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w, if RFK Jr. thinks she's the right choice and Trump's happy with her, that's probably good enough. When was the last time the surgeon general made a big difference in the world? There was a time when the surgeon general said cigarette smoking is bad and then that got on the cigarette pack. So that was pretty important. But when was the last time you remember the surgeon general made a differenc…

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The Stanford Review, which I believe is a student publication at Stanford, they did their own research and they found that China is running this enormous spy operation in Stanford, which suggests it's probably in every major US college institution. And the way it works is that if you're a Chinese student whose nationality is Chinese, but it's also your country that you were born in, so not Americans, we're not talking about Asian-Americans, we're talking about people who are going to school here and then they're going to go back to China. Apparently those students, even if they didn't want to be spies, they're forced to be spies. And every single one of them seems to have a handler, according to the Stanford Review. And the handler not only makes sure that they spy but even directs them into which classes and things they should get involved in. So the Chinese government would say, for example, AI is critically important to China's future. So you're going to sign up for the AI class. Well I don't want to sign up for the AI class. Well you're going to sign up for the AI class. All right. And you're going to tell us everything that you learn.

So don't you assume that this is what's happening in every major college institution? I don't see that there's any way to stop it except for removing all those students because the students are guilty, but I would say they're operating under duress. I doubt there's even one student who thinks, "Oh, I love doing this. This sure is fun being a spy." I'll bet they just want to enjoy the college experience and learn their stuff and go on with their lives. But in any case, they probably pay a lot for their tuition compared to other people. So it's going to be tough to do anything about that.

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cement from OMG, the O'Keefe Media Group? James O'Keefe scored another big one and he's got some undercover video of a very close confidant to Prince Andrew. And the very drunken close confidant who was actually living with Prince Andrew's ex-wife and raising his kids. And he wasn't just close, he was as close as you could get. Like he was right in the middle of it. So this is somebody who definit…

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