Ep. 400 - DOJ Sues Boston, National Guard STAYS, RFK Jr. Fights Senators, Rubio Mocks Maduro

Summary

The Tony Kennett Cast – Ep. 400 Detailed Summary

Date: September 5, 2025
Host: Tony Kennett
Produced by: The Daily Signal
Featured Guests: Elizabeth Mitchell (White House Correspondent), Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ), David Harsanyi (Washington Examiner, guest interview)

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Overview

Marking its 400th episode, The Tony Kennett Cast delivers rapid-fire analysis and commentary on the week’s biggest national news and political battles. With a "commonsense, middle-of-the-country" focus, this episode pivots from surging National Guard deployments under President Trump, to the DOJ taking legal aim at Boston's sanctuary city policies, to headline-grabbing Congressional hearings featuring RFK Jr., and public sparring between Marco Rubio and Venezuela's Maduro regime. Special attention is given to the breakdown of American law, media manipulation, and credibility in academia, providing both hard news and sharp-edged satire.

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Main Discussion Segments

1. National Guard Extended Deployment & Law and Order (00:37–11:34)

• Trump Extends National Guard in D.C.

  • The deployment will continue through December, with 1300 guardsmen from several states in D.C. Trump's strategy is presented as a direct, visible crime deterrence, even winning support from usually critical D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
  • "Crime is dropping since the Guard's been here. Even Bowser wants them to stay."

• Federalization of Policing

  • National attention on the federalization of D.C.'s police, lawsuits from local officials, and the uncertain extension of the Guard to other high-crime cities, such as Memphis and potentially cities in Louisiana.

• Alligator Alcatraz Case

  • Appeals court allows Florida’s "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility to remain open, a victory hailed by Ron DeSantis:

    “The mission continues and we’re going to continue leading the way when it comes to immigration enforcement.” (DeSantis, recounted by Tony, 04:00)

• DOJ Sues Boston's Sanctuary Policies

  • DOJ, led by AG Pam Bondi, sues Boston and Mayor Michelle Wu for "deliberately undermining law enforcement" to protect illegal immigrants:

    “If Boston won’t protect its citizens from illegal alien crime, this DOJ will.” (Pam Bondi, quoted at 05:25)

2. White House Correspondent Update: Law, Politics, and Messaging (05:51–13:17)

• Rubio vs. Maduro & UN
  • Marco Rubio openly mocks the UN’s reluctance to confront Venezuela’s narco-terror ties, brushing off their objections:

    “I don’t care what the U.N. says. We know this man is a criminal.” (Rubio via Elizabeth Mitchell, 06:21)

• Democrats in D.C.
  • Mixed messages from local D.C. Democrats: the mayor supports Guard deployment while the AG sues to stop it.
• Republican Midterm Messaging
  • The White House pushes House Republicans to diversify media outreach, encouraging appearances on platforms like Joe Rogan and Tony Kennett’s own show (08:20).
  • Focus: “law and order crackdown,” especially on crime in Baltimore, Chicago, New Orleans—framing Democrats as “pro-crime.”
• Crime Stats & National Guard Effect
  • DC’s post-Guard deployment crime stats hailed; other blue-city residents want similar action:

    “It feels very safe here [D.C.]…People in other cities want that too.” (Mitchell, 11:13)

3. Key Judicial & DOJ Updates (12:30–16:31)

• Seattle Police Return to Local Control

  • Consent decree in place since Obama era finally lifted; DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon celebrates local accountability:

    “...Finally enjoying the freedom of local control, which is something we at DOJ really hope for all of our communities.” (Dhillon, 13:11)

• Judicial Intrigue & Dual Citizens

  • Judge Amir Ali blocks Trump from ending congressional foreign aid allocations—Tony rails against judges with dual citizenship ruling on U.S. law (15:07).

    “If you are serving in the United States government... you should not have dual citizenship to no other country.” (Tony, 15:22)

  • Judge Allison Burroughs lets Harvard off the hook for antisemitism—a source of continued outrage.

4. RFK Jr. vs. The Senate: “The Thunderdome” (18:34–30:53, 56:39–63:41)

• RFK’s Senate Hearing: Tone and Substance

  • Tony skewers senators from both parties for using hearings as campaign stunts, but highlights that RFK Jr. remains measured (“calmly responded that they're full of it,” 28:12).
  • RFK’s key vaccine quote:

    “I’m not anti-vaccine...I understand some medicines harm people, some have risks, some have benefits... Vaccines are the only medical intervention... exempt from pre-licensing safety studies.” (RFK, 19:56)

• Democratic Senators’ Grandstanding

  • Tina Smith (MN):

    “You are the Secretary of HHS, yet you’re trafficking in these fringe ideas and discredited theories...Completely out of step with the scientific consensus.” (Smith, 22:32)

  • James Luján (NM) with the “starfish pin” moment—a gesture Tony ridicules as pointless pageantry (23:29).

• RFK’s zingers and call-outs:

  • To Sen. Wyden (D-OR):

    “You’ve sat in that chair for how long? 20, 25 years, while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76%. And you said nothing.” (RFK, 27:18)

  • To Sen. Warren:

    “I know you’ve taken $855,000 from pharmaceutical companies.” (RFK, 30:42)

• Bernie Sanders and Mark Warner Shouting Matches

  • Bernie reverses decades of pharma skepticism to attack RFK; Tony points out the ideological whiplash and the universal hypocrisy of campaign finance attacks (57:17).
  • Warner screams for three minutes, then calls for "lowering the temperature" (62:41).
  • Tony’s takeaway:

    “RFK Jr. may have a raspy voice... but he’s the one looking normal. Senators beclowning themselves.”

5. Rubio Mocks Maduro, Venezuela’s “Armada” (29:48–43:00)

• Rubio Takes Aim at UN & Venezuela

  • Calls out international dithering and UN hypocrisy as the U.S. Navy tangles with Venezuela’s ramshackle “fishing boat” armada.

    “The UN doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Maduro is an indicted drug trafficker...a fugitive of American justice.” (Rubio, paraphrased at 37:35)

• Tony’s Color Commentary

  • Ridicules the idea that “fishermen in bass boats” could threaten U.S. military might; offers live translation and comedic visuals as Venezuelan boats parade for TikTok.
  • “A drunk redneck on a pontoon would be far more formidable…” (Tony, 37:44)

6. Defining "Constituent" and Immigration Debate (40:15–43:04)

• Rep. Yasmin Ansari’s Gaffe
  • Claims "constituents" includes anyone living in the district regardless of legal status. Tony fact-checks and mocks her misunderstanding of constitutional and representation norms.

    “The word constituent...means part of the citizenry who are represented via your taxation to Congress.” (Tony, 41:25)

  • Ansari, exasperated:

    “It doesn’t matter what their legal status is... Constituent does not mean voter.” (Ansari, 42:40)

7. Media, Scholarship, and Genocide Expert Parody – Interview with David Harsanyi (44:00–55:01)

• International Association of Genocide Scholars "Scandal"
  • David Harsanyi describes joining (and quickly being expelled from) the so-called prestigious genocide scholarship group, which passed a resolution calling Israel genocidal—without real debate, academic rigor, or even member input.

    “If I had joined a month earlier, I could have voted on this. And I am not a world renowned scholar.” (Harsanyi, 47:19)

  • Tony satirizes the society’s expertise and the media’s blind trust in self-appointed “experts.”
  • They lampoon the group’s reliance on dubious Hamas-supplied casualty figures and the absence of true scholarship.

