2.11.2025 -- NLS -- Taylor Swift, Ukraine Aid & School Choice Showdown

On this episode with Neal and Julie, the discussion kicks off with the controversy surrounding Taylor Swift getting booed at the Super Bowl. Neal shares his perspective on the viral post defending Swift, questioning the outrage and emphasizing that public figures, especially in sports settings, are bound to receive mixed reactions.

The conversation shifts to broader political and social issues, including frustrations over U.S. aid to Ukraine, the shifting corporate stance on diversity initiatives, and the inefficiency of government spending. Neal and Julie also tackle the topic of school choice, debating its impact on public education and parental rights.

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Transcript

And good Morning. It's 807 on Newstalk 1079 Neil Larson and okay. I the reason why the my delayed entry onto the program is Julie and I were in the midst of a discussion about a super viral post defending Taylor Swift and people very disappointed that she got booed at the Super Bowl. Maybe you've seen it, and I'm first of all, Taylor Swift is, I mean, she's Taylor Swift.

It probably bothered her less than it's bothering some people that that booed her. We can get into that later. In fact, I'm going to save that because, Jillian, I had a pretty, robust discussion about that. But we do have a lot that, we want to talk about today. And, I don't know if you knew about this or not.

We're going to start in no particular order here. But all of you out there who think that Zelensky is the bee's knees, that that Zelensky is this rock star, pillar of virtue. Listen to this second fact. Fact not gas. Fact is, Ukrainian military is selling a huge percentage, up to half of the arms that we send them, half.

And I'm not guessing about this. I know that for a fact. Fact. Okay. Not speculation. And they're selling it and a lot of us wanting it for the drug cartels on our border. So this is the this this is a crime. What's happening? Our Intel agencies are fully aware of this. You tell me they're not profit from this.

Of course. You think CIA is not profiting from this? Yes they are. Okay, so here's Tucker Carlson. He goes on for a while not going to play the whole clip, but the gist of it is apparently a big chunk of the equipment and arms and, and military stuff that we've been sending to Zelensky. He's flipping it on eBay now.

I say that somewhat tongue in cheek, but that's the the basic outcome here is that he is now reselling it to people like the Mexican drug cartels, who like to kill Americans and send fentanyl into the United States. If this turns out to be. Now, first of all, I'm I'm a little frustrated because every time that we've talked, even to our own senators and we we get frustrated over the endless amounts of aid going to Ukraine.

And there's a phrase that time is money. Well, apparently unused military equipment also is money. So whether we're sending them cash or we're sending them military equipment, it all ends up being cash and it's got to stop. And I think it Trump. I say once Trump realizes this, if if we're finding out about it now, I'm sure Trump already knows.

And the gravy train to Zelensky is done. I don't think it can, especially if this story gets traction and it turns out to be true. And Tucker is incredibly confident that this is true. Even the New York Times has done some reporting on this. Up to half of the equipment that we've sent to Ukraine, Zelensky has turned that into even more cash.

They're not even using the military equipment that we send them to be used as military equipment to help them win the war. And yet we still get the care and finger. We still get lectures from people who are Zelensky and Ukraine sycophants who, just shame us because we don't think the gravy train ought to keep going. Well, this will put an end to it.

And I think Zelensky has probably seen his last dime from the United States, at least for a while. And let's, let's hope that's true. Speaking of Donald Trump, this is the clarity that we love about Donald J. Trump. Well, I would say this, and I'm going to let that because that's Israel's decision. But, as far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages are returned by Saturday at 12:00, I think it's an appropriate time.

I would say cancel it and all bets are off and, let hell break out. I'd say they ought to be returned by 12:00 on Saturday. And if they're not returned, all of them, not in dribs and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two. Saturday at 12:00. And after that, I would say, all hell is going to break out.

Now, that's very similar to the phrase that he used before, which I think he said, all hell will break loose. And that's deliberately vague, that Hamas is probably more afraid of that than if Trump had been specific to tell them what would happen. But I guess here's my question. And I'm not second guessing Trump on this. They're three weeks overdue.

You might remember the initial deadline for Hamas to return the hostages was January 20th. No doubt, and certainly no coincidence that that was Inauguration Day. And they did. They they caved a little and said, okay, we'll return the hostages. But now they're doing it kind of incrementally. I have I don't know if it's a theory, but it's a it's a little bit of a suspicion as to why they aren't returning all the hostages.

They've probably beaten some of them, and they want them to heal up before they go before the cameras, or they have starved some of them, and now they want to fatten them up before they go back before the cameras and to try to get them back into camera shape, I guess optics shape for them to be returned. That's probably part of it, because if they if they return the hostages and they're either emasculated or bruised up and beaten, then that's not going to turn out all that great for Hamas either.

Like they're playing the the PR game too, which is so weird. They're terrorists, but they're, they're they're playing the PR game too. So that's probably my theory. But if I were Trump, an addendum to this would be and if any of them die, if they're not all returned, all of them, if any of them die in your custody between now and then, all hell will break loose.

So, I like that. I like the straightforwardness of Donald Trump. We just never got that from from Joe Biden. Last point here that I want to make in in this monologue, an interesting story from East Idaho News this morning that I saw. They actually posted it last night. And the headline is what's been scrubbed Intel's website transforms since Trump's been in office.

And it is rather fascinating. I've heard from so many people who work at the site connected to the site. They've talked about how woke this site had become and all in on the day stuff and in so many ways, and you would see it like it visibly. They would brag about their gender inclusion, their diversity, inclusion, all of that.

Well, several things have changed. Now when you go to their website, instead of they headline clean energy integration, it now says Reliable Energy integration, which I love because fossil fuels are very reliable. You have another one. Not so much a changing of words, but elimination of entire categories. There's an initial overview with several tile titles like Energy Innovation Lab, AI and Emergency Public Information AI in our facility.

All those are there. Those are pretty benign. There's one that is conspicuously absent now that was there prior to Trump. And it's the tile that says the net zero program. In other words, reducing our carbon footprint. That's gone others stuff like, diversity related stuff. Until recently, the ideals emphasized inclusivity and achieved national recognition in the area.

They right. Here are some of the articles East Idaho News ran about the labs efforts, like I and Elon's spot number eight as the best place to work for women in diverse managers. Number 13 in the nation among best places to work for women in diverse managers. AI and director becomes a gender champion AI channel to inspire the next generation of multicultural leaders in Stem.

The careers page has transformed at least one employees. Testimonial has been substantially altered. The most rewarding part of my job is making relationships with historically black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions, as well as mention of working with underrepresented talent in Stem fields have been removed. Other sections of the career page lauding include promotion of diversity and inclusivity have vanished.

By the way, the Wayback Machine is a great asset and the on the internet, no names. But, in the election last year, we had one politician who had a very, very deep Twitter history of putting forward left leaning ideas, ideals and ideas and all of that. And shortly before a public announcement of running for the Republican primary.

