1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,519 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,600 go to thepeteclendershow dot com make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,719 smartphone or tablet. And again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,039 your support. Pete calendar here and it is Monday at 10 00:00:32,039 --> 00:00:35,159 two o'clock and so that means we chat with ap Dylon. 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,640 She is a reporter for the North State Journal. You 12 00:00:37,679 --> 00:00:41,719 can read her work at nsjonline dot com, and she 13 00:00:41,799 --> 00:00:44,759 is also the publisher of her substack newsletter called more 14 00:00:44,799 --> 00:00:47,039 to the Story, Ap. How are you? 15 00:00:47,719 --> 00:00:48,759 Speaker 2: I'm great, Pete. How are you doing? 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: I'm doing well as well. So, first off, was the 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,640 Momo Moo back up in Raleigh today? Any Moral Monday 18 00:00:56,719 --> 00:00:58,479 Movement sightings? 19 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: Not a whole heck of a lot that I saw. 20 00:01:03,679 --> 00:01:09,000 Their invitation was titled a Southern Call to Conscience and 21 00:01:09,239 --> 00:01:12,159 they were going to be at the State Capitol and 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,079 then they were going to walk the center to buzz office, 23 00:01:14,079 --> 00:01:21,480 and apparently they were going to have all bearers for coffins. 24 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:24,879 Speaker 1: But only one kind of paul bearer as I understand. 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 2: Women, Yes, in honor of one hundred and fifth anniversary 26 00:01:28,079 --> 00:01:31,319 or the ratification of the nineteenth Amendment, we're asking that 27 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,319 only women serve as pallbearers, speakers and testifiers on the program. 28 00:01:35,799 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: Have you ever have you ever have you ever had 29 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,920 to do a pall bearer thing? Uh? 30 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 3: Nope? 31 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:48,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, surprisingly heavy. Yeah, so they are very very heavy. 32 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,200 Coffins are very heavy, although I got to believe that 33 00:01:51,239 --> 00:01:54,280 they're not going to be like actual real coffins, probably 34 00:01:54,319 --> 00:01:58,719 just like some cardboard or paper mache types of representations 35 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:02,599 of the coffins. I guess maybe I don't Yeah, yeah, So, 36 00:02:02,599 --> 00:02:05,840 so in honor of the ratification of the nineteenth Amendment, 37 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,479 only female pallbearers. Now, do we know how they are 38 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:12,360 determining whether the females are females? 39 00:02:17,039 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 3: No? 40 00:02:18,159 --> 00:02:21,439 Speaker 2: I would imagine that they, like in the past before protests, 41 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,439 had a meeting to organize who was going to say what, 42 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:27,759 and perhaps they were chosen at that time, But what 43 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,360 the qualifications were we don't. 44 00:02:29,159 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: Know, right, But I mean, they don't even know what 45 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:35,199 a woman is. So how are they able to discriminate 46 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:40,719 the pallbearer cadre? I don't know, because, yeah, like if 47 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:42,800 anybody like I could step forward to be like I'm 48 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,199 a woman, I can I can do it, and who 49 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:46,080 are you to say I'm. 50 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:47,759 Speaker 2: Not so exactly? 51 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, well that's that's kind of the fizzle. 52 00:02:52,199 --> 00:02:54,800 I'm sure they'll get some coverage. I'll have to check WRL. 53 00:02:55,879 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll probably have a recap on myself stack later 54 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,840 this week when I get a free moment. But right 55 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:02,360 now I'm not seeing a whole huck of a lot 56 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,719 out there. But that's not to say that there isn't 57 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,560 video or pictures or something. I just haven't really gone 58 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:09,280 looking that well. 59 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: You know what, you know how you can tell that 60 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,120 it's not well attended is if the video of the 61 00:03:15,159 --> 00:03:19,080 event has a lot of tight shots of the protesters 62 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,520 and their feet. That's how you make it look like 63 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,159 there's more people there. You get real close up, you know, 64 00:03:25,199 --> 00:03:29,280 you don't give any wide angles anyway. It's a little 65 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,719 trick of the trade there. So let's talk now about 66 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,879 the North Carolina Democrat Party Chair Anderson Clayton, who is 67 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,879 breezy as I understand it. According to her Twitter handle, 68 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,159 she apparently I'm not sure if it counts as bribery 69 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:51,719 or extortion or something like Matt Mercer, who isn't he 70 00:03:51,719 --> 00:03:54,360 He he's the North Carolina GP chairman. But he used 71 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,199 to work at North State Journal, did he not? 72 00:03:57,479 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 3: Yes? 73 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: He was the editor, Yeah, Merce Journal for about five 74 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,800 years and he's their communications director over at the NCAA 75 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:03,639 gap right now? 76 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,919 Speaker 1: Oh, what did I call him? Did I call? Did 77 00:04:04,919 --> 00:04:05,919 I promote him to chairman? 