Untitled Document

[00:00:00] President Trump ends the ice surge in [00:00:02] Minnesota. Is that a win or a loss for [00:00:04] Republicans? Democrats, of course, see [00:00:06] blood in the water and now are going [00:00:07] totally radical. Bernie Sanders making [00:00:09] insane proposals, but also taking over [00:00:11] his party. First, it's not often the [00:00:13] Daily Wire gives you a Valentine's [00:00:15] Weekend Watch recommendation. Tonight, [00:00:17] you're about to see just why that is. [00:00:18] Ben After Dark is back. Season 2 [00:00:20] premieres tonight, 600 p.m. Eastern on [00:00:22] Daily Wire Plus. All week on the Ben [00:00:24] Shapiro show, we make sense of the news. [00:00:26] Tonight, we make fun of it. Join me and [00:00:28] producer Savvy along with Klay Travis [00:00:30] and the Queen of Bravo, Master of Love, [00:00:32] Million-Dollar Matchmaker, Patty Sanger. [00:00:35] This season, it is way better than last [00:00:37] season. So, if you thought that last [00:00:38] season was mediocre, let me tell you, [00:00:40] this one is even better than mediocre. [00:00:42] And and Savvy is living her dream this [00:00:44] season. This is the season of Savvy. [00:00:46] Savvy did her lifelong dream of meeting [00:00:48] BR G from Malibu's Most Wanted. That is [00:00:50] only one of the myriad surprises that [00:00:52] Savvy has experienced this season and [00:00:55] you will experience with us together. [00:00:56] Join us for the season 2 premiere Ben [00:00:58] Afterdark tonight 600 p.m. Eastern [00:01:00] streaming on Daily Wire Plus. So [00:01:02] yesterday, the president of the United [00:01:04] States announced that the ICE surge to [00:01:07] Minnesota would be ending. According to [00:01:08] the Wall Street Journal, President [00:01:10] Trump's borders are said the [00:01:11] administration is ending its crackdown [00:01:13] in Minnesota, wrapping up an operation [00:01:15] that sparked outrage after the fatal [00:01:17] shooting of two US citizens and prompted [00:01:19] Democrats in Congress to block funding [00:01:20] for the DHS. Tom H. Home. Homeman, the [00:01:22] responsible adult in the room, spoke [00:01:24] about this yesterday. Here is what it [00:01:25] sounded like. [00:01:27] The QRF deployments have dropped [00:01:29] dramatically because we have less of [00:01:31] that occurring, less of the agitator [00:01:34] that cross that line. That is a good [00:01:36] thing. That is a win for everybody, not [00:01:38] just for the safety of law enforcement [00:01:39] officers is a win for this community. [00:01:45] With that and success that has been made [00:01:47] arresting public safety threats and [00:01:49] other priorities since this surge [00:01:50] operation began, as well as the [00:01:53] unprecedented levels of coordination we [00:01:55] have obtained from state officials and [00:01:57] local law enforcement. [00:01:59] I have proposed and President Trump has [00:02:01] concurred that this surge operation [00:02:03] conclude. [00:02:05] Okay. Now, on a factual level, was the [00:02:08] surge a success? Well, it sort of [00:02:09] depends on what you're looking at. If [00:02:11] you're looking at the statistics in [00:02:12] terms of arrest, then sure, it was a [00:02:14] success. If you're looking at maybe some [00:02:16] concessions obtained, as Hman says, [00:02:17] sure, it was a success. In in a PR way, [00:02:20] was it a success? The answer, of course, [00:02:22] is not really. In a PR way, it was [00:02:24] pretty bad for the Trump administration. [00:02:26] According to the Associated Press, brand [00:02:28] new poll from APNC, about 6 in 10 [00:02:31] American adults say President Trump has [00:02:33] gone too far in sending federal [00:02:35] immigration agents into American cities. [00:02:37] So, the views of Trump's handling of [00:02:39] immigration remain steady over the past [00:02:41] month. About four in 10 say they they [00:02:43] approve. But apparently the Republican [00:02:45] party advantage on immigration has [00:02:47] shrunk pretty significantly since [00:02:48] October. About three in 10 US adults now [00:02:51] trust Republicans to do a better job [00:02:53] handling immigration. About a similar [00:02:55] share say the same about Democrats. And [00:02:57] about three in 10 say both parties do a [00:02:59] terrible job. Now that is a really bad [00:03:01] statistic for the Trump administration. [00:03:03] This has always been a strength for the [00:03:04] Trump administration. Remember, if three [00:03:06] in 10 Americans are saying that the [00:03:08] party they trust on immigration more is [00:03:10] the one that left the border wide open [00:03:11] for four years under Joe Biden, that is [00:03:14] a referendum on the handling of [00:03:16] immigration by in particular the [00:03:17] Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy [00:03:20] Gnome, who has been, I will say it, [00:03:22] disastrous. Again, I think that the the [00:03:24] strength of the Trump administration [00:03:25] when they came in is they came in with a [00:03:27] hard-nosed plan to do things on [00:03:29] executive orders. They moved fast and [00:03:31] yes, they broke some things, but it was [00:03:33] concerted action. in the first 3 months [00:03:35] of the Trump administration was one of [00:03:36] the most effective administrations I [00:03:38] have ever seen in action. And then it [00:03:40] turns out that if you take people who [00:03:42] are good on TV and you just put them in [00:03:43] cabinet positions, sometimes it works [00:03:45] out okay and sometimes it really, really [00:03:47] does not. And the polling data suggests [00:03:50] that based on the ICE operations in [00:03:52] Minnesota that has undercut Trump's [00:03:54] popularity on an issue where Republicans [00:03:56] ought to have extraordinarily high [00:03:57] approval. According to this brand new [00:04:00] APNC poll, 62% of Americans say that [00:04:05] President Trump has gone too far in [00:04:08] sending federal immigration agents into [00:04:09] US cities. 61% say that the [00:04:14] administration has gone too far in using [00:04:16] federal law enforcement at public [00:04:17] protests in US cities. 54% say that the [00:04:21] administration has gone too far in [00:04:22] restricting legal immigration. and 52% [00:04:25] say that the administration has gone too [00:04:28] far in deporting immigrants living in [00:04:30] the United States illegally. [00:04:33] There is no excuse for this other than [00:04:35] bad roll out because this was the issue [00:04:38] that number one promoted Trump to the [00:04:41] presidency in 2016 and then did it again [00:04:43] in 2024. [00:04:46] And this is where I will say it again. [00:04:47] The Secretary of Homeland Security [00:04:49] Christine M has been very bad at her [00:04:50] job. Just as I said yesterday that [00:04:52] Attorney General Pam Bondi has not been [00:04:53] a credit to the administration. Quiet, [00:04:56] solid implementation [00:04:58] of mainstream policy. That is the way [00:05:01] that administrations maintain [00:05:02] popularity. Not by going on TV in full [00:05:06] makeup in order to promote the most [00:05:08] radical version of the policy. There is [00:05:11] a an extraordinary piece in the Wall [00:05:13] Street Journal breaking down Christine [00:05:14] M's tenure over at DHS. Suffice it to [00:05:17] say, it has been problematic. According [00:05:21] to the Wall Street Journal, [00:05:24] Christy Nome has basically used DHS as a [00:05:26] platform for her own political [00:05:28] gratification, [00:05:31] given the incoming fire that she was [00:05:32] taking politically, apparently 2 days [00:05:34] after federal agents shot and killed [00:05:36] Alex Prey, Noom's top adviser, and [00:05:40] alleged lover Cory Luwendowski. And that [00:05:43] is important because that has been [00:05:44] widely alleged. Apparently, it's not [00:05:46] even being very well hidden. [00:05:47] Luwendowski. Both of them are married, [00:05:49] by the way. Cory Lunduowski is married. [00:05:51] Christine Gnome is married. It has long [00:05:52] been rumored in South Dakota politics. [00:05:55] It's been long rumored since she became [00:05:56] DHS secretary that that they live [00:05:59] together essentially. Cory Landowski is [00:06:02] not just her top adviser. He [00:06:04] may be her paramore. And I say may very [00:06:07] advisedly there. Apparently, Luwendowski [00:06:10] messaged Tony Fabrizio, which is one of [00:06:12] Trump's pollsters, with a request to cut [00:06:14] an ad to help Christine Gnome. Fabriio [00:06:17] ignored the intreatry. According to the [00:06:19] Wall Street Journal throughout her [00:06:21] tenure as Secretary of Homeland [00:06:22] Security, a sprawling agency charged [00:06:24] with carrying out Trump's central [00:06:25] campaign promise of a mass deportation. [00:06:27] Gnome has attempted to burnish her [00:06:29] personal stardom at every turn. With [00:06:30] Luwendowski, Trump's former campaign [00:06:32] manager at her side, she has staged a [00:06:34] headline grabbing immigration crackdown [00:06:35] while sidelining rivals and dissenters. [00:06:38] She's carried out confrontational [00:06:39] operations over the objections of [00:06:41] longtime immigration officials who [00:06:43] warned that such flashy displays would [00:06:45] discredit the department's ultimate [00:06:46] mission. She's been in constant fights [00:06:48] with Tom Hman, again the adult in the [00:06:51] room. Apparently within DHS, Gnome and [00:06:53] Luwendowski frequently berate senior [00:06:55] level staff, give polygraph tests to [00:06:57] employees they don't trust, and have [00:06:58] fired employees. In one incident, [00:07:00] Luwendowski fired a US Coast Guard pilot [00:07:02] after Gnome's blanket was left behind on [00:07:04] a plane. According to people familiar [00:07:05] with the incident, this would not [00:07:06] surprise anybody who's familiar with the [00:07:08] work of Cory Luwendowski historically. [00:07:10] By the way, I'm not even sure why [00:07:11] Luwendowski has the power to fire people [00:07:13] working with Christine Gnome. He has [00:07:16] sort of a temp position. [00:07:19] When you read down in the article, what [00:07:22] you find is that days after PR's [00:07:25] shooting, Luwendowski and Gnome were [00:07:27] spotted sitting together at the Maraago [00:07:29] wedding of Dan Scavenino. A DHS [00:07:32] spokeswoman said Gnome serves at the [00:07:33] pleasure of the president and has [00:07:34] successfully clamped down on [00:07:35] inefficiencies to save billions of [00:07:37] dollars. She said that all the officials [00:07:39] are on the same page, but apparently [00:07:41] Nome and Luendowski's close relationship [00:07:43] had already made Trump and his top [00:07:44] advisers uncomfortable. Luwendowski had [00:07:46] initially wanted to formally serve as [00:07:48] Gnome's chief of staff. Trump rejected [00:07:50] the idea due to reports of a romantic [00:07:51] relationship between the two. After [00:07:55] tabloid photos of Luwendowski showed him [00:07:56] going back and forth between his [00:07:58] apartment and Gnomes across the street [00:07:59] last year, the secretary moved into a [00:08:01] government-owned waterfront house on a [00:08:03] military base in Washington that is [00:08:04] provided to the leader of the US Coast [00:08:06] Guard. The Coast Guard falls under [00:08:07] Gnome's purview at DHS during peace [00:08:10] time. Apparently, the DHS spokeswoman [00:08:13] said Nome moves to the house for [00:08:14] increased security and pays rent as [00:08:16] well. And Luwendowski spends time at the [00:08:18] house. [00:08:20] Luwendowski and Nome, who are both [00:08:22] married, have publicly denied reports [00:08:23] that they are sleeping together. But [00:08:26] again, let's just say the rumors are [00:08:28] extremely strong. [00:08:30] The pair have been using a luxury 737 [00:08:32] Max jet with a private cabin in back for [00:08:34] their travel around the country. DHS is [00:08:37] currently leasing the plane. They want [00:08:40] to buy the plane, but the purchase would [00:08:41] be double the cost of each of seven [00:08:43] other commercial planes the department [00:08:44] is also buying at the Paris discretion [00:08:46] to carry out deportations. [00:08:50] Apparently behind the scenes, Noman [00:08:53] Luwendowski have been attempting to box [00:08:55] out Tom H. Homeman, who again is the [00:08:56] responsible person. I'll say it again. [00:08:58] You need responsible people in the room [00:09:00] working for the president of the United [00:09:02] States. That's how success is achieved. [00:09:05] More than a week after Petty's shooting, [00:09:07] apparently Noman Luendowski bered Todd [00:09:09] Lions, the acting ICE director, for [00:09:10] videos that emerged in Minnesota showing [00:09:12] federal officers continuing to tangle [00:09:14] with protesters. [00:09:16] They said the president hated the [00:09:18] continued stream of videos and they [00:09:19] pinned the blame on Lions. [00:09:21] And then they demanded that Lions draw [00:09:23] up a new plan for ICE to carry out [00:09:25] targeted enforcement, which is the [00:09:27] approach Lions wanted, but apparently [00:09:29] Noom had rejected. [00:09:32] Luwendowski took Gnome to functions with [00:09:34] Republican kingmakers [00:09:36] starting in 2019, introducing her as a [00:09:39] rising star in the party. He suggested [00:09:41] her as a possible VP candidate in 2024, [00:09:43] and then he pushed her for DHS. Again [00:09:49] the the spending inside the department [00:09:52] is um is fascinating. Luwendowski for [00:09:56] one who is working under a sort of again [00:09:59] temp contract because he has taken a [00:10:02] position that allows him to maintain pay [00:10:03] in the private sector. He has urged [00:10:06] officials to move away from continuing [00:10:07] long-term contracts with companies [00:10:09] toward new ones. Some say allies of [00:10:11] Noman Luwendowski instructed high level [00:10:13] staff to meet with particular companies [00:10:14] for services that other contractors have [00:10:16] previously carried out. [00:10:19] DHS says that Luwendowski is in full [00:10:20] compliance with the Office of Government [00:10:22] Ethics forms. [00:10:25] We will have to find out because again [00:10:27] all of this is suspicious to say the [00:10:28] least. And the bottom line is does it [00:10:29] help Trump? Does it help the [00:10:31] administration? Does it help immigration [00:10:33] enforcement? I think the answer is no. [00:10:35] Now, Republicans doing a terrible job [00:10:37] typically leads to Democrats stepping [00:10:39] too far and that is what is happening [00:10:40] right now. Well, Christy Gnome has been [00:10:42] taking very expensive jets with, you [00:10:44] know, like private bedrooms all over the [00:10:46] country. So, traveling isn't that [00:10:47] stressful for her, but it is for pretty [00:10:49] much everybody else, especially because [00:10:50] when you're going all over the world, [00:10:52] the real stress comes when you go [00:10:53] online. You don't know who's on your [00:10:54] network, if the Wi-Fi is secure, or if [00:10:56] the government is watching your data. [00:10:57] That's why I take privacy pretty [00:10:59] seriously and why I use our sponsor, [00:11:00] ExpressVPN. It's fast, reliable, it [00:11:02] keeps my information safe. ExpressVPN is [00:11:04] the app I trust to protect my privacy [00:11:06] online. Period. It reroutes your [00:11:07] internet connection so nobody, not your [00:11:09] Wi-Fi admin, not your service provider, [00:11:10] not even government agencies, can [00:11:12] actually spy on what you are doing. I'm [00:11:14] constantly using public Wi-Fi. I'm [00:11:16] flying all over the place. And you know [00:11:17] what? My data is nobody's business. It [00:11:20] just isn't. Well, good news. ExpressVPN [00:11:22] encrypts 100% of my data and yours, your [00:11:24] login, credit cards, all of it. So [00:11:26] hackers are completely out of luck. [00:11:27] Here's the thing. It's the only VPN I [00:11:29] actually recommend. It's ranked number [00:11:30] one by the Virgin CNET. You can use it [00:11:32] on up to 14 devices at once. That means [00:11:34] your whole family is protected. And [00:11:36] right now, you can get ExpressVPN for [00:11:37] just three bucks a month. That's less [00:11:40] than 12 cents a day. My listeners can [00:11:41] get an additional four months of service [00:11:43] when you use my link at [00:11:44] expressvpn.com/ben. [00:11:46] That's expsvpn.com/ben [00:11:49] for four additional months of service [00:11:50] with ExpressVPN. [00:11:52] Also, you know what holiday our sponsor [00:11:54] Puret Talk celebrates? President's Day [00:11:56] because they believe that wireless [00:11:57] service should only cost you a couple of [00:11:58] presidents. You know, like a Jackson and [00:12:00] a Lincoln, which is 25 bucks a month for [00:12:02] those unfamiliar with what's on the [00:12:03] dollar bill. I know we're all digital [00:12:04] now, but you get unlimited talk, text, [00:12:06] plenty of data for just 25 bucks a [00:12:08] month. That's like the cost of one or [00:12:10] two meals out versus the hundreds the [00:12:12] big wireless charges families every [00:12:13] single month. No reason wireless service [00:12:15] needs to be that expensive. What makes [00:12:17] Pure Talk different goes beyond just [00:12:18] price. They're an American wireless [00:12:20] company that actively supports our [00:12:21] veterans and they invest in a US-based [00:12:23] customer service team. So, when you [00:12:25] call, you're speaking with somebody [00:12:26] right here at home who can actually help [00:12:28] you. I use