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I'm Steve Burke.
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I see him live. Breaking news right now here on Real America's Void. Unfiltered. These people are domestic terrorists and unapologetic. We're here to take a stand for God and country. Does feel good. America's Voice Live starts now. Welcome to America's Voice Live. I'm Terrence Bates in for Steve Gruber. It is Friday, September 5, 2025. Let's get right into today's top stories. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with the jobs report for the month of August. While the numbers aren't what many were hoping for and predict could be light at the end of the tunnel, we'll discuss. Plus, crime has been a major issue for residents of Chicago, but the city's mayor and Illinois governor, well, they're pushing back against President Trump's attempts to help out. Our Ben Borkram joining us live from Chi Town with the very latest. And Then later, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that Florida will soon remove vaccine mandates statewide, making the Sunshine State the first in the nation to do so. Those are just some of the stories we're working for. You up first today, though, President Trump expected to sign an executive order today that will change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. The president recently indicated his intention to change the name of the agency. Today's order will reportedly instruct Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to propose both legislative and executive actions to permanently change the name to US Department of War. Hegseth recently renamed his Pentagon conference room the War Room. The move is among several initiatives the Trump administration has taken as part of its warrior ethos campaign within the Pentagon. Joining me now is constitutional lawyer and former Green Beret Ivan Raichlin. Ivan, welcome to the show.
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Hey, thanks for having me again.
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Absolutely. So let's talk about this idea of changing the Department of Defense to the War Department. Obviously, there's historical context here, but is this the time and place to do this?
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I mean, for a lot of people that don't know history, this is the name of the department, if you will, or the precursor to the Department of Defense. Was called the War Department. Right. And so it's nothing really new. I guess the question should be, why was it changed to the Department of Defense? In my opinion, when you go from defense, or from offense, if you will, in the War Department to defense, that is not a show of strength. That doesn't exhibit, I think, confidence in the American people to be able to project and defend and essentially do the constitutional duty of the United States federal government, which is provide for the common defense. A lot of people forget that in the preamble to our U.S. constitution, it specifically says there to provide for the common defense. Now, it's much better that we have a warrior ethos rather than a class of military service members that focus on their pronouns rather than actually focus on war fighting functions. And I'm glad to see Secretary Pete Hegseth taking the lead. Not only did he write the book War on Warriors, but he has exhibited maximum courage on a daily basis in his personal, in his private capacity and in his governmental capacity as a Secretary of defense. I mean, just as recently as last night. I don't know if you caught that on his X account, but he essentially said pronouns, she, hers, fired. When a friend of mine identified and posted on Twitter there was a. A naval officer that was promoting and promulgating the mutilation of service members. I think they still call it trans. Right. And so that individual, when was identified, is now essentially gone. And I think it doesn't end there. We need to continue to push out all of this toxic mutilation of the force so that we have a top tier, number one military on the planet. And I think changing our rhetoric from a defensive posture to more offensive posture is very appropriate and timely for the President of the United States to do so.
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Ivan, to your point, President Trump has been very involved publicly and privately in stopping wars around the country. Of course, Ukraine, Russia comes to mind. Israel against Hamas comes to mind. But he's also ended several wars. I think he said six or seven that he's already been able to end. So changing the name of the Defense Department department to the War Department, does that create an environment in your mind that promotes war or promotes conflict?
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Not at all. I mean, this is. And here's why the whole message during the campaign was peace through strength. So you can't have peace with those that don't respect you and try to encroach on your sovereignty. When the enemy or the threat actors out there throughout the globe see that we have a president that is cogent, strong, coherent, unlike the previous whatever you want to call that administration. They see that we're not playing games anymore. And then not only at the presidential level, that we're not playing games. You see a Secretary of Defense on a daily basis, practically out there with the troops, working out, physically fit. Not only are we need to get the intellectual fitness back in our system by having rational actors in there, but also physically fit actors. And there's nothing, there's no better embodiment of that, in my opinion, than the Secretary of Defense on a daily basis, especially with the challenge that he did. I think it was what, 100 pull ups and 100 push ups that they were doing with the Secretary of Human of Health and Human Services, Bobby Kennedy. So again to your question, the War Department is to exhibit and exude maximum strength so that those that are trying to be bullies of the American citizens, guess what? We're not going to be bullied. And we have a former Defense Department that is telling you that if you so as touch an American citizen anywhere on the planet, guess what? You're going to have to get the FO component of fafo.
