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TPUSA Event Glimpses the Future of American Conservatism | Episode 193
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AmericaFest 2025's highlights and lowlights shed light on 2026 and beyond; DOJ releases massive trove of Epstein files; and the DC Police chief goes viral for all the wrong reasons
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Hello and welcome to Vince, everyone. I am Haley Karenia, host of Nightly scroll here on Silverlock. If you don't know me, welcome. Thank you for joining me. And Vince is spending some much needed rest time with his family for the holidays. So we're excited for that and I am excited to be in the chair on his behalf. So thank you to Vince for the opportunity. I always appreciate it. I always love seeing you guys bright and early in the morning. Absolutely love it. So what do we have on the show tonight or today rather? I'm so used to saying tonight, today. This past weekend marked the first America Fest without Charlie Kirk. I'm going to get into some of the highlights. Also some of the lowlights from the biggest meeting of conservative minds. Also, the Epstein saga continues with more files being released by the DOJ earlier or last week. But much to the dismay of the Democrats, the wrong president was exposed in some of these new photos. Going to get into the the meltdown, the statements and all of that. Also the fake news media has failed us yet again. This is why the new media is so important. And even former NBC host Chuck Todd is admitting that leftist outlets were getting bad intel and then continuing to spread it. Awesome. All right, quick ad break before we get into the show. Preborn Ministries. This Christmas as we celebrate the gift of life, you have an opportunity to share that same gift with a mother and her baby. Imagine a young woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, feeling alone, unsure of what to do. She's searching for hope. And that is where Preborn Ministries come in. Many people, even famous people were unplanned. Maybe you were unplanned. There is no doubt that you know someone who is unplanned. God's plan of redemption often works in the unplanned. And when a woman is struggling to make that life altering decision, Preborn network of clinics is there to help. 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Vince's logo with Haley from the Nightly scroll logo. Then it's Vince's headshot with my face taped on his and I'm in a Santa hat. Love it. All right, well you've probably. If you watch my show, you know that rapper Nicki Minaj has been standing up for Christians worldwide. She was speaking in front of the United nations alongside Ambassador Mike Waltz a month ago. And since that time she has become way more outspoken in her conservative beliefs. Now I have been a fan since Nicki Minaj for a long time and I just brought some proof to show you all that this is a ticket stub from 2011 there. There are a lot of bandwagon barbs out there and I'm just letting you know that I am a day one. This was the Lil Wayne concert and Nicki Minaj open for him and Rick Ross was also opening for him. This is a little, it's a little stained, it's a little gross, but you know, it's over a decade old. So yep, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Just proving to you that some people like her now that she's a Trump supporter. I was a day one and she's been rapping about her conservative beliefs for years. She was outspoken against the COVID 19 mandates. Now she's gone on offense against California Governor Gavin Newsom, warning against his future political aspirations, claiming that his trans kids agenda has no place in the White House. And that's true. And then she was the surprise guest at America Fest yesterday, the very first one since Charlie Kirk's assassination. She took the stage hand in hand with Erica Kirk and was met with thunderous applause from the crowd. And this is a big deal. She's an icon in the music industry. You know, people in the chat might not know her or might not listen to her music. You might not like rap music at all. It's fine. Let me just tell you, this is a big deal. This is a mainstream music artist that is coming out not only in support of Trump, but. But going to America Fest. You know, there are other rappers who have come out in support of Trump over the years. That's one thing. Speaking to thousands of young conservatives at the largest, if not the largest event for conservative ever. That is a huge deal. And this isn't just, you know, the rnc, Right. Although you can draw some parallels. But this isn't just about one candidate. This is about a movement. This is about young people. Speaking at Amfest is more than just a Trump endorsement ahead of an election. Speaking at Amfest means she cares about Christianity. She cares about the conservative movement and the party beyond election Day and beyond Trump or Vance or any politicians. So much so that she wanted to speak directly to young men and women about how proud she is of them for being loud about their faith and their beliefs. And she led by example, saying that not only is she proud to be American, but she loves President Trump and Vice President Vance. Watch this.
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I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president. Both of them have a very uncanny ability to be someone that you relate to. I can relate to them. When I hear them speak, I know that they're one of us. Like I know that they're not. Don't you guys agree? They haven't. They haven't lost. They haven't lost touch of the world. You know, they're still connected to the world and what's happening in the world with the younger people.
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You just don't hear celebrities say these kinds of things all too often. Certainly not mainstream, certainly not as famous and as popular as she is. And it's also rare to hear celebrities and pop stars and artists talk about their faith. But she actually went further to warn against voting in candidates who don't believe in God the same way that we do. Watch this.
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We absolutely cannot let people who have a problem with Us worshiping God. We cannot have them in power. We cannot have them in power. All you have to do is look at what is happening in other places in the world. Look at what is being done to Christians all around the world. When the truth walks in the room, the lies hide. They don't come out willingly. You gotta pry it out of them. They hide because they don't want you or anyone to know who they really are behind closed doors because even they know how evil it is to try to deprive people of worshiping God.
