1 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: And hello, how are you welcome to the Big Podcast. 2 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:30,239 It is Monday. Today is the thirtieth day of June, 3 00:00:30,879 --> 00:00:33,439 Year of Our Lord twenty twenty five. My name is 4 00:00:33,439 --> 00:00:36,159 Tom Sullivan. So there's a lot to go over today. 5 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,240 There's news of the day and all of that. But 6 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,200 there are some things that I've been collecting over the 7 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,719 last few days that I wanted to talk to you about. 8 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:49,479 And they're just they're just odd things from the news 9 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,200 over the weekend that maybe people missed. Where do we 10 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,280 start here, Oh, let's let's start with Warren Buffett. Warren 11 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:04,239 Buffett announced that he is donating six billion dollars to 12 00:01:04,719 --> 00:01:10,000 five Foundations. I've talked about this before and it's nice, 13 00:01:11,359 --> 00:01:15,680 and I have no bone to pick with Warren Buffett whatsoever, 14 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,040 but everybody talks about, you know, what a wonderful man 15 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:21,879 he is, and how generous and everything else. You Oh, 16 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:27,040 he donated six billion dollars worth of his company's stock 17 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,120 to five Foundations, And I want to emphasize if you're 18 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:34,640 reading the story, it goes by rather quickly, but he 19 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:39,280 did not donate six billion dollars. No, he donated six 20 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:45,400 billion dollars of his company stock Berkshire Hathaway. The reason 21 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:52,840 why the reason why he donated company's stock is because 22 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,959 I'm sure that the original cost of that stock was 23 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,599 some small number when he first got the stock many 24 00:02:01,599 --> 00:02:05,280 many years ago when he started the company. So today 25 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,560 there is a giant tax on the sale of that stock. 26 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,199 If you were to sell that stock, you would pay 27 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,680 an enormous tax on that. But he's not stupid, and 28 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,280 he certainly has good tax advisors. If you donate the stock, 29 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,960 here's what happens. You don't have to pay the tax 30 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,400 on the appreciation and the value of the stock from 31 00:02:30,439 --> 00:02:33,919 whatever it was that he first got the stock, So 32 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:40,199 no tax on that. Secondly, is whoever he donated it 33 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,199 to gets to turn around and sell it tomorrow, and 34 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,560 they would not have any game because they will pick 35 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:49,080 it up at whatever the value was on the date 36 00:02:49,159 --> 00:02:53,360 that they received the stock, which would be today, and 37 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:58,240 they sell it tomorrow, they're probably no gain, no tax, 38 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:03,759 so they avoid huge amounts of tax. And the code 39 00:03:03,759 --> 00:03:07,719 of gras out of all of this is Warren Buffett 40 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:15,840 gets a six billion dollar deduction on his tax return. Yeah, well, 41 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,919 you donate to charity, that's a deductible item. And he 42 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,879 donated to Wink Wink charities, which we'll get into here 43 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:29,039 in just a second. But he's been doing this for years. 44 00:03:29,039 --> 00:03:31,840 He actually started back in two thousand and six. I'm 45 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:34,840 sure his financial advisor said, you need to start a 46 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,639 process of handing off some of the huge ownership that 47 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:42,919 you have. A bricure Hathaway, Oh he still has. This 48 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,879 is nothing. Six billion is nothing. So it will be 49 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,400 the stock with delivered today. They own you know, Geico, 50 00:03:51,639 --> 00:03:54,599 they own Dairy Queen, they own all kinds of businesses. 51 00:03:55,479 --> 00:04:01,439 And the largest part is going to Bill and Melinda 52 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:08,879 Gates Foundation. Okay, then another part we'll go to the 53 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:15,800 Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. That's Buffett must be is that 54 00:04:15,919 --> 00:04:20,240 his daughter? I'm not sure. The next group that will 55 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,639 get a big chunk is the Howard Buffett Foundation, which 56 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,959 is awesome. It's just I know that's his son. And 57 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,160 then there's another group of Novo Foundation. They receive us 58 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,480 the smallest portion, but what they're do. What you do 59 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,720 is you start a foundation and you donate money to 60 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,560 your foundation. Now your foundation has your money and you're 61 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,600 in charge, or your daughter's in charge, or your son's 62 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:51,040 in charge, and they're obviously going to manage the money 63 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,800 the way that you would like them to do so, 64 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,800 and you get a deduction for donating the money to 65 00:04:56,879 --> 00:05:01,279 your children. You don't have to pay tax on the 66 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,120 huge appreciation, so it's appreciated a bazillion percent, I'm sure. 67 00:05:05,439 --> 00:05:09,839 And instead he doesn't have to pay a penny and 68 00:05:09,879 --> 00:05:12,040 he gets the deduction for the full value of the 69 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,720 stock that. I just wanted to pass that all because it's, 70 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,160 like I said, I don't have a bone to pick 71 00:05:17,199 --> 00:05:21,480 with Howard. I'm sorry that's the sun with Warren Buffett, 72 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,240 but I just want you to know that these things 73 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,759 are not as generous as you might think. There's a 74 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,920 lot of personal wealth management involved, especially when you have 75 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,279 that kind of money. I got another story out of California, 76 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:46,720 and this one headline is California closes twelve billion dollar 77 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:54,120 deficit by cutting back immigrants access to healthcare. I know 78 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,800 that people are coming out of their shoes about the 79 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:02,040 Republicans and the fact that they're cutting back. They're cutting people, 80 00:06:02,079 --> 00:06:05,519 They're cutting all the poor people. I've heard twelve million, 81 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,160 I've heard twenty million people that are going to lose 82 00:06:08,199 --> 00:06:11,160 their health care benefits because the Republicans and the big 83 00:06:11,199 --> 00:06:15,959 beautiful bill will cut them out and screaming about it. 84 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:22,279 But nobody, nobody is saying a peep about a Democrat governor. 85 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:26,199 This guy, the California governor. They're going to they got 86 00:06:26,199 --> 00:06:28,639 a problem, they got a twelve billion dollar deficit. They 87 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:32,279 have to solve it. And so this is the third 88 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:36,759 year in the row that they have been forced to 89 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:41,600 slash funding or stop some of the programs that have 90 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:48,199 to do with some healthcare expansion. This is for low 91 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:54,360 income adult immigrants without legal status. In other words, they're illegals. 