SCRAMBLE: BREAKING: Trump reportedly briefed that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is probably gay???

Summary

Garage Logic: Weekly Scramble – March 18, 2026 Episode: SCRAMBLE: BREAKING: Trump reportedly briefed that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is probably gay??? Hosts: Chris Reavers & Mike Fratelloni
Date: March 18, 2026
Podcast Network: Gamut Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This Weekly Scramble episode—helmed by Chris Reavers and Mike Fratelloni—embodies the classic Garage Logic tone: irreverent, conversational, and focused on a blend of Midwestern life, social commentary, and current events. The episode weaves together stories of local travel athletics, frustrating hotel experiences, drastic Minnesota weather, and, in its most heated segment, a satirical yet striking discussion of current international headlines—particularly the reportedly gay Supreme Leader of Iran. Minnesota’s local politics, economic issues, and the impacts on business and lifestyle round out the conversation, sprinkled with plenty of humor and sarcasm.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Hotel & Youth Sports Woes

[02:32–11:36]

• Chris recounts the ordeal of booking a Bloomington hotel for his son's basketball tournament: surprise $500 incidental hold, $25/child wristband for the hotel pool, $20/night parking fee.
• Increasing add-on fees and poor value: “That's why people hate everything right now…Because of situations just like those fees.” — Chris [07:56]
• The overall cost of youth sports weekends and frustrations about the state of amenities and value.

2. Weather, Work Ethic & Retail Life

[10:46–13:06]

• Minnesota's dramatic weather swings: snowstorms to 70º within days.
• Pride in staff at Fratelloni’s hardware for their commitment during storms: “No one asked if we should close early on Saturday. No. We’re here to sell this stuff to combat this.” — Mike [11:28]
• Commentary on how big box chains transition early to spring goods, while local stores remain “nimble.”

3. Social Ironies – Iran’s Supreme Leader & American Reactions

[15:38–21:57]

• Satirical discussion on reports that Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is ‘probably gay.’
• American social conundrum: Would targeting Iran’s leader for his sexuality be a ‘hate crime’ here, while in Iran it's punishable by death?
• Quotes and reactions:
  • “So what do you do here if you’re against the war in Iran? The Supreme Leader is gay, but his troops and his army might end up killing him because he’s gay. That’s a really weird conundrum, isn’t it?” — Mike [16:39]
  • “Isn’t that what we do [throw homosexuals off buildings] in Iran?” — Chris [17:12]
• Societal irony: LGBTQ+ activists supporting regions with anti-gay laws—“Queers for Palestine”—highlighting a disconnect between Western activism and realities in those locations.
• Media coverage of violence and bias: CNN’s “overly sympathetic” headline on radicalized youth bombing incident is critiqued.

4. Radicalization & Media Narratives

[21:57–24:16]

• Puzzlement over how young people in the U.S., from affluent backgrounds, become radicalized.
• Chris: “At least it makes me think, okay, so what else has been manipulated?”
• Frustration with media framing and the perception of bias.

5. Scam Awareness & AI Concerns

[22:39–24:16]

• Lighthearted exchange about fake social media sightings (AI-generated photos of deceased or missing figures).
• Personal anecdotes about nearly falling for scams, and concern for elderly family members: “That is a deplorable business. If you’re in the business of scamming old people, there’s a special place in hell for you.” — Mike [24:09]

6. Retail & Restaurant Closures / The Move to Online

[26:33–30:09]

• Discussion on mass closures of chains like Wendy’s and Macy’s (1,400+ U.S. locations by 2026).
• The impact on in-person shopping and restaurant experience.
• Mike laments: “Who wants to buy clothes online?” [28:06]
• Cites dramatic decreases in Minnesota restaurant business since COVID.

7. Minnesota Politics: Taxes, Business, and Social Media Levies

[30:21–39:06]

• Critique of Governor Walz’s latest budget moves, including emergency aid and a reduction/expansion of sales tax.
• Irony of “lowering” sales tax by 0.075%—saving consumers only 75 cents per $1,000 spent.
• Notable quote: “Are you shitting me? Isn’t he embarrassed? Isn’t he just embarrassed to do that?” — Mike [33:48]
• News of a proposed “Social Media Tax” on platforms with 100,000+ MN users, charged $0.10–$0.50 per user per month. “Welcome to Minnesota.” — Chris [36:53]
• The risk of driving businesses out: “It's almost as if they're trying to come up with new ways to piss everybody off and to drive away as much business as possible.” — Chris [38:53]
• Frustration with increasing property taxes, cost of living, and sense of being pushed out of the Twin Cities even by longtime residents.

8. The Value of Local Institutions

[39:06–40:29]

• How increasing taxes and economic burdens risk draining cities of their vitality.
• “Don’t make me leave. Don’t make us leave.” — Mike [39:34]

9. Humor & Local Flavor

[13:06, 41:32–41:49]

