55KRC Tuesday Show - Vivek, Empower U, Tom Z, Breitbart, Daniel Davis

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Speaker 1: 505-55KRC, the talk station. Happy Tuesday.
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Speaker 2: One week. Sugar, use a vacation.
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Speaker 3: And that's the way.
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Speaker 2: The news goes. It is indeed. Whether you like it or not, Brian Thomas right here. And Joe Strecker, executive producer in there. Ray Blunt. And Vivek Ramos, join me in the program coming up at 6.05, one hour from now. I don't know if it'll be the last time he shows on the morning show before the election next week, but tick-tock, tick-tock. I'd like to point out, one week away, I hope you voted or you seriously plan on getting out and vote. Continuing a theme here on the 55KRC Morning Show. And, of course, it being Tuesday, kind of a regular lineup for Tuesday. at least in part, beyond Vivek Ramasamy.
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Speaker 4: Dr.
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Speaker 2: Jay Rissover always joins the program on Tuesdays. Let us know about the Empower You America series. We'll do that at 7.05. Got the Trenton residents fighting Amazon's Artificial Intelligence Center. Okay, you can go ahead and fight. Can't unring the bell of the reality of artificial intelligence. We also have the hero of the American Revolution, Nathaniel Green. That's the subject matter for the 29th seminar. So, details from Dr. Jay. 7.30 with Tom Zalastowski from wethepeopleconvention.org. how the left is going to protest the election results. I think that continues a theme I mentioned yesterday. At least, you know, insofar as the polls are concerned, there are a lot of left-leaning politicians out here in the United States that are talking about Trump stealing this election. Next Tuesday, the one where we're going to have this massive blue wave. Of course, you've got to tell the world that is to expect a massive blue wave. ginning people's expectations up that this is a foregone conclusion, maybe keeping Republicans from getting up and even bothering to vote, which I hope does not happen. But then there's really the flip side of that is, well, maybe they don't believe that it's going to be a blue wave. Maybe they believe the Republicans are going to come out in force and overwhelm the Democrats, who really don't have a whole lot of enthusiasm either. Now, put yourself in a Democrat position, and you're not one of the far left-leaning El-Sayed candidates in there, and you're worried about the direction of your party. Are you enthused? Does Dr. Amy Acton really want to get you up off the couch and go vote for her? Unless you are an overly sympathetic person. Anyway, but I'm not sure that the Democrats have this level of enthusiasm, but how would I possibly know? We can't count on polls. But if there is a retention of the House and Senate by the Republicans, they're going to pull their hair out and go into a frenzy claiming the election has been stolen. You can see it written on the wall. It's a foregone conclusion. I suspect maybe that's where Tom's going this morning, but we'll hear from him at 7.30. Inside scoop with Breitbart News. Marxist protests all over Europe. That's the subject matter for Breitbart News. London Bureau Chief Oliver Lane, who returns to the program at 8.05, talk about that for the inside scoop. Daniel Davis, deep dive, latest on Iran. And an interesting thing out of the United Kingdom I want to get to here. It's just a second. Plus... Phone calls, which I love hearing from you. 513-749-5500, 800-823-TALK, found 550 on AT & T phones. Well, real quick here on the data center thing. I saw Microsoft just announced buyouts for 60,000 employees, a quarter of Microsoft's entire workforce. Welcome to artificial intelligence. And I can only imagine a lot of those jobs are pretty high-paying jobs, just speculating on that. But anyway, 60,000. Microsoft had about 223,000 employees at the time the most recent memo went out. But last year, the company laid off 9,000 employees, offering voluntary retirement to older employees who had been working at Microsoft for an extended period of time. So the numbers keep growing, and that clearly is a direct relation to artificial intelligence making, well, I guess, employees obsolete on some level. And I understand that's a reason to hate AI data centers, but They're not going away. Artificial intelligence isn't. That would be the looming threat out there. Anyway, pivoting over, I saw two things, and I thought of Bobby who calls and mentions the three-day window, and you only got 72 hours. Are you prepared? Basically, are you prepared? Our own government has reminded the people over and over again. You can check on the websites about preparedness. You should have some food set away just in case it hits the fan. What might it be? Oh, I don't know. Maybe gas. High winds from a hurricane blow through and shut the power off to your neighborhood for more than a week. That did happen here. Or maybe your power grid gets attacked. That did happen here. United Kingdom. British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said the country has to be ready for war within 1,000 days, advising citizens to stock up on essential supplies.
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Speaker 5: Huh.
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Speaker 2: Article appeared in the Telegraph over the weekend. He's warning the United Kingdom's enemies could be ready to launch an attack by 2030. Now, I don't know where he came up with that figure. It doesn't matter. But it's the warning that is really critical here, especially in the context of what we're doing here. He said the danger probably wouldn't come through conventional military action. Hybrid war. Disrupting technology and disinformation campaigns. Those pose a threat. The gravest dangers of the 20th century are returning armed with the technologies of the 21st, but the threat to Britain is not simply one of conventional warfare or Russian tanks rolling across our borders. It is also the growing threat of state-sponsored terrorism, sabotage, and hostile acts designed to disrupt our lives, undermine our security, and spread fear in our communities. Huh. Now, I read that. Now, he's veiled these warnings with suggestions of Russia being behind all of this, and I'm going to ask Daniel Davis about that because I personally am not of the mind the Russians are inclined to go launch war against the United Kingdom. Now, am I saying the United Kingdom shouldn't be prepared for that contingency? Of course not. European Union should have been prepared for dealing with defending themselves for all those years while relying upon the United States to fund their defense. Well, they increased their social welfare states. Didn't work out real well for them, did it? But in any event, I thought of Iran on that because Iran has already threatened to target Americans, generally speaking, and American interests, generally speaking. And his point about the oceans separating us, which has always been the idea here in the United States, we don't have anything to worry about. They're going to cross the Atlantic or Pacific to start launching an attack on that. Right. You don't have to do that anymore. You've already seen that. The Chinese Communist Party threatening our infrastructure back in February 2024. From the NSA, federal agencies warned that Chinese state-sponsored hackers linked to Volt Typhoon had compromised critical U.S. infrastructure networks, including energy, water, transportation, and communication systems. It's happened already. And then you have the lone gunman, maybe state-sponsored lone wolf actors back in December of 22. You may recall the gunman attacked two electrical substations in North Carolina, 45,000 people without power for five days because of two guys with rifles. It can happen. But back over to the UK. His comments, this following a launch of the United Kingdom government campaign just five, six days ago to prepare the country for potential breakdown in essential services. Brits urged to stock nine liters of bottled water, three days' worth of food. Oh, that sounds familiar, to ensure that they can survive in the event of a weather emergency, cyber emergency or other critical emergency, of course, like the grid being knocked out. on a broad scale or a small scale. Parents with babies advise keep a supply of essential products. All households urge to have blankets, cash, first aid kit, flashlight with batteries, wind-up FM radio. I think an AM radio would work too. It doesn't matter as long as you have access to some communication because the internet probably won't be working. Labor Prime Minister Andy Burnham. It's not about panicking. It's about taking sensible measures to have enough in the house to tide you over should there be a difficult situation. Unexpected events, he said, sadly in the world we're in, are becoming more likely. And earlier this month, Sir Ken McCollum, Director of General Domestic Intelligence for MI5, calling for the whole of society effort to protect the United Kingdom against threats to national infrastructure. warning hostile states could exploit vulnerabilities in the country's financial systems, energy grid and supply chains. These are all very legitimate points, and how can you argue with them when we are constantly surrounded by attacks on various systems? Dave Hatter talks about it all the time through the Internet of Things devices, but also routers, chips from China that have spying capabilities on them, interfere with our systems. And McCollum gave a couple of examples. banking app hack that could block people out of their accounts hence the recommendation you got some cash laying around the house drone attacks on airport runways leaving travelers stranded stranded cyber attacks on local hospitals delaying treatment the list of list of possibilities is almost endless but i saw that and i also saw this on the same day hmm doomsday Department of Defense, this is from Fox News, Department of Defense preparing for a potential doomsday scenario. For example, America's power grid collapsing supply chain. grinding to a halt. What are the military installations going to do? Well, they're sure not going to rely on our civilian grid. The unprecedented plan called FORTRESS, all caps FORTRESS. This is a Pentagon plan seeking to make military bases in the United States impossible. capable of functioning independently for at least 90 days. Department of Defense spokesperson Sean Parnell, we don't want to rely on standard civilian municipal infrastructure to run our national defense. We simply can't. It's an intolerable risk. You know what he's referring to there? Your grid, my grid, the grid that we peons out here in the real world live on. It's not sufficient to satisfy military needs.
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Speaker 1: Huh.
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Speaker 2: I personally would like an electric grid that, well, can satisfy military needs. It means we get the extent of a reliable and forced grid the same way the military does. But what does the Pentagon want? Portable nuclear reactors.
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Speaker 6: Hmm.
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Speaker 2: If we could only have those ourselves. Massive battery installations, independent microgrids that allow bases to disconnect from civilian power systems during prolonged blackouts that you and I will be dealing with. They write, officials have long feared that the loss of electricity could cripple communications logistics, weapons productions, and military command structures. Of course it would. This fortress plan portally calls for, huh, the military's being advised to do a little bit of what they've asked us to do, although in different categories. Although this sounds like a good one for the regular Joe out there, stockpiling ammunition. There's one. Also, fuel, critical minerals, electronics, spare parts, medical supplies, while preparing civilian factories to rapidly transition to wartime production. I'm glad they're being forward-thinking with the risks that swirl around us constantly. They're at least thinking about it, and now they appear to be taking steps to actually plan for the inevitable, and I think it probably is inevitable. Sean Parnell, I realize that a lot of the way we think about homeland defense was built around the antiquated assumption that two oceans would protect us, going back to the point I made earlier. And they also point out the America power grid could get hit by both foreign or domestic saboteurs. You don't want to be making these decisions in the middle of a global multi-front conflict. We have to have a plan, he said. Yep. Probably a good idea. I don't want to be alarmist this morning, but, you know, it does make a lot of sense. 518-55-KRC-TALK-STATION. Gary, hang on, brother. I just looked up and saw you were there. Well, I rambled on to get that out of my system. We've got more to talk about this morning. I'll be right back.
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Speaker 5: This is 55KRC and I heart.
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Speaker 2: Stay happy Tuesday. 513-749-5500-800-823-TALK. Honor flight is tonight. I got the New Hampshire Gary one second here.
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Speaker 6: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Last flight of the season. It is tonight. So if you have it in you and you want to, uh, it just feel patriotism flow through your veins and God knows we can use a shot of it. You get it tonight. Rally, uh, welcome home rally, CVG departure level. See eight 30 PM is good time to get there. I think the, uh, The folks get off the flight roughly around 9 p.m. If you want to get there early, lots of people go, and I am so pleased with that. So bring the kids, bring the family, load up the car, the van, show up at CVG tonight. New Hampshire, Gary, thank you for calling this morning, holding over the break. Welcome back.
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Speaker 6: Absolutely. How are you doing, Brian?
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Speaker 2: I'm doing well.
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Speaker 6: Okay.
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Speaker 2: I'm alive. I'm as healthy as I guess I could be, so I'm okay. Beyond that, not feeling really good as we fast approach next Tuesday.
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Speaker 6: Yeah. I can tell you there's shenanigans probably already going on. I follow Jake Lang on X, and he's along with Nick Shirley. They discovered a post office inside of a mosque, and they have their own private security to get white people out there. It's the bizarrest thing. And the only reason I could think that they have a post office inside of a mosque is is probably because they're coupling money back and forth to African countries.
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Speaker 2: Well, we can speculate all day long, and fine, let's just go ahead and speculate. I don't know what they're doing. Engaging in criminal activity. Maybe they're just sending letters to their friends. Doesn't matter. I'm just wondering how in the hell a post office, federal property, federal entity, organization can end up inside a religious organization or a mosque or even a church or a synagogue, for that matter. How is that possible? How is that lawful? I mean, Where are the wailing and gnashing of teeth about separation of church and state, for example?
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Speaker 6: You would think that that's funny. Now I'm going to start sounding like somebody else, you know. Stay frosty, Mom.
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Speaker 2: Exactly, Gary. Stay frosty. Keep your head on a swivel.
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Speaker 6: You know, they're coming. Be prepared.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Bobby's out there this morning. He's nodding in approval right now. The message has gotten out. It's like Tom with Don't Vote Democrats. Good morning to also retired Colonel Bob Katire, who's where he's the guy I got the stay frosty comment from, because, of course, he typically ends his emails and other communications with stay frosty. But you should. You know, I have a difficult time following the advice and heeding the advice of those who talk about things like that. Like when you enter a room full of people, you know, be alert, look around. look at people's actions, look at their facial expressions, look at what they're wearing. In other words, try to identify potential threats. I'm just really of the mind, I don't want to really have to live my life that way. It may be the prudent, best possible advice to give, but if you're trying to find some positivity in the world, something where you can look at and say, gosh, I'm glad to be alive. I'm I'm blessed to be living in the United States of America. And behind in the back of your head, you're always worried about someone showing up with a gun and shooting you or otherwise engaging in some criminal act toward you. Kind of bursts the bubble of that moment in time, doesn't it? Man, I have a difficult enough time living in the moment just as it is, but to throw in this constant concern over threats around me, this really doesn't make life that much more fun. I'm sorry, just the way I feel about it. Do I try to be that way? Yeah, when I'm thinking about it, but the default position in my head isn't always that way. I may live to regret that. But I will not argue against the advice. Yeah, sound advice. Stay frosty. 525-55-KRC-D Talk Station. Local stories. Funny local story here with Cincinnati City Council. Wonder what we're going to do with all this marijuana tax money we've got laying around. Wait till you hear what they're planning on it. More of that and a whole lot more coming up. Don't go away.
