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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, Welcome to Morning Ron. It is Friday, August
twenty ninth. I'm Amy Robots.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
And I'm TJ Holmes. And this is the day a
lot of y'all have been dreading. It's finally here. A
lot of you folks like cheap goods from overseas. This
is going to change the way people shop robes because
that cheap stuff you were getting that you know, you
got twelve items for seventeen dollars. Yes, that's gonna go
up dramatically.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
My kids are big fans of those, yes, and they
might not be so much anymore.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We'll tell you why this is a day that so
many of you shoppers have been dreaded. Because, yes, you
are personally about to get hit with some tariffs. If
you will, we'll explain. Also, Cracker Barrel can't get this right,
you know the cracker Barrel controversy. Well, something else has
come out. Not did they only make a change to
that logo and then change back. They also made changes
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online robes and some things in particularly like LGBTQ plus
US and DEEI have disappeared. A disappeared from their website.
We'll explain what's going on there also this morning. I
know it might be a name. A lot of folks,
a lot of our listeners not familiar, don't keep up necessarily.
You know the big names in sports, but you don't
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know some of the other names. You know who Tom Brady.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Is, I know quarterbacks names.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Would you know Michael Parson's name immediately on the top
of your head? Okay, this is all you need to
know about Michael Parsons. He is now the highest paid
player in the NFL in history who didn't play quarterback.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Wow, that's impressed.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
We'll explain why he is such a big deal right now. Also,
as a reminder, on that phone, on that Apple podcast
app where you see our page top right corner, a
little button says follow, Just click that and you can
get our updates and don't have to go looking for him.
And there have been plenty of updates, it seems lately,
ropes with a lot of news.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yes, it's been a very busy news cycle and a
busy day today as well. On the run on this
Friday morning, we're also going to hear from the parents
of those two kids who were killed in the mass
shooting at of Minneapolis Catholic School.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Also Trump fired her, but Lisa Cook is not going
out without a fight in court.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And the state of Florida is on a record setting
execution spree, and South Carolina is asking the Supreme Court
to determine who can pee where.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Also this morning, this is concerning. I wasn't familiar, but
this is a thing, A flesh eating, potentially deadly flesh
eating bacterium is causing some concerns because of an increase
in cases. And this is a bacterium again, flesh eating
bacterium that you can get from eating oysters. I didn't
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know in the Gulf it's a thing every year, but
some of the numbers have gone up to the point
of concerning. And what was the thing you were telling
me about this week, the flesh eating screwworm or something.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Oh yeah, there's a screwworm out there too. They came
from Central America that found its way into the States
with one case I believe in Maryland. But you know,
my dad always warns again eating oysters in warm waters.
This is one of the reasons why. So we'll get
into that story. It is, in fact a cautionary tale
we begin though our run in Minnesota, where we heard
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yesterday from the parents of the two kids who were
killed in that attack at a Catholic school mass. Another
eighteen people were injured when that gunman opened fire through
a church window Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic School right
outside of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah, an eight year old Fletcher Merkele and ten year
old Harper Moyski both died. They have now been identified
in their parents. Both We heard from both sets of
parents yesterday. Now Fletcher's dad, he actually went before reporters.
He got in front of cameras and write this statement.
It was difficult, obviously to hear him go through it,
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but just a couple of things he said. He said
one quote, yesterday, a coward decided to take our eight
year old son, Fletcher away from us. Because of their actions,
we will never be allowed to hold him, talk to him,
play with him, and watch him grow until the wonderful
young man he was on the path to becoming. That
last line sucks. Every time somebody loses a you start
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thinking about the graduations, you'll miss the weddings, You'll me
those kinds of things immediately, And to hear them say
that he was on the way to becoming this great
young man. Another line from the dad said, please remember
Fletcher for the person he was, and not for the
act that ended his life. Give your kids an extra
hug and kiss today. How he ended it.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
That brings tears to your eyes for every parent. Harper's
parents released a statement. They did not go on camera.
I mean, I cannot even imagine the courage it takes
to stand there in front of cameras in your worst
possible moment. But Harper's parents said this in their statement.
Our hearts are broken, not only as parents, but also
for Harper's sister, who adored her big sister and is
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grieving an unimaginable loss. As a family, we are shattered
and words cannot capture the depth of our pain.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, I think about it. We talk about parents obviously
so much, but there are siblings who are going to
have a very difficult time understanding why the person they
right that they were sharing a room with, or that's
down the hall from them, to hear about a little sister. Yeah,
that's not something I'd given much thought to.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
That's true. We think about the parents, and her parents
went on to ask leaders and communities to take meaningful
steps to address gun violence and the mental health crisis
in this country. They say change is possible and is
necessary so that Harper's story does not become yet another
and a long line of tragedies. That last line is
so reminiscent of every single parent who has lost a
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child to school shootings. It feels like they say the
same thing. They don't want another family to suffer the
way they have, and yet it continues to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Seems like it always falls on deaf ears. Like you
have to say, it's almost like obligatory line. We want
them to do something about gun control 'VOLDI, New Town.
