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"Anchors Aweigh" (Monday October 6, 2025, Hour 4) · First Thing Today with Joe Thomas

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Speaker 1: And there are a whole range of things that I'm
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worrying me a great deal. The politicization of the Justice Department.
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Speaker 2: First thing today on the Talk Media Network by Joe
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Thomas Away he's the second most famous Thomas and Charlotte Smith.
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Speaker 3: George said, steal me. That's former Attorney General.
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Speaker 4: Son comes up.
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Speaker 3: Eric Holder.
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Speaker 5: All the jers, Joss smile.
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Speaker 3: He only is I don't know. You mean how you
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could use the Justice Department against a political opponent, not
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just saying hypothetically, really, I mean faster than you could
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say crossfire, hurricane. Here hold these truths, the ones marked
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self evident, not the ones marked evidence. Four three, four
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eight eight, two four two one seven will tell you
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what went on. We'll tell you our view from the
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cheap seats on what went on. But mostly I want
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to hear from you as to how it is impacting
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you where you are. This morning we got into this.
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MAC was giving us some sports updates on name, image, likeness,
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head coaching searches and whatnot, and I brought up stick
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your head into the lions. Then right, the issue of
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money in sports and kids who are just entering the
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portal quitting on their team after you know, two three
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weeks and leaving them. You know, to struggle on a
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couple of reactions to that, because I asked, I said,
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what are we teaching kids about meaning versus money? And
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that you know money will come. Work, you will get money,
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pay attention. I mean, it's it's like saying, if you're
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a faithful person, God will help you. You got to
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be looking for God's help as they all joke about
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the flood and the boat and the helicopter, right, But
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if your attentive money will come if you're just diligent
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and do good work, sometimes not as fast as you'd like,
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but it'll be there. People will notice. But this text
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message on what are we teaching kids about money? We're
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teaching kids that quitting is permissible, which is good because
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I hope their future employers, Joe, are all aware of
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the quitting that they did. What team on the planet
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would sign some guy who bailed on his teammates three
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weeks into the season because they had lost two of
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those three games. I wouldn't want them if I was
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a head coach, and maybe some head coach might want
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them to. But they're going to find out as most
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of us do through life that when you do that,
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you wind up screwing yourself over in the long run.
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Hopefully that's the lesson they learned before there's a family
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involved that winds up homeless or destitute because of their
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attitudes towards commerce. I mean, that's that's fair, and I
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understand what you're getting at. Yes, you know, as somebody
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who quits on their teammates to take you know, the
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to take a job that might do them more, what
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does it tell you? I agree with you. Most of
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these guys when they go into the transfer portal, they're
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not going up. They're they're going to sign with, you know,
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the Tennessee Institute of Technology, so they could start for
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a season and then maybe get a job somewhere else.
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I understand what you're getting at, But that's that's choice,
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and I'm all for people having choice. You have a
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choice to screw up just as much as the next guy.
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So you know, it's again, it's not capitalism, it's crony capitalism.
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And I'm against crony capitalism when you can manipulate it
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so that Alabama and aub Is Andy writing in about
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the Mesa's Institute and what they do with money and
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teaching kids about money right across the street from the
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University of Auburn in Alabama. I wonder if they have
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box seats for the War Eagle. Anyway, our first things
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this morning, plenty of other stuff to get into. Shut
4:47
down continues. Mike Johnson announced on Saturday that they aren't
4:53
calling back the House of Representatives until October fourteenth, saying
4:58
they've made their proposals to the Senate. Now it's in
5:01
the Senate's court. Meanwhile, two polls say that Americans, in
5:06
one case for the most part, in one case of plurality,
5:09
blame Republicans more than Democrats for the shutdown in Amazon times,
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I'm sorry. Washington Post survey of one thousand adults conducted
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on October first said forty seven percent of the responsibility
5:25
of the shutdown was placed on the shoulder of Trump
5:28
and the Republicans in Congress, as the question was put
5:31
to them. CBS News Yugov polls saw a little closer.
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Thirty nine percent blamed the Republicans, thirty percent blamed Democrats,
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and thirty one percent said both sides share blame equally.
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The administration says mass layoffs of federal workers will begin
5:50
if he doesn't think Congressional Democrats are negotiating in good
5:55
faith to end the partial government shutdown. Speaking of governments,
6:01
which sent shock waves because it normalizes the concept of
6:05
a two state solution, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told
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NBC is meet the press. We can't have a Palestinian
6:14
state that's governed by Hamas or by some terrorist organization
6:18
whose stated purpose for existence is the destruction of the
6:23
Jewish state. Most people are focused on the statement that
6:28
there will be a Palestinian state. Federal judge late last
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night blocked President Trump's efforts to deploy National Guards troops
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to Portland. US District Judge Karen Immergut ruled the action
6:42
was unlawful and unconstitutional, citing US Code twelve four h six,
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Statute ten, and the Tenth Amendment in her ruling. And
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those are some of our first things today.
