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Good evening, America, and welcome to the Monday edition of JUST THE news. No noise. I'm your host John Solomon reporting to you as always from the nation's capital, where right now we are watching a breaking story right outside the White House. Just a little while ago, the United States Secret Service confirmed that one of its officers was involved in a shooting near the White House at 15th and Independence, behind the White House southern lawn. The one person has been injured. The person apparently drew a weapon, causing Secret Service uniform officers to return fire. We don't know a lot more other than that right now, but we're keeping a close watch of that. If you go over to justinnews.com, we were. Well, we'll keep you up to date. The gunshots you could hear inside the White House and there was a temporary scramble to get reporters who were out in the lawn to come in. There was a temporary security lead put on at the White House to protect everybody. But things are cleared up pretty quickly. We are told that situation is under control. The scene is secured. No other threats are in place right now. But we don't know a motive for why that person pulled a gun, what caused that shooting. But we'll get back to that in a little bit. Meanwhile, this is just happening as we speak. If you go over to justinnews.com, we'll have you covered on this. But the Nancy Mace today got the names of all the lawmakers who use taxpayer dollars to settle HR and sexual harassment lawsuits. The names are going to be going up in just a few minutes on her Twitter site. Excuse me. And we'll have the latest over just the news when that happens. So be keeping an eye on that. That is the main stuff we're keeping a close eye on. One other thing, there are some new developments about that witness. To remember the guy that was involved in both Russia collusion and Ukraine impeachment, my colleague Jerry Dunleavy found some pretty interesting stuff where the witness to who was all in on Russia a few years ago, sort of backing away from certain elements of the Russia collusion story, even being critical of people who peddled certain Russia items. Take a look at that story of adjusted news dot com. It's been trending all day. An important reminder that sometimes the illusion becomes the delusion. With that, I'll turn to my amazing co host Amanda Head, who did a great job anchoring that event Saturday out at Ellis Island, a citizenship swearing in event with Moms for Liberty. Amanda Head did amazing Work. Amanda, good to have you back in the seat.
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It's good to be back. And thankfully, I wasn't on the plane that clipped a bakery truck outside of Newark, although that was here.
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That's where you're flying from, Right, Right
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around the time that I was there. But John, as you said this past Friday and Saturday and Sunday, I was in New York. And speaking of that, former New York City mayor, America's Mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized for pneumonia back on Friday. And that was as the pneumonia was, as his spokesperson said, exacerbated by the toxins and the dust that caused, caused by the September 11th terrorist attacks. Now, reports say that he required mechanical ventilation to maintain adequate oxygen, but remains in critical but stable condition. So, of course, our thoughts go out to his family as he heals from that. And speaking of 9 11, current New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani refused to acknowledge Giuliani's role in getting New Yorkers through that devastating time of the terrorist attacks on 9 11. Listen to what he had to say.
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Is there anything you'd like to say
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about his contributions to the city, the
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fact that he got the city through 9 11?
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I think former Mayor Giuliani is someone that we as New Yorkers know well. And he's been a fixture in our city's politics and public life for so many years. And I know that many New Yorkers are concerned by the reports that he's in critical condition. And so we do keep him and his family in our prayers at this time.
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And next, earlier today, President Trump spoke at the White House detailing how his historic tax cuts have helped American small businesses across the country. And in addition, he praised small businesses by saying, you are the lifeblood of the American economy and with your help, we are truly making America great again. And he also took time to speak on the conflict with Iran. So take a listen to that.
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Can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. We hit all new highs. And I said we have to take care of business because we can't let that happen. So we did a little detour and it's working out very nicely. They have no navy, they have no air force, they have no anti aircraft equipment. They have no radar. They have no nothing. They have no leaders. Actually, the leaders, the leaders happen to be gone also. But can't let them have a nuclear weapon. Or you can have, you'd have problems like nobody would believe. And it's going very well.
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All right. So President Trump not missing an opportunity to update the American people on that conflict John, President Trump speaking to small businesses today. Small businesses which President Trump, when he campaigned, he said, my campaign is about Main street. It's not about Wall Street. And those people are benefiting, there's no doubt.
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And their workers are too. The taxes and no taxes on tip, Social Security, overtime.
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Right.
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They benefit those workers in those small business companies, particularly the restaurants.
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Absolutely.
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So, yeah, pretty big day for him. And he keeps his eye on the ball on affordability, clearly. All right, folks, we got a great way to kick off the conversation tonight. I've been working on a story I hope to do later this week called One Nation Under Fraud that literally the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been defrauded mostly in blue cities, cities and states, the fraud, now there was a story in the Daily Wiretail that had Ohio, which is a red state with some fraud, but the systemic fraud in these big blue states is racking up a bill that I think few people could understand. Our next guest, our first guest of the night has been working on this issue. He's got legislation just passed the Oversight Committee. He represents the great people of Wisconsin, where I spent many years. He is Congressman Glenn Grothman. Congressman, welcome back to the show.
