6/26/26 - Oil Prices Normal, Tanker Traffic Restored, Yet Media Says World is Terrible | Brian Mudd Fills In

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Oh, it's been a great freaking week. Not a decent week. Not a good week. It's been a great freaking week. I know he is not here and he's not, you know, under the bunker and everything else. Once again, it is Brian Mudd here with you. Honored, as always, to be here with you. Broadcasting for my studio, that is anything but that kind of fortress sitting in a studio that literally as we were once broadcasting hurricane coverage had the roof ripped off. So that's the kind of digs I got going here. Love the opportunities to be with you. You may. Connect with me socially at Brian Mud Radio. Check out the Brian Mud Show podcast wherever you get your podcast. It's been a great freaking week. So one of the occupational hazards at this point on a Friday, happy Friday by the way, with this great freaking week, one of the occupational hazards is the extent to which one's intelligence has been insulted. You're familiar with the expression about teachers. Those who can't do teach. And by the way, I mean not the ubiquitous insult there. I am grateful for every constitutionalist that's a teacher that takes one for the team. They're actually capable, decent, honorable people. They're in the teaching profession. I'm not trying to impugn everyone ubiquitously. But. I put a lot of teachers in the same camp that I also put like attorneys in. We need great attorneys, right? But like if you ever come across an attorney and they're like all of their favorite people or other attorneys, run the other way. If you ever come across, say like a public school teacher and every person they want to be around or just a ton of public school teachers, just playing the numbers game. It's probably probably not one of the standouts in the profession, just saying. But again, for the great teachers, I appreciate you. Anyway, where I'm going with that particular analogy is it also applies in news reporting. Because those who don't know report on stuff, you would think that if you're reporting on stuff, you would know stuff, but they actually don't. They don't know stuff. This has been a great freaking week. And all you get, your impression of the news, what has your impression of the news been this week? Even right now. I mean, take a look at the headlines right now. Oh, my gosh. U.S. retaliates Iran because of that Singapore ship that was nailed by the drone and the stray to Hormuz yesterday. Oh, my gosh. We're retaliating. That's bad. Great freaking week. Incredible Newsweek. Unbelievable deal coming together on the deal, the MOU. Unbelievable deal. Trilateral deal pulled together today with Lebanon, with Israel, and us in the middle. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, just knocking out of the park again. In fact, Marco Rubio said something that just totally crystallizes both my mood.

and just cuts the BS out of it. The Iranian system is going to continue to produce all sorts of maximalist rhetoric. They're going to have people going on their TV, on their official media, and making all kinds of pronouncements. But what we're interested in is not their press conferences. What we're interested in is whether or not ships are moving. If ships are moving as they should be moving, then that's what we're going to judge and that's what we're going to react to. Ding freaking ding! The only thing that matters are the freaking ships getting through the straight of Hormuz. Well, no, because the Singapore ship. That, by the way, is a biological male news reporter that is still trying to figure out what letter he is on the homosexual alphabet. Just, you know, trying to channel one of the GSS newsers out there. The only thing that matters are if ships are going through the strait. You know how you can actually, if you're wondering how things are going with Iran, how things are going in the Middle East day to day anymore? I've been telling all my listeners to do, just like the price of oil. Don't pay attention to anything in the news. Do not. Because they don't know things and they report stuff. And what's worse is, Most of your GSS news, your godless, solace and slender's news out there, most of these people literally will put the IRGC on an even plane with the Trump administration. Well, the Trump administration said this, but Iran. is saying this, which by the way is a whole other thing, because these poofer brains that report on things, they don't know things, don't even realize that you have multiple different state media outlets in Iran. They can't even get that part right. You have the IRGC that has their own state media apparatus, and then you have the president of Iran that has his. And those two are not on the same page a lot of the time. So even when you hear Iran saying this, no, most of the time it's not because they're reporting on crap from the IRGC, from the military. It's not speaking for Iran. Again, at this point on a Friday, with a week where it's actually been great, and all you hear is that it's crap around the world, the news cycle has been terrible, intelligence has been insulted, so I'm just getting the lead out a little bit. Believe it or not, because it's been a great week, I'm actually in a pretty good place.

Just getting back to a place where we can talk about there being two sides of stories and one side of facts. And as I'm inclined to do, I will provide information to you that is helpful, useful, and repeatable. So here's the first thing to know. Do you know what the price of oil was earlier today? About 69, we got down to almost 68. It was barely 69. At about the point where we had retaliation, it's about 69.59. Do you know where we are most recently? After the retaliatory strikes, we are at $70.24. Now, I'm going to get into this in just a moment. Hang on to that number because I'm going to break down some of the economic realities and other things. That is an unbelievably great price for a barrel of oil for this time of year. Like, you know, we're wrapping up the Amazon Prime Day stuff right now, which, by the way, did Amazon Prime Day start out like literally as a day? And now it's a whole week or something. But anyway. I do think my wife picked up some more great wine glasses today off of that. So there's something. I'm going forward to that glass of wine, by the way. So oil at $70 a barrel. You don't have, for this time of year, a deal on Amazon. There are nothing on Prime Day or Prime Week. That's as good as the deal. Buying a barrel of oil at $70. That's one. Now. Remember Marco Rubio's comment. The only thing that matters is what's going through the Strait of Hormuz. Tell me if you have heard this reported anywhere unless you have heard it from me if you have been getting extra credit and listening to my podcast or my morning show locally throughout South Florida. Do you know how many ships have been getting through the Strait of Hormuz? Since that MOU was signed last week, we have gotten 73% of pre-Iran war shipping traffic through these Straits of Hormuz. We're almost a week and a half into this thing. We, during this period, have gotten 73% through. Do you know what we have gotten through over the prior two days through the Strait of Hormuz, including yesterday where you had the ship that was struck, the Singapore ship that was struck by the Iranian trip? You know how much we've gone through the past couple of days? Over 100% of the product through the Strait of Hormuz for normal Wednesday and normal Thursday. even with some of the ship totals, like you go back to Wednesday, 62 ships, and you've been conditioned by your news video that, oh, we usually get 100 through. Yes, sometimes, a lot of times it's less than that. But regardless, the ones that are getting through, but a lot of the big bulkers, we're making sure the biggest ships with as much oil as possible and everything else, there's dry bulk going through too. That stuff's getting through.

And so there is actually more product that has crossed through the Strait of Hormuz the last two days than ordinarily would on insert year here on a Wednesday and Thursday in June. You don't hear it anywhere. And I'm pretty sure these people don't know things. People are supposed to report in these things. How do you think it is that oil is where it is? Are you still driving the same as you were? The people you know? We haven't suddenly seen the economy just go to crap from this time two weeks ago. So what happened? There's a heck of a lot more oil that's getting through. And by the way, the MOU is all part of bringing that online. So price is truth. The saying in the financial markets, price is truth. Here's the next thing to know. The example I'll use is a real estate transaction. People who are nobs to real estate will get a property under contract and be like, wow, we got there. People who are experienced with real estate know that the moment you put something under contract, the real negotiation has just begun. And the negotiation is not finished until there are two signatures on either side and those documents are closed and recorded. That's when a deal is done. We have a 60-day high-stakes negotiation. Everything is being negotiated out there in the news media on both sides. Trump's playing the public negotiation game, same as Iran's playing the public negotiation game. Most of it means little. But it all gets reported. As though it's meaningful. What's meaningful was that trilateral deal that got signed today between Lebanon and Israel. The deal where Israel is actually going to peel back out of a couple regions in southern Lebanon, and the Lebanese military is going to take over that territory, and they're going to work to push Hezbollah out of the territory. That's massive. That's massive. That's historically massive on top of all the other big things that have been going on here. All right. So trivia time because I was talking about, and by the way, if you're listening to the show last night, you might know the answer to this because I actually, for a fleeting moment, gave it to you. But trivia time. In inflation adjusted dollars, What has the average price for WTI crude, Texas T, Beverly Hillbilly style, the stuff that you and I use? What is the inflation-adjusted price on this date over the past 15 years? Do, do, do, do, do, do, you got it? What number comes about? What is the average price for a barrel of oil on this date? June 26. You know what the answer is? $90. $90 a barrel. Remember, I said it's $70 and anything on Amazon Prime this week that's a better deal in that. Buy up your $70 barrels of oil. $20 off, normal rate? Heck yeah. Our wine glasses didn't even come to that big of a discount today. So we spent...

