Supreme Court Blocks a Mail Ballot Change & $39 Billion Pandemic Fraud | Teller, Robbins, McNeily

[00:00:00] Seven Supreme Court justices told the United States Post Office yesterday that it can't change how it handles mail ballots. 49 days before an election, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, appointed by President Trump, wrote that the rule may well be lawful, but the county clerk still can't put it in place by November 3rd. So, the rules for this election are set. That reiterates why this hour and every hour of every day for the next 49 days is so important.

[00:00:30] We must remind voters what is at stake this election, the urgent need to get out the vote for common sense conservatives, and the importance of volunteering to safeguard elections. Welcome to The Jenny Beth Show. I'm Jenny Beth Martin.

[00:00:58] Welcome to The Jenny Beth Show. The Supreme Court told the Postal Service it was out of time. This goes to show how important it is to pass laws to codify President Trump's regulations. The House passed the Save America Act, and in the—well, they did it in February, they did it again in June, they did it again in July. They have passed it repeatedly, and 50 senators have even voted for it.

[00:01:28] But, because of Senate cloture rules, it has been in the Senate just sitting there waiting, because not one single Democrat senator will vote for it. Now, let me tell you how that bill came to exist in case you are new to the show and don't know. Cleta Mitchell and I, and Cletus with the Election Integrity Network, and I were on a coalition conference call with Senator Mike Lee about what was—and we talked about what was happening in Arizona. I asked Senator Lee to write a bill to fix it.

[00:01:58] You see, in 2013, the Supreme Court said Arizona had to accept the federal voter registration form because the federal law was the supreme law of the land. And, in fact, in that court case, the Supreme Court did what happened yesterday with Justice Alito, alluding to the fact that Congress could change the law.

[00:02:20] Now, the way that Arizona dealt with this, because they had a statewide proposition that ensured that you had to show proof of citizenship to register to vote. So, the way that they dealt with this is they created—pffft, pardon me—they created two ballots. If you show proof of citizenship, you get to vote for President, Senate, and Congress.

[00:02:44] But—well, and all the way on down, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, all the way down to the most local level, including precinct committee men. But if you have not shown proof of citizenship to register to vote, you still get to vote for President, Senate, and Congress. I think that's crazy.

[00:03:00] That's the loophole that the SAVE Act, which is what it was originally called before it was called the SAVE America Act, works to close, requiring proof of citizenship with that federal voter registration form. And 78% of voters agree you should provide proof of citizenship before you register to vote.

[00:03:21] While the Senate Dems continue to sit on the bill, a citizen of Peru was arrested in Kansas for voting in the 2024 general election. And a Mexican national was indicted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on three counts. Both women voted in 2024, but they weren't charged until 2026. We find out about these issues two years later, after the winners are sworn in.

[00:03:48] That creates mistrust and distrust in our election system, and it needs to be fixed. And Congress, especially the Democrats, who refuse to do anything, even just simple voter ID and proof of citizenship to register to vote, need to act to correct these issues. And it also is why poll watchers and poll workers are even more important this election.

[00:04:13] We need eyes and ears in the precincts so that we can do as much as we are legally allowed to do as citizens to safeguard the elections. Also, yesterday in Kansas City, Vice President Vance announced that 870,000 borrowers are barred from future federal loans because they are tied to an estimated $39 billion in suspected COVID pandemic fraud.

[00:04:40] That's roughly $300 from every household in America. And it is an estimate of suspected fraud involving money that is already spent. So it's not money that anyone's been able to recover, but it's money that has already been spent. Tea Party Patriots action was founded because Washington spends too much money and we're going into debt spending so much money.

[00:05:03] So this is a good win for us because the government is checking who it is paying before it pays it. And it's saying these people are suspected of fraud, so you can't get any more federal loans right now. That kind of check should have been happening before long ago. And it took six years to get this straightened out. But thankfully, this administration is working on stopping the lying, cheating and stealing of our hard earned tax dollars.

[00:05:31] And there are two stories we're going to cover in the second half of the show. One is a billion dollars of Bloomberg philanthropy money that is aimed at really anti-American energy product projects. And the other is a fight over artificial intelligence rules. And a lot of it winds up being anti-artificial intelligence.

[00:05:52] And also, I think it's going to wind up benefiting the big A.I. companies, but harming the open source and less expensive companies. They want to pull the ladder up from under them. Both of these are about who pays to change American policy, sidestepping and deceiving voters as they influence policy. And look at what the Democratic Socialists of America do when they hold the power they already have. And they're trying to get even more this election.

[00:06:21] Yesterday, the mayor of New York City stood with Attorney General of New York, Letitia James, and announced that New York is leading a coalition of cities suing the federal government over the public charge rule. They are trying to prevent President Trump's rule, which broadens the criteria for denying green cards and visas by allowing immigration officials to consider an applicant's use of public benefits like Medicaid, SNAP and public housing.

[00:06:50] The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, that's a mouthful for you, of 1996, explicitly states that immigrants should be self-sufficient and that public benefits should not incentivize immigration. The Trump administration has said other public charge rules were too narrow and they're trying to reinforce the intent of the law.

[00:07:14] In Pinellas County, Florida, the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter spent last weekend knocking on doors against a property tax cut. And they're using the word defund in this letting and they're saying that it's defunding to let homeowners keep more of their money. We'll be discussing that in just a few minutes.

[00:07:37] And also tomorrow night, the Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America chapter is hosting Donovan McKinney, whom, if elected, and many are saying he will be because his district is gerrymandered. They are also saying that it will result in Detroit being the first major city with only DSA congressmen.

[00:08:00] Now, there is a little catch to that because Detroit has only two congressmen, but both congressmen would be members of the Democratic Socialists of America. So here's who's with me today to discuss all of this. First, we have Paul Teller, president of Teller Strategies, and he brings three decades of political leadership and conservative activism to his consulting firm. And he plays a very pivotal role in the conservative world. Paul, thank you so much for being back with me today.

