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Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head, September 3rd, 2025
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Happy Wednesday. Welcome to the latest edition of Just the News. No Noise. I'm your host John Solomon reporting to you from the nation's capital, where even the mayor agrees things are a little safer. Yes, President Trump's deployment of troops has made a big deal and even the mayor and some members of the City council are beginning to acknowledge that. Now let's start with a little news right here from the Capitol. Earlier today, a group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring spoke at a press conference after testifying in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday. And they directly addressed some of the claims made by the Department of Justice and Attorney General Pam Bondi. You may remember that the Justice Department wrote in a memo that no Epstein list actually existed. That came out after the attorney general had said during another interview previously that the client list was on her desk. While the White House then further clarified that Bondi was talking about the volume of documents that were on her desk, not an actual list of of names. Today, the group of Epstein survivors said they have vowed to compile their own Epstein list whether the Justice Department has one or not. They know who was being serviced by Jeffrey Epstein. And based on their own experience, they're going to make that public about what they know about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's actions. This is a story that isn't going away anytime soon. Later today or shortly after the news conference, the House voted to authorize a full scale Epstein investigation. No surprise here. That's where Mike Johnson and James Comer bent from the beginning. They're going to get to the bottom now. One other big news story we've been tracking Today over at JustTheNews.com, florida's Surgeon General, Joseph Lupedo Latipo, sorry, announced earlier today that the state will end all vaccine mandates and that Florida's Department of Health will work with Governor Ron DeSantis to implement the new policy. It becomes the first nation in the country, first state in the country to eliminate vaccine mandates for school children. Further explained about vaccine mandates that, quote, every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain in slavery. That, quote, got a lot of attention throughout the country after he said it. All right, let's bring in my amazing co host Amanda head for some other headlines. Amanda, what are you talking today?
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Yes, indeed. I actually want to head back to the Epstein topic for just a moment because President Trump was asked about it earlier today in the Oval Office expectedly while meeting with Poland's president. And here's what he had to say.
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So this is a Democrat hoax that never ends. You know, it reminds me a little of the Kennedy situation. We gave him everything over and over again, more and more and more and nobody's ever satisfied from what I Understand, I could check, but from what I understand, thousands of pages of documents have been given, but it's really a Democrat hoax because they're trying to get people to, to talk about something that's totally irrelevant to the success that we've had as a nation since I've been president.
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So obviously President Trump wants to move on from the story, but it looks like the nation and the media will not be moving on, at least not for now. So moving on to foreign policy, to China, specifically, where Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un all met earlier at a Chinese military parade that was put on to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Empire of Japan's their retreat from China. And President Trump had a message for them on True Social quite spicy. He said the big question to be answered is whether or not President Xi of China will mention the massive amounts of support and blood that the United States of America gave to China in order to help it to secure its freedom from a very unfriendly foreign invader. Many Americans died in China's quest for victory and glory. I hope that they are rightfully honored and, and remembered for their bravery and sacrifice. May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration. Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un as you conspire against the United States of America.
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Woo.
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But that wasn't the only news to come out of that meeting because while Xi, Putin and Kim were walking together through Tiananmen Square, they were caught on a hot mic moment talking about extensive extending their lives using organ transplants and being able to possibly live to 150 years of age or more. So, John, I think it's safe to say that these three leaders don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon.
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I think that's right. My wife would object if I tried to extend my life that long. I just didn't point that out. No way. She would love it.
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150 years. No chance. The documents, I went through all 33,000 documents with a group of people last night. Today, we've been going through them. They chronicle exactly what we said, which is we know what we know and there isn't a whole lot more in there. Another nice chronicle. And I want to, you know, it's good that James Comer got this done. I think it proves what President Trump said, which is we already know what we're going to know about it. Unfortunately, there's not more to know about it because the Bush Justice Department a long time ago didn't do its job. But you're right, it'll keep coming on. I think we're going to get some big bombshells in the next few weeks on Russia collusion on Hillary Clinton's foundation. Maybe what was on those five thumb drives that James Comey and his team never looked at. So those are going to be more relevant stories, I think, in the near, the near future.
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Well, we could be able to squeeze some juice from a few other very valuable lemons. These women who unfortunately were victimized by the Epstein, by Epstein's clients, and they seem to be ready to give up the goods and collect names and bring it together and bring it to the end.
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It'll be interesting to see they may be able to advance beyond what the Justice Department's own documents show. There's just a limitation to what the documents show, at least so far. All right. Somebody who knows what's relevant and is always a great way to kick off our show. She's a world traveler, an extraordinary member of Congress working on some of the most important issues that really matter to American people. She represents the great state of Texas. Congresswoman Beth Van Dyne. Oh, I think we may have lost her. I was going to introduce her, but I guess.
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No, it's right here.
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There we are. Okay, we got her back. I'm sorry, guys. All right. All right, Congresswoman, good to have you here. Sorry about that. Little mix up on the mic here. All right. I want to turn to something that has befuddled me for the last few months. And I know you've been watching it closely. Democrats trying to describe crime ridden cities as a success, as not needing the help that President Trump and the Republican Congress wants to get, give them to get back to law and order. What polls are they reading? What streets are they walking?
