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00:43:27.680I'm not, I'm not too concerned about the private donors only because I think there's a whole bunch of them. I think he spread it around enough that it's not like anybody can come back and say, I built you that ballroom. I mean, yeah, they can come back and say I helped or I contributed to it. But I think it was like a million dollars from all these different people or all these different companies. And so I think it's kind of diversified enough that it isn't going to give anybody a ton of leverage over Trump.
00:43:51.240And the other thing I would say is I'm pretty sure it was public knowledge that there was already a military complex down there. I think it was in very much need of repair or updating or renovation, but I think it was always down there. It wasn't like a new thing.
00:44:07.140So I think it's basically just they're upgrading that complex underground to have a better one for military operation, command and control, things like that.
00:44:17.220But I do think it's probably better not to publicize where we do those things because it seems silly to tell our enemies, hey, here's where you should hit if you want to take out our command and control.
00:44:28.320Obviously, the White House is already a very public target, so it's maybe not that big of a deal.
00:44:34.400um maybe it's a bunker for the donors yeah i doubt it um i think they're all building their
00:44:42.140own private bunkers too from what i've heard but um yeah i you know i i don't i don't see it as a
00:44:47.360big deal and i do think it's kind of crappy that the lawsuit forced them to disclose this or to
00:44:52.000talk about it publicly and that they're asking questions about it because it seems like the
00:44:55.420type of thing you just wouldn't want to talk about because then it's just going to attract
00:44:58.180a bunch of crazies and conspiracy theories and other things that are just unnecessary
00:45:02.320um but you know i'm all for the ballroom i think it's a great thing and i think it's a great thing
00:45:07.980that we as taxpayers didn't have to pay for it yeah it was embarrassing that they'd have to like
00:45:12.720tunnel these people out to a tent it's like hello we're america okay like the white house is old i
00:45:18.240get it we want to you know it's cute but yes please have a proper ballroom where people can
00:45:23.420move around it's you know it's not 1920 anymore um so i like the ballroom what goes on underneath
00:45:30.440that it's none of my business okay what's another story we could talk about um let's see so um it
00:45:39.560looks like we are allowing trump is allowing a russian oil tanker to deliver fuel to cuba
00:45:44.760um so there was a russian oil tanker approaching cuba and there's some kind of blockade that we
00:45:49.080have in place to prevent things like that but apparently we're letting them
00:45:53.080bring 730 000 barrels of oil to cuba so um you know that was lining up to be a potential
00:45:59.320a confrontation but apparently we're going to allow them through and i think trump is saying
00:46:03.540you know on the one hand cuba is next um but you know they need to survive and he doesn't want to
00:46:09.860push them to the point where people are dying and you know that it's a humanitarian crisis if you
00:46:14.140don't have any energy which i think cuba was really reaching that point we cut off all their
00:46:18.260supply from venezuela and maybe russia is the only place still trying to supply them with oil so
00:46:23.660you know up until this point it was kind of like what's about to happen because they're literally
00:46:27.880just out of energy they don't have any you know they've had a bunch of blackouts um for on their
00:46:33.120grid and it seemed like they were really reaching the end in terms of their energy so i think it's
00:46:37.560probably a good thing to just say let's at least keep everybody alive and allow them to survive
00:46:42.060but we still probably have complete control as to what goes in and out of cuba so you know i'm
00:46:47.960still thinking maybe that's just a quick stop on the way back let's take care of cuba on your way
00:46:53.600back yeah yeah but you know i'm i'm expecting it'll at least wait until the iran conflict is
00:46:59.100wrapped up so there's probably some time before anything happens in cuba so sean said are we
00:47:03.720torturing them or trying to persuade them i mean it's a little bit of both i think
00:47:09.860carrot and the stick yeah but i i like i said before i would like to have cuba i would like
00:47:16.260to vacation there it would be nice and i think the people like i feel like the people in cuba
00:47:21.900I feel like it's such an easy fix of all the things that we do in this world.
00:47:47.380That's my positive spin on wanting Cuba, personally.
00:47:49.860I mean, certainly communism is the problem.
00:47:51.900And that's the tough part is to get the government to not be communist anymore.
00:47:56.140But, you know, if we can do that, whether it means putting in a different leadership or whatever, I think it would probably be good for the Cuban people.
00:48:06.960And so if it became a U.S. territory, it would probably be great for them.