• Throughout: dry, sarcastic jokes about sponsor products (“We Are Nuts”), underwhelming political gestures, and suburban life.
• Mike with a classic dad joke:
  • “What’s the difference between a bad joke and a dad joke?”
  • “The first letter.” — Mike [41:41]
  • “That was the worst joke I’ve ever told.” — Mike [41:45]
  • “Well, you’re under the weather.” — Chris [41:46]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “That's why people hate everything right now…Because of situations just like those fees.” — Chris, on hotel surcharges [07:56]
• “So what do you do here if you’re against the war in Iran? The Supreme Leader is gay, but ... his army might end up killing him because he’s gay. That’s a really weird conundrum, isn’t it?” — Mike [16:39]
• “Queers for Palestine...What are you doing? You know what would happen to you.” — Chris, on activist slogans [17:54]
• “Are you shitting me? Isn’t he embarrassed? Isn’t he just embarrassed to do that?” — Mike, on the negligible sales tax reduction [33:48]
• “Welcome to Minnesota.” — Chris, on the proposed social media tax [36:53]
• “Don't make me leave. Don't make us leave.” — Mike, on living in Minneapolis [39:34]
• “That is a deplorable business. If you’re in the business of scamming old people, there’s a special place in hell for you.” — Mike [24:09]
• “What’s the difference between a bad joke and a dad joke? The first letter.” — Mike [41:41]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:32–11:36 – Hotel fees, youth sports, and the cost of “family fun”
• 13:06 – Nut Madness plug (local sponsor humor)
• 15:38–21:57 – Iran’s Supreme Leader, social ironies, and international “hate crime” dilemmas
• 21:57–24:16 – Scams, media manipulation, AI skepticism
• 26:33–30:09 – Retail/restaurant closures and the bleak future of brick-and-mortar shopping
• 30:21–39:06 – Minnesota budget proposals, property and social media taxes, and frustrations with local government
• 41:32–41:49 – Dad jokes and closing banter

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Summary Analysis

This episode is emblematic of Garage Logic's blend of hyperlocal observation, pointed national/international commentary, and the hosts’ signature mix of sarcasm and sincerity. The discussion about Iran’s reported “gay Supreme Leader” serves as a satirical jumping-off point for a broader meditation on Western double standards and political ironies. Meanwhile, the show remains rooted in the day-to-day Midwestern experience: blizzards, basketball, property taxes, and Minnesota’s unique blend of competent hardware store staff and political misadventures.

Listeners are treated to the hosts’ playful ribbing and skepticism of both media and politics, all infused with a kind of resigned humor typical of Garage Logic’s worldview: “common sense prevails” but not without a commiserating laugh and an eye roll at the state of the world.

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For new listeners:
This episode is a perfect primer on the Weekly Scramble’s unique mix: low-key local complaints, relatable family moments, sharp (if tongue-in-cheek) takes on global events, and plenty of dry Midwest wit.

Transcript

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This is the Weekly Scramble, a place where we chat about life over a cold one or two. It's time to belly up to the pod with Mike Fratelloni and your host, Chris Reavers.

[Chris Reavers]

That's right, it's time for the Weekly Scramble podcast. My name is Chris Reavers. With me as always. His name is Mike Fratelloni. Hello, Michael.

[Mike Fratelloni]

How you doing? Reverse.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm doing okay. I'm only laughing because as soon as I hit the record on the YouTube stream, you were blowing your nose. You're battling something.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You know what I said Is my daughter had strep the other day, right.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And I said, ah, since COVID I really haven't had a cold at all. And then I made some other comments like I'm sexy and smart and strong and brave and healthy. And then in one day I feel like I'm so cranked out on cold medicine reverse that I might take my shirt off.

[Chris Reavers]

There you go.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I think I have a fever.

[Chris Reavers]

You know, let me share a personal anecdote about that very thing because. So how do I start this? So my oldest son had his very last basketball tournament this past weekend.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Fun.

[Chris Reavers]

Thank God.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Thank God.

[Chris Reavers]

No, I'm kidding. I love basketball. It was the state tournament. The 14, uh, state turnover. They ended up taking fifth place.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Nice.

[Chris Reavers]

Which was very cool. They've had a very long and somewhat disappointing travel basketball season. But I felt so great for those kids because they're all awesome kids. They're so easy to root for. And it's been a kind of a struggle because they've been facing teams that are just a lot better than that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Any dunks? Anybody?

[Chris Reavers]

Dunk? Oh, God, no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You sure there's not a 14 year old? I'm sure there are 6 foot 8, 14 year old.

[Chris Reavers]

Not on that school at the Rain. But I just felt so great for those kids because they've. And the basketball season is long.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Such a great sport to watch too,

[Chris Reavers]

especially at that age. It starts in October. It goes to, you know, fricking middle of March. I mean, it's a long season.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Do you get the kid who like crosses the half court line and just puts up a three and you're like, oh, buddy, that's a one in a million shot for a kid your age.

[Chris Reavers]

So I'll share something along those lines in a second. So you're talking about having a cold. So it was one of those deals where William says to me, dad, my whole team is all staying at this hotel for the term. I said, well, buddy, it's in Bloomington.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

We don't know if they have an overnight.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You live far away, but not that far away.

[Chris Reavers]

And I thought, all right, you know, okay, let's have some fun. They're gonna. Okay. I said, all right, that's fine, I'll get us a room. He's like, yeah. But both nights I went, well, come on. Okay, fine.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I see 400 bucks in your future of hotel rooms.

[Chris Reavers]

I booked the room. I'm not gonna name the hotel. Cause I'm about to rip the crap out of it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay, good.

[Chris Reavers]

So it's a Nice. Hot. It's a really nice hotel. And there were multiple teams staying at the same hotel. It was a big hotel in Bloomington. I'll just leave it at that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

30 minutes from your house.

