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December 29, 2025 53 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Russia wants to see you grand succeed on your to
do list. Putting the radio on is the first thing today.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Jew words that steal men have a day at least
for work.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
When the sun comes up, drops a pet to scoop.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Joe has everything, Adinda all.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
The treasure needs no one that Joe's anesmile he on
the eggs.

Speaker 5 (00:30):
Let it be, Joe.

Speaker 6 (00:32):
Bless you for letting me be of service to you.
I want to be this Here be the radio program
that tells you what went on last night. And certainly
we will tell you our analysis of the affair, but
mostly I want to hear about how it's impacting you
where you are. You can contact us through the phone

(00:53):
number four three four eight eight two four two one seven.
It's a multitasker. You can it in the traditional fashion,
but I know how mornings are and given that we
use it as text messaging, much more popular text messaging.
Talking about the I love that graphic. I was just

(01:14):
sent a graphic. It's it looks like the Friends TV show,
but it's Ilhan Omar and Tim Waltz and Jasmine Krockett
and a bunch of other folks, and it's frauds instead
of friends like that, like that very much. They're hamp
down on the Treasure Coast. We were talking about the

(01:37):
people who are you're getting run around, and I had
an expose showed to me over the weekend of some
of the folks out there gropers and what they're watching
and how they're falling in line with these Nick Fuentes types.

Speaker 5 (01:55):
Hamp writes, Yeah, us in the flat earthers lo O L.

Speaker 6 (01:59):
But you have to know what's going on, and these
are the folks. Like I said in the last segment,
the slogan earring is dangerous because well you remember the
shooting in Charleston, Dylan Roof and the shooting they did.
The kid grew up in a house with a loser dad,

(02:23):
and another one of those moments where it's like, no,
I don't think everyone. This is the whole toxic masculinity
thing comes from a point where somebody said, hey, we
need more men in the household. But what men didn't
do was take the impetus of saying hey, we need
to be good examples, there's.

Speaker 5 (02:44):
Like, yeah, you need more men.

Speaker 7 (02:47):
I'm going to come in and I'm showing you man
and this loser dad DNA donor was sitting there telling
his kids that he was a loser because of blacks.

Speaker 6 (02:59):
So the kid winds up shooting up a black church. Gee,
I can't figure out how that how that all came
to be. What a shocking turn of events.

Speaker 8 (03:09):
That is.

Speaker 6 (03:12):
So just you know, is it is it on us
to understand what right and wrong is? Yes, that's what,
as we said earlier, this is why we had to
be a moral society. To their credit, Madison and at
Al tried to set up a government full of limitations

(03:33):
so that the natural predilection of humans towards corruption was
going to be minimalized. And that's what we've allowed to
kind of to our own benefit through our own sloth, greed, jealousy,
all those vices that we're not supposed to indulge. Are
your victim of shaming, Joe. You can't tell us we

(03:55):
have sloth. We have we we just have a lay.
We have a lazy prostate gland.

Speaker 5 (04:03):
And that's.

Speaker 6 (04:07):
Can't victim shame Joe, which means apparently now you can't
even say somebody is doing something wrong. Our first things. Thus,
Monday morning, the United States announced two billion dollars in
to the humanitarian aid programs, but President Trump said that

(04:28):
the United Nations agencies needed to adapt, shrink, or die.
This is one of the smallest amounts of contribution the
United States has made, even though they still remain the
world's largest humanitarian donor. President Trump is scheduled to meet
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nett Yahoo on Monday, as

(04:51):
they look to keep the momentum behind the Middle East peace.
Both sides accuse each other of viole relations of the ceasefire. However,
it does seem to for the large part being holding.
Blizzard like conditions across the Mid American States, especially near

(05:14):
the Great Lakes, could put a foot of snow on
the ground today. Officials say a train in southern Mexico
going in between the Gulf and the Pacific Ocean derailed,
killing thirteen in the town of Nizanda. President Shinbaum says
aid is on the way. President Trump said after his

(05:37):
meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski, which included apparently a
two hour phone call with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, that
they are closer than ever before. He said Russia wants
to see Ukraine succeed after his press conference, Tim Waltz's

(05:58):
office is saying the Minnesota got has been chasing fraud
all this time. He's going to crack down on fraud
as soon as he gets up ready for it.

Speaker 8 (06:07):
Next.

