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Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head, March 13th, 2026
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Hello, America. Welcome to the Friday edition of Just the News. No noise. I'm your host Amanda Head, my co host and Just the News editor in chief John Solomon is out on assignment tonight, so I' to be taking you through tonight's show solo. Now, there is a massive problem here in the United States, and of course it deals with immigration. The fact that we have issues with our immigration system is not really all that surprising. President Trump won in large part by promising to clean up the open border policies of the Democrats, and he largely has. But those problems aren't the only ones we face, and that was highlighted very starkly yesterday. And in the last few weeks, as our country has seen, has been the victim of four Islamic terror attacks. One in Austin, another attempted one in New York City, a third in Virginia at Old Dominion University, and a fourth at a Michigan synagogue. And all four of these terror attacks have something in common. They were either attempted by naturalized citizens or the natural born children of immigrants. So what does that say about who we legally let into our country? I don't think it says anything good. And look, one of the big reasons why this is happening is because of what I explained in last night's monologue. Critical race theory has taken over a good segment of America's institutions and political thought. This ideology is so insidious because it tugs on the heartstrings of Americans all across our country. It says that we must feel guilty about the country's sometimes racist past, if you want to call it that. But it's not even it's not enough to feel guilty. We must actively make amends through things like DEI initiatives, affirmative action, and, yes, letting foreigners into the country who have no loyalty to our nation at all. Now, being able to immigrate to the United States is not a right. Okay? It's just not. But too often our political class acts like it is. And that is how we have wound up in this massive, massive dumpster Fire of a mess. Now take the gunman in the Old Dominion University shooting in Virginia, for example. Identified by law enforcement as Mohammed Jala, he was born in Sierra Leone in 1989, eventually immigrated here and was granted US citizenship. He then pled guilty to attempting to provide material support to isis. He reportedly admitted to trying to get the terror group to commit a domestic attack in his name by donating money. He was then sentenced to 11 years in prison, but was released early and obviously allowed to stay in the country. So how could that be? Why would our government allow that? Why was he given citizenship in the first place? And in Austin, a naturalized US citizen from Senegal killed multiple people in an attack on a local bar and he was granted citizenship despite prior arrests on his record. Not only that, the New York Post reports that he was let into the country in the year 2000 on a B2 tourist visa and was only allowed to remain here for 180 days. But despite that, he was apparently still here in 2006 when he got married to a US citizen and started working to get his green card. And the Michigan synagogue shooting suspect has been identified by authorities as 41 year old Ayman Muhammad Ghazali. Originally from Lebanon, he entered the United States in 2011 and obtained citizenship in 2016 and apparently lived in Dearborn, Michigan, a town that everyone knows is predominantly Muslim. And the alleged teen terrorists in the failed New York City bombing attack were natural born US citizens themselves, their parents having immigrated here from Afghanistan and Turkey respectively. So the government should really be questioning how all of these people have been let into the country and have been able to commit these atrocities. One, even after pleading guilty to aiding a terrorist group to help kill Americans. And it seems that conversation is finally happening here was Congressman Chip Roy earlier today. In the 1920s, we paused immigration for about 40 years. We pretty much had no real significant immigration.
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Nicholas Giordano
The reason was we needed to re
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establish the assimilation and melting pot. And by the way, that was with people who wanted to assimilate.
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Nicholas Giordano
We must pause immigration now. We must reassert American values on those who come here.
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We must stop moving people into the line to become citizens without knowing that they're coming here to assimilate. Now, will an immigration pause actually happen? It seems unlikely, but it does make a lot of sense. We have gone decades with not only letting illegal immigrants in uncontested at our southern border, but also granting US citizen citizenship to people who have absolutely no business getting in at all. Remember, this is a government who can't even agree with the majority of the American people on voter ID laws, even Republicans in their government can't agree on allowing non citizens to vote or at least not putting safeguards in place to make it much harder for illegals to vote. It is absolutely insane. And all of this is also happening while Democrats continue to keep the government partially closed by refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, whose job it is, among other things, to help stop the kind of terrorist attacks that we have seen in recent weeks. And why? Because apparently it is somehow racist to want to know who is in the country and also to make sure that only US Citizens are voting in our election. And that kind of thinking is what is doing the most damage to our country. All right, everybody. To talk about all of these things, I want to get to my first guest today. Joining us now, Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman. Congresswoman, thank you so much for being with us.
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Amanda Head
Thank you for having me again.
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Absolutely. And on this Friday, as we look back at the last 12 or 14 days or so and what has happened to this country, these attacks that are either being investigated or have already been designated terror attacks, there's a common thread, as I was talking about at the top of the show, the fact that these are either naturalized citizens or they are natural born citizens to naturalized parents who came from places like Lebanon and Afghanistan. So my question to you is, why is there that thread there? Have we missed something in our immigration standards and vetting what has gone so wrong?
