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In this episode, we delve into the complexities of legislation and how it affects businesses both big and small. Kim Monson shares insights into the ongoing debate of freedom versus force while encouraging listeners to understand the finer details of these policies. Explore the implications of state actions on immigration enforcement and what they mean for individual liberties.
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I don’t think that we should be passing legislation that is so complicated that people kind of throw up their hands and say, I can’t understand that.
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And it’s not fair just because you’re a big business that you get a break on this and the little guy doesn’t.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed, let’s have a conversation. And welcome to the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You eat your treasure, your value, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. And thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Friday, Producer Joe. Happy Friday, Kim. And Joe and I were talking in our pre-call for the show regarding this weather that is being forecast throughout the nation. And I don’t normally watch the news or the weather. I normally just go to my phone and look at the app and see what the weather is supposed to be. And I still, on my app, it’s not showing any snow for months. where I live at all for the next week. I’m just going to recheck it. But I don’t understand that, quite frankly. But I don’t know. Producer Joe, it’s a mystery to me because you said it was snowing a little bit as you were driving into the station today.
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Yes, ma’am. There was white flakes falling right in front of my face.
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And yet, I don’t understand how they think they can tell us what the temperature is going to be in 100 years regarding climate change and global warming, but we can’t seem to figure out what the weather is going to be for the day right here in front of us. So anyway, we’ll stay tuned. And that’s why you should check out A Climate Conversation, which is the documentary. It’s a project of Walt Johnson. And I have the great honor to be the moderator in that particular documentary. We did that about three years ago. And Walt is in the process of planning the sequel on this. In fact, we think that we’ve got a date for filming for that. But check out climateconversation.com. It’s just very thoughtful, reasoned conversations. about climate with experts and scientists. And if you’ve not seen it, check it out. It’s been on Newsmax a number of times. So check that out. Also check out our website, which is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And make sure you’re signed up for our weekly email newsletter that goes out on Sundays. highlighting our upcoming guests as well as our most recent essays. You can email me at kim at kimmonson.com. The text line is 720-605-0647. I thank all of you who support us. We are an independent voice. on an independent station, searching for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. Something’s a good idea. You should not have to force people to do it. And force can come in a variety of ways, and it’s not compassionate to take other people’s stuff via force, whether or not it’s their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhoods, or lives via force. And force can obviously be a weapon, but it can be policy, unpredictable and excessive taxation, fees, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, this agenda by the World Economic Forum and globalist elites that plays out at the United Nations, but all the way to local government as well. And so we have got to really get government back in its proper role. And it is a big job because it is… It is being financed by us, the taxpayers, like I say, all the way down to the local level. And we’re seeing our freedoms, our liberty is just being chipped away each and every day. And we’ll talk with Susan Harris. She is our featured guest in hour number two. about really these big ideas and ultimately this move towards socialism and communism. Socialism is not about free stuff. The free stuff is just the carrot to get people to vote for it. But ultimately communism comes down to the haves and everybody else is the have-nots. We’re seeing this play out in New York City, which is just, it’s crazy to watch this right before our eyes, but it is playing out there, but it’s also playing out here in Colorado as well. So that’s why we continue to shed light on what is happening. We have to first understand what’s happening, and then we’ve got to go after the root causes of why this is happening, and that’s what we’re doing here at the Kim Monson Show. We focus on the issues, and we’ll talk about the people that are pushing those issues, but we stay out of the The emotional personality finding, we want to stay reasoned and focused on what is really going on. And we get to do this because of one of our sponsors is Hooters Restaurants. They have locations in Loveland, Westminster, and in Aurora. And of course, great place to watch all sporting events. They have, I think, some of the best nachos I’ve ever had. And they have these lunch day specials Monday through Friday. And how I got to know them, it really is this story at a local government level. on freedom, free markets, and capitalism versus politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties. And if you want to hear that story or look at that story, you can find that at my website. And just go to the sponsor tab, and then under the Hooters tab, you can find that there. So be sure and check that out. Our word of the day, let’s get to that, and thank you to Ginny for the suggestion on this, is Eshoo. S-H-E-W. One more time. E-S-C-H-E-W. S-H-E-W. There we go. I got it. And it says to avoid using, accepting, participating or partaking of, to evade or to refrain from doing something. And lastly, to shun, to avoid as something wrong or from a feeling of distaste to keep oneself clear of. And it’s just really good advice to eschew. One more time. I’m not getting that right. Eschew. Thanks, Jenny. And I did practice that, but not very well, obviously. Those that are… really, really pushing for this more and more government control of our lives. And so, again, maybe you can use the word eschew a little bit better in a sentence than I just did, but I’ll keep working on it. Our quote of the day, since it is Friday, I’m going to the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values. I’d highly recommend that you have a copy at home. in your Freedom Library. You can order that by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org. And it’s a compiling of a number of the Medal of Honor quotes from the Portraits of Valor. And so this is from Brian M. Thacker, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, born 1945, for actions taken on March 31, 1971. And this is his citation, and it’s really remarkable. And as we read these citations, we can take… Great inspiration from these Medal of Honor recipients. And this is his citation. It’s, “…for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty, First Lieutenant Thacker, Field Artillery Battery A, distinguished himself while serving as the team leader of an integrated observation system co-located with elements of two Army of Republic of Vietnam units at Fire Base 6.” A numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force launched a well-planned dawn attack on the small, isolated hilltop fire base. Employing rockets, grenades, flamethrowers, and automatic weapons, the enemy forces penetrated the perimeter defenses and engaged the defenders in hand-to-hand combat. Throughout the morning and early afternoon, First Lieutenant Thacker rallied and encouraged the U.S. and Republic of Vietnam soldiers in heroic efforts to repulse the enemy. He occupied a dangerously exposed observation position for a period of four hours while directing friendly airstrikes and artillery fire against the assaulting enemy forces. His personal bravery and inspired leadership enabled the outnumbered friendly forces to inflict a maximum of casualties on the attacking enemy forces and prevented the base from being overrun. By late afternoon, the situation had become untenable. First Lieutenant Thacker organized and directed the withdrawal of the remaining friendly forces. With complete disregard for his personal safety, he remained inside the perimeter alone to provide covering fire with his M16 rifle until all other friendly forces had escaped from the besieged fire base. Then, in an act of supreme courage, he called for friendly artillery fire on his own position to allow his comrades more time to withdraw safely from the area and at the same time inflict even greater casualties on enemy forces. Although wounded and unable to escape from the area himself, he successfully eluded the enemy forces for eight days until friendly forces regained control of the fire base. The extraordinary courage and selflessness displayed by First Lieutenant Thacker were an inspiration to his comrades and are in the highest traditions of the military service. And I can’t even imagine how he eluded them for eight days. It’s just, it’s remarkable. It’s unbelievable. But his quote is from Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. And he said, the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction that we are moving. