December 22, 2025 • 32 mins
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joins Rose Tennent for the final hour as "The Sean Hannity Show" shifts gears from the day's headlines into a deep dive on something sitting in millions of living rooms: smart TVs and what they may be doing behind the scenes.
Paxton lays out Texas' lawsuits against major smart TV manufacturers, alleging they've been collecting detailed viewing data on Texans and monetizing it without clear, meaningful consent. He describes an ecosystem where TVs can be sold cheaply because, in his telling, companies earn enormous revenue from marketing based on viewer behavior. Rose presses on the real-world problem for consumers: most people don't even know there's anything to opt out of, and even if they do, the process can be confusing and hard to execute.
The conversation turns more serious as Rose cites warnings from Paxton's office about the possibility of sensitive information being exposed, especially as more people use TV apps to log into accounts and even handle financial transactions. Paxton says discovery is still ahead, but argues manufacturers may be capturing far more than viewers realize.
Then comes the national-security angle: Rose notes that at least one named company is Chinese-owned. Paxton says any unauthorized data collection is concerning, but adds that Chinese possession of that kind of information raises the stakes beyond consumer privacy. He also says Texas is sharing resources with other state attorneys general and hopes more states will join the fight.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to the Sean Handity Show. My name is
Rose and I am with you this last hour of
the Handity Show. You know, we've got a story that
hits right in your living room. Right now, Texas Attorney
General Ken Paxon is taking on major smart TV manufacturers
and then alleging that they are collecting data on what
Texans watch and when they watch it, and then they're
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selling that information for profit, all without clear consent. So
joining us now is Attorney General Paxton to explain the lawsuit,
the privacy concerns, and what viewers can do right now
to protect themselves. We're also going to talk about his
Senate race. Welcome Attorney General Ken Paxon.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
How are you.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I'm doing well, I'm Mary Christmas, Happy Holidays. We're doing
great in Texas.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'll bet you our Texas is a great state. So listen.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
According to lawsuits that you've filed, TV manufacturers might have
quietly turned America's living rooms into surveillance hubs by using
technology that most consumers never agreed to. And that's really
the very definition of intrusion. What exactly did these television
companies collect and how much of it was taken without
Texans ever knowing.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Oh well, first of all, they did it without Texans
knowing for sure, and they did it without anybody the
United States knowing it. What they do is they record
every so many milliseconds what you're watching, and so they
can use that and sell that information to other companies. So,
you know, if they wanted to do that, they just
need to get consent. And if consumers agree to that,
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that's fine. But the problem is they're doing it without consent. Obviously,
that helps them sell more TVs because they can go
with the price because they're making so much money. They're
making more money on the marketing than they are the TV.
So I have no problem with them doing it as
long as they get consent. The problem here is they're
keeping track of all this information on all of this
without our consent. And this is all the major TV manufacturers,
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from Sony to Samsung to the Chinese manufacturers.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah, you know, and when you say it's all of us,
it should be concerned. I was telling some of my
friends that you were going to be on today, and
I was telling them that this was one of the
things that we were going to talk about, and they
had no idea and of course you provided and I
will provide that on social media what you can do
to protect yourself. But first of all, how did you
discover this? And you're right, it doesn't square with basic
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consumer consent under Texas law, are probably under the law
of many states, correct.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I would guess most states would have some type of
consumer protection law where if they're going to use data
on you and they're going to intrude into your house
through your TV, that they would be obligated to at
least disclose that and potentially compemplate you for it. In
this case, you know, nobody knew. You didn't know.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I just found out, as I find out from a
lot of my cases, there other constituents of minor consumers
who just happened to tell me about it, and we
researched it and found out that it was absolutely true,
and that for the most part, all the TV manufacturers
are doing it, and they're all doing it without telling us.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Yeah, And I think what bothers me is that consumers
aren't given any meaningful way to opt out of this surveillance,
or if they even knew that there was a need
to opt out of the surveillance. And that's the thing
that really bothers me.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Well, absolutely, And even the way of opting out it
is so complicated. I mean, I'm not sure I'm technically
able to opt out. There isn't you happen to know.
You got lucky because some friend of yours happen to know.
It's still not an easy process to opt out on
these TVs. So even if you want to do it,
you may not be able to do it properly and
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actually execute on getting out of the disclosure that you
are giving them every time you turn your TV set on,
you know.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
And also one of.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
The things that you talked about too, and that your
office warned about was sensitive information like passwords and banking
data that could be exposed. Now, has there been any
evidence that we know of that personal or financial data
could be compromised.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Well, certainly people operate that stuff, you know, the access
or bank accounts, they get it. They have passwords on
their TV for their accounts that they use apps for.
So we're in the middle of we'll be you know,
doing discovery to find out exactly what data they've captured.
We just know that they are capturing everything they can
every just you know, split second, and so it would
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not be shocking to find out that they have gotten
pasted it. We're pretty sure they are getting passwords and
personal financial information, which should be a concern to anybody
who's using their TV as a way to get into
their bank account or do any kind of financial transactions.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, you know, and that's scary too. And I've just
got one or two more questions on this subject. I
want to move on to your race, but before I do, Okay,
two of the companies that were named, One of them
was TCL, I can't remember the other one. They're Chinese
owned and operate in China. So that adds another layer
of concern, does it not? You know, when you talk
about foreign access to Americans private and in home.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Data, Yeah, anything obviously, any company doing this, I'll get
a prolumn list. But the fact that Chinese have this information,
of course, they're using it to our detriment, to our
consumer's detriment, to our nation's detriment, capturing as much information
as they can about everybody and using that to their advantage.
So yeah, I'm extremely concerned about That's a whole other
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level of security concern beyond just personal security. It's a
national security interest that's affected by what these Chinese manufacturers
are doing with their TVs.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Well, are you talking to any of the AG's across
the country, making them aware, getting them involved in the
process of looking into this or filing lawsuits?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Possibly.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
We've certainly publicized it. We've certainly spread it around with
our resources to other attorney generals. I'm hoping that they'll
pursue as well. Certainly we wanted to get it going
and they can join in. We're we would be happy
to be joined by their states.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Thanks for taking care of that. I appreciate that your state.
You're running for Senate in the Great State of Texas
and the primary is March third, and early voting starts
as soon as February seventeenth, so there's not a lot
of time between, like after everybody gets back from Christmas
and really getting the election process underway. How is it
looking for you? And I really before we even talk
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about anything else, because I know you were at Turning Point, USA,
and you talked about a lot of things about the
Senate race and why you feel you're the better candidate.
