WEBVTT - There's No P.E. In School!

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

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty Armstrong, and Jettie

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<v Speaker 1>and no Hee Armstrong. And yet.

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<v Speaker 2>The Big Beautiful Show is back live from Studio c

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong Ingetty compounds surrounded by razor wire and barking dogs

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<v Speaker 2>to keep us protected. And today we're under the tutelage

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<v Speaker 2>of our general manager.

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<v Speaker 3>Ah C and Gee tanned, rested and ready back from

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<v Speaker 3>vacation also well theoretically, And the poor people of Texas,

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<v Speaker 3>good God.

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<v Speaker 2>The flooding, what a horror. I'm tan, I'm way too tan.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably be paying the price for that with skin doctors

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<v Speaker 2>years from now. Uh ready, yes, very ready rested? No,

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<v Speaker 2>definitely not rested.

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<v Speaker 3>You are dark enough to get away with railing against

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<v Speaker 3>white people in a public place and people thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I bet he's what is he on his pannica?

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<v Speaker 1>You're very dark. I couldn't pull that off exactly. All

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<v Speaker 1>you care about is white people. We white people. One

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<v Speaker 1>people are thinking, hmm, I wonder what is he? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh he has no accent, I don't Uh. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>went too hard on vacation, as I usually do I

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<v Speaker 2>go hard on vacations. I always have always, well it's

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<v Speaker 2>this way I'm built. But I wore me and the

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<v Speaker 2>kids out. We probably vacationed one to two days too long.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably should have ended it just a dad earlier. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a a I think, have we reached our maximum

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<v Speaker 2>uh moment of three people being together, you know, all

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<v Speaker 2>the time? Uh forty eight hours before we finished, I'd say,

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<v Speaker 2>oh boy, you know, it sets a long time to

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<v Speaker 2>do everything together all the time and work out where

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna go, where we were gonna eat, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah, just everything you do on vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>It was enough. It was enough by the end.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, have you thought about like scheduling it? Well, of

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<v Speaker 3>course scheduling and take some of the fun out of him,

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<v Speaker 3>but scheduling in you know, solo times. Isn't people go

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<v Speaker 3>off and do their own thing for a while. Did

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<v Speaker 3>you do that at all?

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<v Speaker 2>One kid? I can, with the other kid I can't.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, all right, yeah, so that's not really an

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<v Speaker 2>option yet. I What we basically did is I would

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<v Speaker 2>go with one kid and then the other one would

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<v Speaker 2>take a break and I would go with the other kid.

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<v Speaker 2>The one the person that never took a break was

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<v Speaker 2>the oldest person, although I didn't notice. They can't keep

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<v Speaker 2>up with me. I kept saying to him, I'm sixty.

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<v Speaker 2>Why can't you guys keep up? My legs are tired. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>well why why?

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, it's because there's not in school anymore. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>p in school anymore. Michael, You're right, absolutely.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, it's because there's no pe in school anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly right. Michael's shaming your own children.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, we left the met where we probably stayed

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<v Speaker 2>for too long in New York City. Ended up going

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<v Speaker 2>to New York Off. Talk about that later. That was

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<v Speaker 2>completely Wait a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>Me, that's not in the South Florida pulled.

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<v Speaker 2>A complete audible in the middle of vacation when we

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<v Speaker 2>decided we were tired of being hot, and I booked

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<v Speaker 2>flights to.

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<v Speaker 1>New York and then we went to New York and

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<v Speaker 1>did stuff there for a couple of days.

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<v Speaker 2>But because that's the way I roll on vacation, everything's

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<v Speaker 2>completely random in the seat of the pants, and I

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<v Speaker 2>love it that way. But we are at the museum

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<v Speaker 2>for probably too long. My sophomore in high school said,

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<v Speaker 2>when I get older, I'm never going to a museum.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, it's like digging a ditch in the mid Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like I was punishing them for some reason.

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<v Speaker 1>Glad he had a good time, never going to a

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<v Speaker 1>museum again. AnyWho are you rested?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, more or less? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>And and and fed, good Lord of my fed, and watered,

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<v Speaker 3>if you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no shortage of excess over the week.

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<v Speaker 3>It was big fun, very laid back by your standards,

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<v Speaker 3>as we had folks in visiting, a folk and my daughter,

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<v Speaker 3>so it was a lot of good family time, played golf,

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<v Speaker 3>eight drank that sort of thing. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 3>say staycation, except in making clear that I'm not saying it,

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<v Speaker 3>but I guess.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it was. I came back lighter than I left.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how much walking we did, so I'm happy about that,

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<v Speaker 2>even though there was a tremendous amount of eating. It

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<v Speaker 2>was so freaking hot in Florida, good freaking God. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know it was going to be in and kind

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<v Speaker 2>of went down here on purpose because it's not near

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<v Speaker 2>as crowded, but it was hot. We were in the Everglades, like,

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<v Speaker 2>not very far from where Trump was for the whole

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<v Speaker 2>unveiling of the Alligator Alcatraz, Like I was just not

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<v Speaker 2>too many miles away, but it really disrupted traffic and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>We did a fifteen mile bike ride through the Everglades

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<v Speaker 2>in the heat, and that was that was pretty grueling.

