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Good evening America. Welcome to the Monday edition of Just the News. No noise. I'm your host John Solomon reporting to you back in Washington, DC. Glad to be back after a week off. A big thank you to Amanda for taking such good care you last week. I have to start tonight with the moving memorial TP USA put on for its founder, Charlie Kirk yesterday. The incredibly inspiring words of Charlie's widow, Erica Kirk, who is taking over as CEO of Turning Point USA to continue Charlie's work. All that we valued in that work. TPA says the event reached millions of people around the world yesterday. There was one moment, no moment quite as important as this one, when Erica said she forgave Charlie's alleged assassin. Listen to the powerful moment. That young man.
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg
That young man on.
Amanda
The cross, our savior said father, forgive.
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg
Them for they not know what they do.
Amanda
That man.
Darren Selnick
That young man.
Amanda
I forgive him.
John Solomon
I know I'm going to remember that for a long time. I suspect you will as well. What a powerful moment. Switching gears now to President Trump, who joined just a few moments ago. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Announcing that they have found a purported link between the use of Tylenol or acetaminophen in autism in children. HHS is now advising pregnant women to only use a drug in case of very high fevers, otherwise to avoid it. Not a ban, just a recommendation. Advice and some of the first real guidance we've gotten on autism in three decades. Despite its explosive growth in the American population. The president told Rav's own blind gun before the announcement that he thought the press conference would be one of the most important he'll ever have. Townoff, for its part, says there's no credible evidence that links acetaminophen to autism. But the Trump administration and HHS obviously feels otherwise. Amanda, great time to bring you in. I want to congratulate you. I woke up this morning, I had a great story on the Convention of the States. Our good friend Mark Meckler working to get the state legislatures to approve a Article 5 convention. Then a short while afterwards, President Trump truce it out to the world. That's pretty impressive. First president to endorse the notion of a convention in the states.
Amanda
Well, it's not really that surprising considering that President Trump, you know, wants to rein in the power of federal government. A lot of his, a lot of his sentiments that, by the way, Charlie Kirk echoed. Big government sucks. President Trump has been kind of in. He's got that vibe as well. So it's no surprise that he supports a lot of those efforts that come in.
John Solomon
Great story this morning. Really enjoyed that.
Amanda
Well, thank you. Thank you. All right, everybody, so I have something a little less important to get to because after all of that hand wringing and Chicken Little, the sky is falling. Reporting on MSNBC and CNN that democracy was over and that the right has now gone fully fascist for silencing Jimmy Kimmel. Well, his show will be back on the air tomorrow. Disney and ABC announced that a little earlier today and just about a week after he was suspended. So that didn't last very long. I guess free speech still exists in America, after all, and President Trump as a dictator is not very good at dictatoring. All right. Disney also said that they have some, that they had some, quote, thoughtful conversations with Kimmy Kimmel about returning to the air. And they also faced mounting pressure from Hollywood celebrities, over 400 of them, in fact, who wrote a letter to ABC to get Kimmel back on the air. It was Signed by people like Robert De Niro, Jason Bateman, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston and Selena Gomez. And here's an update on a story that I reported on a couple weeks ago. Remember Rebecca Slaughter? She was a member of the Federal Trade Commission who President Trump tried to fire. And the case went back and forth in the court system, some saying that the president had the authority to fire her. Some said he didn't. Until finally today, the Supreme Court ruled the president did have the power to let her go. However, it's just for the next three, three more for the next three months or so. And that's because the Supreme Court has now agreed to look into other cases like that, taking up a case on presidential authority to fire independent board members instead of Congress having to be involved. So when that decision is doled out, in about three months, we will know the outcome on whether or not the president can fire Slaughter or any other members of independent government agencies for that matter. John, what do you think?
John Solomon
Oh, I think people, the Federal Reserve are watching this one really closely. That's a big moment, historic case to take on. And the justices are going to weigh in. I think we'll get some guidance on what the president's authorities are. If they reverse this, it'll be a change for the Supreme Court because decades ago they suggested the president should defer to Congress who had confirmed and advised and consent on these appointees. So important stuff. You know, I'm tired of and I think a lot of Americans are, this normal hostage taking event we have in Washington two, three, four times a year called government shutdown. Well, our first guest tonight has an idea. How about we end that idea? No more government shutdowns. Let's do a responsible thing. Joining us from a great op ed he wrote this morning in the Wall Street Journal, the Great center for the State of Wisconsin, and our good friend Senator Ron Johnson. Senator, great to have you on the show.
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, John. Hello, Amanda.
John Solomon
All right. I read this op ed. I love it. I was nodding my head all the way through. It is ridiculous that we have to go through this hostage taking every three or four months so that big spenders can keep big spending going in Washington. Tell us about this law and how it could change the arc in Washington.
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, since I got to Washington in 2011, we've had three government shutdowns, 55 continuing resolutions to fund the government. We've had 12 increases or suspension the debt ceiling, allowing our debt to grow from 14 trillion to over $37 trillion. Obviously, the federal government funding it is Completely out of control. And there's just a simple solution in terms of at least ending a part of that dysfunction. Just passing a bill that would automatically fund the government rolling two week continuing resolutions. You would take away all the drama, all the turmoil so we could focus on the areas of agreement. If you want to fund Veterans affairs, go ahead and fund that. They start handling over, you know, different departments. But we wouldn't have this, you know, dysfunction. Quite honestly, you, you upend people's lives. You, you create a great deal of uncertainty. Coast Guard members of Coast Guard other agencies don't get paid during this time. It's ridiculous. So what we do in Wisconsin, if you have such dysfunction, you don't fund government, you know, shut it down. You just find it the last year's levels. It makes complete sense. We'll see. We'll see exactly who votes against this. We'll see exactly who wants a shutdown for political advantage. It's not Republicans or probably the Democrats.
