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We have big developments this afternoon. Donald Trump's Great America State Fair, it's in jeopardy. Donald Trump's birthday celebration at the White House for the UFC fight is in jeopardy. Everything that Trump has built to celebrate America is falling apart, and it's because he took it over. What was supposed to be a nonpartisan event has become more and more partisan with each passing week. And, well, now we're at the point where artists have pulled out of the concert. Remember that. Well, states are now pulling out of the state fair as well. And we're learning that the White House UFC fight could potentially be in more trouble than previously realized because of new filings that show that UFC has essentially taken over the National Park Service. Lots to cover right now. Make sure to like, comment share and if you can, subscribe to my substack link below to support my work. TikTok has completely censored me today and will we need to fight back. So subscribe if you can. Right now, American states are actually dropping out of Donald Trump's Great American State Fair. The plan had been for every state to have pavilions on the National Mall decked out to represent different people and cultures from across the United States as part of the summer celebration for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Well, that dream started to crumble. Now three states have now dropped out and one is still on the fence, citing a combination of the fact that the festival would be overly partisan. So Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, Democrat, says, quote, the state of Oregon will not be participating in the Great American State Fair due to both the cost of participating in the fair and growing concerns that the event in Washington, D.C. is shaping up to be more partisan than originally presented. Washington and North Carolina also confirmed they're not going to be taking part in it. Now, A Freedom to 250 spokesperson says that every state will be represented in some way, shape or form. But ultimately, states are dropping out. Artists previously dropped out, states are dropping out. And, well, it's because Trump administration took over and made it an overly partisan affair. The Department of Interior had previously pledged to transfer $50 million in congressional appropriations to America 250 the nonpartisan event. Well, Trump decided to take over and make his own freedom. 250 and now they only gave America 250 half the money. The other half the money has not been transferred because, quote, the administration will not light taxpayer funds on fire. That's what they say. And it comes as Donald Trump's UFC fight is in jeopardy because filings like this one Let me show you right now. Show you that the UFC has essentially taken over the National Park Service. So it's a $60 million fight. $60 million that's actually going to be footed by UFC. So a lot of that money is coming from UFC, but seven federal agencies, and a substantial response from the agencies is needed. So seven federal agencies, including DHS and FAA and others, are essentially leading the effort on behalf of the government. And so that's taxpayer dollars. Taxpayer dollars will be spent on this event, even if it wasn't spent to build a large octagon on the White House South Lawn. Well, new filings in court show that essentially they're not just using the White House South Lawn, they're also using the Lincoln Memorial. They're also using the National Mall. And filming and having. Doing all of this without any permits is unacceptable. And it's also set to rain on Sunday. So all in all, Sundays could be a wash. Trump's UFC fight could be a wash. The Great America State Fair, the concert already doesn't exist because artists pulled out. The fair itself is having some trouble now because states are pulling out, and so it's a bit of a mess. And. Well, I spoke with Mallory McMorrow today, who's running for Senate in Michigan about this and costs, but also about AI, data centers corruption, and whether she supports impeaching the President of the United States in part for corruption. And she says yes. So, like. Comment Share subscribe to my substack link below to support. Here's my interview with Mallory McMorrow. Excited today to be joined by Mallory McMorrow, who's running for Senate in Michigan. Now, Mallory, I want to jump right in because I saw an article this week come out about your new policy regarding AI. It's something that I've been focused on for a long time, especially the way data centers have literally been turning communities upside down. Where are you on this issue, and what are you going to do in the Senate about it?
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Yeah, I just want to share what I've been hearing on the ground. I was at a building trades breakfast a few months ago, and there was a guy who was really struggling with it. You know, he. He told me that he is potentially excited about data centers. He said I would be able to have a job here with some consistency, be able to work at home, not have to go to Wisconsin or Ohio. But. But he asked me, he said, how do I know that the thing that I'm building is not going to be used to surveil me and my family and drop bombs on other countries. And just what a heavy question where this is a guy who's, you know, he's really struggling with what's a benefit for him versus what is good for the rest of us. Which is why I felt it was important to put out robust policy proposals on AI and jobs, AI and safety, and also data centers to say that, you know, from, from the jump, Michig, Michigan should reject any data center that harms our air and water, that doesn't have community buy off, that doesn't use local union labor, that doesn't have community benefits agreements, that isn't a benefit to Michiganders. We're at a moment where a handful of AI billionaire CEOs are deciding our future. And I think that's why you see the negative visceral reaction on the ground.
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Well, I gotta ask you, I mean, how do you get something like this through a, a really divided Congress and a White House who's really embraced AI to the point, I mean, to the nth degree. Right. I mean, they're kind of just saying, no state regulation, we're going to kind of take over. How do you get anything done in that environment?
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The fascinating thing is that the pushback you see across Michigan doesn't fall neatly on partisan lines. There is pushback in Republican rural areas, there's pushback in more Democratic suburban areas. People have this shared sense of anxiety that this is all happening really quickly. And it feels like it's happening without our ability to have a seat at the table. So here in Michigan, on the state level, we introduced and passed legislation out of the state Senate to clamp down on social media, big tech and AI chatbots. But in the state House, there are a number of Republican proposals about regulating AI as well. So this feels like a moment where Trump is just missing the mark with where the general public is. And I'm confident that when I'm in the US Senate, there will be bipartisan support to do something here because people are demanding it. No matter what state or what district you come from.