[00:08:29] Oh, it's great to see you, my friend. Thanks for having me. And we also have Amy Robbins, who founded Alexa Athletica, which makes athletic clothing so that a woman can carry a firearm while she's out exercising. Amy, thank you so much for joining the show. It's great to have you with us today. Of course, Jeanne Beth. Thanks for having me. And then in the second half, my co-host, Robert McNeely, will be joining us. All right, Paul and Amy, thanks so much for being here. Let's begin with the Democratic Socialists.

[00:08:58] Yesterday, Mayor Mondami hosted a press conference saying that New York is leading a coalition of cities suing the Trump administration and the federal government over the public charge rule. President Trump has said the rule that a rule that broadens the criteria for denying green cards and visas by allowing immigration officials to consider an applicant's use of public benefits like Medicaid, SNAP and public housing.

[00:09:23] And I mentioned before that the public, the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996 explicitly states that immigrants should be self-sufficient and that public benefits should not incentivize immigration. The Trump administration has said public, the public charge rules were too narrow and they're trying to reinforce the intent of the law. But let's look at what Mondami said yesterday. So watch this. And then, Paul, I'm going to go to you first with a question.

[00:09:54] We we are going to exhaust every tool that we have to take care of New Yorkers. And I want to make very clear when we speak about immigrants, we are not somehow speaking about a separate population from New Yorkers. We're speaking about New Yorkers. That's right. I myself stand here as the first immigrant mayor of our city in generations. And we are going to exhaust every tool to fight this rule. We are also going to ensure that everything we can do, especially in response to H.R.

[00:10:22] one, we are doing all with the knowledge that there is no city in this country that can make up dollar for dollar what the federal government is looking to cut in terms of services to those who need it. Well, you've worked in the White House and on Capitol Hill, and you're familiar with the statute and also with how much we've been working to secure our border, to clean up the immigration situation.

[00:10:46] Not the immigration situation, but the illegal immigrant situation in this country and also to deal with our mounting debt. And we are now over $40 trillion in debt. The public charge has been funding in has been in federal immigration law since I was shocked. I didn't know this until I was researching for this since 1882.

[00:11:11] So as Mayor Mondami and others are saying they're going to sue over the rule change that President Trump is is making. What do you think of this? And do you think that they are overreacting to what President Trump is actually trying to do and the intent behind what President Trump is doing? Oh, absolutely. First of all, again, thanks. Thanks for having me. You know, seeing that clip of Mondani, I know I'm supposed to stay in my little rectangle on the screen. I just want to jump out and he's such a disgusting human being on so many levels.

[00:11:40] And we'll, I'm sure we'll get more into that. But even just like, you know, the notion that, you know, he has to clarify, by the way, immigrants are New Yorkers. Well, of course they are if they came legally, right? Because that's the thing. We are a welcoming nation. You come legally, we welcome you. You're an American, you're a New Yorker, whatever city you're living in. That's not what he's talking about, right? He's actually saying, even if you came here illegally, even if you cut the line ahead of others to get in, even if you broke our laws to get in, we're still treating you like a New Yorker.

[00:12:09] We're still saying you're equal to everybody else. Just outrageous. And everyone, every man on the street, frankly, I think even many left of center people on the street. If you just say, you know what, if you're going to come to our nation, take advantage of our bounty and our laws and our protections, you know, you shouldn't just walk in the door. And on day one, require lots of federal taxpayer help on day one, right? It's it. You know, if bad luck falls upon you later on, we can talk about that. But right out of the gate, you're saying, hi, I'm here. I'm not coming legally. And by the way, I need some money from the taxpayer.

[00:12:39] That's just outrageous. And Jenny Beth, as you pointed out, this is not new at all, right? Ellis Island has a long history of turning people away who just spent weeks even on ships at their own peril to come over. And they've said, sorry, we don't think you could earn your own living. We don't think you can support yourself back on the next boat back to Europe. Really sorry. So we have a long history of doing this. So you're exactly right. Yeah. And as I was reaching researching this, because I was trying to really understand what was going on about it.

[00:13:08] The the public charge rule applies to essentially permanent legal residents. So you've got to be in in the country legally. That that is who it is applying applying to. But it also is intended to prevent people from being incentivized to come here to get the public benefit from us. Yes. It's it's exactly what what you're talking about.

[00:13:33] And if you're here illegally, most of the benefits that are related to the public charge shouldn't be there. What we dealt with with the Biden administration is they were modifying things to allow people who are here illegally to make them appear legal, even though they weren't. So they would qualify for more. But it it makes it makes sense to say, look, you can come to the country. You can provide if you can provide for your family, if you can take care of yourself. We welcome you.

[00:14:02] We want people to come to this country. You're going to pursue the American dream and pursue our values. But we don't want you to come here. And the very first thing you do is put your hand out and expect the American people to completely take care of you. It just seems it's it doesn't seem right. I think what President Trump is working to do is the right thing. Amy. Super common sense. I'm sorry. Yeah.

[00:14:24] Well, I want Amy to be able to jump in and you I'd love for you to talk about it as the from the perspective of an entrepreneur as well. When you hear the mayor saying this, what does it make you you think of not just as someone who cares about the policies, but also as someone who has to make payroll and make sure that you're you've got a good company? Well, you know, there's two sides of that. So first I look at it as an entrepreneur who first off, I will just say, you know,

[00:14:53] I still believe that this is the greatest country in the entire world for people who want to risk everything and get the reward from their risks. You know, we live in a country that provides this type of opportunity for people to be able to come over here and like you said, live that American dream. And so I think that what President Trump is doing right now is probably one of the most underestimated, like non advertised and talked about things that he is doing.

[00:15:21] But it's so important for for getting this country back on track. You know, you asked about what business owners look at when they hear this. You know, if I was in one of these 21 states or in these sanctuary cities and I was running a business there and I heard that the mayor, or let's just take New York, for example, was suing the federal government, I would be saying, you know what, this guy's trying to do everything he can to keep people on welfare rolls instead of on our payrolls.

