1 00:00:11,657 --> 00:00:14,937 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Buck Sexton Show podcast, make sure 2 00:00:14,937 --> 00:00:17,577 Speaker 1: you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeart Radio app 3 00:00:17,817 --> 00:00:22,577 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. Big news today, the 4 00:00:22,617 --> 00:00:25,657 Speaker 1: Federal Reserve has announced it is raising its key short 5 00:00:25,817 --> 00:00:28,737 Speaker 1: interest rates by three quarters of a percent in an 6 00:00:28,737 --> 00:00:32,217 Speaker 1: effort to curb out of control inflation. The central Bank's 7 00:00:32,257 --> 00:00:35,177 Speaker 1: biggest rate hike in twenty eight years also had a 8 00:00:35,257 --> 00:00:37,937 Speaker 1: special congressional rate in the lone Star state making some 9 00:00:38,057 --> 00:00:43,537 Speaker 1: serious headlines as a deep blue Texas district has elected 10 00:00:43,617 --> 00:00:46,777 Speaker 1: its first Republican in one hundred years. So good, this 11 00:00:46,937 --> 00:00:50,457 Speaker 1: be the first indication of the coming red wave in November. 12 00:00:50,577 --> 00:00:52,657 Speaker 1: We'll take a look at that and more in all 13 00:00:52,737 --> 00:01:01,217 Speaker 1: the one from the standpoint of our congressional mandate to 14 00:01:01,257 --> 00:01:05,097 Speaker 1: promote maximum employment and price stability. The current picture is 15 00:01:05,137 --> 00:01:09,097 Speaker 1: playing to see. The labor market is extremely tight and 16 00:01:09,257 --> 00:01:13,857 Speaker 1: inflation is much too high. Against this backdrop, today the 17 00:01:13,897 --> 00:01:17,057 Speaker 1: Federal Open Market Committee raised its policy interest rate by 18 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:21,377 Speaker 1: three quarters of a percentage point and anticipates that ongoing 19 00:01:21,417 --> 00:01:25,017 Speaker 1: increases in that rate will be appropriate. Welcome to hold 20 00:01:25,057 --> 00:01:27,617 Speaker 1: a lot on, buck Sexton. That was Federal Reserve Chairman 21 00:01:27,697 --> 00:01:31,737 Speaker 1: Jerome Powell talking about the big interest rate hike today. 22 00:01:31,777 --> 00:01:34,857 Speaker 1: This is the Fed's primary tool than the toolkit, and 23 00:01:34,897 --> 00:01:40,097 Speaker 1: they are using it because inflation is really harming the 24 00:01:40,297 --> 00:01:43,577 Speaker 1: economic day to day lives of the American people. Right 25 00:01:43,657 --> 00:01:46,777 Speaker 1: price of gas, price of food, price of everything, and 26 00:01:46,937 --> 00:01:50,177 Speaker 1: your wages are certainly not keeping up with the decrease 27 00:01:50,217 --> 00:01:53,657 Speaker 1: in the spending power that is currently under way. So 28 00:01:54,017 --> 00:01:58,177 Speaker 1: we know that the Biden administration, with a major midterm 29 00:01:58,217 --> 00:02:02,457 Speaker 1: election coming up here, is not looking good. Folks. People 30 00:02:02,737 --> 00:02:06,417 Speaker 1: really react poorly across the political spectrum to high gas 31 00:02:06,417 --> 00:02:09,217 Speaker 1: prices and high inflation because they can't hide it because 32 00:02:09,257 --> 00:02:12,297 Speaker 1: they know it's real, because it is there and apparent 33 00:02:12,377 --> 00:02:15,097 Speaker 1: for all to see and pay for day in and 34 00:02:15,177 --> 00:02:18,577 Speaker 1: day out. So on the negative side of things, yeah, 35 00:02:18,617 --> 00:02:20,897 Speaker 1: the economy is going to be rough for a while. 36 00:02:20,937 --> 00:02:23,137 Speaker 1: We might start hearing a lot about stagflation. We might 37 00:02:23,177 --> 00:02:27,337 Speaker 1: soon be in the Biden recession. On the positive side 38 00:02:27,337 --> 00:02:29,577 Speaker 1: of things, I like to look at the positive. We 39 00:02:29,697 --> 00:02:33,697 Speaker 1: just had some very interesting results out of Texas's thirty 40 00:02:33,737 --> 00:02:39,577 Speaker 1: fourth congressional district. Special election was held there and Republican 41 00:02:39,857 --> 00:02:42,617 Speaker 1: Mayora Flores got fifty one percent of the vote against 42 00:02:42,657 --> 00:02:47,217 Speaker 1: Democrat Dan Sanchez. Now Mayda Floridas was born in Mexico 43 00:02:48,017 --> 00:02:52,857 Speaker 1: is the first Latina female member of Congress to come 44 00:02:53,097 --> 00:02:57,657 Speaker 1: from the state of Texas. She is also the wife 45 00:02:57,777 --> 00:03:03,177 Speaker 1: of a border patrol agent and is very pro border security, 46 00:03:03,217 --> 00:03:06,697 Speaker 1: opposed to illegal immigration, which pretty sure the Democrats would 47 00:03:06,697 --> 00:03:09,137 Speaker 1: tell us is so racist. So someone's going to have 48 00:03:09,177 --> 00:03:12,017 Speaker 1: to tell Mexican boy Earn Myra Flores that it is 49 00:03:12,097 --> 00:03:14,537 Speaker 1: racist for her now as a soon to be seated 50 00:03:14,577 --> 00:03:17,657 Speaker 1: member of Congress, to say that our wide open border 51 00:03:18,217 --> 00:03:21,857 Speaker 1: isn't a good idea. Well, actually, here's what she said. 52 00:03:21,937 --> 00:03:24,817 Speaker 1: We can hear from her personally or specifically during her 53 00:03:24,857 --> 00:03:33,617 Speaker 1: victory speech last night. Why right now we have the 54 00:03:33,777 --> 00:03:40,017 Speaker 1: evenings of God, of who of medication, we can and 55 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:45,657 Speaker 1: we have to say that that under presidential we did 56 00:03:45,857 --> 00:03:50,737 Speaker 1: not have this mess pretty straightforward under President Trump, but 57 00:03:50,777 --> 00:03:52,497 Speaker 1: we did not have that have the mess that she 58 00:03:52,617 --> 00:03:55,697 Speaker 1: was just laying out there, all true. This is just factual. 59 00:03:55,777 --> 00:03:58,377 Speaker 1: Now right now, Why are we all looking at this 60 00:03:58,497 --> 00:04:01,857 Speaker 1: particular congressional special election? Right there's a lot of members 61 00:04:01,857 --> 00:04:03,617 Speaker 1: one hundreds of members of Congress, So why does this 62 00:04:03,657 --> 00:04:06,817 Speaker 1: one seem to be such a possible indicator, maybe even 63 00:04:06,817 --> 00:04:10,377 Speaker 1: a bellweather of where all this is going Texas As. 64 00:04:11,217 --> 00:04:15,097 Speaker 1: The demographics rather of Texas is thirty fourth show the 65 00:04:15,137 --> 00:04:18,617 Speaker 1: following Hispanic eighty five percent, like thirteen percent Black and 66 00:04:18,697 --> 00:04:23,977 Speaker 1: other one percent each. So this is a heavily Hispanic 67 00:04:24,617 --> 00:04:27,617 Speaker 1: district that is right along the US Mexico border in 68 00:04:27,617 --> 00:04:32,297 Speaker 1: the Rio Grande sector in the eastern part of Texas, 69 00:04:32,377 --> 00:04:35,737 Speaker 1: southeastern part of Texas, right tucked up against the border. 70 00:04:36,057 --> 00:04:41,977 Speaker 1: And one of the big issues that Myra Flores was 71 00:04:42,137 --> 00:04:46,537 Speaker 1: using in her campaign was the mess at the southern 72 00:04:46,577 --> 00:04:50,257 Speaker 1: border and the way that it has become just lawless 73 00:04:50,337 --> 00:04:53,537 Speaker 1: and the cartels or flooding communities with fentanyl, and it 74 00:04:53,617 --> 00:04:57,177 Speaker 1: really affects people who live along the border, the illegal 75 00:04:57,217 --> 00:05:00,617 Speaker 1: migrants coming into their communities, the drain on resources, the 76 00:05:00,697 --> 00:05:05,017 Speaker 1: constant law enforcement effort that's underway to deal with this, 77 00:05:05,577 --> 00:05:08,137 Speaker 1: and so that's really interesting. But it also could be 78 00:05:08,137 --> 00:05:12,937 Speaker 1: a sign of a broader shift among Hispanic voters nationwide. 79 00:05:12,977 --> 00:05:16,777 Speaker 1: This is the hope, certainly among Republicans that the red 80 00:05:16,857 --> 00:05:21,617 Speaker 1: wave we're expecting this fall could be led by Hispanic 81 00:05:21,737 --> 00:05:24,937 Speaker 1: voters who come out in big numbers for Republican candidates, 82 00:05:25,017 --> 00:05:28,697 Speaker 1: many of whom may be leaving the Democrat Party in 83 00:05:28,737 --> 00:05:33,377 Speaker 1: their voting this fall, and that could be enormously important, 84 00:05:33,377 --> 00:05:36,577 Speaker 1: that could really make a huge difference. The polling currently 85 00:05:36,977 --> 00:05:41,057 Speaker 1: suggests that that's happening. In fact, Biden is more unpopular 86 00:05:41,137 --> 00:05:43,417 Speaker 1: with and the Republicans are more popular with the Hispanic 87 00:05:43,457 --> 00:05:48,457 Speaker 1: community than any other community right now. So that's a 88 00:05:48,577 --> 00:05:52,137 Speaker 1: particularly interesting data point given where we think these midterms 89 00:05:52,177 --> 00:05:56,897 Speaker 1: are heading. Meanwhile, the Biden administration, while this is going on, 90 00:05:57,537 --> 00:06:00,617 Speaker 1: has to figure out ways to try to placate their 91 00:06:00,857 --> 00:06:03,897 Speaker 1: lunatic left wing pace and maybe get them fired up 92 00:06:03,937 --> 00:06:06,177 Speaker 1: so they'll at least turn out in the blue enclaves. 93 00:06:07,177 --> 00:06:09,977 Speaker 1: And that then brings me to the Fox News report 94 00:06:10,297 --> 00:06:14,497 Speaker 1: on how border patrol agents may be disciplined who were 95 00:06:14,537 --> 00:06:20,057 Speaker 1: involved in the fake horsewhipping of migrants incident. Right, remember 96 00:06:20,057 --> 00:06:23,537 Speaker 1: the Haitian migrants who were part of a massive caravan 97 00:06:23,537 --> 00:06:26,017 Speaker 1: about ten or fifteen thousand at the US Mexico border, 98 00:06:26,297 --> 00:06:29,697 Speaker 1: And then there was this photo, and this photo then 99 00:06:29,857 --> 00:06:32,777 Speaker 1: led to these are mounted members of border patrol. People 100 00:06:32,857 --> 00:06:37,897 Speaker 1: said in the media, Democrats, they're whipping Haitian migrants. That's 101 00:06:37,937 --> 00:06:42,137 Speaker 1: not true. They are on horseback using split rains. Nobody 102 00:06:42,817 --> 00:06:46,617 Speaker 1: was whipped. That's just a fact. They already did the investigation. 103 00:06:46,697 --> 00:06:48,737 Speaker 1: The reporter who was on the scene of the photographer 104 00:06:48,737 --> 00:06:52,417 Speaker 1: on the scene said there was no person actually being whipped. 