Epstein Bombshells & European Facepalms

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Rob Carson Show

Episode: Epstein Bombshells & European Facepalms
Date: February 16, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guest: Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt
Network: Newsmax Podcasts

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Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show grapples with the explosive release of the Epstein files and explores recent developments in American and international politics. Rob Carson uses his trademark mix of humor and pointed commentary to dissect the fallout from the Epstein document dump, skewer political figures and media coverage, and spotlight both election integrity battles and global diplomatic gaffes—including at the Munich Security Conference, where U.S. politicians were, in Carson's words, embarrassing on the world stage. Brigadier General Blaine Holt joins for sharp, candid analysis of U.S. foreign policy, European leadership, and looming crises with Iran and Cuba.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Epstein Files Bombshell

Main theme: Transparency, political accountability, and media framing

• Pam Bondi’s Release: Rob covers the comprehensive release of all Epstein files and their wide-reaching implications. The files reportedly contain names (over 300), ranging from public figures (Trump, Biden, Zuckerberg, Tucker Carlson) to the inexplicable (Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, etc.), prompting some skepticism about their contextual value.

  • Quote: “Some of them are irrelevant, like Elvis Presley’s name. … He’s been dead for, you know, 50 years almost.” (03:00)

• Trump's Involvement: Carson highlights an FBI document indicating Trump called Palm Beach police in the mid-2000s to report Epstein and expressed support for their investigation.

  • Quote: “If they would have listened to Donald Trump, a whole lot of suffering and pain might have stopped.” (04:16)
  • Claims Trump “threw Epstein out of his club” and warned about Ghislaine Maxwell.

• Nature of the Files: Guests and representatives who’ve seen the files (e.g., Tim Burchett, Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert) describe them as “unspeakable,” “evil,” and “satanic.” Extreme caution is advised to those considering reviewing the materials.

  • Quote (Tim Burchett): “This stuff that’s in there just goes so deep, Danny, and it is very disgusting to me. It’s evil, it’s satanic, and it’s from the pits of hell. … I would seriously consider not doing that [viewing the files]. It will haunt you.” (05:44)

• Congressional Accountability: Carson criticizes Democrats (esp. Rep. Jamie Raskin) for inaction while in power and suggests the files’ lack of anti-Trump content led to delay.

  • Quote: “The point is ... because you couldn’t get Donald Trump on it. Because Donald Trump’s been exonerated.” (07:51)

• Democratic vs. Republican Framing: Extensive back-and-forth between parties over the purpose of the file release and justice for survivors. Debates center on transparency, law enforcement inaction, and partisanship.

Notable Segment

• [03:00-11:30]
  • In-depth breakdown of the Epstein file release, skepticism over repeated high-profile names, and implications for both sides of the political aisle.
  • Commentary on Pam Bondi’s confidence and handling of file transparency.
  • Memorable moment: Carson jokes about “serial box answers” and ridicules “cuckoo” Representatives for their performances during hearings.

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2. Election Integrity Battles

Main theme: Allegations of voter fraud and controversies in election administration

• Arizona & Georgia Spotlight: John Solomon and State Senator Greg Dolezal join to discuss “Georgia-like” events emerging in Maricopa County, AZ, mirroring past controversies in Fulton County, GA.

  • Insight: Lax oversight, outdated voter rolls include centenarians and defunct voting locations (UPS stores, storage units), bolstering the argument that state intervention is necessary.
  • Quote (Dolezal): “Fulton County has hundreds of people still on their voter rolls that were born in the year 1900... it’s time for the state to step in.” (18:47)

• Voter ID and Illegal Immigration: Carson is vehement about the need for voter ID requirements and claims Democrats resist such measures to manipulate demographics for political gain.

  • Quote: “They need those bodies in those states to prop up their census numbers and load them up with free stuff… so they will vote Democrat.” (19:28)

Notable Segment

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  • Robust exchange on state-level election law, voter rolls, and integrity mechanisms.

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3. Global Affairs: European Facepalms at Munich & Geopolitics

Main theme: U.S. image abroad, shifting alliances, and foreign policy tensions

• U.S. Diplomatic Gaffes: Carson and Holt criticize U.S. politicians—Gavin Newsom, AOC, Gretchen Whitmer—for “badmouthing” America and failing to uphold diplomatic standards at the Munich Security Conference.

  • Quote (Carson): “We are the only nation in the world where governors of different states from our country and politicians from the Oppos party go to badmouth our country. And I’m just sick and damned tired of it.” (23:16)
  • Quote (Holt): “They go into Munich the day before and they look just like what they are. It's reprehensible. ... Even AOC dropped what an 8th grade social studies student could have answered on the Taiwan question.” (23:50)

• Marco Rubio’s Speech: Praised as “brilliant, statesmanlike,” Rubio links American heritage to European roots and warns Europeans against eroding their culture and sovereignty.

  • Quote (Rubio): “Our story began with an Italian explorer... Our first colonies were built by English settlers to whom we owe not just the language we speak, but the whole of our political and legal system...” (25:21)
  • Holt: “Rubio just basically said, you Europeans are about to embark on irrelevance as you vaporize your cultures. And then you'll be dealing with the folks who really gave the standing ovation. And that was the citizens of the European countries themselves.” (26:35)

• UN and World Order: Both Carson and Holt lambaste the UN as corrupt and ineffective, with Holt suggesting the building be handed over to New York’s homeless or demolished.