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bioavailable and highly absorbable curcumin products on the market. I
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am doctor Mitch. Since most chronic diseases have inflammation, our
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optimized curcumin seems to be a perfect addition to any
8:22
nutritional program. It makes sense to me that preventing or
8:26
reducing inflammation is a key component to our overall health.
8:32
The Mayo Clinic found that kurcumin can decrease swelling and inflammation,
8:37
has antioxidant properties, and research suggests that kurcumin can prevent
8:42
cancer or at least slow the spread of cancer and
8:46
in many instances make chemotherapy more effective. It protects our
8:51
healthy cells even from radiation. Total Wellness dot com where
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we help you to look good, feel good, and enjoy
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to wellness.
9:02
Speaker 8: I'm Andrew Saul, Commission of Self Security. I'm here to
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warn you about telephone scammers pretending to be government employees.
9:10
Some of these scammers may say threatening things like you
9:13
will be arrested if you don't make payments or provide
9:17
personal information.
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Speaker 4: Do not fall for these tricks. These calls are not
9:22
from US.
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Speaker 8: Real Social Security employees will never threaten you for information
9:27
or money.
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Speaker 4: If you receive a call like this, hang up.
9:32
Speaker 8: Never give the call of your personal information like your
9:35
Social Security number or bank account, or send money in
9:39
any form cash, gift cards, wire transfers, or prepaid debit cards.
9:44
Report the call to our law enforcement on the Office
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of the Inspector General at OIG dot SSA dot gov.
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Speaker 4: Share this information with your friends and family.
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Speaker 5: Hirybody, I'm Jack. It's always a boy. Growing up on
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a farm in Tennessee, I've been fascinated with animals. I'm
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not only in alle of their beauty and kindness, but
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also their tireless work.
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Speaker 3: Ethic.
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Speaker 5: Just look at the birds who gather supplies to build nests,
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or Swiss foxes who work hard to provide for their young,
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or penguins who travel up to five hundred miles to
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secure food for their families, or bush babies whose impressive
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in search of fruit. This remarkable work ethic is shared
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Speaker 9: Oh brah, that's buzzed. Oh yeah, yeah, he's starting with
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the woots.
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Speaker 10: And now a speech.
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Speaker 11: I just want to say that friendship is about heart
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art and brain.
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Speaker 1: Who's with me?
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Speaker 9: Good thing is he knows when he's buzzed, and my
11:15
brain is saying when it's time to go home. Somebody
11:18
call me a ride.
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Speaker 10: Love that guy, me too.
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Speaker 12: Know your buzzed warning signs, call for a ride when
11:24
it's time to go home. Buzz driving is drunk driving.
11:29
Speaker 13: Did you know that more than half our household energy
11:31
costs go to heating and cooling. Energy efficiency isn't just
11:35
good for the environment, It means lower utility bills too.
11:39
One way to reduce your energy waste is a home
11:42
energy assessment. Your utility company can help, or you can
11:46
learn how to do it yourself at energysavers dot gov.
11:49
That's energysavers dot gov. You'll learn to look for air
11:53
leaks around windows and doors, check ducks for holes, and
11:56
improve your insulation. Another time to cut energy costs is
12:00
when you shop for a new appliance. Look for the
12:02
energy Star logo and read the energy guide label. And
12:06
there are day to day things you can do. Lower
12:09
your thermostat in winter and raise it in the summer,
12:12
close fireplay stampers when they're not in use, and keep
12:15
air filters clean. For more tips on saving money by
12:18
reducing your energy waste. Check out FTC dot gov slash
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green a tip from the Federal Trade Commission, the nation's
12:27
consumer protection agency.
12:29
Speaker 14: As a family member or friend, you may be the
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first to notice when a veteran you love has been
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going through changes. Things like withdrawing, drinking more, or increased
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Speaker 2: In business the cology question Amaze your friends here in
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First Thing Today by Joe Thomas.
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Speaker 3: So is troubling as the Attorney General for the Common
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author of Virginia, Democrat Jay Jones and his comments regarding
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shooting the Speaker of the House in the head as
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troubling as those are, and I'm going to be careful
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not to trivialize what he said. And if you're just
13:50
hearing about this October surprise, and we haven't really had
13:56
a traditional October surprise like this in a long time.
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I think twenty sixteen's Billy Bush video maybe the last
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time I can think of a real like, Oh look
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what I have that I've been sitting on since twenty
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twenty two. Yeah, yes, the statements were made in twenty
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twenty two. So j Jones is the Democrat running for
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the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Attorney General. Was just busted doing one hundred and sixteen
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miles an hour in a sixty five mile an hour zone.
