1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: It's Friday, January twenty sixth. Here at the warning, and 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: in case you missed it, here are the five biggest 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: stories of the week. First, the New Hampshire Primary has 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: come and gone and the results are clear. Donald Trump 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: won decisively, as did President Biden. This is a remarkable 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: phenomenon because there are polls that have been as high 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: as eighty percent of the American people saying this was 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: the rematch they did not want. Yet it is the 9 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: rematch the first and third oldest political parties in the 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: world have produced, regardless of public opinion. And now the 11 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: question will be who can put together the coalition that 12 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: can win the electoral College and get to two hundred 13 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: seve the electoral votes to be certified on January sixth 14 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty five. I'm old enough to remember that 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: you gave victory speeches after the New Hampshire Primary on 16 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: the occasion of winning the New Hampshire primary. Yet Dean 17 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: Phillips and Nicki Haley, who were both beaten decisively and 18 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: have no other places on the map where they can 19 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: plausibly win, remain undeterred in the face of the reality 20 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: that the general election has begun. Donald Trump and Joe 21 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: Biden will be the nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties. 22 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: Number two. Welcome to the era of retribution and punishment. 23 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: Donald Trump lost his call and didn't like what Nicky 24 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: Haley had to say about him after she came in 25 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: second on election night in New Hampshire. 26 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: But I said, wow, she's doing like a speech like 27 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 2: she won. 28 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 3: She didn't win. 29 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: She lost. 30 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: And you know, last week we had a little bit 31 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: of a problem. And if you remember, Ron was very 32 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: upset because she ran up and she pretended she won Iowa. 33 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 2: And I looked around, I said, didn't she come in third? Yeah, 34 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 2: she came in third. And then I looked at the polls. 35 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: He was talking about most winnability, who's going to win? 36 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: And I had one put up. I don't know if 37 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: you see it, but I have one put up. We've 38 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: won almost every single poll in the last three months 39 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 2: against Crooked Joe Biden, almost every pole, and she doesn't 40 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: win those. 41 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: But one thing to be perfectly clear about is to 42 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: understand how unprecedented this is. There have been hugely divisive 43 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: periods in American history. In fact, there was a civil 44 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: war that killed up of eight hundred thousand people. But 45 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: there has never been a presidential candidate running explicitly to 46 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: punish in a democratic society half the country that disagrees 47 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: with him, who is explicitly promising to remake the federal 48 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: government as an instrument of his power to do what 49 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: he wants, take what he can get his hands on, 50 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: all of it beyond the reach of the law. Remember, 51 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's lawyers have argued he can use Navy Seal 52 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: Team six to kill any American he so chooses. Take 53 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: it seriously. Three. Maybe you missed the loose talk on 54 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: Newsmax about the looming civil war between Oklahoma Governor Kevin 55 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: Stitt and Newsmack's host Carl Higbee. It's it's quite incredible. Now, 56 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: let me set the stage. Carl Higbee asks a ludicrous 57 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: question of Governor hit He says, are you worried about 58 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: quote force on force conflict? And what he's talking about, 59 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: specifically is the proposition that National Guard forces in Texas 60 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: under the command of Governor Greg Abbott, who is the 61 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: commander in chief, would open fire on federal law enforcement 62 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: or federalized National Guard troops or regular armed forces of 63 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: the United States of America. It's an incredible conversation. Let's 64 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: watch it captured perfectly on media eye. 65 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 4: There's rumblings that Joe Biden should or may actually federalize 66 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 4: the National Guard, take that power away from Greg Abbott. 67 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 4: Let's say this showdown. I mean, that's what it is. 68 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: It's a showdown. 69 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 4: It's a showdown of power and loyalties and constitutionality. Let's 70 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 4: say he does that. How many people say no, you 71 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 4: know what, screw you Biden administration? And how many people 72 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 4: stay and fight with Texas versus the federal things? And 73 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 4: does that put us on course for a force on 74 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 4: force conflict? 75 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 3: I mean, right, right now, you've got the federal agents 76 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 3: that are cutting the wire and then you've got the 77 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 3: Texas National Guard on orders to put up wire. I mean, 78 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 3: this is a this is a counterpuh, a powder keg 79 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 3: worth of tension. So it's very uh, it's it's a 80 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 3: very weird situation. We certainly stand with with Texas on 81 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 3: their rights to defend themselves, but Biden is going to 82 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 3: be in a tough situation. So in other words, he's 83 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 3: going to try to federalize these troops, in other words, 84 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 3: put them on federal orders. And so now their allegiance 85 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 3: technically goes to the President of United States instead of 86 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 3: the governor. And of course, I think a lot of 87 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 3: Texans these are still there's still Texans that are weak 88 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 3: in uh. You know, they're in the National Guards. They 89 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 3: do one week in a month or when they get 90 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 3: called up on duties by the governor, and I think 91 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 3: they would be in a difficult situation to protect their 92 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: homeland or to follow what Biden's saying. I literally open 93 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 3: it very interesting. But then you know, then you've got 94 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 3: Oklahoma and Florida and Tennessee, and you got all these 95 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 3: other states that would send our National Guard to help 96 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 3: and to support the efforts of Governor Abbot because every 97 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 3: state is a border state. You talked about Fittmall. The 98 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 3: deaths in Oklahoma since I've taken office are up five 99 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 3: hundred percent, and we know that's coming across the southern border. 