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against the wind. But we must sail and cannot drift nor lie on anchor. And so I thought, Oliver Wendell Holmes, let’s learn a little bit about him. He was born in 1841. He died in 1935. And he was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the court and for his pithy opinions, particularly those on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy, and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Holmes retired from the court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest justices on the Supreme Court. He previously served the Union as a Breivik colonel in the American Civil War, in which he was wounded three times. And he was as… as an associate justice and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and as well professor of law at his alma mater, Harvard Law School. His positions, distinctive personality and writing style made him a popular figure, especially with American progressives. During his tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, to which he was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, he supported the constitutionality of state economic regulation and came to advocate broad freedom of speech under the First Amendment after, in Schenck v. The United States, 1919, having upheld for a unanimous court criminal against draft protesters with the memorable maxim that free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. And just to comment on that now, I’m not sure if it was Rob Nadelson or which constitutional expert we talked with, but that was later really basically said that that’s not correct regarding that free speech decision. But also Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. formulated the groundbreaking clear and present danger test. So later that same year in his famous assent in Abrams versus United States 1919, he wrote that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. That, at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment. He added that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death. So I think at some point in time, we should probably do a show on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. I’m not quite sure what to think about these particular decisions. And so I’ll let you ruminate on that, as I do today as well. And we have these discussions because of our sponsors and the Roger Mangut State Farm Insurance team. knows that life can be challenging and it’s their mission to maximize your financial security as you manage the risks of everyday life. So call the Roger Mangan team now. 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Indeed, it is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Now that the Colorado State Legislature is in session, we have brought back the bill of the day. And today’s bill of the day is Senate Bill 26005. And of course, these numbers, so SB, so you can find it by putting in Colorado Legislature, SB 26-005. And it’s Rights Violation in Immigration Enforcement Remedy. This is basically an anti-ICE piece of legislation. And it is introduced by Senator Mike Weissman, Senator Julie Gonzalez, Representative Javier Mabre, and Representative Yara Zoke. And it’s referenced concerning state court remedies for violations of federal constitutional rights occurring during immigration enforcement. And it says, the bill creates a statutory cause of action for a person who is injured during a civil immigration enforcement action by another person who, whether or not under color of law, violates the United States Constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement. A person who violates the United States Constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement is liable to the injured party for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief. The action must be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrues. As I’m just making my first perusal at this, I think the first thing that’s interesting is that they are saying that it’s going to be remedies in state court. And this, I find that quite interesting because as we look over at the Tina Peters case, President Trump has pardoned her, but Governor Polis, Colorado, has said that they do not recognize that pardon because she was convicted in state court. So let’s just think about what – this is very dangerous of what is just occurring here. And we – you know what? We did a BuildTrack 50 training yesterday, and I am going – I think that we will be able to – I can actually track and see if there’s other – um legislation in other states on this so i’ll do that during the break as and i’m thinking out loud while we’re going through this so what i see here is that we could have um ice personnel could be accused of a crime it would go to state court not federal court it looks to me like that they could be liable personally and that the president could not pardon them. Now, text me if you think that that’s, and you can look it up by putting in Colorado Legislature, Senate Bill 26005, but let me know if that possibly could be your read on this as well. This is really dangerous, and this makes our Our community’s more dangerous as well in this protection for people that are here illegally. This is really trying to tie the hands of our immigration and customs enforcement. And again, you can see by the bill number, this is 005. On the Senate side, there’s three digits in that. In the House side, there’s four. And this is just the fifth bill that was proposed. And so it’s right there at the top as one of the top priorities by this legislature and this governor. And I think we need to make sure that the Trump administration knows what’s going on with that as well. I find this quite dangerous. Again, that’s Senate Bill 26005. And so let me know what you think about it as well. I’ll text the text line here. And so, yeah, be sure and let me know on that. Let’s go through some of these headlines. This is the next one. This is from the Colorado Sun. And we mentioned yesterday that enrollment for public schools in Colorado is down. But that does not stop the radical progressives that are controlling the legislature and the statehouse. It does not stop them. from talking about children. And so this is from the Colorado Sun. It says the legislature mulls ballot measure that would ask voters to raise Tabor cap by millions, primarily to fund Colorado schools. And the measure is backed by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, and other education organizations. And it would boost funding for K through 12 education and helps the state address its massive budget shortfall. Not quite sure how those two things are connected exactly. And it says the initiative would raise the taxpayers’ bill of rights cap by the amount of money the state spends on K-12 education through the general fund, which is currently $4.5 billion. The money would be prioritized to increase K-12 education spending. That’s also a backfill for PARA, so we need to realize that, by spending at least 2% each year, about $90 million in the first year. Any leftover dollars could be used to cover the cost of other state programs and services. So instead of cutting spending, they are going to probably have a ballot measure to really gut taper. And so we really need to be careful. uh… beyond that. It says the TABOR cap restricts the amount of money state lawmakers can spend each year based on the annual change in inflation of population. Any dollars collected over that cap must be refunded to the taxpayers. And when our young people are being told that it is capitalism and capitalists and business owners that are greedy, just take a look at who the real greedy entities are, and that is government. And it goes on to say that measures seen by Democrats as a way to solve two financial conundrums at once. 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Indeed, it is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. We’ve got a new system and having a little bit of technical challenges, and so I apologize on that. And I’m hoping that we have Dr. Jill Vecchio on the line. Not quite yet. Are we ready to go with that, Joe? Not quite yet on that. Okay, so Joe said that we lost a connection. I’m broadcasting from home today that we lost connection as I was going through the bill of the day. And so I do want to make sure that we got the commentary on that, and I will be watching a little bit our technical difficulties. But anyway, the Senate Bill 26005, Rights Violation and Immigration Enforcement Remedy. And the sponsors on that are Senator Mike Wiseman, Senator Julie Gonzalez, Representative Javier Mabre, and Representative Yara Zokai. And this is very dangerous for Colorado. It’s a bill that creates a statutory cause of action. For a person who’s injured during a civil immigration enforcement action by another person, whether or not under color of law violates the United States Constitution. I don’t understand what that means, color of law. And so that’s something we’re going to have to learn about as well. While participating in civil immigration enforcement. And a person who violates the United States Constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement is liable to the injured party for legal or equitable relief. So this puts our ICE agents… And look, from what I can tell, personally responsible if they are accused of this. This is going to be in state court, which we saw this whole thing play out with Tina Peters, that she was convicted in state court. And so Colorado would not recognize her presidential pardon. This we can all of this is all of this is connected, my friends, with all of these protests that we’re seeing regarding ICE. And all of this is connected. And we are in a very dangerous time in our country here. And OK, I think we’ve got Jill here. So, Dr. Jill Vecchio, welcome to the show. Well, hi. I’ve got it.
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I managed to get my phone off speaker. Sorry. Okay. Hope everybody’s doing well.
