August 7, 2025 • 46 mins
This week on Power Hour, Rachel Maddow’s “melodramatic” Trump meltdown, Clintons subpoenaed in Epstein probe, Trump brings Apple back to US, pink UK migrant protest turns ugly, big banks “debank” Trump, and Harry and William set for royal reunion.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is Power Hour with Gabriello.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Power Hello, and welcome to Power Allah. I'm Gabriella Palat.
Thank you for joining us. Well, he's the ultimate deal
maker and thanks to President Trump and his tariffs, Apple
is making its largest ever investment in America today.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Apple is announcing that it will invest six hundred billion
dollars that's with a B in the United States over
the next four years. That's one hundred billion dollars more
than they were originally going to invest. And this is
the largest investment Apple has ever made in America and
anywhere else. And it's just an honor to have you.
(00:45):
As you know, Apple has been an investor in other
countries a little bit. I won't say which ones, but
a couple and they're coming.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
They're coming home.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
They're coming home because of a president that is putting
America first. Also coming up on the show, Americans are
celebrating the reports at Howard Stern's show on Serious XM
is getting axed.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
We're going to start putting up with the idiots in
this country and just say you now, it's mandatory to
get back to them their freedom.
Speaker 5 (01:15):
I want my freedom to live.
Speaker 6 (01:17):
Good riddance.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Trump is back, Woke is dead and nature is healing.
Later in the show, we'll check in on the Democrats
and the leftist media who are desperately trying to tell
Americans that they no longer live in a democratic society.
Speaker 7 (01:32):
We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country and it
sounds melodramatic to say it, I know, but just go
with that for a minute.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Well, Hunter Biden is back putting himself in the spotlight
after going on an unhinged runt just a couple of
weeks ago where he threw all the Democrats under the bus.
He's back on Channel five with Andrew Callahan's podcast where
he spoke about Jeffrey Epstein Donald Trump, and he talked
about what a cruel, cruel four years it was when
his father was president.
Speaker 8 (02:08):
Although it has been kind of a cruel four years
in many ways, I'm like eternally grateful for right where
I am right now. As much as these people have
kind of been the ultimate expression of evil, at least
in my lifetime, is that it kind of fills me
(02:29):
with an enormous sense of purpose.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Joining us now as senior editor at Largent Newsweek. Josh Hammer, Josh,
It's great to see you. So the man with the
laptop from hell, who got a pardon from the big guy,
who's playing the victim card.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
But I want to get your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Why does Hunter Biden keep popping up for interviews?
Speaker 6 (02:48):
You know?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Is this his way of fighting Gavin Newsom for the spotlight?
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Is it going to run?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Look?
Speaker 9 (02:55):
I think that Hunter Biden is someone Gabrielle who literally
does not know anything other than the limelight. I mean,
this is someone who whose father, Joe Biden, was in
politics for a half century. I mean literally from the
early nineteen seventies until last year. I mean, I guess
until earlier this year January twenty twenty five. I mean,
this is someone who literally just simply doesn't know any
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other way of them to try to get in front
of the cameras there, try to insert himself into the
public narrative. He's clearly a bit of an ego maniac.
I mean, I think there's a lot of data points
over the years that would give that away. Everything that
we know about his various addictions and the laptop there
and all of his comments the media over the years.
He just has an insatiable desire to stay relevant. I
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guess the big question I think a lot of folks
are starting to think is does this guy actually want
to run for office?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I mean, it.
Speaker 9 (03:42):
Sounds so it sounds so crazy to say, Oh, it's
it's a profoundly scary thought. I mean, I have to
conclude that the answer is no, I don't. I don't
think Democrats are quite that suicideal they have not learned
many lessons from twenty twenty four, but surely trotting out
you know this, this drug adults, you know, maniac to
run for president is not, asad the best calling card there.
But I think it's even simple than that Gabriola. He
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just doesn't know how to resist the linelight. So when
someone asked him come the show, he's going to say.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
Yes, Yeah. I think that's an excellent point.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Well, only six months into Trump two point zero, but
speculation has already begun about who will be.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
The heir to the MAGA movement.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
So who will be the Republican presidential candidate in twenty
twenty eight? And Donald Trump was asked about this and
he seemed to agree that JD.
Speaker 6 (04:25):
Vance is the favorite.
Speaker 9 (04:27):
Do you agree that the heir apparent to MAGA is JD.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Vance Well, I think most likely, in all fairness, he's
the vice president. I think Marco is also somebody that
maybe would get together with JD.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
In some form.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
I also think we have incredible people, some of the
people in the stage right here. So it's too early
obviously to talk about it. But certainly he's doing a
great job and he would be probably favorite at this point.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
It's interesting, that's a pretty clear response from the president.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
He didn't really dodge the question.
Speaker 9 (05:00):
Well, you know, Donald Trump is not necessarily one Gabrielle
to dodge questions. I mean, this is a guy who's
I mean, he's made an entire career basically of calling
you like you sees that going back to the old
New York City tabloid days of the nineteen seventies nineteen eighties. Look,
I mean, this was half the purpose of Donald Trump
selecting Jdvans. I mean, this was half the purpose of
selecting someone who is basically well half his age. Actually,
(05:20):
I mean JD. Evans just turned forty one years old.
So Donald Trump made a decision when in selecting such
a young vice president of the millennial generation. He was
already back then last summer around the time of the
RNC in Milwaukee, he made a very deliberate conscience's decision
to put a serious thumb on the scale in terms
of who the presumptive success or to the MAGA throne
(05:42):
would be. Now, having said that, you know, he could
have just answered the question and said JD Evan's next question.
He didn't say that. Obviously, he said Mark Rubio might
be involved. Plenty of people in this room. It's going to
be a competitive primary. You know, this is not JD Evans.
I think according to all the betting markets is the
is the odd the odds favored right now, and that
seems pretty clear to me. But it's going to be
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a competitive primary, and it's also a very very long
ways away at this particular juncture there, and you know,
JD's going to have to pick up some issues, I think,
to really kind of double down hone in on those issues.
For the first few months of this presidency, Gabrielle, I
think that he was kind of clouded out a little
bit by Elon Musk. Elon Musk was not technically vice president,
but he was getting a lot of headlines dozed and
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all that there, and in some respects JD was not
necessarily front of the newspapers other than excellent speech he
gave im Munich, Germany back in February. So you know,
now that Elon is out of the picture and we're
in the August recess in the second half of this year,
going into twenty twenty six, I'm going to be looking
very carefully to see what specific issues JD takes up
there and what kind of impact he can make on
those issues.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Okay, well, let's turn to anti Israel activist and former
Columbia University graduate Mahmood Khalil. As we know who's involved
in all those anti Israel demonstrations and now in a
recent interview with The New York Times, he defended the
October seven terror attack by Hamas. He appeared on the
Ezra Clean Show podcast and he said, although he thinks
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that the Hamas attack that killed more than twelve hundred
people and captured two hundred and fifty and as we know,
fifty hostages are still being held in Gaza in terror tunnels,
this was just a way for Gaza to be heard.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Listen to this.
Speaker 10 (07:24):
I think it's more the latter, like just to break
the cycle, to break that Palestinians have not being curred,
and to me, it's a desperate attempt to the wood
the Palestinians out here, that Palestinians are part of the equation.
That was my interpretation of why Hamas did the October
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seventh attacks on Israel.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
It's just so sick. I just don't understand how anyone
could rationalize it.
Speaker 9 (07:59):
Well, first of all, shame on ezraclined. Shame on ezraclined
for having this person on his show. Ezra has a
very highly ranked liberal, left of center podcast. This is
a disgusting editor editorial decision to even have this guy
on the show in the first place. I mean, he
you know, he was taken in by Ice. He he
was in the process of getting removed there for his
(08:19):
active support for US recognized foreign terrorist organization there. But
you know, Gabriella, this this clip that we've just seen,
and it is everything that you say is. It is abhorrent,
It is appalling. You know, it's worth remembering to some
of these some of these very specific things that happened.
I've been to the gas envelope, I've walked through the
key boots of Kafaras, I've seen the blood on the walls.
I've seen the children's toys in the street. I've seen
(08:40):
all for myself. So I would be interested to see
if this individual, mak mu Khalil, we will be willing
to look in the face of a grieving mother whose
child was murdered, whose daughter was sexually mutilated and raped
and then and then and then killed. I mean, and horrific,
horrific stuff there. But listening to the specific way that
he describes this clip a desperate act to be heard,
(09:02):
you know, I can't help but think of the old
Stalinist line, you know from the Soviet Union era, that
what you know, one death is a tragedy, but a
thousand deaths is a statistic. That's kind of the same
mentality that I hear when I listened to Maka mu
Khalil speak. I mean, let's not forget that twelve hundred
people roughly speaking, lost their lives, there were two to
fifty others who were taking hostage, dozens of not one
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hundreds of more who were raped, and with the tell
the tale there, he's really channeling this far left Stalinist
mentality of just kind of aggregating deaths and calling it
kind of just a statistic. It's disgusting, disgusting discussing hisself,
and really I kind of come back to what I
said that at the beginning. Shame on Ezra Cline forgetting
this guy platform in the first place.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
Absolutely No.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I've been to Kappa Azar as well and the side
of the Nova Music Festival and that has stayed with me.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
There.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
The energy on the ground there was absolutely terrifying. Yeah,
I agree, Shame on Ezra Kline. Now The New York
Times is also reporting that late colleges Columbia and Brown
they must disclose their admissions and race data following their
settlement with President Trump. So this is essentially because the
Trump administration rather has been pushing colleges to use quite
(10:14):
for it, merit based processes. You know what a concept
that is, rather than focusing on DEI do you welcome this.
Speaker 9 (10:24):
One thousand percent? Look, I mean, all of this should
have happened two years ago. It was actually the summer
of twenty twenty three that the US Supreme Court ruled
in these students for Fair Emission versus Harvard College case.
That's so called affirmative action aka anti white racism when
it comes to university missions. The Court ruled over two
years ago that this is illegal, that it violates the
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fourteenth Amendment of US Constitution. What Donald Trump did back
in January was he signed an executive order which basically
said that, according to that Supreme Court decision, we are
going to interpret all DEI measures on university campuses in
the federal governments and elsewhere as also being unconstitutional and
a violation of the Civil Rights Actor of nineteen sixty
four as well. So all this is pursu into that,
(11:06):
but it should have happened in a very very long
time ago. The craziest thing to me, Gabrielle is, you
know the lawyers, and these are very very sophisticated lawyers
who are representing these universities there. I mean, I mean
major white shoe law firms there. These universities are dragging
out this process for months and months, in the case
of Columbia ultimately settle Link for two hundred million dollars,
(11:27):
Harvard's rumors to potentially sell for five hundred million dollars,
and literally for what I mean, think about like what
they're actually arguing. They're actually taking an affirmative stance that
they have the rights, perhaps even the duty or the
obligation to discriminate on the basis of riks. That's actually
what they are doing. A lot of the media here
in the United States frame this as the truminstrration cracking
down on the anti Semitism. That's definitely part of it,
(11:50):
but it's actually only part of it, maybe even only
a small part of it, because the broader part of
it is they are literally just saying, as you correctly
framed it at the outset, they're just saying, you have
to abide by Title six of the Civil Rights Act,
you have to abide by the Fourteenth Amendment. You can't
discriminate on the basis of race, sex, national origin, et cetera,
et cetera, et cetera. There the fact that the universities
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are fighting this tooth and nail to their seeming death,
that's the craziest part of it all.
