Live From Studio 6B - Monday, February 23 2026

Summary

Real America’s Voice – Live from Studio 6B (Monday, February 23, 2026)

Podcast Summary by Real America’s Voice, iHeartPodcasts
Original Air Date: February 24, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Live from Studio 6B" captures the team navigating weather chaos in New York, prepping for the upcoming State of the Union, and weighing in on the major stories driving America’s political and cultural landscape. Host Damon, along with Vinnie Mac (reporting from Florida), Slick Rick, Rick Delgado, and others, deliver their hallmark blend of news, opinion, and humor. Major topics include the “historic” US snowstorm, the Trump State of the Union preview, Democratic boycotts, US Olympic hockey triumphs, escalating cartel violence in Mexico, and the unraveling of elites in the Epstein files.

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Main Topics & Key Segments

1. Surviving the New York Snowstorm & Team Banter

Timestamps: 03:06 – 11:36

• The hosts detail a massive, record-breaking snowstorm paralyzing Long Island and New York.
  • Slick Rick cites an official reading: “29.1 inches at Islip MacArthur Airport—a new record for Long Island since ’63!” (04:24)
• Damon and Harry’s “rescue mission” to dig Aaron out of her home becomes comic relief, including failed attempts with no shovel and only golf clubs.
  • Damon: “Harry had to dig with his hands enough to even get the shovel out from the door to start shoveling. Yeah. Wow.” (09:41)
• Vinnie Mac calls in from West Palm Beach, ironically complaining of the ‘cold’ 60s in Florida and ribbing the rest of the team.

Notable Quote:
“I’m a little pissed at Al Gore. I’m still waiting to be wearing shorts every day of the winter. Still hasn’t happened yet.” – Rick Delgado (05:09)

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2. Trump’s 2026 State of the Union: Preview & Democratic Boycott

Timestamps: 11:36 – 20:58, 52:38 – 63:41

The ‘First Word’ Monologue (11:37 – 18:01)

• Damon sets up tomorrow’s State of the Union (SOTU) by Trump, lamenting Democrats’ announced boycott and calling out the “performative stunts” of resistance politicians:
  • “Who cares about these crybabies ditching the State of the Union?... The address will go on without them. And it’ll be a heck of a lot more dignified.” (16:45)
  • Lists progressive politicians holding “counter-events” and jokes: “You could rope these people off and charge admission—walk by and just look at the freak show.” (16:00)
• Panel predicts Trump’s address will focus on policy victories: tariffs, border security, energy, and media antagonism.

Reactions from the Team (20:17 – 24:45)

• Vinnie Mac: "It's disgraceful, frankly disgusting, because that is really all they're achieving: just dividing us even further." (21:15)
• Rick Delgado: "I like when a-holes don't show up to my parties. Then it becomes a better time. Everybody has fun." (21:36)

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3. Hockey Glory & American Patriotism

Timestamps: 25:06 – 27:58, 70:38 – 75:31

• Slick Rick gushes over Team USA’s men's hockey win over Canada (“Magic in Milan”), paralleling it with the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.”
• Memorable moment: Players honor late teammate Johnny Goudreau, his children on the ice with the gold medalists. Damon reads a Washington Examiner passage:

  “In a country that cannot seem to speak coherently about masculinity, that image offered something rare. Disciplined strength in service of the next generation... They made space for absence inside triumph." (72:36)

Contrast: Men's vs. Women's Hockey Team at Trump’s SOTU

• Men’s hockey team enthusiastically accepts Trump’s invite to the State of the Union.
• Women’s team declines, citing “academic and professional commitments.”
  • Damon: “Your TDS from your leaders and your coaches and your players is so over the top that you figure, yeah, no thanks.” (50:56)

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4. Diaper Diplomacy: Trump Criticizes the Supreme Court

Timestamps: 31:58 – 34:04

• President Trump calls out the Supreme Court for a tariffs ruling:
  • “I’m ashamed of certain members of the court... absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country.” (32:03)
  • Praises Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh; attacks others as “fools and lapdogs for the Rhinos and radical left Democrats.” (33:48)

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5. Cartel Violence Erupts in Mexico: Policy & Fallout

Timestamps: 35:22 – 39:41, 44:26 – 48:11

• News segment details massive unrest after cartel boss El Mencho is killed in a Mexican military operation.
  • “Airports halted, highways shut down, and US Officials warned Americans to shelter in place.” (35:43)
• Discussion: The Biden (and Obama) administrations blamed for empowering cartels via border policies.
  • “They created... one of the worst and most dangerous mafias the world has ever seen… organized, highly armed, and loaded—thanks to the Biden administration.” – Vinnie Mac (37:22)
• Exclusive on the Trump administration’s cooperation with Mexico in recent months: “Trump got the Mexican government to hand over 100 cartel leaders before the assassination of this cartel leader. They’re being tried now for all their crimes against the United States.” – Vinnie Mac (44:26)

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6. Media Leaks, Iran War Fears & Deep State Rumors

Timestamps: 54:30 – 63:41

• Addressing Axios reports that Trump's military brass are wary of war with Iran, the panel accuses the press of disinformation and sabotage.
  • Damon: “Everything that has been written about a potential war with Iran… has been written incorrectly and purposefully. So I am the one that makes the decision.” (54:56)
  • Vinnie Mac: “In the old days, if they got a story like this, many, many times, they wouldn’t print it... Now it’s just ridiculous.” (57:50)

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7. Political Headlines: Pandering, Progressive Strategy & Texas Turnout

Timestamps: 63:45 – 89:17

• Gavin Newsom’s “pandering” attempts to black voters:
  • “You know, I’m a 960 SAT guy… I cannot read a speech.” (64:43)
• Panel ridicules “woke” and “performative” progressivism in Democratic politics.
• Delgado raises alarm over early voting trends in Texas, with Dem turnout surging in former GOP strongholds.

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8. Epstein Files: Elites Face Fallout

Timestamps: 90:41 – 96:01

• Former UK ambassador Peter Mandelson arrested after Epstein file revelations.
• Deepak Chopra confronted for inappropriate emails with Epstein:
  • “God is a construct. Cute girls are real.” – Deepak Chopra, uncovered email (93:36)
• CBS cuts ties with their health expert Pete Ati due to Epstein connection.
  • “Three more dirt bag losers taken down by the Epstein files. I look forward to more coming out in the coming weeks.” – Rick Delgado (96:01)

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9. Democratic “Rebranding” via the Progressive Policy Institute

Timestamps: 78:19 – 86:28

• Discussion of a Hill op-ed urging Dems to adopt tough-on-crime, pro-border, centrist stances to win back voters, even if it means “acting like the GOP.”
  • Vinnie Mac: “All the things he’s saying, they just make sense. They just make total sense. And a lot of Democrats really see that.” (83:31)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Who cares if the Democrats are boycotting? Seriously, does it really matter to anybody? Who cares about these crybabies ditching the State of the Union?” – Damon (16:38)
• “I like when a-holes don’t show up to my parties… there’s more beer for everyone.” – Rick Delgado (21:36)
• “Team USA men’s hockey honored the late Johnny Goudreau… They folded grief into joy. They made space for absence inside triumph.” (72:36)
• “Your TDS from your leaders and your coaches and your players is so over the top that you figure, yeah, no thanks.” – Damon on the women’s hockey team declining Trump’s SOTU invite (50:56)
• “I’m ashamed of certain members of the court… for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country.” – Trump (32:03)
• “They created… one of the worst and most dangerous mafias the world has ever seen—organized, highly armed, and loaded—thanks to the Biden administration.” – Vinnie Mac (37:22)

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Episode Timeline

| Time (MM:SS) | Segment | |--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:06 | Weather woes and comic blizzard rescue story | | 11:36 | State of the Union: Preview & Dem Boycott | | 21:15 | Panel reaction: Is Dem boycott “disrespectful”? | | 25:06 | Olympic hockey: Patriotic boost, Goudreau tribute | | 31:58 | Trump slams Supreme Court (‘Diaper Diplomacy’) | | 35:22 | Mexico cartel violence, Biden border policy blame | | 44:26 | 100 Cartel leaders extradited during Trump-Mexico cooperation | | 52:38 | Trump: SOTU Iran rumors are fake, he makes the decision | | 63:45 | Newsom’s minority pander, Hochul’s “computer” gaffe | | 70:38 | Goudreau, “masculinity” in sports, Olympic values | | 78:19 | Dems’ “Republican” rebrand: op-ed discussed | | 90:41 | Epstein files: Mandelson & Chopra fallout | | 96:01 | Show wrap-up: Panel bids farewell, SOTU preview |

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Summary

This episode of Studio 6B is a mix of storm-driven camaraderie, political analysis, sports heroics, and irreverent commentary. The upcoming Trump State of the Union dominates the focus, with hosts mocking Democratic boycotts and predicting a defiant, “America First” agenda. The team revels in US Olympic hockey gold, with a heartfelt tribute to a fallen teammate and reflections on American values.

In the news, cartel violence in Mexico sparks blame for American border policy, while the arrest of elites entangled in the Epstein saga fuels the show’s anti-establishment tone. Political segments highlight both the Democrats’ scramble to reclaim moderate credibility and major early-voting concerns in Texas.

Memorable, unscripted moments and off-the-cuff humor—from Al Gore’s failed climate prophecy to Newsom’s SAT humility—underscore the group’s chemistry and commitment to “Real News, Honest Views.”

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For more, tune in to tomorrow’s Real America’s Voice SOTU marathon, featuring the Studio 6B team live with pre- and post-speech coverage and real-time commentary!

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[Damon]

Live from Studio 6B Real America's Voice on a Monday night, February 23rd. 8pm on the east coast. And we are here in the studio. I don't know how but we are in the studio. Let me start by saying that I appreciate everybody's effort. Karen, Fran, Slick Rick and Harry. Look at that. Slick Rick get it to get here tonight because it was not easy. What a 2448 hours this has been. Vin stumbled off the beach to get back to the West Palm beach studio. So he's you know.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, I heard he stepped on a shell. Yeah.

[Damon]

Not as didn't really have to do much but decompress all day. We'll get to Vin is going to join us as well. Pinky to open but man oh man, what a 24 hours it's been here in New York. About 27. 67 inch of snow and just heavy wet snow making. Snowman making and with drifts with the wind it howling at about 50 miles an hour. There's places where the drifts are 4ft. My My mailbox. You can only see the part where you put the mail in the post is completely up. It's completely gone. Wow. Slickster, how are you?

[Slick Rick]

I'm doing good, Big D. In fact the recording, the highest recording on Long island was 29.1 inches at Isa MacArthur Airport.

[Rick Delgado]

29.1 inches.

[Slick Rick]

It is a new record for Long island since 1963 when they started tracking actual snowfalls for Long island in inches. Yeah I saw that in the news

[Damon]

today and it was. It took a while to even begin to clean out to see a see blacktop on any road on Long Island. So we were. We were going back and forth all day about how we were going to do this tonight but things lined up and we were able to. I was able to get the truck out of the driveway and once I got got that it was a little more mobile so I was able. I went and got Harry and then. Well, well first of all Rick Delgado. How are you?