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And then this comes out where he texted, albeit from
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what I can tell from the screen caps, a mistake.
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He texted a fellow member of the Virginia House of Delegates,
14:46
Republican Carrie Coinner, complaints about disingenuity. He was complaining that
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Republicans who were bemoaning the death of Democrat from the
15:04
House and their platitudes were disingenuous, and that he would
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shoot Todd Gilbert, who he may have heard in the
15:15
news a few weeks ago, for a brief period, was
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the US Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, and
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he at the time was the speaker of the Virginia
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House of Delegates, and he said that Jones said that
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he would shoot Gilbert and his two He gets two
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bullets to the head, said the text and then said
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he'd hoped the two kids of the Republican die in
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their mother's arms. There's published in the National Review released
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to them by Coiner, who held on to the text
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messages since August of twenty twenty two, but one of
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the text messages in the screen cap is where he says,
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oh crap, this was for Mark, meaning he texted to
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the wrong person. Dear Joe, August writes in Dear Joe,
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I think the thing that really disqualifies Jay Jones to
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be a Democrat elected officeholder is that he had the
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cell phone number of a Republican on his phone. There
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you go. That could be a reason enough for Democrats
16:37
to turn on him. Clark opined earlier this morning that
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this might actually help him bring out the base. It's
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all about the base, about the base, about the base.
16:56
But more troubling than any of this, you know, in
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the wake of Abigail Spenberger, the Republican kubernatorial candidate, saying
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that you need to use your rage to fuel you,
17:15
and President Trump has already gone in and endorsed Jason Miaris,
17:20
the Republican incumbent for Attorney General, calling the candidate the
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Democrat the radical left, lunatic j Jones and Trump isn't wrong.
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I have Democrat friends who write for Democrat newspapers calling
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for Jones to step down immediately, if not sooner. There
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were people in a primary against Jones for this slot
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on the ticket who didn't bring this up, even though
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apparently other people were exposed to this. But here in
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lies the problem. Spanberger says she's disgusted. I made it
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clear to Jay that he must fully take responsibility for
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his words as a candidate and as the next governor.
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I will always condemn violent language to say he has
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to go Titular leaders of the Republican brand in Virginia,
18:30
Louise Lucas, who's made it her life's work to oppose
18:34
anything Glenn Youngkin suggests, said there's no place for political
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violence or violent rhetoric in our public discourse. Jay must
18:45
take accountability for his action, but we will not allow
18:49
this moment to distract from the urgent fight we are
18:53
in for Virginia's future, a future that apparently includes somebody who,
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when he doesn't get along with somebody or is of
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a different political mindset, figures shooting them is the best way.
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And their children and that continues. Don Scott, who is
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currently Speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates, said the same thing.
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We can't lose focus on what's important right now. We
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can't get distracted, he said, end quoting, because they want
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us to get distracted by the text message here or
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something else. Stay focused.
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Speaker 1: Now.
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Speaker 3: I want you to spend a moment and apply these
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situations to anyone else if they be a Republican. We
19:56
have Republicans whose friends see Matt Gates. Great example, one
20:03
of Matt Gates's oldest and closest political friends is involved
20:07
in a sex scandal. So therefore, Matt Gates is no
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proof that he was What if a Republican was found
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to have during their time at the US Naval Academy
20:28
in Annapolis, found out about cheating and didn't report it,
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do you think that there'd be an immediate call for
20:35
impeachment if they were already in office? Recall, But that's
20:41
what's happening in New Jersey with Mickey Cheryl. Everyone's like, oh,
20:46
you know, she was a kid. You know, it's women
20:49
in the navy. You know, it's really tough. You know,
20:52
she didn't want to make waves, so you're saying that
20:57
her decision making process is swayed by what's in it
21:01
for her. Jay Jones, his decision making process is either
21:07
I get what I want or I think about shooting you.
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And all these leaders of the Virginia Democrats are right.
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We need to stay focused on who these people are.
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I'm done with the Oh well, Abigail Spanberger really wasn't
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saying use your rage to fuel you to make people violent.
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We just had a teenage girl shot at one of
21:33
these teen takeovers in Texas. People are doing violence for
21:40
political reasons and personal reasons, and it's not a flaw,
21:47
it's a feature. They want us to lose our Second
21:50
Amendment rights, and they'll do it by pointing to all
21:55
these instances and saying, I just don't think we can
21:57
trust the average American citizen or not.
22:01
Speaker 15: Hey, Brandt, and her name is Shary I love. She's
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a friend of mine whom we were just praying for
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because of a surgery she just went through.
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talk about all the time, which is meta share.
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Speaker 10: That is right?
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Speaker 15: Yeah, So what was your experience like with meta share
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and healthcare ability?