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I mean, this is true. This is true. And again, hearing it from Nicki Minaj, it almost seems like, am I what is happening to the simulation? Is this real? We have a rapper talking about how we can't vote in candidates who don't believe in God. We can't vote in candidates that don't allow us to believe in God. She's totally right. We see what's happening when, you know, with mass immigration. Thank you, President Biden. Mass immigration where there is just an overtaking of certain American communities. Once American communities, then they vote in their own. Then their own, they are, you know, mayors and, and governors and whatever else. Then America starts to not look like America anymore. And America was founded on religious freedom. So she's absolutely right. And there are a lot of Democrats that they don't want to touch faith. They say that we're crazy. They say that we, we worship Sky Daddy. I hear this all the time from liberals on, on Tik Tok. Oh, you worship a Sky Daddy or oh, you have religious psychosis. This is what the left says. It's demonic. Any attacks on the freedom of religion demonic. But something really good also came out of America Fest. One of many things. And you probably remember you saw this viral video of Jeannie from Target. Jeannie works at Target and she was wearing a red Charlie Kirk freedom shirt with an American flag on the side and on the back. And she was harassed by a libtard in Target. And the libtard, you know, took out her phone and started filming thinking that she was doing something, thinking that she was going to get a lot of clicks on the Internet. And she did, but not for the reason that she was hoping. Probably the person filming thought that she was in the right to call Jeannie from Target a racist for supporting Charlie Kirk and say that, well, I'm going to find your manager and I'm going to get you fired and all these things. Right, right. Jeie from Target was found by the Turning Point staff. She was invited to AM Fest. She was on stage with Benny Johnson. And then Benny Johnson made this video with her after. And here is a message from Genie. Watch. This is a Genie from Target appreciation post. We love you. Thank you.
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What do you have to say to.
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All of your supporters? Genie, thank you. Be nice to each other. And a Merry Christmas. Oh, and a Merry Christmas. And a very Merry Christmas from Genie. In this house, we say Merry Christmas. We don't do happy holidays. We see Merry Christmas. But I do love Merry Christmas from Jeannie and also her very simple message of be kind to each other. I mean, again, even in this, this whole viral moment that she's been a part of, she's, you know, she's working at Target now. She's been thrust into the national spotlight, right? Who knew that Jeannie from Target would go from working at Target getting yelled at while she's on the job? And now she's at amfest and she has all these fans around the world who love her, right? And it's so simple. She represents kindness, she represents a lot of what Charlie Kirk stood for, which is be loud and proud about your views, but be respectful about them. And she is the epitome of that. She's respectful about her views and, and she's been rewarded for that. And again, just to be kind, this is a, a lost art, if you will. A lot of people, they, they can't find it in their hearts to be like Jeie. So be like Jeie. But I want to get into, unfortunately, some of the low lights that came out of AM Fest. And one of those low lights, unfortunately started with Ben Shapiro. He was the first speaker to take the stage after Erica Kirk. And he kind of set the tone where, you know, Amfest is supposed to be about the movement, the party, getting young people excited. And it seems like, you know, personal vendettas started making their way into speeches after this moment.
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Watch if Candace Owens decides to spend every day since the murder of Charlie Kirk casting aspersions at TP USA and the people who work here who worked with Charlie every single day, his best friends, to cast aspersions at Mikey McCoy and Andrew Colvin and Blake Neff and Tyler Boyer and yes, at Erica Kirk. And to imply or outright claim complicity in a cover up over Charlie's murder dispute, absolutely baseless trash, implicating everyone from French intelligence to Mossad to members of TPUSA in Charlie's murder or a cover up in that murder, then we as people with a microphone have a moral obligation to, to call that out. By name. So no, Tucker Carlson. It is not an excuse to go silent on Candace's targeting of tpusa. Or to mirror her bullshit lines of questioning. Because you love Candace personally. The same holds true of Megyn Kelly, a person I consider a friend. Characterizing Candace as a young mother and thus shying away from condemning her actions or filming me about them, that is a non starter. Meghan Markle is a young mother. Ilhan Omar is a young mother. That doesn't matter.
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Okay? And then after Ben kind of set the stage where he's the first speaker, he starts throwing daggers. Well, now everyone who comes after him is going to have to respond. Megyn Kelly responded. Watch.
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Well, I found it kind of funny that Ben thinks he has the power to decide who gets excommunicated from the conservative movement, which shows a willful blindness about his position in. Reminded me a little of when the girl who was the head of our middle school chorus told me she was going to take all my friends away from me. Chorus. A head cheerleader, maybe, but. So I resent the whole thing. I object to the whole thing.
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I object to all of this as well. I asked a friend there, and when I say that, I. I'm not taking sides. I mean, I object to the name calling in general, but I asked a friend who was there what it was like, because I'm just watching this on X, right? We were gonna go, and then with taping schedules and all that stuff just didn't make sense to go. But I would have loved to have gone. And I asked one of my friends, you know, I'm just watching this on X, right? As many of you in the chat probably are. I'm scrolling on Twitter X and I'm. I'm trying to get an idea of what's going on there. And I said, is the infighting is palpable there as it is for us, watching it unfold on social media, or is it just like this kumbaya moment and everyone's fine there and it just seems that way from where we're sitting. And she said the. The division and infighting was palpable. And it was awkward. And I thought, you know, how unfortunate. And then I was scrolling and I saw this. This is a guy who was at Amfest. This is his take on all of this. Again, I'm trying to get into the heads of the people that were there and how they felt about all of this. Watch.