[00:15:48] And not only that, but he is going to then be taking more of my money through my taxes to pay the legal fees to get that taken care of. So it lands on the small business owners time and time again in so many of these states. And yes, the large corporations as well. But the ones who really feel it are these small business owners, the one who has shops, the ones, especially in New York City. They've already felt this migrant surge and they've already been absorbing so much of having to pay for the bill that comes due for all this.

[00:16:17] So, yeah, I mean, I honestly, I don't know how these small business owners keep their doors open in places like New York City, honestly. Yeah, it's I don't know how they do it either. And and I think that the screws are going to be tightened on them even more over the next few years in the Mondami administration. It just it is not a good thing. It's it's a terrible thing for the city of New York.

[00:16:46] Yeah, well, in the whole country, too. I mean, if you think about it, Jenny Beth, with what with the rise of the DSA candidates and looking at their agenda, when they talk about their plan for the future of America, they are talking about a potentially two hundred and twelve trillion dollar bill. And they always want to say that all we're going to do is tax the wealthy, tax the major corporations. But as you and I know, because we are students of history, we know how this plays out in other countries across the world.

[00:17:14] It never just falls on them. Once those corporations leave, once the wealthy get out of town, who does it fall on? It will always fall on the middle class. It will always fall on the small business owners eventually. Maybe not right now. They get the luxury of trying this little socialist experiment in a capitalist society. But eventually the money runs out and it is going to fall on the people who risked it all to start a business and try to better themselves and the economy of the United States of America.

[00:17:43] You're exactly right, Amy. And when you said that two hundred and twelve trillion dollars, I just very quickly looked up our gross domestic product for the entire country is around thirty two point four trillion dollars. Thirty two point four. Two hundred and twelve trillion is it's so much more than than our gross domestic product.

[00:18:08] And we're already forty trillion dollars and our country cannot do. It isn't possible to do what they want, what they want done. Paul, I have one more question for you and then we're going to do a break. We've you and I have worked together for a long time working to secure our border. And in the last year and a half, President Trump has done just that. He secured the border by enforcing the federal law and pulling those levers of government that have been entrusted to the presidency.

[00:18:35] We have the lowest illegal immigration crossings in 50 years. What do you think of of President Trump's ability to get the border secure? I mean, just just amazing. And again, you know, it's one of those things where even though it's those of us on the right calling for it, people across the political spectrum are grateful for it. I'm actually from the New York area originally. A lot of friends and family there still.

[00:18:59] And they're saying it is so much better not having illegal immigrants constantly coming up into their city, being bused there. Who knows where they stay? They take over hotels, schools, things like that. So, again, left, right and center. People are appreciative of folks who follow the law, who don't cut the line. That's the way I talk about it to people, too, is illegal immigrants are really just line cutters.

[00:19:21] Right. They're just cutting the line ahead of the people who are waiting patiently, doing what they need to do properly, filling out the right forms, waiting the required time. And these folks just kind of come in and cut the line. And you know how it feels when someone cuts the line, right? You're on line to get some fast food or maybe to board a plane or a train or anything like that. And you see someone cut in. It's a terrible feeling. Right. We don't like it. Nobody likes it. And it's the same thing with with illegal immigration. So President Trump has just done a remarkably fantastic and fast job.

[00:19:51] And he proved that he what he said in the campaign was right. We didn't need new laws. Right. Like Joe Biden said, like Kamala Harris. So if Congress would just pass some more laws. Nope. The laws were already on the books. President already has the power in the Constitution and in statute to do what he did. And so really remarkable. We hope it keeps going. All right. We're going to take a short break. And Paul, you stay with us when we come back. We're going to go to Amy for just a minute. I want her to tell everyone about her business. It's a remarkable story.

[00:20:19] And then we'll come back to you, Paul and Robert McNeely.

[00:20:23] So a quick break. Welcome back.

[00:20:53] And before we go on, I want if you enjoyed what you've heard in the first 13 minutes of this show, you like this kind of analysis of the news. I encourage you to subscribe to the channel and give us a like. It'll help us get around the mainstream media and reach more constitutional conservatives. It doesn't cost you anything but a click, and it really helps the show grow. Amy, I appreciate you being on today so much. I would love it for you to tell people about Alexa Athletica, what it actually is, and how you wound up starting this company.

[00:21:24] Absolutely. And thank you, again, for having me on to share about this today because it is so pivotal. It's so important. This topic of women being able to take care of themselves, protect themselves, and do it all under the Second Amendment is so critical to kind of what we're facing today in this country. So my company is Alexa Athletica. It is a concealed carry activewear. In fact, it was the very first concealed carry activewear company on the market.

[00:21:51] The idea came to me when I was out training for a marathon, and I got followed and harassed by a van of seven men. At that point, I didn't have a way to defend or protect myself. I wouldn't have even considered myself a gun girl necessarily, but I ran home. I got my license to carry, and then I wanted some place to put it. I wanted to be able to wear it when I was out jogging, but I didn't want to look tactical. I didn't want to look like I had military clothing on.

[00:22:17] So I wanted to make something that was practical, functional, comfortable, and would allow women to carry their self-defense tools of choice. And that's how I came up with the idea of Alexa. Well, Anna, I think that almost every woman has been outside at some point and felt uncomfortable or been a little bit concerned about an interaction that they've had with somebody. So you're really answering a real—and by that, I mean a stranger, especially a strange man who you don't quite know,

[00:22:45] and you don't know why they're watching or they're getting a little bit too close. So I think that this really answers a need for a lot of women. It 100 percent does. And I can tell you, you know, I wasn't hearing stories on the news constantly about women joggers being murdered, especially by illegal immigrants, and who would have known several years later after we launched this product that we would find ourselves at a time in our country where we had tens of millions of people be able to come across our borders completely unvetted.

