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Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Mecelis and this is your our breaking. news. We've got a lot to discuss on this. episode. I want to thank everybody for. supporting the release of our new book. WTF America. It's out right now. The Way. Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy. I'd love to read in the comments uh what. your reviews are. Uh show us the photos. of the book. You can tag us on social. media and I'll try to show them on. future episodes of the Midas Touch. podcast. This book is dedicated to you.

So, I hope you are all enjoying uh the. book. It really gives a roadmap, I. think, generationally for how we get out. of this hell, the hell that we're in. right now. Donald Trump in a world of. hell. Uh you take a look at all of the. latest polling, Trump's polling at the. worst in the history of every major poll. since the poll began. So, if we're. talking about NBC, ABC, Ipsos, Pew, any. modern polling that exists, going back. to the beginning of polling, Trump's got.

the worst approval that there is right. now. Let me show you over here how Harry. Anton describes it. Let's play it. Lowest level atus 18 points. And now. he's at the record low for him in CNBC, minus 19 points. When you put it. together, what essentially is going on. is there are a lot of events in the. world, but this cake as we get closer. and closer to the midterm elections is. starting to look at least a little bit. baked here. >> All right. I mean, I suppose you could. say if you're Republican, the good news. is not getting worse, but you actually.

need it to be getting better. >> Correct. The these are these are these. are horrible numbers, Johnny B. >> So, put it in historical perspective. >> Yeah. Just how horrible are these. numbers? I mean, it's the worst this. century for a president at this point in. his second term when you look at an. average of the CNBC and Washington Post. polls. I mean, we're talking about right. here the average of CNBC and Washington. Post minus 22 points. Barack Obama was. underwater, but not anywhere near this. level. He was at minus 8. And George W. Bush in the middle of the Iraq war when. that was going south, he was at minus 20. points. So, at this point, Donald John.

Trump is in fact holding the record for. the lowest net approval rating for a. >> Yeah. Um, I'll show you what Mike Walls, Donald Trump's ambassador to the United. Nations, had to say. Here's what Mike. Waltz had to say. Let's play it. >> Policies. And we're not just seeing it. with Iran. We're I know we're going to. talk about it in a minute. We're seeing. it with Cuba as well. Look at the report. uh where the Communist Party and Cuba. have been working with Antifa and. another a number of other progressive.

leftist groups to sew chaos in our inner. cities. This is their soft power long. march through the institutions and. they're doing it with the violent. environmentalist movement with the pro. Palestinian movement and number of other. movements in this effort to undermine. traditional western ideology. >> you know. >> Oh that's it. So it's a Cuba communist. conspiracy right now. That's what's uh. happening. Um the hell are we even. talking about here? Uh Donald Trump was. in Kansas uh yesterday ranting and.

raving like a lunatic. By the way, his. words in the Oval Office, ranting and. raving is what he describes these things. that he does that he calls rallies as. But here's what he told the reporter on. Iran. He said, "We could win the war. tomorrow. He's just deciding to stay. there for the hell of it." Here, play. this clip. >> Message to the farmers and any relief. for them in sight coming soon. Oh, >> very big. Look, we're going to be. winning a war very soon. We could win it. tomorrow. Frankly, we could leave today. and we've already won. We have to stop. them from having a nuclear weapon.

I'll show you what else he said. Trump. said already our prices are much lower. Did you know that at home that the. prices are much much lower right now. Here, play this clip. >> Way the other. It's going to be finished. very soon. Oil is going to drop way. down. Diesel is going to come way down. Everything is uh already our prices are. much lower. And by the way, our oil is. much lower. Let's say if you go to. gasoline or oil, anything you want to. call it, much lower than Biden and much. lower than Obama. And we're also doing. something that they should have done.

Stop the Iran situation because you just. can't have that. We wouldn't have even a. world I mean the world is very thankful. for what we're doing. So that'll be over. fast. The oil won't be coming down. But. food prices have come way down. The. groceries so to speak have come way. down. >> They haven't they haven't come way down. This is what the Trump regime does. They. want to create this hypothetical world. that they've saved us from annihilation. in the hypothetical world while they are. currently the arsonists blowing up the.

actual world. But they want to be the. heroes of the hypothetical future in. order to stay in power. And they want to. bend reality so that we somehow ignore. that these are the people who control. every damn branch of government. They. control the White House. They control. the House. They control the Senate. They. control the fascist right-wing Supreme. Court. They control a lot of state. legislatures. I mean, so when you look. at a state like Texas, by the way, where.

James Talerico is pulling ahead or you. look at a state like Ohio where you have. Democrats pulling ahead over there, where and we'll talk about Ohio in a. moment as well. um where you talk about. Kansas where you have Adam Hamilton the. Democratic candidate for Senate right. now leading Roger Marshall the MAGAR. Republican extremist senator when you. look in these states too and you look at. the state dynamics these states have. been pretty much run by far rightwing.

MAGATypes for a very long time and. they've created the problems then they. create their boogeyman they get in the. never-ending wars they are the ones that. caused the inflation. They're the ones. who cause all of these catastrophes. They increase our debt to over $40. trillion, the deficit increases, but. then they go, "Ah, transgender people. are going to come and get you. That's. what's going to happen. Uh, it's the uh. it's it's it's Somalian people. It's the.

