6/17 High School graduations are not the graduations of yesteryear

Summary

Garage Logic – June 17, 2026

Episode Theme:
High School Graduations Are Not the Graduations of Yesteryear

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Overview

This episode of Garage Logic dives into how high school graduations in Minnesota—and particularly in the Twin Cities—have dramatically changed over the years, highlighting a shift from traditional ceremonies to events steeped in identity politics, land acknowledgments, multicultural performances, and, in some cases, even post-ceremony disruptions. The discussion uses recent graduation events as a springboard for a broader examination of trends in education, community activism, and social cohesion, with the GL crew swapping observations, anecdotes, and pointed commentary in their characteristic irreverent, gumption-inspired style.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Flag Roundup and "True" Minnesota Flag Movement

• [03:47–07:32]
  • The Mayor, Joe Soucheray, leads a segment cataloging reports from listeners ("GLers") about which Minnesota cities and institutions are still displaying the old Minnesota flag rather than the newly adopted design.
  • Notable Moments: Reports from cities including Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, and Waterville. Displaying only the U.S. flag at government offices is discussed as a subtle form of protest against the new flag.
  • Quote:
    • Kenny Olson: “Isn't that in and of itself a form of protest?” [06:07]
    • Joe Soucheray: “I think so.” [06:10]

2. Graduations: Traditional vs. Contemporary Ceremonies

• [07:32–36:13]
  • Email from a listener contrasts two recent graduation experiences: a “woke” Osseo High ceremony (held at US Bank Stadium) that felt like “the end of civilized society,” and the state high school trap meet in Alexandria—a throwback to civility and “real” Minnesota values.
  • Discussion moves to land acknowledgments, tribal drumming, multilingual speeches, and immigration-related themes permeating many Twin Cities’ ceremonies.
  • The “brawl” after North High’s graduation is described as emblematic of broader social issues, with security locking attendees inside for safety.
  • Graduation rates and low proficiency in reading and math are highlighted, sparking concern about academic standards versus focus on cultural and political messaging.
  • Quotes:
    • Joe Soucheray: “Who has ever said that North High shouldn’t be representative of black students?” [27:46]
    • Chris Reivers: “If it’s not broke, break it and fix the hell out of it.” [27:58]
    • Kenny Olson: “Are they going to make money? Are they going to buy a house?” [33:36]
    • Joe Soucheray: “And you don’t have a school board in Minneapolis that is focused on solving that problem. They are focused on creating a school specifically for the Anishinaabe, which I would insist will not help those kids…” [33:57]

3. Identity Politics and Its Impact on Education

• [36:13–44:47]
  • The hosts decry what they see as grievance culture, noting how students are being “fed” a constant refrain of America’s historical and current flaws, possibly at the expense of grit, academic achievement, and aspiration.
  • A roundtable arises about family, community, and the key role of parents pushing kids to aspire beyond victimhood or tribalism.
  • Quote:
    • Joe Soucheray: “No one has harmed black children in this country more than the left. No one has done more to ruin the aspirational nature of black children than the left.” [39:08]

4. Anecdotes of Success and Aspiration

• [40:16–44:54]
  • Soucheray recounts meeting a successful, self-made Black marketing executive who “escaped the BS”—emphasizing the power of parental expectations, tradition, and resilience.
  • Chris Reivers draws a broader lesson about intergenerational success and the critical role of family, regardless of race.
  • Quote:
    • Chris Reivers: “It’s about family, Joe… I think that transcends all colors.” [44:00]

5. Student Writing, Old Listeners, and Education Pathways

• [45:04–50:45]
  • The team recalls Marcus Hunter II, a North Minneapolis student whose op-eds in the Star Tribune enumerated the dangers and pressures facing Black youth, and who recently graduated from college, setting an example for others.

6. Graduations in Rural vs. Metro Minnesota

• [36:13–38:09]
  • Reflection that traditional graduations—those without political overtures—are still the norm the further one gets from Minneapolis/St. Paul’s “tallest buildings.”

7. School Fights, Security Incidents at Graduation

• [28:27–38:09]
  • Extended discussion about graduation incidents, particularly tensions between Black and Somali students, turf rivalries, and efforts by school and community leaders to contain post-ceremony violence.
  • Quotes:
    • Kenny Olson: “They don’t care for each other.” [36:57]
    • Pete Arnold: “It’s a turf war thing.” [37:16]
    • Chris Reivers: “They trotted out the phrase—abundance of caution.” [37:49]

8. Dog Park/Land Back Debates & Cultural Rituals

• [08:57–15:16]
  • Updates on the Minnehaha Dog Park controversy: native land activists argue for reclaiming land, often led by “White Liberal women” rather than Indigenous people.
  • Discussion about Ojibwe tradition regarding dogs and modern spiritual boundaries, with hosts skeptical of sudden culture-based objections to a 34-year-old park.
  • Quotes:
    • Joe Soucheray: “Why has this come up today?” [14:28]
    • Chris Reivers: “We're smarter now than we were then.” [15:12]

9. Speculative History: What If the U.S. Was Never Settled by Europeans?

• [21:07–23:44]
  • Soucheray posits a “preposterous” question about what the country would look like had it remained only in the hands of Native tribes—pondering the development of medicine, technology, and society.
  • Quote:
    • Joe Soucheray: “Would medicine have advanced? Would the lifespan have increased? Would birth rates have been more survivable?” [22:20]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On New Graduation Traditions:
  “Land acknowledgments, tribal drumming, speeches delivered in multiple languages other than English, and discussions of ICE deportations were among the themes at several Twin Cities graduation ceremonies.” – Joe Soucheray [26:51]
• On Academic Proficiency:
  “While thousands of Minnesota seniors celebrate graduation this spring… the focus on identity politics and immigration issues comes at a time when the majority of Minnesota public high school students are not meeting state proficiency standards in reading or math.” – Joe Soucheray [26:31]
• On Modern Grievance Culture:
  “It is a free pass to thinking that the world is unfair, that this country is despicable, that the founding was flawed. If you work and achieve, you don’t necessarily come to that conclusion.” – Joe Soucheray [38:31]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Flag Roundup: [03:47–07:32]
• Graduations—Tradition vs. Modernity: [07:32–36:13]
• Identity Politics & “Grievance” in Schools: [36:13–44:47]
• Speculative History & Social Debate: [21:07–23:44]
• Dog Park & Land Back Movement: [08:57–15:16]
• School Security Incidents: [28:27–38:09]
• Anecdotes of Black Success & Overcoming: [40:16–44:54]
• Rural Graduation Counterpoints: [36:13–38:09]
• Marcus Hunter II Follow-up: [49:23–50:45]

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Tone & Style

The conversation reflects Garage Logic’s distinctive blend of nostalgic conservatism, Midwestern skepticism, and barstool storytelling. Joe Soucheray leads with incredulity and occasional exasperation at the direction of schools and culture, while his co-hosts add quips, historical asides, and the occasional ribbing—giving the episode the feel of a hometown roundtable elevated to podcast form.

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Additional Highlights

• [34:16] Reflection on the shrinking, sometimes chaotic, nature of urban graduation ceremonies: “Boy, that’s a small graduating class, isn’t it? 128.”
• [33:36] On implications for student futures: “Are they going to make money? Are they going to buy a house?”
• [44:27] On family legacy: “It started with his parents. Well, it didn’t start with his parents. It started with his grandparents.”
• [45:04–50:45] Marcus Hunter II’s letters illustrate the real pressures faced by Black youth, but his subsequent graduation and ambition are celebrated as hopeful exceptions.

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Conclusion

Garage Logic’s June 17, 2026 episode is an exploration (and at times, a lament) on the evolving nature of public rituals and communal values, seen through the lens of high school graduation. The show delves into the interplay of activism, tradition, and educational priorities, mixing news, opinion, personal anecdotes, and signature humor, making it both a time capsule and a provocation for listeners concerned about the future of Minnesota’s youth and community identity.

Transcript

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[Joe Soucheray]

And now, from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the Krabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your flashlight fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Susher. I'm not gonna wait till the end of the show today to do a flag update because they're piling up. Paul writes the union. What? Oh, he was bringing up the flag again about. Never mind. Okay, that's the wrong email.

[Kenny Olson]

Noted.

[Joe Soucheray]

We covered that yesterday. Minnesota's contribution to the time capsule for America's 250th birthday is the new flag. Downing thought it should be a plate. Just an empty plate to signify all the children who didn't get fed.

[Pete Arnold]

Oh, that's not bad at all.

[Joe Soucheray]

I thought that was pretty good. That's pretty good. Joe, my youngest son graduated from Osseo High School last Sunday the 7th. Well, whenever the 7th of June was, the ceremony was at U.S. bank Stadium. And after attending that, I was thoroughly convinced it was over as a civilized society. Fast forward one week to Alexandria where the state high school TRAP meet was held and my faith has been totally restored. At the TRAP meet, there was civility, respect and encouragement. And there, under Old Glory, was the real Minnesota state flag. Is Alexandria on the list? I don't know where he went. Where did he go?

[Kenny Olson]

Alexandria.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm sitting right here.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'm not talking to you.

[Pete Arnold]

He's talking about the official flag.

[Chris Reivers]

Giving you a couple of updates on Alexandria. Obviously you don't pay attention. Maybe somebody could send you an email and you would pay attention to that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe, my wife and I took a nice bike ride on the Paul Bunyan Trail from Pequot Lakes to Merrifield and back. Halfway is the town of Nisswa. My happy to report the town of Niswa displays the true Minnesota flag outside city hall. And the city of Pequot Lakes has a wonderful display of all state flags for every state and are also flying the true state flag of Minnesota. Enjoy the attached photos of Pequot Lakes and the GL flag that hangs at our cabin. I did, thank you. Been a loyal GL lister since the beginning. Keep up the good work, Charlie. Kremers. Creamers, 50 Lakes, Minnesota. So there's Alex and Niswa and Pequot Lakes in case they're not on the crawl yet.