But one of the things I wanted to ask you
is why you chose to run for the Senate. What
is it that you feel you must do, need to do,
and can only do that by running for a Senate seat.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Well, I mean of all our state wide leaders. I mean,
there's no doubt that the guy I'm running against, he's
been in office forty forty years. He's been in office
since I was in college. And I'm turning sixty three
tomorrow and happy birthday, Yeah, thank you, and those forty
plus serious he has no major accomplishments. I've asked people
across the state since a Bullie eight, and you name
one major good accomplishment. There's some bad ones, but there's
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no there's they've never had. No one's ever said, yes,
seriously good accomplishment. And for a guy that's running for
his sis term in you sent which no one's ever
done in Texas with no accomplishments, saying I'm part of
the Washington establishment. I raised my money in Washington. I
answer to Washington. Texas deserves better than that. And because
it's so hard to run against incumbent, you have to
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in Texas. It's so large of a state, thirty one
point three million people. You have to have name ID
to overcome the massive dollars that come in from VC
because functually there's no limit on their contributions, but there's
a very tight limit on Challenger. So you have to
have name id going into this, And I thought, who
can do this other than somebody that already has name?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
I be right that you have for sure when we
talk about we had doctor Ben Carson on earlier and
we did touch on capitalism and how that is not
what has let down the young people. It's the leftist ideals.
And we also talked a little bit about socialism. And
we're headed into two hundred and fifty years celebration of
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this country and our freedoms. What do you think? Where
do you think we're headed as a country? Can we
because it doesn't look really good in many ways, but
can we turn this around? Because we're holding onto the
republic by a thread.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
So I don't disagree with you, but I always I'm
pretty opt I'm always optimistic. I wouldn't be doing this
if I weren't optimistic. But it really is a battle
of ideas and whether we're going to let socialism creep in,
And even among the Republicans, they do sometimes so little
in DC and really around the country that they don't
affect very much what the Democrats are trying to accomplish.
They don't speak out enough. They don't they don't propose Ah,
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they don't. They don't stand in the way of it enough.
And that's part of the reason I think it's so important.
We have more people who are willing to go up
to Washington and say, you know what, enough of this.
We need to make sure that we're protecting our country
from outside forces they want to hurt us, and also
inside forces, because it's a battle of ideologies and we
could lose it at any time. But I truly believe
that we have the upper hand because our ideas work
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and they're good for America.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, that's one of the things I talked about.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Can see over and over again, whether it's Cuba, even Russia, China.
Any time that we a country takes on something that's
not a that doesn't have a capitalistic foundation, they fail,
and they fail miserably, Venezuela being the most recent. And
I think that one of the things that you just
said that you have to be unafraid to go in
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there and fight for those things that we think are important.
And I don't think anyone can deny that you would
be unafraid to do that.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
So thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
But you know, I just there's a whole mindset that
needs to be changed here, or at least we need
to educate.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I guess, yeah, there's that doubt. You'll remember what Marca
Thatcher said about socialist she said, eventually you run out
of other people's money. There's no example, whether you look
at Obamacare, whether you look at any type of socialistic model.
Even our school finance system in Texas was created by
John Cornyan by judicial FA. It's called Robin and it's
designed to create media socialistic system that doesn't benefit our
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schools like it should. Socialism there's no example of it
actually working. It's always harmful to the people. It's good
for the leadership that's in control of everything, that get
the best of everything. But what creates opportunity is capitalism,
because then anybody, if they're willing to work and apply themselves,
can succeed.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
You know, That's what doctor Carson said today. Earlier too,
he said, really, your success is entirely up to you,
and that is the truth. And that's a man that
came from property and a lot of this haaps, and
yet he overcame all of that, became a great pediatric
neurosurgeon and then on to do even greater things after that.
But you're right, it only only depends on each one
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of us.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Yeah, look right, Ben Carson is a perfect example of that.
He came from you know, poverty and turned out to
be you know, a very very successful doctor, politician, speaker,
and just generally some that's contributed greatly to the United States.
And I think anybody has that opportunity, has the opportunity
to fail or be successful based on their hard work
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and their own abilities.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
You know, you represent, you believe, and I believe you're
correct the values of the Texan voter. What are some
of those values and what are you most excited about
to get to work on when you get to Washington, DC.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Well, in Texas, we care about like being financially responsible.
We balance our budges. That I was in the legislature for
twelve years. We balance our budget. We have to balance
our budget. Since John Corn has been in off in
two thousand and two, we went from six point two
trillion depthsit that was from George Washington to George Bush.
We've now added over thirty one trillion dollars in debt
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in his time there, and he doesn't speak out, he
doesn't take responsibility for it. He just spends the money
acting like we can continue to fund these depthicits. That is,
in my opinion, a one of the biggest issues we have.
And I think the other one of the other big
issues is China. Dealing with the threat from China and
making sure that we are keeping up with them in
every way, whether it's with AI which is huge, or
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with just our defense and making sure that our allies
are aware and part of our team and making sure
that we understand the threat.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Yeah, there really is a threat and AI is a
big issue right now. And there is a balance to
be had there as well, because we are going to
a lot of our resources are going to be spent
or put to that effort of building up those facilities
that we need to have to stay in that AI race.
So there is a balance there. That's a lot of
work right there. That in and of itself, it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Is a huge lot of work. It is a lot
of work because the Chinese are serious and they they're
maneuvering economically, They're maneuvering militarily, and they are doing it
all over the world, and they are doing in the
United States, and they're doing it across the world. And
their intent is domination. And they have a limited amount
of time given the fact that their population is going
to massively decrease over the next twenty years. And so
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Gigiping is on a mission. His mission is complete global
dominance and putting America, you know, under his feet.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, that's long been the goal, and we need to
wise up to that, and I think we have to
give it very special attention and a lot of focus
too in the days and years to come. So all right,
so just to remind you again, the primary is March third, correct,
and then February seventeenth actually is when voting starts because
you have early voting.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
That's correct. And we need all the help we can
get because John corn is getting three million dollars a
week from Washington, DC and that does not happen for challengers.
So go to kimpaxon dot com and please help us.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
We need it.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
All right, Well, thank you so much for spending time
with us. Thanks for what you're doing too, and also
bringing to light what's going on with our television sets
right in the middle of our living rooms. So thank
you so much for all that you do. We appreciate you,
and thanks for joining the Handi Show. We'll be back
with more of the Handity Show right after this.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
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Speaker 1 (14:34):
Welcome back to the Sean Hannity Show. My name is Rose.
I'm really enjoying this and we only have like a
little more than a half hour together. I wish all
of you are very merry Christmas if you are celebrating Christmas.
And I'll be back, by the way on December thirtieth,
just to welcome you into the new year of just
about so I'm looking forward to that as well. By
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the way, we were talking about smart TVs and that
while these our TV's vary by brand, a lot of
them allow you to limit the data collection by following
some general steps. So what I did is I posted
those on my If it's not upright this very minute,
give it a little bit of time, but I will
have the steps that you can follow to limit that collection.
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So that's going to be at Rose Unplugged on Facebook
and then Instagram, Rose Unplugged with the number one. So
those two places will have the steps that you need
to follow to make sure that you are protecting your privacy.
By the way, speaking of my social media, also, I
have a ministry called she is Called by Him dot
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Speaker 2 (15:41):
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Speaker 2 (16:20):
Stay with us. Welcome back to the Sean Hannity Show.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
My name is Rose and we've got this last half
hour together. So glad to spend time with you. I'll
be back on December thirtieth. Great lineup of guests that day.
