All Talk with Kevin Dietz ~ August 14, 2026 ~ Full Show

Good morning. Happy Friday. I hope you're having a wonderful day. I'm Kevin Dietz bringing you the latest headlines and the stories that everyone is talking about. Every single August, right about now, you start hearing it. Oh, the traffic, it's going to be terrible. Woodward, it's going to be packed. Those cars, they're too loud. I can't get anywhere. Why do we have to do this? Okay, negative norm and negative Nancy, I'm talking to you because this year, instead of spending the entire weekend complaining about the Woodward Dream Cruise, I have a suggestion. How about you try and embrace it? Do you realize what we have here? The Woodward Dream Cruise is billed as the largest one-day automotive event in North America. Nearly one million people, roughly 40,000 classic cars come right here to Metro Detroit for a huge party. People travel here from across the country and even around the world, and we get to host it right here in Metro Detroit. Saturday, Woodward Avenue becomes a 16-mile celebration of the automobile through nine communities from Ferndale all the way to Pontiac. It is awesome. Detroit gave the world the automobile. Generations of families around here made their living, designing cars, building cars, and selling cars. Our grandparents, they cruised Woodward. Our parents cruised Woodward. Some of us even cruised Woodward. And now people come from everywhere else to experience our history. So if you're one of those, I hate the Dream Cruise people. Here's a Dream Cruise Survival Guide. Number one, stop trying to conduct a normal Saturday on Woodward. You know it's here. Don't schedule six errands and then become furious because telegraphed to Woodward takes forever. Number two, park the car and walk. Better yet, the official cruise is offering free smart shuttle service from Ferndale to downtown Pontiac from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. You can hop on and off along the route as much as you want. It's free. Number three, pick one spot. You don't have to see all 16 miles. Grab a chair, bring the kids or grandkids, find some food, watch the cars roll by. Number four, talk to the car owners. This one's big. Ask somebody about that 67 Mustang. Ask about the Corvette you're looking at. Ask how long they've owned it. Behind half of these cars is a great story involving somebody's dad, their first car, a restoration that took 10 years or the car they dreamed about when they were just 16 years old. And number five, just sit back and look around. Nearly a million people are gathering in Metro Detroit because they think what we have is special. Maybe we should remember that it is special. Yes, it's loud. Yes, there's traffic. Yes, for a few days, Woodward Avenue is an absolute zoo.

But it'll be over before you know it. The official Dream Cruise runs 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. So instead of wishing it away, roll down the windows, listen to those engines, look at those incredible cars, talk to somebody you don't even know, and appreciate the fact that every summer, the automotive world comes here to Detroit. Just try it. You'll like it. We'll take your calls. Love it or hate it at 935. Michigan Attorney General... Dana Nessel announced criminal charges against five non-U.S. citizens accused of illegally voting in the 2024 presidential election, along with another person accused of registering a non-citizen spouse to vote. Dana Nessel's office says it has investigated 38 suspected cases involving non-citizen voting or related election conduct dating from 2009 through 2025, with six cases resulting in charges. 10 closed without charges and 22 still under review. One defendant, 67-year-old Roseville resident, Robert Piva, is a lawful permanent resident who allegedly registered online and then voted early October 2024, later claiming his vote was an experiment to test voter fraud safeguards. The Democratic Attorney General says non-citizens voting is rare, but that her office will prosecute people who violate Michigan election laws. The case comes as the Trump administration pushes for greater scrutiny of voter roles in Michigan debates a proposed ballot measure that would establish new voter identification and proof of citizenship requirements. This is Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson back in 2024 talking about the possibility of this exact same thing happening. I agree as well. We're doing everything we can to ensure that non-citizens are not able to vote and that only U.S. citizens vote in our election. And it's working. There's no evidence that non-citizens are voting. If they were, it would be easy to prove since voting records are public. And despite numerous organizations spending a lot of money to try to convince people that non-citizens are voting, none of these groups have actually been able to provide any evidence of it. Now five cases making their way to court. Republican Mike Rogers holds a narrow lead over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, according to a new Fox News poll. The survey has Rogers ahead 51% to 47% with Abdul El-Sayed reportedly struggling among some women, black voters, and suburban voters. Republicans are attempting to make El-Syad's progressive record a central campaign issue and are highlighting his past comments about football and his association with Democratic socialist politics. The poll cited the report finds only 30% of Michigan-registered voters view the Democratic Socialists of America favorably. With Michigan, again shaping up as a major national battleground, the race could play an important role in determining control of the U.S. Senate. Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 3 to nothing last night, accomplishing something rarely seen in modern baseball. Tigers pitchers recorded the shutout without striking out a single Cleveland batter. This is just the ninth time that's happened in the wildcard era dating to 1995.

Keeter Montero delivered six and the third scoreless innings allowing only three hits before Tyler Holton finished the final one and two-third innings without allowing a run. The victory improved Detroit to 61 and 60 and 8 and 3 in August while moving the Tigers to within two and a half games of first place in the AL Central. Detroit now is home for this critical three-game weekend series against the division leading Chicago White Sox. Detroit Lions lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 16 to 14 in the preseason opener last night. They also suffered two injury scares with quarterback Ennis Rakestra and defensive lineman Miki Wingo both leaving the game early. Rakestra exited during the second quarter after a low tackle and collision with linebacker Devin White, appearing to favor his arm before heading to the locker room. Wingo left late in the first half with an apparent neck injury. Although he was able to walk off the field on his own, both players have significant injury histories. With Rake Straw coming back from shoulder surgery and Wingo previously dealing with groin, ankle, and meniscus problems, neither returned to the game and the lines are awaiting additional information on the severity of those injuries. The United States says it is prepared to maintain its naval blockade of Iran indefinitely as ceasefire negotiations remain stalled and tensions around the Straits of Hermuz intensified. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the Navy can rotate ships through the region for as long as necessary. Hold it as long as we need to. Indefinitely, the United States Navy can maintain a blockade like that. Because we'll rotate ships in and out as we have and will continue to. And it's no other nation on earth. No other Navy on earth has the capability to have a wall of steel like the U.S. Navy. And then the willingness to use it as we have. So Iran knows it can't get in and out on this blockade. And they know that there's no timeline on it either. We'll hold it as long as we need to. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is promising additional measures next week aimed at further isolating Iran economically. Iran continues restricting traffic through the Strait of Hermuz and the United Arab Emirates blamed Tehran for attacks. Thursday on two vessels belonging to its state-owned oil company. The conflict is putting increasing pressure on the global economy with the International Energy Agency now forecasting global oil supplies will fall 4.3 million barrels per day this year. President Trump has threatened further military action, but recently indicated he would prefer to increase economic pressure rather than expand U.S. military strikes. And finally this morning, Oakland County Animal Control Officers sees more than three dozen horses from two properties in Milford as part of an ongoing investigation. Officers serve search warrants at High Vibe Trail rides in Meadowwood Lane and private residence on West Commerce Road. Several agencies assisted, including the Oakland County Sheriff's Department. The horses are being taken to a Michigan horse rescue where veterinarians will evaluate their condition. It's all talk. I'm Kevin Deeks.

It's All Talk on a Friday morning. I'm Kevin D. It's coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building. The number is 1-800-8-9-57. 1-800-8-5-90 W-JR. We're going to take your calls. Read your text coming up at 935. So pick up the phone and be a part of the show. There's a new legal fight over Michigan election records, and this one comes down to a pretty straightforward question. What exactly has to be preserved? And for how long, Bridgewater Township clerk, Michelle McQueen, represented by attorney Kevin Kieski, is challenging a Michigan rule requiring electronic poll book software and associated files to be deleted from devices within seven days after final canvas and certification. The lawsuit's argument is that some of those electronic files contain election records that federal law requires officials to preserve for 22 months after federal elections. So one says you must get rid of it. The other one says you can't. What are you supposed to do? Let's bring in attorney Kevin Kiyoski. Good morning, sir. How are you? Doing okay, Kevin. How about you? I appreciate you being here. This is something most of our listeners are not following, probably don't understand. Can you walk us through what's going on here? Yeah, absolutely. So as you said, my client is Michelle McQueen. She's the township clerk out of Washington. So we had the primary election on August 4th. And there is a state rule that was put up by Jocelyn Benson that says seven days after the results are certified, you have to delete the electronic poll book. But federal law, as you said, and it's been this way for decades, you have to keep those records for 22 months. So she's being told basically to pick a crime, which particular law or regulation she needs to break, and that's not the right thing to do. My client actually asked the secretary of state, actually the beginning of July, hey, how do I go ahead and resolve this? And guess what the result was? Crickets. So that's why we went to court to get a judge to tell us what the right thing to do here is. Yeah, I mean, if it's a crime either way, you're really, she's really stuck in a tough spot. Tell us why the state wants to delete these records in seven days and why the feds want to preserve them. Well, it's interesting. I think that when it comes to the state, they probably have this whole idea about election security. They don't want to have, for example, laptops with the electronic poll book sitting in closets. And I'm not necessarily, of course, against that, but it's really easy here. You can secure a laptop without destroying the records. Just encrypt it. pull it off the device, put it in a vault somewhere. Because right now, if we destroy the records, you're going to actually have a lot of the metadata and other things not captured. The state makes the argument as well, and I anticipate it, while there's a secure download or upload to the qualified voter file in Lansing to capture everything. But we know it's not true because even the FOIA documents from the Secretary of State tell us otherwise.

