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Speaker 1 (00:05):
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Speaker 2 (00:25):
Fantastic day, little little warmer and what you might like
over the next day.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
So we'll give you the details on that.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
But there's the cool off coming out, true thanks, still
heating up in DC and the swamp well it tans
the season for it, and a cool down there as well.
And lots of back and forth here. But there's big
breaking news, the stuff they don't want you to hear.
We're gonna get into aut of that today as well.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Do dogs dropping from the DNI and Intelligent proving the
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Behind the scenes. Obama at the head, that happens, Neck, weather.
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Speaker 2 (01:39):
We're gonna have day back on lots of movement with
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Speaker 3 (01:44):
By the way, the rumors aren't true.
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Speaking of which, President Trump unveiling what he's calling the largest.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Trade deal in history. Tariffs and Japan.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Auto stocks surgeon and the new numbers being unveiled. They're
gonna cut auto tariffs from twenty seven and a half
percent to fifteen percent, and they've got a half a
trillion dollar deal. Investments come again from the country of Japan.
Ninety percent of the profits stay in the US. And
(02:44):
man oh Man. The markets are reacting in a big
way today. We'll have the latest chew coming out this
morning as things open in on Wall Street coming out
this morning just moments away from that panel of judges.
This is a big story in one that needs a
little more attention because of what's happening inside of the
(03:07):
Senate and their failure to move to get the US attorneys,
the prosecutors confirm and the old good old boy network,
the way it used to work and still does is
hindering President in the Justice Department from getting things done.
Panel of judges there federally in New Jersey giving Alima
(03:31):
Haba former President Trump attorney, the boot. Remember she was
an interim attorney there in New Jersey. Well, they blocked
her from advancing in a key legal appointment, instead selecting
a former DJ prosecutor, Raoul Argerwall as the states next
(03:51):
to US attorney. But it didn't last long because the
Department of Justice ag Pambondi gave him the boot shortly thereafter.
It's a mess and the way this works in the
Senate has made it even worse. We'll detail that coming
out involved get advisory and effect for tomorrow eleven am
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to eight pm tempts and humidity driving the indices towards
triple digit mark. There scattered thunderstorms possible into tomorrow afternoon
and make cool things down for just a little bit.
But the real cool down they say, is coming up
next week. So I love love to hear that. That's
some good news, a little bit of a nice, nice
(04:34):
little cool down preview. No, it's not time to get
that get that pumpkin spice latte and all the false stuff.
You know, I know they're trying to sell that, push
that stuff in the stores already, some stores already pushing Christmas.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Give me a break, literally, give me a break.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Let's take a step back here, folks, and we'll give
you a chance to join in the program at any time.
You can do so right now.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Call Justin now at six one six seven seven four
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Speaker 2 (05:18):
So they've got these documents, new set of documents just dropped,
latest from the d n I Tulca Gabbert and she's
bringing the heat. We'll talk about that a little bit
later on today, but also in Lansing the House, by
the way, these are the way elections have consequences. The
House has moved to make subpoena power happen for folks
(05:41):
in some of these oversight committees, and we've got big
announcements on that.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Rep.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Luke Meherman joined us a little bit later, coming up
about nine thirty five this morning. So what's going on
with these these these prosecutors. Well, you know, there's all
this talk about all of these things that have been
on the swamp draining it and the d state and
what really happened behind the scenes with Obama, Brennan, Clapper
and all knowing that the Russia Gates story was phony,
(06:08):
it wasn't real. You and I have talked about this.
This is nothing new really in a scheme of things.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
But what is new.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
What is new is that it's finally starting to actually
see the light of day when it comes to these
documents that prove it backing it up. Now, you you
may say, and I look, I totally understand this.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
This is something that most of.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Us feel a little bit of frustration, a little bit
consternation towards so you want to start seeing accountability and
I look, I get it. You probably say, I want
the rest. Where are they arrest nobody's been arrested yet.
In order to make that happen, you don't just go
arrest people. There's a whole long sort of process that
(06:56):
has to play out. You have to put the case together.
You got to make sure it's proof and air tight,
and you got to lay that case out in the
court of public opinion. Why does this matter, Because once
you start going after these people in arresting, you've got
to make sure that you actually see it through. One
of the biggest issues is going to be making sure
(07:18):
that they're charged. The prosecutors have everything that they need
the evidence to make sure they're convicted. Look how they
fumbled the Ditty trial in New York City. By the way,
That's why Komi's daughter Maureen, who was overseeing that and
the Epstein case in New York City, that's why she
was fired. One of the reasons. I mean, they just
(07:40):
complete fumbled it. Anytime you're charged by the FEDS in
some big deal like this, they have a like a
ninety percent conviction rate. It really is incredible. How well
they do. Yeah, that's usually leads to plead deal and
(08:04):
because otherwise I say, we're going to send you to
Dale for twenty years, might as well play. Then they
get their conviction, right, they get to keep it up.
You don't fight it. You don't fight de feds. You
don't fight that town Hall right said, Oh, you don't
fight defense. You just don't do it because there's just it.
It doesn't pay off. So the story here and the
(08:25):
details are really in order to be able to fight back,
you've got to make sure your case is buttoned up. Well,
you can't do that if you don't have the right
people overseeing it. Trump wants his people in charge. He
was elected, he's the commander in chief, he's the president
of these executive office.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
He's do that.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
But the Senate supposed to advise and consent, right, the
Senate helping oversee this process, has some rule and effect,
this blunout role, and apparently what they allow to happen
is the senators from that state getting a say who
the prosecutors are, because then the corruption continues. Because if
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I'm a senator and I'm corrupt and I have, you know,
so much dirt. I'm practically buried in it. Well, then
I know that I'll never be charged with anything if
I'm the one selecting, and okay, and the prosecutors, in fact,
(09:23):
the US attorneys, the people that are working for the
federal government, It's never going to happen. I'm never going
to see That's why we You argue, why haven't we
seen justice, Well, this is why we haven't seen it
yet in a lot of these cases. So what you
just saw, Thelena Habit is a is a travesty. You
talk about one of the most buttoned up, one of
(09:44):
the the most probably capable individuals to run that that
office and in a long time, and she doesn't get
to stay there because of the good old boy network,
(10:05):
the swamp, the deed state, all of that stuff that
President Trump's been talking about. But this is so much
in the weeds. The average person's gonna have no idea
that this takes place. The average person's gonna have no
idea that any of this is even happening.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
So I want to tell you, just as.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
You get frustrated and they try to rip his base
away from him on a daily basis, when it comes
to all these things, remember It takes a lot to
get an arrest, it takes a lot to get charges in,
it takes a lot to get it, even more so
to get a conviction. And right now at the pace
and the clip they're going in New Jersey, the two
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senators would not allow her in fact that it goes
in front of the panel of federal judges. And you've
got to wonder who has in fact on that panel,
who they've been appointed by. And that's what just happened.