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Well, we are. We’re having some technical challenges this morning, Jill, but we are powering through that. So let’s get into this. As you know, Dr. Jill Vecchio. Actually, Dr. Jill is the reason I’m on the air. We started, you, Molly, and I, at Crawford Broadcasting. Gosh, was that 2013, Dr. Jill? Yes. I think it was 2013 or 14. I think it was 14. Was it 14? Okay. And we initially, we looked at each other and we’re like, what will we talk about? And we were on Sunday afternoons. And so for an hour, we talked about the declaration. We went through the Constitution, which was great. And then because you’d read the complete Obamacare bill, we went through that as well, health care. So you’re a real health care expert, and it’s great to have you here.
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Thanks. It’s always great to be on your show.
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So let’s talk about health care and AI. This is something that you’re very concerned about. And so let’s talk a little bit more about that. Because it’s something that’s very dangerous. And once something is put into medical records, it’s going to be difficult to get that out. But what do you see as concerns regarding AI and health care?
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It’s interesting because the World Economic Forum earlier this year – sorry, I’m getting a really weird echo on my phone. So maybe I’ll have to – after this segment, I’ll have you call me back. Anyway, so the World Economic Forum issued some big article on their website saying, well, you know, thanks to COVID – where we had experience with we were able to collect all this data from electronic health records that were set up in Obamacare, that COVID gave them an opportunity to use AI through telehealth when they had people all locked down. So I don’t know if any of us even knew that that was happening.
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No, I didn’t.
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But now they have a worldwide database that they’re feeding into AI, and they’re bragging about, well, by 2030, we will have universal worldwide health care. Right? Not just per country. Worldwide, everybody will have universal health care, the same care. Right. So that’s part of their agenda, 2030. Right.
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You found that at the World Economic Forum has said that?
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Jill, this is the… Yes, it was in an article. Yeah.
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Well, I see a real problem with that because remember during COVID that they made a determination that there were essential businesses and non-essential businesses. So you could see they could make determinations on who are essential people, who are non-essential. So those that would get health care, those that wouldn’t. And this is in four years.
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Right, exactly. And they’re happy with their progress. So now also with the AI, they accumulated all this data. So now they are coming up with their little scientific models, right? We know how well those work during COVID. So now they have scientific models that have been developed by AI to look at an individual person’s like maybe lab results or something like that, and determine whether or not they will have some future disease. No. Yes. That is in this article. So what does that mean, right? So what’s going to happen? Oh, we’re going to have universal health care, and who’s going to decide then whether or not you get care? Well, and if you’re going to have some expensive illness, then maybe they just need to kind of get rid of you already before you can cost too much money. So, Jill, this goes back to the UK. In the UK, they already have been discriminating against elderly people saying you can’t have neurosurgery after the age of 70. That was going on for decades. I think they actually eliminated it a few years ago. But that was going on for decades, and I have a friend who had a personal experience with that. So, yeah, that’s where we are.
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Gosh, this has been under the radar. I’m close to speechless on this. Jill, all this is playing out, I think, where with President Trump, all of these things that are occurring, these protests, these ICE protests, all of this is… I think, connected to try to stop the Trump agenda, which I see as the bulwark against all of this, these really terrible globalist elites agenda. And so we are at quite a time in our history right now, Jill.
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Well, absolutely. And Cloward and Piven just keeps coming up, doesn’t it? I mean, with the whole Somali, the fraud and And not just the Somali, but what we’re finding out, fraud. California is probably much worse than Minnesota. And Ohio, we know it’s there. So it’s probably everywhere. But it’s that cloud and pivot. Overwhelm the system. And at this point, if they have so much fraud that it’s going to be hard to get to the bottom of it with these complicated, convoluted, money-shifting… and obvious money laundering, and where is it ending up? Where is a whole bunch of that money? Because if the Somalis are sending a chunk across back to their home country, then, hmm, and the politicians are looking the other way or even encouraging it, how much money is being kicked back to them?
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Right. Right.
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Or to the party or the NGOs, and then it gets laundered through all the NGOs. Right. So it’s all this kind of we have to destroy the current system, especially in the United States, in order to rebuild it in the way that the World Economic Forum wants us to be.
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And the World Economic Forum, the globalist elites, it’s basically communism. There will be those at the top, and then all of the other, and they will be wealthy, and all of the other minions, all of us at the bottom, with those at the top making the decisions for everybody else, what we can, you know, where we can live. But, you know, we’re… I know we’re over here on this telehealth, but it’s all so connected. As I look at all of these apartment buildings that are being built in Colorado, and we’re starting to watch legislation. Well, and you know what? You may not be aware of this one, Jill, and that is there was legislation, and I’ll get the bill number here in a minute, but there is legislation that would allow municipality for example a mountain town to charge an additional property tax on and I have it in air quotes vacant property which would be could be a second home and to try to encourage those that own that vacant property to provide housing for those workers in the mountain towns because it’s so expensive to live there. And I’m almost overwhelmed as I’m watching all of these headlines and trying to sift through it to bring these things forward for people. But all of this stuff is connected, yes?
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Yeah, well, it’s just… The people who think that they know so much more than everybody else, that they are so much better than everybody else, that they can just ignore people’s rights, constitutional rights. I mean, you talk about these mountain communities, you’re talking about people’s individual investments. And now all of a sudden a bunch of these towns in the mountain communities are deciding, well, hold on, I know that you’ve been able to do short-term rentals for ever right for decades but now we decided not you know what there are too many of these and the local people are starting to complain so now we’re going to have a lottery or we’re going to decide individually we’re going to say yeah you get to have a permit for short-term rentals and have that income to offset your mortgage and your expenses but you guys don’t get that That’s happening all over Summit County. A violation of constitutional rights. Now you’re messing with my investment.
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Okay. So just explain that a little bit more. So Summit County is saying that you cannot do short-term rentals. Is that what it is?
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Yes. Some people can and some people can’t. You may get grandfathered in. Like Breckenridge, I think, started this a few years ago. So, and some of the ones in, like, Silverthorne, I think they’re talking about it if they haven’t already started it. But they’ll have, like, a lottery in some places so that if you own a condo up there that’s your second home or whatever, or some place that you want to rent out, like an Airbnb or just, you know, VRBO, whatever, that you… If you don’t win a lottery position to do that, then you can no longer rent your property on a short term basis.