To wait until you hear that show. Oh, looking forward
to it anyway. In the meantime, my next guest is
Linda with the y L y Nda.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
I like that. Actually I've been elevated.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Yeah, yeah, you're elevated in my mind.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You are always elevated. Listen, flattery.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
We'll get you everywhere every day, all day and twice
on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
You think I know that, Yeah, yeah, I know that. Yeah,
but you also know that I'm sincere when I tell
you I love you so much.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
No, no, of course, of course, of course. All right, good,
let's get that out of the way.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Anyway, I wanted to tell you about some of my
experiences here inside the Beltway, so you know I'm still
I'm back and forth, but I'm here a lot. One
of the things I noticed was I was in church
one Sunday. Well, I went to the wrong church a
couple of times, and it wasn't until they were disparaging
Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated in cool Blood. So
I left that church. And there are two that I
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really like, Cornerstone Chapel, is awesome. I think that's probably
going to be my church and National Community Church, which
is right in the city. But anyway, I was at
the National Community Church one Sunday morning and they said, okay,
everyone we are, we're gonna do some prayer time and
let's pray for the d MV. And I'm like, oh, okay,
that's kind of weird. You know, the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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It's like I get it, Like it's a long line.
They've got it. They're all messed up in there. There's
so many people, it takes forever to get things done.
So we prayed and I'm like, yeah, Lord, yes, we
were praying for the DMV. God, thank you for the DMV.
And I'm like I turned to a young girl next
to me, I'm like, why did we pray for the
Department of Motor Vehicles. She goes, oh, honey, you know
we're talking about what are the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
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And I'm like, oh, or DC, Maryland and Virginia.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
I'm like, oh, that DMV. I had no idea. I
never heard of that. I've never heard of that.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
If I said DMB to you, you think Department of
motor vehicles.
Speaker 5 (18:25):
I'd be like, Yeah, let's pray for them, Let's let's
get their stuff together, and let's start getting this party started.
You know, it's like path of least resistance.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
How can I help you help yourself? And living here?
Speaker 1 (18:37):
And I have to tell you, Linda, and we all
need prayer here. I have to tell you, honest to God.
First of all, there's so many karens. I was going
into the area where you recycle cardboard where I live,
and there was a woman that looked like suspicious when
I walked in. She jumped when I opened the door,
and I said, Hey, what's up? And she said, well,
I was just getting ready to write down apartment. And
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I'm of all the people that left the styrofoam in
their cardboard boxes.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Oh my god, is your name Karen? How much time
do you have in your life? Come right?
Speaker 5 (19:11):
I mean, listen, I recycle like the best of them.
But I gotta tell you, you know, I'm friendly with
a lot of these guys because I get up very
early in the morning, I'm out very early in the morning.
And I invite you all to talk to the person
that's handling and facilitating your garbage pickup and ask them
where the garbage goes. Just have a come to Jesus
with your garbage person, because then you've got to find
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out that this is a big racket for them to
charge you more money and say they're taking things to
they're recycling, and they're not. They're dumping it all in
the same place. Because yeah, you don't have to wonder,
you know, I'm telling.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
You right now, you're here to talk. This is And
I still.
Speaker 5 (19:48):
Recycle, like you know, I'm out there recycling doing what
everybody else does, yellow top, green top, brown top, whatever,
but you know, or whatever the colors are in your
neighborhood for recycling and regular trash. But all kidding aside,
like everything. And I hate to say it like this
because it's very pessimistic, but I feel like I'm being
a pragmatist and sharing it. There's a lot of scams
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going on because everybody wants to feel like they're doing
something good, and if they can charge you because you
feel better feeling like you're doing something good and nothing's
actually happening, they will.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
So you're paying more money for ten cents for a
plastic gap bag at the grocery store everybody feels better,
But it's still a plastic bag.
Speaker 5 (20:26):
First of all, the plastic bags have already been made.
Use the plastic bags in existence, and then dispose of
them how you wish? What are you doing with all
the plastic bags sitting in the cardboard boxes? And how
many trees are you killing now that they're given paper?
Like the common sense of life is gone.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
It's completely gone, it really is, and you're just ah,
I just want to scream, But thank you for that tip,
because I'm so OCD that I mean, I literally, like
they say, to clean out the glass bottles, Okay, I
washed it out. I make sure there is crystal clean
and put the lid back on it. I yell at
the kids if you don't put the lid back on
that plastic bottle, you know, I don't know. I mean,
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I'm OCD, So yeah, I take everything to the extreme.
If you're telling me that's what I have to do,
that's what I do.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Listen.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
The only thing I do that they tell me I
have to do is I cut up the plastic that
goes around bottles because I don't want a duck or
a fish or any kind of life leg you know,
in the any of our seasons.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I cut that. I don't want them to get hurt. Yes,
I don't put that in the recycling. Where do you
put it? I'm supposed to just put it in? Well,
what do you do with it? Do you cut it up?
You gotta cut it. I gotta cut it up.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Oh my god, now you have to add to all
of my my anxiety.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Okay, I'll cut it up.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
I want to ask you about Christmas, Linda. I know
you always have a ton of people. Well, now you
have a ton of people in your family. What are
you doing for Christmas?
Speaker 5 (21:44):
We're having twenty people over both sides of the family.
I have put it a put up an extra table,
and we're doing the the White Elephant game. I'm sure
people have played this, or some people call it Double Diamond.
It's my first year doing it, so you know, we've
got twenty gifts and we're gonna do it with the
kiddos and the grandparents and everybody. I think it'll be
really fun. So we're excited. And I'm making braised short
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ribs instead of traditional foods, so trying to something different.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
But your husband's aid, Taliano, doesn't he want Yeah, we're
gonna have zdi with sausage.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
We're doing linguini and clams sauuce. Don't worry. Everybody's gonna
get something. It's everybody's getting a little something. Yeah, so
it'll be good, It'll be good, All.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Right, good. I'm glad to hear that. I don't know either, Jesus.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
You know, I was watching this movie I'm the Shopfier,
who I think is absolutely gorgeous to this day.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
The movie was, Oh, what fun.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
And it just talked about all the things that a
mom does and a woman does to prepare for Christmas
in the holidays, right, and you know we do. It's
just like when you go to bed at night, aren't
you still thinking about, Okay, what does my child need
for tomorrow's lunch? Did they study for that math test
that I know they have? Your husband is out cold
the minute his head hits the pillow. You you're laying
there thinking about all these things. You're also the one
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probably responsible for all of the gifts, filling all this stuff.
The men you just like you just said, you know
exactly what you're having. I mean, that's a burden on
all of us, and sometimes we're neglected let's just be
honest here.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Like, I'm very lucky. I'm not neglected.
Speaker 5 (23:11):
My husband are incredible, we do everything together, and I'm married.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Well, I'm very lucky. He's awesome. We love him. I
married well too.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
But I still think that the stocking could be just
a little fuller, you.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
Know, and ask Eric, Eric and Ether are in the studio,
what are you doing for your wives to help them
get ready for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Yeah? What are we supposed to help?