92 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,920 And California was beating their chest about how proud they 93 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,920 were of the fact that they were going to go out. 94 00:07:02,399 --> 00:07:03,920 We're going to help them out. I'll tell you, we 95 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,199 welcome these illegals to our state. After all, we're a 96 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:13,480 sanctuary state, they say. So they offered them free medical 97 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,920 all they get a whole bunch of water marias that 98 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,560 come across the border and they go to California. Hey, 99 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,120 we're going to get free medical and they get there 100 00:07:22,519 --> 00:07:24,279 and this is the third year in the row that 101 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:28,519 they've bringnegged on that. So they promised it, but they well, 102 00:07:28,759 --> 00:07:31,199 I agree with them. I don't think the illegals should 103 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:35,959 get taxpayer benefited healthcare. Taxpayers have a hard enough time 104 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,920 paying taxes. But I just thought you should know that 105 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,600 they're in the process and for the third year in 106 00:07:42,639 --> 00:07:51,560 a row, cutting healthcare for illegals. Yes, this isn't the 107 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,639 only thing. Hold on here, let me find there's another article. 108 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,959 This one came out of cal Matters, and I got 109 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:03,639 to tell you, I don't know if a lot of 110 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:09,120 people know about cal Matters, but I think the world 111 00:08:09,279 --> 00:08:13,720 of it. Dan Walters, who I have just enormous respect for, 112 00:08:14,959 --> 00:08:17,519 is I'm not sure if he's the senior guy there, 113 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:25,639 but he writes for cal Matters. It's cal Matters calmatters 114 00:08:25,959 --> 00:08:34,480 dot org. So what he talks about is that California 115 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:40,200 is cooking the books to hide their twenty one billion 116 00:08:40,279 --> 00:08:44,840 dollar deficit. They have adopted to hide the pe approach 117 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:50,120 to budgeting, relying on reserves and loans and payments to 118 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,600 conceal the fact that they've got a twenty one billion 119 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,279 dollar deficit going. This is a Dan Walters column at 120 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,919 cal Matters, and he writes legislative leaders would have his 121 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,759 believe that the budget agreement they forged with the governor 122 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:13,080 is noteworthy, even heroic, responding to problems caused by Donald Trump. 123 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:18,720 Of course they're blaming Trump for their overspending in California anyway. 124 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,480 Summary of the three hundred and twenty one billion dollar 125 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:27,000 agreement declares, through the work of the legislature and the governor, 126 00:09:27,039 --> 00:09:30,879 the budget was once again stabilized. So it goes on 127 00:09:30,919 --> 00:09:33,440 to pat themselves on the back and everything else. But 128 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:38,120 there's a problem with all of this. It's fictional. They 129 00:09:38,279 --> 00:09:41,720 conjured up to mask the fact that Newsome and the 130 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:46,960 legislators have been overspending revenues for three years, ever since 131 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:51,279 the governor erroneously declared that the state had an almost 132 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:55,120 one hundred billion dollar surplus. And this was long before 133 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:58,879 the fires at LA and long before Donald Trump was 134 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:06,120 even inaugurated. So they are using tricks to try to 135 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:19,759 make you think they're doing a good job. So what 136 00:10:19,799 --> 00:10:23,399 they've done is they've used direct and indirect loans to 137 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,200 the general fund from special funds that set aside for 138 00:10:27,279 --> 00:10:33,080 specific purposes. The accounting Democrat takes several forms. They've delayed 139 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:39,519 a two billion dollar support for community colleges and for schools. Yeah, 140 00:10:39,759 --> 00:10:43,240 we don't need the money for schools and education, and 141 00:10:43,399 --> 00:10:46,720 one to their states doing so poorly in education, so 142 00:10:46,799 --> 00:10:50,279 they've shifted that from one fiscal gear to another. They 143 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:55,320 also have other maneuvers called solutions. They don't solve anything. 144 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,600 They basically just stave off a day of reckoning when 145 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:03,759 they run out of tricks. So, as Dan Walters writes, 146 00:11:04,759 --> 00:11:07,600 the state has adopted the same hide the pee approach 147 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:10,639 to budgeting that the federal government employees, one that has 148 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:15,879 resulted in multi trillion dollar national debt. But this is 149 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,279 what the state cannot do that they don't have a 150 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,840 printing press. They have to balance their books, and they're 151 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:24,600 using tricks to do so, and they're cutting off schools, 152 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,200 and they're cutting off the promise to illegals for medical care. 153 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:34,000 Just whether you agree or disagree, I just thought, I 154 00:11:34,039 --> 00:11:37,639 just thought you should know. That's all. What else do 155 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:43,120 we have on our overall list here today? Randy Winingarten 156 00:11:44,039 --> 00:11:48,960 the head of the what union is that that the 157 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:53,919 National Teach American Federation of Teachers president. She's been the 158 00:11:53,919 --> 00:11:57,360 president there for a long long time. I've known about her. 159 00:11:57,519 --> 00:12:02,120 I know that the teachers' unions support candidates that then 160 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,480 get elected and then when they go to negotiate for 161 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,639 teacher salaries. It's all a quid pro quo. But I 162 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:14,639 did not know that Randy Weingarten was on the board 163 00:12:14,919 --> 00:12:23,200 of the Democrat National Committee twenty three years, so her 164 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:30,159 departure is apparently quite a shock. Winegarden has wielded influence 165 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:36,240 as an at large member of the DNC, stepping aside 166 00:12:36,279 --> 00:12:39,279 on June fifth. In a resignation letter, she said, I 167 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,399 appear to be out of step with the leadership you 168 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,399 are forging. That's to the new head, Ken Martin. The 169 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:51,639 new head of the DNC. She endorsed David Hogg's effort 170 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,960 to primary Democrats who were too old or not sufficiently progressive, 171 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,559 so she was on board with him, but the rest 172 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,240 of the he threw him out. So Randy Whitgarden, I 173 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,240 had no idea she was on the board of the 174 00:13:07,279 --> 00:13:15,159 Democrat National Committee. I mean, I'm not surprised, but it's startling. 