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Brought to you in part by the
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International fellowship of christians and jews.
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The u.s.
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Senate has some very goofy traditions.
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And right now, president donald trump has hundreds of people
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That he needs in his administration
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That are not being confirmed.
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Hundreds of people, people such as third in line
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At the department of justice,
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People such as general counsels at the department, education,
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Very important positions.
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So when you don't fill these positions, do you know who
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Then currently occupies those slots and those posts?
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Careers, career employees of these agencies
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That have contempt for donald trump.
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They are part of the deep state of government.
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These folks run the day to day operations.
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So basically, president donald trump has not yet
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Taken over the federal government.
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Donald trump won the election.
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Donald trump is president,
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But donald trump has not yet
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Taken over the federal government.
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I want you to think about that.
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Even though we had an election almost a year ago,
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Even though donald trump
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Has been president for six months, he still does
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Not have his people in their career.
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Bureaucrats in a city that went 9010
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For democrats are running your government.
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And it's not because of donald trump or the white house.
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They're doing their job and they're doing it rapidly.
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No, it's because of the us senate.
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Now, we've talked yesterday, and i mean this half jokingly,
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The us senate, john thune, turn off the air conditioning,
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By the way, in the coming
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Days, it'll be a very muggy 85 degrees in dc.
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And you better believe
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They'll start confirming people if you do that.
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But there's another
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Problem at play here outside of the delay,
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Which we examined thoroughly with senator rick scott
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And with senator marco mullen.
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And then we have
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Senator lee coming up,
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Because we are keeping the pressure on on this program.
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We are demanding pace.
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We're demanding confirmations
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At this show right now, in this mid-summer moment.
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The most important thing that we can draw
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Your attention to, the most important thing
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That we as a collective charlie kirk show team can do
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Is to demand the us senate acts.
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But it's not just the delays, it's something
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Also called a blue slip.
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You're about to learn something.
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If you don't know what a blue slip is, you're about to learn
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How the good old boys club of the us senate operates
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The blue senate.
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The blue slip refers to a practice
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Used by the senate judiciary committee
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For judicial nominations for circuit and court
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Judgeships, but also show for u.s.
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Attorneys.
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So what is a u.s. attorney, a u.s.
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Attorney is someone that works for the department of justice,
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Confirmed by the us senate, that oversees prosecutions
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And indictments and criminal cases.
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The us attorney, they have geographic jurisdictions.
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So is a u.s.
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Attorney for the southern district of new york.
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There's a u.s. attorney for south florida.
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There's a u.s.
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Attorney in arizona.
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The problem is that president donald
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Trump wants to be able to crush sanctuary cities.
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For one, he wants to able to go after
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The democrat act blue apparatus.
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However, this is the key.
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Donald trump can't proceed on so much of the
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Sanctuary city cartel activity until he gets his u.s.
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Attorneys confirmed.
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So u.s.
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Attorneys must go through the senate judiciary committee.
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And so
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President donald trump wrote this scathing truth
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Social yesterday.
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But let me dive this a little bit deep in deeper into this.
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Before the 1950s, blue slips were never used.
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But in 1956 onward, a senator by the name of james eastland,
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The blue slip, became a tool to allow either home state
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Senator to veto a nominee by simply not returning the slip.
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So basically, let's say donald trump wants to get a u.s.
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Attorney for where
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I live in phoenix, arizona, or even more importantly, a u.s.
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Attorney in tucson.
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Tucson is filled with cartel activity
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Child sex trafficking, narco drugs
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Right now, and we're aiming to eventually fix it.
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Arizona has two democrat senators,
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Mark kelly and ruben gallego.
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So let's say donald trump wants to have a rock
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Star, non controversial u.s.
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Attorney for arizona who wants to go after the cartels.
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And he nominates, let's just say
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Mark lamb, for example, someone that's just a rock star
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To kill, that u.s.
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Attorney that the president wants and that people voted for
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All mark kelly or ruben gallego have to do, is submit
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An anonymous blue slip and that nominee dies.