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Amanda Head
I think there's a couple of things and one of them you just identified, which is I think we have missed some things, but I also think that we are ignoring the fact that throughout history we have expected people who immigrated here to become assimilated to the American culture. And I think over the last 30 years or so, there's been this idea that we no longer need to do that. And I think this is an example of the consequences of those kinds of bad policies. The reality is that the Iranian regime is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the entire world and has been for decades now. I was a junior in high school in 1979 with the Iranian revolution, and I remember it very, very well. And I've watched over the intervening 47 years as we, the entire world, has continued to tolerate a regime that not only punishes and destroys its own citizens, but has been willing to go out and wreak havoc throughout the world. I was just reading an article before I came on about the fact that even embedded within our oil and gas prices over the last several decades is almost a Terrorism tax, because we all know that the havoc that Iran can release. And I think one of the concerns that all of us have over what's happened in the last 12 days is to what extent are we potentially seeing sleeper cells activated by the Iranian regime or their allies, the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, any of those? These are people who truly hate America. And I think there's a population within the United States, even some within our higher education, who have been fostering those ideals and those ideas. And I think that it's very dangerous, and I think we're seeing the consequences of that.
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Well, and Congresswoman, emotionally speaking, I think that because of what you just said, that is why we are here. You've got a portion of our country that's bleeding heart, and I think that they feel that we should just let any and everyone in because of the sins of the past of our country, that, you know, we owe it to the world to let people in. But that's simply not the case. So on the emotional side, I think that where we are now is inevitable. On the legal side of things, have we not vetted well enough? Are we not. Are we not taking enough time? I know that especially, especially under Joe Biden, there were people pouring in, so there really wasn't enough time or resources to get it done. But some of these folks were naturalized in 2004 and 2009. So have we had gaps in. In the vetting and the standards for that long?
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Amanda Head
It's partly the vetting, but I also think it's this concept of toxic empathy, which is what you were talking about a moment ago from the standpoint of this emotional idea. But I think it's worse than that. I think it's this idea that there are people who, as I said, when we had large numbers of Italian immigrants or large number of immigrants from other parts of the world, we really did expect them to assimilate. And for some reason, with this population, we never have. So I think it's partly the vetting, but it's also the intervening activities that have happened since then. I mean, these are people, by every outward appearance, were highly successful in the United States, at least in terms of the housing that they lived in and those sorts of things. And yet we have these young men who have made the decision that they would rather act on behalf of. Well, I guess that they said that they were on behalf of isis, one of the most cruel and terrorist organizations in the history of the world, and that has somehow been filling their heads, whether it is with people who live here. It is what they're reading online. It is what they're being taught by their families, by what they're learning in their mosque. I think that we have to be asking those questions, and they are absolutely legitimate questions to ask. It isn't wrong to expect people who want to come here to understand our form of government. You made the comment about how we allegedly need to feel guilty for past sins. I think there are people who believe that, and I think that that's absolutely a failed concept from the standpoint of who and what we are. We fought a civil war to abolish slavery. We have the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We have done more to lift people out of poverty than any other country. We are a very compassionate society. We welcome people into our midst, and we also have a social safety net to make so that people are able to actually succeed in this country. And in exchange for that, the contract that we have with those people when we bring them here is we expect them to understand what we stand for as well, which is freedom and liberty and people having the right to protest and people even challenging whether we ought to be bringing in more people from Muslim countries. That's all part of the freedoms that we enjoy as American citizens. And we have the right to expect when people come here that they need to adopt our culture, they need to adopt our mores. They need to understand what our Constitution means, what the First Amendment means, what rights we have. They do not have the right to respond with this kind of terrorism and this kind of violence, yet, for somehow we have allowed this segment of society to embed itself with these absolutely abhorrent views of the world, and then acting out as we have seen, and killing innocent American citizens or attempting to kill innocent American citizens. And I think that it's partly the vetting, but I think it's also the follow up. To what extent are these people being radicalized right here in America?
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Absolutely. Gosh. Gone are the days of Ellis island, and more of our countrymen died to abolish slavery than any other country. So I think that our sins have been paid for. I want to ask you about something like the Pause Act. Chip Roy's got the Pause Act. Are we. Are we in such dire straits at this point where we need to pause all immigration, at least for right now, just a moratorium.
