January 6, 2026 • 28 mins
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Drops Out of Reelection
- Walz announced he will not seek a third term amid a massive alleged Somali daycare and Medicaid fraud scandal.
- Walz’s decision is a result of political fallout and public distrust, while highlighting his claims that Republican conspiracy theories and right-wing attacks contributed to the situation.
- Walz is attempting to play the victim and emphasizes the scandal as a defining failure of his administration.
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Venezuela and U.S. Intervention
- Discusses former President Donald Trump’s statements about Venezuela’s oil reserves and plans for U.S. oil companies to rebuild its infrastructure.
- Covers the arrest and arraignment of Nicolás Maduro in New York on narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges, including his plea of not guilty and claims of being a “prisoner of war.”
- Frames Trump’s leadership as decisive in combating narcotics and restoring Venezuela, contrasting it with previous administrations.
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New York City Politics and Housing Policy Under Mayor Mandani
- Mandani’s socialist-oriented policies-fare hikes despite campaign promises of free transit and plans for “social housing.”
- Controversial statements from Mandani’s Tenant Advocate Director, who described private property as a tool of white supremacy.
- Warns of potential government seizure of private property and increased taxes, framing these policies as “communism” and a threat to property rights.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz has announced he is ending his
reelection bid amid the childcare frauds scandal. The governor announcing
he'll not seek reelection and the accusations and the investigation
tied to that decision clearly a massive political fallout that
even he thought he couldn't overcome. Governor Waltz announcing it
(00:24):
and saying that this was all because of the Republican
Right ring and a conspiracy theory. I'm not joking. But
before we get to that, here is Holle. It was
announced on Fox Business Channel.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
The Minnesota's governor, Tim wals He has dropped out.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
He's dropped his bid for reelection. He will not seek
a third term in office.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
What did he say?
Speaker 4 (00:47):
The multi billion dollar alleged Somali daycare and medicaid fraud
scandal was consuming while he's writing this. Every minute I
spend defending my own political interests would be a minute
I can't spend defending the peace of Minnesota against the
criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who
pray on our differences. So he has dropped his bid
(01:08):
for a third term, but the fraud could still imperil
Senate Democrats. Senator Tina Smith will not seek reelection in Minnesota,
so that race is open, and Senator Amy Klobachar is
viewed as a top contender for governor to replace Walls.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Now, what's also interesting about this is Governor Waltz announcing
this saying, quote he wants to focus on governance and
not campaigning.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
He said, it's essential.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
In other words, I'm the good guy amid the ongoing
controversies in the state. Walt emphasized that leading Minnesota through
the quote unquote crisis that he created of fraud and
ensuring his administration's response deserves full attention from the governor,
not divided focus between governing and campaigning. He also made
(01:55):
it clear that this is really, somehow all the fault
of Republican and that this is what it really came
down to.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
We've got conspiracy theorists, right wing YouTubers breaking into our daycares,
demanding access to our children. We've got the President of
the United States demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating
funds that Minnesotans rely on.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
It's disgusting and it's dangerous.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What's so interesting about what Governor Waltz said there is
what the real headline should have been. Governor Waltz, almost
the Vice President United States of America now dropping out
of the governor's race in Minnesota in disgrace. And why
not because of people trying to break into daycares demanding
access to our children.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
No all because a brave twenty three year.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Old kid with an iPhone and at thirst for justice
exposed billions and billions of the governor's fraud, the work
of Nick Shirley. Hopefully as a thousand more Nick Shirley's
just like him who realize that the government is broken,
as well as the media apparatus which is supposed to
(03:09):
hold it accountable. But Governor Waltz wasn't done there. He
also wanted to play the victim card one more time
by saying this.
Speaker 6 (03:18):
I don't want to mince words here. Donald Trump and
his allies in Washington and in Saint Paul and online
want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They
want to poison our people against each other by attacking
our neighbors, and ultimately they want to take away much
of what makes Minnesota the best place in the country
to raise a family. They've already begun trying to withhold
(03:41):
funds that were meant to help families afford childcare, and
they have no intention of stopping there. Make no mistake,
we should be concerned about fraud in our state government.
We cannot effectively deliver programs and services if we can't
earn the public's trust.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Public trust.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
M Waltz leaving office because he has no trust in
him from the public and knows he can't get reelected,
yet at the same time saying his entire administration is
about exactly that. He can rewrite history all he wants,
but Tim Waltz will go down in disgrace as a
former vice presidential candidate who just months later has to
(04:22):
suspend his re election campaign for governor because of the
billions and billions in fraud that were uncovered under his watch.
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Trump coming out making it very clear on Venezuela and
their oil reserves. We're going to run everything. We're gonna
run it. When asked what would happen to Venezuela's oil reserves,
which are now worth trillions of dollars, Trump's remarks came
(06:35):
aboard Air Force One during a gaggle with reporters on
a flight back to DC from Palm Beach, and according
to the newest report, Venezuela has as of Saturday's oil prices,
approximately seventeen point three trillion in oil reserves, which exceeds
the collective global gross domestic product excluding the United States
(06:58):
and China. Just to put it in perspective, a reporter
started a question by stating Venezuela has seventeen billion worth
of oil reserves. Donald Trump responded with more, you mean trillion?
