Just the News No Noise, With John Solomon and Amanda Head, November 3rd, 2025

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Podcast Summary

Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Episode: Just the News No Noise, with John Solomon and Amanda Head
Date: November 4, 2025
Hosts: John Solomon, Amanda Head
Guests: Rep. Troy Downing, pollster Rich Barris, Dr. Peter McCullough, Brad and Alyssa Hammond

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Main Theme

This episode provides in-depth analysis and commentary on recent political events—highlighting the James Comey indictment, the ongoing government shutdown and its political leverage, upcoming elections and redistricting, food inflation and beef import policy, new research on childhood vaccines and autism, and cultural/lifestyle stories. Through interviews with policymakers, experts, and commentators, the hosts aim to challenge the mainstream narrative with "honest views" and "real news," focusing on the impact for ordinary Americans and American values.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Breaking News: James Comey Indictment

[00:57 – 03:47, revisited at 47:08]

• John Solomon breaks the news that former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted for lying to Congress regarding leaks to the media related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

• Evidence includes Comey’s own emails and handwritten notes that suggest he not only knew about, but congratulated, his staff’s authorized leaks to the press.

• New revelation: Comey wrote he “expected soon to be working for President-elect Hillary Clinton,” which calls his motives into question.

• The handwritten notes allegedly show Comey was aware in September 2016 that US intelligence had intercepted Hillary Clinton’s approval of a plan to link Trump to Russia—contradicting his Congressional testimony.

  “He wrote to Dan Richmond, his lieutenant, that he fully expected soon to be working for President elect Hillary Clinton.” – John Solomon [02:10]

  “The man who investigated Hillary Clinton for using personal email was using it himself to conduct government business. You just can’t lose sight of that.” – John Solomon [47:36]

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2. Government Shutdown and Political Leverage

[04:02 – 07:27]

• Ongoing partial government shutdown is discussed—now lasting 34 days.

• Amanda Head criticizes House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for blaming Republicans while Democrats refuse to accept a clean continuing resolution (CR).

• Republicans argue Democrats are adding extra spending, particularly for health care provisions for undocumented immigrants.

• Insight: The expectation is that the shutdown will resolve after the following day's elections, as Democrats seek to use the issue as electoral leverage.

  “They are simply asking Democrats to stay on board with current spending levels, which already unfortunately have gotten US into this $38 trillion in debt.” – Amanda Head [04:59]

• Guest Rep. Troy Downing joins to discuss the political gamesmanship.

  “This is a nation of laws, … for somebody to use a position of power at the FBI for political aspirations and political goals is … one of the biggest disconnects in what this nation is about.” – Rep. Troy Downing [07:49]

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3. Redistricting, Elections, and Democrat Strategy

[04:57 – 06:42 / 19:18 – 30:58]

• Amanda Head: California’s Prop 50 is covered—a ballot measure that would alter political redistricting, purportedly to counter Texas’s efforts and benefit Democrats.

• John Solomon & Head criticize the process as political manipulation, accusing Democrats of drawing “corkscrew … convoluted districts.”

• Governor Gavin Newsom’s argument for Prop 50 is presented but dismissed as disingenuous.

  “It is not about drawing lines on the map at all. It is about drawing corkscrew, teeny, tiny, strange looking, convoluted districts on a map in California in order to benefit Democrats.” – Amanda Head [06:42]

• Pollster Rich Barris analyzes elections in New Jersey, New York City, and Virginia.

• He suggests NYC could elect a socialist mayor (Mamdani), and discusses the broader implications for national Democratic branding.

• New Jersey’s election is a bellwether for potential Republican momentum, but Barris cautions against broad extrapolation from blue-state results.

  “If it’s close in New Jersey, it’s not exactly a great thing for Democrats.” – Rich Barris [25:53] “Progressives can celebrate that they’re able to get somebody like Mamdani elected… They can celebrate that in the short term because in the long term, all of their own research … is telling them that they have damaged their party badly with extremist views.” – Rich Barris [22:06]

• Discussion of voter turnout, lessons from Virginia races, and why Republicans must focus on economics, not just culture-war issues.

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4. Policy Impacts: Food Security and Beef Import Policy

[13:43 – 17:07]

• Discussion on President Trump’s announcement to increase quotas of Argentinian beef to lower grocery costs, amid inflation.

• Rep. Downing, from beef-producing Montana, expresses concern over imported beef hurting American producers and calls for policies to help rebuild US herds.

  “Food security is national security. … Throughout the history of humanity, that’s how you bring a country down. You make it so it can’t feed itself.” – Rep. Troy Downing [16:04]

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5. Vaccine & Health Segment: Autism and Testosterone Trends

[39:41 – 46:14]

• Dr. Peter McCullough discusses new research connecting routine childhood vaccinations in susceptible children to increased autism risk, based on a new McCullough Foundation Report.

• He specifies certain risk factors (prematurity, genetic susceptibility, parental age, drug exposure).

• Notable quote:

  “A child born today who’s healthy remains healthier with no vaccines whatsoever.” – Dr. Peter McCullough [41:35]

• He predicts Congressional scrutiny and peer review will follow.

• Discussion also covers declining testosterone in American males and natural ways to boost it.

  “What the Wellness Company has come up with is a product called Mars … a far more natural and safer approach than testosterone injections.” – Dr. Peter McCullough [45:11]

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6. Feature: Lifestyle Content – “Living on Vacation”

[31:35 – 39:10]

• Brad and Alyssa Hammond promote their new TV show “Living on Vacation” about life in Florida, blending work and leisure, and practical family travel advice.

• They share uplifting stories about balancing daily responsibilities with a vacation-inspired lifestyle.

  “Our experience in education got us prepared to be real estate advisors because you’re just dealing with people all the time. … I think the show is a really good way to encourage people to have fun in life, live life to the fullest and include your kids too.” – Brad Hammond [35:21]

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7. Economic Security, Entitlement Culture & Social Concerns

[48:29 – 50:28]

• Amanda Head highlights staggering dependency on food stamps in Los Angeles County—nearly a million households (31%).

• Discussion on fraud in SNAP (food stamp) programs, entitlement culture, and the psychological impact of government handouts.

• Critique of viral trends showing individuals threatening to steal if government assistance is paused.