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Obviously, there's controversy, you know, with Candace Owens and the way, like I said, Erica Kirk is handling everything. Obviously Erica Kirk, Candace Owens, they're pivot against each other right now. Ben Shapiro comes out. It was very, very like kind of emotional.
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Not.
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Not emotional, but an emotion based talking. Okay. When you debate someone, you're usually trying to like, remain in fact, not call names. No, Ben Shapiro threw that all out the window immediately, you know, started calling people names on stage in front of probably 10,000 people. It was ridiculous. Throwing shots out, okay? Shot after shot. Canneson went bang. Nick Fuentes, bang. Tucker Carlson, bang. Andrew Tate, bang. Just shot after shot. And he just did not stop. It was actually, you're like, you're sitting in the audience and you're just like, what the hell did I just get caught in the middle of? Like, this is just, it's like drama. But anyway, what he's talking about is, you know, questions, like these questions, they just don't stop.
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I mean, you get the point, right? He's saying, well, I'm sitting in the office audience. What did I just get caught in the middle of, right? And everyone who bought a ticket to this, anyone who showed up, you know, this is the first AM fest since Charlie Kirk's assassination. And in the wake of that assassination, the question on everyone's minds was, who's going to pick up the microphone? You remember that? This is what everyone was saying, well, who's going to pick up his microphone? Who's going to carry this torch? And it seems like the nation's most popular conservative influencers all jumped at the opportunity to fill a void that will never be filled. And I think they know that. But they took the opportunity to stand on a stage that, you know, Charlie Kirk built and bash each other and name names and try to cancel each other and shut each other up, or convince the young people in the audience that they are right and everyone else is wrong. Or to convince the young conservatives in the audience to pick sides instead of unite behind Charlie Kirk's mission. And maybe we could just memorialize Charlie Kirk and realize that no one will do what he did better than he did. But we'll try, right? And your ego has to be in check in order to do that. But everyone's kind of like throwing their big mics on the table and sword fighting with them, trying to prove to all these young people that this is what Charlie Kirk would have wanted. And again, the first amfest without Charlie. And it seems like they're all trying to disprove to the audience who's deserving of their attention. Thousands of young conservatives are watching petty gossip that could have been an Email, or better yet, a private phone call or text message. The conservative party that I want to belong to is one that doesn't perpetuate bitchy gossip, but also has a clear focus on things that matter. You know, post President Trump, because he's never going to be on a ballot ever again, I had concerns about who's going to come after him. Right. We have this MAGA movement that has been born out of, you know, years of Rhino stuff, and now we're going full steam ahead with MAGA and America First. And I'm thinking, again, like this same feeling, who's going to carry this torch? And I think during the early debates in 2024, when Trump didn't get on stage, but everyone else was vying for the nomination, I thought, you know, wow, like, some of these people, they can't hold a flame to Trump. Like, they're just. Trump has set a standard, and no one is rising to the occasion. You have to be larger than life. You have to have a personality that reaches people. You have to put America first, above everything and everyone. And anything less after Trump is going to fall short. He said, here, we're here. You can't give us a candidate that's going to give us this right. We can't. We can't go back. We can't do less. We have to do more. We have to rise to the occasion. And recently, I've been so comforted seeing what a deep bench of political talent the conservatives have, the Republicans have versus the left. You know, we see Vice President Vance, we see Secretary Rubio, we have strong leaders on our side. Then it. It just feels like, you know, we're. We have these strong leaders and politicians, and then we see podcasters fighting over another one's reporting. Right? And I've talked about this at length on my show. I'm anti boycott, I'm anti cancel culture. I am pro free speech and pro truth. And I think most conservatives can agree on those very basic principles, many of which are based in our Constitution, and yet they're canceling each other for speech, and they're canceling each other for not condemning Candace's speech. And they have a right to do that. You know, we have a freedom of speech. That doesn't mean there aren't going to be consequences for that speech. Speech can be criticized, and that's a wonderful thing. And I think, you know, Candace is spewing nonsense, but I think if nobody was listening, they wouldn't care so much. They care because a lot of people are tuning in and now it's become a viewership power struggle. And I've said this before, but the truth is going to come out, right? This is an ongoing trial. And when the truth comes out, not if. When. Candace will either fall flat on her face or she won't. And when that happens, her audience will have to decide if they trust her anymore. So let that happen, and then stay focused on what matters. Because it wasn't just major podcasters influencer drama, by the way. I saw videos of influencers getting into fist fights. Whether that was for views and clicks, I don't know. You know, I'm not saying that I need everyone to get along, but infighting is not going to get us anywhere productive. And I was glad to see that there were other influencers who were condemning this petty tit for tat and kind of bringing us back to the mission at hand. Even Vice President Vance weighed in on all the drama. Listen to this.
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The best way to honor Charlie is that none of us here should be doing something after Charlie's death that he himself refused to do in life. He invited all of us here. Charlie invited all of us here for a reason, because he believed that each of us, all of us, had something worth saying. And he trusted all of you to make your own judgment. And we have far more important work to do than canceling each other. We have got to be build. And President Donald Trump is a builder.