78 00:04:06,439 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 2: You did? Jason Simmons might be a little upset. 79 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: He would be, Yes, I apologize, No, he's the comms 80 00:04:11,039 --> 00:04:14,360 director there. Sorry. So Matt's great guy and I've known 81 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,160 Matt for years, but he's he is suggesting that his 82 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:24,360 the Democrat party chairwoman Anderson Clayton, may have tweeted a 83 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,399 Class C felony. So what was this about? 84 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: Well, apparently there was a claim by another Substucker, independent journalist, 85 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:41,000 Brian Anderson, who wrote that one hundred thousand dollars from 86 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:47,160 the MCGOP building fund was used for legal bills for 87 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,279 Jefferson Griffin in his bid for North Carolina Supreme Court. However, 88 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:58,600 that didn't happen, so he appears to updated story, which 89 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:02,600 I include the updated versi of that in there. Duke 90 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,680 Energy contributed one hundred thousand to the North Carolina Republican 91 00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:10,160 Building Fund in February. While the North Carolina GOP's Building 92 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:13,439 Fund was the main financing vehicle for Jeff for Griffin's litigation, 93 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:17,040 Party spokes when Matt Mercer said Duke Energy's contribution wasn't 94 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,000 Griffin related. The company also says it wasn't intended to 95 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,160 support Griffin. So the money, Yeah, Duke Energy gave them 96 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,600 one hundred grand towards their building fund. In looking at 97 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:33,639 the building Fund and their most recent transactions, Duke Energy 98 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:38,120 is given them money regularly for things like utilities, payroll, 99 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:39,680 like building fund the things. 100 00:05:40,079 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: So that our building fund is literally like for their building. 101 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:47,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's literally for like operations upkeep. And they give 102 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,399 money to the Democratic Party for similar things. So that 103 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:54,319 was interesting to me, and you know, as I looked 104 00:05:54,319 --> 00:06:00,560 into it even more, you know, you happen to mention that, 105 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,639 you know, the Duke Energy build out the DMC in 106 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,639 twenty twelve or twenty thirteen whenever they had their convention. Yeap, 107 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,519 So the two and the ten million dollars line of 108 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:11,480 credit which never got paid back right then ended up 109 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,519 eating that. So yeah, there's that. 110 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,199 Speaker 1: So this is what drove me nuts when I saw her, 111 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,680 when I saw Clayton's tweet about this, where she's like, hey, 112 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,160 maybe we could get a little bit of money. I 113 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,959 guess our check got lost in the mail. And I'm like, 114 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,000 you guys got ten million dollars from Duke Energy when 115 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,560 Obama came to town for the DNC in twenty twelve, and 116 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,040 then they and then you never paid Duke back and 117 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,079 so they just ate it. And that means the shareholders 118 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,720 ate that ten million, and that share those shareholders are 119 00:06:41,319 --> 00:06:44,920 retirees that have Duke Energy stock that kicks off a 120 00:06:44,959 --> 00:06:47,399 dividend for them. Like, that's what you That's what the 121 00:06:47,439 --> 00:06:49,600 Democrats got. So I don't want to hear anything from 122 00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:53,120 her about Democrats not getting money from Duke Energy. 123 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it wasn't a big deal. And I 124 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,199 mean if you look at at the building funds for 125 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,439 both of the parties, they both have that type of 126 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:04,800 fund in the past, and the twenty twenty four third 127 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,519 quarter report for the NCGP building Fund chose Duke's Energy 128 00:07:08,519 --> 00:07:11,920 paid for operating expenses like cleaning, utility, building, payroll services, 129 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,959 but didn't show any of the money being transferred out 130 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,879 to any other committee, much less to Griffin and campaign finance. 131 00:07:17,879 --> 00:07:20,839 They had to show that Griggs outraised Griffin almost three 132 00:07:20,839 --> 00:07:23,439 to one, taking in over five point two million to 133 00:07:23,519 --> 00:07:28,439 Griffin's one point nine. And you know, the NCGP gave 134 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,480 Griffin somewhere between two hundred and seventy five and I've 135 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,399 seen three hundred something thousand dollars, whereas the NCDP gave 136 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:38,079 Rigs two point one million dollars right her campaign. So 137 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,000 we're looking at this one hundred k from Duke Energy, 138 00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:44,600 and in the chair, she made a really big deal 139 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:46,160 out of it, like they should have been giving money 140 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:49,600 to Allison Riggs as well, and she accused them of 141 00:07:49,839 --> 00:07:52,680 subverting democracy and you know, the will of the voters. 