    “The central claim is a complete lie... There are things that we talk about. I’m not a scholar on it, but...” (Harsanyi, 50:55)

  • Both mock the ease with which media are fooled by anyone claiming expert status, recalling prior hoaxes and ideological capture.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Deterrence Explained with Sarcasm:

  “I don't know of many people who try to commit crimes in front of uniformed guardsmen... I see the deterrence.” (Tony, 00:40)

• RFK Jr. on Vaccines:

  "Saying I’m anti-vaccine is like saying I’m anti-medicine. I’m pro-medicine. But I understand some medicines harm people..." (RFK, 19:56)

• Rubio on the UN & Venezuela:

  "I don’t care what the UN says... Maduro is indicted... He is a fugitive of American justice." (Rubio, 37:35)

• White House on Media Strategy:

  “They should switch over to doing new media interviews on podcasts like Joe Rogan, maybe even podcasts like the Tony Kennett cast.” (Mitchell, 08:20)

• RFK Jr. Rebukes Senator Wyden:

  “You’ve sat in that chair for 20, 25 years while chronic disease... went up to 76%. You said nothing.” (RFK, 27:18)

• David Harsanyi on Genocide “Experts”:

  “If I had joined a month earlier, I could have voted on this. I am not a world-renowned scholar...” (Harsanyi, 47:19)

• Satire on Academic Credentials:

  “When I started covering the international conflicts... the first thing that I looked for were academics who had such vibrant and deep-seated experience in 80’s and 90’s alternative rock and pop.” (Tony, 45:59)

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Key Timestamps

• 00:37 — Start of main segment: National Guard in D.C.
• 05:25 — DOJ lawsuit against Boston/Michelle Wu (quoted statement from AG Pam Bondi)
• 05:51–11:34 — Elizabeth Mitchell field report: law enforcement, midterms, comms priorities.
• 12:30 — DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon on Seattle PD consent decree lifted.
• 18:34 — Start of RFK Jr. Senate “Thunderdome” segment.
• 19:56 — RFK’s vaccine policy quote.
• 22:32–23:34 — Sen. Tina Smith scolds RFK as "destroying what's best in our health care system.”
• 23:29 — Sen. Luján’s “starfish pin” anecdote.
• 27:18 — RFK Jr. calls out Wyden on hypocrisy.
• 29:48 — Rubio mocks UN/Venezuela and “armada” segment.
• 40:15–43:04 — Yasmin Ansari on the meaning of “constituent.”
• 44:00–55:01 — In-depth interview with David Harsanyi: Genocide scholars and media credibility crisis.
• 56:39–63:41 — Senate hearing chaos: Bernie Sanders, Mark Warner, and the political theater breakdown.

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Tone & Style

Tony Kennett combines caustic humor, populist rhetoric, and brisk news analysis, frequently lampooning politicians, media, and "expert" culture from both sides of the aisle. He applies both serious legal/policy critique and irreverent asides, making the show part pointed commentary, part comedy roast.

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Takeaway

This milestone episode of The Tony Kennett Cast mirrors the chaos and partisanship of current U.S. politics—from crime crackdowns and legal battles over immigration, to performative Congressional hearings and the breakdown in trust toward both institutions and experts. Through all of it, Kennett argues for commonsense skepticism, local control, and mockery of both hypocrisy and ostentation from the nation's alleged elite. The episode closes with a reaffirmation of why outsider voices and alternative media matter in cutting through narrative spin.

Transcript

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Let's get down to business. You're listening to the Tony Kennit cast on 93 WIBC on CyTV, here on the Daily Signal. Good evening and welcome to the 400th episode of the Tony Kennett Cast here on the Daily Signal. Nationally syndicated across our partners on radio and TV, through our live streaming partners on YouTube, Rumble and X. And of course, first out of 93, WIBC in Indianapolis where this whole little project got started. And speaking of getting started, let's some breaking news right out of Washington, dc. The National Guard will be extending their deployment through December. That is happening. There was about three and a half seconds of debate as to whether or not Congress was going to allow Trump to continue using the National Guard in Washington, dc. There were many clutching pearls and saying, well, they're not actually stopping the crime because, you know, I don't know of many people who try to commit crimes in front of uniformed guardsmen. Again, when I was in Jerusalem just a couple of weeks ago, I asked a guy outside of a convenience store if, you know, he as a young guy never considered robbing a building. And in comical fashion, he looked at the three IDF soldiers standing next to the building, looked back at me. He's like, are you kidding me? So, you know, I see the deterrence. And yes, according to the data, it is working. So much so that even Washington, DC's Mayor Muriel Bowser has advocated for the Guard to stay. So this from the Washington Examiner. I think they had the best write up. The DC's National Guard troops, that would be the 74th troop, have orders to stay in the District through December. According to National Guard officials, Trump deployed the troops as part of a larger federal law enforcement plan in the District and possibly in the country at certain regions to crack down on crime. And of course, Trump federalized DC's police force. Now here's the catch. About 1300 guard soldiers from West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee are also in Washington, and it's really unclear at this point whether or not their orders are going to end there or if Trump is going to send the Louisiana National Guard immediately to New Orleans and to Shreveport. The Republican governor of Louisiana has expressed interest. Governor Lee in Tennessee is currently receiving a lot of fire from both sides of the aisle because Memphis is not a place that you would maybe do well to be out in the middle of the night with one's family scooting around the park. You might find yourself mugged, stabbed, mugged, then stabbed, stabbed, then mugged. Quite a selection down in Memphis, Tennessee. This brings us to a couple of judicial update pieces of breaking news. So first of all, one of the US Appeals courts has slapped down the judge who tried to shut down Florida's Alligator Alcatraz. So Alligator Alcatraz is staying open. So I'll let you hear it straight from the alligator's mouth. Ron DeSantis, the mission continues on immigration enforcement. The media was giddy that somehow Alligator Alcatraz was, quote, shutting down. And we told them that that wasn't true. There have been illegal aliens continuing to be there and being removed and returned to their home country. But they ran with the narrative. They because some leftist judge ruled implausibly that somehow Florida wasn't allowed to use our own property to help the federal government in this important mission because they didn't do an environmental impact statement. Well, we said we would fight that. We said the mission would continue. And I'm pleased to say that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has just stayed that ruling and stayed the case. So Alligator Alcatraz is, in fact, like we've always said, open for business. The mission continues and we're going to continue leading the way when it comes to immigration enforcement. So those particular things aside, we do have to get to some of the other major moves that are also breaking this just before six from the Department of Justice has now filed a lawsuit against the city of Boston and its mayor, Democrat Michelle Wu, over her aggressive push to keep sanctuary city laws in place. From Attorney General Pam Bondi, quote, the city of Boston and its mayor have been among the worst sanctuary offenders in America. They explicitly enforce policies designed to undermine law enforcement and protect illegal aliens from justice. If Boston won't protect its citizens from illegal alien crime, this Department of Justice will. I voted for this. Now judges are starting to file all kinds of orders as quickly as they can again. But before we get there, let's take a moment to make sure that we get the latest where we go over To Elizabeth Mitchell, the Daily Signals own White House correspondent, right outside the White House. Glad it stopped raining there for you, Elizabeth.

[D]

Me too. Thanks, Tony.

[A]

All right, let's dig right in. I know Marco Rubio is squaring up with. I want to get sure I get this right, the entire UN over this Venezuela drug boat situation. What's going on?

[D]

That's true. So of course we know the Trump administration cracked out on that drug boat. They've called Maduro a criminal and a terrorist. And Rubio had a great line today. He said in Mexico that he doesn't care what the UN Says. We know that this man is a criminal. We know that these drugs coming into our country are extremely dangerous for Americans. And no matter what the UN Says, the US Is going to do something about it.

[A]

Well, the rest of the American media is not really focused on standing up to Venezuelan leaders or leaders over at the UN they're more focused on standing up to the Trump administration. I know that the National Guard conversation around what Trump's DOJ and of course the Joint Chiefs of Staff are looking at maybe Louisiana less than Chicago. What, what's the latest in that arena?

[D]

So we found out this week that D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, was supporting the Trump administration in their crackdown on D.C. crime in releasing the National Guard federalizing the police. She said that she would support that beyond the 30 day limit for which the Trump administration is authorized to federalize the police and agreed to partner with the administration. However, different Democrat, the attorney general of D.C. is suing the Trump administration for letting loose the national guard in D.C. saying that it is unconstitutional. And so that's a new lawsuit. But the Trump administration is continuing to defend its stance on this.

[A]

Hang on a second here. Isn't this like the second lawsuit from that particular office in like a month trying to sue the Trump administration over the National Guard, the federal City National Guard in the Federal City, Washington, D.C.

[D]

That is true in terms of administration. The White House gave me a statement today saying they stand with what they're doing. They absolutely have the authority under the Home Rule act to deploy the National Guard and they're going to stick with it.