Now they try to insert their pick, this Raoul Arguau
in the Department of Justice, the Attorney General pan Bondi
(11:03):
kicked him out immediately post a so that she gets
a final say on this and Trump administration get the
final say on all of it. But at the end
of the day, that process is lengthy, and it is
a part of the problem, the fact, it's part of
the bottleneck of holding some of these issues up.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
So I just need.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
To make sure explain that to you, and I hope
you understand.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
You know what I'm laying down here, I really do.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I hope you get it because it is very now,
it's it's very important, and it's it's a piece of
the puzzle to understand why things are working the way
they are. By the way the DOJ says they will
meet with Gallaine Maxwell. And I've got a detail that
story on the way, plus a fake news at least
(11:51):
a headline, and the way it's being presented that's out there.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
I've even seen some.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Well meaning people fall for this, And look, I just
got to lay it out because I need you to understand.
This is how they get you every every time. They
take little things that might be half truth or part
of it's true, or there's some there, but the context
is completely lacking and missing. So the Speaker of the House,
(12:19):
Mike Johnson, really sent Rep homes reps home early. It
wasn't all because of Epstein. Well, I'll break all of
that down and the truth you'll want to hear, plus
more behind the scenes here in the mitten on the way,
don't go anywhere.
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It's West Michigan Live with Justin Barclay on news Radio
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Speaker 4 (14:20):
Here are your headlines from The Midwesterner this Wednesday, July
twenty third. I'm Robin Hoffman. It's a Midwesterner dot news
original story. She's at it again. Michigan Attorney General Democrat
Dana Nessel suing the Trump administration as she tries to
stop the government from verifying immigration status for taxpayer funded benefits.
(14:41):
This means Nessel wants the money to continue to flow
to illegal aliens right here in Michigan. This, by the way,
the twenty fifth time Nessel has sued the Trump administration.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
In other news, people aren't able to buy a house
because this guy is a numbskull. He keeps the rich
too high and probably doing it for political reasons.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
President Trump once again going off on fed shair Jerome Powell,
who flat out refuses to lower interest rates.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
Those rates should be three points lower, That's what they
should be.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Three points lower, maybe more than that.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
For these stories and more, visit The Midwesterner at The
Midwesterner dot News.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General, going to go meet with
Glaine Maxwell as they make the latest. Maybe still you'll
get her to turn witness and we'll really get some
beings spilled on this. I'm not sure, but in the
meantime I want to I just want to debunk this. Look,
you know where I stand on this. I made this
pretty clear. I am Look, I'm not. I'm not happy either.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
I a little more.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
I'd like to see more of the and of course
we need more, We need more transparency, particularly on this case. Yes,
we need to have all of that information detailed and
out there and give the American people a chance to
see it. So, just so you know that's where I'm
at on Epstein, We've talked about it before. It should
(16:04):
be no surprise. So when I tell you that, I
just want to make sure and that's that's pretty much
my uh well, I guess more so than anything, that'd
be my prolog to Let me just tell you this
story about Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, sending everybody
home because he's trying to cover for the files is
absolute maloney, folks, and I'm gonna I'm gonna prove it
(16:26):
to you there are things happening inside behind the scenes.
There are reasons why every single thing Democrats are joining
right now inside the House. They're throwing in these little
Epstein bombs inside of them as if they ever cared
before this. This is all about getting Trump. It's all
about making Republicans and Trump look back because all I got,
(16:50):
that's all this is. In fact, I'm going to prove it.
About a month ago, you probably remember, a very similar
story came out. All the Republicans are blocking the Epstein file.
Also coming out. MTG Marjorie Taylor Green came out, I
think it's Benny Johnson. She said, down with Benny and
and and walk through why that's not That wasn't true
at the time.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Same thing thing stands today.
Speaker 6 (17:11):
I got to correct something real quick, please. So it's
being reported that that House Republicans unanimously voted to block
the release of the Epsteam files, and I want to
straighten out the record right now. That is not true.
If I could vote, okay, if I could vote to
release the EPSTEM files, guys, you would have my vote.
(17:32):
I would vote yes. Here's what just happened. It was
a procedural vote, and we have these all the time
it's called a p Q, it's voting on the previous question,
and if the if the Democrats had won the previous question,
which I know sounds insane. It's one of these crazy
rules in the House that are hard to understand. That
means they would control the House floor. Oh, and that
(17:53):
means they could bring up anything they could. They could
bring up impeachment articles against President Trump, they could bring
up the whole package of insane Democrat agenda items and
force votes on househoar on these things.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Needless to say, there's more to this, but needless to say,
I just want you to understand when you see that headline,
even from some people are well meaning, they would be
some people on the right, some people you trust, there's
more to the story and you're not getting it. There's context,
there's all kinds of shenanigans and Bolognian phony things happening
(18:27):
behind the scenes of Democrats are crying that just isn't
getting reported.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
You're getting headlines and then you say, what in the world,
what what's going on here? Yeah, and I don't like
it either, but you got to know the truth.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
That's why we cut through it, cut through the noise
to bring you the truth, logic and common sense you
won't hear anywhere else, and more of it.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Rep.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Luke Meherman joins us next to talk about what's happening
deep in the swamp of Lancing, how House Oversight is
working to drain some of the most worst offenders from that.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Mess. All after this.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Look at that dal pops more than two hundred points
after Trump announces the Japan trade deal.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
That's from CNBC this Where are the people?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Where are all those people that set lots of grain
on a screen today?
