The Dana Show with Dana Loesch - IRS vs. DOGE, Trump vs Bidenflation & Bubba Wallace's Trump Dig

Episode Date: February 14, 2025

DOGE arrives at the IRS headquarters to investigate waste, fraud and abuse. Lefty Journalist Kara Swisher ran out of hatred for Elon Musk and got mad at him for his “dank memes”. Dana explains how Trump needs to handle the leftovers from Biden’s inflation. Dana breaks down how Trump needs to make the tax cuts permanent immediately or he risks losing control of Congress. A new focus group shows Arizona swing voters want Trump and Musk to keep it coming. NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace brings his feud with Trump back before Sunday’s Daytona 500. Hillsdale Professor and USAID Whistleblower Dr. Mark Moyar joins us to explain the true corruption in USAID including their DEI programPlease visit our great sponsors:All Family Pharmacyhttps://AllFamilyPharmacy.com/DanaUse code Dana10 for 10% off your entire order. Byrnahttps://byrna.com/dana2025 is a great time to think about your self-defense options.  Visit Byrna.com/Dana to receive 10% off your purchase.  GoldcoGet your free Gold and Silver kit and see if your order qualifies for a 10% instant match in bonus silver.  Visit https://DanaLikesGold.com HumanNhttps://humann.comSupport your metabolism and healthy blood sugar levels with Superberine by HumanN.  Find it now at your local Sam’s Club next to SuperBeets Heart Chews.  KelTechttps://KelTecWeapons.comInnovation. Performance. Keltec. Learn more at KelTecWeapons.com today.Native Pathhttps://GetNativePath.com/DanaStock up on NativePath Collagen for up to 45% off, plus free shipping!Patriot Mobilehttps://patriotmobile.com/DanaMake the switch today and get a FREE MONTH of service with promo code Dana at PatriotMobile.com/Dana.ReadyWisehttps://readywise.comUse promo code Dana20 to save 20% on your entire purchase.Relief Factorhttps://relieffactor.comTurn the clock back on pain with Relief Factor.  Get their 3 week quick start for only $19.95 today! Call 1-800-4-RELIEF or visit ReliefFactor.com  Tax Network USAhttps://TNUSA.com/DANADon’t let the IRS’s aggressive tactics control your life empower yourself with Tax Network USA’s support.  Call 1(800)958-1000 or visit TNUSA.com/DANA

Elon Musk does have a security clearance. He has a top secret security clearance. By God, he makes the rockets for NASA. But the suggestion that he somehow can't be trusted to dig into how we're spending our money is nothing but a smokescreen to hide the corruption and the wasteful spending that has occurred there. And I am personally offended at the left's continued references to 19-year-olds and 21-year-olds. in there doing work. There are 19-year-olds who have won the Medal of Honor defending this country. Just because you're 19 doesn't mean you're some child who can't be trusted. It is offensive. And if you're 19 years old out there, 20 years old and you're serving this country, by God, your service matters. Keep serving. We thank you for that. Well, he's not wrong. The, uh, I mean, he's the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,

The attention that's put on the age of these nerd, the nerd army, I guess, the attention that's put on these guys in terms of how old they are or how much life experience they have or I don't know. What is, I mean, all the stuff that they've been saying about them, I can't take it seriously. And the reason I can't take it seriously is because these are the same people that try. tried to act like that, what's her face, 13 year old climate brat, thank you, that she was somehow, you know, the Einstein, they acted like she was in Einstein and that we had to listen to her.

She's, oh, she's a climate brat. We've got to listen to the climate brat. We got to listen to her. We have to pay attention and we've, she knows she's the expert on all of this stuff. And I'm like, but she's not the, she didn't know anything. You guys remember this story, how she, I don't know,

she came out of nowhere. I think her mom had Munchausens by proxy or something, I don't know, came out of nowhere and began lecturing everyone, including the United States of America about the weather. And they, they expected, and this is the kicker.

They expected everybody to listen and entire governments they expected them to change their economic policies, to change the way that they do business, to change ingredients, everything, the way of life. They expected that to be changed because of this.

You guys remember, because of this brat. And now here you have, you know, Musk and this nerd army, these kids, they're not even kids. Why would we call them kids? What is up with the left? infantilizing everybody and everything except you know babies in utero they're just themselves but the problem is that they wanted to change actual law and they wanted to change how everything worked based on what this 13 year old said but

these guys are way more qualified they're educated they are smart clearly they got to where they were I told you the story of what one of them did yesterday or why I told you yesterday the story of what one of these guys did and how they were, they created a substack and then charged people to see it like $1,000 for a month, $10,000 for the year. And they made fat, sweet bank off of these reporters trying to dig dirt up on them. They made, they made a lot of money off these reporters trying to, trying to dig up dirt on them. It was hysterical. I'm just tired of them attacking these, you know, contractors that are doing exactly what they were hired to do.

And they do, they're under NDAs, they do have a security clearance for this. So I don't know why, I mean, the left just doesn't like it because it's ending their gravy train. That's really what it is. Now they hate kids. They love them when they can use them as human shields and then they hate them when the kids are catching them doing something wrong. That's what this is. Welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you. It's Valentine's Day. I'm wearing red. Don't get used to it. I do that for you guys for your Valentine's Day gift. I wore red against my own. I feel really uncomfortable. This is so loud. It's like the loudest red ever. I'm just like red. It's good to be. So awkward. It's good to be with you guys. We've, some of the things where I keep seeing the, I know every time this is all I want Elon must to do right now is stop X from refreshing. It refreshes when you're looking at something.

I found the funniest Tom Holman Valentine card meme today. And I really, I wanted to get it and send it out to everyone. And then X refreshed and I can't find the damn thing. It is the funniest thing. It's a Tom Holman Valentine card, right? So I don't know if you guys do, like, we don't really, Valentine's Day. I don't really do anything for it.

It is what it is. I've always been, I'm like, oh, it's weird. I don't know. But for Valentine's, Valentine's Day, it would be great if we could just have POTUS, have like an Oval Office, press availability and say, you know what, we're not having taxes this year. We're getting rid of the taxes. I would, I freak out. I don't even know what I would do. We need something. I think we need a little something, especially as we're approaching taxis. And we're going to be talking about all the

latest with USAID because dear heavens, every time I, before I go to bed, there's a whole list of stuff. And then when I wake up in the morning, there's a whole list of stuff. Just finding out what our money's been frittered away on for decades and decades and decades. And it is really dispiriting. It really is. Yeah, that's one of them. That's one of the cards, Kane, the Tom Homan. Roses are red, violence are blue, come here illegally, and we'll deport you.

Yeah. It's heartwarming. You know, it's heartfelt. And it has that emotion, you know, of love or whatever. All good things. So as we roll forward, because, we've, some of the stuff, for instance, I mentioned every single day we find out more and more of what our money has been going towards. There's, you have the Doge, oh yeah, Juan just, Juan just threw up on the, on the simulcast. He threw it up on the simulcast. It's the best Valentine's Day card ever.

The, you have the Doge auditing, and then you have independent audits as well that have been happening. HHS, they went in, because Doge busts, it up into IRS yesterday. I cannot tell you. I'm not a very emotional person in this way, but I can't tell you how that warmed my heart. It warmed the deep crevasse is of my heart

to that headline. That's what I actually, if you get the newsletter and substack, that was like my top story. I was so excited to read that. And they decided they're looking at HHS and IRS. Now I like crevasses, Kane.

My heart doesn't have cockles. It's crevalsas. I'm in a really weird mood today, and I don't exactly know why. It's one of those days. It could be some of my new allergy medication for Cedar season. So we may be in for like a long weird couple months, guys. I just don't even know how to break that to you. Yeah, so Doge, they arrived at the IRS, right?

Wall Street Journal had the story. So they've been looking at HHS and IRS. this is the latest. And you know that when they rolled up to the IRS building that, they were none too happy to see them, the IRS people. The IRS people probably like scurrying into the shadows. Like, what is he here to do? So they arrived.

They arrived at their headquarters. And one of the aides to Musk apparently was present. He's been working at the OPM Office of Personnel Management. And that's like HR. basically for government. And it was, I think, Wyden out of Oregon, he was the Democrat who first posted about it on X.

He said that, I've heard now that, or I've heard that Doge is now at the IRS. And then he started, I kid you not, he started threatening about delays to your tax returns because of Doge. I'm going to tell you something.

