Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head, March 23rd, 2026

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head

Podcast: Real America’s Voice – iHeartPodcasts
Episode Date: March 23, 2026
Hosts: John Solomon, Amanda Head
Special Guests: Rep. Mark Harris (NC), Ambassador Vlad Kolminski (Moldova), Tim Mooney (Ballot Initiatives), Sam Mierjovsky (Legal Expert & Commentator)
Main Theme:
A comprehensive discussion of U.S. national security and foreign policy crises, the impact of crime and immigration on American cities, the geopolitical landscape in Eastern Europe, ballot initiatives influencing the 2026 midterms, the realities of communism in Cuba, and contesting mainstream media narratives.

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1. Opening Theme and Overview

John Solomon and Amanda Head open by situating listeners in a time of mounting global and domestic tensions:

• International: Threat of U.S.-Iran conflict over the Strait of Hormuz; confusion over U.S.–Iranian backchannel diplomacy.
• Domestic: Crime and immigration concerns spotlighted by a tragic incident in Chicago, and the contentious government shutdown affecting Homeland Security.
• U.S. Politics: Ballot initiatives likely to influence midterm turnout, especially around gender issues in sports and election security.

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2. The Iran Crisis: ‘Divide and Conquer’ Diplomacy

[03:09-06:19]

• Trump’s Ultimatum: President Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz or face U.S. strikes on power plants; later delays action for five days citing ongoing talks (though Iran publicly denies negotiations).
• Internal Divides in Iran:
  • Solomon notes a rift: “You got the IRGC and the hardliners… More civilian like leaders, including those in the parliament, realizing it's a futile cause to try to keep up the war with the United States.” (05:58)
• Media & Propaganda:
  • Trump suggests Iran needs “better public relations people.” (04:38)
  • The hosts suggest U.S. is leveraging divisions within the Iranian regime to its advantage.

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3. Crime, Immigration, and the Government Shutdown

[06:19-13:12]

• Chicago Tragedy:
  • Amanda highlights the killing of Sheridan Gorman by an illegal immigrant, framing it as indicative of “dangers of blue state policies related to crime and illegal immigration.” (06:20-07:55)
  • Critique of local Democratic responses, especially Gov. J.B. Pritzker: “Instead of working with the administration to crack down on illegal immigration, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker criticized the Trump administration… but he didn’t go into detail about what those efforts would actually be.” (06:54)
  • “Democrats can’t acknowledge that the illegal aliens that came in on their watch are responsible for this mayhem, this incredible loss of human life.” – John Solomon (08:36)

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4. Interview: Rep. Mark Harris on Security, Shutdown & the Iran Threat

[09:33-18:19]

• Human Toll of Immigration Policy:
  • Harris: “It isn’t just statistics… these are real human lives… being chronically affected by this scourge of illegal aliens and the crime that they’re committing.” (09:37)
  • Democrats repeatedly refusing to fund DHS; links border insecurity to tragedies.
  • Amanda: “If you’re spending four hours in the TSA line, find a Democrat and thank them… that’s exactly where this lies.” (11:41)
• Missile Attack & Iran’s Capabilities:
  • U.S. intelligence underestimated Iran’s missile reach; now European capitals feel threatened.
  • Harris: “It took President Trump, who recognized that this was a critical moment… And now over the weekend, when you see a missile flying that far… more people are coming to the table.” (13:39-15:44)
  • Praises Trump’s coalition-building among Arab states.
• Electoral and Economic Impacts:
  • Polling shows Republican (MAGA) support solidified behind Trump’s Iran policy.
  • Harris acknowledges concerns over gas and food prices tied to the conflict: “Americans understand that sometimes there’s got to be short term pain in order for there to be long term consequences for the good.” (16:16)
  • “We all want it to be over with, but… this is going to be a very important moment in history to change the landscape of the Middle East.” (17:47)

Memorable Quote:

• “For 47 years, we’ve been talking about something needed to be done to the number one state sponsor of terrorism. And finally, it took President Trump…” – Mark Harris (14:36)

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5. Eastern Europe Spotlight: Moldova & Ukraine with Ambassador Vlad Kolminski

[22:17-32:03]

• Spillover from Ukraine War: Moldovan water supplies threatened by oil spills from Russian military actions; Moldova in a ‘state of emergency.’
  • Kolminski: “That river provides approximately 80% of our water supply… war needs to be brought to a close as fast as possible, or it will engulf more and more countries.” (23:01)
• Russian Influence & Domestic Resilience:
  • “Russia is trying to… re-include us into their sphere of influence… that failed. And now we’ve got an ecological disaster on our hands.” (23:54)
  • Moldova’s rapid reduction of energy dependence from Russia (“from 100% to zero” in four years). (27:46)
• Prospects for Peace:
  • Kolminski: “Very few people actually believe that this is going to be long lasting peace. It’s probably going to be a ceasefire and… that would be good enough.” (24:26)
    Salutes U.S. for deterring Russia’s expansion.
• Iran, Russia, China Axis:
  • Amanda calls it a “three-headed beast”; Kolminski observes: “Russia is an empire on the retreat… holding on to the war in Ukraine in the hope of restoring its former imperial glory… It’s a different world.” (30:36)
  • On Iranian missile capability: “Absolutely… it shocked everybody.” (31:56)

Memorable Moment:

• On independence and Russian dominance:
  • “It is difficult to keep a country within your grip if a country doesn’t want it. And I think that’s what Russia needs to understand… it’s over.” – Vlad Kolminski (29:39)

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6. Ballot Initiatives & the 2026 Midterms with Tim Mooney

[35:45-43:31]

• Women’s Sports Protection Initiatives:
  • Mooney: Initiatives on the ballot in Maine, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada to restrict girls’ sports to ‘biological females,’ designating male, female, or co-ed teams.
  • Democratic voters support these measures (up to 57% in AZ), but “not a single elected Democrat in any of the four states” has endorsed them. (37:42)
• Impact on Turnout & Elections:
  • These issues are “in the 90s amongst Republicans… high 80s being strongly in favor…If you’re looking for an issue that our base voters are going to say I’ve got to get to the polls for this, this is the issue.” (38:53)
  • Mooney: “When we win these things at the ballot, we’re not just going to change the laws… we’re going to kill this issue in America… politicians will finally get this.” (39:18)
• Other Upcoming Ballot Issues:
  • Voter ID; “Children are Not For Sale” (life penalty for child sex trafficking); prohibition of sex change surgeries for minors—all on CO and AZ ballots.