John Solomon
I bet you're right.
Amanda
But sir, Democrats were already circulating their memos on how they could blame a government shutdown on Republicans. You're just throwing water on their fire. But seriously, I want to ask you about any of the conditions for this to happen, because I know in years past there have been other versions of this, bipartisan, with you included, by the way, that have requirements as far as having to stay in Washington and things like that. Is there anything like this in the bill?
Senator Ron Johnson
And mine's completely simple, just establishes two week rolling continuing resolutions so you can just, you get to work without having to worry about those artificial deadlines. And quite honestly, people argued convincingly that if you create other deadlines, it just puts pressure to spend more money because that's always the end result. Okay, okay. You want $1 billion more for your deal? Give me $2 billion more. It's what the Democrats are doing right now. Oh, we'll give you a four week continuing resolution. Four weeks. But in exchange, you have to spend another $1.5 trillion. That's, that's the, that's the Democrats opening negotiation stance. Four weeks. CR will still have the same cliff in four weeks, but just skip four weeks. We demand $1.5 trillion in spending. They view that as a serious negotiation because they can count on the legacy media to back them up.
John Solomon
Yeah, no doubt about it. I want to turn to the big announcement today. You have done such enormous work to bring us transparency inside the public health institutions that often don't give us that transparency. Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And President Trump Announcing that there may be a link, A may is a key word, be a link between acetaminophen, the key ingredient in Tylenol, and autism. And they're urging pregnant women to avoid using it. Your thoughts on how they went about handling it and also how the media has sort of overstated what the president has done today?
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, this is what high integrity science is all about. So there's the majority of studies show there may be some kind of link to Tylenol. There's a number of studies that says there is no link. There's a couple studies that say it's actually protective. So you know, what do you believe it's really up for up to individuals to get that information, make that risk assessment on their own informed consent and then hopefully have the federal government and other people do more research, see if you can come up with a definitive answer. This is not to be all, end all this. This isn't the cause of autism. It just indicates that maybe in certain situations with a different, with a low vitamin count in one particular vitamin combined with this, that may be one of the facts, one of the factors in autism. Again, it's just cautionary. It's how science needs to proceed with modesty, understanding that what we don't know probably exceeds what we do know. But you might as well warn people, let them make their own decision.
John Solomon
Informed consent, absolutely.
Amanda
And I think for most pregnant women, if there's even a chance, they probably want to avoid it and they would want to know of the things that they should, you know, maybe avoid. But sir, you have been such a clarion voice when it comes to just questioning science, just asking questions. You don't have to say it's true or it's not true, but just ask questions, allow other studies to be involved. And we know during COVID with your second opinion panel that set off a firestorm of people just looking into and maybe questioning the official narrative. We now have this Rasmussen poll from a few weeks ago that shows that 50% of voters think that the vaccines did cause deaths in the United States. Sir, thank you to you for putting that information out there. But does that set the stage for a new mentality going forward that we don't always have to take everything that the medical establishment gives us hook, line and sinker.
Senator Ron Johnson
First of all, a one word definition of science is skepticism. You know, it wasn't that many centuries ago people thought the world was flat. That was the scientific consensus. It was wrong. So we always need people, you know, pushing the envelope and asking the Serious questions. But you know, the Rasmussen poll just indicates what people saw with their own eyes. I certainly tried to alert people that, you know, the report was, was certainly showing something that ought to concern our federal health officials. But people had adverse reactions themselves or they had a family member. They saw people take the vaccine and then, you know, die suddenly. We came up with a new term, Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. Never heard of that before. The vaccine, the COVID injections came on the scene. So again, this is what people saw with their own eyes. And that's one of the reasons that I think you have such a low uptake of the, of the COVID money injections. People are concerned because they, they witnessed it, they saw with their own eyes.
John Solomon
Yeah. So very important for us to learn this change that's going on. Do you think the public health agencies are beginning to change the mentality that transparency, abundance of caution, giving information to the public before, you know, there's a connection? Is that taking root or do you think it's a few people trying to get it done and a large resistance behind it?
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, there's a few people trying to get it done and they're absolutely dedicated doing it. You know, RFK Jr. The people he's put in place now, they're up against powerful forces. You can just see that, the wailing and gnashing of teeth. But last week's AC meeting, we started showing real science. The people that were, you know, just pro vax, you know, religious like zeal, you know, they were pushing back on it. But you know, for example, Retsov just asked, well, show what science are you talking about? You know, what studies do you have? We've got all these studies that show there's a, a problem here potentially where your studies, they just went back to. We got to get to listen the experts. I think we listen the experts during COVID and that's one of the reasons people have lost trust because they are experts like Anthony Fauci that just lied repeatedly the American public and we, we.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
We knew he was lying to us.
Amanda
Senator, I think that Americans have a pretty healthy level of distrust and sometimes distaste for their government. Now folks like you obviously are not deserving of, of that because you do incredible work. But sometimes the government is worthy of it. And that would be during Arctic Frost, this probe that or the an operation that went after nearly 100 Republican leaning organizations, including Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA. You and Senator Grassley found this out? Sir, we were told that this was not going to happen again after Lois Lerner and the irs, and yet here we are with another Democrat administration doing the same thing.