  "The American spirit was built on carpe diem. And today's generations seem to be more interested in a per diem from the government." – John Solomon [50:28]

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On Comey’s emails:

  “He wrote to Dan Richmond, his lieutenant, that he fully expected soon to be working for President elect Hillary Clinton.” – John Solomon [02:10]

• On elections and socialist shift:

  “He must be living in an alternate universe because this is a simple, clean extension of status quo, of keeping the government open…” – Rep. Troy Downing [09:54]

• On redistricting in California:

  “It is not about drawing lines on the map at all. It is about drawing corkscrew, teeny, tiny, strange looking, convoluted districts…” – Amanda Head [06:42]

• On Democratic brand damage:

  “Progressives can celebrate … in the short term because in the long term, all of their own research is telling them that they have damaged their party badly…” – Rich Barris [22:06]

• On food security:

  “Food security is national security. … If you end up in a place where you’re no longer producing food … that’s how you bring a country down.” – Rep. Troy Downing [16:04]

• On vaccine findings:

  “A child born today who’s healthy remains healthier with no vaccines whatsoever.” – Dr. Peter McCullough [41:35]

• On American spirit and entitlement culture:

  “The American spirit was built on carpe diem. And today’s generations seem to be more interested in a per diem from the government.” – John Solomon [50:28]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• James Comey Indictment & Evidence: [00:57 – 03:49], revisited [47:08 – 48:05]
• Government Shutdown Discussion: [04:02 – 07:27], [09:10 – 11:52]
• Redistricting & Elections Preview: [04:57 – 06:55], [19:18 – 30:37]
• Montana Beef & Inflation: [13:43 – 17:14]
• Lifestyle Segment - Living on Vacation: [31:35 – 39:10]
• Autism Study & Male Hormone Health: [39:41 – 46:14]
• Economic Security, SNAP Fraud & Dependency: [48:29 – 50:28]

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Memorable Moments

• The irony of James Comey using the same personal email tactics for which he investigated Hillary Clinton.
• The debate over whether adding “corkscrew” districts in California constitutes fair representation or partisan gerrymandering.
• Pollster Rich Barris’s prediction that a socialist victory in New York City would bring short-term progressive celebration but long-term issues for the Democratic brand.
• Dr. McCullough’s unambiguous stance on vaccines and autism—describing the new report’s implications for public policy and expected political fallout.
• The critique of entitlement culture and transformation of American “carpe diem” to “per diem” reliance on government assistance.

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Tone and Style

Throughout, the tone is critical, urgent, and at times sardonic—centered on accountability, skepticism of establishment narratives, and advocacy for American values and self-reliance. The hosts and guests employ direct, sometimes colorful language, often contrasting “real news” with what they see as mainstream media spin or governmental inaction.

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Conclusion

This episode of Just the News No Noise delivers a comprehensive look at how political maneuvering, policy decisions, and cultural shifts intersect—affecting both national headlines and everyday American lives. Through a mix of breaking news, pointed debate, expert interviews, and lifestyle features, the hosts strive to inform and alert listeners to the stakes in policy and politics as 2025 winds down.

Transcript

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Good evening, America, and happy Monday. Well, at least for most of us. Maybe not for the former FBI director, James Comey. I'm going to explain that in a second, but yep, you found the latest edition of Just the News. No noise. And I'm your host as always, John Solomon reporting to you in the nation's capital. All right, let's get down to some big bombshell news that just moved a couple of minutes ago. [e-mail] we've been following the story of James Comey. He's indicted for lying to Congress, saying he never authorized any of his staff to leak to the media. And late last week, as we told you, he played the victim card. I'm being maliciously prosecuted because Donald Trump hates me. Well, today, the Cash Patel, FBI and the lead attorney prosecuting his case, Lindsey Halligan. While they responded and they responded with a lot of evidence, what did they respond with James Comey's own emails and his own handwritten notes. And what do they show? They show that James Comey was clearly aware that his top aide was was providing information anonymously to the news media. Not only was he aware of it, he wrote in a private email, good job, my friend. Actually congratulating him. When Dan Richmond, one of his top lieutenants, told him what he had just done with the New York Times. Yes, just like the indictment said, the story's about Hillary Clinton's email. So it backs up the government's case that Comey was authorizing leaks to through his staff, to reporters concerning a Hillary Clinton case. Just like they argued. But they went a little bit further. It turns out that when Cash Patel found those burn bags in that secret room where a whole bunch of FBI evidence was sitting, they found something special, some handwritten notes by James Comey. What do those handwritten notes show? He appeared to be aware in September 2016 that of the US intelligence intercept, that Hillary Clinton had approved a plan to to hang a fake Russian shingle on Donald Trump's house. Campaign house. Now, that's important because the handwritten notes don't match with James Comey's testimony, James Comey told Congress. That doesn't sound familiar. I don't think I ever knew about that. He wrote about it in his hand notes. And finally one will ask, well, why would James Comey do this? What was the motive? Today's emails that were just released in the court filing give us one other answer. He wrote to Dan Richmond, his lieutenant, that he fully expected soon to be working for President elect Hillary Clinton. That's right, from the emails. So he was waiting to work for Hillary Clinton and he thought that Hillary Clinton would be grateful for the way he did things in handling her email case. Uh oh, that wasn't what the victim card I think James Comey was planning to play. But all of that emails, all of those letters, all those court filings, even the handwritten notes, we just posted [e-mail] you can go check them out today. We'll have more of that breaking news all throughout the night. Now I'm going to turn to my amazing co host Amanda Head. She's got you for all the other headlines that happened today.

[Amanda Head]

Yes. My goodness, John. Servers in closets, handwritten notes in secret rooms.

[John Solomon]

Think about this. He investigated Hillary Clinton for the use of private email. He's actually privately emailing his staff, giving him instructions. He's doing the very thing he accused her of. But you can't make it up exactly.

[Amanda Head]

What he was doing with those handwritten notes because paper jails and all. All right, so John, Democrats on Capitol Hill continue to weigh in on the shutdown. Yes. We are now at 34 days. And house Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is still, still trying to blame it all on Republicans while admitting that he will not vote to reopen the government. Here it is in his own words.

