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Just The News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head, November 14th,2025
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John Solomon
Granger for the ones who get it done. Good evening America and welcome to the Friday edition of Just the News. No Noise. I'm your host John Solomon reporting to you as always from the nation's capital. And yeah, it may be Friday, but it is not a slow news day. Not at all. Lots of news, particularly on the Jeffrey Epstein front. Yep, Congress has released a whole bunch more of emails the Democrats tried to make hay, but it hasn't stuck to Donald Trump. You know where it's sticking to Democrats. And today the story really significantly boomeranged around. Why is that? First, a Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer accused Democrat Jamie Raskin of working with prison officials to leak confidential communications from his client. Those prison officials apparently have been disciplined, but that is only the beginning of it. Just a few moments ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that she is naming the acting U.S. attorney in New York City, Clinton, to investigate Democrats relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and whether any of them rose to the level of criminality. Why? Because so many of the emails today didn't involve Donald Trump or Republicans. That's right, it involved all those Democrats. And this time around, the idea that Democrats would project on Republicans ain't going to cut it. This Justice Department is going to go full bore into it. That is a big, big decision in the weaponization era. And it's another of many signs that I think Pam Bondi is moving towards approving the notion that there was a grand conspiracy against Donald Trump and his followers and conservatives and it needs to be treated as such. Just like the mob was involved in a grand conspiracy or drug cartels were involved in a grand conspiracy, it looks like the Justice Department is moving closer and closer to that. Now. On another front, just a few moments ago, the judge overseeing President Trump's Georgia election interference case, the president has been charged with lots of crimes in that case. It's all on hold because he's president. The president has immunity, but the judge today dismissed three of the charges from that Fani Willis prosecution. Meanwhile, a new prosecutor has been named there as well. So that case is getting a new look and a new thing. I would not be surprised if in a few months you see prosecutors go to the judge and say, I want to reverse this case. But we'll see where that has. But meanwhile, the judge dismissed three cases, three charges in the case. Today, a sign that maybe more is added. With that, I'll turn to my. Oh, one other thing I want to mention just quickly. President Trump has been working to lower the costs in America. Eggs are cheaper. Gas is cheaper. Prescription drugs are cheaper. Today, President Trump lowered the tariffs on several other foreign food products to give Americans the biggest possible break at the dinner table. That just happened a little while ago. You can check that out over@justinnews.com and with that, I will turn to my amazing co host Amanda Head because she's checking out some of the other headlines. Amanda, what have you got on your radar?
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Amanda Head
Well, I'm actually going to stick on what you mentioned about Jeffrey Epstein because this is how it all started today. President Trump responded to all of the Epstein drama, posting this message on his true social account earlier this morning before a prosecutor was assigned. And he wrote this now that the Democrats are using the Epstein hoax involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous shutdown and all of their other failures. I will be asking AG Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reed Hoffman, JP Morgan, JP Morgan Chase and many other people and institutions to determine what was going on with them and him. This is another Russia, Russia, Russia scam with all arrows pointing to the Democrats, records show that these men and many others spent large portions of their life with Epstein and on his island. Stay tuned. Now, that post comes after Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday said that a vote on the Epstein files would take place next week, now that the bipartisan discharge petition on the files has enough signatures to force action on that matter. So it'll be interesting to see where that all leads next week. But in immigration news, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement on immigration enforcement policies under the Trump administration, largely rebuking them. Here is a snippet from the bishops themselves.
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Eric Nesbitt
We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement. We are saddened by the state of.
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John Solomon
Contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. We are concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care. We lament that some immigrants in the United States have arbitrarily lost their legal status. We are troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools.
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Amanda Head
Well, those statements were brought up earlier today to fellow Catholic and Trump border czar Tom Homan. He didn't hold back. Check it out.
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John Solomon
So according to them, the message we should send to the whole world is that if you cross the border illegally, which is a crime, don't worry about it. If you get ordered removed by a federal judge after due process, don't worry about it. Because there shouldn't be mass deportations. If that's the message we send to the whole world, people are still gonna put themselves in harm's way to come to the greatest nation on earth. They're gonna spend their life savings to give it to a criminal cartel. We saw during the Biden administration when there was no immigration enforcement. Over 4,000 aliens died making a journey. Historic record. Quarter million Americans died from fentanyl. Historic record. Secure border saves lives. I wish the Catholic Church would understand that.
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Amanda Head
John. I think too many of these Catholic charities that unfortunately house themselves at the border and help facilitate a lot of this entry into the United States. And I can't help but think of the relationship between those charities, those philanthropies, and the Catholic Church and what those bishops said. It's a little awkward.
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John Solomon
I am Catholic and almost became a priest once. But I will tell you that this is not Catholic doctrine. The Catholic Church doesn't belong in dictating the laws of the land or trying to facilitate people, people from coming across the border. I think these are wayward bishops and hopefully at some point they'll be reined in by common sense, if not their own flocks. But it is what it is. And I can tell you one thing. It's not going to turn Tom Homan or Donald Trump or ICE or anyone else. And also it's not going to turn most Americans who realize that the people that are being removed from the street aren't innocent moms taking care of kids who came across the border. It's the thugs that are running the cartels and raping and maiming people. And that's the funny part about this. We're not even talking about the same people in the debate. It's crazy. All right. Well, a guy who knows a thing or two about the border because he lives in one of the great border states but also has a healthy dose of common sense every time he comes on the show. Our good friend, Texas Congressman Brian Babbitt joins us at the top of the show. Congressman, great to have you on the show.
