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

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<v Speaker 1>George Washington Broadcast Center. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong

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<v Speaker 1>and Getty. And now, here's Armstrong and Getty. from Studio C. Sí, señor.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a little Friday already and we're deep within the

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<v Speaker 2>bowels of the Armstrong and Getty communications compound. Hey, y'all,

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<v Speaker 2>we are toiling under the title of the show today.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry. Get off my screen. Damn pop-ups. Is that one

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<v Speaker 1>of the titles? No. No. No, there it is. Al

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<v Speaker 1>Sayed has Sayed many awful things. Or, if you prefer,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the inflation, stupid. Uh, yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I was about to get into that. The new Fox

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<v Speaker 2>poll is out. This might be the last big one

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<v Speaker 2>before the election. It's only two and a half weeks now.

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<v Speaker 2>Fox poll, very, very respected polling organization. And they have.

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<v Speaker 2>An increase in one number, a decrease in a number.

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<v Speaker 2>Increase in the number of what's your number one issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one issue being things too dang expensive. Is it 60%

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<v Speaker 2>is the number one issue for most voters. And approval

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<v Speaker 2>rating on inflation for Donald Trump, 22%.

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<v Speaker 1>Hard to imagine what those 22% are thinking. Well, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>they're thinking it was way worse under Biden, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a point of view you see expressed now and again.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's true as far as it goes. Yeah, that's a.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's a pretty weak argument, though. Oh, it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it got lower. 78% of America agrees with you, clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>It got lower, and now it's been going up for

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<v Speaker 2>a while due to a few things. But anyway, regardless

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<v Speaker 2>of the whys, that's the reality of where people are.

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<v Speaker 2>And when inflation is top of mind... And the party

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<v Speaker 2>guy in charge currently has a 22% approval rating on

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<v Speaker 2>it that things are not going to go well.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's not very difficult math. No, no. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a testament to the ability of the Republican Party,

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<v Speaker 1>Trump at all. to screw something up. The evil party

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<v Speaker 1>and the stupid party, they had a practically unprecedented, more

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<v Speaker 1>or less unprecedented chance to break the trend of losing

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<v Speaker 1>seats in the midterm after the president's elected, etc. We

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<v Speaker 1>all know the narrative. And it's just been royally, royally

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<v Speaker 1>screwed up. Very discouraging.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's hard to get around what stuff costs. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about all y'all, but I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>I have it in my face every single.

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<v Speaker 1>Day, whether it's gas grocery store or something. It's just like, what?

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<v Speaker 1>Buying a movie ticket, whatever it is. It's just like, what?

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<v Speaker 1>And in our duopoly system, we only have one other choice.

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<v Speaker 1>We the people. And so people think, well, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like this situation. I'm going to put back in power

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<v Speaker 1>the party that's policies are much, much worse and much

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<v Speaker 1>more inflationary. Yes, that's what I'll do. Yeah, well, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I was going to say we should stop

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<v Speaker 2>saying persuadable voters because that's giving some people too much credit.

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<v Speaker 2>I think for the most part, persuadable voter means dumb person.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Or a person who's not paying attention to politics, which

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<v Speaker 2>at some level I can admire. But if you are voting,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you should be paying some attention. It's the people

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<v Speaker 2>that just barely get any news at all that determine

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<v Speaker 2>all of our close elections.

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<v Speaker 1>Low information voters. That's correct. That's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's another kind way of saying it. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know who decided they needed to come up with kind

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<v Speaker 2>ways of saying dumb people. Low information voters. Persuadable voters. Well, again,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not necessarily dumb.

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<v Speaker 1>They are ignorant. So how about ignoramus voters? Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like this is a perfect example, Jack, a perfect

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<v Speaker 1>example of something you've been saying for years. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>need less shaming in society. We need more.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mind someone not paying attention much to politics.

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<v Speaker 2>You're probably happier than the rest of us. But I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know that you ought to vote. And if you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to vote, then I feel like we are we

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<v Speaker 2>are we are allowed to get into how much you

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<v Speaker 2>pay attention.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you know about these things? It's 100 percent legitimate.

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<v Speaker 1>Beyond 100%. It's 110% legitimate. I mean, look at the

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<v Speaker 1>writings of the founding papas. The idea of an informed

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<v Speaker 1>populace being necessary for a functioning democratic system, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>it runs through everything they wrote. Everything.

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<v Speaker 2>So, yes, more shaming of ignoramus voters. The moron vote.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's call it that. Get as acerbic as you like.

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<v Speaker 1>Get as insulting as you like. Go full Shane Gillis,

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<v Speaker 1>if you like. I was listening to Chris Stierwald, who

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know who he's with now. he had to

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<v Speaker 1>leave Fox years ago when he called the race against

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<v Speaker 1>Trump in 2020. Is that what drove him out of Fox?