[John Solomon]

The partisan Republican spending bill is dead on arrival. And it's been completely and totally unreasonable that Senate Republicans 13 different times have presented a bill that they know is going to go down to defeat. Because Senate Democrats and House Democrats continue to stand up for the health care of the American people is dead on arrival.

[Amanda Head]

John, as I talked about in a piece last week, this was a self imposed expiration of those health care dollars within the bill. This is something that Democrats stipulated now.

[John Solomon]

Remember, they did indeed.

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Yeah.

[Amanda Head]

And Republicans aren't looking to add or subtract anything to that bill to get the government back open. They are simply asking Democrats to stay on board with current spending levels which already unfortunately have gotten US into this $38 trillion in debt. Now the Democrats are looking to tack on extra spending for health care, as Minority Leader Jeffries stated. But that funding would also go to illegal aliens, as we have talked about extensively on the show. But most people expect the shutdown to finally come to a close when after the elections tomorrow, as Democrats might be looking to use that as leverage in order to hopefully do better in those elections to than they might otherwise not have. And one of those elections that will have some major consequences is in of course California, where Proposition 50 was put out for a vote and if passed is going to drastically change the political landscape in California with state leaders there already admitting that the redistricting is being done to counter Texas's redistricting efforts earlier in the year. And I know this firsthand because I saw it in black and white on my very own ballot. But Governor Gavin Newsom is now saying that Prop 50 is not at all about drawing lines on a map.

[John Solomon]

Guys, watch 249 years. The best of Roman Republic, Greek democracy, Separation, the branches of government, co equal branches of government, checks and balances, popular sovereignty, the rule of law, those enduring principles that our founding fathers lived and died for. All of them on the line today. Prop 50 is not about drawing lines on a map. It is about holding the line to what makes us who we are.

[Amanda Head]

Governor Newsom is right about one thing, John. It is not about drawing lines on the map at all. It is about drawing corkscrew, teeny, tiny, strange looking, convoluted districts on a map in California in order to benefit Democrats because they haven't had a super majority for long enough.

[John Solomon]

You know, just think about your monologue. All the things that Jeffrey says that they got a partisan bill. No, it was a clean cr. They had nothing in it. It was a clean CRM. He says it's about protecting the health care of Americans. It's actually about protecting the health of insurers because they get all those things. And of course they're lying about the district. Their own ballot says it's about lines on a map. That's what their own ballot says. That was a fun monologue. I enjoyed that. All right, I got time for some more fun and I know how we're going to get it. We're going to bring in Montana Congressman Troy Downing, who actually last week did a great job helping us understand some of the Democrat follies. Congressman, great to have you on, sir.

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Hey, thanks for having me. Really appreciate it.

[John Solomon]

All right, sir, I want to get to the shutdown. But before we do, I think as we learn more and more about the James Comey era Maybe some of the truths that were hidden from us. We get a sense that the FBI was troubled, maybe even highly politicized during his term. Your thoughts on what the court just revealed a little while ago?

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Well, I find that particularly egregious. This is a nation of laws, and having confidence in our legal system, in our judiciary and our Department of Justice is of paramount importance. And for somebody to use a position of power at the FBI for political aspirations and political goals is one of the biggest disconnects in what this nation is about. And I'm very offended by this, as I'm sure most of your listeners are, because this is breaking and eroding confidence in the system and in a nation of laws. What you need is confidence in the system, that the Department of Justice, that the FBI, that the folks that are enforcing the laws of this nation, are doing it because of the black and white of the law and the black and white of the Constitution, not for political aspiration. I think this is incredibly egregious and foul.

[Amanda Head]

And, sir, something I think that is also offensive is using the American people, using their suffering as leverage during the shutdown. And we have Democrats, in their own words, saying that that suffering is something that they can use during times of leverage, I believe was the phrasing that she used. But I know that you spoke to some folks at an airport there in Montana, and I know you brought gratitude and support, but you also brought donuts and coffee. And I'm not sure what their favorite part of that was. But you talked to them. They're working through the shutdown. What did they tell you?

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Well, here's the thing is, obviously having to work without being paid is tough for anybody. I mean, some folks have reserv, some don't, and some actually count on that for making their mortgage payments, for buying gas, for buying groceries. And so my point in going out there is to hear what was going on. The stories from Boots on the Ground, so as at the airport in Helena and talking to the TSA folks and the ATC folks. But the biggest thing is to make sure that they understood that we cared about their plight and were hoping that we can get through this and just wanted to make sure that they didn't feel like they were out on their own on an island. This will pass. And I'm hoping that we can get five more reasonable Democrat senators to actually pass this continuing resolution to get them so that they are actually paid to do what they're doing. We just saw last weekend one of the biggest delays in air traffic because of these issues with atc. And delays are one thing. We need to also be cognizant of what happens if that starts to become a safety issue because there's folks that are either not showing up or because they're have other concerns in their lives, lives not being paid. But, you know, one thing I want to back up, if you don't mind. I was listening to the speech you had from the minority leader, from Jeffries earlier, and one of the things that he said there, it made me think that he's in some kind of alternate universe. You know, he talked about the partisan Republican spending bill. I'm going partisan Republican spending bill. This is a continuing resolution that the Democrats have voted for over and over multiple times. This has no poison pills, no policy. This is a clean cr. They don't get any cleaner than this. And somehow he's turned the policy that happened under the Democrats and President Biden, he's turned that into a partisan Republican spending bill. He must be living in an alternate universe because this is a simple, clean extension of status quo, of keeping the government open so that we have our military being paid, so we have SNAP and WIC payments going through that we have NFIP for developers trying to sell projects in floodplains so that they can get their flood insurance. All of the things that matter there, the usda, there's so many programs that Montanans that Americans depend on, and they're playing games with the American people in this alternate universe that Jeffrey seems to be in saying that this is a partisan Republican spending bill, and there could not possibly be anything less partisan than this bill that's out there right now.

[John Solomon]

So remarkable to watch the language. We got a little breaking news. Just a moment ago, President Trump endorsed Andrew Cuomo, once an enemy of his or certainly an antagonist of his, for New York City mayor tomorrow, saying it was the only choice New Yorkers had to defeat a socialist. We're heading into these extraordinary elections where the Democrats have begun to show what the left, far left side's goals are to get socialism, to get basically a manipulated economy. Your thoughts at what's at stake in the 2025 and of course, next year, the 2026 election.