142 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,680 And she made quite a number of claims there, of which, 143 00:07:56,839 --> 00:07:59,120 you know, one I guess could be considered an extortion 144 00:07:59,319 --> 00:08:04,360 level remark, Yeah, belief thattt Mercer did. She wrote that 145 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:08,160 Duke Energy can make our checkout to the NCDP building fund. Otherwise, 146 00:08:08,199 --> 00:08:11,040 I guess we'll just have to assume that y'all meant 147 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,959 for this money to be to support, subverting democracy and 148 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,720 stealing the votes of military voters. Yeah, that's that was 149 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,800 That was quite a SmackDown on a major utility outfit 150 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:25,199 that runs in the southeast, not to mention based here 151 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,040 in North Carolina, that is given on both sides of 152 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:28,439 the aisles. 153 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:31,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, Duke Energy has given money to Democrats and Republicans 154 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,279 for decades, I mean, and Democrats when they were in control, 155 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,240 they got more of those donations because there were more members, 156 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,600 but they also controlled the legislature. So yeah, when when 157 00:08:42,639 --> 00:08:46,519 the Republicans took over, then do probably reallocated. But just 158 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,480 like from a from an interpersonal relationship standpoint, this is 159 00:08:50,519 --> 00:08:52,240 such a stupid thing to do. 160 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 2: Right, Well, the political optics are horrible, right, that's that's 161 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,279 just not a smart move. But you know, she also 162 00:08:58,399 --> 00:09:01,159 kind of ignored them. She and the Democrats have ignored 163 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,000 the fact that the Duke Energy one hundred grand is 164 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,960 a drop in the bucket compared to the cool half 165 00:09:06,039 --> 00:09:11,720 million that Eric Holder in Barack Obama's National Democratic Redistricting 166 00:09:11,799 --> 00:09:14,279 Committee gave them back in twenty eighteen to get Anito 167 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,759 Earles elected, Right. 168 00:09:16,519 --> 00:09:19,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, and so that was yeah, So and the expenditure 169 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,399 side of this what we're talking about is that Supreme 170 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,399 Court seat that was so contested for so many months, 171 00:09:24,399 --> 00:09:27,799 and it went through all of these different court battles 172 00:09:27,799 --> 00:09:30,759 and stuff between the incumbent Alis and Riggs, who was 173 00:09:30,799 --> 00:09:33,840 appointed to that seat, but then did win. But remember 174 00:09:33,879 --> 00:09:36,279 she was losing at first, and then when all the 175 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,559 when all the dust cleared and all the votes got counted, 176 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,000 then she was winning. And it's amazing how that always 177 00:09:42,039 --> 00:09:44,679 happens in one direction, right. 178 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: I mean, she was first appointed to the Court of 179 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:49,120 Appeals and you know, not even nine months I think later, 180 00:09:50,519 --> 00:09:54,000 Ray Cooper then re elevated her to the Supreme Court seat, right, 181 00:09:54,279 --> 00:09:57,279 I had of everyone else who was probably way more qualified. 182 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,799 So it shouldn't be lost on a anyone that both 183 00:10:00,799 --> 00:10:03,840 Anita Earls and Alison and Riggs were business partners at 184 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,960 the Southern Coalition for Southern Justice. They used to sue 185 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,240 the state regularly over redistricting and voting maps and voter 186 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,000 id and that sort of thing. So the two of 187 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:16,600 them are great pals and are now Associate justice pals 188 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:17,039 on the bench. 189 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, they were activist lawyers that litigated everything out of 190 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:26,320 the Republican legislature and that was aard. 191 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 2: Well at the end of the month. Apparently, on July thirtieth, 192 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,519 Senator Alex Padilla, the Democrat who's been upset about you know, 193 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,480 Maryland Man, held some sort of you know pushback against 194 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:41,919 the Texas redistricting and you know, saving democracy and you know, 195 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,279 jerrymandering in the whole nine yards. He held some kind 196 00:10:44,279 --> 00:10:48,440 of public forum at which Alison Riggs was there to testify, 197 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:53,559 sitting right alongside Eric Holder. So I mean this, this 198 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,000 relationship continues, you know, And it's worth noting that between 199 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,960 eighteen and twenty twenty two, the FBC records show that 200 00:11:00,919 --> 00:11:05,440 Holders Redistarting Group poured two point two seven four million 201 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,720 into the North Carolina Democratic Party and it's amongst all 202 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,120 of its different funds. So they've been meddling in North 203 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,639 Carolina elections for quite a while, despite you know, wanting 204 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:15,679 to save democracy. 