Media Exposed with Adam Weiss - December 28, 2025

Summary

Podcast Summary: Media Exposed with Adam Weiss – December 28, 2025

Podcast: Real America’s Voice (iHeartPodcasts)
Air Date: December 29, 2025

Overview

This episode of Media Exposed hosted by Adam Weiss dives into several hot-button topics at the intersection of media, politics, and conservative culture. The episode kicks off with analysis of upheaval in New York GOP politics, before turning to the internal infighting and debates at Turning Point USA’s AMFest, the CBS/Paramount controversy over a 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s prisons, mainstream media’s ongoing focus on Trump and Epstein, concerns over media bias surrounding Trump’s mental acuity, and a surprising appearance from Hunter Biden on a conservative podcast. Throughout, Weiss and guests discuss what they see as bias and selective outrage within legacy media, internal challenges within conservative circles, and the broader cultural battle over narrative control.

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Key Segments and Discussion Points

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1. New York GOP Politics: Stefanik, Blakeman, and Trump’s Endorsement

(03:00–14:10)

Main Points:

• Congressman Elise Stefanik, former GOP gubernatorial hopeful, withdrew her candidacy—surprising many due to previous momentum and war chest ($11–$12 million) [04:38].
• Trump immediately threw a “complete and total endorsement” behind Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman [06:48].
• David Zia joins Adam to analyze the realignment and what it means for New York Republicans, especially against incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul [06:48–14:10].
• Questions remain whether Blakeman, a strong MAGA ally, can gain traction upstate beyond Nassau County [08:04].
• Discussion of Republican electoral opportunities in historically blue NY, referencing Lee Zeldin’s close loss in 2022 and historic upsets (e.g., George Pataki) [09:45].
• Adam describes Blakeman’s media presence and strategy, including the importance of working with and not shying from Trump [13:10].

Notable Quotes:

• Adam Weiss: “Bruce Wayne is a fantastic guy who will win big enough him and without education, has my complete and total endorsement. Governor, the great state of New York, Bruce Blake will never let it down.” [06:30]
• David Zia: “Bruce Blakeman is super maga. He's very good friends with Trump and he talks about it all the time… [Nassau County has] the lowest crime rate of any major county, I think, in the United States.” [07:06]
• Adam Weiss: “We don't have a media that ever blows us up and turns us into stars like AOC.” [08:09]
• David Zia: “Blakeman could win. I think the mood's going to change, especially when things rev up with the economy next year.” [12:37]

Timestamps:

• Trump’s endorsement & political analysis: [03:00–10:03]
• Media/star-making in NY vs. national: [08:09]
• Political implications of Blakeman’s candidacy: [11:03–14:10]

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2. Turning Point USA AMFest: MAGA Media Infighting

(18:14–29:53)

Main Points:

• Weiss and guest Devoray Dawkins (YouTuber and commentator) discuss notable tension and public disagreements between leading conservative figures at AMFest, including Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Steve Bannon, and others [18:14–21:03].
• Debate over “gatekeeping” in conservative media; whether controversial figures (e.g., Nick Fuentes) should be given a platform [21:51–23:50].
• Ben Shapiro criticizes the right for tolerating Holocaust denial and anti-American rhetoric; Tucker Carlson fires back at de-platforming moves [21:57–28:29].
• Dawkins supports open dialogue, warning against “cancel culture” tactics, arguing such moves can backfire and make figures like Fuentes more influential [23:50].
• J.D. Vance and Charlie Kirk cited as favoring inclusivity without abandoning principle [25:29–26:07].
• Dawkins and Weiss argue that media focus on intra-right conflict is itself a tactic to distract from substantive issues for average Americans [21:03–21:51].

Notable Quotes:

• Ben Shapiro: “If you host a Hitler apologist, Nazi loving, anti American piece of refuse like Nick Fuentes…you ought to own it.” [22:08]
• Devoray Dawkins: “If they try that same tactic with someone like Nick, his voice will only get louder…The reason why we should hear what he has to say is because we need to know what the country is thinking.” [24:21]
• Tucker Carlson: “The impulse to deplatform people or even to use the word platform as a verb… Don't steal my nouns.” [28:05]
• Adam Weiss: “We should have more open dialogue here, not less... That's one thing Charlie preached on stage everywhere.” [25:16]

Timestamps:

• AMFest controversies & Shapiro remarks: [21:57–23:50]
• Open dialogue vs. cancel culture: [24:21–25:16]
• J.D. Vance’s message of inclusivity: [25:29–26:07]
• Tucker’s response to Ben: [27:36–29:03]

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3. Media Bias: CBS/Barry Weiss and the El Salvador Prison Segment

(33:10–44:10)

Main Points:

• Ongoing internal friction at CBS/Paramount as Barry Weiss, now head of editorial, puts a pause on a 60 Minutes segment exploring harsh El Salvador prison conditions for Venezuelan deportees [33:10–40:08].
• Reporters inside CBS criticize decision as “censorship masquerading as journalistic judgment,” while Weiss insists more context and voices are needed [34:31–40:08].
• Guest Jade Warwick (Warwick Report) and Adam critique the mainstream media’s selective outrage and perceived double standards [34:21–36:33].
• Argument that postponement for accuracy is responsible journalism—not censorship [40:31].

Notable Quotes:

• Adam Weiss: “This is what liberals do…Let’s put a segment together where we can make El Salvador leadership look bad.” [37:48]
• CBS Early Show anchor: "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a kill switch." quoting Sharon Alfonsi [39:16]
• Jade Warwick: "Media and journalists have a duty to be honest and factual with the audience. And I don't think there's anything wrong with postponing a story to make sure…what you're delivering…is the truth." [40:31]

Timestamps:

• Intro to controversy: [33:10–34:31]
• Teaser for 60 Minutes segment: [37:20–37:48]
• On responsible editorial standards: [40:31]

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4. Epstein Files, Trump, and Selective Media Scrutiny

(44:10–54:21)

Main Points:

• Media continues to spotlight connections between Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, despite no accusations or evidence of wrongdoing [44:10–54:21].
• Adam and guest Jade Warwick see this as an effort to damage Trump and divide conservatives, especially amid current infighting [41:49–44:10].
• Adam points out that several notable figures, not just Trump, have verifiable links to Epstein, but receive much less attention (e.g. Bill Clinton, Harvard’s Larry Summers) [43:31].
• Warwick criticizes hypocrisy: some of those now weaponizing the files are the same individuals or outlets who minimized or ignored the story before [43:11–44:24].