[00:23:12] We didn't know that we were letting in trendy Aragua gang members from Venezuela or that we were letting in military-age men from Syria. I mean, we didn't know this was going on. And now we are seeing stories that are reaching national headlines. Sidney Gorman, Lakin Riley, Carmen Pooch. These women were just out minding their own business and unfortunately didn't have ways to defend and protect themselves, but really didn't think they needed to. And now because we have so many dangerous people in our country

[00:23:41] that we don't even know are here necessarily, we have enough American citizens that have done this to American women. We don't need more. But women have got to understand the importance and just how critical it is to have some way to protect yourself when the police officers can't be there. Someone can't be there to defend you 24 hours a day. You are your own first line of defense. And this active wear line gives you the ability to carry whatever tool you feel comfortable and confident with to be able to take care of yourself and your children.

[00:24:11] Yeah, you're exactly right about that. If we call 911, they can respond, but it is going to take them a few minutes at the very least to arrive where you are. So you have to be your first line of defense. Absolutely. It makes complete and total sense. So Amy, what do you find that is challenging about running a business that you sees? And what is a bit easier since President Trump has become president?

[00:24:37] Well, I would say the challenge is now I didn't have children when I started this company. So now as a mom who I homeschool both of my children, I run the company. You know, I'm very, very passionate about what I do with Alexa. What gets me up in the morning is knowing that we are potentially saving lives. And so obviously that keeps me going every single day. But the most challenging thing is just trying to continue to run the household,

[00:25:03] run my kids' social schedules, which really kind of get even more on the calendar than my social schedule, and run the business. But luckily I have something that I am extremely passionate about. And just find the way, find the time to get it done. Yeah, I understand that. My children now are 23, so I'm in a little bit different place in life. But it is such a challenge to run a company and run your children's lives.

[00:25:30] But it is such a privilege to be able to do so as well. Such an honor to be able to be a mom. I'm so glad that I had the ability and was blessed with being a mom. And also to run a company and to do something I care passionately about. And I can tell that's what you're doing as well. Yeah, there's no doubt. I mean, my kids definitely enhanced what I was doing with Alexa. So it kind of deepened that purpose for why I always obviously wanted to protect women and children.

[00:25:58] But it just became so much deeper and so much closer to me having my own children and saying, like, you know, I don't want to leave this house without a way to protect them. I don't want to leave this place without going out and saying, I am prepared to take care of myself and my children if I need to. And extend that offer to other women as well. And just be a resource for them. You know, I didn't start out feeling confident with firearms. I used to tell people that my husband had to show me how to use my gun every time when he would leave to go out of town.

[00:26:27] And I say, if I can do it, you can do it. Any woman can and get the skills and get the knowledge and grow in her confidence to be able to take care of herself. Very good. And how can people find you? Yeah, go to AlexaAthletica.com. You can Google us and find us or go directly to our website and you'll see some of our running gear that we have. We've got some great running shorts for that hot weather. It's still over 100 degrees here in Texas in September. So you still don't, you probably don't want to hang up your shorts just yet.

[00:26:55] But then our leggings are our bread and butter for the company as well as some wonderful running short shirts that will help conceal it while you're running. Because that's the number one question I get asked. How do you run and hide your firearm? And we specifically design the shirts and the tops to be able to carry that while still giving you a nice silhouette. Great athletic moisture wicking fabrics and all of that. So it all complements one another within the line. I love it. I really love it. Well, thank you so much, Amy, for joining me.

[00:27:24] And thank you for building something that helps to protect women and let them still feel like themselves while they're out exercising. Absolutely, Jeanne Beth. Thanks again for having me on. Thank you. And folks, you can get that again at alexoathletica.com. We're going to take one more break. And in this one, we're going to be talking about what you can do to help with the polls this season. And when we come back, Paul Teller will be joining us for the second half of the show, as well as Robert McNeely, my co-host.

[00:27:54] Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. And your precinct needs a trustworthy neighbor in that room. No matter who wins, everyone must have trust in the outcome of our elections. There are two ways to get involved, and a lot of people get these mixed up. A poll worker is sometimes called an election official. They run the precinct, and normally your local county board of elections hires you, trains you, and in most places pays you for the work as a poll worker.

[00:28:22] And we need poll workers on Election Day as well as during early voting. A poll watcher observes the process and reports what they see. Normally, to do this, you sign up through your local political party, like your local Republican Party or Democratic Party or Central Committee, whatever your area calls it. And a poll watcher is a volunteer position. Now, I named both parties just in on purpose. No matter who wins this election, I want every American to trust the outcome of the election.

[00:28:53] We need people to sign up to be poll workers first because those positions are filling up as we speak, and that deadline normally happens before the deadline for being a poll watcher. Don't wait for someone else to answer this call. You can be an American hero this election cycle. Visit helpatthepolls.com to learn how to get started. Again, that's helpatthepolls.com. Welcome back to The Jenny Beth Show.

[00:29:21] Paul Teller is still with me, and Robert Manili, who is my co-host, is joining me for this half. Robert, thanks so much for joining the show today. Oh, thank you, Jenny Beth. And hey, Paul, great to see you. Good to see you. Always great to be with you both. All right. Robert, Mayor Karen Bass was asked to testify today about more than $1 billion in federal homelessness money in Los Angeles since 2021 that was lost, about $200 million a year. And she said she's not available.

[00:29:51] She also stepped off that agency's board right after the investigation opened into what's happened to that money. What do you make of this? You know what's beautiful about this country, Jenny Beth? We're all innocent. Presume that until proven guilty. But in the court of public opinion, it seems like she's taking a playbook from her friend, Dr. Fauci. Of course, he appeared to defend his Fifth Amendment rights and to plead that. Now, she just doesn't show up at all.

[00:30:15] And that's why Spencer Pratt ran in the first place a common-sense individual, really an independent thinker and a moderate, who wanted to make the Pacific Palisades and Los Angeles the whole of his city where he grew up great again. And he proved to be, like many of the thinkers, not only in the great state of California, but throughout our country, common sense over fear. And that's the choice in this election. It's common sense versus crazy. So shame on Mayor Karen Bass. I hope that there's a brighter future for the Golden State.

