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We have a great show for you, though, to end our weekend strong. Senator Joe Manchin is going to be here. He's going to talk about independent candidates. Most of you are going independent these days, and also not a big fan of AOC as the next president. We also have Jared Horvath with us.
He's talking about the latest in education and how we should go back in order to have a bright educational future. And John Spencer, the major one-stop shopping when it comes to winning the war in Iran and munitions, as well as the reality of in Gaza, genocide or not genocide. But first, It's time for the fastest for some optical monologue in America. We begin with data centers. Yes, it's the most unexpected big issue in the 2026 midterm elections.
Yes, those massive windowless buildings that power everything from the cloud to AI. And suddenly, Republicans and Democrats alike are running away from them. They are racing to construct thousands of giant AI data centers and jacking up the utility costs of everyday Americans to pay for it. Governor Abbott has been clear that data centers cannot come before Texas families. That is why he directed the PUC and ERCOT to require data centers to pay for their own infrastructure, bring their own power, reuse their own water, and lower residential electric bills.
We are announcing legislation to impose a moratorium on the construction. of new AI data centers until Strong national safeguards are in place. What's going on here? Listen, there's real concerns. Just look at some of these headlines from governors, Republicans and Democrats.
Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro once a big fan, not so much now. Governor Greg Abbott of Texas, of all places, putting a lot of this stuff on hold, demanding answers when it comes to water and when it comes to energy usage. And Tom Tiffany wants to be the next governor in Wisconsin, and he's taking on Crowley, talking about the need to hold off on data centers.
Now, look, data centers use enormous amounts of electricity. Yes, they can use significant water. I understand. Communities, some of them, are worried about the noise, they're worried about pollution, lost farmland, and whether families will get stuck paying for grid upgrades.
Now, we've already seen some warning signs, like in 2025, PJM. We have the PJM had market costs of went from $2.2 billion to $14.7 billion. In Ohio, the average household paid another $15 a month. That matters when you paycheck to paycheck. And in Virginia, data center backup generators, pretty significant, right?
So I understand there are some issues.
So, why people are saying, not in my backyard, I get it. But here is the other side of the argument. This is the fastest growing industry in the world, and people are concerned about water supply. These data centers will have their own water recirculation systems. They're worried about energy.
These data centers will have their own energy generation plants. And the third thing is, it will create construction jobs and permanent jobs. The taxes paid are just enormous. And if you don't take it, you're going to be left behind because there are plenty of places that want it. They are the backbone of a digital economy and the foundation upon which artificial intelligence.
We'll be built. Ladies and gentlemen, this Is the next industrial revolution. And they're building huge data centers in Louisiana where he's governor.
So if you say no to data centers, don't complain when your cloud storage rates go up, your phone bill rises, or the internet speed slows down. Because we are asking for more computing. You are too, every single day. You may not realize it. And saying no to data centers nationwide also means saying no to the tax dollars that can flow into a community.
You're talking about generating a lot of money. You're talking about millions of dollars a year for a small town, tens of millions for a large campus. The initial surge of gray paying blue-collar jobs will be there. Then construction gets the green light and the hard hats will go on. Those construction jobs, I know, don't last forever, but they'll be there for a while to build it, and the tax base will remain.
So if Americans don't build the infrastructure to meet the demand, somebody else will. One country would love to see America slow down. That name goes like China. Just this week, a U.S. government advisory committee warned that China's control and use of massive amounts of data is already giving it an advantage in the global AI race.
And get this, OpenAI recently uncovered a PRC-linked covert influence operation that actually tried to amplify American anger over data centers and electricity prices. You see, they don't want us to build it. That doesn't mean Americans don't have legitimate concerns. You have them. They're legitimate.
They should be addressed. It means our adversaries understand what's at stake as well, though.
So maybe the answer isn't don't build. How about this? Build smarter. Make developers pay for the grid upgrades they require. Make them prove they have the power and water to break ground.