Most of the day, with a barrel of oil, at a $21 discount to just your average June 26th price, and we're at $20 of a discount. With everything that's happened in Iran, with the Singapore ship that was struck yesterday, with our retaliation just a bit ago, how does that happen? If you pay attention to the news media, oh my gosh. Look at a price of oil. Learn how that stuff works. Price is truth. Now, next question. Of the past 15 years, how many have featured the price of oil at an inflation-adjusted price that's been lower than where it is today? It's my tease for you. Come up with an answer. Past 15 years, how many has the price of oil been less than it is right now today? Be right back with that. Brian Mud, in for the great one. Mud, love in.

If you missed out on gold in 2020, if you missed the rally in 2025, it's not too late. Right now, gold is sitting about 20% off its all-time high earlier this year, so you could buy it at a discount. The fundamentals that drove gold over $5,000 an ounce, they're still strong. It's a limited commodity. You can't just print more of it. Gold often remains your hedge in times of inflation war and political uncertainty. So get diversified and add gold with monetary gold. For 26 years, monetary gold has helped Americans own gold and silver in a tax-sheltered retirement account like an IRA or a 401K. Five stars on the Better Business Bureau and Consumer Affairs. Visit mark lovesgold.com or call 877 now gold for a one-on-one consultation. That's 877669. 4653. Plus, get a free guide to owning gold at mark lovesgold.com or call 877 now gold. Performance from a very consult your tax and financial professional. All right, hey there. So I gave you a question to ponder during the break. And the question was, Of the past 15 years, how many have featured the price of oil at an inflation adjusted price that is lower than where it is right now today? And the answer is only five times. Only 33% of the time. Okay, you got that? So independent of the Iranian war, the MOU, A Singapore ship struck in the straight-duber moves, all these things. Two-thirds of the time, a barrel of oil is more expensive on June 26th than right now. It's been a great freaking week if I didn't impart that correctly originally. Here's the next question. It's the final one for the moment. The inflation rate over the past 15 years has been 49%. It's kind of depressing to think about, right? Thank you, Biden inflation. So basically, the buck in your pocket right now is only worth half of what it was 15 years ago. On an absolute basis, meaning non-inflation adjusted, just straight dollars to dollars, despite the fact that a dollar is worth half now of what it was then, How much was a barrel of oil 15 years ago today? Do, do, do. How much? Come on. It was $91. It was $91. If you do adjust for inflation, that'd be $129 a barrel. We're at 70. You know who was president 15 years ago? Remember Barack Hussein Obama? How many? Conversations you recall there being about the oil crisis. Do you imagine if oil was at 129 right now? You know, the absolute peak during the war was 115. But you're like, well, that was just one year. No, what was it 14 years ago? You know what the price of a barrel of oil was? An absolute dollars? Absolute. 14 years ago, it was $79. Or $109 in today's money. Well, that was 14 years ago.

It was $128. Twelve years ago, it was $141 flipping dollars. Double. Double. It's been a great freaking week. Brian Mud, we'll be right back. If you missed out on gold in 2020, if you missed the rally in 2025, it's not too late. Right now, gold is sitting about 20% off its all-time high earlier this year, so you could buy it at a discount. The fundamentals that drove gold over $5,000 an ounce, they're still strong. It's a limited commodity. You can't just print more of it. Gold often remains your hedge in times of inflation war and political uncertainty. So get diversified and add gold with monetary gold. For 26 years, monetary gold has helped Americans own gold and silver in a tax-sheltered retirement account like an IRA or a 401K. Five stars on the Better Business Bureau and Consumer Affairs. Visit mark lovesgold.com or call 877 now gold for a one-on-one consultation. That's 877669. 4653. Plus, get a free guide to owning gold at mark lovesgold.com or call 877 now gold. Performance from a very consult your tax and financial professional. The voice of sanity in an insane world. The Marklevine show. Call him now at 877381-33811. Happy Friday. It is great to be here with you, getting the let out, having some fun, and also informing you as to what really matters in this great freaking week that we have had, even though the news would not have you think that it's been a great freaking week. But price is truth. You take a look at a barrel of oil. It's 70 bucks. As I have informed you, the normal price for this particular date is 90. 9.0. Better than an Amazon prime deal. Again, a barrel of oil at market right now. How about that? In the middle of everything that's going on. It is Brian Mud with you. And Mark, he's been in Israel, and he's going to be locked and loaded next week. So stand by for news. Now, I mean, take a look at the oil picture that I'm painting for you. I just kind of walk you through what it typically is on this date, where we stand. How. Over the past 15 years, two-thirds of the time on this date, oil's been more expensive just because, you know, it's June 26th. And then you take a look at the years, the Obama years, and inflation-adjusted dollars on this date for four consecutive years, your price for a barrel of oil, 129.

1009, 128, and 141 flipping dollars. Twelve years ago, the price of a barrel of oil on this date was more than twice what it cost right now. By the way, that four-year window of Obama... included his reelection in 2012. Do you remember anything at any point about oil even being an issue, about gas prices even being an issue? Nobody said a thing. What the heck? So often we are conditioned, we are misled, we are misinformed. We are manipulated, not just by news media, but even the oil and gas companies. One of the things that Trump has been talking about this week and at varying points, but he did mention it earlier this week, was that, hey, you know, the gas companies, they've been ripping you off. They've been ripping you off. You know, the way that the very first week of the Iran war, where everybody had pre-war oil. that they had purchased that had been refined into gas, that had already been at their gas station, they suddenly just jacked up the price right away because you had all the analysts who are more, the only thing that might be worse than like just your news reporter out there trying to report on economic stuff are people that are media facing people that are supposed to be financial experts. If you have a box of rocks, And you have a media facing person that is supposed to be some kind of an economic analyst. Go with a box of rocks. The box of rocks can at least be used as a paperweight or something constructive maybe. You're not getting anything constructed out, the media facing person that's talking economics. But they are also often dumb as a box of rocks. And I wish I'm trying to think of exceptions, but I really can't. Those are people who don't know things but say stuff. You know, reporters by and large are people who don't know things and report on stuff. The financial experts, the media facing people, because they're real financial experts. But the people actually know stuff, work for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley. They make real money on Wall Street. They don't have things with like buddy in the name and go out there and talk to people in news media. They don't. Sorry. But the, yeah, those people. So. Here's the next thing. You're going, yeah, but inflation and yeah, but affordability. And I know it sucks, right? I know that we got hammered under Biden. And so the reason why you're more sensitive to the price of gas, the reason why you'd been more sensitive to oil being higher, was because we still feel in the pain of Biden inflation and everything else that's happened. And then the Iran war, no doubt, added to inflation, right? So here's what we knew. The inflation rate for May was 4.2%. That's a lot higher than where we want it. Not good. But as I pointed out in the show last night, here we have President Trump who has kneecapped the new access powers, kneecapped China's built-in network that they had put together because China's not just China. China had become Russia.

China had become Iran. China had become North Korea. With it a rocket, man. China had become Venezuela. China had become Cuba and Nicaragua, too. That was the new access network. And so we took out Maduro that took away 2% of China's oil. We get that oil. We've doubled production. One and a half million barrels per day coming this way. courtesy of Chevron that had been the operator there that's ramping out production fast in Venezuela. We are about to take care of Cuba. And whatever point we are wrapped up with Iran, you are going to have like a little military convoy out there that will make a pit stop by Cuba. And that'll happen fast. And then Iran. So Iran, 47% of China's oil supply, taking out the nuclear threat. getting all the other Middle Eastern countries that have been aligned with China with us. And what did it cost us? You know, dealing with World War II, how many lives, how many years, and everybody who wasn't over there was pitching in here at home? Turned our country, turned the world upside down, let alone all the personal sacrifice. And here we are, the increased cost of inflation for three months. Due to the Iran War was 1.2 freaking percent. We paid 1.2 percent more for stuff because of Iran. And we get the benefit of avoiding a nuclear World War III. And we get the benefit of having knee-capped China's access network. I mean, it just, and now you're about to see the price of gas come down over 50 cents per gallon over the next week and a half. and we have oil that's far cheaper than it usually is on this date. And so one of the other things I did because you're like affordability, affordability, and I get it. And if you are dealing with affordability challenges, that kind of stuff is real. So one of the things I worked on, I took $70 per barrel, and I ran economic projections for inflation for the rest of the year. Here we are about to wrap up the first half. So what do we get? All other things being equal, if we average $70 a barrel where we are right now for the back six months of this year, your inflation rate will drop from 4.2 to 2.3, meaning that for the back half of the year, your money is going to go close to 2% farther than it's been going. In other words, you're going to have about $1,000 more buying power. The overall economy. via GDP, it's going to grow 1% faster than it otherwise would. You're going to have at least 450,000 more jobs that are going to be added during the back six months of this year than otherwise would have, then. And there are all kinds of other economic benefits, too, but the point is this, here we are. I don't know what your expectations were for the MOU, not quite a week and a half into it. I will say that If I could have had $70 a barrel oil today, and you had offered that to me a week and a half ago, I would have said it's too good to be true. And that's where we sit today. So a week and a half into the MOU, this has gone so well, it's almost too good to be true. That's how good of a freaking week it has been. If you take a look at these things.

