WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:12.400 Ladies and gentlemen in this corner from the University of Colorado, 2 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:17.879 thirty years in Lorraine, fighting for truth, justice and the 3 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:19.600 American Way. 4 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:24.239 Damn chaplas. 5 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.839 Welcome Bad Catholic Show. I'm Christy Burton Brown in for 6 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:30.239 Dan today. Great to be with you all, and at 7 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:31.800 any time if you want to join the show, you 8 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.200 can call in eight five five four zero five eight 9 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.520 two five five. But we have some great things to 10 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:40.200 cover today. I found this very long clip. We'll play 11 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:44.560 a piece by piece about some big and terrible media 12 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.039 hits that the media and the Democrats pushed over this year. 13 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.359 Kind of looking back over the whole year of twenty 14 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:53.399 twenty four, seeing some of the biggest mistakes they made, 15 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:57.560 the wrong claims, anything from Biden, you know, not actually 16 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:01.600 suffering from mental problems, that definitely competent to be president. 17 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:04.480 Lots of things to cover, So we'll actually get into 18 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:08.519 that play the top ten hits over the year from 19 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:11.760 the liberal media and the Democrats. See what you think 20 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.239 of it. And then also later on in the show, 21 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:17.760 we're going to talk about not only what President elect 22 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:20.760 Donald Trump says that he's going to do in his 23 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.120 first hundred days and actually his first few hours in office, 24 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:26.640 which we'll start in less than a month, but we'll 25 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.079 also talk about the things we think he should do 26 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.480 in his first hundred days in office. Would love to 27 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:35.280 hear from any of you your thoughts on what you 28 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:38.000 think President Trump should do. Now. Him and his team 29 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.760 are saying that his main goal is to reverse what 30 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.760 happened during the Biden era the last four years and 31 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:47.040 take it all the way back to the end of 32 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:53.280 his first term and almost reset and restart things from there. Now. 33 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.719 While I think in many ways that is possible, in 34 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.359 many ways, it's also not possible because some thing's happened 35 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:01.719 over the last four years that are going to have 36 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:05.359 to be dealt with, chief among them the border, and 37 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:07.400 that is one of the issues that Donald Trump says 38 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.039 he's going to deal with in the first few hours. 39 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:12.479 And you know, I think that's what people like about him, 40 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:14.759 is that he doesn't just talk about the typical first 41 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:17.039 hundred days in office, but he says, you know what, 42 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:18.919 let's actually get down to it and talk about what 43 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:21.439 we're going to do in the first few hours. That's 44 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:24.759 unique to him getting down to business right away. I 45 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:26.759 really think there's no question about he's going to clean 46 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:30.240 up who works in the federal government in order to 47 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:33.240 free himself and his team to accomplish a lot of 48 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:35.639 their major goals. We'll get into that a little bit 49 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:37.759 later in the show. One of the new things coming 50 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.479 out today in the news that homelessness is at a 51 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:43.879 new high across the United States. Now, there's a lot 52 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:48.039 of causes for that, immigration being one of them, people 53 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:51.319 pouring across the border. We see that in Denver adding 54 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:55.240 to the homelessness. But also it's different laws that have 55 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:57.759 been passed around the nation. You know, some cities trying 56 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.520 to do camping bands, but in other cities enacting policies 57 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:04.759 that allow and encourage homelessness. We see an increase of 58 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.639 the drug crisis in the United States that's increasing homelessness, 59 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.560 and a whole lot of other causes as well. But 60 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:13.599 one thing I want Tory Tier attached if you hadn't 61 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.919 already heard about it around the election, was a unique 62 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:20.000 way that Arizona decided it would deal with homelessness. Now, 63 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.400 originally this idea thought up by the Goldwater Institute, which 64 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:26.400 is a national nonprofit. They originally, I believe, wanted to 65 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.560 try it in Phoenix and say, Okay, they're a huge 66 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.560 hollless as problem in Phoenix, similar to what goes on 67 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.719 in Denver. Let's pass this law locally and see what 68 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:36.199 can happen. But what