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Okay, I got it, I got it. It took me, took me a minute there, but I got it.
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Yeah, now you're quick.
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It took me a minute. Aha. I get it. So look, the other part of this changing the name is one thing, and it creates an environment, it creates an atmosphere. Get that. The other part, though, is action. And it brings me to Russia, Ukraine. President Trump said it almost a couple of weeks ago. If Vladimir Putin doesn't do something in the next two weeks, I'm going to have to make some decisions. Are we kind of at that breaking point where diplomacy is out the window and President Trump has got to put his fist down, if you will?
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I always say that diplomacy is never out the window because you can wait till the very last minute to essentially pick up the phone and say, hey, here's where we're at. This is our current posture. We are currently in a much more position of strength and leverage. And then explain what that is and say, I would like to offer you yet another opportunity to come to the negotiating table. So again, we have a lot of cards that haven't been used. In my opinion. A lot of that stuff is things that most people don't know what our capabilities are. But at the end of the day, it's up to the President to decide on what cards he wants to disclose vis a vis international conflict. And I think that we're not close to being there. But I guess the more and More this drags on and the more and more American taxpayer dollars are consumed by a foreign war, the more the American public is going to be furious with our leadership, both Republicans and Democrats, for Perpetu. This unlimited funded war, I call it essentially a money laundering scheme, which I think more and more people see it as such.
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Ivan, indulge me for a minute as I lay out the scenario for you. This is a story that one of our sources sent us, basically telling us, excuse me, telling us that an international arms dealer, excuse me, whose name is Wafiq Said, is buying an American hotel chain, the Bramer Hotels and Resort. Bramer Hotels and Resort owns the Capitol Hilton, which is quite literally a stone's throw away from the White House. Said is said to have a controlling interest in Al Sham's investments, which is the buyer of this hotel chain. He's also known for brokering the Al Yamah arms deal, which was between United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia back in the 1980s. More context here. Said has been debanked by Britain's Barclays bank amid concerns about his connections to, quote, high risk countries. So that's kind of the overarching theme here. Is this something that gives you pause? As I read this story, I was like, oh, that makes me a little uncomfortable based on what I described. Is this something that would give you pause, particularly from a national security perspective?
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Great question. It does give me pause. But what gives me greater pause and wakes me up at night essentially thinking about it is that we have. This current Department of Justice has done nothing to a James Comey that has threatened the life of a President, sitting President of the United States. This Department of Justice has done nothing to those that were involved in the 10 years of treason that we've witnessed that Tulsi Gabbard is releasing on a daily basis that as early as recent, more recently as yesterday during his testimony before the Senate, Bobby Kennedy exposed the lies and corruption, potentially mutinous behavior by our very own Health and Human Services previously. I mean, those are greater national security threats that literally, you know, the Department of Defense's unlawful, what they call COVID 19 vaccine mandate implementation pushed out over 80,000 military service members. That is a much bigger threat to our national security that we already saw. And those same individuals are still running the streets freely to do whatever they want, lawlessly against American citizens. And they've, they've already done it and they have the potential to continue to do it. And so I would say that my pause and concern is greater focused on that and addressing that than this individual. But now, having said that, obviously there needs to be a counterintelligence strategy in order to block Chinese from the CCP from buying up land near our military bases, also from the CCP launching drones to be able to scoop up all intelligence throughout our country, and then also from others, other nefarious threat actors like you just mentioned, that are going after different properties in the vicinity of the White House to create an even greater threat to the White House, the presidency and our constitutional republic. So that's my long answer of, yes, but there are much greater threats out there.
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But, Ivan, it's a long answer, but poignant because you bring up the whole idea of those bad actors, foreign and domestic, we've heard of.
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Absolutely.
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As foreign and domestic. And it seems to me, based on your answer, and I don't want to speak for you, I'd like you to respond, but that there should be more concern, more focus on the domestic part of that equation.