Poof. Gone. And it was the Wayback Machine that helped to reclaim all of that Twitter history that they didn't really want out there. And it really is a pretty good transparency tool. And I believe that East Idaho News used the in fact, they reported they they used the Wayback Machine, which again, it doesn't archive the entire internet all the time, but it catches a good chunk of it.

So I guess my question is and and my, my takeaway here, you might remember a couple of weeks ago there was a story about Pete Buttigieg and Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary. Was he just working part time? I think he was up to like 20 hours a week with that job. On the weeks that he was there.

Anyway, Pete Buttigieg, I'll say it like Trump does, booted. He scrubbed the preferred pronouns from his profile. Yes, that Pete Buttigieg. So my question is, in my continual mockery of the left's nonsense, did you ever mean it? Did it ever matter? What? Was it ever important to you? And if so, why the rapid transformation? Or is it possible you were just playing a game that these things that were presented as deeply held convictions and virtue are suddenly just scrubbed from webs?

They're just gone and gone down the memory hole like we're now just supposed to forget it. I do want to. I do want to just say one thing before I break here, possibly two things, and that is to these people who are in a what what the white liberal left has deemed us as victims. They only use you for their purposes when it's convenient for them.

That's it. And when they're done with you, they're done with you. That's this whole people who struggle with gender identity or their sexual orientation. You probably have felt like, you know what, you go to these websites and they talk about diversity and they talk about inclusion, and they talk about all of these things. They're explored, leading you to make themselves look better and bigger and more virtuous.

And when, when it no longer is going to benefit them, they throw you on the scrap pile, they leave you in the dust. And I'm going to tell you what I believe is true for most of us on the right. We look at you based on your merit. We don't take a demographic data point or a trait or a quality and then try to make you feel special so we can seem virtuous.

We look and say, what's your real contribution to society? And it's not that you're gay or that you're black, or that you're a woman. It's that you show up and you work hard and you bring your good ideas and you bring your creativity and you bring your, your work ethic, and those are the things you're valued, but you're valued in a different way that I believe is more authentic, that is deeper.

But this is a perfect example of how white liberals create and then use victim classes in order to get ahead. And when the wind changes, they ditch the preferred pronouns, and when the wind changes, they scrub their website out of any mention of compassion and and recognition. They never meant it in the first place. They used you. And to me, I find that rather rather sad.

And if I were you and you feel, neglected or you feel betrayed, well, they never they never they never were your friend in the first place. 823 quick break. We'll be back after this. We'll continue on. Newstalk 179.

This is a falsehood. Disaster relief funds used on immigrants illegally in the US. The fact is, no money is being diverted from response needs. That's the fact. Lies. Yeah lies. And that was her big skill set. And then she had had the sagacity to say this misinformation disinformation is indeed dangerous. It gets in the way. And what we're trying to do here, you're the perpetrator of a KGB.

I mean, you weren't in the way, you know what? I use present tense, and it's clearly a past tense, issue. Thank the good lord above. Yep. All right. (208) 542-1079 election along with, with Julie Mason and hi, Julie. Hi. I was going to read some of these texts. Did you see the one that says I work at the INL and it's absolutely great.

Now, I haven't had inclusion crap shoved down my throat. I've seen some pronouns removed from employee profiles. Yeah, that's a beautiful I do nice for them there every day. I am so happy for all of you who've probably just sort of lived under this cloud for the last four years. This person said I worked at the INL for 40 years, and management always bowed to the prevailing political climate.

It was simply a matter of ensuring continued funding. Yeah. And that's true that that might be the simplest explanation, but, I, I guess my question to that is don't pretend to like it. Then comply. But is there an integrity issue when you're you act all in on it publicly, but then you scrap it as soon as it as soon as those political winds change, you're scrapping it.

I think that's an integrity issue. I, I think Pete Buttigieg has no integrity. And I think that, you know, one of our problems that we have here is that people hijack other people's causes. And when somebody lives an exact life, experience and then somebody else believes they have the moral high ground to tell that person how to feel about it.

Yeah, that's hijacking somebody's experience. We don't love that Pete Buttigieg is gay. He adopted kids, right. And even he wasn't all born in, I know it tells you how fraudulent this whole thing is. It's a fraud. I'm glad it's it's on the wane. I would hope it's all. It's not all going to be gone. You're still going to have these these lefty extremists.

Usually they come out of academia and they're not going away, but they have to be more timid, and they're going to have to be a more, more careful. The best we can hope for is just to keep them really, really timid. And, and and that's what I hope we can do. What will be great is if we can get back to a place where sports is about sports.

Engineering is about engineering. CPA work is about CPA work. Hey. Yeah. When we can get back to whatever you're involved in, in your life for hobbies, career choices, whatever, those individual areas of your life are not dominated by DEA. They're actually dominated by whatever the main factor is. So let me ask you this question, because I have to dig deep in the recesses of the early years of the Biden presidency.

So three and a half, four years ago, and I remember you had Pete Buttigieg going out and talking about how certain roads were racist, like the road itself was racist. You remember how insane stupid that was? Oh, when they tried to explain it, people are like, you're not making any sense. You are certifiably insane. And they would look at it and say, well, the road is racist because it was built to have easier travel to white neighborhoods.

Okay, you have to run absolutely everything through that filter, don't you? Like, I mean, we live in a free country and, and and we have challenges. I will not pretend here that there are no challenges when it comes to race. But what I will challenge is that everything has to be run through these intersectional filters, like race and gender.

And, that's got to be over. And and we can be grownups, we can enjoy life. We can enjoy society without having that stuff infect every single thing we do and every step we take. I agree, I absolutely agree. I you know, what would have been enjoyable for Riley Gaines to compete after all the years of training and have it just be about swimming.

Yeah. And not being about a man and and some group of people trying to prove a point. Yeah. Like let it be about the athletic competition. Yeah it is I that's just where we got to get back to. I think we're headed okay. Republicans are talking about the Democrats right now. Should we listen in? Sure. Oh no no, no, I thought it was life.

It's not. It was just a clip and I missed it. Okay. Never mind. It said live up in the corner. I thought it was like a real. They were joining in progress. The danger of having a TV above my head in the studio. I know, I know, so, here, here's the lesson in the takeaway. We won't talk all hour about this, but I think it's really important, and I hope this is the lesson that we weren't learn, is that we have to keep our foot on the gas on this, that we cannot trust that the left has just learned their lesson, and then they'll behave from here forward.

They're not going to. And so it is going to take work, steady work, constant work. We've reclaimed, I think, massive amounts of the culture in the last three months. Like I, I feel like we have done a monumental amount of progress. And I don't mean progressivism progress. I mean true progress in getting getting things back closer to what they ought to be.