If babies get gun down and we don't do anything
about it, then it really the one in Uvoldi when
you were standing there neck was it the mayor? My good,
it was the mayor. How many babies died in that shooting?
(06:02):
And just hours later he still didn't want to heat
ready to fight you. He was mentioned gun control to me.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
He got very upset when I mentioned gun control in
the fact that this shooter had mental health issues and
was still allowed to have access to a gun. He
refused to acknowledge that that was not an okay thing
which was infuriating.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And I again I will this is a good place
to mention that the police say that these guns that
were used in this attack were all legally bought by
this attacker. Now, the other shooting victims are all expected
to survive, though as of this recording, at least one
kid was still listed in critical condition. Meanwhile, police continue
to work through and go through really hundreds of pages
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of writings. This is some really dark and disturbing stuff
from this shooter. A lot of evidence that was left
behind they are piecing together, enrolled. It looks like a
lot of it. He was almost telegraphic telling folks what
he was going to do. He had plans for the
school and things he was displaying in these videos, So
he was telegraphing. And this was all missed.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
And he was an adult, he was twenty three years old.
But you just got to think, like, where was his mother?
How did she not see something going on? Right?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
And remember I still been talked about much of the
debate going back and forth. This was someone who had transitioned,
that was living, was born Robert and now Robin, and
that's been a big part of the debate. I should
say debate, but the rhetoric and the narrative and the
nastiness going back and forth, people trying to direct so
much of their hate towards the trans community. Now, because
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of this individual's actions.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
We hope that just there could be lessons learned and
perhaps not more hate wielded in this unbelievable tragedy. Well,
next up on the Run, we're going to head to Washington,
d C. Where Lisa Cook followed through and yes, she
has filed a lawsuit against President Trump, who was trying
to fire her from her role on the Federal Reserve Board.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Now, Trump said this week he was removing her from
the board after it was discovered she made false statement
on a mortgage application, something that Cook is not facing
an investigation or charges for. She said she will not
resign or be bullied to resign, but said that she
would take any questions about her financial history seriously and
would gather the accurate information to answer any legitimate questions
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and provide the.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Facts in her suit against the president. She called the
allegations against her unsubstantiated claims that don't rise to the
level of being fired for cause, and reminder, there are
seven governors on the Federal Reserve Board. Trump now has
three appointees, so if he gets Cook off of the board,
he would have a majority of the seven and therefore
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one could assume he could get those interest rate cuts
when he wants them, as he wants that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
It's wild to think he is the most powerful person
on the planet right the president of the United States,
and he is still finding ways to get more power.
This is supposed to be an independent agency that makes
decisions that affect the world economy, and wants more power
and influence over it, and he's damn close to getting it.
(09:06):
To getting it all right, we continue on the run
now in the state of South Carolina is asking the
Supreme Court for permission to ban trans kids from certain bathrooms.
South Carolina followed an emergency request with the Court yesterday
asking the state or asking that the state be allowed
to enforce their law.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
It was passed last year, and this law bans transgender
kids from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity,
but an appeals court earlier this month prevented a school
from enforcing that band after a transgender boy was suspended
from the school for using the boy's bathroom.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
The kids' parents sued. In its decision, the appeals Court
wrote that he was quote a fourteen year old student
who simply wishes to use the bathroom. Doing so is
a biological necessity. Doing so in restrooms that match his
gender identity is his right under our precedent. Should know
in a matter of weeks at the court, the Supreme
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Court is going to take up this case, which would
be a landmark one.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Yeah, it certainly well, all right. Next up on the run,
we're going to head to Louisiana, where two people have
died after contracting a flesh eating bacterium after eating raw oysters.
The bacterium is called Vibryo vulnificus. It's naturally occurring in
warm coastal waters and is more common between May and October.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So it enters the body through an open wound or
when a person eats raw or undercooked seafood. Now, these
aren't the first deaths in Louisiana. Two other people have
also died this year of the same bacterium. It's also
an unusually active year for the state. On average, the
state does have seven of these cases per year, and
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on average one death a year.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Oh wow, if you ever needed more evidence to not
eat raw seafood in warm waters, that would be it,
at least during that period of time. So far this year,
in addition to the four deaths, twenty two people have
been hospitalized and more eighty percent of those cases actually
came from open wounds exposed to seawater, not from oysters.
But once you've been infected, you can become seriously ill
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or even need an amputation within a day or two
of being exposed. About one in five people infected will die.