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Speaker 4: 55KRC.
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Speaker 2: 55KRC, the talk station.
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Speaker 6: Don't vote Democrat.
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Speaker 2: Here's Tom. 513-749-5500, 800-823-TALK. Breaking stories. Thank you, Joe Strecker. This is a day-to-day event, isn't it, Joe? Last night, police investigated two shootings in Hamilton. First one, 6.30 p.m., South Front Street, Pershing, sending a man to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Second, a few hours later on Shuler Avenue, that woman recovering in the hospital. No arrests yet on that. And then over to the city of Cincinnati facing another, well, setback. The fire chief's lawsuit, apparently. Got that. Can't see it. Video camera, video story on that one. But more information about Chief Washington's saga, which will, of course, not end well for the, well, at least Cheryl Long. Okay, over to the marijuana tax. It's kind of funny. Break down the numbers on this for me. Since I counseled. Approve proposed funding for the marijuana money. Oh, my God, we're going to get all this money coming in. What are we talking about here? According to the state's website, Cincinnati received more than $ 1. 5 million from Ohio's marijuana tax. Council members say the city's averaging about $ 1. 8 million per year. What do you do with it? Well, city leaders suggested yesterday they want money to go towards people who were impacted when marijuana was illegal in Cincinnati.
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Speaker 1: Huh.
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Speaker 2: That's everybody. Right, Joe? That's exactly what I was trying to process in my head. Anyhow, under the proposed plan, here's where the numbers get kind of wonky on me. 25% of the funds will go toward home repairs. 25% will go toward removing lead paint hazards. And 20% would help people buy homes. Well, let's break it down. So if you look at 25% of $ 1. 8 million, take the higher figure, that's $ 450, 000. That means $ 450, 000 for home repairs for a city of how many people? How many neighborhoods? How many houses can you count? I don't think that adds up to a whole lot of money for home repairs when you break it down on a house-by-house basis. Anyway, $ 450, 000 for removal of lead paint. I can't even speculate how much one house is to remove lead paint. I imagine... Depending on how much lead paint is in any given house, it would vary pretty wildly. Also, imagine it's probably expensive, considering the hazmat suits and the biohazard and all that that lead paint represents. But then the more interesting figure is 20% to help people buy homes. That's a leftover amount, 360, well, 20% of the of the 1.8 is $ 360, 000. Well, if, if you just grab an arbitrary figure, like $ 200, 000 for a very, very modest home, 20% down is 40 grand. That's nine homes. I mean, I don't know how they plan on, you know, quote-unquote helping people buy homes, but if you're only playing with $ 360, 000, I don't know how much help you can possibly provide. But, okay. According to Mark Jeffries, this will go disproportionately to what we call our left neighborhoods. I don't think he means political, although you can make a joke. To the neighborhoods that are probably lower income, and that's typically when you think about people who need help repairing something to stay in their homes or First-time ownership, our home ownership rate is really quite low. He said it's one of the lowest in the country, so we need to create wealth and make sure people have the opportunity to do that. How much wealth can you create with $ 360, 000? Anyway, the remaining money, $ 540, 000, based on my math, split evenly between children's savings accounts and the city's youth-to-work program. Dust off the award, Joe Strecker. We're going to give it to a local boy. Wyoming guy facing decades in prison, and I hope he enjoys every moment of it as I pull my tongue out of my cheek. Pleading guilty to raping a young girl. Barry Beddenkop, 61 years old. Probably going to be everybody's best friend in prison, and I don't mean that in a positive way. Sexually abused the victim over the course of several years, and investigators say they believed It started when she was very young, faced more than 20 years before pleading guilty to two counts of rape in the plea deal. The abuse investigation became public when he was arrested in May of 25 after a concerned neighbor called police. Former police detective Patrick Sublett signed to the case. He had this to say, I've probably investigated thousands of cases and this case is at the top of my list for the most vile crime. horrific, and disgusting cases I have ever investigated. They say the abuse began when the girl was as young as five years old and included rape and confinement in a dog kennel at home in Springfield Pike in Wyoming. Criminal complaint says he attempted to admit to putting the child in a closet during the investigation. Prosecutors said the girl was also threatened if she didn't obey. Prosecutors say investigators found images of the girl and two other young victims on his computers. Before imposing the sentence, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Pat Dinkalocker, awesome guy he is. He apparently doesn't usually comment. He says it's not his job. This, an exception. I just, I will go to my grave not understanding people like you. About a point of statement as Judge Dinkalocker will ever make. Anyway, sentenced him to 22 to 33 and a half years in prison. He had nothing to say when given an opportunity in court to have a word or two. Didn't even apologize to the victim or the family. Hey, Joe, you think he's having a good time in prison right now?
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Speaker 7: Here he is, the biggest douche of the universe.
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Speaker 2: 20 years of it. In all the galaxies, there's no bigger douche than you. You've reached the top, the pinnacle of douchedom. Good going, douche. Your dreams have come true. Give him a couple more.
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Speaker 5: 24-7.
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Speaker 2: 535-55KRC, the talk station. Stack is Stupid coming your way, or your phone calls coming my way. Either way we go, it's okay with me. Be right back. This is 55KRC. Stack is Stupid. First reminder, 55KRC. iHeart. com. That's the place where you find the podcast. Signal 99, full hour in studio. Primarily focused on the, well... Miserable state of affairs going on in the juvenile court under Judge Bloom. Please vote for Lucan, please. Smitherman, episode 158. Don't believe the polls? Get out and vote. And a breakdown analysis from Steve Gooden on the Hinton trial verdict, which is, wow, this doesn't make sense. How can you be guilty of reckless homicide, which is no intent there, just an accident, and also be guilty of murder, which requires some measure of intent? They did that, convicted on both. So I don't think you can reconcile that. And I'm with Steve Gooden and probably will result in a new trial on that one. But check out what Steve had to say. Brilliant he is. You can feel free to call. Otherwise, we're going to go to the stack of stupid. Let's go to Florida. 45-year-old woman facing charges of attempted first-degree murder and arson. Investigators say she set a man on fire in an attempt to kill him. Why are you doing that? Miami-Dade deputies arrested Tanisha Shelton. Saturday in unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to the scene after receiving reports of a person who'd been set on fire. They say Shelton and the 33-year-old victim got into an argument before she left the area and returned a few hours later carrying a white plastic bag. Just walk away. Amen, brother. According to investigators, she poured the unknown accelerant onto the man and used a lighter to set him on fire. Witness told deputies they used pepper spray on Shelton after she tried to run away. Victim later found unconscious, burns over 80% of his body. First responders took him to the trauma center in extremely critical condition.
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Speaker 1: Geez wheeze.
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Speaker 2: All right, don't put your finger on the trigger unless you're planning on using it and shooting somebody. We've got a Virginia where we've got a man accused of shooting a college senior to death while showing her a gun in the parking lot of... Where is it? Where's your guess? Walmart or Waffle House? Waffle House. Matthew Crosland, 23, charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm. Dead is 22-year-old Samaj Coleman. She was a student at Norfolk State University. Arrived to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and, of course, later she died of the gunshot wound. Cops say the shooting occurred at the Waffle House. On East Virginia Beach Boulevard, criminal complaint obtained by local news said Crosland and Coleman were among a group of friends at the restaurant. Two were talking about guns when Crosland allegedly pulled one out and was showing it to her when it went off. He pulled his gun out, Joe, and it went off. And it hit her in the chest. Investigators concluded there was no argument. Plymouth investigation determined the shooting to be accidental and to have taken place in a parking lot. Gosling, sitting in the Norfolk City Jail without bond. He'll be in court again on November 2nd.
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Speaker 8: Idiots doing idiot things because they're idiots.
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Speaker 2: Lord Almighty, no kidding. You want to check the chamber and see if it's loaded? Keep your finger off the trigger, maybe? Florida mother allegedly left her four children alone for multiple days while she traveled to Las Vegas to work. And while she was gone, her 9-year-old son hurt himself when he dropped a dumbbell on his head. That's what brought authorities into the picture. Irene Miller, 50 years old, facing four counts of child neglect. This is in Osceola County. According to the sheriff's office in a press release, they showed up at 8.30 p.m. October 21st to this home in Kissimmee after a child called to say her 9-year-old brother dropped a weight on himself. Deputy showed up, found the kids aged 14, 12, 11, and 9 without any adult supervision. Deputy called Miller, who said she was working in Las Vegas. She left on the 18th, said she was going to be returning on the 23rd. She allegedly claimed the babysitter would come from Tampa in the mornings to help get the children ready for school and check on them after school in the evenings. However, the babysitter did not stay overnight with the children. Nine-year-old treated at the hospital for injuries, later released. Other children apparently were described in good health. Cops arrested Miller after she returned from Florida on Friday, taken to the Osceola County Jail, where she did post her bond. Sheriff Chris Blackman said the Osceola County Sheriff's Office will not tolerate child neglect. These cases will be investigated. Charge will be brought against the parents who are not properly supervising or caring for their children.
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Speaker 5: Wow.
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Speaker 8: Idiots doing idiot things because they're idiots.
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Speaker 2: No kidding man o-d-o-r-x-i-t that's how you spell odor exit no e that's the talk station 550 55 kcd talk station happy tuesday 513-749-5500 800-823-talk pound 550 on at & t phone vivek ramaswamy on the program at the top of the hour news who's online suzy's online thanks for calling this morning suzy welcome to the.
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Speaker 9: Show Well, hi there.
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Speaker 3: I have a.
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Speaker 1: Question.
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Speaker 3: Has the son that got shot by the police, whose dad then went.
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Speaker 7: And ran over the deputy.
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Speaker 3: Had he ever been before Judge Bloom and maybe got let off because he was stuck in training?
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Speaker 2: Susie, I do not know, but it's certainly a legitimate question. Without question, it is a legitimate question. Because as we pointed out, if you're a juvenile and you're in front of the juvenile court judges on a regular basis and they treat you with kid gloves and send you back on your way, meaning you don't have any consequences, for your criminal activity, you quite often will go on and become an adult criminal and brandish firearms and do stupid things like steal cars and turn them around and point the firearm at an officer of the law. Wish I could answer your question directly, Susie. Might have some empirical evidence to back up the theory. Back to the stack of stupid. And stupid it is. Got a New Jersey guy off to jail. He gunned down a girl playing outside with her brother and friends. The nine-year-old dead, shot dead in front of her mom. Why did he open fire? Well, open fire on what they called a family nemesis he had a dispute with online.
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Speaker 8: Idiots doing idiot things because they're idiots.
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Speaker 2: Isaiah Roberts, 19 years old at the time of the 2022 slaying, sentenced to 18 years in prison this past Friday for the death of Sequoia Bacon-Jones, who was in fourth grade. She ran for cover after Roberts opened fire in an apartment courtyard where she happened to be playing. Shooting related to what was characterized as a stupid Facebook dispute that he had with the intended target. That's according to the victim's family and the lawyer. Roberts, now 23 years old, pleaded guilty in April to aggravated manslaughter. Didn't speak at his sentencing. Robert Hartman, the attorney, or John Hartman, the attorney, outlined the events that led up to the shooting, admitting that it stemmed from a Facebook feud. Hartman said Roberts was contacted by his mom and sister over the online dispute and told to get down to Kingsbury, the apartments where Sequoia was playing outside, after a fight broke out involving his sister, which stemmed from the Facebook feud. Roberts got there. Hartman said he was given the name of the family nemesis, that's in quotes again, whom police said was the intended victim. Roberts retrieved a 9mm pistol from an apartment, saw the quote-unquote family nemesis, whom he believed also had a handgun. Roberts opened fire, striking Sequoia as she tried to run away with her brother. Her mom was outside at the time, tried to help her along with her local residents before the police showed up. According to Bacon Jones in a statement, he shot off two rounds first, everybody scattered, and then he shot off another four rounds and my daughter got hit. Hartman, the attorney, previously said Roberts did not intend to harm Sequoia. He admitted, however, Roberts did show a reckless disregard for human life, warranting the manslaughter charge. Amen to that, brother. Stupid people. You moron. Yes, thank you, Joe. Put an exclamation point on that. Orlando, Florida. We're back in Florida, Joe.
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Speaker 5: As is tradition.
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Speaker 2: Man's been found guilty of robbery after swallowing. Phrasing. Just shy of $ 800, 000 in jewelry from a retailer. According to local news, Jathan Lawrence Gilder, 33 years old at the time, showed up at Tiffany February 25, 2025, posing as a representative for a member of the Orlando Magic basketball team. He stated a player was interested in buying jewelry and asked to be taken to a private room to view it. Once in there, the private room, he reportedly grabbed the jewelry, ran from the store, and as he did so, injured one of the store's employees. In addition to four earrings, Gilder allegedly attempted to steal a ring worth $ 1. 3 million. Florida Highway Patrol said he swallowed the jewelry when he was stopped. Phrasing. Arrest affidavit obtained by the local news sentinel, specifically newspapers, said a scan taken of his stomach was taken when he was in jail. Appeared to show the jewelry affidavit says he asked the staff, quote, am I going to be charged with what's in my stomach? Close quote. Authorities monitored him for about two weeks before recovering the jewelry, which, of course, did match the items reportedly stolen from Tiffany and company. Jerry found him guilty of robbery. Last week, Court of State's Attorney's Office sentencing information will be available some date in the future.
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Speaker 8: Idiots doing idiot things because they're idiots.
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Speaker 2: Two weeks of monitoring? Is that how long it takes for something to pass through your system like that?
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Speaker 8: Ooh.
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Speaker 2: That could not have felt good.