Somalia. We we need to be scared about. Somalian people right now. They're. coming to get you. Haitian people are. coming to get you right now." I mean, this is what they do over and over. again. This is this is their MMO right. over here. Um, zooming in on Texas for a. second. I want to highlight over here. this new Torico ad because look, I think. James Terico is running a brilliant. campaign over here. Here's the new. Terico ad running statewide. Let's talk.

about it. Ken Paxman says, "I don't have. his experience, and he's [music] right. I've never been indicted for fraud. I've. never been reported to the FBI [music]. for bribery. I've never been impeached. by my own party and I've never given a. sweetheart deal to a pedophile. I have a. different kind of experience. I've. worked [music] with both parties to cap. the cost of insulin and pass the largest. property tax cut in Texas history. I'm. [music] James Terico and I approve this. message because we need a different kind. of experience in Washington.

Meanwhile, you take a look at Ohio right. now where you all see what happened. where Vive Rama Swami released an ad. featuring Amy Actton, that's the. Democratic candidate for governor. We've. had Amy on numerous times here on the. Midas Touch podcast. So, Vive Ramaswami, the MAGAR Republican extremist, a real. vile individual, especially for what he. did over here. He released an ad.

featuring Amy Actton's aranged mother. who remained with AM's stepfather who. raped Amy Actton when she was 12 years. old. Amy Actton's aranged mother took. the side of the stepfather. Even when. the stepfather was arrested for sexually. assaulting Amy Actton when she was 12. years old and then Amy Actton was. removed from the custody of her mother.

obviously and her stepfather obviously. there were police reports detailing what. happened to Amy and so this ad by. Vramama Swami featured Amy Actton's. aranged mother who remained with the. stepfather who sexually abused her at 12. years old ultimately leading to his. arrest and Amy's permanent arangement. from her mother and the ad from her.

aranged mother said my daughter is a. liar and you can't support my daughter. she lies and vive maswami said I endorse. this ad and then Amy Actton's brother. Amy Actton they came out with statements. basically saying like this is really new. depths of depravity right here that you. would feature an ad of the aranged. mother who was covering up for the. stepfather this is what you're doing the.

court records speak for themselves Dr. Amy Actton's brother statement on. Ramaswami platforming their aranged and. abusive mother what Actton's brother. said today Dr. Amy Actton's brother, Philip Sterns, released the following. statement condemning Vive Ramaswami's. attempt to platform their aranged and. abusive mother. Quote, "It's not. surprising that Vive Ramas Swami has. stood has stooped to such a despicable. low as to attempt to turn the sexual.

abuse Amy endured at 12 years old from. our birthother's husband into a. political talking point," said Philip. Sterns, Dr. Actton's brother. After he. was arrested and Amy and I were removed. from their custody, our birth mother. stayed married to Amy's rapist until he. died. This desperate, disgusting attack. reveals exactly who Vive Rama Swami is. at his core. A pathetic excuse for a man.

who is willing to hurt anyone as long as. it gets him what he wants. And by the. way, the V Rama Swami didn't even issue. an apology. He said, "I don't know what. actually happened in their. relationship." Here's the statement from. Vive's campaign. Quote, "We don't know. what happened between Amy and her mother. who first spoke out about Amy in 2020, but we know that Amy Actton is a serial. fabulist who has some serious problems.

with the truth that the public needs to. be aware of before deciding who to. entrust as governor." I think before. society decides who to entrust as. governor, it requires leadership and. accountability. It was disgusting Vive. Rama Swami what you did by platforming. that filth and further traumatizing not. just Dr. Actton but all sexual abuse. victims by doing things like that by.

your behavior. you have traumat and it's. not surprising. You're part of the. Epstein class in my opinion who's. covering up the Epstein files. So, this. is kind of par for the course for all of. you. But you know what? Where you make a. error, where you do something bad, you. know what you do? You apologize. You can. just say that was wrong. We shouldn't. have done that. That's not what you're. But no, you said ah, we don't really. know. You should know before you go and.

put that out there. You should know. because what kind of governor are you. gonna be? You'll probably be a governor. the way Donald Trump is president goes. about just invading countries, slaughtering children, then having. oopsies, and then blaming it on Zalinsky. who has nothing to do with it in the. first place. Maybe that's maybe the. issue when we pull back is we don't. necessarily. we shouldn't necessarily think about. everything in politics as some gamified.

lens. Who's up? who's down, who's being. more mchavelian. How about we start with. a base level of seriousness and decency. and empathy and compassion and. competence and then we can work our way. up because the word corruption, the word. despicable, the word hellish, the these. words can't even capture how bad the. situation actually is. You know, one. criticism that the Midas Touch Network.

gets, and I'll acknowledge it, and I'll. address it head-on, is, "Oh, you're. being hyperbolic when you say hell is. breaking loose," or, "When you say it's. despicable or treasonous or traitorous. or fascist, or all of the words you use, it's hyper." I wish there were other. words, I truly do, in my lexicon that I. could find to capture what is happening. right now. What else can you describe it. other than one of the deepest depths of. hell when you have Donald Trump cutting.