  • Quote (Holt): “The UN’s time … This is a dinosaur that hurts the world, doesn’t help the world.” (29:01)

Notable Segment

• [22:45-30:10]
  • In-depth critique of U.S. participation at Munich, analysis of Rubio’s speech, and systemic failures at the UN.

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4. U.S. Foreign Policy: Iran & Cuba

Main theme: Building pressure, strategic restraint, and the “Trump Doctrine”

• Crisis with Iran: Holt describes Trump’s buildup of leverage (carrier groups, diplomatic lines, regional alliances) aiming to avoid direct military conflict while containing Iran and supporting regional revolutionaries.

  • Quote (Holt): “What I mean by that is 2nd Carrier Strike Group, Jordan's opening up, basing to our folks. ... It means that we’re building up a preponderance of force to take matters into military hands.” (34:06)

• Protecting Peace Prospects: Urges patience as Trump resists “hijacking the revolution” and focuses on enabling Iranian self-determination without jeopardizing Abraham Accords advancement.

  • Quote (Holt): “What he doesn’t want to do, he doesn’t want to hijack the revolution away from those people and he doesn’t want to threaten the bigger prize, which is going to be the Abraham Accords, which will bring peace to the entire region.” (35:35)

• Cuban Pressure: U.S. pressures the island, already crippled by gas shortages, as part of a renewed “Monroe Doctrine”—aiming to topple the regime due to its interference in U.S. affairs and support for narcoterror.

  • Quote (Holt): “Cuba has been sending spies into this nation infiltrating with narco terror, infiltrating our elected systems … we're going to keep applying pressure until we get change in Cuba.” (36:39)

Notable Segment

• [33:08-37:10]
  • Foreign policy deep-dive: Iran, Cuba, and U.S. strategies for power without military escalation.

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5. Memorable Cultural Moments

• Robert Duvall Tribute: Opening segment of the Holt interview features a heartfelt homage to Duvall upon his passing, with Carson and Holt exchanging favorite roles and quotes.

  • Quote (Carson): “Robert Duvall was 95 years old. He passed away today. What a life. I mean, what a history of amazing film...” (21:52)

• Personal Anecdotes & Segues: Carson lightens the tone with stories—overpriced Girl Scout cookies, conversations with strangers about Black History Month and civil rights, and enjoying soul music in local lounges—offering listeners both comic relief and connection.

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6. Satire and Parody

• Obama & “Projecting” Allegations:
  • Carson accuses Obama of “projecting” Democratic tactics onto Republicans and includes a parody musical number lampooning Obama’s comments on UFOs and aliens—characteristically blending humor with political critique.
  • Quote (Carson): “Barack Obama believes space aliens are real and Bigfoot is real because he’s married to her. Hey ho. Hey ho.” (40:54)
  • Parody Song: Excerpt about “one eyed, one horn flying purple People eater… Sign them up to vote!”

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Rob Carson (on Epstein Files):

  • “Some of them are irrelevant, like Elvis Presley’s name. ... He’s been dead for 50 years almost.” (03:00)
  • “If they would have listened to Donald Trump, a whole lot of suffering and pain might have stopped.” (04:16)

• Tim Burchett (on the Files):

  • “This stuff that's in there... is very disgusting to me. It's evil, it's satanic, and it's from the pits of hell.” (05:57)

• Rob Carson (on Congressional Inaction):

  • “Because you couldn't get Donald Trump on it. Because Donald Trump's been exonerated.” (07:51)

• Sen. Greg Dolezal (Election Integrity):

  • “Fulton County has hundreds of people still on their voter rolls that were born in the year 1900... it’s time for the state to step in.” (18:47)

• Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (on Munich):

  • “The clown circus of Hillary, Newsom, and the bartender ... It's reprehensible. ... Even AOC dropped what an 8th grade social studies student could have answered.” (23:50)
  • “The UN’s time ... This is a dinosaur that hurts the world, doesn’t help the world.” (29:01)

• Blaine Holt (on Iran):

  • “What I mean by that is 2nd Carrier Strike Group, Jordan's opening up, basing to our folks ... We’re building up a preponderance of force...” (34:06)
  • “What he doesn’t want to do, he doesn’t want to hijack the revolution away from those people and he doesn’t want to threaten the bigger prize, which is going to be the Abraham Accords...” (35:35)

• Brig. Gen. Holt (on Cuba):

  • “Cuba has been sending spies into this nation infiltrating with narco terror, infiltrating our elected systems… we're going to keep applying pressure until we get change in Cuba.” (36:39)

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Timestamps To Key Segments

• Epstein File Overview & Political Consequences: [03:00–11:30]
• Election Integrity—Spotlight on Arizona & Georgia: [18:11–19:35]
• European Facepalms at Munich, U.S. Standing Abroard: [22:45–30:10]
• Foreign Policy Deep-dive (Iran, Cuba): [33:08–37:10]
• Cultural/Celebrity Tributes & Parody: [21:52–22:46, 40:54–end]

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Takeaways

• Epstein file release is both a bombshell and a political Rorschach test, inciting fierce partisan debate about transparency, accountability, and the actual significance of the names revealed.
• Election integrity struggles remain a central theme, with deep skepticism from the right about Democratic opposition to voter ID and efforts to update voter rolls.
• America’s image and leadership abroad are highlighted as points of both embarrassment and hope, depending on who’s representing the country on the world stage.
• Foreign policy under Trump (as presented) is characterized by "leading from leverage"—using preponderance of force, alliances, and regional diplomacy in Iran; isolation and pressure in Cuba.
• Humor and parody remain central to Carson’s style, providing levity amidst heavy topics.

