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Biden and the Autopen
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The piece opens with humor and criticism about the White House displaying an autopen photo in the “Presidential Walk of Fame” instead of President Biden’s portrait.
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It references Trump’s claims that Biden’s use of the autopen is a scandal, tied to pardons and decisions Biden supposedly did not personally sign.
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The tone mixes ridicule (calling Democrats humorless) with accusations that Biden is in cognitive decline.
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Secret Service Swatting Investigation
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A significant portion covers the Secret Service uncovering a massive swatting operation in New York, involving 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers.
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The network allegedly targeted Republican officials (e.g., Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rick Scott, Nikki Haley).
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Official remarks from Special Agent Matt McCool emphasize the threat posed to cell service and protective operations, especially near the UN General Assembly.
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This section frames the operation as sophisticated, likely state-sponsored, and a major national security concern.
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Democratic Rhetoric and Charlie Kirk
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The commentary links Democratic figures like Hillary Clinton and AFT president Randi Weingarten to inflammatory rhetoric.
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Clinton is criticized for promoting Weingarten’s book about fascism in education, framed here as dangerous rhetoric that allegedly echoes the language of the assassin who killed Charlie Kirk.
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The author argues Democrats are doubling down instead of reflecting after Kirk’s death, accusing them of fueling political violence.
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Jimmy Kimmel and Media Criticism
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The closing section focuses on Jimmy Kimmel, suspended briefly after controversial remarks about Kirk’s assassination.
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Disney and ABC are criticized for allowing Kimmel back on air after just six days, while Sinclair Broadcasting refuses to air his show.
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The commentary positions this as evidence of liberal media bias and Disney’s lack of “family values.”
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
I want to start by just having a moment where
we can all laugh. I feel like we need more
of that in politics right now. And this is a
funny story unless you have no sense of humor or
you have Trump derangement syndrome. The White House has hung
portraits of US presidents along the West Wing colonnade. It's
(00:25):
in the Rose Garden, now dubbed the Presidential Walk of Fame,
but the image of former President Joe Biden isn't exactly
Joe Biden. Instead, it's represented by the auto pen. Special
Assistant to the President Margot Martin shared a video on
Wednesday of the newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame on
(00:47):
the West Wing colonade, depicting the US Presidence in chronological order.
But at the very end, in between Trump's official presidential
portraits from his current and his first term sits the
Biden picture, and that picture is actually a picture of
the auto pen. The Left is losing their minds, even
(01:08):
though this clearly is to be funny and trolling the left,
who again is losing their minds now. In July, Trump
contended that the autopen quote I think is maybe one
of the biggest scandals that we've had in fifty to
one hundred years, and zeroed in on Biden staffers on
the other side of the Resolute desk. They're no good.
(01:30):
They're sick people. And I guarantee you he knew nothing
about what was being signed. I guarantee it. That's what
Donald Trump said at the time. In fact, here he
is in his own words.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
The autopen I think is maybe one of the biggest
scandals that we've had in fifty to one hundred years.
This is a tremendous scandal. And I know the people
on the other side of the Oscia desk, that Resolute
desk unfortunately used it before me. But you know, we
have our choice of seven disks. You're all beautiful, but
(02:04):
I chose the Resolute, and so did he, unfortunately. But
the people on the other side of the Resolute desk,
I know them, Lisa, the Hall Group, and then no good.
There's sick people. And I guarantee he knew nothing about
what he was signing.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I guarantee it, President Trump saying that. Then The New
York Times actually reported in July that mister Biden did
not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that
applied to large numbers of people. In fact, he and
aides also confirmed it now after extensive discussion of different
(02:45):
possible criteria they claimed was their alibi. Then Biden would
sign off on the standards that he wanted to be
used to determine which convicts would qualify for reduction in sentence.
And even after mister Biden made the decision, when former
aide said the Bureau of Prisons kept providing additional information
about specific inmates, resulting in small changes to the list.
