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The battle over artificial intelligence is a hot-button issue in America, with some arguing it's the next industrial revolution and others claiming it's destroying jobs and spreading misinformation. Meanwhile, the Iran war is escalating, with President Trump taking action against the rogue nation. In the world of longevity, biohacker Brian Johnson is pioneering a daily routine to reverse the aging process, but faces criticism and negativity. The Democratic Party is also facing an identity crisis, with moderates and socialists at odds over the party's direction.

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of any purchase of $100 or more, that's promo code BRIAN. Hi everyone, welcome to our nation. I'm Brian Kilmead. Hope you had a fantastic weekend. We're going to end strong.

Coming up on the show tonight, you're going to love it. Chairman Brian Mass knows the problem, which is Iran, and how this war had to be fought. He'll discuss that. Rob Lugovich, playing outside left, he's a Democrat, wants to know what happened to his party. It's gotten socialists, and nobody's saying anything.

He's going to talk about that. And Brian Johnson wants to live forever, but he's got an illness he has to handle first. Speaking of first, now it's time for the fastest, most impactful monologue in America. And we start with the battle over artificial intelligence. What are we to believe?

Everyday Americans are bombarded with the headlines that seem to tell completely different stories. One says AI is the next industrial revolution capable of curing diseases, boosting productivity, adding trillions to the economy. Then, the next, AI is destroying jobs, spreading misinformation, posing risks that we don't yet understand. Very rarely is there such a hot-button issue in America, and for the most part around the world, that really makes one wonder and presents strong arguments on both sides. AI is creating jobs all over the United States.

AI has now finally become productive. These new AIs hack the foundations of language, which our democracy runs on language. When you hack language, you hack the operating system of your democracy. It's stupid. It's so stupid.

Have you tried using it? It's always wrong. Have you heard how dumb people brag about how they use AI? They're always like, Hey, did you know that AI can now read my email, summarize it and draft a response? Yeah, you know who else can do that?

Me. Yep, but if you want real controversy, bring up data centers. Obviously, there's a strong argument for AI, which most people have. They're needed to process high-performance computing. You can't power AI without them.

But you might have noticed your utility bill going up, your phone bill getting a little higher recently. It's because we are running out of storage, we're running out of power. We need these data centers that you're seeing beside me, not just for AI, but for technology in general. And we're leading the global pack. We're in front by four.

There are now seven hundred seventy nine data centers currently under construction, but forty percent are in danger of not being built at all because of fears of environmental damage, got water issues perhaps and utility costs, fears that Interior Secretary Doug Bergham has poured cold water on. Newsflash, there is no correlation between data centers growing in states and higher electric prices. In fact, in many states, it's actually the opposite. States like Texas, who've added over one hundred data centers in the last five years, have seen electric prices go down.

Okay. But in blue states or purplish like Arizona and bright blue like New York, production has been stalled and even paused. Governor Kathy Hochl becoming the first to actually ban building them for a year. These data centers require millions of gallons of water. straining the local supplies.

And when powered by fossil fuels, They drive up. our carbon footprint, and they drive up costs for local ratepayers. And I refuse to let those costs be passed on to New Yorkers. who already paid too much for the utility bills. Yes.

Once again, New York is denying a thriving industry and hope for jobs in upstate New York, just like they denied fracking. But it's not just Democrats. In some cases, Republicans are sounding the alarm. Thus far, the AI revolution is proceeding on transhumanist lines. It is working against the working man, his liberty and his worth.

But in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law to protect taxpayers and the environment from any harm caused by these hyperscale data centers. Bad news for you. AI is here and data centers are imperative. Every day, every delay, every time you deny, you're stopping plumbers, electricians, pipe fitters from having a job, a high-paying job. There's no denying AI promises enormous opportunity, but it also presents some challenges.

Is there a responsible way to do this? And how can the greatest country in the world maximize the benefits and put Americans back to work simultaneously? Are you really comfortable with standing by and letting the rest of the world catch up and build the very data centers that you are delaying? Let's ask the man who knows better than anyone. He is CEO of MicroWorks Micro.

Mike, great to see you. You are involved in this debate. It's an interesting one instead of an elementary one. Where do you stand on it? Are you worried about the building of data centers?

