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Trump's midterm reckoning approaches | Russia, Ukraine and Iran · The Stan R. Mitchell Show

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  SPEAKER_00: What is going on everyone?
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to The Stan R. Mitchell Show.
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  SPEAKER_00: My name is Stan and I'm so glad you are here for another episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: The way I've got this show set up is we're going to run through some election stuff,
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  SPEAKER_00: talk about Ukraine,
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  SPEAKER_00: we'll jump to Iran,
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  SPEAKER_00: the big news about Jared Kushner,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then we'll talk about lawfare before finally ending with a little biblical And
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  SPEAKER_00: as always I will have time stamps if you want to jump to one of those subjects.
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  SPEAKER_00: As I said earlier, we got an election next week.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just as an intro to all of the news,
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  SPEAKER_00: I saw a reporter that I think summed up the fatigue of everyone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because Trump is just, the guy is, he likes to be the center of attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he is exhausting.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think even his supporters would almost agree, the guy is just exhausting.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I saw this court reporter who said that Typically,
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  SPEAKER_00: just even a few years ago,
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  SPEAKER_00: that if there were three major court rulings that went against the executive branch
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  SPEAKER_00: in a single month, that would have been a busy month.
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  SPEAKER_00: And all the outlets would have done in-depth coverage of all of these rulings
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  SPEAKER_00: and how the executive branch had overstepped its bounds or the norms.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the court reporter said, now it's not too unusual to get three of them on the same day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the court reporter said, this is all exhausting.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, we know that's been one of the modes of operation by the Trump administration.
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  SPEAKER_00: It goes back to Steve Bannon,
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  SPEAKER_00: the flood of the zone,
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  SPEAKER_00: move so fast,
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  SPEAKER_00: do so much,
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  SPEAKER_00: break so much,
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  SPEAKER_00: that you just wear people down,
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  SPEAKER_00: keep the media from being able to keep up with what all is happening today.
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  SPEAKER_00: And people just kind of start to tune out.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course a lot of people have tuned out for the past year or so.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they've started tuning in because the gas prices have just been insane.
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  SPEAKER_00: The war in Iran has been insane.
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  SPEAKER_00: Heck, even our national debt, we went over $40 trillion.
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  SPEAKER_00: The interest alone was a trillion dollars for the fiscal year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which is $87 billion more than we spend on defense.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so, like, this can't go on.
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  SPEAKER_00: People realize that we thought there might be adults in charge in D.C.,
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  SPEAKER_00: and there are clearly not adults in charge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump said he was a businessman.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said he was an outsider.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said he could fix it.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's hardly fixed anything.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, if this is your first time listening,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you've never seen any of my social media posts,
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  SPEAKER_00: but you saw the word faith,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you're like,
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  SPEAKER_00: man, I thought this guy's like an evangelical, big believer in the Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, I am.
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  SPEAKER_00: Southern Baptist, in fact.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I am not a fan of Trump.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have never voted for the man.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you listen to my last episode there toward the end,
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  SPEAKER_00: I make the very long conservative case against the character of Trump,
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  SPEAKER_00: all the excesses and abuses and things that man has done,
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  SPEAKER_00: and why I have never supported him in good conscience.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I don't care if you're a pastor.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can save your little emails.
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  SPEAKER_00: You guys told me in the 90s that character matters when Bill Clinton had a woman in
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  SPEAKER_00: the office with him.
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  SPEAKER_00: But then when we got a guy that dodges the draft for bone spurs
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  SPEAKER_00: that suddenly aren't around anymore and makes fun of a decorated war veteran
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  SPEAKER_00: who didn't come home early while POW.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm talking about John McCain here.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm talking about a rich guy that sued small businesses and bullied them
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  SPEAKER_00: because he had more money and could.
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  SPEAKER_00: Talking about a guy that wears makeup and is from New York City.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which I'm from down here in the south ain't exactly something we're much about.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: You overlooked a lot of stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: Including the fact that he bragged on Howard Stern.
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  SPEAKER_00: About going into the Miss Teen USA pageant contest dressing rooms.
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  SPEAKER_00: And walking around 14, 16 year old young girls.
