September 10, 2025 • 51 mins
The Department of Justice brings charges against the homicidal maniac who fatally stabbed a Ukrainian refugee on the public transit system in North Carolina.
Guests:
Col. Rob Maness | U.S. Air Force Veteran
Keith Gross | Legal Analyst & Constitutional Attorney
Jenny Beth Martin | Honorary Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action
Alex Stein | Comedian & Host, Prime Time with Alex Stein
Guests:
Col. Rob Maness | U.S. Air Force Veteran
Keith Gross | Legal Analyst & Constitutional Attorney
Jenny Beth Martin | Honorary Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action
Alex Stein | Comedian & Host, Prime Time with Alex Stein
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Welcome to the real story. I'm your host, Riley Lewis.
Thank you for joining us. Peace cannot be kept by force,
It can only be achieved by understanding. These are the
words of Albert Einstein, one of the most prolific figures
in all of human history, and a true genius if
there ever was one. Born in Germany on March fourteenth,
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eighteen seventy nine to a middle class Jewish family, Einstein
revolutionized the world of modern physics, proposing the theory of
relativity and contributing a great deal to the field of
quantum mechanics. In fact, his formula for mass energy equivalents
E equals mc squared is one of the most famous
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equations in all of science, and he completely changed how
people viewed the field itself, bringing this never ending sense
of curiosity and wonder about the world to everything that
he did. However, he was a whole lot more than
just a physicist. He was a visionary and a pioneer
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who understood some profound truths about the human experience, and
that brings us to his quote about peace. See Einstein
fled Germany in nineteen thirty two due to rising anti Semitism,
escaping the country shortly before the rise of the evil
Nazi regime, and he never returned to Germany thereafter. He
was also a very vocal pacifist throughout his lifetime. He
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believed in peace, He believed in non violence, and he
knew that peace itself couldn't be forced upon people through
threats of coercion or violence. He understood, like many others,
that the key to lasting and durable peace is through understanding,
and this concept certainly applies to the ongoing conflict between
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Russia and Ukraine. If this brutal and pointless war between
them is to end, then there must be some understanding
understanding about how this war really got started, understanding of
the extremely complex history between these two countries, and understanding
of the inner workings of the relationship between Russian President
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Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski. There must also
be some understanding out there about what the leaders of
both countries really want.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
See.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
They both want to be respected, they both want to
be seen, and they both want security guarantees for their countries,
Meaning Putin and Zelenski have far more in common with
each other than many people might think.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Now. With this war in its fourth year.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
The question of whether or not they'll ever make peace
with each other remains unanswered. But speaking of here's the
current status of this battle. Peace talks between Putin and
Zelenski are currently at a standstill, and the Trump administration
is showing some support for the idea of placing additional
sanctions on Russia to reignite those talks. In fact, Treasury
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Secretary Scotpsin spoke about these plans in an interview on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Take a look Russia.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Overnight, Russia hit Keev in the largest aerial attack on
the country since the war began, Mister secretaryat caused NATO,
in fact, to scramble jets.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
You have a very high.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Stakes meeting on Monday with key economic officials from European countries.
Is the administration prepared to impose sanctions against Russia now?
Speaker 5 (03:34):
A President Trump. Vice President Vance had a very productive
call with EU President Ursavanda Lauden on Friday. She followed
up with a call with me and we are talking
about what can the two EU and the US do together,
and we are prepared. We are prepared to increase pressure
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in Russia, but we need our European partners to follow us,
because if the US and the EU do this together,
we are in a race now between how long can
the Ukrainian military hold up versus how long can the
Russian economy hold up? And if the US and the
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EU can come in to more sanctioned secondary tariffs on
the countries that buy Russian oil, the Russian economy will
be in full collapse and that will bring President Putin
to the table.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
As they say, hope for the best, but plan for
the worst. Sanctions are certainly one way to get Putin's attention,
But in the meantime, his forces continue to advance on
the battlefield. Just in the last month or so, Russian
forces have captured more than two hundred square miles of
Ukrainian territory, and their attacks against Ukraine seem to be escalating.
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For example, Russia recently launched its largest air attack on
Ukraine since the war began in February of twenty twenty two,
striking an important gouvern building in Ukraine. The attack reportedly
happened in the dead of night, and Russian forces bombarded
cities with several missiles and hundreds of drones. The heart
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of Kiv, Ukraine's capital bore the brunt of this barbaric attack,
with the historic main government building in a certain district
set ablaze for the first time in the war, and
residential neighborhoods weren't spared from it either. In fact, in
one district, rubble buried innocent lives, including that of an
infant and a young woman, all while over twenty others
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were wounded in the capital city alone. Then further south
in the region of Odessa, three more civilians suffered injuries
as homes and infrastructure crumbled under this barrage, which supposedly
lasted for more than eleven hours. Then, in retaliation to it,
Ukrainian forces struck back at Russia's economic lifelines, targeting an
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oil pipeline and the Bryantsk region to cripple the funding
behind Putin's forces, and while Moscow's Defense ministry callously denied
civilian targeting, claiming strikes on military and transport sites only.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
But then, on top of it all, the.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Strike drew swift condemnation from several world leaders, including Keith Kellogg,
the US envoy to Ukraine, who labeled the strike as
a clear escalation, not a path to peace, then allies
such as the Prime Minister of Poland to cry delays
and strong action against Russia, all while European powers vow
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to support Kiev. So now the question really is where
exactly do we go from here? With tensions escalating, communities suffering,
lives being lost, and continued combat on the ground, the
Trump administration is pushing for peace like never before, but
ultimately the only people who can really end this fight
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are the ones fighting it. So what will Putin choose
to do and what will Zelenski choose to do? Only
time will tell. But here with his reaction and thoughts
is Colonel Rob Manus, a veteran of the US Air
Force with thirty two years of combat experience. Colonel thank
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you for your time today.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
Hi Reley, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
It's an honor truly, and I want to start with
this question about peace talks. What do you think is
the key to reigniting those discussions.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
Well, you know, the Russians never agreed to and this
all came out in the weeks after the discussion with
President Trump up in Alaska. They never agreed to having
European troops on the ground as a security guarantee on
that they did agree to allow security guarantees, but they
never agreed to having Western troops on the ground. And
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those that want to fuel this war in the West
proposed that that was the first sticking point in the
post Elmandorf Air Force Base discussions that appeared to go
so well, here's the other issue. The other issue is
the Western side doesn't want to stop buying Russian oil.
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The reason why Secretary Vessant said that the EU has
to come to the table and do their part is
because the EU spends more on Russian fuel and energy
than they do on the amount they've given to Ukraine
to defend itself. And here's another little, dirty, little secret
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is that if we put more sanctions on India because
they're buying Russian oil and refining it, that's going to
hurt the Ukrainians who import fifteen percent of their diesel
fuel from where India. It's based on refined Russian oil.
So it's a complex situation that's interwoven very intricately. That's
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why the EU would have to get on board with that. Look,
you know, the President of the United States wants to
achieve peace. But here's the one thing that hasn't happened
post Alaska is Ukraine hasn't come to the table and
acknowledge that they're in a situation where they cannot achieve
any more victory on the ground. Okay, they have to
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acknowledge that and start coming to the table to agree
to some of Russia's proposed terms. The Russians have proposed
more better terms than they ever have in this situation.
And the one sticking point that we all know about
is a small area of land in the Dunetsk region
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that Russia says it wants to have and it will
give up some of the area in the two western
o blasts that it already occupies to even those lines out.
In return for that, Ukrainians haven't stepped one foot forward
to try to come to yes on that. They've got
to figure out a way to get to yes. And
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the folks in the West, like General Keith Kellogg that
continue to push more war and more resources into this
fight and that desire are not helping this situation one bit.
It's a disservice to the President of the United States
and his effort to be known as the peace President.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
I completely agree with that, and I have two sort
of theories that I want to run by you as
well than Colonel So when it comes to Zelenski's approach
to these peace talks, will call them I'm wondering number
one my first theory. Do you think that they are
just Zelenski, NATO some people around President Trump. Do you
think they really believe and are stuck to this vision
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that somehow, some way, this non nuclear armed state Ukraine
can military defeat or defeat Russia Or do you think
it's more like they are just ideologically opposed to making
any concessions to someone like Putin.
Speaker 6 (10:53):
Well, I think it's a mixture of the two. There's
a small faction in the West and some of them
are American. Is that truly believe that they can still
achieve some sort of victory on the ground, which includes
taking all of the terrain that Russia now occupies that's
in the eastern Ukraine and Crimea. That's not possible without
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the United States and NATO entering the war on the
ground as full combatants. That is not going to happen.
The best deal the Ukrainians are ever going to get
is that some type of monitoring force on the ground
that they can find acceptable that's not made up of
Western troops from Europe or the United States at all,
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is agreed to an agree to some way, to find
some way to yes on at least some of this
ground that the Russians are asking for in the Neetsk.
That's the only way that they're going to get to
a yes. And they aren't making any progress on getting
to a yes. That tells me that that side, the
Ukrainian side and the West, is being intransigent and they
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are not willing to come to the peace stable and
are not serious about achieving peace and stopping the killing
of what the Ukrainians, primarily young men and young women
that are dying in the thousands every single week. They
will never recover from this in my lifetime, and they
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will never get to the point where they can have
more resources available than the Russians, even if we sanction
the Russians fuel economy and crater that economy. They have
enough forces that they can continue this fight for as
long as they need to until the other side completely
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exhausts itself. And if they're not careful, there won't be
a Ukraine as a country. It'll just be a territory
in the Russian Federation as part of Russia. Because that's
the inevitability of this. They have to get to yes. Riley.
If they don't get to yes, I fear that that's
what's going to happen.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Completely agreed.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
I think a lot of people see that too and
are trying to steer things away from that direction, because
that's it seems almost inevitable at this point. But that
brings me to a just a hypothetical question for you, Colonel.