[Kenny Olson]

I'd never heard of 50 Lakes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Becky writes the McLeod county office flies the true flag. Two towns in McLeod County, Glencoe and Hutchinson only fly the US flag at their office. The Hutchin Police Department flies the true flag. Thank you.

[Pete Arnold]

Isn't that in and of itself a form of protest, would you say?

[Joe Soucheray]

I think so. There's another one there.

[Pete Arnold]

If they're just flying the US Flag and no state flag.

[Joe Soucheray]

Clinton writes, hail the flashlight King. That wasn't very I have yet to see the name of my my lifelong city on the honorable list of cities that are flying the true flag. So from a former mayor of Waterville, from the western shores of Lake Tatanka to the eastern shores of Lake Sakata, Waterville is proudly flying the true Minnesota flag located at our city's veterans memorial. So this one get handed to our flag guy. Thank you sir. A real mayor. A real former mayor. There's with that one. And then one more miles writes hi from Vergis, 10 miles south of Detroit Lakes. As Virgus is the home of the world's largest loon statue. I am proud to say our flag plaza includes the true Minnesota flag, not the Somalian copy. Love the show. And he notes lsmft keeping a pack in a vacuum packet storage. You could put that in a Boveda humidor. Couldn't. He's keeping his lucky strikes for the end of the year.

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The largest Burgess. And that concludes today's flag roundup. I want to get I want to remind people again that not only is the capital city of Minnesota going to be hosting fireworks on the 4th, but Stephen C. Anderson will be doing a off the chart concert at the cathedral and he's going to have Pat Donahue and a whole bunch of other people. Go to Stephen C. Go to Stephen C's website and check it out. It's going to be in the cathedral and that's going to be followed by the fireworks. All right. And I have further information on the Minnehaha Dog park situation. Some very serious emails and I repeat, it's a Waterloo moment. As you'll see here in another moment, this take back the land movement on behalf of Native Americans. Isn't it interesting I don't note any of our native brothers and sisters really leading the charge to have land returned. It's the mysterians who are doing it. It's the White Liberal woman doing it.

[Chris Reivers]

It seems, just as a casual observer that the natives just want some of their treaty rights that we promised them and really didn't deliver on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I think we should do that. I think we should do.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, you know, we did promise.

[Kenny Olson]

So at the airport, I had a nice chat with Michael Fairbanks, who is the head of the White Earth band, and he made no mention of claiming back.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is he a G eler?

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know that he's quite a g eler, but we had a nice conversation.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, did he know who you were?

[Kenny Olson]

He didn't. He knew who my wife was. My wife's family was.

[Chris Reivers]

Did you say whiter than White Earth? Yeah. Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Ojibwe Joe. Been a listener since the previous century, so I guess I'm getting old. But I digress. My combat in the dog park is more of a religious angle. Same thing with allowing religious ceremonial Native American rights in schools. Here, the dog. Some of the schools allow a smoking ritual or a burning of tobacco. Sage issue. Yeah. And Somalis, of course, have prayer areas in schools. And so he. He said my comment is more of a religious angle here. The dog park is to be eliminated because it's infringing on sacred religious reasons. Why are the same people decrying any mention of God or anything Christian but will bend over backwards to endorse any other supernatural beliefs? This seems to be the state of the new Spielberg movie about disclosure. The only religion based on reviews I've heard. I haven't seen it, so take it with a grain of salt. That has to change to be held accountable is Christianity, especially Catholicism. No Muslims, Hindus, Jews or any other beliefs. Lastly, there have been some serious property disruption in parts of Canada where land has been given to indigenous or first nations people. But the unintended consequences are tax turmoil, banking issues because many lose their homes and properties with reduction of any development because of a lack of certainty. Just trying to add some food for thought. Thank you, Jim from Clayton, Wisconsin. There's a piece in the Minneapolis Times today about how exactly much it would cost if Minnesota gave back the land. Well, it's. It's prohibitive. It can't be done. But what the mysterians will do is they'll continue to make a fuss. Just a minute. My headphones became unplugged.

[Kenny Olson]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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Our state has A jaw dropping 1.08 trillion in taxable property, about 536 billion in residential, 205 billion. Agriculture, 120 billion in commercial and industrial properties. To put 1.8 trillion in perspective, Minnesota's entire two year state budget to right around 72 billion. It would cost 30 times the state's annual entire annual operating budget. If the government tried to buy this land legally and return it to the natives, well then.

[Joe Soucheray]

And plus then where would we go?

[Chris Reivers]

Correct.

[Joe Soucheray]

But what would we do? Correct.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, I think. Yeah, I. I don't know. I can't even speculate.

[Joe Soucheray]

Back to the dog park email. This is from Jim. Does he say no name? No, wait a minute, I just read that one. I'm sorry. That was the one from Clayton, Wisconsin. This is the one. That's no name. Yes. Dogs played a prominent yet complex role in Ojibwe Chippewa history. Historically, dogs were consumed in ritual feasts as a sacred sacrifice to honor their creator or to establish solemn vows. However, today living dogs are strictly prohibited from entering modern ceremony spaces due to their spiritual connection to the wolf. A breakdown of the historical and spiritual context highlights these contrasting roles. The Dog feast and ceremonial sacrifice Historically, dogs were sacrificed and ceremoniously eaten by the Ojibwe, particularly in rites of passage, war related rituals and Mdewiwin grand medicine ceremonies. The ritual offering the dog was considered a highly valued loyal companion. Offering it in a feast was seen as the ultimate sacrifice. Historical documentation European explorers and missionaries such as George Seton in 1857 extensively documented these Indian dog feasts taking place in Canada, noting that eating the dog together formalized treaties and bonds of friendship. I don't know what the emailer wants me to understand about knowing this now in relation to the dog park at Minnehaha, but it does seem to lend some credence to the idea that natives don't want dogs around in a sacred area. Well, I have a couple of questions. Again, it hasn't been explained to me how it's okay if a dog's on a leash, but not okay if the dog isn't. And two, this dog park's been there for 34 years. Why has this come up today?

[Chris Reivers]

Climate. It's the current politics. You knew the answer to that before you asked it. But yeah, I get your point.

[Joe Soucheray]

34 years that things that dog park's

[Pete Arnold]

been there like the 48 hour rule. That thing's Been here forever, Joe.

[Chris Reivers]

We're smarter now than we were then.

[Pete Arnold]

That's right.

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[Joe Soucheray]

It's maybe a preposterous question because it's so preposterous, but I think I've asked this before on the air and I don't mean it in any way to be an indictment of anything. It's a. I'm asking a serious question. What if the United States was never settled by anybody and the Indians continued to be the only inhabitants of the United States? We Europeans were not welcome, not wanted, had to turn their boats back and it only remained in the hands of the various native tribes that were here in 2026 right now. And that lasted throughout time to this day. Well, we wouldn't be sitting here. What else wouldn't have happened?

[Chris Reivers]

Well, go back to our history and just start checking things off the, you know, the biggest being. I'm not good at this, this part of speculating, but I would guess the industrial revolution, the enlightenment.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, the industrial revolution changed virtually everything. Or, or let's say this, let's look at it this way. Would natives, as the world grew more modern and modern all around them, presumably. Would the natives have begun to develop, advance the telephone and the railroad and the car and I can hear some euphorians saying, geez, it sounds pretty good to have a country where there's no noise, no railroads, no cars and everything, but no, it would have happened. Do you think it would have happened with meaning? Would medicine have advanced? Would the lifespan have increased? Would birth rates have been more survivable? What would have happened?

[Chris Reivers]

If this sounds like a sci fi movie, actually, I can't. I'm having a hard time speculating, Joe, I'll be honest.

[Kenny Olson]

But if it wasn't us. It would have been somebody else.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, it was somebody else far long before it was us. Everybody was here before us.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, but I'm not guilty about that.

[Chris Reivers]

No, I'm not either. I think we were the great victors. I think Jefferson was a genius in acquiring the Louisiana Purchase.

[Pete Arnold]

Sorry, Ken. This notion, though, of giving everything back. Okay, then what?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it's interesting to note that that movement, which is mysterious in nature, exclusively mysterious in nature, driven by the failed academy and activism, and you're seeing it play out at a microscopic level at a dog park in Minnehaha. But if the dog owners don't win that, it'll begin. It'll play out more and more and more. And I was noting there's a piece in Alpha today. I doubt we'll ever read it and any other news source about the graduations in the Twin Cities, the high school graduations and land acknowledgments. This does not have a byline on it, so I don't know if this was a staff effort to attend a variety of graduations or not, but it says the focus on identity politics and immigration issues comes at a time when the majority of Minnesota public high school students are not meeting state proficiency standards in reading or math. While thousands of Minnesota seniors celebrate graduation this spring, several Twin Cities ceremonies look strikingly different from those of a generations past. Land acknowledgments Tribal drumming, speeches delivered in multiple languages other than English, and discussions of ice deportations were among the themes at several Twin Cities graduation ceremonies reviewed by Alpha News. In one case, a graduation celebration ended in a brawl that reportedly left attendees temporarily locked inside the building after the ceremony had concluded. At Minneapolis north, where state Data shows just 1% of students are proficient in math and 15% in reading, commencement speakers devoted significant attention to land acknowledgement and topics ranging from the school's unapologetically black identity to the impact of Operation Metro Surge. Principal Marie Freestal Ben opened the school's commencement ceremony with the Land acknowledgement, recognizing Dakota Land and Native people who she said were attempted to be genocidal, genocidally annihilated. Okay, North High School sits on Dakota Land. Our state breathes Dakota air and Native air. Friesel Bend told graduates and attendees, well, freestyle Bend. Shut up then and close your school. Lock it up and make it the Anishinaabe School that the Minneapolis school board wants to spend 105 million on and you'll save the taxpayers some money. Teacher Tom Lackermeyer invoked Operation Metro Surge during the commencement ceremony, telling graduates that federal immigration enforcement actions were among the defining hardships of their senior year. This group of young men and women has endured many trials and tribulations just to be here today, lackermire said, including watching ICE invade our city, take our community members, family members and even one of our classmates away. In her speech, Friesl Ben also emphasized identity and culture, describing North High as a school that embraces and leans into its black identity despite one third of the student body being Hispanic, white, Asian and Native American. Unapologetically black is what we like to say. Well, I agree. Why would you have to apologize about it? You're inventing your grief so that you can then complain about it. You're inventing the damn grievance so you can bitch about it during a high school graduation. Who has ever said that North High shouldn't be representative black students?