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Absolutely. I would say that in my lifetime of serving 25 years in the military, just professionally, I'm almost a half century old, and I have never seen and witnessed in my lifetime the largesse, if you will, of the domestic threatened enemy, as I've seen over these last several years, and nothing has been done to them. No county sheriffs, no county DAs, no state AGs, not the Department of Justice, not the US Congress, House, Senate. They've done nothing. And yet people like myself and others articulate exactly what can be done simply. I mean, I get it. I come up with strategies and plans that are maybe unconventional in nature and maybe too aggressive for some of those that are cowards. But just do 1 to 10% was what is being discussed, which is, how about you arrest those at the highest levels and then start working from there, whether it's James Comey, John Brennan's of the world, there's so many of them out there, everyone knows about them. And it's pitiful, laughable, embarrassing that this Department of Justice has failed to do a single thing. Meanwhile, they can't even do something as simple as pardon the peaceful January 6th defendants, four Proud Boys and eight Oath Keepers that never committed a violent action nor were convicted of such, other than one of them for taking a police shield, they still haven't gotten a pardon. Also, additionally, the former Metropolitan Police Department head of intelligence on January 6, Shane Lamond, he's about to report to be jailed October 1 so that he cannot be a witness before this newly created January 6th subcommittee headed up by Barry Loudermilk, to be able to showcase the mayor of DC's involvement in the January 6th fake or FEG fedsurrection or the other officers that were involved, such as Michael Fanon, Daniel Hodges, Jason Bagshaw, Lyla Morris. Like I know all these names. Why I as an individual already have put together all the evidence of criminality. Yet this Department of Justice, eight and a half months in, like halfway through the second semester, if you will. Still a failing grade.
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Wow. We're gonna have to leave the conversation there because we'll open up a whole nother book and get to a different chapter. Thanks so much, Ivan. Appreciate you being here. My.
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Thank you.
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I appreciate you.
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Yep.
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All right, take care. All right, folks, we're gonna take a quick break. When we come back, the new jobs report is out and there's good and bad news, depending on who you ask. We'll discuss next. Jersey City, New Jersey. My brother in law lives there and my niece and nephew are there in Jersey City. Have spent plenty of time in that city. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with its latest jobs report for the month of August. While 22,000 new jobs were created, that's still well below the projected figure of 75,000 jobs. Economists also predicted that unemployment would rise to 4.3%, which it did.
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All the indicators that we're seeing are that inflation is low and economic growth is solid. Income growth is solid as well. So that the only part of the data that's disappointing is the jobs numbers have been a little bit lower over the last three or four months. The unemployment rates have ticked up a little bit. But you know, right now we're highly confident with the trends that native board workers are replacing the illegal workers that are either now not new, coming to the country or going back to their homes.
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The big question, how will this news impact the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates later this month? Here with me to discuss is the founder of Geltrude and Company, Dan Geltrude. He's also known as America's accountant. Dan, good to see you.
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Hey, Terrence.
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All right, so put into perspective what we just heard. Unemployment ticked up slightly to 4.3%. Anytime you hear of unemployment ticking up, people get a little nervous. But if you look at the bigger picture, 4.3%, it's nothing. Yeah, I guess it's something to people who are unemployed. But in the greater scheme of things, it's not really high.
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No, it's not. Look, 4.3 is the highest since 2021. But again, if you look at that number having 4.3% of unemployment isn't terrible. However, the jobs numbers are disappointing, right, because the expectation was 75,000. You come in at 22. If we look back at June, that was revised down 13,000. Not a huge number, but still, these are indicators. Now, the Federal Reserve is supposed to be non political and data driven. So Jerome Powell, looking at these numbers and seeing what we're all seeing here, it seems to me that it's time for a rate cut. Now, he has been late to the party pretty consistently. I would venture to say he's a little late once again, but it is time for a rate cut. Now, whether that will be a quarter or a half point remains to be seen, but the time has come, in my opinion.
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All right, so you opened the door to my next question. A quarter percent, over a half percent. Who knows what it ultimately will be? What do you think would be prudent? I would think most experts would say let's just err on the side of caution and go lower. But is this a time to be maybe a bit more aggressive, particularly given the fact that it's been so long since the last rate cut?
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Well, I don't know how much it actually matters in the grand scheme of things, because what this should be doing, starting a trend. So if he starts at a quarter, which I think is most likely, but even if he goes to a half point, it's all about the messaging and the messing. Messaging is what direction are we headed in? And I think we are indicating that we are going to an economic slowdown. Now, the way that the Fed could push that along is to lower interest rates.
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Why?
