Welcome to the Kim Monson Show podcast. Kim Monson is your host. AI data centers are a big topic of discussion in communities today. Founder of Stand for the Land Virginia Macha shares dots she has connected regarding data center proposals, public meetings, approvals, and more. Sixth generation Trent Loos continues the discussion regarding the use of eminent domain granted to power companies by governmental entities. Is this constitutional? Plus we’ll talk with owner of Radiance Power Carl Jones and mortgage specialist Lorne Levy. ————————————————————————————– The Kim Monson Show airs on KLZ 560 AM every Monday thru Friday, 6-8
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And I always want to hear from you as well and watch that on a regular basis. As you know, we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. It’s not compassionate and it’s not altruistic to take other people’s stuff. whether or not it’s their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood, or lives via force. Force can be a weapon, but it can be policy, unpredictable and excessive taxation, fees, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, legislation, the agenda of the World Economic Forum and globalist elites, where basically they are, there’s the group that’s the kings, and then there’s all the rest of us. And the real assault is upon everyday middle-class Americans. Because the American idea that everyday people could pursue their happiness… that they could go after their hopes and dreams to keep government limited and the individual’s hopes and dreams and opportunities big is what created this great American middle class, which is totally being squeezed, uh, with taxes and fees and legislation and rules and reg regulation. And that is why we do the show is to get government, uh, back into its proper role. But it is so huge right now. And we can see that at the United Nations, but it pushes it all the way down to local government and special districts as well. So that’s why we continue every day to talk about the proper role of government. And remember, if something is a good idea, you should not have to use force to implement it. And ultimately, government comes down to force. And George Washington founders realized there needed to be some government, but it needed to be limited. And that’s why we are at, really, I think, our third founding to determine the proper role of government and whether everyday people can live in liberty. So we focus on these issues. We’ll mention the people behind the issues, but we work to stay out of all the personality stuff that’s going on. So if it’s Wednesday, that means it’s Wings Day at Hooters restaurants. You buy 20 wings, you get an additional 10 for free. And that is for to go and to dine in. And their locations are Loveland, Westminster and in Aurora. So let them do the cooking. And again, they are known for their world famous wings and appreciate Hooters restaurants as a sponsor of the show. I also wanted to say thank you to Laramie Energy for their gold sponsorship of the show and also their gold sponsorship of the new Kim Monson community and newsroom. 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So your challenge is to use vituperate, V-I-T-U-P-E-R-A-T-E, in a sentence today as you’re talking with friends and family. Our quote of the day is from Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe. She was born June 14, 1811. She died in 1896, and she was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family and wrote a popular novel called Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved Black Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as the novel in play and was influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North while provoking widespread anger in the South. She wrote over 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. And this is what she said. And I’m choosing this because we, as I look at these headlines, as I look at where we are in America right now, we are in a tight place. And she said this, when you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide will turn. And so we can take that as a great inspiration to continue to persevere. And these important discussions happen because of all of your support, because of our community, and because of our sponsors. And I’m talking with show sponsor Carl Jones with Radiance Power for all of your electrical needs. That website is radiancepower.net, radiancepower.net. And Carl, one of the subjects that is in the news right now is these data centers. And I’m concerned about the amount of land, water, power, which powers your business, that these are going to require. And at the same time, we as individual citizens for a number of years have been told that we have scarcity of power because, well, and water. And so we need to conserve. But now all of a sudden with these data centers. Somehow, the water and the power, those challenges are not there for them right now, at least in the narrative. The narrative’s real weird right now, I think, Carl Jones.
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I would agree. And it… It’s really nuanced because with Colorado specifically, a lot of the state is prime for that kind of development. You know, the east side of Colorado, very flat, very unoccupied, big swaths of land by individual homeowners, especially in the northeast region. So that coupled with the other large industries in the state that have vested interest in data centers, I would say that it’s maybe not bearing its fangs now, but that will come to light here in the future if it’s going to do so. One of the things I like to keep in mind is back in my pipeline days, I used to work on big stations for compressors for natural gas. And so a lot of those other facilities and infrastructure have giant cooling needs. They have big fans, big water consumption. The biggest thing I think I noticed between the two as differences, is those facilities have more of a closed-loop system when it comes to water needs, power generation, things like that. The data centers are just a kind of take-take-take or consumer-based structure, and so I think that’s why it causes a lot of problems. It’s not… giving anything back, or we’re not making a radical push for solar energy in the state to supply the power needs for those data centers. If they were off-grid, completely dependent with their own water generation and solar power, I don’t think anyone would care. I think it’d be great because then we’re actually producing more jobs, things like that. But just tapping into the already limited resources of fresh water and power that we have for our citizens, it’s a cop-out for The people that have the most money I’ve ever seen in our lifetime.
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Well, and then the other thing, though, I’m concerned about is the use of eminent domain to take people’s land for this, because these industrial projects require a lot of land. And then I know they say it’s a closed loop system of water, but. There’s really big amounts of water that are going to need to be used for that. So the narrative, I think you are correct on that, Carl. The narrative is very nuanced right now. And as you know, on the show, we’re trying to search for the truth and the clarity on all this. And so we’re going to continue to do that. Your final thought on this. And again, what is that website for Radiance Power?
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It’s going to be Radiance Power. RadiancePower.net, where you can submit your information and someone can reach out to you about your electrical needs or if you’re just looking for general research on electrical, residential, or commercial services.
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Okay, that’s RadiancePower.net. And your final thought, Carl?
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I would say, you know… Keep an open mind, but keep a cautious mind with data centers here in the future. They’re going to be rapidly developing across the country. So I don’t think it’s going to be something where we’re going to be guessing very long about impact on our day-to-day lives.
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Yeah, you know, ultimately the truth will come out on these issues. That’s why we kick the tires on them every day. Carl, as always, thank you. That’s Carl Jones with Radiance Power. We’ll talk with you next week. And that website is radiancepower.net.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And the two nonprofits that I highlight on a regular basis on the show is the USMC Memorial Foundation. And they will be celebrating their 49th anniversary of the memorial later on in the month. And it is important that we have these memorials that we remember and honor those that have been willing to give their lives or given their lives for our liberty. So support the USMC Memorial Foundation at USMCMemorialFoundation.org. And then also the Center for American Values located in Pueblo on the Riverwalk. does amazing work, great educational programs for kids on values presentations, and then their portraits of valor of over 160 of our Medal of Honor recipients. It is really an inspirational place, and to get all that information, go to AmericanValueCenter.org. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org. I have on the line with me the founder of Stand for the Land, Kansas. which is becoming Stand for the Land because so many people have been reaching out to her from not only in Kansas, but throughout the country regarding their land and property, owning property, certainly physical property, but the property of what we create with our brains, what we think. that those property rights are inherent in the American idea. And they’re really under attack. And Virginia Maca has found a stand for the land to help people. So welcome, Virginia Maca.
