From Tehran to Times Square: Protests, Pretenders, and Payback

Summary

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The Rob Carson Show

Episode: From Tehran to Times Square: Protests, Pretenders, and Payback
Date: January 5, 2026
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax)

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Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show blends political satire, sharp commentary, and high-profile guest insights to dissect a dramatic week in world events. The main themes center on seismic political shifts—the mass protests in Iran against the ayatollahs, the U.S.-orchestrated arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, and what these signal for global freedom. Within the U.S., Rob zeroes in on corruption scandals, collectivist rhetoric from left-wing politicians (especially in New York), and a shifting media landscape. Humor, musical parody, and tough-talking optimism run throughout, with recurring commentary from Jim Gossett and legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Historic Protests in Iran

• Mass Protests Erupt: Rob opens with news of tens of thousands marching against the Iranian regime in Marvdasht, declaring:

  “I believe that we are witnessing history at light speed the last couple of days…It’s about time that they were able to throw those headscarves in the fire pit and walk free.” [00:46]

• Women’s Rights: Rob calls out Western silence over Iranian women's oppression and expresses hope for a coming revolution.

2. The Fall of Nicolás Maduro

• US Operation: Rob describes the unprecedented U.S. Delta Force raid that saw Maduro arrested and extradited:

  “They said you can go to China…but he chose to be proud in the face of a president who has cajones and a military that has been reborn because we don’t have pudding for brains as the president anymore.” [15:02]

• Celebration Across the Americas: Jim Gossett adds satirical songs, capturing the mood of Venezuelan exiles and Latin American communities (“Yes, they have no Maduro...and they thank the US of A” [03:05]).
• Impact on Authoritarianism: Legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum frames the event as a ‘domino effect’ following U.S. support for allies and military actions in Iran and elsewhere [25:34].

3. New York’s Left Turn: Critique of Collectivism

• Collectivism vs. Individualism:
  • Newly sworn-in NYC officials (notably Eric Adams and Zoran Mandami) are lampooned for parroting socialist talking points about making public transit free without funding plans.
  • Memorable moment:

    “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” —NYC Mayor Eric Adams [06:23]

    • Rob’s retort: “That is the dumbest fricking thing I’ve ever heard from an American politician. It is the most profoundly ignorant, uneducated and idiotic thing… Even the Washington Post editorial board said…that line could only be uttered by someone who overlooks the human misery…visited in the name of collectivism.” [06:29–07:15]
• Financial Reality: Rob ridicules the “it doesn’t matter how, just do it” mentality regarding funding massive social programs:

  “Maybe the tooth fairy riding a unicorn will descend…That’s how you end up with $200 trillion in California of unfounded liabilities.” [08:09]

4. Government Fraud & Entitlement Abuse

• Minnesota Somali Fraud Scandal:
  • Rob calls out endemic fraud in state welfare and autism programs, focusing on Somali-run nonprofits and politicians like Ilhan Omar, Keith Ellison, and former Gov. Tim Walz:

    “Whistleblower inside the DHS uncovered Somali Daycare Fraud Network in 2018, accurately citing $100 million in fraud and claiming it was funding Al Shabaab. Tim Waltz did nothing. Tim Waltz knew about it. So did Keith Ellison. So did Elon [Ilhan] Omar.” [17:57]

  • The “Feeding Our Future” program is singled out:

    “Claimed to distribute meals to schoolchildren, but instead stole $250 million. Ilhan Omar was in charge of getting the money.” [18:41]

• Call for Accountability: Rob insists that enablers and participants should be prosecuted and deported:

  “Parents of these children need to be removed from the United States as well. Not just the people who created this, but the actual people who said their kids had autism, who said their parents needed care, whatever, they all need to go. You’re gone. Back to Somalia with you.” [19:51]

• Broader Abuse of Entitlements: Elon Musk is brought in via sound bites to call government payout systems “the biggest scam of all time…probably a trillion dollar scam. There’s never been a trillion dollar scam.” [09:10–09:24]
  • He claims Democrats wield entitlements fraud to attract and keep illegal immigrants for votes. [11:13]

5. Media Change & “Astroturf” Protests

• Shift in Legacy Media:
  • CBS gets rare praise for covering the Maduro arrest positively, described by Rob as a “mea culpa,” while he predicts ABC, NBC will eventually follow as reality becomes too big to spin [30:40, 31:07].
• Fake Protests: Thane and Rob agree anti-American street protests are “astroturf”—elite-funded and insincere:

  “It’s astroturf. It’s as organic as a Twinkie...when hundreds of millions of Hispanics…are dancing in the streets, so are the people of America.” [27:52]

6. America’s Global Leadership and Its Critics

• Contrast with Past Presidents:
  • Thane Rosenbaum contrasts the unifying moments of Reagan and George W. Bush to today’s divided America:

    “What just happened over the weekend—the response by mainstream media—is not in any way comparable to Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall…when George W. Bush stood on the rubble…the networks covered it…Look what you’re seeing now…mainstream media is picked up by a new mayor now…they never give America the benefit of the doubt.” [29:21–34:36]