Speaker 6 (23:35):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
I was gonna say, should I play Jeopardy music and
see how long it takes.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
It's like I'll be cooking a lot of the stuff
on Christmas, but prepping for the day before and all
that stuff. I can't handle that now.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
I don't really think you guys are really made to
do that. To be honest with.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
You, Listen, I can't even wrap a gift that well.
So I'm gonna be honest. I'm pretty good at a
lot of stuff, but wrapping gifts and decorating is not
my forte. When I give stuff to my wife, it's
it looks like a three year old might have wrapped it.
Speaker 5 (24:06):
It's the drunk elf, the drunk else wrap my presence.
That's fine, it's all good.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
No, I don't like that. No, I want it to
be nice. I want to wrapped. I don't want to bag.
I don't want to dig in and just pull it out.
I want the suspense of unwrapping, tearing that paper off
the bouot box. I think that my favorite part is rapping,
and I keep buying presents so I have more to wrap.
I I really think that's my thing. I'm I'm gonna post.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Over that.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
There's so many other reasons why I need to see
a therapist, but yeah, that could be one of them.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
I'll put a post.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
I'm gonna post a picture of under my tree and
you'll see what I'm talking about, because I am.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
I'm sure it's stunning.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
I am really good. Stunning is right. Anyway.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I wish you, Linda a very merry Christmas, Mary, and
you too, Ethan and Eric, geez. Did you notice that
Eric didn't chime in at all. Eric is very quiet, just.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
To me that he yeah, there you go.
Speaker 5 (24:59):
Eric's like, I want to stay married and I got
nothing to say.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I tell you, I'll tell you what my contribution is.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
I paid for everybody's gifts.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Okay, I love you guys, I really do. We're gonna
take a break here, we'll come back. Don't forget. I
am going to put all of the information on how
to limit data collection on my website, on Facebook, on Instagram,
Rose Unplugged. And also I'll put a picture of the
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stunning as Linda called them, gifts under my tree.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
I really do.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
And just a reminder, And I know that Rose has
mentioned it a few times, but they say, like a
lot of our veterans and we've got homeless on the
street some of the sadder parts of the holidays. So
if you're in need of prayer, if you're wanting to
pray for somebody, you know she is called Is. It's
really great, you know. And I'm not much of a proselytizer.
I'm not a Bible thumper. I don't know it verse
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and chapter and all the things. But I do know
there's a higher power and I do know that if
we ask him for help, we'll give it to us.
And Rose is really terrific with that. She's got this
great group of individuals who will pray for you and
help you or help somebody maybe you know, maybe somebody
who knows going through a tough time and could use
a little prayer and just put it in for them,
you know, and I mean always put a good word
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in with the big Man.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Never heard anybody, No, not at all, Linda, thank you
again for reminding me. And yes, especially during this time
of year, I think there are a lot of needs
and let people are feeling overwhelmed and maybe even sad
because they lost a loved one. So definitely send you
a prayer, ree question in and it does stay anonymous,
and we do have a great team of ladies who
are dedicated to prank for it.
Speaker 5 (26:36):
And definitely call at eight hundred ninety four one seven
three two six we want to hear what your Christmas
traditions are.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
I love those calls. I love those calls too.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
Thanks for reminding me to give out the phone number
eight hundred and nine to four to one show.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
And thanks Linda, I love you. I really do back
at your girl. All right, we'll be back with more
after this, all as.
Speaker 6 (27:03):
The Land of the Free, Because of the Free, the
has to show on Hannity Show.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Okay, thanks for joining me on today's Sean Hannity Show.
It was so much fun to be with all of you.
I'll be back on December thirtieth, looking forward to that.
And just real quick, you know, sometimes the biggest cultural
battles don't happen in Washington, DC or New York. They
happen in small towns and in places where faith has
always been part of daily life. And that's what's playing
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out right now in South Carolina. There's this little town
that was decorating its brand new marketplace for the very
first Christmas season. It was nothing fancy, nothing controversial, just
classic holiday decorps, lights, wreathes, a snowman, Santa Claus, and
oh uh oh, a small Nativity scene. And the decorations
weren't paid for by the city. They were paid for
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personally by members of the Mollens Beautification Committee. So a
woman named Kimberly Bird put it all together, put up
the decorations, put the Nativity scene in, and found out
around Thanksgiving time that the town's mayor asked that the
Nativity scene be removed from the public parking area. And
the reason that was given was concerned about church and state,
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you know that old argument, and about people in the
community who hold different beliefs. So but Bird said that
if the Nativity goes, then all of the decorations go.
And her reasoning was simple. She doesn't believe that Jesus
should be pushed aside while the rest of Christmas days
front and center. So she also raised a bigger question,
how do you explained to children that their faith has
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to be hidden but Santa Claus can stay, but oh,
the story of Christ can't. And she said that she
never expected to be in this position. Who does right?
But she believes there are moments when people have to
stand up for what they believe is right. And you
know what, that's what it's really all about at the
end of the day. This is about whether or not
the heart of Christmas still has a place in public life,
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especially in communities where faith has always been part of
the fabric. And that small town in South Carolina, one
woman decided that if Christmas is being celebrated, then christ
shouldn't be hidden. So if Christmas is the holiday that
you celebrate right now, remember not to hide the person
that we celebrate it for and whose birth we celebrate
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it for. And also, I just want to wish all
of you a wonderful holiday season and safety and kind
words between family members, because you know what in the end,
that's all we have are those that are dear to us.
That we have to remember to be kind and to
respond and to negativity the way that woman in the
Target store did. She responded with kindness. She didn't argue,
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she didn't fight back, she didn't use the nasty words
that the attacker used when she was attacking her, but
she just responded with kindness. And I think it's something
for all of us to keep in mind that that's
what the season is about. But it's what it's about
all the way through. And I do think too when
we talk about as earlier in the show, we mentioned
socialism and how it's creeping into every aspect of our lives,
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how it's creeping into the very fabric of who we are,
and even in churches, which you know, I find astounding. Honestly,
I must have been in some sort of cocoon because
I hadn't heard anything like that. You know, I lived
in southwestern PA, and you know, I just about everybody
that went to church believed the same way. And you know,
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they knew that socialism, that S word, was a bad word,
but it's being repackaged in such a way that, you know,
so it's pulling the roll over a lot of people's eyes.