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Now, the timeline
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Under orrin hatch, a nominee could receive a hearing
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Even if one sent home. state senator objected.
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But basically the tradition this is simply tradition.
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This is not constitutional.
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This is not senate rules.
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This is nothing more than a statesman tradition
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Of the united states senate now.
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But donald trump
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Put out a very fiery truth social last night.
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And he's right.
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It's a blue slip scam.
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Joe biden openly broke with this at least two times.
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So democrats have broken with this in the past.
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But we as republicans,
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You see where
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The guardians of tradition while we can't get u.s.
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Attorneys now, here is where it completes the point.
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You want to know why we have not indicted
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Brandon johnson as the mayor of chicago?
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Do you want to know why we can't go after karen bass?
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Do you want to know why
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We can't go after some of the act blue oligarchs
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That have obviously been flirting up against the law?
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Do you want to know why we have not been able
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To go after the sanctuary cities in new york?
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It's because we don't have u.s. attorneys confirmed there.
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We have biden holdovers running the u.s.
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Attorney's offices all across the country.
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Now, ultimately, of course, pam bondi is in charge of them.
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But there's i think there's like 130 u.s.
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Attorney jurisdictions. i could be wrong.
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And so donald trump has made recommendations
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And nominations for all these people.
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But unfortunately, a good man is doing something wrong.
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And that's what happens sometimes in politics.
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Good men do something incorrect.
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And that is chuck grassley.
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Chuck grassley is an awesome person.
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He's a legend. he's been around forever.
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He's one of the older guys in the u.s. senate.
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I have a lot of respect for.
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He has won a lot of elections in iowa, but he is old school
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And this is a hill he will die on.
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You see, chuck
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Grassley is empowering blue state democrats.
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Chuck grassley is giving power to ruben gallego.
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And to mark kelly, chuck grassley is giving power
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To gillibrand, to schumer.
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So if we want to get a u.s.
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Attorney in the southern district of new york,
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Which we need, by the way, to go after sanctuary cities
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And child sex trafficking and drugs, we can't do it.
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If chuck schumer
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Or a democrat on the senate judiciary committee
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Submits a blue swat.
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And so then they go back to the home senators.
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And here is the one that matters
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For all of you in the audience, and you probably care about
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How about lina haba?
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Eliana haba is trying to become the u.s.
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Attorney for new jersey,
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But cory booker refuses to move on her.
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Cory booker has veto power over the president,
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Even though we have a senate majority because of this
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Ridiculous tradition called the blue slip scam,
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President donald trump writes last night.
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I would never be there
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For after this long explanation that basically i just gave.
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I would never be able to appoint great judges or u.s.
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Attorneys. so it goes for judges.
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The u.s.
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Attorneys in california, new york, new jersey, illinois,
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Virginia, and other places where there is, coincidentally,
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The highest level of crime and corruption.
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President trump is spot on here.
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This is ten out of ten.
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Trump or trump is like, i'm trying to clean up
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The cities of la, san francisco.
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I'm trying to clean up portland.
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I'm trying to clean up seattle.
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I'm the president
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Of the united states of america,
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Not the president of the red states of america.
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But unfortunately,
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Because of this blue slip tradition,
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That never should have happened
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Because the senate takes themselves so seriously,
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They are able
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To overrule the will of the president.
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Do you see a
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Do you see a pattern here?
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This reminds me of the parliamentarian story
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Loopholes gumming up the works of popular sovereignty.
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This is not constitutional.
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It's not within
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Like well, article three or article four subset.
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Wrong.
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This is simply an old boys club of some sort of.
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Well, we must honor this senator
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From arizona, ruben gallego, who by the way,
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His policies are awfully akin to that of the cartels.
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So ruben gallego can block again.
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I care about arizona.
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He can block a u.s.
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Attorney that wants to go against the cartels.
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Even though donald trump won arizona by six points.
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So trump wins arizona.
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And he doesn't get the u.s.
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Attorneys that people voted for
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Because ruben gallego
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Has veto power over the president,
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Because chuck grassley is defending
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This ridiculous tradition.
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Lives are shattered in the holy land.