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<v Speaker 2>That was pretty grueling because it was ninety with seventy

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<v Speaker 2>percent humidity, and it was just oppressive fifteen miles and

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<v Speaker 2>Henry wanted to turn around. I called him weak, He

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<v Speaker 2>got angry, and then he finished. So I consider that

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<v Speaker 2>a win. I'm sure he'll be talking to therapist about

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<v Speaker 2>that the rest of his life. But he went ahead

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<v Speaker 2>and finished the fifteen mile ride. And he's not dead.

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<v Speaker 3>He'll become some sort of superachieving navy seal type and

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<v Speaker 3>he'll never stop hating you. All Right.

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<v Speaker 2>We finished the fifteen miles, and I mean we were gassed,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean just beat red and so tired, and there

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<v Speaker 2>was no water on it. You could only the water

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<v Speaker 2>he took, which we ran through very quickly. And but

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<v Speaker 2>I got back and I was talking to the what

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<v Speaker 2>are you a park ranger? Park rangers? And he said

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<v Speaker 2>to one of the girls, I said, man, has anybody

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<v Speaker 2>ever died on that? She said, yeah, last week a

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<v Speaker 2>guy he had a heart attack and died. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of kidding. But anyway, what are you gonna do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all lots of alligators. That alligator alcatraze. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>good idea. They escaped from prison or I guess they're

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<v Speaker 2>illegal immigrants. That's where housing illegal immigrant in the Everglades.

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<v Speaker 2>And the idea is that if you try to escape,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll be eaten by alligators. I don't know if that's

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<v Speaker 2>cruel and unusual. I usually that unsad. It seems like

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<v Speaker 2>it seems rude to actually say that out loud.

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<v Speaker 3>We are going to accommodate you here while the paperwork

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<v Speaker 3>is being processed, and we suggest you stay on campus.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy your stay.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would present it this way. People come from

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<v Speaker 2>all over the world to vacation here the Everglades. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean people a to come here. That's how desirable a

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<v Speaker 2>spot we have put you. And by the way, I

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't try to leave.

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<v Speaker 3>The place is surrounded by fifteen foot lizards will rip

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<v Speaker 3>your head off. Just thought you'd want to know. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>get comfy and enjoy your stack and.

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<v Speaker 2>Bugs that are like from the prehistoric era, just like

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<v Speaker 2>the size of a baseball, Like, what the hell is

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<v Speaker 2>that thing?

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<v Speaker 3>Cocker you could ride to town. I don't even know

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<v Speaker 3>what the bugs were. I couldn't test saddle on that thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Grasshoppers that should have you know, individual names and be

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<v Speaker 2>able to vote.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they were like.

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<v Speaker 3>Gee, you should have numbers on the back so the

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<v Speaker 3>FAA can identify that exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, AnyWho.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel really bad that we missed out on a

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<v Speaker 2>week of talking about the big, beautiful bills that passed,

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<v Speaker 2>although we will get to talk about tariff switch kick

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<v Speaker 2>in on Wednesday, so lucky us. Let's start the show

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<v Speaker 2>officially before we get to some of the news of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, some of it awful. I'm Jack Armstrong, He's

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Getty on this that it is Monday, July seventh,

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<v Speaker 2>the year twenty twenty five. Where Armstrong and getting We

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<v Speaker 2>approve of this program.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's leap into action then officially now, according to FCC rules,

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<v Speaker 3>Regg's show starts at mark.

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<v Speaker 4>The American Revolution is the most important event since the

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<v Speaker 4>birth of Christ in all of world history.

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<v Speaker 1>Love it. How was your fourth of July?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you spend a little time thinking about the whole

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<v Speaker 2>independence from Great Britain forming a new nation in a

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<v Speaker 2>way that had never been done before. As ken Burns

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<v Speaker 2>the documentarian, Just to point it out there, I just

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<v Speaker 2>watched that whole interview that Ken Burns. He's got a

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<v Speaker 2>documentary coming out in November about the revolution and the

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<v Speaker 2>importance of it, and it was refreshingly old school boosterism

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<v Speaker 2>for the idea of the United States of America and

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<v Speaker 2>our creation and what we're trying to accomplish in a

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<v Speaker 2>way that I haven't seen in twenty years.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow. Color me slightly surprised.

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<v Speaker 3>I know Ken has been a bit of a liberal,

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<v Speaker 3>what an annoying one in recent years, but good for him.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always loved his documentaries though, and I think I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna talk about this more or later as it fits

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<v Speaker 2>into my vacation and going around and seeing different things.

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<v Speaker 2>I really really think that whole moment, that weird period

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<v Speaker 2>that we have said needs to be named, that we

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<v Speaker 2>all just live through is over.

