2/25 We try to determine the source of Ilhan Omar's dislike of the United States

Summary

Garage Logic – February 25, 2026
Episode Theme: Investigating Ilhan Omar's Discontent with the United States

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Episode Overview

In this episode, host Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor") and the Garage Logic crew grapple with a persistent question: Why does Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar so often seem at odds with the United States, and what vision does she have for the country? The show examines Omar’s critical posture, explores her career and the grievances she voices, and debates whether her positions represent genuine belief or strategic politics. Interwoven throughout are tangential discussions about the State of the Union, the American Left, political journalism, and local affairs, all in the show’s trademark gumption-laced conversational tone.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Quest to Understand Ilhan Omar’s Grievances

• Joe’s Central Question: Joe Soucheray repeatedly expresses a desire to interview Rep. Omar to find out what kind of country would make her "happy" and what changes she seeks beyond opposition to figures like Donald Trump.

  • “If I could talk to anybody, I would most like to interview Ilhan Omar... What kind of country does she want the United States to be in order for her to be completely happy about it?” (04:00)
  • Judges her as “an aggrieved woman” whose “personality seems to be...constantly angry” (08:01).

• AI-Generated Omar Overview: The team searches the Internet and finds an AI summary of Omar's agenda (07:10):

  • Supports climate action and the Green New Deal
  • Medicare for All & healthcare reform
  • Comprehensive immigration reform, abolishing ICE
  • Expanding LGBTQIA rights
  • Diplomacy-focused, anti-war foreign policy
  • Economic and social justice, student debt cancellation

• Joe’s Reaction: “Her, the whole force of her personality seems to be that she is aggrieved...What’s driving her seems to be a burning anger at the country.” (08:01)

  • Suggests she is ideologically opposed to American tradition and seeks radical change.

2. State of the Union & Omar’s Response

• Omar’s Interaction: Played a segment of Omar responding to Wolf Blitzer about the State of the Union, defending her behavior (06:07).

  • Blitzer asks if she violated party guidelines by not sitting quietly.
  • Omar: “I do not [regret it]. When the president says it is our responsibility to protect Americans and he does not acknowledge the fact that two Americans, two of my constituents, two of our neighbors were killed...it was important.” (06:40)
  • The hosts generally feel this is “not surprising,” but emblematic of her approach.

• Parlor Trick Question: Discussion on the political trap of the "stand if you agree… protect American citizens" bit at the State of the Union.

  • John: “It was a cheap parlor trick, basically, by the President… how do you win that if you're a Democrat? If you stand up, you're vilified. If you sit down, you're vilified. (28:34)
  • Joe: “Given Ilhan Omar’s nature, she is going to use every opportunity to condemn the United States. And in this case, it was handed to her.” (27:19)

3. The Economics and Suspicions Surrounding Omar

• Omar’s Wealth & the Winery:

  • The team discusses recent scrutiny of Omar’s rapidly increased wealth and her husband’s consulting firm and supposed winery (13:24, 17:29, 25:25, 47:27, 49:43).
  • Key details:
    • Financial disclosures show a jump from $51,000 (2023) to $30 million (2024) in company value (47:27)
    • The legitimacy of the “E Street CRU LLC” winery is questioned; minimal public information and confusing addresses/websites
  • Joe: “A very suspect winery that’s worth 35 million.” (49:43)
  • Discussion about whether Omar’s enrichment and lifestyle are at odds with her rhetoric of grievance.

• Personal Motive Speculation:

  • Joe wonders: “Do you think that she says, ‘I’m entitled to steal as much as I can because of her grievances?’” (55:29)
  • Chris (half-joking): “You think we'll have to pay her reparations on what she didn't steal?" (56:02)
  • The crew generally considers Omar’s business dealings and presumed resentment as interconnected.

4. Omar’s Ideology: Sincere Beliefs or Political Strategy?

• Authenticity Debate (22:33):

  • Kenny: “I think she is the way she is in order to appease a certain segment, in order to get votes… I think everything about her is a lie.”
  • Joe vehemently disagrees: “I believe she is truly an aggrieved woman.” (26:28)

• Voters & Urban Grievance:

  • Joe: “If you’re voting for Ilhan Omar, you too share this bitterness or contempt for the way things are in the country... there’s a great bitterness and roaring fire of discontent the closer you get to the country’s tallest buildings. And she has tapped into that.” (32:58)

5. The Broader Frustration with Modern Politics

• State of the Union as "Showbiz":

  • Kenny: "The State of the Union address, no matter who is doing it, is show business. It really is just theater." (30:08)
  • General agreement that much of national politics is now just spectacle.

• Failure of Journalism:

  • Frustration that conventional journalism doesn’t scrutinize Omar, and that she refuses interviews outside friendly outlets (15:08, 19:03).
  • Joe: “The problem is… Ilhan Omar will not allow conventional journalism to do the story.” (19:42)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Common Sense:
  • “It strikes me that she doesn't really care for the country...she just doesn't like the way America plays out for her and her crowd, they're called the squad.” — Joe (09:08)
• On Wealth Accumulation:
  • “How you went from a negative $65,000 before coming into Congress to over $30 million in just seven years?” (17:43)
• On Omar’s Approach:
  • “She stays in her lane, which has no room in it for anyone who might disagree with her contempt.” — Joe (36:51)
• On Urban vs. Rural Discontent:
  • “There’s still some happiness and joy in rural America, but there's a great...bitterness and roaring fire of discontent the closer you get to the country’s tallest buildings.” — Joe (33:00)
• On the Green New Deal and Mobility:
  • “The Green New Deal, if it was successful in its most radical form...you wouldn’t even have a car. There would be no fossil fuels.” — Joe (11:30)
• High-Level Frustration:
  • “Unfortunately, whether it's this woman, whether it's the Nick Shirley guy, that's what's opening people's eyes.” — Chris (18:25)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [04:00] Joe poses the question: What would make Ilhan Omar “happy” with America?
• [06:07] Omar’s Wolf Blitzer interview: No regrets, President hasn’t protected her constituents.
• [07:10] AI-generated summary of Omar’s policy views.
• [09:01-13:22] Discussion of Omar’s ideology, the Squad, and American tradition.
• [13:24-18:01] The “winery” and suspicious business dealings.
• [27:19-29:40] Parlor trick discussion at the State of the Union.
• [32:01-34:28] Why do people vote for Omar, and what does that reveal?
• [47:27-50:00] Details on House investigation into Omar’s wealth jump and business entities.
• [55:29] Joe speculates on grievance-motivated corruption.

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

• Conversational, skeptical, and combative, with a blend of local gumption and concern about progressive American politics.
• The hosts admire “common sense” and find Omar’s worldview fundamentally in opposition to their own, claiming she’s driven more by grievance than gratitude.
• They lament the lack of mainstream scrutiny on Omar and see her as a symbol of left-wing discontent and institutional urban malaise.
• Underneath the criticism is a nagging, almost mournful wonder: why does someone given so much by America seem so disappointed—and what does that mean for those America is meant to serve?

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For listeners seeking an overview:
This episode is a skeptical deep dive into Ilhan Omar’s politics and persona via the lens of Minnesota’s old-school “Garage Logic,” blending local color with national anxieties. The team interrogates Omar’s perceived grievances, investigates recent controversies, and debates whether America’s trajectory is being shaped for better or worse by figures like Omar and the progressive movement she represents.

Transcript

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And now, from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the crabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King, fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Such. Is this. This has got to be what hour? 18. Is he still speaking? This is our. Our 8.

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Let's see.

[B]

Do that. Not standing up. He should be ashamed of this. That's got to be at least hour 18 or 19. Is he still going?

[A]

Oh, yeah, he is. He's still talking. I. I'll check in. I'll monitor it and I'll check in periodically.

[B]

Last Joe John checked out. John Height texted me. He checked out at 9:16. I was right there with him. I about 910. Oh, I. I couldn't take it anymore. It was exhausting. I don't know how he has the stamina. Just.

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I went to bed at 7:15.

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Keep going like that. Holy mackerel. Is he. No. Aren't the people getting t of applause?

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We did a lot of standing last night, too.

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Some people do a lot of standing.

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That's true.

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If I could have anybody. Can you take that down, please? If I could talk to anybody. I would most like to interview Ilhan Omar. Why? I'm very serious. Very serious. I want to know, where the gold at? What kind of country does she want the United States to be in order for her to be completely happy about it? What would make her a completely happy woman? Now I'm speaking where angels fear to tread, because for all I know, she's happy. But she doesn't appear to me to be a happy woman. And I would love to know what must take place other than extremely obvious answers which would occur to all of us. She's not a fan of Trump, obviously, so that would be one answer. Well, we couldn't have Trump as president. I would imagine that would be one of her answers. But beyond that, what cultural landscape does she see? What. What is it she wants that she would find agreeable as a place to live and work and do business? Because clearly it strikes me that she doesn't really care for the country. Now, that same thing struck me during the Biden presidency. So it's not all who's in office. Here is your latest Ilhan Omar report on Garage Logic.