Speaker 5 (19:26):
Bout it?
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Where are all those Papa SAT's gonna be the end
of the world terrace, at the end of the world,
sky is falling?
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Where are they?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
H I get to get to some of that I
told you. I don't always like to be the I
told you so guy. I don't really take a lot
of joy, and I think some people may. But look,
we are truly in the find out era. And one
of the reasons I know that for a fact is
because even what's happening right here in Michigan victory another
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big one in the Michigan House to the Oversight Committee.
Yesterday we get the news that they are cleared whether
to issue subpoenas the top government officials repped the boy
or they're cleared to go after and start doing some digging.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
And a story that I am very.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Happy to hear because accountabilities coming folks, and listen, elections
have consequences. People an issue demand answers, and you know what,
they deserve them joining us right now to talk about
this story and uh and really shed some light on
what it is all going to mean in the in
the whole scheme of things here. Obviously you've been asking
for it. People want answers, and that's what we're going
(20:40):
to get. A Replu Bairman is with us right now.
Sare the Oversight Subcommittee, Homeland Security and Foreign Influence, amongst
other big titles and and whatnot. Thank you so much,
rep for being here with us.
Speaker 7 (20:51):
Today, justin I couldn't be more grateful to be on
with you and your listeners.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
You know, so this is good news. You got gonna
be able to go after some of these folks. And
I know this that you know Attorney General Nassl as
I said, got some spining to do. She's got some
answers that she needs to provide for some questions that
have just gone completely unanswered up until this point.
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Yeah. Absolutely, you know, her investigation of or not investigation of,
you know, former chair of a treasurer of Democrat Michigan
Democrat Party and and you know kind of what was
going on there as she was a guardian at LEEM.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Yeah, tell tell us, tell us a little bit more
about that story.
Speaker 7 (21:42):
That's the one I'm not as familiar with. I'm a
lot more familiar with, uh, the reasons that we're a
subpoena director Hotel. Kind of what I laid out there,
attorney and Dana Nassel is is is what I know
that's that's coming out of a different committee.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Well, let's talk about her child because that's a whole
nother story.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
Oh yeah, absolutely. When we look around at what's failing
in our childcare foster care system, we see a lot
of arrows pointing towards the director, a lot of and
what we're facing now is what I see is collapsing systems,
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somewhat like a black hole, where there are less and
less providers willing to provide those residential beds for the
kids that need the most. And I see Hotel at
the center of much of that. And how she is
treating child caring institutions, and along with that, we've been
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looking at what's been going wrong with the CPS system
where we've had multiple people in family members talking about
a child that is now dead by the hands of
someone that's CPS decided was a good home for them
to be in. So we need answers. We need answers
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from the supervisors and those that made the decisions as
to why even when a doctor saying, please don't put
them in his home, they're returned and in one case
the child was dead in nine hours later.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Oh my goodness, Where do where do we go to
get justice for these children? I think that's the question
on the minds of a lot of people in a
failed system. Where do we go? How can we make
this possible? I know that it's part of the work
(23:45):
of what you all are trying to do right now.
Speaker 7 (23:49):
Yeah, justice for them, you know they're gone and we
can't bring them back, But definitely for these other kids
that might be in the same situations. What is the
department doing differently? And might there be things that are
driving the department that aren't what we would want them
(24:14):
thinking about first, because that protection of that child is
incredibly important. And if that parent has been proven to
have you know, criminal history and other things and even
sometimes child abuse. The next set of kids is the
(24:39):
ones that we're in danger. Those are the kids that
we're fighting for.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Well, let's talk about the subpoenas and what they're going
to give you the power and the opportunity to do.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Here.
Speaker 7 (24:52):
Yeah, well, we have asked the director Hotel to come
in and we're told she couldn't make that meeting. And
we asked for dates of when that director could come
in and we didn't get any dates back. So we
need the director to come in and answer these questions
about you know, how is a department looking at these
(25:14):
cases and making sure the same decisions aren't made for
the next kids.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
What happens if she fails to do.
Speaker 7 (25:22):
So, well, you'll land up in court. But I think,
justin to your earlier points, we I think are facing
a bureaucratic state that is growing in strength, and we
(25:42):
the people need to have need to exercise that authority
over that bureaucratic state. And so this is a way
to do it. Doge is a way to do it.
We just need to have those ways that the department
has to come in and answer. And this isn't a
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muscle that's been used often or for quite a while
at the state level. When you think of something like this,
you think of Washington, d C. But you know, federalism
is a beautiful thing, states rights, and we should be
exercising this as well right here in State of Michigan.
(26:25):
We should have been doing this for a long long time.
And so Speaker Hall doing this oversight, doing the oversight
of these six individual subcommittees, one of which I chair
Children's Welfare. The other one I have a passion for
is foreign influence. This oversight is an important thing to
be doing at the state level, and every state should
(26:49):
be doing it. And frankly, there are states that are
watching us, the State of Michigan do what we're doing.
And so I hope this has a rippling effect and
at the end end of the day, has a chilling
effect on the bureaucratic state who don't think they answer
to we the people, and think that they know best.
(27:10):
And many people run into that in their interactions with
the state. Whether you're a builder or a farmer, you
run into a bureaucratic state that thinks that they can
and know best what you should be doing, and they're
really quite difficult to deal with. In this case of
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children's welfare. Obviously it's the thing that matters almost the most,
protecting children. So my committee will continue to go down
this path.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
Good news to hear and listen. Rep.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
I know that folks are listening, probably want to be
able to help or or contribute in some way.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
What's the best way they can do that.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Keep in touch with what's going on and make sure
that they are able to help containe to hold people account.
Speaker 7 (28:01):
We absolutely are looking for people to speak in committee
about things that their experiences with the CPS system, with
the child welfare system. In many ways, we're failing the
children's the children of the state. So reaching out to
my office. Every committee hearing of all the committees in
(28:27):
the state is on publicly available, so people can go
watch that. Last yesterday we had the Department of Office,
the Auditor General came in and spoke to us about
the one hundred and fifty uninvestigated desks that the Department
DHHS did not investigate. So that was what we talked
(28:50):
about yesterday in committee. So reach out to the office.