Protect homeowners. Protect farmers and ratepayers. But the cost of the billion-dollar technology companies should be paid, not the family down the street. They should pay for them. And forget about tax breaks, because America can protect its communities and build the infrastructure we need to win the AI race.
We shouldn't have to choose between the two. And we definitely shouldn't solve a difficult American problem by making America more dependent on. China. And as of right now, supporting data centers is perilous politically. But a rational approach instead of a fearful one is better.
In my opinion, that shows leadership. Isn't that what we want in our politicians, leaders? Joining us now, former Texas governor, energy secretary, and co-founder of. Of For Me America, who builds data centers, Governor Rick Perry. Great to see you, sir.
Yes, sir. Going to be with you, Brian.
So, did you ever expect this to be a big midterm issue? Because it is. It doesn't necessarily surprise me. I'll tell you what it reminds me of is the anti-fossil fuel effort that went across America for decades trying to keep our abundant fossil fuels in the ground and hanging it on this green climate issue, which was a false issue in most cases.
So I see the same thing happening here. It's the progressive left. Obviously, you nailed it when you talk about China. Not wanting America to win the AI data center race, so to speak. Whoever wins that, Wins.
And I think that's the real key. It's why President Trump has been so strong in his position of saying, hey, You know, go out there, build these data centers, win this race, and we'll decide where they need to be. I think states will make the right decisions. Governor Abbott appropriately is being responsive to his citizens when he's saying, Hey, let's just tap on the brakes here, make sure we're getting these in the right places, the right You know, right structure and what have you. And again, I want to go back to the oil and gas industry for just a moment.
Texas, one of the great leaders in the fossil fuel industry, particularly oil and gas. We had those same issues. We don't want these oil and gas explorations up in our backyard. They're too noisy. The lights are on all night.
They run these things. And the industry was responsive to that. We did it in a sensible, thoughtful way. And we led the nation in the production of those fossil fuels. And in doing that, We broke the ties, if you will, the binds, the bounds rather, that were on us by countries that didn't necessarily have America's best interests in mind.
So, America leading in the production of fossil fuels, I will suggest to you, America will lead in the building of data centers and the development of the artificial intelligence. Fermi America, we're building, you know, well before this became an issue, we were building all of our power behind the meter. And that's what I think government's going to basically demand. That's what the president said with his Ratepayer Protection Act.
So I think this is moving in a good direction. A lot of misinformation out there, a lot of disinformation out there, particularly when it comes from the Chinese and people on the left that just don't like American capitalism. I think this will end up about the same way as the anti-fossil fuels folks. Ended up, and that's on the trash heap of history. Hey, Governor, I also think it has a lot to do.
It has a lot to do with politics. It also reminds me of the nuclear fight, too. Everyone got panicked on nuclear energy three Mile Island and what happened with Japan. And then all of a sudden, everyone took out nuclear. And now, guess what?
The Parache went through the roof, and Europe's trying to bring it back, and we're trying to bring it back. 60 percent of Americans right now are against these data centers. It was at 49 percent in March.
So I want you to hear what Ari Fleischer had to say. Listen. This is the ultimate local control issue. If people in a local locality like you talked about, Loudoun County are for it, then this is local control. But my advice to politicians everywhere is I've seen political stampedes before.
This is a political stampede. If people are opposed to it, Republicans, Democrats, it doesn't matter what party you are, should listen to the people on an issue like this until it sorts itself out.
So I just wanted to respond to Rittori. Yeah, I totally agree with him. Listen, this is the reason we went to California back in the mid-2000s and recruited businesses out of California to come to Texas. If you don't want to be over-regulated, over-litigated, you know, have a skilled workforce, over-taxed, come to the state of Texas or come to some of the other states that aren't going to overtax you, over-regulate you, over-litigate you. And that's local control.