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Would you like an update on that?

[B]

Yeah.

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Today is February 25, 2026.

[B]

Right. The President still speaking.

[A]

Wolf Blitzer had Ilhan Omar on a short time ago and asked her about last night's presidential the State of the Union.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Would you like to hear from her?

[B]

Sure.

[D]

The House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, advised your caucus, the Democratic members, to either

[B]

skip the State of the Union address

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or sit there in silence. Should you have just boycotted the address? And do you think you violated the guidelines set out by your own leader?

[A]

No, I think it was really unavoidable. The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two

[D]

of my constituents in Minneapolis. Many members of your Democratic Party criticized their Republican counterparts when they interrupted President Biden's State of the Union address, as a lot of us remember. Do you have any regrets at all

[B]

about the interaction we played between you

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and President Trump just last night?

[A]

I do not. And I think many people look at that moment when the president says it is our responsibility to protect Americans and he does not acknowledge the fact that two Americans, two of my constituents, two of our neighbors were killed and it was important.

[B]

I get it. But she's not wrong.

[C]

I asked the Internet the question you asked of Ilhan.

[B]

Care to hear it? Pardon? Did you ask some sort of artificial intelligence?

[C]

Well, that's what came up. The answer is, yeah, Ilhan. The question is, what does Ilhan Omar want for the usa? AI overview. Ilhan advocates for progressive agendas focused on climate action, Medicare for all, economic, economic justice for working families. Her vision for the USA includes comprehensive immigration reform, creating pathways to citizenship, housing as a human right, LGBTQIA rights, and an anti war foreign policy focused on diplomacy.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

And there's a bunch of headings under that, but that's the general overview.

[B]

Her response to Wolf Blitzer is entirely to be. None of that, none of that surprises me. No, it shouldn't surprise anyone. But she is, she's a, she's from. She's a Minnesota congressional representative. She is powerful. It strikes me that she's very shrewd. But her, her, the whole force of her personality seems to be that she is aggrieved. She's, she's constantly angry and I want to, I would love to talk to her. I don't. Wouldn't be. I would talk just like I'm talking now. What do you. Well, we just learned an artificial intelligence answer. What, what driving her seems to be a burning anger at the country. She probably would not deny that she has received great benefits from being here. It certainly, I don't know if she would admit it or not, but it certainly beats being in a war, tornado, poverty stricken, hungry country. So I don't think she'd deny that. Yes, I've had great benefits by being here, but she. With little knowledge. I mean, she's not dumb, but I would suspect with little knowledge of American convention and American tradition and not having lived a very long life. She's young. She just doesn't like the way America plays out for her and her crowd, they're called the squad.

[C]

Would your line of questioning, would you ask her about how she became a millionaire so quickly? Would you ask her about her marriage?

[A]

She was asked about that by a reporter. I'll find that. Oh, Excuse me, gentlemen. Excuse me. No state can be allowed to rip

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children from their parents. Yeah, he's still going to transition them. Okay. To a new gender against the parents. We must ban it. And we must ban it. Thank you.

[C]

The bullet points that they list for Ilhan, I'm looking for some sign of GL in them.

[B]

There you will not find one.

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One of them. The climate change and energy her wants are transitioning to a 100% renewable energy, implementing the Green New Deal and passing the Zero Waste Act. Any GL in there?

[B]

No. In fact the climate change movement. I've said this for 15 years. It has nothing to do with the climate. Zero. It has nothing to do with the climate. It is a getting to be a last gasp attempt to completely rewrite the template of the country. And one of the great hallmarks of this free country is your ability to move around at your whim just to.

[C]

I love that about this country.

[B]

Just get in your car and go someplace or pursue a different job or. The Green New Deal, if it was successful in its most radical form. And she would, I would imagine, prefer its most radical form. You wouldn't even have a car. There would be no fossil fuels.

[C]

Regarding health care, enacting single payer Medicare for all to guarantee coverage for everyone and lowering prescription drug costs. How do you feel about that?

[B]

The country is so big that to afford that it would have to be a different kind of country.

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Immigration, abolishing, ICE ending the criminalization of immigrants and protection. I don't know what this is. D A C A slash.

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TPS holders, Dream act kids. I think that suggests to me that she was. She is among those who do not want the United States to have borders.

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Maybe you can find something here. Foreign policy shifting away from military interventionalism to a foreign policy focused on human rights, peace and. And reducing the use of sanctions.

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Anything there for you that would not stop evil dictators like Putin and XI from taking over the country?

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You can't stop bullets with flowers. And the last one, economic and social justice. Implementing universal childcare, canceling student debt, supporting unions and banning assault weapons.

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That again would require so much money that I don't know what her answer would be when she realizes that will cause her to run out of other people's money.

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I don't know how.

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That's all I have for you.

[A]

I found the interview. It's by a woman by the name of Allison Steinberg. I am not familiar with her, but she did follow Ilhan Omar and asked her a couple of questions.

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Stop right there.

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Yes, sir.

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Can you click on the icon for this woman who's tweeting this and read, see who she is.

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A Washington, D.C. correspondent for something called Real Identity TV. But she's in the video. Guys, we gotta stop thinking the Star Tribune's gonna cover this.

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I'm not worried about the Star Tribune.

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I'm worried about this. It's not a gotcha video.

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Don't talk to me when I'm talking. I'm worried about. Is this real?

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Yes.

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Well, how do you know it's real?

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Okay, fine. I won't play it then.

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No, play it and I'll determine if it's real. Play it.

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Let's hear it.

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Chris recently stated that the American people should be afraid of the white man. They should be fearful of the white man.

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I never said that.

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Yeah, you're on video saying it. Our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths.

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Deaths within this country. I did not.

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Yes, you again. This is like what I said. You need to prepare yourself because you

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can't continue embarrassing yourself like this.

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So I'm just a liar?

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What I was quoting was an actual study done by the FBI. Okay, thank you. My point is, she also.

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I'm sorry I snapped at you. I think you were.

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Don't be sorry yet.

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Just wait a second.

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You know who she works for?

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No.

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Lindell tv.

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Guys, here's the thing.

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Guys, that question was pretty good.

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Here's the other thing. She also had another question. I'm not gonna waste time because it's just.

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Don't play that game. You're gonna waste time if we want you to listen. What do you got?

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My point is, she also asked her about her winery, her husband's winery, that doesn't effing exist.

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Do you have that?

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I do, but I'm not gonna play this game with you guys. Just listen to me. The Star Tribune isn't doing this stuff anymore.

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We're not doing it.

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Neither does any other national outlet. You guys can be as mad as you want about the likes of her. Who cares who she works for? She's actually conducting an interview because Ilhan Omar isn't going on with anybody. That's not Esme Murphy in this town.

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Okay? I accept what you're saying.

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She's gonna hand her softball.

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And I accept that was real. Because you could tell this woman literally had her as a captive audience in a hallway. Cause you could hear the footsteps. And she's trying to get her. She's taking her shot at Getting something out of Ilha, and you can see the video.

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And she asks her about the winery, and she says, I accept that.

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I'd like to hear about the winery.

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I accept it, but I'm not going down the. I want to address one thing. I am no longer going down the road. And, John, I love you to death. You know that. I'm no longer going down the road of marking off every box that has to be checked for validation when no one else is bothering to do this work.

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Yeah, I don't care who she works for, John. If the question she's asking Omar intrigues

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me, and it does, I would agree with you there. But if we're gonna read stories, say, without audio, then you have to go to the checkmark box.

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But, John, who's doing this story?

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Well, no one.

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No one is.

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We have the audio here.

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Just give me. I need a second. Cause now I'm all worked up. So just give me a second, please. Well, but do you get the game we're continuing to play here?

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I know, and I wish you'd calm down. It's, you know, it's my job in the catbird seat to try to keep us on an even keel.

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Can I throw a funny bit about the winery?

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Is it a joke?

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No, but. And this comes from the New York Post from a couple of weeks ago. They own this winery. It's against Islamic law to sell booze.

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It is.

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Yeah.

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Well, and not only that, you guys, they went to the address of the winery. It does not exist.

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I need you to find it. I need you to find it.

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Congresswoman Omar, you were just talking about how Trump's economy has failed the American people. But I think the American people really want to know how you went from a negative 65,000 before coming into Congress to over $30 million in just seven years. My. My disclosure is public. Yeah, it is.

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And so a lot of people now

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are looking into that and finding Escrew Winery, a winery that doesn't actually seem to exist. Is that a real winery, or do you all actually look at and read things, or do you just ask silly questions? Well, it's listed in the financial disclosure, so can you explain it? Because we have a lot of questions about it and things just aren't adding up. There's no real phone number. There's no real location.