(03:09):
Rather than ask mister Biden to keep signing revised versions,
his staff weighted and then ran the final version, they
say through the auto pen, which they saw as a
routine procedure when you have a president and cognitive decline,
I guess that's what you do. But there's also just
another aspect of this. There is some humor here. This
(03:29):
is some trolling. It is actually funny. Democrats again, they're
losing their minds. I was on CNN Abby Phillips Show
last night, and here's what I had to say about it,
that the panel just couldn't get their head around right.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
The People's House now has a trolling hall. The White
House revealed a new Presidential Walk of Fame with photos
of presidents in order, But if you look closely, there
is one particular president missing, or rather represented by something
other than his face. Instead of a photo of President Biden,
there is a photo of an auto pen. Hilarious, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I mean, I don't know responding to this, by the way, well.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Very beneath the office, but I guess go ture Foss.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
The auto pen signed more things under Joe Biden's last
year in office than Joe Biden signed. I mean, is
it really trolling?
Speaker 4 (04:21):
If it's true, doesn't Trump use the auto pens as well?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
I promise you when it comes to pardons in Clemency's
it's gonna be his own signature, like he actually shows
up for work and didn't take naps for in the
middle of the day he had a four hour work
i't me just tell you his own team set.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I will only vote for the Democratic candidate in twenty
twenty eight that I believe Trump's presidential portraits and replaces
them with photos of him and Epstein. So many photos
of him and Epstein, more photos than me and my
own grandparents. I feel like I'm so imported.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
The autopen responding the outrage over the autopen I'm excited.
I gotta say the Democrats can't handle a joke, but
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which brings me to Another important story that is also
coming to some sort of resolution. Secret Service is now
announcing that they have busted a massive network that has
been used in swatting attacks against Republicans. Now, if you
don't know what swatting is, I'll explain it this way.
It's where you call in a fake crisis situation, a
(07:43):
fake hostage situation to the address of where a conservative lives,
specifically an elected official or conservative commentator, to then put
their life at risk with a massive response, a swat
team is sent in. The Secret Service has now announced
they have uncovered this vast network of over one hundred
(08:05):
thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers as well in
the New York area, believed to be used by foreign
nation state threat actors and criminals for swatting calls targeting
prominent conservatives, including Marjorly Taylor Green. The amount of hardware
sees in the bus could be used, they say, to
(08:26):
hamper sell service in New York City and the US
Secret Service. Uncovering this massive network of more than one
hundred thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers was located
within a thirty five mile radius of New York City.
The operation believed to be run by foreign nation state
threat actors and criminals, was uncovered during an investigation to
(08:48):
a surge of swatting calls targeting high ranking government officials,
including members of Congress and members of the Trump administration.
Now targets of swatting calls reportedly included Representative Green Center,
Rick Scott, Nikki Hayley, and the Secret Services Advanced Threat Unit,
in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies, trace those squatting
(09:11):
calls to several locations in the New York tri state area.
Upon further investigation, they found a sophisticated network of SIM
servers capable of generating enormous amounts of phone traffic while
rapidly switching out simcards to evade detection. I want you
to take a listen to Matt McCool. He is a
(09:33):
Special Agent in charge of the Secret Services New York
Field Office, and the network, as he described it, posed
an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations. They said
the servers were strategically positioned around New York cellular network
infrastructure so that it could overwhelm the cell towers, disrupt
(09:53):
cell service, and put the entire city of New York
at risk take a listen in his announce conouncement today, my.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
Name is Matt McCool and I'm the Special Agent in
charge of the Secret Service New York Field Office. We
are making this announcement as a matter of public interest,
given timing, amount and concentration of material recovered during a
recent Secret Service protective intelligence investigation. Following multiple telecommunications related
imminent threats directed towards senior US government officials this spring,
(10:24):
the U. S Secret Service began a protective intelligence investigation
to determine the extent and impact these threats could have
on protective operations. This was a difficult and complex effort
to identify the source of these fraudulent calls and the
impact on the Secret Service protective mission. During this period,
we leverage technical assistance and support of federal partners, including
(10:45):
Homeland Security investigations, the Department of Justice, and the Office
of the Director of National Intelligence. We also received phenomenal
support from our state and local law enforcement partners, to
include the NYPD. The investigation led us to the New
York tri state area, where investigators discovered tens of thousands
of colocated and network SAILAR devices capable of carrying out
(11:08):
nefarious telecommunications attacks. These devices allowed anonymous, encrypted communications between
potential threat actors and criminal enterprises, enabling criminal organizations to
operate undetected. This network had the potential to disable cell
phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in
New York City. These devices were concentrated within thirty five
(11:31):
miles of the global meeting of the United Nations General
Assembly now underway in New York City. Given the timing,
location and proximity, and potential for significant disruptions to the
New York telecom system, we move quickly to disrupt this network.
