Iran Ceasefire, Pam Bondi Fired, and California High Speed Rail Failure

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 Welcome back. Well, the Blazers to episode 123 recorded this Thursday the 9th of April 2026. I

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 Promised you twice a week. I know I know I'm late. This is the only one of the week thus far

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 As far as this recording on Thursday the 9th of April 2026. I had a technological

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 Snaff to I tried some new stuff Google locked out my account couldn't get to research. I got frustrated

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 To hell with it. I'll I'll delay it good thing. I did because a lot happened

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 So this is what's gonna happen in this episode is what we're discussing. I'm going to discuss the Iran a ceasefire

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 it's supposed to be a

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 Two-week ceasefire, I believe that's happening kind of happening not happening was gonna happen until Israel started bombing Lebanon

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 Lebanon was included but wasn't included apparently according to Israel and the USA so

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 Bombs away again, and then it was pending negotiations that were happening

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 The 10th of April being Friday the next day after this particular recording so the Friday April the 10th

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 2026 and now it's been moved to

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 April the 11th Saturday. So Saturday the 11th of April 2026. I mean we can't keep up with what's going on here

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 But we're still going to discuss that issue the best that I can because listen this situation this conflicts updating

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 Like literally every 15 frickin minutes

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 I mean, I just look at my news feeds that I have all my news aggregators even social media

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 It's like message message message message like something news happening. Someone bombed somebody another death

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 another disagreement

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 Another 10 20 point 15 30 50 point plan. Like I can't even keep up and on top of that

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 Trump runs his mouth which

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 You know anyway, we'll get into that

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 Okay, also we're gonna discuss Pam Bondi she was fired

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 People kind of discuss it but it all got glossed over because of what's going on with the Iran conflict

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 I'm just gonna give my opinion on that. We're gonna talk about a little bit give my thoughts

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 About it and I'm gonna circle back to an old topic something that I've discussed many times on this microphone

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 I've been doing this podcast three years and I've discussed this I've discussed this before I started my podcast

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 I discussed this when I was a guest

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 Host or co-host on my brother's show for a while

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 and then my brother and I discussed it when we had random thoughts with Manuel and George going and I

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 Mean, he's discussed it on his show and we're talking about

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 We're talking about California. We're talking about Gavin Newsom. We're talking about

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 the high-speed rail which

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 Never seems to be completed. This is something that's been going on since 2008

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 Gavin didn't initiate it. I believe this all started under the tutelage of good old Jerry Brown

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 But hey, you know what?

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 We're gonna touch on that because even though independence like me little old guys like me and my brother Manuel Fonz

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 Even though we've been talking about this for years like literally years

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 Even before I had the podcast my brother longer has been doing for like 10 11 years, whatever. But regardless, we've been talking about for a long time

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 60 minutes does a story and suddenly it's like

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 Groundbreaking they're calling it out. Well, I hate to tell you we were ahead of 60 minutes like a mile

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 Probably more like a few hundred miles

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 But regardless, I'm glad they did it because it brings national attention back to the mishandling and

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 the manipulation of funds to get the project going the lying to

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 The taxpayers of California the realization that hey this really can't happen

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 But we're gonna try it anyway, just to look good

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 Even though they knew behind the scenes that they really can pull it off

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 So kudos to 60 minutes for getting the attention because you guys are nationally recognized how you recognize worldwide

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 So I'll give you that but make no mistake. It's been discussed before by little old me. So

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 So Iran sees fire. What do we know? What do we know?

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 Well, what we do know is Trump made a statement. He made a tweet a truth a post

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 claiming that

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 An entire civilization will die and never come back

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 Threatening Iran people lost their shit around the world around the world

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 Iran tried to be tough about it

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 They went straight to social media. Look, I gotta be honest around get really good at trolling the world here

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 They sent a lot of posts and retaliation to what Trump said a lot of AI videos, etc

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 But in the end Iran called for a ceasefire Iran agreed to call for a ceasefire. They're like, hey, you know what?

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 Maybe we got to cool this off a bit. You know, so let's let's regroup. Let's figure this out

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 So it's supposed to be a 14-day ceasefire

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 So let's kind of go through

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 We go ahead and cue up my little presentation get a little fancy today guys

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 the 2026 see fire

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 cease fire see fire excuse that look

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 Honestly, this is me getting back to doing more solo episodes. I'm gonna fumble here and there but bear with me

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 Okay, so the 2026 ceasefire anatomy of a fragile pause

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 So we're going to deconstruct this 14-day truce between the United States Israel and Iran

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 So what's the trigger? The trigger is Trump's statement a whole civilization will die tonight never to be brought back

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 Tuesday will be power plant day and

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 President Donald Trump that was his 48-hour ultimatum

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 And of course, this was Tuesday of this week or the week of this recording

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 Okay, so those just for me

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 I don't know when you're gonna hear this but but given at the time of this recording right now

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 You're listening to those only a few days ago

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 Everybody on a Tuesday was on edge. They're like what in the fuck is gonna happen. What does Trump mean?

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 What's it good? Is he really gonna wipe Iran off the map like literally just destroy them to the brink of non-existence

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 meaning the entire civilization of Iran like all the people

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 But many people also take them literally which I think is kind of an issue

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 But maybe it isn't in this case was this a negotiation tactic? Well, it kind of worked

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 Deadline for destruction of Iranian infrastructure, which we're gonna get to because everybody says that's a war crime

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 last-minute back channel intervention by Pakistani PM Sharif and

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 General Munir. I think I said right Munir lunar

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 Apologies meant no offense. And of course, there's the ceasefire secured 90 minutes before military escalation and that escalation being

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 Israel's bombing of Lebanon, of course, why not? Why not Israel? Why not?

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 There here's the deal here part of that back channeling wasn't just

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 Pakistan it was also China

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 China also reached out. There's reports of saying China quietly reached out and kind of pressure to Ron to go look you need to

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 You know kind of like take this opportunity to

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 Chill the fuck out like seriously and so that's what's going on here

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 The reality check in this whole

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 Diplomatic hasm is this so US had a 15-point plan

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 Iran has the 10-point plan. You can see those right here and honestly here guys if you are not watching my video of

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 So the reality check the diplomatic hasm so US had a 15-point plan. So

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 Iran countered with their 10-point plan now, we're not gonna go through the whole thing

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 we're to go to the points of contention here and

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 There's really about four major points contention. We got the maritime control which from the US perspective

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 They want immediate safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

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 But Iran counters and saying well, no, no, no, there's gonna be continued Iranian military control the Strait and

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 They have a right to collect a 2 million dollar toll per ship

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 I don't have it on the slide here

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 But recently Iran said well we have our right to pick and choose who pays a toll since we will control it and

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 With that being said they also said that the toll could start at one dollar

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 Per barrel of oil, but it's not just limited to the toll of oil

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 It all depends on what goods and services are entering in and out of the Strait of Hormuz meaning that toll could

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 Vary depending on the goods and services coming in or out and this is at Iran's discretion

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 They said what you need to do is you're going to email us ahead of time before you get here

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 You got tell us what cargo it is and we're going to determine which

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 Department or fund collectors are going to determine the charges

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 Aside from that they want it all paid in

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 There's the update on that

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 Alright, let's go to the second point of contention nuclear posturing, right?

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 Well, we all know that the US doesn't want Iran to ever have the ability to make a nuclear weapon in fact

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 I mean, let's just be honest. Most the world doesn't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon

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 Actually, I don't think anyone in the world does even though under the breath. They were going all poor Iran

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 They have a right to know listen first off. This isn't about Iran

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 It's about the Islamic regime. Let's just make that distinction. It's not about the Iranian people. It's about the Islamic regime

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 Having a nuclear weapon it's about the IRGC being able to have a nuclear weapon and

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 Here's the problem with this nuclear weapon issue here that nobody seems to understand if Iran gets it

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 and let's say they're just going to use it to posture and to hold people at bay because I mean

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 We could argue that having nuclear weapons keeps people at peace because who's going to dare to fire one off

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 I mean the fallout the destruction of humanity

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 I mean can literally lead to the entire destruction of the world as at least we know it

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 I mean, I think the cockroaches and rats and you know, I think they'll be fine, but humanity is gonna be in real trouble

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 So why don't we want Iran to have this nuclear weapon? Well

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 Maybe let's say maybe we can trust

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 Iran with it because we know that they're just could use as leverage to a degree

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 Let me not ever fire it. I mean cuz Kim Jong-un has him. He's not firing him

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 He's another crazy bastard, but

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 What about the proxies what if they put pressure on on the Iranian regime the Islamic regime or IRGC or do some kind of

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 Back-end back-channel deal to get to somebody to go. Hey, you know slides a little cash here back if you give me this nuclear

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 Armament, we've got to consider that as well. So Iran obviously the explicit use and

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 Acceptance of uranium enrichment program is part of their 10-point plan. They want

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 specifically the US to allow them

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 To enrich the uranium as they please and if you don't know uranium is what is used after it reaches about 60%

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 Or more it becomes

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 Well at the state in which they can use it as an explosive

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 Nuclear device you can enrich uranium up to I think 40

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 I may be wrong on that but somewhere up to there and which it's

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 Considered to be safe and used for power like power plants, whatever so you get it up to 60 or more

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 Area and that's what we don't want for Ron, but Iran wants to be able to do that

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 Okay, so going back to the US on their 15-point plan here. So this was the third point of contention

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 There was the sanctions and assets

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 So the US was wanting conditional relief based on verified concessions meaning

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 We're going to go ahead and release some of the sanctions lift some of the sanctions, you know

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 Make sure you have some of your assets back

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 But Iran says they want a full removal of all sanctions regardless

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 release of all frozen assets pretty much meaning like money

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 And they want payment from the US for all damages in the war so all buildings infrastructure

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 Whatever it is that has been damaged destroyed. They want the US to pay for it

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 And here's the fourth point of contention here the regional scope

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 broader Middle East

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 To be stabilized, I mean, that's not much to ask, right?

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 So they want to be able to still have a presence the US does so that they can make sure that the US stays stable

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 and peaceful

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 Just as we have been doing although there's a good argument to be made as to whether or not it has stayed peaceful

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 Which I'm not sure the Middle East has seen any peace. I

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 Don't know when there ever was peace to be honest

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 But Iran wants total US troop withdrawal, they want all troops out of the area they want

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 An immediate cessation of the war in Lebanon as well and

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 This also extends to as far as Iran has said

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 The removal of US bases in the area, especially out of the Gulf states. So they'd be like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc

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 No more US bases. No more

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 US military presence basically so that's what they want. So that one the others, you know

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 They're definitely points of contention disagreement, but I think there's negotiating area there

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 But we all know that the US is not going to remove their presence from the Middle East

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 That's just not gonna fucking happen. So good luck with that one

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 Okay, so here's what happens in the mediation. So here it is. This is where they're going to go ahead

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 So if you look at the circle in the middle, there it is. The Islamabad accord is what they're calling it. And so

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 Negotiations will have it in Pakistan. Now, there's there's two there's two countries that have to take credit for this

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 firstly Pakistan so Pakistan

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 Prime Minister Sharif and General Maner

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 Central conduit balancing Saudi defense pact with 1,000 kilometer Iranian border, okay

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 So they want to go ahead and negotiate this they want to go ahead and base it off

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 balancing the Saudi defense pact and you know, making sure the Iranian border like everything is just nice

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 Peaceful, let's come to agreement. But regardless Pakistan wants to help be the mediator

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 They want to be the people in the middle saying okay US what do you want Iran?

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 What do you want? Let's come to like it's come to an agreement that makes sense

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 So Pakistan wants to mediate this United States

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 United States is gonna be on one side and they're gonna send JD Vance and his envoy which includes Steve Witkoff to go ahead and

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 negotiate this with Iran

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 So their foreign minister Abbas

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 Arakshi, I'm horrible at pronouncing that but he's gonna convey the maximalist 10-point counter proposal

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 which some of those items we went over that we know the US will just never agree to so I

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 Don't know what agreement we're gonna come to

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 Between the US's 15-point plan and Iran's 10-point plan

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 Who knows but quietly quietly behind the scenes

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 It has been said and reported that the major player here that forced Tehran's hand to come to the table has actually been China

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 Reports that China actually said hey knock this shit off come to table

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 Why is that? Well, China needs allies to what people don't realize is Iran's major allies

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 In terms of superpowers are Russia

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 China, I believe North Korea is in the mix there, but

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 They don't they don't really have the poll that Russia and China's although they're very formidable

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 I mean, we're not gonna dismiss Kim Jong-un's madness

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 So China gets oil from Iran. They get it at a very very very like very discounted rate

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 Is it the only place China get oil from? No, they can get it from Russia. They can't get it from Venezuela anymore

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 Nope can't get it from that area whatsoever. Nope. Can't get it from the Caribbean

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 The US stopped that

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 But they can't get it from Russia. So does this cut China out completely? No, does it hurt them?