Let's say that Zelenski and the West of NATO meet
Putin where he is. They see Donetsk and Luhansk, maybe
they see crimea control of it which is long gone,
that's off the table, and they make a serious effort
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for peace, and we get to the terms of a
deal and both sides even accept it. From there, there's
a question about post war security. Now, some people in
Washington have floated this idea that the United States should
be directly involved in Ukraine's post war security. I want
to get your thoughts about that proposal.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
Totally unnecessary, but it won't be acceptable either. You know,
the United States military forces and NATO military forces are
in optimal positions for defense. There is no need for
any US forces ground or air or nable to be
involved in ensuring the Ukrainian security except in response if
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there is a response necessary because the Russians decide they're
going to come outside of Ukraine and outside of their
Federated States territory and try to attack a NATO nation.
We should be there for that for as long as
it's necessary to be there. But the Europeans really need
to be in the lead on this, and if they
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are going to step up and be the lead in NATO,
then they need to provide make sure those forces are
provided while the United States goes about addressing its real
adversary and it's real ding national interest, which is over
in the Endo Pacific against communists China.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Now, speaking of that, Colonel, I'd like to pivot for
just a moment to this rebrand taking the Department of
Defense and relabeling it as the Department of War, which
existed long before the DoD.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
What are your thoughts.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
About that move and the message it sends to our
adversaries on the world stage, like China.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
I think it's a great move. I totally agree with it.
You know, I hadn't thought of the idea of myself
this is a Trump administration idea, but it historically is accurate.
It returns us in the Department of War to our heritage,
and it's a heritage that's been successful not only on
individual battlefields, but in wars themselves. The three greatest wars
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that we have fought and won against major adversaries have
been the War for Independence, the American Revolution, and World
War One and World War Two. They were all done
under the War Department. And I think from that perspective
it's a really good move. But here's the other perspective, Riley.
I served my entire military service in the Department of Defense.
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So did my dad starting in the early nineteen fifties
when he started. And the perfume prince generals and admirals,
though they started appearing shortly after the Department of Defense
was created, because and the generals today, the retired ones
and the ones about to retire, are defending it in
this way because the missions expanded beyond war fighting. That
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was the turn that caused us to have the terrible
leadership that the United States has had in that battle
on the battlefield. Ever since we became the Department of
Defense is creating generals and admirals that are ladder climbing,
that are interested in more than being the most lethal
fighting force on the world that can win when America
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calls every single time, no matter what the circumstances are,
we can no longer do it. We haven't been able
to do it in decades. Decades. My friend and a
lot of American kids have died and have been severely wounded,
are in wheelchairs or amputees, those kind of things because
of this poor leadership. I want to see leadership improved.
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This is a good way to do it.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Absolutely completely agree with you there, colonel, and thank you
for your time today and your insights.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I greatly appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (17:05):
Ron.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Coming up next, while law enforcement agents investigate the murder
of a Ukrainian national aboard a train in North Carolina,
a constitutional attorney and legal analyst joins us to discuss
what to expect next. More details after the break.
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Speaker 1 (17:46):
Welcome back to the real Story. This next segment is
dedicated to the family of Irena Zarutzka, the twenty three
year old Ukrainian refugee who fled the horrors of war
in her own homeland, only to meet a senseless end,
a brutal one, right here on American soil. It was Friday,
August twenty second, and Zaruska was aboard a crowded Lynx
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Blue Line train in Charlotte, North Carolina, near the eighteen
hundred block of Camden Road, when she was fatally stabbed
without any provocation whatsoever. Surveillance footage, which only came to
light recently, even though the attack happened last month, captured
the entire gruesome scene, showing that she boarded the train,
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sat down in front of a total stranger, and was
then attacked with a pocket knife just moments later, suffering
wounds that claimed her life at the scene. Despite the
response from Charlotte Melkenberg police, this young woman, who had
just arrived here in the US seeking safety, refuge and
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a fresh start for her life, leaves behind grieving loved
ones who've turned a gofundmet to cover funerary costs for
her own aunt and uncle, representing what is clearly a
stark reminder of the fragility of hope in the face
of unimaginable loss. Then turning to the perpetrator and the
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immediate aftermath, authorities have identified thirty four year old to
Carlos Brown Junior.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
As the suspect.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
He was also hospitalized with non life threatening injuries from
the incident and faces impending charges of first degree murder.
Charlotte Mayer v Lyles called a senseless and tragic loss,
expressing heartbreak and a commitment to enhancing city safety, all
while extending prayers to Zerutzka's family during this unimaginable time. However,
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the tragedy itself has resonated far beyond local borders, drawing
commentary from national figures who echo the frustrations that many
people feel about the rise of violent crime in modern
America and the lack of of response to it as well.
And as we all reflect on this profound sorrow, and
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it really is a horrible situation, it's impossible not to
question the policy failures that allowed such evil to unfold
on public transit, especially for someone like Zarutzka, who escaped
one nightmare only to encounter another one here so here
with his thoughts, reaction, and legal analysis. Is Keith Gross,
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a legal analyst and constitutional attorney. Keith, thank you for
being here today.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
Thanks for having me on Relly.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
I just want to start, by the way, with a
moment of prayer for this girl's family. This is a
heartbreaking situation, a tragedy that never ever should have happened.
And we're going to get into more details, but I
just wanted to lead off with that and say that
I am praying for this girl's family and I want justice, Keith.
I want justice for this situation so bad. And I
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want to ask you what do you think justice looks
like in a situation like this one.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
I don't think this horrible predatory person should ever be
walking free on any American street again. But that was
probably true the last dozen times he was arrested. The
police are doing their job, they're arresting this dangerous predator,
but the courts and the prosecutors are letting them right
back out the back door. It's like American citizens are
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expected to deal with all of these dangerous predators. And
I'll point out it was a gun free zone on
that public transit system because that Blue City forbids people
even who have a concealed carry permit from carrying firearms
to defend themselves on those public transit trains. So you've
got a situation where you're not allowed to protect yourself
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and the government is not only not protecting you, they're
actively putting you in harms.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Way.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Not to get too far astray here, but you bring
up an excellent point that's extremely relevant here, So I
do want to follow up on this. We have the
Second Amendment for a reason just like this, for self defense,
and I'm wondering how on earth it's legal, if it
is at all, for local governments or state governments to
come in and say people like this don't have a
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lawful right to exercise their Second Amendment.
Speaker 7 (22:15):
We haven't had a Department of Justice willing to enforce
the Second Amendment for all US citizens. You know, the
Fourteenth Amendment is commonly trotted out every time there's some
allegation of racial discrimination, and the US Department of Justice
historically has used the Fourteenth Amendment to force states not
to discriminate based on race. When it comes to our
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right for self defense. We haven't seen a similar interest
in protecting that right. So I'm hopeful that the Civil
Rights Division at the US Department of Justice will start
filing suit against these cities and states which routinely violate
our Second Amendment rights. I don't think our founding fathers
ever expected us to live in a society where we
were defenseless victims to an increasing horde of horrifically predatory criminals.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Well said, and I think, as far as the founders
are concerned, the government was created to defend rights like
that one, not to run our lives. So clearly, this
is a big problem that needs to be addressed. But
speaking of other problems that should have been addressed that
could have prevented this horrific tragedy, let's talk about the
perpetrator for a moment. He was recently diagnosed as being schizophrenic.
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His own mother had recently filed for him to be
involuntarily committed due to the fact that he had been violent.
He had fourteen prior arrests, so a long, long criminal
rap sheet, and yet he was still on the streets.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Why is that, Keith?
Speaker 7 (23:43):
The courts don't have a great interest in locking people
up as much as they should. The police are doing
their job, They're arresting the bad guy. And then courts
are letting them go. When someone's been arrested a dozen times,
anyone with common sense would know that person is a
danger to the community and needs to be held.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
You're saying courts don't really have an interest in locking
people up, at least not people like this perpetrator. I
want to ask you why you think that is. Is
it political, is it ideological? What do you think is
really going on with that?
Speaker 7 (24:16):
There are multiple factors at play. One of them is
that courts and a lot of liberal politicians that make
the policies these courts are following, seem to have a
soft spot for criminals, especially some criminals who they believe
are somehow systemically disadvantaged. Okay, they're more interested in protecting
those rights than in protecting the innocent citizens that are
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being preyed upon.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
That's interesting. I was thinking the exact same thing, So
thank you for that, Keith. Now let's talk about what
happens next for this heinous perpetrator and the charges he
is going to be facing.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
What are your thoughts about that.
Speaker 7 (24:52):
Well, now that he's committed such a horrible act, he's
likely to actually be held accountable. But the real issue
is the lack of a willingness to hold people accountable
as they escalate through these repeated arrests and repeated crimes.
We saw the same thing with the person who Daniel
Penny in New York ended up wrestling to the ground, right.
He'd been arrested a whole bunch of times, and the
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court just keep letting them out until they do something
so horrible like this.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Well, it just and I guess the point I'm trying
to make here a little bit is that when you
see a situation like that happen over and over again,
that the conspiratorial part of me starts to think, maybe
these judges are actively trying to destabilize society. Obviously I
can't prove that, but you know, for your point as
well about common sense, what other possible explanation on this
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earth could there be for looking at someone like that
who's obviously very dangerous, disturbed and unstable, and saying we're
going to put them back out onto the streets.
Speaker 7 (25:50):
You know, in some cases, you know, I've seen it
happen in Florida, where until someone commits a felony, the
state is not willing to put out the resources necessary
to put them in an inpatient mental facility if that's
what's required. So when they only commit a misdemeanor, you've
got limited tools in your tool belt as a prosecutor
because the court's not willing to put them in jail
or you know, a committed mental facility for any extended
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period of time. And it's unfortunate. And you know, to
your point, sometimes the simplest explanation makes the most sense.
