Tom Homan, Dan Bongino, Iran, and California Mileage Tax

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 Welcome to another World Ablaze, recorded this morning, February 5th, 2026.

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 I apologize for taking so long to get an episode out.

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 Truth be told, I did record two episodes.

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 Unfortunately, they were unsalvageable as we were having technical difficulties

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 here at the studio.

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 Strange things going on with audio.

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 There's pops, there's clicks, there's audio speeding up, slowing down.

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 In fact, I did an episode with my friend, Jesse Zinski.

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 We spent two hours talking about what was going on in Minneapolis.

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 Movino out, home and in, what that looks like for Minneapolis, what that looks

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 like for ICE moving forward, for Trump's agenda in removing illegal aliens.

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 But I couldn't salvage any of it, so I apologize to Jesse.

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 So do me a favor, support Jesse Zinski.

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 Listen to The Jesse Zinski Show, available anywhere you hear podcasts.

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 In fact, if you're listening to me, you could definitely listen to Jesse

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 Zinski. So with that being said, I tried two episodes, couldn't get them out,

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 but I'm here now.

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 I'm here now.

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 Appreciate all of you.

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 Oh, special shout out to Iceland.

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 Listen, I recently switched podcast hosts.

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 I got away from Sprecher.

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 I just wasn't feeling it.

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 I don't know what it was, the data, the distribution.

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 Supposedly there's supposed to be no difference when it comes to hosts.

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 In terms of podcasts and distribution.

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 But for some reason, I'm seeing much, much different results in downloads

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 and reach once I moved over to Acast, which shouldn't be, right?

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 They're both IAB certified or IAB2, for those who don't know what that means.

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 It's basically an international advertising or broadcasting standard.

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 It just means that every time someone listens and a download is recorded,

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 that it is legitimate.

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 It is measured against a standard that the entire industry uses.

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 And for some reason, Sprecher being affiliated with iHeart,

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 with everything that it has going for it in media,

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 I wasn't seeing the results that I am suddenly seeing on Acast.

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 So there definitely was something going on there.

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 That being said, I want to thank Iceland.

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 I see you again.

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 Listen, Iceland's been with me from the beginning.

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 They were one of the first countries that supported me.

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 And that's important to me because listen, I've done well in the United States,

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 but when it came to international, Iceland was there from the beginning.

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 And then it just kept growing and spreading.

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 So thank you Iceland.

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 I see you once again.

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 Appreciate the support.

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 Thank you for coming back.

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 Thank you for listening.

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 And yeah, also other news.

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 I want to tell you all that this podcast has earned a ranking on Good Pods.

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 Good Pods is another podcast aggregator.

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 They do it slightly different, almost ran kind of like a social media

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 in the respect that you can critique, rate podcasts, share them.

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 You can enter into groups, you know, do all of that,

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 but it's all podcasts related and related to spreading the word

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 of the podcast you like, the podcast you want to listen to.

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 You can let everybody know, hey, I got this killer podcast I listen to

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 and you should listen to it too.

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 But anyway, getting to the point here, this podcast,

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 World of Blaze with George Fonce, that's me,

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 has earned the rank of number two.

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 Number two, this is important.

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 Number two, as far as Good Pods is concerned,

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 overall against all other podcasts,

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 doesn't matter if they are independent like mine

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 or backed by major media, we have earned number two in geopolitics,

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 which is awesome because as you all know, I love talking geopolitics.

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 Most of my shows focus on geopolitics

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 and when it comes to independent podcasters who dabble in geopolitics

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 or specifically focus on it, this show is number one.

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 So number one in independence in regard to geopolitics

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 and number two against all other podcasts being major or independent.

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 Doesn't matter.

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 This show is also number two against all other podcasts in geopolitics.

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 So thank you very much for listening.

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 Thank you to all the Good Pods users, supporters,

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 and thank you for putting this show high up on the ranks.

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 And I got one more thing to say before I get started here.

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 My brother, happy birthday, motherfucker.

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 Listen, his birthday was yesterday.

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 I attempted to record this show yesterday, February 4th.

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 I was going to give him a shout out, but I was burned out.

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 There's a lot going on here on the other side of things.

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 So just so you know, happy birthday, Manuel.

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 And I want everybody to give him a big birthday present.

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 Listen, the Manuel Fons show.

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 You know him.

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 If you listen to my other show, Random Thoughts with Manuel and George,

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 you know very well who Manuel is.

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 But Manuel, I need you to support him.

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 Give him a big old birthday present.

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 Go listen to the Manuel Fons show or the Manuel Fons show.

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 Easy to find.

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 He's ranking up during the charts internationally in a few countries.

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 He does very well.

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 I've been doing it for a long time.

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 So have birthday, Manuel.

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 And for everybody listening, go give him a listen.

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 If you like my show, I think you'll like Manuel for sure.

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 Definitely.

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 So happy birthday there.

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 All right.

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 Getting on with it.

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 Getting on with it.

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 So I've been away for a bit.

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 And again, due to technical difficulties, it wasn't for lack of trying.

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 But here's the deal.

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 Not much has changed in two weeks.

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 To be honest, nothing major, nothing groundbreaking.

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 Minneapolis is a mess.

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 Minnesota is what it is.

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 Homan is in.

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 Tom Homan comes in.

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 And a lot of people, you know, they're like, finally, Bovino out.

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 Trump cave.

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 Trump folded.

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 Now, listen, this was the correct response politically.

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 This is what needed to happen.

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 It was getting out of hand.

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 And Trump's been on the news.

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 You know, there's clips of Trump out there saying, you know, well, you know,

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 what I've learned and he's publicly stated this.

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 What I've learned is, you know, maybe we should take a softer approach

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 or use a softer touch when it comes to this agreed.

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 He went in like a hammer.

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 Bovino took his job extremely serious.

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 because he was just doing as instructed.

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 But Bovino stepping down or being forced to step down

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 is nothing more than a political move.

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 It had to be done for the sake of the country to calm things down.

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 But make no mistake, for as much as Bovino seemed to be,

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 well, very, very zealot like when it came to his job, let's just say that.

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 Holman is no pushover.

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 In fact, I would say be cautious of Holman because Holman takes no shit.

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 The difference between Holman and Bovino is Holman has more time in the public eye.

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 Remember, he served under the Obama administration

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 in which he received an award for the number of deportations from Obama himself.

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 It was put around his neck hanging.

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 He received an award from Obama for his effort in deportations.

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 And by doing so, helping the deporter in chief himself, Barack Obama.

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 And so Holman is here working under the Trump administration.

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 Holman is in.

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 He is now the supreme leader of the efforts going on right now

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 with the deportations, with the crackdowns by ICE.

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 But Holman knows what he's doing.

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 He knows how to play politics.

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 But he does so by spitting facts and data at you.

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 So don't think you're ever going to catch this guy sleeping.

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 He knows what he's doing.

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 Now, they have reduced the amount of agents over there.

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 Last time I read, I think it was by 700 or so agents.

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 And this isn't a sign of caving in by the Trump admin, by the way.

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 This is a recalibration.

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 Make no mistake.

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 It's a recalibration.

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 This is what needed to be done.

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 Because honestly, as much as it needs to happen,

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 the unchecked amount of illegal immigrants,

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 or rather let's call them illegal aliens,

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 because listen, that's what Chuck Schumer said so many years ago

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 under previous administrations.

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 That's right.

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 The Democratic Party before would say, hey, be careful with your words.

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 We can't call them undocumented or just immigrants.

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 They're illegal aliens.

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 and I'm going to take a page from Chuck Schumer

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 and Hillary Clinton.

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 And I'll just say illegal aliens.

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 But anyway, Tom Homan is not going to take any shit.

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 Tom Homan knows what he's doing.

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 Tom Homan is going to definitely go in there

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 and do what he is going to do,

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 what he was hired to do, what he's good at.

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 And make no mistake.

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 This was a recalibration.

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 This was an adjustment.

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 This was a consideration in how to approach this amicably

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 as much as we can.

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 in the state of Minnesota in general,

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 we are now seeing cooperation by law enforcement

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 to help quell the amount of protest there.

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 Because there's still the question of whether or not

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 these were protests or they're intentional disruptions

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 in which it is really perceived to be nothing more

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 than the outright blatant intentional

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 impediment of law enforcement.

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 Now we can argue the semantics.

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 We can talk about the gray areas and nuances, etc.

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 But still, if we want to be cut and dry,

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 just as Tom Homan is, this will be done.

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 Everything that Tom Homan will do

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 will be absolutely to the letter of the law

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 because this is what he does.

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 He's very intelligent.

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 He knows what he's talking about.

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 There isn't going to ever be a gotcha moment for Tom Homan.

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 He can spit facts and data when it comes to his job.

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 Like no other.

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 And so while Trump is correct,

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 they needed a softer approach.

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 By all means they needed a softer approach.

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 It was a little hard.

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 It was a little hard.

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 But it doesn't mean that they stop.

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 The mission must continue.

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 We need to get a handle on these 10 million plus

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 undocumented illegal aliens, immigrants, people, whatever.

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 It needs to happen.

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 So with that being said, hopefully we see more cooperation.

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 Hopefully we don't see any more deaths

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 because let's face it, the ball was dropped on both sides.

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 These so-called protesters put themselves in harm way.

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 They antagonized ICE.

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 And at the same time, ICE was overworked, overrun.

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 They had so much going on.

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 And I will say that choices were made that were questionable,

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 but it doesn't mean that we stop.

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 It doesn't mean that ICE refrains from carrying out

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 its lawful duties and enforcing the actual laws.

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 So we'll continue to monitor how this unfolds.

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 We'll see what happens under Tom Homan's direction thus far.

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 Things have calmed down a bit,

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 but still actions are being carried out and taken out

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 at the behest of Trump.

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 And listen, this will be good for America in the long run.

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 As long as we can do this.

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 And I guess with a, as Trump stated, softer approach.

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 That being said, let's move on to something else here.

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 Now, while I love talking about geopolitics,

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 obviously domestic politics, current events, et cetera,

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 I don't really like diving into media personalities too often.

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 I do that quite a bit on the other show with my brother,

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 which once again, Happy Birthday, Manuel.

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 But that show being Random Thoughts with Manuel and George,

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 I just got to say that in this show,

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 I take a different approach.

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 I'm not going to say I'm more serious.

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 I just take a different direction.

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 And I don't, I don't try to talk about this too often.

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 I have called out on this show, Dave Smith.

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 I've called out Clint Russell.

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 I've called out many different people from time to time

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 because of what they may say in the moment as a regard,

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 as a concern, basically concern.

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 Sorry, not as regarded.

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 Look, it's morning time.

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 I don't usually do this in the morning.

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 So give me a break here.

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 And with that being said, I'm gonna have my sip of coffee here.

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 Oh yeah, that was much needed.

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 I don't usually record early in the morning.

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 So give me a break here.

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 Give me a break.

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 I may fumble a word or two,

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 but I have called these people out,

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 these podcast bros as we call them,

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 for some of the shit they say in regard to current events,

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 for the lack of complete knowledge or ability

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 to assess what goes on when it comes to geopolitics.

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 I mean, when it comes to that,

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 most of these guys just really shut up.

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 But hey, you got a right to your opinion, right?

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 Everybody does.

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 Do we have a right to our opinion?

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 Do we have a right to say how we feel,

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 speak our mind in regard to how things are being handled

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 by, well, public figures,

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 people who serve the public,

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 people in positions that are supposed to be looking out

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 for you and me, the United States of America,

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 the people who live in the United States of America.

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 Are we not supposed to have an opinion whatsoever?

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 Well, here's the segue.

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 I know you're waiting for it.

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 Here's the segue.

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 As I've discussed before, big news, right?

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 In the podcasting world and the MAGA world

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 and the conservative world,

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 Dan Bongino's return, Dan Bongino's return.

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 He's back.

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 Yeah, his show.

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 I gave my opinion on that.

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 And I did say that, listen,

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 I was never an avid listener,

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 but I tuned in from time to time.

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 He's entertaining.

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 He does make some good points.

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 He does.

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 We can't say he doesn't.

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 We can't say he's not an intelligent person.

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 But I did say I would listen to a couple of his episodes.

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 No, he came back recently.

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 I think it was February 2nd, just a few days ago.

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 Not that long ago.

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 I think February 2nd.

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 Regardless, I've listened to two of his episodes.

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 Apparently, first, let me say this.

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 Disappointed for sure.

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 That's me.

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 It doesn't mean that you will be disappointed.

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 Dan Bongino has his Bongino army,

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 whatever that means.

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 So Bongino now feels that you have no right to an opinion

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 and you can't criticize the Trump administration

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 or any administration.

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 You can't criticize other podcasters,

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 well, specifically him, apparently,

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 because you don't know shit.

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 You have no inside track, no inside information.

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 You don't know how the sausage is made.

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 So therefore, you can't have an opinion.

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 You should just be sitting there on the sidelines listening.

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 So you can't call anybody out for their actions

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 or lack of actions.

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 You can't call them out for their blatant lies

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 in regards to the information that I guess

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 the general public does have.

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 And for Dan to make a statement that, look,

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 you don't know what's going on behind the scenes.

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 So you don't have a right to an opinion.

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 But apparently, Dan Bongino's opinion,

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 whatever he says or thinks, we should listen to, right?

328
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 Interesting play there, Danny.

329
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 Danny Bonginino.

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 So we should listen to you.

331
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 We should take the whole trust me bro approach

332
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 when it comes to your show

333
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 because you were on the other side,

334
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 what briefly as a deputy director.

335
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 Look, Danny, sure, you were given the opportunity

336
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 to be FBI deputy director, but why?

337
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 Well, because you were the MAGA mouthpiece.

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 You had an extremely popular show

339
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 and Trump paid attention to you.

340
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 And the thing that Trump saw is all you did

341
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 was literally have an opinion.

342
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 You're a mouthpiece.

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 You talked shit.

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 And you just always said how you would do it better.

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 You would do it differently.

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 And so you were offered the opportunity

347
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 by President Trump, offered.

348
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 Why? You were famous.

349
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 You were known.

350
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 It wasn't necessarily because of your credentials.

351
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 What you may or may not have done

352
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 is because you were the mouthpiece

353
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 that did nothing more than support Donald J. Trump.

354
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 You were the force behind the MAGA movement.

355
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 You had Trump's attention.

356
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 And he said, well, Danny boy,

357
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 you were in the secret service.

358
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 You were a New York police officer.

359
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 You say the right things that make me feel good.

360
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 You're the MAGA mouthpiece.

361
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 I want to give you a shot

362
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 because I believe that you believe

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 you can make a difference.

364
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 And you want to say that you volunteered.

365
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 You want to say that you gave your show up.

366
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 But nobody, nobody in the right mind,

367
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 nobody's going to miss an opportunity

368
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 to work for the President of the United States

369
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 regardless of what side you're on.

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 Because deep inside,

371
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 you will take the opportunity

372
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 with the belief that you will make

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 a difference from within.

374
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 And so that's what you did, Danny.

375
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 That's what you did.

376
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 And once you got there,

377
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 all the promises,

378
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 all the blow hard wind,

379
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 all the promises that you made

380
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 about what you would do once you're in there,

381
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 what you would do differently

382
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 because of your experience

383
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 in being a New York police officer,

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 secret service, et cetera,

385
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 that you would do things different.

386
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 That you're the man

387
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 that you're going to go ahead and expose

388
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 these things that the American people

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 wanted exposed,

390
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 such as the Epstein files,

391
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 the Epstein case,

392
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 the case that went on

393
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 for over two fucking decades

394
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 that somehow you come out

395
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 the other side of saying

396
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 there's nothing there to prosecute.

397
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 There's nothing there.

398
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 Epstein killed himself.

399
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 No one got to him.

400
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 But when you're on the other side

401
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 of the mic,

402
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 when you weren't behind the curtain,

403
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 you were the one saying

404
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 it's bullshit.

405
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 They're hiding stuff.

406
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 This is being suppressed.

407
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 This is being swept under the rug.

408
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 I'm going to go in there

409
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 and clean house and expose things.

410
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 Remember, you're going to drain the swamp

411
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 and do all that stuff.

412
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 Now, for everything you've said

413
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 and everything you're doing now,

414
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 which is really nothing,

415
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 you're just a talking head now.

416
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 You no longer have the inside information

417
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 you claim that everyone else doesn't have

418
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 because you used to get,

419
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 yeah, we got a version of the daily brief,

420
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 the presidential daily brief.

421
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 So there's level 10 decisions to be made.

422
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 There are level 10 problems

423
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 that nobody would ever know what's going on.

424
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 So because you don't know,

425
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 being me, for example,

426
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 or you, the listener,

427
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 we don't know what's going on

428
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 behind the scenes that we don't have

429
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 a right to an opinion.

430
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 We don't have a right to critique.

431
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 So this is what Danny Boy has been saying

432
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 his last few episodes.

433
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 Basically sit down,

434
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 shut the fuck up and listen to me

435
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 because I know,

436
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 I know I saw the wizard behind the curtain.

437
00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.420
 That's right.

438
00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:10.500
 I got a close up personal view

439
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 of how that guy's pulling the strings.

440
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 And I'll tell you,

441
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 you don't understand.

442
00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:17.380
 So you need to shut up now.

443
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 Don't take my word for it.

444
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 Here's some clips.

445
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 Because as much as Danny Boy wants to say

446
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 things are taken out of context,

447
00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.660
 everything's about clips and soundbites,

448
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 you're right.

449
00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:27.220
 You're right.

450
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 Clips and soundbites are taken out of context.

451
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 They are.

452
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 But what I'm going to play,

453
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 they're not out of context.

454
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 They actually support everything I just said.

455
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 And look, I'm not going to push you

456
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 to another show.