205 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it's yeah, I don't. This is why I 206 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,840 don't believe them in any of their arguments about quote 207 00:11:20,879 --> 00:11:24,159 unquote fair maps. Right there. They're utter hypocrites on all 208 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,879 of this. And when they say a fair map, what 209 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:30,960 they're talking about is a map that advantages them' that's 210 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,840 it's and they have people that obviously carry this narrative 211 00:11:34,919 --> 00:11:37,799 for them in the media, and it's just it's just 212 00:11:37,879 --> 00:11:40,919 repugnant to me. But we'll leave it there. Ap, I 213 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,279 appreciate it as always. Keep up the great work. 214 00:11:44,039 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank you for each time. 215 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,919 Speaker 1: All right, take care. That's ap Dylan. 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Jason Simmons is 244 00:13:22,039 --> 00:13:26,279 the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and the 245 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,399 name of the piece is titled Roy Cooper led the 246 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:35,039 split from bipartisan agreement on school choice. He gives a 247 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,960 little bit of the history. You got one and a 248 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,759 half million kids now returning to the you know, the 249 00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:45,120 classroom for the school year. He's talking about the rise 250 00:13:45,159 --> 00:13:51,559 in the homeschooling and the use of the opportunity scholarship 251 00:13:51,919 --> 00:13:55,639 money the school the vouchers, right, he says, it's no 252 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,159 surprise North Carolina has been considered a leader in the 253 00:13:58,159 --> 00:14:01,240 school choice movement. At one time, Expanding charter schools and 254 00:14:01,279 --> 00:14:04,360 opportunities outside of the traditional public schools was a goal 255 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,879 lauded by both political parties. However, radical left Democrats, led 256 00:14:09,919 --> 00:14:14,039 by former Governor Roy Cooper, broke North Carolina's by partisan 257 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,879 agreement on school choice. Only among the radical left is 258 00:14:17,919 --> 00:14:21,519 school choice a problem. History shows democrats once agreed with 259 00:14:21,559 --> 00:14:24,759 giving children a fair shot at obtaining a quality education. 260 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,440 That radical left is led by Cooper, who waged war 261 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:31,320 on school choice as a governor. In his lame duck 262 00:14:31,399 --> 00:14:33,759 year in office, he went so far as to call 263 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,919 school choice an emergency on par with hurricane warnings and 264 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,759 public health concerns. Cooper's State of Emergency sham, That's why 265 00:14:43,759 --> 00:14:47,159 I called it. The stunt of emergency, was called the 266 00:14:47,279 --> 00:14:50,360 Year of public Schools and made no mention of parents 267 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,120 or students. In nearly every budget cycle, Cooper zeroed out 268 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,200 the funding for the opportunity scholarships, and he argued the 269 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,399 money going directly to families to his a escape of 270 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:05,480 failing school should go elsewhere. Cooper and his Democrats misled 271 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,799 the public about the source of funding as well. The 272 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:12,759 General Assembly fully funded North Carolina's public schools, increasing appropriations 273 00:15:12,799 --> 00:15:15,600 every year for over a decade. This is a shameful 274 00:15:15,639 --> 00:15:20,440 lie perpetuated by Cooper and the radical left, he said. Nationally, 275 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,559 Democrats continue to defend the status quo. While math and 276 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,600 reading scores for thirteen year olds are at the lowest 277 00:15:26,679 --> 00:15:31,399 level in decades, six in ten fourth graders and nearly 278 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,759 three quarters of eighth graders are not proficient in math. 279 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,159 Seventy percent of fourth and eighth graders are not proficient 280 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,759 in reading. Democrats today firmly stand in the doorway between 281 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:47,799 students and the education they deserve. So that was Simmons's peace. 282 00:15:47,919 --> 00:15:50,879 And then there was this out of Mississippi. In an 283 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:53,440 effort to make the case against school choice, the Mississippi 284 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,759 Democrat Party accidentally made the perfect case for school choice. 285 00:15:58,799 --> 00:16:03,840 Hilarity ensued within an hour, with it finally dawning on 286 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,480 them what they had done, what they had posted on Twitter. 287 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:10,159 They deleted the post. Okay, so it started off where 288 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,279 they were responding to a piece that appeared in the 289 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:18,320 Magnolia Tribune and they were like, a recent article called 290 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,600 public school advocates objectively dumb for opposing public funds going 291 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,399 to private schools. Well, no, actually, the article just said 292 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:32,360 that the arguments that people are making are dumb, and 293 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:38,039 he said the author, Russ Latino, said, the article did 294 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,039 not call public school advocates objectively dumb. It called an 295 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,399 inconsistent argument made by opponents of school choice objectively dumb. 296 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,639 If you're going to fact check, start by not lying. 