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That’s huge. So what this really is huge, it is huge. When Klaus Schwab with the World Economic Forum said, by 2030, you will own nothing and you’ll be happy about it, or when the World Economic Forum said that, I don’t think that you’ll be happy about it is true. But these efforts to take property via higher and higher taxes and fees is an assault upon property rights and then connected to health care, that there would be those that will determine who will get health care and who will not. Jill, we’re going to come back because I’m going to ask this big question, and that is, what do we do about it? And that is the question on the table. And we will come back with Dr. Jill Vecchio and kick the tires on what could be our solution on all of this. And we have these important discussions because of our sponsors. And one of those great sponsors is Lorne Levy.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And do you have big dreams for your future, but you’re not quite sure how to get there? Call our friends at Mint Financial Strategies. They know your financial life is unique and is an independent firm and an accredited investment fiduciary. Thank you so much for joining us. And I’m talking with Dr. Jill Vecchio, and she is an excellent health care commentator. She read the complete Obamacare bill. That’s how I initially met her. I had heard that there was a doc who had read the bill, and she was out on the stump explaining to people. This was 2013, 2014, well, 2012 even. I guess it was before then. 2011, actually, I think it was, Jill, now that I think back about it. You were out on the stump trying to explain what would happen with Obamacare, and what you said was going to happen is happening now. And the question is, is what do we do about it, Jill?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, with the AI, I think one of the problems is a lot of times we are not even going to know when we’re interacting with AI. Now, Google just started inserting AI into Gmail. So a couple of days ago, I opened my Gmail account and all of a sudden I’m opening this thread and all of a sudden this blue box pops up. Hey, it’s AI. Here’s what you guys are talking about in your email. And then it has a little thing at the bottom, a little disclaimer. This information may not be accurate. But how many people even read that little line and are they going to go ahead and read the emails or are they going to trust AI to interpret the emails correctly? And what happens? Does that mean AI? Who’s reading my emails? Who has access to this? Is the content of my email being stored somewhere for huge more data collection? If we interact with our physician in a physician or a provider’s office And we’re giving personal information to them. And AI is listening. Number one, are we even going to know if they’re listening? And if they’re listening, where’s that information going to go? Are we going to be able to refuse interacting with a physician that uses AI? Are we going to be able to sign a consent form that says, I do not want to have any interaction. Nothing of mine goes into AI. We should have done it with electronic health records, but they didn’t have a choice. But it’s like, you know, the biggest thing to me is, are we even going to know if we’re interacting with AI so that we can refuse to do it? And what will they do if we refuse to play the game? Because AI is everywhere.
SPEAKER 08 :
AI is everywhere. We see these data centers everywhere. It’s being proposed to us that these are great economic drivers for different communities. We’re realizing these AIs or data centers that they are really energy hogs. They’re also water hogs. And now all those on the left that were concerned about climate change, all of a sudden, such as a Bill Gates, they now, and Bill Gates had come out and said that, oh, he just changed his mind regarding climate change because now it would be, he needs the energy for these data centers. And Jill, I’m just so concerned about what we’re leaving to our next generation here. And Opting out of this stuff, we have not really had that option, and I’m just really, really concerned, Jill.
SPEAKER 03 :
I know. What we need to have is some kind of legislation where HIPAA addresses AI. To my knowledge, I haven’t looked it up, but I’m not sure that there is any provision in HIPAA for AI. Okay. And once it’s in the cloud, you know, good grief, are you kidding me? And AI can only, what happens if AI disagrees with your doctor? What happens if AI thinks that you have some other disease or that you should have some other test or that you don’t need a test or that you should have this treatment instead of this treatment? Or, you know, and are you going to have a choice anymore? If AI says, no, she needs to be fully vaccinated against COVID, so she needs her 13 COVID vaccines. You know, because some input somewhere told AI to think that the COVID vaccine still worked. And what happens if I refuse? Or my doctor says, no, I’m not going to do that with this patient. What happens to the doctor then? Who’s going to be right? And then who’s going to be held responsible for a bad outcome? Are we going to sue AI?
SPEAKER 07 :
You know? Yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
There needs to be some HIPAA legislation that… And the bureaucracy can do that, but there needs to be some limitations. And we need to have some control over whether or not we want to interact with AI, especially in our doctor’s office.
SPEAKER 08 :
So, Jill, are you seeing other docs, any other people in health care? Because I know that you research a lot. Are you seeing many people realizing the danger, danger on this?
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, well, the AMA, I just got a, I haven’t belonged to the AMA for decades, but I think they still claim I’m on their rolls. I still get emails from them all the time. I can’t get rid of them. But they send a thing here, you know, I participate in a survey because the AMA is setting up a whole separate department for AI. And the doctors typically have embraced electronic health records and AI. And let’s face it, we’re in a computer world. generation right so especially the young kids they took all their notes in medical school on computers i mean they are computer crazy so are they going to refuse ai i mean you know we’ve got kids that are using ai to write every one of their papers in school and that’s been going on for years these kids are used to using ai they’re used to depending on it ai has dumbed down the i mean the The kids that graduated this year, I mean, they used AI for all kinds of stuff. I mean, it’s dumbing down students already. It’s going to be dumbing down the doctors. Are there going to be a bunch of doctors who are just going to embrace this? Because they already are. I mean, they already have. If there’s a computer-based something or some, we call it computer-aided diagnostics that have been around for a long time, computer-aided diagnostics, then shoot, they’re going to rely on that. That’ll make me go faster through my workload and, you know, I can not have to know as much, right? So if we’re going to start dumbing down our healthcare providers, that’s frightening because then who’s going to be our backup? Nobody. I mean, we’re going to depend on AI. And AI can make all kinds of crazy mistakes. There is an artist that she was an expert on the Middle Ages. And so she went to AI and said, here, draw an image or make an image of London during the plague, during the Black Plague. And AI put an automobile in it. I mean, the Black Plague was like Middle Ages. And AI, you know, made so many mistakes. And this was this. historian was going through all of these images that she would tell AI to make an image based on blah, blah, blah, something that happened historically. And AI would be putting stuff in there that was so inaccurate. But people are depending on, especially these kids, they think AI is 100% correct, 100% accurate. I don’t have to do any research. I don’t have to worry about whether AI is right. It’s always right because it’s AI. That’s a huge problem.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, AI can be a tool. As I’m looking at a whole bunch of things coming in on the text line, and thank you to all of you, for people that are not familiar with Cloward and Piven, explain that. And when the motor voter law was put into place, that was back when Bill Clinton was president, and he’s signing that legislation, and Cloward and Piven are behind him in that picture. But if people are not familiar with Cloward and Piven, and you were the one that introduced me to them, tell us who they are.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, so Cloward and Piven were two professors. I can’t remember if they were the same. One was Columbia, at least. And they wrote a paper together in the 1960s. I can’t remember the name of it. I have it somewhere in my piles of all of our research. But it was essentially the idea was if you want Democrats to stay in power forever, then you need to keep poor people poor and you need to get them addicted to like the welfare and food stamps and get them addicted to these social programs. And once you get enough people enrolled, this is the community activists. Obama was a community activist, right? So the community activists, according to Cloward and Piven, the idea was you engage all of these community activists to sign up, all of these, especially black people. And in that article, they specifically… targeted black people. So you get the black people, you go to those neighborhoods, you get them signed up for all these welfare programs. The system will start to collapse because it can’t support financially all of these programs. So things are going to get worse. And then the Democrats come in and convince these ignorant black people, according to Cloward and Piven, convince them if they vote Democrat, then the Democrats will take care of them and fix everything. And so then you just make… you get this snowball effect of more and more people on the rolls, and once you collapse the system, then the government has to step in to fix it. So if all the Democrats are in office, the Democrats will step in to fix the problem, but they only actually make it worse by Medicaid and aid to dependent children and all of these, you know, the great… Or was it all these poverty programs like under Lyndon Johnson? That was kind of – Cloward and Piven were instrumental in that whole concept of if you keep people poor but you tell them that you’re going to give them stuff, they’ll vote for you. That’s number one. And how long will it be? And it seems like it took a long time for some of these – poor neighborhoods and these poor demographics to realize that they weren’t any better off than they were 30 years ago, even though they were voting for Democrats the whole time, right? So now I think people are starting to wake up. But Cloward and Piven, the idea is if you get enough people on these entitlement programs, then you can crash the system. And Obamacare, I think, was set up to crash health care so that The only alternative that anybody could think of was for government to step in and have a single-payer health care system run by the government. Wow. Like you said, I think this all plays into the World Economic Forum wanting one world government, one world universal health care. If they can crash the system in just enough countries, then they can be the ones to step in and claim to be Superman. We’ve got the answers here. We’ll fix everything for you.