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Amanda Head
So one of the things that I think that we continuously have to be thinking about is how we can be more nimble when we're talking about something as important as immigration or even mass migration, which is what I think we've seen over the four years of the Biden administration, that wasn't immigration, that was mass migration done primarily illegally. And there's definitely a difference in. We can have that discussion at a later time. But we need to be more nimble. When things are changing on the world stage in the geopolitical realm, we need to be able to say now, wait a minute, maybe for right now, in light of the fact that we've got a war in the Middle east where we're attempting to take out really the state sponsor of terrorism and free the world from the stranglehold that they've had for 47 years, should we maybe be reconsidering what we're doing in terms of bringing people into this country? And then again, I'll use the word once again, and that is how do we best assimilate them into our society and into our culture and understanding who and what we are as Americans and what we expect of them. If they are going to come here again, I'll use the word, the word contract. We have a contract with each other. People who come here should also have a contract with us. And so I absolutely think that it is time to revisit how many people we're bringing in from what areas of the world. What is the expectation when they come here? Because people are coming here because they want our freedoms, they want our opportunities, they want to live in a safe and secure society, they want the stability of our long standing constitution and the rule of law. Yet we're seeing that they're coming here and they're rejecting that. And then we seem to be saying, well, but we can, we can keep bringing people in, we can bring in more of them and maybe they won't do bad things to us. We need to be able to be nimble enough to address the situations as they occur while at the same time looking at the long term plan of action of what kinds of immigrants should we be bringing in and what are our expectations of them?
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Absolutely spot on. Before I let you go, I want to ask you because there is a very hard conversation I think that needs to be had about the shutdown with respect to dhs. Obviously the FBI has its part, the intelligence community has its role in identifying sleeper cells and thwarting attacks like this. But Department of Homeland Security in the wake of 9 11, they play a role in this as well. And Democrats have them shut down in the name of ice, which has already been funded. So it's just grandstanding as far as I can tell. But do Democrats Bear some of the blame.
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Amanda Head
I think that they blame a lot of. They carry a lot of the blame. The fact is, when you attempt to hold the country hostage, especially in agencies such as Department of Homeland Security, because you don't like the existing laws on the books related to immigration, I think that you've got a really failed approach to how we govern in this country. And so, yes, I think that they are partly to blame, maybe for these. Not specifically. Or maybe specifically for these particular incidents, but it's the entire concept of having the Department of Homeland Security shut down during a period of time when we have the unrest and the issues going on in the Middle East. So, again, this is just failed governance. But we've seen this over and over again. We saw it in November when they held the country hostage for 45 days, and now they're doing it with this one particular agency. It's just a failed mechanism of government. It's almost like they're throwing a tantrum because we are enforcing our immigration laws for the first time in many, many years. And so, yeah, I really would like to see us go in, vote on that. Well, we already voted on it again last week funding the Department of Homeland Security. I'm hoping that they can get something dislodged in the Senate so that we can get some funding over there as well and get this to the president's desk.
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Show Host
I hope so. And I know that you have been a fighter for all of those initiatives. Congresswoman Harriet Hageman from the great state of Wyoming, always a joy and a blessing to have you with us tonight.
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Amanda Head
Thank you.
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Show Host
Thank you. All right, everybody, we're going to take a very quick break, but we'll be right back on the other side.
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Amanda Head
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Amanda Head
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Robert Joseph
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Welcome back, everybody, and Happy Friday. Since President Trump began his attacks on the Iranian regime in coordination with the Israelis, he's had one clear talking point. We will help take out the leadership, but it will be up to the people of Iran to actually take the country back. So are there any signs of that happening? Joining us now to discuss all of that is former US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. He was also the chief negotiator who helped persuade Libya's Muammar Gaddafi to abandon his weapons of mass destructionist programs. Ambassador Senator Robert Joseph. Sir, thank you so much for being here.
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Robert Joseph
Well, thank you for having me on your program.
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Show Host
Absolutely. I first want to just get your top line look at the Trump Administration, what it has done in coordination with Israel. This obviously has been a precipitation of past terrible policies, too much leniency when it comes to Iran, jcpoa. I mean, the list, it's a laundry list, list as long as my arm, of issues that have led to this point. But when it comes to what the United States has done and is doing, are they going about it the right way?
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Robert Joseph
Well, the regime in Tehran has been at war with the United States for the past 47 years, since its very inception, has killed hundreds of Americans, maybe thousands of Americans, from Beirut to Afghanistan and Iraq and around the world. Violence and murder are in the DNA of the regime. And that has not stopped, and it will not stop as long as this regime continues. Also in the DNA, and this is my specialty, is the nuclear program and their quest for a nuclear weapon. We know that President Trump had tried everything that he could to get a diplomatic, negotiated outcome. Previous presidents had done that. And you mentioned the jcpoa. They had done that, but they had practiced appeasement. They had actually provided resources to the regime, which they used to enhance their nuclear weapons program, to build ballistic missiles, to support terrorism both directly and through their proxies. President Trump took a different route. He said, we have to have an effective agreement, and the regime rejected that. And as a consequence, the president is really left with a simple choice. I mean, you can confront Iraq now or Iran now, or you can confront Iran later, perhaps, when it has a nuclear weapon. And that should be a choice for any American president.