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<v Speaker 1>Even though he was right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yes, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the broad outlines. Even though he was right, he

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<v Speaker 1>had to leave.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, he's really an expert at looking at polls

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<v Speaker 2>and all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was listening to him talk about it the

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<v Speaker 1>other day.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said, people in our biz who talk about it,

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<v Speaker 2>or politicians, nobody wants to say out loud that in

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<v Speaker 2>close elections, the people deciding it Like the average person

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<v Speaker 2>deciding it saw something on the view as they walked

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<v Speaker 2>by a television and their neighbor said something might be

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<v Speaker 2>the totality of what they're bringing into the polling booth.

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<v Speaker 2>And those people decide the elections.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And the politicians don't want to say it out loud

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<v Speaker 2>because it would offend everybody. I don't know how many

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<v Speaker 2>politicians and strategists we've had on over the last 30

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<v Speaker 2>years where I've always asked that question.

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<v Speaker 1>And they always dodge it. Oh, the American people are

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<v Speaker 1>very smart. They have an instinctive something-something. Yes, yes.

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<v Speaker 2>The tight races, though, you got to persuade of the persuadables.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Senate race in Texas is now.

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<v Speaker 2>At $ 500 million. Half a billion dollars has been spent

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<v Speaker 2>by both sides to try to win that race.

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<v Speaker 1>That's incredible. Why don't you just give everybody in Texas

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<v Speaker 1>a thousand bucks? I mean, well, I appreciate the advertising

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<v Speaker 1>money being spent, but Yeah, it is cuckoo nuts. I

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<v Speaker 1>distracted myself. I was thinking about something I read this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>It's another scandal within the Trump administration of somebody who

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<v Speaker 1>was obviously grifting and making money while acting like they

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<v Speaker 1>were working for the government. And it's just so discouraging.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a great run. We had a great, great

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<v Speaker 1>250-year run.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, speaking of the founding papas and the other

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<v Speaker 1>things that they said so often, they're like truisms of

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<v Speaker 1>our nation's philosophy, is that you've got to have limited government.

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<v Speaker 1>And ours is gigantic and for-profit. Hey, thanks for playing

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<v Speaker 1>that clip, Michael. I have a question about this. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you have the first clip from that thing? Maybe we'll

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<v Speaker 1>play a little bit of that for anybody who didn't

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<v Speaker 1>hear it. From yesterday? Remember the first clip? Can you

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<v Speaker 1>find that, Michael? That's when she was talking about her children.

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<v Speaker 1>Play a little of this.

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<v Speaker 2>This is from a debate-ish sort of thing with one

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<v Speaker 2>of the candidates in Indiana.

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<v Speaker 1>With that, I want to go to you, Jamie. How

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<v Speaker 1>are you today? I'm good. How are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Good.

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<v Speaker 4>Would you like to share with us a little bit

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<v Speaker 4>about yourself and read your opening statement?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I didn't write one, so I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 1>not read it, just say it.

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<v Speaker 2>Out loud from my heart.

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<v Speaker 3>My name is Jimmy West.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a mother of three. They're all grown children. They're

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<v Speaker 1>all pretty successful. I'm proud of them. I own a

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<v Speaker 1>cleaning business called Queen Bee's Cleaning LLC because I am

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<v Speaker 1>an environmentalist. That's why I named it that. And I

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<v Speaker 1>am a gig worker. I deliver a lot of groceries

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<v Speaker 1>and packages for my community. So if you trust me,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, delivering your groceries, you should trust me with

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<v Speaker 1>your vote. You know? You know? Come on. I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if three grown children also are gay workers.

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<v Speaker 2>No, we were, and many people were implying that that

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<v Speaker 2>woman was drunk yesterday. Now, I know my way around

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<v Speaker 2>drunk talk. I have talked drunk and listened to people

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<v Speaker 2>talk drunk for thousands of hours in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're fluent in drunk talk.

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<v Speaker 2>If I knew how many hours I've actually talked like

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<v Speaker 2>that or listened to someone talk like that, I'd probably

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<v Speaker 2>be depressed like five years of my life in total

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<v Speaker 2>or something. But I feel like that was because it

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<v Speaker 2>had all of the rhythms of the drunk talker. Just

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of different stuff. You see, I am a

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<v Speaker 2>gig worker. I mean, you know, trying to like slow down.

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<v Speaker 2>You realize you're a little ahead of your tongue and.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, there was a bunch of pushback online yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just wondered if you'd heard anything about this,

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<v Speaker 2>that this woman is disabled and the mocking of her

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<v Speaker 2>across the country is disgusting and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah, that sounds like trollery to me. Not a chance.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's what I'm saying. I know drunk talk. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not just slurring. You don't know this unless you've been

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<v Speaker 2>around enough drunks, but it's got many of the hallmarks

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<v Speaker 2>of drunk talk.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah. All of them. The conspiratorial tone. Right, right.

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<v Speaker 1>The slurring. The arms on the desk. The oddly placed

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<v Speaker 1>chuckles when you realize you've talked yourself into a cul-de-sac

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<v Speaker 1>and really don't even have the patience to talk your

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<v Speaker 1>way out of it.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you go, what am I saying?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on. I didn't write one. So I'm just going

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<v Speaker 1>to speak it out loud from my heart. I bought

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<v Speaker 1>my guy's show. My secret show. So if you trust me,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, delivering your groceries, you should trust me with

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<v Speaker 1>your vote. You know?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of finger guns. Exactly. Yeah. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I just, I'm glad I heard it again. Cause I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I'm more on solid ground. Cause I was

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<v Speaker 2>about to blast somebody about that yesterday. And I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>what if she is disabled or. She's just got MS

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<v Speaker 2>or something.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's got two thumbs and deserves your vote? This girl.