[A]

So I know there's another exclusive coming straight out of the White House staff to you. Regards. Kind of the congressional fight now back in. I know we can talk about the RFK situation at the Hill, but you're not standing outside the Capitol building right now instead of. I want to talk about what else the White House is focused on regarded to Congress. They gave an exclusive over to you about what they were hoping the House Republicans might focus on when it comes to media over the next couple of months in the Big Beautiful Bill. Tell us about it.

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So I talked to several House Republicans who were in a meeting yesterday morning with Caroline Levitt and other top White House officials in which those officials told them how they should do their messaging around the Big Beautiful Bill going into midterms. And they had a really interesting message, which is that these members should not just do traditional, traditional interviews with mainstream media like cnn, Fox News, but they should switch over to doing new media interviews on podcasts like Joe Rogan, maybe even podcasts like the Tony Kennett cast. And so that was a really interesting strategy right there. And the House Republicans told me they received that. Well, some of the older ones said that's a new thing to them. Some of the younger ones, Kat Kamek, one of the youngest, told me that this is just common sense to her. But regardless of the age of the Congress member, I think the message was really hard.

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Okay. So about the message being heard, and this is kind of the last thing because I know you guys are moving. We've actually had to set up the interview because people are moving in and out of the press briefing room even now. So when Carolyn Levitt is delivering messages again on the daily, you're right there on the left aisle, right as you get up to the podium. What does it appear that the Trump administration is focused on on the comm side? They've got about 36 balls up in the air right now. There's a lot of stuff they could be talking about. But we're getting into midterm season finally here. So what does it appear to be the top messaging point heading into September of 25?

[D]

I think that's definitely law and order right now with this DC Crackdown with talk of crackdowns and other crime ridden cities like Baltimore, Chicago and New Orleans. We know this is a message that is very popular with residents of these cities, residents of these states, both Republican and Democrat. And so we know that that law and order crackdown throughout the country is strong, especially since Democrats in response are definitely appearing pro crime, which is not a good look heading into midterms.

[A]

Right? Well, of course, Lieutenant governor of Illinois stated that the Republican administration should be focused on red states with their blue cities crime ridden first. And it appears the Trump administration might be following in those footsteps, sending the National Guard to Shreveport and New Orleans. Has Carolyn Levitt given any kind of statistics on the crime in New Orleans, Shreveport, other Louisiana locales this is a.

[D]

Great strategy because the president has said repeatedly that he wants J.B. pritzker, the governor of Illinois, to call him and ask him to come to Chicago. He doesn't want to just send National Guard. He wants to be asked. But the governor of Louisiana, of course, is a Republican and does want Trump administration to send National Guard and clean up this crime. And so I think if they start there, that's going to be a really good start. And the people of Chicago, Baltimore, these other blue cities and blue states are going to continue saying to their Democrat governors, please, please let the National Guard come here and clean up the crime.

[A]

Gotcha. But no, Carolyn hasn't walked forward and maybe shared a bunch of stats on crime in Chicago or Louisiana yet.

[D]

I'm not sure. But a lot of stats have been released on Chicago about all the murders that occurred last weekend. They were talking about how many murders occurred meanwhile, hardly any murders have occurred in D.C. since the National Guard got deployed there. I'm seeing them all the time. I got ice cream over the weekend right outside the ice cream store. National Guard. I went on a walk by a local park, Lincoln park, and they were National Guard going around there. It feels very safe here. And people in other cities want that, too.

[A]

Well, I mean, I'm sure that taking a walk without getting mugged is a positively wonderful experience. Elizabeth Mitchell, our White House correspondent, thanks for a couple of minutes.

[D]

Thanks, Darning.

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All right, so I'm going to send the radio crew over to commercial, otherwise we're going to get fined by the fcc. So, Tony Kinnet cast here on the Daily Signal, that was a close one. All right, so I do want to point out a couple of big additional pieces of news that are still breaking as we speak. So first of all, that broke before the show. A federal judge has recently lifted the 13 year oversight of the Seattle Police Department on September 3rd, essentially that tied the hands of Seattle police. And this is of course the domain of the one and only Assistant Attorney General, Harmeet Dhillon, whose entire job just is just filing some of the most incredible lawsuits that are grudge matches against those who have been hurting Americans for years. The Assistant Attorney General of Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon.

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Hi, I'm Harmeet Dhillon from the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division with a very important update from Seattle, Washington, where Today, after over 13 years, a federal judge has finally ended the consent decree imposed on Seattle's Police Department by the Obama administration Department of justice and returned the local control of Seattle's policing to the people of Seattle. This is a great day for Seattle. Congratulations on meeting the court's obligations and the consent decree requirements and on finally enjoying the freedom of local control, which is something that we at the DOJ really hope for all of our communities.

[D]

In the United States to keep them.

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Safe, free, and under local accountability. Congratulations, Seattle.

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And again, that's Seattle. Now, the response to these particular judges, again coming in as quickly as one might expect, are judges rushing to kind of flip things the other way. So this just breaking right before the show, a federal judge has now attempted to block US President Donald Trump's administration from, quote, unilaterally cutting billions of dollars of foreign aid authorized by Congress that is set to expire at the end of September, end quote. That's according to Reuters. Another federal judge stepping in and saying Trump cannot, as the executive branch, spend monies allocated by Congress to different parts of the executive branch. Again, Congress kind of played its own game here and lost where it gave a lot of power up to the executive branch. And now the judicial wants to come in federal level, not at the Supreme Court level, and try to split awkward hairs for political points, as Chuck Schumer has wanted them to do for a very long time. But as, of course, of course, when I read this out loud to producer Nick, I'm not going to tell you how high my blood pressure shot up. U.S. district Judge Amir Ali in Washington, by the way. Amir Ali under James Boseberg, that's the guy who has dual citizenship to Canada. Going to be real with you here. If you are serving in the United States government in any capacity, you're a judge, you're a congressman, you're a state official. You should not have dual citizenship to no other country. None. Not to Canada, not to the United Kingdom, not to Israel, not to Pakistan, not to Saudi Arabia, not to Qatar, not to South Africa. Nowhere. Either you are solely a citizen of the United States or you do not serve in office. And it just so happens, oh, he's, he's ruling on Trump and foreign aid. He's a citizen of another country. But, you know, producer Nick, you look like you're itching to jump in here. Forget the conflict of interest there. Yeah, yeah, God forbid. So that brings us over to yet another case. This is according to Mike Davis over at the Article 3 project, the same Boston Obama judge, that's Allison Burroughs, who allowed Harvard to discriminate against Asians students and applicants, is now letting Harvard off the hook for its anti Jewish, its anti Semitic series of violations, which is just freaking incredible. Now, there's a lot more on the judicial side. Judges complaining to NBC via an actually unprecedented. What is this, like eight, no, ten different anonymous quotes from judges who are upset that supreme court judges smacked him in the teeth. So we're gonna have to cover that in just a bit here because we have to get over to the smackdown. Don't go anywhere. You're gonna, you're gonna want to tune in. It's the Tony Kinnit cast. Hey, it's Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile. Now, I was looking for fun ways to tell you that Mint's offer of unlimited Premium Wireless for $15 a month is back. So I thought it would be fun if we made $15 bills, but it turns out that's very illegal. So there goes my big idea for the commercial. Give it a [e-mail] Switch upfront payment.