Look. I don't want to be glib about it the way I often am. There's some things about AI that frankly worry me to death, but. Data centers? Five.

I've seen this play before, man. I've seen it with Y2K. I've seen it with 5G. I've seen it with the pandemic. I've seen it with global cooling.

I've seen it with global warming. To me, it feels like the latest thing we're supposed to be scared of. And I just don't get it. There are 5,000 data centers in the country right now. We've been living in a data center world for the last thirty years.

Every email you've ever opened, every text you've ever sent, Spotify, Netflix. Amazon, your fantasy football league. All of it. Relies on AI, and not AI, but the data center itself. The crazy thing, man, people.

I think people actually believe there is a cloud. You know, filled with all of this information. It's just computers on racks in giant. in giant buildings built to hold computers on racks. They're talking about building 1,300 new ones.

It's going to be a $10 trillion infrastructure build out, according to Larry Fink at BlackRock, and Scott Besson and J.D. Vance, all of whom I've spoken with about this. You're right. You can't put the poop back in the goose. We're here, we're in it, and unless we want to be as dependent on China as we currently are.

With ships and rare earths and everything else, we just can't afford to be this scared of it. It doesn't make sense. And we have tripled the number of data centers that China has. They don't worry about regulations or what their people think. I think you might have noticed that.

But we put up a chart while you were talking. This is what people are worried about when it comes to AI. Then we'll get back to data centers. Oracle laid off $21,000. Amazon $16,000.

Dell $11,000. Meta 8,000. PayPal $4,700 plus. When that happens, people get concerned about AI, and that's why the commencement speakers get booed at commencement addresses in May. How do you make sense of that?

I look, I'm old enough to remember how many jobs were lost at Circuit City and Barnes and Noble. You could go down the list. When Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone, it was way more disruptive than this. Uh look again. I don't mean to minimize.

Fear because fear is scary whether it's justified. or not. But there's just no perspective to it. This is what building things looks like today. It looks like data centers.

It used to look like something else. And if you go back a little further, again, we've been there and we've done it. It was terrifying to go from an agricultural economy into an industrial one. It was horrifying to go from industrial into technical, into financial services.

Well, it's happening again, and it's scary because nobody has a crystal ball and nobody wants to be fired. But in my little slice of the internet, we're seeing job security like we've never seen in the trades that you mentioned before. My foundation has exploded. Not a week goes by that I don't hear from the leader of some consequential industry looking for ways to bring more electricians and plumbers and pipe fitters and CNC operators into the mix. The government's got the memo, Brian.

They've just launched a new project called Build Freedom, and there are hundreds. Of thousands of jobs that are being created right now. And for the life of me, I don't know why nobody wants to talk about them. Right.

Well, we've got to get the, for example, in New York, they've missed out on fracking. They said it's environmentally dangerous. Pennsylvania says, I'll try it, and it revitalized them. And Ohio said, I'll take it, thank you very much, and it revitalized them, Oklahoma.

So they're willing to miss out on data centers now because they think it's a politically correct thing to do. But this would be plumbers and pipe fitters and electricians, right? And they'll be turning to Mike Rowe to do that, correct?

Well, I'm here. You know, I mean, I just got a $10 million donation from the Department of War to reinvigorate those exact jobs within the defense industrial base. This thing is huge. It is the biggest. infrastructure build out in the history of the world.

And I'm not just making stuff up. I mean, it's Larry Fink at BlackRock, it's Scott Besson at Treasury, it's J.D. Vance. They see it. It's coming.

Look, it's even bigger than that. It's every consequential company I know of, from Lowe's to Home Depot to FedEx to Ford to Carhartt. It's down the list. They've got the memo. They know what's coming.

And this, look, one other thing that's important, I think, there is a war going on right now for public opinion. And the negatives you mentioned are real. It's like 75% negative for data centers and AI in this country. In China, it's 85% negative. positive.

And when you ask Senators like Dave McCormick and some other guys high up on the food chain what's going on, it's China, it's bots, it's TikTok. The amount Yeah. Slop, if you will, that's been created to it to influence the way we think about this issue. It's enormous, and it's happening in real time right in front of us. Because the only way, Mike, to stop America is to work America through marketing.