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Good morning, Kim, and good morning, Colorado. Quite the night.
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Yeah, well, you’ve got a lot going on, so let’s just jump right into it. You sent over a video. I’ve been at the website Stand for the Land, and there’s several different, let’s see, the standforthelandkansas.com is where people can find it, and you have these different episodes regarding something that has happened in Kansas. So where do you want to begin, Virginia?
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Yeah, Kim, it all, it just seems in these times, all roads circle back to utilities and power and our land, and now it’s data centers. And so SB 98, it was a bill for the Route 66 license plate. Route 66 was getting ready for to do a celebration of its history. And Southeast Kansas has a piece of the original Route 66 that has been maintained by the people down there. So they received permission for a license tag, and there’s a lot of hurdles to jump in order to get a special license tag in this state. So it was a Senate Bill 98, and it had passed both houses It was on its way to become law. And two hours before this session ended for the 2025 session of the Kansas legislature, they took our beautiful little license tag bill, SB98, and turned it into a mega data hyperscale. It went hyperscale for the data centers. It was about water. And it was about power. And it was about a 20-year free ride in self-exabatement. And what really was more of the ominous part of this was on the own website of the Kansas legislature, it wasn’t a bill we were looking at because it was a license plate for Route 66 until it wasn’t. And so there were over 1,000 pages and 10 amendments on what they put into SB 98 in place of the license tag. And in that language, 15 days prior, another bill, SB 51, had just died on the floor in the house. It didn’t go anywhere, and it wasn’t going anywhere. And then they took that dead bill and put it into a license tag. And in less than 40 minutes, we have a real problem in Kansas now, and it’s playing out of our local communities. There’s so many fires across the state at our local communities. The most highlighted one has been Emporia, Kansas, where they arrested a citizen for clapping. And he was a teacher. He was a physics teacher. And he got caught up in the moment when someone was speaking against the data centers and the way they were running the meetings and just questioning transparency. And he got caught up and he did a small clap, not loud, and they arrested him. And so that shows you there’s no tolerance for citizens at our local meetings. He had become a We have become hostage to our local city councils. It’s just so many fires, Kim, on so many burners. We have a way to tell the story now. We have a sister organization called the American Rural Heritage. It’s an organization where we’re trying to remember the history and those lessons that we should have learned and how we pivot. Just like When you’re backed into a corner, the tide’s about to turn. And I believe it is in Kansas.
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Okay, so let’s just walk through this one more time because you and I talked about it. I’ve watched the video, and there is a video, American Rural History as well. I tried to find the website, and I couldn’t find that. Is that up and running? I know that you and your team are just working diligently to get all this information out to Virginia MACA.
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It is. It is. AmericanRuralHeritage.org. We also purchased the other day the .com. And so this website is almost a labor of love. When you get into this, Kim, it is because truth matters. Facts matter because no one should own facts, especially when they have scientific basis or they have been basis for public policy that has kept the balance of liberty and the balance of opportunities to live the American dream in reachable for everyone. And so this organization reflected on this the Kansas history, the history of the railroad, how we became who we became about the land and how the land was a land rush back in the, you know, before we were a state. And so this is so important to remember this because those foundational laws are built and codified into our history. And that’s the one thing that we need to reflect on, especially Colorado. We have a great history, you know, being part of the West, being part of the unsettled, being a part of something that had so much potential. And what we see now is our water, the aquifer is under fire. There were so many bills this last session. It has impacted who controls our water, who controls our information, these data centers. Actually, one bill says now that we cannot CORA the information about protected species or habitat, that information will not be a part of a CORA request. Now, I don’t know about you, but that’s a huge red flag for me. because we protect our animals, we protect our environment, and like your last guest spoke, the closed-loop system, and you get caught up in all of these semantics, that a closed-loop system, what does that look like? Which person in your city has the wherewithal and the technology and information in building one of these data centers, because I’ve not seen a plan for any of them, but it’s the animals, the tonal vibration that these data centers put, you know, across the earth, that the sequence and the frequencies that they put across the earth, you may not be able to feel the tonal noise that is there. And the animals are very keen And they can sense that. So we are displacing a lot of our habitat and a lot of our animals. And in Kansas, that’s a great percentage of the land mass that we have. The farmers protect that population. It’s used for a subsidy of their own living when they have people come in to hunt. And so there’s a lot of different people in arms and gathering them in the same basket under this same umbrella. So the voice is bigger has been our mission at Stand for the Land. And along the way, you meet some very talented people. And the Kansas Rural Heritage has an amazing input from these young people. I like to reflect on them as our COVID. population. They’re our COVID kids. They’re the ones that were locked down and they’re the ones that felt their freedom ripped out from under them. And now we have no avenue for them to succeed in Kansas and have those opportunities. So that generation is a part of our projects across Kansas now. And it’s very refreshing. you have a conversation with someone that cares enough about those things that matter. And those things that matter are the quality of life and how we live in rural Kansas and rural Colorado. So the passion is there. We just have to direct it. And this has been… A huge time crunch. Opportunity doesn’t send you a letter in the mail and says, well, you have 30 days or you have six months. You have to be in tune with our communities and you have to help where you can help. And it’s very refreshing to see the young families and the youth step into a driver’s seat that they never had to drive before. And wisdom, Kim. It’s for dinner.
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Okay. So it’s AmericanRuralHeritage.org. And there is a video regarding this. What was this? Was it Kansas? Senate Bill 2598. Is that correct?
