1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: The Rush Hour with James Golden on the Red Apple 2 00:00:03,759 --> 00:00:04,839 Podcast Network. 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,599 Speaker 2: Welcome, my friends to the Wednesday edition of Bosley's Rush Hour. 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:14,039 It is the fastest hour in American media. Buckle up, 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:21,000 lots to do, as always, Among the stories that we 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:27,600 will talk about this afternoon, the Big Beautiful Bill and 7 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:35,280 the CBO. Oh goodness, the CBO. Carlos, I'm not trying 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,880 to embarrass you. You have to know, I'm saying that 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,880 I'm asking this question for a point. What is the CBO. 10 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,240 That's it, that's all. That's that's that's cool, that's cool, TJ. 11 00:00:49,399 --> 00:00:53,719 What's the CBO? Don't look at Google, don't don't, don't 12 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:01,240 I AI it or whatever. You don't know. Okay, So 13 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:07,159 most Americans they've heard it in passing, and they see 14 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,040 the news stories like you will see if you read 15 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:15,280 every single mainstream outlet today. CBO says that the differences 16 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:20,760 are gonna go up cb all. What's the CBO. The 17 00:01:20,799 --> 00:01:28,359 CBO is a Congressional Budget Office. So the CBO and 18 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,079 the CBO has been a bone of contention in politics 19 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,319 as long as there has been partisan politic Clinton cracked 20 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,599 a joke at one of his states, the unions and 21 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,719 he suckered Republicans into it. He mentioned the CBO, A 22 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,000 bunch of Republicans groaned, and then he came back with 23 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:50,680 some witty, pissy comeback line about well, they were right 24 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,040 about this, they were right about this, blah blah blah, 25 00:01:53,079 --> 00:01:58,359 and it was that was whatever. He shook that bony 26 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,680 little finger at Toms and cracked that same bony little 27 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,680 finger that got a lot of work during the Monica 28 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:10,800 Lewinsky days. Did I say something, I'm sorry, Well, he 29 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:13,439 shook that bony little finger at America and told us 30 00:02:13,439 --> 00:02:16,800 he didn't have He wasn't diddling the intern when he 31 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:22,800 was diddling the intern. How that finger got worked? He would, 32 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:26,520 he would anyway. I that was a brief digression. I'm 33 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,120 so sorry, my friends. These things trigger me, the political memories, 34 00:02:31,159 --> 00:02:35,400 they trigger you. So the CBO, and so he's been 35 00:02:35,479 --> 00:02:38,960 asked about the administration has been asked about the CBO, 36 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,199 saying that this, if we passed this big beautiful bill, 37 00:02:43,599 --> 00:02:46,960 oh my goodness, the deficit's gonna go up. We used 38 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,039 to have a senator, Senator Sasser from Tennessee. He used 39 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,039 to call it the deficit, the deficit gonna go the 40 00:02:55,159 --> 00:02:59,639 deficit and it used to be that everybody used to 41 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,680 worry about the deficit. Oh my goodness, the deficits going up. 42 00:03:03,719 --> 00:03:07,840 Then came Obama, and they exploded the deficit more than 43 00:03:07,879 --> 00:03:10,960 you can imagine the people that are complaining about it now. 44 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 And the mainstream press didn't care that the deficits were 45 00:03:14,039 --> 00:03:17,120 going up, big deal. As long as the left was 46 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:19,520 getting more money to do the things that the left 47 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,879 did to America, no one cared how much debt we 48 00:03:22,879 --> 00:03:26,080 were in. I saw a story in the Washington Post 49 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,400 today about the deficit and how Donald Trump's going to 50 00:03:30,479 --> 00:03:35,560 explode the deficit. And the first thing I said to myself, 51 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:38,159 you know what, I'd be interested in reading this story 52 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,639 about how the deficit is going to explode by a 53 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:46,319 few trillion dollars after you same people do a story 54 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,199 one of you media outlets, somebody, the New York Times, 55 00:03:51,879 --> 00:03:56,719 the Washington Post, the La Times, even even though people 56 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,360 barely read that thing, even in La one of them, 57 00:04:02,479 --> 00:04:09,360 the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta Urine Constipation, one of those newspapers, 58 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:15,080 somebody please do a story on how four point seven 59 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:20,120 trillion dollars walked out of the United States Treasury and 60 00:04:20,199 --> 00:04:24,600 nobody can find it and the money isn't traceable. After 61 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,600 you do the story on that and tell us where 62 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,160 that four point seven trillion dollars went, then I might 63 00:04:33,079 --> 00:04:37,839 might be interested in hearing what the Congressional Budget Office 64 00:04:37,879 --> 00:04:42,959 has to say about the deficit. Until then, I really do. 65 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:49,600 And guess what, I'm not alone CNN. This guy, I'm 66 00:04:49,639 --> 00:04:55,439 telling you poster Henry Enton. This guy is this guy's 67 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,920 just for a poster on that outlet. I mean, this guy, oh, 68 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:05,360 has something interesting to say. Cut three. This is Harry 69 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,480 talking about the tax cuts and the deficit. It's quick. 