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Show Host
I want to ask you, I want to stay on the nuclear issue for a moment, because Iran's. They put it on their billboard that they want nuclear so that they can have cheap energy, which is a problem within itself, because then that gives them. It gives a malevolent regime more leverage on the world stage. But putting that aside, because I think everyone knows that that's not the case, that it's not just for clean energy through nuclear. Was there anything that the Trump administration or the Biden administration or Obama administration or anyone before that, was there anything that. That they could have offered up to Iran to keep them true to their word, that it really was only for energy?
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Robert Joseph
Well, Iran is a country that is literally floating on oil. So one has to question this notion of nuclear. For nuclear energy, for peaceful nuclear energy, which. Which they have, of course, proclaimed from the beginning. The real mistake here, the real mistake was to allow them to enrich. For many years, the United States had taken the position that they could not enrich because enrichment is the camel's nose under the table. I mean there's just under the tent. There's just no question that once we allowed them to enrich, they would continue to cheat and to enrich further and further with more and more centrifuges to the point where they were enriching up to 60% in terms of the enrichment level of the uranium, which is not far at all from weapons grade. And now, as you, as you know, they are telling us, and they told this to our negotiators most recently, that they have enough enriched uranium for several nuclear weapons. This is all about nuclear weapons. It's always been about nuclear weapons. It's not about peaceful energy. Even though they have used that line in order to gain support from outside and to mask their, their program as they move forward, both overtly and covertly.
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Show Host
I want to ask you about the weapons that they have at this point. The administration, our administration has indicated that their strikes have become less frequent. Does that tell you that they are running out?
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Robert Joseph
Well, thanks to the men and women in uniform who have done an absolutely phenomenal job once again in achieving the military objectives. There's no question that the ballistic missile capability, the drone capability has decreased dramatically over 90% in some categories. And I think that will continue to decrease. But one has to always anticipate that they will have a capability to, to retaliate in some form. The Navy's been destroyed, the Air Force has been destroyed. They have very little left except for the residual ballistic missile and drone capability. And the administration has also made very clear that one of the military objectives is going after not only the launchers and the missiles and drones themselves, but the industrial capabilities, the defense industrial capability. And I think again, our uniform services are doing a tremendous job in degrading that capability. And that will have an impact not just immediately but for the, for the next several years.
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Show Host
That's a great point. I want to ask you. There is an Iranian opposition network that claims that it has these resistance units that have carried out, out, I think 31 coordinated attacks on regime targets across Tehran, in, across Iran, in Tehran and Mashad, a number of cities. There is that bluster. And who are, who are these resistance units?
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Robert Joseph
Well, this is war. And with war you always have the fog of war. You always have a great deal of information, a great deal of misinformation and a great deal of disinformation as well. The MEK has had a long term presence inside Iran as well as outside Iran. The MEK I think, has stated that they have these resistance units and there's a significant degree of evidence that these units are attacking the symbols and the centers of power of the regime. I think what is needed is for the people of Iran to rise up. In fact, the President has talked about regime change. Not with US boots on the ground. That's not what anyone's talking about. But to provide the Iranian people the ability to cast off this nightmarish regime that they've lived under for almost 50 years. And I think the MEK may be that spark along with what the United States and the Israeli strikes are doing to get the people to turn out. But this is not an easy thing. I mean, in January, the regime mass murdered about, we're told, over 30,000 individuals who were out protesting. The regime has said most recently that anyone who protests is going to be killed in the streets. And the regime has the guns. So whether it's the IRGC or the Basij or other elements of their power structure, they have the guns, but the people have to rise up if they're going to free themselves of this, of this scourge.
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Show Host
Before I let you go, Mr. Ambassador, when it comes to the people of Iran rising up, you know, we've seen some of these starts to uprisings in my lifetime, at least a few times. But this one seems to be very, very real and active and aggressive. And it seems to me that this is the best chance they've had maybe in 47 years. Do you see it that way?
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Robert Joseph
I do. And I think it's now or never, quite frankly, for, for the overthrow of the regime. Let me just say one other thing about the mek. The MEK has been the number one enemy of the regime, defined as such by the regime. And the reason is that this is, this is an organized force that's capable of inspiring the Iranian people to achieve freedom, achieve democracy. And that is, that is a message that the regime cannot tolerate.