[Chris Reivers]

It's our old phrase. If it's not broke, break it and fix the hell out of it.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what they're doing. Don't get me wrong, she said. We embrace everybody, but we definitely lean into our blackness. And you will probably see that today if you haven't already. Well, great. I would have thought that would have gone unspoken.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, is it okay if I lean into my Scandinavian, then?

[Joe Soucheray]

No.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, oh, it's not allowed.

[Kenny Olson]

Sorry.

[Joe Soucheray]

What viewers of North High's graduation livestream did not see was what transpired. After cameras stopped rolling, a fight erupted among attendees at Minneapolis Public Schools, later described as an unfortunate incident that drew a sharp rebuke from retired Minneapolis Police Sgt. Lisa Clemens, who was in attendance. Clemens is the founder of A Mother's Love Initiative, a north Minneapolis nonprofit focused on violence prevention and youth outreach. It should never have ended in a brawl, clemons wrote in a Facebook post following North High's June 5 ceremony. To my black people and my Somali brothers and sisters, stop it, she wrote. It's sad, ridiculous and embarrassing. Graduations and proms are the most exciting time for our seniors. You have marred many of those special memories. The last two to three years have been the worst I've seen. According to Clemens, the altercation was serious enough that attendees were temporarily prevented from leaving the venue. Now everybody is locked in here because you all cannot control yourselves, she wrote in another post. It's disgusting that our children will end their year walking across the stage and into this melee. In response to questions from Alpha News, Minneapolis Public Schools announced it was aware of an unfortunate incident and isolated incident following the graduation ceremony at North. The district said it received no reports of injuries and remains focused on celebrating the school's 128 graduates and their accomplishments. Boy, that's a small graduating class, isn't it? 128.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

That use of the phrase isolated incident that tends to make it seem like, oh, it was no big deal. Just one isolated, extremely violent incident.

[Joe Soucheray]

Once a rarity at commencement ceremonies, tribal drumming was featured at a number of Minneapolis graduations this year, including Roosevelt South Fair. F A, I, R. That's an acronym for something. Camden and Edison high schools that I understand.

[Kenny Olson]

I can take some native drumming, but not a beat down, so to speak, of going on about the landscape.

[Joe Soucheray]

Multi. Well, you're. You're kinder than I am. Multilingual students. Multilingual student speeches likewise appeared at several Twin Cities graduations. At Southwest June 6 commencement, three students delivered speeches in languages other than English. Hopkins High School took the same approach June 10, opening its commencement ceremony with three consecutive speeches in Hmong, Somali and Spanish. Each lasted several minutes before the program moved on to other speakers. Later in the program, another Hopkins student speaker addressed issues of race policing and immigration enforcement. Okay. South High School principal Ahmed Amin struck a similar tone, emphasizing the community activism during his commencement address while reinforcing. I'm sorry. While referencing Operation Metro Surge, which he said dramatically altered the school's operations. At one point, half our students were attending school virtually, amin said. Rather than recalling the books, backpacks and calculators traditionally associated with student life, Amin told the graduates that whistles and passports became important items. You did not leave the house without. All right. Amin's remarks followed a performance of the black national anthem. The national anthem of the country was not played. That's bullshit. All right. Minnesota's four year graduation rate reached 84.9% for the class of 2025, while the Minneapolis Public Schools reported a four year graduation rate of 73%.

[Josh Arnold]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

The graduation rates stand in contrast to state assessment data showing that a majority of Minnesota students are not proficient in reading or math. According to the Minnesota report card, just 49.6% of students statewide are proficient in reading and 45.2% are proficient in math. In Minneapolis Public Schools, those figures drop to approximately 41% in reading and 36% in math. And you don't have a school board in Minneapolis that is focused on solving that problem. They are focused on creating a school specifically for the Anishinaabe, which I would insist will not help those kids, but it will help those kids. If the mystery is brought about, you're not going to need proficiency in reading. And math in the new country that is attempting to be brought about. You're not going to need that.

[Kenny Olson]

Are they going to make money? Are they going to buy a house?

[Joe Soucheray]

You're not going to need to. You're certainly not going to need to know any history because they've held history in contempt. You're not going to need to know anything about the founding of the country. You're not going to need to know anything about the Federalist Papers. You're not going to need to know anything about the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, it sounds like for these kids this would be a good time to get addicted to drugs and move into a homeless camp because that's your future.

[Kenny Olson]

Or jail. That's three hots and a cotton.

[Chris Reivers]

You're safe, much better. Yeah, right. And probably get better drugs in jail too.

[Joe Soucheray]

What did the emailers say? It was a flag email about Alexandria, but did we gloss over this? He noted the flag. The emailer, Jim from Clayton, Wisconsin said. That he went to graduation around here.

[Chris Reivers]

I thought he was out shooting park

[Joe Soucheray]

and he thought it was the end of the world. Oh, my youngest son graduated from Osseo High school last Sunday 7 June. The ceremony was at US Bank Stadium and after attending that I was thoroughly convinced it was over. As in civilized society. Then he jumps fast forward to Alexia. So Osseo must have carried on in a way that a gl er with a few years under his belt didn't understand or appreciate the Osseo Orioles.

[Kenny Olson]

What's in Osseo?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's not that far from the tall buildings. I don't know if you can see them from there, but. Well, it doesn't surprise me that these high school graduates. I went to a college graduation this year and it was just, just amazing. It was traditional. You might as well be graduating the University of Garage Logic. It was the University of South Carolina and I went to a local kid who graduated from eighth grade. That was wonderful.

[Pete Arnold]

Do we have graduations for eighth grade?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh yeah. Hell, they got graduations from kindergarten these days.

[Kenny Olson]

Elementary's got to go into high school so that's a different from middle school.

[Joe Soucheray]

But I, I so I didn't experience this. I but I'm not surprised at all that this is being experienced.

[Kenny Olson]

I wonder what the percentage is. I mean there's no way to find

[Joe Soucheray]

out but the percentage of what who

[Kenny Olson]

has traditional and who has.

[Joe Soucheray]

I bet the majority of graduate. Well, in the metro I bet the majority of graduations featured some aspect of the mystery. I bet the farther Away you get from the tallest buildings were fewer and fewer references to the mystery. That would be my suspicion.

[Pete Arnold]

But the incident is also something to focus on. I told you guys a couple of years ago about the one I experienced at my niece's graduation, and there's several more that have taken. But we had the shooting at. Was it the Wayzata graduation last year.

[Joe Soucheray]

Outside of what is there a troubled relationship between American black kids and Somali kids?

[Pete Arnold]

I'll see.

[Joe Soucheray]

Boy, is there ever.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

They don't care for each other.

[Pete Arnold]

And even there's certain sections of the Somali population that don't get along with one another.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. They're all. Well, frequently warring among themselves. Well, they think Ilhan made reference to that with a tribe comment.

[Joe Soucheray]

They have a tribe culture.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And you're supposed to be loyal to your tribe.

[Kenny Olson]

Correct.

[Pete Arnold]

It's a turf war thing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right. So at. That must have played out at north so significantly that the school was locked down and the combatants were not allowed. It sounds to me like they locked the combatants in the school to prevent this from. From becoming a big public story. To prevent this fight from carrying out into the street and down the block and around the block and down this. It sounded like they were trying to prevent this from getting out to the.

[Chris Reivers]

They trotted out the fray. Abundance of caution.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sure.

[Chris Reivers]

It was.

[Joe Soucheray]

It was an incident.

[Pete Arnold]

There was one in. Was there also.

[Chris Reivers]

Isolated.

[Joe Soucheray]

Isolated incident.

[Pete Arnold]

Yeah, there was another one at Burnsville. Was that this year? Was that last year? I think it was last year.

[Joe Soucheray]

Gratefully, I'm at an age where I really, really thank the people who don't invite me to anything.

[Pete Arnold]

Well, the only reason.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't want to know anything. I don't want to go to anybody's graduation.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Pete Arnold]

The only reason.

[Chris Reivers]

Go to a grad party. Sorry, Chris, Go ahead.

[Pete Arnold]

No, I was just gonna say the only reason I'm bringing it up is I remember us talking about it on this show. I'm almost positive it was Burnsville, and I'm looking it up. It was June of 2025, so we did talk about it last year.