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This is the Rob Carson Show. Hello and welcome to Monday already the 16th of February. That's how I say it. February. Anyway, 2026, 250th birthday of our. Of our glorious republic and we got a lot of stuff to get to this hour. The Epstein files. Pam Body released all of them. Everything. Released it all. Released Release the hounds. All Epstein related materials and the list of names. 300 names and some of them are irrelevant. Like Elvis Presley's name. It said that. And he's been dead for, you know, 50 years almost. So. So there's that he was dated in 1977. So 49 years ago. I'm not thinking that Elvis went to. Took the Lisa Marie and, and flew to Epstein Island. That was the name of his jet by the way. Not. And his daughter too. So he didn't take his daughter to Epstein island and he didn't take his plane to Epstein. Got that coming up. Got that coming up a second. I do want to mention something real quick. You know, we talk about the price of tuition going up couple hundred percent in the last 35 years. But you know, one cost and one item that has gone up way past the, the rate of inflation. I mean, extremely. Girl Scout cookies. I'm out at every. Everywhere I went, I ended up buying Girl Scout cookies at Best Buy. So I'm in Best Buy. There's a table of Girl Scouts there and they got their cookies and everything. And it's three for $18, $6 a piece. Now back when I lived in Washington D.C. 12 years ago, they were like $2.50, $3. Now they're $6 for a little thing of Girl Scout cookies. And of course I bought three, I got three. And then I go over to mail my purchase at Best Buy and they sold me a protection package on the Girl Scout cookies. A three year protection package on the Girl Scout cookies. I'm not even sure why. I don't know what they're protecting me from, but that's what they do. You know, you buy an extension cord at Best Buy, you want the extended service warranty. I bought an extension cord. I know, but it's only $19.95. I know the extension cord was five bucks. So anyway, girls got, girls got cookies, $6, $6. I bought, I gave them a 20. I said, keep the change. You filled the animals. And. And then I brought the cookies here to work because I ain't gonna eat those cookies. I'm not gonna eat those cookies. I want to. You know why they call them Samoas? Because when you eat one, you want Samoa. That's just the way it is. Anyway, let's talk about the Epstein files. Pam Body released all Epstein files names Trump, Biden, Zuckerberg, Tucker Carlson. Among politically exposed persons, according to this. And then there's of course this from ABC News this morning, a new document coming to light. Claims in the mid-2000s, President Trump called police about Jeffrey Epstein. Among the 3 million Epstein files released by the Department of Justice last month is a four page FBI report on an interview the Bureau conducted in 2019 with the man believed to be former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Ryder. Writer and his detectives began investigating Epstein for human trafficking in 2004, according to the doc. Wow, if they would have listened to Donald Trump, a whole lot of suffering and pain might have, might have stopped. And Trump called Writer around that time and said, thank goodness you're stopping him. Everyone has known he's been doing this. Writer also says Trump said he threw Epstein out of his club and he.

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Was around Epstein once when teenagers were.

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Present and Trump got the hell out of there. The former police chief says Trump told him to focus on Epstein's associate Ghislaine.

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Maxwell, saying she is evil.

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Yeah, that was 20 years ago is when Donald Trump did that. So, so much for that. Here's Tim Burchett. He's seen a lot of the files. Some other people have seen them. Nancy Mace has seen the files. Lauren Boebert seen the files. And from what I can gather, some of the things in there are unspeakable.

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You know, people have a sick fascination with this stuff. And you got kids and I got a daughter.

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I would.

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I've been through this many times with.

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The legislation I've had in Tennessee and.

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Dealt with, you know, the officers that.

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Are involved with it and the awful things they say this stuff is in these files makes all that pale in comparison.

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And if you're offered an opportunity to.

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View the pictures or read the files.

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I would seriously consider not doing that.

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Yeah, because it will. It will haunt you.

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This stuff that's in there, this stuff just goes so deep, Danny, and it is very disgusting to me.

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You know, it's evil, it's satanic, and it's from the pits of hell. And that's where these people will end up. A lot of emails in there. JB Titler, Pritzler. Pritzker is his brother who's transgendered, apparently. Emailed Jeffrey Epstein from Afghanistan. Said he, he went there as he was a birthday present and he said, there are a lot of boys with toys over. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. This is Jamie Rascal. Raskin. Jamie Raskin. Last year on msnbc. You see, last week the big thing was Pam Body on Capitol Hill. And why haven't you, you know, prosecuted the people in these Epstein files? Why have you not released all the information? And here is Jamie Russell Raskin being called out by Joe Scarborough about sitting on the Epstein files for four years while President Pudding for Brains was in office. The congressman could have gotten that from 2021-25, when Democrats controlled DOJ. Why? It was a crisis then, it's a crisis now. Why didn't, why didn't Democrats call for it from 21 to 25? So, I mean, you have to go back, look specifically at particular prosecutorial decisions. Yeah, that was just gobbledygook. You said nothing there. You skated around it. And what was taking place in terms of the other case you were in power. So I don't know, we could try to reconstruct that record, but. Yeah, let's do that. Let's find out why you didn't do anything about it. Point is, is that, you know why? Because you couldn't get Donald Trump on it. Because Donald Trump's been exonerated. Donald Trump is the one who has led the crusade to say that. That Epstein, who was his very close friend. No, not at all. You're absolutely wrong. That was last year and he's Lying about it back then. That's. That's kind of interesting, ain't it? Yeah. Thomas Massie, who is. I don't know, man. He's. He's gone. He's. He's. If you look at his face, he's changed. His, his look, his. His face. Everything has changed in the last two years. He's a completely different person. Something. Something broke. But here he is talking about last week. And by the way, this is a. Pam Bondi released everything. And here he is calling out Pam Brandi during the idiotic hearings where Democrats just tried to shout her down for nothing.