access by Zalinsky and Ukraine for their. drone interceptors and cutting off their. access to alert systems while Russia is. reigning down ballistic missiles and. children are being killed because of. Donald Trump. You give me a better word. if you don't think that's hell. You are. probably lucky in your privileged cocoon. where you don't see it. But just because. you don't see it doesn't mean people.

aren't experiencing it. One of the. things that Trump and these MAGAS have. done which we also talk about in WTF. America is when they bend reality when. they make words meaningless. When the. difference between 1 trillion and 22. trillion is illusory because in one. breath Trump could just say 1 trillion, 10 trillion, 22 trillion. That's a. difference of 21 trillion. That's. meaningful and material. And when you. start to talk about fake ceasefires, fake deals, fake 22 trillion, fake this,

fake that, and everything is fake. and. we have to accommodate it. That's how. you start to live in this world of. disorder and actual anarchy such that. all these magaz. had they not engaged in the anarchy. they're creating. No, we have to frame. it. We have to fortress our minds,

solidify our minds, fortify it against. the MAGA disinformation campaign because. they're coming after you. They're coming. after you with trillions of dollars in. oligarch poison and disinformation to. pollute what goes on up here and to make. reality meaningless, to make the very. essence of life meaningless. Because. when things don't have meaning, when. things feel hopeless, that's when these.

miserable pieces of oligarchs come. in and snatch your purse and take your. money and make it even worse off for the. rest of us. And we need to stand up to. that. And that's why when we talk about. these elections, you better believe. they're important. But this can't just. be an election thing. This can't be a. high- five when Democrats take control. of the House and the Senate because if. we just go back to a status quo that. enables the arsonists, they feed off a.

status quo of nothing really changing. They feed off a status quo of promises. made and not really delivered. So you. better step up, future leaders, with a. bold agenda and actually wield power for. the benefit of we the people because we. the people do not want to go back even. to what it was like right before Trump. because those conditions led to the.

Trumps and they will be fertile for. future versions of this. You have. scumbags like the Vivakes and the JDs. and all and the Hegsits. Truly shitty. human beings. That's how you call them. That's what they are. Real awful putrid. human beings. They are horrible people. They're evil. They're demonic people who. are out there to cause you pain, to hurt. you every damn day. It's not enough for. them to amass wealth. They want to.

inflict pain upon you. They want to see. you cry. They want to see you die. They. want to lie to you every damn day. They. get off on your misery. And we have to. stop accommodating them and acting like. this is normal behavior. That's what. feeds and fers a mass psychosis when we. try to enable that behavior to begin. with. So call it out. And that's why in. my videos, when I do videos, I go right. away and I say, "Look, what you're about.

to watch is a sex predator. That's. Donald Trump. He's a traitor. Okay? He's. a loser. He's a lunatic. He's a. bankrupter. He's a fraud." And you call. it out not to get clicks, to fortify our. minds about what we're about to watch. Because if it's like, "I'm going to show. you clips of a politician. I'm going to. show you clips of just someone who's. giving you an alternate perspective.". No, he ain't giving you an alternate. perspective. He's giving you an. alternate universe where you die, where.

you get tortured, where you suffer. That's the alternative world that he. wants to deliver pain. That's all they. want for you. While they, you know, when. they talk about they them, they are the. ones who want to loot and pillage and. take from you. That's what this is. about. It is the Epstein class versus. you. It is the billionaire class versus. you. That's what's so obvious right now. That's what people are pissed off and. livid about right now. That's why the.

polling is the way it is. Don't get me. wrong, there are good Democratic. candidates. I happen to think Dr. Amy. Actton is a great candidate. I think. that James Tarico is a great candidate. I think that Dr. Abdul Elsed is a great. candidate. I think he's running a very. strong campaign. Damn the torpedoes. full speed ahead as people try to attack. him this way and that way. He's like, "I'm here representing Michigan. You. want to talk about America first? You.

want to talk about America? Why do you. keep asking me every damn question about. things that have nothing to do with how. Michigan how the people of Michigan are. feeling right now? Why are you. constantly asking me questions and do. you disavow this? Do you disavow that? Do you this? Do you allow that?" because. I grew up in Michigan. Here's my record. Here's what I want to do. This is how. I'm going to make the people's lives. here better. And yes, I think it makes. more sense to put our money to build.

hospitals, to build factories, to build. things in Michigan versus taking our. money and using it for bombs to blow up. hospitals and blow up things and. slaughter little children abroad. seems. pretty freaking reasonable to me. And if. you want to know what I think is. radical, you want to know what I think. is extreme, I think it's the behavior of. people who loot and pillage and steal. from us to buy bombs to slaughter little. children in La Mer and Manab and Keshum.

and Gaza. That's what I think is radical. and extreme. You know what I think is. radical and extreme? When the Trump. regime destroys the federal government, doesn't have anything to replace it. with, creates complete and utter chaos, he can't even vet a freaking press. secretary who says that she's a. practicing lawyer from freaking China. The hell are we talking about here? And. you want me to believe that these. stooges, these idiots know how to deal. with the straight of Hormuz? They have. no clue what they're doing. They're.

dumb. They're dumb. They're fascists. They're traitors to this country. And we. see it every damn day. WTF? It's the title of this book. I hope. you'll get it. Ebook, hard cover, audio. Take our first break of the show. We spend our whole lives looking forward. to retirement. No alarm clock, no. commute, nobody telling you where you.