I can't tell you how many. It's a fascinating thing, too, because for so long, you would have, like, the anti-Semitic theoretical right, the tuckers of the world out there that, you know, would come with the sharp knives for defending Israel and Trump's actions associated with Israel. And then that whole thing turned. And so. Over the past couple of weeks, because there had been the break and the public break at that, with Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, and with Israel going a little bit rogue, it would Trump making a deal that involves Israel and the MOU that Israel did not agree to. The sharp knives have come from some of the fiercest pro-Israel people. Like, how dare the president's backstabbing and you're a traitor to and all these kinds of things? Uh-huh. Then you take a look at what was signed today with Israel, with Lebanon, with the United States. Trilateral deal. History in the making. Don't be let around by your nose. Don't be let around by the news media. There are two sides of stories. There are one side of facts. Price is truth. There's a lot of posturing out there. Here's the next thing to know. One of the big things that has been animated, it's not just that we have our midterm election cycle that is going on here, that factors into the overall political calculus and also the way that things are reported. Did you know that Israel has elections too? And in fact, actually before ours, Israel's elections are in October. And so Benjamin Netanyahu has a hard challenge from a general. And so he is playing the political game in his country publicly and rhetorically the same way that Trump is doing and the same way that you have propaganda being spewed from Iran. What matters is what happens. Actions speak louder than words. They always do. Over a week later, the MOU marked a turning point, not just for the Strait of Hormuz. But for the overall economy, for affordability too. Now, here's the next piece. Due to the investment boom from AI, we'd already seen a much stronger economy with higher oil and gas prices than economists plan to see. Remember, we were getting these great jobs reports the past few months, double and almost tripled the jobs being added. And the reason was, you know, you have, speaking of, you know, the economic people that don't know things but say stuff. So where everybody miscalculated, yeah, you have some jobs that are being lost due to AI. Yeah, there are going to be a lot more jobs are lost due to AI. However, for every job that's being eliminated by AI, there are more than two there being created. Because what does it take to create all those chips? What does it take to build all these data centers? What does it take to put in all of that electrical into those facilities? What does it take to keep those places cool? By the way, most in-demand job right now, biggest shorts across this country, HVAC. Yeah, you got people that are just getting certified. HVAC, make $90,000 a year. Not bad for someone who's like, you know, 20, 21 years old going to trade school, right?

People hadn't accounted for that part of the real economy due to the AI boom. The AI boom will be like every other technological advance before. Yes, the carriage and buggy driver is going away. But the automobile will create far more jobs in the long run. Yeah, a lot of jobs are going to go away. AI will create a heck of a lot more in terms of employment going forward in ways that people had not begun to calculate until now. But here's the next piece of that. All of that was being done with an average price for a barrel of oil. Take a look in May, for example. You know what oil was in May? It averaged $102.40 in the month of May. We are 32% lower today. So we were blowing away jobs numbers. The economy was growing at a good clip. And energy was a heck of a lot more expensive. The rate of inflation in real time and going forward is going to come down by half. That money is going to be back in your pocket. What does that tell you? Man, does this set up extremely well for the U.S. economy and for greater affordability for the back half of the year. Man, is that some good stuff? Those are your economic realities. We get into some election integrity realities as well. And I'll hit that starting on the other side. This is Brian Mud, and for the great one. Mud, Love, N.

If you missed out on gold in 2020, if you missed the rally in 2025, it's not too late. Right now, gold is sitting about 20% off its all-time high earlier this year, so you could buy it at a discount. The fundamentals that drove gold over $5,000 an ounce, they're still strong. It's a limited commodity. You can't just print more of it. Gold often remains your hedge in times of inflation war and political uncertainty. So get diversified and add gold with monetary gold. For 26 years, monetary gold has helped Americans own gold and silver in a tax-sheltered retirement account like an IRA or a 401K. Five stars on the Better Business Bureau and Consumer Affairs. Visit mark lovesgold.com or call 877 now gold for a one-on-one consultation. That's 877669-4653. Plus. Get a free guide to owning gold at mark lovesgold.com or call 877 now gold. Performance may very consult your tax and financial professional.

We've got to show the American public we're going to fight like hell to secure elections. And so that's what they want. So voter ID, let's vote on it. And if it takes, you know, letting us have debate for, for, you know, a period of time and then vote, let's do that. Yeah. So up to this point I've talked about, what a great freaking week it's been, despite the news coverage. Well, when I say that, I'm mostly talking about how things are shaping up economically in this country. I am talking about how things are going better than I think any of us could have imagined when the MOU was signed. I'm not talking about the performance of the United States Senate that still couldn't get attacked together and pass the SAVE Act and is now in recess. I do think about Senator Rick Scott, who you just heard. I was from Mornings with Maria Fox Business. I do think about Rick and how much better this country to be if he were the Senate Majority Leader rather than John Thune. But we are going to get into some of the election integrity stuff. And, yes, a little recounting of what went down as the communist takeover at the Democrat Party this week took another big step forward. But first, go to Kathy, who is in Memphis. And Kathy, welcome to the show. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Yeah, you bet. What's on your mind? Well, when I called, you were talking about different things that Barack Obama had done, and I remember when he was running for election the very first time, while I was on the campaign trail, he was telling people the energy prices for U.S. citizens must necessarily rise. Ding, ding, ding. Exactly, because he felt like it was unfair that the United States citizens had better energy prices than anywhere else in the world. But we had, you know, an abundance of coal. We had an abundance of energy producing capability, but he wanted to shut that down. And he did because he penalized coal, a lot of coal mining shut down. I will remember I was watching that. stock for a particular power company in California, and they were the only ones that actually built power plants. rather than just pushing power around. And they were planning to build more power plants in California. Well, all that got shut down, too. So while he gave money to Cylendra that turned out to be a scam and just ripped off taxpayers. Kathy, a gold star call. You're exactly right. Now, I gave the inflation adjusted price of oil under Obama. If you were to take a look at what the price of gas was for a three-year stretch. The average price for a gallon of gas, regular unleaded, was over $5 per gallon in today's dollars. You're exactly right. It was all part of Obama's plan. And part of it is how we're conditioned because it's remarkable that people can be conditioned in such a way. Okay, well, he says we need hunger energy prices. And so it wasn't even an issue. But how much of that really just came down to the news coverage? Do you imagine if gas there were over five bucks? Be right back.

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Brian Mud, by the way. Always an honor and a pleasure to be here with you. Find me at Brian Mud Radio socially. The Brian Mud Show podcast, wherever you get your podcast. What hasn't been so awesome this week, a few things that haven't necessarily made the news. One of them certainly did. I mean, the election stuff. But then election integrity stuff. So one of the things that I'm very quick to point to is the stuff that's real with election integrity concerns and then stuff that happens not to necessarily be as concerning as is purported. It's very critical that we not cry wolf on the right when it comes to election integrity. There's a tendency towards that. Left tends to say, oh, there's never election fraud, never voter fraud. And the right will tend to take even the first appearance of it and overstate it. The truth is somewhere in between. And for those who are not familiar, I have a long history in these matters going back to Florida 2000 and a very specific hand. in ousting a couple election supervisors in Broward and Palm Beach County back in 2018. And so there's a right and a wrong way to go about this stuff. But what is important is to know what's real. You know, one of the great ironies. We've talked about this with the Supreme Court decisions yesterday. The absurdity of illegal immigration in this country. Things that have become so absurd that temporary protected status, the definition of temporary, has to arrive at the United States Supreme Court. Just a quick refresh on those Supreme Court decisions from yesterday and go check out Mark Levin podcast from yesterday, if you happen to miss the show, and check out the full rundown, everything I broke down with those decisions. But the quick point is this. It's temporary protected status. The reason under which you had... the Syrians that were granted temporary protected status in 2012 was because the Bashar al-Assad regime was persecuting protesters. The Bashar al-Assad regime, that is no more. I don't think the Bashar al-Assad regime that is no more is still persecuting protesters. And it was temporary status. And that has to get to the United States Supreme Court to go, yeah, temporary means Trump can say you go back now. More absurd still. The Haitians. The Haitians dated back to 2010. Why? A January earthquake in Haiti.