It does seem a lot like there is an increase
in crime so that the left can call for more
gun control.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Yes, and we're all.
Speaker 7 (26:28):
The victims here out in the public being stuck with
dangerous people.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
I'm glad you said that too. So that brings me
to my next point. Really, the punchline here for me,
the most important part of this whole story justice. And
it's a philosophical question, but I want to ask you
what justice looks like you have. This beautiful young girl
comes here from Ukraine, a war torn country, in search
of safety, security, refuge, a better life, opportunity for herself
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to start anew and move on from what's happening back
at home. Through no fault of her own, she is
randomly killed in North Carolina, of all places, a life
gone just like that, Keith. The mainstream media doesn't want
to talk about it whatsoever. Obviously, charges will be brought
against the perpetrator, But I want to ask you, on
a philosophical level, what do you think justice really looks like,
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Because as far as I'm concerned, life in prison just
isn't good enough.
Speaker 7 (27:26):
No. I think we all as Americans expect that there
will be capital punishment for someone that commits a first
degree murder like this. This was unprovoked. This girl didn't
even turn around behind here. She just trusted that the
other people around her were good people. And boy did
we let her down as a society. So I think
capital punishment is really the only answer here, but that
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doesn't bring her back. What we've got to really talk
about here, what we've got to think about is how
we prevent this situation from happening. And we prevent it
from happening by making it harder for criminals to prey
on a disarmed, vulnerable pop We've got to put police
out there who are willing to arrest people, prosecutors that
are willing to lock them up, courts that won't let
them back as soon as they're arrested and armed citizens
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willing to defend their fellow man. That's the solution.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
I completely agree with that, and thank you very much
for saying that. And given all the tragedy, I'll just
end again by saying I am praying for her family.
I'm praying for the people of North Carolina and really
for this country because we have a lot of work
to do, and you just laid out the plan perfectly, Keith,
So thank you for that.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Coming up next, one of the most important duties that
we all share as citizens is safeguarding our elections, and
that's exactly what the Save Act is designed to do.
Up next is a great American patriot who's holding a
rally this week on Capitol Hill to support that critical legislation.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
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Speaker 1 (29:16):
Welcome back to the Real Story. One of the many
hallmarks of America is the idea that people have the
right to choose their own leaders. It's a god given
right that's the government exists to protect. And the way
that we choose our leaders, of course, is through elections.
That's the only way in which we can really ensure
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that our leaders are held accountable for what they do.
And elections allow us to participate in governance. They build
trust in our country's institutions, and they ensure that everybody
gets a voice, and by everybody, we mean every American citizen.
And that's where the SAVE Act enters the picture. Known
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as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, if passed into law,
would require voters to prove their citizenship before they can
register to vote in federal elections. And even though the
House of Representatives advanced this bill rightfully back in April
of this year, the Senate is yet to approve it now.
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Opponents of the measure argue it could somehow disenfranchise millions
and millions of eligible voters who don't currently possess the
required documentation to prove their citizenship's status. But on the
flip side of that argument, proponents of it rightfully argue
that this bill would uphold the integrity of our elections,
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and one of those proponents also happens to be our
next guest today. In fact, her organization has spent the
last several weeks embarking on this nationwide bus tour to
support the Save Act, and they will actually be holding
a rally about it tomorrow on Capitol Hill. Utah Senator
Mike Lee and Texas Representative Chip Roy will both speak
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at the event, among some other bold American patriots who
truly care about upholding this country. And the goal, of course,
is to amp up the pressure on the Senate to
advance this critical legislation. After all, there's anything worth protecting,
it's the sanctity and integrity of our elections. Now here
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with more for us is Jenny Beth Martin, the honorary
chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action.
Speaker 2 (31:30):
Jenny, thank you for being here.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Thank you so much for having me Riley.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
So it really is amazing to have you. This is
such a critical issue for this country and it comes
at a really pivotal time for America too. So before
we get into the conversation, tell us a little bit
about your organization and this nationwide bus tour you guys
have embarked on.
Speaker 9 (31:51):
So Tea Party Patriots Action is one of the Tea
Party groups that formed to support at the national level,
that formed a support local groups as the modern day
Tea Party movement began back in two thousand and nine.
Speaker 4 (32:03):
Like we did then, we still.
Speaker 9 (32:05):
Stand for personal freedom, economic freedom, and a debt free future.
And we think one of the most important aspects of
personal freedom in this country is protecting our right to vote,
which is why we launched the Only Citizens Vote Bus
two or three weeks ago. We went all the way
across the country from California to North Carolina, then from
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Wisconsin to Maryland yesterday, and like you said, we're.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
Ending in DC tomorrow.
Speaker 9 (32:32):
We've had people sign our petitions supporting the Save Act,
which will require proof of citizenship to register to vote,
and we'll be delivering those on Capitol Hill. And we've
had fifty thousand people who have signed these petitions.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Wow, that is very interesting. So then are we to
assume that the reception generally to this bus tour has
been pretty good overall?
Speaker 4 (32:54):
Yeah, it's been really, really good.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
The activists who've shown up, of course, support the effort.
We've had a few protesters along the way, but when
I go and have conversations with them, I see some
of them seem to maybe have Trump derangement syndrome, and
I just go, Okay, so you have issues with the president.
I've had issues with other presidents. I get that, but
surely we can agree only American citizens should be voting
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in American elections.
Speaker 4 (33:20):
And they're like, well, yeah, I agree with that, but
I still don't like other things that the president does. Okay, fine,
but that's all we're.
Speaker 9 (33:28):
Talking about right now is making sure it's only American
citizens voting in our elections.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
That's really interesting. So I think based on that, could
do you think broadly speaking, that most Americans, even people
who aren't Conservatives or Republicans, support an idea like this
one absolutely.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
In fact, we've done polling on it two different times.
Speaker 9 (33:48):
Eighty seven percent of Americans agree only American citizens should
be voting in American elections for president, Senate, and Congress.
Eighty seven percent. That includes overse seventy five percent of Democrats,
over seventy five percent of Independence, over ninety percent of Republicans.
This is an issue that the vast majority of Americans
agree on. It's only the very radical fringe left who
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opposes it, and the Democrats in Congress who are just
playing partisan politics.
Speaker 4 (34:17):
But I think they're playing.
Speaker 9 (34:18):
These partisan politics on this issue at their peril because
their constituents agree with us on this issue.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
You know, to your point about the very small but
vocal few who do oppose it, I think it's really
just political honestly. But there are some people out there
who say, well, you know, it could disenfranchise people. What
do you say to them, Jenny.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
Well, the first thing that they really like to see
is it's going to disenfranchise women, because women change their
name when we get married. Well, I'm a woman, so
I actually think it's a little bit sexist to say
that I'm too dumb to figure out how to have
the documentation to prove I was born an America and
what my name is. But women one don't have to
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change their name, and two, if they choose to change
their name, they understand that they'll have to keep their
birth certificate and their marriage certificate pretty much right next
to each other. And then if they get divorced, they
also just keep that divorce decree and those are part
of the vital documents along with social Security information that
they keep handy, that they keep locked up and make
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sure that it's safe from fire and floods.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
We're used to doing this, We do it all the time.
Speaker 9 (35:28):
We have to have the same kind of documentation now
to get a real ID to get on an airplane
or to get into a federal building. The problem with
the real ID. Some people have said, well, why can't
you just accept a real.
Speaker 4 (35:41):
ID for voter registration?
Speaker 9 (35:43):
And that would be good, except that non citizens also
legally can get a real ID. And because of that,
it means that it could be a citizen who has
a real ID, but it may not be a citizen
who has a real ID.
Speaker 4 (35:57):
And most states do not indicate.
Speaker 9 (36:00):
Whether it is a citizen or a non citizen on
driver's licenses, and in fact, nineteen states allow non citizens
to get driver's license.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
That's really interesting. Thank you for bringing that information to light. Jenny.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Having said all of that, let's talk about this amazing
event that's upcoming tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
What can you share with us about it.
Speaker 9 (36:19):
Well, we're gathering on Upper Senate Park, which is one
of the parts that overlooks the capital, and we begin
at noon. We are going to have guests come in.
We'll have some speakers, including as you mentioned, Senator Mike Lee,
and Congressman Ship Roy, who are the original sponsors of
the bill. We have about fifteen or twenty other members
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of Congress who will be speaking, and then some of
our coalition partners like Cleta Mitchell from the Election Integrity Network,
Rosemary Jinks from the Immigration Accountability Project, and then and
that's nice, and the people who are coming will enjoy
hearing all of the speakers, and I think it's an
important aspect. But really then the work begins because after
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we finish with hearing from speakers, we're dividing everyone up
into groups and we're going to go deliver these petitions
that we've gathered to the Senate offices and to the
House offices. Now, the House has already passed the bill twice,
so the Senate is where most of our.
Speaker 4 (37:17):
Attention needs to be.
Speaker 9 (37:19):
But we're just going to make sure all members understand
they have constituents who want this bill passed and it's
time for the Senate to bring the bill to the
floor for them.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
I completely agree with that, and it really brings me
to my final question for you today, Jenny. So it
passed in the House, lots of support for it, but
it's still stalling.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
In the Senate. Why exactly do you think that is?
Speaker 4 (37:43):
Well, I think that it's shoefold one.
Speaker 9 (37:44):
When it was that it passed the House twice, once
in the last Congress and once in this Congress. So
in the last Congress, Senator Schumer was in charge and he.
Speaker 4 (37:53):
Wasn't going to have anything to do with this.
Speaker 9 (37:55):
Of course, in this one, Senator Thune is in charge,
and he's had to work on the one big beautiful
bill or the working Family tax cut bill, and then
he's also worked so hard on President Trump's nominees, and
I think he has to wigh do I bring bills
forward that we don't have the votes from the Democrats
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yet and they may fill a buster in and prevent
a vote.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
Do I spend the time on the floor with that,
or do I work on his nominees.