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Why did you want to bite some wine?

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Probably not from you, to be honest.

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Recently stated that the American people should be afraid of the white man. They should be fearful of the white man. She doesn't answer the question. I mean, that's fine if you want me to settle down, but unfortunately, guys, conventional journalism isn't going to get this job done anymore. It just isn't. And unfortunately, whether it's this woman, whether it's the Nick Shirley guy, that's what's opening people's eyes.

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Let me repeat something I consider myself conventional journalism.

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Sure.

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All right. I just told you, if I could interview anybody right now in the United States, it would be her. And I think it's a great clue to her makeup that she would not agree to that. She has not agreed to that, nor will she. Okay. Do you follow me?

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Yep.

[B]

So now you're placing conventional journalism at not even at odds, but you are placing me in a position where I'm always going to question journalism that isn't conventional, which I just did. Okay, okay.

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Fair.

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You played it. I accept it. I don't care who that woman works for. She was asking the questions that you might expect her to be asked if she's working for Lindell tv. And that's fine with me. There's nothing wrong with the questions that this young lady asked Ilhan Omar. The problem is, you keep saying conventional journalism won't do the story. Ilhan Omar will not allow conventional journalism to do the story. I've said the same thing about this young Jason Chavez fellow on the Minneapolis City Council. I would love to have him in studio to say, paint for us a picture of the Minneapolis you would find worthy of yourself. What is it you want? It's the same thing with Omar, and I think the answers are fairly obvious. That she wants. She doesn't want the country that we know and understand. She doesn't want that country. She wants to completely reimagine it along these Marxist lines which only result in complete misery. But to her credit, it would be complete misery pretty much shared equally. Maybe with the exception of the ruling class of which she is a member, she might continue to lead a comfortable life. But if she could bring about what she wants to bring about, it would be curtains for the rest of us in terms of our freedom, our personal accomplishments, our ability to gain wealth, our ability to move around, our ability to travel. It would be curtains for us if she brought about the country she envisions. And so I go back to my original question. Where did that burning, aggrieved nature come from? You could say, well, maybe it came from just the horrid, horrid condition she was born into in Somalia. But why then wouldn't it be just as likely that she would have had a conversion to joy when she got to a place of freedom and plenty. Wouldn't she have had a conversion of joy? She does not appear to have had a conversion to joy. She appears to have had a perpetuation of that which aggrieves her and anger

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a life full of spite.

[C]

Are you taking the long road to get to someplace now, or do you truly believe the questions you're asking?

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I truly believe the question. Okay, good. Good.

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Because I have a simple answer, and it's only my opinion. But my opinion is she came to this via a study, a group research. I don't believe she actually is the way she is. I think she is the way she is in order to appease a certain segment, in order to get votes, in order to stay on the third rail. I don't believe anything about her or what she is focused on in her campaigns and her daily life. I think everything about her is a lie.

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Okay, I disagree with that.

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All right.

[A]

And you know what, Ken, when you do this, I have a piece of audio from last night, although he is still talking.

[B]

Right?

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President Trump. Let me see that. Can clarify exactly what you were asking earlier about the president and everything else, but hold on.

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Oh, my God. You're still there.

[A]

Well, they're still standing in their claps.

[B]

You'd think they'd be exhausted.

[A]

Well, it's been a long day. There's a lot of food and water.

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18 hours, 19 hours. These people are crazy, I'm telling you. Okay, thank you.

[C]

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[B]

I think he did, he might get to it.

[A]

Yeah, he's getting there. He's ramping up, Ken.

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let's try to verify something. John. The woman interviewing Omar said, well, the winery doesn't even have a phone number. Can you verify that? I mean is there a website for this winery?

[D]

There is a website. I could not find any contact information for it.

[B]

Does it instruct a viewer of the site how to order their wine?

[D]

Let me go back because I have closed it but I will check.

[A]

There was another video that I'm not going to play that had that winery and there was two other businesses that had the exact same address and it was very akin to the child care and all that stuff here where all of them were operating out of the same address.

[B]

She's married to a guy who's in the consulting business. Right?

[C]

Right. And she hired him. That's how they met.

[B]

Kenny, to get back to your view, I don't believe she gets up every morning and puts on a mask and plays the role of Ilhan Omar. I believe she is truly an aggrieved woman. Do you? Yeah, I do.

[C]

She seems like she.

[B]

I mean you're suggesting that on Friday night we'll find her at the bar. And I am. I don't. I don't see that.

[C]

That everything about her came from a focus group and research.

[B]

I don't doubt that. She might have had a great deal of initial help in getting elected.

[A]

Yeah, I was. So I don't know how you guys perceived this. And again, he is still talking. I think he's winding her down right now. The State of the Union address. But I thought this was awfully telling and I don't know how you guys perceive this as well. But last night the president asked this question.

[B]

So tonight I'm inviting every legislature to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle. If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. That's a simple one to answer. Given Ilhan Omar's nature, she is not going to. She is going to use every opportunity to condemn the United States. And in this case, it was handed to her. It was a slow pitch softball. The ice killed two American citizens in Minneapolis. It's very easy for her to not stand up on that one. Very easy. Okay. She's going to look for and be able to detect anything he says that can corroborate her anger.

[A]

And I guess I wasn't asking it necessarily. Ilhan versus President Trump. I was asking why wouldn't every person in office place that same.

[B]

I don't know. Did every Democrat remain seated?

[D]

All set? Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

But here's what I think. Okay. I'll get in trouble. Why not?

[A]

Go ahead, John.

[D]

It was a cheap parlor trick, basically, by the President. I mean, how do you win that if you're a Democrat? If you stand up, you're vilified. If you sit down, you're vilified. And it's. But it reminded me immediately of something, Perhaps in the 50s, Joe McCarthy may have dealt in the same kind of thing. Same exact kind of thing. It's exactly what I got from that.

[A]

But, John, wouldn't you think, regardless of what political affiliation you align yourself with, that you would think that the government had your best interest as a taxpaying, legal citizen of this country ahead of someone else? Wouldn't that? I don't. I guess I. That's how I feel personally.

[B]

But Trump makes it easy for the aggrieved. Ilhan Omer being the number one aggrieved character there. He makes it easy for her to sit down.

[D]

That whole situation made it easy for them to sit down.

[C]

I want to say something, but I'm afraid the three of you and probably a lot of Gillers are going to be insulted by this. And I don't mean this as an insult. It's just, you guys all know me. You know how twisted and cynical and bitter I am. I really, truly, honestly believe that the State of the Union address, no matter who is doing it, is show business. It really is just theater.

[B]

Well, I'm not going to even argue with you. That's. That's what it's become.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

But then us sitting here and discussing it like it's anything more than wrestling. I am sorry, guys.

[B]

I'm comedy.

[C]

To me, that we're giving this the time. We are.

[D]

I agree with you. Then why do it?

[B]

I agree.

[C]

There you go. Thank you. You just asked what I want.

[D]

Yeah. If it's going to exist as a variety show, which was basically what last night was. Yeah. Don't do it.

[C]

If it's gonna be a state of 100%, John. Yes.

[B]

Yeah. Okay. But my focus, if you'll recall, is Ilhan Omar.

[C]

I'm not yeah, and that was a wonderful piece of showbiz, Joe. I mean, my God, it was perfect. It was a wonderful show business, the whole thing.

[B]

And she's. She. And she's there to play it, and she knows how to play it. I continue to believe that minute. Let's just bring it home. Minnesotans. Can be greatly affected by this woman's ideology. Either. Either this woman's ideology continues to prevail, as it is to a certain extent in Minnesota. It's prevailing. It's hidden under this nonsense of we're a compassionate people. Well, we're a compassionate people who don't know how to handle money. And many of the people you're probably trying to be compassionate about haven't gotten a bit of help one way or the other. But she holds a great deal of power over the direction of this state. And then more indirectly, she holds a great deal of power over the direction of the country.

[C]

Well said. And therein is the huge problem.

[B]

And we don't know what. What is that burning ember that makes her hold us, Me, for example. Me in such contempt.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Can I play one more thing? Oh, go ahead. Go ahead, Johnny, Go ahead.

[D]

I was just going to say, if I may make another point. Most of what we talk about that's the problem with the US Right now has been illustrated here in the last five minutes. Because there's not one of us four that would vote for Ilhan Omar.

[B]

Right.

[D]

It would never happen. None of us. But in the meantime, we're sitting and arguing over various aspects of something we agree on, which. And that's. And what has caused that? That's up to you, I guess, to decide. I know what I think has caused it.

[C]

Do you think that's that we're doing exactly what they want us to do?

