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Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head, February 13th, 2026
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Out of your FICO score. Good evening America. Happy Friday. Welcome to the latest edition of Just the News. No noise yet. We made it to Friday. How about that? I'm your host John Solomon reporting to you as always from the Nation's capital, Washington, D.C. as I've been reminding all week, my amazing co host Amanda Heads, he's going to be out of town for a couple of weeks. Don't worry, we got you covered. Starting with a pretty busy day for President Trump. He weighed in on two very big issues earlier today as he went to go meet the soldiers who carried out that brazen arrest of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. At Fort Bragg, you get to celebrate with their children and their wives and spouses. A remarkable day, but as he spoke, he answered some questions from the press outside of Air Force One, and he was asked about the significant military presence that has been moved toward Iran and what Iran could do to avoid an attack. He wasn't subtle. Here's how the president answered. What can Iran do to avoid attack? Give us the deal that they should have given us the first time. They give us the right deal, we won't do that. But you know, historically they haven't done that. I will say they want to talk, but so far they do a lot of talking and no action. Change in Iran. Well, it seems like that would be the best thing that could happen. For 47 years. They've been talking and talking and talking. In the meantime, we've lost a lot of lives while they talk. That would be the best thing that could happen. Regime change. The president pretty clearly telegraphing what he'd like to be an outcome. And if not, he needs to get a real deal. That was pretty important. The president also weighed in on the big debate around voter id. This is something I know personally. He's very, very concerned. And as we reported yesterday, the House passed the new Save America act and moved it over to the Senate. And the president was not shy about the message for Democrats. He refused to back any kind of voter ID riding on truth Social. The Democrats refused to vote for voter ID or citizen citizenship. The reason is very simple. They want to continue to cheat in elections. That was not what our founding fathers desired. I have searched the depths of legal arguments not yet articulated or vetted on the subject and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future. He's also pushing hard to get Republicans to join in and get rid of that filibuster or turn it from a lazy filibuster to having to stand onto your feet to your drop filibuster, which actually would give Republicans the opportunity to get the bill passed sometime this summer. Meanwhile, a little bit of activity, accountability and the court's former CNN host Don Lemon pleaded, not guil, the charges of conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of worshipers earlier today. That those charges, of course, stem from a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in that state. The former news anchor has argued that he was covering the protests in Minnesota as an independent journalist. The government not buying that argument. All right, one last thing. The economy, it continues to outperform expectations. Yesterday we told you 150,000 new jobs way above expectation. Today, inflation came in at a cool 2.4% below what was expected. The Trump economy is revving up and inflation is drawing down. Two very important dynamics we'll talk a little bit about that with Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, the second block of the show. But first, I want to get back to the issue of election integrity. As we reported a couple of weeks ago, the FBI raided the Fulton county warehouse where the 2020 election ballots for Georgia were. There's a very clear understanding now what the FBI was looking at. Whether state, excuse me, county election officials did not follow the law, did not follow rules, and how they counted recounted ballots. The FBI saying they had corroborated ballots were missing. They had corroborated that ballots had been double scanned and counted, that they had corroborated. Other irregularities that long were called conspiracy theories. In Georgia, they're no longer conspiracy theories because they've been proven by the FBI. In fact, Fulton county executives acknowledge to the FBA those things happen. Right now we're going to turn to Georgia state senator and a candidate for lieutenant governor of Georgia, Greg Dolezag. Senator, great to have you on the show today.
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Greg Dolezal
Thank you for having me on. Always good to see you.
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John Solomon
All right. I remember back in 2021 when I was using FOIA to get the Carter Jones Report and we learned a little bit about the fact that Brad Raffenberger's office knew there were a lot of problems in Fulton County. I remember when we got the ballots with spoiled ballots that still got count, and people say, oh, that's all a conspiracy theory. The FBI in that affidavit, they kind of seem to say, we've corroborated some of those things. And they're not conspiracy theories anymore.
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Greg Dolezal
Yeah, they're not conspiracy theories at all. Maybe my favorite story from the 2020 election that showed how out of control Fulton county was is there is a gentleman, the chief operating officer for the secretary of state's office by the name of Gabriel Sterling, and he had bought a new home just a couple of years before 2020. And a piece of mail came in asking a lady who he had bought his home from a couple years ago to turn in her absentee ballot. So Sterling had an illegal vote cast from his own home. He went to Fulton county to challenge the eligibility of that voter. And a Democrat nominee to the Fulton County Board of Elections actually voted against his challenge, even though he certified the woman had moved out of state years prior to the 2020 election. Now, who knows how many times that happened in Georgia, but we know that the Georgia 2020 election, not only in Fulton county, but certainly in Fulton county, was a mess.
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John Solomon
Yeah. And the warning signs about Fulton county have been in place For a decade, the state has never really been able to get it corrected. I want to talk a little bit about the Democratic argument, all right? They went from all this, all conspiracy theory to, oh, who cares that all this now gets corroborated? Because it wouldn't have changed the outcome. Now we're never going to know what changes the outcome, and it doesn't matter because President Trump is president again. But it does matter that the people that administer our elections do it in a fair way, do it in a way that's compliant with the law, do it in a competent way. What are the opportunities right now at this moment for the federal government, state government, and voters to press Fulton county to do a better job in administering elections?
