September 23, 2025 • 42 mins
You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for September 23, 2025.
0:30 We kick off the week with a spotlight on Ascension Parish, Louisiana—a small parish making huge economic waves. With 32 potential projects, $24 billion in private investment, and nearly 2,400 new jobs on the horizon, Ascension is outpacing much larger regions in attracting heavy industry.
9:57 Plus, we cover the Top 3 Things You Need to Know.
13:45 President Trump made a major announcement regarding Tylenol and pregnancy.
17:30 Plus, Senator John Kennedy joins us on the phone to discuss the recent memorial of Charlie Kirk and the looming threat of a government shutdown.
32:30 Get NSorb from Victory Nutrition International for 20% off. Go to vni.life/agr and use the promo code AGR20.
33:30 We discuss a tragic and sobering story out of Webster Parish, where two adults drowned while fishing.
36:25 We Dig Deep into Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser’s recent comments in Canada, where he expressed that Canadians felt slighted by President Trump’s “51st state” remark and suggested an apology might help.
40:45 Check out Magnolia Pit BBQ. It's Louisiana-style BBQ at its best.
42:00 And we finish off with Senator Bill Cassidy's proposed bill that would place substantial tarriffs on Indian shrimp.
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0:30 We kick off the week with a spotlight on Ascension Parish, Louisiana—a small parish making huge economic waves. With 32 potential projects, $24 billion in private investment, and nearly 2,400 new jobs on the horizon, Ascension is outpacing much larger regions in attracting heavy industry.
9:57 Plus, we cover the Top 3 Things You Need to Know.
- Jury Selection began today in the trial of former Orleans Parish 911 administrator Tyrell Morris.
- Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry named Timothy William the new Fire Chief of the city of Monroe.
- The SEC is announcing the new permanent rivalries for the conference's new 9 game schedule.12:30 Get Brain Reward from Victory Nutrition International for 20% off. Go to
13:45 President Trump made a major announcement regarding Tylenol and pregnancy.
17:30 Plus, Senator John Kennedy joins us on the phone to discuss the recent memorial of Charlie Kirk and the looming threat of a government shutdown.
32:30 Get NSorb from Victory Nutrition International for 20% off. Go to vni.life/agr and use the promo code AGR20.
33:30 We discuss a tragic and sobering story out of Webster Parish, where two adults drowned while fishing.
36:25 We Dig Deep into Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser’s recent comments in Canada, where he expressed that Canadians felt slighted by President Trump’s “51st state” remark and suggested an apology might help.
40:45 Check out Magnolia Pit BBQ. It's Louisiana-style BBQ at its best.
42:00 And we finish off with Senator Bill Cassidy's proposed bill that would place substantial tarriffs on Indian shrimp.
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Speaker 4 (01:05):
Well, happy Monday to you all. Welcome to American Ground Radio.
I really hope what I'm about to talk about isn't
in the show notes that we're gonna be talking about
it a little bit later on, because this is a
really big story. Okay, Ascension Parish? Oh yeah, what is
it about Ascension Parish?
Speaker 5 (01:26):
You're fine, you can talk about a cent Perish.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
I mean, there is some sort of economic revolution that
is going on, and I'm wanting to know what is
so special, And I know they're very special people. But
the entire state of Louisiana we're very special people. Okay,
there are sixty three other parishes, and yet Ascension Parish
apparently is actively working with thirty two potential projects representing
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twenty four billion dollars in possible capital investment and nearly
twenty four hundred new jobs. This is according to the
Ascension Economic Development Corporation, thirty two projects.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
You sound upset about this, You sound like this is
a bad spread the wealth.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Why just kind of what? Why?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
There's sixty three other parishes in this state.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Did you become socialists in the last thirty minutes?
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Here? Twenty four billion dollars in one parish, twenty four
hundred jobs.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Again, you're sounding like a socialist right now.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
I'm not sounding like a Socialist's.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Telling Ascension Parish they can't go after and get as
many jobs for their parish as they possibly add.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
I'm glad and I congratulate, really, no, I am. I'm
very glad, all right, and look and very frankly, their
momentum is good for all of us. A rising tide
does in fact lift all ships.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
Thank you. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Okay, there's thirty two projects. So what twenty four billion
dollars good for them? Okay, we already know two of them,
the five point eight billion dollar Hyundai steel plant, Yes,
and the four billion dollar Ammonia facility. All right, just
those two alone, yes, represent ten billion dollars worth of investment.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
But do you know why that area is attractive to industry?
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Well, it's a it's a relative Okay. Well, I'll tell
you a little bit about Ascension Parish. Okay, and the
people there already know this, Yeah, that live in Ascension
Parish and live in and around Ascension Parish. That is,
it's a small parish between bat Rouge, relatively small perish
between Baton Rouge and New Orleans exactly. And what runs
through it, Okay, A river runs through it, Yeah, Mississippi River.
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And you've got pipelines and rail and ports and interstates,
and it is a you're in the petro chemical corridor.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It is a perfectly situated location for heavy industry because again,
you have the Mississippi River running right through there. You
are between the state's largest city and the state's second
largest city, which also happens to be the state's capital.
You're right there You're in an excellent place. You've got
it in running right through it. You've got a good
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interstate system as you mentioned, you've got a lot of
rail that runs through it. Geographically, it is poised to
take advantage of all of the benefits of the area
around it and the area within the parish. If you
were to say to yourself coming outside of Louisiana, you
know what, I want to build a new, big factory,
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and I want to make sure that I can get
my products to market, and I want to make sure
that I can get all of my supplies from overseas.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
That in a lot of different places.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
But I don't know if there's a I don't know
if there's any place that's better than Ascension Parish.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
And Catto Parish, Catto Bowser Parish. They're on the river
as well. They're they're on the Red River. There's a
lock and dam, your further system of locking dams all
up and down the Red River to the Mississippi.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I understand that, and there are good reasons to be
in Cattle Parish. I'm not saying that, But if you're
just trying to figure out what's the best place for
heavy industry in the state of Louisiana, in between the
largest city and the second largest city, makes a whole
bunch of sense. Frankly, if the folks and dissension parish
weren't bringing in job after job after job, they wouldn't
be trying.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Oh no, there's a special there's something special going on
right now with respect to American renomination, economic revitalization, bringing
the jobs back, to the pressure from Washington to bring
jobs back to the United States and away from some
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of these foreign countries. But you know, I mean what
they're doing there, I mean you're talking about twenty four
billion dollars in private investment, not a public private partnership,
not more government spending, not more subsidence, not more climate
initiatives like carbon capture. We're talking about making stuff that
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people that the market actually will buy, right and you're
talking about private investment. And look, I mean that's exciting
that it really is exciting. And whatever they're doing there,
they're competing. I mean, they're competing with the big boys.
I mean, they're competing with Texas, they're competing with a
lot Florida, which obviously there's a lot of economic development
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or economic benefits to moving to states like that. But
at the same time, I think Ascension story is proof.
I think it's proof that you don't need Washington, DC
to stimulate your economy. You don't need bureaucrats writing checks.
You need the right environment, the right incentives, and the
private sector will do the rest. But I just don't know.
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I guess it's my I don't know enough about Ascension
Parish that they're now basically juggling nearly thirty two No,
let's see thirty two projects worth twenty four billion dollars
of investment in a relatively small parish between New Orleans
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and Baton Rouge.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Now here's one other thing Cention Parish has going for it.
Both East Baton Rouge Parish and Orleans Parish voted for
Kamala Harris in the last presidential election. Guess who Ascension
Parish voted for Donald Trump?
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Donald Well, are you saying that Donald Trump is repaying
the folks, the good folks and Ascension Parish? No, I'm
selecting much of this private investment. You know, somebody calls
up the president says, hey, I want to build a
billion dollar whatever petrochemical plan. Where would you build that? Oh?