they actually ended up doing was 69 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:39.919 creating an entire ballot measure that the people of Arizona 70 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.800 voted on in November. They passed it. And how this 71 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:45.960 is unique is it basically says, if you're a citizen 72 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.560 of Arizona and you were affected by homelessness, the city 73 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:52.159 you live in has a law like a camping ban 74 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.159 or something similar that is supposed to stop homelessness and 75 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.439 get people off of your property, off of affecting your 76 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:02.080 property and the value of it. If the city doesn't 77 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.080 do its job or the state doesn't do its job 78 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:06.400 in enforcing the laws, you actually get a refund on 79 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.840 your property taxes. So I think that's a fairly unique idea, 80 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.639 And of course it makes sense that voters would say, absolutely, 81 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.800 we're going to pass that, because I think a lot 82 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:18.720 of voters across the nation, especially in very urban areas, 83 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:22.399 are tired of being affected by the homelessness crisis and 84 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.240 the government just sitting there and doing nothing about it. 85 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.439 Aurora here in Colorado has its own unique solution to it, 86 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.360 opening a campus for people who are homeless in partnership 87 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:36.360 with nonprofit organizations like the Daniels Fund, And what they're 88 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:38.279 doing is actually creating a way to get people out 89 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.079 of homelesses. Is not just a place for them to stay, 90 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.199 but a place, a campus that will also literally help 91 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:47.160 them find a career, help them get education they need, 92 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:49.920 help them, I think, connect them to rehab facilities if 93 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:53.680 it's a drug and alcohol addiction problem that's causing the homelessness. 94 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:56.399 So there's a lot of creative solutions across the nation, 95 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:59.560 but clearly the nation is in need of many more 96 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.360 versions of the Aurora plan. We'll see how well that 97 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:04.120 plays out once Auror is actually able to get it 98 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.519 off the ground, open it and let people into the campus. 99 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.879 But also more versions of the Arizona answer, where we're saying, Okay, 100 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:16.000 if government is refusing to do its duty and solve 101 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.600 the homelessness, it's said that it will, and you elect 102 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:20.399 people who are like, I know there's a camping band, 103 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.920 don't want to enforce it too difficult, too hard. Well, 104 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.279 then okay, you've got to give a refund to people 105 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.879 for their property taxes because you're you're not giving up 106 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:30.000 your end of the bargain. I think this is something 107 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.879 people are looking for in government is it's a two 108 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.439 way street. It's not just us paying taxes and fees 109 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:38.240 to the government all the time, giving over our money 110 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:40.720 and then what do we get for it. It's saying, hey, 111 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:42.680 we're gonna puld our head to the bargain. The iris 112 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:44.279 you go after you if you don't pay your taxes, 113 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:46.279 you could end up in jail. What happens to the 114 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:48.439 government if they don't uphold their end of the bargain. 115 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:51.199 So unique solution from Arizona is saying, Okay, then you're 116 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:53.720 gonna have to give people a refund on those property taxes. 117 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.240 We will see how well it plays out. Just past 118 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:59.839 in November, I'm Christy Burton Brown in for Dan Caplis 119 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.199 to You can join the show anytime by calling in 120 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.639 eight five five four zero five eight two five five, 121 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.160 or you can text five seven seven three nine and 122 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.399 start your text with Dan. I will get your message. 123 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.439 Another thing that happened just today at the United States 124 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:18.160 Supreme Court, President elect Donald Trump of filing his own 125 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:22.199 brief in the TikTok Ban case I think there's conservatives 126 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:24.839 on both sides of this issue, which is very interesting 127 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.759 to me. Some who are more concerned, i would say, 128 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:31.480 within national security issues and believe that TikTok should be banned. 129 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:33.519 I think that's why it was passed on a bipartisan 130 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.480 basis in the US Congress and the Senate. There is 131 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:38.920 a ban on TikTok. That's a law, but the case 132 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.240 is over whether or not this band should stand. Trump 133 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:45.240 filed a brief saying no, you should put a pause 134 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:48.480 on this law. There should not be a ban on TikTok. 