2/3 Memphis city council member thinks snow is fake because she couldn't melt it with a lighter

Summary

Garage Logic Podcast: February 3, 2026

Episode 1708 – "Memphis City Council Member Thinks Snow is Fake Because She Couldn't Melt It with a Lighter"

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Main Theme and Purpose

This episode of Garage Logic centers around the viral news from Memphis, Tennessee, where two city council members publicly claimed that recent snowfall was "fake" and could not be melted with a lighter. The hosts dissect the absurdity of these claims, discuss broader themes of common sense vs. ignorance, and connect the story to ongoing national issues around misinformation, social media, and political leadership. In the second half, the conversation pivots to immigration policy, offering candid opinions and riffing on a proposed “blue card” system for long-term residents and Dreamers, attributed to both Hugh Hewitt (conservative commentator) and host Joe Soucheray.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Memphis Fake Snow Controversy

• Incident Summary: Two Memphis City Councilmembers, Pearl Walker and Yolanda Cooper Sutton, claimed on social media and in local news interviews that recent Memphis snow was "man-made" and failed to melt under a lighter (02:16–04:00).

  • Their posts, videos, and public statements garnered mockery and concern over the level of misinformation among elected officials.
  • Notable Quote (Councilwoman Walker, via ABC24):

    "I’m not going to deny my reality because of someone else’s comfort zone or lack thereof." (04:57)

  • Hosts’ Reaction: The Garage Logic crew expresses disbelief and humor at the lack of basic scientific understanding, repeatedly poking fun at the lingo and defense used by the council members.

• Local Meteorologist’s Input (06:07–07:03):

  • Chief meteorologist Trevor Burchett explains that the snow felt different because it was mixed with sleet, which melts less readily than typical, powdery snow, not because it was "fake."
  • Quote (Burchett):

    "Sleet takes forever to melt and that's why we're seeing it stick around for so many days." (06:44)

• Broader Satire & Riffing:

  • The podcast crew draws comparisons to other instances of elected officials displaying scientific ignorance, noting, “This is right up there with [Congressman] Hank Johnson thinking islands tip over” (08:16).
  • They also laugh at the explanation that the councilwoman was posting in a "personal capacity, not as District 3 councilwoman" (11:36), quipping about the “off-duty light” for politicians.

• Social Media Misinformation:

  • The hosts lament the role of Facebook and viral videos in turbo-charging baseless claims to wider audiences, emphasizing the dangers when public figures join in (11:28–12:31).

• Recurring Quotes & Comedy:

  • “‘I’m in my feelings.’ That’s what she said. That’s a new level for politicians!” (11:13)
  • “What makes you look out your front window and think, ‘Here we go. Where’s my lighter?’” (16:41)

2. Broader Commentary on Conspiracy Theories and Elected Officials

• The crew references similar bizarre claims by other politicians (09:01–09:09), such as blaming the Rothschild family for climate control.
• Satirizes the conflation between skepticism and conspiracy theories:

  “She’s actually angry that other people’s intelligence don’t match hers to determine that this wasn’t real.” (08:16)

3. National Immigration Policy Discussion

• Segway to National Issues (25:51+): After the Memphis discussion, the episode transitions to U.S. immigration policy amid a government shutdown over DHS funding.

• Hugh Hewitt "Blue Card" Idea (28:17–32:35):

  • The hosts discuss a proposal—to grant long-term undocumented immigrants and Dreamers a special "blue card" status, renewable every 5 years, provided the individual has no criminal record and pays taxes.
  • The plan is praised for its common-sense approach, distinguishing law-abiding residents from criminals, and giving political cover to both parties.
  • Host Quote:

    “Trump could be a hero… He could also be the one to finally settle the issue of the Dreamers and long-settled immigrants…” (38:00)

• Debate on Political Realities:

  • There is heavy skepticism that such a plan would ever be adopted, citing deep polarization and the tribal nature of political discourse.
  • The hosts argue that many detractors “wouldn’t accept [the plan] because it comes from Trump,” no matter the merits (41:06–41:58).
  • Memorable Back-and-Forth:

    "If Trump cured cancer, he'd be ripped for depriving doctors of an income." (42:24)

  • They cite a local example of ICE raids and the loss of personal connections, reflecting on the human side of immigration anxieties (72:05–73:10).

4. Local and State Government: Fraud and Administrative Dysfunction

• The hosts discuss revelations that the Minnesota Department of Human Services is only reviewing a fraction (about 20%) of Medicaid claims for fraud, despite high-profile contracts intended to combat abuse (54:21–60:11), lamenting systemic mismanagement and waste.
  • “Industrial strength fraud. It’s rampant. It’s in every agency.” (59:41)

5. Satirical Tangents & Podcast Traditions

• Armenian “Ministry of Sex” (77:06–80:58): The crew reads a story about Armenia considering a government department to address women’s sexual dissatisfaction, riffing on outdated medical ideas and joking about ministerial job opportunities and band names.
• Sports & Nostalgia (83:03+): Wrap-up includes “On this day in Minnesota history,” local sports disappointments, and their usual signoffs.

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Memphis Snow Conspiracies:

  • "What is falling from the sky hitting the ground? Oh my God. We can't make this up." – Chris summarizing local coverage (03:00)
  • "I’m not going to deny my reality because of someone else’s comfort zone or lack thereof." – Councilwoman Walker, via news clip (11:10)

• On Social Media's Role:

  • “What have I been saying about social media for so long?” (11:28)
  • “We just need to have fun with this nonsense, because we’re going to drive ourselves crazy.” (13:31)

• On National Politics:

  • "You could be a hero. You could be a hero—if you could, just for one day." – Paraphrasing David Bowie on the possibility of Trump transcending partisanship (75:09)
  • "If Trump played this right…how are you going to find fault with that?" (63:50)

• Reflecting on the Limits of Reason:

  • "You can't compete with stupidity." (62:54)
  • "They're not going to refute. They won't take yes for an answer." (71:51)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Time | Topic/Quote | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------| | 02:16-04:00 | Memphis councilmembers' snow conspiracy explained | | 04:53-06:02 | Councilwoman Walker's viral quote & local news | | 06:07-07:03 | Meteorologist debunks "fake snow" theory | | 08:16-09:09 | Elected official ignorance satire | | 11:10-11:38 | More quotes from Walker, hosts’ parody | | 13:31 | “Have fun with this nonsense…” (host’s advice) | | 25:51+ | Transition to immigration debate | | 28:17-38:00 | Explanation & support for Hewitt "blue card" plan | | 41:06-41:58 | Political obstacles for any Trump proposal | | 54:21-60:11 | Medicaid fraud, state mismanagement discussion | | 77:06-80:58 | Armenian “Ministry of Sex” story, comedy segment |

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Tone and Style

The conversation is briskly irreverent, sarcastic, and grounded in the show’s typical “common sense” angle. The hosts blend news summaries, character-driven humor, and exasperated asides about the state of politics, media, and bureaucracy. Quotes and satirical riffs are delivered in character, frequently exaggerating for comic effect.

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For Listeners New to the Episode

• You’ll hear: A granular breakdown—and sustained mockery—of how and why two Memphis officials decided their snow was "man-made," and what that says about the modern information environment.
• You’ll get: The hosts’ run at a meaningful immigration proposal in plain language, followed by a philosophical musing on the futility of trying to change tribal political minds.
• You’ll laugh at: Persistent callbacks to viral internet moments, a skewering of city council logic, and the imaginative expansion of the Armenian sex ministry.

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"I can't excuse the idiocy in the country. All you can hope is that a little more common sense begins to return." – Joe Soucheray (64:20)

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Transcript

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1708.

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1708.

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Yeah. Job, Kenny.

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Hail the Flashlight King.

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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. Hi, Kenny Olson from the crabby coffee.

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Shop Melon Head in the newsroom.

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And of course, the rookie here, Flashlight.

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He didn't wave fireworks.

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And the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Susher. You got that news story from Memphis right away. I. I think it's something that needs to be addressed. All right, A two. This is very important to the national scene.

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Let's.

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What do you got?

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Breaking news.

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These are people who represent us.

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Oh, I hope not.

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But okay.

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You did send it to me, correct?

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You did it yourself. You went in. Ooh.

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In other news today, Kenny. No, we're good. Give me a minute.

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Let me set it up for you. You've got two council. City council members in Memphis, Tennessee. They just experienced the big winter storm down there.

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They did.

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And two of them think the snow is fake. Meaning one of them lit a lighter to it and claims it didn't melt.

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It's like the cheese at the Dollar Store. Okay.

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Council members Pearl Walker and Yolanda Cooper Sutton both publicly said the snow was artificial. They had Facebook posts and comments. Claims of fake snow have been rampant on social media. It's not melting. It stinks when you set fire to it. Oh, my Lord. Sweet Jesus. What is happening?

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It's a snow.