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Because when you lower interest rates, you make borrowing cheaper, which allows people access to capital, right. To money that's loaned to them to be able to invest it in businesses or to buy a home, all those kinds of things. So it means a lot economically as to where we're trending as far as interest rates go.
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How unique of a time are we in? And I asked that in the context of, all right, unemployment ticked up just a little bit. There weren't a whole lot. There wasn't a whole lot of job creation in August. Yet I think if you ask most Americans, they'll say, yeah, the economy is pretty healthy right now and even the GDP is pretty strong.
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Well, yeah, I wouldn't necessarily say that our economy is in trouble. I know some people already prematurely, I think, throwing around the R word, recession. I don't think that we're anywhere near that point. What I really believe this is about, Terrence, is getting out in front of what may very well be a trend of a slowing economy. So if we could head that off by starting to lower interest rates, we could stabilize quite quickly and then from there really go to getting the economy really back on a strong growth path.
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Well, a great way to get any individual's personal economic ambitions back on track is to win the Powerball jackpot. Right now, that jackpot is up to about $1.7 billion. I suspect that, like me, you have friends who are going out and buying 20, $30 worth of tickets in hopes of becoming the next billionaire. You say, while it sounds good, there should be some words of caution or you're offering words of caution to anyone who might win.
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Well, I'm going to offer two words here. First of all, you use the term. You're thinking you're going to be a billionaire. I hate to break the news to you. Even if you're the only winner of 1.7 billion, you're not going to be a billionaire. Why? Because if you take the lump sum payment, you're only going to get 770 million. And then when you factor in taxes and let's say federal, and I'm in New Jersey, so I'm going to factor in state taxes as well, I'm going to say you're going to end up with a mere 400 million. So you're not going to be a billionaire on this transaction. That's point one. Now, having $400 million, not such a bad deal. However, here's the real caution. 70% of lottery winners actually go broke. Can you imagine that? And they go broke quickly, within three to five years, declaring bankruptcy. Why does that happen? Well, it becomes the inflation of their spending. You have all this money and people start spending wildly. And even maybe a conservative guy like me or you, Terrence, getting that kind of money, it's really easy to just say, hey, I'm gonna buy a lot of stuff that I really don't need.
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See? And I'm not just conservative. I'm outright cheap. I'm a fiscal conservative to everyone else, but I'm outright cheap, my friend. So I'm not spending any of my money. But I get it. You know, the reality is sometimes when you have something that you've never had before, you just act irresponsibly. That's, I guess one could call it human nature.
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Of course. And listen, having that kind of money and being able to buy all kinds of things really becomes like an addiction. It's like drugs. You can't. You can't get enough. And you just keep buying and buying and spending because you want to know something, Terrence, I know you have a lot of friends, but you're going to have a lot more friends after you win this thing, right? So what are they going to do? Hey, I got a great investment or can you lend me money? And we should do this and that and the next thing you know, money is just going out and going out. And unless you have the right advisors around you, if you win this thing, the first thing you need to do is put your team together. That's your lawyer, your CPA and your financial planner. You should not do anything until that team is in place and they can give you sound financial advice, which of course, you need to listen to.
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Absolutely. Make sure they're not trying to charge you out the nose for their services either. Dan, good to talk to you, my friend. I appreciate it. Always a pleasure. Have a great weekend. You.
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Thank you too, Terrence.
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All right. Coming up after the break, I'm going to be checking in with Real America's Voice correspondent Ben Berkram. He is currently in the Windy City of Chicago reporting on the ongoing crime crisis there. Can't wait to chit chat with him. That's after the break. Yes, this is my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Real America's Voice correspondent and host of Law and Border. Ben Berkram is hanging out there today as fences are going up around federal buildings in preparation for unexpected protests this weekend. All of this comes after the president, Donald Trump, warned that he may send in the National Guard to fight crime following a violent Labor Day weekend in this Windy city. We're talking 58 people killed. Eight of the 58 people shot. Excuse me, eight of them killed. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker are opposed to the president's plan. Johnson even signed an executive order on Saturday preventing law enforcement from cooperating in what he called escalating threats from the federal government. Ben joins us now from Chicago with the very latest on what appears to be an escalating face off between local government there in Chicago and the feds. Ben, good afternoon.
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Hey, great to be with you, Terrence.