Does your client or do you have an opinion on which one is the way to go? Is one better than the other for election integrity? I think that when it comes to election integrity, we have to follow the federal law. Our complaints talk about three different things, and I won't get into all the nerd stuff. But we talk about the supremacy clause in the federal constitution. The federal law supersedes state law. So we have to follow the federal law. And as well as part of a public policy argument. If we're able to secure these records electronically at the local level, then there's really no reason to delete it. And the good news is that when it came to the judge, under 24 hours after filing the suit, said at least on an initial basis, temporary basis, he agreed. So we actually have the rule suspended as it relates to my client until the court's able to rule on it. So no records are going to be deleted at least right now. There are some exceptions, right, for recounts or scheduled audits, things like that. Does that alleviate the concerns or not really, or does it not really address the main core of your lawsuit? It doesn't address it at all. And the reason being because those are conditional things. Those are things that may happen. And we can have none of those things happen regarding a recount or otherwise, but you're still violating federal law. The way I like to kind of describe it to folks is like you have this sort of Damocles, you know, this Grecian mythical figure kind of hanging over your head. And it's just enough that you have it there. So are you going to disobey the state and get in trouble or are you going to disobey the federal government and potentially get in trouble too? And this rule came into effect last year in 2025. This is the first federal election where this rule comes into play here in Michigan. So we got to get clarity because we actually have about 1,600 clerks across the state where this is actually going to be impacting them. It's not just my clients, all of them too. Yeah, right. So in theory, they could follow the state direction to get rid of these files after seven days, and suddenly they could face federal charges potentially for violating the federal law. I mean, they have to be concerned about what's going to happen here. What, I mean, what efforts did you make to find out from Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office, what actions you should take? Well, when it came to my client, she actually sent a certified letter requesting a ruling on this at the beginning of July, saying, which law do I follow? And also, can you please provide me with guidance? She didn't get a response. Oh, well, let's look into that. She didn't get a response that said anything definitive. It was just crickets. I think it's been 38 days, 39 days now. And the problem is we can't just have silence.

And this has been an ongoing problem because when it comes to the House subcommittee regarding election integrity in the Michigan legislature, they asked a similar question last year in a formal request. And guess what? They never got a response either. So we're like, we're tired of waiting and we don't want to have any type of. problem for my client and by extension anyone else. So that's why we need resolution. And I'm very thankful that the judge said, I'm putting this on expedited track. This very well could be completely resolved this month during the month of August. The internet is kind of jumping on this story and people out there are saying, You know, what is Jocelyn Benson trying to hide? Is there any evidence that anybody is deliberately attempting to conceal election information? Or is this lawsuit strictly about what you believe is a conflict between the two different rules between the federal and the state? It's really the latter. So, I mean, it's trying to resolve this very important legal question. But as well, I think in terms of public policy moving forward, this can certainly put a lot of these folks that have questions and concerns about our elections at ease, knowing that these records will still be there. So if we're able to do that moving forward, I think we're going to be able to enlarge measure. alleviate concern to folks and make sure that we promote accountability. Is there a workable compromise? I mean, could Michigan just archive the relevant data for the 22 months and still remove the working software from these election laptops? Well, I think that going back to what I was saying before, if there were a way that the state would say, let's encrypt this stuff where the Secretary of State has a copy and there's a copy kept or retained at the local level, that might be a workable solution. But we're actually not going to know until a judge decides. And, you know, originally when I was confronted with its issue by a clerk, my client, I said, you know what? Let's give them the benefit of the doubt. I said, write them and ask for guidance and see what can happen in crickets, which is absolutely the wrong way to go about this. Attorney Kevin Kieski, thank you so much for coming on and walking us through this, and hopefully it will get resolved in the next month. Thank you so much. My pleasure. Thanks so much. All right. We're going to take a quick break. When we come back, we're going to talk Dream Cruise. Do you love it or do you hate it and why? It's all talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. And it is 935. That means it is your turn to talk. Pick up the phone. Give us a call. 1,800-8-5-9-0-957 or give us a text. 1-800-9-0-WJR. The Woodward Dream Cruise is here. And we basically fall into two groups. People who absolutely love it and the people who would like it to leave town or just get out of town until it's over. They absolutely hate it. They wish it would end, go away, be done with it already.

The fans see one of the great Detroit traditions, classic cars, muscle cars, families getting together, sitting along woodward, people getting to show off their cars that they've spent years restoring and working on, basically an event that celebrates the industry that helped build this entire region. The critics see something completely different. They see the traffic. They see the noise. They see the packed restaurants and the blocked streets, the tire burnouts. People just everywhere and what feels like a 16 mile long parking lot. I love it. And I don't always go, but I still love it. I think we sometimes fail to appreciate what we have here. This is billed as the largest one-day automotive event in all of North America. In all of North America, bringing enormous crowds and tens of thousands of classic cars to Woodward. I mean, do you want it in Cleveland? Do you want it in Chicago? It's got to be here. It needs to be here. It should be here. For one weekend, people come from all over the world to experience something that is uniquely Detroit. So I don't know. Maybe you hate it. Maybe you love it. I want to hear from you. If you hate it, tell me why. If you love it, tell me why. The Dream Cruise, for me, it celebrates Detroit's automotive history in a way, really almost no other event can. It's completely free. It creates this huge community atmosphere. It gives these local businesses, this influx of customers. It allows, like, generations, parents and grandparents, grandkids, whatever, to get together, be together and talk about... cars. What car did you drive, Grandpa? What car did you drive, Dad? And memories that people have with their cars are so strong. I don't know why we wouldn't want to celebrate it here in Metro Detroit. I think it's amazing. I really do. But maybe you live in that area. And maybe you're sick of the traffic and the noise and the fact that it seems to go on for days and days instead of just the official Saturday day of the Dream Cruise. Let's bring in Laura Hesse. Laura, you have a lot of thoughts on this. I'm very passionate about this. You just moved away. Did you move away from Woodward Corner because of the Dream Cruise? It definitely was part of it. And it's not just the Dream Cruise. First of all, I like the Dream Cruise as you described it. I love it. I've got memories as a child. doing the same exact thing that you just described and that is why i love it i love the classics i love the camaraderie of it the sitting there the atmosphere i love that what i don't love is the eight months of the year that it is not ending at 9 p.m And it isn't all day. So you're saying the Dream Cruise goes year round. It is. And it's not the Dream Cruise. It's the muscle cars. And it's not the classics. The classics, that's not the sound. That's the problem. It's the revving of the engine, the subwoofers, and the drag racing down Woodward that people now say is part of the Dream Cruise. That is the problem. But that's a problem.

could or should be fixed by law enforcement enforcing the law. They're not allowed to be doing that. But for this one weekend where everybody comes to Detroit and everybody stops and participates in this, do you like that or do you think, would you rather just end? I would like more law enforcement, but I love the Dream Cruise. Okay. But you also have to remember, as you describe, there's people that live there, and we live two houses off of the busiest corridor of the Dream Cruise. So what was that like for you? We would embrace it because we couldn't leave our house because we would get trapped in by people parking on our street. But the way that people treat the residential street regardless, because, again, it's a residential street. So there are speed limits, and it's a narrow street. It's older homes. They don't respect even just basic traffic laws. So it's also a safety concern. So people on the side streets are moving fast. Do they throw trash in your yard and stuff like that? We had people that have peed in our yard and we would get it on a ring doorbell. Okay. So those are the reasons why I have such strong feelings. Well, that's a million people are coming to town. There's going to be some downsides to it. Well, there's a porta potty also on the corner. Right. They should wait in line and use that. You had a gas station on the corner too, right? There's that there, too. Yeah, and there's a bathroom in there. Or you could charge. Yeah, we could. Sell lemonade. Use the bathroom in the house, make a little money. Jason Fisler, love it or hate it? I want to be very careful what I say here. I do hate it. I don't hate the fact that it's here and that people gather for it. I just, I'm not a car guy. And growing up on the east side, we have the Grashe Cruze. And it's like, I don't know, it's just, I've never been a car guy. So when somebody says to me 67 Chevy, whatever, I don't know. You know, when these hoods are popped and people are looking at the, it does nothing for me. If it was a million people here for sports memorabilia cards. Yes. Yes. If there's a 1967 rookie card or something like that, you'd be down for it. Like, I'm one of those people where it's like, okay, I have a car. It gives me from point A to point B. I don't want to know what's under the hood. Just fix it for me. And I never, I never. I would never go to the grass. I've never in my life been to the Woodward Cruise. But I can imagine the noise and stuff. Well, we've got to get you there before you declare that you hate it. I've seen enough on TV. The people watching alone is fantastic. That I would love. Even if you don't like the cars. And even if I'm not the biggest car guy in the world, but I know how important the car is to this region. I know it's responsible for everything we have. And what I like about the classics is there's so many fun. colors of the cars that are not on our cars anymore.