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 Yeah, it definitely hurts them. It definitely puts them in a spot for a bit

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 I'm sure they will realign with some allies somewhere or they'll end up honestly

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 Even if they can get the oil somewhere else, they're gonna have to pay through the nose for it. I

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 Don't think any other country is going to drop their pants just to help China out at this point

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 I'm gonna take advantage of the situation most countries would like oh you want our oil? Well, here's your price

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 Where Iran was pretty much I wouldn't say given away, but they were basically well giving it away and

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 The other thing here is the removal of China's ability to continue to buy oil

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 For example hurts Iran as well because right now China buys

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 90% that's nine zero folks

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 90% of all of Iran's oil

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 also in this

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 With Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz, even if they go back to selling oil and letting everybody else purchase oil from the other Gulf nations

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 The price may come down on the oil itself, but now you're looking at a minimum two million dollar toll per ship or vessel

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 So this is gonna definitely drastically affect the markets. Is this the first time this has happened? No, Iran has done this before

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 I'm not sure that they did the toll thing with the with the with the ships or the or the tankers

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 But they have controlled and shut down the strait before

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 But this time it seems to be having a bigger impact than it ever did now

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 Here's what's going on here with the ceasefire

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 so if there's there's a disagreement and what was included and this is what led to

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 The ceasefire pretty much ending about as abruptly as Iran said. Hey, let's let's have one

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 so the official ceasefire

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 According to Pakistan PM Shabazz Sharif, it was agreed to an immediate ceasefire

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 everywhere including Lebanon and

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 Elsewhere which was effective immediately only problem is while the loophole is Israel

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 Supports the suspension of the strikes against Iran

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 But they don't seem to think it includes

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 Lebanon all right, so and

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 This is where I'm a little foggy folks and be honest with you as far as I was concerned renew

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 I thought the ceasefire agreement was between

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 now maybe part of this agreement was

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 That Israel gets left alone and in turn maybe Iran was like well

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 Maybe you leave Lebanon around because you know, we need our terrorist proxies Hezbollah to continue to operate so

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 Israel took it upon themselves to say no, I don't believe I don't believe that that was the case

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 So what happened? Well, the real-time military updates that are still going on is

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 Operation eternal darkness was initiated by Benjamin Netanyahu

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 100 Israeli airstrikes executed in 10 minutes

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 across Beirut and southern Lebanon and there were at least

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 254 casualties

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 Reported but it's more than that now which I'm gonna get into here

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 The global choke point here and the point of contention of this entire

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 This entire debacle here this entire

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 War that is not a war but is but we know it is but even though they don't say it is but it's a war

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 Is really the control of the Strait of Hormuz?

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 There okay, so check this out

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 There are 20 million barrels a day

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 That are trapped that aren't moving in and out that's 20% of the global

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 seaborne oil trade 84% of the crude bound or Asia

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 It's only about 21 to 25 miles wide folks

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 so it's it's it's definitely choke point that is not hard for Iran to control which they are controlling and

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 As I said earlier the new toll the potential of two million dollar fee per transiting vessel

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 Really adds to the cost of this oil

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 Which really isn't going to be consistent because iran again they said it depends on the cargo

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 They're saying it could start at a dollar a barrel of oil

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 So if that fee can't I mean

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 It it could go beyond two million dollars in vessel

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 It could go beyond and the other thing that people aren't talking about

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 That's hurting this all is as long as iran controls this

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 most vessels regardless of whether they have permission or not won't even bother to go through the strait because

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 insurance companies

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 like loids of london

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 Raised the rates and or just said we can't we can't insure you something happens your screw this is on you

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 Well, these are very expensive tankers. We have lives

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 bodies actually operating these tankers

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 And so without the insurance behind to cover any losses

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 Most of these companies are going well, we're not even going to even we're not even going to mess with it

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 Like we'll just be financially collapsed. They may be able to absorb that two million dollar fee

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 It's just going to be attached to the price of the oil or so their transport fee is just going to have to grow

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 up right just goes up but

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 Not being insured if anything happens

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 as a company

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 Well, that's definitely going to kill you

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 It's going to kill you financially probably just would put you out of business

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 And thus far we cannot trust iran to keep their word

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 To that point doesn't seem we can trust israel to keep their word either

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 That wasn't a dig at israel. It's just going back to them breaking the ceasefire by attacking lebanon, which they claim

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 Ceasefire agreement didn't include but iran says it did the u.s says it kind of did but not really i don't recall that

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 Getting back to that mess

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 So

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 What what's next right?

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 Well, let's go back to the israel strikes on lebanon because I we got to understand like what happened here

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 and

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 Was it just 250 for people that were killed? I believe the toll is higher

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 So let's go ahead and go over to that

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 window here so

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 On ground news here pull this up israel strikes lebanon kills 250 netanyahu excludes excludes

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 excludes

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 country from truce

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 So on wednesday of this week of this recording, by the way

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 The israeli defense force has carried out its largest coordinated strike of the war hitting over 100

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 Hezbollah targets across lebanon within 10 minutes. I mean, that's a lot

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 Minister benjamin netanyahu excuse me for that

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 So benjamin netanyahu confirmed operations would continue stating the u.s iran ceasefire excludes lebanon

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 brokered by pakistan u.s president donald trump announced a two-week ceasefire with iran

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 On tuesday, which was just a few days before this recording while pakistani prime minister shabaz sherif

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 Claimed the truce applied everywhere including lebanon. Now this this is what's not clear

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 This isn't clear if this was actually said or if they're saying this after the fact after israel struck lebanon

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 That's what's not clear. I mean there is no definitive proof anywhere that

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 This ceasefire agreement included iran and lebanon because it was never said from the outset

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 I can't find it anywhere in the media where it said this ceasefire includes iran its allies

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 Which includes lebanon?

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 Nowhere this all comes out after israel attacks lebanon

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 Um according to the lebanese ministry of public health over 1530 people have been killed

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 4812 were wounded since early march with more than one million displaced

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 Strikes hit dense commercial and residential areas prompting widespread humanitarian concern

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 Lebanese prime minister nawaf salam

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 Accused israel of utter disregard for international law

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 While world leaders including the european council issued a joint statement calling for a lasting truce

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 that includes

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 lebanon and again

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 It sounds like it sounds like they're using the lebanon thing after the fact

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 It's almost like they didn't think about it. Maybe they're like, I don't think israel's gonna do anything, right?

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 We brokered peace with usa they're the bigger more powerful country

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 Israel's the ally they're gonna listen maybe there's not gonna anything happening

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 I think that when they had this uh ceasefire proposal or agreement

432
00:32:46.390 --> 00:32:51.650
 That um iran forgot to explicitly explicitly include lebanon

433
00:32:52.570 --> 00:32:56.970
 And I think that this is all happening after the fact, but regardless regardless

434
00:32:57.970 --> 00:32:58.570
 Why

435
00:32:59.290 --> 00:33:02.450
 Is lebanon being bombed i'm not quite sure

436
00:33:02.450 --> 00:33:05.310
 um, I pulled up a

437
00:33:05.310 --> 00:33:07.450
 Summary here a little ai summary

438
00:33:08.590 --> 00:33:12.250
 And i'm going to read through it, but i'm still kind of fuzzy on it

439
00:33:12.730 --> 00:33:14.210
 But let's read this here

440
00:33:14.210 --> 00:33:20.390
 So as of april 2026 asriel is conducting heavy airstrikes and a ground offensive in lebanon

441
00:33:21.510 --> 00:33:27.490
 Targeting pesbala in a conflict that has caused over 1700 deaths and displaced more than a million people

442
00:33:27.490 --> 00:33:35.210
 Israel continues these strikes to weaken hezbollah's military capabilities and create a secure zone for northern israel

443
00:33:35.210 --> 00:33:42.850
 Residents so intentionally separating this fight from the ongoing us iran ceasefire. So

444
00:33:42.850 --> 00:33:45.850
 The claim the assessment is that

445
00:33:45.850 --> 00:33:47.490
 this is

446
00:33:47.490 --> 00:33:53.970
 A conflict but separate from that between iran and the us and or israel

447
00:33:53.970 --> 00:33:57.130
 Like this is a completely separate conflict. This is a

448
00:33:57.490 --> 00:34:00.410
 This is not included. It's a different deal

449
00:34:00.410 --> 00:34:05.730
 But that kind of raises the question as to like well with with this major conflict going on with iran

450
00:34:06.610 --> 00:34:13.070
 The big dog in the area right with all the rockets and missiles the proxies the terrorist groups the money, etc

451
00:34:14.010 --> 00:34:20.630
 Why would you even attempt to start another war within a war with another country? That makes no fucking sense

452
00:34:21.270 --> 00:34:24.330
 And so as much as people know that I don't hate

453
00:34:24.330 --> 00:34:29.710
 Israelis and jews, I have nothing wrong with jewish people or people from israel

454
00:34:30.650 --> 00:34:33.889
 There are many times where I had to question the israeli government

455
00:34:34.330 --> 00:34:39.250
 In this case netanyahu like I know israel has the reasons for what they do

456
00:34:39.770 --> 00:34:45.630
 And if we're being very honest, we know israel is for the most part attacked

457
00:34:46.889 --> 00:34:48.250
 like constantly

458
00:34:48.250 --> 00:34:51.409
 Constantly ever since their inception

459
00:34:52.070 --> 00:34:54.330
 Ever since they were put together as a nation

460
00:34:54.909 --> 00:34:57.190
 Right out from the outset they were attacked

461
00:34:57.830 --> 00:34:59.970
 And they've been defending themselves ever since

462
00:35:01.050 --> 00:35:06.370
 But people do disagree with how viciously they retaliate

463
00:35:07.370 --> 00:35:12.130
 And again, you can have your views on that. I have mine. I'm not going to get into it right here

464
00:35:12.130 --> 00:35:15.230
 But the bottom line is this shit's been going on for a long time

465
00:35:16.070 --> 00:35:18.630
 Israel versus the world it seems or at least the entire middle east

466
00:35:19.590 --> 00:35:20.850
 For the most part

467
00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:24.160
 Well, it seems that way

468
00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.560
 anyway

469
00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.760
 so

470
00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.880
 in israel

471
00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:35.460
 In israel's claim here. This is a separate separate conflict separate deal has nothing to do with the um

472
00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.700
 with the ceasefire agreement

473
00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:39.440
 And look we're targeting hezbollah. They say

474
00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:47.500
 But the only problem with that is there's plenty of videos out there. I mean where you see they're not targeting hezbollah so much

475
00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:53.100
 They're targeting areas where they believe hezbollah is and are dug in but they're literally destroying

476
00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:57.760
 entire residential areas entire parts of cities

477
00:35:58.680 --> 00:36:01.060
 The civilian casualties here are huge

478
00:36:02.930 --> 00:36:04.850
 And so this is what triggered

479
00:36:04.850 --> 00:36:07.650
 Iran to say fuck it. No ceasefire

480
00:36:08.610 --> 00:36:12.130
 This is what triggered the whole world to go. What are you doing israel?

481
00:36:12.730 --> 00:36:17.990
 Like the us is trying to get something done here. They're trying to broker some kind of agreement to get back to

482
00:36:17.990 --> 00:36:18.930
 peace

483
00:36:19.710 --> 00:36:21.210
 and israel decides

484
00:36:21.810 --> 00:36:28.610
 Well, I mean you didn't say lebanon, right? I mean those guys are kind of like open season, right? We're still hunting

485
00:36:28.610 --> 00:36:33.160
 Right. We're still hunting. I mean I got I got tags here for deer. I'm going after it

486
00:36:34.990 --> 00:36:35.530
 so

487
00:36:35.530 --> 00:36:39.370
 That's what's going on that is the snafu in all of this

488
00:36:39.370 --> 00:36:41.770
 So you combine that?

489
00:36:42.250 --> 00:36:46.270
 With the control of the straight of hormones by iran

490
00:36:46.270 --> 00:36:54.710
 Which is globally impacting everybody's wallet like really screwing everything up financially economically

491
00:36:55.390 --> 00:37:01.390
 Even though even though the us really doesn't get I mean, we don't even get oil from the middle east anymore

492
00:37:01.390 --> 00:37:04.030
 I mean, we have our agreement with venezuela now we get stuff

493
00:37:04.030 --> 00:37:08.610
 Um from canada in terms of oil and crude we get it from mexico. Hell we

494
00:37:09.470 --> 00:37:13.490
 Overproduce in our own country. I say our because i'm american in the usa

495
00:37:14.190 --> 00:37:19.270
 So it doesn't affect us so much but it kind of does because everything's tied to the petrol dollar

496
00:37:20.230 --> 00:37:24.130
 And the total value of oil in the global market if that goes up

497
00:37:24.130 --> 00:37:27.450
 Well, it does go for the usa too regardless of if we buy

498
00:37:28.210 --> 00:37:29.730
 from the middle east or not

499
00:37:30.830 --> 00:37:32.610
 So a lot of people are now

500
00:37:33.570 --> 00:37:36.610
 Questioning like what are we doing here trump because the reality is

501
00:37:38.090 --> 00:37:39.550
 These things were going to happen

502
00:37:39.550 --> 00:37:43.630
 We knew that if we tacked around for those for those out there said that

503
00:37:44.150 --> 00:37:47.970
 Trump didn't know he was too stupid to understand the situation look

504
00:37:48.510 --> 00:37:51.330
 There are people way smarter than you and I

505
00:37:51.790 --> 00:37:56.150
 Who are very well trained in intelligence gathering?