[B]

Well, I think, John, the people who would vote for her, I think the people who do vote for her share that grievance. What else would motivate you? She does nothing else for your life. She brings no joy. She brings no sunshine. She brings no happiness. She brings no cheerleading for the country, much less District 5. So if you're voting for Ilhan Omar, you too share this bitterness or this contempt for the way things are in the country. And unfortunately, I think that's true. The closer you get to a lot of the country's tallest buildings, this is not found in rural America. There's still some happiness and joy in rural America, but there's a great. There's a great bitterness and roaring fire of discontent. The closer you get to the country's tallest buildings. And she has tapped into that. She not only has tapped into it, she might very well have been on the cutting edge of inventing it or bringing it forward. And she wins her races easily. Easily. So it would be my suspicion that the people who vote for, they just got real chips on their shoulder about the way things are working. Yes.

[C]

Wouldn't it be fun to ask those voters in the five what you asked us before we went on? We had a little quick conversation about how we're doing now compared to. And I think we picked out the mid-90s for an example. It'd be fun. All those people that voted for her. How are you doing now compared to how you were doing if you were alive and working, et cetera, et cetera. If you're of the age, how are you doing in the mid-90s?

[A]

Or if you even here in the first place?

[B]

But remember my answer.

[C]

They would have to be.

[B]

Chris, remember my answer. I don't know if I'm doing better today or in the mid-90s.

[C]

I definitely am.

[B]

I mean, you lead your life and you take care of your business, no matter what's happening. You gotta pay your bills and buy the food. And I don't know if I'm any better off today than I was 20 years ago. Yeah, I don't know.

[C]

Mid 90s for me was rock bottom.

[D]

But we were told last night, best work.

[B]

This is the best ever. You're better off than you've ever been in history. No more stunning example than Minnesota. Oh, still talking. He got to us. Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer. He didn't like this. And in actuality, the number is much higher than that. And California, Massachusetts, Maine and many other states are even worse. This is the kind of corruption that shreds the fabric of a nation. And we are working on it like

[A]

you wouldn't believe it.

[B]

So tonight, although started four months ago, I am officially announcing the war on fraud to be led by our great vice president, J.D. vance.

[D]

Okay, that made for some good memes.

[C]

Yeah, it was wonderful.

[D]

Look in front of J.D. it's right there. But it is hard, by the way, you know, made up of whole cloth.

[B]

If Ilhan truly had the interests of America at heart, then she would truly have an interest in all citizens. And if that was the case, she would not hesitate for a moment to come on this show. So her. She so stays in her lane.

[A]

How does she stand?

[B]

She stays in her lane, which has no room in it for anyone. Who might disagree with her contempt.

[A]

Yep, absolutely.

[B]

I mean, I don't know what her reaction would be if I to, you know, if you just said to her, you know, if you could interview her on a June day, for example, Ilhan, it's the state of 10,000 lakes. It's gorgeous out. Everything's green.

[A]

She's actually here.

[B]

Yeah. When we suffered through another winter and we're over it and everyone's outside and are you happy? Are you happy? I don't know what her answer would be.

[A]

Which one are you?

[B]

Yeah, I don't know which. Well, which one are you? If she said no, I'd say, which one are you?

[A]

But I think I'll share with the crowd what I said to you earlier today. Joe, off the air, they're all getting upset, especially with the fraud, because they realize this is coming to an end.

[B]

Can I state your theory for you?

[A]

Go ahead, please.

[B]

Reavers, you decide whether it's tin hat or not. He believes that the anger against Trump is driven by their fear of the spigot getting turned off for fraud money.

[D]

The anger from.

[B]

The anger from Democrats. They fear that Trump might be successful in ending fraud, which is a gargantuan task.

[A]

John, you can't disagree with the fact that we have a massive.

[B]

I said you can decide whether he puts on the tinfoil hat or not.

[D]

I agree completely with Chris on that. I don't think that's why people are angry at Trump, though. I don't think that's.

[A]

I think the reason politicians are mad at him is because of that.

[D]

Absolutely. What about Republican politicians are mad at him? Who are many right now?

[A]

No, with this specific topic, John, with the fraud.

[D]

Yeah, everybody's mad about that topic, but I don't think that's the anger directed at Trump.

[A]

But have you ever once heard Ilhan Omar come out and say, we have to do something about this fraud problem in the state of Minnesota?

[D]

No, I have not. But I've also heard her complain about many other things about Trump and every Democrat and a few people, because she

[A]

has nothing else to stand on politically.

[B]

That's her grievance. Yeah, well, Trump is more of a threat to not bring about the kind of country that she wants than a Democratic president. A Democratic president, given the way the progressives on the left are leaning, is far more amenable to Obama than, of course, Trump would ever be. She's the opposite of Trump. Although they might share a kindred spirit for graft. Well, I'm serious.

[D]

I know you are. Yeah.

[B]

They might Share a similar fondness for personal enrichment?

[D]

Might.

[B]

Yeah, they do. They share a personal fondness for personal enrichment. Did you find anything else, more about the winery? Yeah, phone number would be good.

[D]

It's. It's Ecru, but it's online. At Cru Crew Winery.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Madeira, California.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And you can't order online.

[B]

If you like, you can.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

All right.

[D]

And they have a website with a campaign donation. No, they don't. They don't have a website. They have a. I'm on the website. I'm sorry. CRU winery.com. yeah. And there is a phone number and there is also an email. And apparently it looks to me like it's a. It's a winery that has several kinds of wine, including their own. Does that make sense? So they get wines from other wineries too, it looks like. And their own wine.

[B]

Okay, now go back to the young woman chasing Ilhan down the hall and telling Ilhan, we can't find your winery. And it doesn't have a phone number. Well, apparently, yes, it does. There's always going to be enough where she can cover her ass. So far she has skated through everything. Fraud. Winery going from 67 grand in the hole to a net worth of 35 million. She's always been able to cover that.

[C]

I'd like to ask her, do you love this country? And when she gives the obvious answer of yes, tell me why. Why do you love this country?

[B]

And how are you? How has anything you done improved the lot of your constituents? How have they benefited from your presence in Congress? But unfortunately, we live in a time when you could ask that of virtually every member of Congress. Right. How have you argue with you? You give a bleep about a guy who owns a hardware store in Wichita, Kansas? No, the answer is they don't know where Wichita is, much less Ilhan. Omar's never been in a hardware store.

[A]

Mr. President, look, nobody stands up.

[B]

These people are still going. I'm telling you.

[D]

They're crazy.

[B]

Man, does he ever take a break for water.

[A]

He's got good stamina. You got to give him that.

[B]

He does.

[A]

He's been at it since what, seven o'? Clock?

[B]

You would think he would have needed a bathroom break at his age.

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Here's a man who spends hours in

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hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bolts of life.

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[B]

Minnesota wait, the members of you said he was winding down.

[A]

Apparently he's still going.

[B]

An estimated $19 billion from the God, he's repeating himself now. We should have known that our young algorithm master would have gotten onto the Ilhan Omar and Husband winery. What have you found, son? So I have found a letter from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is a subsidiary of the House of Representatives. The sent a letter to Timothy Minette, that's her husband, on February 5, 2026, just a month ago. And they state that 20 days ago. Yep, just 20 days ago. They say financial disclosure forms filed by your wife, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota show E Street Crew llc, which is the winery in question, and Rose Lake Capital llc, which Timothy is the president and co founder of, which you hold ownership stakes in, went from being worth as much as $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024. So that's talking about the jump in net worth of the winery itself. Then they say, given that these companies do not publicly list the investors or where their money comes from, the sudden jump in value raises concerns that unknown individuals may be investing to gain influence with your wife. Amazing. That's wonderful. John Heights News. And I believe John can add to that.

[D]

I can't. The Rosely Capital. I think it's the same investigation that Gabe was just talking about. Apparently they list that as being 20 million worth. 20 million. Even though that is my net consulting firm and I don't know what he consults with, but 20 million would be hard to believe. And the winery worth 1 to 5 million. Then when I looked back on the winery's history, apparently it was a quote, hot winemaker in 2022, marketed as a hot winemaker and made a bunch of wines. But then in 2024 they fell into financial distress and the winemaker, the fellow that was, you know, the guy that was in charge of putting their wines together and making them, stopped receiving payments in early 2023. And since then there's basically no information about the winery to be found.

[B]

So a very suspect winery that's worth 35ml.

[D]

If you all of a sudden, if

[B]

you go to roselakecapital.com There is not a single phone number, not a single email, not a single form where you can contact them.

[A]

I'm stunned.

[B]

And honestly, if you click on the LinkedIn link that they have that again, that page is not available. And that is the only thing that you can click on. What? Here's your latest. Ilhan Omar on Garage Logic. Why I want to talk to her. Do you think she would agree to talk to me if we weren't on the air. If we could just meet for coffee or something.

[D]

No, no, I don't think she would.