Did you say billion or trillion? I said billion, the
reporter replied, to which Trump emphasized it's much more than
(07:19):
that and then the President had this to say, Venezuela.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
Right now is a dead country. We have to bring
it back, and we're gonna have to have big investments
by the oil companies to bring back the infrastructure. The
oil companies are ready to go. They're gonna go in.
They're gonna rebuild the infrastructure. You know, we built it
to start off with many years ago. They took it away.
You can't do that, and you can't do that with me.
They did it with other president. An election to take
(07:45):
place in Venezuela.
Speaker 8 (07:48):
How soon is an election take place?
Speaker 7 (07:50):
Well, I think we're looking more at getting it mixed,
getting it ready first, because it's a mess. The country
is a mess. It's been horribly run. The oil just
flowing at a very low level, much lower than even
if it was badly run. It should have more income,
more oil than what they do. So we're gonna have
the big old companies going and they're gonna fix the infrastructure,
(08:13):
and they're going to invest money. We're not going to
invest anything. We're gonna just take care of the country.
We're gonna cherish the country. We're gonna take care of
more importantly of the people, including Venezuelans and are living
in our country that were forced to leave their country. Yeah,
they're gonna be taking very good care of yesmith, Yes,
(08:34):
I have.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Which one fall off the business.
Speaker 7 (08:39):
They want to go in so badly for them before
the operation took place. Yes, maybe take them off before
and after, and they want to go in and they're
gonna do a great job for the people of Venezuela.
And they're gonna represent us well. But you know, the
infrastructure is rusty, rut, most of it unusable, is old,
(09:00):
it's broken. You see pipe flag all over the ground.
Has it been nothing's been invested for years, Chevron sentis.
You know, they've done a good job. But even they
they haven't been in a position to invest money because
they're at a month to month basis. What HAPs they're
only there because I wanted them to.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Be Donald Trump again making it clear, we're gonna run everything.
We're gonna run it, We're gonna fix it. We'll have
elections at the right time. And the main thing is
you have to fix it. It's a broken country. There's
no money, there's inflation like we would have had if
we didn't win this election, and we would have been
Venezuela on steroids, the president said. Trump noted Saturday that
(09:39):
American oil companies will go into Venezuela to repair the
badly broken oil infrastructure. The world agrees it is absolutely broken,
and he said that he'd spoken with the old companies
before and after the operation about resolve to remove the
former dictator Maduro from power. This, of course try to
turn into a fake controversy by the media claiming that
(10:02):
he had tipped off by asking the question the oil companies.
Another pathetic story, yet again from the left. What we
also know is this Chevron's in as you know, the
President said, they've done a good job, but they haven't
been in a position to invest money because they're on
a month to month basis. They're only there because I
(10:24):
wanted them to be there. Now things are changing, and
what's very clear is the President unitasicks of America is
not holding back saying this is how the country will
be saved, and as he described it, it will not
cost Americans any money, something very different from what we
witness in Afghanistan, in Iraq. The President making it clear
(10:49):
we'll fix it and then they're going to pay for
all of it. That is something that the President was
very clear on. He was also asked by NBC's Kristen
Welker in an interview about are we at war with Venezuela.
I want you to hear how NBC News is reporting
on that as well.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
The President reacting to today's arraignment during my phone call
with him, telling me, quote, it is an extraordinary moment
in history. That's true, and it's great for the Hemisphere.
He went on to say, the prices of oil are
going to, you know, be reduced. The President also telling
me we are not at war with Venezuela and that
(11:28):
he would not need congressional approval to send in a
second strike. One of the biggest questions right now is
who is really in charge in Venezuela. After President Trump
said explicitly on Saturday that the US would run the country.
I asked the President about that today. If Secretary's Rubio
and Headseth Stephen Miller would be the top three people
(11:49):
in charge of Venezuela. The President said, yeah, among the
top people, including JD.
Speaker 8 (11:55):
Vance.
Speaker 9 (11:56):
I then asked him who will be the top person
if there is one. The President's answer to that question
was me.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
The President of the United States of America yet again
giving simple answers to the media that of course makes
the liberals lose their mind, and doing it in a
way that shows he is in charge and actually has
a plan, which brings us to the other part of
this story. Nicholas Maduro's first court appearance it has officially happened.
(12:25):
The ousted Venezuelan president was a rain Monday and a
federal courtroom in Manhattan on US NARCO terrorism and drug
trafficking charges. He pled not guilty to all of the charges,
denying any wrongdoing. Madua repeatedly insisted through an interpreter that
he is innocent and described himself as a quote prisoner
(12:47):
of war and said he remains a legitimate president of Venezuela.
He also characterizes captured by US forces as an abduction.