Speaker 9 (38:21):
And so I understand having to weigh, you know, what
is the best use of the Senate floor time, because
that is a bottleneck in the United States Senate. But
that's part of why we did the bus tour to
gather momentum, to gather more support so that we can
get this to the floor.
Speaker 4 (38:38):
For a vote.
Speaker 9 (38:39):
I'd love for it to be attached to legislation so
that Democrats would be likely to vote for, whether it's
a continuing resolution or a National Defense Authorization Act.
Speaker 4 (38:50):
Something like that.
Speaker 9 (38:51):
But if we can't get it attached to something, we
at least want to vote, so we know where these
senators stand.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
I love that idea, and I guess I would just
end by saying thank you for what you're doing. This
is such a critical issue for this country. It reminds
me of something President Trump has said time and time again.
America belongs to the American people, not to politicians, not
to corporations, not to people who come here illegally, not
to the people of Ukraine, but to the American citizenry.
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And this is such a crucial step that we can
take to make sure the only people who control the
direction this country goes in are its citizens. So, Jenny,
truly thank you for fighting this good fight, and I
wish you all the best of luck tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (39:32):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
Riley absolutely Coming up next, comedian Alex Stein joins us
to discuss two viral moments in the world of sports
that really showcase just how entitled adults are spoiling all
the fun for young fans out there, one ludicrous misstep
at a time. More details after the.
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Speaker 1 (40:17):
Welcome back to the real story. In a week that
exposed the ugly side of adult entitlement at America's premier
sports arenas, two viral outrages unfolded. First, a Polish ceo
snatches a tennis star's cap from a thrilled young boy
at the US Open in New York, while a so
called Phillies Karen wrestles a home run ball from the
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fans of a young fan or the hands of a
young fan in Miami, reminders that in the pursuit of glory,
some grown ups just can't resist playing the role of
playground bully. It all started Thursday at Flushing Meadows, where
a Polish underdog, Camille Masherzak world ranked seventy sixth, defeats
nine C Karen Katchenov and flings his cap to an
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eager kid in the crowd, but then enter the fifty
year old CEO of a Polish paving firm, drog Brook, who,
in a move straight out of a bad corporate merger playbook,
lunges forward and yanks it away, later insisting he thought
it was actually tossed his way, which nobody really believes.
Of course, the Internet erupted exploded, even dubbing him the
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King of Killjoys in a spectacle watched by thousands.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Yikes.
Speaker 1 (41:33):
Now by Monday, he issued a mea culpa, labeling this
a huge mistake in handing back the cap as Merzak,
sidelined by injury, personally met the boy over the weekend,
replacing the stolen swag with new gear and a genuine grin,
because apparently even executives need a lesson in sharing. But then,
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on Friday, at Lone Depot Park, Philadelphia, Phillies slugger Nick
Costillanos blasts a Homer into the stands amid a crowd
of fifteen thousand people, and nine year old Lincoln snatches
it fair and square, only for a woman in Philly's
gear to dive in like a Black Friday shopper, rip
it from his grasp and scream at the boy's father
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Drew Felwell that it's hers, capping it off with a
middle finger to the during fans. This ultimate Karen clip
went megaviral, fueling a national irol at the extremely ludicrous
sense of entitlement that some people possess.
Speaker 2 (43:00):
Ew dig it, pull you.
Speaker 1 (43:07):
But here's the twist in this disgusting farce. The woman
wrongly id'd online turned out to be innocent Red Sox
superfan Cheryl Richardson Wagner, who hilariously cleared her name.
Speaker 2 (43:19):
On Facebook saying this, I'm.
Speaker 1 (43:21):
Not the crazy filly mom, but I sure would love
to be as thin as she is and to move
as fast. I'm a Red Sox fan. The real thief
now remains unidentified, while Lincoln walked away with Marlin's merch
and Castianos's signed bat, proving that Karma at least knows
how to hit a fall bawl right back now. These
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incidents are certainly symptoms of a culture where angry boomers
attempt to hijack once in a lifetime kid's precious moments
like catching a home run ball from your favorite team
or getting a hat from your favorite star tennis player.
See sports should uplift the young, not let the entitled
karens of this world the party. Well, here with his
thoughts and reaction is Alex Stein, our resident favorite comedian
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and the host of Primetime with Alex Stein. Alex, thank
you for being here.
Speaker 10 (44:12):
Well, you know, it's always your privilege to come on
your show. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
Riley, You know that phillies, Karen, it reminds me of
these really just stereotypical, overbearing stage moms that have to
ruin everything for their kids in the school play.
Speaker 2 (44:24):
But what do you think about it?
Speaker 10 (44:26):
You know, it's ridiculous. And if you notice, not just
with the baseball thief, but the hat, the if you
look at him and they're both basically affluent white people,
and you know, this is the kind of Karen and
racism that is created by people that are annoying like this.
But see, this is the difference between what's going on
with people stealing a ball at a baseball game and
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what's going on at the Charlotte subway system where you know,
a Ukrainian refugee was brutally stabbed. So it's like we
see that video gets very little coverage on the news,
but then we see this woman at a baseball game
making a ball, which is absolutely terrible, but it's all
the media we'll talk about, So it's almost kind of
frustrating Riley, and I'm happy that we're covering this, But
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even though that, why do we give our attention to
stuff that, really, at the end of the day, is
stupid And I'm guilty of it, and I think we're
all guilty of it.
Speaker 2 (45:16):
Oh completely.
Speaker 1 (45:17):
We actually covered that story about the Ukrainian refugee on
the show earlier, but I want to get your thoughts
about why that is, because I have my own theory
about the mainstream media and their real priorities and their coverage,
but I want to get your thoughts about that too, alex.
Speaker 10 (45:31):
Well, I mean, of course, it was a horrible attack
what happened to the Ukrainian and it was obviously very
horrible what happened at this baseball game, But they're just
apples and orange is so different. And I just think
that there is such a media bias, And I just
saw that CNN said that they're going to try to
go and take away the bias from their journalism, which
is absolutely ridiculous because you know that they're always going
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to be biased. No matter what they say. So I
think that's what's happening is people are noticing that bias
Riley and the people are kind of getting frustrated, and
I can tell on Twitter and social media that people
are really really upset with what happened to this refugee
and all the media. What's to talk about is a
Karen that stole a ball and the kid got to
get a free baseball about I mean the kid, it
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ended up being the best thing ever that and for
the young kid that got the hat stolen because they
were victims, they ended up getting to meet the athletes
and having a much cooler experience. So in a way
you can almost say that those people even know what
they did is repugnant. They're kind of heroes for those
little kids in a way. But that will get all
the media coverage, but Ariyana from the Ukraine, a refugee,
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will get basically no coverage, and they love to talk
about the Ukraine, so it doesn't make sense for m.
Speaker 1 (46:39):
Absolutely, we found the only Ukrainian individual the legacy media
doesn't care about, supposedly, which is just really sad. It's
not even a joke, it's just sick and twisted and evil.
But it does bring me to my final question then,
for you, because you've been an observer of media for
a long time, a consumer of it, and you've been
immersed in the belly of the beast for so long
as a content creator yourself, do you have any hope
whatsoever that this overt left wing media bias will ever
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be course corrected or defeated or do you think it's
really just a constant in this world.
Speaker 10 (47:09):
Well, actually know, I do have a lot of hope.
Speaker 2 (47:11):
You know.
Speaker 10 (47:12):
I get to go and speak at a lot of colleges.
I'm very lucky, and I'm telling you I talk to
these kids rightly. When I was in college, I was awake,
but Barack Obama was president. I was like, I didn't
really know, you know, I didn't know his dark history.
At the time, I was just naive. I was a
college kids. But now I go to these campuses. These
kids are dialed in. They actually care, They're awake to
all the government corruptions. So I do think the future generations,
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if the Internet doesn't take them out and the marijuana
doesn't make them just basically, you know, have no drive
to be successful. I do think this The youngest generation
will wake up to a lot of the government lies,
and the media will start portraying that because the pendulum
is swinging. Joe Rogan's the biggest podcast he supported Trump,
So the media and culture is coming in a more
conservative direction. Then it's just we've got to count to
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the young people to kind of be awake, because what
is conservative is I want less government in my life.
And people are realizing the government is dysfunctional in every
aspect of their control of us, and people are going
to get frustrated with that. So I do think the
media will reflect that eventually.
Speaker 1 (48:10):
Agreed, dysfunctional, corrupt, rotten to the core. Any you want
to slice, I completely agree with you, Alex, and I
want to thank you for your time today.
Speaker 10 (48:18):
Truly, always a pleasure to talk to you again soon.
Speaker 1 (48:22):
Coming up next, a beloved female soccer player, Olympic gold
medalist and World Cup champion as Her Jersey, retired right
here in San Diego, California, and I was actually there
for the ceremony itself. More details about it after the break.
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Welcome back to the Real Story.
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On today's episode of Real Good News, we have some
great news about the recognition of a remarkable athlete whose determination,
excellence and achievement was recently recognized. Her name is Alex
Morgan and she played professional soccer for more than a decade.
Speaker 2 (49:24):
She's a beloved.
Speaker 1 (49:25):
Athlete all over the world who retired from the sport
just last September after playing for many different teams all
over this great country. Ultimately, she became many other things too,
like a FIFA World Cup champion, an Olympic gold medalist,
and even a mother. And she spent the last three
years of her career playing for a professional team right
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here in San Diego, California called Wave FC. That's also
where her jersey was retired and a heartwarming ceremony on
Sunday evening that I actually had the pleasure of attending
alongside a stadium full.
Speaker 2 (49:58):
Of roaring fans.
Speaker 1 (50:01):
Now, Morgan was a role model not just for little
girls on the sport everywhere, but also an inspiration for many,
including from mothers. Having returned to the pitch after giving birth.