175 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:20,360 Still the same, it just is. Oh and speaking of Washington, 176 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,840 ran across this over the weekend article by Politico Dead 177 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:36,720 members of Congress can't stop posting. Yep, the guy who's 178 00:13:36,799 --> 00:13:40,080 the new apparent victor in the Democrat primary in New 179 00:13:40,159 --> 00:13:47,799 York City zoron ma'am Donnie. So he gets. He wins 180 00:13:47,799 --> 00:13:53,720 the Democrat primary last Tuesday, and lo and behold. On Instagram, 181 00:13:54,519 --> 00:14:00,240 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee liked the post congratulating him on 182 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:06,080 his win. Only problem is Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee died 183 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:12,279 a year ago. I don't know, I don't Yes, she's 184 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:18,600 not the only deceased lawmaker who is still working. Congressman's 185 00:14:18,639 --> 00:14:24,639 Sylvester Turner, a Democrat who filled Sheila Jackson Lee's Texas 186 00:14:24,679 --> 00:14:29,399 seat for two months and then he died. So he 187 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,720 appears if you go to his to his congressional site, 188 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,360 it's his photo is still there. He looks like he's 189 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,519 still working. Let's see who else do we have? Oh yeah, 190 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:46,279 Jerry Connolly, the Virginia Democrat. He died in May. He 191 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,559 also apparently continues to make waves beyond the grave. His 192 00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:57,039 political social media account is working every day. He endorsed 193 00:14:57,039 --> 00:15:00,559 the former chief of staff for his position because he 194 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,120 was stepping down because he knew he was terminally ill. 195 00:15:03,679 --> 00:15:08,679 So he's endorsed him now after he died. He also 196 00:15:08,759 --> 00:15:11,879 has a mailing list and apparently, if you're on Congressman 197 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:16,919 Connolly's mailing list. You're still receiving emails from the congressman 198 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:21,039 even though he passed away in May. It goes on. 199 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,200 They're just so this makes you wonder people we talk 200 00:15:25,279 --> 00:15:29,440 about Joe Biden and whether Joe Biden was cognizant or not, 201 00:15:29,759 --> 00:15:33,200 was he doing his job or not. We have dead 202 00:15:33,519 --> 00:15:39,440 members of Congress that are communicating with their constituents as 203 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,000 if they're alive, and people in Washington apparently don't seem 204 00:15:43,039 --> 00:15:47,039 to have a problem with any of this. It's just 205 00:15:47,399 --> 00:15:50,320 did the Bizarro column that I've got today, just a 206 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:57,080 lot of this kind of thing going on. I don't 207 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,799 know what else we got. We got a lot of 208 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,879 news of the day we need to get to as well, 209 00:16:01,039 --> 00:16:04,120 and we have some of your phone calls we'll play 210 00:16:04,279 --> 00:16:08,440 as we go through the podcast today. So let's see 211 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,519 where do you want to start. Well, let's start with 212 00:16:10,559 --> 00:16:15,320 the New York City mayor. The marriage race has now 213 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,720 come down to over the weekend, Andrew Cuomo, the former 214 00:16:19,759 --> 00:16:25,240 governor who resigned in disgrace. He was beaten by this man, Donna. 215 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:27,919 I don't even know how to pronounce it. Mam Dana, 216 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:36,080 Mam Dana, ma'am Danny. That's it, zoron Mam Danny. So 217 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:41,039 he won and he beat Andrew Cuomo. So Andrew Cuomo 218 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:45,320 over the weekend said no, actually, I'm not stepping aside. 219 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:52,279 I'm going to run as an independent. So he's in 220 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:58,360 the race. Eric Adams, well he was a Democrat but 221 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,320 he wants to get re elected, so now he's running 222 00:17:01,759 --> 00:17:07,960 as an independent. So there's two independents and it's this 223 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,599 guy's name, Zoran ma'am Danny is the Democrat and the 224 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:21,079 head of the Guardian Angels has been the Republican mayoral 225 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,119 candidate for I don't remember how long, probably twenty years. 226 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,119 So he's yeah, he loses every time. So there's going 227 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,440 to be at least four major candidates for mayor and 228 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,680 that election isn't until November. But in the meantime, Iran 229 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:41,720 man Damny is getting all kinds of publicity out there. 230 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:47,119 Doug Hay, who is a Republican strategist, was on CNN 231 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,680 early this morning. This is what he had to say. 232 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 2: Well, I think Republicans feel that there's a real opportunity 233 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,599 with this statement and obviously other things that Mumdani has said. 234 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,400 The Republican Governors Association is going to is this in 235 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,839 the New Jersey governor's race. That's the same media market. 236 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,599 The National Republican Congressional Committee is going to use this 237 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,400 in targeted races throughout the country. They look at what 238 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,920 happened in New York City as an opportunity for them 239 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,960 to highlight how far left the Democratic Party has gone. 240 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: What he's talking about is that Zaron Mandammy was on 241 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,720 Meet the Press yesterday and instead, I don't think we 242 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:25,119 should have billionaires. Here's what he had to say. 243 00:18:27,759 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 3: Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist? 244 00:18:31,839 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 4: I don't think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, 245 00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:38,000 it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, 246 00:18:38,319 --> 00:18:42,039 and ultimately, what we need more of is equality across 247 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:44,200 our city and across our state and across our country. 248 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,720 And I look forward to work with everyone, including billionaires, 249 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,440 to make a city that is fairer. 250 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 5: For all of them. 251 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: Then he went on to talk about the fact that 252 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:58,000 he supports his statement that he's made before about globalizing 253 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,680 the DAFADA. Listen to what he has to say about that. 254 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:08,799 Speaker 3: Why not just condemn it. My concern is. 255 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 6: To start to walk down the line of language and 256 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:17,079 making clear what language I believe is permissible or impermissible, 257 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,599 takes me into a place similar to that of the president, 258 00:19:20,599 --> 00:19:22,880 who is looking to do those very kinds of things, 259 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,200 putting people in jail for writing an op ed, putting 260 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,839 them in jail for protesting. Ultimately, it's not language that 261 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,240 I use. It's language I understand there are concerns about 262 00:19:30,599 --> 00:19:33,279 and what I will do is showcase my vision for 263 00:19:33,319 --> 00:19:34,880 the city through my words and my action. 264 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,279 Speaker 1: So the question about the phrase global into fada, it 265 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:44,000 is a pro Palestinian slogan calls for a worldwide support 266 00:19:44,079 --> 00:19:50,839 for Palestinian resistance against Israel. The term tafada is Arabic 267 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,920 means uprising or shaking off, and it refers to Palestinian 268 00:19:55,039 --> 00:20:00,160 uprisings against Israel. The call to globalize it suggests extending 269 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:06,200 these uprisings beyond the Palestinian territories. This slogan has sparked controversy, 270 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,079 with some viewing it as a call for violence and 271 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,440 anti Semitism, while others see it as a call for 272 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:18,759 solidarity and nonviolent resistance. So he acknowledges that it is sensitive. 273 00:20:19,839 --> 00:20:20,559 Speaker 3: By the way, there. 