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I talked to you about one of the moments in the hearing, and that is the attorney general would not look at the Epstein survivors behind her.

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Did that surprise you? I think that was kind of cold on her part.

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I think she was afraid to. And look, these survivors would love to have a meeting.

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It's not about Bill Clinton and it's not about Donald Trump. This Epstein files transparency act was about getting these survivors justice. We've got some degree of transparency, but it's called the Department of Justice, not.

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The Department of Transparency. And so what these survivors need, they.

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Need to see some of their own.

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302Forms which haven't been released.

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There you go. Yeah. I want to see people punished as well. But you're wrong about Donald Trump and you're wrong about Pam Bond. Here he is saying that Pam Bondi is. Has no confidence in herself.

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Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as Attorney General? I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She did.

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This is the, I mean, a cereal box answer. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything. But he just released all that. She just released all the information. You have nut. You nut bag. Dear God. I mean, honestly, he's cuckoo. Cuckoo. Here is a little bit of the, of the hearings last week and the Democrats. It was just the next thing. They've already moved on. They've already moved on. Now they're focusing on the shutdown. Now they're, now they're talking about, you know, asking for an ID when you vote to prove your citizenship. And you only have a right to vote if you're a citizen, you see? So you need to. You need to have some sort of documentation. You're a citizen. Duh. Every other country in the world does this, including, I believe, Somalia. I don't even know they have the elections, but I think they require ID if they ever did have one. But this. Is this your Democrat Party? Last week and then this week and next week, they're going to be yelling about something else. State of the Union is coming up. They're going to do a bunch of stupid crap with the State of the Union. You can let her filibuster all day long, but not on our watch.

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Not on our time.

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No way.

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And I told you about that.

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No way, Jose. Attorney General. That's racist before you started.

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You don't tell me.

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No, I did tell you. Because we saw what you did in the Senate.

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Lawyer.

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Not even a lawyer.

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If you had any decency, you would resign right after this hearing.

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Gentleman has resigned. For what? You idiots. Why didn't Chris Ray look at this while you guys were in power?

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May I respond?

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Yeah, I don't know how you respond.

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No one can. I did not ask a question. This is what Congressman Lou didn't want to talk about. California refuses to honor detainees because of its dangerous sanctuary city.

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Yeah, the Democrat Party is morally and inter intellectually bankrupt now. The what is contained in the. The release of all of this. All of this data. The department released materials tied to the following categories. All investigations, prosecutions, custodial matters, flight logs, travel records, individuals name in connection with Epstein's criminal activity. Let's see. Entities corporate, nonprofit act, academic, tied to Epstein. Trafficking or financial networks, internal DOJ communications. Communications regarding destruction, deletion or concealment of evidence. No records were withheld or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure or foreign dignitary. Bondi's letter includes details of the redaction process. According to the report, redactions were limited to victims. Personal and medical information, child sexual abuse, material information that could jeopardize active investigations, graphic images or of death or abuse. Those were all. Those were all redacted. The Department cautioned that names appear across a wide variety of context, including emails, press mentions, third party reporting. Hence, there are names in here that don't make any sense. Like Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley. His name is on this. He's been long dead. Dick Cheney, Fidel Castro, Noam Chomsky. George Clooney, Kurt Cobain, for God's sake. George Conway. David Copperfield. David Copperfield. I know David Copperfield. I got on stage with him and I took part in trick when I was in Cincinnati years ago. It was pretty cool. Merrick Garland. Bill Gates. Melinda Gates. Rudy Giuliani, Dan Goldman, Eric Holder, Reed Hoffman. Pramila Jayapal. Hakeem Jeffries. Oh, no. John Kasich. John Kerry. Monica Lewinsky. Hello. Okay. Thomas Massey. Thomas Massey. Gavin Newsome, AOC John Radcliff. Elvis Presley. Lisa Marie Presley. So the list of names really doesn't mean anything in context. And again, Donald Trump had been exonerated, and that's why they sat on it for four years, because there was nothing there to attack him with before the election. So they just went with using the DOJ to try to take him down with an impeachment, a raid on Mar A Lago, an attempt to take him off the ballot, an attempt to bankrupt him, and then try to kill him twice. So that's what they got to do. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. My favorite song. Show me how to live. Come on, audio slave Tom Morello on the guitar. One, two, three, kick it.

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Oh.