Speaker 6 (06:08):
He was busy with the vice presidential campaign, but he
is coming back to it his strength and oversight. Why
even one of those daycare centers that were exposed has
already been closed. Meanwhile, the FBI said, how about we
send some folks in just to make sure you're dismantling
the large scale fraud schemes. According to FBI Director Cash Patel,

(06:30):
the Chinese saber rattling this morning. They sent out air, navy,
and ground troops to conduct joint military drills around the
island of Taiwan, a move that Beijing called a stern
warning against separatists within Taiwan and external interference from outside.

(06:52):
And those are some of our first things this morning.
Casey push for Ohio governor coming up next.

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(10:22):
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Speaker 5 (10:35):
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Speaker 12 (10:37):
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Speaker 13 (11:00):
Uh Oh Bruhu's buzzed Oh yeah, yeah, he's starting with
the woots and now a speech.

Speaker 2 (11:07):
I just want to say that friendship is about heart,
heart and brain.

Speaker 1 (11:13):
Who's with me?

Speaker 13 (11:14):
Good thing is he knows when he's buzzed, and my
brain is saying when it's time to go home. Somebody
call me a ride.

Speaker 14 (11:20):
Love that guy, me too.

Speaker 15 (11:22):
Know your buzzed warning signs, call for a ride when
it's time to go home.

Speaker 1 (11:25):
Buzz driving is drunk driving.

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good for the environment, It means lower utility bills too.
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energy assessment. Your utility company can help, or you can
learn how to do it yourself at energysavers dot gov.

(11:50):
That's energysavers dot gov. You'll learn to look for air
leaks around windows and doors, check ducks for holes, and
improve your insulation. Another time to cut energy costs is
when you shop for a new appliance. Look for the
energy Star logo and read the energy guide label. And
there are day to day things you can do. Lower
your thermostat in winter and raise it in the summer,

(12:13):
close fireplay stampers when they're not in use, and keep
air filters clean. For more tips on saving money by
reducing your energy waste, check out FTC dot gov slash green,
a tip from the Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer
protection agency.

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by Joe Thomas.

Speaker 5 (13:24):
Hey, can you.

Speaker 18 (13:26):
James.

Speaker 6 (13:29):
As we get into this Ohio Governor's voyce, can you
you just jump back to another story here, and I
need you to take that forty five off of the
turntable that's the big spinny thing, and go go all
the way back to the beginning of that forty five
because it makes a point I was making about Brendan
Carr Crampis and the Federal Communications Corruption Body high All.

Speaker 1 (13:52):
Tonight, this is Alan Pree, the old king of the Moondoggers,
and it's time again for another of your favorite rock
and roll sessions as you enjoy the moon Dog.

Speaker 5 (14:00):
Shirt Alan Freed.

Speaker 6 (14:05):
Alan Freed was the king of rock and roll disc
jockeys and got embroiled because heaven is to Heaven's sake,
a record company said, hey, Alan, here's fifty bucks. Play
our new record, and he did, and the government came
down on him like a ton of bricks. So you know, now,
what the record companies do. They do time buys with

(14:26):
the big networks that pick the music for you. They
do time buys with Spotify, as if somehow that's different
than giving Alan Freed fifty bucks for playing a record.
And it still baffles me how this was you know,
Oh well I was a corruption? How is it corruption
if he played a bad record? And believe me, I've

(14:48):
I've had more station vans painted because we played work
records during the overnights that I can shake a stick at,
more T shirts printed, because as we spun some work
record between ten pm and five am a half a
dozen times, so the record company would say, hey, good job, Hey,

(15:09):
how many T shirts you need? Can we put our
record company logo on the sleeve?

Speaker 5 (15:14):
Sure? Just spell the call letters?

Speaker 8 (15:15):
Right?

Speaker 5 (15:17):
Is that corruption? If it's a bad song, we're screwing ourselves.
It's the same independence versus you know, everyone gets into
the fixation of local. Independence is the thing you should
be looking for, not whether or not something as purely
local or not, because purely local can be equally as corrupt.

(15:40):
Alan Freed was just on the air in Cleveland and
they said, hey, Alan, play this song. And if Alan
didn't play the song, he didn't make the money. But
if he played bad songs, he wouldn't have been popular,
and then the money would have dried up. People don't
understand this kind of stuff anyway.

Speaker 6 (15:57):
Onwards and into the Buckeye State, where the gubernatorial race
has become interesting. Case Vivek Ramaswami has watched most of
his lead fritter away, as many of his supporters have
started to say, wait what now uh as he talks
more as often as the case with a politician and
a man who would like to win the Republican nomination

(16:19):
to be that gubernatorial candidate. Casey Push is on with us. Casey,
good morning, How are you doing, sir?

Speaker 8 (16:27):
I'm doing great. Thanks for having me, well.

