On today's show, we discuss: - Biden's Farewell Speech - What's going on with the Gaza Ceasefire - How long will it take for the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to work out? - Who's going to pay the price for the peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians - Is this a good or bad deal for the Palestinians? and much, much more!
00:00:31.000But that's not how it actually went down.
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00:02:52.000And of course, if you go on the leftist message boards, you see them really pointing out the idea of an oligarchy, failing to understand that's what we've lived under for four years.
00:03:56.000I think it's a perfect example of where libertarian conservatism has failed because people think it's a free market when you're dealing with the Communist Chinese Party.
00:04:03.000What is now in, and many influencers are migrating, is Xiaohengshu, which is quite literally even more communist.
00:04:11.000The name is literally a communist name.
00:06:22.000You know, they're going, oh my gosh, if RFK gets access to all of this information and everyone knows that we've been lying to them, it's going to go badly.
00:06:28.000Let's do this on the way out so at least he can't claim that one.
00:06:52.000Before we get into the speech, here's kind of the gist for those who missed it.
00:06:57.000My fellow Americans, I'm speaking to you tonight from the Oval Office.
00:07:02.000This will be my final address to you from the American people from the Oval Office, from this desk as president, upstairs in the residence of the White House.
00:07:11.000I've walked by a painting of the Statue of Liberty, I don't know how many times.
00:08:38.000The theme of the speech, by the way, really seemed to be, you notice, Statue of Liberty was centered around that, which, by the way, makes sense, happens to be the theme of the cosplay night at the Biden boudoir, which, yeah, that is...
00:10:22.000All right, again, just on the theme that former Vice President Biden is not a good man, has never been a good man, and he didn't have a stutter until he was 70 years old.
00:10:30.000His claim was that he has been president for all Americans.
00:13:29.000Because his claim here is fundamentally dishonest on every level, that he created 17 million jobs for Americans.
00:13:37.000At home, we've created nearly 17 million new jobs, more than any other single administration, single term.
00:13:44.000Millions of entrepreneurs and companies creating new businesses and industries, hiring American workers, using American products. - Okay, so here's the truth.
00:13:55.000You know well enough that most of the jobs that would be considered part of the economic growth were returning jobs from COVID. Okay, that was 9.4 million jobs.
00:17:11.000Anything even critical of the vaccine or even pointing out that there could be side effects?
00:17:16.000In other words, even pointing out the degree of side effects with the mRNA injection that might be comparable to other side effects of drugs.
00:17:36.000I mean, this is the guy, by the way, when he talks about an oligarchy, do you mean like weaponizing the DOJ? Do you mean pardoning and protecting corrupt politicians or family members?
00:17:45.000Do you mean politicizing coverage of every single political event, whether it's for gun control, abortion, falsely claiming that women are dying because they can't get abortions?
00:17:55.000Let's just be really clear about this.
00:18:28.000We're just doing it through community notes instead of having a pre-selected list of people that are going to lie to us every single time and tell us that you're mentally fit, like you've listed out these examples.
00:18:38.000That's the kind of stuff that they fact-checked.
00:18:41.000Well, for the party that's against oligarchies and is for the people, the Democratic Party, they're certainly against crowdsourcing information and fact-checking.
00:18:59.000And by the way, did you see that Nina Jankiewicz, the one who headed up the Department of Misinformation, I believe it was, lasted one month.
00:19:05.000Now she's the head of some non-profit and she's furious about...
00:19:17.000Former Vice President Biden was mentally fit.
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00:22:29.000We understand this because we grow up with it, right?
00:22:31.000If you look even in the animal kingdom, and no, I'm not saying that we are the same as the beasts, but outside of lions, a lot of animals, their fighting is posturing.
00:22:39.000Like, even if you look at the most vicious animals, bears, they don't fight to the death.
00:22:43.000Once one of them kind of realizes, okay, I'm outmatched, they move on down the trail.
00:22:47.000That's a lot of things in life, and certainly as it relates to politics.
00:22:51.000Why do you think that Trudeau was such a joke?
00:22:54.000We see this now because of the ceasefire agreement that seems to be falling apart.
00:22:58.000Donald Trump understands this better than anyone out there.
00:23:02.000So, for those of you who weren't aware, yesterday this ceasefire had been reached.