Notable Quotes:

• Adam Weiss: "If they really had something…wouldn't we have seen it by now?…Media is using this as leverage just to keep getting Trump.” [41:49]
• Jade Warwick: “A house divided against itself cannot stand. And we are collapsing, right?” [41:49]
• Adam Weiss: “I've been photographed with people, have no idea who they are, but they’re just like, let’s take a quick photo…Trump was one of the biggest celebrities in New York.” [43:11]

Timestamps:

• Media coverage patterns: [41:49–44:10]
• Who else is implicated vs. focus on Trump: [43:11–44:24]

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5. Hunter Biden on Sean Ryan’s Podcast & The Media’s Trump “Decline” Narrative

(48:21–59:20)

Main Points:

• Hunter Biden’s appearance on conservative podcaster Sean Ryan’s show garners attention for his blunt criticism of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal and immigration policy [48:21–49:20].
• More broadly, Adam and Ed Woodson reflect on media narratives, contrasting the harsh coverage of Trump’s supposed “mental decline” with gentler handling of Biden’s health and acuity [49:54–58:44].
• Skepticism toward New York Times’ hit pieces on Trump-Epstein connection, arguing the stories repeat the same information with no substance [51:55–54:21].
• Debate over the media's consistent double standards: psychological diagnosis of Trump, “hit pieces” in legacy media, and the contrasting coverage afforded to Democrats—especially regarding Biden’s cognitive health in 2020 and beyond [55:03–58:44].

Notable Quotes:

• Adam Weiss: "I mean, Don is like Don recently, he'd even say hi to me….But a nice little hello would have been nice…I'd rather listen to Hunter than Michelle Obama. Her podcasts are boring." [49:54]
• Ed Woodson: "Trump was a single guy…hanging out with Epstein, they're going out on the town. That's just normal behavior." [51:55]
• Adam Weiss: “Sometimes Trump slips up one word; he's in a mental decline. I don't see it. Tell me if you see it…” [57:05]
• Ed Woodson: “Remember 2020 and how we were constantly told that Trump was…in a mental decline…and then they told us leading up to the 2024 election [Biden] was sharp…until the day that he wasn’t.” [57:32–58:44]

Timestamps:

• Hunter Biden podcast appearance: [48:21–49:54]
• NYT and media tactics on Trump: [51:55–54:21]
• Trump vs. Biden, media coverage of “decline”: [55:03–58:44]

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Additional Notable Quotes

• Adam Weiss: "Fake news media, we're here to call you out." [04:27]
• Devoray Dawkins: “If we ignore those radical ideas, we could get caught off guard on how many people think that way…” [26:07]
• Jade Warwick: “Focus on the mission, put God first, America first, and…don’t listen to the hypocrisy of the left because they're just trying to divide us.” [44:10]

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Memorable Moments

• Weiss and guests repeatedly return to the theme of media as both narrative gatekeeper and political actor, arguing for greater transparency, internal discipline, and skepticism toward legacy outlets.
• The segment on AMFest’s public infighting captures the tension between “big tent” conservatism and the limits of tolerable discourse.
• The CBS/Barry Weiss segment highlights the complexity of editorial decisions—and the unique climate inside contemporary newsrooms.
• Hunter Biden’s appearance on a conservative podcast is met with both surprise and a wry humor about the contrast between him and other offspring of political dynasties.

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Important Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |-------------------------------------------|---------------| | NY GOP, Stefanik, Blakeman, Trump Endorsement | 03:00–14:10 | | AMFest, MAGA Media Infighting | 18:14–29:53 | | CBS/Barry Weiss, El Salvador segment | 33:10–44:10 | | Epstein Files & Media Coverage | 44:10–54:21 | | Hunter Biden & Trump “Decline” Narratives | 48:21–59:20 |

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Tone and Language

The conversation is combative, informal, and often tongue-in-cheek, with a distinctly conservative populist perspective. Weiss and his guests use humor, sarcasm, and direct criticism—both of media institutions and fellow conservatives.

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Takeaways

• Media Exposed consistently frames national stories through the lens of selective outrage by legacy media, internal disputes within the conservative movement, and the challenge of building a more unified, results-oriented political front.
• The episode offers a window into both the strategic calculations and cultural dynamics currently shaping GOP primary politics, conservative media, and national debates over censorship, narrative, and power.

For listeners wanting insight into the latest currents on the populist right, and a look at the ideological and media skirmishes defining the moment, this episode offers a fast-paced, wide-ranging snapshot from the frontlines.

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Watch the trailer on trainergames.com welcome to Media Exposed. We're going to take a look at the turning point. I was on the ground in turning point. A lot of mega media infighting. The news media is still obsessed and they're trickling out the Epstein files. What's new in that? Barry Weiss.

[B]

Who?

[D]

The head of New Paramount and cbs Kill the story over the weekend. Why did she do that? Her own media, her own CBS is freaking out over this. That and more coming up on Media Exposed.

[A]

Do you dare to follow me down?

[D]

What they do say is fake news.

[E]

Into the unknown.

[D]

That's how devious the media's become. They're full force activists now.

[A]

They colluded.

[E]

Trump folks were in on it.

[D]

Sway's election, Sway's policy. We need to expose them. Republicans trash the country. I've been doing this since I was 18. I've had hit jobs done against me. I've been attacked by media reporters. Are you afraid? No truth will prevail. Fake news media, we're here to call you out.

[A]

Head into the unknown.

[E]

Media Exposed with Adam Wise starts now.