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Glad to be on the show. And you're right, this is a huge story. Go ahead.
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No, you've been tackling this.
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It's a huge story. And one thing our listeners ought to take out of it is the government can't do anything right, particularly the federal government. So when we are presented with a program, whether to extend it or not, whether to add a new program or to remember it's going to be screwed up. And it's particularly going to be screwed up if you have the federal government writing the check, but the state's administering the program. Because if the states are administering the program, they have no incentive to make sure there's no cheating going on. Now, I'll grant you the Democrat states, because they don't just plain don't care, the more money they push out the door, the better. The, the Democrat states are in much worse shape, Minnesota, California, New York. But it really means we first of all should have the state paying for part of these programs. And secondly, not only should the states be paying for part, but it does mean the federal government can never be picking up 100% again.
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Yeah, gotta get the states some skin in the game so they feel the pain when they waste the money. Now you have the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training act that got through U.S. oversight last week. A lot of people high on this bill thinking it's one of the solutions we need. Tell us what it would do.
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Well, it's going to monitor more how the states are dealing with things. It's going to force them to use metrics that will identify this fraud earlier. And hopefully, as is identified earlier, we're going to be able to recover some of these funds and know if there's widespread cheating going on and put some of these people in prison.
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What a good idea, sir.
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There are a lot of people who assert the notion that it mainly happens with Democrats because Democrats, they, they frankly benefit from this, whether it's through lobbying, whether it's from the votes. It also happens on the Republican side. But this is why we can't have nice things, because entitlement programs in particular are rife with this type of fraud. Is Congress committed to rooting out all these different types of frau. I mean, heck, even the stuff that Brooke Rollins mentioned last week about SNAP benefitters having Porsches and Bugattis.
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Right. I hope Congress does all they can. Obviously, a lot of them, a lot of this is going to be up to the attorney General, but I'm sure we're going to have more committee hearings on it. I'm sure Jamie Comer, the Oversight committee that I'm part of, are going to have more hearings on this and hopefully more hearings do wind up in some federal prosecutions. It's a horrible embarrassment. And like I said, the number one thing they ought to do is make sure the states have some skin in the game. Otherwise this is going to come back again and again. I can tell you when we negotiate with the Democrats, the Democrats are not for fighting fraud. They have to say, republicans, what are you going to give up if we're going to start fighting fraud? You would figure every congressman would say, regardless of how generous these programs are, and they're usually overly generous, at least people would stick to the current rules. But that's not true. And it's something for people to remember at election time.
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Yeah, it is. It's going to be a big issue in the election. I think, sir, the farm bill was a big win for farmers. A lot of big ideas here that are going to keep America's ag industry rolling strong. One place that didn't get as much attention is SNAP benefits. There are some great experiments going on. I think Florida is one of them right now. Tell us a little bit about what you're trying to do to make sure that we get better handle on how SNAP money, food stamps is spent.
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Well, you're 100% right the farm bill is really more about food stamps than it is about farm. And some of us were hoping, given the over generosity of the program, the cheating in the program that we'd begin to make a dent in what you can buy with food stamps. Your local food banks and some forward looking states already say no sugary drinks, no Mountain Dew, you know, no Coca Cola. Unfortunately, the amendment was brought to the floor. It was a rare thing was brought to the floor. I really thought there was a chance it was going to pass. 29 Democrats voted to restrict sugary drinks and food stamps. You would figure it would pass with 29 Democrats. But to my disappointment, 55 Republicans voted to keep the sugary drinks on food stamps. When I get around my district, when I'm talking to gals behind the counter, they unanimously say no sugary drinks, no Mountain Dew on food stamps. But unfortunately, 55 Republicans didn't go along and we're going to keep the gravy train coming. I'll point out that over time we right now have almost, not quite, but almost twice as many people on food stamps as we did 25, 30 years ago. So, you know, and the economy is booming, there are jobs everywhere. So what does that tell you? We're having people on food stamps who don't have to be on there. One way to make it less generous is restrict what you buy with it. Congressman from Florida, Congressman self, good buddy of mine, introduced a bill. I was all in there with them. We really thought we had a shot at restricting what you can buy at food stamps. But no part of it was people have maybe a Pepsi Cola bottler in their district. But in any event, people frequently ask, does anybody say why are you buying this junk with the food stamps? Well, now we have a vote on the topic and very disappointing.
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Congressman, I know why Democrats would vote against this because if it's a Trump idea or anyone in his administration's idea, they're going to vote against that. Why would Republicans vote against taking sugary drinks off of food stamps? It makes America healthier. And by the way, it also benefits farmers because if they're not buying sugary drinks and junk food, then they're probably going to be spending more on produce.
