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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Three, Chris Marrilyn Mokellity to Night KFI AM six forty

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<v Speaker 2>more stimulating talk listen anytime on demand of the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 2>and then make sure you join me on Sunday afternoons.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's my shameless plug for myself. It wasn't that

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<v Speaker 2>long ago. July first, a surprising statement from the Attorney

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<v Speaker 2>General Pam Bondi as a Trump administration promised to release

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<v Speaker 2>more files from their sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

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<v Speaker 2>The FBI, she said, was reviewing tens of thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>videos of the wealthy financier with children or child porn.

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<v Speaker 2>Now this weekend, President Trump's justice depriminent FBI have concluded

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<v Speaker 2>that there is no evidence that convicted sex offender and

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<v Speaker 2>disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures or kept the

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<v Speaker 2>client list or was murdered that according to a memo

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<v Speaker 2>detailing those findings, So we have tens of thousands of videos.

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<v Speaker 2>The file is sitting on her desk. People last, are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to release the files? And she said yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And now the DOJ is like files. Nah, you guys

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<v Speaker 2>must be mistaken, and mag is going nuts right now.

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<v Speaker 3>The Trump administration pushing back against calls to fire Attorney

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<v Speaker 3>General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy's been

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<v Speaker 4>talked about for years.

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<v Speaker 3>A Justice Department report this week revealed the accused sex

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<v Speaker 3>trafficker did not keep a secret so called client list,

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<v Speaker 3>seemingly contradicting Bondi's statement earlier this year that she had

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<v Speaker 3>Epstein's list in her office.

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<v Speaker 5>It's sitting on my desk right now to review.

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<v Speaker 3>Bondi now clarifying that statement, saying she was taken out

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<v Speaker 3>of context.

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<v Speaker 5>My response was, it's sitting on my desk to be reviewed,

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<v Speaker 5>meaning the file along with the JFK MLK files as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I always love it when the politicians are backed into

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<v Speaker 2>a corner and they speak down to you, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, it was on my desk, meaning the files,

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<v Speaker 2>not the client list.

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<v Speaker 4>How could you all be so dumb?

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<v Speaker 3>The Justice Department report also confirming Epstein died by suicide investigator,

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<v Speaker 3>saying the conclusion that Epstein died by suicide. Is further

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<v Speaker 3>supported by video footage from where Epstein was housed, but

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<v Speaker 3>some critics raising questions about that footage, pointing to a

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<v Speaker 3>jump in the timestamp from eleven fifty eight to fifty

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<v Speaker 3>nine to midnight. Bondi, when asked about the missing minute, said,

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<v Speaker 3>the videotape glitch happens every night and is not a

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<v Speaker 3>sign of tampering. Still, some Trump loyalists not happy with

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<v Speaker 3>these explanations.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, that's interesting that he knew exactly what the minute

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<v Speaker 2>was when he should off himself.

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<v Speaker 4>Weird.

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<v Speaker 6>The only other explanation I can think of, again, maybe

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<v Speaker 6>I love this is from Tucker Carlson. Now this is great.

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<v Speaker 6>Tucker Carlson's like, nah no.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I'm gonna give you a little context here

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<v Speaker 2>before I get the money line. Tucker Carlson says, there's

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<v Speaker 2>only two possible explanations for why Pam Bondi is covering

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<v Speaker 2>up the Epstein list. So Tucker Carlson is still maintaining

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<v Speaker 2>that there is an Epstein list when the DJ says

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<v Speaker 2>there's no list. When you've got Cash Pttel and Dan Bongino,

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<v Speaker 2>two guys who when they were on the outside criticizing

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<v Speaker 2>the Biden administration.

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<v Speaker 4>Were damn sure that there was a list that was

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<v Speaker 4>gonna bring down the world.

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<v Speaker 2>We were gonna see cuffs being slapped on every major figure,

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Gates, the Royal family. Cuffs, We're gonna go on

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<v Speaker 2>everybody except Donald Trump. He obviously was very innocent. Now, granted,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been in a number of videos and and and

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<v Speaker 2>he may have been seen in those videos doing some

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<v Speaker 2>untoward things, but that was.