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See mintmobile.com this is the Tony Kennett cast on 93 WiFi. Welcome back to the Tony Kennett cast. Or as we call it today, the Thunderdome. I'm excited you like the John Cena in introduction there, the bumper. We love getting to use that. Welcome back. Because RFK Jr. The secretary appointed to be the Director of Health and Human Services, the guy who's in charge of Maha Make America Healthy Again. Um, that Bobby Kennedy Jr. He hit the floor of the Senate today before the finance committee. And anytime we've said this before, if there is one thing that irks me more than anything else in Congress, it is Jasmine Crockett. And if there's anything else, if there's a number two that irks me more than anything else in Congress whatsoever, it is that every committee, because of the television cameras, not just C span 1 and 2, but C span 3 and CNN and MSNB and Fox News and all of the other outlets, including occasionally our own cameras, have created a spectacle magnet in which senators and representatives climb into the committee rooms and they just start swinging fists and they get into big fights. Why? Because they're actually trying to hold things accountable? No, because it's a moment to be on camera and campaign. If you're in the House, it's an opportunity for you to someday campaign to run for the Senate. And if you're in the Senate, it's an opportunity for you to campaign one day to either be the President of the United States or one of the hand picked little Goobers that gets put in a cabinet position. And I've said this for ages on both sides of the aisle. It was no different today. And the Democrats had a very clear like Runway before them because of the recent drama with the Centers for Disease Control firings. All the Democrat senators had to do, which to be fair is a really, really huge ask for the Democrats was not be crazy. Just ask direct questions calmly. Harry Potter, did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire? Dumbledore asked calmly. All you gotta do is just be relaxed. And then RFK Jr. If he says something that's a little out there, let the media outlets take it and magnify it and turn it into the end of all things. That's all you gotta do. Say Tony, why do you say that? Because I will point to one of the greatest freshmen in the House of Representatives, Brandon Gill of Texas, who has this strategy. He just says calm questions and then the CEO of NPR goes bonker berserk in the committee. It's incredible. Now did the senators do this? No, they decided to out crazy RFK Jr now like a lot of the members of the Trump administration, they're mavericks. They are dropped in like rabid wolverines to tear up all of the garbage Americans are sick of. And so again there were questions about RFK's leadership and the quotes from just Bobby Kennedy alone today were pretty measured. And a lot of Americans agree with one of these being RFK's take on vaccines.

[B]

You know, I say I'm not anti vaccine. Saying I'm anti vaccine is like saying I'm anti medicine, I'm pro medicine. But I understand some medicines harm people, some of them have risks, some of them have benefits that outweigh those risks for certain populations. And the same is true with vaccines. And we don't understand the risk profile because vaccines are the only medical intervention, medical device or pharmaceutical drug that are exempt from pre licensing safety studies.

[A]

And that is objectively true. By the way, I'm not a fan of his take on the MMR vaccine, but what he stated in the committee is objectively true. By the way, this kind of what I like to call like philosophical nitpicking where I can still agree with someone in general as opposed to disagreeing with them on one thing. Little, little example here, there is a host on our home station out of 93 WIBC, Kendall and Casey show. It's an excellent show hosted by, you guessed it, Rob Kendall and his, his partner Casey and Rob Kendall and I very much disagree on redistricting Here in my home state of Indiana, yeah, we disagree, but on the whole, Rob's got a lot of great policy and ideas, and so I happen to support a lot of the junk that he said. The same with RFK Jr here. I disagree with the dude on MMR. Most of the things that Kennedy then comes in front of the committee and says. Measured. Pretty normal stuff. Kind of weird. Yeah. Producer Nick, how dare you have a simple disagreement in opinions and analysis. As, As a, as an independent Fundamental Baptist, we pride ourselves in having tons of disagreements on the daily. Sit one of us down and mention the words Calvinism, Armenianism and Biblicism, we'll have an argument that will rattle your socks, not just knock them off. But alas, the Senate hearings, as I told you, are not actually about asking questions that are relevant to the committee, in this case the Finance Committee. It's all about senators from around the country simply, you know, getting up, trying to do mini lectures for the cameras, as though they're all trying to be Ben Shapiro at this college, saying, look, you fools, you need to understand that you can't just take money from people forever. That's what all of the senators are trying to be. That was, that was not a bad Ben Shapiro. Just not fast enough. Nobody can be fast enough. No, no, not as good as the legendary Hebrew hammer there, alas. Anywho, Democrat, Senior Senator of Minnesota, Tina Smith, you know, the one who doesn't abuse her staffers like Klobuchar does. She took, I mean, don't take my words for it that they say this is all just about camera time and lectures. Here's Tina Smith saying it herself.

[C]

What you have said has contradicted yourself and others. I mean, I don't even know where to start. So I'm going to start here. Over the last eight months, you have claimed to make America healthy again, but in actual fact, you have led the charge in the Trump administration to destroy what is best in our health care system. And your denials and your evasion and your lies here do not change that. You are the Secretary of the Health and Human Services, yet you're trafficking in these fringe idea and discredited theories that are completely out of step with the scientific consensus. And you seem to be willing to say anything in the moment, even if it's untrue. So last time you were before Congress, Secretary Kennedy, you anti vax. I have to meet Secretary Kennedy so that there's no safe and effective vaccine.

[B]

Both things are true.

[C]

Oh, so more denial, more back and forth. I mean, here's what I know. Here's what I know.

[B]

Explain why. Senator, you just actually.

[C]

I want you to listen to me.

[A]

There you go. There you go. He's like, do you want me to explain why in any of that? No, I want you to listen to me. Okay. There you go. Straight from the horse's mouth. And not even good stuff. I don't know what in the world. When we say that the bench for the Democrats is shallow, it is really, really shallow. We're talking tadpoles couldn't even swim around in this thing. Senator Ben Ray Lujan, whom I just learned existed of New Mexico, took the time to lecture RFK Jr that he was not going to give him a little pen on his blazer. Look, two young ladies in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to town hall recently gave me this starfish pin. I was going to give it to you today, but they gave me this starfish pin from Claire's and I was going to give it to you. And now I'm going to give the rose to one of the other bachelors after your questioning today, I don't think you deserve it. Because what this represents is to remember that every one of us can make a difference, sir, to something as small as a starfish on a beach that maybe got washed up. You throw it back in the ocean, you might not save them all, but you can save one. I'm sorry. That you're not worthy of this nice little pin, sir, is a nice reminder. I'm going to radio crew. We have to send you to commercial. I'm sorry, you guys. Don't get a starfish pin either. It's the Tony Kennett cast. We're going to continue on the live stream. The show is already getting away from me because how can I cut some of these clips short? I mean, how could you go. It's not even like a pin. That's important. As though like a challenge coin. I love challenge coins. I think they're excellent. And anytime that I go to, especially to talk to an individual who's, you know, participated in active combat, he has a challenge coin. Former congressperson or senator, whatever it is, I love getting a challenge coin. Those actually have some meaning to them. Now, don't let Tim Walls give you one because it'll have the wrong rank on it and a little stolen valor. But in the case of the starfish pin, just two random girls gave and it symbolizes peace and justice and my first period and it's just wonderful. I'm not gonna give it to you. Yes, thank you great. This is the Senate Finance Committee. All you gotta do if you want to impress Americans, just act normal. And Somehow, yet again, RFK Jr. Is the guy looking normal. And Senates are the ones beclowning themselves. Maisie Hirono from Hawaii's not even on this committee. You had all of the chances in the world to not act stupid. The lowest IQ member of the Senate wasn't even in there. Is he insinuating that he's not worthy of his position because he won't throw a starfish back in the ocean? I'm not sure if he even has something that deep. We're gonna skip Ray Lujan getting fact checked by rfk. He then gets mad that RFK knows enough about it to fact check. I want to skip down to we're going to skip Cortez Masto just making things up on the spot. He does essentially point out why all of the Senate. He being RFK junior points out why all of the senators on the Democratic side of the aisle, a party of whom he was once a major contender and supporter of Robert Wyden of Oregon, gives a big complaint and RFK hits him. This will be one of the clips that lives from today far into the future about anything you've done or plans to change it.

[B]

And my last comment is, I hope that you will tell the American people how many preventable child deaths are an acceptable sacrifice for enacting an agenda that I think is fundamentally cruel and defies common sense.

[A]

He. He did the little. He did the little MLK fist. He's doing the mimic. So he took a. He took a little master's class on hand gestures and speeches. I love it. He did a little. I have a dream that my hairline won't recede anymore this year.

[B]

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Do I got a reply? Senator, you've sat in that chair for how long? 20, 25 years, while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76%. And you said nothing.

[A]

Is that correct? Survey says yes. In fact, it is correct. And that is the only thing Bobby Kennedy has to say. Genuinely. It doesn't matter that as one of the comments points out, the dude does look like a ghoul from Fallout. Oh, sorry, That's. That's Senator Robert Wyden. Yeah, he does look like a ghoul from Fallout. That's well put. RFK Jr. May have a raspy voice. He may say something from time to time that is a bit uncouth, but I'm going to let you on a little on A little secret. And we will come back probably in bonus tonus. Rest in peace. Producer Daniel. Because every time that the Democrat senators got bonkers today, he just calmly responded that they're full of it. Senator Elizabeth Warren gets called out.