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Speaker 16: Honestly, Brandt seamless, and what a blessing that is when
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you're already nervous about a health issue, which I was.
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Members shared my expenses. There were zero problems. And let
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me tell you, having people pray with you when you
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call in with your need that is.
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Speaker 4: Just yes, refreshing.
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Speaker 1: Yes, that's what it is.
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they love saving money. The typical family can save five
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Speaker 14: Hi.
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Speaker 17: I'm doctor Michael Bailey, President of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
23:06
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and now it's helping veterinarians deliver
23:11
better care for pets. From AI assisted radiographs that speed
23:16
up diagnoses to tools that help spot diseases. AI supports
23:20
veterinary teams in exciting ways. We're using AI to develop
23:25
personalized cancer treatments, predict chronic conditions like feline kidney disease
23:31
and even streamline record keeping so veterinarians can focus more
23:34
on patients. But, as with any new technology, always keep
23:40
a human in the loop to maintain the best pet healthcare.
23:44
AI is a powerful tool, but not a replacement for
23:48
your veterinarians expertise, compassion and judgment, which remains at the
23:53
center of our profession. For more information on AI and
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veterinary medicine, visit AVMA dot org.
24:03
Speaker 7: Considered by most, optimized curcumin is one of the few
24:07
bioavailable and highly absorbable curcumin products on the market. Hi,
24:12
I'm doctor Mitch. Since most chronic diseases have inflammation, our
24:18
optimized curcumin seems to be a perfect addition to any
24:22
nutritional program. It makes sense to me that preventing or
24:26
reducing inflammation is a key component to our overall health.
24:31
The Mayo Clinic found that kurcumin can decrease swelling and inflammation,
24:36
has antioxidant properties, and research suggests that kurcumin can prevent
24:42
cancer or at least slow the spread of cancer, and
24:45
in many instances, make chemotherapy more effective. It protects our
24:50
healthy cells even from radiation. Total Wellness dot com, where
24:56
we help you to look good, feel good and enjoy
24:59
total will.
25:02
Speaker 8: I'm Andrew Saul, Commission of Self Security. I'm here to
25:06
warn you about telephone scammers pretending to be government employees.
25:10
Some of these scammers may say threatening things like you
25:13
will be arrested if you don't make payments or provide
25:17
personal information. Do not fall for these tricks. These calls
25:21
are not from US. Real solid security employees will never
25:26
threaten you for information or money.
25:28
Speaker 4: If you receive a call like this, hang up.
25:32
Speaker 8: Never give the call of your personal information like your
25:35
social Security number or bank account, or send money in
25:39
any form cash, gift cards, wire transfers, or prepaid debit cards.
25:45
Report the call to our law enforcement on the Office
25:48
of the Inspector.
25:49
Speaker 4: General at OYG dot SSA dot gov.
25:55
Speaker 9: Uh oh, Brah's buzzed. Oh yeah yeah, he's starting with
25:58
the woots and now a speech.
26:02
Speaker 11: I just want to say that friendship is about heart,
26:06
art and brain.
26:07
Speaker 4: Who's with me?
26:08
Speaker 9: Good thing is he knows when he's buzzed, and my
26:11
brain is saying when it's time to go home, somebody
26:14
call me a ride.
26:15
Speaker 12: Love that guy, me too, Know your buzzed warning signs,
26:18
call for a ride when it's time to go home.
26:20
Speaker 3: Buzz driving is drunk driving.
26:23
Speaker 13: Did you know that more than half our household energy
26:26
costs go to heating and cooling. Energy efficiency isn't just
26:30
good for the environment, It means lower utility bills too.
26:34
One way to reduce your energy waste is a home
26:37
energy assessment. Your utility company can help, or you can
26:41
learn how to do it yourself at energysavers dot gov.
26:44
That's energysavers dot gov. You'll learn to look for air
26:47
leaks around windows and doors, check ducks for holes, and
26:51
improve your insulation. Another time to cut energy costs is
26:54
when you shop for a new appliance. Look for the
26:57
energy Star logo and read the energy Guy label, and
27:01
there are day to day things you can do. Lower
27:03
your thermostat in winter and raise it in the summer,
27:06
close fireplace stampers when they're not in use, and keep
27:09
air filters clean. For more tips on saving money by
27:13
reducing your energy waste, check out FTC dot gov. Slash
27:17
green a tip from the Federal Trade Commission, the nation's
27:21
consumer protection agency.
27:24
Speaker 18: For those fortunate enough to help the person who has
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always been their hero find the care guides you need
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to help at aarp dot org slash caregiving. Hope you
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enjoyed your meal, And I just want to say he's lucky.
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Speaker 4: To have a bleove like you. Lucky.
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Speaker 19: Caring for my brother is far from easy, but he's
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a part of me, like my arms and legs, so
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I'll be his no time for tired.