Speaker 6 (12:14):
To me, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
House Republicans have subpainted nearly a dozen former federal officials
and politicians, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, amid an expanding
investigation into pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. As we know Bill Clinton,
he reportedly flew on Epstein's jet, the Lalita Express, up
to twenty six times.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
Josh what do you make of this? Are you confident or.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Not really that we'll really get more information about Epstein
and those around him from this investigation.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
Well, I personally can't wait to see Clinton go, that is,
Bill Clinton, slick Willy himself. I can't wait to see
slick Willy go before the House Oversight Committee. Congressman James
Comwor of Kentucky. I mean, that's going to be musty TV.
I mean, I mean, make me a fat bag of popcorny.
I'll put my feet on the table and I'll watch
that all day long. I mean, you know, Gabriella, when
when Pam Bondi and Cash Mattel the deal g in,
(13:07):
the FBI released two mixed reaction at best their announcement,
so that there was no list to that that Epstein
didn't de kill himself and so forth. There it struck
me right away that one of the most obvious things
that Trump's defenders should have done, even at that time,
was say, wait, you're gonna say, you're gonna say that
Donald Trump is covering up because he might be in
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the Epstein files. Have you talked about Bill Clinton? This
guy was literally on the plane twenty six times. Yeah,
I mean the Wall Street Journal currently being sued by
by Donald Trump there. I mean, they had this article
there talking about this, you know, this fiftieth birthday card
Trump there. Maybe you know, maybe he wrote a maybe
he didn't.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
I don't know.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
We'll see what the lawsuit happens there. But you know,
on the one hand, you have Donald Trump allegedly doing
his fiftieth birthday card once with a little you know,
lascivious drawing. On the other hand, we literally know for
a fact, based in the manifest that Clinton was on
this plane dozens of times there. So it's really just absurd.
Now where is ultimately going to go? I don't know.
Apparently there was actually just a major meeting in Washington
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just over the past twelve to sixteen hours or so
between the JD Vans and Cash Mittel and Pambombi trying
to talk about what the administration's response should beat to
the Epstein files. Gabrielle, My personal take is essentially as files.
I am not a huge fan of the way the
administration has handled this. I also think that it is very,
very very far from the median Trump voters primary concern there.
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The Trump administration is currently winning on virtually all fronts.
They are firing on all cylinders right now, and I
think that the sooner they can find some way try
to satisfy all sides move on.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
The better.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:39):
Absolutely. Now.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Finally, it's been revealed and reported that two of the
largest banks kick Donald Trump at his money out, following
pressure from the Biden administration's banking regulators after the January
sixth riots. So the New York Post reports that JP
Morgan and Bank of America d banked President Trump. Trump
says that he think banks discriminate against many conservatives, and
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the White House is preparing an executive order that will
instruct regulators to review banks for politicized or unlawful de
banking practices.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
What are your thoughts on this?
Speaker 9 (15:14):
So, D banking has been one of the under the
radar biggest issues facing America for at least six seven
eighty years. Here way, this has happened to a lot.
I literally personally know people, many people actually who have
lost their bank accounts, their Venmo PayPal, or they're just
checking their credit card accounts due to their political beliefs.
This has been happening actually for a very very long time.
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It's really not that dissimilar to our issues here when
it comes to big tech, when it comes to being
deplatformed or censored or shadow band there, it's a very
similar dynamic happening when it comes to financial institutions. By
the way, Gabrielle, there's no logical reason why necessarily has
to stop just with banks. I mean, what about your
local dentists, your local doctor. Are they going to stop
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serving you because you happen to be a Trump supporter there? So,
for all these reasons, I have actually been of the
opinion I think a lot of conservatives will disagree with
what I'm going to say, but I've actually been of
the opinion that when it comes to the Civil Rights
Act of nineteen sixty four, which we were just talking
about in the context of higher education, which essentially has
protected classes, protective classes of nationality, of race, sex, gender, etc. There,
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I actually think that rather than try to pull off
the impossible of repealing these statutes, namely america civil rights law,
I think it would be a more prudent gesture to
actually codify political belief as a protected class status that
would essentially mean that it would be illegal under America's
civil rights laws to discriminate against a conservative when it
comes to banking, legal services, dental services, and accounting any
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of the above. There simply because he or she is
a conservative. Now, I think a lot of folks would say,
you know what you're talking about, this is all big government,
just get rid of it all. Fine. I don't necessarily
disagree with that. I'm just trying to live in the
reality as I see it. I would love to see
more Republicans talk about this, though, because to date, I'm
frankly on tell You're sure, I've heard a single person
say this out loud.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Actually, Senior editor at Large and newswig Josh Hamma, thank
you so much for your time.
Speaker 6 (17:03):
Great to talk to you.
Speaker 9 (17:05):
Thank you, Bill.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
It's time for mediam meltdowns and has anyone checked in
on MSNBC host Rachel Meadow, the left wing host who's
been complaining about Donald Trump for a decade now well.
In her latest rant about the democratically elected president, she
discovers that it's August twenty twenty five, and every day.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
The sun rises and the sun sets.
Speaker 9 (17:32):
We have crossed a line.
Speaker 7 (17:33):
We are in a place we did not want to be,
but we are there.
Speaker 9 (17:37):
The thing we were.
Speaker 7 (17:37):
All warning about for the last few years is not coming.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
It is here, We are in it.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
This is what it likes.
Speaker 6 (17:43):
It turns out this is what it's like, right. I mean,
it's August. It's a Monday.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Every day.
Speaker 7 (17:48):
The sun rises and the sunsets, and there are sports
and movies, and there are new hit songs.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
There are scandals here and there, there are crimes.
Speaker 7 (17:55):
There's everybody's personal quotion of family drama and health worries
and money worries, and falling in and out of love
and in and out of faith. Life has not stopped,
and none of our personal lives have stopped.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Well spotted Rachel Mattow inspiring staff. You can really see
why she's on an annual salary of twenty five million
dollars a year. But as you can say, this was
just the warm up before she insists that we're living
under a dictatorship and we should be melodramatic about it.
Speaker 7 (18:26):
Also, at the same time, life in the United States
is profoundly changing, is profoundly different than it was even
six months ago, because we do now live in a
country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have
a consolidating dictatorship in our country, and it sounds melodramatic
(18:48):
to say it, I know, but just go with that
for a minute, right, think in melodramatic terms, Think in
cinematic terms.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Rachel Mattow.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
We're up to almost two hundred days of Trump two
point zero and democracy has not ended. Joining us now
is CJ. Pearson, RNC Youth Advisory Council coaches.
Speaker 6 (19:12):
CJ.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It is great to see you again. Rachel Mattow is
struggling big time. She seems to think America is living
under a dictatorship.
Speaker 6 (19:20):
Can you help her out?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
You know, under a dictatorship?
Speaker 11 (19:24):
I don't really think she'd be allowed to go in
that unhinged rant about President Trump. But of course, you know,
liberals make their own rules, they make their own definitions,
and the same way they can't define a woman. How
dare we expect them to actually know what a real
dictatorship is?
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Right?
Speaker 11 (19:37):
I think the only thing Rachel Mattow needs to find
is probably a prescription for xanax, because she needs to
calm down.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
And to be.
Speaker 11 (19:44):
Quite frank, this is exactly why no one can take
the left seriously anymore. They live in this constant state
of just absolute anxiety that it's absolutely not unfounded in
any sense or sort of reality. And it's sad well.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
The Howard Stone Show on Serious XM is set to
be canceled now. He was reportedly on a contract of
one hundred million dollars over five years. He's previously said
that he hated anyone who voted for Donald Trump and
demanded that they stop listening to his radio show, and
turns out they did. And he also had this charming
message to anyone who was hesitant about the COVID job.
Speaker 4 (20:22):
We're going to start putting up with the idiots in
this country and just say you now, it's mandatory to
get back to head them their freedom.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
I want my freedom to live.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
And here he is interviewing a barely functioning Joe Biden,
absolutely gushing over him.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
I know you'd be a good father to the country,
and I want to thank you for providing a calming influence,
an organized administration post COVID, getting that vaccine out, getting NATO,
getting us to feel comfortable standing up to Putin. I
don't know what people are looking for in a president,
or maybe it's that people don't feel like they're getting
(20:59):
enough for I don't know what it is, but I'll
give you your greatest hits.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Well, it stands out to me looking at that clip,
is just how distracted Joe Biden looks there. Remember we
used to see so many images. He just looks so confused,
not really sure if he.
Speaker 6 (21:14):
Knows what is going on.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
But looking at the comments of that clip that's been
written up online, people say that he's worse than what's
on MSNBC.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
What's your reaction, you.
Speaker 11 (21:25):
Know, I think you're exactly right. And I think not
only the people spoke, but so did the free markets.
Speaker 12 (21:29):
Right.
Speaker 11 (21:30):
This guy has made one hundred million dollars to spew
unfounded lies and to gaslight America about the health and
mental acuity of President Biden. And I think people were
sick and tired of it, and they were frankly fed up.
And he's gone the way of Colbert, He's gone the
way of Jim A Costa. And I got to tell you, Gabrielle,
this is exactly what I've voted for. For these people
in the media who have lied to the American people
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for almost a decade now about the state of affairs
in this country to finally be given an unceremonious exit
and I got his I think a lot of people
are happier today than they were when Howard Stern was
on the radio spewing his nonsense, eyes and vitriol.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Well, speaking of people with severe TDS, Jasmine Crockett says
that Donald Trump has a problem with people of color.
Speaker 13 (22:13):
Listen to this.
Speaker 14 (22:15):
This is a person that has a problem with people
of color, period. I don't care how many black maga
out there with they hats. I want to be clear
when we look at who it is that he's kicking
out of this country as people of color, When we
look at who he always disrespects and says that they
are low IQ, even though when you look at his cabinet,
this has to be the most incompetent cabinet we have
(22:36):
ever had in the history of this country.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
And I doubt she got a lot of pushback from
saying in.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
The you know, not at all.
Speaker 11 (22:44):
But that's you know, of course, par the course without
failing network. But here's what I'll tell you about how
President Trump cares and treats black people. I'm someone who's
been to the White House on many occasions. I've been
to mar Lago, his personal home, on many occasions. If
the man didn't like black people. I don't know if
that'd be the case. Let's not talk about just that.
Let's talk about what this president has done for the
black community. This is a president who delivered criminal justice reform.
