The Dana Show with Dana Loesch - Friday October 4 - Full Show

Episode Date: October 4, 2024

FEMA fails to find extra funds for Americans in need following Hurricane Helene because of migrant funding. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joins us to discuss Florida’s Helene recovery efforts, FEMA failures, the Longshoremen’s port strike and more. DHS Sec. Mayorkas admits FEMA is short of funds this hurricane season while months ago claiming that was not the case. Dana breaks down the state of the race and explains the efforts the GOP needs to continue to win key swing states. Liz Cheney, Bruce Springsteen and Sam Elliott endorse Kamala Harris. Dana recently watched the HBO documentary, Chimp Crazy, and it reminded her of her childhood when she babysat a chimp and it slapped her.Please visit our great sponsors:Black Rifle Coffeehttps://blackriflecoffee.com/danaUse code DANA to save 20% on your next order.  Byrnahttps://byrna.com/danaVisit today for 10% off and get the protection you need.  Cozy Earthhttps://cozyearth.com/danaGet the ultimate in comfort at up to 40% off with code DANA. Hillsdalehttps://danaforhillsdale.comClaim your free pocket Constitution today at DanaForHillsdale.comKelTechttps://KelTecWeapons.comInnovation. Performance. Keltec. Learn more at KelTecWeapons.com today.Patriot Mobilehttps://patriotmobile.com/danaGet a free month of service with code Dana.ReadyWise https://readywise.comUse promo code Dana20 to save 20% on any regularly priced item.Relief Factorhttps://relieffactor.comDon’t mask pain, fight it naturally with Relief Factor.  Visit online or call 1-800-4-RELIEF today!Tax Network USAhttps://TNUSA.com/DANADon’t let the IRS control your life—empower yourself with Tax Network USA. Visit TNUSA.com/DANA

What do the states in the storm zone need, Mr. President? What are the states in the storm zone? What do they need after what you saw today? Oh, in the storm zone? Yes, sir. I'm going to what storm are talking about. They did everything they need. And they're very happy.

It's off the board. He doesn't know what storm? Wait, was this, like, asked, like, five years ago? Like, what is he talking about? I don't know what storm you're talking about. You mean that big, wet one? they came through the southern states and... You know, the one you just toured.

Yeah, I have no idea. I have no idea about that storm. What are you talking about? I can't even deal, dude. I'm at my limit with the reactions by some of these people. Every time I see video online and it's, I mean, all these people are struggling. I wish I could fly a helicopter. I almost want to, like, matrix, like, learn how to fly a helicopter so I can chop her in and, like,

be rescuing people and just saying, golly. I mean, you know, maybe it's time to learn how to fly a chopper. I don't know. I just, it makes me mad because we have all these resources because we pay, you know, the taxes. And the government's just sitting there like, we still know what to do. We're still have no clue. Welcome to the show. It's Friday.

We're going to get you. So what I like to do on Fridays is kind of wrap everything up for you if there's anything that you missed for the week. And then I want to get you set up for the weekend as well. And so we're going to get, we're going to get. to get you all set up like I said. So we're going to get you set. And then we're going to kind of preview maybe some of the things to come perhaps this next week because now we're getting closer and ever closer to election. We're less. Now officially, I think we're going to be like

this a month away next week. So yeah. So we got and I'm going to start also incorporating more of the polling and all that in and as I have been doing. So we'll get just set up all right so first and foremost the reaction with the storm and the i mean it's pretty amazing to see the fema failure how many times are we going to see fema failure i got to say it it's it's a failure almost no matter who is in charge kind of because it's FEMA because it's such a huge entity. And there's, it just seems like there's zero oversight of this. They're broke. They've had billions of dollars that they have spent on all of this other stuff that has to do with illegal immigration and processing. I was talking to a friend of mine. And I'm like, well,

and tell me, you know, tell me, and this individual actually worked, was associated with the IG's office that came out with this report. And this is on background. But they were saying that, well, you know, they keep it pretty intentionally vague. But yeah, they're legit. talking about, not detention and deportation, but housing, meals, you know, clothing, things like that, the not debit cards, the gift cards, prepaid phones, that's what this entails. That's what this, that's what all that means. It's not just, oh, this is for immigration judges. And I feel in watching a lot of the commentary, and I was watching some clips last night, Graby in and I was watching a couple of clips on social media from MS and CNN.

I got the impression that they were trying to mislead people into thinking that the money that were talking about, the billions of dollars that's been appropriated from FEMA for all of this stuff, I got the impression that they were trying to mislead people into thinking that it was for, oh, it's for processing, and it's for Border Patrol stuff, you know, and it's for also, you know, immigration judges. and that process. And it's not. And that's why they're so very, very, very vague about all of it.

And I, you know, just like I said, I just feel like I, you know, that's, that's intentional and malicious. And I'm just, it's frustrating because now you can't, you're trying to figure out, well, what are our tax dollars going through? You're keeping it intentionally vague. You know, you're the taxpayer. Shouldn't you have like an itemized list of things? And every, in any other employment scenario,

that's kind of how that goes, right? You know where your money's going to. You can tell, and this is just not one of those things. So we're going to continue following this because the response has been insane. And I got to say, who is it always that are like the first people to show up? And I don't, and I come from Southern Missouri. So, you know, I'm like indicting myself in this partially, you know, in a way. Because the first people who show up are who?

the religious people and the rednecks. I mean, you don't need FEMA, get you a hillbilly. You know what I mean? Those are two different things. Don't you mess them up either. Depending on where you go, the things's two different things. But, you know, all you need some good old hillbillies and you need to get and then get you some, get you some, get you some Baptist and you're set. I mean, these people are showing up.

So I got friends that got, I have a lot of friends. I have some friends that have kids out in North Carolina. I got friends that have South Carolina. runs out in North Carolina. I mean, I've been talking to everyone and they're like, it's funny because like the whole, all the other churches, like all the other churches affiliated with their church in the area show up. And they got everybody there. They got their generators. They're showing up with bait goods. They're showing up with, of course, you got to have that casserole. That is, can I just make a quick offhand remark about the casserole? The ubiquitous American dish.

The casserole. It's great for graduations. It's great for weddings. It's great for funerals. It's great for family holiday get-togethers. It's great for hurricane response. I mean, it's like the ubiquitous dish, right? So showing up with casserole, shown up with necessities, like days before FEMA's even like, wait, what? There was a storm? Because you don't need big government. You never do. It's always these same people who show up. Always these same people. I was watching another video and I feel pretty confident saying that the dude was a redneck. And we can't play it because the guy's taking the video is very excited about what he's seen. And he's like, you know, MF for this is awesome. and then he's like celebrating with one finger salutes.

But anyway, I watched a video of, you know, good old boy on a four-wheeler. Sorry, four-wheeler. This is where the southern Missouri is coming up. Four-willer. And pulling kids literally like in a little boat behind him. And it's pretty deep water. And they're just carting around, bringing these kids around. I mean, it's real video.

I mean, they're getting out there and getting it done. I'm just saying, you don't. FEMA almost makes itself unnecessary, except that it sucks up all the tax dollars. Can you imagine being Alejandro Mayorkas right now? how can that guy with his walk with his head high in D.C.? How can he walk out in public in D.C. anywhere? I mean, it's shameful. It's absolutely shameful.

And so, I, you know, I don't know. I, it is unbelievable to see this stuff, the way that it's happening and the, again, consistent failure of FEMA. And I'm not trying to do what aboutism here, or I'm not both sidesing it. but on top of you have two things happening because FEMA is under DHS DHS DHS is under so much fire you have the story and I put this in your prep if you are a subscriber over at Substack chapter inverse this is in your prep I have the story of the IG report where they are saying yeah well we we kind of yeah it's true I mean we were just letting anybody on the on the planes sorry about that we were just like and every single person get up there and, you know, just get on the planes without ID. None of, you know, I mean, it was a heavily redacted report, but they found out that CBP, ICE, and TSA did not fully access the risks associated with releasing non-citizens who had zero ID into the U.S.

and then allowing them to get on all these domestic flights. And in fact, under the, in the report it said under current processes, CBP and ICE cannot ensure that they're even keeping high-risk non-citizens without identification from entering the country. Additionally, they add, TSA cannot ensure that its vetting and screening procedures prevent high-risk non-citizens who may pose a threat to the flying public from boarding domestic flights. This is all on Alejandro Mayorkas's watch right now. All of this. All of this is DHS. Why? How do you let this guy continue to do his job?

Let me rephrase that. How do you allow this guy to be in this position when he's not doing his job? We're going to talk more about this. The strike is over. Well, not really. It's suspended so far. So it's not over. It's just suspended.

And the, I think what is it? They're going to have like what is it? They're not doing the 77%. What is it? 63% increase. Now, this is all going to basically go up again. They announced a truce. They were going back and forth at the United States Maritime Alliance.