Maduro's wife also appeared not guilty and has visible injuries
that a lawyer says may include rib fractures from the
(13:07):
arrest operation. Both are being held at the Metropolitan Detention
Center in Brooklyn and waived bail for now. The judge
schedule the next hearing from March seventeenth, twenty twenty six.
There are protests as well as radicals on the left
are outside the courthouse saying that this was well a
(13:28):
terrible day for America. Official US government line very different
coming from the White House. The government is defending the
military operation and Madua's prosecution as legitimate action against narco
trafficking and criminal syndicates, even as international critics are of
course siding with Maduro saying it was illegal. A White
(13:52):
House spokesman pushed back strongly today on domestic criticism from
the left many liberal commentators, saying of the Venezuelid, many
countries consider Maduro illegitimate, and we should go back and
report on the words of so many countries now that
are just criticizing Trump because he's in charge.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
The FBI director.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Cash Bettel went on TV to talk about the real
threat that Maduro posed the United States of America, and
here's part of what he had to say about the
fetanyl that had been seized by the Trump administration.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
This director correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you
meet with Chinese officials about stopping the precursors to fentanyl?
And did what has happened since that meeting? The President
push with tariffs to stop it. What could you tell
us happened with the flow into Mexico where they refine
it and send it to us.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
That's just it.
Speaker 10 (14:44):
There was nobody, no other administration who was willing to
engage with our counterparts on things like fentanyl, which were
killing almost one hundred thousand Americans per year. And President
Trump laid the groundwork for us to go over there
and engage directly and say, hey, you got to shut
off the flow of the chemt precursors, the ingredients that
they utilized to make fentanyl. And we went over there
(15:05):
and we got that agreement while we were there, thanks
to President Trump's leadership, and we were able to literally
shut off the flow of all thirteen precursors and eight
chemical adjuster agents. And what that does is it suffocates
the drug trafficking organization's ability in Mexico and South American
and Central America and elsewhere to create and manufacture the fentanyl.
(15:26):
And just look at what we did this past year
under President Trump's leadership, we seized enough fentanyl to kill
one hundred and seventy five million American citizens. That is
an increase in fentanyl caesars by over thirty percent. That
is what a coalition a team led effort by a
decisive White House, and President Trump looks like to counter narcotics.
(15:46):
Not just these great successful operations like what we saw
this past week in Venezuela, but a continuing onslaught of
law enforcement activity to safeguard the American public, and we're
not going to stop.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
The FPI director wasn't with that.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
He also praised Donald Trump's decisive leadership for having a
drastic reduction in narcotics available on our streets, which is
saving American lives.
Speaker 11 (16:11):
I want you to put on your former prosecutor hat
because you know these charges and I'm not asking you
to prosecute it for our audience, but explain to us
the charges and how long are we talking about before
Maduro sees the other side of justice.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Just want to be very careful here.
Speaker 10 (16:28):
Department of Justice and our DEA partners are going to
be running point on these prosecution charges for narco terrorism.
But generally speaking, it's what I alluded to earlier. It
is a large and continuous volume of illicit narcotics, to
include cocaine and fentanyl and meth and everything else that
we see harm our children and that poured into our communities.
(16:51):
And thanks to President Trump's decisive leadership, we've seen a
drastic reduction and not just death, but quantity of narcotics
available on our streets. But Venezuela acted not only as
a large and massive transhipment point by air and by sea,
but also allowed drug traffickers to operate with reckless abandon
inside their borders, and their direct target of deployment was
(17:12):
the United States of America in large part, and that's
what these charges, in my opinion, I believe, will address,
and thankfully that these individuals are now behind bars to
face the justice system. And for me, quite frankly, it
doesn't matter how long or how short the process is,
as long as we get it right, and we're off
to a great start thanks to the decisive leadership this
week and of President Trump and his national security team.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Yeah, as long as he's in custody, I don't think
people just want to see Venezuela get back to normal.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
As you heard there from the FBI director, it's about
national security, it's about saving American lives. It's also about
making sure that there is a better nation in Venezuela
for the people that had been oppressed by Maduro and
that is clearly part of Donald Trump's doctrine.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
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there are two major stories that are happening, and it's
happening within days. Of Mandani coming into power. You know,
(19:04):
the guy that was going to give you everything for free,
and you know, get rid of all the police officers,
and well it's not working out already. New York City
subway passengers were furious as they decided to swipe their card.
They're calling it crazy. The price has skyrocketed to three
(19:24):
dollars per ride, and the locals said they thought it
was going to be free. The MTA's latest rate hike
went into effect on Sunday and exasperated passengers to fork
over just ten more cents per ride. They were shaking
their heads at the exer expense, especially when they voted
for Mandani, who said it was going to be free.
(19:45):
Now it's the highest it's ever been. I just know
it's going to add up. One twenty three year old said,
who regularly commutes into Manhattan from his New Jersey home.
Another one thirty three, who regularly commutes from Chinatown, of
manhats and said it's ft. Yes, these are the Mandani voters.