[A]

You know what? John gave out that. Or who. I forget who gave out the description. I don't want to drink hot wine.

[B]

Yeah, I think I. I think hot meant it was trendy.

[A]

Do you remember what she said to him when you had to boil the water? Joe, I don't want a glass of

[B]

boiling ice water while you wait, Pat, till it cools off. Here's John.

[C]

My mom knows how to drink wine. She puts an ice cube in a shot of vodka in every glass.

[A]

That's my gal right there.

[B]

Yeah,

[D]

the. The other thing that should be mentioned here, that website. The CRU website.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Is not the website of that winery. Even though it's est cru. CRU is not. And that's the first place. The first place that AI took me was to CRUS when I asked for Ilhano Martin, my nets winery.

[A]

So, I mean, I. I, for one, am stunned.

[D]

Not.

[A]

I mean, stunned.

[B]

You are, aren't you? God. Okay.

[D]

In. In news, by the way, this news is brought to you by North American Baking Company. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry called on other local leaders to stand up to the efforts to thwart democracy in a rebuttal speech to the State of the Union last night. Fry said at the State of the Swamp event at the National Press Club to local leaders, do not bow your head in despair or govern in fear. Stand up, speak out, defend your people. The oath you took was not to convenience. It was to the Constitution. The mayor's been at the center of national news after Minneapolis was the target of President Trump's recent immigration enforcement surge that led to two deaths at the hands of federal officers. Fry did not criticize Trump directly for the implications of sending ICE to the city, but approached his message with optimism, hope, and praise for the Minneapolis residents who protested ICE raids in the city. His speech drew loud cheers and buzz among the crowd, including event organizer Miles Taylor, that he should be elected to a higher office.

[C]

So Fry had his own rebuttal speech.

[D]

The Democrats had a. Like a drain. The Swamp Thing.

[A]

If they specifically titled it the State of the Swamp or whatever they did.

[D]

A bunch of. Bunch of Democrats spoke nationally. It wasn't just a local, it was in Washington.

[C]

Because I was wondering how the gal that runs the flower Shop on 38th, how she. I want to know what her rebuttal speech was.

[B]

Our country is winning again. That we really don't know what to do about it. I'm winning. People are asking me, please, please, please, Mr. President, we're winning too much, too much. We can't take it anymore. We can't take hanging anymore.

[D]

And he's still talking. I had to quit at 9:16 last night. Please don't, okay?

[A]

I told Joyce that he's still going. He's still going.

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Follow up to a story we had yesterday. The Hennepin County Attorney's office says the bail amount for a man accused of shooting and killing two of his cousins the day after his release from jail was higher than we would typically request. Court records show the man, whose identity was confirmed by the attorney's office as Eddie Duncan, was arrested on a warrant Feb. 15, charged with possessing a machine gun and fleeing Robbinsdale police during a traffic stop. The complaint and warrant, which were filed on January 30, said Duncan lost control and crashed before running away, and the officer noticed a modified handgun when he approached the car. On Sunday, Midwest Bonding LLC posted a $35,000 bond for his release. Jail records show Duncan was released on Monday, less than three hours before police say he opened fire on his family. Barring cases involving the death penalty, Minnesota law mandates bail as an option. His criminal history in Minnes limited with no felony convictions. He took a plea deal related to drug charges in 2025 and had been charged with weapons possession in juvenile court in 2019. Both cases were later dismissed after serving probation. The person suspected of shooting a man in the Maplewood Mall Sunday has been arrested by authorities. Yesterday, about 10:45 in the morning, the Maplewood and St. Paul police departments arrested two juvenile males involved in the shooting. Investigators say the video evidence helped identify the suspect. Maplewood police said that one of the boys has been identified as the shooting suspect and was booked into Ramsey County Jail for first degree assault, second degree Wyatt and possession of a firearm by an ineligible person. The other boy was booked for second degree riot. Three suspects in addition to the two juveniles are in custody. As previously reported. Maplewood police officers responded to them all about two in the afternoon on a report that a person had been shot shot inside the mall. Inside, police found a man with a gunshot wound to the hip. He was brought to the hospital with non life threatening injuries.

[B]

Do you think in the event that $35 million that Obama is supposedly worth is not Obama? I'm sorry. Same difference.

[A]

Omar oh Easy Reavers.

[B]

Ilhan Omar Silhan Omar do you think that she. Do you think that she says I'm entitled to steal as much as I can because of her grievances?

[A]

I wonder like she's owed it.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I want to show these people I hate this place so much, I'm going to steal their money. However, allegedly.

[D]

You know why you have a show, Joe. You think about stuff like that?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You think we'll have to pay her reparations on what she didn't steal?

[D]

On what she didn't steal.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my God, Kenny, you just reminded me she might come up with a bill.

[D]

Yeah. And State Fair is quickly approaching, you know.

[A]

Oh, come on, John.

[D]

Another concert announcement. This one at Oldie Show. Tommy James and the Shondell's. The latest grandstand show at the State

[B]

Fair to be crystal blue Persuasion.

[D]

That's them.

[B]

I'd love to hear that.

[D]

The band with special guest, Herman's Hermits,

[B]

are 98 years old and they never had a decent song.

[D]

Oh, they did.

[B]

Oh, no, they didn't, John. It was just bubblegum. Well, of course, so did Tommy James.

[D]

Tommy James had.

[B]

I think he had some great stuff.

[D]

I can't talk.

[B]

I think Tommy James is a rock star, John. He's a monster.

[D]

Hey, you ready? Tommy James had 23 gold singles.

[B]

How come he's playing the lounge at the Toledo Holiday Inn?

[D]

He's playing the State Fair. And he also. Both these people, Peter Noon and Tommy James, have shows on SiriusXM that are

[C]

on the main stage.

[D]

Quite fun. Yes.

[B]

The band, do they have enough.

[C]

Do they have enough wheelchair seating there?

[D]

Anyway,

[B]

stretchers.

[D]

Tommy James, the sh.

[B]

Mrs. Brown, you have a lovely daughter.

[C]

That's a state fair grandpa.

[A]

They have to do stretching exercises in between songs.

[C]

Give him some medicine to wake him up.

[D]

You guys, shut up. James and the SHS have 23 gold singles, including Crimson and Clover. Mooney. Mooney. And. Well, 21 other ones and nine platinum albums.

[B]

Well, I'm glad, John. I think they're doing well.

[D]

Hang on, I got a weird Minnesota connection for you. The group toured with Vice President Hubert Humphrey during the 68 presidential campaign, for which Humphrey. Humphrey showed his appreciation by writing liner notes for the next album, Crimson and Clover, which was released in December 1968.

[B]

I asked these bastards to turn it down now.

[C]

They got pretty good weed, though.

[A]

No, Kenny, I actually have that part with the singing with Humphrey. Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

[D]

Oh, God. I'm going to take a break now. And when we get back. You ready?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

When we get back, more on the Tommy.

[D]

We'll start with the nominees this year.

[B]

Rock and Roll show of the Year.

[A]

The rock and roll.

[D]

Just the nominees, not the inductees. They'll have to be voted on. But we'll let you know those.

[A]

What day was the show by the way, at the fair, John?

[D]

Oh, didn't I say?

[A]

I don't think you said after all that.

[D]

Let's see. That is Monday, August 30th. First tickets go on sale 11:30 in the morning. Ticket. Yes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's an early show this Friday, 7am Peter Noon.

[B]

Become a billion billionaire. All the fans get up at 4am Tremendous Financial.

[D]

He's got a fun show on SiriusXM. So does Tommy James. As a matter of fact.

[A]

I want to be a better.

[D]

You know. You know which only guy has the best show though on SiriusXM on Little Stevens Underground Garage on the weekends. Mark Lindsay, who was lead singer. Paul Re and the Raiders.

[B]

Oh yeah.

[D]

Great show. Yeah, wonderful show.

[C]

Talk about where to go get insulin with low prices.

[B]

They go to Canada. You got a bu like that. He lines up buses to go to Canada. Get it?

[D]

Why don't we.

[C]

There's a place in Mexico.

[D]

Take a break here from these men who have no respect for artists. We'll be back with those nominees for the hall of Fame. I'm sure that'll be fun.

[A]

Orthopedic shoes, that kind of crap. Ken.

[B]

A few minutes.

[D]

Chris, help.

[A]

Hey, you know it's not going to be advertising on that geriatric crap. We are nuts.

[B]

You're not allowed to eat nuts.

[A]

You're not because you know you got the bad choppers.

[B]

That's it.

[A]

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[D]

Thanks, Chris. All right, here we go. Nominees, 20, 26 class. Let's go with the people that have already been on the thing. First is a ticket but have not made it. And then we'll do the new people.

[A]

Yep.

[D]

So here's the ones who are holdovers from last year.

[B]

All right.

[D]

Black Crows.

