Live From Studio 6B - Thursday, January 15 2026

Summary

Podcast Summary: Real America’s Voice – Live From Studio 6B

Episode Date: January 15, 2026
Host: Damon
Panelists: Vinnie Mac, Rick Delgado, Slick, Aaron, Philip Patrick

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Main Theme or Purpose

This episode dives into the current American political and cultural landscape, covering breaking news, political policy shifts, and candid roundtable discussions, especially concerning Trump’s latest actions and messaging, ongoing unrest in Minnesota, healthcare reform, and broader issues including finance, global relations, and media bias. Throughout, the hosts maintain a spirited, irreverent, and candid tone, engaging both each other and their interactive audience.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Studio Banter, Community, and Show Opening

(00:00 – 06:00)

• The hosts open with lively banter, poking fun at each other and referencing recurring studio jokes (“Thursday night shirt night,” “Pizza Friday at America First Warehouse”).
• Interaction with the audience through live chats across platforms.

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2. Minnesota Unrest & Trump’s Invocation of the Insurrection Act

(06:02 – 14:00, continued throughout)

Discussion:

• Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to clashes between ICE agents and protesters after multiple high-tension incidents.
• The panel highlights the political climate and reactions of local officials, noting Governor Tim Walz’s call for de-escalation (“please turn down the temperature”) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s shifting tone.

Key Insight:

• The discussion frames Trump’s move as overdue and justified given attacks on federal officers and perceived lack of order by state officials.
• Noted legal mechanics—Trump’s public threat as possible legal “notice.”

Quote:

Damon (08:53): “So what? That’s not going to slow him down, nor should it. But if he does threaten it, it’s well overdue and by the way, more importantly, well deserved.”

Rick Delgado (10:10): “From what I understand...that is their notice that can qualify as his notice to them...You’ve got certain amount of time before he can take action.”

Timestamps:

• [06:02] — Damon lays out Trump’s Insurrection Act threat and its political context
• [10:41] — Delgado on legal notice and prior ICE action in Chicago
• [12:23] — Reference to Mark Levin’s legal suggestions: civil lawsuits, vehicle forfeiture

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3. Sports & Presidential Engagement

(14:00–20:46; throughout)

• The Florida Panthers, reigning NHL champions, visit Trump at the White House. Trump jokes, receives custom jersey and ring, expresses sports enthusiasm.
• Panel admires athletes' respectful, patriotic conduct and compares to other professional teams.

Quotes:

Trump during White House event (17:01): “It’s an honor to welcome to the White House the two time defending Stanley Cup champions, the Florida Panthers. ...These men are responsible for the greatest feats in Panthers franchise history.”

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4. Trump’s Messaging on Iran

(15:14–21:49)

• The hosts discuss Trump’s cryptic social post about Iranian protesters not being sentenced to death “after President Trump’s warnings.”
• Debate whether nothing will actually happen, or if Trump is playing a strategic long game.

Quotes:

Damon (15:35): “His tweet today makes it sound like nothing...Now, again, this happened before. Nothing is going to happen. ...I hope someone’s not calling his bluff.”

Vinnie Mac (21:49): "Number one, I believe very strongly we are going to do something. … There is a plan, ...they're getting ready to execute it."

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5. Trump’s Healthcare Plan Unveiled

(24:13 – 34:49; revisit at 42:42)

Content:

• Trump rolls out the “Great American Healthcare Plan,” focusing on price transparency, slashing drug prices, direct government payments to patients, and cutting out middlemen.
• Panel emphasizes the destructive role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), need for transparency, and repeated government failures at healthcare reform.

Key Quotes:

Trump (25:17): “The government is going to pay the money directly to you ... The big insurance companies lose and the people of our country win.”

Slick (29:16): "[PBMs] have been the death of the pharmacy industry. ...They've handcuffed to the point we were working on a 15% gross profit."

Damon (33:17): "The problem is ... you need Congress. ...They won't even fully...repeal Obamacare, and they still haven't."

Timestamps:

• [25:17] — Trump details the plan
• [29:16] — Slick gives insider perspective on industry pitfalls
• [34:13] — Damon calls out Congressional lack of vision

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6. Diaper Diplomacy: Trump on Minnesota Social Benefits & Immigration

(38:38 – 41:23)

• Trump addresses Minnesota’s welfare abuses, targeting scams in childcare funding and welfare payments to illegal immigrants, especially in the Somali community.
• Calls the governor “incompetent” and promises welfare freezes and no more reimbursements for illegal immigrant costs.

Memorable Quote:

Trump (39:07): "The biggest operation in all of Minnesota had no children and we paid millions of dollars. They're scammers. ...We're not going to pay Minnesota. ...We're freezing any and all welfare payments going to illegal immigrants that will start effective immediately."

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7. Minnesota ICE Incident & Mayor’s Shift

(41:23–47:03)

• Discussion of ICE agent attacked by illegal immigrants; Minneapolis police chief and Mayor Frey statements play, Frey’s earlier antagonism toward ICE is contrasted with his more conciliatory tone after violence.
• Panel points to hypocrisy and failure of local leaders.

Quotes:

Rick Delgado (43:08): “The crowd is engaging in unlawful acts…they have thrown fireworks at police officers…and at multiple times gas has been deployed.”

Damon (45:26): “And we're in a position right now where we have residents... asking [police] to fight ICE agents on the street.”

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8. Panel Discussion: Is Trump Focusing Too Much on International Affairs?

(48:23 – 56:53)

• The panel tackles criticism—prompted by David Brody—that Trump is too focused on global issues (Iran, Venezuela, Greenland) at expense of domestic affairs.
• Consensus: Trump has a domestic track record, but is hampered by Congress; the global/US leftist “sickness” is interconnected.

Quotes:

Vinnie Mac (49:56): “He's done so many things domestically, so many things to improve our lives here. ... This sickness is global.”

Rick Delgado (53:15): "Domestically, I'm going to push back on that... that would make him a dictator, Vin, and he's not a dictator. ...He cannot, you know, bring prices down. What he can do is affect the policy that goes forward that affects those prices. And that's what he's been doing."

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9. Credit Card Interest Rate Cap Proposal

(67:31 – 71:22)

• Trump calls for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates.
• Harry Enten (CNN) presents data on bipartisan support; hosts debate unintended consequences, such as credit rationing and price controls.

Quotes:

Harry Enten (69:44): “This is an issue that unites Democrats, Independent and Republicans...”

Damon (70:48): “When you put price controls in... Lenders are not going to lend to ...middle to lower income Americans...they won’t do it. There will be credit rationing if this happens.”

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10. Financial Outlook & Federal Reserve Subpoena Discussion (Philip Patrick/Birch Gold)

(72:14 – 79:49)

• Philip Patrick dissects the controversy over the Federal Reserve, Powell’s looming exit, and the implications of mounting US debt and investor confidence.
• Advises individual prudence and hedging via gold and silver.

Quotes:

Patrick (73:39): “...This is the first time ...that a sitting Federal Reserve chairman has sort of faced the threat of criminal prosecution while actively setting interest rates.”

Patrick (78:37): “People need to think prudently, not politically. ...gold doesn't rely on credibility. ...We have a bumpy road in front of us.”

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11. Media Bias and WH Press Briefing Exchange

(80:20 – 84:13)

• White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt confronts left-leaning journalist Neal Stanage on ICE enforcement and coverage of illegal alien criminality.
• Panel applauds Levitt’s directness.

Quote:

Caroline Levitt (81:49): “You’re a left wing hack... you have a crooked view and have a biased view and pretend.”

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12. Sports Betting Scandal & Parent Fights

(86:18 – 93:05)

• NCAA basketball point-shaving scandal: skepticism over logistics of massive bets at minor schools.
• Viral video: parents brawl at a 6th-grade basketball game; panel recounts similar experiences with hyper-competitive parents.

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13. Final Thoughts & Social Media Interactions

(87:56 – end)

• Vinnie Mac reflects on online arguments about immigration cooperation and ICE tactics, referencing a CNN roundtable that affirms red state/local law enforcement cooperation as the key difference.
• Rick Delgado concludes with Dan Bongino’s critique about inefficacy and integrity in government.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Congress and Healthcare:
  Damon (34:13): “...if you don't get Congress involved to rally the troops around some vision on health care ...it’s not going anywhere.”
• On Immigration Protests:
  Slick (13:05): “I wonder who [is funding protesters]...”
• On Game Infractions:
  Damon (59:01): “…if you’re going to bet that kind of money on Buffalo, Kennesaw State…somebody’s going to notice.”

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Key Timestamps for Reference

• 06:02 — Trump’s Minnesota/Insurrection Act segment begins
• 25:17 — Trump’s healthcare plan video and discussion
• 39:07 — Trump’s “Diaper Diplomacy” on Minnesota’s social benefits
• 43:08 — Report on ICE/minority incident and responses from Minnesota police and mayor
• 67:31 — Credit card rate cap debate
• 72:14 — Birch Gold's Philip Patrick on the Fed and financial risk

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Language and Tone

The tone is fast-paced, conversational, unapologetically partisan (pro-Trump, anti-establishment), and often humorous or sarcastic. Jokes and irreverent references run throughout, balanced by serious policy breakdowns and calls for action or critique of political leadership. The language is direct, informal, and in keeping with the personalities' on-air styles.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Show:

This summary outlines the major topics tackled by the Real America’s Voice Live From Studio 6B team (1/15/26). You'll get a grasp of the episode’s narrative arcs, hear major talking points on Trump’s latest political strategies, reaction to domestic unrest, healthcare reform, economic instability, and the dynamics of modern American discourse—plus a healthy dose of humor, media critique, and listener engagement.

Transcript

[Damon]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

[Vinnie Mac]

If your TV sounds funny in the.

[Damon]

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

[Vinnie Mac]

On Real America's Voice.

[Damon]

All right. It is live from Studio 6B, Real America's Voice. Eight o' clock on the East Coast. Glad you're in. Slick's doing sports. Rick Delgado is going to do some news. Vinnie Mac in studio back in New York is going to do some news as well. Aaron and friend holding it down as always. And of course, you to live from Studio 6p. Audience. Glad you're in on a Thursday, man. Weeks flying by. Thursday night. Thursday night. Shirt night is here.

[Rick Delgado]

Yes.

[Damon]

Pizza Friday tomorrow at the America first warehouse. If you're in the area of Suffolk county in Long island, now's the time to come on down to the America first warehouse. Always a good time. We'll be back there tomorrow night. Slickster, how are you?

[Slick]

I'm doing good, Big D. How was your day? Very good. Busy day. Like everybody, you know, just rocking and.

[Damon]

Rolling, rocking and rolling, rocking and rolling. Bobaran, how you doing, dog? Otto.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, God. Here we go. Why do you need any more landscaping?

[Vinnie Mac]

I don't need.

[Damon]

I just need to know how you're doing.

[Rick Delgado]

I'm doing fine, thank you very much.

[Slick]

Yeah, no more pain stories.

[Damon]

My toes are very sore. That's enough.

[Rick Delgado]

It's Thursday night shirt night.

[Damon]

Vinnie Mac, how are you?

[Vinnie Mac]

I'm doing very well. Flew in last night. As you probably are aware of.

[Rick Delgado]

Your arms must be killing you.

[Damon]

Must be killing you.