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, we got this information from whistleblower, and I'm not holding Cash Patel accountable because he doesn't even know where all these documents are hidden. So we need people who know within these agencies, they have integrity to come forward and bring this to the public's attention. But, no, this is an indication that the lawfare wasn't just targeting Donald Trump. It was targeting basically half Americans of America. You know, who. People who. Joe Biden said that, you know, if you voted for Donald Trump, you basically suspected domestic terrorists. So this is. They cast a wide net. What we don't know is what did the FBI do with this list? I mean, exactly how did they go about targeting some of these groups? Which, by the way, not included. Not only included Turning Point usa, but the Republican Attorneys General association was on this list as well. So, no, there's a lot more to be revealed. Good news is this. This administration, the people that President Trump has nominated and got confirmed for these positions, they want radical transparency. But again, the deep state is pervasive. They don't give up their secrets easily, even when you have a Republican president and his appointees in charge.
John Solomon
Great point. So, got about a minute left. I just wanted to get your take on what we all witnessed. Millions of people across the world watching the Charlie Kirk memorial yesterday. What do you think most took away as the most powerful message?
Senator Ron Johnson
It's, you know, Erica Kirk's, you know, unbelievable statement of forgiveness, you know, quoting Christ on the cross, you know, father, forgive them. They know not what they do, and then saying, I forgive that young man, which means we ought to forgive. Now, you still have to punish crime, but again, I think she led that example. You don't. We don't respond to Kate with hate. We respond to hate with love. That is the Christian message. That is a message that has survived millennia. And that's the message that you see with. With Republicans and conservatives. You didn't see riots, you saw prayer vigils. That speaks volumes.
John Solomon
Yeah, great, great point. That's a great point. Senator, as always, a great honor to have you on, folks. Go check out the extraordinary op ed he wrote in the Wall Street Journal to everybody in Washington is talking about it. We'd be sure to get you on real soon, sir.
Senator Ron Johnson
Have a great day.
John Solomon
Yeah, you as well. What a great interview. All right, folks, a quick break. When we come back, you're wondering what happened to the January 6th investigation. We got the answer. The chairman of the new January 6th Subcommittee Chairman Barry Lodimec will join us for an update right after these messages.
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Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm. And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time. Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane. That's why we started normally a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity. We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously. So if you're into common sense, sanity, and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of normally every Tuesday and Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Foreign welcome back to Just THE News. No noise. There are a lot of things that this new Republican Congress still needs to get to the bottom of. And when it comes to weaponized justice, there's no shortage of things the Biden administration and congressional Democrats may have acted inappropriately on. One of them, of course, was the old January 6th committee. And there is a new January 6th committee that's been formed to look into the potential misdeeds of the old ones. So joining us now to talk about all of that is Congressman representing the great state of Georgia, as well as the chairman of this new January 6th subcommittee, Chairman Barry Loudermilk. Sir, thank you so much for being here.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
Thanks, Amanda. John, it's good to be with you again. We're back in the saddle after a.
Amanda
Little hiatus, so it's good to be back. Good to be back. And sir, you know, I think for a lot of folks, they look at the work of the first January 6th committee, and if there was a list of priorities on their committee database, it would have just one get Trump. But I know that you have a much wider net, a much larger score. Tell us what your priorities are going to be.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
Well, we're going to pick up where we left off last time, which we were on a quest for documents that clearly were not preserved. I know that there's been a lot of questions and politifacts out there of whether documents were deleted. I never accused anyone of deleting documents, except for some videos that they pretty much admitted they had deleted. But clearly documents were missing. You know, we were able to recover a significant number of the documents that were not preserved by the original committee. So we're going to continue on that quest because just from the documents that we were able to obtain during the last committee were very revealing of the mission of the original Select Committee, Pelosi Select Committee, which was do whatever you need to do to lay the blame at Trump. Don't let facts get in the way. And in fact, when facts did get in the way, they just decided, well, we'll move those documents out of the way and not preserve them. And so we were able to uncover there was a predetermined narrative, there's no question about it. And there was little to no investigation or reporting onto the actual security failures of the Capitol, which was their number one priority. But they just decided to ignore that. So we're going to be looking at that as well. Not just who was it that got into the Capitol, but how was an unarmed mob able to overcome U.S. capitol Police, Metropolitan police, and get access into what should be one of the most secured capitals or buildings in the nation?
John Solomon
Yeah, that's such an important question. And you did so much in the last Congress to really help us understand those failures, and yet we got a lot more to learn. One of the big questions that a lot of the folks I talk to, including retired FBI agents, have is why were so many paid informants in the crowd and what were they doing there that day? Can you give us an update on what you learned so far and what you hope to learn and in the next phase of this investigation?
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
Well, one thing that we have learned, and this came on the tail end of the Biden administration when their Department of justice admitted that they had many, I mean, more than two dozen paid informants embedded in the crowd. And so my question is, you know, I'm not surprised. You know, our FBI does pay to have informants through different organizations, and their primary job is intelligence, you know, to provide information. But with that many paid informants being in the crowd, we want to know how many were in the crowd, how many were in the building. But I also want to know, were they paid to inform or instigate? I mean, that's a big question because we did uncover information and video evidence of metropolitan police officers encouraging people to go into the Capitol. That's very concerning. But if these informants, if they were paid to inform, what information did the FBI actually get from them? How did they not know that this was coming if they had that many paid informants? I believe they did know it was coming. And what information did they gather? What intelligence did the FBI have in the days leading up to January 6th, and what information did they pass along to the Capitol police? Because, look, Chief Sund was caught flat footed, Even though he was trying to prepare. We know there was political involvement in his decisions. His request for National Guard backup, that happened several times before January 6th was continually shut down until there were actually shots fired in the Capitol. But what intelligence did the FBI, or Department of Homeland Security or the Pentagon or the CIA, all of these intelligence agencies, what intelligence did they have and what did they do with it?