[00:30:45] I believe it starts with electing great people like Steve Hilton running for governor out there because we need some help and some cleanup. And remember, President Trump coming back in the second term, visiting Los Angeles just days into that new administration. Even Governor Gavin Newsom greeting him off of Air Force One. And President Trump mentioning, why not give these people the building permits that they're wanting? It's too much government bureaucracy and a bloated operation out there in California.

[00:31:12] And it's shameful that Mayor Karen Bass is turning her back once again on great Angelenos who simply want to live their lives. That you are exactly right. They want to live their lives and all of this money that was spent on homelessness. And yet there is still a huge homelessness problem in Los Angeles County. So they haven't solved the problem. And I'm sure there are a lot of people who have made some money off of the homeless problem.

[00:31:40] All right, Paul, let's listen to what the vice president said yesterday about fraud. If you're thinking about defrauding the American taxpayer, if you're thinking about skimming off the top, if you're thinking about taking a program that was meant for hungry children or for needy young mothers, don't do it. Go and get a job instead, because this administration is not going to let you steal from people who we're supposed to be taking care of in this country

[00:32:05] so that you can get rich while the American taxpayer works their tail off in order to fund our government. So, Paul, what did you think of that? What do you think of what the administration is doing? It wasn't just the vice president. It was like half the cabinet standing up there with him. Yeah, no, fantastic. It's such a strong point. And, you know, what's important about what he and the administration are doing is saying the answer, by the way, isn't just money.

[00:32:31] In other words, when he talks about fraud, of course, then we're talking about fraudulently stealing money. But I also love that the administration is emphasizing how you can't just hand a homeless person a little extra cash and think everything's going to be great. It has to do with certain social conditions. In other words, a lot of the homeless are addicted to drugs or have mental illness or maybe just are down on their luck in terms of a job. Right. Got laid off from something, from a skill, you know, and they don't exactly know how to pivot.

[00:33:00] And so their focus is returning to things that are going to help people help themselves. Right. And get them out of that cycle, that trap of living in tents, being homeless and yet still being a drug addict or still being mentally challenged and things like that. And so I really appreciate that angle of it, too. But love the strong warning of like, you know, you want to you know, you want to be fraudulent in this country. We see you and we're coming after you. It's fantastic.

[00:33:29] Yeah, I thought it was amazing just watching it, watching all of the administration officials standing up there. Kash Patel, Kelly Loeffler. I just there were so many of them and they all are catching the fraud. And I I keep coming back to this. I've said it before on the show. I've said it to members of Congress. You've been in meetings with me, Paul, where I've said it, where Elon Musk said that he thought that they could find a trillion dollars in fraud.

[00:33:58] And wasteful spending. And he was asked, you mean over the course of 10 years? And he said, no, in a single year. And all these members of Congress kind of scoffed at him and laughed at him and said it was impossible. And yet we hear time after time after time, more and more and more fraud is happening. And I think Elon Musk, who knows numbers and math and money probably better than any other person in the country in the world. He was right. He was right about that.

[00:34:28] And it needs to be cleaned up. So I'm glad this administration has a whole of government approach to it. Now, Paul, the House is planning to vote on a resolution H.R. 9576 this week, which puts the department or the Justice Department's fraud division into statute with a Senate confirmed head. What do you think will actually change with that? Do you think that's going to pass? Do you think that we may need another?

[00:34:58] I don't know. Just tell me what you think. You know much more about Capitol Hill than I do. No, but you're right to say, like, you know, maybe there's a little doubt, right? Because only like so few things are actually getting through the United States Congress, right? Especially in the Senate. Yeah, right. I mean, I think I forget the exact number, but the House has passed. Thank you. That was over 500 bills that the House has passed sitting in the Senate. You may say, OK, look, you know, it's busy. There's a lot going on.

[00:35:26] But, you know, when the Senate comes in for its first vote of the week Monday at like, you know, 6 p.m. Eastern time, and it leaves by lunchtime Eastern time on Thursday, you know, the argument that it just has no more time to do anything else falls a little flat, right? So I think a little bit ridiculous. But like this one may actually have some legs because, man, who wants to be on record, especially during an election season being against not only fraud, but like making it a permanent fight of the federal government?

[00:35:56] And as you were saying before, when you were talking about poll workers and should be both parties, poll watchers, that kind of thing, same thing here. Fighting fraud should be bipartisan, nonpartisan, right? Left, right, and center. We should all say, you know, if anyone is defrauding the taxpayer, defrauding the government at any level, frankly, let's go after it. Let's root it out. It should be consistent. It should be a permanent, sustained effort. So, yeah, love this initiative. I think it could actually pass. All right.

[00:36:24] Changing gears just a little bit, but still on Capitol Hill. This is going to I'm going to give you both questions about this. So I'll start with Paul and then I'm going to go to Robert. Paul, the House Oversight Committee opened an investigation into Bloomberg philanthropies yesterday, and they're saying more than a billion dollars has been spent since 2019 to groups that sue American energy projects.

[00:36:51] So it seems to me that what they're basically doing is suing for anti-American energy. They're working against the best interests of American energy. It's about one hundred and forty million dollars a year that has been spent. And almost 12 million of it went to Energy Foundation China.

[00:37:10] Chairman Comer from the House Oversight Committee and Chairman Burleson have said that the money helps stop a liquefied natural gas facility that was projected to create three thousand jobs. So do you think this is a big deal? Why is it a big deal and why is the House investigating it? I'm starting with you, Paul, because you've got the expertise on the Hill.

[00:37:37] And then I'm going to ask Robert more of kind of the man on the street opinion of it. No, I appreciate it. And yeah, you're right to raise this. By the way, Congressman Comer and Burleson, fantastic members. Get to know them better if you don't already to your viewers. I mean, it's the fantastic folks. But yeah, this is super important because, again, it's think of the logic here. It's the taxpayer funding projects that then hurt the taxpayer. I mean, it just it makes no sense.

[00:38:02] Frankly, hopefully it's falling right under Vice President Vance's and the administration's anti-fraud initiative because that couldn't be more fraudulent. Right. You're taking a taxpayer dollar from someone who's working hard and giving it to Americans who are turning around, suing the government, suing the taxpayer, making it harder to make America energy independent, keep it energy independent. Those dollars also benefit China, right?