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Always good to have you paint a picture for us of what's happening there in Chicago, kind of the atmosphere at this hour.
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Well, I mean, generally average person doesn't really know what's going on. Most people go to work. You see that, you know, the commute behind me, the Friday afternoon commute's getting started. So most people are unaware of really what's happening. But really You've got. It's the two sides of America. You have the post constitutional America in Illinois and Chicago with people like J.V. pritzker and Mayor Johnson who protect criminals and illegal aliens at the expense of the citizens on the streets. And then you have a government under President Trump and his administration and the agencies that are trying to restore the rule of law and order. And part of that is getting rid of illegal aliens in these cities, and part of it is getting crime under control. These cities are some of these, you know, the crime statistics are like third world countries. Chicago, you know, Chicago's out here acting like they're this great city because they're not number one in murders. You know, they've backed down to number two or number three. Well, you're still the top. You've been the top. They've been number one in murders for seven years. And you've got people like J.B. pritzker saying President Trump and the National Guard and ICE and Border Patrol are the problem, when in reality it's their own policies of not incarcerating, not prosecuting criminals, allowing them this zero bail. All the rest of it, it's liberal policies that just don't work.
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And Ben, to your point, all of these Democrat run cities, if they just follow the blueprint that President Trump laid out in Washington, D.C. all right, you don't want federal troops there. Well, the blueprint still remains in terms of getting bodies on the street and helping to prevent crime.
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Yeah, yeah. It's very, very simple. You want to stop crime in your city, you prosecute, you have consequences. It's the same thing. In talking to Border Patrol and ice, I was just with the chief of San Diego Sector, Border Patrol, and he said, and actually every single person that I've spoke to on ICE and Border Patrol, I said, what's the biggest change between President Trump and Joe Biden? And they said, consequences. That's the number one word I hear from all of them. It's consequences. If you don't have consequences, you have more crime. If you have consequences and you hold a high standard, you have less crime. It's very simple. But unfortunately, you have the Soros backed das in all of these cities. That really, I mean, Terrence, if you want to boil it down, it used to be considered conspiracy theory, but now it's just reality. There are people in this country that want to destroy this country from within and remake it in their communist utopian vision. That's what we have going on in major cities across America. That's why we see Colleges, all the protesters at places like NYU and Columbia. It's this leftist, anti American, godless mindset that believes that they have the answers. The problem is all of their policies and practice fail.
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Ben, we were just looking at video that you sent us of windows being boarded up, wires and fencing being put up. Tell us where this is, this video that we're looking at, where is this? And put it into context for us. Let us know why this is all happening.
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Well, I'm at the ice, main ICE facility here in downtown Chicago. The federal building is just about three blocks from me that is getting a wall around it to protect it. They're anticipating violence there. The video you're seeing there of the boards going up on those windows, that is the ICE facility out in Broadway. It's about 15 miles. It's a suburb of Chicago. And they've had protests out there almost every day. They're anticipating more and you know, it's the so called peaceful protesters that the Democrats always talk about that always get violent. So they're anticipating violence. It's being egged on by the mayor and the city officials who are basically pulling the strings and kowtowing to all of these leftist activists. But it's again, until there's consequences for their actions, nothing's going to change. So the federal government's doing what it can to protect their facilities from the violent mobs.
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You know, you mentioned earlier that some of the crime that we're seeing is synonymous with what we're seeing in third world countries. And when I see that video, Ben, I've just got to be honest. I think of a third world country. The fact that a federal agency is boarding up windows and putting up fencing in anticipation of protest because there's fear of the sort of damage. To me, that's third world, that's banana republic kind of stuff.
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That's exactly right. Yeah. The thing that separates U.S. first World nations from Third World nations is corruption and security. If you don't have security, people can't thrive. They don't open businesses, they end up being extorted. And if you have corruption in your government, there's no way to increase or get out of poverty or increase wealth in the population. And so that's what you see in third world countries. And unfortunately, every major city in America is starting to look like that.
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Ben Burkum reporting for us from Chicago. Ben, please be safe this weekend. And it's always good to see you, my brother.
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You too, Terrence. Thank you.