70 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:14,399 Gotta listen close. Republican voters. They don't care. They don't care. 71 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 3: I mean, look, cut taxes even if the deficit increases. 72 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,199 You know, you go back thirty three years ago, it 73 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,399 was just twenty two percent who said cut taxes even 74 00:05:21,439 --> 00:05:25,519 if the deficit increases. But the Party of fiscal Responsibility. 75 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:25,399 Speaker 2: Is no more. 76 00:05:25,639 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 3: Now seventy four percent of Republicans say cut taxes even 77 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,600 if deficit increases. So if Donald Trump, more popularly on US, 78 00:05:32,759 --> 00:05:35,519 sticks his neck out, the Republican voters will absolutely be 79 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,720 with them because they believe cut taxes even if deficit increases. 80 00:05:38,759 --> 00:05:41,160 Quite different than way they were in the early nineteen 81 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,560 hundred and nineties. 82 00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 2: And lone has changed his the nineteen nineties. My friend 83 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:50,160 now part of this and the reason he mentioned Elon Musk. 84 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:55,319 Elon is going full against the bill. Elon has escalated 85 00:05:55,319 --> 00:05:59,480 his attacks on Trump's legislative package. He is now urging 86 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:08,439 lawmakers to kill the bill. Kill the bill, and he's 87 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,920 saying and pretty much he's again he's one of the 88 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:17,600 people citing the deficits that are gonna go up. Also, 89 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:23,279 there is another story in The New York Times, trying 90 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,040 to sound like a Lutitia James by editing after the 91 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:32,319 end of the words za the New York timesa has 92 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,040 said that after muscling their bill through the House, sah, 93 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:44,759 some Republicans have REGRETSA. Some Republicans are now regretting their 94 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,480 voter and they would vote no if it had to 95 00:06:49,519 --> 00:06:52,600 do it all over again. But they don't. It's in 96 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:58,720 the Senate. When Republicans muscle their sweeping domestic policy bill 97 00:06:58,879 --> 00:07:03,319 through this House by a single vote after an overnight debate, 98 00:07:03,439 --> 00:07:07,800 they breathed a sigh of relief, enjoyed a celebratory moment 99 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:12,000 at sunrise, and then retreated to their districts for a 100 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:21,879 week long recess. That's recess, but ebonic recess. Okay. One 101 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,959 of those who regrets their vote, as it turns out, 102 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:31,800 is MTG Full Transparency. I didn't know about this section, 103 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,199 Miss Green posted on social media. She calls it a 104 00:07:35,319 --> 00:07:38,920 violation of states rights. What is she talking about? Well, 105 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,120 she had been unaware that the mega bills she voted 106 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:50,560 for would block states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade. 107 00:07:51,399 --> 00:07:53,959 MGG said she didn't know that was in there, otherwise 108 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:01,240 she'd have voted Neil. Yet, Mike flood Of admitted during 109 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:03,399 the time whole meeting that he didn't know that the 110 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:07,480 bill would limit judge's power to hold people in contempt 111 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,160 for violating court orders. He said he would not have 112 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:17,480 voted for that measure. Well, what's happening here? What's happening 113 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,920 here is the usual that happens in Washington, DC. My friend, 114 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,399 doesn't matter which party's in charge, doesn't matter who's running it. 115 00:08:24,759 --> 00:08:30,240 I kept thinking when I was in my naive days, Oh, 116 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:34,360 when Republicans get in charge, Oh, they're gonna correct all 117 00:08:34,399 --> 00:08:37,759 of the things that the Democrats did that ran rough 118 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:42,320 shot over the American people. They're gonna return to regular order, 119 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:46,080 and people, please please don't go to sleep, ladies and gentlemen, 120 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,320 when we start talking about this congressional stuff. He's already 121 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,200 talking about that CBO. Now he's gonna talk about regular order. 122 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:59,600 Who cares? Regular order means simply that they were gonna 123 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:02,440 do things the right way. They were gonna send bills 124 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,080 kind of like what you learned in school. They were 125 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,080 going to have the little congress people right up the bills. 