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That's a great question. And you know, you listen to the governor of Illinois. He admits, you know, he's like, oh, cities have crime. Yes, cities have crime. And when you don't prosecute criminals, all you do is incentivize them to commit more crime. You have an offer from a president to help you get control over your city is to stop the number of deaths, to stop the number of gunfights, to help you actually make your communities feel safer. And, and they're rejecting it. They're making fun of him and they're in denial. You had what, 58 people who had, who got shot over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago alone. This past weekend. You can't deny it. And I think it's really a tragedy to the families of those affected to say that, that, oh, it's Trump is making this up. Why don't you talk to some of the victims before you start saying that? I was a former mayor. I take this personally. We worked very well with our police to make sure that we're enforcing, you know, our laws and that we were adding disincentives to commit crime. And guess what? It works.
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Yeah, it does.
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Congresswoman, you look at someone like the case of Chicago's Mayor, Brandon Johnson, who has a 79.9 unfavorability rating. So he's obviously in a situation where he's got to do something to make things better for the people in the city. But also, at the same time, as we were talking about before we came to, Aaron, we were laughing about with you. Democrats have been yanked so far to the left, and there's not hardly a middle ground for them. So about three months ago, we had Tom Homan on this show, and he said that he was willing to provide cover as the bad cop for any blue city mayors who wanted to be the good cops and, you know, resist the Trump administration. But, hey, guys, come in and kind of help us clean this up. Is there an opportunity here for blue city mayors to maybe face forward, act like they are, you know, opposing what the administration is doing, but meanwhile letting them actually come in and make things better for their constituents to help boost their numbers so they can win again?
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Well, look, I think looking at what's happening in Washington, D.C. with Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, she has done that. You know, she's, she's publicly spoken, and she said, you know, initially, we don't want it, we don't need it. But then they came in, and the proof is in the pudding. You know, the fact that Crime is down 50% since Trump got our National Guards involved. This could happen in other cities. Get control of your city, then. They're not, they're not saying they want to permanently, permanently be there. We can't afford to have all of our National Guards all over our cities permanently. But if you can come in and at least help them. I'm shocked that these city mayors don't want that help. It's amazing how all they want is the cash. You know, they come in and out of our offices all the time asking for more money, asking for more appropriations, asking for more CDBG funds. And so here you have a president who was offering to do it, allowing them to Save face. And yet you still have them in denial. And it's as if they actually are protecting the criminals, are fine with that happening in their cities and they are doubling down. Think about what would happen if you actually had a mayor who said, you know what, I've talked to one too many victims today of violence in my city. One too many kids who've died from fentanyl. We are going to accept that help because. Because crime should not be a partisan issue. Can you imagine that? I think that mayor is saving face, but also protecting their community and that is exactly what they get elected to do.
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Yeah, that is remarkable. You mentioned the money and I'm wondering whether there is a growing trend in Congress to consider tying future federal funds to a city's willingness to abide by common sense law and order measures. Like if someone's a bad guy, don't let them out the next day after they committed a bad crime. Is there some conversation behind the scenes of Congress using the power of the purse to start to crack down on these wayward cities?
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I have introduced legislation to do that. I am on, I've co sponsored a number of my colleagues who also have bills to do that. Mine basically says if you are a sanctuary city, you're not going to get federal dollars and we're going to actually claw back unspent federal dollars for the last five years if you are a sanctuary city. So if you have actually had a, had a, you pass a bill that says this is your sanctuary city, if these are the policies that you are carrying out, if you're preventing police from doing their job and working with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, then yes, you're going to get your federal dollars clawed back. Now, will it pass in the Senate? I don't know. But we're going to continue to work on legislation that would prevent these cities from putting all of their, their citizens in harm's way.
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Yeah, makes sense.
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Congresswoman, a lot of these blue cities have been plagued with crime for decades, but a lot of them also saw spikes, especially like the ones that we saw surrounding the George Floyd Floyd riots. And you also have legislation called the Stop Funders act, which I think is absolutely brilliant. Tell us about it.
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Thank you. Well, what we're saying is when we see these rioters that have been just taking over cities, taking over campuses around the country, they are, they are organized riots. These are, these are organized, violent riots where you're seeing people in the same kind of military black gear with assault weapons, having the same literature. This is obviously organized and it's being paid for, it's being funded it. So what the rico, what this would do is it would expand RICO definitions to include these organizers of riots. It would give the federal government power to be able to go into some of these jurisdictions like we were just talking about that aren't enforcing their laws. And it would allow the federal government to come in and do that. But we are going to find out who is behind them, who is organizing them and who is paying for it. Because the people who are actually doing, you know, committing the riots right now are the only ones that we can hold responsible. And you've got cities who aren't doing that, get DAs who aren't doing that. So this actually allows us to get and find, you know, riders who are showing up in cities over and over again in different cities around the country. It expands that to allow us to find out who was committing this crime, who's paying for it. And I think we're going to try to figure out any way that we can to get down to the bottom of the problem. And it allows other jurisdictions to actually connect the dots. So, you know, cities can talk to one another, but federal law enforcement could actually investigate it and put this and put the dots together.