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Well, talking about alternate universes here, we've got New York City, the heart of American capitalism, where Wall street is, where our banking system. There's so much happening in New York City. And to have somebody within striking distance that is a socialist, somebody that's completely contrary to capitalism, trying to change the seat of American capitalism. Again, this is some Weird alternate universe. But one thing that I will say that the President has been very clear on is that he had much rather have a poor Democrat than to have a full on socialist. And I have to agree with him there because there's just so much at stake here. And I think that the ideas that we've seen come from Hamdaami are just ludicrous. From, you know, having city owned housing, city owned grocery stores. So much of these programs are just something out of the Communist Manifesto. It's like, what are you thinking and why are you gonna impose that upon the people of New York? And I'm really hoping that they reject that. We'll see if the President's endorsement has any, any weight in there. But I do agree with him. I'd much rather have a poor Democrat than to have a full on socialist running the city of New York.

[Amanda Head]

Speaking of groceries and also speaking of bad policies, President Trump has been left with a lot of messes to have to clean up and some of them don't really have clear answers. But one of those big problems, and I know this is important to you because of these six to one cow to human ratio in your area, but this, this announcement that President Trump made, effectively quadrupling the quota of Argentinean beef coming into the country. On one hand you want to protect the American people and the grocery prices that have gone up as a result of Biden Inflation, what, 21.21% cumulative inflation under Joe Biden. On the other hand, you got American beef farmers who, who are struggling as well. What's the fix?

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Yeah, well, I mean, Americans want to eat American produced beef. And you know, one of the concerns that the President has, and I completely understand this, it's the price at the grocery store. And that's what the President is trying to affect. And so the President put out that announcement to bring in more Argentine beef. And Argentina is a pretty small importer or importer of the United States in all of our imported beef. But still, what my producers are concerned about is driving the prices down at the grocery store by replacing the American herd. And we've seen the American herd for a lot of different reasons because of, you know, drought and other issues. We've seen that decline in Montana. Pre Covid, we had about two and a half million cows and that's down to about 2.1 million, so about 4,400,000 head loss in Montana since COVID And we need to rebuild that herd. If you really want to support the farmers and ranchers and make sure that you're pushing the prices down in the grocery store. We need to reestablish that. And so we've been talking to the administration, making sure that we're threading that needle of what we can do short term in prices, but making sure that the president, the administration understands that Montana producers want to regrow that herd. And we want to make sure that we're supporting the people growing the food here in this country. Because end of the day, what people want to eat is born in, raised in, processed in American beef. And so we're really having some good conversations there and making sure that we're watching out for our producers.

[John Solomon]

Yeah. Such an important dynamic to get right. What can American farmers do to bring that price down? What are some of the things that maybe Trump could help American farmers do to get this under control?

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Well, I think really what happens, like I said, is just helping regrow that herd. And I know there's some programs within the USDA that Secretary Rollins is released recently on, trying to help, you know, rebuild that herd from, you know, a bunch of issues to help our producers, including expanding grazing lands. There's a part in expanding small processing plants. So there's a bunch of little parts to this puzzle that start to come together. But end of the day, and I've said this on your show before, you know, food security is national security. And farmers and ranchers have it so hard right now. We need to make sure we're doing what we can to support them. Because if you end up in a place where you're no longer producing food, you know, throughout the history of humanity, that's how you bring a country down. You make it so it can't feed itself. So it's really important to my district, and I think it's really important to national security that we support our farmers and ranchers to continue doing what they do and growing the best beef, the best protein, the best produce, the best grain on the planet and continue to feed us and continue to feed the world.

[John Solomon]

I think that's something all Americans can get behind pretty quickly. Congressman Troy Downing, what a great honor to have you on the show today. Thanks for joining us.

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Well, thanks for having me. Really appreciate it.

[John Solomon]

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[Amanda Head]

Welcome back everybody to just the news. No noise. I know when these special elections come along that people don't necessarily pay as much attention to them as they would if it were midterm election. Elections are certainly every four years, the general election. But there are some major ones coming up tomorrow. And who better to preview what's going to happen in them than one of America's most accurate pollsters. He is the director of Big Data Poll, Rich Barris. Rich, welcome back.

[Rich Barris]

Thanks Amanda. Thanks for having me. It's great to be here.

[Amanda Head]

Great to have you on the eve of what I hope means we will find some answers tomorrow. Although we know that some of these states, they like to drag out the results like California. We'll get to California in a minute. But New Jersey, let's start there. What do you think is going to happen?

[John Solomon]

Happen?

[Rich Barris]

I think New Jersey is probably going to give us the clearest picture. If it is very close, we will unfortunately have to wait for counties like Bergen to work itself out. It's just the nature of modern elections. But I do think that New Jersey is probably going to be the closest of the contest that we have coming up, aside from maybe some surprises in Virginia where some of the races can be close but at the top of the ticket. You know, the main event elections. I do think New Jersey is the one to watch.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, that sounds right. The capital of the capitalist world could have a socialist Wednesday morning, you think?

[Rich Barris]

I do. I did hear about the president's endorsement of Cuomo. A lot of people have voted already, ladies and gentlemen. A lot turnout in New York for early vote has been pretty gangbuster for a New York mayoral election. They're pretty notoriously low turnout elections. This one probably will eclipse Giuliani Dingen, which is incredible. And if it does, that's very good for Mumdani. Now, I know a lot of people would say, but in the primary, turnout was the issue for Cuomo and others.

[John Solomon]

It.

[Rich Barris]

That's true. But we do know the demographics of a lot of these people that did vote early. And there is nothing, I mean, I can go through them one by one. But honestly, guys, there's nothing in the early vote data that makes me think the polls are off. All right, let me put it that way. I do think that Mandani is going to win. The question for me I'm kicking around is, will he hit 50%? Will he not? I think honestly, when someone gets an error of inevitability, a lot of the rest of the undecided voters will say, you know what, I'll just go to Mamdani. And if that does happen, he's only about, according to the polls anyway. He's only about two points from that threshold. So I think, you know, this, this one's pretty much, pretty much in the bag already. You know, I hope I'm wrong, but.