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Brian Babin
Great to be with you. And Amanda, John, always good.
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John Solomon
All right. I think the last few weeks have been an eye opener for a lot of Americans. They got to see how much government they don't need because they didn't miss it. They got to see Democrats withhold some of the important things like food subsidies from the American people because they had a political motive, not the motive of the American people. Is the shutdown boomerang on Democrats. And how does your party make sure they pay for what they did? Oh, looks like. All right. We're going to try to get the congressman back there. Looks like we lost him for a second. Just the signal drop. We had a good question ready for him.
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Joe Siegler
You did?
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John Solomon
Yeah. I think he'll come back. That's good. While we're waiting for the congressman to come back, I think you're seeing now this coalition of people that were behind the open borders, the Catholic Church and all the charities, the Democrats, the social networks, the insurance companies that would potentially get subsidies for taking care of legal, at least illegal immigrants who got legal status, they're all kind of being exposed for. They were in on this. And the American people, like or not, we're not feeling sorry for you. It'll be very interesting to see how that plays out in the next couple of weeks.
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Amanda Head
You know, it's interesting. There are so many Americans, I would say the majority of Americans didn't feel anything from this shutdown. And as you rightly pointed out, it shows how unnecessary so much of government is. But for those who did feel the shutdown Those, you know, TSA agents that President Trump is Now awarding with $10,000 bonuses, people who showed up and showed out for the American people who are traveling as we, as we move into this Thanksgiving holiday. And it just shows you the two different sides of the coin.
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John Solomon
Yeah, there's no doubt there's a really significant now backlash. I think Americans got to see how, how insignificant so much of government is and how much common sense government feels better. I was talking to folks last couple days, and when a country wants to stabilize America, like the Cuban spy I once talked to, they tried to make the abnormal normal. Donald Trump is just making America normal again. I think people are like, I kind of liking this. I forgot what normal felt like. It feels good. It's kind of interesting.
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Amanda Head
It's not maga, it's manna. And this time it's not falling from the sky.
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John Solomon
That's exactly right. I think that's exactly right. We're still trying to get the congressman on. As soon as he's reconnected, we're going to bring them on. Amanda, some of the other things, President Trump shows his flexibility all the time. I think today he's got these tariffs. They're working to start to get good deals with countries. I think we got, was it Luxembourg or Switzerland today that came in with some good deals on trade? But he also realizes, hey, if the American people have a negative consequence, I'll back off. He backs off a lot of the food tariffs today. He's always got the dinner table in mind, it seems like.
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Amanda Head
Absolutely. And you know, President Trump, for all of the criticism of the left, both going into his presidency when he began in 2017, and of course, it never, it never really stopped their rhetoric that he was a dishonest broker, that he was a bad businessman. They had so much criticism regarding business acumen. And it just goes to show you that President Trump, he means what he says. And he was an honest broker when he was brokering these relationships and brokering these trade deals. And even if the deals went sour and it ended up with some lopsided tariffs with the American people benefiting, President Trump stuck true. He stayed true to those deals. And he. It's not always a stick with him. Sometimes it's a carrot. And when other nations deal fairly with the United States, he says, all right, here's your carrot. And it's good to see.
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John Solomon
I think the Epstein case is about to finally boomerang on Democrats. They got all their mileage out with their friends in the media who only cover one side and Quite frankly, got taken advantage of, I think earlier this week with that isolated leak that didn't give the full context of Donald Trump and Epstein's conversations. But Jamie Raskin is going to face some questions. What were you doing getting private things? Were you trying to pierce the private nature? Is that really congressional oversight? I don't know. And then I think secondly today, Pam Bondi, Jay Clayton is a serious go after prosecutor, used to be chief of enforcement sec. That's a pretty big deal. All right. We have reconnected with the congressman, at least by phone. And I don't want to miss a moment because he always brings great wisdom to us. Joining us from the great state of Texas, Congressman Brian Babbitt. Congressman, good to have you. I'm sorry about the technical glitches.
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Brian Babin
That's okay. You know, I'm the chairman of the Science, Space and Technology Committee and there's, we're having problems here.
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John Solomon
I bet you get to the bottom that quickly.
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Brian Babin
Hey, man, we got to get some people on this problem. But great to be with you all. As always, good to be with you.
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John Solomon
Thank you, sir. Honored to have you on. All right, let me ask you, there is a concern today that some of these leaked emails that came from Ghislaine Maxwell may have been done by federal prison officials. Apparently there's been some discipline there, at least according to Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney. And of course, they end up with a Democrat. Is there any concern that Democrats may have been doing something untoward here?