[D]

Welcome back to Media Exposed. There was a big announcement early over the weekend last weekend it was Alista Stefanik, one of the leaders in the Republican conference who announced her governorship a few months ago, decided to quit. They decided to quit a congressional seat, decided to quit the governor's race. She was all over the count all over the state. And we have to go back in Elise again. She was a big supporter of the Trump. Trump after the hearings was fighter of against universities wokeness dei and she made herself a bit of a star. But she didn't get full support of Trump. She was nominated as the ambassador to the UN and that was cut because they wanted, they wanted a safe seat. They wanted to keep the seat in a special election. So they pushed her back to run for the seat again. You know, she was a loyal soldier there. We call that politics. And then she decided to take the race for governor. But the president never supported. The president never endorsed her. And that kind of hurt her. I made defleated Her. And the week earlier before that, he was asked a question about Bruce Blakeman getting. And he kind of threw support to both of them. So what do we know? A few days later, I want to welcome David on the set. David, us being New Yorkers, we studied New York politics for 30 years or so. This was really interesting, right? What happened here, because Bruce, before we jump in this, let me read Trump's tweet, because the moment Elise got out, it was like only an hour or so later. Highly respect, very popular when Nassau county is running for governor. Bruce's MAGA all the way. And it's been with me from the very beginning. As national County Executive, he is working tirelessly with the brave heroes, ice, Border patrol and law enforcement to keep our borders secure, stop migrant crime, safeguard our community and ensure law and order. He's going to grow the economy, cut taxes, regulations, American dominance. Bruce Wayne is a fantastic guy who win big enough him and without education, has my complete and total endorsement. Governor, the great state of New York, Bruce Blake will never let it down. I thought when Elise got out that there'd be other people jumping in against Bruce, but this hurt. This pretty much probably squashes it. What do you.

[F]

Yeah. So, Adam, I've been spending all year with Bruce Blakeman on the ground in Nassau County. I was with him at Trump Tower about a month and a half ago. Also, we interviewed him two weeks ago. I was at the White House on Friday. I think it was when the statement came out, when Trump truth about Elise Stefanik. You know, she's very popular. It could be a good, it could have been a good woman to woman matchup, you know, against Kathy Hochul. She's got a war chest of 1112 million that Blakeman doesn't have. And Hochul has like $18 million on hand or something like that. So. But Bruce Blakeman is super maga. He's very good friends with Trump and he talks about it all the time. He's a terrific county executive. In Nassau county, they've got the lowest crime rate of any major county, I think, in the United States. Also, he's been really tough on illegal immigration, breaking up, you know, Ms. 13, the economy. He's very proactive here. So, you know, I think I was, I was a little surprised because I think Elise had the momentum on it. But Bruce Blakeman is a great candidate, but I don't know if he has the traction upstate.

[E]

Right.

[F]

Because he'll get the Republicans, but will he get Democrats upstate in Buffalo and Rochester?

[D]

The thing is, we don't have a media that ever blows us up and turns us into stars like aoc. So as far as the media goes, in New York state media, the tv, the news days of the world, they weren't. They don't have favoritism. So it doesn't matter if Elise got out, Bruce got out. It's not like they made any one of them a star. Elise made herself pretty much a Big Mac support, a big star with those hearings. Right. So I could go to any person, probably in Silicon Valley or, you know, California or Texas, and they'll know her. You know, Elise stuff. Oh, yeah, she was fantastic. I want to meet her. I want to throw money. She could have got a war chest like that. Because people after those hearings, every. That was the most viewed. Some of those clips were one of the most viewed clips of all time.

[F]

I knew something was up when the. The day before Stefanik pulling out of the race, Bruce Blakeman was in Palm beach in Florida buying ads on Fox. I heard. So I was like. Because I felt like Blakeman's presence of late meant that he knew something was up.

[G]

Right.

[F]

And that he was going to stay in the game because originally he had to run for Nassau county executive first. So he couldn't declare as candid as you have a governor because the Nassau county residents wouldn't like that. He won by about nine points in Nassau County. But again, you know, the name recognition, it's a little late in the game. It's only 10 months away, early voting starts. So. But I think Blakeman is a terrific candidate. He's a really great guy. He's very pro Israel, like Trump is. He can harbor some of the Jewish vote.

[D]

We know a candidate in 1994, barely known George Pataki from Peekskill. Now, Peekskill is not even as well known as Nassau County. Nassau County. If anybody out there in America has some of the wealthiest towns, wealthiest cities, villages in all of the country. Sean Hannity had a house on Center Island.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Garden City, Oyster Bay Company, Some of the wealthiest, most amazing homes you'll ever see. So he's doing a good job there. Let's go to cut one and see Bruce. He was on Fox after getting a Trump endorsement and see what he says. Well, I'm very grateful and blessed to have President Trump's full endorsement.

[E]

President Trump has done more for America.

[D]

In the last 11 months than any.

[E]

President in my memory has done in their.

[D]

Their full term.

[E]

He's tireless. He's got an incredible work ethic, and.

[D]

He gets things done.

[E]

I have Solutions for people's problems.

[D]

Kathy Hochul has made people in New York miserable.

[E]

I want to make them happy again. I want to put New Yorkers first, create an environment where we can create.

[D]

Economic development, prosperity and keep people safe in their communities.

[E]

All things that Kathy Hochul has failed to do.

[D]

Let me, I want to jump to, cut to because it's very important. Let's watch Bruce again on cnn because this is really striking, what he says here, what a usual Republican New York wouldn't say. Let's go to cut to.

[E]

Yeah, I just, I just want to just jump in because, you know, President Trump lost New York by 13 points in 2024. Are you going to campaign alongside him next year? Well, I campaigned with President Trump here in Nassau county, which has the same demographics as the state of New York, basically. And you plan to do that, and.

[G]

You plan to do that in the.

[E]

Mid next year, in 2026 campaign stump alongside President Trump? Absolutely. I have no problem doing that. I support President Trump.

[D]

They're always trying to egg him on to say, oh, well, I'm not going to have him in there. We'll talk about it. But Bruce was. No, he's coming.

[F]

So Trump cut the gap by half from 2020 to 2024 in New York State, only losing by about 11 points. Now, that gap has increased since Trump's second term in New York State. Losing a little bit of favorability here in the state. You know, it's a very, very liberal state. But remember, Lee Zeldin only lost by five points. Four, four and a half, something like that in New York State. And there was some contentions of some fraud.