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Absolutely. Amanda, you ought to be. They ought to be buying cheese, they ought to be buying milk, they ought to be buying apples and potatoes. Absolutely. I think maybe some people, if you have a Pepsi Cola bottler in your district, you may say, I'm afraid it'll cost him a couple of jobs. I think I heard that as an Excuse. But still, you're right.
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Congressman, I want to jump in on one other thing. You've been working on reverse discrimination in federal contract. You just put some legislation out there to stop it. If we can't use race to determine gerrymandered districts and we can't use race to determine school entry, should we use race for contracts? I think you feel pretty strong. And we shouldn't. Tell us about your legislation.
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Absolutely. And let me tell you a story that hasn't been out there. I have had people, three different people who would know in my district who talk about the federal government overpaying on products, overpaying on services, a 30% bonus, not unusual on subcontracting for the right race or the right gender. And that's gotta end. President Trump is doing what he can, but I'll tell you, these DEI people are gonna be back in a heartbeat if a Democrat ever takes over the presidency. Right now, these rules are in statute. President Trump is thankfully ignoring the statute. I would say he's doing the constitutional thing. But we want to make this a permanent thing where we don't go back to the days in which rather than saying who does the job best, who does the job at the lowest bidder, you know, right now we're. Well, in the old days, we were overpaying, I'm told, by people who would know. 25. I'm hard to believe that 30%, I've been told, overpaying for. If the right person owns the business.
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Wow. Unbelievable.
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Before we let you go, I know, because of.
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It's an exclusive for you. Nobody talks about that. They should talk about that.
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Fantastic. Absolutely, sir. On Capitol Hill, I'm sure that there's not much that surprises you anymore. You've probably heard a lot of it. But I know that you were particularly shocked to hear a student, a witness, talk about how he had to suppress his political beliefs out of revenge from professors. How on earth. How on earth have we wound up here in this country where independent ideas, maybe outside of the box, ideas maybe different from your classmate ideas are not celebrated and, you know, used to bring about debate.
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Common. Common. And the Democrats expressed surprise, like I was making it up. You go into any college Republican meeting and you will find stories of students who cannot tell the truth on their essays, cannot tell the truth on their final exams, because if they say what's in the heart, they will get a bad grade. They know they have to lie and make things up to get a decent grade in those topics in which an essay determines your grade. Political Science, journalism, that sort of thing. Students just have to lie to get the A. They'll tell it to you all the time.
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Wow, what a system we've created. Congressman, we always appreciate when you come on, lots of big common sense ideas. I know you and the oversight committee have got a big handle on this fraud. Great to have you on the show today. Thanks for joining us.
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Glad to be on the show.
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Yeah, we love the work you're doing. Thank you so much, sir. All right, folks, quick commercial break. When we come back, President Trump's former deputy national security advisor, Victoria Coats will join us. We'll get some updated perspective on the war in Iran, what's been going on in the Strait of Hormuz, and also a little bit of panic in Europe. Yet President Trump is pulling some US Troops out there. Europeans took note. We'll have all of that right after these messages. Hey, folks, this episode is brought to you by. Native Path Grass fed collagen for better bones join skin, hair and nails. Here's something that genuinely surprised me. Calcium supplements, the ones millions of people take for bone health, may not be doing much at all because bones are 90% collagen, not calcium. Without the collagen scaffold to attach to, calcium has nowhere to go. That's where today's sponsor comes in. After 30, our bodies produce 1 to 2% less collagen every single year. That's a protein that keeps our bones dense, our joints cushioned, and of course, our skin firm. By age 60, like me, most people have lost half their collagen and it's nearly impossible to get it back through diet alone because it lives in the parts of the animal we don't eat. The bones, the cartilage, the tendons. Native Path grass fed collagen is a clean, grass fed type. One in three collagen that dissolves completely in coffee or water. No taste, no clumping. Thousands of customers report less joint pain, stronger nails, younger looking skin, better sleep, and even improve bone density. Scans to try it risk free with a 365 day money back guarantee. Head to getnativepath.com justnews that's getnatapath.com justnews
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Welcome back, everybody. President Trump has been ramping up the pressure on Iran in recent days, especially as Iran has been trying to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, most recently attacking other nations ships in the strait. South Korea was one of those countries. And the president responded with a message on true social suggesting South Korea should join the mission to open the strait. And we also know that Iran targeted an industrial site with a drone in the United Arab Emirates. So is Iran running out of options? Joining us now to react is vice president of the Heritage Foundation's Catherine and Shelby column, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, and former deputy national Security adviser to President Trump, Victoria Coats returning to the show. Victoria, great to see you.
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Good to see you guys, too.
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You know, President Trump reiterated this morning and it has been ramping up to this point. But at this point, it definitely seems like Iran has run out of options militarily, strategically speaking. But what leg are they standing on at this point that they can fight with? Because even the issue with the Strait of Hormuz, I mean, they're in a pretty weakened state as well.