And I think the thing that concerns me the most
is that our children haven't been taught history, because if
they had, they would know what happened to places like Russia,
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to China, to Cuba and now Venezuela, the most recent one,
early part of the two thousands. If they were taught,
they would recognize why socialism isn't a good idea, but
they would also recognize something else if they were taught
American history. Why this experiment, this American experiment, is the
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most amazing experiment in all of history.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
And as I mentioned before, the document that we are
celebrating the liberty that we're celebrating two hundred and fifty
years of beginning twenty twenty six. That document, that Constitution
was a radical document. And the reason that it was
radical was because that no other country has implemented something
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quite like it. And that's because other governments do not
want to give up control and give it to the people,
and we don't want to lose that control people. This
is something worth fighting for. This country is something worth
fighting for and something to celebrate as we go into
the new year.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
God bless all of you. I love so much being
with you.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Please check me out Rose Unplugged and also she is
called by him dot com. That's my ministry. God bless
I'll see you again December thirtieth
Welcome back to the Sean Handity Show. My name is
Rose and I am with you this last hour of
the Handity Show. You know, we've got a story that
hits right in your living room. Right now, Texas Attorney
General Ken Paxon is taking on major smart TV manufacturers
and then alleging that they are collecting data on what
Texans watch and when they watch it, and then they're
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selling that information for profit, all without clear consent. So
joining us now is Attorney General Paxton to explain the lawsuit,
the privacy concerns, and what viewers can do right now
to protect themselves. We're also going to talk about his
Senate race. Welcome Attorney General Ken Paxon.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
How are you.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I'm doing well, I'm Mary Christmas, Happy Holidays. We're doing
great in Texas.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'll bet you our Texas is a great state. So listen.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
According to lawsuits that you've filed, TV manufacturers might have
quietly turned America's living rooms into surveillance hubs by using
technology that most consumers never agreed to. And that's really
the very definition of intrusion. What exactly did these television
companies collect and how much of it was taken without
Texans ever knowing.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Oh well, first of all, they did it without Texans
knowing for sure, and they did it without anybody the
United States knowing it. What they do is they record
every so many milliseconds what you're watching, and so they
can use that and sell that information to other companies. So,
you know, if they wanted to do that, they just
need to get consent. And if consumers agree to that,
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that's fine. But the problem is they're doing it without consent. Obviously,
that helps them sell more TVs because they can go
with the price because they're making so much money. They're
making more money on the marketing than they are the TV.
So I have no problem with them doing it as
long as they get consent. The problem here is they're
keeping track of all this information on all of this
without our consent. And this is all the major TV manufacturers,
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from Sony to Samsung to the Chinese manufacturers.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah, you know, and when you say it's all of us,
it should be concerned. I was telling some of my
friends that you were going to be on today, and
I was telling them that this was one of the
things that we were going to talk about, and they
had no idea and of course you provided and I
will provide that on social media what you can do
to protect yourself. But first of all, how did you
discover this? And you're right, it doesn't square with basic
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consumer consent under Texas law, are probably under the law
of many states, correct.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I would guess most states would have some type of
consumer protection law where if they're going to use data
on you and they're going to intrude into your house
through your TV, that they would be obligated to at
least disclose that and potentially compemplate you for it. In
this case, you know, nobody knew. You didn't know.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I just found out, as I find out from a
lot of my cases, there other constituents of minor consumers
who just happened to tell me about it, and we
researched it and found out that it was absolutely true,
and that for the most part, all the TV manufacturers
are doing it, and they're all doing it without telling us.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Yeah, And I think what bothers me is that consumers
aren't given any meaningful way to opt out of this surveillance,
or if they even knew that there was a need
to opt out of the surveillance. And that's the thing
that really bothers me.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Well, absolutely, And even the way of opting out it
is so complicated. I mean, I'm not sure I'm technically
able to opt out. There isn't you happen to know.
You got lucky because some friend of yours happen to know.
It's still not an easy process to opt out on
these TVs. So even if you want to do it,
you may not be able to do it properly and
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actually execute on getting out of the disclosure that you
are giving them every time you turn your TV set on,
you know.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
And also one of.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
The things that you talked about too, and that your
office warned about was sensitive information like passwords and banking
data that could be exposed. Now, has there been any
evidence that we know of that personal or financial data
could be compromised.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Well, certainly people operate that stuff, you know, the access
or bank accounts, they get it. They have passwords on
their TV for their accounts that they use apps for.
So we're in the middle of we'll be you know,
doing discovery to find out exactly what data they've captured.
We just know that they are capturing everything they can
every just you know, split second, and so it would
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not be shocking to find out that they have gotten
pasted it. We're pretty sure they are getting passwords and
personal financial information, which should be a concern to anybody
who's using their TV as a way to get into
their bank account or do any kind of financial transactions.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, you know, and that's scary too. And I've just
got one or two more questions on this subject. I
want to move on to your race, but before I do, Okay,
two of the companies that were named, One of them
was TCL, I can't remember the other one. They're Chinese
owned and operate in China. So that adds another layer
of concern, does it not? You know, when you talk
about foreign access to Americans private and in home.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Data, Yeah, anything obviously, any company doing this, I'll get
a prolumn list. But the fact that Chinese have this information,
of course, they're using it to our detriment, to our
consumer's detriment, to our nation's detriment, capturing as much information
as they can about everybody and using that to their advantage.
So yeah, I'm extremely concerned about That's a whole other
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level of security concern beyond just personal security. It's a
national security interest that's affected by what these Chinese manufacturers
are doing with their TVs.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Well, are you talking to any of the AG's across
the country, making them aware, getting them involved in the
process of looking into this or filing lawsuits?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Possibly.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
We've certainly publicized it. We've certainly spread it around with
our resources to other attorney generals. I'm hoping that they'll
pursue as well. Certainly we wanted to get it going
and they can join in. We're we would be happy
to be joined by their states.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Thanks for taking care of that. I appreciate that your state.
You're running for Senate in the Great State of Texas
and the primary is March third, and early voting starts
as soon as February seventeenth, so there's not a lot
of time between, like after everybody gets back from Christmas
and really getting the election process underway. How is it
looking for you? And I really before we even talk
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about anything else, because I know you were at Turning Point, USA,
and you talked about a lot of things about the
Senate race and why you feel you're the better candidate.
But one of the things I wanted to ask you
is why you chose to run for the Senate. What
is it that you feel you must do, need to do,
and can only do that by running for a Senate seat.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Well, I mean of all our state wide leaders. I mean,
there's no doubt that the guy I'm running against, he's
been in office forty forty years. He's been in office
since I was in college. And I'm turning sixty three
tomorrow and happy birthday, Yeah, thank you, and those forty
plus serious he has no major accomplishments. I've asked people
across the state since a Bullie eight, and you name
one major good accomplishment. There's some bad ones, but there's
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no there's they've never had. No one's ever said, yes,
seriously good accomplishment. And for a guy that's running for
his sis term in you sent which no one's ever
done in Texas with no accomplishments, saying I'm part of
the Washington establishment. I raised my money in Washington. I
answer to Washington. Texas deserves better than that. And because
it's so hard to run against incumbent, you have to
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in Texas. It's so large of a state, thirty one
point three million people. You have to have name ID
to overcome the massive dollars that come in from VC
because functually there's no limit on their contributions, but there's
a very tight limit on Challenger. So you have to
have name id going into this, And I thought, who
can do this other than somebody that already has name?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
I be right that you have for sure when we
talk about we had doctor Ben Carson on earlier and
we did touch on capitalism and how that is not
what has let down the young people. It's the leftist ideals.