So, this marketing that's going on against data centers and AI works to our enemies' advantage, and you see through it, and hopefully, we'll unwind it and prove it. And, Mike, by the way, I now know your price. If I want to get Mike Rowe in a tie, $10 million, it got you in a suit, I can't believe it, to receive a $10 million check. I don't even know what to bill you for this appearance, Brian. Honestly.

I know. Just invoice me and I'll handle it through PayPal. Micro. Hey, microworks.org. We've got the money.

Seriously, there's millions of dollars waiting for work ethic scholarships, and we are serious. We've got. Interest like we've never seen, and we're going to train a lot of people this year.

So, please, this is legitimate. Get to him right now. He's got a great team to convert your inquiry into an occupation. Thanks so much, Micro. You're the best.

You appreciate it. There are people, you know, you see Mike Pence, who's sort of a superhawk, my predecessor. Who say this? There are people who are super hawkish in the American system who have attacked the deal and, frankly, in some ways, have tried to derail the deal. And what I always say to those people is: what is your proposal?

What is your actual argument? My proposal is anything better than what the MOU produced and that he headed up. Vice President J.D. Vance, warning against a full-fledged war with Iran, all while taking jabs at the hawks. But the fact of the matter is, whether we're negotiating with Iran or we're bombing Iran, it is a war that had to be fought.

President Trump didn't manufacture this Iran problem. That's a talking point. He is fixing the Iran problem. He had no choice. He has to finish the job now, and he's showing that's exactly what he's doing.

This country has never been hit so hard. I'm not talking about our country. I'm talking about that country. And by dismantling their ability to fight and mass manufacture nuclear weapons, we are stopping an array of problems. We are stopping Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis from being financed and getting armed.

We're helping to put a stop to the hatred of Israel by stopping them being constantly attacked. They won't have to attack back. We're putting the Abraham Accords, hopefully, back on track, all while diminishing the enemy of the Gulf State neighbors we call allies. And whether you agree or not with his style of this war, it is truly the only way to stop this rogue nation from remaining the beast of the Middle East. Joining me now for someone who fully understands that.

Not only is he Chairman of Foreign Relations over in the House, but he actually fights wars, Brian Mast. Congressman, why is it? that some people are missing the point when it comes to the Iran war, that I that I believe, that you believe, that they are an enemy, permanent enemy of America that has to be confronted? Number one, politics, right? We'll say that.

You have people in the House of Representatives, mostly Democrats, that for the last however many years, they would go out there and say, we literally need to use any and all means. To prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That was what they voted, literally, under Joe Biden. President Trump comes in and said, Yeah, you're right, we need to do anything to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon. And now, every last one of them pretends as though Iran was never a threat.

That is pure politics. And the other point that I would say is you nailed it in your monologue there saying President Trump had no choice. What we're seeing is an escalation of the status quo. Iran has been attacking us for years. People forget they killed three Americans at Tower 22 in Jordan, or that they put 11 Americans on their knees on a boat when they were attacking that boat at gunpoint.

And the day-to-day harassment, there was over 350 attacks on vessels in the 30 months prior to Epic Fury every beginning. This is the status quo. President Trump had the choice: Do we let the status quo continue and they get a nuclear weapon, or do we deal with the problem once and for all? And he said, Yeah, we're going to do the hard thing. We're going to deal with the problem.

Chairman, we only bombed the platform under Reagan. That was it. For the most part, we just said, Hey, stay. Stop hating us. Could you sign this document, please, saying you're not going to build nuclear weapons?

This is the first president to take action against Iran, who's been plaguing us since 1979. First off, I love that we gave a chance to talk. But now we are systematically, through the military, taking back the straight. You know war plans, you fight wars. Are you satisfied with what the the war plan and the strategy we're laying out now?

Because it seems very impressive from the pedestrian side. Yeah, I think the two sides that you're seeing take place right now in this week, in the last six days that you're seeing, are you seeing them address the supply chain of Iran? They're bombing bridges, they're looking at energy infrastructure, they're looking at towers that are for communication and allowing them to see the battlefield, allowing Iran to see the battlefield. They're dealing with those kinetically this week. You also see what's been going on is the United States of America has escorted over 800 ships through the Straits of Hormuz, mostly toward the side of Oman.

