The Brett Winterble ShowAugust 14, 20261h 24m

Young Voices, Hard Lessons On The Brett Winterble Show

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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. And welcome. It is the Brett Winterbull Show. It is great to be with you. And it is great to be with Pete Calliner as we soldier on in the hot weather. And a lot of people not pay, a lot of people are not paying close attention to the weather out there. I mean, it's, I'm telling you, I looked at half an hour ago. I looked out there and it was getting gray. And now it feels like it's going to be getting something else. I don't know. I don't like this. Hot, sticky weather. I love dry weather. I'll go 114 degrees, okay, in Vegas. Right. Because you know why, right? It's a dry heat. It's a dry heat. Right. And that's, you know, it's feeling pretty good, you know. I mean, I'm feeling pretty good. Oh, it is. The bones, your bones are all feeling it. It's just, it's, it's, it's the problem. The problem is the humidity or the stupidity. It's never, right. It's not the heat. It's the humidity. Yes. I have heard it said. Yes. Right. Yeah, it's true. All right, I want to ask you a question. And this is, I have, this, I have not tipped you off to this at all. So you can take it in any direction you want to go. Okay. All right. All right. There's a cycle that we have, right? This cycle that we have with, uh, All of these people that are running for office. Now, I am going to give you an opportunity, and I'm going to give you the golden ticket. Which of the high-profile leftists would you want to interview if you had the opportunity? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Really? That was fast. Yeah. I would have thought like El Sayed. I would have thought maybe somebody else. Really? You're going Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I feel like it would be fun. Mm-hmm. And it would go viral very quickly. Really? Oh, yeah. All you got to do is just ask her some question that's not about, you know, stupid stuff and get her off of her talking point, which doesn't seem to be very difficult. And then you just keep asking the question over and over and over again. You know, and you can, I mean, you can basically do a troll interview with her. Oh my gosh. You know? See, I would have thought, I'm just going to throw this at you. Yeah, yeah. I would have thought you would be doing James Talarico. No. No, I guess only because like I'm, I can't go like with a.

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what do they call him rap battles but i guess it would be like a scripture or something with him if i knew right if i knew like scripture you know and i could just like bombard him with a bunch of uh of you know bible passages and stuff like that to make him you know it's like to me that would be that would be fun but i don't know that stuff and he is after all you know a very learned seminarian Is it really, though? I mean, is it? Yeah, well, look, I mean, I have not heard many people that could, you know, detect God's non-binaryness. Oh, that's important. Right. So he's like cutting edge, like deep biblical scholar, even though he's just a seminary student. I think he never graduated. But, I mean, that's like, I mean, he is, like he is uncovering profound revelation in the Bible that nobody going back, what, 25. or sorry, 2,025 years. Nobody has been able to detect this stuff. But he has. I mean, what a time for us to be alive. It's amazing. Right. And when you think about that, he knows about the six genders. Right. Whatever the... Yeah. He knows about how, you know, God wants abortion because of, you know, how Mary became pregnant. And so, like, these are all, like, these are things that are probably going to shake the Christian foundation. Like right down, right down to its roots, you know? I mean, these are things that nobody has ever been able to decipher and find in any of the scriptures for 2,000 years. But thank goodness, we have a guy like James Talarico who has no, he has no other motivation to find these things in the Bible, just true altruistic scholarly pursuit. He knows it. Right. It's just, it's there. Right. I mean, it's what we're doing, you know, and that's, that's what we're doing. I would love to see him in a debate with an actual Christian apologist. You know, it would be amazing. Oh, my gosh. It would be, it would be, I mean, it'd be amazing. Do you watch any of these guys on YouTube? Some, Christian apologists. I've recently discovered a guy. He goes by the name of God logic. Avery is his name. Yeah, yeah. And he does debates. And there are others, but I've seen several of his debates where he debates Muslim apologists. Uh-huh. And that is, it's amazing. So let me, okay, this is perfect. You swerved right into, as Rush would say, you've swerved right into my next question. Hypothetically. Hypothetically, Pete, okay? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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No, no, I'm going to take you to a dark place. Oh, no. A very dark place. All right. Hey, guess what, Pete? Tomorrow... Hasan Piker is going to want to come into the studio and talk to you. And you guys are going to have a rap battle or whatever. Would you take that opportunity? Or would you be like, you know what? This guy is way too nuts. So, yes, I would take the opportunity. But it's a Saturday. So I don't work. So I would not come in on a day off for that. Also, first question I would have for him is like, yeah. Who was the guy that sprinkled the dust on your head that made your head shrink like in Beetlejuice? Like what happened there? Wow. Like your head is like the size of a dime. You know? Yes. Why is it so tiny? And your body, yeah, like your body is like this massive body and your head is really, really tiny. How did that happen? Was that like one of those things like from the Beetlejuice, you know, waiting room in purgatory or whatever? He does look like he's an imposing large man unless he just goes around with smaller people around him. No, he is because, yeah, he got all into the working out and all of that because he was a chunky kid. And you can see the photos of his privileged upbringing where he was riding the horses with the full, you know, blazer, white pants, tall hat thing. Oh, total nepo baby. Absolutely. Yeah. No, he doesn't, he, anytime I see him in an actual live person debate, he is not impressive at all, which is why I would love the opportunity. Because what he does is stream. And so all he does is pick and choose which comments to react to or expound on how awesome Mao is. I mean, think about all of the territory you could mind there with just Mao, just his love of Mao. Defend some of this stuff, you know, defend the tens of millions of people that starved to death. Had that happened. Yeah, well, he couldn't justify it because he'll say, I wasn't alive back then. Oh, you know, whatever it is. You know, that's the sort of thing that he would be throwing around. But the thing, the thing about that guy, okay, and it bothers me greatly. I don't like to curse. on the radio. No. If it's a joke and it's a punchline, that's one thing. But I don't like all the FFF and all that stuff that he does because to me it's a crutch. Absolutely it is. And it's bad and it's ugly and it makes it hard for you and me because we got to cut it up and beep every 30 seconds. Right. Well, if it does occur, if it did, if this opportunity presented itself on a Saturday, I would just record it.