[00:38:27] Benefit our competitors, because obviously if we're not building the energy facilities we need, well, who's building energy facilities? China and other adversaries and business, therefore, would have to flow in that direction. So this is truly outrageous. Absolutely should be investigated. There's probably a lot more where that came from. And kudos to them for shining the light on it. Well, and I find it really interesting that the money is going to to benefit Chinese companies.

[00:38:58] So, Robert, it kind of brings me to you here. There are 26 state attorney generals that wrote to the Justice Department about the China linked group back in December. So what do you make of that situation? Does it seem like Bloomberg Philanthropies is looking out more for Chinese interests or for American interests? Well, I think Michael Bloomberg and his entities clearly watching out for themselves. And to Paul's point, move over inflation. We have a hidden tax within our system.

[00:39:25] It's waste, fraud and abuse costing each and every American household hundreds of thousands of dollars. And it's actually outrageous. It should be bipartisan. And I applaud those 26 attorneys general. We hope that Democrat attorneys general deal with it. But we have one Keith Ellison up in Minnesota who may be participating in all of this. And a second point as well.

[00:39:48] Ever since then Senator Joe Biden from Delaware was giving a broad cheers of champagne to then Vice Premier Xi Jinping of China, who will be here next week to deal with President Trump right at the Oval Office at the White House to have serious meetings on all these topics, including AI.

[00:40:10] It's been the last 20 years or so where the Clinton administration leaving office in 2000, welcoming China into the World Trade Organization. What a massive mistake. And I've seen it on the ground as a candidate for office, whether it be city council or as a state representative. And I hate to say it. There's so many aspects of the Chamber of Commerce I love. But there are business people here in America.

[00:40:35] In America, they're Americans betraying their country through many entities and who would rather do business with China and look at their bottom line rather than be loyal to the American people. It's incredible what they'll give up for the almighty dollar. It truly is. OK, so speaking of the almighty dollar, let's and I am all in favor of of profit.

[00:41:01] And I love using artificial intelligence to be able to to to make incredible products. But we're going to shift over to artificial intelligence. It's being talked about a lot, including with what President Trump said yesterday. And he he called into the All In Summit over the weekend and then or maybe he called in yesterday. And I'm confusing that I watched it last night.

[00:41:27] And then he posted that the only guardrails artificial intelligence needs are smart, a strong and smart president. Senator Kennedy from Louisiana is trying to move a kill switch bill on artificial intelligence this week. Senator Rick Scott from Florida has said not so fast. And then Senator Lee and the majority leader Thune has said that an artificial intelligence bill this year is still probably to be determined.

[00:41:56] So, Paul, I want your opinion on this. And before I go to you for your opinion on this, I we've watched several different things unfold over the last week. If you've been following anything about artificial intelligence online and in social media, you had somebody who said that they worked for Anthropic, who posted something saying how awful Anthropic was and it needed guardrails.

[00:42:22] And basically, Anthropic and AI are going to destroy all humanity in the world needs to be alarmed last week. And there was this massive media campaign around it. And it was not something that looked organic at all. His post went viral, but it sure seemed like there was a huge concerted effort around his post to make sure that he was going viral.

[00:42:46] Then this week you have all of these artificial intelligence companies heads saying, oh, things are very, very dangerous. We need to be able to set aside antitrust laws and be able to work together and collude together and to create our own regulations. And it seems to me they're spending a lot of money trying to set the narrative to scare American people about about AI and probably even about data centers. Maybe that part has backfired on them a little bit.

[00:43:16] And they're trying to do it so that they can get the government to create laws that benefit these four big companies, but yank the ladder up from all the other companies that are working to compete. And I'm just laying that as the background to people who haven't been paying a lot of attention to it. And I think that's part of why President Trump is posting about this. So anyway, what do you think about it? What do you think is going to happen in the Senate with all these possible bills and about the subject more broadly?

[00:43:46] No, great. You know, great lead in. And it's such a tough topic, right, that we could spend, you know, the rest of the day, night, tomorrow, next week talking about it. We wouldn't have all the answers. But I think the one thing we can all agree on is we have to listen to and address people's fears, right? People have legitimate fears, legitimate concerns, either about AI itself, right? Whether true or not, right? There are people are concerns. We got to address that. But also just, you know, in many communities, companies are coming in and saying,

[00:44:16] hey, you see that beautiful farmland over there? Well, we're going to slap a data center on top of it. Now, that may be okay. That may be the right thing to do for that community. But we can't just kind of say to the community, sit down, shut up, don't question it. That's ridiculous, right? We have to listen to people's fears and address them. And I think maybe one way to do that is talk to communities that have had success with data centers who have said, yeah, we welcome them into our community. They brought jobs. They brought development. These roads are better than ever.

[00:44:45] You know, we've got businesses that sprouted up around them because we've got all these new workers and they need places to live and stay and eat and go to school and all these things. So we need to tell the positive story and how also if we don't proceed robustly, as President Trump said we should, our adversaries like China will continue to proceed robustly and we're going to fall behind. We don't want America falling behind. That's not American, right? That's not what we want. It's certainly not what President Trump wants. I don't think it's really what any American wants.

[00:45:14] But again, got to address and listen to their fears. Well, I think that that is actually right, Paul, because if we don't address their fears and we tell them, oh, don't worry, there's nothing to be afraid of. First, they're just not going to believe it because they have a legitimate emotional reaction to it. And then they're not going to believe anything else you say. So you have to acknowledge that and then figure out is there a way to work around it. So I think that there are a few things.

[00:45:44] I certainly don't think that the AI companies right now are helping themselves because it sure seems like they're trying to pull the ladder up from the other open source companies that are trying to compete. And that just creates even more distrust. So it's a situation we have to pay attention to because AI is going to help determine what happens in our future.