To be clear, these recovered devices no longer pose a
threat to the New York tri state area. We will
(11:52):
continue working towards identifying those responsible in their intent, including
whether their plan was to disrupt the UN General Assembly
and communications of government and emergency personnel during the official
visit of world leaders in and around New York City.
Forensic examinations of the equivalent of one hundred thousand cell
phones worth of data is underway. Early analysis indicates cellular
(12:15):
communications between foreign actors and individuals that are known to
federal law enforcement. Given the sensitivity and complexity of this investigation,
we are not able to go into specifics at this time.
This is an open and active investigation and we have
no arrest to announce today. Rather, this announcement is designed
to safeguard critical infrastructure and responsibly provide the public what
(12:37):
we can at this time. The Secret Service will continue
to run down all leads until we fully understand the
intent of the operation and identify those responsible.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Truly incredible there from Matt McCool, the Special Agent in
charge of the Secret Service in New York's Field Office.
The pictures that have been released of these rooms that
have been filled with these servers and these simcards and
to overrun the cell tower was a level of sophistication
that is of professionals. This is not amateur And part
(13:07):
of the reason why I think they're making it so
clear how big of an issue this was and what
was happening. Democrats have not learned a damn thing about
their rhetoric since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In fact,
if you look at what they're saying, it's pretty clear
they're doubling down on their radical words and trying to
inspire others. Hillary Clinton now getting in on the action.
(13:31):
She has sparked a social media firestorm for promoting a
book literally warning about fascists and sick people. Clinton is
ripping now authoritarians, referencing Donald Trump while promoting the new
book from Teachers' union chief Randy Wingarden. The former Secretary
(13:53):
of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is getting blasted
as she should on social media, posting a picture supporting
the American Federation of Teachers president the chief's new book
that suggests her political opponents are in fact fascists. Congratulations,
Hillary Clinton said to my friend on quote. Why fascists
(14:18):
fear teachers from banning books to controlling curriculum. Authoritarians go
after public education because it's a quarterstone of democracy. Those
are the exact words posted by Hillary Clinton on Wednesday,
along with the picture of the American Federation of Teachers
chief holding the book Randy's new book is a critical
(14:41):
read for this moment. She also wrote clearly talking about it,
knowing what had just happened to Charlie Kirk. Clinton was
criticized instantly by many conservatives online for the posts, which
they argued continued the smear campaign against political opponents that
many they've contributed to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Why
(15:03):
because these are the words that are used by the assassin.
It's been one week since Charlie Kirk was murdered by
a lunatic who wrote about fascists on the shell casings.
Is what one Republican said online. Now Randy has a
new book arguing everyone who disagrees with her views on
(15:23):
public education, which have destroyed public education in America, is
a fascist American culture project. Senior fellow writing this on X,
Hillary Clinton and Randy Winingarden are going full speed ahead
with this disgusting rhetoric right after Charlie Kirk's assassination. Sick people.
(15:47):
Charlie Kirk was murdered exactly one week ago. Another conservative online,
a friend of mine, Jack Posovic, said, And here's Hillary
Clinton today. They wrote an entire book on a word
they don't even un understand. Is what another member of
the Huntington Beach City Council said on X the Room.
That's why y'all should read. Is what the Washington Free
(16:10):
Beacon investigative reporter Chick Ross also said. Yet Hillary Clinton
knew what she was doing, She knew that this moment
was a moment she could bring people together, and instead
she wanted to make sure she incited more violence, using
the words to undermine any conservative out there and to
justify another assassination. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Randy Weingartner are
(16:35):
still suggesting Republicans are fascists, an account belonging to the
Republican National Committee put out so eloquently on x They
really can't help themselves, can they now. Fox News reached
out to Clinton's office for comment on her post, which
has now racked up more than two million views. Guess
(16:57):
what they didn't have time to get back for comment.
Have they read the book? Is what Winegarden said in
a statement to Fox News Digital. If they did, they
discover it's a love letter to teachers. Winegarden's book, which
hits bookshelves this week, elaborates on reviews on battling what
she says is fascist ideology and how it works to
(17:19):
undermine democracy, opportunity, and public education as we know it.