That is the safer side of this and the better side to traverse in general. And so you see the United States trying to do both. Would it be significantly better if for this international waterway there was an international naval coalition working to make sure that there was free freedom of navigation? That would be the best thing, and that's what President Trump has been saying. But right now, you know, what you have is Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, the Gulf countries, Jordan included there.

And Israel saying it's in their backyard, so they're dealing with it as they're getting struck. But you don't have Europe and everybody else that's affected by this saying, we're going to help with freedom of navigation in international waters. Lastly, when it comes to Russia, I cannot believe how this war has changed. Not only is Ukraine not losing land, they're gaining it, and they're actually making Crimea uninhabitable by rocketing it and keeping them out. That's the beginning of the land grab started there.

Where's this war heading?

So you have Ukraine right now really bringing it to the Russians. In terms of both of them bringing the same resources to the battlefield, it's probably exactly tit for tat. In terms of the number of service members being killed, Ukraine is wiping out Russians. They are wiping them out. The death toll is catastrophic for Russia.

And that's because Russia's strategy, non-strategy, is essentially just send as many soldiers to the front line as what they can find anywhere. Don't give them training, don't give them tools, and Ukraine is demolishing them with drones.

So they're doing an incredible job, and I think they're going to keep bringing it to them all summer. Chairman, real quick on the sanctions in honor of Lindsey Graham, anybody dealing with Russia gets sanctioned: India, China, any country, or South Africa, or Brazil. How close are we to getting that package, bipartisan package, on the President's desk to get signed? Yeah, the secondary sanctions package that Secretary, or that Senator Lindsey Graham had been working on prior to his death, it's being looked at in the House by various partners. It's being looked at in the Senate.

So I would say you're closer than ever because everybody's talking about actually bringing it forward. Chairman, thanks so much. Appreciate your very valuable voice at this time. Appreciate you joining us today. Always.

Meanwhile, next, The Keys to Longevity with biohacker Brian Johnson. And still to come, we break down the divided Democratic Party with former Illinois Governor Rod Lugojevich. And be sure to catch me on tour this fall. It's coming faster than you think. Go to BrianKillme.com.

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This is decades before I started my protocol. Autoimmune gastritis affects millions of people around the world, and it currently has no cure. We are going to try to solve that.

So, longevity expert Brian Johnson showing optimism on his diagnosis as he vows to challenge death with his daily intense protocol. But many online say it's a losing battle.

Some users posting this: you can't cheat death, let it go. Please stop playing with God, and you need sunlight and food. Joining us now, the founder of Immortals, Brian Johnson. Brian, first off, how do you feel today, and what was your reaction when you found out you had this disease? I know you found out originally it's 21 with thyroid, but then when you found out it was more specific.

Yeah, first, I feel great. I completed my five-hour morning longevity routine. And so I feel energized. You know, this diagnosis, a lot of people think of diagnosis as bad news, which certainly, you know, no one wants it. But actually, I celebrate it.

We all have things wrong with our body, and the earlier you find it, the better off.

So when I got it, it was kind of like, you know what? This is good news. Like, this is a for don't die, this is a rite of passage.

So, when they tell you it was genetic, or is there any is sometimes it's environmental, sometimes they say it's from a past infection, what do you think? It's really not clear how it actually started. I do know that my diagnosis of the hypothyroidism was at age 21, so this is 27 years ago. And the thyroid and the stomach are very closely linked in immunology.

So this has been cooking inside my stomach for the past 20 years. I would say I'm very grateful that for the past five years I've been taking good care of myself, sleeping well, eating well, exercise, because had I not, my condition could be very serious.

So, how are you dealing with it? How are you treating it? What have you worked with doctors to attack it?

So, we are going to cure this incurable disease.

So, the very first thing we did is we looked at 1 million of my immune cells. We did a really big blood draw. And the technology now allows you to look at each individual immune cell and say, who are you? Typically, immune cells will identify an external threat, a virus or a bacteria, and then you destroy those things.

Well, I have a few of these immune cells which got confused and became rogue, and they're now attacking my internal stomach lining.

So, we did an immune profiling of these cells. I'm doing a biopsy of my stomach again in two weeks. We'll take live cells from the biopsy. We'll then match it to my immune profile and say, which one of you immune cells are the bad actors? With that data, we'll then know who they are, and we'll be able to have targets and say, now we're going to neutralize you so you can't do any more harm.