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<v Speaker 1>There's some cleaning up to.

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<v Speaker 2>Do, plenty plenty of cleaning up to do, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is over the fact that CBS had a fifteen minute

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<v Speaker 2>interview with ken Burns about the founding of the country

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<v Speaker 2>and that they talked about it.

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<v Speaker 1>In all positive terms.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, as opposed to the sixteen nineteen project, which looked

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<v Speaker 2>like it was going to rule the day a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, it's refreshing. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>My concern is an obvious one, the generation of kids

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<v Speaker 3>who were indoctrinated into this evil, awful idea that America

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<v Speaker 3>is a force for badness and not goodness. They're going

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<v Speaker 3>to have to work their way through the system, the

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<v Speaker 3>system of governance and culture and the rest of it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hoping we can sand off some of those edges

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<v Speaker 3>because it's not their fault. It really isn't. The people

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<v Speaker 3>we trusted to educate them perverted their minds.

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<v Speaker 2>It is still just so incredibly annoying going to a

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<v Speaker 2>ton of museums over vacation and museums. Now every plaque

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<v Speaker 2>you read has got to include some sort of displaced

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<v Speaker 2>people used to live here, or because of climate change,

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<v Speaker 2>or Europeans came and wiped out the just every plaque

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<v Speaker 2>has to have some sort of woke Western civilization is

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<v Speaker 2>bad statement in it, and it's so flipping annoying.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I read that months and months ago that one of

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<v Speaker 3>the top priorities Trump and company have to pursue to

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<v Speaker 3>turn the culture around, or to continue to help it

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<v Speaker 3>turn around, is to root out that sort of stuff

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<v Speaker 3>at museums. Specifically, they were talking about the Smithsonian, which

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<v Speaker 3>is just rife with that sort of garbage.

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<v Speaker 1>And my final note on that.

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<v Speaker 2>We were at the Museum of American Natural History, The

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<v Speaker 2>American Museum of Natural History, one of the most famous

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<v Speaker 2>museums in the world and famous for some movies that

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of kids, including my kids, liked, The Night

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<v Speaker 2>at the Museum and All the Things Come Alive, and

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<v Speaker 2>those are great movies, but of course it included Robin

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<v Speaker 2>Williams as Teddy Roosevelt on the horse the statue from

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<v Speaker 2>in front of the museum rides in and Teddy Roosevelt

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<v Speaker 2>runs the whole thing. Very charming movies, except for that

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<v Speaker 2>statue of Teddy Roosevelt on the horse no longer exists,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'd forgotten about that walking up to the museum.

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<v Speaker 1>I hadn't been there since they took that statue down.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's just nots It's just nuts that that actually happened.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I know, what a strange strange time. Keep

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<v Speaker 1>fighting it. That infection is still there.

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<v Speaker 3>I just read a we probably ought to take a break,

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<v Speaker 3>but I just read an impassioned piece in Slate, that

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<v Speaker 3>awful lefty website, talking about how Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 3>banning big announcement to what we're on vacation that gladden

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<v Speaker 3>into my heart, banned dudes from competing in women's sports

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<v Speaker 3>and rescinded all the records and apologized to the women

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<v Speaker 3>who were abused.

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<v Speaker 1>Blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 3>But this piece of Slate was arguing that that was

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<v Speaker 3>a horrific thing to do. It was exactly the wrong

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<v Speaker 3>thing to do, and we need to stand up more

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<v Speaker 3>than ever for dudes pretending to be women.

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<v Speaker 1>So that tell you what that thinking is not gone.

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<v Speaker 2>Elon Musk wants to start a new party, and that

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<v Speaker 2>could be pretty damned interesting because lord knows he's got

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<v Speaker 2>the money to throw behind it. Among the many many

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<v Speaker 2>things we're going to talk about since we're back, here's

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<v Speaker 2>our text line four one five two nine five KFTC.

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<v Speaker 2>That's giant piece of legislation passing is a pretty big deal,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll have to talk about that later.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether we like it or not.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's a lot like life a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>great stuff, a lot of pain, tragedy, suffering, occasional vomiting.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a metaphor for life, Jack. Yeah, well maybe, but

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<v Speaker 3>it's not. It's another step in that we're we're just

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<v Speaker 3>broken the way we do things, just completely completely broken.

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<v Speaker 1>That is correct, Yes, absolutely true.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh boy, all right, let's figure out who's reporting what

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<v Speaker 3>it's the lead story with Katie Green Katie Righty's starting.

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<v Speaker 4>With the ABC News Texas flooding. At least eighty killed

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<v Speaker 4>across the state.

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<v Speaker 2>That is one of the worst stories I can remember

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<v Speaker 2>hearing that whole thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Just I think.

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<v Speaker 3>We all asked how in the world could that happen

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<v Speaker 3>in the modern world, And the answer is the river

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<v Speaker 3>levels rose more rapidly than anyone has ever seen twenty

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<v Speaker 3>because this freakish weather phenomena.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty five thirty feet in forty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so it's incomprehensible.