135 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:50.240 And I think you see conservatives on that side of 136 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.079 the issue saying, hey, it's a free speech it's a 137 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:55.439 free market issue. Let people participate in the company they 138 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.519 want to. It's not like Americans are dumb, like we 139 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.600 know if China can read our information, I mean, if 140 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:02.360 people want that to happen with their videos and their 141 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.120 personal information. It's a matter of free choice and free 142 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.680 speech and the free market. It's a company people are 143 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.600 choosing to engage with, you know. And I can understand 144 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.839 that argument. I think on the other side, again, you 145 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:15.399 have conservatives saying, no, this is China that we're dealing with. 146 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.519 And the parent company of TikTok's a company called byte Dance, 147 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:22.839 and it is actually a Chinese owned company. Now there's 148 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:25.199 a lot of excuses out there saying, well, though you 149 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.839 know the board members of TikTok, you know, none of 150 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.480 them actually reside in China. One's based in Hong Kong, 151 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:33.959 one's based in Singapore. I think the other three are 152 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:37.000 US citizens, And so they try and like act like 153 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:41.240 there's some distance between China and Byte Dance and therefore TikTok. 154 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:45.079 But if you really research it yourself, there is a 155 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:49.680 path to finding the information that China requires every media 156 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.959 related company to give the government a foothold. That's actually 157 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:54.639 a fact they have I think a one percent share 158 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:58.959 in Byte Dance slash TikTok, And so there is actually 159 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.759 an absolute path that everyone has to admit that actually 160 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.959 exists for the Chinese government to have a path to 161 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:07.399 see data and information in TikTok. Now, I mean, do 162 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:08.879 you think I don't think that I don't think the 163 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.759 Chinese government's going to be fully honest about what they're 164 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:16.839 seeing in in user information, personal data that's gathered. But 165 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:19.839 both sides have a point. I think if you're a conservative. 166 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:22.399 I think it's a fair legitimate point to say national 167 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:24.800 security is top of my list. Because this is a 168 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:28.839 Chinese owned parent company, I'm not comfortable with them operating 169 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:30.759 in the United States. There's other companies. If you want 170 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:33.320 to use social media and communicate with people and share 171 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.080 videos like use something else. Yes, there's a free market, 172 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.759 create a new company that's American owned. I get the 173 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:41.240 very fair position to take. That's actually a little bit 174 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.039 more where I come down on the issue. But as 175 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:46.759 a constitutional attorney, I really understand the arguments of people 176 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.440 who say, no, this is a free speech, free market issue. 177 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.720 Let people and Americans make their own decision. I think 178 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:54.600 a problem with that position, which I think is the 179 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:57.200 Trump position actually, But a lot of people who use 180 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:59.879 TikTok are young teenagers who don't really know what they're 181 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.919 encountering with national security issues. I'm not sure they are 182 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:05.960 fully aware of what they're giving over to a Chinese company. 183 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:09.600 So maybe there's a middle ground here where TikTok shouldn't 184 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:12.039 necessarily be banned, but in order to operate in the 185 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:15.960 United States, they should be required to form a US 186 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.840 company that actually supervises and is the parent company. They 187 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:21.559 may you know, in my opinion, there needs to be 188 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:26.440 some distance between TikTok and the Chinese owned parent company 189 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.200 that is dangerous to Americans and to our personal data. 190 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:31.559 That's my opinion. If you have a thought on this, 191 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:33.720 you can call in eight five five four zero five 192 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:35.960 eight two five five or text your thoughts five seven 193 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:38.799 seven three nine to Dan. I'm Christy Burton Brown and 194 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.120 you're on the dan Kapla Show. You're back on the 195 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:44.120 Dankpla Show. I'm Christy Burton Brown. Thanks for tuning in. Today. 