The work's never done, though. We just have to keep fighting for it. And and honestly, we have to continue to mock, ridicule, belittle, politically, defeat those people that try to bring the nonsense back. It's got to be done. Well, they're not going to change their way of doing it that I. And so the only way to battle it is to go head on with it.

That's the you got to go head to head. They're not going to stop. I mean, these are the people complaining about figuring out waste in the government. Yeah. Hey, just listen to that sentence. It's absurd. It's absurd. They were holding rallies and mobs outside of government buildings because, darn it, we need to continue to waste money. Yeah. It's ridiculous.

Well, they don't want Elon Musk. They're putting a hold on it because, well, he can't have access to the data of all. Do you think he's do you wake up going Elon Musk is going to steal my identity and drain my credit card. Like yeah, what are they worried about? Oh, it's already happened. By the way, if you think your Social Security number is not out there, you're right.

That's a good point. This is a dream land you're living in. You can you can subscribe to whatever you want to subscribe to. And I've got protection here and I've got protect. Your Social Security number is out there. This is just a dumb argument being made by the Democrats. Now, is there better ways to protect yourself than other ways?

Absolutely. But this is a ludicrous article. I will argument being made, I guess. Here's my question. Doesn't the government already have access to that information? He already had the clearance and he has the clearance. Yeah, he had the clearance by the Biden administration. So there's no violation here. It's just a different government official with clearance and rights to have access to it, having access to it.

So it's just a weird argument that they're making that is instantly dismantled when you look at it. The other part about Elon Musk that I'm so over is that you guys would have done exactly this same thing with Alex Soros prior to the election. You were all going around taking pictures with him, and he was gathering those portraits like baseball cards.

Yeah, true. Don't even pretend like you don't have billionaires on your sides that you're using. Yeah. Oh, they absolutely do. It's just they they're fine with big money. Dark money. They're they're great with it if it's helping them. So they're not your friend. No. And they're going to gaslight you nonstop. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. All right. 837 on Newstalk 10792085421079.

If you'd like to join us on the program this morning, let's break away for a little news. We'll be right back. It's 844 Newstalk 1079 Neil Larson and Julie Mason and you. And if you'd like to reach us on the Stones Automotive Group, Collin text line that numbers (208) 542-1079. You can talk about the Idaho legislative session. You can talk about the demise of Wokeism in American culture.

Did you expect it to happen this quickly, this fast? No no no no. In fact, do you know what? I was actually wrong about? What I thought we'd expect. What happened so fast? Yeah, you asked me this question. If we rewind the tape and go back two months, my hope was that, RFK Jr would be at the front of this.

All of this movement. Yeah. And we would we would, revamp our food because I felt like that was something most of America agreed on, like 90% of America. And I wanted something to unify America behind President Trump. And I felt that RFK Jr could do that. Yeah, I still think that's possible. But the Senate has delayed him and he hasn't been able to do his work.

Tom Homan jumped right in because of his position. Yeah. So immigration was the first one most people agree with that. The DEA just kind of started to fall in place via the stuff Trump was doing. Yeah, most people agree with that too. Well, they do, and I, I think I had a suspicion though, like all along, all throughout and we've seen wokeism even before Biden came along.

This has been about 15 years in the making. And I think it it culminated during the Biden years, but Obama was building the foundation for it. And but I, I was suspicious all along that these corporations, for instance, in implementing these DEA departments, they weren't doing it willingly like they did it because you just kind of had to it was just expected, culturally expected.

Your global funding may have been, threatened if you didn't, engage that way. And I, I think now that it became okay to get rid of DEA, these corporations and organizations, they cannot get rid of it fast enough because my my theory, my functioning theory is these people are not fun to be around. They they don't. And I'll be honest with you, I don't think they add value to your organization.

I think they're a drag. They are a drain. They are a morale killer. And I think that the companies realized it. But very few companies wanted to be among the first wave of organizations to get rid of it, because they knew the backlash that would happen if they did. But once it became okay and once Trump got rid of it in the federal government and and signaled that he was going to get rid of it in the federal government, the whole culture shifted.

And now, company after company after company is saying, let's, let's, let's make this move right now while it's safe and get rid of it. And and it to me, I didn't really anticipate that because I'm used to slower, incremental change, especially when it comes to cultural issues. This happened almost overnight. It is interesting if you take the emotional portion out of it, which was the part you were talking about, that it's just not an enjoyable workforce.

One, this is the the main objective because you're not actually working at whatever job you're in. Yeah, you're now focusing on something that has nothing to do with your job. If you take that emotional portion out of it and you just look at the bottom line of companies, it's expensive to have the eye. Oh yeah, of course they want to get rid of it.

Of course they want to see that in the rearview mirror because their bottom line is going to look better as far as money goes. Yeah. Get rid of the departments. You're cutting salaries, you're cutting full time employees, you're cutting, waste and man hours. Because these companies were holding meetings once a week to train people. Yeah. I mean, it was it was ludicrous.

They, Doge has unveiled a the Department of Defense was using a training video on an app that cost millions of dollars to produce that they were forcing people to watch where they would watch it through, like, Oculus, like eye vision, and they would interact with an avatar to teach them how to have difficult conversations, actions like it was a drain on trying to get things done.

Not only that, it's an insult to the intelligence of the people you've hired. It it it it it was such a a de. I'm going to use their word diversion, a diversion, from the tasks that need to get done. And when you're running a company like that and something sideswipes you that that aggressive lead that ferociously, you're really ready to get it back on track.

Yeah. Yeah, you really are. And I don't think that you would find CEOs that would speak as candidly as we are. But if you could get them off the record, maybe after they've had a beer or two, they would probably say we couldn't get rid of that fast enough. These people were they're killjoys. They're moral killers. They're I mean, they're they're they are not people that actually expedite and help your operation move forward in any meaningful way.

Yeah, yeah, I look, it's a good thing I believe that the country is behind this movement. You'll hear lots of people yelling about it. They're the ones with the loud microphones. It doesn't mean everyone feels that way. Yeah, and you need to keep that in mind. I believe the country is behind getting rid of the I. I'm excited for RFK Jr.

I believe the country is ready to rehab their their food system. And, and have, healthier items, available for purchase. Yeah. I think we're ready for that. Speaking of the Senate and how slow they're moving these confirmations, it looks like Tulsi Gabbard is going to get through this week. I saw that, yeah. So things are happening very slowly.

Yeah, very slowly, but it is happening. Well, it it is, you say very slowly, but by historic standards, it's happening very quickly. Yeah. And, and I think that it's, it's fun to watch, you know, we want things in minutes, but I, you know, who knows what could happen in the next six months? Yeah, we might have Greenland and the Panama Canal and Canada as a 51st state.