We'd love to hear from people across the state of
Michigan about their experiences with Department of Health and Human Services.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Rep. Luke Mehriman. Always a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Appreciate you taking the time to be here with us
and giving us the latest update here.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
Absolutely more good news.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
We'll continue to give you the latest on this and
in other stories. In fact, got big news coming out
of President Trump yesterday. Speaking with the Governor Gretchen Whitmer,
he says on true Social to let her know, I'm
approving fifty million dollars for the wonderful state of Michigan
(29:33):
for public assistance and to help in the recovery from
the terrible winter storm Zander. It It was my honor
to do so. So folks up north are going to
be happy to hear that help is on the way
and a president in contributing to that. More on Michigan.
In fact, we've got more good news I want to
get to as well on the way. But first does
(29:55):
big numbers as we speak, two hundred points and climbing
in the Dow right now, s and p up as well.
Dow pops more than two hundred points on the announcement
of President Trump's tariff deal with Japan and again another
big one.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
He's very very happy to talk.
Speaker 8 (30:16):
About another trade deal.
Speaker 5 (30:18):
But I just signed the largest trade deal in history,
I think maybe the largest deal of history with Japan.
Speaker 8 (30:24):
The deal sees a fifteen percent tariff on the country's
exports to the US, including cars. They had previously faced
a twenty five percent levy. In a post on truth
Social Trump said the deal would also see Japan invest
five hundred and fifty billion dollars in the US, and
he said it would secure access to the Japanese market
for US products, including rice. One analyst said it was
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a better outcome than expected for Japan and would allow
the country to avoid recession. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shigeru
Ishiba welcomed the deal.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
By the way, it exactly how Trump likes to work,
in a win win scenario where both sides come out
on top.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
And I don't think we could have planned any better.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
By the way, that's where the markets not just here,
but they are also jumping. And look, I know it's
felt like a rologos to ride. The guy's trying to
write the ship, and there's been a lot behind the
scenes that that's that he's got to.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Work with and deal with in the meantime.
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Speaker 4 (32:35):
Here are your headlines from the Midwestern or this Wednesday,
July twenty third. I'm Robin Poffman. It's a Midwesterner Dot
News original story and our top story right now. She's
putting illegal aliens ahead of folks here in Michigan. Attorney
General Democrat Data Nessel suing the Trump administration for the
twenty fifth time, and her goal now is to keep
(32:56):
taxpayer funded benefits flowing to a legal aliens here in
our state. President Trump reacting to the latest nugget in
the Epstein saga. Todd Blanche, a top attorney in the
Justice Department, says he's going to be meeting with Julane Maxwell,
Epstein's old girlfriend and associate, who is serving a twenty
year prison sentence for sex trafficking. Here's President Trump reacting.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Yeah, I don't know about it, but I think it's
something that would be sounds appropriate to do.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
You debut your attorney.
Speaker 5 (33:30):
No, I have no concern that he's very He's a
very talented person. He's very smart. I didn't know that
they were going to do it. I don't really follow
that too much. It's a it's a sort of a
witch hunt.
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Yeah, lots of good news still, Yet it looks like
they've got all the problems solved in one West Michigan County.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
I'll explain that coming up with a segment.
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I used to suffer from it all.
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You know, summer is flying by, like just incredible, how
fast it's moving. And we've been able to keep up
the pace with the kids. In fact, I got family
coming to town. There's a wonderful thing about living here
in Michigan. Be able to deal with all of the
wonderful things that we've got to deal with during the winter,
But will you get the reward during the summer. And
we get people coming here from all over And I
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got folks coming from I guess six seven hours away,
and they're coming to enjoy all the beautiful you know,
all that beach to everything, the lakes, and of course
the sunshine and cool weather here in Michigan and they
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solved all the problems. This is really something. They have
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solved all the problems in one West Michigan County. Apparently
Ottawa County they were able. And I don't know how
you folks feel about this in Ottawa County today, but
apparently you must just be living in paradise. It must
be absolute, like a utopia. Because the county Board of
Commissioners got together yesterday and took the time to.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
Vote four.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
On eliminating the county motto where Freedom Rings. Now, you
remember it was before it was like where everyone belongs
or whatnot, But that just wasn't the case because they
had all these DEI initiatives been previously, and they had
all the weird things you wouldn't take any stance on
(36:22):
masking and the big issues of the day in twenty
twenty and whatnot. But they voted yesterday to eliminate the
very divisive apparently we're being told, very divisive motto where
freedom rings?
Speaker 3 (36:39):
How is freedom divisive?
Speaker 2 (36:41):
And again I guess everything is exactly the way it
needs to be in Ottawa County to have that vote
and to take the time to take the time to
do what they had to do apparently to get all
of that done. Hey, more on this story that is
continuing develop In fact, there were more documents released just
(37:03):
moments ago. We're gonna have to get into these at
the after show, but D and I Tulca Gabbard releasing
documents detailing Obama's role in ordering the Russia Gates story
out there, how bad this is, how dirty it gets,
and how high up.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
The ladder it all goes.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
President Trump talked about it yesterday and in fact the
details are forthcoming. We'll have all that during the after show.
It's the show after the show. By the way, if
you miss any of today's show live or archive, you
can always get all the stories we've talked about and
we'll talk about today during the after show in our
show notes called the stack. God to Justin Barclay dot
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com and stay up today, particularly with that story that
is so massive and yet still developing. After show cent
to role in just moments. Appreciate you being here with us.
Who wish you the best. Make a great day, folks.
God bless
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Speaker 2 (00:25):
Fantastic day, little little warmer and what you might like
over the next day.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
So we'll give you the details on that.
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But there's the cool off coming out, true thanks, still
heating up in DC and the swamp well it tans
the season for it, and a cool down there as well.
And lots of back and forth here. But there's big
breaking news, the stuff they don't want you to hear.
We're gonna get into aut of that today as well.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Do dogs dropping from the DNI and Intelligent proving the
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By the way, the rumors aren't true.
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Speaker 3 (02:16):
Trade deal in history. Tariffs and Japan.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Auto stocks surgeon and the new numbers being unveiled. They're
gonna cut auto tariffs from twenty seven and a half
percent to fifteen percent, and they've got a half a
trillion dollar deal. Investments come again from the country of Japan.