Morgan also took the opportunity to thank the fans for
sticking right by her side for many, many years and
so that her time with the team may have seemed short,
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but that it was still the most transformative time for
her career and now her name will be forever etched
into soccer history and rightfully so. And that concludes today's broadcast.
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Welcome to the real story. I'm your host, Riley Lewis.
Thank you for joining us. Peace cannot be kept by force,
It can only be achieved by understanding. These are the
words of Albert Einstein, one of the most prolific figures
in all of human history, and a true genius if
there ever was one. Born in Germany on March fourteenth,
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eighteen seventy nine to a middle class Jewish family, Einstein
revolutionized the world of modern physics, proposing the theory of
relativity and contributing a great deal to the field of
quantum mechanics. In fact, his formula for mass energy equivalents
E equals mc squared is one of the most famous
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equations in all of science, and he completely changed how
people viewed the field itself, bringing this never ending sense
of curiosity and wonder about the world to everything that
he did. However, he was a whole lot more than
just a physicist. He was a visionary and a pioneer
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who understood some profound truths about the human experience, and
that brings us to his quote about peace. See Einstein
fled Germany in nineteen thirty two due to rising anti Semitism,
escaping the country shortly before the rise of the evil
Nazi regime, and he never returned to Germany thereafter. He
was also a very vocal pacifist throughout his lifetime. He
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believed in peace, He believed in non violence, and he
knew that peace itself couldn't be forced upon people through
threats of coercion or violence. He understood, like many others,
that the key to lasting and durable peace is through understanding,
and this concept certainly applies to the ongoing conflict between
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Russia and Ukraine. If this brutal and pointless war between
them is to end, then there must be some understanding
understanding about how this war really got started, understanding of
the extremely complex history between these two countries, and understanding
of the inner workings of the relationship between Russian President
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Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski. There must also
be some understanding out there about what the leaders of
both countries really want.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
See.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
They both want to be respected, they both want to
be seen, and they both want security guarantees for their countries,
Meaning Putin and Zelenski have far more in common with
each other than many people might think.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Now. With this war in its fourth year.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
The question of whether or not they'll ever make peace
with each other remains unanswered. But speaking of here's the
current status of this battle. Peace talks between Putin and
Zelenski are currently at a standstill, and the Trump administration
is showing some support for the idea of placing additional
sanctions on Russia to reignite those talks. In fact, Treasury
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Secretary Scotpsin spoke about these plans in an interview on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Take a look Russia.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Overnight, Russia hit Keev in the largest aerial attack on
the country since the war began, Mister secretaryat caused NATO,
in fact, to scramble jets.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
You have a very high.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Stakes meeting on Monday with key economic officials from European countries.
Is the administration prepared to impose sanctions against Russia now?
Speaker 5 (03:34):
A President Trump. Vice President Vance had a very productive
call with EU President Ursavanda Lauden on Friday. She followed
up with a call with me and we are talking
about what can the two EU and the US do together,
and we are prepared. We are prepared to increase pressure
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in Russia, but we need our European partners to follow us,
because if the US and the EU do this together,
we are in a race now between how long can
the Ukrainian military hold up versus how long can the
Russian economy hold up? And if the US and the
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EU can come in to more sanctioned secondary tariffs on
the countries that buy Russian oil, the Russian economy will
be in full collapse and that will bring President Putin
to the table.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
As they say, hope for the best, but plan for
the worst. Sanctions are certainly one way to get Putin's attention,
But in the meantime, his forces continue to advance on
the battlefield. Just in the last month or so, Russian
forces have captured more than two hundred square miles of
Ukrainian territory, and their attacks against Ukraine seem to be escalating.
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For example, Russia recently launched its largest air attack on
Ukraine since the war began in February of twenty twenty two,
striking an important gouvern building in Ukraine. The attack reportedly
happened in the dead of night, and Russian forces bombarded
cities with several missiles and hundreds of drones. The heart
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of Kiv, Ukraine's capital bore the brunt of this barbaric attack,
with the historic main government building in a certain district
set ablaze for the first time in the war, and
residential neighborhoods weren't spared from it either. In fact, in
one district, rubble buried innocent lives, including that of an
infant and a young woman, all while over twenty others
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were wounded in the capital city alone. Then further south
in the region of Odessa, three more civilians suffered injuries
as homes and infrastructure crumbled under this barrage, which supposedly
lasted for more than eleven hours. Then, in retaliation to it,
Ukrainian forces struck back at Russia's economic lifelines, targeting an
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oil pipeline and the Bryantsk region to cripple the funding
behind Putin's forces, and while Moscow's Defense ministry callously denied
civilian targeting, claiming strikes on military and transport sites only.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
But then, on top of it all, the.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Strike drew swift condemnation from several world leaders, including Keith Kellogg,
the US envoy to Ukraine, who labeled the strike as
a clear escalation, not a path to peace, then allies
such as the Prime Minister of Poland to cry delays
and strong action against Russia, all while European powers vow
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to support Kiev. So now the question really is where
exactly do we go from here? With tensions escalating, communities suffering,
lives being lost, and continued combat on the ground, the
Trump administration is pushing for peace like never before, but
ultimately the only people who can really end this fight
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are the ones fighting it. So what will Putin choose
to do and what will Zelenski choose to do? Only
time will tell. But here with his reaction and thoughts
is Colonel Rob Manus, a veteran of the US Air
Force with thirty two years of combat experience. Colonel thank
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you for your time today.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
Hi Reley, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
It's an honor truly, and I want to start with
this question about peace talks. What do you think is
the key to reigniting those discussions.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
Well, you know, the Russians never agreed to and this
all came out in the weeks after the discussion with
President Trump up in Alaska. They never agreed to having
European troops on the ground as a security guarantee on
that they did agree to allow security guarantees, but they
never agreed to having Western troops on the ground. And
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those that want to fuel this war in the West
proposed that that was the first sticking point in the
post Elmandorf Air Force Base discussions that appeared to go
so well, here's the other issue. The other issue is
the Western side doesn't want to stop buying Russian oil.
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The reason why Secretary Vessant said that the EU has
to come to the table and do their part is
because the EU spends more on Russian fuel and energy
than they do on the amount they've given to Ukraine
to defend itself. And here's another little, dirty, little secret
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is that if we put more sanctions on India because
they're buying Russian oil and refining it, that's going to
hurt the Ukrainians who import fifteen percent of their diesel
fuel from where India. It's based on refined Russian oil.
So it's a complex situation that's interwoven very intricately. That's
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why the EU would have to get on board with that. Look,
you know, the President of the United States wants to
achieve peace. But here's the one thing that hasn't happened
post Alaska is Ukraine hasn't come to the table and
acknowledge that they're in a situation where they cannot achieve
any more victory on the ground. Okay, they have to
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acknowledge that and start coming to the table to agree
to some of Russia's proposed terms. The Russians have proposed
more better terms than they ever have in this situation.
And the one sticking point that we all know about
is a small area of land in the Dunetsk region
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that Russia says it wants to have and it will
give up some of the area in the two western
o blasts that it already occupies to even those lines out.
In return for that, Ukrainians haven't stepped one foot forward
to try to come to yes on that. They've got
to figure out a way to get to yes. And
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the folks in the West, like General Keith Kellogg that
continue to push more war and more resources into this
fight and that desire are not helping this situation one bit.
It's a disservice to the President of the United States
and his effort to be known as the peace President.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
I completely agree with that, and I have two sort
of theories that I want to run by you as
well than Colonel So when it comes to Zelenski's approach
to these peace talks, will call them I'm wondering number
one my first theory. Do you think that they are
just Zelenski, NATO some people around President Trump. Do you
think they really believe and are stuck to this vision
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that somehow, some way, this non nuclear armed state Ukraine
can military defeat or defeat Russia Or do you think
it's more like they are just ideologically opposed to making
any concessions to someone like Putin.
Speaker 6 (10:53):
Well, I think it's a mixture of the two. There's
a small faction in the West and some of them
are American. Is that truly believe that they can still
achieve some sort of victory on the ground, which includes
taking all of the terrain that Russia now occupies that's
in the eastern Ukraine and Crimea. That's not possible without
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the United States and NATO entering the war on the
ground as full combatants. That is not going to happen.
The best deal the Ukrainians are ever going to get
is that some type of monitoring force on the ground
that they can find acceptable that's not made up of
Western troops from Europe or the United States at all,
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is agreed to an agree to some way, to find
some way to yes on at least some of this
ground that the Russians are asking for in the Neetsk.
That's the only way that they're going to get to
a yes. And they aren't making any progress on getting
to a yes. That tells me that that side, the
Ukrainian side and the West, is being intransigent and they
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are not willing to come to the peace stable and
are not serious about achieving peace and stopping the killing
of what the Ukrainians, primarily young men and young women
that are dying in the thousands every single week. They
will never recover from this in my lifetime, and they
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will never get to the point where they can have
more resources available than the Russians, even if we sanction
the Russians fuel economy and crater that economy. They have
enough forces that they can continue this fight for as
long as they need to until the other side completely
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exhausts itself. And if they're not careful, there won't be
a Ukraine as a country. It'll just be a territory
in the Russian Federation as part of Russia. Because that's
the inevitability of this. They have to get to yes. Riley.
If they don't get to yes, I fear that that's
what's going to happen.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Completely agreed.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
I think a lot of people see that too and
are trying to steer things away from that direction, because
that's it seems almost inevitable at this point. But that
brings me to a just a hypothetical question for you, Colonel.
Let's say that Zelenski and the West of NATO meet
Putin where he is. They see Donetsk and Luhansk, maybe
they see crimea control of it which is long gone,
that's off the table, and they make a serious effort
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for peace, and we get to the terms of a
deal and both sides even accept it. From there, there's
a question about post war security. Now, some people in
Washington have floated this idea that the United States should
be directly involved in Ukraine's post war security. I want
to get your thoughts about that proposal.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
Totally unnecessary, but it won't be acceptable either. You know,
the United States military forces and NATO military forces are
in optimal positions for defense. There is no need for
any US forces ground or air or nable to be
involved in ensuring the Ukrainian security except in response if
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there is a response necessary because the Russians decide they're
going to come outside of Ukraine and outside of their
Federated States territory and try to attack a NATO nation.