126 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,559 They're considered a little in the House compared to the 127 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,919 big guys in the Senate. And then they go to committee, 128 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,279 and then the committee would mark them up. And then 129 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,120 after mark them up, the committee would argue about them 130 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,960 and come up with the final product. And then and 131 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,279 then it get voted on, and then it goes to 132 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,480 the Senate. The Senate has their chance at it. Then 133 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,360 it goes back, if necessary, to the House, and loo lah, 134 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,399 the sausages made, goes up to the White House. White 135 00:09:33,399 --> 00:09:37,120 House signs, the President signs or veto's or pocket vetos 136 00:09:37,159 --> 00:09:39,559 a bill, and blah blah blah. It has never happened 137 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,080 like that in years, especially with the budget. And I 138 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:46,279 was under the impression that when the Republicans back in 139 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,600 my naive days. When Republicans get in and control the House, 140 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,039 all the Shenanigans are gonna stop. These people are serious, 141 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:58,720 they want to do things the right way. And if 142 00:09:58,919 --> 00:10:02,480 that's what any of you thinks, then you're wrong. None 143 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:06,559 of it stops. In the case of the one thousand 144 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,559 and thirty seven page bill the GOP is calling the 145 00:10:10,639 --> 00:10:15,320 one big beautiful Bill, active Republicans barely cobble enough votes 146 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,279 to pass it, and blah blah blah. And in the end, 147 00:10:20,039 --> 00:10:22,399 Marjorie Taylor Green tells the truth a little bit in 148 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,759 this article. She says, you know what's wrong to read 149 00:10:24,799 --> 00:10:29,200 over a thousand pages when things keep changing up to 150 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,320 the last minute before we voted on it. And that's 151 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:38,159 the part that I'm saying doesn't change. This has not 152 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:45,639 changed in years. They stuffed these big bills with the 153 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,279 things that most people say we want. We want tax cuts. 154 00:10:49,279 --> 00:10:52,000 We Republicans want tax cuts, right, so, oh yeah, they 155 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,399 stuffed the bill with some tax cuts in them. Liberals 156 00:10:54,440 --> 00:11:01,399 are all whiny the tax cuts they think they can 157 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:05,919 cheek text kids for them rich. It's gonna explode the deficit. 158 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:12,159 The deficit is gonna go up and then the Republican 159 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,440 is like me and you, we're sitting around, we watch it, 160 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,879 we say, okay, we got tax cuts, and we don't 161 00:11:16,919 --> 00:11:19,120 care what's in the rest of the thousand pages either 162 00:11:19,159 --> 00:11:22,039 because we're not gonna read it because we don't see it. 163 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:25,960 And even if we did see it. Have you ever 164 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:32,240 in your life tried to read a congressional bill? Have 165 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,519 you ever if you really want an exercise in pain 166 00:11:36,799 --> 00:11:41,080 and torture, this is what teachers are to use in 167 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,799 school to punish students. They ought to make them read 168 00:11:43,919 --> 00:11:51,039 congressional bills aloud. It is torturous. Unless you're a lawyer, 169 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,759 you have no idea, what have the shi you know 170 00:11:54,879 --> 00:11:58,120 what is in there that you're reading because this thing 171 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,600 references that this thing, for instance, something that happened twenty 172 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,480 five years ago. This thing reference is something that's in 173 00:12:04,519 --> 00:12:09,279 section B six of the annex and the the and 174 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,879 something of some other bill that happened. Who knows when 175 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,440 it is ridiculous to try to read these bills. They 176 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,799 are not in any language that any of us can understand. 177 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:26,879 And if you're a lawyer, then maybe you can. Louis 178 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:28,919 gomer I love Louis gomer I haven't talked to him 179 00:12:28,919 --> 00:12:30,759 in a while. My brother, he used to actually read 180 00:12:30,799 --> 00:12:34,440 the bills before they got voted on. He'd be up 181 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:41,320 all night long reading these bills. But most people in Congress, frankly, 182 00:12:41,799 --> 00:12:46,320 and it is known, do not have the time to 183 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:51,120 themselves sit down and read through these bills, and their 184 00:12:51,159 --> 00:12:54,360 staffs they take on sections of the bill, and sections 185 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:57,080 of the bill get written. But these things are massive, 186 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,879 and this is the game that both parts have played. 