297 00:16:47,919 --> 00:16:52,120 So then the Democrat Party's social media account comes back 298 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,080 and says PELL grants go to student because he mentioned 299 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,960 PELL grants as an example of this, And they say 300 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,720 PELL grants go to students, not directly to colleges, just 301 00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:07,599 like food stamps go to people, not grocery stores. There's 302 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,240 a difference between public funds that empower individuals and public 303 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:18,640 dollars handed to private institutions with no oversight. Yeah, except right, 304 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:20,599 the money goes to the kid, and then the kid 305 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,240 hands it to the private institution. The PEL grant, by 306 00:17:23,279 --> 00:17:27,559 the way, is directed, it doesn't actually go to the 307 00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:29,279 student first, so they were wrong on that too. It 308 00:17:29,319 --> 00:17:32,319 actually does go directly to the institution. It is dispersed 309 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:36,920 directly to the colleges. In other words, the posts from 310 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:41,400 the Democrats marked a similarity, not a difference. Okay, they 311 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,880 actually made the original point in praising the fact that 312 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,839 pelgramts and pel grants and food stamps are public funds 313 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:53,799 that empower individuals. They actually made the very argument that 314 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,039 their opponents make against them, and that's why they then 315 00:17:57,079 --> 00:18:01,599 deleted that post as well. All right, if you're listening 316 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:03,200 to this show, you know I try to keep up 317 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,960 with all sorts of current events, and I know you 318 00:18:05,039 --> 00:18:07,519 do too, and you've probably heard me say get your 319 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:11,400 news from multiple sources. Why well, because it's how you 320 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,440 detect media bias, which is why I've been so impressed 321 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,200 with ground News. 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Subscribe 332 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,000 through that link and you'll get fifteen percent off any subscription. 333 00:18:54,319 --> 00:18:57,039 I use the Vantage plan to get unlimited access to 334 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,599 every feature. Your subscription then not only helps my podcast, 335 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,960 but it also supports Ground News as they make the 336 00:19:03,039 --> 00:19:06,079 media landscape more transparent. And I want to welcome to 337 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:10,680 the program the Labor Commissioner of North Carolina, Luke Farley. 338 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,160 How are you, Commissioner? What's going on? 339 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 3: Hey, Pete, good to talk to you. How are you. 340 00:19:15,039 --> 00:19:17,559 Speaker 1: I'm doing all right. You know, I just saw you 341 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,119 this weekend. I was in in elevator. 342 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 3: Oh that's right, yeah, and my wife said, well, what 343 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,480 happened this weekend? 344 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,799 Speaker 1: So anybody Sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you, but 345 00:19:28,839 --> 00:19:31,519 my wife said, well, what happened to Josh Dobson. I 346 00:19:31,559 --> 00:19:33,920 was like, well, he didn't run again, Luke Farley, just once. 347 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:35,839 So now I didn't know that they swap him out 348 00:19:35,839 --> 00:19:39,920 that quickly, But we were commenting, you're a very nice signature. 349 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,160 You have very good penmanship. 350 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 3: So well, I appreciate that. 351 00:19:43,279 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: You know. 352 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 3: When I was running, that was the number one thing 353 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,599 people would tell me, is your signature better be as 354 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,599 good as cherie berries? Right, and it's certainly going to 355 00:19:53,599 --> 00:19:55,039 be better than Josh's. Right. 356 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:55,319 Speaker 2: Yeah. 357 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 3: Wasn't I forget that all the time when I was 358 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:57,839 out there? 359 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:02,559 Speaker 1: Did you? That's actually your signature on that, that's actually yours. 360 00:20:04,519 --> 00:20:06,519 Speaker 3: Well, I'll let you in on a little secret. 361 00:20:06,599 --> 00:20:06,759 Speaker 1: Oh. 362 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:10,599 Speaker 3: I got about thirty three thousand elevators in the state, 363 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,119 So thirty three thousand certificates, and honestly I do not 364 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,119 sign them all by hand. Well, that would be all 365 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,079 you pay me to do. But yes, that is really 366 00:20:18,079 --> 00:20:22,920 my signature. That's really what it looks like. Send me 367 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,519 your address. I'll send you a letter and sign it. 368 00:20:24,599 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: No, that's okay. No, I just I thought you were 369 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,880 going to say it was like AI generated or something, 370 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:34,960 But no, you can autopen that thing. Yeah, thirty thousand. 