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  SPEAKER_00: And according to the quote,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll go backstage before Miss Teen USA show and everyone's getting dressed and ready
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  SPEAKER_00: and everything and no men are anywhere and I'm allowed to go in because I'm
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  SPEAKER_00: the owner of the pageant.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then he goes on to describe how he'll be like, is everything okay?
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  SPEAKER_00: Blah, blah.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you don't believe me, Google it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know that didn't get out much in conservative circles, but it's sickening.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he bragged about doing this.
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  SPEAKER_00: It wasn't like someone had to break into his emails or something.
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  SPEAKER_00: He didn't even think this was bad behavior.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The border was open.
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  SPEAKER_00: The cultural stuff, the gender stuff had gone too far.
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  SPEAKER_00: He didn't like the other lady.
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  SPEAKER_00: I get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: He promised to release the Epstein list.
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  SPEAKER_00: That was a pretty big deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: He promised no new wars.
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  SPEAKER_00: That was a big deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: He promised that he would fix the economy.
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  SPEAKER_00: That was definitely a big deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, he's done none of those things.
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  SPEAKER_00: And thankfully, people have noticed.
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  SPEAKER_00: And thankfully, they are increasingly done with him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is a salesman.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has always been a salesman.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is a hype man who talks big and then files bankruptcy
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  SPEAKER_00: and falls short consistently until someone bails him out.
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  SPEAKER_00: This Tuesday, he can't blame COVID.
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  SPEAKER_00: He can't blame Biden.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has to own what's headed his way.
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  SPEAKER_00: People are clearly increasingly sick of him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fox News, in fact, will finish October with its worst ratings in years.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's not a great sign for Republicans ahead of the midterms compared
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  SPEAKER_00: to Last October, Fox News is down 27% in total viewers.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a big news report on that.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can check the link in the episode notes if you want.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, up in Michigan,
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  SPEAKER_00: one of the closing arguments is Trump and company are trying to scare everyone about
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  SPEAKER_00: a Muslim candidate, El Saeed.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as I saw someone say, it's kind of really curious how...
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  SPEAKER_00: Republicans hate Muslims when it's Democrats running for office.
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  SPEAKER_00: They don't seem to have an issue with Dr. Oz, who's Muslim.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump clearly has no problem with Saudi money going to his son-in-law
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  SPEAKER_00: or various ventures he's involved in.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump clearly has no problem getting a free plane from Qatar, $400 million.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if it's a single candidate running in Michigan,
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  SPEAKER_00: this is end of world stuff, according to Trump, some of his people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make that make sense for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, I am willing to entertain the threat from Islam, but I will not entertain hypocrisy.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if Trump can fly around on a $400 million jet from Qatar,
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  SPEAKER_00: that was a free gift,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Jared Kushner can get $2 billion from the Saudis,
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  SPEAKER_00: then I'm not sure that the threat is a single senator from Michigan or a mayor
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  SPEAKER_00: in New York City.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think the much larger threat is an unchecked executive who only has attorneys
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  SPEAKER_00: that are loyal to him and who constantly does things to push the excesses
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  SPEAKER_00: of constitutional boundaries.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I'm really tiptoeing around the issue,
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  SPEAKER_00: but let's be honest, the guy breaks the law all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: He institutes tariffs without congressional approval.
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  SPEAKER_00: Supreme Court knocks those down.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then he finds another way to try to put more tariffs in place instead
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  SPEAKER_00: of just getting them passed by Congress.
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  SPEAKER_00: Courts tell him not to cut down trees.
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  SPEAKER_00: He files something just a few minutes before 5 p.m. and cuts down 400 trees on the weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: He routinely ignores court orders and pushes every legal framework we have.
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  SPEAKER_00: So clearly I've gone on a bit of a rant here and I could probably do that all night.
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  SPEAKER_00: But let's get through some news.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I will just throw in a footnote that I am center right and I am confident that
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  SPEAKER_00: when Democrats get in charge and start doing crazy things,
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  SPEAKER_00: although maybe they've slightly learned their lesson,
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  SPEAKER_00: maybe, but I will be just as hard on them as I have been on President Trump.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am proudly center-right,
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  SPEAKER_00: not a member of either party,
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  SPEAKER_00: proud independent,
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  SPEAKER_00: and I try to call it as fair as I can, as close down the middle as I can.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, Ukraine news.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's cover some things there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, the President has said just a day or so ago that there's been a lot of progress
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  SPEAKER_00: with negotiations,
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  SPEAKER_00: there's a potential meeting coming up between He's been saying stuff like this
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  SPEAKER_00: for two years and he promised to end the war in 24 hours.