187 00:13:01,159 --> 00:13:09,519 So yes, things get snuck in, and Republicans in this 188 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:13,440 respect are no different than Democrats. And the system of 189 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:16,840 doing this sucks. They're supposed to have seventy two hours 190 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,720 to read a bill, right with Marjorie Taylor Green set 191 00:13:20,879 --> 00:13:24,320 is right up until the last minute. They're shoving stuff 192 00:13:24,399 --> 00:13:29,639 in there. It's a joke the way that they do this. 193 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,600 So I'm not surprised there's upset. Is my point. Am 194 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:37,759 I saying don't vote. They shouldn't vote for the bill. No, 195 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:46,840 I'm not saying that, But I'm saying it's not all 196 00:13:46,879 --> 00:13:49,480 tickety boo, folks. The way that things are being done 197 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:55,480 in Congress never has been. Sam's going on slurly fastest 198 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,240 hour in American media. Yeah, We've got more talk about 199 00:13:59,279 --> 00:14:02,840 the DAFAIC when we get back, so just stay with us. 200 00:14:04,279 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: The Rush Hour with James Golden on the Red Apple 201 00:14:07,879 --> 00:14:16,000 Podcast Network. The Rush Hour with James Golden on the 202 00:14:16,039 --> 00:14:17,840 Red Apple Podcast Network. 203 00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 2: That saxophone you're hearing Raffael Ravenscroft, musician, composer, author, born today, 204 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:33,000 Happy birthday, Heavenly. He passed away in twenty fourteen. He 205 00:14:33,159 --> 00:14:36,799 played the sax riff here on this Baker Street. I 206 00:14:36,879 --> 00:14:40,440 love this album Love Jerry Rafferty. He was paid twenty 207 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:51,080 seven pounds fifty shittings and supposedly the check bounced. His 208 00:14:51,159 --> 00:14:54,200 solicitors kept it on the wall. This song earned Jerry 209 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,039 Rafferty over eighty thousand pounds a year in royalty. The 210 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:02,399 poor guy that played the saxon it twenty seven some 211 00:15:02,519 --> 00:15:08,799 of our pounds and the check bounced. Okay, very quickly. 212 00:15:08,879 --> 00:15:11,480 We don't have time for this right now. But Caroline 213 00:15:11,559 --> 00:15:14,600 Leavitt also weighed in on the CBO stuff. We're gonna 214 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:20,240 hear about that. Now. Here's the thing, folks, Donald Trump 215 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,000 and the administration has been saying, all us talk about 216 00:15:23,039 --> 00:15:27,240 the deficit is from the CBO, and they're not even 217 00:15:27,279 --> 00:15:30,960 calculating the tarffs. Well, they calculated the tariffs today they 218 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,399 released the report that all its fear mongering going on. 219 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,159 You know what, the tariffs will reduce the deficits by 220 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,240 two point five trillion dollars over ten years, almost the 221 00:15:41,279 --> 00:15:43,879 same amount that the tax cuts. As Donald Trump has 222 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:49,000 been right about all of this, that little information came 223 00:15:49,519 --> 00:15:53,159 this afternoon that they finally did factor in the tariffs 224 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,720 and what Donald Trump has been saying about this economy 225 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,840 and his plans on how he's gonna do now. So 226 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,440 if the tax cuts a neutral with tariffs, what does 227 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:08,720 that leave the growth? And we are, as Princess Dai 228 00:16:08,759 --> 00:16:12,600 has said many times, looking the next year, we are 229 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:21,159 poised for explosive growth in this country. Keep it right here, 230 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,159 We've got so much more. Don't go away. 231 00:16:24,799 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: The Rush Hour with James Golden on the Red Apple 232 00:16:28,399 --> 00:16:36,519 Podcast Network. The Rush Hour with James Golden on the 233 00:16:36,559 --> 00:16:38,360 Red Apple Podcast Network. 234 00:16:39,639 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 4: Trump recently cut taxpayer funded healthcare for illegal immigrants. 235 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,759 Speaker 2: What's your take on that? It's just irresponsible. I think 236 00:16:46,799 --> 00:16:47,279 that's wrong. 237 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 4: What if I told you that that's actually Governor Walls 238 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:50,279 who recently did that. 239 00:16:50,399 --> 00:16:53,879 Speaker 5: I saw the Governor Walls had to do some compromising. 240 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,759 Speaker 2: No, I did hear that that's a matter of the budget. 241 00:16:56,799 --> 00:16:58,919 I heard that he has to do that. 242 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,759 Speaker 4: White people have never built their own houses, farmed their 243 00:17:03,759 --> 00:17:10,880 own farms, worked manual labor in the history of the 244 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:11,680 United States. 245 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:15,279 Speaker 6: So when all the workers are reported and there's no 246 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:22,440 one else here to fulfill that role, because Americans, especially 247 00:17:22,519 --> 00:17:27,880 the ones that look like me, are not going to 248 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:29,119 do manual labor. 249 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:38,799 Speaker 4: Four five dollars, three dollars whatever. That's statistics and predictions 250 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,720 of literally AI bots who are smarter than humans. It's 251 00:17:43,759 --> 00:17:48,119 not looking good for us. We as American citizens collectively 252 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:54,079 have to put it in to this corrupt administration. 