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I love it. I love it. Ah, Chris Cornell. Gone way too soon. Gone way too soon. I've got an autographed album cover at home, hanging in the home office. So there you go. Anyway, I had a delightful conversation this weekend. I got out and about and had a. I had a few setbacks this weekend. Had some pretty major setbacks. The studio that I have built here will have to be vacated. I mentioned this on social media. I knew it was going to have to vacate. This building, is going to tear this building down at the end of the year. But it's moved forward a little bit, a little bit faster than I had assumed. So that was a little hard to take. And I'm still kind of reeling. But you know what? You know what? Here's the deal. The devil tries to separate you from God. So I wake up and I go, I'm going to fight every single day. But I went out and about this weekend, I went down in this little place out on the water and hung out, and I met a group of. And I'll just say fabulous black women. Why do you have to say black? Because they're black. And they. They were like, we're here to celebrate Black History Month. So I ended up hanging out at a table with impeccably dressed, beautiful black women. And I bought them a bunch of drinks and I was having my Diet Coke and everything, and we had a hell of a conversation. We talked and there were these two just. I mean, they could do stand up comedy because one was playing. It was like the straight man in the. And the. And the sidekick. And it was that. And the sidekick would hit the straight man with a. And a whole table would fall apart. And they were telling jokes and it was. It Was fantastic. It was fantastic. I got one. I got a phone number, right? I'm not gonna date. I'm not. I don't want to date now. But I gave me a phone number. And so I got in and I said, ladies, I have an announcement. They're like, what? I said, for the first time in 32 years, a woman has given me her phone number. And they all just laughed. And, oh, my God. It was a. Then I went up to this cigar shop. There's a cigar shop, and I think it's called 219. And upstairs, they have a lounge, and they have live music, and they have this R B band, this soul band. Oh, my God, it's so good. So good. And the first song that I heard was Tennessee Whiskey and this woman, I swear to God in heaven. But it was, like, very urban, like 90. I was like, three white guys there. I was one of them. And I had some of the best damn conversation. I talked to a guy at the bar. I was hanging there with my Diet Coke and my Perdomo cigar, and we were talking about everything. And he's 36. His fiance's 35, whatever. And we're talking about, you know, politics a little bit leading into politics. And I said. I said, did you ever notice. I don't know if you knew this, but, you know, we're talking about crime in the intersecting community, what the Democrat Party has done? And he agreed that Democrat Party has been terrible. And I said to him, I said, you ever notice where the Planned Parenthoods are? And he goes, no. I said, look, in any American big city, and you will find them in black neighborhoods, on streets named after civil rights leaders. And he's like, no way. Then I showed him Cincinnati. Then I showed him Kansas City. And he went, oh, my God. And I said, don't you believe in freedom? Don't you? Aren't you. Are you proud of your country? Said, I love America. I'm proud of America. And it was. It was a fascinating conversation. I love talking to people, and the music was so good. Oh, my God, it was so good. It was just fun. It was nice. It was nice. I needed to get out. I needed to meet people. And spring is arriving. What a glorious spring it will be. What a glorious spring it will be. John Solomon, he was talking Christie gnomes in Maricopa county for a Georgia like event with election officials. A lot of. A lot of bull crap going on with Arizona elections. I've been telling. Telling you all, we keep an eye in Arizona. Arizona, I think There's a Georgia like event in Arizona, like what happened in Fulton county tomorrow is a likely day. So I just want to put that on your channel to keep an eye tomorrow. I see Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem going down there. Now. Why is that important? The Homeland Security Department oversees the election.

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Machines and election counting capabilities.

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Maricopa county in 2022, 60% of the machines failed on election day. ISA and Homeland Security. Maricopa county is largely Republican department deal that the FBI, Justice Department deal with criminal violations. So she's down there for a reason. And I think my reporting suggests that there will be some sort of important election integrity event tomorrow. Maricopa county in Arizona. We will see. Here is John Solomon talking about state. Talking with State Senator Greg Dolezal about Fulton County.

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John, I have called to take over.

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The Fulton county elections.

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We passed law in 2021 that set the triggers in place for the state election board to take over the elections for a temporary period of time. If a county proves they're incapable of following Georgia law, there's ever a county that's proven it. It's Fulton County. Today, Fulton county has hundreds of people still on their voter rolls. They were born in the year 1900. They have thousands of people registered to vote at illegal voting locations.

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What? Parking lots, homeless shelters that have been.

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Closed for a decade.

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Better do that in California, too.

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UPS stores, storage units. It is time for the state to step in before the 2026 general election to ensure that we can have a.