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and then have to go back and bleep it. But yes. All right, I'm going to, uh, on, on the back end of what we just heard from, uh, our esteemed person. that we were hearing about, you know, people not happy with the way the education. What is Toyota affordability? It all starts with buying smart. And your Toyota dealer has great deals available to qualified customers on reliable cars and SUVs, including the redesigned RAV-4, spacious Grand Highlander, sporty Camrys, and Corolla's. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid and plug-in hybrid options available throughout the lineup. extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, saving you money at the pump. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles. And as the best resale value brand, according to Kelly Blue Book, your Toyota can be worth thousands more than average when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly BlueBookskb.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places. Have you ever thought about the difference between paying rent and owning a home? When you rent, your monthly payment helps cover the cost of living there. But it usually doesn't build anything for your future. Home ownership is different. Each payment you make on a home may help build equity, which is the value you own in the property over time. As that equity grows, it can become a financial asset that may support your long-term goals. Owning a home can also provide stability. You have a place that's yours where you can build memories, establish routes, and truly make the space your own. And the good news is that many people are surprised to learn there are programs designed to help first-time home buyers get started, including grants and assistance programs that may help with down payments or closing costs. Learning about your options is the first step toward making an informed decision about your future. Visit Toolsforhomeownership.com.

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system goes, I'm going to, I'm going to take this privilege, and I'm going to do cut number one, because if you think you got it bad here, they got it really, really bad in Nashville. And these are folks who are trying to educate some folks to educate the kids, and unfortunately, they're going to punt on that. Cut number one, cooking the books in Nashville go. Anna Wills also fought back against changing failing grades, writing what is being done is unethical and could very well be interpreted as illegal. The emails show that administrators wrote Wills had failed students, but had not alerted their parents to their failing grades as required by district policy. And that because of it, she needed to pass the students, giving them a D. Wills fired back, saying one student was told many times to me. make up the exams and never did. And that she was out on medical leave for much of one semester and asking, when was I supposed to be contacting parents, writing quote, you can cook the books to have the data look the way you needed. This is the problem. Yesterday we were talking about this, about these people who did not have any ability to do the right things in any way or shape or form. And so this is happening everywhere. I'm not saying in every single school, but for goodness sakes. We have a ton of money that we have in this university. You take all that money at the big universities, and what do you then do? Because at some point, it's going to be very, very difficult to fix this. Because if you can't read, if you can't write, if you can't write a paragraph, if you can't do a research paper, if you can't do any of that stuff, then at some point it's going to... jack up the entire system at the uh at the education part that they're trying to get educated so you're sitting there and you're going okay uh open up your your book and uh yeah today we're going to be doing this with the uh with with the science it's do you guys know about the science What is science? We never got science at all. We got Heather had two mommies. We had 15 genders. We have all this other sort of stuff like that. And that's a big problem on the downline when you're coming into college. Forget it. You don't know how to do valances. You don't know how to do all that stuff that these people are relying on. And then you come back and you say, You know what? The colleges and the universities are going to have to shut down unless we bring in more chikoms coming in to try to get their educational systems. We're going to have to bring in people from a bunch of different places around the world because they know how to read English. They know how to do all this kind of stuff. This is terrible. I mean, it really is. It's like theft.

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But it's like theft of a generation. It's not theft of just like one person cheating or somebody doing something else. And so what do you end up with? You end up with a bunch of people coming in from around the world, getting educated, then going back to their countries and making money. This is the problem that we're dealing with. And by the way, if it's just one incident, It's going to be a thousand incidents. And these kids are going to be left behind. And nobody wants to do the work. Nobody wants to remediate this. I don't get it. Who's going to be the person that's going to fix it? It's good to be with you. Brett Water Bowl's show. Great to be spending time with you. Oh, look, we get the people that come out and take the shots at us. See, I always love this. This is always a lot of fun. So let's go back in regular order. The Hellion says Graham Platner would be fun to interview. I think that's very possible. I think it's right, but I don't know what he's doing. Guys, it's so hot. My boxers are wetter than this pool that I'm cleaning it. Wow. That's, don't stay out there too long because you're going to get, you're going to get some weather coming that your way. Steve the Lib. Who is Steve the Lib? Do we know who Steve the Lib is? Hasan Piker would wax you, Muppets, Brett and Pete. I don't think so. I really don't think so, Steve the lib. And I don't know that I'm going to, you know, allow you to just have a lesson of the lib. Like, it's got to be like Steve, who is a lib. I mean, there's a lot of that. This is the silly guy. This is the silly guy. You know who this guy is? This is Bright Bart Brett. So this is the silly guy who sits around and drives around and tries to be famous for doing whatever it is he's doing. It's just, it's really funny. I like it. I like it a lot. I don't get, I don't get confused. I don't get anything like that. I just think it's wonderful. I love the complete. relationship that we have both inside the building and outside the building. And so I think it's really great. I had to help a kid running the cash register that was about 16 or 17 at the farmer's market with how much change to give me when I paid cash. That is tough. That is such a tough situation. And let's give some gravitas here. Because we grew up with nickel, dime, penny. We grew up with that. Didn't we, Nick? We did all that sort of stuff. And so you could just do that, like super fast. And you're like, okay, yeah, okay, here you go, boom, boom, boom, boom. Nowadays, very difficult.

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And there's a lot of people that just keep them in the jar. And you got to go in there and scoop them out. You got to say, okay, what do I have to do right now? I don't know to understand this. You know what? It's on me. It's on me. I just don't want to do the hard work. And they don't even need to use pennies anymore. I know with the penny. I love pennies. Like what are you supposed to put on people's eyeballs when they die? Nichols? That's inflation. I mean, I loved pennies are amazing. But the reason we can't have them anymore is because you can't get penny gum. Remember, you can't just get penny gum. You just go put in the machine and you get your stuff. And it was a fun time. They ruined it. They ruined it in a big, big way. And it's unfortunate, really, when you think about it. Hi, Brett. Brenda here, my suggestion is to change the school system. Everyone starts at the same level, but the only way to move up or passing a mastery test. Well, that used to be, that, that's what we used to do. Like, for example, should I, Nick, should I utter, The vaunted thing that you and I were talking about about six months ago, I'm going to do it. Did anybody remember the SRA and you could read and you could go and explore and you could do all that great stuff? And then suddenly, you know, we can't have this kid. Being a smart guy, we got to crunch it all down so everybody is totally in the same. I want to be on a pacing run. That's what I want. I want to run with the fastest horses. I don't want to be held back. And unfortunately, that's what happens. You know, you're really smart with math. Okay, well, we're going to put you in the smart math. No, we can't have a smart math because somebody's going to feel like they don't have like they're doing the right sort of stuff, right? We have to hold them back. Calculus? Oh, no, that's too hard. That's too hard. Triangles? No, we can't do that, but you can go play the triangles in the office. I mean, that's what you can do. You know, when you sit back there, I just, for the life of. everything i don't understand this got a lot of people who were uh weighing in on this education's a big thing i'll tell you what we're going to do uh i'm going to take a break we're going to come back we're going to reset it's going to be remarkable i promise you that right now