253 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,640 Speaker 2: Like people have never built a thing, never built their 254 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:14,039 own houses. They never like where are these this generation 255 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:22,079 of a little young racist wake people? Now? Speaking of California. 256 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,440 This today from the Los Angeles Times, the Trump administration 257 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:33,720 sees no viable path forward to finish the high speed 258 00:18:33,799 --> 00:18:40,160 rail project. It is moving finally to pull federal funding. 259 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,759 Four billion dollars could go bye bye within the next 260 00:18:44,799 --> 00:18:49,240 thirty seven days after the administration found no viable path. 261 00:18:49,839 --> 00:18:54,480 There's three hundred and fifteen page compliance review released today 262 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:01,000 by the Department of Transportation cites the budget shortfalls, deadlines, 263 00:19:01,599 --> 00:19:06,440 misleading projected riderships in this project that were supposed to 264 00:19:06,519 --> 00:19:10,519 connect San Francisco to Los Angeles via high speed rail 265 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,119 not a not any other track has been laid. It 266 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:19,000 was supposed to be finished finished in twenty twenty two. 267 00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:25,240 Fourteen billion dollars has already been spent on this boondogo, 268 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,839 eighty two percent by California voters who are extremely high, 269 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,240 taxed eighteen percent by the rest of us through your 270 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:39,440 federal tax money. The Trump administration reportedly not going to 271 00:19:39,519 --> 00:19:42,359 seek repayment of the pass funds, but they're saying, nope, 272 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:48,640 we're going to stop this not monstrosity. The budget has 273 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:54,200 shot up over one hundred billion dollars more than what 274 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,240 they said it were going to cost. They said it 275 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,240 would cost thirty three billion dollars in two thousand and eight. 276 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,640 They have already spent ten billions of dollars that are 277 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,640 not even projected and what it would really cost to 278 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,799 make this thing happen. Now they say they're just going 279 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,599 to limit construction to one hundred and seventy one mile 280 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,960 stretch between Central Valley because they can't get a high 281 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:24,200 speed line up from LA to San Francisco with one 282 00:20:24,279 --> 00:20:27,559 hundred billion dollars. But they're han't laid track. This project 283 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,519 was supposed to be finished. They need somebody needs to 284 00:20:30,559 --> 00:20:33,759 investigate with every single dollar of this win, who got 285 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,880 rich off this fleece from taxpayer. They knew from the 286 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,240 very beginning, By the way, I remember discussing this with 287 00:20:42,759 --> 00:20:46,519 Princess Diana. I don't know what years and years ago 288 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,359 we talked about this, had a long conversation about this, 289 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,880 the fact that they knew that they would never be 290 00:20:54,279 --> 00:21:00,759 enough riders to make this viable when they actually approved it. 291 00:21:01,079 --> 00:21:05,440 They knew that it was never going to be profitable, 292 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:10,720 and instead this has been one massive get rich boondoggle. 293 00:21:12,079 --> 00:21:14,359 We call it a boondoggle, but some people got rich, 294 00:21:15,839 --> 00:21:21,319 very rich on seventeen billion dollars that was spent. Now 295 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,119 you want to know why that happens? Give you let 296 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,960 me give you another example back to I found this one. 297 00:21:28,039 --> 00:21:30,839 We're gonna hit some sound bites here. I found this 298 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:35,519 today almost unbelievable. It goes almost two minutes and thirty seconds, folks, 299 00:21:35,559 --> 00:21:40,359 so be patient. But this is this liberal senator out 300 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:45,240 of Rhode Island, Jack Reid, he's questioning Howard Lutnik the 301 00:21:45,319 --> 00:21:49,039 Commerce Department. Just take a listen here at this conversation. 302 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:50,200 Cut Faijigo. 303 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,279 Speaker 7: And it's been reported in the press that you are 304 00:21:53,319 --> 00:21:57,200 insisting on personally reviewing every commerce contract over one hundred 305 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:01,839 thousand dollars. That is true, Well, that seems to be 306 00:22:03,079 --> 00:22:07,160 something that is not particularly efficient and at results in 307 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:13,480 the five seven hundred contracts just to know them. So again, 308 00:22:13,559 --> 00:22:17,279 if you can't find reliable support to do those reviews, 309 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,240 I think you're wasting your time, Franklin. 