At Centsion Parish.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I didn't say anything.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
No, I'm not saying that. I'm just what I'm saying
is saying, Look, Jeff Landry, yeah and President Trump very
close friends. Obviously the Speaker of the House.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Get that's the argument I'm making. The argument I'm making
is that the people in Ascension Parish were voting for
some common sense. They were voting for something that they
weren't voting for far left politics in the last presidential election,
which means perhaps in other elections they're also not voting
crazy left. So if you if you're trying to put
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industry on the Mississippi River, and your choices are East
Baton Rouge Parish, Orleans Parish, or Ascension Parish, and in
one of those parishes, people will vote for dumb things
over and over and over and over and over, and
in another one they're voting for dumb things over and
over and over and over and over, and yet in
the third one they actually aren't voting for dumb things
all the time. I'm going to go, you know what,
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let me go for the parish where they're not voting
for dumb things.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
And I want to be very clear what happens in
one parish. I think lifts up the entire state because
every supplier in Baton Rouge, every port in New Orleans,
every contractor in Lafayette, every welder in Lake Charles, They're
all going to feel the impact of this private investment
in Ascension Parish.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Let's get to the top three things you need to
know before tomorrow. First thing you need know but for tomorrow.
Jury selection began today in the trial of former Orleans
Parish nine one to one administrator Tyrell Morris. Morris is
accused of getting into a car wreck with the city
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vehicle and then trying to cover it up. The wreck
happened back in twenty twenty three and was caught on
a city traffic camera, and the video evidence of the
collision did not match up with Morse's initial descriptions of
the accident. Earlier this year, Morris was disqualified for running
for mayor of New Orleans due to failure to pay
state income taxes. Morris told Fox Hey, quote, I am
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excited and about the opportunity to prove that innocence in trial.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Okay, so this was the nine to one to one
emergency director. Yeah, and he mess represented what happened in
the accident.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
That's what the evidence so far shows. Second thing before,
while Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry named Timothy william the new
fire chief of the City of Monroe, a new law
gives the governor the ability to name city level appointees
if that position has remained vacant for more than a year.
Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis had made two different appointments to
that position over the past twelve months, but the city
council rejected both appointees because both of them were white.
(10:35):
After the governor intervened, several city council members through an
even bigger fit, city council Chairman Rodney McFarland called Mayor
Ellis quote anty.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
Black because he wouldn't hire someone strictly on their skin color.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Yeah, Because he said, look, there's a fire chief of
a city right next to Monroe. He's done a very
good job in that city. Why don't we bring him
into our city to do a good job in the
city council says, we don't want the guy who's done
a good job because he's black or he's not black,
And so they left it vacant for a year until
the governor filled it.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Oh yeah, it's goodness gracious, start thinking you know before all.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
The SEC is announcing the new permanent rivalries for the
conference's new nine game schedule. As part of the schedule,
teams will play three different teams every year. They will
play on the remaining twelve teams every other year home
and away for every four years. ESPN is reporting that
LSU's permanent rivals will be Arkansas, Ole, Miss, Texas.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
A and M.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
That keeps ls u's rivalry games the Golden Boot with
Arkansas and the Magnolia Bowl with ol Miss.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
You're excited about that?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Yeah, absolutely, that sounds good.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Yeah, some folks are upset, some aren't. I think it'll
be an interesting play. We'll be right back with more
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Speaker 5 (13:16):
Welcome back to American Ground Radio, Stephen Palmer Lewis.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
I know we'll be talking about this a little bit
later on in the show, but President Trump has made
a major announcement on autism and on vaccines.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Yes, okay, I saw some of this earlier in the day.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
He announced President Trump that a set of menifin, which
is the active ingredient in thailanol, can increase the risk
of autism when used by pregnant women. So Robert F.
Kennedy Junior said, thailandol is tied to autism, to ADHD
and liver toxicity in children. So the FDA is going
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to issue a thing physicians notice now about the risk
of a sentimentaphin during pregnancy.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
That is, that's very very interesting actually that that he
is doing that.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
But a centimentophin has been around forever and we're just
figuring this out.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
That's that.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
That is odd too, because I'm not sure how all
of that is playing out, you know, because yes, there
they are talking a lot about what's going on with
with different with different vaccines, other things along those lines,
and they're they're looking into a lot of these other things,
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and I'm not sure how all of this plays out.
I haven't seen the data yet that they talk about
with with Tyland all it's a very good question.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
All right, we'll be talking about that again the next hour,
of course. But did you see the Charlie Kirk memorial.
I did see the Charlie Kirk memorial. I did, very
very powerful. You know, given the tone that is in
our country today and this revival right in our nation,
you know, who might be good to call?
Speaker 5 (15:04):
Who might be good to call? Who do you think the.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Great Senator from the great state of Louisiana, Okay, Senator
John Kennedy.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Well great that that sounds like a good thing to do,
because I believe we have Senator Kennedy joining us on
the phone. Now, welcome back to American ground radio, Sir,
do we have your senator? You're there, Senator Kennedy. I
thought we had him.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Hm, we almost had him.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
We almost had him.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
We almost had him. Uh. Well, we'll try and we'll
try and see what we can get him back here.
I thought we had Senator Kennedy on the phone.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
But nevertheless, you know, I mean, look a sid of menafin.
I mean that's prescribed by doctors for just about everyone,
I mean, not just pregnant women. So the question is
are there any other side effects for folks or consequences
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for folks who aren't pregnant for example.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Well, and this is another issue on the tailan Hall thing.
That's a little concerning because you know a lot of
times when you get something like the flu, you get
another disease going on like that, they will tell you
don't take something like advil, take thailand all because it's
supposed to be better for you if you're dealing with
something along those lines. But if we are, if we
are saying now don't take tailand Hall, that's a big question.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
No.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
Absolutely, So there's a big announcement today and with the
FDA issuing this notice, question is you have to wonder. Now,
of course, the folks at Talent Hall say there's absolutely
no data whatsoever, and.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
That would be that would be very interesting to see
how all of that plays out.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
All Right, I believe we now have Senator, the great
Senator from the great state of Louisiana, Senator John Kennedy.
Speaker 5 (17:00):
Welcome back to the show, sir. Do we have you? No,
there you are, Sir, Sara Kennedy.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Hey guys, Hey, yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
We are sorry about all the connection problems we've had
and that is a that's on us, but we're glad
to talk to you.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
I'm sure you saw over the weekend that the Charlie
Kirk memorial. What what were your impressions of the Charlie
Kirk memorial and especially with regards to you know, this
this feeling maybe of revival going on the country.
Speaker 5 (17:26):
Are you feeling that?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Wait? Ask you're asking my reactions to the memorial?
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Yes, sir, Yes, sir.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
I thought many of the the expressions of sympathy were
well placed, they were genuine. I particularly enjoyed uh Marco
Rubio's comment. Yeah, I thought it was a it was
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a very appropriate, nice gesture or for a fine young.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Man as Senator Kennedy. Of course, those on the left
have reacted very differently over the years whenever perhaps someone
from the left, you know, dies, or is attacked or
is attacked from violence political violence, especially with respect to
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our Supreme Court justices. For example, Why do you feel
like the reaction from the left with respect to the
assassination of Charlie Kirk has been so dramatically different?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Well, look, I'm tired of all the ugly. Yes, it's
coming from the left. I've seen some ugly comments made
by people on the right. I just don't believe in hate.
If somebody disagrees with you, you can believe they're in error,
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but you shouldn't believe they're in sin. What once you
start what once you start treating somebody you disagree with
is evil, then then then violence can can seem like justice,
and it's not. It's just disagreement. And I'm just tired
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of all the ugly and all the hate. When I
say my prayers, and I say them regularly, one of
the things I ask God is, please don't let me hate,
because uh, it's it's it's a temptation in this politically
and charged environment. But hate never accomplished anything, and I'm
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just frankly sick of all of it from everybody on
any side.
