The Great America Show - October 01, 2024


Mid-Day Update： October 1, 2024


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Length

4 minutes

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157.61208

Word count

675

Sentence count

39


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J.D. Vance and Tim Waltz face off tonight at 9pm on ABC for the first VP debate and likely the last. A new whistleblower has information on Tim Walz s ties to communist China. Thousands of dock workers went on strike last night as they rallied for higher pay and more job safety.

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Tuesday, October 1st.
00:00:05.760 J.D. Vance and Tim Waltz face off tonight at 9 p.m. on ABC for the first VP debate and likely the last.
00:00:13.880 A new whistleblower has information on Tim Waltz's ties to communist CCP.
00:00:18.900 House Oversight Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas
00:00:23.540 for information on a long-standing connection between the CCP and Tim Waltz.
00:00:27.760 According to recently received whistleblower disclosures, Comer says his committee has learned of a non-classified Microsoft Teams group chat
00:00:36.280 among DHS employees and additional intelligence reports that contain information regarding a long-standing connection
00:00:43.540 between the CCP and Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz.
00:00:47.420 Comer says that they learned of this non-classified Microsoft Teams group chat among those DHS employees titled
00:00:52.860 quote, NST, NFT, bi-weekly sync, contains information about Governor Waltz that is relevant to his investigation.
00:01:01.600 They've also learned that future relevant information regarding Governor Waltz has been memorialized
00:01:06.380 both in classified and unclassified documents in control of the DHS.
00:01:11.300 In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Chairman Comer in August requested a comprehensive review of all information, documents, and communications
00:01:20.040 related to Governor Waltz's engagement with the CCP-affiliated entities and officials.
00:01:25.580 The investigation will also examine any advisories or warnings that the FBI may have provided to Governor Waltz
00:01:32.000 concerning the CCP's influence operation targeting U.S. political figures.
00:01:36.920 Comer says the CCP has sought to destroy the United States through coordinated influence
00:01:41.580 and infiltration campaigns that target every aspect of American life, including our own elected officials.
00:01:48.740 Comer also says that Americans should be deeply concerned that Governor Waltz,
00:01:52.500 Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate, has a long-standing cozy relationship with China.
00:01:57.960 We all know how that worked out for Hunter Biden, of course.
00:02:00.900 10% for the big guy?
00:02:02.040 And if this news isn't bad enough for Kamala Harris, CNN's data analyst Harry Enten is ringing alarm bells for Kamala Harris' campaign
00:02:10.880 about support from union households, saying that she's delivering the worst Democratic performance in a generation.
00:02:18.120 The Teamsters Union declined to endorse a candidate for president this year,
00:02:21.520 despite the fact that an overwhelming number of their members support Donald Trump.
00:02:25.600 Enten suggests that Trump has made huge gains among working people.
00:02:28.900 The reasons for that should be pretty obvious to everyone.
00:02:31.420 Trump is Buy American, Hire American, American first.
00:02:36.020 Harris' China, Mexico, and everybody else before America.
00:02:40.360 And speaking of unions, a port strike has been called at East and Gulf Coast cargo facilities
00:02:45.280 as dock workers walked off the job last night.
00:02:49.280 Thousands of dock workers from ports from New England to Texas went on strike just after midnight on Tuesday
00:02:53.960 as they rallied for higher pay and more job securities.
00:02:56.940 This work stoppage is the first East and Gulf Coast ports since 1977.
00:03:03.380 It follows a lengthy impasse in labor talks between the International Longshoremen's Association
00:03:07.920 and the United States Maritime Alliance, a shipping industry group representing terminal operators and ocean carriers.
00:03:14.160 The strike is expected to involve 25,000 workers, according to USMX, and it will close 14 ports.
00:03:21.400 Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, South Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida, Miami, Houston, Mobile, Alabama, New Orleans,
00:03:30.160 New York, New Jersey, Norfolk, Virginia, Philadelphia, Savannah, Georgia, Tampa, Florida, and Wilmington, Delaware.
00:03:37.320 The ILA is demanding sizable wage hikes and complete ban on use of automated crates, gates, and container-moving trucks
00:03:44.820 in unloading and loading freight.
00:03:47.120 Is it me or does it seem like all bad things happening under this Biden-Harris administration?
00:03:52.600 I don't even know if we could say Biden administration anymore.
00:03:55.580 Be sure to join us for today's episode of The Great America Show.
00:03:58.220 We're joined by J6 or Jake Lang.
00:04:00.300 He calls into the show directly from his prison cell.
00:04:03.500 We're going to hear all about it from Jake Lang as he waits trial on November 4th and heads to solitary confinement until then.
00:04:10.920 Be sure to join us for that today on The Great America Show.
00:04:13.780 I'm John Fawcett with this midday update.
00:04:16.040 Have a great day, folks.