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Brian Babin
Yeah, 100%. That there is something the Democrats have been doing that is very suspicious. And it seems like, John, and you're right in the middle of this thing because you're one of the biggest exposes making these things happen and showing us exactly what we've all suspected for years, that something, something nefarious has been going on. And so I can tell you that, I mean, just, just from a common sense standpoint, and I've had conversations with the president about this as well. You know, if they keep, Democrats are demanding the release of the, of the Epstein files, do you think that Biden's DOJ and his, his bureaucracy, they had full control of the Epstein files for four long years. Why are they suddenly, suddenly interested in trying to make it look like Trump had something going on with Epstein? I think it's like you said, this is going to boomerang on them. The whole thing was a sham. This is something that I believe they're going to regret. Opening Pandora's box on John.
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John Solomon
Yeah, I think you're right.
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Amanda Head
Well, sir, as John pointed out, this feels like a distraction from the results of the shutdown, from Democrat infighting, from all of these issues that are happening on the left side of the aisle. But question is, let's, let's go a few miles down this hypothetical road, and I cannot think of any other situation better analogized with the dog catching up with the car than Democrats finally getting these records released. So if these records come out and they do show that there was a whole lot of Democrat politicians out there, maybe even leftist, leftist activists, folks who had a lot of involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, then what did they divert to, to move away from that? Because that looks really bad for them.
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Brian Babin
It really does, Amanda. I mean, it's over and over and over again this what they've done, you know, during the Obama administration, all during the four years of the Biden administration. It really makes the Watergate scandal look like an absolute preschool recess is what is what it looks like. And over and over again, we see that these people will absolutely stop at nothing to target Republicans to go after President Trump because of their and Trump derangement syndrome. I think these DOJ emails that you all have been reporting on, these same officials who protected Hillary Clinton's dossier, you know, ran this, this thing on Arctic Frost as well. This witch hunt and, you know, partisanship, it's deliberate, it's detrimental to justice. And we've seen them spying, grabbing telephones. My good friend Scott Perry had his phone seized. And over and over again, we see the over the top corruption and weaponization and misuse and abuse of their office and disobedience to their oath of office as well. So I can just tell you, I think the American people are not stupid. They see through this stuff. I was disturbed about the losses in Virginia, but nevertheless, those are three blue states. And I think we're going to see more as things are exposed. And thanks to people like you, we're going to see the truth come out. And sunlight always corrects this corruption.
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John Solomon
Yeah, it is the ultimate antiseptic. There's no. Sir, no doubt, sir, before we let you go, it does seem like we have some significant evidence now that Jack Smith was also spying on members of Congress, certainly going through their phone data, their metadata, to get their phone records to find out who they were talking to, where they were talking to them from. And it looks like he worked with a federal judge to kind of steer around some of the legal requirements. The Senate Sergeant Arms is supposed to be notified. There was even a contract that said the Phone companies should notify the Senate if any member is there. If a federal judge like Judge Boasberg was involved in trying to do this, is there impeachment? Is there a complaint to Justice, Chief Justice Roberts? Is there some discipline that should be meted out to that judge?
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Brian Babin
There's. There should absolutely be, John. There's already. I think there's a bill out there. So anyway, yeah, I think that that is totally justified. Judge Boseberg has shown himself to be really corrupt, a totally corrupt federal judge, and I think he should be removed from office. That's what. That's what impeachment should be all about.
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John Solomon
Yeah. Well, we're going to watch that play out in the House over the next few weeks. I suspect it seems like a lot there. All right, sir, always a great honor to have you on the show. Always get a healthy dose of common sense from Good Dole, Texas, when you're on. Thank you for joining us.
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Brian Babin
Texas common sense. You bet. Well, God bless and happy Thanksgiving, both of you all.
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John Solomon
Thank you so much, sir. What a great honor to have you on the show today. All right, I think we've gotten through the break. We're going to skip the commercial break of I Heard Riff and Controlman. Go next to our next two guests. We have two special ones. Amanda, I'm going to let you bring them in.
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Amanda Head
Yes, John. And this is a story that you and I have been talking about on this show forever when it comes to finally some transparency, some justice, as far as the weaponization of the federal government and its law enforcement agencies. And we had these two gentlemen on the show numerous times in the past to talk to us about what they went through, what they saw at the IRS with respect to former President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. And those whistleblowers are Gary Shapley and Joseph Siegler. Gentlemen, thanks so much for being here.
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Gary Shapley
Yeah, thanks for having us.
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Amanda Head
Gary, I'll start with you first. I would say this is a happy ending because you've got the other side who's saying, yeah, you're right, you guys were allowed to do what you did, which we all knew. I'm sure. It doesn't feel exactly like a happy ending, though, because you want to believe that agencies, even like the irs, are still moving and maneuvering in an ethical way. Tell us your thoughts.
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Gary Shapley
Yeah, I mean, that's everything that we're doing right now is, you know, working to bring back the trust for the IRS and the federal government because there are a lot of federal government, federal government workers out here that really care and they're there to. For service. And what we're doing now with the. With a book that we just put out on Veterans Day is really supporting, you know, whistleblowers current and future. And. And the whole point is to give them an avenue to come forward and support whistleblowers, come forward and really improve the federal government and make sure that the weaponization that occurred previously in the Hunter Biden case and elsewhere isn't repeated.