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<v Speaker 1>Just guys hanging out, just guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing guy things an Epstein Island. But he was in

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<v Speaker 2>no way a client. But you know who definitely was

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Clinton. And we need to see that list so

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<v Speaker 2>that we can stick it to Bill Clinton and probably

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<v Speaker 2>Hunter Biden. In fact, his laptop was probably on the island.

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<v Speaker 2>His laptop is probably housing that list. I mean, they

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<v Speaker 2>were damn sure. And then all of a sudden, Cash

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<v Speaker 2>Mattel was named head of the FBI, largely because of

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<v Speaker 2>his criticism of the Biden administration. And then Dan Bongino,

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<v Speaker 2>who was the former Secret Service agent turned talk show host,

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<v Speaker 2>became the deputy director of the FBI.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, I guess being the I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>If it was his talk show experience or his Secret

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<v Speaker 2>Service experience that somehow made him qualified for the job.

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<v Speaker 4>But there it is. He's there, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Now both of them are like list. I don't remember

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<v Speaker 2>saying anything about a list.

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<v Speaker 4>That's weird.

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<v Speaker 2>So Tucker Carlson on the outside looking in, Tucker Carlson

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<v Speaker 2>said this, you know, for what? Sorry, let me do

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<v Speaker 2>this more. Tucker carlsony, you know, for whatever reason his sis.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that guy actually, I don't think he

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<v Speaker 2>likes creepy sex stuff. That's just my view speaking of

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump. That's pretty on point. Thank you, I appreciate it,

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<v Speaker 2>he said. More convincing, I'm not gonna do the voice anymore.

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<v Speaker 4>It's my nose.

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<v Speaker 2>More convincing is that this is all information that the

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<v Speaker 2>Biden administration had, And if there was evidence that Trump

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<v Speaker 2>had been involved in illegal sexual activity, you think the

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<v Speaker 2>people who made up Russia Gate would have leaked it.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, now, all right, So that's I'm gonna give

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<v Speaker 2>him a half point. If Trump were on the list,

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't the Biden administration have tried to.

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<v Speaker 4>Make hay out of that?

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<v Speaker 2>Wouldn't that have been pretty damning in a presidential election? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>who knows how that would have been spun. You could

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<v Speaker 2>probably say, yeah, Biden didn't want to release the list

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<v Speaker 2>because maybe Biden had people on that list that he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want out.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe it's maybe Hunters on the list. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>But if there's a list and Trump was on that list,

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<v Speaker 2>why didn't Biden release it? And Tucker Carlson says, well,

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<v Speaker 2>he would have. Now I can think of a number

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<v Speaker 2>of reasons that he wouldn't have, but I'll give him

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<v Speaker 2>credit for at least thinking, Look, Biden administration had access

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<v Speaker 2>to this list, So if Trump's on it, why not

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<v Speaker 2>release it?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, good question. But then Carlson says, so Trump's not

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<v Speaker 4>on that list. We all know that.

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<v Speaker 2>So why in the world would the Trump administration then

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<v Speaker 2>cover up the list? And there's only one possible alternative explanation.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's Tucker Carlson, op, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 6>Play the only other explanation I can think of, again,

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<v Speaker 6>maybe you've got another.

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<v Speaker 4>Is the only other one he can think of.

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<v Speaker 6>Is that Intel services are at the very center of

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<v Speaker 6>the story.

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<v Speaker 2>Elon Musk also Intel services are at the very center

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<v Speaker 2>of this story. Intel services are Now what does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Does that mean that Tucker Carlson believes that the FBI

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<v Speaker 2>and the CIA are in the middle of the list somehow,

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<v Speaker 2>that they were operating Epstein Island. He goes on the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the quote. Is the only other explanation I

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<v Speaker 2>can think of, Again, maybe you've got another is that

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<v Speaker 2>Intel services are at the very center of this story

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<v Speaker 2>US and Israeli and they're being protected. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>seems like the most obvious, says Tucker Carlson. Or is

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<v Speaker 2>it possible that maybe for the same other reasons that

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<v Speaker 2>Biden might not want.