Pure Talk all the time. [00:12:30] Obviously, you know, my wife and I have [00:12:31] been planning the daughter's bot [00:12:32] mitzvah, which is to say she's been [00:12:34] planning the bot mitzvah, but I've been [00:12:35] taking a lot of calls. Pure Talk is what [00:12:37] makes that happen for me. Pure Talk uses [00:12:39] the same towers as the big carriers. So, [00:12:40] enjoy superior 5G coverage without the [00:12:42] inflated price. Just 25 bucks a month [00:12:44] for talk, text, plenty of data, no [00:12:46] contract, no cancellation fee. What are [00:12:47] you waiting for? Head on over to [00:12:48] puretalk.com/apiro. [00:12:50] You'll get 50% off your very first month [00:12:52] of coverage. Again, that's [00:12:53] puralk.com/apiro [00:12:55] to make the switch to pure talk. So it [00:12:57] is in fact the right political move [00:12:59] whether whether it is in fact the the [00:13:01] right policy move. It is the right [00:13:03] political move for the administration to [00:13:05] go back to status quo anti Minnesota [00:13:07] because it takes the bat out of the [00:13:08] hands of Democrats. But Democrats [00:13:09] apparently are not letting the pedal off [00:13:12] the metal even though they already seem [00:13:14] to have achieved what they wanted to [00:13:16] achieve which is ICE no longer doing [00:13:18] massive raid operations in Minnesota. [00:13:21] Even Politico, which is far from a [00:13:23] right-wing outlet, is recognizing pretty [00:13:25] openly that this undercuts Democrats [00:13:27] messaging that the administration is [00:13:29] being overweening in its pursuit of [00:13:31] illegal immigrants. Quote, "By pulling [00:13:33] out of Minneapolis," says Politico, the [00:13:35] epicenter of the left's fight to [00:13:36] overhaul federal immigration enforcement [00:13:38] after federal agents killed two American [00:13:40] citizens. Administration officials and [00:13:41] allies argue that Democrats will lose [00:13:43] political steam as attention gradually [00:13:45] fades from the administration's [00:13:46] aggressive enforcement actions. By the [00:13:48] way, this is one of the rules of [00:13:49] politics. [00:13:50] You know when you can get things done? [00:13:52] When people aren't generally talking [00:13:53] about it when it's on the front pages, [00:13:54] very difficult to get things done. [00:13:57] Nevertheless, Democrats continue to [00:13:59] pursue a DHS shutdown. According to [00:14:02] Axios, lawmakers are departing [00:14:05] Washington as of yesterday without a [00:14:07] deal to fund the DHS, all but ensuring a [00:14:09] partial government shutdown at the end [00:14:10] of day Friday. This would be the third [00:14:12] shutdown of President Trump's second [00:14:14] term. Despite two weeks of negotiations, [00:14:16] Democrats said on Thursday they were no [00:14:18] closer to a deal with Republicans to [00:14:20] avert that shutdown. [00:14:23] Democrats continue to tout the idea that [00:14:25] DHS needs to be defunded or major [00:14:27] changes need to happen inside of DHS. [00:14:31] They are stepping too far. They saw [00:14:33] political blood in the water with the [00:14:35] mishandling of people like Christine and [00:14:37] Cory Luwendowski. And now, predictably, [00:14:39] they are moving too far in the opposite [00:14:41] direction. Chuck Schumer, the Senate [00:14:42] Minority Leader, he says that they will [00:14:45] cut funding to ICE. [00:14:47] >> The Republican bill on the floor allows [00:14:50] ICE to smash indoors without warrants, [00:14:53] to wear masks and not be identified, to [00:14:56] use children as bait for their parents, [00:14:59] no oversight. We are keeping our word, [00:15:02] no funding for ICE until it is rained [00:15:04] in, until the violence ends. [00:15:09] >> Okay. Well, here is the thing again. [00:15:10] Trump by putting a professional in [00:15:12] charge is already on the path toward a [00:15:15] more professional implementation of [00:15:16] policy. And now I think Americans are [00:15:18] going to turn and say, "Okay, well, why [00:15:19] don't you just work with the responsible [00:15:21] agents to go after criminal illegal [00:15:22] immigrants?" That is the policy everyone [00:15:24] wants to see implemented. [00:15:27] But as always, Democrats can't stop [00:15:28] themselves. Alex Padilla, who is the [00:15:30] senator from California, he is out there [00:15:33] on on point defending sanctuary cities. [00:15:36] I mean, good luck with this proposal. [00:15:40] Now, as I will listen to my colleague, [00:15:42] he has tried to paint a picture of [00:15:45] sanctuary states or sanctuary cities as [00:15:50] nothing but lawless. [00:15:53] And I get that's a maybe a favorite [00:15:56] sound bite for right-wing media, but the [00:15:59] fact of the matter is it's not true. [00:16:02] Sanctuary policies do not mean that [00:16:06] there are no laws or that the federal [00:16:08] government can no longer enforce federal [00:16:11] law in those jurisdictions. [00:16:16] What sanctuary policies are is simply an [00:16:20] affirmation that immigration enforcement [00:16:24] is the job of the federal government [00:16:28] and that state and local authorities [00:16:31] cannot be co-opted or forced into [00:16:34] performing inherently federal [00:16:38] responsibilities. [00:16:39] >> Well, I mean that is not exactly what [00:16:41] sanctuary cities and jurisdictions are. [00:16:42] or what they are instructions for state [00:16:44] and local officials not to cooperate [00:16:46] with federal law enforcement. Meaning [00:16:49] that they could voluntarily help out ICE [00:16:51] by, for example, calling in jail [00:16:54] detainees to ICE for immigration [00:16:56] violations, and they won't do that. No [00:16:59] one is saying that the feds can force [00:17:01] states to do that, but states can [00:17:02] voluntarily do it. And of course, when [00:17:04] they don't, what do you think is the [00:17:05] natural result? The natural result, of [00:17:07] course, is to put more ICE agents in the [00:17:09] streets. This, by the way, is the [00:17:10] Democrats game. What Democrats want is [00:17:12] more chaos in the streets because they [00:17:13] think that it's a political winner for [00:17:15] them. Now, it doesn't have to be a [00:17:17] political winner for Democrats. The [00:17:18] reason this turned into a political [00:17:20] winner, at least in the moment, the [00:17:21] reason the Democrats won the battle in [00:17:23] the moment in Minnesota and the left won [00:17:25] the battle in the moment again is [00:17:27] because of the bad PR rollout done by [00:17:29] top members of the Trump administration, [00:17:32] by people like Greg Bavino, by people [00:17:33] like Christine M. You just don't see [00:17:36] this kind of mess being made in other [00:17:38] parts of the administration. In a little [00:17:39] while, we'll get to the EPA under Lee [00:17:41] Zelden. Lee Zeldon is a professional. [00:17:42] And so, the EPA and President Trump can [00:17:45] make one of the most signal changes in [00:17:47] American regulatory policy of the last [00:17:50] five decades. And it won't generate the [00:17:51] kind of heat and light that have been [00:17:53] put around what happened in Minnesota [00:17:56] because competence actually matters. [00:17:58] Hey, but as I say, Democrats can go too [00:18:00] far here. Minnesota Attorney General [00:18:02] Keith Ellison, who is a disgrace to his [00:18:04] profession, he was testifying in front [00:18:06] of Congress yesterday, and he was asked [00:18:08] a question by Senator Bernie Moreno of [00:18:10] Ohio. And Ellison said, "I'm not sure [00:18:13] that if you're in the country illegally, [00:18:14] you should be deported." [00:18:17] >> If you enter the country illegally or [00:18:19] you overstay a visa, should you be [00:18:21] deported? [00:18:24] >> My simple answer is, sir, it depends. [00:18:28] >> Okay. So if somebody breaks into your [00:18:29] home, should they be arrested for [00:18:31] breaking entry or does it depend? [00:18:33] >> It's an entirely different scenario. [00:18:35] >> How's that? [00:18:36] >> Because uh immigration is essentially a [00:18:38] civil and breaking into my home is a [00:18:41] criminal matter. [00:18:41] >> Oh, okay. Gotcha. So if there's So [00:18:44] there's laws that should be enforced. So [00:18:45] we shouldn't enforce civil violations. [00:18:47] >> We absolutely should enforce them. [00:18:49] >> So So but but you just said that uh uh [00:18:51] it's a civil matter. So it's different. [00:18:53] So if somebody [00:18:53] >> You enforce civil matters. So if [00:18:55] somebody commits a civil infraction, it [00:18:57] shouldn't be enforced. [00:18:58] >> It should be [00:18:59] >> okay. So they should be deported. [00:19:01] >> No, they should have due process that is [00:19:03] associated with their petition. So for [00:19:06] example, [00:19:06] >> so the act of entering the country [00:19:08] illegally, you think we should say, [00:19:11] well, did you really do it or not do it? [00:19:13] It's pretty obvious that they did, [00:19:14] right? [00:19:15] >> Well, I mean, it would depend on the [00:19:16] facts of the situation. [00:19:20] >> Again, it should not depend on the facts [00:19:21] of the situation. You can say that every [00:19:24] illegal immigrant in the country should [00:19:26] be deported, but you have to prioritize [00:19:27] because of resource shortages. [00:19:30] You can talk about extenduating [00:19:32] circumstances people who have [00:19:33] natural-born American citizen children, [00:19:35] for example, but they themselves are [00:19:36] illegal immigrants. You can talk about [00:19:38] all that. That's not what Keith Ellison [00:19:39] is doing. He is setting up a roadblock [00:19:41] to actual implementation of law. This is [00:19:43] a point that Senator Ron Johnson made to [00:19:46] the Minnesota AG. Says that you and [00:19:48] people in the Democratic party [00:19:49] facilitated tragedy in Minnesota. this [00:19:51] is true. And again, a more competent DHS [00:19:54] secretary would have been able to [00:19:55] highlight this with moral accuracy. [00:19:59] >> I as a government official would have [00:20:01] said, "Back off. [00:20:03] Let us work with ICE. Let's cooperate [00:20:05] with them. Let's let's see if we can't [00:20:07] deescalate this." But attorney general, [00:20:10] you did the exact opposite. And two [00:20:13] people are dead because you encouraged [00:20:16] them to put themselves into harm's way. [00:20:20] And now you're exploiting those two [00:20:21] murders. That was a tragedy. [00:20:24] It never should have happened. [00:20:28] Now we can investigate, [00:20:31] but I can't imagine being a law [00:20:34] enforcement official [00:20:36] where I know my colleagues have been [00:20:38] shot at, their vehicles rammed, that [00:20:41] there are trained activists deployed. [00:20:45] And by the way, we know at least one of [00:20:47] those activists had a semi-automatic [00:20:49] pistol with extra clips. So now you're [00:20:53] an ICE officer. You're doing enforcement [00:20:56] action. You've got a team behind you [00:20:57] trying to protect you. You've got all [00:21:00] these trained activists behind you. Is [00:21:03] it any wonder they're at hair trigger [00:21:05] alert? [00:21:07] a tragedy was going to happen and you [00:21:11] encouraged it and you ought to feel damn [00:21:14] guilty about it. Thank you, Mr. [00:21:16] Chairman. [00:21:17] >> Obviously, again, when it comes to these [00:21:19] hearings, it is it is televised moments, [00:21:21] but he is obviously correct on the [00:21:23] merits here. And again, you're seeing [00:21:24] this bleed across the entire Democratic [00:21:26] party. So, one Georgia state [00:21:27] representative named Marvin Lim appeared [00:21:29] in an anti-ICE rally where he appealed [00:21:32] specifically to illegal immigrants. [00:21:36] Immigrants and families of immigrants, [00:21:39] we see you. Whether you are a citizen, [00:21:42] whether you have no documentation, an [00:21:44] asyle, TBS, any of those, we see, we see [00:21:48] you. We hear you. And that's why we are [00:21:51] speaking out for you who cannot be here [00:21:54] today because we love you and we are [00:21:56] fighting for you. Thank you. [00:22:00] Cardi B, a much more popular figure at [00:22:03] her concert the other night, suggested [00:22:04] that if ICE agents were in the crowd, [00:22:06] they should be physically assaulted. [00:22:15] >> If ice come here, we going to jump. [00:22:18] [cheering] [00:22:21] I got some bear maze to the back [00:22:26] to my face. Let's go. [00:22:30] >> She seems like a s rational human being. [00:22:33] Maybe Ice should deploy some robots to [00:22:34] just be near her. If you've not seen the [00:22:37] video yet of um of Cardi B being knocked [00:22:40] over by a robot, [00:22:42] the Robo Ice, Robo Ice is obviously the [00:22:45] solution, but this speaks to the [00:22:46] radicalism of Democrats. So CNN's Harry [00:22:48] Enon points out that Americans may not [00:22:51] be in love with all the things that [00:22:53] President Trump is doing, but you know [00:22:54] what? They really hate the radicalism of [00:22:56] Democrats. And this is why it is [00:22:57] amazing. It is truly an amazing thing [00:22:59] how reactionary American politics is. [00:23:01] People believe, for example, that [00:23:02] because Joe Biden was a bad president, [00:23:04] this means that you can now run up the [00:23:05] score on every extraordinary wish list [00:23:09] item you have on the reactionary right. [00:23:10] And then similarly, if Democrats smell [00:23:13] any blood in the water with regard to [00:23:15] Minnesota, for example, they can now [00:23:16] swing as radically to the left as they [00:23:18] could possibly want. And it turns out [00:23:20] most Americans not into any of this. [00:23:22] Most Americans just want responsible [00:23:23] governance. It's not that difficult. It [00:23:25] really isn't. Here's Harry Enson [00:23:26] pointing out that whatever you think of [00:23:28] the Republicans, Americans think [00:23:29] Democrats are way off the reservation. [00:23:33] >> So if the ideology of the Democratic [00:23:35] party is shifting or changing, how are [00:23:37] people feeling about it? [00:23:38] >> Okay, so we're talking about the [00:23:39] Democratic base, right? But what about [00:23:41] all what about all Americans, right? How [00:23:43] about all voters? Voters who say the [00:23:45] Democrats are now too liberal. Look at [00:23:47] this percentage. It was 42% in 96, 48% [00:23:50] in 2013. Now 58% in 2025 of all Democrat [00:23:55] of all voters say that the Democratic [00:23:57] party is too liberal. The Democrats are [00:23:59] moving to the left. The far left is [00:24:00] gaining power and there could be some [00:24:02] electoral repercussions because what we [00:24:04] see right now is voters the clear [00:24:06] majority say that they are too liberal. [00:24:10] >> And this is really the story of what [00:24:11] Democrats are doing. They continue to [00:24:13] swivel ever out to the left. It's it's [00:24:14] truly insane. after Donald Trump [00:24:17] shellacked Joe Biden. Their decision is [00:24:19] maybe we should move further to the left [00:24:21] than Joe Biden and Kla Harris. That's [00:24:23] their move. Totally crazy. Bernie [00:24:26] Sanders, according to Axios, who again, [00:24:28] it will it will never stop amazing me [00:24:30] that Bernie Sanders, a career useless [00:24:32] person, a leech on the ass of American [00:24:34] society for all of his eight decades, [00:24:36] that that human somehow has become the [00:24:39] ideological thought leader of an entire [00:24:40] major party in the United States. It is [00:24:42] totally psychotic, totally crazy. The [00:24:44] dude has produced zero things of value. [00:24:47] He has the political mentality of a [00:24:48] seven-year-old. [00:24:50] Literally a seven-year-old. You know, [00:24:53] there are a lot of bad things in the [00:24:54] world. Some bad things happen to people [00:24:56] and that those bad things can only be [00:24:58] cured. They can only be cured by the [00:25:00] government. You know, some people are [00:25:01] rich and some people are poor and that's [00:25:03] bad. I wish some people were not rich. [00:25:05] That would be good. Everything he says [00:25:08] is along the lines of a fortune cookie [00:25:10] idiocy [00:25:12] that is only replicated in small [00:25:14] children truly. And somehow this has [00:25:16] gained all sorts of credibility inside [00:25:18] the Democratic party base. Well, now [00:25:20] according to Axios, Senator Sanders is [00:25:22] feeling emboldened by the progressives [00:25:24] shock victory in a New Jersey special [00:25:26] house primary last week. He is now [00:25:28] sizing up his next targets. He has [00:25:30] endorsed over a dozen progressive House [00:25:32] and Senate candidates who are aiming to [00:25:33] reshape the Democratic party. asked in a [00:25:35] phone interview where else he thinks the [00:25:37] left can win upside victories. Sanders [00:25:38] pointed to a fighting oligarchy rally he [00:25:41] is doing on Friday with a person called [00:25:42] Nita Alam who is challenging [00:25:44] representative Valerie Fushi is in North [00:25:47] Carolina. [00:25:50] Brad Lander who is challenging [00:25:52] representative Dan Goldman and Lander is [00:25:53] a nut job. He is a nutcase. He is a [00:25:55] full-on zor mountani socialist. Also has [00:25:58] a strong chance to win says Bernie [00:25:59] Sanders. All of this is following the [00:26:03] victory of progressive Analia Majia in a [00:26:06] special primary election last week to [00:26:08] succeed now Governor Mikey Cheryl. She [00:26:11] finished narrowly ahead of former [00:26:12] Representative Tom Malinowski. [00:26:16] Majia will have to win an April general [00:26:18] election to get seated and then another [00:26:19] primary in June to keep her seat for [00:26:21] another two years. But naturally, the [00:26:23] Democrats have decided to coalesce [00:26:24] around her because this is the way that [00:26:25] it works. Neither party apparently has [00:26:27] the stomach to simply say to its most [00:26:29] extreme actors, "No, you don't get to [00:26:31] hang out with us." [00:26:34] Sanders told Axios that she ran on a [00:26:36] strong progressive agenda and she's [00:26:38] going to stand up to oligarchs. And then [00:26:40] he compared her to Zar Manzani. [00:26:45] Sanders has also endorsed House [00:26:46] candidates in Wisconsin, Michigan, [00:26:48] Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, [00:26:50] Utah, and Montana. and he is backing [00:26:52] radical Senate candidates Abdul El Sayed [00:26:54] in Michigan, Graham Platner in Maine, [00:26:56] that's the dude who had the um the SS [00:26:59] logo carved into his chest and then had [00:27:01] to pretend that's not what it was. And [00:27:02] Peggy Flanigan in Minnesota as well as [00:27:04] main gubernatorial candidate Troy [00:27:06] Jackson. The Democratic Party is [00:27:08] swiveling out to the Bernie Sanders [00:27:10] left. [00:27:12] And let us never forget Bernie Sanders's [00:27:14] ideas have been tried and they fail [00:27:16] everywhere they've ever been tried. They [00:27:17] are garbage ideas. True trash ideas. His [00:27:19] latest trash idea, by the way, is that [00:27:21] he wants a moratorum on data center [00:27:23] construction. Okay, cool. Let's just [00:27:25] destroy economic growth in the in the [00:27:27] Sounds great. Sounds great. His chosen [00:27:30] proteges, by the way, have already [00:27:31] destroyed tens of thousands of jobs [00:27:33] across the country. You'll recall that [00:27:35] AOC, bartender turned congresswoman, [00:27:38] turned media sensation because of her [00:27:40] fresh-facedness. You'll remember that [00:27:42] when Amazon was thinking of relocating [00:27:44] to her district, she killed that, thus [00:27:47] thrusting tens of thousands of jobs out [00:27:49] of her own district. A major win for her [00:27:50] constituents, clearly. [00:27:53] Well, now Sanders wants to destroy data [00:27:55] center construction [00:27:58] on MS. Now, he said, "We have not a [00:27:59] clue. We are totally unprepared for what [00:28:01] is coming. We've got to slow this thing [00:28:02] down." [00:28:05] What What is he talking about? He's [00:28:06] talking about we need to slow down AI [00:28:08] because obviously redistributing misery [00:28:10] is better than redistributing [00:28:12] prosperity. [00:28:14] Sanders says that AI is bad because it [00:28:17] alienates workers from their labor. [00:28:21] The real thing, of course, is that [00:28:23] businesses might do well and the stock [00:28:24] market might do well and that is the [00:28:26] thing that he wants to oppose. So, if [00:28:28] Democrats want to side with the let's [00:28:29] destroy the economy wing of the party, [00:28:31] good luck to you. Here is the reality. [00:28:33] President Trump's economy is working and [00:28:34] it is working really well right now. [00:28:37] Brand new CPI report out this morning. [00:28:39] Consumer prices rose 2.4% in January [00:28:42] from one year earlier. That is cooler [00:28:43] than the 2.7% recorded in December. That [00:28:46] is lower than expected inflation. Again, [00:28:48] it's higher than 2%, but it is way down [00:28:51] from the 9 10% we were seeing on an [00:28:53] annualized basis some quarters from the [00:28:55] Biden administration. Core prices rose [00:28:58] 2.5% in January from a year earlier. [00:29:01] The latest annual number had some help [00:29:03] since a high inflation reading from [00:29:04] January 2025, according to the journal, [00:29:06] has now dropped out of the past 12 [00:29:07] months of data. Month overmonth from [00:29:09] December, consumer prices in January [00:29:11] rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2%. Core [00:29:14] prices rose at 0.3%. But wages are now [00:29:18] outpacing inflation. Wage increases are [00:29:20] outpacing inflation under the Trump [00:29:22] economy. That is a reality and economic [00:29:25] growth is the thing that President Trump [00:29:26] is doing exactly right. So, as I [00:29:29] mentioned before, competence is a very [00:29:30] useful thing. President Trump's work [00:29:32] with the EPA is competent. It is low-key [00:29:35] and it is competent, and it is not going [00:29:37] to upset the apple cart or be unpopular. [00:29:41] So, according to the Washington Post, [00:29:43] nearly 17 years after the EPA declared [00:29:45] that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse [00:29:47] gases threaten the public health, the [00:29:49] public health and welfare, the agency on [00:29:50] Thursday rescended the landmark legal [00:29:52] opinion underpinning a wave of federal [00:29:53] policies aimed at climate change. Under [00:29:56] Barack Obama, the agency issued a [00:29:58] so-called endangerment finding [00:29:59] suggesting that greenhouse gases could [00:30:01] be regulated without congressional [00:30:03] legislation like the Clean Air Act, [00:30:06] which was passed in the 1970s, somehow [00:30:08] covered greenhouse gases, which of [00:30:11] course is ridiculous. And the question [00:30:13] here isn't whether greenhouse gases [00:30:15] should be legislated. It is whether you [00:30:17] should unilaterally be able to regulate [00:30:19] those from the executive branch of the [00:30:21] government. If Congress wants to pass a [00:30:24] big bill putting caps on greenhouse [00:30:26] gases, they have the power to do that [00:30:28] presumably. But that's not what [00:30:30] happened. Basically, the Obama [00:30:32] administration created a fake legal [00:30:34] finding that the Clean Air Act, which [00:30:36] never contemplated carbon dioxide being [00:30:39] actually covered by the Clean Air Act. [00:30:41] They said that somehow the Clean Air Act [00:30:43] covered that it was evolving in its [00:30:45] meaning or something. and therefore the [00:30:47] EPA could simply regulate every company [00:30:49] in America under its opices. That of [00:30:52] course was false. [00:30:55] At an event at the White House on [00:30:56] Thursday afternoon, President Trump [00:30:58] suggested that this was the biggest [00:31:00] deregulatory action in American history. [00:31:03] Here he was announcing it yesterday. [00:31:07] Under the process just completed by the [00:31:10] EPA, we are officially terminating the [00:31:13] so-called endangerment finding, a [00:31:16] disastrous Obama era policy that [00:31:18] severely damaged the American auto [00:31:21] industry and massively drove up prices [00:31:23] for American consumers. Prices went up [00:31:27] incredibly for a worse product. This [00:31:31] action will eliminate over $1.3 trillion [00:31:33] of regulatory cost and help bring car [00:31:36] prices tumbling down dramatically. [00:31:42] And then he added he hopes that we build [00:31:43] no more windmills in the United States [00:31:45] because in his opinion they are useless. [00:31:47] He is fact checked mostly right. [00:31:50] >> I've basically stopped all windmills in [00:31:53] this country. It's the most expensive [00:31:55] energy you can get. They're all made in [00:31:57] China. a little bit in Germany, but [00:31:59] mostly in China. And we're putting them [00:32:01] all over our fields and ruining the [00:32:03] fields and killing the birds and all of [00:32:05] this. And the environmentalists say they [00:32:06] like them, but they really are a [00:32:08] tremendous sore. They ruined Europe has [00:32:11] gone, as you know, it's gone to Europe [00:32:13] isn't even recognizable anymore between [00:32:16] immigration and because of, you know, [00:32:18] environmental things like the windmills, [00:32:20] which are taking over. The people hate [00:32:23] them. Uh the energy is by far the most [00:32:25] expensive. and we're fighting very hard [00:32:28] to make sure that they don't get built. [00:32:30] I hope we don't have one built during my [00:32:32] administration. [00:32:35] >> Now, of course, the New York Times is [00:32:36] fighting mad about all of this, a piece [00:32:38] of reporting that really is just opinion [00:32:40] masquerading as reporting by Lisa [00:32:42] Freriedman says, led by a president who [00:32:45] refers to climate change as a hoax, the [00:32:47] administration is essentially saying [00:32:48] that the vast majority of scientists [00:32:49] around the world are wrong and that a [00:32:51] hotter planet is not the menace that [00:32:52] decades of research shows it to be. It's [00:32:55] a