[Vinnie Mac]

There was a woman sitting behind me hacking up a lung. Yeah, like that's what you want to hear in an airplane. She's hacking up a lung. And I'm thinking, first of all, you ever try not breathe?

[Damon]

Well, not breathe. I haven't. No.

[Vinnie Mac]

You know what does not breathe? I'm sitting there and she's hacking up a lung, and I'm trying not to breathe for about one minute, maybe 90 seconds so that the germs don't get into me. And I'm holding it.

[Philip Patrick]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

And this was like every four or five minutes. But fortunately, when I finally did see her, she had a mask on. I was like, okay. But then I realized masks don't work. I think that, yeah, maybe Mr. Delgado might remind me of that. And I told that lady, I said, I'm glad you got a mask on, but they don't work.

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

So that was. That was my evening coming into the day. We're boxing today, and a couple of folks will watch live from Studio 6B were saying, we're tuning in tonight, really? So, yeah, we got a boxing place. Yeah, we got quite a few people watching our rumble.

[Philip Patrick]

Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

Were they punch drunk?

[Vinnie Mac]

They. No, no, no. They got all their faculties.

[Philip Patrick]

Thank you.

[Vinnie Mac]

They said, tell Rick Delgado to pronounce your name correctly.

[Rick Delgado]

Yes, Vincent.

[Vinnie Mac]

They tell Damon. We love the first word they say. Tell Slick. We love him in general. So, you know, I mean, it's all good, right?

[Slick]

I love it.

[Damon]

All right, very good.

[Rick Delgado]

Than.

[Damon]

Why is it that I'm the only person who never runs into anybody who knows the show?

[Rick Delgado]

Leave your house, they see you coming.

[Slick]

They probably dive under the table.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, I carry a Polaroid camera.

[Slick]

They're afraid you're going to abuse them. I probably or something.

[Rick Delgado]

You watch the show.

[Slick]

What's wrong with you?

[Vinnie Mac]

So, yeah, it helps if you have a little banner that says, I'm on live from Studio 6B. Do you know the show?

[Damon]

Yeah. Like you probably have on your little bicycle.

[Vinnie Mac]

Oh, yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Damon]

The crowds.

[Slick]

He's got a little pinwheel on the back and spin your ass.

[Rick Delgado]

Hi.

[Vinnie Mac]

Are you a fan of real Life from Studio 6B on Real America's Voice? Because I'm on the show.

[Damon]

Notice me. Name dropper Buda.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just trying to tell stories. I'm telling you stories of my experience. Yes, thank you.

[Damon]

Okay, very good.

[Vinnie Mac]

Okay. I did not.

[Damon]

Did anybody put their luggage above your seat, Vin?

[Vinnie Mac]

Oh, no, they know way better to do that. I got my eyes on it. I'm watching them. So I'm going down and I'm like, that is my spot, even if I don't have a bag. Okay, I do not have a bag. I'm still reserving that spot.

[Rick Delgado]

What, do you put your shoe up there or something?

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Damon]

Nothing.

[Vinnie Mac]

And the every other rule row rule, in effect, anybody goes who tries to sneak up one row, getting out of the, out of the plane, if they're in four and I'm in three and four tries to cut across at front of three, that's not happening. Okay. I have rules. I, I, I've got, I got morals, I got etiquette. I like to hold on to.

[Rick Delgado]

I, I am, I am, I am a professional at doing that.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Damon]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron]

You rush.

[Vinnie Mac]

You rush the eggs.

[Rick Delgado]

I don't rush. I just make sure that as soon as, as soon as that thing is touching down, my seatbelt is unclipped and I've got a leg already in the aisle ready to block off.

[Vinnie Mac]

Do you go ahead of the row that you're.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, yeah, I'll see That if I can. If you're going to sit there and meander about. No, I'm going to make sure I have all my peanuts in my bag. You're stuck there until at least row 10 gets by. If you're.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, we wouldn't do very well in the same flight. Okay. If you want to roll behind me.

[Rick Delgado]

No, you. You'd probably be like, y him. I'm coming.

[Vinnie Mac]

Oh, yeah.

[Philip Patrick]

Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

You use me as a blocker.

[Vinnie Mac]

I'd step in and elbow be high. Damon knows this.

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

He knows that I have no tolerance for that kind of stuff.

[Damon]

I want to say hi to everybody in the chat, wherever you're watching. Facebook, YouTube, X rumble getter, Twitch.

[Vinnie Mac]

Thank you, kick.

[Damon]

We're on it all. And of course over on Real America's Voice YouTube. Welcome on in on a Thursday night. Everybody looks like they're in a good mood other than Facebook as usual. Rumble.

[Slick]

Facebook's happy.

[Damon]

See Jane Hazard on Facebook says, damon, please buy a new scarf. That brown one does nothing for you.

[Rick Delgado]

You know what?

[Damon]

She's right. You are a handsome man. Don't waste your good looks. Burn that scarf.

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, I do have a comment for you.

[Damon]

I'm offended by that statement. My daughter gave me this, so I thought it was a towel.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's his burka.

[Rick Delgado]

He just came from boxing.

[Vinnie Mac]

Sandy Fetty says that Damon looks like Bart Simpson. So I. I'm not sure where that came from.

[Damon]

Probably from Facebook as well.

[Vinnie Mac]

Thank you. It was.

[Damon]

There you go. Well, I guess the place to start tonight. There's many places I guess to start but the president made a lot of news today in health care. We'll get to that little video. Trump's plan for health care. But I think Trump threatening to invoke the insurrection act which by the way is. Is for any. Any normal observer of what is going on in Minnes. The leadership in Minnesota, the people in Minnesota is probably well overdue. It's well deserved for these people. Tim Waltz today taking to X to put out one of these statements that he had his assistant make on Canva. You know, plea. I'm making a. I'm making a direct plea to the president of the United States. Please turn down the temperature. Really? That. That's. That's what Timmy thinks is. Is going to be effective and work. Trump threatens to invoke insurrection act in Minnesota if agitators keep attacking federal officers. Trump's warning comes after a second ice involved shooting in Minneapolis in recent days. And I believe Trump's tweet today lays the groundwork for that as kind of a final notice to. To invoke it. Because I think part of invoking it is that you have to give like, almost like a cease and desist before. And he says right there, if the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the patriots of ICE who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the Insurrection act, which many presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in a once great state. Thank you for your attention to this matter. The Insurrection act of 1807 is a federal law that gives the US President broad authority to deploy act active duty military troops or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement. This applies in cases of insurrection, rebellion, or when state authorities cannot maintain order and federal laws are obstructed without needing congressional approval or state consent in certain scenarios. As of today, the most critical fact is that President Trump has now threatened to invoke it and deploy troops to Minnesota. This threat addresses ongoing protests in Minneapolis against federal ICE operations which have involved shootings and clashes with agents. Trump stated on Truth Social that he would invoke the Insurrection act if. Well, I just read it to you, so thank you. It remains a threat. He has not invoked it yet. State leaders, including Waltz, have urged de escalation, while some signal potential legal challenges if he proceeds. Well, what. What does Trump do that there's not legal challenges from some judge waiting somewhere? Maybe go to the bathroom? I don't even know about that.

[Vinnie Mac]

Other than that he orders breakfast and he faces a lawsuit.

[Damon]

Right. There's no other. So what? That's not going to slow him down, nor should it. But if he does threaten it, it's well overdue and by the way, more importantly, well deserved to. What's going on there? That, that's, that's my case. Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

I think the case is spot on.

[Damon]

And what do you say, Vince?

[Vinnie Mac]

I say, what do these people do for a living and jobs? Everyone's in the streets, nobody's working. Number one, who has time to do this? That's number one. I understand being passionate. So we know that the vast majority are paid protesters. Two, the mayor has backed off a little bit. You guys see that?

[Rick Delgado]

It's totally reversed.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, he's backing off a bit.

[Slick]

He needed to.

[Vinnie Mac]

Because this last narrative of these three Venezuelan illegals, that with the shovel and all that stuff, we'll probably talk about that story today. But that talk about blowing up in their face here's the headline. ICE shoots another illegal immigrant after being attacked by three of them and almost pummeled to death. Right.

[Rick Delgado]

With.

[Vinnie Mac]

He shoots him in the leg, too.

[Rick Delgado]

With brooms and shovels. Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

So now they're finally starting to wake up. But the Insurrection act, this, we have to make an example here in Minnesota too, because this is going to happen in California. All the, all the blue states are going to pull this, this junk and have these protests going on. So I almost wish he would do it and let the legal system pan it out.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. Because they're really not going to have much of a leg to stand on. I mean, as far as what I'm. From what I understand, Damon, and I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on tv. But in terms of that truth that he posted, that is their notice that can qualify as his. As the notice to them that this is now, you know, you've been notified. You've got certain amount of time before he can take action. So that's their notice. Whether they know that or not, that's on them.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

I hope they're not watching, so they don't realize that, but that's their. Considered their notice. And let's face it, you know, we ran a clip from CNN last night where ICE was doing the same thing, rolling into Chicago, of all places, in the middle of the night, scooping up people. And guess what was the difference? They didn't have the accomplices of the media and the local law enforcement blocking them at every turn. And all the politicians as well, rousting up all the people that live there. That is the big difference. When Obama did it, it was great because, well, Obama, he was their messiah, that he could do no wrong. Of course, when you've got the media playing along with you and cheerleading you as you go along, they're not gonna ask questions, they're not gonna push back. The mayors of those cities at that time didn't push back. The governors of those states didn't push back. They welcomed it because, well, that's what the boss wanted and that's what got done.

[Vinnie Mac]

CNN did a ride along.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

You saw that clip. Did you show that clip or you probably covered it?

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, we played it.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah. I mean, they did a ride along and it was like, you know, well, there's no, you know, we arrested the wrong person as he told brought.

[Damon]

Right.

[Vinnie Mac]

He brought us to the right person.

[Philip Patrick]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

This is happening.

[Slick]

That's what happens every day.

[Philip Patrick]

Right. Every day.

[Rick Delgado]

And, and the, the, the sheriff out of. Out of Florida, I believe. I think his first name is Grady. He was talking about how that doesn't happen down here because, well, we work with federal agents. When there's a detainer, after they go through their proceedings in court, we hold them and wait for the ICE guys to show up. They can do it safely inside the jail area or the court area, get it done. If it holds up, then they take them away. If not, then they let them go. Simple as that. That's the way it's supposed to be done.

[Damon]

Mark Levin had a couple ideas on his radio show tonight at 6 o' clock hour. He said, how about the DOJ start bringing some civil lawsuits against individual riders, rioters who are doing physical damage when ICE is trying to enforce our immigration laws. If they have to pay, the damage that they're causing might be one additional way to stop the lawlessness. Number two, individual ICE agents who are assaulted by riders should bring private civil lawsuits. And three, seize everyone's vehicle who's being used to block ICE agents, forfeit them as instrumentalities used in violation of federal law and sell them.

[Vinnie Mac]

I love this.

[Rick Delgado]

I love that last one. Oh, I love all of it. And number four, Damon, follow the money. Yeah, somebody's paying these people.

[Slick]

I wonder who.

[Rick Delgado]

I'm sure they know who.

[Vinnie Mac]

How you doing?

[Damon]

13 past the hour.

[Rick Delgado]

All we do is go, oh, I like this one.

[Damon]

I was gonna say I like this one. Now I know.

[Slick]

South Minneapolis.