Ninety percent of the profits stay in the US. And
(02:44):
man oh Man. The markets are reacting in a big
way today. We'll have the latest chew coming out this
morning as things open in on Wall Street coming out
this morning just moments away from that panel of judges.
This is a big story in one that needs a
little more attention because of what's happening inside of the
(03:07):
Senate and their failure to move to get the US attorneys,
the prosecutors confirm and the old good old boy network,
the way it used to work and still does is
hindering President in the Justice Department from getting things done.
Panel of judges there federally in New Jersey giving Alima
(03:31):
Haba former President Trump attorney, the boot. Remember she was
an interim attorney there in New Jersey. Well, they blocked
her from advancing in a key legal appointment, instead selecting
a former DJ prosecutor, Raoul Argerwall as the states next
(03:51):
to US attorney. But it didn't last long because the
Department of Justice ag Pambondi gave him the boot shortly thereafter.
It's a mess and the way this works in the
Senate has made it even worse. We'll detail that coming
out involved get advisory and effect for tomorrow eleven am
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to eight pm tempts and humidity driving the indices towards
triple digit mark. There scattered thunderstorms possible into tomorrow afternoon
and make cool things down for just a little bit.
But the real cool down they say, is coming up
next week. So I love love to hear that. That's
some good news, a little bit of a nice, nice
(04:34):
little cool down preview. No, it's not time to get
that get that pumpkin spice latte and all the false stuff.
You know, I know they're trying to sell that, push
that stuff in the stores already, some stores already pushing Christmas.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Give me a break, literally, give me a break.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Let's take a step back here, folks, and we'll give
you a chance to join in the program at any time.
You can do so right now.
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Speaker 2 (05:18):
So they've got these documents, new set of documents just dropped,
latest from the d n I Tulca Gabbert and she's
bringing the heat. We'll talk about that a little bit
later on today, but also in Lansing the House, by
the way, these are the way elections have consequences. The
House has moved to make subpoena power happen for folks
(05:41):
in some of these oversight committees, and we've got big
announcements on that.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Rep.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Luke Meherman joined us a little bit later, coming up
about nine thirty five this morning. So what's going on
with these these these prosecutors. Well, you know, there's all
this talk about all of these things that have been
on the swamp draining it and the d state and
what really happened behind the scenes with Obama, Brennan, Clapper
and all knowing that the Russia Gates story was phony,
(06:08):
it wasn't real. You and I have talked about this.
This is nothing new really in a scheme of things.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
But what is new.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
What is new is that it's finally starting to actually
see the light of day when it comes to these
documents that prove it backing it up. Now, you you
may say, and I look, I totally understand this.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
This is something that most of.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Us feel a little bit of frustration, a little bit
consternation towards so you want to start seeing accountability and
I look, I get it. You probably say, I want
the rest. Where are they arrest nobody's been arrested yet.
In order to make that happen, you don't just go
arrest people. There's a whole long sort of process that
(06:56):
has to play out. You have to put the case together.
You got to make sure it's proof and air tight,
and you got to lay that case out in the
court of public opinion. Why does this matter, Because once
you start going after these people in arresting, you've got
to make sure that you actually see it through. One
of the biggest issues is going to be making sure
(07:18):
that they're charged. The prosecutors have everything that they need
the evidence to make sure they're convicted. Look how they
fumbled the Ditty trial in New York City. By the way,
That's why Komi's daughter Maureen, who was overseeing that and
the Epstein case in New York City, that's why she
was fired. One of the reasons. I mean, they just
(07:40):
complete fumbled it. Anytime you're charged by the FEDS in
some big deal like this, they have a like a
ninety percent conviction rate. It really is incredible. How well
they do. Yeah, that's usually leads to plead deal and
(08:04):
because otherwise I say, we're going to send you to
Dale for twenty years, might as well play. Then they
get their conviction, right, they get to keep it up.
You don't fight it. You don't fight de feds. You
don't fight that town Hall right said, Oh, you don't
fight defense. You just don't do it because there's just it.
It doesn't pay off. So the story here and the
(08:25):
details are really in order to be able to fight back,
you've got to make sure your case is buttoned up. Well,
you can't do that if you don't have the right
people overseeing it. Trump wants his people in charge. He
was elected, he's the commander in chief, he's the president
of these executive office.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
He's do that.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
But the Senate supposed to advise and consent, right, the
Senate helping oversee this process, has some rule and effect,
this blunout role, and apparently what they allow to happen
is the senators from that state getting a say who
the prosecutors are, because then the corruption continues. Because if
(09:03):
I'm a senator and I'm corrupt and I have, you know,
so much dirt. I'm practically buried in it. Well, then
I know that I'll never be charged with anything if
I'm the one selecting, and okay, and the prosecutors, in fact,
(09:23):
the US attorneys, the people that are working for the
federal government, It's never going to happen. I'm never going
to see That's why we You argue, why haven't we
seen justice, Well, this is why we haven't seen it
yet in a lot of these cases. So what you
just saw, Thelena Habit is a is a travesty. You
talk about one of the most buttoned up, one of
(09:44):
the the most probably capable individuals to run that that
office and in a long time, and she doesn't get
to stay there because of the good old boy network,
(10:05):
the swamp, the deed state, all of that stuff that
President Trump's been talking about. But this is so much
in the weeds. The average person's gonna have no idea
that this takes place. The average person's gonna have no
idea that any of this is even happening.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
So I want to tell you, just as.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
You get frustrated and they try to rip his base
away from him on a daily basis, when it comes
to all these things, remember It takes a lot to
get an arrest, it takes a lot to get charges in,
it takes a lot to get it, even more so
to get a conviction. And right now at the pace
and the clip they're going in New Jersey, the two
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senators would not allow her in fact that it goes
in front of the panel of federal judges. And you've
got to wonder who has in fact on that panel,
who they've been appointed by. And that's what just happened.
