Mark Levin (3:47)

An Obama deal given the, the proclamations and declarations the president and others made about, what is it now, almost four weeks ago, five weeks ago, six weeks ago.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (4:02)

Then you read we're sending 50 more.

Mark Levin (4:05)

Fighter jets, 50 more F22s, F35s.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (4:10)

That's the top of the top.

Mark Levin (4:13)

And as you know, the USS Gerald Ford, if it's not there, it's Almost there. It's the biggest aircraft carrier in the world, has the most planes and of course it has ships that accompany it. So honestly, we've enough firepower there now to blow aspects of that regime off the face of the earth. Nothing's easy. I get it, I really do. But a false deal is worse, far worse than no deal at all. We've seen where this winds up. And so I will continue to use my voice. I will continue to use this program, my Fox show. I will now continue to use my video podcast to make the case for peace through strength. Peace through strength. That's YouTube. Liberty's voice. You can subscribe. You should go there right now. Now it's a little quiet. See, because the program is airing, but it aired earlier or Rumble. Another great site you can follow there. It costs nothing. Those of you who aren't used to the Internet should really consider, you know, putting your toe in the water and seeing what it's like. I don't mean the whole cesspool. I mean the program that I'm talking about. It's quite different than what I do on radio and tv. Quite different. And of course the video you get to see. So I hope we'll be able to check that out. And tomorrow the focus will be on Iran. Today the focus was on our founding and the declaration. And we took the declaration word by word, phrase by phrase and broke it down. We, I did. I gave some historical context and also explained how it is so unique, so inspiring, so fantastic how this nation was founded. And then I compared it to Marxism, the basic ideological propositions of Marxism and how it was embraced by, well, really modern day Democrats. But in the late 1800s and early 1900s, you know, Marx died in 1883. His so called progressive movement, self named, self characterized, was as I wrote in my book, American Marxism, the offspring of that, the Americanization of Marxism, it's not the same type of exactly Marxism that was preached by Marx himself. He being born in Germany and dying in London because they pushed him out of Germany, they wanted nothing to do with him. But we dug into a little bit of that and we're going to dig into a lot of this because the American people, you all need to know exactly what's going on here. And when July 4th comes around and we're celebrating, you're going to be, I think more patriotic and excited than ever before. You might say. I can't be more. I think you can. When you know just how fantastic and unique and rare and so forth. This, this country really is, and how barbaric and primitive and inhumane Marxism and Islamism are. And we're going to take our time to go through all that. But Iran is key. And again, we'll do a deep dive tomorrow. But I want to do a dive too right now as I pull up these articles here. Just give me one second and then you'll see why. To me, there's some level of ambiguity. Now you might say that's intentional, which it could be. Or it might be that we're not sure which road to follow in the fork of the road. Could be that, too. We have a piece here. Jerusalem Post the US sends over 50 fighter jets to Middle east in military buildup against Iran. We have another piece here that I'm going to read part of it to you a little bit. The plan Trump has already set in motion against Iran. Then we have the associated Depressed Iran fires missiles Khomeini threatens to sink US Warship amid nuclear talks Jerusalem Post Iran's Khomeini threatens US Navy suggests it could be hit so hard he cannot get up again. Another title Iranian officials moving to Consolidate Power for a Post Khomeini Era New York Post Iran closes ports of Strait of Hormuz for Live fire drills after Ayatollah Taunts Trump. Lot going on, but this one piece I found intriguing through all the research I was doing today. The plan Trump has already set in motion against Iran. Let's take a look at that. We'll be right back.

Producer/Announcer (9:23)

Mud Lopin.

Mark Levin (9:39)

I don't know that I'll be able to read the entire piece. That's not necessary. Anyway, from the jcfa.org the plan TRUMP has already set in motion against Iran. This is a very interesting think piece. I think anyone searching for the decisive American moment vis a vis Iran need not wait for an official announcement from the White House, since that moment has already occurred did not take place at the Pentagon during Congress, nor at the Security Council, he writes, or they write. It happened in Mar? A Largo. There, far from the cameras, a profound conceptual shift took place, moving from discussions about nuclear weapons and missiles to a principled decision to strike at the regime itself. The point is critical to understanding what we have seen in recent days, and especially what we are likely to see soon, they write. This is not a random escalation nor a series of impulsive reactions. It is a managed and carefully planned event, advancing according to clearly defined stages. The first stage is already behind us, the campaign of the slain, a continuous flood of death tolls, harrowing footage and testimonies seeping out following a partial reopening of the Internet. This is not happening by chance. The United States being the United States, needs a smoking gun, a cause celeb, a justification for war. As you can imagine, this is rather left wing. Let's continue. Americans requiring moral and political rationale to legitimize a broader move. The images emerging from Iran now are.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (11:34)

Not meant only to shock.

Mark Levin (11:36)

They are meant to prepare. Now, why am I reading this to you? Because putting aside the radical left wing agenda of all these groups, they're on to something. Just stick with me. The second stage is already unfolding. Talk of a siege. Not a classic siege in the style of Venezuela, but the creation of a sense of tightening, suffocation. And here it is important to be precise. The Iranian regime is accustomed to living under sanctions. It has built an economy adopted to scarcity, self production and workarounds. Therefore, a siege alone will not bring down the regime. Nevertheless, it creates a smokescreen, an appearance of pressure, a sense that diplomacy is underway. It is a pattern Trump has used repeatedly. Now you see they despise Trump and the United States continue. Then comes the third stage. Discourse, negotiations, talks, call it if you will. Iran is the world champion of the bazaar. It will talk, threaten, deliver speeches, while simultaneously sending quiet messages and asking for time. However, the terms placed on the table will be such that the Iranian regime cannot accept them. Not because it doesn't want to, but because it simply cannot. The real demand is not the dismantling of the nuclear program, but the dismantling of the regime's very essence. And the radical Shiite regime in Tehran cannot agree to its own dissolution. And I've talked about that this in a different context, that they won't. They won't accept an agreement even if.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (13:25)

There'S a temporary pause or ceasefire where.

Mark Levin (13:29)

Peace can be claimed. In the end, their ideology doesn't allow it. Now, from the left perspective, they can't.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (13:36)

From my perspective, they can't either.

Mark Levin (13:41)

But from the left's perspective, it's not fair. From my perspective, it exposes them. Here the central element comes into play.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (13:49)

Surprise. The strike, when it comes, will not.

Mark Levin (13:52)

Be a symbolic event, nor a one night operation. This is not Venezuela nor Maduro. It will be a prolonged aerial campaign. Now, I agree with that, that's been written elsewhere, but I believe that's correct. When and if it comes, it will be a prolonged aerial pain, sustained over time with repeated waves of strikes targeting regime symbols, Revolutionary Guard headquarters, the Basij, that is the inner circle around the Khomeini and the infrastructure of control and repression.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (14:29)

Most of the action will take place.

Mark Levin (14:31)

From the air, some of it by means better left unspoken. The objective is not merely to damage military capacity, but to create conditions under which the people take to the streets. And here the hard truth must be stated plainly. The Iranian people have been abandoned. Months of disconnection, unemployment, commercial collapse, and wages not paid at all. Now a generation with nothing left to lose is beginning to take to the streets. They're right about this. Nothing. And people recording farewell messages. People have lost their homes, families and livelihoods. In effect, the barrier of fear has been broken. And this is not a wave that can be turned back. Even if it subsides momentarily, another wave will follow. Trump has reached a historic crossroads. Either he enters the history books as one who freedom the Middle east from an extreme. It's hard to tell what this group is, isn't it, Mr. Producer? Very odd. But there's a kernel in truth, in everything they're saying. That's why I'm reading it to you. Trump has reached this historic crossroads. Either he enters the history books as the one who freed the Middle east from an extremist regime that destabilizes the global order, or he falls into the Iranian trap of delays, prolonged talks and and stalling tactics. With the withdrawal of opportunity limited by the midterm elections, and with understanding that what began on October 7th was a broad Iranian attempt to destroy Israel through proxies, the moment of decision is approaching. Perhaps not this week, but soon. Most likely very soon. Well, let's see who we're dealing with here. The fellow who wrote this is Sajiv Asulin, an expert on Iranian influence. They write and Operation Strategic Perception at the Jerusalem center for Security and Foreign affairs. Jcfa, a former senior commander and so forth. Well, the beginning of the article sure sounded like he was anti American to me. Did it? Not to you, Rich. Yeah, but in the substantive aspects of this piece, he's right, he's correct. And I think he's reading the tea leaves correctly, too, because I'm reading them the same way, and I think I'm correct about it. Could be wrong. I'm not Nostradamus. I'm not in the prediction business. But I think this is effectively and mostly correct, that everything's been set in motion. President has dealt with the Iranians before and he knows what he's dealing with. I'll be right back.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (17:33)

Mark Levin. Tough as hell. That's why I like Mark Levin, and.

