Tony Katz and the Morning News 1st Hr 6-8-26

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I think we should be very, very aggressive about 16 year olds and 14 year olds who think they're in charge of anything. That really does start with parenting, doesn't it? I do not know if I truly believe that the parent gets held responsible for these crimes. I do believe that the parent is responsible for their child. And I do believe it is up to us as a society to make damn sure that happens. Now, in order to make sure that happens, something else has to happen, which is the city, the county, the state has to stop being responsible for other things. Oh, we have to provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the schools. Oh, we need to provide the backpack. Oh, we need to provide this. You have been working to take away responsibility from parents for over a generation. Now you want to force the responsibility back on them. Some of us have always wanted to keep the responsibility back on the parent. So it's no, not a need for another program. No, it's not another need for another check. No, it's not a need to vote this. It is a need. to tell parents that they're responsible for their kids. And we don't actually care how hard it is. There's private charity in your church that'll help. We demand you do the job. And through that responsibility, one learns a little bit of self-respect. That's what happens. That's the plus side. Oh, it's hard. But it's possible. It's absolutely possible, and we need to demand it. Can't have one without the other. But we don't know the whole story here, and we need to know the whole story here. But now we've got a 14-year-old involved in a killing in Indianapolis. We've got 16-year-olds shooting each other, or one 16-year-old shooting in Greenwood. I just want it noted that on this show, many years ago when this was the conversation, We said, I said, I'll take it personally, I said that if you don't stop these things in Indianapolis, they'll spread. Right here, we were discussing this years ago, while others were foolishly saying, oh, it's a self-cleaning of it, they shoot each other, it's fine. It's never been fine. It was an excusing of the violence. It was allowing parents off the hook. Now we're not doing that? Great. I'm glad everybody's at the party. Let's start demanding parents be parents. And tell them, regardless of any other characteristic, we don't care that it's tough. It is what it is. It's your job. And we, Hoosiers, damn well demand that you do it. Knowing that it's not easy and knowing that sometimes you do the best you can and things still don't work out. That's where Grace comes in. We will get into all of it. Tony Katz 93, WIBC. Good morning.

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Two different men charged over an ISIS terror plot to kill special forces. So two guys, a 25-year-old and a 21-year-old, along with a 21-year-old from Kansas, the three paid $2,000 to someone they thought was part of ISIS. They wanted to buy rocket-propelled grenades and UAVs for an attack on special forces. They spent more than a year communicating about this plan, including discussions about leaving the U.S. to join ISIS. I have many, many questions. Starting with who do we let into the U.S. military. Maybe starting with who we let into the country. Maybe starting with how it is that our education system is working. Starting with what social media do we allow to flow through? We're starting to get way too many stories about soldiers and others turning into extremists being twisted in this way. The 25-year-old is Berrin Dezai, and the 21-year-old is Elias Shamsaldeen. The one in Kansas is Bissam Gaffor. I need a military that works. In order to have a military that works, you need people who are actually believers in the country that they're defending. You can read anything into it you want. I did nothing more than address a fact and address a problem. And I'll do that anywhere. It's good to be with you guys. It is only Monday, and there's already a lot happening. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on RAV-4, Grand Highlander, Camry, and Corolla, with the features and style you deserve. It means driving for less, with hybrid and plug-in hybrid options across the lineup, delivering great MPGs. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your car will hold its value for years to come. Shop Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places. The Knicks play at the Spurs tonight, game three of the NBA finals. The Knicks are ahead, two games to none. President Trump, according to the sources, will be in attendance tonight at Madison Square Garden. Yes, if the Knicks win, they're going to burn New York to the ground. However, if the Knicks lose. They're going to burn New York to the ground. And if basketball didn't exist, they would still probably burn New York to the ground. So the odds are ever in their favor. Also, the odds say that the WNBA is absolutely screwing it up and they will ruin Caitlin Clark. They will ruin the league. One can question whether or not the fever has any interest. The rumors out there that Caitlin Clark is going to be dealt to Los Angeles. I don't know if that's true or not. This is social media stuff. But nothing looks good. Nothing looks great from the fever, but I think it's a bigger story than that. This is three years into this experiment.

And the WNBA doesn't seem to want this. The WNBA seems to be a league that is based on things that have nothing to do with basketball. It is totally on them. All we did is say, okay, we're in. Give it a go. And we showed up and we spent our money. We talked about it. And now we're all talking about it for much different reasons. And the WNBA did this. And specifically, the fever have not done, I think, in any way, shape, or form the job to be protective of the team, protective of their players, protective of Clark. I don't know why. Can't answer the question for you. But it is all the conversation. You guys ruined it. Is it all savable? Of course, it's all stable. You actually have to want to. And that's where it gets to the league. It doesn't seem like they want to. They don't want to be better. They don't want to have opportunities. They want to be this haven of wokenness. And that somehow you should just accept it. And then I've got Lisa Leslie, the former player. She was the biggest name in women's basketball. Saying that the real problem, the real issue here is that we don't have, well... I would like to see more African-American women coaching in the WNBA. I think it's something that's probably the... We don't have enough black women coaching in the WNBA. This is the problem. I... I can't help you at all. But if you think that's the problem in the WNBA, there's not enough black representation. You still don't understand that the job of the WNBA is to actually turn a profit and not be a welfare state. Why can't you be entertaining for the crowd first? Look at the league. Look at the everything. The answer is there's not enough black representation? You and I are after something very, very different. I would like to see a league that is entertaining for fans, puts a great product out in the field, is competitive. For all fans, you want to see some, is it some level of reparation? What is it that you want to see? But it isn't about the fan, and it isn't about the sport, and it isn't about a profit. Just proving the problem. staring them right in the face that they'll do nothing about. Tony Katz 93, WIBC, good morning. I stated the other day that when it comes to Diego Morales, the Secretary of State, that if you want to go out and make the claim that you just don't like Diego Morales because of his race, because of his accent, I got five microphones and no waiting. I dare you to call me a racist on the show. Come, let's go to work. It's not going to work out well. The level of insanity, the level of shamefulness, the level of ridiculousness coming from Diego Morales' office, if that allegation is the one that they want to go with, Diego Morales isn't good enough to be Secretary of State. When it came out,