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John Solomon
Yeah. It's so important. And you guys, I think, couldn't have gone through a more torturous process to get to justice, but you got it Yesterday, I think, was the final phase. Amanda alluded to it that Hunter Biden's lawyer, who once accused you guys of doing something wrong by exercising the law and reporting your whistleblower concerns to Congress. He had to admit that what you did was right. I want to start with both of you guys and get your reaction. Joe, I'll start with you. We lose some guys. We may have lost them there. Okay, there he is. Joe, can you hear us? Okay? Yeah. Gary, let me go to you just because I think we have a little problem with Joe's sound. Gary, your reaction when you found out Abby Lowell acknowledged what we all knew, that you followed the law.
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Gary Shapley
Yeah, look, the whole point of that was all principle driven, and we're standing up for whistleblowers to come forward, and they should be able to come forward without, you know, fear of being retaliated against by agencies being attacked by, you know, anyone out there. So it's. The principle was. Was achieved. And, you know, the. The settlement is exactly what we. We need to show future whistleblowers that, you know, to come forward, do it the right way, and, and, uh, you know, everything will end up good in the end.
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John Solomon
Yeah, it did in this case. Yeah.
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Amanda Head
Joe, did you hear John's question? Because I want to get your take on this as well.
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Joe Siegler
Yeah, I did not hear his question, so if he can repeat it, I can hear now.
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Amanda Head
Yeah, of course. Just the result. And Abbey Lowell, the recognition that you guys followed the letter of the law as whistleblowers, you came forward to Congress. And by the way, this was never partisan. There were so many accusations slung at both of you saying that this was partisan and you were going after Hunter Biden because he was Joe Biden's son. It was never anything about that. But I want to get your take on Abby Lowell, his. His come to Jesus moment and recognizing what's right.
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Joe Siegler
Well, I think it. It really shows A a support for whistleblowers, supporting the process that, that Gary and I were right all along, that we didn't do anything wrong and we lawfully came forward how we should have done. And, and it wasn't a partisan issue. This or this was very much so what was right and what was wrong treating. We need to treat taxpayers the same. And that's what Gary and I stood for and that' stand for. And what, what we're doing through the book is we're trying to tell our story so that other whistleblowers out there can hear what we have to say. And I mean, we're putting our money where our mouth is. We're not making a ascent off the book. All the proceeds go to the nonprofit in power, so, so that, that they can support, provide legal support to current and future whistleblowers.
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John Solomon
So important now because from your journey, you now are in a position to really have a great impact on the irs. You're helping to run the IRS in its criminal division. I know both of you take this seriously, and there is a very strong message you want every IRS employee to follow. Gary, tell us with the new and bigger role that you have today, what message you want every IRS employee to know about the new irs, the IRS that you help govern every day? Sure.
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Gary Shapley
Leadership of IRS is we're earning the trust of the American people and we're working forward to looking forward to, you know, creating an efficient and effective process and making a service and privacy and collections of the taxes that taxpayers owe and not a cent more the priority here at the irs. And you know, the message that I've given and Joe have given to IRS employees, that you do the right thing, you do the right thing each and every time, and the government can be trusted and there are people there that will support them and they'll be successful in the end. And even though there is some retaliation, hopefully by us going through that and coming out on the other side in a positive light will make other people come forward when they see fraud, waste, abuse, or violation of the law.
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Amanda Head
Joe, whistleblowing has always been a courageous act, but going forward, anytime in the future, I have a feeling that there are some whistleblowers out there from multiple administrations who feel that things are so politicized right now that maybe it takes an extra dose of courage, even on top of what it typically would take. What would be your advice to those folks who feel the need to blow the whistle on something, but they're worried about the blowback?
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Joe Siegler
I think when you sign up. As a government employee, you have a duty and obligation to the taxpayer, to the people actually funding your how, what you're earning to do the right thing. When we sign up as public servants, we don't just put on one portion of a public servant hat we take that honor with us. And I think that they need to look deep within themselves to identify what is it that you have and what are the reasons why you went into federal service. And I really think that if there are any whistleblowers out there, if they need support, Gary and I are always available. People come to us all the time with their issues and we help to try to provide them support.
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John Solomon
I just got my copy of the Whistleblowers versus the Big Guy, and of course, the big guy, Joe Biden. We all know that now, and I can't wait to read through it. But I thumbed through some of it today because I knew we'd be talking tonight. There's a common theme that really comes through it, and that is that you have the doing the right thing mentality in both of your minds. And I saw this firsthand, just chronicling this as a reporter. Early on, every step of the way, you did the right thing. You checked the law before you went and disclosed anything to Congress. You checked the statutes to make sure you weren't making up anything. You checked the evidence over and over again. There was a bureaucracy that oftentimes didn't want to recognize that what you were doing was the right thing. How do we, I want to throw this at both of you guys. How do we fix that bureaucracy? Long term? There's a lot of good people, but sometimes the machinery of bureaucracy keeps the right thing from happening. I know you guys have thought a lot about it. What, what are some of the fixes that you'd like to see in government?
