Checks, Balances, and a Trans Coal Miner

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – “Checks, Balances, and a Trans Coal Miner”

Date: December 15, 2025
Host: Rob Carson
Guest: Ken Paxton (Texas Attorney General, U.S. Senate candidate)
Podcast Description: Rob Carson delivers a high-energy, comedic yet incisive take on current politics, news, and culture with musical parodies, pointed commentary, and lively interviews.

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show spotlights a volatile week in American politics and culture, featuring sharp commentary on media narratives surrounding Trump, border security, political "next big things," woke culture, and radical activism. Rob is joined by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who discusses his Senate run, border issues, and anti-Sharia measures in Texas. The episode also lampoons Netflix’s “Trans Coal Miner” series and skewers establishment politics through song parodies and biting satire.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Media Manufactured Scandals and the Never-ending “Next Thing”

Timestamps: 01:34 – 07:00

• Rob ridicules the media’s focus on strikes against “fishing boats” in the Caribbean, clarifying these were drug cartel operations.
• The media’s tendency for endless controversies (“Pete Hegseth is a war criminal,” “Elon Musk is a Nazi,” “Trump is a king,” etc.) is lampooned.
• Cherry-picked, redacted Trump photos released by Democrats are dissected as manipulative attempts to connect Trump to scandals despite lack of evidence.

Notable Quotes

• “[They] only did that to imply Donald Trump was with underage women. Of the 95,000 documents and images… it was all public photos—one of the women said Trump was very polite and awesome.” – Rob Carson [04:39]
• “They blur out the pictures of the women to make you think these women were underage sex victims when in fact they were very adult… Trump was gentlemanly.” – Scott Jennings [06:04]

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2. Obamacare, Health Care, and the Next Political Fights

Timestamps: 07:00 – 08:47

• Rob predicts the coming Democratic attack lines on Republican attempts to reform healthcare.
• Criticizes Obamacare as a crony insurance company giveaway.

Quote:

• “The insurance companies wrote Obamacare to enrich themselves… Next thing is they’ll say Republicans’ health savings accounts are killing the poor while Democrats subsidize insurance companies billions.” – Rob Carson [06:45]

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3. Positive Spotlight: Fernando Mendoza’s Heisman Trophy Speech

Timestamps: 08:48 – 10:22

• A rare, heartfelt break as Rob highlights Indiana University’s Fernando Mendoza’s moving Heisman speech, praising family and grit.
• Rob reflects on what it means to thank those who support you, relating it to his own industry experiences.

Quotes:

• “Mom, this is your trophy as much as it is mine… Together, you and I are rewriting what people think is possible.” – Fernando Mendoza [08:48]
• “You taught me that toughness doesn’t need to be loud. It can be quiet and strong. It’s choosing hope.” – Fernando Mendoza [09:00]

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4. Western Fear and Islamist Terror Threats

Timestamps: 10:22 – 14:00

• Rob covers Paris cancelling its New Year’s Eve celebrations due to civil unrest and migrant violence and connects it to broader European terror trends.
• Strongly criticizes “open door” immigration policies across Europe and the US.

Quote:

• “They let the terrorists win… the result of massive, unvetted Islamic immigration into Europe… It’s happened in America, and we’re in the thick of it as well.” – Rob Carson [11:13]

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5. California’s Economic & Policy Catastrophes

Timestamps: 15:19 – 16:46

• Wall-to-wall departure of oil companies from California (like Valero) is framed as a sign of broken state policy.
• Gas price spikes are predicted as facilities close due to regulatory climate.

Notable Moment:

• “When a company takes a billion dollar loss just to leave, you know something is seriously broken.” – Energy Analyst [15:38]

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6. Netflix’s “Trans Coal Miner”: Parody and Critique of Woke Culture

Timestamps: 16:53 – 19:45

• Rob critiques (and parodies) a real Netflix series about a trans woman becoming a coal miner.
• Jim Gossett performs “Trans Coal Miner’s Daughter,” lampooning identity politics and performative progressivism.

Lyric Snippet:

• “In the coal mines I am feared, ‘cause I still have a beard. Not to mention a chest full of hair…” – Jim Gossett [19:03]

Rob’s Commentary:

• “Guy born a guy, cross-dresses, wants to be a miner, goes to become a miner as a woman—wants to break the glass ceiling, but really not doing that because she was born a guy. It’s… kind of bizarre.” [19:45]

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7. Direct Interview: Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General (and Senate Candidate)

Timestamps: 27:37 – 37:36

Topics Covered:

• Cornyn’s Record & Senate Race:
  • Paxton explains why he’s challenging John Cornyn: “He’s been in office over four decades… no accomplishments anybody can name. He fights Trump on the border, gun rights, and isn’t a real conservative.” [28:42]
• Incumbent Advantage:
  • “Campaign finance laws protect incumbents… Cornyn’s spending $3 million a week with unlimited funds.” – Ken Paxton [29:53]
• Radical Islam & Sharia Law in Texas:
  • Rob & Paxton discuss Texas’s efforts to block Sharia-compliant enclaves and declare the Muslim Brotherhood (and CAIR) terrorist organizations.
  • “You have the right in this country to worship how you want, but not to supersede the Constitution… That’s what we look at.” – Ken Paxton [34:28]
• Border Security & ICE:
  • Under Trump, Paxton says Texas border towns have gone from “absolutely overrun” to secure, showing “night and day” improvement [36:24].
  • Criticism of Biden’s border policy as undermining law enforcement and safety.
• Jasmine Crockett’s Senate Run:
  • Rob and guest poke fun at Democratic candidate Jasmine Crockett, with John Kennedy’s sardonic commentary.
  • “She’s a cartoon. She's a clown. She's an idiot.” – Rob Carson [32:40]