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Centator switching gears here.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
The folks are also a little bit tired of some
of the gamesmanship that we see sometimes out of Washington, DC.
We seem to have some of that going on again.
Are we heading towards another shutdown of the government or
are we going to be able to get that continued
resolution going through?
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Well, I hope we don't have a shutdown. Government runs
out of money, if you will, at the end of
this month. In other words, Congress appropriates money, and Congress's
appropriations end at the end of September. What Republicans have
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proposed is to have a continuation until just full Thanksgiving
of the current federal budget. In other words, we just
appropri create what we have now on a pro rade
a basis, not a penny more, not a penny less,
until we can try to come together and come up
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with a permanent budget. It's what's called a clean sea r.
We proposed that, and Senator Schumer said that he would
not instruct his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to vote
for it unless we agreed to spend one trillion dollars more. Now,
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that's unserious, that is patently absurd. I've got rocks in
my driveway that are smarter than that. So if if
Senator Schumer insists on his position, if that's the ransom price,
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then it's going to be his choice. We'll have a
shutdown of government on the end of at the end
of this month.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Senator Kennedy, do you have just a few more minutes here,
We're about to hit a break and you got a
little bit of time.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
Excellent.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
We'll be right back with more American Ground Radio talking
with Louisiana Senator John Kennedy.
Speaker 5 (22:19):
Please stick around.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
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Welcome back to American Ground Radio. Stephen par with Lewis
r Avaloni.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
You know, have you ever been at work and somebody
calls you or comes into your office and say, oh,
I'm sorry, are you busy? You're like, what, of course,
I'm busy work. Sure, Okay, I've got things to do. Yeah,
I mean what you call me up? Okay?
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I guess what they're asking is, are you too busy
to have a conversation with me right now?
Speaker 4 (23:19):
Okay? But first of all, we asked Senator Kennedy. Yes,
you asked Senator Kennedy, Hey, can you stay Wednesday with
us a few minutes? He was very gracious he answered
said sure, yeah. But I feel like we asked him
a question. It's like he's a sitting United States senator.
He's got things to do. He does do. But he
was gracious enough to wait over the break. And so
joining us again is the great Senator from Louisiana, Senator
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John Kennedy. Thank you for being with us on American
Ground Radio.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
You bet gosh, thanks for having me now.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
You said earlier that you were tired of the hate.
You know what. I think you speak for millions of
Americans when you say that. But how how do you
govern when you're not the one that is hating, but
that you are the hated? How do you how do
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you come together? How do you craft legislation? How do
you do your job when there is such venom out
for folks who believe as you do.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Well, Look, I think there are more Americans that feel
like me than feel like feel like the wing nuts.
You know, politics is important, but there are a whole
lot of things in life. There certainly are in my
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life that are a lot more important than politics. And look,
I work in Washington, d C. It's a probably ninety
percentmocratic city, not just people in public office, but the bureaucracy,
the faint tanks, the corporate phonies, and and they detegrate
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my point of view many times that's their right as Americans.
They don't represent America. It's not exactly a slice of America.
And I just made my mind up when I went
up there that I just refused to hate. Now it's
it's hard. There are a lot of days when I
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when I walk over to the capital, as I've said before,
when I give myself a pep talk and say, Kennedy, today,
you're going to follow Jesus. And by ten o'clock I
still going to follow Jesus. But I want to, I
want to slap somebody, but I don't, and I try
to check myself and just say, look, it's not just
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because somebody disagrees with you, even if they're ugly about it.
I'm not going to hate Senator Kennedy.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
One of the committees that you're most known for being
on the Judiciary Committee. There have been a lot of
blocks put on Donald Trump nominees, not just the Judiciary Committee,
but across the Senate. Democrats been blocking a lot of
those things. I understand the Senate was able to get
a whole bunch of his nominees through this last week,
but they're the concerns that we've broken the Senate so
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much that now the Democrats, when they eventually regained control
of the Senate, they'll just be able to shove through
people too. Is that a fair concern or do you
share that concern?
Speaker 3 (26:42):
No, I don't share that concern. We made a rule
change that doesn't impact judges, for example, or any senior
importance by a president, whomever's in the White House. We
have over a thousand confirmations where a president, any president,
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nominates well over a thousand people and the Senate has
to confirm them. And the only way to make it
work is to have the Senate Democrats and Republicans come
together on the less important nominees and agree to just
wave them through, and we've always done that. We don't
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do that through cabinet officials or judges. And the Democrats
refused to wave them through as we had waived them
through for a Democratic president. So we change the rules,
but it's not a real big change, and if someone
disagrees over a judgeship or a secretary of the labor,
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the old regular order process still will control.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Now we've got just a couple of months left, we're
heading in towards the last three months of the year. Obviously,
you represent the state of Louisiana up in Washington. What
is your biggest goal, What is the biggest thing you
want to accomplish for the state of Louisiana and the
rest of this year's session.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Well, two things. I want to keep government from shutting down,
but frankly, that's beyond my control. That's up to Senator Schumer.
We're not going to put up a trillion dollars of
hard earned taxpayer money to spend on things that Senator
Schumber wants just to keep him from shutting down government.
(28:36):
Number Two, I want to pass what's called a second
reconciliation bill. We just passed one called the One Big
beautiful bill. We're entitled to pass another one, and I
want to continue our effort of a tax reform and
regulatory reform to try to stimulate the economy and provide
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for growth and good jobs for the American people.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
We've talked a little bit about this on the air before,
but right now, Louisiana's got the Speaker of the House,
we have the majority leader in the House. We have
Governor Jeff Landry, who's is very close to President Trump.
We've got you in the Senate leading Judiciary Committee and
things on those lines, and you are on television all
the time representing the state of Louisiana. Has Louisiana ever
(29:27):
had more power in Washington than it does right now?
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Probably not, but the way that power is exercised has
changed in Washington. Not so much in the House because
in the House, majority controls if you have had two
more Republicans than you have Democrats, and all the Republicans
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stick together and the Republicans can do what they want.
The Senate is different because of the filibust rule. You
have to have sixty votes to pass the bill. We
only have fifty three Republicans, so we obviously have to
get seven Democrats to go along, and things have gotten
(30:15):
so divisive and people are on both sides make such
extraordinarily ridiculous demands sometimes that it makes it hard to
put together sixty votes. So, I mean, you can have
all the leadership positions you want, but you still have
to get sixty votes in the Senate to pass the bill.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Well, Senator Kennedy, we appreciate you spending some time with
us here on American Ground Radio, and we appreciate the
service that you give to the people of Louisiana all
the time and the sacrifice that you make for the
folks in your state. Thank you so much for your
time and for your dedication.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
Thanks guys, Thanks guys, love your show.
Speaker 4 (30:57):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Very kind of him to stick around a little bit
longer because we were having some technical difficulties Nicole difficulties
in the first but he was a trooper and stuck around.
And again, look, one of the things I just enjoy
about Senator Kennedy is you never have to guess what
he's thinking. He tells you straight out.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
That's why so many people really love Senator Kennedy. Oh,
I do want to say, yeah, technical difficulties, Yeah, please
be patient with us this week. We are moving to
a new studio at some point this week.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
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about all of that.
Speaker 5 (31:39):
We're not yet ready to announce all of that.
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Speaker 5 (33:14):
Welcome back to American ground Radio.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Stephen Palmer Lewis had door sheet by you, door, seat
by you, door, cheat by you.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
In Western Parish. He had two fishermen. I mean, what,
they're just gone? They drowned. Hey, what should have been?