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It was SB 98. Senate Bill 98. Okay. There should be… She has a lot of information on there. She’s starting to pick up other bills, like our water bill. The water now, the use permits that counties issued for water are now under fire because of a water bill they passed. And she solved a three-county problem. Now it’s a 105-county problem. And so she and her team have been doing a lot of… And they really involve me because I have that knowledge. I have the generational knowledge of how our legislature should work. And those things I’ve been looking at for the last eight years, questioning that there was not a lot of people watching those things. And so there should be a picture of on the website that takes you to the YouTube. And I will make sure that you have that link for Colorado to watch. Because this isn’t just about one bill. This is a way that they have been operating for the last eight years. They suspend their own rules of the Senate and the House joint rules. They suspend them so they can run these bills that are not on our radar. In fact, SB98, if you go to their website, it still reflects that it is about a license plate. And that vote is still up there on their website that says it’s the vote about a license plate, not about a data center. So it’s very… It’s not honest. It’s not transparent that that bill would still be up there in the name of a license plate. And it actually deterred me for a year trying to figure out why. And so it is up on our website, Stan and the number for the land, Kansas dot com. And we have it in the podcast audio version. And today’s the last day. I mean, it will be the day we issued. We actually released the last podcast, a series of five. And then we will put a podcast up that encompasses the entire covering of this story so that you can listen to it on your drive to wherever you drive, drive to work. It’s a real lesson on. civic duty and oversight and how important transparency is, but it also is a lesson on those things that you think look suspicious, they usually have an ominous background. They breed other problems. With the SB 98, we now have a problem with heavy power permits and tariffs. They were actually put into this bill, and that is a citizen’s problem because on the rate, we have hearings, and they’re public, and that’s codified in our law. And now the question becomes, we won’t know, and we will actually pay for these special power contracts with data centers, and we’ll never know who’s in our neighborhood because there’ll be no opportunity to voice your opinion, especially in areas across Kansas and across Colorado that are suffering from high utility rates. The infrastructure has been on our plate. So there’s a lot of bad things that happen to a bill that died and it died for a reason. And then it came back with a vengeance. And so when you have total leadership, Republicans and Democrats, when they don’t follow their own rules, it becomes a problem for the citizens.
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Okay. Yeah, let’s go to break. And we’re going to continue the discussion with Virginia MACA. These are really important discussions, and they happen because of our sponsors. And for everything regarding residential real estate, talk to Karen Levine.
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Yeah. Well, we brought it to their attention. So when we released the video, It was something that was so important to get out because we have a huge governor’s race. And in June, we actually had about six, seven candidates. There were several of them that were very good. In Kansas, the party ticket is the most sought out after way to enter into the governor’s race. The person that instrumentally put this switcheroo together was the president of the Senate, who is in control of everything, and the Speaker of the House. Both of them are running for higher office. And we released it because people need to know what they are seeing play out at their local levels from a bill that was a license plate in 2025. is flying under the radar as a, still a license plate bill, when really, in essence, it opened the floodgates to the data centers and the developers that are in our local communities. And it’s erupting into consequences for those communities. When you have citizens arrested because they clapped, three of them went to jail. And my job at Stand for the Land is that they have the available legal representation, the constitutional, you know, representative in the legal field so that they can restore any damage or charges that infringe their rights. And so in talking to this group, there was something that… really bothered me because when you said SB 51, Kim, that was the bill that in 2025, the data center free ride, no tax, free tax holiday in Kansas was introduced as that bill number. Then in 2026, SB 51 was reintroduced as Our information that’s collected by our government, Kansas government, is now being inventoried and sequestered and sold and shared. And the person in charge is the chief information officer. One guy in charge of everyone’s data. And our government is sharing it and selling it. So you have to think… It is semantics. It’s about the numbers. It’s about the confusion. You can call, you know, like a squirrel. You know, you’re throwing them a left field number when they should be focused on the same numbers. And when you try to search something like that and investigate it, it is a constant conflict of what are we talking about? because they are taking same bill numbers and reusing them for ominous situations of getting things done that don’t necessarily boil down and trickle down in good public policy. So, yeah, they finally changed it. Well, that’s good news, because now they’re taking this serious. And last night was the primary for the Republican governor. That’s going to run on the Republican ticket. And he’s the mastermind. He’s taken so much money from a trade association called NetChoice. And I’m sure that this play, the game play that they do, doesn’t just happen in Kansas. I’m sure it’s standard procedure across our states, all of our states. And so if you’re out there and you need more information about how to even find or search or look through your legislature’s work and bills that pass. Sometimes it’s 10 bills that pass to change a whole lot of statutes so that it opens the floodgate to information. It’s almost like working a big giant Sujuco puzzle that has no answer. So, Virginia, I’m happy to.
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Well, OK, so it’s complicated. So, first of all, the primary was yesterday. And so who did win the Republican nomination for governor in Kansas?
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Ty Nesterson, who is also the president of the Senate, and he has been the president of the Senate all through this eight years. that in these eight years, we’ve handed utility rights, land rights, free rides, and tax credits to the point of taxpayers in Kansas can’t afford their property tax to utility companies, to the regulatory arms of utility control. So… He at any time can throw the flag, and that is what I’m asking him today. If you’re going to run for governor, represent the state, your first order of business today should be a special session of the Kansas legislature. And if that doesn’t happen or there’s lackluster work done during these sessions, Kansas in itself faces a new frontier, and that is no water because the data centers that have applied, I think there’s over 80, that are now appearing in front of local communities, and that’s a lot of water. 1.5 million gallons daily for one of the data centers up near Kansas City. 1.5 million gallons of water is a lot of water daily. Okay.
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With all the chaos and confusion in our world, how can you plant yourself on a foundation based on truth and clarity? The Kim Monson Show is here to help. Kim examines news, politics, and opinion through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom, and shares human interest stories that will inspire you and make you smile. Tune in to The Kim Monson Show each weekday, 6 to 8 a.m., with encores 1 to 2 p.m., and 10 to 11 p.m. on KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM, the KLZ website, and the KLZ app. Shows can also be found at KimMonson.com, Spotify, and iTunes.
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Welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And economic liberty is important for a country, it’s important for a community, and it’s important for individuals. And Jodi Hinzey and her team at Mid Financial Strategies can help you with your own economic liberty. and by creating a plan that is fit just for you. And so reach out to them to have a complimentary appointment. That number is 303-285-3080, 303-285-3080. I highly endorse and recommend Jody Henzey, Peyton Wagner, and the team at Mint Financial Strategies. We’re talking with Virginia Maka. She is founder of Stand for the Land, Kansas. And Virginia, next thing this video… that you’d send it over to me. I watched it and it’s important at AmericanRuralHeritageFoundation.org. Where can people find that exactly on the website?
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So American Rural Heritage has a YouTube channel. It had a few problems because they’re only an organization that’s probably three weeks old. They had been planning to launch this, but they launched early because it was so important to get this information out and tell the story. So I understand how complicated it is. And those kind of abstract, complicated projects that span across bodies of government and an entire body of… heavy-hitting lobbyists that are in the walls of the people’s house in both our states. And these lobbyists control policy. And that’s a problem for freedom in any state. So I will make sure that we have a link to the American Rural Heritage today on our website, standforthelandkansas.com. The just the timing of a governor’s race and a person that was instrumental in orchestrating a bait and switch, basically, doesn’t deserve public, you know, I mean, doesn’t deserve the public’s trust. And that’s a problem for freedom when the trust is broken. And it’s very complicated. Sometimes people across my table have pieces of information. And when you put the pieces together, you look at it and say, this is how we got here. What went wrong? And that’s how this labor of love, this movie, came out. And we put it in a podcast because we could add facts about the repercussions of this are going to be gigantic on our school districts, our local communities, our cafes. And our ample supply of water may be gone in five years. The hijacking of our water in another bill this last session certainly puts that into question. And those are the things that we’ll be looking at. If you’re a citizen, you can have a piece of information. And if it’s puzzling, have a conversation. And that’s been great. about your platform, Kim, is that you have those conversations.