Just like there's just so many things that are, you know, part of our history. No, there's so many things about the classic cars that we do not see anymore. And that is fun. And that's fun to show my kids now. And, you know, I've got a two and a half year old that is into cars. He likes cars. And we went to Berkeley the other day and we said we were going to go drive up and down Woodward. And we kept saying, we're going to go see cars. And even on the way home, he goes, I want to see cars. I want to see cars. And that's why we're still doing it. We still had to go sit through traffic for it. But there's something to it that is different than just driving down the street on a normal Wednesday. I love walking Woodward during the Dream Cruise and talking to these people. The stories they have are incredible. And some people are, you can't. touch a classic car it's classic other people are like look at what i did to this i'd rip this off and i did this and they turn and some people turn these cars and just the fact knowing that on the weekends that they're whether they say wrenching on them or working on them or whatever it is they're doing i kind of i kind of love that it's not it's not my hobby i kind of wish it was i wish i was more into it i did that growing up with my dad which is why we had a 69 camero and that car my husband will ask me you know what's your dream car And getting that car back is my dream car. Because what you talked about, the memories and just there was a way that we would go for drives. And it just had this feel to it that I don't know how to explain other than when you're doing it. And for me, I mean, I get into the nostalgia. That's where I became such a big Kenny Chesney fan playing his albums as a kid. So there's just all of these memories for me that I have in that. And that... is why the Dream Cruise is what it is. I do kind of wish that they had a way to only let certain cars actually drive on Woodward because everybody can drive on Woodward. And so you have all these cars that are not classics, not muscle cars, not anything. I wish there was an entry point. And you had to... You know, have some sort of qualification. But you can't do that for the residents to get to their streets. No, no, no. You can't do it. But that creates so many more cars and so much more traffic rather than what would be more like a parade of really cool cars just going down Woodward Avenue. I love it. I'm sorry. I think it's amazing. It's awesome. I'm so glad we have it. It started as something very small, and now it is absolutely huge. So if you've never been and you think you hate it, give it a try, and then you can really reassure yourself. You know what? I'm going to take that back and say, I don't know. I'm not a car guy, but I don't hate it. That was a little strong. All right. It's All Talk. I'm Kevin Deeds. It's All Talk on a Friday morning. I'm Kevin Deeds coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building. The number is 1-800-8-9-057-1-800-8-9-0-WJR. Give us a call. Give us a text. Be a part of the show.

For months, one of the biggest arguments over President Trump's tariffs was simple. Who ultimately pays the bill? Businesses warned tariffs would raise their costs, potentially increase prices for consumers, and disrupt supply chains. But now there's another enormous wrinkle. Billions of dollars in tariff refunds are flowing back to some of America's biggest corporations after the Supreme Court declared certain tariffs unlawful. More than 40 companies in the S&P 500 have reported roughly $9.6 billion in refunds. That's a lot of money. Apple reported refund is nearly $2.2 billion. Nike's is $986 million. FedEx about $800 million. General Motors about $500 million. In Customs and Border Protection has accepted a staggering $128.7 billion in refund claims for processing. So who gets all this money, who ultimately paid these tariffs in the first place? And if a company passed its tariff costs along to us by raising prices and now gets the tariff money back, do we ever see a dime of that refund? Join us now as Merrick Masters, Business Professor, Labor and Expert at Wayne State University. Good morning. How are you? I'm doing very well. Thank you for having me this morning. I appreciate you being here. This seems like a big mess to me. Well, it is an administrative mess, and it's probably nightmarish for various agencies, including customs and the U.S. Department of Treasury to process it. But it is moving relatively expeditiously, and I think it's important to put it in perspective. Over the Trump administration, companies have paid about $366 billion in tariffs. What they are refunding now is $166 billion under one statute, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, that was declared unlawfully used by the president to impose what he called so-called reciprocal tariffs on certain countries. And those tariffs have been refunded or in the process of being refunded. I think about $100 billion has been dispersed. I believe the major auto companies in the U.S. combined have paid about $35 billion in tariffs, and they're due to get, you know, somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.5 billion in the refunds. That's a lot of money going back and forth. Do you think it would have been possible or prudent to find out the legal standing before issuing those tariffs? That were questionable? In an ideal world, the answer to that is yes. But remember, Trump was very anxious upon taking office to reset the economic order through trade adjustments. And this he did by executive order because he knew he could never get it through Congress.

And that forced the president to hack. He believed he had the emergency powers to do so. The court had a different interpretation. I think the policy dispute legally and otherwise under that is something that can be debated with people with good intentions. But nonetheless, as it stands now, there are a lot of the tariffs that Trump has put in place that are still in effect. It's important to remember that the tariffs on auto, the tariffs on steel and aluminum. the tariffs on forced labor that have been imposed and the tariffs that are pending on Canada, 50% tariffs that are being negotiated until at least August the 19th. Those things are still pending. Where does the government get the money to pay these refunds? Did they just put it all in the bank, so to speak, when they collected it, or did they bring it in and start spending it? It goes to the U.S. Treasury, and as I said, over the past year and a half, they've collected about $360 billion in customs and related fees, which include tariffs, and as a result of that, they had that money to distribute. So whether it goes into a separate pool or not, I don't know. I think it gets it all blend into what you might say is the general fund and paid out according to that. Even they have to pay out, even though they might have already spent the money, they might have to pay it out nonetheless. And that's why you have the, among other reasons, that's why you have the deficit. Now, this adds to the federal deficit, which has adverse economic effects. So it's a complicating situation in a number of different directions. Ultimately, your question, what the customers can expect in terms of relief, I really doubt that they'll get much in terms of relief. It's hard to say exactly how much of the tariff that was paid by the companies, they actually make the payment and get the rebate, was ultimately being paid by the customer in the form of higher prices. So when you talk about companies like Apple or Nike, FedEx, Amazon, these companies that are getting, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars or in some cases even billions of dollars, are they seeing this is sort of an unexpected windfall or were they, you know, when they run their companies or is this just a reimbursement they were planning on getting back? I don't think they planned on getting it back. They might have hoped they would get some of it back, but the reality of it is that they're paying, many of these companies are paying a lot more in tariffs. that are still in place and they're getting back. So this is a little bit of a relief that they get that they can use however they desire. But my guess is that they're going to use most of it for capital investments or financing regular operating costs. Well, it would be nice if they used it to lower prices, but there's nothing requiring them to do that. Well, you know, once prices go up,

Over the longer term, you may see some, you know, it may force them to feel less pressure to raise prices going forward. So you don't know what might happen in that regard, looking in the future. But once prices go up, they are very hard to come down. It's very rare, you know, you saw it in the past month or two in which the consumer price index actually went down. That's a rarity. That's deflation. And usually in ordinary times, if you have deflation, you have a depression. When we get through this refund process, who wins and loses? Do corporations win or lose, the consumers win or lose? Taxpayers, the government? Well, I think that ultimately depends on how the overall impact of the tariffs has been on resetting the economic table, and that is open to question. Manufacturing jobs in the past year have gone down slightly in the United States. Auto manufacturing jobs in the United States have gone down slightly. So you haven't seen the rebirth in manufacturing in terms of jobs, despite all the talk about investments that are promised and are being made. to expand the manufacturing footprint in the United States. Yeah, we hear the president talk about all this massive commitment to bringing manufacturing back to the United States and how it's going to just supercharge the economy with all these jobs. And is there any, I mean, is there any evidence that what he's saying is true or are we just in the promise stage? Well, there is some evidence of increased economic activity on that front and the expansion and construction of plant facilities, and those things bode well for the future. But it takes a long time to make these new investments. You can make a promise to commit to spending certain funds, but there's a lag between that promise and when the funds actually start to show up in terms of jobs in the factories that are up and running. Merrick Masters, business professor, labor expert at Wayne State University. Thank you for your expertise in the conversation. Really appreciate it. Thank you for having me today. Have a good day. Yeah, have a wonderful weekend. Yeah, how'd you like to work at the Treasury and you come into work and they say, hey, we need to get $128.7 billion in refunds out and get to work. Wild, wild situation. Wow. All right, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back, we're going to have the headlines and we are going to talk some Tiger baseball. They are doing unbelievably another win last night. They played the White Sox this weekend, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, at home. If they win all three games, the Tigers will be in front. in their division. Unbelievable. It's All Talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. And welcome into the 10 o'clock hour of All Talk. I hope you're having a wonderful day. I'm Kevin Deetz. Coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building, bringing you the latest headlines and the stories that everyone's talking about.