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You know, I was grateful to see that the Vice President kind of took this moment on stage to bring back the focus and to bring back this sense of unity which AM Fest should be all about. Right? We should all be on the same page. It shouldn't be this versus this person or that versus, like, we are one conservative movement, and we have one mission, and that is to win. And that's important. Right? The fact that the Vice President even had to mention this in his speech at all is wild. But he's right. I really couldn't have said it better myself. I want conservative influencers who put their blinders on, keep their heads down, and do the important work that needs to be done ahead of the midterms. There might be someone screaming over here or some drivel over here. Put your blinders on and focus on what actually matters. Because Republican turnout in the midterms usually isn't very good. And we can't afford to not be our best and our strongest because the balance of power in Congress is at stake. And if we lose it because conservative millionaires are fighting with each other and everyone is distracted watching this dog fight. I'm going to be mad because I actually don't care if these people are friends or if they hate each other, if they're pretending to be friends or if they disagree with each other. I don't care. What I care about is this country. What I care about is winning in the midterm elections, getting good maga America first candidates in office, people who are going to carry President Trump's flame and that torch. That is what's important. That's, you know, this fighting isn't what the party should look like, a year away from an election. So it's best to ignore the noise and push towards what actually matters. Taking a quick break to tell you about more sponsors for this morning's show. I was about to say tonight's show. This morning's show, Birch Gold. Let me be blunt. Gold is up around 40% from last year. That is not speculation, that's reality. And if a portion of your savings isn't diversified into gold, you're missing the boat. Here are the facts. Inflation is still too high. The US Dollar is still too weak. And and the government debt is seemingly insurmountable. Which is why central banks are flocking to gold. They're the ones driving up prices to record highs. But it's not too late to buy gold from Birch Gold Group and get in the door. Now, Birch Gold will help you convert an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered IRA. In gold, you don't pay a dime out of pocket. Just text Vince to 989-898 and claim your free info kit. There's no obligation, just useful information. And the best indicator of the future is the past. And gold is historically been a safe haven for millennia. What else can say that, right? So text Vince to 989-898 right now and claim your free info kit on Gold. Again, that's Vince to 989-898. Protect your future today with Birch Gold. Message and data rates apply. Also want to tell you about Beam. I love Beam. You know, Christmas used to mean something simple. Family gathered around a table, real conversation, hard work rewarded with a little time to breathe. But these days, everyone is looking for an easy way out. But not our friends at Beam. Beam is a company proudly founded in America and run by people who share our values, hard work, integrity and delivering results. That is why I want to tell you about Beam's Dream Powder. It's a healthy nighttime blend packed with science backed ingredients shown to improve sleep sleep so you can wake up refreshed and Ready to take on the day. Dream is made with a powerful blend of reishi, magnesium, L theanine, apigenin, melatonin, all natural ingredients. So if you've been waiting for the right time to try Dream, this is it. It's like a sweet treat. It's like having hot chocolate before bed and it helps you go to sleep and gives you a great night's sleep. What could be better than that? Go to shopbeam.com Vince show use code Vince show and take advantage of the exclusive offer for up to 40% off beams dream Powder. So with discount Code Vince show you can get their best selling Dream powder for just $39. Go to shop beam.comvince show today. All right, well, speaking of the new media versus this old guard, old media, fake news media, we heard recently from former host of Meet the Press on NBC, Chuck Todd. Now he's got his own podcast or I think he calls it a Todd cast. Anyway, he is talking about the state of the media and why Americans don't trust it anymore. Watch this.
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I always say I'm, I'm as good as the sources I have, not necessarily the sources. I want at times, to borrow a phrase from the late Donald Rumsfeld, meaning if you're getting untrustworthy sources, you may be reporting untrustworthy information. Right. You get my drift here. And so I think that the collapse of trust in overall institutions, the media, in some ways is a reflection of that distrust. And so that we may be reporting what the quote, unquote experts tell us. But if the public doesn't trust those experts and then we in the media are quoting those experts, they don't trust us too. It's sort of across the board. And what you have now, I would argue, Tom, is essentially the left doesn't trust the media now and the right doesn't trust the media. We are in this, you know, siloed world. I put the blame on big tech and algorithms.