(23:05):
The first black president didn't even do that. This is
the president who's invested billions of dollars into historically black
college and universities here in the United States. This is
a president who continues to deliver for black and brown
communities every single day, not because of the color of
their skin, because he believes that a rising tie.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Lifts all boats.
Speaker 11 (23:21):
And so when Jasmine Kroft goes on national television and
spews her hate and vitriol, all she's doing is exposing
her lack of knowledge about these critical policy wins. And
she would be more concerned about actually serving the people
of her district than making a fool of herself and
national television.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I think the people of.
Speaker 11 (23:37):
Texas would be a lot more excited to have her
as their commerce.
Speaker 6 (23:40):
Yeah, well said.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Now, Trump has announced that Apple is investing six hundred
billion dollars in the United States, which is the largest
investment that Apple has ever made in the US. The
tech giant had already planned to invest seven hundred and
sixty eight billion dollars, so this takes its total investment
to close to one hundred billion dollars. This is going
to create around twenty thousand new jobs in America and CJ.
Speaker 6 (24:04):
This is really what we're seeing.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
As a result of Trump's controversial tariffs. Just in a
short period of time, we are seeing major plans for
increased manufacturing in America.
Speaker 11 (24:15):
Well forwards for you promise has made promises. Keep as
the president who ran on the idea of returning American
industry right back here at home. And this is a
thing that's actually going to create incredible jobs for blue
collar Americans in the great state of Kentucky. With that
part of his pledge, Tim Cook also said they were
going to make all the iPhone screens and things of
that nature right here in America. And this is exactly
(24:37):
what President Trump said. What happen and look at Lord behold,
he's delivering.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
On he is.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
It's amazing to see now in the wake of a
former Doge worker being beaten by gang members on the
streets of Washington, DC, Donald Trump has indicated that he
is considering taking control of the district to stamp out crime.
He said that he's considering using the National Guard.
Speaker 6 (24:59):
Take listen look at that.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
In fact, the lawyers are already studying it.
Speaker 9 (25:04):
We have to run DC.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
This has to be the best run place in the country,
not the worst run place in the country, and it
has so much potential, and we're gonna take care of it.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
You're gonna be safe.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
You're gonna be safe walking down street.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
You're not gonna get mugged.
Speaker 6 (25:21):
C Day, what are your thoughts on this?
Speaker 1 (25:24):
You know, I spent a lot of time in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 11 (25:26):
So I got to say thank you to President Trent
for pooritizing, making sure that our nation's capital is on
another third world country. But of course, under Democrat leadership
like Mayor Marial Bowser, we've seen it decline into that.
And so I think, of course, you know, America's national
capital should of course be a shining sea on a hill,
just like our country ought to be. And every thug,
(25:46):
every so called a youth that wants to torment folks
on our streets, they should be held accountable, put in prison,
the key thrown away, because that's the only way we
are going to solve this problem.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Well, as we know, Donald Trump gets a pretty hard time.
I'm from the media.
Speaker 6 (26:01):
Some of the criticism. I'm sure it is.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Absolutely fair, but I don't think he gets enough credit
for the humor that he brings to the job. Here
is a seventy nine year old president on the roof
of the White House taking questions from reporters.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
Are you considering more renovations, sir.
Speaker 13 (26:19):
Peter, are you going to build up?
Speaker 3 (26:25):
I sure.
Speaker 6 (26:30):
There is no one else like him.
Speaker 11 (26:33):
We don't deserve him, to be quite frank with you, right,
you know, we went from a president who struggled to
walk up the stairs to air Force one to a
president who's now taking questions from the roof of the
White House just for fun. It's incredible to see and
it's a reminder of the fact that it is night
and day in America right now, and to be quite frank,
(26:54):
it's mourning in America right now. I think for a
long time we didn't have this experience, and I think
the American people will I'm a president with the energy
and the passion and zeal toliver for the American people
and to implement as America First agenda.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Offishal now construction for any ballroom inside the White House
is set to begin in September. It's going to see
more than at six hundred people, and it means that
they won't need to put up a tent when they
host state dinners and other functions.
Speaker 6 (27:19):
But Chuck Schumer, while he's against.
Speaker 15 (27:21):
It, White House announced construction of a two hundred million
dollar White House ballroom that will begin in September. A
two hundred million dollar ballroom. Where did this money come from?
Did Congress appropriate it? I don't think so. It's almost
like Doge was never about waste it all.
Speaker 11 (27:41):
President Trump and other donors have generously committed to donating
the funds necessary to build this approximately two hundred million
dollar structure.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
That's right, the two hundred million dollar ballroom will be
covered by Donald Trump and other donors. And Trump also
doesn't get enough credit for donating his entire presidential salary.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
No, not at all.
Speaker 11 (28:03):
And you know, I would tell Chuck Schruman to put
his money more his mouth is, but his money simply
isn't as long as President Trump's. You know, this is
a president who is you know, if he wants to
improve the White House, he has said long and you
know and has long held this fact that he will
actually foot the bill himself. He's donated his presidental salary,
as you noted, to the White House Historical Association. This
is a man who absolutely just does as he says.
(28:25):
And I understand that's rare in Washington, but it's not
rare in Donald Trump's White House.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Finally, I want to ask you about aliens. A bit
left field, but Director of National Intelligence Telsey Gabbard sat
down with Miranda Devine on her podcast pod Force one,
and Telsey was asked about aliens.
Speaker 6 (28:42):
You know, are they really out there? This is what
she had to say.
Speaker 16 (28:46):
So, I mean, is there anything We've had some declassification
of some very strange videos that look like they are,
you know, unidentified flying objects. Is there anything in the
files that you think you could find or you have found?
Speaker 7 (29:02):
Nothing that I'm prepared to talk about today.
Speaker 16 (29:05):
So watch this space, see what watch this space.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
We are continued.
Speaker 7 (29:12):
I'm just going to say this, Yeah, we're continuing to
look for the truth, uh and share that truth with
the American people.
Speaker 6 (29:22):
C J, what did you make of this? Well?
Speaker 11 (29:25):
I you know, as someone who's watched the view once
or twice, I would say that was all the proof
of extraterrestrial life.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
That I needed. But it's interesting.
Speaker 11 (29:32):
I'm a director Gabert speak on this issue and I
you know, I trust this administration to of course get
to the bottom of this.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
I think there are a lot of vowed questions surrounding.
Speaker 11 (29:40):
This issue, and I believe this administration will continue to
act in the same sort of radical transparency that have
gotten them to where they are six months post and audoration. C. J.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Pearson, RNC Youth Advisory Council, Co Chair, thanks so much
for joining us on power Ala.
Speaker 6 (29:54):
Always great to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Good to see you.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Ning us Now is Research fellow at the Institute of
Public Affairs.
Speaker 6 (30:05):
Mir Schlick Mia, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Let's start with the UK and the protests that took
place last weekend where we saw mothers dressed in pink
demonstrating outside a migrant hotel in London.
Speaker 6 (30:17):
Hundreds of people were there. They were heard chanting save.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Our kids outside the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf.
Speaker 13 (30:25):
Take a look, We're not.
Speaker 6 (30:47):
So.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
This was what it looked like before the protest was
then hijacked by masked thugs who then set off flares
and clashed with police.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
But this hotel is not cheap.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
The standard room reportedly costs as much four hundred and
twenty five pounds a night, So Maya, it seems that
there's really this frustration that the government is splashing taxpayer
dollars on luxury hotels for illegal immigrants.
Speaker 6 (31:11):
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 17 (31:13):
Yeah, that's exactly right.
Speaker 18 (31:15):
I think people really are quite frustrated with how the
UK government is treating this issue at the moment. I mean,
we saw this protest. It started out peacefully and then
unfortunately it was hijacked up by some very very angry
groups of people and then there was some public backlash
against that. But unfortunately, this anger that we're seeing, it's
a symptom of people who are so frustrated for the
(31:37):
political class is just not listening to them and it's
not listening to their concerns.
Speaker 17 (31:42):
And what the worry here is that in.
Speaker 18 (31:43):
Australia we are very very close to following this path
of the UK. We have this out of control migration intake,
We're not building enough houses and as a result of that,
the standard of living is falling for both Australians and
people who want to come to this country.
Speaker 6 (32:00):
Now.
Speaker 18 (32:00):
Australia is a very welcoming and a very tolerant nation,
but you have to do these things carefully. It has
to be planned for, It needs to have the consent
of the community. Otherwise Australia is at risk of following
down the path of the UK.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Look, while we're talking about the UK, there are concerns
that the UK's Online Safety Act Acts rather is at
risk of seriously infringing free speech. Elon Musk's social media
platform x says that lawmakers made a conscientious decision to
increase censorship. The statement says many are now concerned that
the plan intended to keep children safe, is at risk
(32:36):
of seriously infringing on the public's right to free expression.
How the government has firmly rejected calls to reverse the legislation.
It insists that the act is to protect children from
harmful content online, but public opposition to this has really
grown significantly, and online petition demanding the act's repeal has
(32:57):
attracted more than a four hundred thousand signatures. Mia, do
you have concerns that this Safety Act is online Safety Act?
It might be well intentioned, but it will infringe on
free speech?
Speaker 18 (33:09):
I absolutely have concerns about this, and I have to
agree with Elon Musk that this is a heavy handed
approach and it's approach to censorship. I mean, there's no
doubts that the political class has motivations to sensor what
they see online, because what's happening is the mainstream population
is waking up to the fact that our traditional mainstream
media outlets are full of bias, the full of ideology.
(33:30):
So they're turning to online platforms like social media in
some attempt to engage in a different kind of discourse.
And what the bolt of class is seeing is they're thinking,
I've got to sense this and control the debate as
they're doing with mainstream media outlets.
Speaker 17 (33:46):
Now, this happens time and time again.
Speaker 18 (33:48):
They say it's done in the name of safety, and
I think everyone can agree that we want to keep
our children safe, but this isn't the way to do it.
It's past to censorship, and we see it with time
time again with things like climate safe or COVID safe,
and each time we use this word safe, it's code
for government censorship.
Speaker 6 (34:06):
I completely agree with you.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
Looking at the global implications of this political politico rather
reports at the UK's Office of Communications, which is enforcing
this Online Safety Act, has already sent letters to at
least three websites that are operating outside of the UK
demanding that they conduct harmful speech audits. The letters note
that failure to comply could result in imprisonment for a
(34:31):
term of up to two years or a final both.
I mean two years imprisonment. That is a serious punishment.
But I have to play you what UK Prime Minister
Kirs Starmer said about free speech.
Speaker 6 (34:44):
He was very awkward.
Speaker 2 (34:48):
Free speech today.
Speaker 12 (34:50):
Well, free speech is very important. I don't know if
you're referring to.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Any place in particular, perhaps they are, but we've.
Speaker 15 (34:55):
Had free speech for a very very long time here
so we're very proud about that.
Speaker 6 (35:01):
So uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
He was so awkward there trying to pretend that that's
something he believes in. But as you point out, we
should also look to what's happening here in Australia because
from December twenty twenty five, a world first social media
ban will be locking out under sixteen's out of social
media platforms, so Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, reddit, x, snapchat and YouTube.