[Damon]

All right, 13 past the hour. Chat, chat, chat. We're back right after this.

[Rick Delgado]

Same names, same wall caps. Locke. Comedy flying faster than the host can read. Inside jokes from last week. Turn the legends in the heartbeat. One line, we all lean back, hit s, then we double over.

[Philip Patrick]

Off track.

[Rick Delgado]

Live from Studio 6 back, we talk.

[Vinnie Mac]

Back to the TV typing like we're on the screen.

[Rick Delgado]

Every roast, every meme, same team, same team. Live from Studio 6. If you know, then you know that.

[Aaron]

It'S that gang Late night family.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Slick]

Whole squad in the right pain side.

[Aaron]

Eye emojis in the fast lane. One troll. Three.

[Damon]

Live from Studio 6B on a Thursday night. Seventeen past the hour. Glad you're in. Wherever you're watching, make sure you follow us on social media. Hit the like and subscribe. Hit like, hit subscribe wherever you're watching, especially on YouTube for LFSPP and of course, Real Am Voice, Real America's voice, and of course, anywhere else you're watching on streaming X, Rumble, Getter, Twitch, Kick, Facebook. Wherever you're watching, make sure you hit the like and subscribe. Comment, get Involved in the social media slicks, doing sports. Delgado's gonna do some news. Great. What even is that? Last night, if you missed it, it'll be up probably tonight on the. On the website. Vinnie Max here, he's gonna do some news as well. Aaron and Fran holding it down as always. Let's get into some other stuff on the show. Let's do some sports. I was just thinking, before we get to sports, I was thinking we talked a lot last night about Iran and I don't know, I had some. I don't know, I saw Trump's tweet today on Iran and I just. You guys had your feelings change about Iran at all? That given that nothing happened last night? No President. President's tweet today makes it sound like nothing. Now, again, this happened before. Nothing is going to happen. I just. I hope someone's not calling his bluff and then they're. They're not deciding that maybe, I don't know. His tweet today was weird to me.

[Rick Delgado]

What was his tweet?

[Damon]

It was. He was quoting Fox News and it said something like, there will be no more killings because of President Trump's declaration. Or it said something to that effect. And I was thinking to myself, who bought, who bought that message? If that's the message they were getting there? Oh, yeah, we're going to stop killing. Don't worry. And I can't imagine they thought that, that that's something they could rely on, Right? Let's do sports. I'll pull up the tweet and then we can discuss it. Sports brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS Experience promo code to you, slickster. What's going on?

[Slick]

Well, speaking of the President, I'm sure we all agree he's been hitting it on all angles, right between foreign policy, Dom policy, all that's going on, fraud, cleaning it up, taking care of everything overseas. But, boy, nowhere is he more in his element than when it comes to sports. And today at the White House, who do we have? The NHL Stanley cup reigning champion Florida Panthers who came to visit the president at the White House. This is Sean Gentile of the Athletic reporting. For the second time in less than 12 months, they got a great team. The Florida Panthers visited the White House, and the trip followed similar beats to their first president. Donald Trump, as he did in 2025, praised the team for winning the Stanley cup, shouted out individual players, joked about comebacks, praised NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who watched from the audience and accepted a personalized Panthers jersey and a gold hockey stick. The Panthers also presented Trump with two championship rings. Aaron, let's roll. Cut three with him introducing the team and their winning.

[Aaron]

I watched some of those games and these guys know how to win, just like we knew how to win last week. Surgical just like their victory, right, Duffy? It's an honor to welcome to the White House the two time defending Stanley cup champions, the Florida Panthers. Unbelievable team, Unbelievable athletes, players. These men are responsible for the greatest feats in Panthers franchise history. And beyond that, I mean, beyond that, I mean, you compare them to some of the greatest hockey teams ever, including your first ever President's trophy, three straight final appearances, and the one that you didn't make. What the hell happened to you? You should have won that game. Do the little comeback, right? Comebacks are wonderful, actually, but the three.

[Vinnie Mac]

Doesn'T know it.

[Aaron]

Pretty good, right, Gary?

[Slick]

Well, and I mentioned the Islanders and all the different teams. 32nd consecutive Stanley cup championship for an American team. 32nd consecutive.

[Vinnie Mac]

That is incredible. I did not know that.

[Slick]

So you got to think about how good America's done. And I want to get this cut of Matthew Tkachuk, who's a real patriot coming up as well. He's also represents President Trump, as does Wayne Gretzky on the Trump's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition last year. So Matthew Tkachuk talking a little bit about the President. This guy's a great patriot.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, I mean, the two cups was pretty good, but that walk with you might have drummed it all there. That was pretty amazing. No, I just want to say on behalf of the whole organization and mainly the players, we're so honored to be.

[Damon]

Here being an American.

[Slick]

I know I said it last year.

[Rick Delgado]

But I mean, nothing beats this. I'm so proud to be an American and so proud to be here with, with you and everybody else.

[Damon]

So.

[Rick Delgado]

But like I said last year, winning it takes a toll. You pay a price for it. And each one of these members behind me, like it really does take a village to make it happen. And each person played a very, very important part in it. And coming down to Florida, thanks to Vinny Viola and Bill Zito, has really changed my life. And I cannot believe that three years later we have two Stanley Cups.

[Slick]

And like Vinny said, we are not stopping now. We hope to be here next year.

[Rick Delgado]

So that's the plan. And you know, representing you and the millions back here.

[Slick]

Nice.

[Rick Delgado]

Next month in the Olympics will be one of the highlights of my life as well. So thank you.

[Slick]

I'll be rooting for that young man. I also love how they all have the blue suits and the red ties. I mean, red is the color of the team, obviously, but I tell you, what a nice tribute to the president. Class act. Great to see it. None of these wise guy. Like a couple of years ago, right, when you had Steph Curry and Golden State.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, I'm glad you pointed out the suit thing, because I found that hilarious that they all dressed like the president. Basically, they all had the red tie, the dark blue suit.

[Slick]

It's good look. It's a good look.

[Rick Delgado]

It was pretty wild.

[Vinnie Mac]

Hockey players are different.

[Slick]

They're classy.

[Vinnie Mac]

They are different athletes. Grounded. Athletes right off the ice.

[Slick]

Definitely just cut. Five to the victor goes to spoils. I just want to show that with Trump. And then we'll wrap sports up there. Big day. Trump got a nice jersey. 47.

[Damon]

Good stuff.

[Slick]

No audio there, but really nice. He got a ring, too. He's very proud to have that ring. But he's gonna have more sports memorabilia than any president in the history of the United States.

[Damon]

Yeah, well, they all got a lot of it.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Slick]

But I tell you. But I don't think any president has ever loved sports as much as he has.

[Vinnie Mac]

He loves it.

[Slick]

There's been a few good ones. I mean, Ford, Gerald Ford was a big Michigan guy, and there's a couple others that love sports. Certainly Reagan, Right. Win one for the Gipper. But nobody like President Trump loves sports. And obviously he owned his own sports franchise at one time, too, right? The New Jersey Generals back then, the old USFL and Big D. That's a wrap in sports. I'll get to my other stories, next couple segments.

[Damon]

All right, slick. Very good. Sports is brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS6B is the promo code to you. So this is the, this is what I was talking about today. This is the Trump truth. Social about, I think, Vin, you did this story. So Fox. He's quoting Fox News. Iranian protester will no longer be sentenced to death after President Trump's warnings. Likewise, others. This is good news. Hopefully it will continue. And I don't know, there's a, there's a, there's a, There's a big Grand Canyon between, you know, maybe we won't kill you and freedom. And I just hope that if, if, if what everybody says, and I read that this is, this is the time, if change is going to happen, you may never get momentum like this again. I hope that someone at the White House is just not taking phone calls and saying, oh, no, don't you know, we're going to Stop killing everybody. Don't worry, you don't need to help, doesn't need to be on the way anymore. What do you make of this, Vin?

[Vinnie Mac]

I make a lot of it, frankly. Number one, I believe very strongly we are going to do something. I do not think under really any circumstance, short of the mullahs leaving tomorrow night and turning the country over to some reasonable people, that nothing's going to happen. Trump, first of all, this is not the same kind of operation as it is going to take out the nukes. This is a more complex operation. We're going to be needing the Israelis, we might be needing a few other folks. We'll be needing more things in that part of the world. And I believe that they have their plan, that they're getting ready to execute it. I think Trump is just putting out things that he would put out every day, which is don't kill anyone else or we're gonna do this. He did this, by the way, for a decent period of time before he went in and took out the nukes. We were all wondering, like, when is he gonna do this? Like, he said this, he said, and then he went and did it. That's where we are right now. There is a plan, and I believe everyone in their cabinet and Trump's cabinet and anyone around him sees this moment. And probably the people that see the moment, the biggest are the Israelis. But. But I know the Saudis, Many, many countries in that part of the world see this moment. And the president has. They have. The president's back in this.

[Damon]

All right, live from Studio 6B, 26 past the hour, we'll do some news. Rick Delgado, Vinny Mac, they both got it coming back.

[Rick Delgado]

Sa.

[Damon]

All right, 30 minutes past the hour. Studio six. Big on a Thursday night. Glad you're in. Slick's gonna do some more sports a little later. Delgado's got maiden headlines coming up. Let's start the news for the day with Vinnie Mack.

[Vinnie Mac]

What the. What the hell was that? Call it out.

[Damon]

No, no, no, no.

[Vinnie Mac]

Good.

[Damon]

Karen and friend holding it down as always.

[Philip Patrick]

Wow.

[Damon]

Vinnie Mac's got news. Vinnie Mac, what's going on?

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, what's going on is something we've all been hoping for and waiting for, and that is for Trump to come out with with some ideas on a new health plan. We know what the Democrats have already done. They've taken Obamacare, which has been a terrible plan. They actually, if we recall, they were forcing us under penalty of a fine to sign up for Obamacare, if you remember those days. Anyhow, we know it doesn't work. We know the whole shutdown was about this. We know the subsidies are going out to these pharma companies and the health care companies and blah, blah, blah, blah. Right? That's what's happening. And Trump announced today the Great American Healthcare Plan, and we have cut one to tell you a little bit about it today.

[Aaron]

I'm thrilled to announce my plan to lower health care prices for all Americans and truly make health care affordable again. We're doing things that nobody's ever been able to do. We're calling it the Great Health Care Plan. Instead of putting the needs of big corporations and special interests first, our plan finally puts you first and puts more money in your pocket. The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own health care. Nobody's ever heard of that before. And that's the way it is. The big insurance companies lose and the people of our country win. This proposal locks in the massive discounts on prescription drugs that my administration is achieving through our Most Favored Nation drug pricing agreement. Now, when you hear about that, for 40 years they've been trying to do it, but they never were able to do it. No other president was able to do it. I got every other country to approve it by the use of tariffs and other things. They all approved it. Nobody else got it. No other president got it. And for the most part, they didn't even try because they felt it was impossible. It'll bring down drug prices 80, 90% in some cases, just numbers that nobody's ever heard of before. Your prescription drugs will come way, way down. And under this policy, the prices of many drugs will be slashed by 300, 400, and even 500% starting this month at the Trump rx.gov.