196 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:48.080 We've been talking about President Trump's brief that he filed 197 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:51.440 to the United States Supreme Court, the asking the courts 198 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:53.480 to put a pause on the law banning TikTok. And 199 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.120 I will make a clarification. I looked at the law 200 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.720 over the break and it would ban TikTok unless they 201 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:01.279 sell to an American company. And that's sort of the 202 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:04.879 compromise like I actually think should exist. But I think Bruce, 203 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.279 a caller has called in to share his thoughts on 204 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.600 the TikTok band with us. Bruce, Welcome to the dan 205 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:11.279 Kapla Show. 206 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:14.600 Hey there, Christy, thank you so much. 207 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:15.559 Of course, thanks for calling me. 208 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:19.559 What I want really, really, really, what I want to 209 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:24.720 point out is we forget how valuable being allowed to 210 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.639 play in the best market. 211 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.759 Oh are there, Bruce? I think we might have. 212 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:36.279 Lost you a market for Americans and American companies. 213 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:39.279 Yeah, and you broke up a little bit, but you're 214 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.440 saying you think the free market in America should be 215 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.480 available to American companies, not Chinese companies. That's what you're saying. 216 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:50.519 And basically, let me get you a very widespread even 217 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:55.559 though it's a very small egg example. Okay, if you 218 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.799 want to sell hero or like snacks at a Bronco 219 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:00.960 football game, can anybody do that? 220 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:02.720 Nope? 221 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:07.559 Nope. That's because we know how valuable that having access 222 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:10.960 to the market is. We charge the players to pay. 223 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:12.440 Yeah. 224 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:15.200 I think that's a very valid point national market, right, 225 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:21.000 And basically what it is is we forget how valuable 226 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:24.759 American citizenship is. And that's truly a tragedy. 227 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:26.919 Well, and you're right, and people love to talk about 228 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:29.799 that when it comes to immigration, but they don't seem 229 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:33.320 to apply it to the business world and free markets. 230 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.039 And I think you make an excellent point that just 231 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:38.759 because something is a free market doesn't mean that there 232 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:42.000 shouldn't be you know, a price to access it and 233 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.840 to put value on it and make sure people understand 234 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:46.600 what it's worth. I think that's a great point. 235 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:50.759 Vers Yeah, all right, if you're not a player, and 236 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:56.559 we've really messed up, really Adam Smith's talk about free markets, 237 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:00.840 because that Smith talked about free the market, but he 238 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:06.080 talked about comparative advantage. Yes, so if I'm growing bananas 239 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:10.600 or sugar cane, tropical countries have a comparative advantage to us. 240 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.639 That's where free markets work. But if we're talking about 241 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:19.679 technology and manufacturing, there are no comparative advantages. And we 242 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.519 as a country, if you talk about national defense and 243 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:27.519 the security of national defense, we should make our own drugs. Oh, absolutely, 244 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.919 make your own antibiotics. 245 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.840 I know it's ridiculous. Actually, so yeah, at the mercy 246 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.159 of China in so many cases. 247 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.799 Our own chips. Yeah, on and on. 248 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.840 No, you're so right, Thank you, Bruce, appreciate the call. 249 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:42.879 All right. Well, hey, if you have the same thought 250 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.159 as Bruce or a different one, you two can call 251 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:47.320 into the Dan Kapla show eight five five four zero 252 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.480 five eight two five five. I'm actually glad Bruce brought 253 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.679 up pharmaceuticals medicines that are made, and chips in so 254 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:57.120 many of our phones, electric cars, all these things. This 255 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.240 is actually something I wanted to talk about later in 256 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.159 the show, when we just us what Trump has promised 257 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:02.679 to do in his for a few hours or one 258 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:04.960 hundred days in office, but also what we think he 259 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.399 should do. I'd love to hear from you, but I 260 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:11.559 think the point about chips, medicines, or whether we're talking 261 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:15.120 about social media, companies and technology, is that we do 262 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.480 outsource this too way too many companies, and therefore we 263 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:20.639 are at countries, sorry, not companies, and so we are 264 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.279 therefore reliant on our enemies in many cases when we 265 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:27.240 look at China in particular, or countries that could turn 266 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:30.000 on us if they want to, and we're really at 267 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.440 the mercy of their decisions. I don't think that's right 268 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:34.759 to do to American citizens. It's certainly not in America 