1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Well, come in is verdict with Center Tech Cruz Ben 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Ferguson with you as well, and Senator, You've got a 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: big investigation that is looking into big tech specifically and 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: how they are silencing and deplatforming conservatives, and it's something 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: the media really isn't covering. 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 2: Well, that's exactly right. In the Senate Commerce Committee, I 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 2: launched an investigation in terms of into how big tech 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: is abusing its power, and we just released a report 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: explaining how big tech is using monopoly power over basic 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 2: infrastructure online to deplatform conservatives, to target conservatives, and to 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: shut them down. I'm going to explain all about what 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 2: they're doing and how they're trying to silence you. We're 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: also going to talk about a big story that broke 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 2: this week that the corporate media is utterly ignoring, which 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: is testimony that occurred in a federal bankruptcy proceeding that 16 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: Joe Biden's brother Jim Biden, was in business with Cutter 17 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: and was making vast sums of money from the nation 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 2: of Cutter, and that that money was flowing directly to 19 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: Joe Biden. Now, Cutter is a country that also has 20 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 2: been a leading player supporting hamas sheltering Hamas, and the 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: Biden administration has been incredibly soft on Cutter and so 22 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 2: it is direct ties of Biden corruption that is undermining 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: our national security. We're gonna explain all about it, and 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 2: to be honest, you can hear about it here and 25 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 2: very few other places. 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is, and it's shocking that no one else 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: seems to be covering it. I want to tell you 28 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: real quick about my friends at Freedom Gold USA. 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Go online to FREEDOMGOLDUSA dot com, 54 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: slash verdict that's Freedom Gold USA dot com slash verdic, 55 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: or you can call them at one eight hundred six ' 56 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: five five eight eight four three. That's one eight hundred 57 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: six ' five five eight eight four to three or 58 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: Freedom Gold USA dot com slash verdict center. Big tech 59 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: is obviously had a massive influence over public opinion in 60 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: this country. We saw a recent report that came out 61 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: just on TikTok, for example, where they were forty five 62 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: to one stories that were pro Palestinian pro Hamas over Israel. 63 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: That's one example of how they've really been able to 64 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: shape public opinion, especially with young people, and the riots 65 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: and the chaos we're witnessing on college campuses right now. 66 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: But there's also something else that's happened with big tech. 67 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: I've been a victim of it. I spoke out again 68 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: against big tech a few years ago at a CPAC convention, 69 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: and before I landed home, after I spoke out about 70 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: big tech, specifically fit Facebook, my accounts were shut down. 71 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: They have never worked the same way as they did before. 72 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: The reach has disappeared. I've witnessed it, and many other 73 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: conservative leaders out there are going through the same things. 74 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: And it always seems to happen center right during a 75 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: big election cycle, where the Democrats get a free flow 76 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: of information out and conservatives get hammered and silenced. 77 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 2: Well, that's exactly right. So I started last year as 78 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 2: the ranking member on the Senate Committee of Commerce, Science, 79 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: and Transportation, and from that position as the ranking member, 80 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: which means the senior Republican on that committee, I launched 81 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 2: an investigation into the abuse of power from big tech, 82 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 2: and this past week we put out a major report. 83 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 2: The report is entitled Weaponizing Terms of Service. How online 84 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: service providers use broad policies to silence conservatives. Now, there 85 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: are a lot of instances that we know about that 86 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 2: get a lot of publicity. We know, for example, that Twitter, 87 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 2: before Elon Musk purchased them, suspended the account of the 88 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 2: Babylon Bee for making a joke about a Biden administration official. 