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So Virginia, I find this so intriguing because as president of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers and what an amazing group of all volunteers it is because we do watch legislation and we at the newsroom yesterday, the newsroom did a piece regarding a couple of pieces of legislation on data centers. in Colorado. And I’ve been trying to figure out if there was a switcheroo, like what you just have described. And so I, I’m intrigued. I’m over at the Kansas legislature. And when, what do you recall? What was the last day of the 2025 session for the Kansas state legislature?
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So it’s April the 11th, 2025. And April the 11th, 2025, there were four independent conference committees. And so when they named bills the same number with the same stuff or that it was a license tag and then it turned into something to do with utilities, you know, utility scale, solar or wind or tax credits, it becomes a problem when you even search it. So I watched it. Every legislative body conference committee, I watch it all session long. What bill is going where? And so this last couple of years, I would watch four or five different committee hearings or just see the most appalling thing in a committee hearing that has me scratching my head. And so it… when you go to those conference committees you have them speaking and they know they’re on video and they’re actually holding up cards that have the language they just didn’t want to say it out loud and that that’s a real problem for the public so you have an opportunity to watch videos you have um it is about the wording it’s about a series of three words it’s about a series of changing just one word the way that the bill’s written has legality. And so when they’re fighting over a word on the floor, effectively, you have to say to yourself, why are we talking about one word effectively in place of another word? And what legalese does that have? And what impact does it have on other people? statutes of law. So yeah, it’s complicated, but it’s not impossible. And when we were able to find someone that had the talent and the young skill around the table to tell a valid story that people can understand, that’s what we’ve been lacking, an avenue and the time to do it.
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So there’s more than just this story, Kim. There’s over 30. Well, this is amazing what you’ve uncovered. And I’ve been trying to find the text of the bill, and I can’t find it, but I’m seeing this history of the bill. on this 98, and it has the history. It was introduced, let’s see here, it was introduced on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025, and it was 74 pages long. And you can see it’s kind of working its way through, and there’s some additions to some pages. But you can see where, so we get into March 14th, 2025. It’s now 485 pages long. Now, I’ve got to understand why, I can’t understand why a license plate bill would be 485 pages, but that’s in the bet. You can see then on April 11th, which is 2025, which you said is the last day of the legislative session, it moves from 485 pages to 1,383 pages. And on April 11th, then there’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Seven things I think you mentioned that happened that day. And by the end of the day, it was adopted on April 11th. And that’s the day that the page numbers changed so significantly. So that was on April 11th. And then it was approved by the governor and signed on April 24th. That is lightning speed, Virginia Maka. We’ve got about a minute left on this. And I highly recommend that people check out that video. Your final thought.
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My final thought is sometimes when people, you know, when you try to deceive people, there are people out there that these things don’t make sense to. You know, if you’re a novice and you like to watch the legalese of the legislative session and you see something that’s not quite right. And what the key part of this is, is that they make a set of rules and they adopt those at the very first session. both houses, the Senate and the House. They operate under joint rules. And each time we see one of these, they make a motion by the leadership of the party to suspend one rule, that’s 4K, so that in order to hear a bill that hasn’t gone through the legal process. So we started Googling 4K. It’s starting to answer all these little questions i’ve had about other things especially property tax so it’s not impossible once you identify the way that they do it and that’s what i plan on doing is you know at stanford the land we are going to create a toolbox that you can use words you can search um to to uh make this uh trans a transparent operation and And by hiding this, it has really hindered what we can do at the local level. But when you swing the pendulum of freedom away from the people and they don’t have an avenue to achieve the American dream, it becomes a problem for America.
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That it does. Virginia Mocka, thank you for your great work. We’re out of time. The quote for the end of the show is Harriet Beecher Stowe. She said this, the past, the present, and the future are really one. They are today. 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 hour number two.
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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. Welcome to our number two of the Kim Monson show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured, you’re valued, 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. Thank you to the team. That’s producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. It is Wednesday all day long, producer Joe.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes, ma’am. Happy Wednesday, Kim.
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Happy Wednesday, Producer Joe. Check out our website. That’s Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Make sure you’re signed up for our weekly email newsletter and also join our community. We are just scratching the surface on what Zach has created for this to become. And right now we have our classes. Alan Thomas is teaching a class on the Federalist Papers. It’s on Thursday evenings and really bringing the Federalist Papers to life. And I know everybody’s busy, and so if you can’t make class live, everything is archived as well. But it makes the case for the Constitution, for the American idea, and it is so relevant to today. So check all that out. The text line is 720-605-0647. And thank you to all of you who support us. And we will be in the membership community. We’re going to be starting to interface regarding the voters guide that we’ll create for the issues that will be on our ballot. This legislative session, and it looks like the signatures have been submitted for a ballot question regarding a graduated income tax, which is basically that is one of the tenets of the Communist Manifesto is that as people work harder. do better, take risk, create, then they are dinged more. They have to pay a higher percentage of their income. So not only they have a bigger amount that they’re paying on, but a higher percentage, which that actually stifles creativity and innovation. And so I will be a strong no on that. And Colorado Union of Taxpayers is a strong no on that graduated income tax as well. There is a competing ballot question which would cap our income tax rate for everyone at 4.4%. Treating everybody equally and impartially is the American idea. And so that’s one that I’m sure that we can get behind. As my dad always said, this is the day the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad. That’s Psalm 118, 24. And I want to say thank you to my fellow Colorado Union of Taxpayer Board members. That’s Steve Dorman, Greg Gliansky, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Rami Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onozori, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. When we’re talking with… Virginia Maka, and she really watches legislation in Kansas. And this whole switcheroo happened at the very last minute. We had a couple of data center bills that did not get through committee. But I don’t see that we had a switcheroo on that. And I think one of the reasons is because the Colorado Union of Taxpayers is watching all this legislation. So when you see these folks, say thank you. Join us. It’s only $25 a year at coloradotaxpayer.org. And our word of the day is vituperate, and it’s spelled V-I-T-U-P-E-R-A-T-E. It could be to rebuke or criticize harshly or angrily, berate or scold, or as a transitive verb, to find fault with, to scold, to overwhelm, with wordy abuse, to censure severely or abusely. And on that, to rebuke or criticize harshly, I would vituperate the Kansas legislature for that last day. action on that Senate bill, let’s see, what was it? It was 91, I think it was, and 98, excuse me, that Senate bill 98. What they did that last day, I certainly vituperate, and your challenge is to use that in a sentence today. Our quote of the day is from Harriet Beecher Stowe. She said this, when you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, Never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide will turn. And she was born in 1811, died in 1896. And she was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which she wrote in 1852. And I am blessed with sponsors that strive for excellence. And Lorne Levy always keeps us up to date with what is happening regarding the Fed and interest rates. And he is your go-to person. For mortgages, whether or not it’s a first mortgage, a second mortgage, or a reverse mortgage, you certainly want to talk to Loren Levy. He can help you in 49 of the 50 states, just not New York. But if you’re moving out of New York to a different state, he can help you with that mortgage. Loren Levy, welcome. Hey, good morning, Kim. Good to have you, Loren. What should people know? What’s the newsworthy thing that people should know?