[Chris Reavers]

And so I actually left here first, went and got checked in because I knew there was going to be a sea of humanity. It was Friday afternoon, knowing that there was going to be a ton of people checking. And I thought, on my way home, I'll just take a different route through Bloomington, go get checked in, make sure we're squared away, then go get everybody, then come back. That was going to be my plan. So I did that. I get to the hotel, and I'd already preplayed. I use hotels.com, wonderful site. It's great. I've used it for years. I love that site. So I get to the hotel and they said, oh, Mr. Reivers, you're going to be staying with us for a couple nights. I said, yep. And she says, oh, I see that you already pre booked. They said, yes, I did. And she's like, all right, I just need your ID and card for incidentals. I said, no problem. So I handed her my card and my driver's license, and she says, just so you know, there's a $500 hold on your credit card. I said, wait, what?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Seems like a lot for.

[Chris Reavers]

She says, well, it's just in case there's damage to the room. And I said, but I'm using a credit card. You can just charge it if anything's happening. And she's like, well, no, we have to place this hold.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Sure. I went, well, 500, that's kind of excessive.

[Chris Reavers]

And I went, okay, well, they're going to. They're going to take it off. I said, all right. Well, my bank or my credit card had said, well, anything that over 500 I have to authorize. They'll send me a text. So I sent the text, authorized. Okay, it's fine. It's the hotel I'm staying at. And then they said, well, your bank just rejected it. I said, no, I just accepted it. I showed her the text. I said, just try it again. Finally it went through, and she said, well, so I anticipate you will be swimming with us at our pool. That big, nice pool, had the slides, the whole deal.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Do it at all?

[Chris Reavers]

I said, absolutely. She says, okay, Just so you know, the hot tub's not working. I went, oh, man.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's the one thing.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay, okay. But you know what? I can just sit out. I'll have a beverage. When the Kids are swimming. It'll be fine. So you're gonna need a wristband. I said, yeah, I've got two of my sons that are gonna be here. Okay, well, that'll be $25 a piece. I said, wait, that's not part of the room.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, and it's not. This isn't a water park person.

[Chris Reavers]

No, no, no, it's not a water park. It's just a pool area for the hotel.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And I went, okay, put that on the incidentals.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah. And I just said, okay. So I paid for the wristbands or whatever, and I just thought, you know, what the hell?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Here?

[Chris Reavers]

And I said, okay, fine. And she's like, I assume you're gonna be parking with us overnight.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, they didn't. I said, it's Bloomington.

[Chris Reavers]

I said, yeah. She said, yeah, it's $20 a night. And I went, wait, what? So that Rome. I thought, okay, it's. It's 130 bucks a night, but okay, there's a pool. And so that turned into 200 bucks a night just like that. And I just thought that's why people hate everything right now is because of

[Mike Fratelloni]

situations just like those fees like that. That would piss me off too.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, I was getting real angry, but I thought, you know what? He wanted to do this. That's fine. It's my kid. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So I said, all right, fine, kids, sports are stupid. I'm just throwing that super dumb. But, but we had not had a basketball overnight stay. We lucked out all season long where we did not have to do an overnight basketball stave. So in any event, so, okay, get the kids in. We're going to do this, going to do that. And I sent the text to the group chat for the team, like, hey, I already just checked in. Just so you know, there's going to be this, there's going to be that, there's going to be this. And I'm not going to name who it was, but one parent with the group said, that's bs, I'm not doing it. I'm aware of that. I said, I'm just letting you know that this is what I just went through at the hotel. So anyway, so then I'm thinking, all right, you know, my youngest son has been going through some health related stuff. I'm thinking, because I walked by the pool and it was already chaos. I mean, we're talking 10,000 kids were out there, and I'm thinking, oh, God, they're both going to get sick, you know, because it's just that time of

[Mike Fratelloni]

the year and you're one turd away from the pool. Close of her shutting down, give me

[Chris Reavers]

back my 50 bucks. Right, exactly. And so everything was fine. We had a good time. And then so games were played, everything was great. And so. Oh, we're going to go back to the room. We're going to go back to the room. It's going to be great. Get back to the room. And I'm like starting to watch the snow come in. So this is Saturday night, maybe around like 6ish. And I said, all right guys, let's get something to eat. I said, do you want to eat first? You want to go swim first? Like, oh man, I'll go swimming. All right, let's go swimming. And so I'm keeping an eye on the forecast because it got nasty. And so we get back to the room and I'm like, all right guys, here's the deal. It's like 8:30. I said, guys, here's the deal. We're either gonna be here till Tuesday morning or we're going home right now. Because their games, all the games on Sunday got moved up. So they kind of shortened all the games so that they could fit everything on Saturday. It was super nice of the tournament to do that, just knowing that all hell was about to break loose, right? And so we ended up getting out of there. But. But I gotta tell you, so driving back from Bloomington to Jordan, this would be Saturday night, let's say 9:30ish. I mean, it started to come down pretty good. And so we get into town, I said, you guys ever seen a fishtail before?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, nice.

[Chris Reavers]

They're like, you can't do that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I go, hell I can't.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm from Rice County. Are you kidding me? This is what we used to do all the time.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, damn right.

[Chris Reavers]

And so we did a little. It was fun, but it was like the experience. Like, everyone's like, oh, it's so great. Like, you see those carnival cruise ads, right? And you're thinking, oh, this is gonna be such a. It's just non stop mayhem no matter what you decide to do. So I. My little guy did. He was sick Monday, and they also had a snow day. But it's just like, I thought it was going to be way worse from a physical health standpoint, but my God.