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<v Speaker 4>To release the list.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe Hunter Biden's on the list. I don't know, Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Trump is on the list. Maybe there are reasons

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<v Speaker 2>that Trump administration doesn't want that list to come out.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe other people who are associated are on that list.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe high dollar donors are on that list. Maybe the

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<v Speaker 2>same high dollar donors that were benefiting the Biden administration

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<v Speaker 2>are benefiting the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 4>These are I'm just spitballing here, But.

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<v Speaker 2>I can think of a multitude of reasons that either

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<v Speaker 2>administration wouldn't want to release an Epstein client list.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>So, when when Tucker Carlson is sure that there is

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<v Speaker 2>a list and he can't possibly reckon why Trump wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>release the list. It's only because there's some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>a deep state, a deep state US intel at the

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<v Speaker 2>very center of it, which somehow has now influenced Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Or is it the deep Israeli state, as Tucker Carlson

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<v Speaker 2>points out, Or is it possible throw this out there?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it possible there is no client list? Is it

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<v Speaker 2>possible all of this MAGA conspiracy theory about a class

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<v Speaker 2>that was going to bring down Hunter Biden, Bill Clinton,

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Dates, the Royal family, everyone else, but leave Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump lily white? Is it possible that there never was

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<v Speaker 2>a list, that it really was just a conspiracy theory

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<v Speaker 2>made of whole cloth revolving around this creepy guy who

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<v Speaker 2>did have flight logs to his creepy island. Is it

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<v Speaker 2>possible there was no client list at all? Mag is

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<v Speaker 2>so sure there's a client list, and now they're divided.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know what to believe. Do we believe Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>do we believe the DOJ or do we believe what

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<v Speaker 2>we've believed for a while now, Elon Musk has decided

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<v Speaker 2>to believe that there is more afoot. So Elon Musk

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<v Speaker 2>was not happy that he was not invited to the

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<v Speaker 2>most recent cabinet meeting, and so Trump was speaking of

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<v Speaker 2>the cabinet meeting month. Musk then went on to X

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<v Speaker 2>and started ranting with Rogers Stone, one of the President's advisors,

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<v Speaker 2>about Jeffrey Epstein. So Stone writes on X, why would

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<v Speaker 2>Jeffrey Epstein associate Steve Bannon try to help Robert Muller

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<v Speaker 2>send me to prison by perjuring himself at my trial? Random,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get up, Musk replies, Bannon is in the Epstein files.

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<v Speaker 2>Although Steve Bannon is also saying he needs that the

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<v Speaker 2>client list should be released. But one ex user says

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<v Speaker 2>the Epstein list will never be released. We've been had.

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<v Speaker 2>Musk says, yes, the government is deeply broken. Maggo didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know what to think. Maggots just confuses.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll get up.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a list that condemns all of those pedophiled

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<v Speaker 2>the QAnon centered Democrats or not? I mean, it's an

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<v Speaker 2>existential threat, an existential threat. It has been the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>boondoggle in California, and we are fighting tooth and nail

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<v Speaker 2>to keep spending billions more on it. I can't wait

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<v Speaker 2>for nobody to ever ride the bullet train to nowhere.

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<v Speaker 4>That's next.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Maryland for Moe Kelly KFI AM six forty listen

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<v Speaker 2>anytime on demand of the iHeartRadio app. I've told the

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<v Speaker 2>story before that when I first came to California in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twelve, I found out about this bullet train and

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<v Speaker 2>how the.

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<v Speaker 4>Voters had approved.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, like eight billion dollars or something at

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<v Speaker 2>the time for the bullet Train, and we were gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get started, and we were gonna have this beautiful bullet train,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were gonna be on par with Europe and Japan,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were gonna have this high speed rail that

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<v Speaker 2>was going to go from eventually go from San Diego

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<v Speaker 2>to Sacramento, but initially it's gonna go La to San Francisco, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was supposed to connect the Bay Area to

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<v Speaker 2>southern California. And this is going to be it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be super duper, and it was going to be it

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<v Speaker 2>was gonna be fast transportation, and it was going to

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<v Speaker 2>be less expensive, and it was gonna be more environmentally

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<v Speaker 2>So this bullet train was going to be a big deal,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were kind of told, well, wouldn't this be

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<v Speaker 2>Right, So initially when this passed, the idea was that

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<v Speaker 2>I also don't know if you're familiar with numbers, but

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<v Speaker 2>I make mention of this because when I moved here

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<v Speaker 2>nobody will remember I said it. Now it looks like

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<v Speaker 2>I was way underestimating the overages, because currently they say

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<v Speaker 4>And when will it be done. We don't really know.