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All right, we'll talk soon. All right, folks, Time to take another quick break. When we come back, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announcing that Florida will soon remove vaccine mandates statewide. This will make Florida the first state in the country to do so. We'll talk more about it next. Welcome back to america's Voice live. We appreciate you being here with us on this Friday afternoon. Florida is breaking the mold by proposing to become the first state in the country to do away with vaccine mandates. The move would include school vaccines for kids. Governor Ron DeSantis says it's part of the state's new Make Florida healthy again initiative. Governor DeSantis also saying the mandates would apply statewide, but many would still have to be approved by the state legislature there. In the meantime, excuse me, Florida Surgeon General approaching the potential change from a more spiritual perspective, saying that one's body is a gift from God. What you put into it is indicative of your relationship with not only your body, but also with God. He says it's wrong. It's immoral. They do not have the right to tell you what you put in your body. Joining me to discuss is TPUSA White House correspondent Monica Page. Monica, so good to see you. Welcome to the show.
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Thank you so much, Terrence. I appreciate you having me.
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Absolutely. So part of this push there in Florida is to align with Make America Healthy Again. They're saying in Florida, it's Make Florida Healthy Again, but it's really to make sure that there's no daylight between the two. How is the White House reacting to this? How closely is the White House watching what's happening there in Florida?
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Well, as we know, the White House has been overwhelmingly supportive of Bobby Kennedy Jr. He has been full force in the Make America Healthy Again movement. And this what's happening in Florida is not just an endorsement of what RFK Jr is doing, but it takes it to a whole other level that it should be up to the individual what he or she wants to put into he or she's own body. That's what it should have always been about. And this White House has been standing, you know, unanimously with this movement in trying to keep Americans not only healthy, but have autonomy over what they believe is right. We've seen these vaccines not it's not one size fits all. And that's not only with the COVID vaccine, but also the childhood vaccine schedule as well.
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You know, one of the things that we hear from Florida, it's nicknamed the Free State. And this particular move is really all about freedom of choice, being able to choose.
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Yeah, exactly. And you know, when you take a Look back, it's crazy that we actually lived in these times, Terrence. But I lived in New York City during these COVID vaccine mandates. And more than 40,000 public workers were fired for not getting the vaccine. Vaccine. Thousands of military members were let go because they didn't get the COVID vaccine. That is criminal what they did to American people for not getting vaccinated and how we even got to that point. It feels very dystopian that we allow the government to say, we know what's right for you. You don't know what's best for you. Only we do. So you're gonna listen to us or you're gonna stay home and you're not gonna go out and have a social life. You're not gonna be able to go to work, you're not gonna be able to live your life and do you just have your basic freedoms? And I don't think we should ever forget what the government did to us. For those who didn't want the vaccine, when you take a look at also childhood vaccines, what was the schedule like back in the 80s versus what it is now? It's night and day difference. Why is a baby getting a hepatitis B vaccine? It just doesn't make any sense. And props to Bobby Kennedy Jr. For really pushing this initiative, making it up to just human individual choice and what they think is best for them.
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So let's talk about RFK Jr. Because his appearance yesterday before the Senate Finance Committee was epic. In my mind. I had my popcorn and I enjoyed it. I would imagine there's still some buzz around the White House related to the Face off and how contentious it got and how he stood his ground. What are you hearing? What is the buzz there at the White House and even within the media about that hearing?
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Definitely sparks flew, as you could see. And I don't blame you for getting the popcorn. I was there watching. I was very captivated by the back and forth exchanges between these senators and Bobby Kennedy. But what's so interesting, and he raised such a good point where he said, you know, you have been sitting in these chairs, in these positions of power for decades, and you watched the childhood obesity rate or the mortality rate go up. You watched our children getting sicker and sicker. American, American children and people, not only children. And he called them out for just sitting by and being compliant when he could have done something. These people could have done something. They were in a position of power. And now they are looking into possible links between Tylenol, pregnant women taking Tylenol, how that could be linked to autism. Now, Bobby Kennedy is bringing so much truth and so much light to what people should know about. Why have we been covering this up for such a time? And it's definitely inspiring. It's refreshing to see somebody speak the truth about what's been going on in our health care system and put an end to the big pharma lie that we have all been told for decades.
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Absolutely. Monica, I'm going to put you on the spot just a little bit because I'm asking everyone there at the White House and all of my sources. President Trump has an announcement set for 4 o' clock this afternoon. No one seems to know exactly what it is. I'm looking on the page and it just says big announcement 4pm any idea what are you hearing? Can you give me any clues? I'm sorry, I'm not one who likes secrets. I want to know it all right away.