00:23:06.000We have a brief kind of video for you.
00:23:09.000But then I want to get into some of the other wins that have already happened before Donald Trump has taken office.
00:23:15.000And the why is, okay, he's not in office yet.
00:23:18.000But the posturing, the positioning, the threat is a very valuable tool, provided your enemies, or bad actors, believe that you'll follow through.
00:23:27.000So first, let's start this with Israel and terrorists.
00:23:30.000It gives us great pleasure in Qatar, Egypt, and the United States to announce the success of the joint mediation efforts.
00:23:39.000And the fact that the two belligerents and the Gaza Strip have reached a deal on the prisoner and the hostage swap and announced a ceasefire in the hopes of a permanent ceasefire between the two sides, as well as allowing the access of large quantities of relief aid to the Palestinian brothers and the Gaza Strip.
00:24:00.000When I look into the cold, lifeless time of the mosque, I do not see a potential friend.
00:24:07.000But only the lifeless beadiness that is empty and devoid of humanity.
00:24:12.000Perhaps he can find a friend in nature's bear.
00:24:17.000So, that happened, and then Biden immediately tried to take credit for the ceasefire.
00:24:23.000The elements of this deal are what I laid out in detail this past May, which was embraced by countries around the world and endorsed overwhelmingly by...
00:26:04.000Then his State Department actually thanked Trump for his role in brokering the deal.
00:26:08.000We, of course, thank the Trump team for working with us on this ceasefire agreement.
00:26:12.000We think it's important that they were at the table.
00:26:14.000And I think it shows that when Americans are willing to work together...
00:26:20.000Across partisan lines, as we were willing to do on this occasion, because it's in the national interest of the United States, there's a lot that we can get done.
00:26:28.000And then Netanyahu thanked both Trump and Biden, emphasis on the Trump.
00:26:32.000And then Arab officials told the Times of Israel that Trump's envoy did, quote, more to sway the premier in a single sit-down than outgoing President Joe Biden did all year.
00:28:37.000As it signaled to the entire world that my administration would seek peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans and our allies.
00:29:58.000I can't remember what the number was, but I saw something over 1,000 prisoners being released on one side.
00:30:06.000And there are three phases to the deal, and most people don't think that even if it gets going, and Israel this morning, we have information from Israel saying that they're withholding kind of the vote right now because they've already reneged on it, Hamas, that it probably will never see phase two.
00:30:20.000Yeah, I also see the problem with this, and the reason that Israel would have a problem, is if they return any of those hostages, that sends the message to Hamas, we'll just take more hostages, and then eventually they'll negotiate with them.
00:31:51.000Well, Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum already increased pressure on these migrant caravans, sent troops to Sinaloa to deal with those cartels, and, by the way, instituted a new economic plan to reduce imports from China, because they saw the writing on the wall with that.
00:32:08.000So you see those consequences right away.
00:32:42.000You can admonish me if I... I'll get it wrong both ways.
00:32:45.000Their leader immediately said that they were ready to talk to Trump and improve ties, and they also said that they didn't want to be a part of Denmark.
00:34:00.000The posturing, and this one is really clear.
00:34:03.000You know the FDA said, oh my gosh, if they find out about this, we are going to be in trouble.
00:34:09.000Hey, they haven't banned this here in the United States, even though it's banned in the EU, even though it's banned in cosmetics, for decades.
00:34:18.000And then, someone started speaking out about food additives.
00:34:22.000And not all food additives are toxic, just to be clear.
00:34:25.000I don't necessarily buy into the natural fallacy.
00:34:27.000There's some natural chemicals that are bad for you, and there's some man-made chemicals that are good for you.
00:34:31.000But I think we can all agree that we probably need to have a better idea as to what is going into our food supply, and we're a little more lenient than a lot of other developed countries.
00:38:01.000Here's my plan to dismantle the deep state and reclaim our democracy from Washington corruption once and for all.
00:38:08.000The departments and agencies that have been weaponized will be completely overhauled so that faceless bureaucrats will never again be able to target and persecute conservatives, Christians, or the left's political enemies, which they're doing now at a level that nobody can believe, even possible. which they're doing now at a level that nobody can Okay.