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8. Other Noteworthy Segments

• Parody Song: “Have a Blue [Clinton] Christmas”
  • Jim Gossett sings a riff on Clinton’s legal woes, providing comedic relief [38:22].
• Civil Unrest & “Words of War”
  • Report on far-left anti-government plotting (Los Angeles New Year's bombing plot), connecting current activism to Nixon-era Weather Underground parallels [22:11–24:27].
• Personal Reflections and Show Philosophy
  • Rob observes, “Local talk with a sense of humor—that’s what will save radio. And we need it, right? Hell yeah.” [39:45]
  • Encourages listeners to retain their joy and not “catch the stupid,” wishing a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah [41:14].

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On media manipulation:
  “Of all the things. I mean, listen, it’s just becoming commonplace. Here we go. There’s the next thing. There’s the next thing.” – Rob Carson [06:22]

• On American resilience:
  “This is Christmas. This is Hanukkah. We will not, we will not be shut up. We will not have our joy taken from us. Join me.” – Rob Carson [10:22]

• On California exodus:
  “Valero just wrote off $1.1 billion… When a company takes a billion dollar loss just to leave, you know something is seriously broken.” – Energy Analyst [15:38]

• On border: “The border was just overrun and it was, it was draining resources… thousands of people overrunning Del Rio.” – Ken Paxton [36:24]

• On parody and cultural absurdity:
  “In the coal mines I am feared. Cause I still have a beard… My perversions only just begun.” – Jim Gossett (Trans Coal Miner’s Daughter song) [19:03]

• On saving radio:
  “Local talk with a sense of humor. There you go. That’s what chat GPS said… and humor. And humor. Yeah, we need it, right?” – Rob Carson [39:45]

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Important Timestamps

• 01:34 – Strikes on “fishing boats” and media narrative
• 04:39 – Cherry-picked Trump photos, media tactics
• 06:22 – “Filthy, rotten SOBs” – media and political scandals
• 08:48–10:22 – Fernando Mendoza’s moving Heisman speech
• 14:24 – Will Kane on the four steps of a Democrat scandal
• 15:38–16:31 – Valero and California gas price crisis
• 17:53–19:45 – Netflix “Trans Coal Miner” parody and critique
• 27:37–37:36 – Ken Paxton interview, Senate race, border security, Sharia
• 38:22 – “Have a Blue [Clinton] Christmas” parody
• 41:14 – Closing encouragement & end of major content

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Conclusion

Rob Carson’s December 15, 2025 show offers a raucous, unfiltered ride through the week’s major political and cultural stories, blending sharp critique of media and Democratic tactics, warm spotlights on moments of character and patriotism, lampoons of woke culture, and a meaty interview with Ken Paxton on critical issues facing Texas and America. The show closes with a reminder to stay joyful and unafraid—no matter the headlines.

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Transcript

[Rob Carson]

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Hold it now.

[Jim Gossett]

You are about to hear the most.

[John Kennedy]

Interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show.

[Jim Gossett]

In America on air and on the World Wide Web. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[John Kennedy]

The AI apocalypse is here now and.

[Rob Carson]

We need a government that actually worries.

[John Kennedy]

About that and blowing up fishing boats and building Marie Antoinette style ballrooms.

[Rob Carson]

Strikes on fishing boats or what could be what look like fishing boats. And now the Trump administration is saying that they care so much about stopping drugs from coming into the country that they're going to bomb the guys on a fishing boat.

[Ken Paxton]

Clearly, you see in the news, you.

[Rob Carson]

Know, bombing fishing boats in the Caribbean.

[Ken Paxton]

Saying they're drug cartels. You know, things like that, where it's.

[Rob Carson]

Like, well, are things careening a little bit off here? Is Trump need, do we need checks and balances? This week it was fishing boats. That was the last dying gasp of Pete Hegseth is a war criminal. That was what they tried to pull. They tried to convince you that boats with four outboard motors, 1000-1500 horsepower and giant bales of cocaine obviously were fishing boats. That's what they tried. They tried it. And this weekend, Mark Warner, the senator from the state that I live in, unfortunately, he, he admitted. He admitted. And basically, you know, I told you how the, the Democrat party, they always look for the next thing. It's the next thing. It's the next thing. The Pete Hegseth is a war criminal was just the next thing. They didn't have any evidence that Pete Hegseth was a war criminal. They wanted to go after him as a war Criminal. Okay. And so that was the next thing. After Elon Musk is a Nazi in Doge, after Trump is a king, after Epstein, after everything. The next thing. The next thing. Well, this thing effectively died. This. You, let's.