We got scolded by some people saying if your, VPN address or your your internet address is not in America, it doesn't show up on Google as Gulf of America shows up as Gulf of Mexico. Okay, I don't care. I don't care either, I don't care. I mean, this is okay. What if what if you're in Germany? Yeah, I mean, what what is it going to say if it's I don't know if you're neither Mexico nor the US.

So yeah, that that's true. Like it's it's funny the things people scold. It's about I know, I know it's all right. Like it can it can show up something different there. I, I don't think that that doesn't mean it wasn't a win for Trump. Oh. Agreed. Can you imagine how that's grating on the Democrats today? That when you Google map, it.

Yeah, it says Gulf of America. Yeah. Oh, that's got to be driving him crazy. Oh I I'm sure does. Also why do the Democrats keep putting Chuck Schumer out there. Everything he's done in the last couple of weeks has been a massive backfire and flop. The only answer I have for you is I don't think they have anyone else.

Yeah. Who else are they going to put up there. Well Nancy's hip's broken so they can't put her out. Maxine just yells at everybody nonstop and looks so sour nobody wants to listen to her. AOC goes on illogical rants that don't make sense. Oh, who are you going to put up there? Is there anybody left in the Democrat Party?

You should see the grin on Neil's face like I am so happy. This makes me so happy. There's nobody likable. There is no, there's no one. There's no one. They really need to rehab their whole entire party. I don't know if that's true. I think they need to scrap it. Well, what? He can't call it something different. You got to run with it and figure it out.

But you need new blood. I don't know the Democrats may go the way of the Whigs. I there's young enough people on here like Whigs. Yeah, they do teach us about that. Works with an H. But, like I, I mean, granted, they they have a really sizable minority in the House. All right. There's still a a viable party, and you're still going to get people to vote for them.

But the country at large, I don't I don't know, it's just disjointed. Yeah, very much so. All right. 853 on Newstalk 1079. We'll come back. We'll wrap up this hour just ahead. It's 857 on Newstalk 179. Hey, do you have some Benjamins in your pocket? Well, let's keep them there because it's the president's Day sale and you'll save more than just Benjamins.

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And we're back. 907 on Newstalk 179, Neil Larson, along with Julie Mason. And if you'd like to reach us, the stone's on our group. Collin Text Line is (208) 542-1079. Julie, I've come across I've seen this multiple places on on social media and, I'm you've seen it shared to and it's a very preachy post lecturing people for booing Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl and, I, I read through it and I get it.

I probably would not have booed Taylor Swift if I were at the Super Bowl, but but I, I want to kind of put it into perspective. The overwhelming number of fans at the Super Bowl were Philadelphia fans. All right. Taylor clearly is on Team Kansas City. I don't think they were booing Taylor because she's Taylor. I think they were booing because she was a Kansas City fan, sort of one of the more public faces of Kansas City.

And as though being booed is one of the greatest injustices humanity humans can face right. So I didn't feel I should be at like a court level. Court martial level? Yes. So I felt like this post was put the temperature at a ten, when maybe it was a four. You know, I thought, okay, it's a little rude to to boo Taylor, but she's very savvy at this.

Like she she understands this public image thing. They went into the fact that she had been sexually assaulted, and that she donates massive amounts of money to food banks. And I'm like, that's not relevant to anything here. Okay. There. That doesn't mean anything. This is not people are not obligated to know every little thing about Taylor Swift.

Maturity man had been pre gaming for three days. You think they're they're going to reflect on her donation history when they're three sheets to the wind. Well you know and you know what if you're a breath you've been booed before. Yeah. And do you want them to take out their phone and say I donated to the food bank last year?

I gave blood last Wednesday. What is wrong with you? Yeah, I right exactly. So I'm like, okay, not a great look but it's football and it it's you know Trump was cheered loudly, Taylor was booed. And and then this was, this is what got to you near the bottom of it in all caps do better people. How many times in your life have you done better?

Because someone in all caps said do better? Yeah. You want to lose me? Put that on there. Right there. Yeah. It was just so preachy. And if they had approached it and said, you know let me add just a little perspective to this, I didn't think the booing was a great look. Taylor's a great person. And here's a couple reasons why there's more to her than this.

But this is but this was so preachy. I closed the door on it when I got halfway through. I don't even think I made it to the do better people, because it was somebody wagging their finger at me, telling me how I should feel, and what my behavior should be when I'm like, no, I'm done with that, okay, I don't approach the culture and wag your finger at me.

And here I am telling what people should do and not do. I get that? I understand it, but I'm just saying you personally don't do that because you're not going to get a response. You're not gonna make any headway with me when you get up in my face and say, do better, people. And some people respond favorably to it, though, like they like to be told to do better, and they like the finger wagging in their face.

It's it's weird. I don't understand that. But I mean, I, I'm not sure what that's about. And then my, my question would be is if we got rid of all of the emotion out of it, which usually makes for a better conversation between people versus throwing up a do better post on Facebook because, wow, that's that's interactive. Be kind.

Which is the ugly stepsister to do better. Yeah. So if we were to take all the motion out of it and just have, like a conversation about it, I would ask that person to realize that Taylor Swift is far stronger than you're giving her credit for. That's true. This woman has built an empire. You don't think she's been called names in that time frame?

You don't think she's been booed? You don't think things have not turned out her way at times. You don't build an empire her size without failing somewhere along the way. So maybe take a breath. She probably doesn't need you defending her, and she probably doesn't need you telling people to do better. Find something that actually matters in this world, because she can handle her own.

Yeah, she's not a fragile little flower that is going to crumble because, you know, a few thousand people booed her at a big stadium. That would just be my suggestion to that person, because if you're going to show this much passion towards something, my suggestion would be to do something that you can actually change. Yeah. Also, is there any chance we can just stop policing each other?

I don't. I won't even be talking about this if, if, if it wasn't. Yeah. Okay. Here's one sentence I am extremely disappointed in so many of you. The name of this account is cunning, baffling, powerful. Did you wake up this morning worried about approval from cunning, baffling. Baffling? Powerful. It's it that makes me not want to listen about as bad.

Let's do better. Are you? How bad does it ruin your day, Julie? That that they are extremely disappointed in so many of, don't care you, and, who think that not being a fan of someone means you're entitled to excrement all over them. They didn't. She got booed. All right, players get booed. Refs get booed. People get booed.

It's it's not the end of the world. All right? You're not really you're not excrement ING all over people. You're just it's booing. Yeah I, I've got I've got no patience for it. I want people to go back to doing what they're supposed to be doing. I just want us to live. It's a football game. Yeah it's a football game.

Yeah. There's going to be booing. Yeah. It wasn't church. No no. So you know can we just enjoy football. And if there's some booing that happens whether it be the the Eagles booing the Chiefs. The Chiefs booing the Eagles. The both sides booing the refs. Anyone booing Taylor Swift who has taken her her gigantic amount of breath out of this whole season.