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<v Speaker 3>She drank herself disabled is what she did.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been similarly disabled on occasion. Yeah, me too.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know who's to blame in this situation? Whoever

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<v Speaker 2>the bartender was. That's the person to blame. Who over-served

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<v Speaker 2>that poor public servant wannabe.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Well, she's an environmentalist, Jack. That's why she named

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<v Speaker 1>her cleaning the business Queen Bee. All right. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>That whole thing is funny. That's our three of the

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<v Speaker 2>podcast yesterday, if you want to hear it in its

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<v Speaker 2>full form. We should start the show officially. I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>we're okay on that, because I thought, did we just

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<v Speaker 2>spend a half an hour making fun of a disabled person?

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<v Speaker 1>No, we did not. She was disabled by Bud Light,

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<v Speaker 1>is what she was disabled by. Chardonnay, I suspect. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Jack Armstrong.

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<v Speaker 2>He's Joe Getty. On this, it is, how did it

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<v Speaker 2>get to be? God, the middle of the month already. Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>October 15th, the year 2026, where Armstrong and Getty and we.

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<v Speaker 1>Approve of this program. All right, let's leap into action then.

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<v Speaker 1>The show starts officially, according to FCC rules and regs,

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<v Speaker 1>right at Mark. It does not.

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<v Speaker 2>Matter to Motley Crue if you're a Republican.

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<v Speaker 1>It does not matter to Motley Crue if you're a Democrat.

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<v Speaker 1>It does not matter if you're gay or if you're

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<v Speaker 1>straight or if you're going right down the center lane

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<v Speaker 1>in life. Because we're all in this together. Can we agree?

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<v Speaker 1>Hell yes! The legendary Nikki Sixx with two X's of

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<v Speaker 1>Motley Crue. You're Motley Crue.

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<v Speaker 2>Not quite the same as Springsteen or Ed Sheeran or

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<v Speaker 2>whoever jumps into politics. Yeah, Motley Crue's bigger than you think.

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<v Speaker 2>In 2026? Well, there's a great deal of affection. I

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<v Speaker 2>was playing all the Motley Crue hits as a disc

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<v Speaker 2>jockey in.

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<v Speaker 1>1989 or whenever they were at their height. I know

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<v Speaker 1>how big they were then, but how about now? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>how big is Bruce Springsteen now, really? How many records

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<v Speaker 1>does he sell? Not many. No, that's a ridiculous argument.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't make any sense. What's your point? Is anybody

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<v Speaker 1>going to... My God, what's your point? What if you

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<v Speaker 1>make fun of somebody with MS next or whatever you're doing?

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly the right attitude. That's great. What is your point?

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<v Speaker 1>I ask you again and continue to shout so you

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<v Speaker 1>can't answer. I don't see your point. You see, he

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<v Speaker 1>won't give us his point. I rest my case.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you play into 800 people at a laundromat

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<v Speaker 2>in some small town. Whatever your political stance is, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to matter much to people. Katie, still waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for his point.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're going to die waiting. That's funny.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a place in Hays, Kansas that my brother used

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<v Speaker 2>to go to called the Sip and Spin, which actually

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<v Speaker 2>is a laundromat that would have bands. And sometimes they

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<v Speaker 2>would have these air bands that were really big back

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<v Speaker 2>in the day come play. At the laundromat, which is nice.

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<v Speaker 2>You look out there as a guitar player and you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to think, I probably ought.

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<v Speaker 1>To move on. Maybe I can give music lessons or,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, something plumbing. I don't know. Okay, we've

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<v Speaker 1>got headlines on the way next. Stay here. Armstrong and Getty. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>got this text.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for tanking the Dodgers season by wearing a Dodgers hat, Jack. Yep,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wearing it today. I think I can bring you

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<v Speaker 2>a sweep, and it'll be all over. The dynasty will

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<v Speaker 2>be over thanks to my hat tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>The cooler strikes again. It's amazing. It's dark powers.

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<v Speaker 2>If I root for a team, it loses. So now

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<v Speaker 2>I've started. Once I figured that out, now I do

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<v Speaker 2>it for teams. Because I don't like dynasties, so.

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<v Speaker 1>This is going back decades. He's had this weird witch-like

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<v Speaker 1>power for new listeners of the show. It's amazing, the consistency.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's figure out who's reporting. What is the

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<v Speaker 1>lead story with Katie Green? Katie.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, it's all Ukraine-Russia with the Alphabet Network. NBC,

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<v Speaker 3>Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries as anger at

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<v Speaker 3>Trump mounts. ABC, Russia targets Ukraine with massive aerial attack,

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<v Speaker 3>including hundreds of drones, according to Zelensky and CBS.

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<v Speaker 1>The U.S.