Now they try to insert their pick, this Raoul Arguau
in the Department of Justice, the Attorney General pan Bondi
(11:03):
kicked him out immediately post a so that she gets
a final say on this and Trump administration get the
final say on all of it. But at the end
of the day, that process is lengthy, and it is
a part of the problem, the fact, it's part of
the bottleneck of holding some of these issues up.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
So I just need.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
To make sure explain that to you, and I hope
you understand.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
You know what I'm laying down here, I really do.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I hope you get it because it is very now,
it's it's very important, and it's it's a piece of
the puzzle to understand why things are working the way
they are. By the way the DOJ says they will
meet with Gallaine Maxwell. And I've got a detail that
story on the way, plus a fake news at least
(11:51):
a headline, and the way it's being presented that's out there.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
I've even seen some.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Well meaning people fall for this, And look, I just
got to lay it out because I need you to understand.
This is how they get you every every time. They
take little things that might be half truth or part
of it's true, or there's some there, but the context
is completely lacking and missing. So the Speaker of the House,
(12:19):
Mike Johnson, really sent Rep homes reps home early. It
wasn't all because of Epstein. Well, I'll break all of
that down and the truth you'll want to hear, plus
more behind the scenes here in the mitten on the way,
don't go anywhere.
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It's West Michigan Live with Justin Barclay on news Radio
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Speaker 4 (14:20):
Here are your headlines from The Midwesterner this Wednesday, July
twenty third. I'm Robin Hoffman. It's a Midwesterner dot news
original story. She's at it again. Michigan Attorney General Democrat
Dana Nessel suing the Trump administration as she tries to
stop the government from verifying immigration status for taxpayer funded benefits.
(14:41):
This means Nessel wants the money to continue to flow
to illegal aliens right here in Michigan. This, by the way,
the twenty fifth time Nessel has sued the Trump administration.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
In other news, people aren't able to buy a house
because this guy is a numbskull. He keeps the rich
too high and probably doing it for political reasons.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
President Trump once again going off on fed shair Jerome Powell,
who flat out refuses to lower interest rates.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
Those rates should be three points lower, That's what they
should be.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Three points lower, maybe more than that.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
For these stories and more, visit The Midwesterner at The
Midwesterner dot News.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General, going to go meet with
Glaine Maxwell as they make the latest. Maybe still you'll
get her to turn witness and we'll really get some
beings spilled on this. I'm not sure, but in the
meantime I want to I just want to debunk this. Look,
you know where I stand on this. I made this
pretty clear. I am Look, I'm not. I'm not happy either.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
I a little more.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
I'd like to see more of the and of course
we need more, We need more transparency, particularly on this case. Yes,
we need to have all of that information detailed and
out there and give the American people a chance to
see it. So, just so you know that's where I'm
at on Epstein, We've talked about it before. It should
(16:04):
be no surprise. So when I tell you that, I
just want to make sure and that's that's pretty much
my uh well, I guess more so than anything, that'd
be my prolog to Let me just tell you this
story about Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, sending everybody
home because he's trying to cover for the files is
absolute maloney, folks, and I'm gonna I'm gonna prove it
(16:26):
to you there are things happening inside behind the scenes.
There are reasons why every single thing Democrats are joining
right now inside the House. They're throwing in these little
Epstein bombs inside of them as if they ever cared
before this. This is all about getting Trump. It's all
about making Republicans and Trump look back because all I got,
(16:50):
that's all this is. In fact, I'm going to prove it.
About a month ago, you probably remember, a very similar
story came out. All the Republicans are blocking the Epstein file.
Also coming out. MTG Marjorie Taylor Green came out, I
think it's Benny Johnson. She said, down with Benny and
and and walk through why that's not That wasn't true
at the time.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Same thing thing stands today.
Speaker 6 (17:11):
I got to correct something real quick, please. So it's
being reported that that House Republicans unanimously voted to block
the release of the Epsteam files, and I want to
straighten out the record right now. That is not true.
If I could vote, okay, if I could vote to
release the EPSTEM files, guys, you would have my vote.
(17:32):
I would vote yes. Here's what just happened. It was
a procedural vote, and we have these all the time
it's called a p Q, it's voting on the previous question,
and if the if the Democrats had won the previous question,
which I know sounds insane. It's one of these crazy
rules in the House that are hard to understand. That
means they would control the House floor. Oh, and that
(17:53):
means they could bring up anything they could. They could
bring up impeachment articles against President Trump, they could bring
up the whole package of insane Democrat agenda items and
force votes on househoar on these things.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Needless to say, there's more to this, but needless to say,
I just want you to understand when you see that headline,
even from some people are well meaning, they would be
some people on the right, some people you trust, there's
more to the story and you're not getting it. There's context,
there's all kinds of shenanigans and Bolognian phony things happening
(18:27):
behind the scenes of Democrats are crying that just isn't
getting reported.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
You're getting headlines and then you say, what in the world,
what what's going on here? Yeah, and I don't like
it either, but you got to know the truth.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
That's why we cut through it, cut through the noise
to bring you the truth, logic and common sense you
won't hear anywhere else, and more of it.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Rep.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Luke Meherman joins us next to talk about what's happening
deep in the swamp of Lancing, how House Oversight is
working to drain some of the most worst offenders from that.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Mess. All after this.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Look at that dal pops more than two hundred points
after Trump announces the Japan trade deal.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
That's from CNBC this Where are the people?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Where are all those people that set lots of grain
on a screen today?
Speaker 5 (19:26):
Bout it?
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Where are all those Papa SAT's gonna be the end
of the world terrace, at the end of the world,
sky is falling?
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Where are they?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
H I get to get to some of that I
told you. I don't always like to be the I
told you so guy. I don't really take a lot
of joy, and I think some people may. But look,
we are truly in the find out era. And one
of the reasons I know that for a fact is
because even what's happening right here in Michigan victory another
(19:58):
big one in the Michigan House to the Oversight Committee.
Yesterday we get the news that they are cleared whether
to issue subpoenas the top government officials repped the boy
or they're cleared to go after and start doing some digging.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
And a story that I am very.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Happy to hear because accountabilities coming folks, and listen, elections
have consequences. People an issue demand answers, and you know what,
they deserve them joining us right now to talk about
this story and uh and really shed some light on
what it is all going to mean in the in
the whole scheme of things here. Obviously you've been asking
for it. People want answers, and that's what we're going
(20:40):
to get. A Replu Bairman is with us right now.