[B]

Marty McCary, Jay Bhattachara, Dr. Oz. Then I.

[A]

Sorry. That's when Bernie Sanders starts yelling. We'll go.

[C]

Elizabeth Warren, you are effectively denying people vaccines.

[B]

We're not going to recommend a product for which there's no clinical data for that indication. Would you. Is that what I should be doing?

[C]

What you should be doing is honoring your promise that you made when you were looking to get confirmed in this job.

[B]

You're going like this.

[C]

That is. You promised that you would not take away vaccines from.

[A]

I'm sorry. We're at the end of the commercial break. All producers are waving our hands. We got to pick up the radio crew. It's the Tony Kinnet gas. Don't go anywhere. Gatorade is the number one proven electrolyte blend designed to hydrate better than water so you can lose more sweat and raise your game. Gatorade. Is it in you? This is the Tony Kenneth cast on 93 WYBC. Maybe it's just a blessing from the Lord that the radio crew has returned to us to enjoy the clip of Elizabeth Warren being karate chopped in the neck by RFK Jr. Because I can't. I can't help it. I know we're a little behind schedule now. It doesn't matter. Elizabeth Warren getting karate chopped in the neck is one of my favorite American values.

[C]

You are effectively denying people vaccines.

[B]

We're not going to recommend a product for which there's no clinical data for that indication. Would you. Is that what I should be doing?

[C]

What you should be doing is honoring your promise that you made when you were looking to get confirmed in this job.

[B]

You're going like this.

[C]

That is. You promised that you would not take away vaccines from anyone who wanted them. You just changed the classification of the COVID vaccine.

[B]

I'm not taking them away from people. Senator.

[C]

It takes it away. If you can't get it from. From your pharmacy, well, most Americans are.

[B]

Going to be able to get it from their pharmacy for free dollars. Most Americans will be able to get it from their pharmacy for.

[C]

The question is everyone who wants it. That was your promise.

[B]

I never promised that I was going to recommend products with which there is no indication.

[C]

When you said.

[B]

And I know you've taken $855,000 from pharmaceutical companies.

[C]

Senator, did you hold up a big Sign.

[A]

Incredible. Incredible. The Thunderdome. It's back. I. I was. I kind of missed after the Senate confirmation hearings ended because every single again, we're in midterm season right now. It has started. It has officially begun. And here we are having the same fistfights and the Democrats are making the same fools out of themselves. Now over in bonus Tonus, I will have to play a bit of polling data here for you. That shocked me about RFK Jr. And the American people. But before that we got to get to the the Cuban Supreme Marco Rubio, the man for whom the Venezuelan bell tolls. Allow me to explain why the Venezuelan regime run by Maduro also controls the narco terrorist organization Trende Aragua. This is not just a fact known to the American intelligence communities. It has also been independently verified by the French of all intelligence organizations along with the five eyes, those are the American partners in the Anglosphere. New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the uk the entirety of the Western European intelligence apparatus has confirmed Trende Aragua is in fact a foreign terrorist organization which is that is operated by the Venezuelan regiment. Which is why by the way, that the judge overruling Trump's Alien Enemies act deportation of Trende Aragua gang members will be overruled if it has to go all the way to the Supreme Court. They're a narco terrorist organization directly controlled by a regime and therefore Alien Enemies act applies. Sorry, don't like it. Wamp wamp. But the UN has now chimed in. Oh yes, thank God. When I was in the Middle east two weeks ago, I had the beautiful opportunity to observe two different UN forces in Lebanon and in Syria. And look, I'm just going to level with you. I have seen JROTC cadets. No, no, no. I have seen Boy Scouts in their very first year who can't even tie their own shoes, much less any of the fancy knots Boy Scouts are known for. I have seen far better discipline and arms carrying in the first year Boy Scouts than I saw from actual on boots, on the ground combat UN troops. But the UN has now tut tutted the United States and President Trump for sinking a cartel boat. Again, the UN openly fine with again the massive practice of human trafficking and you know, rape and grooming and all other kinds of practices that are totally fine in a lot of the of the constituent nations of the un. Rubio ain't having it. Here you go. You're wrong in your question. Number one, Venezuela is a major source and the reason why is the following. And I've seen a lot of this reporting and it's fake reporting. And I'll tell you why. It says that somehow Venezuela is not involved in the drug trade because the UN says they're not involved in the euro. I don't. The un, I don't care what the UN says. The UN doesn't know what they're talking about. Maduro is indicted by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York. That means the Southern District of New York presented the evidence to a grand jury and a grand jury indicted him. And then a superseding indictment came out that was unsealed about a year and a half ago that specifically detailed Maduro's actions. So number one, let there be no doubt, he, Nicolas Maduro, is an indicted drug trafficker in the United States and he's a fugitive of American justice. So again, Rubio just doesn't care. He just doesn't care. That is who you need as a Secretary of State. Just in the same way that Vice president candidate, then Senator J.D. vance of Ohio was a formidable opponent because he just didn't care. All of the pearl clutching, all of the whining that will cow senators like Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski, it doesn't bother Rubio. He'll look you in the eye and tell you you're stupid. That's useful. That is useful. And it is beneficial to the American people. So what did the Venezuelans do? They launched the fishing boats at the US Armada outside via a TikTok video. Now, there is no translation of this particular video being spoken in Spanish. The Venezuelan dialect is a little rusty for me. I translated this before the show myself. So if I get this terribly wrong. Well, here you go. I don't think we've ever had a kind of a live translation kind of a test. I tried to write a few notes down, but the fishing boats of Venezuela are planning to scare off the United States Navy. Look at this beautiful view of the Caribbean. I think our patriot, and this is kind of the rough part, I know it's patriot. And then I think he says fisherman. I'm pretty sure the word is fisherman. Are gathering for the defense of peace and sovereignty. So again, for those who are listening, you're not watching. They are riding bass boats that would be overtaken by the cheapest Ranger boat on any Midwestern lake. And the H Vac repairman behind him in a white tank top and ill fitting swim trunks and the gold chain that looks like he stole it from the Sopranos is about to take over. He's about to get the full shot here. He says Here we go. So he either says his father is here or my father is here. He. The word's not really there. Is manning the engine or he's driving. Technically, the verb is piloting, but Venezuelan. Then he says, look at our. So he says, look at our Armed Forces Navy. The word that's used is la fuerza Armada. Hilarious. They're using the word armada. I have seen fishing competitions in the dead heat of summer. High pressure front, not catching a darn thing. Far more boats, far more impressive boats. A drunk redneck on a pontoon would be far more formidable than the bass. And by the way, there's real Venezuelan navy here. He shows it very briefly in one frame. You can see the Venezuelan coast guard that is out there with them, providing, I guess, support on the wing. Producer Nick. I don't know too much about boats, but why is the motor all the way to the left? It may in the image. So it may be a twin motor. I don't know if it is or isn't. I did. I haven't looked at the motors yet, but often you do steer. You don't just sit next to the motor, but often there's, like a lever. You can, like, steer it from the back to the side. Yeah. Oh, this armada. This armada is always with us, is what he says. And then he says, william, just out of nowhere, William. And they cut to a guy who looks like the villain from Alvin and the Chipmunks. Just like basic white bald dude in a neon Venezuela jacket, and he's. He's packing a serious pregnancy belly. We finally found the male pregnant emoji from Apple. We found him, ladies and gentlemen. So here we go. We are here in the fight for the defense of peace. And he turns it around, and it's like a wooden rowboat from Disneyland and, like, four dudes huddled in the front, no arms, nothing. They're just out there flying a big Venezuelan flag. This is. This is embarrassing. This is the response to the US Navy from Venezuela. Here is the main. We will. So again, it's very hard to hear. Either they say we will be or we will live. We will stay. Something like that. And then, long live the patriarch, the country, the nation, the movement, maybe. Again, depending on whom you're talking to. Incredible. There you go, the Venezuelan response. Every single time someone tries to tell me that because of Iraq and Afghanistan, American forces are outmatched by any fisherman in their boat. Honey, sweetie, baby, come on. Come on. All right, we're gonna send the radio crew over to commercial before we bring on David Arsani. Don't go anywhere. We got a lot of great stuff on the live stream, including Yasmine Ansari from Arizona learning how to curse on air. I love it. The strategies never get old. It's the Tony Kennett cast here on the Daily Signal. So one of the commonalities between all Democrats right now is that the illegal immigrants in their community are just as much their constituents as the voters. The problem is the classical definition for the word constituent does not match with this. So reporters, again, not just from the right, but from the center and from the left, are now asking Democrats who are actively campaigning, are you, are you including all people, including illegal immigrants? You know, in that particular whole shindig, there's here is again Yasmin Ansari from Arizona's response. Thank you, Congresswoman. We had to run this through the AI to clarify. So her question, there's going to be a word that doesn't make any sense. That word is constituent. Adobe just didn't pick it up.