274 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,599 Speaker 1: Are more Jewish people living in New York City than 275 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,880 any other place in the world other than Israel, and 276 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,359 Jewish groups have criticized the slogan for inciting violence and 277 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:38,079 anti Semitism. So take your guests exactly. Wow, how this 278 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,920 guy actually feels about supporting the term and he won't 279 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,480 deny it about the fact that he supports the term 280 00:20:44,519 --> 00:20:51,480 globalized the Intifada. Ricky Richie Torres is a Democrat congressman 281 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:56,920 represents the Bronx. And did I say he's a Democrat 282 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,519 New York City Democrat And this was his reaction to 283 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,880 what is now the Democrat nominee for the race for mayor. 284 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,759 Speaker 5: I strongly disagree. No one's advocating for imprisonment. I mean, 285 00:21:10,799 --> 00:21:14,599 every elected official has an obligation to condemn hatred, whether 286 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:19,319 it's anti Semitism or is lomophobia. You know, the second 287 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:23,160 into Fada refers to a wave of terror attacks, suicide 288 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,119 bombings and slashings and stabbings that left more than a 289 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:31,079 thousand Israelis and Jews dead. And so when one uses 290 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,160 the word into fada, it causes profound pain and trauma 291 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,160 to the Jewish community. It is deeply offensive. Every elected official, 292 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,640 without exception, should condemn it. 293 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mentioned that that was a Democrat congressman from 294 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,680 New York City. He represents the Bronx Richie Torres. Then 295 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,680 another congressman from New York City happens to be the 296 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,599 minority leader of the House of Representatives, Jakim Jeffries. This 297 00:21:56,839 --> 00:21:57,680 was his reaction. 298 00:21:58,319 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 7: We don't really know each other well, our districts don't overlap. 299 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,039 I have never had a substantive conversation with him. Globalizing 300 00:22:06,079 --> 00:22:09,680 the Antifada by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. 301 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,519 He's going to have to clarify his position on that 302 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,000 as he moves forward. 303 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: I couldn't help laughing because I if it's right out 304 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,440 of a Donald Trump playbook. When there's somebody that you 305 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,079 don't want to be associated with. I don't know the guy, 306 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:30,279 never met him. Do you believe Hakeem Jeffries has never 307 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:36,279 talked to zoron Mam Danny. He's a state assemblyman with 308 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:42,359 his district is in Queens. Hakim jeffries congressional district is 309 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,839 in Brooklyn. You don't need to know the geography of 310 00:22:44,839 --> 00:22:47,960 New York City to know Queens is next to Brooklyn. 311 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,200 So of course you know they know each other. You 312 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,359 know they've talked and well, maybe not, because it doesn't 313 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,559 sound like Hawkeem Jeffries is just like Ritchie Torris doesn't 314 00:23:00,599 --> 00:23:03,319 want anything to do with this guy. So those are 315 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:08,319 two New York City representatives that from the Democrat side 316 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,039 of the aisle that looked like they are trying to 317 00:23:11,079 --> 00:23:14,359 distance themselves from this guy. But man, he had he 318 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:19,440 won easily in his race. So the people, well, it 319 00:23:19,559 --> 00:23:21,799 wasn't a big turnout, so a very small group of 320 00:23:21,839 --> 00:23:26,440 people were the ones responsible for giving Zoran man Danny 321 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:34,480 the win in the Democrat primary. Switching subjects, you want 322 00:23:34,519 --> 00:23:36,880 to I don't want to dwell on this because we 323 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,920 beat it to death last week. But they're still they're 324 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,680 still going around about whether or not Iron's no clear 325 00:23:44,759 --> 00:23:49,519 facilities were damaged or not. CNN is still saying, well, well, 326 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:55,279 they looked like maybe they're they're really they're spending a 327 00:23:55,319 --> 00:23:58,200 lot of time back pedaling. We we reported what we 328 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:03,119 were right, We were right another word. Jack Team has 329 00:24:03,279 --> 00:24:05,720 the very latest observation about this debate. 330 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,519 Speaker 8: Yeah, well, I rely primarily on Israeli intelligence and the 331 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,960 United States intelligence and providing us you know what their 332 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,240 assessment is. There's lots of opinions out there, but not 333 00:24:17,319 --> 00:24:20,519 all of them are fact based, and I think we're 334 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:25,440 somewhere between what has happened in Aron's total nuclear program 335 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:30,839 severely damaged to completely destroyed and depending on what site 336 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,079 we're dealing with and what that means. In the CIA's 337 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,799 conclusion and also in the Israeli's Intelligence service conclusion that 338 00:24:39,839 --> 00:24:42,839 the program is set back a number of years now. 339 00:24:43,079 --> 00:24:46,400 New information will be gathered as we go forward here, 340 00:24:46,839 --> 00:24:49,200 but I think one of the things we absolutely have 341 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:53,880 to conclude here is the Iranians, remember, never were serious 342 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:59,920 about negotiations because they always thought they could survive an airstrike, 343 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:06,279 recover and rebuild, regardless of whether we're completely destroyed, civility damage, 344 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,599 or somewhere in between. I am absolutely convinced that the 345 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,839 Iranians have not given up the idea of having a 346 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,440 nuclear weapon. And why is that. It's because it preserves 347 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,200 their regime. It's the number one reason why they have it. 348 00:25:20,279 --> 00:25:23,279 The other thing is to use it to destroy Israel. 349 00:25:23,799 --> 00:25:26,839 So if that's the case, then they're going to assess, 350 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,519 and I think that assessment is going on now. They 351 00:25:29,559 --> 00:25:32,559 have to get under the ground to see what truly 352 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:35,839 has happened, and they'll begin to recover and it will 353 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,359 begin to rebuild. And when we see that happening, we 354 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,839 should hit them again and don't let it get to 355 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:44,359 enriched uranium close to weaponization. 356 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,319 Speaker 3: Get it right, get them down right from the start. 357 00:25:47,559 --> 00:25:50,319 Speaker 1: And that aligns with what the Washington Post was reporting 358 00:25:50,839 --> 00:25:54,799 that they believe that the Iranian leaders have been talking 359 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,279 and they've been picking them up on signal surveillance, and 360 00:25:58,319 --> 00:26:01,720 the Iranian leaders are talking about downplaying the damage and 361 00:26:01,759 --> 00:26:04,559 the fact that they want to get stopped started again 362 00:26:04,599 --> 00:26:07,599 and they'll never stop enriching. That's exactly what Jack Keen 363 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:12,480 was just talking about. They're still wanting to regain their power. 