Just let it be. Yeah. Let it be. Yeah. Well yeah. Right. And and someone else said in this puts a little more context on it too. Taylor was a lifelong Eagles fan until she started dating Travis. She's a traitor. So I don't know, like even that's probably a little amped up language to say that. But if you're, you know, she or she is a superstar and she's been a fan of your team, you're like, yeah.

Have you met Eagles fans? They're a little be careful. Be careful what you say. Like they go all in. Yes they do. So, have we seen any stories about rioting in Philadelphia? There was a little there wasn't much. Just just a little. I think they curtailed it far better than the last Super Bowl win. Okay. Progress. Improvement.

That's true. You know, someone else said I think she got booed because she voted for Kamala and supported her. I think that's probably true. Like, I, I think there were a number of people who tarnished their own brand by getting behind Kamala Harris. Yeah, I think that did happen. I mean, do you think Ben Stiller's as funny as he he was prior?

I don't know, I don't really want to watch him. I one of my favorite actors is Jason Bateman. I've had a hard time when, like, putting aside his expression of politics because, like I just said, I want to show up for football and watch football. I want to watch actors and actresses act and do their thing. Yeah, yeah.

No, I, I agree, I agree. So anyway, I just saw that I wanted, I wanted to get your take because they the whole do better people in all caps. That is not. Yeah. Not going to work for me. Yeah. Yeah. All right. (208) 542-1079. If you'd like to join us it's the stones Automotive group. Call and text line.

So let's see Julie, FEMA employees have been fired over the egregious payments for illegal migrants. That's a big story on Fox right now. And Department of Homeland Security has told Fox News that four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City. The firings come after Elon Musk wrote on Exxon Monday.

The DOJ's team just discovered that FEMA sent $59 million last week to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Firing include. Firings include FEMA's chief financial officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist under President Trump and Secretary Noem's leadership. DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people.

So one of the hotels they're talking about, I have actually stayed in about ten years ago. It's called the Roosevelt. It's then was absolutely beautiful. I can't imagine what it looks like now, but then it was absolutely beautiful. I have no idea who it was owned by ten years ago. Right now it's owned by a Pakistani group. Okay.

A company with Pakistani affiliation. Okay. People need to understand how this is working. They were willing to give up the Roosevelt and House immigrants, illegal immigrants, and let them trash it because they're getting paid. Yeah. To have them there, they don't have to run credit cards. They don't have to do anything. This gigantic paycheck is coming from our government to allow them to house these immigrants.

Guess what? They're going to get paid on the back end, too, because once the immigrants are out, the illegal immigrants are out of the Roosevelt Hotel. They're going to cash in on their insurance settlements, clean up the hotel, and then they'll start selling it for tourism again. So it's all profit for them. It's all profit for them. Also a little detail out of the $59.3 million sent their way, $19 million was for direct hotel costs.

The balance funded other services like food and security, according to New York City Hall, the funds were not part of a disaster relief grant. Representative Mike Lawler of New York told Fox and Friends on Tuesday. The firings were long overdue. These funds have been misappropriated going back to the Biden administration in New York City, a sanctuary city has been wasting billions of dollars of taxpayer money to provide free housing, clothing, food, education and health care to illegal immigrants, including criminal aliens that are here illegally.

And so I applaud DHS for taking action to stop these payments under Trump's leadership, because we've incentivized cities like New York and states like New York, a sanctuary state, to allow this to continue. And it has to stop. So, Julie, I have a new I have a new theory. Let me read just here. So much of the federal government has become a money laundering operation.

Okay, now that's a little bit of hyperbole there. But when you see things like this was and here's the question, becoming a sanctuary city, a way for you to get in the loop on the money laundering? Oh, I absolutely believe so. We're seeing this with illegal immigration and the Biden administration. So just over the last four years, the way that money was laundered through various, pathways.

So I just explained how it works in hotels. Yeah. In the sanctuary cities, they're doing the same thing through city governments. They're getting grants to put these kids into school. They don't want to lose the butts and seats. Yeah, I we've talked about this ad nauseum here. That is how districts make money is button seats. It's one of the reasons that in Idaho, so many people are bucking this concept of parent choice.

Yeah, because they want the child at public school because then the public school makes the money that then then they can turn around and pay for programs and everything. Yeah. Now, I believe that there's a lot of people that do it for the right reasons, but the honest, bare truth is the honest truth. Yeah. And we have to accept that even if you are doing it for the right reasons, you get the money because the child is there.

Yeah. And so where you're seeing that through hotels, you're seeing it through government systems in these sanctuary cities, and they don't want to get rid of those programs because they're making money off of it, because there's other people that are there funneling salaries to know that are getting it that way. Yeah. This is not the only way. We reported a week and a half ago, the Catholic Church took money, took grants from the government.

Not all of the money was given to illegal immigrants. A small portion was given to illegal immigrants, and the Catholic Church absorbed the rest of the money. Yeah. You know, so religion got involved here and were part of the laundering system. Well, that Episcopalian bishop that that lectured Trump when he the day after he was inaugurated, same thing.

You find out that she was in in one of these little loops too. Yes. Those are just a few. I'm sure we could find more. And we're only tackling one concept illegal immigration. Jim, last week we reported on all the ways that fund money, funneled for D-I was misused. Yeah, it it it you pick a program, money is misused in it.

Yeah. All over the place. I mean, it's it's all over the federal government. All right. 922 (208) 542-1079 we'll be back. Hello, Facebook friends. How are you? Do they have audio on Facebook Live? Yeah, they haven't even complained. Yeah. So whatever's happening is working. Yeah, we got the audio connected yesterday, so. Yeah.

What do people say about the whole Taylor Swift thing? Somebody sent me a pretty lengthy, don't do that, Julie text. And then they just sent back. I apologize, Julie, I'm listening to what you both are talking about. And as being preachy regarding Taylor and I think my text was a bit preachy to you about helping the other side.

Yeah. That's sweet of that person to be self-reflective. There you go. Here's the deal. Is that you don't build an empire like Taylor Swift or Elon Musk or, Jeff Bezos, or we pick Katy Perry, Frank Vandersloot. You don't build an empire and not have people not like you. Yeah, it is going to happen. It absolutely comes with it comes with the territory.

Yeah. Therefore she's strong enough. She can handle this. She's perfectly fine. Yeah. Look the girls stepped on the dead bodies of her former love interests and sold billions of albums off the songs she wrote. Yeah. Right. She's strong enough to take care of herself. Yeah.

Yeah, that's almost an insult. Yeah. Right. That they feel like she's too fragile. I have to stick up. Gonna be okay? Yeah, she really is. Is she a billionaire yet? I don't know. Maybe. I think she hit Oprah level. I don't know. Yeah. Billion and a half as of February 9th, 1.57 billion. So she's not even just eking over the edge?