Speaker 6 (16:29):
Thanks for jumping in and doing this. Now you're you've
you've done a lot of charitable work. I've been reading
up on your you know, your automotive world uh and
you know blue collar you know, unexportable kind of work.

Speaker 5 (16:43):
What was it that triggered you.

Speaker 6 (16:45):
Into wanting to run for Ohio governor rather than doing
all the philanthropic work you had been doing and and
just out there and doing all the hard stuff that
it is already to just get by in this world.

Speaker 18 (17:01):
In Washington politics, it's something to take great interest in,
and especially with Ohio being my only home and my
family's only home. I see Amy acting on the Democrats side,
and I see the vec Ramaswami who's gotten to a
point where all the people are saying, hey, the emperor's
gotten no clothes, and just looking at it and giving
consideration to our state being led by either of these

(17:21):
two people. My soul was burning, and the pain of
inaction just thought out weighed any risk to action.

Speaker 8 (17:27):
So this is absurdly dangerous.

Speaker 18 (17:31):
But in no way, shape and form can we allow
for the vek Ramaswami to become the governor. I've always
been conservative. I think those are the values that build America.
And I'm just putting it all on the line for
this guys.

Speaker 6 (17:42):
Well, so, you know, and there were concerns and obviously
I vivec didn't do well in the presidential primary, but
yet became you know, popular with the president as he
bowed out.

Speaker 5 (17:55):
You know, it's.

Speaker 6 (17:56):
Certainly perilous to fly in the face of a Trump
and Door candidate. You know, what, what are you seeing
in the street? People the street that didn't come out
sounding right, but the volunteers, the grassroots who I've talked
to a lot of young people that are like, yeah,
this isn't the same Vivek Ramaswami we saw during the

(18:18):
presidential campaign.

Speaker 18 (18:21):
Yeah, absolutely not. What we see is simply this. You know,
he came on on the scene, nobody really knew who
he was. You know, he basically just had all Donald
Trump's talking points. So we kind of liked him for that.
Back then he bows out early after having worse pulling
than Chris Christy dry and Christy as I say, then.

Speaker 19 (18:36):
He's in Doze and we're thinking, great, Doze is so important,
probably the most important thing to get rid of waste
broad abuse in the United States ever, and then he
gets right for the inauguration and then well, I'm sorry,
the fire gets too hot for you of the back.

Speaker 18 (18:48):
So it looks like he either either got kicked out
or quit. And now he's just going to is going
to be his consolation prize. And if people see it
and we go, this man's just spent millions and millions
of dollars, just can't painting with Donald Trump's talking points,
riding his cotails to try to get somewhere. And now
here's a man in Ohio that he didn't go to
school in Ohio, any colleges, he has no businesses in Ohio,

(19:10):
he's done no philanthropic work in Ohio, barely lives in Ohio.
And you know, he's been out there campaigning so long
everybody's gotten sick of him. And see all the cracks
in this facade. And you know, people on the street,
it's real simple, the ones that are real conservative, really
care about politics and all that, and want to see
a Republican in office. About the nicest thing anybody says.

(19:32):
He seems like it's lying to used car salesman. And
it gets a lot worse from there. So I just
happen to be that person that when I see something
that I think good that can be done, or something
bad that's happening, I can do something about.

Speaker 8 (19:46):
My family and I.

Speaker 18 (19:47):
Are just the kind of people that we have to
do something about it. So here I am running against him.

Speaker 5 (19:51):
So, you know, how how do people find you online?

Speaker 6 (19:54):
I always forget to do this because I get fascinated by,
you know, the people that I'm talking with, or I
forget to.

Speaker 5 (19:59):
Say, Hey, what's your website address? Before it's like right
before hey, before the commercial break, quick, before.

Speaker 6 (20:06):
We bury the lead? How can people find out more
about you online?

Speaker 5 (20:09):
Casey definitely.

Speaker 18 (20:12):
Well, the name is Casey Putsch and Puts is pronounced
like puts your money where your mouth is. So website
is Yeah, the website is put s c h very
German for f O r ohio dot com. Of course
you can find me on x, which is a lot
of fun because the ratio and the heck out of
all the attacks from crazy is like Laura Lumer or

(20:34):
even Vivek, So that's fun. And then my YouTube channel's
Casey the car Guy. I've been a car guy car
YouTuber for years to help get exposure for the educational
nonprofit charity. I've done Genus Garage, so you know, the
entertaining kind of sophomoric stuff there. And then in the
last year I was frankly crashing out because I didn't
like what I was seeing with politics, and now here

(20:54):
I am running against.