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Yolanda Cooper Sutton, Memphis City Council. What's WTW mean in social media talk? What in the world? WTW and wth wtw. So we decided to see what was real. Falling, hitting the ground. She said it's not melting. No. And then they show. Then they created a Video that was picked up by the local news down there that showed a slow moving flame licking snow, but no water drips. And they set it to a dramatically slow song. The Tragedy of Ignorance by Simon Dom. In the video, Cooper Sutton says, this is not melting, this is fire. Omg. What is falling from the sky hitting the ground. Oh my God. We can't make this up.

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WTW stands for what's the word? Or what's up? What's going on?

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Okay, so Walker commented on the post simply saying man made. She also posted a link. I'm ready for you. Well, let's. Here's what the people in Memphis. Here's what the people in Memphis.

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Action Force.

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This is Action Force Team five or four.

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Right now, two Memphis City Council members are under fire over their claims about the snowfall. In separate videos on social media, Yolanda Cooper Sutton and Pearl Walker both claimed the snow wasn't real and even used a lighter to melt a chunk of ice. CW30's Ezekiel Telemacho picks up our live team coverage. Ezekiel, you reached out to Walker, who is standing by her claims.

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That's right, Pepper.

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And she had a lot to share, especially when it came to the idea.

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That weather can be modified by man. But one thing that she didn't do.

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Was walk back what she said, which is that the snow in Memphis doesn't.

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Quite feel like snow.

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I'm not going to deny my reality because of someone else's comfort zone or lack thereof.

[A]

A Memphis councilwoman who represents District 3 spoke with ABC24 about comments that she had made on her personal Facebook page suggesting that the snow in Memphis was man made.

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When I was engaging on Facebook.

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I.

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Was not engaging in an official District 3 councilwoman capacity. But the sad part, I'm gonna tell you what sad and I probably take.

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Some hits from this, but right now.

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I don't care because I'm in my.

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Feelings, the level of awareness, the level of intelligence, the level of or lack thereof.

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And the spin is really rooted in people not being informed, people not being aware.

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Walker says taking a look at the snow outside in Memphis tells you everything.

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That you need to know. I didn't understand why it wasn't dripping water, and I stand by that. It wasn't dripping water.

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And it does feel different.

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Well, it did when I walked on it a few days ago.

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It did feel different and it sounded different.

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ABC24's chief meteorologist, meteorologist Trevor Burchett, responded to these claims as someone who is an expert when it comes to weather in the mid South Well, I can.

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Tell you without a doubt the snow is not fake.

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You cannot fake snow like this unless.

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You'Re up in the mountains and they.

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Have those snowblower things.

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This snow does feel a little different.

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Than what we normally see in Memphis.

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But it's because we have sleet mixed into it. And that's something we've been talking about.

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For days before the storm, is that.

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This wasn't going to be the pure.

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Powdery snow that we're used to that.

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Kind of blows around.

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This was going to have ice mixed.

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In and those sleep pellets and that makes it really crunchy.

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It also makes it really hard to melt.

[B]

Sleet takes forever to melt and that's why we're seeing it stick around for so many days.

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And for those who are curious, if man can physically alter the weather, it's.

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Something that people have looked into.

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I mean who wouldn't want to control the weather, right? But at this point there's nothing of.

[B]

Use that would actually be useful to.

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Produce a major storm or any major.

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Difference in the weather. Maybe one day. People are certainly trying.

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Who wouldn't want to stop a big.

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Storm if they could. But there's nothing out there right now that can do anything like this.

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What's the time on that, Trevor?

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I wish, man.

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I mean it would be like 90.

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Degrees if it was up to me. But please remember that despite it not snowing anymore, like our chief meteorologist Trevor Burchett said, it's going to take a while for the sleet to melt off.

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Of the road, so be cautious. And like my father once said, not.

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Fast and furious, slow and curious. Live in the studio, I'm Ezekiel Tilamanco.

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How long was that piece, Chris?

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Three minutes. Three minute. Oops. It's like three minutes and 24 seconds.

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Royce was the head producer there and he said let's take this 30 second piece of crap story and turn it into three minutes. Let's kill three pre recorded interview at the state fair. I love how that lady blames others for the ignorance she's suffering from.

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I know, I was just amazing how.

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She turned on, she turned her ignorance on them.

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I, I check this out.

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Take it away, Joe. Well, what you got on your lander? What you got?

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This is right up there with Hank Johnson island tipping over. It's these are elected officials. And play off something Kenny just said. She's actually angry that other people's intelligence don't match hers to determine that this wasn't real. And she's calling him ignorant. I think I Have to hear that again. I have to hear it again. No, it's. It's when she first gets on there.

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Just let her wind up. Is that what you're saying?

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Let her start it over.

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Okay, let me go back.

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This is America. It's a. It's night. It's 2020America.

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And you can get it.

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It's America. And we got. We got snow.

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You're reqing that D.C. council Member Treyon.

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White right up there, too, with him saying the weather's controlled by the Rockefellers.

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Rothschilds.

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Rothschild.

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Wasn't it climate control?

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Yeah.

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Was he the climate control guy?

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You gotta watch all Facebook.

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A snow flurry last week said the Rothschilds, a wealthy Jewish family descended from a famous bank, were controlling.

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Their owners are under fire over their claims about the snowfall. In separate videos on social media, Yolanda Cooper Sutton and Pearl Walker both claimed the snow wasn't real and even used a lighter to melt a chunk of ice. CW30's Ezekiel Telemacho picks up our live team coverage. Ezekiel, you reached out to Walker, who is standing by her claims.

[A]

That's right, Pepper.

[B]

And she had a lot to share, especially when it came to the idea.

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That women can be modified by men.

[B]

But one thing that she didn't do was walk back what she said, which is that the snow in Memphis doesn't.

[A]

Quite feel like snow.

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I'm not gonna deny my reality because.

[B]

Of someone else's comfort zone or lack thereof.

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Pearl Walker, a Memphis councilwoman who represents District 3, spoke with ABC24 about comments that she had made on her personal Facebook PA suggesting that the snow in Memphis was man made.

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When I was engaging on Facebook.

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I was not engaging in an official District 3 councilwoman capacity.

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But the sad part. I'm gonna tell you what's sad, and.

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I probably take some hits from this.

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But right now, I don't care, because I'm in my feelings.

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The level of awareness, the level of.

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Intelligence, the level of. Or lack thereof. And the spin is really rooted in people not being informed, people not being aware. Walker says taking a look at the snow outside in Memphis tells you everything that you need to know. In other words, I'm claiming that this snow isn't real. And if you don't believe that, it's because you're not informed.

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You're a dummy.

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You're an idiot. Wait a minute. I'm telling you this ain't real. Hold on.

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I got three notes.

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Yep.

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Deny my reality. That was one.

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I'm in my feeling now.

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I'm in my feelings.

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I'M in my feelings.

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And the third part. And the home run is. Well. Which tells you everything you need to know about reality. I was engaging on Facebook. Yeah.

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What have I been saying about social media for so long? But remember she had turned it off?

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She turned off the council portion of her.

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Yeah.

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I didn't know there was a switch.

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Yeah.

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You know what I kept thinking about when she said that snow ain't real. Do you guys remember a couple of years ago.

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Wait a minute.

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The viral lady.

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Which one?

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That guy on the plane. He ain't real.

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Right.

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That's the exact thing I was thinking about.

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But this is.

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Here we go.

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I'm not going to deny my reality because of someone else's comfort zone. Okay? Now, when I never related snow to a comfort zone, but when I look out the window and it's snowing, I just. I have no questions about it. It's snowing.

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And you've done some pretty dumb things with snow in your house.

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Well.

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And I can corroborate that. That Bic lighter wouldn't have melted anything because I poured a whole can of gas on the hump and lit it and nothing happened. Nothing happened.

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I'm glad you noticed. What I noticed right away.

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You got people named Pepper and Ezekiel.

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That was fantastic.

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Tylenol.

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Did you notice the. The. Not that this matters here. The. Whatever. But the. The news reporter, he's got the dreads going.

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Oh, yeah.

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We're gonna throw it now, too.

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I gotta think Memphis is pretty cool. Oh, I love Memphis. I gotta think the south is. We're just not used to it. We're just so bound up in.

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But we know our snow.

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Prematurely gray haired, 42 year old women.

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Oh, I needed that today.

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That was.

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Thank you, Yolanda. Just. I tried to take a big lighter to it and it didn't melt.

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It's a Mary.

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You know what she needed? She needed Fratelloni's blowtorch. Or he.

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No, that.

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No. How about the weatherman who says, you know, they make snow up in the mountains with them snow blowers?

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Yeah.

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No, you people. If he was the smart one, right?

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Yeah.

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The snowblowers.

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God help me, I. I don't know what to think anymore. Ladies and gentlemen.

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You know what you need to do? We just need to have fun with.

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This nonsense because you got.

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Because we're going to drive ourselves crazy.

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But you got a guy representing Atlanta. He thinks islands tip over. You got a guy in Washington D.C. who's a city councilman. He thinks the Rothschilds control the weather. And now you got two gals in Memphis who think the snow is fake. For what purpose would it be fake?