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Greg Dolezal
John, I have called for the state to take over the Fulton county elections. We passed a law in 2021 that set the triggers in place for the state election board to take over the elections for a temporary period of time. If a county proves they're incapable of following Georgia law, and if there's ever a county that's proven it, it's Fulton County. Today, Fulton county has hundreds of people still on their voter rolls that were born in the year 1900. They have thousands of people registered to vote at illegal voting locations, parking lots, homeless shelters that have been closed for a decade, UPS stores, storage units. It is time for the state to step in before the 2026 general election to ensure that we can have a free and fair election.
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John Solomon
So important, and it's a simple thing, and it'll only take a couple of years, Bobby, to clean things up. Now, Brad Ratzenberger, for a period of time, the secretary of state kind of proposed that. He seemed to drop back off that with the state election board at some point, is there renewed interest? Do you feel some momentum or is there still inertia to this idea?
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Greg Dolezal
I hope the state election board discusses it when they meet next week. I was the first elected official to call for that, but I certainly talked to other colleagues of mine in the General assembly, and there is certainly on the Republican side, the people that are paying attention to this know that Fulton county is a problem, and they know that the only remedy that we have is the state election board coming in. So we're going to have conversations with those state election board members, and we hope that they act boldly and quickly and begin the process of getting these people off of these voting rolls. If you have dirty voting rolls, you're going to have dirty elections, especially when you look at mail in ballots.
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John Solomon
Now, that's an interesting dynamic, too, because the Trump administration, a Republican administration, has been trying to get a look at Georgia's voter roll so that they can make sure that everything's cleaning up. And Secretary of State Brad Raffsenberger opposing his own Republican administration here in Washington doing that. What's behind that? Why wouldn't a Georgia state official who's in the same party as President Trump not want the government's federal government's help in cleaning up that voter roll?
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Greg Dolezal
It's really clear in Georgia law this is allowed. There's a specific carve out to hand this data over to the federal government. Raffensperger is lying to Georgians and saying that it's not lawful. It is lawful. And think about this for a second. He's saying he doesn't want to give Social Security numbers over to the federal government for fear of what may happen. Well, who issued the Social Security numbers? It was the federal government. So this is patently absurd on its face. It's another delay tactic from the everything was perfect in Georgia elections industrial complex. And that's exactly what we have. It's some of the highest levels of Georgia government. We are looking to shine a light of truth on that. We passed a resolution out of the state Senate calling on Raffensperger to release those documents. He has said that he will not, but we're going to keep pushing.
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John Solomon
Will Governor Kemp, you think, put some pressure himself or does he stay on the sidelines of this?
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Greg Dolezal
You know, Governor Kemp is a former secretary, and I think that he at the secretary of state, I should say. And so he tends to have deference for the office. I have not heard him weigh in on this topic. Certainly we believe in the separation of powers. And so from our side in the legislature, while we have respect for our governor, we also know that we appropriate funds to the secretary of state.
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John Solomon
That's right.
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Greg Dolezal
We write the laws. We have plenary power in writing the laws and how elections will be held in the state of Georgia. And so we are, as a legislature, that's our authority. That's what people elected us to do. And so while we respect the governor, we're moving forward and pushing for this because this is actually our response.
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John Solomon
And of course, the legislature in Georgia did so much after the 2020 election to create model laws that are much better than were in Georg and much better than many other places in the country. And I want to ask a little bit because you've seen the impact that the Major League baseball told their all star game, but everything turned out fine. You put Voter ID laws in and more people voted, not less. When you hear a Chuck Schumer or someone in Washington claim this is voter ID is Jim Crow 2.0, what do you tell them about the Georgia experience and what happened when you put voter ID in?
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Greg Dolezal
That's the same thing they said in Georgia when we passed our voter ID laws in 2021. This is Jim Crow 2.0. This is racist. You know, they say that they don't believe, apparently the minorities are able or capable of getting an id. You have that conversation with your friends and, like, what are you talking about? I've got. Here's. Here's my id. But this is just a lie and a scare tactic by Democrats who are committed to ensuring that people do not have to show an ID to vote. They're not even interested in ensuring that someone is a citizen of the United States to vote in American elections. And this is one of those 80, 20 issues, John, where 80% of the country is with us. The Democrats are bowing down and kowtowing to the most radical elements of their base. And as we saw in Georgia, like you just mentioned, year after year, record voter turnout. I believe that when people think their vote matters, they are more likely to come and vote. And when they know an illegal voter is not going to dilute their vote, it compels them to come vote because they know that their vote will be counted. And we believe in one person, one vote. The Democrats obviously aren't with us on that, but the American people are.
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John Solomon
Yeah, the numbers are just off the chart. 80, 85%. It's not even ambiguous. It's very clear. When I was a young political reporter, when it came down to Georgia to cover it, a lot of times, my elder political reporters who were training me as a young guy, would say, you should always be in a Georgia state of mind, meaning as Georgia's thinking, you'll understand how the rest of the country is thinking. We're headed into midterm elections, obviously, some big prizes in Georgia. You're running for lieutenant governor. The economy is really roaring into a really strong position right now. Job creation up, inflation down, more money going into the American taxpayer's pocket because of the new Trump tax law changes. What is the mood of Georgia voters and how will that play out as we get closer to the 2026 election?