I don't get a paid enough for this. The hike
(20:07):
is crazy. This all over, yes, just ten cents. A
forty one year old thought the MTA could focus on
making better use of its funds it is already generating,
instead of asking New Yorkers a fork over even a
dime more, saying quote, the MTA constantly misappropriates funds instead
of installing new turnstiles, they could actually improve the service,
(20:29):
referring to the transit system seemingly endless attempts to deter
fair jumpers, who costs they say the MTA more than
four hundred million in lost fairs last year alone. Man
I wonder if police officers actually could help with that problem.
The MTA constantly misappropriates funds instead of installing all these
new turnstyles. Can't they just do the job the right way?
(20:52):
Another said, And yes, there's also plans for what's gonna
happen with the money, the most recent increase coming as
the future of MTA remains unclear because the new mayor
Mandanni vowed to follow through in his campaign promise of
making the city's bus system completely free. His plan, by
the way, would cost the system about seven hundred million,
(21:16):
which Mundannie said he would pay by just, you know,
raising taxes on all the corporations and also the high
earning individuals. Some hopeful New York lawmakers also think that
there is real relief that's needed from the commuter prices.
Let's be clear, we need to freeze the fairs, not
raise them. Set a New York State Controller candidate, the
(21:37):
cost of everything's going up, and that working people don't
need right now is to pay more just to quote
get around. So here we are two ninety Mundannie gets elected. Bam,
it's now three dollars. Welcome to communism in New York City,
which also brings us to the other big ripoff Mundanni
(21:58):
show voting is the headline now as he's saying we've
got a crack down on rental ripoffs. Mendannie is opted
to kick off his mayoral campaign with a grandiose housing initiative. Well,
there's no sign of any of it actually becoming a reality.
We do know, however, that Mondannie's newly appointed Tenant Advocate
(22:20):
director thinks home ownership and private property is quote white supremacy.
In her own posts, she put out private property, including
and kind of especially homeownership is a weapon of white
supremacy masquerading as a wealth building public policy. When she
(22:43):
says families will have a different relationship with their property,
she means the government will come in dear your home
for the collective good of everyone. This is literally Mandannie's
tenant director in her own words, I.
Speaker 8 (22:58):
Think the reality is is that for centuries we've really
treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good.
And we are going to and transitioning to treating it
as a collective good and towards a model of shared
equity will require that we think about it differently, and
(23:19):
it will mean that families, especially white families, but some
POC families who are homeowners as well, are going to
have a different relationship to property than the one that
we currently have.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
So get ready, if you're white, they want to come
after your home, they want to take it away from you.
This is man Donnie's tenant director, and she said the
quiet part out loud quote. Will transition from treating property
as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially
will be impacted. I want you to let that sink in.
(23:57):
This isn't housing policy, it's theology colliding with private property rights. Ironically,
Florida and Texas could not have designed a better case
study in a lab to spur population growth for their states,
especially if they move forward. In New York City, with this.
But what you're hearing from New York's elites now is clear.
(24:20):
If your white get out. If you're rich, get out.
If you have a business, we want more of your money.
It's almost like a good old American shakedown. It's really
no different than what the mob did, except the mob
is now Mundanni's socialist government. You think you have property rights,
not in New York City. When they arrive, they want
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your money, your businesses, and your taxes to go up.
But don't worry, they'll at least let you ride the
bus for free after you pay your three dollars. So
here we are, just days into Mundanni's mayor's office and
all his people that he picked, and what are they saying.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
We're going to seize your property.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
We're going to bring state controlled housing the forefront of
city policy, and we call home ownership white supremacy. Now,
if you think Mundanni's bluffing with his new power, you're wrong.
Even as he was sworn in his mayor he made
it very clear that he is going to use the
government to come after the private property owners of New York. Now,
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his definition of what can make you a slum ward
could actually be the complete opposite of what you and
I think that it is a rundown place, it's bug infested,
or has mold and mildew everywhere, or water that is leaking, right,
that's what you describe in your head usually when you're
thinking about what a slum ward would do, not fixed
(25:45):
basic things like that or heat or ac. That is
not what Mandanni thinks the slumward. He thinks it's someone
that overcharges you in his mind, for your property. He
wants the government to own the and he wants the
government to set the price.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Now, if he believes.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
That you're being overcharged for what you're getting, he now
says the government will step in and go after them.
Speaker 12 (26:13):
We will not compromise on housing quality. If your landlord
does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in.
We will make sure that three one one violations are resolved,
and we will hold slum lords to account for hazardous
(26:34):
and dangerous threats to your well being. We will not
compromise on housing quality.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
This is in essence, imminent domain on steroids. It's how
they take back your property. In fact, you can go
backwards to New York City's Communist mayor Mandani when he
said this about how he really wants the world to.