Amanda
Absolutely.
John Solomon
So Important.
Amanda
Sarah. I know when most of us think about January 6th, we think about what happened there on the grounds outside of the Capitol and what happened inside the Capitol. But the pipe bombs, that's also a part of this as well. Are you going to be looking into that?
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
We are. We're already looking into it. You know, it always confused me is with all the FBI resources that were suddenly and almost immediately put on prosecuting anybody who happened to be around the Capitol. Look, there was violence done. I'm not denying that. But the number of people who charges were brought up against, or they were, they were harassed or investigated by federal authorities so quickly, how did, how was the FBI able to put that many resources on that? But yet it doesn't seem that they did much of an investigation into the pipe bomb. And so we're looking, we're, we're now reaching out to the FBI. They are being very cooperative, looking for all information they had. Why was the investigation dropped? Why didn't it go any further? And, you know, looking at some specifics, like when were the pipe bombs actually placed? Were they live? And how if there was a live pipe bomb that according to the FBI, did have some black powder on it, especially the one over at the Democrat headquarters, how was a Secret Service agent able to walk past it five times without his bomb sniffing dog alerting on it? And then why were people, citizens, just allowed to walk within feet of the pipe bomb while it was supposedly still active? This is probably one of the most suspicious and disorganized things I have ever seen out of law enforcement. And I think American people need to know the answers to that.
John Solomon
Yeah. So you said that you want to know if anyone was there to instigate. Do you have a growing suspicion that maybe some of the people there that day were there to make the situation worse, not better?
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
You know, that we do have evidence that there were people that were instigating, such as a metropolitan police officer that was undercover in plain clothes. The question would be, when we get more evidence of people who are instigating that may be part of the government or may be in law enforcement, were they caught up in the moment or did they have orders to do this? Was this preplanned or is it just something that somebody decided, you know, it would be really good if we could catch some of these MAGA people rioting at the end of 2020. Right. Not necessarily thinking they're going to get into the Capitol, but maybe, and this is, you know, one theory we're working on as we're working on several theories is was this just allowed to play out for political reasons? So we're researching the entire gambit. We're going to follow the facts and draw our conclusions from facts, not just from political expediency. Because America has already been through that with the original select committee.
John Solomon
They sure were.
Amanda
Mr. Chairman, we've had many conversations with you about the one sided nature of that first January 6th committee. I imagine that's not going to be the case this time around. Tell us who all is going to be on that committee?
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
Well, I think we've got an a team of people. We have Morgan Griffith who was on the committee in the last Congress with me, an attorney out of Virginia. He's a great guy, very smart, knows the law very well and he was invaluable to me in the last committee. He sat down and read through transcribed interviews that we were able to obtain from these different agencies. I mean this is a committee where we weren't just relying on staff to do the work. We were locked in doing the work ourselves. We also have Troy Nels, former law enforcement on the Judiciary Committee. He's even written a book about January 6th. So he brings a lot of knowledge in. Harriet Hagman from the great state of Wyoming is another attorney that's joining us. And then my good friend from Louisiana, Clay Higgins, also with law enforcement experience. And so all of them have a keen interest in getting to the truth and they bring a whole lot to the table. And I'm really excited about this committee and what I believe we'll be able to get done.
John Solomon
Yeah, it's really exciting, sir. We just lived through a rather heart shaking time with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. You've written a book about all the times that prayer has played an important role in our national experience. Tell us about it and why you chose to wrote it.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
Well, you know, we're coming up on our 250th anniversary as a nation and if we want to go another 250 years, we need to look back and see what preserved us for the original 250. And if you go and look, there is no doubt that God through divine intervention has played an important and incredible role in preserving our freedoms in our nation. Look, there's been numbers of books written during the or written about the revolutionary period. Especially when George Washington, his first act as president was to declare a national day of thanksgiving and prayer acknowledging all the great acts of divine providence that happened during the War for Independence. Benjamin Franklin mentioned it at the Constitutional Convention. It was just something everyone knew. But God has governed in the affairs of men, as Benjamin Franklin said, throughout our entire history, all the way up into the current time. In fact, I gave President Trump the first copy of the book just before it was released to the public. And I told him that this was a book about divine providence. And I knew he had experienced that. And he pointed his finger to his ear and he said, barry, if God hadn't told me to turn my head when I did that day in Pennsylvania, I wouldn't be here today. And so he acknowledges God's providence. And, you know, Charlie Kirk, that's what he talked about and was God's. God is hands upon this nation. And so I released this book July 4th to reintroduce these concepts to the American people. And it's not written as a documentary. It's written in story form. So instead of just reading about Washington and Valley Forge, you're there in Valley Forge with George Washington. We got more than 10 years of research into these stories. They're very factual, based on all factual content. But these stories go from 1746 all the way up into the 20th century. And I think it's really important for Americans to understand their true heritage.
Amanda
Absolutely. I can't wait to get my hands on that book. Chairman BARRY Loudly they prayed. Yes. And then they prayed. Thank you so much for joining us, sir.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk
All right. Thank you both.
Amanda
Absolutely. All right, everybody, Next, some new reporting for you on DEI in the military. How can we finally get rid of it? That's next.
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Amanda
Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm. And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time. Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane. That's why we started Normalely a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity. We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously. So if you're into common sense, sanity, and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of normally every Tuesday and Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
John Solomon
Welcome back, America. President Trump has done a lot to root out DEI from the United States government, but it still has remnants in it, including in the Pentagon. Joining us now to about talk talk about that and a whole lot more, the former deputy chief of staff to Secretary of War Pete Hexseth, Darren Selnick. Darren, good to have you back on the show.