Those are serious numbers. Yeah, and Louisiana isn't the only
state dealing with the bacterium. So far this year, Florida
has already reported five deaths and twenty three cases.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Your dad again, Your dad is a microbiologist, right, This
has been his life's work to study food, correct illnesses
and food. And it's the thing he screams at us
anytime we go to warm water places go south, do
not eat the oysters they're walking around trying to serve
you on a styrofoam trade.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Yes, I think that's disturbing anyway, but yes, his warning
is always fresh in my head. Also, you know, analyst
a couple of years ago had seriously injured her legs.
She had an open wound and we were near the
ocean and my dad said, do not go into the water.
And she was younger, she was crying, please, I just
want to go. He's like, least you are not going
in that water. I wouldn't have known to tell her
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she couldn't, but I get it now.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
This is a reminder. This is real and even though
it's rare, you don't want it one in five something
that has a twenty percent death rate that you don't
mess around with that exactly continuing on the run now,
Maga got mad. So Cracker Barrel scrapped a plan to
change its logo, but turns out they didn't stop there.
Cracker Barrel has also scrapped a section of its website
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that specifically referenced LGBTQ Plus and diversity initiatives.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
In particular, they remove their pride page and their DEI
Belonging Team is now nowhere to be found. As recently
as this week, the company had a page on its
website that read, on behalf of Cracker Barrel's LGBTQ Plus
Alliance and DEI Belonging Team, we want to celebrate you
for being you. It is our greatest mission to ensure
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that pleasing people means all people.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Yeah, well that ain't there no more. You can't find
that now. That could still be in their hearts, but
it's not on their website. But the company in a statement,
explained the changes this way quote. In connection with the
company's brand work, we have recently made updates to the
Cracker Barrel website, including adding new content and removing out
of date content. Several months ago, the company also made
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changes to our business resource groups that now focus on
sponsorships or events on our corporate giving initiatives, addressing food
and security, supporting community needs through food, and reducing food waste. Okay,
the worthy causes early not, Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
They certainly are. Earlier this week, Cracker Barrel announced they
were abandoning a plan to update its fifty year old logo.
That updated logo, yes, removed the old man in overalls
and the barrel, while right wingers went after them for
trying to be too woke, and in a matter of
days the company reversed course.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I believe this is happening Cracker Barel. I don't know
where its stock is. Remember, plummeted and it lost one
hundred million dollars immediately after the logo. I don't know
if it's bound it now.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
With some of this stuff, well, money talks, and when
you start to lose massive amounts like that, you can
see the scramble that has taken place.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
This place. I haven't mentioned I I hated this place
as a kid. I hated Cracker Barrew. Why. I don't know.
Like I'm sitting here, I'm not how anything against Cracker Barrew.
I'm saying, like the kid, my dad used to go,
he used to like it, but I felt uncomfortable always
in that setting. Yes, we're from the South, A family
of four black family walks in.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
You know, that's the scene you see in the record Scratch.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
You walk in, and it was always a record scratch moment.
And just as a kid, I'm telling you to this day,
I was always uncomfortable. I hate because my dad loved
the place.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
And that's when you have to say, trust your gut.
If you felt that way, there was a ree as
a child. Wow hate. Don't worry, baby, I've never been,
don't plan on going, and nothing against it, but we
don't have them in New York City. Really, I've never
seen one.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Continue again. I am not bad mouthing this organization, but
as a child, I remember that memory as a child,
just ugh, we gotta go to Cracker Barrel and just
having to walk into this place where it was uncomfortable
as a kid all the time. Why it was and
why I felt that way don't know, but I remember it.
All right, Let's go to Florida. Things have been uncomfortable
down there for a little while this year because they
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are setting records. I don't know if they're set out
to set this record road, but it's happened. They're having
a record year in executions. The state carried out it's
eleventh of the year last night. Curtis Windham had a
last minute appeal to the Supreme Court. It was denied
to it cleared the way for the convicted triple murderer
to be executed by lethal injection.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Previously, the most the state had ever executed in one
year was eight, so they have far surpassed that. That
was back in twenty fourteen and then in nineteen eighty four.
But guess what, it doesn't stop there at eleven. They
have another one scheduled in three weeks. By the way,
there have been thirty executions in this country so far
this year. That is the most since twenty fourteen. In
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Texas and South Carolina are the next two, but Florida
is far surpassing them because they only have four each.
I the way correct, But now, yeah, Florida's gonna be
at twelve here in a month.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Well, folks, stay with us here on this Friday morning.