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Yeah, that'd be huge. Somewhere there's a racketeering conspiracy waiting to be discovered in that evidence. And it's going to be important, I think, for us to all watch how that develops in the next few months. Congresswoman, there is a signals that the President will soon unleash a new blueprint for helping make housing affordable again in America. J.D. vance said something profound the other day. I saw you reacted. I love the reaction you gave. He said that part of the reason is that when we let those millions of Americans, millions of illegal aliens into America a few months, years ago, over the Biden years, we actually put enormous pressure on the housing market and that drew prices up. A lot of people didn't put that together. You have, you've been talking about this. What are some of the ideas on the table now in Congress to get behind what the President does and maybe make housing more affordable again in America?
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Well, look, you're absolutely right. When you have got the federal government that's paying market rate and above, basically cash money in kicking out people, you know, who are already living there to be able to house illegal aliens? Yes, it absolutely increased the cost because it also made the demand higher, which made the costs higher. But we've got to get down to the bottom line whether or not that is looking at a Total revamp of HUD policies, which, that's the first agency that they went into. And as you know, I used to work with Ben Carson at HUD under the first Trump administration. But they have, they have a strategy of being able to allow, get the federal government out of people's lives. The overregulation is one of the key factors in the cost of housing. And we find that in areas like California where the housing is the most, the most expensive. The reason why a lot of the times is, is the additional burdens that the federal government, state government and local governments put on these, these homebuilders to be able to actually build new houses. So I think we're looking at totally going revamping a regulatory reforms. And that is something that's happening at HUD right now. And they've already figured out how to kick out like over a thousand either duplicative or illegal regulations that right now are being forced on homebuilders. And when you're talking about literally trillions of dollars, when we start looking at regulatory reform, that could be, that could be saved and that will definitely help people who are trying to buy, building, buy new homes. The other thing we're trying to do is look at it from a tax perspective and allowing people to use more of their earned income. That's, that's pre tax to be able to put down, down payments on homes. But there's a whole host of, of options at the table. We're just trying to put together a very thoughtful strategy.
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Yeah, it's going to be exciting. And as someone who ran a big city before you came to Congress, you're going to bring a lot to the table as you always do. Congresswoman Beth Van Dyne, what a great honor to have you on the show. Thanks for joining us.
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Great to see you guys. Great to see you. Thank you.
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What a great honor. What a great conversation. All right, folks, here take a quick commercial break. When we come back, another great conversation on the horizon. Senator Marshall Blackburn will be with us to take a further look at the President's crime crackdown. Shooting should expand to other cities. And what will Congress do about it? We'll talk about that next. Hey, folks, if you're a homeowner like me, you need to listen this. In today's AI and cyber world, scammers are stealing home titles and your equity is their target. Here's how it works. Criminals forge your signature on one document, use a fake notary stamp, pay a small fee with your county, and boom, just like that, your home title has been transferred out of your name. And that's where the problems begin because they start taking out loans, using your equity and even sell your property and you're not even going to find out it's happened until you get a collection or foreclosure notice months later. That's a nightmare, right? So when's the last time you checked on your home title? Well, if you're like me, the answer is never right. You need to do something about that right now. That's why I've partnered with Home Title Lock. So you can find out today if you're already a victim. Use my promo code jtn@hometitlelock.com and you'll get a free title history report and a free trial of their million dollar triple lock protection. That's 247 monitoring of your title, urgent alerts to any changes that might happen. And if fraud does happen, they'll spend up to a million bucks to fix it. That's a good deal. Find out why I trust Home Title lock. Go to hometitlelock.com and use the promo code jtn. That's hometitlelock.com promo code jtn.
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Good to join you. And yes, indeed, people can spot crime when they see it. And there is, there is no doubt about that. And these big city mayors are on the wrong side of this issue.
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Absolutely. Well, and I saw a very awkward three minutes of television with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on MSNBC and a network that is typically very friendly to him. And Joe Scarborough had to ask him over and, and over and over again, would sending in more troops to your city help? And he just kept going back to social programs. Senator, does anybody think that social programs are the way to solve these issues?
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Well, they know that social programs have by and large failed. And that is why there is needing to be enforcement and enforcement of the rule of law. You have soft on crime policies. It's some of these elected officials, some of these judges have put in place or have promoted. And now you've got areas that are just crime riddled. People know, they can see. They know when people are being mugged or they're being stabbed. They know when they're being murdered. They hear these reports that are on the news in their communities. They know when people are getting called carjacked or when there's a smash and grab. All of this information spreads across the Internet. And this is why people are saying, we want to have some more enforcements for our police, for our law enforcement community. You now even have the mayor of D.C. and some of the city council coming out and saying bringing in the National Guard was a good thing because crime rates are down, murder rates are down, and the city once again is safe. People can walk around in the evening. They can walk to dinner. They can walk home from work. And that is what people are wanting to see. They want to be safe in their communities. I will tell you this. I have not met one single person, not one that wants a gang moving into their neighborhood. A gang putting together a hub or a house in their neighborhood. They do not want pedophiles, they do not want predators. They do not want these people moving into their neighborhoods. They want to know that their families are, are safe. Their kids are going to be able to go outside. Their kids are going to be able to walk home from school and not be accosted by criminals.