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Is weed legal in Tennessee?

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It must be, man. It just started snowing out of nowhere this morning. There's a guy in Washington attention to this climate control, man. It's climate manipulation. And DC keep talking about we're a resilient city. And that's a model based off the Rothschilds controlling the climate to create natural disasters. They can pay for it and own the cities, man. Be careful.

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Yeah, this, that, that reminds me of Snoop talking about African safari videos.

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Look out E G to get.

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My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it.

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Will tip over and capsize. We don't, we don't anticipate that.

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What I love about that is how he's really thinking about it. And he's put a lot of thought into his words.

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Well, climate manipulation, you know, we're about.

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Maybe a year to five years at the most away from the military guy who had to respond to that saying. Ed could.

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Yeah, we sure at this point. Why not?

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Yeah, why not?

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You're gonna believe it anyway. So why am I gonna correct you? The capsule.

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He thinks the island's like a pontoon. If you all go to the back, she's gonna dip over.

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Every time I hear Hank, everyone goes.

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For a drink at the back of the pontoon.

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Every time I hear Hank, I see bodies flung into the air as the island begins. There goes grandma. Oh, hey, hang on.

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What is these animals? These snakes is a holes. Joe, are you prepared to deny this woman in Memphis that she could not in fact melt snow with her Bic lighter?

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I'm prepared to back her up.

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You can't melt snow with a Bic lighter.

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Because I've tried it with gas.

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Okay, you go to Buck Hill where they're making snow.

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Can you melt the snow blower?

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Where? The snow blower.

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Can you melt that crap with a Bic lighter?

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No.

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See, it is a different kind of snow, but it's still snow.

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She's right. Well, how about the condescension of the meteorologists? You know, this is a different type of snow. This is.

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This is crunchy.

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Yeah, crunchy.

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Crunchy.

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Good God. Okay, cartoon bubble.

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Oh, I've got so many.

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Oh, here we go, here we go. What's your cartoon bubble of the Memphis, Tennessee snow? The snowplow removal team.

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Hole digging shovels with the point on them.

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Yes, yes.

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Better. Yeah. What?

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The post hole spades. The ones we take holes.

[B]

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

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It's not full of Salt. It's got 12 guys in it.

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Wait a minute. What makes you look out your front window and think, here we go, Where? My lighter. I'm gonna go out there and I'm gonna. I'm gonna hold my lighter to this.

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Gonna have me a smoke and melt this.

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I'll show you this ain't real.

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And then to report it onto social media.

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Oh, God. Not engage in an official capacity.

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Well, the switch was off. You're right. She was off duty. The off duty light was on.

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It's like a cab.

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I feel like I just did a workout.

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Wait a minute. We're not biting on a hook, are we?

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Here. Oh, no.

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Are they having fun with us?

[B]

No, no, no. That's. That's. I watched it. I read stories about it.

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I believe it. You know. You know what, though? Kenny might have a point.

[B]

No, I mean, you know how bored.

[C]

You get when you get stuck in the house.

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Yeah, I know, but I don't think.

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So because here's why. You could test the validity of a local news station if they're in the single digits, you know, Channel four.

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Yeah, this is channel.

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But this was. This was. Yeah, Memphis. You're getting out there. 38.

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Oh, no, no, no, no, NO. This was four. This was four.

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No, 38.

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I see.

[C]

ABC 24.

[B]

Oh, yeah, ABC 24.

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Okay, 23 wasn't good enough.

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And Chris, before you go any further, Let me remind you 45 that.

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Oh, yeah, it's a great station. I love Ben Lieber and Elizabeth Reese, but they're on the shirt tails of five. I guess so. They're grandfathered in, aren't they?

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Oh, I just think.

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How you doing, Joe?

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Should they take away their keys for the council member quarters? Do they pull all their stuff out of the lockers and send them home?

[B]

You know, it's bad enough being represented by Marxist socialists. How would you like to be represented by somebody that thinks the snow isn't real?

[A]

That's putting together a proposal for your property taxes to be raised.

[B]

Right?

[A]

That's a good point. Joho, what is the annual annual snowfall in Memphis?

[B]

Well, it might even be hard to gauge. They probably go many years without a Snowfall.

[A]

Yeah, around 3 inches is the annual snowfall in Memphis, Tennessee.

[B]

Well, then she's experienced. She's seen snow before, but she just didn't like this snowfall.

[A]

Kenny, forget your shovels. I'm just seeing push brooms now. Yeah, that's all they got.

[C]

Should we let them off the hook for being so unprepared?

[A]

Because of their lack of.

[C]

I mean, even their pipes aren't buried, you know, below freezing level. You know how we put our pipes, what, four to six feet down?

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I do love that she came to the conclusion after engaging on Facebook.

[B]

Not in an official capacity, no, because.

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That'S clearly where you get all of your information.

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Because my mother is the biggest coffee snob on the planet and that's her coffee. Now is Custom roasting. What's the date?

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Should be on the website by the end of this week.

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Okay, thank you.

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Sorry.

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Yeah. Do you get sent beans or are they ground?

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You can get it where? However you prefer.

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That's part.

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I'm lazy, so I get the ground.

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Yeah, because she has a grinder at home.

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Yeah. If you have a French press, maybe you'll want to get the beans.

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Okay, thank you, sir.

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I'm going to credit myself and Hugh Hewitt for the following.

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I like Hugh Hewitt.

[B]

He's a noted pundit. And we could go in answer to the seemingly over. Well, not seemingly. It is the overwhelming presence in Minnesota, particularly in the twin cities of immigration control enforcement, ice. I said a number of times and have continued to. I would leave and I would have them start over. Don't tell us you're coming back. Just do your thing. And that Hugh Hewitt has taken my idea. I'm saying Hewitt took my idea.

[A]

I'm sure he listens to the podcast.

[B]

And he ran with it and he fleshed it out brilliantly. Here's what Trump should do. Now, here's the thing about President Trump. Do you think he's ever interested in being loved by anybody? No, I'm serious. Question. Is he interested in doing something that would have the people of the United States come together in appreciation of what.

[C]

He just did without any tongue in cheek? I would say that that is his main goal in life. Seriously. I really think. I think that's what he craves the most.

[A]

Just to add a caveat to that, I think he is, has and always Will be a business guy first. So if that is a detriment to someone loving him, then he doesn't care.

[B]

I'm sorry. He bankrupt a casino. That's really hard to do.

[C]

But you say you always. God, we're going off track here. You say something happened to him as a kid.

[B]

Yeah, I do.

[C]

And I think it's something to do with love. Love and acceptance from parents.

[B]

Well, here's the deal. I've said ice, please leave, go back to headquarters, get your act together, come back here all dressed the same professionally, none of this sloppy wearing. Some guy's wearing Zubas and the other guy's wearing his Lakers shorts. And let's go here, let's get your act together and only come back and get. Get who you really need now get.

[C]

Your away jerseys.

[B]

And Hugh Hewitt, your sweaters. Has taken. Has taken this to the next step. Trump should flip the messaging and demand of Congress that his appropriations bill recognizes all the dreamers. The dreamers are the kids who were born in this country, but to parents who weren't citizens. Are you with me so far? Yeah, I think I'm already gonna demand of Congress that his appropriations bill regularize all dreamers. Illegal immigrants brought to the country as minors. I guess they weren't born here. Illegal immigrants brought to the country as minors make them regularized as well as other discrete categories of illegal immigrants, such as those who can present a record of work and tax returns for 10 years with no arrests and all illegal immigrants over the age of 50 who do not have an arrest on their records. Immunity from deportation by categories based on common sense makes the operational workload of DHS smaller while reducing the political cost of unpopular deportations of low skilled but dedicated labor that hardly anyone objects to when they are on the receiving end of services provided by those migrants.

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So true.

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All right.

[C]

That's Hugh Hewitt's words.

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Yes.

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Okay.

[B]

Well, he took it from me.

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Lifted from podcast 1428.

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I have to admit, I must have had s in my ears the day that you said it that eloquently.

[B]

Well, maybe all the dreamers and other categories of illegal immigrants who should be regularized. I think that's a new word that he made up. Should receive a five year blue card, a status renewable every five years, provided the holder does not violate the criminal law. The compromise President Trump puts forward should also articulate that there is no path to citizenship to anyone who entered the country illegally and thus the right to vote will never be theirs. This is a bedrock principle as important as the wall along the Border. No one should be able to break the law and thereby gain the right to citizensh residency on terms of good behavior. Yes. But voting and entitlements, a hard no. Think of how the people of Minnesota would stop in their tracks and listen to him make this speech. You know, I think we've been going about this the wrong way. A lot of problems. We've lost two people. We have a lot of. And he'll, you know, there's no stopping him. He'll bring up. These are all millions and millions of people that Biden let in the country. Just let them say that. Let them get over that hump. But we need to fix this, and we need to fix it in a professional way that is appealing to most Americans. And here's what I propose. Here's what I propose. We're going to accept dreamers. Dreamers are the children born of illegal immigrants brought into this country as minors. They're okay. We're not hassling them. We're not. No ICE agent is going to be allowed to take them out of a school or anything. They're good. And we're also going to improve other areas of illegal immigration. We're going to make some concessions to bring this to a calm. This is a great country. This is a country too good for what's happening now. And I apologize. I apologize for that. I apologize for that. He's never apologized for anything, so that would be an overwhelming thing he's got to do.

