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All Right, so we had a bunch of 11 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:35,119 the confirmation hearings up in Washington, DC over the last 12 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:40,119 couple of days, and you know we had we had 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:46,159 Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Junior, Well Bessent. But that was like 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,200 last week, I want to say, so I was not 15 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,560 able to watch all of them. Cash Betel was yesterday, 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,000 so I wasn't able to catch all of them. But 17 00:00:55,079 --> 00:00:58,600 I did watch the Tulsia Gabbard one. And you've probably 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,880 heard some of the soundbites by now if you haven't, 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,200 some of these are some of these are very good. 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: I don't think that. 21 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:07,719 Speaker 1: I've pulled any because I pulled them last night and 22 00:01:08,239 --> 00:01:11,079 forgot to write up my cut sheet on it. But 23 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,560 I've got the cuts, but I forgot to write the cutry. 24 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,280 But I think most of this stuff is coming from 25 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:21,519 her opening statement. And there was a particular exchange that's 26 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,519 got a lot of the coverage viral, you know, videos 27 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,280 and the like where what's his name, Bennett? I think 28 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,760 out of Colorado? You know, is Edward Snowden a trader? 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,920 Is he a trader? Is he a trader? And she 30 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,319 wouldn't say he was, And she wouldn't say that he 31 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,480 was a brave hero, which she had said in the past. 32 00:01:43,719 --> 00:01:46,560 And I will tell you, like I have always been 33 00:01:47,239 --> 00:01:51,480 cautious about Snowden. I didn't follow the story when it 34 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,239 initially broke. I've never gone back to do like a 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,439 deep dive on everything. I've heard bits here and there 36 00:01:57,519 --> 00:02:03,640 over the years. But I was watching last night Megan 37 00:02:03,719 --> 00:02:08,639 Kelly's podcast and she had Glenn Greenwald on, and Glenn 38 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:14,199 Greenwald was the guy that Edward Snowden gave the documents too. 39 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,120 So Snowden took this information. He was working as an 40 00:02:18,199 --> 00:02:22,599 NSSA contractor. He took the information and he handed it 41 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,879 off to Glenn Greenwald, who published it over at the 42 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:31,120 intercept which went so far woke left that he left 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,479 the thing he founded, the publication he founded, So his 44 00:02:36,599 --> 00:02:39,840 take on it, obviously he's got biased there, but it 45 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,800 was interesting to hear his side of this story in 46 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,800 the way he was talking about what Snowden did in 47 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,759 that like, I wasn't aware of this, and. 48 00:02:48,719 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: Maybe you are. 49 00:02:49,719 --> 00:02:56,719 Speaker 1: But most of the stuff that Snowden took has never 50 00:02:56,879 --> 00:03:03,680 been made public, which I find to be surprising. Like 51 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,879 I thought, because I didn't follow the case closely at 52 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,360 the time, I thought that what he took he handed 53 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,520 off and then it all got published. But he apparently 54 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,800 told Glenn Greenwald when he saw what the NSA was doing, 55 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,520 basically spying on all of us, and it shocked and 56 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,639 defended him to the point where he was like, this 57 00:03:26,719 --> 00:03:31,879 needs to be this needs to be divulged. And he 58 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,639 took the information and he gave it to not a 59 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:40,120 foreign adversary, which I thought was a really good point 60 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:45,879 that Greenwald had made last night in that had Snowden 61 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:51,360 wanted to commit treason, wouldn't he have gone and given 62 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,639 the information to an adversarial nation. To me, that's a 63 00:03:55,759 --> 00:04:00,639 very logical question, and it's and I think it's instructive. 64 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:06,000 Right when he had all of these options for how 65 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:08,840 to put the information out there. Did he try to 66 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,719 hurt the American government? Did he try to hurt the 67 00:04:12,759 --> 00:04:17,680 American people? Or was he trying to alert the American 68 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,439 people that the government was hurting them? And so his 69 00:04:22,639 --> 00:04:25,839 action to hand it off to a media person, and 70 00:04:25,879 --> 00:04:31,800 he told Greenwald accord. According to Greenwald, you know, print 71 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:37,800 what you think is okay? Like what like He's leaving 72 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,519 it up to the Intercept. You guys do with this 73 00:04:41,959 --> 00:04:43,759 what you think has to be done with it. 74 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 2: And so he. 75 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:54,079 Speaker 1: Basically put the Intercept in charge as a gatekeeper for 76 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,000 them to