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Speaker 6: 888-555-8255.
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Speaker 2: See the talk station. We'll have some time to talk after that. I hope you can stick around.
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Speaker 7: Here we are.
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Speaker 2: Hi, Frank Thomas. Welcoming back to the 55 KRC Morning Show. TikTok one week to go to the election. Vivek Ramaswamy running for governor of the state of Ohio. If you didn't get the message on that, a demonstrably better candidate than the, well, delicate and fragile Amy Acton, who doesn't have a resume to run on. Vivek Ramaswamy, you don't have to agree with my points on that, but I don't even understand how there is a choice here beyond you. Welcome back. Good to be on.
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Speaker 1: How you doing, man?
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Speaker 2: I'm doing pretty well, all things considered. I'm obviously a little bit nervous considering, you know, the idea that the Democrats are going to have a big sweep next week. And that just frightens the hell out of me. Or that we might have a Democratic governor in the state of Ohio even more fearful of that outcome.
00:34:53
Speaker 1: I've got good news for you, Brian. We're going to win this election. But the reason we're going to.
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Speaker 10: Win it is because the people of this state are too wise to let that happen to us. As you well know, I'm running against a woman who is crazy, right? She is unstable and she is dishonest. And even more importantly, she represents crazy, dishonest and unstable ideas that have never worked in human history. Communism has failed every time it's been tried. And this is a choice between communism and common sense. That's the choice on the ballot. And the good news is I know the people of the state. I was born and raised here. I'm raising my kids here. The people of Ohio are too wise to let that happen. And it's a special year to run for election. You think this is the 250th anniversary of the birth of our country? If our founding fathers could fight a revolution where they staked their lives for us to enjoy these liberties today, I know that on this 250th year, we're going to respect our founders by just doing the bare minimum of getting out and voting.
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Speaker 1: So I know Ohioans, we're going to do this, and I'm confident we're going to win.
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Speaker 2: Well, I'd like to share that confidence with you, sir, and I appreciate it coming from you. Just that You know, I think that we may be a bit of a spoiler in here, and I wanted to get your reaction to the Libertarian candidate, because I lean little L Libertarian, not capital L, but I'm leaning toward you because you're a demonstrably better candidate. Are you worried that some maybe disaffected or Republicans might just lean over and vote for the Libertarian, knowing full well that that's going to result in Amy Acton becoming governor?
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Speaker 10: Oh, absolutely not, because this is somebody who, I mean, I don't know the candidate that well, but somebody who's basically pro-transgender- expansion in terms of boys and girls sports, in terms of all this other stuff with transgender minor surgeries, someone who's opposed to ICE. I don't think this is something that any Ohioans are going to stand for, whether that's a Democrat, which is effectively what the Democrat Party stands for, or any other party that's espousing those same things. That's a non-starter for Ohioans. We should collaborate with ICE. We should work with federal law enforcement to actually ensure we're enforcing the laws that I'm going to end sanctuary city status in our state.
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Speaker 1: That's a big deal.
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Speaker 10: And I'm not going to let this illegal immigration infestation continue and the breakdown of the.
00:37:06
Speaker 1: Rule of law continue. I'm going to put an end to it. And the same thing with standing for what's true.
00:37:10
Speaker 10: There are two genders. Boys should not compete with girls in girls' sports. We should not allow minors to be able to undergo transgender and gender surgery mutilization.
00:37:20
Speaker 1: No, we're not doing any of that in Ohio. I'm drawing a line. I'm unyielding.
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Speaker 10: And whether it's the Democrats or any other parties that support that type of craziness, we're not going to stand for it. So again, I come back to this, Brian, is families are smart in this state. They can look themselves in the mirror and ask, who is actually going to improve my life? Who actually has the capability to lead this state? And in this race, there's only one answer to that. And so when you think about lower property taxes, the need to really slash the property tax rates to a level that at least is before the pandemic.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
00:37:57
Speaker 10: Bringing down lower electric bills, prosecuting Medicaid fraud, locking up.
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Speaker 1: Criminals, including in Cincinnati, right?
00:38:02
Speaker 10: Which you should be able to enjoy a ball game and come back home without fear of being mugged or assaulted or worse.
00:38:08
Speaker 1: Who's going to do that for you?
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Speaker 10: Is it going to be a candidate like Amy Acton who compares the police to the KKK to lock down the economy during COVID and then quit after a few months on the job?
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Speaker 1: Or is it going to be.
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Speaker 10: A solid conservative candidate who has built successful businesses, who has executive skills, and who has a clear stated policy plan to do those things. That's common sense. And Brian, I do believe that people are going to vote correctly. What we need to do is get people out to vote. Not voting is a vote in this election. That's what I want people to understand.
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Speaker 1: And by not voting, that's actually the biggest risk that we face. But I think people are waking up. They understand the stakes. And if you take five minutes and call your friends, call your family members, get them out to vote. You take 20 minutes, you get out to the polls yourself. I would like to see, dare I say, a surprise red wave that counters the narrative of the blue wave. And the truth of the matter is the future of our country and the ballot. It's communism versus common sense. Look at what's happening in Paris. You don't have to go all the way to Paris. Look at what's happening in Dearborn, Michigan, just to the north of us. This is not acceptable in Minneapolis. This is not acceptable in Ohio. And this is the election where we protect ourselves. And as our founders reminded us, if you don't vote, then you have no right to complain about what comes afterwards.
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Speaker 2: No doubt.
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Speaker 1: People, I think, are going to turn out indignant. And, Brian, we're counting on you to do it.
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Speaker 2: Well, counting on my listening audience to do just that. And one more thing that is total common sense, and I do not believe this bears a partisan stripe unless you believe you are fighting for the teachers' union as opposed to the education of your children. You're a huge fan of, well, educational choice. And I spent some time with the Cincinnati Classical Academy yesterday. And if everyone was able to witness that type of education environment, they'd be banging down the doors to get their children in it. Choice is good. You can get a quality education. And what parent of any political stripe wouldn't want options?
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Speaker 1: Look, this is not about right versus left. This should be about right versus wrong, okay?
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Speaker 5: Right.
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Speaker 1: Every parent should have the right to send their kid to the best possible school they can. And I say that, Brian, as somebody who myself is a product of public education in greater Cincinnati for the first nine years of my life before going to St. X High School. So I have seen both sides of this. And what I will do is also be a governor who fights for higher quality public schools. Cincinnati public schools are failing our kids. They shut down during COVID for two years while schools like St. X High School managed to stay open for all but five days. So in many ways, the people who are failing our public schools are the ones who preach about their importance, but then enact policies that destroy the quality of public schools. So I think we can do both of those things at once, which is, number one, ensure that every parent has the opportunity, regardless of the zip code their kid is born in or living in, to send their kid to the best possible school for that child, and at the same time say that our public schools are going to perform better according to standards that allow our students to thrive. Right now, the majority of funding for public education, the majority of the funds don't even go to classroom instruction. That's insane because classroom instruction is the most important part of it. I want to see teacher pay go up, and I'm going to make sure it does. And so this us versus them nonsense that you get from the left, don't buy it.
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Speaker 10: It's actually, if it's an us versus them, it's us versus the bureaucracy. That's really the one we should be paying attention to. And I'm going to be a governor.
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Speaker 1: Who both improves the quality of public schools while also standing for choice and mobility for families. Those don't have to oppose each other. I think they actually go together.
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Speaker 2: Without question. VVAC4Ohio, F-O-R, VVAC4Ohio. com' s website. If you're not familiar with his plan, if you're not familiar with where he is on the issues, get over there. And you will reach the same conclusion I reached a long, long time ago, a superior candidate to anybody else out there, of course, far superior to Amy Acton. You know, Vivek, I guess I can just always default back to she refuses to debate you. What governor, who can be a governor of a state that refuses to debate the opposition candidate? I just, I find that immediately disqualifying.
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Speaker 1: It's absolutely disqualifying. And the funny part, Brian, is she lies about me. She has lied about my mother, defamed my family, and then hides from debate. And then she'll complain that attacks on her or criticisms of her are somehow unfair. But here's– I got news for you. The reason I'm.
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Speaker 10: Ready, open, and willing to debate is I want to correct the record on the lies they've told about me. And the fact that she's hiding should tell voters everything they need to know, that the criticisms of her are legitimate and they are true.
00:42:58
Speaker 1: She is crazy. She is unstable. She is unfit to lead, and she has been dishonest. And when it comes to a governor, this is not a one of 100 or one of 435 in a legislature. This is one person whose decisions will impact the lives of Ohioans.
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Speaker 10: The last time she was in a position to do that, she ruined the lives of Ohioans. She shut down the economy during COVID. She led Ohio to be the first state in the country to shut down public schools, while private schools, by the way, remained open and did better. And then she quit on the job when the pressure hit, apparently after having multiple breakdowns and unable to withstand the pressure.
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Speaker 1: Of the job.
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Speaker 10: If you can't do that job, you certainly can't be the governor of this state. And this is not a theoretical exercise. Families are depending on the next governor. People are struggling to make ends meet right now. I don't want families just to make ends meet. I want them to get ahead. And that's what I'm going to be able to do, delivering the biggest property tax relief package in our history of our state. I'm delivering that next year. I'm putting Ohio on a path to zero income tax. We'll bring in economic growth to make up for it. I'm prosecuting Medicaid fraud by the billions and putting that money back in the pockets of families. Cincinnati, Ohio and other cities like it, Cincinnati is my hometown. It will not be a sanctuary city anymore next year. I'm going to see to it that that's the case.
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Speaker 1: And by the way, we're going to bring back the rule of law. So three young women who are freshmen at the University of Cincinnati don't anymore just get randomly assaulted on the streets while they're riding around on their scooters. This is not too much to ask. Safer streets, better schools, lower costs, bigger paychecks. That is common sense. And I'm going to fight for common sense over the communism that is spreading across the West. Look at Paris. Look at New York. Look at Minneapolis. Look at Dearborn.
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Speaker 10: We're not going to let that come to Ohio. This is a fork in the road moment to defend our state from not only crazy people who are running like my opponent, but the crazy ideas that have destroyed civilizations in the past. We're not going to let that come to Ohio in this election. I think those stakes are significant. I don't think it is hyperbolic. It is really what's on the ballot this year, which makes this even more important than many presidential elections. for people to get out and vote. If our founders could fight a revolution for us 250 years ago, the least we could do to protect those liberties is to get out and vote and get your family members and your friends and your colleagues to do the same thing.
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Speaker 1: And if you all do your part, I'm going to do mine. And Cincinnati's best days and Ohio's best days are actually going to be ahead of us.
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Speaker 2: You got my vote, Vivek Ramasamy. Vivek4Ohio. com' s website, please. He did his warning and his advice. Get out and vote. It's a simple ask to stop this socialism, communism in its tracks. Sir, best of luck to you as we enter the final week. 621, 55KRC, Detox Station. Well, on the heels of Evie Agramas, I mean, this swirling, what I would consider faux outrage about Amy Acton and the ad that he had been running. I first saw that on Ken Blackwell's post. And again, I've told the listening audience time and time again, I had no idea that she had even been abused as a child or alleged to have been abused as a child. So I just saw the ad for the first time and heard what it said. And without the bottom found with the foundational information that came out later, I don't think it's that objectionable. Well, I'm entitled to my own opinion anyway. Ken Blackwell is the one that said State Representative Beth Lear, well, brought the letter and republished it on his Facebook post, wrote a letter to the editor running in the Columbus Dispatch, and Blackwell said every Ohio voter should read it before casting a ballot, so I will. So, this is from State Representative Beth Lear, Columbus Dispatch Post. When choosing a governor, should a person's childhood trauma be considered? Political Universal buzzed about the commercial showing Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton's mom claiming Amy is a liar. People have come unglued and are attacking Amy's mom, the Republican candidate, and anyone who dares share the commercial. But why? Because the candidate who was accused of lying has a childhood trauma and her own mother is accused of supporting the abuser. Democrats in the media are trying to change the subject from she is a liar to she was abused as a child. It's a masterful attempt to manipulate voters' emotions by making Amy a victim. Her supporters, and some Republicans, a lot of them in growing numbers, I might interject, want you to believe that if a woman has trauma in her background, questioning her fitness for office is not allowed. Well played, but I'm not buying it, says State Representative Beth Lear. Amy Acton's running to be governor. Her character should be questioned. Her opponent's character has been from the beginning, as have his parents, his race, and his religion. Acton's campaign still runs widely debunked ad about the pump-and-dump scheme regarding an Alzheimer's drug which contains lies and has never been corrected. Apparently, only Republicans face scrutiny about political advertising. Ugly truths about a Democrat woman are off the table if you can show she's a victim. What's the truth? Acton is a liar. She proved that as director of the Ohio's Department of Health by grossly exaggerating COVID cases. lied to Ohioans to justify some of the most draconian lockdown requirements in the United States. Yes, Governor DeWine takes some responsibility, but they were her recommendations and signatures. This included the unconstitutional cancellation of Ohio's in-person primary. Her lies earned her the nickname Female Fauci. But what about her childhood trauma? It is tragic. And many of us have experienced it, but frankly, voters should be more concerned about the trauma inflicted by her on Ohio's children. Ohio's kids suffered directly due to her horrible decisions, including massive learning losses documented by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. These same Ohio children watched parents lose jobs and family businesses close. Child abuse reports to the hotline numbers rose, and it was reported as a result of forced social isolation and economic stress, according to NBC News. One issue I tackled my first year in the Ohio House of Representatives was a direct result of Acton's deadly policies. A major hospital group even mentioned her by name when explaining her visitation changes that were based upon Acton's flatten the curve narrative. Hospitals, nursing homes, and other congregate care settings were forced to isolate people even from family. It's why I joined sponsor the Never Act Alone with help from OAMF. The law ensures that neither Acton nor anyone else in Ohio will be allowed to force Ohioans to suffer and die alone. This elder abuse by itself is enough to disqualify her for office. To many of us who lost people unnecessarily during COVID. One family close to me tragically lost their son who overdosed when his drug treatment program was shut down by Acton's mandates. Eventually, the public pushed back with protests against her. How did she respond? Amy Acton quit. She couldn't handle the pressure and left Ohio with the mess she made. Trauma is always tragic. but it does not give anyone the right to avoid scrutiny during an election. It certainly doesn't give you the right to be governor when your record is an F for failure, so stop letting feelings triumph over facts. Ohioans have already been Amy Atkins' victims once. Don't let her victimize us again. Beth Lear, state representative. Thank you, Beth. Thank you, Ken Blackwell, for bringing that one to my attention. 626 right now. Got a comment? Feel free to give me a call.
