July 16, 2025 • 37 mins
Hour 2 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a high-impact hour of political analysis, media scrutiny, and breaking developments surrounding the Biden administration. Clay and Buck focus heavily on the growing controversy over Former President Joe Biden’s cognitive health, highlighting recent congressional hearings where top aides and White House officials—including Biden’s physician and senior advisor Anthony Bernal—invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned about the president’s fitness for office. This fuels speculation of a coordinated cover-up and raises constitutional concerns about the use of executive power. The segment explores the implications of the 25th Amendment, with Clay and Buck arguing that Biden’s condition warranted removal from office. They compare the media’s treatment of Trump versus Biden, emphasizing what they see as a double standard in accountability and legal consequences. The discussion also touches on the Autopen scandal, where Biden allegedly signed off on presidential pardons without direct involvement—an issue Trump calls one of the biggest scandals in American history. The hour also features commentary on Alan Dershowitz’s Wall Street Journal editorial defending Trump’s lack of involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein case. Dershowitz, Epstein’s former attorney, claims there is no evidence implicating Trump and criticizes conspiracy theories surrounding the case. The hosts use this to reinforce Trump’s position and argue that media focus on Epstein is a distraction from more pressing issues like the economy and border security. Listeners call in to express frustration over perceived legal double standards in Washington, particularly the harsh treatment of January 6 defendants compared to the lack of accountability for Democrats. The hosts echo this sentiment, arguing that political bias influences who faces consequences. In a forward-looking segment, the show shifts to the AI and energy revolution, spotlighting a $90 billion investment in Pennsylvania’s AI infrastructure. Senator Dave McCormick and Google’s plans to upgrade hydroelectric power plants are discussed as part of a broader trend toward AI-driven economic growth. The hosts emphasize the massive energy demands of AI data centers and the need for affordable, scalable power solutions—highlighting nuclear and fossil fuels as likely necessities. The hour closes with a positive outlook for Republicans in the 2026 midterms, citing Cook Political Report data showing the GOP with a net pickup advantage in House races. The hosts stress the importance of maintaining momentum and avoiding distractions, urging Trump’s team to focus on core issues like the economy, immigration, and crime.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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(00:31):
Show our number two. Appreciate all of you hanging out
with us. I'm down in Atlanta, Georgia. Fabulous spot awesome
All Star game last night that ended near midnight. For
those of you who stayed up and watched it ended
in a home run derby. Producer Ali said even she
couldn't escape it while she was in her gym. We
(00:52):
are here, I am here. I want to thank Atlanta's
Extra one oh six point three FM. They are our
affiliate here in Atlanta and they do a fabulous job
of hosting me one of six point three FM. I
know many of you have been listening on that broadcast network,
so we thank you. Bucked is down in Miami, we
broke down the latest from the president's address with the media,
(01:15):
basically a running press conference he had for a long
period of time. I think we needed tally through July
coming up at the end of the month. I can't
imagine that any president has ever taken more questions from
the media in the first six months of his presidency
than President Trump has. And he has been weighing in
(01:37):
on a variety of different subjects. So I want to
dive into some of these that I believe are consequential.
And I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention, I really,
because it's kind of unprecedented. Was it earlier this week
or last week? Team look this up. I think it
(01:58):
was last week that. In fact, I'm pretty sure that
it was Joe Biden's doctor took the Fifth Amendment when
he was asked about whether there was a conspiracy to
cover up the mental and physical health of Joe Biden
inside of the White House. Took the Fifth Amendment. Pretty
I thought significant detail, and we talked about that last week.
(02:21):
But some people said, well, he's a doctor he's got
the out of hippa. And I tried to distinguish between
a patient diagnosis and a doctor being told, hey, no
matter what your diagnosis is, wink wink, nudge, nudge, this
guy is going to be okay. Right, that would be
a conspiracy potentially, now, Anthony Bernall, and I know Buck
(02:46):
is disappointed in me, but I read all of Original Sin,
and Anthony Bernall is a huge character in this book
because he is basically Jill Biden's personal staffer who is
in chargearge of messaging. And as you read the book,
is no great surprise that doctor Joe Biden was among
(03:07):
the most vociferous of Joe Biden's defenders and constantly saying
that he was fine and there were no issues. And
Anthony Bernall was sort of her eyes and ears inside
of all top White House meetings, and he was often
dictating policy. He just took the Fifth two. They called
him up to Capitol Hill. They asked him whether or
(03:29):
not there had been a conspiracy to protect Joe Biden,
and he also took the Fifth Amendment. Here's cut one.
James Comer is hosting these hearings. Here is what was
said about yet another top Biden official now taking the
Fifth Amendment rather than answering questions.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Well, unfortunately, that was quick.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
This is the second witness that we've brought in the
a subpoena for a deposition that has pled the fifth,
and they've stated they're not going to enter questions. I
want to read the first two questions just so everyone knows.
These are the types of questions we asked, was Joe
Biden fit to exercise the duties of the president?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
He pled the fifth?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Second question, did any unelected official or family member execute
the duties of the presidency?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
And this is Joe Biden's chief of staff.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Those are really very broad. Easily I would argue avoided
legal questions that he pled the fifth for again, a
second figure buck here is my reading of the tea
leaves here. I don't know this to be true. Let
(04:41):
me be clear. I feel like there may be somebody
who is singing like a canary inside of the Biden administration,
because otherwise the logic behind these guys taking the Fifth
doesn't add up. He could just say no, there was
no conspiracy. I thought Joe Biden was perfectly fine to
(05:02):
be president of the United States. Those are his opinions.
The fact that he's not waiting into it at all
after the presidential physician did not weigh in at all,
makes me wonder, where are these guys thinking there is
legal peril? What are they afraid of? Because the history,
as all of you know, has been basically anybody in
(05:24):
power can do anything they want except for Trump, and
there's never charges brought. Something.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Well, I was going to say something to keep in
mind is that the president has been very clearly set.
They send Bennon to prison, they send Navarro to prison,
you know, the over an executive privilege claim that I
think was entirely valid, and yet they sent them to
They actually made senior presidential advisors go to prison. So,
(05:52):
you know, Clay, on the one hand, it's deeply suspicious,
even though I know it's so funny. Whether you like
someone or not is what determines whether you like or
whether you defend their their use of the Fifth Amendment
as just the process or suspicious, right is It's It's like,
what is it? I think John hamm in uh in
not The Departed, the Town, the town you know in
(06:15):
the movie with with Ben Affleck about the bank robbers. Yes,
he's he plays an FBI guide. He says, he's like, look,
people who lawyer are upper guilty. That's what he says.