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Bucks.

[B]

That would be an overwhelming thing to hear him say. So if you can present a record of work and tax returns for 10 years and you've had no arrests, you're in all illegal immigrants over the age of 50 who do not have an arrest on your record. You're in immunity from deportation based on common sense. That'll make our workload easier. That'll make your city safer and calmer. Now, how will we do this? All right. All the dreamers and other categories of immigrants here illegally who should be regularized will receive a five year blue card. You will have this document. You will get a five year blue card. That's a status you can renew every five years provided you do not violate criminal laws in any way. Now, what's missing here is. Oh, the compromise should also articulate that there is no path to citizenship to anyone who entered the country illegally. And there'd be no voting and no entitlements, which would save this country a lot of money. Yes, but I don't think he's excluding the fact that you could Send a dreamer to school. What the hell? I find the President. I'm saying send the dreamer to school.

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We got a cutoff. Yeah, we need to cut something off here.

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Regularization should not be amnesty of the sort President Reagan delivered in 1986, which proved to be a disaster. A grant of regularization to an individual should explicitly bar that individual from qualifying another person outside the country for favorable status in any application for immigration benefits. In other words, don't use this blue card, don't use this newly granted status to start bringing in people. Take care of yourself. Mind your P's and Q's, File your tax returns. Don't have a criminal record. Every five years. Renew your blue card now. What about citizenship? I'm trying to find that here.

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Well, if they're illegal, they can't become citizens. And if you've given them the blue card to give them.

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Unless they've already started the process.

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Yeah. Can't you start the process then? As long you're here, you're protected by your blue card, you're working, you're paying your taxes, maybe every three nights, you're going to a school at the local community college and you're taking your citizenship courses.

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Yeah.

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Okay. Okay.

[C]

Yeah. I read a story earlier today about a family who's been doing that and. And out of fear, they just went back to their country, even though they were here legally and they were in the middle of the process.

[B]

Now, Hewitt is suggesting that unwittingly, Democrats have presented this opportunity to Trump. And I think what Hewitt's doing is begging Trump to see this as a gift and run with it. He says Democrats have unwittingly placed illegal immigrants front and center as the only issue presently impending, the ordinary operations of the government. This is the main topic of conversation in this country, certainly the main topic of conversation here in Minnesota. President Trump should take the spotlight the Democrats have created on DHS funding and turn it on to a demand that cannot be rejected. Trump.

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Trump.

[B]

Here's where your business comes in, rook. Trump needs to make the Democrats an offer they can't refuse. He needs to make them an offer that they would be foolish to refuse. Wait a minute. The President's telling us that he's going to pull back ice. We're going to reinvent this thing. We're going to do it the way he's suggesting. They'd be foolish not to accept that plan.

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It's the art of the deal.

[B]

That would be a good. Most Americans are not eager to eject Democrats or illegal immigrants who have been Here. I'm sorry. Most Americans are not eager to eject dreamers. I'm not. Or illegal immigrants who have been here for decades. I'm not working to build their families in the country. Most Americans are also not sympathetic to the millions who rushed the border during the collapse of the border controls during the Biden years. That's an accurate.

[C]

Is that Hugh saying that? Because he's hit it out of the.

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Park here by taking large numbers of illegal immigrants who arrived long before Biden of the target list for deportation. ICE can focus on the actual problem. Back to what I said.

[C]

Criminals.

[B]

He was stealing my stuff. Back to the focus on the actual problem which is in the minds of most Americans, violent and usually criminally violent young men as well as illegal immigrants who arrived in the past five years and immediately imposed enormous costs on the social safety net. Trump has proven himself capable of managing international crises and legislative achievement at the same time. Even as the crisis continues. Continues to unfold in Iran. He should demand the Congress do more to fund the Department of Homeland Security. He should also make the bill providing the funds a first step towards a rational set of rules for the tens of millions of people in the country without any right to be here. By providing regularization for a few million of the tens of millions of illegal immigrants in the country, Trump will again underscore that he is a president who stands for common sense. And I think he has a long way to go to do that. But I think this gives him the chance to. He's the president who sealed the border. He can also be the one to finally settle the issue of the dreamers and long settled immigrants who have been here for decades and decades working and building lives. I don't want. Those are the people that these people in town are dragging out of their homes in many cases.

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Okay.

[B]

And they're saying, come on, leave me alone. I've been here forever. Trump could fix this.

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All right.

[B]

What? The country be impressed if he took up this.

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That's the good one, Joe.

[C]

That's the question.

[B]

I would. I would be devil's advocate.

[A]

Yeah. The purest are gonna say we can't do that. I'm gonna say we're in so deep right now, we don't have a choice. This is the only clear option to hit refresh and start new.

[C]

As you know, this whole thing is just prime fodder for people that hate President Trump to go after him on any level. I think he could do that.

[B]

How could you hate him for this?

[C]

I know exactly.

[B]

How could you?

[C]

You and If I was President Trump and I was going to adopt the Hugh Hewitt Sushire Sushi, what are we going to call it?

[B]

Give you it. The first he. His name can come first.

[C]

I would preface it by saying, if you're an illegal immigrant and you're a criminal, this does not apply for you. We're coming for you. And then I would pause every few minutes and say, reminder, if you're a criminal, we're coming for you. And then when he's done, I would wrap it up by saying, saying, if you're a criminal, we are coming for you. But somewhere along the way, the message got lost between, like you said, coming for criminals and knocking down doors of just normal, illegal, but law abiding immigrants.

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I think we call it the Hugh Charay plan.

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Thank you.

[C]

Hugh Charay plan.

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Yes, you in the back.

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You asked the question.

[B]

What question?

[A]

If Trump could do this, I think.

[B]

It would be a state's right. No, but.

[C]

No, let him finish. Would his detractors love this? Is that where you're going?

[A]

Chris Trump could come out tomorrow and say, you know what? My team found a cure for cancer. And the detractors would say, you are denying the health care industry from whatever the case is.

[C]

His last six months in office of his first term, he's the one that went after the jab, right? He says, I. I'm working on a vaccine. And everybody said, oh, hell no. And I won't take the Trump vaccine. Then Biden got into office and everybody said, I'm taking the Biden vaccine.

[A]

Including the two people that took office, Biden and Kamala.

[B]

Both of you, calm down.

[C]

We're all wound up.

[B]

I'm not. I'm not.

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Give it a go.

[B]

I'm just sticking to immigration, which now controls the conversation in this country.

[C]

But you have to admit that his detractors would not accept this.

[B]

What is there not to accept?

[C]

Exactly.

[B]

The cancer analogy, which is old. It's an old social media fodder. If he cured cancer, he'd be ripped for depriving doctors of an income. I get that, okay? I get that. I love that. I get that. But this is real. No, s. This immigration problem is real. It's happening in front of us in Minneapolis and St. Paul every day. People are being needlessly hurt. This could solve that.

[A]

What do you do?

[B]

How could you rip him for that?

[A]

I got it. I got it. Yeah, I got it. Joe, who is the head of well below Chris.

[B]

Tom Holman.

[A]

Right. He's in charge now. He came to town. He's Running the show. Right, Right. We have deported less people than Tom Homan and Obama did. Did back in 2014. Correct.

[C]

Right.

[A]

How much heat did Obama get? Very little. Right. Well, I'm answering your question.

[B]

I'm uninterested in your answer because that's.

[A]

He can't do any right, Joe. That's the point.

[C]

Yeah, that's the phrase right there. He can't do any right. Even when he does. Right.

[A]

Let's say that the Democrats commission missing a point. Just wait. Let's say that the Democrats buy into this and say, yes. Wow, President Trump, we agree, we want to do that. Your pushback is now going to be the January Sixers that are going to be mad as hell that he's allowing them not.

[B]

Okay, you're missing, you're missing an important point, all of you. Right now. The government shut down, okay? It shut down because of the controversy about funding the Department of Social Homeland Security. This is what Hewitt is addressing. This is what's consuming the government right now is a shutdown over the refusal by Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Cuz they don't like what's happening. This is where Trump steps in and said, I really need, need Homeland Security to be funded and here's what I propose. And then if they're honest, they would take his deal. Yeah, they would take his deal.

[C]

Right? They should. They would. And we're telling you they won't.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

It isn't even a bluff. It would be a rare, maybe the only act of humanity he's ever engaged in.

[A]

Does Hugh have the Trump hotline?

[B]

I don't know. Hugh is in far better standing with Trump than I will ever be because I'm in no standing with Trump. But Hugh Hewitt, you screwed that up for me.