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Greg Dolezal
People are optimistic here in Georgia. I filled my gas, my car up today with gas at $2.42 a gallon. Wow. It wasn't that long ago that it was close to double that. And so the energy prices being lower, the fact that we have a pro energy president in the White House, the fact that we have, as you mentioned, the inflation numbers coming down to really historic norms after having historic highs just a couple of years ago. Georgians are working. Georgia is thriving. We have really a resurgence of people being able to participate in the American dream here again, which was something that got lost during the Biden years. I think we're going to have a very, very good 2026 here in Georgia. And you're exactly right. This is a must win state. The state will likely control the United States Senate. Jon Ossoff is California's third senator and the people of Georgia I believe are going to send him home and send a pro Liberty, pro America US Senator back to DC to represent this great state.
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John Solomon
Yeah, a Democratic senator who's part of a party that says voter ID is racist, but he required a voter ID to attend his own political events. Right?
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Greg Dolezal
He did. And just remember on the Save America act you had 213 House Democrats walk into the House chamber, put their voting card into their voting machine before they could cast their vote against requiring voter ID for people to vote in American elections. It's just absurd. So you have this scenario where the left is out of touch with the average American and they are voting against things that people just can't relate to. John Ossoff, you mentioned him, he voted against preventing men from participating in women's sports. And that's another 8020 issue where freedom loving, fair minded Americans cannot relate to that way of thinking and it's going to cost the Democrats in November.
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John Solomon
Yeah, I think you're definitely right. And I will say this because I did watch the vote. I didn't hear a single Democrat claim they were a victim of Jim Crow when they put that card into vote a couple days ago. So apparently it isn't as big an issue as they claim it to be. Senator, before we let you go, if people love what they heard today and they want to learn more about what you're doing, how they can help you as you're running for lieutenant governor, what's the best way to stay in touch with you and your campaign?
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Greg Dolezal
Yeah, people in Georgia want to send a Georgia first pro Trump conservative to run the Georgia State Senate. Gregdolazzal.com Dolezal for GA on X Look forward to being back on your show. Thanks for having me on today.
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John Solomon
Yeah, we really, really appreciate the update and the very important things that are going on in Georgia. It's really a bellwether Great to have you on the show today. Thank you, sir.
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Greg Dolezal
Thank you.
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John Solomon
Yeah. What a great interview. All right, folks, we're taking a quick commercial break when I promise you, after the break, Congresswoman Claudia Teddy. She always brings the goods to the show, brings the receipts. We're going to ask her about the economy, about what's going on in New York, all of the socialism and failure that the Big Apple is seeing under a socialist mayor, and a whole lot more. But first, we're going to get a quick commercial message from all the great sponsors here at Bill America's Voice. We'll be right back. Hey, folks, how many different beauty potions do you have sitting on your bathroom counter right now? Well, I have found the secret serum and it's Vibrance Super C Serum. The ingredients in this one bottle can replace your day creams, your eye creams, the night creams, the neck creams, the wrinkle creams, and even the dark spot reducers. Made in the USA with the highest quality ingredients including vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin E, Super C Serum delivers noticeable results. Now simplify your skin care routine, get a healthier complexion and minimize wrinkles and age spots with Vibrance. Go to vibrance.com justnews to save up to 37% off and also get free shipping. That's Vibrance. V-I B R I A N C E.com justnews.
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John Solomon
Welcome back, everybody. As we've chronicled on justthenews.com the first month of Mayor Mandami's reign in New York City as a socialist governing mayor has been a disaster. The snow is not being cleared, the garbage piles up as high as 8ft high, and the Big Apple, a lot of people say, looks a lot more like a mediocre apple. And with big new taxes coming, it's entirely possible you'll see a larger exodus from New York City than we've already seen. Joining us now to bring us up to speed on that and a whole lot more, including the extraordinary success of the Trump economy and a big win in Congress. She represents the great state of New York. She's Congresswoman Claudia Tinney. Congresswoman, great to have you on.
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
Great to be on.
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John Solomon
All right. I want to get to Mayor Mondavi before I do. Yesterday the economist said probably going to be a bad jobs report turned out to be 150,000, way above expectation rock. And today said maybe inflation is taking back up. It actually was very cool, 2.4%. The Trump economy continues to outperform expectations. And it feels like now for the first time, the dinner table, the water cooler starting to feel the impacts. What do you hear from your constituents?