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we all call them the OGs. Um, and I want. to give a shout out right there to one. of the OG OGs, Vivana. Midas Viviana. You see her right there. and she's been. with us from day I mean literally day. one when Midas touch had six. subscribers. She was one of like the. first six subscribers. And so we want to. give a incredible special shout out to. Vivana and I mean this sincerely. There.

is no Midas Touch Network without Midas. Viviana and so many of those original. OGs that were there with us back in May. of 2020. I'm talking, you know, like May. 20th, you know, May 21st of 2020 when we. were putting out, you know, videos and. our lives would maybe have uh 12 people, you know, in in them at first. And so I.

also want to feature, you know, on these. episodes um going forward people like. Viviana because there is no Midas Touch. Network without the Midas Mighty without. all of you. And I obviously can't. highlight everybody's um contribution. Suffice to say, I always believed that. if we waited around for somebody to save. us, that person would never arrive. So.

we had to build something. I still. believe today that the Midas touch. network alone is far from the solution. But I think it moves us in the right. direction because you see the solution. is always you. The Midas touch network. needs to be decentralized in the sense. of we should never tell brilliant. reporters how they do their reporting at. all. We should just empower. we should. use the network to help. So whether it's.

a Katie Fang or a Scott McFarland, whether it's an Aaron Parnas, whether it. is on the legal AF side, just let great. reporters report and do their work and. help where you can, stay away where you. should stay away, and just be there and. do whatever you can to lend support. That's it. And then let the mightest. mighty let the people take the news and. let them champion the truth. Empower the.

people. Don't hog the credit. Don't hog. the news. Don't create a pipeline where. information is uh prevented from. reaching the masses. Let the people know. what's really happening and where you. make mistakes, where you don't live up. to your potential, which inevitably. happens, apologize, get better, improve. That's all you can.

do. And I want to hear from you what. your thoughts are about WTF America. I. want to go back to the Harry Anton clip. because at the top there was a different. clip that ended up playing and I got the. actual clip that I want to show you what. is happening across these various polls. Let's show the actual clip right here of. the Harry one that I wanted to show you. Let's play it. Sometimes you just have. to go through the history books. Okay, so I was looking premidterm October the.

worst ever net approval ratings ever in. any individual poll. And you can see. that the top four spots for the worst. are all occupied by a very similar. looking gentleman. Sometimes the. pictures really do tell the story. Trump, Trump, Trump, and then Trump, NBC, ABC, Ipsos, Reuters, Ipsos, and the. Pew Research Center, all at least 31. points underwater. When I was digging. through the data sets, the worst ever in. an October was in fact Harry S. Truman,

who was 30 points underwater. And these. numbers exceed all of them. So, worst. ever in NBC, >> worst worst ever, >> worst ever in ABC, >> I believe. So, >> worst ever in Ipsos, >> worst ever, >> and worst ever in Pew. >> These are the worst at least in terms of. compared to other presidents before a. midterm election in the October. These. are the four worst ever, regardless of. any pollster compared to other. presidents. So, what do you do when. that's the reality? You deny the. reality. If you're Trump, a lifelong.

fraud, bankruptor, loser, sex predator. that uh he is, and you come up with some. scheme, fixing things is hard. Doing. real deals is hard. We have a whole. chapter in WTF America called No Deal. Donald. Dude is incapable of building. Dude is incapable of doing deals. He. destroys. He is a lifelong destroyer, deal breacher. So he looks at the. constitution which has its own implied. covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

called the take care clause in article. two that the executive branch takes care. that laws are faithfully executed in. good faith. Then he goes. your constitution is built on good faith. I've spent my whole life breaching. agreements that have good faith at its. core. good faith. And by the way, that's. why other countries, and I'm not. suggesting the United States has the. only great constitution out there and.

that everyone, you know, I don't I'm not. so myopic in my views, but one thing. that was admirable that people look to. the Constitution is like, how do you do. it? How do you have these peaceful. transitions of power? your constitution. is fairly broad and vague and not that. long and and you you just deal with good. faith. Cong why why wouldn't someone just say. nope I'm not going to do it and you know.

we before Trump and the legal community. that's our system there's consequences. if you don't follow it there's criminal. penalties no one is above the law and. then the right-wing fascist Supreme. Court said. absolute immunity. You are above the. law. We will allow the president to have. immunities that even kings and queens. and princesses and princesses even that. they don't have in their systems where.

they exist. [clears throat]. Our system was created as a rejection as. an abolition of kings where no one is. above the law. Yet we now have an. absolute immunity doctrine which what do. you think the consequences are going to. flow when you put that in the hands of a. sex predator? When you put that in the. hands of a felon, when you put that in. the hands of a bankruptor, what do you. think they're going to do? Someone who.

breaches agreements. It's fairly. predictable and basic that these. consequences are going to happen. So. what does Trump do today? Well, you had. the price of oil going up above 111, $112 a barrel. That was Brent. You have. WTI, which is more of the US-based one, going above $103 a barrel. And so, Trump. regime needs a plan. What do we do? What. do we do? What do we do? What do we do? Okay. Okay. Oh. Oh. Oh. I got a plan. I.