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<v Speaker 3>May have withheld warnings to Ukraine of Russian strikes that

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<v Speaker 3>killed six and cut power to 600,000.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, boy, if that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump hasn't said anything so far today. Ukraine's striking oil

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<v Speaker 2>refineries overnight. So we'll see if Trump doubles down on

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<v Speaker 2>the whole. You need to stop and need a new

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<v Speaker 2>president and all that sort of stuff. What choice do

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<v Speaker 2>you have if you're going to be killed or enslaved?

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<v Speaker 1>Zelensky will be killed. Oh, yeah. Yeah. There will be

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<v Speaker 1>mass executions if Russia takes over.

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<v Speaker 3>From the New York Times, Saudi Arabia's military wasn't equipped

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<v Speaker 3>for the Houthis' low-budget attacks. Apparently, the missiles and drones

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<v Speaker 3>used by the Yemeni militia are difficult to detect and stop,

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<v Speaker 3>regardless of whether Saudi Arabia has expensive equipment or not.

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<v Speaker 1>Hmm. Boy, where this ends up, well, nothing ever ends up,

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<v Speaker 1>the world keeps spinning, but the continual advances in drone

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<v Speaker 1>technology and missile technology and the diffusion of weapons to

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<v Speaker 1>even ragtag-ish groups, don't know how this ends.

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<v Speaker 3>From the Washington Post, an FBI arrest revives fear that U.S.

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<v Speaker 3>tech companies are hiring spies.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah, the Journal with some really good reporting on it.

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<v Speaker 1>The spying is constant. Everything from a friendly guy with

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<v Speaker 1>a kid approaches you and your kid at the playground

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<v Speaker 1>and starts talking to you. They're a spy. They got

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<v Speaker 1>honey traps going on in Silicon Valley. You name it.

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<v Speaker 1>Gen Z.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, this one's from the New York Post. Gen Z

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<v Speaker 3>is way, way more miserable than the previous generation, and

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<v Speaker 3>one in four are being treated for depression.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to spend some time on that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yikes.

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<v Speaker 1>The miserable generation. What have we done to our children?

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<v Speaker 1>No kidding. And finally, the Babylon Bee.

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<v Speaker 3>Kelly Clarkson releases new single, I'd Like to Speak with

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<v Speaker 3>Your Manager.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty funny.

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<v Speaker 2>A story you may have missed about the Republican that's

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<v Speaker 2>running for the Senate in Texas. I know some of

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<v Speaker 2>you are really backing this guy, Paxton. He's better than

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<v Speaker 2>the communist. These are some choices, huh?

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<v Speaker 1>Lot on the way. Stay here if you miss a

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<v Speaker 1>good podcast. Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 4>In one case, the DOJ alleges three Mexican nationals living

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<v Speaker 4>in Georgia created fake IDs to obtain documents intended for

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<v Speaker 4>non-citizens working in the U.S., using them to file phony

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<v Speaker 4>tax returns. They allegedly received more than 16,000 U.S.

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<v Speaker 1>Treasury refund checks totaling around $ 74 million.

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<v Speaker 4>The Trump administration wants these anti-fraud efforts top of mind

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<v Speaker 4>for voters come Election Day. According to the White House's

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<v Speaker 4>Fraud Task Force, the Trump administration has uncovered $ 260 billion

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<v Speaker 4>worth of fraud, recovering nearly $ 59 billion.

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<v Speaker 1>It may surprise me more than anything else I've ever

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<v Speaker 1>learned about politics, how little attention massive fraud of quote-unquote

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<v Speaker 1>the government gets. How little outrage it generates because that's

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<v Speaker 1>your money. It's our money.

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about this a couple months ago because I

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<v Speaker 2>heard this Megan McArdle of the Washington Post and also

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<v Speaker 2>the Dispatch talking about, look, I hate this stuff too,

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<v Speaker 2>but I've gone back and done, I've gone back through

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<v Speaker 2>scandals over the years because it bothers me. Could find

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<v Speaker 2>no evidence of any of these fraud scandals ever really

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<v Speaker 2>hanging around and having any.

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<v Speaker 1>Life to them.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody just rolls their eyes with a what are you

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<v Speaker 2>going to do attitude for whatever reason.

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<v Speaker 1>I get why the half of America that pays no

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<v Speaker 1>income tax doesn't care. I mean, on a rational basis,

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<v Speaker 1>I get it. Although, if you have any concept of

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<v Speaker 1>fairness or decency, you ought to care. But, yeah, the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that people don't connect that with... See, every single

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<v Speaker 1>dollar of federal tax you and your family pay have

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<v Speaker 1>been ripped off by inmates and foreigners, okay? You could

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<v Speaker 1>have had it. And the government tells you it's using

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<v Speaker 1>it to cure disease and pave the roads, but no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gone. Scammers got it because the government doesn't care

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<v Speaker 1>enough to keep an eye on it, at least until

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump administration. It's one of the things that they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing a hell of a lot better than anybody else has.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that brings me to Ken Paxson, who's running for

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate in Texas. Your choice is a crook versus

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<v Speaker 2>a communist wokester.

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<v Speaker 1>This is where we are with our politics, apparently.