follow journalistic standards whatever they might be over 77 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,920 at the Intercept at the time, and to say we're 78 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:03,000 not going to publish this. Sources and methods are going 79 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,600 to be protected, that sort of thing. And so what 80 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,759 they focused on was the programs that the NSA was 81 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,160 using in order to scoop up and spy on all 82 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,439 of us, which they were doing, right, the stuff that 83 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:22,839 like laws were changed because of the leak that Snowden 84 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:28,279 did in order to try to stop what was going 85 00:05:28,319 --> 00:05:34,319 on from occurring any longer. I also was unaware. I 86 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:37,079 always thought that Snowden had gone to Russia, and that 87 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:41,279 was proof that he was in collusion with Russia. Now, 88 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,120 maybe he did keep a copy for himself and he 89 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,439 handed all of it off to Russia. 90 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 2: That's possible. I don't know. 91 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: But as Greenwald tells it, he got stuck in Russia. 92 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,600 He wasn't trying to go to Russia. He got stuck there. 93 00:05:58,199 --> 00:06:00,920 He was passing through on his way to another country. Yes, 94 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:06,839 he was fleeing America after the theft of the of 95 00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:10,759 the data, which Tulsi Gabbard does talk about in the hearing. 96 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,319 She did say he broke laws and Snowden from his 97 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,000 Russian social media account because that's he's. 98 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: Still over there. 99 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: Snowden said, if she needs to call me a trader, 100 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,160 if she needs to say this stuff about me, she 101 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,319 should do so. 102 00:06:29,399 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 2: She should call me these things. 103 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: And this was used against her as evidence, like you 104 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,680 won't even say that he's a trader, but he says 105 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:43,600 he's a trader. No, he's saying Tulsi Gabbard is so 106 00:06:43,879 --> 00:06:48,720 needed to run the DNI because she will come in 107 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,199 and clean it up. This is what America needs, is 108 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,959 for her to be in that position. And so if 109 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:58,319 she needs to throw me under the bus, she should 110 00:06:58,399 --> 00:07:00,560 do that. I give you my permission, not that you 111 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,839 need it, but I give you my permission. 112 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 2: To do it. I thought that is. 113 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: An interesting piece of evidence, right, Why would you lie 114 00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:16,240 about this stuff? Also, I do not like the fact 115 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,240 that the vote to confirm or reject her is going 116 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:25,319 to be in closed session, that the Senate Intelligence Committee, 117 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,680 that they're going to be that they're going to be 118 00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:28,160 voting on. 119 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:28,759 Speaker 2: Her in private. 120 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: I want to know who voted for her and against 121 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,240 her should have the courage like you guys. You guys 122 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,759 conduct all this stuff in secret, and you're going to 123 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,879 have this public hearing and then you're going to reject 124 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,399 her or I guess maybe confirm her. 125 00:07:42,439 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: I don't know, but those votes should be public. You 126 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,319 should have to stand in front of us. You work 127 00:07:50,399 --> 00:07:50,720 for us. 128 00:07:50,759 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: You should stand in front of us and say yes 129 00:07:52,839 --> 00:07:58,680 or no and tell us why that's it. So, Trump's 130 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,839 nominee to be the nation's spy chief faced three hours 131 00:08:01,839 --> 00:08:04,879 of intense questioning from lawmakers at a feisty and sometimes 132 00:08:04,879 --> 00:08:10,000 contentious confirmation hearing, as Democrats peppered former Congresswoman Tulca Gabbard 133 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,199 with questions about her experience in the intelligence field and 134 00:08:13,319 --> 00:08:17,959 judgment about international affairs. Gabbard, a former Democratic House member, 135 00:08:18,199 --> 00:08:21,160 strongly defended her record and fitness to head the Office 136 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,959 of the Director of National Intelligence. Still, even some Republicans 137 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,879 on the majority Republican Intelligence Committee were not wildly enthusiastic 138 00:08:29,199 --> 00:08:35,600 about Trump's unorthodox pick. Gabbard is a lieutenant colonel in 139 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:40,000 the US Army Reserves, and she cannot lose a single 140 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,919 Republican vote in the committee. She is considered to be 141 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,279 one of the most vulnerable of Trump's nominees. This is 142 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:53,240 according to an article at The Washington Times by Mike Glenn. 