100 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 3: And then you think about the terrace again. I just 101 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 3: don't know what their endgame is here, and I hope 102 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 3: American people really wake up to what's happening. 103 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: Most Americans have no idea how any of this works. 104 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: So I'm going to try to explain it in a 105 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: few seconds. The governor of each state is the commander 106 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: in chief of their states National Guard, and the national 107 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: Guard in each of those states is commanded by an 108 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: adjutant general, a major general. Now that major general reports 109 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: to the governor, unless those troops are federalized by the 110 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: Department of Defense. It happens all the time. National Guard 111 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: units and reserve units have been deployed. National Guard and 112 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: reserve units have been deployed to active duty combat zones 113 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: all around the world all throughout American history. What Carl 114 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: Higbee is asking the governor of Oklahoma about, and what 115 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: the governor of Oklahoma is suggesting, is that Oklahoma's National 116 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: Guard would join the Texas National Guard for a fight 117 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: with bullets against federal forces for states rights. This nonsense 118 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: is playing out in twenty twenty four, and it's dangerous 119 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: and all of it is linked to the theater that's 120 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: being staged by the vast prop aganda networks that sustain 121 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: the MAGA and Trump cause. Number four. Most Americans appreciate 122 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: the United States is a sovereign nation and it must 123 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: have control of its borders. It has to know who 124 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: is in the country, who's coming into the country, and 125 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: by the way, every other country in the world insists 126 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: on knowing the same things. Now, the United States has 127 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: a long tradition of welcoming refugees and welcoming immigrants. In fact, 128 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: more than seventy million Americans in the total history of 129 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: the United States have been born on foreign shores. Immigration 130 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: defined the United States of America, and everybody in the 131 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: United States benefits from a functioning immigration system, which everybody 132 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: acknowledges in the United States is very badly broken. Now, 133 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: there was legislation that was being worked out in the 134 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: United States Senate to alleviate the disaster, which is a 135 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: humanitarian crisis on the southern border. Donald Trump has blown 136 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: up that deal. And this is the important thing to understand. 137 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: Strongmen run on restoring order out of chaos many times 138 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: that they create. It's like a light switch. Donald Trump 139 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: can turn up the rhetoric and turn on the chaos, 140 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: or he could throw that light switch down and turn 141 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: it off. Donald Trump has decided to work against the 142 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: national and interest, to work against a national problem because 143 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: it puts him in better standing as a political question 144 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: in the looming election. The demagogue can't demagogue an issue 145 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: where a solution is at hand, at least it's harder 146 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: for him. The demagoguerey that Trump's engaged in is epic. 147 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: He is unleashed chaos and yet offers himself as the 148 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: remedy for it. It is literally the oldest trick in 149 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: the autocratic playbook, and you shouldn't have missed it this week. Fifth, 150 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: the final story of the week that you should pay 151 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: careful attention to is the utter disdain towards elections by 152 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: officials in the MAGA Republican Party who have sought to 153 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: cancel remaining prime contests so Donald Trump doesn't have to 154 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: compete in them. Now, the truth of the matter is 155 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: Nikki Haley doesn't have a pathway to being the Republican nomination. 156 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: But that's quite a different thing than denying Americans Republicans 157 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: in forty seven states the choice to vote. What does 158 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: it mean when a political party becomes hostile to democratic 159 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: norms within the operations of that party? Does anybody think 160 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: that the instinct will stay there or will it spread 161 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: into government? And will punishment politics be applied against ordinary people? 162 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: And when you look at all five of these stories 163 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: together this week, that's the big theme punishment retribution, And 164 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: everybody should understand how dangerous. This is how Unamerican it is. 165 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 1: There's a name for what this is. The name is fascism. 166 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: It's not fascism like it's not like fascism. It is fascism. 167 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: It has come to America wrapped in the flag and 168 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 1: carrying the cross, and it is dangerous for the future 169 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: of the country and for every person who lives within 170 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: its borders.