Darren Selnick
Great to be back on. Thanks for having me, Tom.
John Solomon
All right. I think we made a lot of progress in the last few years on dei, but still there are things happening, including at an Air Force base where a military member is getting persecuted over a flag. Tell us about the latest.
Darren Selnick
Yeah, so tech Sergeant Durant, Air National Guard at Malmstrom Air Force Base, had a flag. And the flag was very simple. At his base housing, which was Jesus is king and Trump is my president. So Jesus is king is, you know, very spiritual thing that he has. Trump is my president. It's not political, it's a fact. He's commander in chief and president. So the base housing said, you have to take this flag down or we'll kick you off base. And he said, well, wait a minute. There are transgender supporting flags or other country flags. Why are you picking out on this? And they said, well, it's our policy. Those flags got permission. You have to get permission for this. And then the. The base commander, actually the wing commander, Jason Green, Colonel Jason Green, got involved and said, you will take this flag down or you will be court martials. So not, you know, being a good service member, not wanting to get court martials. He did ultimately take the flag down. And now they're saying, hey, you have to do this exception to policy. You have to go through this lengthy process of applying to have your flag go up. That could go all the way up through National Guard bureau, all the way up to the secretary himself. Meanwhile, the transgender supporting flags are up, and the other military, the other country flags are up. The transgender flag is the most onerous one simply because the president signed an executive order, Secretary signed a directive when I was heading up pnr and then a deputy chief of staff and implementing those. We, you know, this is counter to policy. We do not support transgender individuals in the military. They are in the process of being let go. And yet here we have a statement that goes counter to commander, chief, counter the secretary hexaf and policy, and they let that flag go up. So as we learn, the deep state goes all the way down. And. And you got to root this up constantly. This stuff will come up. And I appreciate the tech sergeant flagging this for me and me getting this information to the secretary and to the head of public affairs.
Amanda
Absolutely. Is there or has there ever been any type of blanket policy on expression on a base like this?
Darren Selnick
Well, that's run by base housing. And their basic policy is you will have the standard flag, but you can have other flags. We will make exceptions, too. So, I mean, you don't want any. You know, you wouldn't want a Nazi flag, for example. Right. So that makes sense. But they're not applying it consistently. So if you support the president, you can't have a flag. If you do, your religious statement of supporting, you know, Jesus can have Flag. But if you support the DEI woke stuff, then you can have a flag. And so it's kind of backwards because you should have gotten rid of the DEI transgender flag and not the flag supporting the president. And so it's all kind of backwards. And this is the kind of stuff that has to be stopped. This is why we set up validation teams to go out and do this stuff. And look, I dealt with this kind of stuff when I was a DOD and, and at the, the Navy have them having books and stuff like that at the Naval Academy and stuff like that. So it's constant. It takes a while to. To root this out. I've done a great job. But this is stuff that comes up, and that's why social media is so important. Identifying these things.
John Solomon
Yeah, it is. Is an amazing tool for figuring it out quickly. I want to turn to a little bit of foreign policy. You have vast experience in the security world. Canada, Great Britain and France, we have our allies all recognizing a Palestinian state still under humble mosque control. A lot of people I've talked to say this seems to be rewarding the terrorist attack on October 7th. Your thought on what message it sends and also what Canada, France and Great Britain may be up to, because I'm not sure I understand the end game here.
Darren Selnick
I'm not sure they understand the end game. I think, you know, all disclosure, I'm, I'm Jewish, so I have a little bit skin in the game with Israel. But on a purely national security policy, you know, President Trump has set the way to do this and Hamas has thumbed their nose. And so, yes, Hamas is going to feel like they're being rewarded. I'm sure our, our friends with, with Canada and Great Britain and France, what not think, hey, this is a way to push Israel, but it's not a way to push Israel. The only way to really get rid of Hamas is to get rid of Hamas and to follow the lead of President Trump. And so this is counterproductive. It will just extend the war, it will extend the suffering, it will extend loss of life, and it will do nothing for the Palestinians. And what if the Palestinians want to have a state in the future? They have to prove their good neighbors first. Going out killing 1500 Jews on October 7th the other year is not the way to prove it. They've been in nothing but trouble. Hamas has to be fixed. They have to be getting rid of. And then you can go ahead and eventually potentially establish the state of a peaceful neighbor. President Trump has the ideal plan to rebuild it into a beautiful State, but first you got to get rid of the cancer. And that's a mosque.
John Solomon
Yeah, it makes a lot of sense.
Amanda
And the United States has a policy of not negotiating with terrorists. And I would go so far as to say this is even more than negotiating. This, this is caving to terrorists. Do France and the UK and Canada not have a similar mentality when it comes to dealing with terrorists?
Darren Selnick
I think ultimately they don't. I think if you look at those countries, you'll know that they're kind of woke countries themselves. They have a leftist bent, especially, you know, Canada. Look what they've been doing. And so they kind of look at it like the way a lot of our college students look at it. You know, the poor Palestinians, the mosques, you know, they were treated badly. And I think, I think they're just trying to assert their authority and power as independent countries. And so they're kind of standing, sticking it to the president subtly and think that they're doing something that's going to work when it's going to backfire. So no, I don't think they have the same worldview mindset that we do. And that's, that's caused a big problem and that's why the United States is a leader. That's why President Trump is the leader in this and they should be following his example.
John Solomon
Yeah, such a good point there. It sounds like always great to have you on the show. Thanks for joining us today.