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Gary Shapley
Well, the, you know, John, I, I'm, I'm honored that you asked me the question that I can. That would probably be the, the, the best answer of the, the 21st century here for the federal government. Right. But there are lots of steps we can take. Right. We empower our people. We support our people, we protect our people. You know, come forward and make decisions, you know, we promote based on performance and merit, not some other, you know, reason why. And, and is, and then we hold them accountable when, when they do the right things and when they do the wrong things. Right. And, you know, the, the change in culture that's required to bring back the trust and to, and to bring back the efficiency in the federal government. I think it's a whole bunch of small steps that all together will be incredibly important. But it starts with the people and it starts with supporting the people and picking the best each and every time.
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John Solomon
I love that answer.
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Amanda Head
I want to ask a question to both of you. Joe, I'll start with you. Especially following this shutdown, there are a lot of Americans out there who feel like government is not only unnecessary, but it is also corrupt. In the interest of whistleblowing, from your experience, what you have seen and witnessed and even experienced in the federal government at irs, but also other agencies as well, does it seem like there are good men and women such that whistleblowing will continue, or is it so infected like, unfortunately, a lot of Americans think it is?
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Joe Siegler
Yeah, I mean, I've been really encouraged with the amount of people that we've been talking to after blowing the whistle. I mean, we've had countless of government employees, countless of special agents, countless of people in leadership who, when the time has come, they have completely supported us. And I can tell you, even after working the Hunter Biden investigation, I actually worked with quite a few other prosecutors who were actually complimentary of me. They said that they encountered the same issues that I did. I just encountered them on steroids. And I think to hear that from, from them, I, I think that we can set up guardrails, we can set up different things that can protect our democracy and can protect our government from something like this happening again. I mean, that's the only way that we've got to move forward. We've got to. The bureaucracy, the rot. The deep state. I know people keep talking about that the deep state is real and it's, it's going to take some time. But what I can tell you is this current administration is doing, doing some good things, that they're focusing on performance reviews, they're focusing on the things that should have been fixed a long time ago. And I can tell you within the last year, I'm so very encouraged by the path that we're moving forward in the federal government.
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Gary Shapley
Yeah, I do. Like, look, the. It doesn't matter which side of the political aisle you're on. It doesn't matter what the media is really, you know, reporting in the mainstream. I mean, there are people in this, in the federal government today that, that are living and breathing service to this country and their true patriots. And, and I see it every single day, and I see more of it now because these people are empowered to come forward and make decisions and improve the inefficiencies that have just been coddled, you know, for, for decades. Right. So I'm very, I see the positives, you know, way more than the negatives. There's still some negatives, but, but we're hoping to, to, to help fix those.
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Amanda Head
I think America has a bright future when it comes to transparency. If there are more Gary Shapleys and Joseph Zieglers out there, gentlemen, thank you so much for being here. And everybody go check out their book, the Whistleblowers versus the Big Guy. It is an excellent read. All right, everybody, we're going to take a very quick break, but on the other side, one of Michigan's candidates for governor has requested federal oversight of the 2026 elections there. Why? Well, we're going to talk to him about it on the other side.
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John Solomon
Welcome back, America. There's no doubt one of the biggest elections in 2026 will take place in Michigan, where both the US Senate and governors race is up in one of the big battlegrounds in America. That but it was a great bellwether of politics. Joining us now, a man on the front lines of that very big race. He's a state senator now running for governor, Derek Nesbick. Senator, good to have you on the show.
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Eric Nesbitt
Hey, thanks for having me on and covering the important issues here in Michigan, making sure we secure elections and making sure Jocelyn Benson never gets anywhere close to the governor's office.
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John Solomon
Yeah, this is a very big moment here. We got these two big prizes. A lot of shenanigans kind of going on in the background. There's been questions about ballot harvesting and other things over the years. You want federal election monitors to come into Michigan? Tell us why.
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Eric Nesbitt
Yeah. So the former secretary of state, Ruth Johnson, who's a colleague of mine in the state Senate and the Senate Republican leader and 21 others from the elections chair in the state House, who's the speaker pro Tem, Rochelle Schmidt. We all came together and requested Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to let's do oversight of our elections. Here we have Jocelyn Benson last year allowing Chinese nationals to vote in our elections. We have over 100% voter registration here in here in Michigan. And we have the secretary of state running to be the next governor. And she's lost lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit over the last seven years as she's been secretary of state here in Michigan. She's ignoring subpoenas from the Michigan state House right now. She's ignored court orders in the past. She has a history of not following the law. And she needs to have somebody, some oversight over her. And that's the reason why we sent the letter to Pam Bondi, the attorney general. And that's the reason why we have to have this, this oversight.
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Amanda Head
Eric, there's another issue within this that's bugging me, and it is this pipeline that we are seeing from Secretary of State to gubernatorial candidacy. We saw this with Katie Hobbs in Arizona. What could possibly go wrong? The person who's overseeing and administering the. Is actually running for. For, you know, the, the highest office in that state. Should there be. Should there be something enacted within states that puts a pause or a moratorium between a Secretary of State term before they can run again for another office like Governor?