So, if people didn't see your movie, Your Human Experiment on How to Not Die. to live as long as you can and reverse the aging process. That's your goal. What progress have you made? And what takeaways do you have for people watching and maybe seeing you for the first time now?

What takeaways have you learned? And what progress have you made?

So, I would say that this is the most important thing, health. is forgotten until it's the only thing that matters.

Now the thing is. Everybody watching today has something wrong with their body. It's just that's the case. And so the more you measure, the more you're going to find. I have become the most measured person in human history.

I'm actually kind of surprised we haven't found more things with my body. No matter how healthy you are, no matter how much you sleep and how well you exercise and eat well, you're just going to have things go wrong with the body. And so what I'm trying to do is we are going to cure this incurable disease. And it's really meant to say we no longer need to concede to disease. And if we're going to solve all disease, I might as well do my part and try to cure one of these things.

So this affects millions of people. What I will do, well, I'll share with the entire world. And this will be a template for others to then follow the same protocol and get a similar cure.

So longevity is probably the hottest thing in the country. It's a private conversation, small talk, and maybe an investment if you can afford it. You recommend that people get regular MRIs and blood work to find out what's going on in your body, what type of nutritional needs and deficiencies you may have. Those two takeaways? Yeah, I would say really, that's it.

The very first thing I would suggest to anybody watching this is to make sleep your number one life priority. It is the very best thing anybody can do because sleep allows you to have a clear head, a stable mood, high willpower. It gives you all the capacity to eat well and exercise. When you're not well rested, everything in life falls apart.

Now, once you have that in place, yes, a basic blood draw is really good. You can find basic things like, are my cholesterol levels in place? Am I low on a vitamin like vitamin D? And that gives you a heads up. You can do more advanced things like an MRI looking for tumors or cancers.

But really, it's really a mindset that you're going to prioritize health. Most people put off health until there's a problem and then they take the corrective action. It's so much easier to try to avoid these things. Like, you know, again, if I hadn't taken good care of myself over the past five years, my situation may be pretty bad.

So this is really a good lesson of prevention is really where the highest value is and making these a part of like a daily habit. What about some of this negativity that comes your direction? Just because you're trying to pioneer longevity, how do you handle it? I love it. You know, it's very hard to be human.

People are navigating the world. It's complicated. Things are tough. 88% of Americans are metabolically unwell. They're not well-rested.

And this is the thing: when you're in that bad state, you sometimes take it out on other people.

So I don't fault people. They're trying to make sense of the world. They're doing their very best. I'm doing my thing.

So it's all in, I take it in good stride. It doesn't bother me. And I'm empathetic to where people are at. Right.

I know what it's like to be criticized. It's all part of the game. Brian, thanks so much. I'm glad you're attacking this the way you're doing it with that great mindset. And I appreciate what we do on a daily basis, trying to teach other people some tricks to longevity and to not die.

Brian, thank you. Good to see you. All right, don't move.

Next, Only on One Nation, Tommy Laren is here with the media moments that matter most to her and hopefully you. Oh, by the way, check out my YouTube channel. Everybody's talking about it. YouTube.com slash at the Brian Killmeat Show. That's me.

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I'm Marianne Rafferty in Los Angeles. Right now, thousands of soccer fans across Spain and around the world are celebrating Spain's World Cup victory. They defeated Argentina 1-0 in a thrilling final match. It took until the 106th minute for Spain's Ferron Torres to score his first goal of the tournament. This is Spain's first World Cup victory since 2010.

President Trump handed out medals to both sides at MetLife Stadium after the game. Here's what he just told reporters. This was one of the greatest events of any kind ever held. We're really happy that it did so well. And all over the world people have uh come.

And they've loved our country. You know, it's showing off our country in a different light. And it was a great thing. It was a great event. The next World Cup is set for 2030.

I'm Marianne Rafferty, now back to One Nation. Yeah. Media moments that matter. Yep, time now for everyone's favorite segment. I mean, the world's favorite segment, not just America.

This week I gave my OnlyVCR, my TV guide, I have a subscription, all my cords, and my tape stock to Tommy Lehren, co-host of Everything That She Wants, big weekend show primarily over the weekend. Tommy, great to see you. Brian, I didn't even need all these subscriptions because I just have the Brian Kilmead YouTube. You do have to. And that's all I need.