[Mike Fratelloni]

All I know is that they said there's a 10% chance of 31 inches. So I told everybody at our company, we're getting 31 inches.

[Chris Reavers]

We better prep, batten down the hatches.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Like, let's go. And I'm going to tell you reverse. I don't know how to say this, because we have men and women that work at Frateloni's, but we have studs. You know, who didn't call and say, are we gonna open Sunday morning?

[Chris Reavers]

Your employees?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, they just. Everyone was there. Everyone was ready to go. And I personally didn't think it was bad. Right. Driving was totally fine Sunday morning. But not everybody. I'm sure not everybody has a. I have an F150. Not everyone has an F150. I thought, this is the kind of company I love being with. Because there was no, like, should we close early on Saturday? No.

[Chris Reavers]

We're here to sell this stuff to combat this.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yes. This is what we sell. Right. No one asked that. And I was like, how cool is that?

[Chris Reavers]

I did get. I did get a. I think I issued a tweet Saturday. It must have been Sunday. And someone had responded to it with, let me guess, Frattalone is to blame because he put away all the ice melt, like, that kind of stuff. I go, there's no way that you guys put away, like, the snowblowers and all that stuff.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's funny that you say that, because all the big boxes have moved to spring. Spring is where you make your money.

[Chris Reavers]

Sure.

[Mike Fratelloni]

In winter, you don't make. Make any money in the hardware business. Right. So all the big boxes, all the targets of the world, the big box hardware stores, it's all gone. They don't have it anymore. We do, because we don't jump into spring that early, and we're nimble. So we actually sold. I'm gonna just throw this 80,000 bucks worth of snowblowers to one guy on Friday. He has a plowing company, so he bought 80,000 on Friday alone. Right. It was like, oh, my God, that's one of our biggest sales we've ever had. Like, let's get them together. Because he thought he was gonna. We were gonna get 31 inches, so he was resetting up his supply of Toros. Right. So we had an absolutely fantastic weekend. It's going to hit 71 this Saturday.

[Chris Reavers]

I know. I saw that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Like, what kind of psychotic state do we live in?

[Chris Reavers]

Right? Our state is drunk.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It is. And I, you know, with all this cold medicine, I feel a little drunk, too. I'm feeling good, though. So don't make me do podcast math, because I will not be able to do it well.

[Chris Reavers]

No, I would never do something. I would never do something like that to you. Because that's not the kind of guy that I am.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Sure.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Mike Fratelloni]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Mike Fratelloni]

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[Mike Fratelloni]

So good.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Chris Reavers]

You wanted to talk about Iran?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, I found something interesting. You guys did not talk about the new leader of Iran, the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah's son. It's M, A, J, T, A B, A Motaba Khomeini being gay. Did you guys talk about that?

[Chris Reavers]

No. The only time that the Ayatollah has ever come up on GL is when we reference Joe's book Waterline, you know, the book he wrote. And Royce, he had always said, you would have sold more books if you had come out against the Ayatollah. That's the only time, really, that the Ayatollah is referenced on gl.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So what's interesting about this is I think there's a weird societal conundrum here. Reivers. So if the new Ayatollah, if the new Supreme Leader is gay, then half of America says you cannot kill him. You cannot attack him, because that would be a hate crime.

[Howie Mandel]

Right?

[Chris Reavers]

Good point. Yeah, that's a good point.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Ironically, in Iran, it's illegal to be gay. And the penalty for being gay is death penalty. So what do you do here? What do you do here if you're against the war in Iran? The Supreme Leader is gay, but his troops and his army might end up killing him because he's gay. That's a really weird conundrum, isn't it? You see where I'm going with that?

[Chris Reavers]

Wait a minute here. Wait a minute here. It's against the law, correct?

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's against the law to be gay

[Chris Reavers]

in Iran to the point where don't we throw homosexuals off buildings and things like that? Isn't that what we do in Iran?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I think that's what we do. That's what we do. And we don't do that here. Reavers.

[Chris Reavers]

No, I don't think that happens in this country.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No one wants that here.

[Chris Reavers]

No.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And we think it's backwards that Iranians would do that. Well, so how ironic is it that the new potential leader, who probably won't make it very long, to be perfectly honest, they already think he's been severely disfigured.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, I did see that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I'm sure there's somebody out there Saying, this poor, sweet gay man, now you've just disfigured this guy. I'm wondering when people are gonna say, this is an affront to the lgbtq.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, that would surprise again. It goes back to even when we were, you know, with all the protests happening with Palestine. And the complete definition of irony was that the group of people, it might have been Columbia, I can't remember what university it was that said queers for Palestine. And I wanted to look at them and say, what are you doing? You know what would happen to you. Right. If you wandered into. You get how you would be received.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And you don't have to believe Mike and Chris, believe anybody in Palestine, when they say, what would you do if a gay walked by? And they say, oh, we don't accept that here. No, we're not gonna allow that here. We would take up that person and do something. It's really weird. Another great irony is that, remember the other day when those two young guys that were in New York and they were just a nice spring walk, and then it turned violent when they decided to throw a handmade bomb into the crowd. And the kid runs up and jumps on the back of a protester saying, let's not put all Muslims in the same boat.

[Chris Reavers]

Everyone here is welcome.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Everyone here is welcome. And a kid runs up, jumps on his back, and throws a bomb into the crowd of potentially a bunch of white supremacists. Right?