got a plan. I'm raising my hand, Jeremy. I want them. I got a plan. And I'm. raising my hand. I've got a plan. I've. got a plan. Oh, what's your plan? Okay, let's do the same plan we do every dime. Let's say we're doing a deal with Iran. That'll make the oil markets go down for. a little bit. That will juice up the. stock markets. Then we'll tell the CFTC. and the SEC not to investigate the. trades that are happening when we juice.

up the markets. when we create the dips, buy the dips, and then make money when. the markets rise and then sell off and. then rinse and repeat while the. Americans are getting screwed with all. of this taking place. Okay, how do we do. it? Let's just do the same thing we. always do. Pakistan, they're begging for. some protection, right? All right. All. right. So let's tell Aim Munir the field. marshal in Pakistan to go and take a. trip over to Iran to meet with foreign.

minister Arachi and to meet with the. leadership in Iran and then let's plant. a story. Where should we do it? Where. should we do it? Should we do it in. Axios? Ah, we we've done theirs. No. one's going to believe that. Should we. do it alazer? Nah, no one's gonna. believe that. We've we've done Alazer a. lot. Where should we do it? Where CBS? That too obvious. Let le let's do it in. Alabi Al Jadid. Let's do that. What's. Alabi Al Jadid? I don't know, but it. sounds like someone who might know this.

Ah, Eureka. Alabi Al Jaded. And they. report breaking news. And somehow this. goes over like the wire so that it gets. reported in the Bloomberg terminal. US. and Iran reportedly back new diplomatic. proposal. Qatar and Pakistan have. reportedly presented a compromised. proposal with preliminary US and Iranian. approval according to informed sources. according to Alabi Al Jaded. Everybody.

you have to trust Alabi Al Jaded. I mean. when was the last time Alabi Al Jaded. led you astray? Right. The plan. reportedly includes confidential IAEA. inspections of Iranian nuclear sites. Wow. Iran's going to agree to IAEA. inspections all of a sudden. What are. they going to get in return? And partial. concessions involving $6 billion in. Iranian funds frozen in Qar. So Iran is. going to give up every position that. they said they stood for for $6 billion.

in funds being frozen. I don't know. Alabi al Jaded is saying it. So I don't. know who they are, but let's just put it. on the Bloomberg terminal and let's just. spread this information. Then let's have. those other sources repost it and then. let's move the markets. So they pulled. one of those today. They did they did. that and then you know and then you had. not surprisingly Moshin Razi who's the. main advisor to Ayatollah.

Mojaba Kane and he basically did a post. not a single gram of enriched uranium. will be removed from Iran. There will be. no negotiations until the United States. takes steps to build trust. That process. must begin with the full fulfillment of. all Iran's conditions. The conditions in. theou. those conditions which in theou had. phases climbing the ladder before.

nuclear inspections could take place. Now Iran says we don't trust you even. more. So, we want all those concessions, all. of those terms implemented at once. Until those are met, why would we. concede to anything at this point? because you're telling Alabia al- Madid. or state regime media Fox or CBS that. we're about to there's about to be a.

revolution in Iran or the pipes are. about to burst in two weeks and Iran's. going to be obliterated or the economy. is about to break because Operation. Economic Outcast is going so great. You. know, the thing about your lousy. propaganda Trump regime is that yes, Iran acknowledges their economy is. hurting. It's not helping when the. United States does blockades and issues. sanctions, but Iran has lived with.

sanctions for decades and decades and. decades. The IRGC is fully entrenched in. the Iranian. uh system. They're not just going to be. regime change. How do I know that? Well, you killed their Ayatollah. You killed Ayatollah Kane and now his. son's in charge. That didn't break him. They brought in the sun. They brought in. a new level of leadership. They have. multiple levels of leadership prepared.

So, that ain't breaking them. And you. can say that two weeks, two weeks, one. week, two weeks, that isn't happening. because you're lying to the American. people. And then when you criticize. them, oh what are you doing Iranian. propaganda? Are you doing the Iranian. side? No. To me the most important act. of patriotism and America first is. telling Americans first the truth. And. the truth is Iran is not going to change. regime anytime soon. The truth is is.

that while they're having economic. problems, we shouldn't act like they're. doing incredible. They are able to. weather this. They have their oil for. domestic purposes. By the way, you want. to know what happened? You want me to. let you all in on a little secret about. what happened when Aim Munir, the field. marshall of Pakistan, left? You want to. know what happened? Pakistan opened up. its roads which was temporarily closed. for the past week to Iran. You know what.

happens on roads? You know what travels. on roads? Yeah. Things things travel on. roads. You know that the straight of. Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman and the. Arabian Sea, that's just one exit for. Iran, a convenient exit for them to. bring out their oil. But you know that. there's something called the Caspian. Sea, which is on the other side of Iran. You know, there's something called roads. and land around them. you know that Iran. if they're able to get through Pakistan. they can easily send oil and supplies to.

China and China can send it to them. You. know that that's something that could. happen. You know that Iran can take. auditous route but a route nonetheless. through Turk Menistan and through some. of these other areas and try to bring. oil as well and supplies to Russia. Um. you know Russia can send it to Iran that. way. You know that Sergey Lavrov, Iran's. foreign minister was in Iran yesterday.