Speaker 13 (26:55):
Work further toward the Vienna model. We'll have to go
beyond the market. We can establish community land trusts to
gradually buy up housing on the private market and convert
it to community ownership. We can give tenants to right
a first refusal to buy out their landlords when buildings
go up for safe, and we can fully commit to
a new era of social housing, ending subsidies for luxury
housing development and using our wealth to build beautiful, high
(27:18):
quality social housing projects that offer good homes and strong
communities to everyone. We won't decommodify housing overnight, but we
know what we have to do, and we have history
to guide us.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
And the history that will guide us is communism, because
apparently that's worked so well all over the world. Just
buy me one spot. I cannot wait to see where
Man Donnie says this plan is actually working.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
But one thing is for sure.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
If you're white and you might want to move out
of New York City before they take your property from you,
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here tomorrow
Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz has announced he is ending his
reelection bid amid the childcare frauds scandal. The governor announcing
he'll not seek reelection and the accusations and the investigation
tied to that decision clearly a massive political fallout that
even he thought he couldn't overcome. Governor Waltz announcing it
(00:24):
and saying that this was all because of the Republican
Right ring and a conspiracy theory. I'm not joking. But
before we get to that, here is Holle. It was
announced on Fox Business Channel.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
The Minnesota's governor, Tim wals He has dropped out.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
He's dropped his bid for reelection. He will not seek
a third term in office.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
What did he say?
Speaker 4 (00:47):
The multi billion dollar alleged Somali daycare and medicaid fraud
scandal was consuming while he's writing this. Every minute I
spend defending my own political interests would be a minute
I can't spend defending the peace of Minnesota against the
criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who
pray on our differences. So he has dropped his bid
(01:08):
for a third term, but the fraud could still imperil
Senate Democrats. Senator Tina Smith will not seek reelection in Minnesota,
so that race is open, and Senator Amy Klobachar is
viewed as a top contender for governor to replace Walls.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Now, what's also interesting about this is Governor Waltz announcing
this saying, quote he wants to focus on governance and
not campaigning.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
He said, it's essential.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
In other words, I'm the good guy amid the ongoing
controversies in the state. Walt emphasized that leading Minnesota through
the quote unquote crisis that he created of fraud and
ensuring his administration's response deserves full attention from the governor,
not divided focus between governing and campaigning. He also made
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it clear that this is really, somehow all the fault
of Republican and that this is what it really came
down to.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
We've got conspiracy theorists, right wing YouTubers breaking into our daycares,
demanding access to our children. We've got the President of
the United States demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating
funds that Minnesotans rely on.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
It's disgusting and it's dangerous.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What's so interesting about what Governor Waltz said there is
what the real headline should have been. Governor Waltz, almost
the Vice President United States of America now dropping out
of the governor's race in Minnesota in disgrace. And why
not because of people trying to break into daycares demanding
access to our children.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
No all because a brave twenty three year.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Old kid with an iPhone and at thirst for justice
exposed billions and billions of the governor's fraud, the work
of Nick Shirley. Hopefully as a thousand more Nick Shirley's
just like him who realize that the government is broken,
as well as the media apparatus which is supposed to
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hold it accountable. But Governor Waltz wasn't done there. He
also wanted to play the victim card one more time
by saying this.
Speaker 6 (03:18):
I don't want to mince words here. Donald Trump and
his allies in Washington and in Saint Paul and online
want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They
want to poison our people against each other by attacking
our neighbors, and ultimately they want to take away much
of what makes Minnesota the best place in the country
to raise a family. They've already begun trying to withhold
(03:41):
funds that were meant to help families afford childcare, and
they have no intention of stopping there. Make no mistake,
we should be concerned about fraud in our state government.
We cannot effectively deliver programs and services if we can't
earn the public's trust.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Public trust.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
M Waltz leaving office because he has no trust in
him from the public and knows he can't get reelected,
yet at the same time saying his entire administration is
about exactly that. He can rewrite history all he wants,
but Tim Waltz will go down in disgrace as a
former vice presidential candidate who just months later has to
(04:22):
suspend his re election campaign for governor because of the
billions and billions in fraud that were uncovered under his watch.
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Trump coming out making it very clear on Venezuela and
their oil reserves. We're going to run everything. We're gonna
run it. When asked what would happen to Venezuela's oil reserves,
which are now worth trillions of dollars, Trump's remarks came
(06:35):
aboard Air Force One during a gaggle with reporters on
a flight back to DC from Palm Beach, and according
to the newest report, Venezuela has as of Saturday's oil prices,
approximately seventeen point three trillion in oil reserves, which exceeds
the collective global gross domestic product excluding the United States
(06:58):
and China. Just to put it in perspective, a reporter
started a question by stating Venezuela has seventeen billion worth
of oil reserves. Donald Trump responded with more, you mean trillion?
Did you say billion or trillion? I said billion, the
reporter replied, to which Trump emphasized it's much more than
(07:19):
that and then the President had this to say, Venezuela.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
Right now is a dead country. We have to bring
it back, and we're gonna have to have big investments
by the oil companies to bring back the infrastructure. The
oil companies are ready to go. They're gonna go in.
They're gonna rebuild the infrastructure. You know, we built it
to start off with many years ago. They took it away.