[Chris Reavers]

Yep.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I don't know what those guys were. I'm willing to say they're white supremacists. But the irony, how is that not lost on them? Saying, wow, I was just fighting for their right to be Muslim. Right. And I'm fine with people being Muslim. And this kid throws a bomb off of this guy's back into the crowd. I'm like, holy crap. If that's not ironic.

[Chris Reavers]

To the point, where did you happen to see the headline describing that particular story? And I'm almost positive it was a CNN headline.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah. Where they had to apologize because they were like, it was a beautiful summer day.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes.

[Mike Fratelloni]

These two boys were just going to the city to potentially have some fun, but it turned out totally different for them. Well, no shit. They threw an explosion exploding device, a weapon of somewhat kind of destruction that didn't work into a crowd to kill people.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm trying to find it right now.

[Mike Fratelloni]

She had to apologize. The CNN anchor had to apologize and didn't do it. I'm sick of these apologies that don't really mount to anything.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, because it doesn't. Okay. Here we go. I got it right here. This was from. This was from March 10th, I believe. It was from March 10th. Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could have been a normal day, enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather. But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs during an anti Muslim protest outside of Mayor Zoran Mamdani's home. Here's what we know so far. It's just.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's unbelievable.

[Chris Reavers]

You are making it so easy for everybody that wants to live a normal life to hate you.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

That's all you're doing by issuing something like that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Anchor said that those bombs were thrown, or they said bombs potentially thrown at Zoran Mandami. It's like, no, no, that's not what happened. This was not an anti Muslim thing. I mean, the protest was anti Muslim, supposedly. I don't know who the guys were at Zoran Mandami's house. Like, not probably good dudes, right? But what a weird way to write that. Let's remember that. Mostly peaceful protests. And in the background, like a Burger King's just on fire or a liquor store's on fire, it's like, yeah, that's not how this world works.

[Chris Reavers]

And the account that I saw this retweeted and said, no, actually, here's what happened. Two radicalized ISIS supporters threw explosives at a crowd of protesters in New York City. And basically saying that downplaying Islamist violence, it doesn't make it disappear.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I don't get it.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't either. I don't know why. I mean, everyone obviously probably has a certain level of bias to whatever they do. I mean, people that listen to me talk on this show or GL or wherever probably think I have a certain amount of bias. And I'm not even saying that. That might not be tr. But the point is, I say what I truly feel like. Who are you trying to protect with a headline like that that's just so insulting to the American public.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What scares me more is how do these kids get radicalized? And why? Like the one that the parents own a two million dollar house. Right. He lived here his entire life. How did he radicalize into doing something like that? And that's scary in my book.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, and that's just it. And so it makes you think. At least it makes me think, okay, so what else has been manipulated? And we all know the answer to that. It's pretty much been everything. And everyone has a certain slant to it. And Everything. It's maddening, Michael. It's maddening. And that's the problem that I have with it. You want to talk about something that's not maddening? I got to find this story because I know you're going to love it. Oh, shoot. Please tell me that I.

[Mike Fratelloni]

This isn't the Jeffrey Epstein bitcoin.

[Chris Reavers]

No. Did you see the photo of him, by the way? No. In a convertible.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh.

[Chris Reavers]

Is he Florida?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Is he in Israel?

[Chris Reavers]

He's in Florida now. Okay. It's kind of funny, though. I am a sucker for. For that kind of stuff on social media.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I hate that, because enough of us

[Chris Reavers]

believe it, because it does kind of look like him.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I can do that.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, that's just it. I mean, even it's gotten so bad where it went from, I would have to tell Joe, Joe, that's AI. That's not real. Now my two sons have to say, dad, that's AI. That's not real. Oh, so now I'm Joe in their world.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So my dad called me from Florida the other day and said, hey, your mom used the wrong checkbook and she bought something and she's gonna bounce the check. Could you run to the bank and get a little bit of money?

[Chris Reavers]

Sure.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And I thought, wow, this is a couple of degrees off from being an AI planted story. And I was putting money into his account. Right. And I thought, wow, that is really kind of odd. And I could see people falling for that. I would have. Other than that.

[Chris Reavers]

Well. And honestly, I will say this. This would be a few years ago, maybe a decade ago, where, unfortunately, my grandmother, who is no longer with us, she fell for something like that, and it was the worst because she's the sweetest woman on the planet. She would do absolutely anything for anybody, even people she doesn't know. And so some scam artists got ahold of her, and we just couldn't. We couldn't intervene in time, unfortunately. So she got taken for a few bucks.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So sad.

[Chris Reavers]

It is.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, that is a deplorable business. If you're in the business of scamming old people, there's a special place in hell for you.

[Chris Reavers]

Absolutely, there is. You know what? I want to save this story until the other side of this break, because it's too good, and I think it's worthy of a much lengthier conversation. So let me talk about Linda Keller and kellertaxservice.com. here's the deal, ladies and gentlemen. It's crunch time. I got a great text from her the other day. I want to try to pull it up here as I'm talking about, you

[Mike Fratelloni]

gotta pay your taxes. You're probably gonna end up going to jail.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, no, she did chastise me. She said, hey, dumb dumb, it's time to get your stuff in. I said, oh, yeah, that's right. Okay, here's the best text I heard Joe say the other day, shut up and pay your taxes. And I felt it in my soul. Because isn't that the fine print on everything that we hear from both sides? Until we figure it out, it's less we the people and more we the payment method. Oh, 100%. Right.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I see what she did there.