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Yeah, Senator, obviously President Trump took the first strike on this. He proved it's a winning strategy. Crime down, popularity, the idea up. Can Congress come behind him and do some more things? Can they extend the 30 day moratorium or 30 day window that President Trump has to do it on his own, give him more time in D.C. and is there any discussions in the Senate to start tying more federal funding to cities willingness to enforce the law?
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Yes, indeed. And as we work through our appropriations process and move through to the end of the fiscal year, you'll hear more about that. And indeed, people want to make certain that if, if a community is getting federal funds that they are enforcing federal law. They want to see these criminals picked up and put in jail, they want to see these gun crimes prosecuted and they want these drug traffickers out of their communities. And so President Trump has been spot on when he has addressed this issue. And as time goes on with this, John, I've got a table. Tell you people are beginning to say yes, this is yielding a result. We want to get these crime rates down. And you look at what is happening in New York and Chicago and some of these cities and the residents in those cities are not supporting those leftist mayors. What they're doing is supporting President Trump.
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Amazing, Senator. And I hear a lot of blame game coming from the left from Democrat mayors and governors blaming Republican states. You know, saying that guns are traveling over from Republican states. But also, you know, there are a lot of crime ridden cities in red states like Tennessee, Memphis. But again, Paul, I was going to say Neil Young. Paul Young, Democrat mayor there in Memphis, it's not the state governance that matters. It's, it's, it's down at the granular in the local level.
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Isn't is indeed. And we are just so pleased that the FBI has put extra resources into Memphis to remove some of these gang leaders and these criminals and make Memphis safe. It is a fabulous city. And we are just really so pleased that the FBI and the Trump administration has put extra resources there to restore, help restore this city and the calm and get rid of the crime.
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Yeah. So very important.
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Can I hop in because is that the way to solve this? Because if blue cities are going to push back on the notion of, well, Posse Comitatas, pushed back on the notion of federal forces in the city. Is that the answer to this problem if President Trump can't do that?
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Well, President Trump knows that sending in the National Guard into cities will help to make those cities and those citizens more secure. And as we have seen in D.C. the guard has actually ended up being welcomed and it does provide some reinforcements and a Little bit of relief for law enforcement so they can catch their breath and kind of begin to get processes in place to make certain that once the surge has come to an end, that they are able to keep these communities safe.
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Senator, I want to turn to another issue that you've led on so powerfully, and that is the responsibility, or the lack thereof, of social media companies to protect children from knowing the dangerous content. You've got a whistleblower next week coming out on Meta. We think this is going to be one of the epic hearings at your subcommittee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Tell us a little bit about what you're learning and what needs to be fixed in the mindset of these social media companies.
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Yes, we are quite concerned about what these social media companies have done with the chatbots. And we know that these chatbots are carrying on inappropriate and sensual conversations with children. We also know that the chat bots are encouraging suicide. They've encouraged overdoses. All of this is beginning to come out. The sad thing is these social media platforms know exactly what they're doing. And Amanda, John, you all have talked with me so many times about the Kids Online Safety Act. Senator Blumenthal and I have certainly put a lot of work into this legislation over the last five years. Social media has fought it every step of the way. And the reason they have is because they are using our children as a profit center. And when our children are online, they are the product. And these platforms make money selling that data and that information. So it is a horrifically unseemly process. It is something that, as we are seeing all these studies coming out about teenagers and mental health, the impact is real. It is quantified. We know that the social media platforms have quantified what it is doing to kids, but they do not care. And it is disgusting. It is time for us to bring an end to this. And just as we have laws in the physical world to protect kids, you can't sell alcohol, tobacco, beer to a kid. You can't take them into a strip show or sell them pornography or expose them to pornography. You can't have a kid under 16 get a driver's license. We know that there are things that we as society have said have to be put in place to protect children in the physical world. These traffickers, these pedophiles would be locked up, but they're allowed to run free in the virtual space. They're allowed to sell drugs and alcohol and tobacco to kids. They're allowed to expose them to pornography. That has got to stop. And to all of these people that say, oh, well, you know, we don't want to abridge free speech on the Internet. It is not an abridgment of free speech to protect a child from being exposed to these harms in the virtual space.
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Yeah. So very important before we let you go, Senator, big election in Tennessee next year. The poll show you are way up in the governor's race. Just your thoughts on what you're learning as you get out and talk to the great voters of the state of Tennessee.
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D
Well, every year in my role as the state senior senator, I visit each county in our state. And one of the things that we have heard so much about this year is, is people who get to know what's in the big beautiful bill are thrilled to find out tax cuts are made permanent, that you've got bonus depreciation, interest expensing 199A that was there in the bill. No tax on tips and overtime. And my provision of a $6,000 bonus deduction for seniors that basically removes the tax from Social Security security for them. And my employer provided child care tax credit provision which says if you're a business, small, medium or large, and you provide child care for your employees, then you're going to be able to take a tax credit for doing that. Those are things Tennesseans are saying, hey, we kind of like that. We kind of like lifting the exemption level on the death tax. Now it's $15 million for an individual, 30 million for for a couple. And John, that says a lot of farms, a lot of small businesses can be successfully passed to the next generation and they're not going to be burdened paying that tax.
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Absolutely.
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What a difference.