[A]

Thanks, Hugh. First the governor, now.

[B]

No, but it's what I said before. You gotta start over. Hewitt came up with the way you would start over. But he's basing it on something that's happening today that could be remedied today by the President saying to the Congress, I know we have a funding controversy here. You refuse to fund my request for Department of Homeland Security to resolve that. Here's what I propose. Is he man enough to do that? And if so, I wouldn't care how it was reacted to. It would be the right thing to do if his detractors went crazy. That's too bad. To hell with them. They're going crazy now.

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I'm 100% on board.

[C]

Speaking of his detractors, let's say this did Happen. The people that have been following ICE around and protesting and, you know, going to the hotels and slashing tires and breaking windshields. Do you think this would stop them?

[B]

Yeah, no, I do. I do.

[C]

Why?

[B]

Because they have nothing to complain about. He has laid out. He would be laying out a process. First of all, you're not going to the home of anybody over 50. You're not going to hassle a kid. You're not hassling anybody with a 10 year record of employment and tax paying and no criminal record. The only people left for ICE to hassle would be criminals. Gets back to my point.

[C]

Point.

[B]

Go home. Start over. Return here with your list of egregious criminals. Don't tell us you arrived and don't tell us when you leave.

[C]

I agree with absolutely everything there, but we're talking about George Soros. Funded fully. It's.

[B]

It's an operational okay. It's a gambit I'm willing to take.

[C]

Yeah, I don't.

[A]

But you're applying. You are. Personally, and all of us are applying logic to a subject matter in which everybody else is just saying orange man bad.

[B]

That's why, you know, he'd have to ask the network for an hour on a Wednesday night and lay it all out and let the adults in the country be smart enough to realize it's probably going to be the best deal you're going to get.

[C]

Do it before the Olympics. I don't want my viewing interrupted.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I want to see the opening ceremony.

[C]

Yeah. One more wild game this week, too.

[B]

So you're just at Nashville tomorrow and then she's over.

[A]

You're just.

[B]

How about that overtime shot at Nashville where the snow is fake?

[A]

That's Memphis.

[C]

What do you think the odds are of this happening? Zero, boy.

[B]

Zero.

[A]

Hey. He's too bad he's not a logistics.

[B]

Thank you. Thank you.

[C]

It's too bad because it's really brilliant, you and Hewitt getting together.

[B]

Huy.

[A]

Yeah, Hu. Yeah, the Hu plan.

[B]

No, Hewitt. It. It's brilliant. There's no holes in it. You're saving kids. You're saving illegals who have done nothing illegal. Yes. They shouldn't have been here in the first place. They didn't follow the rules. So what? For 10 years they've demonstrated to you that they followed the rules, paid their taxes. No criminal record. If you're over 50, no criminal record. We're not interested.

[A]

Now we have a date. Now we have a. A cutoff date. From now on, you gotta. You gotta do it right. If you already came here, we'll we'll cover you. Good.

[C]

And if I was the president.

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Logically, yes, Joe.

[C]

If I was the president and I was giving this speech after I said, if you're a criminal, we're coming for you. I would also add. And Governor Wallace, we're also coming for you.

[B]

Yeah, I would, too.

[C]

We're coming for you.

[B]

Because one thing this has done in being the main topic of the country is that fraud here continues apace. Nothing's being done about it. I've got more on that coming up. But I guess I'm being told by my superiors here that we need to take a timeout.

[A]

Well, I don't know if you saw this, but the Babylon Bee reported yesterday, and we completely missed it, that Governor Walz emerged from his hole in the ground and predicted six more weeks of fraud without seeing a shot.

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Your external editor said that one was okay.

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Got it.

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That'll be on the big screen at the 19th hole lounge.

[A]

Hell yeah.

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Right? But here's the best part. Each 10 ticket comes with. I still can't. I still need to call somebody. Can this be true?

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This is a steal. Seriously, it's a steal.

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Is Billski picking this up?

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Even if you don't even show up? Just buy the ticket and you get 15 rounds of golf.

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[A]

Right.

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For me, that's the next 10 years.

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Yes, sir.

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To purchase tickets, visit mngolfshow.com make mngolf show one word. Mngolfshow.com Can I help answer your earlier question, please? Which question?

[A]

I've asked many about Trump solving cancer, blah, blah, blah.

[B]

Yeah. All right.

[A]

This is from the New York Post. And I think this will perfectly illustrate the point that I believe I. And maybe Kenny. I don't want to put words in your mouth, Ken, about why nothing that anybody could do would win. Are you ready? We're gonna head to Los Angeles, California. You've been there, right?

[B]

Many times.

[A]

Okay, here we go. Hang tight. Hang tight, cowboy.

[B]

I've been there many times.

[A]

Why is this not playing? I just played this in queue.

[C]

I met Ron Jeremy at the Rainbow Room.

[A]

Really?

[C]

In Hollywood. In his PR post, Bob Guccione Jr.

[A]

Bob Guccione Jr here.

[B]

What are you doing?

[A]

Just please, please, please.

[C]

Larry Flint.

[A]

Larry Flint.

[C]

Yeah, I meant Joey Buttafuoco there.

[A]

Okay, Hang tight. Give me. Give me one minute. I don't know why I just listened to this in queue. What about John Bobbitt?

[B]

Let's. Let's go back to our fraud problem, which has become terribly occluded by the presence of ice.

[A]

No. Okay. That's where I was going. I don't know what occluded is.

[B]

Well, I need to know when you're ready. I'll do this.

[A]

Give me a minute.

[B]

All right. Eight more federal prosecutors here are in the process of leaving. This is according to the Star Tribune, who has talked to the US Attorney's Office. This follows the exit of six prosecutors led by Joe Thompson. Thompson? I'm sorry. That's terrible. That's just not terrible. 5 Eyewitness News is working independently to verify what the Tribune is reporting. Anna Voss is one of the eight prosecutors included in this second wave of resignations. Voss, the civil division chief, was the point person for the majority of wrongful detention petitions the office has been dealing with, of which there have been been hundreds. The New York Times initially said the DOJ pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of Renee Good's widow on the day Goode was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Good's wife was seen on video engaging with Ross before the shooting. But none of her actions in the widely shared video appeared to be illegal. And that really. That really teed off a lot of the feds, including. Including Joe Thompson in the Band of Six. What the hell are you asking us to investigate her for? The hell she didn't. She's on the street. Harry Jacobs, Thomas Calhoun Lopez and Melinda Williams were also among those who previously resigned. Jacobs had been overseeing the U.S. attorney's Office investigation into fraud, and Calhoun Lopez was the chief of the Violent and Major Crimes Unit, The New York Times reported. And I will continue with this. We learn. And this is from five Eyewitness News. The Minnesota Department of Human Services has implemented a new process to flag potential Medicaid fraud. But claims connected to the vast majority of Minnesota Medicaid enrollees are not being reviewed. The state is paying Opturn, a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, over $2 million this year to review claims for 14 programs that DHS has deemed most susceptible to fraud. This enhanced prepayment review began in December. 5 Eyewitness News has since found that the state has so far only tasked Optum with reviewing claims connected to about 20% of the Medicaid enrollees or fewer. We don't have the people in place in this state to serve in a responsible capacity for the taxpayer. The finding traces back to a detail in A press release from Walz's office announcing the enhanced prepayment review in October. It said DHS has contracted with oppa. My God, they've got hundreds of employees and they can't do it. So we had to pay an additional $2 million to Optum, which will analyze Medicaid and fee for service claims. Fee for service is the key detail that wasn't on 5 Eyewitness News radar, nor has it been explicitly explained. Fee for service means that DHS directly reimburses providers for claims. Those claims are not being investigated. Investigated. Remember what Thompson called this? This is industrial strength fraud. It's rampant. It's in every agency. Data from the Minnesota Council of Health Plans show services for more than 80% of Minnesota Medicaid enrollees are actually billed to and reimbursed by health insurers known as managed care organizations. In other words, Optum and DHS are not currently reviewing claims connected to the vast majority of Medicaid enrollees for potential fraud because those claims might have to be paid by managed care operations, which is not dhs. During a news conference, Five Eye Wednesday questioned DHS about not reviewing every claim, saying, why would a prepayment review process meant to get a grip on the scope of fraud seem to leave out a significant fraction of claims that could possibly be fraudulent. Deputy Commissioner John Colley said, you are correct at the current scope of the enhanced prepayment review that Optum's engaged in with us for 14 high risk services in the fee for service program. But we hope to have the entire program covered as we expand enhanced prepayment review across the program. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, fraud, blah, blah, blah. It's not being looked at and we just lost more attorneys.

[C]

Optum is owned by UnitedHealth Group. I can't. The thing that keeps. Every time you bring them up, I wonder how much is that costing us? How much is that costing? So I can't find a figure anywhere. You know, they're not doing it for free.

[B]

2 million.

[C]

Oh, you found it.

[B]

Yeah, it's 2 million.

[C]

Oh, it's right in the story. Right.