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Don't I know that they have been the number one enemy? Because anytime I have someone on the show from NCRI who has an assault association with mek, I get all of these Iranian tyrants on my Twitter feed. People, you know, coming on with all sorts of spam and stuff. It's absolutely ridiculous. So you are, you are spot on with that. Mr. Ambassador. Robert Joseph, thanks so much for being with us tonight.
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Robert Joseph
Thank you very much. Very best.
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Show Host
Absolutely. It was a pleasure. Yes, same. Same to you. All right, everybody, Next we're going to talk about securing our elections from one of the most important places to do it, Georgia. That's right after for this break.
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Bobby Charles
it's Bobby Bones from the Bobby Bones Show. You know Eddie and I recently stopped by. Yeah in Nashville. It's an incredible non profit empowering kids through music education. Thanks to Hyundai. We recorded a special podcast episode while we were there. Check it out.
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Show Host
What's the dream for?
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Bobby Charles
Yeah, in the next few years we
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would love to have more consistent programming during the weekend. Our Rock Block program is dependent on funding venues that are available to host band based programming. We would love to extend the camp to a second consecutive week so that kids can go a little bit deeper into what they've created during the first week camp. And we'd love to expand our programming to offer more industry related skills like audio, lighting, production, recording so that kids can be on a track to see where what they may create with an instrument can lead, but also to welcome those that may not want to be on stage but lack the opportunity at school to have an entry point into music.
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Bobby Charles
The full episode is out now presented by the Hyundai Ioniq 9. To donate and learn more about Yah's mission just visit yahrocks.org When I was
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They're here. Welcome back, everybody. As President Trump's military campaign against Iran continues, lawmakers here at home are also focused on a different battle. Restoring election integrity, strengthening voter ID laws, and defending the Constitution. So what are states doing to push back against threats to our founding principles and put those priorities back, front and center? Joining me to discuss this and more is Georgia state senator and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Greg Dolezag. Senator, thanks so much for being with us.
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Greg Dolezal
Amanda, good to see you. Thanks for having me.
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Show Host
I want to ask you about Georgia and the men and women of your state who serve in our armed forces, because there are bases all over the state of Georgia. I believe Georgia has either more than any other other state or it's. It's quite up there. When it comes to our men and women in service and their sentiment towards this war, are you getting the sense that they are supporting it? And, I mean, we obviously all want it to be done quickly, but as my last guest was talking about, it kind of feels like this is now or never when it comes to Iran.
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Greg Dolezal
I do. You know, one thing where none of us are privileged to is kind of what the classified briefings are. So I trust the president and know that this is not something that he wanted to do unless it was absolutely necessary. And so for us to stand behind our men and women as they're executing this attack mission is exactly what all Americans should be doing. It's crazy to watch, you know, Governor Newsom come out and criticize these men and women for getting fed steak and lobster once a week. You know, it just seems like the Democrats can't, can't help themselves but criticizing our troops. And it always seems to come many times of difficulty in war and conflict. And so. So, yeah, I do get the sense that a, we want this to be done as quickly as possible. I don't think anybody wants to see boots on the ground. But obviously we trust our commander in chief to protect this country. And he said that we had imminent threats coming from there. And to me, he's earned the right to have our trust.
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Show Host
Absolutely. I want to ask you about the Democrat shutdown of dhs, all in the name of them opposing President Trump's immigration policies and the deportation agenda. I don't know if they missed the memo that ICE has already been funded. So grandstanding on DHS is pretty, pretty ineffective when it comes to that part of their disagreement. But DHS is very effective when it comes to thwarting attacks here at home. And when I was a wee thing in the 90s, I remember going to the Olympics in Atlanta, Atlanta and the state of Georgia is fully capable of, of handling large events like this. But I mean, God forbid this DHS shutdown continue into the FIFA World cup, which is happening in July. You've got games happening there in Georgia. Are you worried?
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Greg Dolezal
We are worried. I'm not only worried about the World Cup, I'm worried about the fact that we've had multiple terrorist attacks just in the last week right here on American soil. And frankly, Congress should be back in session immediately and fully funding DHS and every security apparatus that is designed to protect Americans. It's shameful, the idea that the lines are obviously an inconvenience. Right. But the idea that it could cost people's lives is what is really disgusting and frankly is political malpractice on behalf of the Democrats. They always try to find these ways to make constituents and citizens feel the pain, whether it's shutting down national parks, whether it's not funding DHS now and ensuring that these security lines are really long. And Meanwhile, we've got 18 year olds lobbying IEDs at the feet of NYPD. We've got people driving through the front door of a synagogue and we've got someone taking up arms against an ROTC classroom in Old Dominion yesterday. And it's just they are certainly derelict in their duty and what they should be doing to protect the American citizens
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Show Host
absolutely Senator, I want to ask you about the state of Georgia and the state of election integrity in Georgia, because after the 2020 election, Georgia did a pretty bang up job of securing elections. And it was probably the umpteenth time that Democrats claimed Jim Crow 2.0. And then we found out after the election that there were record numbers in voting, including among black Georgians. So it obviously was not Jim Crow 2.0. That bill, I think, did a lot. I don't think that it went far enough. I think a lot of states are still way far behind that. But you've got Democrats in the Senate and some Republicans who refuse to pass the Save America act, which basically lays out a lot of things that Americans and I know Georgians do, too. They already support.