By the way, we know that public education has been
a total disaster. And if you're a parent that shows
up your school board meetings, the last administration of the
FBI classified you as a domestic terrorist. Now, what is
in the book, Well, here's more of it. Attacks on
(17:41):
schools and teachers have long been a hallmark of fascist regimes,
clearly referencing Donald Trump throughout history. As many dictators rose
to power, they began banning books and controlling curriculum. The
book's preview reads, Fascists fear teachers because teachers foster and
education and educated an empowered population that can see past
(18:05):
the propaganda and the scare tactics. Fascists for your teachers
because they teach young people how to think for themselves. Now,
let's be clear. The Democratic Party has taken over the
education system. It's where they've indoctrinated children to be ashamed
of America, not be proud of it. It's where they've
indoctrinated children to hate this country. It's where they've indoctrinated
(18:29):
children to believe that anyone that disagrees with them is
somehow instantly a fascist or a Nazi or Adolf Hitler,
and they should be taken out. We also know the
youngest generation, forty two percent of them say in new
polling that it is appropriate to use violence to go
(18:51):
after people you disagree with, as long as you justify
as saying you're trying to stop evil. This is the
Democratic Party. And if you think for a moment they're
going to stop actually doing these types of things and
learn from the assassination of Charlie Kirk, you're wrong. They
look at this as a success and they're still using
(19:12):
the same words that were used by the assassin to
justify the killing of one of our own. There is
some new news that you need to know about, and
that is that, Yeah, ABC, they still suck.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
They said they were going to get rid of Jimmy
Kimmel in definitely, and definitely apparently in the woquibber world
of LA means six days, because Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday Night
will come back to the airwaves. Now, this grand return
is not as grand as they were hoping. In fact,
the TV comeback is actually collapsing, as Sinclair Broadcasting Group
(19:45):
says it won't air the show on its ABC stations.
That is significant. There are thirty three Sinclair Broadcasting ABC
affiliate stations, and even after Disney struck a deal for
him to return from his short lived six day vacation,
it is now official they are saying no. Now, let
(20:08):
me also tell you what ABC News announced about Jimmy Kimmel,
and you can obviously see that they've got his back
and they're not going to cancel him for his horrific
words toward Charlie Kirk celebrating the assassination quote last Wednesday.
We made the decision to spend production of the show
to avoid further inflaming a tent situation at an emotional
(20:31):
moment for our country, is what Disney said in his statement.
It is a decision we made because we felt some
of the comments were ill timed and thus insensitive. So,
in other words, they're backing up the line that he did,
which was to claim that the assassin was a maga conservative.
They went on to say this at ABC Scumbag News.
(20:53):
We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy,
and after those conversations, we reach decision to return the
show on Tuesday. Sinclair, however, had different plans, saying it
will refrain from airing the show as the companies continue
to evaluate the situation, saying this beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair
(21:16):
will be preempting Jimmy Kimme Alive across our ABC affiliate
stations and replacing it with news programming. A rep for
Sinclair said discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate
the show's potential return. Next Start, also, a major company
that has ABC affiliates. As of the time I'm recording this,
(21:37):
has not issued a statement as of this moment that
obviously we expect to change whether they decide to keep
him off the error go back with him on Tuesday night.
What we do know is this ABC News is not
sorry for what he said. They're not even condemning it.
They're just saying it was ill timed. Yes, ill timed
(22:01):
is how they're looking at Jimmy Kimmel claiming that the
assassin was a conservative, a Trump supporter, a MAGA person,
knowing that was a lie when he told the audience
three two one when he said it to the audience.
And the other takeaway from this is if you think
the liberal media has learned anything from the assassination of
(22:21):
Charlie Kirk, you are wrong. It is very clear now
that the media has learned nothing, and they are going
to go back as quickly as they can to their
hatred of conservatives, the bashing of conservatives, the undermining of conservatives.
They're going to go back to saying that we're like Hitler,
(22:43):
or we're Nazis, or that we are some sort of
anarchists or tyrants or dictators, all of the things they've
been calling many of us in the conservative movement. So, yes,
the honeymoon is over. And how long does it take
for liberals to get over an assassin. Well, they just
have to fake it, apparently for six days. Because what
(23:05):
Disney said is there is no decency towards Trump or
anyone around him. There is no decency for people like
Charlie Kirk. This isn't Disney caving. I want to be
clear about that. Jimmy Kimmel, they wanted back on the air,
and they only kept him off for six days, fewer
days than he gets I'm sure in vacation a year.