Wow, because I'm still in the 1980s. That's what I was hoping.

So, first up, where did you come up with? Where do you want to start?

Well, we got to start off with maybe, I would say, the most divisive first, okay? We're starting off with a lady who has a podcast. They say she's a former Bravo star. I watch Bravo every single day. I've never heard of this woman.

You talk about Jennifer Welch? I'm talking about Jennifer Welch.

Okay, she has a hot take on homeschooling, all right? And I don't know if you favor homeschooling or not. Bravo homeschooling, it's your thing.

Well, listen, it is not Jennifer Welch's thing. Clearly, and she didn't mince any words here. Take a look at this one.

Well, the dumbest people she knew in college were homeschooling their kids. And so this is trickle-down stupidity. This is MAGA on steroids. This is Maha. This is Tradwife.

This is unvaxed and unjacked and all that shit. This is the worst, worst, worst in this America has a crazy Christian problem. Really? Yeah, Brian, the problem we're seeing right now is the crazy Christian problem. That's what's going on in the streets.

You mean parents that want to get the workbooks, do the structure, and live at home and not be subjected to all the wokeness or be subjected to the 30% passing competency in reading and writing and arithmetic.

So that's a joke. Another reason why we don't watch, but sadly, she's very popular. With some groups, right? But maybe people watch her like they watch The View for entertainment and comedy purposes. That's why I would watch it.

So we have a colleague. He's very tall and very successful. Do you know who I'm talking about? There's so many, though, Brian. Who could it be?

Former quarterback in the NFL. Oh, okay. See, I thought you were talking about someone in here. No. No, we're going a little bit outside, a little bit more inspirational than the last colleague.

But he is a colleague. I call him Giselle's ex-husband, Tom Brady, right? Giselle's ex-husband, Tom Brady, our colleague, as we say, he had some words of advice just for athletes and maybe passing on some inspiration that he learned early in his career. This is a total 180 from that Welsh lady. Let's listen to Tom Brady talking about maybe some of his earlier years, some adversity.

He was at a superstar in college right off, not in the beginning. Wasn't always a goat, was maybe a little lamb to start. But here's his advice we should all take. You know, my college experience was really unique. My first three years, I didn't play at all at Michigan.

They're not giving me the opportunity. And I had a sports psychologist, and it was Greg Harden. And he started really psychology on me. And I would go into his office every Tuesday, and he would say, You know, Tom, I like, you know, you work hard, but like. Jupiter.

attitude And How about you start? Worrying about what you can control and stop talking about the other quarterbacks. Stop talking about the coaches not putting you in. How about you take advantage of the opportunities you get? And every time you go in there, you bring energy, you bring enthusiasm.

If they give you three reps, you do the best with the three you get. Quit bitching about you only getting three or you going in there with the backup receivers. No one cares.

So what's amazing is he was a sixth six in the depth chart. Maybe today he would transfer out for NIL money. He says he wouldn't. And little by little, he worked his way up and he started one year. And they still didn't think he was great, drafted him in a sixth round.

See, this is a story of perseverance. Young people could learn something from this, not only with the NIL stuff, but just in general. Hey, listen, things might not work out right away. You just got to work harder because nobody cares, right? Nobody cares, work harder.

Worked for Tom Brady, Giselle's ex-husband, who is on a podcast with Taylor Swift's husband. Oh, is that a good thing?

So, all the famous husbands here in one clip, Brian. I served them up for you. Absolutely. Another reason to watch that, but you have the same attitude. I just want to mention that.

But let's end with some senior talk.

Okay, this is a fun one. You like to spend a lot of time in Florida, right? This woman was dealt the luck of the draw a license plate that was a little feisty. Maybe. She didn't ask for this.

She didn't ask for it. It just came random. No, it might be a little feisty, but we can do it at 10 p.m. on a Sunday.

Okay, let's look at this. I don't think so. I don't think a woman that lives in a senior community. That's going to be 77 years old next month. We'll be driving around.

with what this plate has to say. Taking it out of the package. Really? Really? No, Jambie, no.

Bren, if you were dealt that license plate, would you keep it? Squeeze asked? Would I keep it? I mean, it's almost like a verb. I mean, it's a request.