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It's the Brett Water Bowl show. Good to be with you. You know, I got to, I want to pivot off of this for just a quick second because one of the things that I love is seeing people who are serious people. It doesn't matter about the politics of them or anything like that. But I like seeing people who are serious, who believe in their trade, the things that they want to do, all that sort of stuff, right? So you may have seen Mr. Mendoza, who got the loss coming up yesterday. And one of the things I think is really interesting is this young man who was the champion, right, at the end of the system of that last year, this guy is really mature for being a pretty young guy. And I want you to hear this because he had to talk to the press. They lost. But he had to talk to the press. And he said this. And this is really good. Cut number two. Let's listen to Mr. Mendoza. Go. Overall, I felt that the group that I was in with, they blocked fantastic. They had great routes. The run game was good. You know, unfortunately, like, I let my teammates down today. But it's... But it's a growing experience. And, you know, I feel like we're all growing. And it showed me that I need to grow a lot overall. So one of the things that I think is important about a kid like that or a young man like that. Okay. And I think this is a byproduct of what we saw during the COVID stuff and all that. Because you couldn't go out and play football. Like you couldn't go out. You were locked away for. You know what, a year, two years, whatever it was? That's why everybody still has all this eligibility, right? I mean, you got these people that have eligibility for days. And I think with this generation, and it's not everybody, obviously, but this generation that we're seeing is a very mature generation. They understood. where they were during the COVID stuff and how you had to do a drive-through, you know, getting through the celebration. You know, you had to stay in your car. You couldn't be outside. You couldn't take a picture. You couldn't do any of that sort of. And obviously there were, that's, that's a small sliver of the damage that happened with Anthony Fauci and with all these other folks. We watched something, and when you go back in time in that particular period, you go back in time, they were throwing...

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people out of the military uh they they were they were stopping people from spending their time to become warriors all of this stuff and if you look at the generation who's walking around right now i i would i would go back to you know The inability to go to school, the inability to learn, the inability to go out and walk around and do your stuff and whatever that was going to be, these people, these young people who are now adults in many cases, they're working harder than our generation was. And I'm sorry, but it is true. You know, they had a lot of bad stuff happen to them. And when you see like Mendoza, when you see these folks who had to sit back and say, am I ever going to be able to go to a university? Am I ever going to be able to get out in the world and do this sort of stuff? And why am I going to be forced to take the shot? You know, we forget about this. It's five, six years ago, right? Five, six years ago? Yeah, it was five, six years ago. And you go back in time and you say, eh, you know what? So you couldn't graduate. So you couldn't walk across the stage. So you couldn't have the prom. So you couldn't do any of that sort of stuff. And you grow, yeah, and I know your grandparents and your aunts and uncles, they didn't get to see you for a couple of years. But, you know, I mean, the reality is Anthony Fauci was really the Anthony Fauci. Anthony Fauci was getting it all where it should be. And, you know, we should, we should just be happy for Anthony Fauci that he was able to save so many people. And then you sit back and you wonder, right? Because this is five, six years ago. Zohran Mamdani. Abdul El-Sayed, all these people, these people that have come out of the woodwork saying, oh, we, we don't need, we don't need any of this. We can have socialism and it's going to be incredible. I'll tell you about socialism coming up next. I did a deep dive. And I think we have a charge in front of us. And the charge that we have in front of us is the saving. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on Tacoma, Tundra, and Forerunner with the space and features for any adventure. It means driving for less, with available hybrid options, delivering great MPGs without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your truck will hold its value for years to come. Shoptojota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places.

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Have you ever thought about the difference between paying rent and owning a home? When you rent, your monthly payment helps cover the cost of living there. But it usually doesn't build anything for your future. Home ownership is different. Each payment you make on a home may help build equity, which is the value you own in the property over time. As that equity grows, it can become a financial asset that may support your long-term goals. Owning a home can also provide stability. You have a place that's yours where you can build memories, establish roots, and truly make the space your own. And the good news is that many people are surprised to learn there are programs designed to help first-time homebuyers get started, including grants and assistance programs that may help with down payments or closing costs. Learning about your options is the first step toward making an informed decision about your future. Visit Toolsforhomeownership.com. of those people who were even younger at that period of time. And we can never let them buy into the socialism nonsense, the goofiness, all that sort of stuff. Nothing is for free. Nothing is for free. You have to get out there and you have to bust your butt to be effective. No one's going to come and save you. And you want to, you want to know who's definitely not going to come and save you? Gavin Newsom, Zohran Mamdani, all these folks. We got to get it out there and make it happen.

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It's the Brett Wooderable show. Good to be with you. And it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood. It's 108 degrees. Feeling like 108 degrees. And certainly that's hot. That's hot in a big, big way. So let me ask you a question. Let's say hypothetically, let's say hypothetically, the United States of America suddenly is plunged into socialism or communism. or any of the isms that you don't want. You don't want the fascism. You don't want the communism. You don't want the socialism. You don't want any of that sort of stuff, right? You want to be able to chart your own purpose. A lot of people don't realize that the power they have is the power they have. Ah. You know, a lot of stuff, a lot of stuff that we talk about, a lot of stuff that we look at, a lot of stuff like this. I mean, like, let me give you a couple examples, all right? The most effective way to move people away from socialism and communism, you know what it is? And back toward faith? That's what you have to do. When people decide that they're going to believe in fascism, communism, socialism, all that sort of stuff, they are trading, trading, right? They're not traitors, but they are trading a terrible ability to a better ability. And when you think about this, it's very important because we look at these young people. And obviously the mantra is happening now because of the situation that we're living in. Oh, when am I going to get my money? What am I going to get my house? When am I going to get this, that, the other thing? Well, people leave socialism and communism when they realize that those systems cannot satisfy the human longing for identity, purpose, and transcendence. They return to God. when believers offer a credible, courageous, and joyful alternative. Look at these people that are running for office. It's remarkable. I'm going to play you some of the sound in the coming moments, but this is a very important thing to think about here, okay? What are you going to supply that you haven't been supplied with? Moral hunger. People want justice, fairness, and dignity. Socialism markets itself as the moral solution. Many people are lonely. Loneliness is very difficult, especially if you don't have anybody to share with your thoughts and things like that. You go back in time to the lunatic.

