you know, it's appreciated.

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Speaker 1: You really got it.

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Speaker 7: The first and biggest prizes living in America. People, you know,

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Speaker 7: people who are born here have a problem with that.

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Speaker 7: They think patriotism and love of America is cornball. Pay

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Speaker 7: what I'm going to do to you, buddy. I'm going

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Speaker 7: to give you a free round trip ticket, maybe one

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Speaker 7: way ticket to Iran, North Korea, anywhere in Africa, Southeast States,

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Speaker 7: all these places. Let me know how fast you want

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Speaker 7: to come back crying to America.

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Speaker 1: I have to be honest, you know, patriotism for the

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Speaker 1: USA is not a trait that we often see from

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Speaker 1: notable figures, especially nowadays. So when it does happen, that's

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Speaker 1: all the more reason to celebrate it. And today Gene

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Speaker 1: Simmons and his bold problem that expresses love for America

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Speaker 1: reminds us of what makes America truly wonderful. And I

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Speaker 1: agree with Gean. So our question today was was this

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Speaker 1: Christmas better under President Trump than last year under Joe Biden?

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Speaker 1: And we do have some answers for you. Kay Willard

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Speaker 1: says yes, but I don't attribute it exclusively to President Trump.

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Speaker 1: My praise goes to my Jesus Christ because he has

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Speaker 1: provided a great blessing for me. Here's another answer we

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Speaker 1: have from Lelu Tracey l We knew Trump was going

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Speaker 1: to be our president last year and was grateful from

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Speaker 1: Terry h forty six. She answers yes, yes, and yes again.

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Speaker 1: Loves President Trump obviously. From boat Rider six point five says,

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Speaker 1: of all the metrics surrounding the Christmas holiday, an increase

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Speaker 1: of hope for the future has been restored. I think

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Speaker 1: that's certainly true. We've got a good forecast for twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty six. Another answer comes from Blaine three poin fifty

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Speaker 1: nine says, hell yeah, and I'm a Canadian, Well, I

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Speaker 1: would hope so, coming from Canada where things are kind

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Speaker 1: fifty five says absolutely, we didn't have to see dancing

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Speaker 1: trands crazies in the White House. But a great answer

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Speaker 1: from Randy Williams. His answer is anything is better to

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Speaker 1: me under Trump than that Biden or should I say

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Speaker 1: the oh Biden administration of course, referring to Obama and Biden.

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Speaker 1: From Claire, a one word answer, absolutely, and then another

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Speaker 1: answer to our question the day. Mike McLaughlin says this

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Speaker 1: year brought a sense of calmness and security over last

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Speaker 1: year and a bigger focus on Jesus Christ, our Lord

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Speaker 1: and Savior. A merrier Christmas under President Trump for short.

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Speaker 1: I think that's absolutely accurate, especially as we look at

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Speaker 1: Nigerian some of the things that are happening there in

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Speaker 1: persecutions of Christians across the world. Well, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for joining us on America's Voice Live ONMBO. Davidson

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Speaker 1: filling in for the great Steve Ruper. Have a great

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Speaker 1: day and a happy New Year.