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<v Speaker 2>It used to be I have to hold my nose

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<v Speaker 2>and vote because I don't like either one. It's because

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<v Speaker 2>you might not like their policies a little bit this

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<v Speaker 2>way or that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you go to the polls.

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<v Speaker 2>Often with a full on crook versus communist wokster.

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<v Speaker 1>What what is better for my country?

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<v Speaker 2>So I miss this Wall Street Journal story that came

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<v Speaker 2>out just three days ago. And I heard about it yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>I briefly had a moment of. And I may have

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<v Speaker 2>talked myself out of it since. But I briefly had

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<v Speaker 2>a moment of, you know what? I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 2>go a hardcore no crooks on my side until we

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<v Speaker 2>clean this out. And I don't know how many cycles

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to have to lose before we clean the

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<v Speaker 2>crooks out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you can't be supporting crooks. Yeah, it would help

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<v Speaker 1>if the president didn't endorse.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And fix the primary process.

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<v Speaker 2>And then, you know, what is going on with the

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<v Speaker 2>Trump coin and all that sort of stuff. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>sticking with Ken Paxson, the Attorney General. So the Wall

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<v Speaker 2>Street Journal had a story. They were reviewing a video

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<v Speaker 2>from New Year's Eve 2024, New Year's Day 2025.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they were there at midnight.

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<v Speaker 2>Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, who's there in

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<v Speaker 2>Dubai on the balcony watching the fireworks over one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most gorgeous cities in the world with his girlfriend,

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<v Speaker 2>not his wife, who's leaving him for adultery.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, allegedly. And he's on.

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<v Speaker 2>The balcony with these two dudes. I should read their

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<v Speaker 2>names because that matters somewhat. Anash Ahmed and Samir Suhal,

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<v Speaker 2>both had been indicted months earlier in federal charges, one

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<v Speaker 2>for embezzling $ 15 million from the hospital, the other one

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<v Speaker 2>for running a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme. To the sum

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<v Speaker 2>of millions of dollars. Of taxpayer money. That guy had donated.

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<v Speaker 1>$ 200, 000.

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<v Speaker 2>To Paxson's campaign, including $ 25, 000 the day after the indictment.

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<v Speaker 2>He donates $ 25, 000 to the sitting Attorney General of Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's on the balcony. With the attorney general in Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, is saying,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know these guys and I didn't talk to them.

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<v Speaker 2>The Wall Street Journal can't prove that that's not true,

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<v Speaker 2>but said, we find it hard to believe that of all.

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<v Speaker 2>the places in the entire world.

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<v Speaker 1>To be on New Year's Eve.

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<v Speaker 2>You two happen to be on the same three, happen

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<v Speaker 2>to be on four, if you count his girlfriend, not

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<v Speaker 2>his wife, all happen to be on the.

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<v Speaker 1>Same balcony in Dubai. And a guy who's given you

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<v Speaker 1>almost a quarter of a million dollars is right behind you.

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<v Speaker 1>And you didn't know he was there. You didn't cross paths.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't talk to him. You don't even know the guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm supposed to believe that. You two are the fugitives

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<v Speaker 1>from justice who have forked over hundreds of thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to me. Small world.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. All right. All right.

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<v Speaker 3>Right. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that is hilarious to even make that claim.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know he was there. We didn't speak. At

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<v Speaker 1>the risk of wearing out my welcome, the reason you

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<v Speaker 1>want limited government is you want scammers and fraudsters and

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<v Speaker 1>grifters and thieves to look at government service and say,

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<v Speaker 1>there's not enough money there. That would be a waste

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<v Speaker 1>of my time. But now that's where all the money is.

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<v Speaker 1>Next to AI, government is the, well, and given the

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<v Speaker 1>utter wildness and that recklessness with which the money's thrown around,

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<v Speaker 1>government is the greatest magnet for grift in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of mankind, the United States government specifically, because it's so

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<v Speaker 1>enormous and rich. That is quite a story. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to fix that.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's a guy who has already gone through the

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<v Speaker 2>whole impeachment trial in Texas, impeached by his own party

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<v Speaker 2>over corruption charges, and was so not, whew, I got

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<v Speaker 2>away with that one.

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<v Speaker 1>I better try to keep my nose clean from here

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<v Speaker 1>on out. No, not at all. Other direction.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to hang out on the balcony in Dubai.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's not a good look, period. Even without

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<v Speaker 2>any of the other stuff. You're the Attorney General of

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<v Speaker 2>Texas who's got all kinds of corruption clouds around you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not showing my face in Dubai with the super

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<v Speaker 2>rich people that do all kinds of hinky things.

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<v Speaker 1>Let alone with.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of indicted crooks who donate to your campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of like the Kimberly thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Gilfoyle story of this shows you how much of this

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<v Speaker 2>goes on.

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<v Speaker 1>That they don't even try anymore to hide. Her crime

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<v Speaker 1>was just being too blatant and open about it. Likewise, his. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a loathsome individual and he's running against a guy

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<v Speaker 1>until very recently. Conveniently is more than happy to advocate for.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I actually I wrote down the term pediatric

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<v Speaker 1>sex trait modifications and Gender-affirming, care my ass. Sex change

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<v Speaker 1>mutilations for underage children now that he's running in the general.