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<v Speaker 2>You're banked along a river like my kid has done

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<v Speaker 2>with boy Scouts or lots of camps have been throughout history,

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<v Speaker 2>because Campania River is a thing and it starts raining

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<v Speaker 2>and you think, holy crap, Well, in forty five minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty feet deeper and yeah, there's there's an awful lot

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<v Speaker 2>of who's who. You know, what can be done to

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<v Speaker 2>prevent this?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Sometimes bad things happen. That's horrible, horrible,

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<v Speaker 1>horrible story.

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<v Speaker 4>From the Washington Post, Trump posting net and Yahoo at

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<v Speaker 4>the White House as US pushes for a ceasefire deal

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<v Speaker 4>in Gaza.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this could be a very big deal. I would

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<v Speaker 1>like to talk about that.

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<v Speaker 3>I am as certain as I've been about anything that

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<v Speaker 3>this is.

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<v Speaker 1>This will not happen. It cannot happen. Really. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>as I often say, the math just doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>Even with the stick carrot and stick with the carrots

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<v Speaker 2>out there of Saudi Arabia other countries signing on historic

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<v Speaker 2>deals with Israel. They get all these Arab countries to

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<v Speaker 2>sign on the historic agreements if you layoff Gaza.

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<v Speaker 3>The only way it works is if Israel gets incredibly

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<v Speaker 3>unprecedentedly strong assurances about keeping Hamas in check from now

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<v Speaker 3>till the end of time.

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<v Speaker 4>From the New York Times, Ukraine turns to fishing nets

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<v Speaker 4>to catch Russian drones.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, I haven't heard this story off to read that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that horror grinds on.

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<v Speaker 4>By the way, Yeah, the photos are pretty amazing. They

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<v Speaker 4>look like tunnels made out of these fishing nets, but

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<v Speaker 4>the drones get all caught up in there. So that's

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<v Speaker 4>how they're protecting roadways in transportation.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump and Putin talked on the phone while we were gone.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have to get into that whole story.

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<v Speaker 1>From USA Today train Wreck.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump slams Musk after billionaire announces new.

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<v Speaker 2>Political party, the American Party, as Elon.

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<v Speaker 1>Says, we're gonna go broke. Something need to change. Both

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<v Speaker 1>parties are doing it, which is right. More on that

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<v Speaker 1>later from Box News.

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<v Speaker 4>Red states consider quote Alligator Alcatraz spinoffs as White House

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<v Speaker 4>urges them to follow DeSantis' lead.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like you can't have an Alligator Alcatraz in Kansas.

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<v Speaker 2>I just feel like there's a problem there that's insurmountable.

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<v Speaker 1>Call it Prairie Dog Levenworth, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I also think that this is getting at least thirty

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<v Speaker 3>five percent extra coverage because people like saying alligator Alcatraz,

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<v Speaker 3>no doubt.

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<v Speaker 1>It is fun to say.

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<v Speaker 4>From the Associated Press, lawyer says Diddy got standing ovation

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<v Speaker 4>from inmates after court victory.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, why he's going to prison though?

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<v Speaker 1>Right, he's still going to prison.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's he's still guilty of I think three of

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<v Speaker 4>the charges.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe a couple.

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<v Speaker 3>It'll be interesting to see what he's sentenced to transporting. Wow,

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<v Speaker 3>sex workers across state lines.

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<v Speaker 1>How serious a crime is that these days?

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<v Speaker 4>And finally, the Babylon b journalist up late trying to

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<v Speaker 4>decide whether to compare Trump's bill to Jim Crow or

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<v Speaker 4>the Holocaust.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, right, we have to weigh in some of

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<v Speaker 2>the punditry around that, which a lot of what's fairly

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<v Speaker 2>flattering about just how dominant Trump is as a political

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<v Speaker 2>force in the country right now.

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<v Speaker 1>As a lame duck no less, it's pretty impressive. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it really is. We've got so much to get to.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope you can stay here the Armstrong in Getty.

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<v Speaker 4>Show, Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>Not one Democrat voted for Trump as a big, beautiful bill.

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<v Speaker 1>May two Republicans broke ranks.

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<v Speaker 2>The top House Democrat delayed its passage by speaking.

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<v Speaker 1>For a record setting a and a half hours. We're

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<v Speaker 1>fighting hard to defend during this extraordinary moment of assault.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, whatever directed at the American people, shut up.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, as a result of this one ugly bill.

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<v Speaker 3>Got it so how we're going to get over the

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<v Speaker 3>next election, or a fellow Republicans, let's assault the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll never see it coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Cry and shame that we were gone vacation last week

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<v Speaker 2>and didn't get to discuss the big, beautiful bill while

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<v Speaker 2>it was all.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming together in the voting and all that.