Sare the Oversight Subcommittee, Homeland Security and Foreign Influence, amongst
other big titles and and whatnot. Thank you so much,
rep for being here with us.
Speaker 7 (20:51):
Today, justin I couldn't be more grateful to be on
with you and your listeners.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
You know, so this is good news. You got gonna
be able to go after some of these folks. And
I know this that you know Attorney General Nassl as
I said, got some spining to do. She's got some
answers that she needs to provide for some questions that
have just gone completely unanswered up until this point.
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Yeah. Absolutely, you know, her investigation of or not investigation of,
you know, former chair of a treasurer of Democrat Michigan
Democrat Party and and you know kind of what was
going on there as she was a guardian at LEEM.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Yeah, tell tell us, tell us a little bit more
about that story.
Speaker 7 (21:42):
That's the one I'm not as familiar with. I'm a
lot more familiar with, uh, the reasons that we're a
subpoena director Hotel. Kind of what I laid out there,
attorney and Dana Nassel is is is what I know
that's that's coming out of a different committee.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Well, let's talk about her child because that's a whole
nother story.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
Oh yeah, absolutely. When we look around at what's failing
in our childcare foster care system, we see a lot
of arrows pointing towards the director, a lot of and
what we're facing now is what I see is collapsing systems,
(22:28):
somewhat like a black hole, where there are less and
less providers willing to provide those residential beds for the
kids that need the most. And I see Hotel at
the center of much of that. And how she is
treating child caring institutions, and along with that, we've been
(22:49):
looking at what's been going wrong with the CPS system
where we've had multiple people in family members talking about
a child that is now dead by the hands of
someone that's CPS decided was a good home for them
to be in. So we need answers. We need answers
(23:11):
from the supervisors and those that made the decisions as
to why even when a doctor saying, please don't put
them in his home, they're returned and in one case
the child was dead in nine hours later.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Oh my goodness, Where do where do we go to
get justice for these children? I think that's the question
on the minds of a lot of people in a
failed system. Where do we go? How can we make
this possible? I know that it's part of the work
(23:45):
of what you all are trying to do right now.
Speaker 7 (23:49):
Yeah, justice for them, you know they're gone and we
can't bring them back, But definitely for these other kids
that might be in the same situations. What is the
department doing differently? And might there be things that are
driving the department that aren't what we would want them
(24:14):
thinking about first, because that protection of that child is
incredibly important. And if that parent has been proven to
have you know, criminal history and other things and even
sometimes child abuse. The next set of kids is the
(24:39):
ones that we're in danger. Those are the kids that
we're fighting for.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Well, let's talk about the subpoenas and what they're going
to give you the power and the opportunity to do.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Here.
Speaker 7 (24:52):
Yeah, well, we have asked the director Hotel to come
in and we're told she couldn't make that meeting. And
we asked for dates of when that director could come
in and we didn't get any dates back. So we
need the director to come in and answer these questions
about you know, how is a department looking at these
(25:14):
cases and making sure the same decisions aren't made for
the next kids.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
What happens if she fails to do.
Speaker 7 (25:22):
So, well, you'll land up in court. But I think,
justin to your earlier points, we I think are facing
a bureaucratic state that is growing in strength, and we
(25:42):
the people need to have need to exercise that authority
over that bureaucratic state. And so this is a way
to do it. Doge is a way to do it.
We just need to have those ways that the department
has to come in and answer. And this isn't a
(26:04):
muscle that's been used often or for quite a while
at the state level. When you think of something like this,
you think of Washington, d C. But you know, federalism
is a beautiful thing, states rights, and we should be
exercising this as well right here in State of Michigan.
(26:25):
We should have been doing this for a long long time.
And so Speaker Hall doing this oversight, doing the oversight
of these six individual subcommittees, one of which I chair
Children's Welfare. The other one I have a passion for
is foreign influence. This oversight is an important thing to
be doing at the state level, and every state should
(26:49):
be doing it. And frankly, there are states that are
watching us, the State of Michigan do what we're doing.
And so I hope this has a rippling effect and
at the end end of the day, has a chilling
effect on the bureaucratic state who don't think they answer
to we the people, and think that they know best.
(27:10):
And many people run into that in their interactions with
the state. Whether you're a builder or a farmer, you
run into a bureaucratic state that thinks that they can
and know best what you should be doing, and they're
really quite difficult to deal with. In this case of
(27:31):
children's welfare. Obviously it's the thing that matters almost the most,
protecting children. So my committee will continue to go down
this path.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
Good news to hear and listen. Rep.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
I know that folks are listening, probably want to be
able to help or or contribute in some way.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
What's the best way they can do that.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Keep in touch with what's going on and make sure
that they are able to help containe to hold people account.
Speaker 7 (28:01):
We absolutely are looking for people to speak in committee
about things that their experiences with the CPS system, with
the child welfare system. In many ways, we're failing the
children's the children of the state. So reaching out to
my office. Every committee hearing of all the committees in
(28:27):
the state is on publicly available, so people can go
watch that. Last yesterday we had the Department of Office,
the Auditor General came in and spoke to us about
the one hundred and fifty uninvestigated desks that the Department
DHHS did not investigate. So that was what we talked
(28:50):
about yesterday in committee. So reach out to the office.
We'd love to hear from people across the state of
Michigan about their experiences with Department of Health and Human Services.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Rep. Luke Mehriman. Always a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Appreciate you taking the time to be here with us
and giving us the latest update here.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
Absolutely more good news.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
We'll continue to give you the latest on this and
in other stories. In fact, got big news coming out
of President Trump yesterday. Speaking with the Governor Gretchen Whitmer,
he says on true Social to let her know, I'm
approving fifty million dollars for the wonderful state of Michigan
(29:33):
for public assistance and to help in the recovery from
the terrible winter storm Zander. It It was my honor
to do so. So folks up north are going to
be happy to hear that help is on the way
and a president in contributing to that. More on Michigan.
In fact, we've got more good news I want to
get to as well on the way. But first does
(29:55):
big numbers as we speak, two hundred points and climbing
in the Dow right now, s and p up as well.