89 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: We know that both Facebook and Twitter suppressed stories about 90 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: Hudter Biden's laptop before the twenty twenty election. We know 91 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: that Facebook removed posts suggesting that COVID nineteen originated in 92 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 2: Wuhan Lab, something we talked about at length on this podcast, 93 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 2: and a theory that has now been confirmed both by 94 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: the Federal Department of Energy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 95 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 2: We know that YouTube took down a March twenty twenty 96 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 2: one video of a panel discussion with Florida Governor Ron 97 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: de Santis, during which he disputed claims that children needed 98 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: to wear face masks. We know that YouTube, also, which 99 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 2: is owned by Google, blocked access to a November twenty 100 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 2: twenty three episode of this podcast Verdict because we were 101 00:05:54,960 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: criticizing the corporate media's favorable coverage of Hamas, and YouTube 102 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 2: deemed okay, you must be an adult to see what 103 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 2: is on the network news. We also know in twenty 104 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: twenty two, DirecTV dropped one America news network and less 105 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: than a year after Democrat leaders in Congress sent a 106 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 2: letter to the CEO calling on them to stop carrying 107 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 2: the network. We also know they did the same thing 108 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: to Newsmax. Now I lit Direct TV up and they 109 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 2: ended up bringing Newsmax back. We also know that into It, 110 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 2: at the direction of its banking partners, refused to provide 111 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: payment processing and payroll services to gun manufacturers and sellers. 112 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 2: And we know that JP Morgan Chase closed the account 113 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 2: of the National Committee of Religious Freedom, which was created 114 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: by former State Department Ambassador at Large for International Religious 115 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: Freedom and former US Senator Sam Brownback. We know that 116 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: go fund me block the release of ten million dollars 117 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 2: of donations to the Canadian Trucker's Freedom Convoy. We've seen 118 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: that happen over and over and over again. Well, what 119 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 2: this report does is it lays out an entirely new 120 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: area of discrimination, and it is using web based products 121 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: and services online service providers to ban conservative organizations from 122 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: using their technology. And it's going after the infrastructure that 123 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 2: is needed to communicate and in fact this investigation reveals 124 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 2: that online service providers are following a playbook for silencing 125 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: conservatives that leftist organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, 126 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 2: which is wildly left wing and hates conservatives, and the 127 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: Anti Defamation League the ADL, they together put together this strategy, 128 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 2: this playbook to quote remove infrastructure services that conservative organizations 129 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: need to operate. And so I'm going to describe that 130 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 2: playbook and what they're doing in particular. 131 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: When you look at their playbook and this amount of influence, 132 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: I mean, this can change and alter, certainly an election cycle. 133 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: It can certainly, I would argue change a presidential election 134 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: as well. And that's the reason why they're doing this. 135 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: When you think about, you know, you've got millions of 136 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,239 Speaker 1: people that follow you Facebook. I've got you know, over 137 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: a million. But if you turn off and throttle either 138 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: one of us, then the reach that we have compared 139 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: to the left, it just disappears. It's the old thing, right, 140 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: if a big tree falls in the forest and no 141 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: one's around and it make a sound. And that's exactly 142 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: what they did. But it wasn't just to one or 143 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: two people. They were doing this to hundreds of top 144 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: conservative voices that people look to for their opinions, specifically 145 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: when it comes to election your issues. 146 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 2: So that's exactly right. And what this report focuses on 147 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 2: is it uses a couple of key examples. It uses 148 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 2: number one slacks removal of libs of TikTok's workspace. It 149 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 2: focuses on event brights, removal of event pages for events 150 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 2: related to Matt Walsh's What Is a Woman documentary as 151 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 2: well as an event where Riley Gaines was scheduled to speak. 152 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 2: And it focuses on Bontera's termination of its relationship with 153 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 2: Independent Women's Forum, which deprived that organization of major nonprofit 154 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: technology service provider services. And all of this follows. There 155 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 2: was a report that was put out by the Anti 156 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 2: Defamation League and it is called Bad Gateway. How deplatforming 157 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: affects extremist websites And here's what the ADL recommended. It says, 158 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 2: quote deplatforming websites removing infrastructure services they need to operate, 159 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 2: such as website hosting, can reduce the spread and reach 160 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 2: of extremism and hate online. But when does deplatforming succeed? 