105 00:06:53,657 --> 00:06:55,897 Speaker 1: But now it turns out, according to Fox News, the 106 00:06:55,977 --> 00:07:00,297 Speaker 1: Department of Homeland Securities preparing to discipline multiple horseback border 107 00:07:00,337 --> 00:07:03,857 Speaker 1: patrol agents involved in the infamous whipping incident of Haitian 108 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:07,337 Speaker 1: migrants at the US Mexico borderback in September. The source 109 00:07:07,337 --> 00:07:10,057 Speaker 1: said that DHS will be putting forth proposals to disciple 110 00:07:10,097 --> 00:07:11,937 Speaker 1: and the agents, who will have a chance to respond 111 00:07:12,017 --> 00:07:15,777 Speaker 1: the charges. Fox News is told, our administrative violations do 112 00:07:15,857 --> 00:07:19,257 Speaker 1: not admit, do not amount to criminal conduct. The agents 113 00:07:19,297 --> 00:07:21,137 Speaker 1: were already clear of that. So the agients committed no 114 00:07:21,177 --> 00:07:24,217 Speaker 1: crime here. But let's remember this is all politics. Friends, 115 00:07:24,297 --> 00:07:26,497 Speaker 1: Then they might, oh, maybe some of the agents used 116 00:07:26,537 --> 00:07:29,017 Speaker 1: foul language, you know, they cursed. Oh no, so let's 117 00:07:29,097 --> 00:07:31,897 Speaker 1: hit them with an administrative violation. Maybe you know, they 118 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:34,897 Speaker 1: were a little too forceful when they said, hey, stop 119 00:07:35,017 --> 00:07:38,617 Speaker 1: violating US federal law by entering our country illegally. But 120 00:07:38,697 --> 00:07:41,897 Speaker 1: let's remember that the Democrats are willing to throw border 121 00:07:41,897 --> 00:07:45,217 Speaker 1: patrol agents under the bus at the first political opportunity, 122 00:07:45,297 --> 00:07:47,257 Speaker 1: the moment that it suits them, and this is back 123 00:07:47,257 --> 00:07:51,617 Speaker 1: in April then Propaganda Zar Jensaki refused to apologize the 124 00:07:51,697 --> 00:07:54,377 Speaker 1: border patrol after they were accused of whipping migrants, which 125 00:07:54,377 --> 00:07:57,577 Speaker 1: they did not do. Watch no question about It's something 126 00:07:57,617 --> 00:07:59,217 Speaker 1: that happened a few months ago down at the border. 127 00:07:59,257 --> 00:08:02,137 Speaker 1: We've been told that the mounted Border Patrol officers and 128 00:08:02,257 --> 00:08:06,297 Speaker 1: president accused of whipping migrants have been notified they will 129 00:08:06,417 --> 00:08:09,857 Speaker 1: not face criminal charges. So when is the President going 130 00:08:09,897 --> 00:08:13,857 Speaker 1: to apologize to them. There's a process and an investigation 131 00:08:13,897 --> 00:08:15,937 Speaker 1: that's gone through the Department of Homeland Security. I don't 132 00:08:15,937 --> 00:08:18,617 Speaker 1: have any update on that. The President said that they 133 00:08:18,617 --> 00:08:20,897 Speaker 1: were whipping people, which would be a criminal offense, and 134 00:08:21,017 --> 00:08:22,737 Speaker 1: they've been told they're not going to be criminally and 135 00:08:22,817 --> 00:08:24,737 Speaker 1: there was an investigation into that, and I'll let the 136 00:08:24,777 --> 00:08:27,777 Speaker 1: Department of Homeland Security announce any conclusion of that investigation. 137 00:08:27,977 --> 00:08:32,057 Speaker 1: You accuse these officers of brutal and inappropriate measures. Now 138 00:08:32,057 --> 00:08:34,297 Speaker 1: that they've been told they will not be criminally charged, 139 00:08:34,377 --> 00:08:37,697 Speaker 1: will you apologize? And Peter, there was an investigation into 140 00:08:37,737 --> 00:08:41,977 Speaker 1: their behavior, so that investigation is playing out. Whenever it's 141 00:08:42,417 --> 00:08:44,537 Speaker 1: going to be announced, the Department of Homeland Security will 142 00:08:44,537 --> 00:08:46,337 Speaker 1: announce that and I'm sure we'll have a comment on 143 00:08:46,337 --> 00:08:50,937 Speaker 1: it after that go ahead. So because prominent Democrats like 144 00:08:50,977 --> 00:08:55,297 Speaker 1: the President and his spokesperson lied about border patrol agents, 145 00:08:55,737 --> 00:08:57,737 Speaker 1: now they're going to use the bureaucracy to try to 146 00:08:57,817 --> 00:09:01,057 Speaker 1: come up with some b as complaint about border patrol 147 00:09:01,097 --> 00:09:04,017 Speaker 1: agents involved here, so they don't look like just so 148 00:09:04,177 --> 00:09:08,417 Speaker 1: Biden and Saki don't look like liars and morons or 149 00:09:08,417 --> 00:09:11,937 Speaker 1: what they said. That's aparently what's going on. Our lawmakers 150 00:09:11,937 --> 00:09:14,297 Speaker 1: have passed a measure that would increase security for Supreme 151 00:09:14,337 --> 00:09:17,937 Speaker 1: Court justices following the attempted assassination of Justice spread Kavana. However, 152 00:09:18,057 --> 00:09:21,857 Speaker 1: some Democrats voted against the proposal. Why are Democrats turning 153 00:09:21,897 --> 00:09:23,657 Speaker 1: a blind eye to the left wing violence? It's all 154 00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:26,177 Speaker 1: over the country these days. Washing didn't examine her Colmas 155 00:09:26,177 --> 00:09:28,617 Speaker 1: Beckett Adams joins us next to talk about it. Let's 156 00:09:28,617 --> 00:09:31,097 Speaker 1: talk first about securing your home. You know, recently there 157 00:09:31,177 --> 00:09:33,337 Speaker 1: was a story about an Arizona real estate agent who 158 00:09:33,337 --> 00:09:35,337 Speaker 1: found the home she lived and was listed for sale. 159 00:09:35,657 --> 00:09:37,497 Speaker 1: Problem was, she wasn't selling her home. She was the 160 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:40,617 Speaker 1: victim of home title fraud, a devastating crime happening all 161 00:09:40,617 --> 00:09:43,377 Speaker 1: over the country. According to the experts at home tuttle lock. 162 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:46,337 Speaker 1: The crime is incredibly profitable and hard to detect. An 163 00:09:46,337 --> 00:09:49,217 Speaker 1: identity thief simply creates a fake title transfer for your 164 00:09:49,217 --> 00:09:51,417 Speaker 1: home and refiles as the new owner. Then he can 165 00:09:51,417 --> 00:09:53,857 Speaker 1: take out loans on your home or sell it. Typical 166 00:09:53,857 --> 00:09:57,177 Speaker 1: identity theft services don't cover you, and neither does homeowners insurance. 167 00:09:57,257 --> 00:10:00,017 Speaker 1: Home title lock does. However, home tubtle lock puts a 168 00:10:00,057 --> 00:10:02,577 Speaker 1: barrier around your home's title the instant they detect anyone 169 00:10:02,617 --> 00:10:04,817 Speaker 1: tampering with it, they help shut it down. Go to 170 00:10:04,857 --> 00:10:07,537 Speaker 1: hometubtlelock dot com now and when you protect her home 171 00:10:07,777 --> 00:10:10,337 Speaker 1: tell him buck Sexton sent you for thirty free days 172 00:10:10,377 --> 00:10:13,817 Speaker 1: or protection home titlelock dot com Again, that's home titlelock 173 00:10:13,897 --> 00:10:16,737 Speaker 1: dot com. Becket Atom stops by in a moment. Stay 174 00:10:16,737 --> 00:10:23,177 Speaker 1: with us. Support from my podcast is brought to you 175 00:10:23,217 --> 00:10:26,537 Speaker 1: by Manscape the Best and Men's below the waste Grooming. 176 00:10:26,817 --> 00:10:31,617 Speaker 1: Their products are precision engineered tools. Manscape's Performance Package is 177 00:10:31,657 --> 00:10:35,817 Speaker 1: the ultimate men's hygiene bundle. Join over four million men 178 00:10:35,977 --> 00:10:39,097 Speaker 1: worldwide who trusts Manscape with its exclusive offer for you 179 00:10:39,577 --> 00:10:42,817 Speaker 1: twenty percent off and free worldwide shipping with the code 180 00:10:43,017 --> 00:10:47,017 Speaker 1: buck at manscape dot com. The Performance package four point 181 00:10:47,097 --> 00:10:50,017 Speaker 1: zero includes a ton of men's grooming products like the 182 00:10:50,137 --> 00:10:54,457 Speaker 1: Lawnmower four point zero trimmer, the weed Whacker, Erao's hair trimmer, 183 00:10:54,737 --> 00:10:57,657 Speaker 1: Performance boxer, briefs, and a bunch of other great men's 184 00:10:57,737 --> 00:11:00,897 Speaker 1: hygiene products you never knew you needed, plus a travel 185 00:11:00,937 --> 00:11:04,017 Speaker 1: bag to hold at all. The lawnmower trimmer is the best. 186 00:11:04,057 --> 00:11:07,577 Speaker 1: It's got a cutting edge ceramic blade to reduce grooming accidents, 187 00:11:07,817 --> 00:11:10,897 Speaker 1: and it's waterproof so no more messes the bathroom floor. 188 00:11:11,177 --> 00:11:14,257 Speaker 1: You'll also get the waterproof weed Whacker Nose an ear 189 00:11:14,297 --> 00:11:18,417 Speaker 1: hair trimmer with proprietary skin safe technology which helps reduce 190 00:11:18,537 --> 00:11:22,097 Speaker 1: nick snags and tugs in all those delicate areas. Get 191 00:11:22,137 --> 00:11:24,657 Speaker 1: twenty percent off and free shipping with the code buck 192 00:11:24,777 --> 00:11:28,697 Speaker 1: at manscape dot com. That's twenty percent off with free 193 00:11:28,737 --> 00:11:31,817 Speaker 1: shipping at manscape dot com and use code buck to 194 00:11:31,937 --> 00:11:37,057 Speaker 1: unlock your confidence and always use the right tools with Manscape. 195 00:11:39,017 --> 00:11:41,297 Speaker 1: In a vote of three hundred ninety six to twenty seven, 196 00:11:41,337 --> 00:11:44,537 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives passed a bill that would expand 197 00:11:44,577 --> 00:11:48,897 Speaker 1: security protections to family members of Supreme Court justices. The 198 00:11:48,937 --> 00:11:52,097 Speaker 1: passage comes a week after Nicholas Roski was charged with 199 00:11:52,137 --> 00:11:56,297 Speaker 1: the attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Republicans 200 00:11:56,457 --> 00:12:00,177 Speaker 1: unanimously voted for the bill, while twenty seven Democrats, including AOC, 201 00:12:00,657 --> 00:12:04,617 Speaker 1: voted against it. Democrats increasingly appear to be turning a 202 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:07,297 Speaker 1: blind eye toward left wing violence, while they actually always 203 00:12:07,337 --> 00:12:10,457 Speaker 1: do that, as dozens of pro life organizations and crisis 204 00:12:10,457 --> 00:12:14,137 Speaker 1: pregnancy centers have been vandalized and burned in the wake 205 00:12:14,177 --> 00:12:17,297 Speaker 1: of the League of the draft decision that we believe 206 00:12:17,777 --> 00:12:21,457 Speaker 1: could overturn Roe v. Wade. Joining me now is Washington 207 00:12:21,457 --> 00:12:24,857 Speaker 1: Examiner columnist and the program director of the National Journalism 208 00:12:24,897 --> 00:12:27,857 Speaker 1: Center Beckett Adams. Beckett, thanks for being with us. Thanks 209 00:12:27,857 --> 00:12:30,537 Speaker 1: for having me so given what we've seen, not just 210 00:12:30,577 --> 00:12:34,337 Speaker 1: the theoretical risk, given the very high pressure around the 211 00:12:34,337 --> 00:12:37,857 Speaker 1: release of the Supreme Court decision, but the actual arrest 212 00:12:38,217 --> 00:12:42,377 Speaker 1: for attempted murder of a conservative member of the Supreme Court. 