00:39:37.000Donald Trump was absolutely, whether you agree with him or not, whether you like him or not, he was the most persecuted political candidate, certainly in modern American history, I think you can argue ever.
00:39:47.000I mean, you're talking about long-standing norms.
00:39:50.000When people talk about their institutions, those on the left protecting our institutions, these institutions that exist and how they were used against Donald Trump, they bear no resemblance to the institutions that you, you know, the FBI or the CIA that you believed existed, for example, in movies like, I don't know, The Fugitive, right, where you thought they were the good guys.
00:40:14.000The posture Donald Trump was facing this in that persecution, also, by the way, shot at, and he never backed down, and he made it really clear that he was going to stand up to the corrupt lawfare.
00:40:26.000I would say, in listening to the charges from the judges, as you know, very conflicted and corrupt because of the confliction, very, very corrupt.
00:40:40.000Mother Teresa could not beat these charges.
00:41:03.000People, I would never say, people, I don't want people to get mad because I'm going to treat them.
00:41:06.000So, the win on this one, pretty clear, the victory from Donald Trump, and you played a huge role in that because of the Mug Club Undercover, your support, the DOJ story, where they were caught, an official spokesperson saying, hey, they're just stacking charge on top of charge on top of charge to try and make anything stick to Donald Trump.
00:41:23.000Well, Donald Trump won, and that forced Judge Merchant's hand to sentence Donald Trump to nothing.
00:41:32.000This is the most blatant weaponization of the Department of Justice, or not Department of Justice, sorry, because this was Bragg's office doing this in New York, to try and affect an election.
00:41:42.000So these charges were so serious that this case had to proceed.
00:41:46.000He had to be found guilty, and then there had to be a time where sentencing, it could be jail, it could be a big monetary fine.
00:41:52.000Oh wait, then the election happens, and then all of this is like, well, I guess nothing is fine.
00:41:56.000Because if this really was a crime, the judge came to the conclusion that he could sentence him.
00:42:00.000That he wouldn't be immune from this because he won a presidential election.
00:42:03.000He would actually have to serve out the term.
00:42:04.000Maybe it would have to wait until after he was president.
00:42:52.000I mean, they go sit on a board at Pfizer, or they go on a speaking tour where they get paid $200,000 to show up to some wealthy executives or investors.
00:43:04.000That's the road less taken, Josh, but yeah.
00:43:07.000And by the way, this is something that we see posturing is very important, and I think the reason that the left tries to downplay it is because of the feminization.
00:43:51.000Remember, he said, hey, people need to start paying their fair share in NATO, which people had not done for decades, not even close.
00:43:56.000I think there were three or four countries total.
00:43:59.000And for the first time, oh, all of a sudden, the United States is going to leave, which really, NATO is pretty much more money, please, United States.
00:45:13.000I think the free speech approach to TikTok that you see, and you see a lot of flip-flopping from those on the right, very oddly, might I add, it doesn't apply when you're dealing with the Communist Chinese Party.
00:45:26.000Okay, this is where libertarian conservatism has failed tremendously.
00:45:33.000But when you're dealing with international corporations who are largely held and controlled by the Communist Chinese Party, no, no, you're not talking about free speech.
00:46:31.000It is completely located, headquartered in China, subject to the whims of the CCP, and And it meets every single condition that TikTok did as far as being a national security threat.
00:46:41.000And I am going to lay out the case for you today in no uncertain words that it is significantly worse.
00:46:50.000So, when you see this out there, and you see a lot of people who realize there's a niche market with the free speech thing, and so they like to muddy those waters, what they really mean is just send them some money.
00:47:57.000So I downloaded the red note, and I am no longer convinced that we are living in a first-world country.
00:48:04.000Seeing the everyday lives of Chinese people, like, obviously certain Chinese people, I'm not saying everybody's lives, but it's just, like, insanely eye-opening.
00:48:23.000Listen, I have a mom and I have a dad.
00:48:25.000I don't need the government to play that role in my life.
00:48:28.000Yeah, no, you don't need the government telling you what to do.
00:48:31.000You don't need the government controlling your life, like forbidding you to leave your house and welding you in.
00:48:36.000Or telling you that you can't possess an unapproved Bible, or practice whatever religion you want, or that you're allowed to criticize the government, or control whether you access the internet, or even discuss, mention Tibet, Taiwan, or that crappy Brad Pitt movie, or report the news.