It was a Sunday afternoon. They were fishing and apparently
one of the fishermen fell out of their chair into
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the water.
Speaker 5 (33:46):
Oh no.
Speaker 4 (33:47):
Now, the other fishermen, trying to be the hero the rescuer,
also ended up in the buyer by you. Neither one
made it out a line. Oh no, because they did
not know how to swim.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Wait, you've got two people out on a boat in
a bayou that is, neither one of them knows how
to swim exactly.
Speaker 4 (34:13):
And look, learning to swim is a really it's a
bigger deal than I think folks attribute to it.
Speaker 5 (34:22):
But it's essential.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
But according to the CDC, four thousand people drown every
year in the United States. That's eleven deaths per day,
eleven deaths per day. And here's here's another shocking stat.
Speaker 5 (34:39):
Shocking.
Speaker 4 (34:39):
Here's another shocking stat. Forty of adults in the United
States cannot swim well enough to save their own life
if they fell into deep water. Oh no, so it's
not just children, obviously, these are two grown women who died.
Speaker 5 (34:57):
I mean, so these are women, not men on the boat.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
Yes, women on the boat. Okay, so the adults.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
But still, I mean, you have two adults out on
the bayou and neither one of them knows how to swim.
Why you why you're out on the boat, especially why
on the boat without a life jacket if you don't
know how to swim.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
But you know, I don't know that this is a
recent phenomenon. I think this has been going on for
decades because some folks might doesn't have to be, but
some folks might say, you know, well, you need to
learn how to swim instead of being you know, kids
need to learn how to swim instead of being glued
to their phones or TikTok and Netflix.
Speaker 5 (35:29):
Right.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
But the point is that we've had people drowning for
a long time because they didn't know how to swim.
Why are we still having people drowning because they don't
know how to swim. Shouldn't we have learned this lesson
by now.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Because in a lot of municipalities they offer swimming lessons
do for free.
Speaker 2 (35:43):
They do especially for kids. It's two important.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
It's very sad.
Speaker 5 (35:48):
Let's dig deep.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
Going down.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
So Louisiana's Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungusser is sighting with Canada
over President Trump.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
You know, I kind of had that feeling when I
talked to the Lieutenant governor here recently. Yeah, and he
said something about, you know that the Canadian people kind
of felt slighted and he wanted to make them feel welcome, right,
And I kind of cracked a joke at him and
I said, well, of course, Lieutenant Governor, we love the
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people of Canadian, of Canada. That's why we want to
make them our fifty first state.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
He didn't laugh at that at all.
Speaker 4 (36:29):
He did not laugh at that at all. In fact,
he says, we're not talking about that. We're not talking
about that.
Speaker 5 (36:34):
So none guests.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
His main job is to encourage tourism in Louisiana, and
this week he's up in Canada trying to get people
to come visit the US state that has the most
historical ties back to Canada. We were both part of
France and the Acadians who became the Cajuns came from
Canada before settling in South Louisiana. So while none guesser
is up in Canada, he said, quote, I don't realize
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what the impact has been until I got here, But
the pushback from the President's comments about the fifty first
State the tariffs have really left a bad taste in
Canadians' mouths. It would be really nice if the President
could issue an apology about the fifty first State. I
think that would go a long way. At least many
other people up here believe it word it would has
(37:19):
Billy none guests are met Donald Trump. Has he paid
attention to how Donald Trump operates? Name one time when
Donald Trump issued a public apology for something, especially something
that Donald Trump believed he was right about.
Speaker 4 (37:33):
Name one time.
Speaker 5 (37:35):
It's not gonna happen.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
So why in the world, as Billy nunguests calling for
Trump to apologize for something he knows, at least he
should know, Trump will never apologize for Why why pick
that fight with the President the United States?
Speaker 4 (37:48):
But see, I think a lot of Canadians probably agree
with President Trump. None a lot of them don't. The
vast I mean they already lived that, They already live
like Americans. They share I mean, they certainly share some
of our freedoms, yes, but.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Canada has its own national pride, and the vast majority
of Canadians were very upset by Donald Trump's It's cost
the conservative products.
Speaker 4 (38:11):
They really have. You know, they rely they look, they
spend one point three percent of their GDP on defense.
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Yes, we think they protect them.
Speaker 4 (38:21):
They rely on the United States to protect their skies.
Speaker 5 (38:25):
But most Canadians don't know that.
Speaker 4 (38:26):
Their sovereignty, I mean without America, they are wide open.
The Russians test Canadian airspace all the time.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Right, But how would you like it if Texas said,
you know, Louisiana should just become our easternmost county. That
wouldn't go over well. I understand why Canadians are upset
about it, but.
Speaker 4 (38:45):
Also it's a little different. We have the same standing.
We have the same standing in terms of Louisiana, our
state government.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Canada has the same standing at the UN the United
States have.
Speaker 4 (38:57):
Do they they do? Do they? I mean they Canada
has a population of around forty million, which is smaller
than California. Yeah, it's about the same size as Texas.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
And yet they still have national pride. So yes, Trump's
comments absolutely wounded national pride. He cost the Conservatives the
election in Canada this year because the Conservatives were gonna
win that election until Donald Trump's fifty first state thing
and that destroyed it for the Conservatives up there. But
the point being Trump is right about the tariffs, but
none guessers comments about this, It's not going.
Speaker 4 (39:29):
To be helpful to the state of Luisa, say, and
some of that is his salesmanship. You know what I'm saying.
When you're the sales rep for a company and the
company screws up the order, you go out there and
you're like, I'm so sorry that happened. I've communicated head.
Speaker 5 (39:44):
Of the company.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
He didn't think there was anything wrong with what was talking.
Speaker 4 (39:47):
I've talked to the president of the company and he's
gonna make sure he.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Hasn't talked to the President of the United States. He
was just spouting off and picking a fight with Trump.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
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Speaker 5 (40:14):
Welcome back to American Ground Radio.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
Stephen Palver with Luissar Avalona. Hey, you got to go
check out Magnolia Pitt Barbecue. If you have not been there,
you're missing out. It's it's Louisiana style barbecue at its best.
Speaker 4 (40:27):
But he can't get messy.
Speaker 5 (40:29):
Well, yeah, good barbecue does.
Speaker 4 (40:30):
No, I understand.
Speaker 5 (40:31):
But they have napkins.
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They have lots of Necks've got lots of napkins and
paper towels.
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If you need that, they've they've they've got. You know,
the mess that's part of the good part of barbecue.
Speaker 4 (40:41):
That's the only way you can really savor the soul
of Louisiana barbecue.
Speaker 2 (40:45):
I'm supposed to do you use coloring and hold my
pinky out while I'm eating barbecue.
Speaker 4 (40:49):
No, not necessarily, No, but it's good stuff.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
It should be.
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Yeah, it is very very it's not it's not like
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unique flavors.
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You gotta go check out.
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No, it's not like it's not like anything else. And
when you have company that come in from out of town, oh.
Speaker 5 (41:09):
Yeah, yeah, I do that. Later on this week I
got folks having from that.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
They're gonna go to Magnolia Pio.
Speaker 4 (41:13):
To Magnolia Pitt because it's not nothing wrong with the chain. No,
not a restaurant. It's unique, it's it's it's something that is. Yeah,
it's a it's a local restaurant.
Speaker 2 (41:22):
Right, you want to support that, So go check him
about seven twenty nine Jurdon Street in Shreeport, right off
the line Avenue, one block south of I twenty.
Speaker 4 (41:29):
All right, we talked to Senator Kennedy earlier. We did
Senator Cassidy, the other Louisiana senator. He has now proposed
a new bill that will titan or otherwise place substantial
tariffs on Indian origin goods, including imports of Indian shrimp.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
Interesting any particular reason why he's proposing this.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
Well, because we have the United States market has been
overwhelmed by cheap and unfairly traded Indian ship shrimp. So
the Indian Shrimp Tariff Act, according to Senator Cassidy, will
offer a long term solution that will prevent future market
disruption uh and basically protect our local Louisiana shrimper.