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In an instant, these families lost everything.
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The international fellowship
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Of christians and jews is on the ground to provide
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Food and shelter and emergency supplies and emergency.
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The gift of $45 will help thousands
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Of elderly and families with desperately needed food.
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Call it or go online now.
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Her whole body is bruised and wounded,
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And it's very clear
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That zelda is in no condition to find ways to get food.
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Food is critical and so is shelter from attack.
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The israeli government has asked the fellowship
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To urgently place 1000 mobile bomb shelters.
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You can place a mobile bomb shelter in israel.
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Right now, all we need
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Is for you to enable us to buy the shelters.
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My friends, the destruction is unprecedented.
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Please act now.
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I'm terry hinshaw with 180 disaster relief
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Since 2013 and the moore tornado.
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We've been helping families in crisis.
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People who go through floods, fires,
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Hurricanes and all kinds of disasters
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With plans to lift the fallen in a world that's for the poor.
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Since the day after hurricane helene,
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We've had boots on the ground.
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It is so important
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Because there's
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So many families waiting right now
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That still don't even have power.
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They've lost all their furniture
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And they don't have the resources to rebuild
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Families finding shelter where there once was only pain.
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Our focus is to help
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People understand how much god loves and cares for them.
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That they would know that they're not alone.
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Go to the website at the bottom of your screen to give now.
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Every dollar makes a difference.
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Bringing hope in jesus name.
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Together we can turn devastation into restoration.
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One family at a time.
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One family at a time.
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What can we do.
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What can we do? what can be done?
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Do we have to go to the supreme court?
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Nope.
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Just very simple.
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Chuck grassley has to decide
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To no longer honor this ridiculous tradition.
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That's it doesn't require a vote.
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Does it require a parliamentarian?
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Chuck grassley literally has to just say,
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I'm not giving veto power to democrats over a president
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Who won a popular vote majority.
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And even here's the kicker one the swing states
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That they are contesting it.
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Let me give another example.
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Atlanta. hotlanta.
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Not exactly a mostly it's it's a mostly peaceful city.
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Two democrat senators, raphael warnock and jon ossoff.
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If donald trump wants to put a u.s.
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Attorney in atlanta
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Easily could have pocket veto.
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So again, that's a state donald trump won.
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Donald trump won. georgia.
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Donald trump won arizona.
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Donald trump won nevada.
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What if donald trump wants to put a u.s.
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Attorney in las vegas, one of the child
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Sex trafficking capitals of america?
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So is atlanta.
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So donald trump wants to put a u.s.
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Attorney in vegas. nope.
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Cortez masto can veto it.
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And there's nothing he can do about it.
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It's because chuck grassley is defending
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An antiquated broken system.
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When the senate used to actually be about commonality.
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And by the way,
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That tradition was when we were in a different country.
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This is the key.
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Grassley is defending a tradition
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That started in 1950,
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When we used to be a country of neighbors, not strangers.
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We are a different nation.
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We have to have dramatic and bold action.
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That's not even that dramatic.
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It's can a president get the u.s.
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Attorney's he wants? there's no senate rule about this.
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It's simply a spoken tradition.
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That's it.
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This was all birth out of pax americana.
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Chuck grassley fires back to donald trump again.
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I like chuck grassley a lot.
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He is very wrong here.
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Chuck grassley is wrong.
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And sir, if you're listening, our team is listening.
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We have great respect for you.
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Do not die on this hill.
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This will be a legacy ender.
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This will be you not finishing well.
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But you've ran a great race.
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Do not do this.
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Do not give veto power to new jersey,
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California, illinois, arizona and atlanta.
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Democrats to be able to usurp the sovereign of this country.
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Don't do this. pick up 392.
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Last night,
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I was surprised to see president trump
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On truth social go after me and senate republicans
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Over what we call the blue slip.
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The people in real america don't care
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About what the blue slip is,
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But in fact, it impacts in their states,
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The district judges who serve their communities, and the u.s.
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Attorneys who ensure the law and order is enforced.