rejection of fact that has been [00:32:56] accepted for decades by presidents of [00:32:58] both parties including Richard Nixon [00:33:00] whose top adviser warned of the dangers [00:33:02] of climate change and the first [00:33:03] President George Bush who signs an [00:33:04] international climate treaty and it is a [00:33:06] knockout punch in the yearslong fight by [00:33:07] a small group of conservative activists [00:33:09] as well as oil, gas and coal interest to [00:33:11] stop the country from transitioning away [00:33:13] from fossil fuels and toward solar, wind [00:33:15] and other non-polluting energy. Believe [00:33:16] it or not, that is a that is not an [00:33:18] opinion piece. That is a reported piece [00:33:19] from the New York Times. Total trash. [00:33:22] You can hold that opinion for sure, but [00:33:24] that is not the reason. You could but [00:33:26] you could totally hold that climate [00:33:27] change is happening and even is [00:33:28] anthropogenic and still believe that the [00:33:30] EPA should not have the unilateral [00:33:32] ability to regulate carbon emissions [00:33:34] under the Clean Air Act. That that is a [00:33:36] legal abomination [00:33:38] and that the administration is right to [00:33:39] stop that. You can also hold that there [00:33:42] are mitigation measures and adaptation [00:33:45] measures that are significantly better [00:33:46] than simply restricting usage of carbon [00:33:50] when it comes to, for example, car [00:33:52] emissions. And also that cars have [00:33:55] gotten significantly more effective at [00:33:58] using fossil fuels, which is true. Their [00:34:00] miles per gallon have gone way, way, way [00:34:02] up since they were back in the 1970s, [00:34:05] for example. [00:34:07] But of course, the New York Times is a [00:34:08] gigantic opinion page masquerading as a [00:34:11] reporting outlet. [00:34:14] They they they this is why whenever [00:34:16] people say, you know, the Trump [00:34:17] administration, they they violate [00:34:18] legality all the time. The Trump [00:34:20] administration, when they violate things [00:34:21] legally, they usually do so in the most [00:34:23] blatant fashion, it's clear to [00:34:25] everybody. The thing Democrats have done [00:34:26] for decades is simply twisted and turned [00:34:29] and violated the law [00:34:31] by gutting the law and wearing it [00:34:34] around. That's what happened again with [00:34:35] the Clean Air Act. If you want Congress [00:34:37] to pass this thing, if you want Congress [00:34:38] to regulate greenhouse gases, Democrats, [00:34:40] why don't you get elected to a majority [00:34:42] in the House, Senate, and Presidency, [00:34:43] and then you can pass some sort of [00:34:44] legislation. [00:34:46] But the very notion that a regulatory [00:34:48] agency should have this level of control [00:34:50] over the economy based on something that [00:34:52] no law ever gave them authority to do is [00:34:54] totally insane. We should also mention [00:34:57] here that Europe has made its entire [00:34:59] economy subservient to the whims of [00:35:01] environmental activists which is why [00:35:03] they've been one reason they've been [00:35:04] under a state of heavy stagnation for [00:35:06] legitimately decades at this point and [00:35:08] they will never let go. Ursula [00:35:10] Vanderlayan the head of the EU here she [00:35:12] was claiming that actually the EU's [00:35:15] carbon market which regulates the [00:35:17] building of power plants and prevents [00:35:19] the dissemination of energy and has made [00:35:22] the EU essentially irrelevant in the [00:35:24] pursuit of AI. for example, it has cut [00:35:26] them out of the next generation of [00:35:27] economic growth. Here she was saying [00:35:28] it's actually wonderful. It's actually [00:35:29] great. [00:35:31] >> The emission trading system has clear [00:35:34] benefits. [00:35:36] It's always important that we look at uh [00:35:39] the effects. It is a marketbased system. [00:35:43] It is technology completely neutral. It [00:35:46] says basically if you want to pollute [00:35:48] you pay. If you don't want to pay [00:35:51] innovate and this is what happened. um [00:35:54] it has been introduced in 2005 [00:35:58] and since then the emissions have gone [00:36:01] down by 39%. [00:36:04] The sectors covered by ETS1 have grown [00:36:07] by 71%. [00:36:09] So decarbonization and growth can go [00:36:11] hand in hand. And there were revenues of [00:36:14] 260 billion euros generated. [00:36:19] Um partially for the European level, [00:36:21] it's a smaller part mostly 78% [00:36:26] for the member states themselves. [00:36:30] If the EU wishes to make itself [00:36:32] subservient to the idiocies of the green [00:36:35] movement, that's their problem. But [00:36:36] President Trump isn't doing that. And [00:36:38] and if the Democratic Party decides to [00:36:40] mirror all of that in the long term, [00:36:42] that is not going to go well for them. [00:36:44] Again, Democrats are unable to divide [00:36:46] off from their most radical ideas, and [00:36:48] it is a disaster area for them. That is [00:36:50] true on illegal immigration. It is true [00:36:52] on economics, and it is true obviously [00:36:53] on social issues. Every Democratic major [00:36:56] candidate refuses to divide off from the [00:36:58] craziest idea of the last 50 years and [00:37:00] maybe of all time that boys are girls or [00:37:04] can become girls. And the damage has [00:37:06] been catastrophic. You've seen it in [00:37:08] everything from mass shootings to the [00:37:09] actual damage that young people are [00:37:10] doing to their own bodies. There's a [00:37:12] fascinating and horrifying piece in [00:37:14] today's Wall Street Journal from a [00:37:16] Saurin Aldako called What I Suffered [00:37:18] Being Transgender. Quote, "When I was [00:37:20] 11, I began identifying as transgender. [00:37:22] I had gone down a rabbit hole of [00:37:24] websites and niche online forums. There [00:37:25] I met a friend, an artist who was 14, [00:37:27] whom I admired and looked up to. We both [00:37:29] felt different, out of place in society. [00:37:31] Born 10 years earlier, we would have [00:37:32] been called to boys. Instead, we writhed [00:37:34] under the pressure of the female role. [00:37:36] The internet told us the logical [00:37:37] conclusion of that struggle was to [00:37:39] identify as boys. This person writes, "I [00:37:41] come from a broken home. While my mother [00:37:43] and stepfather always loved me, my [00:37:44] stepfather became severely disabled when [00:37:46] I was three, leaving me feeling as [00:37:47] though I had to raise myself. I [00:37:49] eventually reached out to my biological [00:37:50] father around a decade later when he and [00:37:52] my stepmother saw my distress and were [00:37:54] told by a psychiatrist that this [00:37:55] distress was related to my transgender [00:37:57] identity. They began to consider the [00:37:59] benefits of affirming me in my [00:38:00] transition. Too young to vote or drink, [00:38:02] I became immersed in the idea that [00:38:04] hormones and surgeries would fix me. At [00:38:05] the transgender support group I [00:38:07] attended, most of the focus was on who [00:38:08] was starting hormones and how it was [00:38:09] going for them. I was envious. I wanted [00:38:12] the same feelings of affirmation they [00:38:13] had. Most of them were on hormones [00:38:14] prescribed by a nurse practitioner who [00:38:16] attended the group. When I was 17, says [00:38:18] this person, I went with my stepmother [00:38:20] to see that nurse practitioner who [00:38:21] prescribed testosterone and estrogen [00:38:23] blockers 30 minutes later. These [00:38:25] hormones were one of the many medical [00:38:26] interventions I pursued in my teens. At [00:38:28] 19, I had top surgery, a euphemism for [00:38:30] elective double mastctomy. My surgeon [00:38:33] made sure to facilitate my physical [00:38:34] transition as much as possible, spoon [00:38:36] feeding me talking points for insurance [00:38:37] coverage. I dawned rainbow hair, medical [00:38:39] knee braces, and prescription [00:38:40] compression socks to my surgery date. I [00:38:43] was on more than 10 different [00:38:44] medications when I went under the knife. [00:38:45] After the surgery, I suffered major [00:38:47] complications. I had severe bruising all [00:38:49] down my rib cage, along my sides, and on [00:38:50] my chest. My surgeons repeatedly [00:38:52] dismissed me when I came to them with [00:38:53] these problems. Eventually, I sought [00:38:55] care at a local emergency room where [00:38:57] hospital personnel told me only breast [00:38:59] oncology would see me. These doctors [00:39:01] were kind, used to working with [00:39:02] vulnerable women. The realization I had [00:39:04] been gaslet sunk in as I watched them [00:39:06] cut my scars back open, empty out nearly [00:39:08] three cups of blood, and sew in Penrose [00:39:10] drains. I made the decision to face who [00:39:12] I really was without the medicine, [00:39:14] without the hormones or additional [00:39:15] surgery. 