No. She's fully immersed in the billionaire status. Oprah's just under 3 billion. She'll probably catch Oprah. Yeah.

It's 926. Welcome back. On this Tuesday, (208) 542-1079. That's the number if you'd like to join us this morning. Talking about, a lot here. Anything legislative really related. We have kind of a potpourri of, topics all over the place. I do believe we're going to see, probably a education showdown. Yeah, that's going to happen.

Yeah. Which is. Okay, I think we've got to get to this point in order to get parent choice passed, there is going to have to be some sort of a showdown. And I think it's going to happen this year. And I think I think it's going to be okay between the two, the two dueling sides. You know, we interviewed Senator Lente this morning and I thought it was interesting because he's put forward a bill that is a school choice bill.

Some of the money could go to private schools, but there's a lot of accountability requirements for it. I don't think it's going to pass. I think Wendy Harman's bill has the edge. If it will get, you know, considered in good faith over on the Senate side, it has a really good chance of passage. And I think the governor probably is going to sign it because the governor's been much more.

I think he's politically worried a little bit. So I think that he's likely to sign it. One of the things that Senator Lant I noticed, he kind of felt like he wanted to change the subject a little bit from school choice to reform of our current K-Through-12 system so that it's more responsive to these concerns that that parents have.

And I found that interesting. And this is no criticism whatsoever of of Senator Lente. He's been reluctant to have a true parental choice. I mean, you say parental choice. All Republicans say, oh, no, I believe in it. It's just some Republicans believe in parental choice among the government menu of schools. And others say, no, give me the allocation as a parent, and I will go out and find an education option for my kid.

So that's the true choice I believe includes private schools and and that so but in in listening to this, I thought even if we don't get a true private school choice bill passed this year, that's a win because you are spurring the government schools to say, we have to innovate, we have to change what we do. He even talked about having pilot programs in individual districts of trying things and and and checking.

That's to me, that's that's not your ultimate win, but it's a, it's a you're winning a big battle, I believe, because you are forcing, these schools to break out of complacency and go, we are now going to have to compete for these kids because we've got a massive number of parents that want to want to migrate their kids out of the public system.

I feel like sometimes we're pretty critical of education in Idaho, and it only becomes it only sounds critical because we're analyzing it. I'll take this opportunity to give some kudos. And I've done this before. District 93 is doing exactly what Senator Lente has has proposed here. They've started programs that are thriving, doing so well. Their online program is fantastic.

You have a child in it. I had a child go partially through. It was like a part time version because she had to be at school to participate in her school activities. So there was a it was a hybrid version. They have the thriving tech colleges and tech schools in district 93. Those are the kind of pilot programs that need to be examined so that public education meets the needs of the child.

Yeah, not the child for me, leading to public education. Yeah. And, so I appreciate that. I, I know he would prefer his version of the parent choice, obviously. Yeah. Over representative hormones. But I also appreciate that maybe he's recognizing that he's not going to get that. And let's address that. He said 95% of the students that will remain in in public education.

Let's address that and make this better for them. Yeah. Yeah I, I, I agree, I mean and anyway it speaks to the point that I made before this is going to make everybody better. And I'm more excited actually about now I want a parental choice. Bill. We need one night I think we it's past time to have one.

So I, I haven't left from that. But the thing I'm most excited about actually is what he talked about. It's the 95% of the kids who stay in the traditional government school. They're going to get a better education because of this. That's a that's a huge win. It's a win for every it's a win for Idaho. You know, I think also the development of the, the tech programs in the high schools, I think that encourages kids to stick around and stay here.

You know, one of my displeasure with, BYU Idaho and it's it's just a, like a long term goal displeasure. I think that for many, many years, BYU Idaho has operated under the concept of educate them and send them away, get them out of here. And I like the I like the idea of of of state colleges and the private colleges, BYU Idaho, educating students and providing them opportunities here, you know, opportunities where they can thrive and be with their families and, and live in conservative values.

And there is quality that is found in a state when you have that happening. Yeah. And so I, I'm applauding these tech programs and, and hopefully better education, targets for the student. We'll keep kids around instead of them leaving. Yeah. Speaking of target, there's about to be a a construction, project.

So. Okay, if we just took a left turn, it was like a sharp left turn. I saw, like, a Segway opportunity there, and I took it. Okay, let's talk about this target problem. So, it's to many people's chagrin. 17th Street east of Hit Road is shutdown caused a lot of disruption to businesses, to traffic? Well, we just got a notice this morning.

We saw it that they are going to shut down two of the four lanes on hit road on the bridge over the canal by target. Yeah. By the the stoplight. That's right there at 25th. And and hit road. Yeah. Great timing.

We did. It's it's part of the canal that that they repaired on first Street. The bridge over the canal on first Street. The bridge over the canal in on 17th Street is being repaired. And this is part of the canal. Yeah. That, kind of makes a turn and goes underneath right there. Okay, I get that. It has to be done before the farming season.

Well, I just have a question. Why didn't we do it while First Street was going on? Why why did we sandwiched two construction projects right next to each other? Might I add on two major arteries? Yeah, I don't know. The timing feels. I'm sure there's some sort of explanation. I know, I know the people who come up with this.

These decisions think their way is the only way that exists. Yeah, the only possible way to do it. I get that you're defending your position, I get I get it, your job, whatever. I, I feel really bad for the car accidents that are going to happen because there's going to be many. Yeah. Because people are going to lose their patience.

And I feel bad for the businesses that are trying to, work through a time when people don't have as much money in their pocket. Well, yeah. Yeah. There, there is that they're going to suffer because of this. So now how long is the one on hit going to take. The one that starts here in 3 or 4 days.

Well they have to be done by the time the water comes in. The canal is what I have been told. Okay. I don't have a lot of faith in that. Based upon their work ethic and the speed at which the state did the the first Street bridge. If if the if the bridge replacement standard set by the first Street project is any indication 2037 I just 2030 history.

That's all.

Okay. You know, I think a lot of times we see construction projects and we're irritated. We don't know who's really in charge of these things. Like and whoever is in charge, if it's inconvenient, they had to do it then. Yeah, they purposely chose that. If everybody's thrilled at how quickly it was, they're like, yeah, that was me. Yeah.

I am noticing a couple of potholes too, cropping up. Are you? Yeah. Like I haven't popped a tire this year, so I'm just great. That's true. That happened last year. That did happen. I I'm grateful that they haven't been as rampant as they were last year. Yeah. Anyway, the the bottom line is be careful because people will lose their patience and do.

Yeah. Not safe things. Yeah. Well, what is it about bridges? The Pancari bridge took how long it. Are they done with it? Yeah, yeah. There hasn't been construction there for a bit. Okay. Finally. Finally, I. Yeah. I think they built Notre Dame faster than they fixed the Pancari bridge from Hoover Dam. Yes. Right. I will just say, like, I, I love our construction workers.