Notable Quote:

• “What this is, is like having a hand grenade. We’ll hold the pin. They get the rest of the grenade.” – Tim Mooney (42:39)

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7. The Realities of Communism: Cuba, American Perception, and Media Narratives with Sam Mierjovsky

[46:15-54:25]

• Cuba in Focus:
  • Amanda critiques U.S. leftists traveling to Cuba: “Quite pitiful… phrases like the warmth of collectivism. And you look at Cuba… definitely not a hospitable environment.” (47:26)
  • Mierjovsky’s family fled Czechoslovakia; he recalls its collapse:
    • “What I saw was horrifying… a country that was once very wealthy, destroyed over 45 years by a communist regime.” (47:46)
    • Teachers and professors in the U.S. insisted his lived experience was “not real.”
• Narratives Collapsing:
  • Mierjovsky ties in Iran’s newfound missile reach, suggesting media and establishment narratives “keep getting debunked in the era of Trump.” (50:17)
• Socialism’s Allure to Youth:
  • “It’s young affluent people… that tend to support a regime like that… You look at Hassan Piker, he’s got… $1300 Cartier sunglasses that would literally take a Cuban nine years of their salary…” (52:23)
  • The problem is “they don’t learn history… the gatekeepers… are all by and large huge leftists and so they whitewash this and they make excuses.” (53:11)
• Capitalism’s Value:
  • “Never has a system done more… to lift people up out of poverty… than capitalism.” (53:39)

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8. Election Security & ICE, Responding to Media Opposition

[56:48-61:38]

• Left’s Changing Tone on Immigration Enforcement:
  • Amanda: “Now that ICE is helping to truncate the line for her at TSA, all of a sudden TSA is not so bad.” (57:55)
• Voter ID Debates:
  • Rep. Steve Cohen claims the Save America Act would “make it harder to get [ID]… most difficult for people who are less likely to vote for Trump.” (58:47)
  • John Solomon: “I don’t know anyone that doesn’t have an id. Right. This is one of the greatest red herrings I’ve ever seen.” (59:31)
• Trump’s Appointments:
  • Panel discusses confidence in Sen. Markwayne Mullin for DHS (post-Mayorkas era).
  • “He’ll be just as effective as Kristi Noem… but maybe with a little less drama and a little bit less flair…” – John Solomon (60:36)
  • Trump credited for brokering a reconciliation between Sen. Mullin and Teamsters’ Shawn O’Brien.

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9. Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Iran:
  • “Maybe Iran needs a new PR firm. I don’t know who’s going to take that job.” – John Solomon (04:58)
  • “It took President Trump… to get a united front of those Arab countries fighting with the United States and Israel standing against Iran.” – Mark Harris (15:14)
• On Ballot Initiatives:
  • “If you’re spending four hours in the TSA line, find a Democrat and thank them for all the experience that they’re giving you there.” – Mark Harris (11:41)
• On Communism:
  • “The most shocking part… was… teachers and professors try to tell me that what I saw wasn’t real… whitewash this and make excuses.” – Sam Mierjovsky (47:46, 53:11)
• On Media Narratives:
  • “This is a self-correction for the mainstream media.” – John Solomon (58:10)

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10. Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:09] — Opening discussion on Iran crisis and Trump’s ultimatum
• [06:19] — Chicago crime/immigration case and “blue state” policy criticism
• [09:33] — Interview with Rep. Mark Harris on DHS funding, Iran, and U.S. security
• [13:39] — Iran’s missile capabilities and global consequences
• [22:17] — Moldova’s Ambassador Vlad Kolminski on Ukraine war spillover
• [27:46] — Moldova’s shift away from Russian energy
• [35:45] — Tim Mooney discusses ballot initiatives and their electoral impact
• [46:15] — Sam Mierjovsky counters the romance of communism
• [56:48] — Media narratives on ICE, voter ID, and Trump appointments

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11. Tone & Style

Sharp, direct, and often sardonic; hosts and guests employ memorable analogies and plainspoken rhetoric. The perspective is highly critical of Democratic leadership and mainstream media; foreign policy is viewed through the lens of American strength and demystifying “official” narratives.

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12. Conclusion

This episode provides a sweeping look at American conservatism’s priorities in 2026: national security and border integrity, support for traditional values (notably in schools and women’s sports), skepticism toward government and media narratives, and embracing a robust, internationalist U.S. role. Deep concerns are voiced about “blue state” policy failures, the dangers of leftist ideology abroad and at home, and the cultural-destabilizing influence of socialism. The show stresses the import of direct democracy via ballot initiatives in driving the 2026 midterms and gives listeners talking points for challenging the prevailing narratives on foreign threats and domestic issues.

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[Amanda Headley]

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[John Solomon]

Good evening, America. Happy Monday. And welcome to the latest edition of JUST THE news. No noise. I'm your host John Solomon, reporting as always from the Nation's capital, Washington, D.C. the news surrounding the war in Iran is picking up even more, if you can believe it, with a flurry of headlines all throughout the day today. But it started this weekend with President Trump declaring Saturday night that if Iran didn't open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, he would target power plants inside the country. That got a lot of people's attention. He then announced early this morning that the United States had begun engaging with Iran over the last two days. He concluded by saying that he has instructed Department of War to postpone any strikes against Iranian power plants for five days to see if they could get a deal finally completed. Well, that sent the media spinning because the answers from an Iranian regime spokesman to those comments was complete denial, saying the Iranians weren't speaking to President Trump at all and that Iran was still seeking, quote, punishment from its aggressors, namely Israel and the United States. However, President Trump notably did not identify in his original post who he's negotiating with. And he told reporters that person the administration was speaking with was not new Iranian Supreme Leader Mataba Khamenei, but someone else he believed who held actual authority. My sources say it could be one of the leaders in the Iranian Parliament. Now, as for Iran's comments denying any kind of negotiations, well, the president, he had this to say. Mr. President, Iran's foreign ministry says you're

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not telling the truth when it comes to productive conversations.

[John Solomon]

To end the world, they're going to

[Vlad Kolminski]

have to get themselves better public relations people.

[John Solomon]

We have had very, very strong talks.

[Vlad Kolminski]

We'll see where they lead.

[John Solomon]

We have points of major points of agreement. I would say almost all points of agreement.