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<v Speaker 4>We just don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the initial segment, which is the Central Valley

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<v Speaker 2>segment it's going to run from Bakersfield and Or said,

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<v Speaker 2>is now going to be thirty five billion dollars. The

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<v Speaker 2>segment that no one will use, that runs through farmland,

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<v Speaker 2>that is the easiest to build, is now projected to

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<v Speaker 2>cost more than the initial projections for the whole project.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Trump administration took a look at what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on in California and they went, wait a minute, We've

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<v Speaker 2>got four billion dollars in grants that are earmarked for

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<v Speaker 2>California for this bullet train, and they said, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to pull those grants back. California is not happy about

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<v Speaker 2>this and so California officials said that the project is

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<v Speaker 2>to start limited passenger operations within Central Valley. We have

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<v Speaker 2>gotten to the point where we are now arguing that no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>we are going to be able to do the first

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<v Speaker 2>and easiest section, the most the simplest thing to a

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<v Speaker 2>accomplish that will get done just thirteen years after it

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<v Speaker 2>was projected, and at only a budget that is more

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<v Speaker 2>than the whole project was supposed to cost to begin with.

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<v Speaker 2>So you can't take our grants back four billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>in grants. I should also point out that we are

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<v Speaker 2>well short of being able to pay for the thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five billion dollars to start with. We don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>money to complete the project in the Central Valley. We're

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<v Speaker 2>short by eight seven billion dollars for the Central Valley section.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is going to ride a bullet train for Bakersfield

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<v Speaker 2>and Merced? How much how much traffic goes on between

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<v Speaker 2>those two places, how much business traffic is happening that

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<v Speaker 2>we go, wow, we have to have that bullet train

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<v Speaker 2>there I don't know, those are the two destinations. You're

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<v Speaker 2>not wrong, No, that's exactly That's where they started because

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<v Speaker 2>they went, this is going to be the easiest to finish.

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<v Speaker 2>If we can just finish this sect, this section, then

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<v Speaker 2>we can build momentum, no pun intent, and we can

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<v Speaker 2>show people that it's it's viable and it's being done.

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<v Speaker 4>It's then yeah, yeah, I wasna say it's easier because

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<v Speaker 4>no one goes there it's farm land. Yeah, it's exactly right.

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<v Speaker 2>And they it'll be limited passenger service between these two

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<v Speaker 2>really as California goes remote areas once they try to

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<v Speaker 2>bring that into the metro areas. They talked about how

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to connect this to trains with the BARK

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<v Speaker 2>system in San Francisco, and the amount of money is

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<v Speaker 4>This through San Francisco is astronomical.

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<v Speaker 2>So when they're now saying it's going to be one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty eight billion dollars to complete, figure two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred billion, and the idea that you and I will

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<v Speaker 2>ever ride a bullet train from Los Angeles to San

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<v Speaker 2>Francisco probably not realistic.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I'm I'm in my late forties. Right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I probably have maybe another thirty years in me. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't see it being done in the next thirty years,

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<v Speaker 2>and certainly not for the one hundred and twenty eight

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<v Speaker 2>billion dollars that they're projecting. It's just not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>So we just keep throwing good money after bad on. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>what is a giant boondoggle? I mean, we ought to

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<v Speaker 2>just set up a museum of failed initiatives and have

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<v Speaker 2>this be the highlight of it, and then just stop

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<v Speaker 2>throwing good money after bad on it. Just be done

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<v Speaker 2>with it, all right, flashes of flooding. It is a

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<v Speaker 2>terrifying situation going on in Texas. But good news we

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<v Speaker 2>found out from the governor of Texas. Everyone there cares

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<v Speaker 2>about football. That's what he said at the press conference

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<v Speaker 2>about the flooding. You'll find out why next Chris MERRILLFI

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<v Speaker 2>AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM sixty Chris.