213 00:12:42,697 --> 00:12:45,497 Speaker 1: Why have some members of Congress voted against this? What 214 00:12:45,857 --> 00:12:48,817 Speaker 1: is their rationale? The rationale is that they wanted to 215 00:12:48,857 --> 00:12:53,137 Speaker 1: hold out to extend protections for clerks and family members 216 00:12:53,137 --> 00:12:55,257 Speaker 1: of people working on the Supreme Court. But again, I 217 00:12:55,257 --> 00:12:58,497 Speaker 1: think that's a tenuous at best excuse to slow walk 218 00:12:58,537 --> 00:13:00,777 Speaker 1: this which they have been doing throughout Congress, and it's 219 00:13:01,617 --> 00:13:05,217 Speaker 1: even more indefensible given the growing spate of violence against 220 00:13:05,257 --> 00:13:09,657 Speaker 1: pro life groups and notable conservative public beers, most notably 221 00:13:09,777 --> 00:13:11,897 Speaker 1: Brett happened on the Supreme Court. So I mean it 222 00:13:11,977 --> 00:13:14,577 Speaker 1: might be fair to at least bring up the possibility 223 00:13:15,297 --> 00:13:19,897 Speaker 1: that some Democrats in Congress voted against this and created 224 00:13:20,057 --> 00:13:22,737 Speaker 1: a fig leaf explanation if you will, of oh, we 225 00:13:22,777 --> 00:13:25,257 Speaker 1: want to extend protection. I mean, no one even knows 226 00:13:25,297 --> 00:13:27,417 Speaker 1: any of the names of Supreme Court clerk, so that 227 00:13:27,417 --> 00:13:30,257 Speaker 1: that just doesn't seem to me to be serious here. 228 00:13:30,337 --> 00:13:33,057 Speaker 1: No one thinks that pressuring a Supreme Court clerk is 229 00:13:33,097 --> 00:13:37,777 Speaker 1: going to change the outcome of a Supreme Court decision. Right. Look, 230 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:40,137 Speaker 1: I don't want to accuse anyone of wrongdoing, but the 231 00:13:40,217 --> 00:13:42,377 Speaker 1: question I keep coming back to is if they didn't 232 00:13:42,417 --> 00:13:44,697 Speaker 1: want to slow walk this, what would they be doing differently. 233 00:13:45,297 --> 00:13:48,977 Speaker 1: It's almost as if there's an implicit sort of blessing 234 00:13:49,017 --> 00:13:50,857 Speaker 1: on what's been going on. Now. We've seen a lot 235 00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:55,417 Speaker 1: of accid intimidation, spray painting, windows smashed at crisis pregnancy 236 00:13:55,457 --> 00:13:58,457 Speaker 1: centers all throughout the country, at least thirteen examples since 237 00:13:58,497 --> 00:14:01,377 Speaker 1: the draft majority opinion was leaked. But we've also seen 238 00:14:01,377 --> 00:14:04,257 Speaker 1: examples that crossed directly over into domestic terrorism. We've seen 239 00:14:04,297 --> 00:14:07,777 Speaker 1: crisis pregnancy centers have been firebombed. One was raised to 240 00:14:07,817 --> 00:14:10,977 Speaker 1: the ground, others were attacked with malt of cocktails. At 241 00:14:10,977 --> 00:14:14,017 Speaker 1: some point, the DOJ needs to take this seriously. And 242 00:14:14,057 --> 00:14:16,097 Speaker 1: again I go back to the I don't want to 243 00:14:16,417 --> 00:14:20,377 Speaker 1: accuse anyone in wrongdoing or evil, or even of ill intent. 244 00:14:20,817 --> 00:14:24,537 Speaker 1: But if you know, if you wanted violence against pro 245 00:14:24,617 --> 00:14:27,737 Speaker 1: life groups and conservative public figures, I'm not sure what 246 00:14:27,777 --> 00:14:30,017 Speaker 1: else he would be doing differently, other than looking the 247 00:14:30,057 --> 00:14:32,777 Speaker 1: other direction. President Joe Biden refuses to endem it or 248 00:14:32,817 --> 00:14:37,577 Speaker 1: even really you know, acknowledge the violence. How Speaker Nancy 249 00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:40,097 Speaker 1: Pelosi said there was no need to rush through anything 250 00:14:40,457 --> 00:14:43,377 Speaker 1: giving the justices better protections. And again you saw these 251 00:14:43,377 --> 00:14:46,897 Speaker 1: twenty seven Democrats voted against the protections bill. It's almost 252 00:14:46,977 --> 00:14:51,377 Speaker 1: as if some of these people want the intimidation. I 253 00:14:51,417 --> 00:14:53,657 Speaker 1: can't prove that. I don't want to go as fully 254 00:14:53,697 --> 00:14:55,217 Speaker 1: as saying that, but I don't know what else he 255 00:14:55,257 --> 00:15:00,297 Speaker 1: would be doing differently. Pro abortion terrorist group Jane's revenge 256 00:15:00,377 --> 00:15:02,457 Speaker 1: has threatened more violence. They put out this statement, we 257 00:15:02,537 --> 00:15:08,617 Speaker 1: promised to take increasingly drastic measures against oppressive infrastructures, rest 258 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:11,217 Speaker 1: assured that we will. Those measures may not come in 259 00:15:11,257 --> 00:15:13,617 Speaker 1: the form of something so easily cleaned up as fire 260 00:15:14,217 --> 00:15:17,537 Speaker 1: and graffiti. From here forward, any anti choice group who 261 00:15:17,577 --> 00:15:20,177 Speaker 1: closes their doors and stops operating will no longer be 262 00:15:20,257 --> 00:15:23,817 Speaker 1: a target. But until you do, it's open season and 263 00:15:23,937 --> 00:15:27,937 Speaker 1: we know where your operations are. That is a pro 264 00:15:28,017 --> 00:15:33,257 Speaker 1: abortion group threatening violence, isn't it. That's explicit, And like 265 00:15:33,297 --> 00:15:36,297 Speaker 1: I said, they've gone well beyond or some of these 266 00:15:36,337 --> 00:15:38,537 Speaker 1: activists have gone well beyond. I'm not sure if it's 267 00:15:38,617 --> 00:15:41,777 Speaker 1: changing revenge specifically, I've gotten well beyond graffiti or even 268 00:15:41,817 --> 00:15:44,337 Speaker 1: smashing windows in Buffalo, New York, and an Oregon and 269 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:48,897 Speaker 1: in Wisconsin there's been actual fire bombings, actual acts of terrorism. 270 00:15:49,177 --> 00:15:52,057 Speaker 1: Now again, I don't know what the DOJ's reluctance to 271 00:15:52,057 --> 00:15:54,577 Speaker 1: get involved in. Perhaps they're too busy looking into parents 272 00:15:54,577 --> 00:15:57,177 Speaker 1: and classifying them as domestic terrorists, but it would be 273 00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:59,737 Speaker 1: nice if they looked into actual acts of domestic terrorism 274 00:15:59,817 --> 00:16:02,697 Speaker 1: right now, especially as the numbers don't seem to be decreasing. 275 00:16:02,737 --> 00:16:04,657 Speaker 1: And then you have the statement put out where they're 276 00:16:04,737 --> 00:16:07,857 Speaker 1: very loudly and very clearly saying worse is coming in, 277 00:16:07,897 --> 00:16:10,457 Speaker 1: We're happy to do it. Well, actually have a map 278 00:16:10,497 --> 00:16:13,817 Speaker 1: that shows the locations of attacks on pro life clinics 279 00:16:13,817 --> 00:16:18,017 Speaker 1: and crisis pregnancy centers. This does not include churches that 280 00:16:18,137 --> 00:16:20,937 Speaker 1: have been vandalized. There has obviously not been a lot 281 00:16:20,977 --> 00:16:26,537 Speaker 1: of national media coverage of these acts of violence, destruction, 282 00:16:26,657 --> 00:16:32,097 Speaker 1: and political intimidation against pro life organizations. What do we 283 00:16:32,097 --> 00:16:34,697 Speaker 1: know about churches that have been vandalized as well? Well? 284 00:16:34,857 --> 00:16:36,817 Speaker 1: Who's been behind that? Do we have any sense of 285 00:16:36,857 --> 00:16:40,177 Speaker 1: how much of that has been going on too? Yeah, 286 00:16:40,177 --> 00:16:43,297 Speaker 1: there's actually been an uptick in that. Who's behind it 287 00:16:43,337 --> 00:16:45,457 Speaker 1: is still kind of an open question, but at least 288 00:16:45,457 --> 00:16:48,617 Speaker 1: five or six Roman Catholics. Roman Catholic churches specifically have 289 00:16:48,657 --> 00:16:52,057 Speaker 1: been targeted because the Roman Catholic Church and its catechism 290 00:16:52,097 --> 00:16:55,417 Speaker 1: teaches that abortions a grave moral evil. Roman Catholic churches 291 00:16:55,457 --> 00:16:57,857 Speaker 1: have been targeted. There was a very recent example, I 292 00:16:57,857 --> 00:17:00,457 Speaker 1: believe from this weekend. Three women stormed a Catholic church 293 00:17:00,457 --> 00:17:03,937 Speaker 1: from stripped down, nearly naked and we're screaming various slogans 294 00:17:03,977 --> 00:17:06,497 Speaker 1: my body, my choice, et etc. But then you have 295 00:17:06,577 --> 00:17:08,897 Speaker 1: other examples of Catholic churches throughout the country. You have 296 00:17:08,977 --> 00:17:12,737 Speaker 1: been spray painted, the doors smashed in, windows smashed up, 297 00:17:12,737 --> 00:17:16,217 Speaker 1: and all of them left with probortion messages, things amounting 298 00:17:16,217 --> 00:17:19,777 Speaker 1: to know, forced birth is murder and my body, my choice, etc. So, 299 00:17:20,017 --> 00:17:22,297 Speaker 1: this is something that has been targeted. And this again 300 00:17:22,657 --> 00:17:24,737 Speaker 1: not only have we fallen directly into the category of 301 00:17:24,737 --> 00:17:27,937 Speaker 1: domestic terrorism, but this cannot believe easily declassified as hate 302 00:17:27,937 --> 00:17:31,937 Speaker 1: crimes given that they are specifically targeting a faith. And 303 00:17:32,417 --> 00:17:35,297 Speaker 1: just to bring us back to the issue of Cavanaugh, 304 00:17:35,377 --> 00:17:40,457 Speaker 1: the intimidation that has continued that these protests. There are 305 00:17:40,577 --> 00:17:45,497 Speaker 1: Democrat voices out there who have pointed out that these 306 00:17:45,497 --> 00:17:48,697 Speaker 1: protests are explicitly illegal, and yet the Department of Justice 307 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:51,097 Speaker 1: under Merrick garn there's a federal statute that you cannot 308 00:17:51,097 --> 00:17:55,297 Speaker 1: intimidate judges in any way and that includes protesting at 309 00:17:55,337 --> 00:17:59,017 Speaker 1: their homes during a pending case. This makes perfect