Caller or Guest (17:39)

I'm not sure a lot of people like him.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (17:40)

He's tough as hell, but I, I like them. I love them.

Caller Bardia (17:42)

Call in now.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (17:44)

877-381-3811.

Mark Levin (17:50)

I honestly do not believe that we would be sending all this hardware and all this personnel into this region just for more leverage. 50 more jets means a hell of a lot. But in terms of leverage and a threat to Iran, I mean, you've got two aircraft carrier groups there, you've got bombers that aren't that far away and so forth and so on. 50 more jets is not going to tip the balance, I would imagine, one way or another. In terms of leverage, in terms of military might, it certainly could. And I think that writer previous is certainly onto something. There's enough jets there to have wave after wave after wave of attack, multiple hits on the same sites. Then you have the Israelis with their air force, same thing. The power would be overwhelming. You've got two of the strongest militaries on the face of the earth, ours, number one. And the Israelis are up there in the top five. Also. I think a lot of time has been spent trying to ensure that there's some significant level of defensive, of a defensive missile structure. You know, after that 12 day war, as I was reading about it, you know, the Israelis depleted a lot of their defensive missiles, their Iron Dome and so forth. And we did too, from our ships that were trying to handle the ballistic missiles. And so a shift of resources and having at least a significant inventory to defend is very important. Now here's one of the things that I've been thinking about, and I'll share this with you. Let me know what you think. I don't know if the president's going to wait two more weeks to negotiate with these guys or not. But one of the ways that you can ensure that you are in a good defensive posture is by a fast, sudden, overwhelming strike. That doesn't mean the attack doesn't stop. Excuse me, after 24:48, 72 hours. What I'm talking about, you prioritize your targets as a matter of common sense. So you want to hit those targets that are more likely, are most likely to cause the most damage against our forces and against the Israeli cities that they say they want to attack.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (20:43)

So you're going to want to go.

Mark Levin (20:44)

After the ballistic missiles. I think first and foremost you're not going to get them all.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (20:52)

But I.

Mark Levin (20:53)

Would think that's what they want to go after in terms of military targets, obviously the army and the rest. But they're going to want to try and take out as many of those ballistic missiles as possible. Right off the bat, they're going to want to try and take out most of these drone launching centers. They won't get them all, but as fast as they can. Because when they send up these drones in the hundreds, there is a potential danger to our ships. And so I'm sure they're thinking this through far more than I'm able to. And they know what they have, and we can't be sure what we have. That is you and me. And then, of course, I think they want to try and take out Khomeini in his inner circle as fast as they can for a lot of important reasons in terms of hierarchy, military command. You want some of these generals and others in the Iranian military to surrender or switch sides or run for the hills. So I think these are at least three of the priorities that are going to need to be taken into consideration. I'm sure they are. But the good news is we far outgunned them. The Israelis, I'm sure, with their intelligence, are an enormous help. They outgun the Iranians, and it's clear to me when you have two carriers there and all the ships that join them and all the firepower, the air power, the missile power, the technology, the.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (22:41)

Refueling, if.

Mark Levin (22:47)

Something occurs, and I believe it will now. But I don't know, I'm just. I'm not Helen Keller. I see what I see and I hear what I hear. It's all out there. But that said, I think it's going to be pretty massive. Now, I have no inside information, trust me on this. But knowing Donald Trump, to the extent I know him, he would not enter into this wanting to lose, that's for sure. Not now, not ever, never. I really believe this. And our military doesn't want to either. So if we launch, and again, I believe we will, that's just Mark's opinion. Just Mark's opinion, pure and simple. I believe this is for keeps. I believe it is for regime change to protect our country from future terrorism and threats with nuclear weapons. I also believe that the President wants to put an end to this. He doesn't want to spend the next three years of his presidency having to deal with this regime. And what comes next, we can't possibly know. But what we do know is that the Iranian people want their freedom. That the Iranian people have risen up like never before. They're incredibly brave and courageous people, as that article prior was explaining. They don't really have anything to live for other than their freedom and their lives and their family. And they're all under attack by this regime. Their literal lives and freedom and their families are under attack by this regime. They're not invested in the economy. The economy is dead. The regime is stolen from the people. The regime has redistributed wealth, if you will, in, into the regime, into the regime's, they hope, permanence and into the regime's military. You need to keep something in mind. These are Persians, they're not Arabs. They have a Western mentality much like ours. They are our friends, the people are. Even though the regime is our enemy. That revolution that occurred in 1979 was by a minority, by the Islamists and the left and the so called reformers. And Khomeini slaughtered his way to power thanks in many respects to the weakness and idiocy of Jimmy Carter and those groups, left wing and opposition groups and otherwise, that had been working with Khomeini and the Islamists. They were all slaughtered. All these people, they were murdered. Because you folks understand what I've explained time and time again about the Islamist fundamentalist ideology. Anything goes, everything goes when it comes to pursuing the goal. Same with Marxists. This is what they have in common. And their common enemy is us. But the Islamists have no intention of living with the Marxists in this country or any other country. And they'll make alliances, they'll sign paper agreements, they'll say things like, you know, they're moderate, they're actually rational. We've making great progress in our negotiations. It's all for effect. That's all it is, it's all for effect. If we haven't learned that over the last half a century with this regime, 47 years to be exact, then I don't know when we'll ever learn it. But I think the President is a fast learner and he knows what he's up against. He truly does not like war. He truly does not like casualties. American casualties. He understands that once you unleash, unleash this, you got to go to the end of it. You got to win. You got to win decisively. The objective has to be met. And that's why I believe they're pouring all these resources into that region. Not for a pinstrike, pinprick, no, to put an end to this once and for all, or at least for a long time. And I want to be clear about this. For the isolationists, the Islamists, the Katarlsons and their ilk, they're not rooting for us. Just as they weren't rooting for us when the President ordered the bombing of those nuclear sites. Just as when the Israelis took on the Iranians and defeated them in the 12 Day War, they were rooting against the Israelis. And you'll have these knuckleheads say this isn't what MAGA voted for. MAGA supports this President. MAGA is for the most part formally the Tea Party. As I've been saying before, we don't look for war, we don't look for intervention. But we know an enemy that tries to destroy our country, that is intentions of building nuclear weapons with ICBMs that can reach the continental United States and that they've said they want to destroy us and have slaughtered 50,000 of their own people. They wouldn't blink twice if they fired nuclear missiles into our country. Tea Party, maga, red blooded Americans. We know that that's an enemy that has to be dealt with. And there can be no peace unless they are dealt with. And it is a coward, an immoral coward. Immoral parents who leave it to their children or their grandchildren to take on this enemy. When this enemy will be far stronger, far more ballistic missiles, far more capable ICBMs and yes, scores of nuclear warheads. Then what? Will be dead and gone. But they'll be alive and have to deal with it. To me, this is one of the most important points that need to be, needs to be made. And so I've been making it. I'll be right back. We've gone from Iran and I want to go to sewage now.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (30:07)

You might say, Mark, what does this.

Mark Levin (30:08)

Have to do one with the other? Not very much, to be perfectly honest with you. But there's a big problem in the Potomac river between Virginia and Maryland and Washington. There is raw sewage leaking out of a six foot pipe on the Maryland side. Democrats create a sewage crisis as they reported. PJ Media, Kathryn Salgado then defund FEMA's cleanup.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (30:39)

You got that? Got that, America. A Trump administration official is accusing Democrat mismanagement of causing the massive sewage pipe.

Mark Levin (30:48)

Break and spill into the Potomac River. And the government workers who have to.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (30:53)

Deal with the spill just got defunded. Discourtesy of toilet brained Democrats, they write. And the President is so concerned, he said they're not even asking us for help. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA is a subsidiary agency, the Department of Homeland Security, which Democrats just defunded. Leftist anti ice obsession consumes every other consideration but female has to deal with a massive sewage spill poisoning the waters of the river that runs through Maryland, Virginia and Washington. Because if there's one thing that is always true of Democrats, it is they insist on creating catastrophes with their policy straight from the sewer and then making someone else clean up after them.

Mark Levin (31:44)

And by the way, blaming conservatives, Republicans and Donald Trump.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (31:50)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is thoroughly disgusted and furious that her agency has to address the crisis without paychecks. She said Democrats in Congress have shut down FEMA funding, leaving our hardworking employees to work without pay. Yet FEMA is now stepping in to coordinate cleanup of one of the largest raw sewage spills in American history.

Mark Levin (32:15)

She posted on X yesterday and WTOP.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (32:19)

Radio reported that millions of gallons of raw sewage are now in the river and that the ongoing health risks and the temporary or long term environmental impacts are not perfectly clear.