[Tim Mooney]

Perhaps that hasn't been conveyed.

[Mark Harris]

The communication, as you know, has been blown to pieces.

[John Solomon]

They're unable to talk to each other, but we've had very strong talks, very strong talks. And maybe Iran needs a new PR firm. I don't know who's going to take that job. That's going to be a tough job. Amanda, it's pretty clear now that what you're seeing is the Iranian regime is beginning to diverge from each other. You got The IRGC and the hardliners still trying to pursue war and thinking they can beat this. And more civilian like leaders, including those in the parliament, realizing it's a futile cause to try to keep up the war with the United States. Sounds like the president is dividing and may maybe eventually conquering. My sources tell me that it was someone in parliament that they were talking with. That's interesting because that's the civilian leadership elected by Iranian people.

[Amanda Headley]

Absolutely. Yeah. And also I see the president got my memo about cornflower blue. He had the cornflower blue tie today.

[John Solomon]

Look at that. Yeah. You and I dressed up the same today.

[Amanda Headley]

It's great to hear that there are different factions because I think for so many Americans, they think that there only is the tyrannical regime.

[John Solomon]

That's right.

[Amanda Headley]

And ultimately it will be the cooler heads who prevail. And if we are able to knock out the Ayatollah and if the Iranian people are able to bring someone else to power, that's going to be, you know, those types of options are the best thing for their country going forward because it's clear they can't trust anyone within the regime or even two, three or four concentric circles outside of the regime.

[John Solomon]

That's exactly right. So.

[Amanda Headley]

All right. I want to highlight a few important headlines tonight as the partial government shutdown continues. We unfortunately have another example of the dangers of blue state policies related to crime and illegal immigration. In Chicago near Loyola University, an illegal immigrant named Jose Medina Medina, age 25, was arrested on Friday night in connection with the death of 18 year old college student Sheridan Gorman. Now, reports indicate that the illegal alien, masked gunman allegedly opened fire on a group of friends walking near the beach, resulting in Sheridan Gorman being killed on the scene by a gunshot to her head. Now, this incident underscores why reopening government, reopening the government is so important. But Democrats don't seem to want to do anything about that. In fact, instead of working with the administration to crack down on illegal immigration, Illinois Governor J.B. pritzker criticized the Trump administration, saying they need to stop politicizing tragic events and instead focus on real solutions like reinstating federal funds to support public safety efforts. But he didn't go into detail about what those efforts would actually be. So what do other local officials have to say about this tragic story? Here is what Chicago alder woman Maria Haddon had to say on the matter all the time.

[Vlad Kolminski]

Right. And they go out on the pier, they walk around. So the kids were out doing normal, normal things people do in the neighborhood. And it sounds like this might have been a wrong place, wrong time, running into a person who had a gun. They might have startled this person at the end of the pier unintentionally.

[Amanda Headley]

What a reductive and dismissive way to describe that. Now, Alder woman Haddon describes herself as an independent, progressive leader, but we have seen time and time again the Democrats and those on the left showing their true colors. You saw it in the president's address a few weeks ago when he called on lawmakers to stand for the American people and Democrats wouldn't do it. It is evident in sanctuary cities where illegal immigrants are in some cases treated better than American citizens. John. And I can't help but find it interesting that JB Pritzker in Illinois is telling the Trump administration not to politicize things when it was someone who served in Illinois before him who is famous for the line, never let a good crisis go to waste. Rahm Emanuel.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, no, listen, at the end of the day, Democrats can't acknowledge that the illegal aliens that came in on their watch are responsible for this mayhem, this incredible loss of human life. I mean, it is the Chicago incident, the stabbing on the train in North Carolina, all avoidable incidents. I mean, we have enough crime that sometimes a little bit trickier to solve. This is not one of them.

[Amanda Headley]

And it's very easy.

[John Solomon]

And you're seeing Americans increasingly become frustrated. Yeah, they understand what the Democrats are about. Well, we know some of the human toll because our first guest tonight does such a great job every day whenever there is a human affected by the border crisis or the illegal alien crisis in America. Congressman Mark Harris from the great state of North Carolina, post on it. He doesn't forget the names, the victims, the families behind the mayhem that Joe Biden, the Democrats, created. And he joins us right now. Congressman, great to have you back on the show.

[Mark Harris]

Thank you. It's a pleasure to be with you, John and Amanda, thanks for having me.

[John Solomon]

It's a great honor to have you on the show. So, sir, you understand that this isn't just statistics. It isn't just some pie chart or some PowerPoint that these are real human lives and real human families that are being chronically affected by this scourge of illegal aliens and the crime that they're committing. At what point does the pain become too much for Democrats and they relent, or does this become the predominant issue in the 26 election?

[Mark Harris]

Well, I think it could be, definitely will be a major point as we move into the midterms because the reality is that when you see a young woman, college student, Loyola Sheridan, and she was just out doing what young people do, just with her friends, just like you would expect. And interestingly enough, in an area that Governor Pritzker had mocked the President some weeks back when he was walking through that very area, talking about how safe it was. And now we find, once again, what has happened to this young woman is just absolutely tragic. And yet it's happening at a time where Chuck Schumer and the Democrats refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security. They haven't voted to keep funds away from them just once, not just twice, not just even three times, but four times they have voted against funding the Department of Homeland Security. And that's just inexcusable. And the American people are recognizing it.

[Amanda Headley]

Well, and the lack of funding for dhs, it's not just what we are seeing in these horribly tragic instances. It's affecting Americans who are traveling every day. And, and it makes me think that maybe for the American people and maybe for Democrats to not support what they are supporting, you got to have Republicans doing town halls at airports or something. Something so that people make the connection between Republicans who want to fund this, keep the American people safe and keep planes in the air versus Democrats who don't want to fund it, don't want Americans to be safe, and want the planes to be on the ground.

[Mark Harris]

That's exactly right. And if you're standing in those lines in the Atlanta airport or the Charlotte airport or Philadelphia or wherever you may be, and you're spending four hours in the TSA line, find a Democrat and thank them for all the experience that they're giving you there, because that's exactly where this lies. We have been trying to fund tsa, the Coast Guard, Secret Service, all of these folks, fema, that are all part of the funding of the Department of Homeland Security. And yet the Democrats have taken a page out of their place playbook where all they're interested in doing is creating chaos and trying to somehow throw a wrench into the mechanism. And, and really that it's pathetic that this is all they've got, but yet it seems to be the game that they're playing. And listen, the administration has tried to work with them, they've tried to negotiate in good faith. I saw a letter just last week that listed about five or six things that the administration is. Is willing to work with Democrats. Expansion of body cameras, preserving the body camera footage for congressional oversight, and a number of different things that are part of that. And yet the Democrats just keep Rejecting the very offers that are being made because President Trump is determined to get DHS funded and the House Republicans are continuing to push. And we've got to have the American people rise up and make sure it's Democrats who ultimately feel the pain for the decisions that they're making.

