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moothly. So at this point, we are expecting things to go smoothly with the prisoner handoff. And I think the head of Hamas actually reaffirmed that they're not looking to have any kind of leadership or power after this is all sorted out. That was the big thing. The big thing was would Hamas agree to not be in power? Apparently they have. Apparently they have. You know, I mentioned yesterday that…

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complicity of certain officials in the United States. Some of them need to be bought." And then the question was, "Do you have any idea who these officials are?" Source one said, "For one, the governor of the state of Georgia. He won't allow for the software of Dominion to be updated even though he knows that the software is flawed and allows for third-party access. Why is that?"

All right. Now, did I tell you that if I read this, you would be completely convinced that Georgia was a rigged election? You are right. I'll bet every one of you is now 100% convinced that Georgia was stolen. They do have people who were whistleblowers telling you how it was done in a lot of detail. Does that mean it was stolen? Unfortunately, it does not. So I'm going to say it one more time. Unfortunately, you can't be sure that these whistleblowers or any of these sources are real. You just can't. We just don't live in a world where you can trust people like that. But it is a complete picture and it does look like we'll have access to maybe knowing the real picture because now Dominion is owned by some Republican-friendly guy. So maybe that helps him dig into the software, look for things. I don't know. So we'll find out. But maybe the problem is solved if a Republican has it.

All right. Here's another topic. This is also Rasmussen. Rasmussen's having a good week. I think Rasmussen just can't stop laughing because the things they've been, the buttons they've been pressing for I don't know years now all look like they're the real buttons. Maybe not. Maybe yes, maybe not. But it sure looks like Rasmussen is being completely validated and vindicated. But we'll see.

So on a separate topic but also Rasmussen pointing it out. They call it the fall of the machines. Do you know that there was a polling company called 538 that's now shut down but they were sort of the pollsters ranking entity. So they would not just do a poll, but they would tell you what other polls were real and which other polls were BS. Now, if you could control what people thought in the United States, what would be the best way to do it? Well, you would if you could manipulate opinion polls, you could manipulate a lot of stuff in the United States, but you don't want to manipulate them directly because you don't have control over all those polls are owned by different people. So instead, you build like a fact checker. Does this sound familiar? Whenever the Democrats have a fact-checking entity, is it real? No, it's never real. It's just a way to manage the truth so that you don't see it as much. So 538, Nate Silver started it, but he sold it I think to New York Times or somebody. But here's what Rasmussen says, which I don't fully understand, but they say that Disney apparently spent $100 million over a dozen years to fund losses at the pollster grading company 538. But as soon as DOGE arrived at USAID, 538 was closed. And controlling the narrative probably was expensive.

Now, this one's more of a little smoking gun situation, but the suggestion had been that polls are typically rigged, but only when it matters, right? They wouldn't be rigged for just ordinary stuff during the year. But when it comes to determining who becomes your president, the allegation was that they were always rigged. And this would be more smoking gun sort of evidence that maybe it was, but I would say short of proof. Short of proof. I don't know what the Disney connection is, but maybe somebody does. Do they own 538? I thought the New York Times bought it or did they buy it from the New York Times? So who owned 538 when it got closed? So the question is, did 538 get some government funding because it was doing devious things for one part of the government? I don't know. Don't know. But I've never trusted the polls when it comes to the presidential races.

And then you want one more just to round it out. This is also from Rasmussen polls. And they're reminding us that in September 2023, they did a survey to find out who people voted for in Georgia. Do you remember Georgia, the state that Trump narrowly lost in 2020? He lost Georgia. So when they asked people who they voted for, 46% said they voted for Trump in 2020 and only 39% said they voted for Biden. So when they counted the votes, Biden had more. When Rasmussen did a poll to say who did you vote for, Trump had way more. It's not even close. Now, some of that could be false memories and stuff like that, but not that far away. You know, 2% could have been a false memory. Not this much. That's a big difference. People don't forget who they voted for. And they're also not embarrassed. I mean, were they embarrassed to say they voted for Biden? Probably not. So what do you make of the fact that the election didn't match the poll? Well, how would you deal with that if you were the bad guys? I'll tell you how you do it. You would go to 538 that ranks the pollsters and you say, "Quick, make sure that Rasmussen gets ranked low so that even if people see this, we'll be able to say, 'Oh, it's just Rasmussen.' I mean, look at 538. They ranked them as I think. Come on, it's just racism." And that's what they did. When you find out how things really work, it's pretty scary, isn't it?

All right. I guess a federal appeals court said Trump can federalize Illinois National Guard but cannot deploy them into Chicago. Terrific.

You remember Keith Ellison? Is he currently the AG of Minnesota? Do I have that right? Well, back in 2018, he happi

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ly held up a book called the Antifa Handbook. So that was 2018. So he wanted you to know that he was on board with Antifa and is showing you their book. What's he say today? There's no such thing as Antifa. His own son had publicly declared support for Antifa. The thing he says doesn't exist. His son is a member apparently. And he held up the book. Now, I was thinking, how many other things are De…

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