So they've got this truce, essentially. and this is going to affect the wages. It's a tentative agreement on wages. They've agreed to extend the master contract until January 15th. And they're going to return to the bargaining table. So this is designed to give them more ability to negotiate. And they said all current jobs effective immediately. All current job actions will cease. All work covered by the master contract will resume. And I'm just wondering how much of this was undercut by a couple of different. factors here. The fact that you have Harold Daggett who lives, who, who is, Kane, what's the phrase? It's like this old cartoon where the guy's like, and I have a mansion and a yacht. You know what I'm talking about? What is that? Was that Bugs Bunny? I don't think so. Somebody on the internet will tell me. It was in my mind and I was trying to, internet wasn't helping me. But he's got all these things. I mean, we, I was joking. I wasn't joking. It was real, but I was laughing at it. The guy wears Cartier sunglasses. He's got a Rolex

watch. He's wearing gold chains. I mean, I'm like, is this P-Ditty or is this like a guy who's had it like, what's up? And so I mean, he he was bragging about it. I'm going to cripple you. That didn't help him. And then on top of it, then you had Ron DeSantis who was like, okay, you're going to play this way. I'm just going to send the guard out. I'm going to send the guard out to Florida Sports. I'm going to handle it on my end. Very interesting how all of a sudden everyone was like, oh, maybe we shouldn't be messing around like this. Maybe, maybe we shouldn't,

maybe we shouldn't. We're going to actually talk to the governor. about that at the bottom of this hour because I just thought the timing was quite interesting. Not long after, not long after DeSantis had said, yeah, you know what? We're going to call the guard out and we're going to have them keep the ports open because our state has to recover. So he was going to send in the National Guard and all this.

Now, that's not the only thing. Where are the other governors with some of this stuff too, by the way? Like North Carolina's governor and all this stuff. Like, with a lot of these other states, do you realize how probably this, he wouldn't even gone on as long as it did if other governors took this type of action. So on top of this, by the way, we're not, we're only going to ask him about that because he's, he's ordering in the guard to keep those, before the strike, before they had a, I guess what,

a suspension, he was, he said, we're sending them over. We're going to have everybody that's all the docs affected by it. They're going to direct the Department of Transportation. They're going to waive select tolls, weight regulations for trucks. He was making it easier for truckers. they did that during the hurricane too, or sorry, lockdown too. He was going to oversee a highway patrol to oversee flow of traffic from all ports into the state. He was like, we're going to make sure all this stuff gets deployed because there's people that need these supplies. And I mean, you can't tell me that that didn't cause there. That didn't further undermine the student's position.

You cannot tell me otherwise. Now, the other thing that they're doing is because the hurricane, what did I say? We've got elections, what, in four weeks? what is a lot of this infrastructure and a lot of these impassable roads, what impact is it going to have on early voting? What impact will that have on election day if this stuff isn't cleaned up? So one of the things that he's saying is he wants election supervisors to make accommodations. And they're going to make accommodations for voters and counties that were really hit hard by the hurricane. So that's part of it. Where are the other governors doing this? Oh my gosh. And then we got Hurricane Kirk. What a jerk. Tell him to go away. We don't want him. We got a lot to hit. We got headlines.

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I mean, these are just like the latest predictions from, the National Weather Service. But it looks like it's going to take a sharp turn to the north on Sunday and then go out. And so I don't think, I think everybody's going to be okay. I think everybody's going to be okay. So in the meantime, fatalities from Helene, more than 200. Hope is fading in search for survivors. People are still looking endlessly.

And they said at least 215 known fatalities. More than half of the deaths were in North Carolina, where you still have several feet, of fast-moving water destroying entire communities. Hundreds are still missing. And they're, of course, taking donations through Red Cross, Samaritan's purse, and a number of other volunteer organizations as well. A lot of states are organizing to help. I'm sure this has nothing to do with injections of experimental solution.

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So Cheetos food coloring is turning mice transparent. I just, this is a fascinating story from the Wall Street Journal. It's because the mice are taking it and, well, it's like they're testing like some of the food coloring stuff. I would think that it wouldn't turn them transparent. I thought like the Cheeto stuff would turn them Cheeto colored, but it's a popular food diet, excuse me, that actually is turning the skin of live mice. Transparent. So you can, it's like see through, you can see their organs and stuff. And they, that's kind of weird.

So I'm just wondering, can that work? Like for like the people? I don't know. Just, you know. Coming up, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis joins us by phone. He's trying to do everything he can to help Floridians and also assist some of these other states that have been hit hard by Helene. Stick with us. Tax Network USA.

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sideways in America, you always got a group of people who show up. You got the religious folks who show up, and of course, don't forget the ever ubiquitous casserole. And then you also have, what, Cajun Navy, and then you got Floridians. And then you've got Floridians. And then then you also apparently have Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who shows up. And I love these memes that have been out there because it's like a nation called and he was surveying his outfit of his waiters and his vest, like going to go out there and answer the call. Then there was the strike as well. And he announced yesterday that he was sending out the National Guard reports affected by this strike. And very interestingly, not long after that happened,

oh, well, there was a suspension of the strike. They're going to go back to the bargaining table. I do find the timing on that very interesting he's a very busy man so he's joining us by phone florida governor ron desantis right now governor pleasure to have you thanks for giving us some of your time today i find uh first off thank you for your efforts in helping so many people that have been affected by this hurricane i mean i you you you had operation blue ridge where you were going up into the mountains and getting floridians out of the mountains and now you got the reaction with the uh the the the dock workers and now that's resuming you've been you've been busy and you've been making a lot of things happen. So thank you. Well, we're happy to do it. This was a category

for hurricane, and it was also a large storm. So it created really significant storm surge all the way up the west coast of Florida. So it hit in Florida's big bend area, North Florida, which has also had two hurricanes in the last 13 months in addition to this. But it was in Tampa Bay, Sarasota, all those other areas. So it affected our state in a big way. But we were prepared for it. We had tens of thousands of utility workers pre-staged. As soon as the storm passed, they went out for power restoration, and we've done 2.4 million power restorations, which is a record time for a major hurricane, but local and state conducted thousands of rescue missions as soon as the storm hit, and those were successful missions. And as a result, by the time we got to last weekend,

we didn't have demand for rescue missions. So I have things like Shinuk Helicopa. I've got a Florida State Guard that I created. We've got assets for rescue. So I sent them to North Carolina. No, there wasn't, there was like hardly anybody helping these folks. And Western North Carolina, Floridians get this. When it is hot in the summer here, if you go to Western North Carolina, all these great little towns in the mountains, half the people are from Florida, it seems like.

I mean, it's unbelievable. I didn't know that was the thing for Floridians. I learned that from. Unbelievable. Yes. I mean, I remember my first year as governor. We were up in the mountains, and I just attended a dinner. They did a dinner for me.

And I walk out, and there's all these other people do it, and they all stand up and clap, and they're all from Florida, like almost every one of them. So it's a huge, huge connection to our state. So I knew we probably would have some Floridians there that needed to get out of there, but I also knew they were going to need help, period. And I had assets. So we sent the assets there, so they've conducted. rescues. We've dropped tens of thousands of pounds of food and water and other things in those

key areas. And our state guard, our fish and wildlife, our national guard, we're even sending 7,500 feet of temporary bridges to help them reconstruct some of the bridges. So we're happy to do it. But I'll tell you, there's a lot now of focus. People are complaining about FEMA, where was FEMA, where was Biden, where were the feds. Florida, when we do it, we prepare. pair, assuming we're not going to get any help from the feds, you should never put your fate in destiny in the hands of FEMA. So we view FEMA just as a bank account. When a disaster is declared, people in the affected areas can apply for the different programs, individual assistance, the municipalities and the counties and the state can get reimbursed for things like debris.

But we have our people. We've got our sheriff's departments, our police departments, our firefighters, all the state agencies were there. we prepare, we respond, and we do not ever do that. So that's just the first thing on that. Now, on the ports, you're in a situation where the stated goal of this strike was to, quote, cripple the entire United States economy. I think that's unacceptable. I'm not just going to sit back and let that happen, but certainly when we have people who are going to need to rebuild their homes, and they're going to need the supplies that come in, as a matter of course, through American ports. Why would you want to cripple people who were already on their back after getting hit by a category four storm?

I think the whole thing was untenable. So, yes, we did the executive order saying, I'm sending Florida National Guard there. We're going to be able to keep the ports open. And I just didn't think that this would last long because I just think you can't look the American people in the eye and say somehow acceptable to have ships just sitting in the Gulf of Mexico or sitting in the Atlantic Ocean with urgent supplies that people would need. And if this had gone on much longer, you would have started to see some real significant things.

But we're also mindful that this is going to potentially resume in January. So we're going to keep our plan in place, and we're going to make sure people. And it's not just getting the supplies to folks for the hurricane, which is important. But when you're recovering from a hurricane, you want to get businesses up and running again. Businesses need to sell their goods. We have businesses that export all kinds of good stuff and do very well as a result of it. They get impacted, too. So Biden had no leadership on this.