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You know, this has been a pretty quiet week, relatively speaking. There’s been a lot of, I would say, treading water just because a lot of the market is so news-driven right now, not just the Fed, but just in general. You know, a lot of it comes out of the straight-up-form moves, and is it going to be open? Is it not? Is there a deal? Is there not? And so this week, with the announcement that there may be a deal, even though Iran denied it, we’ve seen the 10-year Treasury come down a little bit from a really high… you know, almost approaching 5%, which some people say is a tipping point for the markets. And then it pulled back a little bit. We saw, you know, the last couple of days the stock market’s really gone up quite a bit, which is great for people that are invested there. But, you know, that provides a little bit of relief temporarily, but we’ll have to see. So it’s kind of been just a holding pattern with rates. So that’s what we’ve seen there. What we have done a couple of times this last week is talk to people that are in a tight spot and have called us to try to investigate a possibility of reverse mortgages, which has been, and we’ve been able to help them, which has been really good to help people get out of debt, consolidate things, just make their life a lot easier by using the equity that is available in a lot of people’s homes in Colorado, just with what values are done as far as holding up. So that has been a nice thing to be able to help people with.
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Well, and if somebody’s considering a reverse mortgage, it’s important to work with you on that because you will talk with them about family dynamics, planning for things down the road. And so it’s really important to work with somebody that has the client’s best interest in mind, which is what you do on a regular basis, Lauren Levy.
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100%. And also in particular to reverse mortgages, there are fees that are allowable by the rules because they’re heavily regulated because they’re dealing with senior citizens. And these fees have, you know, you can legally charge certain things that we try to minimize as much as possible. Not just because radio listeners, but just in general, we always try to do the right thing. And so it’s always great to give us a call and at least, you know, if you’re going to look into it, let us try to help you look into it. just so no one gets charged more fees than necessary. And we’re always going to try to do the right thing for everybody.
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Absolutely. What’s that number, Lorne Levy?
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The number is 303-880-8881.
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And that’s for Everything Mortgages, Lorne Levy, 303-880-8881. When does the Fed meet next? They met last week, right? Wasn’t that last week?
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Yeah, they meet eight times a year, so it’s not every month. So this one’s got a little bit of a gap in it. So I believe we’re looking, you know, this one was, you know, end of July, like July 26th. I think we’ve got like a six-week gap this time. I have to confirm it and I’ll know it for next call, but I believe we’re looking more like six weeks out, like mid-September now.
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Okay. Okay. Sounds great. For everything mortgages, Lauren Levy, 303-880-8881. We’ll talk with you next week. Lauren, thank you so much.
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Yeah, thank you so much.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson show. Check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. I want to say thank you to Laramie Energy for their goal sponsorship of the show because it is reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant power from naturally occurring hydrocarbons such as oil, natural gas, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and empowers us to change our own personal climate. And if you’re having any challenges with your own personal climate, reach out to Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. And that number, I think I just about have it memorized, is 303-995-1636, 303-995-1636. And also thank you to Laramie Energy and the Roger Magnus State Farm Insurance Team for their goal sponsorship of our new community and newsroom as well. It is Wednesday, so it is a Trent Luce Wednesday. And Trent Luce is a sixth generation rancher from Nebraska and keeping an eye on the things, the issues that the people that feed and fuel us are facing. And so Trent Luce, welcome to the show.
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Hi, Kim. You were missed in Cheyenne this weekend.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, that’s right. So tell me what happened this weekend.
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It was power-packed. I experienced a lot, and it’s all over the board. The event that I went to, Politics on the Plaza, came off really well. Like all things, everybody thinks there should be more people there. I believe the people that need to be there were there. And there was a slate of individuals that were campaigning, the primary coming up in two weeks. I was the only one that spoke that was not campaigning, for the record.
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But I got out.
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I visited with some other landowners. I went down to near Carpenter, went to Pine Bluffs, and I bring up Carpenter because Carpenter continues to be a focal point. If you live in Laramie County and you don’t know the massive amount of CO2 that they’re currently injecting underneath your feet, you should start asking questions because… Not only is tall grass through the Trailblazer pipeline now sending CO2 from Nebraska to Carpenter and injecting it. I had landowners this week from Nebraska tell me they’re talking, landmen are out looking for another route to put another pipeline in to go to Carpenter, to Laramie County, Wyoming. And then I got to go out to Horse Creek Road, about where we had our little gathering at the Berry Ranch. A friend of mine, Dave Coates, has a property there that he raises mules. He’s been there for 20-plus years. And he closed on selling his place when I was out there Friday. He didn’t really want to, but they are surrounding him with all of what you and I talk about on a daily basis. And they basically told him, either sell or we’re going to consume you. So… And the water issue, Kim, is the underlying thought or conversation no matter where I go. In that Horse Creek Road area, and I can speak to that area because now I’ve gathered a lot of information. They’re going 1,000 feet deep to get a water well. They’re digging a well 1,000 feet deep. You saw how many homes they’re building left and right. Yeah. Now they want to build other industrial complexes like new generation of electricity, which I’m all about that, with natural gas. But where’s the water going to come from? The people who are living there, when they dig a well a thousand feet deep, they have to have a cistern to pump the water into so that when they use a big amount of water just to fill a stock tank, they still have some water to use in their house. This water thing… is becoming a serious situation and not getting proper attention, Kim.
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Well, and this water is, we talk about property rights all the time. And so certainly if somebody wants to sell their property and whatever entity is buying it, it’s a free market. They’re not being subsidized, tax incentives, all those things. Okay. We get to that point and it’s like, okay, let’s take a look at it. But the other thing is there is a property right for the people that are already living there that may be living off their wells. If somebody sells their property, creates a development, and that development depletes the water and the wells of the people already there, that is an assault upon their property rights. And I think a lot of people don’t connect that dot.