Speaker 6 (20:56):
The well and I appreciate that. And so what are
some of the things you would do as governor of Ohio,
because there's also a peril where if we flag out
of Charlottesville, and Charlottesville had this incident we like to
call the entire summer of twenty seventeen, and you talk
you talked about Laura Lumer and some of that too.

Speaker 5 (21:16):
But you know, you have.

Speaker 6 (21:19):
Obviously a blue collar cachet with your your work in
the automotive world and your understanding of, you know, what
it means to fix things, build things, and that kind
of stuff.

Speaker 5 (21:31):
So I want to get into that with you. Casey.

Speaker 6 (21:34):
By the way, if you ever feel the urge to
have a beer hall push rally, you might want to
just you know, because I've already had two texts saying
does he hold any.

Speaker 5 (21:43):
Rallies in beer halls? I said, I don't think.

Speaker 18 (21:46):
So, but yeah, there's a there's a phonetic similarity there
with no actual connection.

Speaker 8 (21:54):
Amen to that for a smile for history bus Yes.

Speaker 6 (21:56):
Yeah, if it gets them talking about you, That's what
I was always taught.

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Spell my name right where I grew.

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(23:48):
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am doctor Mitch. Since most chronic diseases have inflammation, our
optimized curcumin seems to be a perfect addition to any
nutritional program. It makes sense to me that preventing or

(24:27):
reducing inflammation is a key component to our overall health.
The Mayo Clinic found that kurcumin can decrease swelling and inflammation,
has antioxidant properties, and research suggests that kurcumin can prevent
cancer or at least slow the spread of cancer, and
in many instances, make chemotherapy more effective. It protects our

(24:51):
healthy cells even from radiation. Total wellness dot com where
we help you to look good, feel good, and enjoy
total wellness.

Speaker 11 (25:03):
I'm Andrew Saul, Commission of Self Security. I'm here to
warn you about telephone scammers pretending to be government employees.
Some of these scammers may say threatening things like you
will be arrested if you don't make payments or provide
personal information. Do not fall for these tricks. These calls
are not from US. Real solid security employees will never

(25:27):
threaten you for information or money. If you receive a
call like this, hang up. Never give the call of
your personal information like your solid security number or bank
account or send money in any form cash, gift cards,
wire transfers, or prepaid debit cards. Report the call to

(25:47):
our law enforcement on the Office of the Inspector General
at OYG dot SSA dot gov.

Speaker 13 (25:56):
Uh oh, Brahad's buzzed.

Speaker 5 (25:57):
Oh yeah, yeah, he's starting with the woot.

Speaker 22 (26:01):
And now a speech.

Speaker 2 (26:03):
I just want to say that friendship is about heart,
art and brain.

Speaker 13 (26:08):
Who's with me? Good thing is he knows when he's buzzed,
and my brain is saying when it's time to go home,
Somebody call me a ride.

Speaker 14 (26:16):
Love that guy, me too.

Speaker 15 (26:17):
Know your buzzed warning signs call for a ride when
it's time to go home.

Speaker 1 (26:21):
Buzz driving is drunk driving.

Speaker 16 (26:24):
Did you know that more than half our household energy
costs go to heating and cooling. Energy efficiency isn't just
good for the environment, It means lower utility bills too.
One way to reduce your energy waste is a home
energy assessment. Your utility company can help, or you can
learn how to do it yourself at energysavers dot gov.

(26:45):
That's energysavers dot gov. You'll learn to look for air
leaks around windows and doors, check ducks for holes, and
improve your insulation Another time to cut energy costs is
when you shop for a new appliance. Look for the
energy Star logo and read the energy guide label. And
there are day to day things you can do. Lower
your thermostat in winter and raise it in the summer,

(27:07):
close fireplace stampers when they're not in use, and keep
air filters clean. For more tips on saving money by
reducing your energy waste, check out FTC dot gov slash green,
a tip from the Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer
protection agency.

Speaker 3 (27:25):
For those fortunate enough to help the person who has
always been their hero, find the care guides you need
to help at AARP dot org slash caregiving.

Speaker 10 (27:33):
Hope you enjoyed your meal, and I just want to
say he's lucky to have a.

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Blood like you.

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Lucky.

Speaker 16 (27:41):
Caring for my brother is far from easy, but he's
a part of me, like my arms and legs, so
I'll be his no time.

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For't tired.

Speaker 1 (27:49):
Nothing can disable this love.

Speaker 5 (27:50):
He needs me.

Speaker 1 (27:51):
But I'm a lucky one, even though I need help knowing.