Russia's foreign minister rather was in. Iran yesterday. And Lavrov met with. Moshin Razi, the top adviser to the. Ayatollah. Also, he met with foreign. minister Arachi. They talked about. strategic cooperation, regional stability, further Russian. investment in Iran's nuclear plants. In. addition to the Bushir nuclear facility, Russia's foreign minister Lavro said, "Our cause in Russia is at one with the.

cause of Iran against those who attack. us." He's basically saying, "We're. allied in a military struggle. We're. allies." He's saying it publicly while. Donald Trump's like, "Um, you know, I don't think Russia's helping. Iran. Russia's foreign minister is in. Iran saying, we're helping Iran.". Literally in there, we're helping. This. isn't me combing through CIA documents.

or secret files. Although I'm sure if I. looked through deeper files, you would. find a very extensive network of. precisely. levels of cooperation that are deeper. than the statements that Lavrov's. making. But it's not like he left a lot. to the imagination. What do you think. he's talking about when he meets with. Moshin Razi and foreign minister Araj? No one's really hiding the situation. about what's happening. Same thing with. Wang Yi. China's foreign minister meets.

with foreign minister Araji and then the. Trump regime's like economic outcast is. doing amazing operation economic outcast. Iran is so isolated dude Trump is. isolated the US created a global oil. crisis. doing deals with Putin while Putin is. meeting with Iran to also help fortify. Iran and give Iran capab capabilities to.

further beat the United States in the. catastrophic war that's causing the oil. prices to rise. Like what the like what. the f like what what the hell are we. doing? And then you have these cowardly, pathetic, vile creatures like Marco. Rubio whose ears grow every time he. tells a lie. Soon he's just going to be. ears because every time he lies. But he. didn't look like this when he was. younger and I know when people Anyway, I. won't go down that rabbit hole. and just. saying I think there's a correlation.

here. Um you'll you know it's like I. read the I read these books uh uh these. Asops fables modern versions to my. little girl and you know we're going to. give you unlimited power. You'll become. the Secretary of State. But every time. you lie your ears grow a little bigger. And this is this is Rubio. I mean what a. what a fool. You now have the power but. you've sacrificed America's power. And. every time you lie, your ears grow. At. the same time, Marco Rubio said, "I saw.

somebody associated with Ukrainian. government say this." Here, let's uh. let's play this clip of Rubio. >> Well, it's tough to make a deal, including those that we may have some. disagreements with. In the case of. Pakistan, it's a country that we have to. have a relationship with. Um it's a. country that possesses nuclear weapons. It's a country that from a geographic. standpoint, we we need to be able to. interact with them. in much the same way. as the government of India has to have. and has a relationship and meets with.

leaders from Iran. Um so these are. difficult things to balance but the. world required defense uh air defense. So and again on the 18th there were air. strikes in Ukraine that were not. detected. That is not because America. did not provide information. I saw. somebody associated with the Ukrainian. government say that people in Ukraine. are dying because the US is denying them. information. That's scandalous. That's. outrageous. That's just simply not true. That's not accurate. now that there was. a problem identifying that perhaps there. was an internal issue uh in terms of. them being able to uh take the.

information that was being provided and. systemize it and and react to it. That's. possible. We're looking at it. Our. understanding is that to the extent that. happened on the 13th and on the 18th, it. was a technical matter. >> Ah, it was a technical matter. It was a. glitch. It was a glitch everybody. That's what. it was. Same thing when uh the algorithm. was shutting down for President Lula in. Brazil. It was like it was a glitch. The. al wasn't real. It was a meta algorithm.

glitch when they shut down when they. shut down the No Kings account. You. know, the data centers, they just they. just they can't handle all the data. about No Kings. Yeah, it works with the. Super Bowl. It works with other but when. it comes to no kings glitch too much. traffic you know it's like a Nintendo. cassette when you were young you have. you have to blow on the algorithm. [snorts]. and that's how the algorithm works but. only when it comes to pro-democracy.

content protesting the regime calling. out the oligarchs that's when you got to. take out the that's when the algorithm. just needs a little old take out the. cassette super Nintendo or regular. Nintendo for me blow on it basically and. then it all it's all great. It's all. gravy everybody. Will you do me a favor. though? When you get WTF America, if. you've got it now, whatever social media. platform you use, tag us. Show us a. photo of you and the book, give us a.

review. And if ultimately you don't like. the book, make me sad. It'll make me. sad, but it'll be truthful. hold the. book and you could be like thumbs down. sucks. I don't think you'll have that. reaction, but I'm open to an honest. review. I think you'll go two thumb I. think you'll go two thumbs up that the. book is great that it actually provides. detailed specifics of how we get out of. this hell. That it's not merely an.

election book that it provides a clear. road map. And then I think you give two. thumbs up if you like it and you give a. positive review and I think you'll like. it. I think it I mean look it's inspired. by all of you the mightest mighty. Um. yeah blow on that algorithm right when. it comes to when it comes to progressive. or liberal or pro-democracy. Oh sh Oh. shucks that that data center it just. needs a little it just ain't working. when it comes to all the right-wing. filth and TRASH THAT SPREADS. VOILA. It.