(35:24):
If you're under sixteen, you won't be able to use it.
The alban Ezy government claims that it's of course again
you know, shielding kids from harmful content online. But again
there are these concerns around surveillance and this could be
a slippery slope to censorship.
Speaker 18 (35:40):
Well that's exactly right. And there is so much bracket
creep on this stuff. I mean, previously the E Safety
Commissioner was called the child e Safety Commissioner and now
she's the E Safety Commissioner in general, like, there's just
no limitations to the kind of powers that these groups
impose on themselves. And as I said, it's bracket creep,
it goes further and further down the line, not to
(36:00):
mention there's actually no way of even enforcing these new laws.
I mean, it's a trojan horse for digital ID and
the Australian government keeps falling down this path.
Speaker 6 (36:10):
We saw it.
Speaker 18 (36:10):
They're censorous in nature. We saw it with the Misinformation
Bill last year that was thankfully rejected in the end.
Speaker 17 (36:18):
But they can't help themselves.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
I want to ask you about net zero. President Donald
Trump has scrapped what would have been one of America's
largest onshore wind farms, the one thousand Megawa Lava Ridge
wind project in Idaho would have spanned more than fifty
seven thousand acres with more than two hundred and thirty
wind turbines. Now we know that Donald Trump is against
(36:40):
wind farms. He absolutely blasted Europe for it last week.
Before I get to net zero and what's happening here
in Australia, what are your thoughts on Trump's decision.
Speaker 17 (36:50):
I think it's a fantastic decision by Trump.
Speaker 18 (36:52):
I mean, Trump is waking up to the delusion that
is net zero and he's leading the way on this.
Speaker 17 (36:58):
We're seeing it across even here in Australia.
Speaker 18 (37:00):
There are so many companies now who are withdrawing their
agreements to set up, particularly offshore wind farms, because they're
just not vible.
Speaker 17 (37:08):
I mean, if you have a look.
Speaker 18 (37:09):
Just this week there was the Orana renewable Energy Zone
in New South Wales now that was originally projected to
cost about six hundred and fifty million that blew out
to eight times the cost of five point five billion dollars,
and those added costs were expected to flow on to consumers.
They admitted that these renewables they just do not stack up.
(37:31):
They don't stack up when it comes to the economics
of it, or even upholding our energy grid. And unfortunately
it is mainstream Australians and mainstream people all across the
world who will get the hardest, who will get hit
the hardest when they're the ones who are forced to
pay for them.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
And you've spent a favorite of time with farmers, with
people that are being impacted by this push for renewables.
Speaker 17 (37:55):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 18 (37:56):
That's been a really big part of our research here
at the IPA because there's an economic cost to these projects,
but beyond that, there's also a social cost, and it's
a cost that so many people just aren't aware of
because for so long they've been told that the net
zero agenda, committing to zero emissions is the right thing
to do, and it doesn't matter the cost, because it's
(38:17):
the moral high ground, and if you reject net zero,
you're some kind of climate denier and you're not doing
the right thing.
Speaker 17 (38:23):
But when you actually head out to.
Speaker 18 (38:24):
The communities, who are the ones who are going to
have to house this infrastructure, because these wind farms are
not built in the inner cities, they're built out in
our regional communities and to connect to these wind farms
to the grid. You need hundreds of kilometers of transmission
lines that cut through farming property and these farmers they
don't consent to it. And the reaction of the government
(38:46):
instead of negotiating with them or coming up with a
better agreement, has been this heavy handed approach of compulsorily
acquiring any land they need to proceed with the rollout.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Research fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Thank you
so much for your time, Thank you for having me.
The UK Charity Commission has criticized Prince Harry for publicly
airing his dispute with the chair of his charity center Ballet,
but cleared the Duke of Sussex of racism allegations. Riley
(39:17):
Sullivan is a lifestyle reporter here at sky News dot
com dot a U and he's always across the latest
celebrity headlines. Riley, great to see you to be back. Okay,
talk to us about this Prince Harry. He's been cleared
of serious racism allegations. We all those allegations against him
and what did the Charity Commission have to say?
Speaker 12 (39:35):
Yes, so this is all about the demise really of
his charity center Balit It was an HIV charity that
he set up with the Prince of Lesuto back in
two thousand and six. It was all about educating and
providing support for young people suffering HIV. Very important charity,
very much part of his legacy and also his mother,
Princess Diana's legacy. She was of course such a champion
(39:57):
for raising awareness of that issue. So this is been
really a demise. It has been sad for Harry personally
and it really played out in the media. The chair
of the charity, doctor Sophie Chandorca very sort of acclaimed
lawyer from Zimbabwe, high profile.
Speaker 19 (40:13):
She was the chair of the charity.
Speaker 12 (40:15):
She came out a few months ago and made these
shocking claims about alleged misogyny racism through in terms of
the management of Center Ballet and including Prince Harry. So
that those allegations were taken very seriously. The UK Charity
Commission became involved and they have released their findings. The
findings said that Harry. They didn't find any evidence of
(40:36):
racism or misogyny towards the chair by Harry or anyone
involved in the charity, but they.
Speaker 19 (40:41):
Did caution the Duke of Sussex.
Speaker 12 (40:43):
They said the fact that it was aired publicly was inappropriate,
very inappropriate. I've actually just received word from Center Ballet.
They believe that Harry has not been exonerated in this case.
They think that the charity and then this was in
the notes. I did look through the missions report. The
Commission's report said it is not their role to adjudicate claims.
(41:05):
So Centa Ballet believes that doctor Sophie is telling the truth.
She stands by her claims against Harry. She's steal the
chair today and she stands by it. But as far
as the Commission's concern, Harry is so clear.
Speaker 2 (41:17):
A new royal biography about Prince Andrew and Fergie is
continuing to send shock waves through the UK after more
excerpts were published in the tabloids. And you spoke to
the author, Andrew Lownie. What did he have to say
about the reaction?
Speaker 12 (41:31):
Right, Well, Andrew Lownie is really in the middle of
the moment of so much attention, media attention in the
UK over his new book. It is finally going to
be released next week. This is the long away to
book on Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson Looking at their marriage,
looking at some of the controversies, and also a lot
of stuff that's never been aired before. It has been
serialized over the past.
Speaker 19 (41:52):
Week in the Daily Mail.
Speaker 12 (41:53):
They've been publishing exerts from the book and it'stead of
been causing a bit of a commotion. But you know,
I did speak to Andrew Lownie and I said, what's
your reaction, because I think one of the big takeaways
from the early exerts was this alleged physical altercation between
Harry and his uncle, Prince Andrew. Harry came out and
denied that. The Sussex camp were quick on that they
were not happy with that story being out there and
(42:14):
they denied it. But when I spoke to Andrew Lowney,
he said, again, you know, he was surprised that that
was sort of what they focused on. He's always believed
that and I do believe this is well I don't
know if this has been publicly revealed yet, but there's
stuff in that book that I haven't seen in the
tabloids yet that's really shocking, and he kind of he
believes that, well, you know, watch out, this is just
(42:36):
the beginning. So these early exerts are very kind of
interesting and quite salacious.
Speaker 19 (42:40):
But it's the stuff that's.
Speaker 12 (42:42):
Going to be in the full book, especially around the finances,
big big news.
Speaker 6 (42:47):
Okay, watch this phase. Now.
Speaker 2 (42:49):
Among the revelations in the book were allegations that Buckingham
Palace buried an investigation into claims Megan.
Speaker 6 (42:55):
Markle bullied palace stuff.
Speaker 2 (42:59):
Why did the reports where I should say, why didn't
never see the light of day?
Speaker 12 (43:02):
Yeah, well, this has sort of been an ongoing mystery
now for a few years. Of course, before Harry and
Meghan sat down with Oprah Winfrey, there was these reports
that came out in the press about historical allegations of
bullying by Meghan Markele towards staffers when she was living
at Kensington Palace.
Speaker 19 (43:18):
She only really lived in Kensington.
Speaker 12 (43:20):
Palace for a relatively short period between twenty seventeen and
then in twenty twenty they left, so realistically that's a
three year period. In that time, several staffers allegedly left
the employment of the palace because of Meghan's behavior that
was never substantiated. And then I guess before the Open
Winter interview all came up again and at that time
Bucky in Palace was feeling the pressure. This was in
(43:41):
twenty twenty one, they launched this investigation. We were all waiting.
We were like, okay, what's this investigation going to see?
You know, what's it going to say? And then it
never We never got the outcome of it. And allegedly,
according to Andrew Lowney's book, the reason that they did
do that was not because Meghan didn't do anything wrong.
I think it would have been frankly, probably quite damning
of Mega Markel. I think the reason that it was
(44:03):
buried was they didn't want to open the Pandora's box
because if they had this report come out saying, you know,
Meghan treated her staff poorly, that would kind of open
the gates for maybe the Sussex camp to say, we'll
look at Prince Andrew or other staffers to speak out.
And I think that they just felt, look, we've done
the investigation, they did their due diligence internally, but they
(44:25):
don't want any of the outcome to come out and
they want to move on.
Speaker 6 (44:27):
Isn't that interesting?
Speaker 2 (44:28):
Now Prince William and Prince Harry could come face to face.
Speaker 6 (44:31):
This is their cousin.
Speaker 2 (44:33):
At Peter Phillips's wedding following his recent engagement.
Speaker 6 (44:36):
Do we know when the wedding's going to be taking place?
Speaker 12 (44:39):
Yeah, well this was sort of exciting news for the
Royal family last week. Of course, Peter Phillips has announced
his engagement to his nurse Beyonce Harriet. They've been together
for quite a while, just a great low key couple
and in terms of a wedding date, allegedly it's a
spring wedding, so potentially we could see William and Harry
coming face to face sooner rather than than later. The
(45:01):
last time they were actually face to face was for
their uncle Robert Fellow's funeral, so that was also in
a kind of church setting. So they'll be back in
a church together, possibly within months. So it'll be interesting
to see, you know, especially when we talk about things
like the Invictus Games in twenty twenty seven. Obviously that's
still quite a while away, but I think we could
be seeing them together within months.
Speaker 2 (45:21):
Okay, and Prince William and Princess Catherine are importantly planning
to leave their home Adelaide Cottage for Fort Belvidere. But
why are some Royal family members convinced that this house
is cursed?
Speaker 12 (45:33):
Right, Well, we're talking about Fort Belvidere as a possible
new family home for the Wales family, and it sounds great.
You know, on paper, it's a huge property. It's very secure.
We know security is very important. It has space for
tennis courts, and it has sort of all the facilities
that you could ever want. But supposedly, you know, the
Royal family, the Windsor family are quite superstitious, and supposedly
(45:54):
certain members of the royal family do not like that
property because the association infamously nineteen thirty when King Edward
abdicated for Wallace Simpson, he abdicated at Fort Belvedere. So
it has a kind of like historical significance that is
not necessarily a good memory, especially for the Queen Mother.