We may have to use that, get out of free card with Brendan Carr sooner rather than later. I'm not even messing. To threaten our returns. You stole money from us and then we're supposed to get excited when you give us a pittance back. You rat bastards. You, I,

it's taking everything I have right now. I'm not kidding. I've, you know, I was, I made this remark to my family yesterday. Like, you know, for all the talk about freedom, this is not a free nation. It's not a free nation. It's a nation of cronyism, corruption, and, Marxism. We have gotten so far off of the path that was laid out before us by the founders. We are so far away from that. You know, and I'm not saying this as a phrase to say it, we literally had a war over less. We went to war over less. You have three months of your income every year that is taken from you under threat of penalty by federalized thugs, jackboots. I have zero respect for anyone who works at any government agency that extorts and penalizes the American people for not giving them their income. Taxation is theft. The IRS is a domestic terrorist agency. The people who enforce it are domestic terrorists. This is not rhetoric. I really truly believe this. It's fact. It's indisputable. Look what they've been spending your money on.

billions and billions of dollars. I'm not even talking about weapons training for terrorists and giving Hamas aid and comfort, which is under any other measure would be considered treason. No, I'm talking about all of the new stuff that we've been finding. You know, spending money on everything from illegal immigrants. I mean, basically we're paying the cartels to bring people over here illegally. I want to know if people like Ron Wyden are getting kickbacks from this. I want to know if people like Elizabeth Warren, are getting kickbacks from this. There are people who are NGOs here in the U.S. who get millions of dollars to take illegal immigrants in and find them jobs and stuff where they don't have to provide a social security number and all this other stuff. I mean, you literally have Office of Refugee Resettlement

that's been handing out money to illegal immigrants to get them houses and cars. This is what opened the books found. Even before Doge opened the books found that. Now, imagine. imagine how deep that goes. They increased the number of illegal aliens eligible to receive funding under Joe Biden. I'm not kidding you. They had $10 billion just in 2023, $10 billion that they gave for housing small business loans and vehicles, things like that. Why are we paying that for

illegal aliens that are coming, breaking the law and entering the country illegally? Why? We can't afford that. That's not sustainable. And you can't demand that taxpayers foot the bill for this. This is what I'm talking about. People are struggling to make ends meet. Do you know how expensive a? I know you all seen how much eggs are. The people in Washington haven't seen how much eggs are. We still are dealing with. We still are dealing with. We still unaffordable. We're finding out how much of our money has been spent on all of this other stuff. You have trillion is in debt. We got Biden inflation that we're dealing with. Things are still unaffordable. We're finding out how much of our money has been spent on all of this other stuff. realize that the only reason that we even comply with the IRS is because they hired a bunch of jackboots with full auto, right? That's the only reason anybody complies. I always wondered if enough people resisted. What would they, they wouldn't be able to do anything about it. I'm just, you know, speculating out loud. The abuse of our government and everything that we've seen our money go towards working against us, writing hit pieces on good patriots, spending money on terrorism and cartels.

Do you know how much taxpayer dollars went to go finance the fast and furious operation running guns across the border, literally arming El Chapo? We spent millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars on that. And then they turned around and they were going to use it as justification to reduce your Second Amendment rights. Yeah. So we got to have a series. I need more from this administration on this issue.

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The federal... New York, they release... on Thursday, their latest comprehensive look at credit conditions for American households in major categories like mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, things like that, home equity lines of credit, things, student loans. Fourth quarter last year, overall debt levels increased by 0.5% to 18.04 trillion. That's according to the quarterly report on household debt and credit. All major loan categories saw increases as well. Credit card balances top 1.2 trillion, rising over 7% from the fourth quarter of last year and logging the smallest yearly increase since 21.

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One of the things that he has is he loves dank memes and jokes and he loves to make jokes himself and then laugh at his own jokes. And then all the people who work for him laugh at. him and therefore he thinks he's funny and he's not funny he's sometimes funny I guess he he never thought so but he likes to do this he likes to engage in sort of these juvenile little pranks and when he's not doing that he likes to insult people and all kidding aside we don't mind being called these names but it's a 53 year old man does not do this I mean or this one does and so he just like this is what he likes he likes to to to slag people I guess it's part of video game culture or something but it's I find it unusual when old white women's

sit here and talk about, you know, the culture and dank memes. It's my favorite thing on earth. As Kara Swisher, who says, I don't know, like, another 53-year-old who does, then you don't know any men. You literally know nobody with a, with a balls. You don't know any man, none at all. Because every man I know does that. Every age, she would be horrified to meet some of like the uncles in my family. They all do it. It's a dude thing. It's just a dude thing. And there's a lot of ladies that find it funny, but not her because she's serious. She's serious lady on CNN, Karas Swisher. I just can't believe that, I don't know.

She's mad because Musk likes dank memes. I too enjoy a dank meme. What is, like every, they hate him. He's got a sense of humor. It's so horrible. Of all the memes that exist, I think dank memes are my favorite. Yeah, and she just like basically became one. Right.

Can you believe? Like, this is what they're criticizing Musk over. Can you believe that he's got a sense of humor? So horrible. Can't believe it's funny. They just, they're horrible. How miserable are you? If, if the sourness of a sour patch kid were a face, it'd be Kara Swisher.

Good night. And then who are the other people that they're sitting? Who was the other guy who was sitting there that she was talking to? Was he wearing a hoodie on television? And he wasn't John Fetterman. Isn't that who it was? Who was that? It's not John Fetterman.

Only John Fetterman gets a hoodie pass. I don't know who this Stoge is. Positive he's wearing a hoodie, right? Or a dicky or something. But he, I don't know who. Who is this guy sitting there? I just think it's funny because he looks like he doesn't appreciate her commentary. Because I feel like his internal thought bubble is, well, I like a dank meme.

I feel like it is. She's mad because Musk is funny. I mean, I guess Democrats miss the days when, you know, they could drive women into pods and leave them to drown. Oops. I guess Democrats miss the days

when they could have fun times with cigars under the desk in the Oval Office. Oh. I mean, I guess Democrats miss the day when they could take a pregnant staffer that they had knocked up out of wedlock and make a sandwich with her. I mean, when does it stop?

Is that what they prefer? Enough data. As opposed to a guy who just cracks a joke online and saves us money. Jiminy Christmas. Could you be more miserable? Give a damn juice today. I am out of Give a Damn Juice. I have, you know what, there's a national run on Give a Damn Juice because nobody has any.

It's all gone. All gone. I just, how is that? That makes me like him even more. Oh, you're offended because he makes a joke? Oh, I like him even more then. What does it have to do with that he has every right to? to do what he's been tasked to do by the executive.

Gally, could these people be more miserable? Imagine being more upset over a joke than the unbelievable crazy spending our government's been doing through USAID. Imagine. Yeah, that's what they'll talk about dank maims with Elon Musk, but they're not talking about all of the money

that he found that's being wasted. Like stuff beyond even like stuff even beyond what has all. already been found by a lot of these, you know, fact check or a lot of these third party agencies already. Just imagine being upset, that upset over having, they're saving you money. I really do think that the left views the taxation, like, however much they give to the

government, to an extent, I feel like they view that as a measure of whether or not you're a good little statist. Do you get that impression too? I feel like that. I just love this headline. Russia arrests a U.S. man for smuggling cannabis gummies in his luggage. Okay, folks, can we just be real for a second? I think they've legalized marijuana in a lot of places in the U.S. and everybody can get their little pot chews or pot gummies or whatever that is. They can get those things. And not every other country has the same laws that the U.S. has. So stop doing this stuff. Stop taking your damn pot gummies to countries like Russia and then being shocked when they arrest you. Wow, I went to a communist nation that would arrest you for sneezing the wrong way and I'm taking pot gummies in.

So shocked that they've arrested me. And then they're going to try to turn it into this like big thing where we're going to have to give up an arms dealer for this jackass who decided to bring some pot gummies into a country where everybody knows that you cannot bring those gummies in. Everybody knows this. Did you not pay attention with Brittany Griner or everybody else that's tried this and was arrested? How many times do you jackwagons got to get arrested before you learn that that's Russia? It's Russia. Hell, they want to arrest you just for being an American anyway.

And you're going to elevate it by bringing in pot gummies to you. You can't go for a couple days with that your pot gummies? I don't know. What in the world? Why do people do this, Cain? Why do they bring these into these foreign countries every time? I think because at the time they were high on pot gummies. Actually, that makes sense.

You're right. That makes sense. People need to stop doing this stupid stuff. Stop this nonsense. You know we're going to probably have to give up an arms dealer now. This is so dumb. Isn't that what happened? That's what happened with Brittany Griner.