sense, 310 00:17:59,097 --> 00:18:02,097 Speaker 1: right Otherwise, if somebody didn't, if somebody wanted to have 311 00:18:02,137 --> 00:18:05,337 Speaker 1: a mob camp out outside the home of a prosecutor 312 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:08,017 Speaker 1: and they were facing criminal charges, everybody to recognize that 313 00:18:08,177 --> 00:18:12,737 Speaker 1: was obstruction of the justice process and meant to derail 314 00:18:12,857 --> 00:18:15,857 Speaker 1: that process in some way. So how is it that 315 00:18:15,897 --> 00:18:19,377 Speaker 1: you think the media continues to get away with not 316 00:18:19,497 --> 00:18:22,337 Speaker 1: really talking about the fact that they're ongoing protests in fact, 317 00:18:22,577 --> 00:18:25,577 Speaker 1: and in addition, actually let's start with that one the protests, 318 00:18:25,977 --> 00:18:29,817 Speaker 1: people act like this is fine, these are illegal protests, right, 319 00:18:29,817 --> 00:18:32,137 Speaker 1: and the White House has gone one further. They have 320 00:18:32,297 --> 00:18:34,617 Speaker 1: done more than just ignored or refuse to acknowledge it, 321 00:18:34,857 --> 00:18:37,257 Speaker 1: but in their capacity from the Brady Room during White 322 00:18:37,257 --> 00:18:39,697 Speaker 1: House press briefings, they've actually kind of condoned it, saying no, 323 00:18:39,817 --> 00:18:42,777 Speaker 1: this is we encourage people to express themselves like, well, no, 324 00:18:42,977 --> 00:18:44,577 Speaker 1: this is an actual crime. Are you guys going to 325 00:18:44,617 --> 00:18:46,657 Speaker 1: take this seriously? And I don't think we can miss 326 00:18:46,657 --> 00:18:49,217 Speaker 1: the irony that these illegal protests have been going on 327 00:18:49,257 --> 00:18:52,017 Speaker 1: and concurring at the same time with all the conversations 328 00:18:52,057 --> 00:18:53,697 Speaker 1: about gun laws and what can we do to make 329 00:18:53,697 --> 00:18:55,777 Speaker 1: people safer. So you have the White House on one 330 00:18:55,777 --> 00:18:58,057 Speaker 1: hand talk about how we really need to regulate and 331 00:18:58,297 --> 00:19:00,377 Speaker 1: we need strict or policy and policing, but at the 332 00:19:00,417 --> 00:19:03,177 Speaker 1: same time you have these lawless protests and frankly, this 333 00:19:03,297 --> 00:19:06,297 Speaker 1: campaign of intimidation and violence against pro life groups and 334 00:19:07,057 --> 00:19:09,577 Speaker 1: notable pro life public figures, and the White House either 335 00:19:09,657 --> 00:19:13,617 Speaker 1: remains silent or sort of tacitly endorses it. And I 336 00:19:13,737 --> 00:19:15,817 Speaker 1: have to ask you, and I know you're involved in 337 00:19:16,257 --> 00:19:21,297 Speaker 1: teaching future generations of journalists, Beckett, what would you say 338 00:19:21,297 --> 00:19:23,377 Speaker 1: to them if they ask you, how is it that 339 00:19:23,457 --> 00:19:26,257 Speaker 1: there is an arrest for an attemptive assassination of a 340 00:19:26,297 --> 00:19:29,817 Speaker 1: Supreme Court justice and it's not even on the front 341 00:19:29,817 --> 00:19:32,937 Speaker 1: cover or even the front five or six pages of 342 00:19:33,017 --> 00:19:34,977 Speaker 1: the New York Times the next day? What does that 343 00:19:35,017 --> 00:19:38,097 Speaker 1: tell it? That's actually a case study that we're going 344 00:19:38,097 --> 00:19:40,577 Speaker 1: over right now. We talk a lot about bias and media, 345 00:19:40,617 --> 00:19:42,897 Speaker 1: and some people kind of think that means, you know, 346 00:19:42,897 --> 00:19:45,897 Speaker 1: there's a conspiracy to cover up stories or to promote 347 00:19:45,897 --> 00:19:48,577 Speaker 1: certain things. More often than not, the clearest example of 348 00:19:48,657 --> 00:19:51,577 Speaker 1: bias bias is seen in editorial judgment. The fact that 349 00:19:51,617 --> 00:19:54,657 Speaker 1: The New York Times considers the attempted assassination of a 350 00:19:54,657 --> 00:19:57,457 Speaker 1: sitting Supreme Court justice a beload the fold story that 351 00:19:57,537 --> 00:19:59,937 Speaker 1: says a lot about their priorities and the things that 352 00:19:59,977 --> 00:20:02,657 Speaker 1: they think are important. You know, it's it's a cliche 353 00:20:02,777 --> 00:20:05,497 Speaker 1: to play that if this was someone else game, but 354 00:20:06,097 --> 00:20:08,217 Speaker 1: I'm going to do it. You know, for a fact, 355 00:20:08,257 --> 00:20:10,337 Speaker 1: if this was justice still to my or this was 356 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:13,657 Speaker 1: Justice Ruth Vader Ginsburg. This would be a lead story 357 00:20:13,657 --> 00:20:16,297 Speaker 1: on every network at a front page story in every newspaper. 358 00:20:16,537 --> 00:20:19,057 Speaker 1: The fact that the major networks either did not even 359 00:20:19,137 --> 00:20:21,817 Speaker 1: mention it in their nightly newscasts or gave it very 360 00:20:21,897 --> 00:20:25,297 Speaker 1: quick brief discussion. The fact that the sitting US Supreme 361 00:20:25,297 --> 00:20:28,257 Speaker 1: Court justice was targeted for assassination. The fact that they 362 00:20:28,257 --> 00:20:31,137 Speaker 1: didn't think this was important says a lot about their biases. 363 00:20:31,217 --> 00:20:33,777 Speaker 1: Either they didn't think it was serious enough, or they 364 00:20:33,817 --> 00:20:36,657 Speaker 1: don't care who the target was. Again, I can't get 365 00:20:36,657 --> 00:20:38,977 Speaker 1: inside their head and tell you exactly what they're thinking, 366 00:20:39,177 --> 00:20:41,097 Speaker 1: but their actions do tell you a lot about what 367 00:20:41,137 --> 00:20:44,617 Speaker 1: they think is important and what they think is frankly dangerous. Whatever. 368 00:20:44,697 --> 00:20:47,137 Speaker 1: You know, what is a threat to our court democracy 369 00:20:47,217 --> 00:20:49,657 Speaker 1: as they talk about a lot these days, the various 370 00:20:49,657 --> 00:20:52,657 Speaker 1: threats against our democracy. We saw this actually a lot 371 00:20:52,697 --> 00:20:55,057 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty when there was a siege of the courthouse, 372 00:20:55,057 --> 00:20:58,057 Speaker 1: the federal courthouse in Portland. Media didn't really think that 373 00:20:58,057 --> 00:21:00,377 Speaker 1: it was a big problem. In fact, in the Washington Post, 374 00:21:00,377 --> 00:21:03,137 Speaker 1: a lot of those writers got a flash fashion spread 375 00:21:03,337 --> 00:21:05,417 Speaker 1: talking about all the homemade gear that they were to 376 00:21:05,457 --> 00:21:08,337 Speaker 1: fight federal troops if we were they were trying to 377 00:21:08,337 --> 00:21:11,177 Speaker 1: burn down a federal courthouse, but thought it was kind 378 00:21:11,177 --> 00:21:12,977 Speaker 1: of cute and clever at the time because they're out 379 00:21:12,977 --> 00:21:15,297 Speaker 1: of their minds. Beckett, we gotta unfortunately, we gotta leave 380 00:21:15,297 --> 00:21:17,097 Speaker 1: it there, but definitely come back and talk to us more. 381 00:21:17,137 --> 00:21:19,857 Speaker 1: Appreciate you being with us. Thanks so much for having me. 382 00:21:21,657 --> 00:21:23,497 Speaker 1: With the price of gas hitting record highs on a 383 00:21:23,577 --> 00:21:26,457 Speaker 1: daily basis, President Biden is now threatening US oil companies 384 00:21:26,457 --> 00:21:29,497 Speaker 1: with emergency powers if they don't boost their supply output 385 00:21:29,577 --> 00:21:32,857 Speaker 1: and cut their profits. But as bullying oil companies really 386 00:21:32,897 --> 00:21:35,137 Speaker 1: going to bring down the price the pump. Daniel Turner, 387 00:21:35,177 --> 00:21:38,177 Speaker 1: founder and executive director of Power the Future, as a 388 00:21:38,177 --> 00:21:40,017 Speaker 1: few thoughts on that. He'll join us after the break. 389 00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:42,577 Speaker 1: Right now, let's talk about maintaining your digital privacy. A 390 00:21:42,617 --> 00:21:44,937 Speaker 1: lot of companies promise your privacy is guaranteed, but it's 391 00:21:44,977 --> 00:21:47,217 Speaker 1: just not true. That's why you need a new privacy 392 00:21:47,217 --> 00:21:50,897 Speaker 1: and cybersecurity application tool called Secure called sek you Are. 393 00:21:51,257 --> 00:21:54,577 Speaker 1: Secura is using proprietary encryption and offering secure instant messaging 394 00:21:54,577 --> 00:21:57,217 Speaker 1: and email. With Secure, all of your communication is based 395 00:21:57,217 --> 00:21:59,697 Speaker 1: on servers and data centers hosted in Switzerland without using 396 00:21:59,697 --> 00:22:02,377 Speaker 1: any of the big tech platforms. Privacy is a big 397 00:22:02,417 --> 00:22:05,497 Speaker 1: issue now. Without real security, people can read your emails, messages, 398 00:22:05,537 --> 00:22:08,217 Speaker 1: even your bank information. The cure will never mind your 399 00:22:08,257 --> 00:22:10,217 Speaker 1: data and never ask for your phone number. You can 400 00:22:10,257 --> 00:22:12,737 Speaker 1: send emails your doctor, banker, lawyer, or anyone else with 401 00:22:12,777 --> 00:22:15,057 Speaker 1: total confidence you're not being spied on by your internet 402 00:22:15,097 --> 00:22:18,297 Speaker 1: provider or big peck. Secure is your solution to stop 403 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:20,777 Speaker 1: the constant theft of your digital identity. Cost only five 404 00:22:20,817 --> 00:22:23,377 Speaker 1: dollars from the messenger, only ten dollars from the messenger 405 00:22:23,377 --> 00:22:27,057 Speaker 1: and email combination package. Secure dot com and take back 406 00:22:27,097 --> 00:22:30,777 Speaker 1: your privacy today. That's Sekur dot com and use promo 407 00:22:30,777 --> 00:22:33,177 Speaker 1: code buck for twenty five percent off. We'll be right 408 00:22:33,217 --> 00:22:42,737 Speaker 1: back with more. Hold the line. Earlier today, President Biden 409 00:22:42,777 --> 00:22:46,657 Speaker 1: called on US oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, 410 00:22:46,697 --> 00:22:49,777 Speaker 1: saying their profits have tripled during a time of war 411 00:22:49,817 --> 00:22:52,697 Speaker 1: between Russia and Ukraine. As Americans struggle with record high 412 00:22:52,737 --> 00:22:55,737 Speaker 1: prices at the pump and the letter to seven oil refiners, 413 00:22:55,817 --> 00:22:59,177 Speaker 1: Biden said quote, there is no question that Vladimir Putin 414 00:22:59,217 --> 00:23:02,497 Speaker 1: is principally responsible for the intense financial pain the American 415 00:23:02,497 --> 00:23:05,177 Speaker 1: people and their families are bearing, but the crunch that 416 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:08,057 Speaker 1: families are facing deserves immediate action. Your companies need to 417 00:23:08,057 --> 00:23:12,617 Speaker 1: work with my administration to bring forward concrete, near term 418 00:23:12,697 --> 00:23:17,017 Speaker 1: solutions that addressed the crisis. Biden still blaming Russia, taking 419 00:23:17,017 --> 00:23:19,697 Speaker 1: no responsibility. Of course, no surprise there here now with 420 00:23:19,777 --> 00:23:24,217 Speaker 1: Reaction founder and executive director of Power the Future, Daniel Turner, 421 00:23:24,297 --> 00:23:26,977 Speaker 1: Daniel going to see you. Thanks for having me on Buck. 422 00:23:27,537 --> 00:23:29,977 Speaker 1: Let's just first have your react to what Biden's saying here. 423 00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:35,457 Speaker 1: So now, the price of oil, price of gas is 424 00:23:35,497 --> 00:23:40,057 Speaker 1: the fault of the energy companies, of the gas companies, 425 00:23:40,417 --> 00:23:46,417 Speaker 1: oil companies for price gaugy. Is that what's going on? Yeah, 426 00:23:46,457 --> 00:23:49,057 Speaker 1: I mean Biden is trying to find a foil everywhere. Right, 427 00:23:49,097 --> 00:23:51,697 Speaker 1: He's blamed Putin, He's blamed the oil and gas industry. 