[Vinnie Mac]

Some. Some interesting things in it. Now, I'm not going to gush about this because it doesn't have everything I want to see, but it has a lot of key elements. Probably the most important piece that's in here is transparency. Trump is calling for a very, very succinct way of writing what the procedures are and the costs are related to those procedures. That's sort of number one. So everyone can just understand that if you're having hernia surgery, you're having something, you get a very clear breakout of what those costs are and where the profit is in that as well. So he's trying to get things put in regular English, not medical English, that we don't understand, and also in a way that we can all just see exactly what doctors are proposing. That is one piece of it. There are many, many other elements here that could be interesting. A health savings account for everybody. That could be interesting. Getting funds that you can then reinvest in your health plan. I like that idea. There's all sorts of middlemen in the health care process. It's in the drug side and it's on the healthcare side. And he's looking to cut them out, just eliminate the middlemen. If you look at auto insurance, why is auto insurance so expensive and a lot of other insurance is so expensive? Because it goes through a lot of middlemen to get to the insurance. And a lot of what you pay is commissions and costs related to those middlemen that provide access to those services where you really don't need them. There's a few companies that have come out to get around that, and the savings are astonishing. I think Trump is seeing that kind of thing within the great American health plan. And the last thing I'll say is, I say, you know, well done. Someone has to attack the health care problem. They shut down the government over nonsense related to Obamacare if this.

[Damon]

They're gonna try to do it again, by the way, this month.

[Vinnie Mac]

Sure, they're absolutely gonna try and do it again. But here Trump does what Trump does, which is he's proactive and he puts it out and puts pressure on everybody and says, okay, you guys wanna shut this place down again because you wanna send a bunch of money to the healthcare providers? Well, here's an alternative plan. We should be talking about that. And I think that narrative is something that might actually have an effect and help, you know, change the country regarding, you know, how healthcare is handled and so on and so forth. I'm curious to what you guys think about. I think this is a real good roundtable discussion here.

[Slick]

Well, I spent 33 years in the pharmacy space, so I could tell you from the medical point that the middleman destroyed the industry. Actually, it's what put me out of that. That field eight years ago. Be nine years coming up. I was just talking to Harry about it earlier today, Harry on the highway. And that cutting that middleman out will reduce a. A lot of excess charges, fees, admin, and a lot of pocketing of money. These PBMs, pharmacy beneficiary management companies have been the death of the pharmacy industry. They've handcuffed to the point we were working on a 15% gross profit. You know what it's like to run a pharmacy and pay $150,000 pharmacist salaries on a 15% gross profit with a 2% margin of error, where drugs get kicked back, not covered, blah, blah, blah, blah. So, I mean, I could go on and on for days and days, but, Vinnie, I agree 1000% from the medical side, the pharmacy space. None of these drugs should cost anywhere near what they cost, especially with all the R and D money that the government's pumped in over the years to develop these darn drugs. Now more. I live in a capitalistic world and I'm number one for capitalism, but it's gone overboard at the health and the expense of the American public. And let me tell you something, I'm thrilled to see it. Only I'm sorry to see that this happened 10 or 15 years too late for me personally, where it would have been a big game changer for my life, but I really wouldn't have been on the show. So it was a reason why God has me. Yeah, that was the plan. But, you know, just the same. Yes, I love it. So that's my part.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. And I think part of it, too is, is, let's face it, it's the insane regulations and the legislation that the Congress has been behind. They've been the one. As soon as the government gets involved, you know it's going to screw it up. You know, the prices are going to skyrocket. We see it all the time. Damon brings up the Lasik example all the time because the government doesn't cover it. Guess what? But you can go out and find your best deal and get it pretty cheaply these days, as opposed to having a cost 10, 15, $20,000 for a. For a. For a procedure that doesn't cost nearly 10% of that.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, yeah. And I think this other thing it provides is competition. Right. You know, when, when, when a provider of anything has to present their pricing, which is what he's basically saying you have to do up front. Right. You can essentially shop it. You know, you can surgery shop, but on a cost basis because you know exactly what that is. There's levels of transparency. Let's face it, health care companies and pharma companies, they're behind a shield. They're behind this wall. No one knows what the hell's going on behind that wall.

[Damon]

They don't care.

[Slick]

They don't care about your care.

[Vinnie Mac]

The arrogance is there, the protection's there.

[Rick Delgado]

And they don't make money if you get well.

[Slick]

Right.

[Rick Delgado]

Keep that in mind. There is no money in your health, in you being healthy. They need you to stay a customer. So guess what? They will find something wrong. They will prescribe you something else that has, what do you call it, side effects, and they'll prescribe you something for those side effects and on and on and on. Next thing you know, you're on 10, 15 different medications and vicious cycle. You start to look like. You start to look like slick over here.

[Damon]

We.

[Vinnie Mac]

I read something. There was a whistleblower from Pfizer who came out and said, we talked about this subject that you're talking about about not curing anything. And he said, I would propose products like we can cure asthma in three days. And the response was, table it. You're not curing asthma in three days. We need to help asthma symptoms for 30 years, not cure asthma in three days. So the system is just upside down. Hopefully this turns into a system that, that does what you, you know, solves what you just said, which is, let's solve things and reward the health care companies and the pharma companies for solving and curing problems. I'm all for that. They can pay a premium for that, but it's overboard.

[Slick]

The money they make ivory towers. They work in. Ridiculous.

[Damon]

The problem, as Delgado started to allude to, though, in all of this is there's only so much the president. And again, bravo for trying. Someone's got to take it on. The problem is who you need to take it on this Congress and a Republican Congress to get involved and actually have a vision on it. But there is. There is no vision. They won't even fully. They've never even tried to fully repeal Obamacare, and they still haven't.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Damon]

So until you get the states involved with unregulated, cheaper health care plans, there's many things to do. But unfortunately, you need either the states to be unleashed in here or you need Congress. And the president's idea of obviously health Savings accounts is a great thing. Workers should be able to use health savings accounts, obviously pay their own premiums through that. There should be tax incentives for businesses to fund some of these and give some get. You know, you got to give workers purchasing power if you're going to break the grip of the cartels in this industry. So there's many things to do that can really affect it, but the Republicans have no vision on it. You know, the president is starting to develop one. The problem is he's only going to be able to do so much. And if you don't get Congress involved to rally the troops around some vision on health care and what they want to try to do. Yep, it's not going anywhere.

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, here's the one thing I do love when the President does this. We saw this thing about 10% credit card interest rates. You guys saw that. He came out and I saw horrific idea, whatever that is. This is why he says these things. This is why he did what he did today with health care. And it's not going to be the end is he puts stuff out there that forces a response from senators and congressmen to say, well, yeah, why can't we get 10%? Like, why can't you pass legislation for 10% cap on credit cards or 20%? Or why can't we have any protections in there? We have none.

[Rick Delgado]

Right.

[Vinnie Mac]

And the same thing with health care. All of a sudden, what are the questions going to be? Well, why are you talking about a shutdown? What's the solution? Because here's a proposal the President made. It forces his own party to deal with it. Will they deal with it? I don't know. But in his way, he's forcing the conversation. I give him credit for that because he have to start the ball somewhere, right?

[Slick]

Absolutely.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, the best thing is because he does have the bully pulpit on his side and I really love when he uses it. I don't think he uses it enough in mixed company. When I say that, I mean by dragging the Democrats and the rhino Republicans in and if he were to pitch this to them at a roundtable and say, what's your idea? Yeah, get them on record. Get them without, you know, with the cameras on where they can't run and hide. They can't sit there.

[Vinnie Mac]

I love that.

[Rick Delgado]

With, oh, with talking points, it's like, no, no, no. What is your idea? What do you think is best for the American people? You know what I mean? And, and sure, it sounds stupid because I get it from the movie. What do you call it? Where, where the guy was playing the president. What was his name? Oh, geez, I forget the name. But he was, he was an imposter.

[Vinnie Mac]

Oh, yeah, that was Kevin Klein.

[Rick Delgado]

Klein, yes, Dave. Dave was the name.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, yeah.

[Damon]

I was about to say Fred, but no, yeah, Dave, Dave.

[Rick Delgado]

Where he find. He gets everybody around that table and they start hammering out how he can find 600 million to save a program. He finds it and they're pissed off at him because he couldn't stop it.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you, but you said you wanted to solve this. Like, exactly.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, so let's solve it.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's a great scene and a great example.

[Rick Delgado]

And, and yes, I'm referring to movies to, for Real Life.

[Damon]

All right, 42 past the hour, live from Studio 6B. So did I don't, I don't know if that was the whole video we played. Did he, the president, give any more detail?

[Vinnie Mac]

He launched a website and the website has tremendous detail, I mean, detail in the things that he's proposing right now. And not everything's in there like the over across state, border, state lines and all that kind of stuff that's not quite in there right now. But a lot of things are detailed. So I think it's called the Great American Healthcare Plan.gov. check it out.

[Damon]

All right, 42 past the hour, live from Studio 6 Big Do Some More sports. We'll do headlines with Delgado. Coming up. To the hour live for Studio 6P. Tumbleweed Farmer. Our next says Three Amigos Sucked.

[Rick Delgado]

What?

[Vinnie Mac]

Oh, my God.

[Damon]

Shoot the messenger.

[Slick]

Everybody's got an opinion, you know. Everybody's got an opinion.

[Vinnie Mac]

It is a dumb, stupid movie. That's hilarious.

[Damon]

Okay.

[Vinnie Mac]

There you go. Thank you.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, Guapo is in it. Come on.

[Vinnie Mac]

Come on, Guapo.

[Rick Delgado]

Elapo. Elapo.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's a sweater.

[Damon]

All right, it's time now for our. Well, see if I can read this. We're freezing. Check, please, any and all welfare payments. Trump vs. Waltz Newsom, Minnesota and scammers. Today's edition of Diaper Diplomacy. Rolling. Aaron.

[Aaron]

How about all these child care places in Minnesota where there is no children?

[Rick Delgado]

They go there.

[Aaron]

They get paid millions and millions of dollars. The biggest operation in all of Minnesota had no children and we paid millions of dollars. They're scammers. They're scammers. They always will be.

[Rick Delgado]

And we're getting them out.

[Aaron]

And we're not going to pay them. We're not going to pay Minnesota. Right, Scott? We're not paying Minnesota any more money without any of that crap. It's a big scam. It's a giant scam run by an incompetent crooked governor. He's an incompetent crooked guy. And also we're freezing any and all welfare payments going to illegal immigrants that will start effective immediately. So when illegals come into California, Gavin Newscombe. They come into, they come into California and they send us bills for people coming in. We're not paying it. So we're working on that very strongly. Just don't pay it. As Nancy Reagan would say, just say no. Remember Nancy Reagan, just say no to drugs. It's a little more difficult than that, I guess. Right? Just say no. Additionally, from, from this moment forward, if you're on public Assistance like almost all Somalis are. Did you see when 94% of them are in public assistance, you can't wire money out of the country back to your bank account from where you came. But more importantly, we're probably aren't even going to give them the money anymore. The money going to them because of the tremendous abuse and probably illegality being perpetrated on our country. We're not going to give them the money. We're not giving them the money. There's massive numbers of people scamming our country. You know, they came from a place with nothing, and they come here and they drive around in Mercedes Benz. You know, the Mercedes Benz dealers do well in that area of Minnesota. Can you believe they have nothing? They get welfare payments and they have Mercedes Benz.

[Rick Delgado]

I love it.

[Aaron]

It angers me so much. But we're going to straighten out our country. This was done under Biden and Obama. Very much under Obama. It all started under Obama, too.

[Slick]

That's a real good one.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, my good.