143 00:08:54,399 --> 00:08:57,600 Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the 144 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,840 Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, accused her of blaming NATO 145 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:07,200 for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And she made comments on 146 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,879 Twitter the night that Russia invaded, and she was pointing 147 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:17,240 out that Russia views NATO expansion as an existential threat 148 00:09:17,279 --> 00:09:21,759 against it. Now, you can disagree with that, but that 149 00:09:21,799 --> 00:09:25,559 doesn't mean that Russia doesn't view it like that. And 150 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,679 her pointing that out, I think is exactly what you 151 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,600 would want somebody who's advising on intelligence matters to tell 152 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,679 the president. Hey, this is what Russia views this as 153 00:09:37,159 --> 00:09:42,039 because Russia has always said, you know, no nukes in Ukraine, 154 00:09:42,159 --> 00:09:44,960 no NATO expansion all along our borders and all this stuff. 155 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,600 They've been saying all of this stuff for a very 156 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:51,080 long time, and NATO has continuously encroached, encroached, encroached, and 157 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,440 taken in more and more countries. And that's why people 158 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,879 say this is the fault of NATO. Like I don't 159 00:09:57,919 --> 00:10:00,399 necessarily agree with that, Like this is the re I 160 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:05,320 think Putin has expansionist, you know, views and wants to 161 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,759 try to reassemble the USSR. Yeah, like he's got his 162 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:15,039 own grandiose plans. But it does provide a helpful justification 163 00:10:15,399 --> 00:10:18,039 if you're trying to sell this to the public. Right 164 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,240 when you're going out and going around invading all of 165 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,679 your neighbors and stuff Georgia, Crimeria, Crimea and all that. 166 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,159 It does make it easier to say, like we've been 167 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,399 telling them, no expansion, and look at them here they 168 00:10:30,399 --> 00:10:35,519 are expanding again. And remember it was America. I believe 169 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,759 it was Bill Clinton, maybe it was Obama. 170 00:10:38,879 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 2: I forget who. 171 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: We told Ukraine get rid of your nukes and we'll 172 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,399 look out for you, and they did, and that was 173 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:53,039 a terrible piece of advice because we're not right, like 174 00:10:53,159 --> 00:10:56,759 they're not part of NATO, and so maybe this is 175 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,919 like why we keep sending them all this money. We 176 00:10:58,919 --> 00:11:00,600 feel bad because they got rid of all their nukes. 177 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,600 Had they had the nukes, they might not have gotten invaded. 178 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe it would have been a nuclear war. 179 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:04,919 I don't know. 180 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:11,279 Speaker 1: But her pointing this stuff out doesn't disqualify her, not 181 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:15,840 at all. I don't see that. And then the oh, 182 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,320 the Assad thing. She went on the trip, she debriefed 183 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,440 everybody on it when she came back, Like again, just 184 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,279 because you go on these trips and you talk to 185 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,879 these world leaders like her main foe is al Qaeda, 186 00:11:29,159 --> 00:11:31,960 the people who attacked us on nine to eleven. And 187 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,799 now you look at what's happening in Syria and they've 188 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,480 got a new government coming in that's freaking al Qaeda. Like, 189 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,879 so I got some audio, you'll hear it in her 190 00:11:43,879 --> 00:11:46,919 own words. 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This disastrous decision led to the 231 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,799 deaths of tens of thousands of American soldiers and millions 232 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,960 of people in the Middle East, mass migration, destabilization, and 233 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:01,120 undermining of the security and stability of our European allies. 234 00:14:01,879 --> 00:14:04,840 The rise of isis, strengthening of al Qaeda and other 235 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:10,159 Islamus Jihattist groups and strengthening Iran. Here are just a 236 00:14:10,159 --> 00:14:14,200 few other examples. The American people elected Donald Trump as 237 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,519 their president not once, but twice, and yet the FBI 238 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,159 and intelligence agencies were politicized by his opponents to undermine 239 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:24,399 his presidency and falsely portray him as. 240 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:25,159 Speaker 4: A puppet of Putin. 241 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,759 Speaker 3: Title Ie Offiza was used illegally to obtain a warrant 242 00:14:29,759 --> 00:14:33,080 to spy on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page, using a 243 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,720 Clinton campaign funded. 244 00:14:34,399 --> 00:14:36,759 Speaker 4: False dossier as their so called evidence. 