[D]

But moods change right now. Let's be, you know, real about this stuff, right? We were down. Biden was the president. The economy was bad. You know, DEI was out of all these things were in our favor when, when Zelda was running. Now we're in control. But a lot of roundups with ISO. I don't know. I don't know if the negativity is going to hurt us.

[F]

The negativity may hurt the Republican and, but I also think that people in New York are fed up. We're a welfare state. We're a sanctuary state. We have bail reform. Thousands of people have been assaulted. Rape is up 16% across New York City for the year 2025. 73,000 people have been assaulted in the streets in New York City. It may wake up some people. Blakeman could win. I think the mood's going to change, especially when things rev up with the economy next year.

[D]

But you can't half heartedly say, I want Trump's endorsements. Well, just let's get a tweet and keep him away. No, if you're going to do it, bring him in. Go hold some rallies at some stadiums, get 30,000 people enthusiastic, you know, and then they tell their friends, they tell their relatives, you need to work it if you're going to really have Trump use them.

[F]

Well, that's why I brought up Zeldin, because Zeldin embraced Trump and he came very close to winning against Kathy Hochul the last time. He came very close. And I don't think it's bad to do that.

[D]

And Bruce has a good, Bruce has a good personality for New York. He's, he's conservative, but not in a bombastic way. He does it in a smile, somewhat of a Reagan way, which is calming for women, calming for independence. And he's polished. He's polished, but he does it with calmness and engaging way where Trump is a little more bombastic. So I think they'd work well together. Very, you know, I think Bruce is a good candidate for this moment.

[F]

Yeah. We're going to be in touch with the Blakeman campaign on a regular basis and we're going to follow it closely. So, you know, that's what it is. And hope you had a great holiday, Adam.

[D]

Oh, yeah, you too. And all you're working in D.C. getting into the Oval Office with Trump.

[F]

Yeah, I was at the Pentagon last week, Capitol Hill while you guys were at amfest. That was great.

[D]

And I got someone coming up, big YouTuber, one of the biggest YouTubers out there in the Devorah Dawkinsburg, going to talk about the TPUSA AM Fest Mega media fighting. What was it like on the ground that More coming up on Media Exposed.

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[B]

Trainer Games on Prime Video January 8th.

[E]

Watch the trailer on trainergames.com.

[D]

Welcome back to Media Exposed. I'm going to say what Axio said. He calls this a turning point for MAGA media. There was an infighting at Turning Point usa, what they call amfest, the big conference that Charlie Kerr created. How was the first one when he wasn't there they were focusing on what happened was focusing on anti Semitism allegations and internal reckoning with extremist rhetoric. Would that happen? This article positions conservatives. Media is uniquely responsive, policing its fringes while ignoring similar failures. Always on the left, right. Why do we always have to, like, you know, police our people? The left never does and they got radicals everywhere. What Axios frames is accountability. Critics see a selective outrage applied only when it comes can be used to splinter the right from within. The broader question is, is this good faith course correction from the media or an attempt to redraw the boundaries of acceptable conservative discourse? I want to welcome my next guest, Devorey Dawkins. He's got one of the top YouTube pages out there, top media voices out in a new media age where a lot of people say a lot of the Gen Z and millennials to get their news from YouTube. Devorey, thanks for joining us.

[G]

Thank you so much for having me. I'm very grateful to be here.

[D]

Devory, when I made a left downstairs, a big media row, I said before, look, because I always said, how does he do it? You said you liked meeting the regular people. My. One of my colleagues and clients is a big urologist doctor in New York. He saw my story, said, Tell DeVorey I said, hi. And he's always watching you and you text Tesla. And I always, when we, when we watch him, we're driving. I said, how does he do all these clips? How does he get all these cuts? And then I made a left and he's got the whole production team. It was good to meet your whole team and yourself, but it was good to get to meet people on the ground out there finally. Right? And, and get to, you know, there's nothing better people. When you go out and actually get out there and meet people instead of just on online or on YouTube or on in person. There's nothing like actually building relationships there. But there was fraction here because the first, I don't know if they did on purpose, but the first night they brought out Ben Shapiro and he kind of criticized Tucker and Megan and Candace and all that. And then right away they brought out Tucker. I mean, this. We should be. Politics is the game of addition, not we're not the game of wwe. Right. We shouldn't be having battle royales on the first night. I don't know if that was a good call by them because afterwards I looked and you're, you're a student, you're a great preacher of the media. How biased they are. Yes. This morning in the gym and yesterday they're still covering this on cnn, smbc, the maga, infighting, this and that. So you think that opening night. I'm going to show you that opening night was a good idea to bring them up like that. Let me get your thoughts on that.

[G]

Yeah, I think there's really two things. Number one, mainstream media, particularly ones from the left, are always going to try to use whatever they can to push a certain narrative. And right now all they have is this infighting. And really the infighting is really just a difference of opinion that clearly has people's attention more than it should, I think, which segues to my second point here. The attention should be on the actual issues affecting every average Americans. I mean I talk about it every single day. There are so many stories happening to people who are just trying to get by and you know, I can't tell people what they should say and what they shouldn't say. I could just speak from a political standpoint as far as midterms are concerned. The American people want results. And I think that's what we have to get back to as, as a party.

[D]

Right. Let me show you the cut three. First cut here, Ben Shapiro, how he started and called out Tucker.

[C]

It's gonna cut three that actually get at the truth.

[E]

If we agree with the guest, that's.

[C]

Fine, but we should own it.

[E]

So for example, if you host a Hitler apologist, Nazi loving, anti American piece.

[C]

Of refuse like Nick Fuentes.

[E]

You know, the Nick Fuentes who said that the.

[C]

Vice president of the United States is.

[E]

A quote, fat gay race traitor married to a jeet. The person who said that Charlie Kirk was a quote, retarded idiot. The person who said, and pardon my.

[C]

Language here, it's his quote that he.

[E]

Quote took Turning Point USA and it. And that's why it's filled with gripers. If you have that person on your.

[C]

Show and you proceed to glaze him.

[E]

You ought to own it. There is a reason that Charlie Kirk despised Nick Fuentes and indeed even chided.

[C]

Dinesh d' Souza for debating him.

[E]

He knew that Nick Fuentes isn't, you.