• Optimism for Change:
  • Rob expresses faith that historical tides are turning, with freedom movements gathering momentum globally and domestically:

    “I do believe we are witnessing history. I do believe 2026 is going to be an amazing year for America and for freedom around the world.” [38:37]

7. The Collapse of the Iranian Regime

• Regime Wobbling: Both see opportunity in the Iranian protests:

  “The ayatollah, he’s already shopping, he’s looking at Zillow in Russia is what I’m hearing. I don’t believe he’s going to be long for control in the country…This time, I think we can make this happen.” [35:18–36:41]

• Critique of Western Feminism: Thane laments the silence of American feminists:

  “Where were American feminists on this?…They will behead a woman if a husband or throws acid in the face…where are feminists on this?” [35:51–36:07]

8. New York’s Social Experiments & Consequences

• Separatism in NYPD:
  • Thane highlights reports that an NYPD officer refuses to salute the American flag for religious reasons, which Rob decries as a sign of breakdown in civic unity [37:28].

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “We are witnessing history at light speed.” —Rob Carson [00:46]
• “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” —NYC Mayor Eric Adams [06:23]
• “That is the dumbest fricking thing I’ve ever heard from an American politician…This is what happens when you are ignorant of history. You are doomed to repeat it.” —Rob Carson [06:29–07:23]
• “The only warmth of collectivism is bodies in body pits or ovens. That’s your collectivism.” —Rob Carson [07:23]
• “The biggest scam of all ever time ever…of human history.” —Elon Musk [09:11–09:18]
• “The hatred of America is so great that when you have a win like taking in Maduro…that’s considered a war crime by America.” —Thane Rosenbaum [27:52]
• “We have to overwhelm them with patriotism and faith and joy." —Rob Carson [30:16]
• “I do believe we are witnessing history. I do believe 2026 is going to be an amazing year for America and for freedom around the world.” —Rob Carson [38:37]

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Important Timestamps

• [00:46]—Opening commentary on Iranian protests, regime change
• [03:05]—Satirical “No Maduro” song (Jim Gossett)
• [06:23–07:23]—NYC collectivism debate; Rob’s scathing response
• [09:11–09:18]—Elon Musk calls government fraud the “biggest scam of all time”
• [15:02]—Rob on the symbolism of Maduro’s arrest
• [17:57–19:51]—Details and outrage over Minnesota Somali welfare fraud
• [25:34]—Thane Rosenbaum: “It’s almost like dominoes falling” re: Venezuela/Iran
• [29:21–34:36]—Comparison to past unifying moments; criticism of US media and left-wing activists
• [35:18–36:41]—Iran regime’s vulnerability; missed opportunities in 2009 and after
• [37:28]—NYPD Islamist controversy
• [38:37]—Closing optimism about 2026 as a historic year

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Episode Tone & Style

Energetic, irreverent, and combative—Rob Carson mixes humor and righteous anger with optimism. He uses satire, parody songs, and mockery especially toward progressive politicians and media. Guest Thane Rosenbaum provides sharp historical perspective and occasionally somber reflection, while still participating in Rob’s hopeful worldview.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a whirlwind, touching on world-changing news—regime instability in Iran, a dramatic U.S. operation in Venezuela, and the slow (potential) undoing of corrupted American systems. If you’re looking for unfiltered conservative commentary that blends parody, history, and an unashamedly patriotic outlook, Rob Carson brings it all—spiced with moments of brash comedy and urgent calls for accountability.

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Transcript

[Thane Rosenbaum]

It's a historically hideous season.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

It's our 100th ugly house.

[Rob Carson]

And if these walls could talk. Do you cry a lot? I do. Ugliest house in America.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Season premiere Wednesday at 8 on HGTV.

[Rob Carson]

Hold it now.

[Jim Gossett]

You are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on on the world wide web. This is the Rob Farson show.

[Rob Carson]

The people of Persia will be free. Massive under protests underway in Iran. This is from a town called Marvdasht. Tens of thousands of pro Shah protesters gathering and chanting for the removal of the Islamist regime that Jimmy Carter helped to rush usher in back in 1979. I guess I was a little kid when that happened and I remember, I remember it well. And the, the Iranian people have lived under that, the ayatollahs since then and, and the Iranian, or the Iranian, particularly Iranian women have been oppressed and enforced into subservience. The world apparently doesn't give a rats behind about women when it comes to radical Islam. But it's about time that they were able to throw those headscarves in the fire pit and to walk free. And I believe that we are witnessing history at light speed the last couple of days. Welcome to the show. Please come inside. Thanks for joining me on all of our affiliate stations and of course on the streaming audience on all Newsmax social media, which is growing by leaps and bounds. It's growing by leaps and bounds because this show is the only show in America does that. Does what I do. And that is to not only entertain, not only lead opinion, but to inspire when I can, to spread joy when I can and to do satire because the left can't handle being made fun of. Conservative comedy is on the ascension because the left can't be taken seriously anymore. And I would ask that you every day wake up and be ready to experience history like never before. Including Venezuela with Maduro being arrested.