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Greg Dolezal
Yeah, common sense provisions. Amanda. I actually brought a save amendment here to the Georgia Senate. So got tired of waiting on the US Senate to pass the Save America Act. President Trump's been working hard to get that done. So I did the exact same thing with local legislation. Here is going to be a constitutional amendment to change the Georgia Constitution. And just say two things, two things. One, only American citizens can vote in our elections. And two, you've got to show a photo ID when you're going to vote. And every single Democrat in the Georgia state Senate voted against it. So they have no leg to stand on anymore when it comes to election integrity. It is very clear, and I talked about this on the floor of the Senate. They want illegal citizens voting in our elections. They're already doing it in California by law, in local elections. That's where they want to start in Georgia as well. And we're trying to stop them by changing the Constitution. So if they ever do take power, they can't change the law. But they, man, they're locked down. This is something that the Democrat Party is fully committed to. They're committed to the lie that the 2020 election was the most secure election here in Georgia history, which is demonstrably false. But they're really locked down now on this idea that they've got to preserve the ability for illegal citizens to vote in Georgia. And once again, this is just something like you said, it's an 8515 issue. The bulk of the Americans are with us and the Democrat parties is dragging their heels on it.
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Show Host
Well, when you look at the Democrats argument, I can't remember if it was blm, Bureau of Land Management or maybe it was Department of Interior, but one of them put out a recent, recent updated forestry map. And I just happened to notice because Georgia is next to my home state of Alabama, that Georgia has a huge part of its state that is forestry. So you've got a large part of Georgia that is rural. And Democrats argument is that people in rural areas don't have access to the type of paperwork that they would need, which is really what you need to get into Costco, to get into a liquor store, to get on a plane, anything. Does that, does that argument fly with Georgians?
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Greg Dolezal
No. I mean, it's laughable. Look, people have to have an ID to function in normal, everyday life here in America. You know, first they say that Minorities can't get IDs, now they're saying that rural people may not have access to a copy machine. They pretend like we're living in the stone Ages if we aren't living in their rich country club neighborhoods or something like that. But you ask the average Georgian, they think it's laughable. And here's the thing, Amanda, it's not that people don't want to show an id. They do want to show an id and they want to ensure that their vote counts. And it is in no way diluted by someone else coming in and doing same day registration, which is something we've got Democrats campaigning here in Georgia. The idea that you can just walk into a polling place on the day of an election, register to vote without an id. They want to bring every Californian policy here to Georgia. But yeah, this blaming rural Georgia for their stand against voter id, as if they're taking a stand for the farmer and the forestry guys, it's just laughable. And, and voters see through it. And frankly, I think that the Democrats know this is a losing issue for them, but they know that the consequences of moving to photo id, ensuring that we have secure elections, frankly, is probably going to cause them to lose some elections and so they're willing to die on the Hill.
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Show Host
Tell everybody where they can find your campaign website.
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Greg Dolezal
Dolezal for X on Dolezal for GA, I should say on X. And Gregdolazzol.com is the website perfect.
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Show Host
Georgia state Senator and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Greg Dolezal. Greg, great to see you.
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Greg Dolezal
You as well.
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Show Host
All right, everybody, more for you coming up on the other side of this break. Welcome back, everybody. As we have discussed throughout the entire show tonight, the president recently warned of Iranian sleeper cells, but he also says that we know where most of them are. We've got our eye on them. So what does that mean for our national security? Especially as we have just seen two terror attacks happen just Yesterday. Joining us to put all of this in perspective is former naval intelligence officer, former Assistant Secretary of State, AMAC national spokesman, and now the leading candidate for governor of Maine. How lucky Maine would be to have him, Bobby Charles. Bobby, great to see you.
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Bobby Charles
Amanda, it's always great to be with you.
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Show Host
Likewise. All right, I want to hit on something that I've been talking about throughout the show, and it pertains to sleeper cells. But I think that when it comes to these most recent attacks, these four in Austin, New York, Michigan and Virginia, there is a commonality that is that they are either naturalized citizens or they are natural born citizens to naturalized parents from places like Lebanon. Is there an issue with our immigration system? Have we allowed the vetting and the standards for candidates for citizenship to just completely fall off? How, how is this possible that 4 out of 4 attacks that we've seen in the last 12 days all have that commonality?