And then Baylor honors her because she went to Baylor and played ball. And then they had like this big ceremony for her or whatever last year. I'm like, you realize that she, we had to put. a weapons dealer that hates Americans. We had to give him back to Russia because this B didn't realize, I couldn't bring my marijuana juice with me. I mean, it's so stupid.

Gali, people who need to stop doing this. Can we talk about the GOP problem here real quick? As I mentioned this last hour. And this is a problem that Republicans are really going to have to get a handle on. Because what are some of the top issues that everybody ran on this last cycle, right? immigration, inflation, you know, controlling, improving the economy. And I think voters are going to be

real, you know, they're, we're really excited for change in that regard. And this is one of the things they're going to have to immediately throw everything at to stabilize. Because I think that inflation and illegal immigration were the two issues that propelled POTUS into the White House, I think there were the two issues across the United States that helped drag all of these other Republicans across the threshold. I think in a lot of these other gubernatorial races, state legislator legislation or legislators, etc. That was the issue. Those two issues were the issues that made moderates into Republican voters. They turned independence into Republican voters.

How they turned a lot of Democrats into Republican voters. And it's not going to be something that's easy to handle. Because once inflation, once you start getting inflation, it's very, it's very difficult to get the prices to ever go back if it happens. That's a reality. So it's a risky gambit to push tariffs, but to leverage them to get the desired outcome is a completely different matter. The inflation that Trump inherited, and that's even what the Wall Street Journal, they had an article the other day talking about the inflation that Trump inherited from Biden above the Federal Reserve's two, percent target. He's got to bring down interest rates. We've got to do that. We've got to bring down.

We have to bring down inflation. And the consumer price index, that's, you know, again, still high. Eggs are. Everybody's going to judge it by how high their grocery bills are and how much their energy costs. Is it if they're not, if they're still unable to go out and eat, you know, like if people are unable to afford to go out like for Valentine's Day and have a nice meal, or maybe go get, you know, go get an inexpensive meal and go to the movies. People are still struggling to do that. That's the measure by which they're going to determine whether or not this administration is successful, whether or not the previous norms that they've enjoyed can be restored.

They should be able to make and they should be able to enjoy the same things they've always enjoyed with the same check. And they can't anymore. So that's the measure. So the core inflation, I think that the Fed, because they're going to, target a different core inflation measure that was like what two point checks notes 2.6 in January and they don't show inflation expectations rising although there are different measures that do show them rising however this is something that they this has to be the number one priority so we've got the discussion of tariffs on steel and aluminum reciprocal tariffs on a whole bunch of other stuff

steel companies have already been raising prices. All of this goes into the soup of the economy. Now, Musk was saying, he actually posted about this week, he was saying that all Americans will benefit from lower interest payments on mortgages, small business debt, credit cards, and other loans. And he was talking about Doge being partly responsible for some of that. He says, as it becomes clear that Doge is working, you will see the long-term Treasury bill yields fall, is what he said. which is true. But you there's

the problem is Congress has to implement it. He can make all of these recommendations. Congress has to make them permanent. So far they haven't done it. Now we do have a budget bill

that's coming up. Remember, I told you last, you know, this was before Thanksgiving that we were going to have to deal with us coming up in spring. And we're going to probably have to deal with it when coming up in June or July, if they keep doing CRs. which you know they're going to do another one. So this reconciliation, they're going to do another one.

You know they will. So they've picked, the way that Doge has tackled all of this, and we're going to talk more about it, they've picked very prominent, very prominent targets, politically, economically, and even some smaller ones as well to give, to deliver to the American people. Look, these are the agencies that you feel have betrayed you. These are the agencies that you can immediately see the bloat.

We're going to target this so that you see what we're doing. Because people need to be it. You have to keep it in front of people's faces all the time. That is populism 101. Populism doesn't work if people don't see it. That's why you need. And that's, you know, being able to put all of this out there, the dink memes and all of that is part of it.

Having that messaging, tapping into that cultural zeitgeist, all of that stuff is part of keeping it in front of people's faces. That's a populist tactic. Remember, populism is a tactic. It's not a set of principles. It is about how you message those principles. That's what populism is. So if you say you're a populist, you're not stating that you have a set of principles. You're just stating, I'm a strategist like this. So let's keep that in mind. But this is all part of it. Now, Republicans have to figure out if they're going to be able, in the House, especially as this Budget bill comes forward. Get together the votes required to make these cuts. This is where it gets really hard. How much time did we say that they had after Trump was inaugurated? What, six months? Is that what we said? Six months before the cycle really starts the fundraising cycle and all of that.

Do you think it's going to be harder or easier for a lot of these lawmakers to go, yeah, you know what? We are going to, we're going to start cutting some of these regulations or whatever. as it relates to either Social Security, as it relates to taxation. I mean, think about the Department of Education. I mean, they're recommending a total gutting of that, getting rid of it entirely and throwing it all back to state control, which actually is the most constitutional thing to do. You realize there's going to be a narrative war over that. Are these Republicans strong enough to do it?

This is where Trump's administration is going to be tested. and his legacy is going to depend on whether or not the house can make it permanent whether or not they're going to be able to do this stuff. Now you can see the importance of having a strong speaker, don't you? All of this is coming together. It's like a usual suspect when at the very end, you know, Kevin Spacey walks off, loses his limp, starts walking and the guy's looking at the wall, he sees it, he just Kobayashi everything, he just, like all the pieces are falling together.

Now you're seeing it. So we got to talk about everything from cutting spending to cutting government bloat deregulation. If they can't do this, if Republicans don't do it, this will be disastrous. It is so important that the pressure is on the House. right now. We're going to talk more about this here coming up as we move. Our partners, I really like this business, and I hate that I didn't think about myself because it's such a good idea. All family pharmacy, I've been recommending them to everybody because I think what they do is makes it so easy, and it's so important, and they cut out the middleman. They have a doctor that they,

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Just like that shameful law, H.R. 35 forces local authorities and encourages the deputizing of randos to do the federal government's work. So that's the stupidest, one of the dumbest soundbites I think I've heard. That's actually not at all what the bill does. And there are a lot of Democrats who actually don't believe in what her rhetoric was right there. That's Representative Janelle Bynum from Oregon, big old Democrat. Can we just stop comparing things to Hitler or the Holocaust or slavery? can we just stop comparing things to that? Stop it.

Just stop it. It's so dumb and it's so insulting and it diminishes actual historical offenses. Quit. If you disagree with something, then just articulate as to why, but don't be like, well, everything is Hitler or everything is slavery or racist because that's not what this is. It's actually like strengthening. enforcement. That's, that's what this is doing. And you're not making local law enforcement. You're not making them. You're not federalizing them. By the way, that's such an ironic argument from Democrats who have wanted nothing more than to federalize all police for, I don't know how long. Stick with us.

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attention to tweens anymore telling us about policy. Oh, that's right now. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. I am very excited to slice and dice all of this, the, the wasteful government aid, all of the laundering. I mean, it's money laundering. Let's be real. It's just, it's, it's, it's just money laundering. I'm, I, I can't wait until every bit of it's exposed. And then I can't wait until every bit of it is cut. But that requires the house to act. And that's one of the things we were talking about actually last hour. And this is, you need to bring upon members of Congress more pressure than you have ever brought on any elected official in your life. When this stuff starts coming out of committee and we start actually taking, like, for instance,

Department of Education, moving it back to the state, super important to do this. And if I didn't say it earlier, happy Valentine's Day. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you, Channel 347 DirecTV. The chats at Rumble, by the way. They're rowdy over there. I cannot be held responsible. And you can also find us YouTube, Facebook, substack. Lorraine's got a big post up there that is now live about all of the judges that are seeking to an all.

I mean, like the tiny handful of them, but still, far left judges that are trying to derail POTUS's mandate. And very important to follow along with all of that stuff. also was saying that where did she? Because she found out how the apparently getting into some of this. What is the judge? Because she wrote she wrote on Judge John McConnell. And he was, I mean, he was one of the guys who also got US aid money. Who didn't get USAID money? Are we like all of us here today assembled? I think we're like the only people that didn't get USAID money. I didn't even know how someone gets U.S. aid money. I don't even know how this happens. This is just you got to sit down and you got a BS in an application, essentially.

I don't know. But, you know, back to my point that we're discussing here, all of these people in the house, they have really, they really have to come through. and it's not about coming through for POTUS, it's about coming through for you, the voter, for all of us. And it's great that we're having these people come in.