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That’s going to happen. What you described is already happening. And that’s without the massive number of AI data centers that have been currently approved in Laramie County, which, by the way, if you’re listening in Laramie County and you’ve not signed the petition that’s circulating, which is due by Friday, you need to sign that, which is to put it on the ballot, that there would be a moratorium on AI data centers in Laramie County. That was one big component of our politics on the plaza. But, Kim, that’s happening now. That’s in play right now. And I think people in Cheyenne are just going to wake up one day and are like, why is there no water?
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Well, and I think people… think that the people that they are electing, their representatives are representing we the people. We had Virginia Maka on the show in our number one, which they’ve uncovered something very interesting, that there was a big switcheroo from a license plate bill in 2025. that basically on the last day of the legislature, there was a switcheroo, which inserted into that a whole data center bill. And in that data center bill, then there was, I think, sales and use tax was, these data centers didn’t have to pay anything for 20 years. We had a bill like that in Colorado that died in committee, but this was like this… this big switcheroo. And so I think that we think that our representatives are representing us, but we are waking up to that many times it is, and this is in from Jenny, that a lot of these bills are being written by industry and then being put forth by our electeds. And so that is, that means that we, the people are not being represented.
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I agree with you, but I don’t agree with the little component that people think their representatives are looking out for their best interests. I don’t even think it’s on their radar. I think that the politics is just a game for them, and they don’t understand the ramifications coming to their family and their house.
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Okay, so you’re saying that you think that everyday people don’t give it that much thought, or are you saying it’s the electives?
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Not even 2%. Not even 2%. The everyday people are not 2% engaged. They’re tired of whatever they hear. It just sounds like a bunch of rhetoric, which it is, and so they just check out.
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Do you not think that that’s also by design, though, by the PBIs to just continue? There’s so much information that it is so difficult for people to sift through. And people are busy trying to take care of their families and their businesses. And do you not think it might be by design all this noise to keep people… somewhat confused and they check out and then are not paying attention. And then you see, you know, these things happen at our, you know, at our government.
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Oh, 100%. I agree that it’s by design. It’s called programming. We’ve been, we’ve allowed these individuals to program us. Why do you think that this radio broadcast is called program? Why do you think that TV all have programming directors? Because they want to program the people. It just so happens you’re trying to program people, you and I both, to be individual thinkers, not just go along with the flow, not asking questions. The most important question you can ask is, why? Why are we approving these projects in our community? why are we not putting the interest of the next generation first and foremost on our mind? Why are we looking for a short-term fix like a cocaine addict instead of looking at what is best long-term for the next multiple generations?
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Do you think, Trent, that the devaluing life has been… one of the underlying components in this, because we just celebrated our 250th anniversary or birthday of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And I posed the question, who is our 56? Those 56 pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. And George Washington had no biological children of his own. But yet, every time that he was asked to come and serve as the commander of the Continental Army, as our first president, to oversee the Constitutional Convention, he did it. I’m not sure that he really wanted to do it, but he did it because they wanted to pass on liberty. And they wanted to have it for themselves, but pass it on to the next generations. Do you not think going to Roe versus Wade that legalizing abortion, legalizing killing our next generations started to devalue life so that we get to a point where people may not be thinking about what we’re passing on to the next generation? Is that too strong a statement?
SPEAKER 18 :
No, not at all. It’s spot on. And it’s why I got involved in media to begin with, because I saw where we were putting more value in the life of a pet than we were a fellow human being. You can look at our federal laws and it’s coming up this week. I mean, we had more chickens killed in Utah in the past week under what I talked about two weeks ago on this broadcast that had happened in North Carolina and Kentucky. And they are disposing of this property, these chickens, which are property, without any purview of the law. There’s a system that’s supposed to be taking place. You’re not guilty. You’re innocent until proven guilty, right? Well, that’s not the case anymore. And we put the life of an animal above that of a human being. And those things are all tied together. And… Donald Trump signed and championed with animal rights groups in 2018 a penalty of a greater penalty for abusing an animal than abusing a kid. That comes through our entire legal system. You can get away with abusing your kid or any kid. Look what’s taking place in the world of sex and child trafficking. And we have more people donating money and giving to causes for animal rights than we are for what’s going on with these kids. It makes no sense to me whatsoever. But it’s a direct factor of what you just described.
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So I think Dennis Prager had said that people that love children normally love animals, but people that love animals don’t necessarily love children. And I think he said that a long time ago. I’m crediting him anyway with that. And I thought that was just a really interesting observation by him.
SPEAKER 18 :
That’s absolutely correct. And I got to tell you, back in the day when I started, I would go to Chicago. I would go to Washington, D.C., to animal rights gatherings, and we would have this discussion. I would sit and visit with these people who have been so tied up in this animal rights community. They want to save the animals, and it’s stronger today than it’s ever been. Five organizations have $1.3 billion in revenue just from 2025, and half of that is for one ASPCA. But Kim, to a point at an animal rights convention, I have never met a person who’s trying to save the life of every animal who isn’t also in favor of and supporting abortion. And I just ask him the question, how can you be so dedicated to saving the life of every pig on earth and yet be willing to allow mothers to kill their babies?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, I know. That is, it’s a curious, and I say that, it’s a very, very curious situation that we’ve got ourselves into. We’re going to continue the discussion with Trent Luce, but wanted to mention the two nonprofits that I highlight on a regular basis. USMC Memorial Foundation will be having their 49th anniversary celebration later on this month. And more information about that, go to USMCMemorialFoundation.org, support them. because it’s important to take care of our memorials. And so that website is USMCMemorialFoundation.org. And then the Center for American Values, located in Pueblo, doing amazing work just across the board with these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. They’re located on the Riverwalk. Get more information about them by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org. And these discussions happen because of our sponsors, and one of those is Radiance Power.
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SPEAKER 10 :
And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. We’re talking with Sixth Generation Rancher from Nebraska, Trent Luce. But I did want to mention Tradition Spice, which is the new sponsor of the show, which I’m really excited about. I did order my first set of seasonings. Can’t wait for those to arrive. But they’re a family-owned company. They’re serving the home cook who still believes that best conversations happen around a full table. At TraditionSpice.com, you’ll find individual herbs, spices, and seasonings, plus kits and bundles for birthdays, weddings, wedding gifts, or pantries that need rescuing. So shake taco seasoning into a skillet, add lemon pepper to fish, or give chili the slow cooker backbone it deserves. Good food does not need to be fancy. It just needs to be small batch, rich flavor. Shop Tradition Spice Company today. That website is traditionspice.com. For your next family feast, that’s traditionspice.com. And speaking of spices, Trent Luce, I just saw this article. This was published by Jessica Wong with Money Wise. It’s titled, This is as bad as it gets. Beef has become so expensive. Barbecue joints in Texas are being forced to raise prices or consider shutting down. This is a pretty big deal, Trent.