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Free and fair election. 100%. And if you say there is no voter fraud, I'll just. I'll just hit you in the forehead with the butt of my hand and go bonk. Just right there. Go. Wake up. Wake up. This is why the Democrat Party is so freaking out about voter id. Freaking out, shutting down, you know, illegal immigration, freaking out about deporting illegals because they need those bodies in those states to prop up their census numbers and load them up with free stuff, much of it fraudulent. So they will vote Democrat. Yeah. That's why they also don't want the voter rolls cleared up and they don't want voter id. Duh. You know why I know this? Cause I'm not stupid. You're not stupid either, Democrats. You aren't that stupid either. You just think your voters are. That's it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's take a break and come back. The one and only Brigadier General Blaine Hull joins us next. Don't go anywhere. Hey, guys, it's Carson for Shopify. You know, for years I have had a swag line of T shirts with catchy phrases and whatnot and it's just been lying there. Well, I've decided to go with Shopify and actually make money with my own business. Shopify gives you everything you need to sell online and in person. Millions of entrepreneurs have already made this leap from household names to first time business owners just getting started. Choose from hundreds of beautiful templates you can customize to match your brand. Instead of just having a lousy website that nobody notices like I have been doing for years, set up fast with Shopify's built in AI tools that write product descriptions and headlines. Create email and social campaigns that reach customers wherever they scroll. In 2026, stop waiting and start selling with Shopify. Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at shopify.com Newsmax go to shopify.com Newsmax make building a successful business your 2026 New Year's resolution. McCann.

[A]

I fought in two world wars and.

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Countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything with horses and swords to artillery and tanks.

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I've seen the headwaters of the Nile.

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And tribes of natives no white men had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men and loved only one woman with a passion to flee like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. That is Robert Duvall. Second hands lions right before the bar fight scene where he whooped a bunch of punks. It's one of my favorite scenes. I've watched that scene so many times. Just it'll pop up, you know, and I'll just watch it again and again and again. Robert Duvall was 95 years old. He passed away today. What a life. I mean, what a history of amazing film, including, of course, the Godfather, among other things. Joining us on the Newsmax Highline, not necessarily to talk about Robert Duvall, but a whole bunch of other stuff is Blaine Holt. He is a brigadier general, also the host of the Dangerous Intellectuals podcast. How you doing, my friend?

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I am doing great. And glasses raised to a great American in Robert Duvall. My favorite character is not a military one. It's the secondhand lions character. As I approach my 60s, he's my hero.

[B]

Yeah, that scene isn't that scene that, that monologue. Oh, my God. So good, so good, so good, so good. Wow. Yeah. And, oh, I remember like Days of Thunder and, you know, a bunch of those.

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Breakfast. Yeah.

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Oh, God. Oh, yes. Fantastic. All right, well, we got a lot of stuff to Talk about Marco Rubio talking at Munich and he got a standing ovation while. And listen, I know what you're gonna say about this, but we are the only nation in the world where governors of different states from our country and politicians from the Oppos party go to badmouth our country. And I'm just sick and damned tired of it. Gavin Newsom, AOC Gretchen Hitler, Hitmer Whitler. Yeah. Anyway. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

[A]

Yeah. The bartender and the globalist ventured into the waters of diplomacy, violating a long standing tenet that really, in the past couple of decades, everybody's just thrown into the sewer. But it used to be at the water's edge, which was, don't take domestic American politics into some international forum off our soil. Well, the clown circus of Hillary Newsom and the bartender, they go in. Sounds like a joke, right? They go into Munich the day before and they look just like what they are. It's a reprehensible. We don't know anything. We can't say anything intelligent. Even AOC dropped what an 8th grade social studies student could have answered on the Taiwan question. And so contrast that with Rubio standing up like the statesman that he is, coming into his own as a historic figure, Secretary of State, and laying it on the line with Europe to explain. You are playing with fire. You have no idea what you're playing with here. But if you're going to roll up the civil rights of the European people, evaporate the culture with invaders, if you're going to spend all your money into a war that we've told you to stop, if you're going to deindustrialize yourself, then what you're essentially doing is breaking the. What we thought were inextricable links with the United States of America. And by the way, the UN F minus, it's a failure. We got to move on from it.

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Listen, I'm going to play a little bit of this here because I thought this was actually brilliant. This was brilliant. Tying in our connection to Europe. Here it is.

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Our story began with an Italian explorer whose adventure into the great unknown, to discover a new world, brought Christianity to the Americas and became the legend that.

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Defined the imagination of our pioneer nation.

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Our first colonies were built by English settlers to whom we owe not just the language we speak, but the whole of our political and legal system. Our frontiers were shaped by Scots, Irish. That gave us Davy Crockett and Mark Twain and Teddy Roosevelt and Neil Armstrong. Our great Midwestern heartland was built by German farmers and craftsmen.

[B]

I thought that was a brilliant speech. He closed it by saying that the cowboys came from Spain. And AOC said, no, the cowboys came from Mexico. Spain brought horses to the Americas.

[A]

I'm just glad she didn't say the cowboys come from Dallas. Those are very, very limited people and they can't. And again, all the Europeans should have saw that first day with the clown show and said, oh, maybe we're better off with President Trump just leading us and telling us what to do. Because 2028 could be an unmitigated disaster for the world if these folks were to get into power list. It's very serious times and the President is recreating what this world order is going to look like via our national security strategy. And Rubio just basically said, you Europeans are about to embark on irrelevance as you vaporize your cultures. And then you'll be dealing with the folks who really gave the standing ovation. And that was the citizens of the European countries themselves. If you saw the faces before they were forced to stand up, like Kayakala, Zla Van der Leyen and the others, these people look like they were looking for either a really stiff cocktail or a dagger.

[B]

Yeah, they got a little what fur, didn't they? This is the thing that really ticked me off of all things, because this wasn't about just ice, this was about military. But I want to remember all those images of masked men, the secret police, something familiar in Germany. Those first images came out of my state, the second largest city in the United States of America. We saw 4,000 National Guard federalized, first time.