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I got a feeling that it is renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War. We are reinstilling that warrior ethos within our military, reinstating this patriotism that has been lost over the last four years and just bringing back strength and power back to our military. So, so this is very exciting. A lot of people are excited about this announcement. And I'm sure Defense Secretary or soon to be War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, will be joining President Trump very, very soon.
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All right, we're hearing some of that as well, so we shall find out. I guess I'll have to be patient and just wait for the big announcement. So good to see you. We appreciate you being here with us.
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Monica, thank you so much.
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Terrence, thank you. Talk soon. All right, folks, if you're stressed about back taxes, maybe you missed the April deadline or your books are a mess. Well, you definitely don't want to wait. The IRS is really cracking down. Penalties add up fast. We're talking 5% per month, up to 25% just for not filing. The good news is there's help. Tax Network USA can take the burden off of your shoulders and stop the spiral before it gets worse. They've helped thousands of Americans. Whether you're an employee, a small business owner, or if you haven't filed in years, if you've got messy books, no problem. They've seen it all and they really know how to clean it all up for you. With direct access to powerful IRS programs and expert negotiators on your side, Tax Network USA knows how to win. You'll get a free consultation. And if you qualify, they may even be able to reduce or eliminate what you owe. More importantly, they'll help protect you from wage garnishments or bank levies. So don't wait for the next letter to arrive. Instead, call 800-905-8000 or visit tnusa.com rav to talk to a real expert at Tax Network USA. Take the pressure off and let Tax Network USA handle your tax issues for you. Alright, folks, don't go anywhere. When we come back, we'll have America's Voice live continuing all of that after this quick commercial break. Welcome back, everyone. The U.S. district for the U.S. attorney, excuse me, for the District of Attorney for the District of Columbia is teaming up with the city's Democrat Mayor, Muriel Bowser. All of this happened just a little while ago. They're kind of taking a bit of a victory lap. The two held a news conference to report the arrest of two 17 year olds who were accused in the shooting death of 21 year old Eric Jackham. The UMass Amherst student was interning in the nation's capital back on June 30 when he was shot and killed. Investigators say he was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire as at least 79 rounds were fired.
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And this is why the president has vowed to make D.C. safe and beautiful.
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This is why the nation's president is.
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Bringing together federal and local agencies to.
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Bring the force of the government against those who seek to destroy not only.
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Our quality of life, but our lives.
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Obviously, there is coordination happening between the feds now in Washington, D.C. as well as city officials. Unfortunately, all of this is really impacting the entire country right now. We want to take you to discuss this with Campus Reform correspondent Emily Sturge. Emily, welcome to the show.
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Happy Friday. Thank you so much for having me.
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Happy Friday. The question that I always ask when we talk about all of what's happening in Washington, D.C. and President Trump putting his fingerprint on all of this is that he really has created a blueprint for making our cities more safe and secure. It seems to me that's the bottom line here.
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He certainly has. And it's been exciting to see this administration take a double pronged approach, cracking down on crime, also cracking down on sanctuary cities. And as a reporter for the Leadership Institute's Campus Reform, I'm looking into campus safety policies. I'm seeing that as this administration is trying to clean up our streets, make America safer for America's students, college campuses are just standing in the way. I've exposed over 40 universities for sanctuary campus policies where they refuse to cooperate with federal authorities. They protect illegal immigrants on campus and they even vow to protect the personal information and the immigration status of illegal immigrants on campus. Universities have made themselves in the business of protecting lawbreakers instead of protecting students. So I'm excited to see an administration finally standing up for safety.
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So let's name names of some of these universities. My hometown of Chicago, I'm sure has several of them as Chicago is front and center, ground zero if you will, for these sanctuary city policies.
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Let's name names. I'm so excited that you asked. We've got UChicago, we've got Dominican University, that's in the Chicago area. Dominican University, actually pretty exciting example. The left is so focused on defending lawbreakers. Dominican University has what they call a front door team. So they have a specific trained team at the front of campus to block federal authorities. Not a team trained to block out criminals and protect students? No, a team that is trained to block out authorities. But it's not just in Chicago. It's in a lot of sanctuary cities where we're seeing these campus policies. We've got examples from Boston, we've got Harvard, we've got mit, we've got examples in California, the California State university system. There's 23 campuses there. American University in Washington D.C. they all have these sanctuary campus policies where they are prioritizing lawbreakers over student safety. And then many of these same exact campuses are taking it even further. They're providing scholarships and free legal services, deportation defense for these illegal immigrant criminals too.