[John Kennedy]

This certainly was a distraction to the boat strikes, the second strike in particular with the survivor. Let me ask you first to clarify. Do you think the strikes on those suspected drug boats are actually drug boats? You're on the Intelligence committee. I know you've seen intelligence. Are you confident those are actually drug boats? I'm confident the majority of these boats have drugs on them.

[Rob Carson]

Okay, there you go. But, but here, here's his big but.

[John Kennedy]

They knew the 11 individuals on the strike on September 2nd. They don't know all of the individuals on many of the other.

[Rob Carson]

Doesn't matter. They're narco terrorists. Terrorists. When you attack terrorists in a, in a convoy, in a, in a vehicle, in a building, you kill all of them. That's the way it is. There you go. Next thing. What are we going to move on to next? Well, Friday, Friday, some, some photos were released of Donald Trump. That was the big thing on Friday. Donald Trump. There were pictures of Donald Trump with young women. And all the women's faces were blacked out. All of them were blacked out. And oddly enough, the picture had been out there before with the faces not blackened out because it's a, it's a bunch of women who are of age and one of them who said that Donald Trump, when he met them was very polite and awesome.

I would ask you first, I suppose, to tell us why you selected the range of images that you did. Republicans accusing you of cherry picking to.

Talk about Donald Trump, but because you.

Were of course not the only high.

Profile man depicted in the photos you put out.

[John Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Ken Paxton]

This is just a snapshot of what we are finding.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, this is just a snapshot. We've only been through about a fourth or a third. If you're watching the stream, you can see the women with their faces blacked out. They only did that to basically imply that Donald Trump was with underage women. Of the 95,000 documents and images that were released to us Yesterday, this is MSNBC's anchor, Ana Cabrera, who should be sued by Donald Trump, who should be sued into oblivion by Donald Trump.

But on a. One thing that stands out to me is the people whose faces are not redacted as compared with images where we can see that the women have faces that are redacted or blurred out.

They only did that for this news report. For this news cycle. The next thing on Friday, that suggests.

To me that either the estate and, or the committee believe that some of these women.

That is nonsense. It was a public photo. Everybody saw it. Where you could see the women's faces here. Scott Jennings response on cnn.

[Scott Jennings]

Yeah, look, here's what I think. Robert Garcia and the Democrats on oversight don't care about justice. They don't care about victims. They don't care about anything except one thing. They care about making the American public think that Donald Trump had something to do with this. What Van said is incredibly accurate. They should be patient. If they cared about victims and they cared about a narrative of justice and they cared about that part of it, they would be patient and they would be measured. But what did they do today? They release photos that are cherry picked, by the way.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Scott Jennings]

And they throw in an already publicly released photo of Donald Trump. They blur out the pictures of the women to make you think that these women were underage sex victims when in fact they were very adult. They were at an event. It's already a publicly released photo. And one of the women said on the record, oh, Donald Trump was gentlemanly.

[Rob Carson]

I got to tell you. What a bunch of filthy, rotten SOBs. I mean, of all the things. I mean, listen, we've been going on, it's just becoming commonplace. I mean, it's just commonplace. Here we go. This is another next thing. There's the next thing. There's the next thing. There's the next thing. You know what the next thing's gonna be? Next thing's gonna be, Democrats don't want to pass the healthcare solution that Donald Trump and the Republicans have come up with because everybody knows that Obamacare is a scam. Is a, is a giant scam. A giant scam. 13 million people sign up for Obamacare. Premiums are being paid, not using the policies or they're made up.13 million. The insurance company has gotten billions of dollars. They wrote Obamacare to enrich themselves. Okay, so now the next thing is going to be Donald Trump and the Republicans have put forward a bill to allow people to have health savings accounts, buy their own insurance. And the Democrat Party will let your premiums go through the ceiling by allowing the extension of the Obamacare subsidies, which only subsidized the insurance companies to the tune of billions of dollars. That's going to be the next thing. That's going to be the next thing. And then there's going to be a government shutdown in January. That's going to be the next thing. It is. It Is so just filthy, rotten, disgusting. To be quite honest, at this point. I mean, you know, listen, we've been doing this. How long we've been doing this? My God. Ridiculous. Did you see the Heisman Trophy presentation this weekend? I'm going to play. I'm going to do something that's kind of positive here. Young guy, Fernando Mendoza, Indiana University, an amazing guy. Here's the announcement. And then he's getting a lot of talk today because of his heartfelt Heisman Trophy acceptance speech. And I just think it's beautiful. And now the moment everybody has been waiting for. The winner of the 2025 Heisman Trophy is. Fernando mendoza. And all the other candidates for the heism were standing there and. And they were all gracious and all polite and all congratulatory. It was. It was. It was something to watch. And here he is thanking his mother. I'm gonna try and get through this without tearing up, because I tell you what, this just shreds me.

[Fernando Mendoza]

Mom. This is your trophy as much as it is mine. You've always been my biggest fan. You're my light. You're my why, you're my biggest supporter. Your sacrifices, courage, love, those have been my first playbook and the playbook that I'm gonna carry through my side through my entire life. You taught me that toughness doesn't need to be loud. It can be quiet and strong. It's choosing hope. It's believing in yourself when the world doesn't give you much reason to. Together, you and I are rewriting what people think is possible.