506
00:37:57.070 --> 00:38:00.950
 Analyzing and assessing situations who study the history of the area

507
00:38:03.130 --> 00:38:07.850
 Who absolutely know who absolutely know that this was going to come up

508
00:38:08.670 --> 00:38:15.710
 But I think trump thought that he would overwhelm iran was so much firepower that they would just cave

509
00:38:16.310 --> 00:38:19.630
 And I think that the cracks are showing here. I think I think trump

510
00:38:20.730 --> 00:38:23.250
 Trump thought that they would back down

511
00:38:23.250 --> 00:38:28.030
 And he wouldn't have to commit to the next step in all of this

512
00:38:28.510 --> 00:38:35.130
 Which is to be quite honest don't want to say it while I actually have said it before is going all the way

513
00:38:36.170 --> 00:38:38.430
 Wiping out the islamic regime

514
00:38:40.070 --> 00:38:42.270
 Trump wants to do that

515
00:38:42.270 --> 00:38:47.240
 But he doesn't want to take the steps necessary to do that, but trump would rather see

516
00:38:48.490 --> 00:38:51.690
 Being a president who believes in peace as he says

517
00:38:52.290 --> 00:38:56.670
 And doesn't really like wars and conflicts as he said in the past is he would

518
00:38:56.670 --> 00:39:03.460
 Like a change in the regime now a total regime change while the iranian people want that

519
00:39:03.930 --> 00:39:04.710
 in fact

520
00:39:05.350 --> 00:39:06.650
 We all thought

521
00:39:06.650 --> 00:39:10.890
 That the major reason that this was happening was to liberate iranian people

522
00:39:11.390 --> 00:39:14.390
 Trump has said many times he said we will support you

523
00:39:14.830 --> 00:39:15.870
 Well, we do

524
00:39:15.870 --> 00:39:18.690
 We do the usa does at least we think we do

525
00:39:20.150 --> 00:39:25.970
 But it seems that trump doesn't have the stomach to do what he has to do to make sure

526
00:39:26.670 --> 00:39:33.510
 That they are liberated first off. Let's get back to the situation people can't do it. They don't have the weapons

527
00:39:33.510 --> 00:39:38.350
 They can't organize you see videos of iranians standing arm in arm

528
00:39:38.350 --> 00:39:43.370
 Using themselves as human shields to protect their infrastructure, but we all know that is fake

529
00:39:43.370 --> 00:39:45.030
 We know that is fake

530
00:39:45.030 --> 00:39:49.190
 There's no internet out there for one. So how's it all this being communicated?

531
00:39:49.370 --> 00:39:53.100
 Well, the irgc is knocking on doors and calling people say hey you're coming out here and you're doing this

532
00:39:54.630 --> 00:39:59.830
 Oh and many people remember that about I mean we don't even know the real number 40 000 50 000

533
00:40:00.850 --> 00:40:04.770
 Civilians who dared to protest against the islamic regime in iran?

534
00:40:05.450 --> 00:40:05.950
 Were killed

535
00:40:06.470 --> 00:40:07.930
 I mean just

536
00:40:08.550 --> 00:40:14.410
 About two months ago month ago where it was. I mean really feels like it was yesterday because practically was

537
00:40:16.930 --> 00:40:18.210
 What do you think they're gonna do?

538
00:40:18.510 --> 00:40:21.910
 Yeah, they're gonna go out there and go arm in arm and wave the iranian flags etc and

539
00:40:22.730 --> 00:40:24.070
 preserve their life

540
00:40:24.990 --> 00:40:27.210
 Right, they're gonna cover their own ass

541
00:40:28.550 --> 00:40:29.070
 So

542
00:40:29.630 --> 00:40:33.670
 The regime needs to go how are we going to get there?

543
00:40:36.310 --> 00:40:37.270
 That is the question

544
00:40:37.270 --> 00:40:42.950
 That is the question the negotiations coming up this saturday on the 11th of april 2026

545
00:40:42.950 --> 00:40:46.770
 Is going to be interesting because neither side seems like they want to give in

546
00:40:48.670 --> 00:40:51.630
 Number one iran can't have a nuclear weapon number

547
00:40:51.630 --> 00:40:58.090
 One issue is they cannot have one they cannot have the right to enrich uranium to whatever fucking levels they want

548
00:40:58.090 --> 00:40:59.550
 It's just not going to happen. Why?

549
00:40:59.550 --> 00:41:06.330
 Because the islamic regime is fucking crazy period number one fucking state sponsor of terrorism

550
00:41:07.070 --> 00:41:12.620
 And look guys. I'm sorry. I know i'm cursing a little more than normal in this particular episode, but I mean

551
00:41:13.630 --> 00:41:16.390
 This whole thing's fucked up. Just be honest

552
00:41:17.310 --> 00:41:19.270
 We have soldiers there

553
00:41:19.270 --> 00:41:23.630
 That don't know what's happening. We have marines. We have army. We have navy

554
00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:26.130
 I mean, they're there to protect the u.s

555
00:41:26.130 --> 00:41:29.410
 But why are they there what's going on while we're trying to take out a fanatical

556
00:41:30.890 --> 00:41:36.030
 Theocratic regime that has full authority and power over the region by the way, not just over iran

557
00:41:37.070 --> 00:41:40.910
 All of their neighbors are scared of iran all the neighbors all the gulf states

558
00:41:40.910 --> 00:41:42.910
 They all are

559
00:41:42.910 --> 00:41:46.430
 All of them period

560
00:41:46.970 --> 00:41:47.870
 Because they're crazy

561
00:41:47.870 --> 00:41:49.270
 They really are

562
00:41:50.210 --> 00:41:50.650
 so

563
00:41:51.150 --> 00:41:55.110
 How do we get back to normal? How do we get this to?

564
00:41:56.990 --> 00:41:57.470
 Come

565
00:41:58.850 --> 00:42:01.010
 To peace and for how long?

566
00:42:01.630 --> 00:42:03.370
 because even if iran

567
00:42:03.370 --> 00:42:04.170
 agrees

568
00:42:05.190 --> 00:42:08.550
 And us is like fuck it. Yeah, you know, you're a crazy regime

569
00:42:09.110 --> 00:42:11.990
 You chant death to the west since 1947

570
00:42:12.710 --> 00:42:16.390
 It seems like you have a death to to the west gathering every friday in their nation

571
00:42:17.670 --> 00:42:21.490
 Death to america is your actual foreign policy, which was

572
00:42:22.010 --> 00:42:27.090
 Actually said by khomeini himself, you know the one that just got killed

573
00:42:29.430 --> 00:42:35.690
 Literally death to america isn't just a slogan. It's a policy. He said that he fucking said that it's a policy

574
00:42:37.610 --> 00:42:39.650
 But if they can come to an agreement

575
00:42:41.090 --> 00:42:44.270
 And the trump administration goes we don't like you

576
00:42:46.010 --> 00:42:50.870
 But we'll leave you alone if you leave us alone if you leave our neighbors alone

577
00:42:51.530 --> 00:42:56.070
 If this happens because look the uae is a neighbor and

578
00:42:57.190 --> 00:42:59.190
 Until all of this shit broke out

579
00:43:00.030 --> 00:43:02.710
 No real conflicts, right kuwait no conflicts boraine

580
00:43:04.170 --> 00:43:05.230
 No conflicts

581
00:43:05.830 --> 00:43:07.590
 They're all just kind of living

582
00:43:08.470 --> 00:43:15.190
 But what iran has never done and can't do is stop attacking israel either directly or indirectly and in turn

583
00:43:15.890 --> 00:43:19.350
 Israel can't help themselves when there is an opportunity presented either

584
00:43:20.070 --> 00:43:23.310
 And again, we can make the case that israel is just constantly defending themselves

585
00:43:23.310 --> 00:43:25.550
 But there have been instances where they're like

586
00:43:25.550 --> 00:43:28.090
 All right. I think they cooled down for about a month or two

587
00:43:28.570 --> 00:43:30.550
 Let's attack and that has happened

588
00:43:31.810 --> 00:43:32.250
 so

589
00:43:32.850 --> 00:43:34.890
 the wild card and all this

590
00:43:36.190 --> 00:43:37.070
 I think

591
00:43:37.070 --> 00:43:39.850
 ron is in self-preservation mode right now

592
00:43:40.470 --> 00:43:42.290
 I think they realize that they

593
00:43:42.290 --> 00:43:45.570
 I mean, let's just be honest to give them credit. They have lasted

594
00:43:45.570 --> 00:43:49.590
 They're tough. We cannot take that away from them. They're they're pretty tough

595
00:43:50.070 --> 00:43:50.670
 regime

596
00:43:50.670 --> 00:43:53.630
 The iranian people themselves are very tough

597
00:43:53.990 --> 00:43:55.470
 intelligent people

598
00:43:56.670 --> 00:43:57.430
 but

599
00:43:58.290 --> 00:44:04.570
 The wild card here in this agreement is israel will they be able to

600
00:44:05.830 --> 00:44:08.190
 Hold back will they be able to

601
00:44:09.150 --> 00:44:09.790
 agree

602
00:44:10.630 --> 00:44:12.010
 to the terms

603
00:44:13.390 --> 00:44:17.390
 That's that's what we got to watch out for and the other thing is this

604
00:44:19.510 --> 00:44:20.770
 how can the world

605
00:44:21.370 --> 00:44:28.510
 I've said this before in my last podcast. How can the world accept such a evil fanatical authoritarian theocratic regime?

606
00:44:30.290 --> 00:44:30.810
 That

607
00:44:30.810 --> 00:44:36.810
 That's his I mean has a history of killing their own citizens just for questioning the regimes

608
00:44:37.550 --> 00:44:40.950
 Opposing the way of life that that's that's being imposed on them

609
00:44:41.630 --> 00:44:51.150
 I mean publicly hanging like hanging olympians like their olympic wrestler publicly by the neck with fucking cranes

610
00:44:52.250 --> 00:44:56.990
 You know, I mean treating women like literal dogs or pets

611
00:44:57.770 --> 00:45:01.170
 Whipping and beating them in public for things they didn't even do

612
00:45:02.270 --> 00:45:08.570
 Are we going to be able the western nations just like keep turning a blind eye

613
00:45:08.570 --> 00:45:10.110
 Yeah, you know why?

614
00:45:11.450 --> 00:45:12.570
 money oil

615
00:45:12.570 --> 00:45:14.170
 for some reason

616
00:45:14.170 --> 00:45:18.050
 For some reason the comfort of lower gas at the pump

617
00:45:18.050 --> 00:45:21.090
 And the ability to get the crude oil that is needed

618
00:45:21.850 --> 00:45:23.890
 supersedes people's human rights

619
00:45:23.890 --> 00:45:26.690
 And allows you to turn a blind eye to evil

620
00:45:27.830 --> 00:45:30.030
 That is the reality

621
00:45:30.950 --> 00:45:31.510
 so

622
00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:40.470
 With that being said it's going to be interesting what happens here at this negotiation. It's going to be very interesting

623
00:45:41.870 --> 00:45:43.490
 But let's be honest

624
00:45:44.470 --> 00:45:45.950
 Even if they come to an agreement

625
00:45:47.010 --> 00:45:48.370
 Is the peace going to last?

626
00:45:51.230 --> 00:45:51.630
 No

627
00:45:52.450 --> 00:45:58.250
 Why well because ron indirectly one of their proxies is going to lose their shit

628
00:45:59.670 --> 00:46:04.370
 Or netanyahu is just going to make up some bullshit and go. Oh look opportunity. Let's just go

629
00:46:04.370 --> 00:46:06.730
 Bomb these guys because they're looking at us funny

630
00:46:10.590 --> 00:46:15.350
 Well with that being said look I brought you up to speed as far as where we're at so far so

631
00:46:16.030 --> 00:46:20.730
 Let's let's hold off in making any more assumptions until after

632
00:46:21.570 --> 00:46:22.130
 this

633
00:46:22.130 --> 00:46:28.470
 Saturday the 11th of april coming up. Let's see what happens when jd vance and steve witkoff and

634
00:46:28.470 --> 00:46:34.470
 I mean when the negotiation team goes to talk to iran and let's see what happens here. Hopefully

635
00:46:35.110 --> 00:46:37.110
 Something good will come out of this

636
00:46:37.790 --> 00:46:40.490
 Hopefully there will be peace broker, but I think that

637
00:46:41.550 --> 00:46:44.170
 Even if there are agreements made

638
00:46:44.170 --> 00:46:45.610
 To whatever conditions

639
00:46:46.670 --> 00:46:48.850
 Trump doesn't walk away from this clean

640
00:46:49.970 --> 00:46:50.450
 because

641
00:46:51.110 --> 00:46:54.090
 It's going to look like a compromise and a failure regardless

642
00:46:54.890 --> 00:46:59.730
 Regardless, it's going to look at an unnecessary. It's going to look like an unnecessary action a big

643
00:46:59.730 --> 00:47:04.150
 Why did we even fucking go there in the first place if we're just back to square one?