And you know, if you're the FBI guy, you maybe
think that. I think that on this issue, they recognize
that the Trump administration and Congress specifically in this case
(06:35):
will make examples out of people who lie. And they
don't know what other people are gonna say about what
they knew, uh and when they knew it. So the
smart if Clay, let's let's take it to this level,
if you were their lawyer, if you were there their
consolieri on this one for a Biden senior, Biden aid,
wouldn't you say no benefit in testifying plead the fifth?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Maybe? But this is why I think they know more
than we do publicly. Why the maybe though?
Speaker 5 (07:05):
Right?
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Like, what possible upside for them could there be other
than causing legal jeopardy for themselves. They already look horrible
because Biden had dementia and we all knew that they
hit it and they all knew right, So there's the
reputational damage I think is already done.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
I would actually if I thought I had done nothing wrong,
I would actually want to sit down and go under
oath and tell you that all of the attacks are wrong.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
But you know what happened. They would ask them. They
would sit them down with this burn burnall guy. They
would sit him down and they would say, you didn't.
Speaker 6 (07:38):
Like you really didn't know that there was a problem
your buddy, you didn't see him.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I get it. But he can just he can just
say no.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
I think the story here, I think you would look
hyposterous if he said no, though, is the problem? Like
he would look like a total clown and a joker
if he actually tried that.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Now, maybe, but maybe, But I think the story here
is from a legal perspective. I think they're afraid somebody's flipped.
And that is the legal peril because if everybody just says, hey,
all hands in the center of the ring, we're all
gonna say Biden was fit as a fiddle and we're
just gonna ride or die on this forever. If everybody
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agrees to lie and or give their impression that there
was nothing wrong with him, then the charade can continue.
But as soon as one guy or gal says, hey,
we had a meeting and somebody came in and said, hey,
here is the reality, we are going to say that
(08:37):
Biden is fit as a fiddle, even though we know
that to not be true. And we've got the doctor
who's gonna say every time, hey, I did a full
examination of him. Everything's good. If one guy or gal
comes out and says that, just think about this buck,
think about the lunatic people. On the jan sixth investigations,
(08:58):
they put Cassie Hutchinson under oath I think that was
her name, Cassidy maybe, and she said, yes, she said
Trump tried to strangle the driver of the beast. I mean,
remember they had her under oath, saying that as hearsay
that she supposedly had been told from somebody else, and
the media all ran and covered it like it was
(09:19):
the gospel truth. And Trump, to his credit, came out
and said, have you seen the guys that are actually
in charge of protecting me? If I could strangle or
they would not be back with, you know, one flip
of the wrist. But they were able to flip some
people to get them to say something negative. So far,
that hasn't happened inside of the Biden inner circle. I'm
(09:39):
just saying the Fifth Amendment suggests to me that there
is some concern about legal peril. I don't think it's
related to how are you going to look publicly. I
think it's that they maybe have somebody who is going
to testify to the opposite of you, and you could
be in trouble if you get caught a thwart that test.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Well, of course you always put the you plead the
fifth because of the possibility of legal power, right, you
avoid self incrimination. So yeah, that's that's a given. I
think the question is why why wouldn't you know? Why
would for them? From their perspective, there's nothing Let me
let me ask you this, there's no outside from them
(10:20):
testifying about this because they're gonna look like liars and
clowns no matter what, even if they're not prosecuted.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's my contention. I can see that argument. Did Fauci
ever take the fifth on anything? Nobody that he did?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Fauci was very good at you know, well, they were
like a lot of data to look at, and then
he thought that.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
As a result. Though, I think there are some people
out there that would still say Anthony Fauci is just
renewing his call for Fauci to face DOJ prosecution. I
think that was like a couple of days ago. Yeah,
I think that's right, but I give credit. I don't
know that I've ever given credit to Fauci ever before
(11:00):
he didn't take that Fifth Amendment out and he argued
that he had done nothing wrong. I'm surprised that Biden
team is not continuing to go down with ss Biden
and saying, hey, because now it's on the historical record,
you've already the die is cast. You were engaged in
(11:21):
a cover up. You might as lie and say he
didn't have any cognitive decline all the way down. Now
we've got another cut here, and I think Trump is
right about this. And Trump said, hey, this auto pin thing,
which we have talked about some is a big deal.
The New York Times dropped this story on Sunday, and
a lot of people have ignored it. But I do
think it is a big story. And listened to him saying, hey,
(11:43):
this is the story that should be getting a lot
of attention, not Epstein, which is what he said just
a few minutes ago. Listen to this.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
He doesn't have a policy, some lunatic around the desk
kind of policy. Whoever operated the autopen had a policy,
which is by the way, I think the biggest scandal
that's the scandal they should be talking about, not.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Jeffrey Epstein. The SIANDLE you.
Speaker 7 (12:06):
Should be talking about is the autopen because I think
it's the biggest scandal one of them in American history.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
This is again for those of you who didn't read
this stuff. Biden did his first interview with The New
York Times in five years. May alarm bells go off
when I see Biden doing an interview with anybody that
they feel like they're in peril if you go read
what he said to try to defend himself, and during
the autopen thing, basically he had no idea who they
were partning. And I think this goes to the larger
(12:38):
context which Comer is investigating right now, which is, hey,
who was actually president of the United States and who
was executing the authority? Think about how bad Biden is
that they wouldn't even let him just sign stuff, right,
this guy they didn't trust to such an extent that
they were using auto pins on incredibly significant stuff. And
(13:00):
I think we had an audio clip of Trump saying, yeah, look,
the autopin in general is used, but it's usually used
when it's like, hey, a seven year old wrote in,
and you want to send him back a letter and
acknowledge that the seven year old was there. This is
how it's usually used, not for super significant things like pardons.
Trump has these signing ceremonies where he makes sure everybody
(13:23):
sees him sign significant stuff. I'm not saying he can't
ever use an autopin, but it shouldn't be for the
presidential pardons.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
We use this term the apparatus for the Democrats so
many times, and it seems that the apparatus was doing
the pardons the collective the top of the hive mind
inside the White House, because it wasn't Biden's mind. And
this is once again for anybody who says it's not
important or we should move on from that story, from
(13:51):
the Biden story, I just point out, if nothing else,
the American people should have a full accounting of how
dishonest the Democrats were in all all respects about Biden
and how they're willing to trample on the rule of law,
in the Constitution itself, in the wielding of executive power.