all works when it comes to the Ukrainian. drones accessing Starlink and Star. Shield. Folks, the weather, did you know. it was must have been a weather glitch? That's what happened. Here's the thing. You're so damn cowardly. Like, if you're. going to do this, if you're going to go. do this path, if you if you are what you. seem to be, obviously a Putin bootlicker. and a Xi Jinping bootlicker and it's not. even allied. If you're if you're bending. the knee and having the US sovereignty.

come second to Putin and Netanyahu and. Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un, then just go. say it. Just do it. Own it. Own it. Own. it. I will despise you. But perhaps not. even at least you'll at least at least. you'll be like at least I'll know. Okay, got it. Here's who you are. But when you. do this, oh that didn't that's not. happening. Oh. Oh, no. That's We're not. covering up the Epstein files. Oh, no,

no, no. We We didn't say that with. Netanyahu. You said it. I heard you say. it. You literally said it with that. I. I'm hearing you. I'm hearing your words. You're threatening the thing and then. doing the thing and then telling us the. thing that you threatened and happened. isn't actually happening. Right. Last quick break of the show. We'll be right back. Get WTF America. We'll be right back. AI isn't just opening up new business.

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WTF America is the importance of. independent media making these. connections globally. because you know how the right-wing. always wants to talk about globalist. plots, globalist this, globalist that. The real globalist plot has been. authoritarians. trying to and doing uh their poisonous. information, rigging the systems. together, working with each other as the.

arsonists. And you saw this in the. Epstein files. Epstein was talking to a. lot of these oligarchs back in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, talking. about this stuff, too. It's one of the. observations that I think goes. understated when we talk about the. Epstein files, but he was the middleman. in the Epstein class. That was a class. of oligarchs and international leaders. who were the arsonists destroying the.

systems so that when people were running. scared, they would pick your pockets. basically. And in the chaos, in the. disruption, they could grift more easy. they could steal from you more easy and. they could entrench their wealth more. easy. So they're the globalist. authoritarian network and we have to. think though actually globally in. systems in order to fight back against. that with the fire hose of truth to. fight back against the fire hose of.

disinformation. So, Canada, a big. referendum. um about Alberta and Alberta remaining. in Canada. It was a separatist. referendum. And I know Canadian uh might. touch viewers will say, "Well, actually, Ben, it was a question about starting a. process to vote on the referendum." So, I certainly want to speak very. specifically. I understand that there's.

nuance to it, but I think it's fair to. describe the intent was a separatist. movement fueled by Maple Ma and by MAGA. here in Trump as part of the attacks on. Canadian sovereignty. We should I think. we can acknowledge that that's the. reality. Prime Minister Carney grew up. in Alberta. He's an Edmontonian. And so. he traveled around Alberta channeling.

his childhood and pro- unity. And the. independent or I should say the. pro-separatist vote got destroyed. despite MAGA and Trump doing everything. they can to try to prop it up. Remain. 75.3%. Separatist independence 24.7%. And when you look at a blue conservative. Calgary, and they kind of have a reverse.

in Canada with the colors and things. like that, but blue conservative. Calgary, 89% remain. 89% remain in Calgary. And. you have Prime Minister Carney as the. new leader of the free world. And he was. celebrating the big victory. Obviously, it's still a very difficult time in. Canada right now and our heart goes out. to everybody there and in Alberta after. the horrific horrific incident that took. place at the military base over there. I.

want to show you Prime Minister Carney. after his support and the support of. Canadians, elbows up, shouldertosh. shoulder, destroying the separatist. group over here. Let's play it. >> Good day. It's a good day for It's a. great day. uh for Canada. Um very see. it's such a good day. I'm out of breath. yet again. Uh proving my lack of. fitness. Um the um no, it's a it's a.

great result uh for for Canada. Thrilled. uh that Albertans have chosen unity. Um. they've chosen to build together. They've chosen to continue to take care. of each other uh to move forward um to. move forward together with purpose, high. ambition. Um, I'd like to uh I'd like to thank all. of the. uh volunteers uh who supported the. election. Of course, those who. campaigned on all sides, uh the.

electoral volunteers who are still. counting uh some of the votes. Uh above. all, Albertans for turning out in. numbers, participating in the democratic. process. Uh Premier Smith and I spoke uh. this morning. We had a good conversation. on a series of issues um including. providing additional support all support. for the victims uh and the families of. the tragedy at CFB way. That was our. first focus. Um and then we turn to uh. the referendum uh and moving forward in.

the spirit of cooperative f federalism. including on on issues of immigration uh. other common uh priorities of uh the. federal government, the provinces, but. underlying it priorities of Canadians. >> Thoughtful, deliberate, meticulous, a. great speaker, a decent empathetic human. being. Canada elected the right guy for. this moment. That's for sure. Contrasted. with the wrong guy, creating this WTF.

moment, Donald Trump. Yikes. Donald. Trump loses his at a reporter for. the third time during a Q&A in the Oval. Office. It's how Rooper labeled it. Let's play it. >> Sir, uh, you own a lot of golf. Wait, wait. On who? >> Quiet. Quiet. What's wrong with you? Are. you a sick person? >> Not that I know of, sir. >> Mr. President, this. >> No, I think there I actually think. there's something wrong with you. Go. ahead,

>> I mean, at that point, why didn't the. other reporters in the room just go, you. know, you be quiet, you piece of. Like like like No, you like stand. I I. get it. Just walk out. Just just walk. out at that point. Quiet. Quiet. I mean like a crazy human like. he's like a freaking lunatic like. actually like a demonic look you got you. got asked to. quiet.

like a psycho the hell is wrong with. you? I mean, wasn't that's how you react. to that. really? And you know, when it's people. like that, like, oh, she's being so. emotional or she's being too this or. this guy, this guy is the most emotional. lunatic there. Quiet. Actually sick. What a sick human. being he is. He snapped at another. reporter. Let's show you this.