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  SPEAKER_00: Frankly, I don't think he has it yet.
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  SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately, the president is very upset.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's
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  SPEAKER_00: essentially encouraging the war through his actions, even when his words don't.
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  SPEAKER_00: But let's be real,
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  SPEAKER_00: often his words do,
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  SPEAKER_00: because he won't say Putin needs to go for election, but he will say Zelensky does.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is clearly not a fan of democracy, and he's clearly a fan of Russia and Vladimir Putin.
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  SPEAKER_00: You say, Stan, how can you say that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, we saw the red carpet in Alaska for Putin.
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  SPEAKER_00: We saw how he and J.D.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vance treated Zelensky in the White House.
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  SPEAKER_00: They berated and tried to embarrass him.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was, frankly, disgusting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Moving to some other news,
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  SPEAKER_00: we know the president tried to sign a little oil deal with Vladimir Putin.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll say that this might not work out quite as well as he had hoped.
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  SPEAKER_00: Senator Richard Blumenthal,
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  SPEAKER_00: a Democrat,
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  SPEAKER_00: He put a legal letter out there to one of the companies involved in shipping
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  SPEAKER_00: that oil to the United States.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he reminded them that if they deliver diesel fuel as it appears they are to
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  SPEAKER_00: the United States,
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  SPEAKER_00: they will be violating a very explicit statute which was passed in 2022.
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  SPEAKER_00: He
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  SPEAKER_00: reminds that company that no president can unilaterally override a statute passed
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  SPEAKER_00: by Congress and that the recent license
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  SPEAKER_00: by President Trump will not absolve any company of its legal
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  SPEAKER_00: and moral accountability.
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  SPEAKER_00: Senator Blumenthal reminded them that you are complicit if you take part in this and
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  SPEAKER_00: that you are aiding and abetting sanctions evaders for profit, as he told them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so you can read the letter in the episode notes if you want to.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's actually a pretty good letter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, sadly, Russia takes revenue from exporting fuel.
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  SPEAKER_00: It spends the money on its war with Ukraine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ukraine pays for it with human lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so it is important that there continues to be bipartisan opposition to weakening sanctions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because Ukraine is...
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's literally like blood money.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I know you might be skeptical, but I actually think the letter is quite effective.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because for a couple of years, until the plummeting poll numbers of the president...
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  SPEAKER_00: A lot of billionaires and big companies have donated to the ballroom.
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  SPEAKER_00: They've done everything they can to curry favor with the president.
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  SPEAKER_00: Donating to a super PAC, doing all kinds of things.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I think they're finally,
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  SPEAKER_00: and I think they bet on that this conservative shift of the country would continue.
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  SPEAKER_00: And clearly, President Trump has worn out his welcome.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think they're quickly realizing that they have probably overstepped
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  SPEAKER_00: and overplayed their hand.
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  SPEAKER_00: There will soon be a Democratic Congress in the House, almost certainly.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's an increasingly decent chance it'll be the Senate as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's when the investigations will begin.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's when executives will have to come before hearings on camera.
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  SPEAKER_00: We remember how this happened with the car dealers,
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  SPEAKER_00: Ford and GM, and when that happened, this isn't a fun place for a CEO to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes I like to read comments on threads after a post on Blue Sky or X,
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  SPEAKER_00: and someone mentioned that This is a serious warning to some of these companies
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  SPEAKER_00: that are shipping that not only do they have legal risk,
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  SPEAKER_00: they have reputational risk.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think that's what we will see.
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  SPEAKER_00: The shame and
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: there is a real danger for any company that,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: we've seen it with Target, we've seen it with companies on the left or the right.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you get on the wrong side of the mood of the country and you overplay your hands,
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  SPEAKER_00: it can be devastating to your profits.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Ukraine war has consistently been something that 60-70% of Americans support Ukraine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because we saw its democratic fight to remove a Russian right-hand strongman.
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  SPEAKER_00: They have fought for their independence.
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  SPEAKER_00: They created a democracy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is it perfect?