And they should keep that in mind when the Democrats
are saying, oh, put us in charge will be better
on healthcare or something in the midterms. This stuff matters.
(14:14):
It does matter. Their record matters because we also talk
about how Trump is doing phenomenal in the economy, in
the border, and crime is going down and all these
great things. People need to be reminded because the greatest,
the greatest asset the Democrats have is the public ignorance
of how they actually govern. That's the biggest thing that
helps Democrats. So we don't want to let that be
an asset for them. So they can take power again
(14:37):
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of your talkbacks in your calls as well. We were
just discussing the scandal that Trump does want everyone to
(15:54):
dive into, which is very real, and the more proof
we have, the worse the whole thing looks. And that
is the Biden dementia cover up and the wielding of
power in a president's name, a president not of sound mind,
who should have been removed via the twenty fifth Amendment.
All that is true. All that is just open and
out there for everyone to see. I still remember Klay.
(16:17):
Some of the most absurd anti Trump news cycles from
the first term were.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
The twenty fifth Amendment.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
People around him say he's crazy, he has to be
removed with the twenty fifth Amendment, and then the Democrats
had a president that truly, truly by the book and
medically needed to be removed via the twenty fifth Amendment.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Let's take some of these here. Lou from New Jersey
listens on WOOR. This is EE on the talkback list.
Let's hit it.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
I think you guys are missing the point.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
People are frustrated that nobody gets punished for anything in Washington.
If you're connected, you get off, we go to jail,
we get fired, not them.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
I think we're very were aware of this and talk
about it all the time. Actually, so look, we agree
with you, but we don't agree that this is not
something that is a frustration that we share.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
The only I get it. The only people, it seems like,
who have really faced excessive consequences for illegal behavior are
the people who walked into the Capitol on January sixth.
If you walked into the Capitol on January sixth, they
came after you like you were the biggest criminal in
(17:30):
the history of the United States. I mean, that was
the that was the mindset, that was the goal, that
was the intent of the entire Biden administration. And I
think people can sit back and say who has been
held accountable on the left, like the right was held
accountable for jan six And the answer is basically nobody.
(17:51):
And I get it. I get the huge frustration associated
with that because there is the expectation and Trump is
an example of this as well, that if you do
something wrong and your political views are right leaning, you
will face the full fury and consequence of your behavior.
If you do anything wrong and you are left leaning,
(18:12):
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Speaker 1 (19:28):
I wanted to mention this because we said earlier that
we would reach out to Alan Dershowitz because there's been
viral videos circulating from Alan Dershowitz about the Epstein case.
This is from the Wall Street Journal editorial page today
in the newspaper, and the headline is the inside Scoop
on Jeffrey Epstein. Subheading I was as lawyer, I know
(19:51):
things the court orders won't allow me to disclose, and
I think this is interesting. Again, this is from Alan Dershwitz,
and I do think we should discuss this and put
it out there into the larger community, because I haven't
seen this discussed about or talked about that much. Here.
I'm going to read a couple of excerpts from this,
and again we've asked Alan Dershowitz if he wants to
(20:13):
come on. I was Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer. I know the facts,
some of which I can't disclose because it's privileged or
subject to court impost sealing orders. But I can disclose
several important things and make them clear. One. Epstein never
created a client list. The FBI interviewed alleged victims who
named several quote clients. These names have been redacted. They
(20:36):
should be disclosed, but the courts have ordered them sealed.
I know who they are. They don't include any current
office holders. We don't know whether the accusations are true.
Courts have also sealed negative information about some of the
accusers to protect them and nobody. According to Dershowitz, can
(20:58):
disregard these court orders and release them. He says the
media can and should petition the courts for the release
of all names and info so the public can draw
its own conclusions. He says also there has been speculation
about videos taken by hidden cameras in Epstein's guest bedrooms.
There are videotapes, but they're of public areas. Of his
(21:21):
Palm Beach floor to home. Epstein these, I'm not aware
of any video cameras in guest bedrooms. And then he
goes into the Trump relationship. And I do think this
is significant because Elon Musk, among others, has said, hey,
Trump is involved in this, and that's why this is
not occurring. So he says, open records show an acquaintance
(21:41):
between Epstein and Trump many years ago. That relationship ended
when Trump reportedly banned Epstein from mar A Lago, long
before becoming president. And this is a quote from Alan Dershowitz.
I have seen nothing that would suggest anything improper or
even questionable by Trump. And he says also, I have
(22:04):
absolutely no doubt Epstein never worked for any inte intelligence agency.
If he had, he would have told me and his
other lawyers, and we would have used that information to
get him a better deal. And he wasn't satisfied with
the so called sweetheart deal that he got. He also says,
my sources in Israel have confirmed he had no connection
(22:25):
to Israeli intelligence. I'm reading from Alan Dershwitz that false
story recently peddled by Tucker Carlson probably came from Robert Maxwell.
Who was the father of Epstein's former girlfriend, who did
work with Massad. And then here is his close And
again this is Alan Dershowitz's words, because we played audio
from him talking about the larger Epstein story last week.
(22:48):
I believe conspiracy stories attract readers, viewers, and listeners. They're
fodder for political attacks. The Epstein case has generated more
than its share of such theories. And there's nothing more
annoying to gossip mongers than when stubborn facts or the
absence of facts get in the way of a juicy theory.
Sorry to disappoint you, but there is really nothing much
(23:11):
to see here beyond what has already been disclosed. And again,
Alan Dershowitz, who was the defense attorney for Jeffrey Epstein.
You can agree or disagree with it, but that is
out there on the Wall Street Journal editorial page today.
Now we will invite Alan Dershowitz on. But I mean buck,
(23:34):
I mean I can speak as a defense attorney. If
you lie to your defense attorney about anything, you are
a moron, because by and large, the defense attorney can
only defend you to the best of his ability if
you give him full information so that he can best
(23:55):
utilize those facts to try and provide the best defense.
I thought, personally, it was very interesting in this editorial
that he says Epstein wasn't happy with the deal that
he got, and if he had been an intelligence asset,
that he would have given it to his defense attorney
because it would have been negotiating leverage. But that didn't happen.
