October 30, 2025 • 21 mins
Special session not convening this Monday. The Federal Reserve has just CUT RATES by 0.25%. The politics of tariffs. Does the NFL think Sting will distract from the Bad Bunny pick? Micah Beckwith and Diego Morales are losers.
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
So the special session will not session on November three.
I for one, am shocked. Tony Katz in ninety three WIBC,
good morning, good to be here. Yeah, the special session
was called for November three, and they're not ready. You've
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got people who aren't in town, you've got people doing
other things. It's part time legislature. It's not shocking that
you call a special session. Not everybody's ready to make it.
So with that, okay, it'll take two weeks. Some people
(00:57):
are like, oh, so they needed to take action day
since they're all working so hard on our behalf, these
people do other things. I mean, it's just if we're
going to engage a level of silliness about you know,
they're all sitting around the capital just waiting to be
called a de session. That just isn't the way the
world works. So we shouldn't be ridiculous people, but we
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should redistrict. Now, there is a part two to this
special session. Not only is this about redistricting, but this
also has some work to do regarding text code. Now,
I'm curious once a special session it's called what else
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can be thrown in there? What else can be added?
Meaning if I take a look at what it is
that Mike Braun called for. Can I say, well, that
means we can do X, Y or Z. Does that
(02:03):
mean that we can add something else in there? I
want to know if we are just being kept in
the lane of redissericting. He wrote, I am calling the
special Legislative session to protect users from efforts in other
(02:24):
states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and
ensure the representation in Congress is fair. I'm also asking
the legislature to conform Indiana's tax code with new federal
tax provisions to ensure stability and certainty for taxpayers and
tax preparers for twenty twenty six filings. The question is
(02:48):
is that all it can be? Can something else be
added in? Because I've got an idea two, I think
it might be a good idea or two. We'll get
into that. We should also note for everybody upset with Indiana, which,
by the way, if you're a Hoosier, you can then
vote legislators out of office if you don't like the redistricting,
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that's that's your power, and you know, go out and vote.
Maryland is going to redistrict. Maryland is going to redistrict
and they're going to make the move in making it
more favorable to Democrats. And I cannot wait to hear
everybody who was opposed be opposed, because all I want
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is consistency here. We can have that debate. But if
Maryland's fine, Okay, sure, whatever you say. Tony Katz in
ninety three WIBC, Good Morning. One quarter point that is
the cut from the Federal Reserve from Jerome Powell yesterday,
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and the doubt futures down one forty. So it all
makes perfect sense. Tony Katz, ninety three WIVC, good morning,
Good to be with you. Nothing makes sense. There was
one vote for I think a half point cut, one
vote for no cut, and I would have said the
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numbers say be in the no cut range. The Fed
right now is in a political game of this what
you want, this is what you get. That seems very
very clear now. If you say to me, well, there's
a lot of new trade deals, economic headwinds look good,
they feel safe about this. You gotta want that. The
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market wants it. I'm sure they're very very excited by it.
We've been watching the ten year treasury and we saw
that that was now basically down under four percent just
barely right now it's at four point zero six six,
But have been playing in that three point nine eight
three point nine to nine range, and it's been there
(05:03):
for a few weeks. We'll see if it pops back up.
We'll see if it works back down. What it takes
from this. Maybe it's taking its cues from Okay, we're
taking this deal with South Korea, which President Trump calls
a twelve out of ten. He loves a deal with
South Korea. Three hundred and fifty billion dollars of investment
from South Korea into the United States and a reduction
(05:30):
of tariffs on South Korean automotive from twenty five I
believe it's to fifteen, and now fifteen percent is going
to be the baseline. They have a fifteen percent tarify
on us, we have a fifteen percent tariff on them.
Now someone can say to me, well, then it's equaled.
That's fine. Economics doesn't necessarily work like that. The math
(05:55):
doesn't necessarily work like that, because if if they're charging usurprice,
we're charging them to the extra price, why charge the
extra price at all? Just get rid of it all together, everybody.
So what is its purpose? What is its value, and
the value to one may be completely different than the
value to the other. They charge a fifteen percent tariffs,
so an American good costs fifteen percent more. Maybe we
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don't need a South Korean good to cost fifteen percent more.