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  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: They elected Zelensky.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russia invaded Zelensky.
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  SPEAKER_00: Zelensky,
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  SPEAKER_00: unlike every foreign leader before him,
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  SPEAKER_00: decided to stay and fight and asked for more ammo,
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  SPEAKER_00: despite literal Russian gunmen trying to hunt him down in the capital city and
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  SPEAKER_00: an aerial assault taking place that thankfully the Ukrainians stopped
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  SPEAKER_00: at their major airport,
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  SPEAKER_00: a very famous battle there, but he showed tremendous courage.
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  SPEAKER_00: At a time when the West and the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: wasn't even sending weapons because we didn't want them to fall into Russian hands.
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  SPEAKER_00: We thought Ukraine would fall.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nearly every military analyst believed Ukraine would fall.
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  SPEAKER_00: They showed tremendous courage.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Americans will always,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's like in our DNA, to support people who are fighting for freedom.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know what that's like.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know how much we appreciate the freedom to do so many things from voting
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  SPEAKER_00: to owning a gun to having really quite a bit of liberty against our own government.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, I know some people would jump in and be like, well, what about the flock cameras?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or what about this?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or what about that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or the abortion ruling?
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you can make a case on some various things, no doubt.
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  SPEAKER_00: But...
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a lot of countries in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a lot of planes that leave this country every single day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you can fly anywhere you want.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there ain't a lot of people flying and leaving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because we live in one of the greatest countries in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Period.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will always believe that America is one of the greatest countries in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you are living here or were born here, you were blessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: You won the lottery ticket.
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  SPEAKER_00: I still believe that America is like a light on a hill, a city on a hill.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know we have done a lot to hurt that reputation the past couple of years,
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  SPEAKER_00: bullying other countries, renegotiating deals that were in place.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just the behavior of the executive branch has been embarrassing and horrific.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I do not believe that is who we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know that is not what a 17-year-old young man from Knoxville signed up to serve in
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  SPEAKER_00: the Marine Corps at the age of 16, wanted to be guaranteed infantry.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Marine Corps said they didn't have any slots,
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  SPEAKER_00: so started talking to the Army,
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  SPEAKER_00: even did one of their little weekend drills for the pulleys,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then the Marine Corps suddenly found an infantry contract.
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  SPEAKER_00: But that guy That young man named Stan, he believed in the ideals of this country.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I believe that a majority of the people who live in this country still hold to,
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  SPEAKER_00: still are willing to defend,
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  SPEAKER_00: still believe in those ideals that we don't always hold up to,
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  SPEAKER_00: but that is who we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're a company out there and you want to do a deal with the Russians, go for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I don't think that's going to work out very well
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  SPEAKER_00: while they are bombing mercilessly civilians in cities in Ukraine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if your name's Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth
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  SPEAKER_00: and you think holding up defensive missiles
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  SPEAKER_00: that would help Ukraine defend themselves is something most Americans are okay with,
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  SPEAKER_00: I think you're wrong about that too.
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  SPEAKER_00: I hear you out there and you're like, no, we need those for our troops.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or what about the Iran thing?
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's like, hey,
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  SPEAKER_00: Scooter, listen,
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  SPEAKER_00: do you not remember the earlier part of the show when Trump said,
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to have no new wars?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, he's the reason that we had to use so many missiles in the Middle East.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is,
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  SPEAKER_00: of course,
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  SPEAKER_00: terrible news for the Russians,
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  SPEAKER_00: who have had the highest casualties of a single month ever just in this past month.
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  SPEAKER_00: So,
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  SPEAKER_00: The Russians keep trying to send infantry forward.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Ukrainians are in well-protected positions and using hundreds and thousands
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  SPEAKER_00: of drones to kill Russian infantry while also targeting fuel logistics,
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  SPEAKER_00: hitting tanker trucks, hitting trains.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think they hit 14 trains in the past month that were carrying logistics toward the front.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Ukrainians are doing exceptional things.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Russians are struggling with stopping any of the long-range drone attacks
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  SPEAKER_00: that the Ukrainians are launching against Russia.
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  SPEAKER_00: We talked in the past couple of weeks about some major data centers that were hit.