(24:16):
Also that there is no significant smoking gun related to Trump,
because some people out there, including those on the left,
are arguing that Trump is not releasing this information because
he is personally culpable. So I do think that is
super significant, newsworthy story because of Epstein and Dershowitz connection.
(24:37):
So I wanted to share it with all of you
and make sure that you could consider it as you
continue to analyze this.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
I think right now we have nothing beyond that that
is the full story and Dershowitz and the editorial rather
that he wrote on it, and we are up to
speed everybody. So I agree with the emails that are
coming in saying let's focus on America, the economy and
what's actually happening right now. If there's more, and I
hope there's no unnecessary tweets about a story we don't
(25:08):
have to talk about anymore. But if there's more, you know,
then it becomes news again. But I think we've said
what we can say right now and that's where we are.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And so it goes the angle in general that I
would advise, like, let's pretend the White House is listening
right now. I would say Trump has said everything that
he can say on this issue. I would put it
to rest. And if they asked me, hey, if there
is going to be some further disclosure, hey we can
(25:38):
talk about it. I do think this is a messy
distraction for Trump, and I think his team has not
put it away as they should have, and I think
that it is distracting from the successes that they're having.
And where I would sign on to his analogy is
(25:58):
you know this buck, And we've talked about it a
lot on the program. Often times where opposition, particularly Democrats,
have been super successful with Trump is not in actually
nailing him criminally or having any kind of politically consequential
impact Peachman or otherwise, but they are so good at
(26:20):
draining momentum by turning a process based investigation into such
a time draining exercise that it ends up being able
to detract from the overall success. This was the story
of Trump one point zero. They were able using this
Russia collusion wy to turn it into a multi year
(26:42):
distraction that kept Trump from being as effective as he
otherwise would have been. I think Trump is now looking
at this larger Epstein story, and the reason he is
saying it is a hoax is He's one. He knows
a lot of the things that Alan Dershowitz has said,
probably because he's talked to Dershowitz quite a lot, because
Dershowitz was a so Trump's attorney, but also because he
(27:03):
knows that distractions in terms of the political universe are
their own punishment because they keep him from being able
to focus on economy, border crime, the three things that
he was elected to focus on.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
Like, for example, yesterday, our friend Senator Dave McCormick from
the Great State of Pennsylvania was speaking about what's going
on with AI and energy. Just one of the reasons
these things can go together, or should you have to
think of these things as going together.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Is the energy.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
The electricity needs of some of these AI facilities are
going to be astronomical. You know, for a while people
were talking about how much juice, if you will, is
needed to mine cryptocurrency and how that was, And there's
like these cryptocurrency mining farms out there, and it needs
(27:56):
all this electricity, and the electricity bill is so expensive
that it actually is not worth it to mind crypto
for some people.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Anyway.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
The things that you're going to see, I mean, Google
is investing in setting up hydro or rather in taking
over I believe, some hydro electric dams. This is the
kind of energy needs. They're going to have to have
their own power plants and own power supplies to be
able to handle the electronic load of these AI based facilities.
(28:27):
So it's it's fascinating what's going on and here is
because it's going to change the world we live in
in very real ways. Remember the Jetsons, I might finally
get that robot butler I've always wanted, you know what
I mean? Or she was a nanny, I'm a housekeeper whatever, Yes,
but yeah, it was rosy.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Back in the day. Was the Jetson's robot made. But
she was very good. I also would like to have
the George Jetson personal flight vehicle to be able to
avoid all traffic. Back in the day, vertical takeoff and
vertical takeoff aircraft are going to become a very real
thing here too. They're not going to be able to
do it everywhere, but it's I think within five years
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you're going to start to see they use this for
certain routes where they have these craft and it's like
a car that flies a little bit but can take
off vertically and land vertically. I think you're going to
see it in certain places. This is going to be happening,
and the technology exists. This is now just a question
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of implementation, regulation making this profitable business. Anyway.
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Here's Senator McCormick used to run a huge hedge fund,
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So Google Clay is going to invest twenty five billion
dollars in data centers and AI infrastructure, and they're also
working on a I believe they have a deal in
place for two hydro power plants in Pennsylvania. They are
going to be upgraded and licensed for the needs of
Google's AI infrastructure. So this isn't like, hey, guys, maybe
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Speaker 1 (30:57):
This is happening right now. I do think this is
not getting enough attention. The amount of data and power
that is going to be necessary to create the AI
revolution in the United States is going to require power
that we have not created so far. I think we're
going to have to go after nuclear I think we're
going to have to go after more, frankly oil based
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power sources. But I know in my home city of Nashville,
we own several different commercial buildings. The number of people
that are suddenly reaching out and saying, hey, can we
put an AI data center here has kind of staggered me.
And in Tennessee, where we are because we have TVA
related power, which tends to be very affordable there. I
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think the Memphis has one of the top XAI facilities now.
But where your power grid is and what the cost
of power is is being aggressively analyzed right now for
purposes of where can these AI data generating centers be
put in place? And it's going to create a huge
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early to talk midterms, but guess what, it's not that early.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
It's already going to be coming upon us here pretty quickly.
This has cut thirty three.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
It looks like Republicans might be in a pretty good
place for the house play.
Speaker 10 (34:53):
It house seat ratings with a GOP president like back
in two thousand and five, and of course twenty seventeen,
more net pickup seat chances.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
Well, last time around.
Speaker 10 (35:02):
Look at that Democrats were head by thirty three seats.
How about two thousand and five, Democrats were head by
seven seats. What's going on right now, it's actually Republicans,
Actually Republicans with more net pickup chances at plus twelve
according to the Cook Political Report, when you add in
the likelys, the leans, and the toss up races. So
it's not just on the generic ballot where Democrats are
behind their twenty seventeen in two thousand and five pace.
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It's actually when it comes seat by seat you see
that at least at this particular point, Republicans actually have
more net pickup opportunities. This doesn't look anything like those
wave elections back in two thousand and six or two
thousand and eight.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
This is huge. I mean, honestly, if you want to
look forward, I feel like the Senate very good position.
I think it's going to be hard. Doesn't mean everybody
doesn't need to go out and vote, work to your
diligent best. Here in the state of Georgia, Osoff should
not win again. You talked about this when we had
the Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp on Monday book, and
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it's true. The Republican Party has tripped all over itself
and ended up giving the Democrats two seats in the
state of Georgia to represent this state. That should not happen.