(23:26):
So what is Disney saying to you, Well, we don't
care about your family values, which brings me back to
the problem with Disney. Disney is a company that I've
been saying for a while will not receive my money.
If you saw how radical they were in the undercovered
Disney tapes and how they had changed their parks and
advocated for transgender and all sorts of radical ideology, you know,
(23:52):
that if you're giving your kids things that have Disney
on them, you are supporting this. Yes, Disney owns Jimmy
Kimmel and they have chosen to put him back on
the air because they really don't care who's next. Don't
forget share this podcast please with your family and your
friends wherever they are, and I will see you back
(24:14):
here tomorrow
I want to start by just having a moment where
we can all laugh. I feel like we need more
of that in politics right now. And this is a
funny story unless you have no sense of humor or
you have Trump derangement syndrome. The White House has hung
portraits of US presidents along the West Wing colonnade. It's
(00:25):
in the Rose Garden, now dubbed the Presidential Walk of Fame,
but the image of former President Joe Biden isn't exactly
Joe Biden. Instead, it's represented by the auto pen. Special
Assistant to the President Margot Martin shared a video on
Wednesday of the newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame on
(00:47):
the West Wing colonade, depicting the US Presidence in chronological order.
But at the very end, in between Trump's official presidential
portraits from his current and his first term sits the
Biden picture, and that picture is actually a picture of
the auto pen. The Left is losing their minds, even
(01:08):
though this clearly is to be funny and trolling the left,
who again is losing their minds now. In July, Trump
contended that the autopen quote I think is maybe one
of the biggest scandals that we've had in fifty to
one hundred years, and zeroed in on Biden staffers on
the other side of the Resolute desk. They're no good.
(01:30):
They're sick people. And I guarantee you he knew nothing
about what was being signed. I guarantee it. That's what
Donald Trump said at the time. In fact, here he
is in his own words.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
The autopen I think is maybe one of the biggest
scandals that we've had in fifty to one hundred years.
This is a tremendous scandal. And I know the people
on the other side of the Oscia desk, that Resolute
desk unfortunately used it before me. But you know, we
have our choice of seven disks. You're all beautiful, but
(02:04):
I chose the Resolute, and so did he, unfortunately. But
the people on the other side of the Resolute desk,
I know them, Lisa, the Hall Group, and then no good.
There's sick people. And I guarantee he knew nothing about
what he was signing.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I guarantee it, President Trump saying that. Then The New
York Times actually reported in July that mister Biden did
not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that
applied to large numbers of people. In fact, he and
aides also confirmed it now after extensive discussion of different
(02:45):
possible criteria they claimed was their alibi. Then Biden would
sign off on the standards that he wanted to be
used to determine which convicts would qualify for reduction in sentence.
And even after mister Biden made the decision, when former
aide said the Bureau of Prisons kept providing additional information
about specific inmates, resulting in small changes to the list.
(03:09):
Rather than ask mister Biden to keep signing revised versions,
his staff weighted and then ran the final version, they
say through the auto pen, which they saw as a
routine procedure when you have a president and cognitive decline,
I guess that's what you do. But there's also just
another aspect of this. There is some humor here. This
(03:29):
is some trolling. It is actually funny. Democrats again, they're
losing their minds. I was on CNN Abby Phillips Show
last night, and here's what I had to say about it,
that the panel just couldn't get their head around right.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
The People's House now has a trolling hall. The White
House revealed a new Presidential Walk of Fame with photos
of presidents in order, But if you look closely, there
is one particular president missing, or rather represented by something
other than his face. Instead of a photo of President Biden,
there is a photo of an auto pen. Hilarious, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I mean, I don't know responding to this, by the way, well.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Very beneath the office, but I guess go ture Foss.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
The auto pen signed more things under Joe Biden's last
year in office than Joe Biden signed. I mean, is
it really trolling?