245 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:42,159 Speaker 3: Yes, Biden campaign advisor Tony Blinken was the impetus for 246 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,159 the fifty one former senior intelligence officials letter dismissing Hunter 247 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:51,039 Biden's laptop as disinformation, specifically to help Biden. 248 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:51,559 Speaker 4: Win the election. 249 00:14:51,799 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 2: Correct. 250 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,759 Speaker 3: Former D and I James Clapper lied to this committee 251 00:14:55,799 --> 00:14:59,879 in twenty thirteen denying the existence of programs that facilitated 252 00:14:59,919 --> 00:15:03,840 the mass collection of millions of Americans phone and Internet records. 253 00:15:03,879 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 4: True too, it was never held accountable. 254 00:15:05,559 --> 00:15:06,399 Speaker 2: That's true. Never. 255 00:15:06,519 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 4: Under John Brennan's. 256 00:15:07,399 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 3: Leadership, the CIA abused its power to spy on Congress 257 00:15:10,399 --> 00:15:14,120 to dodge oversight, lied about doing it until he was caught, 258 00:15:14,559 --> 00:15:16,679 and yet has never been held responsible. 259 00:15:16,759 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, Brennan is a commie. 260 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,159 Speaker 3: Under Biden, the FBI abused its power for political reasons 261 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,679 to try to surveil Catholics who attend traditional Latin mass 262 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,720 labeling them as quote unquote radical traditionalist Catholics. 263 00:15:28,759 --> 00:15:30,679 Speaker 1: Bad dreads personally. 264 00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:33,879 Speaker 3: Just twenty four hours after I criticized Kamala Harris and 265 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,879 her nomination, I was placed on a secret domestic terror 266 00:15:36,919 --> 00:15:41,559 watch list called Quiet Skies. Sadly, there are more examples. 267 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,159 The bottom line is this, this must end. President Trump's 268 00:15:46,159 --> 00:15:48,919 reelection is a clear mandate from the American people to 269 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,600 break this cycle of failure and the weaponization and politicization 270 00:15:52,679 --> 00:15:57,120 of the intelligence community and begin to restore trust in 271 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,960 those who've been charged with the critical task of secure 272 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:03,919 our nation. If confirmed as D and I, I will 273 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,480 do my very best to fulfill this mandate and bring 274 00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:10,840 leadership to the intelligence community with a laser like focus 275 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:16,000 on our essential mission ensuring the safety, security, and freedom 276 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,840 of the American people. As the President's Principal Intelligence Advisor, 277 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:25,039 I'll begin by leading by example, checking my own personal 278 00:16:25,159 --> 00:16:28,200 views at the door, and committing to delivering intelligence that 279 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:34,720 is collected, analyzed, and reported without bias. Prejudice or political influence. 280 00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: So I don't know who I heard this from. May 281 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,720 have been one of the members on the committee. If 282 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,759 we are to expect, right, all of the members of 283 00:16:46,799 --> 00:16:52,279 the Senate Intelligence Committee, oxymoron joke right there. But if 284 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:55,960 we are to expect all of them to engage in 285 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,360 partisans squabbling and sniping and all of that, you know, 286 00:17:01,039 --> 00:17:04,759 out in public. But then, you know, when this stuff 287 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:07,839 really matters, we check our politics at the door. We 288 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,319 go into these closed sessions and we learn all of 289 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,559 this stuff, and we're all on the same page. We're 290 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:17,039 all on the same team America. Well then why doesn't 291 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:19,240 she get that same allowance? 292 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:20,839 Speaker 2: Right? 293 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: Are you saying that she is unable, that she is 294 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:29,839 not capable of checking her own biases or opinions and 295 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,200 just going where the truth and the data and the 296 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:37,400 evidence leads her. But you are, You're more capable of 297 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:42,039 doing that than she is. I find that to be well, 298 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:46,359 let me just say hard to believe. I find that 299 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,279 hard to believe that Mark Warner is able to do it, 300 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,960 but Tulsa Gabbard is not. 301 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 2: I find that difficult to believe. Tulsa Gabbard has said 302 00:17:59,599 --> 00:18:04,079 what she believes to be true and has suffered consequences 303 00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:09,599 for doing so. And that is a person of courage 304 00:18:09,759 --> 00:18:14,720 and I esteem that. I value that right now. Others 305 00:18:14,759 --> 00:18:19,319 may not, that's fine, but I do. And I feel 306 00:18:19,319 --> 00:18:22,039 like that is indicative of how she might approach her job, 307 00:18:22,599 --> 00:18:26,559 that she may have to say things that she doesn't 308 00:18:26,559 --> 00:18:29,440 agree with, you know, her opinion or politics or whatever. 