[Chris Reivers]

I remember that well.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

There's a simple way to maybe look at this. Could be wrong. I'm willing to be straightened out. It's. It's easier for kids to buy into their grievances because it enables them not to work hard, Period.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

It is a free pass to thinking that the world is unfair, that this country is despicable, that the founding was flawed. If you work and achieve, you don't necessarily come to that Conclusion. But if you are constantly hectored in your grade school, high school and college about what a dreadful existence life in the United States is, you're not reading, you're not learning your math, and you're not prepared to do anything, it's much easier to fall back on laziness and just glide through life holding people in ill thoughts for their achievements because you think they're being done unfairly. And these kids. No one. I'll keep saying it till the day I die. No one has harmed black children in this country more than the left. No one has done more to ruin the aspirational nature of black children than the left. They're not ashamed of themselves. They'll never admit that, but that's exactly what they do. And it's just. It's just a crime. I met a guy two weeks ago.

[Kenny Olson]

Doing what?

[Pete Arnold]

Congratulations.

[Josh Arnold]

You were out there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Huh?

[Kenny Olson]

You put yourself out there.

[Pete Arnold]

Yeah, it's a new Joe.

[Kenny Olson]

I responded to you on Facebook.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh. It's just. I mean, everyone can tell this story. Never mind.

[Josh Arnold]

No, I want to hear.

[Pete Arnold]

Oh, come on. No, you can't tease the audience like that.

[Kenny Olson]

What the hell is going on here?

[Pete Arnold]

He bought me coffee.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Was he a good kisser?

[Joe Soucheray]

Playing golf is a threesome. There's a black guy behind us playing as a single. We wade the guy forward. You want to join us? Blah, blah. Sure. Well, it turns out it's a guy we would. We really need to know, given the business we're in. He's in the marketing business, and he handles a lot of social media and media stuff, and he films commercials. And he's. By every measure I could determine, he's very successful. And he married a woman from Minneapolis. He has homes in Los Angeles, in New York, but he has a home here because his wife's from here and the family's around here. So when he's here, he works from home. And just a hell of a great guy. Humble and everything. Grew up in Chicago. And I just kept thinking to myself the whole time, well, he escaped the bs. He escaped the BS that kids are being fed.

[Josh Arnold]

He.

[Joe Soucheray]

He survived it. And he came out on top of all the. Can I. He escaped the BSO meter. Oh, he escaped the bsome.

[Pete Arnold]

My goodness gracious. I didn't even know we were.

[Joe Soucheray]

Dad is a radiologist. Oh, okay. And I have a pair of shoes that are really frowned on, disconnected by the people I play golf with.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he said, hey, my dad's got shoes like that. And I said. I turned to the other three. I Said, see, see what I got. All right? But this. This guy's in his 40s. None of that life could be like that.

[Chris Reivers]

It shouldn't be surprising to you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it is surprising that he avoided the bs, especially in Chicago. For all I know, he went to Choate. I have no idea.

[Chris Reivers]

What I'm the most surprised about is that Gabe is not working for him yet.

[Kenny Olson]

Get on that Gabe.

[Chris Reivers]

Give him a call. Gabriel.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, but here's some of his clients here, okay? Spike Lee and Denzel Washington.

[Kenny Olson]

But here's what it shows you what I mean, Gabe, you said his dad was a.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's a radiologist, okay, so his dad escaped the BSO meter.

[Kenny Olson]

So look what that's showing you. Generational, traditional. You probably had good kid. You got to go to school, you got to study hard, and you will be successful.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now, these kids, whether Somalis or black American kids at north, who apparently were fighting, there's not a doubt in my mind that any one of them or if not a multitude of them could cure cancer if they wanted to. You just have to decide, okay, go to medical school. Do you think any of them have that in mind? Based on what we just heard about the graduation, do you think any of them have that in mind? I don't know. More accurately, do you think any of them were steered in that direction by the failed academy?

[Kenny Olson]

That's the key. Not only by that, but by the parents who could say, you could do that and you could do it at a fraction of the cost because you're a minority. And we need minority doctors, pathologists, radiologists.

[Chris Reivers]

I think I'm on board here with Matthew, because I'm thinking about your new buddy there, and you mentioned his parents. Well, it didn't start with his parents. It started with his parent, his grandparents and his great grandparents. This is. It's about family, Joe. And it's about, in the case of a black person in Chicago fighting institutional racism and all the other nonsense and bullshit that a black person has to deal with. And I think that all comes from a strong sense of family pushing you forward, lifting you up. And I think that transcends all colors. I think that's the key point to success in all peoples.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's going to require then. That's going to require the parents of children of color to reject what the radical left is trying to do for them.

[Kenny Olson]

Like at Benjamin E. Mays, like you just said yesterday, they're trying Afrocentric.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's going to harm the kids, teach them, because it's preparing them for nothing.

[Chris Reivers]

His parents saying, keep your head down, study, stay focused, let it roll off your back. Go, go, go, go.

[Joe Soucheray]

Do you recall we. I think we had him on the air. A young black student at De La Salle who was writing letters to the Star Tribune about.

[Pete Arnold]

I was back in the radio days.

[Joe Soucheray]

I do remember that he was facing danger walking to school. I have him here somewhere, Joe. As I think back on him, he was on a tightrope. He could have fallen either way. He was willing to grasp the good America, but he was tugged at by grievances and the fallback position of just complaining and accusing everybody of racism. And it seems to me he was trying to really, really avoid the BS alarm arm. He really was trying to avoid it. And he had two letters.

[Chris Reivers]

OP ed pieces.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's his name?

[Chris Reivers]

I don't have. I can't find them. I got him somewhere.

[Joe Soucheray]

Anyway, I think we had him on the air, didn't we?

[Kenny Olson]

Maybe it's not right.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I think we did. I think we did.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Kenny Olson]

Gotcha.

[Pete Arnold]

I'll tell you this right now. We used to have a place on this show that advertised a world famous meatloaf. I got it beat. You ready?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Pete Arnold]

Masters Maples. Masters Maples dot com. Okay, here's the deal. I made meatloaf.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is that a meatloaf?

[Pete Arnold]

No, but I made meatloaf this weekend. You want my recipe? Rookie, you ready? Write this down, get out your pen, whatever. Because people Wonder, I go 85% with my beef. You get the mixed onion. Don't look at me like that. Put mixed onion in there. Bread crumbs, milk, fresh parsley and the Savory seasoning from mastersmaples.com Yum. Well, turns out I didn't make enough for everybody, so I ate the whole thing myself.

[Kenny Olson]

That's the problem.

[Pete Arnold]

I'm not here to judge. But just do that. All of the Fratelloni's hardware and garden stores locations carry everything relating to Masters Maples. It goes with anything. The beef, the chicken, the fish, it doesn't matter. Their seasonings are fantastic. But also, stock up on the 100% pure Minnesota Maple syrup. It's the best out there right now. And like I said, all Fratelloni's locations. Or you can just buy it [e-mail] and you too, Joe Sucheri can taste the difference.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here is John Haidt.

[John Height]

Thank you, Drew. Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry, go ahead.

[Chris Reivers]

The guy, the kid you were referencing, Joe from October 12, 2020, op ed section in the Star Tribune. Imagine you are a black male teen walking down the street in your north Minneapolis neighborhood, afraid each step may be your last. Just like me. That was penned by Marcus Hunter II.

[Joe Soucheray]

Marcus Hunter, yes.

[Chris Reivers]

His second piece, also in the op ed section, came March 3, 2021. I live in a cemetery called North Minneapolis. Every block has trees decorated with names, pictures and balloons to honor lives lost. I'm afraid I will one day have my own tree.

[Joe Soucheray]

And John, you have found out where he is now. Link.

[John Height]

He has a LinkedIn page where he was an undergrad student at the University of Arizona from August 2021 until late last year, September of 2025. And then underneath his little bio it says he int to graduate with his bachelor's degree in 2025, which he obviously did, and then go on to graduate school to obtain his mba.

[Chris Reivers]

We should talk to him. I'd love to talk to him.

[Joe Soucheray]

Good for you, kid. I hope it works out for you.

[Chris Reivers]

Quick 10 minute conversation to see what's going on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, let's try to find him. Gabe. Marcus Hunter the second. We'll find him. Go ahead, John.

[John Height]

This news. Thank you, Joe. Brought to you by North American Banking Company. The founder of Feeding Future is appealing her federal prison sentence imposed earlier this year. Court documents filed yesterday show Amy Bach has asked the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the case. In May, a federal judge sentenced Bach to more than 41 years for being one of the masterminds behind the $250 million scheme to steal taxpayer dollars meant to feed children. Her attorney said, quote, amy Bach hopes that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals will view the case as she does. A defendant in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme who pleaded guilty to money laundering has learned her prison sentence. Asha Jama was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison with one year of supervised release. She's also ordered to pay $449,933 in restitution immediately. Bravo Restaurant and Cafe in Rochester was listed as a food distribution site during the scheme. And in total, Jama and her four other co conspirators were accused of misappropriating $4.3 million, using that money to buy vehicles, real estate and property off the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, according to court.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know that's a luxury place, man.

[John Height]

According to court records, Jama will either surrender to her place of confinement or turn herself over to U.S. marshals on July 16th.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, if these idiots only took like 10 grand at a time, they could have done this the rest of their lives.

[Kenny Olson]

Under the cart, right? Under the cart.

[Josh Arnold]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Perfect.

[John Height]

4.3 million in a year.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, she probably fed millions of kids, John.

[John Height]

Well, I'm sure. Yeah. The Latest Star Tribune Care 11 Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication Minnesota poll is out. Among the numbers, Governor Tim Walls's approval rating has reached its lowest point of his tenure as he gets ready to leave office sitting at just 39%.