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Speaker 3: Nothing can disable this love.
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Speaker 4: He needs me.
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Speaker 3: But I'm a lucky one even though I need help.
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AARP dot org slash caregiving for care guides and community
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support for yours.
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Speaker 3: First Thing Today.
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Speaker 2: By Joe Thomas on the Talk Media Network.
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Speaker 3: Thank if for letting us be of service to you.
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And that's really how we roll. I mean, if I'm
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not helping you get your day started, then I'm not
28:23
doing anything. I mean I could sit here and talk
28:25
in my studio until I'm blue in the face and
28:27
have sometimes there, but we've got to help you get
28:31
your day started. I jokingly say, we chop your day up,
28:35
you know, all the news into easily digestible gummies. But
28:39
that's what it is. I mean, because they'll shoot you
28:41
with a fire hose and hope you can sort it
28:44
out yourself and miss some of the key things in there.
28:47
Joining us on the newsmaker's line, fresh from the two
28:51
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the military service that he
28:54
proudly served as a seal, he is Congressman, a member
28:58
of the Military the Armed Forces Committee himself John McGuire,
29:03
Good morning, John, How are you, sir?
29:06
Speaker 8: Hey?
29:06
Speaker 1: Good one to Joe. Yeah, YESU. It was so patriotic,
29:10
you know.
29:10
Speaker 21: I was on the front row with a bunch of
29:11
my Navy Seal brothers, and every time Trump mentioned the
29:15
Navy Seals.
29:15
Speaker 1: We stood up and pumped our fists in the air.
29:18
I bet it was patriot I got there a couple
29:20
of hours early, and I just went around. There were
29:24
thousands of white uniforms. So I went around for.
29:26
Speaker 21: About two hours of shaking the hands of the sailors
29:28
and listening to their concerns. And then some of them
29:32
wanted to be Navy Seals, and they asked for advice.
29:35
But a lot of them said that the morale was
29:37
high and that recruitment's up. And then I think things
29:40
are really turning around. I mean, Pete peg Seth and
29:43
this administration.
29:44
Speaker 1: Are doing a great job.
29:45
Speaker 3: Well, I know there was a story just at the
29:47
end of last week that Navy recruitment was up for
29:50
the first time since I think twenty twenty three, So
29:54
obviously there's a better attitude of men and women who
29:58
wanted to go serve. Some of that I think speaks
30:01
to something you and I have talked about in an abstract.
30:04
If the leadership isn't there, who's going to want to
30:06
put their lives on the line if they don't think
30:08
that the civilians that run the military in this country
30:13
have their sex.
30:16
Speaker 1: Yeah.
30:17
Speaker 21: Yeah, leadership makes all the difference, right, you know, and
30:21
our military folks have got to know that civilian leadership
30:24
has got their back. And with this administration, definitely, I don't.
30:28
Speaker 1: Know if you know that.
30:28
Speaker 21: I put in a bill to codify President Trump's executive
30:32
order to change the Department of Defense and Department of War,
30:37
and so we're getting postpowners sponsors and hopefully we'll get
30:41
that bill passed.
30:42
Speaker 3: I wanted to ask about the ceremony and with the President,
30:47
you know, coming down in there and everyone's like, what's
30:49
he doing, what's he doing? We talked about two hundred
30:51
and fifty years of the US Navy John and what
30:56
that means because I think the US Navy in all
31:00
of its branches, the Marines, and the Naval Air Corps
31:04
as well. I mean, most military people will tell me
31:09
that the most amazing piece of technology America has ever
31:12
brought to the world is the aircraft carrier, which is
31:16
basically an entire military base at sea and you can
31:20
sail it wherever you need it and run an entire
31:24
operation from an aircraft carrier. I mean that our naval
31:28
prowess is part of the reason why the US has
31:31
been at the avant garde of military leadership almost since
31:36
the day we became a country.
31:39
Speaker 1: But you have to, I mean think about trade in
31:41
the world.
31:42
Speaker 21: I think we started we had two ships, and other
31:45
countries just used their muscle to push us around because
31:48
we didn't have a lot of ships.
31:50
Speaker 1: And so, if you remember the War.
31:51
Speaker 21: Of eighteen twelve, the British had no respect for us,
31:55
and they would go up to our merchant ships and
31:57
grab our sailors and force them.
31:59
Speaker 1: To be navy sailors. And we got sick of it,
32:03
and so we had our second war with England, and
32:05
they had way more ships than.
32:07
Speaker 21: Us, but we had quality ships, and we were pretty
32:10
good with our strategy and how we use them. But
32:13
ships made a big, big difference. So you won't have
32:15
a country, you won't have trade without a navy. And
32:18
so when you talk about the aircraft carrier. In World
32:20
War Two, we had all the big battleships, you know,
32:22
the Japanese had all the battleships, the Germans had the
32:25
big Bismark, the Japanese had the Yamato, and then aircraft
32:29
took those ships out.