Mark Levin (32:30)

Well, don't eat any fish out of the Potomac. That would be my suggestion. You know, Mr. Producer, here's the problem. The Potomac eventually leads out to the Atlantic Ocean. Now, if you think this amount and this kind of sewage is going to be easily dispersed, you're wrong. Noem certainly believes that Democrat incompetence is to blame for the spillage. She said thanks to gross mismanagement by.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (32:53)

Maryland's Democrat leaders like the governor who wants to be president.

Mark Levin (32:57)

That's me saying that hundreds of millions.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (33:00)

Of gallons, hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage that would be human crap has reportedly been dumped into the Potomac river, flowing straight through our nation's capital and, and endangering millions of people, wildlife, the entire D.C. region water supply, she said. There you go. The environmentalists, the Democrats, these people, they destroy and destroy and destroy.

Mark Levin (33:26)

I'll be right back.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (33:30)

This segment of the podcast is exclusively sponsored by PureTalk. Pure Talk offers great coverage and can save your family money on your wireless bill every single month. Go to PureTalk.com to find the plan that's right for you. Thank you again for listening and thank you so much for this sponsorship. PureTalk.

Mark Levin (33:49)

He's here.

Producer/Announcer (33:50)

He's here now. Broadcasting from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the brick and steel of a nondescript building, we've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Levin.

Mark Levin (34:10)

You know, ladies and gentlemen, there are certain things we conservatives expect from government. We don't expect a free handout. We don't expect it to do all the things that it's actually doing. We can live without 80, maybe 90% of what it does, but we expect our government, local, state and federal to protect us. That's why they have police powers, among other things. And we expect it when it runs a sewer system to ensure that the sewer doesn't pollute our rivers and lakes and our drinking water and the wildlife and our health.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (34:56)

When it's leaking millions of gallons of puke of crap of human feces like it is in Maryland, in the Potomac.

Caller or Guest (35:06)

River.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (35:09)

Where it gets washed out eventually to the Atlantic Ocean. All these Democrats, I mean, let me be clear, Maryland has run 100% Democrat, D.C. 100% Democrat. Virginia now 100% Democrat. And all these counties and areas around the Potomac river, They can't even do the very, very basics. It's like that Jack Newscomb in California can't get water to the fire hydrants, lies about it, pretends he's on the phone when somebody's questioning him. And this jerk they think is presidential material or aoc, who's got the, the IQ of a kumquat all these people are good at is gaining more and more control. Agitprop and propaganda. They're so full of crap it's not even funny. You've got a six foot pipe, it's obviously not leaking feces, it's pouring feces into the Potomac River. Now if any private company was doing that, all hell would break loose and the Democrats would be screaming, got it. I don't necessarily disagree, but when they're responsible for it, they yawn. It's as if nothing's happening. And then the national Democrats shut down. Female. They don't fund fema. Why? Because they are defending promoting illegal aliens who they refuse to deport, that's why. And the Democrats in Northern Virginia and Maryland and Washington D.C. are too damn stupid to wise up. I would like to ask the Democrats, why do you move to Republican areas and ruin them? Why do you move to Republican areas, vote for Democrats who raise taxes, who regulate the hell out of small business and private property rights. You've already destroyed the place you came from. Now you go to another place and you destroy. That's why I call you locusts. Because they don't want to personally pay high taxes, but they will vote for Democrats who will give them stuff and then the high taxes come and then they move. They have no commitment to these communities. At this point you really have to be insane to be a Democrat in New York City. You've got to be out of your.

Mark Levin (38:08)

Mind, out of your mind.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (38:12)

This mandami, get to him later. The stuff that this guy's doing, the people he's appointing, he might as well be wearing a white robe. He might as well be a Klan member. Puts on this Phony front. And he knows exactly what he's doing. To keefering season in New York City.

Mark Levin (38:43)

Just pathetic. And he is in mind.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (38:47)

Massive new taxes.

Mark Levin (38:48)

Oh, yeah. Massive new taxes. Gee, who.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (38:59)

Who could have guessed that?

Mark Levin (39:00)

All of us. All of us.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (39:05)

And many of these Democrats who voted for this, now they're going to leave.

Mark Levin (39:08)

Maybe they'll go to Florida.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (39:12)

Texas, Tennessee.

Mark Levin (39:16)

Or at least some moderate states like Pennsylvania. And then they'll screw them up. They'll vote the same damn way, and they'll screw them.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (39:30)

So it's got this massive tax plan.

Mark Levin (39:36)

Were you able to cut and paste this New York Times piece, Rich? No, I think. I think I've got it right here. Hold on one second, America. I've got it. I've got it. I know. There it is. There it's not. You better resend it. Thank you. All right. I'm working without my laptop. I'm working off an iPhone. You ever tried that before? We have to go from page to page. It's annoying. But I'm here. I'm not leaving. There are worse things. Oh, here it is. Bear with me. We're live and national. No. Oh, there it is. Mondami threatens 9.5% property tax increase if a wealth tax is not passed. Affordability. Anybody? And the Republicans are so stupid, they don't know how to jump on this. All they'll do is.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (40:39)

That's a lot. What the hell is he doing? No, it's more than that. He's destroying the middle class. He's destroying homeowners. And a wealth tax. A wealth tax. Wait until they get their foot in the door on that one. Mayor Zoran Mandami today proposed to raise property tax rates in New York city by nearly 10%, a measure he is casting as a last resort to be deployed if. If he cannot persuade Governor Kathy Hochul to raise income taxes on the wealthy.

Mark Levin (41:21)

I'm so sick of this Marxist clap trap on the wealthy. And the standard for wealthy continues to lower and lower and lower.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (41:30)

And you're wealthy.

Mark Levin (41:31)

You're going to get the hell out of there.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (41:32)

10%. It's not worth it. It's not worth the crime.

Mark Levin (41:37)

It's not worth the.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (41:39)

The calls to prayer now all throughout the city. It's just not worth it. Say, you know what? I'm rich. I'm getting the hell out of there. I'm going to go to Florida and see if I can get an oceanfront property and pay no income tax. You know, people aren't stupid if they can leave a high tax area, a high crime area, an area in which they're not welcome. They're going to leave. Isn't that amazing? The suggested 9.5% property tax increase would affect more than 3 million single family.

Mark Levin (42:13)

Homes, co ops and condos, and over 100,000 commercial buildings.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (42:19)

I thought it was just for the rich, Mr. Producer. The budget plan, Mr. Mondami's first since.

Mark Levin (42:26)

Becoming mayor, totals $127 billion for a city.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (42:33)

I think the whole state of Florida is like 180 billion. It would take effect July 1 following.

Mark Levin (42:40)

Revisions and negotiations with the City Council. That's like the Marxists negotiating with the Leninists. That's an increase from the current $122 billion spending plan.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (42:57)

So it's a 5 billion dollar increase. Mondami, the city's newly elected Democratic Socialist mayor, he's a Marxist, said a tax increase is necessary to close a $5.4 billion fiscal gap that has been blamed on inaccurate budgeting from his predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams. Eric Adams said he left Mr. Mondami with over $8 billion in reserves. If I had to trust somebody, it would be Adams over Mondami.

Mark Levin (43:29)

I can tell you that. These Marxists, their accounting is always kind of screwy. You know.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (43:36)

City budgets must by law, be balanced.

Mark Levin (43:38)

You see, folks, he wants this money for the free supermarkets to do his thing. That's what he wants. So he's a liar. Should Mr. Mandani carry through on his threat to increase property taxes, the measure would raise an additional $14.8 billion over.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (43:56)

Four years, according to budget documents. No.

Mark Levin (43:59)

When property values will go down and people are going to get the hell out, assuming they can sell. Property taxes are the only taxes mayors can control. Without approval from Albany, though, the City Council would have to approve the increase. But the mayor made it clear he.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (44:17)

Would rather persuade the governor, who's up for reelection this year, to increase income taxes on the city's highest earners. Now, who would that be? He has repeatedly called for a wealth.

Mark Levin (44:29)

Tax, but recently signaled he would most likely skip a rally planned for February 25th at the State Capitol in Albany to deepen that call.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (44:41)

Oh, earlier this week, Mondame received a major show of support from the governor, who announced an additional $1.5 billion of infusion of state funds into the city budget. Several hundred million of that funding came from shifting the cost of programs for public health and youth services from the.

Mark Levin (45:03)

City to the state. Surely they mean from the state to the city. I guess what they're trying to say, but literacy is not what it used to be at the New York Slimes.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (45:15)

The announcement comes as the mayor and governor attempt to deliver an ambitious state funded expansion of the child care system. See, this isn't about covering any debt. This is about massive new spending by a state that's out of control. Spending's out of control. The police power, that is regulatory power, is completely out of control.

Mark Levin (45:40)

And by police power, I mean the regulatory bureaucratic power. God knows the police power is under attack.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (45:52)

They formed an unlikely partnership.