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<v Speaker 2>Merriland from O Kelly and i KFI AM six forty

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<v Speaker 2>more stimulating talk listen to anytime on demand of the

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<v Speaker 2>iHeart Radio app. Uh Well, what's the latest total in Texas?

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<v Speaker 2>We got the one nine. I think I saw one

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen earlier. Oh my gosh, one hundred nineteen people died

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<v Speaker 2>in the flooding. I can't think of think of a

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<v Speaker 2>more horrible way for a massed number of people to go,

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<v Speaker 2>Just terrible.

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<v Speaker 7>The death toll rising in Texas. As officials announced more

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<v Speaker 7>than eighty five bodies have been recovered in Kerr County alone,

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<v Speaker 7>more than one hundred dead statewide.

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<v Speaker 8>To put this into perspective, just in the Kerr and

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<v Speaker 8>Kendle counties alone, there are far more fatalities than there

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<v Speaker 8>were in Hurricane Harding.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of those are kids, you know, those girls

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<v Speaker 2>of that camp Mystic, that Christian camp that was built

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<v Speaker 2>on the river of a.

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<v Speaker 7>Getting difficult terrain and armed with a walking stick, hiking

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<v Speaker 7>boots and a lot of faith. Robert Brake Junior has

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<v Speaker 7>been desperately searching for his missing parents since front. Oh

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<v Speaker 7>my gosh, your cabin washed away in the floods.

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<v Speaker 4>And the Grimes funeral Home which just setup and they're

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<v Speaker 9>We checked it with them hourly, walking up to them

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<v Speaker 9>giving my parents information the pictures you were hoping not

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<v Speaker 9>to see anything and hear anything, and when you did,

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<v Speaker 9>you had an out of home.

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<v Speaker 7>But this morning, yeah, realized they weren't coming back home.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh man? Is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that something like for every corner you turn and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't find the bodies of your deceased parents or

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<v Speaker 2>in some cases someone's child, hope remains alive.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh but if my parents being gone in the world

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<v Speaker 10>got to be a better place, got to be a

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<v Speaker 10>better place. One day, people kind each other, kind with

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<v Speaker 4>I won't accept that loss.

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<v Speaker 7>At a press conference earlier today, officials pressed about the

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<v Speaker 11>Right now, all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, this has been a big question about notifications during

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<v Speaker 2>the flash flooding, right like, what was the National Weather

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<v Speaker 4>Why weren't people alerted? Why wasn't there a better warning system?

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<v Speaker 11>Right now, this team up here is focused on green

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<v Speaker 11>people's focus. All those questions will be answered, but the

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<v Speaker 11>already right now, you're just bringing people home, all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, So officials don't really want to answer it. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to answer those questions. I kind of understand

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<v Speaker 2>why they don't want to like save all of your

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<v Speaker 2>who's to blame stuff for later we're still trying to

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<v Speaker 2>find bodies of children.

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<v Speaker 7>During his cabinet meeting, President Trump confirming he plans to

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<v Speaker 2>We don't want to get in anyone's way, because you

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<v Speaker 2>know that's what happens when president goes and everyone's around

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<v Speaker 2>focused on I don't want anyone to focus on us.

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<v Speaker 2>I wholeheartedly agree with his decision one hundred percent. Now

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<v Speaker 2>people will criticize him for not being there, just like

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<v Speaker 2>they criticize every president who stays out of the way

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<v Speaker 2>for a week after a natural disaster.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, why didn't Bush go to Katrina right away? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Why didn't Obama show up at the blizzard? Or why

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<v Speaker 2>didn't Biden? You know, you name it? One hundred percent

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<v Speaker 2>back to the President on this one, stay out of

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, more no, no, because he was literally criticizing Biden

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<v Speaker 12>for not being in California for the fires.

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<v Speaker 2>But my thing is, if I'm standing up for Biden

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<v Speaker 2>for not being in the way on the fires, do

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<v Speaker 2>not have to stand up for the for Trump.

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<v Speaker 12>I'm saying, but but Biden would not have criticized Trump

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, I see.