You can't do that, and you can't do that with me.
They did it with other president. An election to take
(07:45):
place in Venezuela.
Speaker 8 (07:48):
How soon is an election take place?
Speaker 7 (07:50):
Well, I think we're looking more at getting it mixed,
getting it ready first, because it's a mess. The country
is a mess. It's been horribly run. The oil just
flowing at a very low level, much lower than even
if it was badly run. It should have more income,
more oil than what they do. So we're gonna have
the big old companies going and they're gonna fix the infrastructure,
(08:13):
and they're going to invest money. We're not going to
invest anything. We're gonna just take care of the country.
We're gonna cherish the country. We're gonna take care of
more importantly of the people, including Venezuelans and are living
in our country that were forced to leave their country. Yeah,
they're gonna be taking very good care of yesmith, Yes,
(08:34):
I have.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Which one fall off the business.
Speaker 7 (08:39):
They want to go in so badly for them before
the operation took place. Yes, maybe take them off before
and after, and they want to go in and they're
gonna do a great job for the people of Venezuela.
And they're gonna represent us well. But you know, the
infrastructure is rusty, rut, most of it unusable, is old,
(09:00):
it's broken. You see pipe flag all over the ground.
Has it been nothing's been invested for years, Chevron sentis.
You know, they've done a good job. But even they
they haven't been in a position to invest money because
they're at a month to month basis. What HAPs they're
only there because I wanted them to.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Be Donald Trump again making it clear, we're gonna run everything.
We're gonna run it, We're gonna fix it. We'll have
elections at the right time. And the main thing is
you have to fix it. It's a broken country. There's
no money, there's inflation like we would have had if
we didn't win this election, and we would have been
Venezuela on steroids, the president said. Trump noted Saturday that
(09:39):
American oil companies will go into Venezuela to repair the
badly broken oil infrastructure. The world agrees it is absolutely broken,
and he said that he'd spoken with the old companies
before and after the operation about resolve to remove the
former dictator Maduro from power. This, of course try to
turn into a fake controversy by the media claiming that
(10:02):
he had tipped off by asking the question the oil companies.
Another pathetic story, yet again from the left. What we
also know is this Chevron's in as you know, the
President said, they've done a good job, but they haven't
been in a position to invest money because they're on
a month to month basis. They're only there because I
(10:24):
wanted them to be there. Now things are changing, and
what's very clear is the President unitasicks of America is
not holding back saying this is how the country will
be saved, and as he described it, it will not
cost Americans any money, something very different from what we
witness in Afghanistan, in Iraq. The President making it clear
(10:49):
we'll fix it and then they're going to pay for
all of it. That is something that the President was
very clear on. He was also asked by NBC's Kristen
Welker in an interview about are we at war with Venezuela.
I want you to hear how NBC News is reporting
on that as well.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
The President reacting to today's arraignment during my phone call
with him, telling me, quote, it is an extraordinary moment
in history. That's true, and it's great for the Hemisphere.
He went on to say, the prices of oil are
going to, you know, be reduced. The President also telling
me we are not at war with Venezuela and that
(11:28):
he would not need congressional approval to send in a
second strike. One of the biggest questions right now is
who is really in charge in Venezuela. After President Trump
said explicitly on Saturday that the US would run the country.
I asked the President about that today. If Secretary's Rubio
and Headseth Stephen Miller would be the top three people
(11:49):
in charge of Venezuela. The President said, yeah, among the
top people, including JD.
Speaker 8 (11:55):
Vance.
Speaker 9 (11:56):
I then asked him who will be the top person
if there is one. The President's answer to that question
was me.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
The President of the United States of America yet again
giving simple answers to the media that of course makes
the liberals lose their mind, and doing it in a
way that shows he is in charge and actually has
a plan, which brings us to the other part of
this story. Nicholas Maduro's first court appearance it has officially happened.
(12:25):
The ousted Venezuelan president was a rain Monday and a
federal courtroom in Manhattan on US NARCO terrorism and drug
trafficking charges. He pled not guilty to all of the charges,
denying any wrongdoing. Madua repeatedly insisted through an interpreter that
he is innocent and described himself as a quote prisoner
(12:47):
of war and said he remains a legitimate president of Venezuela.
He also characterizes captured by US forces as an abduction.
Maduro's wife also appeared not guilty and has visible injuries
that a lawyer says may include rib fractures from the
(13:07):
arrest operation. Both are being held at the Metropolitan Detention
Center in Brooklyn and waived bail for now. The judge
schedule the next hearing from March seventeenth, twenty twenty six.