[Rob Carson]

I love you. Wow. Amazing. Really amazing, young man. And you ever fantasized about doing an acceptance speech? You ever done that? Honestly? Have you. You ever think, like, if you won the Oscar, what you would say, who you thank, or if you won some. A big award, who you think? Come on. You have. I think. I think most of us have. I have. I have. I'll be honest. I've won a few awards. Nothing. And I'll never get in the museum of a hall of fame of broadcasting, I don't think. I don't. I don't. I'm not holding my bre. Holding my brother. I had too many people in the industry kind of working against me for so many years, but, you know, kind of blowing things up now. But who. Who knows? I mean, honestly, have you ever thought about that? Who you. Who you'd thank? Who you'd thank? Well, here he is thanking his dad.

[Fernando Mendoza]

Papi, thank you for grounding me. Thank you for holding me accountable when it was always tough and reminding me that talent has not as you can't have. I mean, sorry, remind me that talent means nothing without discipline and consistency. While I'm playing a team game, you, you, I'm learning to grow into a man and you personify commitment.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Fernando Mendoza]

You picked all of us up whenever we've needed it most.

[Rob Carson]

Wow. Very, very, very, very cool. I wanted to share that today because there was some There was a lot of good news this weekend, guys. You know, there was a lot of good news this weekend. We saw the Army Navy game and patriotism is back. The anthem was beautiful. Donald Trump was lauded by thousands of people in that stadium. Everybody was thrilled. Our military is back. We had some major setbacks. Had, you know, a mass shooting in, in Brown University. We had two soldiers killed by ISIS in, in Syria. We had the, the mass shooting by radical Islamists in in Australia. But this is Christmas. This is Hanukkah. We will not, we will not be shut up. We will not have our joy taken from us. Join me. Do not allow this to happen In Paris, Fearful French have canceled the New Year's Eve concert on the Champs Elysees as migrant violence grows, Paris has shockingly decided to dim the lights on its annual New Year's Evette along with its iconic Champs Elysees. The massive midnight concert that drew a jubilant crowd of a million last year, with festivities having drawn throngs to the most beautiful avenue in the world for six decades, have been scrapped and replaced by pre recorded video to be viewed from the safety and comfort of homes. They let the terrorists win. The famed avenue has been a flashpoint of violence lately, with throngs of young, mostly Muslim migrants streaming from Paris infamous suburbs at night, looking for trouble, looting Lux stores, brawling with Parisians and police. Unpredictable crowd moments without going into details, but critics loudly blame France's open door migration policy, which happened in England, it happened in the United States, and we're in the thick of it as well. It's obvious that this is the result of the massive unvetted Muslim immigration into Europe, said Daniel DiMartino, an immigration fellow at the Manhattan Institute. We cannot let them win. We cannot let them win. Western Europe has had a terrorism problem for many years and that has been exacerbated because of unvetted Islamic immigration as a result of the refugee crisis over a decade ago. And it's happened in America and we're in the throes of it and the people who did it to us the last four years by opening our borders need to be held accountable. And those here who are going to try to do damage the plot in Los Angeles for New Year's Eve, they need to be found, put on trial, arrested, thrown in jail or deported. That's it. Wholesale. This is why ICE is doing what it's doing. Get used to it. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show coming out at the bottom of the hour. Texas AG Ken Paxton is running for Senate in the great state of Texas. We're going to talk about the governor of Texas outlawing Sharia law and declaring Care C Air a terrorist organization. A lot of people were saying that Gavin Newsom effectively ended his presidential chances. I don't know, you know, because Democrats are stupid and ignorant and they fall for greasy haired people with veneers like him. But here he is admitting that hell yeah, he supports free health care for illegal aliens. It's really stunned. Health care, yeah, I'm proud of that because I believe in universal health care. You know, others may say it, I did it. First state in the country, regardless of preexisting additions, ability to pay, and regardless of your immigration status. I promised that, I promoted it. I ran three times on it. I did it when I was mayor. People know who I am. You've ruined everything in, in the state of California. This is Will Kane. He's a brilliant guy. I really enjoy some of the stuff he says here. He talks about the four stages of a Democrat scandal and this is what has happened with this health care for illegal aliens. Listen to this carefully because you will recognize it because we've arrived at this place where he just says, oh yeah, we're proud of it.

[Will Kane]

This is the playbook. The playbook on almost every scandal that comes to light regarding Democrats. It's four steps. Step number one, deny it's happening. There's nothing to see.

[Rob Carson]

It's not happening. There's no illegal health care. What the hell are you talking about? Illegal aliens don't get health care.

[Will Kane]

It's absolutely not happening. Scream the headlines from places like the New York Times. Once that becomes undeniable that it might actually be happening, then you move to.

[Rob Carson]

No, no, no.

[Will Kane]

That's a conspiracy dismiss.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, please. I mean, honestly, conspiracy theory. Like the 2020 election was perfectly fine.

[Will Kane]

Right wing conspiracy theory. Then we move to the third step. It might be happening. This is a literal Internet meme that plays out.

[Rob Carson]

It could be, you know, maybe, maybe a few people are getting it, but I don't know of anything and we're certainly not doing it.