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<v Speaker 2>But it did pass, and just some overarching views on

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<v Speaker 2>the whole thing before we get to some of the details.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, I was listening to one of my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite podcasts yesterday when we got back, and one of

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<v Speaker 2>the reporters was talking about how you could walk around

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<v Speaker 2>Capitol Hill and if you asked Republican Congress people who

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<v Speaker 2>voted on this thing, maybe half of them could tell

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<v Speaker 2>you five things that were in it. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 2>people don't know for a variety of reasons. It's so giant,

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<v Speaker 2>so complicated, comes together so fast, and things get yanked

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<v Speaker 2>in and out and whatever, and it just becomes a

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<v Speaker 2>tribal are you with us or against this thing at

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<v Speaker 2>the end. And this isn't Trump didn't invent this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the way we've been doing it now for quite

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<v Speaker 2>a few administrations. We do these two big to fail

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<v Speaker 2>bills that have so much stuff in it that you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta have in your party if your party holds power,

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<v Speaker 2>that you end up voting for it. And and and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the president, the various presidents have figured that out.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess you just make this giant giant. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>you'll be voting against the tax cuts for instance, right,

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<v Speaker 2>funding the military, right cetera. Right, if you decide you

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<v Speaker 2>don't like the part about this or the part about that.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh, and that's just the way we've started doing

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<v Speaker 2>things and and it's not gonna work. We're going broke quickly.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate the national conversation we have around it. Almost

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<v Speaker 2>almost every single thing you hear is either a flat

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<v Speaker 2>out lie or at least a distortion.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was the point I was about to make.

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<v Speaker 3>The frustrating part of trying to comprehend this, whether you're

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<v Speaker 3>a citizen or a congressman, is that there are wildly

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<v Speaker 3>differing narratives about every single aspect of it, and there

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<v Speaker 3>are about a million aspects of it. For instance, New

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<v Speaker 3>York Times, you know, the minute it passed, had a

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<v Speaker 3>very sincere looking woman on their front to, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>at the top of their website explaining how it is

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<v Speaker 3>this clearly benefits the rich.

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<v Speaker 1>And the cost of the poor. It's a tragedy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, say, I'm glad you mentioned that the tax

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<v Speaker 2>cuts part the starting list starting with and I always

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<v Speaker 2>complain about it. Hey, Republicans work on pushing back. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're on one of those Sunday shows and they start

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<v Speaker 2>talking to you about tax cuts, say well, let's not

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<v Speaker 2>call them tax cuts. Let's call them the tax rate.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been the rate for eight years, So this isn't

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<v Speaker 2>a tax cut. It's how long does something have to

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<v Speaker 2>be the current rate right before? You're just extending the

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<v Speaker 2>current tax rate and you call a tax cut. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>don't allow the left to always create the language that

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<v Speaker 2>you then have to dance around. Okay, that that aside, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>let me let me just add this to that thought,

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<v Speaker 2>just very briefly. And if you can't make this argument,

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<v Speaker 2>resign from public life. Yes, lower taxes help those who

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<v Speaker 2>pay taxes more than those who don't pay taxes. I

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<v Speaker 2>will concede that point.

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<v Speaker 3>So the whole it helps the rich much more than

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<v Speaker 3>the Well, of course, a quote unquote tax cut jackal

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<v Speaker 3>yell at me.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, a tax cut helps people who pay more taxes.

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<v Speaker 2>But doesn't that seem reasonable if it's been the rate

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<v Speaker 2>for eight years, how long do you get to call

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<v Speaker 2>it Trump's tax cuts before it's just the current tax rate.

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<v Speaker 1>As long as it helps your partisan a jadas.

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<v Speaker 2>But only on Fox yesterday, excuse me, only on Fox

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday did Shannon Bream push back against one of the

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats who said this is all about helping the rich.

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<v Speaker 2>The tax cuts benefit the rich, and Shannon Breems said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>the IRS's own data shows that a higher percentage of

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<v Speaker 2>the tax cuts go to lower and middle class taxpayers.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the IRS's own data. Well that may be true,

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<v Speaker 2>but they had to go. But nobody else even pushed

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<v Speaker 2>back on it on any other show. Did I ever

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<v Speaker 2>see either the hosts or even the Republicans. They just

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<v Speaker 2>sure so bad at baking the argument. That argument happened

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<v Speaker 2>eight years ago. These were primarily they helped more lower

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<v Speaker 2>middle class. Maybe against tax cuts, fine, but that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just a lie that it's for the rich, so.

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<v Speaker 1>Please right right, Yeah, So.

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<v Speaker 3>A very very brief digest of what's in this thing.

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<v Speaker 3>It the legislation, which not a single Democrat voted for,

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<v Speaker 3>of course, makes permanent twenty seventeen tax cuts, adds new

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<v Speaker 3>temporary tax breaks for overtime income and tips, as well

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<v Speaker 3>as for completely unworkable, idiotic, unworkable, a bad idea, pandering

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<v Speaker 3>on the campaign trail in Nevada, purely but temporarily fulfilling

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<v Speaker 3>that promised kind of sorta with some carve outs.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just it's it's politics.