309 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,480 But if this is the evidence, if this is what 310 00:18:31,559 --> 00:18:33,559 we have, then I'm going to give it to you, 311 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,519 even if I don't agree. Although, like I'm I think 312 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:41,440 at some point you're doing assessments in your judgment it's 313 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:47,400 this or whatever. But I don't understand why she's being 314 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,039 held to a standard that these people that are deciding 315 00:18:50,799 --> 00:18:56,240 on her post that somehow know that they can they 316 00:18:56,279 --> 00:18:58,440 think that she can't do the thing that they are doing. 317 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,480 I'm not buying it, not buying the cover story. All right. 318 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: I hope you had a happy holiday season. But tell 319 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:08,799 me if something like this happened at your house, Your 320 00:19:08,839 --> 00:19:11,319 family and friends are gathered around, maybe y'all are in 321 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,960 the living room, you're laughing, swapping stories, reminiscing, and then 322 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,920 somebody says, hey, dad, remember those old VHS tapes? Did 323 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,599 you ever get them transferred, and then the room gets 324 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,200 all quiet. All eyes are on Dad, who says, oh, 325 00:19:25,279 --> 00:19:27,279 you know, well, I've been meaning to but I just 326 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,319 having gotten around to it. Look, don't let those priceless 327 00:19:30,319 --> 00:19:33,279 memories sit in a box for another year, all right. 328 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,200 Create a Video has been helping families in the Charlotte 329 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,079 area preserve their history since nineteen ninety seven. Simply bring 330 00:19:40,079 --> 00:19:43,519 in your old camquarder tapes and Creative Video will transfer 331 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,799 them to a USB flash drive for just fourteen ninety 332 00:19:46,799 --> 00:19:49,119 five per tape. You have a big collection, They've got 333 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,279 a discount for you. And next year, instead of talking 334 00:19:52,319 --> 00:19:57,079 about those memories, imagine gathering the family to watch them together. 335 00:19:57,319 --> 00:19:59,920 Talk about a memorable gift. So do what I did. 336 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:03,880 Trust the experts at Creative Video, conveniently located in mint 337 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,759 Hill right off I four eighty five and online at 338 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:11,319 create avideo dot com. Listening to some of the highlights 339 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,839 of the Tulsea Gabbard hearing yesterday for her confirmation as 340 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:22,000 a Director of the National Intelligence DNI chief. And there 341 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,359 are a couple of Republicans. There are a couple of 342 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,880 Republicans that are potential no votes. Susan Collins is one 343 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:35,279 of them, but Tom Cotton is not. Tom Cotton is 344 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:42,880 seems supportive of her. He said, I am dismayed by 345 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,160 the attacks on Miss Gabbard's patriotism and her loyalty to 346 00:20:46,319 --> 00:20:49,799 our country. Let me remind everyone Miss Gabbart has served 347 00:20:49,799 --> 00:20:53,039 in our army for more than two decades. She has 348 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,480 multiple combat tours, and she still wears the uniform to 349 00:20:56,599 --> 00:21:00,920 this day. Cotton noted that Gabbert had undergone five background 350 00:21:01,039 --> 00:21:06,319 checks from the FBI and answered every question and called 351 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,279 her quote clean as a whistle. He acknowledged that some 352 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,079 of the nominee's views might be unconventional. He said that 353 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,640 outside the box thinking might have helped the US avoid 354 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,640 foreign policy quagmires, such as two decades of fighting in 355 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,079 Iraq and Afghanistan. He says maybe Washington could use a 356 00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:33,519 little more unconventional thinking. During her opening statement, Gabbard warned 357 00:21:33,839 --> 00:21:38,359 the American public about some of the attacks against her 358 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,319 that we might be hearing now. 359 00:21:40,319 --> 00:21:42,559 Speaker 3: Before I close, I want to warn the American people 360 00:21:42,559 --> 00:21:45,440 who are watching at home. You may hear lies and 361 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,160 smears in this hearing that will challenge my loyalty to 362 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,519 and my love for our country. Those who oppose my 363 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,160 nomination imply that I am loyal to something or someone 364 00:21:56,839 --> 00:22:00,920 other than God, my own conscience, and the constitution of 365 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:06,000 the United States, accusing me of being Trump's puppet, Putin's puppet, 366 00:22:06,079 --> 00:22:10,759 Assad's puppet, a Guru's puppet, Mody's puppet, not recognizing the 367 00:22:10,839 --> 00:22:17,000 absurdity of simultaneously being the puppet of five different puppet masters. 368 00:22:18,279 --> 00:22:22,039 The same tactic was used against President Trump and failed. 369 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,039 The American people elected President Trump with a decisive victory 370 00:22:26,319 --> 00:22:31,160 and mandate for change. The fact is what truly unsettles 371 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,160 my political opponents is I refuse to be their puppet. 372 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,680 I have no love for Assad or Godafi or any dictator. 373 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 4: I just hate Al Qaeda. 