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<v Speaker 12>Trump is the only president to criticize other presidents or

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<v Speaker 12>governmental leaders for not doing something that he doesn't do.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you're pointing out the past. Yeah, I just

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<v Speaker 2>don't give him the past. That's okay, So because he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't extend that courtesy to others. Yes, yeah, see, I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to be consistent in my criticism. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you're fine, You're fine. I'm I'm great with you pointing

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<v Speaker 2>out the hypocrisy. Yeah, that's yeah, one hundred percent agree with.

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<v Speaker 4>You on that.

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<v Speaker 7>And we're learning more about the victims. Eight year old

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<v Speaker 7>Mary Grace Baker died in the floods. Thirteen year old

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<v Speaker 7>Blair Harber and eleven year old Brook Harbor staying with

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<v Speaker 7>together fifteen miles down the river the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifteen miles even if they were struggling for the first

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<v Speaker 2>mile or who imagine the horror that they experienced while

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<v Speaker 2>they were struggling to breathe, trying to keep their heads

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<v Speaker 2>above water, maybe getting hit by branches. They're in the dark,

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<v Speaker 2>the debris pummeling them, not knowing where they're going not

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<v Speaker 2>to a bank, and eventually they just can't keep up.

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<v Speaker 7>And the man you heard from earlier who was missing

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<v Speaker 7>his parents says he will continue searching, but also to

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<v Speaker 4>All right, thank you appreciate that report.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Governor Abbott was speaking out now when we talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the politics, and I'm glad that. I'm glad you

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<v Speaker 2>talked about this, Twalla, because there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people who are saying, you know, what's going on here.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, we had local officials were blaming the National

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<v Speaker 2>Weather Service. Then you had you had the geop officials

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<v Speaker 2>in Texas blaming the National Weather Service. Then you had

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats who were blaming the Trump administry for cutting funding

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<v Speaker 2>to the National Weather Service. But you got to keep

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<v Speaker 2>in mind, is this The National Weather Service was prepared,

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<v Speaker 2>they were staffed, they were putting out alerts, they were

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<v Speaker 2>putting out the warnings to the best of their ability

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<v Speaker 2>that night. And now what we have here is a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people going who do I blame, in other words,

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<v Speaker 2>dodging accountability. And what I'm finding is that in today's society,

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<v Speaker 2>we are we're so worried about blame that we ignore accountability.

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<v Speaker 4>There used to be a time in this country.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna sound like an old fuddy duddy now, but

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<v Speaker 2>there was a time when you had leadership that said

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<v Speaker 2>the buck stops here, and they would say there were

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<v Speaker 2>failures and we are going to take a good hard

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<v Speaker 2>look at this and we're going to improve upon this.

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<v Speaker 4>Instead.

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<v Speaker 2>Now what you have is, well, there were failures, but

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't me. And then you have supporters that say

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<v Speaker 2>that's right, you can't blame my person.

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<v Speaker 4>Look at them, they're fighting the critics.

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<v Speaker 2>And we applaud the leadership for not taking accountability because

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<v Speaker 2>that shows that they've got moxie. They're willing to stand.

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<v Speaker 4>Up and fight. Fight what.

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<v Speaker 2>Fight against accountability, fight against a basic tenet of leadership.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, that's exactly what we see. And the governor spoke.

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<v Speaker 7>The governor addressed concerns over who is.

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<v Speaker 8>To blame Texas every score inch of our state.

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<v Speaker 4>This is Governor Abbott talking about who's.

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<v Speaker 8>To blame Texas every score ench of our state? Cares

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<v Speaker 8>about football?

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<v Speaker 2>What dead kids? Floating bodies fifteen miles down the river?

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<v Speaker 2>And talk about Friday night lights you.

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<v Speaker 8>Could be in Hunt, Texas, Huntsville, Texas, Houston, Texas, anty

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<v Speaker 8>size community that care about football, high school, Friday night lights,

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<v Speaker 8>college football, are pro and know this. Every football team

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<v Speaker 8>makes mistakes. The losing teams are the ones that try

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<v Speaker 8>to point out who's to blame. The championship teams are

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<v Speaker 8>the ones to say, don't worry about it, man, we

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<v Speaker 8>got this. We're going to make sure that we go

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<v Speaker 8>score again, that we're going to win this game. The

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<v Speaker 8>way winners talk is not to pull out fingers.

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<v Speaker 4>They talk about solutions.