Mark Levin (45:54)

That Ms. Hochul, a centrist. She's not a centrist anymore.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (45:58)

I don't know what she used to be. She used to be a mannequin, a dummy. Then she fell into that slot when Cuomo resigned. She's a moron and she's no centrist. They formed an unlikely partnership Hochul a centrist, hopes will help to endear her to New York City's progressives.

Mark Levin (46:20)

In other words, she's selling out. Tuesday, Ms. Hochul reiterated her commitment to New York City, their fiscal well being, but said she would oppose raising property taxes.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (46:33)

But he's only raising property taxes on.

Mark Levin (46:35)

The wealthiest New Yorkers, Mr. Producer, like on all of them. Anyone who owns a single family home, you're going to get screwed. They throw that propaganda around. You're going to get a condo, an apartment. 3 million single family homes. Isn't that all the single family homes in New York City?

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (46:57)

3 million. What are there 8 million people there? 3 million single family homes are going to see massive increases in their property taxes. Single family homes, co ops and condos and over 100,000 commercial buildings, you know, with little pizzerias and stuff like that. They're going to see a massive increase in property taxes that will be passed on to them.

Mark Levin (47:19)

Has to be for the little guy.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (47:24)

So let me ask you, is it more affordable to live in New York City or Miami, Florida? I'm just asking, is it more affordable to live in New York or Florida, New York or Texas? New York or Tennessee? New York or anywhere else except California. Affordability Republicans, this is your issue. Use it, for God's sakes. I'll be right back. You know what Pure Talk's favorite holiday is?

Mark Levin (48:03)

President's Day.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (48:04)

Because they believe wireless service should only.

Mark Levin (48:06)

Cost you a couple of presidents.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (48:08)

Just a Jackson and a Lincoln to be exact. For $25 a month, PureTalk gives you unlimited talk text, plenty of data. Now compare that to Big Wireless. They'd rather celebrate Benjamin Franklin Day so they can charge your family hundreds every month. And he wasn't even a president that's not right. You deserve better. PureTalk is an American wireless company that supports our veterans and invests in a US Only customer service team. When you call, you're talking to someone right here at home. PureTalk uses the same towers as the big carriers, so enjoy superior 5G coverage without the inflated price. Just $25 a month for talk text, plenty of data and no contract, no cancellation fee. Don't wait any longer, folks. Go to PureTalk.com Levin PureTalk.com Levin. You'll get 50% off your first month again. That's PureTalk.com Levin to make the switch to Pure Talk.

Mark Levin (49:08)

Back to the Middle East. As news reports here come out, we're deploying lots of tankers. That's to keep the jets fueled in Air Globemasters Intelligence fighter jets en route to the Middle east. The past 24 hours, even more than are already there. A massive, massive buildup, folks. Something big is on the way here. Something big is on the way here. I believe I will say this. Under no circumstances, none such sanctions ever be lifted from this regime. Not in the short run or any run, because that means we would effectively be subsidizing the Islamic Nazi genocidal regime. We would be turning on the spigot where they would get the funds to continue to build their conventional weapons systems, their ballistic missiles, their nuclear warheads, and of course, pay their police and their military, which they're having difficulty doing right now. That would be the lifeline to the regime. Under no circumstances, none, should any sanctions be lifted. Partially, completely, under any circumstances whatsoever. Period. And remember, everything they agree to is bs. I spent a lot of time explaining this behind this microphone on my Fox show. We're going to get into it more tomorrow on my new video podcast. By the way, you ought to sign up. It's absolutely free. You should sign up. So. So when we release the program, you can just hit a click and you're in. At YouTube, you subscribe at Rumble, you follow. It's at Liberty's voice on YouTube. It's @mark Levin show on Rumble. It is that simple. We also have the links on all my social sites on X and Trusocial and Getter Rumble everywhere else. So check it out. Now, look, here's the thing. I'm not gonna do this Megyn Kelly crap with the F bombs and just nasty, constant infighting. I'm not gonna do the Bannon stuff. He's a fraud and a phony and a pervert, in my humble opinion. The Tucker stuff with this constant Jew hatred and Christian Hatred and lying and deceit and platforming the worst of the worst. And Candace Owens, who's a clear head case, this format, the podcast or video podcast format should not be left to the lowest of the low lives to control. I refuse to believe that's what America wants. And so we are going to be cerebral, but we're going to have fun. We're going to talk about things that I believe matter. We'll have our history and philosophy and.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (52:32)

That sort of thing.

Mark Levin (52:34)

And we're certainly going to talk about what I think is going to be war with Iran. It won't be a forever war. It'll be let's get this damn thing over with war. And I want to get into that tomorrow because this is like the biggest.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (52:48)

Marquee issue that's out there while people.

Mark Levin (52:50)

Are talking about other issues that are very important, don't get me wrong.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (52:56)

But.

Mark Levin (52:56)

This is, I think the most important right now. Should we engage and should we not engage? And I want you people involved in engaging in what you believe. I'll be right back. You know what Pure Talk's favorite holiday is? President's Day.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (53:17)

Because they believe wireless service should only.

Mark Levin (53:19)

Cost you a couple of presidents.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (53:21)

Just a Jackson and a Lincoln to be exact. For $25 a month, PureTalk gives you unlimited talk text, plenty of data. Now compare that to big wireless. They'd rather celebrate Benjamin Franklin Day so they can charge your family hundreds every month.

Mark Levin (53:35)

And he wasn't even a president.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (53:36)

That's not right. You deserve better. PureTalk is an American wireless company that supports our veterans and invests in a US Only customer service team. When you call, you're talking to someone right here at home. Pure Talk uses the same towers as the big carriers. So enjoy superior 5G coverage without the inflated price. Just $25 a month for talk text, plenty of data, no contract, no cancellation fee. Don't wait any longer, folks. Go to PureTalk.com Levin PureTalk.com L E V I N you'll get 50% off your first month. Again, that's PureTalk.com L E V I N to make the switch to Pure Talk. Yes, it's true that Mark Levin is the fastest growing radio show in America. The Mark Levin show is on at 877-381-3811.

Mark Levin (54:30)

It's my view the economy is going to take off very soon. I told you about this several months ago. Everything's in place to do exactly that. The tax cuts are kicking in and will kick in. Been slashing regulatory controls. Significant, probably a Record reduction in federal government personnel. There's been an enormous amount of money coming in from the tariffs. And by the way, I've been thinking about this. Have you noticed the Supreme Court hasn't ruled on the tariff case yet? I'll tell you what I think that means in a moment, but I'm mentioning this because I think what the Democrats are going to try to do is now create scandals. If the economy's cooking, like hell. They can't talk about affordability. They'll try. I remember when Bill Clinton was running against George H.W. bush, who was president at the time, he kept talking about, we're in a recession, we're in a recession, we're in a recession, and we weren't in a recession. But he said it enough times and the media regurgitated enough times that, you know, you repeat a lie enough times and people believe it. That's the old saying, and it's true. And nobody's better at lying and repeating lies than the Democrats and their media.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (55:50)

So why hasn't the Supreme Court ruled.

Mark Levin (55:51)

On the tariff case yet? One of two reasons. The court is divided into not just two, but maybe three or four groups of opinions. And so they're trying to cobble together a majority opinion. It could be that or it could.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (56:17)

Be they have a significant majority. But now they're trying to figure out how to write a rational opinion. It's a very complicated issue from a.

Mark Levin (56:25)

Legal and policy perspective. Why?

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (56:30)

Because tariffs clearly are not just about taxes. Tariffs are also about foreign and national policy and national security. President has used tariffs over and over.

Mark Levin (56:41)

Over again.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (56:44)

As a foreign policy tool for leverage. And so what's the court going to do? It's going to create a test on when it's foreign policy and when it's not. First of all, it can't.

Mark Levin (56:58)

It won't work.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (56:58)

Secondly, they don't want to get into that business. It's crazy.

Mark Levin (57:03)

So you look at the Constitution.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (57:04)

You have the power of the purse. Okay, only Congress can lay taxes. But is that true? Is it true that only Congress can raise taxes? Then why do we have a massive federal bureaucracy that raises taxes all the time through regulations? And why is that constitutional? That's the executive branch. Well, Congress delegated that authority. Well, so what? Does it have the power to delegate that authority in violation of separation of powers? No, it does not. And so if they're worried about separation of powers and power of the purse, how is it that they. They ignore the biggest increase in taxes that comes from the bureaucracy within the executive branch? So the power of the purse is then delegated to the executive branch. They're not free to do that. Now, at least in the case of tariffs, you can make the case that maybe it raises taxes. Indirectly, I might add, indirectly, even if you buy that argument and you're free to do it. But there's no doubting that it also is a foreign policy and national security issue in which the President has more power. Now, how are they going to split that baby? They're not Solomon. Maybe they should be Solomon. And I gave him an out behind this microphone and on tv, which is what? Get the hell out of the case. Reverse the lower court, say it's not right for a decision or say it's a political issue. And I might point out that Congress has not brought any litigation against the executive branch. You might say, well, that's because the Republicans. So what? They're the ones who represent Congress right now. And if the Democrats win, they can challenge it. But they haven't won. The Republicans have. And they haven't brought any litigation. And in addition, what does Congress do? It passes laws and resolutions. Well, it hasn't passed a resolution. It certainly hasn't passed a law. And send it to the President's desk where it would be vetoed for sure. But they haven't even done that, challenging him on the tariffs. Now, that in and of itself doesn't mean you don't have a constitutional violation, separation of powers. But it's just one more thing to add on the President's side in his bucket to support what he's doing. If Congress wants to change it, when they get enough members who want to change it, they'll change it. But in and of itself, I would argue it's not unconstitutional because it's not just about the power of the purse. It's about the power of the presidency in foreign policy and national security. So that's why they're taking all this time. What about birthright citizenship? Why hasn't that opinion come down? What are they doing?