[Jim Gossett]

Yes, they have no Maduro.

[Rob Carson]

No, he's in New York now.

[Jim Gossett]

They have no Maduro today.

[Rob Carson]

It's kind of cool.

[Jim Gossett]

They bombed him and grabbed him. The CIA napped him. Handcuffs. He was hauled away.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, he was.

[Jim Gossett]

Maduro has been indicted. And Venezuelans are excited. Yeah, they're thrilled because they have no Maduro.

[Rob Carson]

Not anymore.

[Jim Gossett]

And they thank the US of A. Nick Galus has been captured. His freedom's been taken away. Tim Wolf soon Maduro is so violent, his wife will stand trial. We are gonna make them pay.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, baby.

[Jim Gossett]

Yes. They have no Maduro. They have no Maduro today.

[Rob Carson]

You know When Donald Trump, when Barack Obama was the president, I was in Washington D.C. i had to do a music show because I was forced into it by some bad bosses who kept promising things that never happened. That said I. My heart was in talk radio. And I remember reading stories how in Caracas people were so starving that they would go and kill animals in the zoo. That's what, that's what socialism does. That's what socialism does. And of course, New York City is about to find that very soon because Zo Rod Mandami was sworn in over the weekend and he, and he said this one of the dumbest things I've ever heard a politician say. But you see, here's what, here's what we got going on in New York City. New York City is Lord of the Flies meets Animal Farm. It's a bunch of children who've been put in positions of power who are going to be self destructive and have no rules. And then you combine it with Animal Farm, which is about socialism and communism. It's a joke. It's a joke. It's handing a four year old the keys to the school bus and say, drive the kids home. And that's what's going to happen to New York City. It's laughable. By the way, New York City already had to jack up the cost of a bus and train ride to $3. And Zoran Mandami. No, Moran Zamkami, that's what I'll call him. He says it's going to be free. He has no idea how he's going to pay for it. But I want you to listen to this idiotic comment by Zoran Mandami about collectivism, which by the way, was just overthrown in Venezuela, is about to be overthrown in Cuba. It is always, always failed. But these children were able to engineer with George Soros and others money, a mayorship in New York City. And it's going to fail.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

Welcome the change. For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.

[Rob Carson]

Okay, so that is a speech written by an academician with no life experience whatsoever. It's flowery and it's stupid.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

Many of these people have been betrayed by the established order. But in our administration, their needs will be met.

[Rob Carson]

Sure.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

Their hopes and dreams and interests will be reflected transparently in government.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Just look at Cuba and Venezuela. Live in the dream.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

They will shape our future. And if for too long these communities have existed as distinct from one another.

[Rob Carson]

Okay, that's absolutely meaningless.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

We will Draw this city closer together.

[Rob Carson]

No, you won't. Actually, you. The left always divides.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.

[Rob Carson]

Okay, that is the dumbest fricking thing I've ever heard from an American politician. It is the most profoundly ignorant, uneducated and idiotic thing that I've ever heard. It has been proven by history to be false. Even the. Even the Wall Street Journal. No, the Washington Post editorial board said of this. That line could only be uttered by someone who overlooks the human misery that has been visited in the name of collectivism. The greatest killers of the 20th century put virtues of the collect above individual rights and liberty. For the day cold reality of collective warmth. We recommend One Day in the Life of Ivan Dasinovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It was a very cold day in Siberia.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

We will draw this city closer together. We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. The only warmth of collectivism is bodies in body pits or ovens. That's your collectivism. My God. I mean. Yeah. This is what happens when you're ignorant of history. This is what happens when you are ignorant of history. You are doomed to repeat it. And that's what they're doing in New York City. And you know what? I'm done with. Honestly done with New York City. Man. Here's this Ohran Mondemi without an answer for how he's gonna pay for all the free busing and stuff.

[Congressman Mike Waltz]

And the other one talking about fast and free buses. And you're meeting with the governor. How are you getting that money?

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

Whether it's the corporate tax or that's the personal income tax on those who make more than a million dollars a year or more. If there are other ways to raise this funding, the most important fact is that we fund it. Not the question of how we do it, but that we do it.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it's not a question of how we fund it. It's that we do it. We don't know where the money's going to come. Maybe some uniform, the tooth fairy riding a unicorn will descend from wherever and give us the money. We have no idea. It's just that we got to do it. That's how you end up with $200 trillion in California of unfounded liabilities. California is bankrupt. Illinois. We find that all of the money that we've been spending for social programs is going to NGOs and being looted. All of it. All of it. All of it. To the tune of trillions of dollars. The biggest thing you've ever imagined here is Elon Musk talking about. He was in charge of Doge, you see. And because the Democrat Party saw their doom and their racket of looting the treasury, they sent out their hoards to protest in front of Tesla dealerships and say Elon Musk was a Nazi. Remember that? He was a Nazi. Is he still a Nazi? Because I got to still be a Nazi. Right. Why are you not there? Oh, he stopped Doge. And by the way, Tim Burchett's going to take over Doge.