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We'd never seen anything like this. And 700 active duty Marines sent not.

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Overseas but to the second largest city in the United States of America, militarizing.

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The streets of my city. Masked men. Masked men.

[B]

He's basically comparing our military to the SS in Germany. Did your head about frickin explode on that? Not really.

[A]

Because honestly he what he's doing, if you read his comments the right way, he is saying he is a completely failed governor. F minus minus. Why? Because we had to send forces in to put a tourniquet on California. Because he's incompetent and he's malevolent by drawing these comparisons. And the reason that those men have to wear masks is because he and his ilk, Jerry Nadler going on and Schumer and the rest all want to dox. They want to energize their NGOs, their paid for cretins to dox and harass the families and these brave, proud people who are merely enforcing our Laws and saving our people from rapes and disaster and crime.

[B]

I'm so thoroughly disgusted. Meanwhile, the, the UN is bankrupt and, and the, the Board of Peace. I think it's kind of interesting. I was in New York for Christmas party about a year and a half ago and it was at the, it was at the United nations. And I said that I hope Donald Trump buys this, converts it into condos, because I want to look at Paraguay. They've got a nice little office there. But isn't it, isn't it kind of interesting how things have changed? And do you suppose the Board of Peace will hold more sway than the United Nations?

[A]

You know, the original British Empire just basically reincarnated itself into that building so that they could go down the path of the world government that they had always envisioned, but they bankrupted themselves in the process. And here we are with change. To globalists who seek to enslave. The UN has done nothing more than created death and body counts, pitted one group of people against another group of people, all on taxpayer dollars around the world, but mostly on rtab. And I think you should just get the building, carve it out, give it to homeless people and let them live there if they qualify under the terms and conditions that we set forth for them. Or just bulldoze it into the east river. And let's start out with something new. But, but the UN's time. Look, we're calling out that. This is a dinosaur that hurts the world, doesn't help the world. If you don't believe me, just go. Go read their own writing. Population replacement, sustainable development goals, 15 minute cities. Climate change is real. No, it's not. And, and, and all this is about.

[B]

Well, look who's on the Human Rights Council. They've got the Human Rights Council, I think. Isn't North Korea on there? It's just so stupid.

[A]

North Korea, North Korea, Iran. You know why, why not put MS.13 on there?

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Oh my God, it is just a joke. Listen, Blaine, we gotta take a break because I want to talk to you about Iran and what's happening there, among other things. So let's take a break and come back more with the great Blaine Holt. Dangerous intellectuals is the podcast. It's really good. I mean, it's really good. It's coming up. This is the Rob Carson Show. Let me share Brian's story from Alabama. He tells us about relief factor. Trying it for just three weeks. At least 90% of my pain was gone. My pain had started to limit me at work and at home. And I'm Amazed at the relief I've gotten. Those are Brian's own words, and they speak volumes about what relief factor can do. I've seen that kind of transformation myself, and hearing Brian's experience just reinforces why I'm so passionate about sharing this with you all. Don't wait. If you're dealing with daily pain, launch your three week quick start and see what relief factor can do for you. Call 800 for relief. That's 800 for relief. Or go to relieffactor.com that's relieffactor.com how will it feel to be out of pain? More with Brigadier General Blaine Holt. One moment. International disputes, inflation. Rising national debt. Digital currency. There's never ending list of reasons gold has gone up 700% in 20 years. Never ending list of reasons Smart Americans diversify a force diversify a portion of their savings into precious metals with birch gold. And. And you know what gold is? Is luring you in with its siren song. Right now it's at $4,991. It's under $5,000. Now if you would have said that a year ago, you would have said, oh, my God, $5,000. Oh, that's too expensive, whatever that that was. Because a year and a half ago it was at $2,600.

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[A]

It's shocking and it's disappointing that we are on the edge of a major crisis with Iran. President Trump is masterfully managing the buildup of forces around Iran. He's laid out the red lines. You got to give us what remains of your nuclear program that was obliterated. We have to have your missiles. You have to stop supporting terrorists, and you have to stop killing your people. He's laid it out. He'd given them about a month or so or there will be extreme trauma. So we have hundreds of thousands of American men and women in the Navy and the army in harm's way, and we get aoc, Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom sliming America.

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There you go. That's what they did. But, you know, there's a lot of stuff going. My gut tells me, Blaine Holt, that the trigger's already been pulled and Iran has shown through its last month that all they're interested in is lying and doing whatever, saying what I have to say to stop and prolong an attack from happening. What are your thoughts?

[A]

My thoughts are we're threading a needle. And I think it looks really good to me from President Trump's position because in many different directions, on many different layers, he's building up leverage for his own self, for his own negotiations. And what I mean BY that is 2nd Carrier Strike Group Jordan's opening up, basing to our folks, you've got army units here at home that are getting ready to deploy orders that are warning orders. What does that all mean? It means that we're building up a preponderance of force to take matters into military hands. Well, we could have done that last night, Rob. So what's it all about?

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What it's all about with Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week, Drew, he met with Benjamin.