Mark Levin (60:11)

They fear the politics of that. This is what I fear, that they're going to get a majority that upholds it. And what are they upholding? It's not in the Constitution.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (60:21)

The Supreme Court decision in the late.

Mark Levin (60:23)

1800S isn't even on point. Really.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (60:28)

They can't even figure out.

Mark Levin (60:29)

I'm sure they may have an inkling.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (60:31)

Of where this comes from. It comes out of the bureaucracy.

Mark Levin (60:34)

That doesn't make it constitutional.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (60:36)

The fact that it's been in practice.

Mark Levin (60:37)

All these decades doesn't make it Constitutional.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (60:40)

But you watch, one or more of these justices will rely on that. Look, it's not this, it's not that, but it's really ingrained in our system now, and people have relied on it and families rely on it. I can hear that crap being said. It worries me. But I'm very worried about the concern about the safety of certain justices, the political attacks on certain justices, the ethics complaints against certain justices. Because the Democrat Party does this. They try to intimidate Supreme Court justices and their militia. Like with ice, like with local cops in Minnesota and other cities four years back, like in the 1960s. Oh, yeah. It's like they have a permanent militia.

Mark Levin (61:31)

That they'll go out there and do their thing. Now, who the hell else can handle two major Supreme Court issues in five minutes? Mr. Producer. You know, Pure Talk's favorite holiday was yesterday, President's Day. Who's Your favorite president, Mr. Producer? Donald Trump. How about Washington and Lincoln? There'd be no America without Washington. There'd be really no America without Lincoln. Trump's a great president, there's no question. I've talked about James Polk as being a great president over the years, haven't I? One term president, Democrat. Why? Why is James Polk a great president? Anybody know? And the left hates him. But if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have California as a state. So all the morons in California, the law professors and the elitists. Not elite, the elitists, they hate Polk. Manifest Destiny.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (62:43)

What? What? That's white Christian racism. Okay, then get the hell out of California. And while you're at it.

Mark Levin (62:54)

Get out of New Mexico. And while you're at it, get out of Texas. These and other territories became part of the continental United States as a result of James Polk. More. And by the way, more. He said he's going to run for one term. He ran for one term. He died of dysentery, unfortunately. Very painful. He's a small man, about five, four.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (63:23)

Like I said.

Mark Levin (63:24)

Where else are you going to hear this?

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (63:25)

It's history.

Mark Levin (63:26)

I'll be right back.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (63:36)

You know what Pure Talk's favorite holiday is?

Mark Levin (63:38)

Presidents Day.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (63:39)

Because they believe wireless service should only.

Mark Levin (63:41)

Cost you a couple of presidents.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (63:43)

Just a Jackson and a Lincoln, to be exact. For $25 a month, PureTalk gives you unlimited talk text, plenty of data.

Mark Levin (63:50)

Now, compare that to big wireless.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (63:52)

They'd rather celebrate Benjamin Franklin Day so they can charge your family hundreds every month. And he wasn't even a president. That's not right. You deserve better. PureTalk is an American wireless company that supports our veterans and invests in a US Only customer service team. When you call, you're talking to someone right here at home. Pure Talk uses the same towers as the big carriers, so enjoy superior 5G coverage without the inflated price. Just $25 a month for talk text, plenty of data, no contract, no cancellation fee. Don't wait any longer, folks. Go to PureTalk.com Levin PureTalk.com L E V I N. You'll get 50% off your first month. Again, that's Pure Talk.com L E V I N to make the switch to Pure Talk.

Mark Levin (64:43)

I know a lot of you are not used to the Internet. Some of you are. It is really my goal to bring together audiences so we can build up our radio audience, build up our video podcast audience together. So we used to have these Levin surges. I want to do a Levin surge right now. So you're in early on. Go to YouTube and subscribe to Liberty's Voice. It's free, absolutely free. They don't harass you, they don't send you stuff, but you hit a click. Just hit a click. Anytime you want to listen to my my brand new video podcast or see what I'm doing and so forth, go to YouTube and subscribe to Liberty's Voice as a Levin search. Or go to Rumble and follow the Mark Levin Show. It's so simple, even I can do it because I'm a techno idiot. But I feel the more people we bring into the video podcast, the more people we will bring to radio, the more of an army of patriots we can build before the midterm elections. This is my commitment. This is what I'm trying to do. And you're going to have a lot of fun too. We need to build radio. We need to build the video podcast, particularly mine. And if we find out in three, four, five months, nobody wants to do it, I won't do it. It's just like Fox, just like radio, but it's an entirely new and fresh enterprise. I think you're gonna have a lot of fun and you're gonna learn a ton. A ton. So I want to encourage you from sea to shining sea on all of our affiliates. I want to grow our radio audience. I want to grow this video podcast because I believe they are linked. They overlap thanks to you. So go to YouTube, subscribe to Liberty's Voice. It's that simple. Or go to Rumble and follow Liberty's Voice. We'll make this an official event surge. All of you folks at the dinner table or in your cars, public transportation. Maybe you're still at the office.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (67:17)

Maybe you're a police officer, firefighter, you're on duty.

Mark Levin (67:23)

You're at the firehouse or the police station, or maybe you're in your cruiser. Do this. Let's do this. Let's not leave these formats to the reprobates, to the low lives, to the people who hate America, who hate Christians, who hate Jews, who hate Trump. Let's do this.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (67:45)

Let's show the whole world that we.

Mark Levin (67:49)

Can have a program that is patriotic, that is pro American, that you can.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (67:53)

Be proud of without the F bombs dropping, without smearing Christians and Jews, talking about our history, learning about our history, and the 250th anniversary of our country. Let's do this.

Mark Levin (68:07)

You and me, you Levinites, you patriots out there.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (68:13)

Radio is the mothership. It's the aircraft carrier broadcasting from me.

Mark Levin (68:20)

It's my great love.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (68:22)

Without it, I wouldn't be on tv. And without it, I wouldn't be doing this. This video podcast that I've started. So that's. That's the core. But you can build out so we can build the whole enterprise up.

Mark Levin (68:39)

And the bigger we become, I'm convinced.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (68:42)

The more influence we will have over.

Mark Levin (68:44)

The future of this nation.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (68:47)

Many of you call and you say, what can we do? What can we do? This is what you can do. Show the world. Show the world, just by signing up that you want to defend our country and you're not going to put up with these attacks on the country. That you agree with my constitutional conservative message, that you agree with my love of our history, that you agree when I take on these reprobates, that you don't want the F bomb dropped everywhere. You don't want your. Your kids and your family to see some jerk smoking a joint on a video podcast. Like, that's cool. But it's going to take you, the army of patriots and Levinites, to do this. I can't do it by myself. I'll put the effort in and the resources in and my team will, too. But it's to attract you. It's for you and your family, ultimately. So I want to encourage you. At the break, go to YouTube, subscribe to Liberty's Voice, or if you prefer, go to Rumble and follow Liberty's Voice. Some people do both. Just depends. You follow Arklevin show on rumble and.

Mark Levin (70:03)

On YouTube, you subscribe Liberty's Voice.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (70:09)

It's that simple. And if you didn't catch it, I have it on all my platforms for you to check Out.

Mark Levin (70:16)

And our website, that mothership is marklevinshow.com we made it as simple as we can. We had a great lesson in the Declaration of Independence in our history. Today and tomorrow we're going to have a great discussion about Iran that's going to affect your lives and the lives of so many other people. And that's just two shows. We're going to do three shows a week, 45 minutes a show. I want you to join us because you're Levinites and you're patriots. He's here.

Producer/Announcer (70:53)

He's here now. Broadcasting from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the brick and steel of a nondescript building. We've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Levin.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (71:13)

Hello, America. Mark Levin here.

Mark Levin (71:15)

Our number, 8773-8138-1187-7381-3813.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (71:27)

President Trump on Air Force One yesterday.