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Yes. And Senator, I know you worked so hard on some, so many of those great provisions in the one big beautiful bill and your constituents definitely recognize that. Senator Marsha Blackburn representing the great volunteer state of Tennessee, thanks so much.
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Thank you.
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Absolutely. All right, everybody, we are going to take a very quick break. Christians in America still control a great deal of wealth in the country. And now a growing movement is asking, what if that money could shape American culture for the better? Sounds like a great idea. That's next.
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The U.S. electric grid is approaching a breaking point. As demand soars from data centers and home energy use, our aging infrastructure can't keep up. And the Department of Energy warns that without action, blackouts could surge 100 fold by 2030. The good news, one solution is already here. Propane. It's American made, stored on site and always ready, powering homes and businesses with cleaner, reliable energy that doesn't depend on the grid or the weather. Learn more@propain.com support for today's show comes from Sonos. You know what makes Draft Day even better? Surround sound. That hits harder than a sleeper pick in the 12th round. I just hooked up the Sonos Arc Ultra and let me tell you, this thing booms crystal clear highs, deep bass, and it looks sleek enough to sit next to my fantasy draft board. Whether it's game day or mock draft night, Sonos makes every moment feel like a stadium experience. Trust me, your fantasy team deserves elite sound upgrade with sonos@sonos.com Right now, America's Christian Credit Union is offering the top 12 month certificate rate in the nation. This limited time offer is just for new accu members earn 4.75% APY on deposits up to 1 million and it only takes $1,000 to get started. It's called a Term Share Certificate, similar to a cd but with a mission and support so it matters. Christian schools, churches, adoptions and more. Visit americaschristiancu.com to get started. America's Christian Credit Union is federally insured by the ncua. This is for guys who like being guys. We're public rec and we make clothes that are lightweight, breathable, that look good and feel great even for summer golf with our new Medina series. Shop now@publicwrec.com radio public recruitment.
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Hey there.
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I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm.
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And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time.
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Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.
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A
That's why we started Normalely a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.
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C
We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.
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A
We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.
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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.
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A
And Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
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Welcome back, America. Increasingly, people of faith are exercising their muscle in the marketplace. We've seen it. Whether it's taking down a beer for a bad idea or getting a major chain to stop selling abortion drugs, the evidence is more and more clear that Christians can have a big role in the marketplace. Joining us now is the CEO of Inspire Investing and author of a great book called Biblically Responsible Investing on Wall Street As It Is in Heaven. What A great idea. Robert Netze. Robert, good to have you on the show.
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My pleasure. Thanks for having me here, John.
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All right, so Christians are a significant part of American society. They got 22, $23 trillion of wealth in this country. When they spend it, they can help shape culture. They can make money, but they can also help shape culture. That's happening a lot more, isn't it?
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Absolutely, yeah. $22.4 trillion in investment assets alone. That's about 50% of the entire investment market. To put that in context, blackrock, one of the largest asset managers in the world, claims around 5 trillion, I believe today. So you can imagine if we just got a little organized, the kind of impact we could have. And we're already seeing the fruits of that right now.
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Pretty wild.
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So if somebody wants to invest after 10%, after they give their time, where would you direct them? How do they start?
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Well, I mean, I would point into our company a little selfishly, but Inspire investing, where the world's largest provider of faith based ETFs got a number of products that compete head to head with any of the secular funds. Except we don't invest in industries like abortion, drugs or pornography sales, radical LGBT activism. So exclude those bad actors so you can, you know, have a good conscience about where your money's actually coming from. Personally, I used to be an advisor at one of the big banks and I stumbled across this concept and was really just gripped by it because Harry was president of our local Pro life pregnancy center. And I was making money because I own three stocks of companies manufacturing abortion drugs in my own personal portfolio. So that was what started this journey so long ago. Now we're at three and a half billion dollars under management as a company, and the movement is growing. And as Christians have this, their eyes open to this huge problem that we're taking money which we believe and know belongs to God, and we're putting it into things that not only break his heart and violate his commands, but also hurt people and tear down our society and violate our own deeply held values. And it simply doesn't have to be that way. And so we're encouraging people to kind of get their eyes opened and look around. So we've got some free tools on our website that can help you do that. InspireInvesting.com I wrote a book, Biblically Responsible Investing on Wall street as it Is in Heaven, that talks more about this and would encourage you to look that up from Canon Press.
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Yeah, very exciting. What a great idea. I think over the last decade, particularly as Politics and secular society have tilted towards values that don't represent America, certainly don't represent the Judeo Christian faith. There's been this extraordinary rise of a parallel economy. Everything that you can imagine, successful movies, successful books, successful stores. Where does that parallel economy movie move next? I assume with AI and the technology advances ahead of us, that that's going to be a rich area for investment.
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It.