And we also talked a little bit about socialism. And
we're headed into two hundred and fifty years celebration of
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this country and our freedoms. What do you think? Where
do you think we're headed as a country? Can we
because it doesn't look really good in many ways, but
can we turn this around? Because we're holding onto the
republic by a thread.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
So I don't disagree with you, but I always I'm
pretty opt I'm always optimistic. I wouldn't be doing this
if I weren't optimistic. But it really is a battle
of ideas and whether we're going to let socialism creep in,
And even among the Republicans, they do sometimes so little
in DC and really around the country that they don't
affect very much what the Democrats are trying to accomplish.
They don't speak out enough. They don't they don't propose Ah,
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they don't. They don't stand in the way of it enough.
And that's part of the reason I think it's so important.
We have more people who are willing to go up
to Washington and say, you know what, enough of this.
We need to make sure that we're protecting our country
from outside forces they want to hurt us, and also
inside forces, because it's a battle of ideologies and we
could lose it at any time. But I truly believe
that we have the upper hand because our ideas work
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and they're good for America.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, that's one of the things I talked about.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Can see over and over again, whether it's Cuba, even Russia, China.
Any time that we a country takes on something that's
not a that doesn't have a capitalistic foundation, they fail,
and they fail miserably, Venezuela being the most recent. And
I think that one of the things that you just
said that you have to be unafraid to go in
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there and fight for those things that we think are important.
And I don't think anyone can deny that you would
be unafraid to do that.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
So thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
But you know, I just there's a whole mindset that
needs to be changed here, or at least we need
to educate.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I guess, yeah, there's that doubt. You'll remember what Marca
Thatcher said about socialist she said, eventually you run out
of other people's money. There's no example, whether you look
at Obamacare, whether you look at any type of socialistic model.
Even our school finance system in Texas was created by
John Cornyan by judicial FA. It's called Robin and it's
designed to create media socialistic system that doesn't benefit our
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schools like it should. Socialism there's no example of it
actually working. It's always harmful to the people. It's good
for the leadership that's in control of everything, that get
the best of everything. But what creates opportunity is capitalism,
because then anybody, if they're willing to work and apply themselves,
can succeed.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
You know, That's what doctor Carson said today. Earlier too,
he said, really, your success is entirely up to you,
and that is the truth. And that's a man that
came from property and a lot of this haaps, and
yet he overcame all of that, became a great pediatric
neurosurgeon and then on to do even greater things after that.
But you're right, it only only depends on each one
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of us.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Yeah, look right, Ben Carson is a perfect example of that.
He came from you know, poverty and turned out to
be you know, a very very successful doctor, politician, speaker,
and just generally some that's contributed greatly to the United States.
And I think anybody has that opportunity, has the opportunity
to fail or be successful based on their hard work
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and their own abilities.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
You know, you represent, you believe, and I believe you're
correct the values of the Texan voter. What are some
of those values and what are you most excited about
to get to work on when you get to Washington, DC.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Well, in Texas, we care about like being financially responsible.
We balance our budges. That I was in the legislature for
twelve years. We balance our budget. We have to balance
our budget. Since John Corn has been in off in
two thousand and two, we went from six point two
trillion depthsit that was from George Washington to George Bush.
We've now added over thirty one trillion dollars in debt
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in his time there, and he doesn't speak out, he
doesn't take responsibility for it. He just spends the money
acting like we can continue to fund these depthicits. That is,
in my opinion, a one of the biggest issues we have.
And I think the other one of the other big
issues is China. Dealing with the threat from China and
making sure that we are keeping up with them in
every way, whether it's with AI which is huge, or
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with just our defense and making sure that our allies
are aware and part of our team and making sure
that we understand the threat.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Yeah, there really is a threat and AI is a
big issue right now. And there is a balance to
be had there as well, because we are going to
a lot of our resources are going to be spent
or put to that effort of building up those facilities
that we need to have to stay in that AI race.
So there is a balance there. That's a lot of
work right there. That in and of itself, it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Is a huge lot of work. It is a lot
of work because the Chinese are serious and they they're
maneuvering economically, They're maneuvering militarily, and they are doing it
all over the world, and they are doing in the
United States, and they're doing it across the world. And
their intent is domination. And they have a limited amount
of time given the fact that their population is going
to massively decrease over the next twenty years. And so
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Gigiping is on a mission. His mission is complete global
dominance and putting America, you know, under his feet.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, that's long been the goal, and we need to
wise up to that, and I think we have to
give it very special attention and a lot of focus
too in the days and years to come. So all right,
so just to remind you again, the primary is March third, correct,
and then February seventeenth actually is when voting starts because
you have early voting.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
That's correct. And we need all the help we can
get because John corn is getting three million dollars a
week from Washington, DC and that does not happen for challengers.
So go to kimpaxon dot com and please help us.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
We need it.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
All right, Well, thank you so much for spending time
with us. Thanks for what you're doing too, and also
bringing to light what's going on with our television sets
right in the middle of our living rooms. So thank
you so much for all that you do. We appreciate you,
and thanks for joining the Handi Show. We'll be back
with more of the Handity Show right after this.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
The radio show, the Mainstream Media love Sdate. This is
the Sean Hannity Show.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Welcome back to the Sean Hannity Show. My name is Rose.
I'm really enjoying this and we only have like a
little more than a half hour together. I wish all
of you are very merry Christmas if you are celebrating Christmas.
And I'll be back, by the way on December thirtieth,
just to welcome you into the new year of just
about so I'm looking forward to that as well. By
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the way, we were talking about smart TVs and that
while these our TV's vary by brand, a lot of
them allow you to limit the data collection by following
some general steps. So what I did is I posted
those on my If it's not upright this very minute,
give it a little bit of time, but I will
have the steps that you can follow to limit that collection.
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So that's going to be at Rose Unplugged on Facebook
and then Instagram, Rose Unplugged with the number one. So
those two places will have the steps that you need
to follow to make sure that you are protecting your privacy.
By the way, speaking of my social media, also, I
have a ministry called she is Called by Him dot
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Speaker 2 (15:41):
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Speaker 2 (16:20):
Stay with us. Welcome back to the Sean Hannity Show.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
My name is Rose and we've got this last half
hour together. So glad to spend time with you. I'll
be back on December thirtieth. Great lineup of guests that day.
To wait until you hear that show. Oh, looking forward
to it anyway. In the meantime, my next guest is
Linda with the y L y Nda.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
I like that. Actually I've been elevated.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Yeah, yeah, you're elevated in my mind.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You are always elevated. Listen, flattery.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
We'll get you everywhere every day, all day and twice
on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
You think I know that, Yeah, yeah, I know that. Yeah,
but you also know that I'm sincere when I tell
you I love you so much.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
No, no, of course, of course, of course. All right, good,
let's get that out of the way.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Anyway, I wanted to tell you about some of my
experiences here inside the Beltway, so you know I'm still
I'm back and forth, but I'm here a lot. One
of the things I noticed was I was in church
one Sunday. Well, I went to the wrong church a
couple of times, and it wasn't until they were disparaging
Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated in cool Blood. So
I left that church. And there are two that I
(17:29):
really like, Cornerstone Chapel, is awesome. I think that's probably
going to be my church and National Community Church, which
is right in the city. But anyway, I was at
the National Community Church one Sunday morning and they said, okay,
everyone we are, we're gonna do some prayer time and
let's pray for the d MV. And I'm like, oh, okay,
that's kind of weird. You know, the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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It's like I get it, Like it's a long line.