Harris had no leadership on this. And so we were happy to be able to step in and fill the void. Well, it was much needed because it was absent nationally talking to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis via phone. And I noted, too, that you had also directed Florida Department of Transportation to waive the collection of tolls, all other fees for commercial vehicles, so that even waiving size and weight restrictions so that people could get what they needed and they could get it to the people who needed it as well. And you said, you're, you know, you're anticipating, I mean, this could happen again in January, so you're ready to handle it. I have to say, governor, the timing was interesting because not long after you did this, a lot of people are saying, giving you a lot of credit. credit for bringing that to a close or at least bringing them back to the negotiating table. Well, look, I think I was the first major elected official to actually lean in on it in a way

that benefited the public. I think a lot of other people have been kind of tipping, towing around it. A lot of people were justifying what was happening. And I'm just thinking of myself, that is not in the best interest of Florida or this country. And so we were happy to use our megaphone and then also take decisive action. And we were always. negotiating with other companies who were planning on bringing ships into certain ports that were then shut down to get rerouted to some of the Florida ports. And so that was going to happen for sure. And that was one of the reasons why we wanted the National Guard just to ensure order, also to ensure that everything could get unloaded and then brought where it needed to go. So there was a

lot of moving parts behind the scene. I'm glad that it worked out to where it is now. But I don't think this is the end of it, and I think we'll see what happens in January. We'll have done a lot of work on people's hurricane response in terms of helping with their homes and stuff, but there's still going to be a lot more that needs to be done. And I think, Danny, you follow these things. You know, when you have these things, it becomes, it becomes crunch anyways, because you're talking about an inordinate amount of supplies compared to what you would normally use in a given area, and then the contractors and everything. So this stuff can get backed up. under the best of circumstances.

Just imagine if you stop bringing in the key materials that we need to make all this happen. It would have been a total disaster, but I was confident. A significant portion of that imported in. Exactly. I wanted to ask you to go ahead. Sorry, go ahead. I was just going to say, I mean, I was confident we would be able to mitigate with what I had done. But I was even more confident just the optics of this to have people suffering and basically be told that you're just SOL.

well, that was not going to be something that was sustainable. And so I knew we would be able to get this stuff resumed. You're also looking ahead to Election Day. And so you've authorized governor supervisors of elections in the hardest hit counties, including Taylor and Manate, to make appropriate accommodations so that people who are able to vote, like how, similar to how after Hurricane Ian, you're looking ahead because it is, you know, you usually see, just like we saw with the pandemic, big government. that will exploit a natural or political man-made disaster.

And then, you know, got a lot of questions about elections that happen after that. Tell us about this because I haven't seen any other governor doing this either. This is exactly what we did for hurricane. And so 2022, I was actually on the ballot running for reelection. And we had polling places that just got wiped off the map. And so we had to be able to let the supervisors improvise. They would be able to do different voting sites. All of it was above board.

We keep all the same safeguards in place. But if you look at the path of this hurricane, Florida, we're taking care of. We're going to be fine. But if you look at Georgia and North Carolina, the path that this took is probably, I would say, two to one Republicans in the path of that storm. Certainly in Western North Carolina, Asheville is very blue. Everything else in West, Western North Carolina is dark red. So I think it's important that those states do something similar because if not, I think you could see a noticeable drop off in the turn.

I mean, think about it. If you are in like the mountains of North Carolina and they can't mail you an absentee ballot because the roads are still damaged in time, what are you going to do? How are you going to be able to make that happen? So especially in North Carolina, I think they need to make sure that there's accommodations. so that these voters are able to have their voice heard. North Carolina was decided in 2020 by one percentage point. This is a state that's been very, very competitive. We don't have the luxury of just seeing, you know, 10, 15,000 people who otherwise would have voted not be able to vote.

So I think it's important. I think it's a right thing to do, but I also think in terms of the election, I think it's really important that those folks are able to vote. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, especially now it's such a battleground state now, North Carolina. I mean, that's why we see both of the campaigns battling over it. It's very nerve-wracking. I'm so glad, and I know a lot of other people out there, we've got a lot of Floridians in our terrestrial listening market, and, of course, people who listen digitally, Governor,

they're so excited to see somebody nationally step up and fill the leadership gap that we're not seen from the White House. I just got one last thing. You mentioned FEMA and the funds. Apparently there's a whistleblower that's come forward. saying that FEMA misappropriated funds, talking about billions of dollars that have gone towards people who've entered the country illegally, not even for immigration processing or detention and deportation, but housing and debit cards or gift cards and things of that nature. And there's hardly anything, all the people that pay in for taxes are not seeing the return on that investment

in terms of FEMA response. Your final word on that, Governor. Well, I think it's outrageous. but here's the thing, Dana, that bugs me about this, because I don't expect anything better from Majorcas and Biden and Harris. We have a Republican House of Representatives. We do this was going on. This is not anything new. They've been spending this money through DHS on the illegals for the time Biden became president. They had the ability with the power of the purse to shut off the nonsense.

And what do they do? They just continue funding these omnibisicists. continuing resolution. So they have not used the power of the purse to hold Biden and Majorcas accountable on any of the things. Immigration, you name it. And so, yes, this has been a total farce as to how that money was used. Yes, they're going to continue to make excuses. And yes, Biden is ultimately the one who's committing the misdeeds. But man, we elected a Republican House to be able to rein in this crap. And they never did. They never lifted a finger the whole DHS or Majoricus accountable in an effective way.

Boy, the election might turn into a reckoning. I mean, we might be looking at that in November. So some of these people need to walk the walk to which their political affiliation is stated. Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, always a pleasure, Governor. Thank you for what you're doing. I know you're busy. You've got to get out there helping Floridians and everybody else in the nation.

We appreciate your time today. Thank you. Thanks. God bless. Of course. God bless. We have more to come, folks, as we wrap up this first hour. And of course, we got days of these

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Like, when he plays, he's actually like he's hurting himself. I'm like, someone stop him. Like, he's this man's in pain. Can you, I'm sorry, can you just play the very. beginning of that again because it's funny. Dude, that was funny. Listen, it's like he just got on the stool. Friends, fans, and the press have asked

me who I'm supporting in this most important of elections. And with full knowledge of my opinions, no more. But hey, don't you believe him because he's in a flannel? What is on his finger? Is that a gold nugget too or is that just a weird? What is that? What is with the gold nugget trend with dudes? Look,

he's got his bass pro jacket. I actually do, those flannels are comfy, I got to say. But he's like he's the every man. But look, he's got a white polo underneath. He just threw that jacket. I'm in a diner. Look, it's an American flag that's artfully placed here. Look, the blinds, nicotine colored. I mean, come on, you know. Yeah, is it a green screen? I don't know. Does that make you trust him more or less? What if he was doing that same video in his big swanky mansion? Would you trust him more or less? Because you know he ain't ever, I mean, ain't ever eaten in that diner. You know that. Come on.

If it even is there, I don't know. I, but then we got, we don't have time for 14, do we'll play we'll we have more celebrity commentary coming up and we also have the latest with hurricane helene efforts and uh fema and mayorkis why why is he there still stay with us if you're approach to everyday aches and pains is to mask them you know feel better for a few hours or only have the pain return and then repeat the cycle all over again it's time to try relief factor and the good news is that relief factor makes that easy their three-week quick start is just 1995 less than a dollar a day Instead of masking pain, Relief Factor helps eliminate it. It's a unique formula of ingredients that helps support your body's response to inflammation.

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He actually just put this up literally like eight minutes ago. And he said in the note, it said, quote, hey Elon, update here on the site of Asheville. We've powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. And we've deployed 300 plus starlings and outpour. It has saved many lives. The big issue is FEMA. actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state that they're their own. He says it's real and scary how much control they've taken to stop from.

I mean, I keep hearing back and forth reports on that. The thing is, is I wouldn't be surprised because that's kind of how Biden and Democrats have viewed this. They always believe that you cannot be helped without the government. And if you have, you know, all of these. these amazing stories of people who are being helped by the, you know, the good old rednecks with their with their ingenuity and know-how and the religious folks that are showing up with supplies and help and paying for hotel rooms and all this stuff. If you have all of these people stepping up, you're reducing the loophole that government has to wiggle through to exploit a problem

to enrich and enlarge in itself and to seize further control. That's one of the reasons why they don't like, for instance, upward economic mobility. They don't like it when people can get themselves out of a situation with the help of other private individuals. But that's how it's always been. That's how it's supposed to be, by the way. That is how it is supposed to be. I mean, if you can't get down there, if I can't get down there, I'll sure as heck send money

to people who are down there because they're going to be immediately knowing what they have to get and, you know, how much of it they need more so than me looking on Amazon trying to figure out how I'm going to send something that probably can't get there on an impassable road anyway. So it's the average people stepping up to assist with all of this. And I'm not surprised that I haven't read anything about stuff being seized. I wouldn't be honestly surprised about it. I haven't really seen a lot about that, have you, Kane? the seizing of stuff.

No, but... I mean, I wouldn't be surprised because we've seen it happen in the past and people are experiencing some of that behavior right now with some of the rescue efforts. So I wouldn't be surprised to hear that. But we were told that, you know, FEMA is,

you know, super helpful and that, well, I mean, this is a flashback, Audio Soundbite 6, Mayorkas, that they're tremendously prepared, guys. Check this out. FEMA is tremendously prepared. This is what we do. This is what they do.

And the key here, Rebecca, is also to make sure that the communities who are potentially impacted are prepared as well. And it's not... Well, yeah, that's not happening, though. Not at all. There's more, though. There's more. Because audio sound bite four, this is what it is now. Oh, imagine this.

Listen. We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season. How? How do they not have the funds to make it through the season? I don't know.