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There's. There's no end to the opportunity. It really is a huge blue ocean. And as. As we really show that there is capital moving into these spaces, you see not only people of faith starting businesses and being successful themselves, but you see the secular world and established companies taking notice. We've seen this trend where we can actually influence corporations. You mentioned, you know, some of the impacts we've had most recently may have seen in the news. Costco making the decision not to sell the abortion drug mifepristone. This came at the. At the end of about a year and a half's worth of shareholder engagement that we began as a firm to really try to keep them back from that ledge that CVS and Walgreens and some others had jumped off of Headfirst. And we're just praising God that we can have that sort of impact. Walmart has made similar decision there. We've seen large companies like Exxon and Chevron stop giving money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion organizations in the past. So the list continues to grow. The sort of impact we can have. While you invest with market rate returns, right, you don't have to sacrifice returns. You can invest in some of the best companies, biggest companies in the country, just not those that are engaged in these radical ideologies and again, tearing down society. So that's what our firm helps people do. It's really exciting time to get involved and yeah, it really is. The sky's the limit.
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That's exciting.
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I want to ask you about a dynamic that we are seeing because five years ago, even a few years ago, in the Bud Light situation, companies, it seems like, were not as quickly reactive as they are now. I mean, you look at Cracker Barrel and within a week of them and announcing the change of their logo, and then within 16 hours of President Trump tweeting about it or posting on Truth Social about it, they. They reverted their decision. Is that because. Is that timeline? Because people of traditional values, Christian values, conservative values are louder. Why do you think that's happening so much more quickly now?
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I think we're getting more strategic. You know, there's been a lot of voices over the years, decades. But I think those voices have been directed perhaps in the wrong avenues. You've had a lot of boycotts which have their place. You've had picket signs out on on steps and things of that nature. But we've been absent in the boardroom and those are the people that make the decision. Meanwhile, you've got progressive leftist activists with extreme agendas that have been very effective in the boardroom for decades. Again, the $22.4 trillion that Christians own in this country, how much of that has been aligned for faith based conservative values, voting shareholder proxies? Almost none of it's astonishing. But that's exactly what you would expect when you buy a secular mutual fund or ETF from a company like BlackRock, you're actually letting them vote for you. Many people don't realize that, but when you invest in a company like BlackRock, iShares Vanguard's fill in the blank, they get to vote for you on those corporate initiatives. So we need to take back our vote, take back our influence. Don't give your money to these woke Wall street corporations and let them do with it what they will. Instead invest with a company like ours or many of our colleagues. There's many options these days and let's speak biblical truth to corporate power. And I think that's the big change. Certainly you have a sea change in society. You've got the Donald Trump moment, the DEI rollbacks coming from the very top of our nation. You've seen the explosions of Budweiser and all of those things and it's just coming to a crescendo. Now is the time, if there ever was a time, now is the time to realign your capital to really promote the things that you would like to see flourish in this country. The biblical conservative values that are going to make America great again.
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And you made such an important point. You don't have to sacrifice return return on investment to invest in your values. That's what makes what you do so remarkable. Robert, thanks for joining us. Thanks for creating such an extraordinary movement in America. Great to have you on the show today.
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Praise God. Thank you. Have me here.
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It was a great conversation. I'll get you back real soon. All right, folks, quick commercial break. When we come back, time for our weekly Justin News health update. We're going to good one up ahead. We'll be right back. Hello friends. John Solomon here from just the News. In a time when trust in Washington is at an all time low, more Americans are stepping up and getting involved in amac. The association of Mature American Citizens is helping lead that effort. AMAC is a conservative alternative to aarp and they're focused on protecting the values that built this country faith, family freedom and personal responsibility. Things you and I believe in. As a member, you'll receive exclusive discounts on travel, insurance and healthcare services. You also get access to trusted tools and resources, plus a subscription to the AMAC magazine, one of my favorites, packed with information you can actually use. And here's the best part. When you choose a five year membership like I did, you'll save up to 33%. That's just over a buck a month. A small investment to help hold Washington accountable. In support a movement of patriots committed to preserving America's future. Join millions of fellow patriots like myself. Visit AMAC US Just news and become a member Today.
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The US Electric grid is approaching a breaking point as demand soars from data centers and home energy use. Our aging infrastructure can't keep up and the Department of Energy warns that without action, blackouts could surge 100 fold by 2030. The good news? One solution is already here. Propane. It's American made, stored on site and always ready, powering homes and businesses with cleaner, reliable energy that doesn't depend on the grid or the weather. Learn more@propain.com support for today's show comes from Sonos. You know what makes draft day even better? Surround sound that hits harder than a sleeper pick in the 12th round. I just hooked up the Sonos Arc Ultra and let me tell you, this thing booms crystal clear highs, deep bass and it looks sleek enough to sit next to my fantasy draft board. Whether it's game day or mock draft night, Sonos makes every moment feel like a stadium experience. Trust me, your fantasy team deserves elite sound Upgrade with sonos@sonos.com this is for guys who like being guys. We're public rec and we make clothes that are lightweight, breathable, that look good and feel great even for summer golf with our new Medina series. Shop now@publicwreck.com radio public rec Right now, America's Christian Credit Union is offering the top 12 month certificate rate in the nation. This limited time offer is just for new accu members earn 4.75% APY on deposits up to $1 million and it only takes $1,000 to get started. It's called a Term Share Certificate, similar to a CD but with a mission and supports. What matters Christian schools, churches, adoptions and more. Visit americaschristiancu.com to get started. America's Christian Credit Union is federally insured by the N.C.
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Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Ham.
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And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time.
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Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.
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That's why we started Normaly, a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.