[John Solomon]

There has to be consequences. There was a narrative in Washington. Donald Trump attacked Iran. There is no reason they don't have missiles that can reach Europe or the United States or U.S. assets. And then over the weekend, a missile shot all the way over to the Diego Garcia base, which showed that Iran has much longer range missiles than what the intelligence community and what the media have been saying. Donald Trump right, Media wrong. How important was that moment this weekend?

[Mark Harris]

Well, I think it was very important, John. It certainly made clear, and I think it got the attention of the folks in Europe. President Trump has been working for weeks now trying to get the Europeans to step in, trying to find partners that are going to stand with us to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. And listen, this whole thing, President Trump was right. He recognized what Iran had that he learned from the negotiations they were in earlier, that they had 900 pounds of enriched uranium. They were within 11 days of having the ability to have a nuclear weapon. It was imminent. People can argue about that word, imminent all they want, but he recognized it was an issue. For 47 years, we've been talking about something needed to be done to the number one state sponsor of terrorism. And finally, it took President Trump, who recognized that this was a critical moment that had to be taken, and he took it. And now, to your point, over the weekend, when you see a missile flying that far, suddenly some of the capitals of Europe find themselves within that range. And I think that more people are coming to the table. And listen, he has brilliantly worked leading up to this to build that coalition of Arab nations. Who would have thought, who would have thought even a year ago that we would find ourselves in the midst of this conflict? And when Iran sporadically just starts shooting or hitting and aiming at the Arab countries around the Gulf, that now we have a united front of those Arab countries fighting with the United States and Israel standing against Iran, condemning the actions of the Iranians. Listen, I think President Trump has shown a stroke of genius in his diplomatic policies that he said he certainly has generated already a great, great legacy for his foreign policy in just the strong stands of peace through strength, recognizing that all of us are going to be a lot more secure with Iran on the ropes.

[John Solomon]

Yeah.

[Amanda Headley]

Sir, a few weeks ago, it sounded like within the Republican base there, there, there was a split between those who supported this decision to take the opportunity to strike Iran and those who want to stay out of it altogether. But then we've seen polling in the last week or so that shows that the MAGA base is solidly on board with President Trump and this decision. However, are you hearing from any of your colleagues behind the scenes up on Capitol Hill who are a little hesitant about it and saying, well, we hope this is over soon because this could affect us in the midterms? What are you hearing up there?

[Mark Harris]

You are hearing some people that are kind of nervous and I get it. I've got folks in, in my own district that we've dealt with over the weekend and talked with in a number of county conventions. They're obviously concerned about the gas prices that have continued to go up. They're concerned about the price of groceries as a result of this transportation cost that we're going to find. So I've had a man that owns a trucking company call me and he said, mark, we're in a serious situation here. How long is this going to work? I do think what's interesting about it, you mentioned the MAGA base. Americans understand that sometimes there's got to be short term pain in order for there to be long term consequences for the good. And this is going to be one of those, we're going to be more secure as a nation, the world's going to be safer. We're going to be able to see conflicts, I think, in the Middle east begin to drop off significantly because you don't have this major player and all of their proxies at work. But I think all of us want it to be over with. I think the words we're hearing from the president today, that negotiations have gone well, I believe, starting Sunday night and they've gone well today. And so I think that maybe he's hopeful that over the next five days we're going to see some things happen. I don't know that for sure, but I think we all want it to be over. But I think that we understand that this is going to be a very important moment that in history, really a big moment in history to change the landscape of the Middle East.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, it's one that we can't squander because we've let 47 years of this terror go on. And this is our moment. Congressman, great honor to have you on. Also, on behalf of all the families who've lost someone, you've done something very special. You actually make sure Americans remember the names of the people, the families of the people who are fake affected by this crisis. I know that's greatly appreciated by anyone who lost a loved one at the hands of illegal alien. Great to have you on the show.

[Mark Harris]

Thank you. It's always an honor. God bless you and thank you for what you do.

[John Solomon]

Thank you sir. Good to have you on. All right folks, we're going to take a quick commercial break. When we come back, we're going to talk to the ambassador from Moldova. That's a Soviet era republic in Eastern Europe. He has a lot to talk about, what's going on in that region. Vladimir Kominski will join us next right after these messages.

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[Amanda Headley]

Welcome back, everybody. We turn from one war in Iran to another in Ukraine. The fighting continues with Ukraine recently striking a Russian oil export hub near Finland. So what will the ramifications be from that? And can the war be wrapped up anytime soon? Joining us now to talk about all of this and more is Moldovan ambassador to the United States, Vlad Kolminski. Moldova borders Ukraine and he is here with us in studio tonight. Ambassador, thanks so much for being with us.

[Vlad Kolminski]

Thank you very much for the invitation.

[Amanda Headley]

All right, I want to talk about this river that apparently has some toxic oil levels at this point. It's been attributed to a Russian military tanker. But this river in Ukraine flows into Moldova. It's a major, major water source. You guys, as I understand it, are in a state of emergency.

[Vlad Kolminski]

Yes, that is right. That is a river that provides approximately 80% of our water supply. So it is a critical resource of water for, for the, for the entire country. And the fact that this hydroelectric power plant up the river was bombed and that there are Oil spills shows that, you know, that war needs, needs to be brought to a close as fast as possible, because otherwise there's a risk that this war will spread beyond Ukraine's borders and it will be impossible to stop. So it will engulf more and more countries and will become a bit of a vortex, a geopolitical vortex that will

[John Solomon]

draw in other regional powers from where you sit now. And Moldova really has a front row seat to everything that's going on every day. Is there any sign that Russia is willing to make a deal, that Ukraine is willing to make a deal? Do you feel confident or do you think they're stuck in a long war?