Mark Levin (71:31)

You know, the media has complete access to him when he compared to Biden. Isn't it stunning? This guy Newsom is a real low iq, low life to go overseas, trash our country. He's in Germany. Munich makes analogies between ice and the Nazis and mass. I mean, this is a sick bastard, this guy. And where does he find the time for all this travel and to play around on the Internet and social media? He's got the biggest state in the country. He's run it into the ground. He's got people who are hurting, who've lost their homes, who don't have water. He's a complete loser, this guy. Here's what the President said. Cut one, go.

Caller or Guest (72:12)

I watched AOC answering questions in Munich. This was not a good look for the United States. I watched Gavin Newscombe answering questions for in Munich. And this was a bad look for our country. This was a bad. These two people are incompetent. And at least Hillary's confident. She's just Trump deranged. She was so deranged. She is an angry woman. But I watched the other two speaking and answering basic questions. Look, Gavin has destroyed California and aoc. I never really got her to. I never heard her speak very much. And they started answering questions. She had no idea what was happening. She had no idea how to answer, you know, very important questions concerning the world. But she can't answer questions concerning New York City either because New York City is. Got some problems.

Mark Levin (73:10)

Cut to go. Sorry.

Caller or Guest (73:12)

What are you expecting from these Iran talks in Geneva tomorrow? So I'll be involved in those talks indirectly and they'll be very important. We'll see what can happen. But typically Iran's a very tough negotiator. They're good negotiators or bad? I would say they're bad negotiators because we could have had a deal instead of sending the B2s in to knock out their nuclear power potential and we had to send the B2s. I hope, I hope they're going to be more reasonable. They want to make a deal. Have you been told that a deal is next to impossible? No, no, I think they want to make a deal. I don't think they want the consequences of not making a deal. They want to make a deal.

Mark Levin (73:57)

Well, well, well, they want to make a deal. If a funny way of showing it. But remember the real issue here, at least the initial issue was the slaughter of the Iranian people. That's what caused the president to respond as he did. And we can never forget this. Genocide is not a secondary or tertiary issue. It is a primary issue. Genocide is a primary issue. See here. Stick with me. Now we're still debating voter id. We're still debating. Why are we debating anything? Everybody knows the Democrat Party seeks to enshrine corruption and then they say there'd never been any illegal votes. You can't prove fraud because fraud becomes legalized. What's illegal becomes legal. That's the main reason. Here's John Fetterman on FOX Business Today. Cut four go.

John Fetterman (75:03)

Well, there's a lot to unpack in this about the same act and now it's not being a serious conversation because right now there's not a Democratic co sponsor for, for that and that's why because that's necessary because of the Philippines filibuster And that's also part of history to unpack we as all the Democrats we wanted to eliminate the filibuster. We called to eliminate the filibuster and now we find ourselves that we love it now and that reminds people that the filibuster is important about bringing on the other parts of to have a conversation. And now for me there's other parts of save act that's been problematic for Democrats but for me as a Democrat just fundamentally at the end of the day showing basic, basic ID to vote is a very reasonable idea. And I think 84% of Americans in the last polling from Pew supports that.

Mark Levin (76:03)

84%. Now where does he stand on this shutdown of female cut5go.

Josh Shapiro (76:12)

I know that the House and senator on recess until next Monday. What is the plan do you expect once you're back in Session. How long can this shutdown for DHS go on?

John Fetterman (76:23)

I sure hope that we can, but. But for. For me, I was the only Democrat that voted to refuse to shutting the government down. And I reminded even the director of ICE in a hearing just on Thursday that this shutdown would not impact the functionality of ice, that they have plenty of money after the big, beautiful bill, so that why shut this down? You can want to reform ice, and I do, but that's not going to have the impact. But you are willing to shut down all of those very important parts of DHS that you just listed there. That's always wrong. And now why here we we are. And I'm not sure how we're going to come back online.

Mark Levin (77:07)

Mm. Because you have the kamikaze Democrats. That's what they are. That's what I've been calling them over the years. Kamikaze. You don't give a damn. And what about this FEMA not funding fema. Let's listen to Hakeem Jeffries.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (77:24)

Remember what I said yesterday.

Mark Levin (77:25)

Hakeem Jeffries does not want one man, one vote, one woman, one vote. He's attacking our voting system. He's the George Wallace of voting in this century.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (77:42)

I'm sorry. It's true.

Mark Levin (77:43)

For different reasons, of course. He just doesn't want Republicans to have the right to vote. No, you can vote.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (77:48)

It's just that you have to vote for a Democrat.

Mark Levin (77:53)

No, Mark, I vote for Republican.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (77:54)

Yeah, but you're going to elect a.

Mark Levin (77:56)

Democrat because it's a heavy Democrat district.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (77:58)

They've jiggered the districts this way. So, yeah, you get to vote, but.

Mark Levin (78:02)

You'Re going through the motions.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (78:03)

As you know, I wrote in on power. This is called authoritarian democracy.

Mark Levin (78:07)

That's what I've coined it.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (78:09)

Authoritarian democracy, where you go through the motions.

Mark Levin (78:12)

You go through the motions. Go.

Josh Shapiro (78:17)

So for folks who are already out there working without pay right now, what can you tell them about how much closer you are to a deal today compared to last week?

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (78:26)

Very unfortunate that Republicans have decided that.

Mark Levin (78:28)

They would prefer to shut down fema.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (78:31)

Shut down the Coast Guard, and shut.

John Fetterman (78:32)

Down tsa, as opposed to actually getting ICE under control.

Mark Levin (78:37)

Don't you despise this guy. Don't you despise how they lie and cheat? And they do it with a straight face, then they project it onto the Republican Party. That's who he is. That's what he's doing. They are shutting down female among other things, tsa. Those poor people aren't getting paid and they're still showing up for work. The problem is Hakeem Jeffries is still.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (79:06)

Getting paid, Schumer still getting paid.

Mark Levin (79:08)

And they're not showing up to do their job now.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (79:13)

It's idiotic. Idiotic what they're doing and it's idiotic what they're doing when it comes to. To opposing id, to vote. It's that simple. But they will do anything for their biggest constituency in the future. They believe illegal aliens, they're going to make them citizens. They're kids. Citizens. Chain migration. And then you have one party rule in America. Congratulations. Islamists, illegal aliens.

Mark Levin (79:46)

One city after another with a Mandami in charge. Go ahead.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (79:53)

People know they have gone too far.

John Fetterman (79:55)

And ensure that ICE and CBP behave.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (79:58)

Like every other law enforcement agency in the country.

Mark Levin (80:01)

You've attacked every other law enforcement agency in the country. You've attacked the ny, the New York Police Department, the nypd.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (80:09)

You've attacked the LA Police Department.

Mark Levin (80:12)

In fact, when Biden, the Biden regime was in office and Meritless Garland was.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (80:16)

Attorney General, they were trashing one local police department after another, forcing them to sign these consent decrees one after another, one after another. They hate law enforcement. Except, of course, at Capitol Hill, where they have basically tank tracks and barriers and steel barriers that come out of the ground. Of course they have the wonderful Capitol Police, who are great. They have metal detectors, they got all kinds of stuff. You got to have an id. They only like people who protect them. People who protect you. That's a whole nother story.

Mark Levin (80:56)

I'll be right back.

Producer/Announcer (80:57)

Mud loving.

Mark Levin (81:06)

Foreign. Those of you who have subscribed to YouTube, Liberty's voice. Those of you who have followed on Rumble at the Mark Levin Show, I want to thank you. You're making a difference and you're great patriots and you're very loyal and I'm very blessed by having you there. Very blessed. Hakeem Jeffries is getting worse and worse, don't you think, Rich? He's just such a liar. Such a liar. And this Mandami. We need to reform property taxes.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (81:53)

What is.

Mark Levin (81:53)

What exactly does he want to do? Just confiscate from the billionaires? Well, the billionaires will leave. There'll be nothing to confiscate. Look, this isn't how you build an economy. This isn't a serious person. He's seriously defective in his ideology. That's what he is.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (82:12)

It's just crazy.

Mark Levin (82:14)

President Trump, while on Air Force One yesterday, was asked about Epstein yet again, and he posted one of my posts. He reposted it on True Social. I said, look, all this stuff's been released and what we learned is the president spoke to the. The sheriff in Palm beach county.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (82:41)

And.

Mark Levin (82:41)

Said, thank goodness you're getting this guy Epstein.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (82:43)

Everybody knows about him. He's a big problem.

Mark Levin (82:45)

Words to that effect. Now, when you're a lawyer, you're in a trial.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (82:53)

Those words, that statement to the sheriff.

Mark Levin (82:57)

Which the sheriff can attest to, makes.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (83:02)

It utterly clear.

Mark Levin (83:06)

Trump has no.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (83:09)

Nothing sinister.

Mark Levin (83:10)

No sinister involvement here. None.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (83:14)

You haven't heard any. You hear about pictures and media and this. They shook hands. This happened that.