[D]

Know, I'm involving in this too because I believed in, you know, open dialogue and everybody should be allowed. But then I went to James o' Keefe event Devore and there were all these ropers there and they were starting a fight with ultra conservatives. I'm like, wait a second, we all must get along here. But they're like trouble. They're troublemakers. So much troublemaker. We shouldn't have that and then, you know, so I don't know if Tucker should be given such a big platform to the guy that just denies the Holocaust, is anti national and has such a big following because let me tell you something, five, six years ago I represented a judge, Jeanine, we were doing a book tour, the Whoopi threw us out, said get the F out. And for three, four years they never let conservative on the View. So why should we let people like this on? Give me your thoughts on Ben speech there and I'll play Tucker's response afterwards.

[G]

Absolutely. I think this is a calculation that has to be done in the minds of conservatives who are looking to win. I mean ultimately we live in a world today where a lot of Americans are black pilled so they're not really likely to trust a lot of rhetoric out there. So they want to hear a landscape of all ideas and make up their own mind. They don't want to be told what to think. Now it's okay to condemn people like Nick. I don't have any problem with that whatsoever. But at the same time, let's not condemn them to our own detriment, which is what Democrats did. They seek to silence us, they seek to cancel us. And at the end of the day, what happened? Our voices got louder. If they try that same tactic with someone like Nick, his voice will only get louder. And whether we like what he says or not, there's a great deal amount of people who relate to him. And I said this on my show the, the the other day, the reason why we should hear what he has to say is because we as political strategists or people who are trying to win elections, we need to know what the country is thinking. He does represent a part of the country and the way that they think a lot of it is wrong. A lot of it stuff I absolutely disagree with. But I want to know exactly what across the entire political spectrum is thinking so I can adjust accordingly. I don't think we should make the same mistake Democrats did, which is bury our hands in the sand and seek to cancel.

[D]

Right. We should have more open dialogue here, not less. Right. That's one thing Charlie preached on stage and everywhere. Welcome everybody in dialogue. So let's. And that's what J.D. vance, that's what J.D. vance cut for. He said about this.

[E]

You don't care if you're white or black, rich or poor, young or old, rural or urban, controversial or a little.

[G]

Bit boring or somewhere in between.

[E]

So if you love America, if you want all of us to be richer Stronger, safer, and prouder. You have a home on this team.

[D]

Isn't it nice that the Vice President of the United States stands up there and doesn't give a flying F of what the mainstream media Diaz is going to say about him and says we welcome everybody. Isn't it refreshing, though, Rory?

[G]

Yeah, I. I think he's definitely in touch with what Gen Z wants to hear, particularly people who are part of Turning Point usa. I think he has a different type of politics. He's definitely much more conservative, of course, and. But let's not misunderstand. He made comments to another outlet, call Unheard, where he absolutely condemned Nick Fuentes for his comments about his wife. So two things can be true at the same time. We can condemn what we disagree with, but that doesn't mean we should seek to cancel or even cancel people who may want to interview people like that with radical ideas. Because again, if we ignore those radical ideas, we could get caught off guard on how many people think that way and we're not actually able to prosecute the case, if that makes sense.

[D]

Right when the Democrats were in charge, right after Trump lost, and it was then that January. Well, right after January 6th, man, the social media oligarchs started canceling. Everybody took away the President of the United States, microphone on Twitter, Facebook. I still can't believe they did that. Right. They were so in cahoots with the Democratic Party and the elites. We can't have that again. And that's the UK right now. The UK is full of it. You can't even make a social media post. You can't make jokes in the uk. The police show up at your house and the people are so confused what they did wrong. But that's the kind of regime they have there. Let's show you here what and how Tucker came back. Let's go to cut five. A little bit of this calls for.

[E]

Like, de platforming and denouncing people at a Charlie Kirk event.

[B]

I'm like, what?

[H]

This is hilarious.

[E]

Yeah, this is hilarious. Actually, one of the clips, I was listening to myself thinking, as I often do when I hear myself speak, which is never because I never watch myself, but at these events, they always play like, the role of you. And I'm like, that guy is pompous. Sorry about that. We don't see ourselves clearly. But the prediction that, you know, at some point when Republicans took power again, which I did everything I could, you know, to help, and I really felt that was important. I still think, you know, I was right, but I really thought that the impulse to deplatform people or even to use the word platform as a verb, which it's not. It's a noun. Don't steal my nouns. De platform and denounce.

[D]

Why haven't you you know what is devorah? We have some powerful voices, alpha males that we've called them and Ben telling him what to do. Him telling Ben it's not going to work with any of them. Right. So it even makes it worse. Like you said earlier, if going to tell shut Nick Fuentes up, you know what's going to happen. Probably going to get more powerful. That's what happens. So Tucker shot right back at him, made a lot of news and still making a lot of news. But what do you give me your thoughts on Tucker's response from Ben. Give me final thoughts. Yeah, give me your final thoughts where people can find you here on your YouTube page.

[G]

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So Tucker sums it up as far as. Well actually you summed it up properly. I mean these people are so huge no one's going to tell them what to say. That's just the bottom line to and although if you agree with Ben Shapiro on what he said, that's great. But at what cost? Exactly. So the whole event turned into what he said about Tucker and what Tucker said about him and then Megyn Kelly and not actually about what Turning Point USA wants to put out there to other people who may be curious or open minded to their mission. You know, it's, it's a very simple test that we can do. Charlie Kirk say that.

[D]

Yeah. Devorah got a wrap. Thanks for joining us Dory. I wish everybody would get along a little better but it was great seeing you and I'll talk to you soon. Thanks to her. Happy holidays. Happy New Year.

[G]

Thank you.

[D]

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Welcome back to Media Exposed. Networks are still up in arms about Epstein, but I tell you what. Hundreds and over thousands of minutes trying to tie Trump to Epstein. They always do that and it's always a Nothing Burger. Also, Barry Weiss put a squash on a story, put a Squash on a 60 minutes El Salvador prison segment. Journalists and then journalists all over her own network slamming it always happens, right? They don't get their way with their own story, their bias story, and they start slamming the boss. It's unbelievable. She acts this deportation segment, but she said it's just postponed for the moment. Accusing her then they accused her of making a political decision rather than an editorial one. The internal memo obtained by media calls out what the journalist sees as censorship masquerading as journalistic judgment. The irony. The same media figures who preach independence and courage are now accused of softening coverage when it becomes too controversial. This isn't just a feud. It's a window into how the story selection shapes the national debate long before viewers ever see as said Going to want to walk. Jade Warwick from the Warwick Report. Jay, thanks for joining us again.