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  SPEAKER_00: They've obviously hit some large logistical,
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  SPEAKER_00: like the Russian Amazon plants that were being hit, so to speak.
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  SPEAKER_00: Obviously it wasn't Amazon, but it was their version of Amazon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those large warehouses have been hit.
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  SPEAKER_00: But on the data center thing,
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  SPEAKER_00: the second and final thing I wanted to just mention before moving off of
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  SPEAKER_00: the Ukraine stuff is that Russia started trying to hit Ukraine's data centers
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  SPEAKER_00: as retaliation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Zelensky addressed that and he said
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  SPEAKER_00: that Ukraine's data centers are far more decentralized
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  SPEAKER_00: than Their digital infrastructure is decentralized.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where in Russia,
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  SPEAKER_00: because they want to control the internet and not allow anyone to hear the truth,
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  SPEAKER_00: theirs are all very centralized.
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  SPEAKER_00: So he says Ukraine has a decentralized digital infrastructure.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that mobile and internet services are running despite Russian attacks on data centers.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that the Ukrainian strikes on Russia hurt Russia more
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  SPEAKER_00: because their infrastructure is centralized and so he's not too concerned.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I mean, it makes sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you watch any of the videos of the many attacks happening on Russian cities
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  SPEAKER_00: where Ukraine's hitting military targets or actual targets that matter,
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  SPEAKER_00: the Russians are struggling to shoot down Ukrainian drones because they haven't
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  SPEAKER_00: for four years endured consistent nightly bombardments from cruise missiles
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  SPEAKER_00: and Ballistic missiles.
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  SPEAKER_00: At one point it was fighter jets.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Ukraine's air defenses are impressive and they're formidable even
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  SPEAKER_00: though they're running out of ammo.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Europe is working to make sure that isn't as dangerous as it could be.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact,
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  SPEAKER_00: I believe it was Denmark sent 20,000 20mm shells to Ukraine which can be loaded
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  SPEAKER_00: into F-16s.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, let's jump now to Iran.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know that there are still increasing signs of a potential attack again on Iran
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  SPEAKER_00: if some kind of deal isn't reached soon.
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  SPEAKER_00: But there's just three things I wanted to hit real quick.
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  SPEAKER_00: First, as you probably saw,
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  SPEAKER_00: the President himself has been making money from the U.S. oil and gas industry.
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  SPEAKER_00: CBS News reported that his personal holdings in oil and gas have essentially doubled
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  SPEAKER_00: and so Doesn't exactly look good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now he'll say his funds are managed by whomever,
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  SPEAKER_00: but you'd like to think if you were leading a war,
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  SPEAKER_00: you might want to divest from that particular industry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Second thing I wanted to mention was oil hit $115 a barrel in the last few days.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the highest it's been since May.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not great if you have an election on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then finally,
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  SPEAKER_00: there was more additional reporting on That confirmed,
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  SPEAKER_00: the Associated Press had this, but there's been plenty of reporting.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mentioned in a previous episode that even Fox News had said this,
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  SPEAKER_00: but they have further nailed down that when Iran does an attack on Saudi Arabia or
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_00: when the Houthis fire missiles...
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  SPEAKER_00: They studied more than 40 missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia
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  SPEAKER_00: between July 1st and October 19th.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a pretty wide stretch of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: July 1st to October 19th, multiple months, 40 different attacks by missiles and drones.
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  SPEAKER_00: This geospatial intelligence firm said in all 40 different attacks, they found the same pattern.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russian government and military satellites orbit above the areas for days,
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  SPEAKER_00: both before and after.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which just further confirms what everyone already knew,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is that Russia is helping our enemies.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_00: Why does Trump have an oil deal with him again?
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, I think I'm going to just cut it off there.
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  SPEAKER_00: I had planned to talk about the Jared Kushner story.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you have no idea what I'm talking about, just hit Google.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then also some of the lawfare stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: But essentially I don't think I have to tell anyone anything new
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  SPEAKER_00: that you haven't already heard in the past week about how they have again gone after
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  SPEAKER_00: the former FBI director Jim Comey for a third time.
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  SPEAKER_00: This will probably fail again soon.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is for something that's been investigated before and it's also passed
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  SPEAKER_00: the statute of limitations according to the attorneys for Jim Comey.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I don't really have the time or energy to go into what I really think about that.