[Joe Soucheray]

How can 39% of the people in this state give him a thumbs up? I don't know.

[John Height]

The state's fraud crisis emerged as a major concern for voters in the poll. A majority respondents said they were, quote, very concerned about the level of fraud in state social services programs. Another 27% said they were somewhat concerned. Asked which party they trusted more to reduce fraud, 45% of respondents picked the Republican Party, 38% said the Democrats. 14% said they don't trust either party.

[Joe Soucheray]

How many said, I don't know, no

[Kenny Olson]

opinion, no opinion, I don't have an opinion.

[John Height]

85 and 14. Just 1 or 2%. It looks like the same poll also saw approval numbers for President Trump go down. Last year, the President's approval numbers in Minnesota were at 45%. In the latest poll, they're at 41%. A group protesting charges against 15 people accused of anti ice actions was sprayed by law enforcement with a chemical irritant outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul yesterday. It happened about 2 o' clock in the afternoon, just hours after the U.S. attorney's office announced charges against 15 people allegedly tied to two Minneapolis based antifa groups. Several of the defendants were appearing in court for the first time at 2 o' clock after initially refusing an order to shut the courthouse doors. The protesters said security deployed tear gas or some other chemical irritant. Video captured by five Eyewitness news photographers showed an orange chemical on the outside of the door of the courthouse where two apparent chemical canisters remained. On the ground ground. Dozens of protesters were heard chanting, drop the charges. Drop them now. After being released from custody, defendant Cameron Kennedy said, our case is a threat to the entire city of Minneapolis and anybody who doesn't like ICE's policies. Kennedy said he was confident he and other defendants would prevail, saying, quote, it's basically just alleging that we were conspiring to protest. Essentially, if we're guilty of the charges, so is the entire city of Minneapolis.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm looking for the nickname of one of those. It was just one of the world's greatest nicknames. It might be here.

[Kenny Olson]

Dusty.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, they all have, they all have nicknames. For example, Hannah Margaret Vandywater Davis is also known as Gabriel Vandewater and Noob Nathan Kim is known as Moon Bear. But there was one that had. I can't find one. One was like the dog woof woof or something. I can't find it right now.

[Kenny Olson]

That is unconventional.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, it is. Yeah.

[John Height]

The man accused of firing several gunshots at deputies who tried to arrest him on a warrant last week leading to an hours long standoff in Minneapolis is now criminally charged. The Hennepin county attorney's office filed 21 counts, 18 first degree assault and three illegal gun possession charges against 31 year old Tyler Joseph O' Brien yesterday. He was arrested about eight hours after Hennepin county deputy showed up near West 28th street and Nicollet Avenue to arrest him on a Department of Corrections Pellety weapons warrant. Charging documents say that deputies got a tip that o' Brien was there and four deputies responded. After knocking and announcing themselves, deputies used a camera to see under the door and saw him apparently holding a gun aimed at them. Deputies then saw two cameras they thought he was using to watch them. And after knocking those down, deputies heard a loud bang and realized they were being shot at. All four deputies exited the building and the standoff ensued, resulting in several nearby evacuations. Prosecutors say O' Brien fired 15 to 20 rounds through windows, doors and walls toward law enforcement and civilians, some of which hit armored vehicles, a squad car and a drone. When contacted during the standoff, he threatened use of a grenade, made additional threats to shoot officers, According to the complaint, O' Brien had previously been convicted of first degree assault in Nebraska in 2015, therefore not allowed to possess a gun.

[Chris Reivers]

Say I should mention that today on the Crabby Coffee Shop, Jay and I will be talking about those 15 Minnesot charged with conspiracy for impeding ICE agents. We do have a retired FBI agent guest lined up, Kyle Lovin, and he's going to help us grasp their history and the way they operate and whether or not this was a concerted professional effort as opposed to just a random grassroots effort effort.

[Kenny Olson]

Are these potential antifa guys or some of you.

[Chris Reivers]

You. You said the word that I was trying to avoid.

[Kenny Olson]

But absolutely they're organized in some way is what you're saying.

[Chris Reivers]

Absolutely.

[Kenny Olson]

Stay tuned to the Crabby Coffee to find out.

[Chris Reivers]

And we're going to be talking about the sourcing of funds coming from both George Soros and a guy. I don't know if you guys have heard of this guy, Neville Roy Singham.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have not.

[Chris Reivers]

Who is a, as far as I can tell, a really bad guy. Very wealthy and living in China. Living the socialist dream in China right now. And ironically looks exactly like Dr. Evil.

[John Height]

A beloved Catholic nun who became a fixture at St. Paul Saints baseball games for giving massages to fans, has passed away.

[Joe Soucheray]

Mary yeah.

[John Height]

Sister Rosalind Roslyn.

[Chris Reivers]

Roslyn yeah.

[John Height]

Sister Rosalind Geoffrey, known for two generations of Twin Cities residents as Sister Roz, died at the age of 96 on Monday. She spent a career breaking the stigma around massage therapy by pushing for clear legal boundaries that separated professional therapeutic massage from prostitution. For the St. Paul Saints, Geoffrey delivered an estimated 7,000 back and shoulder rubs to fans and was honored with the first of its kind. Bobble hands figurines celebrating her famous touch. A cause of death has not been made public. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

[Kenny Olson]

She was a frequent volunteer at Second Stork.

[Chris Reivers]

Nice Matthew. Didn't she have a place in West St. Paul?

[Kenny Olson]

I could swear you're thinking of Cleveland. Just up the street from Cecil. She had just across from St. Kate's on Cleveland Avenue. Just a very small massage place. That was after her stage saints stint.

[John Height]

All right, why don't we take a quick break here. More news in a minute but first here's the mayor, Mr. Suare.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Height]

In other news, Iran's top diplomat said yesterday the tentative deal to end the war with the US would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon. That's a condition Israel has already rejected. That could unravel the deal and reignite an all out war to watchers of the Mideast. The US and Iran are expected to formally sign that settlement on Friday and open talks about Tehran's nuclear program. Cease fire does have orders according to a leaked copy of the agreement that makes Israel leaving Lebanon. One of the main points of the agreement the Trump administration announced yesterday plans to move two major functions of the Education department to other parts of the government. The most aggressive moves yet by the White House to dismantle that agency. Its pledge to dissolve that agency. The changes move programs for disabled students into the Health and Human Services Department and the enforcement of civil rights laws in schools schools to the Justice Department. Administration officials said the changes would improve government efficiency and lead to better results for students. President Trump said earlier today he's pulling back his own nominee to be the nation's top intelligence official as he again tried to pressure Congress to pass a strict voter identification law that does not have enough support, even among Republicans, to advance. The president announced last week he would nominate Jay Clayton, the US Attorney in Manhattan, to be the director of national intelligence after senators in both parties condemned his earlier decision to install Bill Pulte. Senate leaders had sought to quickly confirm Clayton, hoping to clear the way for a bipartisan agreement to renew the surveillance law that expired last week. The bill to extend it collapsed amid the furor over Pulte, who has no national security experience. Some Democrats had indicated they might be willing to fast track the confirmation, eager to block Pulte from the post. But the president torched that plan this morning in his social media post, just hours before Clayton was scheduled to have a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. He said he would delay the proceedings, all but guaranteeing that Pulte would take the job at the end of this week as the acting director of national intelligence. The president also threatened to block the extension of the powerful spying statute, section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, or fight visa, which expired on Saturday, unless a measure to reauthorize it was attached to elections legislation. Senator John Thune, though the South Dakota Republican majority leader, has said repeatedly that the elections measure does not have sufficient votes to advance even with Republicans, and that appending it to the surveillance legislation would take the FISA bill. Law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend that, according to court papers unsealed. It said plotters disgruntled with the direction of the country spoke of flying explosives laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled. The FBI obtained encrypted text messages between about 20 participants who shared detailed maps of the area and discussed the need for a safe house and escape routes after the attack. Five people were arrested from states including Ohio, Missouri and California. Among those arrested, 19 year old Tyson Proper, an Ohio man whose mom started all the investigation by contacting local law enforcement with concerns about firearms purchases and online communications by her son. Drastic measures being taken to remove that green algae that's filled in the Lincoln Memorial, the reflecting pool there. President Trump promised the pool would be an American flag blue. But weeks before the country celebrates its 250 birthday, Department of the Interior is working to ensure the pool returns to its normal color.

[Kenny Olson]

Is it UFC sludge leftover?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, it's bad, Matt. It's algae.

[John Height]

As video shared online yesterday indicated the work included a toxic chemical poured into the pool. A video that a CBS News reporter shared in the morning showed workers pouring gallons of hydrogen peroxide into the reflecting pool. Additional videos also showed several boxes lining part of the pool as workers poured liquid from the gallon jugs into the pool. In a statement to USA TODAY Network, the Department of the Interior said it was deploying nanobubbler technology to destroy the pool's algae. The department later confirmed it would use hydrogen peroxide to treat the pool, calling it a minor a milder treatment than chlorine. The hydrogen peroxide poured into the pool appeared to be Harris 12%, a concentrated formula the brand says is safe for use around beach people and pets when used as directed. OSHA doesn't agree. They deem the chemical to be hazardous.

[Joe Soucheray]

I saw. I know somebody who visited the reflecting pool last year and it was reflecting. There was nothing wrong with it.

[Kenny Olson]

No problem at all.

[Joe Soucheray]

It was just fine.

[Chris Reivers]

Are you gonna be okay? Do I need to get you a tissue?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'll be all right.