They've got it. They're all messed up in there. There's
so many people, it takes forever to get things done.
So we prayed and I'm like, yeah, Lord, yes, we
were praying for the DMV. God, thank you for the DMV.
And I'm like I turned to a young girl next
to me, I'm like, why did we pray for the
Department of Motor Vehicles. She goes, oh, honey, you know
we're talking about what are the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
(18:14):
And I'm like, oh, or DC, Maryland and Virginia.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
I'm like, oh, that DMV. I had no idea. I
never heard of that. I've never heard of that.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
If I said DMB to you, you think Department of
motor vehicles.
Speaker 5 (18:25):
I'd be like, Yeah, let's pray for them, Let's let's
get their stuff together, and let's start getting this party started.
You know, it's like path of least resistance.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
How can I help you help yourself? And living here?
Speaker 1 (18:37):
And I have to tell you, Linda, and we all
need prayer here. I have to tell you, honest to God.
First of all, there's so many karens. I was going
into the area where you recycle cardboard where I live,
and there was a woman that looked like suspicious when
I walked in. She jumped when I opened the door,
and I said, Hey, what's up? And she said, well,
I was just getting ready to write down apartment. And
(18:59):
I'm of all the people that left the styrofoam in
their cardboard boxes.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Oh my god, is your name Karen? How much time
do you have in your life? Come right?
Speaker 5 (19:11):
I mean, listen, I recycle like the best of them.
But I gotta tell you, you know, I'm friendly with
a lot of these guys because I get up very
early in the morning, I'm out very early in the morning.
And I invite you all to talk to the person
that's handling and facilitating your garbage pickup and ask them
where the garbage goes. Just have a come to Jesus
with your garbage person, because then you've got to find
(19:33):
out that this is a big racket for them to
charge you more money and say they're taking things to
they're recycling, and they're not. They're dumping it all in
the same place. Because yeah, you don't have to wonder,
you know, I'm telling.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
You right now, you're here to talk. This is And
I still.
Speaker 5 (19:48):
Recycle, like you know, I'm out there recycling doing what
everybody else does, yellow top, green top, brown top, whatever,
but you know, or whatever the colors are in your
neighborhood for recycling and regular trash. But all kidding aside,
like everything. And I hate to say it like this
because it's very pessimistic, but I feel like I'm being
a pragmatist and sharing it. There's a lot of scams
(20:08):
going on because everybody wants to feel like they're doing
something good, and if they can charge you because you
feel better feeling like you're doing something good and nothing's
actually happening, they will.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
So you're paying more money for ten cents for a
plastic gap bag at the grocery store everybody feels better,
But it's still a plastic bag.
Speaker 5 (20:26):
First of all, the plastic bags have already been made.
Use the plastic bags in existence, and then dispose of
them how you wish? What are you doing with all
the plastic bags sitting in the cardboard boxes? And how
many trees are you killing now that they're given paper?
Like the common sense of life is gone.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
It's completely gone, it really is, and you're just ah,
I just want to scream, But thank you for that tip,
because I'm so OCD that I mean, I literally, like
they say, to clean out the glass bottles, Okay, I
washed it out. I make sure there is crystal clean
and put the lid back on it. I yell at
the kids if you don't put the lid back on
that plastic bottle, you know, I don't know. I mean,
(21:03):
I'm OCD, So yeah, I take everything to the extreme.
If you're telling me that's what I have to do,
that's what I do.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Listen.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
The only thing I do that they tell me I
have to do is I cut up the plastic that
goes around bottles because I don't want a duck or
a fish or any kind of life leg you know,
in the any of our seasons.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I cut that. I don't want them to get hurt. Yes,
I don't put that in the recycling. Where do you
put it? I'm supposed to just put it in? Well,
what do you do with it? Do you cut it up?
You gotta cut it. I gotta cut it up.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Oh my god, now you have to add to all
of my my anxiety.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Okay, I'll cut it up.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
I want to ask you about Christmas, Linda. I know
you always have a ton of people. Well, now you
have a ton of people in your family. What are
you doing for Christmas?
Speaker 5 (21:44):
We're having twenty people over both sides of the family.
I have put it a put up an extra table,
and we're doing the the White Elephant game. I'm sure
people have played this, or some people call it Double Diamond.
It's my first year doing it, so you know, we've
got twenty gifts and we're gonna do it with the
kiddos and the grandparents and everybody. I think it'll be
really fun. So we're excited. And I'm making braised short
(22:06):
ribs instead of traditional foods, so trying to something different.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
But your husband's aid, Taliano, doesn't he want Yeah, we're
gonna have zdi with sausage.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
We're doing linguini and clams sauuce. Don't worry. Everybody's gonna
get something. It's everybody's getting a little something. Yeah, so
it'll be good, It'll be good, All.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Right, good. I'm glad to hear that. I don't know either, Jesus.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
You know, I was watching this movie I'm the Shopfier,
who I think is absolutely gorgeous to this day.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
The movie was, Oh, what fun.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
And it just talked about all the things that a
mom does and a woman does to prepare for Christmas
in the holidays, right, and you know we do. It's
just like when you go to bed at night, aren't
you still thinking about, Okay, what does my child need
for tomorrow's lunch? Did they study for that math test
that I know they have? Your husband is out cold
the minute his head hits the pillow. You you're laying
there thinking about all these things. You're also the one
(22:56):
probably responsible for all of the gifts, filling all this stuff.
The men you just like you just said, you know
exactly what you're having. I mean, that's a burden on
all of us, and sometimes we're neglected let's just be
honest here.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Like, I'm very lucky. I'm not neglected.
Speaker 5 (23:11):
My husband are incredible, we do everything together, and I'm married.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Well, I'm very lucky. He's awesome. We love him. I
married well too.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
But I still think that the stocking could be just
a little fuller, you.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
Know, and ask Eric, Eric and Ether are in the studio,
what are you doing for your wives to help them
get ready for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Yeah? What are we supposed to help?
Speaker 6 (23:35):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
I was gonna say, should I play Jeopardy music and
see how long it takes.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
It's like I'll be cooking a lot of the stuff
on Christmas, but prepping for the day before and all
that stuff. I can't handle that now.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
I don't really think you guys are really made to
do that. To be honest with.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
You, Listen, I can't even wrap a gift that well.
So I'm gonna be honest. I'm pretty good at a
lot of stuff, but wrapping gifts and decorating is not
my forte. When I give stuff to my wife, it's
it looks like a three year old might have wrapped it.