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This is all sort of coming down to, I believe, the final days here. So we've got an issue. Iran is obviously still trying to lash out, but the farthest they can get their missiles at this point is uae. They're looking for proximate targets. They're not even trying to shell Israel anymore. And my friends in Israel tell me things are pretty much back to normal. Flights are coming in and out, and so they're trying to make trouble for uae. But this is just a terrible strategic blunder, Amanda, because, I mean, UAE is where they did a lot of their financing historically through Dubai. They had some illicit financing rings. And I think UAE is now cracking down on these, cutting them off from any more hard currency. So really stupid decision on their part. And furthermore, today we saw two US Flagged vessels. And then in the last hour, there's a report Merckx, the shipping giant, got a vessel through. If they can't do anything to stop folks from going through the Strait, we're just going to see an exodus of ships. And yes, they did strike that one South Korean ship, but their ability to strike others may be very limited, then they're really out of cards.
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So does this mean Iran realizes it must make a deal or do we add some incentive to try to get them to make a deal?
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Well, I think we're going to continue to add incentives. And this is where Operation Economic Theory is so important, John, that this is the second front of this war is economic. It is complete systematic dismantlement of the Iranian economy. And they have days, not weeks left in terms of, say, their oil storage. That's 90% of their economy. They're about to lose that. Their Currency has lost 98% of its value over the last 10 years. They're about to hit 2 million rial per dollar. Ten years ago, that was 30,000. There's no value left in this economy. And so they haven't had a stock market for two months. What happens when they turn that back on? What happens when they try to restore Internet access? They can't recover without it. So the destruction that's been done, we really don't even fully understand yet. But the reality is Iran will not exist the way it did before Operation Epic Fury. And they have to realize they can't recover without U.S. sanctions relief.
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Yeah, Victoria, as this conflict was ramping up, I guess last July, I think there were a lot of folks who were worried about its effect on the Abraham Accords. Just because instability in that region, if those agreements and if those accords were not rock solid, then it could, you know, reveal the fragility of them. What has been the effect in the aftermath or I guess as this is still ongoing? Because it seems to me that it didn't, it didn't create or reveal vulnerabilities. If anything, it revealed how strong they were.
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No, what we've heard historically is conventional wisdom tells us if Israel or the United States take military action against Iran, the Arab world will turn on us and they will be isolated. We will be isolated rather and completely the opposite has been the effect. We have reports that UAE has hosted Israel's Iron Dome anti missile system. This would be the first time that that had happened for an Arab country and even IDF soldiers to man it to help them. So Israel is participating in the defense of uae and rather than pushing the United States away, we even see Qatar starting this historic natural gas relationship with Golden Pass in Tex. They are making up for the lack of natural gas that they're not able to take out of their field after Iran shelled it by the production from the United States and Saudi Arabia similarly pulling closer and closer to the United States now importing American natural gas into Saudi Arabia. This is historic. So Rather than isolation, I think we're going to see the accords expand. This is great for the region and great for Israel.
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Want to ask a little bit about another thunderclap we heard in the Middle east last week, UAE pulling out from opec. I wonder if Iran picked the target today because they were a little upset about that. But how important a moment is it and what could it mean for realigning the oil industry globally?
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It's critically important. And I mean, it's been important to also realize UAE has been disproportionately singled out by Iran from the beginning of the war. So I don't know that what happened today is a response to the OPEC decision. But clearly Iran sees UAE as their single biggest threat in the Gulf. And so UAE pulling out of OPEC, they joined in 1967. They're the third largest producer, you know, a real oil heavyweight. And what this means is that OPEC can't control their production anymore. They've been held to about 2.8 million barrels a day up until now. Now they want to go to five. And the reason they couldn't do that before is to get to 5 million barrels, you need to invest in your infrastructure to support that production. And if OPEC was going to keep their heavy hand on them, they couldn't do that. So now the UAE is liberated and they can work with partners like the United States and we can coordinate with them much more fulsomely than we could have before. And I think we should look for lots of other start thinking that being in the club with the Iranians and Russias isn't a great idea.
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Victoria Speaking of partners, I know President Trump, obviously his, his eye is on the central conflict, but he's also watching other nations to see how they react and respond and if they are helping us. And talks of 5,000 troops being pulled from Germany, obviously President Trump feuding a little with that chancellor. What, what message does it send to Germany? Not that they really had that much to offer in the way of assistance in the first place, but I think that it would have been a moral win for them to at least express support. Right?