Speaker 4 (04:21):
If it's true, doesn't Trump use the auto pens as well?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
I promise you when it comes to pardons in Clemency's
it's gonna be his own signature, like he actually shows
up for work and didn't take naps for in the
middle of the day he had a four hour work
i't me just tell you his own team set.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I will only vote for the Democratic candidate in twenty
twenty eight that I believe Trump's presidential portraits and replaces
them with photos of him and Epstein. So many photos
of him and Epstein, more photos than me and my
own grandparents. I feel like I'm so imported.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
The autopen responding the outrage over the autopen I'm excited.
I gotta say the Democrats can't handle a joke, but
it's not surprising. And every once in a while Donald
Trump does something like this and it makes me smile,
and I hope it makes you smile as well. I
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It's not just about investing, it's about making sure you
get more for your money. And that is exactly why
Kurt Elliott helps people all the time. Whether it's gold
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of it, you can pass it on to future generations,
and you can build wealth with it. It's real, bullyon,
never gimmicks, just investment grade gold and silver, no overpriced coins,
no flashy markups. And it's a company that I love
because they are a faith driven company. There's no pressure,
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which brings me to Another important story that is also
coming to some sort of resolution. Secret Service is now
announcing that they have busted a massive network that has
been used in swatting attacks against Republicans. Now, if you
don't know what swatting is, I'll explain it this way.
It's where you call in a fake crisis situation, a
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fake hostage situation to the address of where a conservative lives,
specifically an elected official or conservative commentator, to then put
their life at risk with a massive response, a swat
team is sent in. The Secret Service has now announced
they have uncovered this vast network of over one hundred
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thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers as well in
the New York area, believed to be used by foreign
nation state threat actors and criminals for swatting calls targeting
prominent conservatives, including Marjorly Taylor Green. The amount of hardware
sees in the bus could be used, they say, to
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hamper sell service in New York City and the US
Secret Service. Uncovering this massive network of more than one
hundred thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers was located
within a thirty five mile radius of New York City.
The operation believed to be run by foreign nation state
threat actors and criminals, was uncovered during an investigation to
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a surge of swatting calls targeting high ranking government officials,
including members of Congress and members of the Trump administration.
Now targets of swatting calls reportedly included Representative Green Center,
Rick Scott, Nikki Hayley, and the Secret Services Advanced Threat Unit,
in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies, trace those squatting
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calls to several locations in the New York tri state area.
Upon further investigation, they found a sophisticated network of SIM
servers capable of generating enormous amounts of phone traffic while
rapidly switching out simcards to evade detection. I want you
to take a listen to Matt McCool. He is a
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Special Agent in charge of the Secret Services New York
Field Office, and the network, as he described it, posed
an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations. They said
the servers were strategically positioned around New York cellular network
infrastructure so that it could overwhelm the cell towers, disrupt
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cell service, and put the entire city of New York
at risk take a listen in his announce conouncement today, my.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
Name is Matt McCool and I'm the Special Agent in
charge of the Secret Service New York Field Office. We
are making this announcement as a matter of public interest,
given timing, amount and concentration of material recovered during a
recent Secret Service protective intelligence investigation. Following multiple telecommunications related
imminent threats directed towards senior US government officials this spring,
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the U. S Secret Service began a protective intelligence investigation
to determine the extent and impact these threats could have
on protective operations. This was a difficult and complex effort
to identify the source of these fraudulent calls and the
impact on the Secret Service protective mission. During this period,
we leverage technical assistance and support of federal partners, including
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Homeland Security investigations, the Department of Justice, and the Office
of the Director of National Intelligence. We also received phenomenal
support from our state and local law enforcement partners, to
include the NYPD. The investigation led us to the New
York tri state area, where investigators discovered tens of thousands
of colocated and network SAILAR devices capable of carrying out
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nefarious telecommunications attacks. These devices allowed anonymous, encrypted communications between
potential threat actors and criminal enterprises, enabling criminal organizations to
operate undetected. This network had the potential to disable cell
phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in
New York City. These devices were concentrated within thirty five
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miles of the global meeting of the United Nations General
Assembly now underway in New York City. Given the timing,
location and proximity, and potential for significant disruptions to the
New York telecom system, we move quickly to disrupt this network.
To be clear, these recovered devices no longer pose a
threat to the New York tri state area. We will
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continue working towards identifying those responsible in their intent, including
whether their plan was to disrupt the UN General Assembly
and communications of government and emergency personnel during the official
visit of world leaders in and around New York City.