[Will Kane]

Here and again in the real world. And then finally, the fourth step, the step we just got to with Ezra Klein, the New York Times and Gavin Newsom. It's happening and it's good.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Will Kane]

In other words, you'll take your medicine and you'll like it.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Yeah. Crooked sobs and here's what's happening in California. Valero is a very large oil company and they're saying, you know what, we're kind of done with the nonsense. It sucks so bad in California. We're going to take a billion dollar hit just to escape. And gas prices are going to go through the ceiling.

[Energy Analyst]

Valero just wrote off $1.1 billion. That is the cost they to walk away from California rather than keep operating their Benicia refinery past April 2026. When a company takes a billion dollar loss just to leave, you know something is seriously broken.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Energy Analyst]

This facility processes 145,000 barrels of oil per day, representing 8.6% of California's entire gasoline production.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Energy Analyst]

400 workers have lost their jobs. 200 contractors are out of work. The city of Benicia loses 17% of its entire budget.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Energy Analyst]

And California drivers, they are about to get hammered with the worst gas prices.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, listen to this.

[Energy Analyst]

In American history.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Energy Analyst]

University of California, Davis economists calculate a $0.40 per gallon increase the moment Phillips 66 closes their Los Angeles refinery this December.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Energy Analyst]

Then another 81 cents when Valero shuts down later in April.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Energy Analyst]

That totals a 1.21 per gallon increase. By August 2026. Your 15 gallon fill up jumps from 70 dol to at least 95.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Energy Analyst]

The Stanford Energy Institute came up with even worse projections. They are showing potential spikes to $8 per gallon during supply disruption.

[Rob Carson]

Wow. There you go, California. Way to go there, California. Netflix hasn't learned its lesson. They got a new series about an aspiring trans coal miner growing up. Cross dressing. It was years before Carla Rodriguez transformed to live as a woman. But even as a child, the story goes, he wanted to work in the mines. Yeah. Dreamed of working in a coal mine. Holy hell. Yeah. Dreamed of becoming a miner before she dreamed of becoming a woman. Here is a little bit. This is real. This is. This is real. Here is a little bit of the trailer of the trans coal miner on on Netflix. Some of the guys say they've seen a shadow. Others say it's just a beam of light. The truth is everyone believes it's the presence of the black widow, the woman who broke the superstition and went into the mine on a day that wasn't it's. Actually a gu who decided to become a woman and then. And then decided to be a coal miner as a woman, which was really impossible to do. But she's a dude. Barbara's d.

It's always been my dream to work in the mine.

Three guys and Carlos underground. They sent the baggage.

Do you feel safe in that work environment? I need a job, not friends.

Yeah, I know. It's. It's confusing as hell. So Jim Gossett has done something about it. Trans coal miner's daughter on the Rob Carson show.

[Jim Gossett]

I become a co mining trans over at Netflix. I got lots of fans.

[Rob Carson]

Sure. Sounds like a guy.

[Jim Gossett]

A female. I became. I even changed my name. Transitioning was part of my plans.

[Rob Carson]

Here comes the chorus.

[Jim Gossett]

Every time I walk by people stare? They're never asking me to grow a pear?

[Rob Carson]

You already got it. You were born with it.

[Jim Gossett]

In the coal mines I am feared? Cause I still have a beard?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it's kind of weird not to.

[Jim Gossett]

Mention a chest full of hair? I am still a cold minor son? When it comes to scruples, I have none? I know that I'm a guy? But I'll still live a life? My perversions only just begun.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. That is. Yeah, that's Netflix. Guy born a guy, cross dresses, wants to be a minor, goes to become a minor as a woman because he wants to break the glass ceiling of being a woman as a minor, but really not doing that because she was born a guy. I watch. I really. I mean, how does this really. I mean, what the what? I don't know. I've kind of got a headache. I don't even. I don't even know what to think about it. You thought it was bad with women, men and women's sports. This is just kind of. It's kind of bizarre. Coming up, Ken Paxton, the AG of the great state of Texas, also running for senate. He will be a senator from Texas. We're going to talk to him on the other side of the break. This is the Rob Carson Show. My nightly ritual now is a little ice, a little vanilla yogurt, banana, a little milk, and a scoop of chocolate brownie beans. Dream powder in the blender. A little while later, I hit the sack and I sleep until sunrise. It's amazing. These days, everything moves so fast and it certainly can mess with your sleep schedule. That's why I'm here to tell you about Beam's Dream Powder. It's a healthy nighttime blend packed with science backed ingredients shown to improve sleep so you can wake up refreshed and ready to take on the day. Dream is made with a powerful blend of all natural ingredients, including reishi, magnesium, L theanine, apigenin and melatonin. I've been using Beam's Dream Powder for a year now and I can honestly say I feel sharper, calmer and more focused. And I'm not alone. Beam has improved over 28 million nights of sleep for people across the country. So if you've been waiting for the right time to try Dream, this is it. Go to shopbeam.com newsmax use code newsmax and take advantage of my exclusive offer. For 40% off, you can get their best selling Dream powder for just $39. So seriously, think about it. Go to shopbeam.com newsmax today.

[Federal Prosecutor]

And fight back against capitalism. One of the leaders of the organization, defendant. The four defendants are Audrey Carroll, 30 years old. The pictures, I think we have them somewhere.

[Rob Carson]

We'll put them up here. Here.