[Chris Reavers]

And she has also said, I have received a tidal wave of new business this year. So thank you to Fratello, you and all the GL ers that have been listening and making their appointments with Linda Keller and kellertaxservice.com here's the deal. You got to get your stuff in to her by April 1st, or here's the deal. You're going to have to go into what's called Extensionville because she's just not going to be able to get to you in time. So you got to get that stuff in by April 1st. But you can book your appointment [e-mail] and as long as you're on that website, she has all sorts of updated tax information. And it does not matter where you live. Are you a resident of Minnesota? She's got you taken care of. Phoenix. She's got you taken care of. She handles all types of returns. Absolutely.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I didn't know that.

[Chris Reavers]

Doesn't matter where you live. She's gonna be able to take care of you because she's the best man. She's on top of my taxes more than I am.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah. Which is weird when sometimes they'll be like, remember last year when you had that did. I'm like, no, no, I don't remember any of that. How do you remember that?

[Chris Reavers]

Right, Exactly.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And she's good people.

[Chris Reavers]

She is absolutely good people. So like I said, book that [e-mail] let her know. And she's also a frat packer. Let her know that you heard about her here on the weekly scramble podcast. And we will be right back. I saw this story and I immediately thought of you. And I want to get your opinion on this. Are you ready for me, sir? More than. See, I'm. Now, Joe, look at this. I had to take my glasses off so I could read the fine Print of the story. It is small print. And I'm just, God, getting this.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Are you going to get to the second page and say the printer didn't print anymore of the story?

[Chris Reavers]

Should I do that in classes? Joe Susher I was like, oh my

[Mike Fratelloni]

God, the coming of Joe.

[Chris Reavers]

How about this, Mike? More than 1400 US retail stores and restaurants are set to close by the end of 2026. Major chains, including Wendy's and Macy's are citing efficiency as the reason behind the closures. Eddie Bauer is one of the latest companies to announce its closures as well. I want you to Mike Fredaloni, speak this for me when I'm done here. Retailers and restaurants are gearing up for another wave of store closures. It's shaping up to be the continuation of a retail pullback that Business Insider tracked in 2024. And in 2025, major chains from department stores like Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue to restaurant chains Pizza Hut and God, I love Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut and Wendy's have already announced multi year closure plans that extend into 2026, as some companies such as Macy's are closing their physical stores to invest more resources into their online businesses. In 2025, Business Insider tracked around 4,100 closures as of late December. Retail data and consultant firm Is It Coresight Research predicted earlier in the year that roughly 15,000 retail locations would close in the year. So far for 2026, Business Insider has identified 1500 planned closures. You can see the original list here. Is this just the complete removal of physical on site to online only?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I hope not. I hope not.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, I want you to.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Who wants to buy clothes online? I mean, if you're buying a. I'm a perfect medium. Just FYI, Reverse.

[Chris Reavers]

If anyone wants to buy you something,

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, if it's a medium sweatshirt, I can buy a medium sweatshirt online. I'm not buying a dress shirt online. Not buying a pair of slacks online. Trousers. I gotta go to a store, I gotta try them on. I gotta see how they look. Right. And that scares me a little bit to hear this. I do know in this market, you know, Minneapolis and St. Paul restaurateurs are saying this is way, way, way worse than Covid. Yeah, they said they're down 40 to 50%.

[Chris Reavers]

But I think that has more to do with. It's just a cost thing.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, everything's getting expensive.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, and again I mentioned. So I never go out to eat. I mean, rarely because a, I like cooking with my kids. It's fun. It's like kind of one of our things that we like to do. But B, the last time I remember we went to. I'm not going to name them because it's not their fault because this is everybody. I remember going somewhere to just get like a couple of quick things to eat for the.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And I thought, how much money is?

[Chris Reavers]

I think that's what it is.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I think so too. My nephew, who. My nephew has a great job, right. He's in banking. He has a great job. And he and his wife went to a place in Minneapolis and for the two of them, it was $700. I said, what are you doing? And he makes money. And she makes money, right. They're fine. I mean, they make like standard young people money, Right. Maybe a little bit better than standard young people money. And I thought, the hell are you doing? Who spends 700 bucks on a meal? I don't know. I mean, that would have to be like. I'm making some big announcements at that point in time.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Like, hey, your dad's gonna see you later. I'm moving to Florida. I mean, something happens. Cause that would be a very, very big deal. I'm sure it was a big deal for them. But I thought, well, wonder some restaurants in Minneapolis that have a drink tax that's 14% or whatever food. Restaurant tax in Minneapolis is higher.

[Chris Reavers]

You just reminded me something. But keep going.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Everything's a little bit more expensive in Minneapolis. And I hate to hear restaurants going away because restaurants. You can't have a vibrant town without vibrant restaurants, right?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you can't. And that's the thing. Because I was trying to find this clip because I had this ready to go. Hold on. Because Governor Wallace, who's done a really bang up job here in the Minnesota, he's announced his new budget and I've gotta pull this up. Cause have you seen some of this? That's on his new budget.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, it's some good stuff in there.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, it's just great. Okay, but let me get back to this really quickly before I transition to walls. Cause it does play into this. I'd be curious to know based upon this forecast and obviously an entity like Business Insider would probably have that kind of knowledge. Where are these located?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I'm sure all over the United States.

[Chris Reavers]

But are we talking about inner city? Are we talking about. And the reason I'm saying that because, well, just doing business in, in the Twin Cities or the state of Minnesota, you're at a disadvantage just from the get go because of the amount of taxes You've got.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's very true.