374 00:22:42,559 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 3: I hate that we have leaders who cozy up to 375 00:22:45,319 --> 00:22:50,240 Islamist extremists, minimizing them to so called rebels. As Jake 376 00:22:50,279 --> 00:22:53,480 Sullivan said to Hillary Clinton, quote, al Qaida is. 377 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,039 Speaker 4: On our side in Syria. 378 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 3: Well, Syria is now controlled by an al Qaida offshoot 379 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,160 HTS led by an Islamis Jihadis who danced in the 380 00:23:03,279 --> 00:23:06,599 streets on nine to eleven and who is responsible for 381 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:12,279 the killing of many American service members. Democrat senators in 382 00:23:12,319 --> 00:23:15,519 the past resorted to anti Christian bigotry against some of 383 00:23:15,559 --> 00:23:20,359 President Trump's judicial nominees like Amy Coney Barrett and Brian Bouchet. 384 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,599 I condemn those actions as a Democrat in Congress at 385 00:23:23,599 --> 00:23:27,559 the time, as religious bigotry must be thoroughly condemned by 386 00:23:27,599 --> 00:23:32,599 all of us, no matter the religion. Unfortunately, there are 387 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,440 some Democrat senators who still don't understand the principle of 388 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:39,400 freedom of religion and Article six of the Constitution quote 389 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:43,319 no religious tests shall ever be required as a qualification 390 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,920 to any office or public trust under the United States. Unfortunately, 391 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,799 they're once again using the religious bigotry card, but this 392 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:56,759 time trying to foment religious bigotry against Hindus and Hinduism. 393 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,200 If anyone is sincerely interested in knowing more about my 394 00:24:01,319 --> 00:24:05,920 own personal spiritual path of Hinduism, I welcome you to 395 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,119 go to my account on x or I'll share more 396 00:24:08,319 --> 00:24:12,839 on this topic. If confirmed as Director of National Intelligence, 397 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,720 I will continue to live by the oath that I 398 00:24:15,759 --> 00:24:20,119 have sworn at least eight times in my life, both 399 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:24,279 in uniform and as a member of Congress. I will 400 00:24:24,319 --> 00:24:27,240 support and defend our God given freedoms enshrined in the 401 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:32,079 Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, 402 00:24:32,599 --> 00:24:35,839 and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. 403 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:42,559 Speaker 1: Okay, so I have to admit, is there something about 404 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:47,200 Hinduism or followers or Hindus like that make them unsuited 405 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,279 to be DN I I miss that. I mean I 406 00:24:50,319 --> 00:24:53,039 took I took religion classes. We did a whole thing 407 00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:56,640 on Hinduism. And I admit I was not informed that 408 00:24:56,799 --> 00:25:02,279 her her being a Hindu would somehow another prevent her 409 00:25:02,319 --> 00:25:06,720 from assessing intelligence. I was that was not one of 410 00:25:06,759 --> 00:25:09,119 the That was not one of the pillars I recall. 411 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,920 But I could have missed it. 412 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:12,599 Speaker 2: It's possible. 413 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 1: She said she is there to clean up the intelligence community. Okay, 414 00:25:19,279 --> 00:25:21,319 that's what she is going in to do, because that's 415 00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:23,920 what Trump said he would do because he was victimized 416 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,920 by a weaponized intelligence community. 417 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 3: I'll work to end the politicization of the intelligence community 418 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,559 and ensure there is a clear mission focus in the 419 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,880 IC on its core mission of this unbiased a political 420 00:25:37,599 --> 00:25:41,839 collection and analysis of intelligence to secure our nation. I'll 421 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,480 work to rebuild trust through transparency and accountability. This is 422 00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:50,240 a national security imperative, and I'll work to assess and 423 00:25:50,279 --> 00:25:55,279 address efficiencies, redundancies, and effectiveness across OD and I to 424 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,240 ensure focus of personnel and resources is on our core 425 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:03,359 mission of nowational security. In my meetings that I've had 426 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,319 with many of you, you expressed bipartisan frustration about recent 427 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,359 intelligence failures as well as the lack of responsiveness to 428 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,599 your requests for information, whether it's the surprise October seventh 429 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,440 Hamas terrorist attack to the sudden takeover of Syria by 430 00:26:18,559 --> 00:26:23,799 Islamist extremists, failures to identify the source of COVID, anomalist 431 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,720 health incidents, UAPs, drones, and more. 432 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:28,319 Speaker 4: If confirmed. 433 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,599 Speaker 3: I look forward to working with you to address these issues. 434 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,279 Speaker 1: Oh, by the way, I remember the drone story. Remember 435 00:26:37,319 --> 00:26:40,079 that one? Yeah, like people were talking about it. It 436 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,680 was a while ago, but yeah, like I remember that story. 