Like you had Doge that arrived at IRS yesterday. One of the Democrat lawmakers, I think it was Wyden, yeah, who had tweeted that Doge was at IRS and they were moving over there because they were at HHS. They've been going and visiting all of these agencies. Potus told everyone yesterday,

quote, the IRS will be looked at like everybody else. Just about everybody's going to be looked at. And, I mean, they have a lot of, they walked in with a list of concerns because the IRS expansion, the billions of dollars used for,

you know, expanding, hiring all of these agents that now they're trying to say, no, now you can go down to the border and enforce something. I'll do something by three. This is POTUS talking about this. This was just yesterday afternoon. Listen.

Mr. President, Doge workers arrived today, Gavin Clager, and others arrived today at the IRS. Do you expect to close the IRS? Or what are you expecting? No, I don't expect it. But I think that the Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody. It's just about everybody's going to be looked at. So they're doing a hell of a job. It's an amazing job they're doing.

and, you know, that force is building. I call it the force of super geniuses, but it's building. And, you know, they go up and they talk to some of the people about certain deals, and the people get all tongue-tied. They can't talk because these people get it. They're very smart people. We need smart people.

I mean, I love it. This needs to happen. One of the things Musk posted, let me open this tweet up, this is part of my notes. One of the things that Musk had, had posted on X was talking about 18F. He had said that is the government-wide computer office. And it's the same agency that built Elizabeth Warren's direct file program.

And direct file put them in charge of preparing everybody's tax returns for them, right? And the IRS worked closely with the U.S. Digital Service and the general service administrations, etc, et cetera, et cetera. And it's basically deleted. Luke Roziak noted on February 1st that their tech arm, quote, a far left agency that viciously subverted Trump during his first term, surrendered after an Elon Musk deputy took over. It deleted huge swaths of code dedicated to virtue signaling rather than mission, such as its quote-unquote inclusion bot that lectured staff. And Luke Roziac had a bunch of receipts on this. And you know him. He works at the Daily Caller Foundation, really good at what he does. But he, so they, they essentially, they've, they've cut. And he's got all the power in the world under, all the authority under POTUS. This is what POTUS wanted done, because this is what we voted for.

This is why elections matter, Democrats. They matter. We voted for this. Now, if they can follow up, like I said, on all of this stuff with permanence through Congress, you will win. 2028. Republicans will win 2028. The and I think we will maintain control of House and Senate. What Democrats want to do is they want to cause as much

division as possible. They want to make, they want to toxify Musk. This is the only play they have right now. Because as we explained in the very beginning, Trump has to hit the ground. I mean running. This is one of the things I appreciate. He understood this mission. he is so much more disciplined this term than he was way more than he was the first term.

Oh my gosh. It's almost like night and day, the level of discipline. But I think he's been through it before and some stuff has happened. You know what I mean? But he, to the effect, to the extent of they bypassed, and I think I mentioned this this week. Maybe I didn't. Correct me if I'm wrong. But, you know, normally when the first family moves in, they usually have, I don't know, like if it's like, if it's like, like House and Garden or whoever it is. They always do. And you can go back in time, you can see they did it with Jill Biden. They did it with Michelle Obama. They even did it. They even talked about it with Melania. Thanks, Juan. So I did mention this yesterday. They even did it a little bit with Melania Trump in 2016. But when the Trump's first moved in back in 2016, they didn't really change a whole lot.

They didn't buy brand new things. Like Michelle Obama literally was ordering like new drapes, all of this stuff. Jill Biden. Michelle Obama also ordered a new rug. So to Jill Biden. It was just weird stuff. This time Trump comes in, he had his, I don't know, like a little team of fixers come in and bring all his photos. And they put the Churchill bus back in. They hung a Reagan portrait up. They did, you know, they made it look real nice. I think they changed the rug out. And then they brought back.

I can't remember. I think it was like Reagan era drapes or something because they keep all the stuff in storage. They didn't do, they didn't like go out and do like a big buy. They didn't go and they just took stuff that they had repurposed it. immediately brought it all in, set it up, and they hit the ground running. There's been no spread. And that's not because people are salty about him winning this, because they don't, GAF.

They're there to work. He doesn't care about doing a spread. Also, I think that they understand how tone deaf that is right now to do something like that when everyone's hurting and people are, I mean, good grief. Eggs have increased like times four. So they are playing it right. They immediately come in, hit the ground running, so disciplined. And if they can follow this up with permanence, not only will they solidify and maintain control of the House and Senate, I guarantee you Republicans will win in 28.

Which is a, that is a hard thing to say that you're certain of. It's a hard thing to say that you're certain of because typically, typically, you have, the pendulum swings back the other way. If you have two terms of a Republican, you get a Democrat. I mean, Kane, when is that? I was actually going back and looking. I don't ever see there being an exception to that. Audio sound byte 16. The only other Republican that's talking about this is Newt Gingrich.

Listen. And I cannot understand these guys. You know, I live through it. Reagan lost 26 seats in the first off-year election because his tax cuts didn't go into effect until 1983. Trump lost 42 seats in his first off-year election because the tax bill didn't pass. until October. When I hear senators

saying cavalierly, oh, we'll pass the easy bill early, and we'll get around to the other bill by October. They're talking about killing the chances of keeping the House Republican. He is absolutely correct. Absolutely correct.

Everything now hinges on these things being made permanent. And it's one thing for Musk to go. Now, remember, Musk was supposed to I mean, there's a shelf like Doge isn't not going to be a forever existing agency. Isn't it in 26th? I think July of 26th when he's saying that he wants to have everything done. He also was saying that they're pretty much on exactly on time with everything that they've been wanting to do, which is incredibly impressive.

Say what you want about whether or not you like what they're doing. They've been so ridiculously transparent. And they've made it, they've made transparency fun. even though it's killing us to see how much of our money is being wasted and how much of it's been wasted behind our back this whole time. But it has been incredibly transparent. You have entire, I mean, they have the Doge website up where everything is categorized. You can go and search. I mean, this is the one thing that they're really, really, really good at.

And they have been just unleashing. the people with certain skills that are the best with that skill set. And we're all benefiting from it. I have never seen any administration start so strong in my life. And I know that they're taking some cues from Javier Malai, as they should because he went in there and kind of did the same thing. Slice and dice. And this is what they're doing. Now, you've got to get the rest of these Republicans in the House to go along with it.

this is where you have a Tea Party 3.0 Where we're less nice. We're less polite. And we don't really have any manners. That's what it's going to take. Some of you are going to feel like you're being mean, but you're not. It's honestly, you need to be doing this stuff. You would rather put pressure to bear on these lawmakers and aggravate the hell out of them.

So they want to get this done, get it out of the way so they can get away from this drama. and have them do and bring to fruition the mandate of the voters. It is going to take everything we have to make this happen in Congress, though. Yes, we have a majority. But the question isn't whether or not you have a majority. The question is the quality of that majority. What is the quality of the Republican? Remember, Republicans are as strong as their weakest member.

So this is going to be a fight because you're not going to get everybody in the house all on board on this you're going to have to and i say this rhetorically you're going to have to bust some knees and then you got to get it through the senate so this is stuff while they're doing it they also have to make it attractive for democrats to co for some of the moderate democrats to co-sign there's probably going to have to be some deals made like oh we're going to help this moderate democrat keep this purple seat maybe if we can make this permanent if we can make this permanent if we can tax cuts permanent, if we can put education back in the hands of the states, things like that. This has just started. This is just the first step.

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It's time for Dana's Quick 5. So more and more houses are being pulled from the market, being pulled from sale. Because buyers just aren't showing up. An increase in the number of properties being delisted is very much a sign of a weakening housing market. 73,000 homes were pulled from sale in December of last year alone, a 64% increase compared with the same month in 2020. clearly there's a lack of buyers. And despite, according to the Wall Street Journal and increase in available properties,

home sales were at their lowest rate in nearly 30 years. Very weak demand. The rising D listings and unsold inventory, new homes inventory, also indicates a potential correction in U.S. home prices because people are anticipated a decline in values, which I think there's some truth to that. So, again, we're not out of the woods.

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the Tom Homan Immigration Valentine's memes. I just stumbled across like a hand. I cannot stop, you know, because now CNN hates stink memes. So, all right. So, oh, I got a handful of stuff to get. We're going to talk about the U.S. aid stuff later on in our third hour, do a deep dive into that. There's a couple of other things that

talking about the importance of finalizing and making permanent. All of these things that POTUS is doing, super important to do. Has to happen. Going to take a lot of pressure on members of the house. Also, just to keep you outdated, so we had RFK that had

his swearing in earlier and he was talking, actually, I want to pull this. This is audio. This is audio sound by 14, where he was talking about data on Rona Vax safety. It is kind of wild that that isn't established. Listen. We don't have good data on it, and that is a crime. The fact that we don't have a surveillance system that actually works. Oh, in 2010, CDC has a surveillance system called a vaccine adverse defendant reporting system. And it's supposed to pick up injuries.