Maybe something else can take place that's better for us
that they do with those dollars. But if you're going
to get not only the tariff, but you're going to
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get the investment, well, then all right, people might very
well set up with a new normal. By the way,
the Fed, not only as I understand it, did they
cut the federal reserve rate, so the range is three
point seventy five to four percent. Now they're also looking
(07:02):
to get dollars off of their books, the debt that
they own, et cetera. That is a move that we
can appreciate that could go a long way, as doctor
Matt Will has described and others have described, in getting
our economic ship righted. But we are we will. We
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see from President Trump in this entire tour that he's
on that the tariffs are a key and essential part.
The tariffs remain. I disagree, but the tariffs remain the
only place there's been pushed back has been from just recently,
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Republicans and Democrats saying, yeah, that extra ten percent on
tariff on Canada. We're not We're not going to have that. Sir.
Canada ran that dumb ad utilizing the voice of Ronald
Reagan talking about tariffs as the Reagan Library States, taking
a great number of things out of context regarding tariffs,
and ran this ad really against Trump, and Trump said,
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how dare you boom? Tariff's are up ten percent? So
you've got Susan Collins ran Paul Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski
joining Senate Democrats and saying nope, no, no, we're not
doing this. We're not going to be a part of this.
I would tell you that they will be seeing as
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look at these anti Maga Republicans and in great measure absolutely,
you know faith and Lisa Erkowski in Alaska. It should
not be great faith and Susan Collins. Susan Collins is
a main Republican. It's a very different world. It's like
being an Indiana Republican. It's a very different world. But
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I think you do a better job, President Trump when
you engage in a policy and not in a reaction.
I'm not saying there aren't times to react. I think
you do better with economics and making people feel like
there's an actual plan in place through policy and not reaction. Oh,
the ad is dumb, dumb. Still you add an extra
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ten percent if you're really angry, make it an extra
eighty four percent. I mean, swing for the fences, don't
play around the edges. And that's why I say it's
a reaction. It's I'll show you. I don't think that
should be our response. It should be here's what we
have to do for America's safety and security, Here's what
I have to do for America's economic future. That's the
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end of that. It's not I don't like your video.
I don't. I just don't like the messaging out, even
though I think the video is total nonsense. Maybe there
are other things we could do that would that would
better your our own messaging. I don't know if it's
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the NFL engaging in Maya Kulpa. I just don't know
why they think this would move anybody to say, oh, well,
now I'm okay with the halftime show. Tony Katz, Tony
Kats Today, good to be here. No, it's not Tony
Kats today Tony Kats in the Morning News. I forgot
where I was. No, I knew where I was, I
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forgot what show it was. There's a lot of shows, people,
It's not a bad life. The NFL is announcing that
Sting will headline the super Bowl branded concert. Now you're like, well,
WHOA Sting's doing the halftime show. No super Bowl branded concert.
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It's a two night extravaganza before the super Bowl. The
bad bunny guy is still doing the halftime show, where
people are like and some people are like, oh, this
is the best thing ever. This is a concert that
takes place prior to that, and Sting is the headliner.
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I will say to you that I've seen Sting in
concert and he's still great, and he's still got the
voice and it's incredible. But this isn't the super Bowl.
The amount of people are going to watch this are minimal,
and no one's going to think, oh, well, they're brought
in Sting. Okay, I guess everything's fine. That's not the
way any of this works. But the way there, you know,
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the way he got phrased like this was Entertainment Weekly
with the headline NFL announces Sting well headline super Bowl
branded concert amid Bad Bunny controversy, as if somehow it
was going to lessen the controversy. It's not going to
lessen the controversy. What I do know is that whatever
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it is that Turning Point USA is going to do
as a counter programming, there's a lot of counter programming.
I mean, there's been the Puppy Bowl for forever. There's
a lot of counter programming that's out there. I think
it's gonna get a lot of I think it's gonna
get a lot of play. There's been a lot of talk.
There's been talking about Adam Sandler's gonna be a part
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of it, uh it, Kid Rock's gonna be a part
of it. I don't I don't know. I don't know
who actually is going to be a part of this.