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Carl Marx, that guy created that approach because he had piles. I'm not making a joke about that. He was harmed by piles. You can go look it up. I'm not going to tell you what that is. Communal ideology fills the void where family, church, and civic life have collapsed. And as I mentioned with the notion of piles, nihilism. When people lose belief in God or a higher power, they decide that they're going to turn away and do their own thing. Socialism is the counterfeit church. Let me say that again. Socialism is the counterfeit church. It offers belonging without responsibility, virtue without sacrifice, and salvation without God. It's all you got to do. And the emptiness begins. Humans crave an eternal purpose. Socialism offers material equality. Christianity offers... Eternal identity. Number two, community that is real, not coerced. A bunch of kids are going on to the college campuses. They're about ready to start. Maybe they already have. And you're going to have every sort of offer coming your way when you've been in a different school. for four years and now suddenly you're trying to find your way around. Well, church communities can help heal isolation if you're not feeling like you're getting what you need. Socialist communities demand conformity. And Christianity dignifies the individual. Socialism dissolves the individual into the collective. Socialism promises utopia. but delivers resentment. It's the predicate of all of this. If you have faith, you have promises, and you have redemption, and you have delivers the approach for transformation, that's where you get it. It's not a secret. Socialism didn't just show up on the scene. It's been tried so many times with so many people losing their lives, losing their fortunes, losing their faith. And that's the problem. So you have to answer the question, right? You have to answer the question with this sort of stuff. When people encounter real Christian witness, Sacrificial love, moral clarity, and of course, unshakable hope, socialism naturally. Socialism naturally collapses under its own emptiness. It is a lie. It's a lie. The remedy is simple. Revive your soul. And the ideology.

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dies. Bring people back to God and to the response to the counterfeit religion of collectivism and it loses its power. We have all that we need to stop these people from making terrible mistakes. Now, obviously, You go to a meeting, you talk to some people, they try to seduce you and say, hey, everybody should be equal. Everybody should be equal. Well, why shouldn't everybody be equal in a much better situation? Why should we all have to be poor and miserable and held by the yoke? Doesn't make any sense to me? Doesn't make any sense to a whole lot of people. There's a Piper Dune. There's a Piper Dune. It's the Brett Winterball show. Oh, who knows what lurks behind the blinking lights. So what do you say? I reach out to Mike. Mike, welcome to the program. What's on your mind? Thank you so much, Brett. Happy Friday. We're almost at the weekend. I'm a million bucks. I'm very excited that you have called in today. Well, I was telling Andrew, I was wondering whether you wanted to talk with a socialist about socialism, because I'm here to admit that, yes, I am a socialist. Oh, my gosh, you're a socialist? You're a socialist? Yes. Why would you do that? Why would you do that? But guess what? But guess what? So are you. You know why? Nope. Because we're both, we're both Americans. And every American, yes, every American to a certain extent is a socialist, just like every American to a certain extent is a capitalist. This whole discussion of whether are you pro-capitalism, are you a capitalist or are you a socialist? Well, are you a socialist? It's a silly discussion. Are you a socialist? This whole economy, Brett, is on a long, big spectrum. It's time, but we really should get serious about the labels that we're putting down here. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I've seen that. No, no, no. No, no, that is, that's silly. That is silly. That is silly. That, okay, go ahead. I'm trying not to get silly. I'm trying to pull you back from some silliness and just talk about the realistic nature of the fact that, well, let me just say, you remember back in COVID? You probably got a big check from the government. I did not. I did not. You did not. I did not. But a lot of people, a lot of people did, and most of all of them that are saying they're big capitalists, they cash that check. And that's not a bad thing. Wait, wait, you're making something up. That's not evidence. What are you talking about? You're paying the Social Security, right? And I plan on taking it when you retire. No, it's confiscatory. That's a service program, by its nature.

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Wait, you see... All I'm saying is, I'm not promoting... No, no, no, no, no, no. I listen, hold on a second. I'm not going to hang up. I'm not hanging up on you. I'm not going to do anything like that, okay? I want to say something to you, okay? It's very important that I tell you this. It's your show. Go for it. Okay. You may be a socialist, and you may be, and you may be funding, you know, whatever whack job sort of organizations that are out there that you want to, you know, whatever it's going to be. And that's great for you. But I am not a socialist. I am not a socialist. I am not a communist. I am not a fascist. I am an American. And that's what I. uh here too okay and that's that's it i'm with you i'm with you i'm with you and no you just told me you were a socialist you just said you were a socialist five minutes ago our american economy all i'm saying is all my american economy the economy's not the economy's not a socialist it's uh it's capitalist it has some socialist elements to define define capitalism Capitalism is the, well, I like the phrase of, I think it was Winston Churchill, it's the, it's the worst of all economic programs. How is it, it's like, it's the worst, it's the worst, it's the best. It has all its problems, but it's better than anything else or something like that. I've just missed up that quote. Maybe someone going to call in to say exactly what it is. But he... But wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on, though. Captainism is the free flow of money between people, all right? Wait, wait, wait, hold on a second. That, that, you're getting very close to theft. You're getting close to theft when you say that, but you just take all the money and you do your thing, but that's not, that's not the definition of that. That's not what that is. It's the free exchange of money going back and forth without pretty much regulation without much. Hold on. Hold on. So you're telling me if I get $40,000 worth of gold coins, I'm good with that, right? I can just take it. I just take it. It came to my house and it's now mine, right? I'm going to say it depends on how you got that $40,000. Well, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying. So the means and productions, right? The means and the production has to, you know, be chartered in the right way. You can't just get somebody sending you, I'm not saying this would ever happen to you, okay? But it's just an, it's something for me to give you. Okay. Okay. You, you open your front door. And you've suddenly got $5,000 worth of weed. Now, you're not going to, because I know you're a man of the bar, and you're not going to. What state am I in? What state am I in? I don't know what state you're in, but you're going to be in a really terrible state if you smoke all that dope. But here's the thing. In a classical world, right, Marxist and socialist theories.