Speaker 22 (27:54):
Then, if you're caring for a loved one, visit AARP
dot org slash caregiving for care guides and community for
your strength.

Speaker 1 (28:10):
Challenge amaze your friends here In First Thing Today by
Joe Thomas.

Speaker 6 (28:17):
Visiting, Casey puts, uh, it's put your money where your
mouth is.

Speaker 5 (28:23):
Is running for governor.

Speaker 6 (28:25):
Of Ohio on with us as looking for the Republican nomination?

Speaker 5 (28:31):
When is when is that going to be decided? Casey?

Speaker 6 (28:35):
Is that the springtime is that when the primaries are
going to be coming up May fifth.

Speaker 8 (28:41):
So if you're not registered as a Republican.

Speaker 18 (28:43):
You better get out there right now. And it matters this.
This is really for it's for all the marbles guys.
In fact, is an absolute establishment plant. He represents nothing
of Ohio American values. So I'm risking it all. But
let's let's do it together, you know, and I.

Speaker 6 (28:59):
Mean this a little bit. I have pictures that haters
like to circulate of me on the Internet claiming that
I'm a Nazi. Because there's pictures of.

Speaker 8 (29:08):
Me during the August I know you're successful.

Speaker 5 (29:10):
You must be.

Speaker 6 (29:11):
You're over the target, you're taking flag because I had
the temerity being in Charlottesville during the riots of twenty seventeen.
I went down there and broadcasted live from them. So
there's apparently I'm taller than white supremacists because I'm towering
over this crowd of folks all lining up to see
David Duke in Charlottesville.

Speaker 5 (29:32):
Who knew? But and President Trump.

Speaker 6 (29:34):
Was was bang on right when he said there were
great people because a lot of my listeners had been
catfished into that riot without knowing what was going on there.
So when President Trump said that about great, you know,
fine people on both sides, I was like, oh my god,
somebody finally gets it that, you know, we're being turned
on each other by forces. So with that being said,

(29:57):
I ran into a lot of trouble during that summer
because I wasn't complicit with the people who were organizing it,
and I saw a bunch of stuff on the internet
regarding Nick Fuentes and your campaign. Obviously, nobody is going
to say do you decry anyone supporting you, because that's crazy,
But the press loves to ask those questions, what's the
peril or the volatility of you know, campaigning, or what

(30:22):
are you learning about it regarding you know, people that
you might not agree one hundred percent with but out
there saying hey we like this guy more.

Speaker 5 (30:29):
Than this guy.

Speaker 8 (30:32):
Well three points real quick? Uh, you know one?

Speaker 18 (30:36):
Oh, my gosh, since World War Two, our American culture
has been wildly manipulated by powers that be an agencies period. Okay,
I'm not going to go any of those details, but
wildly manipulated. It is currently being wildly manipulated on purpose
so they can group people into corrals and then take

(30:56):
them out, and so you know that is a minefield
that is dangerous. We're in a fifth generational, informational World
War right now.

Speaker 8 (31:04):
So for me, it's simple.

Speaker 18 (31:06):
I'm in ohioland I just want a life in a
community in the future. I'm not going to condemn anybody.
And here's why. They're all constituents. They all care, they
all field. Everybody wants the better tomorrow, whether you're left
or right, okay, and I'm tired of powers that be
just trying to manipulate and destroy everybody.

Speaker 8 (31:24):
So I'm just moving forward as a.

Speaker 18 (31:28):
Car guy in Ohio, in a family man that wants
a better future running as a Republican against the back
than to win the general in November.

Speaker 5 (31:37):
Well, this is what I was saying.

Speaker 6 (31:38):
People were sailing President Trump yesterday in his press conference saying, well,
you said you'd have those war over in twenty four hours,
to which I responded, yeah, and Putin said he'd have
it over in two weeks. How's that working out for him?
But this is the trouble with these kind of things
is especially in a world where the press wants to

(31:58):
play fast and loose with reality.

Speaker 5 (32:01):
You know, go back to Charlottesville in twenty seventeen. You
know when you as Trump said, Nazis are fine people.

Speaker 6 (32:07):
It's not what he said, but they like to create
their own narrative regarding that is certainly, you know, getting
to the point where your supporters feel comfortable in supporting you.
You have to be popular and you have to get
out there and get have you run into headwinds on

(32:29):
that end, you know, even even perhaps.

Speaker 5 (32:32):
With you mentioned Laura Lumer, another one of.