00:48:10.260I know places like Puerto Rico have their problems, but they're probably a lot better off than if they didn't have the support they get from the United States.
00:48:16.800And so I think, you know, it's one of these things that's been that way for many decades, like back to the 50s or even earlier.
00:48:21.600and it's just been stagnating and it's been a problem for a long time you know we had the
00:48:26.120cuban missile crisis and then we did have all these embargoes and sanctions and things and
00:48:30.400it's just sat there and no one has tried to resolve it so i think it's probably a good thing
00:48:34.800overall if we can just get them to be essentially an ally uh rather than an enemy um since they're
00:48:41.100so close to us geographically it makes a lot of sense to say we want to have good relations with
00:48:45.040cuba and so if we can come up hopefully with a peaceful way to transition this uh i think that
00:48:50.860would be a great thing. I'm kind of hoping, again, that we don't have to have a whole lot of violence
00:48:54.180in the process. But I would imagine that we probably have such overwhelming force that Cuba
00:48:59.800wouldn't really be able to resist for very long. It probably would look a lot more like Venezuela,
00:49:03.320where we just go in and take whatever we want to take, and then it's over within a matter of days.
00:49:08.620So we'll see. Nothing's guaranteed. But I don't think it's going to be like Iran, where there's
00:49:13.600going to be a lot of resistance and a lot of ability to resist. So I wouldn't anticipate a
00:49:17.900longer conflict there hopefully not marcella anything on uh on that subject i mean it's it's
00:49:24.700a huge burden for america uh kind of like east germany west germany when west germany opened up
00:49:30.820their borders became one east germany was very expensive to bring back to the modern technology
00:49:38.740that west germany had the same here like i i do think we do need them to be on our side because
00:49:44.340they are near us um and you know and also i feel bad for the cuban people but i think of america
00:49:51.620first and to me you have to go in knowing that there's going to be a lot of cost at first
00:49:59.860to get them to i mean they don't even have cars after a certain time period um their infrastructure
00:50:08.340was completely shot uh i mean it's a lot of work that needs to be done which is a lot of work that
00:50:15.380needs to be done in a lot of cities in the united states but um so long as everybody knows what's
00:50:22.260what it's what you're gonna have to do to bring cuba to the modern age well i think the people
00:50:30.020will do a lot themselves if they're not under that you know rule um they just they're just not allowed
00:50:37.060And I mean, I can tell you, I know millions of people that would send even just simple
00:50:42.640little things that they just haven't had there that would start to heal with their basic
00:50:48.220needs that will then lead to them being able to work on infrastructure.
00:50:52.720And I think that the Cuban people would really do their part in bringing back their country
00:52:32.960i am so thankful for all those 3 000 events that were in the u.s uh internationally allegedly
00:52:42.6808 million people took part in it and i am so glad that they had a protest saying no king's
00:52:50.460protest with frogs dancing no they're still looking there they didn't do it hard enough
00:52:58.380Yeah, not enough. But they did have a walk, a protest in London, which is very interesting, to say the least. But basically, they got together, everybody got together, kumbaya, against President Trump's policies on immigration, Iran operation, war, proposed cuts to Medicaid, education.
00:53:24.000um there were several uh celebrities that took part in it mark hamill of star wars uh took to
00:53:33.000to blue sky to protest to show his protest signs robert de niro of course had to make an appearance
00:53:40.600in the new york protest um i think he like he butchered what he was saying anyways um
00:53:47.440he needs a script letitia james was with him i believe rent rent your favorite randy weingarten
00:53:54.520was leading the minnesota protest can we just pause on that for a second randy weingarten okay
00:54:02.580you guys she's the head of the teachers union excuse me why is this woman a freaking active
00:54:08.960she's she was an activist before she was the head of the teachers union i have to just pause on this
00:54:14.740because it's so amazing to me that in a country full of all sorts of kids and people from every
00:54:21.620background and political suasion, everything, Randy Weingarten is a psychotic. I hope somebody
00:54:30.180can clip this. Randy, you are a psychotic activist. You have no business even being around children
00:54:37.520and you're in Minnesota of all places. I know you'd like to travel to Ukraine and everywhere
00:54:43.780else and you never miss a parade with a sign and a microphone to scream into. How you are the
00:54:51.160president of the teachers union is beyond and it's disgusting. And I hope you get taken out
00:54:59.200by Corey DeAngelis's movement and that everyone in the teachers union, listen to me, teachers,
00:55:05.040you don't have to be in the teachers union. Do you know there's a way out of the teachers union
00:55:10.340and you get more benefits being out of it than in it.