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Eric Nesbitt
I mean, with what we've seen out of Jocelyn Benson, she's the worst Secretary of state ever. The worst Secretary of State in the nation. She's proven that she's dishonest. She's proven that she's not willing to clean up the voter rolls. And we cannot have her anywhere close to this governorship. We know that. And you're exactly right. That's very troubling on what she's doing and continues to do. And this is why, as I'm running for governor, that we need to draw that sharp contrast to make sure that what we're getting out of this pipeline from the Soros candidates that have been backed across the country, that we actually provide openness to making sure that we only have one person vote, one legal resident here in Michigan vote and a citizen that's voting. And fortunately, next year, we're working with a broad spectrum of coalitions here in Michigan to put on the ballot Citizens only voting. This is about proposal. It's been very much well received by the grassroots, well received by the populace here in Michigan. That does not. Three things for next year. One, only citizens can vote. Two, that we clean up the voter rolls and that we also make sure that there's photo ID when you vote. Very common sense. And so we're rolling that out. We're working to get make sure they get the ballots there. If people are interested signing up go to such as only voting initiative here in Michigan. We need to make sure that gets on the ballot next year. We also need to make sure next year we have a strong Secretary of State candidate so that we can clean up this mess that has been left behind by Jocelyn Benson. We know we can win. President Trump showed that last year here in Michigan, we won back the state House. Only state in the nation to actually flip a chamber from Democrat to Republican was here in Michigan. And we did that with the grassroots while being outspent. But we had the right candidates, we had the right message. We had President Trump on the top of the top of the ballot.
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John Solomon
There's something else that you helped prove in the last year and that is that there are instances of non citizens voting. Your effort to get this noncitizen voting ballot initiative is actually driven in evidence. You had a Chinese national and I believe 15 or 14 other non citizens who got all the way through the process up through and including voting. Democrats say that's a conspiracy theory until it isn't. Right. It actually happened in Michigan.
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Eric Nesbitt
Well, in the bigger part about it last year is that she allowed Chinese nationals to vote and she didn't even catch them. She didn't even catch them.
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John Solomon
Yeah.
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Eric Nesbitt
One of them actually turned themselves in and is being deported. However, this shows that we have real problems and that we have to step up our guard to make sure that we add these provisions to the Constitution next year. We get a good secretary of state elected next year and we make sure Jocelyn Benson, who would be the most liberal governor that Michigan had ever seen, gets nowhere close to the governor's office.
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John Solomon
Senator, for folks who want to learn more about your candidacy for governor, what's the best way for them to stay in touch and learn more about you?
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Eric Nesbitt
Yeah. Our website, nesbitt forgovernor.com we're on Twitter, Eric Nesbitt. We're on Facebook on TikTok. We're really trying to get the grassroots out there. I've been to all 83 counties here in Michigan continue to raise the money that we need to already raise over 2.7 million. But it's about putting the coalition together that President Trump showed us last year of putting Michigan first, of making sure that as people are having trouble making here in Michigan, that we make it easier for our families, for our small business owners, for our farmers and for our kids to make it here in Michigan. That's what we're running our campaign on. And I've been blessed by the folks in the grassroots saying, you know what, it's time for a change. The totalitarianism that we've seen from Governor Whitmer needs to go. We need to make that change and next year's that change. And I'm going to work hard as a farm boy. I'm a Hillsdale College graduate. I know what freedom looks like and that's what we're going to bring to Michigan next year.
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John Solomon
Yeah. And I think also that non citizen only voting initiative is going to be very popular in the great state of Michigan. And Senator, great to have you on the show today. Thank you for joining us.
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Eric Nesbitt
Hey, thanks for covering the news that matters. And just providing just the news. Let's get this done. Let's win back our statement.
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John Solomon
I like it. Thanks so much, sir, for joining us. What a great conversation. All right, folks, we're gonna take a quick commercial break. When we come back, time to think about health. Our weekly news health update right around the corner after these messages. Hey America. The FBI has been warning about a type of real estate fraud on the rise called home title theft. And your equity is the target. Here's how it works. Criminals forge your signature on a single document, use a fake notary stamp and file it with the county. And just like that, boom. They're on record as owning your home using your ownership. They then take out loans against your record or even sell your property. And you're not going to know about it until you get a foreclosure or collection notice in the matter. And that's not going to be a good moment. That's why I partnered with Home Title Lock so you can protect your equity. And find out today if you're already a victim. Use my promo code jtn@hometitlelock.com you'll get a free title history report and a free child their million dollar triple lock protection. That's a great deal. Million bucks to protect your home. That's 247 monitoring of your title records, urgent alerts to any changes and if fraud occurs, their US based restoration team will speak. Spend up to a million bucks to fix it. Find out why I trust home Teddleock. Protect yourself like I did. Don't be a victim. Protect your equity today. Go to homethetalock.com and use that promo code jtn. That's homethetalock.com promo code jtn.
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John Solomon
Chicken breakfast. Come on. I think you mean ch. Dinner, bro. Nah, brother.
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Podcast Co-host
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John Solomon
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Eric Nesbitt
Good stuff.
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Amanda Head
Welcome back to our Just the News health update brought to you by Native Path. Joining us now, the co founder and chief culture officer at Native Path, Dr. Chad Walding. Dr. Walding, wonderful to have you.
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Podcast Co-host
Hello, Amanda. So good to be here. Hi, John. Thank you for having me.