[Chris Reivers]

I have much to your joy. The list of nicknames. Just Joe.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, did you find my guy?

[Chris Reivers]

I found them all, but let's. It's long, so let's wait till after John's news because it's. It's. It's pretty fun. You were dead on. This is awesome.

[John Height]

Defense attorneys for Luigi Mangione plan to argue he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance at his murder trial over the fatal shooting of.

[Joe Soucheray]

We have the BS alarm. Please. I mean. Hey, hey, hey, hey, pal.

[Pete Arnold]

You were right all along. He ain't going to go to jail.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, no. Thank you.

[John Height]

He, of course, is accused of shooting CEO Brian Thompson. Authorities say the 28 year old Mangione killed Thompson outside a midtown Manhattan hotel. He was taken into custody at a Pennsylvania McDonald's after a five day manhunt. Arrested and charged with nine felony counts and second degree murder in New York State court. His New York state trial is expected to begin in September and he still faces separate charges in Pennsylvania and in federal court. Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gregory Caro, who's presiding over the case, said he'll unseal records related to the psychiatric defense. Although Mangione's lawyer, Karen Agniflo argued doing so would impact the federal case against him.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wasn't this in December of 24?

[John Height]

December 4, 2024. Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's getting to be two years. So.

[Josh Arnold]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

Lock this fruitcake up.

[John Height]

Pizza Hut, the 68 year old chain that's long struggled with growing competition, is being sold for $2.7 billion by parent company Yum Foods.

[Josh Arnold]

Wow.

[John Height]

Yum Brands said Tuesday the private equity firm Long Range Capital will buy Pizza Hut, excluding the mainland China business for about 1.5 billion. Yum Brands also owns KFC and Taco Bell, began to explore its options for Pizza Hut in November last year, Yum brands global sales rose 5%, but Pizza Hut sales fell 2%.

[Pete Arnold]

It's the last time you've been to the Hut.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's been a long time. Do you know why they're called Pizza Hut? I do, I do.

[John Height]

Saw it this morning.

[Kenny Olson]

They make pizzas under their roof.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I saw it somewhere, John. They only had three letters left. So they just. They had an H, U and a T, right?

[John Height]

That's all they could fit on. There was eight total.

[Pete Arnold]

What do you mean they only had three letters left?

[Joe Soucheray]

They were making their original sign and there was only room for three more letters. Letters.

[John Height]

So they went with hot.

[Pete Arnold]

Okay, so check this out.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not gonna go with Pizza Box.

[Pete Arnold]

These guys decided, hey, we're gonna start this. What will become a global pizza brand.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's it.

[Pete Arnold]

We're gonna create a sign. You need a sign. I can get you a sign. We know pizza is gonna be in the name. Yeah, all we got, Larry, all we have left is three letters.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's all you can use, Bob.

[Kenny Olson]

Here's the city.

[John Height]

Here's the part, Chris, of your theory that doesn't really work. Well, yeah, it was just a local place.

[Joe Soucheray]

Pizza Hut planning on global domination, I see.

[John Height]

Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by two brothers. And they started how about this? By borrowing 600 bucks from mom to open up the store.

[Kenny Olson]

I bet she wanted that back.

[John Height]

They chose the name because their sign, as Joe said, only had room for the eight letters.

[Pete Arnold]

Matthew, as someone that's made a couple of cash calls for a business, how do you think that conversation with Ma was went? Hey, mom, we need another cash car.

[Kenny Olson]

I bet because she was a blood relative, she got her money back.

[Joe Soucheray]

I never, I. I don't think I've had a Pizza hut pizza for 25 years.

[Kenny Olson]

So hut is small enough that you would go to. You wouldn't go to Pizza Galaxy?

[Josh Arnold]

No.

[John Height]

City Pizza City.

[Joe Soucheray]

Universe Ranch.

[Josh Arnold]

Right, right.

[Kenny Olson]

Pizza Ranch.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. I go to a hut.

[Kenny Olson]

A hut. Because it's small.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can handle. I can handle a hut.

[Kenny Olson]

Ford Parkway.

[Joe Soucheray]

There used to be one. Is it still there?

[Kenny Olson]

No, it's an apartment building. No.

[John Height]

Oh, they used to have the really good buffet.

[Pete Arnold]

Oh, yeah.

[John Height]

Good pizza buffet. Things started to go downhill by then.

[Kenny Olson]

Holy shit.

[Chris Reivers]

We always called them pizza slut.

[John Height]

Yes, yes. Things started to go downhill for them in the 80s.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Mostly because of Domino's. Because Domino's guaranteed the 30 minute delivery. So their Pizza Hut's business started falling steadily.

[Pete Arnold]

Wait a minute. I have to throw the challenge flag.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Pete Arnold]

I thought godfathers had the buffet, not the whole Hut.

[John Height]

Oh, Pizza Hut had.

[Pete Arnold]

Did they have a buffet?

[Kenny Olson]

Had a buffet.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm sure they did.

[Pete Arnold]

Okay.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who's the guy behind Dominoes? He owned the Red Wings. Tigers. Monahan. Monahan. Didn't he invent a whole town?

[Kenny Olson]

The religious town?

[Joe Soucheray]

Catholic town.

[Pete Arnold]

Wait, wasn't that Caesar's? Not Domino's.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, it was Domino's, Chris. Now, where'd you get the three cheese? Three beds?

[Kenny Olson]

Caesars, Little Caesars. Wait a minute, it. Well, what was Little Caesar? Because Little Caesars was a guy too, but I think Detroit was.

[John Height]

Little Caesar's. Boy, I haven't had one of their pizzas in about.

[Josh Arnold]

Now.

[Kenny Olson]

Do we let John in Monahan's Town if he's a fallen away? Kenny can't because he was Lutheran or something.

[Pete Arnold]

I don't think you're Protestant, by the way. We're kind of both correct. The Thomas Monahan Enterprise did own Domino's Pizza and the Detroit Tigers. Little Caesars was owned by. Or the Red Wings are owned by the Little Caesars.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm sorry. Good.

[Pete Arnold]

No, but we were both kind of right. They're both out of Detroit.

[John Height]

Detroit owned the Pizza World. Basically.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Pizza World and Pizza Hut didn't go with Pizza World. They only had three numbers left.

[John Height]

It was a big day in Manda, North Dakota in about 1985 when they built a Pizza Hut.

[Kenny Olson]

They opened her up.

[John Height]

Big day.

[Kenny Olson]

Big red ribbon shovel.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't thank you enough, so I'll try.

[John Height]

I think you can.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, all right. Thank you very much.

[Pete Arnold]

When are you. We going to the Hut? Little team meeting at the Hut. We can wash it down.

[John Height]

You can't anymore, Chris.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's gone.

[John Height]

They're all delivery.

[Pete Arnold]

I was just trying to provide a segue, John.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Pete Arnold]

To wash it down with some harmony spirits.

[John Height]

I stepped all over you. I apologize.

[Pete Arnold]

All right. I'M used to it.

[Mark Ellis]

Whoa.

[Kenny Olson]

What would be the hard alcohol with Pete?

[Joe Soucheray]

Any of you know what?

[Pete Arnold]

That and my saliva.

[Joe Soucheray]

Any of my saliva.

[Pete Arnold]

Harmony Spirits is here for you. And by the way, I know I mentioned this the other day, but thanks to all of you GL ers that have stopped in at the tasting room down there in Harmony, Minnesota and posted about it on social media. That's been really cool. And you know what? We're gonna have another beautiful stretch of weather here, so head down to Harmony, Minnesota. It's a beautiful drive. And you can stop in at that tasting room and have some of those quality handcrafted cocktails. And that menu, by the way, it rotates throughout the summer, so there's always something new to try down there at the tasting room in Harmony, Minnesota. And you can say hi to Larry and Damon and the whole crew that's down there. And they also have these really cool four packs that are available. I've been a big fan of the BlackBerry lemonade that I think you will enjoy, but there's also others that are there for you as well. But you can also now buy harmony spirits online. That is right. Check out harmonyspirits.net and you click the Order Online button and bing bang boom, you can have your favorites shipped right to your front door. Doesn't matter. Vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, bourbon, the wild oats that we're seeing right now on YouTube that is also spectacular. But you can continue to go into your local liquor store and ask for the Harmony brand by name. That is truly how they are going to continue to expand their brand. Harmonyspirits.net, click the buy Online function. Also, don't forget to mention that you heard about them here on the Garage Logic podcast.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's a man who spends hours in hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bolts of life.

[Pete Arnold]

Joe Sucere.

[Kenny Olson]

Get ready folks for the Garagelogic Summer Online Auction. It begins very soon. This Friday, June 19th. Runs through 8pm Thursday, June 25th. You might want to find some of those Father's Day gifts. There are some gems, but you need to register first. How much can you save? You ask. I hear you asking that question. Save up to 70% on your summer shopping with the GL Summer Online Auction. Go to garagelogic.com keyword auction. You register and then you get to view the items that are up for sale or up for auction. Thousands of dollars will be up for bids. And let's see, what do you got? A one night stay at the Running Aces Casino, Hotel and racetrack. If You're a betting guy or gal. You can certainly do the that. $500 gift certificates to stay at Oak island resort on legendary Lake of the Woods. There's a whole list of items, and you could bid and be the winner and make out really good, but you got to go to garagelogic.com, punch in keyword auction, register, and then you can bid on the items all week. We'll be featuring these because it is summertime. And if you're a 21st ER, summer's gonna end soon. And this will end June 25th. Garagelogic.com for the Garagelogic Summer Online Auction.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, Kenny, you found some nicknames from the Antifa.