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C
We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.
- [48:48]
A
We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.
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C
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.
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A
And Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
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Not anymore. Welcome back, America. Time for a just the news health update. I'm excited about this, brought to you by our good friends at Native Path. Joining us now, the co founder and chief culture officer at Native Path and my good friend, Dr. Chad Balding. Doctor, good to have you back on.
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Hey, John. So good to be here. Thank you.
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All right. I'm excited about this topic because I think many years ago people said, oh, sunflower seed oil, that looks good. Let's try that. A little canola. That sounds healthy. It turns out that seed oils have a lot of downside, particularly if we eat them too much. Tell us a little bit about seed oils, what they are and why they boomerang on us in our health diet.
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Yeah, seed oils, you know, it's something that really caught on because we developed a belief that saturated fat is going to going to kill us. It is going to clog our arteries. We have this vision. It is going to just get in there in our arteries and there's going to be yellow stuff and we're going to get sick and die of this disease. So don't touch saturated fat. And your answer is seed oils. And seed oils have been promoted as being heart healthy really for the past 50 years. You know, and that that belief really came out of the food industry once we just started mono agriculture. You know, we have to keep in mind seed oils are there to act like natural saturated fats. But what do they do to seed oils? They put chemicals in there and they put more chemicals in there and they put even more. They're very cheap to make, which makes them more profitable. But the issue is they're extremely inflammatory to the bar to the body. And again, what's most misleading is that they're heart healthy.
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Right.
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The issue with these seed oils is they're very high in omega 6 fat. There's nothing inherently wrong with omega 6 fat, but we have been bombarded with omega 6 fat. Now we have a really bad omega 3 to omega 6 ratio that's in the 1 to 20s compared to our ancestors who had very low heart disease. Right. Which was more like 1 to 4, 1 to 3 ratio. So it's really gotten us a lot of trouble and it's inflaming our bodies.
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All right, so recently there was a list put out, the Hateful eight, which are the seed oils you should probably most avoid, at least in excess. Tell us a little bit about which ones are so we could recognize them when we're looking at ingredients on the packages.
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Well, some of the ones you want to avoid, the main ones, margarine. You never want to touch margarine again, forever the rest of your life. Vegetable oil, safflower oil, canola oil. Really any of those seed oils are the common ones. And like I mentioned, these are the ones that are often labeled as heart healthy.
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Right.
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You're going to find these things in packages. You're going to find it as something that's commonly used in restaurants because it's cheap, it's easy and it has a long shelf life. Right. So really never try to have those things and only bring the good stuff in your home.
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That sounds good. All right, so if you're taking that out of the cooking cabinet and out of the spice jars and stuff, what are some alternative fats you can recommend instead for healthy cooking and daily use? So we get this right and we.
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Want to go back to the traditional fats, the fats that are more stable, that can absorb and handle heat when you, when you put it under high pressure. These are things like butter, traditional grass fed butter, coconut oil, avocado oil, a very good, stable fat. Ghee is a wonderful, very stable fat to use. Olive oil is a good fat to use as at a medium heat and really keep it simple. Like those things right there. You can go a long way with just those fats and see dramatic improvements in your health. Right. Because they're very high in omega 3 fat and they're very safe and they're not going to inflame your body.
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Tell us a little bit about Natopath and the collagen 1 and 3 fibers that make it so effective with just a couple scoops in your drink.
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You mentioned protein. Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body. It's what makes up our hair, our skin skin, our nails. It's even responsible for our bones, our Gut lining, our nervous system, you know, so much is dependent on collagen, but we're so deficient in it in our modern diet. So what we're doing by supplementing with collagen is we're filling in the gaps of the thing that's missing. And it's so easy to use. You can just take a couple scoops, put it in your coffee, put it in your morning tea, you can put it in your smoothie. The key is to use it consistently so you replenish your collagen storage. And, and then you really start to notice the difference. Moving around better, less wrinkles in your skin. Hair usually starts growing back at a rapid pace, but people start feeling better. When you feel better, you can start moving better. You can engage with the world out there a lot more frequently and it makes a difference in just your overall health.
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Yeah, both my mom and I have been taking it. My mom's noticed a really reduction in arthritis. And I have to say, I just feel a little younger. I don't know, I mean, it might be just psychological. I just feel like I got a little bit more spring in my set since I started and I've been really grateful for that. Dr. Todd Walding, we're grateful every time we get you on this show for this great health segment, folks. If you want to get on the path and get started at native path, here's what you do. You go to getnativepath.com you're going to get a special bundle deal, fraction of the retail price plus free shipping. All you got to do is go to getnativepath.com justnews that's how you're going to get the discount. With over 4 million jars sold, thousands of 5 star reviews, and a 365 day money back guarantee, this is your moment to take control of your aging and get on the path before symptoms get worse. Go to getnativepath.com justnews that's getnativepath.com justnews we'll be right back.
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Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm.
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And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time.
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C
Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.
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A
That's why we started Normally a podcast for people who are over the historic hysteria and just want clarity.
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C
We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.
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A
We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.
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C
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.