[Federal Prosecutor]

Audrey Carroll, 30 years old.

[Rob Carson]

These are four terror suspects. They were planning on doing a massive bombing campaign in Los Angeles for New Year's.

[Federal Prosecutor]

Zachary Aaron Page, 32, Dante Gaffield, 24, and Tina Lay, 41, each from the Los Angeles area. Each is charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device in Violation of Title 26, United States Code Section 5861d.

[Rob Carson]

Now they don't sound like radical Islamists, do they? But they do have materials that read Death to Ice, Death to America. America is fascist and free Palestine. Do you understand what I mean when I talk about the words of war that the Democrat Party is using? Do you understand why I've been saying that the Democrat Party started a civil war a decade ago with us?

[Federal Prosecutor]

We intend to file additional charges in the coming weeks as we finish reviewing the evidence. The defendants are all radical anti government members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, which according to their own social media like Antifa, is an anti capitalist, anti government communist movement that calls for their associates to rise up and fight back against capitalism. One of the leaders of the organization, defendant Audrey Carroll, helped organize an even more rapid radical faction of the group called the Order of the Black Lotus. Each of the defendants charged today was also a member of the Order of the Black Lotus. Carol described this group to her co conspirators as everything radical. As detailed in the federal complaint which we will now make public. In November 2025, defendant Carroll created a detailed bombing plot to use explosive devices to attack five or more locations across Southern California. On this upcoming.

[Rob Carson]

I wasn't very old in the late 60s. But it sounds kind of like the.

[Federal Prosecutor]

Same crap being New Year's Eve.

[Rob Carson]

Carol and her co, Defense, Weather Underground, anybody.

[Federal Prosecutor]

And then Zachary Page led the effort to obtain and build the bombs and to recruit others to join in their plot.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. Audrey Carroll, 30, going to be going to jail for a long time. Zachary Page, 32, Dante Garfield or Gaffield, 24, and Tina Lay, 41. All going to be going to jail. Going to be going to jail. Unbelievable. These are the words of war. This is what the Democrat party has sown. It was intentional. We are seeing the fruits of their despicable labor with an open border and terror attacks happening and shell casings spent shell casings with their words written on them. Yeah. Newsmax reporting gold gains 1% on safe haven demand. It's kicking butt. Spot gold gained 0.9% to $4,343 an ounce on Monday. No, no, no. On Friday. On Friday, US gold futures rose to $4,374 an ounce. Stronger demand from investors and three months of solid central bank demand. Told you about the central banks buying up. Starting to anticipate lower interest rates. There you go. Spot Silver. Listen to this. Rose to $63.73 an ounce. Hit a record of 64, 65 on Friday. The metal has gained 120% this year. 120% gold, 60%. Unbelievable. You need gold and silver in your portfolio, and Birch Gold will help you do that. You can invest in Birch gold and they'll give you free silver until the 22nd of this month, seven days from now. All you've got to do is text my name, Rob to 989-898. Claim your eligibility for this offer. Again, text my name, Robton 989-898. $5,000 invested in gold will get you a free ounce of silver. You can give it to the kids, you can keep it for yourself. But it's going up. It's gone up 120% this year. Unbelievable. Text my name, Rob to 989-898. Do so very soon. Other gold companies, they don't compare. Got a triple A rating for the bbb. And I trust them because they have my money. Burt's Gold. Text my name, Rob to 989-898 today, if you would, please. Why don't we do a little while waiting for Ken, Ken Baxter to call? He's got a. He's going to be joining us in about 45 minutes after the hour. So we're going to just talk a little bit about what's going on in the world. This is interesting woman posted in in Columbus, Ohio, Nakia Dion. And apparently Somalis, Somalis are robbing that state blind, too.

Come see Columbus, Ohio fraud investigators. If you go to the government assisted housing areas, you will find that most of the housing is Somalian. I would say about 80% of the government assisted housing in Columbus is occupied by Somalians and the parking lot is occupied.

I hear we have Ken Paxton on the line. Ken Paxton, welcome to the Rob Carson Show. How you doing, my brother?

[Ken Paxton]

Hey, I'm doing great. Sorry about that. I was switching over to the phone from my headset.

[Rob Carson]

Well, it's all right. I welcome you to the show. I haven't talked to you in a long time, my brother. How have you been?

[Ken Paxton]

You know, it's great. It's great. In Texas, as you know, I'm in a Senate race with John Cornett trying to undefeated incumbent who's been in office for over four decades. Actually been in office since I was in college and I'm turning 63 this month. So that gives you an idea of his long service in some type of political office.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I saw the polling and it looks like you're, you're doing very strong. It looks like Texans are ready for a change. And we're seeing some of the people like John Cornyn in the Senate kind of slowing down the things that we demand, not getting things done. One of the things on the agenda that a lot of people like to see is the filibuster going bye bye. What do you, what do you, why are you running against Cornyn? Why do you think Cornyn needs to go?