310 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 5: So I am tasked with the responsibility of my department 311 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,480 and contracts over one hundred thousand dollars should be reviewed 312 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,839 by the Secretary. Now I may have more energy and 313 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,960 more time. And if you drive by the Department of 314 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,880 Commerce late at night, you're going to see our lights 315 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,400 on because I'm going through it. I do it with 316 00:22:39,519 --> 00:22:41,720 my team. I do it with the people who run 317 00:22:41,759 --> 00:22:45,839 the bureaus, and I teach them how to analyze contracts, 318 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,559 not to push forward what was done before. And I'll 319 00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:50,759 give you one quick example. They come to me with 320 00:22:50,839 --> 00:22:54,160 the planes hurricane hunters, and they said there are six 321 00:22:54,319 --> 00:22:56,759 hundred and seventy two million dollars. I said, wow, how 322 00:22:56,759 --> 00:23:00,880 many planes do we get? We get two? Two planes? 323 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,599 Speaker 2: Wow? Can I see the plane? Please? 324 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,599 Speaker 5: Just show me a picture of the plane we're gonna 325 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,279 And they show me this picture of a plane. You 326 00:23:08,319 --> 00:23:11,799 remember old planes that had like mullions and the windscreen. 327 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,480 And they showed me that three propellers on each side. 328 00:23:14,599 --> 00:23:16,799 And I said, my god, when was this plane new? 329 00:23:16,839 --> 00:23:18,799 They said no, no, no, you're buying a new plane. 330 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 2: I said, no, when was the first one? Five things happen? 331 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 7: Talk me about a six hundred million dollar acquisition. That's 332 00:23:28,559 --> 00:23:31,279 a lot more than one hundred thousand dollars contract to 333 00:23:31,319 --> 00:23:35,279 do something like cleaning in the buildings that you occupy. 334 00:23:35,759 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 2: Oh, we end up. 335 00:23:36,839 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 5: We cancel huge numbers of absurd contracts for software nobody uses. 336 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,200 I said, how many people use this software? 337 00:23:44,599 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 2: Zero? 338 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 5: These are waste, these are fraud or these are abuse 339 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:49,720 and it's my job. 340 00:23:49,799 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 2: How many points? And this goes on and on. The 341 00:23:54,039 --> 00:24:01,880 Democratic senator is complaining because this Secretary of Commerce is 342 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:09,039 actually asking to review every contract in that agency that's 343 00:24:09,079 --> 00:24:12,559 over one hundred thousand dollars. He wants to see personally 344 00:24:12,599 --> 00:24:16,079 what it is. And this United States senator is giving 345 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:24,079 him pushback on it. Why, folks, the entire Democratic Party 346 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:28,480 is built on they have shoveled so much money into 347 00:24:28,519 --> 00:24:32,680 these nonprofits. So much money goes out the door, and 348 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,319 that shouldn't be going out the door. They are Actually 349 00:24:35,759 --> 00:24:39,839 he is actually offended that the Secretary of the Commerce 350 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:45,480 Department wants to know how the money is being spent. Well, 351 00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:48,440 that's a tremendous waste of time looking at things over 352 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,759 one hundred thousand dollars. Anything else to go? 353 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:52,799 Speaker 5: All? 354 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:58,519 Speaker 2: Right? Another hearing today the Senate, let's go through these 355 00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:02,480 real clubs. There was an changed with Spartagus and with 356 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,599 Ted Cruz ran eight minutes. I can't play the whole thing, 357 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,119 but I can't take it out of context either. I 358 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,759 may have to wait till Saturday and see if we 359 00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:13,000 can play it. But it is pretty hysterical, and it's 360 00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:17,519 on the idea of these judges who had their homes protested, 361 00:25:18,279 --> 00:25:21,319 Supreme Court judges and the Democrat response to it. But 362 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,039 there were some other things that took place. Ted CRU's 363 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:29,319 number six and then Senator Eric Schmidt on how Democrats 364 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,519 run hearings. We're going to play Ted Cruz first on 365 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:37,799 the judicial warfare that's gLing on with the courts and 366 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,920 Donald Trump in Senator Cruz. 367 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 8: Since President Trump returned to office in January, there have 368 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:49,359 been over forty universal injunctions issued against the federal government. 369 00:25:49,519 --> 00:25:54,720 That's in four months. Thirty five of those forty came 370 00:25:54,799 --> 00:26:01,079 from the same five judicial districts. Let's put this into context. 371 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,119 In the first one hundred and fifty years of the Republic, 372 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,880 zero nationwide injunctions were issued. 373 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:10,839 Speaker 2: Zero. 374 00:26:11,039 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 8: That's for one hundred and fifty years. In the entirety 375 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:19,839 of the twentieth century, twenty seven nationwide injunctions were issued. 