[Vlad Kolminski]

Look, Ukraine's second longest border is with Moldova. Its first longest border is with Russia and the second longest border with Moldova. So we are interested more than anybody in having peace in the region. But it seems that, you know, so. And Moldova was essentially the target of Russian attacks from the beginning of the war. So Russia did not target Ukraine only. It also targeted Moldova. It wanted to re. Include Moldova into its sphere of influence. And Moldova is essentially, you could compare that country to Hungary, to Poland, to Romania, to Bulgaria. The countries which made their own choice and, you know, decided to pursue their own future after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now it is Moldova's turn. So Russia is trying to essentially re. Include us into their sphere of influence. They tried to do that through, through elections and last November we had, you know, a coalition of communists, socialists and all the different, you know, radical leftist parties that were trying to take over the government in order to turn the country towards Russia. That failed. And now see, we've got an ecological disaster on our hands which we need to handle because that really risks, you know, creating a very difficult situation, situation for the country fighting in Ukraine. We really hope it is going to be brought to a close this year. Likely, you know, very few people actually believe that this is going to be a long lasting peace. It's probably going to be a ceasefire and, you know, that would be good enough. And the current, the United States administration has been extremely instrumental in keeping war, you know, preventing war from spreading. The United States has played a critical role of deterring Russia from taking that war to other countries, including the Republic of Moldova. So, you know, we salute those efforts and we in Republic of Moldova are prepared to contribute with everything we can to bring that war to a close.

[Amanda Headley]

So important, you know, President Trump has a reputation, I mean, this was even during his first term of being a peacemaker. And I know he wants to continue that. Although I think Vladimir Putin proved to be even much more belligerent than he anticipated. And I'm using a very nice term for that. If, as Moldova, as you are on the opposite side of this, you're on the southwest edge of Ukraine, so you have a unique perspective as you look at this, at this war and this conflict. If you were to say to President Trump, all right, this is the impetus, this is what brings this war to an end or to a ceasefire or whatever before the end of this year. What should President Trump be doing? How should he be handling it? Can he be handling it differently?

[Vlad Kolminski]

I am in no position to offer advice here because I'm quite sure they know much better. You know, with all the information that is available to the administration, they know exactly what they're doing. But I think they're doing everything right. They're insisting on bringing this war to a close. And, you know, I understand that those efforts, those efforts will be successful. See, the thing is that, you know, for Russia, bringing the war to a close is going to be a major geopolitical defeat. But because they set out to redraw the boundaries of the region, they set out to essentially re include bits and pieces of the so called former Soviet Union back into its sphere of influence and they failed. And historical record shows that whenever Russia sets out on such huge geopolitical adventures and fails, it doesn't bode anything good for the country. So that probably is one of the reasons why they are still reluctant to bring that war to a close. But at the same time, the administration shows to Russia that it is not going to make any more significant strategic gains. Right? It's not going to take Odessa, it's not going to take Mykolaiv, and therefore it is time to stop. Because, you know, what is going on is just, you know, war without purpose and without end. And that doesn't really make much sense.

[John Solomon]

That's a great point. They're running in place in many ways while that's been going on. There's been a lot to do to free Eastern Europe from Russia's former great grip over the area, which was energy. A lot of exciting things, things going on in the energy sphere of Eastern Europe and the United States and others working closely. Tell us a little bit about that, how important that is for the long term.

[Vlad Kolminski]

That is absolutely critical. Look, we, we, as I told you before, the United States of America is a critical partner for the Republic of Moldova. So just recently we dropped our tariffs on US imports into the country to zero. So approximately 99% of US imports into our country are not going to have any tariffs attached to that. Right. Which is going to, which is designed to boost investments and to create, you know, stronger economic, economic ties. Energy. In just four years, we reduced our dependence on supplies of Russian gas and electricity from 100% to zero. So we don't buy any energy from Russia anymore. And that is really amazing. You know, it did come with a lot of economic angst, as you can imagine, you know, tariffs and energy prices increased, but it's not that much of a price to pay, you know, for having a real decision making power and you know, being able to determine where your country is going to go. Because right in the past Russia could just cut off or half gas, gas supplies to Moldova in the middle of winter. You know, you have a crisis on your hands then because you know, they would hope that somehow this is going to bring you to your knees and then they would be able to attach political conditions to resuming those gas supplies. We're not working, you know, with the, the United States of America. LNG imports into Moldova. You know, vertical corridor is really important. Your ambassador to Greece is doing a fantastic job in creating that vertical corridor that would essentially, you know, see gas supplies, LNG supplies from the United States go to Greece and then from there to Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. So this is really an important alternative source of energy which is functional, you know, which is, is workable. It's going to take some time because it is right in the, it's in a state of flux. It's in the, we're right in the middle of that process, but I think it is going to be successful. So energy is, is of critical importance.

[John Solomon]

It's amazing how much progress has been made though. It's one of the untold stories of Eastern Europe, how much has been made on that front.

[Vlad Kolminski]

And, and when you talk about, you know, progress, I think it is really important to bear in mind that when a nation wants to be independent, wants to determine its own fate, just as Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania did after the collapse of the Soviet Union, you know, it is really difficult to prevent them from doing so. It is difficult to keep a country within your grip if a country doesn't want it. And I think that's what Russia needs to understand that, you know, Ukraine, Moldova doesn't want Russia to run those countries and to determine our fate anymore. It's over.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, important.

[Amanda Headley]

We often talk on the show about this three headed beast between Iran and Russia and China. And it is this very twisted yet symbiotic relationship. However, Iran, I think even more so than in the past, has become a major liability to both Russia and China. Talk to us about that dynamic. Has it weakened the relationship and what, what are the limits of Russia's and China's support for Iran?

[Vlad Kolminski]

I think, you know, Russia is an empire that is on the retreat, just like, you know, the Ottoman Empire was in the 19th and 20th century. It's not an empire that is, you know, gaining strength, it's losing strength. Like if you see of what happened in Venezuela, you know, Russia didn't say much about it this time around, you know, and sort of, you know, Iran, Russia hasn't really been able to do much about that either. And then, you know, you have Central Asia and a lot of sort of, you know, areas where Russia used to be strong but doesn't really have those positions anymore. And I think that, you know, it is probably holding on to the war in Ukraine in the hope of restoring its, you know, former imperial glory or greatness. But it's just not going to happen because, you know, those times are over. Quite simply. It's a different world. And the world works to sort of, you know, according to two very different principles. Yes, and sort of, you know, same with Iran, of course, you know, the recent fact that, you know, we, we've recently seen that Iranian missiles can reach Europe, which is something that they denied, you know, for a very long time. But it appears, it appears, it appears to be, appears to be the case. Right. So I think that access is probably going to weaken rather than strengthen.