00:49:46.000Do you think that the free speech absolutism position for an American, it needs to include free platform invasion here in the United States from the Communist Chinese Party?
00:49:57.000In other words, do you believe that a free speech absolutist has to support unfettered access to platforms that are without a doubt used for Chinese propaganda?
00:50:11.000I believe freedom of speech for Americans...
00:50:14.000And I certainly don't believe that we should be sending money to or using the services of an app that puts that money directly in the pocket of the Communist Chinese Party.
00:50:22.000So let me go through some fast facts here so you have some context.
00:51:28.000It's really kind of a combination of Pinterest and Instagram, which seems like that may not be super relevant or interesting until you understand that that is because TikTok is actually banned in China.
00:51:38.000Yeah, that's something that a lot of people don't know.
00:54:11.000This app, just for those of you who don't know, is just as invasive as TikTok as it relates to your private information.
00:54:16.000I don't understand how you can be against the government here not being transparent about Red Dye 3 and then say, well, free speech, so we're fine with an app that 100% harvests our data to use against us all.
00:54:31.000Of the information stored within the People's Republic of China.
00:54:47.000The privacy consent is ignored completely when, let me give you their terms, it's necessary for the performance of statutory duties or obligations, it's necessary to respond to public health emergencies, or it's necessary to the processing personal information within a reasonable scope for news reporting, public opinion supervision, etc., for the public interest.
00:55:11.000We need supervised over our opinions, okay.
00:55:14.000And remember, China, their national intelligence law, it requires that companies cooperate with the CCP. That is what is required for you to do business.
00:55:23.000And TikTok wasn't allowed there, but this one is.
00:55:44.000And even if people wanted to say, healthcare, okay, what about the fact that we're the only country that has the freedom of speech enshrined absolutely into our constitution?
00:56:02.000So you need to understand that freedom of speech, when you talk about foreign entities run by a communist dictatorship, they don't have a constitution that includes the freedom of speech.
00:56:16.000In other words, if a communist came in, right?
00:56:21.000If an actual communist came and said, hi, I'm a communist, and said, I'm going to run this Bennigans, and I'm going to run it and collect all of your information and report on everything that goes on here back to the Communist Chinese Party in Canada, of course it wouldn't be allowed.
00:56:35.000It would be like if Eric Swalwell, if the spy said, I'm a spy, we'd be like, oh, well, that's a problem.
00:56:40.000That's why we found out that it was a problem.
00:56:42.000For some reason, when it's on a digital screen, we all go, freedom of speech.
00:56:45.000This is not a freedom of speech issue.
00:57:11.000The Communist Chinese Party is probably going to ban the app, too.
00:57:13.000And the reason for that is because even though they have all these terms of service and banned terms, the Communist Chinese Party, unlike you, unlike many Americans, not you necessarily watching, but Americans who have no problem with being spied on by the Communist Chinese Party, who have no problem with a foreign nation interfering, even in our electoral process, through propaganda, which you see in their terms, is actually...
00:57:35.000Part of the community standards, right, is to allow propaganda and to silence criticism.
00:57:40.000This app is still a problem for China because they see it as facilitating interaction between China and the West.
00:57:47.000They don't want the Chinese citizens, unlike those creators who you saw, who are oppressed, whose rights are violated on a regular basis, who are jailed, who are not allowed to practice religion freely.
00:57:57.000If they see the freedom that Americans have, well, guess what?
00:58:13.000So here's actually an expert on China, Rush Doshi, posted this on X, said that Xiaohongshu, if it survives Beijing, poses all the same problems that TikTok does and probably more to the U.S., but I think the problems it poses to Beijing right now may be greater since it's almost a tunnel under the firewall to reach PRC citizens.
00:58:31.000And one user out there has already noted that the app is, and this is kind of a technical term, but for those of you who understand it, they're already geofencing foreign IPs.
00:58:42.000Retno or Xiaohongshu just released an update in the Greater China region with a function to separate out foreign IPs.
00:58:52.000And there are now talks of moving all foreign IPs to a separate server and having a different IP for those who are in the Greater China area.
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01:03:46.000Also a requirement, no intrusion into our country that has freedom of speech enshrined into the Constitution from a communist foreign government.