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Back to episode — Episode 3027 CWSA 11/23/25

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because we don't have any transparency and the people in charge over time you get people in charge who are willing to steal it because it's stealable and they just notice and so they do. On the same point, Remix is writing that almost every German city is now on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost every German city. Do you think that Germans don't know how to do a spreadsheet? How in the world could…

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t feel like we're just, we residents of the country, we're just part of the machine and we're just moving along. Oh, I guess we're moving toward war. Does anybody know why? No, you don't know why. I mean, I could tell the story of why. I mean, I could say we don't want these drugs coming in, but what would happen if Venezuela said, "All right, you got it. We will totally shut down the drug trade, but just don't attack us." What would we do? Would we say, "All right, you got to prove it, but that's a deal." Or would we keep pushing? I don't know. Do you? I kind of want to know.

Then apparently according to Fox News and other news President Trump says the residents of Chicago are chanting bring in Trump. Do you think that's happening? Do you think that anywhere in Chicago there's a group of residents who are chanting we want Trump. We want Trump. I think it's hilarious that it doesn't matter if they're doing that. The fact that Trump says they are makes you want to argue about it. Well, show me that video, right? You really believe that they're chanting that? No, they might be chanting something negative against Trump. Show me that video. I think you're making this up. And of course, it's just a throwaway line that they're chanting. Now, that's just funny, isn't it? If you're looking at Trump in the proper frame of mind, this is just funny that he would put it in those terms when he knows how that would upset some people. All right, good job there.

Let's see how many people were injured in Chicago. There was some downtown riot that left eight people shot and one dead. Jeez. Now you might say to yourself, Scott, there is nothing funny about that. There's nothing funny about people getting shot. Let's agree to that. At least that's what I thought until I got to the end of the story, which says the riot, which followed a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Come on. I'm trying to act like a good citizen and not laugh at violence, but if Chicago had a riot over a Christmas tree lighting, I have some advice about traveling to Chicago. Don't do it. Don't do it. Stay away. Yep. Don't get near that Christmas tree lighting. That sounds dangerous.

Meanwhile, Trump called the mayor of Chicago, Br

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andon, a low IQ leader. He says, "I got a bunch of low IQ leaders." And but he also insults Governor Pritzker for being overweight. So he's going hard at Chicago. Anyway, let me ask you this. Why is it that the Democrats are not making more hay? Is that a thing? Or why are they not making a bigger deal the fact that Trump has now labeled a number of black leaders low IQ. Has he labeled any white…

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