[Chris Reivers]

If we read the entire list, it'll be. Well, we'll be here all day, so I'm not gonna bother with their real names. But we have AKA Ike. We have AKA Plotnikov. Oh, yeah, Cam, that one's not a big deal. Knight, spelled K, N, I, T, E. Nice. That K, night.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's Knight. That's Swedish name.

[Chris Reivers]

We have Juliet, Cal, Tiny. We can imagine.

[Joe Soucheray]

Big guy.

[Chris Reivers]

We have chaos, spelled K, A, O, S. Yeah. We have noob. N, U, B, E.

[Joe Soucheray]

Shot.

[Chris Reivers]

See? Moon, bear.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Mac, D, Money. Big dog. Orf. Orf.

[Joe Soucheray]

Big dog. Of course.

[Chris Reivers]

We've got ourselves a sparky willow tree. I can't pronounce this one. A N, A, N, U, R, O, N. A neuron. A neuron. And that's. Yeah. Thus ends the list. But I love D. Money. Big dog. Or four.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Kenny, can I correct myself about Sister Rosalind? You were correct. She did have a massage school in West St. Paul and in Fargo. She was the eighth of 12 kids. Her dad died when she was 6 years old.

[Chris Reivers]

The day she made news for the very first time. I booked at that West St. Paul location, and I went there for about a year. Really good place.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes. You in the back.

[Pete Arnold]

And I can confirm that Mike Ilitch owned the Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Red Wings, and was the founder of Little Caesars.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Say you think we have it bad here with the dog park. The activists in Portland have 117,000 signatures on a petition called Petition 28, which is to ban all hunting, fishing, wildlife management, scientific or agricultural research, pest control, and slaughtering livestock.

[Chris Reivers]

That's called the Peace Act.

[Joe Soucheray]

They don't want any of this. Now they're going to get windmilled because tribal leaders are already saying, what is wrong with you people? So they're going to really hit a windmill when they run up against natives who are going to say, well, yeah, but we get to do this. And they'll say, well, you can't. That's cruelty. It's unlikely to pass. But it's another example of. It's a movement. It's there, it's happening, it's happening here. And it would completely devastate, of course, any beef industry in the state or anything else.

[Chris Reivers]

So I love.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's happening everywhere, people.

[Chris Reivers]

It's already happened in Colorado, where you cannot deal in the trade of fur. But I love the fact that you're promoting Crabby, because this is our topic next week when we have Ryan Callaghan on from the Meat Eater podcast. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about the fur ban in Colorado. The Etsy. Do you know what Etsy is, Joe?

[Joe Soucheray]

No.

[Chris Reivers]

It's where the crafty types buy and sell and trade their goods. You can no longer sell fur on Etsy. And then there's a ban in the very upper north part of Alaska, where the local residents there now are not allowed to cut firewood for their own purposes. Really, these are people. These are people that live almost at the North Pole, off the grid, away

[Joe Soucheray]

from every tall building you've ever seen,

[Chris Reivers]

the free estate in the entire world. They can't cut their own firewood. I think they're coming to a resolution there, but we're going to talk about that also. That's all next week.

[Joe Soucheray]

I wish somebody could. I wish there was an activist group, group dedicated to eradicating ticks, because I'd sign up for it. I'd be a member. You know, we've been to the moon, the dark side of the moon. We can do stuff. Why can't we get rid of ticks? You want to hear the latest disease you can get?

[Kenny Olson]

I would like to hear a little more about ticks because maybe. Are they starting to evolve?

[Joe Soucheray]

Experts. Okay, Experts. Experts.

[Kenny Olson]

Experts.

[Joe Soucheray]

You have dementia.

[Kenny Olson]

No, I don't. I'm waiting for you to start, and then I'm going to jump in. I've got a whole bunch of tick news. I've got all sorts of tidbits on ticks.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's not what I was after.

[Kenny Olson]

What are you after?

[Joe Soucheray]

Experts are experts. Tick experts.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Poison, virus. Now there's a tick illness where. Where it can get to your brain in 15 minutes. Within 15 minutes of a bite, the brain seizes up. You can't talk. Seizures, paralysis, some deaths. This is all from a tick. I'm tired of ticks.

[Kenny Olson]

What about. I thought you were talking about these kind of ticks. Because I'm an expert on those. I've had those tics throughout my whole life.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, these are the experts who say this.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And you were supposed to ask me. What experts?

[Kenny Olson]

What experts?

[Joe Soucheray]

Tick experts. Oh, see? Oh, you. Never mind.

[John Height]

It didn't work at all.

[Kenny Olson]

Who's an expert on ticks?

[Chris Reivers]

You weren't at the pre show run.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I thought it was supposed to happen. I thought I was supposed to have tick information.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't want ticks. I don't like ticks. Just an update. Just an update. Just. Just in case you want to keep track of.

[Kenny Olson]

Do we have tick music update? I don't know if any of you have a tick.

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

The American experiment has been tracking the ever incre costs of the Blue Line extension.

[Kenny Olson]

What Blue line extension?

[Joe Soucheray]

Since 2017, the train will go up north. As recently as March 24, the project was projected to cost around 2.2 billion. Then it jumped 45% to a range of 2.9 to 3.2 billion, owing to added contingency costs. And now we learn that it went up again. So it went up 336 million. So since the start of 2024, the Blue Line extension has increased 61%. The Met Council said the increase is a combination of project scope changes and additional contingency. The completion of this risk assessment is a significant milestone and. Can you get the alarm ready, please? I'm ready. It means that as soon as the remaining local contributions are identified, the project is eligible to apply for a full funding grant. The Metropolitan Council is working with the Hennepin county to advance the project. We will remain transparent. Well, that's a lie. And partners, and with partners and communities throughout the process, just sound the BS along. This is.

[Kenny Olson]

This.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is pathetic. We are led by people who can't budget. Whether it's the schools, the government, the Met Council, none of them can budget.

[Pete Arnold]

How long until we find out between this project, the initial project, the Southwest Line project, the North Star project. When is all that fraud gonna surface, do you think?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's bound to. I don't know how long?

[Pete Arnold]

Cause we're talking about trillions of dollars.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know how you go up 64% without fraction fraud.

[Pete Arnold]

Billions. But yeah, it's it. You can't tell me that that's not happening.

[Josh Arnold]

What?

[Pete Arnold]

Experts.

[Joe Soucheray]

They got them. They do train experts, civil engineers. It's just.

[Will (IQ Bar Founder)]

It's.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's endless.

[Pete Arnold]

It's like he's got.

[Kenny Olson]

He's got a. But they don't have any revenue updates, do they? Revenue has increased by.

[Joe Soucheray]

There is no revenue or decreased by. These are entitlements. They've become entitlement moments. Get on a light rail train in St. Paul. You're not going to have to pay.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Once in a while somebody, they'll pretend they're paying attention to it. They'll walk around and see if you got a ticket.

[Kenny Olson]

Hey, you got a ticket.

[Pete Arnold]

Well, I see the people out here that have the pass, so they must pay monthly because they use that to scan in or whatever it's called.

[Kenny Olson]

Like 39.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I don't ride light rail, but if I. I'd have the pass.

[Pete Arnold]

Yeah, you're on a bus.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'd have the pass because the pass would be really the way to go.

[Kenny Olson]

Light rail city.

[Joe Soucheray]

Only because they come to us.

[Pete Arnold]

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[Joe Soucheray]

Only because they come to us all the way from Marleth park in South Africa where. Where we. That's where the travel traveling linemans are.

[Pete Arnold]

Had you trained like, like a German chef.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep.

[Pete Arnold]

W. Forgot my horn.

[Kenny Olson]

That was a good one.

[Joe Soucheray]

Worldwide waftage.com June 17. On this day, Father Jacques Marquette, who later became goalie for the Saints. Well, this was 1673. I couldn't have been the same guy. St. Paul Saints had a goalie named Jacques Marcotte. This is Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolie.

[Pete Arnold]

It would have been what, 200, 300

[Joe Soucheray]

year old gold Frenchmen traveling down the Wisconsin river entered the mainstream of the Metchessippi wasn't spelled the same way we do now. They were the first Europeans to travel on the upper river. So these evil Europeans, they were around here a long time ago.

[Pete Arnold]

On this day, Joe, today is June 17th.

[Joe Soucheray]

In 1889, Fred McGee became the first African American admitted to practice at the bar of the state supreme court. Born enslaved In Mississippi in 1861, as an adult, McGee took on civil rights cases and served as an emissary to Catholic prelates in Minnesota. In 1905, he helped develop the organizational precursor to the NAACP, the Niagara Conference. He died September 19, 1912 in St.

[Pete Arnold]

Paul on this day, June 17.

[Joe Soucheray]

In 1890. On this day, the U.S. marshal from St. Paul arrested seven census takers in Minneapolis, the opening salvo of the Twin Cities Census War. St. Paul's leaders accused Minneapolis of cooking the books in order to claim the title of the most populous city. The accusation was proven true. St. Paul, however. However was also found to be padding its numbers. A new count completed in August of 1890 gave Minneapolis 164,581 to St. Paul's 133,156. And they took it seriously. Back then, they were up to hijinks. On this day, June 17th in 1909, Elmer L. Anderson was born in Chicago. During his term as Minnesota governor from 1961-63, he pioneered progressive legislation and civil rights, special education, mental health care and metropolitan governance and established numerous state parks. Did you know that about Elmer had no idea.

[Chris Reivers]

What was his term?

[Joe Soucheray]

61 to 63. Didn't we have a bunch of Elmer Andersons? Anderson.

[Kenny Olson]

We had Elmer's left and right.