[Amanda Head]

I think it is right on that because I know that there are a lot of folks out there who are saying, you know, Mamdani is the future of the Democrat Party. They are going radically left. If he doesn't hit that 50% threshold, does that tell you that maybe Democrats haven't gone as far left as some folks think?

[Rich Barris]

I. I don't know if I would honestly say that because some Democrats who are going to vote for Cuomo are going to. And I've talked to some of them. Some of them are going to do so because they are keenly aware of the brand damage. And John, we talked about this before. There are some Democrats that are terrified of Mandani, not because they disagree with his policies, but because they don't want that to be the mainstream idea of the left nationally. Then we brought this up last time Republicans did. They ran successfully a lot against Bill de Blasio and Nancy Pelosi not too long ago. Right. When we look back to some of those midterms and during the Obama years, and there are some, and I dare I say, smarter Democrats who understand that this is a gift to the White House, this is a gift to Republicans. And while progressives can celebrate that, they're able to get somebody like Mamdani elected in the largest city in the country, they can celebrate that in the short term because in the long term, all of their own research, Amanda, is telling them that they have damaged their party badly with extremist views and with views that are really only, you know, batted around in the coastal areas of this country. And they have focused too much on, on issues that are almost luxury issues when the rest of the country has been hurting badly. So it's not, it's probably not a great long term thing for the Democratic Party.

[John Solomon]

Yeah. I want to ask about whether a good 25 election for Democrats could mean a bad 26 election for Democrats. Because you could wake up on Wednesday morning and have an attorney general in Virginia who literally wished death upon his opponents. Children's a socialist in New York, a mayor out in Seattle who wants to tax you if you don't rent your house or apartment quick enough. And then a whole lot of other fun ones. A candidate, Minneapolis, who pledges allegiance to the Somali leader. This could seem like the band of crazies that would be a benefit to the Republicans in 26.

[Rich Barris]

Look, you know, I don't want people to overanalyze this. There are. The one that would tell me something is New Jersey. The others, I'm not outright dismissing them. But the fact of the matter is Virginia has a long tradition of voting for the party that is not in the White House, especially right after a presidential election, meaning Barack Obama, he got elected in a landslide. And then in the 09 election, Bob McDonnell absolutely stomped the Democratic candidate for governor in Virginia. It didn't mean that Virginia was radically shifting back. Republicans did go on to have a good midterm year, but it's not always predictive. These are blue areas. New York, New Jersey is the one where I could play devil's advocate and I could say, look, Republicans were in the best position to win the governor's election in that state, even better than when Chris Christie beat John Corzine. Both of the candidates on the Democratic side were flawed, engulfed by scandal. And Jack Citarelli is actually relatively popular for a Republican, if you were to believe the polls. And he's also very well known. The state is not as blue as it was when Chris Christie ran against John Corzine. So, I mean, this one I could play devil's advocate on, but I wouldn't. Again, I would caution people to read too much into it, but I do think New Jersey, you know, was a little bit of a test on whether or not Republicans still had that get out the vote operation that motivated not just their low propensity voters, but some of their newer, what they were hoping to be more reliable voters. And that is going to tell me something. So I don't want to dismiss New Jersey, but I also don't want people like Harry Anton out there saying it's good. Devastating electoral blow to Donald Trump. These are blue areas, guys.

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

It's.

[Rich Barris]

If it's close in New Jersey, it's not exactly a great thing for Democrats.

[Amanda Head]

Yeah, absolutely. Rich, I want to stay on Virginia for a moment because the race between Abigail Spanberger and Wins himself Sears, to me there's a lesson to be learned there because we are seeing polls that are showing Abigail Spanberger further and further ahead. But Winston Sears, she seemed to run on the same platform that Glenn Youngkin did. Now, it was successful for Glenn Youngkin, but that was in the wake of a lot of issues in Loudoun county. Parental rights issues. Have those issues faded away for voters?

[Rich Barris]

They're not gone. But that was a tertiary issue during this election season. This is a great example of know your audience, Amanda. People were screaming at the top of their lungs. And when in Virginia voters say that the economy is the number one issue or cost of living is, it doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as the rest of the country because so much of the northern part of the state, the economy is obviously heavily reliant on the federal government. So it was going to be a challenging year for Republicans given what Donald Trump has been doing. And that's not a bad thing. Right? The rest of the country. Republicans definitely wanted Donald Trump to reduce the size and scope of government. The government shut down. Everybody else does is not that big of a thing. But when you get into Northern Virginia, the D.C. suburbs, Loudoun county, even outside of Fairfax, more affluent areas, it is right. Winston Sears spent a lot of money and a lot of time running ads on transgender issues when all of the polling and all of the focus grouping was telling you to focus on cost of living and people's economic concerns. And I think this is similar to even what we're seeing in New York City. Republicans better not forget that they were elected on a domestic agenda to fix people's economic concerns or at least to help address them. And if you don't, voters, they're not married to you. Right. Especially not in a state like Virginia. Youngkin won, but it wasn't that big of a margin. He ran almost flawless campaign. Sears was never going to be that level of a candidate. So, I mean, she should have been that or campaign too, should have been that. That much more aware of whether or not she was knowing her audience. And ultimately, I don't think any one of us who do this for a living will look back on this campaign and say that they did a good job. They didn't.

[John Solomon]

Rich, really quickly, before I let you go, I got about a minute left. California proposition, redistricting, probably going to happen, right?

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

It is.

[Rich Barris]

And it's not just the polling. In my eyes, I'm looking at the early vote. I don't know what's going on over there. I mean, I do. I mean, I'm honestly saying I don't know. But the truth is there is a lot of. It's not a remorse. There's a lot of complacency among Republicans out in the country right now. And they need something to light a fire and wake them up. Because even in some of the areas where Donald Trump did exceptionally well, look at the Central Valley, the returns in Stanislaus County. Democrats are ahead of them in returns. This is an area where it was a bit of a red flag area where Donald Trump did exceptionally well, carried his districts, and yet you had a congressman like John Duarte go down in flames. There are reasons for that and Republicans just haven't addressed them yet. That again, more focus on the domestic issues. John will go a long way. There's a lot of Republicans right now, you know, just wondering what's going on. Right. So California is always going to be uphill for a statewide proposition. But the ballot returns and what we thought were increasing red areas are just not looking very impressive.