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Okay, so he places the blame on, you know, big tech. And I agree with that. But no blame on himself because he was a part of this, you know, mainstream media apparatus. But now he's got his own Todd cast. So now he doesn't have to place the blame on himself. It's oh, well, that was then, this is now. And I do find it hysterical how these mainstream media journalists, they Monday morning quarterback some of the biggest failures in their careers, like all of the Democrats now who have come out with books since the Biden administration and since Biden has left office, you know, Jake Tapper And Alex Thompson putting this book together. What was it called? What was the book called? Original Sin. Is that what the book is called? They're talking about how. Yeah, you know, everyone, everyone, everyone knew the whole time that Biden was failing. We just told you the opposite on our shows. You know, Karine Jean Pierre writing a book. She was literally President Biden's mouthpiece. And now apparently she hates the Democrat Party. She's leaving the Democrat Party now she's an independent. Yeah, right. And then Kamala Harris writes a book. Oh, what happened in those 107 days? Oh, well, I was just screwed over by. Right. Everything that they're not proud of or more likely that they don't want attached to their legacies, they just condemn. But it's too little too late. You know, Jake Tapper admitting that Biden's mental health was failing and he wasn't fit to be president only after spreading the lies that he wasn't on CNN for years. And now Chuck Dodd is basically saying, well, I was given bad intel by the administration or government entities or experts. Therefore, if people don't trust me and my reporting, it's not my fault. So he's admitting that he was a mouthpiece for a corrupt government and he didn't do any of his own fact checking. And let me just say we should be able to trust government information and sources. We should be able to, but we can't. And it's too little, too late for Chuck Todd to start admitting that now. And when he mentioned experts, by the way, you know, Dr. Fauci came to mind right away for me. And the liberal mainstream media wanted everyone to think he was like a prophet, this omniscient figurehead that everyone should just bow down to and take orders from. And conservatives started questioning the science that Foushee and other mouthpieces were pushing on everyone. And we were called conspiracy theorists, murderers, you name it. Covid really gets me fired up. That was like I was always red pilled, but Covid was my black pill moment. This was just like a point of no return for me. And now Chuck, Chuck Turd. Honestly, I meant it. Chuck Turd. For the rest of the show, I'm just gonna call him Chuck Turd. Tuck Turd says the left doesn't trust the media. And why, you know, I mean, obviously I know why we don't trust the media, but the left now doesn't trust the media. I don't know about that. They certainly lost the free thinkers. But I think the people that turn on CNN and MSNBC all day they, you know, people who are fed the, the, the water hose of information from the mainstream media, they, they're going to trust the media until the day they die. They're not free thinkers. But I agree that the American people have trust issues. They'll never fully trust the government again. And I don't blame them. They don't trust any three letter agencies or any information that comes out of them. I don't blame them. Same with fake news in the big media. They've lied so many times without facing any consequences. Big tech, social media platforms, they were all bullied by the Biden administration to push certain narratives and censor others. And I'm sure the same thing was happening under the Obama administration as well. We talked about this on my show the other day. But thanks to AI, nobody can believe their, their own eyes anymore. Nobody knows what's real. Right during COVID conspiracy theories and theorists, you know, we went undefeated. Everyone wants to believe what they want to believe now. And the problem with the age of the Internet is that you can find, you can go to Google and anything that you think you can go to Google and back yourself up. There's a claim somewhere that tells you that you're right. So everyone's right. What happens to truth and information and the spread of information and the trust in, in public media and, and all these institutions when everyone's right all the time, the truth doesn't exist anymore. You can make an AI video and you're right, you can find some study that hasn't been backed and you're right, you can have every belief affirmed on the Internet. People don't even want to hear the truth. They just want to hear their truth and they can live in that reality. And it doesn't help when the mainstream media does stuff like this. So, so here's exhibit A of the media just playing with us and, and pushing a narrative. So here's an article from a local radio station in Sioux Falls and it says it's K E L O. This is the radio station, an AM radio station. And they put this out on their website. Here's the headline. Sioux Falls man is charged with making a terrorist threat. Okay, no problems. However, the photo that they used is a stock photo from Depositphotos.com and it's of a cop arresting a white man. But that's not really what happened in reality. They just chose a stock photo. But now, you know, it seems like common sense to not use a stock photo, but I think some people just don't have it. If I had to guess, this is some intern who is probably taught to just grab a stock photo that makes sense and call it a day. And this is someone who doesn't have the editorial judgment to know that this mistake is now going to be part of a much larger story about how the mainstream media lies to us all the time. This kind of use of a stock image. Because if anyone wants to guess what race the the perpetrator is here, he wasn't white. I think this is probably pretty clear. And so they use this stock image of a white guy, but this is really the guy who was charged with a terroristic threat. So now they use this image. They want viewers to believe that the criminal terrorist was white and not black. And now there's this, you know, hiding of the truth and this pushing of another narrative. But instead of issuing a correction, I looked on their website just this morning just before we started this show and the page is just deleted. So normally when a news outlet messes up, they're required to tell their audience, hey, we made a mistake. They issue a note at the top of the article or even the bot. Sometimes they bury it at the bottom of the article saying something like, in a previous version of this article, you know, we used a stock photo of an arrest and instead of the actual arrest photo or the actual mugshot, we. This photo has been updated to reflect the blah, blah, blah, right? But no, not here. I guess they decided that being sneaky and lying is easier than admitting when you're wrong. And I guess they feel like they don't owe it to their viewers and their listeners to tell the truth. And what a shame. And we also have another media blackout when it comes to this horrific story. When you search the name Jeanette Markin and I urge you to do that, Jeanette Markin. Three articles come up, just three when this happened. Jeanette Markin is a 75 year old woman who is now blind after being attacked by a career criminal in downtown Seattle. Watch this.
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75 year old Jeanette Marcin standing on the corner. And police say this is Foley Paya walking up with a stick in his hand when out of nowhere he attacks her. Jeanette is knocked to the ground. Bystanders take a picture of the suspect, then rush to help Jeanette. The full scope of what happened wasn't clear yet. Police arrested Paya a block away and found the weapon, this wooden board with a screw through the end of it. Police say that screw went through Jeanette's eye.
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Who is this guy? He's, he's a regular. He usually punches. He's a regular. I guess today he decides to escalate things way worse than his usual.
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Where is he usually?