I don't think there's a definitive yet on on any
head on any you know, lineup, not a headliner lineup,
et cetera. But I was with some people the other
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day who are very much looking forward to not watching
Bad Bunny. And you say to me, well, that's just
because they're bigots. Well you can say that to them,
and then let's see what happens to you. Just make
sure I have a front row seat, popcorn and some
vis queen, because I don't want any you know, anything
getting on me. Can't just go around calling people racists.
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The guy has said, guys that has got issues with
our country. No, Tony, he doesn't have issues with our country.
He's from Puerto Rico. Hello. Well, first of all, people
should know that before they start saying ridiculous things like
he has an issue with our country, but he does
have issues with the idea that laws should be followed.
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That's messed up. And if you're one of these people
who's supporting the abuse of ice agents, it's equally messed up.
And if you're like, I'm not gonna watch that show, okay,
makes sense. This was not an act picked for an
American audience. This was an act picked for a worldwide audience.
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Because this guy is a worldwide star. The NFL is
doing exactly what the NFL has been doing building itself
up in this way. They are an international brand and
their job is to push that. And that's why a
lot of people are gonna watch what Turning Point does,
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and I assume it'll be entertaining. We'll find out soon enough.
Tony Katz, ninety three WIBC, good morning. Okay, let's make
sure we understand the very basics of the conversation. Tony Katz,
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ninety three WIBC, Good morning. A grand jury investigating allegations
of ghost employment. Now, I should note that this rumor
of a grand jury certainly has gone on for a while.
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I should also note that no one knows until we know.
People in the speculation game bore me. This is a
story about the lieutenant governor I could beck with, and
how a grand jury in Marion County is looking into
allegations of ghost jobs. Now, I must admit I didn't
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know what a ghost job was. I had never heard
of a ghost job. I understand the the mafia parlance
of a no show job and a no work job.
A no work job is a job that's given and
let's say a construction site and for making sure certain
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materials get through with ease. Yeah, these three guys, they're
on the payroll, and yeah, yeah, no they don't. They don't.
They don't swing a hammer. They're just on the payroll
and they'll show up, but they're not on the on
the payroll. That way, if anybody comes early the end.
There they are, right, that's a no work job. A
no show job is someone gets paid they don't even
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have to show up. So I knew what that was.
Don't ask how I know things, just know that I
know them. But I had not never heard of a
ghost job. And I'm wondering if it's the same thing,
because it's as we report it with John Herrick's reporting
at WIBC dot com. It involves employees working outside their
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official duties while on the clock. So give an example.
I guess one could give an example of here I am,
I'm working in the Lieutenant Governor's office and look at me, busy, busy, busy.
It's like Brian and in Family guy busy, busy busy.
I'm so busy busy. And what they're really doing is
working on the campaign or working on their side hustle
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or so they're there and they're getting paid, but they're
doing all these other things. That's the allegation. Now, you
we had heard about the grand jury stuff because of
this nonsense regarding an AI video showing a lawmaker's wife topless.
That was a story put out by Tom lo Bianco.
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Everybody picked it up. No one had any proof, and
they set up must be true. I always thought that
was an ugly thing to do. I know that this woman,
there's a woman who claims I saw the video. I'm
still not moved. And I'm the guy who a month
plus ago said that Micah Beckworth's political career is over, which,
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by the way, I did not know. This has made
so much news that he's now getting asked about it
on other radio stations. My compatriot there in Fort Wayne
I Woo asked him about it in an interview. I
think that's very interesting. His political career is over, and
to the delegates, we're gonna have to have a very
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very long talk. We can do better. He's not good
man of faith, sure, whatever, but that's not enough. Now.
If you want to argue that with me, I'm down.
I'm down because i I'm not questioning faith. I'm questioning
skill set, ability, capability, desire, and most importantly, helping us
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get to other victories, which the grand total from Michael
Beckworth is zero. We go back to this, this idea
that there was this employees on the clock being paid
by us, not actually doing the job, but doing other
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things that are supportive of his agenda. Now we need
more information. We only know that grand jury testimony was
heard in August eighteenth and September thirtieth quote in the
original investigation into the distribution of an intimate image and
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ghost employment in the office of the Indiana Lieutenant Governor.