[00:46:10] And we do need to pay attention to the fact that there are people who are legitimately concerned about it and alarmed by it and afraid of it. And how do we balance that with how do we balance those two seemingly competing interests to make sure that they actually balance and are no longer competing? Okay. Let's change the subject just slightly before we go to a break very quickly. Senator McConnell came back to the Senate yesterday after three months away.

[00:46:37] And I am glad to see that he seems to mentally still be there. And he was in a wheelchair, but he's moving around. And I'm thankful to see that because I don't wish ill on especially physical ill will on people. So, Robert, what did you make of Senator McConnell being back? And then I'll get Paul's quick take on it, too. Well, I'm happy to see that it looks like he can conclude his duties as he's facing imminent retirement.

[00:47:07] You know, it's a question of, Jenny Beth, do we want term limits at the federal level, especially for Congress? I think you can make a big argument for that because most states have found a way to implement some form of term limits, whether it be in their executive or legislative branches, in some cases with individual state judicial. Although that tends to be life appointments, especially on the federal benches. But as we look at this, be not afraid to be young and in the room.

[00:47:35] Look at our founders, many of them 18 who signed the Declaration of Independence. And you'd be surprised by their ages. Thomas Jefferson, 33, signing and writing, composing the Declaration of Independence with the Committee of Five. So be unafraid to enter the arena no matter what age you are. And maybe we look at not only encouraging those people to step up to the plate, but also should there be age limits to a certain extent, like Nikki Haley has proposed.

[00:48:05] I know the president has discussed this to a certain extent, although he makes 80 look very, very young on a daily basis, especially with his schedule. Yeah, I'm not sure that there's actually one size fits all when it comes to the age. It really is much more about health and capability.

[00:48:22] I wouldn't want to put somebody who is very brilliant, still has their mental capacity and can function and move around and just say, well, you're out to pasture and have nothing else to contribute to society. I think that when it comes to – and I think also you start hitting age discrimination. And you can hit that at either end and everywhere in the middle.

[00:48:49] But it's just something I'm a little bit cognizant of. With that said, I certainly think there is a place for term limits. And if you're going to run for a six-year term, you should take a deep, deep look at where you are physically and if you're going to be able to finish a term based on where you are physically. But that's my opinion. Paul, let me get yours. No, totally. First of all, I just want to agree with what you were saying. On the right, we don't take pleasure in the physical ailments of others.

[00:49:19] We just came up on the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. And the left was celebrating all over again. And it's just truly stunning. Sometimes you can't even believe you're listening to what you're listening or reading what you're reading. We don't do that on our side. You and I, Jenny Beth, we've been in many meetings where maybe we're disagreeing politically with our friend Mitch McConnell. I don't think he would ever call me a friend.

[00:49:44] But with the senator, I respect who he is as a senator for sure. And I think he respects me as well. But I don't know that we're friends. That's right. Not actual friends. Exactly. But, you know, he has put just decades of service. Again, sometimes coming after conservatives, we don't love that. But OK. But as a human being, yes, we, of course, are glad he's healthy. We're glad for his wife, that he is healthy and his family, et cetera, et cetera. So absolutely good. Good to see him back.

[00:50:13] And, you know, maybe he'll take a nice sharp turn to the conservative right, you know, before he leaves. So we'll see. It would be great. I would love it if you would vote for the Save America Act. But I am very glad that he is well enough to be back and to finish out his term. And he obviously will. He only has a few more for a few more months left until his retirement. All right. We are going to take a quick break.

[00:50:39] And when we come back, we're going to speed through a lightning round about election integrity. And maybe we'll have time for one other topic. All right, Paul, I want to start with you.

[00:51:06] Yesterday, the Supreme Court basically said that President Trump's regulations on the U.S. Postal Service, when it came to mail-in balloting, they threw it out. Several justices were saying there wasn't enough time to implement it, which, frankly, is the court system's fault. But at any rate, it's not going to happen for this election cycle.

[00:51:29] But what do you make of that, and why does that make efforts for individual citizens to be more engaged in election integrity right now, not less? No, exactly right. And I agree with you that some of this delay has to be pointed. You know, the blame has to lay at the feet of the various courts, no question. But I think it also calls, you know, brings up the need for action legislatively, right?

[00:51:53] In other words, if we could have done this, you know, months ago, maybe even sooner, you know, previous to that, where we can make it where the average citizen feels secure in federal elections, right? Because the notion, you know, our friend Cleta Mitchell talks about this all the time. We've got to reduce unsupervised voting, right? And that's really what President Trump is getting at. There should be fewer and fewer Americans who vote without some sort of supervision. And I don't mean like a parent over a child.

[00:52:23] We're not talking about that. We're talking about just kind of natural checks on each other's human behavior. You go to, you know, you vote in person. There are other human beings there, right? They ask you for your ID in some cases, or they ask you for your address or whatever it is. There's just other eyeballs on you. And it helps make voting more secure, helps us build trust in our American election system. And the more people that are just voting alone, at home, you know, in their car, and no one can see what they're doing and dropping something into a mailbox.

[00:52:53] We don't know exactly, is that a legitimate vote? Is it not? Were they supposed to vote? Were they registered somewhere else? All of those things. So that's what I think President Trump is trying to get at. We should have addressed legislatively, but didn't. But again, you know, Congress, unfortunately, can't seem to do a whole lot of stuff, especially this year. But like you said, it just means we citizens have to get even more active, dial it up, and just be aware of what's happening around you when you are voting and when your fellow citizens are voting.

[00:53:22] That is exactly right, Paul. And it's why being a poll watcher and a poll worker is extremely important. All right. The Save America Act. Robert, a lot of people on the left will say that, oh, the Save America Act isn't fair to women or minorities. They can't get an ID. Let's look at what CJ Pearson did recently. And hang on while my team brings that up. It should be clip CJ.

[00:53:52] It disenfranchises mainly women voters, voters who are minorities, voters who are poor. It disenfranchises minorities? Absolutely. Because minorities can't get a passport? No, because it disenfranchises people who don't have. Nice, nice. I have a passport. I have a passport. It disenfranchises. Do you want to verify my citizenship? I'm glad. I'm glad. Because apparently, according to Adam Mockler, minorities can't get a passport. We were not bright enough to do it. This is my exact. We're not bright enough? This is my exact.