Maybe because of audio sound bite. I don't know. Five? FEMA is providing emergency food and shelter program funds to help cities around the country recover or defray the costs of non-citizen arrivals. CBP and ICE are working closely with cities to share information and coordinate the disposition of non-citizens in immigration enforcement. Wow.

Now, we have more for you because here was Majorcas talking at the time with Kirsten's cinema about how to spend over a half a billion dollars taken from FEMA just earlier this year four people who illegally entered the country. This is audio soundbite seven. Listen. As you know, Secretary, I helped secure $650 million in fiscal year 2024 for the CBP Shelter Services program to limit the burden on financial, the financial burden on local communities. I was pleased to see the notice of funding opportunity published last week that gave Arizona its fair share of the money available. As you know, this money has come quite late. We were just days away from Pima County seizing all activities to process and manage migrants.

So what steps is DHS going to take to ensure that additional funds are distributed and that we don't find ourselves in this critical situation in Pima County once again? We announced with the first distribution last week we also announced a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the Shelter and Services program, we are going to receive applications for it from existing recipients as well as those who are first-time applicants. And we are very focused on getting the dollars out the door as quickly as possible, as fairly as possible. Imagine that. Oh, are they, though? Do you really believe all of that? All of that? I mean, the FEMA is, it's federal, federal emergency response.

creating an emergency. By the way, acknowledging that you have to use emergency response money for the problem at the border is affirming that it is an emergency at the border. You realize this, right? I mean, they can deny it. They've tried to. You guys know, know, for the past couple of years. They've tried to say, no, no, no, that's not an emergency. It's just, you know, a little hiccup, little problem.

Come on. I mean, it's, I mean, I just read these stories. People are like, we need rescue. They've been begging FEMA officials for supplies. They were begging for oxygen. They said that we need rescue. I mean, the fatality rates are increasing. And I don't even know where Biden is.

He did a seven days later he went and he visited. Bush got criticized. And I'm not, look, I'm not a fan of like a giant stand of George W. Bush. But he waited three days so that he didn't hinder recovery efforts following Katrina. Because wherever the president goes, there is a radius around him, air or ground, where it's shut down. airspace is shut down. He did not want to disrupt any kind of air traffic related to supply and rescue. And so he waited three days.

Biden waited seven. Nobody's saying anything. Biden was literally on the beach last weekend. He was on the damn beach last weekend while people were being swept off the rooftops of their homes. He couldn't even remember what storm they were talking about when he was asked about it. Audio sound bite won. We played it once. but you got to hear it again.

What do the states in the storm zone need, Mr. President? What are the states in the storm zone? What do they need after what you saw today? Oh, in the storm zone? Yes, sir. I'm going to what storm are talking about. They did everything they need. There was a video.

I didn't want to play the interview because it's, I mean, everybody will cry and we can't do the show. But there was an interview of a mother. who was the mother of one of these little six-year-olds, it was the last photograph taken of him. He was on the rooftop with his grandparents, and the water was rushing in quick. And they were trying to get to safety,

and they couldn't get rescued in time. And he was swept away by the floodwater. And they said that as he was being swept away, and the mother said in the interview that the reason she actually you know she's devastated by this it's a loss but she said there

she feels at peace because he was she said he was yelling for Jesus as he was swept away in the water and that he was praying very loudly on the roof and then he was yelling for Jesus as he was swept away and you know her heart's breaking but she's she said that

it comforted her to know that he was It wasn't a scream of fear and it wasn't, I want my mommy. It was that he was saying that at six years old. And so she said that she's taking some solace. She could barely get through the interview, understandably. She said that she was taking some solace from that. And I thought that was incredibly powerful.

And by the way, that happened while Joe Biden was on the beach. Now, I'm not saying that I expected Joe Biden with his little, you know, skinny chicken legs to, you know, a halo drop from the sky and go in and rescue people with his own arms. But maybe have FEMA ready to go when you know it's coming and not waiting days later. Maybe don't stop people from going to help rescue other individuals because you are so hell bent on making this an example of only the federal government being able to help. that's murderous. When political ambition

gets to this level, it's murderous. Just I don't know. Do you believe him when he says this? I know, he says this audio somebody three. He's in Georgia. And he's trying to assage the mourning there. Listen to this.

A couple months ago, Hurricane Debbie did the same thing. Three in a row. Three in a row. You went through hell. Three in a row. And I want you to know, I see you, I hear you, I grieve with you, and I promise you, we have your back. We're going to stay until you're restored. You don't believe that, do you?

I don't know. I don't think I believe that. That's what's so heartbreaking because it is, it is preventable. It's preventable. Audio soundbite 11. This is a Florida State Guard member who is black. everybody from the federal government to North Carolina. Listen to this.

Understandable frustration here. And you're ticked off because you don't see the support down there on behalf of the government. Tell me what you've experienced. What's your story? We're working from like SOS carbon mud. That's how we found the 87-year-old woman that was about run out of oxygen. But there's just a complete failure of weak leadership here in North Carolina, the federal government. And it takes mindstrong leadership in Florida to send us up here.

If it wasn't for dissing us, sending the state guards, special missions you end up here. This never even would have happened. But there's just no support here. There's no leadership. When we meet these locals on the ground, they're asking like, oh, you're from the state guard. I'm like, all from Florida. And they're like, where's North Carolina? I've been hearing this, because we got a lot of listeners around the country. And I've been hearing this from so many people who are saying, this is what our family's saying. This is what our family's saying. This is what we're hearing. And, you know, all of this stuff, this is, you know, I don't want to believe that it's true because I just can't, it bothers me.

to see such a malaise and laziness with elected officials that you see this coming and you just of course this is you know this is roy cooper roy cooper democrat governor roy cooper there's the difference right now you heard florida gordon ronda santis saying he's sending he's sending resources for bridget he's sending literal bridges to north carolina where's the democrat governor of north Carolina. Maybe people in an election year when you're in a battleground state will look at the difference in leadership and realize you cannot play around with literal lives. And you need better leadership. You need a better governor. You need a better ideology in charge. I hope people remember that November. We got a lot more on the way. Hi, I'm Lillian, an English major at Hillsdale

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What is it? Like pledge or something like that? The iconic Biltmore estate, largest private house in the United States apparently was badly damaged by Hurricane Helene. The 129-year-old estate is a waterlogged disaster zone. 8,000 acre estate in Asheville. And it's a historic house museum and tourist attraction. It was built by George Vanderbilt in 1895. It's been in all kinds of stuff, movies, and they now are cleaning. up the debris. There's been a lot of stuff that's happened. I mean, the whole town is just,

you know, good night. But it's been a tourist hot spot for a long time, but they're working hard at cleaning it up. Water law. Gosh, I don't even want to think about what that cost in terms of insurance and everything else. 40% of Americans plan to retire with a million dollars or more, but it's not going to be enough in this Biden economy, which is absolutely insane. That's, a millionaire is not like the same thing as it was 20 years ago. It just doesn't. 16% of retirees say they have more than a million saved, but that's not going to be enough. They said, in fact, those currently saving for retirement, 57% say that the hope they're amounting, that the amount that they're hoping to save is actually less than one million.

And they're trying to figure out if folks think that they're being, if they're, people are trying to figure out if they're being unrealistic or if they think it's going to get better or maybe they can get by on less. But, you know, it is a little difficult to think of, you know, retirement planning because you don't know, you know, how much, how far something's going to go in the future. But man alive, this administration and making it easier. Let's see. The meta smart glasses, apparently they can instantly find strangers' names and addresses. So if you want to wear those goofy glasses, the smart glasses, apparently Harvard students have

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You can also find its Channel 347 direct TV as well as Rumble, where the chat is, X and Facebook, too. So very interesting. the um i'm glad to and i we've got clips up of the of our interview with desantis there were two things that i didn't realize the extent of number one i did not realize that before he issued the threat to the to harold daggett to the longshoreman's boss that he had already established alternative shipping routes to florida to offset and bypass where everybody else was striking when he threatened to send in the guard to handle the ports during the time of emergency i didn't know that until he told me that in just that interview.

The second thing is I didn't realize how widespread and aggressive his election supervising efforts are to make sure that people in the areas that have been really hard hit by the hurricane can get out and can speak and can vote and make sure that their votes count and to help with if they have to do early voting or mail-in voting wherever it can be done. I, where the hell is Roy Cooper? Well, Roy Cooper is a Democrat. I mean, heaven forbid, you don't want them Republicans in North Carolina casting them votes, though we don't need those bridges.

So Florida is sending actual bridges to North Carolina. Well, make sure your folks can get out and vote. He's like the president of the SEC. Isn't that what people are saying? He's the, Desanis is the president of the SEC. I think that's maybe why. I don't think him and Cooper get along. I mean, I think they do at a gubernatorial level.

But aside from that, I did not know that, though. I did not know that they had like remapped all around that. I mean, that's pretty. I go, yeah, you're going to close all this down and hurt everybody? Well, guess what? We're taking over the ports time of emergency. We can do that. And we're going to reroute everything to Florida.

It might take a little bit, but it's not going to be really any more expensive and it's still going to be on the East Coast. And I'll just bypass all this nonsense. That was like a, that was an air traffic control Reagan move. It really was. I didn't know that. I was learning that when you guys did. I didn't hear that anywhere else. It's fascinating.