But CDC did a study of that system in 2010. And that study said, and there's a published study by CDC, that it captures less than 1% of the vaccine injuries. That's inexcusable. It's true. This is the kind of stuff that also brought a lot of these independents and moderates over. There was a survey. I'm going to pull this up. the i think it was axios talked to a focus group of swing voters and much to their chagrin these swing voters

love what's happening they love all the changes related to health they love all the changes related to cutting spending they love all the stuff that doge is doing they love it it is a major I mean, and they did it in Arizona. It's a big group of Arizona swing voters. They want more. It's the Engagius, two different focus groups said that they approve of POTUS's actions since taking office

and an overwhelming majority support Musk's efforts to slash government as well. So like I said, they love all this. They said they were also super supportive of the executive orders on immigration, the elimination of DEI initiatives. And in fact, one of the statements that the voters, most of them said, was that, quote, I approve because I believe he's transparent and we haven't had that for the last four years. And for another one said, he said he was going to do this, this, this, this and this, and this is what he is immediately starting. So that's, I, someone, one said that, oh, he's flooding the zone to dilute attention on any one action. No, I think he's just overwhelming the left. You have.

have to. It's a strategy. You do have to completely outmaneuver the left. And one of the ways that you do that is overwhelm them. All they have in response to this stuff has been what? Some weak lawfare and everything's racist. That's pretty much all they have. Weak lawfare and everything's racist. Audio Sondbite 17. This is all, this is the only thing that they can say. They, that this is it. Like what this one, uh, Cron said on the view, listen. Audio Sondbite 17. Educated workers cost more. That is the bottom line and that's what they're talking. She's saying that they want to create, that was a short clip, they want to create a Department of Education because to create, they want to get rid of it to create a permanent underclass in the United

States. That's what she said. So that clip was a little different, but she said that they want to create a permanent underclass. No, eliminating a federal agency so that the states can manage education and manage their state dollars educationally, all of that. That actually is going to have a bigger impact and you will have more opportunities to improve academic achievement and results than you would having everything ensconced all the way out in D.C. So this makes all the sense in the world. It makes all the sense in the world. And so this, I mean, look, the swing voters are loving it. Democrats have nothing in response. Yeah, the approval of this group, and it was a sizable group of swing voters, it was nearly 100% approval.

Now, this is what's interesting. Musk approval, they had it at 73%. Still super high. But do you see how Democrats look at that and go, oh, there's where we can try to pick. There's where we can try to. They're looking at trying to convince these swing voters with hysteria. The problem is, is the Democrat strategy, to try to undermine what Trump is doing isn't wrong.

It's their approach. And I'm not saying like they're not wrong. I'm saying that they see that, oh, well, there's some daylight we could, we could, you know, maybe use as a way to bust apart the alliance between Trump and Musk. So they're looking at it strategically. But the problem is the way in which they are going about it is not going to attract voters. Weak lawfare?

you can't have a low-ranking judge tell the executive, oh, you can't run your department exactly the way that you're doing as per the Constitution. That's not going to hold up a question. That's stupid. That's absolutely stupid. You can't say for the purpose of, of, you know, political expediency that the Treasury Department,

which has always been under the executive branch, now you can't say that it's not under the executive branch anymore because you don't like the executive. That's what Democrats are doing. It's weak. So the way that they're going about this, they're not winning any voters over. They're not winning. What have they said other than, and then Juan's got this. Like for instance, the Department of Education, Republicans to their credit, and this is a rare thing for me to say, have actually been really articulate with their messaging as, to why they want to abolish the Department of Education. They don't want to abolish the Department of Education because they don't like education or don't value it. They don't think it's run well federally,

and it pretty much omits parental involvement at that level. So this is all Democrats have to say in response like this. It's not really about saving money. No. I think there's a much more nefarious reason for it. I think it's because they without education, you get cheaper labor. I think what they want to do is create in the United States a permanent underclass, a permanent cheap workforce because educated workers cost more.

That is the bottom line and that's what they're doing. So, I mean, really what, that's really what they do with illegal labor. I mean, really, that's what they're, that's what they do with. the legal labor. What she's talking about is insulting. It's really, and it's not accurate. The federal government trying to set educational standards, like a one and done, like all uniform educational standards, that is not helpful to anybody. Hasn't been helpful to anybody. And there is a such a benefit to having this be something by the, that's, that's, that's run by the state.

When Bush was doing, when he passed his educational, as Kno, no child left behind, when he passed no child left behind, I was very critical of that because that set up, remember the whole battle over Common Core? So no child left behind

enabled the existence of Common Core. I was very critical of no child left behind back in the day. I was barely on radio and I was very critical of it. And at the time, I was doing a lot of writing even before I was on air, and I was very critical of this because you're centralizing everything so far away from the involvement of the families of the kids that the education is supposed to benefit, right? And it's not going to be something easy. I disagree with what, I have some friends on the right who say it's a waste of time to do this, and I completely disagree.

Remember, Trump has said that Linda McMahon, who's heading this up, is she needs to. to put herself out of a job. And people have been asking, well, you know, what is the difference? What difference does it make if you, if you remove the Department of Education and you have, you know, Florida handling its own or Texas handling its own, you know, et cetera, et cetera. Well, you actually have more accountability for how money is spent. You have more accountability for how education and any kind of initiatives are implemented. And you're getting rid of waste, fraud and abuse because it's more easily accessible. You can go to your state capital and you can press upon your legislators there. It's a hell of a lot easier for you to do than go to D.C. Furthermore,

you can petition to have things changed, to have different, you know, there's, there's, we, I mean, we could be here for an hour to talk about how much more beneficial it is for parents to be able to have their respective states control education and set standards as opposed to, you know, to federal because blue states, for instance, California, one of the things that they did, remember when they were rolling back the academic standards, testing standards for mathematics, and do you remember their reasoning for that? Was this back in like 06 when this happened? And they said, because that's when I, you know, I will give, you know, I guess a little bit of credit to Bush, when they said, he said that it was the soft bigotry of low expectations. That's like his most famous quote,

one of them. And that was after California had rolled, they rolled back the testing standards specifically for mathematics because they said that black and Hispanic students were struggling to meet those standards. So instead of teaching better, instead of meeting these kids where they were and helping them to expand their skills and do better on tests, they decided collectively to just roll back their standards. And then they started pressuring the Department of Education when Arnie Duncan was there, if you remember this, when he was over at the Department of Education, to adopt these standards federally as a way to.

So this is the problem. If California wants to disservice in a racial way, its students, why in the hell, depending on who's in the White House, should they be able to petition the White House and have this enacted as a federal mandate across the Why? This is the problem with having it all

federalized. So yes, it absolutely should be state by state. Galley, common core math. Awful. So this is, she's wrong.

And Sonny Hosten, when she talks about this issue, she talks like a privileged elitist. She has no idea. I don't know if she has kids, but clearly she has no involvement in any of their academic welfare because a true parent who's truly concerned about the academic welfare of their children, they see this and it doesn't

matter right or left. They're livid over it. I, because you guys know I homeschooled my kids. And there was a really big reason that we did that. When we lived in the city where we had to live in St. Louis for work, the schools, they lost accreditation. They were a mess. They found that The superintendent was embezzling. I mean, it was just disastrous. The test scores, the academic performance was just abysmal. And they were all protected. You know, they're, you know, they're Randy Weingarten kind of people there.

They were all protected. So we started homeschooling. And when I joined our homeschool co-op in St. Louis City, it was the most diverse educational experience that, I mean, students and traditional, and not traditional, in new schools, because the idea, the way that we educate kids now is very new. But it's not even, you can't even compare in terms of the diversity of experience of teachers and just student body. But parents right and left, a lot of leftist parents and a lot of Hispanic and black families had chose to homeschool also. Because they were just completely livid with the way that education, everything, the educational state of their schools.

This is something that transcends party lines. And I think it's something that they can actually do. Sunny Hosten talks like somebody who has no involvement in children's education at all whatsoever. Let the nannies do it. That's what she does. Our friends over at Patriot Mobile, the only Christian conservative cell phone provider out there, they offer a way to vote with your wallet, but you don't compromise on quality or convenience. And it's not just about providing exceptional cell phone service, which they do.