428 00:23:51,737 --> 00:23:55,337 Speaker 1: He's repeatedly blamed COVID in supply chain and all these 429 00:23:55,337 --> 00:23:58,697 Speaker 1: other boogeymen out there. And that's because he can admit 430 00:23:58,777 --> 00:24:01,177 Speaker 1: that his own policies have caused this. I mean, just 431 00:24:01,297 --> 00:24:04,817 Speaker 1: in the last couple of weeks, literally millions of acres 432 00:24:04,857 --> 00:24:08,577 Speaker 1: of land, millions of acres of land have been removed 433 00:24:08,657 --> 00:24:13,537 Speaker 1: from federal leases for oil and gas exploration, right, in 434 00:24:13,617 --> 00:24:18,217 Speaker 1: Alaska land off the Gulf Coast. They've taken remarkable amounts 435 00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:20,977 Speaker 1: of steps in the regulatory space to punish the oil 436 00:24:21,017 --> 00:24:24,097 Speaker 1: and gas industry. And this is repeatedly Santis signal. Right, 437 00:24:24,097 --> 00:24:27,937 Speaker 1: it's told investors don't invest in the space because government's 438 00:24:28,017 --> 00:24:30,697 Speaker 1: not going to allow you to drill. And that's exactly 439 00:24:30,697 --> 00:24:34,137 Speaker 1: what happening. The oil and gas industry is not producing 440 00:24:34,777 --> 00:24:37,697 Speaker 1: at the rate it was because government is punishing them 441 00:24:37,697 --> 00:24:40,577 Speaker 1: every step of the way. So Biden wants this to happen. 442 00:24:40,857 --> 00:24:43,177 Speaker 1: He knew this would happen. He just doesn't want the 443 00:24:43,177 --> 00:24:46,897 Speaker 1: political fallout, especially as we get close to November. That's 444 00:24:46,937 --> 00:24:50,017 Speaker 1: saying that there are some who are aware of what's 445 00:24:50,017 --> 00:24:52,817 Speaker 1: going on here and the political games being played. The 446 00:24:52,977 --> 00:24:55,937 Speaker 1: governor of Florida, Ron De Santist, pointed out that Biden 447 00:24:55,977 --> 00:24:58,817 Speaker 1: keeps talking about releasing oil from the strategic reserve. That 448 00:24:58,817 --> 00:25:01,737 Speaker 1: that is not even close to being a solution. Watch 449 00:25:02,857 --> 00:25:07,737 Speaker 1: releasing barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that 450 00:25:07,937 --> 00:25:11,777 Speaker 1: is not an energy policy. Okay, that's a political move 451 00:25:12,297 --> 00:25:15,777 Speaker 1: trying to cya so people don't blame you as much, 452 00:25:15,817 --> 00:25:18,737 Speaker 1: although they do blame him because they're smart but that's 453 00:25:18,737 --> 00:25:22,217 Speaker 1: all that is. That is not a solution, and honestly, 454 00:25:22,697 --> 00:25:26,177 Speaker 1: you have he's drawing that down. If we did have 455 00:25:26,257 --> 00:25:28,977 Speaker 1: something else happen, we may need to actually use that 456 00:25:29,057 --> 00:25:31,577 Speaker 1: for other things, and we may not have the capacity 457 00:25:31,617 --> 00:25:35,257 Speaker 1: at that point. There's basically saying you really should only 458 00:25:35,337 --> 00:25:38,657 Speaker 1: use that in a break the glass kind of emergency. 459 00:25:39,177 --> 00:25:41,417 Speaker 1: Biden's using in this case to try to take some 460 00:25:41,497 --> 00:25:45,937 Speaker 1: of the plummeting poll numbers and at least, you know, 461 00:25:46,137 --> 00:25:49,777 Speaker 1: stop them from continuing in their descent. So what is 462 00:25:49,817 --> 00:25:52,657 Speaker 1: the Biden energy policy? One part is I think so interesting, Dan, 463 00:25:52,817 --> 00:25:56,217 Speaker 1: is that we're talking about this and Biden says, well, 464 00:25:56,257 --> 00:25:58,577 Speaker 1: we need to transition to green energy. But then he 465 00:25:58,617 --> 00:26:00,177 Speaker 1: all says, oh, but I don't have a problem of 466 00:26:00,217 --> 00:26:04,457 Speaker 1: fossil fuel. Sure, which is it? Yeah, there is no 467 00:26:04,537 --> 00:26:08,057 Speaker 1: consistent energy policy from this administration. You are right. They 468 00:26:08,097 --> 00:26:10,977 Speaker 1: want to push this green rebel solution. Right. We have 469 00:26:11,097 --> 00:26:16,137 Speaker 1: this Defense Production Act authorization for solar panels, which is 470 00:26:16,177 --> 00:26:19,137 Speaker 1: really just a blank check to China. So they want 471 00:26:19,137 --> 00:26:24,097 Speaker 1: to hasten the transition to wind and solar, despite the 472 00:26:24,137 --> 00:26:26,497 Speaker 1: fact that it's unreliable, despite the fact that it doesn't 473 00:26:26,497 --> 00:26:29,537 Speaker 1: really work. That it's incredibly expensive, that it's inefficient, etc. 474 00:26:30,137 --> 00:26:32,217 Speaker 1: They want this to happen. In order to do that, 475 00:26:32,777 --> 00:26:35,417 Speaker 1: they have to make fossil fuels the enemy. They have 476 00:26:35,457 --> 00:26:37,737 Speaker 1: to make fossil fuels get out of the way. And 477 00:26:37,937 --> 00:26:40,777 Speaker 1: the way you do that is to make them incredibly expensive. Right, 478 00:26:40,777 --> 00:26:43,697 Speaker 1: American loves fossil fuels. But even if they don't have 479 00:26:43,697 --> 00:26:47,537 Speaker 1: a love for maybe oil companies or cold companies, they 480 00:26:47,577 --> 00:26:50,017 Speaker 1: love fossil fuels because they love what it provides us 481 00:26:50,737 --> 00:26:55,217 Speaker 1: really inexpensive goods, really inexpensive Filling up your car are 482 00:26:55,217 --> 00:26:57,697 Speaker 1: really inexpensive. Jumping on a plane to go away for 483 00:26:57,737 --> 00:27:02,017 Speaker 1: the weekend. Right, our economy is based on reliable, inexpensive, 484 00:27:02,017 --> 00:27:05,137 Speaker 1: abundant energy, which drives down the prices of all goods. 485 00:27:05,537 --> 00:27:07,417 Speaker 1: How do we get Americans off of that? While you 486 00:27:07,457 --> 00:27:10,937 Speaker 1: make fossil fuels expensive and then maybe they will climber 487 00:27:11,017 --> 00:27:15,017 Speaker 1: for an alternative. And then alternative is wind, solar, state, 488 00:27:15,097 --> 00:27:19,497 Speaker 1: run of the green technologies that they're pushing. So this 489 00:27:19,657 --> 00:27:21,497 Speaker 1: is there. I guess if there is an energy policy, 490 00:27:21,537 --> 00:27:24,977 Speaker 1: it's this punish fossil fuels and to the point that 491 00:27:25,057 --> 00:27:27,457 Speaker 1: you break the will of the American people, and then 492 00:27:27,497 --> 00:27:31,497 Speaker 1: maybe they can husher in this new green technology because 493 00:27:31,497 --> 00:27:34,097 Speaker 1: the American people don't want it and the markets certainly 494 00:27:34,097 --> 00:27:37,577 Speaker 1: don't want it. It's fascinating to watch how senior administration 495 00:27:37,617 --> 00:27:41,777 Speaker 1: officials John Kerry, for instance, who is the Climate Czar, 496 00:27:42,337 --> 00:27:45,217 Speaker 1: has gone around more or less saying the answer to 497 00:27:45,297 --> 00:27:49,657 Speaker 1: the huge spike in oil prices is not more oil production. 498 00:27:49,737 --> 00:27:52,017 Speaker 1: That's not good. It's now now we have to push 499 00:27:52,097 --> 00:27:55,977 Speaker 1: toward green energy. And you can tell the more politically 500 00:27:56,137 --> 00:27:59,217 Speaker 1: savvy and honestly connected members of the administration, people that 501 00:27:59,217 --> 00:28:02,457 Speaker 1: actually might face votes. The Democrats in Congress and Joe 502 00:28:02,457 --> 00:28:05,497 Speaker 1: Biden himself are saying, hey, buddy, you might want to 503 00:28:05,497 --> 00:28:08,337 Speaker 1: settle down a little bit on the let the peasants 504 00:28:08,457 --> 00:28:13,137 Speaker 1: switch to solar. And even the Energy Secretary Jen Granholm 505 00:28:13,257 --> 00:28:16,257 Speaker 1: here said that, you know, look the high price of gas, 506 00:28:16,497 --> 00:28:19,537 Speaker 1: it's a great opportunity to buy yourself at Tesla. Watch 507 00:28:20,017 --> 00:28:23,417 Speaker 1: do you filled up your EV by charging, and you 508 00:28:23,497 --> 00:28:26,577 Speaker 1: filled up your gas tank with gasoline and you have 509 00:28:26,617 --> 00:28:30,217 Speaker 1: the same sized tank. You would save sixty dollars per 510 00:28:30,297 --> 00:28:35,057 Speaker 1: phillip by going electric rather than using gasoline. So it's 511 00:28:35,337 --> 00:28:39,417 Speaker 1: very compelling case, very compelling. What do you make of that? 512 00:28:39,457 --> 00:28:42,577 Speaker 1: Compelling case. I mean, it's remarkable that the solution to 513 00:28:42,697 --> 00:28:47,897 Speaker 1: a sixty fill up problem is an eighty thousand dollars tesla, Right. 514 00:28:47,937 --> 00:28:51,457 Speaker 1: I mean that shows you how Washington, DC thinks. And 515 00:28:51,737 --> 00:28:54,457 Speaker 1: even if you just take the economics of that. What's 516 00:28:54,457 --> 00:28:56,537 Speaker 1: going to happen to the price of electric vehicles when 517 00:28:56,537 --> 00:28:59,697 Speaker 1: they become mandated by government? Right? The Biden administration wants 518 00:28:59,737 --> 00:29:04,377 Speaker 1: to force electric vehicles by government fiad electric vehicles, And 519 00:29:04,417 --> 00:29:06,777 Speaker 1: that's what they're trying to do. What happened when Obama 520 00:29:06,857 --> 00:29:10,977 Speaker 1: mandated health insurance, did prices go up? No, prices almost tripled, right, 521 00:29:10,977 --> 00:29:13,057 Speaker 1: So that's what's going to happen in the electric vehicle market. 