364 00:26:12,559 --> 00:26:15,759 But will it take two weeks? I doubt it, two months, 365 00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:18,920 I doubt it a couple of years. They're going to 366 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,400 keep crying. And did you hear what Jack Keene said. 367 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,839 He says, if they do, you got to stop them 368 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:29,799 right away. Then there was talk about Israel and Hamas 369 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,160 and there may be a breakthrough in some sort of 370 00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:34,359 peace agreement there. 371 00:26:35,599 --> 00:26:37,519 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I think there's two things there. 372 00:26:37,559 --> 00:26:41,799 Speaker 8: He's also talking about regional possibilities in terms of Abraham Accords, 373 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:45,119 so he didn't mention it in terms of normalization of 374 00:26:45,559 --> 00:26:48,559 relationship with Israel by the Arab states in the region. 375 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,720 But the temporary ceasefire is most likely sixty days is 376 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,599 what we're talking about in terms of ceasefire, about half 377 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,119 of the alive hostages ten or twelve being released of 378 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,519 the twenty and obviously some of the ones who are deceased, 379 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,000 and a prisoner exchange coming out of Israeli's detention centers. 380 00:27:10,279 --> 00:27:14,160 But the second deal, which is not being discussed publicly, 381 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,559 is the end of the war deal. And this is 382 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,839 something that the Israelis in the past really never put 383 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,160 on a table seriously, but they are now talking about 384 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,759 it and it does have some momentum. The first deal 385 00:27:25,799 --> 00:27:28,279 I just discussed is the most likely to take place, 386 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:30,799 but this other one has some legs to it for 387 00:27:30,839 --> 00:27:31,480 the first time. 388 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 3: And what is it. 389 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,319 Speaker 8: It means Israelis would move to the periphery of Gaza, 390 00:27:37,079 --> 00:27:39,839 eliminate all of their outposts, at least to part those 391 00:27:39,839 --> 00:27:43,319 house posts, all the corridors we've talked about in the past. 392 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:47,960 They are on the periphery Hamas the leadership goes into exile. 393 00:27:48,039 --> 00:27:52,400 In other words, they lead hamases demilitarized. That'd be tough 394 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,519 one to keep track up and then the fourth thing 395 00:27:56,599 --> 00:28:00,200 is there's a consortium of Arabs states who would put 396 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,000 together this consortium and they would be the governing body 397 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,559 in Gaza. And obviously all hostages would be released alive 398 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,240 and deceased in exchange for some kind of prisoners that 399 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,519 is being discussed. It has obstacles, to be sure, but 400 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,119 the fact that the Israelis are serious about that in 401 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:23,720 discussions I think as newsworthy, and I think probably one 402 00:28:23,759 --> 00:28:26,720 of the reasons for that is the enormous success of 403 00:28:26,759 --> 00:28:30,599 their campaign against Iran supported by the United States, and 404 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,240 Iran is certainly on its knees and really taken off 405 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,599 the board here as a major player, and that gives 406 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:42,240 them opportunities also obviously a deal with a much weakened 407 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:48,000 proxy in Hamas and a decapitated proxy in Hesbal as well. 408 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:54,519 Speaker 1: And then there's this, It's the tragic story out of Courtlaine, Idaho. 409 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:57,480 And for those of you who don't know about Quartlaine, 410 00:28:57,599 --> 00:29:02,160 it is way up in the Panhandle, very top of Idaho. 411 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,680 It is gorgeous, it is beautiful country. There is a 412 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,079 big lake, Cordelaine Lake or Lake Cordelaine, however they pronounce it. 413 00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:15,200 There it is absolutely beautiful. But I remember going back 414 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:19,359 decades going over to that area. It was then all 415 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:24,240 of a sudden, became the world headquarters for all these 416 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:30,200 alt groups, skinheads, you name it, that, big anti government groups. 417 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,400 And I'm not talking about somebody. I mean, I criticized 418 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:38,400 the government, but I'm talking about no serious organizations. And 419 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:42,319 they were headquartered in Cordelaine. They picked this beautiful area. 420 00:29:43,279 --> 00:29:47,039 And so are there anti government people there? There always 421 00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:52,440 has been. They've just id'd the guy. This was shooting 422 00:29:53,319 --> 00:29:57,640 over the weekend where it was suspected that this shooter 423 00:29:58,519 --> 00:30:02,759 stet of fire fire department was called and he was 424 00:30:02,839 --> 00:30:07,960 waiting to ambush them. Killed two firefighters, uh seriously injured 425 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,680 a third who is in stable condition after surgery. Today 426 00:30:12,279 --> 00:30:17,039 they've identified the guy as a twenty year old yew. 427 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:20,839 The guy was I don't even want to give his 428 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,240 name out because I don't want to give him the 429 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,279 public' So a twenty year old guy who was found 430 00:30:24,359 --> 00:30:30,000 dead after a multi agency manhunt in the area. SWAT 431 00:30:30,039 --> 00:30:33,119 officers and others came in and found this one guy. Why, 432 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,000 we don't know. Here's a little bit of the recording 433 00:30:37,119 --> 00:30:43,759 from Broadcastify with some of the first responders finding the 434 00:30:43,799 --> 00:30:50,480 firefighters already shot. 435 00:30:48,279 --> 00:30:49,759 Speaker 9: Right now, doesn't let the shoot her. 436 00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 10: Don't down. 437 00:30:52,759 --> 00:30:58,599 Speaker 9: BC runs down everybody's spot ut here out here we 438 00:30:58,759 --> 00:31:02,440 left him wont responsor, but and she's gun traveled, multiple gunshots. 439 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,079 She called nine five five it down. We'd run for 440 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,000 figuring it up here with your prodcast. So we get 441 00:31:07,039 --> 00:31:11,839 to the two enged out. I'm him down behind Battalion 442 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,559 Willings rig. It's clear to me that this pile was 443 00:31:14,599 --> 00:31:15,039 sending him. 444 00:31:16,759 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: Charles Rams, a former Philadelphia and Washington d C. Police commissioner, 445 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,039 had these observations. 446 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,319 Speaker 11: Well, obviously they've got to identify the suspect. 447 00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 3: They probably already have. 448 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,279 Speaker 11: That'll lead to search warrants being conducted at a home, 449 00:31:32,519 --> 00:31:38,319 in a vehicle, interviewing family friends, finding his social media footprint, 450 00:31:38,839 --> 00:31:41,359 doing everything they can to try to find out the motive. 451 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,119 You know, why did he do this? I mentioned earlier 452 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:46,559 that they were able to trace him through his cell phone. 453 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:49,759 That's one of the technologies that obviously they would have 454 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,680 to use, hopefully to be able to pinpoint his location 455 00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:57,119 early on before he can do a more DAMA. So 456 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,160 there are a lot of things going on right now 457 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,599 trying to really pinpoint the reason why best they can 458 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,039 and also determine his cause of depth that he commits suicide. 