457
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 Obviously there's people who listen to the show

458
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 who do listen to Dan Bongino.

459
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 They do.

460
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 And again, I'm not shitting on the guy

461
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 just to shit on the guy.

462
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 But for him to make a statement

463
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 that we don't have a right to criticize,

464
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 that we don't have a right to an opinion,

465
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 that we can't even call him out

466
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 because we didn't go to the other side.

467
00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:02.080
 We weren't behind the scenes.

468
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 We didn't know how the sausage was made.

469
00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:05.360
 So we need to just shut up.

470
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 We don't have a right to an opinion

471
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 regardless of whatever is being exposed,

472
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 whatever is being said,

473
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 whatever is in the media,

474
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 whatever is being leaked.

475
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 Information is out there.

476
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 It's not always hidden, Dan.

477
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 And you know this.

478
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 You know this, Danny.

479
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 Information always gets out.

480
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 There's always that one person

481
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 who's willing to make the sacrifice,

482
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 take the money,

483
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 whatever the case is.

484
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 But regardless, information gets out.

485
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 There's plenty of sources,

486
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 Danny Boy,

487
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 which I actually use on The Daily,

488
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 that will reveal things

489
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 that aren't necessarily mainstream

490
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 or will ever be discussed mainstream.

491
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 And I'm not the only one.

492
00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:46.340
 There are people in the intelligence

493
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 community that know far fucking more

494
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 than you ever will, Danny Boy.

495
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 Ever.

496
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 I mean, ever.

497
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 I mean, just because you're a deputy director.

498
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 You think you saw everything?

499
00:21:53.760 --> 00:21:54.420
 You really do?

500
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 No, you didn't.

501
00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.980
 You got a piece as it relates

502
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 to you and your specific job.

503
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 But guess what, Danny?

504
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 You're no longer there.

505
00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.740
 So what say you now?

506
00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:05.240
 What's the point of your show?

507
00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:07.020
 What the fuck's the point of your show?

508
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 If we're not supposed to have an opinion

509
00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:10.100
 because we don't know what the fuck's going on,

510
00:22:10.540 --> 00:22:12.220
 then what the fuck is the point of your show?

511
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 Crickets?

512
00:22:16.540 --> 00:22:17.520
 What are you going to say, Dan?

513
00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.540
 Bongino?

514
00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.440
 What's the point of your show?

515
00:22:21.020 --> 00:22:22.180
 You're no longer on the other side.

516
00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:25.480
 You don't have any special privileges anymore.

517
00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.020
 You have nothing.

518
00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:28.300
 You're just another guy behind a mic,

519
00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:29.340
 just like you were before.

520
00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.620
 Let's get continuing to talk shit.

521
00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.240
 But this time,

522
00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.640
 you're going to turn your attention

523
00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:34.020
 against your actual own listeners

524
00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.960
 because some of your listeners,

525
00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:38.080
 they want to support you,

526
00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:40.320
 but they have questions that you refuse to answer

527
00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:42.200
 because you don't have a right to know

528
00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.740
 because you're a nobody.

529
00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.540
 You're nothing, right?

530
00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.040
 Is that what we are to you, Danny?

531
00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:49.920
 It's get in line, shut up, and support me.

532
00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:53.860
 Let me play the clips.

533
00:22:57.020 --> 00:22:59.120
 I'll say listen to the first two episodes,

534
00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.440
 and you'll see what I'm talking about.

535
00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.080
 I'm going to play this.

536
00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:04.340
 I'm going to play this clip for you.

537
00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:07.220
 Listen to what Dan says about those

538
00:23:08.020 --> 00:23:10.840
 who have an opinion, who criticize.

539
00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.700
 This is Dan.

540
00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.460
 This is what Dan says.

541
00:23:13.520 --> 00:23:15.740
 You sat in a front row with your popcorn

542
00:23:16.040 --> 00:23:19.560
 ankle biting, throwing this popcorn at the ring

543
00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:21.820
 at two guys in there sparring away

544
00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:23.360
 fighting for this country

545
00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.600
 while you did shit.

546
00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.920
 You just talked about it.

547
00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:27.100
 So you didn't do anything.

548
00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.740
 Now, I'm back on the air.

549
00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:31.100
 I'm not going to take on every single thing

550
00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.460
 in one day in one show,

551
00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.880
 but I'm telling you right now,

552
00:23:34.040 --> 00:23:34.740
 you're bullshit.

553
00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.140
 I'm done with it.

554
00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.640
 The grifter bums, all you guys are

555
00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.840
 are a class of do-mers.

556
00:23:40.020 --> 00:23:41.780
 Everything sucks all the time.

557
00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:42.520
 You would have done it differently.

558
00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:44.180
 You didn't do shit.

559
00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.660
 You did nothing.

560
00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.700
 You didn't volunteer.

561
00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.920
 You didn't ask.

562
00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:50.420
 You didn't give up your show to do.

563
00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.420
 You did nothing.

564
00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:54.240
 All you did was bullshit people

565
00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.560
 and say nothing's happening.

566
00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.740
 And then when we tell you,

567
00:23:56.760 --> 00:23:57.620
 oh, it just happened,

568
00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:59.020
 you move on to something else

569
00:23:59.020 --> 00:24:00.160
 you say is not going to happen.

570
00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.280
 And then when that happens,

571
00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:02.600
 you move on to something else.

572
00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.660
 You want to critique it,

573
00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.740
 say you would have done better.

574
00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.460
 Step up.

575
00:24:06.520 --> 00:24:07.360
 Step up.

576
00:24:09.690 --> 00:24:10.250
 Go ahead.

577
00:24:10.990 --> 00:24:11.810
 They got openings.

578
00:24:12.410 --> 00:24:13.570
 You go try it.

579
00:24:14.050 --> 00:24:14.830
 Let's shut this.

580
00:24:15.150 --> 00:24:17.150
 Shut this talking monkey up over here.

581
00:24:18.730 --> 00:24:20.190
 And no, that wasn't a racial statement.

582
00:24:20.230 --> 00:24:22.350
 He just actually kind of looks like a monkey.

583
00:24:23.050 --> 00:24:24.510
 I mean, seriously, watch.

584
00:24:24.870 --> 00:24:26.290
 Let me go back to desktop only here.

585
00:24:26.310 --> 00:24:26.670
 See?

586
00:24:26.810 --> 00:24:27.350
 Look at that.

587
00:24:27.570 --> 00:24:28.490
 Yeah, it kind of looks like a monkey.

588
00:24:28.990 --> 00:24:30.890
 So no, it's not a racial statement or slur.

589
00:24:30.950 --> 00:24:32.590
 He does kind of look like a monkey.

590
00:24:33.190 --> 00:24:33.770
 He does.

591
00:24:33.770 --> 00:24:34.410
 I'm sorry.

592
00:24:36.170 --> 00:24:38.870
 But anyway, I know that was a personal jab.

593
00:24:38.950 --> 00:24:39.610
 I should have done that.

594
00:24:39.810 --> 00:24:40.790
 Sorry, Danny Bonjanino.

595
00:24:40.790 --> 00:24:41.410
 I didn't mean that.

596
00:24:41.430 --> 00:24:42.530
 I didn't mean you look like a monkey.

597
00:24:42.770 --> 00:24:47.330
 But anyway, so apparently we don't know shit.

598
00:24:47.950 --> 00:24:48.470
 Right?

599
00:24:48.850 --> 00:24:50.150
 We didn't give up our show.

600
00:24:50.250 --> 00:24:52.150
 Like, oh, I didn't give up my show to volunteer

601
00:24:52.150 --> 00:24:55.930
 to heed the call of the president who called upon me.

602
00:24:55.990 --> 00:24:57.810
 Well, the president wasn't paying attention to me for one.

603
00:24:57.850 --> 00:24:58.550
 I wasn't famous.

604
00:24:59.030 --> 00:25:00.130
 And let's address that, Danny.

605
00:25:00.690 --> 00:25:03.510
 Is there anybody in the Trump administration

606
00:25:03.510 --> 00:25:05.550
 that wasn't famous or well-known?

607
00:25:07.830 --> 00:25:08.210
 Anybody?

608
00:25:08.890 --> 00:25:09.290
 No.

609
00:25:09.590 --> 00:25:14.850
 He didn't go out and reach for the average person

610
00:25:14.850 --> 00:25:17.650
 who was unknown, who had an independent podcast

611
00:25:17.650 --> 00:25:19.610
 somewhere in the basement, who was spitting truth,

612
00:25:20.510 --> 00:25:23.410
 but just didn't have the media push to get him out there.

613
00:25:23.990 --> 00:25:25.610
 Trump didn't pick one of those people.

614
00:25:25.630 --> 00:25:29.490
 He picked you because you were a loudmouth shit talker

615
00:25:30.550 --> 00:25:34.370
 who pushed the MAGA movement and did nothing more

616
00:25:34.370 --> 00:25:36.430
 than support Trump all the way.

617
00:25:36.690 --> 00:25:39.150
 And again, please, please listen.

618
00:25:39.870 --> 00:25:41.090
 I am not bashing Trump here.

619
00:25:41.090 --> 00:25:42.710
 I'm just saying this is what Dan did.

620
00:25:42.950 --> 00:25:45.290
 This is exactly what Dan did, and you can't deny it.

621
00:25:45.290 --> 00:25:47.270
 If you're a Dan listener, a Boncino listener,

622
00:25:47.630 --> 00:25:48.550
 you know, for a fact, this is what he did.

623
00:25:48.950 --> 00:25:50.330
 He's the MAGA mouthpiece, literally.

624
00:25:52.550 --> 00:25:54.050
 So say whatever you want, Dan.

625
00:25:54.250 --> 00:25:56.970
 But the person who obviously didn't do shit

626
00:25:56.970 --> 00:25:58.250
 once you got on the other side

627
00:25:58.250 --> 00:25:59.890
 after all the shit-talking you did was you.

628
00:26:00.690 --> 00:26:02.290
 Sure, crime went down.

629
00:26:03.310 --> 00:26:03.630
 Awesome.

630
00:26:04.470 --> 00:26:07.270
 The FBI did arrest a bunch of pedophiles,

631
00:26:07.490 --> 00:26:08.790
 pedophile rings, human trafficking.

632
00:26:08.970 --> 00:26:10.010
 Yeah, they did a lot.

633
00:26:10.030 --> 00:26:10.590
 They really did.

634
00:26:10.990 --> 00:26:12.310
 But you're going to attribute all of that

635
00:26:12.310 --> 00:26:13.890
 to just you and your involvement?

636
00:26:13.890 --> 00:26:16.190
 A lot of these things were already in play

637
00:26:17.450 --> 00:26:18.330
 before you got there.

638
00:26:18.350 --> 00:26:20.590
 Trump wanted these things taken care of.

639
00:26:22.690 --> 00:26:24.310
 I can't attribute it all to you

640
00:26:24.310 --> 00:26:27.870
 because you didn't even last a whole year in the FBI

641
00:26:27.870 --> 00:26:28.750
 and you want to step down

642
00:26:29.710 --> 00:26:31.810
 because you didn't want to look at the four walls,

643
00:26:31.810 --> 00:26:32.350
 as you said.

644
00:26:32.370 --> 00:26:33.410
 Every day, the four walls.

645
00:26:33.570 --> 00:26:35.330
 Oh, my poor wife can't handle it.

646
00:26:36.290 --> 00:26:38.490
 You act like you made the ultimate sacrifice.

647
00:26:38.930 --> 00:26:39.550
 Oh, you volunteered.

648
00:26:39.650 --> 00:26:40.810
 No, you didn't fucking volunteer.

649
00:26:41.450 --> 00:26:43.870
 You told President Trump, yes, I'll do it.

650
00:26:44.290 --> 00:26:45.430
 Tag me in, buddy.

651
00:26:45.990 --> 00:26:46.810
 Thank you so much.

652
00:26:46.910 --> 00:26:47.450
 What an opportunity.

653
00:26:48.410 --> 00:26:49.210
 So fuck you, Dan.

654
00:26:49.510 --> 00:26:50.710
 We do have a right to criticize.

655
00:26:51.250 --> 00:26:52.890
 We do have a right to throw the popcorn.

656
00:26:53.310 --> 00:26:54.850
 We didn't just sit on the sidelines.

657
00:26:56.310 --> 00:26:57.410
 We didn't sit on the sidelines.

658
00:26:57.490 --> 00:26:59.170
 Many people supported you.

659
00:26:59.650 --> 00:27:00.350
 Many people were behind.

660
00:27:00.370 --> 00:27:01.290
 Hell, I was actually behind

661
00:27:01.290 --> 00:27:02.110
 because of his experience.

662
00:27:02.250 --> 00:27:04.370
 I'm like, well, the guy actually has real-world experience,

663
00:27:04.710 --> 00:27:05.650
 knows what he's talking about.

664
00:27:05.870 --> 00:27:10.070
 And then you get in there and what happened?

665
00:27:11.250 --> 00:27:11.810
 What happened?

666
00:27:12.270 --> 00:27:13.510
 Epstein killed himself.

667
00:27:14.910 --> 00:27:15.910
 I'm telling you.

668
00:27:16.730 --> 00:27:17.810
 I saw the videos.

669
00:27:17.890 --> 00:27:18.430
 Epstein killed.

670
00:27:19.630 --> 00:27:20.510
 There's nothing there.

671
00:27:20.550 --> 00:27:21.370
 There's nothing there in the files.

672
00:27:21.470 --> 00:27:21.770
 There's nothing.

673
00:27:22.410 --> 00:27:23.690
 No, the files were so corrupt.

674
00:27:23.830 --> 00:27:24.450
 There's nothing there.

675
00:27:24.690 --> 00:27:25.050
 Really, Dan?

676
00:27:26.310 --> 00:27:27.430
 That wasn't the story you were telling

677
00:27:27.430 --> 00:27:29.090
 all these fucking years behind the mic.

678
00:27:31.150 --> 00:27:32.470
 And the other thing Dan does,

679
00:27:32.690 --> 00:27:34.050
 please listen to those two episodes.

680
00:27:34.070 --> 00:27:34.430
 Why?

681
00:27:34.510 --> 00:27:36.530
 Because you'll see that I'm not the one

682
00:27:36.530 --> 00:27:37.670
 just talking shit here.

683
00:27:38.390 --> 00:27:39.930
 Listen to his first two episodes,

684
00:27:40.150 --> 00:27:40.930
 his return episodes.

685
00:27:41.850 --> 00:27:45.870
 He goes on to also further validate himself

686
00:27:45.870 --> 00:27:48.510
 by constantly stopping to turn and look

687
00:27:48.510 --> 00:27:49.810
 at how many people are in the chat.

688
00:27:50.190 --> 00:27:52.730
 He believes because there's 128,000 people in the chat,

689
00:27:52.910 --> 00:27:54.190
 200-something thousand people in the chat,

690
00:27:54.650 --> 00:27:56.350
 that that validates him,

691
00:27:57.150 --> 00:27:58.530
 how important he is.

692
00:27:58.950 --> 00:28:01.250
 He even goes on in the second episode

693
00:28:01.250 --> 00:28:04.790
 to brag about being the number one podcast.

694
00:28:04.990 --> 00:28:06.170
 Oh, number one live stream.

695
00:28:08.130 --> 00:28:12.010
 Dan, your episodes get a few million listens.

696
00:28:12.010 --> 00:28:13.950
 Look, you've always gotten listens.

697
00:28:15.430 --> 00:28:18.030
 While you're trying to validate yourself

698
00:28:18.030 --> 00:28:20.750
 to everybody as being something of importance,

699
00:28:21.330 --> 00:28:23.690
 look, your vanity,

700
00:28:24.430 --> 00:28:25.870
 you just can't hide it.

701
00:28:25.970 --> 00:28:26.950
 You're not hiding it.

702
00:28:27.230 --> 00:28:30.370
 Look, there's 330 million people in America

703
00:28:32.570 --> 00:28:35.750
 and maybe 1% listen to you.

704
00:28:36.970 --> 00:28:38.370
 I mean, that's still a lot of people, man.

705
00:28:38.810 --> 00:28:40.670
 That's more listeners than I got, I'll admit.

706
00:28:41.850 --> 00:28:45.910
 But it's still a small percentage of the population,

707
00:28:47.010 --> 00:28:48.050
 small percentage of the world.

708
00:28:48.370 --> 00:28:50.390
 Actually, if you're getting two million listeners

709
00:28:50.390 --> 00:28:54.250
 an episode, I mean, compared to the rest of the world,

710
00:28:54.350 --> 00:28:55.670
 Dan, I hate to say it,

711
00:28:55.670 --> 00:28:57.110
 you're still dropping the fucking bucket there, buddy.

712
00:28:57.650 --> 00:28:59.010
 There's stone in the pond, you know what I'm saying?

713
00:28:59.770 --> 00:29:01.090
 Just like anyone else.

714
00:29:01.410 --> 00:29:03.450
 Fuck, I'm an even smaller stone in the pond.

715
00:29:03.730 --> 00:29:05.230
 I don't even know if I create too many ripples,

716
00:29:05.570 --> 00:29:08.170
 but for those who do listen to me, I appreciate it.

717
00:29:09.190 --> 00:29:14.350
 Truth tellers don't really seem to get as much exposure,

718
00:29:14.410 --> 00:29:18.710
 but regardless, point being, Dan, you're full of shit

719
00:29:18.710 --> 00:29:20.450
 and we have a right to call you off

720
00:29:20.450 --> 00:29:23.190
 for the shit you didn't do, apparently.

721
00:29:23.890 --> 00:29:24.630
 You're deflecting.

722
00:29:24.710 --> 00:29:26.350
 You're trying to turn it against everyone else

723
00:29:26.930 --> 00:29:28.970
 for the things you couldn't come through with,

724
00:29:29.190 --> 00:29:30.330
 the things that you couldn't explain.