Speaker 6 (32:34):
These folks who seems I have a phrase for them, Casey,
and you can steal this dumpster arsonists because it's there.
They're just publicity stunts with you know, a blog, you know,
getting past that and getting to the people. Because we
watched a fellow here, John Reid, I know you work

(32:55):
with Jill. Jill worked with John as well non Traditional
Republic in gay Man. You actually outperformed the top of
the ticket When it came to our gubernatorial race, he
didn't win, but he did way better than either of
the other two people on the ticket by going really
almost door to door across the whole state.

Speaker 5 (33:15):
Is that what you're finding you have to do? Well?

Speaker 18 (33:18):
Hey, I'm just gonna keep being myself. You know, I've
been an automotive YouTuber for a long time.

Speaker 8 (33:22):
Casey's the car. I love cars. I love motorcycles.

Speaker 18 (33:25):
I love working on them, old cars, new cars, race cars, airplanes, trains, firearms.
I'm just last time I checked, I'm just I'm just
an American guy. You know, I'm a dad. Got a
nice community here. I love our country, I love our state.
I love history. I'm just gonna connect with everybody, just
being myself. And you know, Hope has a little bit

(33:45):
of a sense of humor. And you know, these people
who attack, like Laura Lumer did, write giant hit pieces
that are clearly paid for attacks. You know, it's like, great,
you come after me, like you think it's going to
work for a politician. I'm going to come back you
with mechanic military buddy snark. The people love it, so
you know, hey, if they're going to come at me,
I'm gonna at least have some fun smacking them back,

(34:06):
you know, And obviously with an election, it takes massive
amounts of money, and I'm so thrilled by the people
that are donating to the campaigns.

Speaker 8 (34:13):
That makes all the help in the world.

Speaker 18 (34:15):
And you know, they are going to throw cubic yards
and money to try toreckt me so the establishment can
just keep their powers.

Speaker 8 (34:22):
Which is sad.

Speaker 18 (34:23):
You know, that's kind of a disgusting aspect of what
hurts the American people and where our government gets undermined.
But you know, we're going to find against it because
at the end of the day, the only endorsement that
matters are the people who vote.

Speaker 5 (34:36):
Well. Amen to that.

Speaker 6 (34:37):
And and that's one of the things that I love
when these democrats like act and start you know, getting.

Speaker 5 (34:44):
Out and Andy.

Speaker 6 (34:45):
They subtly suborn this this idea that you know, a
primary is a division and that oh well, you see,
if if push gets this many supporters, that makes it
that much easier for us to be in love. And
that's such I find it to be dehumanizing because they

(35:05):
believe that most of us just are sheep being led
around by somebody. And I find that to be offensive
on the on the level of somebody who works with people, it.

Speaker 8 (35:15):
Is, you know, but it works to an extent.

Speaker 18 (35:18):
Fortunately, people have become so much smarter since twenty twenty
when everybody looked around and go, whoa, wait a minute,
there's funny things going on and it's not working there,
and then it flames them because people see through it
and they know what's up. But yeah, saying that I'm
a vote splitter, that is absolute subversion, just propaganda to
scare people away from me when the fact of the
matter is right now, we have a primary election coming

(35:41):
up for the Republicans. It is the vek Ramaswami versus
Casey putch I e Me period.

Speaker 8 (35:46):
That's it.

Speaker 18 (35:47):
Winner goes against Amy acting and the Democrats. So are
you going to stop Vivek first then we go on
to save the stake.

Speaker 5 (35:54):
Are you getting pushed back from the local units?

Speaker 6 (35:57):
You know here in Virginia after the Gubunuti oial election
man the circular firing squad over the way the state
party operates and and the way outsiders are not welcomed
inside and that kind of thing. Have you found that
in your attempts to get Republican support and at least
in front of local Republican committees.

Speaker 18 (36:20):
Well, you know there's two things here, two levels, right,
and my World War II VET grandfather he used to
like to say, you can really kick ass from the
top down, which where I'm both is that you know,
if I just go out, you know, to local chairs
and things like that, it's.

Speaker 8 (36:36):
Like, hey, guys, I think I want to run there.
Oh this exact He's got all these endorsements, and you
know it's kind of like that, not go say negative
or pushback, but just that. And I'm like, but if
I just come in and go, you know, I'm just gonna.

Speaker 18 (36:47):
Connect with all the highend people, I know where to
put this together and that's it. I'm going going and
metaphorically speaking, guns blazing from the top down.

Speaker 8 (36:54):
And that's really great.

Speaker 18 (36:55):
But in terms of pushback, no, actually I have not
the the establishment that endorsed the VEC because really probably monetarily,
they thought it was in their best interest to keep
the state red.