[C]

Referring to those in admission at your new statue. Also, do you view even those with absolutely no form of legal status at all as your constituents Mouth. So I didn't realize this was such a controversy until the right wing media started attacking me for using the word.

[A]

So I googled not true. The socialist left like Bernie Sanders, he was talking about this back in the 80s and the 90s. Bill Clinton was talking about illegal immigrants not being constituents. In 98 we have the coverage. Bill Clinton was kind of actually pretty good on that. You know what one of the staples of the left's rhetoric is what makes a citizen, what makes an individual able to vote. That supposedly dates back to the conception of our country. Well, I'm just gonna take a wild stab looking at this individual and listening to her voice that she really doesn't do a lot of historical reading. Gold.

[C]

The word constituent.

[A]

Ah, there you go. I googled the word constituent.

[C]

Here we go for using the word. So I googled the word constituent. The definition of constituent is somebody who is part of a community.

[A]

No, it's not. The word constituent in its most based modern definition, like the very basic watered down form means part of a whole. So the question is part of a whole of what? In this case, it is the you are a part of the citizenry whom are represented via your taxation to Congress. That is why the House of Representatives is population apportioned. That is why you pay taxes. That's why the House of Representatives controls the purse. It's all connected. And that's not just me talking they didn't just write this in the Constitution. Alexander Hamilton was so autistic, he wrote letters upon letters upon letters until Jay and Madison were on their deathbeds about why it had to be this way. My God, even Linwood Miranda wrote a musical about this so that these goofball theater majors could learn some history.

[C]

It doesn't matter what their legal status is. If somebody is an asylum seeker, if somebody has a green card, if somebody is a US Citizen, if somebody.

[A]

She's struggling because the last answer is, is an illegal immigrant. But she can't endorse that because she'll lose her next election, especially in Arizona. So she struggles here. She starts to sort of like. And the other kind lives in the community.

[C]

I represent them. Constituent does not mean voter.

[A]

It does.

[C]

I don't care if these. If none of these individuals can vote for me. I don't give a. I care about making sure that the United States government, with our taxpayer dollars.

[A]

Taxpayer dollars from whom. Whom is paying the taxpayer dollars is.

[C]

Treating human beings with dignity and respect.

[A]

Incredible. All right, good luck with that. Best of luck to you. And speaking of treating humans with dignity and respect, this brings us to how the media has covered the conflict in the Middle east and who gets to be an expert on genocide. And that brings us to David Harsan. You don't go anywhere. This is probably one of the best interviews we've done. It's the Tony Kidd cast, the Tony Kennett cast on 93 WIBC. Welcome back to the Tony Kennett cast, where today we are graced by the presence of a former member of one of the greatest academic institutions, institutions of all time. Of course, I'm talking about David Harsanyi, senior writer over at the Washington examiner, co host of you're wrong with Molly Hemingway, former member. Now, I'm so sorry to break it to the rest of the crowd of the International association of Genocide Scholars. David, how are you coping with being kicked out of such an austere group of scholars?

[E]

Been a roller coaster, I have to say, emotionally, but also professionally. I had joined Yesterday morning for $125, actually, because, well, it depends. There are various tiers there to join. None of them, by the way, tethered to anything to do with academic, you know, prowess or experience or anything like that. As I noted my bio on that site, my main. I think my main, very narrowly, my main expertise is in, like, indie rock from the 80s and 90s, but yet I was allowed to join. So that was because that music, I.

[A]

Mean, that music really killed it on the charts. Hey, bro. Come on now, dog. Come on, man. So, I mean, you know, if it's a very important association now for those of us who may not be in the highest beautiful pillars of the academic landscape, I mean, those of us who don't get to look down from the Acropolis on the mere mortals as you do, explain to us peons down in the mines what the International association of Genocide Scholars is.

[E]

Well, I wasn't sure what it was because I hadn't heard about it until a few days ago where I, I read, I read that in the BBC. I think it was where I first saw it. But in it was in virtually every establishment media outlet had reported the same, that the world's most renowned scholars on genocide had taken a vote and they had decided that the Israelis were perpetrating a genocide in Gaza.

[A]

Oh, not just cited, they were quoted as the experts in the headline, experts in genocide. Which by the way, that's quite a title to be an expert in genocide. Like, ooh, I hope that isn't an experience based kind of accolade. But alas, I don't want to get ahead of myself. Continue.

[E]

Yeah, there are, I mean, there are people who, who's who, who study, you know, genocide. I mean, I think it's a legit. Well, here it is. It's a legitimate topic and a legitimate thing to study in history. And it happens quite often, actually. The problem though is that as with many things, experts have completely abandoned their credibility by being part of a propaganda effort, as this was. Once I became a member for a few hours I went into the site, looked at the discussion boards, for instance, on this proposed, on this resolution declaring a genocide. There are literally zero comments. Yeah, I dove in there. There were no comments on this. They may have been turned off, I wasn't sure. But in any event, typically we as members of the association would have had a debate about this, I'm told. But there was no debate and obviously very few people voted. I think maybe a fourth of people voted. We don't know who voted. We don't know who wrote the resolution because none of that has been transparent. But the important thing here is not that this is just some bogus association that even I could join. The point is that it was treated with a lot of news coverage and respect and literally the BBC, for instance, said, these are the world's most renowned scholars. If I had joined a month earlier, I could have voted on this. And I am not a world renowned scholar. I don't in anything so you're not.

[A]

Oh, I feel betrayed. I feel lied to. After all, again, when I, when I started covering the international conflicts around the Middle east, the first thing that I looked for were academics who had such vibrant and deep seated experience in 80s and 90s alternative rock and pop. And now that voice has been quashed. I mean, the Twitter account is gone after these series of exposes. I mean, it's really funny to see any kind of a grifter scam just pop like a big soapy bubble in front of everybody. But the catastrophic inward collapse on this has truly been something to behold.

[E]

Well, they kicked me out.

[A]

Just terrible.

[E]

I hadn't broken any rules, any bylaws. I hadn't broken any of the, of the rules they had for participation. In fact, within the bylaws or one of their pages, it says that members are supposed to have a open, you know, fruitful debate on these topics. So I don't know what happened there. I want my refund. We'll see if that happens. But I think it's worth also mentioning that the resolution itself seems like it was written by randos. Like there is no academic rigor here.

[A]

Right, Right.

[E]

It is just a bunch of what's interesting. It's, it's just a bunch of hyperlinks.

[A]

Right.

[E]

To the usual suspect saying the usual things. None of them to any member of the actual association who has done any kind of academic study. Like, none of that's really though. Yeah, none of their studies are in there because obviously it's not true.

[A]

Yeah, I mean that. But that's, that, that is in itself incredible. I used to be part of this tiny zoological society in Wisconsin because I was a science education major. And you know, you throw all of your, your, you know, you joined something like that. I don't even remember if it was for extra credit. I also was a member of the vaunted cloud society. Yes, there is a cloud society. They send you a really cool picture like once a month of, you guessed it, a really cool picture of clouds. And whenever they would release some kind of a newsletter, and again, I itched in excitement to get these newsletters in my inbox. I mean, I would wake up and run to my computer like a child running to the Christmas tree on December 25th. And I, when I would get there, I would see links to things their own society members had written citations. This study conducted by great vaunted member professor, whatever. And you're not even seeing in this particular example of the, again, incredible genocide, super duper society of scholars International. They're not even citing themselves. Do you think it's more likely that Chat, GPT or GROK compiled this particular manifesto together?