Oakland County Commissioners have approved up to $1.5 million in taxpayer funding to help keep Planned Parenthood's Furndale Clinic operating through at least August of 2028. The Democratic Control Board approved the money 11 to 6 Thursday following more than two hours of emotional public comment from supporters and opponents. Supporters argue the clinic provides important reproductive and preventive health services, particularly... after Planned Parenthood facilities in Livonia and Warren permanently closed, while opponents objected to public money going to an organization that also provides abortions. Planned Parenthood of Michigan says the county money will not fund its political activities while Republican commissioners have called for oversight of how the taxpayer dollars are spent. The funding comes as Planned Parenthood says changes to federal Title IX, Title 10. and Medicaid funding have created a financial emergency threatening access to services at the Ferndale location. Kim Mathers, the former wife of Detroit Rap Superstar Eminem, was ordered to jail Thursday after a McComb County judge found she had committed numerous violations of her bond conditions. Judge William Hackle revoked Mathers bond after prosecutors cited repeat alerts from her GPS tether. Although the specific violations were not detailed in court, Mathers 51 has faced multiple drunken driving cases this year, including a February hit and run in a May crash in which police say her blood alcohol level was more than twice Michigan's legal limit. Prosecutors argued she poses a risk to herself and the community while her defense attorney said Mathers is being victimized by the McComb County Court. The judge said Mathers can be released from jail if she is accepted into an impatient treatment program. Birmingham police say they are increasing vehicle, bicycle, and foot patrol downtown after video of a large weekend brawl went viral on social media. Officers were called around 1 a.m. Sunday to Willits and Bates Streets where police say an estimated 20 to 40 people had been involved in a disturbance. Officers arrived within about a minute but reported that the physical fighting had stopped and that people at the scene provided little cooperation. Detectives later reviewed security and social media video that confirmed a large physical altercation, but police say they have not been able to identify the participants and no witnesses have come forward to file a complaint. Police say the increased presence is intended to deter further disorder and are asking anyone with information about the fight to contact the department. House Budget Committee Democrats are launching a new attack on President Trump and congressional Republicans arguing their economic policies have made everyday life more expensive for American families. The committee claims inflation has added an average $3,500 in basic living expenses per family, while Trump's tariffs cost families another estimated 1,745 during his first year back in office. Democrats are also targeting the Republican tax and spending law, saying more than 8 million Americans have already lost health coverage and more than... 4 million have lost SNAP food assistance. Here's Senator Brian Schatz on the Trump economy. The price of everything is up, and that's on purpose. It's on purpose because Donald Trump made it so. We are not in the middle of a pandemic or a recession or a national emergency, but the president of the United States has decided that Americans should pay more for everything.

Food, gas, electricity, healthcare, housing, clothes, everything. And so while he's busy lining his pockets with crypto schemes and insider information subscription programs, regular people can't afford their lives. Republicans dispute the characterization of their economic agenda, making the cost of groceries, health care, tariffs, and household expenses a major political battleground heading into the November midterms. This was Donald Trump on manufacturing. That's why you're seeing numbers like you've never seen before this week. As an example, it was announced that manufacturing is exploding at the fastest pace in many years. Nobody thought this would ever happen again. All right, how about them tigers? They won again last night, and now they come into this weekend with, I guess, the biggest series of the year. They're playing the White Sox, Friday at 640, Saturday at 110, Sunday at 140. If they win all three of them, I think they might be in first place in their division. Let's find out from our expert, Steve Courtney, WJR Sports Analyst. What's going on, Steve? Hey, Kev, nothing but good as it applies to our Tigers, my friend. Hello again, everyone. Happy Friday. Yeah, Cater Montero, he is the man at the hour, is he not? As a starter, he has been lights out. For the most part, came through with his sixth shutout of the season, six and a third dominant innings, helping the Tigers yesterday afternoon, take care of the Guardians 3-0. Now, here's the reality. The Tigers in 2006, 2 and 7. against this team from Cleveland. As a matter of fact, the Guardians Cav have won 12 of the last 15. I say that because, yeah, the Tigers take two or three in the series. but there is a four-game series in Cleveland in September. So please keep that in mind. Now, let's get down to brass tack, shall we? The Tigers got some help yesterday, and boy, did they ever. In Chicago yesterday afternoon, Kev, the Reds beat the White Sox 9-8. The Phillies beat the twins last night, 7-1. That's the Field of Dreams game in Iowa. And then in Anaheim, the Angels beat the Rangers 7-0. here's the deal in the american league central the white socks on top the tigers two and a half games behind the twins three and a half out the guardians now four games off the pace but kev all of a sudden you look at the wild card the tigers own the third and final spot what yes they are a wild card team as it stands right now uh half game ahead of the rangers one game over the twins a game and a half over the guardians two over the blue jays and orioles so listen

The margin for error is not big for this Tigers team moving forward. But considering where they were in late May, 16 games under 500, they are making leaps and bounds. So you're right. This series that kicks off tonight at Comerica Park, the biggest of the season, 640 first pitch, Jackson Job on the hill for the old English steers. He's 1-0 in ERA. of nil remember his first start since may of 2025 before undergoing tommy john back on august 8th in san francisco that was an eight nothing tiger win in that first start for Jackson Job, five innings of work. He gave up one hit. He walked one and struck out four. So that was very impressive. Hopefully it carries over. The White Sox, meanwhile, will send out their left-hander, Sean Newcomb, the 33-year-old 1-3, ERA of 266. So I mentioned the four-game series, Kev, in Cleveland in September. After this weekend series against the White Sox, The Tigers will have a four-game series in Chicago. You got it in September. So there's still a lot of work to be done. You're not saying we should have traded Terrick Scoobel and Casey Meis much earlier. Then we'd have this thing won already. Listen, you know, I still say that after the trade deadline, you know, I think that has an effect. All this conversation about Scoobel, about Mize leading up to the trade deadline. I think once the deal was done, these guys can start concentrating on baseball. And maybe, maybe that's exactly what they're doing, Kevin. Well, it sure is a lot of fun. Steve Courtney, WJR SportsSnells. Have a fabulous weekend. You do the same, my friend. See you soon, Kev. All right. Go Tigers. Let's go. Let's get those socks. All right. Quick break. It's all talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. It's all talk on a Friday. I'm Kevin Deetz coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building. The number is 1-800-8-9-57. 1-800-8-9-0-WJR. We are going to take your calls and read your text coming up at 1035. So pick up the phone and be a part of the show. Michigan's debate over election integrity just got fresh fuel. Attorney General Dana Nessel says five non-U.S. citizens have been charged with illegally voting in the 2024 presidential election with a six person is accused of registering her non-citizen husband to vote. Dana Nessel's office says it has investigated 38 suspected cases of non-citizen voting or related elections conduct dating back to 2009. Six have resulted in charges. Ten were closed without charges. 22 remain under review. This was Jocelyn Benson back in 2024 talking about the possibility of this happening.

I agree as well. We're doing everything we can to ensure that non-citizens are not able to vote and that only U.S. citizens vote in our election. And it's working. There's no evidence that non-citizens are voting. If they were, it would be easy to prove since voting records are public. And despite numerous organizations, spending a lot of money to try to convince people that non-citizens are voting, none of these groups have actually been able to provide any evidence of it. Let's bring in Anthony Ferlini, McComb County Clerk, a Republican candidate for Secretary of State. Good morning. How are you? Good morning, Kevin. How are you? I'm doing well. It looks like at least now Dana Nessel's office believes there's evidence that it was happening or did happen. Well, congratulations to her, and I appreciate that because it is happening, and it kind of cracks me up when I listened to this last interview you just had with Dana Nessel. I'm sorry, with Gretchen. Jocelyn Benson. Jonathan Guy Benson, Matt. And it's like nobody's listening. I came up with this back in January this year, and we produced this evidence. One of these people that are on Dana Nessel's list actually were on our list. That's what we had said to them, and I was called reckless and irresponsible for bringing this up. And it turns out that this is exactly the case. And you know what? And this isn't the only one. We've got four others. And what's crazy, Kevin, is, you know, the federal government has confirmed these people. And one of them, according to my corporate counsel, they're saying that the state is saying one of these people that we flag is actually, they are non-citizens. But the state is saying, well, one of them is a citizen. There's a complete disconnect across the board on this. And we need to get to the bottom of it. Either the state's trying to cover this up, so it's not a big thing. I don't know. I can't answer this. All that I know is we're doing our job to flag these individuals, turn them over to the state, and we have four others. We have not heard back from these, and there's more coming. Well, my problem is that, you know, I've had Jocelyn Benson on this show, and she has told me time and again that Michigan has the safest elections ever. There's nothing to worry about whatsoever. You heard her in that clip say that, you know, there's no evidence that people who are not supposed to be voting are voting. I get the sense that they dismiss. The citizens out there that are concerned about election integrity by sort of dismissing their concerns as being irrational. And then leaving it up to the citizens to go out there and investigate and FOIA people and get records and then prove the case that their office or the Attorney General's office should be making. Instead, it seems to me, that could be wrong, but it seems to me, like they're...

forcing citizens to do the work they should be doing. 100%. And I'll tell you, we should be all working in partnership. The citizens. the county, the local clerks, the Secretary of State's office should be working in partnership. Instead, what we're finding is the state's trying to prove us wrong as opposed to saying, hey, what do you got there? Let's look at this and let's try to come up with an answer. Maybe we've missed something. Maybe we need to do something a little different. Instead, it's just rose-colored glasses of what's happening out there, and that's not how you fix the election systems. You fix it by working together to find solutions. And you know what? It's never going to be perfect. There's never going to be anything perfect. But we need to work together to come up with answers to fix the system so people out on the streets. believe in our system still. And right now there's a lot of doubt because of the disinformation that's being put out there. If people, if everyone was working together like you described, I would tend to say, look, this proves that the system works and that we can find out when this happens and we can bring charges. But my problem is I don't feel like we're working together. So I get the sense that. that this to me feels like, all right, we've found five now. How many more are there? We have to keep digging to get the, you know, to get the Attorney General and Secretary of State to do their job. I don't know if that's accurate or fair or not, but it's just a perception I get. Right. Well, listen, since beginning of 2025 through the second quarter of this year, we have found in our jury system, over a thousand people have come to us and says, hey, I'm not a U.S. citizen. I cannot serve in jury duty. Well, that should have been flagged before we got this to this point. And how many didn't come to us? that were non-U.S. Citizens knowing that they can't serve on jury do, they just ignore us. Probably double that number. And then, of those 40 ended up being in a qualified voter file. 40. So this is a small sampling, really a small sampling of what the problems are, and we need to get our arms around it, fix the system, fix what's going on, don't ignore it. Let's fix it. That's all I'm saying is let's fix it. Let's make sure that these things don't happen because it's not just the election system. It's our jury pool.