6 months after this experience, [00:39:17] while taking classes at the University [00:39:18] of Texas at Austin, I began to make [00:39:20] sense of my transgender identity through [00:39:22] the lens of human development. Piecing [00:39:25] together my turbulent family life and [00:39:26] adolescence, internet habits, among [00:39:28] other things, it dawned on me. I had [00:39:29] never been born in the wrong body. There [00:39:31] was no way to be born in the wrong body [00:39:32] at all. And this person sued the medical [00:39:35] providers. [00:39:37] as a seventh generation Texas going [00:39:39] before the Supreme Court of Texas was [00:39:40] never something I saw myself doing. Says [00:39:42] this person, let alone doing because I [00:39:43] listened to my doctors. Yet here I am. [00:39:47] Now again, this person doesn't exist [00:39:48] according to the Democrats. People who [00:39:49] dransition, they've been basically [00:39:51] erased. Not only that, we've been [00:39:54] informed by the Democratic Party that to [00:39:56] even discuss such issues demonstrates [00:39:58] hatred of trans people, transphobia. [00:40:01] If Democrats continue to pursue this [00:40:02] insanity, they will reap the electoral [00:40:04] whirlwind. Meanwhile, abroad, Democrats [00:40:07] continue to push their own bizarre world [00:40:09] version of how politics ought to work. [00:40:13] According to the Washington Post, [00:40:16] Secretary of State Marco Rubio and [00:40:17] Representative Alexander Okaziocortez [00:40:20] are going to the Munich Security [00:40:21] Conference. [00:40:23] Rubio is widely seen as the good cop in [00:40:25] the Trump administration's ever widening [00:40:27] conflict with Europe. Okaziocortez is [00:40:30] expected to decry the influence of [00:40:32] billionaires and corporate interests on [00:40:34] international policies she views as [00:40:35] hostile to the working class. [00:40:38] She's expected, of course, to rip into [00:40:39] Israel. So, her perspective is going to [00:40:41] be that America's role in the world [00:40:42] should be joining left-wing agitators [00:40:44] all around the world to appeal to [00:40:48] Kamasnix and their allies. [00:40:51] We'll see how that works out for again [00:40:53] Democrats if they decide to go radical [00:40:55] and if their foreign policy is side with [00:40:56] the worst people on planet Earth, then [00:40:59] we'll see how that works for them. Hamas [00:41:01] is not exactly a potential ally. [00:41:05] Meanwhile, if Republicans continue to [00:41:07] pursue a realist interventionism, then [00:41:10] that will be the the style of politics [00:41:12] that does work. This is what I say. When [00:41:14] Democrats sense blood in the water, they [00:41:15] always make the mistake of going all the [00:41:17] way all the time. And Democrats are also [00:41:19] pursuing a a bizarro world version of [00:41:22] reality that's being rejected across [00:41:23] Europe itself. [00:41:25] As the New York Times now reports, [00:41:27] Switzerland is about to hold a [00:41:28] referendum in June on whether to cap its [00:41:30] population at 10 million until 2050 by [00:41:32] limiting immigration. [00:41:35] Supporters of the initiative say [00:41:37] measures should include making it harder [00:41:38] for foreigners to gain permanent [00:41:39] residency once the population passes 9.5 [00:41:42] million and revising the country's [00:41:44] agreement with the EU that allows for [00:41:45] free movement between Switzerland and [00:41:46] the rest of the continent. Switzerland [00:41:48] is not part of the EU. Both the [00:41:50] government and Parliament voted to [00:41:51] oppose the initiative, but the [00:41:53] referendum was triggered automatically [00:41:54] because over a 100,000 citizens signed a [00:41:56] petition in support of the vote. The [00:41:58] petition was promoted by the Swiss [00:42:00] People's Party, a right-wing party that [00:42:02] currently holds roughly a third of seats [00:42:03] in the Swiss Parliament. [00:42:07] Amazing. Amazing that this is happening [00:42:09] all across Europe, but predicted by the [00:42:12] writer Mark Stein many years ago that [00:42:14] eventually Europe would wake up and have [00:42:15] to face reality. [00:42:18] I think that that is that is a reality [00:42:20] that many in the left in the United [00:42:22] States have refused to acknowledge. [00:42:25] The migration patterns that the west has [00:42:28] undertaken over the course of the last [00:42:30] 60 years have not exactly been a [00:42:32] gigantic boon culturally [00:42:35] and the left wanting to continue to [00:42:36] promote that is going to backfire. [00:42:40] All right. The other big story, of [00:42:41] course, in the United States continues [00:42:43] to unfold. That is the kidnapping of [00:42:45] Nancy Guthrie. We are now almost 2 weeks [00:42:48] into the kidnapping. [00:42:51] Harvey Leven over at TMZ apparently [00:42:54] received a new email from a tipster [00:42:56] suggesting a bleak picture for Nancy [00:42:58] Guthrie, the 84year-old woman who's the [00:43:00] mother of Savannah Guthrie and was [00:43:02] kidnapped nearly two weeks ago. [00:43:05] >> Again, this is the same person who sent [00:43:06] us something yesterday. And this one, [00:43:11] well, it it is more ominous and we can [00:43:14] talk about that in a minute. But this [00:43:15] person says, "You got to take me [00:43:17] seriously." And he's saying the reason [00:43:20] he wants this Bitcoin is because he is [00:43:23] going to have to go underground. Um [00:43:26] because he says he fears retaliation, he [00:43:28] knows who the kidnapper is and um he's [00:43:32] going to be um kind of tart and [00:43:34] feathered as as he puts it, a national [00:43:36] rat. Um but he also mentions the [00:43:40] delivery man. He said I also don't want [00:43:42] you know this I could end up with you [00:43:44] know being implicated the way this [00:43:46] delivery man was and he was you know [00:43:48] detained but released and he doesn't [00:43:49] want that either. So he said basically [00:43:51] he needs this Bitcoin so he can just you [00:43:54] know just disappear for a while and not [00:43:57] work. [00:43:59] >> Okay that that's ridiculous. That of [00:44:01] course is a ridiculous excuse. If you [00:44:02] know about somebody who was kidnapped [00:44:03] and your excuse is I need Bitcoin to [00:44:06] take care of me just in case people get [00:44:08] mad at me for having be how show of [00:44:11] hands in America. How many people [00:44:12] believe that a person who tells the cops [00:44:16] where Nancy Guthrie is will be seen as a [00:44:18] rat. Show of hands that that is [00:44:21] ridiculous contention. The FBI, however, [00:44:23] seems bewildered. The FBI's Phoenix [00:44:26] office posted on X yesterday. quote, [00:44:27] "Today, the FBI is increasing its reward [00:44:29] up to $100,000 for information leading [00:44:31] to the location of Nancy Guthrie and or [00:44:33] the arrest and conviction of anyone [00:44:34] involved in her disappearance. [00:44:38] The description of the attacker, the [00:44:41] kidnapper, is a male approximately 5'9 [00:44:43] to 5' 10 with an average build." Well, I [00:44:47] mean, good luck with that description. [00:44:49] You just described half of America. He [00:44:52] was also wearing a black 25 L Ozark [00:44:54] trail hiker pack backpack in the [00:44:56] doorbell video. According to [00:44:57] authorities, [00:44:59] the FBI has collected over 13,000 tips [00:45:01] from the public related to the case. It [00:45:02] just shows how much the FBI has to track [00:45:04] down in every case that they have to [00:45:05] handle. [00:45:08] So again, the FBI is now grasping at [00:45:10] straws. Apparently, according to the New [00:45:12] York Post, investigators [00:45:15] erected a white tent over the entryway [00:45:18] of Nancy Guthri's house yesterday. [00:45:21] and they removed the remaining Nest [00:45:23] doorbell camera equipment from her door. [00:45:25] It's unclear what else they recovered. [00:45:28] In a statement, authorities confirmed [00:45:30] they'd recovered several potentially key [00:45:31] pieces of evidence, including a pair of [00:45:33] black gloves, one of which the Post saw [00:45:35] the feds recover from the side of a [00:45:36] nearby road on Wednesday. Again, unclear [00:45:39] whether those gloves have been linked to [00:45:41] the attacker. Our Dailyware [00:45:42] investigative reporter, Lyndon Blake, [00:45:43] joins us on the line right now. Episode [00:45:45] 9 comes out today in her series Finding [00:45:47] Nancy Guthrie. Lyndon, thanks so much [00:45:48] for