[A]

Thank you for having me. Adam, Lovely to see you.

[D]

Jade. It was, you know, before we jump into this Barry Weiss story, give me your overall thoughts of you were there. I saw you earlier. It's so big, that place that I saw you the first night. I don't think I saw you again. Thirty something, thousand people. We said hi the first night, which was Wednesday night. No, Thursday evening. And then I didn't see you again afterwards. It's so humongous. You get lost in the media, in the Expo Big Maga infighting. Maga media infighting, conservative fighting. Give me your thoughts on that whole quick thoughts on that before we jump.

[A]

Into the other Honestly, Amfest this year was embarrassing. Everyone was fighting within themselves. There was this underlying tone of suspicion. People saying, are you a groiper? Are you pro Israel? And instead of focusing on Charlie and the message behind, you know, America first, it seemed like there was a proxy war going on.

[D]

Yeah, I think like if I sat in that room, the executive room, I was in the back VIP and all this fighting. Ben Shapiro went first, then Tucker slammed them, then Megan slammed and Bannon slammed him. I don't feel like it would have happened with Charlie was there even though Charlie was younger than all of them, somehow he had the gravitas to stop all this. Where the news the last couple of days from the mainstream media is MAGA infighting. Reipers and I went to James o' Keefe's event and there was a fight. Gripers are fighting with conservatives. Like, what's going on here? I've never seen the physical fights. It's ridiculous. And I had people on the street that Were it was anti Semitism, Israel debates. It's one little country in the Middle east That's surrounded by 20 enemies and the UN's always hated them. It's like, enough of this Israel talk, right?

[A]

Yeah. I don't think Charlie would have allowed half of the things that happened there. I felt like a lot was in bad taste, you know, from the tent replica being there to, you know, apparently Nick Fuentes showing up. I think that if Charlie was still around, he would have told everyone to be on their best behavior and put the mission first. But instead it was everyone's egos and their own, you know, wants and needs before anything else.

[D]

You know what it is. And they're. Because Charlie was a decision maker and he made decisions. Right. This is wrong. This is right. You're able to make quick judgments. I don't think anybody at leadership knows how to do that right now. So if Nick Fuentes is there and the grips were there, they just, well, we have to let everybody in. You don't have to let everybody in always. You can have a fair debate like Charlie preached. Fair debates on campus. He wanted free speech. It doesn't mean you give someone a platform. There's a difference between Tucker putting on a Nick espousing it to millions of viewers. Anti denying Holocaust. But anyway, let's go to cut seven because Barry Weiss, who's the head of CBS now for the Free Press, who's head of Paramount Editorial, she put a pause on the 60 minute segment last week, but I'll show you what it was like. I'm going to show you the teaser for the segment.

[A]

It began as soon as the planes landed. The deportees thought they were headed from the US back to Venezuela. But instead they were shackled, paraded in front of cameras and delivered to Seekot, the notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador where they told 60 Minutes they endured four months of hell. Did you think you were gonna die there?

[E]

We thought we were already the living dead, honestly.

[D]

You see, this is what liberals do in the regular mainstream media. Let's put a segment together where we can make El Salvador leadership look bad. Let's make up so the President looks bad, so a deportation looks bad. And they never had a comment from the other side. So I think she put a pause. Let's wait till we can get some fairness here. Oh, my God. They're up in arms about that and people are criticizing her from our own network. Did you get a chance, what do you think of that segment?

[A]

Well, you know, it's always hypocrisy with the left. It's always hypocrisy. And yeah, I mean, she's going to show the negative sides of this administration and not the last. You know, that's just how they work. So I don't know why everyone is surprised about this. You know, oh, these poor, these poor men who are deported. I'm sorry, aren't you the same side that's all about hating men? This doesn't make sense, right?

[D]

Let me show you because it's very weird in the news business. She's the top. She's the president now and the own morning show the next morning. Watch how they cover it.

[E]

CBS EARLY SHOW now to a story about CBS News. A few hours before 60 minutes was supplied to air on Sunday night, viewers learned that a segment that had been promoted wouldn't air. The story in question is about a notorious prison in El Salvador and the Trump administration's decision to send Venezuelans and others who it says entered the US illegally. Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Sharon Alfonsi wrote that the story is factually correct and accuses CBS News editor in Chief Barry Weiss of pulling the story for political reasons. Alfonsi says that despite several requests for interviews, no one in the administration would participate in the story. She wrote in an email that, quote, if the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a kill switch, end quote. In a statement to the New York Times, Weiss says in part, quote, holding stories that aren't ready for whatever reason, that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing critical voices. Happens every day in every newsroom. I look forward to airing the important piece when it's ready. And CBS News released a statement saying the 60 Minutes report on Inside Seekot will air in a future broadcast. We determined it needed additional reporting.

[D]

You know, Jade, why does Bari Weiss even have to give a statement of cbs? It's like, Alfonso, if you don't like the segment, why are you putting out a statement criticizing your boss? Wouldn't it be nice if Barry Weiss says, you know what, Alphonse, you put this package together? I wanted to pause on it for a little bit. If you don't like it, there's the door. Would it be nice once or only in the media business this happens, Right? What do you think about that?

[A]

Well, the media and journalists have a duty to be honest and factual with the audience. And I don't think there's anything wrong with postponing a story to make sure that what you're delivering to people is the truth. I really don't see how that's an issue.