We had temporary protected status granted to Haitians because of the earthquake. You think the coast is clear from that earthquake? It's been about 16 and a half years. I know it's kind of a close call there. What do you think? After shock or two? Maybe I... And that has to get to the United States Supreme Court. And then the scarier thing is what we saw. Because my focus... When I was talking about that, wasn't that you did have six three rulings in line with the rule of law and the Constitution. It was actually the three that went post-constitutional. Three that took the most obvious examples of law in this country and injected their political desires instead. on the temporary protected status and also on the asylum case that was every bit as obvious. Literally says under law that you must have arrived in the United States or be present in the United States to declare asylum. And we had a case arrive at the United States Supreme Court for people who said, well, we're in Mexico. We want to declare asylum. And so we literally had Supreme Court justices asking questions in a hearing saying, if you're in Mexico, have you arrived in the United States? But worse still, you still had the three Littard leftist justices go post-constitutional and side in name of their politics. The other problem, of course, that's permeated with the absurdities. associated with all aspects of illegal immigration into this country is election integrity related stuff too. Because while you hear about those Supreme Court cases and while you at least have that information for you to be able to digest in the news, what you never hear about. are the regular criminal convictions for illegal aliens related to voting? Remember, it doesn't happen. I mean, we don't have voter fraud anyway, let alone by illegal aliens. One story that was really overlooked this week happened to pertain to a situation right here in my state. There's a pretty good chance that you did not come across the story with three criminal convictions. by illegal aliens for voter fraud in the state of Florida this week. Now, about this, here is a fact. Two sides of stories, one side of facts. There has never been a federal election cycle in American history, not one, where there hasn't been provable and successfully prosecuted voter fraud that has led to criminal convictions, not one. Not one cycle in American history. For example, in my home seat of Florida, where this story emanated from this week, there are an average of two to three criminal convictions per year for voter fraud. Across the country, you have an average of 38 criminal convictions for voter fraud per year. Not per cycle, that's per year. And so the question is never about whether there is or isn't voter fraud. There always has been.

Every cycle is proven that there always will be attempts that are made. And so election integrity will be continued to be threatened as long as we have elections. But the one dynamic that is almost never discussed, how long it actually takes to bring about a criminal conviction in these cases. And so you know the whole saying about wheels of justice moving slowly. But how slowly? Well, consider this. The U.S. Department of Justice. This week issued the press release that was never reported to you in the news. Headline, three non-citizens convicted of illegal voting and related election offenses and federal elections. The release reads like this. It says three non-citizens have pleaded guilty in separate federal cases to illegally voting and federal elections and related election offenses. And as they mentioned, these three illegal aliens voted in Florida. But do you care to guess when it was that they actually voted? Again, this release out from the Department of Justice this week, when did the illegal voting take place? Two. of the illegal aliens voted in 2020, the third and 24. 2020. And so this led to me think of what might have happened elsewhere as far back as 2020, but also what might have happened more recently across the country. You think about how long it took in a state like Florida that has some of these strongest election integrity measures in the country. A state that actually in an hour will tell you how elections went, third largest state, something that every state could do, also have really tight laws in the state to where if you harbor illegal aliens or if you transport them, you can be prosecuted. And yet, illegal aliens voting and we just nailed convictions for elections in 2020. What would happen, for example? If it takes that long to get to a criminal conviction for voter, 2020? Six years? What do you think is happening in sanctuary cities and sanctuary states if that's happening in Florida? Hence, President Trump and what he is pushing with the SAVE Act. We have to be able to get proof of citizenship when you vote. Otherwise, we don't have elections. We have to be able to get voter ID. So John is a leader, and hopefully he can get the votes. John is a leader. Not a very good one. He's talking about John Thune. He's a leader. Hopefully can get the votes. If you're a good leader, he'd have had the votes. Now, it's interesting. We talk about voter ID being an 80, 20, or a 90-10 issue based upon the pull you take a look at. And yet, we can't get this across the finish line in the Senate. There's something else that was kind of interesting that I was taking a look at pertaining to election integrity. And that happens to be the company that we keep. You know, what's interesting is there are varying points where I brought this information to you on this show over the years because you have what's called the Electoral Integrity Project. And this is done worldwide. It compares every country.

against each other for measures of election integrity. Harvard is the lead researcher that contributes from the United States. And so you have numerical scores putting election integrity measures together. And we have commonly been near the bottom of the developed world. But most recently, we managed to blow that straight out of the water. And you know how we were talking about Haiti? I want you to guess what state is closest to Haiti in terms of election integrity? What state is closest to Haiti? What countries? Do you think that the United States is most closely aligned with in an election integrity in part because of how some states have dropped their pants when it comes to election integrity? Think about those things. I'll be back with the answer. I'm Brian Mudd and for the great one. Mudd Lovin.

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So we passed the SAVE Act three times in the House. We'll do it again. We're working on that. And I'm going to talk with the president about these issues and how to get the agenda moving again. And it's going to be very productive. Yeah. So this week you had the dust up with Trump and Senate Republicans. So like get your freaking butt in order. Get the SAVE Act passed. I'm not doing your stupid housing thing. I'm not going to sign that until you get the SAVE Act passed. Senate, two-week recess, can't get it together. House Speaker Mike Johnson. So, yeah, we've already passed it a few times. We're going to do it again. Now, I mentioned that we had an announcement from the Department of Justice, three criminal convictions, illegal aliens that were voting in elections all the way back to 2020 that were just nailed down. And that happened in Florida. And I pontificated about what do you think is happening in sanctuary states and sanctuary cities? And I ended with a question for you, which pertained to the countries that the United States of America might be most closely aligned with on election integrity, according to the Electoral Integrity Project annual thing that's been going on. Harvard, again, is involved with this. But also the state, because Haiti's been in the news, the temporary protected status, the place that, I mean, how could we send people back to Haiti? I mean, it's only been 16 and a half years since the earthquake that they were granted temporary status from, you know? The state that was most close to Haiti in terms of election integrity. And what I will tell you is that Mr. Philin producer, who, by the way, I mean, I got an A. Gold Star kind of villain producer. Not your average villain producer. I'll put it that way. So he got it. He nailed it. Did you? If you came up with California, you would be right on the state. Hawaii, by the way, does manage. Speaking of Supreme Court cases, you know, how they basically. tried to ban the Second Amendment in Hawaii. That was also overturned on a split decision yesterday. They actually have worse election integrity, believe it or not, in Hawaii than California. But California is second worst in this country and is most closely aligned with Haiti. How much so? Well, let me start with the country first. So what countries do you think we are most closely aligned with? The great thing about the Electoral Integrity Project, you get a numerical scale. They have all these different categories and they boil it down on a one to 100 point system. Here are the five countries that we most closely aligned with in election integrity. Niger, Senegal, Tunisia. Bolivia. I mean, you know it's Bolivians, man. Nobody runs elections like Bolivia. Oh, and look at this. Mexico. It's not like drug cartels run whole governments there. I mean, whoo. Yes. That's the solid company our country keeps. No kidding. Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Bolivia, Mexico. On the one to one hundred point system, the United States of America.

The world's leading superpower scores a 54. I believe even as far as the bar has been lowered in public education, a 54 fails everywhere. I think if you get a 54 at your job, you won't have it long. I think if you get a 54 day in and day out, life is going to kick you in the ass. The United States of America scores a 54 in election integrity. But wait, that's the country. What about California? That's next. Brian Mudden for Mark Levin. America doesn't stand for 250 years as a beacon of hope without the brave men and women willing to put their lives on the line to defend it. And to honor those patriots, pure talk, and its customers will raise $250,000 for America's warrior partnership by the end of July. Now, this is an unbelievable foundation. It stands on the front line of helping to prevent veteran suicide by covering the basics, housing, access to VA benefits, transportation, counseling, the tangible things that give veterans a hand up. When you switch your cell phone service to Pure Talk this month, you'll have an opportunity to round up to support America's Warrior Partnership. Pure Talk will match that donation until the total donation hits $250,000. So get unlimited talk. Unlimited text. unlimited high speed data just 3499 a month folks and be proud to partner with a wireless company that shares your values and was founded by a veteran himself and that's pure talk go to puretalk.com slash levin that's puretalk.com slash levin to switch to my favorite wireless company right now pure talk again that's puretalk dot com slash levin Mark doesn't suffer fools well. So, if you're a fool, don't call 877381-3811. Well, hey there, so as we are taking a look at election integrity. By the way, he just received a note from a listener, David, who was not impressed by the two illegal aliens from 2020 in Florida or the third illegal alien from 2024. Now, what I'm pointing out in talking about these situations, these are the three this week. The three. that were criminally convicted and announced by the Department of Justice this week from 2020 and 2024 in the state of Florida. There are dozens in the state of Florida alone going back to those cycles. Dozens. Since the early 80s, we've had over 1,620 criminal convictions for voter fraud. And by the way, in most of these situations, you're talking about people that are responsible for more than one vote. Some cases, there are just one vote. But the bigger point is this week. One, you didn't hear about it. Two, even in a state that is super diligent, illegal aliens voting, and it took six years to get justice. So what could happen in sanctuary cities and sanctuary states? Hang with me. I know it might be hard. Hang with me.