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<v Speaker 1>He's pivoted to the center, of course, but James Tallarico

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<v Speaker 1>is a nightmare. A nightmare of woke-ish government overreach and

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<v Speaker 1>gender-bending sickness and the rest of it.

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<v Speaker 2>He's probably not corrupt, but his ideology is horrifying. Then

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<v Speaker 2>you got a guy who claims to have an ideology

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<v Speaker 2>you might agree with who's corrupt.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are your choices. Yeah, beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, and a half a billion dollars, as I said,

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<v Speaker 2>$ 500 million has been spent in that race, most expensive

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<v Speaker 2>race in the country.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a lot of money. Yes, $ 500 billion worth of

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<v Speaker 1>air freshener, essentially, to diffuse the stench of that race. Disgusting.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of stench, so Abdul El-Sayed is an Islamist. He's

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<v Speaker 1>a dedicated Islamist, big supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood in

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<v Speaker 1>spite of his lies to that effect. He and his

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<v Speaker 1>family and his friends and the mosques he hangs out

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<v Speaker 1>with are utterly dedicated to supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and

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<v Speaker 1>advancing Islam until it rules the world. And I state

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<v Speaker 1>that without fear of contradiction.

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<v Speaker 2>He's also up by five points in the average of

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest polls.

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<v Speaker 1>Could be because they're really, really whipping up the vote

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<v Speaker 1>in mosques, which is contrary to their tax-exempt status. Come

0:25:57.119 --> 0:25:59.379
<v Speaker 1>back to that in a moment or two. But in

0:25:59.460 --> 0:26:03.060
<v Speaker 1>a 2021 article on a since-deleted Substack account, the left-wing

0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:05.899
<v Speaker 1>Michigan Senate candidate defended a man he described as his

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<v Speaker 1>good friend after he was jailed for funding the Egyptian

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<v Speaker 1>Muslim Brotherhood. The man, Mohammed Sultan, is the son of

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<v Speaker 1>a senior Muslim Brotherhood official who called to kill all

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<v Speaker 1>the Zionists and argued for obliterating America. The 20, October

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<v Speaker 1>21 article, again, written by El-Sayed, or do you say Sayid,

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<v Speaker 1>headlined the hypocrisy of police rejecting, oh, it gets into

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<v Speaker 1>all sorts of detail. Oh, and then you've got the

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<v Speaker 1>other thing, and they go into this guy's a hardcore,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a former professor of Islamic law at Cairo University,

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<v Speaker 1>a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, etc., etc., and

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<v Speaker 1>And El-Sayed is his good buddy and his son's good buddy.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you've got this. The history of this guy

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<v Speaker 1>referring to himself as an immigrant from North Africa and

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<v Speaker 1>claiming he has dual Egyptian and American citizenship. Now he

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<v Speaker 1>denies it and he denies saying it, but he's all

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<v Speaker 1>over the Internet. And then various written statements as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I don't know if this is like oppo

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<v Speaker 1>research that's just coming out in the stretch run or

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<v Speaker 1>if it's just I know the free beacon is coming

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<v Speaker 1>up with a lot of this stuff. But it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of an avalanche. And if he gets elected in Michigan,

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is going to be a shocking and

0:27:29.330 --> 0:27:31.010
<v Speaker 1>scary moment in American history.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be interesting to see if he gets elected, what

0:27:36.490 --> 0:27:38.909
<v Speaker 2>sorts of things he says that night and the next day,

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<v Speaker 2>if he tries to come off all mainstream-ish, or if

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<v Speaker 2>he's like, okay, cool.

0:27:44.970 --> 0:27:47.230
<v Speaker 1>I'm in, here we go. This is what I believe.

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<v Speaker 1>America sucks. Yeah, I think he will be a very

0:27:52.200 --> 0:27:57.720
<v Speaker 1>squad-ish presence. You've got Ilhan Omar, clear America hater. You've got,

0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:04.929
<v Speaker 1>what's the Palestinian-American lady? Her name has eluded me momentarily.

0:28:04.990 --> 0:28:08.609
<v Speaker 1>She's an avowed Islamist and America hater. So they'll form

0:28:08.630 --> 0:28:12.020
<v Speaker 1>a stronger and stronger coalition. Read submission. But a U.S.

0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:15.260
<v Speaker 1>senator is a different house member. Diamond doesn't.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Freaking U.S. senator. I'm telling you, it's scary. Absolutely scary.

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<v Speaker 2>Woof.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt bad. My neighbor was walking her kid's dog,

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<v Speaker 1>and I misgendered the dog yesterday. Woof. Well, the dog's

0:29:24.300 --> 0:29:27.180
<v Speaker 1>name was Charlie in my defense. I said, oh, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a big boy. He's a girl. Yeah. Somebody hit me

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<v Speaker 1>with the nipples. I'm an idiot.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody hit me with the tone the other day. It's

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<v Speaker 2>like easy. I can't tell. Hey, how's he doing? it's

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<v Speaker 2>a she okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't looking at the genitals i.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't i didn't flip your dog upside down and dig

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<v Speaker 2>through the hair my.