[Elon Musk]

I think it's the biggest scam of all time.

[Congressman Mike Waltz]

This is not something you ever saw.

[Elon Musk]

The biggest scam of all ever time ever.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Of human history.

[Elon Musk]

Of human history.

[Rob Carson]

Yes. Wow. I think you're right. Yeah.

[Elon Musk]

What like it's probably a trillion dollar scam. There's never been a trillion dollar scam.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. When, when Covid happened, that was engineered in a Chinese biolab and we paid for it. And then it was released in 2020 election year.

[Jim Gossett]

Oh, I don't know.

[Rob Carson]

I was just, you know, a coincidence. Right. And then of course, mail in ballots had to be used and businesses had to be shut down and the economy was crushed and all that. Yeah, it was, it was a psyop. It was, duh. It is, it's. It's sick, sick people. And then Joe Biden and the Democrat party ushered in a 40 increase in the, the federal budget and then they looted it and then they just stole it all. Unbelievable. And here is Elon Musk talking about the Democrats worst fear, which is happening right now.

[Elon Musk]

The single biggest thing that they're, that they're worried about is Doge is going to turn off fraudulent payments of entitlements. I mean everything from Social Security, Medicare, you know, unemployment, disability, Small Business Administration loans, turn them off to illegals.

[Rob Carson]

This, all of them in Minnesota have been abused. All of those agencies, and by the way, all of the Somalians, I'll say it, I can say Somalians because the Somalians a good share, most of them are 90, 89% are on some sort of social welfare program in the state of Minnesota. And the families of these Somalians who pretended like their children had autism got thousands of dollars every month for pretending their children had autism. And then the autism industrial complex grew and then the home health care fraud circle grew and then the feeding our future that grew. I predict that Ilhan Omar is going to go to jail or if not, she will be removed from Congress and from the country is the crux of the matter.

[Elon Musk]

This is the thing that why they really hit my guts, want me to die. By using entitlements, fraud, the Democrats have been able to attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants. And by voters, and, and by voters, yeah, 100.

[Rob Carson]

We were right about it and we were told it was all disinformation and misinformation. Here's Donald Trump talking about Tim Utz on Air Force One.

[Jim Gossett]

This very stupid, low IQ governor. He's a very stupid man because you know, I had a campaign against him with JD and he's a stupid man and he's a corrupt politician. And the Somalians are ripping off our country to the tune of looks like $19 billion more than that. That's only what they can find. So usually when you that would mean it could be 50, but the numbers are astronomical.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And it's growing. It's growing across the nation and they're cutting off all of this. Large estimates like California stamp benefits are being taken away. This is former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy saying the entire Democrat administration in Minnesota will likely have to resign.

[Congressman Mike Waltz]

Waltz is trying to leave because he could not win. If you listen to his statement, he wants to criticize the Republicans for holding accountability to hardworking taxpayer Monday. You're right.

[Rob Carson]

Keith Ellison.

[Congressman Mike Waltz]

Now I served with both of these men in Congress. I think the entire Democrat administration is going to have to resign because this will not be the end. Let's give credit to Nick Shirley, a young reporter out there doing it on his own where others were not covering it, simply asking tough questions. And now Democrats are trying to wipe it under the rug.

[Rob Carson]

It's not going under the rug. And Keith Ellison is going to spend time in prison and people have to spend time in prison. No one is above the law in the state of Minnesota. No one has been fired yet for a decade of fraud. And it's getting deeper every day. People are going to have to go to jail. Pam Bondi Cash Patel. People are going to have to be removed from office. The, the spending has got to be erased and people are gonna have to spend some time in jail. Let's take a break and come back. 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, Would I.

[Jim Gossett]

Launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it's okay with me.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

[Jim Gossett]

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, baby. Boom, boom, boom, boom, bang, bang. Yeah. There you go. Nicolas Maduro. He went boom, boom. He pled not guilty and he's gonna spend the rest of his days behind bars. He had it out, man. They said you can go to China, you can go wherever you can. But he chose to be proud in the face of a president who has cajones and a military that has been reborn because we don't have pudding for brains as the president anymore. Oh, my God. What a glorious day it is to be an American. What a glorious, glorious day it is. Tim Wirtz has pulled out of the race in Minnesota. He's not going to be the governor ever again. His political career is over. Next, we need the trials and we need people to go to jail, including Tim Walsh and Elon. Omar needs to be deported and Keith Ellison needs to be jailed, among others. Many people need to go to jail in states around the country. Oh, by the way, while I was gone, did you know that the price of silver exceeded the price of a barrel of oil? Did you know that it surpassed $75 an ounce? Well, today it's at 77 24. Right now, silver is at 7724. Unbelievable. Gold is at just shy of $4,500 an ounce. It was 2600 in 2024. Why have you not gotten in touch with Birch Gold until January 30th? If you're a first time bold gold buyer, Birch Gold is offering a rebate up to $10,000 on qualifying purchases. To claim eligibility, start the process, text Rob to 989898. Gold can help you roll out an existing IRA or 401K, put it into gold. You'll be eligible for a rebate up to $10,000. $77 for silver. My Lord. When I was home, I got a bag of coins that my uncle Virgil left me when he passed away. And I hadn't looked at this. It's been a bank bag. It's been there forever. And I opened it up and there is a quart freezer bag with a whole bunch of silver coins in it. And I went, wow, wow, wow. Unbelievable. 4462 for gold. 7724 for an ounce of silver. My goodness. $10,000 rebate for qualifying purchases. Text my name, Rob to 989-898. Claim your eligibility today. Again, Rob 298-9898. Tim Waltz is going to go to jail.

