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Back to episode — Episode 2351 CWSA 01/12/24

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because we've all been saying that it seems like all the conspiracy theories are coming true. Now that's of course not actually true. Not all the conspiracy theories, but a lot of the fun ones. So let's look at a few. Apparently the US passports have been redesigned, and the Biden administration has removed the eagle and the flag. In other words, the American imagery has been removed from the pas…

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coordinated. It actually looks — maybe not in the sense that they held a meeting and talked about it, but there does seem to be some general sense on the Democrat side to destroy all that binds us together as Americans. It's starting to be hard to ignore. You know, I'm not so big on just images and stuff, but it does seem comprehensive. It would be hard to imagine that it's all coincidence at this point. But can't rule out coincidence.

All right. So Texas is at war with the federal government. The End Wokeness account, one of my favorite accounts, reports that Texas National Guard just seized control of Shelby Park and Eagle Pass. That's the place the illegals were coming through the fence. And they banned federal agencies from access in the area. Do you understand the magnitude of that? The military of the state is militarily acting against the federal government because the federal government is putting them at too much risk. Thank you, Governor Abbott. Absolutely. And they're putting the razor wire back. And in my opinion, this is a civil war, is it not? If the state uses military arms to take control back from the federal government, what is that? That is a civil war. I mean, not big and official, but if the state is militarily moving against the feds, it doesn't matter that the feds back down. That's a civil war. So I would say that it started. This is the beginning of the civil war. Now I hope that it stays small. Maybe it'll just be some more rumblings like this. Probably the most likely outcome is more conversations, and the Supreme Court will get involved, and people will back down and stuff. I don't think this is going to blow into civil war two. But this is literally a civil war. Am I wrong? Am I being too hyperbolic? If your state is moving militarily against the federal government, what else is that? That's only a civil war. There is no other way to label that.

All right. Well, let's talk about Yemen. Now many of you have made the following joke that the Houthis, the name of the people firing missiles at the ships in the Red Sea, that it sounds like Hoodie and the Blowfish. That's almost clever. That would be AI-level cleverness, right? So if you were an AI, you could come up with that joke. Oh, it's like Hoodie and the Blowfish. It's wordplay. Wordplay. But if you're going to do wordplay, you have to take it to another level. No, it's not Hoodie and the Blowfish. It's Hoodies and the Blow Ships. That's right. Hoodies and the Blow Ships. Much better. That's called an upgrade. Let's see your AI do that. Now if I could maybe tie this in with a fart joke. Let's see. Blow ships, Hoodies. We got your missiles. Fart joke. I'm going to have to work on this. I'll work on this and get back to you. Hoodies and the Blow Ships. It's a fart joke. All right. Okay, you win.

Did you know that Joe Biden in 2020 railed against Trump for starting a military action without getting Congress's approval? Yeah, that really happened. Now what is Joe Biden doing? He's attacking a foreign country without congressional approval. And Thomas Massie is quickly getting into the "hey, you can't do that" game. And Rand Paul, a Democrat is joining them or they're joining each other in opposing the military action without Congress's approval. I saw Nancy Mace weighing in the same. So we do have a little bit of bipartisanship in terms of Congress should be in charge.

But I have a technical question. My understanding — and I guess I don't have an understanding of how Congress interacts with the president for military stuff. Can you give me a fact-check on this? Is it true that the president can instigate military action without asking Congress, but he has to inform them within 48 hours? Is that correct? So Biden, 90 days. Oh, 90 days to get their approval or cut it out, right? But he has to inform the government within 48 hours, which I believe has happened. So does that mean he's got 90 days and he's totally within his legal bounds, right? You keep yelling War Powers Act like that's telling me something. I'm asking you what's in it, not the name of it. So stop yelling War Powers Act. Tell me what the rules are. That's what I'm asking.

Here's what I don't know what the law does say, but here's what it should say. I think it should say that the president can do things without getting approval in the short run because that's what you want. You don't want your Secretary of Defense to be unconscious. You want to be able to act fast because these are existential risks. So I don't know that anybody has yet violated the laws. I don't think Biden's violated the War Powers Act, has he? I mean, he could if he doesn't get the approval and he keeps going. All right. So I don't have a complaint with how Biden is handling Yemen in terms of his dealing with Congress. But if we stay there, if it's not just a punch and go, then yeah, Congress has to get on board with that. That's the only way this can work.

All right. And we will all be reminded today that Trump designated the Houthis in Yemen as a terrorist organization. And then one day after taking office, Joe Biden rescinded it and said you're not terrorists. And now he's bombing the hell out of them. The people are not terrorists. So I don't know how many more times people can say this, but if the Democratic Party's policy is to do whatever Trump didn't do, that's not even governing. Why is that? That's not even trying. Yeah, that's ridiculous. It's absurd. It's incompetent. You can't even say enough bad about it. I mean, you could not design a system that was more incompetent than doing the opposite of what the other guy did. You could not even come up with any idea worse than that.

Benny Johnson reported that Trump said, let's be clear, Donald Trump does not have the authority to take us into war. That was in 2020, war with Iran he was talking about. Well, Mike Cernovich weighed in with some classic satire, and he says America can't win the war against Houthis without diversity and inclusion. Diversity and inclusion. Institute the draft for underrepresented groups immediately. This is a matter of both national security and social justice.

So jokingly, Mike is saying that if diversity and inclusion are so important, we better build the military around those principles so we have a strong enough military. Because you don't want a bunch of weak white people running your military with all their white supremacy. That's just a big mistake. So here's what I say. I say white males should avoid every organization that is DEI-centric. In other words, if any organization, whether it's the military, any other part of the government, private corporation, if they tell you — and they're not hiding it — we have a DEI program here, stay away. No white man should join the military. Let me say that as clearly as I can. If you have a son or a daughter — although I don't know how it works for daughters. Maybe they have some advantages in the military these days. I don't know one way or the other. But if you have a son, a white son, you should steer him away from every DEI organization, especially the military. Especially the military. No, I would not fight for a country that has a DEI program. Let me say it again. I would not join the military and fight and die for a country that treated me that way. I'm willing to live here because I was born here and I think we can improve, but I'm not willing to fight for this country. I'm going to say that as directly as possible. The country is

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not fighting for me. I'm not going to fight for it. And if you're white, I wouldn't join the military. I mean, why would you? Find something you can do where you're not being discriminated against. And by the way, I would give the opposite advice to any person of color or woman. I would say you should go toward DEI because that would be your best strategy. So follow your best strategy. I'm not sa…

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