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Speaker 6: 513-749-5500.
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Speaker 2: The Talk Station. At 6.30, coming up at 6.31, 55K RCV Talk Station, local stories. And including the school levy, Cincinnati Public School levy, which is on the ballot, and we have a former board member, Ozzie Davis. Open letter published in the Enquirer saying, don't vote for it. I cannot support the school levy. He goes through his history, appointed to the Cincinnati Public School Board of Education. He said it was a great moment, one of the proudest of his life. Always looking out for the children, but Goes on to point out, as far as powerful as our public schools are, children's education doesn't start in a classroom. It starts at home. And he says, right now, families are struggling. Cost of rent, groceries, gas skyrocketing while wages stay stagnant. More and more parents are coming up short at the end of the day. Math isn't mathing. It's our kids who suffer. Now, he says, the school board wants a 20% tax increase. Issue 4 would add $ 66 million a year in new taxes. That's more pressure on our families, and it's our kids who will pay the price. We can't afford it not now. Ozzie says school board needs to have its house in order before asking for huge tax increases. Board has not approved the levy correctly from the beginning. Went with an earnings tax first. Earnings tax, well, they had to pull the plug on that one because their own supporters pushed back. He says, well, instead of taking a step back, the board rushed a property tax onto the ballot in the last minute. On the ballot before adopting a strategic plan, did so without taking the time to align spending with the goals of the plan. That's not how you earn trust, he says. So when the school board comes back with a real plan built with the community at a time when families can bear it, I'll be the first to stand up for it. But right now there is no plan, no public input, no room in family budgets for a 20% tax increase. I can't vote for that, he says. I hope you won't either. If you care about our kids, vote no on issue four. Well, powerful opposition from Ozzie Davis, former Cincinnati Public School Board of Education member. Also behind the Political Action Committee is pointed out the Coalition for an Affordable Cincinnati, which has an ad campaign out opposing Issue 4. Breaking news from earlier this morning, more shootings. Police investigated two separate shootings happening in Hamilton last night. 6.30 p.m. was the first one on South Front Street and Pershing Avenue. That man went to the hospital with a gunshot wound, listed in stable condition. Second one, a few hours later on Shuler Avenue, woman recovered in the hospital from that gunshot wound. No arrest made. Police did not say what led to the separate incidents of violence. I don't believe they were related, at least as of the reporting. 29-year-old has been identified in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in Newport on Friday night. Damian A. Serrano, 29 years old, killed after a shooting in the 200 block of East 7th, according to the Newport Police Department. Officers were called to the area about 11.30 at night for the report of a man lying on the ground with gunshot wounds. Medics took Serrano to the UC Medical Center, later pronounced dead. When police arrived on the scene, the suspect, 25-year-old Isaac Hamilton, claimed that he told them he was the person who shot Serrano. Citation explains Hamilton told police Serrano hit him in the face, which scared him, and that led to him firing two rounds at Serrano. Officers said they spoke with several witnesses at the scene. Multiple witnesses said before the shooting that Hamilton told Serrano, if you hit me, I will shoot you. Being held at Campbell County Detention Center, according to court records, officers are still investigating the shooting. But if you have any information, Campbell County Dispatch would love to hear from you. 859-292-3622. It's a rather interesting article here. My alma mater mentioned, so I saw it, like Oak Hills High School student hospitalized with what are described as serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle while walking to school yesterday morning. Greentownship Police Captain Mitch Hill said that crash happened on Lawrence Road, a few hundred feet from Moonridge Drive, 7.30 in the morning. Driver did remain on the scene after the crash. Fox 19 interviewing some neighbors. They said, it's like a speedway out there. I didn't see it happen, but it's like a speedway out there. Speeding an issue that people have brought up before. Multiple neighbors said this. Crash is still under investigation, but Fox 9 routine reporting Captain Hill said alcohol, drugs, and speed are not believed to be factors. So, complain about speed. Apparently that had nothing to do with it. Sorry, the kid's seriously injured, though, that's for sure. Carl, I see you're on the line, but I see it's also... Detox station. 640-55-KRC-Detox station, 513-749-5500, 800-823-TALK, or call 550 on AT & T phones. It's already there. Vivek Ramasamy for Ohio Governor. The podcast page, 55KRC. iheart. com. Thank you, Joe, for keeping that thing updated. Appreciate that. And who's on the phone? It looks like Carl. Carl, thanks for holding up the break. Welcome to the morning show, sir.
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Speaker 11: Good morning, Brian. Say, I have some comments regarding the Rodney Hinton trial that occurred the other day.
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Speaker 2: Sure.
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Speaker 11: I heard your interview with Steve Goodman, Signal 99, yesterday. And first of all, prayers to the Larry Henderson family, and God bless the jurors who served in this case. But ever since the murder occurred, I wondered if it could have been prevented. Maybe if the city of Cincinnati has not disbanded the District 5 police district, things might have been different. That intersection where Larry Henderson was patrolling was in the old District 5 district. Perhaps if Cincinnati Police Department had proper staffing... Perhaps if UC police had not changed their policy to not allow its officers to go off campus, you know, after the Ray Tensing incident where the UC police officer shot the gentleman off campus, they changed their policy. Now, I heard several of the players speak after the verdict, and Sheriff McGuffey gave a heartfelt interview. Of course, Defense Attorney Bennett spoke about how he's going to vigorously appeal the case. But I've heard nothing from the prosecutor's office and nothing from City Hall in the matter. I'm wondering what went wrong during the case. Why didn't the jurors find Hinton guilty of aggravated murder? And I'm wondering if the jurors– well, as you know, the jurors found Hinton guilty of reckless homicide. and murder at the same time, which is inconsistent.
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Speaker 2: You can't reconcile that. Therein lies the breakdown, and that's exactly what Steve Gooden was pointing out yesterday. One requires an intentional element, which is the murder conviction. The other one, reckless, means there was no intent whatsoever. So how do you find intent on one charge and no intent on the others? That's impossible to reconcile, so that's why I think there's going to be a retrial.
00:57:31
Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 11: And I'm wondering, were the judge's instructions not clear to the jury?
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Speaker 1: Did the jury get confused with that?
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Speaker 2: They did ask for some clarification on the jury instructions. I believe it was Thursday during deliberations or maybe Friday. I don't have the specific timeline memorized. But, yeah, there were specific questions about understanding the jury instructions. And I— It should have been one or the other. You either find him intentionally guilty of intentional murder or you find him recklessly having killed someone, which again has no intent. But I don't, if I'm a juror and I'm sitting there, that's so fundamental to your understanding of the jury instructions, that mental element, the mens rea element, as they call it in the law. If you don't understand that, that's how you end up, I think, with a conflicting jury verdict.
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Speaker 6: Right.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 11: Um, Everybody's talking about what a great job people did. Well, Judge, really? This should have been a slam-dunk case for an aggravated murder, and the jury came back, and things were inconsistent. We just talked about that. As far as the great job that the defense attorney did, he lost against a prosecutor that didn't really do a very good job. And as far as the prosecution goes, they– This should have been a slam dunk case. There was no body cam video shown to the jury from the scene. There was no video of the interview of Hinton that was shown to the jurors. And some very concerning things are out there. There are people, keyboard warriors. all across the country here saying that Hinton did the right thing by murdering the deputy, the police officer.
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Speaker 2: You're always going to get fringe idiots in the world with stupid opinions and stupid conclusions about things. You can't avoid that reality in this world that we're all connected via the internet. If you have an opinion, people are willing to voice it regardless of how idiotic it is. But there was also these statements that were allowed to reach the jury that should not have been allowed. Kevin mentioned that as well, the testimony regarding what he said specifically to the psychiatrist who interviewed him, treading very delicately around your right to be free of self-incrimination and statements along those lines, which Steve Gooden said should have been suppressed or not entered into evidence. And the judge apparently said the jury should disregard them, but Yeah, don't listen to what the psychiatrist said he said, right? Okay, you're going to unforget that? Certainly not. So lots of reasons to call into question the trial itself generally, but the verdict in and of itself, I think, is sufficient grounds to say, what in the hell's going on here? You can't reconcile these, and it will certainly serve as at least one basis to overturn the decision. Wait for it. Bennett's going to appeal. He said he would. And the other confusing element was the insanity defense was raised early on. You know, not guilty by reason of insanity. At the moment in time, he couldn't understand the difference between right and wrong. Well, the jury didn't apparently buy that. But then entered this new theory. Clyde Bennett asserted that he was trying to kill himself by running into a pole. And that showed up kind of late in the game, and that's where that second jury instruction came in. I don't know that that was appropriate in and of itself. So, yeah, lots of room for criticism here. And, of course, it's easy to play armchair quarterback. I know this well. I try not to do it in connection with jury trials, but lots went wrong here, and I suppose you can just point me in any direction, and there will be some blame. 645, thanks for the call, though, Carl. Appreciate it. Feel free to give me a ring, 513-749-5500, 800-823-TALK, and give John Ryan a ring if you want your 5, 650-55KRCD talk station. We're going to get to empower you for the week from Dr. J after the top of the hour news, followed by Tom Zawistowski on how the left is going to protest the election results. I think he believes it's going to go red and the left is going to scream and yell about the election being stolen. My guess, I don't know, we'll find out from Tom at 730. Let's talk to Dave right now. Dave, thanks for calling this morning. Welcome to the show.
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Speaker 4: Yes, good morning again. As a trained auditor and accountant, I concur with Mr. Zinsser. that we have a serious problem in figuring out whether they're legally compliant with how they spent the last batch of money.
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Speaker 6: So I strongly urge you.
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Speaker 4: Don't vote them any more money until you can understand that they legally used the last batch.
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Speaker 2: Good point, Dave. There is no accountability with money that goes out into the world, is there? We've learned that over and over again. You look at Doge, you look at the city of Cincinnati, and every jurisdiction and state in between is like, Oh, there's a nongovernmental organization over there. Here, let's give them some money. And then you don't know what they did with it. Same thing goes to schools, I guess. That was the criticism from Ozzy Davis on that. What are they doing with it? It's not going in the classroom, apparently. Good point.
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Speaker 4: When I was in college, I was trained in governmental accounting. One of the national experts. First woman to get a Ph.D. in accounting from Berkeley. And one of the days the students asked her about governmental rules in accounting, and she looks at her class and says, if you or I practiced accounting the way the government practices accounting, we'd be in jail.
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Speaker 2: You'd be arrested. Yes, you would. No question about it. It's taxpayer dollar money. They don't have to care. They don't have to go out and earn it. They just take it. There's no accountability because they get to spend whatever the hell they want. There's no Todd Zinser looming over their head figuring out what the hell is being done with it.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Systemic problem. This is the problem with the swamp. It's impossible to drain. And real quick, just maybe I could make a parallel between, oh, yes, and by the way, Eric, you're right. Insofar as the last caller is concerned, the closure of District 5, if it hadn't, then, yeah, that just means that Cincinnati police officer would have been in the place of Deputy Henderson and would no longer be with us. But aside from that. I saw this article the other day, and they were interviewing people. It was just all this outrage of why they're going to vote Democrats. And, ah, the economy sucks. There's nothing good about it. Everything's expensive. This economy, the nation is in the wrong direction. You know, everyone, in going down that road, I mean, you can't get any further than gasoline and food prices. Housing is a problem, too. But you know what? Donald Trump didn't cause that problem. COVID, largely.
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Speaker 1: But.
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Speaker 2: He's done so much. And in terms of investment in this country, a lot of people have taken notice that this is the place to be. You're sure as hell, if you're a major corporation, not going to invest in the European Union. And according to the markets, you're sure as hell not going to go to Brazil to do it. They had a market collapse yesterday because the lefty Lula won the election by a fraction of a couple of percentage points or whatever. And some are calling into question the validity of that election, most notably because a good friend of Lula, the leftist, Supreme Court justice, unilaterally, this sounds like something would happen in COVID, unilaterally allowed the two hours of extended voting. How can a single judge do that? Well, this is Brazil, so you're not going to invest there. Where are you going to invest? The United States of America. Now, let's contrast this. Yes, this is AI-generated, but they relied on data out in the world, most notably the industrial-saved U.S. manufacturing investment tracker. In the first, well, up until now, from the date he was sworn in, Donald Trump, until this moment in time, that's not even full two years, roughly $ 2 trillion in private sector manufacturing commitments have been announced. $ 2 trillion. That tracker, Industrial Sage, monitors verified private sector commitments of $ 50 million or more. And all of this comes from private investment. Tons of it. Got semiconductor and advanced tech investment north of a trillion, pharma and biotech, aerospace and defense, automotive and heavy equipment. Audi just announced it's going to be opening a brand-new manufacturing facility here in the United States. One of several have been announced. Two trillion in just this small amount of time. Now, the White House, of course, says there's a lot more than that, at least in commitments, as far as commitments are concerned. So tens of trillions. But in any event, pivoted over, I said, okay. I need a baseline to compare it to. So what I said or asked AI, how much new manufacturing investment occurred during the Biden administration? That will be a total administration timeframe, four years. 900 billion to over 1 trillion in private sector manufacturing. His entire administration didn't bring to this country half of what Trump has. And you know where the investment comes from, at least under the Biden administration? Investment announcements of realized construction driven largely by the Chips and Science Act. Okay, there's one. Chips and Science Act, which is, well, $ 52. 7 billion in direct funding and subsidies for U.S. chip production. Funding and subsidies came from you, by the way, the American taxpayer. Tax credits, those also, you know, taxes are going to the federal government, so basically you're paying for that, too. The Inflation Reduction Act, giving credit for the spending under the Biden administration. We all know what that one was. It had nothing to do with inflation. It was the Green Energy Project and bipartisan infrastructure law. They even put it out. All of these provided subsidies, tax credits, and grants, which led to the quote-unquote investment. So you, the American taxpayer, paid for the building and the infrastructure and the construction during the Biden administration. Meanwhile, the Trump administration delivered double the amount And it didn't involve any bill that provided American taxpayer dollars to bring about the investment.