And I believe that we'll do that in the state of Texas. We've got a lot of land up here in this part of the state. And I'm talking about Amarillo, where we're building Fermi America. You know, we've got a new CEO that's headed us in the right direction. And I'm excited about the potential here.
America's going to win this race. We're going to do it thoughtfully. If you don't want to be a part of that, if you don't want to have your children have the trades so that they can get out of high school and make a six-digit salary, that's your call. But that's what these data centers are going to bring. They're going to bring the trades into those communities, and it's going to be a great, extraordinary economic impact, and it's going to be good for America.
Governor Perry, it's a hot issue right now. We've got to get the facts on both sides, and you provided that today. Thank you so much, Mr. Secretary. God bless you, brother.
The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party is heating up. Democratic socialists are racking up wins across the country. Of roughly 282 races tracked this cycle, socialist candidates have won at least 123 primary and local contests. That according to the Brookings Institution, eight on the national stage. And this week, another stunner.
Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon pulled off a major upset, defeating establishment Democrat favorite Alex Vinman, of, of course, impeachment fame with Donald Trump. There was the Florida Democratic Senate primary. Vinman outspent her 16 to 1, and it didn't matter.
So, who is Angie Nixon? Let's listen. Let's watch. Close. The question now recurs on final passage of HB 1D.
The clerk will unlock the machine, and the members will proceed to vote. Have all members voted? Many of my colleagues have stated that folks are fearful of another massacre occurring to the Jewish people.
Well, guess what? A massacre is occurring now. I am upset that the hostages got taken and everything, but I am also upset that we are continually seeing people lose their lives. I don't know. Do you think she's anti-Israel?
I'm trying to read between the lines. It's a fight our next guest knows well. Former Senator Joe Manchin spent years warning Democrats about moving too far left. They would not listen.
So has socialists gained ground? Is this still the Democratic Party Joe Manchin once knew? And where do they go from here? Former West Virginia Senator and Governor Joe Manchin joins us now, and I should say you've gone independent.
So, Senator, now that we're almost done with the primary season. Yeah, now that we're almost done with the primary season, I just want you to weigh in. This is no flash in the pan, is it? Not at all. No, they're saying everything you want to hear, everything that's really true.
And Democrats and Republicans alike should just say this. We agree on certain things. We agree that the cost of living is way too high. Groceries, energy costs, gasoline, everything that's staples of life are almost unacceptable to people to where they can't even enjoy any quality of life at all.
So that has to change. That's all great. And you ought to say, you know, this is what we agree on. But let me say about what we don't agree on. The socialist is coming from a standpoint that they say we should not have any military defense.
We should not basically spend on defending and protecting our country. We should not have any border control. It should be open borders. We shouldn't have any police. Defund the police.
These are staples of America that's gotten us 250 years of where we are today.
So if you can delineate that, from really what they stand for and what they would do. Other than what they agree on, and what you agree on, and other people agree on, needs to be changed, they've honed in on the cost. Things have changed. Your life is not better right now. It's more challenging than ever before.
People can agree on that, but if you think they're going to fix it by opening everything up, not defending, no police, that's wrong. Totally wrong. And you better identify it. But, Senator, I also look at other people like Kakeem Jeffries, who came out last week and said, okay, I'm not for any of the things you just mentioned. But various Democrats are for getting rid of Electoral College, like Governor Bashir.
Let's get rid of, let's pack the court, like Kakeem Jeffries. Let's add two more states. These are the things you were fighting against. All of those are trying to, in my word, like create havoc in the system, upend institutions. Why?
Ryan, this thing changes every two years. If they're just going for self-satisfaction, immediate self-satisfaction, then they don't care about the future. They don't care about this country as we have known it and would like to have our children enjoy what we enjoyed in the past years. For that to be said, well, we're going to pack the court.
Well, guess what? You didn't pack it enough. The next group will pack it more, or they'll unpack it. You can't have Seesaw. You can't have the superpower of the world without any stability whatsoever.