SPEAKER 18 :
It is a big deal, and it’s mostly media hype. It plays right into what we were talking about in the front part of this. If you look at the true cost, and let’s just take brisket, for example. I can still go find a brisket for $6 a pound. It’s not a problem. But we have an entity that wants to plant a seed that beef is unaffordable. Beef is unaffordable. That message just keeps coming and keeps hitting us. And I’ll give you an example of what’s happening on the ground. A friend of mine sent me a note this week on Monday that his bid to buy his fed cattle, so steers that are ready to go to a processing plant, was $400 a head less than they were July 1. So 30 days later, he’s got a bid for $400 less per head. At the same time, this guy who feeds cattle also has a meat shop, and he sells meat products. So he doesn’t run his own because he doesn’t have a USDA. He sells to the system. And then in his meat shop, he buys from the Packers. And in that same period of time that his per head cost of selling animals to the Packers went down by $400, his retail price went up. It wasn’t significant, but a ribeye on his price sheet, I saw it this week, is $13 a pound. $13 a pound for a ribeye is not unaffordable. Again, that’s wholesale price. The whole agenda here is to continue to plant the seed that we cannot afford beef. We cannot afford beef because we’re taking the land away from grazers. 1.1 billion acres was grazed in the United States in 2000, and today we have 643 million acres considered grazing land. That’s 50% of the grazing land. Beef consumption has gone up, which is why we have imported 7 billion pounds of beef. in 2026. And the import cost per pound of beef is $3.47. So if you look at what’s taking place, we have media working in conjunction with our government, which wants to eliminate cattle. This is a global move, by the way. And I remind you that those globalists and Larry Fink, chairman of the World Economic Forum and president of the CEO of of BlackRock said point blank by 2035, we want 60% of the protein consumption to be self-cultured proteins. The play is on, and it’s mostly a mind game.
SPEAKER 10 :
And that big play with Larry Fink… And he’s the head of BlackRock. He’s the head of the World Economic Forum. And as we are connecting the dots on the industrial wind, industrial solar, industrial battery, industrial transmission lines, and then I always like to just mention industrial apartment complexes as well, that these power companies… have enormous power because they are not government, but they have been given the power of eminent domain. By government. And then as I’ve gone through, I started to go through a number of different power companies. And I don’t know if I have that word document open, but most all of these different power companies. Let me see here. I did start this. So energy, this was one of those that I was looking at is energy company. And BlackRock has is the largest shareholder in that 7.374 percent. GE Vernova, let’s see, BlackRock is third on that one, just a little under 6%. Let’s see, next one, NextEra. On that, let’s see, I don’t think, yeah, BlackRock is in on that as well. So you can connect this dot and these power companies then, and well, when you were up in Wyoming, talking about the big land grab that we have with all of this. And it’s this really diabolical web that is out there right now, Trent Luce.
SPEAKER 18 :
And who’s the biggest developer of everything that we talk about at an industrial complex right now? AI data centers. No, it’s not BlackRock. BlackRock does not do. They invest in the companies that do it. But what company is the number one developer for combining battery storage, wind, solar, and AI data centers? I’m fighting them in four states on all of those fronts.
SPEAKER 10 :
Google?
SPEAKER 18 :
Cantor Fitzgerald. Oh, you haven’t talked about that before. No. Well, no, hang on. I misspoke. Next era. I got a step ahead of myself.
SPEAKER 16 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 18 :
Next era, who’s doing the wind development in Platte County, Wyoming. Next era, we just kicked them out of two, three counties in Montana. They’re doing an AI data center at this moment in North Dakota. I can find NextEra projects everywhere. They are the largest of all. And now Cantor Fitzgerald is the fourth largest owner of NextEra. BlackRock is first. You’re correct. Who started Cantor Fitzgerald? Who owns Cantor Fitzgerald?
SPEAKER 10 :
I don’t know.
SPEAKER 18 :
Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce. And so while the guy is sitting there in the White House cooking deals, and last week he hit the biggest insider trading deal ever, he, as Secretary of Commerce, authorized something for his own companies with investments that is just blatantly illegal. But we don’t follow the Constitution anymore. Anybody with inside information can get away with whatever they want. But this Howard Lutnick situation, with particularly NextEra… is the biggest insider trading this country has ever seen. And if somebody doesn’t put their foot down and say, this must stop now, it will be a challenge for us to get out of the hole.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, so Trent, I’m looking, and I pulled this from Market Screener. This was last week on NextEra, N-E-X-T-E-R-A. And it doesn’t show Cantor Fitzgerald as a major shareholder. It shows Vanguard at 6.4, State Street’s Next. And at this point for NextEra, it shows BlackRock at 1.8%. So it’s it’s not accurate.
SPEAKER 18 :
Cantor Fitzgerald is the fourth largest industrial investor in Nextera.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, so maybe this is old information. Yeah, do. Because I do like to try to source this. And like I say, I was working on this a couple of weeks ago. I looked at, this was another one, XL Energy BlackRock is, as of this report, was the largest shareholder of XL Energy, which is 7.1%, of course, in XL, using the threat of eminent domain to take farmers and ranchers’ land in Elbert County for an industrial transmission line. And so all of this is very, very connected.
SPEAKER 18 :
NextEra is at 2.84% at this moment, which is fourth on their list of owners.
SPEAKER 10 :
I’m sorry, was that Cantor Fitzgerald or was that BlackRock?
SPEAKER 18 :
That’s Cantor Fitzgerald, ownership of NextEra.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay. And what’s your source on that one, Trent Luce?
SPEAKER 18 :
I’ve got three. I’ve got three of them here. Okay. Cantor Fitzgerald, that’s their promotion themselves on the portfolio of what they’re putting forth to promote. Okay. They’re listed as number four, fourth largest industrial owner. Oh, and here’s another one. Vista Corporation. I didn’t even have this one logged in. Cantor Fitzgerald owns… 2.64% of Visra Corporation, which is the number one supplier of components to AI data centers. It’s one of 14 companies in the United States owned by Indian origin folks and the only one with a female that owns it that comes from India and I’m determining and I’ve found a pattern of the individuals who have CEOs that are of Indian origin. And those companies would be like FedEx, WhatsApp, YouTube, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Alphabet, Palo Alto, Honeywell, Arista Network was the only one with the female. But now I just see that Cantor Fitzgerald is a major owner of that one as well. And they’re getting government contracts. But my point is Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and that connection is absolutely criminal.