[B]

Yeah, no, I'm going.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

I'm gonna go. No, just not enough of body of work.

[D]

Oh, my God. There's like eight albums.

[B]

I don't care.

[A]

The Black Curls, Johnny.

[B]

I do like them, John. I do like.

[C]

I like any band where the two brothers in the band could go to fish the cuffs any second. I love those guys.

[B]

You know what? I'm changing my vog because I like them so much. I'm putting them in.

[D]

Boy, pretty steady in that conviction there.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Mariah Carey.

[B]

No. I don't know.

[A]

Well, but I mean. No.

[B]

Every time she appears somewhere, she lip syncs her music.

[C]

Has never appeared on a rock and roll stage.

[A]

Here's the thing. I'm not a fan, but. But she sold more records than anything.

[C]

You're voting for her strictly based on her bosoms.

[A]

I'm not going to disagree. Yeah, I'm not going to disagree.

[B]

I'm saying no to that one. John.

[D]

I'm going to. I'm going, yes. Even though I'm not really a fan.

[A]

Yeah, I'm not a fan either.

[D]

Not a fan.

[A]

But I'm going. What she wanna want for Christmas?

[B]

What a word. I can't say.

[D]

Billy Idol.

[B]

No, no, I'm going.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

I'm.

[C]

Billy always made me.

[B]

Of course you would.

[C]

There's something wrong. Something about him. I don't know what it is.

[D]

That really rock and roll making you uncomfortable. Boy, we hate to have that.

[B]

Oh, boy, he's not enough. Word.

[A]

You kind of earned that one also.

[C]

That one hurt, John.

[D]

I'm sorry. Solar Plexus. Iron Maiden.

[B]

Yes. Just because they just seem like great guys.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, I'm putting them in.

[C]

Yep.

[D]

I, I, you know, is it okay to have no opinion on some of them? I don't know.

[A]

Yeah, I like some of their Maiden guy.

[D]

I like some of their stuff and

[B]

I, I hate their music. I just think they're Neat.

[D]

Well, you don't like rotten to.

[B]

Oh, God, they're horrible. They're horrible. The singer. I can't sing. I hate it. He can fly a plane, but he can pilot that jet.

[D]

How about Joy Division? Sl. New Order?

[B]

Hell, no.

[C]

New Order, huh?

[B]

Stuff by then was New Order. Joy Division.

[D]

It was, I think two guys, right? Or one guy, maybe even.

[B]

Is it New Order, Age of Consent?

[D]

Yeah. Yes.

[B]

Yeah, I like that a lot. But I can't put them in for one song.

[C]

Any band called Joy Division, I hate.

[B]

Yeah, I can't right away. Yeah.

[D]

I can't wait for the argument on this one. Oasis.

[B]

Hell, no.

[A]

Oh, no. They have to go in.

[C]

Although.

[A]

Wait. Help me. Hold on.

[D]

Help me.

[A]

Is this just an American deal?

[D]

No, it's a rock and roll hall.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

That's why the Beatles are in. It's just an American.

[A]

No, no, no, no. My point is, they're. They're success worldwide.

[B]

They.

[A]

They're first ballot. You have to put them in.

[C]

But they love themselves.

[D]

They're not first so much, Chris. These are the ones that run the ballot.

[B]

Already been nominated.

[A]

They sell out massive.

[D]

What sales have to do with the Rock and Roll hall of Fame?

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I've seen them live.

[D]

They're great.

[B]

I'm not putting them in.

[A]

They're.

[D]

I would not put them in either, but that's me. I do have a very pedestrian. I have a sibling who thinks they're one of the two or three best bands in the history of R. Well,

[B]

that sibling needs to be in a home.

[A]

What's his favorite song? Champagne Supernova is tough to beat. That's a great. To him.

[C]

Chris, you should stop talking.

[D]

You really should.

[A]

All right.

[D]

Shade.

[C]

Yes. Oh, my God, yes.

[D]

I would have had her in last year.

[A]

I don't like Sade.

[B]

I have no opinion.

[D]

Oh, God. Wonderful.

[A]

She had a bump in Geo.

[B]

I'm not sure.

[A]

Did we play them?

[D]

I have some. I'm not sure.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

All right. You ready for the new nominees?

[B]

Yes.

[D]

First timers, as we call them. Jeff Buckley. Yeah.

[C]

He had one album.

[B]

One song.

[A]

No.

[D]

What album?

[B]

I'm not putting them in.

[D]

I'm not either.

[B]

I'm not putting them in.

[A]

You can't go to.

[B]

What else?

[D]

Know who he is, you know, Hallelujah.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. That song's.

[D]

And he walked into the water and drowned in real life.

[A]

This is his first time being on the ballot.

[B]

Well, he ain't making it on my ballot. Okay. He ain't making it.

[D]

Okay. I think probably the one Album. Chris is. Yeah, maybe. What held them back. I gotcha. I don't know. As a solo artist, he's already in. As a member of Genesis, Phil Collins.

[A]

He's got to go in. Yes.

[B]

I'm gonna go. Yes.

[D]

I'm gonna go. Yes. There too.

[B]

I'm gonna go. Yes.

[A]

Look at Kenny. I'll play the role of rookie.

[B]

There's more to him than meets the eye.

[A]

He's a talented dude.

[B]

Yeah, I agree.

[D]

Lauren Hill,

[C]

interesting because I love her so much, but body of one work.

[D]

One. That's the same thing.

[C]

One album.

[D]

But it was a brilliant album.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Enough for me. She ain't going in.

[C]

It was awesome.

[B]

He Ain't going In album.

[A]

That halftime show was so great.

[B]

Let her come back next year as a two timer.

[D]

Melissa E. Nope. I'm. I'm on the. I'd have to be on the fence, John. I'm on the fence for that one.

[B]

No way. Nop. I'm saying no.

[D]

She got a really good new album too.

[B]

You know, the funny thing about this bit, we do it every year ever since the hall opened is that from day one, I was arguing it's not much of a hall of fame because too many people get in if they need. If they had baseball rules, you wouldn't have all these.

[A]

So you're saying this should be the hall of. Very good.

[B]

This is just the hall of people who sold a lot of records.

[A]

Got it. Have you been to the Rock and Roll hall of Fame?

[B]

I have not.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Sorry for asking.

[D]

I'm gonna start answering you like that, Chris. New Edition. That's interesting.

[B]

Hell no.

[D]

I would go, no, I don't.

[B]

God almighty. I put in the cow seals.

[D]

I like the cows.

[B]

I know you do. New Edition.

[C]

Aren't they like a boy band?

[D]

Well, they were an R B vocal band. They were.

[C]

Is that Mr. Wendell Marky Mark in that band?

[A]

That's a rest of development.

[D]

You're right. No, it's Arrested Development. In excess.

[A]

Oh, God. Yes.

[D]

I'm going, no.

[A]

What?

[D]

I like them. They're good to Joe's argument two minutes ago. Really good band. But were they.

[A]

I don't like Ink.

[B]

Inks?

[C]

Yeah. I'm not down with Inks.

[A]

Suicide Blonde.

[B]

But they didn't do enough. He killed himself too soon. I'm going, no.

[D]

Suicide Blonde's a great song. I agree, but I just don't think the body.

[B]

That there.

[A]

You shock me. Well, I like them.

[D]

I just said I like them a lot, Chris.

[B]

I can think of better Australian groups.

[A]

Oh, yeah, Name one.

[B]

Men at Work.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Little River Band.

[C]

Men at Work.

[B]

I like them.

[D]

I love. God. Overkill by Men at Work is, you know.

[C]

Turn your mic. You don't get microphone privileges for the rest of the show. Joe, you're done.

[E]

Men at Work.

[D]

Men at Work was a good band. Leave him alone.

[C]

You're also done. It's the Canyon Chris show from now on. Chris, I don't like your music either. Welcome to the Kenny Show.

[A]

Gabe, you can chime in occasionally.

[B]

Keep going, Johnny Pink. Hell, no. She's a trapeze artist.

[D]

I don't know enough of her stuff. She is.

[A]

You know what, though? I don't think she should be in. Her voice is amazing.

[B]

Yeah, great.

[D]

She does have a great voice.

[B]

She ain't getting in.

[C]

I can't name one Pink song. But I'd like to hang out with her. She seems like she'd be fun.

[A]

She'd hang out with us. At the Sloop.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

At the Saloon.

[D]

Shakira.

[B]

Hell, no.

[A]

Those hips, baby. She should go in just for that.

[B]

Just for the booty. No, no. It's a no.

[D]

Luther Vandross, no.

[C]

Well, I. I love Luther Van. Is that rock and roll?

[B]

Well, of course not. This thing has nothing to do with rock.

[C]

I mean, Joe, his music makes women. Women's clothes just pop off.

[D]

This is a conversation boom.

[C]

Close her eyes.