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Bobby Charles
You know, you put, you put your finger on a very important.
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Show Host
All right, everybody, we're just going to break in because President Trump is gaggling at Joint Base Andrews.
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Amanda Head
Here it is,
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Robert Joseph
Mr. President.
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Show Host
On the, on the Save act.
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Robert Joseph
If leaders thune cannot whip up the Republican support to either nuke the filibuster, reopen the government and pass the CSA act, or somehow it's not called the
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Show Host
SAVE act, it's called the Save America Act. You're right, sir. Do you think if leader th can't accomplish that?
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Robert Joseph
Do you think Senate needs a new leader?
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Donald Trump
Well, it's certainly a very popular thing. I don't think there's ever been a bill that's more popular than the Save America Act. It's voter id, it's proof of sick citizenship. It's things that are so popular. No men and women sports, no transgender mutilization of our children. So many different things. It's so good. No running around with the mail in ballot nonsense that's gone on for so long that no other country does. No other country. We're going to clean up our elections. I don't think I've ever been involved in any, anything that's had the support of the Save America Act. So we'll see what happens.
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Bobby Charles
How frequently are you speaking with Prime
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Amanda Head
Minister Netanyahu and are your objectives the
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Donald Trump
same in terms of ending the war? Well, I think they might be a little different. I guess, you know, they're different country than we are. But he will tell you there's never been a power like the power of the United States. I built our military in my first term. Continue to do so. But I've built our military and rebuilt it. It was in bad shape, just like the wall, just like the border, just like everything else in our country, it was all in bad shape. But I rebuilt the military in my first term, and we're using it in this term to, you know, really, for the sake of good, for the sake of peace, and for the sake of safety and good. I speak to him a lot.
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Amanda Head
How long now do you think the
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Show Host
war is likely to last?
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Donald Trump
I can't tell you that. I mean, I have my own idea, but what good does it do? It'll be as long as it's necessary. They've been decimated, the countries. Their country's in bad shape. The whole thing is collapsing. If you read some of the fake news, it's like, oh, they're doing wonderfully. They're not doing wonderfully. They're doing the opposite. They're doing as bad as you can have. I would say this. I won't give you your time, but we're way ahead of schedule. And can you comment on generally. We're way ahead of schedule. I can't.
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Robert Joseph
Sir, you made a post about Claudia Sheinbaum refusing your help in Mexico.
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Amanda Head
What.
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Robert Joseph
What's your plan with Mexico?
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Donald Trump
Well, she should not have refused my help. I offered to get rid of the cartels in Mexico, and so some reason, she doesn't want to do that. I like her very much, but she should get rid of the cartels because the cartels are. Whether we like it or not, the cartels are running Mexico. We can't have that. Thank you. Thank you.
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Show Host
All right, everybody. That was a short but sweet gaggle by the President of the United States. He is, of course, boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews. We are going to dip back into our program that we took out to go to President Trump. We are returning to Bobby Charles. These are events that if there are sleeper cells in this country, that's exactly the kind of thing that they would target. And I know this because I was alive when the Olympics happened in Atlanta. I was talking to my last guest about this, and I remember when there was a bomb threat in Atlanta.
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Bobby Charles
Well, I go back and I remember the Olympics in which radicals killed a large part of the Jewish team many, many, many years ago. And I will just tell you, we are living in fraught times. And for these people, these Democrats, and I include state level Democrats and federal level Democrats, not to understand that law enforcement is a very, very, very thin blue line between total chaos and the preservation of order or to understand that and then act irresponsibly, imagining that by attacking law enforcement, they advance their own political cause is, I don't, you know, I look for words. It's anti American, it's anti constitutional, it's reckless, it's against the public interest, it's against public safety. And it needs to stop.
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Show Host
Bobby, before I let you go, I have to brag on you a little bit because when it comes to this Governor, Governor's race in Maine, you are leading by double digits in all four major polls. You have almost four thousand small dollar donors across the state. You're getting Democrats to the, to register as Republicans. You've got 4,000 signatures when you only needed 2,000. I mean, this is absolutely, you're, you're running away with it. I don't want to jinx you, but things are going very, very well for you. It seems to me that the people of Maine are finally ready for some Bobby Charles style common sense.
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Amanda Head
Yeah.