371 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:37,599 Speaker 3: This office, we are I sign We're only signatures by hand. 372 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:38,920 No auto pen There you go. 373 00:20:39,599 --> 00:20:42,519 Speaker 1: So how's the how's it going so far? 374 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:42,759 Speaker 3: Right? 375 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,519 Speaker 1: As the Labor commissioners, it what you thought it would be, 376 00:20:47,519 --> 00:20:47,799 You know. 377 00:20:47,799 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 3: Pete, this is the best job I have ever had, 378 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,119 and the reason is because I get to get up 379 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,559 every day and serve the people of the state that 380 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,480 I love. And that's all I got to focus on, 381 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,319 is serving them and fulfilling the campaign promises that I 382 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,680 ran on. So you really couldn't ask for a better job. 383 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So the elevators are actually related. Yet 384 00:21:07,279 --> 00:21:10,279 this falls under the Labor Commissioner. But what else does 385 00:21:10,319 --> 00:21:11,799 the Labor Commissioner do? 386 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,559 Speaker 3: So obviously we inspect the elevators, but we do other 387 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,200 things to protect the rights of workers in North Carolina. 388 00:21:20,319 --> 00:21:24,039 So we've got a Wage an Hour Bureau where you 389 00:21:24,079 --> 00:21:27,680 can complain if you aren't paid the wages that your 390 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,359 employer promised you. And if you've got any listeners who 391 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,079 have those issues, they can call our department at one 392 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,680 eight hundred NC Labor, one eight hundred NC Labor and 393 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,680 that's the hotline where you can report all sorts of 394 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,880 labor and employment law violations, and one of them is 395 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:49,200 wage an hour and in fact, PETE we just for 396 00:21:49,319 --> 00:21:53,000 the fiscal year that just ended, recovered two point five 397 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,880 million dollars for North Carolina's workers. These are wages that 398 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:02,119 they were promised by their employer either final page bonuses 399 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:07,119 or commissions or paychecks that had things improperly deducted from them. 400 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,680 And we went to back for those employees against their 401 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,359 employers and collected two point five million dollars. In fact, 402 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,480 Mecklenburg County was the number two county in the state 403 00:22:17,519 --> 00:22:21,039 where we collected back wages and. 404 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,759 Speaker 1: All of that goes goes back to those workers. 405 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,519 Speaker 3: It goes right back to the workers. This is money 406 00:22:26,559 --> 00:22:29,759 they can use to pay rent, make their car payment. 407 00:22:30,079 --> 00:22:32,480 You know where it's back to school season, so yeah, 408 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,720 paying for back to school supplies. But the workers of 409 00:22:35,759 --> 00:22:38,720 North Carolina earned it, and the North Carolina Labor Department 410 00:22:38,839 --> 00:22:42,160 was here to telp them recover it. So just over 411 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:46,480 three hundred thousand dollars back to workers in Mecklenburg County. 412 00:22:46,559 --> 00:22:53,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's fantastic. Good job. Related to elevators amusement devices, 413 00:22:53,599 --> 00:22:57,119 I guess the Amusement device Bureau, I guess because you 414 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,039 don't want your you don't want your rides at the 415 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:06,039 fair or your elevators to I guess like feel the same, right, 416 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,640 So you want that, you want to inspected, but you 417 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,160 want the elevator to run a little bit. Probably smoother 418 00:23:11,279 --> 00:23:12,200 than the roller coaster. 419 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 3: We want you to have fun and we want you 420 00:23:15,559 --> 00:23:18,599 to have thrills when you ride these amusement rides, but 421 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,279 we also want you to have confidence and peace of mind. 422 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,839 And everybody who's going to be getting on an amusement 423 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,559 ride here in the next few months should feel confident 424 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,000 that North Carolina Department of Labor inspectors have inspected every 425 00:23:32,279 --> 00:23:36,400 single one top to bottom. And today actually marks the 426 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,920 start at fair season in North Carolina. The Drexel Fair 427 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,720 in Burke County opens today and in fact, as soon 428 00:23:42,759 --> 00:23:44,279 as we get off the phone, I'm hopping in a 429 00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:48,519 car tohead to the opening ceremonies out in Drexel. But 430 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:50,359 today marks the start of the fair season. We've got 431 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:55,279 over thirty different fairs, including the State Fair, the Mountain 432 00:23:55,319 --> 00:23:59,720 State Fair, the Carolina Classic Fair, and every ride there 433 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,079 infected by an inspectors from the Department of Labor. 434 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 1: So when you show up on scene at these fairs, 435 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,119 like does like the word go out like the bosses 436 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,839 here make sure everything is you know, tip top shape. 