[Damon]

That's a good Obama. That is.

[Rick Delgado]

With the salt and pepper hair and everything.

[Damon]

Oh, man. All right, diaper diplomacy for Thursday night. Let's do some headline news. Rick Delgado's got him. Delgado, what's going on?

[Rick Delgado]

Well, Damon, you know, what better setup could I have asked for than diaper diplomacy when we're talking about what's going on in Minnesota. What happened last night where three illegal aliens accused of beating an ICE agent with a shovel in Minneapolis were apprehended. The trio of illegals all released into the United States by the Biden administration. Accused of viciously beating an ICE agent with a shuffle a shovel in Minneapolis last night amid ongoing anti ICE riots in Minnesota. Egged on by the. By the political officials there, ICE agents were conducting a targeted enforcement operation in Minneapolis against illegal alien Julio Cesar. Souls are sellers of Venezuela. Well, where else would he be from? Who was previously convicted of driving without a license. Arrested for providing a false name to a peace officer, Sola Cellis Sosa. Sellis was released by Minnesota officials before ICE could take him into custody. So they're part of the problem. He first crossed the border in 2022. Here is the Minnesota police chief commenting on this story. Because then, of course, when the ICE agents went to make the arrest, Sola Cellus ran, got himself free from custody, then grabbed the shovel, started beating one of the ICE agents, was joined in the beating with two other illegals that ran in from a nearby apartment complex, according to DHS officials. And then, of course, that led to the shooting of Sosa sellers by the ICE agent. Here is the police chief of Minneapolis on that shooting last night. Cut number six. Check this out.

[Damon]

Preliminary information indicates that there was a.

[Rick Delgado]

Struggle with a federal agent in front of the resident.

[Damon]

During the struggle, the federal agent discharged.

[Rick Delgado]

His weapon, striking one adult male.

[Damon]

The adult male then retreated inside of.

[Rick Delgado]

The residence, where he remained inside and refused to come out. Eventually, federal agents made entry into the.

[Damon]

Residence, and the individual was brought to an ambulance, where he has been transported to the hospital. Minneapolis police have secured the crime scene around the location, and the Minnesota bureau of Criminal Apprehension, as well as the.

[Rick Delgado]

FBI are on the scene processing the evidence. There's a crowd gathered in the area.

[Damon]

And we have called for mutual aid.

[Rick Delgado]

From the Minnesota State Patrol and Hennepin County Sheriff. The crowd is engaging in unlawful acts.

[Damon]

They have thrown fireworks at police officers.

[Rick Delgado]

And at multiple times gas has been deployed.

[Damon]

Police are attempting to disperse this unlawful assembly.

[Rick Delgado]

At this time, I urge anyone that.

[Damon]

Is at the scene to leave immediately.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. So there it is. The Minnesota police chief commenting on the. Basically, what was going down last night in Minneapolis following the shooting of this illegal Sosa Sellis, who was shot in the leg by the ice officer.

[Vinnie Mac]

You wonder why he changed his tune. The mayor. Oh, well, look at. Look at how strong that officer was.

[Rick Delgado]

Right. Well, basically, because they had to admit that the ICE officer was attacked by illegals that have been free in their city under their watch. Here he is, Jacob Fry, the biggest wuss bag in Minneapolis or the entire state of Minnesota, I should say. Backtracking a bit from his tough talk. Damon. Cut number seven. You got to see it to believe it. Cut seven. Listen to the audacity. But watch also the police chief. Look at him when he says this. Cut seven. Check this out. So the question was, there has been the accusation that local officials have perhaps taken up the temperature in Minneapolis. First, I'll say, show me a single place where I have encouraged anything other than peace. Yeah. So as you can see, he kind of looks at him like, here we go. Well, let's. Let's remind Mayor Jacob Fry.

[Damon]

Let me play this one. I don't know if you have this one.

[Rick Delgado]

One. Yeah.

[Damon]

You want to talk about a reaction? Let's put this quick one up. Let's watch a reaction here.

[Rick Delgado]

And we're in a position right now where we have residents that are asking the very limited number of police officers that we have to fight ICE agents on the street to stand by their neighbors.

[Aaron]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

What did he just say?

[Damon]

Excuse me.

[Slick]

Eyebrows went.

[Vinnie Mac]

Excuse me.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, let's remind. Let's remind Mayor Fry just. Just how incendiary he can be with his words. You might remember this. Oh, from just a few days ago. Cut number eight. Check this out. But I do have a message for our community, for our city, and I have a message for ICE to ice. Get the.

[Vinnie Mac]

Out of Minneapolis. Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

If that's not light, right.

[Rick Delgado]

If that's not peaceful, Damon, I don't know what is.

[Aaron]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

You remember him during George Floyd. I mean, he was this way, if not even worse.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Damon]

Kneeling, crying at the. At the wake there or whatever the funeral was.

[Vinnie Mac]

Whatever. And the Oscar goes to.

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

The mayor.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, the ICE agent is recovering from his injuries at the hospital, as is the perpetrator. Sosa sell us. The other two illegals are also now in ICE custody. So let's let the deportation begin for those three scumbags.

[Vinnie Mac]

And forget this mayor. Even if he changes his tune, this guy's a jerk.

[Slick]

Oh, he's got it.

[Vinnie Mac]

He is world class. Just a. You know what? Yep.

[Damon]

And.

[Rick Delgado]

And the fact that he speaks Somali in some of his press conferences tells you. Tells you how broken of a person he really is. It's amazing, you know.

[Damon]

Well. Oh, one minute. Oh, that's a quick rap. Hour one, Hour two. We'll do some more headlines with Delgado. Sports with Slick all coming up when we get back. Hour two, live from Studio 6P on a Thursday.

[Rick Delgado]

Ram.

[Damon]

These guys from live from Studio 6B. They're pretty hysterical. Have you seen this Slick Rick guy? All right, nine o'.

[Aaron]

Clock.

[Damon]

Thanks, Joe. Big UFC coming up. Joe's gonna be in the seat, of course, calling it. Oh, yeah, Gaethje and Patty. Patty the baddie.

[Slick]

Yeah, it's gonna be a good one.

[Damon]

That's gonna be a good one. Sounds like the undercard is off. I think Amanda Nunez got hurt, but I don't know what they're gonna do there. I guess we'll wait and see. Slick's gonna do some sports here. Coming up, though, God is gonna do some more news. Vinny Mac's got news as well. Aaron and Fran holding it down. Hour two on a Thursday. Glad you're in. Let's start hour two with throwing this question out because we talked a lot about Iran and what's gonna happen there. And I saw that our own David Brody about an hour ago put this out. I want to get everybody's feelings on this. So for those keeping track at home, Trump is looking to make Iran great again. He's serving as acting president of Venezuela. He's chairman of the Gaza Board of Peace and literally had the U.S. institute of Peace renamed in his name. What's next? CEO of Greenland's on the table, new slogan, make the Western Hemisphere great again. Hey, Maga, are you good with this? Let me know and think. That's a sly way of getting to the point of saying when does the. Is the president focusing too much outside of the United States borders here? Interesting for discussion. Vinny Mac, I'll give you first crack. You say what I say.

[Vinnie Mac]

That's unfair. He's done so many things domestically, so many things to improve our lives here. And let's not fool ourselves to thinking that, that the issues we see with the left and the progressive left and this, this hysteria that they have created in an ecosystem of just crazy, crazy thinking that makes no sense. It's clearly brainwashed. That's not just here. That is a global sickness. It's worse in other parts of the world. And if it's worse in other parts of the world, that means we're all tied together in one way, shape or other. Look at London, look at Germany overrun these, these countries. France, Italy now is trying to figure out a comeback because they got a great leader. This sickness is global. And when you, if Trump tries to tackle it in certain places, it falls into other places. So it's a necessary thing. We have to exterminate this, this ideology that the left has pushed globally. But he's doing plenty here domestically. Plenty. I think we just lose focus of that because you're dealing with huge issues, right?

[Damon]

Hamas, Iran. You can't put the. Let me think of a better word than the sexual term. Thank you. Pathetic. Ness of Congress and their approach to, you know, not being able to do anything. So, I mean, Trump can only do so much. I just, I don't think you can look at the most ineffective Congress we've maybe ever seen and somehow tie that, that he's not doing enough. Plus everything he's doing outside in the end affects inside.

[Vinnie Mac]

That's. That's my point. That's how you tie it together, right?

[Damon]

I mean, so the fact that some of us don't even know. Does anybody know? Is Jim Jordan's even still on a, on a committee? I guess he is, right?

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Damon]

Mike Johnson still the speaker. Like, I don't even know anymore because I have no idea what these guys do. They've been completely ineffective for his entire term. Their entire term, in his term so far. That's why I just laugh. Mike Johnson puts these two. Oh, what a year. I can't Wait for next. What a year.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, he's still got a job. What a year.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, he's still got a job.

[Damon]

So, I mean, they make. They make the whole thing look and smell and seem a lot worse. Yeah, but you can't hang that on Trump's neck. That the Congress. He's got the weakest pathetic losers in this squishy wannabe party, which is really just unbelievably pathetic when you just. When you really look. I mean, look at the vote on Ned yesterday.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yep.

[Damon]

What. What better thing do you need to look at than that? 100% Democrats and almost. Was it 40% of the Republicans.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Damon]

Vote for this thing.

[Vinnie Mac]

Disgusting.

[Damon]

I mean, what else do you need to know? This is what he's dealing with. Like I said, there's some things he just can't do by himself.

[Vinnie Mac]

But you know what he has done is he's made the economy better. He's got interest rates down. He's got gas prices down. He's got inflation down, stock markets up. No immigrant. The borders are closed. You can just go on and on and on and on. He's done a lot of things in a year. It would take most administrations four years or two terms to even come closer to stuff he's done in a year.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, domestically, I'm going to push back on that because that would make him a dictator, Vin, and he's not a dictator. We've seen that there are things he cannot do, as Damon pointed out.

[Vinnie Mac]

True.

[Rick Delgado]

He cannot, you know, bring prices down. What he can do is affect the policy that goes forward that affects those prices. And that's what he's been doing. That's what he's been pushing. These. Basically, the middle management will call Congress because that's all they are. They push papers, they try to keep their jobs. They don't want to raise their head too high because it might get shot off if they have an opinion that strays outside the narrative. And he's forcing them to actually work, which is something they don't like to do. Yeah, right. We're seeing it. We're seeing that they hate working. They hate being called out. They hate actually having to put their ass on the line and say, oh, that's right, I did promise the people in my district this. I should probably vote for it. That's part of what he's doing. And, you know, Damon makes a point of those. Those things that are happening in other countries that's aligning with our interests in this. In our country. Because if we don't, if we can't, if we can't have a say of what's happening in our hemisphere like with Venezuela, you know, then we're going to or with Greenland, which from now, for what I understand, I think Caroline Levitt put something out on X saying about an hour ago, it's official President Trump will now move forward with acquiring Greenland, having technical talks with Danish and Greenland officials. It's almost like he throws it out there, gets people to react and finds out where their line is, finds out what, what it's going to take.

[Vinnie Mac]

He's a master that, that exact.