01:07:16
Speaker 6: Hmm.
01:07:18
Speaker 2: So, well, I just wanted to remind people that there are some really good things going on out there in the world. 656-55-K to the talk station like the Empower You seminar series. Dr. J on those plus Tom Z at 730. I sure hope you can stick around. Talking about what? 706. on a Tuesday here at 55KRCD Talk Station. That means you get to find out about what the Empower You America series is offering by way of seminars. And to do that, we always get the pleasure of Dr. Jay Risover's company. Dr. Jay, welcome back to the morning show, my friend. It's always a pleasure having you on the program.
01:07:52
Speaker 1: Pleasure to be here. Pleasure to be with you today. And, oh, my God, only one week, and then the commercials will go away.
01:08:00
Speaker 2: I know. Yo, thank you, Jay, because I'm not feeling great. You know, I'm worried that we're going to go the wrong direction. People won't vote. People will say, oh, I don't like that guy for some stupid reason, and he can stay home and not cast a vote, and Amy Acton will be governor of the state of Ohio. I mean, and there's a lot of races that hit me down out there in the world, but that one's really got me bothered, especially some of the op-ed pieces and some of the politicians who've chimed in on this whole non-issue and this faux outrage involving Amy Acton ignoring all the allegations against Nivea Gramaswamy levied by her campaign, which are lies, but Here's where we are. So one week away, TikTok, TikTok, as I like to point out. But what we got tonight is an Empower You seminar, although it's changed, hasn't it, Jay?
01:08:42
Speaker 1: Yes, it has. It's sad, but first off, let me tell the people, thank you, Empower You. Come to us. We're going to have classes this week. Tonight, of course, is a virtual, and it'll be the Trenton residents fighting Amazon's AI data center. We're still doing that, but unfortunately, the two very nice people, Barry and Lori Blankenship, who have been kind of spearheading this. They are neighbors of where this data center was going to go in, and they have been against it. And They were going to be with us, but unfortunately, they've had to cancel. Barry just got out of the hospital. He's been ill, and so we give him our best wishes and hope he gets better soon. But we have a great replacement, and I've got to thank Mike Mercer for doing this. We have Larry Falcon of the Sierra Club, who's also been working with the Blankenships. He has been working on the Trenton data center. He's also been working to fight the St. Bernard data center. He's kind of an expert at the Sierra Club in doing this kind of thing. So we're going to listen to him tonight telling us about his concerns about data centers and the specific one in Trenton. Now, I have some interesting thoughts on this. I was hopeful that we were going to have both sides of this issue. We have done that before. We're But we are really not able to do that this time. But I think this is a wonderful opportunity. There are so many people listening today. Your listeners are very knowledgeable. And we don't have people to ask questions about their thoughts on the data center. I would love for everyone listening today to think about this and maybe make that time tonight. Come join our virtual session and ask questions of these people. Let's listen to what they have to say. And let's ask questions because I'd love to be able to have a lot of people work on this other side with us.
01:10:38
Speaker 2: Yeah, there is no, you know, they're obviously opposed to data centers. And I imagine the same cast of character arguments will be made like, you know, noise and water and power and. that, fine, I get all that, but all that can be countered with the, well, what about if we require them to upfront deal with those challenges? And therefore you have nothing left to argue about with the exception of how ugly the building might happen to be. So, yeah, I mean, there has to be counter arguments or counter suggestions or even counter questions. Like, wait a second, you say that they're going to use up all of this water. Do you even know what type of system? Is it a closed loop system, which would solve that problem? How do you know how much noise it's going to generate? How do you know that Are they bringing the power? All that. Those are all legitimate questions. And also the tax revenue.
01:11:23
Speaker 6: Right.
01:11:23
Speaker 2: There's a lot of money when you come to your neighborhood. Isn't that a good thing? So, yeah. There's got to be people in my listening audience can handle that. 7 p.m. tonight at PowerUAmerica.org. Just click on the register button and register to attend virtually before the seminar starts and take on that role.
01:11:41
Speaker 4: Yes.
01:11:42
Speaker 1: So please do come join us. It should be fascinating. I can't wait to ask my questions. And then on Thursday, we're going to have Nathaniel Green, hero of the American Revolution. We're going to get a little bit more history. We did Grant and Lee last week, which was really good. And we're going to have Stephen McClanahan is going to be telling us about that. Nathaniel Green served with George Washington and really was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary War. But before him, We're going to have Adam Bolling speak on the Education Freedom Tax Credit. And that was part of the One Big Beautiful Bill. And it's a permanent federal credit that becomes effective next year, January 1st. allowing eligible taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $ 1, 700 for contributions to be approved for scholarship-granting organizations. So it's a little complicated. We're going to get some of the details of this, but everybody who has a kid or has a grandkid is going to know about this freedom tax credit and what you can do to contribute to it for your kids' schooling. So That should be very interesting. Adam Bowling is going to talk about that first.
01:12:54
Speaker 2: That is great. And, you know, the one thing that bothers me about this, and it's even in the notes, is states have to opt in to participate. And there are states out there that refuse to do this because they're worried it's going to somehow or in some way jeopardize public schools for some reason. This $ 1, 700 tax credit, either take it or don't. Why should you deny residents of your state the opportunity to do that to the extent some states are?
01:13:19
Speaker 1: Well, you know, anything to hurt the orange man, I suppose.
01:13:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, maybe it does just come down to that petty, petty reality, Jay. I don't know. What about next week? That one's on Thursday beginning at 7 o'clock, and you can show up in person at 300 Scarlet Oaks Drive for the Empower You live event or still log in from home, conveniently do so, and I really encourage my listeners to do that. Give us a preview of next week, Jay.
01:13:43
Speaker 1: Next week, of course, Tuesday is Election Day. We will be silent. You should be out there voting, and so we will not be present on Tuesday next week. But we'll have Bold by Julie O'Neill, and we'll also have a Hammond County Juvenile Court Judge, Judge Stacey DeGraffenfield, will be speaking. Bold is a book that was written by Julie O'Neill. It's The Secret to My Big Wins to Help You Crash Through Your Comfort Zone. It's a memoir and a self-help guide. Maybe you remember Julie O'Neill. She was on WCPO-TV for 27 years. She was in our local news environment. And then she rejected a $ 50, 000 severance package to avoid signing a nondisclosure agreement and choosing to speak publicly about what happened to her. So this is a fascinating story, how you can manage fear and taking on risks, how to use humor and science. And we can't wait to hear Bold by Julie O'Neill.
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Speaker 2: That should be a good seminar, self-help seminar in a way. All right. And the following one, I think, is going to be Inside Doge, What Really Happened with Tyler Hassan. That's on November 10th.
01:14:57
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. In fact, I want to talk to you and Joe. Perhaps we can get Tyler on your show telling you could talk to him a little bit about that because he's a national speaker and he worked inside Doge. He was one of the kids and he has just a fascinating story to tell. So I'm thinking you might want to actually have him instead of me. You can ask him a few questions.
01:15:19
Speaker 2: I'd love to just set him up. He's willing to do it. I'll be more than pleased to do that. Absolutely.
01:15:24
Speaker 1: We will try and do that. And that's November 10th, November 12th on Incredible Universe. We have more stuff coming. And I see right here, goodness, this is an old one. I'm looking forward to November 19th. We are going to have Captain Stevenson, who is a 9-11 survivor, in the Pentagon the day that plane came and hit the Pentagon. It stopped just outside his office. And we have an amazing first-hand account with pictures of the Pentagon, what happened before and afterwards, and some of our response, which he was personally responsible for as a member of the U.S. Navy and in the Pentagon. So it's a great, wonderful story. I recommend everybody come to that one on November 19th. Come to DOGE November 12th. We just have more coming.
01:16:17
Speaker 2: We can't wait to see you guys.
01:16:17
Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt.
01:16:18
Speaker 2: Well, and don't forget to add Mission Ready Testosterone Amends Health in the Military, which is also going to be Dr. Michael Ady at the Remembering 9-11 seminar. So you got a twofer on that one.
01:16:27
Speaker 1: That is right. And that we're actually doing because, you know, the military just released that they're going to be looking at all of the testosterone levels, everyone in the military. as part of their health objective. And so we're going to have him explain to us kind of what's going on there. Why are we checking testosterone levels in soldiers and what that actually could mean for you and I, perhaps.
01:16:51
Speaker 2: How about that? That's all the rage these days, testosterone, you know, hormone replacement therapy with bioidentical hormones, that kind of thing can actually be really good or I guess bad. I don't know the science behind it, but lots of folks doing that. And don't forget, we've got to give the advance preview. December 3rd is the bourbon tastings. America's own, tasting America's own spirit. Mike Wilson knows all about bourbon, so it's going to be an opportunity to maybe drink at an Empower You seminar there, Jay?
01:17:16
Speaker 1: We are definitely doing that. We had a scotch tasting last year that was quite fun. We're going to have bourbon tasting this year. That, though, will be at the Cincinnati Krav Maga gym in Blue Ash because Scarlet Oaks does not care for us to bring out.
01:17:32
Speaker 2: Figures, doesn't it? Well, there it is. If you build it, they will come. If you offer free bourbon sampling, they will come. So December 3rd for that one. You can get all the information either going to 55KRC. iheart. com because Joe's added it, or you can go directly to empoweryouamerica.org. But most assuredly, get on the horn tonight or get on the computer tonight. Attend the virtual seminar on the Fighting Amazon's AI Data Center in Trenton and ask a lot of questions.
01:18:00
Speaker 1: Please, yeah, come listen in and help ask questions.
01:18:02
Speaker 2: Jay is going to be asking questions. So, yeah, give him a backup. Jay, rest over. Thank you so much for the work you're doing with Empower U, and thanks to all involved with Empower U. And please just remember to put it on your calendar and remember to log in. 721 here at 55Kerr City Talk Station. What are you doing this evening? I hope you're going on a flight. That's right, last flight of the season tonight at 8.30 is about the time to start showing up at CVG. Please do. Level C, that's the ticketing area, the new parking structure lobby by the huge mural on the left side is where everybody gathers. You'll be able to see the crowds, that's for sure, hopefully anyway. You've got young people in your world. You want to experience some patriotism and some just, I always like to call it allergy outbreak moments. You're going to get that with the Honor Flight. 88 veterans and their guardians, one-day trip. 89% of the flights got Vietnam veterans and their guardians, and Lord knows they could sure use a great welcome home since we all know they didn't get one when they got back. So that also includes guardians from the new Veteran Guardian Ambassadors Program. So post-911 combat veterans accompanying veterans over the age of 65. There's more information over there on the website. But 55KRC. iheart. com, the details are there. But HonorFlightTristate.org will always have the information. Real quick here, are you tired of being lied to? I saw this story. It just really irked me. But I'm kind of used to it. 60 Minutes has been known for years and years to just fabricate, just outright lie to you. And they did it again over on Sunday. 60 Minutes episode featuring Musa Diawara and his family. He's got kids. He's been living in America for a long time. So he and his wife, appealing to the fact that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Diawara, who showed up in the United States in 2001, well, he actually is not the sympathetic character that 60 Minutes painted him out to be. He said he was worried about his conversion to Christianity and could be persecuted in Mali for converting to Christianity. Funny fact that the show left out, they didn't bother doing much due diligence, if any. The show didn't mention that his application for protection here in the United States didn't quite line up with the narrative that he was provided on 60 Minutes. Notably, USMI said, 60 Minutes sob story tonight highlighted an illegal alien and his wife and two children. One problem, The illegal alien, Mosa Diawara, claimed he was homosexual in order to try and dodge deportation to Mali. They got his 2009 asylum application declaring he needed to remain in America because he was a gay man who would be killed. My asylum application is based on grounds of well-founded past persecution and undisputable fear of life threatening to my person if I were to return to my country in Mali. In fact, I had experienced extreme punishment and persecution based upon the ground of my sexual orientation. Since I came to the USA, I had possibilities to express my feelings to men without any embarrassment, no reserve. Indeed, my tribal group and community as well as a whole had reported my sexual orientation to my family back home because such behavior is unwelcome in my society. My life is henceforth threatened if I have to go back to my country because I could be executed either by the Islamic group or the community. These are the reasons why I applied for asylum in the U.S. to seek protection from the U.S. government.
01:21:36
Speaker 5: Huh.