[Rick Delgado]

I am good I'm. I'm a little pissed at Al Gore. I'm still waiting to be wearing shorts every day of the winter. Still hasn't happened yet, so other than that, I'm fine.

[Slick Rick]

Global warming.

[Damon]

Yeah. Okay. Global warming never happened for a second. Vinnie Mac is in West Palm Beach. They're not dealing with anything like this. Just dealing with, you know, whatever. What. What color shorts he's to wear with his flip flops down there at 70 degrees. But what is the temperature down there, Vin?

[Slick Rick]

60.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's. It's not that warm. It's in the low 60s right now. And I feel. Listen, I'm. I'm a New Yorker. My whole family's up there in snow and free. Hang on one second. SPF 12, if you could drop that off. Thanks. Anyhow, my. My whole family's there. They're in snow. Things are. Things are. You know, it's very difficult. The guys are out shoveling and. And plowing and all that kind of stuff. No, no, those are the. Those are the Ray Bans. If you have those, I take. Thank you. Yeah. Anyhow, so it's not been that comfortable here at all. We are in our own right here in Florida, freezing. But seriously, I saw how hard that you and Harry were working. I was very impressed. Well, you guys were doing amazing.

[Slick Rick]

So here's the Himalayas.

[Damon]

Here's. Here's what happens. Here's what happens. I finally get the truck free from the driveway, which was it itself a project. I shoveled more today than I probably should have or have ever shoveled. If my. If I'm not crippled tomorrow, it'll be. It'll be a miracle. But I feel okay right now. So once I got the truck free, I called Harry, and Harry's like, well, there's no chance of me getting out. There hasn't been a plow anywhere in sight. And he's on a road that's like this, and it's ski slope. And then the other road that comes up to the side of his house is pretty straight. But that. Though it hasn't had an applaud, it hadn't touched that, so it was still three feet of snow on that thing. And then Aaron, of course, Aaron's back. Welcome back, Aaron. Good to see you. Hope you enjoyed your week off in Florida in the sun. You're nice and tan.

[Vinnie Mac]

She had a good trip?

[Damon]

She had a great trip. Yes. She went to West Palm Beach. Saw the studio there, Vin. She loved it, so. Oh, yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

Came by and.

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

Fantastic to see her. And our family was with her.

[Damon]

So Aaron says, well, there's no chance of me getting out. I literally can't get out of my house. And I was like thinking to myself, what? And she's like, no, literally can't get out of the house. There's a snow drift is like four feet in front of the glass door. Front door of the house. Literally, we cannot open it. Not even to shovel. Can't open it. Cannot press it. If I press it any harder, the glass is going to break. So Harry and I decided that we were going to go over there and get Aaron out. And I don't know what we were thinking, think that we were going to do that. And of course, we didn't even bring a shovel. No.

[Rick Delgado]

Why would you?

[Damon]

Well, why would we.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, totally. Snow.

[Damon]

I got the video proof. We got. We got to Aaron's house.

[Vinnie Mac]

Oh, boy.

[Damon]

And just. It was just the calamity that.

[Slick Rick]

Well, do we have the footage?

[Damon]

I have the video. We have. Come on.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, yeah.

[Slick Rick]

Come on, Harry.

[Vinnie Mac]

On the Himalayas.

[Damon]

Let's show the viewers what happened. That's epic stuff. So here comes Zeri. The walkway is right here.

[Slick Rick]

As usual, Harry find the road.

[Vinnie Mac]

He's wearing his Air Jordans.

[Damon]

I think Harry had a walk up.

[Rick Delgado]

I'm.

[Damon]

I'm just hysterically laughing at this point. I'm laughing so hard, I don't know what to do.

[Rick Delgado]

Right.

[Damon]

Three feet of snow, literally up, almost up to his. Yeah, I mean, just above.

[Rick Delgado]

And the best you had to offer was golf clubs.

[Damon]

I went in the back of the truck there and I said, Harry.

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Oh, look it.

[Damon]

Oh, wait a second.

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We all know how she's in a nine iron.

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Look at me. I'm.

[Rick Delgado]

Look how tall Damon is. How you doing, Harry? Damon, what are you wearing?

[Damon]

I said, Harry, give me the. Give me the. Give me the shovel before you have another heart attack here.

[Rick Delgado]

Look at YouTube. Well, you guys are. You'll get stars by next week.

[Damon]

Yeah, so there was that. That was started. That's how we started. Look at that.

[Slick Rick]

Wow.

[Damon]

So we got Aaron. So we rescued Aaron from her three foot and a half snow drift in her front. We dug her out, kidnapped her and got her here for the show. So, yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

So here we are now. Don't you have a. Don't you have a snowblower?

[Damon]

No.

[Rick Delgado]

At your palatial estates, I do have

[Damon]

a snowblower, but it doesn't work.

[Vinnie Mac]

You look very skilled out there.

[Damon]

Pick me out the way they had to. Yeah. So, yeah, Harry started trying to dig him out.

[Rick Delgado]

Had to dig with his head.

[Damon]

Harry had to dig with his hands enough to even get the shovel out from the door to even start shoveling. Yeah. Wow.

[Slick Rick]

So he's handy.

[Vinnie Mac]

That's how you do it. That's old school stuff. Yeah.

[Damon]

So I was wearing my sneakers. I didn't wear my flip flops, thank God. I was wearing my sneakers and my scarf.

[Slick Rick]

Wow.

[Rick Delgado]

So you were ready for this.

[Damon]

You were almost dressed for that. I was almost dressed for in snow. So anyways, but we're here. We're here because this is what we do. Yes, we do. Can't miss a night with our beloved audience on Real America's Voice and State of the Union. Tomorrow night, the real State of the Union coverage right here on Real America's Voice will be tomorrow night. We're going to be a big part of that over at the America First Warehouse. Real America's Voice presents the Real State of the Union. So we'll talk a little bit about that. And there you go. Live comment. We will be with you live through the whole speech, doing our thing, commenting if when possible, when necessary, during the speech. So Rav will have the speech uninterrupted, of course, on the network. We'll have us on social media. We're going to talk our way through it without being too much of a distraction to the president, obviously. So it's going to be a great night. The A team will be all on board. Steve Bannon will take over coverage at some point on the network. We'll come on at 8, Grant Stitchfield at 7, Steve Bannon around 8:30, 8:40 will take us right through the president's speech and then afterwards. And the Democratic response, of course, all of that. Yeah. So that's tomorrow night. So make sure you lock us in tomorrow night for the real State of the Union where we'll talk, we'll talk about what we want to hear from the president. And of course, we're going to do a first word here in a second. I guess we're not going to do it here about the Democrats and what their, what their position is. But.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, the ones that show up at least.

[Damon]

Yeah. Well, let's do it now, Aaron. So let's do tonight's first word. And tomorrow night is the big one, President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, the sotu, where the leader of the free world gets to stand before Congress and lay out the vision for America's future. But hold on to your MAGA hats, everybody, because the Democrats are throwing one of their classic hissy fits again. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says his caucus has two options. Show up and sit there in silent defiance or just skip the whole thing altogether. Silent defiance? Folks, that's like a vegan at a steakhouse. Pointless and annoying. But hey, if it keeps them quiet, I, I think I might be all for it. Now, I've been around long enough to remember when the State of the Union was more than just a glorified infomercial from whoever is in the White House. Back in the day under Ronald Reagan, God rest his soul, it was a rallying cry for freedom. Tax cuts, staring down the Soviets, things like that. Reagan used it to remind us why America is the greatest nation on earth, not some apology tour like we got under Obama. President Trump. Well, you know, President Trump knows how to do it right as well from a conservative standpoint. This is his moment to hammer home the winds, the booming economy he's rebuilding with those tariffs that the globalists are squirming about. The border wall stopping the invasion. Yes, invasion. Because that's what it is. And he should go way deeper than mere policy updates, I think. Are we still one nation under God? Are we strengthening families? Are we preserving liberty? Are we teaching our kids to with moral responsibility? That's what I want to hear tomorrow night. Putting America first in trade deals that we don't sell out our workers, energy independence judges who actually follow the Constitution. There's many topics. And don't forget calling out the fake news media for what they are, enemies to the people of this country. That's the substance we need, folks, not the bread and circus nonsense that the left tries to pedal. But here's the kicker. Who cares if the Democrats are boycotting? Seriously, does it really matter to anybody? Who cares about these crybabies ditching the State of the Union if they're silent in the chamber or off grandstanding somewhere else? It's a win win for the rest of us. The address will go on without them. And it'll be a heck of a lot more dignified, quite frankly. Remember the clown shows from the past years? Al Green from Texas waving his cane like he's some deranged wizard, braying incoherently until the sergeant in arms has to haul his ass out of there. Or those paddle waving vultures acting like it's an auction for taxpayer dollars. Entertaining, sure, but in a kind of a train wreck kind of way. But most Americans tuning in tomorrow night want real talk from President Trump about fixing Biden's messes, not performative stunts from the resistance crowd. A bunch of them are boycotting by running off to these counter events. About 20 Democrats heading to the People's State of the Union on the National Mall, hosted by radical lefties like MoveOn.org and Midas Touch. That number's growing, they say. Then there's State of the Swamp at the National Press Club put on by defiance.org we're talking about publicity like Chris Murphy from Connecticut, Tina Smith from Minnesota, Chris Van Holland from Maryland, and a whole roster of losers. Yasmin Ansari, Becca Blant, Craig Caesar, Veronica Escobar, Pramila Jayapal. That's the squad's queen bee. Delia Ramirez, Bonnie Watson, Coleman. John Larson. Who? Over at the Swamp event, Eric Swalwell. You know, the one with the Chinese spy connection. Seth Moulton, Dan Goldman, Eugene Vindman, Ron Wyden, Jacob Fry, Brandon Johnson, Stacey Abrams. She's back. The eternal loser, mired in scandals. You could rope these people off and charge admission to. Walk by him and just look at the freak show. Others skipping out entirely. Adam Schiff, that pencil. Nick Geek, aoc, the bartender turned socialist. Dina Titus, Ami Barrow. Who are these people? They'll be yapping in some microphones somewhere, no doubt spewing the usual drivel. Trump's an authoritarian, ICE is gunning down innocence, Tariffs wreck the economy, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. January six, all the insurrection stuff. Well, it hasn't dawned on these geniuses that they're upstaging their own party's official rebuttal. Chuck Schumer picked Virginia Governor Abigail Spamberger to deliver the Dem response, talking about lower costs, safer communities, stronger democracy. Yeah, right. The State of the Union's rebuttal is a cursed gig. It sinks rising stars faster than the Titanic. Let's take the break and we'll finish this first word when we get back. All right, live from Studio 6B, we'll finish that. Plus we'll talk about the State of the Union. We'll let the boys weigh in, plus we'll get to sports. 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[Damon]

All right, 17 pass the hour live from Studio 6B. Glad you're in real America's voice. If you're watching on social media, we're going to try to get the whatever's going on here, probably the weather related to the Internet. So we'll try to get that fixed so we can get rid of some of that buffering for you. Slick's gonna do some sports. Vinny Mac's gonna do some news. Rick Delgado is gonna do some main headlines as well. But let me get back to the first word on the State of the Union. The State of the Union rebuttal is a cursed gig. It sinks rising stars faster than the Titanic. Remember Stacy Abrams in 2019, hailed as historic, then she crashes and burns in Georgia. Now buried in legal woes, Spamberger might join her after getting overshadowed by this circus tomorrow night. Bottom line My friends, the president's address marches on with or without these loser fat whiners. Trump will lay out the conservative blueprint. Secure borders, economic dominance, no more endless wars. And standing tall against the woke mob. If the Dems want to sulk outside or play mime in the chamber, fine. It just proves they're out of ideas, out of touch, and out of power, most importantly. And that is music to everyone's ears. And that is tonight's first word. All right, live from Studio 6B, 18 past the hour. Sorry we couldn't get that all into one, one segment, but we talked too much about snow removal. But that was fun.