You can't do that, Brian. People are counting on us around the world. People definitely are counting on us in our great country, and they better have some stability.
Now, if Hakeem and all them have gone off and just said, well, we're going to accept whatever. What's really discouraging right now, both sides, Democrat and Republicans, are accepting people that they would never have accepted into their party. They would never have supported the character, the quality. It's just horrible, just for the sake of saying, we have control 218, we have control 51 in the Senate.
Well, I'm sorry. You better start getting some quality people that have character, good character, that are there for the right reason, putting our country first. If you can't find that candidate, then you better look harder because something's wrong with your party.
Well, let's talk about the DSA. And they seem to be backing AOC, who right now in the last poll is winning in New Hampshire. I think she's all but running. I know you two have had clashes in the past. Let's relive some of them.
He wanted it decoupled, he wanted it shrunk, he wanted it changed, and he was essentially catered to throughout this entire process. The issue that we have is that every day Joe Manchin, Senator Manchin, wakes up, he has a different demand, and he wants to start over from scratch every single day. And so that is a quite difficult. Position to work with. You know, this idea of just give him what he wants, he has been given everything that he wants.
So she was not happy that you didn't want to add two states and blow up the filibuster and sign off on trillions and trillions of dollars, and you two never made up. Could you back her for President? Oh, no, absolutely not. Uh but here, I mean she has a place I guess. Within a constituency where she comes from, in one part, little part of New York.
If that's what they choose, then fine. I respect that. They can have what they want. I don't want her as a leader of our country at all. I think it would be devastating.
And she knows that. We have differences of opinion. You can still be respectful to each other and just totally disagree. I disagree that there's some stability needs. We need energy.
She wanted all green energy.
Well, guess what? Tell me what five hours of the day you want your energy, and that's what you'll get if you want to go down her path. You have got to have energy that basically supports this great country, but also uses the greatest of technology to make sure that we're doing it in coexistence with our environment. We have a responsibility, and we can do that, Brian. These people are absolutely unbelievable in their wish list that makes no sense, and nobody can live their life that way.
You better find a balance.
Now she was saying, Yeah, I was resistant to a lot of the crazy stuff. I told them up front: don't give me the crazy. Don't give me advocates and zealots and everybody else that you want to confirm. I'm not going to do that. Don't be spending money without being paying for the bill.
And I've said this: $40 trillion of debt right now, and no one speaking about it. You want to blame President Trump? Go right ahead. You want to blame President Biden? Go right ahead.
It's everybody's fault.
Someone better sit down and be serious about getting this debt under control. If not, you can forget about everything else because it'll all come crumbling down and you can't stop it. And the dollar would no longer be the standard for the world, which would be a disaster we can't even imagine.
So you're pushing, as well as your daughter, a big independent push to get candidates into Congress, into the Senate, and who knows, in the White House, and be independent in fiscal year 2026.
Some people are lining up: Dan Osborne in Nebraska, Todd Achilles in Idaho, Brian Bangs in South Dakota, Seth Bodner in Montana. Are these some of the people you're talking about that would run as independents and not caucus with anyone and then would have leverage in a very tight House and Senate?
Well, we've been talking to House and Senate members. Seth Bodner is who I know the best. I've sat down and spoke with Seth. We've had meetings together. I've never seen a person with a resume such as Seth Bodner.
I mean, it's I'm still a resume. That wants to get himself. And basically, give it for the purpose of taking care of our country, protecting our country, honoring the country, going there, putting our country first. He's made that commitment. I think he'd be fantastic.
We have congresspeople running. You mentioned a lot of other senators, they're all good people. The independent is truly this. You run as an independent, you get elected as an independent, and you come here to Washington and neither side owns you. You stay an independent.