We can't let this happen anymore. I think that's what all of Michigan citizens want. They just want to know that everyone's doing their best. We understand that fraud exists, that there's a percentage. We want it to be as small as possible. And when we find it, we shut that loophole down so that people who are trying to commit fraud have to figure something else out. And it doesn't seem like that should be pulling teeth. It seems like everyone should want to do that. What is the deal with these people who... Apparently we're testing the system to see if it worked. I can't answer that. I don't know if that's the case. That could be the case. No shame on them. In our case, we have people that are in the system. If they're testing it, it's a felony. You can't do that. You can't go out there and create a crime just to see, let me rob this bank and see if I can actually get away with it. Oh, I was just testing the system. It doesn't work that way. Yeah. So the 15 suspected non-citizen votes out of 5.7 million ballots. It's a small number. What do we do with this information? Should we do bigger audits? Should we surmise that it's not, it's extraordinarily rare and not a huge problem? Well, this is what's been caught. It wouldn't have been caught. These people, these 40 people in the in the voting system that we have were caught by us. I mean, who else is looking at this and who else is doing their work? And we took over 300 people off of our voting system that were already passed away at the county. And so. Who else is looking at that? That's not the county clerk's job. It's the job of the state to make sure that these are happening properly. We need to do a little bit more, get to work, get these things done, continue to work to improve processes in systems and protocols. And it's super simple to put people on their voting rolls. It seems like it takes forever to take them off. And maybe that's the way it should be, but it shouldn't be that difficult, particularly when you have proof. Do you think these cases would have been charged had it not been for the public doing the work? Well, I can tell you ours was brought forward back in January. It's taken this long to finally come to a point where they're going after this person in particular. But I think there needs to be a little bit more work put forward to make sure that this doesn't happen. And maybe some of these people innocently voted saying, you know, hey, yeah, you're in the system. Go ahead and vote.

Well, I'm not a citizen. Well, it says here you can vote. Go ahead and vote. We never should have put them in that position to create a crime. We never should have allowed that to happen. There should be better protocols put in place right up front to ensure that people are not put in a position to vote illegally. You know, if face it, if you're not a citizen and somebody tells you, yeah, you can vote. You're in the system. Well, maybe I don't know something. All right, I'll vote. And now they've created a crime and potential deportation, right? Right. So that's not what we want to put people in that situation. We need to fix the system. And that's why Citizens Only Initiative is out there is let's fix the system up front so people don't make those mistakes. Anthony Ferlini, McComb County Clerk and Republican candidate for Secretary of State. Thank you for the conversation and the information. We appreciate it. Appreciate it. All right. Have a great weekend. Your calls are next. It's all talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. And it's 1035. That means it is your turn to talk. We just had a really interesting conversation with Anthony Ferlini, McComb County Clerk, Republican candidate for Secretary of State. The Attorney General Dana Nessel, she's announced charges against five non-citizens who voted in the last election. We've been told that that does not happen. It cannot happen. And if they tried to do it, it would be found out. All this time, it wasn't. These groups, citizens groups got together. They filed Freedom of Information Acts. They went out and got records. They went through the records, spent hundreds and hundreds of hours going through the records, and pulled out suspicious. votes. And they did all this work and presented it to law enforcement who, you know, kind of pooh-pooted in the beginning. They said they were, you know, they were spreading false rumors of problems with the elections. But now it's the Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel who's announced charges against five non-citizens. Is this just a small sample? Should it be a bigger sample? Should the state? go through the records and find out how many more cases like this there are? Or do you just say it's a very small number? Five out of five million votes is very small, one in a million. It's not worth our time or money or effort to go back and look. How do you feel about election integrity in the state of Michigan? Do you feel they are completely safe and accurate or safe enough and accurate enough? to not spend time on this? Or do you think there should be more audits? Your vote is so important. The elections are crucial. They're one of the most important things we have in this country. Is it a big deal? How do you feel about voter ID? Should you have to have ID to vote? Donald Trump says yes. The Democrats say it's not necessary that we have a system in place. If you forget your ID or don't have an ID, you just sign an affidavit that says, I am who I say I am. And if you lie, they can go back and check. But do they go back in check? I don't know. How do you feel about it? 1-800-8-5-9-57-18-8-5-0-WJR. Let's go to Mike and Deckerville. Mike, welcome to All Talk.

Good morning. I've got a kind of unique perspective on it from a couple of things that have happened. First of all, you can't reach a human being at the Secretary of State's office. I wanted to file a complaint against an employee. Monday was wearing a bracelet that said FDT, fornicate Donald Trump to clean it up a little bit. But I've... reached out a couple of times. In the last presidential election, my wife got an application to vote by mail. My wife is not a U.S. citizen. She's a resident. She's a Canadian citizen. Previous election, and this is the one that really smoked me, got an application for a fellow by the name of John Murphy. John Murphy. Jack Murphy has been dead longer than I'm alive, and I'm in my 50s. used to live there used to be a house of the property where my house is now. It was a variant of my post office box, or my mailbox number and Route 2, which they haven't used Route 1, Route 2, et cetera, in decades in the rural route system either. So when our current Secretary of State says, oh, there's no problems, the roles need to be cleaned up. They need to be cleaned up immediately. We need some accountability. We need ID. And she needs to be fired and not elected as our governor. Thank you, Mike. I appreciate you listening. I appreciate you calling in. I think there is a big problem with these applications. I've received applications at my house for people who haven't lived in my house for 10 years, people who used to own the house. I don't know how many of these applications actually turn into ballots that are voted. You know, like with mine, I ripped them up and threw them away. I guess I should have reported them. Probably would have been a more responsible thing to do. But I certainly didn't send them back in and wait for ballots to be sent to me and then fill out those ballots in the names of the former owners of my house. But if I had sent those applications... back in for ballots, what would have happened? Would I have gotten ballots? And if I had gotten ballots, would I, and I filled them out and sent them in, would they have counted as votes? I don't know. I would like the state to say, absolutely, that can't happen. But why are people getting ballots? Why did that gentleman's wife get a ballot who's not a citizen? It doesn't, I just, they leave that uncertainty out there and it makes your mind wonder, are they trying to hide something? We should all be on the same page. Everybody should want everyone who can vote to vote and anyone who's not legally able to vote to not vote. Let's go to Carrie and Lansing. Carrie, welcome to all talk. Hi, Kevin. You know, there's not a single person that runs the state that has a lick of integrity. And there's a heck of a lot more than five people. It seems like nobody's looking. So the only people that are looking at these citizens groups, they can only do so much. They only have so much money to get records and so much time to go through them. You know, who's looking? So I don't know how many there are.

Yeah, I'm sure there's a lot more than that. And who knows goes out to those people that are investigating this? Because the state of Michigan, this is what they want. They want illegals to vote. Yeah, I don't know. I think they want as many people as possible to vote. I think the more people that vote tends to help the Democratic Party. I think there's more Democrats than Republicans. And so the more people that vote in theory could help Democrats. So they want to get everybody to vote. They want to make it as easy as possible to vote. And I have no problem with making it easy. But you have to have guardrails up to make sure that only people who are supposed to be voting. are actually voting. And I just want to make sure that's happening. They say it is. A lot of people aren't so sure. Let's go to Nancy in Richmond. Nancy, welcome to all talk. Hello. I agree that we should have voter ID. We need ID for everything, to get on an airplane, to buy alcohol, to get Social Security, everything except voting. And that the Democrats, I'm 81 years old. The Democrats have been cheating more my whole life. And it's time that there's accountability. We have to have only citizens vote. We need voter ID. And they are the ones that won't let it pass are the Democrats. Thank you, Nancy. Appreciate you listening and calling in. Yeah, voter ID. Come on. That's just common sense. Why are they fighting voter ID? That doesn't make any sense to me. I'm actually in favor of having to put your thumbprint or fingerprint on your ballot, too, so that you can... absolutely determined if it was the right person who voted. I think elections need to be safe and secure. And I think it's very easy to make sure they are. Sam, we got about 45 seconds left in Westland. Welcome to all talk. Yes, sir. Hi, how are you, Kevin? I hope you're doing great. You know, it's why I tell you that the elections of 2020 were stolen 100%. And the way Trump ruled or presided the last four years before that in 2020, did a great job. I don't know why would anybody vote for an idiot like Joe Biden? And I have news for you. If a Democratic Party wins the governor of Michigan this term, Michigan, kiss Michigan goodbye. Thank you, Sam. Appreciate you listening. A lot of people have concerns about election integrity. We need to talk about it. It's all talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. It's all talk on a Friday morning. I'm Kevin Deetz coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building. The number is 1-800-8-5-9-57. 1-800-8-5-0-W-JR. Give us a call. Give us a text. Be a part of the show. More than a million people. Thousands of thousands of thousands of classic cars. One of the biggest events anywhere.