437 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,319 Apparently the White House says that though they were not 438 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:54,440 adversarial drones. So it's nice to learn after the fact, 439 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,839 I guess. I mean, maybe you don't believe that, or 440 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,559 maybe you do believe it. Maybe you believe it because 441 00:26:58,559 --> 00:27:00,759 it's a Trump administration. Maybe we don't believe it because 442 00:27:00,759 --> 00:27:03,160 it's a Trump administration. I don't know, But why did 443 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:07,799 it take so long for that information to finally be 444 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:08,839 delivered to us. 445 00:27:10,759 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 2: What's up with that? I don't yeah. 446 00:27:16,079 --> 00:27:19,799 Speaker 1: Oh, and then the UAP issue just in general, like 447 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,720 they call them UAPs, but it's UFOs. You'll always be 448 00:27:22,839 --> 00:27:26,720 UFOs to me. Okay, UFO sounds way scarier. 449 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 2: I don't know why. 450 00:27:30,079 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 1: Maybe in another fifty years or something, UAP will sound scarier. 451 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:38,039 UAP sounds like an accounting software to me. But UFO, 452 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,559 like it just automatically conjures up the X files tune. 453 00:27:41,599 --> 00:27:44,319 You know. In my mind, UFO is something that will 454 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,880 snatch you up. A UFO is going to be doing 455 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:47,960 probes on you. 456 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:53,279 Speaker 2: Ew. But that's what a UFO is usually round two. 457 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,480 And you know aliens with big eyes and big heads 458 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,119 and very little bodies. 459 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,319 Speaker 1: I feel like it's because of evolution that they end 460 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,720 up with the very big heads in the small bodies 461 00:28:06,759 --> 00:28:08,359 because you don't need you know, because you get so 462 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,960 smart you can do everything, and then the body just 463 00:28:11,039 --> 00:28:13,440 kind of atrophies, so they get the really small bodies. 464 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,400 Either that or they're just working off of, you know, 465 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,680 pictures and drawings from the actual aliens that they caught. 466 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:27,000 It roswell. Now we're gonna find out about that too. 467 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,279 I read about Roswell. Gosh, thirty years ago I was 468 00:28:31,319 --> 00:28:34,680 a kid. I found some book on some shelf, the 469 00:28:34,799 --> 00:28:37,119 Roswell Incident I think it was called, and I read 470 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:38,839 that book and ever since then, I'm like, yeah, that 471 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,759 sounds like it probably happened. And no, no, no, the 472 00:28:42,759 --> 00:28:44,839 president really did have to go to a dentist for 473 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,279 a chip tooth in the middle of the night and Roswell, 474 00:28:47,359 --> 00:28:48,039 New Mexico. 475 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:49,519 Speaker 2: Sure, yeah, that really happened. 476 00:28:52,079 --> 00:28:55,799 Speaker 1: But no, maybe we'll get that along with the JFK 477 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,200 RFK MLK data. 478 00:28:58,359 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 2: By the way, have they released that stuff yet? I 479 00:29:00,039 --> 00:29:02,000 feel like they should have already released it. Nobody's really 480 00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:02,960 talking about that though. 481 00:29:03,519 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. 482 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:04,519 Speaker 2: We'll see. 483 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: I say, give her a shot, right, she's not going 484 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,599 to do any worse than what we've already been seeing, right, 485 00:29:10,839 --> 00:29:14,720 unless she's going to like orchestrate some sort of a 486 00:29:14,799 --> 00:29:18,440 you know, fake Russian collusion hoax against some democrat. I 487 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,880 don't know, Like it seems like the bar's pretty low, 488 00:29:21,319 --> 00:29:23,680 you know, all right, if you're listening to this show, 489 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,240 you know I try to keep up with all sorts 490 00:29:25,279 --> 00:29:27,319 of current events, and I know you do too, And 491 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:32,200 you've probably heard me say get your news from multiple sources. Why, Well, 492 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,920 because it's how you detect media bias, which is why 493 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,160 I've been so impressed with ground News. It's an app, 494 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:41,559 and it's a website and it combines news from around 495 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,039 the world in one place so you can compare coverage 496 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,400 and verify information. 497 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 2: You could check it out at check. 498 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: Dot ground, dot news slash Pete. I put the link 499 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,559 in the podcast description too. I started using ground News 500 00:29:54,599 --> 00:29:57,319 a few months ago and more recently chose to work 501 00:29:57,319 --> 00:29:59,279 with them as an affiliate because it lets me see 502 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,240 clearly how stories get covered and by whom. The blind 503 00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:06,079 spot feature shows you which stories get ignored by the 504 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,839 left and the right. See for yourself check dot ground, 505 00:30:10,079 --> 00:30:13,720 dot news slash Pete. Subscribe through that link and you'll 506 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,920 get fifteen percent off any subscription. I use the Vantage 507 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,400 plan to get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription 508 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:23,200 then not only helps my podcast, but it also supports 509 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,519 ground News as they make the media landscape more transparent. 