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He's usually just up and down Third.
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As paramedics race her to the hospital, it becomes obvious police know f Payo.
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Well, she has a suspect I.D. yeah, suspect's I.D. he's being searched right now. Yeah. Oh, you know him? Oh, he's notorious for random assaults on third.
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Court records show Paya had multiple prior convictions for assault, including stabbing someone eight times at a party.
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Was that.
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I'll take my chances.
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Yep. So this guy, he's 42 years old. He was armed with a wooden board. If you're listening and not watching, it's like a long plank. And there was a huge screw in it on the end of it. And he used both hands to then swing this wooden board at her head, and that screw hit her in the face and gouged out Martin's eye. And now her family told this local news source that she will never see again, she will never recover her eyesight ever again. And the cops know him. They were calling him a regular. And I'm not blaming police here. They can't help it if this man gets back out onto the street. But you should be a regular at your local coffee shop. Not a regular for assaults on third. And he is a regular. In 2011, he stabbed two people at a party, and one of the victims was stabbed eight times. You think if you stab someone eight times, you go. You should just go to jail for life? I mean, you stab two people, one of them eight times. Is this someone that you think is well adjusted and ready to go back out onto the street? I guess the DA there thinks so. Then he was convicted by a jury. He was only in jail for 18 months. Okay. Then when he got let out, he was assaulting people in 2020. In 2023, there were four cases. One case in 2024. And now he's been arrested eight times just this year, and the year's not even over yet. Assault, indecent exposure, drugs, property destruction, unlawful use of weapons, and malicious mischief. And none of those had resulted in charges until now. And so this is what the prosecutors are saying. The defendant's egregious actions in this case, as well as his prior assault of criminal history, demonstrate that he is a substantial danger to the community and. And is likely to commit a violent offense. You don't say, oh, really? Oh, really? He's only stabbed someone eight times. And then he went and assaulted people in 2023 and 2024 and 2025, eight more people. I mean, how many criminal acts does it take? How many assaults does it take? How many stabbings does it take to get put away for life? This is not someone who needs to be worried walking up and down, third assaulting people. If I was this woman and her family, I would sue everyone. Everyone. They had eight opportunities to get this guy behind bars this year alone. This year alone. And now this woman's eyeball has been gouged out and she will never see again. And I'd say, well, we should vote out this district attorney, but people in Seattle are going to have to do that. So unfortunately, this will be the norm. I'm sure they've got a woman in there now. She was elected in 2021. Her name is Ann Davidson. She is the Seattle city attorney, and she was elected and she ran on treatment alternatives for addiction, which I'm sure is, you know, her idea of that. I'm sure I don't know what that is, but I'm sure it's not, you know, actually getting these people treatment. Because, you know, when you ask a liberal like, oh, how are you going to clean up the city? Oh, well, we're going to get rid of jails and cops. It's like, okay, so whatever. Her idea of alternative treatments for addiction, I don't know what that means. You know, in New York, I know they give people. Their idea of fixing this problem is giving them safe injection sites. So I'm sure Seattle is no different then. She also wanted to reduce gun violence and address environmental issues. This D. A was running on fixing environmental issues. Okay. But in November, they voted in the first black woman to ever fill the position. So this, you know, climate alarmist is going to be gone. And then, you know, Seattle's priority, of course, is putting a first. The first ever black, the first ever white, the first, you know, whatever. It's like, whatever color, whatever. Then they've got a prosecutor, Lisa Mannion, and I looked her up because I just wanted to, like, who are these people that are letting these people out on the streets? And I saw a video. I probably only got through 30 seconds of it, but she's celebrating. Women's history month. Make history by doing a good job. How about that? Going to law school and getting elected to office isn't enough. Do better by your communities. Do what you say you're going to do when you run for office. Keep your community safe. And if you say you're going to clean up cities and Address homelessness and drug addiction. We'll do it. But they don't want to send anyone to jail. They think it's mean and you can't fix stupid. But one top cop in D.C. she is leaving office. This is the disgraced D.C. police chief, Pamela Smith. And just take a look at this speech that she gave. Watch this. So I'm going to the Bible when I say this to my haters. F. You. The same folks who said in that report that they changed their numbers.
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And I did not.