The Woodward Dream Cruise is back this weekend. For most of us, it's about Mustags, Corvettes, GTOs, hot rods, maybe sitting in lawn chairs, people watching, spending an hour trying to move three blocks on Woodward. But imagine being responsible for keeping everybody safe when that many people and that many cars descend on one stretch of road. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard and his deputies will be right in the middle of it all. He joins us now. Good morning. How are you? Gov, how are you? I'm doing great. Appreciate you being here. You're on the, on team, love the Dream Cruise, right? We've been having a debate all day whether people love or hate the Dream Cruise. Yeah, no, I am because I'm an automotive guy. My dad was, you know, career automotive world, you know, 33 years with Chevrolet. You know, it's just... It's just pure, not just Michigan, but pure America. You know, you've got muscle cars out there. You get the people that built those cars from the line all the way to the road. You know, it just embodies the grit of our community. I know it's, you know, I mean, it's more headaches for us than it really is for anybody else because we worry ourselves sick, trying to get ready and prepare. imagine any terrible eventuality could happen how we get in front of it, all that kind of stuff. And for everybody else, it's traffic and it's a nightmare for some of the businesses. I get all that. But it's so unique to our area and our state. And so I fall on the positive side, even though all of those downsides, you know, for some are a challenge. Yeah. Do you have a favorite car that you own? Do you have a car that stands out to you? Yeah, I, you know, I obviously, because my dad was a Chevy guy, I kind of grew up in the Chevy brand. So my first car was a Camaro, a used Camaro that I tinkered with and loved. And, you know, then probably my favorite car in that lineup at the time when I was a kid. And I have actually an old one now is a Corvette. So, but I do love a lot of, a lot of the cars, you know, the old Mustangs. the old some of the thunderbirds you know some of the muscle cars the chevels and the goats you know i i just enjoy the whole thing yeah i know i know you're constantly watching the crowd and not even seeing any of the cars while you're out there but uh yeah i i don't know do you ever see a car out there you say man i would love i'd love to get that car yeah again i because you know my dad and i were so kind of connected together as as that bond that father and son has around cars, Corvettes are kind of my soft spot. So, you know, I'll see a 56, 57, 58 Corvette going down the road or 63, you know, the split window or or the 68, 69, you know, with Fuley. So. Yeah, something in the Corvette lineup. You can't go wrong with the Corvette family. Oh, man, that's me. Yeah, you can't go wrong with the Corvette family. It's just fabulous. So many, so many great guys. All right, so you got these huge crowds. I mentioned there's all kinds of things that you have to be aware of. What are the bigger public safety concerns going into the weekend?

Well, you know, we've got a great partnership. All of the chiefs up and down woodward, 13-mile stretch. You know, we work hand and glove. We're each other's friends. They have a problem. It's my problem. I have a problem. It's their problem. And that's the way we work. And we've got, you know, such a template now. People come in from all over the world to watch how we handle this event because it's so unique. When you have an event like a Super Bowl or something, you close all the streets. And that immeasurably enhances the ease of security. because a lot of the security concerns revolve around vehicles, right? But this event is vehicles. So obviously that raises a whole different specter of what we need to think about, be concerned about it. And on that point, I want to remind people that there is a restriction in place all day tomorrow that you cannot have a vehicle over 10,000 pounds, like any kind of truck that's over 10,000 pounds or anything. any kind of vehicle, commercial vehicle, things like that, or anything pulling a trailer. No trailers are allowed on one word. So that is a traffic order that's in place, the whole stretch. And the other thing we encourage people to do is if you don't have a classic car, watch from the side of the road. You know, a lot of that traffic that's out there, you know, you have people out there in minivans and, you know, all sorts of vehicles that have nothing to do with the purpose of it, which is to cruise classic cars out there for the public to enjoy and see some of which they may never get to see. So we encourage people to, you know, watch it from the side rather than just, you know, add to the... congestion if they're driving a car that really is their everyday transportation, but nothing to do with the kind of views that people want to get. And that makes the whole thing a little less congested and move a bit more. And it gives you more access to the views and people take pictures, things like that. Do they just have like a tow truck? On the security, I kind of buried the lead there. On the security concerns, what we try to figure out what kind of threat may evidence itself, how do we think about it, how do we prevent it if we can't prevent it, how we mitigate it. There will be a ton of resources staged up and down in the area, some of which you will see, some of which you will not. In case we have anything, you know, we hope and pray nothing ever happens, but we're taking preparations. That's the strategy rather than hope and prayer. Preparation is always our strategy. You guys going to have drones up? We're going to have everything up. Our helicopters will be up. We'll have our drones up. And we'll also have our counter drone team. People have to realize they cannot fly drones over crowds or over the trafficked area. And a lot of people do that. We had a lot of incursions. Anybody that has a drone needs to go Google tonight, wherever they're allowed to fly and what they're allowed to do. We've had people break the law.

pretty significantly and in very unsafe manner. We've had drones go up as high as 1,300 feet. By law, they have to be under 400 feet, as an example. So they were flying in our crude aircraft space, which is a super dangerous, you know, thing to do. So we're going to have our counter drone team out there as well. And they'll be, you know, tracking down people that are flying illegally and causing these unsafe things. You also have a lot of deputies up on horses. Is there an advantage to being up high with these big crowds? Yeah, they can get places quickly that, you know, obviously with the congestion and traffic, you can't get up and down when we're very quickly unless you're on a horse, running the median on a motorcycle or an ATV. And so we'll have a tremendous amount of those assets out there. So if an emergency happens or we have to respond to something, we can move up and down quickly, even though there's gridlock on the actual road. And then secondarily, you know, I think the crowd gets it. You know, it's a family event, and we don't have tolerance for, you know, dangerous driving behavior, any alcohol driving behavior, or any kind of, you know, violent activity. And so many years ago, we had some people get out of hand and start throwing bottles, wouldn't leave, and things like that. And we moved our horses in and some other assets and made some arrests. And we, thankfully, I think the message was sent that was like, 20 years ago. So we don't anticipate that, but the horses are a tool that can respond to an emergency or to folks that just, you know, are trying to wreck the events. I know that you guys train for all of the horrible, terrible things that we hope never happen. But also there's the simple things. Like parents could get separated from their kids. You guys have to be ready for almost anything that could happen. 100%. And there will be posts up and down the whole stretch that will be staffed by police in the median. So if any kind of emergency happens or a lost child or whatever the situation is, there'll be assets and resources there that will quickly be able to help you and respond. That's awesome. Mike Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff, have a fabulous weekend at the Dream Cruise. You too. Have a great one, my friend. All right. We'll talk again real soon. It's going to be amazing. Embrace it, enjoy it. Don't complain about it and be safe out there. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. It's All Talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. And welcome into the 11 o'clock hour of All Talk on a Friday morning. I'm Kevin Deets coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building, bringing you the latest headlines and the stories that everyone is talking about. West Bloomfield Township Trustee Jim Mana has been in the Oakland County Jail since Sunday while sheriff's detectives investigate allegations against him. Michigan State Police records show the sheriff's office is seeking a felony invasion of privacy charge, which carries up to two years in prison for a first offense, although authorities have not disclosed the underlying allegations. The 65-year-old Democratic trustee was initially arrested by West Bloomfield Police before the investigation was turned over to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

Questions are also being raised about why Manna remained jail beyond the typical 48-hour period without being formally charged with a sheriff's spokesman saying Thursday he was seeking an explanation. Oakland County prosecutors say investigators submitted a warrant request and a charging decision has been made while township officials stressed that Manna is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Vice President JD Vance is warning fellow Republicans not to simply blame young Americans for becoming increasingly receptive to socialism. JD Vance said the GOP must address the economic frustrations driving that interest. particularly high housing costs, difficulty starting families and access to good middle class jobs. He argued that young people deserve a realistic opportunity to achieve the same American dream previous generations enjoyed, including owning an own home and getting an education. This is the vice president. My warning to my fellow Republicans will would be, if we don't get this right, don't blame young people for being sympathetic to socialism. We've got to blame ourselves. And I think what is so unique and refreshing about Donald Trump's economic policies is that it's not the same old economic ideas that you would have heard 30, 40 years ago. He's talking about rebuilding our industrial base, rebuilding the heartland, making our streets safer, making it possible for young people. to afford to buy a home. This is how you stop socialism. You don't stop socialism by throwing slogans at people about the free market. As much as I love the free market, you stop socialism by making people's lives better. The advance still called socialism dangerous and destructive, but said Republicans should blame themselves if they fail to offer young voters a better economic alternative. His comments come as socialist-aligned candidates have gained political momentum, including Abdul El-Sayed's Democratic U.S. Senate primary victory right here in Michigan. In fact, the candidates are out on the campaign trail. We'll try and keep you up to date with them and share what they're saying. Here is Abdul El-Sayed. I get it. A lot of worries. How's he gonna win? I'm gonna tell you how we're gonna win. We're gonna win because we believe that the power of the many is greater than the power of their money. We're gonna win because we are willing to put ourselves into our democracy. We are going to win because we're finally willing to take the fight out to them. We're not gonna back down, not at all, because our fight is a righteous one. It's a fight that starts in the hearts of people who understand that this country is a gift. And here is Republican John James, who's running for governor talking about data centers. No new data centers until we have a plan to protect our communities. Number one, local control. Number one.