376 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:26,079 That's over one hundred years. Under Presidents Bush, Obama, and 377 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:35,839 Biden combined, thirty two nationwide injunctions. Under President Trump's first 378 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:40,599 term four years, sixty four nationwide injunctions, and now in 379 00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:46,720 just four months were already over forty in four months, 380 00:26:46,759 --> 00:26:50,440 the Trump administration has seen more nationwide injunctions than the 381 00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:54,240 entirety of the twentieth century, and more nationwide injunctions than 382 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:58,880 Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden combined. 383 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,799 This is not normal, This is not justice. This is 384 00:27:05,839 --> 00:27:12,759 an orchestrated campaign of judicial obstruction. Joe Biden when he 385 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,920 was president nominated to the bench radicals. I have said, 386 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,839 only slightly tongue in cheek that Joe Biden did something 387 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,359 I used to think was impossible. He made me miss 388 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:30,680 Barack Obama. But by comparison, the Biden judicial nominees were 389 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,960 far more extreme and radical than they were under Obama. 390 00:27:35,079 --> 00:27:39,359 They sought out radicals who would implement policymaking from the bench, 391 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:44,279 and they are doing precisely that. 392 00:27:44,279 --> 00:27:48,839 Speaker 2: That's Ted Kruz. Now, Eric Schmidt, this is really quick. 393 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,440 We got to listen fast this, Marty Schmidt. 394 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 9: Chief Justice Bosberg right here in DC has found himself 395 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:03,160 into four major Trump cases, a statistic impossibility. Boseberg took 396 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,160 over the Alien Enemies Act and ordered planes to be 397 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,759 turned around in the dead of night, despite not being 398 00:28:09,799 --> 00:28:13,799 the emergency judge on duty that night. It seems clear 399 00:28:14,079 --> 00:28:16,599 that as chief Judge, he wants to be able to 400 00:28:16,599 --> 00:28:21,119 grab cases for himself. I've had first hand experience with 401 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,279 this non random case assignment in our federal appellate court system. 402 00:28:25,799 --> 00:28:28,359 When I was Attorney General in Missouria, often found myself 403 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,000 litigating in the Eighth Circuit, a circuit of unique makeup 404 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:36,359 of the eleven judges in the Circuit, ten have been 405 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:42,759 appointed by Republicans, Yet the one Democrat appointee, Judge Jane Kelly, 406 00:28:43,039 --> 00:28:48,279 found herself hearing nearly every political sensitive case in the 407 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:53,519 circuit time after time, case after case, miracle after miracle 408 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,319 for the Democrats, Judge Kelly would be there for nearly 409 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:02,079 every politically sensitive case. This was not due to the 410 00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:05,680 good luck of Judge Kelly. The Circuit Clerk's office, which 411 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,480 assigned cases to appellate panels, was filled with her former 412 00:29:08,519 --> 00:29:14,519 clerks in ideological compatriots. In practice, they set the nationwide 413 00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:17,119 policy by rigging case assignment. 414 00:29:18,759 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 2: So this is something that hopefully coming out of this hearing, 415 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,279 they supposedly the Senator is going to be working on 416 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,759 dealing with the way that these Democrat liberals activist judges 417 00:29:29,799 --> 00:29:33,359 find their way on too cases. We shall see. I 418 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,319 have my doubts this one. Next, Senator Kennedy, I'm telling 419 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:42,039 you we got to go quick. Senator Kennedy today with 420 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,799 Professor Kate Shaw. She teaches law at the University at 421 00:29:46,799 --> 00:29:50,200 Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania, and you know what, she's married to 422 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:54,480 this MSNBC host guy, I forgot his name. It's not important, 423 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,039 but anyway, this was that Christessor. 424 00:29:57,119 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 10: Let me ask you this why I have you? On 425 00:30:02,279 --> 00:30:07,519 April twenty second, two tenty twenty four, you said there 426 00:30:07,519 --> 00:30:09,920 are some members of the Supreme Court that are evil. 427 00:30:11,559 --> 00:30:15,880 Which justices were you talking about? I'll take it your word, Centator. 428 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,559 I don't recall it using that word, But all right, 429 00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:20,440 here's what you said. You were talking about the majority 430 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,000 opinion in Mauldrove v. City of Saint Louis. She said, 431 00:30:24,079 --> 00:30:27,960 quote Justice Kagan, I mean, will she be able to 432 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:34,319 control the opinion's future distortion by her evil colleagues? Probably 433 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,279 not end quote Who are you talking about, sir? 434 00:30:37,319 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: I'm very skeptical. 435 00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:41,279 Speaker 2: It's a transcription. 436 00:30:41,359 --> 00:30:42,839 Speaker 4: It was probably a transcription error. 