(46:15):
So Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, she reportedly was not keen
on ever visiting Fort Belvedere, even when she had friends
staying there.
Speaker 6 (46:22):
She kind of.
Speaker 12 (46:22):
Avoided it because I think it just brought back bad memories.
So I think for William and Kate if they do
move there, they need to get the sage, They need
to sort of cleanse it.
Speaker 19 (46:30):
But yeah, interesting, watch his face.
Speaker 6 (46:33):
Absolutely, Riley Sullivan, thank you so much. For joining us.
Speaker 19 (46:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (46:40):
And that is power.
Speaker 5 (46:41):
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Thank you for joining us. Well, he's the ultimate deal
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Later in the show, we'll check in on the Democrats
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Americans that they no longer live in a democratic society.
Speaker 7 (01:32):
We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country and it
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with that for a minute.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Well, Hunter Biden is back putting himself in the spotlight
after going on an unhinged runt just a couple of
weeks ago where he threw all the Democrats under the bus.
He's back on Channel five with Andrew Callahan's podcast where
he spoke about Jeffrey Epstein Donald Trump, and he talked
about what a cruel, cruel four years it was when
his father was president.
Speaker 8 (02:08):
Although it has been kind of a cruel four years
in many ways, I'm like eternally grateful for right where
I am right now. As much as these people have
kind of been the ultimate expression of evil, at least
in my lifetime, is that it kind of fills me
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with an enormous sense of purpose.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Joining us now as senior editor at Largent Newsweek. Josh Hammer, Josh,
It's great to see you. So the man with the
laptop from hell, who got a pardon from the big guy,
who's playing the victim card.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
But I want to get your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Why does Hunter Biden keep popping up for interviews?
Speaker 6 (02:48):
You know?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Is this his way of fighting Gavin Newsom for the spotlight?
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Is it going to run?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Look?
Speaker 9 (02:55):
I think that Hunter Biden is someone Gabrielle who literally
does not know anything other than the limelight. I mean,
this is someone who whose father, Joe Biden, was in
politics for a half century. I mean literally from the
early nineteen seventies until last year. I mean, I guess
until earlier this year January twenty twenty five. I mean,
this is someone who literally just simply doesn't know any
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other way of them to try to get in front
of the cameras there, try to insert himself into the
public narrative. He's clearly a bit of an ego maniac.
I mean, I think there's a lot of data points
over the years that would give that away. Everything that
we know about his various addictions and the laptop there
and all of his comments the media over the years.
He just has an insatiable desire to stay relevant. I
(03:37):
guess the big question I think a lot of folks
are starting to think is does this guy actually want
to run for office?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I mean, it.
Speaker 9 (03:42):
Sounds so it sounds so crazy to say, Oh, it's
it's a profoundly scary thought. I mean, I have to
conclude that the answer is no, I don't. I don't
think Democrats are quite that suicideal they have not learned
many lessons from twenty twenty four, but surely trotting out
you know this, this drug adults, you know, maniac to
run for president is not, asad the best calling card there.
But I think it's even simple than that Gabriola. He
(04:04):
just doesn't know how to resist the linelight. So when
someone asked him come the show, he's going to say.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
Yes, Yeah. I think that's an excellent point.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Well, only six months into Trump two point zero, but
speculation has already begun about who will be.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
The heir to the MAGA movement.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
So who will be the Republican presidential candidate in twenty
twenty eight? And Donald Trump was asked about this and
he seemed to agree that JD.
Speaker 6 (04:25):
Vance is the favorite.
Speaker 9 (04:27):
Do you agree that the heir apparent to MAGA is JD.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Vance Well, I think most likely, in all fairness, he's
the vice president. I think Marco is also somebody that
maybe would get together with JD.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
In some form.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
I also think we have incredible people, some of the
people in the stage right here. So it's too early
obviously to talk about it. But certainly he's doing a
great job and he would be probably favorite at this point.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
It's interesting, that's a pretty clear response from the president.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
He didn't really dodge the question.
Speaker 9 (05:00):
Well, you know, Donald Trump is not necessarily one Gabrielle
to dodge questions. I mean, this is a guy who's
I mean, he's made an entire career basically of calling
you like you sees that going back to the old
New York City tabloid days of the nineteen seventies nineteen eighties. Look,
I mean, this was half the purpose of Donald Trump
selecting Jdvans. I mean, this was half the purpose of
selecting someone who is basically well half his age. Actually,
(05:20):
I mean JD. Evans just turned forty one years old.
So Donald Trump made a decision when in selecting such
a young vice president of the millennial generation. He was
already back then last summer around the time of the
RNC in Milwaukee, he made a very deliberate conscience's decision
to put a serious thumb on the scale in terms
of who the presumptive success or to the MAGA throne
(05:42):
would be. Now, having said that, you know, he could
have just answered the question and said JD Evan's next question.
He didn't say that. Obviously, he said Mark Rubio might
be involved. Plenty of people in this room. It's going to
be a competitive primary. You know, this is not JD Evans.
I think according to all the betting markets is the
is the odd the odds favored right now, and that
seems pretty clear to me. But it's going to be
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a competitive primary, and it's also a very very long
ways away at this particular juncture there, and you know,
JD's going to have to pick up some issues, I think,
to really kind of double down hone in on those issues.
For the first few months of this presidency, Gabrielle, I
think that he was kind of clouded out a little
bit by Elon Musk. Elon Musk was not technically vice president,
but he was getting a lot of headlines dozed and
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all that there, and in some respects JD was not
necessarily front of the newspapers other than excellent speech he
gave im Munich, Germany back in February. So you know,
now that Elon is out of the picture and we're
in the August recess in the second half of this year,
going into twenty twenty six, I'm going to be looking
very carefully to see what specific issues JD takes up
there and what kind of impact he can make on
those issues.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Okay, well, let's turn to anti Israel activist and former
Columbia University graduate Mahmood Khalil. As we know who's involved
in all those anti Israel demonstrations and now in a
recent interview with The New York Times, he defended the
October seven terror attack by Hamas. He appeared on the
Ezra Clean Show podcast and he said, although he thinks
(07:08):
that the Hamas attack that killed more than twelve hundred
people and captured two hundred and fifty and as we know,
fifty hostages are still being held in Gaza in terror tunnels,
this was just a way for Gaza to be heard.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Listen to this.
Speaker 10 (07:24):
I think it's more the latter, like just to break
the cycle, to break that Palestinians have not being curred,
and to me, it's a desperate attempt to the wood
the Palestinians out here, that Palestinians are part of the equation.
That was my interpretation of why Hamas did the October
(07:49):
seventh attacks on Israel.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
It's just so sick. I just don't understand how anyone
could rationalize it.
Speaker 9 (07:59):
Well, first of all, shame on ezraclined. Shame on ezraclined
for having this person on his show. Ezra has a
very highly ranked liberal, left of center podcast. This is
a disgusting editor editorial decision to even have this guy
on the show in the first place. I mean, he
you know, he was taken in by Ice. He he
was in the process of getting removed there for his
(08:19):
active support for US recognized foreign terrorist organization there. But
you know, Gabriella, this this clip that we've just seen,
and it is everything that you say is. It is abhorrent,
It is appalling. You know, it's worth remembering to some
of these some of these very specific things that happened.
I've been to the gas envelope, I've walked through the
key boots of Kafaras, I've seen the blood on the walls.
I've seen the children's toys in the street. I've seen
(08:40):
all for myself. So I would be interested to see
if this individual, mak mu Khalil, we will be willing
to look in the face of a grieving mother whose
child was murdered, whose daughter was sexually mutilated and raped
and then and then and then killed. I mean, and horrific,
horrific stuff there. But listening to the specific way that
he describes this clip a desperate act to be heard,
(09:02):
you know, I can't help but think of the old
Stalinist line, you know from the Soviet Union era, that
what you know, one death is a tragedy, but a
thousand deaths is a statistic. That's kind of the same
mentality that I hear when I listened to Maka mu
Khalil speak. I mean, let's not forget that twelve hundred
people roughly speaking, lost their lives, there were two to
fifty others who were taking hostage, dozens of not one
(09:25):
hundreds of more who were raped, and with the tell
the tale there, he's really channeling this far left Stalinist
mentality of just kind of aggregating deaths and calling it
kind of just a statistic. It's disgusting, disgusting discussing hisself,
and really I kind of come back to what I
said that at the beginning. Shame on Ezra Cline forgetting
this guy platform in the first place.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
Absolutely No.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I've been to Kappa Azar as well and the side
of the Nova Music Festival and that has stayed with me.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
There.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
The energy on the ground there was absolutely terrifying. Yeah,
I agree, Shame on Ezra Kline. Now The New York
Times is also reporting that late colleges Columbia and Brown
they must disclose their admissions and race data following their
settlement with President Trump. So this is essentially because the
Trump administration rather has been pushing colleges to use quite
(10:14):
for it, merit based processes. You know what a concept
that is, rather than focusing on DEI do you welcome this.
Speaker 9 (10:24):
One thousand percent? Look, I mean, all of this should
have happened two years ago. It was actually the summer
of twenty twenty three that the US Supreme Court ruled
in these students for Fair Emission versus Harvard College case.
That's so called affirmative action aka anti white racism when
it comes to university missions. The Court ruled over two
years ago that this is illegal, that it violates the
(10:44):
fourteenth Amendment of US Constitution. What Donald Trump did back
in January was he signed an executive order which basically
said that, according to that Supreme Court decision, we are
going to interpret all DEI measures on university campuses in
the federal governments and elsewhere as also being unconstitutional and
a violation of the Civil Rights Actor of nineteen sixty
four as well. So all this is pursu into that,
(11:06):
but it should have happened in a very very long
time ago. The craziest thing to me, Gabrielle is, you
know the lawyers, and these are very very sophisticated lawyers
who are representing these universities there. I mean, I mean
major white shoe law firms there. These universities are dragging
out this process for months and months, in the case
of Columbia ultimately settle Link for two hundred million dollars,
(11:27):
Harvard's rumors to potentially sell for five hundred million dollars,
and literally for what I mean, think about like what
they're actually arguing. They're actually taking an affirmative stance that
they have the rights, perhaps even the duty or the
obligation to discriminate on the basis of riks. That's actually
what they are doing. A lot of the media here
in the United States frame this as the truminstrration cracking
down on the anti Semitism. That's definitely part of it,
(11:50):
but it's actually only part of it, maybe even only
a small part of it, because the broader part of
it is they are literally just saying, as you correctly
framed it at the outset, they're just saying, you have
to abide by Title six of the Civil Rights Act,
you have to abide by the Fourteenth Amendment. You can't
discriminate on the basis of race, sex, national origin, et cetera,
et cetera, et cetera. There the fact that the universities
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are fighting this tooth and nail to their seeming death,
that's the craziest part of it all.