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The report is very clear. I did not direct anyone. You should investigate those folks. It's not me. I just resigned. But it's not me. I had nothing to do with it. I'm just resigning. But it happened under my watch. But it wasn't me. Investigate those other people. So when she said, I'm going to the Bible, when I say this to my haters, Fu. She actually went on there and said, I forgive you. So F is for forgive, not the F word. Now, if you leave office and you feel the need to, quote, address the haters, you probably didn't do a very good job. You shouldn't have haters unless the only haters you should have as police chief are criminals that you've locked up. But she's got other haters, and this is what happened under her nose, right? Mischaracterization of crime statistics because President Trump and residents who live in D.C. they know that D.C. needed to be cleaned up, and they made the President of the United States out to look like he was a liar. You know. Oh, you don't have to send in the National Guard. No, the. The murder rate is the lowest it's ever been. You're crazy. And then it turned out that the Metropolitan Police Department's crime data was, according to the doj, unreliable and inaccurate because they were miscalc. Miscalculating it and misclassified, Misclassifying everything. You know, murders weren't really that bad, and misdemeanors were nothing. And so violent crime wasn't being accurately reported to the public. Because if people see crime happening and then the statistics are fraudulent, then the media gets to gaslight them and lie to them, and then the media is reporting the fake data from the police department. I mean, it's just a vicious cycle of corruption and lies. And this is how Democrats get away with winning elections, by the way, because the electorate doesn't even live in reality. They live in this false one being concocted by corrupt, corrupt leadership. Like, I'm going to vote in the I'm going to keep this police chief in or I'm going to vote for this DA And I'm going to vote for this. Because they tell me that everything's better, doesn't feel it, but they. They're telling me that everything's fine. So it must be so. So they must be doing a good job, and I must vote them in again. It's just people who are stupid. They're just not free thinkers. And to me, you know, this video, it seemed to me like, you know, she's leaving this job not because she did anything wrong. Of course, according to her, she's, well, you should investigate those other people. But she seemed like she was auditioning to be a preacher at the church across the street. So good luck on those endeavors. Maybe she would be better over there, but we've been following this Somali fraud case in Minnesota pretty closely. And when I first started covering it, it was $1 billion. And I thought, one billion? Dang, that's really bad. And then it got worse because then they reported a few weeks later that the fraud was actually 7 billion. That's. That's really, really bad. One billion's bad. Seven billion is a lot worse. And it turns out that it could be 9 billion or more. Great. So according to First Assistant U.S. attorney Joe Thompson, 14 Medicaid services in Minnesota could be fraudulent. They are under audit, and they are deemed high risk for fraud. And he says that these Medicaid services have potentially cost the state. Get this. Are you sitting down? Sit down. If you're drinking water or anything, swallow it. If you drink. If you have coffee in your mouth, swallow it. Before I tell you this. The fraud could have cost estate $18 billion. 18. I thought one was bad because one is bad. Even $1 stolen from the American people is bad. 1 billion. 7 billion. 9 billion. Say it ain't so. $18 billion. This is billion with a B, by the way. B as in boy. And I thought that this was just a COVID 19 era fraud scheme. This is when. When it was the $1 billion, $7 billion. They were saying, oh, well, there was this COVID 19 program that, you know, they needed government assistance to feed children. And, you know, all that sounds well and good, but none of the food or the money actually went to feeding children. It went to funding their lavish lifestyles and, you know, sending money back to families in Somalia or whatever else. So what Minnesotans should do is fire tampon, Tim, fire Democrats who let all of this happen. And Tim Walls, by the way, is up for Reelection in November of 2026. So I urge you to not forget this story. If you live in Minnesota, do not forget this story. It can't just go away and be swept under the rug because the news cycle moves fast. Do not forget this story. Because under his nose. Because he was elected in 2018. This is when it all started. 2018. And then he was elected. Hello. Time to put things together. That tampon, Tim, he has allowed this to happen under his leadership, make people remember what a horrible candidate he was, make his legacy to be a losing vice president, presidential candidate and a governor that got ousted for letting illegal migrants or immigrants run amok in his state, defraud the American citizens in his state to the tune of $18 billion. Also disgusting is Bill Clinton in a hot tub. Just saying something that I don't ever want to see Bill Clinton shirtless in a hot tub. And unfortunately, we did see this as part of the Justice Department's releasing of these Epstein files. Right. There was a. Some congressional pressure. There was a deadline that, you know, the Epstein Files Transparency act was passed and President Trump signed it mid last month. And Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch announced that the investigation identified more than 1200 victims. And here's what he had to say. The mainstream media thinks that, you know, the DOJ is just scrubbing everything so that Trump's not in it. Here's what he had to say. Watch. White House has said that President Trump is included in the files. Can you guarantee that every mention and every photo of President Trump in the Epstein files will be released?
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Yes. Yes.
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I mean, I've said it three, four times now. We've said it before, and President Trump has said it repeatedly since before he was elected and since he was elected, all summer long, he said the same thing. I have nothing to hide.
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Hide.
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And so, of course, that's the case. But let me just make sure everybody understands something. To the extent that he is, quote, in the Epstein files, it's not because he had anything to do with the horrific crimes, full stop. But yes, if President Trump is mentioned, if there's photographs that we have of President Trump or anybody else, they, of course, will be released with the exception of any victims or survivors that we've identified, which of which we will either not release that photograph, if it's just a photograph of a survivor, or if we do release the photograph because there's other individuals in the picture, the survivor's face or her entire body in some cases will, will be redacted.