Ron when we come back. You folks who love to
buy inexpensive should I say, cheap goods internationally, well your
shopping game is about to change as up today because
duty free is over. But it's not gonna be a
problem for Michael Parsons. Yes, this NFL player can afford
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anything he wants after he just set a record with
his contract.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
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Speaker 2 (17:42):
Let's continue on this Friday morning run now with a
major change. If you buy sell anything internationally, duty free
shipping is over today. It's been a century long rule
called the deminimous Exemption that allows consumers to avoid tariffs
on goods valued at eight hundred dollars or so.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Now, as of today, you will be charged whatever tariff
is in place for that country or the origin of
the goods, and those goods are going to face even
tighter customs checks. Bottom line, this is going to be
a mess for international shipping. Ninety percent of all shipments
fall under this rule. So if you're used to those
bargain prices from outlets like Sheen, get ready to pay more.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Yeah, they overwhelming majority of packages from China fall under
this exemption. Some shipments have already been put on hold
by some carriers in recent days as they prepared for
the change that President Trump announced back in July into July.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Actually, yeah, last year, by the way, nearly one point
four billion packages entered America duty free. And so President
Trump has said the duty free policy has been harmful
to US businesses and has been abused to smuggle illegal
drugs into our country. So he's claiming that US businesses
are going to get more money and that US residents
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are going to be protected. They're going to be safer
because fewer drugs are going to be coming into the company.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
But you're going to be paying more for your stuff.
It kind of makes it a US company might be
more competitive now because you're having to not just pay
for the cheap good, which you prefer, correct, but this
huge tarifflem you might go, Ah, the hell with it,
I'll just buy local.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
That's what the hope is. But we shall see what
actually ends up being the case. Because several businesses here
in the United States say when they have to get
parts or small goods or the items that they need
for their business here in the United States are going
to dramatically their profit margins are going to dramatically shrink.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
All right, final leg of our run here, Oh, profit
margins are going up for this young folllow. We don't
have to tell you about every big new contract or
professional athlete signs. There's a bunch of them flying around there.
We don't usually report on them. This one's record setting,
and it's worth noting. And this one is a record
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setting highest paid player in the NFL. Now he has
set a record. The highest paid player ever in the
NFL who did not throw the ball, is what he is.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
He's not a quarterback, yes, obviously. Yes, we're used to
seeing quarterbacks get ridiculous contracts because you know their names,
you know their faces. They're literally the star of the field, yes,
of course. But defensive ends, how many of those can
you name?
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Michael Stray.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Here's the thing. I love. Stray didn't even really know
what his position was. I'm gonna be honest here. That's
just me being fully transparent. But yeah, I could not
name a defensive end for you.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
You know, Reggie White, you know that name, Green Bay Packers.
Maybe okay, all right, well you don't know that one.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
You don't know them. I was speaking the truth. TJ
defensive end Micah Parsons was signed with the Green Bay
Packers after an acrimonious divorce from the Dallas Cowboys. So
things were tough, things weren't going well.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
But they've been hooting and hollering him and Jerry Jones
and just pay the man. And he wouldn't pay him
what the market says he should get. So he gets straighted.
He goes to Green Bay and immediately he becomes the
highest paid player ever who's not a quarterback. And what
does that look like. It's a four year, one hundred
and eighty eight million dollar contract. About one hundred and
thirty of that is guaranteed. Wow. It So no matter
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what he does, he's going to get one hundred and
thirty million, no matter how well he plays, how bad
he plays, he's gonna get that money. That's unreal. Parsons
four time Pro bowler. That doesn't sound like a lot,
but he's only been in the league four years.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Oh wow.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
He is young and a stud and has been doing
it every single year since he came in. He's regarded
as one of, if not the best defensive player in
the NFL. Congrats to him.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah, congratulations, that's impressive as hell. How old is he?
You said he was one of the youngest ones.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
He's Oh yeah, he's only been in the league four years, so.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Wow, early twenties. Oh who? All right, well, let's get inspired.
Let's get inspired. Let's give you something to take with
you throughout the day. That's our quote of the day.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away. That
is from Maya Angelou. She has so many good ones.
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I actually have to like tell myself, don't put another
Maya Angelou quote in this week, because you've already done so.
She has so many incredible quotes. But I loved this
one and it just is a reminder to be in awe.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
How many I mean, did you think about you? We
got challenge everybody to take a moment today or think
about your week. How many times did you allow yourself
to just have your breath taken away by something that's
amazing in front of you. I say this to you
all the time. We live in Lower Manhattan and we
stop sometimes and look up at the World Trade Tower.
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Now we just look like, damn, that thing is gorgeous.
It's just unbelievable some of the things that are around
us that we just walk by and take advantage or
just assume they'll be there.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Yeah. I mean, I think sometimes it's just seeing a
smile on someone's face, or it can be the smallest things,
the look in your partner's eyes or hugging your child.