[Chris Reavers]

And I'm wondering if that. Because when I saw the word efficiency, that was my red flag immediately. So either if you're like, let's say you're a Macy's. Efficiency is your code word for saying people are just coming in here and stealing stuff. We just can't operate this way.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's not efficient to have these sites

[Chris Reavers]

and some of these fast food places. And we've all seen the videos on social where these kids just lose their mind. It's start harassing. It's not the gal at the counter's fault that your credit card got declined. That's not her fault.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I think I'm hitting the age where I'm gonna be pissed off. I like a good Wendy's. I don't want Wendy's to go away

[Chris Reavers]

with the fries and the Frosty.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, I get the son of a baconator. Have you ever had that?

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, God, it's good.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So good. And with a little cup of chili, Wendy's does a nice job. We should be able to have Wendy's. Like, we should be able to have nice things like Wendy's in the state. We should be able to have a Macy's where I can go in and buy a suit or a T shirt and not have someone. It look like a pile of crap because there's no one working in there.

[Chris Reavers]

Michael.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

Governor Tim Walls is here for the rescue. He has unveiled a supplemental budget proposal focused on middle class families in Minnesota.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's me.

[Chris Reavers]

The proposal includes expanding dependent care credits for families with young children and allocating $100 million to provide emergency aid to first time homeowners and renters. Because that's how supply and demand works.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah. That's how you keep the market within supply and demand.

[Chris Reavers]

You give somebody, let's just say $50,000 as a tax credit, guess what happens to the price of that home?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Goes up $50,000.

[Chris Reavers]

It goes up $50,000. What a freaking boat.

[Mike Fratelloni]

How does he not get that? How does he not get that?

[Chris Reavers]

Because he's a moron.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They just came out with 49 million bucks to help people with. You're going to get it.

[Chris Reavers]

No, I was going to say it gets better.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay, let's go.

[Chris Reavers]

The plan suggests lowering the state sales tax while expanding it to include services like financial planners, bankers, and lawyers. There's no reason the sales tax can't be expanded to broader numbers so that people who are at the top can pay a little bit on that. And the folks at the bottom can see a reduction in the sales tax.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Walls said, say that again. So he's saying we're going to lower the sales tax as a percentage. Is that what he said? But then everybody whose labor services, right, Accountants, attorneys, we're going to pay tax on accounting services and attorney's fees. Is that what they're saying? Oh, that's interesting.

[Chris Reavers]

Do you know what? That sales tax is going to be slashed from 6.5% to 6.425.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Are you shitting me? Isn't he embarrassed? Isn't he just embarrassed to do that?

[Chris Reavers]

No, because he's gonna say, look, hey, I, I lowered it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I lowered this, I lowered it.

[Chris Reavers]

And that will be the headline.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Every other, every. You know, there is something to be said about a consumption tax, right? If they got rid of income tax in the state of Minnesota and said, hey, when you go buy a. Your groceries or your food or your car, there's going to be a little bit higher tax on consumption. And I think that benefits lower income people, right. Potentially. I don't know how that benefits them.

[Chris Reavers]

But you've got to find the home run line, though, because this is what really got me. Basically. I can't find the exact figure because we did talk about it briefly on gl, but he's also going to implement a social media tax.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, what is this?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you. I had it earlier. I'm sorry.

[Mike Fratelloni]

For every post you have to pay. Pay to post.

[Chris Reavers]

Where did I put that? I put that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Are you making this up? Social media?

[Chris Reavers]

I wish I was. I wish I was.

[Mike Fratelloni]

How is there a social media tax?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, Michael, I read this earlier. Social media taxes are proposal. I'm going to do Minnesota because I did that specifically earlier in the day today. Okay. So he's proposing lowering the state sales tax, okay. Saving Minnesota 75 cents for every $1,000 that they spend on taxable goods.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay?

[Chris Reavers]

That's what that sales tax reduction is. You're going to save 75 cents on every $1,000 you spend.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, that can't be right.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, that's the percentage cut.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, but that can't be right.

[Chris Reavers]

It's.075%.

[Mike Fratelloni]

0.75, not 75. Okay, sorry.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, it went from 6.5% to 6.74. Correct, correct, correct.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Right. No, that's not it. That's not it. Because if a 1% would be $10. Right? So, God, I'm doing math. I'm all drugged up. For $1,000, 1% would be $10. And if this was 0.75, so less than 1%. That would be seven and a half dollars, not 75 cents.

[Chris Reavers]

The proposed Minnesota social media tax that Governor Wallace plans to implement. Because this is such a good idea. Because you know what? We're not giving businesses enough reason to flee this state, are we? No.

[Mike Fratelloni]

We have no social media people here though, right?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, here's the funny thing. The proposed social media tax is a planned excise tax on large social media companies that collect user data aimed at platforms with over 100,000 Minnesota users. If enacted, companies would pay between 10 and 50 cents per user per month. Expected to generate roughly 45 to $100 million. ANN for the state's general fund, targeted companies such as the big boys, those companies have a lot of following. That's how they would gain that. So social media platforms with over $100,000 monthly Minnesota users, including major firms, if

[Mike Fratelloni]

you have 100,000 users, you will get charged 50 cents per month. So $50,000.

[Chris Reavers]

Welcome to Minnesota.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That can't be right.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, that's according to.

[Mike Fratelloni]

He is nuts.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, that's just it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

We are nuts.