459 00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:10,640 Was he killed by police? It definitely was a deadly 460 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,839 forced situation. So either way, at least he's not in 461 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,480 a position to be able to hurt anyone else. Well, 462 00:32:16,519 --> 00:32:18,359 I mean, it's a little unusual for it to happen 463 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,000 to firefighters like that. You've had several instances where police 464 00:32:22,039 --> 00:32:25,279 gets set up that way and ambushed and so forth. 465 00:32:25,839 --> 00:32:27,799 It's something that you think about and you have to 466 00:32:27,799 --> 00:32:32,160 be very cautious whenever you approach a scene. But for firefighters, 467 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:35,640 an actual brush fire, I'm sure the last thing they 468 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,200 thought was that they would come under fire, So it 469 00:32:38,319 --> 00:32:42,480 certainly is something that's unusual in my opinion. Sometimes you 470 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:46,000 hear firefighters having rocks and bricks thrown at him, as 471 00:32:46,079 --> 00:32:48,839 usually in urban areas if there's some kind of issue 472 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,000 going on or something like that, but rarely actually get 473 00:32:52,079 --> 00:32:55,880 shots fired at them. So again, once they find a motive, 474 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,359 get more information on this guy. Did you have an 475 00:32:58,359 --> 00:33:03,720 existing beef with the fireman? I mean, who knows, But 476 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,440 in any event, all that'll come out during the course 477 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,759 of the investigation. Well, again, you know, I don't know why, 478 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,200 and that's one of the things they're going to have 479 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,480 to look into, because again, you know, I've seen or 480 00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:16,720 police get set up with ambushes and so forth, but 481 00:33:16,759 --> 00:33:20,240 it's rare that firefighters do. In fact, I can't personally 482 00:33:20,279 --> 00:33:24,480 think of a situation like what we just saw yesterday, 483 00:33:25,359 --> 00:33:28,039 but it happened, and so this is an area of 484 00:33:28,039 --> 00:33:30,319 the country where you have a lot of anti government 485 00:33:30,359 --> 00:33:33,119 groups that exist. I'm not saying he was part of that. 486 00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:35,519 I don't know, But they'll have to look at a 487 00:33:35,599 --> 00:33:39,319 variety of different issues and ways in which they can 488 00:33:39,359 --> 00:33:42,200 try to zero in on whether or not they're still 489 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,640 an existing threat toward firefighters or whether this was just 490 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:50,440 the one person situation and he's no longer there. 491 00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:55,119 Speaker 1: Here's the Idaho County sheriff. So you said there would 492 00:33:55,119 --> 00:33:57,279 the gun fail weapon? Cris correct? 493 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 3: What kind was that? 494 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 12: We're not releasing that right now, just because we had 495 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:05,240 to scoop everything up so quickly, we could not preserve 496 00:34:05,319 --> 00:34:10,400 the scene like traditionally we would like to. So we 497 00:34:10,599 --> 00:34:15,079 believe that there's a likelihood that when we are able 498 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:17,840 to enter the scene again tomorrow without the threat of fire, 499 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,880 that we'll find other weapons that were placed. 500 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,199 Speaker 1: And there's Paul Morrow, former NYPDE detective. 501 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 13: So pure speculation sounds like he committed suicide that argues 502 00:34:29,519 --> 00:34:32,199 a handgun. We know that he was shooting with a 503 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,840 long range rifle according to the initial reports, and because 504 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,960 of the distance and the circumstances involved. I'm also interested 505 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,159 in the fact that the way the sheriff characterization when 506 00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:43,559 we can enter this scene, so it sounds to me 507 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,519 like he was in some sort of a redoubt. He's 508 00:34:45,559 --> 00:34:48,960 somehow rather was situated in something a barricaded situation that 509 00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:50,119 they couldn't get into. 510 00:34:50,559 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 3: Maybe he's got a home there, et cetera. 511 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 13: So it sounds like they got to get in there, 512 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,400 they got to see what weapons he has, and they 513 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,039 have to see if the weapons that are found there 514 00:34:59,199 --> 00:35:01,960 matched to the weapons that fired. I know this is 515 00:35:02,199 --> 00:35:04,559 sort of a far from possibility, but if they don't 516 00:35:04,639 --> 00:35:06,639 match this somebody else running around out there now, they 517 00:35:06,679 --> 00:35:08,880 don't seem to be concerned about that. They gave a 518 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,880 very confident all clear quite quickly, so it sounds to 519 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,639 me like they feel satisfied that this thing is over. 520 00:35:15,679 --> 00:35:18,280 Speaker 3: What about motivation, I haven't heard much about that yet. 521 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 13: You know, again, i'd have to enter the realm of speculation, 522 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,559 so I want to heavyat it with that. But one 523 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:24,559 of these is that we are being told he started 524 00:35:24,599 --> 00:35:26,639 to fire, okay, which I was backing off of that 525 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,679 even last night in commentary on the air, just because 526 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,719 if I looked at the weather cord a Lane has 527 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,559 had a series of days of very hot, dry weather 528 00:35:34,599 --> 00:35:37,639 and they were under a heat advisory. I thought a 529 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,880 possibility might have been you had a brush fire and 530 00:35:40,039 --> 00:35:42,920 they somebody who's anti government has a compound up there 531 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,719 or something, because something in hills and these the firemen 532 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,760 showed up and they didn't realize they were on his property, 533 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:48,679 something crazy like that. 534 00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:51,039 Speaker 3: Doesn't sound like that, So now what you get. 535 00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:54,079 Speaker 13: You get somebody who started a fire to fire on 536 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,039 first responders. And I say that cognizantly not just firemen 537 00:35:58,119 --> 00:35:59,480 first responders, because. 538 00:35:59,599 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 3: Again, this sounds like a statement. 539 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 13: It feels like a statement, and it feels like an 540 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,800 anti government statement, and that would would capture not just 541 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,760 the fireman God bless them rest in peace, but the 542 00:36:10,199 --> 00:36:13,360 cops as well, because very unusual the target fireman cops. 543 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,760 Hear you get that, right, We've all seen that kind 544 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,840 of a scenario. Fireman is very unusual that argues somebody 545 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,840 who's just completely broken with reality or has some kind 546 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,320 of an anti government animus. I'm gonna be honest with you, 547 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,320 it doesn't really enter your mind. At least it didn't 548 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,320 hint the mind. I mean, I listen, every cop has 549 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,719 these kinds of stories. They ran as something or heard shots, 550 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,599 et cetera. Then they thought later like, wow, that could 551 00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:37,639 have been really really bad. 552 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:38,119 Speaker 3: Every guy. 553 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,639 Speaker 13: We had one one time on Eighth Avenue, a guy 554 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,800 was up in a building. He wasn't shooting at me specifically, 555 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:44,320 but he was shooting at the street. Then he started 556 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,679 shooting at the police cars. And it wasn't until later 557 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,840 that I said to myself when we all ran in there, wow, 558 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,239 you know, thank god? That ment Okay, you know so, 559 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,679 but this was like the guy's got a long range rifle. 