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Emily, you lost me. A Dominican university, you say they have a team trained to keep outlaw enforcement. I'm, I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me that that's obstruction of justice.
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It absolutely is. Dominican University also has what they call safe spaces for illegal immigrants on campus. They have designated areas for illegal immigrants to gather and receive resources. They have scholarships, they have free legal services. They also have career preparation courses specifically for illegal aliens on this campus. And of course all of the this is paid for with student tuition dollars and also taxpayer dollars. So as universities are failing in their mission to prepare American students to head off to the workforce, they are prioritizing their funding, their resources and your tax dollars on preparing the next generation of illegal immigrants for the workforce and also teaching them how to evade ICE in the process.
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And at these schools, you're not seeing a rash of students rebelling or at very least protesting against these policies.
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I certainly hope that we see more American students stand up to this. You know, I spoke to an American student who came here Illegally. She went through the years long process to become a college student here in the United States. And when I was talking to her about these programs, she was so frustrated. She kept saying I did it the right way. Why didn't you know why I don't get access to these programs? Why should those people who are here illegally get access? Well, that's the million dollar question. And I'm excited to see this administration looking into it. You know something we've seen, the Trump administration has launched investigations into five different states at this point that have been providing in state tuition pricing. So discounted tuition rates to illegal immigrant students. We've got 20 more states to go. I'm calling out exactly which states, exactly which campuses that the administration needs to target. And I'm excited we're seeing some action, but there's still a lot of work to do.
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Emily is out here snitching, telling it all. Emily, good to talk to you. We appreciate it.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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Keep body slamming people, you keep listening.
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And you keep your grades up. Yes.
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Pay you back and dead bodies on.
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The mat like they said. No, boy, it's to stay away from the map.
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None.
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That's a dad right there. Stay away from the boys. Helping those in need is an important trait to uphold. And besides making making Tamara's day, Shaquille o' Neal also reminds us of what makes America wonderful. What a great story there. All right, folks, let's get to our story, our question of the day. Here it is. What do you think about President Trump changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War? A lot of you chiming in on this one. Cora writes, the DOD is all about war, so why not cm Carl writes, great name, keeping it short and sweet. And then there's Digby Dodd who writes, doesn't matter since they are deep state. I think I prefer the Kindler, gentler name. Gentler name. I think the Kindler gentler name he was talking about would be the Department of Defense. Gadsden Warrior writes, I love it. It's about time. And JTD Eastwood chiming in writing, I like it. So let's get a quick answer from Eric Bolling, my colleague here, as we pass things over to him. Eric, what do you think of the name change? Department of Defense versus Department of War. What's your preference?
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So I like the Department of War. I hate the idea of foreign wars, as you know, Terrence. So defense would kind of fit into my political ideology. I prefer just protecting the homeland. The, you know, we're blessed by having an ocean on our east and west coast, and we have friendly countries on our north and south borders. So I think defense is the right way. But then you want to tell the world, don't mess with us. You want to mess with us, you're gonna. You're gonna. You're gonna find out, so to speak.
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So I'll go with whatever. I was.
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I was having a hard time figuring out how I could explain that, but fafo and I think they'll fo if they mess with us, which Trump is. Is being very good about doing. I personally, I just like to. I like defense. I like defending the homeland.
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It's just.
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I prefer it. I know a lot of MAGA people are going to say, ah, let's do war, but. But being a MAGA guy, and I'm not saying isolationist, I'm just a more libertarian, I guess, in that respect.
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I get it. I'm on the fence on it. I get the point of it's peace through strength and it's forceful, but at the same time, I wonder what kind of environment it creates, particularly for the man who's been so success. Terrence.
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Terrence. Forget Department of Defense or Department of War. We call it Department of fafo. How's that?
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There you go. Interpret it however you choose. Right.
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Problem solved. And that really is. That would be the actual best name for that department when you think about it.
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I'm not mad at that at all. I would actually appreciate that the Department of FAFO deter. Make that up however you choose.
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