You don't caucus with either side. They're going to say that's horrible. That's not horrible. It's basically showing the country how horrible it is that the two party systems have total control over the process, which is exactly opposite than what our founding fathers wanted. They want a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
And the Democratic and Republican Party have made it the government of the party, by the party, and for the party. They can change that. I love what you're doing, still making an impact, even though you're not in Washington and living a good life over in West Virginia. Senator Joe Manchin, thanks so much. Thanks, Brian.
Let me tell you one thing: independency will set you free. You can be the American you want to be in the political arena and do the job you're supposed to do. Three branches of government, do your job. Make sure you respect the others and sit down and talk. And don't get the job and sale caucus with either party.
Get it and stay in the middle. Thanks, Senator. Got it. Absolutely. Thank you.
Thank you, Brian.
So, Mehta, once again, on trial, accused of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children. Jared Cooney Horvath is here to talk about it and still to come. The reality of our nation's weapons stockpile when it comes to fighting Iran. We're going to talk to the best of the business, Major John Spencer, about that. Quick note: be sure to catch me on fall on the Uniting the States tour.
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Our children should have grown up. Instead, we are left to speak for them. Wow, it's devastating to hear the amount of families impacted by the dark side of social media. As the landmark meta-trial began in Oakland, California, putting into focus the addictiveness and dangerous realities our children and teens face every single day on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, you know them. States want the court to force Meta to remove addictive features from its platforms like doom scrolling, auto-playing videos, disappearing content such as Instagram stories, beauty filters, algorithm-dominated feeds.
But could all of this be enough, Pete, to could all of this, once it's done, keep children safe? I got to ask one of the best in the business, neuroscientist who has studied all about the impacts of technology in our children when it comes to education and more, author of a brand new book, The Digital Delusion, Jared Cooney Horvath. Welcome back to the show. Great to see you. You too, thank you.
Is the time for these social media companies to be called out by their addictive policies? Or are they just trying to sell a product? 100%. By all means, they're trying to sell a product, and that's fine. But when that product is so blatantly harming kids, and we now have the documentation from those court cases showing they knew that, and they continue to push in that direction anyway, a little accountability is probably not a bad thing.
So let's talk about the digital delusion and how all this relates to the classroom. It's not surprising to hear you tell me in your book: do not bring the phones to the classroom. You put them in the locker, don't want to see it. Don't even bring it out at a At intermission, don't bring it out at recess, and don't bring it out at the end of the day. Yeah.
Why? All learning tends to happen when you stop trying to learn.
So there are huge subconscious processes that have to go on in these interstitial periods so your brain can lock information down, tie it to other bits of information. In a normal school day where you go kick a ball between class, hang out with your friends for an hour, that's plenty of time for your brain to lock this stuff down. But as soon as you pick up a phone, your brain stays in this kind of high cognitive realm. It never gets a chance to slow down. It never gets a chance to lock learning down.
So even in the in-between periods, if you have a phone, it's going to harm learning and development. And you have to go through a whole day of school. At the end of the day, don't pick up your phone because you need those lessons. Even if you don't talk about it or think about it, you need those lessons to get traction in your brain. It's stupid.
Think about like if you go to bed with a problem, you wake up with a solution. That's a great example of giving your brain time to think. It's no different than immediately after school. In the hour after learning anything, if you can calm down. Go for a walk, hang out with your friends, play sports.
That's going to be better for your age.
So, I thought when you get older, laptops come into play, iPads are here, so it's going to make it easier. Kids don't have to bring textbooks back and forth, they get Chromebooks in their classroom. You said there's a huge problem because you didn't study just education, you studied the brain. What's wrong with learning and taking notes on a Chromebook or a laptop? Good rule of thumb: when it comes to learning, a lot of our learning processes need three-dimensional location.
We need interaction, we need bodily movement. We tend to think of ourselves as a brain inside of a body, but we don't realize no, we are a body.
So, all of this plays into it. When we read from paper, when we write, handwrite stuff down, that changes the way we think, that deepens the way we learn. A screen simply makes everything way too easy. No friction, no learning. If you were teaching my class and I'm typing notes, you have a problem with that.