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<v Speaker 3>A massive increase in funding for immigration, customs enforcement, slight

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<v Speaker 3>increase in defense spending.

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<v Speaker 1>Also major elements of the bill, the work.

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<v Speaker 2>Requirements for welfare as I heard the shade and snap

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<v Speaker 2>as I heard described.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is the left is the crying. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>millions of people will die in.

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<v Speaker 2>The streets and all that sort of stuff because of this,

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<v Speaker 2>even though it's a classic example of you start a

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<v Speaker 2>program to help a certain group of people and then

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<v Speaker 2>it grows over time and it's so far away from

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<v Speaker 2>its initial what it was supposed to do you can't

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<v Speaker 2>even recognize it. But you try to carve it back

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit to what it was originally supposed to be.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, people scream and yell people that you

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<v Speaker 2>know they're going to be dying in the streets, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved how the mainstream media.

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<v Speaker 3>They in describing that, they would talk about the reform

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<v Speaker 3>saying able bodied men, for instance, able bodied adults who

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<v Speaker 3>are getting Medicaid, which was originally intended for something very different.

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<v Speaker 3>They now have to work at least a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>before they get other people's tax money. Right, But they

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<v Speaker 3>would always say cuts to Medicaid, the program to provide

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<v Speaker 3>medical care for the poor and helpless. Well, the poor

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<v Speaker 3>and helpless are untouched by this reform, so we know

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<v Speaker 3>what you're doing describing it that way. It was originally that, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's grown, So that's an absolutely dishonest description of

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<v Speaker 3>what Medicaid is.

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<v Speaker 2>And the fact that it's gonna make able bodied men

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<v Speaker 2>work now to get their benefit is a bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a stretch, and it becomes just a are you willing

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<v Speaker 2>to do the paperwork to pretend that you're looking for

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<v Speaker 2>a job. If you are, you get to keep getting

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<v Speaker 2>your benefits while you don't work. If you're too lazy

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<v Speaker 2>to even go about filling out the paperwork where it

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<v Speaker 2>makes it look like you're getting work and you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, if your kids are under fourteen, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't even have to try to get work. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you volunteering counts as a work, so you can either

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<v Speaker 2>work or be volunteering. So all you got to do

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<v Speaker 2>is find any organization or person who's willing to sign

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<v Speaker 2>a piece of paper that claims you're volunteering.

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<v Speaker 1>So so much for the you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we're running our neighborhood watch. Takes a lot of time,

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<v Speaker 3>forty hours a week. I'm always not and I'm always watching, right.

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<v Speaker 3>A few more details of this the reform of SNAP

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<v Speaker 3>that's your food stamps, in an unholy deal with Satan

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<v Speaker 3>who signed the deal in the blood of the innocent

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<v Speaker 3>GOP Lawmakers from New York and California held out until

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<v Speaker 3>they got the increase in the state and local tax deductions.

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<v Speaker 1>The salt deductions up.

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<v Speaker 3>To forty grand for the next five years, with some

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<v Speaker 3>phaseouts if you're in more than half a million bucks.

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<v Speaker 3>Defunds Planned Parenthood for one year, which is lovely. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>they're gonna sue Planned parenthoods suing. Phases out green energy

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<v Speaker 3>tax credits in spite of Republicans who enjoy that delicious

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<v Speaker 3>pork screaming about it. Also slightly increases the child tax Credit,

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<v Speaker 3>which you know, there's a history of that too. That's

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<v Speaker 3>pretty interesting. It's a perfect example. We'll get into this later,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's a plan for this new savings thing, the

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<v Speaker 3>Mega Savings Plan for kids. The government will put in

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<v Speaker 3>some seed money you can contribute to your kid's private

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<v Speaker 3>investment account. It's not a bad idea at all, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's a fairly you know, limited expenditure by the taxpayers

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<v Speaker 3>at this point, but it is guaranteed to metastasize, guaranteed,

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<v Speaker 3>and this lovely little idea for getting kids some seed

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<v Speaker 3>money when they're born is going to become another giant

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<v Speaker 3>entitlement program.

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<v Speaker 2>So sure, And again, the overarching thing is probably the

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<v Speaker 2>most important, that we're just continuing down the road of

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<v Speaker 2>these giant bills that spend insane amounts of money, and

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<v Speaker 2>they throw all this stuff together and the party that's

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<v Speaker 2>in power enough people vote for it to push it through.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard somebody describe it this way, and it's perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming off of vacation, you know, how you go on vacation.

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<v Speaker 2>For some reason, you trick your brain into believing that

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<v Speaker 2>money and calories don't count while you're on vacation, so

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<v Speaker 2>you eat like you wouldn't normally eat, and you spend

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<v Speaker 2>like you wouldn't normally spend. Then you get back home

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<v Speaker 2>and it's like, all of a sudden, you're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to just ninety bucks for this or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, it's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard somebody explain, and I think it's what's happened.