644
00:47:04.630 --> 00:47:07.610
 Now if we come out of this if trump comes out of this

645
00:47:07.970 --> 00:47:11.530
 After these negotiations and we actually have peace like israel says

646
00:47:12.330 --> 00:47:13.330
 Fuck it

647
00:47:13.330 --> 00:47:16.930
 Well, we're gonna hold our shit. We're gonna stop fucking blowing people up

648
00:47:17.410 --> 00:47:24.190
 Hezbollah goes we're gonna stop blowing people up the houthis are like, ah, we're not gonna do anything like iran brings their fucking dogs

649
00:47:24.190 --> 00:47:24.750
 to heel

650
00:47:25.570 --> 00:47:26.690
 and uh

651
00:47:26.690 --> 00:47:32.030
 Trump just goes to bb and goes look stop fucking around or you're gonna find out if all these things actually happen

652
00:47:33.150 --> 00:47:36.190
 Then trump comes out good because

653
00:47:38.130 --> 00:47:42.070
 He decided to act and the outcome was actual peace

654
00:47:42.610 --> 00:47:47.210
 And something that the entire region needs an agreement that the whole world needs

655
00:47:47.210 --> 00:47:49.810
 to the benefit of

656
00:47:49.810 --> 00:47:55.690
 Everybody not just one party. So then in that case trump comes out looking good

657
00:47:55.690 --> 00:48:00.950
 But again, everything hinges on what happens with the negotiations and to be quite honest

658
00:48:02.550 --> 00:48:06.170
 Hate to see it, but I don't have a lot of faith in netanyahu

659
00:48:06.170 --> 00:48:13.110
 To keep it as cool I really don't but I hope he does I hope he sees the light I hope he does

660
00:48:14.110 --> 00:48:15.450
 All right

661
00:48:17.080 --> 00:48:20.100
 With that being said let's move on to the next

662
00:48:21.040 --> 00:48:24.380
 topic of discussion pam bondy fired

663
00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:27.800
 Pam bondy fire. Let's talk about pam bondy here

664
00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:31.800
 So donald trump fires pam bondy

665
00:48:33.200 --> 00:48:35.060
 Pam bondy here

666
00:48:35.540 --> 00:48:39.140
 Was fired as united states attorney general on april 2nd

667
00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.660
 2026

668
00:48:40.660 --> 00:48:48.560
 After serving 14 months in the position while president trump publicly described the move as a transition to a much needed

669
00:48:48.560 --> 00:48:50.980
 An important new job in the private sector

670
00:48:51.500 --> 00:48:57.680
 Multiple reports indicate her ouster was driven by a significant dissatisfaction within the white house

671
00:48:58.520 --> 00:49:01.480
 Here's the primary factors that led to her firing

672
00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:03.120
 they include

673
00:49:03.120 --> 00:49:05.760
 Handling of the jeffrey epstein files

674
00:49:07.740 --> 00:49:15.080
 Bondy face intense by parts and criticism for her management of investigative files related to the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein

675
00:49:15.080 --> 00:49:21.800
 Everybody remembers when she said she had thousands of files on her desk, right? Like she's she has all the papers like 10 000

676
00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:22.620
 Whatever it was

677
00:49:23.540 --> 00:49:26.580
 Um, so here's a contradictory statement early in her tenure

678
00:49:26.580 --> 00:49:30.300
 She told reporters the epstein client list was sitting on her desk for review

679
00:49:30.300 --> 00:49:32.620
 However, the justice department later issued a memo

680
00:49:32.620 --> 00:49:39.500
 Stating no such client list existed which drew backlash from both the media and trump's own base

681
00:49:39.780 --> 00:49:44.560
 Transparency issues despite the passage of the epstein files transparency act

682
00:49:44.560 --> 00:49:51.220
 The doj reportedly released less than two percent of the total investigative data

683
00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:53.540
 With millions of pages remaining

684
00:49:54.220 --> 00:49:56.220
 Unreleased or heavily redacted

685
00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:59.420
 There was also the congressional subpoena

686
00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:05.680
 Her botched handling of the files led to the house oversight committee to issue a subpoena for her

687
00:50:06.160 --> 00:50:09.860
 Testimony which became a growing political liability for the administration

688
00:50:11.260 --> 00:50:11.980
 so

689
00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:14.440
 With that being said there is also

690
00:50:16.040 --> 00:50:21.000
 The failure to prosecute political enemies in air quotes there

691
00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:25.160
 Sources indicate that president trump was deeply frustrated by

692
00:50:25.780 --> 00:50:32.460
 Pam bondy's inability to successfully secure indictments against his perceived

693
00:50:32.460 --> 00:50:34.960
 political adversaries

694
00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:35.500
 and

695
00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:37.940
 That one's up for debate but

696
00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:40.240
 regardless plausible

697
00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:48.080
 Dismissed cases for example federal prosecutors under bondy did indict former fbi director james comey and new york attorney

698
00:50:48.080 --> 00:50:54.180
 General leticia james, but both cases were dismissed by judges because a prosecutor overseeing them

699
00:50:54.180 --> 00:50:56.840
 Had been unlawfully appointed

700
00:50:57.320 --> 00:51:03.040
 There were unsuccessful probes so efforts to investigate figures like senator adam schiff

701
00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:09.960
 representative eric swalwell and federal reserve chair jerome powell resulted in no charges or

702
00:51:10.640 --> 00:51:17.000
 Quashed subpoenas and then there was the grand jury rejection in several instances grand juries

703
00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:22.740
 rebuffed efforts to bring criminal charges against lawmakers further in enraging the president

704
00:51:24.180 --> 00:51:27.060
 There's also allegations of tipping off eric swalwell

705
00:51:28.180 --> 00:51:32.120
 Now this one I never knew all the details of so when I put this report together

706
00:51:32.120 --> 00:51:35.880
 With the help of the good old ai one of the new tools i'm using here

707
00:51:37.020 --> 00:51:42.300
 This shed a little more light on things for me and let's just be honest the world moves fast a lot going on

708
00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:46.360
 A lot of conflict geopolitically so this one slipped under my radar

709
00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:50.260
 So here we go the allegations of tipping off eric swalwell

710
00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:56.860
 Insiders also pointed to a specific point of contention involving california representative eric swalwell

711
00:51:56.860 --> 00:52:01.820
 Trump reportedly believed that bondy who maintained a friendly relationship with swalwell

712
00:52:01.820 --> 00:52:09.660
 Had tipped him off regarding an fbi effort to publicize decades-old files related to a suspected chinese spy

713
00:52:09.660 --> 00:52:12.820
 If everybody remembers of the whole fang fang debacle

714
00:52:13.720 --> 00:52:15.460
 it was

715
00:52:15.460 --> 00:52:20.040
 Allegedly allegedly allegedly swalwell was involved with the chinese spy

716
00:52:20.040 --> 00:52:25.420
 She was there using him to get secrets, which isn't so much a secret. I mean she is a chinese spy

717
00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:28.040
 But anyway, the white house was reportedly displeased

718
00:52:28.560 --> 00:52:31.920
 That she intervened in this matter due to personal friendship

719
00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:33.380
 and also

720
00:52:33.960 --> 00:52:42.360
 Let's move on to poor performance as a communicator trump reportedly trump himself reportedly viewed bondy as a weak television surrogate

721
00:52:42.980 --> 00:52:46.120
 A role he had expected her to excel at given her background

722
00:52:46.780 --> 00:52:51.160
 Uh poor optics so she was described as looking flustered and weak

723
00:52:51.160 --> 00:52:55.800
 During contentious public hearings and there were many times where she did look like

724
00:52:56.240 --> 00:53:00.720
 She was being back in a corner and she was getting very like upset like not holding her cool

725
00:53:01.300 --> 00:53:03.800
 So I can see what trump is saying about that

726
00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:07.720
 I guess trump wants someone who's strong pretty much like

727
00:53:08.380 --> 00:53:10.520
 a rock immovable

728
00:53:10.520 --> 00:53:14.340
 You know, they're gonna say what they say and that's just what it is kind of like jd vance

729
00:53:14.340 --> 00:53:17.140
 He's pretty good at representing himself on the camera to be quite honest

730
00:53:17.140 --> 00:53:23.920
 Someone like that, right or even a tom homin if we're talking about people that are involved in any kind of like law enforcement

731
00:53:24.660 --> 00:53:26.640
 Judiciary or whatever tom homin

732
00:53:27.640 --> 00:53:31.000
 Right the rock right there that guy forget about it. Good luck

733
00:53:31.700 --> 00:53:38.780
 So I guess bondy wasn't living up to the expectations of how she represented herself to the public and how she acted under questioning

734
00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:42.840
 There was also uh some comments that she made

735
00:53:43.700 --> 00:53:45.500
 So there was the stock market comments

736
00:53:45.500 --> 00:53:52.080
 So during a house judiciary committee hearing in february 2026 when asked about epstein's accomplices

737
00:53:53.020 --> 00:53:57.740
 Bondi pivoted to discussing stock market gains. Now. This one was definitely a weird one

738
00:53:58.920 --> 00:54:03.100
 Watch that questioning not understanding how she could pivot from

739
00:54:04.320 --> 00:54:05.760
 answering about

740
00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:09.780
 Epstein's accomplices or his associates to hey, you know

741
00:54:09.780 --> 00:54:13.500
 Look great question, but the stock market's amazing. Why aren't we talking about the stock market?

742
00:54:13.580 --> 00:54:16.180
 Look at everyone's making money 401ks are up

743
00:54:16.480 --> 00:54:18.060
 Why are we talking epstein?

744
00:54:20.660 --> 00:54:24.120
 Okay, another point here this will be our fifth point here the doj

745
00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:32.880
 Upheaval and loss of integrity while bondy was an ultra loyalist who purged nearly 16 000 career employees to install trump allies

746
00:54:32.880 --> 00:54:37.720
 The resulting chaos within the justice department may have contributed to her downfall

747
00:54:38.120 --> 00:54:40.260
 There was institutional damage

748
00:54:40.260 --> 00:54:45.140
 Former doj officials allege she took a sledgehammer to the department's workforce

749
00:54:45.140 --> 00:54:50.600
 And independence leading to a massive exodus of experienced career lawyers

750
00:54:50.600 --> 00:54:52.800
 There was also contempt of court

751
00:54:53.400 --> 00:55:01.860
 Under her leadership government lawyers were repeatedly held in contempt by judges for defying court orders and misrepresenting facts

752
00:55:01.860 --> 00:55:06.380
 causing the doj to lose its traditional presumption of

753
00:55:06.380 --> 00:55:09.060
 Regularity with the courts

754
00:55:10.940 --> 00:55:11.580
 Now

755
00:55:12.460 --> 00:55:17.340
 i'm, not sure how much i'm going to stretch this particular section out about pam bondy because

756
00:55:19.300 --> 00:55:21.280
 This is the way I see it

757
00:55:22.660 --> 00:55:27.760
 and for everybody who is a diehard trumpster, you may not agree with what i'm going to say but

758
00:55:29.100 --> 00:55:29.740
 bondy

759
00:55:29.740 --> 00:55:31.500
 from what I saw

760
00:55:32.140 --> 00:55:33.400
 She looked like

761
00:55:33.400 --> 00:55:35.280
 She was being very careful

762
00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:41.060
 And what I mean by that she was careful about what she said how she represented herself and I think for the most part

763
00:55:41.680 --> 00:55:47.340
 She was literally only ever doing whatever donald trump seemed to be asking of her

764
00:55:47.920 --> 00:55:53.040
 She didn't seem like she ever wanted to cross the line to offend him or put him on the spot or challenge

765
00:55:53.040 --> 00:55:55.380
 Whatever it is he wanted done

766
00:55:56.160 --> 00:56:01.560
 Her job was to actually well just administer justice and do her job

767
00:56:01.560 --> 00:56:08.180
 But we can't argue that it didn't seem as if donald trump

768
00:56:10.040 --> 00:56:17.020
 Well had her on a leash playing her like a marionette controlling and pulling the strings, right?

769
00:56:18.900 --> 00:56:26.040
 And so can I blame bondy for her lack of performance how she was represented what she took on didn't take on what she pursued

770
00:56:26.040 --> 00:56:27.560
 Decided not to pursue no

771
00:56:27.560 --> 00:56:31.260
 I don't I think she was doing exactly what trump wanted her to do

772
00:56:31.820 --> 00:56:34.240
 Which was create distraction

773
00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:36.360
 To

774
00:56:37.080 --> 00:56:40.580
 I mean look over here, you know the whole sleight of hand trick

775
00:56:40.580 --> 00:56:45.020
 Because it was interesting how we bounced in and out of the epson case so fluidly

776
00:56:45.720 --> 00:56:47.080
 Especially when being pressed

777
00:56:47.820 --> 00:56:48.340
 to

778
00:56:48.340 --> 00:56:50.820
 Other conflicts or areas of interest

779
00:56:51.420 --> 00:56:53.160
 I think she did the best she could

780
00:56:53.820 --> 00:56:59.540
 I think trump knew he had to get her out of the position because people were starting to see right through it

781
00:56:59.540 --> 00:57:05.220
 And I got to say that bondy was nothing more than a direct reflection of donald trump himself

782
00:57:06.420 --> 00:57:06.880
 meaning

783
00:57:07.700 --> 00:57:12.880
 She was basically being trump. She was doing what trump asked doing what trump wanted

784
00:57:12.880 --> 00:57:17.440
 And I think this is a reflection on trump more than it is on palm bondy. So

785
00:57:18.020 --> 00:57:19.820
 I think pam bondy

786
00:57:19.820 --> 00:57:24.760
 Deserves a lot more credit. I think trump threw her to the wolves or maybe he has taken care of her

787
00:57:24.760 --> 00:57:28.700
 I don't know. Maybe he set her up very comfortably in a private position somehow with his influence

788
00:57:29.540 --> 00:57:35.620
 But either way it really looks to everyone else that he hung her out to drive something that he seems to have been doing

789
00:57:35.620 --> 00:57:38.020
 A lot lately within his administration

790
00:57:39.240 --> 00:57:41.380
 Which is leading a lot of people to question

791
00:57:42.620 --> 00:57:45.180
 Where in the hell is trump going with this train?