725
00:29:30.590 --> 00:29:32.350
 Oh, and by the way, I got another clip here

726
00:29:32.350 --> 00:29:34.530
 where he does state, you know,

727
00:29:34.550 --> 00:29:35.730
 well, some things couldn't be done

728
00:29:35.730 --> 00:29:37.650
 because they will be done,

729
00:29:37.650 --> 00:29:39.150
 but, you know, some things they just can't.

730
00:29:40.190 --> 00:29:41.650
 Really? Really?

731
00:29:42.310 --> 00:29:43.490
 And here's another clip of a saying

732
00:29:45.730 --> 00:29:47.270
 that you don't know shit.

733
00:29:48.010 --> 00:29:49.930
 Shut up. You don't know shit.

734
00:29:50.090 --> 00:29:51.030
 All right. All right, Dan.

735
00:29:51.570 --> 00:29:54.410
 So let me pull this other clip up of Dan continuing

736
00:29:54.410 --> 00:29:58.130
 to berate the audience he has or had

737
00:29:58.790 --> 00:30:00.610
 to call out people and call them black pillars.

738
00:30:00.730 --> 00:30:01.470
 Black pillars, right?

739
00:30:02.090 --> 00:30:03.090
 You're just all doom and gloom.

740
00:30:03.470 --> 00:30:05.330
 So I wasn't really, you know,

741
00:30:05.330 --> 00:30:06.490
 I don't keep up on this shit.

742
00:30:06.490 --> 00:30:07.570
 I have social media accounts,

743
00:30:07.690 --> 00:30:09.030
 but I really don't work them.

744
00:30:09.250 --> 00:30:10.410
 You know, I've got, you know,

745
00:30:10.470 --> 00:30:12.710
 what, eight or 9,000 followers on Instagram.

746
00:30:13.610 --> 00:30:15.770
 My ex account went from 10,000 followers

747
00:30:15.770 --> 00:30:17.550
 down to like, what, 15 or 16 hundred.

748
00:30:17.730 --> 00:30:18.870
 Look, here's the reason.

749
00:30:19.210 --> 00:30:21.310
 I don't, I got real shit to do.

750
00:30:21.370 --> 00:30:23.330
 I don't sit there 24 seven just texting

751
00:30:23.330 --> 00:30:26.270
 and responding to people posting.

752
00:30:26.730 --> 00:30:27.750
 That's not what I do.

753
00:30:28.030 --> 00:30:31.190
 I use social media to get my stuff out.

754
00:30:31.370 --> 00:30:33.930
 If you find it on social media, cool.

755
00:30:34.910 --> 00:30:35.790
 Thank you.

756
00:30:35.790 --> 00:30:37.790
 Share it, support me, all that.

757
00:30:38.450 --> 00:30:41.670
 But most I use social media to get a pulse

758
00:30:41.670 --> 00:30:43.430
 of the nation, right?

759
00:30:43.510 --> 00:30:45.110
 Or of what's going on in the world,

760
00:30:45.130 --> 00:30:47.630
 because there will be news, you know,

761
00:30:47.830 --> 00:30:48.870
 on social media leaked.

762
00:30:49.450 --> 00:30:50.690
 I do follow some accounts that that's

763
00:30:50.690 --> 00:30:51.610
 specifically what they do.

764
00:30:52.230 --> 00:30:54.610
 And if I have other services

765
00:30:54.610 --> 00:30:56.090
 that I actually subscribe to

766
00:30:56.090 --> 00:30:58.070
 that are much more valid,

767
00:30:58.070 --> 00:30:58.830
 to be quite honest,

768
00:30:59.250 --> 00:31:02.470
 but I'll look at these fees

769
00:31:02.470 --> 00:31:03.890
 that I get from these other news aggregators

770
00:31:03.890 --> 00:31:04.630
 that I pay for.

771
00:31:04.630 --> 00:31:06.130
 And then when I see these headlines,

772
00:31:06.170 --> 00:31:07.410
 then I'll go to social media and go,

773
00:31:07.450 --> 00:31:09.450
 okay, well, let's see what people feel.

774
00:31:09.510 --> 00:31:10.170
 How are they taught?

775
00:31:10.270 --> 00:31:11.730
 You know, how do they see the situation?

776
00:31:11.770 --> 00:31:12.150
 How are they talking?

777
00:31:12.190 --> 00:31:13.450
 There's a couple of accounts

778
00:31:13.930 --> 00:31:15.390
 that are very critical,

779
00:31:16.630 --> 00:31:18.230
 critical, credible.

780
00:31:18.310 --> 00:31:19.870
 Sorry, guys, morning, man.

781
00:31:20.010 --> 00:31:20.890
 Words are flubbing here.

782
00:31:20.990 --> 00:31:22.650
 Sorry, that are very credible

783
00:31:22.650 --> 00:31:24.250
 that I will go ahead and look at

784
00:31:24.250 --> 00:31:26.270
 and compare whatever it is that I've seen

785
00:31:26.270 --> 00:31:27.730
 to whatever they're saying,

786
00:31:28.810 --> 00:31:29.530
 getting their assessment.

787
00:31:30.350 --> 00:31:33.310
 So social media for what I'm doing

788
00:31:33.310 --> 00:31:35.030
 has some validity to it,

789
00:31:35.030 --> 00:31:36.010
 but I'm not sitting there working

790
00:31:36.010 --> 00:31:37.290
 and hoping I get a million followers.

791
00:31:37.310 --> 00:31:38.510
 It's just not what I do.

792
00:31:39.330 --> 00:31:41.830
 Dan, however, Dan Mongeo lives on X.

793
00:31:42.050 --> 00:31:44.030
 I swear to God that he'll even admit it.

794
00:31:44.030 --> 00:31:45.210
 He spends a lot of time on X.

795
00:31:46.470 --> 00:31:48.170
 So it's starting to get to the point

796
00:31:48.750 --> 00:31:50.410
 that we got to call Dan out for

797
00:31:51.470 --> 00:31:52.730
 what are you about, man?

798
00:31:53.230 --> 00:31:54.410
 Are you about America

799
00:31:54.410 --> 00:31:58.670
 or are you about fulfilling your need,

800
00:31:58.970 --> 00:32:01.030
 your vain need for fame

801
00:32:01.030 --> 00:32:02.390
 and acceptance?

802
00:32:03.390 --> 00:32:05.170
 Are you missing them pats on the back there?

803
00:32:05.570 --> 00:32:06.390
 What are you really doing?

804
00:32:07.190 --> 00:32:08.830
 If everyone's show is irrelevant,

805
00:32:09.190 --> 00:32:09.950
 if I'm irrelevant,

806
00:32:10.050 --> 00:32:11.490
 if everybody that I know is relevant,

807
00:32:11.670 --> 00:32:13.370
 if everybody out there is irrelevant

808
00:32:13.370 --> 00:32:14.950
 because they don't have the inside info,

809
00:32:15.210 --> 00:32:16.890
 they don't get the president's daily brief,

810
00:32:17.130 --> 00:32:18.030
 they don't know what's going on,

811
00:32:18.750 --> 00:32:20.670
 then again, what's the point of your show, Dan?

812
00:32:20.950 --> 00:32:24.190
 What is it that makes you so fucking important

813
00:32:24.190 --> 00:32:25.870
 because you don't have the info either?

814
00:32:26.270 --> 00:32:28.630
 You are now a mouthpiece once again,

815
00:32:28.690 --> 00:32:29.950
 another opinion guy.

816
00:32:31.290 --> 00:32:32.250
 So with that being said,

817
00:32:32.310 --> 00:32:34.630
 listen to this clip where he further berates

818
00:32:35.710 --> 00:32:38.190
 his current, maybe former audience.

819
00:32:38.270 --> 00:32:38.930
 I don't know what,

820
00:32:39.030 --> 00:32:41.310
 I can't tell where this guy is going anymore,

821
00:32:43.130 --> 00:32:44.410
 but here's another video.

822
00:32:44.530 --> 00:32:45.430
 Here's another clip.

823
00:32:46.410 --> 00:32:47.950
 You're not going to hear this from the Doomers.

824
00:32:48.790 --> 00:32:49.630
 Everything sucks.

825
00:32:50.050 --> 00:32:52.670
 All they do is tell you what didn't happen.

826
00:32:52.890 --> 00:32:53.990
 I'll tell you what didn't happen.

827
00:32:54.130 --> 00:32:55.250
 You didn't do shit.

828
00:32:55.410 --> 00:32:56.730
 That's what didn't happen.

829
00:32:57.190 --> 00:32:57.850
 I'm going to pause there

830
00:32:58.870 --> 00:33:00.910
 because the other person who didn't do shit

831
00:33:00.910 --> 00:33:02.310
 was you, Dan.

832
00:33:02.690 --> 00:33:03.490
 You didn't do shit.

833
00:33:04.830 --> 00:33:05.730
 You can say you did.

834
00:33:05.910 --> 00:33:07.050
 You can give us all the stats.

835
00:33:07.450 --> 00:33:08.430
 Everything that happened in the FBI,

836
00:33:08.550 --> 00:33:09.730
 well, you were there,

837
00:33:10.170 --> 00:33:12.050
 but that doesn't mean that you,

838
00:33:12.730 --> 00:33:14.130
 that you were the one

839
00:33:14.930 --> 00:33:16.910
 who was primarily responsible

840
00:33:16.910 --> 00:33:19.370
 or whatever you did attributed to those things.

841
00:33:21.110 --> 00:33:23.330
 Regardless, you didn't do shit

842
00:33:23.330 --> 00:33:24.330
 based on the promises

843
00:33:24.330 --> 00:33:25.770
 and the shit talking that you spoke

844
00:33:25.770 --> 00:33:27.610
 before you were given that opportunity.

845
00:33:28.210 --> 00:33:29.690
 And so the American people do have a right

846
00:33:29.690 --> 00:33:30.670
 to call your ass out

847
00:33:30.670 --> 00:33:32.610
 because you were a public servant.

848
00:33:33.850 --> 00:33:36.990
 Our tax dollars went to your fucking salary.

849
00:33:37.690 --> 00:33:41.120
 So yeah, I have a right to have an opinion

850
00:33:42.570 --> 00:33:43.530
 regardless of whether or not

851
00:33:43.530 --> 00:33:44.990
 you think we did shit or not.

852
00:33:45.590 --> 00:33:47.610
 You listening, thank you very much,

853
00:33:47.990 --> 00:33:48.790
 have a right to an opinion

854
00:33:48.790 --> 00:33:51.050
 based on his actions and what he did.

855
00:33:51.510 --> 00:33:52.850
 But anyway, let's continue this video.

856
00:33:53.710 --> 00:33:55.210
 You sat on your fat ass

857
00:33:55.210 --> 00:33:57.010
 complaining all the time on Twitter

858
00:33:57.010 --> 00:33:59.450
 watching tentacle porn in your room.

859
00:33:59.450 --> 00:34:01.230
 I don't even know what tentacle porn is.

860
00:34:01.770 --> 00:34:03.110
 What the fuck is Dan talking about?

861
00:34:05.290 --> 00:34:05.590
 What?

862
00:34:06.070 --> 00:34:07.230
 Also, Dan, I'm not fat.

863
00:34:07.470 --> 00:34:08.690
 If you're referring to people like me

864
00:34:08.690 --> 00:34:09.949
 who have podcasts, I'm not fat.

865
00:34:10.290 --> 00:34:11.670
 I'm not sitting here eating Twinkies

866
00:34:11.670 --> 00:34:12.969
 and Ho-Hos and watching tentacle porn.

867
00:34:13.550 --> 00:34:14.370
 I'm doing research

868
00:34:14.370 --> 00:34:16.250
 and calling bullshit out,

869
00:34:17.449 --> 00:34:18.949
 like the bullshit you're talking right now.

870
00:34:19.770 --> 00:34:22.889
 Loser, eating Twinkies and ding-dongs.

871
00:34:22.929 --> 00:34:24.250
 You didn't do shit.

872
00:34:25.050 --> 00:34:26.670
 I didn't see you volunteering

873
00:34:27.690 --> 00:34:29.730
 while he was racking up these W's.

874
00:34:30.610 --> 00:34:31.850
 Well, this didn't happen.

875
00:34:32.290 --> 00:34:33.489
 Well, a lot of things didn't happen

876
00:34:33.489 --> 00:34:34.429
 that are going to happen.

877
00:34:34.690 --> 00:34:35.929
 And some things don't happen,

878
00:34:35.949 --> 00:34:37.710
 don't happen because they can happen.

879
00:34:41.610 --> 00:34:44.150
 Some things didn't happen

880
00:34:44.150 --> 00:34:45.150
 that are going to happen,

881
00:34:45.170 --> 00:34:47.290
 but don't happen because they can't happen

882
00:34:47.290 --> 00:34:47.830
 or won't happen,

883
00:34:47.909 --> 00:34:48.889
 will happen someday,

884
00:34:49.170 --> 00:34:50.170
 possibly maybe happen,

885
00:34:50.190 --> 00:34:51.110
 but not really happen,

886
00:34:51.130 --> 00:34:51.969
 but could happen.

887
00:34:53.550 --> 00:34:54.909
 What the fuck?

888
00:35:01.030 --> 00:35:02.890
 Dan, you can't dig yourself

889
00:35:02.890 --> 00:35:03.910
 out of the hole that you made.

890
00:35:04.070 --> 00:35:04.910
 And look, everybody,

891
00:35:06.090 --> 00:35:07.670
 if you're a Dan Bongino fan,

892
00:35:08.910 --> 00:35:10.690
 I'm not telling you not to listen to him.

893
00:35:10.870 --> 00:35:12.350
 By all means, continue to support Dan

894
00:35:12.350 --> 00:35:13.690
 if that's what you want to do.

895
00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:19.090
 But the overcorrection here on Dan

896
00:35:20.010 --> 00:35:23.950
 to defend himself from his critics

897
00:35:25.830 --> 00:35:28.290
 after his failed service in the FBI,

898
00:35:28.290 --> 00:35:29.890
 sorry, but it was.

899
00:35:30.270 --> 00:35:32.450
 I mean, look, okay, I'll give you credit.

900
00:35:33.030 --> 00:35:34.770
 Sure, you did some good things,

901
00:35:34.950 --> 00:35:35.750
 or the FBI did.

902
00:35:35.750 --> 00:35:36.790
 I don't know if you did specifically,

903
00:35:36.850 --> 00:35:37.810
 but you did some good things.

904
00:35:38.750 --> 00:35:40.710
 But you also whined a lot while you were there.

905
00:35:42.050 --> 00:35:42.950
 You whined about how

906
00:35:43.750 --> 00:35:45.610
 all you do is stare at these four walls.

907
00:35:45.690 --> 00:35:46.510
 You whined about how

908
00:35:47.170 --> 00:35:48.170
 it's hard on your wife,

909
00:35:48.190 --> 00:35:49.190
 it's hard on your family.

910
00:35:49.610 --> 00:35:51.010
 And then you say you volunteered.

911
00:35:51.030 --> 00:35:52.070
 You didn't volunteer, dude.

912
00:35:52.070 --> 00:35:53.130
 You're getting paid to be there.

913
00:35:53.190 --> 00:35:54.170
 Shut the fuck up.

914
00:35:54.490 --> 00:35:56.670
 You didn't volunteer to be in the FBI.

915
00:35:57.810 --> 00:35:59.890
 You said yes to Trump, and that's it.

916
00:35:59.970 --> 00:36:02.710
 Because you were a famous, well-known,

917
00:36:03.890 --> 00:36:04.690
 blowhardy mouthpiece.

918
00:36:05.110 --> 00:36:07.390
 And listen, Dan, I'm gonna say one more thing to you.

919
00:36:07.730 --> 00:36:09.950
 This tough guy schtick, it's tired.

920
00:36:10.350 --> 00:36:10.990
 It's over.

921
00:36:12.050 --> 00:36:12.530
 It's over.

922
00:36:13.330 --> 00:36:14.470
 You talk big behind a mic.

923
00:36:15.070 --> 00:36:15.730
 Yeah, I get it.

924
00:36:15.730 --> 00:36:17.150
 You were a trained boxer, jujitsu, whatever.

925
00:36:17.190 --> 00:36:17.610
 You know what?

926
00:36:17.730 --> 00:36:19.190
 Everybody knows jujitsu these days.

927
00:36:19.510 --> 00:36:20.790
 I mean, just shut the fuck up, dude.

928
00:36:20.810 --> 00:36:22.570
 The whole machismo fucking whatever thing

929
00:36:22.570 --> 00:36:23.630
 you got going on.

930
00:36:23.950 --> 00:36:26.150
 You know, I'm a badass.

931
00:36:26.150 --> 00:36:28.310
 And the humble brag bullshit.

932
00:36:28.770 --> 00:36:30.310
 It's like, oh, I do it for you guys.

933
00:36:30.410 --> 00:36:30.890
 I do it for you.

934
00:36:30.930 --> 00:36:31.750
 It isn't about me.

935
00:36:31.750 --> 00:36:32.270
 I do it for you.

936
00:36:32.270 --> 00:36:33.850
 The reason I'm here is because, you know,

937
00:36:33.850 --> 00:36:35.370
 I have to do this for you.

938
00:36:35.770 --> 00:36:36.730
 But please watch me.

939
00:36:36.950 --> 00:36:38.450
 Oh, look, 300,000 in the chat.

940
00:36:38.810 --> 00:36:39.270
 We're relevant.

941
00:36:39.330 --> 00:36:39.930
 Number one pocket.

942
00:36:41.450 --> 00:36:42.130
 It's tiring.

943
00:36:42.470 --> 00:36:42.930
 It's tiring.