01:21:37
Speaker 2: Well, that seems to conflict with his argument that he was converting to Christianity that did it. It seemed to be that in and of itself is a conflict over his stated goal. Now, DHS General Counsel James Percival was interviewed for over an hour. He was promised that the 60-minute segment would air the entire interview, but apparently only a handful of minutes from the entire interview were aired during this segment. Did not mention anything about that application. First of all, posted about his experience. Hey, in our conversation, we talked about the vicious killers and rapists we are removing to third countries and the fact that no president before Trump removed these public safety threats from our community, unfortunately, as they always do. It is 60 minutes, isn't it? They selectively edited the video and included none of that. They did promise they would publish the entire interview, so I look forward to my comments being posted in full this week. Yeah, don't hold your breath, Mr. Percival. ICE, for its part, on its ex-account, had this to say, fake and gay. Lusa Diwara, the Milan national featured in the shockingly poorly researched 60 Minutes report, now faces allegations of immigration fraud. after his asylum application surfaced, revealing that he claimed to be homosexual, who feared persecution in Mali. Well, they got him on that now, too. 726 here at 55KRC, the talk station. Tom Zawistowski. KRC, the talk station. 730 here at 55KRC, the talk station. Coming up after the top of the hour news, Inside Scoop with Breitbart News, London Bureau Chief Oliver Lane on Marxists all over Europe behind these protests over there. Daniel Davis, Deep Dive on Iran, and right now we hear from Tom Zawistowski. You can find him online at wethepeopleconvention.org. You should do that and then listen to what he has to say on his weekly podcast. It's a wide-ranging bunch of topics, including what's really behind the riots in France. Good to hear from you, Tom Zawistowski. Great to be with you, Brian.
01:23:41
Speaker 7: And, boy, a week left to go and lots to be done because, as you know, on our side, Election Day is the whole game, right? I mean, I know there's good turnout for the early voting and, and, you know, interestingly, like in-person voting is already greater than it was in 2022. So, you know, people are showing up early, but for us, the game is on election day. And so you and I, and everybody else has to keep talking to people about making a plan to vote on that day. Cause that's when it's going to be decided.
01:24:16
Speaker 2: What do you make of this capitulation by all the Republicans in this Amy Acton ad nonsense? I mean, I see more and more people, including, and I have, listen, everybody in my listening audience knows how I feel about Governor Mike DeWine, but he seems to have been, he's almost campaigning for Amy Acton since the outset. So we can just sort of throw him aside because it's something we come to expect from DeWine. But what of all the other Republicans that you think that they would come out a little bit more strongly in favor of Ramaswamy? I personally don't find the ad that offensive, most notably since they have been launching and preceded his ad with all kinds of vile lies about Ramaswamy. But, you know, when you get the Wall Street Journal op-ed opinion piece saying that this is dequalifying, Romney should be dequalified from even running for governor, I mean, what is wrong? I mean, it's just become unglued or delusional. This is all about, what, sympathy for Amy Acton because of what might happen to her when she was a child? That has nothing to do with her qualifications for governor. Tom, what's your take on all this?
01:25:14
Speaker 7: Yeah, on my podcast... I actually read President Trump's response because I thought it was right on the money, what he posted on Truth Social about the ad and basically saying if the Democrats had, if my mother, his mother, Trump's mother had said something bad about him, that the left would have run those ads forever and the media would have celebrated and it would have been the ad of the century. But because Vivek Ramaswamy runs the ad, you know, oh, it's insensitive and all that. It's total nonsense. It's propaganda. And the sad part is Robert Sprague called me and we were talking about it. And he said, Tom, my problem with the ad was that it brought the East and West Coast Democrats into Ohio. Until that ad ran, they were pretty much out of it. And this was kind of running its course here But like Amy Acton got a million dollar donation like that day from some lefty in New York or whatever. And then it became, you know, this whole media thing, which did what? Distorted the ad.
01:26:19
Speaker 2: Yeah.
01:26:19
Speaker 7: The ad wasn't about the fact that, you know, Amy Acton had been sexually abused when she was 12 or whatever. The ad was about she's a liar. And the proof is there that she's a liar. But they stole the narrative. and ran away with it. And so, you know, this is what's wrong. I mean, a friend of mine said this, and Brian, I think you'll agree 100%. Boy, we have actually developed the worst possible way to elect people to rule over us and spend trillions of our dollars that you could ever devise. The whole system is just completely broke because we're not having debates. Who in your audience can name what Amy Acton would actually do as governor? She's got catchphrases. Oh, we're going to lower costs. No way of saying how. You can't find that on her website. Whereas Vivek Ramaswamy has actual plans that you can read. But there's no talk about that. There's hundreds of millions of dollars of ads that are all total lies. This is a real problem. And I hope after this election, we can all work together to do something to fix this. But in the meantime... Your listeners have to figure out what's smoke and mirrors and what's fact. And the smoke and mirrors is, oh, this is a totally insensitive ad. No, it's a totally effective ad. And let me share one thing with your audience that I think is interesting. A friend of mine was talking to me about, he was in Cleveland, talking to leaders in the black community. And he said, you know what, Tom, this Acton ad is really having an impact in the black community because in the black community, if mama says you're a liar, people believe mama. And he said, this is going to move some votes in the black community away from Amy Acton. So what's the outcome of this net net? I think it's a wash at worst. And I think we still have to just, you know, come out, turn out and vote for every Republican on the ticket on election day.
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Speaker 2: We'll talk more with Tom Zawistowski, wethepeopleconvention.org, after these brief words, starting with Gregory Lester. 5KRC, the talk station. 739 at 55KRC, the talk station. Brian Thomas with wethepeopleconvention.org. Tom Zawistowski, again, through the news. You know, you mentioned all this money from the four corners of the United States came flowing into the election after this ad ridiculous thing dropped and became the topic of conversation. Ignoring the issues in what is, you know, being governor of a state of Ohio, what that involves. Now it's all this emotional plea and, oh, my God, how could you ever do that? bringing in national money. I was getting ready to say something about, well, all elections are kind of national these days, Tom, with the internet connecting everyone. But they also happen to be global anymore. We're getting more and more reports about foreign money flowing into elections of all types, being laundered through various other political action committees. So it's not shocking to me that this drew money from the four corners of the globe. But then again, I imagine it was already drawing money from the four corners of the globe because it's an important race and it's been really close the entire time, Tom.
01:29:26
Speaker 7: Well, you know, you're touching on a very important point. And that is, I tell all of our listeners that, you know, you're not just voting for yourself and for America. This is a global election. This is for us to defend Western civilization. Again, I will say, go to We The People convention and watch the Marco Rubio video from Athens about defending Western civilization. That's what's at stake here. And what you see in Europe and France, and now they're trying to spread it to Belgium and Spain and all that stuff, is basically a communist revolution.
01:30:02
Speaker 9: That's what it is.
01:30:03
Speaker 7: And what your listeners need to get ready for is that they've already got plans in place to try to put Donald Trump in a trap. If we win the election big, which I think we're going to do, they're going to claim that we stole it. See, all the polls said we were leading, and how could it be so different in the election? Well, probably because the polls are fake, and I know you've covered that, okay? So they're going to try to riot then, right? But if they win, they're going to try to riot even if they win to try to force Donald Trump's impeachment. It's coming. Violence is coming because they're out of cards. They only have violence left.
01:30:44
Speaker 2: Well, there's no question in my mind that you're probably on the right path on that. I did read this Chuck DeVore analysis. The DSA's plan to incite nationwide violence ahead of the 2028 election, citing pretty much the same sort of concept. But the United Kingdom's announcement that they need to be ready for war within a thousand days because of all of these external threats to the grid, the infrastructure, they're warning their citizens that to be prepared for what they say is probably going to be inevitable. You know it's the same thing here, Tom. We're already told to keep at least three days' worth of food and supplies in the house for the contingency for the emergency. I think it's going to be a lot longer, but then the U.S.
01:31:24
Speaker 5: Military.
01:31:25
Speaker 2: Doomsday, U.S. military planning to survive 90 days without power. It's called Fortress. It's a new program they're designing to, well, at least allow electricity to continue to flow to our military installations. So they're preparing. This is obviously designed to deal with that kind of challenge. And are we strong enough as a society to, well, go without electricity for an extended period of time, Tom? Maybe that'll be the beginning of the downfall. The revolution will begin when the lights go out, Tom.
01:31:55
Speaker 7: Well, see, you're touching on an important thing. Are we strong enough to survive is one question. My question is, are we strong enough to fight? Are we strong enough to fight these forces? As you see in France, Marcon's weak. He's a loser, right, as Trump would say. And so they let this get out of hand, and now they're trying to crack down. I think President Trump learned from, you know, 2020 or 2016. I think he learned from the BLM, you know, burned down the cities, and they said, oh, stay out of this. You know, that's not a federal thing. He should have interceded.
01:32:30
Speaker 6: He didn't.
01:32:31
Speaker 7: I think he learned from that. I think you're going to see really fast action by the president if they start to act up. My question to your listeners are, Are you willing to support that? Or are you going to melt because some activist throws himself in front of an ice vehicle in Minneapolis and, oh, isn't that a tragedy? And let's stop enforcing immigration law. Because that's what they're going to do. They want to kill their supporters to get you to go against the president. The question I have is not are we tough enough to survive the 90 days. Are we tough enough to fight the people who want to destroy our nation? Because that's the real question.
01:33:12
Speaker 2: Well, the article, the divorce point is that the violence in the street will lead Trump to overreact and invoke the Insurrection Act, which will serve their narrative that he's a fascist dictator. You know, I mean, it could be worse. I mean, the real frightening thing for me is the declaration of martial law. You know, where habeas corpus is suspended and due process and the like is pretty much suspended. That would be the most draconian thing you could possibly do. But They want him to do something like that, that sort of overreaction.
01:33:42
Speaker 7: Yeah, well, I guess I'm on the other side. I don't call that an overreaction. I call that an appropriate reaction. I want him to use the full force of our government to destroy these people in our country who just say it out loud. Our goal is to overthrow the government. What more do you want? So what, Brian, do you want to just let them burn down these cities and kill cops and stuff? Or do you want to stop them? I want to stop.
01:34:09
Speaker 2: Well, if we don't have Governor Amy Acton, I wouldn't mind, you know, short of sharing the laboring war on that, our local police force with the help and assistance of the National Guard, which they, of course, would invite in a state that was maybe Governor Ramaswamy, right? He wouldn't resist that concept. We're not blue states. If you see blue states, they refuse to allow the National Guard to come in to help protect their own citizens and the places burned to the ground. I mean, oh, sorry.
01:34:34
Speaker 7: What happened in 16? What happened with DeWine in 16? Look at downtown Columbus.
01:34:40
Speaker 2: I know.
01:34:40
Speaker 7: They burned down downtown Columbus, and we didn't send National Guard in, and it's still a shithole, okay?
01:34:47
Speaker 2: Hey, hey, hey, hey. All right, all right. Hold on. I got to hit the dump button, Tom. You're not allowed to curse on the morning show.
01:34:54
Speaker 6: I'm sorry.
01:34:55
Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
01:34:56
Speaker 7: Anyway, my point is we did it wrong in 16. We need to do it right this time. And if we do it right, we will finally bring to an end this threat to our republic that's real. It's real.
01:35:10
Speaker 2: Oh, there's no arguing that. Got you so angry and frustrated you cursed on the morning show, Tom. Well, I just go back to the Korean shop owners and the L.A. riots back in the early 90s.
01:35:22
Speaker 7: Okay?
01:35:23
Speaker 2: I'm prepared. The people in France don't have that ability to be prepared that way, Tom. Which side of a shooting war do you want to be on? The commie side or the conservative pro-American side?
01:35:37
Speaker 7: Well, so that's the whole point, right? They can't win unless we don't fight.
01:35:42
Speaker 2: I know.
01:35:43
Speaker 1: Right?
01:35:44
Speaker 7: It's real simple. They have nothing. So why do we keep stepping back? Oh, well, it's mostly a peaceful protest. And why do we keep letting media outlets, which aren't media outlets, that are propaganda outlets, stoking this and fighting and giving them a voice about taking down America? When do we stop letting the enemy within... Eat our lunch.
01:36:09
Speaker 2: That's my question. Yeah, that's a tough word to hoe because we do a free speech in this country, and I have a political mindset that I articulate on the morning show. And, of course, the mainstream media has an obviously left-wing political bias. It's what we as a public choose to consume, Tom, and how are you going to right that ship if people don't pay attention to what they do? And I saw that article the other day. Sixty percent of Americans get their news from four sites. Newsdom sites that are very, very liberal, Yahoo, Google, MS Now, and what was the other, Amazon or something? I can't remember. Apple, maybe. The vast majority of people don't pay attention, and they're swayed by this nonsensical argument. We need to right the ship ourselves, fix the person staring at you in the mirror, and start paying closer attention. But we don't have to worry about violence and insurrection becoming Korean shop owners because we're not there yet. We can vote, right? We can go next week and see that this never happens, Tom. That is the point. I know it is. That's why I wanted to double down on it before we part company this morning, Tom, because I'm with you all day long. People need to vote. And if they want to run out in the streets.
01:37:12
Speaker 7: It's in our control, Brian. If we do what I think we're going to do, which all the Trump supporters who normally don't vote in off-year elections show up, we're going to win big, and they're going to have a real hard time making the case that it was stolen because the margin is going to be so large, it'll be clear that we won.
01:37:31
Speaker 2: Let's win.
01:37:32
Speaker 7: Let's win next Tuesday.
01:37:34
Speaker 2: Amen, Tom Z. Next Tuesday, TikTok, one week. WeThePeopleConvention.org. Follow him. Bookmark the website, and you'll get what Tom talks about every day of the week, but also his weekly podcast, Well Worth the Listen. Tom, next week, man. All right.