[Activist or Community Leader]

So this is what happens when your own federal government wages war against you. This is what happens when they target target communities for their own benefit.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Activist or Community Leader]

This is what happens when they scapegoat. And this is what say happens when they no longer hide the idea of white supremacy. When you hear the United States talk about now white people won't have to apologize for being white. That's never happened once in my whole damn life.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable.

[Activist or Community Leader]

And I think everybody in this room knows what they're doing. So we're here today to say enough of this. We're here today to stand that Minnesota will protect their neighbors.

[Rob Carson]

You know, honestly, you're just. It's, it's fallen. It's over. Over. It's over for you. It's over. When you, when you go to the white supremacy and all that bullcrap, everybody knows it is absolute bullcrap. Listen to this. Whistleblower inside the DHS uncovered Somali Daycare Fraud Network in 2018, accurately citing $100 million in fraud and claiming it was funding Al Shabaab. Tim Waltz did nothing. Tim Waltz knew about it. So did Keith Ellison. So did Elon Omar. That's why she got this Feeding our kids bill passed for $250 million. Her rear end has got to be sent the hell back to Somalia. And any Somali parent who took part in this, this nonsense. Fraud everywhere in the state of Ohio, improper payment rate of 45% with regard to Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental largess on the hook for $9.7 billion. Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Illinois, all of them as hell, the first Trump administration found 27% of federal Medicaid spending was improper in 2020, or about $120 billion at the time. And when Joe Biden increased the size of the federal government during COVID it went into light speed. Trillions of dollars. Trillions of dollars. With regard to Somali How Somali fraud spread across nutrition, housing, autism programs Somalilink nonprofits Feeding Our Future was founded 2016 during COVID claimed to distribute distribute meals to schoolchildren, but instead stole $250 million. Ilhan Omar was in charge of getting the money. She was in the restaurant that got like $9 million. She did her election victory there. The scheme listed 299 meal sites claiming to serve 90 million meals in two years. More than 120,000 meals per day. One FBI surveilled site claimed 6,000 meals per day. Actually averaged 40. They knew it, they knew it, they knew it. Widespread fraud in Minnesota's autism program system followed the same pattern. The children did not have autism diagnoses, but this the Asa Farhan Hassan and her partners worked with professionals to have the recruited children improperly qualified for autism services. Parents who received monthly cash kickbacks ranging from 300 to 1,500 doll per child. Prosecutors also charged another defendant with approach with who approached parents in the Somali community to recruit children for his clinic, which ultimately submitted $6 million in claims for Medicare reimbursement. The parents of these children need to be removed from the United States as well. Not just the people who created this, but the actual people who said their kids had autism, who said their parents needed care, whatever, they all need to go. You're gone. Back to Somalia with you. You abused the privilege of coming here. You never assimilated and you're just an organized crime country for God's sake. Unbelievable. Coming up, Iran is teetering. Thane Rosenbaum has thoughts on it and he joins us next on the Rob Carson Show. Hey guys, it's Carson for Relief Factor. You know, I saw an ad for Relief Factor a while back and I saw a guy literally in tears with how he talked about the pain that he was experienced was gone. It happened to me too. I started taking a few months ago. My hip was really bothering me and I wondered because I'm the age of, you know, replacement of joints and whatnot, if it could be better. And I started taking Relief Factor and it healed. It's a 100% drug free research based formula created to help your body's natural inflammatory response. The same one that cause every day aches and pains from aging exercise, overexertion and just normal living. It helped me with my hip, my neck, my shoulders, all the places that remind you you're not 25 anymore. Relief Factor supports a healthy response to inflammation, helping you stay active and keep those joints and muscles feeling good. It's made with four key ingredients, omega 3 fatty acids, resveratrol, curcumin and Ikarian, each one helping from a different angle. You can start with a three week quick start for this 1995. That's less than a cup of coffee a day. So if you're tired of creaking like an old floorboard every time you move, give Relief Factor a try. Go to relieffactor.com that's relieffactor.com and feel the difference. Relief Factor because getting out of bed shouldn't count as a workout.

[Congressman Mike Waltz]

Entering the United States and increasingly Europe. As Secretary Rubio stated just yesterday, this is the Western Hemisphere.

[Rob Carson]

This is where we live.

[Congressman Mike Waltz]

And we're not going to allow the.

[Rob Carson]

Western Hemisphere to be used as a.