[E]

That's what it reads like, honestly. It's just. It's, you know, when you have maybe a freshman, you know, an earnest freshman pulling stuff together, and he thinks a lot of hyperlinks means actual research. That's what it reads like. And then, of course, it's like central. The thesis, the central claim is a complete lie. It's based on Hamas, you know, casualty numbers that. Actually, I shouldn't even say that it goes beyond that. Hamas, I think, says 58,000 people have been killed. This, you know, this group that I was a part of and proud to be a part of says that 50,000 children alone were killed. You know, I'm surprised it didn't say, you know, budding poets and, you know, you know, whatever.

[A]

I mean, yeah, doctors and lawyers. The person who probably would have cured cancer, you know, the next Wylatharp. I mean, really, all of them.

[E]

I mean, an academic, at the very least would make a distinction between fighters and civilians. Right. Combatants and non combatants. These are things that we talk about. I'm not a scholar on it, but.

[A]

I've read quite a bit. But a music appreciator, maybe a lover, a picker, a grinner playing their music on the run. I mean, seriously, you could have. Some producer's gonna add in that music, as I say that. So I do. I do want to ask real quick, do you find it hilarious that we really are able to trick any number of publications or groups, not just on the left, but on the right? James Lindsay, along with Helen Pluckrose and Peter bogusane, wrote those 20 fake, like, fake articles, fake peer reviewed studies that made it into all of those LGBTQ journals back in 2018. And now you're seeing another series of publications that are major media outlets, like the New York Times or BBC, for example, that have all fallen prey just because some group calls themselves experts and you happen to agree with them. Now, there you go. You have the. All of the weight that you need to say whatever it is and claim nonpartisanship.

[E]

Well, there used to be this group like the Anne Frank Memorial something or other, where, you know, they were completely anti Israel, somewhat anti Semitic, in my view, that were constantly being used as. As a, you know, as a moral guidepost for us.

[A]

Because the word Anne Frank is in the title.

[E]

Exactly. So it was a Soros thing.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

You know, I don't even blame an association for having an Open membership, honestly, where you want to have discussions. It's not like you'd think. I mean, if you're not abusing the name in the way they did and the clout that comes with that name, I don't see a problem with it. The real problems with the journalists who don't even look into see which scholars wrote it, who is involved. It's like Ben Rhodes used to talk about. What was Ben Rhodes saying about the press? I forget. Anyway.

[A]

Oh, no, no, sorry. His other saying. Ben Rhodes other saying. Sorry, I get those confused. He has so many great quotes.

[E]

That's fantastic. I forgot what he called it. But it's, you know, it's basically the manipulation of young. Young journalists don't know anything.

[A]

Right.

[E]

And that's what happened here.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

They're willing.

[A]

Whatever you want. Someone will eat it up. I mean, we saw this from the even, you know, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson of Axios pointed out in the Original Sin that even the Biden administration was shocked at how readily kind of corporate media press was willing to take anything they fed them. And they were like, yes, of course, please sir, me, I have another. Before we run out of time here, though, I do want to ask, did you see that? Although now an inactive member from the Palestinian territory in Gaza City, an IAGS expert, Adolf Hitler, was also a member of the Genocide Studies Scholars Group.

[E]

Wow. I mean, I, It's. I'm ashamed to be part of the same organization, but you can't deny the expertise, though.

[A]

I mean, you got. I'm sorry, and I don't mean to be glib, but maybe in the A Modest proposal sense that if you are going to have a society on genocide scholars, the man did have some work experience, you know, next to Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin, in case Jamie Raskin, and I hear he's looking for Joseph Stalin these days.

[E]

So we have a lot to learn from him. Yes, I mean, you know, academically, theoretically.

[A]

Oh, yes, yeah, of course, of course. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that brings us to the close. David. I'm sorry, I will of course link the article down in the description. I'm so sorry you had to go through the trauma of again, such a brilliant organization of such bright, young shining stars. Hopefully you shed such lights in future scholarly debates, as long as those are only on one side. And may the light of Gaza guide you, my friend.

[E]

It's better to burn out than fade away, that's what I say.

[A]

And again, coming from such brilliant 80s and 90s experience, very apropos way to end thank you. Thanks again.

[E]

All right, man, talk to you.

[A]

All right, let's talk a little bit here. Just at the end of the show, a couple of things that are really, really worth hitting in Bonus tonus. Bonus tonus, just a name the community gave for the time. That's after the in syndication network broadcast hour that is allotted to the show on a lot of things. First of all, something I was really not expecting, but is very, very, very much worth seeing. Of course, I'm talking about Don Lemon accidentally misgendering Tim McBride of Delaware. Just. Well, here you go. This is. This, this is my car. I'm heading back to Delaware. It is.

[B]

Dude, do you have a Hemi in here?

[A]

What is it? This is a beautiful Chevy Equinox. Dude. Man, male. Look at that car. You're brother. Oh man, I'm sorry. Just because the look on his face, I mean, again, I. I'm of the op. The California. The dude is not necessarily. It's like saying guys, it's not really a phrase only to be or a statement, a word only to be addressed to men. But the look on his face immediately was just like, I'm mad about it. Which, you know, man up, quit whining about that kind of stuff. So that brings us over to the best whining of all. What we didn't really get to dig into. RFK jr's Thunderdome did eventually get into a shouting match with Bernie Sanders, who's very upset all the time. Bernie Sanders is very upset with the aoc, the planes did not work out and the pudding.

[B]

Here you go.

[A]

The yelling match that was meant to.

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Be Marty Makary, Jay Bhattachara, Dr. Oz, Vinay Pursuit. So you got a few doctors who agree with you. What I'm giving you the name, not a few doctors. What you're talking about. There's a big difference, Senator, between established science and the the scientific establishment which has been co opted by the pharmacists. You're telling me, you're telling the American people that the American Medical association, representing hundreds of thousands of people have been co opted and that they should not trust their doctors. And I'm the American Academy, by the way.

[A]

I do. I just want to point out up until about five minutes ago, Bernie Sanders was one of the guys who was saying that places like the American Medical association and other medical institutions and collective organizations were bought out by pharmaceutical companies. Again, one of Bernie Sanders big massive targets to smack as the socialist guy was pharmaceutical companies. All of a sudden though, RFK is holding those Views on the right side of the aisle. Just like immigration. Bernie has flipped so far so fast because as many like to claim, he's a principled leftist. No, the dude is the same unemployed, angry, Ben and Jerry's licking socialist that he has always been.

[B]

The Pediatrics, the American. And by the way, just for the record, every single Republican. I don't mean to be political here, Mr. Chairman.

[A]

I don't mean to be political. He says, yelling about politics. I don't mean to be political politician. I'm sorry. The pearl. We have to break out the pearls. The pearl clutching that is clutched like a rosary during mass. All right. The pearl clutching from the left whenever there is a bipartisan committee and they don't like how things are going to go. This isn't a political. How could you make this political? Meanwhile, they're calling everyone they disagree with fascist, Nazi capitalist, billionaire homophobic transphobes has.

[B]

Received PAC money from the pharmaceutical industry. Are they all corrupt as well? And I'm telling you, the American Heart association has been everybody but you said it.

[A]

But you know what?

[B]

When you ran for president, you know.

[A]

We have a corrupt. Again. I want to point out that from earlier on in the show that the individual sitting next to Bernie Sanders is Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts who also took $800,000 from pharmaceutical companies. This is the same guy, Bernie Sanders, who went on podcasts and complained that the electoral system was co opted and is now owned by the rich and powerful. Which is an even bigger conspiracy theory than saying that the American Heart association is closely tied with the food industry because it is an open connection. Some. That's some big things you're thinking. I don't think Bernie Sanders does those big thinks, but we'll give it, we'll give him a chance here. He's yelling, he's preaching. I'm gonna have to find that organ sound clip again.

[B]

Campaign finance system. Maybe you'll agree with me on that. Okay, you brought in president, you got a billionaire behind it. You received $300,000 from people not from the industry, people in it as I did from individuals. You corrupt. President Trump got $3 million. Every Republican got corporate PAC money for the pharmaceutical industry. Democrats as well. Everybody is corrupt but you.