[B]

Contract with Optum is 2 million right.

[C]

In front of my note. All right, thank you.

[A]

I to answer. Sorry. Are you done? I didn't want to interrupt.

[C]

It doesn't. Hold on.

[B]

Chris.

[C]

Doesn't it seem like if this was a movie I would have walked out because it's so unbelievable.

[A]

Exactly.

[C]

We had the end zone. It was. It was first and four yards. We were there.

[B]

Yep. And then I showed up and Then.

[A]

Wade Wilson throws an interception and the Redskins are going to the Super Bowl.

[C]

Exactly. Yes.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Chris, you had asked a question earlier about what could Trump do and then how could the other side respond?

[C]

Right.

[A]

I want to take you to Los Angeles.

[C]

All right.

[A]

You've been to Los Angeles.

[B]

Been there many times. Thanks, Bob.

[A]

I'd like to tell you about a local news report about. This is NBCLA Channel 4 in Los Angeles. Are you right?

[B]

Ready?

[A]

This is why we'll never be able to win.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Period. Across the board.

[B]

As immigration operations continue across the country, a confrontation at a restaurant in Lynwood.

[C]

Is now raising some concerns about fear, misinformation and the impact on small businesses. Apparently, a group of off duty TSA agents was mistaken for ICE officers and that sparked a crowd reaction and negative, negative impact on the restaurant. NBC4 is. Amber Fri is live right now in Lynwood where she spoke with the owner and has more on what happened out there. Amber.

[B]

Hey, Colleen. Well, this is the Korean barbecue place where it all happened. It's inside Plaza Mexico here in Linwood.

[C]

And like you said, this all started.

[B]

After news spread on social media alleging that ICE officers were dining inside the restaurant. Come to find out they were actually TSA agents.

[C]

But nevertheless, the confusion spread, bringing crowds to this parking lot to protest. What began as a normal dinner at.

[B]

A Korean barbecue restaurant in Linwood quickly turned into a scene of confusion and.

[A]

Confrontation after a group of diners were mistakenly believed to be immigration officers.

[B]

She just pointed out one group, like eight people. And she pointed out one specific lady. She's ice. Eric Kim, the restaurant's owner, says a woman entered his business Wednesday night claiming one of his customers was an ICE officer. She showed me the picture, and one picture is like the ice.

[C]

I mean, one lady similar.

[B]

You know, look. But what is your point here? What's this got to do with Trump?

[A]

Because we can't compete with stupidity.

[B]

No.

[A]

So this restaurant was swarmed because of social media because all of this has been structurally integrated into these people's brains. We've got ICE at this Korean barbecue and these guys said we were for tsa. We're not.

[B]

Well, the way I would answer you is to suggest that if Trump were to take this miraculous turnabout and do this, businesses at restaurants would only be improving.

[A]

But you're also failing to understand the level of stupidity with which we're dealing with.

[B]

I'd play a video of two council people who think snow isn't real. I'm very aware of the stupidity problem that has nothing to do with. Let me repeat the question because maybe you misinterpreted it.

[A]

All right? Maybe I did.

[B]

If Trump played this right, if he played his cards right, remember this is a funding problem in Congress right now. There's a government shutdown. If Trump went to Congress and said, look, we need the money and here's what I'm putting on the table and then you give them this Dreamer stuff and the over 50 stuff and the no criminal records stuff, how are you going to find fault with that?

[A]

I don't personally.

[B]

Okay, okay. If you do, that's too bad. There's just. I can't excuse the idiocy in the country. I can't excuse that. What you would have to hope is that would be a step forward to solving this problem. That's all you can do. That's all you can do. I can't erase the stupidity of people. And in the meantime, small Korean restaurants wouldn't be visited by prematurely gray haired 42 year old white women.

[A]

But it wasn't. It was a swarm of 18 to 30 year olds that did this.

[B]

Okay, I still don't get your point. What does that have to do with Trump turning his life around by saying, here's the deal I'm gonna put before.

[C]

You, he's only talking about Congress.

[A]

I get it. But I guess what I'm saying is you're talking about the support wide.

[C]

Yeah. And we can all. Look, we all have people in our life that no matter what Trump does, they are going to do you know they hate Trump, right? We all have those people in our lives. They don't matter in this decision. We're talking Congress and we're talking funding.

[B]

And we're talking common sense.

[A]

But those are the people that are.

[B]

Going to hate, are still going to hate him. That's fine.

[C]

They're always going to.

[B]

That's fine. But you might be returning some calm to the streets.

[A]

But those are now the people that occupy the elected seats.

[C]

Haters be hating.

[B]

They'll have much less to hate. Let them hate. They'll have less to hate. There'll be no kid in a bunny hat taken out of school under me and Hewitt's plan.

[C]

It would be fun, Joe, to hear what the likes of the squad would say because I think the squad would never, never be on board with this.

[B]

Okay, let's push it to its limits then. Here's what if Trump did this A, I grant you it would be really uncharacteristic of him, but if he did this, it would be Terribly informative for the voting population of this country because if that was met with resistance, really, then that would be tantamount to the Democrats saying we don't want any borders at all and that would reveal who they are. Then we really don't want any borders at all because Trump could, said Trump could say, wait a minute, you mean to tell me you're not accepting this? Hands off dreamers. Hands off people. Been 10 years here with no criminal record and paid their taxes. Hands off 50 year olds who have no criminal record. Record. You're turning your back on a blue card that could be renewed every five years so long as you remain criminal free. And by the way, I'm not excluding criminals. Criminals are not part of this. This is for people who may be here illegally but have lawfully abided by the rules and regulations of the United States. You're telling me you don't accept that, that's telling me then, that you don't accept any borders at all and don't believe we should have a criminal country. He would be purely justified in saying that to them. And the country would realize who they're dealing with. The squad would, would be trapped, they'd be backed into a corner. They'd finally have to admit they don't want it. They don't want any illegals. Nobody should be illegal and we shouldn't have borders. Which is the same as saying we no longer have a country.

[C]

Did you boy, this really.

[A]

You get a name, man.

[C]

Amen, brother.

[A]

Thank you, brother.

[C]

Did you read the email from Brandt a couple of days ago about the census and how, I don't know, the census counts all people.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Legal or illegal.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And how much does that actually have to do with the no borders nonsense, you know?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Which is an interesting, fun, whole new aspect to talk about in this very complicated man.

[B]

I can't believe that the average person in the country would not want some calm returning to the country.

[C]

And well, if you're working for Soros and your job is to protest, you.

[B]

Know, then give them, give them, take away a great amount of their protest fodder. Take it away from them. Yeah, take it away from them. It's not there.

[C]

I agree with you on everything, but.

[B]

I just, we're trying to get, we're.

[C]

Trying to wrap our heads so much negative that I would just be so shocked.

[B]

What would, what would a Trump hater say in response to that plan?

[C]

Go ahead, Chris.

[A]

Okay. Give me your or your directive and I will give you the objection. Go ahead.

[B]

Good evening, ladies and Gentlemen, United States.

[A]

Orange man bad.

[C]

I mean, that's how insane it is. I mean, Joe, that's how stupid insane it is.

[A]

Now let's try it again.

[B]

My administration.

[C]

Shut up.

[B]

Here we go. My administration has handled this poorly. And again, I'm asking him to admit things he's probably not capable of admitting.

[A]

You're not making a very good point here.

[B]

But my administration has handled this poorly. And I have a proposal that I hope will result in funding Department of Homeland Security, getting this government back on track. And here is my proposal. And. And the dreamer is the thing. No, no, no.

[A]

You got to give it to me.

[B]

Okay. Any dreamers get a five year blue card that can be renewed every five years so long as they remain criminal free. The illegals who have been here 10 years but have no criminal record and have paid their income taxes and remain employed can also get the blue card, which can be renewed every five years. Hopefully, they'll use that time to become citizens. Any illegals who are over the age of 50 and have no criminal record, they also get the blue card, which can be renewed every five years. And in the meantime, we'll be going back to the border and securing it. But we are going to stop the madness that has infiltrated the country right now. And I hope this calms things down. Ladies and gentlemen, let's be more welcoming and empathetic. There'll be no more children taken out of schools. There'll be no more children taken away from their mother. They have to choose between the father and mother. This is what we're going to do from this day forward.

[A]

What do you hate about the Guatemalan family with the five year old that was detained at the border? Mr. President. What do you hate about the fact that there is a family that's been here for a year and a half and even though they might be soliciting drugs, even though I'm adding that to the parenthetic conversation, why do you hate those people? And why do you want to send them into cages? Mr. President.

[B]

No, no, you're missing the whole point. He's announcing that that's ending.

[A]

No, you said five years.

[B]

No, no. They're not touched for five years, they get a blue card.

[C]

Joe, these people have shit in. They don't hear those words.

[A]

Everything you said, Joe, I'm on board with everything you just said. Yeah, but we're talking about the detractors. We're talking about the people that refuse to listen to anything. Logically, that comes from the White House. That's I guess, what my Point. And maybe Kenny, I don't know.