We should be there for that for as long as
it's necessary to be there. But the Europeans really need
to be in the lead on this, and if they
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are going to step up and be the lead in NATO,
then they need to provide make sure those forces are
provided while the United States goes about addressing its real
adversary and it's real ding national interest, which is over
in the Endo Pacific against communists China.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Now, speaking of that, Colonel, I'd like to pivot for
just a moment to this rebrand taking the Department of
Defense and relabeling it as the Department of War, which
existed long before the DoD.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
What are your thoughts.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
About that move and the message it sends to our
adversaries on the world stage, like China.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
I think it's a great move. I totally agree with it.
You know, I hadn't thought of the idea of myself
this is a Trump administration idea, but it historically is accurate.
It returns us in the Department of War to our heritage,
and it's a heritage that's been successful not only on
individual battlefields, but in wars themselves. The three greatest wars
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that we have fought and won against major adversaries have
been the War for Independence, the American Revolution, and World
War One and World War Two. They were all done
under the War Department. And I think from that perspective
it's a really good move. But here's the other perspective, Riley.
I served my entire military service in the Department of Defense.
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So did my dad starting in the early nineteen fifties
when he started. And the perfume prince generals and admirals,
though they started appearing shortly after the Department of Defense
was created, because and the generals today, the retired ones
and the ones about to retire, are defending it in
this way because the missions expanded beyond war fighting. That
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was the turn that caused us to have the terrible
leadership that the United States has had in that battle
on the battlefield. Ever since we became the Department of
Defense is creating generals and admirals that are ladder climbing,
that are interested in more than being the most lethal
fighting force on the world that can win when America
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calls every single time, no matter what the circumstances are,
we can no longer do it. We haven't been able
to do it in decades. Decades. My friend and a
lot of American kids have died and have been severely wounded,
are in wheelchairs or amputees, those kind of things because
of this poor leadership. I want to see leadership improved.
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This is a good way to do it.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Absolutely completely agree with you there, colonel, and thank you
for your time today and your insights.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I greatly appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (17:05):
Ron.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Coming up next, while law enforcement agents investigate the murder
of a Ukrainian national aboard a train in North Carolina,
a constitutional attorney and legal analyst joins us to discuss
what to expect next. More details after the break.
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Speaker 1 (17:46):
Welcome back to the real Story. This next segment is
dedicated to the family of Irena Zarutzka, the twenty three
year old Ukrainian refugee who fled the horrors of war
in her own homeland, only to meet a senseless end,
a brutal one, right here on American soil. It was Friday,
August twenty second, and Zaruska was aboard a crowded Lynx
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Blue Line train in Charlotte, North Carolina, near the eighteen
hundred block of Camden Road, when she was fatally stabbed
without any provocation whatsoever. Surveillance footage, which only came to
light recently, even though the attack happened last month, captured
the entire gruesome scene, showing that she boarded the train,
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sat down in front of a total stranger, and was
then attacked with a pocket knife just moments later, suffering
wounds that claimed her life at the scene. Despite the
response from Charlotte Melkenberg police, this young woman, who had
just arrived here in the US seeking safety, refuge and
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a fresh start for her life, leaves behind grieving loved
ones who've turned a gofundmet to cover funerary costs for
her own aunt and uncle, representing what is clearly a
stark reminder of the fragility of hope in the face
of unimaginable loss. Then turning to the perpetrator and the
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immediate aftermath, authorities have identified thirty four year old to
Carlos Brown Junior.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
As the suspect.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
He was also hospitalized with non life threatening injuries from
the incident and faces impending charges of first degree murder.
Charlotte Mayer v Lyles called a senseless and tragic loss,
expressing heartbreak and a commitment to enhancing city safety, all
while extending prayers to Zerutzka's family during this unimaginable time. However,
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the tragedy itself has resonated far beyond local borders, drawing
commentary from national figures who echo the frustrations that many
people feel about the rise of violent crime in modern
America and the lack of of response to it as well.
And as we all reflect on this profound sorrow, and
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it really is a horrible situation, it's impossible not to
question the policy failures that allowed such evil to unfold
on public transit, especially for someone like Zarutzka, who escaped
one nightmare only to encounter another one here so here
with his thoughts, reaction, and legal analysis. Is Keith Gross,
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a legal analyst and constitutional attorney. Keith, thank you for
being here today.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
Thanks for having me on Relly.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
I just want to start, by the way, with a
moment of prayer for this girl's family. This is a
heartbreaking situation, a tragedy that never ever should have happened.
And we're going to get into more details, but I
just wanted to lead off with that and say that
I am praying for this girl's family and I want justice, Keith.
I want justice for this situation so bad. And I
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want to ask you what do you think justice looks
like in a situation like this one.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
I don't think this horrible predatory person should ever be
walking free on any American street again. But that was
probably true the last dozen times he was arrested. The
police are doing their job, they're arresting this dangerous predator,
but the courts and the prosecutors are letting them right
back out the back door. It's like American citizens are
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expected to deal with all of these dangerous predators. And
I'll point out it was a gun free zone on
that public transit system because that Blue City forbids people
even who have a concealed carry permit from carrying firearms
to defend themselves on those public transit trains. So you've
got a situation where you're not allowed to protect yourself
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and the government is not only not protecting you, they're
actively putting you in harms.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Way.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Not to get too far astray here, but you bring
up an excellent point that's extremely relevant here, So I
do want to follow up on this. We have the
Second Amendment for a reason just like this, for self defense,
and I'm wondering how on earth it's legal, if it
is at all, for local governments or state governments to
come in and say people like this don't have a
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lawful right to exercise their Second Amendment.
Speaker 7 (22:15):
We haven't had a Department of Justice willing to enforce
the Second Amendment for all US citizens. You know, the
Fourteenth Amendment is commonly trotted out every time there's some
allegation of racial discrimination, and the US Department of Justice
historically has used the Fourteenth Amendment to force states not
to discriminate based on race. When it comes to our
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right for self defense. We haven't seen a similar interest
in protecting that right. So I'm hopeful that the Civil
Rights Division at the US Department of Justice will start
filing suit against these cities and states which routinely violate
our Second Amendment rights. I don't think our founding fathers
ever expected us to live in a society where we
were defenseless victims to an increasing horde of horrifically predatory criminals.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Well said, and I think, as far as the founders
are concerned, the government was created to defend rights like
that one, not to run our lives. So clearly, this
is a big problem that needs to be addressed. But
speaking of other problems that should have been addressed that
could have prevented this horrific tragedy, let's talk about the
perpetrator for a moment. He was recently diagnosed as being schizophrenic.
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His own mother had recently filed for him to be
involuntarily committed due to the fact that he had been violent.
He had fourteen prior arrests, so a long, long criminal
rap sheet, and yet he was still on the streets.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Why is that, Keith?
Speaker 7 (23:43):
The courts don't have a great interest in locking people
up as much as they should. The police are doing
their job, They're arresting the bad guy. And then courts
are letting them go. When someone's been arrested a dozen times,
anyone with common sense would know that person is a
danger to the community and needs to be held.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
You're saying courts don't really have an interest in locking
people up, at least not people like this perpetrator. I
want to ask you why you think that is. Is
it political, is it ideological? What do you think is
really going on with that?
Speaker 7 (24:16):
There are multiple factors at play. One of them is
that courts and a lot of liberal politicians that make
the policies these courts are following, seem to have a
soft spot for criminals, especially some criminals who they believe
are somehow systemically disadvantaged. Okay, they're more interested in protecting
those rights than in protecting the innocent citizens that are
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being preyed upon.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
That's interesting. I was thinking the exact same thing, So
thank you for that, Keith. Now let's talk about what
happens next for this heinous perpetrator and the charges he
is going to be facing.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
What are your thoughts about that.
Speaker 7 (24:52):
Well, now that he's committed such a horrible act, he's
likely to actually be held accountable. But the real issue
is the lack of a willingness to hold people accountable
as they escalate through these repeated arrests and repeated crimes.
We saw the same thing with the person who Daniel
Penny in New York ended up wrestling to the ground, right.
He'd been arrested a whole bunch of times, and the
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court just keep letting them out until they do something
so horrible like this.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Well, it just and I guess the point I'm trying
to make here a little bit is that when you
see a situation like that happen over and over again,
that the conspiratorial part of me starts to think, maybe
these judges are actively trying to destabilize society. Obviously I
can't prove that, but you know, for your point as
well about common sense, what other possible explanation on this
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earth could there be for looking at someone like that
who's obviously very dangerous, disturbed and unstable, and saying we're
going to put them back out onto the streets.
Speaker 7 (25:50):
You know, in some cases, you know, I've seen it
happen in Florida, where until someone commits a felony, the
state is not willing to put out the resources necessary
to put them in an inpatient mental facility if that's
what's required. So when they only commit a misdemeanor, you've
got limited tools in your tool belt as a prosecutor
because the court's not willing to put them in jail
or you know, a committed mental facility for any extended
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period of time. And it's unfortunate. And you know, to
your point, sometimes the simplest explanation makes the most sense.
It does seem a lot like there is an increase
in crime so that the left can call for more
gun control.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Yes, and we're all.