[D]

Right. But then she went and criticized Barry Weiss, who's the head of the cbs and who else does that? Barry should say, you know what? If you don't like it, there's a door. Get out. It's the same thing that the media is doing over and over again. There was a dump early in another Epstein dump early in the week. Big dump. And I feel like this is almost like when in 2020, when the media did whatever they could to go after Trump. Covid, blm, Ukraine, Remember Ukraine impeachment to get Trump to keep Trump in the news site, make it negative. They just want to keep the Epstein files in the news over and over again. And it's always about Trump. What the. I don't think. Look, if they really had something, don't you think before Kamala was running and before Biden was, before Biden was staying in the race until Kamala took over, if they had something on Trump, wouldn't they have. Wouldn't we have seen it by now? What do you think of the media? Do you think they're using this as a leverage just to keep getting Trump? And again, by way of Trump, they'll hurt the Republicans in the midterms. What's your thoughts?

[A]

Yes, that's exactly right. They had four years to expose everything in those files to do with Trump. And now that they're seeing the infighting in the conservative movement, they are trying to, I think, promote all these Epstein files linked to Trump in order to further divide us. And a house that is divided against itself cannot stand. And we are collapsing, right?

[D]

So it's like it never ends with them, with the dripping and driving of the Trump files, with the Epstein files over and over again. And the New York Times ran a piece last week, and they dug so hard into the friendship, and then you. You see the heading, and then you start reading it, and it's like, okay, they were friends, but nothing. And then they. Every other statement, they say, well, nobody can collaborate that Trump did anything with a girl. But yet we found that they were friends. And then last week, and then two weeks ago, they had a story, and then, because the Democrats unleashed this photo, right? And the photo had Trump with four women, and they blurred out the women's faces, but the photo was already out there. And it was like, big news. Trump's at a party in New York. And the. And the photo already existed online. Okay, Trump was at a party. Is that a big. Trump was one of the biggest celebrities in New York. He probably went to three events a night. It's so silly what they know.

[A]

I, I've been photographed with people. I have no idea who they are, but they're just like, let's take a quick photo. And I'm like, okay, sure. But at the end of the day, there are so many people named in these Epstein files who we know for a fact we're doing some absolutely disgusting acts with underage girls. Why is the media not going after them? Why just Trump, like, let's focus on people that we can actually get right.

[D]

Now, like Larry Summers, the head of Harvard who withdrew. He left Harvard and dropped off the border. Some technology companies maybe. I saw one or two stories, right. They don't go after him. He was one of the top people in the Trump and Clinton's administration, one of the top economic minds. Trump's, I mean, Clinton's photos are out there. He's in a world, he's in a whirlpool with just Lane and another girl who's blacked out. So you've Trump mentions, Clinton mentions here. That's the way the media is. Give me your final thoughts on that quickly. 15 seconds.

[A]

Well, I just believe that the media is trying to divide us and we have to stick together, focus on the mission, put, you know, God first, America first. And, you know, just don't listen to the hypocrisy of the left because they're just trying to divide us.

[D]

Jade, I wish you a happy, happy holidays and happy New Year's if I don't see you. And thanks for joining us and glad I saw you at Amp Fest.

[A]

Yes, I'll see you soon, sir.

[D]

See you soon. Coming up next, again, the media obsessed with Trump's decline. They say his health decline but I mean, he seems to have a lot of energy from me. And that and more. Coming up on Media Exposed.

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Welcome back to Media Exposed. I want to take a look at Hunter Biden got interviewed by Sean Ryan early in the week and man, there was some big news out of that. And whoever thought that Hunter would mention this about his dad? And I want to bring in Ed Woodson. Ed's a political commentator. Ed, there was a, you know, Sean Ryan. Hunter Biden went on Sean Ryan, big, big podcast, ex military guy. And he said it was a big failure of getting out of Afghanistan. One of the takes from there was a huge failure there. We all know that, right? But the point of two things here I found interesting. One, he went on Sean Ryan's podcast, seems to be more a conservative podcast. And two, that he hit his father right through the thing. What do you think of that? And the other one that he criticized him on immigration. So is Hunter all along a plant, a hitting conservative? Ed, what do you think?

[H]

I don't know. I mean, look, it's amazing. Like now that he pops his head out, right? You think about all the things he says and you're like, he should come out. You should come out more often and say these things, you know, Like, I remember he did that, that long interview for what was it, like three, four hour interview. It was, I mean, it was, it was telling. I mean, I want to hear more of Hunter Biden, frankly. And let me ask you this question. Who would you rather hang out with? Hunter Biden or Don Jr.

[D]

Probably HUNTER Exactly. Seems a lot more fun in New York. I mean, Don is like Don recently. He'd even say hi to me. And I knew his ex fiance really well, very close, walked by me. I couldn't even get a hello from Don Jr. Maybe that's why not losing sleep over it. But a nice, a little hello would have been nice in the holiday season. But you know, I'd rather listen to Hunter than Michelle Obama. Her podcasts are boring. She's always complaining, you know, so that's another interesting call, right? We should take that. But it was another story. Ed, look at this. Trump brands he did earlier in the week. He sent out one of his social tweets. Trump brands the New York Times a serious threat to NASA's curry of our nation in late night rant mediate says this President Trump called the New York Times serious threat to national security of our nation during a true social post. A failing New York Times and their lies and purposeful misrepresented misrepresentation is a serious threat to the national security. Trump wrote their radical left unhinged behavior writing fake articles Opinion is ending must be dealt with. They are a true enemy of the people. The President made the Post just days after New York Times published an article on Trump's former relationship with the late sex with Jeffrey Epstein. The article was Epstein was about their relationship. And again, I gotta agree, probably agree with Trump, because I started reading the article and it comes down to they were friends and they used to go out together once in a while. But everywhere in this article, they'd say, but Trump's not accused of anything. But Trump's not accused of anything. But Trump didn't do anything. But none of the women say anything bad about Trump. But none of the women said he did anything. So why are you writing the article? I mean, they were both social, big social players in New York. Huge social players. So what, they'd go to a charity event here, and then they'd go to a store opening. You know, that happens every day in New York. And the New York Times knows that because they're the Society of New York. But what are they doing, Ed? Tell the audience what the New York Times is purposely doing.