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I was offended by what the president said,
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And i'm disappointed that it would result
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In personal insults.
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Now we're here to do business.
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That's very important part of this committee's work,
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To do our constitutional duties of reviewing
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People that require senate confirmation.
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First of all.
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There is
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This is not a personal insult attack by donald trump.
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This was very tepid by trump.
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Truth. social means.
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So, chuck grassley should just kind of understand
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That was hardly a salvo from the president.
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It's we've seen truth socials that get a little bit
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Hot and spicy.
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That was cool as a cucumber.
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Secondly, did he say that people in real america
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Don't care about this?
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Hilariously, we're actually live right
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Now on real america's voice.
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Hi senator grassley, we
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Actually live on real america right now.
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No, i think this audience really cares about the fact
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That donald trump, the winner of the election,
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Does not get
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His u.s.
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Attorneys there.
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By the way, people say, when are we indicting
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All the russiagate people? not going to happen.
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Will not happen until you get u.s. attorneys.
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You understand that there will be no high
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Profile indictments.
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We're all waiting.
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Where are the indictments coming?
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Can't happen to be of u.s. attorneys, literally.
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I mean, again, the u.s.
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Attorney general,
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Pam bondi, can do some of this, but over
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Time, it's just it's a it's a manpower.
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You need someone to come into a u.s.
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Attorney's office, and then they run the entire thing.
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It's pure delegation.
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The department of justice has tens of thousands of employees.
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You're not going to have just a couple civilians like todd
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Blanch and pam bondi be able to run the entire thing.
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I think that we need to line up.
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Why do we need a light up leader phones, phones on this?
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Forget grassley.
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Grassley's like he's he's a stick in the mud.
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He's not going to move.
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But john thune can get grassley to move.
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And john thune phone numbers 20222423211.
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Not his phone number, but his d.c.
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Office is publicly listed.
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One that's (202)█224-2321.
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Let's put it up on screen.
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It's (202)█224-2321.
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Call leader phones office and say
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We're not going to put up with this blue slip scam.
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The leader needs to come in and say, chuck, enough.
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This has been a 1950s pax americana tradition
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That we've grandfathered in.
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We're going to put an end to this
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Because i'm telling you right now in the audience,
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You will get a fraction of what you voted for.
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If the blue slip scam remains.
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Over the years, i've been clear about this.
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I'm not just pro birth.
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I'm pro-life.
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And being pro-life means standing with mothers
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Not only before the baby is born, but long after.
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This is what true, christ centered compassion looks like,
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I'm coming to you with an urgent message
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From our partners at the international fellowship
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Who are doing extraordinary work in israel right now.
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With the current cease fire in israel,
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Little more than the clothes they're wearing.
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The lives of many of the elderly hang
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In the balance, like 90 year old zelda,
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Offering critical aid to zelda and thousands like her.
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Right now,
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To families who have endured so much.
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Let's come together and pray for the peace of jerusalem,
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And show god's love to his people
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Don't wait.
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Your christian support in action
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Your christian support in action
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Washington's been reckless with your money
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For years, and now america's seniors are paying the price.
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Higher premiums,
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Fewer choices, and less support when it matters most.
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Our friends at amac have been tracking
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Exactly where the waste is happening,
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And what can still be done to stop it.
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Here's charles bucklin with the breakdown.
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Washington calls it a minor increase.
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But for millions of seniors, it's a major gut punch.
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Medicare part b premiums are up again,
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Even as inflation eats away at fixed incomes.
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The deductibles rising to now $257.
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While the social security cola sits at just 2.5%.
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It's a squeeze and it's getting tighter.
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But this time, it's not just the economy.
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It's bad policy and intentional decisions made in washington.
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The real cause in price controls.
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So let's talk facts.
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The so-called inflation reduction act was sold
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As a way to help seniors lower drug costs, more access,
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Better outcomes, lower prescription drug prices,
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Lower health care costs and lower energy costs.
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But that's not what happened.
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Instead of real reform, the ira
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Imposed price controls on prescription drugs.
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Drug makers
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That didn't accept the government's
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Price were hit with stiff penalties.