Speaker 2 (42:22):
So Senator Cassidy has come around on tariffs.
Speaker 4 (42:26):
It sounds like he has.
Speaker 2 (42:29):
Yeah, because I don't I don't think the first term
with President I'm not sure he did support all the tariffs.
Speaker 4 (42:35):
He's saying we need to level the playing field, and
this bill protects Louisiana seafood and the jobs that depend
on it.
Speaker 5 (42:41):
We'll grab back.
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Speaker 4 (01:05):
Well, happy Monday to you all. Welcome to American Ground Radio.
I really hope what I'm about to talk about isn't
in the show notes that we're gonna be talking about
it a little bit later on, because this is a
really big story. Okay, Ascension Parish? Oh yeah, what is
it about Ascension Parish?
Speaker 5 (01:26):
You're fine, you can talk about a cent Perish.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
I mean, there is some sort of economic revolution that
is going on, and I'm wanting to know what is
so special, And I know they're very special people. But
the entire state of Louisiana we're very special people. Okay,
there are sixty three other parishes, and yet Ascension Parish
apparently is actively working with thirty two potential projects representing
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twenty four billion dollars in possible capital investment and nearly
twenty four hundred new jobs. This is according to the
Ascension Economic Development Corporation, thirty two projects.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
You sound upset about this, You sound like this is
a bad spread the wealth.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Why just kind of what? Why?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
There's sixty three other parishes in this state.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Did you become socialists in the last thirty minutes?
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Here? Twenty four billion dollars in one parish, twenty four
hundred jobs.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Again, you're sounding like a socialist right now.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
I'm not sounding like a Socialist's.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Telling Ascension Parish they can't go after and get as
many jobs for their parish as they possibly add.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
I'm glad and I congratulate, really, no, I am. I'm
very glad, all right, and look and very frankly, their
momentum is good for all of us. A rising tide
does in fact lift all ships.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
Thank you. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Okay, there's thirty two projects. So what twenty four billion
dollars good for them? Okay, we already know two of them,
the five point eight billion dollar Hyundai steel plant, Yes,
and the four billion dollar Ammonia facility. All right, just
those two alone, yes, represent ten billion dollars worth of investment.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
But do you know why that area is attractive to industry?
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Well, it's a it's a relative Okay. Well, I'll tell
you a little bit about Ascension Parish. Okay, and the
people there already know this, Yeah, that live in Ascension
Parish and live in and around Ascension Parish. That is,
it's a small parish between bat Rouge, relatively small perish
between Baton Rouge and New Orleans exactly. And what runs
through it, Okay, A river runs through it, Yeah, Mississippi River.
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And you've got pipelines and rail and ports and interstates,
and it is a you're in the petro chemical corridor.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It is a perfectly situated location for heavy industry because again,
you have the Mississippi River running right through there. You
are between the state's largest city and the state's second
largest city, which also happens to be the state's capital.
You're right there You're in an excellent place. You've got
it in running right through it. You've got a good
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interstate system as you mentioned, you've got a lot of
rail that runs through it. Geographically, it is poised to
take advantage of all of the benefits of the area
around it and the area within the parish. If you
were to say to yourself coming outside of Louisiana, you
know what, I want to build a new, big factory,
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and I want to make sure that I can get
my products to market, and I want to make sure
that I can get all of my supplies from overseas.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
That in a lot of different places.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
But I don't know if there's a I don't know
if there's any place that's better than Ascension Parish.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
And Catto Parish, Catto Bowser Parish. They're on the river
as well. They're they're on the Red River. There's a
lock and dam, your further system of locking dams all
up and down the Red River to the Mississippi.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I understand that, and there are good reasons to be
in Cattle Parish. I'm not saying that, But if you're
just trying to figure out what's the best place for
heavy industry in the state of Louisiana, in between the
largest city and the second largest city, makes a whole
bunch of sense. Frankly, if the folks and dissension parish
weren't bringing in job after job after job, they wouldn't
be trying.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Oh no, there's a special there's something special going on
right now with respect to American renomination, economic revitalization, bringing
the jobs back, to the pressure from Washington to bring
jobs back to the United States and away from some
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of these foreign countries. But you know, I mean what
they're doing there, I mean you're talking about twenty four
billion dollars in private investment, not a public private partnership,
not more government spending, not more subsidence, not more climate
initiatives like carbon capture. We're talking about making stuff that
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people that the market actually will buy, right and you're
talking about private investment. And look, I mean that's exciting
that it really is exciting. And whatever they're doing there,
they're competing. I mean, they're competing with the big boys.
I mean, they're competing with Texas, they're competing with a
lot Florida, which obviously there's a lot of economic development
(06:32):
or economic benefits to moving to states like that. But
at the same time, I think Ascension story is proof.
I think it's proof that you don't need Washington, DC
to stimulate your economy. You don't need bureaucrats writing checks.
You need the right environment, the right incentives, and the
private sector will do the rest. But I just don't know.
(06:57):
I guess it's my I don't know enough about Ascension
Parish that they're now basically juggling nearly thirty two No,
let's see thirty two projects worth twenty four billion dollars
of investment in a relatively small parish between New Orleans
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and Baton Rouge.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Now here's one other thing Cention Parish has going for it.
Both East Baton Rouge Parish and Orleans Parish voted for
Kamala Harris in the last presidential election. Guess who Ascension
Parish voted for Donald Trump?
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Donald Well, are you saying that Donald Trump is repaying
the folks, the good folks and Ascension Parish? No, I'm
selecting much of this private investment. You know, somebody calls
up the president says, hey, I want to build a
billion dollar whatever petrochemical plan. Where would you build that? Oh?
At Centsion Parish.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I didn't say anything.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
No, I'm not saying that. I'm just what I'm saying
is saying, Look, Jeff Landry, yeah and President Trump very
close friends. Obviously the Speaker of the House.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Get that's the argument I'm making. The argument I'm making
is that the people in Ascension Parish were voting for
some common sense. They were voting for something that they
weren't voting for far left politics in the last presidential election,
which means perhaps in other elections they're also not voting
crazy left. So if you if you're trying to put
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industry on the Mississippi River, and your choices are East
Baton Rouge Parish, Orleans Parish, or Ascension Parish, and in
one of those parishes, people will vote for dumb things
over and over and over and over and over, and
in another one they're voting for dumb things over and
over and over and over and over, and yet in
the third one they actually aren't voting for dumb things
all the time. I'm going to go, you know what,
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let me go for the parish where they're not voting
for dumb things.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
And I want to be very clear what happens in
one parish. I think lifts up the entire state because
every supplier in Baton Rouge, every port in New Orleans,
every contractor in Lafayette, every welder in Lake Charles, They're
all going to feel the impact of this private investment
in Ascension Parish.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Let's get to the top three things you need to
know before tomorrow. First thing you need know but for tomorrow.
Jury selection began today in the trial of former Orleans
Parish nine one to one administrator Tyrell Morris. Morris is
accused of getting into a car wreck with the city
(09:37):
vehicle and then trying to cover it up. The wreck
happened back in twenty twenty three and was caught on
a city traffic camera, and the video evidence of the
collision did not match up with Morse's initial descriptions of
the accident. Earlier this year, Morris was disqualified for running
for mayor of New Orleans due to failure to pay
state income taxes. Morris told Fox Hey, quote, I am
(09:58):
excited and about the opportunity to prove that innocence in trial.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Okay, so this was the nine to one to one
emergency director. Yeah, and he mess represented what happened in
the accident.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
That's what the evidence so far shows. Second thing before,
while Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry named Timothy william the new
fire chief of the City of Monroe, a new law
gives the governor the ability to name city level appointees
if that position has remained vacant for more than a year.
Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis had made two different appointments to
that position over the past twelve months, but the city
council rejected both appointees because both of them were white.
(10:35):
After the governor intervened, several city council members through an
even bigger fit, city council Chairman Rodney McFarland called Mayor
Ellis quote anty.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
Black because he wouldn't hire someone strictly on their skin color.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Yeah, Because he said, look, there's a fire chief of
a city right next to Monroe. He's done a very
good job in that city. Why don't we bring him
into our city to do a good job in the
city council says, we don't want the guy who's done
a good job because he's black or he's not black,
And so they left it vacant for a year until
the governor filled it.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Oh yeah, it's goodness gracious, start thinking you know before all.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
The SEC is announcing the new permanent rivalries for the
conference's new nine game schedule. As part of the schedule,
teams will play three different teams every year. They will
play on the remaining twelve teams every other year home
and away for every four years. ESPN is reporting that
LSU's permanent rivals will be Arkansas, Ole, Miss, Texas.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
A and M.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
That keeps ls u's rivalry games the Golden Boot with
Arkansas and the Magnolia Bowl with ol Miss.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
You're excited about that?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Yeah, absolutely, that sounds good.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Yeah, some folks are upset, some aren't. I think it'll
be an interesting play. We'll be right back with more
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Welcome back to American Ground Radio, Stephen Palmer Lewis.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
I know we'll be talking about this a little bit
later on in the show, but President Trump has made
a major announcement on autism and on vaccines.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Yes, okay, I saw some of this earlier in the day.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
He announced President Trump that a set of menifin, which
is the active ingredient in thailanol, can increase the risk
of autism when used by pregnant women. So Robert F.
Kennedy Junior said, thailandol is tied to autism, to ADHD
and liver toxicity in children. So the FDA is going
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to issue a thing physicians notice now about the risk
of a sentimentaphin during pregnancy.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
That is, that's very very interesting actually that that he
is doing that.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
But a centimentophin has been around forever and we're just
figuring this out.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
That's that.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
That is odd too, because I'm not sure how all
of that is playing out, you know, because yes, there
they are talking a lot about what's going on with
with different with different vaccines, other things along those lines,
and they're they're looking into a lot of these other things,
(14:37):
and I'm not sure how all of this plays out.
I haven't seen the data yet that they talk about
with with Tyland all it's a very good question.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
All right, we'll be talking about that again the next hour,
of course. But did you see the Charlie Kirk memorial.
I did see the Charlie Kirk memorial. I did, very
very powerful. You know, given the tone that is in
our country today and this revival right in our nation,
you know, who might be good to call?
Speaker 5 (15:04):
Who might be good to call? Who do you think the.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Great Senator from the great state of Louisiana, Okay, Senator
John Kennedy.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Well great that that sounds like a good thing to do,
because I believe we have Senator Kennedy joining us on
the phone. Now, welcome back to American ground radio, Sir,
do we have your senator? You're there, Senator Kennedy. I
thought we had him.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Hm, we almost had him.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
We almost had him.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
We almost had him. Uh. Well, we'll try and we'll
try and see what we can get him back here.
I thought we had Senator Kennedy on the phone.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
But nevertheless, you know, I mean, look a sid of menafin.
I mean that's prescribed by doctors for just about everyone,
I mean, not just pregnant women. So the question is
are there any other side effects for folks or consequences
(16:06):
for folks who aren't pregnant for example.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Well, and this is another issue on the tailan Hall thing.
That's a little concerning because you know a lot of
times when you get something like the flu, you get
another disease going on like that, they will tell you
don't take something like advil, take thailand all because it's
supposed to be better for you if you're dealing with
something along those lines. But if we are, if we
are saying now don't take tailand Hall, that's a big question.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
No.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
Absolutely, So there's a big announcement today and with the
FDA issuing this notice, question is you have to wonder. Now,
of course, the folks at Talent Hall say there's absolutely
no data whatsoever, and.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
That would be that would be very interesting to see
how all of that plays out.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
All Right, I believe we now have Senator, the great
Senator from the great state of Louisiana, Senator John Kennedy.
Speaker 5 (17:00):
Welcome back to the show, sir. Do we have you? No,
there you are, Sir, Sara Kennedy.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Hey guys, Hey, yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
We are sorry about all the connection problems we've had
and that is a that's on us, but we're glad
to talk to you.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
I'm sure you saw over the weekend that the Charlie
Kirk memorial. What what were your impressions of the Charlie
Kirk memorial and especially with regards to you know, this
this feeling maybe of revival going on the country.
Speaker 5 (17:26):
Are you feeling that?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Wait? Ask you're asking my reactions to the memorial?
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Yes, sir, Yes, sir.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
I thought many of the the expressions of sympathy were
well placed, they were genuine. I particularly enjoyed uh Marco
Rubio's comment. Yeah, I thought it was a it was
(18:00):
a very appropriate, nice gesture or for a fine young.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Man as Senator Kennedy. Of course, those on the left
have reacted very differently over the years whenever perhaps someone
from the left, you know, dies, or is attacked or
is attacked from violence political violence, especially with respect to
(18:27):
our Supreme Court justices. For example, Why do you feel
like the reaction from the left with respect to the
assassination of Charlie Kirk has been so dramatically different?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Well, look, I'm tired of all the ugly. Yes, it's
coming from the left. I've seen some ugly comments made
by people on the right. I just don't believe in hate.
If somebody disagrees with you, you can believe they're in error,
(19:07):
but you shouldn't believe they're in sin. What once you
start what once you start treating somebody you disagree with
is evil, then then then violence can can seem like justice,
and it's not. It's just disagreement. And I'm just tired
(19:31):
of all the ugly and all the hate. When I
say my prayers, and I say them regularly, one of
the things I ask God is, please don't let me hate,
because uh, it's it's it's a temptation in this politically
and charged environment. But hate never accomplished anything, and I'm
(19:55):
just frankly sick of all of it from everybody on
any side.
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Centator switching gears here.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
The folks are also a little bit tired of some
of the gamesmanship that we see sometimes out of Washington, DC.
We seem to have some of that going on again.
Are we heading towards another shutdown of the government or
are we going to be able to get that continued
resolution going through?
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Well, I hope we don't have a shutdown. Government runs
out of money, if you will, at the end of
this month. In other words, Congress appropriates money, and Congress's
appropriations end at the end of September. What Republicans have
(20:48):
proposed is to have a continuation until just full Thanksgiving
of the current federal budget. In other words, we just
appropri create what we have now on a pro rade
a basis, not a penny more, not a penny less,
until we can try to come together and come up
(21:11):
with a permanent budget. It's what's called a clean sea r.
We proposed that, and Senator Schumer said that he would
not instruct his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to vote
for it unless we agreed to spend one trillion dollars more. Now,
(21:36):
that's unserious, that is patently absurd. I've got rocks in
my driveway that are smarter than that. So if if
Senator Schumer insists on his position, if that's the ransom price,
(22:01):
then it's going to be his choice. We'll have a
shutdown of government on the end of at the end
of this month.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Senator Kennedy, do you have just a few more minutes here,
We're about to hit a break and you got a
little bit of time.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
Excellent.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
We'll be right back with more American Ground Radio talking
with Louisiana Senator John Kennedy.
Speaker 5 (22:19):
Please stick around.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
You're listening to American Ground Radio with Lewis our Avalona
and Stephen Parr. Because of you, American ground radio is
heard in more markets than you can shake a stick at,
which in California is now considered a micro aggression against trees.