the time. Of course, man. Thanks for [00:45:51] having me. [00:45:53] >> So, we are now nearly two weeks into the [00:45:55] saga. It feels as though very little [00:45:58] progress has been made. We're kind of [00:45:59] feeling drips and draps of information [00:46:01] that that have been coming out. You [00:46:02] know, a pair of black gloves that were [00:46:04] apparently found. They're moving the [00:46:05] nest video camera from from Nancy [00:46:08] Guthri's door. Harry Leven referenced [00:46:10] somebody who says he knows where the [00:46:12] where she is, but that person won't [00:46:13] reveal it unless they're given Bitcoin. [00:46:15] Where are we in all this? Are we are we [00:46:17] closing in on anybody or is this [00:46:19] basically at this point a search for a [00:46:20] body? I mean, the longer this lasts, the [00:46:22] closer the more likely it is, it seems [00:46:24] to me that that she has passed away. [00:46:27] >> I mean, I think you can tell by the way [00:46:29] the searches are kind of doing like the [00:46:31] grid searches and stuff and the places [00:46:33] that they're searching. I mean, there's [00:46:35] that possibility that they're looking [00:46:37] for a body. I mean, it is day 13 since [00:46:40] she's been missing. But I must say when [00:46:43] the video came out, the footage from [00:46:45] NY's doorbell camera, you know, [00:46:47] everything kind of went up a notch and [00:46:50] you obviously get more leads, the 4,000 [00:46:52] tips and stuff. But Ben, I must say [00:46:57] knowing about what's going on between [00:46:59] Puma County Sheriff and FBI and just the [00:47:02] tension that's happening on the ground, [00:47:03] also this friction right now between [00:47:05] Pima County Sheriff's Department and the [00:47:07] FBI is bringing up an investigation that [00:47:09] the FBI did back in 2016 with the Puma [00:47:12] County Sheriff's Department. At that [00:47:14] time, Chris Nanos was the appointed [00:47:16] sheriff. And they were being [00:47:17] investigated for misuse of funds. And [00:47:20] Nanos was never indicted because of [00:47:22] this, but the second in command, the [00:47:24] second in command chief deputy was. And [00:47:26] so, a lot of people were thinking that [00:47:28] this current tension, this current just [00:47:30] not willingness to work together goes [00:47:33] back to Nanos and his feelings toward [00:47:34] the FBI from a situation that happened a [00:47:37] decade ago. It makes you think that [00:47:40] they're not close to zoning in on this [00:47:42] thing because they're dealing with their [00:47:44] own drama. I mean, the latest report is [00:47:47] Puma County Sheriff Chris Nanos sent an [00:47:51] glove a glove off to a lab in Florida [00:47:54] and said the FBI FBI lab in Virginia. [00:47:57] And so that evidence could have to [00:47:59] potentially be retested. A federal [00:48:02] source told us that they weren't really [00:48:05] able to take hold of this case until a [00:48:08] few days ago. And I think that's where [00:48:09] you started to see, you know, yesterday [00:48:11] with this white tent going up. And [00:48:13] you're like, why wasn't that done days [00:48:16] ago? And we've had Amazon packages and [00:48:18] pizza all being delivered to NY's front [00:48:22] door since blood has been just on her [00:48:25] front steps and she's been missing. And [00:48:28] but that's because the FBI was met with [00:48:31] such push back from local authorities [00:48:34] and you could go down the rabbit hole [00:48:36] and the FBI and Nanos have a past from [00:48:40] 10 years ago, but it just has to be [00:48:42] frustrating for the Guthrie family, [00:48:44] especially seeing all these reports and [00:48:46] you're like, can we just let the FBI [00:48:50] help? You have Trump saying full [00:48:52] support. We're sending in everything you [00:48:54] need. let them help instead of being [00:48:58] prideful and being like, "No, like we [00:49:00] know this territory." Yes, Pima County [00:49:02] knows the local territory. They they [00:49:04] have their strength, too, but let the [00:49:06] FBI use their technology, but again, I [00:49:09] mean, it just seems like with all this [00:49:11] drama happening, no, it doesn't make me [00:49:13] feel like there's someone that's going [00:49:14] to be captured today. But of course, you [00:49:16] hope that. And I've spoken to FBI agents [00:49:19] and they all agree that doorbell camera [00:49:21] footage, great lead. Just a plethora of [00:49:25] things you can take from there. We know [00:49:27] what the backpack is. Ozark Trail hiking [00:49:29] backpack from Walmart. They've recovered [00:49:31] gloves on the side of the road. [00:49:33] Allegedly, there's been gloves recovered [00:49:35] inside the house. That's now an [00:49:36] evidence. So, it's a good jump start, [00:49:40] but it just makes you wonder the first [00:49:42] week not much was being done. [00:49:46] I mean, you you mentioned the the [00:49:47] conflict between the sheriff's office [00:49:49] and the FBI and this is bewildering to [00:49:51] everybody who's watching this from the [00:49:52] outside because I mean, you have an [00:49:54] unfolding kidnapping drama and meanwhile [00:49:56] you have infighting between these two [00:49:58] branches of government, one local, one [00:50:00] federal. You mentioned that there had [00:50:01] been some conflict between Nanos, the [00:50:03] the sheriff and the FBI 10 years ago. [00:50:05] Can you explate like what is the [00:50:07] conflict? What's the holdup here? [00:50:08] Because as you say, it should be all [00:50:09] hands on deck at this point. [00:50:11] He was I'm pretty sure there was some [00:50:14] type of investigation into how he ran [00:50:17] things and and where money was going or [00:50:19] funds. And this is and I'm going off [00:50:21] memory really quick. Just 2016, we'll [00:50:24] say allegedly around the 2016 mark. He [00:50:27] was never charged with anything there. [00:50:28] Nothing ever came of it. But that's [00:50:30] where people are thinking that this [00:50:32] current tension. Now, of course, Sheriff [00:50:35] Nanos has denied everything. Like, no, [00:50:38] we're working great with the FBI. I [00:50:40] mean, in one of the press conferences, [00:50:42] he even was like, "We would we never [00:50:43] turn down federal help. We always [00:50:46] welcomed them in." And, you know, it [00:50:47] just made it seem like they were the [00:50:49] best of friends. And but that's not the [00:50:52] case. When you have investigators on the [00:50:54] ground walking around, deputies and FBI, [00:50:57] and they're asking, "We don't really [00:50:59] know who's in charge." That's not a good [00:51:01] sign. You don't want to be thinking [00:51:03] about who's in charge when you're [00:51:05] looking for a person, potentially [00:51:06] looking for a body. And for sure, I [00:51:09] mean, 100% trying to find out who did [00:51:12] this. [00:51:15] >> Well, that's Lyndon Blake, Daily Wire [00:51:16] investigative reporter. Go check out [00:51:18] episode 9 of Finding Nancy Guthrie, [00:51:19] available only at Daily Wire Plus. [00:51:22] Lynon, thanks so much for the time. I [00:51:23] appreciate the updates as always. [00:51:25] >> Of course, Ben, thanks. [00:51:27] >> All righty, guys. Coming up, we'll get [00:51:29] into all the foreign policy talk, what's [00:51:30] going on in Venezuela and Iran. The show [00:51:32] continues for our members right now. [00:51:34] Remember, in order to watch, you have to [00:51:36] be a member. If you're not a member, [00:51:37] become one and use code Shapiro at [00:51:39] checkout for two months free on all the [00:51:40] annual plans. Click the link in the [00:51:41] description and join us. [00:51:43] >> This Valentine's Day, there's a new home [00:51:47] for romance. [00:51:48] >> I was told this was a segment on Milton [00:51:50] Friedman and the economics of gifts [00:51:51] giving. [00:51:52] >> He technically isn't a bachelor, but he [00:51:54] sure is a professor of love. Find out [00:51:58] what happens when 30 contestants looking [00:52:00] for feelings run into the wall of facts. [00:52:03] >> I don't trust anyone who says love is [00:52:05] love. That is not an argument. That is a [00:52:07] tautology. [00:52:08] >> Yeah, he's a real catch. Get ready for [00:52:12] bad [music] advice, real viewer [00:52:15] questions. Ben destroys, and the world's [00:52:18] most famous millionaire [music] [00:52:20] matchmaker, Patty Stanganger, who stops [00:52:23] by to help us find that [music] special [00:52:25] someone on the year's most intimate day. [00:52:28] >> Guys, did anyone even try to clear this [00:52:29] with me? [00:52:30] >> Hey, look on the bright side. Dinner [00:52:31] reservations are going to be easier to [00:52:33] make for one. Then after dark, love [00:52:36] hurts, logic hurts more. [00:52:40] [music]