522 00:29:13,177 --> 00:29:16,057 Speaker 1: It actually is already happening. The price of electric vehicles 523 00:29:16,097 --> 00:29:19,057 Speaker 1: has gone up, you know, has had the price of 524 00:29:19,097 --> 00:29:21,457 Speaker 1: wind power, as as the price of solar panels, etc. 525 00:29:22,137 --> 00:29:25,697 Speaker 1: So Biden is just driving spikes and other prices as 526 00:29:25,737 --> 00:29:28,897 Speaker 1: well as these driving the prices in the fossil fuel instry. 527 00:29:29,097 --> 00:29:32,137 Speaker 1: This all comes from a result of tinkering, right. This 528 00:29:32,217 --> 00:29:35,097 Speaker 1: comes from the result of people who trust government. They 529 00:29:35,137 --> 00:29:38,697 Speaker 1: believe in government. Biden believes in government. Carry believes in government, 530 00:29:38,697 --> 00:29:41,417 Speaker 1: and they think they are smarter than the free markets. 531 00:29:41,417 --> 00:29:43,417 Speaker 1: They think they are smarter than the will of the 532 00:29:43,417 --> 00:29:46,137 Speaker 1: American people. If they just got out of the way, 533 00:29:46,337 --> 00:29:49,017 Speaker 1: the oil and gas industry would produce more, and prices 534 00:29:49,057 --> 00:29:52,137 Speaker 1: would come down, and wind and solar and electric vehicle 535 00:29:52,177 --> 00:29:55,337 Speaker 1: prices would come down. To government, here is the problem. 536 00:29:55,617 --> 00:29:58,337 Speaker 1: Joe Biden is the problem, but he thinks he's the solution. 537 00:29:58,377 --> 00:30:00,417 Speaker 1: And that's why there is no hope in sight. I 538 00:30:00,457 --> 00:30:05,257 Speaker 1: hate to say it, Buck, there's where does this? Where 539 00:30:05,297 --> 00:30:09,697 Speaker 1: does this go? Because I'm seeing members of Congress Democrats 540 00:30:10,177 --> 00:30:12,537 Speaker 1: are saying, maybe we'll just seize the profits of the 541 00:30:12,577 --> 00:30:16,697 Speaker 1: oil companies and like redistributed to people. Biden is saying 542 00:30:16,737 --> 00:30:19,297 Speaker 1: that the White House is now pushing them to produce more, 543 00:30:19,657 --> 00:30:22,097 Speaker 1: as if they just have some button that they hit 544 00:30:22,137 --> 00:30:26,017 Speaker 1: that says, okay, you know, oil productions up thirty percent domestically. 545 00:30:26,817 --> 00:30:29,137 Speaker 1: It's like they have no ideas. So is it just 546 00:30:29,177 --> 00:30:32,177 Speaker 1: going to get worse? It is it's going to get 547 00:30:32,257 --> 00:30:34,617 Speaker 1: much worse because they don't understand the way the industry works. 548 00:30:34,617 --> 00:30:36,657 Speaker 1: You're right. They think it's a spigot that you can 549 00:30:36,737 --> 00:30:39,017 Speaker 1: just you know, these executives will turn a little dial 550 00:30:39,057 --> 00:30:41,217 Speaker 1: and more oil will come out of the ground tomorrow. 551 00:30:41,417 --> 00:30:45,177 Speaker 1: They don't understand the process of upstream and stream downstream. 552 00:30:45,217 --> 00:30:49,057 Speaker 1: Pete Buddha Judge, the Secretary of the Transportation frequently confuses 553 00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:53,057 Speaker 1: the oil industry and the gas companies and key uses 554 00:30:53,097 --> 00:30:56,057 Speaker 1: the terms interchangeably, not even understanding that there's a whole 555 00:30:56,057 --> 00:31:00,217 Speaker 1: mid process of refining and transportation, etc. So they're truly 556 00:31:00,257 --> 00:31:02,777 Speaker 1: out of their league. They don't understand the issues that 557 00:31:02,817 --> 00:31:06,137 Speaker 1: they are regulating. But notice how that doesn't change the 558 00:31:06,217 --> 00:31:08,657 Speaker 1: heavy hand with which they regulate. You know, Biden is 559 00:31:08,697 --> 00:31:11,577 Speaker 1: going to Saudi Arabian next month to beg them to 560 00:31:11,617 --> 00:31:15,017 Speaker 1: produce more oil. He has sent envoyed to Venezuela, to 561 00:31:15,177 --> 00:31:18,497 Speaker 1: Iran to get them to produce more oil. Where's the 562 00:31:18,657 --> 00:31:21,657 Speaker 1: envoid of my industry right, Where's the invitation to say, look, 563 00:31:21,697 --> 00:31:24,057 Speaker 1: I want to sit down with oil and gas executives 564 00:31:24,177 --> 00:31:26,897 Speaker 1: and ask them what we can do. Nope, there's just 565 00:31:26,937 --> 00:31:29,577 Speaker 1: these mendings that come from the Oval office, and he 566 00:31:29,657 --> 00:31:32,497 Speaker 1: thinks that that's how the industry works. So the problem 567 00:31:32,577 --> 00:31:34,657 Speaker 1: is not going to get better while he is still 568 00:31:34,697 --> 00:31:38,537 Speaker 1: in power, and sadly that is still a couple of years. Yeah, 569 00:31:39,177 --> 00:31:40,537 Speaker 1: good to see you man, Thanks for being one of 570 00:31:40,617 --> 00:31:46,697 Speaker 1: US thanks. As the war in Ukraine continues to grind on. Worldwide, 571 00:31:46,697 --> 00:31:50,857 Speaker 1: food shortages and inflation have been a major problem that's 572 00:31:50,897 --> 00:31:54,097 Speaker 1: only growing worse. So what are we going to do 573 00:31:54,337 --> 00:31:56,497 Speaker 1: about all this? We'll have more on that in the 574 00:31:56,537 --> 00:31:59,017 Speaker 1: situation on the ground in Ukraine with senior fellow at 575 00:31:59,057 --> 00:32:02,177 Speaker 1: the Foundation for Defensive Democracy Bill Roggio. Stay with us. 576 00:32:07,137 --> 00:32:09,257 Speaker 1: It's unclear what the Russians are fighting for, except to 577 00:32:09,297 --> 00:32:14,897 Speaker 1: advance the whims of Vladimir Putin and the bizarre belief 578 00:32:14,897 --> 00:32:17,737 Speaker 1: that Ukraine is not a sovereign, independent country and needs 579 00:32:17,777 --> 00:32:21,657 Speaker 1: to be subsumed somehow into Russia. So I am convinced 580 00:32:21,657 --> 00:32:25,657 Speaker 1: and competent that at the end of the day, Ukraine's independence, 581 00:32:26,017 --> 00:32:31,457 Speaker 1: Ukraine's sovereignty will prevail. Secondary of State Anthony Blenklin, saying 582 00:32:31,457 --> 00:32:33,817 Speaker 1: it is unclear what the Russians are fighting for, as 583 00:32:33,937 --> 00:32:37,217 Speaker 1: Ukraine now says the Kremlin controls about eighty percent of 584 00:32:37,257 --> 00:32:40,257 Speaker 1: a fiercely contested city in the east. According to a 585 00:32:40,337 --> 00:32:43,017 Speaker 1: regional official, Ukrainian forces have been pushed to the industrial 586 00:32:43,097 --> 00:32:46,297 Speaker 1: outskirts of the city because of the scorched earth methods 587 00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:49,017 Speaker 1: and heavy artillery the Russians are using. Learning how to 588 00:32:49,057 --> 00:32:51,617 Speaker 1: talk about what's actually going on in the Russia Ukraine 589 00:32:51,817 --> 00:32:54,377 Speaker 1: War and what Putin's intent is with all the senior 590 00:32:54,417 --> 00:32:57,937 Speaker 1: fellow at the Foundation for Defensive Democracies, Bill Rogio, Bill, 591 00:32:57,937 --> 00:33:00,377 Speaker 1: good to see again. Great to see a Bud, Thanks 592 00:33:00,377 --> 00:33:03,217 Speaker 1: for having me. So before we get into one, thing 593 00:33:03,217 --> 00:33:06,097 Speaker 1: I definitely want to talk about today is what the 594 00:33:06,217 --> 00:33:09,417 Speaker 1: US policy response and all that has really led to 595 00:33:09,537 --> 00:33:12,897 Speaker 1: and and up to this point, can you just give 596 00:33:12,937 --> 00:33:16,017 Speaker 1: us a battlefield update, what is actually happening in this 597 00:33:16,057 --> 00:33:18,657 Speaker 1: conflict that's getting far less media attention than it was 598 00:33:19,057 --> 00:33:22,577 Speaker 1: even a month ago. Yeah, absolutely, Bucka. You know, look, 599 00:33:22,857 --> 00:33:27,817 Speaker 1: the defense of Kiev was a both a military and 600 00:33:27,897 --> 00:33:30,577 Speaker 1: a propaganda victory for the Ukrainians. But I think it's 601 00:33:30,617 --> 00:33:34,777 Speaker 1: had the effect of people thinking, well, they won, they drove, 602 00:33:34,857 --> 00:33:39,217 Speaker 1: they stopped the Russian advance, and you know, this one's over. 603 00:33:39,377 --> 00:33:41,337 Speaker 1: Let's move on to the next thing. Let's move on 604 00:33:41,377 --> 00:33:45,537 Speaker 1: to the next hashtag, the next Twitter trend, the next TikTok. 605 00:33:45,697 --> 00:33:48,457 Speaker 1: But the war goes on. The Russians are rebruped, they 606 00:33:48,457 --> 00:33:51,737 Speaker 1: are fighting according to their doctrine, which they didn't really 607 00:33:51,817 --> 00:33:55,257 Speaker 1: do around Kiev. That means bringing up the artillery massing 608 00:33:55,337 --> 00:33:59,097 Speaker 1: their forces and grinding it out, and it's having an 609 00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:03,617 Speaker 1: effect right now there they are advancing against Ukrainians. Ukrainians 610 00:34:03,657 --> 00:34:06,457 Speaker 1: are saying they're losing one hundred to two hundred soldiers 611 00:34:06,497 --> 00:34:09,177 Speaker 1: a day and up to a thousand wounded per day. 612 00:34:09,577 --> 00:34:13,817 Speaker 1: These are unsustainable casualties in the medium to long term 613 00:34:13,897 --> 00:34:16,937 Speaker 1: for the Ukrainians. The Russians have three times more people, 614 00:34:17,057 --> 00:34:21,177 Speaker 1: three times more soldiers. Sometimes quantity has a quality of 615 00:34:21,177 --> 00:34:24,297 Speaker 1: its own, and that's what we're seeing. In the east. 616 00:34:24,337 --> 00:34:27,777 Speaker 1: The Russians are looking to take control of that Donbas regions, 617 00:34:27,817 --> 00:34:31,697 Speaker 1: it's the two provinces in the west, but I think 618 00:34:31,737 --> 00:34:33,977 Speaker 1: they want more. They already control parts of the south. 