Forensic examinations of the equivalent of one hundred thousand cell
phones worth of data is underway. Early analysis indicates cellular
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communications between foreign actors and individuals that are known to
federal law enforcement. Given the sensitivity and complexity of this investigation,
we are not able to go into specifics at this time.
This is an open and active investigation and we have
no arrest to announce today. Rather, this announcement is designed
to safeguard critical infrastructure and responsibly provide the public what
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we can at this time. The Secret Service will continue
to run down all leads until we fully understand the
intent of the operation and identify those responsible.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Truly incredible there from Matt McCool, the Special Agent in
charge of the Secret Service in New York's Field Office.
The pictures that have been released of these rooms that
have been filled with these servers and these simcards and
to overrun the cell tower was a level of sophistication
that is of professionals. This is not amateur And part
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of the reason why I think they're making it so
clear how big of an issue this was and what
was happening. Democrats have not learned a damn thing about
their rhetoric since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In fact,
if you look at what they're saying, it's pretty clear
they're doubling down on their radical words and trying to
inspire others. Hillary Clinton now getting in on the action.
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She has sparked a social media firestorm for promoting a
book literally warning about fascists and sick people. Clinton is
ripping now authoritarians, referencing Donald Trump while promoting the new
book from Teachers' union chief Randy Wingarden. The former Secretary
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of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is getting blasted
as she should on social media, posting a picture supporting
the American Federation of Teachers president the chief's new book
that suggests her political opponents are in fact fascists. Congratulations,
Hillary Clinton said to my friend on quote. Why fascists
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fear teachers from banning books to controlling curriculum. Authoritarians go
after public education because it's a quarterstone of democracy. Those
are the exact words posted by Hillary Clinton on Wednesday,
along with the picture of the American Federation of Teachers
chief holding the book Randy's new book is a critical
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read for this moment. She also wrote clearly talking about it,
knowing what had just happened to Charlie Kirk. Clinton was
criticized instantly by many conservatives online for the posts, which
they argued continued the smear campaign against political opponents that
many they've contributed to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Why
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because these are the words that are used by the assassin.
It's been one week since Charlie Kirk was murdered by
a lunatic who wrote about fascists on the shell casings.
Is what one Republican said online. Now Randy has a
new book arguing everyone who disagrees with her views on
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public education, which have destroyed public education in America, is
a fascist American culture project. Senior fellow writing this on X,
Hillary Clinton and Randy Winingarden are going full speed ahead
with this disgusting rhetoric right after Charlie Kirk's assassination. Sick people.
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Charlie Kirk was murdered exactly one week ago. Another conservative online,
a friend of mine, Jack Posovic, said, And here's Hillary
Clinton today. They wrote an entire book on a word
they don't even un understand. Is what another member of
the Huntington Beach City Council said on X the Room.
That's why y'all should read. Is what the Washington Free
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Beacon investigative reporter Chick Ross also said. Yet Hillary Clinton
knew what she was doing, She knew that this moment
was a moment she could bring people together, and instead
she wanted to make sure she incited more violence, using
the words to undermine any conservative out there and to
justify another assassination. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Randy Weingartner are
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still suggesting Republicans are fascists, an account belonging to the
Republican National Committee put out so eloquently on x They
really can't help themselves, can they now. Fox News reached
out to Clinton's office for comment on her post, which
has now racked up more than two million views. Guess
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what they didn't have time to get back for comment.
Have they read the book? Is what Winegarden said in
a statement to Fox News Digital. If they did, they
discover it's a love letter to teachers. Winegarden's book, which
hits bookshelves this week, elaborates on reviews on battling what
she says is fascist ideology and how it works to
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undermine democracy, opportunity, and public education as we know it.