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Okay. They worry about the bourgeoisie and all that sort of stuff, right? Now, you're a lawyer, correct? Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Who gave you your law degree? The state of North Carolina. No! No, that's not the answer. The answer is, the answer is you did it. You went and did the work, and you became a lawyer, and you are a very successful lawyer. And that's what you're doing. The state didn't give it. They gave you a bar, you know, thing, but you did it. This is a good example, because actually I worked hard. I did it. You're right. You're right. You're right. I did it at the University of North Carolina, so I didn't pay for it all by myself, my friend. And I think all the people to help contribute. And that's my point. But your taxes, your taxes helped you. The taxes helped you and all that sort of stuff. All right. Well, listen. This has been a very... That's a little of a socialist part. I'm not a socialist. I'm not a socialist. I'm an endeavoring. I'm not saying you're 100%. What I am saying is I don't think you're like for child labor, right? You're not ready to put... Oh my gosh. How many do we go in a sense? It's child labor. You're not. 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. And it means trading for more. The Tacoma and Tundra are ranked number one and number two in resale value over all vehicles, according to Kelly Boo Book, which can mean thousands more than average right back in your pocket when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly Blue Books KB.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places. Many people believe buying a home requires a large down payment and years of saving, but that's not always the case. Across the country, there are programs designed to help first-time home buyers take the next step toward home ownership. Some of these programs offer down payment assistance or grant funding that may help cover part of the upfront cost of purchasing a home. Grants are especially helpful because they generally do not have to be repaid. There are also organizations that provide homebuyer education, financial counseling,

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and guidance to help individuals understand the home buying process before they begin. The goal is simple to help more families become informed and prepared for home ownership. If owning a home is something you've been thinking about, start by visiting tools for home ownership.com. This message is brought to you by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling's Paving the Way Forward Initiative. Come on. No, you're not. And because of that, because of that, that we don't do that because of the rules and regulations, right? Listen, I don't touch kids. I don't touch kids. I don't touch anybody. I talk about things. No, you've already, you've already eaten up. You've eaten, you've eaten this up. I'm sorry. I have to go now. I'm very, very sorry, but I don't, I don't have the time. I don't have the time. I'm sorry, you'll have to call back next week. Thank you very much. Have a good week.

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Yeah, check that out. Slippery when wet. I mean, there you go, the cat. See? Right there you go, baby. I mean, you see, look, that cat needed to get out of New Jersey. He needed to get out of New Jersey, and now let's hope that he's got to... Look, it's very possible. And Nick and I were talking about this, and I'm probably going to, you know, get a little emotional about this. They tried to make that cat into a socialist. A socialist, a very wealthy socialist, a very, very wealthy socialist who wanted to be a, you know, whatever you would want them to be, right? And even with that, he still wanted out of New Jersey. He still wanted, well, the taxes. The taxes are terrible. The taxes are just brutal. You know, I can't tell you how many times. People come up to me and say, why don't you give us some Andy Beshear, who happens to be the guy from, he's out of Kentucky, right? That's the Kentucky guy. And they're thinking that he's maybe throw his head in the wind there to try to race and do all that kind of stuff. So listen to this. This is a very telling story. It's cut number five, Andy Beshear from Kentucky, and this guy answers the question completely wrong. Go ahead, fire it up. Democrats, according to recent polling, the number has their approval as a party at roughly 40, 41 percent right now. What do you believe is the cause of that? Well, the overall Democratic brand polls poorly. What? What? He didn't say that. Did he say that? Well, the overall Democratic brand polls poorly. Why would it be poor? Why would it be poor? Why would it be poor? What do you get? You go to Kentucky, right? And there's three things you have to do when you go to Kentucky. Do you guys know what it is? First of all, you go pay homage to. To the, well, I don't want to mention that one. That's not a nice thing for me to talk about. Okay, Mitch McConnell. You have to go and do honor to Mitch McConnell. Or you can take the other road and you can go and spend time with Rand Paul. Like that's a tough, that's a tough kind of balancing act, isn't it? You have either Rand Paul or you have Mitch McConnell. And so you got to kind of figure that out. How are you going to get that? But you do have whiskey. So you will probably not remember what you were talking about with, you know, whoever. But the thing is, why would you say, what did he say again? Nick, I got to hear this again. What did he say? Fire that thing back up.

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Well, the overall Democratic brand polls poorly. What? Wow. Wow. Who do you think is more popular? Andy Beshear or the New York Jets? Like, I think the New York Jets are probably way more popular than this guy who wants to probably be a... a consideration for the governorship for oh no he doesn't know he's he's he's done so where's he going to go maybe he's going to go and team up with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez maybe he's going to go and team up with you know somebody who's a real go get her like el-sayed i could do that maybe but you can't just go around and say hey you know our brand is bad We have a terrible brand. If I open up this box, ooh, does not smell very good. I don't know what we're going to do with this. How are we going to do this? Andy Beshear, I mean, my goodness, this is the second blunder that he has put down on the paper. Welcome back. It's the Britt Witterball Show. Great to be with you. Yeah, so Andy Beshear, Andy Beshear, he's not ready for prime time at this stage of the game. I mean, honestly, I can't believe, I can't believe for a minute that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is going to be the person who is going to emerge with all the stuff that she is done in her time. And look, I'm not trying to be mean. I'm not trying to do anything like that at all. But the reality is, You got to have some heft. You got to have some heft. You got to have some people that are seriously minded people. And unfortunately, I'm looking at stuff and I'm saying to myself, wait, this is not. This can't even be possible. It just can't even be possible any way, shape, or form. But it is. It is. Here, let me give you some of this. This is going to be cut number three. Socialists are tedious. That's what I'm saying. Cut number three, go. For us, expanding democracy, the small D democratic part of democratic socialism is core to what we stand for and what our vision for the world. We want to expand democracy in the electoral system. We want to expand democracy in our workplaces through labor unions and in our communities. So that's a core part of what we're doing. And that's what we're also very aware of our responsibility within the United States to influence U.S. policy. So we, when we're thinking about other countries, we want to expand democracy everywhere. You want to, you want it everywhere? How do we, how do we know that? How are we going to know that? Nick, how do we know that they're going to do this? I don't know. This is so whacked. Okay. So let's do this. Let's do this. Okay. I'm going to say.