So let me get back to the Electoral Integrity Project here. We score the United States of America a 54 now. You know what it was the last time that I shared this with you? We were a 71. So we were still low C crappy students barely getting by in school when it came to elections in this country. We're a 54 now. Why? Because states like California have dropped their pants on elections. Blue states across the country that have just totally blown out any pretense of legitimacy by mailing ballots out to every single person, regardless of if they live at that address or not, open ballot harvesting. As Mr. Backup Producer has pointed out, they're still counting ballots in California from the primary at the beginning of the month. Because it's so hard to count votes. So we are going backwards in election integrity. Our election integrity. This is something that needs to be put in front of every single. Pooh for brain Democrat that says, we can have voter ID is racist. Jim Crow 2.0 if you're Chuck Schumer and, but the left at large. Should we be able to perform better than Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Bolivia, and Mexico in conducting elections? Are we not better than a 54? Why can't we at least be, say, in the upper quarter of countries that conduct elections? Because we're actually in the bottom. With the 54, we're in the bottom half. There's not another developed country in the world that is lower than us in election integrity. Again, according to the Electoral Integrity Project, this isn't some right-wing think tank. Nope, this is a project headed up by organizations like Harvard.

So here's the next piece. California specifically, as you take a look at that situation. So the Heritage Foundation, if you dig into the state scores, they will give numerical scores for states. That is applicable to the Electoral Integrity Project scale as well. Now, if you're wondering what Haiti has in terms of election integrity, It's a 37. Okay, so on balance, Haiti does conduct less credible elections to the United States. Not a lot. We're 54. There are 37. Do you know where California scores? What is California's grade at conducting elections? Election integrity. Survey says they are a 35. Yes. California is worse than Haiti when it comes to election integrity. The irony is, here you have the temporary protected status case for Haitians who are granted it from an earthquake in January of 2010. We can't go back to Haiti. Haiti conducts more credible elections than California. Just. Mentally not on that one for a moment. Now, when you take a look at what happened in California earlier this month, one of the things I was talking to Mr. Philin producer about is the statistical anomaly associated with it. And so, you know, people continue to say, well, you know, you. We don't have problems with election integrity. There's nothing to see here. And Hilton got through in the gubernatorial race, so it's okay. Now, do I know if there were shenanigans that took place in California? No. I do not. Because, again, when I've been involved, I know what's real. I know what isn't. You do not cry wolf. You need to have the information in hand to be able to make those credible claims. However, it is obvious that the apparatus exists, and it's also obvious that California intentionally created a system that has worse election integrity protections than Haiti. There's something else that came up in those elections. There had never been a time, not statistically, not in any election, not in ranked choice, not in open primaries. No elections anywhere. Where at any interval, when you've already had at least half of the vote tabulated, if you had two candidates of the same party, that the leading candidate suddenly received a much lower share of the party vote. And so what happened with all those votes that were counted after Election Day, You're a leading mayoral candidate. You're a leading gubernatorial candidate. So we're talking about Xavier Becerra and Karen Bass. They remain static. If you notice, their vote percentage barely moved after that point. But the third candidates in those races after Election Day, both Democrats ended up getting.

The overwhelming majority of the Democrat vote share from then on, which, of course, in the mayoral election in L.A. was enough to knock out Spencer Pratt. That type of thing has never happened before in a single election. It happened into same cycle. They're still counting ballots, by the way, because it's so hard. And California has election integrity. That's on scale with Haiti. Actually, I'm sorry. Haiti does better than California with election integrity. So you can count on trusting Haitian elections going forward more than California the way they run things. And so there are several things that are important here. But why am I dwelling on this in particular? Well, in the context of the SAFE Act, the importance of election integrity. There are federal minimums that must come into play. It is crystal clear that when you have states like California that are bent on lowering standards that allow for non-credible elections to take place, that allow for voter fraud to occur if people choose to do so, which again, there has never been. a single election cycle, not a single federal election cycle in American history, where there hasn't been successfully prosecuted voter fraud. And imagine that what is actually caught in successfully prosecuted is likely a small percentage of what actually is conducted and people get away with. So against that backdrop. where you can have illegal aliens that are just going down this week for illegally voting in a state with strong election integrity that is super strong in combating illegal immigration. From six years ago, what do you think happens in California? What do you think happens in other states that have put similar types of systems into place? This is where we must have federal minimums. This is where we must have the 90-10 or 80-20 Save Act put into place. You know, we talk about credibility in this country. You talk about election integrity. And people want to run to... whatever their thought process is about it. So, I mentioned the left understates at the right, tends to overstated a bit. The bottom line is that once upon a time, our country operated with some of the highest election integrity in the world. Right around the time, by the way, that we also had... The second highest education outcomes in the world. You know, back in 1980, the onset of the Department of Education when that came about, U.S. ranked second in education outcomes in the world. And you take a look at what's happened since. Back around that window of time, we had some of the strongest election integrity in the world. Now we continue to go backwards. How is it?

that we can run a country successfully that associates itself with the credibility of elections in Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Bolivia, and Mexico, with our largest state that runs elections that are less credible than Haiti, where people are making appeals to the Supreme Court not to have to go back to that country from an earthquake 16 and a half years ago. By the way, California score only three points better than Venezuela prior to the removal of Maduro. So how bad is the system that has now been put in place? And I'm just giving the California example. You know, New York is barely better than California? Many other blue states do not rank. Remember, the U.S. average is now a 54. The average blue state is below a 50, meaning worse. than Mexico, Bolivia, Tunisia, Senegal, Niger, barely better than Haiti. But California, as it sits now, three points better than Venezuela's election integrity when Maduro was still there. What do you think we're going to have as a country going forward if we continue to just travel down this path? And you don't have the United States Senate grow balls and do the right thing? We don't have the Save Act. This is worth the talking filibuster. This is worth whatever it takes. Because if you don't have integrity and elections, what do you end up like? You'll end up like Niger. You'll end up like Senegal, Tunisia, Bolivia. You'll end up like Haiti. At some point. You'll end up like Venezuela, which was one of the richest countries per capita in the world. before you had communist dictators that took over it. It's one of the things that is so often taken for granted that every superpower in the world, every dynasty historically fails. The average dynasty, the average superpower world history only lasts 200 years. Here we are getting ready to celebrate our 250th anniversary. History says we don't make it another 100 years. And if we continue to pull crap like this and do nothing about it, that very well might be the case. I'm Brian Mud, and for the great one. Mud, Love, N.

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With the help of many people in this room, 18 months ago, we won the most consequential election victory in American history. Yeah, no doubt about that. President Trump today, the Faith and Freedom Coalition, the 2026 Road to Majority, and where would we be? I mean, could you even begin to imagine how screwed we would be right now if Kamala Harris had won that? I just, I mean, the open borders? China would have taken Taiwan by now. The AI race would be over because we get all of our chips from Taiwan semi. It would be just where to begin? It would be over. You know, the Iranians might have even found out by now that that well-a-mom wasn't going to come out. That, you know, like nuking the world and Washington, the world and blood, that didn't lead to the well-a-mom popping up. That might have even happened by it. Just where would we be? Let's go to, we're talking about California actually having lower election integrity measures in place than Haiti, according to the Electoral Integrity Project, which has Harvard as one of the researchers involved. So Bill, Sonora, California. How about your voting system? Yes, what's a deal is there in Marin County in the first Trump election for president against Hillary Clinton. I looked it up in the recorder's office at the election was over, and 96% of the voters voted for Hillary Clinton in Marin County. All those records are destroyed on the next major election, but nobody in a free country votes 96%. Cuba, yes. Russia, yes, but not there, not in Marin County. Well, and, I mean, just point holding, even in a place like D.C., it tends to be like 92 to 94 per, not 96. Now, a couple things. Appreciate the call bill. You take a look at. some of the various different integrity measures, you take a look at some of the anomalies in whether it's 2016, 2020. One of the things that can really be done in the AEI age is you can run statistical probabilities with a lot of these things pretty easily. And that is one of the ways to begin to work going forward to try to find some of the issues quickly. But the problem is, You know, like, for example, California, how they legalize things that are illegal in most of the country. You know, for example, a state like mine, Florida, where you know the results of every non-provisional ballot and some vote by mail ballots that you have to be postmarked and legitimately by that day. And it's got to be received within. But with the exception of very few ballots, everything's counted within an hour. You know the outcome. And there's voter ID. Proof of citizenship.