161 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: And here's what ADL explained, quote, this report shows that 162 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 2: deplatforming can decree the popularity of extremist websites, especially when 163 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: done without warning and they go through We learned four 164 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 2: important lessons about how deplatforming affects extremist websites, by which 165 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: they mean anything right of center. Number one, it can 166 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 2: cause popularity rankings to decrease immediately. Number two, it may 167 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 2: take users a long time to return to the website. 168 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 2: Sometimes the website never regains its previous popularity bingo number 169 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 2: three unexpected and unexpected as key. Unexpected deplatforming makes it 170 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 2: take longer for the website to regain its previous popularity levels. 171 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 2: And number four, Replicating deplatform services such as discussious discussion 172 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 2: forums or live streaming video products on a standalone website 173 00:10:53,760 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 2: presents significant challenges, including higher costs and smaller audiences. Now 174 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 2: I want to go into a little bit more. This 175 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: is what the ADL report. It has an entire section 176 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: that says what is deplatforming? And by the way, the 177 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 2: corporate media insists when we talk about deplatforming that we're 178 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 2: making it up. Well, if you actually read the blueprint, 179 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 2: they are very explicit. The left is explicit. They want 180 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 2: to silence use. So let me read from this ADL 181 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 2: report quote. There are three main categories of infrastructure that 182 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 2: keep websites running domain registrars, web hosting companies, and security 183 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 2: protection companies. Number one, the website must be able to 184 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 2: register and keep a domain name. A domain name such 185 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 2: as Google dot com or ADL dot org is how 186 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 2: visitors find a site. If a website is removed from 187 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: domain name services, it becomes much more difficult, if not impossible, 188 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:57,599 Speaker 2: to find. Number two, web hosting companies and content distribution 189 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 2: networks provide digital storage space for all the files, pictures, videos, 190 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: and software that make up the content of a website. 191 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 2: When a website loses its hosting provider, the site's content disappears. 192 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 2: Losing a CDN a content distribution network can cause slow 193 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 2: service for high traffic sites. And number three, a third 194 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 2: category of infrastructure provider includes companies that protect websites from 195 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 2: external security risks such as distributed denial of service d 196 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 2: DOOS attacks. DDoS attacks flood a website with fake traffic 197 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 2: to overwhelm it, rendering it unable to answer normal user requests. 198 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 2: If an infrastructure company, such as a network security firm 199 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 2: cloud Fare, refuses to provide DDoS protection to a vulnerable website. 200 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 2: It is vulnerable to being flooded with traffic, rendering it inaccessible. 201 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: So you look at this what we FINI found out 202 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: and what you just went through. The question is how 203 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: is it that these companies and I'm specifically referring to 204 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: big tech, are allowed to get away with this and 205 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 1: do this to many people that they're in business with. 206 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: I used myself as the example again because I've experienced this. 207 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: When you went into business and I felt like I 208 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: was in business with Facebook. They said, advertise with us, right, 209 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: advertise your show, advertise your content, boost your content, spend 210 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: money with us, and we're going to help you grow 211 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: an audience and it'll be good for everyone. And then 212 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: all of a sudden they just shut you down. And 213 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: they were able to walk away and just say, oh, well, 214 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: you violated our terms of service, or you did this, 215 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: or you posted too many things that liberals posted as 216 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: saying they were factually incorrect. The fact checkers came out 217 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: right the liberals on the left. They were fact checking 218 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: and putting things against conservatives. So they lose their reach, 219 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: lose their ability to boost posts, lose their ability to advertise, 220 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: and it was all being done to clearly influence public opinion, 221 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: and yet they've gotten away with it. 222 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 3: So what's next. 223 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 2: Well, what this report focuses on many of the deep 224 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 2: platforming steps by Facebook or Twitter or YouTube, they're very public. 