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<v Speaker 7>Govina Abbitt also said helping the affected areas recover will

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<v Speaker 7>be on the agenda when lawmakers convene for a special

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<v Speaker 7>session in two weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like he was almost close to having a

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<v Speaker 2>good answer, but he couldn't help but to say, anyone

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<v Speaker 2>who is looking to find accountability is a loser.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a winner. I'm gonna find solutions. You all are losers.

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<v Speaker 2>You all trying to find out where the failures were

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<v Speaker 2>your losers. So aren't we just playing politics when we

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<v Speaker 2>do that? Yeah, here's what championship teams do. If there's

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<v Speaker 2>a problem, if you have a player that keeps dropping

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<v Speaker 2>the football, you stop handing him the football. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>go out and yell at the cheerleaders for not cheering right.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't go yell at the referees for calling the fumble.

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<v Speaker 2>You go figure out how to hang on to the

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<v Speaker 2>dang football.

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<v Speaker 4>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna shift away from this because I start to

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<v Speaker 2>get frustrated when we talk about kids dying and nobody

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<v Speaker 2>wants to take accountability.

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<v Speaker 4>Speaking of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Kids, the kids these days, they're not even children anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Now they're adults and they're in the workforce. And gen

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<v Speaker 2>Z has cracked the code. They figured out what none

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<v Speaker 2>of us ever knew before, and they're gonna tell us

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<v Speaker 2>how to have a better understanding of our work life balance.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be blown away by this brand new concept

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<v Speaker 2>that no one's ever thought of before that gen Z

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<v Speaker 2>came up with.

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<v Speaker 1>It is next you're listening to Later with Mo Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>on Demand from KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't wait until tomorrow, Mark, It's gonna be a day

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<v Speaker 2>older by that.

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<v Speaker 4>Pete's sake.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta have my fountain of youth now, Chris merrill

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<v Speaker 2>in from O'Kelly KFI AM six forty. Listen anytime on

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<v Speaker 2>demand of the iHeartRadio app. Can I just say thank

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<v Speaker 2>goodness we have gen Z around, because, let's face it,

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<v Speaker 2>until gen Z came most of us didn't know our

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<v Speaker 2>heads from the hole the ground. They discovered things about

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<v Speaker 2>the world that we didn't understand, we had no clue about.

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<v Speaker 2>For instance, prior to gen Z, when you went to work,

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<v Speaker 2>you busted your tail all the time, and you never

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<v Speaker 2>thought about slacking off, and never did you work with

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<v Speaker 2>anyone that about mailing it in. Never did that happen

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<v Speaker 2>until gen Z came about and they introduced us to

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<v Speaker 2>something called quiet quitting.

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<v Speaker 4>You see, gen Z knew that quiet quitting meant that.

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<v Speaker 2>You were doing the bare minimums at work just to

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<v Speaker 2>keep your job and fly under the radar. No one

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<v Speaker 2>had ever done that before. But then gen Z figured

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<v Speaker 2>it out and they gave it a name, quiet quitting. Sure,

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<v Speaker 2>I understand that there may have been a very popular

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<v Speaker 2>movie that came out when the vast, vast majority of

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<v Speaker 2>gen Z was not even potty trained, called Office Space,

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<v Speaker 2>which was all about not really doing much at work

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<v Speaker 2>for the entire day and getting by and the bare minimums.

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<v Speaker 2>But we didn't even know that that was a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Until gen Z told us quiet quitting. And now gen

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<v Speaker 2>Z has done it again. Thank goodness for the new

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<v Speaker 2>generation and TikTok, because they have now introduced us to

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<v Speaker 2>something a concept no one had ever imagined before. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>your story. While retirement typically occurs after completing a career

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<v Speaker 2>and saving and investing for it, a new trend is

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<v Speaker 2>emerging among gen Z career professionals called micro retirement. Micro

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<v Speaker 2>retirements involved taking a one or two week break from

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<v Speaker 2>work every twelve to eighteen months. Why didn't we think

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<v Speaker 2>of this? Why didn't any of us ever contemplate in

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<v Speaker 2>the past that we needed a break from work?

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<v Speaker 4>My god, we.