that he hired his brother-in-law. We made this over here. We made this sounder here to talk about it. Someone want to see when this was created? Listen. The Secretary of State Diego Morales hired his brother-in-law. Look up idiots in the dictionary. You know what you'll find? A picture me. No, the definition of the word idiot, which you fucking are. God, Karen, you are so stupid. What are your qualifications? Take his qualifications and then shove them somewhere. Who hires their brother-in-law? That is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard in my life. And so we shared that because it was an insane thing to do to hire your brother-in-law. No, it's not okay. It's nepotism. It's gross. It's everything the people abhorre in politics. Race never came into this. Religion never came into it. Sexual orientation never came into it. When he's buying $90,000 vehicles, we said, what the heck is wrong with you? Said the same thing about Micah Beckwith, by the way. No one ever accused me of anything having to do with race regarding Micah Beckwith. But you go back. There's a reason Micah Beckwith doesn't come on the show. There's a reason Micah Beckwith and I have no interest in talking to each other. It's because he appeared on this show multiple times and sounded the fool. And yes, you buy $90,000 vehicles with our money. There's going to be an issue. You could have done it with a used car and you should have. I don't care about your security detail. You figure it out. Not on our dollar. And then I get this from Mario Masalamani, who is the Republican chairman of the Hamilton County. He's on a podcast called Larry and Fischer's. Larry andfishers.com. Congratulations to Larry. I don't know Larry. I don't have no idea who the man is. All the best to you. And he says this about the race for Secretary of State. and about those talking about Diego Morales. I think that it's going to be a very interesting and challenging convention. I think that it's going to allow a lot of options for delegates. I don't think this is a bad process for Republicans to have options. I like Max Engling. He's a Hamling County guy. But I also like Diego Morales. And I think Diego Morales has gotten an unfair shake by the media and by a lot of people because I think that some of the attacks that he's received. would not have been received if he were the prototypical white male from Indiana. But he's a short Hispanic from Guatemala that has a thick accent. And I think sometimes it's easy to pick on him when other people are doing the exact same thing that he's doing. But he's got a bigger target on him. Now, I'm glad that you like the process. And I should be clear.

Mario's been very nice to me. I think I've been very nice to him. I have spoken at Hamilton County Republican events before. I have been invited by him to be at Hamilton County events before. When this came up about Diego, I did call him regarding what was going to happen with nominations and people getting into this race. I won't share what a private conversation was because I think that that's wrong. I also agree that this is a good process. I don't mind Republicans talking about these things. As Democrats, they pushed and put Bo Biden through as their Secretary of State nominee, and it seems that not all the delegates were thrilled with that. But you think this is because of race, Mario? The same people who voted for Diego over the white woman four years ago, you think this is about race? It's madness. And I don't know who the hell you think you are, but you're out of your damn mind. You're so out of your mind that I think you should take a leave of absence from being the chair of the Hamilton County Republicans and splash a little cool water on your face. Maybe you need a walkabout like James Comey in the woods, staring at the trees or finding some shells on a beach. You think this is about race. Why? Because this isn't a conversation about Micah Beckwith. Of course it's a conversation about Micah Beckwith and his level of impropriety. But he's not the one running for re-election right now. Diego is. Don't be upset that that's taking up the airwaves. You think this is because he's brown? Are you nuts? Don't I get enough of this crap from the political left? I don't know. Maybe they have an opening at the Democratic Party of Hamilton County for you. But this kind of argument is disqualifying, if not just completely insane. What are you doing? You know you're full of crap when you say it. Because if you don't know you're full of crap when you say it, well, then you might actually believe it. And that is nonsense because there is no precedent for it regarding Diego Morales. And there is no story about it now. There is only his actions, the trips and who paid for it. Yes, there's the whole basketball game. There is the hiring of the brother-in-law. There is, of course, the job itself and whether or not we think he's doing a good job. There are things at play. Never mind the chief of staff. Was she legally in the country? Turn off the music, Carl. Turn it off. There are a million things at play here. You want to make it about race? I got five microphones, no waiting. You defend the position. If you're not going to defend the position, I'm serious. Leave of absence. This is madness. And you damn well, oh, Hoosiers, an apology, Mario. Today. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Right now, your local Toyota dealer has great deals available on some of the most reliable trucks on the market, like the off-road ready Tacoma, rugged full-sized tundra, and legendary forerunner, each with the space, tech, and features to handle it all, from the work site to the trails. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid options available, extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, meaning bigger savings at the pump without sacrificing power.

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