[Rick Delgado]

But that was important.

[Damon]

It was important.

[Rick Delgado]

So, I mean, if we didn't talk about that, we wouldn't have anything to talk about.

[Damon]

Vinny Mac, I'll give you first crack on the first word tonight. State of the Union. Dems throwing a hissy fit again.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, you know, initially I got really annoyed just sort of at all that. And then I realized this is par for the course. They are. They've been dividing this country for a long, long time, especially since Trump entered the race in 2015. Their entire way of governing has been divide, divide, divide, cry, racism, cry everything. So now they're not gonn. The State of the Union speech. It's just another piece of dividing the country. But it's also extremely disrespectful to the office. Forget who's president, the office of presidency. This is the State of the Union address. It's probably the most important speech the President makes every year. And both houses need to be in there, the Congress needs to be in there, Democrats, Republicans, everyone needs to be there listening and hearing it. And here they are doing what they do, which is divide the country. So you've got liberals on the left cheering this like, yeah, well, we shouldn't be there. And I'm thinking that's exactly what they're trying to do, divide and push. More Trump hate. And to me, it's disgraceful, frankly, disgusting, because that is really all they're achieving, is just dividing us even further.

[Damon]

Yeah, Delgado.

[Rick Delgado]

I tend to like it. I like when a holes don't show up to my parties. So then it becomes a better time. Everybody has fun. We don't have to worry about those jerks. And, you know, there's more beer for everyone. As a matter of fact, the one, the one group I'm hoping that does show up is going to be the USA Hockey team, because I heard, I saw the video of Trump calling them and he invited them I'm sure they might show up with some coolers full of beer because those guys were rocking when they said, yeah, we'll show up. So that would be a good thing. If anything, if we could replace all Democrats with members of the USA Hockey team, I think we'd be much better off. They're much more patriotic. They, they love this country as opposed to Democrats. And I think we'd all have a much better time and it'd be a good party.

[Slick Rick]

I think Keshe Patel is actually bringing the beer. From what I hear, he might be bringing a cooler party with them right after the game.

[Damon]

Got everybody up in arms about that.

[Slick Rick]

Oh, come on.

[Vinnie Mac]

I know.

[Slick Rick]

It only happens every.

[Damon]

I loved every second of it.

[Rick Delgado]

Me too. What's the problem?

[Damon]

I mean, elected officials go to these things all the time. Not, I mean, maybe they don't get invited into the thing to, you know, throw a couple back with the gold winning team, but what, I mean, God, people are going to lighten up.

[Slick Rick]

Give it a break. I agree.

[Damon]

I mean, wasn't Trump supposed to go? He was supposed to go and then they canceled it, I think last minute.

[Slick Rick]

Yeah.

[Damon]

So it's not like elected officials have never gone to the go, gone to the Olympics or gone to these things. Like, I mean, you know, these people who just have, they've just, they've just got it in for cash no matter what he does. And, and they had it for Bongino too, that's consistently trying to throw them under the bus. And this is just another reason. All of a sudden they're worried. I love these people. Oh, it's taxpayer dollars. Oh, you're worried about taxpayer dollars now? Okay, good. 38 trillion in debt. All of a sudden now it's, oh, every dollar we got a taxpayer dollars. Don't you love the. I love these people who argue taxpayer dollars. But every boondoggle that these two parties put together on these spending bills, they're nowhere to be found, these people. But now it's taxpayer dollars he's on, you know.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. And they were the first ones to scream about Elon Musk using Doge to expose all the waste, fraud and abuse. And they're like, my goodness, you can't be pointing that out to the American people. That's our scam. But they're also the ones that don't realize that Democrats have done this in the past. Walter Mondale, vice president, was there at the Olympic hockey game in 1980.

[Damon]

What?

[Rick Delgado]

I don't hear anybody complaining about that. Taxpayer dollars for that.

[Damon]

Nope.

[Rick Delgado]

Elected Officials for that?

[Damon]

Nope.

[Rick Delgado]

They're not going to complain because it's hypocritical of them. Why would they complain?

[Damon]

I mean, get a life. These people. How about that? Just get a life. I mean, he's got the guys out there. He puts the President United States on the phone in the locker room with our boys who just won the gold medal. I mean, in a huge moment for the country. They're all as patriotic as could be. The kid who scored the goal, gives that interview, just fantastic.

[Slick Rick]

Jack Hughes brother.

[Damon]

Yep. And people are up in arms because he's in the diet. I don't know. I mean, sometimes things are just. They just over complicate things that don't seem to need to be that over complicated. I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something.

[Vinnie Mac]

He's a hockey fan.

[Damon]

Maybe he's not supposed to be.

[Vinnie Mac]

Cash is a hockey player and he's

[Slick Rick]

a big New York Islander fan. Van. Actually, he grew up in Garden City. Happens to be a big Islander fan like us, as a matter of fact.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's so stupid. It's a nothing burger as usual. Just. Just more hate and division.

[Damon]

All right, let's do some sports. Speaking of it, Mike Lindell sponsors it. LFS EXP is the promo code to use if you shop at my pillow. What's going on, slickster?

[Slick Rick]

Well, let me start with this. Yesterday for me, Rick Amorati was a great day to be alive. Boy, it brought me back 46 years to when I was a 15 year old kid watching that 1980 Olympics when we defeated the Russians to win the gold medal. Obviously we actually won it on Sunday. That's a footnote to it. But beating the Russians Friday night was everything, of course. And man, it took me back. And I said to my wife, you know, I'm glad I was alive to see this. It was one of those moments where I said I was glad I was alive. And yes, it is the patriotic spirit in me. More so than even the fact that I played hockey for about almost 50 years. Back in 1980, I was playing on a team. In fact, that's when I first started playing organized hockey. So it really brought me back to what these fellows did. And it was a moment that I think every American. I don't care how you roll, what side wing, ding, right wing, left wing. You had to be a fan of what you saw yesterday. And if you weren't, well, then you're a miserable person because that was just an incredible time for our country. And how the press. I'm sorry that Was a moment in life for me I'll never forget. I'll remember where I was. And I was texting back and forth with Vin and Paul and. And we texted a little bit. And I gotta tell you, Vin's credit, he's been talking about Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes. And you've been talking about that, Vin, for two weeks you've been talking about those Hughes brothers. So to your credit, you got the game winning goal. And Paul Nolan said to me, canada's unbeatable unless Hullabuck basically stands on his head. And Conor Hullabuck, who was named by Pete Hegseth, the secretary of Defense yesterday after the way he played goal with a classic save. And I'm ad libbing, I'm not even getting to the story here. It's just a great moment I got caught up in. But Team USA hockey star Quinn Hughes thanks troops after winning the gold. Paul Boy of Breitbart. Team USA hockey star Quinn Hughes thanked the troops after winning gold at the Winter Olympics. Team USA secured the gold medal with a 2 to 1 victory over Canada at the Winter Olympics, the first gold for hockey since the Miracle on Ice. Now they're calling it the Magic in Milan, which is another cute one there. That was Jim Gray from NBC victory against the Soviet Union in 1980. Speaking with reporters in after Jack Hughes, Quinn's brother, scored the winning goal during overtime, Quinn thanked the troops for giving them the opportunity to play. I hope that we grow the game, said Quinn Hughes. The kids back home can kind of like we did with that. In fact, let's roll. Cut 13. I have that cut. Cut 13. Aaron, thank you.

[Damon]

I mean, it's just so special. And I want to thank our troops for allowing us to play this game. Thank our troops for allowing us to play this game. And thank you all the support back home.

[Slick Rick]

Just unbelievable. So good stuff there. And they, they had a couple of beers too, on the plane. I tell you, hockey players and I know this firsthand, they know how to party. Party like it's 1980, they were saying. But it's 20, 26. They landed in Miami a few hours ago, and I think they're at a Korean steakhouse about now, partying it up. And good for them. God bless them. God bless the usa. Man, was that a moment in my life and hopefully in yours. That's a wrap.

[Rick Delgado]

All right. Live from Studio 6B, Real America's Voice. We'll come back, we'll do some news. I think we've got a diaper diplomacy. Don't we all Right.

[Damon]

So we'll do that.

[Rick Delgado]

We'll talk with Vin as well. And we'll be back. Live from Studio 6B, Real America's Voice. Stay there. Live from Studio 6B, Real America's Voice on a Monday night. Damon's working on the. On the feed. He's in there with Harry. Harry's using both hands, digging like a. Digging like snow, playing with the wires, bubble gum.

[Slick Rick]

The screen is all snow.

[Rick Delgado]

Hopefully they get it up and running and everything streaming nicely in just a few. In the meantime, though, we'll continue with sports. Slick Rick Sports, brought to you by Mike Lindell's MyPillow. Go to MyPillow.com slick, I know you got another story you wanted to make sure you get in. Yes. What do you got?

[Slick Rick]

And I'll have subsequent stories as well. As we go through the night in sports. Every one has an Olympic hockey or Olympic theme to it as well. But I want to get this one about a couple hours ago this broke. I talked about it on Friday night, in fact. Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao 2 is officially scheduled for September at the Sphere

[Rick Delgado]

at the Sphere in Vegas.

[Slick Rick]

Come on, come on. This is Kareem of Barstool Sports reporting today in fights nobody asked for. Listen, I'm a boxing guy. There's nothing in sports that beats a big fight feel. Ufc, boxing, you name it. We've had some classics in boxing. Obviously, even if you're a new gen, I can tell you about the thrill at Manila, Hagler Hearns, or the Rumble in the Jungle. But I did, I did watch Ward, Gotti, Klitschko Lewis and the first Floyd Pacquiao fight. With that being said, if you're wanting to watch the rematch in the year of 2026 between Floyd and Matty, well, something may be off upstairs. I'll tune into any fight because it's on a Saturday night and then there's nothing else to watch. But you won't get me out of bed. 8am on a Sunday like the gold medal game, which got everybody out of bed at 8am but you know, Floyd and Manny are both 48 years old. It's going to be fought in this sphere, which I believe is the first major boxing match that they've actually had in this sphere, which that in itself should be an incredible element to see. Obviously, most of these guys passed their prime. Both had retired now unretired. Arguably, Floyd Mayweather is the greatest fighter in boxing history. Stay with me, 50 0. One of the only ones to retire undefeated. He's Going to come back. He has, I believe, an exhibition with Tyson in April, and then he's going right to the Pacquiao fight. Although that may not even be on the record anymore. He may be just going straight to the Pacquiao. This will be a big, mega fight. Probably Netflix will pick it up and each guy will probably walk out with a lot of money. Not that that matters either way because that's standard and par for the course, but. But it's going to be something else. So Pacquiao coming. I'm surprised Pacquiao's coming out. Mayweather I can see. I don't know how much shape or how well Pacquiao's going. I got Mayweather with that fight. Incredible.