That is something that should take our breath away, that
we're so lucky to have and to be able to
be surrounded by. So yeah, it's kind of fun to
look for those moments. I think it's they're all around us,
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we just have to see them. So life is not
measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Our breath away.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Thank you, Maya Angelou, and thank you for listening. Everyone
on this Friday.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. Y'all have a
good one. We'll be hanging with you again soon.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, Welcome to Morning Ron. It is Friday, August
twenty ninth. I'm Amy Robots.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
And I'm TJ Holmes. And this is the day a
lot of y'all have been dreading. It's finally here. A
lot of you folks like cheap goods from overseas. This
is going to change the way people shop robes because
that cheap stuff you were getting that you know, you
got twelve items for seventeen dollars. Yes, that's gonna go
up dramatically.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
My kids are big fans of those, yes, and they
might not be so much anymore.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We'll tell you why this is a day that so
many of you shoppers have been dreaded. Because, yes, you
are personally about to get hit with some tariffs. If
you will, we'll explain. Also, Cracker Barrel can't get this right,
you know the cracker Barrel controversy. Well, something else has
come out. Not did they only make a change to
that logo and then change back. They also made changes
(00:55):
online robes and some things in particularly like LGBTQ plus
US and DEEI have disappeared. A disappeared from their website.
We'll explain what's going on there also this morning. I
know it might be a name. A lot of folks,
a lot of our listeners not familiar, don't keep up necessarily.
You know the big names in sports, but you don't
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know some of the other names. You know who Tom Brady.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Is, I know quarterbacks names.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Would you know Michael Parson's name immediately on the top
of your head? Okay, this is all you need to
know about Michael Parsons. He is now the highest paid
player in the NFL in history who didn't play quarterback.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Wow, that's impressed.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
We'll explain why he is such a big deal right now. Also,
as a reminder, on that phone, on that Apple podcast
app where you see our page top right corner, a
little button says follow, Just click that and you can
get our updates and don't have to go looking for him.
And there have been plenty of updates, it seems lately,
ropes with a lot of news.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yes, it's been a very busy news cycle and a
busy day today as well. On the run on this
Friday morning, we're also going to hear from the parents
of those two kids who were killed in the mass
shooting at of Minneapolis Catholic School.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Also Trump fired her, but Lisa Cook is not going
out without a fight in court.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And the state of Florida is on a record setting
execution spree, and South Carolina is asking the Supreme Court
to determine who can pee where.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Also this morning, this is concerning. I wasn't familiar, but
this is a thing, A flesh eating, potentially deadly flesh
eating bacterium is causing some concerns because of an increase
in cases. And this is a bacterium again, flesh eating
bacterium that you can get from eating oysters. I didn't
(02:40):
know in the Gulf it's a thing every year, but
some of the numbers have gone up to the point
of concerning. And what was the thing you were telling
me about this week, the flesh eating screwworm or something.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Oh yeah, there's a screwworm out there too. They came
from Central America that found its way into the States
with one case I believe in Maryland. But you know,
my dad always warns again eating oysters in warm waters.
This is one of the reasons why. So we'll get
into that story. It is, in fact a cautionary tale
we begin though our run in Minnesota, where we heard
(03:12):
yesterday from the parents of the two kids who were
killed in that attack at a Catholic school mass. Another
eighteen people were injured when that gunman opened fire through
a church window Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic School right
outside of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah, an eight year old Fletcher Merkele and ten year
old Harper Moyski both died. They have now been identified
in their parents. Both We heard from both sets of
parents yesterday. Now Fletcher's dad, he actually went before reporters.
He got in front of cameras and write this statement.
It was difficult, obviously to hear him go through it,
(03:47):
but just a couple of things he said. He said
one quote, yesterday, a coward decided to take our eight
year old son, Fletcher away from us. Because of their actions,
we will never be allowed to hold him, talk to him,
play with him, and watch him grow until the wonderful
young man he was on the path to becoming. That
last line sucks. Every time somebody loses a you start
(04:08):
thinking about the graduations, you'll miss the weddings, You'll me
those kinds of things immediately, And to hear them say
that he was on the way to becoming this great
young man. Another line from the dad said, please remember
Fletcher for the person he was, and not for the
act that ended his life. Give your kids an extra
hug and kiss today. How he ended it.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
That brings tears to your eyes for every parent. Harper's
parents released a statement. They did not go on camera.
I mean, I cannot even imagine the courage it takes
to stand there in front of cameras in your worst
possible moment. But Harper's parents said this in their statement.
Our hearts are broken, not only as parents, but also
for Harper's sister, who adored her big sister and is
(04:48):
grieving an unimaginable loss. As a family, we are shattered
and words cannot capture the depth of our pain.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, I think about it. We talk about parents obviously
so much, but there are siblings who are going to
have a very difficult time understanding why the person they
right that they were sharing a room with, or that's
down the hall from them, to hear about a little sister. Yeah,
that's not something I'd given much thought to.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
That's true. We think about the parents, and her parents
went on to ask leaders and communities to take meaningful
steps to address gun violence and the mental health crisis
in this country. They say change is possible and is
necessary so that Harper's story does not become yet another
and a long line of tragedies. That last line is
so reminiscent of every single parent who has lost a
(05:32):
child to school shootings. It feels like they say the
same thing. They don't want another family to suffer the
way they have, and yet it continues to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Seems like it always falls on deaf ears. Like you
have to say, it's almost like obligatory line. We want
them to do something about gun control 'VOLDI, New Town.