[Amanda Head]

All right, I got to squeeze one more in because you said it will take something to light the fire in California. Do Any of these gubernatorial candidates on the right side, light, light the fire for next year.

[Rich Barris]

You know, I think if Jack Citarelli was to pull this out, that would be a huge morale boost for Republicans. It's not, you know, in politics, it's never just one thing, but that would be a big deal. New Jersey is a state now that a lot of Republicans have started to eye because Donald Trump's surprisingly strong performance there woke them up to some of the things that, you know, we've talked about quite a bit. Right. And people just didn't think it was possible until Trump got that close. And Jack ran a very good race in 21, came out of nowhere. The polls were wildly off. And he almost, he almost pulled that out. So that, that would go. That would go a long way. It would. But ultimately, you know, again, I would tell people to take this stuff with a grain of salt because, you know, a lot can happen in six months. It's politics. That's how it goes. Yeah.

[Amanda Head]

All right, Californians, you hear what he said? Keep an eye on New Jersey. Unless we forget, President Trump won nearly 40% of the vote in California last year. So. All right, Rich Barris, director of Big Data Poll. Rich, always great to have you here. Thanks so much. All right, everybody, we've got to take a quick break, and we'll have much more for you on the other side.

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[John Solomon]

Welcome back, America. There's a new home show on the horizon. Living on vacation. A show about what it's like to live in America's top destination, showcasing the beauty of America, something I really love. Joining us now, the host of that show, Alyssa and Brad Hammond, real estate duo and television personalities based in one of my favorite states, Florida. Guys, good to have you on.

[Congressman Troy Downing]

Yeah.

[Brad Hammond]

Thanks for having us.

[Podcast Announcer]

Yeah, thank you.

[John Solomon]

All right. I love this show idea. In fact, I was just talking about it with my wife over the weekend. What inspired you guys to take this on?

[Brad Hammond]

Well, long story short, we used to live in Kansas City. We loved Kansas City. But when we were in Kansas City, we would vacation to Florida. And one thing Led to another and we ended up in Florida ourselves. And we were. We sell real estate here in Florida. And through an opportunity, we went on one of the local shows to talk about the local market. And from that experience, it just kind of took off this idea of, hey, you know, we really feel like we're living on vacation. And the show is just about that. What's it like to live on vacation?

[Podcast Announcer]

So, yeah, what are like when you live in Florida? You get to drive to places that most people have to fly to or.

[Brad Hammond]

Walk in some cases.

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

True.

[Amanda Head]

Absolutely. What challenges do you guys face? I mean, I think of my own mentality when I'm on vacation, and I gotta admit, I kind of lose my zest for working because I get just so relaxed. Do you find that to be a challenge?

[Brad Hammond]

Probably the biggest challenge is spending too much money because there's so much to do. There's so many things you can get involved with. So you're like, your focus at work is surprisingly good because you're like, I gotta be productive at work or I'm not gonna get to live on vacation very long. So. So there's so much to do here, so much activities. You want to be able to enjoy those. So to be able to do that, you got to put in the work. So I haven't had a problem being distracted from work necessarily. It's okay. We got to control ourselves a little bit.

[John Solomon]

Yeah. So that is a hard one. But we always come back on vacation more broke than we thought we were going to be. That's always a thing. All right, what is something, Elissa, that you hope everyday Americans take from this? I mean, the home television craze is amazing. I find myself always looking at weekend warrior shows, other things. What, what are some of the takeaways that you think everyday Americans will take from the show?

[Podcast Announcer]

Well, our kids are a big part of the show and obviously, you know, we have a seven year old and a four year old. So when we vacation, a lot of it is, you know, things that are family friendly and kid friendly. So I think I just hope it encourages people to, like, go out there and make memories and have fun with your. Your family, you know.

[Amanda Head]

Does it make it hard to structure a normal lifestyle and a normal home schedule and things like that? When you are somewhere where you are doing what you are doing and it feels like vacation kind of.

[Podcast Announcer]

Yeah, I would say we kind of joke that sometimes we're working on vacation.

[Brad Hammond]

That's true too.

[Podcast Announcer]

Making the show. I mean, obviously the show's about living on vacation. But in reality, I'm also, you know, basically a soccer mom. Right. So I have to juggle TV shoots plus, you know, regular mom demands and all of that. So, yeah, I would say, like, that's kind of one of the.

[John Solomon]

Yeah.

[Brad Hammond]

And the TV show is really a side thing for us. Our main business is selling real estate. The TV show just kind of happened organically on the side. So it's a. It is a lot of work. But we really love the show. We're passionate about the show and. And people seem to like the show. So we just. We're like, yep, throw it on our already overloaded plate and this is what you get.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, more work for vacation. That's crazy. All right, Brad, you. You started in the education field right before you went into real estate. How did that shape your approach to doing the show?

[Brad Hammond]

Yeah, I mean, we both were in education, and I think. I think more than anything, our experience in education got us prepared to be real estate advisors because I can't imagine a better way to prepare yourself because you're just. You're dealing with. With people all the time. When you're in education, people's kids are their most important thing, but followed by the kids is their money. People's money is very important. So when you're a real estate advisor, you're dealing with some very. There's a high stakes situation when you're dealing with people's money. And then the show itself. I don't know how much education's really helped us with the show. I think just being ourselves and showing people it is kind of a family show. The reason we got an education is we enjoy being around families and working with kids and so stuff. And I think the show is a really good way to encourage people to have fun in life, live life to the fullest and include your kids too. So I would say that's probably the most we got out of it.

[Amanda Head]

On the show. When it comes to the content that you use on the show, do you use everything across the board? The difficult moments, the joyful moments, the triumphant moments, or do you try to just focus on the positive?

[Podcast Announcer]

I would say we try to keep the show pretty upbeat. I mean, and obviously, you know, you're filming vacation, so I mean, how stressful can it be?