Speaker 8 (37:06):
And endorse him way too early. They've gone radio silent. Absolutely,
get radio silent because the Internet is lighting them up.

Speaker 18 (37:14):
Absolutely. No, I'll put it this way. The Ohio GOP
and the chair of it. They turned off their comments
on X because they were getting obliterate.

Speaker 8 (37:24):
Appreciate that the VEC brand swaw me.

Speaker 18 (37:27):
As an example, the last time he tweeted or you know,
excreted on X was was Christmas. He wished everybody a
merry Christmas, and I went, wait a minute, and I
just commented, I think you're confused, dot dot dot and
copy pasted all the Hindu holidays of December. So that
ratioed him pretty big. So, yeah, the people get it.
The people know they've been duped. They've got this absolute

(37:49):
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interest in the people that have done nothing. And you know,
I came in with the absolute starkest contrast.

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Cable of a guy that's been trying building. And there
it is, you know, in.

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Way, oh yes, wait a minute, disupposed way wait, dispos.

Speaker 6 (44:27):
Text message technically, but it's delivered correspondence. Come back with
a casey push in a second. But this text message
comes in during the break. So what policies does this
guy running an event against Vivek promote? This interview is
devoid of substance. What's wrong with you? Ask him about policy?

(44:48):
What a joke interview? Well, we're getting here, and by
the way, real quick, just as a matter of function,
because these.

Speaker 5 (44:57):
Are people who want your part.

Speaker 6 (45:00):
Getting to know them is an important part of the
electoral process.

Speaker 5 (45:05):
But you know, hey, you know what they say.

Speaker 6 (45:08):
As we said, if you're over the target, that's when
you're taking flag anyway, the Casey, So I appreciate having
a little fun.

Speaker 8 (45:16):
With it, but you know what would I do?

Speaker 18 (45:19):
It's different or matters And regarding the blue collar thing,
so you know, the blue collar thing, it's fair to
bring up. So you know, honestly, typically with saying blue collar,
all blue collar friends I've ever had, you know, you're
you're working in a factory, you're welding. You know, I
got buddies that are truckers, Like I get it. It's
just people that have to work with their own two
hands and get things done and tangibly and physically build

(45:40):
to make tomorrow better. I mean that that literally literally
is the backbone of America, you know.

Speaker 8 (45:46):
And I see, I grow up in a small town.

Speaker 18 (45:48):
So and while I'm talking, I'm just standing in my
garage literally staring at my toolbox with a bunch of
stuff out with carburetors.

Speaker 8 (45:54):
That need to be rebuilt and the timing belts that
I'm I'm lacking putting on my daily driver car.

Speaker 6 (45:58):
They candidate it, Casey, by the way, I need two
two censors put into my two thousand and four GB
You got any tips on me, you know that help
me do that?

Speaker 5 (46:07):
As my son's.

Speaker 6 (46:09):
Picking them up at O'Reilly on his way home from
He's an old mechanic as well, so I appreciate what
you're doing anyway.

Speaker 8 (46:17):
Yeah, no, no good penetrating oil.

Speaker 18 (46:19):
If pooperly hits the fan, you get out the blue torch,
and my old mechanic buddy always tell me you just
got to hold your tongue right.

Speaker 8 (46:26):
But anyway, get into office. The two things you do
when you first get in there.

Speaker 18 (46:30):
The one is just bring back some dog on trust
that you can believe there's an actual human being in
there that gets people and cares period that.

Speaker 8 (46:41):
The second one is do things.

Speaker 18 (46:43):
That are objectively, specifically in the interests of the people
of Ohio. First, the one thing I care about more
than anything else are the people of Ohio. Because I
am one, my child is one, my family are well,
that's it. A state is nothing more than a group
of the people and what they do together. So that's

(47:03):
what I care about. I care about our land and
building an industry so that people, frankly can build a
family and feel that they're going to have it tomorrow.
They're going to be able to afford a home, They're
going to be able to have a job or build
a business.

Speaker 8 (47:16):
So it needs to be a place that you can build.

Speaker 18 (47:17):
A community, a safe community, and frankly build an industry too.
So the short answer is earn some trust back and
just do what's in the best interest of the people.