619 00:34:34,377 --> 00:34:37,177 Speaker 1: They're looking to break the Ukrainian military and if the 620 00:34:37,257 --> 00:34:41,537 Speaker 1: Ukrainians aren't careful, the Russians can break out and advance 621 00:34:41,657 --> 00:34:44,097 Speaker 1: further west. Look, this war has taken a lot of 622 00:34:44,137 --> 00:34:47,377 Speaker 1: crazy turns. You know, everyone thought the Russians, me included, 623 00:34:47,657 --> 00:34:50,457 Speaker 1: we're going to be successful. In the beginning, the Ukrainians held, 624 00:34:50,737 --> 00:34:54,737 Speaker 1: but now the opposite seems to be happening. So what 625 00:34:54,857 --> 00:34:57,697 Speaker 1: would it take. Yeah, from what we know right now, 626 00:34:57,697 --> 00:35:01,177 Speaker 1: based on Putin's aims and the realities of the military 627 00:35:01,177 --> 00:35:05,737 Speaker 1: situation on the ground. How could a negotiated settlement work 628 00:35:05,777 --> 00:35:08,417 Speaker 1: at this point, you know, a ceasefire and then some 629 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:11,377 Speaker 1: more permanent status. What do we know what that would 630 00:35:11,377 --> 00:35:13,897 Speaker 1: look like. It feels like the Biden administration never even 631 00:35:13,897 --> 00:35:17,977 Speaker 1: talks about this as an intermediary the Biden administration, Yeah, 632 00:35:17,977 --> 00:35:21,497 Speaker 1: you're absolutely correct, but the Biden administration the position is 633 00:35:22,337 --> 00:35:26,617 Speaker 1: the negotiations and what a negotiated settlement look will look 634 00:35:26,657 --> 00:35:29,737 Speaker 1: like is up to the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians position is, 635 00:35:29,977 --> 00:35:32,057 Speaker 1: we're going to drive the Russians out of the country. 636 00:35:32,057 --> 00:35:34,777 Speaker 1: We're going to take back the Crimea and take part 637 00:35:34,777 --> 00:35:38,697 Speaker 1: of those occupied areas that post twenty fourteen the Russians 638 00:35:38,697 --> 00:35:41,937 Speaker 1: took control of. But that isn't the military reality on 639 00:35:41,977 --> 00:35:44,497 Speaker 1: the ground, and I don't think that Putin is willing 640 00:35:44,537 --> 00:35:46,977 Speaker 1: to stop at this point in time, So I don't 641 00:35:46,977 --> 00:35:50,897 Speaker 1: think negotiations are really even on the table. Neither is 642 00:35:50,937 --> 00:35:52,857 Speaker 1: looking for a cease firral, though I do think the 643 00:35:52,937 --> 00:35:55,737 Speaker 1: Ukrainians would be more likely to take one than the Russians. 644 00:35:55,777 --> 00:35:59,297 Speaker 1: At this point, I don't think you're at that point 645 00:35:59,337 --> 00:36:03,297 Speaker 1: in this conflict where negotiations will work, And I don't 646 00:36:03,337 --> 00:36:07,417 Speaker 1: think either side. I think they're they're years apart, you know, 647 00:36:07,537 --> 00:36:11,337 Speaker 1: hundreds of miles apart when it comes to negotiations here, Okay. 648 00:36:11,417 --> 00:36:16,537 Speaker 1: Today President Biden announced an additional one billion dollars to Ukraine. 649 00:36:16,657 --> 00:36:18,937 Speaker 1: He said, I informed Presidents A. Lenski the United States 650 00:36:18,977 --> 00:36:22,457 Speaker 1: is providing another billion and security assistance, including additional artillery 651 00:36:22,497 --> 00:36:24,697 Speaker 1: and coastal defense weapons, as well as ammunition for the 652 00:36:24,817 --> 00:36:29,177 Speaker 1: artillery and advanced rocket systems. The President also announced additional 653 00:36:29,177 --> 00:36:31,737 Speaker 1: two hundred and twenty five million in humanitarian assistants to 654 00:36:31,777 --> 00:36:34,737 Speaker 1: help people in Ukraine, including by supplying safe drinking water, 655 00:36:34,777 --> 00:36:41,377 Speaker 1: critical medical supplies, and healthcare, food, shelter, etc. Are Are 656 00:36:41,417 --> 00:36:45,937 Speaker 1: we just essentially allowing the Ukrainians to continue to try 657 00:36:46,097 --> 00:36:49,617 Speaker 1: to hold the line or is there really any to 658 00:36:49,977 --> 00:36:52,337 Speaker 1: the point before about their efforts to kick the Russians 659 00:36:52,337 --> 00:36:55,937 Speaker 1: out of the country entirely? Is that even vaguely realistic? 660 00:36:57,337 --> 00:36:59,777 Speaker 1: I don't think at this point in time it's realistic. 661 00:36:59,817 --> 00:37:02,537 Speaker 1: Look a month ago, everyone was talking about Ukrainian victory, 662 00:37:02,537 --> 00:37:04,497 Speaker 1: and I was very skeptical at that point in time, 663 00:37:04,937 --> 00:37:07,577 Speaker 1: and I remain more so to that. And these the 664 00:37:07,617 --> 00:37:10,937 Speaker 1: weapons systems that were pouring in actually not pouring in. 665 00:37:10,977 --> 00:37:13,297 Speaker 1: The problem is that they're coming in peace meal, They're 666 00:37:13,337 --> 00:37:16,337 Speaker 1: not coming in quick enough. The Ukrainians can't concentrate those 667 00:37:16,377 --> 00:37:19,537 Speaker 1: weapons systems to have a real effect. It's only having 668 00:37:19,577 --> 00:37:23,537 Speaker 1: an effect on the margins. It's not halting the Russian advance. 669 00:37:24,017 --> 00:37:27,337 Speaker 1: So we do at some point have to question how 670 00:37:27,417 --> 00:37:30,537 Speaker 1: much money can we keep pouring down this hole in 671 00:37:30,577 --> 00:37:33,497 Speaker 1: the hopes that the Ukrainians could stop the Russians. I'm 672 00:37:33,537 --> 00:37:38,177 Speaker 1: all for the Ukrainians holding back the Russians. I'm helping 673 00:37:38,217 --> 00:37:40,857 Speaker 1: them drive out the country. But I'm not sure what 674 00:37:40,937 --> 00:37:43,337 Speaker 1: the strategy is and the reality is. And we've been 675 00:37:43,337 --> 00:37:46,057 Speaker 1: seeing reporting on this, compleating at the New York Times 676 00:37:46,137 --> 00:37:49,417 Speaker 1: that the Biden administration is in the dark about what 677 00:37:49,457 --> 00:37:52,537 Speaker 1: the actual Ukrainian strategy is and if they think they 678 00:37:52,537 --> 00:37:56,177 Speaker 1: haven't understanding what they are seeing, they don't believe it's realistic. 679 00:37:57,297 --> 00:38:00,497 Speaker 1: By the way, there's been some Biden administration officials who 680 00:38:00,497 --> 00:38:05,177 Speaker 1: are now privately this is reported today, expressing concerns that 681 00:38:05,297 --> 00:38:08,457 Speaker 1: rather than dissuading the Kremlin with the sanctions the Biden 682 00:38:08,537 --> 00:38:14,057 Speaker 1: administrations put forward, the penalties are exacerbating inflation here, worsening 683 00:38:14,177 --> 00:38:18,457 Speaker 1: food insecurity around the world and punishing ordinary Russians more 684 00:38:18,457 --> 00:38:21,417 Speaker 1: than Putin or his allies. What do you make of that, 685 00:38:21,497 --> 00:38:25,737 Speaker 1: what's your assessment of that possibility. Yeah, I think the 686 00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:29,977 Speaker 1: the our assessment or the administration's assessment on the efficacy 687 00:38:30,057 --> 00:38:34,497 Speaker 1: of sanctions from the very beginning was unrealistic. They felt 688 00:38:34,537 --> 00:38:36,817 Speaker 1: that this would be a deal of devastating blow to 689 00:38:36,897 --> 00:38:39,817 Speaker 1: the Russian economy. But I think it's had a unifying 690 00:38:39,857 --> 00:38:43,617 Speaker 1: effect within Russia. The people have rallied behind the government 691 00:38:43,737 --> 00:38:47,897 Speaker 1: because of these sanctions. It is showing them, the Russian people, 692 00:38:48,457 --> 00:38:51,377 Speaker 1: that the US is and the West far against them, 693 00:38:51,417 --> 00:38:55,257 Speaker 1: and that's that's helping them support their country the right. 694 00:38:55,337 --> 00:38:58,657 Speaker 1: And also with the rise in oil prices that obviously 695 00:38:58,817 --> 00:39:02,657 Speaker 1: we all are seeing that the Russians have more foreign 696 00:39:02,697 --> 00:39:06,937 Speaker 1: currency reserves today than they had a year ago. It's 697 00:39:07,177 --> 00:39:09,737 Speaker 1: tripled the amount. I believe there's somewhere over one hundred 698 00:39:09,777 --> 00:39:13,217 Speaker 1: billion dollars. Now they're making money off this war. They're 699 00:39:13,257 --> 00:39:16,297 Speaker 1: funding their war. The sanctions did not have the effect. 700 00:39:16,337 --> 00:39:18,857 Speaker 1: Maybe in the long term, in the medium term, they 701 00:39:18,897 --> 00:39:23,017 Speaker 1: will hurt the Russians, but today these are not weapons 702 00:39:23,057 --> 00:39:26,257 Speaker 1: that have an immediate effect. It almost sounds like you're 703 00:39:26,257 --> 00:39:28,937 Speaker 1: saying Bill, I just want to be clear that here 704 00:39:28,977 --> 00:39:32,617 Speaker 1: we are months into the war that started in January 705 00:39:32,697 --> 00:39:35,497 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. We're basically, let's say, six months in, 706 00:39:36,137 --> 00:39:39,137 Speaker 1: and the Russian economy is almost in a better place, 707 00:39:39,257 --> 00:39:42,617 Speaker 1: or at least pretty status quo compared to where it was. 708 00:39:42,777 --> 00:39:47,337 Speaker 1: I mean, the ruble is up. I'm not saying the 709 00:39:47,337 --> 00:39:49,497 Speaker 1: economy is better. I think there's going to be longer 710 00:39:49,617 --> 00:39:52,657 Speaker 1: term implications. They're going to have difficulties with imports, but 711 00:39:52,737 --> 00:39:55,377 Speaker 1: some of us they can work around. With China, I 712 00:39:55,377 --> 00:40:00,337 Speaker 1: would say, perhaps it's a pushbuck. It's really difficult to 713 00:40:00,377 --> 00:40:02,777 Speaker 1: assess this. I do think it will hurt the Russians 714 00:40:02,777 --> 00:40:05,297 Speaker 1: and ways in the long term. But if I evaluate 715 00:40:05,337 --> 00:40:08,537 Speaker 1: this today, the sanctions have not had the desired effect. 716 00:40:08,977 --> 00:40:12,017 Speaker 1: Have sanctions just as as a point of interest and 717 00:40:12,097 --> 00:40:15,097 Speaker 1: maybe tribute for the sanctions ever had the desired effect? 718 00:40:15,097 --> 00:40:16,657 Speaker 1: Have we ever seen it do exactly what it was? 719 00:40:16,857 --> 00:40:18,497 Speaker 1: I know they would say it's a tool that has 720 00:40:18,537 --> 00:40:23,897 Speaker 1: the tool worked. I am very skeptical of sanctions in general. 721 00:40:24,017 --> 00:40:28,057 Speaker 1: In certain situations they can be effective. I think sanctions 722 00:40:28,137 --> 00:40:31,297 Speaker 1: did hurt Ran at least in the long haul. But 723 00:40:31,497 --> 00:40:33,537 Speaker 1: the problem is if you don't pursue them. If you 724 00:40:33,577 --> 00:40:36,177 Speaker 1: don't you know, if you allow workarounds. This is what 725 00:40:36,257 --> 00:40:39,537 Speaker 1: we have done with sanctions. And if you just rely 726 00:40:39,657 --> 00:40:43,257 Speaker 1: on sanctions alone, it's not enough. They don't pois in 727 00:40:43,297 --> 00:40:46,697 Speaker 1: those I always appreciate the perspective. Thanks for being with us. 728 00:40:46,697 --> 00:40:50,897 Speaker 1: Thanks Buck, having a great day. Elon Musk's is which 729 00:40:50,897 --> 00:40:53,657 Speaker 1: presidential Kennedy he might support in twenty twenty four. We've 730 00:40:53,697 --> 00:41:00,057 Speaker 1: got that story for you in quick hits. Stay with us. 731 00:41:00,057 --> 00:41:02,777 Speaker 1: Each morning, the President of the United States receives a 732 00:41:02,897 --> 00:41:06,377 Speaker 1: highly classified briefing on the most important issues facing the country. 