[00:54:21] This is my exact point right here. The Democrat Party reminds me every single day. Y'all still not shaking. I love CJ. All right, Robert, what do you make of that? What a great happy warrior right here from the peach state of Georgia. We need more people like him willing to take that mic and debate this peacefully and patriotically.

[00:54:41] It points out the hypocrisy on the left because how many times do we use a said ID countless times throughout the day for different functions within society? And that's simply what we're watching here is to make sure that there is an established trend to keep people honest in this process. That's why we need the poll workers. That's why we need the poll watchers. That's why we need to end Motor Voter.

[00:55:07] That's why I was proud to sit in the illustrious seats we had at the Republican National Convention. And who happened to walk by the Senate Majority Leader? And I simply said, pass the Save America Act. And he gave me a thumbs up to his credit. So we hope to see that. So be not afraid. Do not quit. Great patriots out there. Peacefully and patriotically continue in this.

[00:55:28] But it makes it so much more important to serve as poll workers and poll watchers this election season to make sure that that vote is an actual American vote. You know, Jenny, Beth, that I covered this in mainstream politics all the way up in Anchorage, Alaska. At my residence, there was a special election for the Anchorage Assembly, their city council. Three different ballots in three different names of presumed former owners or even renters of my address.

[00:55:58] I happen to have those ballots ready for them. So I brought that. I showcased that. And both red and blue, Republican and Democrat in the great municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, had many questions for their election clerk as to the integrity of the vote. And Americans, regardless of right, left and center, they need to believe that our elections are valid and truthful. OK, last question for you, Paul Teller.

[00:56:26] We covered a lot of topics that I picked. Is there anything that you're following and tracking that we did not hit on today that you want people to be aware of? Oh, I really appreciate it. You know, maybe one thing to throw out there is maybe a little technical. Let's make it super quick and easy. The capital gains tax, right? When Americans are selling a stock, selling property, a house, whatever, you have to pay a capital gains tax. Well, here's the thing. Built into that capital gains tax, you're also paying a tax on inflation, right?

[00:56:52] So in other words, there was 20 percent inflation during the Biden-Harris years. So if you bought something for 100 bucks at the start of the Biden years, sold it for 120 bucks at the end of the Biden years, you're going to pay a capital gains tax on that $20 difference. But that's not fair. That gain was all due to inflation. Outrageous. So something many of us are working on is backing out inflation from that calculation. When you're paying a capital gains tax, it should be on an actual gain, not just like government-inspired, government-caused inflation.

[00:57:22] So something we should look into. Well, you're exactly right. And inflation is a hidden tax. So you're taxing the tax. Yeah. That's craziness. Totally crazy. So we're looking more into that. All right. Well, Paul Teller, thank you so much for joining me today. And thank you for the hard work you do every single day advancing the conservative cause. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. And Robert, thank you. And I think you're going to be back on the show tomorrow. And you might even be co-hosting because I think I have an appointment tomorrow. So thank you for being on. Well, thank you, Jenny Beth. Always fun.

[00:57:49] Earlier in the show, you saw an ad about helping at the polls. And that's one way you can show up this year. Here are some other ways that you can make a difference. Go to I will save America dot com. And we pick that URL because we do want the Save America Act passed. But we don't have to wait just for the United States Senate to do what it takes to save America. Each and every one of us can make a difference. So go to I will save America dot com.

[00:58:18] And let us know how you can help. On your screen right now, you can see 10 different things that you can do to help save America. You can pick from pick one or several of them. It could be registering your neighbors to vote, writing postcards to voters, making phone calls, texting your friends and family. Of course, being a poll watcher and a poll worker. You can volunteer at on a local campaign, donate to local campaigns. There are 10 different items you can do. Pick one or all of them.

[00:58:48] But we need to get involved. One mission. Visit I will save America dot com and sign up today to take action. And I want to close with something that has absolutely nothing to do with Washington, D.C. or immigration or the Save America Act. It's just something that I enjoyed. On Sunday night at the Emmys, an actor named Tom Pelfrey won for a show called Task. And honestly, I've never even seen that show because I don't have time to watch TV these days.

[00:59:16] But I've watched Tom since his first gig on Guiding Light back in 2003. Pretty sure he stole my heart back then. And I've always thought he was one of the best. When he received the Emmy on Sunday night, he thanked God for his life and for his sobriety. And he also thanked his family and friends for their love and support through it all. And then he also turned to his fiancee, Kaylee. Oh, I hope I get this right.

[00:59:47] Qualco. Qualco. I may be getting it wrong. Who is pregnant. She's also an actress from the Big Bang Theory. She is pregnant with their second child. And he called their family the crown jewel of his life. Watch this. I thank God for my life and my sobriety. I thank my family and my friends for all your love and support all these years. From Emmys to, you know, black box theaters and everything in between.

[01:00:15] And to my favorite actor in this room. My love, my best friend, my partner. The very pregnant Kaylee Cuoco. I love you more than anything. And our family is the crown jewel of my life. Matilda, daddy loves you. Baby girl in that belly. Daddy loves you. Thank you. God bless. I mean, have a moment. Please. That was unbelievable.

[01:00:45] Oh my God. I love you. That was, okay. I'm going to get out of here. That was awesome. That was awesome. There you go. That's a moment. It's a moment. That's what life is all about. All right. And to our listening audience, that last little bit was while he was giving his interview after winning the Emmy to Entertainment Tonight, Kaylee Cuoco. I totally messed her name up the first time, but I think I got it right then.

[01:01:12] His fiance came up and gave him a hug and told him that she loves him. Tom stood in front of all of Hollywood and the entire world and thanked God. He thanked God for his life and for his sobriety, and he put his family above the award that was right there in his hand. I'm so excited that he won that Emmy, but even more, I am excited to see him thank God that he's sober and that he's cheering for his family. I pray for the safe delivery of his baby and for his continued sobriety. Way to go, Tom.

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