Darren Selnick
Thanks so much.
John Solomon
Conversation. All right, folks, after the break, more on some European countries like France and England recognizing Palestinian state. It's a head scratcher. We're going to talk to an expert about it and get into that conversation right after these messages.
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Amanda
Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm. And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time. Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane. That's why we started Normalely, a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity. We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously. So if you're into common sense, sanity, and occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of Normally every Tuesday and Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Welcome back everybody. Last night, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and the UK all released statements in which they declared that they would recognize Palestine Palestine as a state ahead of the UN General assembly in France earlier today also joined in that decision. All countries involved noted that the recognition would have some conditions, including the disarmament of Hamas, the release of the hostages, and exclusion from future governance from Hamas. So joining us to discuss is Senior Research Fellow for National Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation, Steve Yates. Steve, thanks so much for being here.
Steve Yates
Happy to join you.
Amanda
Help me understand because at different points in in their history, Hamas has claimed different territories. You know, it's from the river to the sea, so so west bank to Gaza, at some points, even parts of eastern Jerusalem. But do France and the UK And Canada and New Zealand. What part. What. What are they recognizing as Palestine? What geographic, claimed territory are they recognizing?
Steve Yates
Well, gee, I wish you were a part of the conversation before they launched off on this, because those are some of the basic questions that are supposed to be in international relations, fundamentals of sovereignty. And of course, if this was a matter of principle and strategy and substance, then there would be a way to define what territory are we talking about? How will this sovereignty be enforced? Do they have a common currency? What is the definition of the demographic mix of this land? There are a whole host of things that would be questions. And of course, if it was an issue of principle and what they care about is fighting genocide, well, then they would be recognizing East Turkestan and China's far west, where there's an actual genocide against Muslims taking place. Or they would recognize Taiwan, where there is a defined boundary, currency, government and all of that. But it's none of those things. So this is, I think, an appeal to the mob in their own countries more than it's about substance on the ground. This will not help a single Gazan, won't feed anyone, won't move towards peace. This is about managing the disruptive and I think, dangerous politics in their own countries.
John Solomon
Yeah, really a head scotcher for a lot of people who look at this, say, aren't we rewarding Hamas, which is still in charge of the Palestinian people right now, for a heinous terrorist attack by doing this? How do those Western countries address that question? Because it's a very common sense question among American people.
Steve Yates
It sure is. I mean, as long as there's a single hostage held, how do you hold out this prospect? And they say, oh, well, we have our conditions, but you squeeze the toothpaste out of the tube and really holding this out there fundamentally put the brakes on the negotiations that President Trump and others were working mightily to try to work towards an actual defined, peaceful solution. So I find nothing in this that is not really an attack on President Trump and his diplomacy playing to people at home. And it's, I think, when you just think of the fundamentals, there was an attack, there hasn't really been an apology or making any kind of amends, and there are still hostages. So I can't find any moral or strategic ground to. To define it or defend it.
John Solomon
Great point.
Amanda
So, Steve, if or when Hamas doesn't. Doesn't meet these challenges and meet these conditions, as far as disarmament and releasing the hostages, then what do they do? Or do they do nothing?
Steve Yates
Yeah, Well, I think doing nothing is what a lot of these governments do best. They will blow V8 and news cycles will move forward and they will hope people don't remind them over and over and over. And if you have a majority in your politics and your media that have an ideological bent that supported this move anyway, they're not going to pick at that scab. But you know, I do hope that there is some recognition of reality that this is unlikely to actually work and do much good. This is kind of a public relations exercise that will rattle around the UN General assembly and it's not really going to change facts on the ground.
John Solomon
That's a great point. On this show last or two weeks ago, we had a top Qatari official who said that the Biden administration never asked Qatar to expel the Hamas leadership after October 7, never asked to extradite them to face charges ending in the world for crimes against humanity or just terrorism charges. And at some point after Qatar shut down the Hamas leadership office offices, the Biden administration asked Qatar to reestablish the Hamas leadership in their nice cushy little offices in Doha so that they can continue having conversations. Has enough attention been placed on the way the Biden administration has dealt with Hamas and the way Democrats have dealt with Hamas over the last few years?
Steve Yates
I really don't think there's been very much of a deep dive into that. Some people feel squeamish about doing that because it feels partizan. But for those of us that were unlawfully terminated from jobs over partizanship on Inauguration Day when Joe Biden was sworn in, we're not so sensitive to that accusation of partisanship. And the truth does matter. And it's just an absolute fact that there has been kind of an establishment mindset in the Middle east and maybe some other quarters that you could use this as a location with which to conduct negotiations. There were negotiations with the Taliban, the negotiations related to Iran. There have been negotiations related to other things, but there hasn't really been much of a deep dive into how far and who in the Biden administration did they go to try to revive the bad Iran deal and maybe let the genie out of the bottle and some other fronts by this kind of practice. And I think it's worth looking into, if for no other reason, because I think President Trump is serious about pushing an alternative path to peace and prosperity, is serious about real, fundamentally different relations with these countries, and ultimately we want them sealed into that choice, not going back to dancing with the devil like this has been. I think in the pattern of several administrations past.
John Solomon
Great point.
Amanda
Well, President Trump has shown incredible peacemaking ability, so I guess we will all wait and see what he says at the unit. And General assembly senior research fellow for national security policy at the Heritage Foundation, Steve Yates. Sir, thanks so much for joining us.
Steve Yates
Thank you very much. Take good care.