Pick it up. All right. This is taken too long. These projects will be back. Why does it take so long? I don't I'm not sure I the I will not try to pretend like I understand planning and zoning and their jobs that they have to do. I'm not going to pretend like I know more than them. So what I'll share is my own personal experience.

The water. The water main broke out front of my house. Yeah, I called them. They came and check to make sure whose side it was on. If it was on our side, we would have had to have paid for it. It was on the street side. Yeah. So they had to pay for it. I they show up one day.

I kid you not, there were eight men there. Eight. Yeah. I'm sure these are FTEs. Full time employees. Yeah. Eight for most of the time. Six of them stood and did nothing. Wow. I, I had clients coming in and out. My clients come in and out about about every 45 minutes. So I scheduled them on the hour. So say they started at noon.

At noon. I'm watching them get set up and seeing only one guy operating a heavy equipment. My client leaves at one at at 1245. I watch them out the window for the next 5 or 7 minutes. Whole bunch of guys standing around. New client comes. I check on them again as I bring my client in. Whole bunch of guys standing around.

That client leaves. Check on them again. Whole bunch of guys standing around. Hey, that doesn't give a lot of confidence that they're operating efficiently. That's all I'm going to say. And that is my 100% personal experience of them coming to fix a problem on my street. Yeah. Now, I will say the job was done well. Yeah. Like they redid my curb.

They like, I got new sod. All of it. The job was completed and done. Well. I just don't understand why it took eight men year. How long? Well, they visited my house three times. Okay. So because different times had had different things had to be done at different times. Yeah. Someone texted in its contractors, not the state doing the work.

Okay. But the state can require. The state can require parameters saying you got to do it in this time frame. I appreciate that, but government jobs run at about half speed. Yeah. If it was a private job and you were and it was being funded privately like some business said, hey, come fix this for me. They're gonna they're not going to let it go on that long.

Government jobs are notoriously double the time. Yeah. So I appreciate that that person is saying that that's not actually. Yeah. The way that you should be looking at it. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to read a text to you. Julie, I want you to respond to this. Going back to the school choice, kids need to be able to conform as part of their growth.

I like school choice, but as a retired schoolteacher, I had some homeschooled kids who had trouble adjusting to public high school. They need to be exposed to a wide variety of personalities as they grow. Parents need to figure that out. I don't I here's my response to that. I do believe that you need to learn how to respond.

Yeah, you're going to be in the workforce someday. I completely agree with this teacher. However, you're operating under the assumption there that the only reason the child is not in public school and was the parents chose to homeschool, the kid was for cultural reasons. Yeah, that's that's not a fair assumption. Yeah. I think it might have been that there was teachers at the public school that they would have been required to attend, that, that the, parents were nervous about em.

It might have been that the school wasn't safe. Right. There's lots of reasons. And, and and honestly, a correlation is not always causation. Maybe parents took a kid out of public school because that kid might have been awkward. Just how are they, how they're built. But this assumption is they're awkward because they were homeschooled. But maybe they were homeschooled because they were awkward.

Yeah. Or sometimes kids are homeschooled because they're really good at a sport, and they need extra time to cultivate that. Yeah, that's true too. Or sometimes they're way ahead of the class. Yeah, and they get in trouble when they're at school because they have all this free time that to, to hear. All right. 941 Newstalk 179 Neil Larson, along with Julie Mason.

And if you'd like to reach us on the Stone's automotive group, Collin Text Line, the number is (208) 542-1079. Boy, we're talking school choice. We for some reason, we're getting tons of texts. Julie. But people are afraid to talk about traffic problems. And usually, like the the phone lines completely light up. So let's take a chance to explain our criticism of of who's doing these jobs.

Yeah. I just want to clarify. When it's a government job and they hire private contractors to do the job. The private contractor is not required to move quickly. Yeah. Ask anyone who works at the IMF. I can just ask. Just ask and they'll tell you how slow the jobs go. Because it's government money. Yeah. I believe the same thing happens when it's government money using to fund these jobs.

Yeah. They they tend to not move as quickly. Well, okay. We're being. This is me, all right? I can't speak for you, Julie. They just don't move fast in government, like. It's just it's it's not a requirement. They're spending other people's money. They they don't get used to having efficiency. Look at what's happening with Doge and Trump right now.

Trump's bringing a private sector ethic to government into the public sector. And they're not used to it. They hate it. They hate expectations. They hate accountability. They hate, you know, efficiencies that are being implemented. And so it's just not part of their culture. So they they craft these contracts with private contractors with sort of that same ethic.

Okay. It's just it's just the nature. It's human nature. It's not a criticism of of people individually. It's a criticism of the nature of government. And you see it every single time when people are spending other people's money. This is this is trade industry. You ask any trade, there are jobs that are are hurry up and hustle and they're jobs that are.

You got plenty of time to do this. Yeah. Just work. I don't pretend like there's not. If you're in a trade industry, that's how it is. Yeah. And most often in government run jobs, government funded jobs. That's how I should say it. It's okay to move a little slower, you know. So I'll ask, can I ask a, hypothetical question?

No, this is a real question. Not even hypothetical. If if you're having lunch on the company's dime on an expense account, do you ever look at the value menu? Heavens, no. You don't. Okay. It's it's just the nature. When you're not spending your own money and you're spending somebody else's money, and they haven't put strict limitations on it, you just spend it differently.

Because it's not your money coming out of your wallet. So of course you get the 16 ounce steak not the eight ounce steak. You know you're you're you just make different calculations. Everybody in government by definition is spending other people's money and not their own. You're you're just going to see it. So before anybody gets butthurt out there, it's the nature of government.

It's not. You're just human. We're not criticizing an individual person. No, it's it's just the way history has defined itself. And when we're specifically, talking about these, these bridges being done, we referenced that it took the first Street bridge a long time, and they're still not done. And it's still not done a long time. Yeah. So it's not like we're making something up out of pretend.

No. And I, we could cite example after example of this. We had a clip I think. Yeah. It was yesterday from over the weekend. Kaitlan Collins from CNN was on with Steve Colbert and she talked about the difference in pace with the Biden Administra ation. Weekends were quiet at the white House. Joe Biden's been in government for 50.

It's all he knows. And he didn't work at a really, you know, a heavy pace. Donald Trump comes in. They never stop. It is round the clock effort, especially right now at the beginning. But, it is a pace that they are not used to. And she talked about how she was going to stop and grab breakfast and realize, no, Trump's doing some big public press conference and she had to run back, get address on that would have worked as appropriate.

Yeah. And to get back to work. And it really wasn't a criticism of Trump, which was a little bit surprising from CNN. But they were noticing the difference in pace. That's the difference between government pace and private sector pace. The the motivations just aren't there in in the government sector for them to work at a quick pace. Donald Trump made his lifetime his money.