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
You know, I think this is just the beginning because as we go into tax season now, you're going to see the huge returns coming from there. Obviously, the state and local tax deduction went up some and so that's going to impact more middle class taxpayers. You know, it went from 10,000 to 40,000 for people and couples earning less than $500,000 a year, which sounds like a lot and it is. But you know, it depends on if you're in New York City or upstate. But this is, this is beneficial to a lot of my constituents. You're going to see a lot of these permanent, these small business deductions have been made permanent. The investments in a lot of the taxes made permanent. The tax cuts that were from the 2017 are going to be great and people are going to start seeing more money literally back in their pocket that they were losing under Biden. I think what's really important, and you just talked about the jobs numbers, you know, the participation rate, the inflation is down, the cost of doing business is down a little, like energy is down. But the big problem, and I think this is what everyone has to talk about. If you take New York State, California, Illinois and the really blue, blue states, some of the Northeast, their terrible energy policy continues to keep energy rates high, which keeps the cost of goods and services high, which keeps the persistent inflation even though it's down. It would be down even further if these states would just mirror some of the more successful states that actually are governed by Republicans or common sense Democrats. So this is a huge problem. And New York is among the worst, if not California, New York, highest taxes, highest energy. And New York State, right now, we're having an energy crisis. You're hearing them talking about it all across the state. And that's because we have this horrible green New Deal of New York that was passed in 2019. And with that is a cap on the amount of fossil fuel fuels we can use to fuel our energy grid. That means that we are have an unsustainable, unaffordable energy grid that could be very dangerous and I think catastrophic for the future of New York if the Democrats don't change. And here's another important thing, upstate New York, what are we doing? We have energy coming from Niagara Falls. We have energy coming from our nuclear power plants, the only operational plants in the entire state. In my district along Lake Ontario, we get energy from Quebec power, we use solar. We have windmills. They're not really efficient, but they provide some power. Not baseload power, not the affordability and the security that we need. But guess who uses all of our natural gas? New York city, they're over 95% is New York City. They are the ones that are telling us we can't use fossil fuels while they're powering their energy grid with almost 95 to 98% fossil fuel usage. They're the ones who shut down nuclear. The nuclear power plant, Indian Point by Governor Cuomo. So these are all things that lead to us not being with everybody else on driving the cost down. Now, new taxes, that's going to make affordability even worse. You're going to probably see more taxes on energy, including gas. You're seeing Niagara Mohawk on and you know, all the other power companies, National Grid, Con Edison, they're not able to do what they need to do in using all sorts of energy in a smart way to bring the cost down. They're forced to use less efficient, more expensive energy in order to keep the power grid stable. And that is now not looking good for affordability.
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John Solomon
And the hypocrisy line. Those limousine liberals who have their gas powered limousines look like they're revving them up to maybe move out of New York City. In New York State, with the millionaires tax and other ideas going on, New York's already suffered a pretty significant exodus the last decade. Do you think it speeds up in the next year with the Mandami policies and the Hokul policies?
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
Look, I think people want to leave. They don't. They're not seeing a future in New York City where they're going to be rewarded for the work that they put in, the risk that they take. And the more you tax them. We've proven that we have the highest out migration in the entire nation because of our high taxes, the highest in the country right now. We have high costs all across the board. And people are leaving and they're leaving because they want to go somewhere where they're more free, where they have more opportunity and more prosperity and more security. I mean, remember, we have taken it. We haven't had an open border. We've taken in all kinds of illegal immigrants and used tax dollars to pay for all their needs over our veterans, over our needy citizens. We have the highest Medicaid per capita, capita. And why pay that? You can go to another state and just, you know, drive into Pennsylvania and you immediately get a tax cut. If you're a business and you drive into Pennsylvania, you immediately get a tax cut. You can reinvest, you can add more jobs, you can be competitive with your, your competitors, which you're not in New York. I mean, this is the, the communist mentality, the Marxist mentality that's dominating the Democrat socialists of America who are the tail wagging the dog in the state legislature. And they're all been emboldened by the election of Mondame, who by the way, barely got 50% of the vote. So unfortunately, there were too many people in that or the mayoral race that caused us to end up with this guy and he's a disaster. People are dying. People are upset with what's happening. You know, the homeless are dying on the streets, you know, the free grocery stores, the cost of living, the garbage. You know, everything is, it's just, I think, I wish, I hope those 50% that voted for him are starting to wake up.
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John Solomon
Yeah. The first month has been a cardiac paddle's awakening for a lot of people. I think 19 people died in the cold. Some pictures I've seen have the garbage in New York City stacked up eight feet. It took a week to get even. Basic clearing of some of the snow from sidewalks and, you know, any other time in my lifetime, when you get to New York City a day after a snowstorm, things get running because New York doesn't sleep. But he has really underperformed. What I want to turn quickly to the extraordinary work because you were an important voice on election integrity for a long time. You get the Save act through, then you get the voter ID through, then you combine them together and you get the Save America act through. What do we have to do to get a United States Senate to get off its duff and pass that bill?