Amanda
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Amanda
Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Ham. And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time. Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane. That's why we started Normalely, a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity. We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously. So if you're into common sense, sanity, and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of normally every Tuesday and Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Welcome everybody, to our final segment of the night. We all know that sleep is critical, but what many don't realize is how deeply it impacts health. From testosterone levels in men to unexpected weight gain for both partners, even driving people towards costly injections like Ozempic, we are going to dig into the root cause of snoring. And how fixing it could mean better sleep, better health and a better life. Joining us to discuss how we can get better sleep is founder and inventor of Zipa, biomedical engineer and renowned sleep expert, Dr. Jonathan Greenberg. Dr. Greenberg, thanks so much for being here.
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg
Thanks Amanda. John, love being here. You guys are great.
Amanda
Well, we love having you. And I mean when I, when I, I have heard a lot of bad things about Ozempic. I've seen a lot of people lose a lot of weight, but I've also heard some really bad things about like bone brittleness and some dire long lasting effects. It seems like if there's something, if there's a connection to weight gain and then also snoring, that's something that people would want to fix.
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg
Yeah, it's something a lot of people just aren't aware of. And it's not just the snorer, but the bed partner is impacted as well. I mean what happens is you get into your REM sleep and the REM sleep is where all this magical stuff that gets your body stronger and healthier happens. And when you're not getting that REM sleep, it's interrupted from the snoring. Now the metabolism is impacted. So your hormones like leptin and ghrelin, leptin for instance, your leptin levels go way down. And leptin manages how hungry you are and what foods you crave. So when your leptin levels are low, you crave carbohydrates. You go ahead and you're never full, you're never satiated, so you're always looking for more food. When your leptin levels are normal, you're not hungry anymore, you don't eat the carbs. That's one of the biggest signs that you're having an issue. Another problem is your metabolism. When you're not getting that REM sleep, your metabolism slows as much as half. So you're going to the gym, you're working out, friend next to you, they're working out, doing. You both do the same workouts, they're losing weight, you're not. Well, now you know why. So we look at that. We know we've got to fix your sleep, we've got to get you quiet again. So many people these days are on the GLP1s, so Manjaro, Ozempic, and they've been fantastic for so many people in losing weight. But the reality is that this short term, you should not be on these for long term. And to do so you need to get at the root cause of what's going on? Which is that snoring, that interruption of your REM sleep. So that's why we really are leaning into wanting to get those handled. Now, at the beginning, you also mentioned testosterone. Well, that's kind of a funny thing, because men feel, oh, the snoring is not bothering me. But if they did their blood tests and they're a heavy snorer, what the tests show very often is a lower testosterone level. So it absolutely does impact them in a way they don't want to be impacted. And so we have many, many patients, after we treated them, so they were on testosterone supplements, they had low testosterone levels. After we finished treating them, no longer snoring, their testosterone levels went back up to normal. And so they were like, wow, they were not expecting that at all. So this goes in many, many directions. And your sleep, we talk often about the three pillars of health. You have exercise, diet, and sleep. We work on exercise and diet. But if you don't handle sleep, you're missing a huge, huge component of your overall health and metabolism.
John Solomon
Yeah. So important for us to all understand. All right, so after last time you were on, I got a good DM message from a viewer who said, I didn't realize that the tongue played such an important role in snoring and apnea. Can you talk a little bit about how the tongue plays that role, how this device came to solve that?
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg
Absolutely. And, you know, it's one of the things I just find so funny because our doctors, our physicians, our dentists, when I first started getting into this in 2001, nobody was talking about the tongue, but my patients were. My patients said, doc, I know it's my tongue. And I started to think about things, and I said, you know, what if it were the nose? Then when we go to sleep, nothing's different on the nose. But the tongue, Absolutely. It's a muscle. We relax a muscle, it falls back. It's why when we're sleeping and our head is backwards, we're always snoring more, and we get elbow to roll over to our side. So once we fix that. So on the mouthpiece, my invention in the patents was a seatbelt for the tongue. A strap, silicone strap that keeps the tongue from falling back. And that's why we proved 91% successful in clinical trials with over 600 patients on how effective that is. And so we're very excited about that. Now, one of the big things that we've actually stepped into is the mouth tape. And a lot of people have questioned that. But right now we are bundling always. You can't, you can no longer just buy the mouthpiece. You have to get the mouthpiece with the mouth tape, because the mouth tape is great. The mouthpiece is great. But we want the absolute best for our patients and our customers, the dream.
Amanda
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Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Episode: Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head
Date: September 22, 2025
Hosts: John Solomon, Amanda Head
Notable Guests: Senator Ron Johnson (WI), Chairman Barry Loudermilk (GA), Darren Selnick (Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth), Dr. Jonathan Greenberg (Zyppa sleep expert), Steve Yates (Heritage Foundation)
This episode offers a comprehensive, unapologetic take on the most pressing issues in American politics and society, focused through the lens of American values, government accountability, freedom of speech, government overreach, and the ongoing culture and policy wars. Major topics include the legacy and loss of Charlie Kirk, new health guidelines on acetaminophen use, the debate over government shutdowns, the investigation into January 6 and its aftermath, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) controversies in the military, and the international debate over recognizing a Palestinian state.
Segment Overview:
The episode opens with reflections on the recent memorial for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, highlighting the remarkable forgiveness expressed by his widow, Erica Kirk, who will succeed him as CEO.
Main Insight: Erica’s statement of forgiveness toward Charlie’s alleged assassin resonated powerfully and was framed as an exemplary act of Christian values.
Notable Moment: Erica Kirk quoted Jesus on the cross – "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do" – and announced her own forgiveness aloud.
Quote:
"There was one moment, no moment quite as important as this one, when Erica said she forgave Charlie's alleged assassin. Listen to the powerful moment."