[Brad Hammond]

Well, we're not really filming vacation necessarily, but you're really getting to dive into people's lives and experience. People obviously vacation to Florida, all these different places we hope to feature on the show people vacation to, but you really get to dive into their lives and See, you know, everybody knows about XYZ attraction, but what's it like to live here? What are the challenges? There's not too much, you know, negative or anything like that on the show, but it's interesting to hear from people, even behind the scenes, just how what their stories were. I mean, the people, a lot of people that are on the show are very successful, but it's not always been that case. I mean, we hear from people that weren't always as successful and had to overcome obstacles and challenges. And it's always very inspiring to hear that because we, you know, hard work is a big part of being here in America. And it's encouraging to hear people that. But even though there were obstacles there, they didn't give up. They kept fighting. And now they're getting to reap the benefits of it. So all that kind of stuff. And you do get to hear our guest stories on the show. So I think that's meaningful for people, too.

[John Solomon]

I love it. All right, I got a couple quick ones from DM. People are DMing me as we're talking right now. Two quick things. How do people watch it? And Alyssa, how are you going to keep from spending too much money on vacation?

[Podcast Announcer]

Well, hopefully the show can be a bit of a guide to, like, hey, you know, like, research where I'm going to vacation before I go. I think that was my heart in like even coming up with the show concept is kind of like, okay, I'm going to Florida. What am I going to do? Where I'm going to eat, where I'm going to stay? You know, how much money am I have to spend? Like, so hopefully the show can kind of help inform people so they can plan things out and be a little less when they decide to vacation in the various places.

[Rich Barris]

Yeah.

[Brad Hammond]

And to watch the show. Our show airs here in the Florida area on abc. I know not everybody can tune into that, but if you go to our website, hammondfamilygroup.com that's our real estate website. If you go to the top of the page, there's a TV show tab if you go on there. All our shows episode replays are uploaded on onto YouTube. The first two seasons, the show was actually called Property Tours of Northeast Florida. Season three, which we're producing right now, hasn't aired yet, but it will be airing soon. Well, I shouldn't say too soon. It'll be airing here in a few months. It's under production, but it'll also be uploaded on hammondfamilygroup.com so if you can't tune in on ABC here in Florida. Just, you know, I'd say encourage you to subscribe to our YouTube channel or just check back in with our website and you can catch all the action.

[John Solomon]

I love it. Count me as one who's going to be watching. I can't wait to see it, guys. What a great honor to have you on. And folks, check it out. Living on vacation. It's going to be a must watch come spring. I'm really looking forward to. All right. We're going to take a quick commercial break when we come come back, a lot more to talk about, including the economy. Have all that when we get back to these messages.

[Amanda Head]

Welcome back, everybody. Autism Spectrum disorder is now estimated to affect more than one in 31 children in the United States. And one of the biggest goals of the MAHA movement is curbing that number. Now one foundation fighting to help these kids is the McCullough Foundation. And joining us now to talk about all of that and more, he's world renowned doctor and chief scientific officer at the Wellness Company. He's also the author of the new book Vaccines, Mythology, Ideology and Reality, an absolute must read. Dr. Peter McCullough, thanks so much for being with us.

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

Thank you.

[Amanda Head]

All right, sir, this landmark study by the McCullough foundation, tell us which found.

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

You know, this is the first major evidence based Update since the 2004 Institute of Medicine report on the topic of childhood vaccinations and autism. 82% of information in the McCullough report is new information since 2004. That's the first point. And you know, there's no single cause of autism, but there are risk factors. We did find that the largest and most dominant and also modifiable risk factor is routine childhood vaccination in susceptible children. Now what makes a child more susceptible would be being a premature baby, having older parents, siblings with autism, babies who have in utero exposure to drugs that moms take, and usually serious drugs like antipsychotics, antileptics, antidepressants, not Tylenol, by the way. That essentially has been ruled out. What we're really left with is the fact that a big battery of vaccines has been given. It's exploded since 1986 when the manufacturers were giving liability protection. And now 12 studies show in today's world, a child born today who's healthy remains healthier with no vaccines whatsoever.

[John Solomon]

Wow. That's amazing. All right. So a lot of times medical studies come and go. Dr. Nothing happens. This one seems to have caught the political fancy in Washington. People are really Talking about this, what are the next texts? How does the political system of America get engaged on this medical issue?

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

Well, it certainly made the rounds on social media. Now there hasn't been any credible doctor with medical authority who's questioned any of the data in the paper. Sadly, there's been some ad hominem attacks which aren't helpful. It is posted on the European Commission Zenodo preprint server for everyone to read. It's approaching 100,000 downloads and reads. A typical paper gets 250. To give you an idea of its importance, it's been submitted to a major neurology journal today and will marshal it through the peer reviewed process which will be laborious and will take some time, months, even years. But I think this is going to be coming to Senate and congressional hearings. Now the report serves as a basis to discuss all the relevant information and many have been asking, you know, why didn't HHS deliver this type of report? Well, I can tell you HHS is in the vaccine business and they're simply not going to break that bias towards vaccines. We needed an independent foundation and that's where McCullough foundation stepped up.

[Amanda Head]

Yeah, incredible study. And you know, this has become a mainstream conversation. And I tend to hear, as far as vaccines as the risk factor, I tend to hear two different schools of thought. Schools of thought. One of them is it's the vaccines themselves. They have these heavy metals in them that end up as deposits in the brain. And then another school of thought is that it's not necessarily the vaccines themselves. It's the fact that we're giving, you know, 15 at once and then another 10 and another five and we're overloading the baby's system. Is, is it either one or the other or is it a combination of the two?

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

I think it's, it's the latter. It's really inflammation or what we call encephalitis or inflammation of the brain that occurs after a big battery of vaccines. You know, 20 vaccines list encephalitis as a possible side effect of childhood vaccines. And to me clinically the autism as well as adhd, tics and epilepsy, they look like post encephalitic syndrome. So there's no specific vaccine, no specific ingredient. But vaccines given in combination early during the neurodevelopmental timeframe is where all the risk is. Now vaccines given separately and given later in life are far safer.

[John Solomon]

Yeah. So important. I want to tackle another topic that doesn't get talked about, but the trend lines have been There for quite a few decades now, decreasing testosterone in males, particularly in America. What do we see on that? What are some of the solutions?