[Vinnie Mac]

Needs the money.

[Slick Rick]

Yep.

[Vinnie Mac]

That's. That's what happens, man. Pacquiao needs the money. They got a big fight. They still can sell the pay per view. And. And boom. You remember the first one, which I. I bought. I bought that one. I thought it was. I was excited about the first Pacquiao Mayweather fight. And Mayweather, Beatles.

[Slick Rick]

Yeah. Dazn boxing, Vin. They're the ones who broke it, actually. I know you did some work with them, I believe. Right. Years ago. Dazoned. Were you with them? Yeah. You worked with them, right?

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Slick Rick]

So they actually broke the news earlier today on their Twitter feed breaking. Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 is expected to happen in September at the Sphere in Las Vegas. So we'll check that out. Anyway, Rick, that's a wrap in sports. Back to you.

[Rick Delgado]

All right, thank you, Slick. And again, Slick Rick. Sports brought to you by Mike Lindell's MyPillow. Go to MyPillow.com, use our code at checkout. I teased it a little bit earlier. Let's get to it. Time for a little diaper diplomacy for your Monday night. Here is. Let's face it, it's President Trump, baby. President Trump is always a good time. Here he is criticizing the Supreme Court. Diaper diplomacy. Take it away.

[Slick Rick]

The Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing. And I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what's right for our country. I'd like to thank and congratulate Justices Thomas Alito and Kavanaugh for their strength

[Damon]

and wisdom and love of our country, which is right now, very proud of.

[Slick Rick]

Of those justices. When you read the dissenting opinions, there's

[Damon]

no way that anyone can argue against them. There's no way.

[Slick Rick]

Foreign countries that have been ripping us off for Years are ecstatic. They're so happy and they're dancing in the streets. But they won't be dancing for long, that I can assure you.

[Damon]

The Democrats on the court are thrilled,

[Slick Rick]

but they will automatically vote no. They're an automatic no, just like in Congress. They're an automatic no. They're against anything that makes America strong,

[Damon]

healthy, and great again. They also are a, frankly, disgrace to our nation. Those justices.

[Slick Rick]

They're an automatic no, no matter how good a case you have it said no.

[Vinnie Mac]

That's true.

[Slick Rick]

You can't knock their loyalty. One thing you can do with some

[Damon]

of our people, others think they're being

[Slick Rick]

politically correct, which has happened before far too often with certain members of this court. And it's happened so often with this court. What a shame having to do with voting in particular,

[Damon]

when in fact they're

[Slick Rick]

just being fools and lapdogs for the Rhinos and the radical left Democrats.

[Damon]

And not that this should have anything

[Slick Rick]

at all to do with it. They're very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution.

[Rick Delgado]

There you have it.

[Slick Rick]

He calls it like it is, that's for sure.

[Rick Delgado]

Diaper diplomacy, baby, baby. Justice Thomas. I think it was my favorite in that one. Slick.

[Slick Rick]

Yes. Yeah, yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

Good stuff. Let's do some. Let's do some news, shall we? Because this one, and I know, and I know, Vin, probably your friends on Facebook, probably all would be saying, oh, my goodness, these are just peaceful protests breaking out in Mexico as cartel terror erupts over one third of Mexico, as the. As gang violence erupts because of the capture, or I should say the killing of a drug lord. El Mencho is his name. He was the leader of the cartel Jalico New Generation CJNG cartel. The violence exploded across more than 10 of Mexico's 32 states on Sunday after the government confirmed the death of El Mencho. The unrest forced airports to halt operations, highways to shut down, and US Officials to warn American citizens to shelter in place. That's got to be terrifying when you're in another country being told to shelter in place as CJNG gunmen launched coordinated retaliatory strikes across the countryside. As reported by Breitbart, El Mencho's death occurred during an enforcement operation conducted by Special Operation Group soldiers with the Mexican Army. At about 1:10pm on Sunday, the National Secretary of Defense confirmed El Mencho's demise. And that's when basically all hell broke loose. The violence erupted shortly after those. Rumors of his death began to circulate early Sunday morning when the cartel gunman associated with the cartel began constructing road blockades using semi tractor trailers. Civilian vehicles lit them on fire to impede traffic along major roadways and started shooting. Just indiscriminate shooting. You could hear in the distance. It's amazing some of this stuff that goes on, but this is. This is what we're talking about when President Trump says we need to put an end to these cartels, because this is how not only violent, but coordinated and well funded they really are. When you see what they can do to the country of Mexico, it's just amazing and kind of puts things into perspective when you see gunmen set multiple vehicles on fire at the same time, and then the violence spreads throughout the countryside.

[Slick Rick]

Man, I wouldn't want to travel there, I'll tell you that right now. Forget about it.

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, think about how this all started. Think about how the cartels got power. The National Border Patrol Union released a statement today, basically saying that these cartels were given huge amounts of power because of the Biden administration and the open borders. How much did you hear about these cartels before all of that happened? Now they're being paid to bring, smuggle people into the countries. They're being paid to do all these. These things that they were being paid huge money on top of the drugs, on top of all the stuff that they did. It's literally because the Biden administration did what they did. They caused these cartels to become super cartels, like giant power brokers, huge money exchanging hands. And now we're dealing with that. Trump comes into office and someone's got to deal with that, right?

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

They created, you know, probably one of the worst and most dangerous mafias the world has ever seen, because they're organized, they're highly armed, and they're loaded. Thanks to the Biden administration.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, during the entire Biden administration. I remember we talked to Ben Berkwom all the time, and he talked about how these cartels ran the drug operation, but also the human trafficking aspect of it, how they did it, how coordinated it was. They used wristbands, so you knew who was going where, who paid how much. It was just amazing just to see the level of sophistication they had kind of achieved in doing all these nefarious things just to get people across the border and get the drugs across the border. And Ben was, you know, Ben was on top of it. He put himself in some harm's way a few times.

[Vinnie Mac]

When the Border Patrol union comes out and makes a statement like they did, I mean, think about that this is not like, you know, guys like us on TV talking about these issues or Ben, who was down there and saw these things. This is the National Border Patrol Union, and they came out with this statement about the Biden administration. I mean, that's big, big stuff.

[Rick Delgado]

And this footage that you see right now, Vin, is actually from Oscar Ramirez, from Rav. He's down there right now. This is current footage exclusive to Rav. And you see the kind of. The level of, you know, what they're doing to the countryside and how they're able to affect, basically, the way people move and how people live down there. It's scary and it's sad.

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, it's also in our national interest that Mexico. And if they need our cooperation, I think they have it based on what just happened down there. But it's in our best interest, our national security, to get these cartels under control. The cartels have killed so many people in this country, not just through drugs, through all the other things they've done. They've trafficked children. They've done all these horrific things. It affects our country directly. Mexico's got to get this cleaned up. And it looks like we're going to help them, but I think it's one of those things that they're not talking about too much, but our country needs to take a strong hand here as well.

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

Because they're here. They're in the States.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. Mexico has 32 states with varying levels of cartel activity. So far, Sunday's violence primarily concentrated in the CJNG cartel strongholds in the northern, central and western parts of Mexico, which are, you know, pretty substantial areas.

[Damon]

Wow.

[Rick Delgado]

And it just talks, you know, it just amplifies the impact that this has, not only not only on their local people, but also on their air travel, their domestic and international tourism.

[Slick Rick]

Tourism is going to take a hit.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, everything's going to take a hit. And you know what else is going to take a hit? I'm sure a few politicians, because they're going to search out the ones who helped out with this, because that's what these cartels do. They focus on the politicians. That's how they scare them into obedience, and that's how they control everything. So we'll see if. We'll see if the security on some of these Mexican politicians who may have been involved in helping get this. This operation going, take the proper steps and, you know, are protected.

[Slick Rick]

And didn't President Trump offer to send troops in there to help her? And she said, no, no, no, Mr. President, she doesn't want. The president of Mexico does not want any help with the cartels.

[Rick Delgado]

She doesn't want. She doesn't want troops, but she's taking. She's taking other. Other types of help.

[Slick Rick]

The president said so that today he wanted to go in because a lot

[Rick Delgado]

of the intelligence that they used was provided by our guys.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, yeah. That's why I said they're trying to step in. And by the way, I know I put a lot of blame on Biden, but this does go back to the Obama administration. They were enabling a lot of this. They took any action. They didn't have open borders to the degree that Biden did. But it does go back to the Obama administration as well. So.

[Rick Delgado]

So there you have it.

[Vinnie Mac]

I don't know what the Democrats want. What do they want?

[Rick Delgado]

That's. That's the big story south of the border there, Damon. Mostly peaceful protests. The Democrats are complaining.

[Damon]

All right, 42 past the hour. Live from Studio Six. People take a quick break. We'll come back with more headlines, more news from Mini Mac right after this.

[Slick Rick]

Sam,

[Damon]

We just lost power.

[Slick Rick]

We're on the screen.

[Rick Delgado]

I see us on YouTube.

[Damon]

All right, I think we're back. We just lost power here in the studio. 13 hours.

[Rick Delgado]

I see us on YouTube.

[Slick Rick]

Come on back.

[Damon]

Live from Studio 6B. We are. We're back. We just lost power in the studio here.

[Slick Rick]

U.S. marine Loco. It's like video elements. Me.

[Damon]

Spin the wheel. Spin the wheel. Oh, man. All right, 13th to the hour. Live from Studio 6B.

[Vinnie Mac]

Broke Spoke says I only see the logo on the screen.

[Damon]

By the way, Vinnie Mack, since I think we're. I think we're live.

[Vinnie Mac]

I don't know. I only see the logo on the screen. I see a commercial, no images.

[Damon]

All right, Vin, hold on. We're not live on the network. They say we're. We might be on social media so social media can enjoy the. This circle.

[Vinnie Mac]

This is exhilarating banter

[Rick Delgado]

broadcaster.

[Vinnie Mac]

I did not know that. There we go.

[Damon]

All right, live from Studio 6B. Well, 30 inches of snow. It's creating some issues in New York tonight as we just took a power hit here live in the studio. So we are totally off. We lost.

[Vinnie Mac]

Wow.

[Damon]

Lost power. So we're back. Vinnie Mac is still in West Palm Beach. Slick's still here. Rick, though, got us here. We're all okay, but the power just went out. So now we're back on. On a. On a. On an eventful Monday night start to the week. The real state of the union's still going to be on tomorrow night. Yes, we won't be here. Good. We at the White House be affected. But Vinnie Mac, let's do some news with you since you're in West Palm Beach. What's on your mind here tonight?