[Congressman Mike Waltz]

Base of operation for our nation's adversaries and competitors and rivals of the United States.

[Rob Carson]

That is Ambassador Waltz of the United States in front of the UN General assembly and watching the Venezuelan representative just absolutely fuming. The world has changed after the weekend. The world is changing and things are happening at lightning speed. We are seeing thousands of, excuse me, thousands of protests erupt around Iran. This is something that we have witnessed. We watched 30 Years of Hell in Venezuela. We've watched now 50 Years of Hell from Iran. And Iran and the ayatollahs have literally ushered in 50,000 terrorist attacks around the world. Thousands of people killed, tens and thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands injured. It has been a reign of terror and darkness that has existed. And you almost have to have smelling salts or something to make you realize this is actually happening, that this is actually happening. And I predicted this would happen when Donald Trump was elected president. And because of all of the things that happened, all of the things they threw at Donald Trump, the entire force of every agency of government attempting to put him in jail or take his fortune and then murder him, take him off the ballot, censor him, take him off social media, raid his Mar? A Lago, impeach him twice. They threw everything. All of the forces of evil went after Donald Trump. And we stood behind him. And we stood behind him and look where we are and look at what is happening. And I predict that you aren't going to be able to imagine how big this is going to be and how historic this year is going to be. I mean it from the bottom of my heart. I knew it when I moved to Washington, D.C. i told you guys, I'm moving to Washington, D.C. with you. I'm bringing you here. And I do believe you had a real major part in me coming here, and I want you to witness it, because I've been on this planet. I can't believe it. 60 years. I've never seen anything like this. I saw the fall of the Berlin Wall the same year that Tiananmen Square happened. I thought that freedom would spread then. But then in China, they killed the students, they turned off the lights and killed 10,000 of them, crushed them and washed their bones and flesh into the storm drains and then forgot about it. And the United States went back to business as usual. China, what we're seeing now is incredible. Joining me on the Newsmax hotline, Thane Rosenbaum, legal analyst, law professor My goodness, my friend, what do you think about the, the events over the weekend, not only with Venezuela, but also what's happening in Iran right now?

[Thane Rosenbaum]

It's almost like dominoes falling.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

You know, when you think about from toward the end of the war in Gaza, when the United States joined up with Israel in taking out nuclear sites and capacity in Iran, all of a sudden messages were sent that the United States isn't fooling around, it supports its allies and there is a strong man in the White House. And for years, remember, it was Barack Obama who told Americans that we should not use the words American exceptionalism.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

There's nothing special or exceptional about America. He literally said, we're no more exceptional than the Greeks feel that Greece is exceptional. And I remember thinking, are you kidding me? Seriously, you think the Greeks are saying to themselves, we're more exceptional than the United States? So we've been also beaten down. During the Biden administration, we were told we were racist white supremacists, colonialists, oppressors. So it's, you know, the country was being brainwashed with these terms of art. And I think when you use the example about Tiananmen Square, and I was thinking the one difference here, which I think is going to drive you nuts, but it's true, I think, which is that the country is still largely divided. And so when they won't give Trump the win, they just won't, you know. So, like, if you watch the mainstream media, the focus is on the protesters outside the courthouse cheering for Maduro, because the United States, we have a new mayor of New York City who's now essentially calling the president of the United States A war criminal. Right. There's something really twisted about this. The Venezuelans are celebrating, people in Miami are celebrating. But the mayor of New York, the same kind of people that hijacked our universities, that hijacked our train stations, that screamed at everybody about words like genocides and oppressors, they still can't stop it. The hatred of America is so great that when you have a win like taking in Maduro and largely destabilizing that narcotics industry there, that's considered a war crime by America.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, but Thane, those protests are astroturf. Azra Namani wrote an extensive piece on Fox, among other places. US military carried out a daring operation within minutes of the United States and information warfare, psychological and propaganda operation run by a hardened self cell of self described Marxist socialists and communist leaders happen. It's Astroturf. It's an organic. It's as organic as a Twinkie. People are beside, people are. I mean honestly, people are behind this. People are celebrating this. When hundreds of millions of Hispanics or people of Hispanic origin or Central and South American origin are dancing in the streets, so are the people of America. So will the people of America when Iran fall and freedom returns, so will the people of America and the expats who had to escape Cuba when Cuba falls. So you can say all you want about the left, but there's nothing we can do about the left. They're going to hate everything, even when it's a force of good. There is nothing bad about taking Maduro in custody. The Democrats were calling for it when Donald Trump was president before, while Joe Biden was the president. They didn't do anything. And now it's actually happening. What do you suppose that's going to do for their movement? It's going to kill the Democrat Party and it's not going to gain any traction, Thane. It's not.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

I hope you're right. Look, all I can tell you is you and I are both students of history.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

What just happened over the weekend, the response by mainstream media on universities is not in any way comparable to Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall saying, Mr. Take down this wall. Right. I know the whole world heard that, that Americans were energized by it.

[Rob Carson]

Right?