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You got to ask you about the general race that you're in right now. It's three way primary, it's very close. I mean, depending on the poll you look at, you're either tied with everyone, one person's ahead by a point or two. What's the state of play right now on the ground in Michigan?
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The only thing that has remained consistent truly for the last over a year of this campaign is the number of voters who are undecided. I know this is a nationalized race. Everybody wants to have thoughts on who's ahead and who's behind. But for Michigan voters, the people who are working, parents who are just trying to get their kids to school and pay their bills and, you know, put food on the table, they're just starting to pay attention to who's running and in what races. And what I know consistently is that once voters hear my message therein, I am the only candidate in the race who's beaten and entrenched Republican incumbent to get into office. The only candidate who's built real power. I flipped the state Senate to Democrats for the first time since 1984 and his majority whip. I've actually delivered every single day on health care and affordability and civil rights and voting rights. And that is a compelling message. There is too much on the line to settle for anything less. And I'm excited to run through the tape over the next eight weeks and win this thing. Thing.
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I'm sure you saw the New York Times article that came out within the last week saying that Chuck Schumer is privately backing your opponent, Haley Stevens. I think we've seen this consistently over the past year or so in this race where the DS and those in D.C. have kind of put their thumb on the scale in this race. What's your reaction to that? And is that what you're hearing as well?
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Yeah, and it wasn't even privately, you know, in Punchbowl just this morning, it was reported that, that he is now openly backing Congresswoman Stevens. And I think that is fundamentally wrong. You know, in some of the polling, there are more than $10 million that has been spent for her in outside dark money ads. And even after $10 million in spending, she's still losing to Abdul El Sayed, the most far left candidate in our race. You gotta listen to voters. Voters don't want the party to put their finger on the scales and decide their nominee for them. Michiganders want the opportunity to decide for them. And they deserve a candidate who isn't dodging public events, hoping that the party is going to come in and save her. They deserve somebody that's showing up to earn their votes every single day. And, you know, I'm not surprised. I was asked by Politico when I got into this race a year ago, will you support Chuck Schumer for leader? And I said no. Apparently I became the first candidate in the country to say no. Because what's clear is, is we need new leadership. And it is not a knock on his lifetime of service. But we gotta recognize I mean, there is a UFC Thunderdome being built outside of the White House right now. This is a man who is grifting through the White House and padding his family's pockets with billions of dollars. It's just a very different moment. And we need new leadership. I'm not afraid to say that. And frankly, it's what Michiganders are demanding.
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Well, so I want to ask you about kind of that corruption aspect of things. What does accountability look like to you? Because I think a lot of Americans are clamoring for accountability and this word is thrown out there, but no one really actually ever explains what accountability means when it comes from Congress. What does that mean to you?
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To me, it ensures that somebody like Donald Trump can never become president again. You know, I talk a lot on the campaign trail of we need to build a democracy that is worth fighting for. This is a purple state. There are people in our state who voted for somebody like Donald Trump because he made big promises. He promised he was going to blow it up. He promised he was going to drain the swamp. He promised he was going to end wars and bring jobs back. And it is clear he has done absolutely none of those things. But these are not people who are just going to switch over and vote for Democrats because we have a D next to our name. They want somebody who is going to blow it up and build a system that actually works for them. So for me, that means we need real ethics reforms, we need real corruption reforms. We need to codify every norm and rule that the Trump administration has violated into law so somebody can't do it again. One example of that. You know, I was the person on stage at the dnc, the convention a couple years ago with the big ass copy of Project 2025. And I read from a section that said there was a plan to fire career civil servants and replace them with partisan loyalists. We saw this with Doge slashing and burning through Social Security through Noah, you know, the, the Forest Research Division here in Michigan. All of those agencies have been closed down. And that breaks government from the inside. You know, we need civil servants who care about doing their job, not being loyal to whoever the President is. And that's just one ex from there. We got to get dark money out of politics. We need to overturn Citizens United, ban congressional stock trading. We need real oversight of the Supreme Court. We need ethics laws for the Supreme Court. They shouldn't be able to oversee themselves. There's just so much that we have to do to build up, I think, accountability for government so that we don't have elected officials who come into office who use their offices to enrich themselves at the expense of the people who put them in those offices in the first place.
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Well, so I gotta ask you, I think a lot of folks are saying that this enrichment, this corruption amounts to a high crime or a misdemeanor. Would you agree? And if you were in the Senate and an impeachment resolution came to your desk, is that something you vote for?
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I would absolutely consider it. But we have to also be clear. I mean, this is a president who has been impeached twice and is still the president. And you know, when I'm talking especially to Dem clubs, to indivisible groups, I don't want us to get caught in thinking that that is going to fix it. There is no shortcut to us organizing, to us registering people to vote, to us getting people out to vote, to using our voices, to building real power back. Absolutely. You know, I think it qualifies. And that isn't an excuse for us not to do the work that we need to do to take our country back. You know, this is not a president who's going to hand it over willingly. It is going to take all of us to, to rile together, to not allow, you know, the Democratic Party to splinter against itself and to win. People are demanding fighters in this moment and, you know, we got to do it ourselves.
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Mallory McMurrow, thanks so much for the time.
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Thanks, Aaron. I appreciate it.
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