But I mean, you could take it either way. I mean, it could be a five or it could be an S.

So you keep it. And I think, what is the feeling among the community? Should they keep it? Is she going to keep it? I would keep it.

You'd keep it, and listen, you've been to the villages. Do we really think this is that out of place? I'm pretty sure it isn't. I'm pretty sure it's right in place. And they have a sense of humor.

I think it's great. Is it truly random? I'm not sure. But is that familiar to any famous sitcom that you've researched? Ask me.

Did you get your new plates? Oh. Yeah, I got my new plates, but they mixed them up.

Somebody got mine and I got their vanity plates. What did they say? Assman. Assman? Yeah, Assman, Jerry.

I'm Cosmo Kramer, the ass man. Who would order a license plate that says Asman? Could be a proctologist. Yeah. Can I help you?

Uh yeah, Dr. Cosmo Kramer, a proctologist. Oh, okay. And Brian, do you keep that one too? I would keep that one.

Nice. Maybe I would. Maybe I would. Maybe you would. Hey, Tommy, thanks so much.

I would love watching you all weekend long. Listen, we have a Sunday marathon today. Absolutely. Tommy Larry, it's always great to see you.

Meanwhile, straight ahead on this show, Democrats are in the midst of an identity crisis. Former Illinois Governor Rob Lugojevich, a Democrat, weighs in on the party divide.

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No. The solution is to be Democrats. Like they're part of the problem. No, you are part of the problem 'cause you're a f ⁇ ing idiot. Among Democrats, something became more important Then win in elections.

And that became, oh, I want to feel superior to people. Yeah, Democratic strategist James Carville scolding progressives and socialists primary candidates who are spending more energy fighting their own party and primarying each other than taking on Republicans. He's right. Is there an ever-increasing divide in the Democratic Party? Absolutely.

At nearly 200 years old, you could say the party is having an identity crisis or a tug of war between the moderates, the progressives, and the democratic socialist wings. In the end, the Democratic Party, as we know, could be over or can it be saved. Joining us now, self-described Trumpocrat, I don't know how you say it exactly, is former Democratic governor of Illinois, Rob Lugoievich. Rod, when James Carville was sounding off, Do you agree with them or disagree that the de that the party is eating itself? Oh no, I totally agree.

What we have in the Democratic Party is a virus. It's the virus of socialism, and it's spreading like COVID. And not only is it spreading To encourage more and more lunatic left-wing fringe socialists who are basically, in so many ways, the biggest hypocrites in the world. but they're infecting the centrist moderate, the so-called old-fashioned blue dog Democrat. really doesn't exist anymore.

They're being infected because they're afraid of these socialists. And as a result, you get people like Pritzker, when he used to work for me, our governor. He was actually a moderate guy, the guy inherited $3 billion, so he wasn't anti-business.

Now, all of a sudden, he's as far left as AOC because he's pandering to that wing. You have Governor Bashir in Kentucky, who could be the new Bill Clinton this time around. But instead, recently I saw him talking like he was Mom Donnie.

So, no, this is a very serious problem for the Democratic Party. It's not going away. And I think the choice for the American people in the midterm elections is actually very clear. If you see a Republican candidate, that's not the socialist. If you see a Democratic candidate, that's the socialist.

Yeah, I think just free market is so much a part of the American story as much as uh democracy. I looked at John Fetterman. I think he looks so reasonable. You know, he votes with Democrats most of the time. Do you know what his approval rating is among Democrats in Pennsylvania?

19%.

So as much as I want Democrats to be more like John Fetterman, If you look at those numbers, you're probably afraid to be like John Fetterman.

Well, that's precisely it, and that's that's among the reasons why uh You have what I said moments ago. You had what used to be moderate Democratic governors becoming crazy left-wingers. There's a French revolution going on in the Democratic Party. These people are Robespierre and Dr. Murat and Dan Tone and the Committee on Public Safety.

And, you know, if they have their way and they get away with this, heads are going to roll. Literally, they'll be chopping off heads because that's what history teaches us. They're crazy, they're radical, they're dangerous, and they destroy the greatest country that ever existed if they ever get the kind of power they're trying to get. That's what's at stake here. And that's why I think this election coming up in November is so important.