[A]

Thanks, Luther.

[D]

Is this okay? We have one left, then.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Is this rock and Roll? Wu Tang Clan?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, God. Yes.

[C]

Rock and roll.

[B]

But rock and roll. I'm not letting them in because I don't like their name.

[D]

I can't go with your Luther Vandross argument then, Kenny. Because I'm going for Luther. And I'm going for Wu Tang.

[B]

So, John, there's hardly anybody you wouldn't put in.

[A]

No.

[C]

You know what? Makes sense if I.

[B]

You're right.

[C]

If Woo gets in or the T. What do we call the Tang? If they go in, Luther goes in.

[B]

John. How about her and Hermit Joe?

[D]

I just said not going in. Jeff Buckley. Lauren Hill. Even though I love her in excess. Not going in. New Edition. Not going in. Pink. Not going in. Shakira. It seems to me your argument is,

[B]

how about Tommy James and the Chandel Shondell? The who?

[D]

It's easy for you to say.

[B]

Tommy. Tommy James.

[D]

Tommy James. Chandel. I'd go with a no on that one. However, I would go with a yes. And Paul river and the Raiders. What do you think of that?

[B]

I think that's weird because Tommy James in the Shondell's had better albums than Paul Revere and the Raiders.

[D]

Well, I would disagree on that, but Jesus. Yeah, so your argument is wrong there, I guess. One, two, three. Yeah, I. Over half. I didn't want to go in anyway.

[C]

We should do a show about the bands that aren't in there and that have. Excuse me. Never been nominated. America. There's so many hit makers from the seventies.

[D]

The Guess who.

[C]

The. Yeah, that haven't even been nominated.

[B]

I put in the Guess who.

[D]

No, watch Kenny go nuts on this one. It's a sin and a shame one of the best bands of the last 40 years isn't in there yet.

[B]

Who?

[D]

Los Lobos.

[B]

Okay, I don't disagree. I put them in.

[C]

I mostly like just making fun of you.

[B]

We don't need to take a. Over.

[C]

Lost.

[D]

It's Los, not lost.

[A]

One of the things that I. You got me, you bastard. One of the things that I'm just terribly disappointed about is the fact that when this annual tradition came out, Matthew was not here to participate.

[D]

That's a good point.

[C]

No wonder it was so fun. This time I didn't get angry.

[B]

Juan, he doesn't know the groups.

[A]

Well, that and I think he is currently doing a taste test.

[B]

He sent me a video in which he called Digging in. And he's testing or tasting proposed wedding food for one of the kids he's about to used to have.

[D]

Right.

[B]

And you know, I think back over the years, I never went to such a thing.

[A]

Did you go for yours?

[B]

No, I don't think they existed.

[D]

Yeah, I don't think they did when I was married.

[A]

Well, you want the chicken or the fish?

[B]

I mean, what are you gonna do? It's all gonna be rubber chicken, chicken. No matter what they serve, it's going to be wedding food.

[C]

We eloped, so we had a bottle of Cuervo and a bag of weed.

[D]

Hey, we. We did get a message on the Rock and Roll hall of Fame thing from our buddy Tom, who comes in there and bugs us sometimes. Bugs you guys? Yeah, Tom says you are all old and crusty. New or new?

[A]

New.

[D]

New Order is awesome. Huge body of work, but.

[B]

Yeah, but what about Joy Division?

[D]

But you top 40 kids have no idea. In Excess is great, too. The rest on that list is crap.

[C]

Tom, you have been suspended without paying.

[B]

Don't email us anymore.

[C]

Come back next week.

[D]

I think you tell him that about once a week, don't you, Joe?

[B]

He doesn't listen to him.

[A]

No, he's like us.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. You want to take a time out?

[B]

I guess.

[A]

Okay. Go ahead, Micha. Earth is not your mother.

[B]

The Joe Sugiray show.

[A]

Wait, Share with the class what you two shared off there, because I don't think Kenny heard it.

[B]

I'm putting in excess back.

[A]

Yeah, I'm going into. We just rocked up. I'm going suicide blonde during the break.

[B]

You know this. I just want to say something about the, about the Epstein files, but Trump's still talking.

[A]

Do you want to hear from him

[B]

or you still going?

[A]

I'm just kidding. Go ahead.

[B]

The. This poor Stephen Hawking is. He's no longer with us.

[A]

You're going there?

[B]

Well, he's pictured all over the Daily Mail and he's flanked by women in bikinis and they're having a cocktail or whatever.

[A]

What site? Sorry.

[B]

And my point is, so what? They weren't children and he wasn't about to cause any problems.

[C]

He's not going to get it anywhere else is.

[D]

Did you. I don't know how to say this without sounding crude.

[B]

Well, then be careful.

[C]

Do it.

[D]

If you've looked at the picture, their faces are blacked out.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

You can't tell if they're underage. Really.

[B]

Well, I just went by the body. They looked older than.

[C]

What was going on with Hawking. Below the belt.

[D]

No.

[B]

My stuff working? No, I'm just saying, you know. Well, the guy probably had very few occasions like that in his life. I mean, you just let him be.

[C]

Throw him a bone. Well, it wouldn't be a bone.

[B]

Throw something. I, I, I'm basing that, John, on the fact that those women were of age.

[A]

Can I ask a question?

[B]

Yeah. If they, if they weren't, then I take it all back.

[A]

I have a question.

[B]

He's just as much when he's, when

[A]

he's flirting with the gals.

[B]

And another thing.

[A]

Here we go.

[B]

When Bill G. Bill Gates has to apologize.

[A]

Night.

[B]

Bill Gates says, well, I had a date with two Russian women.

[D]

So what? Yeah, I saw that.

[A]

So what?

[B]

Shut up, Gates. Go away.

[D]

I have, I have a.

[B]

Go ahead.

[D]

Something I'd like to add to the conversation.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Now, this is from AI. Okay. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, Jesus.

[D]

Yes, Stephen Hawking was capable of having sexual relationships and had an active romantic life despite his severe physical limitations. He was married twice. Twice. Had three children and was known to be a flirt.

[B]

I'll be damned.

[C]

And he wasn't always like that. I mean, there was a point in his life where he was, you know, getting around.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Getting around. Okay.

[B]

Never mind.

[A]

When he's sitting in the chair and he's got the two Babes on each side.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Does he, Is he typing it into the, the screen?

[B]

No, he just laying there. He's kind of enjoying.

[A]

Wasn't that his form of communication?

[B]

Yeah, but I don't think he was worried about talking at that point.

[D]

Point.

[B]

You know. He was. Yeah. Did you fall from heaven?

[C]

You look like an angel.

[B]

Oh, gosh.

[A]

No, you're not.

[B]

I have some good news.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

There's one of him with a couple of blondes and they're underwater and like a little submarine.

[B]

They wouldn't let him swim, would they?

[D]

I think he's looking out a window.

[A]

He's looking out like the, the spy glass window.

[C]

Sewing those orange collar vests on them.

[A]

I'm not a strong swimmer.

[B]

Not a strong swimmer.

[A]

God, we're going to hell, you know.

[B]

Well, you are. All of you are. I was just trying to defend the guy and say, leave him alone.

[A]

Oh, here he's at a.

[B]

Unless they're young, then I take it all back. But I, I, I, I thought they were not.

[A]

Well, John makes a good point, though. If their faces are blacked out, doesn't that mean they're in fact going to. I don't know what that means.

[D]

No. The Epstein files blacked out faces so that people wouldn't be identified.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

When they didn't screw it up and forget and leave the faces there. Yeah, that is true.

[A]

That was that.

[B]

May I tell you a few good news?

[A]

Do you want to have a drink?

[B]

John, do you live in Champlin?

[D]

I do not. But I'm the next city over. I live in Andover. I'm two cities over.

[B]

All right. Well, Champlin, the city of Champlin. My hat's off to you. They voted three to two Monday night to continue flying the old Minnesota flag flag. It's city owned property. That's very, very. That's hard.

[A]

Good for you, Champlin.

[B]

Aiken does too, I believe. Crow wing. I think Crow wing flies the old flag.

[A]

If you were to get out state, and I'm not ripping anybody especially, why

[B]

would you fly this Somali flag?

[A]

But you see more the old flag, way more outstate than you do in

[B]

the new flag is putrid.

[A]

It is.

[B]

It means nothing.

[A]

Yes, sir. Hey, Stephen,

[B]

you know the Champlin City council, they had a debate and they sharply criticized the process that was used to select the new state flag. That was in 2023, when the Democrats were in control of everything and they passed an omnibus bill which created a state commission to redesign the Minnesota flag. You had no say in it, did you? Nope. Nope. And I think that was the year that Walls blew the surplus too. They were drunk with power and they did everything they could to ruin the state, including come up with a new flag, which is just horribly unimaginative and says nothing about the state of Minnesota. And the old one was not racist. It was not insensitive. It was a beautiful piece of work. Work. And I only fly the old one. So there. In fact, the minute they changed the flag, I made sure to buy a couple of new old flags.