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Taxes of up to 95% of a drug sales.
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In response, many insurers raised premiums on part
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D plans to hedge against revenue losses.
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So who helped sell this scheme to seniors?
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Aarp aarp publicly supported the ira, claiming
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It would deliver long overdue savings,
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But they failed to mention that the bill would shift costs
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Onto seniors in the form of higher premiums
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And fewer plan choices.
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They also didn't explain their conflict of interest.
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Aarp earns hundreds of millions through licensing
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Deals with the very insurers managing these medicare plans.
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After premiums began rising.
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The federal government intervened again
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Not to fix the problem, but to mask it.
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The centers for medicare and medicaid services
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Began injecting billions in taxpayer funded subsidies
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Into medicare advantage and part d plans.
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This was done to artificially lower with seniors c on paper,
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Blunting the backlash.
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Here's how it works.
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Insurers submit inflated
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Bid prices accounting for ira related losses.
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Cms steps in
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With bonus payments and rebates to keep premiums stable.
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Seniors still feel the cost and copays, deductibles
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And shrinking networks.
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But the headline number looks better than it should.
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It's a shell game.
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And when those subsidies run dry, as they inevitably will,
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The real cost lands again squarely on the seniors.
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And guess who helps justify that structure?
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Aarp backed insurers.
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So the group that sold
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The bill is also helping conceal the damage.
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And the data doesn't lie.
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26% of part d plans will disappear in 2025.
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Seniors now face fewer choices and higher
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Out-of-pocket costs.
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Cms's own
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Data shows that more seniors are switching out of plans.
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A signal of market instability.
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This isn't just a policy failure.
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It's a policy betrayal.
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Then there's social security.
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The 2025 cola increase is just 2.5%
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Less than $50 a month for most.
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But 72% of amac members say that
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Adjustment doesn't reflect what seniors actually spend.
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And they're right, because the cola formula is
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Based on urban wage earners, not retirees.
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It doesn't factor in that seniors spend more
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On health care, on housing and utilities,
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All rising faster than inflation.
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Take mary, a 68 year old widow in ohio.
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Her grocery bill is up 18%.
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Her supplemental premium rose 12%.
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That $50 bump gone in the first week of the month.
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This is why
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Amac is fighting back with president trump support.
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Congress passed the rescissions act of 2025.
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The next big battle is the appropriations process.
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12 massive bills
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That determine exactly where your tax dollars go.
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This is where washington hides the pork
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And where enacting it up.
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We are reviewing every page, flagging the waste and lobbying
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For spending that help seniors, not global pet projects.
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Because make no mistake,
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Every dollar misspent fuels inflation.
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And inflation is a tax that hits retirees hardest.
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If you're tired of skyrocketing premiums, broken promises,
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And watching your tax dollars fund global distractions
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Instead of helping american seniors, then it's time to act
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Right now.
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Go to a mac. taught us.
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Stop the spending.
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Add your name.
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Raise your voice and help us send a message.
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We will not be ignored.
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We will not be squeezed dry.
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And we will not stop until washington puts you first.
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Thanks, charlie.
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Thank you charles.
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If you're tired of being the one stuck
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With the bill for washington's failures, you're not alone.
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And you're not powerless.
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Amac is leading the charge to stop the spending,
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Protect your benefits, and demand real accountability.
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Visit ame accuse slash.
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Stop the spending to join the fight today.
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As a christian, have you always considered
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Yourself pro-israel but not sure where you stand today?
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Let me help you make it simple.
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Israel protects christian holy sites, defends religious
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Freedom, and stands as the only democracy
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In a region dominated by extremism.
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Israel is both a strategic and moral ally
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Who's facing the same enemies
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And threats that we do right here in america.
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There are so many reasons for christians
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To proudly and morally support israel.
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Go now to ifk jorg and learn more about the good work,
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The international fellowship of christians and jews is doing
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In delivering real aid, providing real security
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And standing with israel when it matters most.
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Go to ifk jorg to learn more.
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How you can stand with israel
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At this extremely critical time in her history.
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