437 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,440 It's like, we don't want to get in trouble, you know. 438 00:24:16,799 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 3: I think our guys do a great job whether I'm 439 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,599 there or not. And in fact, I've got so much 440 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,160 confidence in the work of the inspectors in our department. 441 00:24:25,279 --> 00:24:29,000 I got three young boys eight, four and one, and 442 00:24:29,039 --> 00:24:32,000 I'd put them on any ride inspected by the Department 443 00:24:32,039 --> 00:24:34,480 of Labor, assuming they met the height requirements. The one 444 00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:35,480 year old probably don't. 445 00:24:35,559 --> 00:24:38,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, probably, yeah, that's probably not wise. Try to smuggle 446 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,440 them on or something that's probably not great. So this, 447 00:24:41,519 --> 00:24:43,480 as you mentioned, the Drexel Fair, This is the seventy 448 00:24:43,519 --> 00:24:46,160 fifth annual fair. And for people who don't know where 449 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,400 Drexel is, it's between Valdi's and Morganton, so it's sort 450 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,119 of like the Hickory metro area up there in Burke County. 451 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,680 And so have you ever been to this fair before, 452 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:56,440 the Drexel Fair. 453 00:24:57,519 --> 00:25:01,039 Speaker 3: I have, actually, about two years ago, when I was 454 00:25:01,079 --> 00:25:04,319 campaigning for this office, I spent a day at that fare. 455 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,640 It is a great fair. They call it a community fair. 456 00:25:08,079 --> 00:25:11,160 It is the only fair in North Carolina that has 457 00:25:11,599 --> 00:25:14,599 never charged an admission fee for its entire existence. So 458 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,720 for seventy five years you can go have family fun 459 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:22,880 at a reasonable cost. And so we see our job 460 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,720 at the Department of Labors making sure that when families 461 00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:28,920 are out there having a good time. They can just 462 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,880 focus on being together as a family and enjoying themselves 463 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,720 and they don't have to worry about whether the rides 464 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,519 are safe or not. That's our job and that's what 465 00:25:35,559 --> 00:25:36,279 we're focused on. 466 00:25:36,759 --> 00:25:38,039 Speaker 1: Well, I will let you get to it. 467 00:25:38,079 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 2: Then. 468 00:25:38,279 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: I do appreciate your time. Have fun at the fair, 469 00:25:40,599 --> 00:25:43,440 and thanks for your time today, sir. We appreciate it. 470 00:25:43,519 --> 00:25:44,079 Speaker 3: Good talking to you. 471 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: Pete Hi, Yes, sir, take care. That's the Labor Commissioner 472 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,039 of North Carolina, Luke Farley. All right, you hear me 473 00:25:49,079 --> 00:25:51,799 talk a lot about incentives, right, Well, let's talk about 474 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,599 incentive trips, the kind that companies offer employees to fire 475 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,160 them up and reward their teams. If you own a 476 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,000 business or you work somewhere that offers them incentive trips, 477 00:26:01,039 --> 00:26:03,599 first off, good for you, but also there is a 478 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,519 custom app that's a game changer for these trips. It's 479 00:26:06,559 --> 00:26:11,319 called Incentive Tripkit. Private group messaging, shared photos, your itinerary, 480 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,240 travel details all built into a single, easy to use app. 481 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,519 There's even a traveler locator, so Carl from Accounting doesn't 482 00:26:18,519 --> 00:26:21,759 get left behind. The best part about Incentive Tripkit it's 483 00:26:21,839 --> 00:26:26,640 totally private, no email captures, no sign ups, no cringe ads. 484 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,160 It's simple, clean and secure, and when the trip is over, 485 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,839 Incentive trip Kit turns those highlights into a professional storytelling video. 486 00:26:35,079 --> 00:26:38,000 So think about it. When you launch next year's incentive 487 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,039 trip campaign, that video becomes your greatest motivator. Talk about 488 00:26:42,039 --> 00:26:44,519 a return on investment, right, You got to check out 489 00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:48,680 Incentive trip Kit for your business. Visit incentive tripkit dot 490 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,480 com because great trips deserve even better returns. Thanks again 491 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:57,119 to Labor Commissioner Luke Farley. I did literally just see 492 00:26:57,279 --> 00:27:00,960 his photo in the elevator this weekend. I was wondering 493 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,720 when they would change them out. Actually I wasn't. I 494 00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:10,039 was like, oh, that was fast. Anyway, MSNBC's got a 495 00:27:10,079 --> 00:27:14,000 new name. Not the one that we use to mock them. No, 496 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,720 they really are changing their name. They are now going 497 00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:26,599 to be called miss Now. I'm not kidding, that's the 498 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:32,400 name miss Now. MSNBC is set to change its name 499 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:37,599 as part of Comcast's spin off from NBC Universal, which 500 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,400 the company announced in late twenty twenty four. According to 501 00:27:40,599 --> 00:27:45,920 the Wall Street Journal. It reported today. Wall Street Journal 502 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:51,039 did that the left leaning network's new name technically will 503 00:27:51,039 --> 00:28:01,480 be my source News Opinion World. That's I'm