[C]

At Monday's hearing, members of the public were invited to express their thoughts on which flag should be flown by the city of Champlain. The majority of public testifiers voiced their support for the old flag and their distaste for the new flag.

[A]

Flag.

[B]

That's a ray of hope. Yep, it's a ray of hope. I would imagine more and more of the 87 counties that are outstate probably fly the old flag and never even said a peep about it. They just keep flying it. Only because they come to us.

[C]

Only two members voted to keep the new flag flying.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Before you walk us out of here, I have a quiz for all of you.

[B]

I love quizzes.

[C]

What does EIDBI stand for?

[A]

One more time.

[C]

E I D B I.

[B]

Excellence in Broadcasting.

[C]

Rush Limbaugh Early Intensive Development and Behavioral Intervention. What does that mean?

[B]

You mean autism?

[C]

Fraud means autism. That's what we're talking about today on Krabby the Autism Fraud. We have Representative Patty Anderson, A Republic from District 33. That's Hugo Forest Lake, Greater Monometa in Delwood. And she was the state auditor. She's the co chair of the House Fraud Prevention Committee and she's going to be joining us today.

[B]

Did autism exist in 1950 to pick a year?

[C]

I believe it did. But there has been widespread fraud, I mean insanely widespread fraud in the autism department.

[B]

I'll say.

[C]

Yeah, it's really bad.

[B]

Well, that could be my next assignment. I could go to the Department of Human Services website, select a dropdown and I could give you all the programs that Minnesota has to do with fraud. There's probably another 20.

[C]

Yeah, easy. Yep.

[B]

Only because they come to us all the way from Penguin. Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia. The mink told me Penguins. A ton of about 4,000 people on Tasmania. Tasmania is an island, isn't it? Staff, anyone?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Their hockey team, the Devils.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Thank you. On this day.

[A]

Crazy dude, wasn't he?

[B]

A rough traveling Lymans. This is from the traveling line, February 21st. Well, this state really is hung up on making a big deal out of the fact that we named counties. 1856. On this day, February 25th, Morrison and Sherburn counties were created. Morrison was named for fur traders William and Alien. I'm sorry, Willie. William and Alan Morrison. Sherburne was named for Moses Sherburne, a justice in the territorial supreme court court. I would think Moses would have been a better county name. I would have gone with Moses. On this day, February 25th, Wanton county was established. Named for the river. Wanton means I see in Dakota. But the name of the river may have had a misspelling because of a wanton one. Fish bait. I don't know what that means. Okay, on this day, want one. So was. Is February 25th the official county naming day in the state? I believe so, because on this. This day in 1879, February 25th, Kitson and Marshall counties were created. Kitson honors Norman W. Kitson, a prominent territorial pioneer and martial honors William R. Marshall, fifth governor of the state, and Oman Marshall. Martin McLeod, Meeker, Mille, Lacks, Morris and Maurer Murray are your M counties in Kennebec. Kandahai, Kitson and Coothiching are your K counties.

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I wonder if it has anything to do with being early in the session.

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Maybe that's it, Kenny. And they didn't have anything else to do because they hadn't invented fraud yet.

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And that's all in that same area?

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Basically, yeah.

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Down the southwest corridor.

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On this day in sports disappointment history,

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Joe, who did we lose to on February 25th?

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Well, on this day in 1976, the Fighting Saints played their last game of their first existence, losing to the San Diego Mariners 2 to 1 in overtime. Then they came back, I think as another.

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I thought they were the San Diego Gulls.

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Well, what's your name?

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Chris.

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They. They defeated the San Diego Mariners. Okay, okay, okay. Maybe it's the Gulls today. Okay.

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Well, that was a fun game to go to, Kenny. San Diego hotel hockey, everyone. Every time a guy score has the puck, whether he's behind his own net,

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shoot, you know what? That's. Given the way hockey's going, that's not bad. I was screaming that during the gold medal.

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William and I had the greatest time. They had no idea what was going on, but everyone was a point four, and it was fantastic. Oh, it was such a.

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Where's the rink at?

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In San Diego, right by SeaWorld World.

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Downtown.

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Yeah, right down. It's. It's really cool, huh? It was fun. We had a good time.

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Thank you. G. Ellers. Yes, sir.

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Chris, I do not know whether you watch it or you watch all of it, part of it or just watch the response by Virginia Governor Spanberg. But I thought in our house we had two different channels going on this. It was very good, what I call theater. And I would say the President's speech and I did not realize that it was the longest speech around because it moved fairly quickly and it emphasized points I'm sure that he wanted to emphasize such as cutting taxes and when I, when I vote for candidates and I'm looking for their how they're going to deal with taxes, trade and Israel. And I am of the belief and I've shared this with you and my clients, friends and radio listeners since I've been on say radio dating back to about the same time that Joe and Pat started a kstp. The lower the tax rate, whether it be capital gains or income tax rate on individuals, the greater the money that the government collects because the lower the taxes in particular on capital gains taxes. The more people will want to work and the more money that's in their pocket, whether it's individuals or businesses, the more they want will save and invest. And on that note, President pushing for tax cuts even after the big beautiful bill was passed was music, I'll say to my, to my ears. Second, very, very impressed as he pointed out different guests, whether it be the US Men's hockey team that did come and the award of the President's medal to the goalie who by the way did a phenomenal, phenomenal job in the Olympics and the special notices to veterans and others that were in the audience and the special mentions and the awarding of military honors honors, whether it be the Purple Hearts to the Virginia National Guard members or to the Congressional Medals of Honor awarded to an ace from the Korean War and to the helicopter pilot in the recent Venezuela action. Very, very impressive and inspiring. I also like the push for banning inside trade by members of Congress and Senate that was very powerful and the

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offer

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of providing benefits that Congress gets to non government or non government people. Again, very, very good the response from the Virginian governor who was elected as a moderate and her response focusing on affordability. Okay, very good. Tried to make a contrast between the president's policies and her party policies. But what I find off putting and of course this was not brought out was the governor ran and was elected on affordability and making things affordable for everybody. But the policies that she has so far from include increasing, we'll call it taxes and levies not just on millionaires, but on small businesses and on utilities, would make things a lot less affordable and would put Virginia from a, a lower tax state into one of the highest tax states. That does not sound like affordability, but we'll see what happens from the fall. Meantime, going back to artificial intelligence, competition definitely heats up in that arena and we'll find more about some of the competition around both some of the hardware and software tonight when Nvidia, the largest company by market capitalization in the S&P 500 and in NASDAQ reports their earnings. Nvidia stock has been stuck in a very narrow trading range over the last several, several months. And I'll say a lot is expected from this particular earnings report to see where sales are coming from, how much sales are going to accelerate going into the future. What is the impact, we'll say even on memory prices which continue to sky the skyrocket. What kinds of new customers has Nvidia garnered? And is Nvidia going to be putting themselves in the same place as Advanced Micro, Advanced Microsystems or excuse me, Advanced Microsystems, AMD who yesterday signed a deal with Meta, also known as Facebook, where Meta agreed to buy GPU, GPUs and other processors from AMD. And AMD essentially would give Meta warrants to purchase up to 20% of AMD subject to certain performance clauses. Now Nvidia has cut several deals with companies around purchase of chips but they have not as of yet given out warrants to buy shares in the in the company. Now the warrants of course for the AMD is offering Meta are performance based and I'm sure that there's a price attached to them but that's 20% or would give a Meta a 20% ownership stake in AMD which I'll say following a similar move that amd made with OpenAI last fall would mean that if all the performance features are accounted for, both OpenAI and Meta would own a significant amount of AMD. And there's a warrant issuance to me is shared dilutive or dilutive to current shareholders but we'll wait to see what goes on with that. And then of course there's Anthropic which has a leading and Anthropic is a private company with one of the larger stakeholders in that is Amazon. But Anthropica's product called Quad has been garnering tremendous amounts, not only press but attention that could that the product Quad could replace a lot of software names. I don't think that's totally going to be the case but in looking at some earnings at least coming out of work workday, overnight workday has definitely been hurt by the rise of products like Claude as working sales and revenues and guidance is down. Get a little bit more on that when Salesforce reports tomorrow but AI is with us. I don't think it's anything to be fearful of. I think it is going to be a very useful tool that will enhance productivity. I'll say across, across the board so be be prepared. Some of the major winners in this I do believe are going to be Apple, Amazon and Google. But that will be over time.

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Excellent advice as always, Mr. Money. You heard him G elers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and to make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugarcoated advice. Josh, as always thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day. We'll talk to you again tomorrow.

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Look forward to it. Thanks, Chris.

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