It's all we've got. You can't there's not enough here
to say. Oh, I've already declared his political career over,
and I'm right. He could debate it with me all
he wants. He can call me arrogant all he wants.
I don't. It moves nothing. I know. I don't care
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about that. In the slightest to be called arrogant by
Micah beckwith hold on a second, to be called arrogant
by Micah beckwith yeah, kind of the joke kind of
tells itself. His political career is over. Over, And I
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think he is a problem for the Republicans, like Diego
is a problem for the Republicans, which is going to
take us back to a conversation about the delegates and
what actually you vote on, what moves you and why
are you moved by it? It's it's not that you
can't have good people. It's not that you can't have
people of faith. Those are things that are fine, But
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these guys have failed. Diego Morales F and Diego's a failure.
Fake news, Diego F and Diego FN, Diego fan Diego. Right, yeah,
it makes perfect sense. He's a failure. Michael beck With
has failed. It's not that he's got he's caused more
problems than he has good. It's that he hasn't created
any good none. So let's at least be honest about
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that and say to the delegates of the Republican Party,
we can do better. So let's go do that. I
keep getting told that you can't convince the delegates. I
do not believe such a thing as true. I believe
that everybody can engage, and I can engage with them
and make my case. I'm going to certainly try. But
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this is an allegation right now, that's what this is.
By the way, ghost employment is a level six felony
for a sign up employees' duties not related to their
government position. If there's an indictment, if there's any proof
of this, and the Indiana Republicans don't move to remove
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Micah beck With, we're all out of our minds. Oh Tony.
The left does this all the time, and they don't
go after their own With all due respect, I want winners.
Trump brought in a lot of people and then fired
them because they weren't winners. I want winners. And Micah
beck With and Diego Morales are losers, So why don't
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we just go do better? But this innocent will proven
guilty on this thing with the grand jury. We don't
know anything yet.
So the special session will not session on November three.
I for one, am shocked. Tony Katz in ninety three WIBC,
good morning, good to be here. Yeah, the special session
was called for November three, and they're not ready. You've
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got people who aren't in town, you've got people doing
other things. It's part time legislature. It's not shocking that
you call a special session. Not everybody's ready to make it.
So with that, okay, it'll take two weeks. Some people
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are like, oh, so they needed to take action day
since they're all working so hard on our behalf, these
people do other things. I mean, it's just if we're
going to engage a level of silliness about you know,
they're all sitting around the capital just waiting to be
called a de session. That just isn't the way the
world works. So we shouldn't be ridiculous people, but we
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should redistrict. Now, there is a part two to this
special session. Not only is this about redistricting, but this
also has some work to do regarding text code. Now,
I'm curious once a special session it's called what else
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can be thrown in there? What else can be added?
Meaning if I take a look at what it is
that Mike Braun called for. Can I say, well, that
means we can do X, Y or Z. Does that
(02:03):
mean that we can add something else in there? I
want to know if we are just being kept in
the lane of redissericting. He wrote, I am calling the
special Legislative session to protect users from efforts in other
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states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and
ensure the representation in Congress is fair. I'm also asking
the legislature to conform Indiana's tax code with new federal
tax provisions to ensure stability and certainty for taxpayers and
tax preparers for twenty twenty six filings. The question is
(02:48):
is that all it can be? Can something else be
added in? Because I've got an idea two, I think
it might be a good idea or two. We'll get
into that. We should also note for everybody upset with Indiana, which,
by the way, if you're a Hoosier, you can then
vote legislators out of office if you don't like the redistricting,
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that's that's your power, and you know, go out and vote.