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<v Speaker 1>Apologies My neighbor is a sweetheart, and she did not

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<v Speaker 1>take the tone with me, but I felt bad. I

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<v Speaker 1>felt like as a dog lover, I should have done

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<v Speaker 1>the necessary, the due diligence, as it were.

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<v Speaker 2>Reminds me of one time with a kid, and this

0:30:01.760 --> 0:30:05.620
<v Speaker 2>was before the crazy gender stuff had happened. I was

0:30:05.680 --> 0:30:09.120
<v Speaker 2>at the playground, and somebody whose little boy had just

0:30:09.520 --> 0:30:12.820
<v Speaker 2>really long flowing hair and in a very feminine haircut.

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<v Speaker 1>But I said, she's a cutie. It's a he.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't have your kid look like a girl and

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<v Speaker 2>get mad at me.

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<v Speaker 4>Can you?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Declan, our son, had beautiful, long, blonde hair. He

0:30:26.980 --> 0:30:32.240
<v Speaker 1>had beautiful hair, Michael. Like to the belt? As a five-year-old? Oh,

0:30:33.100 --> 0:30:34.920
<v Speaker 1>not five. No, not five.

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<v Speaker 2>A high school kid I would never make an assumption

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<v Speaker 2>about because, you know, you're into long hair, rebelling years.

0:30:41.510 --> 0:30:45.370
<v Speaker 1>But at least your Tony friend is not down with

0:30:45.390 --> 0:30:48.890
<v Speaker 1>the ginger-bending madness. True. He's a boy. True. Good point.

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<v Speaker 1>I should have high-fived. Congratulations for sticking with the genitals.

0:30:52.660 --> 0:30:55.220
<v Speaker 1>Pointing a finger at them, you got four fingers pointing

0:30:55.260 --> 0:30:58.600
<v Speaker 1>back at you. Genitals all the way. Beautiful hair. He did.

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<v Speaker 1>He did, Michael. Mailbag is next. Stay here. Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>So Gen Z is the most miserable generation. We'll dig

0:31:10.690 --> 0:31:13.050
<v Speaker 2>into those numbers coming up in a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, cheer up. That's what I would tell them. Here's

0:31:16.130 --> 0:31:18.950
<v Speaker 1>your freedom-loving quote of the day from Steve and Eugene.

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<v Speaker 1>Love this. From French author and Nobel laureate. He left

0:31:25.740 --> 0:31:30.940
<v Speaker 1>out the name. So-and-so. Jacques Cousteau. Yeah, that's it. Seek

0:31:31.020 --> 0:31:34.740
<v Speaker 1>out those who search for the truth. Flee from those

0:31:34.780 --> 0:31:39.430
<v Speaker 1>who claim to have found it. Oh, that's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>And then as Steve comments, and I cannot improve on this,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'll just read it. I like that one. There

0:31:44.140 --> 0:31:46.219
<v Speaker 1>are a lot of people out there, religious, political, you

0:31:46.260 --> 0:31:48.920
<v Speaker 1>name it, who claim to have the one truth, but

0:31:48.980 --> 0:31:53.920
<v Speaker 1>most force us all to accept it. Yeah. Is it

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<v Speaker 1>an invitation or is it an order? their particular brand

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<v Speaker 1>of truth or enlightenment. That's the big dividing line.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'm on to the truth, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to try to convince anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you might invite people to take a look at it,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're not going to kill them if they reject it,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance. One fundamental difference. Mailbag. Drop me a note.

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<v Speaker 1>Mailbag at armstrongandgetty.com. Chad and Spokane guys, Jamie West, top

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<v Speaker 1>clip of the year candidate. The drunk Indiana politician lady.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we got to text somebody saying you cannot play

0:32:37.330 --> 0:32:37.900
<v Speaker 2>that too much.

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<v Speaker 1>You know who'd enjoy that clip, Michael? My three grown children. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Thanks, Chad. Adam writes, they all want to

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<v Speaker 1>be influencers. Guys, I sounded a ding while listening to

0:32:55.430 --> 0:32:58.340
<v Speaker 1>yesterday's One More Thing podcast when Jack said kids all

0:32:58.380 --> 0:33:01.700
<v Speaker 1>these days, these days all want to be influencers. I

0:33:01.740 --> 0:33:04.479
<v Speaker 1>was on a business trip in Guam recently, and my

0:33:04.740 --> 0:33:07.560
<v Speaker 1>point of contact said the same thing about the kids there.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll take a generation or two to wind back the

0:33:10.280 --> 0:33:13.400
<v Speaker 1>harm caused by the evil net. Unplug it now. Love

0:33:13.420 --> 0:33:17.120
<v Speaker 1>the show, Adam. Thanks, Adam. In Guam, all the kids

0:33:17.150 --> 0:33:18.080
<v Speaker 1>want to be influencers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's not good, but if I was young, I

0:33:21.940 --> 0:33:24.500
<v Speaker 2>guarantee I would be thinking I can come up with

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<v Speaker 2>something and do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

0:33:28.130 --> 0:33:30.590
<v Speaker 1>Jared in Missouri on a totally different topic. What happened

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<v Speaker 1>to shame in my high school days? A male athlete

0:33:32.970 --> 0:33:34.890
<v Speaker 1>that switched to the girls team would have been shamed

0:33:34.950 --> 0:33:38.240
<v Speaker 1>and understandably told to turn in his man card. Where's that?