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No, absolutely. And this was a historic missed opportunity for our European NATO allies who at the beginning of this conflict should have said if they weren't going to participate, you know, this isn't a European fight, fair enough. But so what we're going to concentrate on is Europe. We're going to take the burden off of you, the United States. We're going to stop asking for assistance with Ukraine, we're going to get after that problem and solve, you know, that, that war that's been raging on European soil for more than five years. And that's where we're going to focus. You guys do what you need to do. They didn't do that. They've been extremely unhelpful. And they've blocked flights. They've. They've not allowed us access to the bases that we've built. It's outrageous. And so, you know, I've been very clear with all of our European interlocutors who keep coming to us, asking us at the Heritage foundation to help them, like, you guys can help yourself. You go to Ankara, you go to the NATO summit next month with the receipts for those 5% pledges that you made last year. At the NATO summit, you say to President Trump, who's just pledged a $1.5 trillion military budget, we are also stepping up to the plate. We are also investing, and we're not going to ask for a free ride from the Americans anymore. And so that is the one way to salvage the NATO relationships. And it's entirely in the hands of Europe.
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Yeah, President Trump clearly got Europe's attention. Georgia Maloney say thing I don't want him to take US Troops from Italy. Do you think that Europe is starting to rethink the way it played the last six months?
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Well, they better. I mean, because of course, it would be a disaster for baloney if we withdrew the Sixth Fleet. She should have thought of that before she restricted her airspace. And I understand that, that because of the disastrous energy decisions Europe has made under the guidance of the, that their prices are going up exponentially more than even ours are here in the United States because they're so energy vulnerable. That's their own fault. They've got to get out of that problem. Germany should restart their nuclear plants, for example, if they don't like these high prices. And they should import more natural gas from the United States. All this can happen. But the idea that they're going to rely their economies on deployments of US Troops, that's not what our military does. We're not there to support socialist, you know, European welfare states. We are there to defend the national security interests of the United States. And if somebody like Chancellor Mertz of Germany wants to say that the United States is being humiliated by the Iranians in front of a live audience, you know, then he's going to take some penalties for that. And that apparently is going to come in the form of 5,000 of those American troops.
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As my dad would say, too bad, so sad. All right. Vice president for national security and foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation, Victoria Coates. Thanks so much for being with us tonight.
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Great to be with you guys.
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Absolutely. All right, everybody. Coming up next, the SPLC story is expanding. Did you know that they went after just normal moms protecting their kids? Yes, that is absolutely true. And we are going to talk to one of the organizations who was targeted by the SPLC on the other side.
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Welcome back, everybody. We are still assessing all the fallout from the government's investigation into the Southern Poverty Law center. And one of the groups that was targeted by them is speaking out. Joining us now, president and founder of one of those groups, Moms for America, Kimberly Fletcher. Kimberly, great to see you. Great to have you in studio.
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Thank you. It's nice to be in the studio. It's very Cool.
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Absolutely.
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All right.
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Moms for America had a great feature on SPLC's Hate and Extremism report. Tell us why they hated you and thought you were so extreme.
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Because we love America. We love God and we love our family, want to protect our children. And apparently those things are bad. But the irony of the. This whole entire thing is while they're labeling, labeling us extremist hate groups and they're bundling us with KKK and all the real extremist groups, they've been funding, all of those groups, funneling the money through. But what really, what really caught my attention was their response after the story came out. They said, we're. We're doubling down. We're not going to stop doing what we're doing. And I hope the donors are listening to that. Stop giving to them.
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Yeah, it's an amazing thing. And when you look at the mechanism they set up to create this false start, they had fictitious bank accounts and cutouts, and they said they had informants, but they were really paying the people who were creating the hate. It's almost like having a safe road, putting a slick iceberg on it and then saying it's unsafe in a second. What do we do? What does the Trump administration need to do in the next round of this to start to create a disincentive or a form of punishment that this doesn't become the norm? If this becomes the norm, we're going to be living in fantasy world soon.
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I know. I just want the DOJ to keep going in the direction that they're going. I don't want it to stall. That's my concern. You call it out, you recognize that it's there, and then what do you do about it? So I want to make sure that they keep the heat on and that they keep going down the rabbit trail, because there's way more than what they've already exposed. And they don't understand how many organizations it's hurt. I mean, when we were labeled a hate group, the first time was like six years ago, and we were just put on the minor list, I guess. And then in 2020, we were on
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the really, really hot list.
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And then all these organizations started just dropping us.
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B
And, I mean, you really saw. You really did see a fallout from this, right?
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A
We did. And it was a lot of trying to make up things so that you don't realize that, yes, they. Insurance, we had problems getting insurance. We had problems with keeping a platform for funding and donations. But when. When Vimeo knocked us off, it's crazy. We just paid for the whole entire year. And they sent us an email and said, you are permanently suspended. We're shutting down your account. And we're like, why? And we tried to get it back, and they said, no, you'll never get it back. And we said, okay, then we want our money back. And they said, well, that goes against our corporate policies. Of course it does. And then we had to spend two weeks gathering all of those educational videos about the Constitution, our founding authors, and putting them on a whole new site. And it's just unbelievable. Yeah, it costs a lot. And they're not just me, a lot of other organizations.