792
00:57:46.740 --> 00:57:50.500
 Well regardless, we're going to see how everything plays out because trump has a few more years here

793
00:57:51.600 --> 00:57:56.660
 And um in the end, we're going to see if everything that's going down is a good thing in 2028 for

794
00:57:57.380 --> 00:58:02.500
 The republican party is it gonna be good for jd vance the de facto next in line

795
00:58:02.500 --> 00:58:08.260
 Will it be marco rubio who steps up? Will it be another dark horse within the republican party that comes out of nowhere?

796
00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:09.460
 I have no idea

797
00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:11.740
 Nobody does anybody who says they do

798
00:58:12.260 --> 00:58:15.740
 They're bullshitting you they don't know we don't know the way things are going

799
00:58:15.740 --> 00:58:22.200
 There is no way for us to tell where this trump train is actually headed and how it's going to get out the other end

800
00:58:22.200 --> 00:58:24.800
 of the tunnel so

801
00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:26.740
 Hats off to pan bonnie

802
00:58:27.360 --> 00:58:29.840
 We can argue whether or not she was the right pick from the outset

803
00:58:29.840 --> 00:58:36.120
 But she was definitely definitely the trump cheerleader that trump wanted and needed at the time

804
00:58:36.940 --> 00:58:39.720
 And uh, I hope that she does well moving forward

805
00:58:40.700 --> 00:58:41.740
 Okay, so

806
00:58:42.460 --> 00:58:44.260
 Here we are

807
00:58:45.180 --> 00:58:49.500
 At the california high speed rail project we're going to discuss this

808
00:58:50.160 --> 00:58:52.620
 We're going to discuss the 18 year journey

809
00:58:53.140 --> 00:58:57.820
 The first proposal in 2008 the 2026

810
00:58:58.960 --> 00:59:05.840
 Where we have not seen a completion of anything. There's a few concrete blocks pillars

811
00:59:05.840 --> 00:59:13.120
 They're finally laying track. This is a project that was promised to connect los angeles to san francisco

812
00:59:13.120 --> 00:59:16.300
 The idea being that you can live anywhere

813
00:59:16.300 --> 00:59:21.640
 And you can get on a train that may take you about two hours to get all the way from one end to the other

814
00:59:21.640 --> 00:59:23.220
 Being it's a high speed rail

815
00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:30.900
 And this opened the door to people who could take a job maybe anywhere you could live in san francisco work in la you could live in

816
00:59:31.500 --> 00:59:38.560
 The central valley let's say modesto merced or bakersfield and take a higher paying job in either la or san francisco not having to sit

817
00:59:39.020 --> 00:59:46.280
 And for example commuting from modesto to the bay area in california that would usually run you anywhere from two to

818
00:59:46.300 --> 00:59:52.320
 Three three and a half hours commute in traffic that is in the morning and then when you get off work driving home

819
00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:58.280
 So easily spending about six to eight hours a day out of your life just driving back and forth to work

820
00:59:59.660 --> 01:00:00.220
 so

821
01:00:00.820 --> 01:00:04.680
 This was a good thing in 2008 the proposal made a lot of sense

822
01:00:06.160 --> 01:00:11.380
 But it's been a 93 billion dollar cost climb or gap

823
01:00:11.380 --> 01:00:14.120
 Well, how is that? Here's a little graphic I got

824
01:00:14.920 --> 01:00:20.360
 So as you can see here in 2008 the original proposal was 33 billion dollars

825
01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:23.630
 The estimate was 33 billion to pull this off

826
01:00:23.980 --> 01:00:26.760
 I voted on it the voters approved

827
01:00:27.340 --> 01:00:31.780
 Proposition 1a based on the initial statewide cost estimate

828
01:00:32.510 --> 01:00:33.920
 by 2020

829
01:00:34.520 --> 01:00:40.400
 That estimate or the cost rose to 80.3 billion and here we are

830
01:00:40.400 --> 01:00:46.180
 In 2026 and the reality at this point is the whole thing is now cost

831
01:00:47.130 --> 01:00:48.820
 the california taxpayers

832
01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:52.830
 126.2 billion

833
01:00:53.820 --> 01:00:58.880
 The current estimate for phase one now exceeds the original price tag of

834
01:01:00.020 --> 01:01:06.400
 282 percent of the 33 billion originally estimated

835
01:01:07.360 --> 01:01:17.000
 For the entire project financial challenges and drivers so strategic or sorry a staggering 90 billion dollar funding gap

836
01:01:17.760 --> 01:01:18.480
 right

837
01:01:18.480 --> 01:01:22.160
 federal support drops below 10 percent already expended

838
01:01:22.840 --> 01:01:25.240
 14.8 billion

839
01:01:25.920 --> 01:01:27.880
 and the primary drivers

840
01:01:28.420 --> 01:01:31.980
 Are being reported as inflation and labor

841
01:01:32.800 --> 01:01:33.360
 now

842
01:01:33.820 --> 01:01:35.780
 the reality is

843
01:01:35.780 --> 01:01:38.100
 That's some of it inflation sure

844
01:01:39.340 --> 01:01:40.420
 um labor

845
01:01:41.010 --> 01:01:43.800
 I can see that why union jobs?

846
01:01:44.620 --> 01:01:48.400
 All these construction projects these major projects anyway, and by state mandate

847
01:01:49.140 --> 01:01:53.990
 Are either driven by having to be a union shop or um

848
01:01:54.540 --> 01:01:56.630
 union workers or have to be

849
01:01:57.460 --> 01:01:58.940
 standard uh

850
01:01:58.940 --> 01:02:04.180
 California wages for the areas in which they're working in so if it's to deem that

851
01:02:04.840 --> 01:02:06.360
 Electrician and area

852
01:02:06.840 --> 01:02:10.960
 To a zone, whatever let's just for example, that's how they do it. They zone it

853
01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:13.260
 They zone it out all these areas

854
01:02:13.260 --> 01:02:17.580
 So let's say like if you're if you're doing work in san jose that falls under zone

855
01:02:17.580 --> 01:02:22.800
 One dot i'm just using that as an example falls under zone one b dash yz whatever

856
01:02:22.800 --> 01:02:27.320
 And if you're working this area, then the prevailing wage is 75 dollars an hour

857
01:02:27.320 --> 01:02:32.620
 So that means anybody whether they're union or not has to be paid 75 dollars an hour on the job site

858
01:02:33.260 --> 01:02:33.640
 So

859
01:02:34.300 --> 01:02:37.220
 When the state projects happen, that's how this usually goes

860
01:02:37.740 --> 01:02:41.780
 So I can see where the labor cost comes in but the question still remains

861
01:02:41.780 --> 01:02:47.100
 How do we get from 33 billion to delay after delay 18 years later?

862
01:02:47.380 --> 01:02:50.840
 To a cost of 126.2 billion

863
01:02:52.860 --> 01:02:54.700
 Well, we're going to go through that journey

864
01:02:56.360 --> 01:02:59.220
 I've got a summary here that I put together

865
01:03:00.080 --> 01:03:05.480
 And we're going to go through it this may be lengthy it may not be but let's go ahead and start from the beginning

866
01:03:05.480 --> 01:03:11.260
 So here's the executive summary california high speed rail project envisioned as a 21st century

867
01:03:11.980 --> 01:03:15.060
 Multimodal network connecting the state's major metropolitan hubs

868
01:03:15.600 --> 01:03:21.220
 Has transitioned from an ambitious statewide plan to a focused regional implementation

869
01:03:21.220 --> 01:03:27.300
 Facing significant fiscal challenges originally authorized by voters via proposition 1a in

870
01:03:27.300 --> 01:03:35.700
 2008 with a 9.95 billion dollar bond and an estimated 33 billion dollar total cost

871
01:03:35.700 --> 01:03:37.520
 the project's

872
01:03:37.520 --> 01:03:43.680
 Project expenditures have escalated to approximately 126 billion as of this year of 2026

873
01:03:43.680 --> 01:03:51.840
 So the critical takeaways include strategic realignment. Well following a 2019 pivot the project currently prioritizes a

874
01:03:52.640 --> 01:03:54.200
 171 mile segment

875
01:03:54.200 --> 01:03:56.660
 in the central valley

876
01:03:56.660 --> 01:04:06.520
 Connecting bakersfield to merced with the initial 800 mile san francisco to los angeles vision facing a 90 billion dollar funding gap. So

877
01:04:06.520 --> 01:04:08.140
 As of now

878
01:04:09.160 --> 01:04:11.180
 As of now

879
01:04:11.180 --> 01:04:15.580
 They're authorizing and only moving forward to complete the trek

880
01:04:16.260 --> 01:04:17.680
 Of laying the track

881
01:04:17.680 --> 01:04:21.780
 From bakersfield to merced where the fuck are the opportunities there?

882
01:04:21.780 --> 01:04:27.840
 Why would you have a high speed rail connecting bakersfield and merced for those who don't know the central valley area

883
01:04:29.060 --> 01:04:35.180
 Not a lot of high paying jobs or opportunities between or even in the specific cities

884
01:04:35.700 --> 01:04:42.160
 Of bakersfield and merced. Let's just be honest merced does have the university which is highly praised

885
01:04:42.740 --> 01:04:50.020
 I do work there myself providing services. It's a great university all put together very pretty they bought a lot of land

886
01:04:50.580 --> 01:04:54.940
 They have created a lot of jobs but a lot of jobs within specific areas

887
01:04:56.480 --> 01:05:00.740
 Outside of that what else you got maybe medical I don't know bakersfield

888
01:05:00.740 --> 01:05:05.460
 What do you have? I don't know. They have a university there as well or college

889
01:05:08.000 --> 01:05:11.550
 Yeah, not sure the opportunities in bakersfield either I mean i'm sure they're there

890
01:05:11.940 --> 01:05:15.640
 But nothing that's going to compel anybody to get on a train and go between

891
01:05:15.640 --> 01:05:19.340
 Or to and fro bakersfield and merced i'm telling you that right now

892
01:05:19.340 --> 01:05:23.380
 So this right here is a big loss. This makes no sense

893
01:05:23.380 --> 01:05:28.040
 What made sense was connecting all the way from los angeles to san francisco, but for us to get there

894
01:05:28.700 --> 01:05:31.780
 We're missing 90 billion dollars to be able to complete that

895
01:05:32.680 --> 01:05:34.740
 hmm interesting so

896
01:05:34.740 --> 01:05:43.460
 Let's continue because how we get from 33 billion to 126 billion and and 18 whole years

897
01:05:44.060 --> 01:05:46.200
 Of nothing but delays and excuses

898
01:05:47.120 --> 01:05:47.720
 well

899
01:05:48.280 --> 01:05:55.140
 The infrastructure progress let's discuss that by 2025 the project reached a track laying phase completing only 22 miles

900
01:05:55.140 --> 01:05:57.320
 By the way people 22 miles of civil structures

901
01:05:57.860 --> 01:06:00.620
 In the southernmost stretch of the initial operating line

902
01:06:00.620 --> 01:06:02.820
 the regional integration well

903
01:06:03.400 --> 01:06:06.080
 the trans bay transit center in san francisco and

904
01:06:07.100 --> 01:06:07.780
 duridian

905
01:06:07.780 --> 01:06:09.920
 stationed in san jose

906
01:06:09.920 --> 01:06:13.880
 Remained central to the long-term vision intended to serve as primary

907
01:06:13.880 --> 01:06:20.080
 Multi-modal hubs though current scaling has led to concerns regarding their immediate utility

908
01:06:20.720 --> 01:06:25.540
 And of course, there is always some kind of politics leadership crisis, etc

909
01:06:25.540 --> 01:06:32.540
 So the analysis suggests the project's difficulties stem from a void of political leadership across multiple

910
01:06:32.540 --> 01:06:34.220
 administrations rather than

911
01:06:34.220 --> 01:06:41.570
 Technical or purely financial limitations to be honest now that i'm reading that statement back

912
01:06:43.110 --> 01:06:49.070
 I'm going to say sure we have a leadership crisis in california. It's david newson himself

913
01:06:51.630 --> 01:06:55.170
 But if we can blame all of this on politics no

914
01:06:55.770 --> 01:06:59.270
 They dropped the ball in many places. There was the constant

915
01:07:00.130 --> 01:07:02.510
 consultant fees that were needed

916
01:07:03.030 --> 01:07:10.230
 The constant environmental hurdles like constant every time anything was done. There was an environmental hurdle