You want me writing notes. Why? Yeah, when we type, we tend to type as fast as other people speak.
So, typing basically becomes like a courtroom stenographer. I'm just getting verses. Verbatim stuff down. But in that case, the only thing I'm paying attention to is the sound and the order of your words. The meaning is irrelevant.
When I handwrite, I can't keep up with you, so already I have to parse: what are you saying? What does it mean? How does it fit together?
So just by taking notes with a pen and paper, you're gonna learn better. And when people got those Chromebooks from Microsoft or whatever, you know, maybe it was well-intended. But in the end, it's hurting learning. And we're seeing it in the results. Gradually, our grades are going down collectively in math.
And in English? Yeah. Across the boards. Do you believe it's related to the digital age? The data is now very clear that it's not simply related to it, it's being driven by it.
So we can account for things like socioeconomic status, home, family, life, what you're doing outside of the classroom. With statistics, we can kind of pull all those things out and see: does tech increase harm learning? And that pattern remains no matter how we look at it.
So, by all means, it was the tools we brought into the classrooms that we thought were going to help are actually not doing a good job. You got to write it down. You gotta take notes, you gotta put the phone away, the laptop away, if you wanna learn, even when it comes to reading, the Kindle or the iPad. Read it on the page. As much as you can.
And by all means, do it with other people. We've evolved biological mechanisms to learn from other humans. We can measure winners. Forget about robots, right? Oh, God bless the robots in the room.
No, we simply cannot connect with a piece of machinery in the same way we connect biologically with another person. And that deepens learning. But if anyone who's ever been around a dinner table knows that if you're having a great conversation, as soon as the phone comes out, it breaks that entire system down. Same thing in the classroom. Listen, we all know this now, and this is where parents got to step in, and also superintendents and principals.
The digital delusion breaks it down with science, how classroom technology harms our kids' learning and how to help them thrive again. Love what you do. I love your testimony too on Capital Ho. Jared Cooney Horvath, thanks so much. Congratulations.
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A surprising political get-together is turning heads. President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in New York several weeks ago. Their discussion included immigration, housing, and the cost of living. The talks could take on more significance if Democrats win the House majority in the midterms. Jeffries is the frontrunner to become Speaker if that happens.
And President Trump's influence will be put to the test once again this week as South Carolina voters head to the polls for a Republican Senate runoff. Senator Darlene Graham is facing off against five-term Representative Ralph Norman. Trump is backing Graham, who was appointed to her brother Lindsey's seat following his sudden death in July. The winner will run against Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews in November.
I'm Mary Ann Rafferty, now back to One Nation. Yeah. Media moments that matter. All right, now time for everyone's favorite segment. Yep, this week I gave my TV guy subscription, my only VCR, my chords, and my tape stock to New York Post columnist Lydia Moynihan.
Lydia, I gave you the assignment. It's in the middle of summer. Did you take me up on the assignment? I did. I was worried it was going to be sleepy, but there were a ton of bangers this week.
We're going to start with Ro Khana, the man who fancies himself to be a 2028 Democratic primary contender. Unfortunately, he's the only one who sees himself as such. But he was asked about going on Hassan Piker's show and just more broadly, the Democrats' embrace of Hassan Piker.
Now, for folks who don't know, Piker is a terror-sympathizing, communist-loving social media star with a huge following. Here's what Khan had to say about the Democrats' embrace. of Piker. Just because someone is engaging with Hassan Piker who has strong viewpoints on these issues doesn't mean that you're endorsing every single one of Hassan Piker's positions. I think one of the biggest reasons the Democrats are seen as weak, because we're a party that has been too afraid to be bold, to be consistent, to be willing to be criticized, to willing to go into uncomfortable spaces, to be willing to take the fire.
Now, I haven't seen the whole podcast, but I watched a lot of it. He didn't push back at all on anything. I mean, for him to go on a podcast. You know, he says, well, no one wanted to go on Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan's a guy that's open to anything.