SPEAKER 08 :
We’ll take care of it. Wow. Dr. Jill, we’re out of time, but who’s standing up against the World Economic Forum? I see it as Donald Trump. So thank you so much, Jill. It’s been a wild morning, but thank you. And that’s Dr. Jill Zecchio. Our quote for the end of the show is from Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and this is very appropriate. It says, Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way, and the fools know it. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for our number two.
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Happy Friday, Kim.
SPEAKER 08 :
And… Really important information in that hour number one with Dr. Jill Vecchio. And you can listen to that. It will be rebroadcast today, 1 to 2 in the afternoon. And we are, I know many of you have mentioned that you’ve noticed that the podcast, that we don’t have those updated on my website right now. And that is because we are working on doing a redo today. And so just stay tuned on that. If there is a particular show that you want the podcast of, just let me know. Text me at 720-605-0647. That is our text line, and I will get that to you. So again, that is 720-605-0647. And our word of the day is eschew. It’s E-S-C-H-E-W. And thank you to Jenny for her For suggesting it it’s a transitive verb could be to avoid using accepting participating in or partaking of. And next one is to refrain from doing something or to shun avoid something wrong or from feeling distaste to keep oneself clear of. And I really want to eschew this agenda of the radical activists left and we are seeing it play out my friends here in Colorado. And I was thinking about it yesterday. I feel this is our 250th birthday this year. And it seems like we are up against a, it’s everywhere. This agenda that is taking away individuals’ freedoms, this hatred that we’re seeing of dividing between races, that we’re seeing a number of these black representatives, black legislators that really hate another group of people, white people. And it’s just, it’s, and I think maybe it’s not even that. I think it’s a hatred of the American middle class, everyday people being able to thrive and prosper, to keep most of the fruits of their labor and And with excessive taxation, excessive fees, it’s an assault upon property rights because it is government that is taking more and more of everyday hardworking people’s money. And actually someone shared with me yesterday, and I was going to make a comment on it. I shared it with many of my friends yesterday, and that was a video that was a guy put on a wig like from the Colonial Times, and addressed his local government regarding that the bureaucrats now are the kings and queens, and they are not elected, they’re not accountable to the people, they have their jobs, and they are paid healthy, healthy salaries. And so I started to do some research on some different municipalities, and you can do that by going to Open the Books, and we have them on the show regularly, and you can find out what these local bureaucrats are making, and they’re changing the fabric of our communities. But anyway, this was a great video, and I was thinking it would be great if we had a movement across the nation of people addressing our local governments on this. Anyway, it seems like it is monumental what has been put in place And our freedoms, our liberties, our opportunities to go after our hopes and dreams are really being tied down by these radical activists. So let’s see. Let me get to the word of the day is eschew, and it’s E-S-C-H-E-W. Your challenge is to use that in a sentence today. The quote of the day is this. The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against the wind, but we must sail and cannot drift nor lie in anchor. And that is a quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., And it is the quote of Brian M. Thacker, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient born in 1945. I shared his citation regarding the actions he took and why he was awarded the Medal of Honor. But it is amazing that he actually, this was during the Vietnam War, he was wounded and he was able to successfully elude enemy forces for eight days. after he had taken these actions to help save the lives of U.S. soldiers and Republic of Vietnam soldiers. It’s rather remarkable. And so that is his quote, and I would highly recommend that you have the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values. You can buy that by going to their website, which is AmericanValuesCenter.org. That’s AmericanValuesCenter.org. And we have on the line with us a great sponsor of the show, and that is Teddy Collins with Spartan Defense, which is a very impressive firearm store in Colorado Springs. And Teddy is also a founder of the Second Syndicate, which is a group that is going to be working at the state legislature to continue to keep people informed about legislation that would take away our right to protect ourselves against bad actors. And he’s also running for Colorado Senate District 4. Teddy Collins, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 20 :
Hey, Kim, thanks for having me on.
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s good to have you. And you are, Teddy, we’re watching, as President of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, we are watching legislation that’s being proposed down at the State House. And it is already bad down there, I would say.
SPEAKER 20 :
I would agree with you. I mean, Colorado is spending money they don’t have. We have a deficit, and we collect a lot of tax revenue. It’s not the way things are supposed to work.
SPEAKER 08 :
And so you have decided to run for Colorado Senate District 4. So what are your top issues that you are going to tackle down at the state house?
SPEAKER 20 :
First and foremost, affordability. Colorado has become one of the least affordable states to live in. It’s something that we have to fix for our children and for our descendants. This state should be a place for the American dream, and that’s not where we’re living right now. Another thing would be no boys and girls sports, just the indoctrination of our children. We have to fix that. We have to protect our kids. We have to make sure that parents have a say in their education and what is taught. And, of course, one of the biggest things for me would be the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights protecting our civil liberties up at the Capitol. I’m lucky enough to have the incumbent’s endorsement in this, Mark Baisley, who will be running for Senate against Hickenlooper, and he’s endorsed me for that seat. But I have a number of issues that I’m running on, and I know we only have a short amount of time today, but I advise everybody to go and check me out. Go to CollinsForColorado.com.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, and that’s Collins for Colorado.com. Let’s talk about your business, Spartan Defense. Sure. And it was great. I got to meet you in person. I have so many people say, oh, Kim, I feel like I know you because we talk all the time on the show, but was able to meet you and pretty impressive firearm store there that you have at Spartan Defense, Teddy.
SPEAKER 20 :
I appreciate that, Kev. Yeah, we’re one of the largest family-owned and operated gun stores in the state of Colorado. And we have a huge selection, things that you don’t normally find at your everyday store. We have about 28 state-exclusive brands and city-exclusive brands in the city of Colorado Springs and in the state of Colorado. And yeah, we have something for everybody starting, you know, from a $200 gun all the way up to a $20,000 gun. So yeah, definitely. If you’re ever in the Colorado Springs area on the East side of the Springs, stop in and check us out. I think you’ll be impressed.