[Rick Delgado]

To find out what it is to get that deal done and, and pushing it around enough. All of a sudden I, I, it according to this, it looks like he may have found where, where he can get the deal done, that he needs to secure our interest for Greenland. So we'll see what happens with that. But again, and it all comes down to making those moves, marketing it, packaging it the right way and then throwing it out there and see who reacts. And I think that that's where he makes, that's where he has his biggest influence. Because then all of a sudden you can see, you know, where the rats scurrying to.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

Are they scurrying away from this or towards it? Now we know where.

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, that's the whole idea of the health care plan.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

I mean, by putting it out there and other things and you know, for a guy who's being held back by Congress, which he's really being held back.

[Rick Delgado]

I think by his own people.

[Vinnie Mac]

By his own people. He still has accomplished so much, taking, you know, doing the things he needed to do without the cooperation of the Fed, Federal Reserve and getting inflation to where it needs to be. No cooperation on that point. They have not lowered rates at the levels that they should have. All these other things, all the tariff stuff that has resulted in all this money coming into this country. And we, we talked about this on Tuesday. 5% GDP on, on private sector growth.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

That's unprecedented. It's amazing.

[Rick Delgado]

Zero job growth coming from the federal.

[Vinnie Mac]

Government, zero coming from the government.

[Rick Delgado]

Huge.

[Vinnie Mac]

Both job growth and gdp. So the GDP is coming from the private sector. There's some, some coming from the government. But jobs, that's the big thing. Yeah, I mean, that's all, that's all the other administrations have done. Hey, jobs are, there's no, Unemployment's low. Yeah. We just hired 50,000 people in Washington to do nothing.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Slick]

Stand around.

[Vinnie Mac]

He's letting them go. It's actually Ricky opposite.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

He's letting people go while fitback. So it's actually doing way more in the private sector, job wise.

[Damon]

So we'll see. Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

So. So, Damon, I think to your point, I. You know what, as long as those things are a net positive for this country, I'm going to say, yeah, you can walk and chew gum at the same time.

[Vinnie Mac]

Thank you.

[Damon]

Yeah. All right. We'll do some more headlines in a second. Let's do some sports with slick. Sports is brought to you by. Mike Lindell, LFS XP is the promo code to you, Slickster. What's going on?

[Slick]

Big news in the NCAA earlier today, many college players among dozens charged in point shaving plot. This is David Purdom of ESPN. A college basketball point shaving scheme involving more than 39 players on 17 NCAA Division 1 teams resulted in dozens of games in the previous two seasons being fixed by a gambling ring that included the former NBA player, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District court of Pennsylvania. 20 of the 26 defendants played college basketball during the 2023, 2424 and 202425 seasons. According to the indictment for the players charged, Simon Cottle, Carlos Hart, Kamian Shell and Umar Quresi have played for their current teams in the past week. The allegations against Hartschell and Carisi stem from their previous schools, while Caudle's alleged indictment incurred in the 2023-2024 season, none of the allegations against the team were from this season. Eastern Michigan said in a statement that Hart has been suspended from all team activities, pinning the outcome of the case, while Kennesaw State announced that Cottle has been suspended indefinitely from team activities. Some of the teams Big D, Abilene, Christian, Alabama State, Buffalo, DePaul, Eastern Michigan, Fordham, La Salle, New Orleans. They were a big one. Robert Morris, St. Louis.

[Damon]

Unfortunately, none of those players on those team know that they're going to the NBA. So they got to make the money someplace.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Slick]

Well, authorities described five defendants as fixes.

[Damon]

That's the problem.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah.

[Slick]

They recruited players in a scheme and offered bribes ranging from 10 to 30,000 to intentionally underperform and at least two dividends. Shane Hennan and Marvis Fairley were also charged in a federal indictment in the Houston District of the Court centering on gambling schemes in the NBA. Three of the other alleged fixes had connections in college basketball. The defendants are charged with bribery in sporting contests and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The alleged fixers are also charged with additional counts of wire fraud. Some of the bets were $420,000 for a team to cover the spread in the first half. That was Buffalo and a couple of other ones. Big 148,000.

[Damon]

I mean, pro tip to pro tip to gamblers out there who think they're going to get away with this. If you're going to bet that kind of money on Buffalo, Kennesaw State, somebody, somebody's gonna notice. Yeah, if it's Alabama, Kentucky for the national championship, maybe not if It's Kennesaw State vs. Robert Morris, Robert Morris Jr. Middle School in November, they're going to figure it out.

[Slick]

A good old Buffalo.

[Aaron]

Yeah.

[Slick]

Unbelievable. So we're gonna. This is going to be very interesting how this comes down, but I think, you know, we still haven't uncovered and finalized the whole thing with the NBA as well. That's still pending those cases with the gambling and fixing there. But that was more with poker Chauncey and Chauncey Billups and that's still, that's still making its way through the courts and I'm sure pretty soon that'll rear its head and well, we talked about hockey earlier. Well, US men's hockey thinking gold or bust and 46 year wait. Hard to believe it was 46 years ago since we won the gold medal for the U.S. in hockey. ESPN News Services Burned in Zach Warrensky's memory is the first U.S. practice that the four nations face off last February. If you remember that, that was a really good, good round there in the NHL. You look around and see the skill, waranski said. I was like, this is fast. It's the wave after wave, player after player. He and his countrymen fell short at that tournament, which was designed to be an appetizer of sorts for the return of NHL players to the Olympics. Over the summer, when the country's best gathered again for an orientation camp ahead of next month's games in Milan, USA hockey general manager Bill Guerin told them that nothing but gold would suffice. I love it, said winger Matt Boldy. You shouldn't be doing anything unless you are trying to be the best at it. Well, Canada has something to say as well. Canada thinks that they're going to be the best team. They are the odds on favorite right now.

[Vinnie Mac]

Great team.

[Slick]

Yeah, they got a great team and they're pretty much championship or bust according to defense U.S. defenseman Quinn Hughes. So we're looking forward to that. The Olympics should be unbelievable. I mean I'm looking forward to the usa, what kind of team they could feel having NHL players but I think might come down to us in Canada.

[Vinnie Mac]

I got a question too, on this whole Olympic thing, so. Oh, we got to go. Okay.

[Slick]

Yeah, the jumbotron's too small.

[Vinnie Mac]

Jump o truck. I'm gonna get to this question. Maybe during social.

[Slick]

You got it.

[Damon]

All right, we'll get to that during social. Stay with us. If you're watching on social media, we're back right after this.

[Rick Delgado]

Sam.

[Aaron]

Sa.

[Damon]

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[Vinnie Mac]

You know, I like this conversation we were having about Europe and sort of the impact in this country. And the several European countries have sent some troops to Greenland. And I find this appalling, literally appalling. First off, what's in our best interest to protect not only ourselves, but we're also protecting the world. Greenland is that strategic place that frankly, with the temperature so high with China and Russia is a necessity to have. And for the Europeans out there, outside of your power bases and your political games that you play with the eu, which is more powerful than any country in Europe. Europe, let's just, let's just all understand that the EU is the most powerful entity in Europe, period. All those folks that go to Davos, Davos, we want to call it the un, the World bank, all this nonsense. That is Europe, that is this world thing that's just a corrupt, corrupt process of politicians that just take, take, take, take them on power, power, power and will allow anything to happen. Greenland represents a true effort on our part to protect ourselves, but also to have this shield enabled so rockets don't get to our country. You know, you put it, you put these defense shields up in Florida and on the east coast and on the west coast. Well, you're stopping them when they are coming into the country, but you got to stop them when they're coming over the ocean, when they're going over the Arctic. That's why Greenland is so important. And the fact that the Europeans are doing this, it says really bad things to me, sends me a horrible signal. It says that they really don't care about sovereignty. They care about individual or in this case, these groups like the EU and so on, power. So they're going to send some folks out. What are we going to do? We're going to, we're going to attack European forces in Greenland. First of all, that's not going to happen. There's going to be no military here. Zero. You watch. You will have a monetary settlement here between our country and whomever else needs to be involved in this thing with Greenland. And it's going to end. And I bet you by the end of the first quarter, that deal is done. Trump finishes that deal, because Trump knows the immediacy of having that. And the Europeans also are acting on behalf of China and Russia because that's where there's some power plays for them. They're not acting on behalf of Europe. If they were acting on behalf of Europe, they would do everything in their power to take the one country that's protected them for the last 50 years to do what they need to do to continue to protect them. Because that's what we've done. That's what we've done for decades. You know, don't forget that Europe. And I'm not talking to France, I'm not talking to Italy, not talking to England. I'm talking about the power, the EU and the likes. So all of this matters to us. And this is just a microcosm of how I think what happens in Europe does affect us. And frankly, we should learn from what happens there. Because what's happening with the immigration 15, 20 years before our own mass immigration happened, which Joe Biden did, you know, we're seeing the result of that in some cities around our country, but they're seeing it changing the entire landscape of their culture. And from what I've heard, their people have had it. The people that actually grew up and live in those countries that, you know, the French, French, not, not the immigrants that came in to try to change the culture. So that's been on my mind. I think Greenland is a good example of a real litmus test for this and Trump too.

[Damon]

All right, 22 past the hour live from Studio 6B. Let's do some more headlines. And I see Delgado, you have in your news this credit card story coming up. So why don't we do that in the time we have left there.

[Vinnie Mac]

10%.

[Rick Delgado]

All right, so I'll jump to that one. The story being, and Trump suggested this a couple days ago, I think it was over the weekend, he urged the credit card companies to slash interest rates to 10% for one year. That's right. The President calling on that 10% cap on credit card interest rates because we all know the credit card companies are killing us with 20 and 30 plus percent interest rates that some Americans are carrying on their credit cards. Mr. Trump said the cap on interest rates should begin from around January 20, 2026. So basically next week or the one year anniversary of his second inauguration, credit card interest rates currently average, check this out. At 20% over 20% according to the Federal Reserve statistics. So a 10% cap would represent a significant cut in borrowing costs. It's unclear if the president will attempt to enforce his proposed 10% cap, but we'll see what happens with some type of executive action. Here is Harry Anton who decided to do a little poll. Damon, because we know you love the polls and you love Harry. So here we go with cut number. Cut number 10. Here's Harry yet and talking about this subject and how popular it is. Cut number 10. Check this out.

[Slick]

It is generating a ton, a ton of interest. John Berman, I mean just take a look here.

[Damon]

Google, Google searches for credit card rate.

[Slick]

Cap up 30 200% versus a year ago up like a rocket. And every single poll that I have looked at, it's an extremely popular policy and therefore I'm not sure about the.

[Vinnie Mac]

Policy, but it is great at this point. Great, great, great power.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. So there it is. From supporters point to the trillions in credit card debt that they're currently under. Others, recent, other recently proposed legislation would impose less stringent caps on fees and interest rates. But Mr. Trump is also calling for temporary capping interest rates 10% on the campaign trail. He'd mentioned this before and now he's trying to push it forward. Here is Harry Anton with part two of that. Damon watching it, how it kind of crosses political lines when it comes to this type of legislation proposal. Cut number 11. Here's Harry Anton again on the poll. Cut number 11. Check this out.

[Vinnie Mac]

So this is another reason why I.

[Slick]

Think this is great. Politics is, you know, oftentimes we see issues that divide Americans. Liberals and Democrats on one side, conservatives and Republicans on the other. But take a look here. Percentage with credit card debt, 49% of.

[Vinnie Mac]

Democrats, 48% of independents and 51% of Republicans.