Maryland is going to redistrict. Maryland is going to redistrict
and they're going to make the move in making it
more favorable to Democrats. And I cannot wait to hear
everybody who was opposed be opposed, because all I want
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is consistency here. We can have that debate. But if
Maryland's fine, Okay, sure, whatever you say. Tony Katz in
ninety three WIBC, Good Morning. One quarter point that is
the cut from the Federal Reserve from Jerome Powell yesterday,
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and the doubt futures down one forty. So it all
makes perfect sense. Tony Katz, ninety three WIVC, good morning,
Good to be with you. Nothing makes sense. There was
one vote for I think a half point cut, one
vote for no cut, and I would have said the
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numbers say be in the no cut range. The Fed
right now is in a political game of this what
you want, this is what you get. That seems very
very clear now. If you say to me, well, there's
a lot of new trade deals, economic headwinds look good,
they feel safe about this. You gotta want that. The
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market wants it. I'm sure they're very very excited by it.
We've been watching the ten year treasury and we saw
that that was now basically down under four percent just
barely right now it's at four point zero six six,
But have been playing in that three point nine eight
three point nine to nine range, and it's been there
(05:03):
for a few weeks. We'll see if it pops back up.
We'll see if it works back down. What it takes
from this. Maybe it's taking its cues from Okay, we're
taking this deal with South Korea, which President Trump calls
a twelve out of ten. He loves a deal with
South Korea. Three hundred and fifty billion dollars of investment
from South Korea into the United States and a reduction
(05:30):
of tariffs on South Korean automotive from twenty five I
believe it's to fifteen, and now fifteen percent is going
to be the baseline. They have a fifteen percent tarify
on us, we have a fifteen percent tariff on them.
Now someone can say to me, well, then it's equaled.
That's fine. Economics doesn't necessarily work like that. The math
(05:55):
doesn't necessarily work like that, because if if they're charging usurprice,
we're charging them to the extra price, why charge the
extra price at all? Just get rid of it all together, everybody.
So what is its purpose? What is its value, and
the value to one may be completely different than the
value to the other. They charge a fifteen percent tariffs,
so an American good costs fifteen percent more. Maybe we
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don't need a South Korean good to cost fifteen percent more.
Maybe something else can take place that's better for us
that they do with those dollars. But if you're going
to get not only the tariff, but you're going to
(06:38):
get the investment, well, then all right, people might very
well set up with a new normal. By the way,
the Fed, not only as I understand it, did they
cut the federal reserve rate, so the range is three
point seventy five to four percent. Now they're also looking
(07:02):
to get dollars off of their books, the debt that
they own, et cetera. That is a move that we
can appreciate that could go a long way, as doctor
Matt Will has described and others have described, in getting
our economic ship righted. But we are we will. We
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see from President Trump in this entire tour that he's
on that the tariffs are a key and essential part.
The tariffs remain. I disagree, but the tariffs remain the
only place there's been pushed back has been from just recently,
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Republicans and Democrats saying, yeah, that extra ten percent on
tariff on Canada. We're not We're not going to have that. Sir.
Canada ran that dumb ad utilizing the voice of Ronald
Reagan talking about tariffs as the Reagan Library States, taking
a great number of things out of context regarding tariffs,
and ran this ad really against Trump, and Trump said,
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how dare you boom? Tariff's are up ten percent? So
you've got Susan Collins ran Paul Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski
joining Senate Democrats and saying nope, no, no, we're not
doing this. We're not going to be a part of this.
I would tell you that they will be seeing as
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look at these anti Maga Republicans and in great measure absolutely,
you know faith and Lisa Erkowski in Alaska. It should
not be great faith and Susan Collins. Susan Collins is
a main Republican. It's a very different world. It's like
being an Indiana Republican. It's a very different world. But
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I think you do a better job, President Trump when
you engage in a policy and not in a reaction.
I'm not saying there aren't times to react. I think
you do better with economics and making people feel like
there's an actual plan in place through policy and not reaction. Oh,
the ad is dumb, dumb. Still you add an extra
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ten percent if you're really angry, make it an extra
eighty four percent. I mean, swing for the fences, don't
play around the edges. And that's why I say it's
a reaction. It's I'll show you. I don't think that
should be our response. It should be here's what we
have to do for America's safety and security, Here's what
I have to do for America's economic future. That's the
(09:41):
end of that. It's not I don't like your video.