32:30
Speaker 1: But you've got to have combined forces. You've got to
32:32
have you know, you've got.
32:34
Speaker 21: To have the destroyers, the cruisers, the submarines, the aircraft carriers.
32:37
You've got to have the whole, the whole package to
32:40
project that American power around the world so that people
32:44
keep the sea lanes open and keep trade going.
32:47
Speaker 3: Is that part of how the President was able to
32:49
get this historic, you know, situation with Hamas where they're
32:53
agreeing to the Trump Plan and going to release hostages
32:57
and work towards it. I heard Marco Rubio say something
33:00
that I'm surprised more people aren't talking about it. He said,
33:04
there won't be a Palestinian state if Hamas leads it.
33:07
But What stood out to me was the acknowledgment that
33:10
there's going to be a Palestinian state and if Israel
33:13
is on board with this, this is stunning stuff. And
33:16
I think the President has used the old big stick
33:20
you speak softly, carry a big stick foreign policy in
33:24
this John, what do you make of that.
33:27
Speaker 1: He's going to go down as the greatest president.
33:28
Speaker 21: I mean, it's going to be pretty hard to top
33:30
George Washington, but he is pretty is a very successful president.
33:35
Speaker 1: He says what he means and means what he says.
33:36
Speaker 21: If you remember his first term, every president in our lifetime,
33:40
so they're going to get a peace treated in the
33:42
Middle East, and they got zero and he got to
33:45
and now he's seven solved seven conflicts in this.
33:49
Speaker 1: First year of his second term.
33:51
Speaker 21: And so but I will tell you I spent the
33:52
first week of August in Israel and I went into
33:56
the West Bank and I saw videos is made by
34:00
those Hamas terrorists that came in, you know, into Israel
34:04
on October seventh, twenty twenty three, their own videos, and
34:08
it was unspeakable evil.
34:10
Speaker 1: They would get teenage.
34:11
Speaker 21: Kids to log into their Facebook live and then kill
34:14
them in front of their audience and laugh while they
34:16
were videoing it. They would shoot teenagers in the back
34:19
while they were running, and this I mean just terrible.
34:23
Speaker 1: I mean they would cut body parts off and play
34:25
soccer with them on this nova field and laugh. I can't,
34:29
I can't. I don't know what they're gonna do.
34:31
Speaker 21: I certainly want peace, but when I see these universities
34:34
yelling free Palestine, they.
34:37
Speaker 1: Don't even know what Palestine is. They don't know where
34:39
it is.
34:39
Speaker 21: They don't know if it's Palestinian Jews, Muslims, or Christians.
34:44
It's unspeakable evil what they have.
34:46
Speaker 1: And you know they talk about border walls.
34:48
Speaker 21: I've been to our border wall in Arizona a couple
34:50
of months ago, and it's like one vertical wall of
34:55
these metal beams.
34:56
Speaker 1: But you want to google the border wall between Egypt
35:01
and Gaza, it's like six walls in a row.
35:04
Speaker 21: Because they know how dangerous those people are, and when
35:07
they were committing these terrible acts, there's too many people
35:10
are so there they were celebrating in the streets how
35:14
many Jews they killed, and so I mean, I can
35:18
understand we're bbing that now, who's coming. Nobody's perfect. It's
35:21
a crazy situation. We're trying to get peace. I want
35:24
to be optimistic and if anybody can do it as Trump,
35:27
but I'm telling these people are capable of unbelievable evil.
35:31
Speaker 3: Well, with the anniversary here tomorrow, I think a lot
35:35
of people and I get it. I mean people calling
35:37
me saying these videos are fake and you know they're
35:40
not real, they're Israeli counter intel and stuff like that.
35:45
Was that you, I mean, did anyone talk to you
35:46
about that when you were over there? John?
35:49
Speaker 1: Absolutely?
35:50
Speaker 21: In fact, I mean I've visited everybody, you know, business
35:54
owners with fence, contractors, just people you know, just people
35:57
on the street that you know, small vendors.
36:00
Speaker 1: Certainly, I had several conversations.
36:01
Speaker 21: With dB Night and Yahoo and Huckabee, our ambassador, just
36:05
to get a real picture. And people that you know,
36:08
weren't connected were showing me videos. But I went into
36:10
the kibbutz and you could see and have stories like
36:14
there was a woman my wife and I gave her
36:16
a hug and she was at a the Nova festival
36:19
and heard her friend running from the gunfire, and her
36:22
friend just stopped running and she just refused to go
36:26
out anymore. So the one girl had a water bottle,
36:28
goes up to her friend goes, you got to keep running.