Speaker 6 (47:26):
Well, and we have an affiliate, And when Jill spoke
to me, I said, that's great because we have this
terrific affiliate in Youngstown, Wyoh. And it's an interesting lineup
because it's me, then it's Stephanie Miller and Tom Hartman,
who you know. And Tom is an interesting cat because
he and I have been at conferences together and you

(47:47):
would say, oh, conservative talk show host, liberal talk show hosts. Well,
one interesting thing about Tom is he'll be the first
one to say, you know, the issues are people's ability
to make ends meet, people's ability to earn for themselves,
people's ability to pay for their own health care, and
those things. His solutions may go a different direction than mine,

(48:08):
but you have to at least acknowledge that people are
falling further and further behind. And I think that's some
of Donald Trump's magic is that he at least goes
to the blue collar Americans, black, white, brown, regardless and says,
I get it. You're falling behind. Let's fix the things
that are causing you to fall behind.

Speaker 8 (48:30):
Yeah, yeah, well it's very true.

Speaker 18 (48:32):
And you know, everybody is so disheartened by talking about
the UNID party, you know, two wings of the same
disgusting bird, and it is it's disheartening. But if you
flip that over, this is just kind of an aha
moment ahead in my garage, right you party. Well what
that also tells us is, you know, left and right
is not as much of the thing as they're trying

(48:52):
to make the battle out to be to get power.
The fact of the matter is we genuinely have a
whole heck of a lot more in common than we
ever did apart. And if you just start thinking object
what's in everybody's best interest, it's amazing how fast you
get people to agree and be happy about it. You're you're,
you're absolutely right with regard to making ends meet, you know,
the economy, our community, our culture.

Speaker 5 (49:11):
You know.

Speaker 8 (49:12):
For me, it feels like that scene in the first.

Speaker 18 (49:14):
Star Wars movie where they all fall down the garbage
compactor and the walls are closing in, you know, and uh,
everybody's you know, screaming for like, you know, R two
D two or shoot, you know, get everybody out.

Speaker 8 (49:26):
Uh, And it's just not it's just not working. So
my job is simple.

Speaker 18 (49:31):
I'm stopping the walls from closing in and and we're
going to crash out through some of them so we
can have a better tomorrow.

Speaker 6 (49:37):
So you're R two D two. Then you're you're tapping
into the system. You're hacking the system, and you're going
to stop the walls. Casey, So let me let me
ask you about you know, the we just watched this
happen here in Virginia.

Speaker 8 (49:51):
UH.

Speaker 6 (49:51):
Democrat was elected basically campaigning on the front the idea
that she's going to make life affordable again. And I
warned people, make them affordable again spells.

Speaker 5 (50:03):
Like sheep.

Speaker 6 (50:04):
Yeah, but the idea of affordability, certainly the Democrats want
to subsidize everything, which is doesn't actually make it more affordable.
What sort of things in towns like Youngstown, which were
great manufacturing towns in history, what needs to come back
for them to to to restore their place to make

(50:25):
Youngstown great again? And that kind of play all across Ohio.

Speaker 18 (50:29):
Definitely definitely, well, I think we've got two things in there.
You would you had said making things affordable again. So
one point I want to make it scares that absolute.
Heck aademy houses. You know, the housing market got insanely
inflated in twenty twenty.

Speaker 8 (50:43):
I'm gonna be honest. A lot of that was artificial.
And I'm just gonna say bs right now.

Speaker 18 (50:47):
So and and this is the way things are orchestrated
by people in power. They just are everything from the
you know, the fancy specialty car markets.

Speaker 8 (50:56):
Things like this can be inflated for the wrong reasons.

Speaker 18 (50:58):
The problem with the car market or the housing market,
it just destroys the future for everybody.

Speaker 5 (51:04):
What's the web address again before we have to let you.

Speaker 8 (51:07):
Go, It's www. Push for Ohio dot com p U
T S E H F O R.

Speaker 6 (51:15):
Well, we'll talk to you again on YouTube. Yeah, we
will talk to you again very soon. If you get
into Youngstown and somebody says they heard you on the radio,
that's our listener, uh, and we and we appreciate it.
Or if Tom Hartman calls you, uh, you'll know why
because somebody at the head office said, Hey, I heard
this guy is interesting, but I appreciate it. And keep

(51:36):
fighting the good fight, my friend and grassroots.

Speaker 18 (51:39):
On a thank you well in Youngstown. We're bringing an
industry back. That's all there is to it. Ohio should
no longer be an empty garage with a toolbox ready
to go and nothing happen and industry comes back.

Speaker 5 (51:50):
I like the way that because there's an awful lot
of that. Uh.

Speaker 6 (51:54):
And in the things that we have to make we
can make, we can make, and in the resumption that
we can't is I think fruit of the subsidization nation.

Speaker 5 (52:05):
Anyway, Time for us to roll up the.

Speaker 6 (52:08):
Mats and head on out until tomorrow morning at five eastern.
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The Burden

The Burden

The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.

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