All these different things that are in the Save Act. Third largest state can be done. And we used to be a joke. It's a choice not to. And so the measures that are in place in California, ballot harvesting, for example, you go to jail in my state for that. And that's one of the things that are difficult to understand from one state to another. It's just how far down the road certain states like California have gone to enable potential shenanigans. And that's why we've got to have some federal predictions that are put into flights. Because otherwise, where is this going? Brian Mud in for Mark Levin. With Donald Trump back in office, one of his biggest adversaries, top Democrat Dick Durbin of Chicago is leading the charge to derail President Trump's agenda at every turn. And now Dick Durbin has a new scheme. A government takeover of your credit card. Right now, Americans have thousands of credit card options, all with equal, strong security. But Senator Dick Durbin's plan could result in less security. That means more risk for your credit, your identity, and your financial future. Dick Durbin's bill isn't about helping consumers. It's a giveaway to corporate megastores, which could shift costs onto you while putting your rewards and fraud protections in jeopardy. We've seen Dick Durbin's fail policies before. His last big banking regulation backfired. to higher costs than fewer benefits for American families. Tell Republican senators stop Dick Durbin's government takeover of your credit card before it's too late. Learn more at guardyourcar.com. That's guardyourcar.com. Paid for it by the Electronic Payments Coalition. He's here. He's here. Now, broadcasting them from the underground command post. Deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the brick and steel of a non-district building, we've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Levin.

This is the last hour that you are going to be subjected to a fill-in host because the great one will be back from Israel on Monday for you so you can look forward to that. In the meantime, I do enjoy my time with you. I love being here. Thanks for having me. Brian Mud, you can catch me socially at Brian Mud Radio. You can catch the Brian Mud Show podcast wherever you get your podcasts. And... I'm not going to get to everything I intended to get to. I took so long getting the lead out in the first hour, putting the good news in front of you, despite all the headlines, that I'm going to have to kind of combine a few thoughts. But one thing that is really important, because I started out talking about how great of a week this has been, in terms of Middle East, other things are going on. But then the other stuff. Below the surface. So we have the Supreme Court decisions yesterday. Okay, thankfully common sense prevailed in those, but you still had. Each of the three leftist justices go post-constitutional. You know, it's one thing with KJB. We've learned about her. She might not even know how to read a law book. It is really possible that she was just DEI promoted and like even DEI'd the bar or something. It does not seem like a particularly intelligent person. And again, what do you expect from somebody who doesn't know what a woman is and theoretically is one? Now, the other two. At least on matters of basic law have been willing to be reasonable. But no longer did you have Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who were reasonable yesterday, as they went totally post-constitutional on the two immigration-related cases. This is important, as it is clear, what the long game of the Democrat Party has been.

And so often I'll talk about, and you've heard me discuss this on the program, guessing from Mark over the years. But one thing that is so, I think, underappreciated is the extent to which the long game has been played. And how from the United States Supreme Court with those justices to New York City and Zohran Mamdani, how the socialist. communist takeover has been coming about. A lot of people will take a look at the elections on Tuesday and the continued momentum past Tuesday of the commie wing of the DNC. And they think that something has changed. I mean, like literally election outcomes okay, but actually nothing has. Absolutely nothing has. This has been the longest of long games that has been played. President Trump talking about communism. Everybody gets free food. Everything is free from this point forward. Everyone's going to vote for me. The problem is after two or three years, the country is a disaster area. The country fails. They always do. Yeah, somewhere along the way. You run out of other people's money. So let's talk a little bit about the socialist takeover at the DNC because there's been a lack of perspective on this from much of what I've come across this week. Tuesday's primary day showed the future of the Democrat Party and the country, if we're not careful, because the left has played the long game for literally over a century. People will take a look at whatever particular election they want to point to. and go, oh my gosh, how'd this happen? No, this has been going on since Woodrow Wilson. And this dates back to the progressivism of him. And you can actually find roots that predate a little bit, but that's really when it kicked off in a big way. But when really did the current anarchist, Marxist, socialistic, all these factions come together? How? Well, it was the Sol Winsky hippies in the 60s. I mean, the playbook has been there since the 60s. Saul Lewinsky literally wrote it. And you've seen the incremental socialism and Marxism build and build in this country, much like the creeping crud that progressivism is. It is progressive. So a lot of political observers take a look at what's going on. Zohran Mamdani, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, insert your comedy here. This is the insurgency. It is not the insurgency of the Democrat Party. It's not. Consider this. When was Bernie Sanders first elected to Congress? That would be 1990. Okay, the burn has been in D.C. Since 91, elected in 90. Barack Hussein Obama, student of rules for radicals in the weather underground. When was he elected president? That'd be 2008, right? And then in 2018, we saw the era of the squad led by socialists like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Talib.

enter the Democrat Party officially. I mean, Obama was that guy, but just not so overtly. He did it with the people he put in positions of power around him, implemented those instruments into government, then was able to play Biden like the puppet that he was. So, 2018, you have the squad. Rules for radicals, 60s, burn 90, Obama, 2008, squad, 2018. That's how long this has been playing out, even in election outcomes in this country. And so since then, they have been doing their level best to conquer the entire Democrat Party. Now, over the past 20 years, findings by Gallup and Pew Research Show those who identify as liberals within the Democratic Party have risen by 1% per year. If you wonder why things have arrived at Libtar territory as the norm, it's because 1% more liberals every year in the Democrat Party. People used to say, well, I'm moderate or I'm a little bit liberal. Now, I'm really liberal. That's grown by 1% per year for 20 years. So in other words, the Democrat Party of today is 20 points to the harder left of where it was 20 years ago. More to the point, a majority of Democrat voters now identify with the most radical factions of the policy. So the shift, for example, explains why 20 years ago, the standard Democrat position was actually opposed to same-sex marriage. Remember, Barack Obama ran opposed to same-sex marriage.

and against illegal immigration, right? So 20 years ago, the Democrat Party's standard position opposed to same-sex marriage and opposed to illegal immigration. Today, the most commonly Democrat-supported position. If you take a look at the polling of Democrats, the highest-ranking grouping of Democrats approve of government-funded sex change operations for children. And open borders for illegal aliens. That's where we've gone in 20 years by moving 1% within the party to the hardest left position. But it's not just radical social policies that are being advocated for, of course. It's that increasingly economic socialists are knocking down the DNC's door. So Tuesday's primaries, of course, featured the three races where he had Zohran Mamdani endorsed socialists that faced off against Democrat establishment candidates, including two sitting congressmen. What was the result? Zohran Mamdani, of course, went three for three. And so it is rapidly becoming the Zohran Mamdani Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez party. The socialist takeover the Democrat Party in full swing. One of the interesting developments here in the past couple of days, you had Michigan Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin. You know, she made news after. Tuesday's primaries when she said that her party needed new leadership in the House and said a meaning that she's throwing Hakeem Jeffries and chuck you under the bus. But when you listen to her reasoning, she said this. She said Democrats were soundly defeated in 2024. I was in a swing state and I won that same year. To me, the lesson was simple. Democrats had too many priorities. They tried to make everyone happy. Oh, yeah, they were really trying to make everyone happy with open borders. And defund boys, that was awesome. And answer every question. When you prioritize everything, no one knows what you actually stand for. We just need to show people that what we care about is an economy where if you work hard and play by the rules, you get ahead and your kids do better. We just need to show people that what we care about is an economy where if you work hard and play by the rules, you get ahead and your kids do better. You know, the funny thing about that comment is she's right. She's exactly right. I mean, that is what this country at its crux is about economically. But is that what the Democrat Party actually stands for? Does the Democrat base actually believe that? No. If you take a look at polling, you'll also see that a majority of Democrats do not believe that you can get ahead anymore. They're not optimistic for the future. And so this is the thing. Now, people will talk about the insurgency and the Imam Donnie Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. No, this is where the party is. You're only going to continue to see more of it because all that's happened is that Democrats have trended 1% harder to the left per year for each of the 20 years. There's been no indication that's slowing down. And the average Democrat no longer believes you can get ahead in this country. And so the contrast and the importance of the midterms this year have never been bigger. The president commenting on that today.