[C]

But that's what I see.

[A]

Yeah. They're not going to refute. They won't take yes for an answer.

[B]

Before. Before the current mood of ice. I have a friend who had some lawn care guys.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And. And they. And ICE was in town, but they weren't having shot anybody yet or anything like that. And he. He's the driver. The. The boss sure came to this friend of mine and said, can a couple of these guys go in your garage? And he said, sure. So they went in the garage and they were making tacos and listening to the radio. And he. He now realized how lucky he was that if it had been today and that happened, he'd have probably been in prison. He might have been in jail. Yeah. And since then, those two guys who had to hide in the garage, they've been deported. Oh. Oh.

[C]

Were they criminals?

[B]

No.

[A]

Who's cutting his grass now?

[B]

Under this current plan, they presumably would not have been deported. They would have been eligible for their blue card. As I'm calling. I'm Donald Trump. I'm calling it the blue card. Beautiful blue. One of the best blue cards you've ever seen. Tremendous.

[C]

The irony here, Joe, is a lot of those employees, lawyers, are in fact conservatives that have hired these folks to mow the lawns, to put on the roofs, to shovel the site. You know, they're conservative.

[B]

Can the country honestly say that we don't need those people?

[C]

I think that's a pretty tired argument.

[B]

Well, is your kid. Your kid's not going to go to work for a lawn care service, is he?

[A]

No.

[C]

Right. Exactly. You know, and every. That's what everybody used to say. They're taking jobs away from Americans. Well, are they?

[B]

No.

[C]

Are they just doing jobs that Americans.

[D]

Don'T want to do?

[B]

They're doing jobs that kids in our country don't want to do.

[A]

So what you're saying is we should get back.

[B]

By the way, I had my own lawn service company when I was about 15.

[A]

Did you?

[C]

Well, we all did.

[A]

What was it called?

[B]

Hugh Hu at lawn service.

[C]

What was the name of your back mowing Blow. We told them to change that.

[A]

So what you're saying is we should get back to the days where Tony Soprano worked with Barone sanitation.

[B]

I got news for you. I've long said the country will be better off at the mafia.

[C]

Ran it.

[B]

Absolutely.

[A]

That's my block.

[B]

Yeah. You take care of yours.

[A]

That's what the government is to summit.

[B]

That's right. That's all it is. Anyway, it's all but a shell game.

[C]

It's. It's failed Mafia. The mafia could do it better.

[B]

Okay, I'm. Well, here we go. Hugh. Hugh Trump isn't going to listen to us or read me. He's terribly aware of Hugh Hewitt.

[A]

I love the pioneer press.

[B]

Yeah, no, you know, you don't. Well, you do, but it's hard to get. The deadline is a lot.

[A]

Wonderful newspaper. He turns his car.

[B]

But this is a Trump. You could be a hero. You could be a hero.

[A]

He could.

[B]

Could.

[A]

If he could.

[C]

Just for one day.

[B]

What is his just for one day.

[C]

Where's John to get my reference.

[B]

That's my favorite Bowie story. That song. My favorite Bowie song.

[C]

Yeah, it's pleading.

[B]

Oh, take a time out.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Seen the porn version of those cartoons? Hilarious.

[A]

Here's a man who spent hours in.

[B]

Hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bolts of life.

[A]

Joe Sushi. What they needed after that session, Kenny, was an ice cold glass of Hoffman water, courtesy of Connecticut. You know, Joe, you know what the best time is to drink water when you're thirsty?

[B]

Adam, the boy, the mystery machine.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

You know, offer him in water.

[A]

Connecticut was here for you to solve all of your thirst quenching problems. And you know what the first step is? You have to get on that schedule and have them come up for that free water analysis. And you do that one of two ways. Dial them up at 612-895-2440 or visit their [e-mail] and you can book your appointment that way as well. And as long as you're on that website, look at every single different water treatment system system that they have to offer. Maybe it's a brand new water softener. Maybe it's an iron, rust and odor filtration system. Maybe it's a brand new drinking water system. Or you know what, treat yourself and get all three courtesy of Hoffman water and Kinetico. And you know what, once you do that, your laundry becomes better, your water becomes better, your cooking becomes better, your ice is better, and Scooby approves. Your drinking water is better. Offermanwater.com has been proudly serving the state of Minnesota for over 50 years. Do me a favor. Mention that Scooby Doo sent you their way and the garage lodged.

[B]

Podcast the country of Armenia.

[A]

Been there many times. It's a funny country, very secretive.

[B]

They're set to establish a ministry of.

[A]

Sex like I said.

[B]

And it suddenly occurs to me, Trump is more likely to establish a ministry of sex than he is to take the Hewitt. Such plant.

[A]

He.

[B]

This ministry of sex in Armenia, I think Kenny probably could work for them. Is to ensure that there are no unsatisfied women in Armenia. Don't the Armenian lady have a government agency?

[A]

Don't they wear the scarf?

[B]

I don't know. What do you call up and get an appointment?

[A]

Are you doing Helga? No, that would be different.

[B]

The it's proposed by. By Sargis Kapetanian, a senior figure in the strong Armenia Party, ahead of parliamentary elections due to take place this summer.

[A]

That is your side.

[B]

Mr. Carap Tan suggested that sexual dissatisfaction among women is fueling increased political activism. Maybe that's what's going on here. Okay. Huh.

[A]

I'll buy that.

[B]

We need, you know, Minnesota needs a ministry of sex.

[C]

Oh, boy.

[B]

Oh, that's a bad cartoon bubble, isn't it? Particularly among middle aged white women in Armenia. Wow. Isn't that something? Yeah. Asked during a podcast discussion whether a government body should be created to address the issue, Mr. Kara Petyan said it should, adding that such a minister could also play a role in tackling Armenia's declining birth rate. The idea of a dedicated ministry was initially raised by Armenian sociologist Armen Kachikan, who claimed on the Triangle podcast that women who become more politically active because of sexual dissatisfaction. The show's host, Levine Sargisoff, went a step further by suggesting a specific government department be established to oversee the issue. A proposal Mr. Catacata said should be called the Ministry of Sex, which would be a great band name. The Ministry.

[C]

You kind of threw me in the mix there as a joke.

[B]

I just thought maybe you'd like a gig with them.

[C]

It's so ironic that you did that.

[B]

And we have never became unplugged and I can't hear what you're saying. Just a minute, Just a minute. Just a minute. All right. So ironic.

[C]

We have never spoke about this off the air, but I have always, always felt that I living in the wrong time. Because I've always found it fascinating that for centuries from antiquity through the Victorian era, doctors would diagnose women with hysteria or anxiety and emotional outbursts. And as a remedy, they would massage them and the women would come, come to the doctor sometimes two, three times.

[B]

A week or every week or a day.

[C]

And I always thought, boy, that would be the perfect job.

[B]

It really would be a good job.

[C]

I could have been a doctor during the Victorian era.

[A]

Right.

[B]

But this is Armenia, Kenny.

[A]

And the Armenians are very, you know, here we go.

[B]

Different.

[C]

And so what I'm saying here is, I guess I, as I Look for a side hustle as garage kind of. Garage Logic kind of, you know, slows down here. We're all thinking about retiring, and I would like.

[B]

I'm not thinking about it.

[C]

I would like a higher hobby in retirement. G elers. Guys, if your CI girls are. Your wives are prone to emotional outbursts. Maybe I can help.

[B]

Just think what the Ministry of Sex would have to deal with.

[A]

Yeah, that would not be. Let's see. I'm trying to look up some Armenian. Well, that's where I went, rook, because I'm on Spicychat. AI. I can't get through the filter.

[C]

Sorry.

[A]

And I, I, I put in Armenian. Sexy talk slash Garage logic. Yes.

[B]

Don't put Garage Logic in there.

[A]

Well, we gotta do it.

[B]

I don't want.

[A]

Yeah, I won't mind. They got enough work, dude, with this Epstein lot.

[C]

Gonna mess with your algorithm.

[B]

Now, can you imagine what I'll be getting now?

[A]

Who's the flashlight king? Show me that.

[C]

Yeah, what are you gonna use that flashlight for there?

[A]

Show me the mailbox trick again. Did you hear the one about the.

[B]

What do you know? Okay.

[A]

I couldn't get a. I hope not. Okay.

[B]

Only because they come to us.

[A]

Oh, we're moving on.

[C]

Well, in the future, just refer to me as Doc, okay?

[B]

All right.

[A]

Do you know that you can actually get an AI Sex Boyfriend Chat?

[B]

I don't want to.

[A]

Did you want one?

[B]

I don't.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[C]

It's actually Matthew.

[A]

Hi, how are you?

[B]

I saw a. There must be a. There must be a convention in Vegas or something. I saw a video of these women robots.

[C]

Yeah, and they're the big one every year.

[B]

Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.

[A]

Something for you?

[B]

Well, no, but only from the waist up. The rest going down was, you know.