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
You know, I just can't understand why anyone would vote against this. It is so narrowly tailored, this bill. First of all, you know, the citizenship is required in federal elections. Although, again, New York State, the Democrats in New York City tried to pass a bill that would let noncitizens vote in our elections. The far left Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, threw that out and said, no, you must be a citizen to vote in elections in New York. So we're good in New York. Our Constitution requires it. Our law requires it, including the New York State Constitution. So this is an easy yes vote. We have the voter ID law, which, you know, most Americans, regardless of party, regardless of demographic support, you know, that we need to make sure we secure our elections, that we are who we say we are. I think I've said this in a few other places, but it's worthy of noting. I was one of the Intelligence Committee members who went to Honduras to witness a third world election where their elections were more secure. Not only did they require picture id, they required proof that you reside where your ID says you reside. And they took an extra step. They do biometrics to make sure there is one citizen, one vote. You can prove it. Identity theft is a huge problem in the age of information and the Internet right now. People want to make sure that their vote is secure. This is an insult to anyone who, you know, when the Democrats, you know, just gaslighting that, oh, women are disenfranchised and minorities are different. Disenfranchised, absurd. Illegal immigrants who barely speak our language in many cases come into this country and they get a license which is a valid voter ID in the State of New York. And they often are allowed to vote in our elections because there's no way under New York law that we can prove that they're not a citizen. This is absurd. And I think people need to look at. This is a common sense issue. It's being made into a political issue by the Democrats because what are they trying to do? They're trying to cover up everything you and I talked about in the beginning of the show, John. The Trump economy is on fire. Trump has done amazing things in the last year to really give us a boost in our economy, to give Americans across all demographics, all social classes a chance to thrive and prosper. And they know that it's working and they're trying to do anything they can to cover it up and to malign President Trump and the great policies he's gotten in place through a very difficult year. Very narrow majorities in the House and Senate. Kudos to Leader Thune and Mike Johnson for working with Trump and getting things done for the American people.
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John Solomon
A couple years ago, we made everybody get the new licenses so that we could be a more secure country when it comes to identity. Any reason we couldn't add a requirement to all states that their citizenship status be listed on the driver's license on that tamper proof ID seems like it would make this a lot easier issue.
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
Absolutely. I think everything we can do to make that ID universal and everyone can use it for everything. I know. Look, the real idea was kind of a pain. You had to go get one or bring your passport. You know, if we could just have one, one thing that we could carry around with us to prove that, you know, for everything we need because we have to use our voter registration card for everything. I think it was a Representative Michael Cloud from Texas who actually showed that we in the House of Representatives use an ID in order to vote on the floor of the House of Representatives. When we cast a vote on behalf of our district, we have a voter, we have an ID that we put into a machine. I mean, even that is just basic. It's just the way it's. With so many obstacles or so many opportunities for fraudsters to come out and take advantage of us, especially vulnerable seniors and people who can't protect themselves. This is just common sense, John. This is nothing to do. This shouldn't even be a political issue. This should be a no brainer. And why the Democrats have chosen this lane, I don't understand. But I think once the economy really starts going, I think all this doom and gloom discussion about whether we keep the House or not will go away. The only thing I agree with you can screw this up is the worst form of electioneering that we have, and that is called gerrymandering. And if the Democrats get their way, they're going to do whatever they can to destroy Virginia, to destroy California, all these other states and try to win at the, you know, win that way as opposed to winning on policy at the ballot box.
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John Solomon
The Louisiana case in the Supreme Court could be the most defining case for elections in more than a century. We're going to keep absolutely, Congresswoman. It looks like it's going to go the right way too. Good to have you on the show as always. We always get a great common sense, healthy dose of common sense when you're on. Thanks for joining us.
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
Thanks so much. Great to see you.
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John Solomon
Yeah, you as well. Always enjoy the conversation. All right, folks, Coming up next, we talk to another congressional hopeful and America first candidate for Michigan's 8th House District. Can Republicans hold off a blue wave come to midterms? I think so. We'll ask Amir Hassan that right after these messages. Foreign.
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John Solomon
Welcome back, everybody. I love this part of the job, getting to meet new candidates, fresh faces on the campaign trail, people who are entering into policy politics to make this country better. We got one from the great state of Michigan. Joining us now, congressional candidate from Michigan, Amir Hasan. Amir, great to have you on the show.
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Amir Hassan
Yes, sir. Thank you for having me. I'm blessed to be here. Thank you.
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John Solomon
Yeah, we're blessed to have you. And I loved our conversation in the commercial break because you're a dad, you're running for Congress, you're doing all sorts of extraordinary things, even getting sliding at a karate practice for the kids in between coming on air. But tell us what tempted you get into the political fray here and make a difference in America?
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Amir Hassan
Well, you know, essentially I'm born and raised in Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors, the birthplace of the middle class, a place that's been represented by Democratic leadership for the last 50 plus years. And we've seen nothing but decline in this area. No matter how hard the people of this district, the blue collar industrial Americans are working, they just can't seem to get ahead because we've had lack of innovation, lack of insight from the Democratic Party. And now they're taking it a step further. Not only are they not representing our best interest bringing new industries to the district, now they're pushing radical ideologies on our children. And then they're using the people that are responsible for them being in office. Really, the community in which I come from, the black community, and blaming them for why illegal immigrants deserve to vote in our process by saying that, well, black people can't get voter IDs or they can't get passports, as if we don't travel or we don't have the same opportunity, opportunities. And I'm pushing back on the narrative. No longer are we going to be the scapegoat for the Democratic Party bringing this country down and bringing this district down. We're fighting back and I'm a representation of them.