Mark Levin (83:19)

God knows I meet so many people.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (83:22)

You'd be shaking a hand with a pervert not even know it. But Trump was calling out the guy to the sheriff.

Mark Levin (83:33)

Cut eight, go. Excuse me, that would be cut nine, please.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (83:41)

Matter. To divert attention from you and that your administration has something to hide. What's your response?

Caller or Guest (83:47)

I have nothing to hide. I've been exonerated. I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. They went in hoping that they'd find it and found just the opposite. I've been totally exonerated. In fact, Jeffrey Epstein was fighting that I don't get elected with some author, a sleazebag, by the way. And I've been totally exonerated. No, no. They're getting pulled in and that's their problem. I don't know. They're going to have to see what happens. But I watched her in Munich and she seriously has Trump derangement syndrome. I've been totally exonerated on Epstein and it's really interesting because they've been pulled in. Think of it, they've been pulled in. Clinton and many other Democrats have been pulled in.

Mark Levin (84:27)

Yeah. Mm. Now watch Hillary. Now, of course, we all know Hillary's a longtime sleazeball. Cut 11, Mr. Producer. Go.

Josh Shapiro (84:38)

I think everybody should testify, including the former prince. I think everybody should testify who was asked to testify. I just want it to be fair. I want everybody treated the same way. That's not true for my husband and me because other witnesses were asked to testify. They gave written statements under oath. We offered that they want to pull us. Why did they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump. This is not complicated.

Mark Levin (85:06)

To divert what attention from President Trump? You know, other than the Tucker Carlson's and Bannon's who keep trying to pull Trump into this, which is pretty sick. Trump's not in this. Divert attention from President Trump. Ladies and gentlemen, do the media ever.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (85:26)

Divert their attention from President Trump? I mean, what kind of a stupid comment is this? It's the usual pablum. You got this guy, Josh Shapiro. I've been warning people across America, this.

Mark Levin (85:40)

Guy'S the governor of Pennsylvania. He's a lefty, he's a sleazeball, he's.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (85:47)

A conniver, he plays footsie with the.

Mark Levin (85:50)

Islamists.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (85:54)

But he's a liberal, and he's very liberal. They're trying to paint him as something that he's not, which they always do. This guy sounds like Hillary Clinton. She's wearing a pantsuit. I was going to say Hillary Clinton in pants, but Hillary Clinton's always in pants. All right, cut 12. Go. What I continue to see out of.

John Fetterman (86:19)

The Trump administration, our group of people that are there trying to protect the president who's named thousands. Although I think Congressman Raskin recently said.

Producer/Announcer (86:28)

Up to a million times.

Mark Levin (86:30)

All right, stop a second. Obviously it's not up to a million times. And Shapiro quoting Raskin, who's a Marxist. This is what I mean. These elected Fetterman and Shapiro don't get along. Fetterman cannot stand Shapiro.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (86:46)

This is exactly why.

Mark Levin (86:47)

Because he knows Shapiro is a fraud, a phony and a fool.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (86:52)

Fetterman knows this, and they don't get along.

Mark Levin (86:58)

I know the Shapiro types. I grew up in Cheltenham Township, Elkins park specifically, right outside of Philadelphia. The township next to my township of Cheltenham was Abington Township.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (87:12)

When I was in law school, I.

Mark Levin (87:14)

Got elected to the school board in Cheltenham. We had a lot of dealings with Abington. Abington was a marginally Democrat Republican township. It went back and forth.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (87:26)

But with the movement of people migrating out of Philadelphia, like most cities into.

Mark Levin (87:30)

The suburbs, eventually Cheltenham, Montgomery county became.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (87:36)

A Democrat stronghold, as has Abington. That said, I know Shapiro's type.

Mark Levin (87:44)

Jewish, like me, liberal, Unlike me, a reformed Jew who's liberal. I'm no longer a reformed Jew. I'm a Chabad Jew. More modern, Orthodox, but not technically so.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (88:00)

But I am what I am.

Mark Levin (88:01)

Like Popeye said, I am what I am. And I don't mean maybe. Anyway.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (88:08)

This guy's a phony and a fraud.

Mark Levin (88:10)

He's a liberal.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (88:10)

He pretends to be a moderate. So he gets elected to the estate.

Mark Levin (88:14)

Delegate from Abington, Abington Township. Then he runs countywide, Montgomery county.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (88:22)

And he gets elected as a commissioner, which is a bigger job. Montgomery county, they have a three board.

Mark Levin (88:29)

Member commissioner set up.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (88:32)

Two Democrats, one one Republican. He was the chairman. Then he goes from there to Attorney general, and he goes from there to governor because the Republicans put up a stiff. And so now he's the governor. And now listen to what? He says he sounds like Hillary Clinton in a pantsuit because he is Hillary Clinton in a pantsuit. So now it's Trump. The Republicans are trying to cover for Trump. He just said he lied, quoting Raskin, who lied, that Trump has mentioned a zillion times. Right. Well, if Trump's mentioned a zillion times, who's trying to protect him? Again, Trump's the most investigated man in American history at every level for all false allegations, whether it's Russia, whether it's election criminality, whether it's this.

Mark Levin (89:25)

I'll be right back.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (89:29)

Plastic Conservative fire the Mark Levin Show. Call in now at 877-381-3811. By the way, if you're an Iranian.

Mark Levin (89:41)

American, you're definitely gonna want to hear tomorrow's video podcast. I would encourage you to sign up, spread the word far and wide for the video podcast. Check it out.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (89:58)

Bartia, Dallas, Texas, the great wbap.

Mark Levin (90:01)

How are you, my friend?

Caller Bardia (90:05)

I'm doing great. How about you, Mark?

Mark Levin (90:07)

I'm doing, I'm doing all right, brother. Thank you.

Caller Bardia (90:11)

That's great. I'm just calling to let you know about the stuff that we're saying earlier. I'm 100% I agree with you. The news I had earlier this morning from these people, they were, they even didn't take too much time to talk to each other over there in Geneva. And Khamenei just came in and said that we're not going to make a deal. And 70, I mean, 47 years they've been trying to have a war with us and destroy us, but they couldn't. And he just make a fun out of President Trump. And he said we're going to blow up their ship in the Gulf and things like that. And everybody starts saying dead to America and things like that.

Mark Levin (90:54)

No, I read that.

Caller Bardia (90:55)

Then when you read that line. Yeah. When you, when you came online, you said that Vance says that everything going great, it kind of shocked me because that's not what I heard all day.

Mark Levin (91:06)

Hold on now. I never mentioned Vance at all on this program. I don't know who you're talking about.

Caller Bardia (91:13)

Yeah, he came in. Vance came in and said earlier in the news. I heard just that.

Mark Levin (91:19)

Oh, Vance on the news. But he wasn't on this show. Okay.

Caller Bardia (91:22)

Yeah, no, no, no. Not your show. It was, you said that he said that, that it kind of shocked me. And I think President Trump, like, he wrote a book about Art of Deal. I think he knows what he's doing. He's just playing with them. And then he Tried to just attack because like you said, all these equipment came down there. It costs a lot of money to do it.

Mark Levin (91:43)

I cannot believe he'd have. It's got to be at this point, 35% of the Navy sitting there. Two of the most advanced aircraft carriers we have. Most advanced in the world, the largest one as well. Now he's sending 50 more of our top fighter jets, F22s and F35s. He doesn't need any more military leverage, if that's what people are talking about. So what I'm sure of in this regard is if he pulls the trigger, he wants to make sure we win. He does not want to lose. And by win, I mean he wants to take that regime down. If, if, if there's a war to be had, I gotta believe, and I believe when you have that kind of asset, that assets and those resources in the region, you're not looking at just taking out certain sites. You could have sent those bombers again in the middle of the night. You're looking at taking out that regime. That looks. What do I know? That's just my opinion.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (92:44)

So, Barty, have you signed up yet? Now, come on, you got it. You got to sign up for the video podcast.

Caller Bardia (92:49)

You know, I signed up and I listened to you. I did that and I listened to you this morning.

Mark Levin (92:54)

You're a good man.

Caller Bardia (92:55)

And also about another point that you were talking about, about putting a sanction on him. Russia about a week ago spend a lot of money in their way because they are very tight on the money right now. So that's another news I want to let you know. And on the top of that, Today, people, the 40 days after the massacre they did in Iran, everybody start going to cemetery and celebrate it, I mean, for whatever they do. And they start shooting people and grabbing people in cities and put them in cages and turning around. So the cost of freedom is going to be very high the day pass by. So he needs to do something else earlier.