SPEAKER 10 :
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SPEAKER 10 :
And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And we talk about financial freedom all the time. Your own personal financial freedom is so important. And you want to make sure that you are working with Mint Financial Strategies. Jodi Henze and her team will sit down and create a plan for you for your own individual financial freedom. And take a look at all the things going on in your life and create that plan for you. And so give them a call. That number is 303-285-3080, 303-285-3080. And I’m talking with Trent Luce. And Trent, I’m going to need to have you send over your source because I’m, regarding Cantor Fitzgerald, I’m looking at a report. This is from holdingschannel.com. As of March 31st, I’m not seeing the same portfolio numbers that you are quoting. It’s showing as State Street is their top holding. And I guess they had calls and puts. They have Amazon, iShares. So I’m not seeing the same thing that you’re seeing.
SPEAKER 18 :
I sent you Cantor Fitzgerald’s own infrastructure fund and it lists the top 10 infrastructure funds. Ownerships and the percent assets. And NextEra is third on the list. Vistra is fourth. And Williams Companies, which I was not in tune with, are first at 4.12%. So you have everything right there from them themselves in your email.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, I got it. Here we go. And good. Thank you for sending over that screenshot. We’ve got Gammy on the line. Gammy, welcome. What’s on your radar?
SPEAKER 09 :
Good morning. Hugs to both of you. Okay, one of the things that I’m just starting to really dig into, and it’ll end up being a letter. You know, there is a psychology of human factors, like in airplane safety psychology, that can have human factors, safety psychology, in industry, in everything. Well, when you’re socially engineering an entire global world, which they are doing to us by the control, It is so devastating that the average human being, you can’t even go into an office and raise a complaint about a product because most of them are AI data control centers. So there’s no person at the end. And then you don’t get accountability and responsibility and redress of grievances. Valerie Ann Smith said this on Twitter, and I’m going to read it. Data centers are killing our planet, one gallon and one acre at a time. A single large data center can guzzle up to 5 million gallons of fresh water every day, enough to supply a town of 50,000 people. This isn’t recycled wastewater in many cases. It’s potable water pulled straight from the rivers, aquifers, and community supplies. And the water theft is drying up ecosystems and directly threatening bee populations already in crisis. The bees need clean water and healthy habitats to survive. These facilities destroy both. Even worse, every new hyperscale data center campus clears and paves over hundreds of acres of land bulldozing and decimating thousands of trees, forests, and natural habitats forever. There is no data center on Earth that’s worth the bees, the water, the trees, and the human beings. We are sacrificing our food supply, our ecosystems, and our future for Big Tech’s endless AI growth, which is hundreds of billions, and I add this. of dollars in debt. These nine or so tech companies, there are hundreds of billions of dollars in debt and they’re dumping this 17% use, minimum jobs, but horrible impacts of electromagnetic. Everything that is happening has got a use that is impacting the human beings and we are not addressing the human factor because we are on the butcher block.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay. Gammy, that’s a lot there, Trent Luce.
SPEAKER 18 :
Gammy’s always got a lot. In fact, there’s a whole movement to start Gammy Sparkles T-shirts. I don’t know if you knew that or not, Kim. Battery comes included because she’s always wound up…
SPEAKER 10 :
That is true. Okay, Trent, I got this. You sent over this link, and this is CantorInfrastructureFund.com. And it does show there. Okay. And it does say that in this, I wonder if this is a mutual fund of theirs, this Cantor Infrastructure Fund. Okay. I wonder if that’s what that is. But anyway, in this, CantorInfrastructureFund.com NextEra is number three, and number four is Vista Corporation.
SPEAKER 18 :
And I stumbled onto Vista because of this outfit called Foundation. Are you familiar with Foundation? While you’re searching, you might want to pull them up because this is about the most dangerous thing I’ve heard yet. Okay. Foundation, again, I don’t know why, a CEO from India, they received a $25 million grant to do research on robotic soldiers. And now they are entering a contract with the government to secure, I think it’s 150,000 robotic soldiers that are 5’8″, 180 pounds, will carry 44 pounds of backpack. And they’re positioning this as a wonderful thing to send these robotic soldiers into the Ukraine and China. Number one investor in that project, by the way, is Eric Trump. I am in no way, shape, or form comforted by the U.S. military doing a contract with this foundation organization generating robotic soldiers. That answers a lot of questions for me on how they actually put fear in the American citizen.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, so I’m looking this up. This is from CNBC, published May 30th, 2026. And it says, this Trump-linked startup plans to put humanoid robots in the military. And it says, Foundation Future Industries, a startup founded in 2024, aims to leverage humanoid robots for military and industrial work rather than household tasks and the service sector. And this is Foundation Future Industries, a San Francisco-based robotics company. And in the CNBC report, it says it has ties to the Trump family.
SPEAKER 18 :
Eric Trump is the largest investor.
SPEAKER 1 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, we’ve got a couple of minutes left.
SPEAKER 18 :
If you’re going to turn a military on its citizens, you’re not going to do it with people that are citizens of this country. You will do it with robots.
SPEAKER 10 :
Boy, that’s a bold statement to connect that dot, Trent. That’s a really bold statement.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, Stalin did it with imports. So many countries have always done it with the people in their military that was not… from their citizenry, that’s why we go with robots.
SPEAKER 10 :
Boy, I’m going to have to contemplate on that. That’s a big dot to connect. I don’t even want to really go there, Trent, but I am seeing the CNBC report, which that is very concerning.
SPEAKER 18 :
When you dig deeper into that, when you go beyond what the media is reporting, You’re just looking at a media report. Go look at the people that are behind it and what their real objective is. And again, I share this information so that we’re aware of what is taking place. And we just can’t expect that the people that we put in downtown Denver at the Capitol are looking out for our best interests. We’ve seen that they don’t. So we have to take matters into our own hands in terms of protecting our community, protecting our quest against eminent domain it all comes back to the land and that’s why that article talking about texas texas barbecues is so instrumental because 643 million acres in this country are grazed by livestock ruminant animals that enable liberty and freedom and that’s the attack okay um
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, that’s why George Washington said that truth will ultimately come to light if pains are taken to bring it forth, and I’m paraphrasing. So that’s what we’re doing on a regular basis. I’m going to have to contemplate on this conversation today. It’s troubling to me, Trent Luce. So thank you. We’ll talk with you next week.
SPEAKER 18 :
Thanks, Kim. Enjoy some barbecue.
SPEAKER 10 :
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