01:37:50
Speaker 7: Let's win it.
01:37:50
Speaker 2: Hang in there, brother. 748, coming up at 749, 55KRCD Talk Station. American-made veterans. It is 753, 55KRCD Talk Station. Eric Murkhans. Hey, you know, commies have guns too. A little picture of Karl Marx. Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered. Any attempts to disarm the workers must be frustrated by force, if necessary. Karl Marx. I would just offer, Eric, since they probably don't have any money, they can't afford range time. So it becomes a question of accuracy. Just saying. And I mentioned earlier this week, unrelated to nothing we've been talking about this morning in a nice diversion away before we get to more heady information from Breitbart News London Bureau Chief Oliver Lane on the Marxist protests going on all over Europe. I mentioned earlier this morning Microsoft announced that it is buying out, i.e. ultimately laying off 60,000 employees, a quarter of its workforce because of, of course, artificial intelligence. So They had 223,000 employees, so less 60,000, and then add the 9,000 they laid off in the spring. That's the writing on the wall. But here you can decide for yourself whether this is a positive development or not. My wife forwarded this little blurb to me from Medical Economics, which issued a report about artificial intelligence and medicine. An artificial intelligence system developed by Microsoft researchers diagnosed complex medical cases, are you ready, more accurately than practicing general physicians, often while ordering less costly testing. This was a study that was ultimately published in Science, I guess, republished by Medical Economics. They said the system reached the correct diagnosis in 83.2% of New England Journal of Medicine clinical pathological conference cases, according to the study. while general physicians who had success to search and reference tools scored 36.1 in the same cases. That's a huge difference. Study also found that on second set of routine emergency department admissions, the AI system was accurate 80.3% of the time compared to, ready, 46.8% of the physicians. I've always thought in the back of my mind, if there's one area where AI is really going to help us all, it's probably medicine. You know what's going on in med school these days. It's not exactly they're looking for meritocracy in terms of admissions, but it's going to make practicing medicine so much easier, especially if you can feed it in and get the right answer in a vastly improved number of times. I always thought about it in the idea of PET scans, CT scans, and reviewing scans, you know, the human eye versus AI scanning the image, probably an improvement on there as well. But that's one positive we can take away in terms of artificial intelligence.
01:40:41
Speaker 4: Seven.
01:40:42
Speaker 2: 806, the 55KRC talk station. It's Tuesday. It's that time every Tuesday for the Inside Scoop from Breitbart News. That's B-R-E-I-T-B-A-R-T.com. Bookmark it. Be glad you did. And joining us today, the return of Oliver Lane, who's the Breitbart News London Bureau Chief to talk about Marxists running amok all over Europe. Welcome back, Oliver Lane. It's a pleasure to have you back on the show. Oliver? Oliver?
01:41:11
Speaker 5: Hi, can you hear me?
01:41:12
Speaker 2: Now I can hear you. Oliver, good to have you back on the show.
01:41:15
Speaker 5: That was the perfect moment for the signal to drop.
01:41:18
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know. We've had challenges in the past, usually technologically related, Oliver, which leaves me in a lurch when I'm thinking I'm talking to somebody and I'm like, oh, hurry up and get a subject to talk about because your guest has disappeared. Glad you're there and glad you're here to talk about this. We start out in France. Well, it started out at least purportedly as a protest from students about the conditions in schools. And, uh, I, whether or not that's true, it was that whole thing seemed to have been co-opted. And now there's a whole coalition. You got the red green folks out there, which are the Marxist and the Islamist. You got students still there. You have the yellow vesters, which are the farmers. You've got your global warming fanatics that are out there. It seems to be this, this mixed bag, uh, alliance of convenience that's unfolded there. So France responded. The French government said, OK, OK, OK, I hear your protests to students out there. We're going to cap classes at 28 students and blah, blah, blah. We're going to offer all kinds of relief for these alleged claims about the school system. But that's not going to make this go away, is it, Oliver? No, indeed.
01:42:23
Speaker 5: And you've explained what's going on very succinctly there, which is that we had an organic protest movement, sure, months ago now, which was utterly co-opted by the left. And there's a really... fascinating interview that was published in a French newspaper yesterday with the former head of France's CIA equivalent. And this guy, always very interesting, and because he's now outside of the system, can really speak his mind and his diagnosis of what's going on. And importantly, why this is different to other riots in France, because I think as anybody watching what's going on here knows that Yes, they have riots in France quite a lot. They do it every year. That's kind of part of France's culture in a way, going back to the revolution of the 18th century. But it's different this time. And his, and I say, I think his view is one that's really worth listening to. which is that for the first time we have these disparate groups that you could say are on the left, certainly some of them are, and you have these standard left-wing students, you have the radicals, the black bloc, the antifa, if you like, these organised hard-left groups, Then you have the unassimilated migrant, large numbers of migrants who don't feel French, who don't feel connected to France. And actually, there's not a lot of common ground between these groups. I mean, what does a white middle class French leftist really have with an unassimilated, unemployed migrant group? So there's not a lot of common ground there, actually, other than perhaps a common hatred for the West and that sort of thing. But what's being said here is that actually, basically for the first time, these disparate groups that, as I say, don't have a great deal in common have managed to coordinate. And this is new. And this is why these riots, I mean, okay, they may or may not be more or less intense than other riots that have gone before. You could say, oh, well, these riots in 2020, these were bigger. The fact is this has a great deal of potential to get much worse. And there's a certain pattern that's emerged. And again, I find this is fascinating analysis from this former head of the French CIA homologue. And he says that every day they have one of their protest days. We had one on Saturday just gone. The Saturday before that, it kind of comes in waves. And he described it as being like, you remember those enormous Saturn V booster rockets that took man to space? The huge boosters that took the shuttle into space? And they worked on sort of stages. So like you'd have the first stage that would burn up and then it would get disconnected. It would fall back to earth. Then you'd have the next stage that would burn and so on and so on. So you have three stages and that would finally get you into space. And he compares it to this. So in the morning of a protest day, you have what you might call like the legitimate protesters, people who are out, they've got placards, they march up and down the street. They're not fighting with the police. They're there because they want change. You know, these might be in this case, The students, they go home at lunchtime. Then in the afternoon, running into evening, you move then into the professional protesters. This is your Antifa. This is your black bloc. They take over where the previous group left off. This is violence, clashing with police. These guys are hardcore left-wing radicals. They then give up when midnight rolls around and you have the third act, this third stage in the booster, where taking over from the Antifa or the black bloc radicals are the unassimilated migrants who are out. And they're basically just looting. This is rioting and looting. So you have this sort of three stage and every single one ratchets up the violence, ratchets up the intensity. So you have these three stages of protesters through the day.
01:46:27
Speaker 2: But guess what?
01:46:27
Speaker 5: There's only one stage of police. They are thoroughly out of energy by the end of the day, by the time you're rolling through into the next morning. And as it was this Saturday just gone, the French state put everything they had on the front line to avoid a repeat of the previous week. Every single police officer in the country was out. All leave cancelled. All other police duties put aside. The army deployed to hold rear echelon areas so they could have as many cops as they could on the front line. The problem is, once you've reached that maximum possible deployment, if the riots keep getting worse, you're out of options.
01:47:08
Speaker 2: Well, I guess one from the United States of America might point to an armed citizenry in the Second Amendment as maybe providing some support for the overwhelmed forces that are trying to keep the government alive and well. Absolutely. I had to interject that.
01:47:23
Speaker 5: No, no, we've had some reports on this at Breitbart News in recent days. On one hand, we had a report, I think it was on Friday, about French shopkeepers, Parisian shopkeepers, flocking to the city's handful of gun stores to buy self-defense items. But of course, to own a firearm for the express intent of self-defense in most of Europe, certainly in the UK, is completely illegal. You will definitely go to jail for that. So what are they left to get? They're picking up pepper sprays, defensive items like that, batons, A lot of this also is illegal, right? So they feel like the police are not necessarily going to be there for them. And I know it's easy to look at the French and say, they're so passive, they're so reserved. The silent majority remains silent. They're not doing anything to stand up against these riots. And again, this is, again, back to the words of this former director of the French CIA equivalent. He says... And again, I think this is a great point. Don't be too disheartened when you see the French people continuing to rely on the police, even though the police aren't doing a great job. This shows enormous restraint on their behalves. And the moment the silent majority take up arms and start fighting back, you no longer have a state. The state the state monopoly on violence is broken.
01:48:54
Speaker 2: It's over.
01:48:55
Speaker 5: There is no longer a French government and the country is in a state of civil war, which I think we all want to avoid.
01:49:00
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would think I agree with you completely on that one, Oliver Lane. But now there are those out there like you look at the the red coalition, the Marxist out there. They want to bring down the system. That is their goal. You know, you know, capitalism, evil. But you've this is they're living in socialism now. I mean, isn't it Marx's theory that you have to work through a period of socialism before you can get to communism? Well, socialism has epically failed. So you either go back to what worked before, which was maybe unrestrained capitalism, or at least regulated capitalism like we have in here in the United States, or you go full-on communism. This socialism clearly doesn't work. Look at France's finances. They gave the socialists everything they wanted. Retire at age 62, get a fat pension, you know, free this, free that, free health care, which really isn't. And they're underwater, and they have been for years and years. Oliver, you can't right this ship, can you? Absent draconian cuts, which would only make these riots situation worse, I would imagine.
01:49:56
Speaker 5: So what we've identified there is completely right, which is that France has one of the worst debt-to-GDP ratios of any country in the European Union. I think their national debt is about 110%, 120%. of GDP, which is that is well above what the European Union officially says it should be, which is about 66% or something. So we're well ahead. And I think it's the second or third worst after real basket cases like Greece. So France is in a lot of trouble. It's in hock to the bond markets because they borrowed so much money. And if they want to keep that show on the road, they have to keep borrowing money because their expenditure is greater than their tax receipts. And this goes, I'm going to cite another contextual expert on this. And this is where the real concern comes in. This is Professor David Bett, a professor of war in the modern world at King's College London. And he is an academic studying civil wars, how civil wars happen, why they happen, And his thesis, which is fascinating, is that we have this perception in the West that civil wars don't happen here. I mean, OK, the US had a civil war. England had a civil war. These were a very long time ago now. In the modern world, post-Second World War world, wealthy first world countries simply don't have them. This is a third world thing. And he looks at the reasons for this. And one of them is that as long as the state has money, it can keep the wheels on.
01:51:32
Speaker 6: Right.
01:51:33
Speaker 5: As long as you can keep buying off special interest groups, you can keep bribing people, you can keep that welfare flowing. That is provides just enough soporific money. social safety that people aren't taking up arms as long as the welfare keeps coming. So if you look at these two facts we've introduced here, which is on one hand, as long as first world countries have enough money to bribe people into being quiet, everything will be okay. And on the other hand, France is broke. Add those two things together, where does that leave you?
01:52:08
Speaker 2: Chaos, violence in the street, a collapsing system. I mean, the only exacerbated the problem, I don't know what the hell the European Union was thinking with this open borders reality. I mean, France, at least you could argue, had a cultural identity. I have a good friend. Matter of fact, I'm having lunch with him today. He's in from France making a trip here. We're going to have lunch. He married a French citizen years and years ago, and he became a French citizen himself because he mastered the language. They insisted on that, along with knowing the history of France, the culture of France. It was a rigorous thing to become a French citizen, but there's part of the culture. That's the point of having this regulated immigration system. You bring a whole bunch of North African Islamists into that formerly identity-rich French culture, what do they expect to happen? Most notably in a system that is overwhelmed by debt and spending that can't be sustained within its own population. It's like they designed this to collapse.
01:53:06
Speaker 5: And it's also, I've always thought, reasonably ironic because in a world where actually all of our identities and all of our cultures are being slowly eroded as we sort of move towards a homogenous global single culture, I think it's a terribly sad thing because there are so many wonderful cultures on every continent of the world and this globe is richer and more interesting and more varied and more valuable for them. And as they're slowly eroded away, I think that's a great loss.
01:53:34
Speaker 1: But.
01:53:35
Speaker 5: the French are quite chauvinistic about their culture. And that's what you describe with your friend, who, as you say, was very rightly forced to become French. If you wanted to hold that French passport, you had to learn the language, you had to learn the culture. And the French are, as I say, quite chauvinistic about that. The irony, as I say, is they're almost running it at two speeds. On one hand, the French are very, very jealous of their culture. They hate speaking English. They love to, like every other European, you go to any country in Europe, you find people who speak English anywhere. And even if you tried to speak to them in their own language, they're like, look, you know, thanks for trying. We appreciate it, but let's do this in English. You go to France, they want to speak French. They want to do their culture. They want to do the things they do. That's good. But at the same time, so that's the front door. The front door is bolted. It's armed against the world. They still speak the French language. They still have this French culture. But then the back door is wide open. So as they maintain this brave face to the world of this, as I say, this Gaul, this Gallic chauvinism, and I mean that in a good way. I'm not saying they're chauvinistic in a bad way. I admire that about them. But while they do it, the foundations are being eroded, and the whole edifice is going to come crashing down around them.
01:54:52
Speaker 2: No question about it. And here I can only make the argument on the fly here that I would say that culture identity is cloaked in freedom, the concept of freedom, the liberty to do what you want, free of government control, to pursue your own interests, to become successful. The entrepreneurial spirit is uniquely American, I would argue, and that is exactly what's being eroded here in our political system. And I would say exacerbated as well by this unchecked, unregulated flow of immigration that we only recently got on top of.
01:55:20
Speaker 5: Well, this is the point I repeatedly make, and I repeatedly make it because it's so important. America, please, God, even if you don't care about us Europeans, and I can't blame you for that, pay attention to what's happening here, because what's happening here, we are months and years ahead of you in the US. What the left does here is what the Democrats want to do to you there. President Trump said himself last week, the spires of Europe are burning, and we will not allow that to happen here. And I think that's too right.