[Slick]

It is a bipartisan problem in this country. So all of a sudden Donald Trump is saying, hey, let me find an issue in which I can unite the different factions in this country behind something that I am trying to propose here. This is it, baby. This is an issue that unites Democrats, Independent and Republicans because the percentage with the credit card debt amongst Republicans, Independents and Democrats is pretty much gosh darn equal.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, and the Tony goes to Harrietten.

[Damon]

Love Harriet.

[Slick]

Now you're not a fan of the credit card. You think it's a bad idea.

[Damon]

This is a 9010 issue until it's implemented and then it'll quickly become 1090 when people see it actually and see how the price controls which never work and who it affects. And it affects the people who look for these things to help the most.

[Vinnie Mac]

What do you mean?

[Damon]

When you put price controls in like this, you start capping this. Lenders are not going to lend to anybody who is the majority audience of people who look for these things, which is middle to lower income Americans totally get wiped out by something like this because they won't do it. There will be credit rationing if this happens. It is a terrible idea.

[Philip Patrick]

Yes.

[Rick Delgado]

And that's what he needs to expose now. It is great banks is the robbery that the banks are saying, you know what, because there's a cap now, we're going to screw the entire American people. That'll, that'll rattle the system.

[Damon]

Y26 pass the hour live from Studio 6B. Yeah, back right after this.

[Rick Delgado]

Sam.

[Damon]

All right, 30 minutes past the hour live from Studio 6P on a Thursday night. Slick's gonna do some more sports. Delgado's got some more news. Vinny Mac's got news. Aaron and Fran holding it down as always. But given that we just were speaking a little bit about finances here on the show and in the commercial break. Great lead in to welcome back to the show our friend from Birch Gold, Philip Patrick is here. He's a precious metal specialist at the Birch Gold Group. Mr. Patrick, welcome back to the show. How are you?

[Philip Patrick]

I'm doing well, guys how are you doing?

[Damon]

Do you want your credit cards capped at 10%? Do you think that's a good idea? I think it's a terrible one. What do you say?

[Philip Patrick]

I think it's problematic. I see why they're pushing it. It's a good vote getter contrary to the fundamentals of economics. And I think credit card companies might have something to say about that. But a nice idea for the midterms. I'll put it like that.

[Damon]

Yes, absolutely. For sure. Well, there's a lot going on besides credit card, whether that's going to capped or not. And that of course revolves around the Federal Reserve. I was shocked to see Chairman Powell come out and put that video out. I mean, subpoenas get thrown around all the time in, in Washington to gather information. It's not something that's really that, that extraordinary. But what was extraordinary to me is that he came out and put this video out acknowledging it. Why do you think this investigation is, is such a big deal?

[Philip Patrick]

Yeah, the video was, was bizarre and the whole thing is sort of unraveling. Look to separate the headline drama from what investors actually care about. I don't think this was really about renovation budgets or testimony wording. You know, I would say yes, subpoenas happen, but this is the first time, I think, in modern US history that a sitting Federal Reserve chairman has sort of faced the threat of criminal prosecution while actively setting interest rates. Powell's perspective was, look, this wasn't about renovation budgets or anything else. It was about whether monetary policy decisions were dictated based on evidence or based on political pressure. Once investors sense that pressure might work, everything downstream starts to change. The bond markets reacted immediately. Bond rates spiked. They settled out a little bit, which means the bond markets have calmed down. But I think this was less of a power story and more about a credibility story, if you will.

[Damon]

Now, obviously we've seen presidents and Federal Reserves go out of Trump in his first term, obviously now again with Powell in his second term. But we've seen it with other presidents sometimes not happy with the Federal Reserve, although obviously the job of the Federal Reserve and FOMC and these things have become much more part of the public understanding than they ever were years before. We had no idea these things were going on. But why do you think this time is so much different?

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, you're correct.

[Philip Patrick]

I mean, Fed chairs and presidents, I mean Reagan and Volcker I think got into it a lot. I think what's different today is the starting point. We're not dealing with a healthy system. Debate debating, fine Tuning. We're dealing with a system now carrying historic levels of debt, enormous refinancing needs, and I think, ultimately very little margin for error. And I think at moments like this, leaders are not picking between good and bad options. It's about different types of risk. So, look, President Trump, I think, is trying to keep a deeply stressed system functioning long enough so he can reform it. I don't think the goal of the administration is to pretend everything's healthy, but it's to prevent disorder while changes are being made. We've seen parallels. In the 70s, for example, when things got very tough, we were faced with massive war spending. We just changed the rules and gold convertibility was abandoned. That system since then has been built on trust and stability, and it's lasted for a long time. Credibility now, I think, is going to be an important part of the argument, because that's been our sort of. What's pushed us forward for the last 50 years is protected opposition.

[Damon]

You know, you package all this together, I don't know who the President's got. I mean, the thing I didn't understand about the Powell thing is that he's out of here in what, three or four months? Anyways. This just, it looks political. And you have squishy Republicans, of course, already who are saying, well, I'm not going to vote for whoever your nominee is now until this is completely gone away. And it's not. So I feel like he's working against himself with this. But either way, to the bigger point, $39 trillion in debt, the President fighting with the Federal Reserve. Interest rates not where he wants them. Inflation obviously not yet back at 2%. What happens if investors start doubting the dollar's credibility? Is there any world where that happens? And if it does, what does it mean?

[Philip Patrick]

Look, it's starting to happen. So a few things. First of all, I agree with you. I don't see the point of this. Powell's out in a few months. There's not a huge amount to be gained here. And whoever Trump puts in one of the two Kevins, they're going to support lower interest rates. The problem with moves like this is it just creates instability. With $38 trillion of debt, that can become very expensive. Listen, Trump is desperate for the Fed to lower rates to ease borrowing costs in a normal climate of demand. When the Fed lowers rates, borrowing rates come down. For the last couple of years, with all the instability, everything that's happening, that trend has been bucked. I think we've lowered rates five times in the last two years. Borrowing rates have stayed fairly firm in that climate. That's a big problem because it tells us the world is starting to doubt our position, doubt our ability to get our fiscal house in order and getting concerned about lending us money. And the more those concerns sort of build, the higher interest countries are going to demand, and that will cripple us from a sort of debt service standpoint. So we are walking a tightrope. Hope Trump has a job to do. And like I said, I think moves like this are unnecessary, honestly.

[Damon]

So what does an investor do? What does the family do as they're looking at these big, you know, the president, most powerful man in the world. There was huge institution in the Fed. What do they do when they see this infighting and institutions like this colliding with each other?

[Philip Patrick]

It's a good question, I think. Look, people need to think prudently, not politically. Right? I mean, politics is one thing. Economics is completely different. As individuals, we can't control the doj. We have limited, well, no control over the Fed, limited control over the debt trajectory. What we can control, obviously, is what we're exposed to. And I think gold doesn't rely on credibility. It doesn't rely on interest rate forecasts or institutional harmony. In climates like this, it thrives. We saw it last year up 65%, silver up 150. The problems we had last year have gone nowhere. We're still dealing with them today. And I think we've got a fairly tough storm to weather. And I think precious metals, gold and silver specifically, will do very well in these climates. So I think everybody should follow the smart money, get the information and at least get a head hedge, because we have a bumpy road in front of us.

[Damon]

Yeah. And you can text America to 989-898. Of course. Text America to 989-898, get that information like Philip said, and see if it's right for you. From our friends over at the Birch Gro Group. Mr. Patrick, always a pleasure to have you on the show. Thank you very much.

[Philip Patrick]

My pleasure. Thank you, guys.

[Damon]

Philip Patrick from Birch Gold again. You can text America to 989-898. All right, 37 past the hour. What'd you say, Delgado?

[Rick Delgado]

We forgot to wish him Happy New Year's. First time we've seen him this year. Right.

[Damon]

Oh, is that the first time we've seen Philip Patrick this year? I guess so, yeah. Wow. Well, happy New Year, Philip.

[Rick Delgado]

Happy New Year. Come on.

[Slick]

Golden Years, baby.

[Damon]

Can't do much about it now, so. All right, Delgado, what else is Going on in the headlines.

[Rick Delgado]

All right, well, this is something you alluded to earlier. Damon, as our, our favorite press secretary, was at it today in the press briefing room as Caroline Levitt clashed with journalists over Renee Good called, calling this guy a left wing activist, among other things. Oh, yeah, she had the fiery clash with a journalist named Neal. Well, that should tell you a lot right there. Stun. Stanage. Stoonage. He's a Stunard.

[Vinnie Mac]

Stugach.

[Rick Delgado]

Anyhow, Neal Stoonage, the Hill's White House columnist, began his question by pointing out the Trump administration's staunch defense of U.S. custom and enforcement agents and ICE, citing stats showing 32 people died in ICE custody and blah, blah, blah. How does he equate to this? And also making comments regarding Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Here is. Here's the question. I guess you'll hear a little bit of it, but most of it, let's face it, it's all about the star at the, at the microphone, Caroline Levitt. Check this out. Cut number six.

[Philip Patrick]

And Renee Goode was shot in the.

[Rick Delgado]

Head and killed by an ICE agent.

[Philip Patrick]

How does that equate to them doing.

[Rick Delgado]

Why was Renee Goode unfortunately and tragically killed? Are you asking me my opinion?

[Philip Patrick]

Because an ICE agent acted recklessly until they're unjustifiable.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, okay, so you're a biased reporter with a left wing opinion.

[Philip Patrick]

What do you want me to do?

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, because you're a left wing hack. You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist. And it's so clear by the premise of your question.

[Slick]

And you and the people in the.

[Rick Delgado]

Media who have such biases, but fake like you're a journalist, you shouldn't even be sitting in that seat. But you're pretending like you're a journalist.

[Damon]

But you're a left wing activist.

[Rick Delgado]

And the question that you just raised.

[Damon]

And your answer proves your bias.

[Rick Delgado]

You should be reporting on the facts. You should be reporting on the cases. Do you have the numbers of how many American citizens were killed at the.

[Slick]

Hands of illegal aliens who ICE is.

[Rick Delgado]

Trying to remove from this country?

[Slick]

I bet you don't.

[Rick Delgado]

I bet you didn't even read up on those stories. I bet you never even read about Lake and Riley or Jocelyn Nungre or all of the in innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal.

[Slick]

Aliens in this country.

[Rick Delgado]

And the brave men and women of.

[Damon]

ICE are doing everything in their power.

[Rick Delgado]

To remove those heinous individuals and make our communities safer. And shame on people like you in.

[Damon]

The media who Have a crooked view.

[Rick Delgado]

And have a biased view and pretend.

[Slick]

Yeah, overdone burger after that one.

[Damon]

I wanted to see the end of it.

[Rick Delgado]

Barbecued Niali Stanage took his beating, as you can see there from Caroline Levitt. Man, oh man. Just, you know, this, this is again, this is what we voted for. You know, you see, you see the, the cheerleaders on the left in the media doing the old wrap up spirit. What, what he, what he basically does, did there. And I saw somebody who posted this says he, he basically sets up. His question is, so when did you stop beating your wife? Right. That, that's how the media does it. They have a premise. They delivered that premise and then pick it up in the middle and. And now you're on the back foot. Like, wait, I don't even beat my. What are you talking about? Well, but it puts you in the position of having to. Having to answer it that way. Great way for her to kind of push back and just kind of sweep his stupidity off to the side.