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, we've been talking about the cartel thing and all that stuff going on in Mexico, which I have a friend in Guadalajara right now and she's telling me all about the lockdown and so on. This is serious, serious stuff, folks all across the country. I know we see it on tv, but when you hear it from people on the ground just not able to do anything and move, it's pretty breathtaking. But something that none of us really heard about till today, really. I got word on this through one of the news organizations that Trump, Trump got the Mexican government to hand over 100 cartel leaders before the assassination of this cartel leader. So they basically shipped over into our country and they're being tried now for all their crimes against the United States. 100 of them. So I guess the real point of the story is that there's been a lot going on behind the scenes between the Mexican leaders and the Trump administration. And you hear the opposite from the Mexican leaders. They kind of, you know, don't say the nicest things about Donald Trump and they seem to resist the things that he's doing. But on the other hand, behind the scenes, and they probably have to do that to stay alive. Cuz these cartels are some of the most vicious people on the planet. We've heard about the way they torture and kill people and it's just absolutely brutal. So I suppose if you're a politician there, you need to keep a certain narrative to not get in their crosshairs. But behind the scenes, the Trump administration and Mexico have been cooperating and we got 100 of their leaders, these cartels, and we're trying them and hopefully they'll all be arrested. And this is basically because Trump declared them a terrorist organization. I mean, he's done this a couple of times, so smart. It enables us to do a lot of things that we need to do. And that's the result is right here, 100 cartel leaders here. And hopefully more. If they can get these cartels shut down, it opens Mexico up to be and a very, very productive trading partner of ours. And they already are to some extent, except there's so much corruption in every piece of the process. And that's because of the cartels. I mean, it's no different than like the sixties and seventies in New York City where the mafia had a Hand in everything. You wanted to put, you know, steel, you want to get cement, you want to get windows. You had to go through all this corruption, and it really ruined New York City. One of the reasons the city went bankrupt, because nobody wanted to do business there. It was too expensive, so on and so forth, forth. Lots of other reasons, but that was one of them. And this, what's going on in Mexico is, as I mentioned before, directly affecting our country because they're our neighbor and one of our biggest trading partners. So I love to see this is what's going on, because you hear leader after leader. One of the hockey players. Oh, boy, I'm trying to. Who's the guy Slick from the Maple Leafs? That. The American player, that Travis Matthews. Matthews, yes. Yeah. He had a great quote today because he's. They're at the Olympics. They're celebrating America and all this kind of stuff. And he was basically saying, you know what? I don't know why all these people I see in Europe, you know, don't like our country. They're being fed all of this bad, negative information about the Trump administration that's not true. But the populations have this really negative view of our country right now. And he just really went after him. And it was a great quote. I'm glad he stood up for our country. And it was something I really, you know, really embraced seeing. And I feel that's the thing that's going on all over the world, but particularly in Mexico, too, where they're being fed all kinds of nonsense and information. And I can only say that in their defense, they're probably just trying to stay alive from these cartels on the political side. So anyhow, I thought that was interesting and just tells us that there's more going on than we see.

[Damon]

Yeah. All right, very good. Eight minutes till the hour. Live from Studio 6P, let's do some sports. Sports is brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS XP is the promo code to use Slickster. I. I was trying to fix the stream when you guys talked to sports in the first thing, but, man, I thought the Johnny Goudreau stuff was just absolutely incredible. Maybe the most incredible. I mean, obviously the goal, the winning the game was obviously incredible, but the, the Johnny Goudreau stuff and the kids on the ice and them all getting down there. And I mean, that. That's, that's what I'm going to remember, I think, is that moment. That was just incredible.

[Slick Rick]

Yeah, I had that story coming up. Big D on Johnny Goudreau.

[Damon]

All right. Very good.

[Slick Rick]

This one is Winter Olympics 2026. Team USA Women's hockey declines President Donald Trump's invite to the State of the Union. So the men, they were. When they got the call with cash on yesterday that. You saw the call. We don't have the clip of the call. They were acceptant. They couldn't wait. They were, count me in, we're there. And President Trump offered to send a plane, a military plane or what have you. I think they'll all get just private flights from Miami there. But I think most of the guys is 23 players, but I would hope more than half can make it. You know, some may have other conflicts, but the women have made it clear that they're not going to come.

[Damon]

Yeah, I was going to say two Goldman winning teams and two very different responses.

[Slick Rick]

Very different with the team captain. Team USA's women's hockey team was asked to attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, but declined that invite Monday. In a statement, a USA Hockey spokesman said this person said the team was grateful for the invite, but had previously scheduled academic and professional commitments. Perhaps. Yeah, we are sincerely grateful. Blah, blah, blah. Yeah. Trump drew some criticism Sunday after a video emerged him congratulating the men's hockey team for also winning the gold medal at the 2026 Olympics. Toward the end of the call, if you remember, Trump laughed as he told players, we're going to have to bring the women's team. You know. You know, you do know that. I do believe I probably would be impeached. That comment drew laughs from the players and the hockey. It was just spontaneous fun, you know what I mean? And he got criticized for that. I saw. What's the name on Fox? The Fox Wing Ding. There she was ripping him apart. That. That was. Oh, you know, that's women. That's disgraceful. And blah, blah, blah, blah. You know, he just meant it lightly that, you know, we didn't invite the women yet. Of course they were gonna invite the women, and they did. FBI Director Cash Patel also drew criticism. We talked about that earlier for flying and celebrating with the men's hockey team in Italy. He was the one who called Trump following the USA's win. While Trump chuckled about the suggestion on the phone, the invite was ultimately extended to the women's team, and the women's team has opted to decline. The woman took home the gold medal last Thursday, defeating Canada in overtime.

[Damon]

I mean, that's crazy. I mean, that's just crazy. I'm sorry, that's crazy. You're the National Team for the United States of America. You go to the Olympics and you win the gold medal and the President of the United States invites you to the State of the Union or at least to the White House. And you decline it because your TDS from your leaders and your coaches and your players is so over the top that you figure, yeah, no thanks.

[Slick Rick]

Well, they had commitments, Big D, you know, I mean, what commitment could be bigger than that? I mean, could you reschedule? I think somebody would understand that you couldn't come and do a two hour seminar, how to hold a hockey stick.

[Rick Delgado]

We have an educational commitment. Education. How about this? You take that to your educational commitment of being there at the State of the Union address and tell them how that was, you know, being at the heart of how our country works.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Slick Rick]

And I wasn't as intimate with the, you know, the inner workings of the women's team as I was with the men, although I did watch most of the games and follow the women. But I tend to think that they are a little bit, bit more on the wokish side there. The ladies and the men were patriots. Well, I'm being nice about it, but you're right, Big D, they very woke. And that's the scoop on.

[Damon]

I will re rack for hour two live from Studio 6B on an interesting Monday night. The real State of the Union tomorrow night. Live coverage starts at seven with Grant Stinchfield. We'll see you at eight. Steve Bannon takes over at 8:30, 8:40 and then we'll be with you on socials all the way through the speech live. And of course the fake phony, fraudulent Democratic response as well, all on a Tuesday night. Tomorrow night. But we're back for hour two right after this.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's been an incredible year for America. The Dow hitting record highs, the border

[Rick Delgado]

secured, cartels in shambles,

[Vinnie Mac]

dictators captured, wars

[Rick Delgado]

brought to an end.

[Damon]

America is back and the United States

[Rick Delgado]

respected again around the world.

[Damon]

Now Donald J. Trump delivers his next State of the Union address, laying out

[Rick Delgado]

the victories and the bold vision for what comes next.

[Slick Rick]

The American dream is surging bigger and

[Damon]

better than ever before. America now has a strong president, unlike the other guide. But we saved the planet from the climate crisis.

[Slick Rick]

Are you stupid?

[Rick Delgado]

Live coverage starts this Tuesday at 7pm Eastern. Don't miss the real State of the

[Vinnie Mac]

Union on real America's voice.

[Slick Rick]

It will be like nothing that has ever been seen.

[Damon]

If your television sounds funny in the

[Slick Rick]

evening, you're watching live from Studio 6B.

[Damon]

All right, hour two live from Studio 6B. On a Monday, February 23rd. Real America's Voice, nine o' clock on the east Coast. Glad you're in. Slick series. Gonna do some more sports. Vinnie Mac is in West Palm Beach. She's gonna have some more news. Rick Delgado's got main headlines. Harry on the highway in the house. Aaron and Fran holding it down. Aaron's back from vacation. 30 inches of snow on the ground here in New York causing some havoc with seemingly everything here tonight in the studio. So we apologize for that. Try to get it straight here an hour two.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. Thanks, Aaron.

[Damon]

Lots to get to before we get to main headlines with Delgado. President Trump out tonight with our very, very important truth because I noticed this earlier in the day, Axios and others getting leaked to on what the president is or is not planning in Iran. And the president now tonight, numerous stories from fake news media been circulating stating that General Raisin Daniel, Raisin Cain, sometimes referred to as Daniel Cain, sometimes referred to as Raisin, is against us going to war with Iran. The story does not attribute this vast wealth of knowledge to anyone one and is a hundred percent incorrect. General Kane, like all of us, would like to, would like not to see war. But if a decision is made on going against Iran at a military level, it is his opinion that it will be something easily won. He knows Iran well in that he was in charge of Midnight Hammer, the attack on the Iranian nuclear development. It is a development no longer, but rather was blown to smithereens by our great B2 bombers. Raisin Cain is a great, great fighter and represents the most powerful military anywhere in the world. He has not spoken of not doing Iran or even the fake limited strikes that I have been reading about. He only knows one thing and that is how to win. And if he is told to do so, he will be leading the pack. Everything that has been written about a potential war with Iran and has been written incorrectly and purposefully. So I am the one that makes the decision. I would rather have a deal than not. But if we don't make a deal, it will be a very bad day for that country and very sadly its people because they are great and wonderful and something like this should never have to happen to them. President Donald J. Trump out tonight. And this is in reference to some stories that were floating around today saying that Dan Raisin Cain was saying to the president that he was concerned about going to war and that it could be tougher than we think and it could be casualties and there could be, we might be stretching the military too thin and this whole, whole long clearly leaked to them from somebody because they didn't just come up with this on their own diatribe on how maybe we're not in a position to be, to be undertaking this. So the President out tonight saying, calling that what it is, which is nonsense, and, and if he in fact believes that that's the right path, then he still feels confident in making that and that, well, we will take care of business.

[Rick Delgado]

Sounds like an Alexander Vindman type.

[Damon]

Well, it's got to be somebody. And you think the DOJ would, would. I mean, we still don't know who leaked the Dobbs decision, so I guess I'm not holding out a ton of hope, but it does seem like the DOJ might, would think about trying to find an investigation into the sources of this leak. Wouldn't you think, Vin? That could be maybe top priority here on this kind of important. Clearly meant to sabotage and hamstring the administration here.