Everyone needs to get out and vote in the midterms. We have to win this election. This election is very vital. If we don't, everything that we've gotten, we've gotten so much. I mean, religious liberty, but we've gotten so much. Our military is the strongest in the world. I built it during my first term. Yeah, sure enough. And so that's the bad stuff, right? Now, I'm going to tie some things together, including with Iran and progress that's been made. But also the momentum that has begun to swing back and is with the right around the world. There's actually a lot that's going on politically outside this country, but actually signs that it's starting to change in this country. And I'll pick up there next. I'm Brian Mud, in for the great one. Mud. Love in. Folks, Mark Levin here with a new episode of On the Frontlines, my original podcast series and partnership with the great international fellowship of Christians and Jews. This week's episode, Nations Under God, comes at a remarkable moment. America's 250th anniversary and a decades-long friendship with the state of Israel that remains as vital as ever. Joining me is Yalel Eckstein, the great president and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. as we explore how this alliance was built. From Truman's recognition of Israel to the leaders and moments that shaped the partnership rooted not just in strategy, but in shared faith and values. We'll look at how that bond is endured through the decades, why it still matters in a time of global uncertainty, and what's at stake if the next generation forgets the history and principles behind it. On the front lines, isn't about looking back, it's about understanding what must be carried forward. Find the latest episode of On the Frontlines on the Mark Levin show podcast feed wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe now and join us on the front lines of freedom, faith, and fellowship.

As I've told all the parties here today, it's the beginning of the beginning. There's a lot of work ahead. We don't in any way underestimate the difficulty of the task ahead. But we understand the importance of it, how vital it is. And we are honored to have played a part in bringing this together. Yeah, so we're going to talk about four points in progress with Iran with... Lebanon is the case happen to be Israel and momentum being on the right around the world. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, talking after the signing of the trilateral agreement with Israel and Lebanon. That was huge today, a very big deal. And so the news flow has been based actually on a good foundation this week. You know, I open the show by saying it's been a good freaking week. I don't care what you hear in the news. And if you... Just want to know how things really are going in the Middle East. Just stop. Just stop with the news. Look at the price of oil and go from there. Because the news is just absurd on its face most of the time anymore. Things have been so much better. And so this week has been built on a good foundation as Vice President JD Vance. mentioned after his negotiations with Iran to start the week. Remember last Sunday where everything got kicked off, the details and the memorandum of understanding the framework for the deal coming together with Iran. And so here's the deal. Specifically, JD Vance outlined when he came back to the U.S. Four key points for positive change that were agreed to. They were these. The first, establishing a mechanism for keeping the straight of Hormuz open. Okay, has that happened this week? He said, hey, we did it. We figured out a mechanism for keeping the street open. Has it happened? The answer is yes. As I mentioned, the first hour, since the signing of the MOU, going all the way back to a week ago, Wednesday, 73% of the amount of stuff that ordinarily would go through the Strait of Hormuz has come through the Strait of Hormuz. I know it's not in the news. And actually the two most recent full days preceding today, don't know about today yet, we had more than 100% of the stuff get through the Strait of Hormuz that ordinarily would have on a Wednesday and Thursday in June. So yes, there is a mechanism for keeping the street open. Yes, it has been working. The second point, coordination for a sustained ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon. And what's interesting there is, has that occurred? No. But actually, something a lot better has happened. Hezbollah, I mean, a terror proxy, right? And again, if you can't trust Islamic terrorists to keep their word here, who can you trust, right? Well, so what happened? We got this trilateral deal now with Lebanon. And so what does that mean? Well, in the words of Marco Rubio,

Hopefully we'll have many more of these conversations and make real and tangible progress so that the people, both of these countries, can be hopeful about their future, a future of peace, a future of prosperity, a future of mutual coexistence in a way that's beneficial. The reason that Hezbollah has taken up in Lebanon the way they have is not because the government wants them there. They don't want the terror proxy of Iran hanging out in their country. It's because they don't have the ability to deal with them. It's kind of like Mexico and the drug cartels. You know, the Mexican government, I mean, I'm sure some of them are on the take, but like from the president in that position, for example, it's not like they are thrilled with the drug cartels running about half the country, give or take, is that they don't have the ability to even combat it militarily. Lebanon's been in that position. So what did Israel agree to today? They agreed to withdraw. from two regions in southern Lebanon, where the Lebanese military is going to come in, and Israel is going to have their back. Israel obviously can take out Hezbollah needed. This is even better than a sustained ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon. That's the second point. The third? That has to do with nukes. The fourth, some negotiations. I'll get to that stuff next in the momentum. Brian Muddin for Levin. What would you do if your online store converted 36% more shoppers? You could take 36% more vacation. Another pinacolada? Yes, please. Open a new retail location. With 36% more square feet. Fantastic. Hire 36% more help. You're hired and you're hired. Shopify has the world's best converting checkout up to 36% better than other e-commerce platforms. What you do with those extra sales is up to you. Switch to Shopify today at Shopify.com slash listen and get a $1 trial. Shopify.com. Slash listen. Mark Levin doesn't just read the news. He makes the news. Call the Mark Levin show now at 877381-381.

The president has multiple options at his disposal. If Iran goes back on their word or if Iran decide they don't want to make a deal, let's hope that's not the case. We don't want that to be the case. We're going to give diplomacy every chance to work. We've got a good team working on it. And so if it doesn't work out, the president knows what his options are. That man is potentially the greatest secretary of state this country has seen. Marco talking about things along with the deal, the trilateral deal with Israel and Lebanon today. Phenomenal situation that's coming together there. Brian Mudd, in for Mark Levin. As I'm talking about... Four points of progress. We already had these very four specific things, advance outline, coming back out of last weekend, the framework for the deal to go along with the 14-point memorandum of understanding. What we've seen this week is that things are working. On the first of the points, establishing a mechanism for keeping the straightforward moves open, that's happened. Has it been perfect? No. Has it worked? Yes. The second, coordination for a sustained ceasefire between Israel and Hezbo and Lebanon, we've gotten something better. We've got to deal with Lebanon to take back its country from Hezbollah. The third one, an agreement on IAEA inspections. That means the nuclear program inspections. Now, here's the next thing that is just so absurd on its face. So you've had the news video. Trump, when are we going to have the inspectors in there? This is so stupid. What is Iran's leverage in negotiations? Their main point of leverage had been what? And arguably still is if you believe that they could. Put it right back to where it's the oil, right? It's the straight-de-form moves. Okay, so since we have operations moving once again in the straight-of-ormuz, since we have oil at a price that is far lower than it typically is on this date in June. What is Iran's remaining leverage in negotiations? What is the only other thing they got? It's their nuke program, right? That is the one thing for Trump that must be coming out of this. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. So is Iran at the beginning of the negotiations early in the 60 days going to go, yeah, you know, just go ahead and bring in the nuclear inspectors? There's no chance of that. So there will not be inspectors on the ground in Iran. Trump, when he was asked this week, said they'll be in at the appropriate time. It'll be after a deal assigned. But that is on track, too. The fourth point. A process for the technical negotiations that remain. And what we have seen come out of that process, with our negotiators that have been left with Iran's, things have been happening behind the things. Things have been working.

And so, JD Vance, he also addressed a lot of the reporting, which included a lot of fake news this week. And in talking about the negotiations, he said this about how things went down. He said, yeah, there's a little bit of threatening. There's a bit of whining. But at the end of the day, the talks continued and we made great progress. The final deal is in the house. We set the foundation. We haven't built the house, but we've laid a successful foundation to get to a good place for the American people. And it was also at that point when we had another announcement from the U.S. Treasury Department this week. It's when the Iranian sanctions on oil had been lifted for 60 days. That was a pretty big deal in all of this. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talking about it. The Iranians were always selling oil. It was going to China, but at a discount. It is a carrot that we can always pull back. We want them to see what it feels like not having the sanctions on, and then we can always put them back on. And so if you're wondering how big of a deal that actually is to Iran, they've had sanctions in place in some former fashion since 1979. Most the modern oil sanctions that have been in place have been there since 2010. Mentioned the deal that was cut for below market rate oil to China. How big of a deal has the sanctioned oil thing been? Well, did you know? That 83% of Iran's oil sales had been stopped due to U.S. sanctions, 83%. The difference for Iran has been over 1.2 million barrels of oil per day. Now, what happened? A lot of people are, how could you take the sanctions off the Iranian oil? Well, if this gets us to an end of a potential nuclear World War III, I'd say it'd be worth it. But here's the bigger thing. An extra 1.2 million plus barrels of oil in the market today. What's I going to do to the price of oil? Do we not benefit by that as well? Does the rest of the world not benefit from that as well? And so. In addition to getting oil out of the Strait of Hormuz that ordinarily would be flowing out of the Strait of Hormuz this week, you also have an additional 1.2 million barrels of oil per day that are coming online out of Iran. And that's in addition to what we've done in Venezuela, where we have doubled production and the one and a half million barrels per day that's coming out of Venezuela is coming to the United States. This is how you go from oil that average $102.40 in May to oil that is at $70.24 real time. A price for a barrel of oil that is $20 lower than the typical barrel of oil on this particular day. Even the negotiations that Trump has agreed to here are benefiting the United States.