I mean, I'm just telling you, that's incredibly important. The voting does concern me. So I'm glad that he's doing that in Florida, but I don't see other governors making those efforts, especially Roy Cooper in North Carolina. I mean, did you, and the reason I keep bringing this up is because I'm just amazed at the utter destruction.

How are, how you're in the middle of massive Hurricane Recovery, how are you going to get all of these Republican voters out there? I know Trump is doing an event in, he's going back to Butler, Pennsylvania, right? And I think that's, you know, they want the optic and they want the energy. And I think Pennsylvania is an important, I think it's an important state. And so I realize the, I realize how significant that is. I wish there was a way they could do something similar, maybe in an area that's easily accessible that doesn't hinder any kind of recovery efforts, like in some of these ravaged areas.

I know he's been down there. Didn't he tour like some parts of it? But if there was a way where they could do like a drive or a rally, they also need to, can I, can I be real? You need, where are all of these third party groups that the RNC's been contracting with? This is, again, me looking at this. Now, don't hate me. I get very clinical when I look at this stuff

because I like to win. Maybe we should be doing some voter registration. Why couldn't the, technically could the RNC, even if they party with the third party group, just get down there to some of these areas. And I don't know, maybe let's get some voter registration happening.

Maybe, maybe when people are getting supplies in that, we figure out where everybody is and hey, do you need help getting out to vote? It's just as important. So that you don't have to languish without power for weeks on end. because you have bad leadership. Let's change that.

That's part of a recovery effort, as far as I'm concerned. Let's change it. Let's have a database of people we can help in these areas where they can get off and they can go, they can get help to go vote. Where's the RNC doing that? I could scream. That's how I'm thinking. You can't clone Scott Presler. My gosh.

He just uncovered how they were doing, what is it? On the day of the rally, they're doing in Butler, County, Pennsylvania. he found out that they were doing and first off two things. Yes, I know that there's before anybody brings it up to me. I know there's routine maintenance with a lot of these digital voting tabulators. I understand that.

However, as he noted, that's usually done like at 3 a.m. when people are sleeping. It's not done at like 6 p.m. when the rally starts where you can't get people registered and you can't do a voter registration drive there. I mean, that's what's happening. like they can't they're not they wouldn't be able to do that he actually uh came up with it and when

he he found that when he was there and they were registering voters how is it that scott presler found that out the rnc didn't find that out thank you how does scott presler one dude find that out and the rnc didn't sometimes i'm like does the rnc want to win i'm mad i'm getting mader because I want them to knock it off because I don't think people realize and you heard DeSantis say it in North Carolina it was one point one point

think about how many voters might be stymied from getting out to vote if they're dealing with major recovery in their area or if they can't get out or if they can't even stay in the area because their homes have been destroyed your fatalities

over 200 already and you have hundreds still missing. Think about that. I mean, it's, it's very, that's, that is troubling and I, and I'm frustrated because I keep hearing all kinds of stuff about the ground game. I keep seeing, I keep hearing from people and I keep seeing certain things. And it makes me nervous and I don't like to be nervous four weeks out from an election because it's way too close. I saw this, um, another, speaking of headlines, I keep seeing waltz, This is the latest from Politico. Wals says he speaks like everyone else. His misspeaking problem is not working for Harris's campaign.

Kane, what's quicker to say, miss speaking problem or lie? That lie. Yeah, lie. Why do we have to do this whole Rub Goldberg thing with? Yeah. He's just a knucklehead. That's all. That's also like a long word for a liar.

from being honest about it. That's a, yeah, that's also a long word for liar. Just saying. I don't know. North Carolina, by the way, speaking in North Carolina, I was looking at their surveys. They are tied. There's two poles.

He's tied right now. Let's see, I'm going on here. Yeah, it's a tie. It is an absolute tie right now. Looking at the technical, it has, the RCP average has, Trump plus 0.6. Again, margin of errors 3.5. They're tied. So again, where's all the, I, oh my gosh, the ads I'd be running right now. Lorraine makes that point. Trump hands out

supplies and hugs people. Kamala is at a big Ritzy fundraiser in Vegas. Biden's literally sleeping on the beach with his mouth open head back. I mean, it says it for itself, right? Says it for itself. But it's tied. Tied in North Carolina. So the Michigan has in plus one still technically tied within margin of error. The race is being described by everybody pretty much RCP 538, everything as a tie. I actually don't think that that's a lie. Do I think it's winnable? Of course I absolutely do.

But this is going to make you frustrated. It's the Republicans to lose. House Republican members need to be going out right now. and coming up with their plan to get Mayorkas out. I don't care what they have to do. I know that they're, here's the hard part. They're in recess right now. When do they go back?

Like November? They're back in, they're in their home districts until November. They need to be holding events, press conferences, making videos about how they, here's our plan. I know they all have their phone calls. They all have conference calls. Here's their plan to go after and restructure until they can eliminate.

it because this doesn't do anything. DHS, restructure it, get me oricus out there, and let's have, let's have an audit of FEMA. Although we know where the money's going. And let's, they're the power of the purse, don't fund it anything that is not going to be accountable to citizens. And that is not prioritizing citizens and that is spending taxpayer dollars on anything but citizens. And people who are here legally who are following the laws. That's it. They need to be doing that and helping out on that end.

Here's why. Cook Political has just shifted five house races towards Democrats. I told you that was coming. It's going to be tight. I'm more worried about keeping the house than anything else. I know that some people get so frustrated when I say that, but they can literally control the power of the purse. They could shut down government and not do anything.

All the power's there. When it's so close, they've shifted five house races. because Democrats are making momentum in the Midwest. So you got two Iowa races that have moved into toss-up because the polls have been so close. One Republican, this Marionette, Miller Meeks, and then Zach Nunn. Miller Meeks has been described as a uniquely weak incumbent. They joined 25 toss-up races across the country. Cook is pretty established.

Now, in Illinois and Indiana, they, have gone from lean blue to likely blue, meaning polling is showing significant momentum towards two particular Democrat candidates. One is an incumbent, and they are both going to win their districts. Then you've got Ryan Zink in Montana, first congressional district. That softened from likely to lean. His challenger came very, very close to an upset in the midterms. He's got more money than she does, this Monica Trenell. But the the race is tighter. And I'm hearing the internals show it pretty tight. And they've, I mean, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, if they got,

if they, they, they, they, they, they, if they got, if Democrats pick up that seat, that's, that's, that's, that shows a good sign for tester. He's a Senate there and he's in a vulnerable race. So you've got, this is after they shifted half a dozen house races towards Democrats and two towards Republicans in the last month. The GOP has such a, you know, he's, he's in a, so, you've got, this is after. So, he's, tiny hole. Do you know how many seats Democrats have to take just to get the majority this fall? Four. Four seats. Now, you tell me, I want you to, you heard what DeSanta said, four seats. I know everyone's focused on the presidency. And I'm not saying that that's not important. Please don't mistake me. And let's not make silly assumptions. But if you win the White House and you

lose the house, you realize that and you still have a slim margin in the Senate, Trump will not have veto power and Democrats will control the power of the purse, we cannot lose the house. It is, that to me is supreme. All they have to have is four seats. Because here's what comes through the house, the taxes, the continual funding for IRS, the funding for Ukraine. All spending bills originate in the house. All of it. Anything that doesn't is, is not constitutional. What is it? Blue slipped and sent back? Four seats. And of them, there's more that have been shifted to toss up, which increases their odds. That is nerve-wracking to me. So this is incredibly important. And this is something we really have to keep an eye on.

That's why I don't care if they're in their home districts now until November. All these Republicans got to get out and be like, this is what we're going to do for FEMA. This is what we're going to do. let the president run let the president run his race let the governors do what they're doing but you need these house members out there on this line on this front where they can do this work

and bring the thunder this is what we're going to do here's our plan here's it well I don't care how rudimentary it looks put it up on it gets something that you can shove in front of people's faces and they get some damn voter registration down in some of these areas that have been ravaged

so that when people are getting supplies you can still make sure that they can get out and vote so they don't have this horrible leadership that keeps them in the dark without water and nobody able to get supplies because of the damn government. We got Florida man on the way. It's his life mission

to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida man. Okay. A few things here. Got to touch on. My heavens. So this, I can't believe, we've got to look for Florida man for sanity.

Can I just point to. out how insane that is. Like, that's our, we've got to look to Florida man for insanity or for sanity. Let's see, first headline that we got here for you. This is a Florida man led law enforcement on one of the slowest chases in county history. All right, so how did this work out? This man was, it was a routine traffic stop and it went into a low speed chase and they had to use the stop sticks. So this dude, it started on, September 25th, Kyle McNary kicked a passenger out of a black Kia Sorrento at an intersection. And apparently he's got a history of like attacking deputy sheriffs and things like that. And he stopped to switch plates with his passenger.

And then he ran into the street waving at passing cars. The passenger attempted to take the driver's seat. McNary kicked him out, sped off, left him on the roadside. And then he was involved in a hit and run four miles away. And it seriously injured somebody. so then he was driving very very very very very very very slowly on a very very very very I mean what is he going like five miles per hour is it even that? No less than five I mean they did get him and then his SUV got stuck in a ditch so he was taken into custody. A Florida man was arrested for sleeping on a Walmart roof with a gun in his hand.