Speaker 6 (12:14):
To me, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
House Republicans have subpainted nearly a dozen former federal officials
and politicians, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, amid an expanding
investigation into pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. As we know Bill Clinton,
he reportedly flew on Epstein's jet, the Lalita Express, up
to twenty six times.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
Josh what do you make of this? Are you confident or.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Not really that we'll really get more information about Epstein
and those around him from this investigation.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
Well, I personally can't wait to see Clinton go, that is,
Bill Clinton, slick Willy himself. I can't wait to see
slick Willy go before the House Oversight Committee. Congressman James
Comwor of Kentucky. I mean, that's going to be musty TV.
I mean, I mean, make me a fat bag of popcorny.
I'll put my feet on the table and I'll watch
that all day long. I mean, you know, Gabriella, when
when Pam Bondi and Cash Mattel the deal g in,
(13:07):
the FBI released two mixed reaction at best their announcement,
so that there was no list to that that Epstein
didn't de kill himself and so forth. There it struck
me right away that one of the most obvious things
that Trump's defenders should have done, even at that time,
was say, wait, you're gonna say, you're gonna say that
Donald Trump is covering up because he might be in
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the Epstein files. Have you talked about Bill Clinton? This
guy was literally on the plane twenty six times. Yeah,
I mean the Wall Street Journal currently being sued by
by Donald Trump there. I mean, they had this article
there talking about this, you know, this fiftieth birthday card
Trump there. Maybe you know, maybe he wrote a maybe
he didn't.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
I don't know.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
We'll see what the lawsuit happens there. But you know,
on the one hand, you have Donald Trump allegedly doing
his fiftieth birthday card once with a little you know,
lascivious drawing. On the other hand, we literally know for
a fact, based in the manifest that Clinton was on
this plane dozens of times there. So it's really just absurd.
Now where is ultimately going to go? I don't know.
Apparently there was actually just a major meeting in Washington
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just over the past twelve to sixteen hours or so
between the JD Vans and Cash Mittel and Pambombi trying
to talk about what the administration's response should beat to
the Epstein files. Gabrielle, My personal take is essentially as files.
I am not a huge fan of the way the
administration has handled this. I also think that it is very,
very very far from the median Trump voters primary concern there.
(14:29):
The Trump administration is currently winning on virtually all fronts.
They are firing on all cylinders right now, and I
think that the sooner they can find some way try
to satisfy all sides move on.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
The better.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:39):
Absolutely. Now.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Finally, it's been revealed and reported that two of the
largest banks kick Donald Trump at his money out, following
pressure from the Biden administration's banking regulators after the January
sixth riots. So the New York Post reports that JP
Morgan and Bank of America d banked President Trump. Trump
says that he think banks discriminate against many conservatives, and
(15:02):
the White House is preparing an executive order that will
instruct regulators to review banks for politicized or unlawful de
banking practices.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
What are your thoughts on this?
Speaker 9 (15:14):
So, D banking has been one of the under the
radar biggest issues facing America for at least six seven
eighty years. Here way, this has happened to a lot.
I literally personally know people, many people actually who have
lost their bank accounts, their Venmo PayPal, or they're just
checking their credit card accounts due to their political beliefs.
This has been happening actually for a very very long time.
(15:37):
It's really not that dissimilar to our issues here when
it comes to big tech, when it comes to being
deplatformed or censored or shadow band there, it's a very
similar dynamic happening when it comes to financial institutions. By
the way, Gabrielle, there's no logical reason why necessarily has
to stop just with banks. I mean, what about your
local dentists, your local doctor. Are they going to stop
(15:57):
serving you because you happen to be a Trump supporter there? So,
for all these reasons, I have actually been of the
opinion I think a lot of conservatives will disagree with
what I'm going to say, but I've actually been of
the opinion that when it comes to the Civil Rights
Act of nineteen sixty four, which we were just talking
about in the context of higher education, which essentially has
protected classes, protective classes of nationality, of race, sex, gender, etc. There,
(16:19):
I actually think that rather than try to pull off
the impossible of repealing these statutes, namely america civil rights law,
I think it would be a more prudent gesture to
actually codify political belief as a protected class status that
would essentially mean that it would be illegal under America's
civil rights laws to discriminate against a conservative when it
comes to banking, legal services, dental services, and accounting any
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of the above. There simply because he or she is
a conservative. Now, I think a lot of folks would say,
you know what you're talking about, this is all big government,
just get rid of it all. Fine. I don't necessarily
disagree with that. I'm just trying to live in the
reality as I see it. I would love to see
more Republicans talk about this, though, because to date, I'm
frankly on tell You're sure, I've heard a single person
say this out loud.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Actually, Senior editor at Large and newswig Josh Hamma, thank
you so much for your time.
Speaker 6 (17:03):
Great to talk to you.
Speaker 9 (17:05):
Thank you, Bill.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
It's time for mediam meltdowns and has anyone checked in
on MSNBC host Rachel Meadow, the left wing host who's
been complaining about Donald Trump for a decade now well.
In her latest rant about the democratically elected president, she
discovers that it's August twenty twenty five, and every day.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
The sun rises and the sun sets.
Speaker 9 (17:32):
We have crossed a line.
Speaker 7 (17:33):
We are in a place we did not want to be,
but we are there.
Speaker 9 (17:37):
The thing we were.
Speaker 7 (17:37):
All warning about for the last few years is not coming.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
It is here, We are in it.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
This is what it likes.
Speaker 6 (17:43):
It turns out this is what it's like, right. I mean,
it's August. It's a Monday.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Every day.
Speaker 7 (17:48):
The sun rises and the sunsets, and there are sports
and movies, and there are new hit songs.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
There are scandals here and there, there are crimes.
Speaker 7 (17:55):
There's everybody's personal quotion of family drama and health worries
and money worries, and falling in and out of love
and in and out of faith. Life has not stopped,
and none of our personal lives have stopped.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Well spotted Rachel Mattow inspiring staff. You can really see
why she's on an annual salary of twenty five million
dollars a year. But as you can say, this was
just the warm up before she insists that we're living
under a dictatorship and we should be melodramatic about it.
Speaker 7 (18:26):
Also, at the same time, life in the United States
is profoundly changing, is profoundly different than it was even
six months ago, because we do now live in a
country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have
a consolidating dictatorship in our country, and it sounds melodramatic
(18:48):
to say it, I know, but just go with that
for a minute, right, think in melodramatic terms, Think in
cinematic terms.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Rachel Mattow.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
We're up to almost two hundred days of Trump two
point zero and democracy has not ended. Joining us now
is CJ. Pearson, RNC Youth Advisory Council coaches.
Speaker 6 (19:12):
CJ.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It is great to see you again. Rachel Mattow is
struggling big time. She seems to think America is living
under a dictatorship.
Speaker 6 (19:20):
Can you help her out?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
You know, under a dictatorship?
Speaker 11 (19:24):
I don't really think she'd be allowed to go in
that unhinged rant about President Trump. But of course, you know,
liberals make their own rules, they make their own definitions,
and the same way they can't define a woman. How
dare we expect them to actually know what a real
dictatorship is?
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Right?
Speaker 11 (19:37):
I think the only thing Rachel Mattow needs to find
is probably a prescription for xanax, because she needs to
calm down.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
And to be.
Speaker 11 (19:44):
Quite frank, this is exactly why no one can take
the left seriously anymore. They live in this constant state
of just absolute anxiety that it's absolutely not unfounded in
any sense or sort of reality. And it's sad well.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
The Howard Stone Show on Serious XM is set to
be canceled now. He was reportedly on a contract of
one hundred million dollars over five years. He's previously said
that he hated anyone who voted for Donald Trump and
demanded that they stop listening to his radio show, and
turns out they did. And he also had this charming
message to anyone who was hesitant about the COVID job.
Speaker 4 (20:22):
We're going to start putting up with the idiots in
this country and just say you now, it's mandatory to
get back to head them their freedom.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
I want my freedom to live.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
And here he is interviewing a barely functioning Joe Biden,
absolutely gushing over him.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
I know you'd be a good father to the country,
and I want to thank you for providing a calming influence,
an organized administration post COVID, getting that vaccine out, getting NATO,
getting us to feel comfortable standing up to Putin. I
don't know what people are looking for in a president,
or maybe it's that people don't feel like they're getting
(20:59):
enough for I don't know what it is, but I'll
give you your greatest hits.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Well, it stands out to me looking at that clip,
is just how distracted Joe Biden looks there. Remember we
used to see so many images. He just looks so confused,
not really sure if he.
Speaker 6 (21:14):
Knows what is going on.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
But looking at the comments of that clip that's been
written up online, people say that he's worse than what's
on MSNBC.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
What's your reaction, you.
Speaker 11 (21:25):
Know, I think you're exactly right. And I think not
only the people spoke, but so did the free markets.
Speaker 12 (21:29):
Right.
Speaker 11 (21:30):
This guy has made one hundred million dollars to spew
unfounded lies and to gaslight America about the health and
mental acuity of President Biden. And I think people were
sick and tired of it, and they were frankly fed up.
And he's gone the way of Colbert, He's gone the
way of Jim A Costa. And I got to tell you, Gabrielle,
this is exactly what I've voted for. For these people
in the media who have lied to the American people
(21:51):
for almost a decade now about the state of affairs
in this country to finally be given an unceremonious exit
and I got his I think a lot of people
are happier today than they were when Howard Stern was
on the radio spewing his nonsense, eyes and vitriol.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Well, speaking of people with severe TDS, Jasmine Crockett says
that Donald Trump has a problem with people of color.
Speaker 13 (22:13):
Listen to this.
Speaker 14 (22:15):
This is a person that has a problem with people
of color, period. I don't care how many black maga
out there with they hats. I want to be clear
when we look at who it is that he's kicking
out of this country as people of color, When we
look at who he always disrespects and says that they
are low IQ, even though when you look at his cabinet,
this has to be the most incompetent cabinet we have
(22:36):
ever had in the history of this country.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
And I doubt she got a lot of pushback from
saying in.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
The you know, not at all.
Speaker 11 (22:44):
But that's you know, of course, par the course without
failing network. But here's what I'll tell you about how
President Trump cares and treats black people. I'm someone who's
been to the White House on many occasions. I've been
to mar Lago, his personal home, on many occasions. If
the man didn't like black people. I don't know if
that'd be the case. Let's not talk about just that.
Let's talk about what this president has done for the
black community. This is a president who delivered criminal justice reform.
(23:05):
The first black president didn't even do that. This is
the president who's invested billions of dollars into historically black
college and universities here in the United States. This is
a president who continues to deliver for black and brown
communities every single day, not because of the color of
their skin, because he believes that a rising tie.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Lifts all boats.
Speaker 11 (23:21):
And so when Jasmine Kroft goes on national television and
spews her hate and vitriol, all she's doing is exposing
her lack of knowledge about these critical policy wins. And
she would be more concerned about actually serving the people
of her district than making a fool of herself and
national television.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I think the people of.
Speaker 11 (23:37):
Texas would be a lot more excited to have her
as their commerce.