944
00:36:43.930 --> 00:36:45.090
 So the point of all this, everybody,

945
00:36:45.090 --> 00:36:46.110
 and I'm sorry because, again,

946
00:36:46.110 --> 00:36:49.490
 I don't normally do this, is look,

947
00:36:50.550 --> 00:36:53.870
 there's definitely a rift in the conservative party

948
00:36:53.870 --> 00:36:55.750
 as much as everyone's saying there isn't.

949
00:36:55.750 --> 00:36:58.170
 There is the MAGA versus the conservatives.

950
00:36:58.390 --> 00:37:00.130
 And then from there, it's splinters.

951
00:37:00.250 --> 00:37:01.590
 And then, of course, you got the Democrats.

952
00:37:01.770 --> 00:37:03.330
 You got the libertarians.

953
00:37:03.370 --> 00:37:05.150
 And then the Democrats have their own factions

954
00:37:05.150 --> 00:37:06.030
 and sub-factions.

955
00:37:07.250 --> 00:37:09.090
 Like, the point of all this I'm trying to make is

956
00:37:09.710 --> 00:37:12.950
 I think I speak for most Americans by saying,

957
00:37:13.230 --> 00:37:14.890
 look, we're tired of this bullshit.

958
00:37:14.950 --> 00:37:17.150
 Can we just get back to looking out for America

959
00:37:17.150 --> 00:37:18.830
 instead of your team?

960
00:37:19.330 --> 00:37:21.350
 Like, trying to gain points for your fucking team?

961
00:37:21.690 --> 00:37:22.170
 Like, seriously?

962
00:37:22.830 --> 00:37:25.250
 Can we just look out for what's right for America?

963
00:37:25.750 --> 00:37:30.170
 Can we please discuss these things again?

964
00:37:30.230 --> 00:37:31.570
 And yes, have a right to an opinion

965
00:37:31.570 --> 00:37:34.110
 because that's what sparks the discussion.

966
00:37:34.330 --> 00:37:35.790
 That's what leads to discourse,

967
00:37:36.250 --> 00:37:41.050
 which gets people thinking that leads to proper decisions

968
00:37:41.050 --> 00:37:43.750
 made for the betterment of this country

969
00:37:43.750 --> 00:37:48.110
 or for the people that live within this fucking country.

970
00:37:50.560 --> 00:37:51.820
 So do yourself a favor.

971
00:37:52.580 --> 00:37:54.400
 Take these talking heads with a grain of salt.

972
00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:56.580
 Please, please, please don't believe

973
00:37:56.580 --> 00:37:58.020
 everything they say.

974
00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.260
 That includes me.

975
00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.580
 Look, I do my best to tell the truth.

976
00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:02.740
 I do my best to contrast and compare.

977
00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.180
 I look at valid sources.

978
00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:07.900
 But hey, I don't get it right all the time either.

979
00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:10.460
 This is a fast-moving world.

980
00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.760
 Time flies quickly.

981
00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:15.800
 Things develop so fast when it comes to current events,

982
00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:18.080
 world events, especially when it comes to conflict zones

983
00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:21.680
 that I could be right today, wrong tomorrow.

984
00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:24.580
 But the one thing you're going to hear from me

985
00:38:24.580 --> 00:38:27.480
 is not necessarily pushing a narrative for my team.

986
00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:31.980
 I stopped playing the team sports a long time ago.

987
00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:33.980
 I really did.

988
00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.780
 I'm done.

989
00:38:36.080 --> 00:38:38.800
 You know, I think I am truly just looking out for America.

990
00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:42.120
 I call both sides out, as you know, as a listen.

991
00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.460
 Look, if you listen to the show

992
00:38:44.040 --> 00:38:45.460
 and you've been with me from the beginning,

993
00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.700
 you've seen the progression.

994
00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:49.300
 You've seen me call out Democrats plenty

995
00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:50.760
 because I got to be honest, man.

996
00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.840
 That is one side that I can't come all the way over.

997
00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.860
 I just can't.

998
00:38:57.060 --> 00:38:57.900
 But the Democrats,

999
00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.960
 I'm going to say the old school Democrats

1000
00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:00.240
 made some valid points.

1001
00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:03.360
 And we should consider some of the things they say

1002
00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:06.480
 and compare them to what may be conservatives,

1003
00:39:06.520 --> 00:39:08.060
 if you're a conservative that you believe in

1004
00:39:08.060 --> 00:39:10.480
 and say, okay, I can see where we got to live

1005
00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.880
 in the gray on this issue, right?

1006
00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.480
 It makes sense for both people.

1007
00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:15.340
 We can't go hard either way.

1008
00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:18.940
 But I'm not ever going to go all the way to the left.

1009
00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.520
 That's just not me.

1010
00:39:19.580 --> 00:39:19.820
 I'm sorry.

1011
00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:21.760
 I do lean more conservative, but I got to tell you.

1012
00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:24.840
 I at least still question even conservatives.

1013
00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:27.680
 I question Donald Trump.

1014
00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:29.880
 I don't have a problem doing that

1015
00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:32.680
 because in the end, I'm an American

1016
00:39:32.680 --> 00:39:34.440
 and I'm looking out for America.

1017
00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:36.420
 And I have a right to an opinion

1018
00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:38.320
 when I hear blowhard,

1019
00:39:40.060 --> 00:39:44.430
 vain, fame-chasing assholes

1020
00:39:44.430 --> 00:39:46.430
 like Dan Bongino call people out

1021
00:39:47.390 --> 00:39:50.790
 because they're disappointed in the car they bought.

1022
00:39:51.170 --> 00:39:52.070
 So here's the analogy.

1023
00:39:53.170 --> 00:39:56.130
 I can be sold on the fact that this beautiful,

1024
00:39:56.510 --> 00:39:58.050
 shiny, well-designed car

1025
00:39:58.590 --> 00:40:00.290
 that by all means in the commercials,

1026
00:40:00.330 --> 00:40:03.570
 all the specs, great design, body looks good.

1027
00:40:03.630 --> 00:40:05.210
 Chassis seems heavy duty.

1028
00:40:05.710 --> 00:40:06.770
 It's sport tuned.

1029
00:40:07.150 --> 00:40:10.970
 It's got 6,000 horsepower, zero to 60 in 0.5 seconds.

1030
00:40:11.070 --> 00:40:11.730
 The whole deal.

1031
00:40:12.050 --> 00:40:13.470
 Supposedly a dream on the road.

1032
00:40:13.950 --> 00:40:14.930
 I invest in this car.

1033
00:40:15.030 --> 00:40:15.790
 I buy it.

1034
00:40:16.790 --> 00:40:18.690
 And when I buy this car, I get it out on the road.

1035
00:40:18.730 --> 00:40:19.470
 I'm excited.

1036
00:40:19.510 --> 00:40:21.230
 I take this thing out and I'm like,

1037
00:40:21.230 --> 00:40:22.170
 all right, I got some moped road.

1038
00:40:22.190 --> 00:40:22.990
 I'm going to punch this thing.

1039
00:40:22.990 --> 00:40:25.270
 And it's a fucking goose egg.

1040
00:40:25.610 --> 00:40:26.790
 It doesn't get up and go.

1041
00:40:27.170 --> 00:40:27.990
 It bogs down.

1042
00:40:28.210 --> 00:40:28.670
 It drags.

1043
00:40:28.830 --> 00:40:30.230
 It's zero to 60 and never.

1044
00:40:30.910 --> 00:40:31.650
 And I'm like, what the hell?

1045
00:40:31.870 --> 00:40:32.550
 What is this?

1046
00:40:32.550 --> 00:40:33.550
 What is a shiny piece?

1047
00:40:33.670 --> 00:40:34.310
 What is this?

1048
00:40:34.570 --> 00:40:36.830
 My opinion is it is worthless.

1049
00:40:37.350 --> 00:40:38.530
 It is a piece of shit.

1050
00:40:39.150 --> 00:40:40.270
 I wasted my money.

1051
00:40:40.570 --> 00:40:42.450
 I didn't get what I paid for.

1052
00:40:43.690 --> 00:40:45.710
 And so the argument that Dan is making,

1053
00:40:46.130 --> 00:40:47.310
 well, you don't have a right to have an opinion

1054
00:40:47.310 --> 00:40:48.350
 on the car you bought.

1055
00:40:48.850 --> 00:40:50.490
 You don't have a right to criticize

1056
00:40:50.490 --> 00:40:52.810
 the design of the car, how it handles,

1057
00:40:53.230 --> 00:40:56.490
 how it rides, how powerful it may or may not be.

1058
00:40:56.610 --> 00:40:58.810
 Because you weren't behind the scenes

1059
00:40:58.810 --> 00:41:01.110
 drafting up the design for the car.

1060
00:41:01.470 --> 00:41:03.710
 You weren't in there in the engineering room

1061
00:41:03.710 --> 00:41:05.930
 doing the calculations on this car.

1062
00:41:06.510 --> 00:41:09.750
 You did not choose which available paint colors

1063
00:41:09.750 --> 00:41:10.990
 would be made to the public.

1064
00:41:11.490 --> 00:41:13.430
 You don't have an opinion on the car,

1065
00:41:13.570 --> 00:41:14.670
 even though you bought it,

1066
00:41:14.750 --> 00:41:15.950
 even though you drive it,

1067
00:41:16.090 --> 00:41:17.510
 even though you invested in it,

1068
00:41:18.410 --> 00:41:19.550
 because you bought it,

1069
00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:21.170
 doesn't give you a right to criticize it.

1070
00:41:23.030 --> 00:41:23.730
 That's the analogy.

1071
00:41:24.630 --> 00:41:25.990
 That is the point I'm making.

1072
00:41:27.030 --> 00:41:27.830
 And so, sorry, Dan,

1073
00:41:28.010 --> 00:41:29.970
 we have a right to criticize your dumb ass.

1074
00:41:30.170 --> 00:41:30.910
 We really do.

1075
00:41:32.150 --> 00:41:35.030
 Okay, excuse me.

1076
00:41:35.170 --> 00:41:35.850
 A little cough break.

1077
00:41:37.350 --> 00:41:38.130
 Sorry about that, guys.

1078
00:41:39.110 --> 00:41:40.990
 Actually, let me get a sip of coffee here.

1079
00:41:45.970 --> 00:41:46.950
 I know that was long-winded.

1080
00:41:47.150 --> 00:41:48.170
 I didn't intend for that

1081
00:41:48.170 --> 00:41:49.030
 to go as long as it did, guys.

1082
00:41:49.050 --> 00:41:50.030
 I really didn't.

1083
00:41:50.150 --> 00:41:50.550
 I really didn't.

1084
00:41:50.550 --> 00:41:51.470
 But it had to be said.

1085
00:41:51.550 --> 00:41:52.310
 It's been bothering me.

1086
00:41:52.310 --> 00:41:53.030
 It's been bothering me.

1087
00:41:53.030 --> 00:41:54.610
 I'm getting really tired of this crap.

1088
00:41:56.290 --> 00:41:56.550
 All right.

1089
00:41:56.550 --> 00:41:58.450
 Now let's get to some actual geopolitics.

1090
00:41:58.830 --> 00:41:59.690
 Let's talk about Iran.

1091
00:42:00.190 --> 00:42:00.390
 Let's go.

1092
00:42:00.470 --> 00:42:01.030
 What's going on?

1093
00:42:01.470 --> 00:42:03.110
 What's going on with Iran?

1094
00:42:03.590 --> 00:42:04.010
 Iran?

1095
00:42:06.430 --> 00:42:07.910
 I mispronounce sometimes.

1096
00:42:08.370 --> 00:42:09.210
 Okay, so Iran.

1097
00:42:10.710 --> 00:42:11.180
 Here's the deal.

1098
00:42:12.850 --> 00:42:13.850
 Tensions are rising.

1099
00:42:14.670 --> 00:42:15.570
 Trump has made the promise

1100
00:42:15.570 --> 00:42:17.750
 that he would help the Iranian people

1101
00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:22.260
 who are being abused,

1102
00:42:22.520 --> 00:42:23.760
 being killed to protest,

1103
00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:25.840
 who are rising up against the regime.

1104
00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:30.020
 And thus far, Trump has not done anything to step in.

1105
00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:31.360
 It's kind of been on the sidelines here.

1106
00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:33.720
 So I don't know if Trump is over-promising

1107
00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:35.600
 or he's hoping that his promises

1108
00:42:35.600 --> 00:42:37.900
 are a display of force and enough

1109
00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:41.620
 to cause the Islamic regime of Iran

1110
00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:44.400
 to cool their jets, to back off.

1111
00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:50.500
 But Trump has finally heated the call

1112
00:42:51.040 --> 00:42:51.940
 in a show of force

1113
00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:54.380
 by sending the USS Abraham Lincoln

1114
00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:57.300
 out to the region.

1115
00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:03.300
 Now the Abraham Lincoln is a Nimitz-class vessel.

1116
00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:08.920
 It is one of the largest aircraft carriers in the world.

1117
00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:13.400
 This thing is definitely a show of force.

1118
00:43:14.720 --> 00:43:16.320
 The Abraham Lincoln has been accompanied

1119
00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:19.020
 by a fleet of destroyer vessels as well.

1120
00:43:20.600 --> 00:43:22.480
 And here's what's important about the Abraham Lincoln.

1121
00:43:24.570 --> 00:43:27.690
 It has a crew of 5,000 people or more.

1122
00:43:28.670 --> 00:43:30.230
 About 3,000 or so of those

1123
00:43:30.970 --> 00:43:36.130
 are just the accompaniment to the actual ship,

1124
00:43:36.910 --> 00:43:38.030
 the people that run the ship.

1125
00:43:38.250 --> 00:43:40.530
 And then the other 2,000 or so,

1126
00:43:40.590 --> 00:43:44.490
 2,400 or so are related to

1127
00:43:47.130 --> 00:43:51.110
 the capabilities of the aircraft

1128
00:43:51.830 --> 00:43:53.810
 and the airmen and whatnot.

1129
00:43:55.570 --> 00:43:58.050
 So with a crew of about 5,000 people,

1130
00:43:58.490 --> 00:43:59.570
 I mean, this thing's huge.

1131
00:43:59.670 --> 00:44:00.790
 It's over 1,000 feet long.

1132
00:44:01.710 --> 00:44:02.090
 It's huge.

1133
00:44:02.510 --> 00:44:05.110
 It carries, it carries, literally carries

1134
00:44:07.180 --> 00:44:09.080
 between 70, depending on the size,

1135
00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:10.460
 70 to 90.

1136
00:44:11.060 --> 00:44:11.940
 I mean, think about this.

1137
00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:13.200
 This is a floating sea.

1138
00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:18.720
 90 aircraft poised to carry out death,

1139
00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:23.520
 destruction, or to carry out defensive maneuvers

1140
00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:26.420
 armed to the teeth.

1141
00:44:29.410 --> 00:44:31.310
 And then the Abraham Lincoln itself

1142
00:44:31.310 --> 00:44:35.510
 has a very stout defense capability

1143
00:44:35.510 --> 00:44:36.790
 for the ship itself.

1144
00:44:38.290 --> 00:44:40.470
 So aside from the 90 aircraft,

1145
00:44:42.580 --> 00:44:46.800
 which carries F-18s, I believe F-35Cs,

1146
00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:48.340
 I might have gotten that one wrong,

1147
00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:50.680
 but it does carry F-35s, helicopters.

1148
00:44:51.140 --> 00:44:52.320
 So a combination of fixed wing

1149
00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:53.880
 and helicopters and whatnot.

1150
00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:55.540
 Aside from all that,

1151
00:44:55.540 --> 00:44:57.420
 it still has its own defensive capabilities.

1152
00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:59.140
 Now, important to note that

1153
00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:02.220
 the Abraham Lincoln did travel

1154
00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:04.940
 into position in ghost mode.

1155
00:45:05.020 --> 00:45:06.500
 So basically, its transponders were off.

1156
00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:08.980
 So it was going into position,

1157
00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:13.800
 which appeared to be, by anybody else,

1158
00:45:14.140 --> 00:45:15.860
 could appear to be an aggressive stance,

1159
00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:18.680
 an aggressive way to get it into the area

1160
00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:21.280
 or to take up its position in the area.

1161
00:45:23.160 --> 00:45:24.280
 Now, with that being said,

1162
00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:26.160
 look, I'm going to show you a picture

1163
00:45:26.160 --> 00:45:29.160
 of this vessel, of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

1164
00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:31.160
 Look at this.

1165
00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:34.740
 This is a large vessel.

1166
00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:41.920
 This is not something that you just play with.

1167
00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:48.900
 Okay, if this thing is entering your region,

1168
00:45:49.020 --> 00:45:50.900
 your hemisphere, your oceans,

1169
00:45:52.520 --> 00:45:54.060
 it's very purposeful.

1170
00:45:54.060 --> 00:45:57.140
 This is not just a statement piece,

1171
00:45:58.560 --> 00:46:00.700
 but this is the launch pad

1172
00:46:01.640 --> 00:46:04.040
 for so much destruction, if need be.

1173
00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:08.480
 This here, again, is a statement piece.

1174
00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:09.640
 It really is.

1175
00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.980
 I have another picture here

1176
00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:13.260
 to show you some scale here.

1177
00:46:15.600 --> 00:46:16.500
 For scale.

1178
00:46:17.700 --> 00:46:18.600
 Let me see.

1179
00:46:18.660 --> 00:46:19.180
 There's my mouse.

1180
00:46:19.240 --> 00:46:20.620
 There's a couple of tugboats there, right?

1181
00:46:21.020 --> 00:46:22.420
 Look at how big this thing is.

1182
00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:25.160
 Look at how high it is up out of the water,

1183
00:46:25.180 --> 00:46:26.060
 how wide it is.