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I'm going to say a phrase, and I want to know from you, the audience, who's listening here, okay? I want you to tell me what it means, all right? I'm not going to say anything about socialism. Socialism is off on its own thing, and they're trying to do all these sorts of things, and they're trying to fix everything and all that stuff. Okay. Rugged individualism. What is rugged individualism? I think about that, and I think about how the West was won. I think about how people were able to come to this continent and spend their last token of money and just go ahead and cut through the nonsense. What happened? There's a disconnect that occurred. And I'm telling you, the bridge here is Bashar. Because Bashar doesn't think that they have a good brand. I'm going to take them at his word. You don't have a good brand. What do you have? What do you have? What you have is your last... moment in life as you draw your breath. What else do you have? You have the ability to go and create something that never happened before. Look at Silicon Valley. Look at Hershey's. Look at M&M Mars. Look at these companies who have built incredible things who are amazing. And yet, we just want to bring back the brand and the brand is going to be so good. And we have to understand that. No, no, you're not doing it right. You're doing it terribly. When Pete was on with me just about two hours ago, I asked him about James Talarico. Now, I'm going to let you hear cut number eight. This is James Talarico explaining. All that is tedious and not serious. Right here, go for it right now, cut eight fire. Some in the Texas GOP run issues like the bathroom bill or the sanctuary cities bill. So I just want to talk to you. What do you think about what happened in the last session where we saw kind of all that more mean-spirited legislation being run through the legislature? I think mean-spirited is such a good way to describe it because, you know, as a native Texan, you know, you're from here as well. You know, this is the friendly state. And so we've got to get back to. that heritage that we're so proud of. And I hope in the next session we can avoid really divisive, radical issues like, you know, discriminating against transgender children, discriminating against hardworking immigrant families. Okay. That's James Talarico. That's James Talarico on that, on that end of that conversation. Now, so I grew up in Texas.

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I was not born in Texas, but I grew up in Texas. And I got to think that those guys that fought at the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto and all of that sort of stuff, do you know what Talariko would say to Davy Jasmine Crockett? Do you know what he would say to? to the founders of that of that compound that got us the state of Texas does anybody have any kind of an idea in their mind what that would look like because i can tell you this right now we are a resilient country By and large, we're a resilient country. And unfortunately, we have people who kind of grab you and try to push you into the water and not let you come back up. And every once in a while, every once in a while, you find something out about yourself. Now, can you imagine Santa Ana? Right? The guy who was going to be the empire, who was the empire there in Texas, and you had the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto and all of that sort of stuff. Can you imagine if these guys were in charge of these guys? It would have been unbelievable. We would still not have any of this territory. You wouldn't have Texas. You wouldn't have New Mexico. You wouldn't have Arizona. You wouldn't have California, which maybe that might have been okay. Nevada. I mean, you go back over to that period of time and we are having to surrender. Who are these people? Who are these people? LBJ. would not be driving around with his with his big old caddy and and have and have all that all that land that he had and all that sort of stuff but you know what we have to we have to just understand it's all changing it's all changing no it's not all changing at any moment in any time i'll tell you this right now When people like James Talarico, when people like Andy Beshear, people like whoever are walking around talking and telling about their five-year plan and all that sort of stuff, do you know what regular people are doing? They're going to work. And they're providing for their families. And yeah, Mike Daisley, you want to go out there and be a collectivist. Go ahead and do it, man. Go ahead and do it. But we are rugged individuals. Rugged individuals. And we are the people who are going to save the country. One persuasion at a time. I mean, ladies and gentlemen.

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I mean, just think about it. Just think about it. Give me fire. Give me that what I desire. Welcome back. It's the Brett Wooderball show. It is great to be with you as we're sitting and thinking. and wondering and all that sort of stuff. I mean, look, there's a lot of great stuff that you can do. There's a number of incredible things that you can sit back and relax to and all that sort of stuff. But see, this is why I never wanted to be. I mean, I just tell you this. I never wanted to be like a... a disc jockey. Like I was one in college once upon a time a million years ago, but I like talking to people. I like having people be able to pick up the phone, call in, ask me a question, we go back and forth. I love that sort of stuff because here's the reason why I always wanted to do talk radio. The reason I wanted to do talk radio was there are people who are out there that will talk back to you. It's difficult when you have a record player back in the day or a CD player back in the day. And it's like, hey, 37 minutes of straight music. Now, that's fun. I like it. I mean, it's enjoyable. It's all that sort of stuff. But the thing that is so special. And working with Rush, and I don't talk a whole lot about Rush, but the way Rush had the ability to connect, and he was gracious, and he was funny, and he was connected, and he had all the stuff that you would need to have if you wanted to be. a broadcaster if you wanted to run a business you know he was very very enamored with uh with a couple of things especially uh airports and managing airports and the the ability to have those sorts of ideas curiosity is what it's all about so i say this every once in a while if you put on the cable channels or the regular channels but typically if you have the cable channels uh that are on they will not let you call in and have an opinion you you can't get through to them you can't reach out even even the the companies that you might Be happy with, right? If you like CNN, if you like Fox, if you like MSNBC, if you like all those sorts of things, you have no ability to send a message to these companies. But you can hear.

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And the thing that's incredible about that is at any given time, there are thousands and thousands of people who are in their cars, who are listening with the stream, who are doing all this sort of stuff like that. And isn't it interesting to see how we have the ability to still connect? Oh, people say all the time, right? Oh, radio. Radio is an element that is heard in the background. That's not true. It's not true at all. Right now, we have a group of people who are at the studio here, right? Okay. And what are we doing? We're simultaneously getting you news. We're also giving you the important information when it comes to rain and weather and all that sort of stuff, 108 degrees coming down, you know, all that sort of stuff. That's the thing that's incredible. And at any point in time, And this is the thing that I always love to do when it comes to broadcasting in the afternoon, in this period, right? Because you never know what kind of story is going to break out like that. You, we, I have seen incredible. abilities with people who are newsmakers with people who are in the business of of getting you around town getting you to the place where you need to go all that sort of stuff that is an incredible ability to have because you have to have it in the top of your mind what you're going to be looking for and then suddenly oh look a turn up truck fell off the you know fell off something right or whatever that's going to be or there's a really bad wreck and now we got to get you you know routed around and all that sort of stuff that's what is incredible because you have to think very quickly and at the same time you have to be accurate And we take tips from people, hey, this place, don't go that. What is Toyota affordability? It all starts with buying smart. And your Toyota dealer has great deals available to qualified customers on reliable cars and SUVs, including the redesigned RAV4, spacious Grand Highlander, sporty Camrys, and Corolla's. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid and plug-in hybrid options available throughout the lineup. extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, saving you money at the pump. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles. And as the best resale value brand, according to Kelly Blue Book, your Toyota can be worth thousands more than average when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details.