01:55:47
Speaker 2: In bold, underline, exclamation point, Oliver Lane, the London Bureau Chief for Breitbart News. God bless you, sir. Appreciate the time you spent with my listeners and me today, and I'll look forward to having Breitbart on again next week. Keep up the great work, my friend. King, Vermont, 55, KRC, The Talk Station. 823, Cotterman, 824, 55, KRC, The Talk Station. A couple moments in time here in this segment before we get to the Daniel Davis deep dive. I'm just wondering, in the final analysis, if you're a betting person, you're going over to the couch and you've got to put a bet on the red or the green in terms of this weird red-green alliance going on in Europe. So you have Marxist and Islamist fundamentalists who want to bring about a caliphate or something. They clearly are not aligned with Western values or interests, or most notably, in the case of France, anything related to France. So this coalition of convenience or alliance of convenience that exists between Marxists who want to bring it all down and fundamentalist Islamists. Okay, now the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so there you go. Join up with those two, riot in the streets, bring about the end of France or any other European country. So you got two teams left standing. I know this is a just boiled down, easy to look at, but what do those two coalitions have in common? Last time I checked, Marxists don't believe in religion anymore. Because religion, of course, puts something beyond the state, a higher power, the Prophet Muhammad in this particular case. Yeah, there's a whole lot of problems between the two. So who wins? You got Islamists on one side and Marxists on the other. I'd say if both sides were armed, I got to go with the Islamists on that one. 825-55-KRC, The Talk Station. We'll see what Daniel Davis has to say coming up next. The Talk Station. 829-55KRC, The Talk Station. A very happy Tuesday to you. Always a special time of the week to be tuning in or listening to the 55KRC Morning Show or checking out the podcast later in the day, 55KRC. iHeart. com. It's that time of the week where we get the alliterative Daniel Davis deep dive. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis offering up all his knowledge and wisdom and tapping into his resources to give us updates about the various wars going on in the world. Welcome back, my friend, Daniel Davis. It's always good to have you on the program.
01:58:06
Speaker 9: And it's always good to be here, Brian. Thanks for having me back.
01:58:09
Speaker 2: And forgive me a little bit. for not being as up to date on the conflicts, the various conflicts. Really been focusing a lot on the upcoming election. We've got a hell of a battle going on here in the state of Ohio, so it's been dominating the morning show news. But I know it's still going on over there, and the challenges seem to be getting a little bit bigger. One of the developments which I thought was interesting, Egypt has now decided to send troops into Saudi Arabia to defend against the Houthi rebel attacks that have been going on for some time now. And I think talking to you, the Houthis are a substantial military presence. Hundreds of thousands of Houthis that are waging this war against Saudi. And they're doing it primarily because we have a presence in Saudi Arabia. Is that correct?
01:58:54
Speaker 1: Yeah.
01:58:55
Speaker 2: Partially.
01:58:56
Speaker 12: It's not really about us, actually. There are definitely hundreds of thousands, and apparently they're mobilizing more. It could be north of half a million here shortly, if it's not already. This is an issue that goes back for many, many years, and actually decades, between Ansar Allah, the Houthis, and Saudi Arabia. It was sparked when Saudi Arabia attacked the airport at Sana'a last August, when the Supreme Leader's funeral was going on, and they were sending a delegation there. that sparked, re-sparked, because they had been in a ceasefire since 2022, and now it's come back into a hot phase.
01:59:31
Speaker 9: You mentioned about Egypt. We'll see what actually.
01:59:33
Speaker 12: Comes about from that, how many troops and what kind of troops. That's kind of important because Egypt itself has some bad experience in the past with the Houthis in Yemen. So I doubt that they're going to sign up to be putting a lot of combat power. But I don't think that all of Saudi Arabia's allies together have enough ground forces to be able to stop Ansar Allah on the ground. And they may even, Ansar Allah may take even three Saudi provinces on the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia because they're at real risk right now.
02:00:05
Speaker 2: Well, which sort of brings to mind Russia going into the Ukraine and taking over a chunk of Ukraine. Are we going to be doing this now? Is this what we should expect in the future? Because that's a real new development, Daniel Davis.
02:00:18
Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, there was, I mean, I would say just think about last year, last.
02:00:23
Speaker 12: May, when President Trump went to Saudi Arabia and on this whole Middle East tour. And, man, it looked like the whole Gulf Arab countries and the whole Emirates were all this strength, the bastion of strength and economic power and oil and all that.
02:00:37
Speaker 5: Right.
02:00:37
Speaker 12: And all these deals that were going to be done. And now then just barely a year, a little over a year later, the whole place is on fire and potentially falling apart in Saudi Arabia itself. is genuinely at risk of dissolution, both from fracturing inside and then from the external pressure of the Houthis. So it's just hard to believe how much change is coming. So at least right now, yeah, there are some real problems, and you could add Iraq to that if you wanted to.
02:01:02
Speaker 2: Well, go ahead and add Iraq to that now. How do they factor into this equation?
02:01:06
Speaker 12: Yeah, so the United States finally completed its final withdrawal, so that took a lot of the pressure off.
02:01:12
Speaker 2: Off of the Iraqi.
02:01:13
Speaker 12: Government, but it also opened up some space. And by the way, I'm definitely for the withdrawal, and I applaud President Trump for doing so, because all it did is make it more difficult, not even impossible, for the Iran-backed militia, which are part of the official Iraqi security forces. They may actually take action against Saudi Arabia, too. And you may recall before we left, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia together attacked forces inside of Iraq, which just kind of stirred that pot up, in my personal opinion. So now there are three separate directions that Saudi Arabia is at risk from, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen.
02:01:55
Speaker 2: Where are we relative to our military strategy just with Iran? I mean, ignoring the chaos that's unfolding all around the area, I, again, keep hearing the chaos suggestions or veiled or otherwise or out loud overt suggestions that the kinetic activity, the bombing is going to start and that really don't know when these threats keep coming from Donald Trump. But we always you and I always go back to the practical reality. It sounds great to the rabid mob out there that just wants to roll over Iran as if it would be an easy thing. It's not. It never has become easier. We still have, you know, a country that's two and a half times the size of Texas. We have limited arms that we can use. They have a seemingly unlimited number of drones and missiles they can rely on. It's just day after day status quo and week after week, as far as you and I are concerned, or rather year after year we're getting on. Daniel, has anything changed at all?
02:02:49
Speaker 12: Yeah, you know, there are really contradictory signals coming, not just out of the White House, but out of President Trump himself, because on the one hand, he, I think on Sunday, made a pretty strong statement that, you know, hey, they're either going to make a deal or we're going to go in and finish the job, etc.
02:03:03
Speaker 9: But then he also said, I think the day before, he said, or maybe we could just do nothing.
02:03:08
Speaker 12: You just let them wither on the vine and just let this go indefinitely until they eventually just starve out or the economy finally collapses because of our Operation Economic Fury or whatever they're calling it today.
02:03:20
Speaker 9: So we don't really know.
02:03:21
Speaker 12: I can tell you, though, for anyone who thinks that, no, go finish the job, then you have to explain how, if you're going to have the same weapons, the same missiles, the same rockets flying going against the same targets on these mountains and underneath these mountains that didn't work in two kinetic rounds already, and actually three if you go back to 2025, then you have to say, why would you want to go back again and expect a different outcome?
02:03:45
Speaker 9: Because here's the key thing.
02:03:46
Speaker 12: Whereas we don't have any new targets to go after of military significance, meaning where the missiles and drones are located, Iran does have additional targets it has not attacked previously.
02:03:56
Speaker 9: From our side, which are very.
02:03:57
Speaker 12: Much out in the open and vulnerable, like economic targets, energy targets, desalination plants, et cetera, all are indefensible from us. So we don't want to go down this path because we can't knock them out, and we can suffer.
02:04:11
Speaker 2: A lot more harm. Well, and that brought to mind these easy-to-hit military targets or United States-affiliated targets. That could be anywhere in the United States, too. And I saw the Pentagon release this doomsday scenario, this fortress scenario, unprecedented plan, Brandon Fortress, which is hardening our military bases so they can be self-sufficient, have their own energy, their own stockpiles. In other words, be able to live off a grid that they expect is going to be taken out by the Chinese Communist Party or some foreign actor who's hacked into our systems. I mean, we are open targets. The oceans of the world don't protect us like they used to anymore. Daniel Davis, do you have any concerns along those lines? This could impact expand, the Iranians would look beyond the region and start targeting American interests literally anywhere they happen to be?
02:04:57
Speaker 9: I'll tell you why that worries me. Not because of Iran. Iran doesn't have the capacity to do that.
02:05:01
Speaker 12: There are only two states on the planet that have the capacity to prompt that kind of protection on American bases throughout the continental United States, and that is Russia and China. And the fact that they're talking about doing this right now makes me worry. Do they know something that we don't know yet? Because The level of protection and expansion of the infrastructure and to be able to sustain for 90 days on.
02:05:29
Speaker 9: Not just get a cyber attack somewhere.
02:05:31
Speaker 12: We've got a pretty good system against those, obviously. And for Iran itself, they wouldn't do that because, number one, they don't have the capacity. And all they're interested in is to get the United States out of the Middle East. And to do that at the lowest cost, striking the continental United States they know would almost certainly prompt a nuclear weapon.
02:05:49
Speaker 9: So they're not going to do that.
02:05:50
Speaker 12: It's not in their interest. You don't have to trust them or anything else. But if we're getting ready like that, I'm worried about the two nations that can do something and do have the capacity. And I just don't know if they know something we don't know.
02:06:01
Speaker 2: Well, the timing was rather suspicious because the British Defense Secretary, Wes Streeting, said his country needs to be ready within 1,000 days and advised citizens to stock up on essential supplies. because of these same kind of veiled threats. Now, he did specifically say Russia, which is one of the reasons why I bring this up. The timing with the warning here in the United States is a concern, and they're warning the British population about this. But I think this has to be concerning them more beyond Russia, because as you and I have talked about, the likelihood of Russia launching a war against a NATO country is pretty slim, unless your perception of that has changed. So maybe they're concerned as well.
02:06:41
Speaker 12: Well, Striding actually, and I'm going to be showing this on my show here in a couple of hours, he met with his Polish counterpart, and it was either this morning or yesterday, and he did expressly say, we have to be ready for war against Russia because they're a terrorist state. So he specifically named them, at least in this particular iteration here. And Russia is never going to attack Europe and NATO unless Europe and NATO continue to press attacks into Russia via– Ukraine.
02:07:12
Speaker 9: So we're playing with fire.
02:07:13
Speaker 12: When we continue to support Ukraine, which can never win this war, it's definitely impossible for them to do so.
02:07:20
Speaker 2: But it is.
02:07:21
Speaker 12: Possible for us to expand the war if we keep striking long enough and hard enough. And also yesterday, this is critically important and possibly related to this development in the United States. Karaganov, who was a well-known kind of far-right figure in Russia, openly advocates the use of nuclear weapons in against the West as a means of restoring deterrence. And he said, we should not be afraid of using them. We could win a war in Europe in three days.
02:07:49
Speaker 2: A nuclear war.
02:07:49
Speaker 12: He thinks they can win it. Now, he's been out on the right. The problem is, from some other sources I have, he has now moved, his thoughts are more centrist in Russia now. And he has a direct line. to President Putin. So we can never rule out that they may finally get tired enough and say, you know what, we're just going to have to go. So we should not unnecessarily poke the bear if it's not going to help us out.
02:08:11
Speaker 2: Well, and I think most people when they consider attack, they think about bombs being dropped, people, you know, forces invading. But I would argue, and I think I may be on solid ground here, even though I'm just pulling this out of my sphincter, you could probably do as much damage as a nuclear weapon by just shutting off the electric grid. People will die. Chaos will ensue. You can't get access to your bank accounts. Grocery stores won't be open anymore. I mean, the entire society would come to a screeching halt if the energy system were to completely go under. That, to me, is a bigger threat than even a bomb.
02:08:43
Speaker 11: Yeah.
02:08:44
Speaker 12: And I'll tell you that that idea is definitely on the minds of many Russian thinkers right now. And they are even saying that they're saying, listen, we don't need to have an army to go invade NATO. If that's what you guys if you're forcing one on us, we would go with our ballistic missiles.
02:09:01
Speaker 9: We would go with our arrestings. We would go with our hypersonics.
02:09:04
Speaker 12: And they have openly said we would hit your economic centers, your banking centers. your electric centers, and your factories to produce long-range drones and missiles. I mean, they would go after those specific things, and you're right. That would literally just bring our economic to a standstill, aside from all the other problems that are already out there. Now, Russia's vulnerable too, but that's not helping anybody if we get into a war that we can't win and could cause that much damage for a country that has no interest or ability to invade us. So we need to cool the jets and start talking a lot more about diplomacy.
02:09:38
Speaker 2: Well, I concur with you on that, and that's about as far as we're going to get towards solutions today, Daniel Davis. We keep trying. Someday it'll happen. You and I will come up with the answer to everyone's problems, and we'll just go on. We will. Find something else to do with our days. Daniel Davis, Deep Dive. Find his podcast wherever you get your podcasts, and tune in every week to the 55KRC Morning Show at 830 for another thoughtful analysis. Thank you again, Daniel Davis. I appreciate your time on the program. See you then. Take care. 841-55KRC, the talk station. We're going to ask an expert. Like Steve from USA is going to come in. Got something to tell you about. Don't go away. More to talk about.
02:10:10
Speaker 5: Nobody tell us a good story.