Speaker 5 (24:06):
It's the drunk elf, the drunk else wrap my presence.
That's fine, it's all good.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
No, I don't like that. No, I want it to
be nice. I want to wrapped. I don't want to bag.
I don't want to dig in and just pull it out.
I want the suspense of unwrapping, tearing that paper off
the bouot box. I think that my favorite part is rapping,
and I keep buying presents so I have more to wrap.
I I really think that's my thing. I'm I'm gonna post.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Over that.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
There's so many other reasons why I need to see
a therapist, but yeah, that could be one of them.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
I'll put a post.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
I'm gonna post a picture of under my tree and
you'll see what I'm talking about, because I am.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
I'm sure it's stunning.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
I am really good. Stunning is right. Anyway.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I wish you, Linda a very merry Christmas, Mary, and
you too, Ethan and Eric, geez. Did you notice that
Eric didn't chime in at all. Eric is very quiet, just.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
To me that he yeah, there you go.
Speaker 5 (24:59):
Eric's like, I want to stay married and I got
nothing to say.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I tell you, I'll tell you what my contribution is.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
I paid for everybody's gifts.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Okay, I love you guys, I really do. We're gonna
take a break here, we'll come back. Don't forget. I
am going to put all of the information on how
to limit data collection on my website, on Facebook, on Instagram,
Rose Unplugged. And also I'll put a picture of the
(25:28):
stunning as Linda called them, gifts under my tree.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
I really do.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
And just a reminder, And I know that Rose has
mentioned it a few times, but they say, like a
lot of our veterans and we've got homeless on the
street some of the sadder parts of the holidays. So
if you're in need of prayer, if you're wanting to
pray for somebody, you know she is called Is. It's
really great, you know. And I'm not much of a proselytizer.
I'm not a Bible thumper. I don't know it verse
(25:54):
and chapter and all the things. But I do know
there's a higher power and I do know that if
we ask him for help, we'll give it to us.
And Rose is really terrific with that. She's got this
great group of individuals who will pray for you and
help you or help somebody maybe you know, maybe somebody
who knows going through a tough time and could use
a little prayer and just put it in for them,
you know, and I mean always put a good word
(26:15):
in with the big Man.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Never heard anybody, No, not at all, Linda, thank you
again for reminding me. And yes, especially during this time
of year, I think there are a lot of needs
and let people are feeling overwhelmed and maybe even sad
because they lost a loved one. So definitely send you
a prayer, ree question in and it does stay anonymous,
and we do have a great team of ladies who
are dedicated to prank for it.
Speaker 5 (26:36):
And definitely call at eight hundred ninety four one seven
three two six we want to hear what your Christmas
traditions are.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
I love those calls. I love those calls too.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
Thanks for reminding me to give out the phone number
eight hundred and nine to four to one show.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
And thanks Linda, I love you. I really do back
at your girl. All right, we'll be back with more
after this, all as.
Speaker 6 (27:03):
The Land of the Free, Because of the Free, the
has to show on Hannity Show.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Okay, thanks for joining me on today's Sean Hannity Show.
It was so much fun to be with all of you.
I'll be back on December thirtieth, looking forward to that.
And just real quick, you know, sometimes the biggest cultural
battles don't happen in Washington, DC or New York. They
happen in small towns and in places where faith has
always been part of daily life. And that's what's playing
(27:54):
out right now in South Carolina. There's this little town
that was decorating its brand new marketplace for the very
first Christmas season. It was nothing fancy, nothing controversial, just
classic holiday decorps, lights, wreathes, a snowman, Santa Claus, and
oh uh oh, a small Nativity scene. And the decorations
weren't paid for by the city. They were paid for
(28:15):
personally by members of the Mollens Beautification Committee. So a
woman named Kimberly Bird put it all together, put up
the decorations, put the Nativity scene in, and found out
around Thanksgiving time that the town's mayor asked that the
Nativity scene be removed from the public parking area. And
the reason that was given was concerned about church and state,
(28:37):
you know that old argument, and about people in the
community who hold different beliefs. So but Bird said that
if the Nativity goes, then all of the decorations go.
And her reasoning was simple. She doesn't believe that Jesus
should be pushed aside while the rest of Christmas days
front and center. So she also raised a bigger question,
how do you explained to children that their faith has
(28:59):
to be hidden but Santa Claus can stay, but oh,
the story of Christ can't. And she said that she
never expected to be in this position. Who does right?
But she believes there are moments when people have to
stand up for what they believe is right. And you
know what, that's what it's really all about at the
end of the day. This is about whether or not
the heart of Christmas still has a place in public life,
(29:22):
especially in communities where faith has always been part of
the fabric. And that small town in South Carolina, one
woman decided that if Christmas is being celebrated, then christ
shouldn't be hidden. So if Christmas is the holiday that
you celebrate right now, remember not to hide the person
that we celebrate it for and whose birth we celebrate
(29:43):
it for. And also, I just want to wish all
of you a wonderful holiday season and safety and kind
words between family members, because you know what in the end,
that's all we have are those that are dear to us.
That we have to remember to be kind and to
respond and to negativity the way that woman in the
Target store did. She responded with kindness. She didn't argue,
(30:07):
she didn't fight back, she didn't use the nasty words
that the attacker used when she was attacking her, but
she just responded with kindness. And I think it's something
for all of us to keep in mind that that's
what the season is about. But it's what it's about
all the way through. And I do think too when
we talk about as earlier in the show, we mentioned
socialism and how it's creeping into every aspect of our lives,
(30:31):
how it's creeping into the very fabric of who we are,
and even in churches, which you know, I find astounding. Honestly,
I must have been in some sort of cocoon because
I hadn't heard anything like that. You know, I lived
in southwestern PA, and you know, I just about everybody
that went to church believed the same way. And you know,
(30:52):
they knew that socialism, that S word, was a bad word,
but it's being repackaged in such a way that, you know,
so it's pulling the roll over a lot of people's eyes.
And I think the thing that concerns me the most
is that our children haven't been taught history, because if
they had, they would know what happened to places like Russia,
(31:13):
to China, to Cuba and now Venezuela, the most recent one,
early part of the two thousands. If they were taught,
they would recognize why socialism isn't a good idea, but
they would also recognize something else if they were taught
American history. Why this experiment, this American experiment, is the
(31:35):
most amazing experiment in all of history.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
And as I mentioned before, the document that we are
celebrating the liberty that we're celebrating two hundred and fifty
years of beginning twenty twenty six. That document, that Constitution
was a radical document. And the reason that it was
radical was because that no other country has implemented something
(32:01):
quite like it. And that's because other governments do not
want to give up control and give it to the people,
and we don't want to lose that control people. This
is something worth fighting for. This country is something worth
fighting for and something to celebrate as we go into
the new year.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
God bless all of you. I love so much being
with you.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Please check me out Rose Unplugged and also she is
called by him dot com. That's my ministry. God bless
I'll see you again December thirtieth
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