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B
Given the evidence that the government has put out there now, do you consider litigation against these guys? I mean, they create a true economic harm.
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A
Yes. So here's the great thing is we tried a couple of years ago, defamation suit. It is extremely difficult to. To win a defamation, even to demonstrate that there is a defamation suit. So they're kind of doing the work for us, which is great. And so we're very following very closely of where they go. And when the time is right, we move in and start filing charges.
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C
Monetary damages, though.
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A
Oh, absolutely. I mean, I can make a list of all of the things that we lost. The finances that it cost us, and even donors would drop us. And they specifically. They specifically identify the. The reason, as we were on the Southern Poverty Law center. And they won't work with hate groups.
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B
Wow, it's just amazing. And you have a fraud case, I assume. Because really now it isn't just a defamation. They fraudulently created a picture of you.
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A
Yeah, I saw. My husband was talking about that the other day. He goes, hey, I think you've got a real fraud case here now.
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B
I think that's right. Wow, that's amazing.
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C
On the sunny side of things, because Moms for America does so much. You guys represent the voices. You know, the spf, SPLC represented big voices, big organizations. Every single day on mainstream media. They were quoted, you know, this. You know, for full disclosure, this is a group that is cited by the SPLC as a hate group. So they had their big people. Moms for America represents everyday moms across this country.
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A
Yeah. And it's hilarious because all the news stories that they would put out on us did. It started out like that, the extremist hate group. And you're like, we're moms. We're moms who care about our kids. We're. We're baking cookies. We're going out to the school board meetings. We're running, going in voting, in elections. But I will tell you that, you know, you're over the mark when you're on the Southern Property Law center because you don't get on the Southern Property Law center unless they feel you're a threat. So obviously, we're making a difference. And the hand that rocks the cradle isn't just a cute little saying. It's an immortalized fact. They fear moms, and they should.
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B
They may fear more after this. When I look at the last five years, we've had some of the most stories I would never have imagined ever reporting. You have the FBI and the Justice Department treating moms and dads who go to school board meetings to fight for their children, domestic extremists. You had the CIA write an analytical report, which they just withdrew recently. The story we broke, saying that women who consider having children could be more likely to be radicalized. Then you have Moms from America listed as a hate group. Why does the left have such a hatred towards Bob? I mean, civilization doesn't exist without Bob.
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A
Well, they want what we have, and we stand in their way. They want our children. They want a future that they're creating. And their vision of the future is much different than ours. We want our children to be safe and protected, to have a good education, opportunities to succeed, and have the same blessings of liberty that we've had. What they want is a totalitarian regime where we're all servants, and our children, they can't convince adults that we're not who we are. If you're a woman, you're a man, vice versa. But so they go to our children and they start putting these crazy ideas in their heads about there is no God, you're not who you think you are, the world is going to collapse and there's nothing you can do about it, and the government's going to be your savior, and that's it. And the suicide rate among boys has just gone skyrocketed. If you're a white boy, you are at the very bottom of the list. And if you have no hope, I mean, it is tragic. There have been boys in our own young boys, 11 to 15 years old in our own sphere, in our own church, who have taken their lives because they've just lost all hope. So I just. We just want to bring the light. You can't counter darkness with darkness. So Moms for America, we just bring the light wherever we are, and they just don't seem to like that.
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C
I just want to close with this because it seems like the left doesn't realize they are orchestrating their own demise because when you demonize moms and you demonize motherhood, then liberal women aren't going to have babies. It's going to be the conservative women who have babies, which means that every generation is going to get progressively more.
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A
I have eight, so I'm doing my part.
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B
That's quite a contribution there.
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C
Tell everybody where they can find out more about Moms for America and join.
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A
Yes, come to Moms for America, US get all the information, be a part of this mighty movement of moms. My Moms for America, US Pretty impressive.
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C
Absolutely. Kimberly Fletcher, president and founder of Moms for America. That's going to do it for this segment. We've got much more for you coming up on the other side of this break. Welcome back, everybody. May is High Blood Pressure Awareness Month, but awareness without action doesn't change anything at all. Half of all adults have high blood pressure and many don't even realize that they have the condition. So joining us to discuss this and more is co founder of 120Life, Susan Schachter. Susan, great to see you. Thanks so much for being with us.
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J
Great seeing you. Great to see you, Amanda and John. Yeah, it's, it is a very important thing. And you know, you said like half of all Americans have it and that number one in five don't know they have it. And at this point, people ages 18 to 39, the amount of those, the people in that population who have high blood pressure has gone up by 20%.
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C
Wow. Goodness gracious. So if someone is, if it's somebody out there who has high blood pressure but they don't know it, should people pay attention to symptoms? What can they look for?