269 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.840 first outlook to say, oh, this medicine that you need 270 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:41.000 to survive, Well, we're just counting on China continuing to 271 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:43.480 produce that and supply us with it. And as far 272 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:45.639 as the chips go, a lot of that comes down 273 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:50.159 to mining and environmental requirements. In Colorado, I was once 274 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:52.919 oide of breakfast with Senator James Lankford from Oklahoma. He 275 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.080 sits on the National Resources Committee in the Senate, and 276 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.720 he shed a lot of light on how insanely difficult 277 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:03.159 it is is for American companies to be able to 278 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:06.240 mine some of these rare earth minerals that actually do 279 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.080 exist in the United States, but because of all of 280 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:13.320 our environmental regulations and licensing requirements and other regulations, we 281 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.480 outsource that to China as well. And do we really 282 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:19.879 think China's follow following any sort of environmental regulations, Like 283 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:22.480 if you actually believe that the world should be clean 284 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:25.600 and that we should have, you know, a healthy climate 285 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:28.279 for people to survive, why in the world are we 286 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:32.080 outsourcing mining of rare earth minerals and the cleaning of 287 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.600 them and the processing to China, who does not care 288 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:38.360 whatsoever about having a clean ozone or a good climate 289 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:40.879 or healthy air or anything of the sort. So I 290 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:43.679 think that's a very short sighted decision that needs to 291 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.000 be changed. We need to mine those things in the 292 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.440 United States. If you have thoughts about any of this 293 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:51.559 or the free speech implications of banning a company like TikTok, 294 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.360 call in eight five five four zero, five eight two 295 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:57.759 five five or text DAN five seven seven three nine. 296 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:00.159 I'm Christy Burton Brown. Glad to have you with us today. 297 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.480 I wanted to bring a little bit more clarity to 298 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:06.440 the court case on the TikTok ban. Timing is a 299 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:09.840 little bit interesting here. When it was passed by Congress. 300 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.159 It actually the ban takes place on January nineteenth, so 301 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.000 one day before President Trump would be sworn in. And 302 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:18.200 what he's actually asking for in his brief that he 303 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.480 filed in the court, by the way, agreed to fast 304 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:23.919 track this case because the request, and Trump is at 305 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.120 making this request himself, is that basically the court put 306 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:30.240 a stay on the law and pause the ban. He 307 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.639 is saying his administration would like to look at possible 308 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:37.919 political solutions, I imagine diplomatic solutions they may want to pursue. 309 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:40.200 But I think at its core, the law is a 310 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:44.279 very good one. Either ban it, or you ban TikTok, 311 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.000 or they sell to an American company. And I think, 312 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:50.120 like our last caller, that is a very important point 313 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:55.320 that we need to have free markets prioritizing American companies. 314 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:58.600 I think one of the core problems with TikTok is 315 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.600 who the users are. It's not like a ton of 316 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:05.200 TikTok users are fully aware adults who know that the 317 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.639 national security implications of data being given to a Chinese 318 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:12.080 company and the Chinese government having a foothold into that data, 319 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:15.000 into their videos, into like facial recognition and all the 320 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.679 types of things China likes to collect data to practice with. 321 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.039 A lot of TikTok users are teenagers, people in junior 322 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.519 high people in high school have really not fully considered 323 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:28.200 these implications. So anyway, I don't know what you think. 324 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.639 If you think the free market should be chiefly free 325 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:35.080 to American companies but blocked to really enemies of the 326 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:37.120 United States of America, that would be my view. I 327 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.279 like the law, but I do think it's interesting that 328 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:43.200 Trump filed a brief asking for more time as a 329 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:48.799 new administration to pursue a political solution. We'll see where 330 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.720 that goes. The Court is actually going to have to 331 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:55.120 issue its decision before January nineteenth, because that's when the 332 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:58.919 ban is set to take place. Now, they are hearing 333 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:02.120 oral arguments on January tenth, so that gives the court 334 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.599 nine days, way faster than