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John Solomon
Remind everybody the great water crisis that occurred in Flint, which was a great example of bad governments and bad oversight. You're running against a Democrat, Kristen McDonnell, pretty liberal, big fan of the Green New Deal, which drove up our energy prices and destabilized our grid. How do people connect with you as you, as you start to talk about these issues? Do they realize that those policies are what's hurting them at the dinner table at the gas pump.
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Amir Hassan
Absolutely. Without question. When I'm in her hometown of Bay City, they bring up two things. They bring up the Green New Deal and how it's going to raise the prices of energy, how it's unsustainable for wind and solar when we know we need to unleash energy in our district. We are a competitive district when it comes to all the industrial times. But she's trying to limit those opportunities. On top of it, I'll tell you quick story. In Bay City, there are cities surrounded by bridges. She brought a toll bridge to her hometown to the point where every time you cross the bridge is $5.50. So I'm in a place that people are making money stretch like everyday Americans working, budgeting. Imagine that you have to give up whatever luxury have, whether that's a Starbucks cup of coffee. Every single time you cross the bridge, you're losing $10 round trip or $11 round trip. That's the lack of representation. This is what we have to fight for here. We have to bring back common sense legislation that has the everyday American in mind. That is what we're fighting for. That is what I'm fighting for. That's what I'm seeing firsthand.
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John Solomon
Yeah, it's important. And you are giving voice to those folks. You have an extraordinary career. Before you do this, tell us a little bit about yourself, your service, and some of the issues that matter most to you.
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Amir Hassan
Well, I always say I was raised in Flint, but I became a man in the U.S. navy. I did almost eight years in the U.S. navy as a military police officer and as intelligence analysts. I've served from the Horn of Africa chasing pirates or fighting pirates, to chasing submarines in in from Japan and Asia, to serving in Guantanamo Bay locking up terrorists and detainees. So I have a varied experience in the military also. I'm a federal retired federal law enforcement office. And so the protests we're seeing, the things that are going on in Minnesota where they're talking about abolishing ice, making it dangerous for law enforcement officers to keep our country safe, to get rid of people that have already broken the law, and then using it as a rallying cry for their party as to why Republicans are terrorists in Gestapo, even though they're the ones who's actually getting funded by Nazi sympathizers. They call us Gestapo, but my opponent is taking money directly from somebody who is a proven Nazi sympathizer. See, the thing is, the left, they try to attack us and our message, even though we're the Ones actually fighting for America. As a law enforcement officer from the black community in which they say they're affected or the minority community, I can proudly say that we are supporting law enforcement because they are keeping these streets clean for American citizens, those who care about America. That is what we represent. That's what I'm pushing for and I'll continue to fight for. I've had almost 20 years of law enforcement and military experience. And this is just another step to represent our country as I have for the last two decades.
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John Solomon
So very important. And in just one year, crime way down in America, inflation way down in America. The, the economy itself and job creation starting to grow very quickly. The amount of money going back into people's pockets and not into the government till has gone in with the Trump tax cuts. How do people view the economy during this moment of transition from Biden to the Trump economy?
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Amir Hassan
They're optimistic. We're seeing it. We see it at the gas pumps. You know, last year, all we heard about was the price of milk, the price of bread, the price of eggs. Well, those have went down. The gas is in here in Michigan is 279A gallon. So you're saving 30, $40 a month just off gas. And they blame President Trump and they said all these negative things were going to happen, but it's been just the opposite. We are reaping the rewards of an administration that actually cares about the average day, the average person, the average citizen. That's what this president represents. He has real, tangible results that have benefited us all. It's time we focus on the results and not just hope and promise. Left hopes. They give us hope and promise and rah rah and great rallying cries. And people get behind that not knowing they're being bamboo. Look at the real facts. Look at the real stats. Your life has improved under this administration. Don't fall for the, don't fall for the lies and the slang.
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John Solomon
Advice And Mayor, for people watching, Dave, they want to get involved with your campaign or learn more about you. What's the best way to do that?
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Amir Hassan
Please visit me at flip the 8th. Flip the number 8th. We're going to flip the 8th district. Listen, we have a great chance in the state of Michigan to have true representation. From the governorship, senator, congressional and even the state level. We have a great chance. This my race. Allow me to say this, please. I have one of the races that President Trump won during his cycle. We can win it. This cycle is the most inexpensive race in the nation. With support and a unified party. We will bring representation for the country, representation for the district and the state of Michigan. People don't understand what they're missing out on until it comes back. That's why we're going to win it. I'm the candidate here in the 8th and I want to fight to the tooth and nail to the very last day to bring representation to those who have not received it.
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John Solomon
That's pretty darn important. I love it. Flip the eighth. That's a pretty easy way to remember. Good. Catchy one. I've been covering politics long term. Never heard that one that good. Amir Hassan, great to have you on the show. We'll be sure to check in with you as the campaign wears out. But good to have you. Thank you so much.
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Amir Hassan
Thank you so much. I'm grateful. I appreciate it.