36:30
She goes, I can't, and she goes, can I have
36:32
your water bottle? And she goes, no, it's the only
36:34
one I got. But the girl refuses to run, so
36:37
she goes, let's get behind this tree so he don't
36:39
get shot.
36:40
Speaker 1: And she gets shot and dies.
36:42
Speaker 4: She dies.
36:42
Speaker 21: So the woman with a water bottle keeps running, but
36:45
she feels guilty, so she runs back and gives the
36:48
dead girl her water bottle.
36:50
Speaker 1: Keeps running.
36:51
Speaker 21: She climbs into an Israeli tank called a Markaba tank,
36:54
which is like millions of dollars. So when she gets
36:57
inside there, everybody's dead inside the tank and blood everywhere,
37:01
and it's hot. She can't take the heat, so she
37:04
climbs out of the tank keeps running.
37:06
Speaker 1: And because these people get.
37:08
Speaker 21: Ballistic missiles from multiple different countries all the time into Israel,
37:12
they have a mandatory bomb shelter in every building, every home,
37:16
but they also have bomb shelters on the streets, and
37:19
so I don't know, Let's say a bomb shelter can
37:21
hold twenty people. She runs to a bomb shelter, there's
37:24
like forty people crabbed up in there, so she can't
37:26
even get there. She runs into the woods, she hides.
37:29
She gets rescued like a day or so letter by
37:31
the police. So I was telling an IDF soldier about this,
37:35
and he says, oh, yeah, I remember that tank. The
37:38
terrorists from Godza came in with a twenty dollars drone
37:41
and dropped a hangar and aide straight down into the
37:43
hatch and killed the entire crew. Yeah, but the videotape, Yeah,
37:47
it's just terrible.
37:49
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Speaker 3: From the two hundred and fiftieth Banary anniversary of the
44:44
US Navy Former Seal I don't know if there's such
44:48
a thing. I know there is no former Marines, they
44:50
said with John McGuire, a member of the Armed Forces
44:53
Committee in the US House of Representatives, on with US John.
44:58
I wanted to ask about the shutdown. We had the
45:02
story on Saturday. Mike Johnson, I guess Friday night saying no,
45:05
we're not coming back till the fourteenth, because, as he said,
45:10
we've already sent our proposals to the Senate and it's
45:13
on them to discuss them.
45:15
Speaker 4: What are you hearing?
45:16
Speaker 3: Are you are you to use the phrase fur load?
45:19
Are you on shore leave until the fourteenth?
45:23
Speaker 1: Well, I know a lot about this. I'm in the trenches.
45:25
I'm in the fight.
45:27
Speaker 21: The Democrat shutdown is what you're talking about. I mean,
45:30
it is clearly the Democrat shutdown. Let me tell you
45:32
why they came up with what they call the modern
45:35
budget process, which is twelve spending bills back in nineteen
45:38
seventy seven, and which shock you, since nineteen seventy seven
45:43
to today, we've only ever passed all twelve spending bills.
45:46
Speaker 1: On time with a budget four times.
45:49
Speaker 21: The last time we did it was nineteen ninety six,
45:51
which is ridiculous. I'm not a big guy on continuing resolutions,
45:55
but we've been living on a We've been living on
45:58
a continued resolution.
45:59
Speaker 1: Since ninety ninety six. But we did our job in
46:03
the House.
46:04
Speaker 21: We passed it in a bipartisan way, and it went
46:06
over to the Senate and this same clean cr it
46:10
has been voted on by these Democrats in the Senate
46:14
thirteen times, and the most recent time they all voted
46:17
for it, not all of them, but it passed with
46:19
enough Democrats was in March.
46:22
Speaker 1: It's the same thing they passed in March.
46:24
Speaker 21: But what they did is they are playing politics over
46:27
we the people, and you know, Friday are better. Our
46:31
military guys are not going to get a paycheck, and
46:34
a whole bunch of other people. But it's a Democrat shutdown,
46:36
and we think Schumer is afraid that he's going to
46:39
be primary by AOC, so he's putting politics over we
46:44
the people.
46:45
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's to be pushed for this back in March.
46:48
He was the one that said we've got to make
46:51
this deal in March, John, I appreciate you know, I
46:54
appreciate the look. So it doesn't look good for a
46:56
reopening of government. I know they're saying furloughs and layoffs
47:00
are coming.
47:02
Speaker 1: Well, it allows Trump to do something. You know, he's
47:04
with DOGE.
47:05
Speaker 21: I'm on the Oversight Committee and I'm part of DOJ.
47:08
We it is hard to fire federal employees, right, and
47:11
there was a guy a story I can't confirm it's true,
47:14
but they said there was a guy that would go
47:15
to Bahamas for thirty days and go on social media say, look,
47:18
they can't they can't fire me. But but Schumer has
47:22
maybe given Trump an opportunity because a shutdown does allow
47:28
us to change the size and scope of government. So
47:32
we made There is still a lot of waste, fraud
47:35
abuse going on and so they might.