the United State States Supreme 335 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.960 Court typically likes to operate in big cases. But they 336 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:10.920 fast tracked the case and agreed to hear are oral 337 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.359 arguments on the tenth. So I mean that's in a 338 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:16.400 couple weeks we'll be finding out exactly what happens. It 339 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.799 doesn't really affect me. I don't have TikTok. I've refused 340 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.359 to download it. I do look at Twitter all the time. 341 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:26.759 That's my preferred social media source, and the reason for that. 342 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.960 I mean, sure, I like that Elon Musk took it over, 343 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:32.480 but honestly, I feel like if you follow the right people, 344 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:35.279 you can find a lot of breaking news and interesting 345 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.559 articles related to politics, which, of course everyone knows I 346 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:41.640 love politics. You can find that on Twitter certainly, far 347 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:44.480 more than you can on say, Instagram, Facebook. And I 348 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:47.319 just think TikTok is you know a lot of young 349 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.240 people things, and I'm not that young anymore, as much 350 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:51.640 as I hate to admit it. Christy Britton Brown, we're 351 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:53.920 here with you on the Dan Kapla Show. Text in 352 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:56.599 your thoughts five seven seven three nine to Dan or 353 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:58.920 call in anytime during the show eight five five four 354 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:02.599 zero five eight two five five or about thirty seconds 355 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:04.599 away from a break. But when we come back. What 356 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:06.279 we're gonna do is we're gonna start going through the 357 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:10.119 top ten and media hits of twenty twenty four. And 358 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.839 these are not good media hits. What these are are 359 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:17.640 the liberal media sources, maidstream media, and the Democrats making 360 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:21.039 claims that were ended up being proved completely false. They 361 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.400 were completely wrong, but you will see a highlight of 362 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.279 how they tried to mislead the American public. I think 363 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:30.240 sometimes looking back on what happened over the year also 364 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:33.000 gives us a clue about what to watch for next 365 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.000 year and what to reject as soon as we hear 366 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:37.119 it instead of taking the time to let it play out. 367 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.160 You're on the dan Kapla Show. I'm Christy Burton Brown, 368 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:43.000 have the dan Kapla Show. I'm Christy Burton Brown. Glad 369 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.759 to have you with us this afternoon almost evening. Hope 370 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:48.880 you had a great Christmas. I had lots of family time. 371 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:51.839 Still more coming up, which is always a good thing 372 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.519 if you ask me. 373 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.160 I want to. 374 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.160 Respond to a couple of texts that we got. One's 375 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.440 actually a random question, but a great one. So it 376 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:59.920 says I thought Colorado had a law that all Electra 377 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:02.799 votes go to the winner of the national popular vote. 378 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.839 Colorado just voted for Harris. How does that work? Great question, 379 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.279 what actually happened? So, yes, Colorado did pass the national 380 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:12.319 popular Vote law, but it actually have to be a 381 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:15.440 constitutional amendment for that to take effect. And so basically, 382 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.319 Colorado just joined the list of states that wants to 383 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:22.480 change the electoral college and wants every state's electoral votes 384 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:25.119 to go to the national popular winner. But there's not 385 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.799 enough states that have agreed with it yet. It is 386 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:30.079 not a constitutional amendment change, so Colorado can't just do 387 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:31.839 it on its own. We still have to do the 388 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:35.119 constitutional process of the electoral college. So, great question, but 389 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:38.720 that is the answer. Another text says, on the TikTok thing, 390 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:40.680 we've been talking about the TikTok ban and how that's 391 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:42.920 about to take effect. That's the United States Supreme Court 392 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:45.599 doesn't put a pause on or reverse the law. By 393 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:50.039 January nineteenth, President Trump actually submitted a brief today asking 394 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.480 for a pause on the law to give him an 395 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:55.599 opportunity to reach a political solution. But this text says, 396 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:57.920 I agree, there needs to be a wholly US owned 397 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:02.039 company run under and subj to US laws because right 398 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:06.079 now TikTok's parent company is a Chinese owned company. This 399 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.440 texter says a long time ago I were it worked 400 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.359 for a particular company which was a wholy US owned 401 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:16.039