SPEAKER 08 :
It is. It’s very, very impressive. And then back to the state house, Teddy, I know that you’re, you’re out in Las Vegas at the shot show. So you’re probably not aware of this piece of legislation that I’ve been talking about today. It’s been proposed. It’s, Uh, Senate bill zero zero five, and it is rights violation in immigration enforcement remedy. And you are aware of that. Okay. This looks to me like this is very dangerous for the people of Colorado.
SPEAKER 20 :
It is. It is. From what I understand and from what I’ve read of the legislation, we’re actually organizing some testimony against this right now. We’re waiting for it to come up in committee so that we have the opportunity to come up there and actually testify against it. That and 004, both are concerning. But this would essentially create civil liability if you’re reporting a legal alien and they believe that their rights are violated in some way from law enforcement and potentially the person who’s reporting them. So it’s essentially, you know, the Democrats and the left were always the party of the whistleblower. But this makes it illegal to be a whistleblower.
SPEAKER 08 :
OK, well, and the other thing here is that I see is that the bill creates a statutory cause of action for a person injured. It looks to me like it’s really against. Taking action against our immigration and customs enforcement agents. Correct.
SPEAKER 20 :
Law enforcement and immigration and customs enforcement as well. Yes, absolutely.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. All of it. Okay. But the other thing that I see as I’m reading this, Teddy, is that it says state court remedies. And I talked about this in the first hour, is what we’ve seen with Tina Peters is she was convicted… she was convicted of stuff, I’m just going to say that, in state court. President Trump pardons her, Polis and company, although hopefully he’s considering, hopefully Polis will release her, but they have ignored, said that the pardon for Tina Peters is not in effect because she was convicted in state court. So what I see is our law enforcement and our ICE agents, again, as you mentioned, they could be personally liable, but then there could not be a presidential pardon for them either. And I tell you what, Teddy, it just looks to me like I don’t know who’s the puppeteers in this whole thing, but they certainly are very smart, and I would say in a diabolical way.
SPEAKER 20 :
A hundred percent. Yeah. This takes away the ability of a president like Donald Trump to be able to pardon these individuals in some way. It puts it into the state’s hands where that can’t be done. So a hundred percent, that’s the intent here.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. So Teddy Collins, a couple of things again, what is that website for Spartan defense? And also what is the website for your, your campaign?
SPEAKER 20 :
Yes, SpartanDefense.com is the name of the website for the store. And then for the campaign, it’s Collins with two L’s for Colorado.com, Collins for Colorado.com.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Teddy Collins, thank you so much. We will talk with you next week. Have a great day, and we will continue on. And I appreciate you stepping forward to run for office.
SPEAKER 20 :
Thank you, Kim. Y’all have a blessed day, and God bless the great state of Colorado. Thank you.
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Indeed, it is Friday, and welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And are you craving real New York-style pizza and pasta? Well, Little Richie’s in Parker and Golden have you covered. Authentic New York flavor with Colorado roots. From daily specials and weekday lunch deals to a happy hour worth planning around, they are your neighborhood favorite, and they’re always serving up something worth stopping for. Again, that is Little Richie’s in Parker and in Golden. And on the line with me is Susan Harris, a great sponsor of the show goal sponsors of the show. And I appreciate the Harris family for that. Susan Harris. Welcome. Good morning. So Susan, you and I have had some interesting conversations within the last few weeks about what is happening in our country. And I’ve had some other conversations as well with people. about what is this messaging. We’re in such a dangerous time. And as I was thinking about our conversation today, Susan, I said, these are the real issues that we have. And there’s these big issues. And that’s Do we support creation or destruction, life or death, order or chaos, clarity or confusion, truth or lies, liberty or tyranny? I think these are the big questions that we’re facing right now, but I think a lot of people don’t even realize that, Susan.
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I think that is definitely true. They don’t realize it. But also, as I was listening to your first hour this morning, I It kind of dawned on me that not only are people not aware, but I think there’s a lot of fatigue around those issues and just the constant barrage of bad news and, you know, less freedom and more government. I think the left has become very efficient at making everyone feel exhausted and feel powerless. And I think that’s another part of what we’re dealing with at this point.
SPEAKER 08 :
I think you are spot on because I can feel that even with me right now. And I’m watching all of these issues. And as I go through the headlines, it hurts my heart as I’m seeing this because I’m looking at it And I’m involved in that. I think a lot of people, as you say, they just don’t want to pay attention to it because there’s such a barrage of it.
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Yes, and I think that’s one of the big tools that’s being used against us right now is just overwhelm. And probably it’s been used all along, but we’ve kind of reached a point where it just – are so exhausted with it and they just want to live their lives. And sometimes choosing to just turn away from all of these issues and just live your life in your, in your little bubble of community, the best you can, feels like the only answer for people. And so, you know, they’re being, I think the left is being very successful at making us give up a little bit on the actual standing for liberty and standing for clarity. I don’t know if you want me to tell the story, but I was on a flight not too long ago from Charlotte to Phoenix, and I had an encounter with a gentleman. And I don’t know if you want me to tell that story, but it was so eye-opening.