560 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,400 It there's a fire going on, there's smoke. So I 561 00:36:57,519 --> 00:37:00,440 think that in this instance, you know, these guys acted 562 00:37:00,599 --> 00:37:02,880 very very bravely because talk about a chaotic scene. If 563 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,760 you've heard the nine one one, you can need a 564 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,679 firefighter who's up there to fight the fire. He gives 565 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,840 a very cogent and clear message to nine to one 566 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,239 one and we're taking incoming. 567 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 3: We have wounded here. He gave his location. 568 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 13: God bless that fireman because he gave them a really 569 00:37:17,519 --> 00:37:19,159 clear picture of what they were running into. 570 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:20,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, very common. 571 00:37:20,559 --> 00:37:22,199 Speaker 13: We're talking about this last night when we were trying 572 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:23,719 to figure out how they're going to get him. We said, 573 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,239 you know, you got the FBI on the scene, you 574 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,039 got all these different agencies, Idaho State Police, and we're 575 00:37:28,039 --> 00:37:30,119 gonna have a lot of these kinds of resources. So 576 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,039 one of the things we were speculating on is that 577 00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:34,079 they're going to be bringing a lot of electronic means. 578 00:37:34,159 --> 00:37:36,599 We talk about the fleer, the heat sensor, and drones. 579 00:37:36,639 --> 00:37:38,800 The problem is it was all that smoke and the 580 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:40,960 fire is burning, that's very hot. That's going to throw 581 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,880 the fleer off. So one of the things we came 582 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,559 down to is, you know what, I bet you they're 583 00:37:44,559 --> 00:37:46,239 going to go up with some kind of geofencing. You're 584 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,159 going to be looking for phones and looking for a 585 00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:49,800 phone that's in the area. They not the shots that 586 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,159 are coming from that doesn't track to where the houses are. 587 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:54,519 Speaker 3: Sounds like that's what they did. 588 00:37:55,079 --> 00:37:58,599 Speaker 1: Fascinating. So they basically put up a geofence and said 589 00:37:58,679 --> 00:38:01,760 what phones are in this area and they're out in 590 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,719 the woods. That Juter was the only guy with the phone. 591 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,159 That's how they were able to track where he was. 592 00:38:08,039 --> 00:38:10,400 In trade talk today, a couple of things popped up. 593 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:16,840 First of all, Canada bolded on a digital tax that 594 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,679 they had assessed on US companies that anybody who used 595 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:26,159 Google or Microsoft, you know, all kinds of different US 596 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,199 tech companies on their computers in Canada, that the companies 597 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,280 had to pay Canada. And it turned out where this 598 00:38:33,559 --> 00:38:37,800 was retroactive two years and going oh yeah, you've got 599 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,840 to go back two years and pay tax on anybody 600 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,440 who used your services. It added up to a couple 601 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:46,800 of two or three billion dollars and Canada Today today 602 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,159 was the day with the deadline for the companies to pay. 603 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,960 Canada today said never mind. They backed off of it, 604 00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:56,119 and as a result, the Trump administration said, great, now 605 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,280 we will rezone trade negotiations with Canada because they had 606 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,400 stopped them old last week. And then another comment by 607 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:07,920 the President this afternoon about a temporary pass for migrants 608 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:14,360 working on US farms, and that goes back We've had 609 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,559 that process in the past where a lot of agricultural 610 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:24,559 ranchers and farmers. Growers have had regular seasonal workers come from, 611 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:29,440 mostly Mexico, but other countries as well. It brings up 612 00:39:29,519 --> 00:39:31,920 the problem I have with it is it brings up 613 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,719 the fact that the government is giving a benefit to 614 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:41,159 the agricultural industry, But what about the manufacturing industry, or 615 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:46,679 the retail industry or any other industry. So that's all 616 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,320 we heard was the headline on it. We'll find details 617 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,039 probably later tonight. So let's get some phone calls in 618 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,280 from some of you. The phone number here is eight 619 00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:00,599 five to five two nine five sixty six hundred. I'd 620 00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:04,000 love to hear from you. Call leave it it's voice failing. 621 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,760 Call and leave a message, and uh we'll squirt and 622 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,760 sort through them. These are from last week. Uh, but 623 00:40:11,199 --> 00:40:14,519 let's start off with somebody we all know and love. 624 00:40:15,119 --> 00:40:17,639 Benny from Oklahoma City gave us a call. 625 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,679 Speaker 10: Thank Tom. You know, I'm just thinking and wondering, Well, 626 00:40:23,119 --> 00:40:26,880 the people that are innocent across this country are the 627 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,039 ones that are so seemed to be so vilified. And 628 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,280 you talk about false accusations seem not you know, I mean, 629 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,840 just turn the news zone or pick up a paper, 630 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:44,360 or turn the radio one or whatever, you know, whatever, 631 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:49,599 and you know it seems like it's you know, edward ware, 632 00:40:50,079 --> 00:40:53,280 you know, just false accusing and false acusations. Whatever you 633 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:54,840 want to say, how do you want to put it? 634 00:40:55,679 --> 00:40:55,800 Speaker 6: Uh? 635 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,800 Speaker 10: You know to me, like you know, as we know, 636 00:41:00,639 --> 00:41:05,400 you know, the elderly population, you know, are just regular people, 637 00:41:06,119 --> 00:41:10,679 A lot of them, they don't. The population out here 638 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,639 is not rich. It's not the mag of millions or 639 00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:19,519 the megabillions. It's just hard working, common everyday people. And 640 00:41:19,639 --> 00:41:23,840 to me, I think before anybody says anything about anybody 641 00:41:24,039 --> 00:41:28,360 offending anybody, they should think about how hard those people 642 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,800 work and how long that they may have had to say, 643 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,840 to take a trip for a vacation, and then other 644 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,639 people and all the planning and working you know that 645 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:43,000 they planned out and things they planned out, hoping to 646 00:41:43,199 --> 00:41:46,719 have a nice vacation or a good prip and then 647 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,840 other people along the way ruining it without a foult. 