[C]

Wires per functionary or whatever the word is. Do you think those women robots. You think those women robots play the game of flaws?

[B]

I think so.

[C]

You walk in the room and they say, oh, look at you. This ought to be.

[B]

What do you think of this?

[A]

Based upon your description, you say, hey, my eyes are up here.

[B]

Yeah, but I was surprised because you know very well. Only because they did something for you. Huh? Well, it was pretty exciting. Only because they come to us all the way from Kaiwaka, New Zealand.

[C]

Serious, Clark.

[A]

Whoa.

[B]

Tom Lyman.

[A]

What did we talk about today?

[B]

The traveling Lyman.

[A]

On this day, Joe, today is February 3rd.

[B]

Well, on this day in 1809, Congress created the Illinois territory, which included all of present day Minnesota east of the Mississippi. That was a little thin sliver of land that wasn't Much. On this day, February 3rd. In 1917, 11 competitors in the Red river to St. Paul Sports Carnival Derby, the first 500 mile dog sled race on record, completed an 11 day journey from Winnipeg to St. Paul with Albert Campbell of the Cree Nation finishing first.

[A]

You covered that?

[B]

Not in 1917. No, but I did. I covered.

[C]

That's the i500.

[B]

Yeah, but I have the 1917 winter carnival button. It's very nifty. On this day. Fab three in 1931, Winnipeg back in the news. Okay, can you guess why? Winnipeg airmail service between the Twin Cities and Winnipeg began.

[A]

Okay, I was going to say something with the sled dogs or something.

[B]

On this day, February in 1979, a sad day for the Twins.

[A]

Oh, we traded. We traded.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Smalley. No, we traded Rodney. Rodney to the Angels.

[B]

Rodney went to the Angels in exchange for.

[A]

Oh, didn't we get the outfielder that Royce helped get into a cab, Kenny Landro. Thank you.

[B]

Right handed pitcher Paul Hartzell, two rookies, left handed pitcher Brad Havens and catcher third baseman Dave Engel and an estimated 200 grand.

[A]

Oh, man.

[B]

Carew, who bats left handed and throws right handed remarked, I love the Minnesota fans and like living here, but it was no long any fun playing. I feel that California has the players to win the Pennant. He posted a.318 batting average in his first year with the Angels and they did reach the league playoffs and then just collapsed completely. Weren't they. Wasn't Mock their manager? Yes, they laid down on him. Reavers. What?

[A]

Yes, Mock was the manager of the Angels.

[B]

Weren't they up to nothing in loss the three straight?

[A]

Well, they. Yeah, because the. The Red Sox came back and won because what's his name, the relief pitcher Donnie Moore committed suicide after they blew it to the Red Sox.

[B]

That's not good.

[C]

No.

[B]

On this day in sports disappointment. What are you laughing at? What's your problem?

[A]

Because Matthew is texting the staff.

[C]

There's a text going around, but you better just wrap up here to you.

[A]

Because you get too distracted. You get other people in your family. Get your text right. Because he didn't want to send this to you because you have young ones that.

[C]

I think we can share this with the Gls.

[B]

On this day in Minnesota, sports disappointment history.

[A]

Chewbacca lose to. On February 3rd.

[B]

On February 3rd, 1979.

[A]

Rodney Carew was traded.

[B]

Yeah. Why are some of these in here?

[A]

Twice.

[B]

Twice. No, no, no, no, no. There's a difference between sports disappointment history and what Tom Lyman sent. Oh, that's why so this also showed up in sports disappointment history. And there was this part of it too. After negotiations broke down with the Yankees, the Twins traded crew to the Angels.

[A]

Oh, I did not know that.

[B]

I don't know who we were trying to get.

[A]

He was born in Brooklyn, correct?

[B]

Yeah, the Brooklyn Bronx.

[A]

Bronx. I'm sorry, I mean, one of the burls, right?

[B]

Thank you, G ers.

[A]

Thank you, Chewbacca. Oh, do us a favor if you haven't done so already and hit the subscribe button on the Garage Logic YouTube channel. Because on that YouTube channel you can watch the show each and every single day starting right around noon. You can also see full segments, video shorts, behind the scenes footage. It's all there for you. Just search Garage Logic caucuses tonight.

[B]

Caucuses tonight.

[A]

Like Ingy said, be involved. Vote early, vote often. Not that that's for election day. Gotcha. But yeah, you can find us on YouTube, you can find us on Twitter, x Instagram, Facebook. It's all there for you. Just search garagelogic and find us. And also sign up for the Daily Logician. That email comes right to your inbox each and every single day. And it includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Find out more and sign up [e-mail] Right, Chewy, it is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what I did and pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608. That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call that number, you're going to get Josh and he is there for you for that. Free. Yes, I use the word free. 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in Garagelogic. And boy, Josh, two big deals announced today.

[D]

Two big deals. Two big deals. First, Operation Vault. The Trump administration announced $12 billion going to be devoted to companies involved in critical minerals which would include copper, nickel plus all of the rare earth. And the idea would be to build or have accessible strategic reserve both here and abroad of these minerals that are used in every everything from batteries to chip to cars. 10 billion of this would be financed through the Import Export Bank. The balance would come from private sources, notably companies such as General Motors as example, this I'll say This this deal could benefit of course Companies like Freeport McMoRan Leading Copper Copper producer and several of the rare earth companies. USA Rare Earths which recently got some funding from the administration and MP Minerals which actually is making making some money and has sales. So these companies well to me other than Freeport McMoRan really and we'll say MP Minerals the rest are more speculative in nature and are still in a development state. But this is is a nice plus for these these companies. Freeport McMoRan by the way is probably the world's largest copper producer also as a result they also produce some gold. They do have issues because many of their mines are overseas, particularly in Indonesia. Potential political risk overseas but report MacMoran has seen it moved from $40 to $65 in the last two months. Kind of matching the move up pace but matching the move up in other mineral notably gold and silver. We'll say Mr. Copper is frequently watched to see the direction and the strength of the economy particularly in the industrial segment. The second big deal the was announced probably going to be the largest merger in history total of one and a quarter trillion. That's with a T not a B.1 and a quarter trillion dollar merger between two private companies. Space X is going to buy X A I both of them are majority owned by that noted leader of Doge Elon Musk. This is a huge huge deal. Initially Musk had proposed to Tesla shareholders to buy X that was turned down. So Musk said all right I'll buy it myself in with Space X this is going to be a huge huge deal. X A I must artificial intellig intelligence will say startup. Although it has had tremendous traction it does face some issues I will say overseas for some of the some of the things that have come from this product Xi but it is very interesting in that Space X not only shoots rockets up but they also operate the Starlink satellite satellite phone and Internet service that is used around the world. Its only competitor right now is coming from Amazon's product or Amazon Satellite which are also shot up but are as not as numerous as SpaceX's Starlink. It is said that sometime later this year Space X will be going public and that could be huge deal and could pull when it does go public could pull a lot of money out of other leading stocks at the at the time it does does happen. Stay tuned for more information on that. Meantime, a favorite stock of mine and very expensive as I've noted before on both a price to sales and price to earnings basis Palantir reported their numbers last night and it was another beat and raised quarter marking 10 in a row, 10 quarters in a row of significantly accelerating growth at the current rate. Of course that's not going to be able to be continued indefinitely. And several analysts noted that Palantir had slowed down the number of new customers that it was getting. But the customers they do have and yet are generating a lot more revenue and are definitely repeat and increase type customers whether they are from the government, commercial companies utilizing Palantir technology which is outstanding and it's one of the, this is one of the few companies that utilizes AI to tremendous, tremendous success. It is also one of the few companies that has seen very much delerating revenue growth and accelerating free cash flow. And on that, on that measure it is way, way ahead of all other same time Palantir is still down 25% from its high and many analysts are still mad about Palantir as they see more, see more the downside than any of the upside potential. I also am of the belief that many, many analysts that missed this stock when the stock a year ago was trading at $50 and missed it all the way up because they said too expensive, too expensive. We really don't understand what they do with artificial intelligence. There are probably going to be some competitors at some point in time for their business. Indeed that is one of the issues relating to Palantir and other software names. Analysts and investors say oh, these companies keep can be replaced by anthropic products or Jackie products or even Google Gemini's products at some point in the future. I'm not going to say I don't think so, but on certain companies I definitely don't think so. One of the issues with software names right now is they've all been lumped together with very little differentiation. And you can see that with the number of people who have been trading the ETF IGV which represents the leading software companies and you can see how much that ETF has fallen as money rotates out of that and into other names, particularly around hardware. Nonetheless, on specific names like Palantir, those, those to me are very special companies and should be considered especially with good numbers coming out, raised guidance and selling at a much, I'll say a much better value evaluation than before. Tonight or tonight is Advanced Micro Devices reporting. Tomorrow it's Google.

[A]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him jailers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation and you do that just like I did by dialing 952925 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugar coated advice. Josh, once again, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll talk to you again tomorrow.

[D]

Look forward to it. Thanks Chris.

[A]

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[B]

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