You want to talk about space. You want to talk about wrestling. You want to talk about comedy, whatever it takes. But this guy says Fidel Castro is a lion. He wishes the Soviet Union won the Cold War.
Why would you go on there? Why would you say, well, that is my brand? Unless you can go on there and brawl. Right. I mean, it's such an insane comparison to liken Hassan Piker to Joe Rogan.
There's a huge difference. Joe Rogan has not called for violence against capitalists. He doesn't want to see people's blood in the streets, as Hassan Piker has said. He doesn't think that America has deserved 9-11.
So it's an insane comparison for Rokana to make there. In an interesting direction. I totally agree with you.
Well, Anthony Fauci was in the news, and he turned out on the things to do list for Terry Moran. Yeah, this was some tea.
So, Terry Moran went on a podcast and explained a little bit about his time at ABC News before he left the outlet. And he revealed what it was like to try and dig into a story on the origins of COVID and how ultimately that was censored there. Kind of wild. Here's that clip. The day that it that it's supposed to air.
it gets reviewed and it comes back to me and it is incomprehensible. And I'm I had never been angry. I'm in the lawyers. Lawyer standards. and I was told Pauci Oh?
So they took the story that you did. and either sent a copy of a transcript or a copy of the video to Anthony Fauci. It would have been script. Uh that's what I was told. Say anything publicly about this after the fact?
No. Probably shouldn't have. But uh I'm now.
So Anthony Fauci didn't okay his script. ABC twists it because they didn't like the origin story. And so here's a guy who's not a right-wing.
So obviously he should have said something. If it was Trump that tried to get in and mess with his copy, that would have been a problem. It's it's so interesting because we knew about the sort of big tent Government censorship, but this is a whole new level where we're learning that news organizations were essentially in bed with the Biden administration. And I think what's so alarming is we are learning there was such an effort to silence anybody who didn't buy hook, line, and sinker into the orthodoxy of whatever it was that Fauci wanted them to believe. It's incredible.
And Terry Moran now says, in retrospect, I should have. He didn't want to lose his job. I don't blame them. All right, so let's talk about something else really important, and it is Karen Bass. No one's really talking much about the mayor's race since we lost a lot of the intrigue with it, but she's on another way.
She's trying to embrace the Spencer Pratt social media approach and go to camera directly, talk to her fans, of which there are not many, and she tried to bring light to a little-known government program. She explains what exactly that is in this clip. Your donation to our campaign is more critical right now than ever before. After the primary, we had to start over from scratch.
So we need you to rush your matching donation right now to help fuel this campaign. Chipping $5 right now and the city turns it into $35. Chip in $25 right now and the city turns it into $175. What? Taxpayer Dow supporting her reelection?
Money just grows on trees. Isn't that insane?
So this was a program that was implemented in 1990. Voters allowed for the city to match donations one to one. The idea is you support local grassroots candidates. That's ballooned to six to one matching now, if you can believe it. Isn't that so illustrative of what we see with government programs?
It starts in 1990 and it's ballooned into something entirely different. And I still think she's going to lose, but that's absolutely insane. Great, Lydia. Thanks so much. Lydia Moynihan, great to see you.
Wonderful to meet everybody. I really appreciate it. All right, I do need the VCR back for the next time.
Meanwhile, the weapons. Game has changed. What the United States needs to do to ramp up production and win the war in Iran. We got Major John Spencer next. Don't move.
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and we're getting them in on a daily basis. As you know, our defense companies are building more plants right now than at any point in history. Not been easy, but it's true. That was President Trump dismissing concerns about U.S. munitions, our stockpile, where we're at.
But I saw headlines like this, so did you. Questions remain about. The state of America's arsenal, right? The U.S. is burning through weapons in Iran, Russia and China, taking note.