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<v Speaker 12>Are not as smart as our children. Oh so that's

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<v Speaker 12>what I think. Sometimes it has to be, because there's

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<v Speaker 12>no way this generation has outsmarted us yet has not

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<v Speaker 12>lived nearly a quarter of our lifetime.

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<v Speaker 2>But obviously they did. This is just how much smarter

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<v Speaker 2>they are. I mean some people. My understanding is some

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<v Speaker 2>people now these are forward thinkers. Now, these are basically futurists.

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<v Speaker 2>Had worked with their companies in the past to ensure

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<v Speaker 2>that they got one to two week breaks built into

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<v Speaker 2>their yearly schedule. Some places would even offer three or

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<v Speaker 2>even four weeks of break in their schedule. Now, in

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<v Speaker 2>the past, I had heard about a concept that some

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<v Speaker 2>called a vacation, but this was a very rare, anomalous event.

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<v Speaker 2>Fortunately gen Z comes around and they have invented micro retirements.

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<v Speaker 4>My mind is blown.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I'm more upset at gen Z

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<v Speaker 2>for thinking that they reinvented the wheel, or if I'm

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<v Speaker 2>more upset at the older generations that are writing the

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<v Speaker 2>stories about how novel gen Z is. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's incredibly frustrating when I see an article from fast

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<v Speaker 2>Company that describes a vacation and presents it as though

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<v Speaker 2>it's an absolute new life hack that was developed by

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<v Speaker 2>the incoming generation.

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<v Speaker 12>But I think that Fast Company, I think that they

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<v Speaker 12>are also a gen Z slash millennial run site.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you think so, yeah, kind of like the Economists

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<v Speaker 2>for younger generations or Forbes for younger generations or something.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 12>Even though this generation knows everything about looking stuff up

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<v Speaker 12>on the Internet, they don't know how to look up

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<v Speaker 12>the fact that this is not a novel concept not new.

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<v Speaker 12>We've been taking vacations for centuries.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a few things that are a little bit different,

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<v Speaker 2>but Again, they're not new ideas. They say that the

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<v Speaker 2>micro retirement could involve quitting a job, then finding a

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<v Speaker 2>new job when you're ready to work again. Again, not

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<v Speaker 2>a new concept. Although most of us try to have

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<v Speaker 2>a new job lined up because we're not dumb. So

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<v Speaker 2>we create an emergency fund and then if we need

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<v Speaker 2>to quit a job, we do. I know people that

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<v Speaker 2>have said enough, I'm out, I'll find something later. I

578
00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:18.319
<v Speaker 2>just can't take this anymore. They've got an emergency fund

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<v Speaker 2>built up, they're ready.

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<v Speaker 4>To do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Or you find a new job and then you give

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<v Speaker 2>yourself a couple of weeks in between gigs. We've all

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<v Speaker 2>been there before. This is not a new concept. They

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<v Speaker 2>also and this is the one that just drives me nuts.

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<v Speaker 2>Setting up a plan with your employer that allows you

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<v Speaker 2>to take unpaid frequent work breaks. It's just an unpaid vacation. Man,

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00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:42.440
<v Speaker 2>that's unpaid time off. Again, not a new concept. Or

588
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<v Speaker 2>if you're a business owner taking breaks from your business, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta tell you. If you're a business owner taking breaks,

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<v Speaker 2>that's called a vacation. My wife runs her own business.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a vacation a couple of weeks ago, and

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<v Speaker 2>she didn't work for a week during my.

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<v Speaker 4>Couple of weeks off. That's just vacation. That's how it works.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're a small business owner and you're not working,

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<v Speaker 2>you take a vacation and you're not gonna get paid again.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a new concept, but thank god, we've got gen

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<v Speaker 2>Z to introduce us to this. Not a new concept,

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<v Speaker 2>but we give it a new name, so it must

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<v Speaker 2>be new. I blame TikTok for this crap, is what

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<v Speaker 2>I do. Like all of a sudden, they're like, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought about this thing. I'm gonna describe it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I just saw this brand new thing online. It's never

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<v Speaker 2>existed before, trending now. Yeah right, Oh it makes me crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris merrill in from O'Kelly tonight k IF I am

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<v Speaker 2>six forty. We're live everywhere the iHeartRadio

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