[Vinnie Mac]

She handled it beautifully.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, that's exactly the way it should have been handled. And you know, and again, she makes mention of all the Americans. Hey, I bet Niall Stunaj wasn't out there with, you know, following up on those stories about those illegal immigrant truck drivers who are running into people, killing them, causing massive accidents on the roadways. I don't think he's done any articles about that.

[Vinnie Mac]

Well, prior to that, she showcased a New York Times headline and on what happened with the, you know, the Venezuelans that attacked the ice agents and just said, you know, ice agents shoot. Shoot someone. That was basically it. And she's like, that's not what happened.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

Then she described what happened. It's exactly, you know, the same thing. Right. They just put it out there and hope to brainwash more people.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, it's amazing. And again, it's all from the left and we've seen it before. And you know, you look back to last night, if you've seen the CNN thing with the ride along, they won't show you that anymore. CNN won't, but everybody else will to point out how when it's their guys doing it, man, oh man, they. They walk in lockstep. They don't give any guff. Everybody is, everybody plays from the same, from the same playbook. But as soon as our guy starts to do it, oh my goodness, all hell breaks loose. And you're seeing what's happening in the streets in Minneapolis. Crazy.

[Damon]

All right, one more to go. We'll wrap it up. For a Thursday night. Live from Studio 6P, Real America's Boys with new sports with Slick News with Vin. Headlines with Delgado. See what everybody else has got left on a Thursday. We're back right after this.

[Aaron]

Sam.

[Damon]

All right, 13th of the hour, live from Studio 6B. I was just telling Slick the more I think about that college betting story, the more I don't know if I believe it.

[Slick]

Oh, I don't know.

[Damon]

400,000 on a first half bet. Who took that action?

[Vinnie Mac]

Mo Green.

[Damon]

I mean, you can't get that kind of action if you're actually a player and you're staying in the hotel that you go to, the sports book of that place that sometimes it's hard to get. The limits are so. I don't. I don't know. Oh, there's never been anything shady about sports betting ever.

[Slick]

No.

[Vinnie Mac]

It's a very clean biz. Thank you.

[Slick]

Yeah, Big D is trying to uphold this year. He's a bet. MGM sportsman.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, that's good.

[Damon]

Last segment of the show, sponsored by FanDuel.

[Slick]

He's worried about our odds making segment going up.

[Damon]

My check. Yeah.

[Vinnie Mac]

While Damon text Fredo.

[Damon]

No, but I mean, I. I understand that, of course, but. But I'm just telling you, knowing this industry inside and out, there's no place that's taking that action unless it's offshore and some and God knows where.

[Slick]

Abu Dhabi, maybe. There's going to be the Abu Dhabi casino.

[Damon]

400,000 on a first half bet against Buffalo, Kennesaw State. Not happening. I bet you you couldn't even get 5,000 in most places.

[Slick]

I think Mattress Mac could get one.

[Damon]

No. No way.

[Rick Delgado]

You know what?

[Damon]

No way.

[Rick Delgado]

I think. And, And I don't know if Slick covered this in, in the report, but I believe these guys started all this stuff while they were in China. They start. They were playing over there and.

[Damon]

Oh yeah, maybe is right.

[Rick Delgado]

And then they started reaching out across. Across back here.

[Damon]

I don't know. I don't buy it. All right, 12 minutes to the hour. Let's get to everybody, see what they have left. And Mac, I'll start with you.

[Vinnie Mac]

Yeah, I've got one more left here. And it was a Facebook battle I had today that wound up having a clip on cnn, which we'll talk about in a second. The Facebook battle went like this from one of my very conservative friends. Pardon me. One of my very liberal friends. Yeah, I don't have as many conservative friends as I have liberal friends, unfortunately. And we're battling on Facebook on a regular basis. Those of you Follow the show. You also see that. So I'm glad that you get to witness some of that. And the question was, you know, I don't understand why everybody, why we're not seeing these same problems in other states that we're seeing in, in Minnesota. Because there's more illegal immigrants in Utah and Texas and Florida. And I'm like, this is the dumbest question I ever heard in my life. This. They're cooperating. They're doing what the law says them for them to do. The police are keeping them in jail for ICE to pick them up. The governors and the mayors are. And the police departments are cooperating with ice. When they come in, there's no need to protest. There's no need for violence. There's no need for anything. They just go in and they, and they arrest these people and that's the end of it. And that is why. And on CNN today, this is clip two. They actually were talking about this. Can you run that? Aaron.

[Rick Delgado]

You said that in red states, we don't have big deployments of ero.

[Damon]

Which is the ICE enforcement is not true.

[Vinnie Mac]

Officers, they operate in those states.

[Rick Delgado]

They have compliance with local law enforcement.

[Vinnie Mac]

Why aren't they surging in Texas where there are more undocumented immigrants?

[Rick Delgado]

Because there's compliance with local law enforcement. You don't have to have massive packs.

[Slick]

Of ICE agents doing the job of local law enforcement.

[Vinnie Mac]

So you, I mean, yeah, they don't.

[Rick Delgado]

They don't understand what is wrong with them. It's like, oh, if you have cooperation with local law enforcement and, and the rest of the state, guess what? You don't need 20 officers to search for one guy. You send two guys to pick up the one guy that's being held at the jail.

[Vinnie Mac]

That's exactly right. There you go for cnn to have a roundtable on this, though, and be debating this issue like, well, I don't understand. There's this way. More illegals in Texas. Texas, 6.6%. I don't understand how you do it in therein lies the overall disconnect the left has in logic. The answer is what we just said. There's no cooperation. The police go in, but they, they ask this question and they have no idea that what they're asking is one of the dumbest questions they can possibly pose. Because the, the answer is so obvious and it shocked me that they actually asked it.

[Rick Delgado]

So what happened with your Facebook friend? Is that person now not. Not talking with you or unfriended you or put you on block?

[Vinnie Mac]

Doug, is it none of the above is it when they don't respond back? Oh, you generally know that they're like they ghost you. I haven't been unfriended on Facebook by anyone in a long time. That's amazing. But there's been a lot. I know that's amazing, but there's been a lot of battles like this and this particular one, like, seriously, there was nowhere to go. And then when I saw the CNN clip, I was like, home run. I got it. That's what I got, Damon.

[Damon]

All right, Vinnie Mac Sports. Let's do sports with Slick Sports. Brought to you by Mike Lindell, LFS xp. Slick just sent me the list of some of these bets that are in the entire Buffalo. I just asked Pete, I just asked Pete Dammel from ESPN Insider. I don't know if they'll answer it, but I said, where did they get this action down? Who took these?

[Slick]

Who took this guarantee said on the bottom the small print.

[Rick Delgado]

Of course it's guaranteed.

[Damon]

All right, Slick, what else?

[Slick]

Let's stick with the basketball. This is a real. This is something here. Parents brawl at Staten Island Catholic Youth basketball game. Warner Todd Houston at Breitbart video has emerged showing parents of preteen Catholic basketball league erupting an all out brawl in Staten Island, New York late last month. The Christmas spirit, right? The video shows parents delivering haymakers and tussling in the gym at St. Teresa School in Castleton Corners during a sixth grade basketball game on December 20, according to New York Post. Aaron, run, run. 13 here. Look at these parents. These, these hovercrafts here. Here we go.

[Rick Delgado]

Look at this. Of course it's the moms. Look.

[Slick]

Karen and Jessica going at it.

[Damon]

Yeah, yeah. Come on.

[Slick]

Look at this. Wait.

[Rick Delgado]

Come on now.

[Slick]

What age this is sixth grade.

[Damon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Slick]

Here comes big daddies coming in here.

[Damon]

How many years did I talk about this as my kids. Kids were growing. My son was growing up playing basketball.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, yeah.

[Slick]

Did you ever see it get to this level, Big D?

[Damon]

Yeah, I, Yeah, I saw things that were really close to this.

[Slick]

Rick, you too, right?

[Rick Delgado]

Same. Same here. Look at this.

[Damon]

Yep.

[Slick]

Look at that big guy there. I'm gonna mess with him.

[Damon]

Oh, man.

[Vinnie Mac]

Wow.

[Slick]

I mean, I just.

[Damon]

Crazy.

[Rick Delgado]

And what's crazy is the parents are. It's just they get. Parents are the worst.

[Damon]

Me and Delgado were at games together that we've seen almost stuff like this happen. We were in the same place.

[Rick Delgado]

There was. There was one guy and, and Damon knows him by acquaintance. He was a former player, you know, high school and a little Bit of college. And he's also a school official. He would go to the games with his son and he'd be screaming at the officials. And then finally at one point, he just said, you know what? I'm taking myself out. You don't have to throw me.

[Slick]

He knew he was.

[Rick Delgado]

He knew he was being abusive. It's crazy how parents get. It's nuts.

[Slick]

Unbelievable. Unbelievable. All right, Big D. Well, I got a NASCAR new Daytona 500 commercial, but I'm going to. I'll run that tomorrow night and give my last two and a half minutes to Rick.

[Damon]

All right, slick, that's very nice of you. Delgado's got headlines. What else is left?

[Rick Delgado]

All right, Damon. Well, we all know that Dan Bongino, the now former FBI deputy Director, has left the FBI. He's making his way back to doing his podcast, which will be starting, I believe he said something about, on February 2nd. So we'll look to see when that happens. But in a phone call he made to another show, he made a call to host Vince.

[Damon]

Vince? Yeah. That's his show. That's the guy who took over his show on his network.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, it is his spot. I don't pay attention anyhow, so he called in this guy. Vince is also the Daily Caller's editorial director and the host of his own show. And here he is talking about what he found. That shocked him to his core. I remember when he put this. Put this tweet out, a lot of people were wondering what he meant about it. Here's what he meant. Here's cut number 12. Dan Bongino, cut 12. Check this out.

[Vinnie Mac]

And I'm sitting there and I'm thinking.

[Rick Delgado]

To myself, I just can't. I couldn't believe this had happened like that. It had. I shouldn't say I couldn't believe it happened here.

[Damon]

Right.

[Rick Delgado]

You know, Vince, like having been a Secret Service agent, a police officer, and I hadn't been in the FBI role that long, but it had been a few months. Again, he has to go back and date the tweet. It wasn't. I hadn't. I didn't get there last week at that point, so I had seen enough. I just thought, gosh, these guardrails just broke down because of people. Just. People are guardrails, not robots. I mean, you know, I love Tesla, but Tesla robots are guardrails. Human beings are guardrails. You know, people are powerful.

[Vinnie Mac]

And I was just stunned at how.

[Rick Delgado]

Many people just let this just incredibly poor decision making. It was just. It blew my mind that I've never.

[Aaron]

Really discussed this before.

[Rick Delgado]

I'll. Yeah. So there he is talking about. Basically he's talking about bad decisions. I'm sorry, Dan, I'm gonna. I'm gonna disagree with you on this. This was purposeful. These weren't decisions. These were on purpose.

[Vinnie Mac]

These weren't decisions.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. All right.

[Damon]

As always, we salute our military, active and active. Police, firefighters, first responders, EMTs, everybody on the front lines, all of our emergency personnel, all our truckers, all our farmers, everybody that keeps the country moving. Thanks, guys on the show. Aaron, Frank, great job as always. We'll see you tomorrow night live at the America first warehouse, 8pm to wrap up the week. Live from Studio B, odds makers for your divisional round of the NFL playoffs. We'll see you then, everybody. Enjoy the rest of your night. See you tomorrow night. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.