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And Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Welcome back, everybody. It is our final segment of the night. And John, you know, I, I think back to 2001 and the way that our country came together after 9 11. And I often wonder if, if that would happen nowadays considering how divided we are. I hope it would. But at any rate, next Thursday, President Trump will be at See my favorite team for one of your favorite teams.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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Yeah, he'll be, he'll be there.
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It's hard to believe it's 24 years from that fateful day. It feels to me like it was still yesterday. And I hope the lessons that have happened in the 24 years since then, that bigger government doesn't always make you safer, which I think is one of the sugar pills we fed ourselves after 911 that we've learned that. I also just worry that too many, as you and I have talked about this a lot, too many children aren't being taught what happened that day. It's been washed away by educators who think it's Islamophobic to teach about what happened that day. We can't. We have to, we have to make sure we are on guard for those sort of attacks. And so I think with President Trump calling this much attention, such a high profile venue, big game. It'll be, it'll be good to have that conversation on this 24th anniversary.
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Well, your newsroom editor here, he was talking earlier about how he mentors students. And so many of them, not only were they not born, but they have.
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No idea what happened.
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I don't know what happened that day. Yeah, it's completely oblivious. It is shocking. And it was, you know, right up there with Pearl harbor and Civil War as one of the most traumatic moments in American history. But we've glossed over it in the education system, which is a great disservice, I think, to our young people. A lot of states are starting to teach it. I think 11 or 12 now have managed to curriculums. My good friends at the Tunnels to Towers foundation and Frank Siller, they've now got a curriculum they make available. And if your school doesn't teach it, parents can teach it to the kids, which I think is great.
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I think it's. Frank does Such great work.
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T2T. I love those guys.
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Me too. Me too. Okay, so Sunny Hoston, one of the co hosts of the View, is that still on tv? Can you believe it? I bet you there are a lot of people that voted for Trust Trump, that wish that Kamala Harris was still in the White House. I talked to a lot of Trump supporters and I don't know a Single one. But maybe you've spoken to some.
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I can't find any Democrats that monitor them.
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I don't know.
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I guess I'm looking in the wrong places.
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There needs to be an alternative to the view. There needs to be a formidable.
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If I had a TV network, that would be the first thing I would. I think that would be a really great idea. It's got such potential and. Well, who knows, one day maybe we'll go tackle that together. That'll be. Yeah. Listen, the view has become. Oh my. Well, it is. It's unmatchable. It's. It's just. Unless you're angry and want to get all worked up into greater lather of anger. It's just not worth watching.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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So some enterprising journalists out there decided to go back and count all of Joe Biden's vacation days.
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Wow.
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And this is in light of President Trump taking a morning plus part of the afternoon to go golfing 500.
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They assumed he was dead because he went golfing.
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Of course. Of course, yeah. Because what other option could there be, right? Not conducting business of the country or anything like that. Joe Biden, 577 vacation days. Man, oh man. To have a job for four years that pays for 577 vacation days. He sounds like a Gen Z er.
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Seemed like he was gone longer. Maybe I'm missing you wrong. Yeah. Listen, I think, you know, this whole vacation thing, there's never been a more absent president in my lifetime as a reporter. That's 30, 40 years. Okay, so it's not the entire history of the country, but Joe Biden was almost never visible. He didn't seem to be around when many of the big things happen. He seemed to be in denial when big things happen. You know, we just finished this great series with Jerry Dunleavy in Afghanistan, and you look at the things that Joe Biden said that we can now just flat out debunk and you wonder like, how could he not know he was the president? So either he was lying to us or he didn't know. And either of those options are not good.
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No.
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Yeah. I think the Biden presidency will really be an asterisk in history as one of those we want to most forget. And I think we're already forgetting it because so much feels like it's getting fixed quickly. I mean, you just talk to people like, all right, I don't even like Donald Trump's personality. Personal say to me, but I like what he's getting done. And so I got to give him some props. And so I think you're seeing that a lot more.
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Yeah. And you know, a lot of people say, well, it doesn't, you know, a president can't do that much in four years. President Biden did a lot of damage to this country in four years. But look at what can be done in the next four years. We're not even a year in with president.
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Think about his first four months. It was such, I mean, it was breathless. The velocity of things that have happened and the, I think the next four months will be really historic. We're going to figure out whether we can say solve Russia and Ukraine, whether he can fix other crime ridden cities. That's going to be a big part. Whether he can get another big beautiful bill through the Congress. These are just magnanimous things. And usually a president gets one or two done.
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Right.
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And it's been a good presidency. But you know, he's going for 20, 30, 40, these sort of checkboxes. And it's pretty remarkable, big checkboxes for.
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All of Joe Biden's 577 vacations days, plus all of the days that he was supposedly on the job. For each of those days, President Trump spent that day figuring out what he could do when he came back to the Oval Office. So he formulated a plan and now he's executing.
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The whole team did, I mean, they hit the ground running. And afpi, America First Policy Institute, Susie Wiles, James Blair, Dan, all the great team that's around them. They were well oiled for day one.
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They sure were. They sure were. All right, everybody that's going to do it for us tonight, look out for more great reporting coming out tomorrow from John Solomon and myself. And that's over on justthenews.com everybody. Thanks so much for being with us tonight. And we're going to be right back here tomorrow night at 6pm Eastern. Have a wonderful evening.
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