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, first things first, there's something called national security. You don't broadcast to your enemies and even have them hear stories like this. You don't let them know whether we got a ton of strength or no strength. You don't let them know if we're prepared or not prepared. You just should not be letting them know anything. Perhaps you want to kind of do what Trump's doing, which is just to build up a great amount of strength. But then our own people, our own people possibly leaking this, and it's, you know, the media covered this. They don't have to print this. In the old days, if they got a story like this or a leak like this many, many times, they wouldn't print it, they wouldn't go to press with it. Nobody'd be talking about this because they said that could endanger our national security. You know, that's like the decorum that the media used to have, that the news organizations used to have. They actually did their job and protected our country a little bit. Now it's just ridiculous. And, you know, someone on the left was part of this. You know, like, look, if James Comey can leak stuff right to the New York Times and hand deliver it almost, you know, through an intermediary, and then admit it, you know, you've got serious problems with bias leaks. And when they put us all in harm's way, I mean, that's just, it's not only shameful, I get where Trump's coming from. He's putting everything that happens with this, his administration, every bit of rumor, every bit of leak, everything that goes on, he's on it the next day or within hours saying, that's BS And I'm calling you out on it. And then the DOJ has arrested people for this. So, you know, the Trump administration, at least they react immediately. They don't let it sit there. You know, he puts out a statement like he did, so it's disgraceful.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, you kind of know it's fake when they say citing sources familiar, which means not really anyone. We're just kind of making this up. We're thinking, thinking, hey, man, he doesn't look very happy today. I bet you he doesn't want to go to war with Iran. Yeah, let's run with that. We know they make up stuff all the time. This is what they do. That's what's, that's why it's called disinformation and misinformation, because they're trying to do this on purpose. It's coming from the left. Of course it's going to be negative. You don't, you don't even have to go past that. It's like, oh, okay, sure, not citing a source. If you could cite a source, it'd be great. But you're not going to because, you know, you probably don't have one.

[Vinnie Mac]

No, no, they don't have one. And one of the point on this one, Damon, is that we've walked into, after the Biden administration and of course, after the Obama administration and now after the Biden administration, we've walked into serious, serious danger all over the world. You got the thing going on in Ukraine with Russia. We had what happened with the Israelis and Hamas. We have what's going on in the southern border, border, and we've got what's going on with Iran. And you look at all of this and then you throw a little bit of Syria over here and then a little bit of China and Taiwan over there. We have walked into years and years, decades of apathy and weakness that is bubbled up now to create so many threats that this country has to deal with. Trump is facing threats literally everywhere he turns. So, you know, it's a really challenging time for anybody to speak out and put us in harm's way by putting out some ridiculous comments that could show weakness is a traitor in my book. But if you think of the complexity of everything, everywhere we turn, there's something going on. You see what's going on in Mexico right now, what happened in Venezuela, and, you know, I can go on and on about, you know, South America. Then you get to all the other parts of the world. I mean, he is taking things on, I have to say that, you know, is multiple presidencies, agencies have taken on, you know, one at a time. He's got them all at once. So keep that in context. Man. Stuff happening everywhere.

[Rick Delgado]

Hey, I think I figured it out. I think I know who did this. It's called Captain Obvious. Released these details. Ben. Yeah, Captain Obvious, you know, the captain who said. Has cautioned President Trump and senior officials that a military campaign against Iran could carry serious risk. No kidding. Really? You don't think they realize that? And it could include the possibility of becoming entangled in a prolonged conflict. Haven't we all, all heard this stuff before? And that the stakes are higher than the recent operation in Venezuela. You don't say. There you go.

[Slick Rick]

Wow.

[Rick Delgado]

Those are devastating revelations by Captain Obvious. No kidding. Of course. We all know this stuff. This whole report is stupid. Stupid. Why we even Trump doesn't roll that way.

[Damon]

Huh?

[Vinnie Mac]

Trump doesn't roll that way, though. When Trump does stuff, he's one of the few presidents that actually have confidence, that looks at something and says, how can we do this so it's not a prolonged war. How can we do it so with the most amount of might so we don't have to deal with it, how can we do this that it's the most effective it can be? Not slightly effective. You know, we're not just sending Tomahawk missiles across the ocean to go land some obscure place like Bill Clinton did or like Obama Obama did. But Trump does stuff. He does it. And that gives me confidence to the point you just made Delgado, which is his whole fear of prolonged war and all this kind of stuff. He doesn't come at it, looking at it in a passive way or a light way. If he's gonna do it, he's gonna do it right.

[Rick Delgado]

But I have confidence that's the way these things are always addressed. It could lead to this or it could not. It might lead to this, but it might not. It may be a little bit more intricate than Venezuela, but it might not. So it's basically. It's a non story. It's a. It's garbage. Because it's what everybody would say, oh, this could, you know, it's like, oh, wow, I'm gonna go drive in the snow. I could get stuck. Or I might not. Glad we got that out.

[Slick Rick]

Sounds like my right into.

[Rick Delgado]

Holy, holy.

[Damon]

11 minutes past the hour. Live from Studio 6B, let's do some more headline news. Rick Delgado's got it. What's going on?

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, Damon, why don't we just jump to it? 20, 28. The election is already upon us. Do you feel like you've already picked out a candidate yet?

[Damon]

No.

[Rick Delgado]

Because I might have one for you. He's a little slick. He comes from the West Coast. His name is California Governor Gavin Newsom. And basically, if you're a black voter, you'll want to pay attention to what SAT scores, what Gavin Newsom has to say, because he's as dumb as you. According to him. Here he is. Here he is pandering to. I guess he's directing it towards a certain demographic. I don't know, you can pick it out, but I think this is directed at black voters. Listen for yourself. Here's cut number one. Here's Gavin Newsom going on and on about how stupid he is and how you can relate to that. Cut one.

[Damon]

I'm not, you know, I'm not trying

[Vinnie Mac]

to impress you, just trying to impress upon you.

[Damon]

I'm like you. I'm no better than you.

[Rick Delgado]

You know, I'm a 960sat guy.

[Damon]

And you know, and I'm not trying

[Rick Delgado]

to offend anyone, you know, trying to

[Damon]

act all there if you got 940, but literally a 960sat guy. I cannot. You've never seen me read a speech. Speech. Because I cannot read a speech.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, maybe the wrong business, you know,

[Damon]

speech.

[Rick Delgado]

He talks about his lower SAT score because, well, you guys can relate to that. You guys all have low SAT scores too. That's essentially what he's saying to win over the black vote.

[Slick Rick]

It was like the computers years ago. You don't have Internet or something, right?

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. Who's that? As a matter of. No, it was Kathy Hochul. Here she is, a matter of fact. Nice, nice recall there, Slick. Cut number two. A quick ten seconds. Seconds from. Of New York's New York Governor Kathy Hochul insulting black kids. Cut to young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don't even know what the word computer is. They don't know. They don't know these things.

[Damon]

And I want the world open up to all of them.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Slick Rick]

How did she get re elected?

[Rick Delgado]

The pandering Democratic left. Enjoy it.

[Damon]

All right, 13 past the hour. We'll do some more headlines with the Gadda. More sports would Slick more video Mac. All coming up on a Monday night right after this. Well, sound like the blues on a Monday. International disputes, inflation, rising national debt, digital currency. There's a never ending list of reasons that gold has risen over 700%. Hello. In the last 20 years in a never Ending list of reasons that smart Americans diversify a portion of their savings into precious metals with the Birch Gold Group. More than any other commodity on earth, gold thrives during uncertainty, which is why it's a crucial part of a balanced strategy. It gives you peace of mind given all the events that could impact the US Economy. See if holding gold in its tax sheltered retirement account is right for you too. Birchgold can help you convert an existing IRA or 401k into an IRA in gold. Just text the word America to the number 989-898. Text America to 989-898 and receive your free information kit on gold. That's the place to start. No obligation, just useful information. Birchgold has an A plus rating with their Better Business Bureau. Tens of thousands of happy customers let Birch Gold help you diversify with gold so you too can have peace of mind, regardless of the uncertainty. Text America to 989-898. Again, text America to the number 989-898. Do it today. Get started with our friends from Birch Gold. 18 past the hour. Live from Studio 6B. Want to give a big shout out out to our viewer in South Carolina, Christine Ricci. She used to live in New Jersey, Vin. Then she moved to South Carolina. She found Rav on Pluto tv, one of our great spots where you can watch this show. Many great spots you can watch it. And now she's a big fan of this show and of course Rav overall. Now she's living in South Carolina and I think she talked to Harry on the highway or whatever and so I wanted to give her a shout out, say we appreciate you not only watching the the show, but watching of course, more importantly the network, real America's Voice. And don't forget to lock it in tomorrow night for the real State of the Union coverage. But then, you know, as we do Roll Call, we got fans everywhere on this network.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's amazing to me where everybody is too parts of the country. We have so many people in California. You think California is so infected with this, you know, progressive liberal ideology. It's really not. It's only the real city centers that have the that a big part of the country is not. And we see them in our chats and we talk to them all the time. And we see folks from all over the country, the heartland of this country, I mean, very devoted and committed to just family values and the conservative ideology. Just very logical common sense ideology. So it's only the major cities in this country that we have the loonies, man and they seem to be carrying a lot of weight because there's a lot of people. But our audience is, is fantastic and all over the country. So if you remember South Carolina, man, I love it.

[Damon]

If you remember 20, 15, 16, 17, 18 of doing this show, me and you, our biggest viewing audience in that time, we were really only on social media that existed at the time, Facebook and some other things. Our biggest viewing audience was California. Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah. Really surprising right back then, especially, especially on social media.

[Slick Rick]

But I think it still is.

[Vinnie Mac]

I know.

[Slick Rick]

I imagine it still is still very big.

[Damon]

Yeah. All right. 20 minutes past the hour. Live from Studio 6B, let's do some sports. Sports is brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS XP is the promo code to use if you want to shop at MyPillow. It gives you great savings on all the great stuff that Lindell has for sale. MyPillow.com LFS6B will take you right to our site that has all the best deals for this audience and then use code LFSXP at checkout for great savings. Slickster. What's going on?