Number two, our electricity bills can't go up. Number three, we have to protect our water. Number four, we have to prevent pollution that includes air, land water, and noise pollution. And number five, we should be prioritizing blighted and brown fields over our productive green farmlands. These are things that are common sense. Yeah, data centers have become a big issue in the midterms. The United States says it is prepared to maintain its naval blockade of Iran indefinitely as ceasebire negotiations remain stalled and tensions around the Strait of Hermuz intensify. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the Navy can rotate ships through the region for as long as necessary. You can hold as long as we need to. Indefinitely, the United States Navy can maintain a blockade like that. Because we'll rotate ships in and out as we have and we'll continue to. And it's no other nation on Earth. No other Navy on Earth has the capability to have a wall of steel like the US Navy. And then the willingness to use it as we have. So Iran knows it can't get in and out on this blockade. And they know that there's no timeline on it either. We'll hold it as long as we need to. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is promising additional measures next week aimed at further isolating Iran economically. Iran continues restricting traffic through the Strait of Ramos and the United Arab Emirates blamed Tehran for attacks Thursday on two vessels belonging to its state-owned oil company. The conflict is putting increasing pressure on the global economy with the International Energy Agency. Forecasting global oil supplies will fall 4.3 million barrels per day this year alone. President Trump has threatened further military action, but recently indicated he would prefer to increase economic pressure rather than expand U.S. military strikes. Senator Chuck Schumer says Donald Trump doesn't know what he's doing in Iran. Donald, stop treating our service members' lives like they are points on a scoreboard in your twisted game. Asked about his handling of the Iran war yesterday, Trump said, quote, I think people are very impressed. Impressed? What kind of bubble does he live in? Vice President JD Vance says keeping oil prices under control is the administration's number one priority in the conflict with Iran, followed by preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. JD Vance told Fox News he believes the United States is accomplishing both goals and has additional tools available to pressure Iran. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is also disputing commercial shipping trackers, saying 14 to 15 million barrels of oil are still leaving the Arabian Gulf each day. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress are demanding information about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS George Washington as it prepares to replace it. The administration continues to face pressure to contain the economic fallout from the Iran conflict while maintaining its military campaign. President Trump is heading to Nassau County, New York, where he plans to highlight what his administration says is a dramatic nationwide decline in violent crime.

Trump will appear at a police training and intelligence facility alongside Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel. The administration says the FBI's new 2025 crime report is expected to show the largest year-over-year decline in violent crime since the Bureau began tracking the statistics. The figures cited by the White House include an 18.1% drop in murder and manslaughter and an 18.5 decline in robberies. Trump is expected to use the numbers to reinforce his law and order message heading into the November elections. America's artificial intelligence boom is triggering enormous new investments in data centers, manufacturing, computer chips, and other infrastructure. Goldman Sach economists reportedly estimate AI investment will reach roughly $600 billion this year, about 2% of the entire U.S. economy. Apple is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in new Houston Manufacturing Center as part of its broader 600 billion domestic manufacturing commitment. Morgan Stanley says it plans to facilitate 1.5 trillion in AI-related investment activity over the next 10 years, while Bank of America has earmarked 250 billion for infrastructure investment. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammock says AI buildout is helping fuel business investment and contributing to a resilient U.S. economy. And finally, Americans are getting some relief from inflation, but household debt remains a major concern heading toward the midterms. Credit card balances reportedly jumped $21 billion during the second quarter to $1.26 trillion, approaching last year's record of $1.28 trillion. The numbers show the continuing financial pressure on consumers, even as some price increases begin to moderate. Farmers are also dealing with trade tensions, inflation, and reductions in federal farm programs. Those pocketbook concerns are expected to be among the major issues, if not the number one issue for voters in November. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. It's All Talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. It's all talk on a Friday morning. I'm Kevin Deeds coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building. You know the number 1-800-859-957. Give us a call. Give us a text. 1-800-8-9-0 W-JR. We're going to take your calls and read your text at 1135. So pick up the phone and be a part of the show. President Trump facing a fascinating new lawsuit at the heart of it is a pretty simple question. Should anyone... be able to pay for faster access to information coming directly from the President of the United States. Trump's media's new Truth API is reportedly charging Wall Street firms as much as $100,000 a month for access to truth social posts milliseconds before everyone else, potentially including presidential posts about tariffs, wars, and other policies that can move financial markets.

The Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept are suing, arguing that when the president is communicating official government information, Americans and the press should get it on equal terms. Trump Media says there's nothing unusual about charging for faster data feeds and accuses critics of trying to censor the president. Let's bring in Kristen McCutton, Chief Editorial for the Freedom of Press Foundation. Good morning. How are you? Good, Kevin. Thanks for having me. Thanks. Kirsten. I'm sorry. I appreciate you coming on. You know, people hear milliseconds and think, I don't know, is this a big deal? How important is a millisecond? What's behind the lawsuit and the idea of the lawsuit? You know, this ultimately boils down to freedom of speech, to having equal access. What's happening is through social, this corrupt scheme, you can pay to get early access to government information. And it might be a millisecond, but, you know, that's market moving information, military actions. So agency hirings and firings. This all comes through truth social. We know that he's conducting an official government business there and now selling early access to it. That's not just unfair. It's unconstitutional, Kevin. Right. So if this was some private company or some private individual, not a big deal. The fact that this is the president of the United States changes that. That's exactly right. You know, the course of how, but what a government official post is government business. And we have seen this is Trump's, this is President Trump's megaphone. This is how he often goes to truth social first for what we're doing, you know, both in domestic and foreign policy. This is, this is government business. So, you know, firms are paying $100,000 a month to be first. There's got to be some value to that or they wouldn't pay it. Do we believe that getting this information milliseconds earlier can translate into serious money on Wall Street? Well, that's how Truth Social is selling it. It's calling it market moving. And it's about that. It's also about equal access. Right now, it's milliseconds. You know, we don't know who's to say that it couldn't be minutes. And those milliseconds... are important at its base that it's before you and I would see it. If we want to report on it or if we just want to know what's happening from our government, that's all of a sudden $100,000 a month.

So Trump media, their defense is that paid APIs and premium data feeds are common, that it happens. It sounds like they're trying to separate, you know, their company from Trump being the president. Can they do that? No, President Trump is a government official. You know, the truth is those, when he posts on truth social, official government business, those don't belong to truth social. They actually, those posts belong to the U.S. government, you know, under the Presidential Records Act. So in the lawsuit, the First Amendment argument is that the press and public should have equal access to presidential communications. That's a strong argument. You also raised the Fifth Amendment. What is the argument there? Yeah, that's right. First Amendment, we're talking equal access to public information. The fifth, you know, that bars placing conditions on access to our government without a legitimate reason, $100,000 a month. is not a legitimate reason. Trump, he owns more than 40% of Trump media through a trust, I believe. How significant is that financial connection to the legal and ethical questions here? That's right. Essentially, this is a company he controls and stands to profit from. We know at least 10 firms have signed up already for Truth API. And that's a direct profit for a company the president controls. And this has nothing to do with the fact that it's Trump. If this were President Obama or Biden or someone else, you would have the exact same philosophy and argument here. That's right, Kevin. This is unconstitutional from any government official, certainly from the president of the United States, who stands to profit from it when he's making the posts that change our markets. What is the status of the lawsuit? So it's filed this week, and now it's filed, and now we wait, and loved, like, getting to talk about it and how important this is. You'd be surprised.

of some people I've talked to didn't realize truth API is already in place. So it's been really important to talk that there's already firms who have early access to the government and to Trump's posts. It's actually the top 10 truth social accounts, and it includes other government officials as well. And so with the litigation filed, we really get to bring this issue to light right now. All right. Do we know how long it's been going on? August 1, so they're in week 2. Okay. All right. Kirsten McCutton, Chief of Editorial for Freedom of Press Foundation. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We'll definitely follow this lawsuit, and we'll get you back on. Thanks so much. Thank you. Have a great one. Yeah, what do you think about this? Jeff and St. Clair Shores says, I voted for Trump, but I don't like this. If the president announces something involving tariffs, war, or the economy, every American should get that information at the same time. Being president shouldn't create a business opportunity to sell government information. That's where I'm at. That's where I'm at. I think if the president is speaking, everybody should have access to what he's saying. at the same time. It just doesn't, it doesn't smell right to me. Nina says, this sounds like manufactured outrage. Bloomberg and other financial services have charged professionals, huge money for faster information forever. If Trump's post still appear publicly and we're arguing about milliseconds, I'm having trouble seeing the constitutional crisis. Yeah, I don't know what the millisecond means. I don't know how. quickly you can act. But I guess if they're paying $100,000 a month for it, it seems to me that there must be some value to it. If they get something a millisecond before the rest of the world and they can make a trade or move a trade, it would have an impact. I would like to know more about what the advantage of that millisecond is. We got time for a phone call. Let's go to Jackie in Commerce Township. She wants to talk about the Dream Cruise. Hey, Jackie, how you doing? Good. How are you? I'm doing great. Okay, I was calling with the thing going on over in Birmingham. Yeah. And I was calling, I don't know if to be of interest to anybody, but my Uncle Hans was one of the designers of the Corvette. And we were in the hospital because my grandfather was dying. And he said to me, hey, Jackie, you want to go for a ride? I said, sure. So here we are. We go for a ride in this Corvette that had not been introduced yet. And I didn't find it to be real comfortable at that time. So I just wanted to let you know that I had been into a Corvette. Very cool. Way, wait for. That's a fun story. Thank you for calling in and sharing that. Yeah, the Corvats not exactly easy to get in and out of. That's for sure. I don't know if it's the most comfortable car, but it sure is a fun car. We're going to see a lot of them at the Dream Cruise tomorrow. We're going to take quick break. We'll be right back. Your calls are next. It's all talk. I'm Kevin Deetz.