>> Can you listen to you? Hey, >> sir. >> I'm not pointing. You better You better. I don't know who the hell you are, but. you better be careful. Go ahead. >> Can you confirm that the US is. >> Trump been snapped at a female reporter? Let's play this clip. >> contract. Wait, >> do you believe that? >> Wait, >> go ahead. >> Yeah. Can I just ask you about Trump. accounts? Could Trump accounts expand to. >> psychotic? Um, then JD Van starts to talk and Trump. falls asleep. Let's play it.

>> President's involvement in this. so. important and I think Andrew Ferguson. and I have learned dayto day that. without actual coordination across the. various arms of government this work. would not be possible. The fact that the. president has empowered us but also told. all of the cabinet secretaries to do the. work that. >> he then refers to these speeches that he. gives as ranting and raving his words. Let's play this clip. >> It's not easy to stand up there for two. hours ranting raving. you have the crowds, but there's a lot.

of love in those rooms and I think it's. made a big difference. It's so when I. say he's ranting and raving like a. lunatic, right? He says it. He People, oh, you're. hyperbolic, ranting and raving. Why are. you saying that? He admits he's ranting. and raving. Just look at it. Take a look. another angle as he snaps at a reporter. Let's just show you this. Let's play it. >> Wait, wait, wait. Don't be quiet. >> Want. you? Are you a sick person? >> Not that I know, sir.

>> Mr. President, >> no, I think there's I actually think. there's something wrong with you. Go. ahead. >> Mr. President, um, since we have. >> And by the way, did you catch JD Vance. behind him? [laughter]. I mean, like, you know, when you grew up. and you watched like uh like the. sidekicks to like the bad guys in like. like who was the sidekicks? uh to you know to like Shredder and.

Ninja Turtles. What were those guys. names? Do you remember what their names. were? BBop. Bbop and Rock Steady. Right. Right. Got. you got freaking Shredder and BBop and. Rock Steady. I Googled that. I didn't. know Bbop and Rock Steady. And he's got. the the Foot Clan, an army of ninja foot. soldiers that he commands in positions. for tactical advantage that always get. killed first. There's Crang, an alien. warlord. That's RFK Jr. There's Baxter.

Stockman, a mad scientist and roboticist. who often builds tech mouser. That's. Elon Musk. There's Tigerclaw, Razar or. Fishface, recurring mutant assassins and. henchmen and and that's like Lutnik and. Bessant and uh and and all that. I mean. the guys are right at these are this. would be parody and farle if they. weren't so if this were wasn't people's.

lives. And I'll share this with you as. Trump is asked about the new Fox power. rankings which shows less than a quarter. of rural voters are happy with the state. of economy. Are you concerned? Watch his. response. Let's play it. >> In the new Fox News power rankings, it. shows that less than a quarter of rural. voters are happy with the state of the. economy. Are you concerned about these. people? >> No, because as soon as the war is over, it's going to end very soon. The Iran. will I had no choice. You You can't let. them out. It's the number one state. sponsor of terror. As soon as that war.

is over, uh oil is going to drop like. Iraq and that's the only thing holding. it back. No, we have tremendous support. You know, when people are unhappy with. the gasoline, I hat it to sound trivial, but uh they say it themselves, it's a. it's a big price, but actually it's a. small price to pay for not letting Iran. have a nuclear weapon. And they will. never have a nuclear weapon. That's. already We could leave right now and we. would have done a good job, a great job.

That that beautiful plane right there. took them out, but it's under hundreds. of tons of rock. The beautiful plane right there, the B2. took them all out. We obliterated it, but we need to re-obliterate it. It's. like a every year obliteration ritual. Every year Trump and Netanyahu, they. need to do their obliteration because. the prior obliteration wasn't an. obliteration. And then this is going to. be rinse and repeat every damn year. And. the American people are sick of it. The.

American people are sick of it. And I'm. seeing, you know, I'm seeing not just. Democrats or liberal. I'm talking about. people who don't like politics. We're. talking about people who consider. themselves conservative, independent, people who consider themselves American. first. Did you notice that really. throughout this episode I barely even. talked about like I talked about talked. about humanity. I barely I'm not like. you need to vote for this per. I'm just.

talking about humanity and leadership. and grownup behavior and empathy and not. behaving the way the vake and Trump. behave, you know, and just calling out. behavior, right? We we have to we have. to not accept and normalize this stuff. And it's why every damn day we flood the. zone with the truth, truth, truth, truth, truth, truth every day. and we're.

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