[Slick Rick]

I'm go back to the Olympics, Big D. And probably one of the greatest stories that I saw in Olympic history honoring the human spirit was the Johnny Goudreau story from yesterday. And Johnny Goudreau's sister talks Team USA honoring her late brother after winning Olympic gold. Ryan Gaydos of Fox News Team USA men's hockey honored the late Johnny Goudreau on Sunday as players carried his jersey and his children onto the ice as they celebrated a gold medal win at the Olymp Goudreau and his brother Matthew were killed by an alleged drunk driver in New Jersey in August of 2024. They were in town for their sister's wedding. The former Columbus Blue Jackets player likely would have been on the team if it wasn't for the tragedy. Katie Goudreau appeared on Fox News channels, Fox and Friends and thanked the team for what they did. Team USA really went above and beyond. It meant the world, she said Monday. Even just having his jersey out when Matthew Tkachuk went out and with it with his jersey, round to round with the jersey, this is her talking. It really meant a lot. And we thought it was just going on, going on to end there and then. I remember watching the jersey when they were giving out the gold medals and thinking, wow, it's still there. And as the celebration went on, when they went to do the picture, they stopped for a little bit. We were like, what are they doing? What are they doing? And I thought I heard them say earlier, there's Meredith in the crowd. And then they went to Johnny Jr and his second birthday and also Noah, the daughter. It has truly meant the world to us because honestly, this is what John would have wanted for his children. He wanted them. And this is the key thing here to experiencing, experience these experiences, these once in a lifetime opportunities that he worked so hard for. And indeed they did. When they skated them out, the two kids and the jersey, it was just an Olympic moment. Big D, like no other. The spirit of that just really, like blew me away. I'll be honest with you. I teared up on that one. That really got me. I know a lot of people did. Yeah. And they have a newborn too, but I guess they didn't want to risk bringing him out onto the ice as well. It gets a little scary there, but. But it's just incredible moment. And yeah, Johnny Godreau, and there's no doubt one of the greats. He would have certainly been on that club had that, had that happened. And then Mike Tirico, really, by the

[Damon]

way, before you get to Tirico, there's a great piece today in the Washington examiner about this moment, about Johnny Goudreau, about the players, how they knelt down with the kids to get onto their level and saying basically just to give you a little bit of this. And he says the players bent down to speak to the kids at eye level. They knelt. That's the posture that mattered. In a country that cannot seem to speak coherently about masculinity, that image offered something rare. Disciplined strength in service of the next generation. The national conversation about manhood has grown both loud and shallow. On one side, it's a reflective suspicion of male strength itself, self. As though competitiveness, physical power and leadership are liabilities to be softened or restrained. On the other is an algorithm driven caricature. Masculinity reduced to dominance, grievance or perpetual performance. Young men are told contradictory things these days. Be assertive, but never threatening. Lead but never impose. Compete but do not in intimidate. Show emotion, but never lose control. The result is confusion. Masculinity becomes either spectacle or apology. Neither of those can sustain a republic. A self governing nation depends on men who understand that strength is not just self justifying. It must be ordered towards something. Power carries obligation. Achievement binds you more tightly to those who depend on you. Hockey at its highest level is not gentle. It's a punishing. And fast players absorb crushing hits, hits. They block shots with their bodies. They subordinate individual glory to the team structure. They endure years of conditioning for moments measured in seconds. Olympic competition magnifies every mistake. To reach that ice is to embody discipline. But in victory, these men did not center themselves. They centered children who had lost a father. They folded grief into joy. They made space for absence inside triumph. Triumph that was not sentimental. It was formative. Across this country, little boys were watching. So were fathers. I watched it not as a sports commentator, but as a parent trying to discern what examples my children are absorbing from the culture around them. Most of young men encountered today is either theatrical bravado or anxious retreat. Rarely do they see strength displayed without sweat. Dagger on that ice, they did. Strength is not the problem. Untethered, strength is. And it goes on and on to talk about this moment in a really, really creative and beautiful way. That's just a little bit of it, but man, I thought it was. Yeah, just spectacular.

[Slick Rick]

And talk about tough. Ask Jack Hughes dentist when he sees him tomorrow.

[Damon]

Yeah. All right. We'll do some more sports, more news, all coming back right after this. Sam.

[Slick Rick]

Sa.

[Damon]

All right. 30 minutes past the hour. Live from Studio 6P on a Monday night Real America's Voice all across the country. Want to remind you once again, tomorrow night, one of the real nights I look forward to because I love the State of the Union. President Trump always good. He says this one's going to be long. He says, I got a lot to say. So I think we're going to be locked in here for at least 90 minutes, maybe long. Munger and we're going to bring you coverage all night. The real State of the Union. Real America's Voice presents tomorrow night, 7 o' clock kicks off. Grant Stitchfield takes you through the 7 o' clock hour. He'll begin the coverage. We'll pick it up at 8 live on the network till Steve Bannon takes over around 8:30, 8:40. And then he'll take you through on the network to the president's speech. And then afterwards we'll stay live once Steve takes it from us House. We're going to be live on socials all night and we'll actually be live during the president's speech, give you a little different access. So if you want to watch the president uninterrupted without our drivel, then you can watch on Real America's Voice. If you want to watch us talk about what's going on in real time, then you can watch us on socials. We'll be doing that. We hope to get Vinnie Mac back to The America First Warehouse. But I'm not sure what the chances of that are. But we'll try to make him join us if we, if we can, Ken. But everybody else will be at the America First Warehouse tomorrow night as well. So it'll be fun. We'll react to the president in real time and should be a good night. So if you're in the area, make sure you join us at the America First Warehouse. That's going to be a great night there. Yeah, Slick will be out there decked out, taking pictures, signing autographs like he always got some pizza on a Tuesday. Maybe pizza Tuesday tomorrow night. Nice. State of the Union.

[Rick Delgado]

Now I'm going to show.

[Damon]

Now Vinny will play the piano for you after the Democrat, after the phony fake Democrat response from fraud. It's interesting that they picked her, by the way, because it's going to be a snapshot for the whole damn party into the midterms, which is try to present themselves as some kind of, you know, fighters for the middle class and fighters for the small. I mean, it's just they're going to run as I saw an article today in the Hill that says basically the Democrats at this point think that their, their method of winning the midterms and then really eyeing down the White House in 28 is to basically start adopting Republican positions and then acting like they've been theirs all along. No, I'm not kidding. I'm absolutely not kidding. As a matter of fact, if you want to know who it is, somebody named Will Marshall. He's the founder and president of the Progressive Policy Institute and he was the author of this piece that was in the Hill entitled the Midterms Are Not Enough. Democrats must campaign for the White House. And okay, that all well sells sounds fine and good. And until you read what he actually says. So his big idea to win the White House is basically act like Republicans. Here's one paragraph from when he writes, he says on immigration, Democrats are right to demand an end to brutal enforcement tactics. Okay, yeah, sure. But where do they stand on the underlying issue of securing the border and enforcing U.S. immigration laws? Democrats must reassure voters they won't repeat the Biden administration's colossal error of making it easy for people to enter the country without permission. They should reaffirm the Obama and Clinton administration's resolute opposition to illegal immigration and they should reject sanctuary city declarations as a gratuitous exercise in progressive moral preening. End quote. Say what? This is. This is the president of the Progressive Policy Institute to but he's not done on crime and public order. He says Democrats likewise need to distance themselves from the left's anti police rhetoric, vow swift and certain punishment for lawbreakers, and dismantle homelessness encampments that disfigure our cities. Democrats should also affirm that our shared national identity as Americans is more important than our different race, ethnic and gender identities. And they should oppose attempts to excommunicate Democrats who express common sense qualms about transgender operations for children. Swift and certain punishment for lawbreakers. Does that include illegal?

[Rick Delgado]

Sounds like swift and certain punishment for anybody who decides to go along that path in the Democrat Party because the, the liberal side, the, the wack nut side is not going to have it.

[Damon]

Well, here's who he's this, that's who he's talking to in this article that was published in the Hill. This is the president of the Progressive Policy Institute, huge big left wing progressive think tank. And here's how he finishes it. By the way, if you want to know the doozy of them all, although I think the immigration one's really the doozy. Susie. He says the party should also acknowledge that climate alarmism has failed to convince working class voters to embrace policies they see as producing energy scarcity and high fuel bills. Democrats instead should use the full suite of fuels and clean technologies to meet rising energy demands, including for data centers, while reducing carbon emissions on more realistic, realistic timetables. This was the, this was this guy in the Hill. Vin, what do you make of this?

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, the first thing that, when you're reading this, the first thing I picked off was the Biden administration's error with the border. Colossal error. It wasn't an error, okay. It was deliberate. Let's just call it what it is. It was a deliberate strategy by the Biden administration to open the borders. What he's basically saying is this. The American people for the most part, outside of fringe loonies in our major cities, the American people for the most part kind of see what's up. They saw what was happening with the border. It's why Trump got elected. They've seen what's happened with all this green stuff. They got a little taste of what was going on with Doge. Even though this fringe groups protested and made a lot of noise a lot in that party sees logically what has been happening to this country. And so they're gonna be reacting to that. The only thing that they have that's different than any of it is they have been trained and taught and brainwashed. Just hate Trump no matter what you think about a policy, no matter what you think is right for your country, just hate that guy and anyone around him. So what he's saying in his article is, yeah, we're waking up. We're seeing it's common sense to put criminals in jail, to not have, have to do all these medical procedures and put hormones into young kids when they're not ready for any of this stuff. Yeah, we should have closed borders and protection. All the things he's saying, they just make sense. They just make total sense. And a lot of Democrats really see that.

[Damon]

I think they think, okay, maybe we act like the GOP to win. But this is why I think Spamberger is the interesting choice of the rebuttal tomorrow night, because that's exactly what she did did. She made everybody leave. She was some moderate people, of course, forget. She was a CIA agent for eight years undercover, a. Basically a spy. She ran as this, like, suburban mom housewife. That's going to be, you know, this kind of what this article is representing. Oh, we're gonna, we're gonna get away from the looney tunes like Delgado just called them in her first eight days in office. She's got executive order after executive order of the most left wing, progressive crazy things you could ever think. Think of.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, she went full loony to.

[Damon]

Yeah, and that's. And that to me is, is really what the, the party is going to try to do. They may try to use this face to say, oh, yeah, we learned our lessons from 2022, don't you worry. And then as soon as they, God forbid, get back into power, it's going to be right off the reservation again.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, but the people, you know, are the ones that are seeing, you know, when, when Spamberger ran, she got elected as a moderate. Moderate. And that's what the people wanted. And now she's running, you know, governing as a progressive. So they can all get elected with this type of thinking, like this article says. But I think to your point with Spamberger, we've all learned a big lesson and there's gonna be many others as well that just fake us out and then rule progressive. Why?

[Slick Rick]

I don't know.

[Vinnie Mac]

Like why? I mean, I understand to fake everybody out and get elected, but, you know, the policies just don't work. Like, why do they think that running things as a progressive is going to work anywhere? Because it doesn't.

[Rick Delgado]

Because it's their religion. It's not based on anything that would require intelligence. It's what they've been trained to think. This is what they believe and every other religion, every other type of government, according to them, because it's their religion, that's what they believe and that's what they're going to do. They don't care. Results be damned. Doesn't matter.

[Vinnie Mac]

Spamberger was trained to deceive, as Damon pointed out, as a CIA operator trained to deceive. I mean just think of her background. Why didn't any of this come out, you know, when she was running? Maybe it did. I didn't hear anything about that, frankly, when she was running that she was inoperative and trained to deceive.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, that's, you know.

[Damon]

Well, I also think the Dems obviously see an opportunity here. Obviously as the party out of power, they're always going to have an advantage in the midterms. They see, see if you listen to the polls, if you listen to the polls, they, they see Trump's approval or disapproval at, at the highest we've seen it since he's his two terms of. In his, in office. They, they're obviously going to try to seize on the affordability issue. We know the Republicans have a turnout issue in the midterm. How they deal with that. They certainly have the money to deal with it. I don't know if they have the common sense to deal with it again. We sleepwalk through primaries so then we're stuck with status quo people when we get to the generals, which of course, you know, they see what's happening in Texas. I don't care what anyone says. The early, the early signs in Texas and I know early voting skews more Democrats so you don't have to start writing me emails about it. I get it. But the, but the early numbers out of Texas should be concerning to the Republicans in voter turnout. I understand it can change. I understand it's skewed that way, way. But you look at some of the places in Texas where the early votes coming in and you look at some of the demographics in Texas in places, I mean just to give you an idea, compared to the midterms in 2022, Dallas, Fort Worth region at this point in the midterm election cycle, year of the election, Republicans were plus 25 in turnout right now. Dems are plus 14 this year. Metro Houston area area four years ago, right now ours were plus 25. Today D's are plus 5. 5.8. Austin already very obviously liberal Dems were plus 6.5. You know what they are today in Austin plus 40. San Antonio, ours were third plus 13.9. Now it's Democrats plus 26.1. So you can ignore these numbers at your own peril. And Texas obviously should be our biggest home court advantage that we have in the whole country. Maybe other than Florida. No, not even. It really should be the biggest. This is our biggest home court and these are the numbers we're seeing out of here. And Richard Barris has been writing about this and warning about it as well. And I mean, he seems to have it in for Trump at this point, but still he's been accurate. So you can't just dismiss it even if you don't agree with everything he says, says. But the numbers and the Democrats are on the move in Texas. They may not win statewide, but it's very clear at this point that the Republicans will lose a whole lot of influence all over Texas if these numbers hold. They may win statewide, but it won't look like the same party. We lose Texas, you lose the nation. It's just that simple.