I don't. I just don't like the messaging out, even
though I think the video is total nonsense. Maybe there
are other things we could do that would that would
better your our own messaging. I don't know if it's
(10:02):
the NFL engaging in Maya Kulpa. I just don't know
why they think this would move anybody to say, oh, well,
now I'm okay with the halftime show. Tony Katz, Tony
Kats Today, good to be here. No, it's not Tony
Kats today Tony Kats in the Morning News. I forgot
where I was. No, I knew where I was, I
(10:23):
forgot what show it was. There's a lot of shows, people,
It's not a bad life. The NFL is announcing that
Sting will headline the super Bowl branded concert. Now you're like, well,
WHOA Sting's doing the halftime show. No super Bowl branded concert.
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It's a two night extravaganza before the super Bowl. The
bad bunny guy is still doing the halftime show, where
people are like and some people are like, oh, this
is the best thing ever. This is a concert that
takes place prior to that, and Sting is the headliner.
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I will say to you that I've seen Sting in
concert and he's still great, and he's still got the
voice and it's incredible. But this isn't the super Bowl.
The amount of people are going to watch this are minimal,
and no one's going to think, oh, well, they're brought
in Sting. Okay, I guess everything's fine. That's not the
way any of this works. But the way there, you know,
(11:31):
the way he got phrased like this was Entertainment Weekly
with the headline NFL announces Sting well headline super Bowl
branded concert amid Bad Bunny controversy, as if somehow it
was going to lessen the controversy. It's not going to
lessen the controversy. What I do know is that whatever
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it is that Turning Point USA is going to do
as a counter programming, there's a lot of counter programming.
I mean, there's been the Puppy Bowl for forever. There's
a lot of counter programming that's out there. I think
it's gonna get a lot of I think it's gonna
get a lot of play. There's been a lot of talk.
There's been talking about Adam Sandler's gonna be a part
(12:16):
of it, uh it, Kid Rock's gonna be a part
of it. I don't I don't know. I don't know
who actually is going to be a part of this.
I don't think there's a definitive yet on on any
head on any you know, lineup, not a headliner lineup,
et cetera. But I was with some people the other
(12:37):
day who are very much looking forward to not watching
Bad Bunny. And you say to me, well, that's just
because they're bigots. Well you can say that to them,
and then let's see what happens to you. Just make
sure I have a front row seat, popcorn and some
vis queen, because I don't want any you know, anything
getting on me. Can't just go around calling people racists.
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The guy has said, guys that has got issues with
our country. No, Tony, he doesn't have issues with our country.
He's from Puerto Rico. Hello. Well, first of all, people
should know that before they start saying ridiculous things like
he has an issue with our country, but he does
have issues with the idea that laws should be followed.
(13:21):
That's messed up. And if you're one of these people
who's supporting the abuse of ice agents, it's equally messed up.
And if you're like, I'm not gonna watch that show, okay,
makes sense. This was not an act picked for an
American audience. This was an act picked for a worldwide audience.
(13:44):
Because this guy is a worldwide star. The NFL is
doing exactly what the NFL has been doing building itself
up in this way. They are an international brand and
their job is to push that. And that's why a
lot of people are gonna watch what Turning Point does,
(14:07):
and I assume it'll be entertaining. We'll find out soon enough.
Tony Katz, ninety three WIBC, good morning. Okay, let's make
sure we understand the very basics of the conversation. Tony Katz,
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ninety three WIBC, Good morning. A grand jury investigating allegations
of ghost employment. Now, I should note that this rumor
of a grand jury certainly has gone on for a while.
(14:50):
I should also note that no one knows until we know.
People in the speculation game bore me. This is a
story about the lieutenant governor I could beck with, and
how a grand jury in Marion County is looking into
allegations of ghost jobs. Now, I must admit I didn't
(15:15):
know what a ghost job was. I had never heard
of a ghost job. I understand the the mafia parlance
of a no show job and a no work job.
A no work job is a job that's given and
let's say a construction site and for making sure certain
(15:36):
materials get through with ease. Yeah, these three guys, they're
on the payroll, and yeah, yeah, no they don't. They don't.
They don't swing a hammer. They're just on the payroll
and they'll show up, but they're not on the on
the payroll. That way, if anybody comes early the end.