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Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly Blue Books KB.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places. Have you ever thought about the difference between paying rent and owning a home? When you rent, your monthly payment helps cover the cost of living there. But it usually doesn't build anything for your future. Home ownership is different. Each payment you make on a home may help build equity, which is the value you own in the property over time. As that equity grows, it can become a financial asset that may support your long-term goals. Owning a home can also provide stability. You have a place that's yours where you can build memories, establish routes, and truly make the space your own. And the good news is that many people are surprised to learn there are programs designed to help first-time home buyers get started, including grants and assistance programs that may help with down payments or closing costs. Learning about your options is the first step toward making an informed decision about your future. Visit Tools for Homeownership.com.

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road, go to this road, all that sort of stuff. And what that puts you together with is a breathing thing. It's a breathing thing where at any moment you can have one thing happening and then suddenly it changes. It's an incredible ability to do that. And you know what it is? contrary to these cable companies, right, where the cable companies are telling you, hey, you know, we're not going to take any of your information. We don't want any of that sort of stuff. What's incredible with that is they're giving away nothing. They're not helping the communities. They're not doing any of that. And when you think about how our communities are struck together and between two different lines of communication, South Carolina, North Carolina, people who are listening on the streams and all that sort of stuff, that is an, it's really remarkable because you have to have passion. When I worked with Raj, One of the best things that I ever saw him do was the ability to educate somebody who might not be, I'm trying to be very careful here. He might want to educate somebody who maybe have it completely wrong, right, where, ah, you know what, you're rich people are all bad people, something like that, right? And Rush would take, these people and he would say no this is why you should go and do your dream this is why you should go out there and push for this or that or something else you have to have a little bit of a teacher in you you have to have a lot of passion in you but most importantly you have to have integrity to be willing to sit behind a microphone, to be upbredded sometimes, right? People will say, oh, you're totally wrong and it's awful and it's the worst sort of thing. Thank you very much. That's great. I'm so happy that you called today. Please call back again. That's the remarkable part of this broadcasting. And radio is the most intimate of all. When you're in the shower, When you're in the kitchen, five o'clock in the morning, you're getting ready to go out to work, to do your stuff, we're with you. Morning, noon, night, overnight, all of that. And that's the incredible thing. Because in those moments, that is where you get the connectivity that stitches together. All that we have in Charlotte and beyond. Now, I can promise you one thing. When you're in the shower, we're not looking.

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One word. One word only. Scott Bessent. Cut number seven, Scott Bessent. He's got some splaining to start doing. Get ready for this. Cut number seven. Go. And we know what has happened here. But I think as people feel the turn, which they should be now, then there is light at the end of the tunnel. Things are getting better. We're seeing construction jobs picking up. We're seeing manufacturing jobs picking up. The unemployment rate dropped. We are seeing the... The big component of the workforce, the mid-20s to mid-50s is very stable. And Rob, the other important thing, too, is these jobs are going to Americans. Like we have seen over 2 million jobs created for Americans, and we've seen over a million illegals leave the workforce. And guess what? The laws of supply and demand still work. When you take the illegals out of the workforce, working class wages go up. When you send them back home, rents go down. So if you were to go to the Hill newspaper, this is put up by a variety of different locations, Scott Bessent teases severe economic action against Iran. And so here's how this is going. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Trump's administration will unveil new measures against the Iranian regime. as it seeks to increase economic pressure on the regime to come back to the negotiating table. They're not going to come back to that. They're just going to try to string them along. That's what's going to happen. Watch this space for more announcements coming next week. That's what Scott Bessent said earlier today. While the Treasury Chief did not provide details, he said the measures will mark another escalation of the administration's effort to cut off money flowing to the Iranian government. The United States has already imposed a naval blockade that has cost Tehran roughly $4.8 billion in oil revenue. Now, they're feeling it much harder than we are feeling it because they don't have any place to sell their oil. And at $4.8 billion in that review, that's going to be... That's going to be painful. Now, we don't know what the president's going to do because he will change his mind. He will take a different option. He will do this, that, or the other thing. That's fine. That's absolutely fine. But when you sit back here and you say, okay, what do we have? Because you have to remember something with this war, this so-called war that we have been fighting. And it's this.

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We are held to a standard that is almost impossible. Almost impossible. Any other country, any other countries, Vladimir Putin, any of those folks, she, any of those people, they can do whatever they want and they don't get called out. Israel, the United States, we are always on the cutting edge because we are going to have to do what must be done in the most difficult way possible. Think about D-Day. Think about the bulge, the battle of the bulge. Think about the battlefields that were scarred on the ground over in World War I. Think about all of that. Think about what it looked like during the American Revolution. Look at what happened during the attacks. that have come, and we are always the people that are going to be held to the highest standard. These folks in Iran, these leaders in Iran, they can murder 50, 60, 70,000 people at a clip, and we are the people that have to be responsible to make sure that nobody is going to run a foul of any of this sort of stuff. It's a different standard, but it's important to abide by the standard. Because the main purpose of NATO, the main purpose of what we do in the United States, our allies, et cetera, is to not do egregious harm to the innocent. There's a reason why we don't want to do that. Because if we do that, We will turn people into enemies of us. I think what's going to happen next, this is just my guess. You're going to see the president of the United States. pull back from what's going on with the Lincoln. And what we're going to end up seeing is I do think he's going to go for the nuclear dust. And I think he's going to take that pickax option. And they're going to absolutely level every stinking part of that period of time. And then we're going to see how we're going to play this game. Because we cannot risk them coming back under a... Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gavin Newsom, you cannot risk them coming back and trying to cut a deal and saying, hey, yeah, we're going to give you back all this sort of stuff that we've, that we've had. We cannot allow them to have it because they've already told us for the last 40 years, the last 45 years. They've told us they're going to nuke us. So what are we supposed to do?

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We could go in there and level the entire country and we will create for a thousand years the anger and the bubbling and all of that sort of stuff that will happen. We are held to a higher standard. The Israelis are part of that standard as well. A lot of people don't like the Israelis, but the reality is we're working together and it's working fine. But unfortunately, as we get closer, clipping to the end of the end of this, we've got to do it and we have got to do it in a very specific way. That's my thought. What about you? I'd love to hear from you. 704-570-1079. Coming back, you know who we're going to talk about? Oh, gosh, are we really going to do it? I don't know. Luigi? Let's talk Luigi. I got thoughts about Luigi. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, my pleasure to be with you. It's the Brett Water Bowl show. All right, so there's a guy by the name of, oh, I don't even, I don't know what his name is. I don't have his name. Nick, why didn't I get his name? Well, he is, you're not going to hear from him very much longer because the mayor of Lawrence, not Lawrence, Kansas. Lawrence, Massachusetts. 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. Many people believe buying a home requires a large down payment and years of saving, but that's not always the case. Across the country, there are programs designed to help first-time home buyers take the next step toward home ownership. Some of these programs offer down payment assistance or grant funding that may help cover part of the upfront cost of purchasing a home. Grants are especially helpful because they generally do not have to be repaid. There are also organizations that provide homebuyer education, financial counseling, and guidance to help individuals understand the home buying process before they begin. The goal is simple to help more families become informed and prepared for home ownership. If owning a home is something you've been thinking about, start by visiting tools for home ownership.com. This message is brought to you by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling's Paving the Way Forward Initiative.