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John Solomon
Thank you for your service. Dude, we love that a lot. All right, folks, coming up next, New York Mayor Zoan Mondame's collectivist policies left a lot of people so out in the cold they died in it. A lot of people concerned about his ability to govern a big city. We got a great, great guest. He's been tracking it day in and day out from our good friends at Heritage Foundation. We'll have that next right after these messages. Welcome back, everybody. A lot more fun ahead. And joining us now, a senior research associate in the Heritage Foundation's Thomas A. Row Institute for Economic Policy Studies and our Mandani expert. Yes, the mayor of New York has to have his own expert given his policies, Nicole Hoyer. Nicole, great to have you on the show.
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Nicole Hoyer
Thank you so much for having me on.
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John Solomon
All right. This has been quite a launch for a mayor. We have everything from government owned grocery stores on the table to massive tax increases to begging the state of New York for money because they're broke and, oh, in the free time, maybe socialized housing on top of it. Were we ready for this much chaos in New York City?
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Nicole Hoyer
I don't think we were ready for it. Absolutely not. And I mean, those are certainly his policies, but we've already seen tremendous failures so far. Look at his response to a snowstorm. Something as taken for granted is even that we have snow on the roads still, ice on the roads, garbage piled eight feet high. And that's not even the worst of it. We have actual human casualties. People froze to death. I think the number is 19 now, the body toll. 19 people froze to death on New York City streets because of the mayor's ineptitude. If that's the warmth of collectivism, I certainly Want no part of it and neither should New Yorkers.
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John Solomon
Yeah, the warmth, collectivism led a lot of people out in the cold to die. It's actually really just so remarkable. We had a lot it was one of the most popular stories for people just learning how badly Mondami handled a basic snowstorm, which by the New York, by the way, in New York you're going to get every year, so better use them. All right, so how is it seems like like some dynamics have happened. Mondomini's own party seemed to poke him in the ribs about his snow party performance or snowstorm performance. And then you've got the sort of back and forth because he instantly has a financial crisis. He can't pay for what he promised his people. How are those two dynamics working out right now?
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Nicole Hoyer
Yeah, the most recent news in terms of the $12 billion budget deficit that he reported about two weeks ago, was recently revised down to 7 billion as a sort of attempt to get the state legislature on board with his plan to raise taxes, which is obviously going to be detrimental to New York City's economy if he's able to do that. So both of these things, like we talked about, the snowstorm, the budget deficit, it are both things that are are causing definitely a little bit of struggle within the Democratic Party.
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John Solomon
When you bring a corporate tax hike to a city like New York, it gets passed down one to the consumer, if you're in the consumer business. Or it's going to get down to the workers, right? The workers are going to end up getting less because the company can't afford to pay them or their fringes like they do when, when more taxes, taxes come in. How does that work into the conversation, or has that not really hit the workforce yet?
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Nicole Hoyer
John that's exactly right. It's important to note, too, that New York City already has exorbitantly high corporate tax rates, 21% at the federal level, 7.25% at the state level, and 8.75 or 8.85 at the local level. So corporations are already paying a high, a high degree in taxes, certainly. And if we increase that rate by any more, that's an, of course, added expense for corporations. And like you said, they pass those oftentimes onto consumers in the form of higher prices, or they will pass them on to workers in the form of layoffs or reduced hours or reduced benefits. So by raising taxes, you're not just just hurting corporations, essentially, you're hurting the labor force and you're hurting consumers as well.
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John Solomon
When I first came to Town a long time ago in Washington. One of my early mentors said, by the way, taxes always roll downstream, meaning everyday people end up inheriting the cost of that tax before we leave New York. Not only, you know, the socialist agenda here isn't. Socialist agenda isn't just about the economy though. That's the most important part. But there is a cultural element to New York City and things like attending the archbishop's installation would be something that almost every mayor would have done in the last century, except for Mondami. He seems to also be having a difficult time adapting to some of the long term expectations of a New York mayor, such as making sure the Catholic Church you attend their installation of a new archbishop. Those things don't play well as well. Right. They end up with a lot of bad ink for him early on, on in his honeymoon period.
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Nicole Hoyer
It's absolutely a slap in the face that he's not doing all of these things that a traditional mayor would like. You mentioned with not attending the archbishop and kind of the slap in the face to the Catholic community. Certainly. But what can we expect from a mayor that is essentially trying to turn New York City into not just, I guess a Muslim country, but a socialist one as well?
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John Solomon
Yeah, really remarkable. All right, how long do you think it is before we see the people of New York start to flee in a number that actually gets the attention of the rest of the world?
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Nicole Hoyer
I would, if he was able to pass his, his tax proposals that he wants to, the raising of corporate taxes, the 2% penalty tax, I think it would be almost immediate that we would begin to see population out, exodus right out of the city. I mean, in the last five years alone in gross net migration out of the city, we've seen 1.5 million people. In the last decade, about two and a half to 3 million people have left the city. So if you continue down this path of increasing taxes and implementing all of these socialist policies, ranging from the government grocery stores to the $30 minimum wage to, to housing proposals, you're certainly going to see a lot of people leaving the city.
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John Solomon
Yeah, the Big Apple might be Mondami's medium sized apple before he's all done. We'll have to wait and see what happens. Nicole, always a great honor to have you on. We're going to get you on often because we want people to see this in real time what he's doing to one of America's great cities. But thanks for joining us today.