At an absolute worst case scenario, there should be one
Republican seat one Democrat seat in the state of Georgia.
But the House, my goodness, the House is going to
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be on tenter hooks. It's going to be super close,
and they're going to impeach Trump if they win, and
they're going to completely derail his ability to have a
substantial agenda for the back half of his overall term
in office. So next November, I know, we're not that
far away. This is going to be incredibly important for
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Trump and his agenda and it's why, frankly, they need
to move so fast right now, because they got about
a year to do everything they want. And then we'll
go to the polls and find out whether the Republicans
are going to maintain control on Capitol Hill.
Speaker 4 (36:56):
Coming back here in a second, we'll take a look
at the economy and also more on the immigration battle
that is underway. And sure enough, there are efforts to
try to get amnesty discussed, and we're going to discuss
that here, So stick around
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Show our number two. Appreciate all of you hanging out
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know many of you have been listening on that broadcast network,
so we thank you. Bucked is down in Miami, we
broke down the latest from the president's address with the media,
(01:15):
basically a running press conference he had for a long
period of time. I think we needed tally through July
coming up at the end of the month. I can't
imagine that any president has ever taken more questions from
the media in the first six months of his presidency
than President Trump has. And he has been weighing in
(01:37):
on a variety of different subjects. So I want to
dive into some of these that I believe are consequential.
And I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention, I really,
because it's kind of unprecedented. Was it earlier this week
or last week? Team look this up. I think it
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was last week that. In fact, I'm pretty sure that
it was Joe Biden's doctor took the Fifth Amendment when
he was asked about whether there was a conspiracy to
cover up the mental and physical health of Joe Biden
inside of the White House. Took the Fifth Amendment. Pretty
I thought significant detail, and we talked about that last week.
(02:21):
But some people said, well, he's a doctor he's got
the out of hippa. And I tried to distinguish between
a patient diagnosis and a doctor being told, hey, no
matter what your diagnosis is, wink wink, nudge, nudge, this
guy is going to be okay. Right, that would be
a conspiracy potentially, now, Anthony Bernall, and I know Buck
(02:46):
is disappointed in me, but I read all of Original Sin,
and Anthony Bernall is a huge character in this book
because he is basically Jill Biden's personal staffer who is
in chargearge of messaging. And as you read the book,
is no great surprise that doctor Joe Biden was among
(03:07):
the most vociferous of Joe Biden's defenders and constantly saying
that he was fine and there were no issues. And
Anthony Bernall was sort of her eyes and ears inside
of all top White House meetings, and he was often
dictating policy. He just took the Fifth two. They called
him up to Capitol Hill. They asked him whether or
(03:29):
not there had been a conspiracy to protect Joe Biden,
and he also took the Fifth Amendment. Here's cut one.
James Comer is hosting these hearings. Here is what was
said about yet another top Biden official now taking the
Fifth Amendment rather than answering questions.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Well, unfortunately, that was quick.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
This is the second witness that we've brought in the
a subpoena for a deposition that has pled the fifth,
and they've stated they're not going to enter questions. I
want to read the first two questions just so everyone knows.
These are the types of questions we asked, was Joe
Biden fit to exercise the duties of the president?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
He pled the fifth?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Second question, did any unelected official or family member execute
the duties of the presidency?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
And this is Joe Biden's chief of staff.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Those are really very broad. Easily I would argue avoided
legal questions that he pled the fifth for again, a
second figure buck here is my reading of the tea
leaves here. I don't know this to be true. Let
(04:41):
me be clear. I feel like there may be somebody
who is singing like a canary inside of the Biden administration,
because otherwise the logic behind these guys taking the Fifth
doesn't add up. He could just say no, there was
no conspiracy. I thought Joe Biden was perfectly fine to
(05:02):
be president of the United States. Those are his opinions.
The fact that he's not waiting into it at all
after the presidential physician did not weigh in at all,
makes me wonder, where are these guys thinking there is
legal peril? What are they afraid of? Because the history,
as all of you know, has been basically anybody in
(05:24):
power can do anything they want except for Trump, and
there's never charges brought. Something.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Well, I was going to say something to keep in
mind is that the president has been very clearly set.
They send Bennon to prison, they send Navarro to prison,
you know, the over an executive privilege claim that I
think was entirely valid, and yet they sent them to
They actually made senior presidential advisors go to prison. So,
(05:52):
you know, Clay, on the one hand, it's deeply suspicious,
even though I know it's so funny. Whether you like
someone or not is what determines whether you like or
whether you defend their their use of the Fifth Amendment
as just the process or suspicious, right is It's It's like,
what is it? I think John hamm in uh in
not The Departed, the Town, the town you know in
(06:15):
the movie with with Ben Affleck about the bank robbers. Yes,
he's he plays an FBI guide. He says, he's like, look,
people who lawyer are upper guilty. That's what he says.
And you know, if you're the FBI guy, you maybe
think that. I think that on this issue, they recognize
that the Trump administration and Congress specifically in this case
(06:35):
will make examples out of people who lie. And they
don't know what other people are gonna say about what
they knew, uh and when they knew it. So the
smart if Clay, let's let's take it to this level,
if you were their lawyer, if you were there their
consolieri on this one for a Biden senior, Biden aid,
wouldn't you say no benefit in testifying plead the fifth?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Maybe? But this is why I think they know more
than we do publicly. Why the maybe though?
Speaker 5 (07:05):
Right?
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Like, what possible upside for them could there be other
than causing legal jeopardy for themselves. They already look horrible
because Biden had dementia and we all knew that they
hit it and they all knew right, So there's the
reputational damage I think is already done.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
I would actually if I thought I had done nothing wrong,
I would actually want to sit down and go under
oath and tell you that all of the attacks are wrong.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
But you know what happened. They would ask them. They
would sit them down with this burn burnall guy. They
would sit him down and they would say, you didn't.
Speaker 6 (07:38):
Like you really didn't know that there was a problem
your buddy, you didn't see him.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I get it. But he can just he can just
say no.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
I think the story here, I think you would look
hyposterous if he said no, though, is the problem? Like
he would look like a total clown and a joker
if he actually tried that.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Now, maybe, but maybe, But I think the story here
is from a legal perspective. I think they're afraid somebody's flipped.