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J
Well, here's the thing. It very often goes without symptoms. That's why we one of our things that we always say is know your numbers, right? We say, you know your birthday, you know how tall you are, you know your Social Security number, know your phone number, know your blood pressure numbers. And they, you know, you can have a machine at home, of course, at the doctor's office. They have them in malls where you can get to take in in many pharmacies, they have it, you know, for free. They'll just take your blood pressure. It's important to know it because can be symptomless in terms of outward symptoms. But there are so many bad things it can do to your body. I mean, it, it can contribute to dementia, it can contribute to kidney function, it can contribute to sexual dysfunction, particularly in men. Obviously. It can contribute to Cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, it's, you know, it's just, it's a silent killer. So you want to know what your numbers are so that you can take an active part in saving your own life.
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B
Yeah, such an important thing. But like you said, it's the silent killer. A lot of people don't know about it until their body's damaged. In the last year there's been some new guidance. 120 over 80 was always the perfect blood pressure that we all aim for. But now they're suggesting that many people consider going down below 120 on your top number. So the science is changing and everybody's looking for a way to get that blood pressure just a little bit lower. Tell us a little bit about how 120 life is so effective.
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J
Yes. So 120 life, I like to say it's made from nature's pharmacy and it is just all real things and it contains, it literally contains hibiscus, cranberry, beets, pomegranate, tart, cherry, magnesium, hawthorn berry and grapeseed extract. And those ingredients, the majority of them, all of them are good for you and anti inflammatory. But the majority of those ingredients work by the same or similar mechanism to different high blood pressure medications. So when you're putting them all together it has a bigger impact. And you know, obviously it's also good for exercise and things like that too. Obviously if you have low blood pressure, you don't want to take it. But it tastes good. It tastes good. I had done some TV segments and one of the hosts on one of the shows said that she thinks it tastes like sweet tarts. So yeah, it's really nice. The powder one, the drink one is more beat forward in flavor. So some people don't like meats, don't like it as much. But also it's a medicine, you know, it's like, it's a medicine that has good side effects. There are no bad side effects
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C
and I love that it's natural. And there are some people out there who would say, well why don't you just eat these things? But in order to get this concentration and it's hard to find things like hibiscus, especially year round, it would be hard to pack it all into one pillow. But there's also a perfect balance with these ingredients, isn't there?
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J
There's a perfect balance and it would be very expensive and time consuming to take all of these ingredients in the amounts that you need and get them together and something you do every day. So this is very convenient and you know, as I said, the one in the bottle is a little more beat forward in taste. The powder is not powder. I think it's really delicious. I don't have high blood pressure, but when I'm stressed out, I'll tell you the truth. Maybe this is tmi. I actually had a doctor's appointment this morning and I was nervous because I've been so stressed about a bunch of things. So I was nervous about it and I took it just in case. I told him I took it and everything. My blood pressure was 105 over 68. So.
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B
Wow, that's amazing.
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H
Yeah.
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J
So. And you know that our story is so wonderful with my friend Ira, who I grew up with. Yeah, we grew up around the corner from each other and he lives in Chicago. We grew up in Brooklyn. I live in New Jersey. He lives in Chicago. But his blood pressure was so, so high that his cardiologist told him it was urgent. He gets it down within three weeks or he was going to need open heart surgery because there was another medical thing. He went back and looked things up, you know, and it's the natural things. And got in touch with me. We went back and forth over the phone for optimal taste and efficiency based on scientific studies. Five days of him taking this concoction we came up with his blood pressure came down 30 to 40 points. He didn't need the surgery. His cardiologist is on our board and we've also had the endorsement of over 2,000 health professionals.
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B
It's amazing. And these ingredients have lots of other benefits. Right. The antioxidants. So you're doing your body well, your liver, other parts of your body are going to do well as well when you take this.
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J
Absolutely. And thank you for bringing that up, John. It actually, it also, it lowers one of the ingredients, lowers something in our body called C reactive protein. That is a cardiac inflammatory marker. There are things that are anti carcinogenic in it. You know, there it's anti inflammatory, anti carcinogenic. As I say, there are good side effects. There are no bad side effects.
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B
Yeah, I love it.
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C
That's so nice. And especially in this ecosystem where Maha is becoming more and more prevalent and people care about the natural side of things instead of medicine. This just fits right in that wheelhouse. Co founder of 120 like Susan Shacker. Thanks so much for being with us tonight.
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J
Thank you so much for having me.