Speaker 7 (26:28):
The victims here out in the public being stuck with
dangerous people.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
I'm glad you said that too. So that brings me
to my next point. Really, the punchline here for me,
the most important part of this whole story justice. And
it's a philosophical question, but I want to ask you
what justice looks like you have. This beautiful young girl
comes here from Ukraine, a war torn country, in search
of safety, security, refuge, a better life, opportunity for herself
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to start anew and move on from what's happening back
at home. Through no fault of her own, she is
randomly killed in North Carolina, of all places, a life
gone just like that, Keith. The mainstream media doesn't want
to talk about it whatsoever. Obviously, charges will be brought
against the perpetrator, But I want to ask you, on
a philosophical level, what do you think justice really looks like,
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Because as far as I'm concerned, life in prison just
isn't good enough.
Speaker 7 (27:26):
No. I think we all as Americans expect that there
will be capital punishment for someone that commits a first
degree murder like this. This was unprovoked. This girl didn't
even turn around behind here. She just trusted that the
other people around her were good people. And boy did
we let her down as a society. So I think
capital punishment is really the only answer here, but that
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doesn't bring her back. What we've got to really talk
about here, what we've got to think about is how
we prevent this situation from happening. And we prevent it
from happening by making it harder for criminals to prey
on a disarmed, vulnerable pop We've got to put police
out there who are willing to arrest people, prosecutors that
are willing to lock them up, courts that won't let
them back as soon as they're arrested and armed citizens
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willing to defend their fellow man. That's the solution.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
I completely agree with that, and thank you very much
for saying that. And given all the tragedy, I'll just
end again by saying I am praying for her family.
I'm praying for the people of North Carolina and really
for this country because we have a lot of work
to do, and you just laid out the plan perfectly, Keith,
So thank you for that.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Coming up next, one of the most important duties that
we all share as citizens is safeguarding our elections, and
that's exactly what the Save Act is designed to do.
Up next is a great American patriot who's holding a
rally this week on Capitol Hill to support that critical legislation.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
More details about it after the break.
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Speaker 1 (29:16):
Welcome back to the Real Story. One of the many
hallmarks of America is the idea that people have the
right to choose their own leaders. It's a god given
right that's the government exists to protect. And the way
that we choose our leaders, of course, is through elections.
That's the only way in which we can really ensure
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that our leaders are held accountable for what they do.
And elections allow us to participate in governance. They build
trust in our country's institutions, and they ensure that everybody
gets a voice, and by everybody, we mean every American citizen.
And that's where the SAVE Act enters the picture. Known
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as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, if passed into law,
would require voters to prove their citizenship before they can
register to vote in federal elections. And even though the
House of Representatives advanced this bill rightfully back in April
of this year, the Senate is yet to approve it now.
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Opponents of the measure argue it could somehow disenfranchise millions
and millions of eligible voters who don't currently possess the
required documentation to prove their citizenship's status. But on the
flip side of that argument, proponents of it rightfully argue
that this bill would uphold the integrity of our elections,
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and one of those proponents also happens to be our
next guest today. In fact, her organization has spent the
last several weeks embarking on this nationwide bus tour to
support the Save Act, and they will actually be holding
a rally about it tomorrow on Capitol Hill. Utah Senator
Mike Lee and Texas Representative Chip Roy will both speak
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at the event, among some other bold American patriots who
truly care about upholding this country. And the goal, of course,
is to amp up the pressure on the Senate to
advance this critical legislation. After all, there's anything worth protecting,
it's the sanctity and integrity of our elections. Now here
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with more for us is Jenny Beth Martin, the honorary
chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action.
Speaker 2 (31:30):
Jenny, thank you for being here.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Thank you so much for having me Riley.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
So it really is amazing to have you. This is
such a critical issue for this country and it comes
at a really pivotal time for America too. So before
we get into the conversation, tell us a little bit
about your organization and this nationwide bus tour you guys
have embarked on.
Speaker 9 (31:51):
So Tea Party Patriots Action is one of the Tea
Party groups that formed to support at the national level,
that formed a support local groups as the modern day
Tea Party movement began back in two thousand and nine.
Speaker 4 (32:03):
Like we did then, we still.
Speaker 9 (32:05):
Stand for personal freedom, economic freedom, and a debt free future.
And we think one of the most important aspects of
personal freedom in this country is protecting our right to vote,
which is why we launched the Only Citizens Vote Bus
two or three weeks ago. We went all the way
across the country from California to North Carolina, then from
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Wisconsin to Maryland yesterday, and like you said, we're.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
Ending in DC tomorrow.
Speaker 9 (32:32):
We've had people sign our petitions supporting the Save Act,
which will require proof of citizenship to register to vote,
and we'll be delivering those on Capitol Hill. And we've
had fifty thousand people who have signed these petitions.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Wow, that is very interesting. So then are we to
assume that the reception generally to this bus tour has
been pretty good overall?
Speaker 4 (32:54):
Yeah, it's been really, really good.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
The activists who've shown up, of course, support the effort.
We've had a few protesters along the way, but when
I go and have conversations with them, I see some
of them seem to maybe have Trump derangement syndrome, and
I just go, Okay, so you have issues with the president.
I've had issues with other presidents. I get that, but
surely we can agree only American citizens should be voting
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in American elections.
Speaker 4 (33:20):
And they're like, well, yeah, I agree with that, but
I still don't like other things that the president does. Okay, fine,
but that's all we're.
Speaker 9 (33:28):
Talking about right now is making sure it's only American
citizens voting in our elections.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
That's really interesting. So I think based on that, could
do you think broadly speaking, that most Americans, even people
who aren't Conservatives or Republicans, support an idea like this
one absolutely.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
In fact, we've done polling on it two different times.
Speaker 9 (33:48):
Eighty seven percent of Americans agree only American citizens should
be voting in American elections for president, Senate, and Congress.
Eighty seven percent. That includes overse seventy five percent of Democrats,
over seventy five percent of Independence, over ninety percent of Republicans.
This is an issue that the vast majority of Americans
agree on. It's only the very radical fringe left who
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opposes it, and the Democrats in Congress who are just
playing partisan politics.
Speaker 4 (34:17):
But I think they're playing.
Speaker 9 (34:18):
These partisan politics on this issue at their peril because
their constituents agree with us on this issue.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
You know, to your point about the very small but
vocal few who do oppose it, I think it's really
just political honestly. But there are some people out there
who say, well, you know, it could disenfranchise people. What
do you say to them, Jenny.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
Well, the first thing that they really like to see
is it's going to disenfranchise women, because women change their
name when we get married. Well, I'm a woman, so
I actually think it's a little bit sexist to say
that I'm too dumb to figure out how to have
the documentation to prove I was born an America and
what my name is. But women one don't have to
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change their name, and two, if they choose to change
their name, they understand that they'll have to keep their
birth certificate and their marriage certificate pretty much right next
to each other. And then if they get divorced, they
also just keep that divorce decree and those are part
of the vital documents along with social Security information that
they keep handy, that they keep locked up and make
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sure that it's safe from fire and floods.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
We're used to doing this, We do it all the time.
Speaker 9 (35:28):
We have to have the same kind of documentation now
to get a real ID to get on an airplane
or to get into a federal building. The problem with
the real ID. Some people have said, well, why can't
you just accept a real.
Speaker 4 (35:41):
ID for voter registration?
Speaker 9 (35:43):
And that would be good, except that non citizens also
legally can get a real ID. And because of that,
it means that it could be a citizen who has
a real ID, but it may not be a citizen
who has a real ID.
Speaker 4 (35:57):
And most states do not indicate.
Speaker 9 (36:00):
Whether it is a citizen or a non citizen on
driver's licenses, and in fact, nineteen states allow non citizens
to get driver's license.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
That's really interesting. Thank you for bringing that information to light. Jenny.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Having said all of that, let's talk about this amazing
event that's upcoming tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
What can you share with us about it.
Speaker 9 (36:19):
Well, we're gathering on Upper Senate Park, which is one
of the parts that overlooks the capital, and we begin
at noon. We are going to have guests come in.
We'll have some speakers, including as you mentioned, Senator Mike Lee,
and Congressman Ship Roy, who are the original sponsors of
the bill. We have about fifteen or twenty other members
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of Congress who will be speaking, and then some of
our coalition partners like Cleta Mitchell from the Election Integrity Network,
Rosemary Jinks from the Immigration Accountability Project, and then and
that's nice, and the people who are coming will enjoy
hearing all of the speakers, and I think it's an
important aspect. But really then the work begins because after
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we finish with hearing from speakers, we're dividing everyone up
into groups and we're going to go deliver these petitions
that we've gathered to the Senate offices and to the
House offices. Now, the House has already passed the bill twice,
so the Senate is where most of our.
Speaker 4 (37:17):
Attention needs to be.
Speaker 9 (37:19):
But we're just going to make sure all members understand
they have constituents who want this bill passed and it's
time for the Senate to bring the bill to the
floor for them.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
I completely agree with that, and it really brings me
to my final question for you today, Jenny. So it
passed in the House, lots of support for it, but
it's still stalling.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
In the Senate. Why exactly do you think that is?
Speaker 4 (37:43):
Well, I think that it's shoefold one.
Speaker 9 (37:44):
When it was that it passed the House twice, once
in the last Congress and once in this Congress. So
in the last Congress, Senator Schumer was in charge and he.
Speaker 4 (37:53):
Wasn't going to have anything to do with this.
Speaker 9 (37:55):
Of course, in this one, Senator Thune is in charge,
and he's had to work on the one big beautiful
bill or the working Family tax cut bill, and then
he's also worked so hard on President Trump's nominees, and
I think he has to wigh do I bring bills
forward that we don't have the votes from the Democrats
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yet and they may fill a buster in and prevent
a vote.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
Do I spend the time on the floor with that,
or do I work on his nominees.
Speaker 9 (38:21):
And so I understand having to weigh, you know, what
is the best use of the Senate floor time, because
that is a bottleneck in the United States Senate. But
that's part of why we did the bus tour to
gather momentum, to gather more support so that we can
get this to the floor.
Speaker 4 (38:38):
For a vote.
Speaker 9 (38:39):
I'd love for it to be attached to legislation so
that Democrats would be likely to vote for, whether it's
a continuing resolution or a National Defense Authorization Act.