[Will (IQ Bar Founder)]

Yeah.

[Pete Arnold]

On this day, Joe, today is June 17th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, on this day in 1913, the first Minnesota good roads Day was declared. The National Good Roads movement was spurred by two forces. Bicyclists who wanted to ride on better surfaces than muddy country lanes and rural free delivery. The post office has promised to deliver mail to and from farms that were easily accessible by road. So I guess if we. If on the rare occasion in the Twin Cities, if you, if you encounter a smooth stretch of road, you can thank bicyclists and postal people. Oh, you know, but that's rare. You'll encounter.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, you're never going to see them on Pelham Boulevard. I know.

[Joe Soucheray]

What are they doing there?

[Kenny Olson]

Taking off. Oh, I really took advantage of it today. I. I drove in the bike.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why have the bike stanchions been removed from Pelham Boulevard?

[Kenny Olson]

They're doing some type recovering. There is some kind of well down there in the corner. Yeah, I don't know if you've ever driven by there. But in the corner where town and country is golf courses.

[Joe Soucheray]

Very aware of it.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay. It's right on Pelham and Otis.

[Chris Reivers]

Yep.

[Kenny Olson]

There is a well and they've been constantly doing work on it. I don't know if it has to do with that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I know a guy, maybe know them too. I like to go over to the fence and talk to those guys and say, how long are you going to milk this? They've been digging there for two years.

[Kenny Olson]

For years.

[Chris Reivers]

When you guys drive on Pelham, do you say you're taking Pelham?

[Joe Soucheray]

One two one two, three. Yeah. On this day in Minnesota, sports disappointment history.

[Pete Arnold]

Who'd we lose to on June 17th, Joe?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, on this day in 2007, Lou Ford lost a ball in the dump and Prince Fielder got it in the park. Home run.

[Pete Arnold]

Lou Ford is also the only baseball player in history to get injured ironing a tie that he was wearing.

[John Height]

That's right.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you get? A burn.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, on this day, I wish I

[Pete Arnold]

was making that up, but I am not.

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day, June 17, very next year, on this day in 2008, the Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals and one of the team players was Kevin Garnett. Yes, it was a former Timberwolf, four of whom have gone off to join teams that have won the NBA title most recently, just this past Saturday night, when the Knicks beat San Antonio with cat Carl Anthony Towns.

[Chris Reivers]

That's fascinating. Are you done? I've got something.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow.

[Pete Arnold]

And God help New York tomorrow, by the way, with that parade.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think it'll be fine. Oh, I'm sure.

[Chris Reivers]

Do you know where this show was one year ago tomorrow?

[Pete Arnold]

June 18, 2024. June 18, 2024.

[Chris Reivers]

We were at the back to the 50s weekend, and it was the start of the great race.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, that's right. That is right.

[Chris Reivers]

Do you know about the great race this year, Joe?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

It's epic. Springfield, Missouri to the Pacific Ocean via Route 66.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, boy.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. So everybody's down there staging right now.

[Pete Arnold]

Is that what we're. Chicago. Right. Where does it start, Ken?

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, it starts in Chicago. They're starting, I believe, in Missouri.

[Pete Arnold]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Dirty old Missouri.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's back to the 50s this weekend.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes, sir.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, it does.

[Joe Soucheray]

Starts.

[John Height]

Starts in Missouri. The song says. Starts in Missouri.

[Joe Soucheray]

Back to the 50s. John, I was talking.

[John Height]

I know. I was talking about Route 66.

[Kenny Olson]

You want to go?

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, I might take Trey. It's to the point where. Where I've. I know even where the cars are parked. I've seen him so often.

[Kenny Olson]

I know where the food is.

[Joe Soucheray]

We're a good pair. I love Back to the 50s.

[Pete Arnold]

Wait a minute. What's baby Trey gonna get out of going to back to the 50s?

[Josh Arnold]

I don't know.

[Kenny Olson]

Maybe Monty's Lizard Lounge is open.

[Chris Reivers]

Our guys upstairs, top secret with that American France flyer. Is that right?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

They are running again this year.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I know you got me thinking. I went back. I went out to that hotel in Bloomington where they were all staying, and I.

[Chris Reivers]

You are the videographer in the history of the world. You sent me 20 videos, all one second long.

[Pete Arnold]

I am.

[Chris Reivers]

I wanted so much more. So much more.

[Pete Arnold]

Kenny, do you think he was taking photos by accident or thought he was taking photos by accident?

[Josh Arnold]

Just hitting record.

[Chris Reivers]

But I was. It was such a tease. It was so unfair and mean.

[John Height]

Do you remember the video Joe sent us from a boat once where it was black, it was night time, and you.

[Joe Soucheray]

I was on land.

[John Height]

Well, you were on land.

[Pete Arnold]

I bet the boys would get a Kick out of this.

[Joe Soucheray]

I said, look at these. Look at the lights out over the ocean.

[Chris Reivers]

You sent me a video once, Joe. I was either in the hospital or recovering at home from one of my many issues. And it was the sun, as you put it, plopping into the Gulf of Mexico. And it was the most wonderful video I have ever received. And it was about a minute and a half long.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why was I so. Why would I send that to you, I wonder?

[Chris Reivers]

I think because you actually, there was somewhere deep inside you in a locked away little closet, there was one degree of sympathy for your old.

[Joe Soucheray]

I must have known you were. Oh, ill or something.

[Pete Arnold]

You guys are having a moment right now?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think so.

[John Height]

I have to. I have to correct myself. I just sang it to myself. It winds from Chicago to la. So it starts good.

[Pete Arnold]

I wasn't going to be able tonight.

[John Height]

Kenny was right. I didn't start Kenny on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Was there the green flash? The people on the west coast of the Florida peninsula claim to see rather frequently a green flash when the sun sets.

[Chris Reivers]

Isn't that on? That's a thing from Pirates of the Caribbean.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know. I probably took that video hoping to see the green flash.

[Chris Reivers]

I have since done that numerous times. Actually. I've done it from the grain cart sitting up on a field watching the sun goes. Go down.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I'm just glad you said sitting on the grain cart. You actually use the word the. So I was. I was pleased I was driving grain

[Chris Reivers]

cart into the evening.

[Pete Arnold]

And one more correction. It's the Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America.

[Chris Reivers]

I thought it was Gulf of Trump.

[Pete Arnold]

Oh, you're right. You might like Golf of Trump just for the 250th birthday of America.

[John Height]

America.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm gonna go with Gulf of Mexico. Yeah.

[Pete Arnold]

Thank you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. That's how I've known it almost my life.

[Chris Reivers]

G. You have. Thank you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you.

[Pete Arnold]

Thank you. Do us a favor and join the.

[Joe Soucheray]

What?

[Pete Arnold]

What are we up to, Gabe? 21,000. Close. 21,000 subscribers on our Garage Logic YouTube channel. That's like Joe interviewing the. The farmer that nodded Giant pig guy.

[Joe Soucheray]

You got to help me out here.

[Pete Arnold]

You got to keep.

[Joe Soucheray]

Just keep. Not.

[Pete Arnold]

What was I saying though? Yeah. You can watch the show every day on YouTube. Garagelogic. You gotta search for it. Two words on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X. And you should also sign up for the Daily Logician. That is an email that comes right to your inbox every single day. And it includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Find out more and sign up today [e-mail] it is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what Ida didn't. Pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608. That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call that number you are going to get Josh and he is there for you for that. Free. Yep, he used the word free. 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And boy Josh, a lot of money has moved to the sidelines right now. Is it all about concerns over the Fed?

[Josh Arnold]

It is concerns about the Fed, some profit taking. And don't forget Chris, we've got an options expiration day tomorrow, a big one which creates extra volatility and a long weekend. What do you mean a long weekend? Yep, market is closed on Friday. Friday for Juneteenth, everybody special get the day off. But there's no special day off for Mr. Money Talk nor for Chris Reber. You're right, Josh, I do like Apple. As Apple is rebounding and trading right around the $300 a share level, Apple's new products and tremendous cash flow generation is going to eventually push the stock to my price target of $400 a share. But today is a Kevin Warsh's first press conference which will happen somewhere around one o' clock today after the Fed finishes their meeting. I don't believe that the Fed is going to move on interest rates but you might see some comments of some members of the Fed saying we have to be vigilant in our fight against inflation, particularly given the price of energy, you know, has moved up. Now hopefully, you know, members of the Fed who are, who want to remain vigilant on inflation and as we've been saying for many moons, inflation is going to have a tough time getting to the fed target of 2% particularly given that housing costs or housing related costs, insurance related costs continue to be elevated and are growing at better than the rate of inflation. And those components, you know, comprise somewhere around 42 to 45% of the CPI index. So going to be very, very difficult, you know, for the Fed with an interest rate policy alone to get to get or reach that 2% target. That said, with the price of oil coming down from $95 a barrel to $76 a barrel as we speak. That does take a lot of pressure off the Fed in terms of extra or extraordinary inflation expectations, but we'll wait to see what happens there. So there is plenty of money moving to the to the sidelines Ahead of that, some profit taking and you know, extra options oriented at cost activity with a major, major options expiration happening on Thursday and a long weekend. Having cash available right now is a good thing, but I do expect after the Fed we could have a little bit of positivity in the marketplace, but you can use some of this volatility to add to some favorite positions.

[Pete Arnold]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. Money. You heard him G ers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and to make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation and again with zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. He is in fact Mr. Money Talk. Josh, as always, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day. We'll talk to you again tomorrow.

[Josh Arnold]

Look forward to it. Thanks Chris.

[Joe Soucheray]

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