[Vinnie Mac]

I bet I'd like to look at the numbers as to the amount of businesses and liberals that came from California during those four years from 22 to now. And I bet you it's a lot. These companies moved into Dallas, San Antonio, of course, Austin, which had already gotten a flood of them, but a lot more moved in. I mean, it is in addition to the apathy you noted, it's having a major impact on the voting base in Texas. I mean, Texas is in Texas, I think is overall in trouble because of that.

[Damon]

I think it's in trouble, too. It's just a matter of how. How deep into the red areas. The Democrats will make waves. All right, we'll wrap it up for Monday. One more segment coming up. We'll get to everybody. Sports news all. We get back live from Studio 6B right after this. All right, 13 to the hour. Live from Studio 6P, let's do some headlines. Rick Delgado's got him. What's going on, Delgado?

[Rick Delgado]

All right, Damon. Well, a lot to choose from, so let's see what I might have time for. Oh, let's get to our Epstein scorn, shall we, as the former UK Ambassador to the U. S. Pete Mendelsohn has been arrested, Damon, Just weeks after the latest. Pete Mendelsohn.

[Damon]

Oh, him.

[Rick Delgado]

Weeks after the latest Epstein files release. He's the former UK Ambassador to the US and he was arrested over the weekend. Here is a report on that. There's cut number four. Check this out.

[Vinnie Mac]

No mistake about it, Mark.

[Rick Delgado]

This is a seismic moment not only

[Damon]

for Peter Mandelson, but for British politics as a whole.

[Vinnie Mac]

Six months ago, the man that you can see in the pictures was the

[Damon]

British ambassador to Washington, one of the maybe half dozen most powerful figures in this country. Personally appointed by Keir Starmer against elements

[Slick Rick]

even of his own better judgment, persuaded of it, we believe, by his then

[Damon]

chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, because he

[Vinnie Mac]

was thought to be the only man who could bridge the divide with Donald Trump's White house after the U.S. president

[Damon]

returned to the White House for the second time.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. So there you have it.

[Damon]

In 2000, breaking news. Put this up, Aaron. It looks like it's real. I haven't checked it, but this is from the president 17 minutes ago. Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the presidential race.

[Slick Rick]

When he's watching our show earlier made the call after we took him apart.

[Rick Delgado]

So he dropped.

[Vinnie Mac]

He thought it was a running announced yet.

[Slick Rick]

Wow.

[Damon]

Did he announce, did he actually announce he's not going to run?

[Rick Delgado]

I don't know.

[Damon]

People are retweeting this like it's not a joke. I don't see like laughing emojis and stuff. People are retweeting it like it's real. I don't know.

[Slick Rick]

Looks real.

[Rick Delgado]

I don't know.

[Damon]

But anyways, the President. All right, what else?

[Rick Delgado]

Anyhow, as far as Mendelsohn confirmed in a 2009 email to Epstein, he confirmed rumors of a $500 billion eurozone bailout, telling Epstein the announcement would come later that night. Basically, he's. He's busted for sharing state secrets with Jeffrey Epstein. So that's one elite down. Many more to go. As a matter of fact, one elite you might have heard of, Damon, is one little fella named Deepak Chopra, believe it or not. Yeah. Turns out Deepak had a close relationship with Epstein. Epstein and told him to bring young girls on trips. According to some of the messages coddled up through the. Through the exposure of the Epstein files, here is cut number five. Here's the report on that about Deepak Chopra. The latest for your scorn.

[Damon]

2017, Epstein asked Chopra, did you find me a cute Israeli? Chopra responded, universe is human construct. Cute girls are aware when they make noises. He later added, God is a construct. Cute girls are real. And in one 2016 exchange that began

[Rick Delgado]

with a link to a TED Talk

[Damon]

about the end of physics, Chopra wrote to Epstein, statistics is like a girl in a bikini.

[Vinnie Mac]

What she reveals is obvious.

[Slick Rick]

What she conceals is more interesting.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, he's got a bunch of these emails back and forth to Jeffrey Epstein. As a matter of fact, he Was confronted about these emails coming off an airplane just recently. Here is cut number six, as he's asked about the emails to Jeffrey Epstein. Here's Deepak Chopra doing his best impersonation of Harry carey. Cut number six. Check this out.

[Damon]

Mr. Chopra, sir.

[Slick Rick]

How are you? Sir, I've got to ask you.

[Damon]

Listen, sir, you've built your entire career. You built your entire career on spirituality.

[Slick Rick]

What do you have to say about

[Damon]

your actions with Epstein? Any regrets? You have any regrets? I said, you have any regrets about your, you know, your. Your relationship with Epstein? What's that?

[Vinnie Mac]

You decide?

[Damon]

You want me to decide? No, I'm asking you, sir.

[Rick Delgado]

What?

[Damon]

You give me your.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. So there you have it. The latest of the elites. Who, Deepak Chopra.

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

He's like one of these big. These bigwigs speaks at conferences. He's welcomed by the highfalutin left at their parties with their champagne and their foie gras, whatever they eat. Right.

[Vinnie Mac]

Then you're natural.

[Damon]

Okay.

[Vinnie Mac]

He's a spiritual guy. He guides people in spirituality, Connecting to their inner self, their chakras, all this stuff. He's supposed to be grounded and not, you know, respectful of all forms of life. And here he is with Epstein, you know, doing exactly what every other schmo in his group were doing. Like a schoolboy.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, exactly. Being the dirt bag that he was trying to hide. Hide from the world that he really was. So Deepak Chopra is your latest elite? Damon going down UFOs. And also confirmed today, Pete Ati, the. The health guy for CBS.

[Damon]

Oh, doctor.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, the wellness guru. Well, he's. He's now without a job. CBS has officially cut ties with him over the Epstein ties. So there you have it.

[Damon]

That's not his main job, obviously.

[Rick Delgado]

Three more dirt bag losers taken down by the Epstein files. I look forward to more of them coming out in the coming weeks.

[Damon]

Taken down meaning like what? Like they stopped doing their score in 10 jobs.

[Rick Delgado]

They should be. They should be shunned from polite society. They should be point pointed at and laughed at everywhere they go. They should be embarrassed to be seen.

[Damon]

Hey, Newsom said that he has a 980 SAT score, right? He says he can't read. And that makes them more like black people. Is that what he said? Basically, yeah. Here he is on a podcast, I don't know, about a month or two ago. Here's what he said back then to the hosts.

[Rick Delgado]

You've written a hell of a book,

[Damon]

and I don't say that lightly. I went through it, and in a

[Rick Delgado]

quick Hour and a half, almost two hours. And trust me, I don't read very

[Damon]

fast, but it reads at an unbelievable pace. It's so well written. And of course it's so familiar because I felt a little bit adjacent so

[Rick Delgado]

much of the subject matter. But it's 18 chapters.

[Damon]

It's an impressive piece of work.

[Rick Delgado]

263 or so pages. Two.

[Damon]

Oh, okay. He went through 263 pages.

[Rick Delgado]

Why does he sit.

[Vinnie Mac]

180 of them were pictures.

[Rick Delgado]

Look at the way he sits in that interview. He sits just like the woman does.

[Damon]

And that one, he says, I don't read very well. The other one says, I don't read.

[Rick Delgado]

I don't read speeches.

[Damon]

Yeah, all right. Anything else?

[Vinnie Mac]

I'm a stronger swimmer.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, I got. I got a ton. You want to hear a little bit about Bernie Sanders? He's. He's backing the California wealth tax proposal that splits Democrats ahead of the midterms. And he's hoping to introduce one that'll model California. California's, that'll go nationwide. Believe it or not, the billionaire tax. Billionaire tax charge would go after the 200 billionaires in the state of California. But again, he wants to bring a national version of this out for everybody to enjoy. Here is cut number 10. Bernie Sanders talking about this great idea he has about raising taxes on Everybody. Cut, cut 10 guys.

[Damon]

When Mamdani was running for mayor in New York City, you may recall, everybody, all the rich guys are going to leave.

[Rick Delgado]

It didn't happen.

[Damon]

Now, whether they do or not, I don't know. Who knows? But the idea that they are saying that it's okay for children to die,

[Rick Delgado]

people not get the health care they

[Damon]

need, and they're going to punish the people of California.

[Rick Delgado]

That is outrageous.

[Damon]

And by the way, that is why I will be introducing a national wealth tax. Where they're going to run that. Maybe they're into Saudi Arabia. I suspect that's where the I'll go. But you know, you gotta. At some point, you gotta stand up to these guys.

[Slick Rick]

That's the newsome argument, that we should do it nationally. But if we do it just here,

[Damon]

somebody's gonna hurt California's revenue. I'm gonna introduce the legislation. Ain't gonna pass right away. And if California can do it, this will be a message, by the way, not only to America, it'll be a message to the world. Because this. I don't need to listen to the old countries all over sports.

[Vinnie Mac]

You call that a piece of cake? That is not a piece of cake.

[Slick Rick]

All right, I got one clip I think we don't have time for it. But NBC sports broadcaster Mike T.R. drew near Universal praise online for closing out his portion of the Olympics. Aaron cut 15. If we can cut it in because

[Damon]

of a drought that almost lasted the half century, those teams are revered. They are held onto forever. And what happened today doesn't take away from the greatness of those teams or the meaning that those teams have in US Hockey. But what you saw today was the build of a generation, inspired perhaps by that team that lost in 2010 in Vancouver to the Sidney Crosby golden goal in overtime, or the team where TJ Oshi had all those shootout goals in 2014. That's when these guys were doing what you're doing watching on tv. And they were young and they were living the dream. So for all the young people out there, not just the hockey, but all the Olympics you've watched, those dreams are formed. Now go chase them and go get them because our country loves sports and it brings us together unlike anything else. And if you did, yeah, as always, we support our military, active and active. Police, firefighters, first responders, EMTs, emergency personnel. Thanks, everybody on the show. Minnie Mac, thank you. We'll see you tomorrow night at the America First Warehouse live. State of the Union, the real State of the Union. Grant Stitchfield kicks it off at 7. We pick it up at 8. We'll be with you on socials all the way through it all. We'll see tomorrow night. Live from Stitches Studio 6B. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.