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<v Speaker 2>It started with Obama during the financial crisis of two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and eight, and that what seems tiny bill now

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred sum billion dollars that we all freaked out

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<v Speaker 2>about and formed the tea party around. It's tiny compared

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<v Speaker 2>to what we do now, but anyway, we started acting

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<v Speaker 2>like that's normal.

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<v Speaker 1>We started spending after that, all through the.

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<v Speaker 2>COVID so Financial then COVID and then we just spend

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<v Speaker 2>like you we're on vacation. It's like you come home

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<v Speaker 2>for vacation and you lock in your vacation spending and

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<v Speaker 2>just continue to spend like you're on vacation from that

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<v Speaker 2>point forward. That's what we're doing. Is a federal government

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter which party is in power. That's a great

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<v Speaker 2>way to put it. I love that we've got to

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<v Speaker 2>keep selling that idea. Speaking of you know, spending, eating

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<v Speaker 2>and drinking on vacation. At one point on vacation, just

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of days ago. We had homemade apple crisp

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<v Speaker 2>lemon meringue pie and Judy's Banana split cake, which is

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<v Speaker 2>a layer of Graham cracker crust with sugar and all

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<v Speaker 2>cream cheese, then a pineapple, bananas, strawberries.

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<v Speaker 1>Cool whip, etc. Top of just spectacular.

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<v Speaker 3>We had all three of those desserts in the fridge

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<v Speaker 3>at one time to be eaten morning, noon, and night.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, that's awesome iak.

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<v Speaker 3>For breakfast, never mind cake by the Ocean cake at

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<v Speaker 3>eight am.

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the Florida Keys for three four days.

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<v Speaker 2>I had keelime pie four days in a row. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>and I actually got to the point where I just

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't stomach the idea of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't do it. I'm gonna vomit. And that's our country,

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<v Speaker 1>he says, winding back to the main point of the segment.

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<v Speaker 2>But fiscal conservatism, as we have been saying for quite

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<v Speaker 2>a while, is completely dead.

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<v Speaker 1>It does not exist as a concept in.

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<v Speaker 2>Either party, which is why Elon claims he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>start something called the America Party to resc us from

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<v Speaker 2>rescue us from going bankrupt, which we are going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's not like, that is not harm. SCAREM

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to get people scared. Whatever, No, we are

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<v Speaker 2>going to You can't spend more than you take in forever.

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<v Speaker 2>It ends at some point.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, agreed. I'm intrigued.

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<v Speaker 3>And when Trump vanishes from the scene, what is the

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<v Speaker 3>Republican Party?

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<v Speaker 1>I think this idea is a non starter at all. Interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>We got mailbag on the way, lots of stuff stay here.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe my favorite thing on vacation.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you see the video I tweeted out of the

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<v Speaker 2>guy balance and the tire on his head as he

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<v Speaker 2>rode his bike around Washington Square Park.

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<v Speaker 1>Missed it, but it sounds delightful. It is all. Have

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about that later. It was amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't see that sort of thing. No every day, No,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't. Right, here's your.

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom loving quote of the day, in honor of.

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<v Speaker 3>His ninety fifth birthday while we were on vacation, the

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<v Speaker 3>great Thomas Sowell this week, maybe every day this month

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<v Speaker 3>from my.

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<v Speaker 1>Favorite thinkers of all time.

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<v Speaker 3>Thomas could have been one of the founding Fathers except

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<v Speaker 3>for the unfortunate state of race relations in the seventh

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<v Speaker 3>but one of the wisest men who's ever strode the earth.

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<v Speaker 3>In my opinion, here's today's free will having quote of

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<v Speaker 3>the day. Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true,

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<v Speaker 3>but many other things are believed simply because they have

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<v Speaker 3>been asserted repeatedly, and repetition has been accepted as a

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<v Speaker 3>substitute for evidence. People will just repeat the lie over

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<v Speaker 3>and over and over again until you think it must

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<v Speaker 3>be true. A man can decide he's a woman, for instance,

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<v Speaker 3>what a ridiculous notion?

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<v Speaker 1>Mailbag?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you can decide that which certainly can't become

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<v Speaker 3>one mail bag drops a note mail bag at Armstrong

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<v Speaker 3>e Geeddy dot com. Kevin the Texas Marine welcoming us back.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you Kevin very much. He says that the very

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<v Speaker 3>last show before vacation, when Jack is alright on vacation,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I shouldn't have done that. That's why I'm so tired.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fine.

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<v Speaker 3>That may have been the best dowry of radio Oh.

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<v Speaker 3>I have ever listened to a full hour with Tim

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<v Speaker 3>Sandeffer talking about the revolution and the declaration of independence. Fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>I have listened three times to catch all the details.

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<v Speaker 1>I will listen to that. I will listen to it again.