If babies get gun down and we don't do anything
about it, then it really the one in Uvoldi when
you were standing there neck was it the mayor? My good,
it was the mayor. How many babies died in that shooting?
(06:02):
And just hours later he still didn't want to heat
ready to fight you. He was mentioned gun control to me.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
He got very upset when I mentioned gun control in
the fact that this shooter had mental health issues and
was still allowed to have access to a gun. He
refused to acknowledge that that was not an okay thing
which was infuriating.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And I again I will this is a good place
to mention that the police say that these guns that
were used in this attack were all legally bought by
this attacker. Now, the other shooting victims are all expected
to survive, though as of this recording, at least one
kid was still listed in critical condition. Meanwhile, police continue
to work through and go through really hundreds of pages
(06:44):
of writings. This is some really dark and disturbing stuff
from this shooter. A lot of evidence that was left
behind they are piecing together, enrolled. It looks like a
lot of it. He was almost telegraphic telling folks what
he was going to do. He had plans for the
school and things he was displaying in these videos, So
he was telegraphing. And this was all missed.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
And he was an adult, he was twenty three years old.
But you just got to think, like, where was his mother?
How did she not see something going on? Right?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
And remember I still been talked about much of the
debate going back and forth. This was someone who had transitioned,
that was living, was born Robert and now Robin, and
that's been a big part of the debate. I should
say debate, but the rhetoric and the narrative and the
nastiness going back and forth, people trying to direct so
much of their hate towards the trans community. Now, because
(07:33):
of this individual's actions.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
We hope that just there could be lessons learned and
perhaps not more hate wielded in this unbelievable tragedy. Well,
next up on the Run, we're going to head to Washington,
d C. Where Lisa Cook followed through and yes, she
has filed a lawsuit against President Trump, who was trying
to fire her from her role on the Federal Reserve Board.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Now, Trump said this week he was removing her from
the board after it was discovered she made false statement
on a mortgage application, something that Cook is not facing
an investigation or charges for. She said she will not
resign or be bullied to resign, but said that she
would take any questions about her financial history seriously and
would gather the accurate information to answer any legitimate questions
(08:17):
and provide the.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Facts in her suit against the president. She called the
allegations against her unsubstantiated claims that don't rise to the
level of being fired for cause, and reminder, there are
seven governors on the Federal Reserve Board. Trump now has
three appointees, so if he gets Cook off of the board,
he would have a majority of the seven and therefore
(08:40):
one could assume he could get those interest rate cuts
when he wants them, as he wants that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
It's wild to think he is the most powerful person
on the planet right the president of the United States,
and he is still finding ways to get more power.
This is supposed to be an independent agency that makes
decisions that affect the world economy, and wants more power
and influence over it, and he's damn close to getting it.
(09:06):
To getting it all right, we continue on the run
now in the state of South Carolina is asking the
Supreme Court for permission to ban trans kids from certain bathrooms.
South Carolina followed an emergency request with the Court yesterday
asking the state or asking that the state be allowed
to enforce their law.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
It was passed last year, and this law bans transgender
kids from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity,
but an appeals court earlier this month prevented a school
from enforcing that band after a transgender boy was suspended
from the school for using the boy's bathroom.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
The kids' parents sued. In its decision, the appeals Court
wrote that he was quote a fourteen year old student
who simply wishes to use the bathroom. Doing so is
a biological necessity. Doing so in restrooms that match his
gender identity is his right under our precedent. Should know
in a matter of weeks at the court, the Supreme
(10:02):
Court is going to take up this case, which would
be a landmark one.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Yeah, it certainly well, all right. Next up on the run,
we're going to head to Louisiana, where two people have
died after contracting a flesh eating bacterium after eating raw oysters.
The bacterium is called Vibryo vulnificus. It's naturally occurring in
warm coastal waters and is more common between May and October.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So it enters the body through an open wound or
when a person eats raw or undercooked seafood. Now, these
aren't the first deaths in Louisiana. Two other people have
also died this year of the same bacterium. It's also
an unusually active year for the state. On average, the
state does have seven of these cases per year, and
(10:44):
on average one death a year.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Oh wow, if you ever needed more evidence to not
eat raw seafood in warm waters, that would be it,
at least during that period of time. So far this year,
in addition to the four deaths, twenty two people have
been hospitalized and more eighty percent of those cases actually
came from open wounds exposed to seawater, not from oysters.
But once you've been infected, you can become seriously ill
(11:08):
or even need an amputation within a day or two
of being exposed. About one in five people infected will die.