[Ken Paxton]

Well, a couple reasons. One is he's been in office, I said that long. And I've asked people since April, since I got in the race, can you name accomplishments, his good accomplishments, not his bad one. And no one can name one. And that's a problem. You've been in office for over four decades and you have no accomplishments, at least none that people can recite. I'm sure he's done something somewhere along the way. But then the rest of these things, you know, fighting to help Joe Biden pass gun restrictions and limit our Second Amendment, fighting President Trump on the border wall. And you can see that we have clip after clip of him saying it's a bad idea. We have 15 to 16amnesty votes. And then we have, of course, his fighting President Trump's reelection and his original election. So this guy is not a Trump guy. He's claiming to be all of a Sudden, he's been reborn since I got raised. That's the fake John corner, not the real John corner. The real John corner will come back after the primary.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, and that's what I'm afraid of. What sort of machine does he have going right now? I mean, it's difficult to go up against an incumbent, particularly one who's been there this long. But what sort of support are you getting? And how are the headwinds and defeating somebody who's been in the Senate this long?

[Ken Paxton]

There's really only one. I mean, the people of Texas have caught on. I mean, many of the primary bidders know him. The challenge is just because the way John McCain and Russ Feingold set up the campaign laws to limit challengers from getting money. So we have $7,000 per person. Only half of that can be used in a primary. So it makes it really challenging to mount, like, enough money to challenge these guys, because their. Their funds are pretty much unlimited. He's spending $3 million a week since the middle of July. And I'm not raising him here. It's just he has. They have special access that I don't have.

[Rob Carson]

Ken, can you hold on through the break? You work a little bit late into this break. Can you hold on through the break? Because I want to continue on the other side to talk about what. What's happening with Islam in the state of Texas and what your governor is doing to. To fight it a little bit more from Ken Paxton running for Senate. The great state of Texas. He is the AG of the great state of Texas. And we'll continue this conversation on the other side of the break. This is the Rob Carson show.

[John Kennedy]

And somebody needs to tell the congressman it'll be in her best interest. They need to tell her that the voices in her head are not real. She. She is.

[Rob Carson]

This is John Kennedy talking about Jasmine Crockett running for Senate in Texas.

[John Kennedy]

Wrong on every single issue.

[Ken Paxton]

Issue.

[John Kennedy]

The people of Texas will never embrace her message. I don't know why she's doing this, but, you know, you have the right in America to do dumb things if you want. And she. She will be leaving Congress. And as far as the other 30 folks that are leaving Congress, look, I get it. I don't want anybody to be in Congress. He doesn't want to be here. Because this stuff working for the American people, you got to give it honored and 10%. So people are unhappy. You know, don't let the door hit them in the butt on the way out.

[Rob Carson]

Again, that is John Kennedy talking about Jasmine Crockett running for Senate. We've got Ken Paxton, Texas ag, also running for Senate in the great state of Texas against incumbent John Cornyn. What do you think about, about Jasmine Crockett running? I have heard that the Republican Party kind of goaded her into running and knew she'd do a face plant. What do you, what do you hear?

[Ken Paxton]

Well, look, it's, we certainly redrew lines and her district kind of turned into somebody else's district. It's just the way it happens in redistricting. So, you know, she had a choice. Go run against, go, go run in another congressional district, either, or go run for U.S. senate. Either way, she has a race. You probably made the calculus. I might as well go for the higher office and see what happens. And going for the higher office, she's going to get a lot of publicity. They'll raise a lot of money. I just don't think Texans are ready for her brand of liberalism and anti, you know, Constitution.

[Rob Carson]

Well, and she's a, she's a cartoon. She's a clown. She's an idiot. There's that too, I guess.

[Ken Paxton]

Right.

[Rob Carson]

I wanted to mention this. The gerrymandering of five seats for Republicans in the state of Texas. This morning I'm hearing the, the liberal media spin this as Donald Trump is losing a lot of Hispanics because of deportations and so it'll be a wash in Texas. What do you know and what are you, what do you hear? Hearing?

[Ken Paxton]

Look, we're a long way up from the midterms. I have, I don't know what the polling would suggest. These are brand new districts. We don't even have candidates in them yet. Yeah, because we have a primary March 3rd. So I don't even think you can really pull that until you know your Democrat, your Republican. And certainly we're, we're about a year out from that election. So, you know, I guess you could have your little speculations about what's going to happen, but no one really knows.

[Rob Carson]

Well, of course they're going to have that, that speculation. That's what, that's what's happening. That's why I asked you about it, because you knew this kind of nonsense would happen. You know, it isn't necessarily just about Hispanics. I mean, Hispanics aren't the only ones coming over the southern border. And if you talk to most Hispanics, they say, and who are Hispanics? They're people who speak Spanish. All right, you know, Hispanics, okay. A lot of them are looking at illegals coming across the southern border going no Bueno. No, no, I came here legally and whatnot, or I have a, you know, a proper permit to work here. So. Yeah, I figured that was kind of bs. Let's talk about your govern calling the naming the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and care the same. Radical Islam seems to be rising in Texas. I know there's a giant development happening down there. They were attempting to build some sort of Sharia compliant community. What's going on with Texas in fighting the rise of radical Islam?

[Ken Paxton]

Well, I can, you can tell from what the governor's doing, he's trying to fight it. We're certainly in my office. We have a lawsuit against that development you're talking about. You know, we have a right in this country to worship how we want, but you don't have a right to, to supersede the Constitution, state or federal law with your own law. And that's, that's where the rub comes. And so that's what we look at, whether people are following state and federal law. That's why we have a lawsuit against that development for not following federal and state securities laws. So we're in the fight and we're going to make sure that if you're going to establish these communities, you're at least going to follow our laws. You can worship however you want to, but you got to follow our, our state and federal laws, including our U.S. constitution.