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<v Speaker 3>That would be the twenty seventh June twenty seventh, Armstrong

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<v Speaker 3>getting on demand the interview of Tim Sanderfforth terrific, just enjoyable.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for the kind words, Kevin, And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>part of the reason I'm enthusiastic about recommending that it's

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<v Speaker 3>not just self aggrandizement to get our numbers up, but

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<v Speaker 3>because I am firmly, practically, religiously convinced that we need

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<v Speaker 3>to all go on the war path for liberty, for

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<v Speaker 3>the United States, for the founding principles and the great,

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<v Speaker 3>great nation that we're so privileged to be citizens of,

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<v Speaker 3>with all of its flaws. Of course, we need to

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<v Speaker 3>be positive about that, because we've let the forces of

0:31:55.320 --> 0:32:00.000
<v Speaker 3>negativity own the battlefield for a very long time. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>Having said that, Ryan from Houston points out that everything

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<v Speaker 3>is political these days, including oh, what's That's the other one,

0:32:08.800 --> 0:32:15.000
<v Speaker 3>isn't it? The for instance, the parliamentarian. Oh I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>it's funny I conflated two emails in my head. Powell's

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<v Speaker 3>talking about how everything is political these days, including the

0:32:20.400 --> 0:32:23.240
<v Speaker 3>Senate parliamentarian what the hell is that? Nobody heard? Nobody

0:32:23.320 --> 0:32:26.120
<v Speaker 3>knew there was one, and now she's in the crosshairs.

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<v Speaker 3>And also in the Scotis. You got Katanji Brown Jackson

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<v Speaker 3>calling the Conservatives monsters, and Amy Cony Barrett yelling back

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<v Speaker 3>her shame you don't know anything about the law of

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<v Speaker 3>the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get into the.

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<v Speaker 3>Details of that high level cat fight later on in

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<v Speaker 3>the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm glad you're up on that. I just saw

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<v Speaker 2>some of the headlines that thought. Man, that's a Armstrong

0:32:47.920 --> 0:32:49.040
<v Speaker 2>and Getty story right there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I can't wait to talk about it. Here's Ryan

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<v Speaker 3>from Houston. He points out's a shame our country is doomed.

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<v Speaker 3>First off, you got a vocal minority. You believes we're

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<v Speaker 3>installing in cinegret incinerators at Alligator Alcatraz, taking immigrants into

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<v Speaker 3>cargo planes and throwing them shackled into the oceans.

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<v Speaker 1>They've alleged that online.

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<v Speaker 3>Luckily, in the face of that most haymous war crime,

0:33:10.840 --> 0:33:12.920
<v Speaker 3>all they want to do is TikTok about it. But

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<v Speaker 3>with the massive spending bill once again causing the death

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<v Speaker 3>of untold millions, we will not survive every news story

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<v Speaker 3>being a def con one. Every day we had a

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<v Speaker 3>decent run, he says. He's right, the never ending deaf

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<v Speaker 3>con one. Let's see another Jay in San Jose has

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of points to make. He says, what's a

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<v Speaker 3>democratic socialist? Aren't these two different political ideologies? Are these

0:33:35.520 --> 0:33:38.040
<v Speaker 3>people by political Do we need to add a letter?

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<v Speaker 3>If we had time, I could get into death. You

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<v Speaker 3>know what democratic socialism is. It's pretending to reject socialism, sure,

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<v Speaker 3>but saying the heretofore recognized limits on government interference, taxation

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<v Speaker 3>at all. We're going to wipe those away and just

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<v Speaker 3>creep a little bit further and further and further and

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<v Speaker 3>further and further. It's just to go up, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>beyond the bounds that we all used to accept. And

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<v Speaker 3>then the other point he makes is Trump's second term

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<v Speaker 3>already seems too good to be true for him and

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<v Speaker 3>his supporters, too consequential, too unique, especially for a second term,

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<v Speaker 3>probably too transformational not to end in his tragic demise.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not in the business of wishing death on anyone

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<v Speaker 3>except mosquitoes. But in history, the immense power Trump seems

0:34:22.440 --> 0:34:25.040
<v Speaker 3>to be wielding has often been the beginning of the end.

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<v Speaker 3>This doesn't seem like the kind of story that ends

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<v Speaker 3>with Trump doing the YMCA from a wheelchair after he retires. Wow,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a lighthearted way to say. Trump is so consequential

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<v Speaker 3>they'll never stop coming for him.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a long way to go in the second

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<v Speaker 2>Trump term, though long while you got three and a

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<v Speaker 2>half years left? Wait what No, and that seemed crazy,

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<v Speaker 2>Let me check those. It just gets started. What anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>We've got so many things to talk about, so many

0:34:52.719 --> 0:34:55.000
<v Speaker 2>stories from vacation I can't wait to talk about. If

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<v Speaker 2>you missed a segment, or now, or get the podcast

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<v Speaker 2>subscribed to Armstrong in get He on demand, Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 2>Getty