[A]

Again. So I do want to point out the irony of suggesting that RFK Jr. Who didn't take money from pharmaceutical companies is being lectured by a guy who also supposedly didn't take any money from pharmaceutical companies like everyone else is corrupt but you. I also. The other pure is the driven Snow individual.

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Does it.

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Does anyone else. Hear how that sounds to me. Yeah. Producer Nick looking at Bernie Sanders open secrets by health professionals. He's received almost a million dollars. Granted, it's from, quote, unquote, individuals. Oh, yes, of course. Just individuals. Oh, yes, yes. Look, I, I'm going to be honest with you guys here. I personally don't give that much of a flip of a wooden nickel when it comes to individuals receiving campaign finance dollars. When you run for office, you're going to take money. The number of individuals who ran for something and then started taking money and then flipped their positions are pretty few. They really are. It's kind of the dirty secret of politics that no one likes to come in contact with is that if you are willing to take money now, it's probably. They're probably endorsing you because you already hold those views. And I'm sorry, it just makes more. I mean, this has been a study that's been conducted not by the education establishment, who I personally despise, but through multiple independent studies by mean, by means of open data correlation. I don't really care for that argument, but if you are going to get out there and make the case that everyone who takes money from group X, Y and Z is, Is terrible yelling at the guy who hasn't taken money from that group, I. But you also. I don't, I don't, I don't know what he's trying to convince people of there. It doesn't make any sense. Bernie's like, I'm yelling. I'm yelling at everyone. And I'm also yelling at myself and that tree and that mailbox and also at aoc. Have you seen aoc? I go around with the country and the pudding and I mean, it's incredible. Bernie Sanders is just a, like President Trump. He is a unique figure, accomplished a lot less, you know, mayhaps, but a unique figure that will be memeable in the future, in the future histories. There was a lot more yelling. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, who, who takes money from everybody. Since we're playing that game. Mark Warner yelled for like three minutes straight. And I'm not playing. I'm not sure three of these minutes.

[B]

Here that the focus on.

[A]

So he yells three minutes.

[B]

Dr. Gruber. Doctor, good friend, the chairman. Well, then how is that going to happen?

[A]

He yells for three minutes, and then at the end of the three minutes, he announces that he's ready to lower the temperature after he has screamed, I kid you not, for three minutes, Rural.

[B]

Hospital is going to close and they are looking for where those Folks are going to go. I mean, you're supposed to be doing health care policy, not being the doctor in residence for all of America. I hope I can say I'm still going to trust my doctor rather than your health advice. And obviously Tom Cotton's going to. Who knows who's going to trust? But let me, let me go back to Paul.

[A]

I love it. I love it so much. This is. And also Tom Cotton. I don't like that guy from Arkansas. Well, great. Thank you. Yes, I too enjoy the random junior high quibbling. The reason I despise gatekeeping just as a little moment of transparency here on the Tony Kenned cast as we kind of wind things down. The reason that I truly despise gatekeeping as a former science teacher and administrator is that when I worked in Indianapolis public schools, right? And I'm in charge of all of these science teachers and then the elementary teachers when they're teaching science or STEM or anything like that, that we would be in charge of setting the curriculum, you know, writing a lot of the major tests, tracking, assigning certain standards, keeping, you know, certain things for schools in line. And there was this idea that perpetuated by the staff itself that we were smarter, better, we knew the subject better than anyone. We were, we were the betters. And we had to make sure we comported ourselves as esteemed, impressive leaders of the highest regard. And we would meet. And I swear to you, it was the same junior high, middle school at the lunch table goofball garbage at those lunch table conversations as there are anywhere. Every adult in this country is exactly the same on the inside when it comes to how they comport themselves. This pretend idea that. You see this from the never Trump, right, that, oh, well, you know, Donald Trump doesn't have the decorum of a president like I think he should. Guys, quit being ridiculous. Adults act like just normal regular people. Quit gatekeeping and pretending that these special areas of society somehow comport themselves like real gentlemen and ladies behind closed door. American people just don't trust that. And it's why, according to the data, and I promised I would show you this because it really did, it really did shock me. Harry Entin over on CNN points out that I guess RFK Jr. Is like the most popular member of the Trump cabinet. You know, Harry, it's interesting. All morning long I've been saying Secretary Kennedy could be the most embattled member of the Cabinet. Fact check me here. No, I think that's a false, that's a false, that's a Daniel Dale Fact check for you false on that. What are we talking about here? Net favor ratings of key Trump officials. Look at this. RK Jr ain't exactly popular, but he's the most popular of all the key officials that we have. Recent polling on. Pete Hecseth, his net favorable -14 points, JD Vance -11. Marco Rubio -10. RK Jr. S at -7. But -7 beats -10 beats -11 beats -14. So no, RFK Jr. Is not a drag on President Trump. He's not the most embattled. In fact, he is the most popular official in Trump's cabinet, at least according to the polling. It is interesting though, there have been calls for his resignation among. There have been calls for his resignation. Yeah, there are calls for his. There are calls for every single Trump administration officials resignation. But Harry Anton is in fact correct the reason he goes on to say we don't have the time to dig into it right now, even though it'd be bonus tonus at the end of the show here, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Americans were really burned by Covid. They've been really burned by the CDC. They were really burned during the 60s and 70s when they. When Americans were told that one thing was healthy for you and the other stuff was bad for you. And then we got into the 80s and all of a sudden it was the fats that were really, really, really terrible for you got to avoid the fats. You had people with severe vitamin deficiencies because of it. That brought us into the 90s when the agricultural function of the Fed, when the USDA stepped in, brought forward the food pyramid that said you need six servings of bread at every single meal. High in calories, not very good. Then we got into the 2000s and the nutrition and medicine standards changed again. And then you had the early 2000 and tens and, oh, all of the new research coming out, oh, activated charcoal is very good. You should have activated charcoal in your toothpaste. And now it turns out you shouldn't have active charcoal, activated charcoal, or just charcoal. Activated charcoal means, like, nothing. And by the way, really, but you shouldn't have it in your toothpaste because it scrapes the enamel off of your teeth like everything changed. Americans do not trust that just because someone gets up in front of you and goes, hi, I'm Anthony Kennett. I have two master's degrees. You know, actually, I signed my name Anthony Kennett. M A, E d, apostrophe S. Ph.D. 8765309. Like, no one cares because it turns out that no matter how many fancy letters go after the name of the individual, they're often wrong. And so Kennedy getting up in front of I will defend Kennedy to the grave on this alone. Taking away the we're the government and we stamp our approval on things is not bad. It's not bad. Again, I disagree with Kennedy, especially on the MMR vaccine. I think he is dead wrong to write incorrect. I do. Just on, on a holistic basis there being wholly honest with you guys, I agree with him. The HPV vaccine guys do not need to be vaccinated against cervical cancer because men don't have a cervix. Yeah, I think that he's right on those things. But if there was one thing he is correct about, if there was one thing that Sean Duffy, the Department of Transportation is correct about, if there was one thing that Doug Burgum at the Interior is absolutely correct on, that Brendan Carr, the FCC is 100% correct on regulations suck. They're dumb, they're awful. They make things worse. Why the federal government is stamping their approval on things is beyond me. It's why, by the way, I am really unhappy with the Trump administration taking as the US government 10% of the stock of intel. The government should not be stamping approval on things. They suck at it. I voted for narco boats at the bottom of the ocean, illegal immigrants being deported en masse from the United States and a lot of other excellent things like dismantling the Department of Education's hyper regulation. The Trump administration has done so far what they're doing right now with the National Guard, with illegal immigration, they're stellar thing things. It turns out that what RFK Jr is doing is really popular with 90% of Americans on a basis of deregulation and it is deeply unpopular with over educated angry old white women in suburbs who have nothing to do with their time, their families don't want to be around them. They're insufferable at their jobs. And it just so happens that when you don't have faith, family and community to invest in, you obsess over politics and the control of others like some type of bastardized hoa. We'll be back tomorrow to finish out Friday and a fantastic week here on the Tony Kennett cast. You guys have a wonderful evening. This is the Tony Kennett cast here on the Daily Signal, nationally syndicated and first on 93 WIBC. Take care.