225 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: What this report focuses on as the ones that are 226 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 2: not public, which is the back office infrastructure. So let's 227 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: take for example, Slack, which is used for communication for 228 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 2: many online organizations and companies. Slack canceled libs of TikTok's 229 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 2: workspace for violating its terms of service and the terms 230 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 2: of service for prohibit users from quote engaging activity that 231 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 2: incites or encourages violence or hatred towards against individuals or groups. 232 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: Slack determined that Libs of TikTok violated this policy based 233 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 2: on three social media posts concerning quote, gender affirming hysterectomies 234 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: and all age drag shows. Now here's the interesting thing. 235 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 2: Slack shut down libs of TikTok's worksplace without any warning, 236 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 2: without any explanation as to how it is violated Slack's policy, 237 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 2: and Slack's action caused Libs of TikTok to effectively lose 238 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: its use of Slax communications and force it to rely 239 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 2: entirely on cell phones to run its business. Now, listen 240 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 2: to this quote, which is fascinating, Slack told the Commerce 241 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 2: Committee told my investigation quote. What makes Libs of TikTok's 242 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 2: posts problematic is that Libs of TikTok has a specific audience, 243 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 2: and they are taking this information and posting it to 244 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 2: that specific audience so that everyone in that audience sees 245 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 2: it at the same time. In other words, they didn't 246 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: even find objections with what Libs of TikTok was posting. 247 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: What they were mad at is conservatives were reading it 248 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 2: and that was enough reason to deplatform libs TikTok. 249 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: So when you shut down a business in essence the 250 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: way they did, is there any real in relief for 251 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: Libs of TikTok or others or is this one of 252 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: those they're too big to fail? 253 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 3: Right? 254 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: These companies are too big, they're protected and you're the 255 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: minion and just deal with it. And if you're in 256 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: and who cares if your life work is destroyed in 257 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: thirty seconds because they shut it off. 258 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 2: So right now there is not immediate relief. You could 259 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 2: presumably file a breach of contract case. The biggest relief 260 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 2: and the reason I did this report is just sunshine. 261 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 2: They're doing this in the dark. They're doing this without scrutiny. 262 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: There is right now no federal law that this is prohibited. 263 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 2: I'll give you another example. Event Bright, which we focus 264 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 2: is on. Event Bright canceled pages for events hosted by 265 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: college Republican clubs concerning Matt Walsh's What Is a Woman? Film? 266 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 2: And it also canceled pages for an event featuring swimmer 267 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 2: Riley Gaines for violating its terms of service. Now, critically, 268 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: no one involved in the decision. This is what they told. 269 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 2: The committee watched the movie v What is a Woman', 270 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 2: so they never saw it, and they couldn't identify anything 271 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 2: objectionbal in the trailer, So they just didn't like the topic, 272 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: so they decided to take it down. They relied instead 273 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 2: on Matt Walsh's statements about quote gender affirming surgeries, pronouns, 274 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 2: and is Johnny the Walris Children's book to reach the conclusion. Likewise, 275 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 2: event Bright determined that Riley Gains's event violated its policy 276 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 2: based on her social media post about biological men compeding 277 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: women's sports. They shut down the event page without any warning, 278 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 2: without any explanation as to how they violated this policy 279 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 2: without any way to fix it, and their actions ruined 280 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 2: advertisements that included QR coaches for the event pages. So 281 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 2: you know, a lot had been done to put out 282 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 2: the codes to say hey, come to this event, and 283 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 2: they forced the event organizers to quickly pivot to a 284 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: new method of providing tickets. And the committee asked event 285 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 2: Bright whether gained this statement. On October tenth, twenty twenty three, 286 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 2: she posted on Twitter quote real women lack a Y chromosome, 287 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 2: and we asked whether that violates event Bright's policy. Event 288 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 2: Bright responded that quote the post speaks for itself, so 289 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 2: they needn't answer that. How dare you say that someone 290 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 2: with a Y chromosome is not a woman. We don't 291 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 2: even need to dispute it. We have the power to 292 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 2: shut it down. 293 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: So now moving forward, you shine light on this and 294 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: you talk about this is really being done in darkness 295 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: and we need to shine light on it. Was there 296 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: any nervousness from those that you're questioning. I want to 297 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: use the word remorse, but I can't imagine they're remorseful. 