917
01:07:10.230 --> 01:07:16.950
 We're disturbing this one particular blade of grass that decided to pop up here after 25 years and we can't we can't mess that up

918
01:07:16.950 --> 01:07:19.850
 Oh this field mouse is now going to have to run

919
01:07:21.150 --> 01:07:28.570
 Six more feet around which is a detriment to his natural habitat and his migration or hunting

920
01:07:29.230 --> 01:07:35.810
 Standards or grazing, you know patterns whatever so we have to halt that we got to do into another 60 to 90 day

921
01:07:35.810 --> 01:07:42.930
 Study which can extend into another year, etc, blah blah blah, and this is very common in california really is but moving on

922
01:07:42.930 --> 01:07:47.510
 so legislative and strategic foundation so proposition 1a in 2008

923
01:07:48.050 --> 01:07:50.290
 approved by 52.6 percent of voters

924
01:07:51.170 --> 01:07:57.930
 A safe reliable high-speed passenger train bond act established the legal and financial framework for the system

925
01:08:00.090 --> 01:08:00.770
 Mandates

926
01:08:00.770 --> 01:08:06.850
 Trains must sustain speeds of at least 200 miles per hour and connect san francisco to los angeles in two hours

927
01:08:06.850 --> 01:08:09.050
 Like I said, well two hours and 40 minutes it says here

928
01:08:09.050 --> 01:08:10.490
 but still

929
01:08:10.490 --> 01:08:14.550
 Significant two hours and 40 minutes to get from san francisco to la

930
01:08:14.550 --> 01:08:18.970
 I mean come on right and then the funding that was authorized it was nine point nine five

931
01:08:19.490 --> 01:08:19.910
 billion

932
01:08:19.910 --> 01:08:20.790
 Okay

933
01:08:21.330 --> 01:08:27.770
 In bonds so nine billion for the main system and then another nine hundred and fifty million for connecting commuter rail systems

934
01:08:27.770 --> 01:08:32.870
 The requirements at least 90 of the bond funds must be spent on construction

935
01:08:33.450 --> 01:08:35.770
 With 10 going to pre-construction

936
01:08:35.770 --> 01:08:38.310
 And requires a dollar for dollar match

937
01:08:38.310 --> 01:08:41.050
 from other public or private sources

938
01:08:41.689 --> 01:08:49.350
 uh san francisco silicon valley corridor investment strategy in 2009 the trans bay joint powers authority or the

939
01:08:49.350 --> 01:08:57.090
 TJPA and partner agencies developed a two-phase strategy to prepare the peninsula corridor for high-speed rail

940
01:08:57.090 --> 01:09:00.270
 Phase one focuses on projects ready for construction in 2016

941
01:09:01.270 --> 01:09:08.670
 Including the electrification of the cal train corridor the construction of the train box at the trans bay transit sitter

942
01:09:08.670 --> 01:09:14.990
 Or ttc. I'm sorry trans bay transit center. Let me take a sip of water drying my mouth out

943
01:09:17.370 --> 01:09:18.290
 Oh, man

944
01:09:18.290 --> 01:09:19.810
 All right moving on

945
01:09:20.649 --> 01:09:25.189
 Okay, so construction of the train box at the trans bay transit center or the ttc

946
01:09:26.130 --> 01:09:30.370
 And safety upgrades like grade separations and then there was the phase two

947
01:09:30.370 --> 01:09:39.069
 Which was the long-term infrastructure upgrades tunnels bridges additional tracks to accommodate mixed traffic capacity for both high-speed rail and cal

948
01:09:39.069 --> 01:09:40.550
 train now

949
01:09:41.130 --> 01:09:43.430
 What I want to get to is the finances here

950
01:09:44.010 --> 01:09:51.050
 Okay, and I got a video that resurfaced of gavin newsom as lieutenant governor from 2014

951
01:09:52.090 --> 01:09:59.750
 Basically saying that they bamboozled the public and everybody else because they knew that this wasn't financially feasible

952
01:10:00.830 --> 01:10:06.410
 And that there wasn't really a way to get this completed and that was back in 2014 when he actually

953
01:10:06.410 --> 01:10:11.970
 Fucking admitted it. I mean there's a video of it him and yes, it's been verified. It's not ai like it's real

954
01:10:11.970 --> 01:10:13.750
 I'll play that here in a second

955
01:10:13.750 --> 01:10:18.430
 So let's go over the phase one project details and economic impacts with video to follow

956
01:10:18.950 --> 01:10:26.870
 The 2009 investment strategy identified 3.4 billion in near-term projects seeking 1.9 billion in federal

957
01:10:26.870 --> 01:10:31.530
 american recovery and reinvestment act or also known as the

958
01:10:31.530 --> 01:10:36.190
 Arra or aura funds to leverage local and state commitments

959
01:10:37.150 --> 01:10:40.990
 So start with the trans bay transit center or that train box, right?

960
01:10:42.430 --> 01:10:46.610
 In 2009 the cost was estimated at 1.59 billion

961
01:10:47.130 --> 01:10:49.210
 It was sold as creating

962
01:10:49.210 --> 01:10:51.590
 47,400 jobs

963
01:10:52.410 --> 01:10:56.810
 And the status or objective would be constructing the underground level

964
01:10:58.030 --> 01:11:00.230
 Concurrently with above ground terminal

965
01:11:01.790 --> 01:11:02.550
 Okay

966
01:11:02.550 --> 01:11:05.330
 Corridor electrification so that was going to cost

967
01:11:05.330 --> 01:11:12.610
 785 million of course going back to making sure you guys understand these are 2009 estimates or estimated costs

968
01:11:13.340 --> 01:11:16.200
 Um that project there would have

969
01:11:17.050 --> 01:11:25.910
 Created estimated twenty three thousand five hundred fifty jobs. So that would replace diesel with electric locomotives reduces travel time by 13

970
01:11:26.690 --> 01:11:27.650
 pretty significant

971
01:11:28.500 --> 01:11:32.810
 And then there was the san bruno grade separation here in california. So that would have cost

972
01:11:33.710 --> 01:11:40.090
 275 million again 2009 numbers here would have created an estimated eight thousand two hundred fifty jobs

973
01:11:40.090 --> 01:11:45.650
 And that was going to elevate the tracks at three crossings to improve safety and circulation

974
01:11:46.640 --> 01:11:50.570
 There was going to be a positive train control or ptc which would have been

975
01:11:51.470 --> 01:11:53.560
 estimated to cost 231 million

976
01:11:55.070 --> 01:12:02.130
 6930 jobs estimated federally mandated safety system to prevent collisions and over speeding

977
01:12:02.840 --> 01:12:07.050
 There was the sj or san jose the ridden station improvements

978
01:12:07.050 --> 01:12:11.970
 So there's a hundred and fifty million dollars in costs according to 2009 estimates forty five hundred dollars

979
01:12:11.970 --> 01:12:16.250
 I'm sorry forty five hundred jobs not dollars four thousand five hundred jobs

980
01:12:17.730 --> 01:12:24.330
 Created or estimated to be created. There's design construct a new multimodal hub for the hsr caltran

981
01:12:25.150 --> 01:12:27.290
 Or caltrain and bark so

982
01:12:28.170 --> 01:12:32.090
 I was basically going to create a new hub for connecting all those together

983
01:12:32.740 --> 01:12:35.390
 Then there was the ttc platform extension

984
01:12:35.390 --> 01:12:41.930
 205 million six thousand one hundred fifty jobs estimated extend platforms to one thousand three hundred twelve feet

985
01:12:41.930 --> 01:12:47.530
 To accommodate 400 meter hsr trains and there was the fourth king station san francisco

986
01:12:48.050 --> 01:12:51.010
 100 million dollar estimate in cost as of 2009

987
01:12:51.610 --> 01:12:58.630
 3 000 jobs created upgrade existing facilities as an overflow station for high capacity hsr demand. So

988
01:13:00.130 --> 01:13:01.150
 that

989
01:13:02.590 --> 01:13:05.930
 Was estimated cost for those particular projects in 2009

990
01:13:06.810 --> 01:13:10.450
 I want to address something though, and i'm sorry. I know there's a lot of like numbers

991
01:13:10.450 --> 01:13:14.050
 So if you're still with me, I congratulate you. That was pretty wordy

992
01:13:16.290 --> 01:13:18.850
 the estimated jobs things always bug me because

993
01:13:18.850 --> 01:13:25.890
 They say jobs created but are they creating jobs or are these just going to be filled by people who are already?

994
01:13:26.610 --> 01:13:30.390
 I mean, let's just be honest always getting the contracts. Anyway, they already have the people

995
01:13:30.390 --> 01:13:33.190
 So are they creating new jobs for people in the area?

996
01:13:34.110 --> 01:13:35.750
 or they just

997
01:13:35.750 --> 01:13:39.190
 Creating jobs for the companies who always seem to keep getting these projects anyway

998
01:13:39.190 --> 01:13:42.370
 and that's another topic of discussion that we can have later on but

999
01:13:42.370 --> 01:13:45.930
 I don't think it was really creating any new jobs

1000
01:13:45.930 --> 01:13:48.290
 for californians themselves

1001
01:13:48.870 --> 01:13:54.770
 Maybe those who already held those positions at those construction companies or for the construction companies who bring their people in from out of state

1002
01:13:54.770 --> 01:13:56.870
 Which is also something that happens

1003
01:13:58.310 --> 01:14:02.240
 All this money all the numbers going on here that you're seeing on the screen

1004
01:14:03.030 --> 01:14:04.110
 for those watching

1005
01:14:04.930 --> 01:14:06.470
 I want to go to a video

1006
01:14:06.470 --> 01:14:08.590
 I want to go to a video

1007
01:14:10.390 --> 01:14:13.430
 Because we're going to get to the fiscal realities the project

1008
01:14:14.850 --> 01:14:17.990
 I think we're going to skip the technical and operational and tech integration here

1009
01:14:17.990 --> 01:14:20.960
 I'm going to get the fiscal realities before we talk about that

1010
01:14:22.470 --> 01:14:24.950
 Let's watch gavin newsome

1011
01:14:24.950 --> 01:14:26.630
 Tell everybody

1012
01:14:26.630 --> 01:14:28.810
 What he thought of the project?

1013
01:14:29.210 --> 01:14:31.850
 How they handled it how they sold to the public?

1014
01:14:32.410 --> 01:14:32.770
 admitted

1015
01:14:33.670 --> 01:14:36.230
 In this video in 2014

1016
01:14:37.550 --> 01:14:38.970
 Here we go

1017
01:15:29.970 --> 01:15:31.490
 Pause in there

1018
01:15:32.110 --> 01:15:34.550
 Yes, you heard that they manipulated

1019
01:15:35.230 --> 01:15:36.690
 the revenue

1020
01:15:36.690 --> 01:15:37.770
 projections

1021
01:15:38.970 --> 01:15:43.910
 Meaning they knew that this thing wasn't going to make any money and was going to be a continuous drain on the taxpayers

1022
01:15:43.910 --> 01:15:47.410
 You also heard him say that they had to value engineer the project

1023
01:15:47.410 --> 01:15:52.150
 so now it's no longer a 200 mile per hour, whatever high speed rail is going to be a

1024
01:15:53.070 --> 01:15:54.370
 higher speed rail

1025
01:15:54.970 --> 01:15:55.930
 so meaning

1026
01:15:56.510 --> 01:16:02.230
 Even if it did go from la to san francisco, it's no longer to take two hours and 40 minutes. It may take

1027
01:16:03.070 --> 01:16:05.150
 Four hours. I don't know

1028
01:16:05.150 --> 01:16:06.150
 Let's continue the video

1029
01:17:58.150 --> 01:18:02.050
 Okay, so you just heard him towards the end the video admit that

1030
01:18:02.550 --> 01:18:04.590
 This wasn't really going to create any new jobs

1031
01:18:04.590 --> 01:18:06.750
 There wasn't going to be any revenue going back

1032
01:18:07.370 --> 01:18:09.950
 Into the state this was going to be a burden

1033
01:18:10.610 --> 01:18:17.870
 On the taxpayers, it's all admitted they knew this even admitted that given the circumstances you would kill a project, right?