[H]

Well, they're trying to go after Trump baselessly. I mean, think about this. Trump was a single guy. You know, he's hanging out with Epstein, they're going out on the town. I mean, that's just normal behavior. In fact, I think you and I did that many times in New York. So, I mean, to say that, you know, that's kind of immoral behavior or untoward behavior is ridiculous. I mean, this is, again, more of nothing. I mean, you look at these dumps, and there's literally nothing to them. You see these pictures of Trump with people. I mean, it's just. They're ridiculous how they just keep rehashing this over and over. And you know what it shows me? That they have nothing. And I think also Trump feelings are a little hurt because, let's be honest, Trump's from New York. That's his hometown paper. And if you look at who does the administration, for the most part, leak to, it's these legacy media publications like the New York Times, like the Washington Post. And I think he still wants affirmation. And frankly, I think it hurts his.

[E]

Feelings a little bit, Right?

[D]

Just like Susie Wiles invited Vanity Fair to come in and do a big profile on them, and they made them all look like fools in a photo shoot, made Marco a really handsome guy. They put blemishes all over his face. They made Carolyn Levitt look like a kind of like a dwarfy fool, and they made them all look Bad in a photo shoot. And they purposely did that because they wanted to be liked by the legacy media. They're from the old school. The younger Gen Z in their office is, is not even talking to media to like bringing in content creators. So there's this big internal battle. And maybe the younger Genesee was right. You can't trust the Vanity Fairs. You can't trust the New York Times because why are they going out doing a hit piece about. You didn't. He didn't know anything about Epstein then. All Epstein knew in the early 90s and that time was he's a big financier who donated a lot of money to charity. So Trump would go to some social events with him. Right. It's like. And you have to dig into that after they did the piece, Ed. And they found out all the investigators, because, you know, with the New York Times, you have three or four people working on a story and they found that not one woman said anything bad. They should have said, you know what? The piece doesn't make sense. So what they should. They went to social events together, but they couldn't. They just want to still go after Trump. Right. What do you think?

[H]

Yeah, I think, you know what's interesting about the Vanity Fair piece though was I think that that was a little bit more calculated on the part of the Trump administration and Susie Wiles, because I think what she was doing was maybe voicing some of Trump's, I don't know, concerns or some of his issues. And instead of Trump saying that, I think he said it through Susie Wiles, I think so. I think that was interesting. I think that they knew exactly what they were doing. And so, you know, you say, you know, they were set up. But a lot of the stuff that Suzy Wiles said, again, was really no big deal when you think about it, like, like what did she really say? It wasn't really right.

[D]

She could have just been joking. She could have just been joking around and said Vance is a conspiracy theorist. Right. And then the reporter, instead of saying that was she wasn't serious, they take it as Bible just to hit him. Right. Typical thing they would do. You get comfortable with a reporter, you say some off cue as a joke and they do that. But the Daily Beast, another one of these legacy media hit pieces that they love to do, declares Trump mental decline is accelerating, citing a psychologist. Did we go through these hundreds of psychologists in the first term making remote diagnosis without examination. When it's a Democrat, psychologists aren't allowed to do that. But Republicans, all of A sudden Newsbusters, you know, the media watchback, push back, calling it a repackaged smear campaign. And I want to show you Scott Jennings. He called out this guy Bakari on his show who's going on and on about his method. Let's go to cut nine. I don't know.

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I love my panelists that are here on this holiday season, but nobody acknowledged the fact that the Donald Trump's old. Like he's extremely old and he is burgeoning on senility and we can see that. And the fact that we just went through a president who went through that.

[G]

And Scott and Kristen, they can't, they will not.

[D]

Are you really going to try this today?

[E]

They are not going to say anything without mentioning Joe Biden. Exactly, exactly. But this president is old. And what, that's what we're seeing. It's not unbelievable. It is. I mean, I mean he's talking about undergarments, panties. He's talking about it's not a weave. That's not what we're seeing. We're seeing somebody's old uncle.

[G]

I mean, let's just call it what it is.

[E]

Yes, yes. The American public saw Joe Biden get old and decrepit in the White House, but we didn't see what they're seeing right now. Is Donald Trump doing the same thing? Let's just admit, let's call it what it is.

[A]

Absolutely. He is old. I think there are questions about whether he's all there. I think that's a reasonable thing to ask given what we've, given what we've seen. But I will say, I think the big difference here politically from 2024 where he would give these rambling speeches that his base loved is he's, he has lost the command and control of his caucus of the Republican Party.

[D]

I'm confused. I don't know what I mean. The guy does press conferences in the middle of the day, he does them at night, he does them on the plane. I just, for a 79 year old man, have the energy he has and he'll slip up. One word, Biden's falling off stairs. Biden's, you know, sleeping by two o' clock in the afternoon. Sometimes Trump slips up. One word, he's in a mental decline. I don't see it. Tell me if you see it in Trump losing his, you know, prowess, losing his energy. Do you see it?

[H]

Well, let's go back to 2020. Remember 2020 and how we were constantly told that Trump was. Well, even before, even before. Let's go back to the first administration when we were told about how Trump was in a mental decline and that they had to invoke the 25th Amendment on him. And then remember, during 2020, we were told that Joe Biden was just as sharp as attack. I mean, I see the guy every day. He's amazing. I mean, we heard that ad nauseam, remember? And then again, this is an old story. We were told this from 2016 to 2020. And remember leading up to the election in 2020, they basically hid Trump. I mean, I'm sorry, Biden, they hit Biden in the basement. I mean, the guy didn't come out. He didn't give any, any appearances. He didn't do anything. And they held him back. And then they told us leading up to the 2024 election that he was sharp. Everybody vouched for him. They were saying how amazing he was until the day that he wasn't. When we all saw during a debate him falter. And everybody realized, oh, this guy's done.

[D]

And then Jonathan call, and I think Jonathan Allen and John Call, I mean Mike Allen maybe from Axios and abc, wrote a book about Biden's decline afterwards. But you were part of the decline. These guys, I mean, they brought about the COVID up. You were part of the COVID up. Then you write a book about the COVID up. How many of them came out with books about the COVID up and you were the COVID up. It's so silly, right? The media for four years, for four years, this legacy media was the COVID up. Ed, I want to. Ed, I got to wrap it up. Ed, I want to thank you and have a happy holiday. Happy New Year. Thanks for joining us, Ed.

[H]

Merry Christmas.

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