Those are serious numbers. Yeah, and Louisiana isn't the only
state dealing with the bacterium. So far this year, Florida
has already reported five deaths and twenty three cases.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Your dad again, Your dad is a microbiologist, right, This
has been his life's work to study food, correct illnesses
and food. And it's the thing he screams at us
anytime we go to warm water places go south, do
not eat the oysters they're walking around trying to serve
you on a styrofoam trade.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Yes, I think that's disturbing anyway, but yes, his warning
is always fresh in my head. Also, you know, analyst
a couple of years ago had seriously injured her legs.
She had an open wound and we were near the
ocean and my dad said, do not go into the water.
And she was younger, she was crying, please, I just
want to go. He's like, least you are not going
in that water. I wouldn't have known to tell her
(12:03):
she couldn't, but I get it now.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
This is a reminder. This is real and even though
it's rare, you don't want it one in five something
that has a twenty percent death rate that you don't
mess around with that exactly continuing on the run now,
Maga got mad. So Cracker Barrel scrapped a plan to
change its logo, but turns out they didn't stop there.
Cracker Barrel has also scrapped a section of its website
(12:29):
that specifically referenced LGBTQ Plus and diversity initiatives.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
In particular, they remove their pride page and their DEI
Belonging Team is now nowhere to be found. As recently
as this week, the company had a page on its
website that read, on behalf of Cracker Barrel's LGBTQ Plus
Alliance and DEI Belonging Team, we want to celebrate you
for being you. It is our greatest mission to ensure
(12:55):
that pleasing people means all people.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Yeah, well that ain't there no more. You can't find
that now. That could still be in their hearts, but
it's not on their website. But the company in a statement,
explained the changes this way quote. In connection with the
company's brand work, we have recently made updates to the
Cracker Barrel website, including adding new content and removing out
of date content. Several months ago, the company also made
(13:18):
changes to our business resource groups that now focus on
sponsorships or events on our corporate giving initiatives, addressing food
and security, supporting community needs through food, and reducing food waste. Okay,
the worthy causes early not, Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
They certainly are. Earlier this week, Cracker Barrel announced they
were abandoning a plan to update its fifty year old logo.
That updated logo, yes, removed the old man in overalls
and the barrel, while right wingers went after them for
trying to be too woke, and in a matter of
days the company reversed course.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I believe this is happening Cracker Barel. I don't know
where its stock is. Remember, plummeted and it lost one
hundred million dollars immediately after the logo. I don't know
if it's bound it now.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
With some of this stuff, well, money talks, and when
you start to lose massive amounts like that, you can
see the scramble that has taken place.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
This place. I haven't mentioned I I hated this place
as a kid. I hated Cracker Barrew. Why. I don't know.
Like I'm sitting here, I'm not how anything against Cracker Barrew.
I'm saying, like the kid, my dad used to go,
he used to like it, but I felt uncomfortable always
in that setting. Yes, we're from the South, A family
of four black family walks in.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
You know, that's the scene you see in the record Scratch.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
You walk in, and it was always a record scratch moment.
And just as a kid, I'm telling you to this day,
I was always uncomfortable. I hate because my dad loved
the place.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
And that's when you have to say, trust your gut.
If you felt that way, there was a ree as
a child. Wow hate. Don't worry, baby, I've never been,
don't plan on going, and nothing against it, but we
don't have them in New York City. Really, I've never
seen one.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Continue again. I am not bad mouthing this organization, but
as a child, I remember that memory as a child,
just ugh, we gotta go to Cracker Barrel and just
having to walk into this place where it was uncomfortable
as a kid all the time. Why it was and
why I felt that way don't know, but I remember it.
All right, Let's go to Florida. Things have been uncomfortable
down there for a little while this year because they
(15:18):
are setting records. I don't know if they're set out
to set this record road, but it's happened. They're having
a record year in executions. The state carried out it's
eleventh of the year last night. Curtis Windham had a
last minute appeal to the Supreme Court. It was denied
to it cleared the way for the convicted triple murderer
to be executed by lethal injection.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Previously, the most the state had ever executed in one
year was eight, so they have far surpassed that. That
was back in twenty fourteen and then in nineteen eighty four.
But guess what, it doesn't stop there at eleven. They
have another one scheduled in three weeks. By the way,
there have been thirty executions in this country so far
this year. That is the most since twenty fourteen. In
(16:00):
Texas and South Carolina are the next two, but Florida
is far surpassing them because they only have four each.
I the way correct, But now, yeah, Florida's gonna be
at twelve here in a month.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Well, folks, stay with us here on this Friday morning.