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and put, it's a Florida man. Oh, you know what one it is. It's a Florida man story. Florida woman story, rather. Oh. Oh, oh, now you're saying oh. No. Do you hear him?

A 50-year-old woman, Yulisa Negron, had apparently assaulted her ex-partner with a, private intimate accessory. Hey, I'm actually impressed. Really trying with that one. The altercation escalated during a domestic dispute leading to the woman's arrest on a domestic battery charge. So she was in the process of relocating from Puerto Rico to Connecticut.

She was staying with her ex-partner together, her belongings, and it started out as an amicable arrangement. Well, then they started drinking. and then they started arguing, and then it got out of control, and she got mad because I guess he was talking to people on Instagram, and she confronted him with the, well, she brandished the private intimate accessory as a weapon and beat him about the head with it. That she did.

Yeah, and the police totally arrested her. I'm going to end it there because, I mean, this is like the Olympics of trying to talk about this without getting into trouble. Oh my gosh. You cannot send I'm never going to. I'm not, you know what? You're as bad as Florida woman Amber that dares me to read this stuff and she sends me like the most

inappropriate stories. Don't insult Amber like that. She's done this for seven years. I noticed it. Let's see. This a Florida man was accused of using his pet ferrets as bait to lure children. WFLA.L.A. I don't even like ferret.

This guy was arrested. Oh, he totally looks like a predator. After he used his pet ferrets to lure children into his house because he's a kid toucher. Robert Rouse, 36. He's been totally arrested. He's got a lot of charges and he's got some priors. So I'm sure he's going to have a fun time in prison. Just tell me where to donate for the commissary. That's all. Stick with us. Third hour next. History shows gold and silver thrive under strong leadership. During President Trump's first term, gold surged 53% and silver soared 51%. With him back, could precious metals break new records in 2025 and beyond. In times of economic uncertainty, smart investors turn to assets that have proven their worth. Gold and silver have historically outperformed in volatile markets, making them a crucial part of any strategy for preserving and growing wealth. And that's why I trust the partners at Goldco. Secure your financial future today. And don't wait until the next economic crisis happens. Goldco is a trusted leader in precious metals. and with over $3 billion in gold and silver secured for hardworking Americans, they've been a top-rated company from the start.

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Sorry, what was I, Steve? Sunday. Oh, that's right, Sunday. I kept thinking it was like Saturday or Sunday. Sunday, Daytona 500. One of my favorite, I've only been to one race in person. I do love listening to everybody talk through the headset. I got to tell you.

it is it's a trip i do actually enjoy that because then you feel like you're right there like with the you know like what you feel like you're right there helping to direct the car you know just gives you that makes you feel important it's so funny anyway so um i don't follow it very closely but i if it's on i will watch it just because i like cars and i like driving and i like fast uh all these things are these are terrifying phrases for a woman to stay in front of her husband uh And also, where's honey, where are the power tools? That's another terrifying phrase to say to your husband. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So apparently POTUS is attending the Daytona 500. Again, he understands, you know, populist tactic. You get to stay in front of people. So he's going to the Daytona 500. And for whatever reason, Bubble Wallace decided, I'm just going to be a brat. And I'm just not. I mean, there are so many ways that you could have answered a question. Like, he was asked.

whether or not according to the Associated Press he was asked you know what I guess what he thought of Trump being at the at the race when he was at a press avail

and he says well I couldn't care less and you know I'm here to race I'm not here for the show he goes we're here to race not for the show why do you got to be bitchy about it why do you what you know why can't you just say oh that's you know okay president's gonna

know, even if you don't like him, why can't you just be non-confrontational about it? This guy's a drama queen. I feel like Bubba Wallace is a drama queen. He's the guy who made up the whole story with the news. He's like the new Jesse Somalié. After, I started you had Jesse Somalia, then you had Bubba Wallace. Because remember when, you guys remember that flashback where he was insisting, even ESPN was like, Bubba Wallace is not the victim of a hate crime. Stop. The FBI even said, dude, you were not the victim of a hate crime. And remember, they had that picture of this. I'm going to pull this up.

He said that someone tied a noose in his garage. And that's a racist message to him. And then when the picture was released, everyone's like, that's literally a pulley for the garage door. Are you mental? And the FBI said that that rope had been in the Talladega garage. since like a year before or something like that. It's because it pulls the garage. You literally, it's a pulley.

And he was saying that it was a racist attack on him. And remember all this drama? Audio Soundbite 20. This is a flashback audio, Bobba Wallace on that. Listen to this. But it is still an ongoing investigation with the FBI. I can now say I've talked to the FBI. Never thought that would happen.

But it's just a, it's just, It's just unfortunate circumstances and in a terrible time that we're in right now. Year of 2020 will be one year to for sure forget moving forward. But, you know, it's simple-minded people like that, the ones that are afraid of change. They use everything in their power to defend what they stand up for. So he was at the Talladega Super Speedway and he saw this like this rope and this noose. in the garage and he was like, oh, that's for me. And it's been there for forever, apparently, according to the FBI who investigated it.

And even other people at that track were like, that, that's how they are. It's a pulley for the door. So you can pull the door closed. And do you remember all the drama for that? Oh my gosh, such drama. Well, then the FBI, they concluded their investigation and they said, dude, he's not the victim of a hate crime. It has, and that had been on the garage door at the Talladega super speedway for quite a long time. And they said that the report concludes and photographic evidence

confirms that the garage door pull rope was positioned there like as early as last fall. And they said this was obviously well known in their statement. They said, quote, this was obviously well known before the 43 teams arrival and garage assignment. So that was there even before he was even assigned that garage space. And they have photographic evidence that proved that it was. And so they're like, no, NASCAR absolutely overreacted. And I think that that's shameful that Bubba Wallace ran with that. I mean, I get that there are a lot of things that athletes and celebrities do to keep themselves relevant and in the headlines,

but perpetuating a race hoax is shameful. And then somehow it was like Trump's fault. And that's what I don't understand. How in the hell did that become like a Trump fault thing? You are, I think that, I think that if you're a racist, you see everything as an attack on you or something. I don't know. Like the idea that you're going to, that, that he walked in and he immediately assumed the worst, even though, as I just explained, the garage door pool, photographic evidence from the FBI and also other people.

at the raceway. It had been there since last year, long before he was ever assigned that garage for that particular race, that particular week. But he immediately comes in and decides to cast aspersions on the entirety of NASCAR, all the other drivers, and just everybody else. For the sake of drama. This Valentine's Day, let me tell you, let me clue everybody in, although most men know this, some men may not, all women know this. The thing that kills a libido more than anything is when a man acts like a bitch. When a man gets dramatic, women want to vomit. Women do not like dramatic men.

Women do not like drama seeking men. It's gross. We don't like that. I don't like to see female behaviors exhibited by dudes. And that's a female behavior. And not only that, but then, it became this huge conversation

as to the openness of NASCAR. NASCAR was only ever encouraging and welcoming to him. What did they ever do to deserve that kind of impignation? And then he said, because

what was it that Trump said about him? Because didn't Trump get mad? Didn't he comment about it or something? Because I think it was Bobba Wallace that was insinuating that this is the Trump era or something to that effect. and I think Trump referred to the incident and this was after the juicy Somalié stuff as a hoax.

And so then you had AudioSumby 21 flashback. This was Bubba Wallace. Oh, of course you know he had to respond to that drama. This was him responding. Yeah, you know, when I first read it, I was, you know, just like, man, there's so much more things that are going on in the world that I feel like he should be worried about.

But it's hard to get people to understand. especially when the facts are delivered on the table and they've been there for two weeks now. So to be late to the party is one thing when to be wrong on the factual information is another. That's the crazy thing. He wasn't wrong on the factual information. You were and that was proven by the FBI in their investigation. It was also proven in a separate NASCAR investigation. And it was also proven by all of the other photographic evidence provided by all of the other people who were at that Speedway and who noted that the garage door pull which had a loop in it, had been there for over a year long before he was assigned that garage space. But of course, he walked in and acted like it was all about him. So then, of course, flashback to today.

And he's asked whether or not, you know, about Trump attending the Daytona 500. And he still cannot resist being a jackass. He goes, yeah, well, I couldn't care less if he shows up. We're here to race, not for the show. Yeah, keep that in mind then, Bubba. Maybe you'll perform better. Maybe stop being the show and focus on your racing. because it seems like you don't do much of that.