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I’ve thought about that story, and I’ve actually shared the story with friends Some other people as well. And it stops everybody in their tracks and I wasn’t sure if you were comfortable doing that. But if so, yes, I think it’s really, really important.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, so I was on this flight. So it’s a it’s about a five hour flight from Charlotte, all the way back to Phoenix and I was by myself, so I was seated next to a gentleman that I did not know. And he was one of those people that was just ready to chat. And I was a little bit concerned because it’s a five-hour flight. And I was like, oh, no, this guy is going to want to chat with me the entire flight. And he was very, you know, very nice, don’t get me wrong. But he was a little older. He was in his, I would say, mid to late 70s. And he proceeded to tell me so much about his life and that he was raised on the East Coast, mostly in New York, but then spent most of his adult life in Los Angeles owning a restaurant. And, you know, he was a very interesting man, but that he and his wife had moved to Phoenix back in 1995 and they purchased a home and they were very happy there. And he told me that, you know, he enjoyed Phoenix and that some of the people in Phoenix were very nice. And I kind of laughed. I said, well, I live in Phoenix and I find the people of Phoenix to be very extremely nice and almost, you know, nice to a fault. Everyone’s so friendly here. I don’t know if it’s because of all the tourism or. Or the sunshine might be helpful. But I find that when you go about your day, people are very, very friendly. And he said, yes, except for the stupid people. And I didn’t, you know, push on that issue. I said, yeah, well, you know, really, I guess you could say you could find stupid people anywhere you go. So, you know, I kind of wanted to push back on that and just let that lie because I’m just not the kind of person that wants to go down a negative road. But he kept bringing it up as he was telling me about his life, except for these stupid people that I have to deal with. And I kept kind of pushing back on it, just kind of insinuating that I don’t really, I’m not interested in speaking about people in that way. But part of the life that he was telling me about is he had taken up the hobby of stained glass. And he got out his phone and started showing me all these, quite frankly, beautiful pieces of stained glass pieces. And they were just lovely. And I was really taken by them. And one of them that he showed me was this gorgeous, very large piece of an American flag. And what he had done is replaced the 50 stars with a peace sign. And it was quite lovely, Kim. And I had no problem with it. I just thought, well, this is really beautiful. And I told them so. And I just said, that is really a gorgeous piece of work. I’m very impressed. And he said, yeah, did you notice I replaced the 50 stars with a peace sign? That’s because of all the stupid people that I come across. And, you know, it kind of became clear what he was what he was implying and who the stupid people were. And he even made a couple of direct remarks about the Trump administration and some of the decisions they had made. So I kind of was getting the message that he and I were not on the same page politically. But that’s fine with me. And I just but this is a five hour flight and I did not want to get into these issues with this man. when I have to sit next to him for five hours. But he continues to talk, and I did tell him how beautiful his work was. And he said, you know, I’m retired, and my wife asked me recently, if you only had two weeks to live and you knew you were going to die in two weeks, what would you spend that two weeks doing? And I said, wow, that’s quite a question. And what did you tell your wife? And he looked at me and he said, and I quote, I would murder some people. And I was so shocked, Kim. I was just completely taken aback. And I said, wow, that’s an interesting way of spending the last two weeks of your life. And he said, yes. you know, they could put me in jail, but I’m going to be dead in two weeks anyway. So I would definitely murder some people. And I just thought, this is where we are. I’m like, you know, and I, I didn’t know really how to respond to this gentleman because of the length of the flight. I didn’t want to upset him. I didn’t want to make the rest of my flight uncomfortable, but I thought to myself, and I’m sorry to, I’m sorry I didn’t have the courage to say it, but I thought to myself, wow, you have just proven to me that the people that you think are stupid are probably right about you. Because you have made this beautiful American flag with a peace sign instead of the 50 stars, yet your heart is so full of hate. It’s the opposite of what you are telling me you believe. And I was really shocked with what he would spend the last two weeks of his life doing because it is so opposite of what I would choose to do if I knew I only had two weeks to live. I would spend that two weeks just relishing in my family and my friends and my community and the beauty of this earth and being so grateful for everything and all the blessings that had been, um, given to me in my life and telling people how much I love them. And so it was just a shocking illustration of how different, um, at least this gentleman and I are, and I, it makes me wonder, um, How many people on the left feel this way, that they are so full of hate and anger, even though they tell themselves that that’s not true? And that they, you know, they’re proponents of supposed, you know, love and compassion and empathy and sympathy. Yet what’s really in their hearts, if they only had two weeks to live, is this incredible love. And I just wanted to put that out there because, you know, it makes me feel like, you know, you’re right about what these issues are. We are really up against good versus evil. And I’m not saying that I’m good or that he’s evil. But these ideas, I mean, that man at that moment, I felt like the devil had possessed him. And I know that God loves everyone, and he loves that gentleman just as much as he loves me. But an evil spirit had really taken over that man.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, okay, Susan, that story is amazing. Text me at 720-605-0647. We’re going to go to break. I’m talking with Susan Harris, and I thank the Harris family for their sponsorship of the show so that we can – We can talk about these important ideas, and we’ll continue the discussion. And we have these because of our sponsors. For everything residential real estate, reach out to Karen Levine.
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SPEAKER 07 :
I, you know, I think, um, it’s, it’s interesting. I think we’ve been able to unite in some areas and if we can just pull the thread, continue to pull the thread in these areas, I think it’ll be extremely helpful. You know, I think recently RFK Junior’s Health and Human Services Department and all that they’re doing for health care, I think it’s been a great benefit. And I’m not saying that people are united on it, but certainly people can agree that we need to improve our nutrition, improve our health, be more proactive with our health. and that pharmaceutical companies need to be held accountable for the products that they’re providing us. And we need to be able to freely question any type of medication that we put in our bodies. And I really do think people are united on those issues. But again, I think that the weapon that’s been utilized to kind of unhinge some of that is fatigue and overwhelm and not letting us get a foothold on these issues that we do agree with. And also, another example is actual fraud that’s going on in our government. I really do think people are united in the idea that they do not want fraud in our government. They do not want our tax dollars to be just stolen from nefarious people. But we’re being overwhelmed, you know, with the idea that it’s not really fraud. You’re racist if you even think that it’s fraud because of the color of the skin of some of the people that might be committing the fraud. So, you know, where we’re united, again, they seem to go after those issues to try to overwhelm us. with conflict once again. But I do think there are areas where we are becoming more and more united. I’m so happy to see that the Trump administration in Davos really pushed back on the globalists. And I think for really the first time, the United States kind of put its foot down and said, no, we’re not going to do this. And I was so pleased with that. And, you know, Trump also is removing our membership from the World Health Organization. I think that is a huge step. So when your previous guest this morning was talking about AI in healthcare, I’m hoping that that removing us from the World Health Organization will at least you know, put a wrench in those plans of having global AI take over our healthcare systems. And I don’t know that it can stop it completely, but certainly maybe it can put a wrench in things and have us not participate globally, have us only participate from the standpoint of the United States and its best interest. But You know, I just feel like we have to continue to be aware, continue to try to get the word out to people that we know and care about. And I’m not sure what else we can do other than that and encourage our politicians, especially on a local level. I love that one of your sponsors is running for office. And I really do think that’s the answer. We’ve got to get into these local communities and from a grassroots level start making changes.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I think you’re absolutely right. As I look at all these things that are occurring, in some ways it feels like this whole globalist agenda that we’re seeing play out even right down to Our, our local government, sometimes I feel like 250 years. Since our founding 1776 that we’re in our 1776 moment now, because what we are waking up to is a labyrinth. I think of, of the, this globalist agenda, people are waking up, but it sure seems like sometimes it’s just, uh, the little guy against the big, big guy. It seems that Donald Trump and company. are really trying to stand up to this globalist agenda. And I shudder to think that if he had not been elected in 2024, what would be going on right now?
SPEAKER 07 :
I think that’s very true. And I’m hopeful that the administration is aware of, you know, a great deal more than you and I are, or actually most of us you know, out here in the trenches are aware of because of all the information that they have. And I’m very hopeful that, you know, we’re just seeing a small piece of the fight that they’re fighting and that in reality, they are doing much more behind the scenes to put a stop to it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and I think that’s why we are seeing the doubling down of these ICE protests. is to try to create confusion in people’s minds. And there are some visuals that I look at them. They’re very difficult. There was headlines that were coming across yesterday that ICE had used a five-year-old as bait, is what the headline was, to get the… the adults that were to be deported. And that’s a tough visual to take a look at, Susan Harris.