1184
00:46:26.080 --> 00:46:26.760
 Look at that.

1185
00:46:27.640 --> 00:46:31.400
 This is an extremely large war vessel.

1186
00:46:32.040 --> 00:46:33.000
 It really is.

1187
00:46:35.010 --> 00:46:37.430
 So if the Abraham Lincoln is in your backyard,

1188
00:46:39.130 --> 00:46:40.570
 it's there for a purpose.

1189
00:46:41.310 --> 00:46:43.040
 Now, what happened was,

1190
00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:49.440
 as this was heading to the Middle East,

1191
00:46:50.620 --> 00:46:52.280
 Iran obviously got warred.

1192
00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:53.080
 They know what's going on.

1193
00:46:54.240 --> 00:46:56.400
 So as the fleet was arriving,

1194
00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:58.080
 Iran announced, well, you know what?

1195
00:46:58.200 --> 00:47:01.140
 We're going to be doing live fire drills.

1196
00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:03.740
 Our Navy is going to be doing live fire drills,

1197
00:47:04.020 --> 00:47:04.820
 the Iranian Navy.

1198
00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:07.520
 Interesting, right?

1199
00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:09.140
 So it's like, look,

1200
00:47:09.140 --> 00:47:10.460
 we're going to retaliate

1201
00:47:10.460 --> 00:47:11.940
 and we're going to do live fire drills.

1202
00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:13.180
 We're just letting you know

1203
00:47:13.180 --> 00:47:14.100
 these are live fire drills,

1204
00:47:14.120 --> 00:47:15.980
 but just in case you get hit by something,

1205
00:47:16.200 --> 00:47:17.120
 we warned you.

1206
00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:18.420
 It's not intentional.

1207
00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:19.640
 We're just saying,

1208
00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:22.080
 if there's a stray bullet or rocket,

1209
00:47:22.080 --> 00:47:23.820
 if a drone happens to go your direction,

1210
00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.840
 we didn't mean it.

1211
00:47:25.140 --> 00:47:31.500
 And then the Iranian media tried to say,

1212
00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:33.000
 oh, look, the US is scared

1213
00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:34.900
 because they re-diverted

1214
00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:36.460
 and pulled back away.

1215
00:47:37.600 --> 00:47:38.760
 No, they didn't.

1216
00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:40.460
 They're not scared or pulled back.

1217
00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:43.100
 Iran literally said,

1218
00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:45.700
 we're going to conduct live fire drills.

1219
00:47:47.120 --> 00:47:48.460
 So what is the response?

1220
00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:51.080
 You warned the United States coming in

1221
00:47:51.080 --> 00:47:53.380
 that you're going to conduct a live fire drill.

1222
00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:56.220
 So what would they logically do?

1223
00:47:56.320 --> 00:47:58.020
 What would the US Navy logically do?

1224
00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:00.480
 Reposition themselves

1225
00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:02.020
 to stay out of harm's way

1226
00:48:02.020 --> 00:48:04.060
 while still being a strategic location

1227
00:48:04.060 --> 00:48:05.980
 to where they can respond

1228
00:48:07.340 --> 00:48:09.500
 and still inflict maximum damage

1229
00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:10.620
 if need be.

1230
00:48:11.120 --> 00:48:12.040
 That's what happened.

1231
00:48:14.620 --> 00:48:16.250
 So leading up to all of this,

1232
00:48:17.700 --> 00:48:18.770
 Iran is trying to play

1233
00:48:20.180 --> 00:48:21.860
 the victim card here.

1234
00:48:21.860 --> 00:48:23.360
 But the problem with that

1235
00:48:24.560 --> 00:48:26.940
 is Iran hasn't been doing themselves any favors

1236
00:48:27.700 --> 00:48:29.100
 before the actual arrival

1237
00:48:29.100 --> 00:48:29.940
 and before all this happened.

1238
00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:33.660
 Headlines here and real quick,

1239
00:48:33.660 --> 00:48:34.940
 shout out to Ground News.

1240
00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:36.460
 Just so you all know,

1241
00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:37.440
 I am an affiliate.

1242
00:48:39.140 --> 00:48:40.700
 And before I dive into this,

1243
00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:42.160
 I do use Ground News daily.

1244
00:48:42.540 --> 00:48:43.940
 Ground News is awesome.

1245
00:48:44.120 --> 00:48:47.900
 Ground News conducts reporting.

1246
00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:49.040
 Well, they don't really report.

1247
00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:50.800
 So Ground News is they're an aggregator.

1248
00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:51.920
 And what they'll do is

1249
00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:52.760
 they'll give you the stories

1250
00:48:52.760 --> 00:48:53.400
 and the headlines.

1251
00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:54.320
 But what they'll do

1252
00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:55.680
 is they'll let you know

1253
00:48:55.680 --> 00:48:57.260
 basically like the coverage

1254
00:48:57.260 --> 00:48:57.840
 of the story.

1255
00:48:57.880 --> 00:48:58.620
 So if you look over here,

1256
00:48:58.620 --> 00:48:59.520
 they'll give you the details,

1257
00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:00.820
 how many news sources,

1258
00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:03.460
 how many of them are left leaning,

1259
00:49:03.540 --> 00:49:04.020
 right leaning,

1260
00:49:04.080 --> 00:49:05.340
 how many are center leaning,

1261
00:49:06.040 --> 00:49:07.040
 when the last updates were.

1262
00:49:07.160 --> 00:49:07.680
 It's really, really cool.

1263
00:49:08.040 --> 00:49:09.360
 And then they'll go down here

1264
00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:11.020
 and give you the bias distribution again.

1265
00:49:11.060 --> 00:49:11.980
 So how much of the percentage

1266
00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:13.180
 is left, right, or center?

1267
00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:14.800
 They'll also give you

1268
00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:16.160
 the factuality score,

1269
00:49:16.160 --> 00:49:16.960
 which is really cool.

1270
00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:18.860
 So how much percentage of this

1271
00:49:18.860 --> 00:49:20.160
 is considered to be factual?

1272
00:49:20.160 --> 00:49:23.180
 Then there's the ownership here.

1273
00:49:23.240 --> 00:49:24.340
 And what that means is

1274
00:49:24.340 --> 00:49:25.560
 as you're looking at this here,

1275
00:49:26.780 --> 00:49:28.480
 that means that, you know,

1276
00:49:28.520 --> 00:49:29.660
 how much of this is, you know,

1277
00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:31.580
 big media versus independence, etc.

1278
00:49:32.080 --> 00:49:32.780
 Really, really cool.

1279
00:49:33.080 --> 00:49:33.960
 And then up here,

1280
00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:36.020
 as you go up here,

1281
00:49:36.020 --> 00:49:37.360
 you can see where there's,

1282
00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:38.140
 you know, for example,

1283
00:49:38.180 --> 00:49:39.180
 this headline in the story

1284
00:49:39.180 --> 00:49:40.040
 I'm about to read you.

1285
00:49:41.040 --> 00:49:43.880
 You can get the left leaning perspective.

1286
00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:45.920
 You can get the right leaning perspective

1287
00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:47.000
 and then you can just get

1288
00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:48.180
 the center perspective.

1289
00:49:48.700 --> 00:49:49.980
 And then they'll go down

1290
00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:51.380
 and show you like, look,

1291
00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:52.360
 you know, here's some podcast

1292
00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:53.220
 that mentioned the story

1293
00:49:53.220 --> 00:49:54.500
 that talked about it.

1294
00:49:54.700 --> 00:49:56.100
 Here's other sources

1295
00:49:56.100 --> 00:49:57.200
 of where they were able

1296
00:49:57.200 --> 00:49:58.680
 to get these reports and news.

1297
00:49:58.760 --> 00:49:59.740
 So here's other articles

1298
00:49:59.740 --> 00:50:00.520
 you can click on.

1299
00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.660
 So awesome.

1300
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1337
00:51:04.440 --> 00:51:06.380
 Thank you for listening to that.

1338
00:51:06.780 --> 00:51:08.160
 But let's move on to

1339
00:51:08.160 --> 00:51:09.980
 let's move on or back to Iran.

1340
00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:12.860
 So Iran, four days ago,

1341
00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:15.900
 okay, then this was about

1342
00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:16.900
 when the arrival

1343
00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:18.000
 of the Abraham Lincoln

1344
00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:21.480
 was coming into their hemisphere.

1345
00:51:23.120 --> 00:51:24.580
 Iran considers the EU armies

1346
00:51:24.580 --> 00:51:26.480
 as terrorist groups.

1347
00:51:28.740 --> 00:51:29.820
 So Iran is considering

1348
00:51:29.820 --> 00:51:31.400
 the EU armies as terrorist groups

1349
00:51:31.400 --> 00:51:32.360
 or considering the EU

1350
00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:33.420
 as a terrorist group.

1351
00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:35.820
 They also,

1352
00:51:36.680 --> 00:51:38.220
 they planned live fire drills.

1353
00:51:38.240 --> 00:51:39.120
 This is what I was talking about.

1354
00:51:39.540 --> 00:51:40.980
 They also went ahead

1355
00:51:40.980 --> 00:51:43.760
 and announced live fire drills

1356
00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:45.280
 in the Strait of Hormuz

1357
00:51:46.260 --> 00:51:47.900
 amid tensions with the U.S.

1358
00:51:47.900 --> 00:51:49.320
 I don't think I pronounced it right.

1359
00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:51.960
 Hormaz, Hormuz, Hormuz.

1360
00:51:52.240 --> 00:51:53.780
 I am horrible at Middle Eastern

1361
00:51:53.780 --> 00:51:54.940
 pronunciation, man.

1362
00:51:55.800 --> 00:51:56.720
 But you all get the point.

1363
00:51:57.960 --> 00:51:58.500
 So this headline,

1364
00:51:58.580 --> 00:51:59.400
 on Sunday,

1365
00:51:59.500 --> 00:52:00.540
 and this was six days ago,

1366
00:52:00.700 --> 00:52:01.160
 so on Sunday,

1367
00:52:01.300 --> 00:52:02.120
 Iran warned ships

1368
00:52:02.120 --> 00:52:03.740
 it would hold live fire

1369
00:52:03.740 --> 00:52:04.360
 naval drills

1370
00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:05.600
 in the Strait of Hormuz

1371
00:52:05.600 --> 00:52:08.040
 on Sunday and Monday

1372
00:52:08.040 --> 00:52:09.880
 with a notice to Mariners

1373
00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:12.180
 sent Thursday and coordinates

1374
00:52:12.180 --> 00:52:13.460
 possibly reaching

1375
00:52:13.460 --> 00:52:15.320
 the traffic separation scheme.

1376
00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:17.300
 Inside, Iran authorities

1377
00:52:17.300 --> 00:52:18.620
 escalated a crackdown

1378
00:52:18.620 --> 00:52:19.500
 with mass arrests

1379
00:52:19.500 --> 00:52:20.680
 and internet blackouts

1380
00:52:20.680 --> 00:52:21.860
 amid U.S. threats

1381
00:52:21.860 --> 00:52:23.360
 and an elevated military posture

1382
00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:24.080
 in the Middle East.

1383
00:52:24.620 --> 00:52:26.020
 Iran's Revolutionary Guard

1384
00:52:26.020 --> 00:52:28.080
 is likely to play a central role

1385
00:52:28.080 --> 00:52:29.140
 in live fire drills

1386
00:52:29.140 --> 00:52:30.040
 in the Strait of Hormuz,

1387
00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:32.900
 which is only 21 miles wide.

1388
00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:34.200
 The U.S. military's

1389
00:52:34.200 --> 00:52:34.700
 central command

1390
00:52:34.700 --> 00:52:35.680
 warned early Saturday

1391
00:52:35.680 --> 00:52:37.220
 against threats to warships

1392
00:52:37.220 --> 00:52:38.740
 or commercial vehicles.

1393
00:52:39.560 --> 00:52:40.900
 Markets reacted this week

1394
00:52:40.900 --> 00:52:42.340
 as tensions intensified

1395
00:52:42.340 --> 00:52:43.580
 with gold and crude rising

1396
00:52:43.580 --> 00:52:45.800
 while the Houthis threatened

1397
00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:47.080
 to target shipping

1398
00:52:47.080 --> 00:52:48.540
 after American destroyers

1399
00:52:48.540 --> 00:52:49.860
 and the aircraft carrier group

1400
00:52:49.860 --> 00:52:52.120
 moved into adjacent seas.

1401
00:52:53.100 --> 00:52:54.180
 The U.S. military's

1402
00:52:54.180 --> 00:52:55.000
 central command issued

1403
00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:57.120
 a warning Saturday,

1404
00:52:57.900 --> 00:53:00.060
 while the U.S.'s Abraham Lincoln

1405
00:53:00.060 --> 00:53:01.440
 and destroyers sit

1406
00:53:01.440 --> 00:53:03.000
 in the Arabian Sea

1407
00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:05.460
 as Iran plans live fire drills

1408
00:53:05.460 --> 00:53:06.470
 in the Strait of Hormuz,

1409
00:53:07.600 --> 00:53:09.900
 leaving escalation risks high.

1410
00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:12.160
 So what happened as a result?

1411
00:53:12.920 --> 00:53:13.580
 Well, the U.S.

1412
00:53:13.740 --> 00:53:14.940
 shoot down an Iranian drone

1413
00:53:14.940 --> 00:53:16.420
 that actually approached

1414
00:53:16.420 --> 00:53:17.620
 the aircraft carrier.

1415
00:53:18.300 --> 00:53:20.300
 So it's as I said before,

1416
00:53:20.620 --> 00:53:21.580
 Iran warns we're going

1417
00:53:21.580 --> 00:53:22.700
 to do live fire drills.

1418
00:53:23.680 --> 00:53:24.520
 They're setting the precedent.

1419
00:53:24.780 --> 00:53:25.260
 They're saying, look,

1420
00:53:25.300 --> 00:53:26.980
 we're not trying to shoot you.

1421
00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:28.580
 We're not trying to harm you.

1422
00:53:28.620 --> 00:53:29.520
 We're not trying to go after you.

1423
00:53:29.580 --> 00:53:30.720
 But if things happen,

1424
00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:31.660
 it's not our fault.

1425
00:53:31.720 --> 00:53:32.560
 We gave you a warning.

1426
00:53:32.640 --> 00:53:33.200
 We're letting you know

1427
00:53:33.200 --> 00:53:34.180
 we're conducting drills.

1428
00:53:37.720 --> 00:53:39.600
 So a U.S. Navy fighter jet

1429
00:53:39.600 --> 00:53:41.860
 shot down an Iranian drone

1430
00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:44.160
 approaching the aircraft carrier

1431
00:53:44.160 --> 00:53:45.880
 USS Abraham Lincoln

1432
00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:47.460
 and the Arabian Sea.

1433
00:53:49.340 --> 00:53:50.020
 The drone continued

1434
00:53:50.020 --> 00:53:50.800
 approaching the ship

1435
00:53:50.800 --> 00:53:52.360
 despite de-escalation attempts

1436
00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:53.320
 by U.S. forces

1437
00:53:53.320 --> 00:53:54.600
 in international waters.

1438
00:53:55.060 --> 00:53:57.000
 Hours later, Iranian forces

1439
00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:59.080
 harassed a U.S.-flagged

1440
00:53:59.080 --> 00:54:00.260
 merchant vessel

1441
00:54:00.260 --> 00:54:02.760
 sailing in the Strait of Hormuz.

1442
00:54:04.840 --> 00:54:07.020
 So Iran warns of live fire drills.

1443
00:54:07.540 --> 00:54:08.580
 First off, let's go back.

1444
00:54:09.940 --> 00:54:12.860
 They state that the EU armies

1445
00:54:12.860 --> 00:54:14.420
 are terrorist organizations.

1446
00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:17.340
 They then say that preemptively

1447
00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:19.880
 before upon the arrival

1448
00:54:19.880 --> 00:54:21.320
 of the USS Abraham Lincoln

1449
00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:23.540
 and its accompaniment of destroyers

1450
00:54:23.540 --> 00:54:24.240
 that they're going to hold

1451
00:54:24.240 --> 00:54:25.040
 live fire drills

1452
00:54:25.040 --> 00:54:25.880
 because, hey, you know,

1453
00:54:25.900 --> 00:54:26.960
 if a bullet, missile,

1454
00:54:27.000 --> 00:54:28.080
 whatever happens to hit you,

1455
00:54:28.120 --> 00:54:28.920
 hey, we warned you.

1456
00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:30.080
 We're not trying to go to war here.

1457
00:54:30.180 --> 00:54:30.680
 We're just saying.

1458
00:54:31.580 --> 00:54:32.420
 We're just saying, right?

1459
00:54:33.240 --> 00:54:34.740
 So there's Iran

1460
00:54:36.050 --> 00:54:37.630
 setting the precedent saying,

1461
00:54:37.650 --> 00:54:40.910
 you know, you might get attacked

1462
00:54:41.710 --> 00:54:42.630
 unintentionally, you know,

1463
00:54:42.630 --> 00:54:44.710
 or you were just kind of in the way.

1464
00:54:46.190 --> 00:54:47.470
 And so as a result,

1465
00:54:47.470 --> 00:54:48.270
 they send a drone

1466
00:54:48.890 --> 00:54:50.130
 out to the Abraham Lincoln.

1467
00:54:50.330 --> 00:54:51.550
 Now they're poking the bear here.

1468
00:54:51.610 --> 00:54:52.250
 Iran is.

1469
00:54:52.350 --> 00:54:53.710
 But they're also trying to

1470
00:54:53.710 --> 00:54:54.810
 trying to cover up their actions

1471
00:54:54.810 --> 00:54:56.090
 as they cover up all their actions

1472
00:54:56.090 --> 00:54:57.030
 by using proxies.