1034
01:18:18.330 --> 01:18:19.870
 But even here in 2014

1035
01:18:20.590 --> 01:18:23.730
 They continue to push it forward now. He becomes governor later

1036
01:18:25.090 --> 01:18:25.610
 and

1037
01:18:28.630 --> 01:18:29.150
 He's

1038
01:18:29.150 --> 01:18:32.990
 Still going forward with the project. So here's a current status

1039
01:18:35.330 --> 01:18:38.850
 Of the fiscal realities between 2019 and 2026

1040
01:18:38.850 --> 01:18:45.370
 So the video you just saw and heard of him talking about all this was 2014. Let's get down to 2019 here

1041
01:18:45.370 --> 01:18:52.530
 Okay, so now, you know, we're very much under the watch and tutelage of gavin newsom and his administration

1042
01:18:53.990 --> 01:19:02.430
 So the fiscal realities and project evolution between 2019 and 2026 the cost escalation and funding gaps the project has faced

1043
01:19:02.430 --> 01:19:07.630
 Severe criticism regarding bait and switch tactics due to storing costs and shifting goals

1044
01:19:07.630 --> 01:19:11.650
 Just as you heard in the video of gavin stating so

1045
01:19:12.270 --> 01:19:12.730
 and

1046
01:19:13.890 --> 01:19:14.570
 2014

1047
01:19:16.470 --> 01:19:17.750
 the cost growth

1048
01:19:17.750 --> 01:19:25.050
 Estimates rose from 33 billion in 2008 which we already discussed to 45 billion around 2006 and 2009

1049
01:19:25.050 --> 01:19:31.950
 Then to 80.3 in 2020 and then they reached a total of 126 billion as of this day

1050
01:19:32.450 --> 01:19:34.490
 For the year of 2026

1051
01:19:34.890 --> 01:19:40.570
 So what were the funding shortfalls? Well as of 2026 the project faced 90 billion dollar funding gap

1052
01:19:40.570 --> 01:19:44.570
 So that's what they needed to connect from frisco to la or san francisco to los angeles

1053
01:19:45.790 --> 01:19:48.950
 It's not going to happen. They don't got it. They don't know where they're going to get it

1054
01:19:49.430 --> 01:19:52.810
 They can't squeeze it blood out of a stone. So to speak. It's not going to happen

1055
01:19:55.150 --> 01:20:00.090
 Federal friction so during the trump administration, of course, they always blame trump for everything in california

1056
01:20:00.090 --> 01:20:02.150
 Even though new some you've been in charge

1057
01:20:03.050 --> 01:20:06.570
 But anyway during the trump administration 929 million

1058
01:20:07.130 --> 01:20:11.250
 So nearly almost a billion dollars in federal grants were canceled though

1059
01:20:11.250 --> 01:20:14.990
 These were later restored by the biden harris administration in 2021

1060
01:20:16.350 --> 01:20:21.260
 Okay, but in 2019 there was a scaling decision this is where he said they

1061
01:20:22.290 --> 01:20:24.410
 basically move forward and

1062
01:20:25.030 --> 01:20:26.730
 like deciding

1063
01:20:27.490 --> 01:20:34.010
 Are we gonna have to I can we afford should we connect la to frisco or just cut our losses and just finish this track

1064
01:20:34.010 --> 01:20:39.070
 Here in the valley which from bakers field to merced makes no sense. But hey, they can say they did it

1065
01:20:39.490 --> 01:20:46.330
 So the 2019 scaling decision in his 2019 state of address or state of the address

1066
01:20:46.330 --> 01:20:50.270
 Sorry for california governor gavin newsom announced a truncation

1067
01:20:50.810 --> 01:20:54.050
 Of the immediate project scope. So the focus area

1068
01:20:55.010 --> 01:21:01.650
 Priority shifted to completing a 171 mile link between merced and bakers field in the central valley

1069
01:21:01.650 --> 01:21:04.690
 Which again is a waste of money like this isn't needed

1070
01:21:06.550 --> 01:21:11.670
 Postponements so expensive for that segments such as tunnels under the pacheco pass

1071
01:21:11.670 --> 01:21:15.750
 Well, that's going to be that's going to be some work if you guys don't know and you're not

1072
01:21:16.030 --> 01:21:19.830
 In california that pacheco pass stretch is very mountainous. You have a

1073
01:21:20.310 --> 01:21:24.030
 Major reservoir the san luis reservoir right over there off to the side

1074
01:21:24.050 --> 01:21:30.390
 Huge body of water this would have been in. Um, yeah, this would have been interesting right here. So

1075
01:21:30.390 --> 01:21:36.330
 Tunnels are in a particular past and the tahachapi mountains were indefinitely delayed. Well, yeah, I can see why I mean

1076
01:21:36.330 --> 01:21:38.290
 Did we not think how much that would cost?

1077
01:21:38.770 --> 01:21:42.310
 And there was a critique of orphaned infrastructure

1078
01:21:42.910 --> 01:21:47.810
 So critics argue this scaling leaves the 2.2 billion dollar

1079
01:21:47.810 --> 01:21:54.210
 Transbay transit center and the one hundred and eighty eight million dollar anaheim regional intermodal transportation center

1080
01:21:54.850 --> 01:22:00.930
 As overbuilt bus stations really nothing more of a bus stations without their intended real connections

1081
01:22:01.770 --> 01:22:03.770
 Valid criticism, right?

1082
01:22:04.110 --> 01:22:05.730
 And so here's the current status

1083
01:22:06.830 --> 01:22:11.910
 Current status 25 through 26 here the years of 2025 2026

1084
01:22:11.910 --> 01:22:16.090
 So by early 2025 state officials marked the transition into a track length phase

1085
01:22:16.090 --> 01:22:18.890
 Wow, after 18 years, we're in a track length phase

1086
01:22:19.650 --> 01:22:23.810
 After 18 years since 2008 to 2026 or 2025

1087
01:22:24.730 --> 01:22:26.550
 They're now going to start laying track

1088
01:22:27.090 --> 01:22:28.250
 Which I still haven't seen

1089
01:22:28.250 --> 01:22:30.150
 the construction package

1090
01:22:31.130 --> 01:22:37.950
 A 22 mile stretch south of kern talari county is substantially complete. Okay

1091
01:22:38.470 --> 01:22:40.910
 Don't recall that but maybe

1092
01:22:40.910 --> 01:22:44.850
 Um including 11 structures viaducts and overpasses, okay

1093
01:22:44.850 --> 01:22:50.190
 So the railhead development ground was broken on a railhead near baker's field

1094
01:22:50.190 --> 01:22:54.470
 To receive materials and stage upcoming track construction. Yay

1095
01:22:55.610 --> 01:23:03.150
 Jobs again here they go with the jobs created over 14 500 jobs have been created since the project's inception

1096
01:23:03.150 --> 01:23:08.190
 With 3200 attributed to cp4 alone, which is the construction package

1097
01:23:09.490 --> 01:23:15.750
 Which goes to the construction companies who already have the employees who keep getting these big state and federal projects anyway

1098
01:23:15.750 --> 01:23:17.590
 So yeah, you didn't create any new jobs

1099
01:23:18.160 --> 01:23:24.830
 And then uh the regional connectivity current strategy aims to integrate the california high speed rail authorities work with other projects

1100
01:23:25.790 --> 01:23:29.440
 Partnerships coordinate with brightline west las vegas to south

1101
01:23:29.970 --> 01:23:35.230
 Southern california. Okay, that's interesting and the high desert corridor to create an

1102
01:23:36.130 --> 01:23:40.110
 Interoperable southwest regional network, so it seems like this is going from high speed

1103
01:23:42.130 --> 01:23:43.130
 rail to

1104
01:23:43.130 --> 01:23:46.270
 A vast train system that can interconnect with other

1105
01:23:49.930 --> 01:23:50.430
 Trains

1106
01:23:50.430 --> 01:23:55.550
 Maybe i'm not understanding but it seems like it's no longer going to be necessarily a high speed rail

1107
01:23:55.550 --> 01:23:57.690
 Maybe it will be I don't know

1108
01:23:57.690 --> 01:24:00.990
 Uh, so here's the timeline passenger service for the initial operation

1109
01:24:00.990 --> 01:24:06.510
 For operating segments is currently projected to begin between 2030 and 2033. What the fuck man

1110
01:24:06.510 --> 01:24:13.210
 This thing was initiated in 2008. We're not going to even see the stretch from bakers fields from rased till 2033

1111
01:24:16.310 --> 01:24:17.230
 look

1112
01:24:20.860 --> 01:24:21.960
 this whole thing

1113
01:24:22.540 --> 01:24:28.400
 This whole thing just just stop. We don't need this just cut your losses. Just admit this isn't working

1114
01:24:28.400 --> 01:24:32.860
 It's costing money. It's not really creating jobs to be quite honest if we're being honest with ourselves

1115
01:24:32.860 --> 01:24:34.740
 It's not just not it's not

1116
01:24:35.300 --> 01:24:36.880
 and you think that

1117
01:24:36.880 --> 01:24:42.480
 A completing track between bakersfield and merced is a fucking win. No, it's a fucking loss, dude

1118
01:24:42.480 --> 01:24:48.620
 It's a miserable stretch. There's nothing there worth the shit what stop in fresno. Ooh, okay

1119
01:24:49.060 --> 01:24:50.840
 bakersfield gay

1120
01:24:51.560 --> 01:24:55.300
 What else merced talari hanford? I what what?

1121
01:24:56.600 --> 01:24:59.120
 Oh, yeah, those are the fucking lands of opportunity, right?

1122
01:25:00.950 --> 01:25:05.830
 No, no the valley is where you you pass through to get to the destinations like balsangeles

1123
01:25:08.210 --> 01:25:12.630
 Anaheim, you know all the cities going into la and then once you get past the valley

1124
01:25:12.630 --> 01:25:17.750
 And then you get into the bay area where the other opportunities are going into frisco. Yeah, that's like

1125
01:25:18.770 --> 01:25:20.710
 Central valley is a stopgap man

1126
01:25:21.450 --> 01:25:23.150
 Yeah, it's not the destination

1127
01:25:24.290 --> 01:25:27.410
 It's where people are getting on the train to go to and fro they're not

1128
01:25:29.630 --> 01:25:32.670
 They're not they're not coming here for the opportunities man

1129
01:25:32.670 --> 01:25:38.050
 So this whole thing's a loss and yeah, it didn't start with newsome but newsome you've been in charge

1130
01:25:38.050 --> 01:25:42.610
 You've been in charge this whole time your administration's been in charge and 60 minutes didn't expose on this. They like

1131
01:25:43.910 --> 01:25:47.130
 His own administration admitting to fuck-ups

1132
01:25:47.130 --> 01:25:49.510
 They even talk about

1133
01:25:50.470 --> 01:25:53.630
 The environmental hurdles in fact, let's just go there

1134
01:25:54.130 --> 01:25:56.830
 So here's some of the environmental hurdles. Okay

1135
01:25:57.790 --> 01:26:00.390
 One extensive regulatory and permitting requirements

1136
01:26:00.390 --> 01:26:07.390
 Okay, there's two protection of threatened and endangered species. There's three habitat and rescue impacts

1137
01:26:07.950 --> 01:26:11.830
 Four community and aesthetic hurdles. Yes, even aesthetic girls

1138
01:26:12.490 --> 01:26:14.510
 And five legal hurdles and litigations

1139
01:26:15.210 --> 01:26:15.950
 um

1140
01:26:15.950 --> 01:26:18.690
 The thing about that is you know

1141
01:26:18.690 --> 01:26:23.430
 You have everything from environmental to literal farmers with farmland fighting the project

1142
01:26:23.430 --> 01:26:26.290
 Which is very interesting because usually in a in a california

1143
01:26:27.330 --> 01:26:32.650
 Highway project for example, if they deem it's a benefit to the community they will literally

1144
01:26:33.270 --> 01:26:36.930
 Tell the owners of the land like hey, we're taking this now. They'll negotiate with them

1145
01:26:36.930 --> 01:26:39.910
 They won't just try to take it and impose eminent domain

1146
01:26:39.910 --> 01:26:44.910
 They will negotiate they'll give them, you know fair market value in some cases from what I know and heard

1147
01:26:45.470 --> 01:26:47.110
 Some of these guys make up very well

1148
01:26:47.110 --> 01:26:51.810
 They get higher than market value depending on how important the project is or how long they want to drag it out

1149
01:26:51.810 --> 01:26:54.310
 But when pushcubs suv

1150
01:26:54.310 --> 01:26:57.030
 California just could take your damn land and whether you agree or not

1151
01:26:57.030 --> 01:27:03.310
 So take the money run let it happen when it came to this high-speed real uh rail project though for some reason

1152
01:27:03.890 --> 01:27:05.930
 That's not happening necessarily

1153
01:27:07.010 --> 01:27:09.090
 So that's been very interesting

1154
01:27:10.190 --> 01:27:10.710
 um

1155
01:27:10.710 --> 01:27:13.110
 and then there's the uh

1156
01:27:13.110 --> 01:27:17.150
 The expenditures of the money in terms of like consultancies

1157
01:27:18.330 --> 01:27:25.330
 So if we're looking at this report here as of december 2025 the california high-speed rail authority has spent a total of one, um, i'm sorry

1158
01:27:27.230 --> 01:27:28.350
 14.823

1159
01:27:28.350 --> 01:27:30.270
 Billion on the project

1160
01:27:30.270 --> 01:27:36.790
 Because the authority has historically operated with a very small internet staff. Oh, i'm sorry internal staff man

1161
01:27:36.790 --> 01:27:43.070
 I am fumbling like crazy. Let me uh start that over. All right, so as of december 2025

1162
01:27:43.790 --> 01:27:46.790
 California high-speed rail authority has spent a total of

1163
01:27:46.790 --> 01:27:53.870
 14.823 billion on the project because the authority has historically operated with a very small internal staff

1164
01:27:55.090 --> 01:28:01.930
 Staff it has relied on private contractors and consultants for the bulk of the project work meaning

1165
01:28:01.930 --> 01:28:07.930
 A significant portion of these expenditures consist of consulting and contract service fees

1166
01:28:07.930 --> 01:28:15.170
 While the sources do not provide a single updated consulting fee, which is very very very suspect like

1167
01:28:15.170 --> 01:28:18.650
 They never they never itemize and really go

1168
01:28:18.650 --> 01:28:24.770
 Here's how much went to this consultant. Here's who went to this one. It's just kind of like here's the total number

1169
01:28:25.610 --> 01:28:33.240
 so anyway, uh, there's no light item for the entire 14.8 billion 148

1170
01:28:34.260 --> 01:28:36.340
 14.8 billion spent

1171
01:28:38.680 --> 01:28:40.260
 on mostly consulting fees

1172
01:28:41.000 --> 01:28:42.840
 There's no light item breakdown

1173
01:28:43.340 --> 01:28:45.360
 to who where it went to

1174
01:28:45.360 --> 01:28:47.320
 and this is why

1175
01:28:47.320 --> 01:28:54.240
 Many californians feel like this has been nothing but a giant money laundering operation like people are just getting their pockets filled

1176
01:28:54.240 --> 01:28:57.120
 Like hey, you know, i'm greasing my buddy's pockets

1177
01:28:57.120 --> 01:29:00.740
 He's going to give me this kickback like you can't trace anything because it's not itemized

1178
01:29:00.740 --> 01:29:04.480
 You just know the total number going in and out and you're just saying hey this went to consultants

1179
01:29:05.480 --> 01:29:05.960
 Okay

1180
01:29:07.560 --> 01:29:09.700
 and so

1181
01:29:09.700 --> 01:29:12.820
 There's also as I just said

1182
01:29:14.910 --> 01:29:19.430
 The allegations of the mishandling of money by the trump administration. Sorry the trump

1183
01:29:20.090 --> 01:29:25.750
 By gavin newsom's administration. I do not know why I said trump. Was that a slip?