And that is the legal peril because if everybody just says, hey,
all hands in the center of the ring, we're all
gonna say Biden was fit as a fiddle and we're
just gonna ride or die on this forever. If everybody
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agrees to lie and or give their impression that there
was nothing wrong with him, then the charade can continue.
But as soon as one guy or gal says, hey,
we had a meeting and somebody came in and said, hey,
here is the reality, we are going to say that
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Biden is fit as a fiddle, even though we know
that to not be true. And we've got the doctor
who's gonna say every time, hey, I did a full
examination of him. Everything's good. If one guy or gal
comes out and says that, just think about this buck,
think about the lunatic people. On the jan sixth investigations,
(08:58):
they put Cassie Hutchinson under oath I think that was
her name, Cassidy maybe, and she said, yes, she said
Trump tried to strangle the driver of the beast. I mean,
remember they had her under oath, saying that as hearsay
that she supposedly had been told from somebody else, and
the media all ran and covered it like it was
(09:19):
the gospel truth. And Trump, to his credit, came out
and said, have you seen the guys that are actually
in charge of protecting me? If I could strangle or
they would not be back with, you know, one flip
of the wrist. But they were able to flip some
people to get them to say something negative. So far,
that hasn't happened inside of the Biden inner circle. I'm
(09:39):
just saying the Fifth Amendment suggests to me that there
is some concern about legal peril. I don't think it's
related to how are you going to look publicly. I
think it's that they maybe have somebody who is going
to testify to the opposite of you, and you could
be in trouble if you get caught a thwart that test.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Well, of course you always put the you plead the
fifth because of the possibility of legal power, right, you
avoid self incrimination. So yeah, that's that's a given. I
think the question is why why wouldn't you know? Why
would for them? From their perspective, there's nothing Let me
let me ask you this, there's no outside from them
(10:20):
testifying about this because they're gonna look like liars and
clowns no matter what, even if they're not prosecuted.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's my contention. I can see that argument. Did Fauci
ever take the fifth on anything? Nobody that he did?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Fauci was very good at you know, well, they were
like a lot of data to look at, and then
he thought that.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
As a result. Though, I think there are some people
out there that would still say Anthony Fauci is just
renewing his call for Fauci to face DOJ prosecution. I
think that was like a couple of days ago. Yeah,
I think that's right, but I give credit. I don't
know that I've ever given credit to Fauci ever before
(11:00):
he didn't take that Fifth Amendment out and he argued
that he had done nothing wrong. I'm surprised that Biden
team is not continuing to go down with ss Biden
and saying, hey, because now it's on the historical record,
you've already the die is cast. You were engaged in
(11:21):
a cover up. You might as lie and say he
didn't have any cognitive decline all the way down. Now
we've got another cut here, and I think Trump is
right about this. And Trump said, hey, this auto pin thing,
which we have talked about some is a big deal.
The New York Times dropped this story on Sunday, and
a lot of people have ignored it. But I do
think it is a big story. And listened to him saying, hey,
(11:43):
this is the story that should be getting a lot
of attention, not Epstein, which is what he said just
a few minutes ago. Listen to this.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
He doesn't have a policy, some lunatic around the desk
kind of policy. Whoever operated the autopen had a policy,
which is by the way, I think the biggest scandal
that's the scandal they should be talking about, not.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Jeffrey Epstein. The SIANDLE you.
Speaker 7 (12:06):
Should be talking about is the autopen because I think
it's the biggest scandal one of them in American history.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
This is again for those of you who didn't read
this stuff. Biden did his first interview with The New
York Times in five years. May alarm bells go off
when I see Biden doing an interview with anybody that
they feel like they're in peril if you go read
what he said to try to defend himself, and during
the autopen thing, basically he had no idea who they
were partning. And I think this goes to the larger
(12:38):
context which Comer is investigating right now, which is, hey,
who was actually president of the United States and who
was executing the authority? Think about how bad Biden is
that they wouldn't even let him just sign stuff, right,
this guy they didn't trust to such an extent that
they were using auto pins on incredibly significant stuff. And
(13:00):
I think we had an audio clip of Trump saying, yeah, look,
the autopin in general is used, but it's usually used
when it's like, hey, a seven year old wrote in,
and you want to send him back a letter and
acknowledge that the seven year old was there. This is
how it's usually used, not for super significant things like pardons.
Trump has these signing ceremonies where he makes sure everybody
(13:23):
sees him sign significant stuff. I'm not saying he can't
ever use an autopin, but it shouldn't be for the
presidential pardons.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
We use this term the apparatus for the Democrats so
many times, and it seems that the apparatus was doing
the pardons the collective the top of the hive mind
inside the White House, because it wasn't Biden's mind. And
this is once again for anybody who says it's not
important or we should move on from that story, from
(13:51):
the Biden story, I just point out, if nothing else,
the American people should have a full accounting of how
dishonest the Democrats were in all all respects about Biden
and how they're willing to trample on the rule of law,
in the Constitution itself, in the wielding of executive power.
And they should keep that in mind when the Democrats
are saying, oh, put us in charge will be better
on healthcare or something in the midterms. This stuff matters.
(14:14):
It does matter. Their record matters because we also talk
about how Trump is doing phenomenal in the economy, in
the border, and crime is going down and all these
great things. People need to be reminded because the greatest,
the greatest asset the Democrats have is the public ignorance
of how they actually govern. That's the biggest thing that
helps Democrats. So we don't want to let that be
an asset for them. So they can take power again
(14:37):
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just discussing the scandal that Trump does want everyone to
(15:54):
dive into, which is very real, and the more proof
we have, the worse the whole thing looks. And that
is the Biden dementia cover up and the wielding of
power in a president's name, a president not of sound mind,
who should have been removed via the twenty fifth Amendment.
All that is true. All that is just open and
out there for everyone to see. I still remember Klay.
(16:17):
Some of the most absurd anti Trump news cycles from
the first term were.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
The twenty fifth Amendment.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
People around him say he's crazy, he has to be
removed with the twenty fifth Amendment, and then the Democrats
had a president that truly, truly by the book and
medically needed to be removed via the twenty fifth Amendment.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Let's take some of these here. Lou from New Jersey
listens on WOOR. This is EE on the talkback list.
Let's hit it.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
I think you guys are missing the point.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
People are frustrated that nobody gets punished for anything in Washington.