437 00:30:42,839 --> 00:30:43,319 Speaker 5: I do not think. 438 00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:46,599 Speaker 10: I think no, you said it once, you own up 439 00:30:46,599 --> 00:30:49,000 to it, which you call some members of the Supreme 440 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,920 Court evil? Now which ones do you think of evil? 441 00:30:52,039 --> 00:30:53,400 I would have to refresh my recollection. 442 00:30:53,839 --> 00:30:54,599 Speaker 3: I've been very. 443 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 10: Critical of the Supreme for this statement. 444 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:01,319 Speaker 3: Wren't you I'm doing off It doesn't sound like something 445 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:02,000 that you want to. 446 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 10: Say pishtat that you're teaching our kids. 447 00:31:05,079 --> 00:31:07,359 Speaker 11: I don't refer to Supreme Court justices as evil in 448 00:31:07,759 --> 00:31:09,480 the in the classroom. 449 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 10: On the podcast in April twenty second, twenty twenty four. Okay, 450 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:18,319 big as Dallas, and you're an officer of the court 451 00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:23,240 and you're here advising us to be respectful of federal 452 00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:27,440 judges and you say they're evil members of the United 453 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,880 States Supreme Court. Jag me with a spoon. 454 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 2: We got to take a quick break room because I 455 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,319 want to squeeze on one more. The problem he called 456 00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:39,640 it the problem. Yes, yes, we got to take a 457 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:45,559 break fastest hour in American media, folks, both smys Rush Hour. 458 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:46,400 We're doing just that. 459 00:31:46,759 --> 00:31:52,359 Speaker 1: Don't go away, The Rush Hour with James Golden on 460 00:31:52,440 --> 00:32:00,440 the Red Apple Podcast networks. The Rush Hour with James 461 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,240 Golden on the Red Apple Podcast Network. 462 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 2: Folks, my Hispanic, my Spanish, those of you Latino, whatever 463 00:32:11,519 --> 00:32:15,599 you wants, whatever we call you're comfortable with. I have 464 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,000 I have to advise you of something. Another Democrat has 465 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:24,519 spoken up about why we need immigration. This is a 466 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:31,720 progressive member of Congress. She comes from the state of Vermont, 467 00:32:32,759 --> 00:32:37,799 and this is what democrats think of you. And when 468 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,640 just listen, please, of course. 469 00:32:44,839 --> 00:32:49,559 Speaker 11: We have to come to a place in Congress where 470 00:32:49,599 --> 00:32:53,640 it is no more a political issue. But we see 471 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:58,920 it as an existential issue for the country if we 472 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,880 don't have ours people to come here needly. 473 00:33:03,559 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 9: To work when the mills are on here. 474 00:33:06,839 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 2: I'm going to be right. 475 00:33:08,039 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 11: Now, We're not gonna have anybody around the waur asses 476 00:33:10,519 --> 00:33:13,079 because we don't have a lot of people. 477 00:33:17,279 --> 00:33:25,319 Speaker 2: Speaking of immigration again, we need them to come here 478 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:32,279 because if we don't, we won't have anybody to wipe 479 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:43,160 our asses. We won't have anybody to wipe our asses. 480 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:55,160 That is Progressive congresswoman from the state of Vermont, Becca Balance. 481 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,799 We need immigrants in this kind of those of you here, 482 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:10,639 We need you here so that one day you will 483 00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:20,400 be able to wipe the rest of our asses. You 484 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:28,119 almost can't possibly conceive that this is the way that 485 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:33,280 they think about you, but yes they do. And it's 486 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:37,360 not just Hispanics. It's all immigrants. Those are you immigrants 487 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:42,079 from Africa? Those are you immigrants from Asia? Those are 488 00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:45,320 your immigrants from Europe? From wherever you are, this is 489 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:51,159 what the Democrats think of you. You're here so that 490 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:57,400 you can wipe our asses, and don't forget picking the 491 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:02,840 fruit in the vegetables. That's it, my friends, my god, 492 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,079 Let's protect each and every single one of you, families, 493 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,480 loved ones, loving gratitude for your being here with me, 494 00:35:07,679 --> 00:35:10,320 allowing me to be with you. God. Willing back tomorrow 495 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,440 for the Thursday edition of both Snurdle's Rush Hour. Until then, 496 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:18,679 I bid you, I do bye. 497 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,679 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Bo Stirdley's Rush Hour. You can 498 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:27,519 hear Bo Snirdley's Rush Hour weekdays at four on seventy 499 00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:31,280 seven WABC. 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