Taking off those Iranian war, the Iranian oil sanction helps us. And it certainly gives them reason to want to stay on the course. Now, this entire process, it's being done on a trust but verified basis. All of it, meaning that nothing akin to the Obama 2.0 kind of deal. It's what people have talked about. Obama himself, there are no way he's going to get a deal better than what I had. Uh-huh. Right. So that's going well. If I were to break down the entire 14-point memorandum of understanding, everything is beginning to come together on it. especially with this peace with Israel and Lebanon. Now stand by because Iran's not going to be happy about that. That's their terror proxy Hezbollah over there. So I don't expect that they are just going to go quietly into the night. But what we are actually building towards is a permanent solution. You know, you take a look at Hamas and what happened in Gaza. Nobody thought that Trump could negotiate with that situation. How do you negotiate with terrorists? How do you negotiate Hamas? Well, we got that ceasefire in place last year. It's stayed. We have a governing body that is of the other Middle Eastern countries that are aligned with us. And it's more or less been working over there. We now are in the process of doing something similar with Iran.

Hamas has greatly been minimized. Hezbollah, the second of the three terror proxies of Iran, the Houthi's being the other, are in the process of being neutralized. This is important because one of the things that Iran had done is decentralize their terror network. For example, even if you went boots on the ground and took out most of the IRGC, they would still have their terror proxies. Trump's managing to neutralize that while getting everything we need, while eradicating the threat of the nuclear World War III from Iran. Things are going well. Here's something else for you. Now, I mentioned that the trend is towards the right around the world. So conservatism is winning. You started taking a look at some of the tea leaves. It was interesting. Back in 2016, you remember what the growing mood of the world was? Remember with a precursor that maybe just maybe Trump could pull out the election when was? Remember it was Boris Johnson? What happened in England? So it took the Labor Party leftist and open border specialist, Keir Starmer, less than two years to flunk out of office. as the Brits have been throwing fits about how their country had been run. And so in recent months, local elections in England, conservatives just whacked liberals by nearly two to one. Nearly two to one, those local elections. That's what put the pressure campaign on the Labor Party, the leftists, to bring about a new prime minister. And so the left on the ropes in England, as they should be, But more impressively, it's what's been happening in places like Argentina, Chile, now Colombia, where candidates who run on free market ideas, law and order policies are winning. Argentina's Javier Milei, you know, he might actually be, with all respect to Trump. Favorite world leader, Javier Milei is amazing. He's won two elections in Argentina, the first Trump-like figure that led the way for Central and South America. But now he has company because it was last December that Chile's most conservative presidential candidate, Jose Cass, not only won the presidency, but brought about the largest conservative majority in Chile's history. They had a socialist government preceding. Chile went from socialists to the largest conservative majority in the country's history. And then it was this past Sunday that Colombia voted for Esperella, breaking from a socialist president. To one who ran on a platform, listen to this. They went from socialism to electing someone who ran on cutting the federal government in Colombia by 40% enforcing laws, building 10 mass prisons to clean up the streets, cracked down on the drug cartels, and illegal immigration. Free markets, including drilling for oil, which they had not been doing. and a platform of doubling energy production. That won in a place where they had chosen socialists. Conservatism is winning a way. It never has in places it never has. And this is taking place while open borders and weak law enforcement leftists are losing and continuing to fail pretty much everywhere they're in place.

And so this is also an encouraging trend just might hold the potential to have legs in this country come November. Now about that, one of the things I do as they take a look at the midterm elections. using history as a guide. You know, since the advent of the current two-party system, we've had 41 midterm election cycles. What's the average outcome then? Well, the average is that the president's party loses three U.S. Senate seats and 28 seats in the House. That's the typical midterm election cycle. And if just the norm were to happen, Republicans would hang on to a 50-50 majority in the Senate with JD Vance being the tiebreak, and they would lose the House. Republicans have the 53-47 majority in the Senate. Republicans currently hold a 2018 to 212 majority in the House. There are four vacancies, meaning that Democrats only need to flip four seats in the House, and really three by the time probably the specials are done to be able to flip the lower chamber. And only three times in American history has the incumbent President's Party gained seats. In the midterm election cycle. You go back to 1934, FDR's first term, Great Depression, New Deal. 98 was the next time. Bill Clinton's second term, that's a rebuttal by voters to the impeachment. And then 2002, during George W. Bush's first term post-9-11. So only three out of 41 midterm elections says historically a 93% chance that Democrats fare best. And so then you take a look at the tea leaves that are out there. So people will say what they will about polls. A lot of polls are crap. You have to know how to use them and how to go about making sense of them. And there is one polling metric that has been 100% accurate, going all the way back to the advent of the 1930s in the original Gallup polling. Whatever party in the midterm cycle has been favored on the generic ballot on Election Day has fared best without fail. And if you take a look at the generic ballot, the 2022 midterms most recently, the real clear politics average of polls. Republicans were favored by 2.5%. Republicans ended up winning the national popular vote in the midterms by 2.8%. So pretty darn accurate. So here's where the shift has begun. If you go back a month ago today, May 26th, it was the peak of Democrat performance so far in this cycle. The generic ballot said Democrats plus 7.7. How bad is that? It's worse than 2018 when Democrats won the wave election. Democrats are favored on Election Day by 7.3. So a month ago today, Democrats had a better advantage that they did. In 2018, they actually had an advantage that was on par with what they did in 2006 during that wave midterm election cycle. So where are we today? Democrats plus 5.3. What does this mean? You haven't even begun to see the majority of the benefit at the pump that's going to come from these lower oil prices.

That's going to come over the next week and a half to two weeks. This is just some of the early read on, hey, the memorandum of understanding and just some of the early benefits of lower gas prices and without inflation having washed through the entire economy. We've already seen a two and a half point turn back towards the right. Democrats would still wax for Republicans if the midterms are held today with this. It would be somewhere between a strong outcome to a potential way, but not quite. But the trend is definitely the Republican's friend. And if things work out economically the way that I set up in the first hour, which if we hold the line with where we are right now, you're going to see things dramatically improved, not just at the pump, but economically right down the line. There's a lot of room for optimism heading towards November's election day. I'm Brian Mud, and for the great one. Mud Lubb in. Adobe Firefly is the all-in-one creative studio with AI-powered image and video editing for today's creative process. Built for creators of every kind, Firefly helps you generate, edit, and experiment fast, because the asks aren't getting smaller, the budgets aren't getting bigger, and the timelines, oh yeah, still tight. With all the best creative AI models in one place, Firefly brings your ideas to life. Unlock a better way to make with Adobe Firefly.

He came to lunch. I run the Wednesday lunch. He said, policy lunch. He came and said, what the hell are you guys doing? I'm in the middle of a negotiation trying to bring around to the table and you guys say, I have to withdraw troops. It's the craziest thing in the world. Why would you ever give the Iranians any idea that we're not united? Right. And so in that lunch, a lot of things came about. You know, Trump said, I'm not going to pass your stupid housing thing until you pass the SAVE Act. Trump said, you guys are idiots. We're winning over there. I'm not going to sign your stupid virtue signaling thing in the Senate anyway. Get your butt in gear. And what happened? Got the votes and they ended up flipping in the Senate and did back Trump on Iran. But the Save Act. I think about what would happen if Rick Scott, who challenged Sean John Thune for Senate Majority Leader had won. He certainly would be a stronger leader. I guarantee you there would be a talking filibuster that would have to happen by Democrats to avoid getting to the Save Act. What about John Thune? Guy Jeffrey, Arlington, Texas, joining us. Welcome to the show. I'm still waiting. You're on. Go. Okay. Hello. Did you see the article on John Solomon's just the news about John Thune's party back in South Dakota recommending a censure? And that's the committee, resolutions committee, and the state. we'll then vote on it, state party. It would be nice. I appreciate the call. Thank you for being there to take us out. Hopefully they can put pressure on him at home to do the right thing. If we do not have protections in our elections, California that runs less credible elections than Haiti, the average blue state getting less than 15 election integrity, where do we stand? A lot of progress being made. It's been an honor and a pleasure being here with you. Mark's back on Monday. Have a great weekend.

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