If you're connected, you get off, we go to jail,
we get fired, not them.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
I think we're very were aware of this and talk
about it all the time. Actually, so look, we agree
with you, but we don't agree that this is not
something that is a frustration that we share.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
The only I get it. The only people, it seems like,
who have really faced excessive consequences for illegal behavior are
the people who walked into the Capitol on January sixth.
If you walked into the Capitol on January sixth, they
came after you like you were the biggest criminal in
(17:30):
the history of the United States. I mean, that was
the that was the mindset, that was the goal, that
was the intent of the entire Biden administration. And I
think people can sit back and say who has been
held accountable on the left, like the right was held
accountable for jan six And the answer is basically nobody.
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And I get it. I get the huge frustration associated
with that because there is the expectation and Trump is
an example of this as well, that if you do
something wrong and your political views are right leaning, you
will face the full fury and consequence of your behavior.
If you do anything wrong and you are left leaning,
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expectation is out there because the reality certainly supports that.
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I wanted to mention this because we said earlier that
we would reach out to Alan Dershowitz because there's been
viral videos circulating from Alan Dershowitz about the Epstein case.
This is from the Wall Street Journal editorial page today
in the newspaper, and the headline is the inside Scoop
on Jeffrey Epstein. Subheading I was as lawyer, I know
(19:51):
things the court orders won't allow me to disclose, and
I think this is interesting. Again, this is from Alan Dershwitz,
and I do think we should discuss this and put
it out there into the larger community, because I haven't
seen this discussed about or talked about that much. Here.
I'm going to read a couple of excerpts from this,
and again we've asked Alan Dershowitz if he wants to
(20:13):
come on. I was Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer. I know the facts,
some of which I can't disclose because it's privileged or
subject to court impost sealing orders. But I can disclose
several important things and make them clear. One. Epstein never
created a client list. The FBI interviewed alleged victims who
named several quote clients. These names have been redacted. They
(20:36):
should be disclosed, but the courts have ordered them sealed.
I know who they are. They don't include any current
office holders. We don't know whether the accusations are true.
Courts have also sealed negative information about some of the
accusers to protect them and nobody. According to Dershowitz, can
(20:58):
disregard these court orders and release them. He says the
media can and should petition the courts for the release
of all names and info so the public can draw
its own conclusions. He says also there has been speculation
about videos taken by hidden cameras in Epstein's guest bedrooms.
There are videotapes, but they're of public areas. Of his
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Palm Beach floor to home. Epstein these, I'm not aware
of any video cameras in guest bedrooms. And then he
goes into the Trump relationship. And I do think this
is significant because Elon Musk, among others, has said, hey,
Trump is involved in this, and that's why this is
not occurring. So he says, open records show an acquaintance
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between Epstein and Trump many years ago. That relationship ended
when Trump reportedly banned Epstein from mar A Lago, long
before becoming president. And this is a quote from Alan Dershowitz.
I have seen nothing that would suggest anything improper or
even questionable by Trump. And he says also, I have
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absolutely no doubt Epstein never worked for any inte intelligence agency.
If he had, he would have told me and his
other lawyers, and we would have used that information to
get him a better deal. And he wasn't satisfied with
the so called sweetheart deal that he got. He also says,
my sources in Israel have confirmed he had no connection
(22:25):
to Israeli intelligence. I'm reading from Alan Dershwitz that false
story recently peddled by Tucker Carlson probably came from Robert Maxwell.
Who was the father of Epstein's former girlfriend, who did
work with Massad. And then here is his close And
again this is Alan Dershowitz's words, because we played audio
from him talking about the larger Epstein story last week.
(22:48):
I believe conspiracy stories attract readers, viewers, and listeners. They're
fodder for political attacks. The Epstein case has generated more
than its share of such theories. And there's nothing more
annoying to gossip mongers than when stubborn facts or the
absence of facts get in the way of a juicy theory.
Sorry to disappoint you, but there is really nothing much
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to see here beyond what has already been disclosed. And again,
Alan Dershowitz, who was the defense attorney for Jeffrey Epstein.
You can agree or disagree with it, but that is
out there on the Wall Street Journal editorial page today.
Now we will invite Alan Dershowitz on. But I mean buck,
(23:34):
I mean I can speak as a defense attorney. If
you lie to your defense attorney about anything, you are
a moron, because by and large, the defense attorney can
only defend you to the best of his ability if
you give him full information so that he can best
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utilize those facts to try and provide the best defense.
I thought, personally, it was very interesting in this editorial
that he says Epstein wasn't happy with the deal that
he got, and if he had been an intelligence asset,
that he would have given it to his defense attorney
because it would have been negotiating leverage. But that didn't happen.
(24:16):
Also that there is no significant smoking gun related to Trump,
because some people out there, including those on the left,
are arguing that Trump is not releasing this information because
he is personally culpable. So I do think that is
super significant, newsworthy story because of Epstein and Dershowitz connection.
(24:37):
So I wanted to share it with all of you
and make sure that you could consider it as you
continue to analyze this.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
I think right now we have nothing beyond that that
is the full story and Dershowitz and the editorial rather
that he wrote on it, and we are up to
speed everybody. So I agree with the emails that are
coming in saying let's focus on America, the economy and
what's actually happening right now. If there's more, and I
hope there's no unnecessary tweets about a story we don't
(25:08):
have to talk about anymore. But if there's more, you know,
then it becomes news again. But I think we've said
what we can say right now and that's where we are.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And so it goes the angle in general that I
would advise, like, let's pretend the White House is listening
right now. I would say Trump has said everything that
he can say on this issue. I would put it
to rest. And if they asked me, hey, if there
is going to be some further disclosure, hey we can
(25:38):
talk about it. I do think this is a messy
distraction for Trump, and I think his team has not
put it away as they should have, and I think
that it is distracting from the successes that they're having.