Speaker 4 (38:50):
Something like that.
Speaker 9 (38:51):
But if we can't get it attached to something, we
at least want to vote, so we know where these
senators stand.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
I love that idea, and I guess I would just
end by saying thank you for what you're doing. This
is such a critical issue for this country. It reminds
me of something President Trump has said time and time again.
America belongs to the American people, not to politicians, not
to corporations, not to people who come here illegally, not
to the people of Ukraine, but to the American citizenry.
(39:19):
And this is such a crucial step that we can
take to make sure the only people who control the
direction this country goes in are its citizens. So, Jenny,
truly thank you for fighting this good fight, and I
wish you all the best of luck tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (39:32):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
Riley absolutely Coming up next, comedian Alex Stein joins us
to discuss two viral moments in the world of sports
that really showcase just how entitled adults are spoiling all
the fun for young fans out there, one ludicrous misstep
at a time. More details after the.
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Speaker 1 (40:17):
Welcome back to the real story. In a week that
exposed the ugly side of adult entitlement at America's premier
sports arenas, two viral outrages unfolded. First, a Polish ceo
snatches a tennis star's cap from a thrilled young boy
at the US Open in New York, while a so
called Phillies Karen wrestles a home run ball from the
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fans of a young fan or the hands of a
young fan in Miami, reminders that in the pursuit of glory,
some grown ups just can't resist playing the role of
playground bully. It all started Thursday at Flushing Meadows, where
a Polish underdog, Camille Masherzak world ranked seventy sixth, defeats
nine C Karen Katchenov and flings his cap to an
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eager kid in the crowd, but then enter the fifty
year old CEO of a Polish paving firm, drog Brook, who,
in a move straight out of a bad corporate merger playbook,
lunges forward and yanks it away, later insisting he thought
it was actually tossed his way, which nobody really believes.
Of course, the Internet erupted exploded, even dubbing him the
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King of Killjoys in a spectacle watched by thousands.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Yikes.
Speaker 1 (41:33):
Now by Monday, he issued a mea culpa, labeling this
a huge mistake in handing back the cap as Merzak,
sidelined by injury, personally met the boy over the weekend,
replacing the stolen swag with new gear and a genuine grin,
because apparently even executives need a lesson in sharing. But then,
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on Friday, at Lone Depot Park, Philadelphia, Phillies slugger Nick
Costillanos blasts a Homer into the stands amid a crowd
of fifteen thousand people, and nine year old Lincoln snatches
it fair and square, only for a woman in Philly's
gear to dive in like a Black Friday shopper, rip
it from his grasp and scream at the boy's father
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Drew Felwell that it's hers, capping it off with a
middle finger to the during fans. This ultimate Karen clip
went megaviral, fueling a national irol at the extremely ludicrous
sense of entitlement that some people possess.
Speaker 2 (43:00):
Ew dig it, pull you.
Speaker 1 (43:07):
But here's the twist in this disgusting farce. The woman
wrongly id'd online turned out to be innocent Red Sox
superfan Cheryl Richardson Wagner, who hilariously cleared her name.
Speaker 2 (43:19):
On Facebook saying this, I'm.
Speaker 1 (43:21):
Not the crazy filly mom, but I sure would love
to be as thin as she is and to move
as fast. I'm a Red Sox fan. The real thief
now remains unidentified, while Lincoln walked away with Marlin's merch
and Castianos's signed bat, proving that Karma at least knows
how to hit a fall bawl right back now. These
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incidents are certainly symptoms of a culture where angry boomers
attempt to hijack once in a lifetime kid's precious moments
like catching a home run ball from your favorite team
or getting a hat from your favorite star tennis player.
See sports should uplift the young, not let the entitled
karens of this world the party. Well, here with his
thoughts and reaction is Alex Stein, our resident favorite comedian
(44:06):
and the host of Primetime with Alex Stein. Alex, thank
you for being here.
Speaker 10 (44:12):
Well, you know, it's always your privilege to come on
your show. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
Riley, You know that phillies, Karen, it reminds me of
these really just stereotypical, overbearing stage moms that have to
ruin everything for their kids in the school play.
Speaker 2 (44:24):
But what do you think about it?
Speaker 10 (44:26):
You know, it's ridiculous. And if you notice, not just
with the baseball thief, but the hat, the if you
look at him and they're both basically affluent white people,
and you know, this is the kind of Karen and
racism that is created by people that are annoying like this.
But see, this is the difference between what's going on
with people stealing a ball at a baseball game and
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what's going on at the Charlotte subway system where you know,
a Ukrainian refugee was brutally stabbed. So it's like we
see that video gets very little coverage on the news,
but then we see this woman at a baseball game
making a ball, which is absolutely terrible, but it's all
the media we'll talk about, So it's almost kind of
frustrating Riley, and I'm happy that we're covering this, But
(45:08):
even though that, why do we give our attention to
stuff that, really, at the end of the day, is
stupid And I'm guilty of it, and I think we're
all guilty of it.
Speaker 2 (45:16):
Oh completely.
Speaker 1 (45:17):
We actually covered that story about the Ukrainian refugee on
the show earlier, but I want to get your thoughts
about why that is, because I have my own theory
about the mainstream media and their real priorities and their coverage,
but I want to get your thoughts about that too, alex.
Speaker 10 (45:31):
Well, I mean, of course, it was a horrible attack
what happened to the Ukrainian and it was obviously very
horrible what happened at this baseball game, But they're just
apples and orange is so different. And I just think
that there is such a media bias, And I just
saw that CNN said that they're going to try to
go and take away the bias from their journalism, which
is absolutely ridiculous because you know that they're always going
(45:52):
to be biased. No matter what they say. So I
think that's what's happening is people are noticing that bias
Riley and the people are kind of getting frustrated, and
I can tell on Twitter and social media that people
are really really upset with what happened to this refugee
and all the media. What's to talk about is a
Karen that stole a ball and the kid got to
get a free baseball about I mean the kid, it
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ended up being the best thing ever that and for
the young kid that got the hat stolen because they
were victims, they ended up getting to meet the athletes
and having a much cooler experience. So in a way
you can almost say that those people even know what
they did is repugnant. They're kind of heroes for those
little kids in a way. But that will get all
the media coverage, but Ariyana from the Ukraine, a refugee,
(46:34):
will get basically no coverage, and they love to talk
about the Ukraine, so it doesn't make sense for m.
Speaker 1 (46:39):
Absolutely, we found the only Ukrainian individual the legacy media
doesn't care about, supposedly, which is just really sad. It's
not even a joke, it's just sick and twisted and evil.
But it does bring me to my final question then,
for you, because you've been an observer of media for
a long time, a consumer of it, and you've been
immersed in the belly of the beast for so long
as a content creator yourself, do you have any hope
whatsoever that this overt left wing media bias will ever
(47:04):
be course corrected or defeated or do you think it's
really just a constant in this world.
Speaker 10 (47:09):
Well, actually know, I do have a lot of hope.
Speaker 2 (47:11):
You know.
Speaker 10 (47:12):
I get to go and speak at a lot of colleges.
I'm very lucky, and I'm telling you I talk to
these kids rightly. When I was in college, I was awake,
but Barack Obama was president. I was like, I didn't
really know, you know, I didn't know his dark history.
At the time, I was just naive. I was a
college kids. But now I go to these campuses. These
kids are dialed in. They actually care, They're awake to
all the government corruptions. So I do think the future generations,
(47:34):
if the Internet doesn't take them out and the marijuana
doesn't make them just basically, you know, have no drive
to be successful. I do think this The youngest generation
will wake up to a lot of the government lies,
and the media will start portraying that because the pendulum
is swinging. Joe Rogan's the biggest podcast he supported Trump,
So the media and culture is coming in a more
conservative direction. Then it's just we've got to count to
(47:55):
the young people to kind of be awake, because what
is conservative is I want less government in my life.
And people are realizing the government is dysfunctional in every
aspect of their control of us, and people are going
to get frustrated with that. So I do think the
media will reflect that eventually.
Speaker 1 (48:10):
Agreed, dysfunctional, corrupt, rotten to the core. Any you want
to slice, I completely agree with you, Alex, and I
want to thank you for your time today.
Speaker 10 (48:18):
Truly, always a pleasure to talk to you again soon.
Speaker 1 (48:22):
Coming up next, a beloved female soccer player, Olympic gold
medalist and World Cup champion as Her Jersey, retired right
here in San Diego, California, and I was actually there
for the ceremony itself. More details about it after the break.
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Speaker 2 (49:05):
Welcome back to the Real Story.
Speaker 1 (49:07):
On today's episode of Real Good News, we have some
great news about the recognition of a remarkable athlete whose determination,
excellence and achievement was recently recognized. Her name is Alex
Morgan and she played professional soccer for more than a decade.
Speaker 2 (49:24):
She's a beloved.
Speaker 1 (49:25):
Athlete all over the world who retired from the sport
just last September after playing for many different teams all
over this great country. Ultimately, she became many other things too,
like a FIFA World Cup champion, an Olympic gold medalist,
and even a mother. And she spent the last three
years of her career playing for a professional team right
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here in San Diego, California called Wave FC. That's also
where her jersey was retired and a heartwarming ceremony on
Sunday evening that I actually had the pleasure of attending
alongside a stadium full.
Speaker 2 (49:58):
Of roaring fans.
Speaker 1 (50:01):
Now, Morgan was a role model not just for little
girls on the sport everywhere, but also an inspiration for many,
including from mothers. Having returned to the pitch after giving birth.
Morgan also took the opportunity to thank the fans for
sticking right by her side for many, many years and
so that her time with the team may have seemed short,
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but that it was still the most transformative time for
her career and now her name will be forever etched
into soccer history and rightfully so. And that concludes today's broadcast.
We truly hope you enjoyed it, and remember we always
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