[Thane Rosenbaum]

When George W. Bush stood on the rubble of the World Trade center and sent a message to terrorists, all the networks covered it. Even the people that didn't like George W. Bush. Right. Didn't like them. Looked at that as a moment of American exceptionalism, American leadership, American courage. And look what you're seeing now. You're seeing mainstream media is picked up. You have a new mayor now. I don't disagree with you. I think a lot of this is toothless. You say astro course. I agree, I agree with that. But it's just, it's, it's depressing.

[Rob Carson]

I know it is. But you can, you know what? Here's the deal. We've got to overwhelm them with, we have to overwhelm them with patriotism and faith and joy. That's it. They're, they're doing a death spiral in the health thing. Listen, this is cbs. Cbs. They're changing their direction. It is remarkable me a culpa by cbs. They had to change their plan for launching new CBS News Saturday night. Listen to this.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Good to be with you. I'm Tony to copel the major breaking news right now. A daring American military operation inside Venezuela.

[Rob Carson]

More than 150 aircraft lighting up the.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Night sky as the army's elite Delta force captured dictator Nicolas Maduro. Commandos raiding his compound before dawn grabbing he and his wife in their pajamas just moments before they could.

[Rob Carson]

Then they went on to to do an entire story on celebratory celebrations by Venezuelans in America. CBS has realized what they've done. Abc, NBC, the others have not. And I think each of those house that's going to be a domino effect too. Than I believe that.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Well, remember, CBS has gone through a new turnover in ownership.

[Rob Carson]

I know.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Right. And so clearly this is a manifestation of a number of things that have happened in the culture of cbs. But you know, it's one thing that they report it. Right. Which is exactly what you really want. You just want news networks to report the news. Just do your job instead of spinning everything. My concern is I'm not speaking for CBS because I work for them. So I'm not, I'm just speaking generally speaking, whether these networks are saying yeah, but we're going to put on a lot of legal analysts, unlike Thane Rosenbaum, who are going to question the legal authority of President Trump to undertake his.

[Rob Carson]

And they will and they will lose because their arguments are morally and intellectually bankrupt. I want to continue what's on the other side of the break because I believe what we're experiencing with CBS is a Berlin Wall movement within the American medium. And it's been going on for a while and I think it's going to accelerate. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. As soon as Monday we expect Maduro.

[New York City Mayor Eric Adams]

To make his first appearance in Manhattan Federal Court.

[Rob Carson]

Like so many other defendants before him. GEORGE and in the meantime, he's going to be here at this decrepit federal jail in Brooklyn for the foresight, foreseeable future with Luigi Mangione, also awaiting trial in Manhattan federal court. That is Aaron Katerski of ABC News with some sympathy for the devil, complaining about the accommodations of, of the despot Nicolas Maduro. Back with Shane Thane Rosenbaum on this. Now, listen, CBS had a mea culpa. It may be too late for them. ABC and NBC clearly have not. But I, Thane, and I've said this last year, I said I believe that the good news of this administration, the freedom spreading around the world, faith spreading around the world, will become too big for the media to cover up. And by trying to sympathize with Nicolas Maduro. Nobody sympathizes with Nicolas Maduro unless they're a bought and paid for Marxist communist protester in America and around the world.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Your thoughts and you know, is down on America, right? The same kind of people that pull down statues, you know, and desecrate monuments and, you know, use the words racism. It's a very, it's a one track. You know, it's the people that took over universities, they're the same people. You know, one minute they're cheering on Hamas, one minute they're cheering on Maduro. You know, why are they. It's the same people. Why? Because they hate, they hate America. They hate any exercise of American power. They see any example of American, you know, fighting for the good as ultimately bad. Yeah, they never give America the benefit of the doubt. Everything America does is obviously, you know, something that needs to be questioned.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I'm, I'm very optimistic going into the 250th anniversary of the creation of our country, the exposition of all this fraud around the country, the defeat of the left in 2024. And I think good things are happening. I want to move on to Iran and Israel. What do you think is going to happen with Iran? I have a feeling the ayatollah, he's already shopping, he's looking at Zillow in Russia is what I'm hearing. I don't believe he's going to be long for control in the country. I don't think there's anything turning, there's nothing going to turn this back now, particularly since Donald Trump said if you start killing people, we're going to get rid of you.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Well, that's the big difference. What we forgot, what we've forgotten is that Iran has been on the ropes before.

[Rob Carson]

Yep.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

In 2009, Rob, the Green Revolution. Everyone was begging Barack Obama, please help out the Iranian people. Help them out. He was scared out of his mind. You know, he had a fetish for the ayatollahs. No one loved mullahs.

[Rob Carson]

Yes. And he's a Muslim Brotherhood guy.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

He just loves them. He has posters on their wall of mullahs and ayatollah with Michael Jordan and the mullahs. It's weird. There's a strange bedroom that Barack Obama loves the Iranians. And so there were several.

[Rob Carson]

Remember?

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Was it a few years ago, the hijab revolution? Right. Women. Where were American feminists on this?

[Rob Carson]

Yes, yes.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Where the. Where are you? What's wrong with you?