[Rob Carson]

Well, yeah, you cannot have Sharia law in the United States of America that is governed by a constitution. That's it. That's all that is that. How is ICE doing in Texas? They've been greeted with a hero's welcome in, in Louisiana. How do you suppose ICE would be greeted in, in some of the population centers in Texas?

[Ken Paxton]

Well, there's no doubt that we've been desperate, thirsty for ICE to do their jobs. And of course, under the Biden administration, they were precluded and actually encouraged to do just the opposite, which was create an open border and then provide logistics to hide these people. That's exactly what Joe Biden wanted. And so now under Donald Trump, we're following federal law and we're deporting people who shouldn't be here. That's the law. And if people want to come here legally, that's awesome. We are a country of immigrants and we want them, but we don't want illegal immigrants because it just doesn't work when you have an open border and anybody can come here, including the bad guys.

[Rob Carson]

How, how much has the, the people of Texas, how has their quality of life improved, particularly along the border ranchers and whatnot. Because I remember that, you know, the overpass with thousands of immigrants stacked underneath there and tents and all of this. How is the quality of life for Texas changed since Donald Trump took office?

[Ken Paxton]

Office Rob it's just night and day. I mean, the border was just overrun and it was, it was draining resources. I mean, even just basic supplies of food and water when you had, you know, people coming to Del Rio, which is a very small town, thousands of people over overrunning Del Rio. And of course, safety is a, is a huge concern along the border because there was no control over who was coming. Biden didn't care if they were illegal. He didn't care if they were criminals. So, I mean, it was not a, not a thing for him, but it was a thing for the people on the border that were having to deal with, you know, thousands of people walking across their ranches stealing their stuff and potentially risking their lives.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. Well, I appreciate you being on the show. It is so nice to touch base with you again. I want you to know we're here for you as you, as you run for Senate, I want to see you move to D.C. we'll hang out together. Because I live here now. I moved to the Washington, D.C. area.

[Ken Paxton]

That sounds awesome. February 17th. Early voting starts in March 3rd. So we need all the help we can get at Kentucky.

[Rob Carson]

All right. And where can people go? Give us your, give us your website.

[Ken Paxton]

Kenpax.com go donate. Anything you give us helps us because remember, we're fighting the $3 million a week from Washington coming into this state.

[Rob Carson]

Kenpaxton.com God bless, Godspeed, Merry Christmas and happy New Year, my friend. Let's talk soon.

[Ken Paxton]

Sounds great. Merry Christmas.

[Rob Carson]

All right, let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Looks like Patrick Mahomes has a torn hcl. He is going to be out with the rest of the season. The Chiefs are done this season. I'm going to be going to a Chiefs game on Christmas Day with my son. So I'm going to be spending a little more time, I'll be focusing more on just being with my son. I'm thinking Jim Comer calls on the Clintons to appear for the Epstein depositions or face contempt. James Comer, Friday press former President Clinton and Hillary Clinton. Nobody's above the law to appear for depositions. It is probe of Jeffrey Epstein citing their time spent with the late disgraced financier. And also he has a penchant for younger women. I don't know if you know that he also liked to, to stain their dresses. It kind of happened.

[Jim Gossett]

Jim Gossett I'll have a blue Christmas this season.

[Rob Carson]

Gotta testify.

[Jim Gossett]

And Jim Comer testes fight. He is the reason I'd love to.

[Rob Carson]

See him go to jail for contempt.

[Jim Gossett]

Says I'll be imprisoned if I don't testify. A perjury charge should I decide to lie. They want to get my test testimony.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, okay. That's what he said. Testimony. Okay, Say something else.

[Jim Gossett]

My excuses for delay have been phony baloney. They demand that of me and my wife Hillary. That's why have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Blue, blue, blue dressmas oh, yeah. Jim Gossett. If you want to help out, go to patreon.com Jim Gossett comedy patreon.com Jim Goss Buffett comedy Give him 10 bucks a month. Give him 20 bucks a month. You're gonna get a couple songs every day. The guy's a freaking genius. I came up with that. No, I, I coal mining trans. The trans coal miner daughter. I came up with that this weekend. I sent it to Jim. Jim threw down. And then he also produced the Blue Clinton Christmas there. He's a freaking genius. He a genius. And you're only going to hear it here. You know, I was talking to my friend Mark about saving radio and he, he said he typed into his chat BC gps what will save radio. He says local talk with a sense of humor. There you go. That's what chat GPS said. Move away from music because everybody provides music. I get your music station. As long as they're around, enjoy them. But talk the spoken word local with local radio stations. Obviously I'm a national show, but you're here with me. And humor. And humor. Yeah, we need it, right? Don't we? Hell yeah. Make sure to download the podcast today. Really great stuff, especially with General Blade. Hold on. Terrorism in the United States. God bless you and yours Donald Trump as he makes America great again. And until tomorrow, which is Tuesday, do not catch the stupid and Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. Don't be afraid. Don't let them take your joy.

[Jim Gossett]

This is the right choice.

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