1473
00:54:57.050 --> 00:54:58.370
 But this time by saying,

1474
00:54:58.370 --> 00:54:59.590
 oh, well, we're conducting drills.

1475
00:54:59.890 --> 00:55:00.130
 So, you know,

1476
00:55:00.130 --> 00:55:01.060
 you just happen to be there.

1477
00:55:03.790 --> 00:55:05.110
 So the U.S. responded

1478
00:55:05.110 --> 00:55:06.310
 by shooting this drone down.

1479
00:55:06.430 --> 00:55:07.950
 And then Iran goes on

1480
00:55:07.950 --> 00:55:09.290
 to harass vessels

1481
00:55:09.290 --> 00:55:11.710
 that were U.S. flagged.

1482
00:55:12.330 --> 00:55:15.470
 But what's interesting among all of this

1483
00:55:15.470 --> 00:55:17.570
 coming up this week on Friday,

1484
00:55:18.490 --> 00:55:19.550
 there are now an announcement

1485
00:55:19.550 --> 00:55:20.670
 of talks between Iran

1486
00:55:20.670 --> 00:55:21.470
 and the United States

1487
00:55:21.470 --> 00:55:23.410
 that will be held in Amman

1488
00:55:26.310 --> 00:55:28.410
 regarding the nuclear situation

1489
00:55:28.410 --> 00:55:28.850
 with Iran.

1490
00:55:29.030 --> 00:55:31.130
 In fact, the Iranian government

1491
00:55:31.130 --> 00:55:32.690
 or the regime wants to focus

1492
00:55:32.690 --> 00:55:35.310
 on the nuclear talks,

1493
00:55:36.110 --> 00:55:36.990
 nuclear capabilities.

1494
00:55:37.870 --> 00:55:39.230
 But the thing is Iran

1495
00:55:39.230 --> 00:55:40.490
 has made it very, very clear

1496
00:55:40.490 --> 00:55:43.790
 they don't care to comply.

1497
00:55:44.310 --> 00:55:45.710
 The only reason they even say

1498
00:55:45.710 --> 00:55:46.290
 they will comply

1499
00:55:46.290 --> 00:55:47.830
 is to buy themselves some time.

1500
00:55:49.050 --> 00:55:49.970
 But make no mistake,

1501
00:55:50.010 --> 00:55:50.930
 they're continuing

1502
00:55:50.930 --> 00:55:53.070
 to develop nuclear capabilities.

1503
00:55:53.470 --> 00:55:56.270
 And look, there are half-baked

1504
00:55:56.270 --> 00:55:57.570
 podcasters out there

1505
00:55:58.170 --> 00:55:59.650
 who don't really know anything

1506
00:55:59.650 --> 00:56:00.850
 about geopolitics

1507
00:56:00.850 --> 00:56:02.650
 or how all of this

1508
00:56:02.650 --> 00:56:03.370
 is going to play out.

1509
00:56:04.190 --> 00:56:05.090
 So let's talk about

1510
00:56:05.090 --> 00:56:06.190
 the facts of the situation.

1511
00:56:09.910 --> 00:56:11.070
 Does a developing nation

1512
00:56:11.070 --> 00:56:12.970
 have a right to nuclear capabilities?

1513
00:56:13.730 --> 00:56:15.090
 I can say yes.

1514
00:56:15.230 --> 00:56:15.930
 I can argue yes.

1515
00:56:17.370 --> 00:56:18.470
 But as far as what?

1516
00:56:18.730 --> 00:56:19.170
 Well, sure.

1517
00:56:19.250 --> 00:56:20.770
 Power grid? Absolutely.

1518
00:56:21.430 --> 00:56:21.990
 You could do a lot

1519
00:56:21.990 --> 00:56:23.130
 with a nuclear power grid.

1520
00:56:23.550 --> 00:56:24.130
 You really can.

1521
00:56:27.270 --> 00:56:29.970
 Nuclear power centers

1522
00:56:29.970 --> 00:56:32.870
 within ships, right?

1523
00:56:33.470 --> 00:56:35.310
 So example being like

1524
00:56:35.930 --> 00:56:38.010
 a naval ship that can use

1525
00:56:38.010 --> 00:56:40.130
 a nuclear power plant

1526
00:56:40.650 --> 00:56:41.510
 could be at sea

1527
00:56:41.510 --> 00:56:42.510
 for quite some time.

1528
00:56:42.510 --> 00:56:44.490
 For example, when I was just talking

1529
00:56:44.490 --> 00:56:45.690
 about the USS Abraham Lincoln,

1530
00:56:46.010 --> 00:56:47.650
 that ship can literally be at sea

1531
00:56:47.650 --> 00:56:49.650
 for about 25 to 26 years.

1532
00:56:50.290 --> 00:56:51.910
 It has two nuclear power plants

1533
00:56:52.410 --> 00:56:53.690
 as well as I believe

1534
00:56:53.690 --> 00:56:55.030
 it was four steam turbines.

1535
00:56:56.530 --> 00:56:58.850
 So it's as if that ship

1536
00:56:58.850 --> 00:57:03.430
 can continue just based

1537
00:57:03.430 --> 00:57:04.550
 on its own capabilities

1538
00:57:04.550 --> 00:57:06.210
 in terms of how it can create power

1539
00:57:06.870 --> 00:57:09.350
 for about 25 years, roughly.

1540
00:57:09.630 --> 00:57:10.490
 At least that's what I read.

1541
00:57:10.970 --> 00:57:11.410
 You can correct me

1542
00:57:11.410 --> 00:57:11.950
 if I'm wrong on that.

1543
00:57:11.950 --> 00:57:13.630
 I think it was 25 or 26 years.

1544
00:57:14.390 --> 00:57:15.410
 So yeah, a developing nation

1545
00:57:15.410 --> 00:57:16.550
 can absolutely use

1546
00:57:16.550 --> 00:57:17.990
 the nuclear capabilities

1547
00:57:18.550 --> 00:57:20.710
 in terms of its power availability

1548
00:57:20.710 --> 00:57:21.490
 and whatnot.

1549
00:57:22.970 --> 00:57:24.390
 So that's fine.

1550
00:57:24.930 --> 00:57:26.490
 Sure, we'll agree with that argument.

1551
00:57:27.110 --> 00:57:28.350
 But what we can't agree with

1552
00:57:28.350 --> 00:57:30.450
 is a nation that is

1553
00:57:30.450 --> 00:57:32.470
 absolutely known to the world

1554
00:57:32.470 --> 00:57:34.850
 has been confirmed to be

1555
00:57:34.850 --> 00:57:37.890
 the number one state sponsor

1556
00:57:37.890 --> 00:57:40.570
 of terrorism, literally.

1557
00:57:41.130 --> 00:57:42.710
 And even if they aren't carrying out

1558
00:57:42.710 --> 00:57:43.490
 these acts of terror

1559
00:57:43.490 --> 00:57:45.510
 under the Iranian flag,

1560
00:57:45.970 --> 00:57:47.530
 they do so through their proxies,

1561
00:57:49.350 --> 00:57:50.330
 i.e. the Houthis,

1562
00:57:52.530 --> 00:57:53.730
 just naming one of them out there.

1563
00:57:56.610 --> 00:58:00.730
 Hamas, there are plenty of proxies

1564
00:58:00.730 --> 00:58:02.430
 that are funded by,

1565
00:58:02.450 --> 00:58:03.770
 that are supported by Iran,

1566
00:58:04.270 --> 00:58:06.950
 where Iran gives these organizations,

1567
00:58:06.970 --> 00:58:07.990
 these terrorist organizations,

1568
00:58:08.450 --> 00:58:10.470
 money, weapons, support.

1569
00:58:11.270 --> 00:58:12.730
 But from a distance,

1570
00:58:12.870 --> 00:58:14.670
 so they claim, hey, it's not us.

1571
00:58:14.810 --> 00:58:16.650
 We're not actually out there doing it.

1572
00:58:19.080 --> 00:58:21.080
 So to give Iran the ability

1573
00:58:21.080 --> 00:58:22.780
 to create nuclear weapons.

1574
00:58:22.940 --> 00:58:25.080
 Well, now that is a different story.

1575
00:58:25.140 --> 00:58:25.980
 That's a different issue.

1576
00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:27.100
 When you are the number one

1577
00:58:27.100 --> 00:58:28.720
 state sponsor of terrorism.

1578
00:58:28.820 --> 00:58:29.280
 Look, it's different

1579
00:58:29.280 --> 00:58:30.260
 if you're a dictatorship

1580
00:58:31.040 --> 00:58:33.180
 like North Korea, Kim Jong-un.

1581
00:58:33.540 --> 00:58:35.000
 The guy is not out there

1582
00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:37.540
 sponsoring terrorist organizations

1583
00:58:37.540 --> 00:58:39.440
 and running terror on the entire world.

1584
00:58:40.320 --> 00:58:42.520
 He's, you know, he's another loud mouth,

1585
00:58:42.520 --> 00:58:43.560
 but he's controlling

1586
00:58:43.560 --> 00:58:45.340
 his own country and nation.

1587
00:58:45.980 --> 00:58:47.380
 He's controlling his own people.

1588
00:58:48.160 --> 00:58:49.420
 He's subjugating his people

1589
00:58:49.420 --> 00:58:50.760
 to horrendous conditions.

1590
00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:53.060
 And while yes,

1591
00:58:53.060 --> 00:58:54.440
 what he's doing isn't right,

1592
00:58:55.300 --> 00:58:56.460
 he's not the number one

1593
00:58:56.460 --> 00:58:58.540
 state sponsor of terrorism.

1594
00:59:00.260 --> 00:59:01.360
 So big difference there

1595
00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:03.120
 compared to the Islamic regime

1596
00:59:03.120 --> 00:59:06.940
 that is knowingly sponsoring terrorism,

1597
00:59:07.180 --> 00:59:08.700
 which is, which is what?

1598
00:59:08.700 --> 00:59:09.980
 Feeding terrorists

1599
00:59:09.980 --> 00:59:11.400
 with money and weapons

1600
00:59:11.400 --> 00:59:12.680
 to go and rain terror

1601
00:59:12.680 --> 00:59:13.820
 on the fucking world.

1602
00:59:14.200 --> 00:59:14.600
 Like literally.

1603
00:59:16.580 --> 00:59:18.160
 So to make the argument

1604
00:59:18.160 --> 00:59:19.800
 that Iran has a right

1605
00:59:19.800 --> 00:59:22.220
 to develop nuclear capabilities.

1606
00:59:23.160 --> 00:59:24.660
 Sure, they do.

1607
00:59:24.780 --> 00:59:26.480
 But where do we draw the line

1608
00:59:27.020 --> 00:59:28.280
 when those capabilities,

1609
00:59:28.620 --> 00:59:30.900
 when the engineering behind

1610
00:59:30.900 --> 00:59:32.340
 the development of said

1611
00:59:32.340 --> 00:59:33.040
 nuclear capabilities

1612
00:59:33.040 --> 00:59:35.140
 turn into nuclear armaments,

1613
00:59:36.540 --> 00:59:37.320
 nuclear warheads

1614
00:59:37.320 --> 00:59:39.700
 that are poison ready to be used?

1615
00:59:40.180 --> 00:59:41.440
 Because as much as,

1616
00:59:41.440 --> 00:59:42.620
 as, as the major powers

1617
00:59:42.620 --> 00:59:43.760
 understand that nuclear war

1618
00:59:43.760 --> 00:59:44.940
 is not good for the world

1619
00:59:44.940 --> 00:59:47.600
 and there isn't any thing about it

1620
00:59:48.100 --> 00:59:50.080
 that is that that leads to

1621
00:59:50.720 --> 00:59:53.100
 a better place for anyone to live in.

1622
00:59:53.780 --> 00:59:54.600
 From the fallout,

1623
00:59:54.600 --> 00:59:56.780
 fallout alone to how,

1624
00:59:56.800 --> 00:59:58.060
 you know, how it affects

1625
00:59:58.060 --> 00:59:59.300
 the environment in which we live,

1626
00:59:59.360 --> 01:00:01.560
 the air, the soil, everything.

1627
01:00:01.720 --> 01:00:03.160
 I mean, do we have to go back

1628
01:00:03.160 --> 01:00:04.020
 and look at what happened

1629
01:00:04.020 --> 01:00:06.640
 in Chernobyl so many years ago?

1630
01:00:08.120 --> 01:00:11.780
 It was an uninhabitable area for years

1631
01:00:11.780 --> 01:00:12.660
 and some will still argue

1632
01:00:12.660 --> 01:00:14.040
 it's still uninhabitable.

1633
01:00:14.260 --> 01:00:15.180
 That's how bad it was.

1634
01:00:15.720 --> 01:00:16.260
 So to give,

1635
01:00:16.260 --> 01:00:18.440
 to give Iran this capability.

1636
01:00:20.180 --> 01:00:20.960
 That's a big no.

1637
01:00:21.740 --> 01:00:23.180
 That's a, that's a huge no-no.

1638
01:00:23.480 --> 01:00:25.440
 The number one state sponsor of terrorism

1639
01:00:25.440 --> 01:00:27.520
 letting them develop nuclear weapons.

1640
01:00:28.400 --> 01:00:30.120
 That's a big fuck no.

1641
01:00:31.520 --> 01:00:32.180
 So the world,

1642
01:00:32.860 --> 01:00:33.960
 the United States usually

1643
01:00:34.640 --> 01:00:35.940
 at the head of this.

1644
01:00:37.320 --> 01:00:39.120
 Doesn't want Iran to have

1645
01:00:39.120 --> 01:00:41.840
 nuclear weapons capabilities, period.

1646
01:00:43.800 --> 01:00:45.140
 And there are those who argue that

1647
01:00:45.140 --> 01:00:46.760
 the U.S. is overstepping, overreaching.

1648
01:00:46.860 --> 01:00:47.880
 They don't have a right to tell

1649
01:00:47.880 --> 01:00:49.460
 another sovereign nation what to do.

1650
01:00:49.760 --> 01:00:51.760
 But when you as a sovereign nation

1651
01:00:51.760 --> 01:00:53.220
 are a literal threat

1652
01:00:53.220 --> 01:00:55.920
 to every single person's way of life

1653
01:00:56.680 --> 01:00:58.980
 that doesn't submit to Islam

1654
01:00:59.940 --> 01:01:03.340
 and believe that the Islamic regime

1655
01:01:03.340 --> 01:01:08.840
 is the all being, all saying

1656
01:01:08.840 --> 01:01:13.380
 like the definitive authority

1657
01:01:13.380 --> 01:01:14.900
 on how you live your life

1658
01:01:15.900 --> 01:01:17.940
 and what you're supposed to be doing

1659
01:01:18.680 --> 01:01:19.400
 in this world.

1660
01:01:19.560 --> 01:01:20.800
 Like if you're not submitting to them

1661
01:01:21.060 --> 01:01:23.180
 and to their perversive,

1662
01:01:26.000 --> 01:01:28.260
 their perversive use

1663
01:01:28.260 --> 01:01:31.000
 of the Islamic religion or Islam

1664
01:01:32.220 --> 01:01:33.800
 then you're a target.

1665
01:01:34.240 --> 01:01:35.400
 You're the enemy.

1666
01:01:36.280 --> 01:01:40.100
 And that is exactly what Iran is doing.

1667
01:01:40.920 --> 01:01:41.800
 Now we can make arguments

1668
01:01:41.800 --> 01:01:43.800
 of the history of Iran.

1669
01:01:44.500 --> 01:01:45.260
 We can talk about Persian.

1670
01:01:45.340 --> 01:01:46.280
 We can talk about everything

1671
01:01:46.280 --> 01:01:48.460
 that is amazing about that region

1672
01:01:48.460 --> 01:01:49.760
 and what it had to offer.

1673
01:01:49.820 --> 01:01:51.220
 But let's talk about Iran today.

1674
01:01:51.580 --> 01:01:53.680
 What they have been since 1979.

1675
01:01:55.720 --> 01:01:56.780
 They're authoritarian.

1676
01:01:56.780 --> 01:02:05.180
 They are ran by an authoritarian

1677
01:02:06.760 --> 01:02:09.180
 Islamic regime that is hell bent

1678
01:02:09.580 --> 01:02:11.520
 on either converting the world

1679
01:02:11.520 --> 01:02:12.800
 or killing the world.

1680
01:02:13.260 --> 01:02:15.240
 If you don't see it their way

1681
01:02:15.240 --> 01:02:16.780
 then you are the enemy.

1682
01:02:17.040 --> 01:02:18.700
 And you can try to argue

1683
01:02:18.700 --> 01:02:20.700
 or counter argue what it is

1684
01:02:20.700 --> 01:02:21.260
 that I'm saying.

1685
01:02:21.420 --> 01:02:22.740
 But if you want to strip away

1686
01:02:22.740 --> 01:02:25.560
 all the veneer, all the bullshit

1687
01:02:27.510 --> 01:02:28.590
 that's what it is.

1688
01:02:28.910 --> 01:02:30.050
 That's what they stand for.

1689
01:02:31.930 --> 01:02:34.930
 And so no, we can't allow Iran

1690
01:02:34.930 --> 01:02:38.030
 to have nuclear weapons period

1691
01:02:38.030 --> 01:02:39.770
 because they will use that

1692
01:02:39.770 --> 01:02:41.310
 as a tool to control the world.

1693
01:02:41.550 --> 01:02:43.030
 They will absolutely be

1694
01:02:43.030 --> 01:02:45.590
 the one country that has zero qualms

1695
01:02:45.590 --> 01:02:47.690
 of using nuclear weapons

1696
01:02:47.690 --> 01:02:49.490
 because they're just fucking crazy

1697
01:02:49.490 --> 01:02:50.910
 and let's just call it what it is.