And it's your turn to talk. 1-800-8-5-9-0-957, 1-800-8-5-0 W-JR. Give us a call. Give us a text. Be a part of the show. We've got people who want to talk about election integrity. The issues with Donald Trump charging money for delivering tweets milliseconds before the rest of the world gets them. And the Dream Cruise. Let's get started with Rod in Plymouth. Rod, welcome to all talk. Hey, Kevin, you know, Wall Street's been nanotrating, and in fractions of a second for a decade or more before that, they were trading third-tier markets, which means that they know certain pricing before it goes on to the big board before you and I. You and I are never going to get the best price for anything, by the way. What comp is doing milliseconds, you realize that if it goes through a different satellite, if he put out that information in. two or three different mediums, they wouldn't all receive it at the same time. What he's doing might not be as ethical as I think it should be so to probably correct it. But this type of stuff in Wall Street, the wolves of Wall Street got everybody covered before you can make any money. Just remember that, Kevin. Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure of that. I think it's wrong for the president to... be to have a company that he owns 40% of or his trust owns 40% of charging money on his on the president's tweets. I'd certainly not like it if Joe Biden did it or Barack Obama did it. I don't like it that Donald Trump's doing it. If he wants to. sell his tweets after he's out of office, fine by me. If Biden and Obama want to sell their tweets right now, that's fine by me too. But while you're in office, your job is to make the public aware of what's going on all at the same time, not sell early access to it. Just my opinion, you may feel differently about it. Let's go to John in Gross Point. John, welcome to all talk. Hey, Kevin. I haven't called in a while, but... I heard you talking about your parents a while back, and I just wanted to pass my belated congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Dietz. Was it their 70th? Oh, yeah. Thank you. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Unbelievable goal there. It's a great party, great time. They're doing wonderful. Thank you for asking. Good, good. Hey, on this election stuff, I think you covered, I think you covered the story. There was a guy, you know, that, I believe it was that pastor of that 180-degree church in Detroit. And some other guy and he had, yeah, and they had some Detroit residents on that swore that they never voted. And several of them had, you know, somebody has been voted in their name, you know, in their name for years. Yeah. Was there ever any follow-up to that story?

You know, I'll give the Reverend a call and find out. We haven't had him on in a while. He's got his own show somewhere. I don't remember where, but he's got his own show now. But he did file a lawsuit, and I'll be happy to find out where that is at. But yeah, we had him in into the studio, and he found several people in Detroit who said they never voted in election. They don't vote. They never vote, but they were able to find records that they did, in fact, vote. And he's been very active. He's been to the White House talking about this issue. Yeah, I'll reach out to the pastor and find out where that's at and let you know, update the audience. Thanks, John. Appreciate it. Yeah, there's another story with his GBI strategies that had dropped off all these, like in Muskegon. There's 40,000 registered voters and somebody has. You know, I dropped off like 10,000 registrations that, you know, and this Outfit Gateway Pundit has been following this story, and this is Gail Patty McMurray that writes about it. I believe she's from locally here. Yeah, she's great. She's from Birmingham. She might be a source to get just for a story, too. Yep, we talk to her all the time. Very good. Thank you. Yep, Muskegon is a hot spot as well. And it's being looked at the news that came out today was that the Attorney General's office charged five people who are non-citizens who voted in the 2024 presidential election. And that information came from groups like Patty McMurray's who did the research, filed Freedom of Information Acts, went out, got all the records, went through them themselves. and then forwarded that proof to the Attorney General's office and faced with the proof right in front of them. They had no choice but to go forward in charge. And the question is, would any of this been done without the citizens getting involved? And that's a very serious question. Kenan Levone wants to talk about the Dream Cruise. Hey, Ken. Yeah, I thought I'd just make a, for the record, comment since your radio station does reach my side of town. And recent comments that I've heard, car people, as a reminder, Woodward Avenue is not an area that people on my side of town are interested in when it comes to cars. Downtown Plymouth or Telegraph is always the area that my people usually frequent. All right, Ken. Well, thank you for listening. Yep, about a million people are going to frequent Woodward this weekend for the annual Dream Cruise. There are a lot of classic car shows all over Metro Detroit, all over the state of Michigan, really. And they're all fabulous. So get out there. If you like the Dream Cruise, get out there, enjoy it. If you don't, stay away from it and catch the next one when there's fewer people around. Have a good day. You too, Ken. Have a fabulous weekend. We're going to take quick break. We'll be right back. It's all talk. I'm Kevin Deetz. It's all talk on a Friday morning. I'm Kevin D's coming to you from the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building. That's right. It is Friday. It is the weekend. I'm going to see comedian Nate Bargettsey tonight at Little Caesar's Arena with my daughter and some family friends. I think this dude is hilarious. I'm really excited. I haven't been to a comedy show in a couple of years, and I really like comedy shows. I need to start going to some of the local comedy clubs, too, as well. I don't ever remember having a bad time.

after seeing a comedian. Anyway, I'll report back to you on Monday on how the big show was. Also, we got the big Dream Cruise rolling down Woodward Saturday. A million people are going to flood the, was it, 19-mile stretch of Woodward from Ferndale to Pontiac. Thousands of cars at the Dream Cruise. Can't wait for that. And the Tigers... The Detroit Tigers are playing at Comerica Park tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday against the White Sox. And if we win all three games, the Detroit Tigers will be in first place in the division. Unbelievable things to do this weekend. For more, let's bring in Taylor Vitani with this weekend with Taylor Vitani. Good morning. How are you? Hello, hello. How are you, Kevin? I'm doing great. I'm excited. You got a riddle for us today? I do. Are you ready for it? I'm ready. Okay. I am a rock group that has four members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. Who or what am I? All right. I am a rock group that has four members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. Give us a call. If you have an idea of what that answer is, don't Google it. Don't Google it. But if you know, give us a call or give us a text and let us know what you think. All right, what do we got going on this weekend? I'll start with one of my favorites that happen every year, the Caseville Cheeseburger Fest. The 27th annual Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival takes place from Friday, August 14, to Sunday, August 23rd. This popular 10-day tropical beach party transforms the small lakeside town of Capeville into a Jimmy Buffett-inspired paradise on the Saginaw Bay. The event typically draws an estimated 200,000 visitors looking for burgers, live music, and family-friendly island vibes. This is a free entry event located right. in the heart of Caseville for more information. You can find that on Michigan or My Michigan Beach.com slash cheeseburger dash in-caseville. Yeah, Caseville is beautiful. The thumb area is absolutely gorgeous. If you haven't been up there, it's great. This is the most. I played the show there. Yeah. Oh, did you? Okay, cool. Yeah, the Caseville Cheeseburger Fest is the most chaotic time to be up there. But it's also a ton of fun. If you want to get away from the Dream Cruise, that's a great place to go. What else we got? We have the Armada Fair, the 154th annual Armada Fair runs from August 17th to August 23rd in Armada, Michigan. It is a historic week-long agricultural and community tradition celebrating local farming, youth 4-H organizations, and family entertainment, with Grancy and Moore Sports Live concerts and a full carnival midway, gate admission fees for adults, 13 and over, $10 per day, children ages 10 to $12, $5 per day, and children 9 and under are free all week. Seniors, ages 62 and up, are $9 per day, and military personnel and caregivers with ID free daily. Weekly pass and all-week admission armband. It's available for $60. But access to all animal barns, 4-H agricultural exhibits, and all main grandstand arena events like the demolition derby and tractor poles, that's all free. Parking costs $5 a day. or $25 for a weekly pass, cash only. And Carnival rides, the daily unlimited ride wristband range from $25 to $35 depending on the day, though Tuesday features a special $2 per ride promotional window. That's a great way to wrap up this summer. What else we got?

2026 quake on the lake presented by BCM roofing. And my husband told me to plug this one. That's August 15 and 16th at Pontiac Lake Recreation Area. The roar of inboard hydroplane racing makes its triumphant return to Pontiac Lake after a 10-year absence. Several different classes of hydroplanes will be going deck to deck right in our own backyard. Almost all inboard classes will be there. From small jet ski engine power boats all the way up to an exhibition of a supercharged V8 Grand Prix and everything in between. Races are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Spectator viewing is available at...