[Rob Carson]

Because they are leftist first. They are leftist first.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

They will behead a woman if a husband or throws acid in the face of a woman. And there's no consequence of this. Where are feminists on this? So I'm just saying that we've never really gotten behind, you know, the dissident movements within Iran. And the question really is, did Israel and the United States soften up the Revolutionary Guard so much, soften them up and inspire the people that the people say, you know what? This time, I think we can make this happen.

[Rob Carson]

Amen, brother.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

You know, I believe it. We could try and maybe Donald Trump will send the message our way, you know, move some ships are in our direction. So a lot of this stuff, right? Naval vessels. It's very symbolic, right, Rob?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, we're already there.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

You move a couple things right into the Strait of Hormuz, and all of a sudden, the Iranians are going, okay, the Americans.

[Rob Carson]

These protests are becoming more bold and the Revolutionary Guard are joining the side of the people. This is always what happens before the collapse of a regime. Finally, in about 30 to 45 seconds, Zoran Mandami already doing a face plant. What do you think's going to happen in New York City? I know that obviously, with radical Islam holding prayer vigils in New York City and playing the call to prayer. That's sickening. But what do you think?

[Thane Rosenbaum]

I just read something, Rob, that. I don't want to upset you, but I think I just read something that NYPD Islamic policeman has now said that he refuses to salute the American flag because. And he's a policeman, because he only praises Allah. And the question is, will the nypd, under the direction of a mayor who believes that. That Islamists deserve every accommodation as possible, to accept this? To me, this is worse than Colin Kaepernick. If an NYPD policeman who's Muslim is literally saying, I refuse to salute the flag even though it requires.

[Rob Carson]

He's a bug. He's a bug. Already thousands of police officers have left. Thousands of people are going to be leaving. The tax base is going to descend into hell, and New York is going to descend into chaos. That's what what's going to happen. And then they're going to have to do something about this guy.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

I'm counting on you to parachute me out of here.

[Rob Carson]

All right, I'll help you out. I'll come and get you. I'll come and get you in my Bronco. We'll put a U Haul trailer behind it.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Exactly. That's what I'm hoping.

[Rob Carson]

Than Rosenbaum. I do believe we are witnessing history. I do believe 2026 is going to be an amazing year for America and for freedom around the world. We have many tribulations and many speed bumps ahead of us, but I know we're going to get there. Thanks for being on the show, my brother. God bless you.

[Thane Rosenbaum]

Anytime, buddy. Thanks so much.

[Rob Carson]

Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. While I was gone, silver, an ounce of silver surpassed the price of a barrel of oil. By the way, the lowest price that I filled up for when I drove across the country was $2.12. Thank you, Donald Trump. Because when Joe Biden was the president, I remember one time it was $94 to fill my car. Car. And this weekend, I was doing it in the 30s. In the 30s. Unbelievable. Yeah, yeah. Silver's at $77 an ounce right now. Can you believe that? Can you remember? You probably remember when silver is $10 an ounce, and that wasn't that long ago. That was within the last decade. $77. Gold. Used to be able to buy gold a decade ago. $1200 an ounce, $1600 an ounce. It's $4462 today. You know why? Chaos. The currency is devalued. Central banks around the world are buying gold because gold has always been valuable and it's only getting more valuable and more scarce. Same way with silver. It's being used for all sorts of tech and whatnot. And right now, if you, if you transfer an IRA or 401k into physical gold from birch gold, you are qualified for a rebate up to $10,000 on qualifying purchases. But you just got to text my name. Rob to 989-898. Rob to 989-890 8. Make right now your first time to buy gold and take advantage of a Rebate up to $10,000. First time buyers only. Through January 30th. Through January 30th. Text my name, Rob to 989898. Gold at 44.62 today. Silver $77 an ounce today. It's time to to do it. Text my name, Rob to 989-898 for Birch Gold. Tim vaults is not gonna run for governor anymore. He gonna be in jail soon. He'll be very popular there.

[Jim Gossett]

Step down. Step down.

[Rob Carson]

Jim Gossett.

[Jim Gossett]

Tim Walsh should step down.

[Rob Carson]

He should.

[Jim Gossett]

For allowing so much fraud.

[Rob Carson]

He was in on it. I'm just gonna say it.

[Jim Gossett]

It's my opinion if Tim Walls.

[Rob Carson]

Would.

[Jim Gossett]

Resign, stolen dollar Minnesota would applaud.

[Rob Carson]

He gotta go. He's gonna go.

[Jim Gossett]

More than a billion dollars lost. Looted our treasury lost to fraud. A tremendous cost.

[Rob Carson]

Come on.

[Jim Gossett]

Step down.

[Rob Carson]

Step down.

[Jim Gossett]

Step down.

[Rob Carson]

Step down.

[Jim Gossett]

Tim Walsh should step down.

[Rob Carson]

It's coming.

[Jim Gossett]

He cannot carry on.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. That is Jim Gossett. If you want to subscribe to Jim gossett, support him patreon.com Jim Finding a.

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