There are protests as well as radicals on the left
are outside the courthouse saying that this was well a
(13:28):
terrible day for America. Official US government line very different
coming from the White House. The government is defending the
military operation and Madua's prosecution as legitimate action against narco
trafficking and criminal syndicates, even as international critics are of
course siding with Maduro saying it was illegal. A White
(13:52):
House spokesman pushed back strongly today on domestic criticism from
the left many liberal commentators, saying of the Venezuelid, many
countries consider Maduro illegitimate, and we should go back and
report on the words of so many countries now that
are just criticizing Trump because he's in charge.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
The FBI director.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Cash Bettel went on TV to talk about the real
threat that Maduro posed the United States of America, and
here's part of what he had to say about the
fetanyl that had been seized by the Trump administration.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
This director correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you
meet with Chinese officials about stopping the precursors to fentanyl?
And did what has happened since that meeting? The President
push with tariffs to stop it. What could you tell
us happened with the flow into Mexico where they refine
it and send it to us.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
That's just it.
Speaker 10 (14:44):
There was nobody, no other administration who was willing to
engage with our counterparts on things like fentanyl, which were
killing almost one hundred thousand Americans per year. And President
Trump laid the groundwork for us to go over there
and engage directly and say, hey, you got to shut
off the flow of the chemt precursors, the ingredients that
they utilized to make fentanyl. And we went over there
(15:05):
and we got that agreement while we were there, thanks
to President Trump's leadership, and we were able to literally
shut off the flow of all thirteen precursors and eight
chemical adjuster agents. And what that does is it suffocates
the drug trafficking organization's ability in Mexico and South American
and Central America and elsewhere to create and manufacture the fentanyl.
(15:26):
And just look at what we did this past year
under President Trump's leadership, we seized enough fentanyl to kill
one hundred and seventy five million American citizens. That is
an increase in fentanyl caesars by over thirty percent. That
is what a coalition a team led effort by a
decisive White House, and President Trump looks like to counter narcotics.
(15:46):
Not just these great successful operations like what we saw
this past week in Venezuela, but a continuing onslaught of
law enforcement activity to safeguard the American public, and we're
not going to stop.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
The FPI director wasn't with that.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
He also praised Donald Trump's decisive leadership for having a
drastic reduction in narcotics available on our streets, which is
saving American lives.
Speaker 11 (16:11):
I want you to put on your former prosecutor hat
because you know these charges and I'm not asking you
to prosecute it for our audience, but explain to us
the charges and how long are we talking about before
Maduro sees the other side of justice.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Just want to be very careful here.
Speaker 10 (16:28):
Department of Justice and our DEA partners are going to
be running point on these prosecution charges for narco terrorism.
But generally speaking, it's what I alluded to earlier. It
is a large and continuous volume of illicit narcotics, to
include cocaine and fentanyl and meth and everything else that
we see harm our children and that poured into our communities.
(16:51):
And thanks to President Trump's decisive leadership, we've seen a
drastic reduction and not just death, but quantity of narcotics
available on our streets. But Venezuela acted not only as
a large and massive transhipment point by air and by sea,
but also allowed drug traffickers to operate with reckless abandon
inside their borders, and their direct target of deployment was
(17:12):
the United States of America in large part, and that's
what these charges, in my opinion, I believe, will address,
and thankfully that these individuals are now behind bars to
face the justice system. And for me, quite frankly, it
doesn't matter how long or how short the process is,
as long as we get it right, and we're off
to a great start thanks to the decisive leadership this
week and of President Trump and his national security team.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Yeah, as long as he's in custody, I don't think
people just want to see Venezuela get back to normal.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
As you heard there from the FBI director, it's about
national security, it's about saving American lives. It's also about
making sure that there is a better nation in Venezuela
for the people that had been oppressed by Maduro and
that is clearly part of Donald Trump's doctrine.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
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Speaker 1 (17:58):
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text message from my Heart Media. In New York City,
there are two major stories that are happening, and it's
happening within days. Of Mandani coming into power. You know,
(19:04):
the guy that was going to give you everything for free,
and you know, get rid of all the police officers,
and well it's not working out already. New York City
subway passengers were furious as they decided to swipe their card.
They're calling it crazy. The price has skyrocketed to three
(19:24):
dollars per ride, and the locals said they thought it
was going to be free. The MTA's latest rate hike
went into effect on Sunday and exasperated passengers to fork
over just ten more cents per ride. They were shaking
their heads at the exer expense, especially when they voted
for Mandani, who said it was going to be free.
(19:45):
Now it's the highest it's ever been. I just know
it's going to add up. One twenty three year old said,
who regularly commutes into Manhattan from his New Jersey home.
Another one thirty three, who regularly commutes from Chinatown, of
manhats and said it's ft. Yes, these are the Mandani voters.
I don't get a paid enough for this. The hike
(20:07):
is crazy. This all over, yes, just ten cents. A
forty one year old thought the MTA could focus on
making better use of its funds it is already generating,
instead of asking New Yorkers a fork over even a
dime more, saying quote, the MTA constantly misappropriates funds instead
of installing new turnstiles, they could actually improve the service,
(20:29):
referring to the transit system seemingly endless attempts to deter
fair jumpers, who costs they say the MTA more than
four hundred million in lost fairs last year alone. Man
I wonder if police officers actually could help with that problem.
The MTA constantly misappropriates funds instead of installing all these
new turnstyles. Can't they just do the job the right way?