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

The wellness companies had some great material come out on this in the last few weeks. Make sure everybody signs up and gets the newsletter. But male testosterone levels in the United States have been dropping since the 1970s. And that is, you know, middle to later age males is progressively going down and people are asking the question, why is it something in the food supplies? There's something opposing androgens. But suffice it to say, more and more men do end up turning towards, you know, replacing testosterone. And what the wellness company has come up with is a product called Mars, which incorporates multiple natural ingredients that have evidence based themselves in stimulating the Leydig cells, which are the cells within the testes, to produce testosterone. A far more natural and safer approach than testosterone injections.

[Amanda Head]

Dr. McCullough, when I think of high testosterone, I guess I probably think of Popeye. When I think of low testosterone, I probably think of one of the male characters on Big Bang Theory. But there is a health implication to having low testosterone for men, isn't there?

[Dr. Peter McCullough]

There is. And you know, certainly bone, bone strength, muscle strength, loss of mental acuity, all of those play a role. Certainly reduced libido, that's the big one. Decreased interest in, you know, sexual encounters. So all of these play a role. It's healthier to have a healthy testosterone level in the normal range, 400 to 1,000 picograms. And if men have questions, they should start out with a blood test. The testosterone, the free testosterone, the luteinizing hormone, and then of course, a related hemoglobin measurement. If testosterone replacement therapy is considered, I really think a natural supplement should be attempted first before a man commits to the replacement therapy.

[John Solomon]

Makes some good sense.

[Amanda Head]

Dr. Peter McCullough, world renowned doctor and chief scientific officer at one of our favorite places, the Wellness Company. Thanks so much for joining us tonight, sir. And to our audience, remember to go to TWC Health JustNews and use that promo code, just news. You can save 10% today. That's TWC Health. Just news. Promo code is just news, save 10%. All right, one more break and we'll be back on the other side. Welcome back, everybody. John, before I get to some other topics, I want to hit back on the breaking news at the top of the show. President Trump retweeting it, knowing the importance of this information coming out from the charging documents. You know, I see news blurbs all the time about James Comey being an eagle Scout, which is why I always refer to him as such, Boy Scout, Eagle Scout. He's really kind of ruined that image though.

[John Solomon]

He's a political scout is really what he is. And what you learned from today are three or four remarkable things. One, a possible motive. He thought he was going to be working for President elect Clinton. Two, that he was acutely aware that his staff was leaking to the media and he was trying to correct the story that he thought would damage or change the story that he thought would damage his relationship with the incoming president. Three, the man who investigated Hillary Clinton, if you're using personal email, was using it himself to conduct government business. You just can't lose sight of that. And four, you get a sense that maybe that somewhere down the road there could be a superseding indictment. And when you look at the second testimony where there he says, I don't know anything about that Hillary Clinton intelligence. And he did. His own hand notes seem to suggest he does. You kind of get the sense that maybe Lindsey Halligan has more going on Cash Patel. And by the way, all of this evidence, or a good part of this evidence, you know where it was? It was in that hidden room in the burn bags. So when Cash Patel said there was some good stuff in there, he wasn't kidding.

[Amanda Head]

Indeed, indeed. All right, moving on. Another problem that we had last week, not just James Comey and his current problem, but the monkey problem in Mississippi was solved by a mom who shot the last one dead. A mom in Mississippi, Jessica Bond Ferguson said she and other residents in the area were on high alert and it came into this woman's territory. She's got kids. She said, not today, monkey, not today. And she bang, bang.

[John Solomon]

Don't mess with a woman with a gun. That's all I'll say.

[Amanda Head]

Apparently it turned out that the monkeys were not diseased as we had thought, but that's what the original report was. All right, John, on the snap conversation, which I think I've probably beat like a dead horse on the reporting side of things, this is going to blow your mind. There are approximately 3,280,000 households in LA County. Nearly a million households in Los Angeles county are on EBT. USDA and county data shows that 31% of LA county is on food stamps.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, if you want to see what product policies do, that's what they do. They make an entire generation dependent on government handouts and not on a. They've not built an economy for self reliability now. And I think that's it. You know, praise to you. You did a great story last week on this issue. And then over the weekend I saw the Agriculture Secretary saying, hey, she's right. There is fraud. I just found massive fraud. And they're looking at it. I hope we get the Ag Secretary on the show later this week. Brooke Rollins. But the government really took note of what you were writing. And this fraud pattern is something that, you know, know if you clean it up, then the people who really need it get it and those who don't are kicked off of it. Just like Obamacare, you got a lot of people that are making 3, 400 grand and they're getting the subsidies on Obamacare. Why?

[Amanda Head]

And you know, there's another angle to this crisis because that's exactly what it is in this country. And I've been wanting to write about it, but it's a little too much on the psych side of things. But you look at this culture of handouts from the government and entitlements, literally, not just the legal, legal term for entitlement, but the feeling of entitlement, the psychology of entitlement. And now you've got these viral videos of folks out there saying, that's fine, we're just going to go and we're going to steal the food. And we have come to a place in this country where that has become the response to the government saying, either sorry, guys, it's on pause right now, you're still going to get it. But the government's shut down. It has gone from, from that to, well, if you don't give us our money, if you don't give us our EBT cards, then we're just going to steal.

[John Solomon]

The American spirit was built on carpe diem. And today's generations seem to be more interested in a per diem from the government. It's really, really concerning and how we get that reliance, that self reliance that made America great, that made manifest SC Paso put man on the moon first. We got to capture it quickly or we're going to have Mandamis all over the United States.

[Amanda Head]

I know, I know. All right, John. So Coca Cola, their annual Christmas ad, the one that usually features 18 wheelers with lights on them and polar bears and, and all of that good stuff. Well, they announced that this was going to be an all AI generated ad this time around, so keep an eye out for that and see if you can catch it.

[John Solomon]

Wow, I can't wait to see what that's going to look like.

[Amanda Head]

I, I don't know what their reason was, but I, I, I don't like the direction we're going.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, well, we'll see where.

[Amanda Head]

Let's use real people, real truck drivers.

[John Solomon]

Why not?

[Amanda Head]

Not. Not with CDLs from California, though. We've got to be safer. All right, everybody, that's going to do it for us tonight. Grant central is going to take you through the next hour, but we'll be back here tomorrow night at 6pm Eastern. Until then, have a great night.

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