I just, like, who, shit on these people. And it was. It was, I mean, that's just one of the dumbest things ever. That's, that's on him to walk in and immediately assume that someone there is doing that to you. What disrespect to an organization that has been nothing but supportive of him and encouraging and welcoming. What disrespect to the fans and all of the people who show up. and sit and enjoy and watch these races and support the drivers by supporting their sponsors and buying their stuff and all of that.

Like what a disgusting insult. I do not like Bubba Wallace. I think he's an overdramatic bitch. I don't like him. And I'll say it a million times. And if you're offended, then I suggest you watch Dorah the Explorer. So moving on from that. I can't stand.

I can't stand that kind of drama for the sake of drama. Did you guys see what? the nursing and midwifery Council of New South Wales, they released a statement. They had, so this was in Australia. So they had a woman there who was saying that she would kill Jewish patients. She was a nurse. She was a Muslim Australian. There were two Muslim Australian nurses claiming that they would they kill and would kill Jewish patients at their hospital at New South Wales. It's the nursing and midwifery Council. and the council, they condemned the people who were outraged over it. This is what they said in their statement. Quote, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association contains all forms of racism, bigotry and hatred,

including acts of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Responding to comments allegedly made by two NSW health employees on social media, the acting general secretary Michael Waites said he was disgusted by the conduct. So why did they have to immediately start their statement with, well, we reject all Islamophobia? What about the anti-Semitism that was demonstrated by these two nurses who were running their mouths? Someone pointed it out that this was a fulfillment of a Norm McDonald tweet, and they're absolutely right. Where this, Norm McDonald, back in December of 2016, tweeted, quote, what terrifies me is if ISIS were to detonate. a nuclear device and kill 50 million Americans.

Imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims. They literally did the meme. They did it. The council condemned anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. And they didn't really say, all they said was that the alleged conduct was deplorable. We're supporting our members at Bankstown Hospital who've been affected by the alleged actions of the two nurses involved.

But they had to start out with, we condemn all forms of blah, blah, blah, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. There's no Islamicophobia. There's no Islamophobia here. There's just anti-Semitism. That's all there was. Why did they feel like they?

That's so stupid. They did. They literally did the meme. They did the meme. We have more on the way. We've got headlines coming up. And then later on in the program, USAID, this reform that's happening. I mean, I'm just curious as to how long it's going to take to actually go through everything.

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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick 5. So this, there's one, I'm trying to open this here, and a story of victims outsmarting home invaders and actually fleeing in one of the suspects' vehicles. This was in Virginia. Two men attempted to rob a home at gunpoint and it backfire because one victim outwitted them by escaping in their own getaway car. And then the other running after the suspects with one of the guns that they dropped while fleeing. Wow, these are like the worst burglars ever.

And one of the two culprits got 22 years in prison. They just sentenced them this week. 41-year-old James Kennedy and his co-conspirator who is unidentified. They went dressed as utility workers and they were asking about a natural gas leak and they let them inside. And that's when everything went sideways. But, yeah, it didn't really work out so well for them. I mean, literally the worst. It's like they planned up until that moment.

And then they didn't plan for anything else after. A man was killed after Las Vegas fire crews found him. Well, he apparently was stuck in a palm tree. Yeah, I, he, I don't even know how. It's in Vegas, which I think we're going to have to probably do a Florida man, but for Vegas. It was on Wednesday. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue located him. In a tree, he was 25 feet in the air, stuck in a palm tree.

Someone said that they saw an unconscious man, so they called Fire and Rescue. Firefighters arrived. They were able to get him down. He was unresponsive, passed away at the scene. That's just so sad, but no report on how he ended up in the tree, which honestly is the most important thing to me. I mean, how does this guy get into the... I mean, that's 25 feet up. In Afton.

Oh, Kahn and I were just talking about this. St. Louis, apparently, There were six mausoleum doors stolen from a cemetery. The doors weigh about 200 to 500 pounds, and they're described as priceless. St. Louis County Police are looking for thieves responsible for stealing these giant bronze doors, six bronze doors taken from New Mount Sinai Cemetery in Afton. I know exactly where that is. Oh, my gosh.

Pastor Bys first started noticing that the doors were missing, but they actually don't know when the theft took place, two to 500 pounds apiece. And they're priceless. And so they're looking for whomever. How do you do that and not be noticed? I know exactly where that cemetery is. You can see it from the road. Yeah.

How in the world do you steal? Smelt them? Yeah. 206 of them? 200 to 500. You would have to have a big truck to put those drawers on. You can't just put that in a flatbed or a regular pickup truck, I mean. That's insane.

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Your fast, funny, and informative news companion for those always on the move. Subscribe on YouTube, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Well, I think what we can do is we're at the advent of this great AI revolution. and the IRS, from my understanding, has 12 different IT systems that operate on a system called COBOL, which is what I learned a program in college in the 80s. That's obsolete now. So we're going to do a big IT upgrade, and then we'll see where that takes us. That's just some of the improvements to be expected under this Doge auditing, which I am just praying that it is made as permanent as possible, as fast as possible through the house.

and we were talking about that, too. There was a very interesting Wall Street Journal piece that discussed this. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you at the bottom of this third hour. You can listen coast to coast,

terrestrial, channel 347, direct TV. Joining me now on this, and we talked a little bit about this earlier. He's a professor at Hillsdale and a U.S. aid whistleblower. His book, Masters of Corruption, how the federal bureaucracy sabotaged the Trump presidency.

He's advising the administration directly on all of its work uncovering these taxpayer abuses, which we have raged. about these past couple of weeks. He joins us now via Skype. Dr. Moyer, it's good to have you. Thank you so much for joining us.

And I just, I, this is, this agency or department has existed longer than a lot of us have been alive. How realistic is it to go through and just slice and dice, get rid of everything, restore full control back to the taxpayers and stop all of this waste, fraud, and abuse? I mean, the office, Doge is expected to end its work in July of 26. Can they really do all of that by then? Yes, Dana. It's great to be with you. I do think it's realistic, and this isn't the first time people have tried to reform the agency. And you can cut specific programs.

I think this time what we're seeing is that those incremental efforts met too much resistance from the bureaucracy. And so now, in the case of USA, they're basically tearing the whole thing down and then rebuilding the parts that you need, which does make sense because if you would have, looked at this entity like almost anything in the government, it's not really built rationally. It's the result of decades of expansion. And we know bureaucracies tend to often expand for their own benefit rather than for the benefit of efficiency. Yeah. No, that's true. And this, because you're working with the Trump administration, as I understand, helping, because your book is kind of sort of referred to as

being kind of the blueprint for the approach, the whole Doge and Potis approach on this. Yes, well, I was asked actually to serve in USAID, unfortunately for personal reasons, family health reasons. I couldn't serve directly, but I am giving advice. And the book was written for the purpose of avoiding the mistakes of the first Trump administration, because, you know, frankly, in the first Trump administration, we were not able to get full control over the bureaucracy. And so what you're seeing now is people understanding that it's not just a few bad actors in these bureaucracies, a lot of senior career bureaucrats are in the way. And so they need to be sidelined.

And USAID was one of the first places to do that. And they did, in fact, put about 60 people on leave right away because they were not complying with White House directive. Yeah. And this department, we're talking to Dr. Moyer now, whose book on this, as we just said, is kind of like the blueprint for Masters of Corruption. USAID, when it was first, the idea of this department was first conceived and when it was first implemented. What was the original goal and how far has Mission Creep really pushed, you know, where we are now, away from the original idea of what it was supposed to be? Yeah, that's a great question and one that more people should be asking.

So USA was formed in 1961, and this was at the end of the Marshall Plan. So for those who don't remember the history, Marshall Plan was designed to rebuild Europe after the destruction of World War II. And it was successful. And so people thought, well, if we can do Marshall Plan, And in Europe, why don't we do it elsewhere? Where, you know, it turns out people in other continents are not the same as Europeans. And so we didn't end global poverty in a decade or two like they were hoping. And so the thing has ended perpetuating itself and it become a dependency.

And it has gotten away from the original mission, which was to support a world that is conducive to America's interests. But like many other things in Washington, it now has what we call the aid industrial complex. So you've got lobbyists and contractors who want to just keep spending the money. And this was one of the problems we faced in the first Trump administration that the lobbyists were so powerful that even though Trump wanted to cut spending, Congress kept voting in these things. And we even had a senior official, a very senior Trump official in the first administration was married to the top lobbyists for the aid industry. So this is something that is going to be hard to tear down. but clearly they've made it evident that they are committed to getting rid of all this waste, fraud, and abuse that we've seen.