America's depleted weapons stockpiles undermine Trump's leverage with Iran. We've seen all that when it comes to modern warfare. Can we keep pace? Joining us now for a reality check on this situation is Major John Spencer, Executive Director on Urban Warfare Institute and author of a brand new book, 20 Times I Almost Died, which is your memoir. Major, great to see you.
I have no better person to talk to you about our stockpiles. Are weapons manufacturers stopping us from continuing the war in Iran?
So, I wouldn't say that, Brian. I mean, the numbers are classified, so if somebody's running out of number, they're either leaking classified information, which I don't appreciate as a veteran, or they're just making up their own analysis. But clearly, there's an issue with the stockpile, but that wasn't brought on by this administration. That's many administrations making faulty assumptions about war that get tested. And the industrial base was left to have minimum capability, not at the pace of war.
One plant that puts together a Patriot missile, one plant that creates artillery rounds, like we learned with Ukraine. And the current administration had already started to address those and started to massively fund a revitalization of the military-industrial complex. And that's what's happening in real time. Even if it was true and if I believed it, although there is no number, the wrong message to send to Iran or any enemy is: you've figured us out. You attack our bases, you attack really our allies, and we'll stop because we're a shortage possibly of these munitions.
No, the solution is. To finish the job, finish the objectives, to send the right message to all enemies of the United States and fix the military-industrial base problem. How long are we going to let Russia rearm? Our enemy, Iran. How long are we going to let China give them dual-use weapons and material?
We know this is happening. What could we do? Yeah, I mean, there's lots of things, and that's why I'm personally. think the strategy of right now, the economic Fury that no country's ever seen, to include on those that would try to support. and fly in those Chinese Russian based Equipment, then they'll face heavy consequences.
So we shouldn't let it go on at all. But it's a deep path of just kicking this can down the road that's being addressed right now. The strategy is working. I believe we could finish the job militarily easily. But the repercussions for those other countries, our enemies, and sending the right message is as important as finishing the job, which I believe needs to be done in Iran.
I want to talk about Hamas. You're one of the few people I know went into Gaza, height of the war, to see for yourself that this was not genocide. You don't drop flyers on people you want to kill. You don't text them to get out of certain places that you're going to bomb if you're trying to kill them. It was not genocide.
However, as we look to implement the multi-point plan, Hamas says: give up leadership, they say they have, give up their arms, they say they will. Do you believe them? I don't believe in terrorists as far as I can throw them. I believe on what I've seen on the ground, and I just got back. Last, a few weeks ago, from my seventh trip in deep into Gaza.
I mean, the scale of the job that needs to be done, but President Trump's 20-point peace plan did bring. The hostages home did bring the ability to bring in humanitarian aid to those that Hamas was trying to keep it from. And I do believe that the Peace Board has done amazing things. There's a new government, the NCAG. There are tunnels being filled, but it's the sheer scale of it.
I actually believe that the current strategy, the vision of the Peace Board, will eventually work. Of course, there's going to be the rhetoric of the Hamas leaders alive today, but they're gone. Israel's national security can never be threatened again, and this plan to bring stability for the people of Gaza will work eventually, and that's what I'm seeing on the ground. Twenty Times I Almost Died is your memoir. Why do you think, what do you want people to take away from this after reading it?
What do you hope they take away?
Well, I hope they, one, they laugh at some of my trials and tribulations. I truly believe that stress reveals character, and I had over 20 times, whether fortunate or unfortunate, to show my character, but also to develop it.
So, I want them to take away from it. You have to develop character in young people and even in yourselves by doing hard things. I have a unique job of going into war zones and things like that, or even telling the truth where my character gets tested.
So, the ultimate lesson is, you know. You know, build character, lead your life by a code of values, and you can put that to the test. Yeah, it's a great book. I've gotten through half of it. I just got it yesterday, but it's excellent.
Thanks for all your service and what you've done, and then relaying that message. Major John Spencer, thanks so much. Thank you, Brian.
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