(20:52):
Another said, And yes, there's also plans for what's gonna
happen with the money, the most recent increase coming as
the future of MTA remains unclear because the new mayor
Mandanni vowed to follow through in his campaign promise of
making the city's bus system completely free. His plan, by
the way, would cost the system about seven hundred million,
(21:16):
which Mundannie said he would pay by just, you know,
raising taxes on all the corporations and also the high
earning individuals. Some hopeful New York lawmakers also think that
there is real relief that's needed from the commuter prices.
Let's be clear, we need to freeze the fairs, not
raise them. Set a New York State Controller candidate, the
(21:37):
cost of everything's going up, and that working people don't
need right now is to pay more just to quote
get around. So here we are two ninety Mundannie gets elected. Bam,
it's now three dollars. Welcome to communism in New York City,
which also brings us to the other big ripoff Mundanni
(21:58):
show voting is the headline now as he's saying we've
got a crack down on rental ripoffs. Mendannie is opted
to kick off his mayoral campaign with a grandiose housing initiative. Well,
there's no sign of any of it actually becoming a reality.
We do know, however, that Mondannie's newly appointed Tenant Advocate
(22:20):
director thinks home ownership and private property is quote white supremacy.
In her own posts, she put out private property, including
and kind of especially homeownership is a weapon of white
supremacy masquerading as a wealth building public policy. When she
(22:43):
says families will have a different relationship with their property,
she means the government will come in dear your home
for the collective good of everyone. This is literally Mandannie's
tenant director in her own words, I.
Speaker 8 (22:58):
Think the reality is is that for centuries we've really
treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good.
And we are going to and transitioning to treating it
as a collective good and towards a model of shared
equity will require that we think about it differently, and
(23:19):
it will mean that families, especially white families, but some
POC families who are homeowners as well, are going to
have a different relationship to property than the one that
we currently have.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
So get ready, if you're white, they want to come
after your home, they want to take it away from you.
This is man Donnie's tenant director, and she said the
quiet part out loud quote. Will transition from treating property
as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially
will be impacted. I want you to let that sink in.
(23:57):
This isn't housing policy, it's theology colliding with private property rights. Ironically,
Florida and Texas could not have designed a better case
study in a lab to spur population growth for their states,
especially if they move forward. In New York City, with this.
But what you're hearing from New York's elites now is clear.
(24:20):
If your white get out. If you're rich, get out.
If you have a business, we want more of your money.
It's almost like a good old American shakedown. It's really
no different than what the mob did, except the mob
is now Mundanni's socialist government. You think you have property rights,
not in New York City. When they arrive, they want
(24:42):
your money, your businesses, and your taxes to go up.
But don't worry, they'll at least let you ride the
bus for free after you pay your three dollars. So
here we are, just days into Mundanni's mayor's office and
all his people that he picked, and what are they saying.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
We're going to seize your property.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
We're going to bring state controlled housing the forefront of
city policy, and we call home ownership white supremacy. Now,
if you think Mundanni's bluffing with his new power, you're wrong.
Even as he was sworn in his mayor he made
it very clear that he is going to use the
government to come after the private property owners of New York. Now,
(25:25):
his definition of what can make you a slum ward
could actually be the complete opposite of what you and
I think that it is a rundown place, it's bug infested,
or has mold and mildew everywhere, or water that is leaking, right,
that's what you describe in your head usually when you're
thinking about what a slum ward would do, not fixed
(25:45):
basic things like that or heat or ac. That is
not what Mandanni thinks the slumward. He thinks it's someone
that overcharges you in his mind, for your property. He
wants the government to own the and he wants the
government to set the price.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Now, if he believes.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
That you're being overcharged for what you're getting, he now
says the government will step in and go after them.
Speaker 12 (26:13):
We will not compromise on housing quality. If your landlord
does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in.
We will make sure that three one one violations are resolved,
and we will hold slum lords to account for hazardous
(26:34):
and dangerous threats to your well being. We will not
compromise on housing quality.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
This is in essence, imminent domain on steroids. It's how
they take back your property. In fact, you can go
backwards to New York City's Communist mayor Mandani when he
said this about how he really wants the world to.
Speaker 13 (26:55):
Work further toward the Vienna model. We'll have to go
beyond the market. We can establish community land trusts to
gradually buy up housing on the private market and convert
it to community ownership. We can give tenants to right
a first refusal to buy out their landlords when buildings
go up for safe, and we can fully commit to
a new era of social housing, ending subsidies for luxury
housing development and using our wealth to build beautiful, high
(27:18):
quality social housing projects that offer good homes and strong
communities to everyone. We won't decommodify housing overnight, but we
know what we have to do, and we have history
to guide us.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
And the history that will guide us is communism, because
apparently that's worked so well all over the world. Just
buy me one spot. I cannot wait to see where
Man Donnie says this plan is actually working.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
But one thing is for sure.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
If you're white and you might want to move out
of New York City before they take your property from you,
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