1698
01:02:52.590 --> 01:02:53.830
 So Trump's response

1699
01:02:53.830 --> 01:02:55.150
 in sending the Abraham Lincoln

1700
01:02:55.150 --> 01:02:57.470
 into the Middle East

1701
01:02:57.470 --> 01:02:59.710
 accompanied by a multitude of destroyers

1702
01:03:00.850 --> 01:03:01.650
 is a statement.

1703
01:03:02.470 --> 01:03:04.010
 Does Trump want to go to actual war?

1704
01:03:04.070 --> 01:03:05.330
 Well, no, I don't think so.

1705
01:03:05.610 --> 01:03:06.870
 I think Trump is hoping

1706
01:03:06.870 --> 01:03:08.210
 that this statement alone

1707
01:03:08.210 --> 01:03:09.590
 to show a force is enough

1708
01:03:09.590 --> 01:03:13.190
 to get them the Iranian regime

1709
01:03:13.190 --> 01:03:14.110
 the Islamic regime

1710
01:03:14.830 --> 01:03:16.350
 to change course of action

1711
01:03:16.350 --> 01:03:18.690
 to submit to an actual deal

1712
01:03:18.690 --> 01:03:20.010
 as Trump has said many times

1713
01:03:20.010 --> 01:03:21.390
 he wants them to make a deal

1714
01:03:21.390 --> 01:03:23.830
 when it comes to their nuclear agreement

1715
01:03:23.830 --> 01:03:24.830
 the nuclear capabilities.

1716
01:03:26.490 --> 01:03:27.690
 But the announcement

1717
01:03:27.690 --> 01:03:29.070
 of the live fire drills,

1718
01:03:29.250 --> 01:03:31.790
 the drone that was sent

1719
01:03:31.790 --> 01:03:33.430
 over to the Abraham Lincoln,

1720
01:03:33.550 --> 01:03:35.650
 the harassment of US flag vessels

1721
01:03:35.650 --> 01:03:36.790
 doesn't really show

1722
01:03:36.790 --> 01:03:38.030
 that they're willing to cooperate.

1723
01:03:38.050 --> 01:03:39.330
 In fact, they're trying

1724
01:03:39.330 --> 01:03:40.070
 to show the world

1725
01:03:40.070 --> 01:03:41.130
 that they are powerful,

1726
01:03:41.290 --> 01:03:42.710
 that they will make their own decisions

1727
01:03:42.710 --> 01:03:43.910
 and they will do whatever it is

1728
01:03:43.910 --> 01:03:44.950
 that they want to do.

1729
01:03:46.110 --> 01:03:46.910
 So it's going to be interesting.

1730
01:03:47.010 --> 01:03:47.570
 We're going to monitor

1731
01:03:47.570 --> 01:03:48.770
 the situation for sure.

1732
01:03:48.850 --> 01:03:50.050
 We're going to see where this goes.

1733
01:03:50.510 --> 01:03:51.630
 I'm not quite sure

1734
01:03:51.630 --> 01:03:56.550
 if Trump will actually take action

1735
01:03:56.550 --> 01:03:57.570
 against Iran.

1736
01:03:58.230 --> 01:04:00.670
 I do know that looking at reports

1737
01:04:00.670 --> 01:04:01.710
 coming in this morning.

1738
01:04:02.910 --> 01:04:03.790
 In fact, let me go ahead

1739
01:04:03.790 --> 01:04:04.510
 and open that up.

1740
01:04:04.590 --> 01:04:05.410
 I can't put this on the screen

1741
01:04:05.410 --> 01:04:05.990
 but I'm going to read it

1742
01:04:05.990 --> 01:04:07.410
 from one of my sources here.

1743
01:04:08.090 --> 01:04:12.910
 It says here that the US

1744
01:04:12.910 --> 01:04:14.050
 actually asked Israel

1745
01:04:14.050 --> 01:04:15.970
 to halt an attack in Iran

1746
01:04:16.930 --> 01:04:19.530
 because of our presence there, obviously.

1747
01:04:21.850 --> 01:04:23.090
 And Iran has done other things.

1748
01:04:24.290 --> 01:04:25.490
 They're still going out

1749
01:04:25.490 --> 01:04:26.570
 and harassing protesters.

1750
01:04:26.790 --> 01:04:30.590
 In fact, it looks like IRG special forces

1751
01:04:30.590 --> 01:04:31.550
 or at least one of their vehicles

1752
01:04:31.550 --> 01:04:33.090
 actually ran over some protesters.

1753
01:04:33.910 --> 01:04:35.370
 That was just reported

1754
01:04:36.050 --> 01:04:37.570
 six hours ago, by the way,

1755
01:04:37.730 --> 01:04:38.690
 as of this recording.

1756
01:04:40.810 --> 01:04:47.630
 It looks like there's just a lot going on.

1757
01:04:47.730 --> 01:04:48.570
 I can't go over all of it

1758
01:04:48.570 --> 01:04:50.710
 but it's just flooding in right now.

1759
01:04:50.830 --> 01:04:51.870
 It's just flooding in right now.

1760
01:04:53.690 --> 01:04:56.430
 So Iran is doing what Iran does.

1761
01:04:59.220 --> 01:05:00.000
 They're playing the victim

1762
01:05:02.960 --> 01:05:05.120
 while knowingly supporting their proxies

1763
01:05:05.120 --> 01:05:06.360
 to rain terror on the world.

1764
01:05:07.220 --> 01:05:08.520
 They're abusing their own people.

1765
01:05:08.900 --> 01:05:10.620
 And we're not talking just politically.

1766
01:05:10.740 --> 01:05:12.520
 We're not talking about economically.

1767
01:05:12.600 --> 01:05:13.840
 We're talking about physically

1768
01:05:13.840 --> 01:05:14.860
 abusing their own people.

1769
01:05:16.320 --> 01:05:18.040
 They use a perverted version

1770
01:05:18.040 --> 01:05:19.780
 of the Islamic doctrines

1771
01:05:20.640 --> 01:05:22.140
 to control people,

1772
01:05:22.140 --> 01:05:24.780
 to keep people under subjugation,

1773
01:05:26.440 --> 01:05:29.680
 under threat of life.

1774
01:05:31.140 --> 01:05:32.860
 And so is this a country that

1775
01:05:32.860 --> 01:05:33.860
 we should take serious?

1776
01:05:33.900 --> 01:05:34.500
 Yeah. Why?

1777
01:05:34.620 --> 01:05:35.660
 Well, their sheer size,

1778
01:05:35.940 --> 01:05:37.160
 their military capabilities,

1779
01:05:38.200 --> 01:05:39.620
 their actual power in the region.

1780
01:05:39.780 --> 01:05:41.000
 Sure, we'll take them serious.

1781
01:05:42.620 --> 01:05:44.200
 But at what point,

1782
01:05:45.000 --> 01:05:45.740
 at what point,

1783
01:05:45.760 --> 01:05:47.020
 and here's, I guess,

1784
01:05:47.120 --> 01:05:48.640
 this could be a moral question,

1785
01:05:48.780 --> 01:05:49.320
 moral argument.

1786
01:05:49.960 --> 01:05:51.460
 At what point do we continue

1787
01:05:51.460 --> 01:05:53.620
 to allow this corrupt

1788
01:05:55.820 --> 01:05:57.860
 death cult-like regime

1789
01:05:58.600 --> 01:06:01.100
 to continue to operate in the region

1790
01:06:01.100 --> 01:06:03.060
 as a threat to the actual world?

1791
01:06:03.940 --> 01:06:04.820
 That is the question.

1792
01:06:06.100 --> 01:06:07.480
 I'm not giving you the answer to that.

1793
01:06:07.520 --> 01:06:08.940
 I'm just asking the question on this.

1794
01:06:09.080 --> 01:06:10.180
 You mull this over.

1795
01:06:10.480 --> 01:06:11.340
 You go ahead and make

1796
01:06:11.340 --> 01:06:12.820
 your own decisions on that.

1797
01:06:13.460 --> 01:06:14.120
 And if you want to leave

1798
01:06:14.120 --> 01:06:15.080
 any feedback for me,

1799
01:06:15.120 --> 01:06:16.440
 please, by all means, go ahead.

1800
01:06:17.720 --> 01:06:19.380
 So the tensions in Iran

1801
01:06:19.380 --> 01:06:20.980
 or the tension between the US and Iran

1802
01:06:20.980 --> 01:06:21.860
 are definitely high.

1803
01:06:23.840 --> 01:06:24.560
 But still,

1804
01:06:25.940 --> 01:06:27.740
 President Trump will be meeting with them.

1805
01:06:28.260 --> 01:06:30.100
 There will be a discussion had.

1806
01:06:31.740 --> 01:06:32.680
 And we'll see where it goes.

1807
01:06:33.320 --> 01:06:34.620
 I don't think that

1808
01:06:34.620 --> 01:06:35.540
 I think Iran's going to do

1809
01:06:35.540 --> 01:06:36.080
 what they always do.

1810
01:06:36.080 --> 01:06:36.400
 They're going to say,

1811
01:06:36.560 --> 01:06:37.040
 yes, sir.

1812
01:06:37.120 --> 01:06:37.960
 Yes. Oh, absolutely.

1813
01:06:38.140 --> 01:06:39.240
 We're going to comply.

1814
01:06:39.440 --> 01:06:40.440
 We're going to enter into this agreement.

1815
01:06:40.460 --> 01:06:42.020
 And then they're just going to back out on it

1816
01:06:42.020 --> 01:06:43.080
 and do whatever the hell they want,

1817
01:06:43.080 --> 01:06:43.700
 as they usually do.

1818
01:06:47.130 --> 01:06:47.750
 Time will tell.

1819
01:06:48.170 --> 01:06:48.730
 Time will tell.

1820
01:06:49.010 --> 01:06:49.890
 I don't know how long

1821
01:06:49.890 --> 01:06:51.810
 the Abraham Lincoln is going to remain in the area.

1822
01:06:51.810 --> 01:06:54.550
 I don't know how long it is

1823
01:06:54.550 --> 01:06:56.550
 that the US will be monitoring them

1824
01:06:56.550 --> 01:07:00.850
 from such a close distance

1825
01:07:00.850 --> 01:07:03.570
 with an actual presence of military

1826
01:07:05.190 --> 01:07:06.350
 off of their shore.

1827
01:07:06.810 --> 01:07:08.070
 I mean, they're really not that far.

1828
01:07:09.710 --> 01:07:11.370
 So we'll continue to monitor.

1829
01:07:11.530 --> 01:07:12.650
 We'll continue to look into this.

1830
01:07:12.690 --> 01:07:13.890
 And I'll continue to report on it

1831
01:07:13.890 --> 01:07:15.510
 at the best of my abilities.

1832
01:07:17.250 --> 01:07:19.410
 But let's hope World War III

1833
01:07:19.410 --> 01:07:20.610
 is not triggered here.

1834
01:07:20.610 --> 01:07:23.370
 Let's hope that we don't have to go to war with Iran.

1835
01:07:23.630 --> 01:07:26.470
 Let's hope that everything comes out

1836
01:07:27.090 --> 01:07:32.110
 the other end with a deal

1837
01:07:32.110 --> 01:07:34.270
 that makes sense for everyone involved.

1838
01:07:35.710 --> 01:07:37.430
 And let's hope that Israel listens

1839
01:07:37.430 --> 01:07:40.370
 because as much as everybody is trying to say

1840
01:07:40.370 --> 01:07:41.890
 that Israel runs the United States,

1841
01:07:41.970 --> 01:07:43.170
 the United States has made it very clear,

1842
01:07:44.470 --> 01:07:46.930
 hey, don't do anything while we're there.

1843
01:07:49.200 --> 01:07:50.960
 It seems that President Trump

1844
01:07:50.960 --> 01:07:53.740
 is really trying to get a different outcome

1845
01:07:53.740 --> 01:07:55.740
 with this meeting between Iran

1846
01:07:55.740 --> 01:07:56.600
 and the United States

1847
01:07:56.600 --> 01:07:58.040
 and the Middle East in general.

1848
01:07:59.800 --> 01:08:01.660
 So again, I'll continue to monitor.

1849
01:08:01.820 --> 01:08:02.600
 I'll continue to report.

1850
01:08:02.980 --> 01:08:04.180
 By all means, do your own research.

1851
01:08:04.260 --> 01:08:05.760
 Check out the headlines, go to ground news

1852
01:08:05.760 --> 01:08:06.620
 and check out the stories

1853
01:08:06.620 --> 01:08:08.220
 and go ahead and contrast, compare,

1854
01:08:08.480 --> 01:08:09.400
 do your due diligence.

1855
01:08:10.240 --> 01:08:12.380
 And if you have something to say on this, let me know.

1856
01:08:15.030 --> 01:08:16.490
 So let's move on to something else here.

1857
01:08:16.890 --> 01:08:21.229
 I had somebody I know recently asked me about

1858
01:08:21.229 --> 01:08:24.710
 California and the whole California mileage tax,

1859
01:08:24.830 --> 01:08:26.890
 gas tax, mileage tax, and I really didn't.

1860
01:08:27.609 --> 01:08:28.649
 I really haven't been paying attention.

1861
01:08:28.710 --> 01:08:29.510
 I've been really busy.

1862
01:08:29.710 --> 01:08:30.490
 I've been out.

1863
01:08:33.149 --> 01:08:34.750
 So here's what's happening.

1864
01:08:36.649 --> 01:08:38.630
 This is from the Sacramento Bee.

1865
01:08:39.350 --> 01:08:41.910
 So if you didn't know, California is trying to

1866
01:08:41.910 --> 01:08:43.490
 pass a mileage tax.

1867
01:08:43.790 --> 01:08:45.710
 Now, California already has the highest gas tax

1868
01:08:45.710 --> 01:08:47.510
 there is in the United States.

1869
01:08:48.550 --> 01:08:51.729
 And they want to transition to a mileage tax.

1870
01:08:51.950 --> 01:08:55.790
 It's been said and that mileage tax sounds

1871
01:08:55.790 --> 01:08:56.609
 both good and bad.

1872
01:08:56.790 --> 01:08:59.270
 The arguments have been, well, for those who don't

1873
01:08:59.270 --> 01:09:03.830
 necessarily drive as much as the average person,

1874
01:09:03.830 --> 01:09:06.109
 for example, it will save them a lot of money.

1875
01:09:06.510 --> 01:09:09.010
 It wouldn't cost as much as it is right now

1876
01:09:09.010 --> 01:09:10.310
 for them to pay for gas.

1877
01:09:12.170 --> 01:09:15.830
 But it's not clear that this will be in addition

1878
01:09:15.830 --> 01:09:17.930
 to the current gas tax

1879
01:09:17.930 --> 01:09:20.510
 or if they will abolish the gas tax and charge

1880
01:09:20.510 --> 01:09:21.649
 people by mileage.

1881
01:09:22.370 --> 01:09:23.830
 And everybody's freaking out because this was

1882
01:09:23.830 --> 01:09:25.229
 supposed to go into effect.

1883
01:09:26.670 --> 01:09:29.310
 But now they're saying, well, no, no, no, no.

1884
01:09:29.370 --> 01:09:29.630
 Hold on.

1885
01:09:29.670 --> 01:09:30.050
 Hold on.

1886
01:09:30.149 --> 01:09:32.510
 So California Senate is saying, no, we never

1887
01:09:32.510 --> 01:09:33.950
 said that this was going to go into effect.

1888
01:09:34.210 --> 01:09:35.569
 This is a study.

1889
01:09:35.930 --> 01:09:36.870
 Oh, a study.

1890
01:09:38.109 --> 01:09:38.450
 All right.

1891
01:09:38.450 --> 01:09:39.210
 So let's read some of this.

1892
01:09:39.490 --> 01:09:41.170
 California legislators sparked worrying confusion

1893
01:09:41.170 --> 01:09:43.970
 on social media this week over a gas mileage

1894
01:09:43.970 --> 01:09:46.750
 tax, but the bill now before the state

1895
01:09:46.750 --> 01:09:49.050
 Senate would only require a report.

1896
01:09:49.529 --> 01:09:53.310
 Assembly Bill 1421 or 1421 seeks to identify

1897
01:09:53.310 --> 01:09:57.130
 a possible solution to declining gas tax revenues

1898
01:09:57.130 --> 01:09:59.790
 as more drivers switch to electric vehicles.

1899
01:10:00.590 --> 01:10:03.290
 But any actual effect on residents is far

1900
01:10:03.290 --> 01:10:04.450
 from materializing.

1901
01:10:04.550 --> 01:10:06.990
 The bill passed on the assembly floor January 29th.

1902
01:10:08.130 --> 01:10:10.150
 If approved by the Senate and signed into law,

1903
01:10:10.510 --> 01:10:12.230
 it would require the California Transportation

1904
01:10:12.230 --> 01:10:15.190
 Commission to submit a report examining

1905
01:10:16.030 --> 01:10:18.890
 particulars of road user charges and mileage

1906
01:10:18.890 --> 01:10:22.430
 fees and any equity concerns for low-income

1907
01:10:22.430 --> 01:10:23.390
 drivers.

1908
01:10:24.310 --> 01:10:26.590
 Republicans in the assembly balked at the bill.

1909
01:10:26.950 --> 01:10:29.950
 Assembly member Carl DeMaio, a Republican

1910
01:10:29.950 --> 01:10:32.990
 from San Diego, said any mileage tax would

1911
01:10:32.990 --> 01:10:35.330
 be a sucker punch to working class Californians.

1912
01:10:35.830 --> 01:10:37.990
 He referenced an analysis by the San Diego

1913
01:10:37.990 --> 01:10:40.370
 Association of Governments of a mileage

1914
01:10:40.370 --> 01:10:43.150
 based fee, which proposed to charge local

1915
01:10:43.150 --> 01:10:44.610
 drivers four cents per mile.