0:33:38.380 --> 0:33:40.760
<v Speaker 1>No kidding. How do you shame?

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<v Speaker 2>What is your social circle in high school where you

0:33:42.880 --> 0:33:44.740
<v Speaker 2>would feel comfortable doing that?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, wow. Wait, wait to beat the girls, dude. There

0:33:48.400 --> 0:33:52.040
<v Speaker 1>is a substantial group of high school students who believe

0:33:52.080 --> 0:33:55.640
<v Speaker 1>that firmly, but they will be severely disciplined, tossed out

0:33:55.660 --> 0:33:59.080
<v Speaker 1>of school if they dare speak those words in blue

0:33:59.640 --> 0:34:03.420
<v Speaker 1>parts of America, including blue cities and red states. That's

0:34:03.530 --> 0:34:08.410
<v Speaker 1>the problem. There's a large vocal minority, probably, of kids

0:34:08.430 --> 0:34:11.410
<v Speaker 1>who are down with the gender-betting madness. They've been successfully indoctrinated.

0:34:11.750 --> 0:34:15.490
<v Speaker 1>And the administration's as Marxist as any group of folks

0:34:15.610 --> 0:34:20.469
<v Speaker 1>in America is. The education administrators. So, yeah, it's a

0:34:20.510 --> 0:34:24.340
<v Speaker 1>great question, but that's the answer. Let's see. Jim in

0:34:24.360 --> 0:34:26.739
<v Speaker 1>Houston writes, you guys, you're lampooning of the Fox News

0:34:26.780 --> 0:34:30.540
<v Speaker 1>interview with Brett Baer with the UAP expert. Just proves

0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:32.700
<v Speaker 1>that you're in the pocket of big alien hiding the

0:34:32.719 --> 0:34:35.920
<v Speaker 1>truth from the American public. Shame, shame, shame, he writes.

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<v Speaker 1>More shaming. Let's see. On the topic of the Islamification

0:34:43.730 --> 0:34:47.089
<v Speaker 1>of the EU, this is great from Shannon. Beirut used

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<v Speaker 1>to be known as the Paris of the Middle East.

0:34:49.330 --> 0:34:53.969
<v Speaker 1>Now Paris could be considered the Beirut of Egypt, of Europe, rather. Wow.

0:34:55.090 --> 0:34:57.690
<v Speaker 1>The Beirut of Europe. It was better written than I

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<v Speaker 1>said it. Of course. I didn't have one. I'll just

0:35:03.320 --> 0:35:09.520
<v Speaker 1>say it out loud from my heart. Oh, boy. Let's see. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>on the topic of Islamization Center, Bob and Pam, who

0:35:13.660 --> 0:35:18.969
<v Speaker 1>are fagdos, Jack. Friend of Armstrong and Getty since day one. God,

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<v Speaker 1>I met one of those people the other day. How

0:35:20.590 --> 0:35:21.390
<v Speaker 1>are there so many?

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's, you know, 9 million people say

0:35:23.890 --> 0:35:27.200
<v Speaker 2>they were at Woodstock when there was only 150,000. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got to be one of those things. You couldn't

0:35:29.100 --> 0:35:31.400
<v Speaker 2>all have been listening day one, could you? Shout out

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<v Speaker 2>Bob and Pam in Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see. I'm in fear we're about to lose it.

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<v Speaker 1>Our society should come as no surprise. Has no one

0:35:41.670 --> 0:35:43.470
<v Speaker 1>read Mark Stein's America Alone?

0:35:43.489 --> 0:35:43.549
<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>In 08 and after America in 2012. Have, actually. He

0:35:47.460 --> 0:35:50.219
<v Speaker 1>was so prescient, yet even without his warnings, common sense

0:35:50.280 --> 0:35:51.960
<v Speaker 1>and history of human nature should have told us what

0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:54.240
<v Speaker 1>was coming. Yet even if we knew someone with strength

0:35:54.280 --> 0:35:57.800
<v Speaker 1>and magical powers needed to act, no one was there.

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<v Speaker 1>Not sure what that sentence means. Anyway, yeah, yeah, those

0:36:01.430 --> 0:36:06.049
<v Speaker 1>books are very good and prescient indeed. No time for this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's clever. Maybe later.

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<v Speaker 2>Gen Z, the most miserable generation among things we can

0:36:10.250 --> 0:36:15.060
<v Speaker 2>talk about. The foxhole that's out. Congress has a 15%

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<v Speaker 2>approval rating. And who are you 15% as we all know?

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<v Speaker 2>What are your standards exactly? What would they have to

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<v Speaker 2>do to not get your approval? We do so many segments.

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<v Speaker 2>If you miss one, you can get the podcast if

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<v Speaker 2>you subscribe to Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that? Armstrong and Getty.