Speaker 6 (22:39):
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Speaker 5 (22:56):
Welcome back to American Ground Radio. Stephen par with Lewis
r Avaloni.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
You know, have you ever been at work and somebody
calls you or comes into your office and say, oh,
I'm sorry, are you busy? You're like, what, of course,
I'm busy work. Sure, Okay, I've got things to do. Yeah,
I mean what you call me up? Okay?
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I guess what they're asking is, are you too busy
to have a conversation with me right now?
Speaker 4 (23:19):
Okay? But first of all, we asked Senator Kennedy. Yes,
you asked Senator Kennedy, Hey, can you stay Wednesday with
us a few minutes? He was very gracious he answered
said sure, yeah. But I feel like we asked him
a question. It's like he's a sitting United States senator.
He's got things to do. He does do. But he
was gracious enough to wait over the break. And so
joining us again is the great Senator from Louisiana, Senator
(23:44):
John Kennedy. Thank you for being with us on American
Ground Radio.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
You bet gosh, thanks for having me now.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
You said earlier that you were tired of the hate.
You know what. I think you speak for millions of
Americans when you say that. But how how do you
govern when you're not the one that is hating, but
that you are the hated? How do you how do
(24:11):
you come together? How do you craft legislation? How do
you do your job when there is such venom out
for folks who believe as you do.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Well, Look, I think there are more Americans that feel
like me than feel like feel like the wing nuts.
You know, politics is important, but there are a whole
lot of things in life. There certainly are in my
(24:47):
life that are a lot more important than politics. And look,
I work in Washington, d C. It's a probably ninety
percentmocratic city, not just people in public office, but the bureaucracy,
the faint tanks, the corporate phonies, and and they detegrate
(25:17):
my point of view many times that's their right as Americans.
They don't represent America. It's not exactly a slice of America.
And I just made my mind up when I went
up there that I just refused to hate. Now it's
it's hard. There are a lot of days when I
(25:39):
when I walk over to the capital, as I've said before,
when I give myself a pep talk and say, Kennedy, today,
you're going to follow Jesus. And by ten o'clock I
still going to follow Jesus. But I want to, I
want to slap somebody, but I don't, and I try
to check myself and just say, look, it's not just
(26:00):
because somebody disagrees with you, even if they're ugly about it.
I'm not going to hate Senator Kennedy.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
One of the committees that you're most known for being
on the Judiciary Committee. There have been a lot of
blocks put on Donald Trump nominees, not just the Judiciary Committee,
but across the Senate. Democrats been blocking a lot of
those things. I understand the Senate was able to get
a whole bunch of his nominees through this last week,
but they're the concerns that we've broken the Senate so
(26:31):
much that now the Democrats, when they eventually regained control
of the Senate, they'll just be able to shove through
people too. Is that a fair concern or do you
share that concern?
Speaker 3 (26:42):
No, I don't share that concern. We made a rule
change that doesn't impact judges, for example, or any senior
importance by a president, whomever's in the White House. We
have over a thousand confirmations where a president, any president,
(27:03):
nominates well over a thousand people and the Senate has
to confirm them. And the only way to make it
work is to have the Senate Democrats and Republicans come
together on the less important nominees and agree to just
wave them through, and we've always done that. We don't
(27:23):
do that through cabinet officials or judges. And the Democrats
refused to wave them through as we had waived them
through for a Democratic president. So we change the rules,
but it's not a real big change, and if someone
disagrees over a judgeship or a secretary of the labor,
(27:50):
the old regular order process still will control.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Now we've got just a couple of months left, we're
heading in towards the last three months of the year. Obviously,
you represent the state of Louisiana up in Washington. What
is your biggest goal, What is the biggest thing you
want to accomplish for the state of Louisiana and the
rest of this year's session.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Well, two things. I want to keep government from shutting down,
but frankly, that's beyond my control. That's up to Senator Schumer.
We're not going to put up a trillion dollars of
hard earned taxpayer money to spend on things that Senator
Schumber wants just to keep him from shutting down government.
(28:36):
Number Two, I want to pass what's called a second
reconciliation bill. We just passed one called the One Big
beautiful bill. We're entitled to pass another one, and I
want to continue our effort of a tax reform and
regulatory reform to try to stimulate the economy and provide
(29:01):
for growth and good jobs for the American people.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
We've talked a little bit about this on the air before,
but right now, Louisiana's got the Speaker of the House,
we have the majority leader in the House. We have
Governor Jeff Landry, who's is very close to President Trump.
We've got you in the Senate leading Judiciary Committee and
things on those lines, and you are on television all
the time representing the state of Louisiana. Has Louisiana ever
(29:27):
had more power in Washington than it does right now?
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Probably not, but the way that power is exercised has
changed in Washington. Not so much in the House because
in the House, majority controls if you have had two
more Republicans than you have Democrats, and all the Republicans
(29:54):
stick together and the Republicans can do what they want.
The Senate is different because of the filibust rule. You
have to have sixty votes to pass the bill. We
only have fifty three Republicans, so we obviously have to
get seven Democrats to go along, and things have gotten
(30:15):
so divisive and people are on both sides make such
extraordinarily ridiculous demands sometimes that it makes it hard to
put together sixty votes. So, I mean, you can have
all the leadership positions you want, but you still have
to get sixty votes in the Senate to pass the bill.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Well, Senator Kennedy, we appreciate you spending some time with
us here on American Ground Radio, and we appreciate the
service that you give to the people of Louisiana all
the time and the sacrifice that you make for the
folks in your state. Thank you so much for your
time and for your dedication.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
Thanks guys, Thanks guys, love your show.
Speaker 4 (30:57):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Very kind of him to stick around a little bit
longer because we were having some technical difficulties Nicole difficulties
in the first but he was a trooper and stuck around.
And again, look, one of the things I just enjoy
about Senator Kennedy is you never have to guess what
he's thinking. He tells you straight out.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
That's why so many people really love Senator Kennedy. Oh,
I do want to say, yeah, technical difficulties, Yeah, please
be patient with us this week. We are moving to
a new studio at some point this week.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Yeah, big new studio coming through, Big announcements coming up
about all of that.
Speaker 5 (31:39):
We're not yet ready to announce all of that.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Plus we got a big a deal coming up in
New York again. So yeah, we've got some stuff going
on here behind the scenes. American Ground Radio. Soon as
we can, we'll fill you in on all of that.
More American ground radios coming up next.
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Speaker 5 (33:14):
Welcome back to American ground Radio.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Stephen Palmer Lewis had door sheet by you, door, seat
by you, door, cheat by you.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
In Western Parish. He had two fishermen. I mean, what,
they're just gone? They drowned. Hey, what should have been?
It was a Sunday afternoon. They were fishing and apparently
one of the fishermen fell out of their chair into
(33:46):
the water.
Speaker 5 (33:46):
Oh no.
Speaker 4 (33:47):
Now, the other fishermen, trying to be the hero the rescuer,
also ended up in the buyer by you. Neither one
made it out a line. Oh no, because they did
not know how to swim.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Wait, you've got two people out on a boat in
a bayou that is, neither one of them knows how
to swim exactly.
Speaker 4 (34:13):
And look, learning to swim is a really it's a
bigger deal than I think folks attribute to it.
Speaker 5 (34:22):
But it's essential.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
But according to the CDC, four thousand people drown every
year in the United States. That's eleven deaths per day,
eleven deaths per day. And here's here's another shocking stat.
Speaker 5 (34:39):
Shocking.
Speaker 4 (34:39):
Here's another shocking stat. Forty of adults in the United
States cannot swim well enough to save their own life
if they fell into deep water. Oh no, so it's
not just children, obviously, these are two grown women who died.
Speaker 5 (34:57):
I mean, so these are women, not men on the boat.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
Yes, women on the boat. Okay, so the adults.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
But still, I mean, you have two adults out on
the bayou and neither one of them knows how to swim.