And voters who may not be happy with Republicans certainly don't vote for these Democrats because that's voting for the socialists. Yeah, I want to get to your movie, but I got to ask you something about Governor Prisk, who definitely is running for president. He came out with the Safety Act. Essentially, criminals go wild. Do whatever you want.

And look at how crime has gone down. Not really. Murders are up 6% at 210%. Shootings are up 4% at 686. And more and more we have criminals getting out of prison or not going to jail at all with ankle monitors that don't work.

The latest example is Duane Milton. You know where he found himself? Trying to scale Governor Pritzker's fence to get into his mansion. What do you say about that? And how justified is that?

Scary, true, but also ironic. You know, I think that guy has 10 felony convictions in his criminal background, but yes, it is ironic. It's literally right in Pritzker's backyard. And he lives, of course, in what's called the Gold Coast neighborhood, which is the wealthiest neighborhood probably in the state of Illinois, certainly in Chicago. 20 minutes away in England, where the black people live, the life expectancy is 61 years.

But where Pritzker lives, it's 91 years. And that's another problem with the Democratic Party. Black lives matter to Democrats only for their votes. Most of the crime in Chicago, still, notwithstanding that guy jumping Pritzker's fence, is black-on-black crime. 85% of the murder victims in Chicago are black.

95% of the murder victims of Chicago are black and brown. The Democrat Party claims to be for them, but they're not. It's all about this Democrat plantation politics, which is talk a big game, call the other side racists, do just a little to say you're doing something, but don't do nearly enough to try to lift people up and get them out of that underprivileged condition and give them a chance to chase the American dream, join the middle class, upper class, and get rich.

Well, you had that job as governor of Illinois and uh it ended up with you going to prison. We never really got the whole story, so Fox Nation went out to find the story. Here's a clip from the show that's streaming on Fox Nation now. I went from having access to a 50,000 square foot governor's mansion to a six-foot by eight-foot prison cell. They had me in there with crips and bloods and gangster disciples.

There were men there who committed murder. About 40% of them were sex offenders, 2% white collar. One governor, me. You hear the slamming sound. And the gates are shut and closed, and then suddenly.

the lights are off and you're swallowed up in darkness. And it hit me that first night. Wow. I'm really here. I can't get out of this place.

14 years. A high-security prison until Donald Trump did what, thanks to your wife's appearances on Fox News in many ways. Yeah, I said the whole thing was a miracle. The hand of God is all over it. I got to know President Trump a little bit on Celebrity Punish's television show after I was thrown out of office.

And I just want to reiterate to your listeners and your viewers that none of that was criminal that put me in prison for political conversations that Obama started. About making a political deal. Eventually, the appellate court reversed the so-called sale of descendancy. That documentary shows that. Then they held me there for three fundraising requests by using an unlawful standard.

No one even said I took a penny. They buried me in that prison because they wanted to squeeze me. They wanted me to say that I did the things that weren't true. And as a result, I wouldn't do it. I tucked it out.

And then God came to my rescue, and President Trump was his instrument. And this miracle happened where I got fired on celebrity apprentice. And then Trump frees me later on, being the only president in American history. You ought to write a book about this, Brian, because you write them. Donald Trump's the only president who fired and freed the same guy, even Lincoln, didn't do that.

It's a really well-done documentary on the years two story and how you kept that positive attitude through it all and then reclaimed your family. They were very dedicated to you as you were to them. Rob Blagojevich, thanks so much. Always appreciate your time and insight. And check it out on Fox Nation.

It's called Blago. Thanks, Governor.

Meanwhile, now it's your sneak peek of the week. Let's get going. Here's what to look forward to this week: President Trump will attend the. White House correspondence dinner again. Keep your fingers crossed.

It comes off this time, or the whole dinner. I was there for the beginning. I'm not going back to this one.

Next one to examine, we're going to have a meeting to examine leadership and competition in science and technology. I'll make sure to tune to that, possibly on C-SPAN. And also examining changes at the Smithsonian, which will help. NFL training camps open up, making it the unofficial start of the football season. That other kind of football, we've been entertained by the soccer version of football.

That is it for us tonight. Quick note: I'd just like you to pre-order my book, United States, the Six Crucial Moments that Forge the American Miracle. I think you'll love it. Be sure to catch me on radio from 9 to noon. I know, just three hours, that's a lot of me.

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