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_00: I will just say I trust Jim Comey about a hundred times more than I trust Donald Trump.
• 26:56
  SPEAKER_00: Let's talk about faith for just a moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: I like to add a little biblical encouragement to every episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm just going to read a few Proverbs from the chapter I was reading in this week.
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  SPEAKER_00: These all come from Proverbs chapter 17.
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  SPEAKER_00: First, let's talk about friendship and love.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs 17 verse 9.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love prospers when a fault is forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: But dwelling on it separates close friends.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is something I've been terrible at most of my life and sometimes still am.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jumping further into the chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: As humans, we want to be self-reliant.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what our culture teaches.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Proverbs says, anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.
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  SPEAKER_00: The only thing you should be trusting in is your Lord and Savior.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then let's just jump one more.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs 17,
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  SPEAKER_00: verse 22,
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  SPEAKER_00: A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.
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  SPEAKER_00: When your heart is not cheerful, when you have a broken spirit, your strength starts to drain.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't feel like exercising.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't feel like eating right.
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  SPEAKER_00: How do we counter that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Scripture says we renew our minds daily.
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  SPEAKER_00: How do you do that?
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  SPEAKER_00: You read the Word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Read Scripture.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have community.
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  SPEAKER_00: Preferably with believers.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is how we keep from having a broken spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening to this faith section.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're skeptical about any of this, don't take my word for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Read the Bible for yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've linked a short guide in the episode notes,
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  SPEAKER_00: but if you want to skip all of that,
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  SPEAKER_00: just start with the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament.
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  SPEAKER_00: Read it with an open mind and decide for yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: If it's nonsense, you'll figure that out.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if it really is the Word of God, that changes everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: So don't be afraid to open the book and see for yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: If it starts to speak to you Or if you're someone who used to go to church
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  SPEAKER_00: but no longer does, make sure you find a good local church.
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  SPEAKER_00: One that believes that the Bible is the Word of God,
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  SPEAKER_00: that Scripture is true, trustworthy, and without error.
• 30:22
  SPEAKER_00: Find the people that you need to surround yourself with to get through life
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  SPEAKER_00: because life is hard and scripture is clear that we should go through it
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  SPEAKER_00: with community and that community should include people who believe in
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  SPEAKER_00: a higher power.
• 30:40
  SPEAKER_00: And one last thing,
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  SPEAKER_00: if you're a veteran struggling with PTSD,
• 30:45
  SPEAKER_00: depression,
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  SPEAKER_00: or thoughts of suicide, please use the resources I've linked in the episode notes.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've made it through hard things before.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't try to fight this one alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: We need you here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your life matters.
• 31:02
  SPEAKER_00: Don't give up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for joining me this week.
• 31:09
  SPEAKER_00: As you head into the coming days, try to be a little kinder, online and out in the world.
• 31:14
  SPEAKER_00: Remember that most Americans are good people, even if they vote differently than you do.
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  SPEAKER_00: And keep working on yourself, mentally, physically, and spiritually.
• 31:26
  SPEAKER_00: Try to be a little better this week than you were last week.
• 31:30
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to be perfect, just keep moving forward.
• 31:35
  SPEAKER_00: When the news gets discouraging, and you know it will, Don't give up on this country.
• 31:41
  SPEAKER_00: I'm betting when you finish this podcast,
• 31:44
  SPEAKER_00: you're going to hear a lot of angry rhetoric,
• 31:47
  SPEAKER_00: either in your neighborhood or maybe from your news source.
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  SPEAKER_00: But remember these truths.
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  SPEAKER_00: Division weakens us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Unity strengthens us.
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  SPEAKER_00: So be careful what you feed your mind and your spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're a person of faith,
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  SPEAKER_00: Spend some time in your Bible this week,
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  SPEAKER_00: and if you're not, maybe pick one up and give it a try.
• 32:15
  SPEAKER_00: Finally,
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  SPEAKER_00: if you'd like to support what I'm doing here,
• 32:18
  SPEAKER_00: or check out any of my books, you'll find links in the episode notes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time,
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  SPEAKER_00: stay hopeful,
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  SPEAKER_00: stay humble, and keep working to be the light in your corner of the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've been listening to The Stan R. Mitchell Show.