Yeah. Joe Biden made his life. I live on the taxpayer dollar. Yeah. Time was an important yes. You know what would be interesting? I just had a thought. Experiment. Julie. Okay. What if a mayoral resignation was attached to not finishing a project by a certain date? Okay. I bet crap would get done a lot faster. Probably would on the city level.

Yes, that probably would. I mean, I'm not talking about anything specific. I'm just saying if you attached a mayoral resignation to a finish date. I bet things would get done a little quicker. But that's just a hypothetical. Just throwing it out there. Yeah. It might be inter. Yeah. I'm not joining this bandwagon. Come on man. Don't leave me hanging people out there like that's a great idea.

Let's do that. I want that as a campaign promise. Yeah. Well, it was interesting. I remember back when, Medicaid expansion was under consideration, and, they were making all these promises about what Medicaid expansion was going to do. The counties could get rid of their indigent fund, didn't they? And, health care was just going to get cheaper everywhere.

And, and, you know, everybody was going to have brownies every Thursday because, like, they were just making promises left and right. And I asked a really simple question of one of the big proponents, I don't even know who it was. I don't think it was Maysville. I think it was somebody else. But I said, would you be willing to attach an accountability provision in this law that if these things aren't delivered the way you say they are, it's null and void?

Well, we can't do that. Like they wanted to get the promises out there, but no accountability that that that that measure would actually accomplish what they're promising it was. They won't they won't attach accountability to it. They just want the the value and the windfall of being able to make the political promise, hoping that you'll forget about it a year or 2 or 3 down the road when it doesn't work out to be, you know, rainbows and moonbeams the way they they promised.

You just dredged up something in me. I remember one of the things they kept saying is that Medicaid expansion will help rural hospitals. Rural hospitals need this rural, rural, rural. They say that word all the time as their their compassion shield, the thing that they they just throw it out there that we've got to help the people who live rural.

Yeah. And you know how I've said they choose to live rural. They know the differences between living in a city and living rural, and they make the choice. Yeah. What are we out six years for? Medicaid expansion. Seven seven, 2018, 2018 I would love to ask people who live rural. Is your health care any different? I bet it's not the better.

I bet it hasn't changed an ounce, but boy, did they pretend like they were taking care of you other than the people getting it for free. Yep. That's it. Yeah. That's it. Yeah, but they claimed it would be better for the hospitals employees. Things could function better. They wouldn't have the threat of closing down. I bet your rural hospitals and clinics are exactly what they were seven years ago.

Did you see that? And we have not really, dived into this, truly, that there are a number of states now looking at rolling back Medicaid expansion. Oh, I have not seen that, which I think, you know, I don't want anybody to not be able to get health care. But I do think if that could be a step toward rethinking Obamacare and we could fix health care in this country, maybe that's a needed step.

Maybe it's a needed step. All right. 951 on Newstalk 179. We'll be right back in just a few minutes and we'll wrap up the Nielsen show just ahead. Okay. I will be right back.

I, filled up Neil's mug, and he's done a fairly good job of drinking it. I'm going to answer a political text here. You guys hold on just a second. Okay. Okay. All right. How are you guys? I will say this about Ammon. That's an area that I frequent regularly. I don't live in Ammon. I'm an I'm Ammon adjacent.

And so it's very easy for me to pop over to. If you live in Idaho Falls, you'll understand this. It's very easy for me to, head east on Sunnyside and hit problems. Or head east on Sunnyside and turn on, hit and get to Walmart or, visit Culver's for dinner or Firehouse Subs or. I like, the place I have my pedicures done is over there.

I frequent the that Ammon area regularly. I pick and choose when because, traffic can be a nightmare. I've already committed that I'm not going. I haven't been to that Walmart since they've started it. Like, I'm like, I'm done. Not going to do it. Not going to go over there. I can't be the only one. And it's going to be hard on people.

I, I do really feel bad for business owners.

What is there a number for? Chuck Schumer's tip line? We should call in. I don't know. All right. And I bet it's not a phone number.



955 on Newstalk 179 is Tuesday edition of the program. And Julie Chuck Schumer started a tip line. The Senate Democrats whistleblower line. It says whistleblowers are a vital part of congressional oversight. Told the administration. Accountable. If you would like to submit a whistleblower complaint, you can submit it here. And then you can put in your first and last name, your organization email, phone number and then the nature of your complaint.

Listen to this. Retaliation, wasteful spending, fraud. Criminal activity and other. Have any ideas? You sure? I could list about four Democrat projects that could be right off the tip of my tongue. I. I can't believe somebody thought this was a good idea because they had to work to get this open. They had to set up the web page where they all sitting around going.

This is gonna be amazing. I swear, the Democrat Party is one big Saturday Night Live skit now. Sure feels like it. This is a this is all they've been doing. Retaliating. Wasteful spending, fraud, criminal activity. That is the definition of every corner of the Democrat Party last year. Yeah, I think that is. I'll throw a few Republicans in there too.

Did you see the video of Mitch McConnell is now broken? His foot? No. So he had to be helped into the SUV. He's getting around D.C. in a wheelchair. Okay, Mitch, it's time to go home. I'm 82 year old Mitch McConnell. Needs to go back to Kentucky. Go home and relax. Enjoy a few years alone. It's okay. Yeah.

Chuck Schumer needs to do the same thing. Nancy Pelosi needs to do the same. They need to go. Feinstein needed to do that. Yes, Joe Biden. Like, why can't they let go? Because they're making so much money that they're never going to be able to. Yeah, but they're creating a legacy. I guess it's, you know, generational. You got to secure jobs for your kids, too.

I, you know, I think money's a huge part of it. I just I think relevance and power is another really important part of it. Yeah, I think that's part of it. And said found out and said. The pharmaceuticals right. USA id found USA ibuprofen. That's what and said never mind. Go ahead. They found that basically the quote unquote job that Chelsea Clinton's been doing for the past few years, she doesn't even do anything.

And she gets massive amounts of money via USAID. Oh, I thought she was a construction contractor in Idaho Falls.

Just kidding. Kidding. You're just making enemies. No, it's. I'm being playful. Based on our last conversation. Yeah. Just, you know. But the fraud. If if Schumer actually wants to talk about it and why they haven't. One of the reasons they haven't retired is they've got to continue to secure the jobs for their posterity. Yeah, because a whole bunch of them aren't actually working but are getting paid.

That's true. Yeah, that's that's a good point. So Merit is not going to get them there. So they got to find another way. All right everyone, thank you for joining us today. And be safe. It looks like we've had a little layer of snow come down. And with our forecasted highs reaching only the teens today. No melting any time soon.

So stay warm. Stay warm. And we'll see you tomorrow.