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C
Absolutely. And to our viewers, head over to 120life.com that's 120l I f e.com and use the code jtn for 20% off. You can try it completely risk free for two weeks. If your blood pressure does not go down, you get a full refund. Refund. So go over to 120life.com that's 120life.com and use the promo code jtn. You're going to save 20%. I'm going to say 120%. 20% on 120-life.com everybody. We've got a few thoughts on the other side. We'll be right back. Welcome back everybody. Before we head out for the weekend, it was derby weekend. I was in New York so I didn't get to watch it live, but I watched it after the fact. And John, some amazing statistics about it. The horse that won golden tempo was a 23 to 1 long shot. 19 of the 20 horses were descendants of Secretariat.
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J
Wow.
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C
That goes to show you how what, what a siren horse runner. And what I love, there's this iconic picture because the horse that won second place, Renegade, was the co favorite to win the Derby and he was, was the brother of the jockey for the, for Golden Tempo. And there's this iconic picture of them coming across the finish line, number one and number two holding hands. These two Puerto Rican brothers who have made an incredible life as, as jockeys of thoroughbred.
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B
And also the way Golden Temple came up the rear, I mean he was way behind. It all was a bam. It was just, it was an amazing thing to watch. It was one of the most exciting races I think I've seen in a while.
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C
Yeah. And I'm not typically one that, you know, whenever I'm out shopping and I see something that says woman owned business, I really don't care two hoots. It really doesn't matter to me at all. But I did find an amazing Sherry Devoe who was, she was the first female trainer in the 152 year history of the Kentucky Derby. And I love, this is what I love about it. I love that you see these, they're now all of these videos going viral of her interactions with Golden Tempo and this amazing relationship that she fosters with this horse. And you look at a lot of, you know, the alpha thoroughbred organizations that race these horses and pay obviously millions upon millions upon millions to do so. But her relationship with this horse is just, that's it. It is all about relationship. It is about nurturing and warmth and it is something that I think especially what made her so good at it as a woman.
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B
Yeah, no, it's a great story. It was a great weekend for racing. And it was a great race. It was pretty fun to watch.
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C
All right, so on the flip side of wonderful things, when I was in New York, which was a wonderful thing, John allowed me to go in his stead for the Moms for Liberty event, which was absolutely incredible. On ellis island, guys, 40% of we Americans can trace our answer ancestry back through Ellis island. Eleven for sure.
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J
Yeah.
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C
Just an incredible, incredible place to be. But I was doing a bit. Little bit of sightseeing and went down to Federal hall where President Washington took the oath of office. And I noticed that there's some construction going on out front. And John, there was a. They have banners for different exhibits going on. And one of them said the redcoats. And it had a uniformed soldier who was a black woman. And I thought to myself, you know what, if we're going to do all of this ridiculous CRT and distortion of history, please don't let it be during our nation's 250th when we have people from all over the world coming to places like New York and Washington and Boston. Can we please get it straight this time around? But apparently Federal hall missed the memo.
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B
Yeah. Dei. I mean, it's just dumb, ineffective, and bad for us. I just don't know. I don't know where. I don't know why we're doing it, but most people look at, roll their eyes.
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C
Yeah. DEI needs to die.
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B
Yeah.
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C
All right, John, I know you've got another story that you're chasing down this week that you're wanting to get out there, tease us.
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B
Yeah. I think we're going to learn some more about who the leakers are in Washington and how classified information keeps getting leaked. And so I'm working on a big one that I think will be very eye opening. Hopefully we'll get it out by middle to end of the week. But it's been something we've been chasing for about seven months, so that'll be good. We also have a story about a guy that portrays himself as a whistleblower. Lot maybe not so much with you. Learn about what we know about them now. Stay tuned.
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C
Absolutely. All right, so let's wrap up before we head out. Many of you heard about this poor bakery truck driver.
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B
Oh, my gosh.
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C
Who was driving. I guess that's a perimeter road around Newark, which, by the way, I took off from yesterday afternoon. I'm not totally sure what time this happened, but I took off. All right, so it was an hour. I can't believe I didn't see more cops and stuff. I took off at 3. But anyway, this poor delivery driver, just out of the blue, I mean, just got picked off by this plane. Check it out. Oh, it's Vo. Oh, we're showing it, John, I think. And you can see him in his cab. He's kind of looking out, and he sees that this plane is.
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B
You can hear it so close overhead.
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C
He's obviously thinking, this seems a little low.
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B
Yeah.
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C
Poor guy.
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B
Yeah. It's unclear to me whether the. The plane hit the light pole. And the question is the light pole hit his truck or did they hit the truck? It's hard to tell. But listen, thank God the guy's okay, but what a scary thing to watch. Wow, look at that.
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C
I'm with you, John. Though it does seem like it's a bad time for air travel happening right now.
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B
We had a plane collide with an emergency vehicle the other day. We had the crash overseas. Someone's not paying attention flying, and we need people paying attention when they're flying.
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C
I know. I know that Tsunami is doing the best that they can, and I know that FAA is doing a good job recruiting, but. Yeah, seems scary. All right, everybody that's going to do it for us tonight, we'll see you tomorrow.