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Nicole Hoyer
Of course. Thank you so much.
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John Solomon
Yeah, great conversation. All right, folks, we got a quick commercial break. More around the corner right after these messages. Hey folks, let's be honest. Our body lets us know right we're not getting any younger. And if you want to look and feel your best, you need to check out our good friends at Pure Health research. They have 45 premium health supplements designed to help with every health goal. Whether it's boosting your energy, trimming belly fat, supporting healthy blood sugar, pumping your testosterone up, or even reducing swelling, swelling in your legs. Pure Health Research Supplement store has you covered. Each formula is crafted with natural non GMO ingredients backed by clinical research and manufactured right here in the good old usa. And here's the best part. Pure Health Research is offering you an exclusive 35% discount. You heard me right, 35% off. Just go to PureHealthResearch.com and use the coupon code JUSTNEWS at checkout. With their 365 day money back guarantee their there's zero risk in trying something new. So why wait? Head over to PureHealthResearch.com right now, explore their 45amazing supplements and save 35% before this deal ends with the coupon code. Just news. Don't miss this chance to feel your best. Welcome back everybody. Earlier this week we talked about a warning that federal regulators sent Apple News because it does appear from the statistics it routinely discriminates against conservative news sites. We know that for the great work of the Media Research center and joining us right now is their vice president for free speech at the Meteor Center Research Center, Dan Schneider. Our good friend Dan, welcome back to the show. Congratulations. MRC has been tracking this Apple News phenomenon for a long time. Actually not a phenomenon. It's pretty clear what they're doing. Tell us what you learned. And shortly after the letter from regulators a little crack in the Apple News blockade.
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Dan Schneider
Yeah, well it's app the two worst of these aggregators in terms of real impact. It's clearly measurable. The Apple phone and then any Samsung or Google powered technology which is Samsung is the biggest of those. But between Apple and Google, 99.7% of smartphone users are using one of those two phones and they're both pre installed with their news service. Apple News or Google News and Apple news. Today's the 100th day. It took 100 days before Apple News published a single story from a right leaning outlet. That's in comparison to 1,379 stories from left leaning outlets. It's propaganda and it's of course John, it's on purpose. It's designed specifically to try to get people to hate Donald Trump, to hate Republicans, and frankly to hate American values.
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John Solomon
It's very, very troubling. And your statistics are very, very clear. Data doesn't lie. And this case is a really great example.
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Greg Dolezal
So what?
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John Solomon
All right, the ftc, I think it is, sends a warning letter. That's a good start. But what can we all do? We're all sitting at home. We got voices, we got choices. How do we get Apple's attention and say, enough of this silliness?
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Dan Schneider
Well, I'll tell you that the four big news apps, and it's Apple News, Google News, Microsoft, MSN News, and then Yahoo and Yahoo has a massive reach. People don't understand, but they all took a real beating yesterday because consumers and voters said no. So what could people do? They could go on Twitter or any other social media platform and tweet straight at Tim Cook or Sundar Pichai, at Apple and Google and say, why is this happening? If these corporations get a sense that consumers are really upset, they can change. Then of course, the Federal Trade Commission, the ftc, that warning letter is serious. Because if Apple and Google have been misrepresenting to their customers what their news apps are doing, there could be some hefty penalties coming down the road.
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John Solomon
It seems to me that if we bought an Apple device and we subscribed to Apple News and we found out that it was intentionally hijacking the news, are we victims of fraud in some way?
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Dan Schneider
Well, look, if you sign up for the Democratic National Committee email, you're expecting to get DNC talking points. That's not fraud. That's nothing wrong with that. But if you're subscribing to Apple and they have represented or have caused you to believe that what they're going to send you is balanced information, well, you've just been defrauded. That is a consumer harm that the FTC is very concerned with and every single state attorney general in the country is concerned with. This is not a free speech question. These companies have free speech rights. But committing fraud, you can't hide behind the First Amendment and say, well, I can commit fraud because the free speech protects my ability to lie to people.
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John Solomon
That's really it. I think you're onto something. And this is systemic. I mean, I think that's the amazing work that you've done at mrc. And by the way, we see it on the broadcast networks too, which are my over the year public werewave. You have shown how systemic this enforced bias is. We wouldn't know half of this without the great work you and your team have done at Media Research Center. Dan, always an honor to have you on the show.
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Dan Schneider
Hey, thanks, John.
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John Solomon
Yeah, I love it. Folks, go check out the Media Research Center. It is a must read. I check it every single day when I wake up. Such important work. All right, we've got a weekend ahead of us, a holiday weekend, President's Day on Monday. But let's keep an eye. Next week. Could be a big week for election integrity. We're working on some new news stories that could come out in the next 10 days. We're also waiting to see some action in Arizona. We saw a little while ago Christine talking about the importance to have better election integrity in the equipment in America. She's hinting at something. I'm doing some reporting. I think we'll be able to break some news next week. So set your dials for next week right here. Six o', clock, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Next week, I think we'll break in some election integrity news. Until then, God bless you. Have a great weekend, everybody.
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Nicole Hoyer
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