[John Solomon]

Amazing times that we're living in. Was that missile a wake up call for a lot of people? Seemed like it shocked everybody. They had the much longer range missiles, right?

[Vlad Kolminski]

Absolutely. Absolutely. Definitely.

[John Solomon]

Amazing.

[Vlad Kolminski]

That is definitely the case, John.

[Amanda Headley]

Ambassador, Vlad Kolminski, always an honor. Thank you so much for being here in studio.

[Vlad Kolminski]

Thank you very much for the invitation.

[Amanda Headley]

All right, everybody, we're going to take a very quick break, but coming up next, we're going to get to some major updates on the issue of protecting women's sports and its impact on the midterm elections. That and more on the other side.

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Welcome back, America. The 2026 election is starting to take shape and one of the secret forces that isn't being talked much about in the mainstream media today are ballot initiatives. There are some important ones, ones that could drive centrist and conservative voters to the poll polls in a midterm election, particularly when it comes to transgenderism in women and men, men and women's sports. The man behind the successes in places like Maine and Colorado is joining us right now. He has been a successful political actor for a long time. I've known him for years. He does some of the best work when it comes to initiatives around the country. He is. Tim Mooney joins us right now. Tim, great to have you on the show, John.

[Tim Mooney]

Very kind words. Thank you so much.

[John Solomon]

Well, this is a big moment and there are very few issues that motivate voters to go to the poll more than protecting women's sports. It just seems like everybody across all different political ideologies are engaged on this. Tell us where we have initiatives and what they're meant to achieve.

[Tim Mooney]

Fantastic. We have initiatives now in four states on protecting girls sports. The language sets the a standard that we're going to have sports designated male, female or co ed. So everyone gets to participate, but they have to participate in how they were born. In Maine, we're on the ballot. It's already been certified in Colorado. On the ballot. Certified in Arizona. It's a referral through the legislature with the House Senate Education Committee waiting final action in the Senate and in Nevada with the help of Governor Joe Lombardo, were gathering signatures to get to the ballot in Nevada.

[Amanda Headley]

Talk to me about what Democrat support of this has been obviously for it to have success on the ballot. There has been support by Democrat voters, but what about the politicians? Because we've been talking the last few weeks about the Save America act. And even though the polling is solidly on the side of Republicans, Democrats are still digging in. Is it the same case with this?

[Tim Mooney]

It is. It's amazing. In the Arizona example, every Democrat who had a chance to vote for it passed and voted against it. Now our polling in Arizona says that Amongst Democrats is 57% favor protecting girls for it. 17 against. In spite of that, every elected official Democrat has voted against the measure to be referred to the ballot. We haven't had a single elected Democrat in any of the four states endorse the ballot measure and yet we think the majority of voters overall, even amongst Democrats, favor this. Common sense. Getting back to where it always has been, that girls sports means that should be for females.

[John Solomon]

Amazing. Well, some of the states you picked are ones that have a red past. They're more purplish blue certainly at the top of the ticket. Recently Arizona's got a different Democratic governor, Maine does. These are these initiatives could really change tight races. And you know, Maine's got an interesting governor's race right now. Tell us a little bit about what the potential impact is, particularly for Republican candidates.

[Tim Mooney]

Well, in the off year elections turnout is so critical and our polling shows that we're in the 90s amongst Republicans within the high 80s being strongly in favor. So if you're looking for an issue that our voters, our base voters are going to say I've got to get to the polls for this. This is the issue. The states we've chosen are important. There are states we could do this by, by referral to the ballot, to the legislature in Arizona with all Republican votes, in spite of the fact that we don't. We have a Democratic governor in Arizona and then the other states by citizen initiative. When we win these things at the ballot, we're not just going to change the laws to protect girls sports in these states. We're going to kill this issue in America because the voters will have spoken loudly and other politicians will finally get this.

[John Solomon]

Yeah. Essentially deterrence.

[Amanda Headley]

Yeah. I want to ask you about another concern because I've heard this from parents in states that have passed things like this with respect regards to birth certificates. And their concern is that parents can actually have their child's birth certificate changed if their child is identifying as something other than their birth gender. Is that a concern that you guys have taken into consideration?

[Tim Mooney]

It is because our language specifically says it's the birth certificate issued at birth and unmodified. So we get around that by saying, was it issued at birth? Look, I don't know very many parents who are going to put down as the child is born that they're transgendering from one sex to the other at birth. So having this guarantee, that's the version you got to use. That's the one that's going to count.

[Amanda Headley]

That's a great safeguard.

[John Solomon]

Tim, you've done this for a long time. I consider you the dean of successful ballot initiatives. You've probably done three, four dozen over the, over the decades that I've known you. What other issues, Paul, like this, Are there any other ballot initiatives that in 26 or 28 are going to be winners as voter ID a winner? Where, where are some of the other potential winners on this?

[Tim Mooney]

Let's talk about three others that we're doing. You mentioned voter ID in Arizona. We're working to get a referral to the ballot that says our elections are going to be safer elections, faster results. It includes citizen only voting, no foreign contributions, voter ID and calculation at the voting place so that way we can have results that very day, not two or three weeks later like it already is. We're making Arizona elections more like Florida, less like California. In Colorado, we've qualified two other ballot measures. This was a volunteer effort for all three of the ballot measures, the girls sports. The second one called Children are not for Sale, sets a life penalty, no parole if you buy or sell a minor child for sex. And the third one, very critical, it prohibits child mutilation surgery for sex change amongst children 17 and younger. This was a nearly all volunteer effort. The Protect Kids Colorado did an amazing job. I've never seen a volunteer effort like this anywhere in the country in 40 years I've been doing this. And Lori Gimmelstein and Aaron Lee and Mark Oz and Jennifer say for XXY Sports are to be tremendously complimented. And now we've got to support these things. They've made it to the ballot. Now we need the support to win these, not just to put them into the law, but to get as big a win as possible because we want to have these ballot measures change the culture.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, these are culture changes real quickly. Before we let you go, other states you might be looking at before the calendar expires.