yeah, that's 504 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:15,119 what they're my source space News Opinion World or miss Now, CNBC, USA, 505 00:28:15,799 --> 00:28:21,200 Oxygen E. They're all included in the Comcast spinoff as well. 506 00:28:21,319 --> 00:28:24,759 CNBC gets to keep its name, but they're working on 507 00:28:24,799 --> 00:28:27,160 a new logo. I guess they got to get rid 508 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,559 of the peacock, you know. The move is part of 509 00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:35,000 the network's attempt to separate themselves from NBC Back in 510 00:28:35,079 --> 00:28:38,319 November when they put this press release out, they say 511 00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:42,000 it's intent to create a new publicly traded company comprised 512 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:47,119 of a strong portfolio of NBC Universal's cable television networks, 513 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:53,680 including USA Network, CNBC MSNBC, Oxygen E, Sci Fi, and 514 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:59,559 the Golf Channel, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango 515 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:05,880 and Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Now, and Sports Engine. I've not 516 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:10,720 heard of like three of those, so no, I have. 517 00:29:11,119 --> 00:29:14,559 Fandango's a movie thing, right, isn't that? Like? So is 518 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,960 Rotten Tomatoes. I know that one. That's the one where 519 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,160 they get the critics score right, and then you have 520 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:26,680 the the audience score. And if the critics score is high, 521 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,920 then that's a good sign. Then that the audience score 522 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,680 is going to be low, and then you don't want 523 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,799 to watch that movie, and vice versa. If it's a 524 00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:37,960 high audience score low critic score, that's usually a good movie. 525 00:29:38,319 --> 00:29:43,480 That's that's how I interpret the Rotten Tomatoes ranking system. 526 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,000 So there's that. Yeah, miss now or I guess it 527 00:29:47,039 --> 00:29:50,160 would be ms now is their new name, which will 528 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,200 well solve all of their problems as I understand it. 529 00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:57,960 The new name and the lack of NBC resources from 530 00:29:58,039 --> 00:30:04,400 which to draw is probably go to make their content well, well, yeah, 531 00:30:04,599 --> 00:30:09,359 probably worse. Actually, if that's even possible, it's basically going 532 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,960 to become Air America, because all you're going to have 533 00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:18,319 is a bunch of raging pundits on the left. By 534 00:30:18,359 --> 00:30:22,440 the way, I'm not sure if the marketing geniuses that 535 00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:26,240 came up with the miz now ms now, I'm not 536 00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:30,799 sure they are aware. But folks on the right have 537 00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:37,240 have added a letter to the name MSNBC for years. 538 00:30:37,519 --> 00:30:40,599 I think Limbaugh may have actually been the one to 539 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,319 do it first, and then everybody on the right has 540 00:30:43,319 --> 00:30:48,279 been calling MSNBC a different acronym. They throw the letter 541 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,400 P at the beginning and they say MSNBC after the 542 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:58,039 p so it's PMSNBC and now you've just made it worse. 543 00:30:58,759 --> 00:31:02,039 I'm not sure if there's like, I'm not sure there's 544 00:31:02,039 --> 00:31:04,920 a better example of being in the bubble right than this. 545 00:31:05,519 --> 00:31:09,000 Why would you, like, why would you hand your your 546 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:21,160 opponents this name because now it's PMS now, which is like, yes, 547 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,640 oh my goodness, I don't know. I don't know who 548 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:30,680 decided this terrible, absolutely terrible. And then there's this I 549 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,200 had no idea. Maybe I circle back to this Jen 550 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,039 Psaki style tomorrow. I did want to cover it though, 551 00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:39,880 because it was a piece over at WBTV. 552 00:31:41,079 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 3: There. 553 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,799 Speaker 1: Did you know there's a town called Bostick, North Carolina, 554 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:51,240 to Rutherford County, and there is the Bostick Lincoln Center. 555 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,279 It's a museum that challenges the history books that the 556 00:31:56,359 --> 00:32:00,559 nation's sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln was actually not born in Kentucky. 557 00:32:00,599 --> 00:32:05,319 He was actually born here in North Carolina. Yeah, in 558 00:32:05,359 --> 00:32:12,000 a scandalous manner, stories shared through the generations, first pieced 559 00:32:12,039 --> 00:32:17,359 together by the late Tom Melton, longtime Rutherford County school educator. Yeah, 560 00:32:17,359 --> 00:32:18,960 I'm gonna have to get into the details on this 561 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:23,000 because it is scandalous. We'll do it tomorrow. All right, 562 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,359 that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much 563 00:32:25,359 --> 00:32:27,440 for listening. I could not do the show without your 564 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,240 support and the support of the businesses that advertise on 565 00:32:30,279 --> 00:32:33,079 the podcast, so if you'd like, please support them too 566 00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:34,799 and tell them you heard it here. You can also 567 00:32:34,839 --> 00:32:37,400 become a patron at my Patreon page or go to 568 00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:41,279 thepetecallnershow dot com. 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