Ron when we come back. You folks who love to
buy inexpensive should I say, cheap goods internationally, well your
shopping game is about to change as up today because
duty free is over. But it's not gonna be a
problem for Michael Parsons. Yes, this NFL player can afford
(16:37):
anything he wants after he just set a record with
his contract.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Before we go to break, I have to tell you
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(17:03):
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(17:27):
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Speaker 2 (17:42):
Let's continue on this Friday morning run now with a
major change. If you buy sell anything internationally, duty free
shipping is over today. It's been a century long rule
called the deminimous Exemption that allows consumers to avoid tariffs
on goods valued at eight hundred dollars or so.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Now, as of today, you will be charged whatever tariff
is in place for that country or the origin of
the goods, and those goods are going to face even
tighter customs checks. Bottom line, this is going to be
a mess for international shipping. Ninety percent of all shipments
fall under this rule. So if you're used to those
bargain prices from outlets like Sheen, get ready to pay more.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Yeah, they overwhelming majority of packages from China fall under
this exemption. Some shipments have already been put on hold
by some carriers in recent days as they prepared for
the change that President Trump announced back in July into July.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Actually, yeah, last year, by the way, nearly one point
four billion packages entered America duty free. And so President
Trump has said the duty free policy has been harmful
to US businesses and has been abused to smuggle illegal
drugs into our country. So he's claiming that US businesses
are going to get more money and that US residents
(19:00):
are going to be protected. They're going to be safer
because fewer drugs are going to be coming into the company.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
But you're going to be paying more for your stuff.
It kind of makes it a US company might be
more competitive now because you're having to not just pay
for the cheap good, which you prefer, correct, but this
huge tarifflem you might go, Ah, the hell with it,
I'll just buy local.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
That's what the hope is. But we shall see what
actually ends up being the case. Because several businesses here
in the United States say when they have to get
parts or small goods or the items that they need
for their business here in the United States are going
to dramatically their profit margins are going to dramatically shrink.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
All right, final leg of our run here, Oh, profit
margins are going up for this young folllow. We don't
have to tell you about every big new contract or
professional athlete signs. There's a bunch of them flying around there.
We don't usually report on them. This one's record setting,
and it's worth noting. And this one is a record
(19:56):
setting highest paid player in the NFL. Now he has
set a record. The highest paid player ever in the
NFL who did not throw the ball, is what he is.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
He's not a quarterback, yes, obviously. Yes, we're used to
seeing quarterbacks get ridiculous contracts because you know their names,
you know their faces. They're literally the star of the field, yes,
of course. But defensive ends, how many of those can
you name?
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Michael Stray.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Here's the thing. I love. Stray didn't even really know
what his position was. I'm gonna be honest here. That's
just me being fully transparent. But yeah, I could not
name a defensive end for you.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
You know, Reggie White, you know that name, Green Bay Packers.
Maybe okay, all right, well you don't know that one.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
You don't know them. I was speaking the truth. TJ
defensive end Micah Parsons was signed with the Green Bay
Packers after an acrimonious divorce from the Dallas Cowboys. So
things were tough, things weren't going well.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
But they've been hooting and hollering him and Jerry Jones
and just pay the man. And he wouldn't pay him
what the market says he should get. So he gets straighted.
He goes to Green Bay and immediately he becomes the
highest paid player ever who's not a quarterback. And what
does that look like. It's a four year, one hundred
and eighty eight million dollar contract. About one hundred and
thirty of that is guaranteed. Wow. It So no matter
(21:17):
what he does, he's going to get one hundred and
thirty million, no matter how well he plays, how bad
he plays, he's gonna get that money. That's unreal. Parsons
four time Pro bowler. That doesn't sound like a lot,
but he's only been in the league four years.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Oh wow.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
He is young and a stud and has been doing
it every single year since he came in. He's regarded
as one of, if not the best defensive player in
the NFL. Congrats to him.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah, congratulations, that's impressive as hell. How old is he?
You said he was one of the youngest ones.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
He's Oh yeah, he's only been in the league four years, so.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Wow, early twenties. Oh who? All right, well, let's get inspired.
Let's get inspired. Let's give you something to take with
you throughout the day. That's our quote of the day.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away. That
is from Maya Angelou. She has so many good ones.
(22:09):
I actually have to like tell myself, don't put another
Maya Angelou quote in this week, because you've already done so.
She has so many incredible quotes. But I loved this
one and it just is a reminder to be in awe.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
How many I mean, did you think about you? We
got challenge everybody to take a moment today or think
about your week. How many times did you allow yourself
to just have your breath taken away by something that's
amazing in front of you. I say this to you
all the time. We live in Lower Manhattan and we
stop sometimes and look up at the World Trade Tower.
(22:45):
Now we just look like, damn, that thing is gorgeous.
It's just unbelievable some of the things that are around
us that we just walk by and take advantage or
just assume they'll be there.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Yeah. I mean, I think sometimes it's just seeing a
smile on someone's face, or it can be the smallest things,
the look in your partner's eyes or hugging your child.
That is something that should take our breath away, that
we're so lucky to have and to be able to
be surrounded by. So yeah, it's kind of fun to
look for those moments. I think it's they're all around us,
(23:14):
we just have to see them. So life is not
measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Our breath away.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Thank you, Maya Angelou, and thank you for listening. Everyone
on this Friday.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. Y'all have a
good one. We'll be hanging with you again soon.
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