Speaker 6 (23:40):
Yeah, well said.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Now, Trump has announced that Apple is investing six hundred
billion dollars in the United States, which is the largest
investment that Apple has ever made in the US. The
tech giant had already planned to invest seven hundred and
sixty eight billion dollars, so this takes its total investment
to close to one hundred billion dollars. This is going
to create around twenty thousand new jobs in America and CJ.
Speaker 6 (24:04):
This is really what we're seeing.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
As a result of Trump's controversial tariffs. Just in a
short period of time, we are seeing major plans for
increased manufacturing in America.
Speaker 11 (24:15):
Well forwards for you promise has made promises. Keep as
the president who ran on the idea of returning American
industry right back here at home. And this is a
thing that's actually going to create incredible jobs for blue
collar Americans in the great state of Kentucky. With that
part of his pledge, Tim Cook also said they were
going to make all the iPhone screens and things of
that nature right here in America. And this is exactly
(24:37):
what President Trump said. What happen and look at Lord behold,
he's delivering.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
On he is.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
It's amazing to see now in the wake of a
former Doge worker being beaten by gang members on the
streets of Washington, DC, Donald Trump has indicated that he
is considering taking control of the district to stamp out crime.
He said that he's considering using the National Guard.
Speaker 6 (24:59):
Take listen look at that.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
In fact, the lawyers are already studying it.
Speaker 9 (25:04):
We have to run DC.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
This has to be the best run place in the country,
not the worst run place in the country, and it
has so much potential, and we're gonna take care of it.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
You're gonna be safe.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
You're gonna be safe walking down street.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
You're not gonna get mugged.
Speaker 6 (25:21):
C Day, what are your thoughts on this?
Speaker 1 (25:24):
You know, I spent a lot of time in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 11 (25:26):
So I got to say thank you to President Trent
for pooritizing, making sure that our nation's capital is on
another third world country. But of course, under Democrat leadership
like Mayor Marial Bowser, we've seen it decline into that.
And so I think, of course, you know, America's national
capital should of course be a shining sea on a hill,
just like our country ought to be. And every thug,
(25:46):
every so called a youth that wants to torment folks
on our streets, they should be held accountable, put in prison,
the key thrown away, because that's the only way we
are going to solve this problem.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Well, as we know, Donald Trump gets a pretty hard time.
I'm from the media.
Speaker 6 (26:01):
Some of the criticism. I'm sure it is.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Absolutely fair, but I don't think he gets enough credit
for the humor that he brings to the job. Here
is a seventy nine year old president on the roof
of the White House taking questions from reporters.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
Are you considering more renovations, sir.
Speaker 13 (26:19):
Peter, are you going to build up?
Speaker 3 (26:25):
I sure.
Speaker 6 (26:30):
There is no one else like him.
Speaker 11 (26:33):
We don't deserve him, to be quite frank with you, right,
you know, we went from a president who struggled to
walk up the stairs to air Force one to a
president who's now taking questions from the roof of the
White House just for fun. It's incredible to see and
it's a reminder of the fact that it is night
and day in America right now, and to be quite frank,
(26:54):
it's mourning in America right now. I think for a
long time we didn't have this experience, and I think
the American people will I'm a president with the energy
and the passion and zeal toliver for the American people
and to implement as America First agenda.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Offishal now construction for any ballroom inside the White House
is set to begin in September. It's going to see
more than at six hundred people, and it means that
they won't need to put up a tent when they
host state dinners and other functions.
Speaker 6 (27:19):
But Chuck Schumer, while he's against.
Speaker 15 (27:21):
It, White House announced construction of a two hundred million
dollar White House ballroom that will begin in September. A
two hundred million dollar ballroom. Where did this money come from?
Did Congress appropriate it? I don't think so. It's almost
like Doge was never about waste it all.
Speaker 11 (27:41):
President Trump and other donors have generously committed to donating
the funds necessary to build this approximately two hundred million
dollar structure.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
That's right, the two hundred million dollar ballroom will be
covered by Donald Trump and other donors. And Trump also
doesn't get enough credit for donating his entire presidential salary.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
No, not at all.
Speaker 11 (28:03):
And you know, I would tell Chuck Schruman to put
his money more his mouth is, but his money simply
isn't as long as President Trump's. You know, this is
a president who is you know, if he wants to
improve the White House, he has said long and you
know and has long held this fact that he will
actually foot the bill himself. He's donated his presidental salary,
as you noted, to the White House Historical Association. This
is a man who absolutely just does as he says.
(28:25):
And I understand that's rare in Washington, but it's not
rare in Donald Trump's White House.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Finally, I want to ask you about aliens. A bit
left field, but Director of National Intelligence Telsey Gabbard sat
down with Miranda Devine on her podcast pod Force one,
and Telsey was asked about aliens.
Speaker 6 (28:42):
You know, are they really out there? This is what
she had to say.
Speaker 16 (28:46):
So, I mean, is there anything We've had some declassification
of some very strange videos that look like they are,
you know, unidentified flying objects. Is there anything in the
files that you think you could find or you have found?
Speaker 7 (29:02):
Nothing that I'm prepared to talk about today.
Speaker 16 (29:05):
So watch this space, see what watch this space.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
We are continued.
Speaker 7 (29:12):
I'm just going to say this, Yeah, we're continuing to
look for the truth, uh and share that truth with
the American people.
Speaker 6 (29:22):
C J, what did you make of this? Well?
Speaker 11 (29:25):
I you know, as someone who's watched the view once
or twice, I would say that was all the proof
of extraterrestrial life.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
That I needed. But it's interesting.
Speaker 11 (29:32):
I'm a director Gabert speak on this issue and I
you know, I trust this administration to of course get
to the bottom of this.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
I think there are a lot of vowed questions surrounding.
Speaker 11 (29:40):
This issue, and I believe this administration will continue to
act in the same sort of radical transparency that have
gotten them to where they are six months post and audoration. C. J.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Pearson, RNC Youth Advisory Council, Co Chair, thanks so much
for joining us on power Ala.
Speaker 6 (29:54):
Always great to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Good to see you.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Ning us Now is Research fellow at the Institute of
Public Affairs.
Speaker 6 (30:05):
Mir Schlick Mia, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Let's start with the UK and the protests that took
place last weekend where we saw mothers dressed in pink
demonstrating outside a migrant hotel in London.
Speaker 6 (30:17):
Hundreds of people were there. They were heard chanting save.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Our kids outside the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf.
Speaker 13 (30:25):
Take a look, We're not.
Speaker 6 (30:47):
So.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
This was what it looked like before the protest was
then hijacked by masked thugs who then set off flares
and clashed with police.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
But this hotel is not cheap.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
The standard room reportedly costs as much four hundred and
twenty five pounds a night, So Maya, it seems that
there's really this frustration that the government is splashing taxpayer
dollars on luxury hotels for illegal immigrants.
Speaker 6 (31:11):
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 17 (31:13):
Yeah, that's exactly right.
Speaker 18 (31:15):
I think people really are quite frustrated with how the
UK government is treating this issue at the moment. I mean,
we saw this protest. It started out peacefully and then
unfortunately it was hijacked up by some very very angry
groups of people and then there was some public backlash
against that. But unfortunately, this anger that we're seeing, it's
a symptom of people who are so frustrated for the
(31:37):
political class is just not listening to them and it's
not listening to their concerns.
Speaker 17 (31:42):
And what the worry here is that in.
Speaker 18 (31:43):
Australia we are very very close to following this path
of the UK. We have this out of control migration intake,
We're not building enough houses and as a result of that,
the standard of living is falling for both Australians and
people who want to come to this country.
Speaker 6 (32:00):
Now.
Speaker 18 (32:00):
Australia is a very welcoming and a very tolerant nation,
but you have to do these things carefully. It has
to be planned for, It needs to have the consent
of the community. Otherwise Australia is at risk of following
down the path of the UK.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Look, while we're talking about the UK, there are concerns
that the UK's Online Safety Act Acts rather is at
risk of seriously infringing free speech. Elon Musk's social media
platform x says that lawmakers made a conscientious decision to
increase censorship. The statement says many are now concerned that
the plan intended to keep children safe, is at risk
(32:36):
of seriously infringing on the public's right to free expression.
How the government has firmly rejected calls to reverse the legislation.
It insists that the act is to protect children from
harmful content online, but public opposition to this has really
grown significantly, and online petition demanding the act's repeal has
(32:57):
attracted more than a four hundred thousand signatures. Mia, do
you have concerns that this Safety Act is online Safety Act?
It might be well intentioned, but it will infringe on
free speech?
Speaker 18 (33:09):
I absolutely have concerns about this, and I have to
agree with Elon Musk that this is a heavy handed
approach and it's approach to censorship. I mean, there's no
doubts that the political class has motivations to sensor what
they see online, because what's happening is the mainstream population
is waking up to the fact that our traditional mainstream
media outlets are full of bias, the full of ideology.
(33:30):
So they're turning to online platforms like social media in
some attempt to engage in a different kind of discourse.
And what the bolt of class is seeing is they're thinking,
I've got to sense this and control the debate as
they're doing with mainstream media outlets.
Speaker 17 (33:46):
Now, this happens time and time again.
Speaker 18 (33:48):
They say it's done in the name of safety, and
I think everyone can agree that we want to keep
our children safe, but this isn't the way to do it.
It's past to censorship, and we see it with time
time again with things like climate safe or COVID safe,
and each time we use this word safe, it's code
for government censorship.
Speaker 6 (34:06):
I completely agree with you.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
Looking at the global implications of this political politico rather
reports at the UK's Office of Communications, which is enforcing
this Online Safety Act, has already sent letters to at
least three websites that are operating outside of the UK
demanding that they conduct harmful speech audits. The letters note
that failure to comply could result in imprisonment for a
(34:31):
term of up to two years or a final both.
I mean two years imprisonment. That is a serious punishment.
But I have to play you what UK Prime Minister
Kirs Starmer said about free speech.
Speaker 6 (34:44):
He was very awkward.
Speaker 2 (34:48):
Free speech today.
Speaker 12 (34:50):
Well, free speech is very important. I don't know if
you're referring to.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Any place in particular, perhaps they are, but we've.
Speaker 15 (34:55):
Had free speech for a very very long time here
so we're very proud about that.
Speaker 6 (35:01):
So uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
He was so awkward there trying to pretend that that's
something he believes in. But as you point out, we
should also look to what's happening here in Australia because
from December twenty twenty five, a world first social media
ban will be locking out under sixteen's out of social
media platforms, so Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, reddit, x, snapchat and YouTube.
(35:24):
If you're under sixteen, you won't be able to use it.
The alban Ezy government claims that it's of course again
you know, shielding kids from harmful content online. But again
there are these concerns around surveillance and this could be
a slippery slope to censorship.
Speaker 18 (35:40):
Well that's exactly right. And there is so much bracket
creep on this stuff. I mean, previously the E Safety
Commissioner was called the child e Safety Commissioner and now
she's the E Safety Commissioner in general, like, there's just
no limitations to the kind of powers that these groups
impose on themselves. And as I said, it's bracket creep,
it goes further and further down the line, not to
(36:00):
mention there's actually no way of even enforcing these new laws.