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John Solomon
Yeah, good to be with you.
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Amanda Head
Good to have you. All right, I want to call this exercise Snacks. What is this? And I know that it's not a handful of M&MS. Before your workout. Tell us.
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Podcast Co-host
It is not. So exercise snacks are small micro doses of movement that you do during the day. And ideally, you do it every hour, every two hours. Just get up and go move your body, ideally outside for a walk where you're getting good sun exposure for a period of maybe two to five minutes. What we're finding with the science is these small micro doses of movement are profound in reducing our risk for chronic disease, for reducing pain, for helping us feel better. You know, at natopath, we talk a lot about the changes that have been happening in the past 100 years and how much we move. And the quality of our movement has really changed. You know, our great grandparents, our great great great grandparents were up in the fields moving all day, planting, picking things up, carrying things. Right. The way we work in the modern world today is we're usually stagnant. We're sitting over a computer with forward heads and rounded shoulders and rounded spines, and we get stuck in. You know, as a physical therapist, I would see it all the time. As people age, they just. They get shorter, but really, it's their posture that starts to crumble. So we have poor positions, and then we're not moving enough. So these micro doses of movements, they have a profound impact on our health. So I mentioned the problem in the modern world where 90% of all our activities are done in that sitting position. What that does is it changes the internal hormonal profile of our body. So it decreases a lipos. Lipase protein, lipoprotein lipase protein enzyme that decreases the fat in our bloodstream. Right. So we need that. We need movement in order to clear out the fat in our bloodstream. And that can help us with things like our cholesterol profile, our hormones, our bone density. And it also, the chronic sitting is such an issue, it can increase your rate of heart disease and obesity and diabetes by two to three times. It can impact your emotional state. Right. Again, our ancestors spent 90% of their time outside with fresh air moving throughout the day. So that's what our genes are expecting of us, and we have to work with that. But the coolest thing is you don't have to, you know, just spend two hours at a gym and think that that's it. You get more impact with micro movement. So an easy thing you can do top of the hour, every, every hour, set an alarm to go off every 60 minutes. If you want to just get up, go outside and move for two to five minutes in whatever way you want. You will do more with that to offset the negative impacts of sitting and stagnation than even if you would if you went to the gym for an hour or two hours.
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John Solomon
Right.
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Podcast Co-host
You don't want to just go to the gym. You want to make sure you take care of the foundational things.
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John Solomon
I know what happens when we start thinking about this. We really start to get incentivized and we go, you know what, I'm really sorry. Sore. My ankle hurts, my shoulder hurts, my neck hurts, my back hurts. And it becomes an excuse. How do we deal with some of those tissue joint issues that make us say, I'll do it tomorrow, not today.
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Podcast Co-host
Yeah, well, to feel better, I recommend collagen. You know, you mentioned the tissues, the joints, the ligaments, these things are all made up of collagen. We don't want to just move. We want to make sure that the muscles are attaching to strong tendons and strong ligaments for a good foundational body. So what is collagen? It's one of the most abundant proteins in the body, but we're so deficient in it because we're not getting enough in the modern world, just like we're not moving enough in the modern world. So our ancestors will get plenty of collagen in their natural diet. But we're not today, which is why I'm such a big fan of supplementing with it. And at Native Path, collagen is our hero product. It's one of the first things we encourage people to take because it makes everything else with your health easier or unnecessary, necessary, particularly with how your Body feels right. Your joint health is really important and collagen is a great thing to do to supplement with that native path. We value purity. You know, our collagen is as close to nature as possible. It's third party inspected comes from happy cows that are eating grass and it's good for the environment. So easy thing you can do to give yourself a win here.
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Amanda Head
Dr. Walden, before we let you go, I want to ask you about maybe like the older crowd, the 70 plus. Don't kill me. 80 plus. No, let's say 110 plus. I don't want anyone to get mad at me. But the older crowd who may be experiencing some of that tightness, maybe some arthritic issues in their joints. I've always heard motion is lotion. So even if they can't exercise and get out and do a jog, just kind of moving and stretching is good as well, right?
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Podcast Co-host
Well, you're so right. Motion is lotion. I was actually going to mention that. It's a physical therapy term that we use because when we move, fluid starts to move. Right. So even if you're someone who, let's say you can't go outside for a hike, right. Everyone can get some easy movement. And there's so many great resources you can do even in just a chair. You know, you mentioned people that are over the age of 80. You can go on YouTube right now and just look up chair exercises for an older population. You're going to find all kinds of good things where you're moving your shoulders, you're moving your spine, you're moving your neck. What we're trying to do, a good movement practices is express natural range of motion. You know, slouching over, correct slouching, rolling the shoulders, looking left, looking right. Even if we do that right now, you can feel things open up because you're using motion as lotion, right? So we don't want age to be something that stops us. You know, if you can't go outside, we don't want to, we don't want to stop that. Use resources that we have with technology and videos and get moving. And it makes such a big difference in terms of how you feel. But the, your health span, we don't to want, want to just live long. We want to live really healthy. We want to maintain functional independence and movement is primary. It's not just good for your joints, it's good for how you feel. Your whole immune system, your metabolic system, it's foundational overall well being.