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He just got indicted. He just got indicted for Gryft. I don't understand why people who are in public figure situations decide that they're just going to steal money. You're a known person. It's not like you just... reached in and grabbed a handful of money and just drive away and you never see him again, right? But this is a problem. This is Lawrence Péter Magyar from Massachusetts who just got indicted. Cut number nine, please, fire it up. I speak perfect English. When I knock in door, never I promised to my constituency yet. I speak perfect English. But I make one promise. I move education forward. So he got the education moved forward. And unfortunately, he's now going to have to deal with what's happening here. Again, this is another example of people who are not. Doing the right stuff when it comes to money in the till, all this stuff, right? This doesn't make any sense to me. You're a public official. Everybody knows who you are. Everybody is looking for. You know, trying to figure out where did the money go? Well, I don't know where the money went. And this guy, this guy, if you listen to him at the end of the conference right there, he says, he says, I did good education stuff. Yeah, but, okay, and let's presume that he's not guilty. Let's presume that. Let's say, okay, this is how it's just going to work. But when you, when you, you know, when you think about this, It's crazy. Yeah, Ryan DePena. That's who it is. And he's a well-known person. And he was arrested on wire fraud, money laundering, et cetera. Now, if you're known and you're doing wire fraud, money laundering, allegedly, Mr. former mayor, Brian DePena, has been arrested on that charge. So what did he do? Oh, boy. COVID. COVID spending. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts, DePenya, allegedly obtained more than $1.5 million in COVID small business loans and then used the money for, guess what it is? That's right. Personal and political expenses. You're not going to get away with it. Like, they're not going to say,

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Oh, no, not that DePena. The other DePena took that money. Like, what are you doing? He took 150K in COVID loans. He also got 350,000 in campaign money and paid off loans. Are you surprised that suddenly? Hello? Where's the money? It's in his house and her house and their house. No, no, none of that at all. Nobody benefited from that except for this mayor guy. What is going on? I don't know if he's a, I don't know if he's a Democrat. I don't try to, I don't try to, you know, give any kind of, you know, stuff like that. How would I, how would I know if he was, if he's doing that? Oh, by the way. DePena used the money to pay personal tax debts, fund his mayoral campaign, and pay off, are you ready for this, $880,000 in high interest mortgages on property that he owned in Lawrence. No, it's not that guy. No, that's that, no, it's, you got the, you got to mix stuff. It's not that guy. That guy's, that guy's, that guy's, that guy's right there. Don't worry about it. Holy cow. All right. I had to do it, but I wanted to push us off. I'm going to do it right now. Stick around. It's the Brent Wooder Bull Show. We'll talk about Luigi. One of the things I don't want to talk about is Luigi, but we're going to do it. Stick around.

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Welcome back. So I left this for the last part of the show because I'm just, gosh, it's such a heartbreaking story. And it is Luigi. Luigi decided he was going to go and murder a man for no good reason. He stalked him, he shot him, he left him, and he walked away. That's the story of what we just saw earlier today. And I want to let you hear the lawyers who are on the other side, the lawyers who are... trying to protect Luigi from, you know, anything untoward. And I want you to hear this because I know, I understand lawyers have to deal with clients. Clients are always looking for lawyers. I get it. I get it. I get it. But it is such a heartbreaking story cut tent. Despite this being a single isolated event, Mr. Mangione has been unfairly treated since the outset in every way and has successfully fought off terrorism charges and the death penalty, while also fighting at the same time two simultaneous prosecutions in two jurisdictions who are trying to punish him twice for the exact conduct. He's been treated differently from every other defendant charged with this offense in New York. However, thankfully, New York law does not allow this. New York law does not permit a person to be prosecuted and punished twice for the exact same crime under a statute that governs successive prosecutions. It's also known as the double jeopardy law. Today's guilty plea triggers this statute, and we just filed our motion in state court explaining why the state charges must be dismissed under New York's double jeopardy protections. We will not be taking any other questions. Thank you so much for coming. Why wouldn't you try to take any other questions? Why wouldn't you do that? I think the public knowledge that's out there, you know, perhaps you could have, you know, said something or did something or whatever that was going to be. But at the core of this, at the core of this, this particular outcome, I do believe is just on top of that, and even more importantly, When you think about what this guy did, he destroyed a family. And he destroyed a group of people who did nothing against him. That's the problem. I would just sit here for a moment and think about this. And...

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I'm going to say it. Don't get mad at me, but I'm going to say it. This is one of the greatest anti-socialism possibilities that you could possibly imagine. A young man demands his inheritance early. He wants the benefits without the work. He wants the reward without the responsibility. He wants the comfort without the sacrifice. That's this guy. This guy didn't care about the man that he murdered. This man deserved so much better with their kids. And what happens? Greed. avarice all of that right there coming right there going right there and we now are absolved of having to see the tantrums the congress you know the congress uh set ups and things like that this guy's going to go to jail This guy's going to probably not ever get out of the Huskow. But the fact of the matter is he broke a family who had no connection with the guy that decided he wanted to murder people. And he murdered that man. That man went to his job. That man did what he did. And by the way, being a wealthy person, being a poor person, being an average person, you don't get the right to be murdered because you feel like it. I hope this guy does every moment of this time in the jail. And I'm telling you, this is the thing that... burns me up. If that guy didn't take that gun and shoot that man, you would still have people who would have said to him, oh, I see you chickened out. You should have done it. No, you shouldn't. Because you're not in charge of giving away people's lives. This family. deserves better. This family deserves justice. This family deserves the protections that this man wants to be out and going around. Forget it. It's over. It's done. Thanks so much for spending time with me. It's been a real pleasure. Thanks to Nick. Thanks to Andrew. Thanks to Pam. Thanks to Mark. Thanks to me. You're welcome, Brett. Thanks so much. Enjoy the night. Talk to you on Monday.

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