733 00:41:06,697 --> 00:41:10,337 Speaker 1: It's called the President's Daily Brief or PDB. It's livery 734 00:41:10,337 --> 00:41:13,377 Speaker 1: by America's spies and analysts. Well, now you can hear 735 00:41:13,417 --> 00:41:16,497 Speaker 1: your very own PDB in the form of a podcast 736 00:41:16,537 --> 00:41:20,577 Speaker 1: hosted by me Brian Dean Wright, a former CIA operations officer. 737 00:41:20,977 --> 00:41:23,657 Speaker 1: Each morning at six am Eastern, I'll bring you fifteen 738 00:41:23,697 --> 00:41:26,497 Speaker 1: to twenty minutes of the most important issues facing the country, 739 00:41:26,697 --> 00:41:30,057 Speaker 1: giving you the critical intelligence and analysis you need to 740 00:41:30,097 --> 00:41:40,657 Speaker 1: start your morning. Governor de santists maybe getting some support 741 00:41:40,737 --> 00:41:45,297 Speaker 1: from Elon Musk and doctor Fauci test positive for COVID. Oh, 742 00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:47,857 Speaker 1: I guess he didn't take the virus seriously. Those stories 743 00:41:47,897 --> 00:41:51,217 Speaker 1: on tonight's Quick Hits. Let's get to it. First of all, 744 00:41:52,177 --> 00:41:54,897 Speaker 1: there is a very interesting dynamic playing out here where 745 00:41:54,897 --> 00:41:57,537 Speaker 1: people like Elon Musk, who voted for Obama and was 746 00:41:57,617 --> 00:41:59,977 Speaker 1: a Democrat for a long time, have switched over to 747 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:02,537 Speaker 1: the Republican side of things, also known as the not 748 00:42:02,657 --> 00:42:09,017 Speaker 1: completely Insane Party, and Governor Ron De Santis has said 749 00:42:09,177 --> 00:42:12,097 Speaker 1: something that I think he's gonna well, let's just say 750 00:42:12,137 --> 00:42:14,857 Speaker 1: the lib media is not gonna like this. One said 751 00:42:14,857 --> 00:42:16,777 Speaker 1: something about the fact that Elon Musk, who is the 752 00:42:16,857 --> 00:42:19,257 Speaker 1: richest man in the world and is in the process 753 00:42:19,297 --> 00:42:24,177 Speaker 1: of possibly buying the social media platform Twitter. Elon Musk 754 00:42:24,257 --> 00:42:27,457 Speaker 1: has said that he would support Ronda Santis in a 755 00:42:27,537 --> 00:42:31,217 Speaker 1: presidential run for twenty twenty four. And here is what 756 00:42:31,257 --> 00:42:36,497 Speaker 1: the governor of Florida said, Elon, So, what I would say, 757 00:42:36,897 --> 00:42:39,657 Speaker 1: you know, I'm focused on twenty twenty two. But with 758 00:42:39,737 --> 00:42:41,777 Speaker 1: Elon Musk, what I would say is, you know, I 759 00:42:41,817 --> 00:42:48,657 Speaker 1: welcome support from African Americans. What can I say? Elon 760 00:42:48,737 --> 00:42:51,577 Speaker 1: muss was born in Africa and he is now a 761 00:42:51,697 --> 00:42:57,257 Speaker 1: US citizen. So Ronda santists knows exactly how that's gonna 762 00:42:57,297 --> 00:43:03,137 Speaker 1: go over with the Lib media. Senator Chuck Schumer is 763 00:43:03,177 --> 00:43:05,097 Speaker 1: one of the most dishonest people in the Senate. I mean, 764 00:43:05,137 --> 00:43:07,377 Speaker 1: which is saying a lot, because there's a lot of dishonest, 765 00:43:07,977 --> 00:43:10,777 Speaker 1: lamy liars in the Senate. But here he is on 766 00:43:10,817 --> 00:43:23,457 Speaker 1: the Second Amendment and just the usual nonsense. Listen, no, 767 00:43:23,817 --> 00:43:28,377 Speaker 1: I think this no Amendment is absolute. You can't falsely 768 00:43:28,417 --> 00:43:31,377 Speaker 1: screen fire in a crowded theater. We have child poor, 769 00:43:31,377 --> 00:43:35,497 Speaker 1: an anti child poor, anti pornography laws directed at children. 770 00:43:37,377 --> 00:43:39,977 Speaker 1: No amendment is absolute. They say that, as though the 771 00:43:40,057 --> 00:43:45,257 Speaker 1: Second Amendment is not already heavily regulated. There are prohibited 772 00:43:45,257 --> 00:43:48,217 Speaker 1: possessor laws. There are background checks for over ninety five 773 00:43:48,257 --> 00:43:51,097 Speaker 1: percent of all sales that actually happened. You can't be 774 00:43:51,617 --> 00:43:54,057 Speaker 1: in possession of drugs and a firearm. There are gun 775 00:43:54,097 --> 00:43:55,897 Speaker 1: freeze I mean, I could sit here, You could sit 776 00:43:55,977 --> 00:43:57,737 Speaker 1: here for hours and just go through all the firearms. 777 00:43:57,937 --> 00:44:01,657 Speaker 1: There's tons of restrictions on the Second Amendment that already exist. 778 00:44:02,737 --> 00:44:04,777 Speaker 1: But Eddie goes fire in a crowded theater, which was 779 00:44:04,817 --> 00:44:07,737 Speaker 1: also just or remind everybody shank the United States a 780 00:44:07,777 --> 00:44:10,857 Speaker 1: Supreme Court case with a court wrongly decided that somebody 781 00:44:10,897 --> 00:44:13,737 Speaker 1: who was a socialist who was against the US getting 782 00:44:13,737 --> 00:44:16,857 Speaker 1: involved in World War One, was by handing out anti 783 00:44:16,897 --> 00:44:19,697 Speaker 1: war pamphlets, the equivalent of a person yelling fire in 784 00:44:19,737 --> 00:44:23,417 Speaker 1: a crowded theater. So the fascist here does not even 785 00:44:23,457 --> 00:44:26,337 Speaker 1: know the fascistic roots of the phrase that he uses, 786 00:44:28,017 --> 00:44:34,977 Speaker 1: speaking of fascism, foucism. Bouchie, he tested positive for COVID today, 787 00:44:35,817 --> 00:44:40,137 Speaker 1: doctor Anthony Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and twice boosty. 788 00:44:40,257 --> 00:44:44,497 Speaker 1: That's right, four shots. Everybody is experiencing mild symptoms. He 789 00:44:44,537 --> 00:44:47,097 Speaker 1: will isolate and continue to work from home and has 790 00:44:47,137 --> 00:44:49,457 Speaker 1: not recently been in close contact with President Biden or 791 00:44:49,497 --> 00:44:53,657 Speaker 1: other senior government officials. Okay, let's just remind everybody here 792 00:44:53,777 --> 00:44:57,617 Speaker 1: that the vaccine does not stop you from getting COVID. 793 00:44:58,217 --> 00:45:01,897 Speaker 1: Four vaccines will not stop you from getting COVID. So 794 00:45:01,977 --> 00:45:08,297 Speaker 1: the whole basis of the vaccine mandate was to prevent 795 00:45:08,337 --> 00:45:12,337 Speaker 1: people from getting this, and yet that's not what it does. Now. 796 00:45:12,337 --> 00:45:14,257 Speaker 1: It may give you, It does seem to give some 797 00:45:14,377 --> 00:45:17,217 Speaker 1: degree of limited but some degree of protection against severe 798 00:45:17,257 --> 00:45:19,697 Speaker 1: illness and death from the shot for those who were 799 00:45:19,697 --> 00:45:23,577 Speaker 1: already at high risk. That's a very small category of people. Overall, 800 00:45:24,737 --> 00:45:26,457 Speaker 1: and when you look at how you have to keep 801 00:45:26,457 --> 00:45:29,897 Speaker 1: getting the shot, you have to wonder, if to wonder 802 00:45:29,977 --> 00:45:33,057 Speaker 1: what exactly the Democrat plan is, you're going into the fall, 803 00:45:33,297 --> 00:45:37,137 Speaker 1: shot five, shot six, shot seven about you'll be there saying, oh, 804 00:45:37,177 --> 00:45:40,537 Speaker 1: just one more. Senator Cruz, by the way, speaking out 805 00:45:40,537 --> 00:45:42,177 Speaker 1: on the crime issue, here's what he has to say. 806 00:45:42,577 --> 00:45:46,577 Speaker 1: If we want to stop these murders, we know the 807 00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:51,017 Speaker 1: approach that actually works. The approach that actually works is 808 00:45:51,017 --> 00:45:54,737 Speaker 1: twofold number one. Focus on the bad guys. Focus on 809 00:45:54,777 --> 00:45:58,737 Speaker 1: the criminals. Focus on the felons and fugitives and those 810 00:45:58,737 --> 00:46:01,937 Speaker 1: with serious mental illness that try to illegally buy firearms. 811 00:46:03,337 --> 00:46:08,497 Speaker 1: Prosecute them and put them in jail. Get them off 812 00:46:08,537 --> 00:46:13,297 Speaker 1: the streets. It also means that when people carry out 813 00:46:13,417 --> 00:46:18,777 Speaker 1: crimes with firearms, prosecute them and lock them up. Make 814 00:46:18,777 --> 00:46:21,257 Speaker 1: it a priority. You bring a gun to a crime 815 00:46:21,537 --> 00:46:27,577 Speaker 1: and you are doing hard time. Get the trigger pullers 816 00:46:27,857 --> 00:46:33,377 Speaker 1: off the streets. Yeah, Center Affect Crews understands that if 817 00:46:33,417 --> 00:46:35,577 Speaker 1: you focus on the bad guys, if you prosecute them 818 00:46:35,577 --> 00:46:37,577 Speaker 1: and lock them up, you can actually make us all safer. 819 00:46:37,657 --> 00:46:41,897 Speaker 1: Everyone becomes safer all across the country. Not rocket science folks, 820 00:46:41,937 --> 00:46:44,977 Speaker 1: but Democrats have been crazy for a while on that stuff, 821 00:46:45,057 --> 00:46:47,577 Speaker 1: among other things. As ever, tonight's Hold the Line the 822 00:46:47,617 --> 00:47:06,577 Speaker 1: Nose Spin News with Bill o'relly's next Fields High. Each morning, 823 00:47:06,737 --> 00:47:09,697 Speaker 1: the President of the United States receives a highly classified 824 00:47:09,697 --> 00:47:12,737 Speaker 1: brief on the most important issues facing the country. It's 825 00:47:12,777 --> 00:47:16,257 Speaker 1: called the President's Daily Brief, or PDB. It's delivered by 826 00:47:16,297 --> 00:47:19,817 Speaker 1: America's spies and analysts. Whow you can hear your very 827 00:47:19,857 --> 00:47:22,977 Speaker 1: own PDB in the form of a podcast hosted by 828 00:47:22,977 --> 00:47:27,057 Speaker 1: me Brian Dean Wright, a former CIA operations officer. Each 829 00:47:27,097 --> 00:47:29,657 Speaker 1: morning at six am Eastern, I'll bring you fifteen to 830 00:47:29,697 --> 00:47:32,217 Speaker 1: twenty minutes of the most important issues facing the country, 831 00:47:32,537 --> 00:47:35,937 Speaker 1: giving you the critical intelligence and analysis you need to 832 00:47:35,977 --> 00:47:37,137 Speaker 1: start your morning.