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John Solomon
I met a guy, honest to God, he's 84. I met him the other day and he every day, twice a day in his chair, he does the YMCA dance by the Village people. And that's his idea for moving. But hey, it works.
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Amanda Head
Dr. Chad Walding. Yeah. Thank you so much. The co founder and chief culture officer at Native Path. Always love having you. And to our audience, you can get a special bundle deal at a fraction of the retail cost and you get free shipping. It's available over@getnativepath.com justnews with over 4 million jars sold, thousands of 5 star reviews, 365 day money back guarantee. You cannot go wrong. So again, go to getnativepath.com just news now. Just news. But do it now. All right, everybody. We'll be back. On the other side.
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John Solomon
Chicken breakfast. Come on. I think you mean chicken dinner, bro. Nah, brother.
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Podcast Co-host
Crispy bacon, fluffy eggs, juicy chicken and a buttery biscuit. That's the perfect breakfast. All right, let me try it.
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John Solomon
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John Solomon
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Amanda Head
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John Solomon
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Amanda Head
Welcome back everybody. There were a few stories today that caught my eye and I wanted to show you a clip from one of them. Now, if you watch the show regularly. A few months ago we had Larry Singer on the program. He was one of the co founders of Wikipedia and he came on to talk about what, what appears to be revised truth that happens over at Wikipedia. Anyone who's been over to that website to look at practically anything, you've seen that. Well, the other co founder, Jimmy Wales, who unfortunately is an Alabama native from my home state, he was in an interview and he introduced himself as the founder of Wikipedia and the interviewer pressed back on him just a little bit and I'll just let you watch.
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John Solomon
Who are you? I'm Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
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Podcast Co-host
You're the founder or co founder? Because I don't care.
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John Solomon
It's the dumbest question in the world.
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Podcast Announcer
Really?
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Podcast Co-host
Absolutely.
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John Solomon
There seems to be a dispute. There's no dispute.
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Podcast Co-host
I don't care.
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Eric Nesbitt
So yeah, say what you like, it.
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John Solomon
Doesn'T matter for you. You're the founder. Can I just say again, it doesn't matter.
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Podcast Co-host
I've answered your question four times.
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John Solomon
You know what, I'm done.
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Joe Siegler
Thank you.
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John Solomon
Thanks. What's going on?
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Eric Nesbitt
It's stupid.
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John Solomon
Don't ask me stupid questions. How is that stupid?
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Amanda Head
Listen, regardless of whether you are founder or co founder.
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Podcast Co-host
Whoa.
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Amanda Head
Splitting hairs over it. Whatever. There is a much more gracious way to respond to that.
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John Solomon
I don't know what to say. The whole Wikipedia thing has backfired on Wikipedia, I think, and there'll be new competitors in those space soon. That will be interesting. Competition is the way to solve this.
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Amanda Head
Yeah, absolutely. Okay, John, so you were talking about those tariffs being removed from certain items. And then a few weeks ago we covered the story where Walmart said that their Thanksgiving package, where they have this prepackaged thing with all of the ingredients you need to put together your Thanksgiving feast, was going to be, I think, think 25% cheaper than it was last year, which Democrats going into the election told you that was not possible. Prices were not going to go down under Donald Trump. Well, Target has announced that 3,000 of their food, beverage and essential items are going to go down in price and they are bringing back their Thanksgiving meals at the lowest price ever. John, if we were listening to Democrats last year, they would say there's no possible way that can happen. But it has.
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John Solomon
Listen, everything's gotten cheaper because you go back to common sense economic policies. I mean, a lot of these things are artificially inflated. Inflated. Inflated by unnecessary government spending, inflated by unnecessary energy, unfriendly policies. Yeah, inflated by illegal immigrants coming in and putting stress on the system. And now there is a, you know, a correction going on and it will continue. A lot of the economists I talk to think that 2026 is going to be a booming year. It's going to look like the 1990s web era where things rolled for a while or the 50s there after the war. We'll see if that happens. But there are signs that, you know, sometimes the economy and what it feels like at your dinner table, there's a gap. So Republicans need to be cognizant. That sometimes takes time for people to fill it at the dinner table. But they're setting up these, these forces are setting up to be for a good economic run in America. Potentially.
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Amanda Head
Speaking of a good run in America, let's finish with something a little bit entertainment related. The Disney Company, of course, we, they have been embroiled in a number of controversies in the last few years, most of it regarding their content. But it seems like they are betting big on America. John. They have started an initiative and a basically year long celebration called Disney Celebrates America that will culminate next summer with America's 250. And they are going big at all of their properties, all of their resorts, all of their parks. It's going to be a huge celebration of America. As it turns out, people love America.
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John Solomon
Go figure that you don't say gay comes up at all.
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Amanda Head
Don't say gay.
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John Solomon
But write that history out of the Disney playground.
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Amanda Head
But Tuesday, happy birthday. Birthday to America. Next.
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John Solomon
He's got a lot of great things and a lot of family. People love it and they're getting back to the roots.
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Amanda Head
Yep, that is a good thing. All right, everybody, we appreciate you being here tonight. Grant Cinchfield is going to take you through the next hour. Have a great weekend and we'll see you on Monday.
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