By the way, we know that public education has been
a total disaster. And if you're a parent that shows
up your school board meetings, the last administration of the
FBI classified you as a domestic terrorist. Now, what is
in the book, Well, here's more of it. Attacks on
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schools and teachers have long been a hallmark of fascist regimes,
clearly referencing Donald Trump throughout history. As many dictators rose
to power, they began banning books and controlling curriculum. The
book's preview reads, Fascists fear teachers because teachers foster and
education and educated an empowered population that can see past
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the propaganda and the scare tactics. Fascists for your teachers
because they teach young people how to think for themselves. Now,
let's be clear. The Democratic Party has taken over the
education system. It's where they've indoctrinated children to be ashamed
of America, not be proud of it. It's where they've
indoctrinated children to hate this country. It's where they've indoctrinated
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children to believe that anyone that disagrees with them is
somehow instantly a fascist or a Nazi or Adolf Hitler,
and they should be taken out. We also know the
youngest generation, forty two percent of them say in new
polling that it is appropriate to use violence to go
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after people you disagree with, as long as you justify
as saying you're trying to stop evil. This is the
Democratic Party. And if you think for a moment they're
going to stop actually doing these types of things and
learn from the assassination of Charlie Kirk, you're wrong. They
look at this as a success and they're still using
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the same words that were used by the assassin to
justify the killing of one of our own. There is
some new news that you need to know about, and
that is that, Yeah, ABC, they still suck.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
They said they were going to get rid of Jimmy
Kimmel in definitely, and definitely apparently in the woquibber world
of LA means six days, because Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday Night
will come back to the airwaves. Now, this grand return
is not as grand as they were hoping. In fact,
the TV comeback is actually collapsing, as Sinclair Broadcasting Group
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says it won't air the show on its ABC stations.
That is significant. There are thirty three Sinclair Broadcasting ABC
affiliate stations, and even after Disney struck a deal for
him to return from his short lived six day vacation,
it is now official they are saying no. Now, let
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me also tell you what ABC News announced about Jimmy Kimmel,
and you can obviously see that they've got his back
and they're not going to cancel him for his horrific
words toward Charlie Kirk celebrating the assassination quote last Wednesday.
We made the decision to spend production of the show
to avoid further inflaming a tent situation at an emotional
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moment for our country, is what Disney said in his statement.
It is a decision we made because we felt some
of the comments were ill timed and thus insensitive. So,
in other words, they're backing up the line that he did,
which was to claim that the assassin was a maga conservative.
They went on to say this at ABC Scumbag News.
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We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy,
and after those conversations, we reach decision to return the
show on Tuesday. Sinclair, however, had different plans, saying it
will refrain from airing the show as the companies continue
to evaluate the situation, saying this beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair
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will be preempting Jimmy Kimme Alive across our ABC affiliate
stations and replacing it with news programming. A rep for
Sinclair said discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate
the show's potential return. Next Start, also, a major company
that has ABC affiliates. As of the time I'm recording this,
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has not issued a statement as of this moment that
obviously we expect to change whether they decide to keep
him off the error go back with him on Tuesday night.
What we do know is this ABC News is not
sorry for what he said. They're not even condemning it.
They're just saying it was ill timed. Yes, ill timed
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is how they're looking at Jimmy Kimmel claiming that the
assassin was a conservative, a Trump supporter, a MAGA person,
knowing that was a lie when he told the audience
three two one when he said it to the audience.
And the other takeaway from this is if you think
the liberal media has learned anything from the assassination of
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Charlie Kirk, you are wrong. It is very clear now
that the media has learned nothing, and they are going
to go back as quickly as they can to their
hatred of conservatives, the bashing of conservatives, the undermining of conservatives.
They're going to go back to saying that we're like Hitler,
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or we're Nazis, or that we are some sort of
anarchists or tyrants or dictators, all of the things they've
been calling many of us in the conservative movement. So, yes,
the honeymoon is over. And how long does it take
for liberals to get over an assassin. Well, they just
have to fake it, apparently for six days. Because what
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Disney said is there is no decency towards Trump or
anyone around him. There is no decency for people like
Charlie Kirk. This isn't Disney caving. I want to be
clear about that. Jimmy Kimmel, they wanted back on the air,
and they only kept him off for six days, fewer
days than he gets I'm sure in vacation a year.
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So what is Disney saying to you, Well, we don't
care about your family values, which brings me back to
the problem with Disney. Disney is a company that I've
been saying for a while will not receive my money.
If you saw how radical they were in the undercovered
Disney tapes and how they had changed their parks and
advocated for transgender and all sorts of radical ideology, you know,
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that if you're giving your kids things that have Disney
on them, you are supporting this. Yes, Disney owns Jimmy
Kimmel and they have chosen to put him back on
the air because they really don't care who's next. Don't
forget share this podcast please with your family and your
friends wherever they are, and I will see you back
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