[Chris Reavers]

We are nuts. I men dot com. The whole point of this is you're gonna give. You're creating another program to give businesses that lost money during Operation Metro Surge. Okay? But you're already dealing with historic, biblical amounts of fraud with all these government programs, and you're creating more of them. What world are you living in?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Government shouldn't be in the charity business, right? No, it's not their money. So you shouldn't give out money as a charity. Charities should give out money, and governments shouldn't give charities money either. It's not their money. We should give charities money. Right? If we have extra money because the state is run efficiently, we'd say, oh, I'd like to help somebody who hasn't been able to work for the last couple weeks. And I'd give it to the church and they'd go to the church and they'd say, here, here's some help. But when the government gets involved into giving to non government organizations, NGOs and charities, that's not their business. They don't get to give our money.

[Chris Reavers]

And that's why I laughed at the headline the other day about Alliana Health being acquired. You saw that story? So Allyna Health was acquired by, as the Star Tribune put it, a $26 billion nonprofit California company.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What a joke.

[Chris Reavers]

Who are you kidding?

[Mike Fratelloni]

What are you. You're not nonprofit at $26,048,000,000 a year, a rather non profit, easily. Why do we allow Them to be nonprofit.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't know.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What is it? Okay, so do they give you an example of a social media site that would get this taxed?

[Chris Reavers]

They did, but I don't want to publicly say that just in case I'. I don't want my company to get sued, but it would be companies.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I would guess he didn't have an example of one.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, this was just an AI generated answer as kind of an example of, let's say, a large brand name that we might have mentioned earlier in the show that has a lot of following. Right.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That would be insane. They would not do business in the state anymore.

[Chris Reavers]

That's my whole entire point is you've already given. It's almost as if they're trying to come up with new ways to piss everybody off and to drive away as much business as possible.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I just can't believe that about him.

[Chris Reavers]

I talked to somebody, a good friend of mine, who. He and his wife have lived in Minneapolis. I've known these 2 for almost 30 years. They've lived in Minneapolis for the last 20 years because they wanted their kids to kind of grow up with a kind of a bit more of diversity and whatnot. And they loved Minneapolis.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's a great town.

[Chris Reavers]

He said. He said, they are giving me every reason to get out of here and I don't want to. I did love it here.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What I said the other day, don't make me leave. Don't make us leave.

[Chris Reavers]

I got my property tax forecast because all these buildings are vacant. Someone's gotta get the money. He's like, my property tax has basically gone up 10 times the amount it was when I first moved here. That's insane.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, that's criminal.

[Chris Reavers]

And he doesn't live in some big fancy mansion. He lives in a nice home that he and his wife and their kids live. It's.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yet home values in Minneapolis keep climbing. So I don't.

[MacKenzie]

I.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's a conundrum. I'm using that word a lot today. Right. Why are home values climbing if taxes are getting so high?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, because the home values are going up because they don't want the property tax rate to go down. That would be my guess.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's true. But people are buying those houses at those rates.

[Chris Reavers]

Are they?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I think so.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah. I mean, houses.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm not.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, you go into towns like Edina, you get a 1200 square foot house and it's 600,000 bucks or more or less. Right. Places are expensive.

[Chris Reavers]

It's madness. You know what I want to mention Quickly, Quick links golf and quicklinksgolf.com guess who's on board, by the way?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Who?

[Chris Reavers]

Such.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, does he want to do it?

[Chris Reavers]

He's going to do it. I really think he's going to do it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Party at Such's house.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, absolutely. I said, Joe, you're the perfect person to have something like, because think about it. When you can't actually go to the course, or let's say it's dark, it's nighttime, you just want to hit a couple of balls. That's perfect for you.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That would be great.

[Chris Reavers]

And you know what, if you go to their website, you can schedule your free consultation. A local Chaska owned and operated business, by the way. You can book your appointment and your free [e-mail] but on that website you can also see some of their previous projects that they've worked on. It's really, really cool. They work with all different price points. It doesn't matter whether you're looking to do it at your home, at your office, for your employees, whatnot. It's really, really cool. And like I said, they work with all different price points. They're great people. And you can see their showroom in Chaska, Minnesota. It's Quick Links Golf and Quicklinksgolf.com Michael Rivers.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What's the difference between a bad joke and a dad joke?

[Chris Reavers]

Mike? I don't know what the difference between a dad joke and a bad joke is.

[Mike Fratelloni]

The first letter. That was the worst joke I've ever told.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you're under the weather.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You can't blame me.

[Chris Reavers]

I can't blame you, Reivers.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You are the best.

[Chris Reavers]

Please do us a favor. Rate and review the show wherever you happen to be listening. The weekly scramble podcast. It helps other people find the show. It helps us out as well. And we appreciate each and every single one. His name is Mike Fratelloni. My name is Chris Reivers. Thank you so very much for listening to the weekly scramble podcast. We'll talk to you again next time. And until then, cheers.

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[Mike Fratelloni]

Hi, you're listening to Meditating with Jan from Toyota. Soften your focus and visualize yourself off

[Chris Reavers]

roading in a Tacoma.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Now engage your senses. What do you hear?

[Chris Reavers]

A donkey?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Because you're driving the kids to a farm sanctuary in a Grand Highlander. Breathe in, breathe out and go from dreaming it to driving it today. Dealer inventory may vary. See your participating Toyota dealer for details.

[Chris Reavers]

Event ends March 31st.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Toyota let's go places.