Fort Myers Cape Coral dude deputies found him sleeping you know just regularly on the roof of a Fort Myers Walmart with a gun in his hand. and Daniel Rios 30 is facing charges of trespassing. Somebody saw him somehow, and he's just taking a nap, got a revolver in his hand. He said he was on the roof to ride out the storm. That's some Forrest Gump stuff. Like, what in the world? I went up, what was he going to shoot at it? Like, took my revolver up there.

I'm just going to ride it out, you know. All right, stay with us. We got a lot more in stores. We go through our third hour next. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top of this third hour. and always good to be with you.

You can find us Channel 347 Direct TV if you're not watching us or listening to us trust really and you can also find us YouTube, Facebook, all that good stuff. So did Liz Cheney hit her head? I don't get this. Can you play 12 for me? I really don't get this. This is weird.

I know. I know that President that a President Harris that President Harris will be able to unite this nation. In misery? I know that she will be a president who will defend the rule of law. And I know that she will be a president who can inspire all of our children. And if I might say so,

especially our little girls. Like why? Well, because she's got a vagina. That's why. And that's what women, like women are only inspired if it's another women because they're real dumb, you know. That's what I hear when I hear that kind of stuff. Does that going to make, I just don't understand why Liz Cheney would endorse Harris. I get it if you don't like a particular politician but you're not

and you're not putting a stamp of approval on their life or how they live or etc. You're voting to advance your interests. They're a vessel. They're a piece on the board that you can push forward

to advance your interest. You're not saying that you're going to be best friends with them. You're not saying that you're going to petition to have them formally adopt you. It's not what's happening. You're here. You're advancing your interest. Doesn't make any sense. Can I just make fun of Bruce Springsteen one more time? Because the way that he sits up, the way he starts this video and this weird endorsement is so beyond. Frank friends, fans and the press have asked me who I'm supporting in this most important of elections. See, he's the every man. Is that a gold?

Now, I asked this last hour, is that a gold nugget on his finger? I don't like it, unless it's like a 70s style gold nug. I'm not into like costume jewelry rings on men, especially when you're wearing a flannel. Like, I've got all confusion here, right? What is that? I can't see, like, zoom in on a can you zoom in? What is it? I don't know what it is.

It's a nugget, isn't it? Him and Dad get split nuggets? And they make him. they making rings? Is it the one ring to rule them all? Like, what is that? It's his liberal Achi starter kit. I don't know, man. Scott Jennings

on CNN said this in response to Springsteen. Listen. A couple things. I can't think of anything. I care about less than some more on celebrity. B, we got Hulk Hogan and that's all I need. Okay. Holt Hogan can rip his own shirt.

He's before. Hadeson Rock will be offended. I don't think no celebrity has ever made me reconsider. anybody. Does it, I mean, on the right or left, does it really work? I think maybe for people in the middle who don't watch anything and don't pay attention, they don't do their due diligence. I'll say it if nobody else will, because you don't. Does that actually work? Like, it's like, well, I didn't know, I was thinking of vote this way until I saw, you know, the celebrity come out, until I saw Bruce Springsteen. I think that there are some people that can be influenced one way or the

other. They're on offense of some sort. But I think that it's, I think that it's a weak attempt by political parties to try and relate culturally. And I think they miss the mark quite a bit on that. You think? Yes. A lot. That's why I said it. A lot on that.

I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I just don't think that that's a, I mean, I just can't believe that actually works to convince people. If I hear someone say, I just know where I want, until Taylor Swift came out, or I don't know where I was until J-Law came out, or until Bruce Springsteen. I just think you are so dumb. I don't even want to know you.

I don't want to be seen around you because what you have, a stupidity so bad, that might be catching. I don't want any part of it. I don't like celebrities telling me, even if it's somebody I agree with. I look at a celebrity going, oh, yeah, I like who you like. and I go, yeah, it's because you're smart like me. But that's, you know, me. I look at it like that.

But I don't ever get excited about it. I'm like, oh, yeah, that's right. You, okay, so you have a brain. But I'm never like, I'm so influenced. I feel so affirmed on my choice. I don't care. So you have to explain then how the left has been so successful using celebrity for so many years. Because they're sheep.

Well, that's what I'm saying. So there are people on the left that do get influenced by that sort of thing. That was the point I was making. In a perfect world, I feel like I would ask people that if I took over how elections ran, I'd be like, well, did you come with this decision on your own? Or did you come to this conclusion when you were at a Swift concert? And then depending on what the answer was, you know. You're like the moderator in Billy Madison.

Do you remember that? Oh, my gosh. What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. at no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber

for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. Amen. Amen. I feel like him when I hear these people. I don't know where I stand. And then I saw

Bruce Springste's house. all of a vote. I will say at least he's not being a jack wagon about it. And then you got Sam Elliott. Didn't see, hang on, didn't see him Elliott go out there? Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up. You guys remember him? Uh, hang on. Roadhouse. The movie that my kids say is about dudes with mullets and tight pants doing kicks and bars. They make it sound like the male rockettes when they talk about it. Sam Elliott, he went out and he had said, be a man and vote for a woman. Okay, be a man and do your own stunts. I don't know. Like, what? I don't want to dislike him, but when he's like, be a man and vote for a woman, I'm like,

mm, no, he was in a, the some, I don't know, I, I, I, Lincoln Project thing, ad. I think there's maybe a better way that you could state it, you know, as long as you're not a jack wagon, he near, he near, it was a salty ad. So because he was kind of a jack wagon about it, I feel like I have the invitation to be a little meaner. I don't want to pull. play it because I don't want to give it attention. But he says, I can't believe we're having this conversation again. And one stands for hate and one stance for courage. And then it says, so you decide and it's time to be a man and vote for a woman. Or, you know, maybe be a man in STFU. You know, maybe just mind your own damn business. Isn't that what you all like to say?

To actually try to implore someone, be a man and vote for a less qualified woman because she has a vagina is about one of the weakest beta things I can ever hear. I mean, I had some respect for Sam Elliott, it's greatly diminished. I still like him as an actor, but it's really hard when people do, I don't care if someone has a preference, and I don't care if they talk about their preference. But when they're stupid about it, it's very difficult for me to suspend my disbelief when I watch them in something. Like Samwise Gamge, for instance, the Sean Ashton guy, I can't stand this dude. He blocked me on Twitter. I never even talked to that lunchbox a day in my life. He was the worst part of Lord of the Rings. The best character, because Sam Wise Gamge is.

the actual hero. I'll take everything back to this. I love Tolkien. I love it. He's the real hero of the story. And you got the worst actor playing him. I mean, everybody else had to lift him up at every role. And if it wasn't for the amazing dialogue, thank you to Tolkien. If it wasn't for the amazing dialogue, he'd have fallen on his face even faster. But anyway, he was a jerk about it. He went off on me and then he blocked me. And I was like, you're such a jerk. I don't, I just don't have the ability to suspend my disbelief when I see you now. Now when I you in a role, even if Lord of the Rings is on TV, I just, I look at you in that light again, and I wish that you fall into the, in the pits of mortar, I want you to fall into the lava,

I want an orc to eat you up. I want, I want all those things to happen. I want Gallum to behead you. That's what I want now. Like, you know what I mean? I can't, uh, when they're that mean. Like Ron Perlman, I haven't blocked him. He follows me and he follows me, and he follows me just to have a fit all the damn time. Ron Perlman just has a menstrual tantrum all the time. Every, at least once a week at me, he gets mad. And he was in Hellboy. Now I can't watch Hellboy. I can't do it.

Every time I see him, I'm like, oh my gosh, this guy. Him. You know what I mean? Just don't be a jerk about it. It's not hard, you know. Just don't be a jerk. I don't know. Steve made a comment to me.

I want to go back to this because I think this is when I was talking about the Nugget Ring. Steve, can I read this on what you put in Slack? Yeah. explain it when you read it. Okay. Steve goes, I used to wear rings until people thought I was a cheater.

What? And I had one experience. So my best friend makes like coin rings. That's his hobby. He takes like old quarters and makes rings out of them that look real. It's pretty cool.

But then after a while, I used to wear them on my left hand and then my right hand and change fingers. And every time people in public, especially women thought I was taking it off my ring finger that I was cheating.

And then my sister told me that as like a thing. She's like, just don't wear any rings. And I was like, okay. Andrew, I don't think dude should be wearing rings either, really, unless it's like your college ring, maybe, or you're like in the Super Bowl, or you were like my Uncle Junior. That literally was what we called him. I don't know his name. I have a cousin that we called Too Tall, too tall, too. So just don't ask me. It's the southern Missouri thing I don't even know. That's normal that people have cousins called Too Tall, right? Anyway, Uncle Junior. And he wore, I wrote about him in one of my books. He wore brown polyester leisure suits. Never saw him in anything but a leisure suit. I think he even wore him. river, a Cambridge, and he was in the church choir and he wore a gold nugget pinkie ring.