SPEAKER 07 :
It is. But again, you know, that was misconstrued. The only reason they had custody of the five-year-old is because the actual immigrant took off and ran. Well, they can’t just abandon the five-year-old. That is why they took the five-year-old into custody. Not because they wanted a five-year-old or they care about dealing with a five-year-old. They don’t. But the parent of the five-year-old took off and abandoned it. So they didn’t have a choice. And these are the types of things, you know, the nuances that, of course, are not reported in the mainstream. And you have to do a lot of digging to find out what really happened. Because when you think about that story, ICE, you know, taking into custody a five-year-old illegal immigrant, of course, that makes no sense. And, you know, it’s absurd that our government would do something like that. No, they took custody of and they were trying to take custody of an illegal adult who had a five-year-old with them. And that person took off. So, um, you know, there’s so much more to the story, but, um, doesn’t get reported in the mainstream definitely. And, and even if it does, it’s so brief or way beyond, um, after the erroneous headlines or the misleading headlines have been reported. So it’s, it’s just interesting that, that that’s what happened, but I’m, I am very hopeful. Um, You know, that at the executive levels in the administration, they are truly working on things. And I know that this is true. They’re working on things that we aren’t even aware of at this point. I mean, the situation in Iran is another example of things that are happening that are just, you know, I’m so curious. You know, we’re seeing reporting coming out of Iran that millions of people are protesting and they are paying the personal price. They are dying for their freedom there right now. Now, you know, it’s hard to know, Kim, what’s really going on there, because our our access to true information is so limited. But I’m very curious, Kim. about what the people in Iran are really doing right now for their country. Because I don’t want to impose American values where they’re not wanted. But it seems like those people are really, you know, ready to get some of their freedom back, if not all of it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, it is really curious what people will put on the line ultimately for freedom. And we take it so for granted here in the United States. And from a bureaucratic standpoint, over taxation, over fees, we’re seeing this assault upon property rights. And America was founded on one of the foundational principles is property rights, the right to keep most of your, the fruits of your labor. We realize that there is some proper role of government, a limited government, but we are way out of the lane and we are at a defining moment in our country. So we’re going to continue the discussion with Susan Harris. And these discussions happen because of our sponsors. And Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling can help you with your own personal climate so that you are warm in the winter and cool in the summer. So if you’re having any challenges with being warm as this cold snap is coming upon us, be sure and reach out to Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling.
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SPEAKER 08 :
And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out the website for the USMC Memorial Foundation. They are preparing for their golf tournament, which is going to be in May. And you can actually get early bird pricing. So go to their website. That is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. They’re doing great work with the Marine Memorial and raising the money for the remodel. And it is so important to remember and honor those that have given their lives for our freedom or been willing to give their lives for our freedom. Talking with Susan Harris and I thank the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. And Susan, I talked earlier in the show regarding this Senate bill 26, 0 0 5, uh, which is really, I think an anti ice bill, uh, immigration customs enforcement. And, uh, this bill track 50 that we have with the Colorado union of taxpayers, we can search for similar bills. And I, uh, sent out a help on my text line with the cut board and they were able to get me to this place. And there are similar bills that have been proposed in other states right now here in January. And let’s see, it says there’s one in Arizona. Let me just check that. And so this is occurring. It’s the same kind of legislation across the nation. And this is in Arizona. It’s House Bill 2880. And it says the bill aims to protect individuals from certain immigration enforcement actions in specific settings by these new legal provisions. So there’s some kind of puppeteers that are really influencing the across the nation with different legislation. And we see it even get played out to the local level. But this is really of great concern. I think that people that have come into our country illegally and that have committed crimes need to be deported. If people have come here illegally and are committing fraud, they need to be deported. And if they’re coming here to live off of the American taxpayer, I think they need to be deported. I think that those really should be some things that we could unite around, Susan Harris.
SPEAKER 07 :
You would think. I mean, especially the criminals, people who are committing crimes here. That should be just not even a question whether or not they should continue to get to live here. And the welfare issue is a little bit mind-blowing to me I’ve even seen reports and articles about the average Social Security payment that goes out to a retiree in America, and I’m probably not getting these amounts right, but it’s like $1,200 to $1,500 a month, versus these illegals come in and get over $3,000 a month in benefits, and they’ve never paid a penny in taxes. And that is just so frustrating. And I think that is something we can unite on and probably would if the information was disseminated more widely. And I really think it would be great if the Trump administration could get that type of information across the country so that people really understand what we’re talking about and that our money is literally being stolen everywhere. And it is just immoral, quite frankly. And I’m not saying that there aren’t people that need help, but they come here illegally and literally are stealing our tax dollars. And the politicians are in bed with them. I think somehow they are through money laundering and the NGOs are, you know, getting kickbacks, so to speak. Um, so it’s a very frustrating issue in Arizona. We do have one advantage and that is. That the Republicans do have control of the house and the Senate at the state level right now. And we work very hard to maintain that even though right now we have a Democrat governor who is horrible and a criminal and is facing criminal charges at this point. Um, we are able to stop a lot of legislation from going through. because we do have the majority on the Republican side. And I’m sorry to say that that’s not the case in California or Colorado and a number of other states. But right now, that is what’s saving us.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, yes. And I think Colorado is at the tip of the spear for much of the really tough stuff that’s happening out there. We, this came in on the text line and he said, without God and without adherence to the 10 commandments, there is no limit on what human, what one human can do to another. And I think that goes back to your conversation with this guy on the airplane, but you also said something that is really important that God loves each and every one of us. And so if, And I think one of the great equities, if you will, in life is that Christ went to the cross for each and every individual. Now, each individual gets to decide, and this is something kind of that C.S. Lewis said as well, what they will do with their relationship with Christ. But Christ loves all of us so much that he went to the cross for each and every one of us. And I know that that’s something that you and I talk about. And I think I want people to understand that, that you and that’s when I say on the show that you are, you’re loved and you’re treasured, you have value. I want people to understand that because that’s the great hope that we can have as we see all these things that are coming out as we’ve got a couple of minutes, Susan, your final thoughts on all this.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, I agree 150% with what you just said, of course. But one other point I want to make quickly, I have seen a couple of opinion pieces about this, and I don’t know if I believe it or not, but there is an idea that President Xi and Putin as well, in addition to Trump, None of these leaders want the globalist agenda to actually happen because they all want to maintain their own independent nations as superpowers. And so there is incentive for the Chinese and the Russians, along with the United States, to defeat this globalist agenda. And if that’s the case, We have to know that even though we consider the Chinese and the Russians not, you know, not exactly friends, maybe there is one battle that we are all fighting together. And wouldn’t that be interesting?
SPEAKER 08 :
That would be interesting. And I did see a headline just come across just a few minutes ago that Trump said that Xi may be coming to the United States at the end of the year. So that’s super interesting as well. Well, Susan Harris, I always learn so much from you. The text line is really busy. I’d love to get through all of these. I’m not going to because we’re out of time. But I so thank you for engaging in this battle of ideas and supporting us as we do that as well, Susan Harris.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thank you so much, Kim. You’re the one getting up every morning and fighting the fight out there in Colorado. And we’re just so grateful for that even though it feels overwhelming and exhausting, that you just keep getting up every day and giving us this information that we really need. So thank you.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, thank you. And again, that is Susan Harris. And our quote for the end of the show is Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. It says, Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way, and the fools know it. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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