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Bobby Charles
What a beautiful boy. I don't even know what to say there, Amanda. That's a beautiful lead in. Look, two things really. One, what you just said there is absolutely true. Mainers are ready for a return to Norman Rockwell values, to the idea that common sense actually does have a place in our civic society and in our day to day lives. And actually the opposite of common sense is just going to take us down a rabbit hole. We're going to have to climb back out again. And we're doing it. We're already having to climb out. We're ready for that big change in Maine. And those indicators that you just described are exactly right. And they are the indicators that show there's going to be an incredible wave here. I believe it'll pull the House, the Senate, it'll give us the constitutional officers and the governorship, which will allow me in turn to change out the Supreme Court and go after some of these Soros funded DAs in Maine. There is a moment where people say I've had it. I've just had it. I can't put up with this anymore. The high taxes, the high drug trafficking rates, the disintegration of the schools and the fraud in every state government entity.
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Show Host
Former Assistant Secretary of State, AMAC national spokesman and now leading candidate for governor of Maine, Bobby Charles. Thanks so much for being with us tonight. Great to see you.
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Bobby Charles
Thank you, Amanda. Truly appreciate it.
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Show Host
Likewise. All right, everybody, coming up next, what can be done to combat anti American rhetoric in schools? That and more after the break. Welcome back, everybody. Lawmakers suggest that our adversaries are using financial contributions to push anti American sentiment in our school. So here's a question. What can be done to get education back on track? Statistics show that only 13% of 8th graders perform at or above a proficient level in American history. So joining us now to discuss this and more, professor of political science, the host of the PAS Report podcast, and a fellow at Campus Reform's Higher Education Fellowship, Nicholas Giordano. Returning to the show. Nicholas, great to see you.
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Nicholas Giordano
Always a pleasure to join you.
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Show Host
All right, that statistic about eighth graders who know, or I should say don't know, American history, maybe that's how we got here.
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Nicholas Giordano
Yeah, that's definitely a big reason. And it's not limited to eighth graders because when they get into the college level, they still don't know about our government, how our government functions, or civics. I give my students the citizenship exam every single semester. And this year, so in January, as schools, high schools and middle schools were shutting down to engage in anti ICE protests, only a handful out of nearly 200 students were able to pass a very basic citizenship exam that asked questions like name one of the two senators from New York state, who is the speaker of the House, which branch of government has the power to declare war. So this is indicative of our entire society. And the problem that we have here in the United States goes well beyond our classrooms. Because if the people of our country don't know it, don't understand it, don't understand our history or how the government operates, how are we gonna survive? We're not a country that has 2,000 years of a shared history. We don't have a shared culture, shared customs, shared traditions. We're a credal nation. What links us together is the tenets of the American creed through the Declaration of Independence. It's the love of liberty and concepts like limited government, the personal responsibility that we have within the system and to civically engage the appropriate way. So if we don't know the very basics of our country, what's actually holding us and linking us together? And the reality is nothing. And this is very dangerous because at the same time, we're seeing this anti Americanism being introduced into schools, that campus reform, we report on it at the college and university level, but now it's filtered down through the K through 12 system as well. So it's a really dangerous time.
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Show Host
Yeah, well, all of those statistics and questions that you rattled off, I sure as sugar know them now, but in eighth grade, I don't think I knew them either. So that tells me that this has Been a problem for a lot longer.
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Nicholas Giordano
Absolutely. And I could guarantee you if I went into a shopping mall or a grocery store with the same citizenship test, I'd get similar results. Older people may know a couple more questions, but not as many. They would not be able to pass as well. And. And when we're examining it, I asked my students just last week, what does it mean to be American? What makes us American? And I was met with silence. Nobody could answer that question. There was no debate. Nobody even attempted to. And that's my concern. You have states like Virginia and New York trying to introduce and make it mandatory that schools teach about January 6th and the political narratives into January 6th. Yet these students don't even know the basic structure of government. So we see ideologues have replaced teachers in the classroom. We see an agenda. The agenda is clear, and it's the American people that are funding this $1.5 trillion a year if we take federal, state, and local level spending on education, and the results are a disaster. But it goes beyond the classroom. And I think that's the important thing. As these students grow up, they enter and they become the policymakers, the leaders in business, the leaders in medicine, the lawyers. And when you have a system where people are taught to have disdain for that system, they will begin to dismantle it. And isn't that kind of exactly what we're seeing in places like New York and places like Illinois, places like Minnesota? So we're seeing the effects of a failed education system today. And even Republicans that haven't been appropriately taught, they may love the country, they have a genuine love of the country. But how can you defend if you don't know what you're defending?
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Show Host
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Nicholas, I think there's a laundry list of things that we could say define Americanism. It is rugged individualism. It is an obsession with liberty. It is a healthy skepticism of government. It is a. An entrepreneurial grit. I mean, so many things. But. Nicholas Giordano, it's always a pleasure having you with us. Thanks for being here tonight, and everybody will be back on Monday.