1916
01:10:45.670 --> 01:10:48.450
 DeMaio told his assembly colleagues that

1917
01:10:48.450 --> 01:10:50.670
 based on that now-defunct plan, the cost

1918
01:10:50.670 --> 01:10:53.470
 could amount to $900 to $1,200 per driver

1919
01:10:53.470 --> 01:10:55.790
 annually for average mileage.

1920
01:10:56.010 --> 01:10:57.630
 Though with a four cents per mile fee,

1921
01:10:57.810 --> 01:11:00.310
 a person would have to drive roughly 30,000

1922
01:11:00.310 --> 01:11:02.030
 miles to rack up $1,200.

1923
01:11:02.910 --> 01:11:05.650
 Based on average annual mileage, 13,476

1924
01:11:05.650 --> 01:11:08.670
 miles in 2022, according to the Federal

1925
01:11:08.670 --> 01:11:10.790
 Highway Administration, and a four cent

1926
01:11:10.790 --> 01:11:13.030
 fee, that figure would be closer to $539

1927
01:11:13.030 --> 01:11:13.730
 a year.

1928
01:11:14.390 --> 01:11:16.670
 The group that drives the most on average,

1929
01:11:16.870 --> 01:11:20.650
 men ages 35 to 54, who travel close to 19,000

1930
01:11:20.650 --> 01:11:27.690
 miles annually, would pay about $754 a year.

1931
01:11:29.950 --> 01:11:35.450
 Now, they're trying to make this seem like

1932
01:11:35.450 --> 01:11:36.230
 it wouldn't be a big deal.

1933
01:11:36.870 --> 01:11:38.810
 If we look at California, the state of

1934
01:11:38.810 --> 01:11:39.970
 California, and everything that its

1935
01:11:39.970 --> 01:11:41.530
 administration has done, the governor has

1936
01:11:41.530 --> 01:11:45.150
 done, are we really to believe that they're

1937
01:11:45.150 --> 01:11:47.630
 going to stick to a four cent per mile

1938
01:11:47.630 --> 01:11:48.550
 mileage tax?

1939
01:11:49.170 --> 01:11:51.130
 The gas tax itself has gone up

1940
01:11:51.130 --> 01:11:53.470
 exponentially, almost every other year,

1941
01:11:53.470 --> 01:11:54.310
 it seems like.

1942
01:11:54.630 --> 01:11:56.570
 Another 12 cents here, 40 cents for that.

1943
01:11:56.850 --> 01:11:58.110
 I mean, there's no reason we're paying

1944
01:11:58.110 --> 01:12:00.550
 between $5 to $6 a gallon for gas,

1945
01:12:00.610 --> 01:12:03.190
 while other states are paying less

1946
01:12:03.190 --> 01:12:03.670
 than $2.

1947
01:12:03.810 --> 01:12:05.110
 It's just fucking ridiculous.

1948
01:12:05.190 --> 01:12:06.670
 There's no real excuse for it.

1949
01:12:08.130 --> 01:12:10.870
 They're trying to butter you up,

1950
01:12:10.870 --> 01:12:11.430
 California.

1951
01:12:12.310 --> 01:12:13.810
 They're saying it's only be four cents

1952
01:12:13.810 --> 01:12:16.390
 a mile, and it really would amount to

1953
01:12:16.390 --> 01:12:19.390
 maybe $500 a year, sure, sure.

1954
01:12:19.650 --> 01:12:20.530
 This is what they do.

1955
01:12:21.030 --> 01:12:22.570
 They're like, look, this is better for

1956
01:12:22.570 --> 01:12:22.910
 you.

1957
01:12:23.630 --> 01:12:25.570
 They're complaining about declining tax

1958
01:12:25.570 --> 01:12:27.410
 revenues from gas, but are somehow

1959
01:12:27.930 --> 01:12:30.670
 okay pushing only a four cent per mile

1960
01:12:30.670 --> 01:12:31.350
 tax?

1961
01:12:32.350 --> 01:12:33.850
 No, they're trying to get you to say,

1962
01:12:33.850 --> 01:12:34.690
 well, that's not so bad.

1963
01:12:34.710 --> 01:12:35.350
 That makes a lot of sense.

1964
01:12:35.390 --> 01:12:36.310
 Let's put this in there.

1965
01:12:36.550 --> 01:12:38.250
 And once it's in play, they're going

1966
01:12:38.250 --> 01:12:40.110
 to do what they did with the gas tax.

1967
01:12:40.730 --> 01:12:41.670
 They're not going to be able to vote

1968
01:12:41.670 --> 01:12:42.090
 on it.

1969
01:12:42.350 --> 01:12:43.750
 They're just going to reassess.

1970
01:12:43.810 --> 01:12:44.810
 They're going to raise the rate.

1971
01:12:45.110 --> 01:12:46.190
 They're going to continue to raise the

1972
01:12:46.190 --> 01:12:46.410
 rate.

1973
01:12:46.590 --> 01:12:47.830
 They're going to penalize you to drive.

1974
01:12:48.250 --> 01:12:49.650
 The one thing that this study doesn't

1975
01:12:49.650 --> 01:12:50.730
 take into account, especially where I

1976
01:12:50.730 --> 01:12:52.310
 live, is there's a lot of commuter

1977
01:12:52.310 --> 01:12:54.830
 towns, places where it's more

1978
01:12:54.830 --> 01:12:56.370
 affordable to buy a house versus the

1979
01:12:56.370 --> 01:12:57.390
 place that you can actually work and

1980
01:12:57.390 --> 01:12:57.850
 earn money.

1981
01:12:58.610 --> 01:13:00.630
 The unfortunate situation is in places

1982
01:13:00.630 --> 01:13:02.270
 that are more affordable in terms of

1983
01:13:02.270 --> 01:13:04.270
 housing are also the places that don't

1984
01:13:04.270 --> 01:13:07.210
 really have many jobs that pay you

1985
01:13:07.210 --> 01:13:07.490
 much.

1986
01:13:07.970 --> 01:13:09.090
 So they're kind of in the same

1987
01:13:09.090 --> 01:13:09.630
 situation.

1988
01:13:09.750 --> 01:13:11.310
 Sure, lower cost of housing, but also

1989
01:13:11.310 --> 01:13:11.870
 lower wages.

1990
01:13:12.190 --> 01:13:13.390
 So it's kind of the same shit.

1991
01:13:14.630 --> 01:13:16.430
 So many people just drive.

1992
01:13:17.330 --> 01:13:19.890
 In my case, where I live, many people

1993
01:13:19.890 --> 01:13:23.890
 literally drive probably 120 to 160

1994
01:13:24.630 --> 01:13:27.730
 mile round trip every day going to

1995
01:13:27.730 --> 01:13:27.870
 work.

1996
01:13:28.010 --> 01:13:29.350
 And yes, this is the truth.

1997
01:13:29.530 --> 01:13:30.090
 It's factual.

1998
01:13:30.730 --> 01:13:32.250
 You're sitting in traffic for three

1999
01:13:32.250 --> 01:13:34.030
 hours to get to your job, another

2000
01:13:34.030 --> 01:13:35.970
 three to five hours to get home.

2001
01:13:36.470 --> 01:13:39.110
 These people are waking up early, two

2002
01:13:39.110 --> 01:13:40.270
 to three in the morning to get to

2003
01:13:40.270 --> 01:13:40.950
 work on time.

2004
01:13:41.250 --> 01:13:42.110
 They leave work.

2005
01:13:42.170 --> 01:13:43.230
 They get home at seven in the

2006
01:13:43.230 --> 01:13:43.430
 morning.

2007
01:13:43.530 --> 01:13:44.350
 They get a little bit of sleep and

2008
01:13:44.350 --> 01:13:45.190
 they're back on the road.

2009
01:13:46.870 --> 01:13:52.610
 So these people who are driving 120

2010
01:13:52.610 --> 01:13:54.150
 miles, let's just say, well, it's

2011
01:13:54.150 --> 01:13:55.910
 actually more than that because I

2012
01:13:55.910 --> 01:13:56.670
 used to do it.

2013
01:13:56.930 --> 01:13:59.910
 So let's say, let's say 160 mile

2014
01:13:59.910 --> 01:14:04.070
 round trip every single day, okay,

2015
01:14:05.270 --> 01:14:08.330
 times five days, say 52 pay periods

2016
01:14:08.330 --> 01:14:08.570
 in a year.

2017
01:14:08.590 --> 01:14:09.630
 Let's do it that way.

2018
01:14:09.850 --> 01:14:12.330
 That's 41,600 miles a year.

2019
01:14:15.560 --> 01:14:20.940
 So based on four cents, not too

2020
01:14:20.940 --> 01:14:21.360
 bad.

2021
01:14:21.840 --> 01:14:24.400
 1600 dollars a year, 1664 divided

2022
01:14:24.400 --> 01:14:25.140
 by 12.

2023
01:14:25.920 --> 01:14:27.220
 So on the surface, it's like, hey,

2024
01:14:27.220 --> 01:14:30.440
 I'm only paying 138 dollars a month

2025
01:14:30.440 --> 01:14:31.080
 to drive.

2026
01:14:32.360 --> 01:14:33.880
 But what happens if they raise

2027
01:14:33.880 --> 01:14:38.920
 that to 10 cents, 25 cents, 50

2028
01:14:38.920 --> 01:14:40.560
 cents, a dollar?

2029
01:14:43.330 --> 01:14:47.530
 Listen, let's take the estimated

2030
01:14:47.530 --> 01:14:48.390
 California.

2031
01:14:48.470 --> 01:14:49.530
 I'm reading right here.

2032
01:14:49.530 --> 01:14:50.970
 California has the highest tax

2033
01:14:50.970 --> 01:14:52.850
 gas tax among the 50 states with

2034
01:14:52.850 --> 01:14:55.670
 the current excise tax of 61.2

2035
01:14:55.670 --> 01:15:00.340
 cents per gallon, 61.2 cents a

2036
01:15:00.340 --> 01:15:00.580
 gallon.

2037
01:15:00.960 --> 01:15:02.520
 So let's take that again, guys.

2038
01:15:02.820 --> 01:15:04.340
 Let's go ahead and do that again.

2039
01:15:04.540 --> 01:15:06.300
 So I'm going to go ahead and say

2040
01:15:06.300 --> 01:15:09.860
 that 41,600 miles.

2041
01:15:10.880 --> 01:15:12.780
 That's a lot of mileage, but now

2042
01:15:12.780 --> 01:15:15.720
 let's go ahead and apply the 61.2

2043
01:15:15.720 --> 01:15:16.460
 cents per gallon.

2044
01:15:17.920 --> 01:15:19.040
 That's a lot.

2045
01:15:19.700 --> 01:15:21.560
 What if California decided, well,

2046
01:15:21.560 --> 01:15:23.880
 we're losing revenue here at the

2047
01:15:23.880 --> 01:15:27.300
 pump, but now let's take that 62

2048
01:15:27.300 --> 01:15:30.260
 cents excise tax, call us something

2049
01:15:30.260 --> 01:15:31.520
 else and apply it to the mileage

2050
01:15:31.520 --> 01:15:31.880
 tax.

2051
01:15:33.510 --> 01:15:37.370
 And now it's costing you 25,792

2052
01:15:37.370 --> 01:15:38.650
 dollars a year to drive.

2053
01:15:40.530 --> 01:15:45.270
 Now you're looking at over 2,149

2054
01:15:45.270 --> 01:15:46.990
 dollars a month to drive.

2055
01:15:49.790 --> 01:15:52.130
 That's the reason people are opposed

2056
01:15:52.130 --> 01:15:54.610
 to this idea because Californians

2057
01:15:54.610 --> 01:15:58.510
 know California has no quit in

2058
01:15:58.510 --> 01:15:58.730
 them.

2059
01:15:59.190 --> 01:16:00.610
 They will bleed you dry.

2060
01:16:01.310 --> 01:16:03.690
 They will say the nice thing.

2061
01:16:03.750 --> 01:16:05.370
 They will make everything look

2062
01:16:05.370 --> 01:16:06.470
 like it's good for you.

2063
01:16:06.530 --> 01:16:08.150
 Look, we put a nice little ribbon

2064
01:16:08.150 --> 01:16:09.370
 and bow on this package.

2065
01:16:09.950 --> 01:16:11.130
 This is going to save you money.

2066
01:16:11.170 --> 01:16:11.830
 This is amazing.

2067
01:16:11.950 --> 01:16:14.070
 But every time they get an inch,

2068
01:16:14.130 --> 01:16:15.450
 they take the mile.

2069
01:16:16.950 --> 01:16:18.510
 It's going to start at four cents.

2070
01:16:18.770 --> 01:16:20.050
 They say they're just doing a study

2071
01:16:20.050 --> 01:16:22.190
 that's going to be due by 2027.

2072
01:16:22.990 --> 01:16:24.510
 This study is going to turn into

2073
01:16:24.510 --> 01:16:24.910
 law.

2074
01:16:26.150 --> 01:16:27.590
 This law is now going to be put

2075
01:16:28.550 --> 01:16:29.710
 in into use.

2076
01:16:30.330 --> 01:16:31.390
 You're going to get charged four

2077
01:16:31.390 --> 01:16:32.550
 cents a mile in the beginning.

2078
01:16:33.510 --> 01:16:35.970
 But mark my words, if all of this

2079
01:16:35.970 --> 01:16:37.570
 goes through, you're going to

2080
01:16:37.570 --> 01:16:39.590
 probably be looking at 40, 50

2081
01:16:39.590 --> 01:16:40.970
 cents a mile easy to drive.

2082
01:16:41.230 --> 01:16:42.450
 Because that was originally the

2083
01:16:42.450 --> 01:16:43.610
 talk, by the way, before all this

2084
01:16:43.610 --> 01:16:44.650
 went into effect.

2085
01:16:44.650 --> 01:16:47.130
 They were actually talking about

2086
01:16:47.130 --> 01:16:48.890
 30 something to 50 something

2087
01:16:48.890 --> 01:16:50.110
 cents a mile to drive.

2088
01:16:51.470 --> 01:16:52.710
 But now they're retracting.

2089
01:16:52.730 --> 01:16:53.670
 Now they're saying, oh, you know,

2090
01:16:53.670 --> 01:16:54.290
 just four cents.

2091
01:16:54.310 --> 01:16:55.010
 That's all we're talking about.

2092
01:16:55.010 --> 01:16:55.730
 We just want to see what it

2093
01:16:55.730 --> 01:16:56.570
 will look like at four cents.

2094
01:16:57.150 --> 01:16:58.110
 Well, obviously, if you're

2095
01:16:58.110 --> 01:16:59.110
 complaining about losing money

2096
01:16:59.110 --> 01:17:02.870
 at the pump with the 62 or I'm

2097
01:17:02.870 --> 01:17:05.130
 sorry, 61.2 cents per gallon

2098
01:17:05.130 --> 01:17:07.170
 excise tax as it is, you're

2099
01:17:07.170 --> 01:17:08.270
 really going to lead everyone

2100
01:17:08.270 --> 01:17:09.950
 to believe that you're willing

2101
01:17:09.950 --> 01:17:11.510
 to forgo that to only charge

2102
01:17:11.510 --> 01:17:12.750
 four cents a mile to drive.

2103
01:17:14.330 --> 01:17:14.770
 California.

2104
01:17:15.910 --> 01:17:16.690
 What are we going to do?

2105
01:17:16.810 --> 01:17:17.650
 What are we going to do?

2106
01:17:18.430 --> 01:17:19.870
 Listen, if it comes down to

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 this, I think a lot of

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 Californians are going to have

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 to exercise their rights to

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 leave the fucking state, man.

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 I don't know what else we

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 can do.

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 But for all those people who

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 commute to work to make a

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 dollar and if they're forced

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 to pay for how many miles

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 they drive and they implement

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 a tax that is very similar

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 to what they're implementing

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 on the gas tax as it is,

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 which is at the moment.

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 Yeah, 61.2 cents.

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 Are you really willing to pay

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 over $2,000 a month to just

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 drive to work on top of your

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01:17:56.030 --> 01:17:57.910
 mortgage, which is probably

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01:17:57.910 --> 01:18:00.090
 another two to $3,000?

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01:18:02.140 --> 01:18:03.880
 Are you willing to spend

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01:18:03.880 --> 01:18:06.300
 five to $6,000 just for

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 having a roof over your head

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01:18:08.860 --> 01:18:09.780
 and the ability to earn

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01:18:09.780 --> 01:18:11.080
 the paycheck to pay that roof?

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01:18:13.930 --> 01:18:16.190
 No, nobody should be forced

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01:18:16.190 --> 01:18:16.670
 to do that.

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01:18:18.370 --> 01:18:21.610
 And so I hope that I hope

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01:18:21.610 --> 01:18:23.750
 this bill gets knocked down.

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01:18:23.970 --> 01:18:25.270
 I hope I hope that no matter

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01:18:25.270 --> 01:18:26.150
 what happens, this doesn't

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01:18:26.150 --> 01:18:26.990
 come to effect because where

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01:18:26.990 --> 01:18:28.030
 we know how corrupt California

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01:18:28.030 --> 01:18:28.770
 is and where this is going

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01:18:28.770 --> 01:18:29.410
 to go.

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01:18:30.270 --> 01:18:32.350
 So that's my little spiel

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01:18:32.350 --> 01:18:33.490
 on the gas tax.

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01:18:34.430 --> 01:18:35.530
 And with that being said,

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 thank you very much, everybody.

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 bit more time off than

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 needed, but hey, I'm here.

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01:18:44.130 --> 01:18:44.590
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