There they are, right, that's a no work job. A
no show job is someone gets paid they don't even
(15:57):
have to show up. So I knew what that was.
Don't ask how I know things, just know that I
know them. But I had not never heard of a
ghost job. And I'm wondering if it's the same thing,
because it's as we report it with John Herrick's reporting
at WIBC dot com. It involves employees working outside their
(16:19):
official duties while on the clock. So give an example.
I guess one could give an example of here I am,
I'm working in the Lieutenant Governor's office and look at me, busy, busy, busy.
It's like Brian and in Family guy busy, busy busy.
I'm so busy busy. And what they're really doing is
working on the campaign or working on their side hustle
(16:41):
or so they're there and they're getting paid, but they're
doing all these other things. That's the allegation. Now, you
we had heard about the grand jury stuff because of
this nonsense regarding an AI video showing a lawmaker's wife topless.
That was a story put out by Tom lo Bianco.
(17:02):
Everybody picked it up. No one had any proof, and
they set up must be true. I always thought that
was an ugly thing to do. I know that this woman,
there's a woman who claims I saw the video. I'm
still not moved. And I'm the guy who a month
plus ago said that Micah Beckworth's political career is over, which,
(17:23):
by the way, I did not know. This has made
so much news that he's now getting asked about it
on other radio stations. My compatriot there in Fort Wayne
I Woo asked him about it in an interview. I
think that's very interesting. His political career is over, and
to the delegates, we're gonna have to have a very
(17:43):
very long talk. We can do better. He's not good
man of faith, sure, whatever, but that's not enough. Now.
If you want to argue that with me, I'm down.
I'm down because i I'm not questioning faith. I'm questioning
skill set, ability, capability, desire, and most importantly, helping us
(18:08):
get to other victories, which the grand total from Michael
Beckworth is zero. We go back to this, this idea
that there was this employees on the clock being paid
by us, not actually doing the job, but doing other
(18:31):
things that are supportive of his agenda. Now we need
more information. We only know that grand jury testimony was
heard in August eighteenth and September thirtieth quote in the
original investigation into the distribution of an intimate image and
(18:51):
ghost employment in the office of the Indiana Lieutenant Governor.
It's all we've got. You can't there's not enough here
to say. Oh, I've already declared his political career over,
and I'm right. He could debate it with me all
he wants. He can call me arrogant all he wants.
I don't. It moves nothing. I know. I don't care
(19:13):
about that. In the slightest to be called arrogant by
Micah beckwith hold on a second, to be called arrogant
by Micah beckwith yeah, kind of the joke kind of
tells itself. His political career is over. Over, And I
(19:40):
think he is a problem for the Republicans, like Diego
is a problem for the Republicans, which is going to
take us back to a conversation about the delegates and
what actually you vote on, what moves you and why
are you moved by it? It's it's not that you
can't have good people. It's not that you can't have
people of faith. Those are things that are fine, But
(20:05):
these guys have failed. Diego Morales F and Diego's a failure.
Fake news, Diego F and Diego FN, Diego fan Diego. Right, yeah,
it makes perfect sense. He's a failure. Michael beck With
has failed. It's not that he's got he's caused more
problems than he has good. It's that he hasn't created
any good none. So let's at least be honest about
(20:27):
that and say to the delegates of the Republican Party,
we can do better. So let's go do that. I
keep getting told that you can't convince the delegates. I
do not believe such a thing as true. I believe
that everybody can engage, and I can engage with them
and make my case. I'm going to certainly try. But
(20:49):
this is an allegation right now, that's what this is.
By the way, ghost employment is a level six felony
for a sign up employees' duties not related to their
government position. If there's an indictment, if there's any proof
of this, and the Indiana Republicans don't move to remove
(21:10):
Micah beck With, we're all out of our minds. Oh Tony.
The left does this all the time, and they don't
go after their own With all due respect, I want winners.
Trump brought in a lot of people and then fired
them because they weren't winners. I want winners. And Micah
beck With and Diego Morales are losers, So why don't
(21:31):
we just go do better? But this innocent will proven
guilty on this thing with the grand jury. We don't
know anything yet.
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