And where I would sign on to his analogy is
(25:58):
you know this buck, And we've talked about it a
lot on the program. Often times where opposition, particularly Democrats,
have been super successful with Trump is not in actually
nailing him criminally or having any kind of politically consequential
impact Peachman or otherwise, but they are so good at
(26:20):
draining momentum by turning a process based investigation into such
a time draining exercise that it ends up being able
to detract from the overall success. This was the story
of Trump one point zero. They were able using this
Russia collusion wy to turn it into a multi year
(26:42):
distraction that kept Trump from being as effective as he
otherwise would have been. I think Trump is now looking
at this larger Epstein story, and the reason he is
saying it is a hoax is He's one. He knows
a lot of the things that Alan Dershowitz has said,
probably because he's talked to Dershowitz quite a lot, because
Dershowitz was a so Trump's attorney, but also because he
(27:03):
knows that distractions in terms of the political universe are
their own punishment because they keep him from being able
to focus on economy, border crime, the three things that
he was elected to focus on.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
Like, for example, yesterday, our friend Senator Dave McCormick from
the Great State of Pennsylvania was speaking about what's going
on with AI and energy. Just one of the reasons
these things can go together, or should you have to
think of these things as going together.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Is the energy.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
The electricity needs of some of these AI facilities are
going to be astronomical. You know, for a while people
were talking about how much juice, if you will, is
needed to mine cryptocurrency and how that was, And there's
like these cryptocurrency mining farms out there, and it needs
(27:56):
all this electricity, and the electricity bill is so expensive
that it actually is not worth it to mind crypto
for some people.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Anyway.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
The things that you're going to see, I mean, Google
is investing in setting up hydro or rather in taking
over I believe, some hydro electric dams. This is the
kind of energy needs. They're going to have to have
their own power plants and own power supplies to be
able to handle the electronic load of these AI based facilities.
(28:27):
So it's it's fascinating what's going on and here is
because it's going to change the world we live in
in very real ways. Remember the Jetsons, I might finally
get that robot butler I've always wanted, you know what
I mean? Or she was a nanny, I'm a housekeeper whatever, Yes,
but yeah, it was rosy.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Back in the day. Was the Jetson's robot made. But
she was very good. I also would like to have
the George Jetson personal flight vehicle to be able to
avoid all traffic. Back in the day, vertical takeoff and
vertical takeoff aircraft are going to become a very real
thing here too. They're not going to be able to
do it everywhere, but it's I think within five years
(29:10):
you're going to start to see they use this for
certain routes where they have these craft and it's like
a car that flies a little bit but can take
off vertically and land vertically. I think you're going to
see it in certain places. This is going to be happening,
and the technology exists. This is now just a question
(29:31):
of implementation, regulation making this profitable business. Anyway.
Speaker 4 (29:36):
Here's Senator McCormick used to run a huge hedge fund,
knows a thing about how the economy works.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Is cut twenty play it.
Speaker 5 (29:43):
What's happening here today is absolutely historic.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
Your visit and your.
Speaker 5 (29:50):
Leadership has catalyzed ninety billion dollars of investment in energy and.
Speaker 9 (29:56):
AI revolution in Pennsylvania. There ninety billion dollars.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
Your presence and those commitments showcase Pennsylvania's story to the world,
and today's summit begins to deliver on the promises that
you and I made to the working families of Pennsylvania
by creating many thousands of new jobs.
Speaker 4 (30:25):
So Google Clay is going to invest twenty five billion
dollars in data centers and AI infrastructure, and they're also
working on a I believe they have a deal in
place for two hydro power plants in Pennsylvania. They are
going to be upgraded and licensed for the needs of
Google's AI infrastructure. So this isn't like, hey, guys, maybe
(30:51):
one day. The deals are being signed, the centers are
being built, the money is being wired.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
This is happening right now. I do think this is
not getting enough attention. The amount of data and power
that is going to be necessary to create the AI
revolution in the United States is going to require power
that we have not created so far. I think we're
going to have to go after nuclear I think we're
going to have to go after more, frankly oil based
(31:20):
power sources. But I know in my home city of Nashville,
we own several different commercial buildings. The number of people
that are suddenly reaching out and saying, hey, can we
put an AI data center here has kind of staggered me.
And in Tennessee, where we are because we have TVA
related power, which tends to be very affordable there. I
(31:42):
think the Memphis has one of the top XAI facilities now.
But where your power grid is and what the cost
of power is is being aggressively analyzed right now for
purposes of where can these AI data generating centers be
put in place? And it's going to create a huge
(32:03):
demand for energy, but also competition to create the most
affordable energy, which could be that positive beneficial to everyone,
even outside of the larger AI revolution going on. And
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how about a little bit of cheer for everybody, A
little bit a little bit of good cheer. Courtesy of
CNN's data guru Harry Enton, saying that I know it's
early to talk midterms, but guess what, it's not that early.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
It's already going to be coming upon us here pretty quickly.
This has cut thirty three.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
It looks like Republicans might be in a pretty good
place for the house play.
Speaker 10 (34:53):
It house seat ratings with a GOP president like back
in two thousand and five, and of course twenty seventeen,
more net pickup seat chances.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
Well, last time around.
Speaker 10 (35:02):
Look at that Democrats were head by thirty three seats.
How about two thousand and five, Democrats were head by
seven seats. What's going on right now, it's actually Republicans,
Actually Republicans with more net pickup chances at plus twelve
according to the Cook Political Report, when you add in
the likelys, the leans, and the toss up races. So
it's not just on the generic ballot where Democrats are
behind their twenty seventeen in two thousand and five pace.
(35:24):
It's actually when it comes seat by seat you see
that at least at this particular point, Republicans actually have
more net pickup opportunities. This doesn't look anything like those
wave elections back in two thousand and six or two
thousand and eight.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
This is huge. I mean, honestly, if you want to
look forward, I feel like the Senate very good position.
I think it's going to be hard. Doesn't mean everybody
doesn't need to go out and vote, work to your
diligent best. Here in the state of Georgia, Osoff should
not win again. You talked about this when we had
the Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp on Monday book, and
(35:59):
it's true. The Republican Party has tripped all over itself
and ended up giving the Democrats two seats in the
state of Georgia to represent this state. That should not happen.
At an absolute worst case scenario, there should be one
Republican seat one Democrat seat in the state of Georgia.
But the House, my goodness, the House is going to
(36:21):
be on tenter hooks. It's going to be super close,
and they're going to impeach Trump if they win, and
they're going to completely derail his ability to have a
substantial agenda for the back half of his overall term
in office. So next November, I know, we're not that
far away. This is going to be incredibly important for
(36:42):
Trump and his agenda and it's why, frankly, they need
to move so fast right now, because they got about
a year to do everything they want. And then we'll
go to the polls and find out whether the Republicans
are going to maintain control on Capitol Hill.
Speaker 4 (36:56):
Coming back here in a second, we'll take a look
at the economy and also more on the immigration battle
that is underway. And sure enough, there are efforts to
try to get amnesty discussed, and we're going to discuss
that here, So stick around
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