Mark Levin (93:37)

I mean, I think it's taken an awfully long time. And I think from an American military perspective, we obviously have not built up our military like it needs to be built up, certainly under the Biden regime and the Obama regime. But if we don't have a military that can be on the spot quicker, we're going to have a problem. Because I can guarantee you, God forbid, if we ever go to war with a China, we're not going to have free sailing across two oceans to get to, to get to where we want to go. They'll be attacking our ships during the journey and so forth and so on. So I fear that one of the things this had made clear to the enemy, China, is that and it ought to make it clear to us. And I'm talking about it, I don't know that anybody else is that the fact is that our military is not big enough.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (94:34)

Bardia, thank you, brother. Call again. Let's keep going. Let's go to Ravi, San Diego, California, on the Mark Levin app. Ravi, how are you?

Caller Ravi (94:44)

Good. How are you, Mark?

Mark Levin (94:45)

Good, thank you. So you're right ahead.

Caller Ravi (94:49)

I know you're on top of this. And I really appreciate, I really appreciate you focusing so much on Iran. It's so critical. So you're aware of the February 17th to 18th, which is right now obviously is 40 days, as the last caller mentioned, after the mass killings January 8th to 9th. There's every indication based on the regime following the same playbook, cutting off the Internet, cutting phone lines and also we see all sorts of videos. The regime is killing people right now all over the place is one example. But a number of places that they could be doing a part two, like try to do a knockout of the revolution right now.

Mark Levin (95:31)

I hear they're doing this tonight or today, right now.

Caller Ravi (95:35)

Yeah, they're doing it right now and also tomorrow. And the regime obviously has an interest in putting down the revolution permanently. So I think that's one of the reasons why they're stringing the US on in negotiations so they could take out the revolution. Because if you don't have the people on the ground in Iran standing up to the regime because they kill as many or maybe more than the 50 to 100,000 they already killed, maybe far more then it's much more difficult with air power and naval power to take out the regime, even though it can be done.

Mark Levin (96:04)

So the regime, you know, let me tell you this, I posted I think two days ago. I don't remember. I think it was two days, three yesterday, whenever it was that time is not on our side because the enemy gets to plot and plan too. Now even pointed out they're going to take out those who they are concerned about the most who are going to need and who the Iranian people are going to need. And they're just circling the wagons even more. They are, they are crushing the people even more. And that time is not on our side. It takes time to build up our resources. Yes, but it's taken time for them and they've had time now over a month to prepare for our attack. Now, our attack could be Overwhelming, but still, the human cost. You're exactly right. People who are being slaughtered right now, it does them little good. So, you know, I'm one of those that says, I think we should be ready by now. I'm not an expert, but when they say, we're going to talk again in two weeks, has two weeks. Two weeks. So next week we have the State of the Union. I could be wrong. Maybe something will happen before then as a surprise, maybe not. But if it hasn't happened by then, it should happen right after, in my view.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (97:33)

Robbie, thank you for your call.

Mark Levin (97:34)

Good points, my friend. Let's keep going. Let's see here. The good news is I will have my laptop tomorrow. Let us go to CJ Powhatan, Virginia, wmal. All right.

Caller CJ Powhatan (97:54)

How are you, Mark?

Mark Levin (97:55)

I'm good. How are you, Mark?

Caller CJ Powhatan (97:56)

That was close enough.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (97:58)

No, it's not right.

Mark Levin (97:59)

It's Pohanko.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (98:00)

How do you pronounce it?

Caller CJ Powhatan (98:03)

How it hands like how it's.

Mark Levin (98:06)

I never would have gotten that.

Caller CJ Powhatan (98:10)

Anyways, it's all good, brother. How you doing tonight?

Mark Levin (98:12)

I'm all right, thank you.

Caller Bardia (98:14)

So. So it's.

Mark Levin (98:15)

How do you like your Democrat governor, your Democrat legislature? They're about to destroy the state.

Caller CJ Powhatan (98:21)

Can't stand it. Can't stand it. Born and raised here, 61 years old. All my life with this crap. Excuse my. But it's terrible. I call them godless bees and bees. You know, you throw the word out there once in a while, but they're just terrible. So it's ironic, all this. All the things are all to talk about in the country.

Caller Bardia (98:46)

They.

Caller CJ Powhatan (98:47)

They got crap coming now out. Out of the Potomac river you were mentioning earlier.

Mark Levin (98:52)

Awful.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (98:52)

Yeah.

Caller CJ Powhatan (98:53)

And it doesn't just go to the Atlantic Ocean. It comes all the way down or halfway down through the Chesapeake Bay. Now you're right into our crab. The oysters, the crabs. I'm not oyster eater, but the crab, the blue. The Chesapeake Bay crabs, that comes down alongside the bottom half of the Delmar.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (99:13)

CJ Remember how proud they were that.

Mark Levin (99:16)

They cleaned up the Chesapeake Bay? The environmentalists, how proud they were. And so now look what's going on. Is it. This is. This is intolerable, what they've done.

Caller CJ Powhatan (99:28)

It's destroyed the entire Chesapeake Bay. Coming down through the crabberries, the oysters. Then it comes down into Newport News, to our brave sailors and soldiers down there at the shipyard, and it dumps out right at Virginia Beach. So when it gets there, it's going to just sit on top of Virginia beach. And then I guess it probably goes south along the coast at the tide. You know, works it that way. But it's crazy what they'll allow to happen.

Mark Levin (99:55)

And now they're blaming Trump. They shut down FEMA. CJ they shut it down. So FEMA's trying to help. These people aren't being paid. They shut down FEMA because they're defending the illegal aliens and they don't want them deported. So they're trashing ice. They're undermining fema. And by the way, the TSA and.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (100:12)

These are the people who are supposed.

Mark Levin (100:13)

To be for government. They're not for government. They're for redistribution of wealth, centralized power. They're power hungry. And you're born in Virginia, and I.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (100:24)

Never thought I'd see the day.

Mark Levin (100:25)

I've lived in Virginia now, how many years? God, it's, I mean, over half my life. And this used to be a red, a vivid red state. Look what they've done to this state. And they're not done.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (100:40)

They're just getting started.

Mark Levin (100:42)

All right, my man. Thank you. Thank you for listening to. And don't forget, sign up. It's simple on YouTube, you just subscribe to Liberty's Choice, Liberty's Voice. And by the way, Rumble's doing a great job. Liberty's voice on YouTube, you subscribe and on Rumble, you follow at Mark Levin Show. It's that simple. We'll be right back.

Producer/Announcer (101:13)

Mark Levin.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (101:26)

Wow.

Mark Levin (101:26)

I want to thank you Lavini Patriots out there. We had a massive junk the last 30 minutes. The number of subscribers, subscribers to YouTube and the number of followers, particularly on Rumble. I'm just telling you now, I want to thank you. We're gonna have great shows ahead for you. It's just three times a week, so you need to sign up quickly. Very easy to do. You go to YouTube and you just subscribe to Liberty's Voice or you go to Rumble, which is doing a fantastic job. And you follow at the Mark Levin show and you're ready to go. And we're gonna have some very, very good programming for you. It's all fresh, fresh every day. It's brand new. And I'm a believer. And we're gonna prove it. As a pioneer here, I pioneer a lot of things that we're gonna be able to build up our radio audience this way. We'll be able to build up our video podcast this way. We're trying to build a juggernaut of a movement one step at a time, one brick by brick. So by the time of the midterms, we have an enormous impact. And this is what you can do to contribute to this, to participate in this. By signing up tonight. I want to encourage you to do it. I want to encourage you to do it. It's not painful, it's easy. So we can build up our numbers, build up the audience, build up the following, build up the subscribers and push our agenda. Because that's what I'm going to do on this program. We do it on radio and tv. I want to do it on this video podcast. And again, I want to build radio into something that's bigger than it is. And I want to build this video podcast, clean up this cesspool of podcasters, and we get involved in this. Mr. And Mrs. America. We're not dropping F bombs and curse words every other sentence like these people do. Not all of them, of course, but too many. We're not going to do drugs on the air. Like that's cool. You got middle aged people who are acting like they're 13 years old. They have kids and they, they conduct themselves in grotesque ways. We're going to fight the Fuentes and the Carlsons, the anti Semites, the Christian haters, the American haters, those pushing Islamism over Americanism. That's you. And you can be very active in this now, very active in this by signing up, by listening to this radio program. Radio is key to everything. It's the mothership.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (103:56)

Where do we stand, Mr. Producer?

Mark Levin (104:00)

No. How much time do we have left? 40 seconds. My goodness. This program shot by.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (104:07)

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I hope to see you tomorrow around noon.

Mark Levin (104:13)

On Liberty's Voice. Liberty's Voice. And I hope to see you right here on radio tomorrow evening. We salute our armed forces, police officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, our truckers, the men.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (104:28)

And women in Ukraine, the men and women in Israel, the men and women in Iran.

Mark Levin (104:31)

We don't forget you.

Rich (Co-host or Caller) (104:33)

And you, the American people, the best of the best. I'll see you tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow on Liberty's Voice. I'll see you tomorrow right here on our radio program. God bless.