47:38
Speaker 3: It might be some last question for you, my friend.
47:41
Yesterday at this amazing event, two hundred and fifty years
47:44
of the might of this country and it's US Navy.
47:49
You know, the press is all going crazy because the
47:52
President called out you and Jen Kiggins and Whitman and
47:55
the veterans in office and never mentioned Marine Winsome Earl Sears.
48:01
Is he doing her a favor considering how the shutdown
48:05
is playing in Northern Virginia by not getting too close
48:09
to her or was there more in there than that
48:11
from where you sat?
48:13
Speaker 1: You know, so it was a nice to have a
48:16
shout out from President Trump. I'm not so sure. I
48:21
mean it was a plan for her to be that.
48:23
I think the mby she was in the area showed up.
48:25
Speaker 21: I'm not sure how that went, but I know that
48:28
the Trump supporters are supporting wessm Sis.
48:30
Speaker 1: And you know, politics is about addition and multiplication.
48:34
Speaker 21: As Governor Glenn Youngkin says, we need that, we need
48:37
everybody's vote, and certainly the facts are on wison Sars side.
48:41
Speaker 1: And she's a marine.
48:42
Speaker 3: Yeah you can.
48:43
Speaker 1: You can never have enough marines around.
48:45
Speaker 21: I love my Marine brothers and sisters, but I think
48:48
campaign pretty hard for her all over Virginia, and I
48:51
think people come up to me, you know how I
48:53
wave at cars in the Morning's my workout. I've been
48:56
doing a different county every morning. People come up to
48:58
me that, you know, say that never voted Republican, but they're.
49:01
Speaker 1: Voting for her.
49:02
Speaker 21: Good Well, just folks you wouldn't think would normally come
49:05
up to you. So you know, I know that there's
49:06
a big money difference, but they told me I had
49:09
a one percent chance. I went in my primary last
49:12
year and we only won by three hundred and fifty
49:14
five votes. But President Trump said a wins and win,
49:16
and I don't care if he went by two votes,
49:18
wins and win two million.
49:20
Speaker 1: I don't care about the polls. I don't care about
49:22
the polls.
49:22
Speaker 21: But I would ask the listeners to call, text, email,
49:26
your friends, get them to vote early, and just keep
49:28
pushing all the way through the finish line.
49:30
Speaker 3: Us when this time, well, I appreciate it, John, absolutely,
49:32
especially after what Jay Jones was caught texting. You know,
49:37
we've got to keep this kind of attitude away from
49:39
the levers of power. Bless you, my friend. Do you
49:41
have a great morning and let us know if there's
49:43
any news about the shutdown.
49:46
Speaker 1: All right, God bless you.
49:54
Speaker 3: So in two hundred and fifty years, this email saying Joe,
49:58
let's not forget overwhelming air superiority. Well, yeah, I see,
50:04
And I don't want to get into the whole service
50:07
battles because then, you know, you get the guys writing
50:10
the jokes about and every service has them. And one
50:13
of my favorite parts of America is at the end
50:16
of the Army Navy game when both sides, the midshipman
50:21
and the and the cadets get together on the field
50:24
and shake hands and hug because it's yeah, sure we're
50:28
you know, quote rivals, but we're all working for the
50:33
same thing. And they all have them. If you're served
50:39
in the military, you know what the you know, the
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jokes about a marine or air force or Navy, they've
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all got them, you know, And I don't want to
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get into them. But I wasn't slagging the idea of
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overwhelming air superiority. No, that was truly.
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Speaker 1: One.
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Speaker 3: But the Navy plays a big role in it. And
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that's where I up aircraft carriers and their role. Whereas
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a country might be able to set up or you know,
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buy or get left to them by a president a
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base like Bagram. But we can sail a fully functioning
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base of operations right up to your border, and we
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don't need to We can sail them wherever we want.
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As a matter of fact, for years, that was one
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of the discussions when they would talk about these military bases,
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whether it be in Europe, especially along the Soviet border,
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and do we still need them, do we need to
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be in the Philippines, do we need to be you know,
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where do we need to have these bases? If we
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can just sail a fully functioning military base up to
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your border, well, I don't think we have enough aircraft
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carriers for that yet. And a sneak attack, as we
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learned on December seventh, twenty nineteen forty one, should have
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taught us a few things about counting too much on
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that which can be disposed of too easily. So you
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gotta have some permanence there in my view. But whether
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it be the Barbary pirates as John pointed out War
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of eighteen twelve, there's really the British committing piracy all
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of that. But I appreciate your time as always, thank you.
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Will wind it all up tomorrow morning. Five am. I
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am Joe Thomas. This is the Talk Media Network, first
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