510 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,640 Pete calendar here one final segment before I'm out of 511 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,240 here for the weekend. I'm not rubbing that in. I'm 512 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,240 just letting you know it's a programming note seven oh 513 00:30:35,279 --> 00:30:37,680 four five sevenh eleven ten, But honestly not really going 514 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,519 to take any more calls because I don't have any 515 00:30:39,519 --> 00:30:41,880 more time, and I have another SoundBite to play, which 516 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,519 I probably won't even have time to play because I've 517 00:30:43,519 --> 00:30:45,960 been rambling right now and now I can't play it. 518 00:30:46,039 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 2: Okay, So I got an email. 519 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: From Mark to Pete at thepeteclendershow dot com about the 520 00:30:54,680 --> 00:31:00,000 acronym UAP which is now being replacing UFO with the UA. 521 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:02,119 And I've never been on board with this, just like 522 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,799 I was not on board with, you know, reclassifying Pluto. 523 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,079 Speaker 2: Like it's a planet. I don't care. 524 00:31:09,119 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: You could say whatever you want about whatever. I don't care. 525 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:15,079 To me, it's a planet. I know too few planet 526 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:20,319 names already, and like I know that one, So don't 527 00:31:20,319 --> 00:31:21,799 be now telling me that I can't call it that. 528 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 2: I'm gonna call it whatever I want to. 529 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: Look, if Trump can call it the Gulf of America, 530 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,359 then I can call Pluto a planet. 531 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 2: Okay, No, well, no, I mean, look. 532 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,599 Speaker 1: The reason I don't know a lot of planet names 533 00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:40,519 is because there are so many of them. And no, 534 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,880 it's it's part of my birthright. Americans are not required 535 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,759 to know geography, and honestly, knowing planet names is kind 536 00:31:46,759 --> 00:31:49,319 of geography. It's like part of the same thing. So 537 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:54,599 that's how I view it. But ohs I just deleted 538 00:31:54,599 --> 00:31:57,400 it Marx's email. I didn't even read Marx's email. UAP, 539 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,519 He says, UAP sounds like another mid Eastern country that 540 00:32:01,599 --> 00:32:09,119 we cannot find on a map. That's probably right, it does. Yeah, 541 00:32:09,119 --> 00:32:13,079 it's right over there, next to Saudi Arabia. Oh and 542 00:32:13,079 --> 00:32:22,039 then I just saw this, uh, Journavis gernaviics jo ure 543 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:29,279 navxjernaviks the first FDA approved pain medication in decades that 544 00:32:29,319 --> 00:32:33,559 does not rely on opioid receptors to manage pain. Wait 545 00:32:33,599 --> 00:32:38,200 a minute, that's unpossible. Are you telling me that we 546 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,319 can manage pain without getting addicted to drugs and turning 547 00:32:41,319 --> 00:32:43,319 to a life of crime and heroine and death. 548 00:32:43,359 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 2: That's nuts. 549 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: Surely the pharmaceutical industry would not have created. 550 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 2: Some sort of marketing campaign. 551 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,759 Speaker 1: And by the way, look, I know I give Big 552 00:32:53,799 --> 00:32:56,559 Pharma a lot of guff I do know that, but 553 00:32:57,119 --> 00:32:59,319 they do a lot of good too. I have been 554 00:32:59,599 --> 00:33:03,039 accused to being a defender of the pharmaceutical industry because 555 00:33:03,039 --> 00:33:04,440 I don't think that they're all bad. 556 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:05,759 Speaker 2: They do some good things. 557 00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: A lot of people's lives have been saved by a 558 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:13,640 lot of medications. Okay, so it's not all one or 559 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,880 the other. Again, false choices reject the false choices. So 560 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,799 apparently this new drug blocks proteins responsible for triggering pain 561 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:29,119 signals before they reach the brain. That's very interesting. Okay, 562 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:35,400 so there's that. Back to the Tulsi hearing. Mike Benz, 563 00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:39,799 who is a former State Department cyber guy. He says, 564 00:33:40,599 --> 00:33:43,440 regarding the fact that the vote's going to be held 565 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,880 in private on whether to confirm or recommend confirmation for 566 00:33:48,039 --> 00:33:51,559 Tulsi Gabbert, he says, nothing says you can totally trust 567 00:33:51,559 --> 00:33:55,960 the intelligence community, like having to have a secret vote 568 00:33:56,039 --> 00:34:00,559 on who can run the intelligence community. Right, yeah, trust 569 00:34:00,599 --> 00:34:03,000 us on this. She's gonna be great or not. Like 570 00:34:03,559 --> 00:34:06,519 you could trust all this, but we can't tell you 571 00:34:06,559 --> 00:34:07,559 how we're voting on her. 572 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 2: It's just it's not a good look. All right. That'll 573 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,920 do it for this episode. 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