And he had them gold aviators on. He had them gold aviator reading glasses and them gold aviator sunglasses. And I swear when he walked, it was that Ram Jams Black Betty to the beat, like just like on cue. And I wrote in my book how his wife would play the church organ, like within an inch of sand. And that's who, I mean, that's acceptable. If you're going to wear a ring like that and you're like that, your uncle junior, you know, like you're in your late 60s, it is acceptable then. But unless I think it's like a college ring, you know, or your Super Bowl, what are you doing? Or your wedding ring? What are you doing?

Those are the only three acceptable rings. Those are the only three. Or if you're like Elton John. You know, I would be weird if he didn't have rings on. It's weird. It's Elton John, right? He's like the male original Lady Gaga. Like, what are you doing?

Anyway. Should I put a pull up? What was that? Should I put a pull up on? next, see if people think that? No, because they'll be wrong answers. And I don't want to entertain that. I'm not in that mood on that.

It's like I would never put up as Green Day acceptable to listen to. There's will be wrong answers. And I just cannot abide that. We can't have that today. So no, that's the order that comes down from on high. So those are the only three rings, but your sister was telling you right. She did you, she did you one solid. Where was this going?

Oh, we're talking about celebrities and endorsing people. I don't know. I just think that if you're at the point where you don't know what you're going to do with your life, unless a celebrity tells you, you need an intervention. And a brain. Maybe. I don't know. Just can't with this.

This is so crazy. So, um, this, uh, where to go? Well, I know we got headlines. There's a couple of places I want to go. One of them, I don't know, we've got some culture stuff for you, but we also have, uh, the FEMA fallout continuing. And, uh, we were talking about, some polling. I'm going to put that link up. Actually, I'm thinking about making it a separate standalone piece. I have one piece I've been working on that's not going to come out until next week.

We've got some culture stuff that will be coming out for you shortly. This, I think I'm going to do a whole separate thing on polling as we go towards, get closer and closer towards election. And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five. So Monday is the one-year observance of the terror attack on Israel, October 7th, which you still have American hostages also that are gone. DHS, of course, is warning of risks around October 7th. Of course they are. And they're also trying to say that, oh, it's a new report and, you know, these probably maybe have like some risks around, you know, election and stuff too. Well, then stop it. Make it stop without making it harder for everybody to vote or easier for

people who have no idea to vote. There you go. I would want to do something like this. Okay, I want to do the full body scan and Chris is like, I am absolutely not going to do it. I like to know absolutely everything and get in there, as you guys know, because I'm crazy about health. But now I think I may do this too. It's a simple cheek swab that could accurately predict how long you live. Do you want to know how long you live? Like if you, that's one thing I would say. Like if someone was like, I can tell you exactly how long you live.

I don't know that I would want to know that. I think I would because then I'd find a way to manipulate it to make it not come true. Oh, no. You just said you would become a biohacker. Did I say those words that I didn't say? That's exactly what that means. I had no idea. Just like you don't like old people. Now you're going to be a biohacker.

What in the world? That isn't fair. It's called cheek age. That sounds bad. That's their product. Would you like some cheek age? No, thank you. Like, what's that?

I don't even know. But they said that it assessed health risks and they develop anti-aging interventions. I would do a body scan to find out like anything that was wrong with me and I would totally do that but if they were like by the way we can tell you exactly how long you live I want to be I don't think I've been I'm not into that I don't want to know I just I want

there to be some unknown you know what I mean I don't know I don't know that my husband doesn't want to know anything I don't get those people I don't understand that a man was accused of sneaking a shotgun shell filled with meth into the Philly airport I mean you can't take

anything that's bullet shaped in there I got so much trouble from TSA for a pin that was in a shotgun shell that I took all, sorry guys, I'm so sorry. I took all my tampons out of the box and I was like, these are all bullet shaped too. Let me know if you want to confiscate any one of those because I was done with it. Anyway, a man from Columbia County, Pennsylvania got arrested at Philly Airport. He put meth because he thought that would make it through. No, it's not gunpowder. It's not primary. It's not, it's not, it's not, uh, it's not shells. It's not, it's not, uh, buckshot. It's not birdshot. It's not meth. So there's nothing in

there is just the meth. He actually thought that that would work. Surprise, they caught it and it didn't work. Stay with us. We got, we got more. Subscribe to the Dana Show podcast because who says you can't make fun of people while staying informed on your own personal time? Subscribe on YouTube, Apple, or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the program, Dana Lash with you at the bottom of this third hour. We're going to get into some of the latest with FEMA and, of course, the election. and everything else. I got to ask you, though, first up, have you guys watched a documentary?

It's like from the people who did Lion, or I almost said Lion King, Tiger King, and it's called Chimp Crazy? No. Okay. What? Yeah. So, Kane, we're both from Missouri.

Well, you're in Illinois, so you're like majority. No, I actually was born in Missouri, lived there for most of my life, but yeah. Okay, yeah. So, this, I was watching this, well, I was watching this. There was this thing because I read one of my,

I was actually my hairstylist who was telling me about it. She was like, have you seen Chimp Crazy? Oh my gosh and going on and on. And I was like, what? No, I haven't seen it. And then I realized on Facebook all the people who lived in, because we still have a lot of family in Fassas. Everyone was like, Festus is finally on the map. And, you know, everybody was going on on it.

And I realized, oh my gosh, this is set in the town where I was born, where a lot of our families still live. And I'm like, what in the world is that? And it has to do with this. They turned it into what was like a foundation for chimps. But it was people who were like, you know, they, they were an animal broker, exotic animal brokers. And PETA got involved. And I was reading over this and it hit my mind.

Now, I've told you guys this story before, but I've never had to tell it like this because it is related to this. So when I was a little bitty kid, we lived. lived in a little town not far from Festus. It was like a mile out called hematite. Very tiny little bitty rural, very rural area. And up the hauler, up the hill were a very nice older couple. To me, they were elderly. But when you're like four years old, you know, five years old, anybody who's over 50 looks elderly, right? And they had grown kids. Their kids were grown. And one of their kids married into this family that dealt with exotic animals, right? And my mom had to work and there for like a period of a week one summer, this elderly couple

babysat me and they had a beautiful property. It was like all the sprawling farmland and this old farmhouse and they had a pond. It was beautiful. It was one of those beautiful places. And that week I was going to go up there and they were going to babysit me while my mom worked because the person who would normally help couldn't. And it just happened at that time that this elderly couple, remember I told you one of their kids married into this family that dealt with exotic animals, that their kid and their spouse, and I can't remember if it was the son or daughter, were going on vacation, and they had chimps. And they treated them like kids. Like they had beds, they dressed them up. I think they had like two. And one of them was a boy, and it was a,

it was a juvenile. It was very young. I mean, it was in a diaper, but it was very young. Like the, the wife of the old lady that walked down the hill had, like, picked him up at one point. But, you know, I was a tiny five-year-old. I wore toddler clothes, so we were kind of about the same size. So anyway, she was like, well, she tells my mom that, well, we're going to be babysitting this chimp, too. Just, you know, FYI, let you know, just want you to be aware. My mom's like, okay.

And I was real excited because I'm like, oh, my gosh, it's an actual monkey. I've never been around Champaignsie before. I mean, you're what's a dude to like a little bitty kid's mind, right? I'm like, oh, my gosh, I'm going to wear my red cowboy boots and we are going to have fun. And you know, those little bugles. chips, the little pointed chips that you would put on your fingers and, you know, I packed a little baggy for me and I packed a little baggy for the chimp, right? I was like, we are going to be like best friends because they're so close to being kind of like us. Like, we're going to be best friends.

So anyway, go out that morning and meet them at the edge of my driveway because she walks down with this little chimp. And he's little. He's in overalls. And I was like, we're going to be friends. It's so exciting. And I gave the, I can't remember its name. I gave the monkey, the chimp a a bag of bugles. And I thought it would be normal. Like it opened them up. I didn't expect it to verbalize like, thank you. But, you know, I didn't expect for it to go and then smash it and like throw it and then

shove me. And I was wearing my cowboy boots got mud on my damn cowboy boots. And I was livid. Like we are already starting off on the wrong foot, monkey. This is bad. So go up to the end. For all week it was war. It was open war between me and this chimp.

It would pinch me. pinch me it was so mean and it was like not like it was being I'm gonna I'm experimenting with boundaries like oh I'm gonna hurt you it was like mean and it would touch like put its hand in its diaper and then try to like touch you with it was so gross and I would try to I'd have to lay down and take a nap and I remember it was like the telltale heart you know at that one point when the character of the light of the door opens and there's a sliver on the eye and I'm like laying there taking a nap and I see this chimp you know don't don't don't come up and it's like right there in the crack of the door and the door and it's like right there in the crack of the door and door. I could go to sleep because I didn't know if it's going to come and like pinch me or do whatever. Well, one day I had had it and this thing pinched me and I hauled off and I slapped that damn thing so hard with everything that I had. I slapped it. It was the pimpest slap of all pimp slaps and I got in trouble for it and I was so mad. Well, anyway, I never saw that monkey again. And I just, it was just one of those things that you file away. Like this is something weird that happened, you know, when I was a kid. I slapped a chimp. Here it is. And I got in trouble and I was

mad because I got in trouble. It didn't make me nervous until I got older and I realized, oh my gosh, wow, if that had been like an older chimp, that thing could have killed me. And I didn't realize any potential danger. My mom was, you know, not happy about it, obviously. Well, it comes out, apparently this is the family that had the chimpanzees, not the people that babysat me, but apparently like they're like married into them or something. And I mean, it's, I don't know. I've never met, you know, that, what is it, the Tanya Haddix lady, and I never met, what is their name, the Casey lady, but yeah, they were, they're like famous in our town.