[Tim Mooney]

These are the ones for right now. Nevada. We've got to get the signature. We need 200,000 signatures in Nevada. We've got to get that final vote passage in Arizona. By the way, if anybody wants to call Senate leader Warren Peterson, tell him to get the vote going now, not later. And but again, if we can make the difference in these states, we're going to change radically these issues forever. Look, the Democrats rank and file are with us. It's the elected officials. What this is is like having a hand grenade. We'll hold the pen. They get the rest of the grenade.

[John Solomon]

What a great strategy from a guy who's been executing great political strategy for a long time. Buddy, it's good to have you on. Tim Mooney, what a what a great update. What an exciting adventure. You're on. Good to have you on, my friend. Thanks sir.

[Tim Mooney]

Good to see you.

[John Solomon]

All right, folks, we're going to take a quick commercial break. More on the other side right after these messages.

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for healing, learn more and sign the [e-mail]. Welcome back, everybody, to Just the News. No noise. As tension rise between the United States and Cuba following the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, who had close ties to the Cuban regime, President Trump has signaled negotiations with the government there, even as Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the communist regime should be, quote, concerned. And against that backdrop, we have leftists like NYC Mayor Zoram Mandani and Streamer Hassan Piker visiting Cuba to meet with the communist government, continuing to push their radical agenda. But what would a Cuba free from communism actually looked like? Well, our next guest has a personal story that highlights the realities of communism. It's not warm. What is the difference between actually living in a communist country and the rhetoric that we hear today? Joining us to discuss this and more is legal expert, conservative commentator and host of what's Right show Sam Mierjovsky. Sam, great to have you.

[Sam Mierjovsky]

Hi, Amanda, great to be with you.

[Amanda Headley]

And John, great to have you. And you know, I mentioned Zohra Mamdani down there in Cuba, and I say it in jest, but it really is quite pitiful. Surrounding his election. There were these phrases like the warmth of collectivism. And you look at Cuba and while the temperature might be warm, it is definitely not a hospitable environment for the people of Cuba. You've got your own experience. Tell us about it.

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Well, sure. I mean, I was a kid and I, you know, grew up, of course, born and raised in the U.S. but my parents had fled communism in what was then Czechoslovakia. And I had the opportunity a few weeks after the regime collapsed in 1989, to fly over and go there with my dad. And what I saw was horrifying. I mean, I'd visited Western Europe. At that point. I was living in California, I mean, in the US and it was an absolutely broken country. Everything was crumbling, weeds everywhere, stuff literally falling apart and people ecstatic just to be free. But the most shocking part of the whole experience that went on for years after, which is, you know, I came back and went to high school and went to college and I had my teachers and my Professors, as you might imagine, try to tell me that what I saw wasn't real and that what I experienced wasn't necessarily true. And then when I did press on that, I had a firsthand account of just how bad things were and the empty shelves and the misery and the despair and the absolute state of a country that was once very wealthy, destroyed over 45 years by a communist regime. My teachers would say, well, you know, it's these external factors, right? And I'm seeing all of this play out now with these ridiculous leftists coming from, you know, from the most wonderful, beautiful, successful country in the world. You know, we as Americans have it made in the shade. And to then travel to a country that has been obliterated, absolutely decimated by this brutal regime, and to travel there and, and to, to yuck it up and to defend it, to be a useful idiot at best and a traitor, a willing, you know, supporter of this at worst, you know, sickens me. And it, it just, it makes, it really does, it makes me ill.

[John Solomon]

SAM over the last few weeks, a lot of the establishment storylines continue to crumble. For instance, Iran doesn't have any long range missiles. And then, of course, they instantly strike Diego Garcia base, which shows they could reach many European capitals with a capacity we didn't know they have. We can go back through and find many other examples like that. The fact that the official narratives keep getting debunked in the era of Trump, what impact does that have on the American people? Is there a boy cries wolf sort of phenomenon going on right now?

[Sam Mierjovsky]

John It's a great question, right? And you're, you know, as, as for Cuba, you know, first of all, I, I don't think anybody looks at Cuba and sees the pictures of these buildings that they look like at one time were beautiful, right? And they're crumbling. And you see the people, you know, that you see these people who are living off of $200 a year, okay, and it looks this way, and I don't think anybody believes, for example, that this misery was all caused in the last two months because Trump took Venezuela and cut off Venezuelan oil to, to Cuba. I mean, nobody in their right mind can believe this. It just is not, it's not a sustainable reality. So I, I think it, you know, I, I think it is, I think what's going to happen is I, the regime will collapse and all of a sudden you're going to have, you know, people on the street there talking to media, and I don't count, you know, main, I don't count on mainstream media to, to cover this, but you're going to cover it. And, and so many of us that have independent voices will do the same. And all of a sudden you're, you're people will hear from the victims of this regime and the so called beneficiaries of the warmth of collectivism, as Mandani put it. And I think it's going to go a long way to remind everyone in the west just how good we have it.

[Amanda Headley]

I want to ask you what it is that, I mean, we seem to see this generation after generation, the youngest generation sees socialism as sexy and alluring. Although I will say that for my generation, millennials, we did not ever see it as sexy and alluring. But there seems to be something about it that especially this youngest generation, you've got the Hassan Pikers of the world, the Zohran Mamdanis, and it's like they're just not connecting the reality to the allure. How do you force them, how do you smack them in the face with the reality that people are starving in Cuba, people were starving in Czechoslovakia.

[Sam Mierjovsky]

Great question. And I, you know, you raise a very interesting point that a lot of people don't realize is that it's young affluent people in a country that tend to support a regime like that are enthralled by communism and end up supporting these regimes when they come in. You know, supporters of Fidel Castro, many of them were very well to do in my parents country. You know, a lot of young, wealthy Czechs and Slovaks supported, you know, the communist revolution. And you're seeing that same thing here in the U.S. right? You look at Hassan Piker, he's got, you know, thirteen hundred dollar Cartier sunglasses that would cause, that would literally take a Cuban nine years of their salary to be able to afford, you know, a staggering figure if you think about it. And so what is it, right? Everybody wants their brand new iPhone, everybody wants the goods, everybody wants the stuff. They want the latest and the greatest. They don't understand that the only way to get what you want at the best possible price. It's called capitalism. It's a free market system. And never has a system done more. A, to lift people up out of poverty and B, to provide everyone with exactly what they need in the best possible way. It's not perfect, we understand that, but there is no better system. And I think the reason it's so sexy is because, or it is so alluring to young people is because they don't learn history. It's fundamental. And the people who are teaching the history, the gatekeepers. I mentioned my teachers and my professors earlier. They're all by and large huge leftists and so they whitewash this and they make excuses. Well, you know what, it was Cuba would be successful if it wasn't for the US blockade, if it wasn't for American policy. Things like that. Just complete bunk.