Dow pops more than two hundred points on the announcement
of President Trump's tariff deal with Japan and again another
big one.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
He's very very happy to talk.
Speaker 8 (30:16):
About another trade deal.
Speaker 5 (30:18):
But I just signed the largest trade deal in history,
I think maybe the largest deal of history with Japan.
Speaker 8 (30:24):
The deal sees a fifteen percent tariff on the country's
exports to the US, including cars. They had previously faced
a twenty five percent levy. In a post on truth
Social Trump said the deal would also see Japan invest
five hundred and fifty billion dollars in the US, and
he said it would secure access to the Japanese market
for US products, including rice. One analyst said it was
(30:48):
a better outcome than expected for Japan and would allow
the country to avoid recession. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shigeru
Ishiba welcomed the deal.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
By the way, it exactly how Trump likes to work,
in a win win scenario where both sides come out
on top.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
And I don't think we could have planned any better.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
By the way, that's where the markets not just here,
but they are also jumping. And look, I know it's
felt like a rologos to ride. The guy's trying to
write the ship, and there's been a lot behind the
scenes that that's that he's got to.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Work with and deal with in the meantime.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
So that's why I can feel a little tough, maybe
a little nauseous on that ride at times, maybe tough
to sleep at night, especially if you're thinking about retiring
today or tomorrow, even if it's ten twenty years down
the road. You ought to reach out to the folks
at Talent Wealth. Mike Lester and the team are working
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can't sur five and not just that, but thrive in
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Speaker 3 (32:08):
So reach out today.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
Guarding your nest egg dot com to find out how
they can help you. Mike Lester and the team again
more big news now up two hundred points on those
tariff trade deal news announcement with Japan and President Trump.
We got more and I'll get to it after this
same one.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
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Michigan Live with Justin Barklay on News Radio Wood thirteen
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Speaker 4 (32:35):
Here are your headlines from the Midwestern or this Wednesday,
July twenty third. I'm Robin Poffman. It's a Midwesterner Dot
News original story and our top story right now. She's
putting illegal aliens ahead of folks here in Michigan. Attorney
General Democrat Data Nessel suing the Trump administration for the
twenty fifth time, and her goal now is to keep
(32:56):
taxpayer funded benefits flowing to a legal aliens here in
our state. President Trump reacting to the latest nugget in
the Epstein saga. Todd Blanche, a top attorney in the
Justice Department, says he's going to be meeting with Julane Maxwell,
Epstein's old girlfriend and associate, who is serving a twenty
year prison sentence for sex trafficking. Here's President Trump reacting.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Yeah, I don't know about it, but I think it's
something that would be sounds appropriate to do.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
You debut your attorney.
Speaker 5 (33:30):
No, I have no concern that he's very He's a
very talented person. He's very smart. I didn't know that
they were going to do it. I don't really follow
that too much. It's a it's a sort of a
witch hunt.
Speaker 4 (33:41):
For these stories and more. Visit the Midwesterner at the
Midwesterner dot news.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Yeah, lots of good news still, Yet it looks like
they've got all the problems solved in one West Michigan County.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
I'll explain that coming up with a segment.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
First, thanks to the Good Feet Store solving my problems
or pain, at least foot back leg pain.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
I used to suffer from it all.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
You know, summer is flying by, like just incredible, how
fast it's moving. And we've been able to keep up
the pace with the kids. In fact, I got family
coming to town. There's a wonderful thing about living here
in Michigan. Be able to deal with all of the
wonderful things that we've got to deal with during the winter,
But will you get the reward during the summer. And
we get people coming here from all over And I
(34:28):
got folks coming from I guess six seven hours away,
and they're coming to enjoy all the beautiful you know,
all that beach to everything, the lakes, and of course
the sunshine and cool weather here in Michigan and they
are in for a treat. But I am too because
I can enjoy my family and my niece, my nephew
(34:50):
and be on the go with our kids and our
family because I don't have to worry about any of
that foot paint, leg pain, back camp pain anymore. It's gone.
And you know what, the Good Feed Store may be
able to help you too. You need to step in
the day to see if they can provide the same
relief so you can get back to living the way
life is meant to be. Get into the Good Feed
(35:13):
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or in Portage on West NJ, in front of Cole's.
Come in and experience a good feat feeling for yourself
at the Good Feed Store, living life to the fullest.
It's paid for you and tell them, tell them I
sent you, and think them for their support. Well, they've
solved all the problems. This is really something. They have
(35:36):
solved all the problems in one West Michigan County. Apparently
Ottawa County they were able. And I don't know how
you folks feel about this in Ottawa County today, but
apparently you must just be living in paradise. It must
be absolute, like a utopia. Because the county Board of
Commissioners got together yesterday and took the time to.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
Vote four.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
On eliminating the county motto where Freedom Rings. Now, you
remember it was before it was like where everyone belongs
or whatnot, But that just wasn't the case because they
had all these DEI initiatives been previously, and they had
all the weird things you wouldn't take any stance on
(36:22):
masking and the big issues of the day in twenty
twenty and whatnot. But they voted yesterday to eliminate the
very divisive apparently we're being told, very divisive motto where
freedom rings?
Speaker 3 (36:39):
How is freedom divisive?
Speaker 2 (36:41):
And again I guess everything is exactly the way it
needs to be in Ottawa County to have that vote
and to take the time to take the time to
do what they had to do apparently to get all
of that done. Hey, more on this story that is
continuing develop In fact, there were more documents released just
(37:03):
moments ago. We're gonna have to get into these at
the after show, but D and I Tulca Gabbard releasing
documents detailing Obama's role in ordering the Russia Gates story
out there, how bad this is, how dirty it gets,
and how high up.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
The ladder it all goes.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
President Trump talked about it yesterday and in fact the
details are forthcoming. We'll have all that during the after show.
It's the show after the show. By the way, if
you miss any of today's show live or archive, you
can always get all the stories we've talked about and
we'll talk about today during the after show in our
show notes called the stack. God to Justin Barclay dot
(37:46):
com and stay up today, particularly with that story that
is so massive and yet still developing. After show cent
to role in just moments. Appreciate you being here with us.
Who wish you the best. Make a great day, folks.
God bless
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