648 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,760 They are more offensive than those people than anybody could 649 00:41:55,840 --> 00:42:00,760 say anything. Words can be, you know, I mean to me, words, 650 00:42:01,159 --> 00:42:04,920 but action, as I say, say, speaks a whole lot. 651 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,440 Speaker 4: Lower than more. 652 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:07,320 Speaker 5: So. 653 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: There's Betty always good to hear from her. Jim in Wichita, Kansas, 654 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,079 he's up next. Oh, and he loves the socialist that 655 00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:20,000 was elected a Democrat to the Democrat primary mayor's race 656 00:42:20,039 --> 00:42:20,599 in New York. 657 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:28,039 Speaker 14: Congratulations Tom, or a Democratic Socialist winning the Democratic primary 658 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:33,719 or mayor in your city. I am a totally ecstatic 659 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:39,480 about it. Being a fellow Democratic socialist myself, I think 660 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:40,400 you know who I am. 661 00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:42,199 Speaker 15: Take care. 662 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, we know you, Jim. 663 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,639 Speaker 1: Always good to hear from you too, Although at the 664 00:42:47,679 --> 00:42:51,880 beginning of the podcast today I played some prominent Democrats 665 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:56,400 that are not happy about this particular guy. So we'll 666 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,199 see how that all turns out. Let's see who else 667 00:42:59,199 --> 00:43:02,519 do we have. Craig made a phone call to us. 668 00:43:02,519 --> 00:43:03,039 Here's Craig. 669 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:06,320 Speaker 15: All right, Tom, this is Craig, one of your old 670 00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:12,360 comment line callers. I just wanted to say this. Former 671 00:43:12,559 --> 00:43:19,400 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev flames countries are lining up to 672 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,039 give Iran their news. I find that hard to believe. 673 00:43:24,199 --> 00:43:27,920 That would be like blowning a friend my ar fifteen 674 00:43:28,119 --> 00:43:29,679 to do whatever he wants with it. 675 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. The other thing about where was Russia and China 676 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,599 helping to run when they needed help? Now afterwards they 677 00:43:36,639 --> 00:43:40,599 oh yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll lend you some nukes. And 678 00:43:40,679 --> 00:43:45,519 then finally we've got a couple of calls from the 679 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:46,440 comment line. 680 00:43:46,519 --> 00:43:52,320 Speaker 16: Lady, here's Laurie, a conservative California legislator, was interrupted three 681 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,880 times by the liberal Speaker pro tem of the California 682 00:43:55,880 --> 00:44:01,360 Assembly for some very important announcements. Members had to be 683 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,960 wished a happy birthday. Of course, the speaker had to 684 00:44:05,039 --> 00:44:08,119 do this because nobody else cares that they were born. 685 00:44:11,079 --> 00:44:17,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, California is run by some incompetence, but that's another 686 00:44:17,199 --> 00:44:20,639 whole show. And last, but not least, another one from 687 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:22,760 the comment line, Lady, here she is Laurie. 688 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:28,719 Speaker 16: California's governor took offense to remarks made by Vice President Vance. 689 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:33,119 Governor Newsom has challenged Vice President Vance to a debate. 690 00:44:34,639 --> 00:44:38,440 Vice President Vance hasn't responded yet, and that's probably because 691 00:44:38,559 --> 00:44:42,679 the Vice President is actually doing his job while the 692 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:44,800 California governor is not. 693 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,760 Speaker 1: Well, said Laurie. And a couple more things about Gavin Newsom. 694 00:44:50,039 --> 00:44:52,119 You see where he sued Fox for seven hundred and 695 00:44:52,159 --> 00:44:57,039 eighty seven million dollars. That is how old is Governor Newsom? 696 00:44:57,159 --> 00:44:57,599 Speaker 3: Is he two? 697 00:44:58,199 --> 00:45:03,239 Speaker 1: He had his second birthday? Yet I'm childish? Seven hundred 698 00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,360 eighty seven million was the amount that Fox paid to 699 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:10,239 Dominion for admitting that they made up stuff about the 700 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:15,519 Dominion voting machines. That's one thing, But another thing is 701 00:45:15,639 --> 00:45:21,000 he's trying to do something that I would think any 702 00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:26,280 first grade political consultant would say, that's not a good idea. 703 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:31,480 He's trying to do a Trump And I'm sorry everybody 704 00:45:31,519 --> 00:45:35,559 that tries to do pull a Trump stunt. Donald Trump. Yeah, 705 00:45:35,559 --> 00:45:38,320 he drives me crazy with some of his stunts. Others 706 00:45:38,639 --> 00:45:42,199 I kind of laugh at. But Donald Trump sues everybody 707 00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:46,760 for everything. And so this is Gavin Newsom thinking, oh, oh, 708 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,000 it gets him publicity, he gets his name in the 709 00:45:49,119 --> 00:45:51,119 in the in the media. I know what I'll do. 710 00:45:51,199 --> 00:45:55,000 I'll sue him. He doesn't have a prayer on this, 711 00:45:55,199 --> 00:45:59,840 so he's got bad legal advice and he looks childish. 712 00:46:01,119 --> 00:46:03,599 You want him to be the leader of the free world. 713 00:46:04,159 --> 00:46:08,079 I don't think so. And then one more about California politicians. 714 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,639 You see where a Senator Padilla it is all upset 715 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:16,760 because jd Vance did not remember he called him Jose. 716 00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:23,559 I gotta tell you something, I have no idea whose 717 00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:27,480 stor what Senator Padia's first name is. I don't think 718 00:46:27,519 --> 00:46:32,000 it's Jose, but I don't think it's because I think 719 00:46:32,159 --> 00:46:34,639 jd Vance is probably the same boat that a lot 720 00:46:34,679 --> 00:46:36,559 of us are. Do you know his first name? For 721 00:46:36,639 --> 00:46:39,599 those of you in California, I would hope you do. 722 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,679 He's your senator, one of them, the only two to 723 00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:47,119 pick from. But I truly do not know what. I 724 00:46:47,199 --> 00:46:49,280 could look it up, but I did not look it up, 725 00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,360 and I'm telling you, I know it's not Jose, but 726 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:55,960 I don't know what it is. Senator Padia thinks that 727 00:46:56,119 --> 00:46:59,960 he is a star, that he's somehow a big celebrity. 728 00:47:00,079 --> 00:47:04,079 That's when he marched in on on the DHS news conference. 729 00:47:05,639 --> 00:47:08,039 I mean, he don't you know who I am? He 730 00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:12,119 pulled one of those, and I hate to say it, Senator, 731 00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,599 but even with that stunt, we still don't know who 732 00:47:15,679 --> 00:47:18,159 you are, and we certainly don't know your first name. 733 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:22,400 All Right, that's it for today. Let's check the markets, 734 00:47:23,119 --> 00:47:24,559 and it turned out to be a very good day 735 00:47:24,599 --> 00:47:28,360 on Wall Street. The Dow up two hundred and seventy 736 00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,679 five points forty four thousand and ninety four. It's not 737 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,880 at a record high, but it is about a thousand 738 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,199 points below forty five thousand. That hit back in December. 739 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,360 SMP new record up thirty one, NASDAQ new record up 740 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,639 ninety six, price of gold up thirty three dollars to 741 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,880 thirty three twenty. The only thing with a red arrow 742 00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:54,039 was oil, down fifty cents to sixty just under sixty 743 00:47:54,079 --> 00:47:57,239 five dollars for a barrel of oil. So thank you 744 00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:01,480 for coming by today, appreciate you the the patronage, and 745 00:48:01,679 --> 00:48:03,800 we will try this again tomorrow. Hope to see you 746 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:04,039 then