Yeah. And this, I mean, honestly, every day we come up, we have new headlines about all of the money that they've uncovered with USAID, whether it's, you know, I mean, we've gone over some of it. I mean, even studying, like, the effect of, one of the wildest ones, the effect of flavored cigarettes on lesbian obesity, and I have no idea why that's even a thing that USAID should even be spending money on. I mean, what purpose? I can't even, what purpose does this serve national interest to spend money like this? Yeah, it's a great question. And, you know, I think, you know, now we're

seeing that companies are moving away from the crazy DEI stuff and transgender stuff. But, you know, a few years ago, you know, everyone was being intimidated into pushing these agendas. And so you had as radical minority pushing these things that, you know, to most of us really seem, ridiculous. Now, I think what's most interesting is that, you know, we only seen the most obvious and flagrant examples, but there's a lot of stuff that has yet to be seen because the bureaucrats are effective at hiding it. And one of the things we saw with Samantha Power, who was the head under Biden, you know, the previously had unmasked General Flynn, that we want to infuse these ideologies into everything we do. And so we're going to be finding out more about health programs or

economic growth programs where, you know, it turns out they spent a bunch of money also on DEI consultants or, you know, transgender health care, even though it looked like it was something more innocuous. Yeah. You, um, I, what I always found interesting, I know Susan Crabtree wrote a great piece about this, uh, a bit ago over at, uh, Real Clear Politics because, you know, you're a whistleblower for USAID. I mean, you were, you know, alerting everybody of all of the waste, fraud, and abuse that was happening. But yet you received none of the whistleblower protections that all of these other leftists got under the Biden administration. That's incredibly purposeful.

I mean, they rain you out on a rail like Elijah Lovejoy. They rain you out. At the moment you started blowing the whistle, they needed you out of there. Yeah, that's right. And that's a big reason why I wrote the book, because you think that there are these whistleblower protections, but it turns out that the people who are supposed to enforce those are in bed with the people who are committing the corruption.

So the corrupt people I reported ended up escaping punishment. They came after me, got me fired, and then I went to the Inspector General. And the Inspector General is an important thing that most Americans don't know about. And I didn't really know much about it either. They're supposed to protect whistleblowers and uncover waste, fraud, and abuse. But USAID, they had a pattern of trying to prevent people from getting whistleblower protection and protecting agency officials. You know, agency doesn't want news coming out about their waste fraud and abuse.

And I'm certainly not the only one, but that's why I, wrote it because people don't understand how, you know, when you report corruption, a lot of these places, you are the target. Yeah, you're the, well, because you're upsetting the gravy train. I mean, these are billions, hundreds of billions of dollars that are flowing through, you know, everything from to the BBC, which is weird, British government media and our proffda media here. I mean, they don't, these people don't want that gravy train. You are an existential threat to their gravy train. Absolutely. Now, one of the things we tried to do in the first Trump administration was to, get, move some of the contracts that the agency did away from these huge mega contractors in the UN. And what we found was that the career bureaucrats got in the way of that. Now, they wouldn't tell you why they'd make up excuses.

But the truth is that what you have is a lot of people go back and forth between USAID and the contractors and the UN. So if, you know, if you get in the way of shady contracting, you're disturbing somebody's career plans because they're hoping they're going to move from that bureaucratic position. into one of these jobs at a big contractor and get lots of money. We're talking to Dr. Mark Moyer, who has book on the Masters of Corruption, how the federal bureaucracy sabotaged the Trump presidency. He's a whistleblower for U.S. Aid.

And kind of, you know, really you helped. I think it's easy to credit you as kickstarting all of this because not a lot. I mean, people knew that U.S. aid existed and they knew some of what they spent their money on. But I don't think that the average everyday American had the slightest idea as to, how rampant this fraud and this abuse was. Is it even possible to reform U.S. aid? I mean, I'm leaning towards just doing away with the whole thing altogether.

Yeah, and I think USA contributed to its own demise because when the Trump administration went in there, they tried to deny them access to the records, which is what they did to us the first time. And this time, they said, the Trump administration said, we're not going to stand for that. You people, we're going to get put on leave

and we're going to investigate you. And now it appears that what's going to happen is that the programs that are still worth doing, which I think there are some, are going to get moved over to the State Department. And Secretary Rubio has taken charge of this and had said, yes, some foreign aid is worth keeping once we pull out the bad elements and remove the bad bureaucrats. But it's going to be a very different workforce, I think. And one of the big problems, too, we've had is it's almost impossible to fire these bureaucrats. So you need new mechanisms so that when people are either insubordinate or just ineffective, you can actually remove them from the job.

Yeah, that's a great point. I mean, because there wasn't that apparatus before, which is shocking. I mean, just like any place else, if you're not doing your job or if you're, you know, grifting out the taxpayer, you should be fired. You mentioned that there were some programs that are worth saving. And I like what you just said, moving them under the State Department. Because some of what I read, at least in the beginning, when, and especially during the Cold War, some of it seemed like sci-off. intelligent stuff that better fit under the State Department. And it was weird to me that it was under U.S. aid. So there were some things, like even like the radio free stuff. I kind of understand,

you know, with CCP and, you know, some of the the arguments behind that. What would you salvage? What else would you salvage to move under the State Department? Yes. Well, Secretary of Reba was already given some waivers for the freeze for what we call humanitarian assistance, which basically aid that is going to literally keep people from dying. Now there's been a lot of fraud in that area and putting other things in that. But there are certain programs that I think people agree, yes, we can keep those programs. There are other programs that are helpful for us and are useful in terms of promoting national interest, which was the original purpose of USAID.

It's only under Democrats that we've seen them try to turn this into sort of an international charity. But some of the programs they do, for example, in health, they help us keep track of illnesses that may come into our country from other countries. We have programs that are designed to work with other countries on immigration to try to discourage or stop people from coming here illegally. So there certainly are some good things that we can keep. But I think we're going to get rid of a lot of programs. And another thing that we're going to see, I think, is we've been overcharged by these contractors. Senator Ernst recently talked about this. They've been trying to cover up their massive overhead charges. So that also needs to get addressed. This is just such a mess.

And I like what you said there too about advancing national interest, because that does make sense, especially with some of the stuff where you want the United States to be more proactive and not reactive, like particularly with diseases and stuff that, you know, that might be something that, you know, could pose a threat to the U.S. But all of this. other stuff, this free for all. Last question for you, are you satisfied with the rate of, I guess, recommendations in terms of reductions to two-part question. Are you satisfied with the rate at which this is going? And secondly, and maybe most importantly, is this realistic to expect the house to follow up and make all of these suggestions permanent? Because Doge can suggest it,

but the house has to act on it. Yeah, I have to say, I've been pleasantly surprised by the pace. I don't think almost anybody expected them to move this quickly. It's been, you know, like the blitzkrieg, all of a sudden. And that, you know, that's had the benefit of, you know, reducing resistance because people weren't quite ready for what hit them. And yet Congress is a great question because, you know, they want to, in general, support the president, but in foreign aid, as in many other cases, you know, they do, they are under pressure from these lobbyists and donors to keep spending the money.

And so I think we do need to, and you know, people need to tell their representatives, you know, we need to stop this, these gravy trains. And we can't afford to keep spending so much money. We've got to make some cuts here. Yeah, exactly. We do great work on this and we appreciate. We appreciate you blowing the whistle, although I know it was not everything I've read. It was not a great fun process for you.

But we, as taxpayers, we really appreciate and as patriots. We really appreciate that service to the country. Thank you so much. Dr. Mark Moyer with Hills. Dale and his book, Masters of Corruption, how the federal bureaucracy sabotage the Trump presidency. Not the second time around, though. It's good to see you.

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where police have carried out raids against citizens suspected of posting anti-feminist comments online as part of, quote, combating misogyny on the internet, a day of action. I look to Sweden, where two weeks ago the government convicted a Christian activist for participating in Koran burnings that resulted in his friend's murder. And as the judge in his case chillingly noted, Sweden's laws to supposedly protect... Run out of time, but they are livid. Germany is offended. Everybody's very mad.

All the European leaders. But where's the lie? No lies detected. And they said it was a scalding attack. You know what? He's calling them out for being free speech pansies. That's what it is. And he's right.

Kane, I ran out. I totally get up all your time. Well, it's only these cut 10 one if you want to, I mean, these are protesters in New York that are chanting Elon Musk must die. but, you know, it's the right. Yeah. On a scary, Jolly Roger I've ever seen. The left. Gosh, they're entertaining.

Have a great weekend. Happy Valentine's Day back Monday.