And I texted my mom and I was like, so what's up with this? And my mom knew like the whole life story. Like, yeah, everybody, everybody knows Tanya. Everybody knows. I mean, that's how it is, like in those towns, you know. Everybody knows everybody. And I got like the full, it was, it was hysterical. But I could not believe that. And I started watching it.

So I started watching it. And I watched the first episode last night. And man, I don't know. It's weird, dude. I could not. My perspective of them is forever tainted because of that experience. But I just, I don't know. Like, I don't want anything that can throw feces, like live in my house.

You know what I'm saying? Like that has that choice and makes it. Like, yeah, I could. I shouldn't, but I'm doing it. You know, like, I don't want that in my house. I don't know. I had to tell you guys this because I didn't realize like PETA had been involved. And I didn't realize Alan Cummings, the actor, had been involved. And I do feel bad for them because I thought their enclosures were a little bare. And I do feel like these crazy people love them

in their own way. So you're almost torn in a way. But they deserve way better treatment. And you guys know, I don't, I don't, I'm not a big fan of that kind of captivity. But it's very interesting. But yeah, I knew exactly where that was. And my hairdresser. was talking to me about this. And she was like, so wait, you mean to tell me that in Festus, Missouri? There's literally a store where you can get chimpanzees on the side of the road. I'm like, yeah, you can pretty much do anything in Missouri. Moonshines in our Constitution. She's like, what? But Cain, it's true, right? You want fireworks, you want liquor, moonshine, and a chimp. Go do it. Yeah, you can open carry and everything. God bless America.

Oh my gosh. Missouri is endearing. You know, people don't know. Those are the type of people that you you've got a hurricane tearing up your area. I'm just saying, those are the kind of people that all of a sudden, like talking about Hurricane Helene, there's a guy who's, oh, we have a mutual friend and he's on Facebook, and I don't want to add him or anything, but he goes, he's like, I have never, he's like, I'm from the city. He's like, my family, you know, we moved out here in this rural area and I was in high school, and he's like, I never really appreciated, you know, all the redneck ingenuity.

He's like, I, he goes, I knew that these, you know, they're good people and they, they will give you the shirt off their back. He's like, but I didn't realize all the implements they had when something like this hits. And so he's like, my gosh, like you got a landslide. There's like a landslide in his area and they had flooding. And he was like all of a sudden they got all this inflatable stuff and they got all kinds of everything and cheap. I mean, he's like, I didn't even realize that they had all of these, all this equipment.

And he's like, and if they didn't have it, they literally made it. They just like fabricated it together like, you know, McGuiver. And he was in awe because he said they already had. had their road cleaned up and they rescued a bunch of people and then they went a couple hours south and he was like telling everything his neighbors were doing and he was like he goes I want to be a redneck now and he's like the only thing I can do right now is a girl mullet I don't know what else to do he's like but I'm going to start there and I'm going to get a four wheeler and it was like going on down the line but think about it though cane made this point too when where was the thing that you put and I read

this it said things that the people who were talking about what helped them survive the hurricane and it wasn't electric cars and it wasn't their electric appliances and it wasn't Apple pay and it wasn't you know their DEI it wasn't DEI it was gas machinery gas gas gas gas cash that's what it was that's what runs the chainsaws also that's how you can cook your food they're like we wouldn't be able to cook our food if we didn't have gas stoves electric stoves I'm going to sell like my granny for a minute they're of the devil electric stoveses are of the devil they are they're horrible they're horrible electric stoves i will literally like negotiate i actually negotiated when purchasing houses i was like if this is an electric stove it i i need

this off the purchase price because this is the stupidest feature in the house it's stupid i've i've legit walked right i'm not i'm horrible with us gas stoves the only way think about it you wouldn't be able to eat how are you cooking your food how you boil in your water you know you sure build a fire the back. That's all right. But this makes it easier, especially if it's raining because it still was. Man, I tell you what. But I, it's that ingenuity. People come in, and all these people showed up for the government. A week before the government. A week before the government. And they just had this stuff. They didn't have to go out and buy nothing. They're like, well, yes, I'll go in the shed and get some water. I mean, they like had it all. Do you need help delivering

it? Nope, I'm just going to put it up here on the gator. Get it out there. So, all done my gosh that's america god bless america i tell you what some of these other nations out there they like give us gruff for i don't know like american culture they make fun of rural people and all this but i'm gonna tell you what those rural people the first people everybody's reaching out to because you know that they can survive they got everything if they need to live off the land they can live off the land they don't need all this other stuff those and they show up even when you've criticized them they still show up and that's what's so good about them you know you know that there are people out there helping neighbors.

They've probably been mean to him. Probably didn't have the type of yard sign that they appreciated in their yard. That didn't matter. They still showed up and did it anyway. Meanwhile, is Biden back on the beach? Where's he at? Anybody know?

Just in the press pool in the White House press briefing. Uh-oh. One has a little bit of it if you want. Go ahead. Let's see what we got here. Let's see this hot mess. Hey, folks. My name's Joe Biden.

Welcome, Mr. President. Welcome to the swimming pool. Welcome to the swimming pool, not the press pool. Is he looking for a... Corn Pop? Yeah. How did they know you were going to go there? Did they get any questions, by the way, about FEMA allocations?

I don't know if you saw this. This was a story a year ago from Politico. New York City got $104.6 million for FEMA. From FEMA for illegal aliens? It didn't go through, it didn't go to immigration judges or helping to detain or deport. It went to, see, oh, yeah, hotel rooms. It went to, yeah, gift cards, shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter, all that kind of stuff. Yeah, yeah, just, you know, FYI.

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Oh, it is? Yeah. I didn't know that. I don't think Biden does either. I'm going to be honest. under W, she says it got renovated in the pool area is now, is under the floor is for electronics. So it's literally a press pool. Well, I mean, it was always called that, but he's like, welcome to the pool room.

Yeah. I don't know. Does he know? How crazy is it? Because you just don't, you don't trust him to know. The strike is over. We talked about that. The, well, suspended until January.

15th. Got to go all this again. I feel like they are Harold Daggett was like is the worst just he I think he is

it really thinks highly of himself because he was the worst person you could have sent out with the worst demeanor to try to build any kind of momentum and persuade people to come and support him

and his efforts I mean it didn't help at all when people found out, oh, he's got this, you know, a massive mansion, not just a mansion, but a mansion compound. And he's got a Bentley and he's got a yacht. And he walks around with Cardier sunglasses and a Rolex and a diamond chain and gold nuggets and everything else. And then he's out there, I will cripple you. And I just didn't work out very well for him. I don't think. I mean, he got a swanky nice house. He's got a, holy cow, he's got like a one, two, three, four, five. at least like a six-car garage.

Dude, that's nuts. Elon Musk was like, my house isn't even this big. Elon Musk was like, I don't have a yacht. He's got a massive house. It's like multiple houses, like all put together. And then he's got outdoor houses, like a pool house and all this. I just feel like when you're trying to pretend to be like one of the pores and everyone else is the big rich meanie, then, you know, that kind of comes under.

He didn't help himself when he wore all of these. jewelry in his video. Like, at least pretend with the sackcloth and ashes, dude. Like, at least put on some kind of pretense. But he just, you know, he was, like, that's the worst guy to put out there. That doesn't work anymore. People look at that and they're like, dude, you're a hypocrite. They're not intimidated by it.

They look at it and like, dude, hypocrite. If he went out there looking like the average working man, I bet you he would have gotten a little bit more, I mean, granted. And he'd use totally different language and different attitude and all the whole nine yards. But, you know, that could have gone a long way. you know what I'm saying? A cripple you.

Forget about it. All right. Today's stupidity came. What we got? All right. This is our president, Biden, just minutes ago. He's being asked what role Kamala has played in the federal effort post-Polene. And so he proceeds to tell us that, you know, they're singing the same song.

She's exactly who's responsible for all this economic turmoil we've had with inflation. Listen to what he says here. I'm in constant contact with her. She's aware we're all, we're singing from the same song sheet. she helped pass all the laws of being employed now. She was a major player in everything we've done. So I think it's stupid because he just now politically tied her to what we're currently... I think he did it on purpose.

I don't think it was stupid. I think he did it on purpose. Well, Democrats are upset then. The great payback. They're calling him stupid this. Revenge! She's the payback. So, yeah, she's directly tied.

She's not separate from Biden in this. Oh, she's directly tied. Oh, he knew what he was doing. He knew what he was doing. There it is. That was on purpose. That was on purpose. Our prayers are still with everybody out there, obviously,

and all these states ravaged by Helene. Thankfully, help is on the way. Not from the federal government, though. Fellow man, help him fellow man. It's awesome. Folks, have a wonderful weekend. I'll be back behind the mic with you on Monday.