Why you why you're out on the boat, especially why
on the boat without a life jacket if you don't
know how to swim.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
But you know, I don't know that this is a
recent phenomenon. I think this has been going on for
decades because some folks might doesn't have to be, but
some folks might say, you know, well, you need to
learn how to swim instead of being you know, kids
need to learn how to swim instead of being glued
to their phones or TikTok and Netflix.
Speaker 5 (35:29):
Right.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
But the point is that we've had people drowning for
a long time because they didn't know how to swim.
Why are we still having people drowning because they don't
know how to swim. Shouldn't we have learned this lesson
by now.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Because in a lot of municipalities they offer swimming lessons
do for free.
Speaker 2 (35:43):
They do especially for kids. It's two important.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
It's very sad.
Speaker 5 (35:48):
Let's dig deep.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
Going down.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
So Louisiana's Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungusser is sighting with Canada
over President Trump.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
You know, I kind of had that feeling when I
talked to the Lieutenant governor here recently. Yeah, and he
said something about, you know that the Canadian people kind
of felt slighted and he wanted to make them feel welcome, right,
And I kind of cracked a joke at him and
I said, well, of course, Lieutenant Governor, we love the
(36:23):
people of Canadian, of Canada. That's why we want to
make them our fifty first state.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
He didn't laugh at that at all.
Speaker 4 (36:29):
He did not laugh at that at all. In fact,
he says, we're not talking about that. We're not talking
about that.
Speaker 5 (36:34):
So none guests.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
His main job is to encourage tourism in Louisiana, and
this week he's up in Canada trying to get people
to come visit the US state that has the most
historical ties back to Canada. We were both part of
France and the Acadians who became the Cajuns came from
Canada before settling in South Louisiana. So while none guesser
is up in Canada, he said, quote, I don't realize
(36:57):
what the impact has been until I got here, But
the pushback from the President's comments about the fifty first
State the tariffs have really left a bad taste in
Canadians' mouths. It would be really nice if the President
could issue an apology about the fifty first State. I
think that would go a long way. At least many
other people up here believe it word it would has
(37:19):
Billy none guests are met Donald Trump. Has he paid
attention to how Donald Trump operates? Name one time when
Donald Trump issued a public apology for something, especially something
that Donald Trump believed he was right about.
Speaker 4 (37:33):
Name one time.
Speaker 5 (37:35):
It's not gonna happen.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
So why in the world, as Billy nunguests calling for
Trump to apologize for something he knows, at least he
should know, Trump will never apologize for Why why pick
that fight with the President the United States?
Speaker 4 (37:48):
But see, I think a lot of Canadians probably agree
with President Trump. None a lot of them don't. The
vast I mean they already lived that, They already live
like Americans. They share I mean, they certainly share some
of our freedoms, yes, but.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Canada has its own national pride, and the vast majority
of Canadians were very upset by Donald Trump's It's cost
the conservative products.
Speaker 4 (38:11):
They really have. You know, they rely they look, they
spend one point three percent of their GDP on defense.
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Yes, we think they protect them.
Speaker 4 (38:21):
They rely on the United States to protect their skies.
Speaker 5 (38:25):
But most Canadians don't know that.
Speaker 4 (38:26):
Their sovereignty, I mean without America, they are wide open.
The Russians test Canadian airspace all the time.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Right, But how would you like it if Texas said,
you know, Louisiana should just become our easternmost county. That
wouldn't go over well. I understand why Canadians are upset
about it, but.
Speaker 4 (38:45):
Also it's a little different. We have the same standing.
We have the same standing in terms of Louisiana, our
state government.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Canada has the same standing at the UN the United
States have.
Speaker 4 (38:57):
Do they they do? Do they? I mean they Canada
has a population of around forty million, which is smaller
than California. Yeah, it's about the same size as Texas.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
And yet they still have national pride. So yes, Trump's
comments absolutely wounded national pride. He cost the Conservatives the
election in Canada this year because the Conservatives were gonna
win that election until Donald Trump's fifty first state thing
and that destroyed it for the Conservatives up there. But
the point being Trump is right about the tariffs, but
none guessers comments about this, It's not going.
Speaker 4 (39:29):
To be helpful to the state of Luisa, say, and
some of that is his salesmanship. You know what I'm saying.
When you're the sales rep for a company and the
company screws up the order, you go out there and
you're like, I'm so sorry that happened. I've communicated head.
Speaker 5 (39:44):
Of the company.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
He didn't think there was anything wrong with what was talking.
Speaker 4 (39:47):
I've talked to the president of the company and he's
gonna make sure he.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Hasn't talked to the President of the United States. He
was just spouting off and picking a fight with Trump.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
You're listening to American Ground Radio.
Speaker 5 (40:14):
Welcome back to American Ground Radio.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
Stephen Palver with Luissar Avalona. Hey, you got to go
check out Magnolia Pitt Barbecue. If you have not been there,
you're missing out. It's it's Louisiana style barbecue at its best.
Speaker 4 (40:27):
But he can't get messy.
Speaker 5 (40:29):
Well, yeah, good barbecue does.
Speaker 4 (40:30):
No, I understand.
Speaker 5 (40:31):
But they have napkins.
Speaker 4 (40:33):
They have lots of Necks've got lots of napkins and
paper towels.
Speaker 2 (40:35):
If you need that, they've they've they've got. You know,
the mess that's part of the good part of barbecue.
Speaker 4 (40:41):
That's the only way you can really savor the soul
of Louisiana barbecue.
Speaker 2 (40:45):
I'm supposed to do you use coloring and hold my
pinky out while I'm eating barbecue.
Speaker 4 (40:49):
No, not necessarily, No, but it's good stuff.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
It should be.
Speaker 4 (40:53):
Yeah, it is very very it's not it's not like
cookie cutter stuff.
Speaker 3 (40:57):
No.
Speaker 2 (40:57):
No, this is original stuff, the original recipe, unique style,
unique flavors.
Speaker 5 (41:03):
You gotta go check out.
Speaker 4 (41:04):
No, it's not like it's not like anything else. And
when you have company that come in from out of town, oh.
Speaker 5 (41:09):
Yeah, yeah, I do that. Later on this week I
got folks having from that.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
They're gonna go to Magnolia Pio.
Speaker 4 (41:13):
To Magnolia Pitt because it's not nothing wrong with the chain. No,
not a restaurant. It's unique, it's it's it's something that is. Yeah,
it's a it's a local restaurant.
Speaker 2 (41:22):
Right, you want to support that, So go check him
about seven twenty nine Jurdon Street in Shreeport, right off
the line Avenue, one block south of I twenty.
Speaker 4 (41:29):
All right, we talked to Senator Kennedy earlier. We did
Senator Cassidy, the other Louisiana senator. He has now proposed
a new bill that will titan or otherwise place substantial
tariffs on Indian origin goods, including imports of Indian shrimp.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
Interesting any particular reason why he's proposing this.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
Well, because we have the United States market has been
overwhelmed by cheap and unfairly traded Indian ship shrimp. So
the Indian Shrimp Tariff Act, according to Senator Cassidy, will
offer a long term solution that will prevent future market
disruption uh and basically protect our local Louisiana shrimper.
Speaker 2 (42:22):
So Senator Cassidy has come around on tariffs.
Speaker 4 (42:26):
It sounds like he has.
Speaker 2 (42:29):
Yeah, because I don't I don't think the first term
with President I'm not sure he did support all the tariffs.
Speaker 4 (42:35):
He's saying we need to level the playing field, and
this bill protects Louisiana seafood and the jobs that depend
on it.
Speaker 5 (42:41):
We'll grab back.
Speaker 1 (42:43):
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