— John Solomon, [01:27]
Segment Overview:
The hosts discuss newly-announced HHS guidance regarding a possible link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism. President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spearheaded the announcement.
Main Insight: The government now advises pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen unless absolutely necessary, marking the first such advice in decades regarding autism risk.
Analysis: The hosts point to disagreement within the scientific community and frame the new caution as overdue and reflective of a growing skepticism toward medical consensus.
Quotes:
"This is what high integrity science is all about. So there's the majority of studies show there may be some kind of link to Tylenol. There's a number of studies that says there is no link... it's really up for individuals to get that information, make that risk assessment on their own informed consent."
— Senator Ron Johnson, [10:34]
“Informed consent, absolutely.” — John Solomon, [11:33]
Segment Overview:
Amanda Head highlights Trump’s endorsement of a movement calling for an Article V Convention of States, aiming to rein in federal power.
Main Insight: Trump’s support is framed as consistent with his anti-big-government philosophy, echoing Turning Point USA’s “big government sucks” mantra.
Quote:
"It's no surprise that he supports a lot of those efforts that come in."
— Amanda Head, [04:25]
Segment Overview:
The hosts discuss the breaking news of a Supreme Court decision permitting the President to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission (Rebecca Slaughter), at least temporarily—pending broader reviews of executive authority over independent agencies.
Main Insight:
Quote:
“If they reverse this, it'll be a change for the Supreme Court because decades ago they suggested the president should defer to Congress... So important stuff.”
— John Solomon, [06:28]
Segment Overview:
Senator Ron Johnson proposes a legislative solution to stop the cycle of government shutdown threats by instituting automatic two-week rolling continuing resolutions.
Main Insight:
Quotes:
“We've had three government shutdowns, 55 continuing resolutions... our debt to $37 trillion... it's ridiculous.”
— Senator Ron Johnson, [07:32]
“Just passing a bill that would automatically fund the government rolling two week continuing resolutions. You would take away all the drama, all the turmoil so we could focus on the areas of agreement.”
— Senator Ron Johnson, [07:32]
Segment Overview:
A back-and-forth on public skepticism about official health narratives, the importance of transparency and skepticism in science, and the aftermath of COVID-19 controversies.
Main Insights:
Notable Quote:
“A one word definition of science is skepticism... it wasn't that many centuries ago people thought the world was flat...”
— Senator Ron Johnson, [12:23]
Segment Overview:
Senators Johnson and Grassley have revealed (by whistleblower information) that a government operation, Arctic Frost, targeted nearly 100 Republican organizations, reigniting fears of politicized law enforcement.
Main Insight:
Quote:
“This is an indication that the lawfare wasn't just targeting Donald Trump. It was targeting basically half Americans of America.”
— Senator Ron Johnson, [15:13]
Segment Overview:
The episode revisits the legacy of Charlie Kirk and the spirit of forgiveness, with Senator Johnson underscoring the difference in conservative responses to tragedy (forgiveness, prayer vigils) compared to “progressive” riots.
“You don't. We don't respond to hate with hate. We respond to hate with love. That is the Christian message... And that's the message that you see with Republicans and conservatives. You didn't see riots, you saw prayer vigils. That speaks volumes.”
— Senator Ron Johnson, [16:31]
Segment Overview:
New subcommittee chair Barry Loudermilk describes priorities for the renewed January 6th investigation, focusing on lost documents, lack of interest in Capitol security failures, and suspicions regarding paid informants and possible government instigation.
Main Insight:
Notable Quotes:
“There was little to no investigation or reporting onto the actual security failures of the Capitol, which was their number one priority.”
— Chairman Barry Loudermilk, [21:17]
“Were they paid to inform or instigate? I mean, that's a big question because we did uncover information and video evidence of metropolitan police officers encouraging people to go into the Capitol.”
— Chairman Barry Loudermilk, [23:15]
Segment Overview:
Darren Selnick recounts a case at Malmstrom Air Force Base where a service member was forced to take down a “Jesus is King, Trump is my President” flag, while progressive and foreign flags were allowed.
Main Insight:
Quote:
“If you support the president, you can't have a flag. If you do, your religious statement ... can't have flag. But if you support the DEI woke stuff, then you can have a flag.”
— Darren Selnick, [37:33]
Segment Overview:
Steve Yates analyzes recent moves by France, the UK, Canada, and others to recognize a Palestinian state, arguing such actions reward terrorism and are more about domestic politics than substantive policy.
Main Insight:
Notable Quotes:
“This is, I think, an appeal to the mob in their own countries more than it's about substance on the ground. This will not help a single Gazan, won't feed anyone, won't move towards peace.”
— Steve Yates, [46:39]
“As long as there's a single hostage held, how do you hold out this prospect? ... Squeeze the toothpaste out of the tube and really holding this out there fundamentally put the brakes on the negotiations that President Trump and others were working mightily to try to work towards an actual defined, peaceful solution.”
— Steve Yates, [46:59]
Segment Overview:
In a final segment, Dr. Greenberg explains the cascading negative health effects of poor sleep due to snoring, including hormonal imbalances and weight gain.
Main Insights:
Notable Quotes:
“So your hormones like leptin and ghrelin ... When your leptin levels are low, you crave carbohydrates. You go ahead and you're never full, you're never satiated, so you're always looking for more food.”
— Dr. Jonathan Greenberg, [53:51]
“My invention in the patents was a seatbelt for the tongue. A strap, silicone strap that keeps the tongue from falling back ... we proved 91% successful in clinical trials.”
— Dr. Jonathan Greenberg, [57:00]