1184
01:29:27.550 --> 01:29:33.470
 But anyway, there's been the mishandling of money the allegations of the mishandling of money by gavin's administration

1185
01:29:33.470 --> 01:29:39.310
 So newsom himself in charge his administration and look anybody living in california can see

1186
01:29:39.310 --> 01:29:40.690
 Has seen

1187
01:29:41.370 --> 01:29:46.190
 That things don't always add up. I mean if we're talking about karen bass mayor of los angeles

1188
01:29:46.190 --> 01:29:49.810
 She was in hot water for many things. She has ties to gavin. She has ties to miss

1189
01:29:49.810 --> 01:29:53.590
 I mean, they're all like patting each other on the back and helping each other out

1190
01:29:53.590 --> 01:29:57.710
 And you know, we have the the great water debacle here

1191
01:29:57.710 --> 01:30:01.070
 That gavin newsom claims like well, it didn't start under me

1192
01:30:01.070 --> 01:30:03.450
 But well you've been in charge for quite some time man

1193
01:30:03.450 --> 01:30:07.610
 You knew everything evolved with the whole delta smelt debacle. I don't want to bring that up again

1194
01:30:07.610 --> 01:30:15.370
 But listen a lot of what's happened with the transfer of water to get down to southern california areas without water have been held out

1195
01:30:15.370 --> 01:30:17.850
 Or held up by this

1196
01:30:17.850 --> 01:30:23.150
 Another environmental thing here that the the fish the smelt the delta smelt very important

1197
01:30:23.750 --> 01:30:24.690
 held up for years

1198
01:30:24.690 --> 01:30:30.790
 And so there's a lot of things like this in california that waste taxpayer money

1199
01:30:31.410 --> 01:30:33.910
 That when you go to audit these things

1200
01:30:33.910 --> 01:30:41.030
 You can't because they're not itemized they're just kind of lumped up into one giant expense kind of like the homeless, uh

1201
01:30:42.130 --> 01:30:46.390
 Debacle the homeless program debacle right all that money 20. I think it was 24 billion

1202
01:30:47.870 --> 01:30:52.870
 Yeah, 24 billion or so that nobody can account for nobody knows where it went what happened to it

1203
01:30:54.610 --> 01:30:56.430
 I mean, we got some tiny homes

1204
01:30:56.430 --> 01:30:59.330
 sitting in frisco that never were deployed

1205
01:30:59.890 --> 01:31:01.610
 uh some in la I think

1206
01:31:02.430 --> 01:31:04.830
 But like where's the fucking money gavin?

1207
01:31:05.290 --> 01:31:07.170
 Like you are responsible

1208
01:31:07.890 --> 01:31:11.890
 and when it comes to high speed rail trying to blame everything on politics

1209
01:31:14.020 --> 01:31:15.920
 and the fact that

1210
01:31:15.920 --> 01:31:21.440
 Oh, well fiscal funding kind of got pulled. No, no, no, no this whole thing. This whole thing was mismatched in the beginning

1211
01:31:22.280 --> 01:31:24.440
 You sold the people the bill of goods

1212
01:31:24.440 --> 01:31:25.240
 Okay

1213
01:31:25.240 --> 01:31:30.220
 Now I I understand this started before you were even lieutenant governor. This was in 2008

1214
01:31:30.220 --> 01:31:33.880
 You were mayor of san francisco. It was funny is back in 2008

1215
01:31:34.400 --> 01:31:40.760
 Gavin even was he was opposed. He was opposed to this but when he became lieutenant governor, he was very much for it

1216
01:31:41.400 --> 01:31:43.500
 But you sold everybody a bill of goods

1217
01:31:43.500 --> 01:31:47.870
 You literally in the video from 2014. We got you

1218
01:31:48.480 --> 01:31:48.980
 saying

1219
01:31:49.480 --> 01:31:52.700
 He manipulated the numbers you lied to the public

1220
01:31:52.700 --> 01:31:55.500
 You guys estimated 33

1221
01:31:55.500 --> 01:31:56.260
 billion

1222
01:31:57.580 --> 01:32:02.780
 And you all knew it wasn't possible. You all knew it wasn't profitable. You knew it was gonna be a taxpayer burden

1223
01:32:03.360 --> 01:32:08.200
 You knew that it was gonna take a long time to complete in fact, it's been 18 years

1224
01:32:10.290 --> 01:32:12.290
 So at what point does california

1225
01:32:12.890 --> 01:32:13.770
 Get a break

1226
01:32:14.670 --> 01:32:16.550
 Like when do we get a break?

1227
01:32:17.070 --> 01:32:22.830
 Do we get that money back? Can we hold the state responsible? Is there any accountability whatsoever? Well, that's a big fuck

1228
01:32:22.830 --> 01:32:24.650
 No, you know what we get

1229
01:32:25.770 --> 01:32:30.550
 We get wages for jobs being stagnant. We get higher cost of living

1230
01:32:30.550 --> 01:32:35.930
 We get housing so outrageous that the average working person a blue-collar person

1231
01:32:35.930 --> 01:32:38.830
 Can't afford to buy their own home anymore

1232
01:32:39.470 --> 01:32:46.050
 We got large companies coming in and buying up real estate so that they could just rent it to everybody and they're renting it at

1233
01:32:46.370 --> 01:32:50.670
 Whatever market value they perceive to be, you know good for their pockets

1234
01:32:51.430 --> 01:32:54.010
 I mean california is

1235
01:32:54.010 --> 01:32:56.290
 It's hard man. It's hard to live out here

1236
01:32:56.290 --> 01:33:01.650
 I mean, I know that new york is also extremely expensive. So, you know, it's not just us in california, but

1237
01:33:02.270 --> 01:33:04.710
 The state's been mismanaged mishandled

1238
01:33:04.710 --> 01:33:10.550
 There's been billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars pilfered from the taxpayers

1239
01:33:10.550 --> 01:33:18.630
 That have gone to projects that never seem to come to fruition from the homeless issue to the high-speed rail

1240
01:33:20.480 --> 01:33:25.660
 Like we have no recourse. We just take it in the proverbial ass

1241
01:33:27.190 --> 01:33:35.240
 Because there's nothing else we can do and if jobs run out and you can't find one for example

1242
01:33:35.240 --> 01:33:40.760
 You're told you're lazy and not applying yourself. You're told that well, maybe you should have got that degree

1243
01:33:41.420 --> 01:33:48.120
 Well, how about you make cost of living fucking reasonable? How about you stop taking so much money from everybody at the fucking pump?

1244
01:33:48.660 --> 01:33:50.060
 That's another issue, right?

1245
01:33:50.500 --> 01:33:58.660
 everybody doesn't realize that california gas is so expensive because of all the fees the environmental fees taxes, etc that california fucking

1246
01:33:59.560 --> 01:34:01.340
 Tax onto it

1247
01:34:01.340 --> 01:34:04.680
 The other day I went to go fill up 650 a gallon for regular

1248
01:34:04.680 --> 01:34:11.260
 I mean, why is it costing me about 85 dollars or 90 dollars to fill up my transit connect fan that I use

1249
01:34:11.260 --> 01:34:15.920
 To drive back and forth with my tools and shit like seriously not the big one not the big transit fan

1250
01:34:15.920 --> 01:34:19.140
 You know, it's a work van, but it's the smaller one. You know, you guys seen him see them around

1251
01:34:20.180 --> 01:34:20.980
 85 dollars

1252
01:34:21.600 --> 01:34:27.260
 For that fucking thing really it's only getting worse diesel's out of control

1253
01:34:28.500 --> 01:34:34.160
 And oh, I know they're gonna attribute the gas thing to iranian conflict, but I mean, let's just be honest

1254
01:34:34.780 --> 01:34:37.860
 We've already had some of the highest gas prices

1255
01:34:38.460 --> 01:34:39.960
 in the entire nation

1256
01:34:40.680 --> 01:34:44.580
 So, I mean not really much as a much of a surprise there

1257
01:34:44.580 --> 01:34:48.480
 I mean we're used to getting fucked over when it comes to gas especially when summer comes around because

1258
01:34:48.480 --> 01:34:54.760
 Oh, wait, everyone's traveling. Let's raise it up because it's more in demand and california themselves does that

1259
01:34:55.740 --> 01:34:58.160
 Not not the oil markets

1260
01:34:58.880 --> 01:35:00.540
 No, california does that

1261
01:35:02.590 --> 01:35:03.110
 so

1262
01:35:03.810 --> 01:35:05.970
 Back to the high-speed rail

1263
01:35:05.970 --> 01:35:08.030
 Cut your losses, man

1264
01:35:08.030 --> 01:35:14.250
 Get out of this bullshit gap and we deserve better like it's not even worth finishing fucking bakers filtramer said

1265
01:35:14.790 --> 01:35:20.050
 Like it's not going to make a fucking difference. There's no opportunities between those two cities

1266
01:35:20.050 --> 01:35:24.550
 And that stretch of land not really nothing that's going to make anyone get on a train and fucking

1267
01:35:24.550 --> 01:35:28.890
 You know say oh look I can take this job in fresno now look at the opportunity there like

1268
01:35:28.890 --> 01:35:33.970
 And I could really find too much more in fresno versus modesto to be quite honest

1269
01:35:33.970 --> 01:35:35.510
 And if you're in modesto

1270
01:35:36.610 --> 01:35:41.070
 I mean you might as well just drive a little further up and get the next job. I mean, I I don't know

1271
01:35:42.070 --> 01:35:44.370
 All I know is gavin newsom

1272
01:35:45.840 --> 01:35:50.160
 You fucked up. You've been fucking the state of california for years

1273
01:35:50.160 --> 01:35:55.240
 We all can't wait for you to move on and you and your administration have no answer for anything

1274
01:35:55.240 --> 01:35:58.340
 And it seems that the public can't hold you accountable

1275
01:35:59.420 --> 01:36:05.960
 And what's sad is we all know you're going to be running for president and probably more than likely will be the democrat nominee

1276
01:36:07.180 --> 01:36:08.860
 democratic nominee anyway

1277
01:36:08.860 --> 01:36:16.600
 Which is even worse and I hope that americans don't get fooled into putting your ass in office because damn

1278
01:36:17.720 --> 01:36:24.000
 You think it's crazy under trump this motherfucker is going to literally financially destroy the country

1279
01:36:24.720 --> 01:36:26.720
 Just look at california

1280
01:36:27.240 --> 01:36:29.520
 Gavin cares about nothing but himself

1281
01:36:30.680 --> 01:36:33.780
 Period and gavin. It's high speed real thing

1282
01:36:34.840 --> 01:36:39.080
 Can't blame anybody else man. It's been too long. This is all you period

1283
01:36:40.060 --> 01:36:43.840
 All right, with that being said i'm going to end this particular show

1284
01:36:45.020 --> 01:36:46.220
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1285
01:36:46.220 --> 01:36:47.820
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1286
01:36:47.820 --> 01:36:52.840
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1287
01:36:52.840 --> 01:36:56.220
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1288
01:36:56.220 --> 01:37:02.160
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1289
01:37:03.080 --> 01:37:04.840
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1290
01:37:04.840 --> 01:37:06.920
 Have a great day and listen

1291
01:37:06.920 --> 01:37:12.860
 Always go beyond the headlines. All right, stop living on the surface of your information go

1292
01:37:12.860 --> 01:37:15.020
 Beyond the headlines

1293
01:37:27.380 --> 01:37:27.640
 You