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Last week, he walked out sad faced. Why? Because the President prefers, wherever possible, a demilitarized foreign policy. And to the neocons and to. And I understand Benjamin Netanyahu's frustration. He's in that zip code. He's the one threatened with his country. So I get that. But at the same time, the President is collaring a little bit of that resistance towards his methodology by building up forces and then getting these mallahs to the place where they're going to be looking at new countries to go live in. And after the Massacre of all of these revolutionaries. I think that's where we're headed. But what he doesn't want to do, he doesn't want to do two things. He doesn't want to hijack the revolution away from those people and he doesn't want to threaten the bigger prize, which is going to be the Abraham Accords, which will bring peace to the entire region.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Well, I mentioned to you in a text that we've sent over 100. Are they the C17s that we sent over there?

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Love America's Jet C17? 117 of them are flying sustainment cargo and force this back and forth. They're flowing in, they're flowing out, and there's nothing they can't do. And by the way, they can darken everything up, throw night vision goggles on and do a mass tac airdrop if necessary. I just think that a lot of this is going to be about protecting American lives, dropping the risk to our forces. And if there has to be a couple of bombs here and there to tilt the scales in the direction of the revolutionaries. Oh, I know that we're up for that. I just think that what the President wants to do is keep the Arab states on board and the region all tracking towards his, his bigger prize. And that should be a free Iran that selects its own leader, not one.

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Imposed on it wouldn't be something. It would be something When Now Also Cuba. They're down to their last. Last week they were down to their last week of gas. What do you suppose gonna happen there?

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Yeah, don't look for, don't, don't look for lights in the middle of the night in Cuba. They're in trouble right now, so we're putting the squeeze on them. This is a very big play as part of the new Monroe Doctrine or Donroe Doctrine, if you will. But you know, we're going to keep applying pressure until we get change in Cuba because it's not just about. Oh well, why now? To liberate Cuba. Hey, hey. Cuba has been sending spies into this nation infiltrating with narco terror, infiltrating our elected systems and all of that.

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That.

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So they are an enemy of the United States. Don't, don't, don't, don't ever mistake that. And what he's doing now is he's putting that regime in a place where they're going to fall. And I think they'll fall soon. I think they'll fall soon.

[B]

I do too. I do too. I, I was just, I interrupted you Accidentally. I was looking. It showed up on the Citizens Free Press. I love the smell of napal in the morning. Who could forget Robert Duvall in that scene? Oh, my God. So good. So good. All right, my friend. I appreciate you. Of course, Dangerous intellectuals is the, is the name of your podcast. The Red Tsunami, the Silent storm killing your freedom by TKC Fleming. That's the latest, right? What's going on? Tell. Tell everybody where you can find it.

[A]

That's the book review. We just started that today on the dangerous intellectual substack. But today we also released your friend and mine, Hillary Fordich is going to discuss with me the Munich security conference and the frailties of NATO and the transatlantic alliance. And thank you for that.

[B]

That she is a, she is a handful, isn't she?

[A]

Just breaks it down. No, no, no. Punches pulled. Punches pulled.

[B]

She does 100%. Thanks, brother. Talk to you soon. Okay.

[A]

All right, take care. All right, take care.

[B]

All right, let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. All righty. We got one more break here. Here. Barack Obama did what Democrats do best. They project exactly what they do on the opposing party. Everything that he said, the thing that he said, he's such a good liar, and he knows that everything he's saying here's an absolute lie. And if I can get it to play, then I'll play it for you. Hold on one second here. Let's get this is, this is Barack Obama. Hold on one second. Projecting about Republican.

[A]

The other side does the mean angry.

[B]

Demagoguery, you know, exclusive us them, you know, divisive politics. That's an absolute lie. And that he can lie so, so gracefully is kind of terrifying.

[A]

I haven't suggested that, that Donald Trump is Hitler. I, I wouldn't, I don't think any Democrat has.

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I, I actually what it is deeply.

[A]

Troubling and incredibly dangerous that Donald Trump would invoke Adolf Hitler, the man who is responsible for the deaths of 6 million Jews. How can you possibly compare what happened in Germany in World War II to what's going on here in the United States?

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Yeah. So, yeah, everything is easily, easily disputable. The Democrat Party is the violent one. They're the ones with demagogue and all this. He also said on the same podcast that he believes the space aliens are real. He did. He was talking to this guy and he says that he doesn't know where they are and all that, but he says that space aliens are real. Barack Obama and Jim Gossett came up with this by the way Area 51 he doesn't know if their bodies are there but he believes they're real. UFOs I believe are real aliens too. That's the way I feel. No one knows where they came from. Kind of like me cause the media's dumb believing one eyed, one horn flying purple People eater from another planet People eater want to make each one of them a cheater Sign them up to vote Space aliens, they do exist. That's why our party should enlist them to vote with no ID cuz they're not from here you know just like me. We're undocumented future Democrats don't show up in any body stats. Non citizen future Democrats let's send them.

[A]

To the Mr. Obama says UFOs were actually one of the first things he asked about after taking office.

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They may look purple to me and you. Election day they'll be voting blue. We'll get them to do what we want them to. With that is Jim G. Patreon.com Jim that's the economy. Barack Obama believes space aliens are real and Bigfoot is real because he's married to her. Hey ho. Hey ho. That's gonna do it for the show today guys. I greatly appreciate you joining me. God bless America's founder Donald Trump and and of course what he's doing to make America great in our 250th year. Until tomorrow, which is Tuesday. Fat Tuesday. Don't catch the stupid. I love you guys. See ya.