298 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: But is it going to at least make them pause 299 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: before they do it again? 300 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 2: Or since I'm ask you, Ben Have you seen this 301 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 2: on CNN? 302 00:18:58,520 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 3: No? 303 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 2: Have you seen it on an AB, the NBCCBS, MSNBC nowhere, 304 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,360 Speaker 2: You read it past, you read in the New York Times. No, no, 305 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 2: the corporate media will not cover. I'll give you another example. 306 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 2: So Bontera, which provides nonprofit management services, so it's back office, 307 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: but it's incredibly important and they're very few providers of this. 308 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 2: They denied those services to Independent Women's Forum, which is 309 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 2: a conservative organization that is focused on advancing women's rights, 310 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 2: and Bontera concluded that it violates its policies, which require 311 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 2: customers to agree to refrain from advocacy denying quote LGBTQ 312 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: rights or denying a woman's right to reproductive choice, or 313 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 2: denying racial justice, or denying climate change, and their policies 314 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 2: also prohibit customers from quote promoting, encouraging, or facilitating hate speech, violence, 315 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 2: discrimination based on race, color, sexual orientation, marital status, gender, 316 00:19:55,960 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 2: or identity expression. Bonterra notified Independent Women's Form of its 317 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 2: decision not to renew their contract without any explanation of 318 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 2: how the organization violated this policy. As a result, Independent 319 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 2: Women's Forum had to quickly move off Bonterra's platform and 320 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 2: obtain a replacement services provider. Bontera told the committee that 321 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 2: Independent Women's Forum violated its terms of service because the 322 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 2: organization quote works to restrict the rights of the LGBTQ community. 323 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 2: Bontera could not explain exactly how the group was working 324 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 2: to restrict LGBTQ rights, but generally pointed to Independent women 325 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 2: forums advocacy on issues like protecting women's sports and women's spaces. 326 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: So if you actually think that girls should compete in 327 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 2: girls sports, that is of view. That is not acceptable 328 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 2: and you will be denied online basic infrastructure from monopoly 329 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 2: and near monopoly providers. 330 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: The amount of arrogance that weceive now from these companies 331 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: you've witnessed sit now firsthand tells you they feel like 332 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: they are protected by the current regime. 333 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 3: Am I wrong? 334 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 2: You are exactly right. And if you look at event 335 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 2: Bright for example, let's go back to Riley Gaines. So 336 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 2: Riley Gaines, they shut her down because they disagreed about 337 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 2: not her event, but about some posts that she had 338 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 2: put out. What they did not object to was an 339 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 2: event that we identified entitled Gaza and the Struggle for Palestine. Now, 340 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 2: that event was flagged by Event Rights algorithm and it 341 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 2: was reviewed by its Trust and Safety team, but it 342 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 2: determined that that event did not violate its hateful events 343 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 2: policy in an October ninth, twenty twenty three statements. So 344 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 2: two days off after October seventh, here's what the event 345 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 2: sponsored the Palestinian American organization Networks said. It called the 346 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 2: October SI attack quote self defense measures and said that 347 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 2: quote Israel bears the full responsibility for those attacks, and 348 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 2: declare that quote the Palestinian people have the right to 349 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 2: defend themselves and to fight the occupation with all means available. 350 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 2: We salute the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in its resistance. 351 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 2: So understand saluting the mass murder of twelve hundred people, 352 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: the raping of women and girls that does not violate 353 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 2: their hateful speech policy. But saying that girls exist that does. 354 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 2: Saying that men should not compete against women in women's 355 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 2: sports that does. That is the utter hypocrisy and double 356 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 2: standards that allows. By the way, event Bright has also 357 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 2: allowed numerous quote stop Cop City events which support violent 358 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: protesters who oppose the building of a police and firefighter 359 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 2: training facility. Likewise, event Bright created a map of Black 360 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 2: Lives Matter protests, many of which turn violent to help 361 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 2: users find them. So, in other words, actual events that 362 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 2: produce violence that end up killing people, that burn shops, 363 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 2: that fire bomb cars, those are not deem hateful and violent. 