00:55:14.460So if you want to have your own little protest,
00:55:39.100Call me. I'm going to give my number out. Anyways, so there it is. I don't know if it was 8 million, but Owen, are you shocked? Are you speechless?
00:55:53.200I just think it's a great accomplishment to have gotten rid of all the kings in one weekend. I mean, to have your protest demands met so quickly, it's great. I mean, more power to them. I mean, they did it.
00:56:09.100Yeah, they did. That was great. And they got exercise and they got some fresh air and vitamin
00:56:14.740D. Good for them. And watching, what's his name? Punchy De Niro standing next to Al Sharpton,
00:56:22.020holding up the sign, walking behind the banner sign. I was like, look at this little man,
00:56:28.420like Punchy and that Charlton, what's his name? Sharpton, standing next to each other. I was like,
00:56:35.680oh these two insignificant little it was just such a perfect side by side and then to see
00:56:43.520bruce springsteen next to who was he standing next to jane fonda i think i don't know but i
00:56:50.940was like oh because like i always felt like jamie lee curtis could be bruce springsteen but then i
00:56:57.640saw that they were like both at an event and i was like oh they can't be the same person but
00:57:01.900it was interesting it was definitely interesting the the the sad part uh some of it turned uh
00:57:08.660violent in portland of course um they used the whole no kings protest to beat up on people um
00:57:16.600and uh basically destroy again uh the place in front of the ice uh detention center so they used
00:57:26.060And in California, at least in L.A., there was like 75 arrests, but it was what it was.
00:57:49.540Vance had an interview with Benny Johnson, and he was kind of on fire with some of his stuff.
00:57:53.700He's saying that Tim Waltz and Gavin Newsom are going to be investigated for fraud.
00:57:58.700He doesn't know exactly what they knew and when they knew it, but apparently they're going to be asking those questions and trying to put the heat on them to see if they were involved or how knowledgeable they were of those things.
00:58:09.860And he also says he believes Ilhan Omar is guilty of immigration fraud and should be essentially deported or even extradited because apparently there may be some charges waiting for her if she goes back to Somalia.
00:58:19.240um apparently her family her father was involved with some kind of genocide over there and she's
00:58:25.440aligned with that and is proud of her heritage and i don't know how much involvement she had
00:58:29.380but apparently there are some people in somalia that says yes please just say the word and we'll
00:58:33.700take care of her um but you know she may be facing some consequences i think it's been a pretty public
00:58:39.500information that she supposedly married her brother as part of her immigration application
00:58:44.860to get into the country. And that would obviously be fraud. And so hopefully that'll result in some
00:58:51.740charges or some consequences. So seems like Vance is ready to go after these people.
00:58:59.860Yeah, I think it'll be interesting. Sean Corey with another comment. I'd like to agree with you
00:59:06.200that yeah, probably, you know, as soon as we get past the midterms and we get past
00:59:11.760um, like the 250th anniversary of our country. Um, yeah, the focus will be on Vance and I think
00:59:20.020Vance will really put out there more of what he's about. And I think that we're going to be
00:59:26.620pleasantly surprised. I hope, listen, I'm open to all options. May the best person win, but also
00:59:34.400like everybody we have to remember there are no kings in this country there never will be
00:59:41.040and trump just has a you know like two and a half years left so whatever you know whatever your
00:59:47.520issues may or may not be he's he's done soon and a new president will be put in elected hopefully
00:59:54.860fairly so there's that okay time nazi and my nazism i see you andy so um you guys the first
01:00:02.060draft as scott's biography is done we posted it on x not the draft but just joel shared with us
01:00:08.580him fanning through his first handwritten draft he's going to do a couple more and he has a you
01:00:14.240know a lot to fill in um we love him so much so you guys let's like get prepared to say goodbye
01:00:19.840we're going to see you tomorrow uh bj will be with us tomorrow bj ditched her we're going to
01:00:26.140be doing like all news current events um for the show so be here tomorrow and we have more guests
01:00:32.840coming up this week and i will tell you about them tomorrow so go out there let's be useful
01:00:38.480let's have a toast to scott and to shelly and um we will see you guys in the morning
01:00:45.060be useful to scott and shelly to scott let's go and show
01:00:50.880love you guys thanks marcel and owen all right bye thank you bye guys