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Right. We've known this right there are photos of President Trump and Epstein. There are photos of a lot of people in Epstein. Doesn't necessarily mean that there was any wrongdoing. Right. I mean, this isn't a. A jail sentence, but it's interesting how they didn't really find anything new on Trump. So there's crickets from the Democrats because they don't care about victims. They don't care about women. Democrats don't care about the release of a client list or Epstein files unless Trump is in it or on it. And they don't care about victims unless they claim that Trump was the perpetrator. Democrats don't care about. About child sexual abuse. As a matter of fact, they encourage policies that allow for the grooming and sexual mutilation of children. They encourage policies that allow for mentally ill men to enter into women's bathrooms and locker rooms. And they've made it so that if women speak out about feeling uncomfortable, they're made out to be transphobic bigots. So, so much for supporting women. And you may remember when the movie Sound of Freedom came out about human trafficking, a movie that exposes the horrors of that industry. Democrats called it a conspiracy theory. No, literally, Democrats called a movie about human trafficking a conspiracy theory. You know, Democrats have made Trump into this boogeyman. They want to take him down by any means necessary. They've tried multiple impeachment hoaxes. They've had he even has a mug shot, Right? And. And some people want him dead. They'll stop at nothing. So as soon as Democrats caught wind of Trump in the Epstein files, they thought that this was going to be their golden ticket. And guess what? It backfired. And we knew that Democrats did not want to do this and release this before because it didn't behoove them unless it got Trump. Well, now Bill Clinton is front and center. Nobody's shocked. He's a dog. And aside from Tim Kaine, who was on Meet the Press yesterday, I haven't seen any Democrats condemning Bill Clinton for this. And Tim Kaine didn't even condemn him. He just urged Bill to address it. And Angel Urena, who has been the longtime Clinton spokesperson, he did put out a statement, and it's as ridiculous as you would think. So we could pull up Angel's statement here. Statement from me again, this isn't from Bill. This is angel statement. The White House hasn't been hiding these files for months, only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about shielding themselves from what comes next or from what they'll try to hide forever so they can release as many grainy 20 plus year old photos they want. But this isn't about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be. Even Susie Wiles said Donald Trump was wrong about Bill Clinton. There are two types of people here. The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him after. We're in the first. I love how he says we, we're in the first. No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that. Everyone, especially maga, expects answers, not scapegoats. Yeah, I'm sure. Bill Clinton was in phase one of Jeffrey Epstein's friendships. And once he caught wind that Jeffrey Epstein was up to no good with young girls, Bill Clinton was out of there. He put his towel on and got up out of the hot tub. He thought, oh, oh, oh no, he's doing something wrong. Oh, these young, oh, how young are these girls? Let me put my towel on and get up out of the hot tub. I doubt that. And if I was Hillary Clinton, I would be so embarrassed. Your husband is a disgrace. Defiling the Oval Office. He, she only stayed with him for political clout that never ended up panning out for her because she's a two time failed presidential candidate and she stayed with him hoping that she would be president. And now this is the Clinton's legacy. A president who's now being photographed and with young women in a hot tub, which isn't shocking. And now, you know, he was, we already knew what he was capable of with the White House intern and his wife. Two failed presidential runs, just, you know, that's their legacy. Quickly, I want to go through the, the Patriot Games, right? So President Trump, he put out this video announcing last week that for the country's 2250th birthday, we're going to do a Patriot Games where. Well, I'll let President Trump tell you, watch.
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In the fall, we will host the first ever Patriot Games, an unprecedented four day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman from each state and territory. But I promise there will be no men playing in women's sports. You're not going to see that. You'll see everything but that.
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Love it. So one young man, one young woman, not, not to be confused with men who are confused, just, just biological men and women competing, which I think is cool. And liberals were just like melting down over this. So this is, I guess People magazine posted something about this and people were freaking out saying that this is the Hunger Games. And people. People in the comments are saying, in the Hunger Games, it didn't end well for people in the capital. May the odds be ever in your favor. Ran to the comments to see if we were thinking about the same thing, and it did not disappoint. Are they fighting for health care? I think I've seen this film before. The country was warned, and now we are here, literally living in a Hunger Games arena formerly known as the usa. Guys, it's just a little competition. It's just a little friendly competition. People. Other people in the comments were saying, I volunteer kk, Caroline and Stephen Miller as tribute. Let the maggots volunteer as tribute. I mean, let me know when this nightmare we're living is over. Only a Democrat would think watching athletes compete or encouraging healthy behaviors is a nightmare. So I thought it was funny because people are talking about this, this Hunger Games, right? And a meme went around on Reddit not too long ago, and we'll just end the show on this. But the Hunger Games districts. If we were to have a Hunger Games, if you've seen that movie, someone in the chat just said it's like a mini Olympics. Exactly. This is. This is not going to be the Hunger Games. But if we could pull up this meme here. The Hunger Games districts announced. So we've got District one, which is a bunch of, like, influencers and. And lefties, right? California, Utah, Colorado. I'm thinking that maybe they wouldn't put up a good fight. So I think in the Hunger Games District one, we can count out District two. It's a bunch of live tards. We already saw how The Chaz and Chop zones turned out during the Summer of Love. In 2020, we don't have to worry about District 2. District 4, I think, is a sleeper because they've got some cowboys and gang members in Chicago. So I think that combo is. Is a lethal combo. I would say number five. That's the northeast area. And I think if rats and cockroaches had opposable thumbs, we'd be in trouble. But District 3 is going to take it. And on that note, thanks for watching the show. I appreciate all of you for watching me fill in for Vince. And if you liked this show, you should tune into Nightly scroll with Haley. It's a good show. Um, I'm biased, but I think it's a good show. And tonight I've got a great interview with a bar owner, Old State saloon owner, and they are offering free beer for anyone who helps ice deport an illegal alien. So that's a great interview. You're gonna love it. Rumble.com Haley to watch that. And of course, you can follow me @haleycarania on most social media platforms, and I'll see you next time.