[Amanda Headley]

Yeah, absolute ignorance. Starts with the schools as almost every fallacy that we discuss, it starts with education or lack thereof. Legal expert, conservative commentator and host of what's Right show Sam Mierjovsky. Sam, great to see you.

[Sam Mierjovsky]

Thank you both.

[Amanda Headley]

And coming up next, we're going to see what the left has to say today regarding ICE agents in airports and more. Stay tuned.

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[Martha Stewart]

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[Sam Mierjovsky]

People at work supported me while I

[Amanda Headley]

was going through treatment. By not treating me like somebody who was going through treatment. Treatment Sucks.

[John Solomon]

Cancer sucks.

[Amanda Headley]

Being engaged with work really helped to oh, I just knew I was going

[Martha Stewart]

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[John Solomon]

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[Amanda Headley]

for healing, learn more and sign the [e-mail]. Welcome back, everybody. As I teased before we went into the commercial break, you might be wondering what liberals are saying these days about ICE agents because if it shows anything about what the last six months rhetoric has been, it is that they're awful, they're the devil. They're rounding up American citizens. Citizens, yada, yada, yada. Well, a little bit of a different twist on the take. Sarah Haynes over on the View, she had something interesting to say about President Trump's idea of having them work in airports that are having those long TSA lines. I was flying this weekend too, and I commend everyone that I was in the Midwest and here and everything went well. The travelers are great. I don't actually hate the idea of this right now. ICE has gotten billions of dollars. They've almost doubled their budget. We're talking about TSA workers who aren't getting paid. And the ones that are making it there are having to pay for gas prices and riding buses. And so if you want to fill in bodies here, because their success rate at finding criminals has been 5%. John, I find it hilarious that now that ICE is helping to truncate the line for her at TSA, all of a sudden TSA is not so bad.

[John Solomon]

Elitism in action. I mean, it's just, it's just amazing. Where we're in the commercial breaks, the news broke. The senior foreign official for Iran says, oh, there have been negotiations going on with the United States. We've been getting offers through an intermediary and we're looking at them right now. It shows you that the Iran regime always routinely lies. They have a propaganda machine. The media normally falls for it. This is a self correction for the mainstream media.

[Amanda Headley]

Yeah. Okay. So again, talking about the Save America act, here is Democrat Representative Steve Cohen talking about what it actually is.

[Tim Mooney]

What he calls Save America is really save Trump.

[John Solomon]

Trump is a loser in the midterms and he does not want to go through his last two years in office with the Democrats having the power to oversee and see what his administration is doing and doing oversight, which the Republicans have not done. His bill would make it more difficult for people who generally are not inclined to vote for him to vote. It would make it harder to get. They have to show identification. And some of that identification is passports or birth certificates that are hard to come up with and most difficult for people who are less likely to vote for Trump.

[Amanda Headley]

I don't think that President Trump's concern is having eyeballs on what he's doing. I think his concern is impeachment, but

[John Solomon]

makes you hard, harder to vote if you're not a citizen, if you can't prove your citizenship or you're. You don't have a voter id, which I don't know anyone that doesn't have an id. Right. This is one of the greatest red herrings I've ever seen in politics. And for a news network to let that go unchallenged in the interview is, you know, part of the reason we have a problem.

[Amanda Headley]

Yeah. All right. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, President Trump speaking on his, obviously, his appointment and his job in that role. And it's interesting because, John, when he was first named as the person to take over that, that role, a lot of folks said, I don't really know how he's going to fit in with the administration. But apparently, as usual, President Trump did his homework.

[Sam Mierjovsky]

What changes would you like to see in DHS under Mark Wayne Mullen?

[Tim Mooney]

Well, he's going to be fantastic.

[Mark Harris]

He'll make his own change. He's already given me a list of people he wants to bring.

[Tim Mooney]

He's a fantastic guy.

[Mark Harris]

I think he's just the right guy.

[Vlad Kolminski]

You all know him.

[John Solomon]

He's a very open, smart guy.

[Mark Harris]

Very successful, actually, in business, which people don't know. And he's a friend of mine. I think Mark Wain is going to be fantastic. Thank you.

[Amanda Headley]

The president has all the confidence in the world in him, it sounds like.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, yeah. No, they've had a good relationship for a long time. He'll be just as effective as Kristi Noem on the basics, but maybe with a little less drama and a little bit less flair, which is, I think, what the President has been trying to get.

[Amanda Headley]

Yeah. And it was interesting to find out that the president was actually the one who brokered the reunion and the rekindling of a friendship between Senator Mark Wayne Mullen and Teamsters Jimmy Hoffa. No, no, no. The one that he, that they had the scuffle in the Senate.

[John Solomon]

Oh, that's right. I forgot about that. Yeah, yeah. Teamsters leader. Yeah.

[Amanda Headley]

Apparently, President Trump is the one who brokered the mending of that friendship.

[John Solomon]

Sean. No, Sean is uaw.

[Amanda Headley]

Yeah, well, that's who it was anyway. President Trump the peacemaker, when it is nations and Also, when it is people, apparently. Okay, do we have time for this last one, the Scarborough one? I don't think we do. At any rate, Joe Scarborough claims that he couldn't find his birth certificate. Speaking about the Satan. Exactly. Everybody's got a real ID now. And if you don't, you can't fly.

[John Solomon]

I never heard any Democrats complaining about real id, by the way.

[Amanda Headley]

It's just, it is unbelievable. Everybody propaganda. Yes. And if you can't find your birth certificate, someone in your family, your mother, your father, someone has it or it's maybe in a safe somewhere or maybe in a stack of paper. So just go look for it because like John said, you needed it at one point in the recent past. All right, everybody, that's going to do it for us tonight. We'll be back here tomorrow.

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[Amanda Headley]

I think when you're diagnosed with cancer, you crave a semblance of normalcy and control. And so work allowed me to be me. So I think it's really important that companies stay flexible. Cancer in a diagnosis can be all consuming, but it doesn't have to be.

[John Solomon]

Research shows there is a significant connection between the ability to continue to work and cancer recovery. We can make work a better place

[Amanda Headley]

for healing, learn more, and sign the [e-mail].