364 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 2: But if you say that women exists, you must be deplatformed. 365 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,479 Speaker 1: Incredible, I want to tell you about Patriot Mobile. If 366 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: you're like me and you're sick and tired of giving 367 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: your money to woke liberal companies to hate your values, 368 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: then your cell phone provider maybe at the top of 369 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 1: the list and you don't even know it. 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That's 403 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: nine seven to two Patriot or Patriotmobile dot com slash Verdict. 404 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 3: Senator. 405 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why I just I love doing 406 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,719 Speaker 1: this show with you is we get to talk about 407 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: issues that the media is not covering. The last one's 408 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: a great example, but there's also one that needs to 409 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: have everyone listening, share on social media, and that is 410 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: this new report out that it wasn't just Hunter Biden 411 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: that was getting in on the action of selling access 412 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: to daddy. Jim Biden was getting in on the action 413 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: and actually may have been a bigger offender based on 414 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: what we're finding out. Jim Biden is now being accused 415 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: of being in business with Katari officials, the actual government 416 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: and Hunter Biden. Yeah, he leverages ties to his dad. 417 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: We've seen that. But Politico has a new report out 418 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: that says that Joe Biden's brother was winning business deals 419 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: with business partners that were directly linked and tied to 420 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: foreign governments, those that were actually tied to terrorism. According 421 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: to the outlet, Jim Biden, the President's brother, was in 422 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: business with Katari officials to fund his healthcare venture. That 423 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: would be quote some of the closest known links between 424 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: a Biden relative and a foreign government. 425 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 2: Well that's exactly right. This was a bombshell report that 426 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 2: came out three days ago in Politico. The title of 427 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 2: the report is quote fund manager indicates Jim Biden was 428 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 2: in business with Katari officials, and Politico explains quote. New 429 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 2: details about Jim Biden's foreign fundraising efforts are spilling out 430 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 2: into a Kentucky bankruptcy court, where recent testimony indicates that 431 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 2: President Joe Biden's brother partnered with the Katari government officials 432 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 2: in his quest to find money for a US healthcare venture. 433 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 2: The sworn testimony by fund manager Michael LeWitt, a former 434 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 2: business partner of Jim Biden's, a test that two companies 435 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 2: that facilitated the efforts were part owned by members of 436 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 2: the Katari government. One company named in the testimony partnered 437 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 2: directly with Jim Biden the multi year fundraising efforts. The 438 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 2: second company provided financial backing for a series of loans 439 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 2: that a hospital chain paid Jim Biden to arrange. According 440 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 2: to documents and testimony Lewet submitted in the course of 441 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:54,679 Speaker 2: the federal bankruptcy proceedings. If substantiated, the alleged arrangements would 442 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 2: constitute some of the closest known financial links between a 443 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 2: relative of Presidentident Joe Biden and a foreign government. 444 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:07,959 Speaker 1: It's also about following the money. Yes, we're hearing now 445 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: that this money that was coming in was not just 446 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: going to Jim Biden, but it was also going into 447 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: the pocket of the now President of the United States 448 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: of America. This testimony that came out in this bankruptcy, 449 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: these documents, and now this individual that did business with 450 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: the Bidens, he said, Look, at first there was a 451 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,360 Speaker 1: bridge loan to amer Corps that coincided with a payment 452 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: from Americ Corps directly to Jim Biden. The report says 453 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: Biden said in testimony in February that the roughly six 454 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars payments that he received from Americrps around 455 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: the time where his role was in arranging quote loans 456 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: and many other services quote unquote, and then in March 457 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: of twenty eighteen, Jim Biden it's transferred two hundred thousand 458 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: dollars of the payments in question to then his brother 459 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. 