I mean, it's a trojan horse for digital ID and
the Australian government keeps falling down this path.
Speaker 6 (36:10):
We saw it.
Speaker 18 (36:10):
They're censorous in nature. We saw it with the Misinformation
Bill last year that was thankfully rejected in the end.
Speaker 17 (36:18):
But they can't help themselves.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
I want to ask you about net zero. President Donald
Trump has scrapped what would have been one of America's
largest onshore wind farms, the one thousand Megawa Lava Ridge
wind project in Idaho would have spanned more than fifty
seven thousand acres with more than two hundred and thirty
wind turbines. Now we know that Donald Trump is against
(36:40):
wind farms. He absolutely blasted Europe for it last week.
Before I get to net zero and what's happening here
in Australia, what are your thoughts on Trump's decision.
Speaker 17 (36:50):
I think it's a fantastic decision by Trump.
Speaker 18 (36:52):
I mean, Trump is waking up to the delusion that
is net zero and he's leading the way on this.
Speaker 17 (36:58):
We're seeing it across even here in Australia.
Speaker 18 (37:00):
There are so many companies now who are withdrawing their
agreements to set up, particularly offshore wind farms, because they're
just not vible.
Speaker 17 (37:08):
I mean, if you have a look.
Speaker 18 (37:09):
Just this week there was the Orana renewable Energy Zone
in New South Wales now that was originally projected to
cost about six hundred and fifty million that blew out
to eight times the cost of five point five billion dollars,
and those added costs were expected to flow on to consumers.
They admitted that these renewables they just do not stack up.
(37:31):
They don't stack up when it comes to the economics
of it, or even upholding our energy grid. And unfortunately
it is mainstream Australians and mainstream people all across the
world who will get the hardest, who will get hit
the hardest when they're the ones who are forced to
pay for them.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
And you've spent a favorite of time with farmers, with
people that are being impacted by this push for renewables.
Speaker 17 (37:55):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 18 (37:56):
That's been a really big part of our research here
at the IPA because there's an economic cost to these projects,
but beyond that, there's also a social cost, and it's
a cost that so many people just aren't aware of
because for so long they've been told that the net
zero agenda, committing to zero emissions is the right thing
to do, and it doesn't matter the cost, because it's
(38:17):
the moral high ground, and if you reject net zero,
you're some kind of climate denier and you're not doing
the right thing.
Speaker 17 (38:23):
But when you actually head out to.
Speaker 18 (38:24):
The communities, who are the ones who are going to
have to house this infrastructure, because these wind farms are
not built in the inner cities, they're built out in
our regional communities and to connect to these wind farms
to the grid. You need hundreds of kilometers of transmission
lines that cut through farming property and these farmers they
don't consent to it. And the reaction of the government
(38:46):
instead of negotiating with them or coming up with a
better agreement, has been this heavy handed approach of compulsorily
acquiring any land they need to proceed with the rollout.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Research fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Thank you
so much for your time, Thank you for having me.
The UK Charity Commission has criticized Prince Harry for publicly
airing his dispute with the chair of his charity center Ballet,
but cleared the Duke of Sussex of racism allegations. Riley
(39:17):
Sullivan is a lifestyle reporter here at sky News dot
com dot a U and he's always across the latest
celebrity headlines. Riley, great to see you to be back. Okay,
talk to us about this Prince Harry. He's been cleared
of serious racism allegations. We all those allegations against him
and what did the Charity Commission have to say?
Speaker 12 (39:35):
Yes, so this is all about the demise really of
his charity center Balit It was an HIV charity that
he set up with the Prince of Lesuto back in
two thousand and six. It was all about educating and
providing support for young people suffering HIV. Very important charity,
very much part of his legacy and also his mother,
Princess Diana's legacy. She was of course such a champion
(39:57):
for raising awareness of that issue. So this is been
really a demise. It has been sad for Harry personally
and it really played out in the media. The chair
of the charity, doctor Sophie Chandorca very sort of acclaimed
lawyer from Zimbabwe, high profile.
Speaker 19 (40:13):
She was the chair of the charity.
Speaker 12 (40:15):
She came out a few months ago and made these
shocking claims about alleged misogyny racism through in terms of
the management of Center Ballet and including Prince Harry. So
that those allegations were taken very seriously. The UK Charity
Commission became involved and they have released their findings. The
findings said that Harry. They didn't find any evidence of
(40:36):
racism or misogyny towards the chair by Harry or anyone
involved in the charity, but they.
Speaker 19 (40:41):
Did caution the Duke of Sussex.
Speaker 12 (40:43):
They said the fact that it was aired publicly was inappropriate,
very inappropriate. I've actually just received word from Center Ballet.
They believe that Harry has not been exonerated in this case.
They think that the charity and then this was in
the notes. I did look through the missions report. The
Commission's report said it is not their role to adjudicate claims.
(41:05):
So Centa Ballet believes that doctor Sophie is telling the truth.
She stands by her claims against Harry. She's steal the
chair today and she stands by it. But as far
as the Commission's concern, Harry is so clear.
Speaker 2 (41:17):
A new royal biography about Prince Andrew and Fergie is
continuing to send shock waves through the UK after more
excerpts were published in the tabloids. And you spoke to
the author, Andrew Lownie. What did he have to say
about the reaction?
Speaker 12 (41:31):
Right, Well, Andrew Lownie is really in the middle of
the moment of so much attention, media attention in the
UK over his new book. It is finally going to
be released next week. This is the long away to
book on Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson Looking at their marriage,
looking at some of the controversies, and also a lot
of stuff that's never been aired before. It has been
serialized over the past.
Speaker 19 (41:52):
Week in the Daily Mail.
Speaker 12 (41:53):
They've been publishing exerts from the book and it'stead of
been causing a bit of a commotion. But you know,
I did speak to Andrew Lownie and I said, what's
your reaction, because I think one of the big takeaways
from the early exerts was this alleged physical altercation between
Harry and his uncle, Prince Andrew. Harry came out and
denied that. The Sussex camp were quick on that they
were not happy with that story being out there and
(42:14):
they denied it. But when I spoke to Andrew Lowney,
he said, again, you know, he was surprised that that
was sort of what they focused on. He's always believed
that and I do believe this is well I don't
know if this has been publicly revealed yet, but there's
stuff in that book that I haven't seen in the
tabloids yet that's really shocking, and he kind of he
believes that, well, you know, watch out, this is just
(42:36):
the beginning. So these early exerts are very kind of
interesting and quite salacious.
Speaker 19 (42:40):
But it's the stuff that's.
Speaker 12 (42:42):
Going to be in the full book, especially around the finances,
big big news.
Speaker 6 (42:47):
Okay, watch this phase. Now.
Speaker 2 (42:49):
Among the revelations in the book were allegations that Buckingham
Palace buried an investigation into claims Megan.
Speaker 6 (42:55):
Markle bullied palace stuff.
Speaker 2 (42:59):
Why did the reports where I should say, why didn't
never see the light of day?
Speaker 12 (43:02):
Yeah, well, this has sort of been an ongoing mystery
now for a few years. Of course, before Harry and
Meghan sat down with Oprah Winfrey, there was these reports
that came out in the press about historical allegations of
bullying by Meghan Markele towards staffers when she was living
at Kensington Palace.
Speaker 19 (43:18):
She only really lived in Kensington.
Speaker 12 (43:20):
Palace for a relatively short period between twenty seventeen and
then in twenty twenty they left, so realistically that's a
three year period. In that time, several staffers allegedly left
the employment of the palace because of Meghan's behavior that
was never substantiated. And then I guess before the Open
Winter interview all came up again and at that time
Bucky in Palace was feeling the pressure. This was in
(43:41):
twenty twenty one, they launched this investigation. We were all waiting.
We were like, okay, what's this investigation going to see?
You know, what's it going to say? And then it
never We never got the outcome of it. And allegedly,
according to Andrew Lowney's book, the reason that they did
do that was not because Meghan didn't do anything wrong.
I think it would have been frankly, probably quite damning
of Mega Markel. I think the reason that it was
(44:03):
buried was they didn't want to open the Pandora's box
because if they had this report come out saying, you know,
Meghan treated her staff poorly, that would kind of open
the gates for maybe the Sussex camp to say, we'll
look at Prince Andrew or other staffers to speak out.
And I think that they just felt, look, we've done
the investigation, they did their due diligence internally, but they
(44:25):
don't want any of the outcome to come out and
they want to move on.
Speaker 6 (44:27):
Isn't that interesting?
Speaker 2 (44:28):
Now Prince William and Prince Harry could come face to face.
Speaker 6 (44:31):
This is their cousin.
Speaker 2 (44:33):
At Peter Phillips's wedding following his recent engagement.
Speaker 6 (44:36):
Do we know when the wedding's going to be taking place?
Speaker 12 (44:39):
Yeah, well this was sort of exciting news for the
Royal family last week. Of course, Peter Phillips has announced
his engagement to his nurse Beyonce Harriet. They've been together
for quite a while, just a great low key couple
and in terms of a wedding date, allegedly it's a
spring wedding, so potentially we could see William and Harry
coming face to face sooner rather than than later. The
(45:01):
last time they were actually face to face was for
their uncle Robert Fellow's funeral, so that was also in
a kind of church setting. So they'll be back in
a church together, possibly within months. So it'll be interesting
to see, you know, especially when we talk about things
like the Invictus Games in twenty twenty seven. Obviously that's
still quite a while away, but I think we could
be seeing them together within months.
Speaker 2 (45:21):
Okay, and Prince William and Princess Catherine are importantly planning
to leave their home Adelaide Cottage for Fort Belvidere. But
why are some Royal family members convinced that this house
is cursed?
Speaker 12 (45:33):
Right, Well, we're talking about Fort Belvidere as a possible
new family home for the Wales family, and it sounds great.
You know, on paper, it's a huge property. It's very secure.
We know security is very important. It has space for
tennis courts, and it has sort of all the facilities
that you could ever want. But supposedly, you know, the
Royal family, the Windsor family are quite superstitious, and supposedly
(45:54):
certain members of the royal family do not like that
property because the association infamously nineteen thirty when King Edward
abdicated for Wallace Simpson, he abdicated at Fort Belvedere. So
it has a kind of like historical significance that is
not necessarily a good memory, especially for the Queen Mother.
(46:15):
So Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, she reportedly was not keen
on ever visiting Fort Belvedere, even when she had friends
staying there.
Speaker 6 (46:22):
She kind of.
Speaker 12 (46:22):
Avoided it because I think it just brought back bad memories.
So I think for William and Kate if they do
move there, they need to get the sage, They need
to sort of cleanse it.
Speaker 19 (46:30):
But yeah, interesting, watch his face.
Speaker 6 (46:33):
Absolutely, Riley Sullivan, thank you so much. For joining us.
Speaker 19 (46:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (46:40):
And that is power.
Speaker 5 (46:41):
Ala.
Speaker 6 (46:41):
Thank you for your company. We'll see you next week.
Speaker 2 (46:43):
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