460 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 2: Well, look, that is exactly right. And you needn't understand 461 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 2: Cutter has some of the most problematic foreign policy of 462 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 2: any country on Earth, and so this is you know, 463 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 2: it's amazing the Biden crime family. In that phrase. I 464 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 2: got to say a while ago it sounded like hyperbole. 465 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 2: It no longer sounds like hyperbole because the entire Biden 466 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 2: family is engaged in a business where they only do 467 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 2: business with our enemies. They somehow never seem to do 468 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 2: business with Canada, They never do business with the United Kingdom. 469 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 2: They never do business with France or Spain or Japan. 470 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 2: They only do business with Russia. They do business with Ukraine, 471 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 2: they do business with communist China. Let me read from 472 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 2: this political art article because it lays out quote. In 473 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 2: June of twenty seventeen, Cutter's neighbors, led by Saudia Arabia, 474 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 2: ganged up and cut diplomatic ties with the country, citing 475 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 2: its alleged support for terrorism. The ensuing financial and physical 476 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 2: blockade through the country, a peninsula that juts out from 477 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia into the Persian Gulf, into a sustained crisis. 478 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 2: In response, the country's rulers began showering well connected Westerners 479 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 2: with gifts and financial benefits, sometimes in the form of 480 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 2: investment funding. The Qatari influence offensive strengthened the country's ties 481 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 2: to the US and Europe, but also led to corruption scandals, 482 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 2: including the European parliament sprawling Cuttergate fiasco. Around the time 483 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 2: of the blockade. Jim Biden was embarking into a foray 484 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 2: into the healthcare business, in which he worked closely with 485 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 2: a troubled hospital chain AmeriCorps. And by the way, when 486 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 2: Jim Biden was raising money, he pitched himself very directly 487 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 2: as so. For example, here's what Jim Biden said in 488 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 2: a draft letter to official at Cutter's and Wealth fund. 489 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 2: He said, quote, my family could provide a wealth of 490 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 2: introductions and business opportunities at the highest level that I 491 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 2: believe would be worthy of the interest of his excellency 492 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 2: on behalf of the Biden family. I welcome your interest here. 493 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 2: That's how he was pitching it, and it resulted in 494 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 2: payments of roughly six hundred thousand dollars from AmeriCorps that 495 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 2: he received, and Jim Biden transferred two hundred thousand dollars 496 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 2: of those payments directly to Joe Biden. Now understand who 497 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 2: Cutter is. Also, do you know where the leaders of 498 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 2: a MOSS live? Where's that Cutter? There? You go that 499 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 2: they live as billionaire as they live in incredibly lush, 500 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 2: opulent apartments, they fly private jets. Cutter gives them sanctuary. 501 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 2: Cutter supports them, Cutter protects them. This is the same 502 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 2: Mas that carried out October seventh. This is the same 503 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 2: Moss that murders Israelis and murders murders Americans. And yet 504 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 2: the Biden administration consistently refuses the sanctioned Cutter, refuses to 505 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 2: stand up to Cutter, and suddenly we discover that the 506 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 2: Biden family has been bought and paid for. By the way, 507 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 2: can you. 508 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: Go back and read that one line, because I do 509 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: think it's an important one. 510 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 2: Holy let me read a different line, which is Jim 511 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 2: Biden presented a presentation on behalf of America Corps saying 512 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 2: that Americarps was seeking thirty million dollars in financing to 513 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 2: acquire hospitals. Do you know how the presentation described Jim Biden. 514 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 3: I'm gonna guess Joe Biden's brother. 515 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 2: It described him as totally separate person with no connection 516 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 2: to the vice president of the president. No, no, that 517 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 2: actually is not correct. I'm gonna read you what it said. 518 00:32:55,360 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 2: This is a quote Jim Biden quote, brother and campaign 519 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 2: finance chair of former Vice President Joe Biden. So it 520 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: ain't complicated. Why do you want to give him money? 521 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 2: Because he's Joe's brother. And by the way, the money 522 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,239 Speaker 2: you give him, he'll give to Joe. Why is this 523 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 2: not on the six o'clock news. 524 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: Ben, Because it indicts the President United States of America 525 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: in a paid a play scheme that would bring down 526 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: I would argue any other presidency, look. 527 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 2: In any normal sense, that would be right. But if 528 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 2: you look at this these documents, these documents are being 529 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 2: ignored by the media. So, for example, Lewett wrote to 530 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 2: Jim Biden to express confidence that his funds would be 531 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 2: repaid immediately for its loans to AmeriCorps with money from Dubai. 532 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 2: According to an email that emerged in the bankruptcy litigation, 533 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 2: quote nothing else changes in turn terms of what I 534 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 2: will be doing re AmeriCorps, since I will be just 535 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 2: as responsible for the Dubai dollar dollar dollar three dollar 536 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 2: signs with the added worry of being driven around the desert. 537 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 2: L Ol. 538 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 3: Wow. 539 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: I mean I'm sitting here and I say wow, and 540 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,319 Speaker 1: I mean it rarely am I speechless, But I go 541 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: back to that sence I wanted you to read again 542 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,839 Speaker 1: where the pitch is to his excellency. I mean they're saying, hey, 543 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: do business with us. You guys need access. You're in trouble. 544 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: This is how you get the Biden family on your team. Again, 545 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 1: It's just going to cost you millions of dollars in 546 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 1: quote business. 547 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 2: Yet, let's speak clear the entire pitch. It was not 548 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 2: about Jim Biden's financial acumen. It's not about what he 549 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 2: knew about healthcare. As far as we can tell, he 550 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 2: didn't know a damn thing about healthcare. Here's what he 551 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 2: what he wrote. I'm going to read it again. The 552 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 2: draft letter from Jim Biden read, in part quote my family. 553 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 2: It's not even me my family and who's my family mean? 554 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,480 Speaker 2: He means his brother. It's just like Hunter Biden when 555 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 2: he says my father. They're all talking about Papa Joe. 556 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 2: My family could provide a wealth of introduction and business 557 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,319 Speaker 2: opportunities at the highest level that I believe would be 558 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 2: worthy of the interest of his excellency and his excellency 559 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 2: are both capitalized on behalf of the Biden family. I 560 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 2: welcome your interest here. 561 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, meaning I'm speaking on behalf of my brother. 562 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,920 Speaker 2: Just like Hunter Biden said, I'm sitting here next to 563 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 2: my father to the Chinese Communist. If you do not 564 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 2: give me five million dollars Right now, my father will retaliate. 565 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 2: It wasn't just Hunter, it was Jim. It was the 566 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 2: entire family. And I want to underscore why didn't they 567 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 2: do business with the French, or the British or any friends, 568 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 2: the Japanese, the Canadians know. It was only enemies of America. 569 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 2: It was only countries that provide comfort and shelter to 570 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 2: Hamas and terrorists to murder Americans. That was their business 571 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 2: strategy is find people who hate America, find countries who 572 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 2: are enemies of America, but who need favors from Joe Biden, 573 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 2: and go get hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars 574 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 2: from them. 575 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, and this comes, by the way, two weeks after 576 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 1: James Biden it came out in court documents as well, 577 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,720 Speaker 1: apparently secretly negotiate one hundred and forty million dollars settlement 578 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 1: deal in twenty twelve between a US company and the 579 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabian government quote due to his relationship with then 580 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,840 Speaker 1: Vice President Joe Biden. 581 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,920 Speaker 3: Court documents revealed, and. 582 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,439 Speaker 1: No one talked about that story either on the nightly news, 583 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: as you mentioned a moment ago. 584 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 2: Look, it reminds me of mel Brooks's movie History of 585 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,719 Speaker 2: the World Part One, where he says repeatedly, it's good 586 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:52,279 Speaker 2: to be the king. 587 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:53,839 Speaker 3: It's good to be the king. 588 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,920 Speaker 2: That's how the Biden family sadly approaches government. 589 00:36:58,239 --> 00:36:59,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're gonna keep watching this. 590 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 1: I ask all of you listening make sure you share 591 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 1: it on social media because this is what we're up against. 592 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: Share this podcast wherever you are on social media and 593 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,319 Speaker 1: tell people to listen to this. 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